Jury convicts ex police officer in Merilyn Clark murder
In Fort Lauderdale a six-father jury found former officer Robert Erler guilty of the Merilyn Clark murder. He was sentenced to 99 years and six months at Raiford State Prison. Key witnesses included five friends, four of them police officers, who testified it was his voice on a taped call saying Please catch me.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Robert Erler
Merilyn Clark
Erler
Raiford State Prison
Finch maintains strict desegregation stance across five districts
Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch said there will be no bending of guidelines or special concessions as five Southern districts in Mississippi North and South Carolina face federal desegregation. He met with three three man federal teams to press for acceptable integration plans and kept intact a cut of federal funds, though he offered restoration if compliance is achieved within 60 days.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Finch
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Relief SAO TOME aids Biafra as airlift nears end
A church relief airlift from the Portuguese island of Sao Tome landed 18 plates of food and medicines in Biafra Thursday night, amid one of its busiest weeks. A U.S. supplied C-17 Globemaster returned to base after failing to contact Biafra's darkened airstrip.
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Biafra
West Africa
U.S
Senate to vote on blocking Congress pay raise
Washington lawmakers moved to take up a resolution to reject a $12,500 annual pay raise for members of Congress. The Senate set next Tuesday to decide, amid pressure from sponsor Sen. John J. Williams. They currently earn $30,000 annually.
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Senate
Congress
John J. Williams
Del
Navy Closes On Scorpion Loss Mystery In Atlantic
Navy reports eight months of inquiry failed to reveal why the nuclear submarine Scorpion with 99 aboard vanished in the Atlantic last May. Trieste II will again probe with deep sea photos two miles down near the Azores, but salvage is unlikely. The court found no sea mount or ridge caused the tragedy and could not determine the nuclear reactor fault from available evidence.
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Navy
Atlantic
Azores Islands
Rowe
Mediterranean
Norfolk
Mizar
Triste T
Moore unveils 18 appointments in West Virginia administration
Gov Arch Moore Jr announced 18 key appointees with a press conference backdrop of flags and drapes. Among fresh selections are Adjutant General Blair and Beer Commissioner Ross, plus officials for insurance, federal-state relations, alcohol control, motor vehicles, welfare, and public institutions. Several holdovers from prior administration were named, with five more top posts anticipated soon and continued speculation about who will lead mines, workmen’s compensation, banking, and veterans affairs.
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Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
Jack W. Blair &l
Charleston
James E. Ross
Clendenin
Samuel H. Weese
Morgantown
B. L. Coffindaffer
Robert G. Conaty
Huntington
John M. Gates
Beckley
Edwin F. Flowers
New Cumberland
Don Clark
William S. Ritchie Jr
Ravenswood
Robert L. Bonar
St. Albans
Charles H. Haden
Lysander T. Dudley
Jack J. Miller
Parkersburg
Mildred Bateman
T. R. Samson
Clement R. Bassett
Welch
Elizabeth V. Hallanan
Rag by Dennis Neeld Warns of More Hangings in Iraq
Beirut dispatch reports Baghdad radio warning that Iraqi authorities may execute more spies after nine Jews and five others were hanged. Information Minister Samarrai says trials will proceed after further legal steps. U S cautions Israel to avoid reprisals as new espionage cases loom. Brezhnev message to Nasser prompts Soviet Middle East commentary while Nixon weighing Mideast policy shifts.
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Lebanon
Baghdad
Abdullan Samarral
Samarral
Revolutionary Court
Samarrai
Samarras
Paul Bail
Humble Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Iraq Petroleum Co
Betty
Muntington
W. Va
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al Ahram
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
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New York Times
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Soviet Union
Gunnar V. Jarring
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Israel
Johnson
United States
Conviction Upheld in Viet Nam Civilian Killing Case
U S Court of Military Appeals upholds Marine Pfc. Charles W. Keenan's conviction and sentence for killing a Vietnamese civilian during a 1966 combat patrol. Keenan, from Nitro West Virginia, had his five year term reduced to three years. released for good behavior and returned home. Co defendant Cpl. Stanley J. Luczke faced retrial and later manslaughter conviction.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Military Appeals
Charles W. Keenan
Nitro
W. Va
Myron G. Ehrlich
Keenan
Supreme Court
Navy Clemency Board
Portsmouth Naval Prison
New Hampshire
Cpl
Stanley J. Luczke
Gardner, Mass
Luczke
Rockefeller bill sponsors seek election reform changes
Senator Noah Floyd of Mingo County joins Jay Rockefeller's election reform push as a sponsor in the Senate, with House backing from George H. Seibert Jr and Ned Watson. The package, among nine bills, would bar officials and their spouses from serving as election workers and would extend rules to non-tenured teachers, aiming to tighten handling of elections and ballot processes.
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Don Marsh
Jay Rockefeller
Noah Floyd
Mingo County
Rockefeller
Floyd
Democratic Executive Committee
Mingo
Senate
Bur Rockefeller
John Cartigan
Marshall
House
George H. Seibert Jr
Ohio
J. 1S
Ned” Watson
Marion Rockefeller
South Viet General Hurt In Bombing
South Viet General Neaven Vani Kiem was wounded in a downtown Saigon bombing blamed on a motorbike terrorist. Police detained a suspect shortly after the attack while the general was en route to the presidential palace. four others suffered minor injuries.
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Neavor van
Iwaomen
Kiem
Beckley Area Hit by School Fire and Plant Fire
A Beckley area report notes a six room Prosperity School fire around 4 pm Friday and, hours later, a Beckley Manufacturing Company blaze at Skelton. No injuries reported. school records saved. Firefighters used pond water as supplies ran short. cause undetermined.
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Beckligy -Pire
Becklew Manufacturing
Skelton
Adoitive Hi Haeen
Carmen Carte
Mason Anderson
Beaver and Sophia
Ois
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