Police Beat Reports Slamming Crash Damages Cars Injuries
A car at 2:30 a.m. on South Fayette Street struck a power pole and another auto after a high speed spin. Charles E. Wade 36 of Columbus Ohio was arrested for drunken driving as two occupants suffered minor injuries. A third vehicle and power lines were damaged, with estimated losses totaling over 2,000 dollars.
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Governor Delays State Employees Pay Increase Amid Review
Gov Arch A Moore Jr plans to postpone the 1969 70 pay hike for state workers while the Government Management Task Force reports is evaluated. Some exemptions will apply for technical staff in Health Mental Health and State Road, with raises possible for those departments. The decision affects more than 20 000 workers including Civil Service and college staff. Moore cites budget constraints and possible new revenues to fund raises.
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UMW Official Challenges Yablonski Role in Campaign
Unity leader Budzanowski says Yablonski should report for reassignment or be dropped from his post amid a bid for the United Mine Workers presidency. Yablonski, former district head, has not commented, while Budzanowski warns of possible action if he continues campaign posing.
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Murchison The College Dropout Dies At 74 In Texas
Clint Murchison Sr a Texas native and once among the nation’s wealthiest men died at 4 25 a.m at Henderson County Memorial Hospital near Athens He was 74 His fortune an estimated 500 million covered oil gas railroads publishing chains theaters and the Dallas Cowboys owner Clint Murchison Jr and John Dabney were his sons and business partners The family ran operations from a modest Dallas building and he began as a bank teller before building a vast empire including New York Central and Southern Pacific holdings.
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Sears- Roebuck College
PSC Funds Water System Expansion in Boone County
A $304000 package consisting of a $353500 grant and a $151500 loan was approved for the Van Public Service District in Boone County to build a new water system serving Bigson Kelco Jackson West Junction and Gordon. It includes a filtration plant storage transmission and distribution facilities. The awards also include a $24942 contract by the General Services Administration for a boiler fuel conversion and air conditioning unit at the St Marys Post Office and bid openings for improvements at the Fairmont Post Office.
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Allied and Communist negotiators hold lengthy Vietnam talks
UPI reports one of the longest semisecret negotiating periods at the Vietnam peace talks. Nixon expressed hope for progress in 2 to 3 months as Lawrence Walsh said exchanges between the four delegations were extensive. The talks featured a public US and South Vietnamese challenge for the Communists to accept international election supervision while Viet Cong and North Vietnam rejected it.
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Charleston Drowns In River During Vietnam War Coverage
Charleston reports an 18 year old, Ronald Gandee, drowned Thursday in the Poca River near Rocky Fork while swimming with friends. A Hanoi spokesman says the event is North Vietnamese internal to the people of South Vietnam and Nixon calls for international supervision of elections. Authorities described the death as a swimming accident amid turbulent political context.
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Deaths and Funerals Earl Breckenridge James C Phillips
Pancras services are set for Earl Breckenridge 62 of 203 F St with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died at 8 am Thursday after a long illness in a local hospital and the family will receive friends after 5 pm today at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home.
Multiple Funeral Services Set Across Fayette and Surrounding Areas
Funeral notices report the deaths of Mrs Annie May Ervin 35 of Fayetteville and Lucinda Mabe Cole 87 of Coal City with services in Oak Hill Sophia and Fayetteville. Also listed are James Charles Phillips 88 of Beaver and Mrs Dola Meadows 82 of Oak Hill with details of burial and visitation.
Obituaries for Kroznek Plumley and Lambert in Rural West Virginia
Frank Kroznek of Oak Hill dies in a local hospital and his body remains at Tyree Funeral Home with funeral plans pending. Buster Plumley aged 51 of Louisville formerly Abraham dies at home after a long Army career. survivors include a son, daughter, siblings, and relatives with arrangements at Rose Funeral Home pending. John Henry Lambert, 18, of New Richmond, dies from burns suffered in a house fire. services set at Guynadotte Baptist Church with burial in Jackson Cemetery. he is survived by parents, wife, two sons, brothers, and sisters. Funeral details listed with calling hours at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home.
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Buff And Rasmussen Call Emergency Miners Meeting
Dr J E Buff announced a grass roots mass emergency meeting for Saturday at 4 pm in Phelps High School gym Kentucky. Speakers Buff and Dr Donald Rasmussen will discuss government inaction on black lung Workmen’s Compensation and the push for a national coal pension funded by the industry. About 20 000 miners in Mingo and Pike counties urged attendance to protect workers interests.
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Plague Suspect Found Near Albuquerque Village
A county health spokesman says a dead squirrel near Manera Nueva may have spread bubonic plague to residents in a remote village northeast of Albuquerque. Keith Pleasanton, 28, was initially suspected but early tests show no confirmed cases. two dozen others were tested with one potential case.
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Joe Gugliotta 83 Mabscott dies after illness
Joe Gugliotta 83 of Mabscott died at 3 15 a m in a local hospital after an extended illness. He was born September 10 1885 in Fuimidinisi Messina Italy. A merchant since 1920 he was a Catholic and a member of the Sons of Italy. He is survived by his wife Mary Noce Gugliotta. Funeral is Monday at 10 a m at St Francis de Sales Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. rosary Sunday at 730 p m at Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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Warning Delay Cited In Evans Melbourne Collision Probe
Sub Lt Twyman testified that the New Zealand destroyer Blackpool was warned late after Evans and Melbourne on June 3 collision course amid 74 deaths. He said Evans failed to acknowledge the warning promptly and the ships turned toward each other in the fatal moment.
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Court Says Government Cannot Ban Peaceful Capitol Protests
A federal judge in the District of Columbia ruled that the government may not bar peaceful protests on Capitol steps. The decision centers on Quaker antiwar demonstrators who were charged with unlawful entry after reading names of servicemen killed in Vietnam. The ruling emphasizes free speech and assembly rights unless protests become disorderly or disruptive.
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Wells Eyes West Virginia Democratic Club Candidacy
Dr Haney A Wells Jr announced his bid for president of the Young Democrats Clubs of West Virginia. Asked about a run for Congress in the Second District he said he would back Harley O Staggers Jr noting the elder Staggers has served since 1948. Wells gave a wry remark about Harley Jr being 18.
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Man charged after Wheeling shooting death
A preliminary hearing in magistrate court reduced Dewey McCamick's charge from manslaughter to negligent homicide. The 35 year old from Wheeling allegedly shot Clara Parker, 25, also of Wheeling, in McCamick's apartment on Tuesday night. Parker died Wednesday.
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Wheeling Bicentennial Marked by Governor Moore
Gov Arch A Moore Jr saluted Wheeling on its 200th anniversary noting the city as the state's third largest. He urged revival of interest in early pioneers Ebenezer Zane and his brothers who settled Wheeling in 1769 and laid foundations with blood and hope for a better future.
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Rhododendron Girls State Elects Cathy Pyles Governor
Cathy Pyles of New Martins Wille will call the legislature in an ito session to consider various bills after being sworn in Thursday by Judge Chauncey H. Browning Sr. of the State Supreme Court. Susan Segler of Huntington delivered the farewell address.
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Huntington
Army Chief Sees Rising Desertions Amid Vietnam War Morale
At a March 1 hearing Lt. Gen. A. Q. Connor said morale among U S troops in Vietnam was high while acknowledging more recruits arrive undisciplined. He cited desertion uptrends over three years, with 3.3 desertions per 1000 men monthly, and noted 54 deserters sought foreign refuge while over 190000 volunteered for Vietnam service.
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Newspaper Co Op Legislation Faces Fire in Congress
The Nixon administration urged defeat of the Newspaper Preservation Act, arguing it would breach free enterprise by permitting price fixing and profit pooling. Atty. Gen. McLaren said joint publishing deals might be limited but urged delaying action pending court outcomes and Tucson case rulings. He warned antitrust immunity could invite wider industry demands.
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Hearing Delayed For Youths Charged With Murder In Fire
In Parkerburg authorities postponed a preliminary hearing for two teenagers accused of murder in a house fire that killed eight relatives. Susie Bailey 15 and Roger Bailey 13 faced charges after alleged gasoline siphoning and arson led to the blaze that killed their father Charles Bailey 41 his wife and ten siblings. The hearing was reset to June 30 to determine if the youths will be tried as adults.
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Woman sues Coca Cola Co over exploding drink injuries
Mrs Essie Polosky of Waynesburg filed suit in Greene County Court seeking damages over 10000 claiming a bottle of carbonated beverage exploded causing cuts to her arm. Defendants include Coca Cola Co and agency offices in Waynesburg and Morgan Town WV.
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