West Virginia House set to vote on air pollution and rights bills
Charleston reports the House of Delegates moved toward final reading on a bill allowing West Virginia to develop implementation plans under the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 with amendments on trade information confidentiality and a grandfather clause. The human rights bill was amended to restore prohibitions against sex and age discrimination in employment, with other amendments pending. The session also advanced or passed measures on wages, judiciary funding and procurement, and other public policy changes.
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Charleston
I Rights Commission
House of Delgates
West Virginia
Tor
State Air Pollution Controls Commission
House Judiciciary Committee
Industry Membership On Pollution Council Approved
CHARLESTON West Virginia United Press International says the state Senate approved letting industry members join a proposed pollution advisory council and rejected Sen Robert R Nelsons plea against a House amendment. The chamber also advanced a conference committee to study delegate fee changes from 25 to 10 dollars, while opponents argued the move harms public access to conventions.
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Pollution Council
Senate
Nelson
Charleston
UPI
State Senate
Robert R. Nelson
House
Elimin Jbill
Rectory Council
Oppon
William Nelson
D-Cabell
Brotherton Jr
D- Kanawha
Brotherton
Indus
Ponetty
Pollu
Holliday Debates and Legislation Draw Fire in State Senate
Nel son on floor criticizes image of the commission amid bills advancing by unanimous Senate vote. Discussions touch on enforcement, rights of citizens, and parallels to flawed justice. Oak Hill publisher blasts ignorance while addressing industrial loan company limits and liability for animal harm.
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Oak Hill
Omers
Byrd Urges VA to Reconsider Hospital Cutbacks in WV
Sen. Robert C. Byrd asked the Veterans Administration to rethink planned cost cuts and bed reductions at West Virginia VA hospitals. He urged maintaining or expanding facilities, noting the July 1 plan would trim 220 beds across Huntington Clarksburg Beckley and Martinsburg and slash operating costs by 25 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
Veterans Administration
West Virginia
Donald E. Johnson
Administrator of
Veterans Affairs
Byrd
Huntington
Clarksburg
Beckley
Martinsburg
Daisey Murder Case Opens With Defense Claims
Opening statements in the Daisey murder case recount the motive tied to an insult to Kelly's sister. Defense asserts Kelly shot at Minor’s feet, forced him into a stolen mining company car, and that Minor did not know Kelly planned to shoot Daisey. The tavern owner was reportedly shot during a whisky sale dispute.
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Minor
Kelly
Ragland
Daisey
Jack Showalter
Showalter
Alfred Landers
W. R. Toner
P. L. Richards
J. T. Adams
Dwight Billings
Paul Sanna
W. S. Maynard
K. T. Ford
Pedro Lopez
A. W. Callaway
Ruth Ward
Donald Lowe
Ronald Garten
Mine strike ends in West Virginia after court hearing
In Elkins Island Creek Coal Co. workers 410 miners at Alpine and North Branch mines were set to return to work today after a UPI report. A UMWA and company legal team told Judge Robert E Maxwell that an agreement on the labor dispute had been reached following a Monday hearing on a temporary restraining order. The strike began last Thursday.
War News From Indochina Update 1969 Style Battle Report
Reported heavy U.S. air strikes against North Vietnam and Laos in support of interdiction of the Ho Chi Minh trail. Spokesmen described antiaircraft fire hindering landings while supplies moved by helicopter and air drops. Cambodian border engagements near Phnom Penh involved American protection of convoys along the Mekong. Tri, South Vietnamese commander, died in Cambodia action. he was famed as a battlefield figure and held numerous decorations.
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Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Highway 9
South Vietnamese
Ranger
North Vietnam
Sully
Indochina
Trang Son
Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S. Command
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
South Vietnam
Jesse Hudson
Total Cary
Ho Chi
Wood Minh Complex
TM nAinn
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong
Japan
Vietnam
Thelin
Red Cross
Tri
Patton
George S
Europe
France
Ft. Gordon
Leavenworth
Kan
Keesfield
Air Force Base
Miss
Lawmakers Seek 3.6 Million to Ease State Building Debt
Speaker Ivor F. Boiarsky said leaders are not arguing with Governor Moore over the state building crisis. Bondholders were told the plan would cover amortization and reserves totaling 3.6 million, while a veto would cap revenue at 21 million. Legislative leaders plan to confer with a financial expert before meeting Moore.
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Charlesion
UPD
Ivor F. Boiarsky
Ithe House of Delegates
Lare “Pot
Ernor
Boiarsky
State Capitol
South Charleston
Arch “A. Moore Jr
State Supreme Court
State Buildingect
Moore
Commission
Senator Moreland Attacked in Charleston Session
Senator William Moreland of Monongalia appeared with a black eye after an alleged unprovoked attack by Anthony Yanero, a former capitol sandwich concessionaire, who says the matter is personal and unrelated to the legislature. Yanero, now at the Daniel Boone Hotel, declines to elaborate.
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Charleston
UPL
William Moreland
D-Montongalia
Moreland
Anthony Yanero
Monongalia County
Yanero
House of Delegates
Daniel Boone Hotel
Mississippi twister death toll rivals Califor nian quake
After the storm the Mississippi tornadoes produced deaths nearly equal to those from the California earthquake two weeks earlier. Little Yazoo and Delta City suffered severe damage as 87 homes were destroyed, with churches and businesses ruined. Sharkey County faced about 2 million in damages, National Guardsmen patrolled the area while rescue crews used drag lines in creeks searching for missing Ratcane.
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OGM
Avuie Oled
Ssmliddy
Mississippi
California
Little Yazoo
Delta City
Sharkey County
Maurice Phillips
Tornado toll rises across Mississippi towns
The Weather Bureau logged over 50 tornado reports across northern Mississippi as a line of storms moved through. By daybreak Monday the devastation became clear with Inverness left with only water towers standing and Delta City nearly wiped clean of buildings.
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Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Inverness
Delta City
Zinc Plant to Close in Spelter Within 90 Days
UPI reports the Matthiessen Hegeler zinc plant in Spelter will shut down within 90 days. The facility employs 20 hourly and 35 salaried workers. Open since 1904, it was bought from Du Pont in 1950 and has faced financial difficulties since 1967.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Spelter
Matthiessen-Hegeler Co
E. W. Hewitt
du Pont
Deaths And Funerals Private funeral for Bill Marland
Private funeral services 78 year old Bill Marland of 1301 Chesapeake Ave Charleston formerly of Glen Rogers will be at 11 am Wednesday at Keyser Broad Funeral Home. Rev Edward R Hanshaw officiating cremation at Keyser Bryant Crematorium and interment Sunset Memorial Park. He died at 6 35 am Monday after a long illness born December Elizabeth Pendlebury Marland member of Methodist church former general mine superintendent for Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co Glen Rogers survivors include wife Roselyn three daughters Mrs Lawrence Beck Mrs Jona Griffin and Mrs Edward Lock eight grandchildren and three sisters Mrs Ruth Thomas and Mrs George Hacker committee.
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Bill) Marland
Chesapeake
Charleston
Alex Rogers
Keyser-Broad Funerer
Edward R. Hanshaw
Keyser-Bryant
Sunset Memorial Park
Marland
Elizabeth Pendlebury Marland
Methodist’ Church
Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co
Glen Rogers
Roselyn
Lawrence Beck
Lacon
Jona Griffin
Fort Defiance
Ariz
Edward
Lock
Teaneck
Troll
Funeral notices for Farley and Haddad including survivors
William R Farley 19 of Flat Top died Monday after illness at 8 50 PM He was a 1970 Shady Spring High School graduate born June 7 1951 at Pipestein Son of Fred P and Helen Shrewsbury Farley Survived by three brothers Fred P Jr Johnnie and Barry five sisters plus grandparents and other relatives Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Dr John Haddad 48 former Beckley pediatrician died in Montreal brain tumor He trained at Duke and Temple Physicians at Beckley Hospital Survived by brother Philip and sister Minerva D Avignon Final rites Friday 11 AM St George Syrian Orthodox Church Montreal Burial in Montreal Body at Bougie Fimerell Home Montreal
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Wiliam Robert iFarley
Flat Top
Shady
Spring High School
Pipestein
Fred P
Helen ‘Shrewsbury Farley
Fred. P. Jr
Vietnam
Johnnie
Barry
Melissa
Mary Sue
Bui
Cecil Shrewsbury
Gaithersbury
Jim Farley
Speedway
Clarence Fink
Ghent
Susie St. Clair
Pipestern
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
John Haddad
Beckley
Montreal
Canada
McGill University
Duke University
Temple University
Philadelphia
Haddad
Beckley Hospital
Philip
Roland
Minerva
Avignon
St. George
Jean Talon Street
Bougie Fimerel ii
Shumate Rites Planned for Mead Man at Resaco Church
Luther Arlie Shumate 72 of Mead dies at home Sunday night after a long illness. Funeral at 1 p m Wednesday at Resaco Methodist Church with Rev Wesley Grose officiating. Burial in Elgood Cemetery. Survived by five sons Luther Samuel Okey Tommy Farley. three daughters Virginia Lilly Dorcas McKinney. Elvira McKinney. brother George Shumate. 27 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Body from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to residence at 3 p m today.
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Pancra
Luther Arlie Shumate
Mead
Methodist
Resaco
Wesley Grose
Elgood
Luther
Elvira White ‘Shumate
Lillybrook Coal Co
Killarney
Pete
Samuel
Besoco
Okey
Ayer
Mass
William
Tommy
Farley Shumate
Soak Creek
Robert
Virginia
Lilly
Pipestein
Paul
Dorcas
Rose
Land
Clyde
Elvira
George Shumate
Glendale
Rose and Quesenberry
Mrs Stacy Wallace Rites Set In Mountain Valley Church
Mrs Stacy Wallace 61 of Odd will be laid to rest at Mountain Valley Missionary Baptist Church at 1 pm Thursday with Rev Clifford Kirk officiating. Burial follows in Odd Cemetery. She died Monday morning after a local hospital stay. Born May 23, 1909 in Abney she was daughter of William and Celia Hylton. Survived by four daughters, four sons, stepchildren, sisters, brothers, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body to be moved to residence today and then to church before services. Pallbearers listed as several men from the area.
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Lulaj Farley Eanes
Beaver
Williams
MacArthur
Wade Webb
William Dougherty
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
True
Ishe
Hate Allen
Orpha Saunders Farley
Arnold Eanes
Coal City
Trosby Neelys
Mabel Meadows
Lof Beaver
Eugene
Genevieve) Nobel
Pineville
Fred
Orpha) Hatcher
Bluefield
Walter G. Farley
Ada Farley
Ballard
Walter
D. ‘Eanes
W. Golden Eanes
Uneral
Stacy Elva Wallace
Odd
Mountain Valley Missionary Baptist Church
Clifford Kirk
Abney
William
Celia Sneed Hylton
Odd Community Church
Raleigh County
Charlie Wallace
Norman
Elma) Byrd
Streamwood
Ronald
Brenda) Roark
Coppers Cove
Tex
Wintford
Molly) Shrewsberry
Henry
Rachel) Basham
William Jerweil
Matoaka
Joe Reedy
Dyersburg
Tenn
Charles
Belle
Ray Meadows Wallace
Lora Laturco
Allen Park
Mich
Zella Baldwin
Baltimore
Gienna DiFilippo
Toughkennamon
Edward
Ghent
Clifford
Medford
Ore
Lon
George
Clayton
Josephine
Willie Jewell
Joe Glenn
Harry Roark
Freddy Harold
Gene Graham
Carl Blackwell
Gene Johnson
Deeds On File Records Of Real Estate Transfers
Real estate transfers recorded by the clerk of the county court include Darrell C Barr and wife to Matt Crook Jr and wife for nine acres on Shockley Creek Town District valued at 3500 dollars. Ralph Starkey and wife to Deemia V Light for Lois A and B off Cooper Tract Beckley city at 16000 dollars. Dempsey Dale Lilly and wife to Virgin Florence Lilly transferring from son and spouse to mother in Coal City Slab Fork District. Freida E Hickman to Jane Hickman Howlett and Deweys Howlett for 3506 dollars a lot 18 Sprague Subdivision Sprague. Board of Education of Raleigh County to Fred W Barker for 1850 dollars 5.08 acres of Fred G Wood Property Amigo. Ona Milam and wife to Bennie W Milam and wife for three acres on the Marsh Fork for Big Coal River Marsh Fork District. Frankie Henderson to Leslie Carr and wife transfer from grandparent for granddaughter in Clear Fork.
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Darrell C. Barr
Matt Crook Jr
Shockley Creek
Ralph Starkey
Deemia V_ Light
Lois A
Freida E. Hickman
Jane Hickman Howlett
Deweys Howlett
New River Company
Sprague
Board of Education
Raleigh County
Fred W. Barker
Fred G. Wood
Amigo
Ona Milam
Bennie W. Milam
Marsh Fork
Big Coal River
Frankie Henderson
Leslie ‘Carr
Clear Fork
Marriage Permits James Bennett and Ruby Hendon
James Robert Bennett a 66 year old resident of Beaver and Ruby Lee 154 of Raleigh are granted marriage permits. Bennett is son of William Henry Tolliver and Mary Virginia Young Barnett and Ruby Lee is daughter of Marion Francis and Belva Clemons Hendon.
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James Robert Bennett
Beaver
William Henry Tolliver
Mary Virginia Young Barnett
Ruby Lee
Raleigh
Marion Francis
Belva Clemons Hendon
Funeral notices and obituaries from West Virginia area
Mrs Lucy Wiseman Mann 65 of Senton Harbor Michigan longtime Raleigh County resident dies after long illness burial Lindside Cemetery 11 a m Wednesday at Caffee Funeral Home. Ira Huddleston 71 Route 1 Fayetteville dies after apparent heart attack body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. Goldie Meador 74 Oak Hill dies after illness burial High Lawn Memorial Park services 2 p m Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill Church member. Friends may call evenings.
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Lucy W. Mann
Lucy Wiseman Mann
Senton Harbor
Mich
Raleigh County
Caffee Funeral Home
Ernest ‘Barley
willsOne
Nader
Slope Hill
Student Representatives
Lindside
Benton Harbor
West Virginia
Charleston
UPI
Ira Burtton Huddleston
Route 1
Fayetteville
Tyree
Oak Hill
Goldie ‘Meador
Thompson Ave
Quotes From Senate Inquiry on Cram Bribery Case
Washington Jack Bybee testifies before a senate investigations subcommittee about his former employer William J. Cram accused of taking bribes and perks from military personnel. He says no one is honest and every person has a price to be found. Los Angeles Leslie Van Houten, tied to the Tate LaBianca murders, declines to cry for Rosemary LaBianca, saying her death is not the only death.
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Washington
Jack Bybee
Senate Investigations
William J. Cram
Los Angeles
Leslie van Houten
Tate- LaBianca
Rosemary LaBianca
West Virginia students urged to form Public Interest group
Attorney Wil Osborn urged WVU West Liberty and Bethany College students to create a student led Public Interest group modeled after Ralph Nader's PIRG. He said campuses would support it, with a potential $200000 fund to hire lawyers and experts to pursue public interest concerns for institutional change in West Virginia.
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Wil Osborn
West Virginia University
West Liberty
Bethany College
Osborn
Ralph Nader
West Virginia
State Police Reform Bill Dies in West Virginia Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee reports the proposed reorganization of the state police died as it faced strong opposition. Chairman Brotherton notes complaints about the plan while Sen. W T Brotherton cites lack of enforcement and support for the measure. State Police Superintendent Bonar seeks 50 troopers and a 10 percent raise as part of the broader request.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Seni
W. T. Brotherto Jr
D-Kanawha
Brotherton
Col
R. L. Bonar
Suit Filed Against Travelers Insurance
Mrs. Violet Lillian Lefler of Beckley files in Raleigh County Circuit Court against Travelers Insurance Co alleging denial of a life claim for her husband Carlos D. Lefler who died June 20 1970. She seeks two thousand dollars.
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Violet Lillian Lefler
Beckley
Travelers Insurance Co
Raleigh
Six youths nabbed as card game busted in Morgantown
Morgantown police arrested six persons, including three juveniles, after breaking up a card game in a local restaurant Monday night. They were charged with gambling.
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Morgantown
UPD
Extension Sought for Wage and Price Control Authority
Washington reports the Nixon administration asked Congress for a two year extension of authority to impose wage and price controls amid rising construction costs. Treasury Secretary Connally testified the plan allows selective controls but not broad measures unless a national emergency arises. The move extends an authority set to expire March 31 with no immediate nationwide controls planned.
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Washington
UPI
Nixco
Congress
Treasury
John B. Connally
House Banking Committee
Connally
Nixon
Price Hike Emerges From Appalachian Rate Review
W. S. White of Appalachian Electric says rate reductions history exists but rising costs for manpower fuel and materials drive a hike. The firm will not list a percentage, citing varies by service category, with a December 1970 biweekly bill example rising from 17.04 to 18.74. State and local taxes rose 26 percent while manpower costs climbed over 44 percent in five years, affecting Monongahela Power Co. as it also seeks a PSC review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. White
Appalachian
Tate Simmature
Smanpower
Monongahela Power Company
Boy 14 Is Given Life For Rape Robbery
In Cobb County Georgia a 14 year old boy pleaded guilty to rape robbery and car theft and received life imprisonment from Superior Court Judge Harold Raven. He was charged with raping a 27 year old Marietta woman at knifepoint after locking her four year old son in a closet. He was a fugitive from the Augustan Training School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Cobb County Superior Court
Harold C. Raven
Georgia
Augustan Training School
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State Court of Claims
Alpine
North Branch
Blizzard
Sen. Moreland
William R. Farley
Luther A. Shumate
Cisco
Lula F. Eanes
Mrs
Stacy Wallace
Ira Huddleston
Goldie Meador
W. Va
Travelers Insurance
White House
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