Implausible Pyramider Plan Fueled CIA Budget Talk
Former CIA official Victor Marchetti testifies that the Pyramider secret satellite concept was a flimsy proposal used to inflate budget requests. The scheme involved three satellites to relay CIA spy signals from denied areas and attract Russian attention. John Boyce and Andrew Lee face trial over allegedly selling top secret files for 70 thousand dollars in Mexico City.
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TRW Aerospace
Andrew Daulton Lee
Mexico City
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Congress
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World Press Freedom Development Committee Formed
Jack R. Howard named to head the committee defending free interchange of communication worldwide. The announcement came Monday at the American Newspaper Publishers Association annual convention. The committee forms to safeguard global press freedom and development efforts.
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E.W. Scripps Co
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World Press Freedom Development Committee
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Cease-Fire Pauses Oil Spill Effort Off Stavanger
Towering waves and 45 mph winds hinder two American experts from plugging a North Sea leak spewing 4000 tons daily of oil and mud. A support barge near Bravo rig was towed away to avoid collision with the rig. In Zaire, Mobutu forces seize Mutshatsha, strengthening entry likely today at the border with Angola.
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Stavanger
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Gorge Budwood Project Faces Zoning Battle in Fayette County
Local developers led by Hill seek to rezone land from land conservation to planned development for 173 single family homes 44 cluster units 84 townhouses 50 apartments plus commercial and recreation space. After hours of debate commissioners paused then rejected the rezone amid opposition from Ken Hechler garden groups WVU students and civic groups urging federal review and public vote.
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Senator Hamilton Battles Housing Plan Amid Voter Split
Fayette County politics witness a rift as Senator Pat R. Hamilton opposes a New River Gorge housing project while an 87 percent vote against it emerges from a Fayette Tribune poll. Banking loans linked to Hamilton's clients, including a $1 million nursing home loan and a $200,000 restaurant loan, are approved by Merchants & Miners National Bank of Oak Hill.
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D.fayette
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Fayette Plateau
Fayette County
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Arthur Treacher
Oak Hill
Fayette Man Carl White IDed as Junkyard Death Victim
Fayette County Sheriff officials identify 75 year old Carl Bryant White of Summerlee found dead Monday at Preston Collins Junkyard in Sumnerlee. Medical examiner cites heart attack as apparent cause. Funeral services set for Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with burial in Gethsemane Memorial Gardens.
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Shooting injures Glen Rogers woman in Pineville store
Rosetta Adkins 26 of Glen Rogers remains in stable condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a shooting in Pineville Saturday night. Deputy Rick Rust said Everett Christian 49 of Pineville took a .32 caliber revolver from a grocery counter drawer where he and Adkins worked and shot her in the arm.
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Glen Rogers
Raleigh General Hospital
Pineville
Wyoming County
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Miss Adkins
Everett Christian
First Lady Invited To Local Raleigh County Ceremony
Mrs Rosalyn Carter wife of President Carter active in mental health has been invited as guest speaker for the dedication ceremonies of the Raleigh County Sheltered Workshop at Crab Orchard Dedication services will be held this summer Lillian James workshop director said Ted Stacy president extended the invitation Gov Rockefeller Congressman Rahal Sen Byrd and other dignitaries will receive invitations
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Jimmy Carter
Raleigh County
Crab Orchard
Carter
Lillian’ James
Ted Stacy
James
Ja Rockefeller
Nick Rahal
Robert C. Byrd
Airport weather and river conditions update
24 hour period ending 16 a.m today reports airport conditions. extended outlook Thursday to Saturday calls for partly cloudy and mild weather with overnight lows in the 40s and daytime highs in the upper 60s to 70s. River shores at Greenbrier are normal and clear whereas Lake Bluestone shows normal and cloudy conditions with 4.7 gates open and a new gauge at Hinton reading 3 feet.
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Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Hinton
Free Beltone hearing aid offer to try at home
A Beltone advertisement promises a free non-operating miniature hearing aid to anyone who requests it. The device weighs under a third of an ounce and sits at the ear level. No cost or obligation is required, with thousands already mailed from Beltone Electronics in Chicago.
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Victoria St
Chicago
Ill
Beckley Court Reports Bond Forfeitures Totals
Beckley Municipal Court collected 1157 in bond forfeitures Monday night. Defendants include Jimmy Mullins 175 for DWI and leaving the scene and Carolyn Redden 121 for obstructing an officer and 61 for improper lane use and registration. Others paid 81 for shoplifting, 95 each for shoplifting, 86.50 for reckless driving, 55.50 for leaving the scene, 503 total from speeding, plus 30.50 each for three other violations. No intoxication charges were filed.
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Carolyn Sue Redden
Lawton
Brenda Bowen
Norma Yoney
Oak Hill
Marjorie Reod
John Rogers
Red Star
Orwell
Hedrick St
George Garten
Fayetteville
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