Where Has All the Money Gone in Concert for Bangladesh
Debated issues around the Concert for Bangladesh funding surface after New York Magazine details show $5 per album going to UNICEF from a $12.98 retail price and $1.14 per album unaccounted for. Allen Klein refutes claims, files defamation suit, and pledges suit proceeds to UNICEF.
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Ernestine Guglielmo
Bangladesh
Allen Klein
Capitol Records
New York
Klein
Unicef
Thhey
Taxable Theft Loss Deduction For Kidnapping Case
A Commerce Clearing House report notes ransom paid in a kidnapping can qualify as a theft loss deductible under tax rules. The case hinges on whether the taking was illegal under state law and done with criminal intent, even if not the statutory crime of theft. The ruling extends deduction to extortion and kidnapping for ransom cases.
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Commerce Clearing House
Internal Revenue Service
CCH
Bible college leaders attend regional conferences this week
Appalachian Bible Institute officials Dr. Lester H. Pipkin and staff travel from Wheaton Illinois to Benton Harbor Michigan for a Youth for Christ rally and a Spiritual Life Bible Conference at Calvary Bible Church. Dr Pinter attends Eastern Regional Academic Deans Conference in Lancaster Michigan. Earl Parvin visits Lost Creek Kentucky for a missions conference. The Beukemas plan a Children's Crusade in Whipple Ohio.
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Lester H. Pipkin
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
Pipkin
Wheaton
Ill
Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges
Benton Harbor
Mich
Youth For Christ
Spiritual Life Bible
Calvary Bible Church
Earl Parvin
Missions
Lost Creek
Joseph K. Pinter
Lancaster
Pinter
Lancaster College
Ible
Cal Beukema
Whipple
Ohio
Benkema
The
Bible College
Christian Education Department
Hechler To Address Disabled Miners Meeting
Rep Ken Hechler will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday at Park Junior High School. The event, sponsored by the Disabled Miners and Widows of Southern West Virginia, Inc., will feature Dr Donald Rasmussen and Arnold Miller among others. The meeting, open to the public, targets workers denied black lung claims and outlines procedures for them.
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Ken Hechler
Park Junior High School
Disabled Miners and Widows of Southern West Virginia, Inc
Donald Rasmussen
Beckley
Arnold Miller
Black Lung Association
Robert Payne
Itmann
Disabled Miners
Payne
Jung
Three Countians Among Students To Be Honored At Convocation
Raleigh County students will join 248 undergraduates and graduates honored at West Virginia University convocation in Morgantown. Local honorees include Kenneth M. Scott Beaver Forrest W. Aurentz Beckley and Leslie W. Daniel Glen Daniel. Fayette countians Marvin A. McClung Lookout and Charles R. Fox Oak Hill also receive honors. Ceremony at WVU Forestry Building includes parents. Dean Dunbar notes scholastic achievement. Students from 48 of WV Counties nine other states and one foreign country represented. WVU President Harlow hails the university’s role in students’ success.
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Raleigh
West Virginia University
Morgat
Stowa
College of Agriculture and Forestry
Kenneth M. ‘Scott
Beaver
Forrest W. Aurentz
Beckley
Leslie W. Daniel
Glen Daniel
Fayette
Marvin A. McClung
Lookout
Charles R. Fox
Oak Hill
Animal and Veterinary Sciences
William C. Harvey
Oceana
Jewell Gaye Plumley
Animal
Forestry
West Virginia
WVU
James G. Harlow
Walter James
Charles T. Burdiss
Minor L. Scott
Clerk County Court
vClerk Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Tate
Wnt
Fred T. Stacy
Said
Raleigh County
Beef bargain scams warned by West Virginia official
Agriculture Commissioner Gus R Douglass cautions shoppers about bait and switch bulk beef scams in West Virginia. He cites deceptive ads and switching to higher priced meat, urging verification of USDA grades and careful buying practices. He notes hidden costs from undetermined weights and charges, and provides Consumer Protection contact for help. In a separate item from Viareggio, Italy, author Lorenzo Tarabella committed suicide by detonating fuse, blowing off head and hand, leaving a note explaining nothing of motive.
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Agriculture
Gus. R Douglass
Douglass
West Virginia
USDA
Consumer Protection Division
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
Capitol Building
Charleston
W. Va
Viareggio
Italy
UPI
Lorenzo Tarabella
Carrara
Tarabella
Uis
ABS Chorale Logs 1 900 Miles On Tour
The Appalachian Bible Institute Chorale of Bradley traveled about 1 900 miles on a Midwest Easter concert tour. The 39 member group gave a dozen concerts to 2 992 attendees and a spontaneous show at the Tourist Information Center in Sarnia Ontario. They returned to school on Tuesday led by choral director Lucky Shepard and pianist Sarah Pipkin.
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ABS Chorale
Appalachian Bible Institute Chorale of
Bradley
Midwest
Sarnia
Ontario
Lucky Shepard
Sarah Pipkin
State Black Lung Claims Reach 6.2 Million Monthly
West Virginia coal miners and families receive more than 6.2 million dollars monthly in black lung payments. The Social Security Administration reports 50,776 beneficiaries, including 16,580 miners with the disease and 23,205 dependents along with 10,991 widows.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Social Security Administration
Tri State Establishes New Transit Authority
In Huntington a Tri State Transit Authority was formed to address mass transit after a 187 day strike against Ohio Valley Bus Co. The new board includes two Cabell County Court representatives, two City Council members, and one Huntington District AFL-CIO labor council member. Dispute centers on sale of operating rights and price.
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Huntington
Tri-State
Cabell County
Huntington District
Afl-Cio Labor Council
Ohio Valley Bus Co
Funeral services for Connie Barksdale
Connie Barksdale, age 11, of Beckley, will be laid to rest after funeral services at 3 p.m. Friday in Second Baptist Church Beckley with Rev. J. W. Gowens officiating. Burial follows in Greenwood Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ritchie Johnson Funeral Parlor Inc.
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Campbell Campbell
Helen
Amigo
Calfee Funeral Home
Connie Dickens
Calfee
Mt. Tabor
McGraw McGraw
Hallie E
Arlington
Virginia
McGraws
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Sunset Memorial Park
Melton Mortuary
Meadows Meadows
Mary Florence
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
South
Kanawha Street
Dean Pack
Earl Lovell
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
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Voice of Americanism
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ABI
Hechler
State OF
Lester
Ivan D. Snuffer
Janett L. Webster
Charles Snuffer
Thomas Carter
Tyrus Simmons
Robert Gray
Claude Webb
Premary Ad
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Jebel Libnei
Sinai
People’s S "Finance Co
Prince ST. HL
al Nee Professional Directory
Andy
Rt 3
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Tele-Tech
S. Oakwood
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Halstead
Wright
Coup
Crabab Orchard
Hotpoint
Prince St
TIMEX
Eric
Neville St
Serena Suedes
Crown Cleaners
William R. Manning
Myers Pumps
R. M. Simmon Cool Ridge
Raleigh Miracle
Duraclean
E. Jessup CO
City Ave
J. C. Shumate Drilling
Coal City
J. C
Home Improvements
Jane Campbell Music Co
Dial
Lonzo Mullins
Webb & Neal
Ralph Jackson
Vance
Eou
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City Avenue
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Dexter Avenue
F .Gene Crone
E. Lowell Foley
Sam G. Foley
Robert Morgan
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VaLley Drive
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