Black Lung Proposals Move Through House Amid Debate
The House of Delegates passed a bill 95-0 expanding black lung compensation rules sought by miners. The measure shifts proof to employers and limits medical opinion in such cases, potentially broadening eligibility and prompting Senate and Governor action before becoming law.
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Don Marsh
House of Delegates
Buff, Rasmussen
Wells
Senate
Del
Robert Nelson
Dcabell
Black Lung Association
Nelson
State Forecast: Cloudy with Snow Chance East and South
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with a chance of snow in the eastern and southern counties. High temperatures expected in the lower 40s. Page 2 has details.
Eisenhower Resting After Abdominal Surgery
General Dwight D. Eisenhower remained resting comfortably as his heart stayed stable following high risk abdominal surgery. A late afternoon Walter Reed bulletin noted improvement and no new complications as he fought the illness.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
East Berlin hints at measures over West German acts
Tass and East German ADN reported Berlin officials urged East Germany to consider steps to curb unlawful military activity by West Germany and West Berlin. The notice followed West Berlin Mayor Klaus Schuetz confirming the German presidential election would be held next Wednesday amid Communist protests.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Germany
West Berlin
Tass
ADN
Klaus Schuetz
Interior chief urges tougher offshore pollution laws
Secretary of the Interior Walter J. Hickel called for stronger laws to guard offshore waters from any pollution including oil and said he would seek authority to clean up the nation’s water supplies.
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New York Times Service
Washington Secretary of the Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Seething Sirhan Seeks Guilty Plea During Kennedy Trial
Sirhan B. Sirhan, the accused assassin of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, interrupted the trial to demand a guilty plea to all counts. He stated he killed Kennedy willfully and premeditatively, while Judge Herbert V. Walker warned him to remain silent. The court recessed to calm the defendant.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Herbert V. Walker
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan
Walker
Regents Bill Passes Amendment Hurdle
West Virginia Senate Rules Committee kept the regents bill on the inactive list after approving an amendment stage. Senate leaders said the measure would return to the floor for a likely Monday vote with more amendments possible, maintaining its major provisions.
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John G. Morgan
State Board of Regents For
West Virginia
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Lloyd G. Jackson
D-Lincoln
Education
C. H. McKown
Car Driver Dies in Crash With Cement Truck Near St Albans
State police investigate a Friday crash on West Virginia 17 near St Albans in which Marvin Earl Love, 40, of St Albans, died after his station wagon swerved into a cement truck driven by George Roberts, 35, of Big Tyler Road. Roberts was treated for abrasions and released. The crash caused traffic delays of over an hour on the highway.
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W. Va
St. Albans
Marvin Earl Love
Thomas Memorial Hospital
A. E. Friend
Lore
George Roberts
Big Tyler Road
Roberts
Criss and Shaver
Friend
W.va
Marvin
Charles Dennie
Mothers Deaths Laid to Former Mental Patients
Two former mental patients were booked on murder charges in Charleston within minutes of each other. Douglas Ray Monroe, 3, and Billie Katherine Howard, 31, were identified as suspects in the deaths of Monroe’s mother Rey Monroe, 51, and Lacy Johnson, 50. Police described the Sissonville Drive case as one of the most bizarre in years as officers used tear gas to capture Monroe after a struggle.
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Craig Smith
James A. Hill
Kneoper
Sho
Douglas Ray Monroe
Sissonville Dr
Billie Katherine Howard
Fifth Ave
Monroe
Rey Monroe
Lacy Johnson
Fourth Ave
Sissonville Road
Charleston
Weston State Hospital
Dewey Caldwell
R. L. Jones
Roy Cowan
Jones
Cowan
Nixon Pitches Woo With French Leader
President Nixon visited Paris as part of a pledge to renew dialogue with Charles de Gaulle. He praised cooperation and peace, met privately with de Gaulle for over two hours, and joined a large dinner at the Elysee Palace. White House and French spokesmen called the talks frank and cordial as Nixon planned to Rome and a possible papal audience.
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Paris
Nixon
Charles de Gaulle
Orly
America
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Elysee Palace
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Court Affirms Conviction of MacCorkle
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond has affirmed a lower court verdict against Sam L. MacCorkle former Kanawha County Assessor of Charleston West Virginia for failing to file federal income tax returns MacCorkle pleaded not guilty and was sentenced to four months in jail in September 1963 while free on bond pending appeal
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Richmond
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Kanawha
Sam L. MacCorkle
Charleston
W. Va
U.S. District Court For
West Virginia
MacCorkle
Fajene A. Cordon
Winston Salem
Lberty
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James A. Haught
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K. M. Tolbert
Owen Marshall
Frank Wilkin
Rome
Paul VI
Vatican
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