Election Trial Recesses UMWA Secret Balloting Conflicts
UMWA officials testified that miners were instructed to vote in secret while the Labor Department contests the 1959 presidential ballot. The district court recessed until Jan 1 as pre-election meetings and local observations surfaced about balloting procedures and observer cards at polling sites.
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Washington
UPI
Anit
Clifton Tipton
Ed Mine Workers of America
Coshocton
Ohio
West Virginia
Alabama
U. S
Tipton
UMWA
Treasurtion
Ronald C. Owens
Columby
Labor Department
Thein
Coulty
Wiliam B. Bryant
Owens
Umwa Tion
W. A. International
Tony” Boyle
John Owens
Boyle
Arthur Paciorek
Amsterdam
Springfield
Yablonski
Henry McHorter
Pratt
Women’s Peace bloc seeks Nixon censure over Vietnam policy
The Women’s Strike for Peace urged Congress to censure President Nixon for Vietnam policy and plans to demonstrate at the Capitol when Congress returns. Rep Bella Abzug will introduce a censure resolution in the House accusing Nixon of delaying troop withdrawal and intensified bombing. A prior censure effort was raised on May 7, 197. Rabies quarantine imposed in Monongalia County after three hospital bites. dogs barred from roaming and cats kept indoors for about 30 days.
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Nixon
Morgantown
UPI
I. A. Wiles
Monongalia
University Hospital
Wiles
U S Jet Attacks Missile Site North of DMZ in Vietnam
UPI reports heavy fighting in Saigon and Binh Dinh Province as a U S F105 jet hits a North Vietnamese missile installation just north of the DMZ. Casualties include three killed and three wounded for South Vietnam. nine killed and 19 wounded for militiamen, with further engagements near Long Cheng and Kien Hoa Province as Nixon moves to shrink forces by May 1.
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Kim Willenson
Saigon
UPI
An Ameri
Binh Dinh
Coas
Vietnam
Dmz
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hud
Sepone
U.S. Army
Robert Froehike
United States
Laos
Pon Chantharaj
Central’ Intelligence Agency
CIA
Long Cheng
Pathet Lao
South Vietnam
Kien Hoa
Nixon
Air Force
Navy
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
101St Airborne
1St Air Cavalry
Pay Board Allows Retroactive Raises Under 7 Percent
The Pay Board ruled that Americans owed raises during last year’s wage-price freeze may be reimbursed if the retroactive increase does not exceed 7 percent. The decision follows an act signed by President Nixon and Congress. The ruling covers raises deferred during the 90 day freeze from August 15 to November 13. The board also cut aerospace industry pay raises from 12.2 percent to 8.3 percent for first year, with 117 cents carried into year two, while labor members abstained and unions pledged to sue. The Price Commission updated rules requiring firms with $100 million or more in yearly business to notify price increases in advance.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Labor
United Auto Workers
Machinists
The
Price Commission
Deal For Malta Base In Works
Rome reports Maltese Prime Minister Mintoff met NATO officials and hinted a deal to keep British troops from leaving Malta. The United States offered more money to Mintoff, potentially 33.8 million, as Brussels eyed a negotiated rent to prevent Soviet takeover. Mintoff had ordered British evacuation by year end, later extending the deadline.
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Rome
UPI
Dom Mintoff
NATO
Valetta
Malta
Brussels
United States
Mintoff
Conspiracy Charge Against Tommy Martin Jailled Today
Tommy Martin of Lester was jailed by sheriff's deputies at 11:25 a.m. today on a warrant charging him with conspiracy to do bodily harm.
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Tommy Martin
Lester
Sheriff's Deputies
Moore's Proposal for Two WV Medical Schools Draws Fire
Morgantown's Dominion News attacks Gov. Moore's plan for a second medical school at Marshall University as impractical. It cites high costs, a decade or more to fund, and WVU's ongoing faculty shortages, arguing West Virginians cannot sustain two medical schools.
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Morgantown
UPS
Moore ion-News
Gov
Legis Arch
A. Moore
Dactar Chartace
Governor Defends Decision Against Political Inference
Gov. defends his action saying suggestions of political influence are erroneous. He emphasizes independence and insists no political motive guided the decision.
Labor strife and road project audit plans reach far ends
The piece recounts union tensions over Appalachian highway funding and calls for an auditor to examine welfare and retirement funds. It cites UMW and ABC divisions, contractor debates, and a push for federal funds to support medical school and public safety drug enforcement unit.
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Positon
Gramiich
Marshall
Department of Public Safety
Proposals Continue In Budget and Oversight Debate
Lawmakers weigh Gramlich findings as Hubbard defends governor’s view on auditing. The budget process, environmental control, and public employee insurance are debated with bills on sterilization consent and department appointments, amid criticism of volunttered observations and interagency scrutiny.
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Del
Thomas G. Goodwin
D-Boone
Cabell
Robert R
Ritchie
de. Nelson
Nelson
State Board of Regents
Regents Air Community College Plan for West Virginia
The State Board of Regents proposed a regional community college system for West Virginia, backed by Gov. Arch A. Moore. It aims to expand access to higher education, broaden career education, and unify post secondary offerings into two year or shorter certificates and degrees across regions with regional directors and advisory boards.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore
State Board of Regents
West Virginia State College
Marshall University
Fairmont State College
Glenville College
West Virginia ‘Tech
Bluefield State College
Raleigh
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Jury Reindicts Coal Dissidents in West Virginia Case
President Robert Payne of the Disabled Miners and Widows of southern West Virginia and two others were re indicted for giving false testimony at a federal hearing in Bluefield in August 1970. Payne Lewis Coleman and Mildard L Foley had been indicted last fall but charges overturned on technical grounds.
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Charleston
UPI
Robert Payne
West Virginia
Bluefield
Payne
Lewis Coleman
Mildard L. Foley
New Judge Asked Planowunen
Two defendants in the Yablonski murder case appeal to the state Supreme Court to overturn the trial judge Charles W. Sweet's refusal to disqualify himself. Samuel Rodgers, attorney for Paul E. Gilly and his wife Annette, argues Sweet should step down due to his upcoming run for re election as Washington County judge next year.
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Planowunen
Wii
Yablonski
State Supreme Court
Charles W. Sweet
Samuel Rodgers
Paul E. Gilly
Annette
Sweet
Washington County
Deaths And Funerals Notice For Kathy Marie Blevins
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Kathy Marie Blevins 14 of Elverson Pa formerly Sophia who died at 1 pm Thursday in Coatesville Pa hospital after a short illness She was the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Lundy Mills Sophia and Mrs Maudie Blevins Shady Spring The body is being returned to Williams Funeral Home Sophia
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Kathy Marie Blevins
William
Ruby
Mills Blevins
Elverson
Sophia
Coatesville
Lundy Mills
Maudie Blevins
Shady Spring
Williams Funeral Home
Funeral notices fiber through Beckley area obituaries
Incomplete funeral notices report the deaths of Dana Lyno Perkins six month old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Perkins Route 2 Beckley who died at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville at 11 15 p m The body is at Williams Funeral Home Sophia Final rites for Bertha Houston 69 of Blairsville Pa formerly of Brenton will be held 11 a m Saturday at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Chapel Pineville Burial in New Zion Cemetery near Princeton She died in Blairsville. William Harrison Adams 82 of Oceana dies after long illness funeral Saturday at Toneda Baptist Church Oceana burial Palm Memorial Gardens Matheny Survivors include wife four sons a daughter and many grandchildren and great grandchildren Final rites for Mrs Herdie Gail Holland 73 Mabscott died in local hospital after short illness Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Lucinda Scott 68 of 108 Curtis Ave to have final rites Sunday Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Chapel Burial Greenwood Memorial Park She died Beckley hospital Betty Jo Lilly 41 New Martinsville formerly Beckley dies in Baltimore Md Funeral Saturday at First United Methodist Church Entombment Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum Survivors include husband and two daughters and a son Friends may visit Melton Mortuary today
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Dana Lyno Perkins
James Perkins
Beckley
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Bertha Houston
Blairsville
Brenton
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Troy Adams
New Zion
Princeton
Soulsville
Garson
Minnie Lafferty
John Houston
William Harrison Adams
Oceana
Toneda Baptist Church
Harry Stevens
Vern Cook
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
William H
Marinda Ramey Adams
Roxie Beverly Adams
Elbert
Loraine
Ohio
Randall
Santa Ana
Calif
Arlie
Waverly
Willis
Charleston
Doris Willidean Ferguson
Evans Funeral Home
Herdie Gail Holland
Mabscott
Tennessee
Lee
Mary Nelson Watson
Wesleyan Chapel
John
Paul
Daytona Beach
Fla
James
Sam
Lansing
Mich
Clarence
Columbus, Ga
Gladys Watson
Hattie McLaughlin
Huntington
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Lucinda Scott
Curtis Ave
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
J. W. Gowen
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley Hospital
Gary
William
Mallie Stewart
William Scott
Odessa Brown
Carrie Shaw
New York City
James Scott
Helen
Jasper Stewart
Fate Stewart
Betty Jo Lilly
New Martinsville
First United Methodist Church
Robert Fuqua
Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum
Baltimore, Md
Earnest L
Della Buckland Lilly
Baltimore
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Wetzel County
Earl David Tilly
David
Scott
Suzi) Flaharty
Paden City
Autumn Lilly
Melton
Aaron A. Aaron D
Charles W. Lilly
James Snuffer
S. H. Bettina
Freddie Joe Peterson
Edgar C Cooper dies at 88 in Williamsburg
Final rites for Edgar Claude Cooper 88 of Williamsburg are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home Lewisburg with Rev Burlin Butcher officiating. Burial will be in McMillion Cemetery Friars Hill. He died Wednesday in a Ronceverte hospital and was brother of Mrs Lottie Wills of Glen Morgan.
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Edgar Claude Cooper
Williamsburg
Jack K. Wallace
Lewisburg
Burlin Butcher
McMillion
Friars Hill
Ronceverte Hospital
Beckley Man Waived To Grand Jury On Forgery Charge
Tyrone Stancil of Beckley waived to the Raleigh County Grand Jury on a forgery charge in a Thursday hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. He was remanded to jail in lieu of a $500 bond. Stancil allegedly forged the name Sylvester Bagley to a $110.29 check.
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Tyrone Stancil
Beckley
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Joe Rodriguez
Stancil
Sylvester Bagley
EPA Deputy Rejects No-Pollution-No-Jobs Argument
EPA Region II deputy administrator Richard P. Nalesnik rejects claims that anti-pollution steps will wreck industry. He argues cleaning up the environment will spur long term growth, creating new firms and jobs in construction and services. He notes standards are based on existing and feasible technology and speaks with steel officials and officials in six states.
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EPA
David A. Milne
Pittsburgh
UPI
Environmental Protection Agency
Richard P. Nalesnik
Gion Iit
Nalesnik
Pennsylvania
Deaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
District 4 Columbia
District of Columbia
Nixon re election endorsed in Ohio picks woman as second choice
The Ohio Republican central and executive committee endorsed President Nixon for re election on Thursday and surprised by naming Martha C. Moore as the committee's alternate choice. Moore, a Republican National Committee member, is believed to be the first woman named to the apt in GOP history.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPT
Ohio Republican Central and Executive Committee
Nixon
Martha C. Moore
Republican National Committee
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Bruce Mosa
Wheeling
W. Va
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Mosa
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Jock" ‘Yablonski
Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Todd-Johnstown Road
Deal For
Fiji
Maha Devi
India
Moore
MU Med
Weeve Wwe
Board of Regents
Marshall Univeraibe
Esey
WVU
John G. Barker
Prince Woodard
Dominion News
Auditor
Gov. Defends
Hans McCourt
ABC
Bert
Ani
Jors
Seibert
Gramlich
I County
Dut Devel
Legislative Auditor's Office
Federal Highway Administration
General Services
Hubbard
Danartmantis Aninte
Regents Air Community College Plan
Kathy M. Blevins
Dana L. Perkins
William H. Adams
Mrs. Herdie Holland
Mrs
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Edgar C. Cooper
Lottie Wills
Glen Morgan
Dick Nixon
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