Turnout Seen High On First Day Of UMW Elections
Miners cast ballots Friday in the federally supervised United Mine Workers election spanning 25 states. About 1,000 Labor Department representatives oversee the process with results expected by December 20.
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Caroline Lawrence
United Mine Workers
U. S. Department of Labor
Labor Department
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Thenion
Arnold Miller
Miners For Democracy
U. S
William Bryant
West Virginia
Department
UMW
Virginia
James Leeber
Eccles
St Gulf
Illinois
Kentucky
Miller
Boyle
Western
MFD
Tennessee
Lynch
Joseph Yablonski
Nixon retains three advisers and elevates Shultz
President Nixon will keep three key economic advisers for his second term and appoint Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz to a dual role coordinating all economic policy. Shultz will assume duties akin to Kissinger in national security, giving him broad influence. Kissinger met with Nguyen Phu Duc for two and a half hours as Paris talks loom. A Saigon report says a secret directive orders South Vietnamese officials to prepare for a cease-fire.
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Key Biscayne
Fila
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
George Shultz
Shultz
Henry A. Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Nguyen Phu Duc
Vietnam
Paris
White House
Saigon
Supreme Court declines hear regional council bid
The State Supreme Court of Appeals refused to hear a petition from the Southern West Virginia Regional Council to stop Mercer County Circuit Court from selling the council’s personal property at public auction and freezing its bank accounts. The Mercer County Court again rejected Democrat L. G. Underwood’s bid to void Sheriff election votes for John I. “Jack” Scott Jr. and Princeton architect Ted Boggess challenges HUD statements about his role in a Bluefield housing project. Mercer County Board endorses Region I Health Care initiative.
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State Supreme Court of Appeals
Southern West Virginia Regional Council
Mercer County Circuit Court
Mercer County
L. G
John” Underwood
John I
Jack” Scott, Jr
Mercer County Board of Education
City of
Bluefield
Mercer County Medical Society
Region I Comprehensive Health Care and Development Corporation
Jim Calfee
Jack’’ Scott, Jr
Mercer Board of Canvassers
Underwood
Princeton
Robert “Bob” Holroyd
John S. Scott, Jr
Scott
Holroyd
Dow posts best trading day since Thanksgiving gains
The stock exchange enjoyed its best day since Thanksgiving with the Dow Jones Industrial Average showing a solid advance. Traders cited broad participation and easing concerns as the market rallied.
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The
Stock Exchange
Dow
Boggess Defies HUD on Hill Street Extension Dispute
HUD asked the Bluefield Public Housing Authority to cancel Boggess as inspecting architect citing unapproved changes to grading and drainage and watered down plan pages. Boggess disputed the letter saying HUD did not check the facts as the project nears completion and occupancy.
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Princeton
Ted Boggess
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Boggess
Bluefield
Jim Terry
Robert J. Anderson
HUD
Pittsburgh
M. A. Corte
Dan Ashlin
Bluefield Public Housing Authority
Anderson
Armature Workers Strike After Stalled West Virginia Talks
About 150 employees at the West Virginia Armature Company in Bluefield and 32 at the Fairmont plant walked out at 12 01 a m Friday as contract talks with International Union of Electrical Workers Local 647 failed after an all day session at the Holiday Inn in Princeton. The company offered a 5 5 percent wage increase within federal controls. Pickets remained at the Bluefield plant and parking area as union demands included improved pension hospitalization and life insurance, plus better working conditions. No further talks were scheduled and security patrols guarded the facilities.
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West Virginia Armature Company
Bluefield
Fairmont
International Union of Electrical Workers Local 647
Holiday Inn
Princeton
Federal Wage and Price Board
Bluefield Avenue
Administration Vows Viet Peace Climax Near
The United States signals a near climax in talks over Vietnam as Kissinger plans to resume in Paris with Le Duc Tho. South Vietnamese officials warn a cease-fire alone will not settle the war, and Du c seeks guarantees on North Vietnamese troop withdrawals and divisions.
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Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh
Akahata
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Viet Cong
Japan
Thong Tan Xa
Saigon
Court Fails To Docket Regional Council Dispute
In a 4 to 0 decision jurists uphold Judge Katz order for the council to post a bond while appealing a June verdict awarding Elwin E. Aliff 78000 in a Mercer Health Center construction dispute. Aliff has begun executions on council property and banks to collect about 60000 of the judgment.
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Jerome Katz
Bluefield
Elwin E. Aliff
Mercer Health Center
Aliff
Fred O. Blue
Council
Robert Ashworth
Beckley
Katz
High Court
Raleigh
Ashworth
Blue
Mercer County Bank
Princeton Bank and Trust
First National
Nixon Creates Dual Cabinet Role for Shultz in Economy
President Nixon retains three key economic advisers and names George Shultz as a cabinet level coordinator of all economic policy. Shultz becomes presidential assistant in charge of a new Cabinet level Council on Economic Policy overseeing domestic and international economic decision making.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Shultz
Council On
Area Family Feud Ends In Gun Death
One man 36 year old Jim Baldwin of Richlands Virginia was killed and 18 year old Samuel Harold Rutledge of Matoaka was shot three times and rushed to Princeton Community Hospital after a family argument on Main Street Matoaka. Jim Boyd of Matoaka was charged with murder and malicious assault. Police say Boyd fired three shots after a confrontation near Church House Hollow.
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Dee Wilson
Mercer County
Matoaka
Jim Baldwin
Richlands
Princeton Community Hospital
Samuel Harold Rutledge
Jim Boyd
J. L.fitzwater
F. E. Thomas
B. R. Chafin
Boyd
Rutledge
Mataoka
Church House
Hollow
Court Denies Underwood Recount Request in Mercer County
Mercer County court acting as Board of Canvassers refused Underwood request to exclude Scott votes from any counting. The court began a full recount of about 28 000 ballots across 92 precincts after a prior denial and a State Supreme Court petition. The panel noted the workload ahead while two commissioners must verify each ballot.
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Donald Anello
O. D
Bus’’ Compton
Bernard Wilkinson
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Leeber
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Rachel Riggsby
Gordon R. Cook
Oklahoma City
Diarfield Calle Teieye
Sph
Wall Street
Armature
Viet
Associated Press
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Kissinger
U.S
Florida White House
le Duc Tho
Monay
Mark
Dan Henderson
W. Va
Regional Council
Tery
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