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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1971
Page
1
Fragmented forecast notes for Pennsylvania and nearby states describe cloudy periods with rain chances. Temperatures span highs in the 40s to 60s and lows mostly in the 40s to 50s with cloudy, damp conditions and scattered rain overnight.
A South Charleston man Gene Smith faced three warrants including obstructing traffic and brandishing a weapon while holding six people at gunpoint during dump monitoring. Continued until Dec 14. Separately, serviceman Jon Caldwell pleaded guilty to impersonation related charges, with USO and Bell System coordinating calls home for troops. Atkins, Cross Lanes, arrested for threats and forged checks tied to a 1970 Cadillac in a related case. Tokyo Prime Minister Sato bonus news also noted.
In St Margaret Roman Catholic Church Harriet McCormack wife of former House Speaker John W McCormack was laid to rest. Attending the service were Mrs Richard Nixon and former President Lyndon B Johnson along with government officials Elliott Richardson and Speaker Carl Albert and Pat Nugent Johnson’s daughter.
Virgil Beckett Memorial Scholarships of 250 dollars each go to William Michael Miller of Barrett and Teresa Ann Humphreys of Hinton. The awards, from Southern Associated Coal Corp, honor Camp Lightfoot director Virgil Beckett and recognize outstanding camp counselors at Concord College and West Virginia University.
West Virginia University announces permanent removal of the Fi Batar Cappar from all recognition and university activities after an obscene banner was displayed before the WVU Penn State game on October 30. A special faculty student investigation recommended action to Dean Joseph Gluck.
A handful of offenses were continued Wednesday in Charleston Municipal Court. Judge John Charnock moved pending cases to later dates, including James C. Meadows of Wheeling on possession of stolen property, Tommie Paxton on felonious assault, Harry Votanty on carrying a dangerous weapon, and Charles Richie and Charles Bays on attempted breaking and entering with new dates set for December 9 and January 5 respectively.
William Collins Jr of the Department of Motor Vehicles said no comment to a Gazette letter from Madison woman Kathryn Degler seeking a correction to a registration. Degler claims the title date was wrong May 21, 1959 instead of Nov 26, 1948. Collins redirected questions to Commissioner Ray Shields, who was away in New Orleans and due back next Monday.
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce said the state’s economy rose for 1970 with gains in key sectors. Coal production fell about 17 million tons due to a near two month strike, while personal income tax, building permits, bank debits, and new car sales all showed double digit increases for the period.
More than 700 Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce members and guests attend the annual dinner at the Civic Center. John F. Shaffer administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration is the principal speaker. His flight arrives at Kanawha Airport from Washington at 4 45 p m today. Sen Jennings Randolph will speak at a Wednesday breakfast at Kanawha Airport to observe the airport terminal building completion. The dinner is preceded by a social hour at 6 p m today.
Judge John Charnock dismissed two felonious assault counts against Richard Cyrus after the complainant failed to prosecute. Cases against Christoforakis Ioannis, Lee Williams, Ernest Jenkins, Russell Pauley, and James Smith moved to subsequent court dates. Postal inspections report shows a 98 percent overall conviction rate in fiscal 1971 with 14 496 convictions including 157 in organized crime cases.
Logan County Circuit Court Judge Harvey Oaksley extended the armed robbery trial of McDowell County native Lawrence Rhodes to March 1. Defense lawyers cited difficulty locating several defense witnesses. Rhodes is charged in the 1968 $12,000 Amherst Cost S payroll office robbery in Logan County and faced a separate hijacking allegation later dropped as the suspect was found insane by federal officials.
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