Young Democrats Split Over WV Governor Pick at Conference
At Morris Harvey College the West Virginia Democratic Youth Conference drew 16 to 21 year olds split between Rockefeller and Sprouse. Many remained undecided with strong praise for both and worries the party could stay divided into the primary season. Conference delegates expect a Democrat to win the governor’s office with Byrd and Randolph among speakers at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.
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Rick Steelhammer
West Virginia
Democratic Youth Conference
Morris Harvey College
John D
Jay” Rockefeller IV
James Sprouse
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Three Local Craft Unions Strike in Kanawha Valley
Three building trade unions in Kanawha Valley have been on strike since May 31 threatening labor management peace and the multicraft agreement. Plumbers Local 651 Painters Local 970 and Asbestos Workers Local 80 paused work with limited picketing while other locals honored lines. A 31 cent hourly raise for about 3,000 craftsmen is tied to multicraft talks. Painters plan a meeting and Pipefitters Local 625 recently joined the pact. Separate dispute hits St Albans Mall as bricklayers strike over pay at Holbrook & Lee projects.
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Edward Peeks
Kanawha Valley
Plumbers
Painters
Asbestos Workers
Charleston
Elmer Burdette
Burdette
Kanawha Valley Contractors Assn
Multicraft
St. Albans
Holbrook & Lee
West Virginia May primaries discussed by lawmakers
A legislative subcommittee reviewed delaying the West Virginia primary date. Senator Ralph D. Williams asked for interest in a draft to move primaries, but only a couple supported the idea. Lois Kauffeld urged stricter campaign finance reporting, facing resistance from lawmakers wary of overhauling election laws.
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Herb Little
Associated Press
West Virginia
Ralph D. Williams
D-Gréenbrier
Cochairman
Williams
Lois Kauffelt
Charleston
League of Women’ Voters
Pat R. Hamilton
Fayette
Police Eye Arrests In Death
Clarksburg police said a report will go to the Harrison County Grand Jury over the May beating death of Thomas R. Horner 74 a former Kanawha and Harrison County school official. Horner was beaten May 13 and died later in Morgantown. He led Charleston High School 1937 1940 Stonewall Jackson 1940 1949 and Harrison County schools 1962.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County Grand Jury
Thomas R. Horner
Kanawha and
Harrison County School Board
Horner
University Hospital
Morgantown
Charleston High School
Stonewall Jackson
Kanawha County
Charleston
City Parks and Recreation Commission
Harrison County
Two SLA Soldiers Convicted in Foster Killing
In Sacramento California Russell Little and Joseph Remiro of the Symbionese Liberation Army were found guilty of first degree murder in the cyanide bullet assassination of Oakland School Superintendent Marcus Foster. A verdict also convicted them of attempted murder in the wounding of Foster’s top aide Robert Blackburn.
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Sacramento
Calif
Prisoners Demand Release in Canada Hostage Standoff
In New Westminster British Columbia three life‑prisoners held 14 officers hostage and demanded an Army helicopter to move them and the hostages to the airport and onward to an undisclosed foreign country. Prison director Dragon Ceretic named Andy Bruce Claire Wilson and Douglas Lucas as the prisoners.
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NEW Westminister
B.C
British Columbia
Dragon Cernetic
Communist Party of Canada
Andy Bruce
Prince Albert, Sask
Claire Wilson
Douglas Lucas
Winnipeg
Ceretic
Democratic Governors Deny Plan To Block Wallace Bid
In New Orleans the Democratic national chairman and Rhode Island Gov. Philip Noel refuted a coordinated effort to block George Wallace's presidential bid. The 67th annual National Governors Conference opened as more than 30 governors discussed boosting their influence on the 1976 nominating process amid energy policy debates and GOP pushback.
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New Orleans
George Wallace
Philip Noel
Rhode Island
Robert S. Strauss
Ford
Democratic Congress
House
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
James Holshouser
North Carolina
Crat
Wallace
Alabama
Noel
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Strauss
Senate
Mike Mansfield
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Grafton
Sprouse
Rockefeller
Moore
Barton
West Virginia University
Jay Soar
Darby
Huntington
Debbie Perry
East “Lynn
Wayne County
Bill McMellon
Hamlin
West
Meelon
Daugherty
Perry
McMellon
Joel Ross
Union
Contractors Assn
Cae
Ross
Kroger
Washington Courthouse
Ohio
Del
Joseph E. Caudle
Berkeley
SLA
Sonew K
Gouda
Ference
Feral Florist
FTD Florist
MacCorkle Ave
Kanawha City
FG Hg Pte
Gardencourt
Parkview
Scheirich
Save's
Save Supply Co., Inc
Park Avenue
W. Va
Washington ST
Virginia ST
Park Ave
Stanewall Jackson High
Srhsol
Beanvea
Madison
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