Long-Lost Family Reunited After Hunt Across States
Kingsport man learns his sister and two brothers were raised apart after foster placements. Mike Tiller, 21, discovers his birth name Samuel Gene Large and that siblings Shirley Spaike, Raymond, and Tom live in Ohio and North Carolina. Plans for a large reunion include Camp Lejeune.
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Kingsport
Mike Tiller
Times-News
Mike
G. O. Tiller
Honaker
Shirley Spaike
Toledo
Ohio
Peggy
Russell Stinson
Tillers
Samuel Gene Large
Shirley
Raymond
Camp Lejeune
Tom
Sandusky
Frank
Katch
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Virginia
Peggy Jane Joyce
Richlands
Camp Lejune
Industrial Agent Holds Onto Job In Sullivan County
Sullivan County Industrial Agent Charles F. Simonin faced scrutiny of his selling abilities as county lawmakers voted against abolishing his $15,000 a year post. The group considered shifting duties to an administrative assistant to the county judge overseeing waste disposal, a move tied to earlier proposals from Kingsport Magistrate Cecil Durham and Bristol interest. Multiple viewpoints emerged, with some arguing for private industry development over government efforts, and others noting Simonin’s strong knowledge base despite questions about his sales prowess.
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Sullivan County
Charles F’.gimonin
County Court
Blountville
Kingsport
Cecil Durham
Durham
Simonin
Rhea Newland
Bristol
Bristol Industrial Commission
Newland
Washington County
Bristol Herald-Courier
B. Arrington
Robert W. Saacke
Saacke
Saack
Miners Urge Senate To Outlaw Strip Mining
United Mine Workers leaders tell Congress strip mining should be outlawed where land cannot be restored. UMWA President Arnold Miller says corporate profits threaten ecological balance land and workers' welfare during the second day of hearings on proposed laws.
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Washington
UPI
United Mine Workers Union
Congress
UMWA
Arnold Miller
Miller
Boyle witness case highlights union leader defection in hearings
Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee prepared a hearing on labor matters as union head Miller, who defeated W A Tony Boyle in a December court ordered election, sent a written statement instead of appearing in person. Miller cited ongoing Yablonski slayings prosecutions in Erie Pa as his reason to be absent and criticized energy companies for exploiting resources with little concern for workers. He urged protection for displaced workers and proposed a tar on surface mined coal to fund reclamation.
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Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Henry M. Jackson
Miller
Yablonski
Erie
Dobyns Bennett Faces Northside In TSSAA Clash
In Knoxville this afternoon Dobyns Bennett meets Memphis Northside in a Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association basketball tournament game. The page includes various section references to City News, Sports, and other features.
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Dobyns-Bennett
Memphis
Knoxville
Weather: warm with showers and possible thundershowers
Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and warmth today with a chance of showers and thundershowers in the late afternoon. Tonight remains windy and mild with more showers and likely thunder. Highs in the upper 70s, lows around 64.
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Deraho Wrete
Holston Defense to Run Kingsport Army Plant 1973 bid report
The U S Army Munitions Command confirms Holston Defense Corporation will continue operating the Kingsport Helston Army Ammunition Plant. The contract runs May 1 1973 through December 31 1978 with a bid of 11 813 036 dollars. Holston an Eastman subsidiary was selected as the most favorable bidder after a government evaluation and no change in operations is planned at this time.
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U.S. Army Munitions Command
Helston Defense Corporation
Kingsport
Helston Army Ammunition Plant
L. Col. F. L. Reid
Holston
Reid
Eastman
John T. Bearden
Tts
Bearden
Army
Holston Defense Corporation
Eastman Affiliated
Nixon Spells Out His Law And Order Plan
President Nixon urged Congress to restore the death penalty for war time treason sabotage and espionage and for federal crimes with death results. He called for harsher narcotics penalties and a complete revision of the federal criminal code including restricting the insanity defense and eliminating obsolete offenses. The plan envisions a two tier trial with automatic death penalty where warranted and mandatory capital punishment for aggravated crimes.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
State of the Union
Justice Department
Supreme Court
United States
Morean
Johnson City Will Get High Rise Sheraton Inn
A Sheraton Inn is planned for Johnson City with about 124 rooms at an estimated cost of 1.5 million. The four to six story motor inn will be on Brown's Mill Road near North Roan Street and the Carroll Reece Post Office branch, featuring a conference room pool tap room and restaurant. The first floor will house gift shops a barber shop and a flower shop. Architects will be contacted and construction could start in 90 to 120 days.
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Church Circle
Kingsport
Motor Inn
Brown's Mill Road
North Roan Street
Carroll Reece
Eddie Willams
Williams
FDA to tighten labels on orange juice and frozen foods
The FDA proposes stricter common names for foods to reveal real content. Affected items include orange drinks must show juice percent, seafood labels must name species and percentage, and potato chips or onion rings may be described by processing rather than inference.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Greenland
Bristol Elects Black Woman Commissioners
Bristol Tennessee elected its first city council with a Black candidate from district one and a woman from district five. Virgil Sensabaugh, 28, the first Black man elected to city office in modern times, works for TSM in Kingsport. Dot Mattison, Sullivan County teacher, also won, alongside surgeons and brokers Charles Harkrader Jr, Ewell Easley, and Earl MacCormac. Voter turnout was under 50 percent.
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Bristol
Tennessee
Virgil Sensabaugh
Sensabaugh
TSM
Kingsport
Charles J. Harkrader, Jr
Ewell L. Easley
Earl €.MacCormac
Dnivac
Jonesboro Approves Packaged Beer Sale on Third Reading
Jonesboro passes the packaged beer ordinance on third reading amid protests. About two dozen residents attend. petitions with 345 signatures urge a referendum. Officials discuss referendum timing and licensing limits as critics warn of harm to the town.
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Jonesboro
John Shanks
Judson Thornton
Harvey
Runion
Jim Furchis
Seaver
Purcus
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Night City
Senate
Boyle
Monte Vista
Big Stone Gap
Wounded Knee
TEC
Johnson City
Sheraton Inn
Dot Mattison
Brad Jolly
Mes
Grace Laws
Women’s Christian ‘Temperance Union
Ranion
Addie Harvey
Hanton
Madeline Schwartz
Haws
Bob Bunion
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