Weather Forecast for Zones 1 to 9 in West Virginia and nearby states
Tuesday forecast from Weather Institute covers zones across Northern Panhandle to Central Mountains. Expect mostly cloudy skies with rain turning to snow flurries in zones 1 5 and 6 8, with variable highs from the 30s to upper 40s and lows from the teens to 30s. Regional totals show precipitation figures and historical high records for March.
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Hearst Heiress Described as Indecisive In Trial Testimony
Fort, an expert witness in about 200 cases, portrayed Catherine Hearst as extremely independent and rebellious before her kidnapping. He cited long hairline doubts about her engagement to Steven Weed, a desire to rebel, and a plan for possible self harm amid mounting pressure from family and wealth.
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Ford
Mimi Swanton
Swanton
Hearst
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Patricia Hearst
Browning
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Weed
L.J. West
West
Wallace claims Florida win over Wallace and Carter
In a Miami luncheon, George Wallace boasted he beat George Wallace and Jimmy Carter in Massachusetts and predicted victory. He campaigned at Stuart and Tallahassee as Reagan and Ford tested Florida for the March 16 primary amid 12 Democratic names and turnout forecasts of 45 to 50 percent.
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Massachusetts
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Ford
Florida
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Illinois
Morris K. Udall
West Virginia House Advances Budget and Bills
The House passed 87-12 a 712000 supplemental appropriation for a new farm management commission and sent it to the Senate. It also sent to the Senate bills on price listings for all commodities, mobile testing for TB high blood pressure and diabetes, and tests for equine infectious anemia. The House approved Senate amendments and sent to the Governor measures giving West Virginia vendors a 2 percent bid advantage, permitting holiday time off for municipal firemen and policemen, and called for a conference to resolve inheritance tax, Capitol Building Commission, and motor vehicle inspection fee issues.
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West Virginia
Capitol Building Commission
Southwestern Community Action Secures $475,129 Grant
Huntington based Southwestern Community Action Council Inc. received a federal grant of 475,129 dollars for a full year Head Start program serving 390 children in Cabell Lincoln Mason and Wayne counties, according to HEW regional director Gorhat L. Black Jr.
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Southwestern Community Action Council Inc
Gorhat L. Black Jr
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Cabell
Lincoln
Mason
Wayne Counties
Moore Attorneys Questioning Law On Succession Amendment
Moore's lawyers in a state Supreme Court filing contend a potential typographical error in the 1970 Legislature’s ratification of the Governors Succession Amendment may affect its validity. Judges Carrigan and Kessel note the House Journal shows eligible while the original text uses ineligible, possibly prompting live testimony to resolve the dispute.
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Melton Maloney
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Maloney
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House Journal
Associated Press
House Group Advances ERA Repeal Effort
The House Constitutional Revision Committee sent to the floor the proposal to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Sponsored by Logan County Democrats Tom Mathis and Charles Gilliam, the committee approved the measure 147 to 0. Mathis called ERA the most misunderstood and dangerous amendment proposed. Ratification stands at 34 states with 38 needed. two states have reconsidered and withdrawn ratification.
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Logan County
Tom Mathis
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Mathis
U.S
Self service gas debate echoes in bicentennial year
The bill faces opposition as it would burden coal miners, truckers, and chemical plant workers needing evening and weekend fuel. Stanislaus urges extended hours for service stations, while Exxon dealers note growing demand for self-service pumps and their lower price, with some favoring both service modes.
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Exxon
West Virginia
Two Sentenced On Guilty Pleas In Kanawha Court
Two men, David Lee Casebolt of 865 Amity Dr and Richard D Samples of St Albans, were sentenced in Kanawha Circuit Court after guilty pleas. Casebolt faced burglary and theft charges for a May incident at Violet Spencer’s residence on Bream Street, with a sentence of 1 to 15 years. Samples received two years probation for taking $241.25 in goods from James T Hamer’s residence in February. Judge George W Wood presided.
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David Lee Casebolt
Amity
Richard D. Samples
St. Albans
Casebolt
Violet Spencer
Bream Street
James T. Hamer
George W. Wood
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Harpsichordist Frances Cole at West Virginia Tech
Harpsichordist Frances Cole will perform in the Engineering Auditorium at West Virginia Tech this afternoon. She will play a double keyboard harpsichord built by Eric Herz of Boston and include works by Mozart Scarlatti Hansen Swanson Ligeti Gottschalk and more. Dr. Cole founded and directs the national harpsichord festival held last summer in New York.
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Frances Cole
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West Virginia Tech
Eric Herz
Boston
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New York
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Scarlatti
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Gottschalf
Senate Acts on Labor Benefit Rules and College Expansion
The Senate advanced a measure letting workers qualify for black lung benefits after five of the last 15 years exposure, instead of a continuous two-year last decade. Debate also yielded a bill banning new community colleges in counties with four-year schools, limiting expansion of Fairmont State College’s Clarksburg branch. Other actions revised the State Sinking Fund Commission and raised mine, safety, and electrical inspector salaries.
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Sinking Fund Commission
Police Probe Dark Death of Patricia Miller in Jefferson County
State police pursue foul play in the death of Patricia Miller 23 of Raw son found on a rural road near Shenandoah Junction. Autopsy cites massive internal injuries after she left home Friday night and was seen in local spots. Helicopters sought a 1968 Mercury Comet tied to the case.
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W.va
Jefferson County
Patricia Miller
Rawson
Shenandoah Junction
Raleigh Man Sentenced In Mail Theft Charge
Beckley man Richard Caudell was sentenced to five years in federal prison for receiving stolen mail. Judge K. K. Hall noted the term may be modified after a full prison facility evaluation at Danbury or Springfield. Jane Carolyn Shappo received two years for transporting a stolen car across state lines.
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Beckley
U.S
K. K. Hall
Richard Caudell
Danbury
Conn
Springfield
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Falling Stove Kills Braxton County Boy Age 4
A 4-year-old Braxton County boy, Robert J. Smallwood, died when a gas cook stove toppled onto him at his Sutton home while he played nearby. Surviving are his mother Roseolee Alice Stinnett, father David Porter Smallwood, brothers Johny and Larry, sister Diana, with funeral services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Greene Marple Funeral Home. Burial at Robison Cemetery. Family may visit 5 to 9 p.m. today.
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Braxton County
Robert J. Smallwood
Roseolee
Alice Stinnett
David Porter Smallwood
Johny
Larry
Diana
Greene-Marple Funeral Home
Leslie Skidmore
Robison
Legislative Calendar With Time Slots And Hearings
The calendar lists sessions and hearings across committees including Political Subdivisions General Session Roads and Transportation Education Judiciary Health and Welfare Agriculture Finance and Insurance. It notes first recess and subsequent hearings on SB 279 SB 184 SB 322 HB 1023 and schedules for Judiciary Agriculture and Natural Resources Banking and Insurance.
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