Weather forecast summary for West Virginia and nearby states
Variable cloudiness and warmth with showers or thundershowers likely across zones in West Virginia and nearby regions. Highs mainly mid to upper 70s with lows from the 40s to 60s. Western Pennsylvania and Kentucky show sun and mild winds. Ohio mostly sunny with possible showers. Friday humidity and wind details included.
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Long seeks deletion of tax bill provision benefiting family
Senator Russell B Long of Louisiana said he will ask the Senate to strike from the pending tax bill a provision that could profit his relatives. He noted he did not know the amendment might aid his children and kin and defended the bill as addressing a nationwide problem. Long chairs the Senate Finance Committee where the bill was drafted.
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Russell B. Long
Louisiana
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Senate Finance Committee
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New York Times
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Supreme Court backs whites in reverse discrimination case
Justice Thurgood Marshall for the court states discrimination against whites was barred by the 1870 civil rights law and the 1904 act. Justices Rehnquist and White dissent on applying the old law to private employment bias. The ruling overturns a Fifth Circuit decision that white workers could not sue under either statute.
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William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
U. S. Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
Decency and Dishonesty in the White House Debate
The piece critiques Carter and Ford on honesty while noting public tolerance for dishonesty if tied to success. It questions whether the Vietnam War, Watergate, and political outcomes shape voters' tolerance and cites figures like Nixon and Adm. King, urging a demand for honesty and decency.
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Ernest King
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Morris Udall
Henry Jackson
Coolidge
Hoover
Bar Association Faces Antitrust Suit Over Ad Bans
The Justice Department accuses the American Bar Association of conspiring to violate antitrust laws by banning lawyers from advertising fees. The civil suit seeks to declare these prohibitions illegal, arguing they restrain price competition and restrict access to information on legal services.
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Justice Department
American Bar Assn
U.S. District Court
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American Pharmaceutical Assn
Supreme Court
Virginia
American Medical Assn
Code of Ethics
Lawrence Walsh
Association
Kissinger vows U S commitment to Yugoslavia independence
In a major foreign policy address in London Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger renewed U S support for the independence of Yugoslavia and Eastern European nations. He rejected spheres of influence, urged Western democracies to compete with Moscow, and warned against complacent rhetoric.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Kissinger
Ford
Europe
Ronald Reagan
Helmut A. Sonnenfeldt
Soviet Union
Sonnenfeldt
United States
Eastern Europe
Moscow
Alastair Buchan
International Institute For Strategic Studies
Bloodiest Ground Battle Rages in Lebanon Civil War
In southeastern Beirut the four day battle over Tal Zaalar and Jisr al-Basha roils as Palestinian guerrillas and right wing Christians clash amid Libyan and Syrian peacekeepers. Reports say 150 killed in 24 hours and refugees suffer amid stalled ambulances and mounting corpses.
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Libya
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Frame Elected State Trial Lawyers Head
Morgantown lawyer Clark B. Frame was chosen president of the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Assn at the 18th annual seminar. Other officers include Allen H Massnter first vice president John Troelstrup second vice president L Alvin Hunt secretary John H Reed Jr treasurer and Stevt F Shina berry parliamentarian. The event features a panel on How to Conduct the Criminal Trial and ends with a banquet featuring defense lawyer F Lee Batley the Hearst case attorney.
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Morgantown
West Virginia Trial Lawyers Assn
Allen H
Massnter
Charleston
John Troelstrup
L. Alvin Hunt
John H. Reed Jr
South Charleston
Stevt F. Shinaberry
West Virginia
F. Lee Batley
Patty Hearst
Extradition Waived for Man Sought in California Slaying
Man Conley, living in Kanawha County three months, waived extradition to California after being brought before Circuit Court Judge George Wood. Sacramento deputies say he is wanted in the December 1974 shotgun slaying of Thomas James Foster, age 24. Foster's body was found May 8 in an abandoned shaft of the Yankee Gem mine in Placer County. Two other men were arrested in Wichita, Kansas, in connection with Foster's death as police traced three suspects. Kanawha deputies Mark McMillian and Dave Johnson, Lt. W. T. Markham, and Sgt. Jim Chadwick participated in the Friday morning arrest.
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Kanawha
George Wood
California
Sacramento
Calif
Thomas James Foster
Foster
Placer County
Sacramento Sheriff's Department
Wichita
Kan
W. T. Markham
Jim Chadwick
Mark McMillian
Dave Johnson
Kanawha County
Ex City Woman Named to Business Week Top 100
Former Charleston resident Mary Beth Crimmins is named one of the 100 top corporate women by Business Week. She serves as vice president for school services at ARA Food Services Co. in Philadelphia, which has 1.2 billion in annual revenue and 30 million net income.
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Business Week
Mary Beth Crimmins
ARA Food Services Co
Philadelphia
Miss Crimmins
Charleston Catholic High School
Ohio University
Massachusetts General Hospital
Arthur L. Crimmins
Bridge Rd
Ouster Call for Interior Official by UMW Chief
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller urged Secretary Kleppe to remove Undersecretary Kent Frizzell accusing him of undermining mine safety enforcement. Miller cited Frizzell's reprimand of Administrative Law Judge Joseph Kennedy over a $2,682 fine for Harlan No. 4 Coal Co. as proof of biased action.
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United Mine Workers
Interior
Kent Frizzell
Thomas S. Kleppe
UMW
Arnold Miller
Frizzell
Miller
Department
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Interior Department
Joseph B. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Harlan No. 4 Coal Co
Knoxville
Tenn
U.S
Kentucky
Kleppe
Harlan
Mr. Frizzell
Blaze at Spencer Truck Co Destroys Buildings and Property
Fire ripped through Spencer Truck and Implement Co early Friday morning causing an estimated 240000 to 313000 in contents damage and 110000 to the building. Seven tractors, three Jeeps and a night watchman’s car were destroyed. no injuries reported. Officials suspect a gas explosion and say investigators from the state fire marshal will arrive today.
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Spencer Truck and Implement Co
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Walton
Police report on local burglaries and thefts in Charleston
Break ins reported since Thursday include four cue sticks and a cue hall taken from United Electronics Institute on Chesterfield Ave after a window was broken with a rock. Thieves took 12 beer cases and $47 from Ginos Pizza on Bridge Road using multiple entry methods. Edgar Jacksons home on Third Ave was entered via a removed window screen with a stereo and radio valued at $200 plus $2 in pennies stolen. A tape player and tapes vanished from Bobbys car on Virginia Ave. A citizens band radio was stolen from Henry Huffmans car on 34th Street.
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United Electronics Institute
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Gino's Pizza
Bridge Road
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Third Ave
Edgar Jackson
Bobby Campbell
Rose City
Ohio
Virginia Avenue
Citizens Band
Henry Huffman
34Th Street
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