Supreme Court Upholds SDH Request and Land Delays
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the state Department of Highways request to delay trials in land condemnation cases tied to Corridor H. Four Randolph County landowners, including Arlie Burke and Arbogast, challenged commissioners’ appraised values. The court ruled the department may delay to complete its work, preventing bias amid construction.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
State Department of Highways
West Virginia Supreme Court
Highway Agency
Randolph County
Arlie, Arbogast
Mark E. Burke
Burke
Arbogast
West Virginia
Highways Department
Fire claims lives of five mentally retarded children in Orlando
A frame two story building in Holden Heights Orlando burned when a candle atop a dresser ignited a fire after the residents, including the Forest family with five mentally retarded children, lacked electricity due to nonpayment. One neighbor said candles lit the home as officials investigated the blaze with the state fire marshal on scene.
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David L. Langfore
Syria
Orlando
Damascus
Jerusalem
Israel
Abba Eban
Holden
Heights
Holden Heights
Ethan
Elizabeth
Forest
Meira
Loreen
Lilly
Maé
Asle
Issac
Eddie Lee Washington
Washington
Clarence Walker
Washingtons Land
Orange County Memorial Hospital
Eddie Washington
T Ie
Two North Korean Gunships Violated South Korean Waters
SEOUL UP I reporter said two North Korean gunships violated South Korea s territorial waters twice on Tuesday according to a defense ministry spokesman The incident involved two ships in the Yellow Sea near South Korea s western coast and followed earlier tensions in the region.
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South Korea
Waters
Defense
Canaan Gee
Thes Watt Oe
NLRB Hearing Set Over Hills Store Labor Dispute
A National Labor Relations Board hearing on unfair labor practice charges against Hills Department Store in the By-Pass Plaza is scheduled for 10 a.m. January 17 in the Raleigh County Courthouse. United Steelworkers members on strike since October 25 accuse the store of intimidation and failure to bargain. NLRB staff found insufficient evidence to support bargaining refusal, with testimony expected from about ten strikers and company representatives.
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National Labor Relations ‘Board
NLRB
Hills Department Store
By-Pass
Raleigh
Hills
United Steelworkers of America
Reid Davis
Michael Faher
Suffi
Cieat
Steelwakers
Davis
Nlrb General
Stanley J. Brockman
Scoa Industries
Nixon Gains Expanded Rationing Power in Energy Plan
Washington report details House and Senate conferees agreeing Nixon could impose gasoline rationing and energy conservation measures after brief oversight. The plan would allow presidential action without immediate congressional consent, with veto limits and a later need for specific legislation. The measures aim to curb fuel shortages, with ongoing talks on windfall profits, midlevel proposals, and potential further governance by Simon’s energy council.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Nixon Energy Conservation
Nixon
Congress
House of Congress
Teamsters
Henry M. Jackson
Wash
Frank Fitzsimmons
Jackson
William Simon
Simon
Federal Energy Administration
William E. Simon
Council On Energy Policy
Carnation Pleads Guilty in Watergate Campaign Gift Case
Carnation was charged as the eighth corporation to plead guilty to illegal 1972 campaign contributions. Olson and his firm admitted gifts totaling 8 000 including 5 000 to the Southern California Presidential Dinner Committee, 2 900 to the Finance Committee for the Re-Election of the President, and 1 000 to a Senate campaign dinner. Olsons sentence could reach one year, but prosecutors waived prison terms for voluntary admissions. Piranhas are tiny but voracious South American fish that attack in bunches and can consume a horse quickly.
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Carnation
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Olson
Jaworski
Southern California
Nixon
Finance Committee
Senate
Drug Policy Hearings Target Drug Pricing Reform
Nation wide hearings led by Sen Kennedy examine drug industry practices. Ralph Nader testified comparing generics and brand prices, arguing for government procurement by generic names to save over a billion dollars. He cited VA and Defense buying disparities and urged HEW to pay generic prices. Also notes death of Mrs. Hattie Payne of Detroit and funeral arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home.
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Nader
Inuesday
Weinberger
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Food and Drug Administration
HEW
Walter Reed
T the Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Defense Department
Veterans Administration
U.S
Kel
Truck Fire Burns Parkersburg Freight Trailer
Whitesville fire crews answered a 7:15 a.m. call to a trailer truck owned by Empire Food Inc of Parkersburg that caught fire. A department spokesman said the blaze likely started from paper on the truck’s heating system while Jim Buntee drove the vehicle carrying fruit and canned goods.
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Whitesville
Whitesville Fire Department
Sethi
Empire Food, Inc
Parkersburg
Garantie
Jim Buntee
Haling Fruit
Deaths And Funerals In Beckley Area
Deaths include Man Askew 54 of 527 Sylvia died today at 4 am in Beckley Hospital after a gunshot wound to the head. police investigation ongoing. Funeral arrangements for Mrs Effie Fay Johnson 63 Route 2 Beckley set for Friday at 11 am at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. burial Mount Olive Church Cemetery Lashmeet. Johnson born Aug 10 1910 in Mercer County, survived by six sons and five daughters, with extensive family including siblings and half sisters. Friends may call after 5 pm Thursday at the funeral home.
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Askew
Herman Askew
Sylvia Ty
Beckley
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Effie Fay Johnson
Route 2
Rose
Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Cleve Allen
Mount Olive Church
Lashmeet
Johnson
Mercer County
Rufus and
Rusha Bailey Basham
Church of God
Earl
Elwood
Phoenix
Ariz
Gerald
Oklahoma City
Okla
Steve
David
Cleveland
Ohio
Monty
Maryland
Glen Dale
Leona Carlson
Richard
Shelia) Hubert
Shelby Isaac
James
Zivia) Powers
Wilmington
Del
Glenn
Drema) Pack
Vernon Basham
Rock
Macie Blevins
Toledo
Dolly Huffman
Hester Shrewsbury
Matoaka
Jonathan Lilly 83 Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Jonathan Felix Lilly 83 of 418 Myers Ave died at 8 30 p m Monday in a local hospital He was a retired mail carrier and school teacher and a member of St Mary s United Methodist Church Surviving are two sons Royal P Lilly New Boston Mich and David W Lilly Beckley a daughter Mrs Thomas Ann Beth Allen Chicago Ill nine grandchildren Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel will handle arrangements
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Jonathan Felix Lilly
Myers Ave
Lilly
Tess and
Mary Lilly
St. Mary’s United Methodist Church
Eula Bailes Lilly
Royal P. Lilly
New Boston
Mich
David W. Lilly
Beckley
Thomas
Ann Beth) Allen
Chicago
Ill
Rose and Quesenberry
Funeral for Mrs Phyllis W Walker Held at Rose and Quesenberry
Mrs Phyllis W Walker 74 of 114 Hedrick Street dies Sunday at a focal hospital. Funeral Thursday at 1 p m in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev R E Trotter presiding. Burial in Stamford Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p m today. Pallbearers are David Beckett Ralph Adkins Arlie Smith Jimmy O Neal Bill Welch and Glenn Bragg Jr.
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Phyllis W Walker
Hedrick St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
R. E. Trotter
Stamford Cemetery
Judge Orders Political Fund Case Details Come To Light
The article outlines actions involving the JUMWA political arm and Labor's Men Partisan League during 1968, noting a $30,000 contribution to Hubert H. Humphrey's presidential bid. Indictments include John Owens and James Kmetz tied to the donations. Prohibition on union dues funding politics is cited, with Boyle facing prison and fines.
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JUMWA
Labor's
Men? Partisan League
Hubert H. Humphrey
John Owens
Rena James Kmetz
Boyle
Ciel
Devan
Sun Cloud Observed By Skylab Astronauts Solar Prominence Studied
Skylab crew Gerald iCarr Edward Gibson and William Pogue report a solar prominence a dense gas feature in the sun's atmosphere. Harvard astronomer George Withbroe calls it one of the era s most interesting solar observations and notes potential weather forecasting insights. He and others highlight cross space missions with Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 13 marking a historic joint spaceflight.
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Thomas G. Belden
UPI
Houston
Skylab
Harvard
Gerald P. iCarr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
George Withbree
Harvard College Observatory
Withbree
Koboutek
Kohoutek
Carr
C&P Plans Get Approval by Public Service Commission
The Public Service Commission approved Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co and its Maryland subsidiary to monitor certain electronic switching offices to detect technical difficulties. Central offices at Shady Spring and Ripley will be erected with data sent to a Baltimore office. The plan includes non monitoring of subscriber lines and routes repairs via Maryland to local crews. The PSC also sanctioned continued services along the Pennsylvania West Virginia border and approved a railway freight station status change for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co at White Sulphur Springs ending its station agent duties.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Maryland
State Public Service Commission
Shady Spring
Ripley
John Shumate
Telephone Company
C&p
PSC
Chesa Peake and Ohio Railway Co
White Sulphur Springs
Moore To Meet With Truckers On Blockade Plan
Gov Arch Moore scheduled a closed session with truck driver leaders after spokesmen warned of another blockade at the Charleston West 76 Truck Stop on Interstate 64. police cleared the earlier protest affecting about 200 rigs, with traffic resuming normal flow.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Arch Moore
Charleston West
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Wilma Klesser
Charles Klesser
Kay McClain
Brooke County
Gary Lee Griffith
High Court
Richard ‘Neely
Donald Ireland
Hancock County
Ireland
Cecil D. Britten
O. F. Gentry
Nanni Kretzer
Waynee County
Middle East
Seoul
Eng
GAO
Secret Service
Key Biscayne
San Clemente
Herbert W. ‘Kalmbach
Hattie Payne
Detroit
Mount Hope
J. L. Payne
Tyree
Mrs
Effie Johnson
Jonathan F. Lilly
Phyllis Walker
Moore
Sackley
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