Power workers walkout ends as talks resume in West Virginia
About 170 Monongahela Power Co employees in Clarksburg Morgantown and Weirton returned to work after a Thursday walkout. A spokesman cited unclear causes while wage talks stalled, with a 16 percent demand and a 5 percent offer previously on the table.
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Fairmont
W.va
Monongahela Power Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Weirton
Donald E
Mossy Bridge lights draw visitors in holiday display
Lacy Smith began a Christmas light display after a 1987 mining accident. Each year more sightseers visit the long bridge over Paint Creek near Mossy, with about 4,000 visitors from 26 states and four nations signing the guest book last year. He died of a heart attack at 58 while prepping this season's lights.
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Larabelle Smith
Dale Burnside
Santa Claus
Donna Pugh
Daugther
Charlene Stover
Muncie
Ind
Carter Eyes Tax Cut and Unified Energy Policy
President elect Jimmy Carter said he remains open to a tax cut while promising a unified energy policy by April 1 and plans to appoint one person to head two energy agencies. He met with Mondale at Blair House after touring the Pentagon war room with Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs, discussing economy, government reorganization, public works, and energy. Members of the House and Senate urged alternatives to a tax cut, stressing jobs programs as the economy worsens.
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Washington (Ap
Jimmy Carter
Pentagon
Walter F. Mondale
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Vietnam
House
Democratic Caucus
Blair House
White House
Carter
John Conyers Jr
Dmich
Imocrats
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional Black Caucus
Thomas P
Tip’ O'Neill
Congress
O'Neill
Howard Metzenbaum
Federal Energy Administration
Energy Research and Development Administration
Senate
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
D-N.y
Gas forces evacuate 10000 as chlorine cloud drifts near Baton Rouge
A chlorine gas leak from a Allied Chemical plant near Baton Rouge forced 10,000 residents to evacuate as the yellow green cloud moved toward Pointe Coupe Parish. Officials said rainfall would aid dissipation, with up to eight hours to empty tanks and six to eight more to clear the air. No injuries reported.
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Baton Rouge
Here
Pointe Coupe Parish
Roemer
Ain Sen
Allied Chemical Co
Angola
New Roads
Hospital Register Reports North Central Admissions and Discharges
A hospital register lists multiple admissions and discharges across towns including Clarksburg Grafton Philippi and Bridgeport. Entries name patients such as Larry Barnhart Hayward Moyer Charles Surwile Roy Beaver Kathie Smith Sean Frush and Bessie Moore with discharge names like Gary Wentz Edward Burnside Raphael Swisher and Mary Stout. Interments are noted for Bartlett Funeral Home with services and Woodsdale Memorial Park.
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Clarksburg
Larry Barnhart
Hayward Moyer
Duck
Charles Surwile
Elkins
Roy Beaver
Bridgeport
Albert Lechiara, Sr
Grafton
Kathie Smith
MT. Clare
Sean Frush
West Union
Emery Booker
Stonewood
Joshua Carpenter, Shinnston
Bessie Moore
Weston
Howard Johns
Bartlett
Myrtle
Bartlett Funeral
Gary Martin
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Gary Wentz
Edward Burnside
Raphael Swisher
Samuel Guarascio
Dorothy Wilson
Stephen Simon
Mary Stout
Paul Lynch
Sylvia Landis
Virginia Sheves
Clara Norris
Mary Harper
Boyd Skidmore
Broaddus Hospital
Wendel
Judy —Lipscomb
Dorothy Sandy
Patricia Weaver
Philippi
Elfreda Mayle
Vonda Sinsil
Arnold Marteny
William King
Flemington
Coretta Simpson
Rock Cave
Roy Smith
Navy A4 Skyhawk shot down off North Carolina coast
A Navy A4 Skyhawk crashed into the Atlantic 40 miles south of Cherry Point after being struck by a Marine F4 missile during a training mission. Lt. Jerome L. Petykowski, 30, of Chicago, ejected safely and was treated at Cherry Point, released later. the Marine pilot was not named.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina
Pentagon
Defense Department
Navy
Jerome L. Petykowski
Chicago
UPS Ends 84 Day Strike Returns To Normal Schedule
UPS resumes normal delivery by mid next week after an 84 day strike by about 17,000 Teamsters is settled. Packages within 15 Eastern states will be accepted now. nationwide shipments resume in stages. The three year pact raises wages 0.65 and 0.50 per hour in years one to three with broader work condition protections.
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Charleston
W.va
Charleston-Huntington
Manuel E. Hayes
Logan
Charles Peters
Huntington
Tony D. Peters
John Elzy
Hayes
DEA
Peters
Paul Fourney
Elzy
Tony Peters
Charrleston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elk River
State Capitol
Clay County
B&o
Hartland
Clay
Clendennin
Kanawha County
Greenwich, Conn
United Parcel Service
Teamsters Union
UPS
Alaska
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Greenbrier
Quinwood
Joseph Tate
Tate
Big Mountain Road
Jackson
Wyoming
Ruth Elmore
Elmore
Sarah
Paul
Moundsville
Arch A. Moore Jr
Natural Resources
Ira Latimer
Byrum Construction Co
Wheeling
Grave Creek
U.S
John Copenhaver
Freddie J. Noe
Noe
Cabell County
Grafton High School
Abram Brown
Lord Britten
England
Taylor County
Church of the Good Sheperd
Bill Byrd
Charles Roemer
Guy E. Shackelford
Route 1
Grafton City Hospital
James E. Shackelford
Blueville
Rex Shackelford Jr
Albert
Lula Mae) Stevens
Brownlow Park
Eugene
Mildred) Whitmer
Keyser
B and C Railroad
Bartlett Funeral Home
Southern University
Louisiana State University
Charles Sisler
West Virginia University Medical Center
Guy Shackleford
Sarah Carlyle
Grover Barnhart
Tampoya
Nellie Leyhe
Hospital Register
Downtown
Divisic
Clarksburg Admissions
Okey Dean
Kasson
Gary Duckworth
Lisa Rites
Shirley Collins
Roxie Keener
Charles Knotts
Belington
Jesse McCauley
Lelia Ringer
Ina_ Rutherford
Paula Boyles
Olive Judy
Centralia
Stella
Skidmore
Gassaway
Yvorra Shaver
Arnold Haught
Andrew Takacs
Preston Memorial
Ida__ Betts
Masontown
Plummer Fitch
Newburg
Anna Dalton
Kingwood
Bessie Howell
Robert Roach
Elizabeth Poland
Gary Livengood
John Formella
Elizabeth Hess
Maude Loar
Cynthia Steenstra
Lena Saffel
Joseph Gibson
Thornton
Lois Knotts
Charlotte Swisher
Pearl Bennett
George Sevier
Donald Phillips
Richard Rutherford
Ups Returns
Morris Home Centers
Osage
W. VA
Manos Theater
Fea
Sun
Garvin
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