Judge Explains Time Element Delays Courthouse Evacuation
Judge C Berkley Lilly details a bomb threat at Raleigh County Circuit Court on Monday. About 50 people in the courtroom and 42 inmates on the top jail floor remained as the threat appeared near 9 40 a m. The jailer and matron were not ordered out. Sheriff Zina French refused jail evacuation.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
C. Berkley Lilly
Raleigh County
Ed Wyce
JoAnn Wood
Lilly
Zina French
Fifth Judge Disqualified In Angela Davis Case
The California Judicial Council seeks a new judge to try Angela Davis after Ruchell Magee disqualified Judge Alan A. Lindsay on a peremptory challenge. Davis and Magee face murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges tied to the Aug. 7, 1970 Marin County shootout that killed Judge Harold J. Haley.
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San Rafael
Calif
UPI
California Judicial Council
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Ruchell Magee
Alan A. Lindsay
Judicial Council
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Donald R. Wright
Lindsay
Magee
San Quentin
UCLA
Marin County
Harold J. Haley
California
Ernest L. Graves
State Supreme Court
Haley
John P. McMurray
Backers Seek Revival of SST in House Fight
In Washington, backers push to convert an $83.5 million termination allowance into new funding for two SST prototypes with White House support. Rep. Brock Adams says 50 50 chances. Boeing warns of tough odds as foes condemn the move amid uncertain Senate vote.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Brock Adams
D-Wash
Adams
Boeing
Congress
Seattle
Senate
Nixon
SST
Friends of the Earth
The
Sierra Club
National Wildlife Federation
Family Planning Clinics Scheduled Across Counties
A Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council program will hold a noon to 3 p.m. clinic May 18 at the Raleigh County Health Center and additional sessions in Matoaka, Fayetteville, Pineville, and several other towns including Williamson Union Logan Wilcoe Man Hinton and Bluefield.
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Southern West
Williamson
Union
Logan
Wilcoe
Man, Hinton
Bluefield
Three More Major Firms Raise Steel Prices
Pittsburgh dispatch reports National Steel Inland Steel and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel boosted prices by 8.50 to 13 dollars per ton for flat rolled sheets and related products used in autos appliances and construction. U S Steel had earlier announced the hike.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
National Steel Corp
Inland Steel Co
Wheeling-Pttsburgh Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
McCloskey Opens Campaign Office Against Nixon
Rep. Paul N. McCloskey opens a national campaign office in Washington to prepare for a possible presidential challenge. He plans to hire a coordinator to organize supporters in primary states while stating he may defer to Lindsay or Hatfield if they run. The effort signals credibility despite Nixon's aides dismissing the bid.
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Washington
UPI
Paul N
Pete’ McCloskey
Rcalif
Nixon
McCloskey
John V. Lindsay
New York
Mark QO. Hatfield
Capitol Hill
San Francisco
Herbert Klein
Klein
Court To Hear Trooper's Case in Charleston
James L. Giles a former state trooper seeks 9742 in back overtime pay. The State Supreme Court granted a mandamus rule with State Police Superintendent Bonar to answer by May 25. Giles a Marshall University law student was dismissed last November after a South Charleston motel incident.
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Supreme Court
Department of Public Safety
Giles
Kanawha County
State Court of Claims
A.P. Stanley
Arthur Bumgardner
The
Force
Absent Juror Disrupts Raleigh Court Proceedings
An empaneled juror’s absence halted Raleigh County Circuit Court until 1 p.m. with Judge C Berkeley Lilly adjourning the panel. Mary Eveleyn Smith, tied to the James v. Rucker case, caused a sheriff search after misreading orders. Trial reset to May 24. other docket items include Meade vs Keller and Richmond vs Peoples Life.
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Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Mary Eveleyn Smith
Beaver
Gladys
Eddie James
Albert Rucker
Peoples Life Insurance Co
Meade-Keller
Bennett James Douglas dies at 58 in Lewisburg
Funeral arrangements incomplete for James Douglas Bennett 58 of Lewisburg who died Monday at home after a short illness. He was a brother of Wallace Bennett of Oak Hill. Body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg.
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James Douglas Bennett
Lewisburg
Wallace Bennett
Oak Hill
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Final rites set for Mrs Emma G Willis of Glen Jean
Mrs Emma G Willis 87 of Glen Jean dies after short illness in Oak Hill hospital. Funeral services 2 p m Thursday at Glorious Church of God Scarbro with Elder Manuel Perry officiating. Burial in Harvey Cemetery Harvey. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greenstown with viewing after 3 p m Wednesday. Family visitation 7 to 9 p m Wednesday.
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Emma G. Willis
Glen Jean
Glorious
Church of God
Scarbro
Manuel Perry
Harvey
Oak Hill
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Greenstown
Huston and Long Rites Held in Separate Funeral Services
Funeral services were held for Mrs Barbara E Huston 73 of 205 Ninth St at Melton Mourtuary Chapels with Rev Anthony Garges officiating burial in Canaday Cemetery Glen View. She died at 1205 am Sunday after a long illness born Tazewell Virginia Survivors include daughter Dorothy Marting Sandstone two stepsons Bill and Jess Huston Virginia and four grandchildren. The funeral of Mrs Eunice Marie Long 43 of Eunice will be conducted at 130 pm Wednesday in Freewill Baptist Church Eunice burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley following a short illness. She was sister of Roy Jarrell Glen Daniel.
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Barbara E. Huston
Ninth St
Melton
Eunice Marie Long
Eunice
Freewill Baptist Church
Wade Webb
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Charleston
Roy Jarrell
Glen Daniel
Mrs Daisy Wheeler Rites Held at Matoaka Chapel
Final rites for 90 year old Mrs Daisy Wheeler of Matoaka are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel in Princeton with Rev. Austin Angle officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. She died Monday in an Abingdon Virginia nursing home. She is survived by her brother Clyde Logan of Beckley.
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Daisy Wheeler
Matoaka
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Austin Angle
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Abingdon
Clyde Logan
Beckley
Will Dickerson Funeral Arrangements Noted
The funeral for 80 year old Will Dickerson of Herndon was set for 2 p m at Guyandotte Regular Baptist Church with Elders H A Lane and Cecil Belcher leading. Burial followed at Sceory Ridge Cemetery. He died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Nease and Neely Funeral Home of Mullens handled arrangements.
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Will Dickerson
Herndon
Guyandotte Regular Baptist Church
H. A. Lane
Cecil Belcher
Sceory Ridge Cemetery
Beckley
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Mullens
Infant Jeremy Shrewsbury rites set in Sand Gap Church
Funeral services for Jeremy Ralph Shrewsbury infant son of Boyd and Elizabeth Shrewsbury of Stephenson are planned for 2 p.m. Thursday at Sand Gap Church with burial in Shrewsbury Cemetery at Barkers Ridge. Born May 2 in Mullens hospital, he was found dead in bed early today. The body lies at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
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Jeremy Ralph Shrewsbury
Boyd
Elizabeth Shrewsbury
Stephenson
Sand Gap
Shrewsbury
Barkers Ridge
Mullens Hospital
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Mullens
Turner Faces Federal Tax Evasion Charge from 1965 68
A grand jury on January 12 1971 indicted Turner a native of Altus Oklahoma for evading 16679 in federal taxes by understating income for 1965 through 1968 by 46647 The income allegedly came from his gun collection He was Chief U S Marshal chosen by Attorney General John N Mitchell and resigned in September 1969 amid Senate hearings Turner link to Army NCO club mismanagement cited by Senator Abraham Ribicoff Wooldridge later indicted for conspiring to defraud NCO clubs in Vietnam Each tax charge carries up to five years in prison and 5000 fine.
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Turner
Altus
Okla
U.S
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Senate
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Army
William C. Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Vietnam
Nixon Revenue Sharing Faces Big Test in Congress
Republicans push a $2.5 billion revenue sharing man power training plan as Democrats advance the Emergency Employment Act offering $200 million for 1971, $1 billion for 1972, and $1.5 billion annually for three years to create jobs in state and local govts. The clash unfolds before the House Rules Committee.
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Washington
UPI
House Rules Committee
House
Education and Labor Committee
Rules Committee
GOP
Marvin Esch
R-Mich
Couple Accepts 3000 Property Settlement on Workmans Creek
Mr and Mrs Dempsey R Winston signed a 3000 settlement for 2.18 acres on Workmans Creek in Clear Fork District releasing the property to the State Department of Highways for Workmans Creek Road improvements. Commissioners Roy J Lucas I Wilbur Bays Roy Millican and Vince Calvert announced the judgment would be accepted. A fifth commissioner T G Todd was absent. The road work will improve access to Consolidation Coal Co mines.
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Dempsey R. Winston
Workman’s Creek
Clear Fork
State Department of Highways
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Roy
J. Lucas
I. Wilbur Bays
Roy Millican
Vince Calvert
Admiral Richard H. Jackson celebrated on 105th birthday
President Nixon and Governor Reagan honored Adm. Richard H. Jackson, a Spanish-American War and WWI veteran, on his 105th birthday in Coronado California. The observance featured a White House flag, a military band, and a public tribute as Jackson recalled his first 1888 cruise and 1930 retirement after 35 years of service.
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Coronado
Calif
White House
U.S. Navy League
Admiral Jackson
Jackson
Navall Academy
Ailing Dollar Shows Signs Of Recovery
The ailing U S dollar gained slight strength on a thin market in Bonn while speculators showed no rush to convert marks into dollars. The weekend loss of 2 to 7 percent seemed to cap the worst currency crisis in two years.
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Bonn
Aps
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Germany
Frankfurt
Duesseldorf
Hamburg
France
Britain
Paratrooper clash near An Khe and helicopter shot down
In Indochina, a skirmish near An Khe Base Camp left one American dead and four wounded as paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade clashed with a Communist unit. A separate US helicopter near Bong Son was shot down, killing one American and wounding two.
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ARVN
173Rd Airborne Brigade
An Khe
Central Highlands
Bong Son
A Shau
Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
ABC Rules On 5 Suspensions For Private Clubs
Acting Alcohol Beverage Commissioner J Richard Barber announced final dispositions on appeals by five private clubs. Wheel in Parkersburg had all charges dropped after paying a fee. Tamarac in Huntington received 78 days for blocking entry. club now out of business. Kanawha City Clubhouse Charleston reduced from 15 to seven days for messy rolls and bottle destruction. Cozy Nook Fairmont cut from 21 to seven days for inspector entry denial. Meadowbrook Huntington lowered from 30 to 10 days for multiple violations. Suspensions take effect May 16.
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Charleston
UPI
J. Richard Barber
Wheel
Parkersburg
Tamarac
Huntington
ABC
Barber
Kanawha City
Cozy Nook
Fairmont
Meadowbrook
Governor Uses National Guard to House Randolph County Students
Gov. Arch Moore directs the National Guard Armory in Elkins be used for classroom space after four Randolph County schools are closed for hazardous conditions. About 1,300 students affected as repairs amount to 1.3 million dollars, with Beverly Grade and Elkins High among affected campuses. Classes resume in Beverly in gym space. Third Ward and Central Elementary to close for the rest of the week or longer.
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Charleston
UPS
Arch A. Moore Jr
National Guard
Randolph County
Elkins
Moore
Daniel P. Taylor
Elkins High
Beverly
First Ward
Third Ward
Elkins Central
Taylor
Richmond
Department of Education
Harold L. Pickens
Randolph County Schools
Make
Two WV Wesleyan students arrested at Ma's Shrine service
In Grafton West Virginia two 18 year old Kathleen Curry and 26 year old Ralph McMillan were charged with disrupting a religious service and destruction of property after a scene at the International Mothers Day Shrine. A cardboard sign proclaimed West Virginia is a Slave State while a makeshift grave and crude crucifix were displayed near the crowd.
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Grafton
UPS
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Eugene Swisher
Kathleen Curry
Tioga
Nicholas County
Ralph McMillan
New York City
West Virginia
Robert Gerkin
Governor expands prison to include youthful offender unit and new commissary
In Moore's administration inmates moved from the north wall to a newer wing. The new wing will host recreation and chapel facilities and enable demolition of interior prison areas to improve internal control.
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Moore
Explosion Taints Northern West Virginia Road Route
A gas explosion near Clarksburg left a damaged site described as hollow and surrounded. An eyewitness reported finding bloodied footwear including tennis shoes feather slippers and a sock. An ambulance took about 35 minutes to reach the 85 mile distance through winding roads. The tank involved belonged to a pipeline company.
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Poling
Goa
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Two Recaptured From Blaine Jail Escape
Alien Scott Billups twenty from Fort Gay West Virginia and Donald Ray Dixon of Louisa were recaptured near Dixon's home by Sheriff Arle Thompson and returned to Lawrence County jail. They had escaped Friday afternoon by descending a rope from the jail dumb waiter and were jailed on grand jury charges for stealing a car burning and breaking and entering.
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Blaine, Ky
UPI
Scott Billups
Fort Gay
W.va
Donald Ray Dixon
Louisa
Lawrence County
Dixon
Arle Thompson
Replacement Set For Top Federal Doc
Washington reports the Nixon administration will name Dr. Merlin K. Duval as the new assistant secretary for health and science at HEW to replace Dr. Roger O. Egeberg who will shift to an elevated health counselor role. Duval, 48, dean of the University of Arizona Medical School, previously considered for the post.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Roger O Egeberg
Senate
Merlin K. Duval
University of Arizona Medical School
Tucson
Egeberg
Science
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Duval
Medical World News
Edmund Niles
State University Medical School
Stony Brook
N.Y
Pellegrino
Montclair
N.J
U.S. Public Health Service
National Institute of Health
Food and Drug Administration and Health Services and
Mental Health Administration
White House
John H. Knowles
Boston
Robert H. Finch
Court Dismisses Capitol Firms Moot In Mandamus Case
The state Department suspends Capitol Business Equipment and Capitol Paper for a year after questions were answered in abstract form. The Supreme Court, in a decision by Judge Thornton G. Berry, dismisses the case as moot and notes renewed suspensions over the questioned relationships with a third firm, CFC.
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Capitol Business
John M. Gates
Gates
Capitol Business and Equipment Co
Capitol Paper Co
CFC
Capitol Business Equipment
Capitol Paper Company
Supreme Court
Thorton G. Berry
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Jones Avenue
MT. Hope
Joseph P. Tyree
Upper Fayette County
Nixon’ Office
James D. Bennett
Eunice M. Long
Barbara Huston
Jeremy Shrewsbury
Adm
Richard H. Jackson
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