West Virginia workers recover nearly a million in back pay
A Labor Department report shows 3 780 workers in West Virginia received unpaid minimum wages totaling more than 427 000 dollars. An additional 2 102 workers collected 417 000 dollars in overtime pay. Willis Caldwell faces a preliminary murder hearing in the weekend slaying of Frank Sias in Harts Creek. Curve Inn near Huntington to host City Spirit program. Mary Elizabeth Poindexter, Queen Silvia of Mountain State Forest Festival, discusses the upcoming role.
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AMA testimony postponed amid clash with congressman over unnecessary surgeries
The Nation reports the AMA testimony by Dr. James Sammons was postponed by House Subcommittee Chair John Moss amid a dispute over alleged excessive surgical procedures. EPA finds detectable levels of pesticides in milk across 46 states but says no immediate threat. possible long term effects remain uncertain. In Orlando Bay of Pigs veterans protest Castro Cuba delegation at an international citrus symposium prompting about 20 anti Castro demonstrators to picket outside the hotel complex.
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Soviet Actress Victoria Fyodorova Finds New Fame Abroad
Russian actress Victoria Fyodorova says her earlier lonely marriage to an American pilot gave way to happiness as she leaves isolation in a luxury home. She has grown into a high fashion model with aspirations to act in American films in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Pentagon Eyes Nuclear Power
The Pentagon weighs small nuclear reactors to cut energy costs at bases including Radford Arsenal in Virginia and facilities in Norfolk Philadelphia and San Diego. A Radford pilot could emerge by 1980 with a $150 million plant of about tenth size, built in a protected area and usable for heating and industrial needs.
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Oswald Letter To IRS Revealed
The Dallas Morning News reports a November 1963 Oswald letter to the IRS noting six months of work in 1963 and plans to quit. The note references his two children and was filed in the National Archives as FBI Exhibit 274. The report links the letter to Oswald’s pre assassination actions and notes possible ties to Jack Ruby.
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Mild forecast across Gulf states and Atlantic coast
National forecast shows mild temperatures Monday for Gulf states and half the Atlantic coast while most of the country stays cool. Showers are expected in the west from the Plains to the mid Atlantic and central Gulf with a map noted by wirephoto. Extended outlook through Friday calls for partly cloudy skies with 70s in daytime highs and near normal overnight lows. River readings show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake Bluestone normal and cloudy with gates open, and Hinton gauge at 2.8 feet.
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Nixon tapes transcripts raise Watergate questions
Frost interview raises claims Nixon sought to stop FBI tracing money to his committee. Nixon admits past CIA involvement was mistaken. Colson disputes tape content and calls Frost coverage a PR job amid questions over who leaked transcripts to newspapers.
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Frost
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Time
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Dam project delays threaten Bailey Lake completion
The R. D. Bailey Lake project faces more holdups as Western Contracting Corp. defaults on concrete work, amid weather, resettlement, and grave relocation challenges. Harris aims to bid out the remaining dam face work and finish by the next construction year. The 19,000 acre complex displaces 706 families and 1300 graves, with route 80 and 52 access stretched by tourism and growth.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
General Pacific Co
Harris
R. D. Bailey Lake
Mass arraignment of about 1000 antinuclear protesters
Two Superior Court judges held court in a National Guard armory to arraign roughly 1,000 demonstrators who occupied the Seabrook nuclear plant site. Most bonds ranged from 100 to 500 dollars while some higher bonds applied for out-of-state or prior arrestees.
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Seabrook
Portsmouth
Meldrim Thomson
Paul A. Doyon
Clamshell Alliance
Quiet man clings to his father’s land after flood
Residents recall moving from a family home and fixing up a house after flood damage. They describe adding a back extension and a new furnace. Some say the dam helped the town, others disagree. One neighbor, Jack Justice, kept his porch light on all night during the flood.
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Logan
Jack Justice
Rockefeller push for culture department and welfare funding
The measure proposes creating a Department of Culture and History amid a second reorganization. It seeks 14.5 million to restore flood damage in southern West Virginia with added 5 million under Title XX boosting welfare to 12.7 million. A 1.5 million allocation is urged to finish wings at Fairmont Emergency Hospital.
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State Library Commission
Department of Culture and History
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Fairmont Emergency Hospital
Raleigh Register Subscription Rates and Tax Details
Raleigh Register lists mail rates from Beckley West Virginia with Clay Communications as publisher. Subscriptions vary by duration: one year 61.00 plus 0.85 sales tax. six months 98.60 plus 0.78 tax. three months 13.98 plus 0.41 tax. Tax applies to West Virginia addresses only. other states exempt from tax.
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Hinton
W.va
Raleigh Register
West Virginia
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