Panther Man Held In Roadside Killing
A 29 year old Hurley man died Sunday from a gunshot wound after a roadside shooting in Greenbrier Mountain Panther area. Dennis Justus was arrested at his Panther home and charged with murder. He was released on 5000 dollar bond pending a hearing. Surviving are his widow daughter mother sisters and brothers. Funeral plans set for Hurley home with burial at Coleman Cemetery.
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Hurley
Welch
Greenbrier Mountain
Panther
McDowell
Phillip Charles Justus
Welch Hospital
Dennis Justus
Phillip Justus
Justus
Justice of Peace
Edna Justus
Abigal Justus
Michael Joe Justus
Violet Justus
Pauline Kizer
Alexandria
Irene Justus
Agnes Duty
Evelina Allen
Tampa
Fla
Paul
Clarence Justus
Nina Gail Justus
Virgil Justice
Delbert Justus
Junior Justus
Hershel Hurley
Coleman Cemetery
Mouth-of-Laurel
Guesses Fork
Virginia
Grundy
Virgil Justus
Bayh Sees Nixon Veto Chance on ARC Funds
Sen. Birch Bayh predicts Congress will likely pass four year ARC reauthorization but expects a presidential veto possible. He questions Nixon revenue sharing plan arguing it diverts funds and fails to fix state and local financing. Bayh also notes hope for an 18 year voting amendment facing tough ratification.
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Charleston
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Congress
Appalachian Regional Commission
Nixon
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
U. S. Senate
Washington
ARC
Moore
Bayh
U. S
Rail unions avert nationwide shutdown with new contract
Four unions reached settlements easing a March 1 rail strike threat. The Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks signed after an all night session, while the United Transportation Workers prepare for talks with management. Details await ratification votes by locals. The Clerks represent about 180,000 workers and UTU about 90,000.
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Washington
The
Brotherhood of Railway and
Airline Clerks
Labor Department
Clerks
United Transportation Workers
UTU
Brotherhood of Maintenance Workers
Manipulation alleged in Penn Central figures
Rep. Wright Patman said Penn Central assets and credit were manipulated for a private investment company, Penphil, with CFO David Bevan and adviser Charles Hodge as key figures. The report notes Penphil investors earned 600 percent profits from a $16,500 start, aided by $1.8 million in favorable Chemical Bank loans.
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Penn Central
Penphil
David ¢. Bevan
Charles Hodge
Chemical Bank of
New York City
Stripping Mine Ban Faces Subcommittee Report Delay
West Virginia Senate bill to outlaw future coal strip mining runs into delays as a subcommittee report nears completion. Hearings begin Monday amid intense public pressure and lobbying by miners and residents affected by blasting and land damage. An administration official urged abolition, warning of irreversible valley damage and urging legal action if lawmakers move to strip the ban.
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Charleston
Senate
Sensi Galperin Jr
D-Kanawha
John D. Rockefeller IV
Subcommittee
West Virginia Administration
Norman Rider Williams
Department of Natural Resources
Kanawha
Williams
Hove Hood
Strin Minine
Dole Group Plans Capitol March For More Welfare Grants
Welfare Rights group plans a Charleston march to the State Capitol Monday to press for public assistance grants rising from 52 to 100 percent of need. A large House hearing on strip mining abolition and Workmen's Compensation revisions looms, drawing major public attention.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Capitol
Dole Group
Capitol
Spo Esmen
First Presbyterian Church
House of Delegates
Senate Natural Resources
House Judiciary Committees
Hidden Facts Behind the Iron Curtain Education Debates
A satirical note questions fears of Soviet influence through sex education and ponders exposing readers to basic life facts as a countermeasure. The fragment hints at cultural battles over what is taught and how information travels across borders.
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Tron Curtain
Rowe Man Killed in Clinchfield Coal Mine Accident
Rowe Virginia man Jimmy Willis Compton age 23 died Saturday afternoon while operating machinery in Clinchfield Coal Company's Hagy No 3 near Haysi. The accident is under investigation with details unavailable. Survived by parents Marshall F E and Alice Lewis Compton of Rowe, two sisters Ella Mae Whitt and Linda Sue Compton, and four brothers Jack, C B, Ronnie, and Johnny Compton. Burial is in Greenhills Memory Gardens, Claypool Hill, with services in Rowe Pentecostal Holiness Church.
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Rowe
Jimmy Willis Compton
Clinchfield Coal Company
Hagy No. 3
Haysi
Virginia
W. F. Mullins
Compton
No. 3
Marshall FE
Alice Lewis Compton
Ella Mae Whitt
Honaker
Linda Sue Compton
Jack Compton
Alexandria
C. B
Ronnie
Johnny Compton
Rowe Pentecostal
Greenhills
Garens
Claypool Hill
Honaker Funeral Home
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Iran
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