Moore defends crackdown after Hutchinson accusation in West Virginia race
Gov. Arch A. Moore rebutted claims by mayoral candidate John G. Hutchinson that state police targeted Samuel S. Tabet over a $200 campaign donation. Moore released the police report to counter what he called Hutchinson's false charges and said the probe began from talk of a kickback and poor workmanship on a bridge contract.
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Charleston
UPI
Arch A. Moore
Samuel S. Tabet
John G. Hutchinson
Moore
Tabet
Hutchinson
W. Va
Guilty Plea in Car Theft Case Ties to Eccles Murder
Kelly Enters guilty plea to grand larceny for stealing an automobile from George Washington Cochran at Eccles the night Steve Z Daisy was killed in a local tavern. Minor was acquitted of murder. grand larceny case pending. Kelly to report for judgment on date to be set.
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Gary Meri Keir
Lester
Berry L. McCreery
Kelly
Ronald Jessie Minor
George Washington Cochran
Eccles
Steve Z. Daisy
Minor
Kermit A. Locke
Roger Dale Barb
Mantna
Ohio
David Whitt
Cleveland
Terry Lee -Hinkle
Prosperity
States Penitentiary
Davis
E. Carl Meadows Jr
Lewis Michael Motley
Beckley
Tennis Chafin
Sixth St
Motley
Mrs. Patty Browskey Accepts New Post
Mrs. Patty Browskey of Beckley has accepted a bookkeeper position with the Raleigh County Mental Health Association at Pinecrest offices and began duties Thursday. She resigned from Beckley city hall after eight years. She is the daughter of Mrs. Faye Lusk Thorne and a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatty Browskey
Beckley
Raleigh County Mental Health Association
Pinecrest
Browskey
Beckley City Hall
Faye Lusk Thorne
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jessie Anderson Quits Court Job
Mrs. Jessie Anderson resigns from Raleigh County clerk's office after 1946 service. She gave a 30 day notice and may stay through the period. Lynn Meadows replaces her as secretary to the court while Stacy assists with court work. Anderson offered to train successors but refused additional duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Anderson
Raleigh County
Fred Stacy
Anderson
Lynn Meadows
Stacy
A P appoints new division head for Columbus region
L. S. Van Lenten national sales director for A P is named vice president and general manager of the Columbus Division, covering 109 stores in Ohio and West Virginia. He has 40 years with A P, starting as a Paterson New Jersey clerk, and has held roles as store manager and merchandising, personnel and sales manager. He succeeds N J Gallo, moved to Jacksonville division as VP and general manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. van Lenten
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc
Columbus
West Virginia
Ohio
van Leniten
A&p
Robert Longacre
van Lenten
Paterson
N. J
13 Year Old Sent To Industrial Home For Truancy
A 13 year old Beckley girl appeared before Raleigh County Juvenile Court and was found incorrigible and habitually truant. Judge Harry L. McCreery ordered she be sent to the Industrial Home for Girls at Salem after records showed she had attended school only one day since September.
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Beckley
Industrial Home For Girls
Salem
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Courthouse Offices To Close For Easter Holiday
The county courthouse will close Friday April 9 for Good Friday and Saturday before Easter. The closing was approved in a County Court meeting held Thursday.
Jury Foreman Denies Sexual Activity Among Manson Jury
Los Angeles UPI report says juror Tubick and fellow foreman deny any hanky panky among the Tate LaBianca murder trial panel. Tubick calls one accuser “very small” while recounting a claim of a $200000 magazine package deal discussed after the death verdict. He says he felt the trial served God and society.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Charles Manson
Herman ‘Tubick
Tubick
Manson
Tate-LaBianca
Larry Sheeley
State Vehicle Registration Up 3.5 Percent in Fiscal Year
West Virginia motor vehicle registrations reached 868,770, up 3.5 percent from 839,578 the previous fiscal year. Putnam County led gains at 7.4 percent, Tucker 7.3 percent. Berkeley showed a 0.5 percent drop. Kanawha topped counties with 127,987 registrations.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Motor Vehicles Department
Putnam County
Tucker County
Ray Shields
Berkeley County
Kanawha
Mrs. Boiarsky May Fill Unexpired Kanawha Seat
Mrs. Boiarsky joins William Lonesome and Al Shepherd as nominees to fill the unexpired Kanawha County delegate term of late House Speaker Ivor Boiarsky. Names go to Gov Arch A. Moore Jr. via the Kanawha County Democratic Executive Committee after Boiarsky’s death just before the 60th Legislature ended.
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Charleston
UPS
Boiarsky
Kanawha County
Ivor Boiarsky
William Lonesome
al Shepherd
St. Albans
Arch A. Moore Jr
Democratic Executive Committee
Illinois Lawmaker Seeks Reinstatement For Long Haired Page
Illinois Representative Aaron Jaffe pledges a resolution to reinstate Stewart Horin a 21 year old page fired for a swearing described as vermin like by House clerk Fred Selcke. Jaffe also seeks a reprimand for the clerk saying the incident is an outrage and cites historical long hair in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Aaron Jaffe
House
Stewart Horin
Fred Selcke
Horin
Jaffe
Communists claim capture of five U.S. advisers near Laos Cambodia border
The Communists said they captured five American military advisers after overrunning a South Vietnamese base near the Laos Cambodia border on Wednesday. U.S. command later said the base was recaptured by South Vietnamese forces Thursday night and that fighting was light when the Communists returned.
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Saigon
UPS
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
Volunteer Cleanup Committee Sought
Raleigh County streams will be the focus of a summer cleanup campaign conducted with the Conservation Commission and Raleigh County Court. County Commissioners asked Chamber of Commerce, school board, Beckley Water Co, Soil Conservation Service, and other agencies to submit names for a volunteer committee and chair at a 3:30 p.m. Thursday meeting. A paid crew of 50 youth from low income families will work under four supervisors at 1.60 dollars per hour, with duties starting after schools close for summer.
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Raleigh County
The
Conservation Commission
Raleigh County Court
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Beckley Water Co
Soil Conservation Service
Minor Scott
Scott
New York approves 7.7 billion budget despite job cuts
Albany budget passage after a long session cuts 4,000 workers and welfare, raises sales tax to 4 percent, and funds state programs. The plan affects welfare recipients and payroll, shaping the fiscal policy of the state.
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Albany, N. Y
Calley Conviction Questioned By WWII War Crimes Official
West Virginia official and former Nuremberg prosecutor Dr. Harold E. Neely says William L. Calley’s life sentence for the My Lai killings was unjust. He argues Nuremberg targeted leaders who fueled war, not merely battlefield actors, and urges further investigation.
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Charleston
UPI
William L. Calley
Nuremburg
West Virginia
Calley
Harold E. Neely
Governor’s Committee On
Neely
Nuremberg
Max Kempner
U.S
Dachau
Germany
Newark Teachers Union Accepts Two Year Wage Pact End Strike
The NTU endorsed a two year contract with no raise this year and a $500 increase next year. It also includes binding arbitration and reduced non professional chores. The nine week strike impacted 4,400 teachers and 78,000 students in Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Newark Teachers Union
NTU
Vincent Russell
Jonas Silver
Druggists Urge End to Tobacco Sales in Pharmacies
In San Francisco the American Pharmaceutical Association urged all drugstores to stop selling tobacco products. Delegates at the annual convention unanimously approved a resolution by the Committee on Professional Affairs calling for pharmacies to cease cigarette and tobacco sales, arguing mass displays undermine public health. The association represents about 53,000 druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
American Pharmaceutical Association
Pharecon
Fn Professional Affairs
Rockefeller family shares birth and anniversary news
Sharon Percy Rockefeller gave birth to a girl named Valerie Blanchette at Charleston Memorial Hospital at 3 08 p m on the couple's fourth wedding anniversary. The baby’s brother Jamie will be two on July 6 and both mother and daughter are reported in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
John D. Rockefeller IV
Sharon Percy Rockefeller
Valerie Blanchette
John D. V
Jamie
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Five Die in Acid Fumes at Berwick Tanning Plant
At Prime Tanning Co in Berwick Maine five workers were killed and four seriously injured when fumes leaked during loading of chemicals into a tank. Eleven men were in the tanning room at about 6 30 a m EST when the mishap occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwick
Maine
UPI
Prime Tanning Co
New
Tangled in Texas Barbed Wire Traps Elderly Woman
Victoria Kapchinskie, 75, left her Roans Prairie home Wednesday for a walk. A neighbor notified authorities when she was missing. Rescuers found her Thursday morning entangled in a barbed wire fence four miles from home. Seven dogs remained with her through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roans Prairie, Tex
UPI
Victoria Kapchinskie
Texas
Hardin Reverses Stance On Big Farm Subsidy Names
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin will release the names of large subsidy recipients for cotton, feed grain and wheat payments of 1 million dollars or more in 1970. He had previously signaled the list would not be supplied this year but said misunderstandings caused that stance. Initial figures show five farms received 1 million plus, totaling 10.3 million, all cotton producers.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculure
Clifford M. Hardin
Department
Hardin
Agriculture Department
Senate Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee
Harding
Paul Findley
Till
Senate
FBI Aid Sought In Jury Threats
The FBI is called to investigate threats against jurors in Wellsburg delaying the murder trial of Lawrence D. Reed 29. Judge Ralph E. Pryor declared a mistrial after six jurors received threatening calls related to the Jan 3 killing of Gus Sparks 74 of Brilliant Ohio during an alleged robbery. Reed is held without bond pending a new trial.
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Wellsburg
UPI
FBI
Brooke County
Ralph E. Pryor
Lawrence D. Reed
Reed
Gus Sparks
Brilliant
Ohio
Restoration Funds Sought For State Independence Hall
Governor Arch Moore requested 100000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to repair Independence Hall in Wheeling. The request follows three years of legislative funding under the Historic Preservation Act, as West Virginia traces its 1861 split from Virginia and statehood under Pierpont and Lincoln.
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Charleston
UPI
Old Dominion
West Virginia
Independence Hall
Wheeling
Arch A. Moore Jr
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Moore
Virginia
Francis H. Pierpont
Lincoln
Protest Backfires As Car Is Confiscated In Boston
Douglas Bond, 27, protested the Vietnam War by refusing to pay a telephone excise tax. His 1954 Chevrolet was confiscated after two months of nonpayment, with a $3.49 tax bill. He paid the tax and $18 towing to reclaim the car.
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Boston
UPI
Douglas Bond
Bond
Chevrolet
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Governor to Expand Call Include More Reduced Items
Lawmakers report the governor plans to add other trimmed items to his call while rejecting no additional programs. The sole point of dispute centers on the $7 million veto for general revenue expenditures tied to highway construction bond debt service.
Deaths and Funeral Rites for Mrs Florence Ayers
Final rites for Mrs Florence Ayers 65 of Cunard and formerly of New Brunswick N J will be held Monday at 2 p m in the Gleason Funeral Home Chapel in New Brunswick with burial there She died on arrival at Oak Hill hospital Thursday morning She was born July 29 1905 in Naugatuck Conn Survivors include husband John W Ayres three sons Howard Ayres Harry Dorm of New Brunswick N J and George Moyer of Jamesburg N J three daughters Mrs Caroline Kregloh Mrs Florence Seawright and Mrs Gloria Gatley a brother Jim Griswold and a sister Mrs Charlotte Springsted Friends may call at Dodd Payne Funeral Home after 5 p m today
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Florence Ayers
Cunard
New Brunswick
N. J
Gleason Funeral Home
Ayers
Oak Hill Hospital
Naugatuck
Conn
John W. Ayres
Howard Ayres
Harry
Mrs Ruby Cowgill Dies at 65 in Marlinton Hospital
Mrs Ruby Mae Cowgill, 65, of Mill Point died Thursday in a Marlinton hospital. She was a sister of John Peyton of Scarbro. The body is at Jack K Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg.
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Ruby Mae Cowgill
Mill Point
Marlinton Hospital
John Peyton
Scarbro
Jack K.wallace
Lewisburg
Paul Permilia 286 MacArthur Miner and Church Member Dies
Paul Permilia 286 of MacArthur died at 3 10 a m in a local hospital after a long illness. Born January 25 1885 in Italy he came to the United States early and was a retired miner last working in Eccles. He belonged to UMWA local 5770 and the MacArthur Church of God. Surviving are his wife four sons three daughters three stepdaughters 31 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral service 2 p m Monday at the MacArthur Church of God with Rev Otis Clyburn officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Body at Melton Mortuary after 5 p m Sunday. will be moved to church one hour before services. Grandsons pallbearers.
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Paul Permilia
MacArthur
Italy
United States
Eccles
UMWA
MacArthur Church of God
Allie Howerton Mitchem Permilia
Elliott
Elyria
Ohio
John
Charleston
Earnest
Baltimore
Paul Permilia Jr
Crab Orchard
Hattie Elmore
Beckley
Pauline Smith
Tucson
Ariz
Monnie Johns
Orlando
Fla
Ray Cook
Oak Grove
Burma Shipley
Otis Clyburn
Sunset Memorial Park
Melton Mortuary
Released From Jail For Reckless Driving In Crab Orchard
James Woodrow Chapman 31 of Crab Orchard was released after paying a 50 fine plus costs to Magistrate Rodriguez for a reckless driving arrest on Saturday. Charles Arthur Smith 31 of Beckley Route 1 faces drunken driving charges and is to appear in Beckley Municipal Court Monday.
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James Woodrow Chapman
Crab Orchard
Rodriguez
Charles Arthur Smith
Route 1
Beckley
Beckley Municipal Court
Fire Damage Totals 2475 In Beckley March
Beckley Fire Department reports March fire damage totaling 2475 dollars. The largest loss, 2100, occurred March 18 when a 1969 auto and a garage on Adair Street burned. Firemen answered 27 calls and the Rescue Squad 25 calls that month.
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Beckley
Adair Street
Oil pipeline repair after Jordan clashes amid Sinai talks
Near the Kerbet al Samra refinery 16 miles northeast of Amman a government spokesman said the pipeline was repaired and oil flow should resume within hours after heavy fighting. The conflict marks some of the worst since last September’s civil war. Egypt signaled that reopening the Suez Canal would require partial Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai and Egyptian troops crossing the waterway, with a return to the formal cease-fire which expired March 7.
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Kerbet al Samra
Amman
Middle East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Sinai
Night crowd at Toots Shor’s fades before dawn
The famed circular bar Toots Shor’s shows a near empty scene after 1 a.m. with only a small knot of patrons and no celebrities present. Names such as Sen Robert F Kennedy Justice Earl Warren and Frank Costello are mentioned but not seen among guests.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Chic
Earl Warren
Frank Costello
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U. S
N.Y
Newark
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Scottsdale
Sam Kitchell
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