Rockefeller Favored In Fayette County Poll
The Fayette Tribune reports a county poll showing Secretary of State John D. Rockefeller a two to one favorite over Governor Ardh Moore Jr. among Fayette voters. With 250 voters surveyed, Rockefeller leads 50.2 to 25.3 percent with 24.5 percent undecided.
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Ardh Moore Jr
Danny E. Wright
Oak Hill
W. Va. Tech
Rockefeller
Moore
the Tribune
James Sprouse
Fayette County
Sprouse
Rockefeller to Visit Fayette for Coffee Miners Visit
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Rockefeller travels to Fayette County with a public coffee at the Scout Cabin Oak Hill park at 1 30 p m. The Fayette County Democrat Executive Committee and the Young Democrats co sponsor the event. He will tape a WOAY TV appearance and greet coal miners at the Summerlee Mine Lochgelly at 3 30 p m.
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Jay Rockefeller
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Park
Democrat Executive Committee
Young Democrats
Rockefeller
Woay-Tv
Summerlee
Lochgelly
Copper Piercing Creates Gorgonzola Mold Color
United Press International notes that the greenish mold on Gorgonzola cheese results from piercing with copper needles after 20 days of love-drying, developing its distinctive appearance.
Regional News Service Correspondents Open Local Reporting
Raleigh and surrounding communities are urged to send news pieces marked with the RNS logotype. Local correspondents list include Bradley Sand Branch Mrs. William Gilkerson phone 877-2581 and Crab Orchard Mrs. Donnie Nuckols phone 252-7011 among others.
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Glen White
Donnie Nuckols
The Godfather and Society Aims Under Fire
Hollywood debates The Godfather impact on society. Castello and Frederickson defend loyalty and organized crime as a social choice while lawmen warn organized crime inflates crime and erodes government. The piece weighs moral business versus entertainment value and the film’s possible cultural effect.
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Hollywood
NEA
Paramount
Richard $. Castellano
Castellano
Greg Frederickson
Richard S. Castellano
al Pacino
Burmese Herbal Medicine Seminar Urges Purge of Quacks
Burmese officials discuss indigenious medicine in Rangoon highlighting the need to weed out quacks who pose as professors. A government driven program seeks scientific standardization, cataloging medicinal plants and validating herbal remedies for medical and potential Western drug use.
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Rangoon
Burma
UPI
Arts and Sciencies ‘University
Buffalo Creek PLD Approved in Logan Court
Logan County Circuit Court approved creation of a Buffalo Creek Public Service District to lay new water and sewer lines funded by federal dollars after the Feb 26 flood. Up to $6 million is expected for the project. Appointees are Newman Merritt Lundale, 2 years. Charles Cowan Braeholm, chair of the disaster committee, 4 years. and Charles Fry Accoville, 6 years.
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Logan
W. Va
UPI
Logan Cowery Court
Buffalo Creek Valley
Newman Merritt
Lundale
Charles Cowan
Braeholm
Buffalo Creek Citizens Disaster Committee
Charles Fry
Accoville
Elk River Drownings Claim Two More Lives
The Elk River at Coonskin Park in Kanawha County drowned Phyllis Diamond 19 of New York and Richard Jarrett 23 of Columbus Ohio Sunday at about 530 PM. They were with four other youths near a no swimming area.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Elk River
Coonskin Park
Kanawha County
Phyllis Diamond
New York
Richard Jarrett
Columbus
Ohio
UPI Photographer Killed In Vietnam
UPI photographer Gerard Hebert aged 45 was killed by Communist artillery near Quang Tri City in South Vietnam. Hebert from Montreal also worked for CBC and was the first Canadian journalist killed in Indochina. The attack also wounded a U S adviser as a 150 round barrage struck the South Vietnamese 11th Airborne Battalion headquarters. Hebert is the 30th foreign reporter killed in Vietnam since 1954 and among the latest losses around Quang Tri. Other fatalities occurred in Laos and Cambodia.
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Saigon
UPI
Gerard Hebert
United Press International
Quang Tri City
Hebert
Montreal
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
CBC
U.S
11Th Airborne
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Mk&t
America
Kansas Line
Denison
Tex
Nelson seeks ban on weather warfare and firestorms
Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin vows to amend the military authorization bill to bar funding for weather modification and firestorm activities as U S war tactics. He warns of grave environmental warfare consequences and cites reported U S attempts in Indochina during the 1960s.
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Washington
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
U. S
Wisconsin Democrat
Indochina
Nelson
Pentagon
Lightning Strikes Twice In Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia police report McDowell Countian Jack W Hardy 44 was robbed twice within 20 minutes. Three men jumped him took a suitcase with 250 dollars of clothes and 180 dollars in Travelers Checks. Six blocks later a boy on a bicycle snatched 80 cents with a wire hair comb held to his throat.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPI
McDowell
Jack W. Hardy
Squire
Hardy
Area Churches Hold Annual Clothing Drive
About 65 letters were sent to ministers in Beckley Mount Hope Oak Hill and Fayetteville for the Church World Service clothing drive. The Mount Hope Presbyterian Church depot accepts used clothing by August 26 for pickup August 28 at 8 am. A $3 contribution buys a blanket for those without clothing.
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Mount Hope
Beckley
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Church World Service
Ted Jaeger
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Death notices and funeral details from local obituaries
Obituaries list Ozell Clark 64 of Lester with service at First Baptist Church and burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. infant Thomas DeWayne Bruner body at Rose & Quesenberry with graveside rites at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Minyard Elbert Thompson 87 of Piney View funeral at Peace Chapel with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Includes ad text for floral services and miscellaneous notices about lost items and a dog.
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Ozell
Lester
First Baptist Church
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie & Sounton Funeral Parlor
Bruner Bruner
Thomas DeWayne
James Bruner
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
South Kanawha St
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
J. W. Berry
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Thompson ‘Thompson
Minyard Elbert
Piney View
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
South
Kanawha Street
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Cecil Smith
Blue Ridge Memoria Gardens
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