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West Virginia Officials Face Strike Across State
Reports from Bluefield Mount Hope and Wheeling describe a three day strike by General Telephone workers over conditions causing 50 000 subscribers on the West Virginia Virginia border to endure automated prompts. A Mt Hope electrocution incident involved a discarded antenna. In Wheeling a WV delegate accuses party leaders of bypassing caucuses and over staffing committees for the Democratic National Convention.
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Bluefield
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia-Virginia
General Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
General Telephone
Nyle Scholl
Wheeling
West Virginia
John Baily
Mountain State
Robert J. Burke
Ohio County
John Amos
Burke
Bailey
Eugene McCarthy