Dollar's Revival Pushes Gold to London Record High
Gold prices surged to a record and the dollar strengthened as the UPI report describes heavy trading on the London bullion market. Gold averaged 130 dollars an ounce in early trading, later slipping to 126, with London settling at 122.25. The dollar rose against francs marks and pounds while Japan and Europe consider currency support measures amid the energy crisis.
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London
UPI
U.S
Bank of Japan
New York
Paris
Frankfurt
London Exchange
United States
Europe
Japan
Senate panel urges one term limit and new campaign financing
The Senate Watergate committee proposes a one term limit for presidents and a radically new campaign financing system. The ideas appear in an amended complaint and memorandum filed in U S District Court as part of its suit to obtain Nixon White House tapes.
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Wesley G. Pippert
Washington
UPI
Senate Watergate Committee
U.S. District Court
White House
Nixon
Congress
U.S
John J. Sirica
U.S. Board of Parole
Miami
Eugenio Martinez
Frank Sturgis
Virgilio Gonzalez
Gerald L. Warren
San Clemente
Calif
Watergate Committee
John J. Sinica
Watergate
Schools Start Time Changes Spark Safety and Policy Debate
Officials note safety risks from darkness as start times shift by up to an hour to adjust for daylight. Simon warns against large domestic suppliers exploiting the situation and urges protection for small independent dealers. Ford suggests halting food flow to the Middle East if the oil embargo remains.
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Simon
Gerald R. Ford
United States
Middle East
Ford cites world food deficits amid oil tensions and embargo talk
Ford warns that halting oil to the Middle East could curb farming in the Midwest and trigger hunger, while optimistic an embargo will end soon. Justice and IRS warn dealers against price gouging as investigations loom, and Watergate headlines follow with parole grants and a new grand jury focused on campaign financing.
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United States
Ford
North Africa
Middle East
Middle West
Justice Department
Internal Revenue J Service
William B. Saxbe
IRS
Kincaid Files For Court Post In Raleigh County
G Zack Kincaid of MacArthur filed as a candidate for Raleigh County Court commissioner in the May 14 primary. The 50 year old Democrat is a former U S Postal Service official and Civil Service Examiner in Charge, with a World War II Navy past. He paid the $75 filing fee and joins Minor Scott and Walter James on a three member court with a $7,500 annual salary.
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G. Zack Kincaid
MacArthur
Raleigh
Kincaid
U. S. Postal Service
Civil Service
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Raleigh County
U. S. Post Office Personnel Service
Beckley Lodge No
Royal Arch Masons
Knights Templar
Loyal Order of the Moose
Minor Scott
Walter James
Charles Burdiss
Skylab 3 Astronauts View Comet Kohoutek From Spacecraft
Skylab 3 crew Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue twisted the 100 ton space lab to photograph Comet Kohoutek and study Earth and the Sun. They logged over nine hours of data collection amid a nitrogen gas overuse incident and a transient gyroscope fault.
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Houston
UPI
Kohoutek
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Philip Shaffer
Space Lab
Central America
North Atlantic
Mission Control
Skylab
Raleigh B Register Published by Beckley Newspapers
Local notice listing BECKLEY NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION addresses in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia for Raleigh B Register publication services and contact numbers for all departments
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Raleigh
B Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Becky
W. Va
Hinton, W. de
Plurality Shrinks For Israel's Ruling Coalition
Official returns show Prime Minister Golda Meir's Labor coalition with 51 seats to Likud's 39 in the 120 member Knesset. Meir aims to push a Geneva peace conference trading some Arab territory for security. Labor seeks new coalition as Dayan supporters threaten to bolt if peace terms favor retention of land.
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Thomas Ackerman
Jerusalem
UPI
Golda Meir
Labor
Likud
Meir
Petition Seeks Officer Ouster in Charleston Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court opened its January term with a petition seeking the removal of Charleston Police Department patrolwoman Margie Lynn Morris. The filing by Raymond Spradling, Charleston Fraternal Order of Police president, alleges Morris failed height and weight requirements and asks for dismissal from the force.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
State Supreme Court
Fred Caplan
Raymond Spradling
Charleston Fraternal Order of Police
Margie Lynn Morris
Miss Morris
Charleston Police Civil Service Commission
John Hutchison
Lawrence Morris
Ethel
Freeman R. Foster
Arabs May Lift Oil Embargo Seen Next Month
Industry sources in London say Arab oil nations may lift the embargo on the United States and Holland next month or allow it to fade away quietly. They cite pressure from higher Western prices and economic stakes as influencing decisions amid Geneva peace talks.
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B. K.C. Thaler London
UPI
United States
Holland
Iraq
Libya
Iran
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Persian Gulf
Middle East
Geneva
Price trends in wholesale markets and 1973 index rise
The bureau notes spot markets shrinking as developments reduce their share of domestic transactions. The BLS plans to improve refined petroleum data soon. The wholesale price index rose 18.2 percent in 1973 the highest annual rise since 1946. Industrial commodity prices climbed 14.8 percent, also a 1946 level.
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BLS
Parole Set For Haught Parole Set For Haught
James F. Haught former director of the Federal Housing Administration in West Virginia will be paroled April 26 after 17 months of a three year sentence. The parole was granted by the U S Board of Parole. He testified against two others in a $35 000 bribery scheme to award FHA contracts to Centurion Corp. of Cincinnati.
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Washington
UPS
James F. Haught
Federal Housing Administration
West Virginia
U.S. Board of Parole
Board
Maurice Sigler
Haught
Federal Youth Correction Center
Ashland
St. Albans
W. Va
C. Donald Robertson
Charleston
Dana
Centurion Corp. of
Cincinnati
Now You Know By United Press International
The first internal combustion engine ran on turpentine and powered water pumping in 1794.
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United Press International
Second rare molecule detected in Kohoutek comet
NASA reports a second rare molecule in Kohoutek, hydrogen cyanide, detected from radio signals at Kitt Peak by Snyder Buhl and Huebner. The finding supports Cameron theory that comets form from interstellar dust far from the sun, expanding knowledge of comet composition beyond solar system molecules.
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Space Agency
Kohoutek
Stephen P. Moran
NASA
Operation
A.G. W. Cameron
Harvard University
Moran
Drs
Lewis Snyder
University of Virginia
David Buhl
National Radio Astronomy
Earth
Solar
Deaths and Funerals Bulletin: Brinegar and Camden Veterans
James Calvin Brinegar 83 of Coal City died at home after a long illness. Survived by wife Ada Farley Brinegar, three sons, five daughters, two brothers, one sister, 16 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel Pending arrangements. Harry H Camden 65 of Eccles died at a local hospital after a long illness. Survived by wife Ella Mitchem Camden, two daughters, six sons, five sisters, 20 grandchildren. one son killed in Spain 1963. Melton Mortuary handling arrangements.
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James Calvin Brinegar
Coal City
Ash County
North Carolina
Brinegar
Lee
Cora Barker Brinegar
United Mine Workers
Frank
Chicago
Ill
Donald
Yvonne) Briescher
Dayton
Ohio
Ernest
Cora) Fink
Toledo
Mae Bass
Petersburg
Paul
Mandala) Saul
Beckley
Bernon
Helen) Whitt
Robert
Crumpler
N. C
Fitzhugh
Baltimore
Dorinda Pallou
West Jefferson
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Harry H. Camden
Hatty Hart Camden
Eccles
Appomattox
Edward and
Lizzie Price Camden
Camden
Ella Mitchem Camden
Carswell
Gary
United Mine Workers of America
Kimball Church of God
Eccles Church of God
James
Edith) Cassell
Garland
Deloris) Garris
George
Texasanna
Tex
Roy Lee Camden
Parris Island
S. C
Max Donald
Finton
Mich
Robert Eugene
Silver Springs
Colo
Charles Dean
Carl Cryle
Lynchburg
Minnie Williams
Gracie Campbell
Ada
Mary
Alice Borner
Philadelphia
Harry Franklin Camden
Spain
Melton Mortuary
Funeral services for Mrs Mamie Richardson Morris Day
Mrs. Mamie Day a former Surveyor resident of Vinton Virginia died Monday in a Roanoke hospital after a long illness. She was 70 and survived by her husband Sam Day five daughters and several siblings eight grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Oakey Funeral Home in Vinton.
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Mamie Richardson
Morris Day
Vinton
Oakey Funeral Home
Day
Roanoke
Sam Day
la Pelle
Iva) Tolley
Glen Daniel
Roy
Mildred) Butterworth
Alvin
Margaret) Thomas
Robert
Edith) Birchfield
Gordon
Pearl) Allison
William L Humphrey funeral set in Mount Hope
William L Billy Humphrey 81 of Bradley dies Monday. Funeral at 1 p m Thursday Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope with Rev Jack Logan presiding. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Mary F Humphrey five brothers two sisters and a grandchild. Friends may call 7 p m to ? p m Wednesday.
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William L
Billy) Humphrey
Bradley
Tyree
Mount Hope
Jack Logan
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
New River Coal Co
UMWA
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Long Branch
Joseph
Pinky Jarrell Humphrey
Mary F. Humphrey
Sidney
Beckley
Jess
Scarbro
Howard
Alfred
Pax
Artie
Craigsville
Nannie Williams
Oak Hill
Pearl Massau
Florida
Funeral for William R. Laird III in Fayetteville
The funeral for William R. Laird III, 57, of Fayetteville, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Victor Scott officiating. Burial follows at Huse Memorial Park in Fayetteville. He died Monday morning in a Montgomery hospital after an undisclosed illness.
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William R.laird III
Fayetteville
Presbyterian Church
Victor Scott
Huse Memorial Park
Montgomery
Moore Accepts Education Report From Task Force
Gov Arch Moore in Charleston accepted a task force report on school management that outlines 118 recommendations to cut costs in West Virginia public school operations. Ferrell chair of the Governor's Survey on School Management said onetime savings of 14.6 million and annual savings of 9.2 million are possible, with income of 1.8 million.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Arch Moore
West Virginia
William Ferrell
Ferrell
Columbia Gas Co
County Court approves library funding and courthouse renovations
County commissioners approved a quarterly $12,750 payment to the Raleigh County Library Commission and a $15,000 donation to the library building fund. They also authorized $27,989 to Meadows Construction Co. for first floor courthouse renovation. Ted Schuman of the Trap Hill volunteer organization discussed fire department funds from the court, which totaled $15,000 this past year.
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Ted Schuman
Trap Hill
Raleigh County Library Commission
Meadows Construction Co
High Court Reverses Mail Fraud Convictions in Maze Case
The high court affirmed reversal of four mail fraud counts but kept the auto theft conviction intact. Chief Justice Rehnquist voiced that Maze had no motive to use the mails for his credit card scheme and that mailing was not essential to the crime. The court held mail fraud requires the mails be used to execute the scheme, not merely incidentally.
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Rehnquist
Maze
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Betsy) Laird
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