Hoffa Defendants Lose Bid to Bar Pension Records Evidence
In Chicago the presiding judge overruled objections to thousands of checks notes and records from Hoffa and six co defendants used to prove a conspiracy to defraud the Teamsters pension fund The government contends the group arranged over 20 million in mortgage loans and diverted more than 1 million for personal use The trial continues with accountants set to testify as the prosecution builds its case in the ninth week
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Chicago
Teamsters
James R. Hotta
Teamsters Pension Fund
Richard B. Austin
Austin
Hoffa
Daniel Ahern
Ahern
State Supreme Court to hear challenge to cigarette minimum price law
Oak Hill merchant Morris Wender faced charges for selling cigarettes below the state minimum price. Fayette County Circuit Court voided the charges and ruled the minimum price law unconstitutional, labeling it price fixing and impractical. The Attorney General’s office appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Oak Hill
Morris Wender
Fayette County
Wender
Attorney General's Office
High Court
Vicious Charge Marks Battle in Viet Nam
Two Vietnamese para trooper battalions seized a swamp corner near the Plaine of Reeds from the Viet Cong in a 150 yard rush under heavy enemy fire. Vietnamese losses were 29 killed and 85 wounded, plus four killed and five wounded by own fire during close air and ground support. Viet Cong casualties were about 140. Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell, commander of U.S. support forces, was aboard one helicopter.
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Bang Lang
South Viet Nam
Fred A. Dilkes
Woodbury
N.J
U.S
Joseph W. Stillwell
Viet Nam
Police Veterans To Meet Sunday in Beckley
Charleston AP reports State Police Retired Veterans of West Virginia will hold their annual convention Sunday in Beckley. Capt. (Ret.) E. S. Duckworth announced the event.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Beckley
E. S. Duckworth
Road Toll Rises to 211 in West Virginia Highways
The Associated Press reports State Police at Charleston say 211 people have been killed on West Virginia roads year to date, up from 167 on the same date last year.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Florida cancer patient jailed again for picketing White House
Mrs. Gertrude L. Brou, a 95 pound Florida cancer patient from West Hollywood, was jailed for 9 days or fined 100 dollars after pleading innocent to disorderly conduct. She had previously protested for access to the drug Krebiozen, deemed ineffective by the FDA, and was repeatedly arrested around the White House.
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Washington
Florida
White House
Krebiozen
Gertrude L. Brou
West Hollywood
Fla
Court of
General Sessions
Food and Drug Administration
Nicholas Miner Dies Of Burns In Coal Disaster
Harris D. Brown, 28, a Nicholas County coal miner from Richwood, died in Charleston hospital of burns received last week in a coal dust explosion. He suffered burns over at least 90 percent of his body. Two other miners survived with lesser injuries.
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Charleston
Harris D. Brown
Nicholas County
Brown
Richwood
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