Plane Crash Kills Three in Kentucky Thunderstorm
A small plane departing Mercer County Airport crashed in a violent Kentucky storm over Little Creek, Pike County, killing three men. Victims include Bobby Townsend and Robert Davidson of Madisonville and Edward Calorie of Evansville. Debris covered a two mile area. investigators noted mid air explosion and fire after impact. The FAA ordered autopsies. weather service reported a severe thunderstorm watch in effect at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Kentucky
Little Creek
Pike County
Bradford Hall
Bobby Townsend
Kersey Manufacturing Company
Bluefield
Robert Davidson
Kersey Products
Madisonville
Edward Calorie
Evansville
Ind
Island Creek Coal Company
Townsend
Associated Press
Calorie
Federal Aviation Administration
Fred Bailey
Leeman Bevins
Bevins
Hall
Pikeville
National Weather Service
Louisville
Phelps
West Virginia
Alice Mullins
Balloting Today In 11 Area Municipalities
Voters in 11 area municipalities go to the polls today with 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. polling hours. Bramwell ballots a referendum on a special police levy of 2.50 dollars per month per business or household. Mayor George Butt and Recorder Mark Goins run unopposed. five council seats are up with nine challengers.
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Bramwell
George Butt
Mark Goins
Paul
Richard Baugh
Phillip Baugh
Jack Comer
Arnold Brown
Margaret Vincent
Roger Goins
Kim Murphy
Gordon Short
Vester Johnson
Davy
Charles Bishop
Harry Keys
Sonny Urps
Ed Mulkey
Gordon Hurt
Neal Dent
Thomas C. Bailey
James White
Opal Morgan Wolfe
Clyde Beverly
J C. Mowdy
Princeton
Lewis Skeens
John Conley
Robert E. Bob Graham
Homer O. Skeens
Gilbert E. Bailey
Carter Disagrees With Youngs Charge
President Carter distanced himself from Andrew Young s claim that Nixon and Ford were racists while opposing a call for an apology or firing the UN ambassador. Powell said Carter does not view the two former presidents as racists in any broad sense. The piece notes local write ins and council races in Davy Princeton Union Matoaka with multiple candidates and party alignments.
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Washington
Carter
Andrew Young
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
United Nations
White House
Jody Powell
Stormy Downturn Triggers Wide Power Outages in Bluefield Area
A heavy rainstorm with lightning hit Bluefield and nearby areas causing a major power failure in downtown and south Bluefield, with outages in Bland Street, Highland Avenue, Cumberland Road and the Double Gates area. Hospitals and businesses faced brief blackouts while traffic signals failed. Scattered outages occurred in McDowell, Tazewell and Buchanan counties in Virginia, with 1500 to 2000 customers affected in Buchanan. The National Weather Service noted thunderstorms bringing up to an inch of rain but little relief from drought conditions.
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Bluefield
McDowell County
Tazewell
Buchanan
Virginia
Appalachian Power Company
Bland Street
Highland Avenue
South Bluefield
Cumberland Road
Double Gates
Appalachian Power Co
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Adare
Buchanan County
Hurley
Vansant
Appalachian
Tazewell County
Richlands
Doran
Welch
Coney Island
Princeton
National Weather Service
NWS
West Virginia
Appeals End For Mitchell Haldeman End Of Case
In a four minute ceremony Judge Sirica ordered H.R. Haldeman and John N. Mitchell to begin appeal delayed prison terms by noon June 22. Both were photographed and fingerprinted and must report to the U.S. marshal in DC or surrender at a prison by noon. Ehrlichman remains at a work camp in Arizona.
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Washington
Watergate
H.R. Haldeman
John N. Mitchell
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
District of Columbia
Haldeman
Mitchell
Nixon
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Lompoc
Calif
John D Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Arizona
Death Penalty Not Automatic For Killing Policeman
Supreme Court rules states may not impose automatic death sentences for officers’ killings. By a 5 4 vote the court struck down Louisiana’s mandatory death penalty for murder of police. The decision blocks similar laws, preserves mitigating factors, and affects about 350 Death Row inmates nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
New York
California
NAACP
Legal Defense Fund
Harry Roberts
Roberts
William J Brennan, Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
Louis F Powell, Jr
John Paul Stevens
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Harry A. Blackmun
Byron R. White
James H Drew the Carnival Master Turns Pro
James H. Drew from Sylvania Georgia built a mobile home office empire after running away to join a carnival. Now 21 years later he owns the James H. Drew Exposition with 37 rides and about 75 staff touring the Southeast and Midwest each year to Bluefield West Virginia for the annual Greater Bluefield Jaycees carnival at City Park.
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Marty Campanello
Daily Telegraph
Sylvania
Carnival
Georgia
James H. Drew
Drew
Bluefield
Greater
North Carolina
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Tennessee
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Young
Powell
People’s Party
Progressive
Matoaka
Progressive Party
Charles Blankenship
Frank Caruso
Doug Hawkes
James Hodges
Samuel Davis
Kermit Howell
Marty Campanellon
New Orleans
Dennis McInerney
James Drew
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