Short Legislative Session Seen in West Virginia
West Virginia lawmakers met in a special session called by Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. to approve supplemental appropriations through July 1 and fund the Court of Claims and annual audits. The session aimed to be brief with key items including funding for mental health, the state penitentiary, education, and restored budget cuts for three Democratic officials.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
State Board of Regents
Mental Health ‘Department
State Penitentiary
Moundsvile
State Department of Education
Devel
Beclky Ballot Ballot Denies Mrs Echols Ward IV Candidacy
Beckley city officials rejected placing Mrs Jane Echols on the general election ballot for Ward IV council. City Attorney E M Payne III cited WV Code 35 19 governing vacancies and nomination timing.
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Beckley
E. M. Payne III
Jane Echols
Republican Executive Committee
Payne
West Virginia highway deaths reach 121 toll
United Press International reports West Virginia’s 1971 highway death toll rose to 121 after three fatalities on Monday. The year-ago figure was 120. Causes include a head on crash involving 17 year old David Matt Humphries of Oak Hill, a 25 year old Patricia Ann Woodrum riding in a car that ran into the Little Coal River at Danville, and 14 year old Steve Spurlock of Charleston who died from April 16 injuries.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Department of Public Safety
David Matt Humphries
Oak Hill
Greyhound
Patricia Ann Woodrum
Costa
W. Va
Little Coal River
Danville
Boone County
Steve Spurlock
Charleston
Capitol City
Barron Disbarment Proceedings Began
Charleston WV United Press International reports the West Virginia Supreme Court set May 11 for disbarment proceedings against former Governor W W Barron following his guilty plea to three counts of jury bribery and a 25 year federal sentence. The court also scheduled May 11 for arguments on a mandamus request challenging Morgantown city ward boundaries and the one man one vote principle.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
State Supreme Court
Committee of Legal Ethics
West Virginia State Bar
Barron
U.S
High Court
Morgantown
Meanest Men Swindle Ailing Cool Ridge Women
Three men in a black Pontiac swindled an elderly Cool Ridge woman and her crippled daughter out of 94 dollars on Monday under the pretense of installing underground wiring. They demanded 180 dollars, threatened disconnection, and tried to lure the women outside to show wiring sites.
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Cool Ridge
Appalachian Power Co
W. C. McMahan
Donna Epperly
Epperly
Clyde Okes
McMahan
Sandstone Falls
Hump Mountain
GuidanceClinic moved to Highland Hospital in Charleston
The Charleston Guidance Clinic is now located in Highland Hospital at 56th and Noyes Ave in Charleston. A reader asked about contact and history, and the answer notes the move from the Memorial Hospital site to Highland Hospital.
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Charleston Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Highland Hospital
56Th and
Noyes Ave
S. C
Soyuz 10 Lands Near Lake After Spaceflight
Soviet reports say Soyuz 10 nearly touched a steppe lake during descent in Central Asia. Rescue divers wore aqualungs as helicopters tracked the parachute path and the craft landed just 44 yards from shore.
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Moscow
UPI
Ina Lake
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Communist Youth League
Soyuz
Soviet Central Asia
Kremlin
Stotesbury Walkout Halts 440 Mine Workers at Eastern Associated
About 440 workers at the Stotesbury mine of Eastern Associated Coal Corp walked off their jobs at 12 01 am today. A company spokesman said he could give no explanation for the stoppage.
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Stotesbury
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Farm Field Marked as Center of U S Population
In Mascoutah Illinois a soybean field owned by Lawrence B Friederich was designated as the geographic center of the U S population from the 1970 census by a government survey team. The marker sits 18 inches underground on Friederichs 176 acre farm five miles southeast of Mascoutah.
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Mascoutah, Ill
UPI
United States
Lawrence B. Friederich
Friederich
Linda
Mascoutah
Weather Light Rain Likely in Beckley Area
A weather summary indicates considerable cloudiness through Wednesday with a chance of spotty light rain late tonight increasing to likely by Wednesday. Temperatures near 40 tonight and in the mid 40s to around 50 Wednesday with precipitation chances around 30 percent tonight and 41 percent Wednesday.
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Beckley
Consumer Group Sues To Delay Amtrak Start
A consumer lobby group filed suit in U S District Court to delay Amtrak’s takeover of national rail service for at least 30 days. Michigan and Indiana joined the suit with possible other Western states.
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Sutes
Amtrak
Washington
API
U.S
National Railway Passenger Corporation
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Southern Railway Company
Rock Island
D&rgw
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Grand Junction
Colo
National Association of Railroad Passengers
NARP
Michigan
Indiana
Bombardment Intensifies as Saigon Crisis Deepens
In South Vietnam a renewed Communist assault damaged Da Nang fuel depots and ammunition dumps near Qui Nhon. U S. and South Vietnamese forces reported 45,000 American battle deaths as jet fuel facilities burned 15 hours after a major strike. An observation plane was shot down over Laos, with both crew rescued, and two U S helicopters were downed in Quang Ngai province with one American wounded.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
da Nang
Air Force
Qui Nhon
Indictments Loom as PPPC Submits Major Cases
The Purchasing Practices and Procedures Commission reports two major cases sent to Kanawha County prosecutor amid rumors of additional indictments by the county grand jury. The PPPC seeks $193 739 in federal funds and cites Supreme Court rulings affecting prior indictments and prosecutions.
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Charleston
UPI
State Purchasing Practices and Procedures Commission
Kanawha County
PPPC
W. T. Brotherton Jr
Nwo
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Elkins Sets Record Low Temperature for Date
In Randolph County Elkins recorded a record low of 18 degrees overnight surpassing the town’s date low and marking an unusually late spring temperature. The reading was among the nation’s low for the night while Charleston dropped to 36 degrees, about 12 degrees below normal.
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Elkins
UPS
Randolph County
Charleston
West Virginia panel to hear state police grievances
The Joint Committee on Government and Finance of the West Virginia Legislature voted to hold a preliminary hearing next month into grievances within the Department of Public Safety. Troopers with complaints may testify in a closed session, followed by a meeting with State Police Supt R J Bonar to decide on a potential full investigation.
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United Press International
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
West, Virginia
Department of Public Safety
R. J. Bonar
del. Robert Dinsmore
D-Monongalia
Tpr
P. B. Gooden
State Police
McGovern Enters 1972 West Virginia Primary Visit
Senator George McGovern announced plans to enter the West Virginia Democratic presidential primary next spring during a two day tour. He and his wife laid a wreath at Farmington’s Llewellyn Portal mine scene where 78 miners died in 1968, meeting lawmakers and planning speeches at Marshall University.
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Barrackville
UPI
George McGovern
West Virginia
McGovern
South Dakota
Llewellyn
Consolidation Coal Co
Farmington
Marshall University
Senate
Mince
Beckley Orders Ban on All Outdoor Burns Downtown
Beckley Fire Prevention Bureau Chief Capt. Frank Ubeda announced a citywide outdoor burning ban in the downtown area due to tinder dry conditions. The order covers incinerators near Beckley Junior High School and the surrounding school area with a $50 fine for violations.
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Beckley
Frank Ubeda
Abeda
Beckley Junior High School
Ubeda
Connie Stuart denies leaving post amid Nixon wedding
Wheeling native Connie Stuart denies plans to quit as first lady staff director around Tricia Nix and Edward Cox's June wedding. She notes guest list will reach 375 to 400 for the Nixons and Coxes.
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Wheeling
Connie Stuart
Tricia Nixson
Tricia
Harvard
Edward Finch Cox
Nixons
Coxes
Laos
Pentagon
Hanoi
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