Nixon seeks independent legal services firm to aid the poor
President Nixon asked Congress to create an independent legal services corporation to replace the OEO program. The plan calls for a bipartisan board, mostly lawyers, to run grants and contracts with firms to provide legal aid, represent the poor before federal agencies, and limit to noncriminal cases.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
Congress
Legal Services Corporation
Legal Service Department
Office of Economic Opportunity
House
Senate
Imember
Legal Services
OEO
Deaths and Funerals Chronicle Local Obituaries
Final rites are set for Fred Buster Ward 56 Lester Friday at 2 in Williams Funeral Home Sophia with Rev Tolliver. burial Hot Oval Cemetery. Ward found dead in his car along W V A 16 near Crab Orchard. autopsy pending. Survivors include Daisy Hawkins Ward wife son Gary and multiple siblings. Funeral home visitation Thursday 6 9 p m. Ward formerly with Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. Other obituaries include James Tyler Craddock 79 Martinsville VA died en route to hospital after two car crash. services Thursday at Chatham Heights Baptist Martinsville. burial Roselawn Park. William W Morris Jr 49 Russell Point OH longtime Army Lt Col military rites Arlington National Cemetery. Leola Hatten Cleveland OH formerly East Park died Monday. services Friday Watson Funeral Home Cleveland. survivors Henry Robinson Letha Hatten and others.
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Fred Buster Ward
Lester
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
W. F. Tolliver
Hot Oval
Ward
W.va
Crab Orchard
Meadow Creek
A. L
Clay Elizabeth Ward
Maben
Winding
Lowell
N.C
Mauriel Hawkins
Beckley
Edith Wheeler
Indiana
Alice Richardson
Chicago
Ill
Roy Allen
Richard Daniels
Orville Barr
Jess Saunders
Bud Alderman
Ralph Ward
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Stotesbury
Helen
James Tyler Craddock
Martinsville
Lena Craddock
Georgia K. Woodall
Axton
Virginia Lopez
Chatham Heights Baptist Church
Roselawn Park
Stone Funeral Home
William W. Morris Jr
Russell Point
Ohio
Quinnimont
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Wright Patterson
J Air Force Base Hospital
Mount Hope High School
Mortis
United States Army
Johns
Edith Morris
Oak Hill
William W. Morris
Faye Morris
Sgt
Douglas Morris
Cherry Point
N. C
Robert
Raymond
Flint
Mich
Thomas
Oxon Hill
David Morris
Princeton
Evelyn Sheaves
Springfield
Charlotte Anderson
Oak Park
Betty Spivak
Skokie
Barbara Price
Madison
Marjorie Butcher
Patty McIntire
Dunbar
Leola Hatten
Cleveland
East Park
Watson
Henry Robinson
Letha Hatten
Alice Curtiss
Mount Hope
James Robinson
Jenny Toney
Ethel Coston
Death rites set for James R Morris former Beckley officer
Final rites for James Ray Morris, 57, of 911 Jefferson Ave., Moundsville will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Grissell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial follows at the Veteran's Cemetery in Moundsville. He died at 10:35 a.m. Monday in a Wheeling hospital after a short illness.
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James Ray ‘Morris
Jefferson Ave
Moundsville
Beckley City
Grissell Funeral Home
Veteran’s
Wheeling
Marshall U Plane Crash Data Recorder Error Found
Huntington paper reports the flight data recorder from the Southern Airways DC9 crash at Tri-State Airport on November 14 contained an incorrect readout. NTSB official Edward Slattery says refigured data align with crew readings. public record to include updated figures within a week. Sixty? five: 75 people died, including 37 Marshall University football players.
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Huntington
UPI
Southern Airways
Tri-State
Herald-Dispatch
National Transportation Safety Board
Edward Slattery
Slattery
Marshall
Marshall University
Victory Now Protest Set For Washington March
Fundamentalist preacher Carl McIntire plans a Saturday march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Washington Monument grounds to counter antiwar protests. Demonstrators will sing hymns and carry Bibles, stating the rally will promote “Victory Now” as an answer to Haiphong’s protesters.
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Washington
UPI
Carl McIntire
Vietnam
McIntire
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
America
America the Beautiful
Haiphong
Abolitionists and District Names Listed in County Reference
A long list of individuals across numerous counties and districts names appears, including Romine White Cabell Reed Clay Cradall Myles Toney Fayette Griffith Hancock Colombo Kopp Louris Wanstreet Harrison Copenhaver Lilly Paterno Zakaib Kopelman Kanawha Mulheix Lewis Queen Logan Fantasia Neely Shingleton Marion McKenzie Moore Pauley Scott McDowell Christian Huffman Lohr Mercer Varney Mingo Tucker Nicholas Merritt McManus Sparacini Raleigh Starmaker Randolph Paul Motas Taylor Shaffer Upshur D. P. Given Webster Calendine Wood Hawse Third District Bowman Fourth District Burke Seventh District.
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Varney
Mingo
Tucker
Nicholas
Merritt
McManus
Sparacini
Raleigh
Starmaker
Randolph
Paul Motas
Taylor
Shaffer
Upshur
D. P. Given
Webster
Calendine
Wood
Hawse
Bowman
Burke
Moore Announces Completion of Five Year Licensing Fixes
Moore told reporters the five year licensing system bugs are being worked out and that Finance Commissioner John M. Gates will release the final one percent of the six percent spending reserve. He said all spending units will have full use of appropriated funds for the rest of the fiscal year. The State Board of Investments will escalate support for the West Virginia Housing Development Fund with $7.3 million underwritten and standby backing up to $9.5 million at seven percent interest.
Industry-Financed Ads Spark Debate on Pollution Fight
Washington reports that Keep America Beautiful funds new antipollution ads featuring Captain Cleanup Kid Coolit and Chief Ironeyes Cody to urge individual action and lessen blame on business and government. Environmental Action criticizes the campaign as shifting responsibility and urges focus on recycling.
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America
Washington
UPI
Keep
America Beautiful
Captain Cleanup
Kid Coolit
Ironeyes Cody
Nixon
Environmental Action, Inc
Sparkle City
Louie
Peter Harnik
Environmental Action
Reagan says he paid no state income tax in 1970
Gov Ronald Reagan disclosed he paid no California state income tax in 1970 due to investment losses. A tax official said he probably paid no federal tax either, while critics accused him of double standard as Democrats seized on the issue amid a cash shortfall and anticipated outside borrowing.
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Sacramento
Calif
Reagan
California
Lawyers Seek Hearing on Gooden Firing
In Morgantown UPI reports the Department of Public Safety board may hear ex trooper Preston Gooden’s case. His attorneys Ross Maruka and Franklin Cleckley ask the bi partisan two man board to reinstate him to the State Police Post. They seek a bill of particulars detailing the violations that led to his dismissal on April 24 after he accused officials of interference by department and governor's office representatives. The appeal to the board is the first step before a possible Supreme Court case. Board members are Harold Frankel and James B. Record.
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Morgantown
UPI
Department of Public Safety
Board of Commissioners
Preston Gooden
Gooden
Ross Maruka
Fairmont
Franklin Cleckley
Civic Club
Governor’s Office
State Supreme Court
R. L. Bonar
Harold Frankel
Huntington
James B. Record
St. Marys
Dollar Pressure Triggers Gold Rally in London
The dollar's decline continues to unsettle long-range plans for a common West European currency. As speculation against the dollar grows, gold prices rise reaching $40 an ounce in London on Tuesday.
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London
Beckley Officials Tend To Fines In Private Lot Case
C. R. Burress of Beckley was fined $10 by the Municipal Court for a private lot violation. Fern Brown of Beckley faced city court charges of blocking traffic and was fined $10.
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C. R. Burress
Beckley
Fern Brown
Beckley man jailed on resist arrest charge
Gary Ferguson of Route 4 Box 108 Beckley was lodged in Raleigh County Jail by Sheriff's Deputies at 4 35 a.m. today and charged with resisting arrest.
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Gary Ferguson
Route
Beckley
Raleigh
Sheriff's
Merritt Denies Selling Vote Allegations
Mrs Merritt denounces claims she was paid to take a stance on an issue. She calls the charges grossly irresponsible and malicious and says she would not sell her vote to strip miners or anyone. She decries the insinuation as an insult to her intelligence and to the group opposing the position.
Prisoner release talks hinge on an agreed date
The dialogue centers on setting a fixed date for releasing all POWs, with assurances they will be transported home immediately after agreement on procedures. Acknowledgement that releases would occur even before any peace is signed, and that prisoners could return home with flowers from Vietnam.
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Halpern
Vietnam
Hatcher Wins Gary Democratic Primary in Historic Victory
Richard G. Hatcher, 37, a leading black mayoral candidate, swept Tuesday's Democratic primary in Gary, Indiana, with 32,270 votes to 19,405 for Dr Alexander S Williams. The 50 percent black city, and strong black precincts propelled Hatcher while white precincts lagged.
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Gary
Ind
UPI
Richard G. Hatcher
Hatcher
Broadway
Alexander S. Williams
Democratic Party
Lake County
Williams
Rogers in Cairo Pushes Suez Canal Peace Talks
Secretary of State William P. Rogers met Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad and Prime Minister Mahmoud Fawzi to press Egypt’s canal reopening and an Arab Israeli accord. He outlined U.S. stance on troop positioning east of the canal and plans to visit Israel to advance negotiations with Sadat and Nasser’s family noted.
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Cairo
UPI
William P. Rogers
Middle East
U.S
Mahmoud Riad
Mahmoud Fawzi
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
Suez
Israel
Rogers
Jerusalem
Anwar Sadat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Sharm el- Sheikh
Gulf of
Aqaba
Sharm el-Sheikh
Riad
Music Fest Tonight in Fayetteville at Second Baptist
The Youth Chorus of the New River District Music Convention conducts a Music Fest at Second Baptist Church Fayetteville at 7 30 p m with special solos groups and choirs featuring the event.
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Fayetteville
RNS
New River District Music Convention
Second Baptist Church
Early Warning Spy Satellite Put Into Orbit
The Air Force launched the second large early warning spy satellite from Cape Kennedy to provide faster retaliatory warning against missile attacks from Russia or China. The 1,800 pound craft aims for a stationary orbit over Asia, replacing a prior satellite stranded by rocket failure last November. It should monitor ICBM tests, detect submarine launched missiles, and distinguish orbital launches from ordinary satellites.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Air Force
United States
Russia
Red China
Asia
China
Trial Opens In Raleigh Circuit Court Over Two Vehicle Wreck
Mrs Mildred Moore and her son Larry Moore sue Beckley resident Eugene Harold McKay for injuries from a February 19 1970 Crab Orchard wreck near Webb s Florists and Greenhouses. McKay faces a cross suit while Pete Techak sues Hayward Washburn for 10000 over a July 3 1970 Sprague collision. Jurors in the Moore McKay case and Techak Washburn action are seated with alternates.
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Mildred Moore
Larry Ee
Eugene Harold McKay
Beckley
McKay
Cross
Raleigh County
Pete Techekk
Hayward C. Washburn
Bradley
Techak
Washburn
Sprague
Moore-McKay
Webb
Paul Moye
Margaret Nelson
Earl Milam
Oren Graham
Sammy Gillenwater
Darrell Lilly
Robert L. Lively
Fern Harris
James Mallamas
Mose Eller
Mary Evelyn Smith
Edna Hylton
Traffic Citations Majors Hickman McKinney and Grady
Police cited Garnell Hickman for improper registration and driving without a state license. Robert McKinney was arrested for driving at night without lights and losing vehicle control. Both men face Municipal Court on May 10. Bruce Grady received two counts of defective equipment and is ordered to court on May 17.
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Garnell Hickman
Patch St
Robert McKinney
Tolley Dr
McKinney
Hickman
Bruce Grady
Sheridan Ave
Grant Proposal Clarified for West Virginia Senior Citizens Aid
A $515 000 grant to Raleigh and Fayette counties for senior citizens programs was clarified at the State White House Conference on Aging in Charleston. The Fayette County portion is about $6,000 and the grant hinges on a proposal already received by the West Virginia Commission on Aging.
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Raleigh
Fayette County
West Virginia Commission On Aging
White House
Charleston
Fayette
Margaret Hill
Raleigh County Community Action
ACCAA
Simeon Warren
Stotesbury Miners Fail To Return To Work
About 390 to 400 miners at the Stotesbury mine walked off at midnight Monday in a dispute after 50 workers were temporarily discharged Friday by Eastern Associated Coal Corp. A United Mine Workers spokesman said the walkout followed that action, and Ben Romero said places would be found for the discharged workers in other Eastern mines.
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Stotesbury
United Mine Workers
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Ben Romero
Eastern
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Independent Corporation
OEO Legal Services
Board of Directors
Fred B. Ward
James T. Craddock
William Morris Jr
Mrs
James R. Morris
Evangelistic Services
Memorial Baptist Church
South
Kanawha St
Bob
Marshall U
Abolitionists
Moore
Ronald Reagan
Gov. Reagan
George ‘Moscone
San Francisco
Alfred E.alquist
Richard Hatcher
Ecology Watch
Buffalo Mining Co
Lorado
Oceana District
Wyoming County
Wythe Contractors Corp
Wytheville
Huff Creek
K and N Coals
Clear Fork
Roadway Builders, Inc
Main St. Rainelle
Quinimont District
F and F Mining Corp
Cabin Creek
Kanawha
Fayette Counties
Whitesville A & S Coal Company, Inc
Quinnimont District
Fayette Co
Bologna Mining Co
Weirton
Richmond District
Oscar Vecellio, Inc
Slab Fork
Department of Natural Resources
Room 322
Washington Street East
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