Union Wages Court Action to End Charleston Strike
City workers stayed off the job as Charleston seeks a Kanawha County Circuit Court injunction to end a three day walkout over union recognition. The suit also seeks 9000 in damages plus 9000 per day of continued stoppage. Union leaders credit the move to negotiations while asserting a written bargaining agreement and job security are sought.
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Charleston
W.a
UPD
John Hutchinson
Kanawha County
Hitchinson
Hutchinson
Hollie Brown
American Federation of State
Hutchnson
Brown
Two Senators Withdraw From McGovern VP Race
Washington reports Sen. Frank Church of Idaho urged McGovern to look elsewhere for a running mate and said he would not accept the nomination if offered. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin also pulled out, leaving other names like Muskie Shriver and O'Brien in play as the party considers a successor. McGovern planned to spend the day at the Capitol as the selection process moved forward.
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Washington
UPH
Frank Church
Idaho
Democratic Ice
George S. McGovern
Church
Muskie
Maine
McGovern
Nurse Among AF Enlistees
July Air Force enlistments include Miss Rebecca Becky Stafford of Muliens who becomes a second lieutenant in the Nurse Corps after Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing graduation. She will start Oct 16 at Sheppard AFB Texas then report to Tinker AFB Oklahoma, joining other enlistees from Shady Spring Piney View and Fayetteville in listed roles.
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Air Force
Rebecca
Becky” Stafford
Muliens
Air Force Nurse Corps
Wheeling Hospital School of Nursing
Miss Stafford
Beckley
Columbus
Ohio
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Tinker Abfb
Oklo
Ai Force
Stephen Joe Ragland
Shady Spring
Edwin Ray Lester Jr
Piney View
Carl Stephen Jarvis
Bonning Fails
John Lee Wilson
Fayetteville
Homer Lawrence Jeffers Jr
Kincaid
David Roy
Freeman
Glen Daniel
Danny Allen Harvey
Arnett
Richards Gerbaur Air Force Base
Kan
Murders Reported in Early Morning Case
Police continue investigation after a fatal attack between 3 30 am and 4 15 am with about 45 minutes before a tip reached A H Wade. Officers have identified witnesses and assigned seven investigators to pursue multiple leads in the area.
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A. H. Wade
Taurita
Aura
Strip Job Continues Dispute Over Permits and Drainage
The project will not operate after current permits expire amid citations and problems Rosenthal cites two main issues seeding and drainage On Willis Branch residents including ICIE WILSON express flood fears as plans consider channeling the creek and stabilizing the slope with seeding mulch and trees.
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Rosenthal
Hawley Corp
Everett Taylor
Willis Branch
Icie Wilson
Charleston Cop Halts Death by Own Action
Charleston police officer Danny Monk diverted from traffic work on Charleston's South Side Bridge to converse with a distressed young woman prepared to jump into the Kanawha River. He urged her to come with him and promised a Coke as he escorted her to the detective bureau. He described offering care as the key to her crisis.
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Charleston
W. Va
South Side
Kanawha River
Danny Monk
Detective Bureau
Monk
Underdog Wins Kansas Primary
Morris Kay 40, Kansas, House majority leader, stunned former Gov. John Anderson Jr. to win a four way Republican governor nomination race. Democratic Gov. Robert Docking was unopposed for a fourth consecutive term in the party primary.
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Kansas City
Kan
Morris Kay
Kansas
House
John Anderson, Jr
Robert Docking
Franzenburg wins Democrat governor nomination
Paul Franzenburg, veteran Democratic leader, secures the party nomination for governor in Des Moines. He faces incumbent Republican Gov. Robert D. Ray in November as Ray runs unopposed for a third term.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
Paul Franzenburg
Franzenburg
Robert D. Ray
Ray
GOP
House Antibusing Drive Forces Floor Vote Movement
Washington UPI reports after more than a year anti busing forces won a floor vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to ban busing for racial balance. The Rules Committee freed the measure from the Judiciary panel and sent it to the floor with a likely vote next week.
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Washington
UPI
House
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
Education and Labor Committee
Emanuel Celler
DNY
Senate
Car Switch Crash Blocks Logan Virginia Line
A Chapmanville coal line was blocked after a car jumped from a highway onto the track and was struck by a coal train. Four of the 200 cars derailed, caused by the impact. The auto driver Lilly Younce of Carlisle Ohio and three passengers escaped with minor injuries and were treated.
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Logan
W. Va
UPS
C&o
Chapmanville
Lilly Younce
Carlisle
Ohio
Davin
Miss Younce
Mass Graves Found As Air War Intensifies In Vietnam
U S air force reports two Soviet built Mig21 jets shot down in North Vietnam after a Saturday dogfight with Phantoms. A second Phantom fell to anti aircraft fire Sunday. An American adviser was killed in the southern delta. Saigon troops discover 17 mass graves with 130 bodies of Communist soldiers. 69 North Vietnamese killed near Quang Tri as Bs2 bombers fly missions. Bien Hoa base shelled. one American killed and 31 wounded in rocket attack. Highway 1 disrupted near Quin Nhon.
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Saigon
UPD
Air Force
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Saturda
Vietnam
Quang Ta
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Bien Hoa
Hue
Quin Nhon
Snipers Trigger East Belfast Clash Amid Docks Violence
In East Belfast Protestant and Catholic mobs clash after snipers shoot two Protestant workers at the Sirocco Engineering Plant. Troops intervene as barricades rise and gunfire erupts across the area. IRA gunmen step up predawn attacks against British forces while sectarian tensions flare.
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Belfast
UPI
Trish Republican Army
TRA
IRA
Londonderry
Army
Ardoynes
Sirocco Engineering
Ulster
Social Democratic and Labor Party
SDLP
Sprise
Jack Lynch
Louise Leonard Named GOP Platform Subcommittee Head
Louise Leonard, Republican senatorial nominee and West Virginia state senator, is appointed chair of a platform subcommittee to draft items from revenue sharing to organized crime. She will sit on the platform executive committee and lead a group addressing governance, intergovernmental relations, and public safety as hearings begin August 14 ahead of the August 22 convention.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
UPI
Louise Leonard
Len-Leonard
Jarring Resumes UN Peace Mission After Egypt Boost
United Nations mediator Gunnar Jarring resumes his peace mission with support from Egypt after Egypt urged the big five to back the effort. The move follows a Soviet departure from Egypt and aims to revive stalled talks, amid hope for greater Israeli flexibility.
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Coicaze
United Nations
U. N
Israel
Beckley Reports Year End Surplus and Budget Adjustments
Beckley closes fiscal year 1971-72 with a cash balance of 22 245 after an estimated surplus of 4 763. Unofficial figures await audit and a full financial statement. Beginning cash was 97 453 with a budget originally 1 209 000 later amended to 1 406 000 then 1 546 000 approved by Tax Commissioner. The new year budget starts July 1 at 1 869 218.
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Beckley
City Recorder
Larry F. Stover
Final Rites for Aaron Fleming Held at Mount Hope
Final rites for Aaron Fleming 48 formerly of Mount Hope were held at Mount Hope First Baptist Church with Rev. James Thompson and Elder Allan Wilson officiating. Burial followed at Rose Hill Cemetery Mount Hope. He died Saturday in a New York hospital after a short illness. Survivors include a son Kenneth a daughter Mrs Sharon Taylor a brother Rev Arthur Fleming two sisters Mrs Pauline Bass and Mrs Francene Lipscomb and a grandchild. Friends may call at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greenstown after 3 pm today with the family receiving from 7 pm to pm.
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Aaron Fleming
New York City
Mount Hope
Mount Hope First Baptist Church
James Thompson
Allan Wilson
Rose Hill
New York
Abraham
Alice Cox Flemis
Kennneth
Sharon
Taylor
Arthur Fleming
Pauline Bass
Francene Lipscomb
Ritchie and Johnson
Greenstown
Obituary notices for Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Sensabaugh
Obituary items report final rites for Mrs. Sarah Elliott Herman 59 of Dayton Ohio with burial in Dayton cemetery after a heart attack. Separate notice details funeral services for Mrs. Virgie C. Sensabaugh 81 of Mabscott with services in Caffee Funeral Home Chapel and Elm Spring Church Raleigh County burial in Tennessee. She survived by six daughters two sons and many grandchildren. husband predeceased.
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Sarah Elliott Herman
Dayton
Ohio
Daytons
William Crumb
South Mountain Avenue
Mount Hope
Virgie C. Sensabaugh
Mabscott
Caffee Funeral Home
L. A. Garten
Elm Spring
Church Hill
Tenn
Tennessee
Cleve
Rosie Kirsey Collins
Mabscott Christian Church
Raleigh County
W. C. Sensabaugh
Callie Hanson
Lena Lilly
Wilmington
Utah
Johnna Payne
Geneva. Ragle
Margaret Jane Humphrey
Annapolis
Della Whitt
Beckley
W. R. Sensabaugh
Charles. C
Marvellie Blair
Callie Pettry
Churchill, Tenn
Fee
Final rites held for Elmer Webb in Mullens
Elmer Webb 74 of Rhodell died Sunday in a local hospital. Services were set for 1 30 p m in the Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with Rev Bobby Price officiating. Burial followed at Home Memorial Gardens Matheny.
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Elmer Webb
Rhodell
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Bobby Price
Home Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Funeral set for 18 year old Charles R. Woody Jr
The Rev. J W Cooper will officiate at the 2 p m funeral service Thursday for Charles R Woody Jr 18 of Pinion Fla formerly Beckley. Services will be in the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Woody died from injuries in an automobile crash at 4 30 p m Saturday in Palatka Florida.
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J.W. Cooper
Charles R. Woody Jr
Pinion Fia
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant
Sunset Memorial Park
Woody
Palatka
Fla
Bremer shown as fearful of sex and lacking masculinity expert says
Psychiatrist Sheila Gray testified Bremer suffered latent schizophrenia at the Wallace shooting last May 15 and a jury judge ruled the state must prove Bremer sane beyond a reasonable doubt. Psychologist Olsson described Bremer as obsessive about detail with a high IQ but feelings of inadequacy and a withdrawn upbringing.
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Bremer
Sheila H. Gray
University of Maryland
Wallace
Ralph W. Powers
Mal
Secret Service
Alabama
FBI
Final rites for Mrs Hazel Harless in Orlando
Mrs Hazel Harless formerly of Beckley W Va died in a Winter Park Fla hospital after a short illness. She was married to C Ray Harless who died in 1971. Survivors include daughter Mrs Charles DeMars mother Mrs Albert Strother sisters Mrs Katy Phillips and Mrs Vera Jacobs and two grandchildren all of Orlando.
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Hazel Harless
Orlando
Fla
Beckley
Cox-Parker Funeral Home
Winter Park
Ray Harless
Charles DeMars
Albert Strother
Katy Phillips
Vera Jacobs
Governor Names Wife to Louisiana Senate Seat
Baton Rouge reports Elaine Edwards, wife of Gov. Edwin Edwards, chosen to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Allen J. Ellender. She said she is excited but not a United States senator, and will resign after the November 7 election so the elected successor can take office early.
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Baton Rouge
Elaine Edwards
Edwin Edwards
Allen
J. Ellender
D-La
Edwards
United States
Russell
Long
Louisiana
Second State Bridge Collapses Near Princeton and Morgantown
A 100-foot steel and wood bridge on Sec Route 19 15 over Bluestone River collapsed Tuesday afternoon as a car and a farm tractor crossed. The driver suffered head cuts and was treated, released from hospital. Earlier a similar bridge on West Virginia 100 over Dent's Run near Morgantown collapsed with a coal truck crossing. the driver was unharmed.
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Princeton
W.va
Bluestone River
Dent
Morgantown
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