Lost Skier Rescued After 20-Hour Sierra Ordeal
Sacramento report details 16 year old Robert Izd depski surviving a 20 hour trek after getting off course above Sugar Bowl near Donner Summit. He dug a snow cave, kept moving on skis, and was found by helicopter after a search plane spotted his tracks.
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Sacramento
Calif
Robert Izd Depski
Robert
Donner Summit
Sugar Bowl
Reno
New
Don Schwartz
Air Force
Carmichael
Wreck injures Bland County resident near Bluefield
A 63 year old Bland County man, Leslie Hawley of Rocky Gap Virginia, was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium after a single vehicle crash on U S Route 460 two miles east of Bluefield yesterday afternoon. State Police said Hawley suffered minor chest injuries and facial lacerations when his pickup went out of control struck an embankment and rolled onto the highway. No charges filed as investigators continue.
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Bland County
Bluefield
Leslie Hawley
Rocky Gap
Hawley
W. J. Shaw
Back Wages Owed To 3,800 Workers Across States
Labor Department seeks more than 3,800 workers owed from 25 to 1000 dollars after wage and hour law investigations. The list includes 133 Virginians and 39 West Virginians. Affected workers must contact the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division in Washington to claim unpaid pay.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department of Labor
First European Porcelain Copy by Bottger Emerges in Dresden
In 1709, the first successful European copy of Chinese porcelain was produced by Johann Friedrich Böttger in Dresden, Germany, marking a pivotal moment in European ceramic history and the start of Meissen porcelain production.
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Bottger
Dresden
Germany
Indians Get Job Agency Established in Washington
The Department of the Interior announced the creation of a Washington Field Employment Assistance office for Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts living near reservations to seek jobs in the capital area. The office, directed by Mary Ellen Rawley, joins seven other workforce offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland-San Francisco, and San Jose.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Mary Ellen Rawley
Seattle
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Capital
Bureau
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Los Angeles
Oakland-San Francisco
San Jose
Calif
Morse Admits Election Loss Opens Labor Committee Shakeup
Senator Wayne Morse acknowledged defeat in his bid for reelection clearing the way for Senator Ralph Yarborough to head the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee. Morse’s concession ends court or Senate challenges and elevates Senator Jennings Randolph to second ranking Democrat on the panel while Senators Javits and Prouty lead the Republican side.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Ralph W. Yarborough
D-Tex
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Yarborough
Morse
Robert Packwood
Senate
Jennings Randolph
D-W Va
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Javits
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Housing Plan Loan Approved For Charleston and Parkersburg Projects
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a $14,100 loan to fund 80 percent of planning and financing for 50 low income housing units at Coal Branch Heights in Charleston. A $13,283 supplemental grant will cover overrun costs for the Wood County Rehabilitation Center addition in Parkersburg.
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Charleston
W.va
Parkersburg
Appalachian Regional Commission
Hulett C. Smith
Coal Branch Heights
Wood County
Fire Destroys Wise School Landmark in Big Stone Gap
A large three story main building of East Stone Gap Elementary School was destroyed by a Sunday night fire. Replacement costs could exceed 1 million dollars. Firefighters from Big Stone Gap Norton and Appalachia battled the blaze from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Two youths driving by reported the fire. The 1925 brick building was a local landmark. gymnasium and a smaller building housing fifth and sixth grades were saved. Cause undetermined.
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Big Stone Gap
East Stone Gap
Harley T. Stallard
Wise County
Norton
Appalachia
ICC Approves Move To Drop Baltimore and Ohio Trains
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved immediate abandonment of Baltimore and Ohio trains 51 and 52 running between Martinsburg West Virginia and Cumberland Maryland. The decision takes effect immediately.
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ICC
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Martinsburg
W.va
Cumberland
Ministers Wives Alliance to Meet in Bluefield
The Interdenominational Ministers Wives Alliance of Bluefield will meet Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Community Christian Church on Marshall Street. The gathering aims to discuss local church concerns and fellowship.
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Ministers’ Wives Alliance of
Bluefield
Community Christian Church
Marshall Street
American author traces Bolitho kin in South Africa
Port Elizabeth report notes author Helen Neal of Washington DC gathering material for a biography of South Africa born writer Charles William Ryall who used the pen name William Bolitho. Neal locates Bolitho’s daughter Mrs Camilla Robinson in Virginia near Washington and records Ryall’s death in Avignon France in 1930.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Helen Neal
Washington, D.C
Charles William Ryall
William Bolitho
Bolitho
Camilla Robinson
Virginia
Washington
Ryall
Avignon
France
Egyptian stamps aid six day war victims fund
The Egyptian postal union released 250000 stamps in values from 2 to 20 cents to support a new fund for victims of the Arab-Israeli six day war.
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Cairo
Egyptian Postal Union
Hollywood Stars Jump Between Films and Fortunes
VAN HEFLIN may skip Layricon for a top role in Ross Hunter's Airport. JEAN SEBERG will play Burt Lancaster's wife, VANESSA REDGRAVE likens to ISADORA, and BESSIE LOVE plays Vanessa's mother. JOANNE PETTIT flies to India for a three day TV spot. ANTHONY QUINN joins Gravmann Theatre footprints today.
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Hollywood
Nana
van Heflin
Rome
Layricon
Fellini
Van
Universal
Ross Hunter
Jean Seberg
Burt Lancaster
Vanessa Redgrave
Geraldine Page
Bessie Love
London
Vanessa
20Th Century-Fox
Forrest Tucker
Chicago
Tuck
Plaza
Larry Parks
Ron ‘Fagin’ Moody
Danny
Gila Golan
Ron
America
Oliver
Joanne Pettit
India
Damian Zachary
New York
Alex Cord
Manhattan
George
Ings
Beryl Reid
Susanah York
Coral Browne
Joe Orton
Sister George
David Nixon
Somerset Maugham
Robin
David Niven
David
Willie
Lord Robin
Somerset
Warren Beatty
Warren
Anthony Quinn
Gravman
Steve McQueen
Sidney Poitier
King Louis XIV Said He Bathes Only Once a Year
A historical note attributes to King Louis XIV of France the remark that he bathed merely once annually. The quote, tied to his reign from 1643 to 1715, reflects perceptions of grooming in royal courts of early modern Europe.
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Louis XIV of
France
Suit Filed To Nullify Union Election At MMP AFL-CIO
The United States petitions federal court to overturn last summer’s Internationl Organization of Masters Mates and Pilots AFL C IO officer election claiming unfair rules. Insurgents protested a requirement of five years in the union and three years in a local post as disqualifying. Secretary of Labor Wirtz reviewed eligibility limits affecting about 94 percent of MMP’s 11 000 members in 25 locals. The union has 20 days to respond.
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NEW York
USS
Internationl Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
Afl-Cio. Asst
Michael D. Hess
MMP
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Acting Clerk Named Mrs Virginia Lett Of Charleston
Mrs Virginia Lett of Charleston a long time member of the West Virginia Supreme Court clerk staff since 1944 was appointed acting clerk to succeed Kenneth E Hines who died last Friday Hines had held the post since 1950.
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Charleston
W.va
Virginia Lett
West Virginia Supreme Court
TVA Board Approves Wage Increases for Construction Workers
TVA board authorizes wage hikes for about 7,500 hourly construction workers across seven states after a joint conference with the Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council. Increases range from 5 to 10 percent with specific rises for boilermakers, electricians, iron workers, and other crafts. Representatives will set rates for annually rated maintenance and operating staff in January.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors
TVA
L. J. van Mol
TVA Management
Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council
Tennessee Valley
von Mol
Council
Willett Mentioned as Possible U.S. Education Commissioner
Richmond School Superintendent H Jur Willett is listed among 10 likely candidates for the U.S. education commissioner post in the NEA Washington Monitor. Willett says the reference is news to him, has had no contact with the Nixon administration, and will complete his Richmond contract in June before joining Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Richmond
H.jr
Willett
U.S
National Education Association
NEA
Washington Monitor
Harold Howeli
Virginia Commonwealth University
South
Bees and Theft Barred in Hittite Law Around 1500 B.C.
A Hittite rule dating to about 1500 B.C. restrained theft of swarming bees. The ancient law highlights early norms on property and animal husbandry within Hittite society.
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B.C
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Bluefield Ave
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TVA Board of Directors
FDIC
First National
Rich Creek
Pearlsburg, Virginia
First National Bank
P.O
Narrows
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