Jewish Lawyer Seeks Court Hearing On Jesus Trial
In Jerusalem an Orthodox Jew, Itzhak David, sought a declaratory judgment exonerating Jesus of all charges. A three man court rejected the request saying the trial is a historical matter and not suitable for modern judicial review. David vows to appeal for a full hearing.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Jesus
Christ
Itzhak David
Jerusalem
Supreme Court
David
Judea
Pontius Pilate
Jesus Christ
London
David Bitan
France
Red Sea
Eilat
Pilate
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Philadelphia
Kenna Not Pleased Over Rockefeller After Primary
West Virginia Democrat Lee Kenna vents frustration after losing to Jay Rockefeller. Kenna, Charleston, sent a post primary letter saying he will support friends but will withhold help until treated fairly. Party chairman William Watson aims to meet Kenna soon to discuss a role.
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New ‘Democratic Party
William Watson
Kenna
Kerna
Rockefeller
Charleston
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Moore
Watson
West
Rockeffeller
Jay
Wallace Visitor Delivers Moral Support At Washington Hospital
Democratic front runner George S. McGovern visited Wallace at a suburban Washington hospital on Thursday. Wallace and aides listened as he read the 23rd Psalm and promoters said no political talk occurred. Nixon arranged an ambulance flight to Montgomery and then Miami Beach to permit Wallace to reclaim the governorship under a temporary transfer law.
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Washington
George S. McGovern
Wallace
McGovern
Nixon
Montgomery
Ala
Miami Beach
Alabama
Hijack Flight Demands Ransom After Oakland Takeover
A PSA plane from Oakland to Sacramento was hijacked by a gunman who demanded ransom and saluted with a note blaming airline actions for the crisis. The hijacker forced two passes over the field before landing in Oakland with 37 passengers aboard. One passenger died in a later shootout. others were injured. Authorities met the hijacker’s conditions including field lighting and a Coast Guard helicopter readiness. The hijacker claimed ransom would be given to Mideast crisis organizations and referenced actions by airline unions and officials. Passengers recalled a calm atmosphere during the ordeal.
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Turner
California Highway Patrol
Williams
California
PSA
San Francisco
Russia
FBI
Oakland
Coast Guard
Sacramento
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Lines Pilots Association
Secretary of Transportation
Bill Mickelson
van Nuys
Calif
Substantial B52 Campaign Targets Quang Tri and Surroundings
U S bombers attacked Communist positions near Quang Tri city in six waves delivering 450 tons of explosives in 18 hours ending at dawn. The strikes also hit Thua Thien near Hue and Kontum in the Central Highlands as 21 B52s operated with 525 tons dropped inside North Vietnam.
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Quang Tri City
U.S
Thua Thien
Hue
Saigon
Kontum City
Vietnam
Dong Hoi
Vatican Opens Communion to Non Catholics Under Conditions
The Vatican said Protestants and Orthodox may receive communion in Catholic churches only if they fully accept Catholic belief on the Eucharist. Catholics are not allowed to receive communion in non Roman churches. Fr Fortino added that those rejecting other Catholic beliefs but accepting the Eucharist may be admitted if they act in a Christian manner.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Francesco Fortino
Jesus
Fortino
OEP Grants Flood Relief Eligibility For 15 West Virginia Counties
West Virginia 15 counties damaged by Tropical Storm Agnes qualify for federal aid. Gov. Arch Moore says individuals, local governments and businesses may apply for SBA loans up to their losses. Counties listed include Barbour, Brooke, Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Preston and Wetzel.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Agnes
Arch Moore
Harrison
Doddridge
Tyler
OEP
Barbour
Brooke
Berkeley
Hardy
Jefferson
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Marshall
Montongalia
Monroe
Morgan
Ohio
Preston
Wetzel
Richard Sanderson
Buffalo Creek
Logan County
Moore
Martinsburg
White ‘Sulphur Springs
OEP l
SBA
U.S. Officials Acknowledge Some Dikes May Have Been Damaged
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird softened earlier denials by saying U S planes may have damaged some North Vietnamese flood control dikes during attacks on anti aircraft fire or supply routes. He stressed Hanoi seeks to blame repairs, while noting dikes themselves were never the intended targets.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Hanoi
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
Laird
Defense debate over limiting offensive weapons and McGovern budget
Defense officials argue for a permanent limit on offensive weapons while criticizing the McGovern budget as pursuing a give away now philosophy. Pentagon analysis contends the plan would push the U S toward inflexible first strike postures and international instability. Average earnings data show allies in June rose to $3.62 per hour and weekly wages up by $2.18 to $135.39 amid arms cut talks.
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Laird
J McGovern
Pentagon
McGovern
United States
U.S
Unemployment Shifts With Part-Time and Vietnam Veterans
Unemployment among part-time workers rose from 8.1 to 8.8 percent while veterans of the Vietnam War saw a drop from 8.1 to 7.2 percent. The overall unemployment decrease coincided with a 12 minute longer average work week for rank and file workers to 37.2 hours, though manufacturing hours held steady.
Agnew Attacks Legal Services as Social Engineering
Vice President Spiro Agnew charged at the Texas Bar convention that the Legal Services Program, meant to aid the poor, has become a vehicle for social engineering and power shifts in community affairs. He argued no legal services for the poor and urged focusing on justice without government overreach while criticizing its philosophical foundations.
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Houston
APS
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Texas State Bar Association
Suits Filed In Two Wrecks In Raleigh County Court
A $100000 suit against Arthur W. Jenkins of Piney View over a Sullivan Mountain truck wreck March 20 1970 injuring 18 year old Charles Edward Adkins Jr and a $50000 suit against Bernard I. Gilkerson of Beaver over a December 18 1971 auto crash at Shady Spring were filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Edsel Lee Fitzwater said his injuries came when the Gilkerson car skidded and struck a ditched vehicle as he tried to assist others.
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Arthur W. Jenkins
Piney View
Bernard I. Gilkerson
Beaver
Raleigh County
Charles Edward Adkins Jr
Jenkins
Sullivan Mountain
Glen Morgan
Adkins
Edsel Lee Fitzwater
Gilkerson
U. S. 21
Shady Spring
Fitzwater
Lawrence
Connally Hopeful About Subcontinent Future
John B. Connally, President Nixon's special envoy, said he was very very hopeful about the future of the Indian Pakistani Bangladesh subcontinent after visiting the three nations. He declined initial comment then stated his outlook in firm terms.
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Connally
Islamabad
Pakistan
Jpi
John B. Connally
Nixon
Subcontinent
Deaths and Funerals: James A Wood 1879 196? 92
Deaths and funerals notice for James A Wood 92 of Lester. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Enon Primitive Baptist Church Lester with Elders Kenneth Cadle and Dowell Stover officiating. Burial in Shumate Cemetery Maple Meadow. Survived by four daughters two sons and many grandchildren. Burial details and watch for body transfer from Melton Mortuary.
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Wood
Lester
Enon Primitive Baptist Church
Kenneth Cadle
Dowell Stover
Shumate
Maple
Enon
Azel Wood
Crab Orchard
Steve Wood
Glen White
Pearl Jennings
Doris Rickard
Monroe, Mich
Louise Foster
Arlington, Va
Mildred Biggs
Flagstaff
Ariz
Marvin Farr
Chapmanville
Robert Farr
Crownsville
Emma ‘Moran
Lynch
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Services in Fayetteville Area
Funeral services are scheduled for James W. Farley 49 of the Beckley Hotel at 2:30 PM Saturday with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Walter Albert Stump 47 of Barberton Ohio, formerly Fayetteville, will have services at 3 PM Saturday at Winston Baptist Church, burial in Robertson Cemetery. Mrs Faye Mary Hendrix 71 of Pine Knob dies, funeral at 1 PM Saturday at Naoma Free Will Baptist Church, burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Theodore Oleneick 86 of Route 1 Fayetteville dies, service 1 PM Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill, burial Bibb Cemetery. Burial details, survivors, and funeral-home visitation listed for each.
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James William Farley
Beckley Hotel
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ross M. Evans
Sunset Memorial Park
Walter
Albert Stump
Barberton
Ohio
Fayetteville
Winston Baptist Church
Howard D. Querry
Robertson
Stump
Mohgan
John
Texas Cooper Stump
Mike
Oak Hill
Allan
Robert
Mary Ann Stump
James Robertson
Delores Harvey
Alpha Corgar
Imperial
Tyree Funeral Home
Faye Mary Hendrix
Pine Knob
Beckley
Free Will Baptist Church
Naoma
Sherman Turner
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Burin
Fanny Fitzwater Dickens
Mont
Mabel Keeney
Deepwater
Elbert Earl
Lettie
Cook
Pineville
Lottie Hendrix
Lorain
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Theodore Oleneick
Tyree
Howard Lee Dilley
Lewis Higginboth
Bibb
Scotia Coal and Coke Co
Brooklyn
United Mine Workers of America
Russia
Evdokia Koronchuck Oleneick
Chris
Elizabeth) Patrick
Lyle
Mary
Johns
Route 1
Fairmont Firm Submits Low Bid for Moundsville Penitentiary Work
A Fairmont company Mellon-Stuart Co. submitted the lowest bid of 472700 dollars for renovations at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville. Officials said the proposal was under evaluation before contract award. Planned improvements include indoor recreation facilities and 38 new cells for first time offenders with work lasting about nine months.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
A. Fairmont
West Virginia
Moundsville
Mellon-Stuart Co
Douglas Warns U S Heading From Juries To Inquisitions
UPI report from Houston says Justice S. Douglas warned that legal protections eroding threaten the trial by jury system. He cited nonunanimous verdicts in some Supreme Court rulings and urged reappraisal of the accusatorial versus inquisitorial system. In Charleston a WV student died in a bicycle collision, noting the nationwide worry over jury trials.
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Houston
UPI
United States
S O. Douglas
Douglas
Texas Bar Association
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Rac
Sispick
Daniel M. Bald
Convention clash over uncommitted delegates and floor access
The 1936 Democratic convention debate centered on 4221 uncommitted delegates and a demand by poor people for 750 representatives to lobby on the floor. Officials rejected the request, offering 50 to 75 gallery passes instead. Endicott Peabody touted momentum after winning New Hampshire’s VP primary and claimed about 1,000 delegates by nomination opening.
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Murphy
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
New Hampshire
Effort Grows for Marshall Medical School with VA Support
Washington officials discuss coordinating state, VA, and congressional action to fund a Marshall University medical school near a VA hospital. Aimed at eight VA backed hospitals, the plan prioritizes rural health with a curriculum encouraging rural physicians and family doctors.
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Washington
UPI
Marshall University
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Houses
Congress
Veterans Administration
House
Senate
Randolph
Huntington
Gov
Moore
Marshall
Hechler
Appalachian Commission
ARC
Donald W. Whitehead
Cochairman
Hoffman
America
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Fairmont Firm
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Arch A. Moore
Marshall Interests
Ken Hechler
Charles A. Hoffman F
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American Medical Association
Robert C. Byrd
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