State School Bond Mess Started By Court Ruling
A West Virginia court ruling nullified a 60 percent voter requirement for county school bonds, triggering national questions about state constitutions. The decision sparks debate over whether such provisions are valid and how it affects bond sales in Roane County while many buyers pause amid legal uncertainty.
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U. S
West Virginia
Fanny Seiler
Charleston
Attormney
High Court
Citizens Group
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
California
Spreme Court
Chauncey Browning Jr
Sitter Recalls Training Saves Two Toddlers in Pool Incident
Isabelle Manella, a babysitter watching Erin Kathleen Mahon and Colleen Mahon at the Hugh F. Mahon home, recalls life saving lessons as two young twins nearly drown in a family pool. Police confirm she acted promptly while ironing in the basement as the children played nearby.
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Apast
Fatas
Clifton
UPN
Isabelle Manella
Erin
Kathleen Mahon
Colleen
Hugh F.mahon
Isabelle
Mahon
Storm Eve Weakens as It Swirls Toward Open Sea
Tropical storm Eve weakened and moved northeastward about 8 mph, with gale winds spanning 150 miles east of the center. In Bermuda’s vicinity the storm prompted life saving drills and evacuations as rough seas grew along the South Atlantic Seaboard and Northern Bahamas. Two children were rescued from a pool area near the storm’s path and taken to Passaic General for observation.
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Miami
UPS
Eve
Bermuda
Cape Hatteras
N.C. Isabelle
Passaic General
Kathleen
Erin
Atlantic Island
Isabelle
Cliftom High School
South Atlantic
Bahamas
U.S
Nixon delays new Vietnam pullout until Communists signal
Paris reported that President Nixon will withhold a further U S troop withdrawal in Vietnam until Communists show willingness to end the war. Henry Cabot Lodge carried the message after consultations with Nixon in the United States. Allies seek a clear reciprocal sign, while battlefield attacks persist and Paris peace talks show little progress. Saigon and allied officials urge a positive Viet Cong response to include guerrillas in elections.
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Paris
Nixon
Lodge
United States
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Saigon
Tricia Nixon Improving After Abdominal Illness
Tricia Nixon, 23, expected to be released today from Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a bout of abdominal illness. A presidential spokesman said her condition has improved with normal blood counts and no fever, following a Tuesday hospitalization for stomach pains.
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Nixon
White House
Tricia
California
Auokesman
Diz Wuule Lehawve Erga
San Clemente
Ren
Barry Goldwater Jr
Catalina Island
Goldwaters
Executive Mansion
Walter Reed
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Trach
Homeseekers Named Third Party In Suit
Paul C and Joyce Mantey of Beckley sue over a Woodland Hills house sale to Lee A and Vernice R Frazier claiming $1 000 in fixtures were included but removed at deed. The Manteys say Homeseekers Land and Building Co acted without authority to include mirrors gas grill draperies TV antenna and other fixtures and seek judgment against Homeseekers for any amounts awarded to the Manleys.
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Paul C
Joyce Mantes
Beckley
Lee A
Vernict R. Frazier
Homeseekers Land and Building Co
Pilot Convicted Of Killing Model In Sydney Case
Lawrence James Trull, 20, a U S heli copter pilot based in Vietnam, convicted of manslaughter in the strangling stabbing death of 13 year old Josephine Dunphy at a Sydney motel on December 16. He received a 10 year prison term with a minimum three year before parole. Hull wore an army uniform in court and confessed to police before retracting the statement.
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Sydney
UPS
U.S
Vietnam
Lawrence James Trull
Enfield
Collins
Hull
Saigon
Miss Dunphy
Aden
Ife
Spl
R McDonald
Ohio Edison Toronto plant ordered to curb air pollution
U S officials issued immediate recommendations to Ohio and West Virginia to curb emissions from the Ohio Edison Co. Toronto power plant in Knox Township Ohio. The measure follows a New Cumberland West Virginia conference citing long standing resident complaints and requires regular progress reports and limits visible emissions to a light gray plume.
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Washington
API
West Virginia
Ohio
Ohio Edison Co
Toronto
Knox Township
New Cumberland
W. Va
National Air Pollution Control Administration
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
MEW
State Finds Ponies Sold as Buffalo Meat
Montgomery County's unidentified Buffalo Bill nickname for Harry the Horse is noted by the state Agriculture Department. Two carcasses sold as buffalo meat were traced to slaughtered ponies, the department reports Tuesday.
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Montgomery County
Buffalo Bill
Harry
State Agriculture Department
Deaths and Funerals in Mammoth and Raleigh
Funeral services are set for Jesse James Lester 79 of Mammoth Friday at 11am in Keyser Bryant Chapel with Dr Ross M Evans officiating. Cremation follows at Keyser Bryant Crematorium. Lester died Tuesday in a South Charleston hospital after a lengthy illness. Survivors include wife Lena Belle Lester two sons Fred C and James Jr both of Carlsbad New Mexico three daughters Marie White of Charleston Mable C Wyatt of Mammoth and Betty White address unknown and one brother William V of Charleston. Friends may call Thursday 4 to 9pm at the funeral home. Also funeral services for Lula Treadway 80 of Raleigh Thursday at 3pm in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Revs Oliver Tedder and B L Moss officiating. Burial in Wildwood Cemetery. Died Tuesday in a local nursing home after a long illness born September 6 1888 in Elton she was daughter of Thomas and Virginia Holcomb Gwinn. Survived by daughter Alma Gregory four grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Jesse Lester
Jesse ‘James Lester
Mammoth
Keyser-Bryant
Ross M. Evans
Lester
South Charleston
Wyoming County
Joseph R
Katheryn Allen Lester
Warner-Colliers Co
Lena Belle Lester
Fred C
James Jr
Carlsbad
N. M
Marie White
Charleston
Mable C. Wyatt
Betty White
William V
Lula Treadway
Raleigh
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Oliver Tedder
B. L. Moss
Wildwood
Treadway
Elton
Thomas
Virginia Holcomb Gwinn
Glen Morgan Community Church
Clyde
Alma) Gregory
Speed Home
Toay
Jackie Mays
Shirley Gwinn
Tommy Maynor
Carl Cossa
Carl Gwinn
C. E. McGraw
Tommy Treadway
Roy N. Bartee
Matoaka
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Don Elliot
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bartee
Bluefield
Ruth King
Francis Bailey
Lashmeet
Helen Baldwin
Virginia
Betty Ashbury
Kansas City
Sam
Wytheville
Foy
John
Jess
Speedwell
Nora Sisk
Washington, D. C
Wythe County
James W
Alice Jennings Bartee
Winding Gulf
Herndon
UMWA
Church of God of
Speedwell, Va
Washington D. C
Funeral services for Carl L. Graham in Freewill Baptist Church
Carl L. Graham 51 of Pittsburgh formerly of Tams dies after a short illness. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Wesley Grose and Rev. Cleve Young officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at Fred X. Williams Funeral Home in Sophia after 5 p.m. Thursday. Body to church one hour before services.
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Carl L. Graham
Pittsburgh
Tams
Freewill Baptist Church
Wesley Grose
Cleve Young
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Graham
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Funeral services set for O A O'Dell in Keyser Bryant Chapel
O A O'Dell 58 of Colonial Apts Beckley died Tuesday at 9:45 a.m. after a heart attack. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Ross M Evans and Rev C H Martin officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. today. Pallbearers named: Lloyd Carper Darrell Watther William C French Michael Lilly Lexie Redden Harold Nettles C W Keim James R Vandall.
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O. A. O'Dell
Colonial Apts
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant
Ross M. Evans
C. H. Martin
Sunset Memorial Park
O'Dell
Lloyd Carper
Darrell Watther
William C. French
Michael Lilly
Lexie Redden
Harold Nettles
C. W. Keim
James R. Vandall
Kennedy Hearing Deliberations Over Inquest Rights Continue
Attorneys argued over inquest procedures including right to counsel presence in the emit room cross examination of witnesses and submission of evidence. Judge’s second hearing aimed to decide whether Boyle would arrange the inquest to protect constitutional rights or face further legal remedies.
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Clark
Boyle
SRC Opens Bids On 23 Highway Projects
The State Road Commission opened bids on 23 highway projects totaling an estimated 12 580 195 dollars with two Appalachian County segments among the work. Black Rock Contracting of Charleston bid 5 477 605 dollars for 2.16 miles of Corridor D and J F Allen Co of Clarksburg bid 5 161 642 dollars for a 241 mile Appalachian Highway segment. The bid opening added 12 jobs in new construction under the Class A road program announced by Gov. Moore.
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SRC
Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Appalachian County
Black Rock Contracting Inc
J. F. Allen Co
Clarksburg
Mrs Lyda McDaniel Rites Held at Mount Hope
Mrs Lyda McDaniel 72 of Bradley died in a Beckley hospital Monday at 12 30 a m after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted today at 2 p m in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev Bill Menefee officiating. Burial followed in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
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Lyda McDaniel
Bradley
Tyree
Northern Ireland Parliament Convenes Over Riots Crisis
British Home Secretary James Callaghan heads to Belfast to urge Ulster leaders to quell sectarian rioting and address Catholic civil rights grievances. Stormont recalls both houses to authorize a tribunal probing the ten day riot wave that left eight dead in Belfast and one in Armagh.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republic
James Callaghan
Ulster
Callaghan
James Chichester-Clark
Stormont Castle
Northern ‘Ireland
Armagh
Stormont
School Board Continues Policy Talk On Delegations
Assistant superintendent Sherman Trail says policy not strictly followed due to few delegations and easy board dealings. Delegations now call ahead or attend to speak, while board members must be contacted before definite decisions, with details referenced in an earlier page 12 story.
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Sherman Trail
Jim Lupt
C. D. Munson
Railroad spur land valued at 1600 dollars in Raleigh County
Commissioners in condemnation for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway assessed 1600 dollars for 2.6 acres of land at Ameagie to build a spur road serving Consolitation Coal Company's new mines near the Raleigh County community off Ameana le. Names of commissioners are Tom Gray BE McMillian Roy Millican Alan Susman and Gene Riffe.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Roger Fraley
Ameagie
Consolidation Coal Company
Raleigh County
Ameanle
Tom's Gray
BE. McMillian
Roy J
Millican
Alan Susman
Gene Riffe
Inflation Outlook Delayed as Prices Rise Amid Policy Lags
The article notes policy effects may lag six to twelve months before price levels react. It warns no price slowdown until 1970 and records a 6 percent annual inflation. It cites quarterly growth in Gross National Product at a hefty $16 billion.
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Prrvies
Jaly
Court weighs nudity versus obscenity in bottomless dancers case
Sacramento prosecutors and defense duel over whether bottomless and topless dancers exposed private parts in a lewd manner or merely displayed nudity. Susanne Marie Haines Sheila D Brendenson face indecent exposure and lewd conduct charges. Pink Pussy Rat bar owner Leonard Blaney faces charges for soliciting the acts. Trial before Municipal Court Judge Earl Warren is expected to last two to three weeks.
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Sacramento
Ronald Sypnicki
Kenneth Hake
Earl Warren
Susanne Marie Haines
Sheila D. Brendenson
Leonard L. Blaney
Warren
U.S
Hake
Arabs Meet To Punish Israel Urged By Nasser Amid Martial Law
Nasser calls for an Arab summit to coordinate action against Israel as Cairo hosts foreign ministers. Mississippi ends martial law at midnight though troops remain on duty. Amid security concerns in Israel, a UN Security Council rebuke follows air raids and renewed Palestinian guerrilla activity. Authorities report thefts of food stamps totaling 339,040 dollars from Kanawha County offices.
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Gamal Abdel Nasr
United Press International
Egypt
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Cal
Eve
Israel
Virginia
Mills E
Atlantic
Godwin
Seaboard
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Waveyay
Meese Nasser
Cairo
Charleston
UPI
Turkey
Iran
State Welfare Department
Hussein
Fedof
Jordan
Nasser
Kanawha
Charles R. Lewis
Edwin Flowers
Yigall Allen
United Nations
Security Council
anaquLa
Lennie Villeges
Pri i i
Conten
Hardy
Lincoln
Barbour
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Hassan
Morocco
Arab League
Joint Defense Council
Jerusalem
Lewis
Counies
Legion Protests Club Rejection In Saigon
The American Legion in Saigon protests the U S military command blocked a Legion club for off duty servicemen by denying use of U S military scrip, saying piasters would fuel inflation. Legion seeks a home for veterans away from Vietnamese currency controls.
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Saigon
Legion
Vietnam
U.S
Yablonski Sues Union Paper Over Propaganda Use
Joseph A. Yablonski, candidate for UMW president, filed suit in U S District Court claiming the UMW Journal, funded by union money, serves as a propaganda organ for incumbent W A Boyle. He notes Boyle appears 33 times across 24 pages of one issue while his own campaign is not discussed.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph A
Jack” Yablonski
The
United Mine Workers
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
U. District Court
UMW Journal
Boyle
Journal
Yablonski
Henderson Bridge safety probe linked to union campaign
Federal officials said they would examine charges that a campaign flyer funded by a union used union money to claim unsafe conditions on the Henderson Bridge across the Ohio River. The suit seeks a temporary restraining order and an injunction to halt actions and ensure proper maintenance.
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Aera Auwtington
Wpi
Landrum
Griffin Labor Act
Speci J Highway Administration
Fies
Henderson Bridge
Boyle
Ohio
W. D. Cremeans
David Cremeans
Tien
Justin McCarthy
Huntington
Blaine Johnson
Journal
Milton
Tojoff
Yablonski
Cattle Men Named To ASC Committee
The U S Agriculture Department names two West Virginia livestock producers to the State ASC Committee. Glen H. Riner of Fayetteville becomes chairman, with Robert L. Harper of Moorefield as member. A third member will be appointed later to replace three former resigning members.
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Washington
UPI
U. S. Agriculture Department
West Virginia
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Glen H. Riner
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Robert L. Harper
Moorefield
Hardy County
Charles M. Bose
Owen W. Lutzo Elkins
Richard I. McNell
Hillsboro
Geology Collection Purchased for Marshall University
An anonymous donor bought the Janssen geology collection to keep over 4,000 specimens at Marshall University campus. A university spokesman said the Defense Department funded purchase remains undisclosed and supports the school's geology program. The specimens were collected by Dr Raymond Janssen for the department, honoring Army Specialist Donnie Hackney of Sissonville, Kanawha County.
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Runtington
UPT
Janssen
Marshall University
Geological Museum At Washington
UPI
the University
Defense Department
Kanawha
Serviceman
Donnie K. Hackney
Raymond Janssen
Columbus
Department of
Hackney
Sissonville
Powell Seat Ruling Sparks Federal Clarification Fight
Powell and Powell's lawyers were given until December 1 to amend the complaint to raise the fine issue. The confrontation between judiciary and legislature continued as Justice Hart noted the Supreme Court offered little guidance. The court ruled Powell was unconstitutionally denied his seat and sent the case to federal district court for further proceedings consistent with the decision.
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Powell
Deibher 1
Hart
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Charges Placed In LeJeune Brawl Rioting Case At Marine Camp
At Camp Lejeune North Carolina authorities charged 27 Marines and one sailor with rioting following a July 29 racial brawl. Five Marines face murder charges in the incident that left a white Marine corporal dead. Among those charged are Pvt Edward C. Combs 18 of Weirton West Virginia and Pfc Sylvester T Hundley 19 of Adena Ohio.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
UPD
Pvt
Edward C.combs
Weirton
W. Va
Jand Pfc
Sylvester T. Hundley
Adena
Ohio
26 Marines Charged In LeJeune Riots
At Camp Lejeune North Carolina authorities charged 26 Marines and one Navy man with rioting following a brawl outside a service club that left white corporal Edward Bankston dead. Bankston, 20, of Picayune Mississippi, died eight days after the altercation.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
UPT
Cpl
Edward Bankston
Picayune
Miss. Bankston
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Sitter
Thomas L. Johns
Tricia Nixon
Carl Graham
Roy Bartee
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Uindrode
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Dead Sea
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