Abel Urges USW Back Liberal Congress at Convention
Abel urged USW members at the 8500 delegate convention to back labor-endorsed candidates in November to protect gains in collective bargaining. He cited the President's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and warned the nation must heed its warnings or constitutional guarantees risk erosion. A small protest outside demanded a Black member on the USW executive board.
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Chicago
UPI
W. Abel
United Steelwork Sca
UEW
Ub-l
Ral Congress
Labor-En- Rey
Wyat
Congress
Saber
Abel
USW
America
Soul Artist Heads to Armory Show October Five
Mitch Ryder, a Motown linked soul and blues performer, will appear at the Raleighs County Armory in Beckley on Saturday October five. Tickets are $3.50 floor and $2.50 balcony with mail orders available and agency promises a strong turnout.
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Armory
Aienfhs
Mitch Ryder
Dtateigh
Couny Armory
Get
Cery
Frank Rodriguez
Ryder
Heckley
Kyuer
Radelgites
Kyidor
Motown
Rodriguez
J Hecklny
Arta
Ralengs County
Beckley
Rockefeller Proposes Youth Planks for Platform Draft Fallout
Washington UPI report quotes John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia urging reform to win youth backing. He proposes abolishing the draft, replacing with a voluntary system or a national service lottery, lowering the voting age to 18, and expanding VISTA, the Peace Corps, and Teacher Corps. He urges youth representation in Democratic policy bodies.
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Washington
UPI
John
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Democratic Patform Committee
House of Delegates
Dan
Sap Urens Rockefeller
Vietnam
America
VISTA
Peace Corps
Teacher Corp
Nationa Democracy
Bemerat Party
State Against In Vocational Rehabilitation in WV
Gov Hulett C Sith announced West Virginia has been ranked first in vocational rehabilitation for the eighth time in nine years by the Department of Welfare Education and Welfare. The commendation cited 266 rehabilitated per 100000 residents in fiscal 1968 as part of the state’s high performance.
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Charleston
Hulett C. Sith
West Virginia
Smth
Department of Wealth, Education and Welfare
Smith
Fairmont Laundry Fire Destroys Building and Apartments
A downtown Fairmont blaze gutted Lauro's Laundry, a three story block building housing seven family apartments. Fire officials say seven families escaped with no injuries as investigators probe the cause. The damage is estimated at $60,000 after firemen battled the flames for about four hours starting at 12:20 am.
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Fairmont
Deeds Recorded In County Court Clerk Office Listings
Actions recorded in the county court clerk office show transfers of several parcels. Names include Ralph and Beulah Deitt to O Q Pugh Jr and Emel Pugh for 2809 dollars in Town District. Jonathan Z Williams and Betty Williams to Forrest Rose for 6950 dollars. James L Wernbeck Jr and Aisle Hornbeck to Dilly family for 12000 dollars near Sophia. and multiple other transfers in Town District, Stab Fork and Marsh Fork districts with amounts ranging from 250 to 25000 dollars.
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Ralph
Beulah M. Deitt
Oqwer O. Pugh, Jr
Emelmaleon Pugh
Ethan Whitt
Rebals Mae Whitlo
Craddock
Betty
Cradtock
Stanalard
Jonathan Z. Willams
Justus
Jeery
Stewart
Pearl Stewart
Lotoo
Bust Gull
Stab Fork
Joseph OL. Buckland
Linda Lindsay
Huckland
E.W. Lindsay
Lexa Flouck Lindsay
Ertle Price
Everett Price
Gulf Highway
Sophia
Frank Aldridge
Margaret Aldridge
Patricia Lemon
Cabell Meights
Tows District
Colonial American National Bank of Roanoke
David Strouse Blount
Rolsizh Eagle Coal Co
Clear Fork
Nisleit
P. BD
Armstrong
Edna i T. Armstrong
John W. Bye Co
Neckley
Eldridge Clitson Jr
Wilma Hicks Ellison
James A. Berry
Richmond
Charles
Howard Redd
Teath Delores Red
Mary Fortine
Brenda Fortune
Slab Terk
Tilly Eugene Klehmend
Pally Jo Richmond Jo Sles
D. Wood
Hager
Heckley
Vest
Maftie Vest
Bruce T. Vest
Eugenia Vest
Rock Creek
Marsh Fork
Disabled Young Man Receives Social Security Aid
Ernest Mitchem, age 18 at tuberculosis onset, now 25, is receiving Social Security benefits under 1967 amendments. He studied at Northfork High, later joined Job Corps, and has reentered classes while living at Pinecrest Sanitarium. Officials note high enrollment and broad coverage.
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Diana
Northfork Eikhoraigh
McDowell County
Thal
Mitcher
Mar
Tinsville
Mitchem
Atdven
Lawrence
Eckman
Pinecrest
Johnson
Sam Ferris
Beckley Social Security Office
Social Security
America
Ferris
Dwight Billings
Beckley Social Security
Beckley
Hippie commune in Pennsylvania faces injunction and jail terms
In Meavvyville Pennsylvania a small cult known as the Anthro Poetic Society faced legal action as about 42 members returned to a squalid Marmonsburg Township farmhouse after brief jail stints. They posted $800 bonds each for charges of operating a disorderly house and corrupting morals with a court hearing set to consider a permanent injunction to close the commune.
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Meavyiule
UPI
Crawford County
J. W. Ladner
Hippins
Scounty
Aover l
Anthro-Poetic Society
Marmonsburg Township
Hollywood Faces Shift From 30 Minute to 60 Minute TV Formats
Hollywood discusses the industry move toward longer television formats driven by audience preference and sponsorship economics. NBC executives cite hit long shows like The Today Show and The Tonight Show, with plans for 90 minute dramas such as Name of the Game. Viewers age 18 to 49 show strongest support, valuing higher quality scripts, actors, and locations. The half hour format may survive for select comedies like Dick Van Dyke Get Smart and Dragnet.
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Vernon Scort
UPI
Hollywood
Paschall
Bine
Herbert Sholster
NBC
Selwsser
Setdouser
Teatings
Tey
Get Smart
Described 16th Century Prose From Padre Lastasan
Pace College Latin American affairs expert Dr. Jordan A. Young notes a famed 16th century work titled A Very Description of the Destruction 2% the vicimns Beies uy True Account of Cruel Massacres and Slaughters of Twenty Million People. The claim highlights brutal colonial atrocities and sweeping mass killings across the Americas.
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New York
Padre Bartolome de Lastasan
Latin America
Jordan A. Young
Pace College
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