Witness ties Robertson to Graziani shooting in court
Government witness James Carr testified that defendant Claude Truslow and Bernard Brumfield hired him to kill an assistant attorney general, linking the Graziani case to ex-State Atty. Gen. C. Donald Robertson. Carr said Davidson admitted involvement and said Graziani was not dead. The trio faces conspiracy and obstruction charges. Graziani had planned to testify against Robertson and others.
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U. S. District Court
Charleston
Philip J. Graziani
C. Donald Robertson
James Wilbur
Big Chew” Carr
Claude Weldon
Gene” Truslow
Truslow
Bernard Lee Brumfield
Carr
Graziani
Grede Drive
Brumfield
Crestview Drive
George Thomas Davidson Jr
Ohio
Robertson
Dana Robertson
James F. Haught
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Davidson
Summers Street
White House Haldeman Tapes Collusion Claims Stir Inquiry
Senate Watergate Chair Sam Ervin accuses the White House of ordering H R Haldeman to reveal his interpretation of disputed tapes. Haldeman denies the charge and says the tapes would confirm what he told the committee. He details listening to meetings with Nixon and Dean and notes he was given additional tapes in July.
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Washington
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N-C
White House
H. R. Haldeman
Nixon
Haldeman
Ervin
John W. Dean III
United States
Committee
Dean
Watergate
Watergate Defend
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Union Jobs in Danger as Governor Intervenes in Hauling Contract
Testimony in a civil suit shows Teamsters Local 175 president Eugene A. Carter protested a state liquor hauling contract to Russell Transfer Inc. of Roanoke, arguing it would cost union jobs. Gov Moore was told, then state officials moved to cancel and rebid the contract with a union labor condition, effectively excluding Russell Transfer.
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Teamsters
Gov. Moore
Eugene A. Carter
Charleston
Teamsters Local 175
West Virginia
Russell Transfer, Inc
Roanoke
Russell Transfer
Carter
Alcohol Beverage Control
J. Richard Barber
Barber
Moore
William Loy
John Gates
Deadly rafting accident on New River in Fayette County
A 19 year old Ohio woman Linda Cosby died and Kay Ballard 22 of Charleston narrowly escaped death when a White Waters Unlimited raft became jammed under a rock on the New River Fayette County. Eleven aboard included four guides. The raft did not overturn and Ballard was freed first. Cosby died minutes later.
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Thurmond
Ohio
Charleston
New River
Fayette County
Here
John Dragan
White Waters Unlimited
Linda Cosby
Fairfield
Kay Ballard
Price T. Ballard
Miss Cosby
Cosby
Ballard Girl
Dragan
FBI probe during Gainesville Eight trial sparks hearing
U.S. marshals found two FBI agents with a suitcase of electronic gear in a broom closet beside a room where Gainesville Eight defense attorneys met. The device list included a code receiver and transmitters as trial for seven Vietnam veterans and a sympathizer began amid defense demands for further search of the agents.
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Gainesville
Fla
FBI
Miami Beach
U.S. District Court
Winston Arnow
VVAW
Carl] Ekland
Robert Romans
Federal Building
Agent Romans
Arthur Esendorf
Stavis
Arrow
Morehills
Drinan Seeks Impeachment Over Nixon Air War in Cambodia
Rep. Robert P. Drinan introduces a resolution to impeach President Nixon for high crimes and misdemeanors. He cites a secret 14 month air war in Cambodia and secures House Judiciary Committee referral as officials push defense bills amid Watergate fallout.
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New York Times Service
Washington
Robert P. Drinan
D-Mass
Nixon
White House
Father Drinan
Cambodia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Drinan
House
House Judiciary Committee
Charleston Woman Fights Lemon Buick Consumer Case
Mrs. Gertraud Mangold of 727 Colony Dr. sues a car dealer after buying a 1971 used Buick that proved a lemon. Repairs totaled 700 in one year and a JP ruled against her though an unjust demand for part of the bill followed after a breakdown. A JP hinted at improper help for a secret date during the case.
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Charleston
Gertraud Mangold
Colony Dr
Germany
City Consumer Protection
Jane Theiling
Justice of the Peace
George Warner
Sprouse Wins Libel Suit for 750000 Verdict
State Supreme Court Justice Tomes M. Sprouse won a 750000 libel verdict against the Charleston Daily Mail in Fayette County Circuit Court. A 12‑member jury awarded 250000 in actual damages and 591000 in punitive damages for stories published in 1963 during his gubernatorial campaign.
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Fayetteville
State Supreme Court
Tomes M. Sprouse
Charleston Daily Mail
Fayette County
Sareuse
West Virginia
Mail
J. Frank Medias
Oak Hill
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Sprouse
Rudolph DiTrapero
Robert Abtot
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Haught
Barry Rush
Woodstock
Barry
Susan
Jo Haldeman
H.R. Haldeman
Sen
Howard H. Baker, Jr
R-Tenn
Halderman
Bob Haldeman
Baker
Teamster
Roger Petterson
Mine Associated Press
Veterans’ Trial Room
City Woman
Pawtucket
di Trapano
Justice Sprouse
Paul Chambers
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