School board runs West Virginia radio in Wayne County
Fort Gay WV. WFGH is a 10 kilowatt public radio station operated by the Wayne County School Board. It serves Fort Gay and nearby areas with local news, meetings, and school coverage. Students staff the station and earn credit while learning broadcasting as a community link. Funding from ESEA Title IV C ends June 30 prompting options including school board takeover or possible sale to the Educational Broadcasting Authority.
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Byrd Warns Carter on Rubberstamp Energy Fight
Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd told President Carter Congress will not rubber stamp energy proposals or any program. He blamed Carter’s House defeats on poor lobbying, urged cooling rhetoric, and warned portions may fare better in the Senate. Byrd said Congress is an equal branch and not a one way street.
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Methodists endorse Stevens boycott by state conference
A United Methodist conference in Buckhannon WV with 1320 attendees voted to back a boycott of J P Stevens Co and support workers seeking unionization. The group accused Stevens of 15 NLRA violations since 1963 and fines over 1 million dollars for resisting a bargain in good faith. Rev Robert Chandler named minister of the year for 1977.
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Miller Loses Backing In War Within the United Mine Workers
Arnold Ray Miller faces re election as a fractured United Mine Workers confront internal splits and leadership challenges. Lee Roy Patterson and Harry Patrick leverage divisions formed after Miller's reforms, threatening union cohesion as miners consider a looming contract showdown and potential nationwide walkout.
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Tony’’ Boyle
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UMW
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Harry Patrick
Joseph ‘Jock’ Yablonski
John L. Lewis
CIO
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Boyle
Mike Trbovich
Yablonski
Six Die On West Virginia Roads This Weekend
A weekend of deadly crashes on West Virginia highways left at least six people dead, including two children. Rebecca and Maschella Mitchell, aged nine and 13, died when their car struck a guard rail on the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley. Their mother Shelby Frantz, 35, underwent hours of surgery for severe injuries, including a foot amputation. The stepfather Thomas Frantz was treated for minor injuries. A separate head on collision near milepost 29 in Charleston killed Jean Salsbury, 35, with four others injured. Additional fatalities included William McDonald, 19, near the Logan Wyoming line after a Route 10 crash. Edward Allen Bowers, 20, in Morgantown area. and Terry Lee Stalard, 36, on Route 60 in Smithers.
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Beckley
Thomas Frantz
Charleston
Jean Salsbury
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Anawalt
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Branchland
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Logan
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East Lynn
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St. Marys Hospital
Huntington
Edward Allen Bowers
Morgantown
Cooper’s Rock State Park
Terry Lee Stalard
Handley
Smithers
Montgomery General Hospital
Fayette County
Local coal break on air act vote fuels west to east tensions
The Senate approved an amendment to the Clean Air Act allowing the President to direct utilities to burn locally produced coal. Senators Randolph and Metzenbaum led, with a 46 to 43 vote and a tied recon sider motion. The measure aims to curb imports of low-sulphur coal when local supplies exist and proposes using pollution controls to meet standards. Western senators criticized the move as restricting coal sales regions.
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