West Virginia and nearby states forecast update
Partly cloudy with showers possible in several zones. West Virginia and Virginia expect highs from the upper 60s to upper 80s with humid conditions and late showers. Ohio and Kentucky show warm, sunny to partly cloudy days with scattered showers and temperatures in the 60s to 80s. The report notes Friday humidity and a high near 50 for June 27.
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Great Lakes
Vna
Virginia
Florida
Northern
Panhandle
North Central
Mid &Ls
Charleston
West
Central Mountains
Eastern Panhandle
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Malpractice Fears May Raise City Insurance Costs
Charleston faces possible higher insurance rates as malpractice suits against paramedics loom. City Manager Hugh Rosely says umbrella coverage with McDonough Caperton Shepherd and Goldsmith may rise beyond current 9800 dollar annual rate, with bids likely needed.
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Rosalie Earle
Charleston
Hugh Rosely
McDonough, Caperton, Shepherd and Goldsmith Insurance Co
Sthe Insurance Company
Bosely
Kanawha-Charleston Health Department
Plot to Kill Antiwar Activist Denied by FBI and Police
SAN DIEGO FBI and San Diego police denied they solicited informants to kill antiwar activist Bohmer. The ACLU says a 1972 plan to abduct or murder Bohmer involved undercover informants. officials call the charge untrue. The story details payments and undercover work linked to Bohmer’s shooting and related investigations.
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San Diego
FBI
San‘ Diego
H. Peter Young
Liberate Select Committee On
Bohmer
San Diego Univers
Ity
Young
Rex I. Shroder
Gilbert Romero
ACLU
Romero
John Raspperry
Raspperry
Shrader
Hoebler
Inmate Testimony On Money Varies In Court Hearing
Louis Nomar of Rand challenges a $3,000 payoff claim against former Prosecution Atty Patrick Casey in a habeas petition. Nomar has given at least five inconsistent stories about how funds were obtained, including sums from Lebanon land deals and various schemes. The cross examination, ordered by the state supreme court, continued with Nomar invoking the Fifth Amendment and the judge admonishing his interruptions. Nomar faces a one to ten year sentence after pleading guilty to false pretenses.
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Atty
Patrick Casey
Louis Nomar
Rand
State Supreme Court
Nomar
Casey
Kana‘wha
Supreme Court
Charleston
Lebanon
Boiarsky
Larry Winter
Robert Harvey
Jewelry theft report from Paris hotel noted
Police stated Mrs Johnson denied rediating jewelry as stolen until her return to the United States. They cited a one and a half carat diamond and turquoise necklace among items taken. Upon the couple's return to the hotel on Wednesday, baggage was loaded for flight back to the United States.
South Charleston Center Publishes Recycling Hours
The South Charleston collection center for newspapers and aluminum operates Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. It is sponsored by the South Charleston Woman's Club. Charleston recycling totals reached 1,538,982 pounds this week. A bonanza yielded over 200 wine bottles from two West Virginia Opera Theatre performances. Christ Church elder day center begins selling notebooks made from computer paper at 5 cents for three.
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South Charleston
South Charleston Woman's Club
Recycling Center of Charleston
West Virginia Opera Theatre
Christ Church
Grand Jury Reveals 32 of 103 Indictments
The Kanawha Circuit Court grand jury reported 163 indictments Friday with 32 publicly released at Prosecuting Atty. Larry Winter’s request to withhold the rest. Nine of the released charges are misdemeanors. one murder indictment named Earnest Coon Jr. Other defendants face felonies including breaking and entering, grand larceny, drug charges, and forgery. Three textbook opponents testified last week. no school officials were indicted.
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Kanwha
Circuit Court
Atty
Larry Winter
Winter
West Virginia
US District Court
Grand Jury
Kanawha County
Kanawha
Hida
Earnest Coon Jr
Circuit Court Room No
Earnest Coon,Jr
James Bumpus
Ious Pareanicg
Dane Leis Bachner
Jackie Lee
Darrell Gene Clark Thomas Ray Turner
Jon Harris Clatworthy I
Debcaenees Pauley
David Michael Whiting
Gary Wayne Null
Larry David Sisk Jr
Michael Ray Pauley
Lewis David Prichard
Russell Garcia
Robert Steven Revels
Douglas Melvin Short
Rodney A Raeirglary
Hughie Scar
Lester Dale Vance
Frank Eugene Smith
David Ray
Richard D
David Burford Stover
Rodney Wayne Tolley
David Williams
David Gary Wilson
Inmate Causes Smoke Fire at Kanawha County Jail
An inmate fell asleep while smoking in his bunk, starting a small fire that filled the Kanawha County jail with smoke Friday night. Forty-four prisoners were moved to another section for safety as deputies reported heavy smoke in the second floor cellblock. The inmate, identified as Ahia Ns, received medical treatment and was listed in satisfactory condition. No other damage or injuries were reported.
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Kanawha‘ County
Ahia Ns
Wa ‘Genera ‘Division
Charlestow Area Medical Center
Coal Industry Plans Double Output by 1985
The National Coal Assn projects nearly doubling annual coal production by 1985 to over 1 billion tons with 577.8 million tons of new capacity from expanding or opening mines. Eastern mines would provide 275.4 million tons and the West 302.4 million tons, aided by strip mining growth and new Western mines.
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Edward Peeks
National Coal Assn
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
John Corcoran
FEA Coal Advisory Committee
Consolidation Coal Co
West
West Virginia
Kentucky
Corcoran
Ford Administration
Rail Union Proposes ConRail Consolidation Plan
The USRA recommends unifying financially troubled Northeast railroads into ConRail with Chessie System and smaller carriers taking major portions. The plan foresees no profit until 1979, a 259 million dollar loss in 1976, and eventual profits by 1979 rising to 663 million dollars by 1985, with Network coverage across 17 states and shared freight among ConRail Chessie Norfolk and Western and smaller lines.
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Washington
U.S. Railway Assny
Northeast
ConRail
Chessie
Association
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Norfolk and Western
USRA
Kessie
Penn Central
Chessie System
Erie Lackwanna
Reading
Chef at Coonskin Lived High on the County Dime
Melvin Bober, a Cleveland chef, was employed by the Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission to run Coonskin Park’s short order restaurant. He lived at the Heart-O-Town Inn in Charleston on commission-paid costs totaling 1004.17 dollars for March. The town’s recreation director was on vacation and the assistant refused comment while releasing financial records.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission
Coons Park
Heart-O-Town Motor Inn
Charleston
Commission
Melvin Bober
Bober
The
Recreation Com
Austin Palmer
Rick Richter
Richter
Recreation Commission
Morris Mendeloff
Thomas Potter
Kanawha County
John Catalano
Coonskin
Bob Lilly
Heart-O-Town
Park
FBI raids near Wounded Knee leave two agents dead
The dead Indian was found after agents searched a fleeing house. FBI officials say a jacket of a stain agent was found on the body. Investigators named Joe Roberts as a 20 year old man from Seite Wash and gave details of a tense confrontation on the reservation near Wounded Knee South Dakota. The incident involved warrants for Teddy Paul Pourier Herman Thunder Hawk Robert Horse and James Eagle.
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Joe Roberts
Seite Wash
Kile
AIM
Russell Means
Bismarck
N. D
Wounded Knee
Rapida
FBI
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Coler
Denver
Williams
Rapid City
Teddy Paul Pourier
Herman Thunder Hawk
Robert Horse
James Eagle
Buster on Bond After Bid to Rob Cabin Creek Drugstore
Buster, a trooper said to be out on bond for armed robbery and attempted armed robbery, attempted to steal more than 500 capsules of controlled drugs worth about 120 dollars from the Cabin Creek drugstore. He fled through the Kanawha County Courthouse after asking to use a restroom and remained at large Friday night.
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Buster
Rand
Justice’ of the Peace
J.C. Dawson
Kanawha County
Cabin Creek
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