Barron to face federal indictment in Charleston case
Former Gov William Wallace Barron is en route to Charleston to answer charges accusing him of paying 25000 to a federal jury foreman to influence an acquittal. Co defendants include Opal Barron and Ralph Buckalew. Buckalew pleaded guilty to two counts and was sent to Lewisburg prison.
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Charleston
William Wallace Barron
Barron
Fred
Pompano Beach
Fla
Fred Barron
Opal
Ralph E. Buckalew
U.S. Atty. W
Warren Upton
Buckalew
U.S. District Court
U.S
John A. Field Jr
Field
Federal
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Opal Barron
Alice
World and National News Highlights From The Week
Virginia races against clock as 1971 special session aims to end by week’s end. Charleston legislature advances climate bill amid air act amendments. Washington hearings on pesticide use and EPA officials begin. Saigon reports heavy losses for a ranger battalion in Laos. Senator Jackson launches solo effort to shape 1972 Democratic stance. Israel expresses tentative peace posture toward Egypt but demands troop withdrawals. White House seeks a report on Saturday false alert from a teletype system. Tokyo notes China rebuff of Japan outreach and tighter anti China stance. AFL CIO calls for large public works to fight decade’s worst unemployment and fund social needs.
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Washington
White House
National Emergency Warning Center
NORAD
North American Air Defense Command
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Colo
Melvin R. Laird
Associated Press
United Press International Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Whch
Conelrad
White
North Vietnamese attack cripples South Vietnamese ranger battalion
In Laos six miles inside Laos the elite ARVN ranger battalion suffers heavy losses with about 300 killed or wounded out of 450 as the operation to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail stalls. Survivors flee front lines amid ammunition shortages while U S air power fails to avert the setback.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Highway 9
Sepone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Quant Tri
Ranger
Seige
Crum Portrayed as Vietnam War Parlay of Bribes and Fortune
Senate testimony depicts William J. Crum as a marketing power who turned bribes kickbacks and easy money into a vast fortune during the Vietnam buildup. Investigators say he dominated sales to military post exchanges in Saigon and Korean clubs, amassing a IRS estimated forty million dollars before vanishing from a Hong Kong base. He allegedly supplied villa rentals and a 69 foot yacht named Tania to officials and earned a million dollar jukebox contract with PX systems.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Washington
William J. Crum
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
Crum
Saigon
Hong Kong
Internal Revenue Service
Fiji Islands
Australia
Military Post Exchange and Club Systems
Korea
Citizens Rally in Clay County Against Strip Mining
Citizens to Abolish Strip Mining campaigners held a Clay County meeting at the courthouse amid predictions of strip mine expansion under Del. Reed. Speakers denounced land damage and reclamation failures, urging tougher laws and faster enforcement to curb stripping.
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Clay
W. Va
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Citizens Group
Clay County
del. Robert Reed
D-Clay
Widen
Reed
Joe Cook
Boone County
Cook
Orgas
John Morris
Ivydale
Surface Mine Association
State Reclamation Division
West Virginia Legislature Debates Clean Air Act Implementation
With 20 days left in the session the 60th Legislature opens a full week of amendment actions on measures to implement the 1970 Federal Clean Air Act Amendments. The House and Senate each will craft their own version, while a tax package aims to raise $40 million in annual revenue including a $20 million coal increase. The bill authorizes state plans, air pollution inspections, and entry rights for state air control personnel.
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Charleston
House
West Virginia Human Rights Commission
Senate
Hans Mc Court
D-Webster
Ivor F. Boiarsky
Kanawha
John E. Carrigan
Marshall
Del
George H. Seibert Jr
Ohio
West
State
Air Pollution Control Commission
Nixon Seeks Report On NORAD False Alert
The White House requests a full report after a false NORAD alert caused brief nationwide broadcasting shutdowns. Melvin Laird orders investigation as FCC and Civil Defense review procedures and station responses to the error.
Medina Still Is Unobtrusive As Verdict Awaited
At Ft Benning and Ft McPherson in Georgia Capt Ernest Medina Calley’s superior officer waits on a possible court martial for his role in My Lai. Medina administers post exchange services while awaiting the Army decision.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
My Lai
William Calley
Ft. Benning
Georgia
Ernest Medina
Calley
Charlie Company
Medina
Montrose
Colo
Special Services
Ft. McPherson
Atlanta
Post Exchange
Army
3Rd Army
Eugene M. Kotoue
Kotoue
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Wythe County
Virginia
William Henson Harris
River
Harris
Rt. 52
K. D. Sexton
Richmond
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House Agriculture Committee
Environmental Protection Agency
Henry M. Jackson
Democratic Party
Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
Cairo
TOYKO
China
Miami Beach
The
Aflcio
Administration
Hguyen Hue
Demilitarized Zone
United States
Gardner
Mass
Laconia
N. H
Andrew MacQueen
Charleston Legal Aid Society
MacQueen
Legal Aid Society
Nixon
Federal Communications Commissioner
Robert Wells
FCC
National Industrial Advisory Committee of Broadcasters and Wire Services
Civil Defense National Emergency Warning Center
W. S. Eberhardt
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