Wyoming hearing on coal slurry pipelines sparks debate
In Cheyenne Wyoming hearings on a bill to grant eminent domain to coal slurry firms drew objections over water use and private property rights. Rep Teno Roncalio chaired the joint panel while Gov Ed Herschler urged caution citing water loss and private seizure risks.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Teno Roncalio
Dwyo
Roncalio
House Indian Affairs and Public Lands and Mines and Minerals
Bob Eckhardt
D-Tex
Gillette
White Bluffs
Ark
South Dakota
Nebraska
Eckhardt
Ed Herschler
Herschler
Minorities not helped by Carter hiring fall in top posts
Washington AP reports that 76 percent of the 265 top Carter administration jobs are held by white males. Women hold 14 percent and Blacks 9 percent of these posts, with no American Indians and one Asian American. Cabinet members Kreps and Harris are the only women in Carter's Cabinet.
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Washington
Carter
White House
America
Freddie Wechsler
National Women’s Political Caucus
Amin threatens to execute British resident in Uganda
Uganda said President Idi Amin would fire a firing squad if a British resident jailed for spying is found guilty by a military tribunal. British Foreign Secretary David Owen said he did not know full details. Amin previously sentenced another British resident to death in 1975 and pressed for action from London.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Uganda
Radio Uganda
David Owen
London
Amin
Denisl Hills
James Callaghan
Britain
Kampala
Callaghan
Radio
Uganda Tanzania-Rwanda
Europe
Gulf quieting uranium scandal fuels secrecy bid
Gulf Oil Corp seeks to keep nine inches of documents secret as a House subcommittee holds a hearing on its claim that the papers prove a cartel conspired to raise uranium prices. Canada backs the demand, citing Official Secrets Act protections for confidential records.
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Washington
Gulf Oil Corp
House
Gulf
Government of Canada
State Department
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Canada
U.S
House Commerce Committee
Westinghouse Electric Corp
U.S. District Court
George Hart
Westinghouse
William Jentes
Grafton Obituary James H. Shingleton 78
James Harry Shingleton 78 of 519 Maple Ave Grafton died June 9 at Grafton City Hospital after an extended illness He was born October 14 1898 in Grafton the son of the late Henry Clinton and Mary Elizabeth Blackwood Shingleton He is survived by his wife Alma C Ridenour Shingleton a son Paul C Shingleton Dunbar one sister Mrs Juanita S Hardin Grafton four grandchildren and two great grandsons He was a retired boiler maker welder for the B& O Railroad retired in 1963 after 49 years seven months service He was a charter member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Grafton and a member of Grafton Lodge No 15 AF and AM The service is set for Saturday at Bartlett Funeral Home with Masonic rites and Interment at Intermont Bluemont Cemetery Friends may call Friday after 3 p m The notice also lists emergency squad reports and unrelated items from the same issue.
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Grafton
James Harry Shingleton
Maple Ave
Grafton City Hospital
Henry Clinton
Mary Elizabeth Blackwood Shingleton
Alma C. Ridenour Shingleton
Paul .C. Shingleton
Dunbar
Juanita S. Hardin
W.C. Shingleton
John Merle Shingleton
Paul Lynn Shingleton
Edna E. Shingleton
Ruth Shroyer
Shingleton
B&o
Seventh Day Adventist Church
James Harry
Bartlett Funeral Home
George D. Rogers
Intermont Bluemont Cemetery
Grafton Lodge
Masonic Temple
Bartlett
Probe ends in disaster. poem read at mine inquiry
An official inquiry into the March mine disaster that killed nine men ends with the reading of a poem by the parents of 19 year old Gary Klinger. The hearing included widows and relatives as witnesses testified while questions on drilling for water pockets and possible perjury arose.
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Lower City
Joseph Cook
U.S. Mining Enforcement Safety Administration
Gary Klinger
Cook
Porter Tunnel
Accident fund donors thanked in West Virginia community drive
As of June 3, the total donations to the B.I.G.G.S. Accident Fund reached 2445.96 dollars to aid five teenagers injured in an April 15 car crash. Fundraising committee members included Bill Skinner Tootsie Robinson Linda Watkins June Platter Beverly Bolyard and June Wolverton.
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Grafton
B.I.G.G.S
Bill Skinner
Tootsie Robinson
Linda Watkins
June Platter
Beverly Bolyard
June Wolverton
Hospital register lists multiple admissions across towns
Grafton City Hospital records admissions on June 9 for Pauline Kennedy Ivy Dixon Velma Twigg Chester Shaver Melva Woodruff Elizabeth Stuck Sarah Keener In Independence Joe Davis Newburg Martha Simmons Discharges at Grafton Jay Murpy Etha Shaffer Nancy Corder Wanda Knotts Preston Memorial Lula Steelman Bruceton Mills Bessie Miller Independence Mary Anvil Terra Alta Robert Ringer Aurora Anthony Arnold Albright Florence Titchnell Mary Riley Amos Titchnell Martha Teets Kenneth Chidester Clifford Bolyard.
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Grafton City Hospital
Grafton
Pauline Kennedy
Ivy Dixon
Velma Twigg
Chester Shaver
Melva Woodruff
Elizabeth Stuck
Sarah Keener
Independence
Joe Davis
Newburg
Martha Simmons
Preston Memorial Hospital
Kingwood
Lula Steelman
Bruceton Mills
Bessie Miller
Mary Anvil
Terra Alta
Robert Ringer
Aurora
Anthony Arnold
Albright
Florence Titchnell
Mary Riley
Amos Titchnell
Martha Teets
Kenneth Chidester
Clifford Bolyard
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Wendy Peters
Edna Rae Maxwell
Linda Hartley
Ann Kolker
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Juanita Kreps
Patricia Roberts Harris
Housing and Urban Development
Paris
Johannesburg
South Africa
Jentes
London Daily Mirror
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
Mobutu
Kinshasa
England
Michael Manley
Manley
Rhodesia
Taylor County
Etta Dove Shaffer
Spruce Street
High Street
Robert Phares
MESA
Justice Department
Phares
Kocher Coal Co
Kocher
Blueville Bank of Grafton
VFW
Charles McCauley
Veterans Emp. Assoc
Harriett Davis
Lloyd Shackelford
Bill Goodwin
Maynard Goodwin
Robert Goodwin
Gavitt and Schatz Inc
Bill Whetsell
Louie Stevens
Paul Hart
Taylor Co. CB Club
Dorsey Hickman
Dave Wotring
Jim Robinson
Etta Wotring
Jack Wolverton
Lawrence Boyce
Mahaffey
CB Electronics
VFW Post 3081
George A. Cassell
Paper Workers International
Betty Boyce
Francis Hussion
Middletown Bank
Kompac
Elks
American Legion
Phillips Pharmacy
Garden Fresh
Thorofare
Beverly’s
Tastee Freeze
Kale Motors
Toothman Ford
Steinbeck’s
Four Corners
Rt. 50
Circus
Weaver Bros
Foodland
Fas Food
Grafton Apparel
VFW Grill
Sandy's Hair Car Center
Jan’s Beauty Palace
H&p Store
Union Cigar Newstand
Library
Harriett Peek Apparel
Moose Lodge
CB Club
West Virginia
Murphy's
Murphy's Hardware and Fiance Store
Dave Blair
Hospital Register
Jay — Murphy
Etha Shaffer
Nancy Corder
Wanda Knotts
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