Perdue Held For Grand Jury In Clyborne Theft Case
Dwight Perdue 54 of Bluefield faces receiving stolen goods charges connected to the $300,000 C. A. Clyborne robbery in Bluefield. At a preliminary hearing in Bluefield, FBI agent David Warden and Trooper R. E. Perry presented evidence about a letter promising $65,000 and a fence at Tampa tracks. Perdue remains jailed on $50,000 bail. Betty Powell’s involvement also noted.
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Dwight Perdue
Bluefield
Mercer County
C. A. Clyborne
Justice of the Peace Co
J. Harvey
R. E. Perry
Mercer County State Police Detachment
Federal Bureau of Investigation
David
Perdue
Perry
Tampa
Fla
Clyborne
David Knight
Warden
FBI
Betty Powell
James Dent
Skyway
Brushfork
Knight
James Satterfield
Mrs. Powell
David Warden
Princeton
Mercer County Intermediate Court
Vernon Fields
ICC Approves N and W Plan to Stop Two Passenger Trains
The ICC approved Norfolk and Western Railway’s plan to discontinue Trains 15 25 and 16 26 between Norfolk Virginia and Cincinnati Ohio by a 7 1 vote. Commissioner Virginia Mae Brown dissented citing insufficient case for closure and public need.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk
Cincinatti
Ohio
Commission
Virginia Mae Brown
West Virginia
Kenneth H. Tuggle
Brown
N&w
Cincinnati
Moore Cuts 2 288 000 From Budget In West Virginia
Gov Arch A Moore Jr trimmed the next fiscal year budget by 2 288 000 and signed the reduced act. He also approved four other bills and vetoed three, including a proposal to rewrite water rights and moving seats in the State Capitol.
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Charleston
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
South Charleston
Secretary of State
Senate OKs uniform desegregation push in education bill
The Senate voted 56 to 36 to adopt Sen. Stennis amendment requiring equal federal effort to desegregate schools in the North and South. The measure, part of a $35 billion education bill, drew Southern praise and Republican opposition, with further Southern amendments pending.
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Washington
Senate
Deep South
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
White House
Stennis
North
South
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Ribicoff
Nixon Warns Of Soviet Missile Build Up And Policy
President Nixon, in a 40 000 word State of the World message, cites a Soviet missile buildup that could widen the gap with the United States. He approves expanding the Safeguard ABM system and calls for renewed talks with the Soviets on arms limits.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Congress
Helsinki
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
China
Kremlin
Five Convicted In Riot Trial In Chicago 1968 DNC
Five political activists were found guilty of crossing state lines to incite riot speeches during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Co-defendants Froines and Weiner were acquitted on the conspiracy count. Sentencing not set. judge denied bond for the five convicted defendants, citing danger if released.
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Chicago
David T. Dellinger
Jerry C. Rubin
Thomas E. Hayden
Abbott “Abbie” Hoffman
Bernard C. Davis
John R. Fraines
Lee Weiner
Froines
Weiner
Grant Park
Eugene
Ore
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
US District Court
Cook County
East River Mountain Tunnel progress nears 40 feet deep
Crews push 35 feet into the south side of East River Mountain as the 28 million dollar Interstate 77 tunnel links Mercer County West Virginia with Bland County Virginia. The project uses laser alignment and expects 467000 cubic yards of rock and 20 million pounds of steel supports by 1972.
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East River Mountain
West Virginia
Virginia
Westene
Mercer County
Bland County
Gordon H. Ball, Inc
S. A. Healy Companies
Danville
California
Harry F. Schulte Jr
District 10
West Virginia Department of High
William Lundstrum
Ball and Healy
Lundstrom
South Portal
East River Mountain Tunnel
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Grand Jury
Norma Bowen
Defendent
ICC
By Ken Hilling
Harry F. Ite Jr
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