Outspoken Maj. Gen. Singlaub to retire from Army amid policy clash
Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub agreed to retire after publicly denouncing President Carter's neutron warhead policy and the Panama Canal treaties. Army officials said the move followed a morning meeting with Army Secretary Clifford Alexander and Gen. Bernard Rogers. Singlaub, 56, has 35 years of service and spoke to ROTC cadets at Georgia Tech before the decision.
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Washington
John K. Singlaub
Army
President Carter
Robert Solomon
Singlaub
Clifford Alexander
Bernard Rogers
Carter
South Korea
U.S
Korea
Solomon
Frederick Kroesen
Army Forces Command
Atlanta
Alexander
Rogers
Kroesen
Pentagon
Vietnam
Panama Canal
ROTC
Georgia Tech
Senate
Panama
Cuba
Witnesses describe tower collapse at Willow Island plant
Federal inspectors probe a scaffold collapse at Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island West Virginia that killed 51 workers during a 29th concrete pour for a 680 million cooling tower. Investigators review scaffold safety and wet concrete conditions amid multiple agency inspections.
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Willow Island
W.va
Ohio River
Cooling tower collapse at Monongahela Power construction site
In Belmont West Virginia during concrete pouring on a cooling tower under construction two workers died and several were injured. Monongahela Power spokesman Lyle Corder said the 28th layer disintegrated as bolts holding scaffolding pulled loose. Laborer John Peppler described seeing concrete and workers fall from the structure.
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Belmont
W.va
Monongahela Power Co
West Virginia
Ohio
Monongahela
Lyle Corder
John Peppler
Union meeting in Roswell draws top New Mexico candidates
In Roswell the AFL-CIO COPE convention hosted key contenders including Republican Sen. Pete Domenici and Democrat AG Toney Anaya. Domenici criticized the Labor Reform Act and defended minimum wage policies while Anaya pledged to speak off the cuff about labor issues and broader state needs. Sam Garcia, seeking secretary of state, also addressed delegates urging support for collective bargaining.
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New Mexico
Roswell
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
U.S
Pete Domenici
Toney Anaya
L.C. Stiles
Albuquerque
David Rusk
Sally Port Inn
Domenici
Anaya
Washington Post
The
New York Times
Senate
Silver City
Deming
Rio Arriba County
Santa Fe
Cope Committee
Sam Garcia
ENMU Roswell Library Opens After Remodel Dedication
The Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Library schedules an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday to unveil a remodel costing over 200000 and a 300 p.m. dedication honoring Mrs. C V Compton for her $2000 Foundation gift and nursing section support. Martha Cress will dedicate the new nursing area with ENMUR librarians Dennis Board and Oma Stallings present. area colleges join in invited ceremonies.
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Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
John Gillis
Roswell
C.V. Compton
Pennsylvania Ave
University
Enmu Roswell Foundation
Martha Cress
Growth plan survey aims at balanced New Mexico development
Southeastern New Mexico residents will help shape a five to ten year growth strategy titled New Mexico Tomorrow. The statewide effort, led by the Department of Commerce and Industry, will collect citizen input via a 10 000 person survey this summer with subregional meetings in Hobbs Tularosa and Roswell in May.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
District Six
Bill Burkett
Siri Collins
Gloria Koury
Nick Pappas
Truman Pierce
Merle Tucker
Roswell
Chaves County
Maybel Frary
Alamogordo
Otero
Dan McNabb
Hobbs
Lea County
Mary Rich
Carrizoro
Lincoln County
Jerry Apodaca
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Bill Kundrat Jr
McNabb
Ms. Rich
Smith
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George Pepper
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Pleasants
OSHA
James Foster
Research Cottrell Inc
Bound Brook
N.J
Thomas Buontane
Yates Seils
Bill Hess
Lee Steele
Steele
Robert Core
Connie Head
House of Art Jewelers
N. Main St
Democratic Party
Lincoln-Otero
Tularosa
Chaves-Eddy
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