Puerto Rico Governor Prioritizes Economy Over Statehood
Carlos Romero Barcelo, sworn in as Puerto Rico’s fifth elected governor, says reviving the island’s sagging economy is his first priority and vows to end intolerable living conditions. He does not mention statehood despite President Ford’s Friday proposal to Congress.
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Woman still searches for missing husband
Sara Falls seeks proof of whether her husband Charles Mason Falls died when his car vanished into the Guyandotte River near Logan West Virginia on February 19. She offers $2,000 for evidence. police questioned her, and the car was found downstream but with no body.
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Guyandotte River
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Chillie
Charles Mason
Chillie’ Falls
Southern West Virginia Community College
Fairmont
Jason
Three Mile
Buffalo Creek
Huntington
Sara
Chillie Falls
University of Kentucky
Roanoke
Kingwood
Robert G. Powell
Terra Alta
Danny R. Adams
Reedsville
Powell
Adams
West Virginia school boards reorganize tonight statewide
West Virginia county boards of education in Taylor Preston and Barbour counties reorganize with new officers and sworn-in members. Taylor elects a new president and vice president as Michael Murphy joins the board. Preston selects leaders and agency representatives. Jessie Jennings takes another oath. Barbour elects a president and vice president. Robert Summers sworn in replacing retiring Richard Flint.
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West Side
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William Cather
Preston County
North Central Regional Education Service Agency
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Preston County Community Action Council, Inc
Preston County Educational Center
Jessie A. Jennings
Barbour County
Robert Summers
Richard Flint
John Hulley
Wade A. Graham
Hulley
Graham
Maude A. Poling
Virgil Poling
New Year fires kill 45 across seven states and Boston blaze
New Year weekend fires claimed at least 45 lives in seven states and damaged Boston’s Old North Church. In Chicago two fatal fires may be arson, with Brookfield deaths of five children and an unidentified woman among victims. A separate Chicago Northwest Side blaze left nine dead. Shamokin Pennsylvania saw nine killed in a motor hotel fire. Old North Church suffered smoke damage from a nearby four alarm fire. In Tennessee two fires killed eight people including three children.
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Shamokin
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North End
Paul Revere
Longfellow
Revere
Tennessee
Byrd May Lead Senate Democrats for Majority Leader
Democratic senators meet Tuesday to choose a successor to Mansfield with Hubert Humphrey and Robert Byrd as rivals. Byrd, the current whip, is seen as front runner while Humphrey aides stress secret ballots. GOP leaders, including Robert Griffin and Howard Baker, will also caucus to fill the minority post after Hugh Scott's retirement.
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Gartner
Minnesota
Edward M. Kennedy
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Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
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Griffin
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Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
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