Barron and Brown Deny Ties to Buckhannon Firm
West Virginia lawmakers spar over alleged state payments to a Buckhannon firm described as a dummy corporation. Del. Davisson cited an $35,175 check to the Buckhannon Brokerage Co. as routed to ex Gov Barron and attorney Bonn Brown, with officials denying knowledge and asserting the firm handles licensed produce. Davisson claimed the firm used Goots Produce Co. facilities, and questioned procurement practices under Gov. Smith’s administration.
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Charleston
Buckhannon
del. Russell L. Davission
R-Kanawha
Buckhannon Brokerage Co
Davisson
Wv. W. Barron
Elkins
Bonn Brown
Barron and Brown
State Mental Health Department
Citizens National Bank of Elkins
Brows
West Virginia
U.S. Department of
Brown
Weston State Hospital
Barron
House of Delegates
Truman E. Gore
Paul Crabtree
Hulett C. Smith
Goots Produce Co
Sympathy strike halts most area coal mines in five counties
An estimated 12 000 miners across nine counties near Bluefield walked off Thursday in a broad sympathy strike. Major operators including Pocahontas Fuel Co Eastern Associated Coal US Steel and Clinchfield Coal idled as unions protest a Pennsylvania action.
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Rob Dalton
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginias’ Coal Belt
United Mine Workers of America
Somerset County
UMWA
Pennsylvania
Panhandle
Bluefield
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
McDowell
Wyoming
U. S. Steel
Dickenson
Russell Counties
Clinchfield Coal Division
Pittston Coal Co
Strickers
Dickenson County
Russell County
Heat claim two in Sydney as temperatures soar
Sydney records 97 degrees with 107 in suburbs as two people die from heat exhaustion and 100 more are treated by ambulance crews. The AP reports extreme heat gripping the city on Thursday.
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Sydney
Australia
Saigon
Clark Candidate For House Seat
Don Clark a Bluefield automobile dealer and local civic leader announced Thursday as a Republican candidate for the 5th District House seat now held by Democrat James Kee. Clark, born in Lenore and a longtime coal miner teacher and businessman in the district, plans a district wide campaign across Mercer Summers Wyoming McDowell Mingo Fayette and Raleigh counties. He has been active in civic affairs in Welch and Bluefield and says he aims to meet every voter to discuss the district's issues. (Turn To Page 2 Col. 4).
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Don Clark
Bluefield
Clark
James Kee
D-W. Va
Fifth Congressional District
Welch
McDowell County
West Virginia
Mercer
Summers
Wyoming
McDowell
Mingo
Fayette
Raleigh
Nixon Announces Candidacy and Seeks GOP Nomination
Richard M. Nixon formally announces his run for the Republican presidential nomination with a letter to New Hampshire citizens. He plans a three day slate of campaign appearances starting Friday, with early primaries in New Hampshire March 12 and Wisconsin April 2. Nixon touts “answers” to U.S. problems and a leadership path beyond partisanship, citing his 14 years in Washington and reflections on national tasks.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
United States
New Hampshire
Nixon
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
America
Washington
George Romney
Michigan
Gallup
Romney
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Smith's Road Bond Issue Clears West Virginia Senate Vote
West Virginia Senate approved Gov. Hulett C. Smith's $350 million road bond proposal 27 to 6, sending it to the House. House Finance blocked two university oversight bills, and an audit requirement for State Road Commission spending advanced in the Senate. Minority Leader Carrigan opposed the bond, citing river corridor needs.
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Charleston
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
State
Senate
House
House Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
John FE. Carrigan
R-Marshall
J. Frank Deem
Ritchie
Neal A. Kinsolving
Kanawha
Jack L. Miller
Wood
John T. Poffenbarger
Dallas Wolfe
Preston
Carrigan
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Huntington
Paul J. Kaufman
Ohanawha
Kaufman
Senate Judiciary
W. T. Brotherton Jr
D-Kanawha
Yeggs Loot West Virginia Amusement Co Safe
Burglars forced entry on Bluefield Avenue in Bluefield stealing about 1500 dollars mostly coins from the West Virginia Amusement Co safe. The heavy safe was moved and the break in occurred between 6 pm Wednesday and opening Thursday with possible ties to a nearby failed candy company break in.
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West Virginia Amusement Co
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield
Virginia Candy Co
Presley couple welcomes first child a daughter
Mrs Elvis Presley gave birth to a 6 pound 15 ounce girl in Memphis Tenn The baby is the couple s first child Mrs Presley formerly Priscilla Beaulieu daughter of an Army officer She and Elvis met in Germany when he was stationed there and married early last year
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Presley
Priscilla Beaulieu
Germany
Bloodied Enemy Fails In Attacks In Vietnam Week
U S and Vietnamese forces report 10 553 enemy dead this week with no major city taken while Allied units claim an 11 5 to 1 kill ratio. Casualties include 632 KIA South Vietnamese and 281 U S troops, with 34 other allies killed.
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Saigon
U.S
Republic
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Ex Prisoner Describes North Korean Torture Of 1963 Capture
Carleton W. Voltz, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot captured with Ben Stults in May 1963, recounts brutal beatings, sleep deprivation, and long interrogations by North Korean guards. He details four months of captivity, indoctrination, and a later return to service. Stutts is reported killed in a 1968 crash.
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Lake Zurich
Ill
Carleton W. Voltz
Voltz
Ben Stults
North Korea
U.S.A
United States
Army
Pentagon
Stutts
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N&w
Wayne Counties
Virginia
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Wise
Russell
United Mine Worker
Virginias
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Consolidation Coal Co
MecDowell
Buchanan
Buchanan County
Three
Island Creek Coal Co
Harman Mining Co
Jewell Ridge Coal Co
Umwa District 28
Grundy
Pike County
Logan
Lee, Dickenson and
Marina Oswald Porter
Dallas
New Orleans
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lenore
Mingo County
Gallup Survey
Rommeys
Rockefeller
Smith
Yeggs
Five Oceans
Tan Son Nhut
Quang Tri City
1St Air Cavalry Division
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Carleton Voltz
Ben Stutts
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