Moore Calls Session For Road Money
Gov Arch A Moore Jr called a special legislative session to begin Monday to seek about 174 million dollars for highway financing. The package includes 56.5 million from general revenue, 17.5 million in federal funds, and 100 million in road bond authority under the 1973 Better Highways Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Little
Charleston
W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
Department of Highways
Upshur
Raleigh
Ohio
Mingo
Department of Natural Resources
Governor Moore Mulls WVU Presidency Invitation
West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. said he may apply for WVU president if invited but would treat the move as a long career option, not a sabbatical. Harlow retires June 30, 1977, as a search begins led by the state Board of Regents. Moore cites salary and future public life implications as factors in his decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia University
Moore
WVU
James G. Harlow
State Board of Regents
Supreme Court
Cecil H. Underwood
GOP
John D. Rockefeller IV
Old Folks Home Fire Claims Four in Roanoke
Smoke from a bed cigarette started a blaze at Shenandoah Homes a six story Roanoke home for the aged. Four residents died three from smoke inhalation and burns. Twelve were hospitalized for smoke inhalation among 175 residents. Mary Garland night nurse recalled Thelma Hiner 64 alarmed by a late night cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Shenandoah
Roanoke County
Robert Monroe
Mary Garland
Thelma Hiner
Miss Garland
Ford weighs Lebanon evacuation as U S ships stand by
President Ford and the National Security Council held a 90 minute White House discussion on Lebanon including whether to evacuate 1400 Americans. No decision was announced as L Dean Brown prepared to escort slain diplomats home. Navy and Air units were ready to act if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
National Security Council
White House
Lebanon
Ron Nessen
Council
L. Dean Brown
U.S
Lomatic
Beirut
Francis E. Meloy Jr
Robert O. Waring
George Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
House International Relations Committee
United States
Congress
Israel
Syria
Capital May Drop Immunity Rule
Washington officials reviewed a policy granting immunity from arrest to Congress members in misdemeanor cases amid reports of Rep Joe Waggonner detainment for soliciting a policewoman. The issue echoes a prior Utah incident involving Rep Allan Howe with calls for reform of member benefits and perks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
Joe E. Waggonner
D-La
Waggonner
Maurice J. Cullinane
Department
Cullinane
Allan Howe
Utah
Salt Lake City
U.S
Justice Cent
McCoy Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Yukon Case
McDowell County jurors convict Vester McCoy of the August 6 1975 shooting death of Bruce Willard at his Yukon No 2 home near Bradshaw. Jury recommends mercy with a life sentence and potential parole after 10 years after about two hours of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryanne Stevens Vester McCoy
McDowell County
McCoy
Bruce Willard
Yukon No. 2
Bradshaw
Erby Carson Meadows
Meadows
Mildred Abbott
Abbott
McGinnis Hatfield
Bonnie and Clyde
Hatfield
Wife Recalls Husband’s Murder in 1975 McDowell Court Case
Florence Willard testified about the August 6, 1975 killing of Bruce Willard in McDowell County. She described a dark porch confrontation with a car pulling up, a silent moment, a single shot, and Bruce firing five rounds at a fleeing vehicle before dying two days later at Stevens Clinic Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Florence Willard
McDowell County
Bruce Willard
Jesse Estep
Bruce
Willard
Bishop Consolidation Coal Company
Estep
Stevens Clinic
Watergate Anniversary Reflects Lingering Legal Battles
The New York Court of Appeals refused John N. Mitchell's bid to reinstate his law license as four years after Watergate. E Howard Hunt and G Gordon Liddy remain jailed. hundreds faced fines or prison terms. Nixon, Ehrlichman, and Haldeman face ongoing appeals as the scandal reshapes views of the 1976 race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York State Court of Appeals
John N. Mitchell
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
John D. Ehrlichman
Tophite House
Richard M. Nixon
David Frost
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Mitchell
Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
Girl Freed From Four-Year Bedroom Confinement
In Long Beach California a 16-year-old girl, emaciated and weighed 63 pounds, was freed from a foul smelling bedroom where she had been locked by her parents for four years. Randolph and Willie Johnson face willful cruelty charges after police found two well fed dogs in another room and the girl described extreme neglect. The 19-year-old sister escaped months earlier and alerted authorities leading to the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Laura
Randolph
Willie Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Mariah Fowlkes
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Old Folks Home
Arab League
al Fatah
Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Organization
Bank of America
Nessen
Mediterranean
Eddie Gillespie
Lorton Lick Road
Gillespie
Hater's
U. S. 52
Pinnacle Road
James Edward Gillespie
Jim Gilreath
New York Post
Silbert
House
Capitol Hill
Yukon
Wade T. Watson
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Kansas City
Rolling Stone
Dean
New York Court
The
Republic
U.S. District Court
John Sirica
James W. McCord Jr
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