Parent Reveals Airlines Felt DC9 Unsafe For Marshall Trip
The father of Marshall football player Bob Harris produced three letters allegedly from Southern Airways officials voicing reluctance to charter DC9 jets for Marshall due to load and weather concerns. The letters discuss load limits, operational risks, and FAA restrictions guiding a Greensboro run to East Carolina. Harris seeks reopened NTSB hearings, while Southern Airlines declined comment.
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Marshall
Cincinnati
UPI
Marshall University
Southern Airways
Robert Harris
Bob
Huntington
W.va
Harris
Merrill Taylor
Charter
Southern
Charles Kautz
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Washington
Taylor
Kinston
N.C
Greenville
East Carolina University
Bombing Threat Evacuates Raleigh County Courthouse
A bomb threat prompted a courthouse evacuation in Raleigh County. Deputies and staff cleared offices and searched the building for about 45 minutes after a caller claimed a bomb would detonate at 9 40 a m. The jail was not evacuated and no device found.
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Raleigh County
Howard Reitz
Earl Halsey
Charles
D. Munson Jr
Woodrow Wilson High School
Hubert L. Jackson
Mason Anderson
Zina French
Eve Breck
Dollar Decline on European Markets After Closure
The U S dollar fell 3 to 7.05 percent on European markets after a five day emergency closure. The West German mark rose about 3 percent, devaluing the dollar by 3.7 percent and lifting the mark by 3.85 percent. Frankfurt set the rate at 3.5250 marks per dollar, with markets closed after a Wednesday stop. Austria revalued the shilling to curb inflation from dollars as foreign currency exchanges resumed.
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Bonn
UPI
U.S
Frankfurt
Austria
Amterdam
Belgium
Amsterdam
London
U. S
Sweden
Denmark
Beings of a Conversation on Social Issues and Currency Flows
Readers submit questions on pensions and summer work for youths in Raleigh County. Answers cite VA income limits, local contacts, and guidance counselors. The column also analyzes currency turmoil as the dollar weakens, with Germany and other nations allowing a floating mark to find parity amid Vietnam War costs.
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Veterans Administration
Dwight Billings
Beckley Social Security Manager
Raleigh County
Beckley
Betty Clyburn
Sophia High School
Connecticut
George Thompson
Glen Daniel
Clyburn
Thompson
United States
West Germany
Boy Lothario Arrested Again in Las Vegas Case
Ellsworth Wisecarver known as the Boy Lothario was freed on 300 bail after a second arrest for possession of obscene materials. The 41 year old operates an adult bookstore near Henderson and was arrested at the store Saturday night after an earlier April 30 arrest. A May 21 hearing followed a license violation closure and a restraining order that allowed reopening, though the order targeted Henderson city, not Wisecarver.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPD
Ellsworth
Sonny” Wisecarver
Wisecarver
Henderson
Hoover Accused of Discrediting FBI Critic in Hijacking Case
Senator McGovern renewed claims that J Edgar Hoover violated the Constitution by discrediting TWA pilot Donald C Cook Jr who criticized FBI handling of a hijacking. Hoover, 76, marked 47 years at the FBI as he stated he has no plan to quit.
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Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
McGovern
Hoover
Hhcovern
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Subcommittee On
Constitutional Rights
TWA
Donald C. Cook Jr
New York
D S.C
Cook
Erwin
UFI
Mars Rocket Flaw Sought Before 18th
Engineers worked to locate the fault delaying the May 18 launcher of the Mariner Mars probe. The team aims to fix an autopilot circuit issue in the Centaur upper stage to salv age part of the $153.6 million mission and enable a June 16 earth‑based window for Mars exploration. Officials expect a solution within days, with possible Atlas Centaur corrections if needed. United States will not have another Mars chance until 1976.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Mariner Mars
America
Red Planet
Mariner
Mars
Earth
United States
Second Mariner
Sethe
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
Ohio
General Dynamics Corp
Landmark Pingley case may reach Supreme Court
Attorney Leo Catsonis argues a West Virginia habeas appeal over prison conditions could mark a landmark shift toward challenging penal environments. The Pingley decision, upheld by Randolph County Circuit Judge George Triplett and headed for the state Supreme Court, may prompt further appeals.
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Robert C. Welling
Charleston
UPI
Leo Catsonis
West Virginia
Carsonis
Roger Ray Pingley
Randolph County
George Triplett
Pingley
Moundsville
Triplett
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
United Press International
Catsonis
High Court
West Virginia University
State Supreme Court
Beckley Area Weather Forecast Sunny and Warm
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high near 70. Tonight will be increasing clouds and a low in the mid 40s. Tuesday brings clouds and a chance of rain with a high in the upper 60s and precipitation probabilities of 16 percent this afternoon, 50 percent tonight and tomorrow.
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Beckley
Civil Rights Commission Attacks White House on Enforcement
The U S Civil Rights Commission criticizes the Nixon White House for eight months without goals or timetables and urges stronger action on fair housing and zoning challenges. HUD is condemned for regressing while DOJ faces suits against suburban barriers to minority movement.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Nixon
White House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Commission
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Larry Stover
Willy Brandt
Karl Schiller
Lothario
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Civil Rights Commission
Theodore M. Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
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