Plant To Produce Clean Fuel From Coal In Kentucky
Governor Carroll announced state support up to 5 million dollars for Wheelabrator-Frye engineering a solvent coal refining plant in Kentucky aimed at producing clean-burning solid and liquid fuel from coal. The plan foresee ground breaking in 14 to 15 months for a demonstration plant processing 2000 tons daily, with eventual 150 million dollar full facility. The project targets high sulfur coal from western Kentucky and near major waterways to support water needs and product transport.
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Frankfort
Julian Carroll
Wheelabrator-Frye, Inc
Kentucky
Wheelabrator
Carroll
David Drake
Kentucky Energy Research Center
Drake
The
Southern Co
Miners Strike Expands Halting Railroads Across State
Miners in District 29 maintain near unchanged numbers as roving pickets disrupt coal output. About 800 miners in sub district 4 and two thirds of Wyoming County mines idle. Railroads furlough hundreds with potential spread to District 31. Union leaders urge talks while Washington sends sympathy.
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Ran Henry
Richard Carter
UMW
Turkey Gap
Bishop
Wyoming County
Carter
Kanawha
Charleston
International Union
Washington, D.C
Arnold Miller
Miller
District 31
Harrison
Nicholas
Chessie System
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Kidnaping Suspect Surrenders In Chowchilla Case
Richard Allen Schoenfeld surrendered in Oakland to Alameda County DA and will be moved to Madera to face 27 counts of kidnaping and 16 counts of armed robbery. His brothers James and Frederick Woods IV remain at large as armed suspects in the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping.
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Madera
Calif
Chowchilla
Oakland
Ed Bates
Richard Allen Schoenfeld
San Francisco
Alameda County
Bates
Schoenfeld
All Points
James J. Schoenfeld
Frederick N. Woods IV
Woods
James Schoenfeld
The
Bulletin
Dist
Lowell Jensen
Richard Schoenfeld
Jensen
Livermore
Frederick N. Woods III
Oakland Tribune
Fresno Bee
Portola Valley
the Bee
West Virginia Supreme Court ruling on public defender system
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that starting July 1, 1977 the legislature must create a public defender system or alternative for state paid counsel for poor defendants. The court said current appointed attorneys face increasing burdens and potential constitutional issues, though the present system is not unconstitutional. The decision Growth centers on a Logan County case brought by Logan attorney George L. Partain.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Thornton G. Berry Jr
Logan
George L. Partain
Partain
High Court
Logan County
Berry
West Virginia Sees Slow Start for Black Lung Payments
Officials in Charleston say the expected flood of payments from the federal black lung fund is trickling in and may stay slow. After the Supreme Court ruled the program constitutional, lawyers expected quicker disbursements, but one official cautions it could take months to gauge the impact.
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Salt Lake City
Allan T. Howe
Howe
Utah
District Court
Raymond S. Uno
Marlene
Bates
the Woods
Charleston
W.va
Black Lung Fund
West Virginia
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Labor Department
Social Security Administration
Ex Sheriff's Widow Claims Ownership of Thompson Gun
Barbara Hawkins reports Mrs Gladys Crumpecker widow of late Sheriff G H Crumpecker asserts estate ownership of a 1921 Thompson submachine gun. Mercer County officials weigh claims amid offers to trade the gun for more than 3500 dollars in new equipment and to sell to a higher bidder. The county seeks county commission approval to exchange with Law Enforcement Ordnance Company or to auction the firearm.
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Barbara Hawkins
Mercer County
Gladys Crumpecker
G. H. Crumpecker
Crumpecker
John S
Jack’ Scott
Crump
al Capone
Scott
Mercer County Commission
Law Enforcement Ordnance Company
Athens
Georgia
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Pat Nixon
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Nixon
Julie Eisenhower
Tricia Cox
Kathleen Taylor
Margaret Hamblin
Bluefield Community Hospital
Cherry Street
Black Lung
Stephan Gordon
Wilson Harvey
Burton
Sheriff Crumpecker
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