Virginia Road Fatalities Highlight Speed and Alcohol Risk
Virginia State Police report from Richmond shows 1970 highway deaths linked to excessive speed and drinking. Urban intersections and night hours drive most fatalities, with 20–24-year-olds now the riskiest drivers. Cape Charles tops the state honor roll with no deaths in 23 years.
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Richmond
Virginia
Craig
Appomattox
Bland
King and Queen
Cape Charles
Brushfork Atlas 4-H Club Meeting Planned
The Brushfork Atlas 4-H Club meets Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Bea Arney’s home to discuss the upcoming July 4-H Camp. All members are urged to attend.
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Brushfork Atlas
Bea Arney
Illegal Swim Party Raided by Mercer County Sheriff
Lt. E L Fleming of the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department broke up a midnight swimming party at the Boulder Park Pool and charged three Princeton residents with trespassing. Louie Constantino Nick Constantino and Wa led Modad all 20 were lodged in Mercer County Jail and later fined ten dollars plus costs.
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E.L. Fleming
Mercer County Sheriff’s Department
Boulder Park
Princeton
Fleming
Louie Constantino
Nick Constantino
Waled Modad
Sheriff’s Department
Mercer County
East River
Justice of the Peace
Compton
Welfare suit targets Mercer two car welfare rule
Mercer County resident Elmer D. Bowman filed in circuit court to challenge or abolish the West Virginia welfare two car ineligibility policy. The suit argues the policy denying aid to anyone owning two vehicles is unlawful and seeks an interpretation change. Bowman's son owns one vehicle registered in the son's name, though Bowman is listed as owner. The case, Elmer D. Bowman vs Edwin Flowers, is set for August.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Elmer D. Bowman
Mike Lilly
Mercer County Economic Opportunity
Department of Welfare
Bowman
Vivian Baumgardner
Welfare Department
Flowers
West Virginia
Lilly
Edwin Flowers
Welfare
Nixon Veto Stuns Byrd as Appalachia Funds At Risk
Senate Majority Whip Robert Byrd called President Nixon’s veto of a 5.6 billion public works bill doubly disturbing due to funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission. West Virginia Gov Arch Moore Jr welcomed a House resolution to continue ARC spending, pending Senate action.
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Nixon
Byrd
Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Appalachia
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
House
Moore
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