Hanna Coal Arbitrator Rules Firing Of Six Justified
An arbiter ruled Hanna Coal Co. justified in firing six men from the Ireland mine near Moundsville over an unauthorized walkout. The 19 day strike across three states involved more than 11 000 miners before grievance procedures were agreed. Karl Kafton, UMW Local 1110 president, said no appeal plans exist and an umpire’s ruling in District 6 is binding.
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Hanna Coal
Moundsville
Hanna Coal Co
Frank Fries
Gillespie, Tl
Ireland
Panhandle
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Fries
Ford Sampson
Ohio Coal Association
Thomas A. Williams
United Mine Workers Union
Karl Kafton
UMW
Hampton youth re-enacts restaurant slaying
An 18 year old Hampton resident, Robert Wayne Smith, was charged with murder in the slaying of Queen Lunch owner Mrs Sarah May. He was arrested at his home and reenacted for detectives the Saturday killing.
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Hampton, Va
Hampton
Robert Wayne Smith
Smith
Sarah May
Group Rates Virginia Officials In Congress
Virginia legislators received scores from Americans for Constitutional Conservatism based on voting records. Senators Byrd and Robertson posted low marks while representatives Abbitt, Poff, and Tuck posted high scores. other officials ranged from 22 to 86.
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Richmond, Va
Virgina
Congress
Americans For Constitu Action
Old Dominion Congressee
Harry F. Byrd
A. Willis Robertson
Watkins Abbitt
Richard Poff
William Tuck
John Marsh Jr
David Satterfield III
Howard Smith
Joel Broyhill
Thomas Downing
Porter Hardy Jr
W. Pat Jennings
Robbery Hits Supply's Store in Huntington
Police say the Bluefield Supply Company's Huntington outlet was broken into late Tuesday night or early Thursday morning. Thieves used a sledge hammer and chisels to rip open a safe and steal between 700 and 800 dollars. investigation led by Sergeant Sam Watkins.
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Bluefield Supply Company
Huntington
Sam Watkins
Fire Chief Damron in Satisfactory Condition
Fire Chief Gordon Damron of Bluefield remains under treatment at St Luke's Hospital after being admitted Tuesday. His status Wednesday night was described as satisfactory, with officials noting he could not stop bleeding from an injury.
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Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
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Deaths and Funerals Slate From Bluefield Area
Milton Leedy 92 of Bluefield died after an illness with services at Dudley Memorial Chapel to follow in Shrader Cemetery. Other notices include Ennis Lorene Broyles 49, William Charlie Finley 25, Clayton Cooper 56, Mrs Mary Alice Wooley, Lou Hannah Banner 83, Gordon Lee Fizer 76, Mrs Viola Martin 66, and J Ken Cook 77 with obsequies in local churches and graves at area cemeteries.
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William Charlie Finley
Pageton
Yukon
Clarence
Aliie Rose Finley
Katherine Kennedy Finley
Aleta Gay Finley
Bobby
Michael Finley
Debbie
Cindy Finley
Winfred Hopkins
Allen Finley
Alexandria
Funeral notices for Lucy Hammond and Mike Brady Jr
The funeral service for Mrs Lucy Hammond of Fayette Street Princeton is today at 10 30 am at the Burns Wornal Chapel with Rev L L Vaught officiating. Burial follows at Fletcher Cemetery Pearisburg VA. Mike Brady Jr aged 55 of Montcalm has a Thursday service at 2 pm at Cravens Funeral Home Chapel Bluewell with burial in Roselawn Cemetery.
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Lucy
Fayette Street
Princeton
Rev
L. L. Vaught
Fletcher
Pearisburg
Brady
Mike Jr
Montcalm
Cravens Funeral Hoe Chapel
Bluewell
Roselawn
Bob Blasi Named Head Grid Mentor
Bob Blasi aged 35 was named head football coach at Colorado State college in Greeley Colorado. The appointment marks a leadership change as Blasi takes over the gridiron program from the departing coach.
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Bob Blasi
Train and Trailer Crash Near Anaheim Kills Truck Driver
A Los Angeles to San Diego Santa Fe passenger train hit a gravel truck trailer at State College Boulevard crossing near Anaheim, injuring about 15 of 200 aboard and killing the truck driver Bernard R. Lanfranco of Orange. Four hospitals treated the injured. the wreck derailed two diesel units and five of eight cars. The crossing had flashing lights and a gong in operation.
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Calif
State College Boulevard
California Angels
Anaheim
Los Angeles
Bernard R. Lanfranco
Orange
Wesleyan Receives Grant for Science Center Project
Washington AP reports West Virginia Wesleyan College won a 250 612 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to help finance a 1 9 million science center. The facility will house classrooms laboratories a planetarium greenhouses and a science library with over 1 million already raised and 653 590 to come under the Higher Education Facilities Act.
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Washington
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Appalachian Regional Commission
Landslide in Andes Kills at Least 60 in Peru
AP reports a landslide after heavy rains in Huari Province burying three villages Acopara Yuracuacu and Olayon about 160 miles northeast of Lima. The disaster recalls a 1961 slide near Ramahirca that caused thousands of deaths.
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Peru
Huari
Acopara
Yuracuacu
Olayon
Ramahirca
Yale Lottery Worth $42 Million In Spain
The Madrid based annual Christmas lottery drew prizes totaling $4 million per day from hundreds of winners. The National Lottery Administration ran the drawing as about $60 million in ticket sales fed the treasury.
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Yale
Spain
Madrid
National Lottery Administration
National Treasury
Full Pardons Granted In Hancock County Case
Full pardons were granted to Morton H. Rosenshine aged 47 and Riley Henderson about 30. Rosenshine had pleaded guilty to embezzlement and grand larceny involving 3621 dollars and his law license was revoked. Henderson, convicted in 1961 for murder related to the Huntington abortion death, received a pardon after prior conditional clemency.
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Hancock County
Rosenshine
James McClure
Smith
Riley Henderson
Huntington
Henderson
Florence Harris
W. W. Barron
Byron Lee Moore
Raleigh
John Hairston
McDowell County
Charles Hughes
Cabell County
Hughes
Governor’s Office
Quake Off Kenai Peninsula Mildly Shakes Alaska Area
An offshore tremor near 200 to 300 miles southwest of Anchorage rattled southwest Alaska at 6 to 6.7 on the Richter scale. No damage was reported and seismologists likened it to aftershocks from the 1964 Alaska quake. Norman Rasmussen of Seattle noted the quake’s comparison to earlier events.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
Norman Rasmussen
Seattle
Jennings weighs Senate run over House in Virginia
Jennings says some voters favor a Senate seat as his lead more possible impact, noting Robertson’s support and visits to his home. He downplays leaving the 9th District while stressing broader state gain if he can push Senate style legislation. He plans more talks with leaders and voters.
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Senate
Robertson
Jennings
Senator Robertson
Virginia
House
Tax shifts show Social Security rise outweighs tax cuts
The 1960s tax changes raise Social Security payments for workers while income tax cuts shrink. By 1969 payroll deductions rise $33 more, totaling $159 above initial reductions, eroding early tax relief. Origination in 1937 contrasts with future levies for earners over $6,600.
Two Americans Sentenced by East German Court
In Berlin East German authorities jailed two young Americans for eight years each for aiding refugees to reach West Berlin. Moses Reese Herrin of Akron Ohio and Frederick Matthews of Ellwood City Pennsylvania were named as detainees with a fourth American, Mary Hellen Battle of Oak Ridge Tennessee, facing the same charge.
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East Berlin
U.S
East Germany
Berlin
Miami County rejects cross removal bid at hearing
A six story lighted cross at the Dade County Courthouse remained in place after a county commission hearing failed to secure a vote on removal. Rev John Papandrew argued the symbol violated the First Amendment while County Attorney Britton said it is secular and lawful.
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Dade County
Dade County Commission
John Papandrew
Papandrew
Earl Starnes
First Unitarian Church
Starnes
Thomas C. Britton
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Two Yule Programs Slated At Bluefield Church
Two Christmas services will be held at Scott Street Baptist Church Bluefield with a 7 PM program by the Sunday School Department and a midnight presentation titled The Light Is Come by Rev J Matthew Coleman the Senior Choir and the Young Adult Choir. The pastor and his family will host afterwards in Mitchell McGhee Hall.
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Scott Street Baptist Church
Bluefield
J. Matthew Coleman
Mitchell McGhee
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