Senator Sees ABM Approval In Senate Debate
The Senate Armed Services Committee chairman predicts approval of the Safeguard antiballistic missile system as debate opens. He notes the move aligns with Nixon’s arms talks with the Soviet Union and outlines a $20 billion defense authorization including $759.1 million for Safeguard. A second secret session and a possible compromise are discussed as ABM supporters and opponents clash over funding and deployment plans.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Soviet Union
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Senate
Pentagon
AEM
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
GOP
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Montana
North Dakota
House Speaker Claims Moore Exceeding His Authority
Charleston politician Ivor Botarsky, speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, says Gov Arch Moore overstepped authority by countermanding legislative processes and with holding funds. He urges adherence to legal procedures and notes budget and tax issues for the coming session. Attending Rotary were local officials and college leaders.
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House
Moore
Norma Bowen
Ivor Botarsky
Charleston
House of Delegates
Arch Moore
Boiarsky
Bluefield Rotary
Board of Regents
State Supreme Court
Marshall University
Supreme Court
College Oficials
West Virginia
Boijarsky
New Mexico Senator Has A Tough Day
State Sen. Alfonso Montoya faced a harsh session as six bills he sponsored were killed in rapid-fire committee actions. The incident marks an unusual day in the New Mexico Senate, where Montoya is noted as the brother of U.S. Sen. Joseph Montoya.
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Santa FE
Alfonso Montoya
New Mexico
Senate
Montoya
U.S
Joseph M. Montoy
Scholar Starts Hebrew Studies Chair at University of Denver
Dr Benzion Netanyahu leads the new Rabbi C E H Kauvar Chair in Hebraic Studies at the University of Denver. He notes undergraduates provide fresh perspectives while graduate students often hold fixed views. Netanyahu aims to grow his one man department to three to focus on Jewish history from medieval to modern times.
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DENVF
Benzion Netanyahu
University of Denver
Netanyahu
C.E.H. Kauvar
Dropsie College
Philadelphia
Dropsie
United States
Nathan Mileikowsky
Tel Aviv
Poland
Tradition Obeyed By Dying Indian Woman
In Washington AP report a Toda tribe member dying in India upheld custom by crouching before an elder and raising his foot toward her head as she rode to a hospital. En route a medical van stopped to pick up two Toda men and she bowed to them despite nurse objections. This scene appears in the book The Vanishing Peoples of the Earth.
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Washington
India
Earth
Theater Company to Attend Dublin International Theatre Festival
The Artis ts' Theatre Festival in residence at Southampton College will perform The Immortal Husband by James Merrill and In the Summer House by Jane Bowles at Dublin Gate Theatre Ireland October 6 to 13 as part of the Dublin International Theatre Festival.
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New York
Artists’ Theatre Festival
Southampton College
James Merrill
Summer House
Jane Bowles
the Gate Theatre
Dublin
Ireland
Company Acquires Film Rights to Cabaret Musical
Allied Artists and Haven Industries acquire film rights to Broadway musical Cabaret for $1.5 million. The show, with 1550 Broadway performances, will be adapted by Allied-Havens Production, a joint venture.
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New York
Allied Artists
Haven Industries
Allied-Havens Production
California Wine Tops U.S. Table Wine Sales
In Saratoga California the Paul Masson Vineyards reports California wine makes about 75 percent of all table wine sold in the United States annually, highlighting the state's dominant market position.
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Saratoga, Calif
California
United States
Paul Masson
Hands Tell Time
In Lexington Kentucky a man Keith Marshall chats with a young girl after Sunday School. He compliments her new wristwatch and asks if she can tell time. The girl smiles and answers she cannot yet, but notes the hands on the dial can tell time.
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Lexington. Ky
Keith Marshall
Morgantown Names Terry Jones Mayor
Morgantown City Council on Tuesday chose Terry Jones, local glass company executive, to succeed Arthur Beuler as mayor.
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Morgantown
Terry Jones
Glass Company
Arthur Buehler
Troops From Vietnam to Parade in Seattle and Return
Westmoreland notes no major lull from withdrawals as 25 000 U S troops pull out. Five veterans from the 3rd Battalion 60th Infantry will be decorated in Seattle before a salmon bake at Seattle Center. About 8 000 return home, others redeployed in the Pacific by August.
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Midway Island
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Westmoreland
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9Th Infantry
Vietnam
Secretary of the Army
Stanley R. Resor
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United States
Nixon
Pacific
Ground-breaking set for East River Mountain tunnel
Officials announce August groundbreaking for the Interstate 77 tunnel through East River Mountain. West Virginia and Virginia governors expected to attend with Bluefield Princeton Chambers of Commerce and regional groups hosting. Work on the $24 million project to begin about August 1, date depending on gubernatorial availability.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Grotns
Glass House
Beckley
Agich
Bluefield
Neighbor Watching Program Expands Membership in Cuba
Havana AP reports Granma says a three month recruitment drive brought 100,000 new entrants to the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution along with 490 percent new enrollments. New cards issued to 1.4 million old members, with an estimated two million Cubans involved in neighbor surveillance of fellow citizens.
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Committee For
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Communist Party
Granma
CDR
Waterway acreage and river mile data listed for multiple streams
The document enumerates several rivers and creeks with their distances above confluences, and the acres they drain across counties in West Virginia and neighboring Virginia. Roads of note include Pocatalico River, Big Sandy Creek, Birch River, Meadow River, Bluestone River, Greenbrier River, East Fork Greenbrier, Buffalo Creek, Knapp Creek, Deer Creek, Little River and Walker Creek, with acreages ranging from about 4 200 to 31 000 and confluence references spanning 0.8 to 111.4 river miles.
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Pocatalico River
Kanawha River
Kanawha
Jackson
Roane
Big Sandy Creek
Elk River
Braxton
Meadow River
Nicholas
Greenbrier
Fayette
Mercer County
Greenbrier River
Marlinton
Pocahontas County
Clay County
Monroe County
Sub joins Loch Ness hunt. vessel leaks in Scotland
In Inverness Scotland a one man submarine named Viner Fish built in Atlanta Georgia by Dan Taylor 28 joins the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau hunt for the monster. A hatch seat leak delays test dives as officials plan extensive mapping before serious hunting resumes.
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Inverness
Scotland
Adp
Loch Ness
Dan Taylor
Atlanta
Viner Fish
David James
Investigation Bureau
James
Deaths and Funerals Involving Multiple Families
Obituaries from Kimball and surrounding towns report Annie Graham and others dying after illnesses or heart attacks. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and extended relatives. services held at Mt Nebo, West End, and other churches with burials in local cemeteries. Additional notices cover graveside rites and funeral home arrangements across Virginia and West Virginia.
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Annie Graham
Annie Lee Graham
Kimball
Kimball First Baptist Church
Jannie S. Shade
Arthur Graham
Sandusky
Ohio
Joseph Graham
Jersey City
N. J
James Graham
Hillsdale
Ill
Thomas Graham
Cleveland
Richard Graham
Seattle
Wash
John D. Graham
Malden
Mass
Janie Hairston
Walter Shade
Yonkers
N. Y
Jackie Shade
Juanita Works
Josephine Sceteo
Mary Coover
Idell Justice
Zellar Wallace
Carswell
Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
James Wormley
T. V. A. Winston
Norwood Cemetery
First Baptist Church
Mt. Neho Baptist Church
Kimball Funeral Home
Clarence Thomas Reese
Rt. 2
Max Meadows
Opal Horton Reese
Donald F. Hubble
Pulaski
Douglas Chrisley
Craig Allison
Wytheville
Thomas E. Reese
George Miller
Lexington
N. C
Rodger Phelps
Shepherdsville
Clara Lang
Louisville, Ky
West End Cemetery
Richard Shelor
Joe McGrady
Grubb Funeral Home
Moore Bypassed On Awarding of CEO Grant
The Office of Economic Opportunity approved a $54 900 grant to the West Virginia Service Corps, serving Boone Kanawha and Putnam counties. Sen Jennings Randolph announced the money with $6 100 local match, despite Gov Arch Moore initially withholding approval. The program aims to encourage low income neighborhood residents to engage in community affairs. Randolph aides said Moore’s approval is not required.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
West Virginia
Charleston
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
West Virginia Service Corps
Boone, Kanawha
Putnam
John D. Rockefeller IV
Arch Moore
Service Corps
Randolph
Moore
Obituaries from Bramwell Montcalm Richlands and Davy events
Obituary notices list multiple local deaths with service details across Bramwell Montcalm Richlands and Davy. Harvey Everett McCarty aged from Bramwell dies with 2 pm service at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev Jerry Conner and burial at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery. James Davidson aged 80 of Montcalm funeral at Cravens Shires with Rev W C Keyes, burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Nannie Mae Gross aged 54 of Richlands funeral at Richlands Tabernacle with Rev Grat Horton and Rev Roland Stump, burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens. David Nelson Everly aged 73 of Davy service at Davy Church of God with Rev Homer Snow, burial at Saeger Memorial Cemetery.
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Madge Richardson
James Albert
Mary Josephine Neel Richardson
Tazewell
Second Presbyterian Church
Roanoke
Westminster Presbyterian Church
E Wefield
Albert J. Graham, Jr
Bertram H. Gilmer
Schenectady
N. Y
Florence J. Graham
Richmond
Elsie Nuckolls
Bluefield
Oakey’s Funeral Chapel
William R. Klein
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell, Va
James H. Brown
Richlands
Tazewell County
Lula Mae Deskins
Thomas and
Viola Hilton Deskins
Holiness Church
Ireba Davis
Conyers
Merle Horne
Auburn
Ind
Stella Horton
Raven, Va
Margaret White
John Brown
Russell Brown
Jacksonville
Fla
Arthur Brown
Doran
James Brown
Archie Town
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Vernon Vannoy
Bramwell
Welch
Cravens- Shires
Wiley Brooks
Bill Quesenberry
Woodlawn Memorial
Vannoy
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Keystone
Pauline Vannoy
Clyde Vannoy
Wilma Jean Puckett
Geraldine
Patricia
Ramona Vannoy
Kenneth Snyder
Carol Day
Katie Vannoy
Billy A. Vannoy
Clovis
N. M
Curtis E. Vannoy
Neal Colard
James Fisher
Franklin Fisher
Harry Blevins
Edward Yyd
Paul Lightfoot
Mary E. Davis
Beckley
Danville
Henry
Minnie M. Huntley Davis
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Stevens Clinic
Joseph L
Robert L
Albert Davis
Ray Lee Davis
Sluefield
Samuel H. Davis
Mbar
Wilie G. Davis
Fa’ ‘Ont
Sylvester Davis
Sinatea
D. C
Bertha Clemons
J. Viola Walton
C. C. Mitchell
Thomas Pryor
J. W. Gowens
Oas Grove
Bluewell
Richie’s
Arrangemen's
McCarty
Harvey Everett
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Jerry Conner
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Paul Haynes
John Page
Kester Lane
Arthur Shrader
Frank Allen
Pat Murphy
A. L. Poteet
Lanny Wills
Davidson
James
Montcalm
Cravens - Shires Funeral Home
Rev
W. C. Keyes
Roselawn
Cletus Hines
E. M. Parker
Curtis Neal
Clayton Miller
Clifford Pigg
Roy Lacey
Trula Perkins Davidson
Everly
David Nelson
Davy
Davy Church of God
Homer Snow
Saeger Memorial
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Court upholds 60 percent rule for taxes and bonds
Supreme Court reverses lower ruling on a 60 per cent voter approval requirement for excess tax levies and school bonds in Roane County. Plaintiffs argued the rule diluted votes but the court states the provision remains valid and enforceable under the 1872 constitution. The decision aligns with prior interpretations of local government credit obligations.
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West Virginia Education Association
Roane County
Granville H. Lance
Fred Hill
Chester C. Dodd Jr
Brady D. Hickel Jr
Joe Craddock
Circuit Court
Roane Counts Board of Education
Supreme Court
P T Barnum Exhibited Jose Feth as Former Nurse
Barnum displayed Jose Feth claiming she once nursed George Washington and was 16, though she was reportedly closer to 80, a claim that unsettled crowds and drew skepticism about authenticity.
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P. T. Barnum
Jose Feth
George Washington
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