Supreme Court blocks Sierra Cult suit over Mineral King project
The Supreme Court in a 4 3 decision bars the Sierra Cult from suing in federal district court in San Francisco under the Administrative Procedure Act to challenge the Walt Disner organization led $35 trillion Mineral King Valley plan in California. The ruling upholds agency action by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior and limits environmental challenge routes.
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Washington
UPD
Supreme Court
Sierra Cult
California
Mineral King Valley
Walt Disner
Ritten
Potter Stewart
Conservationist
Federal District Court
San Francisco
Hasate
Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Humphrey Attacks Vietnam Bombing and Nixon Economics in W.Va.
Senator Hubert Humphrey blasted the bombing of North Vietnam and Nixon's economic policy during a West Virginia swing in his White House bid. He urged returns to peace talks, criticized high interest rates, bank profits, and Governor George Wallace’s “little guy” claim amid education and crime concerns.
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Wheeling
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
North Vietnam
Nixon
West Virginia
Alabama
George Wallace
Humphrey
Panhandle
Wallace
Baloney
Kee Looks to Seat Win as Rival Hechler Gambles
Wells, son-in-law of Rep. Harley Staggers, faces Kee after losing to Hechler two years back. Analysts expect Wells and Hechler to split votes, easing Kee's path. Miss Edey said the league backed Hechler for his record, arguing Wells cannot win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kee
Wells
Harley
Staggers
D-W.va
Hechler
Edey
League
Thut
IRA vows to escalate fight after McCann death in Northern Ireland
The IRA threatens intensified actions following the funeral of Joseph McCann killed by a British patrol. IRA and Catholic civil rights groups condemn the death as cold blooded murder and unite to oppose British security measures.Gunfire and bombings accompany the funeral as the Official and Provisional IRA factions temporarily unite against the British presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Baker
Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Joseph McCann
McCann
Newtonsteward
Londonderry
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Committee
The
Ireland
North
Taylor Warns Nixon Education Plan Needs Full Funding
West Virginia Schools Superintendent Daniel B. Taylor told a House committee the Nixon education program for disadvantaged children is an exercise in make-believe unless funding is realistic. He noted 30 percent of 415,000 WV students are disadvantaged and current programs reach only 60 percent. The measure ties to anti-busing proposals and a busing moratorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
West Virginia
Daniel B. Taylor
House
Taylor
Beckley Firm Bids Lowest On Largest Road Work Contract
Vecellio and Grogan Inc. of Beckley submitted the apparent low bid of 3 329 814 for the Interstate 77 U S 460 Princeton area diamond interchange project. The state opened 45 bids totaling 12 1 million Tuesday, with other lows posted in Raleigh and Fayette counties and a review pending by state and federal highway officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Firm
Vecellio & Grogan Inc
Beckley
State Highway Department
Princeton
Moore
Mercer County
Raleigh County
Black Rock Contracting Inc
Charleston
Mount Hope-Garden Grounds
W. Va
Maxwell Hill
County
Fayette County
Ralph Burns Paving Inc
Hillsboro
Springdale-Meadow Bridge
U. S. 60
Gwinn Siding
State Construction Inc
Huntington
Mount Carbon-Deepwater
Montgomery Heights
Greenstown Loop
Sanger Hill
Mrs Snuffer Joins Primary Battle Over Hylton Bid
Mrs Snuffer faces Hylton in the May 9 primary for the 9th senatorial district. She opposes strip mining and backs tax reform, citing past lobbying in Charleston since 1967 for higher corporate taxes and lower taxes for low income and working people. She urged rural schools to improve via a better tax system.
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Tracy Hylton
Lawmakers weigh quick session amid campaign politics
House Speaker Lewis McManus and Sen. McCourt signaled caucuses would be held after Moore finishes remarks to gauge member priorities. They see no need for a session before the primary and said finance committees will meet to review $22 million in general and surplus appropriations. Moore calls the session political. McCourt criticizes the move as a disservice to candidates seeking re election or other offices.
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McCourt
Lewis McManus
Raleigh
Moore
Beckley police arrest man after Beaver filling station disturbance
Beckley state police jailed Jean Maurice Wiseman at 10 a.m. today on intoxication and weapon charges after a disturbance at a Beaver filling station. The report lists multiple incidents including collisions on Rural Acres Drive and traffic offenses with several arrests and court dates in Beckley Municipal Court.
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Beckley
Jean Maurice Wiseman
City Ave
Wiseman
Beaver
Magistate
Rodriguez
Prather
Acres Drive
Foster
Couple Seeks Court Order Halt Driveway Blocking
Residents of Bibb Avenue Sprague Crockett B and Berman Thomas sue Donald John Jr and Joan Parkulo in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeking an injunction to stop Parkulos from blocking the Thomas driveway with cars and trucks. In a separate Raleigh County suit Business and Institutional Furniture Co Milwaukee named Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Beckley claiming 521.65 due on an account.
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Bibb Avenue
Sprague
Beckley
Moon mission seeks clues to birth of the Moon
Scientists calculated the collision that formed the Moon would yield seismic signals as strong as 11 tons of TNT to probe a rock layer 39 miles beneath the surface. The $445 million expedition aims to study the highlands for insights into 3.5 to 4.5 billion year old lunar history with astronauts Young and Duke on a 73 hour surface stay. Mattingly remains in orbit six days with mapping and radiation sensors to expand lunar knowledge, while mission planners adjust procedures to fix earlier guidance system issues.
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Lunar
Moon
Young
Duke
Orion
Stone Mountain
Smokies
Mattingly
Gerald Griffin
Three Sentenced On Pot and Arson Charges
In Raleigh County Criminal Court today Mitchell Leonard Hubbard 23 alias Lorenzo Griffin East Gulf and Allen Imboden 20 Beckley were sentenced on marijuana charges each to one to three years in prison fined 500 and two years probation with nine days to pay. James G Johnson pleaded guilty to an attempt to commit arson for a hospital fire in September 1971 and was placed on two years probation from a one to two year sentence.
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Raleigh County
Mitchell Leonard Hubbard
Lorenzo Griffin
East Gulf
Allen Imboden
Beckley
Imboden
Hubbard
James G. Johnson
Raleigh General Hospital
Illness Delays Huddleston Murder Trial in Pa
The trial of Silous Huddleston of LaFollette Tenn part of five defendants in the murder of United Mine Workers official Joseph Yablonski was postponed to May 3. Huddleston’s illness and a lung disease from coal mine years prompted the delay and venue request denial. Juror John Beck was dismissed as the panel was nearly formed.
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Washington, Pa
UPID
Silous Huddleston
LaFollette
Tenn
United Mine Worker
Joseph “Jack” Yablonski
Huddleston
Charles Sweet
John Beck
Deaths and Funerals in Mullens and Beckley area
Obituary notices report von Cook 72 of Mullens died Tuesday at home. Born March 12 1900 in Marianna he was a retired carpenter. survived by wife Esther Ellison Cook and siblings. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm in Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Final rites for Mildred Giscombe 48 of New York City formerly Beckley held Friday at Welcome Baptist Church East Park. burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include husband Lawrence, daughter Minnie Stanley and multiple siblings and grandchildren. Body to be moved from Trent and Durgan Funeral Home to church an hour before service. family to receive friends at funeral home Thursday evening.
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von Cook
Mullens
Jin Marianna
Kern
Elizabeth Cook Cook
Esther Ellison Cook
Harry
Sidney
Pineville
Dale
Kegley
Alma Vanhoy
Lora Taylor
Annette Shumate
Bridgeton
N. J
Mildred ‘Giscombe
New YorkCity
Beckley
Welcome Baptist Church
East ‘Park
Thomas ‘Pryor
James Thomas
Greenwood Memorial Park
New York
East Beckley
Charles W
Eva ‘A. Smith
Lawrence
Minnie L. Stanley
East Elmhurst
N. Y
James R
Matthew
George E
Fort Riley
Kansas
Anthony R
Washington, D. C
Charles P
David L. Smith
Keystone
June Isabell
Joann Aiker
Teaneck
Eva M. Huntley
Frances Hamm
Youngstown
Ohio
Demna Smith
Trent and Durgan
Graveside Rites Set for Infant Andrea Dawn Matherly
Graveside rites will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Phillips Cemetery in Cool Ridge for Andrea Dawn Matherly infant daughter of Kenneth and Ruby Coburn Matherly of Shady Spring. She died shortly after birth at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Survivors include brother Randall and sisters Brenda and Bonita at home, and paternal grandmother Marie Matherly of Shady Spring. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Andrea Dawn Matherly
Kenneth
Ruby Coburn Matherly
Shady Spring
Phillips Cemetery
Cool Ridge
George Speck
Randall
Brenda
Bonita
Marie Matherly
Rose
Andy H Samples Funeral Services Held in Crab Orchard
Funeral services for Andy Howard Samples 73 of Crab Orchard were set for 2:30 p.m. Friday at Little Laurel Community Church Backus Mountain with Rev. Shirley Donnelly officiating. Burial follows at Harrah Cemetery Backus. He died Tuesday morning in a Beckley hospital. Survivors include his wife a daughter two stepdaughters a son four stepsons four sisters a half brother 27 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Friends may call Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Rainelle after 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Andy Howard Samples
Crabb Orchard
Little Laurel Community Church
Backus Mountain
Shirley Donnelly
Harrah
Backus
Beckley Hospital
Pear
Gus
Annie Plumley Samples
Crab Orchard
Little Laurel
Susie Thompson Samples
Easter Condon
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dorothy Harrah
Beckley
Ann Ping
Charles
Elmhurst
Lewis
Bill
Pineville
David Shifflett
Sophia
Johnnie Duty
Midway
Annie Redden
Meadow Creek
Sadie Smith
Charleston
Myrtle Armbruster
Ghent
Margie Samples
Detroit
Mich
Bill Payne
Sprague
Wallace
Viet Cong Assault Tied To 1200 Fighters Overrun Base
Indochina residents were evacuated by helicopter as 1,200 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attackers pressed a 36 hour siege. US command reported 22 BS2 strikes against Communist positions in South Vietnam. Six Americans died in two helicopter crashes near Tuy Hoa and north of Saigon in Binh Duong Province.
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South Vietnam
South Vietam
Tuy Hoa
Saigon
Binh Duong
Raleigh County prepares $1.044 million budget and 200 million assessment
Commissioners introduce the 1972 73 budget totaling 1 044 300 with a net levy of 790 200 for county purposes The tax rate per 100 valuation ranges across Class I IV properties including airport special levy The 1972 assessments total 200 000 000 with Class IV 41 362 700 and taxes 232 293 Class III 81 287 850 with 456 513 taxes Class II 56 266 700 with 157 997 taxes and Class I 22 219 850 with 31 196 taxes The budget also funds jail improvements and a 50 monthly raise for sheriffs deputies and county employees.
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Commissioners of the
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Assessor’s
Darlington Infant Sheryl Lynn Final Rites Held
Final rites for Sheryl Lynn Darlington infant daughter of Charles T. and Linda Dunn Darlington were held at 1 p m in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Wade Kidd officiating. Burial followed at Montgomery Memorial Park London. The infant died shortly after birth at about 530 p m Tuesday in a local hospital. Additional survivors include maternal grandparents Floyd Dunn Quincy and paternal grandmother Macel Darlington Powellton.
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Sheryl Lynn Darlington
Charles T. and
Linda Dunn Darlington
Woodlawn Ave
Keyser-Bryant
I Wade Kidd
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Loca
Floyd Dunn
Quincy
Macel Darlington
Powellton
Funeral Held for James A Williams Akron Man
James A Williams 56 of Akron Ohio formerly Glen Jean died Sunday in an Ohio hospital after a heart attack. Funeral at 10 am Thursday Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Foster. Burial Miller Cemetery Rock Creek. Survived by wife Alice Treadway two sons James Michael both of Akron four daughters Carolyn Kay Linda Betty all of Akron five brothers Luther Henry Les Hughie Zenith Glen Jean. Friends may call 6:30 to 9 pm today.
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James Andrew ‘Williams
Akron
Ohio
Glen Jean
Tyree
Alice Treadway
James
Michael
Carolyn
Kay
Linda
Betty
Luther
Henry
Les
Hughie
Zenith
Glen Jeana
Funeral service for Danny Sparks held in Mullens
The 20 year old Danny Lee Sparks of Orland Park NL was killed in a Monday night car crash near Chicago. Funeral at Mullens First Church of God Friday at 1 pm with Rev Melvin Holstein officiating. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Survivors include wife Patricia Harold Sparks, daughter Tammy Lynn, six brothers and seven sisters. Body at Sam Fo Funeral Home Mallens with calling after 2:30 pm Thursday.
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Danny Lee Sparks
Orland Park
Mullens First Church of God
Melvin Holstein
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Chicago
Davy
Ralph
Hazel Blizzard Sparks
Itmann
Patricia Harold Sparks
Tammy Lynn
Charles
Roger
Donnie
James
Allen Junction
David
Ted Darby
Roscoe Wilson
Ronald Partlo
Charles Natch
Gaines Kelly
Ft. Carson
Colo
Kennice Stewart
Matheny
Debra
Sam Foglesong
Nease
Neely ‘Funeral Home
Mallens
Richard R. Pruitt Funeral Services Info
Funeral services for Richard Ray Pruitt 19 of Route 1 Beckley are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Calloway Heights Baptist Church with Rev William Messinger. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. He died en route to a Welch hospital after a one car accident near there. Visitation is at Mullens Funeral Home Thursday 5 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers: Lonnie Tolliver Danny Winders Sam my Williams Donald Maddy Inge Arndt Joseph Pauletto.
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Richard Ray Pruitt
Route 1
Beckley
Calloway Heights Baptist Church
William Messinger
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Welch Hospital
Foglesong, Nease and Neely
Mullens
Lonnie Tolliver
Danny Winders
Sammy Williams
Donald Maddy
Inge Arndt
Joseph Pauletto
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Jacksonville
Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
Tev
John V. Lindsay
American Symphony Orchestra
Thade
Bill Huntington
Ed Henry
State Water Resources Division
Muskie
Environmental Protection Agency
Doctor
San Antonio
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Atlanta
Texas
J. Willis Hurst
Johnson
Harry Dent
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tel Aviv
Israel
Middle East
Zalman Shazar
Lyndon Johnson
Darmstadt
West Germany
Ernest Ludwig Strasse
Make-Believe
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Mrs. Snuffer
Beckleyan
Glen H. Dickens
Crescent
City Police
Ati
William Lacy Height Jr
Rt. 2
North Valley Drive
Sisson Street
Height
Ricky S. Morrison
Whitestick Rd
Morrison
John Ubeda
Westwood Drive
Ubeda
Beckley Municipal Court
Larry Gene Prather
Lanark
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Theodore David Foster
Bolt
Larry Baker
Mount Hope
Everett Necessary
Dickens
Baker
Necessary
Mrs. M. Giscombe
Andrea D. Matherly
Andy H. Samples
Indochina
Sheryl Darlington
James A. Williams
Richard R. Pruitt
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