West Virginia graft claims tie Barron to Moore 1968 win
The Charleston Gazette reports Cecil Underwood alleges W W Barron offered him a lucrative job with Consolidation Coal Co to back Arch Moore in 1968. The piece cites covert Barron Davenport ties, liaison with Moore HQ, and Democratic precincts told to cut Moore’s ticket.
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Underwood
Barron
Moore
Charleston
W._ Va
Cecil H. Underwood
W. W. Barron
Arch A. Moore Jr
the Gazette
Consolidation Coal Co
Bill Loy
Gazette
Miles Stanley
Afl-Cio
West Virginia Labor Federation
Stanley
James Sprouse
Moore Campaign
John E. Davis Jr
Barron and Davis
Sprouse
Boone County
Robert G. Perry
Rudolph DiTrapano
Perry
DiTrapano
Robert Mellace
The
Breakdown of major airline groundings and Supreme Court rulings
One day pilots strike grounded Eastern and Northeast along with many foreign carriers. Supreme Court ruled wiretapping of domestic subversives unconstitutional. Nixon era immunity from antitrust for professional baseball upheld. Hurricane Agnes battered Florida with 80 mph winds. Sanctions say 12 dead. Saigon reports marines pushing into Quang Tri after Thieu orders counteroffensive.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court
Nixon
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Administration
CIA
Apalachicola
Fila
Florida Panhandle
Virginia resident to face hearing over chicken death case
A Tazewell area resident will appear before a Princeton hearing today on charges linked to the death of about 2,500 white leghorn chickens found in a building on New Ingleside Road. The note appears on page 3.
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Tazewell
Princeton
Ingleside Road
Rogers Presses For Senate Nod To Arms Development
Secretary of State William Rogers urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to approve new U S arms development despite objections. He warned that rejecting the program could push the Soviets to seek no further arms agreements and emphasized not pursuing unilateral disarmament. The debate centered on a 1.1 billion dollar Trident submarine and advanced B1 bomber while timing the treaty's ratification with political events.
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Washington (Ap
William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rogers
Soviet Damps Hopes For Vietnam Peace Talks
Moscow signaled no shift in policy on Vietnam. It urged the United States to halt military actions against North Vietnamese ports and return to Paris talks while pledging continued aid to North Vietnam. Podgorny’s Hanoi trip was disclosed as Kissinger headed to Peking for further diplomacy.
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Moscow
Vietnam
United States
Paris
Moscow Radio
Tass
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Nikolai Y. Podgorny
Podgorny
Calcutta
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Chou En-lai
U.S
Stall Cited In Jet Crash At Heathrow
London dispatch says a stall at 1 750 feet caused the British jetliner crash after takeoff from Heathrow Airport. All 118 aboard were killed including 32 Americans. The takeoff appeared normal until 1 750 feet when wing leading edge droop retracted and autopilot disconnected, initiating a stall and rapid descent.
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London
Heathrow
Britain
Kenneth W. Hoehn
Columbia Broadcasting System
Manhasset
N.Y
Michael Heseltine
House of Commons
British European Airways
Trident
Stanley Key
Heseltine
Walkout Grounded Eastern Northeast Airlines In One Day
Pilots strike idled Eastern and Northeast Airlines along with many foreign carriers, with about 50 percent of U S pilots participating and a Supreme Court ruling forcing Southern to return to work. IFALPA noted broad international backing and progress toward tougher anti hijacking measures.
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U. S
Eastern
Northeast
Western Hemisphere
Europe
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
London
United States
Associated Press
U.S
Ifalpa
Airline Pilots Association
Washington
Southern
Supreme Court
United
American Airlines
Man Faces Hearing In Cruelty To Poultry Case
James B. Overby of Tazewell is to answer a cruelty to poultry charge before Justice of the Peace Jim Belcher after deputies found decayed chickens in a farm building on Overby’s 66 acre property purchased last February for 10 000 dollars. Authorities say the birds, valued at 2500 to 4000 dollars, had starved for at least two months.
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Sheriff's Department
Overby
Lillian
Paul Kinzer
Mercer County Bank
Princeton
Simons
ARVN Opens New Drive Toward Quang Tri Front
ARVN forces push into the northern border region in a renewed counteroffensive ordered by President Thieu. Saigon troops face stiff resistance in the An Loc area with a breakthrough reported in the central highlands toward Kontum. US jets claim destruction of air defense gear in North Vietnam while air operations resume near Hanoi after Podgorny’s visit. Hanoi radio reports four US planes shot down without crew status details.
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Saigon
Quang Tri Province
Far North
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
An Loc
Kontum
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
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Bay City
Mich
Charleston Gazette
Charleston Daily Mail
Davis
Mellace
Loy
Norman Yost
Barron and Davis Law Office
Thomas R. Mullins
Madison
Blueficts
Telegraph
James W. McCord Jr
Democratic National Committee
Secret Service
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Mercer County Court
Bluefield
Elwin Aliff
Aliff
Senate
J. W. Fulbright
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Association of
Australia
India
Netherlands
New Zealand
Sudan
Western Samoa
Irish Republic
Capt
Jim Gilbeath
New Ingleside Road
James B. Overby
Justice of the Peace
Jim Belcher
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
E. L. Fleming
Fleming
E. R. (Shorty) Simons Jr
ARVN
Quang Tri
Air Force
Panhandle
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Quang Fri
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