City Jaycees Install Officers and Honor Clubmen
The Greater Bluefield Jaycees held a meeting at Fincastle Country Club installing officers for the year. Ken Roberts became president, with Jim Mattox, Wayne Franklin and others named as vice presidents, secretary, treasurer and directors. Awards honored outstanding service by Sam Cassidy, Ken Roberts, outgoing president Guy Perkins and others, noting growth to the state's largest Jaycee chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bluefield Jaycees
Fincastle Country Club
Jaycees
Ken Roberts
Jim Mattox
Wayne Franklin
Lewis Mann
Bill Hageman
Bob Vicars
Bob Gatherum
Jim Gatherum
Ray Waller
Mike Truman
Guy Perkins
Bluefield
Jaycee
West Virginia
Bill Looney
Perkins
Steve Hale
Ken Kemmer
Ai Mattox
Carol Waller
Jerry Waller
Rayaller
DSA
Cost Of Living Panel Toughens Price and Reporting Rules
Washington AP reports the Cost of Living Council expands price and profit reporting to 3100 firms with annual revenues between 50 and 250 million, aiming to back price rollbacks and IRS audits. The Commerce Department notes May housing starts at 2.43 million, up from April’s 2.10 million, the first rise in four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
Nixon
John T. Dunlop
Internal Revenue Service
Dunlop
Commerce Department
AP Announces 2 Appointments
The Associated Press names two foreign staffers to new executive posts. John F Weyland moves from Caracas to Albany as regional membership executive in New York. William H Heath succeeds Weyland in Caracas as chief of bureau. Changes take effect by August.
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New York
Associated Press
Wes Gallagher
John F. Weyland
Caracas
Venezuela
Albany
N.Y
Robert Bunson
New York State
William H. Heath
News Cooperative
Peru
Lima
Gallagher
Weyland
Fresno
Calif
Michigan
Virginia
Charleston
W.va
Frankfurt
Bonn
Germany
Moscow
University of Lifornia
University of Madrid
University of New Mexico
Heath
Albuquerque
Corret Lanning
New S Tar
Os Aires
Tucker County Awarded 322000 Grant for Recreation Area
The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in the Interior Department grants 322,750 for a Pendelton Run Recreation Area near Blackwater Falls State Park Tucker County West Virginia. The plan covers 400 acres for acquisition and 400 more for leasing with rifle and pistol ranges a skeet field and motorized recreation trails. Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd of West Virginia announced the award.
Calley lawyers seek subpoena for White House records
Lawyers for Army Lt. William L. Calley asked the U.S. Military Court of Appeals to subpoena all records including wiretap evidence from a secret White House inquiry into the My Lai massacre. The motion targets data obtained under Erlichman or other aides, with alleged plumbers involvement, and seeks discovery ahead of Calley’s appeal. The government has five days to respond.
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Washington
Army
William L. Calley
U.S. Military Court of Appeals
White House
My Lai
John D. Erlichman
Erlichman
Pentagon
Plumbers
John J. Caulfield
Anthony F. Ulasewicz
J. Houston Gordon
Calley
My Lair
Carpenters Walk Off Construction Jobs On Virginia Projects
Virginia carpenters strike spans eastern and central regions amid contracts dispute. About 2,000 members idle across Tidewater and Charlottesville areas. projects include North Anna power plant, Hopewell and Chesterfield developments, Richmond bank. Union seeks one year pact. contractors offer two. Goodyear plant in Danville also strikes over tentative deal.
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Virginia
Richmond
Virginia Association of Contractors
District Council of Carpenters
Virginia Electric & Power Co
North Anna
Allied Chemical Corp
Hopewell
Chesterfield County
First & Merchants National Bank
Slain Woman Found in Stuarts Draft Home
The stabbed body of 60 year old Mrs. W. H. Shelton was found Monday in her kitchen by her brother William Black. Police report the crime occurred hours earlier and a weapon was not found. Four Augusta County jail inmates escaped Sunday night. one, John David Cale, was captured near Rivermont. Authorities said no charges are yet filed against any of the four. A crutch and broken furniture indicate a struggle. Items reportedly taken from the Augusta County office building were found nearby. A shotgun taken from the Shelton home was recovered near the capture site. The killer is believed to have sought money. An undetermined amount was taken.
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Stuarts Draft
W. H. Shelton
William Black
Virginia
Shenandoah Acres
Franklin D. Cale
Route 5
Staunton
Cale Brothers
Charles Layton Hogsett
Frederick B. Walker
Buena Vista
Middlebrook
Shelton
Belive
Augusta County
Sheriff's Department
John Cale
IUE Majority Backs GE Pact
The IUE announced an overwhelming majority of its 88,000 GE workers ratified a 37 month contract retroactive to May 28, with raises totaling 47 cents an hour and probable cost of living increases of 41 cents an hour. Local AFL CIO units voting in the sample approved the agreement. independent UE ratification is pending after Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
General Electric Co
United Electrical Workers
John Shambo
IUE Conference Board
APCC To Study 4 Industries in West Virginia
Charleston AP Four industries will face review by the Air Pollution Control Commission at a July 5 meeting. Director Carl G. Beard II said the panel will assess progress on compliance with schedules for fly ash and sulfur oxide emissions. The plants involved include Koppers Co Falls Township Followbee Quaker State Refinery at St Marys Monsanto Co at Nitro and FMC Corp Inorganic Division South Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Air Pollution Control Commission
APCC
Carl G. Beard II
Koppers Co
Follawsbee
Quaker State
St. Marys
Monsanto Co
Nitro
FMC Corp. Inorganic
South Charleston
Singfest Cancelled at Nazarene Church in Bluefield
The Spring Round-up Singing Convention scheduled for June 30 at the Nazarene Church in Bluefield is canceled. Fred Harris, president of the local convention, confirms the decision.
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Nazarene Church
Bluefield
Fred Harris
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City Jaycees
Sam Cassidy
Cassidy
Bluefield Jaycees
Jaycee Awards
Tucker County
Peninsula
Hampton Roads Bridge
Riverside Hospital
Newport News
Pier C
New Coliseum Mall
Tidewater
Charlottesville
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Ters
Tidewater Association of Home Builders
Frank Smith
James Hovis
Norman Stewart
Stewart
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Danville
Charles Denny
Union
Denny
Union City
Tenn
Goodyear
Aflcto Union
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Prince of Wales
Zenith
Goodykoontz Rexall Drug Store
Bland
Singfest
Chrom
Redwood
Maxibeauty
FHA
Grand
Virginian Supply Company
Sores
Princeton, W.va
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