Underwood raises staff pay in West Virginia governor’s office
Gov Cec il Underwood has boosted his staff salaries by 11.4 percent since taking office and now employs 43 in the governor’s office. payroll figures show salaries in the office have risen 14.57 percent with 52 staffers receiving raises above 756 dollars. The increases outpace state private sector wages and exceed the governor’s 1996 pledge to cut state government by 20 percent.
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Swissair Flight 111 data recorder shows no last six minutes
Investigators said the flight data recorder recovered near the Halifax wreckage provides no information for the final six minutes before Swissair Flight 111 crashed off Nova Scotia, killing 229. A cockpit voice recorder signal was detected by a Canadian navy sub. Boeing noted Kapton wiring insulation aboard the plane.
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Vic Gorden
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Susan Bradley
Labor Day Festival Lights Pineville Streets in Parade
Pineville hosts its annual Labor Day Festival with a gospel sing on the courthouse steps and a downtown parade featuring local law enforcement and veterans. Palisades Park hosts afternoon carnival festivities drawing visitors from around the region.
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Lee Samuels
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Kidnapped American recalls long captivity in Colombia
Donald Lee Cary, a 64 year old Texas native and former Exxon executive, details 170 days as a hostage with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. He describes arduous mountain marches and nights in a pup tent with mortar fire, noting no mistreatment and lingering injuries from a May fall. Cary contemplates staying in Colombia, selling his dairy farm near Bogota, and settling debts, while avoiding ransom details.
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Lawmakers block Yeltsin nominee amid worsening Russian crisis
Russia faces heightened political turmoil as lawmakers reject Boris Yeltsin's prime minister choice Viktor Chernomyrdin for a second time, while the ruble plunges and the Central Bank chief offers to quit. Acting PM warns the economy accelerates toward catastrophe as the Duma debates dissolution and fresh elections.
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