Objections to removal of greenbox trash in Midway
Midway residents and private haulers voiced strong objections at a county commission meeting over removing greenbox trash receptacles. The Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council plans a trial removal to gauge private hauler impact, with concerns about service gaps and old age residents unable to pay. Regional Health Council will meet haulers to ensure continued service before removal, and commissioners reappointed Starry Gilbert to the Airport Authority and approved a janitor payment for building access.
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Midway
County Commission
Southern
West Virginia
Wey
Lanark
Hassell Cook
Cook
al Fian
Sup
Regional Health Council
Comeissigners
Starry Gilbert
Beckley
Raleigh County
Pettos School
Coal River
Whilesville
Helms Testimony Ties CIA to Domestic Violations in Rockefeller Report
The Rockefeller Commission’s 299 page report details CIA domestic violations and assassination plot concerns during Helms era. It cites Operation CHAOS and massive mail intercepts in several cities, with Helms defending or briefing officials on why such actions continued. Senate and House figures react as investigations persist and Ford signals further action.
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Helms
Washington
Rockefeller Commission
CLA
Alough
CIA
Rockefeller
Langier
J Johnson
Nixon
New York
New Orleans
San Fancisco
Honplula
John Nikehel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cotran
Deaths and funerals in Fayette and surrounding areas
Funeral services Tuesday through Sunday mark the deaths of Sammes Laney Mathews 35 of Oak Mathews Fayette County clerk and others. Survivors include wife Neva or Neva Jane Mathews daughter and siblings. Final rites held at Dodd Payne in Fayetteville with entombment at Blow Ridge mausoleum. Additional obituaries list Clara Neely Jones 69 of Oak Hill Norma Margaret Ruf 69 of Oak Hill and several residents of Beckley Meadow Bridge Mount Hope and Stanaford Road with services at Tyree Calvary and Blue Ridge funeral homes. multiple survivors and church affiliations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammes Laney (Chick) Mathews
Duk
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
BB. Breitenhirt
Blow Ridge
Martinsurg
Wis
Carlisle
Mathews
Corbett Land Neva Wilkergon Mathews
Qak
Clara Neely Jones
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
Qink Hill
El's
Norma Margaret
Summersee
Oak Hol
Cleveland Baptist Church
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley
Letcher
Ida Smith Worley
Clyde F
Kennett E
Ernest J
Daney R
Margaret E. Ward
Oak Hill
George Other
James
Virgil Worley
Minden
Ella Greene
Bumbers
Thelsea Greene
Prince
Juanita Worley
Ernest Barley
Hilltop Cemeers
Hilltop
Barly
Tyree Ponerad
Oak Hil
Ernest Onter Vandall
Meadow Bridge
Calvary Baptist Church
Frank McKown
Ruria
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Nellie Austin
Janie Lusk
Mead
Arnold Walker
Mount Hope
Kilsyth
Omer E
Mary Elizabeth Hoffer Walker
Herbert R. Mount Hope
NM. Day
Tyree Funeral Home
Melvin
Billtop
m.Walit
Virginia’ Nadine Walker
Stanaford Road
Red Slat
Lannie Pl
Lucy Kelly Craft
Corinne Baptist Church
Mutlens
Becks
Sweeney
Thomas Cesti
Lorain Ohio
Carl Craft
Gandhi's Fate After Court Ruling Sparks Election Debate
Gandhi faced pressure after a High Court ruling with President's rule imposed on the state. The prime minister, asserting unity, avoided a firm resignation while signaling to the nation she may stay on, amid an election cycle and shifting public support. Eighty six people died in the unrest.
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Als
Gandhi
Gujarat
Congress
Park Supervisor Describes Missing Smith as Dependable
Police said a preliminary investigation indicates Smith died the day after his disappearance. Richard Dale, superintendent of the park, called Smith totally dependable and not the hippie type. Officials questioned residents of several communes, but Burner stressed that inquiries should not imply commune dwellers are suspects.
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Smith
Richard Dale
Burner
Teachers seek same benefits as other citizens in summer
Oklahoma Governor Boren rejects extending unemployment benefits to teachers. The Supplementary Unemployment Assistance Act leaves unemployment definitions to states, prompting moves in New York Alabama and Michigan to close loopholes. Discussions note teachers’ year round status and excluded summer periods.
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Lee
Oklahoma
David Boren
New York
Harold Kasper
North Catalina
Alabama
California Group To Buy DMC For 36 Million
Governor Arch Moore announced that a California investment group agreed to purchase Fallen DMC and seven loan companies in West Virginia for 36 million dollars. The plan aims to revive the firms and return all money owed to depositors and debenture holders, with a full recovery anticipated.
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Charleston
W.a
UPI
Arch Moore
DMC
Moore
Federal Core
West Virginia
Energy tax plan status under debate in House
The energy plan supports a three cent federal gasoline tax increase rejected by the House, with leaders split on urgency. A provision sets 18.5 mpg as the standard for 1978 cars, imposing fines of $5 per tenth mpg shortfall per vehicle, potentially raising prices. Rep. Philip Sharp calls it a strong middle ground amid broader energy proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Philip Sharp
Dind
Krueger
Bill Frenzel
Court budget fight centers on three-day reading rule
The West Virginia Constitution requires three separate readings for bills. Gov Arch Moore challenges the 1975 Legislature action on a target budget. The Supreme Court weighs a second suit challenging constitutionality as heating was set for the original court.
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West Virginia
Ss. Herndon
Supreme Court
Arch Moore
Hostages Held in Zaire Guerrilla Standoff
Barbara Smuts, 24, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, was released to relay guerrilla demands from a heavily defended jungle village in Zaire. The kidnappers threaten to shoot the hostages if their terms are not met by next month as Steiner and U8 officials seek a compromise. Steiner plans return soon to Burundi or western Tanzania, nearby where the abduction occurred.
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Bergman
Holland
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
Shedowy
Sinice
Steiner
Burundi
Zaire
Tanzania
Women employed by Eastern Associated Coal Corp shift details
Eight women are now employed inside the mines by the Eastern Associated Coal Corp and all work in West Virginia mines. Four are on the midnight shift with two on the day shift and two on the evening shift. The local employment office address is 1302 Eisenhower Dr Beckley.
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Eastern Coal Co
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
West Virginia
Eastern Mines
Eisenhower
Becktey
Nedzi Quits CIA Inquiry Post Amid Subcommittee Row
Nedzi resigns as head of a CIA inquiry panel after clashes with Democrats over control of the subcommittee. He says disagreement and frustration led to his departure, noting the role offered national visibility but little real power. Stanton is to assume direction under an agreement with rebelling Democrats.
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House
Carl Alberi
Ren
Lugien Nedzi
Mich
CIA
Nez
CIA Activites
Albert
Ile House
Harrington
Nedzi
Stanton
CEA
Neda
Ith
Morgan Murphy
Nedai
Mr San Diego Remains Free In San Diego Court Plea
A former high profile financier once nicknamed Mr San Diego faced a federal judge pleading no contest to conspiring to defraud his bank of 27.5 million. Judge Schnacke suspended a two year prison term and imposed a 30000 dollar fine with five years probation. Co defendant Philip A Toft had counts dismissed five days before trial.
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Lawrence Olsen
SAN Diego
UPI
White House
C. Arnhalt Smith
U.S. National Bank of San Diego
Comptroller of the Treasury
U.S
U.S. District Court
Robert Schnacke
Justice Department
Smith
Schnacke
Philp A. Toft
Toft
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Fle
Belfast car bomb kills 3 year old girl in Protestant area
A booby trapped car exploded outside a Belfast home injuring the father and killing a three year old girl in a predominantly Protestant district. The blast followed another fatal early morning blast near a Roman Catholic bar that left two men dead but no bar patrons harmed.
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Belfast
UPI
Fragmented OCR notice from 1974 postal rates and fees
The readable fragments reference postage paid at Beckley and Union, West Virginia, a 1974 date, and various listed charges and totals. The garbled text includes mentions of a vigil and Sunday charges, year subscription figures, and mentions of states and counties, but no coherent event or full names. The item appears as a damaged newspaper notice with financial figures and locations.
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Bekly
Unn
Prince SL
Mecklep AK
Becktey
Ulinton
Detober
Thirly
Sunddy
Dix Swanthey
W.va
Dade
Sunelaw
Theo
Sya
Lola
Sinan
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Walter Huddleston
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Cincinnati Baseball
Reds
Cubi
SUN
Channel
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
Derek & O'Neill
Johnstown Road
Beckley, West Virginia
James L. Mathews
Mrs
Norma Ruff
George Toler
George D Toler
South Fayette St
Tong
Muds. Va
George
Maury Toler
Shiloh Baptist Church
Sprague
Rocky Gap
Pickshin
Otsego
Toler
Ministers and
Cargie Toter
Ritchie and Johnson
Ernest C. Vandal
Arnold M. Walker
Virginia Walker
Michigan
Employment Security Commission
Mather
Jamil Ahmed
Beckley Medical Arts
San Diego Padres
Bank
Westgate-California Corp
Federal Bank
Internal Revenue Service
Helsinki
Kalevi Soarsa
Finland
Urho K. Kekkonen
Cotati
Man
Paamad
Io Vinlend
Vancouver
B.C
Cenvicts
CKNW
Gary Bannerman
Mak
Ttem
Mary Steinhauser
Kim Murphy
Bannerman
Lansing
William Milliken
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
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