Count or Not to Count Absentees Puzzles Court
Kanawha County Court debated how absentee ballots should be counted and temporarily halted counting to seek guidance from the attorney general Chauncey Browning Jr. Nearly 400 absentee votes hang in the balance with potential impact on a county commissioner race and a school tax levy.
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Thomas A. Knight
Kanawha County
Chauncey Browning Jr
Attorney General's
Kanawha
Thomas L. Black
Bailey
Henry
Controversy Over Absentee Ballots Delays Kanawha Count
Kanawha County court wrestled with counting absentee ballots after delays delivering ballots to precincts. Officials debated whether servicemen and other voters could be disenfranchised, ultimately delaying final results as they sought Browning’s guidance. Weather zones report cloudy skies and light snow with highs in the 30s.
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Shores
John McCutcheon
Edgar ‘Weiskell II
Black
Bailey
Castleberry
Kuhns
1Lth
Voters Registration
Jack Pauley
Pauley
Larry Andrews
Andrews
Attorney General's Office
Browning
Asking for Chute Triggers Arrest on Allegheny Flight
A man on Allegheny Airlines flight 608 from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh asked a stewardess for a parachute at Wood County Airport. Police detained him after landing, treating the incident as a potential hijacking but finding no weapon.
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Parkersburg
Allegheny Airlines
Wood County
Here
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Handley Residents Approve Incorporation Vote
Handley residents vote to become incorporated in the county’s first such election since 1958. Of 471 total ballots, 143 favored incorporation and 104 opposed, with 32 challenged ballots. The move increases area municipalities to 15, including Montgomery. part of Montgomery lies in Fayette County where about 515 residents with 248 eligible voters sought water sewer and fire services.
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Handley
Montgomery
Fayette County
Ripley Mayor Post Still Open
Ripley city council failed to have a quorum and adjourned with no action on naming a new mayor. Dr Gay H. Duke resigned last week. term ends June 30. City Recorder William Morgan, acting mayor, expected to be named. council to reconvene within a week to choose. Also a program on life saving offered by West Virginia Heart Assn at 7:40 p.m. Nov 28 in the Community Building.
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Ripley
Gay H. Duke
William Morgan
Ravenswood
West Virginia Heart Assn
Morris O'Dell
Charleston
Van Overturns Driver Unhurt On U S 60 at Piedmont Road
A van on U S 60 at Piedmont Road overturned after its brakes apparently locked, but the driver Charles L. Redhenwald of Viola Road was uninjured. Deputies W. D. Mahan and J. L. Miller investigated the incident.
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U. S. 60
Piedmont Road
Kanawha County
Court debates power to quash subpoenas in Casey case
State Supreme Court weighs petition from Kanawha County Prosecutor Patrick Casey to halt restraints banning a special grand jury from calling witnesses. U S Attorney Field argues Judge Wood may quash indictments, while Field says Casey claims were limited by court orders and action remains pending.
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Michael L. White
State Supreme Court
Kanawha
Patrick Casey
Grand
Casey
Inc. State “Police
Charles L. Field
Hughes
PPPC
H. Benton Kesler
J. Ganroe Wnod
Field
Weod
Supreme Court
Srand
Kesler
Wood
U. S
K. K. Hall
High Court to Consider Casey's PPPC Petition
The court will review errors by Judge Hoffman in jury questioning and rulings in the Casey case as the PPPC investigation and grand jury actions draw scrutiny. The appeals court criticized remarks by Thomas Foran and suggested defense expert testimony on crow control.
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High Court
Casey
PPPC
Hoffman
U.S
Davis
Hayden
Alo
Crow
Thomas A. Foran
Appeals Court
Court of Appeals
Virginia Bar Assa
Charleston
St. Paul’s
Geny Run
Notre Dame University
West Virginia
John Henry Shady Tuling
St. Paul
United Methodist Church
South Charleston
United Fuel
Candler School
Olegy
Emory University
Atlan
Kissinger Seeks Final Peace Points Amid Camp David Talks
At Camp David Kissinger said six to seven concrete points must be ironed out for the peace plan he drafted. He did not specify the points, citing objections from President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam. A CBS crew followed him to the Gil Sur Yvette meeting place as newsmen pressed for details. Tho and aides arrived early while Kissinger and Tho waved to reporters.
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Kissinger
Camp David
Ziegler
Nixon
Columbia Broadcasting System
Gil- Sur-Yvette
Tho
Weather forecast fragment for several states various highs
Cloudy with light snow and cool conditions dominate the region. WV and VA see highs in the 30s with nights near or below freezing. Western Pennsylvania and Kentucky show mixed flurries, lows in the 20s to 30s. Ohio remains cloudy and cool with possible light snow. Tuesday humidity and wind data partially noted. record highs and lows recorded in previous date.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Jury Finds Cottle Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter
BECKLEY a jury convicted Thomas Edward Cottle of Prosperity of involuntary manslaughter for the rifle killing of his brother Samuel Jack Cottle in September 1971. In closing arguments prosecutors rejected self defense and fear of rock throwing as reasons for the shooting.
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Beckley
Thomas Edward Cottle
Prosperity
Samuel Jack Cottle
Tom Canterbury
Nitro Council Debates Teen Center Controversy and Fire Truck Blockade
Nitro council votes on repealing Ordinance 61 governing the local park board and recreation oversight. Council discusses teen tavern activity and blockages around the fire station with calls for stronger penalties and loitering limits. Police seek ordinance tweaks to curb resisting officers as patrols report signs of disorder near Teen Land.
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Martha Smith
Nitro
Assor
Representa
Thom
Lilly
Dogwood Street
London
Scotland ‘Yard
Min- Casebolt
Charleston
Dunbar
St Albans
James Kessinger
Citiens
Flower City Parks
Casebolt
Park Board
James Jones
Council
Citizen’s Committee
Casebook
Jones
Kessinger
Council Recreation Committee
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