Grafton Maintains Schedule As Waste Crew Shrinks
Grafton asks citizens to place garbage cans on streets for next pickups as layoffs reduce the Sanitation Department crew to four on one truck. City Manager C Lowell Mason cites budget deficits and delays in Revenue Sharing funds, with a Dec 14 council hearing on a 50 cent fire service fee and a 75 cent recreation tax.
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C. Lowell Mason
Mason
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Recreation Commission
Nader still wants air bags in cars battle rages on
Detroit AP report on the federal decision to delay mandatory air bags. Major automakers back testing while Ralph Nader condemns the move as dangerous. Secretary Coleman proposes a half million model year 1979 1980 demonstration rather than outright mandate. Insurance officials say rates unlikely to shift.
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Ralph Nader
Transportation
William T. Coleman Jr
Homer A. Jeffries Sr. funeral set at Fetterman Church
Funeral notices list Homer A. Jeffries Sr. to be honored with Thursday service at Fetterman United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Rev. Hartzel Bodkin and Rev. David Baker to officiate. Interment at Woodsdale Memorial Park. Friends may view after 7 p.m. tonight and in church from 1 p.m. Thursday.
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Homer A. Sr
Fetterman United Methodist Church
Hartzel Bodkin
David Baker
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Bartlett Funeral
Bartlett
Bomb case to jury in Kentucky mine blast
A federal grand jury in Louisville will hear all available evidence in the homemade bomb case at Peabody Mine No. 1 near Morganfield, with an indictment possible against a definite suspect. The device could have caused a catastrophic explosion. The mine workers refused to return to work amid ongoing union and company tensions. Local officials note Gov. Julian Carroll approved the investigation.
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Kentucky
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Peabody
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Union and Company
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Lee Mag Patterson
International Executive Board
Federal Grand Jury
Bobby Nossinger
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Court curbs school busing in major integration cases
The Supreme Court limited federal court remedies for public school segregation, ruling that busing plans may be narrowed to address specific constitutional violations. The Austin, Texas case prompted a call for a more limited integration scheme, with Justices Powell Burger and Rehnquist forming the majority and Brennan and Marshall dissenting. The decision could affect desegregation efforts in cities like Wilmington, Indianapolis, Dayton, Louisville and others facing similar orders.
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William H. Rehnquist
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Thurgood Marshall
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Indianapolis
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Obituary Homer A Jeffries Sr 56 of Grafton WV dies
Homer A Jeffries Sr 56 of Route 3 Grafton died Monday morning December 6 at WVU Medical Center. Born June 15 1920 in Lost Run Taylor County he was a son of the late Virgil L Jeffries and Mrs Vada Utt. Survived by wife Marion L Taylor Jeffries two sons Homer A Jeffries Jr Trinity NC and William R Jeffries Pine Grove WV five grandchildren Michael Thomas Jeffries Linda Homer A Utterback Rachel Jeffries six sisters and brothers and six other relatives. He worked for Westinghouse in Fairmont 29 years and was a member of Fet terman United Methodist Church and a Lions Club trustee.
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Route 3
Grafton
West Virginia University Medical Center
Lost Run
Taylor County
Virgil L. Jeffries
Vada Utt
Pruntytown
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Homer A. Jeffries Jr
Trinity
North Carolina
William R. Jeff
O'Neill and Wright Lead House Democrats in Reform Push
In a tight caucus vote Thomas P. O'Neill and Jim Wright become House leaders. They pledge jobs for the unemployed and a clean House image, with Wright as majority leader and O'Neill as speaker. Wright urges legislation to lift the nation from recession and ethics reform rises as a key priority.
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Burton
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