Peacher fails bid for new trial in Jefferson County murder case
Charles Town Charles Péacher Jr. lost a Monday bid for a new trial after Circuit Court Judge Pierre Dostert denied the request. Pedegin remains sentenced to life, and Péacher was moved to the state penitentiary in Moundsville. He was convicted May 27 for the murder of former Jefferson County Sheriff Rowland Moreland. The jury imposed life in prison without mercy. Huntington The NAACP plans to recognize Rev. Benjamin Ward as acting Huntington Branch president. William Penn says a hearing will determine merit of a complaint against suspended local president Jaren McDowell. Charleston Larry W. Cochran of Charleston received five years probation in a U S District Court case involving $5 000 in stolen silver pieces from a Washington woman. Judge John T. Copenhaver also ordered Cochran to perform public service. Two other men were given shorter prison terms. A West Virginia Public Service Commission hearing will consider Continental Trailways bid to cut bus service by one third in southern West Virginia. The company reports a loss of 239 085 on West Virginia operations last year. Charleston planners initiate a traffic study to guide transport for a projected coal boom and energy demand, focusing on several mine sites.
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Jefferson County
Pierre Dostert
Peachér
Pedegin
Peacher
Moundsville
Oo Peacher
Rowland Moreland
National Naacp Hias
Benjamin Ward
Huntington
William Penn
National Naacp
Patel
Jaren McDowell
McDowell
Larry W. Cochran
Charleston
U. S. District Court
Washington, D.C
Dudge John T. Copenhaver
Cochran
Public Service Door
Joseph Anata
Robert Corns
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Continental Trailways
West Virginia
Richard A. Trice
Trailways
Trice
Charleaton
West Virginia Department of Highways
Bilandic Victory Hint As Daley Legacy Fades In Chicago
In Chicago Michael Bilandic eyes a likely Democratic win as Richard J Daley disappears from the mayoral ballot for the first time since 1951. Dennis Block, his Republican rival, shifts aims from 40 percent to about 20 percent as a Rocky inspired underdog in the Democratic stronghold. In Washington the US prepares to ship a 40 ton superconducting magnet to the Soviet Union for testing in a joint energy program begun in 1973. It will be used in a Soviet power generator thought to exceed conventional designs.
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Richard J. Daley
Michael A. Bilandic
Bilandic
Dennis Block
Rocky
Block
United States
Soviet Union
Energy Research and Development Administration
Russia
Premier Pham Van Dong Meets Brezhnev in Moscow
Vietnam Premier Pham Van Dong meets Soviet Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev in the Kremlin during a Moscow visit. The nations discuss bilateral matters and regional concerns in a formal reception depicted by wirephoto.
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Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Vietnam
Pham van Dong
Kremlin
Where Is Amin Plane Over Dublin Seeming Mystery
Conflicting reports from airport officials in four countries swirl around a Uganda bound aircraft suspected to be Idi Amin's. Unclear if Amin is aboard or heading to London for the Commonwealth summit as observers question the plane’s route and origin.
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Idi Amin
Dublin
London
Amin
Uganda
Carter Faces B1 Bomber Decision Amid Debate
President Carter weighs a final decision on the expensive B1 bomber with supporters and opponents meeting this week. He aims to decide in May after talks with advisers and lawmakers, while Pentagon planners seek 244 aircraft at over 20 billion dollars as a hedge against aging fleets and missile vulnerabilities.
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Carter
Hri Carter
Oval Office
Paul Landry
New Hampshire
Congress
Pentagon
Municipal elections under way in Rhodell and Sophia towns
Voters packed Rhodell polls by 11 am with 57 ballots cast as 259 registered voters exist. Slates from Citizens, Progressive, and Independent parties compete for mayor recorder and council in Rhodell and Sophia where 112 of 850 voters had voted by 11 am. Polls open 6:30 am to 7:30 pm. four county towns vote every two years on the first Tuesday in June with July 1 start for elected officers.
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Robert Gray
Edward Farley
Edward Parrish
Elijah Raig
Rhodell
Shirley Young
Clifton Graham
Fay McConnell
Ruby Augustine
Rosa McKinney
Wilma Widick
Les Walton
Goldie Shrewsbury
Progressive Party
Luther Fletcher
Geraldine Smith
Recorder
Jimmy Farruggia
Charles Hornbuckle
Troy Johnson
Robert Anderson
Audrey McGrady
Independent Party
Silvanus Kelley
Della Mae Smith
Edgar Cox
James Sargent
Roger Maynard
Frankie Hurbert
Sophia
Ernest Nichols
Citizen's Party
Paul Flanagan
Naty McElrath Martin
Jack Branham
R.crowning
M D
Don) Farley
David
Frame
Ron Taylor
Robert Powers
Dennis Saunders
Donald Stone
William Benfield
Michael Sutyak
George Hawley
Bernard Edwards
Raleigh County Sheriff's Office
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Mabscott
Deadly storms lash Atlantic coast killing six people
Across the Atlantic coast severe thunderstorms and tornadoes produced extensive damage. At least six people died and eight were missing as the Dixie Lee II overturned in Chesapeake Bay with fourteen rescued. Tornadoes, high winds, hail, and power outages hit Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama.
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National Weather Service
Atlantic Coast
Chesapeake Bay
Jay Gallagher
Tidewater
Virginia
Norfolk City Hall
Georgia
Lakeside
Joe Telford
Clarksville
Pam
Georgia Mountains
South Carolina
Spartanburg
D.C
Sai
North Carolina
Wilkes County
N.C
Alabama
National Fair skies forecast with cool weather nationwide
Weather outlook predicts cool and fair conditions for most of the nation on Tuesday, with warm spells in the Southwest and western plains. Extended outlook shows a warming trend into the weekend with daytime highs in the 60s to 70s and overnight lows around 40 to 50. River and lake conditions noted with modest changes and gauges open.
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Plains
Wirephots
Miller Sees Avertable Strike And Move Of UMW HQ
Miller outlines goals for a new operator-hirer pact due December 6. He urges a limited enforced strike right, stable bargaining, improved pension and fringe benefits, and predicts 28,000 more miners in four years. He notes plans to relocate UMW headquarters between Charleston and Pittsburgh with construction by spring.
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Miller
UMW
Washington, D.C
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Nova Scotia
Washington
Deputy Named In West Virginia Jail Suicide Lawsuit
A multi defendant suit filed in U S District Court in Charleston accuses Raleigh County deputies Harold Cant Dar ee and ee and Arthur Marcum of negligence over the January suicide of Thomas A Billings 23 in custody. The claim names Sheriff Okeyland and others plus an insurance agency. Mrs B M Billings mother of the inmate alleges improper warnings and jail procedures.
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Raleigh
Okeyland
U.S. District. Court
Charleston
Ounty
Arthur Marcum
Akin County
Imate
B.M. Billings
Midway
A. Billings
Matcum
Mills
Harold Cant
Daree
Ee Arestrers. Insurance Co
Beckley
Eugene D. Pecora
Billings
Canterberry and
Green
Tough energy efficiency rule for 1982 home loans
A House Commerce subcommittee backed a mandatory energy efficiency provision by 12 to 8. If approved by the full committee and both houses, any buyer obtaining a home loan from 1982 onward would need an energy efficiency certification, affecting federal and federally regulated loans.
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Carter
Mittee
Houses of
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