Moore Rules Out Race Against Byrd
Gov. Arch A Moore Jr will not seek the Senate seat against Sen. Robert Byrd citing Byrd prospects to become Senate majority leader. GOP chair George Sharp lamented the decision though Byrd thanked Moore for his support and vowed continued service to West Virginia.
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Charleston
W.va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
George Sharp
Moore
West
Washington
Sharp
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
West Virginia
August farm price drop lowers wholesale costs across economy
Labor Department figures show farm prices down 2.9 percent in August, the fifth monthly decline this year, led by hogs grains cotton and oil seeds, while finished consumer foods fall 2.2 percent at wholesale. Industrial commodities rise seven tenths of a percent for the second straight month.
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Washington
Labor Department
White House
Ron Nessen
Ford
Nessen
Nester Sues N&W and Two Truckers Over Tazewell crash
Virgil Olsen Nester and his wife Learlene sue Norfolk & Western Railway, Dayton Transport Company, and Hahn Transportation Inc in U S District Court Bluefield over a July 9 Tazewell Va collision with a gasoline tanker and an N&W freight train. The suit seeks 5 million dollars, claiming negligent acts led to the wreck that killed two bystanders and a truck driver, burned Nester, and destroyed two local stores with over 2 million dollars in property damage. The tanker was operated by Dayton Transport and leased from Hahn Transportation. A jury trial is requested.
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Bluefield
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
N&w
Tazewell
U. S
Virgil Olsen Nester
Learlene Nester
N&w Railway
Dayton Transport
Nester
Dayton Transport Company
Montvale, Va
Hahn Transportation, Inc
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Douglas Leon Schaeffer
Steven McGinnis
Jesse Sparks
Burkes Garden
Tazewell Abc
Builders Mart
Nesters
Stephen P. Meyer
Charleston
17 Workers Upheld In UTU Case In West Virginia
The West Virginia Human Rights Commission ordered United Transportation Union Local 655 to stop discriminatory seniority practices and pay back $65,823.15 to 17 Black Norfolk and Western Railway employees in Bluefield. The ruling found bypassed Black yard workers for road job promotions and noted union neglect to inform new Black members of rights and union documents.
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West Virginia Human Rights Commission
United Transportation Union
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
Commission
Howard D. Kenney
Carnegie Council Finds Doctor Shortage Largely Urban
The Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education reports doctors are concentrated in cities where pay is higher, leaving rural and ghetto areas under served. It urges more general practice, fewer new medical schools, and limited immigration for foreign graduates.
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Berkeley
Calif
America
Carnegie Council On Policy Studies
Independent
Council of Educators
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Clark Kerr
University of California
Commission
American Medical Association
C. William Ruhe
AMA
Chicago
Ruhe
South Dakota
New York
Canoe Tragedy Claims Princeton Man At Local Lake
A 28 year old Princeton man Daniel B Reese suffered drowning when a canoe overturned at Glenwood Recreational Park lake. He was unable to swim and his companions reached safety. Rescue teams recovered his body from about 12 feet of water.
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Princeton
Glenwood Recreational Park
K. G. Burner
Reese
Bell
Mathews Sees Ford on Swine Flu Vaccine Supply
Hew secretary David Mathews told reporters at the White House after meeting President Ford that enough swine flu vaccine will be available to inoculate every American who wants a shot before the peak of the flu season in January and February.
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HEW
David Mathews
White House
Ford
Mathews
Viking 2 Mars probe cleared for descent to surface
Pasadena AP report says Viking 2 passed a five hour health check and will depart the orbiting mother ship Friday for a three hour Mars landing. TV networks announced coverage plans with CBS NBC and ABC detailing bulletins and specials around the event.
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Pasadena
Calif
New York
Mars
CBS
NBC
ABC
Bluefield Virginia probe into 5613 tax office shortage continues
Bluefield town officials and police investigators pursue a missing tax revenue shortfall of 5613 for 1974. Town Manager Max E Bowen remains active in operations from a different office as the investigation extends with talks to potential witnesses. No charges have been filed as of Thursday.
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Jim Gilberth
Bluefield
Virginia Side
James H
Jimmy) Jones
Jones
Jack Asbury
Virginia
Wytheville
Max E. Bowen
Virginia Side Council
Bowen
Max
Asbury
Matoaka Trio Nabbed and Woman Charged in Jail Escape
Three Matoaka men Bill Hartwell Jenks Roberts and Roger Smith escaped from Matoaka Town Jail after prying bars loose and were later recaptured. Beatress Brooks 73 was jailed for selling tax paid whiskey to one escapee. Brooks posted bond and faces magistrate court.
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Pat Cecil
Mercer Poney
Matoaka
Beatress Brooks
Rt. 1
Box
Mercer County
Princeton
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Nathaniel
Bessie Reese
National Guard
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Probe
Douglas Hess
Tazewell, Va
J. B. Coburn
Bill Hartwell
Jenks
Connie Walkerey
Coburn
C. J. Ivey
Randall Ernest
Frank Wood III
Viking 2
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Gerald Soffen
Elegis
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