Two More Charged In Mercer Moonshining Case
ATU agents report four arrests after a raid near Dunns last Saturday. Woodrow W. Brogan, 47, of Cool Ridge faces illegal distillery charges and bond hearings follow. George Lee Wood, 58, White Oak, charged with delivering raw materials to a still, posted $500 bond. Carl Farley, 55, and Thurley Farley, 53, were charged with possessing and operating an illegal distillery.
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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Woodrow W. Brogan
Cool Ridge
George Lee Wood
White Oak
Brogan
U. S
Paul J. Fourney
Beckley
Wood
U. S. District Court Grand Wry
Bluefield
ATTU
Dunns
Carl Farley
Thurley Farley
Farley
Powell Plans Pocket Veto on Taft Hartley Change
The House Education and Labor Committee advanced a bill to repeal section 14B of the Taft Hartley Act restricting union shop agreements but tied action to civil rights safeguards. Chairman Powell said he may use a pocket veto until a civil rights measure clears, signaling potential delays and opposition within the House and Senate.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House
Powell
Senate
Court in Mercer County to hear absolute divorce action
The court orders Orville Cletus Shilling to answer the complaint in Civil Action No. 13783 by July 6 1965 or risk judgment. The case seeks an absolute divorce and related relief. Nell Helck is named as a party in the proceeding and notices will be published. The clerk of the Mercer County Circuit Court set June 2 1965 as the filing date with Harold C Farley as county clerk.
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Orville Cletus Shilling
Cletus
West Virginia
Orville Cletus Oas
Edmund D. Wells, Jr
201 & Coke Building
Bluefield
E. Bateretly
FBI captures last Charlottesville jail escapee
Baltimore authorities took Ralph Junior Harlow 29 into custody after FBI agents arrested him on a federal unlawful flight warrant. He awaited return to Charlottesville with bail set at five thousand dollars.
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Baltimore, Md
FBI
Charlottesville
Ralph Junior Harlow
Baltimore
Harlow
Nickel Coins Replace Silver in Future U S Currency
The House Banking Committee approved a bill to issue future coins in nickel clad copper instead of silver, with a five year halt on silver dollars and a commission study. The bill seeks to phase out silver from dimes quarters and half dollars and ends mint marks on new coins. Senate option preserves a partial silver content in half dollars awaiting a conference.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
House
Senate
Congress
Senate House
Speci
West Virginia Traffic Deaths Soar This Year
State Police at Charleston report 179 people have died on West Virginia highways this year, compared with 194 at the same time last year, highlighting ongoing road dangers.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
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