Lanark Residents Plan Petition For Blacktop Road
Lanark residents urge state officials to pave the main road to the Raleigh County Landfill Two years of heavy traffic have damaged the gravel road causing holes dust and mud A petition drive is planned with the aim of upgrading the road to a paved secondary route, possibly taking four years and requiring funding and right of way.
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Doug Yarrow
Register
Lanark
State Department of Highways
SDH
Raleigh ‘County
Gloria Carey
Fannie Shepherd
Beckley
State Depart‘ment ‘of Highways
Princeton
Mount
Carey
Raleigh County
Road Death Toll Climb Surpasses Last Year in West Virginia
West Virginia road deaths are far ahead of 1971 pace with 301 fatalities recorded this year, compared with 273 by this date last year. Six people died in weekend accidents, five of them Friday night or Saturday. One Sunday death followed a wreck that also killed another person in Fayetteville. A local victim in Beckley died in hospital from injuries. her mother died at the scene and three siblings were hospitalized.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Vider
Fayetteville
N.C
Beck
National pistol licensing and registration plans rejected
Senate rejected two broad handgun control amendments to ban private possession of pistols and revolvers and to license and register pistols and revolvers. Senators Stevenson Hart Kennedy McGovern urged broader controls. Hruska cited New York and Detroit as failed examples of such laws.
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Edward M
Kennedy
Dmass
Senate
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
George S. McGovern
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
New York
Detroit
Secret Service intrudes in McGovern aide apartment above Agnew
Max Factor II, a McGovern campaign worker, says Secret Service agents broke into his $1,150-a-month apartment above Vice President Agnew. Factor alleges the intrusion occurred about 10 p.m. Three men entered while Factor and his wife rested. Agnew’s office suggests they check for noises in supposedly empty units.
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Washington
UPD
Max Factor II
George S.mcgovern
Secret Service
Spiro T. Agnew
Factor
Agnew
Washington Post
Sharaton Park Hotel
John B. Connally
Treasury
Connally
Los Angeles
Frank Mankiewicz
McGovern Campaign
Sheraton
Mankiewicz
Truck Collision Kills 1 in Parkersburg West Virginia
Donald E. Stephens 28 of Parkersburg died from a severe head injury after a two pickup crash on West Virginia 95. He was a passenger in a truck driven by 18 year old William D. Burd of South Parkersburg who turned into the path of a second pickup. Burd was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control. Both drivers escaped injuries.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
UPI
Donald E. Stephens
Stephens
William’ D. Burd
South Parkersburg
Burd
McGovern Attacks Nixonomics in Party Battle
The passage cites George McGovern accusing Nixon era policies of delaying inflation by slowing the economy. It notes Meany and Shriver backing McGovern, Eagleton’s resignation, and union support totals. It mentions Nixon campaign defense of the economy and lists major unions split between McGovern and Nixon supporters. Georgia, Idaho, Michigan and Missouri primaries are reported with Missouri drawing focus.
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Nixon
McGovern
George Meany
Sargent Shriver
MacGregor
Truman Votes Absentee in Missouri Primary at 87
Former President Harry S Truman and wife Bess, both 87, filed absentee ballots in Independence as about 800 residents did. Across world, cease-fire holds in Middle East while Israel shows military deterrence. Schmitz of the John Birch Society runs for president. violence in Northern Ireland claims 500th life. Pakistan to release 6850 Indian civilians. Alfredo Roncalli, Pope John XXII’s brother, dies in Italy.
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Independence
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Truman
Bess
Tel -Avav
UPD
Israel
Middle. East
Sotto’ IL Monte
Italy
Alfredo Roncalli
John XXII
Roncalli
Becehess
Earth's lone asteroid Toro seen as possible moon legacy
UPI reports Toro, a rock about a mile by a mile, made the closest approach to Earth in centuries, 12.6 million miles away, unseeable to the naked eye but detectable by large telescopes. UCSD scientists note Toro as a fossil satellite whose orbit hints at past planetary formations and possible misaligned ties between Earth and Venus.
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San Diego
UPI
Toro
Venus
Earth
University of California At San
Scripps Institute ‘of Oceanography
Tom Neal Dies at 59 Faces Fame and Scandal
Hollywood actor Tom Neal, once linked to a love triangle with Barbara Payton and Franchot Tone, was found dead at 59. Once a film star with 180 titles, his career was ruined after a notorious street fight and a later murder trial involving his third wife. He died of natural causes, leaving behind son Thomas Patrick Neal.
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Tom Neal
Fist Fight Fame
Hollywood
UPID
Tom! Neal
Franchot
Tone
Neal
Thomas Patrick Neal
Sheriff's ‘Deputies
Barbara Payton
Flying Tigers
Tokyo
Miss Payton
Neall
Weather update for Beckley area cloudy with showers possible
Cloudy conditions and cooler in Beckley and vicinity with a high in the low 70s this afternoon. Chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday with low tonight in the low 50s and high Wednesday in the mid 70s. Probability of precipitation 10 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight and Wednesday.
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Beckley
Child Beater Charged In Death Of Girl
Morgantown West Virginia Richard Woodall 24 held on first degree murder charges in the fatal beating of two year old Joanna Benson. Authorities say the infant died from a severe beating with a blow to the liver area after repeated abuse. Joanna was the daughter of Sylvia Benson 22 with whom Woodall was staying. Bond set at 30000.
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Morgantown
Richard Woodall
Monongalia County
Joanna Benson
Joanna
Sylvia Benson
Bond
Globe Circler Hans Amsler Found Dead in Gulf Adrift
The 48 year old Swiss sailor Hans Amsler, attempting to circumnavigate alone, was found dead aboard a 10 foot sailboard adrift in the Gulf of Mexico about 180 miles south of Pensacola. The Danish freighter Dragor Naersk found the craft and towed it to Gulfport. The body was given to the Harrison County coroner as investigators from the Coast Guard traced Amsler’s likely route and prepared a coroner’s inquest.
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Orleans
Gulf of ‘Mexico
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U.S. Coast Guard
Dragor Naersk
Gulf of Mexico
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Fla
Amsler
Coast Guard
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Miss
Harrison County
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Switzerland
Man robbed for saying maybe in Charleston
Hershel Lee Harrison walked near his home when a car pulled up. A man and woman inside offered a date. Harrison said maybe and was restrained while $200 was taken from his wallet.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Hershel Lee Harrison
Harrison
North Vietnam resumes tank thrusts into Cambodia and Vietnam
UPI reports North Vietnamese tank units push into eastern Cambodia and into Quang Tri in northeastern South Vietnam. The main action centers on Kompong Trabek along Highway 1, with Cambodian paratroopers and clashes around Prey Veng and Svay Rieng. At least 21 tanks destroyed in Cambodia so far.
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UPI
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Cambodia
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Kompong Trabek
Highway 1
Phnom Penh
Hanoi
Lon Nol
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Trabek
Svay
Rieng
Four States Hold Primaries Today Across Georgia Michigan Idaho Missouri
United Press notes four states vote today with Missouri drawing national focus on the Eagleton resignation din. In Missouri Secretary James Kirkpatrick expects a million voters in a primary the first since 1936 while 17 Governor candidates vie. Georgia and Idaho also conduct party contests for state and federal offices and Senate seats with runoff chances in Georgia for David Gambrell and potential bids by Sam Nunn and Ernest Vandiver.
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United Press
International
Missouri
Thomas Eagleton
Michigan
Georgia
Idaho
U.S. House
Senate
James Kirkpatrick
Eagleton
GOP
Christopher “Kit” Bond
David Gambrell
Gambrell
Richard
Ernest Vandiver
Sam Nunn
U.S
Fletcher Thompson
Busing Approved As Last Resort For Desegregation
The House Education Committee approved a measure to make court ordered busing a last resort for desegregation and to ban cross town busing of grade school pupils. The measure passed 21 to 16 as the Rules Committee weighs President Nixon’s moratorium proposal. The committee acted under a Washington mandate to act by today and move the bill to the floor for a vote.
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House Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Education Committee
Washington
UPI
Dispute Over Miller Exile From UMW Local 6105 Meeting
UMWA Local 6105 officials clash over claims that Miller was ordered to leave a meeting in Winding Gulf. McGraw, Guerant, and Labor Department reps offer conflicting accounts as nominators for December officer elections accuse each other of miscommunication while Miller, a dissident MFD candidate, denies intent to smear.
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Guerrani
Winding Gulf
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Alfred Guer- Tant
United Mine Workers of America
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W. A
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Boyle
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