Watergate linked gold panic as market calm fails
European bullion traders test $99.75 per ounce as Watergate fears ignite a stampede to gold. Dennis Selby of Johnson Matthey notes buyers flood in from the Continent Middle East and Asia while Bonn signals doubt on a monetary reform. Funeral notices for Rev J Sam Williams and William Ralph Wise accompany the panic report.
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Williams
J. Samuel
Sam) Williams
Packs
Baptist
Harmon
Davis
New International Monetary. Pe
Beckley
Bonn
Helmut Schmit
Stockholm
Schmit
West Germany
U.S
Continent
Middle East
Asia
Dennis Selby
London
Johnson Matthey, Ltd
Johnson Matthey
Indochina War Funds Debate Reaches Senate
Senate debate shifts to funding war actions in Indochina as Frank Church and Clifford Case reintroduce a bill barring use of any appropriated funds for Indochina hostilities without explicit congressional authorization. House already voted to bar supplemental funds for Cambodia bombing, but enforcement remains uncertain. Separately, Wanda Opal Waddell, 51, Beckley, shot dead. husband Carl Waddell charged with murder. funeral set Wednesday at Skelton Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
Indochina
Senate
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Clifford P. Case
U.S
Cambodia
Pentagon
Congress
North Vietnam
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Church
Case
Éiday
Vietnam
Wanda Waddell
Wanda Opal Waddell
Beckley
Skelton Freewill Baptist Church
Ernest Barley
Sunset Memorial Park
Waddell
Ralph Edward Saul
Mabscott
Saul
Skelton
Alma Vernieri
Columbus
Ohio
Anna Gilkerson
Winston- Salem
N. C
Hilda Davis
Olive Whittaker
Baltimore
Dean Papers and Watergate Tangle Enmeshes White House
The Dean Papers were stored in a safe deposit box in Alexandria and Dean seeks possession of the keys amid White House dispute. Senate investigators accuse unnamed aides of removing records, while Caulfield faces scrutiny over alleged clemency talks with a Watergate conspirator. Senate plans to probe administration conduct and election politics surface as lawmakers pursue leads, with notes on Nixon and potential bipartisan reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Alexandria, Va
National Bank
White House
Justice Department
Senate Committee
Senate
Caulfield Dann An Tame
Gray
FBI
Congress
George S. McGovern
Treasury
John B. Connally
GOP
Rock Alumni May Be Guides At Alcatraz Tours
Former inmates of Alcatraz may serve as guides when tours begin. William Whelan, head of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, said several ex-prisoners have applied and will be seriously considered. Public access to the island will start in the late fall or early winter, with a final decision five years away.
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San Francisco
UPI
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
William Whelan
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Sturday
Whelan
Elvis Lookalike at Heathrow Fooled Fans in London
A 23 year old American posing as Elvis Presley triggered a London greeting scene as fans and reporters swarmed Heathrow. The man, identified later as Eli Culvertson, arrived in a Rolls Royce with a guitar, while the real Elvis performed in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvis Presley
Britain
Eli Culvertson
Elvis
Ross Chaffer
Chaffer
Presley
Lake Tahoe
Nev
Supreme Court poised to ratify sex discrimination ruling
Supreme Court signals accord that sex classifications are inherently invidious under the suspect classification standard. Justice Brennan, joined by Douglas White Marshall, rules the Lt. Frontiero law unconstitutional, while Burger Stewart Powell and Justice Rehnquist concurred on narrower grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Brendan
Lt. Frontiero
William C. Douglas
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Lewis F. iPowell Jr
Harry A. Wt
Amendment Push Seeks Legal Force for SMA Act
Legal advocates push to grant the amendment codified status, arguing it would give the SMA Act binding authority. Supporters say it clarifies implementation timelines and strengthens public accountability across agencies. Opponents warn of potential overreach and demand clearer scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pero Sma
Gold Boom Hits Global Markets and Obituaries News
French buyers pushed metal prices to 102 dollars an ounce on the city gold exchange while Zurich and London's open market saw gold top the 100 dollar mark. American tourists flocked Stalls at PettiCoat Lane paying up to 80 pounds for early 19s Eagle coins as London brokers cite the dollar devaluation on Feb 13 as sparking the stampede. Also reported are funeral notices for Minnie Thompson 77 of Shady Spring and Paul Ingram infant son of Lenora Ingram Fayetteville with services held in Oak Hill and Wenatchee obituaries for Anna Stanley Jeffries 85 formerly of Oak Hill detailing survivors and funeral arrangements.
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London
UPI
Europe
Johnson Matthey, Ltd
Gate
U. S
White House
U.s.j
Democratic Party
Selby
Dennis Selby
Zurich
U.S
Cornelius Hicks Funeral Services Set In Stanaford
Funeral services for Cornelius Carson Hicks 79 of Stanaford will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. John Milam officiating. Burial in Stanaford Cemetery. Hicks a retired The New River Coal Co employee and UM WA Local 7086 member died Sunday at 9 a.m. after a long illness. Born February 1 1904 in Sun he was the son of James and Cynthia Bowles Hicks. He was preceded in death by his wife Bessie and a son William. Survivors include two sons c c jr of Stanaford and Robert of Carson City Nevada three daughters Mrs Charles Hollinsworth of Stanaford Mrs Jack Stover of Prosperity and Mrs Frank Fitzgerald.
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Cornelius Carson Hicks
Stanaford
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
John Milam
Hicks
New River Coal Co
UMWA
Beckley
Sun
James
Cynthia Bowles Hicks
Bessie
William
C. c. Jr
Robert
Carson City
Nev
Charles
Arlene) Hollinsworth
Jack
Evelyn) Stover
Prosperity
Frank
Jane) Fitzgerald
Murders Linked to Florida Slayings in WV Case
Investigation ties the Morgantown disappearances of Karen Ferrell and Mared Malarik to a sequence of related deaths in Florida. Officials note the same manner of death and consider a possible connection, while excluding certain disappearances due to age and circumstances. Local and state investigators review a 1969 70 WVU student directory showing Gerald Schaefer as a student.
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Potts
Karen ‘Ferrell
Quinwood
W. Va
Mared Malarik
Nilleton
N. J
WVU
Morgantown
Monongalia County
West Virginia University
Stu
L Gerald Schaefer
Florida
Stone
Broward ‘County
Mary Alice Briscolina
Elsie Linda Farmer
Carmen Hallock
Leigh Bonadies
Fort Lauderdale
Pompano Beach
Wendy Brown Stephenson
Peggy Raha
North Dale County
Funeral rites set for Mrs Olive Wriston in Raleigh
Mrs Olive M Wriston 53 of Raleigh dies after hospitalization in Huntington Funeral services Tuesday at 11 a.m. Rev Harmon Davis to preside Burial in Winston Family Cemetery at Maple Fork follows services Local funeral home report noted the death occurred after 6 p.m. today and lists the Raleigh residence and cemetery locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive M. Wriston
Raleigh
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Harmon Davis
Bennett Rites Held For Frederick Jahue Bennett
Funeral services for Frederick Jahue Bennett will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at E M Meadows Funeral Home Hinton with burial in Bennett Family Cemetery He was a brother of Woodrow Bennett of Fayetteville and died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness Administrators statement noted plans to diagnose his illness and that the source of infection was not yet known The region faces a second botulism outbreak with eight people stricken in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania after a family outing in Pittsburgh last weekend State Police say the toxin was rushed from Wheeling to the area and federal law requires notification by the Health Department hospital officials await a diagnosis
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William Ralph Wise
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Victor Scott
Huse Memorial Park
Montgomery
Newseek
Dean
Nixon
United States
Beckley Fire Department
Washington Post
Nancy Ed
Romine
FBI
Patrick Gray
Frederick Jahue Bennett
Kanawha
Eal
Summers County
E. M
Meadows Funeral Home
Hinton
Bennett Family
Woodrow Bennett
Beckley
Are
Henry L. Harness
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
W.va
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
James W. McCord Jr
Dean Tapman
John Dean
Tapman
Justice Department
Ispy
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Herbert W.kalmbach
Justice
Caulfield
John D. Ehrlichman
New York City
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
McCord
Los Angeles Times
Potomac River
Washington
Treasury Department
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau
Treasury
Suit Against Ford Motor Opens Today
Jurors were impaneled and attorneys for both sides opened in Raleigh County Circuit Court in the case of Kenneth R. Dickens versus Ford Motor Co. Dickens' children Dean, 4, and Icie Jane, 18 months, died March 28, 1972, in a car fire on West Virginia 3 near Amnett. Jurors were to view the car involved. Impaneled jurors include L. J. Bibb, Elmer Flower, Mrs. Richard Sepkowski, Ednad Copeland, Mrs. Ira Hurt, L. W. Sears Jr., John Davis, Paul Shrewsbury, Faye Farley, Robert Meador, Basil Pitman, Jack Farrey, and Vance Blevins Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Kenneth R. Dickens
Ford Motor Co
Dickens
Dean
Icie Jane
W. Va
Amnett
L. J. Bibb
Elmer Flower
Richard Sepkowski
Ednad Copeland
Ira Hurt
L. W. Sears Jr
John Davis
Paul Shrewsbury
Faye Farley
Robert Meador
Basil Pitman
Jack Farrey
Vance Blevins Jr
Levy Canvass Continues For County Court Members
Commissioner Scott reported ongoing levy canvass and discussed nominating Roy J. Lucas as a third court member. If James consents to Lucas and Canterbury approves, a hospital meeting could confirm the appointment. Scott has not seen James since his hospitalization April 16 but has spoken with Mrs. Janes. The board must canvass last week's tight levy vote and formally lay the county levy and sign bills, duties impossible with one active commissioner.
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Scott
Roy J. Lucas
James
Lucas
Canterbury
Janes
Coeds File $1 Million Damage Suit in WV
Candace Bailes and Cindy Smith, WVU coeds, filed a $1 million damage suit in Monongalia Circuit Court alleging they were assaulted and falsely imprisoned by Gene E Tritch ler and Richard Johnson in 1970 after hitchhiking. Charges of kidnapping had been dropped. the men had also sued West Virginia Newspapers Publishing Co. and former general manager Townes, winning a $200,000 verdict later appealed.
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Morgantown
W. Va
UPI
Gene E. Tritchler
Richard Johnson
Monongalia Circuit Court
Candace Bailes
Cindy ‘Smith
West Virginia University
Osage
West Virginia Newspapers Publishing Co
William Townes
Townes
Welfare Rights Group To Organize Here
The Welfare Rights Organization of Raleigh County will hold an organizational meeting at 7 30 p m today in the Raleigh County Community Action Office at 322 Prince Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Rights Organization of
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Community Action
Prince St
White House infiltrations linked to Watergate era probes
Witnesses describe Dean using legal channels to obtain information on protests while a covert White House unit monitored antiwar activity. Caulfield, Krogh, and others faced fallout from undercover efforts tied to the 1972 conventions and the Watergate scandal, with funds and sources under scrutiny.
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Dean
White House
Egil Krogh Jr
Transportation
Daniel Elisberg
John D. Caulfield
Treasury’ Department
Los Angeles Times
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Watergate
William R. Wise
Missionary Baptist Church
Packs Branch
United Mine
Russell
Os Va
Nina Hodge
Route 1
Mount Hope
Melvin Rhodes
Tyree
Juvel Ainteds
St. Albans
Otis J. Wise
Vicki Wade
Alta Jane Jarrett
Chicago
Lindsay
Fletcher
Christine Knight
Florence Smith
Amluicim Uves UL Leno
John J. Caulfield
Burger
Blackmun
Powell
Frontiero
Partico Enforcement
Nebraska
Meet the Press
Nbc-Tv
Thelreelf
Baker
Moore
Wallace
California
Rock
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Supreme Court
Minnie Thompson
Minnie C. Thompson
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Paul Ingram
Lenora Ingram
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Billy Wickline
Carter Cemetery
Oak Hill
Anna Jeffries
Anna Stanley Jeffries
Wenatchee
Wash
Naoma Baptist Church
Dixon
Winifrede
Oliver
Kate Cooper
Harry
Charleston
C. D. Stanley
Clearwater
Fla
Virgil Stanley
Bob White
Eugene Stanley
Trenton
Mich
Damon Stanley
Malden
Roy Lee Stanley
Phoenix
Ariz
Macil Childers
Mary Wyer
Sara Wyatt
Albert Cooper
Cornelius Hicks
Jimmy Dale Cook
Jimmy Dale
Cook
Pineville
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Kenneth Cooper
Rockview
Jay Cook
Salar
Nitah Walker Cook
Jay C. Jr
Wyoming
Billy
Maryland
Norvell
James Wiley
James Harless
Horace Punxsutawney
Newsome
UPJI
James Smith
Kan ‘Hospital
Robertson-Foglesong
Treat
Friends
Nmne
Gary W. Lively
Gary Wayne Lively
Leon Nunley
Lively
Katheleen Piotowski
Bradley
Brenda Kay Lively
Shelia
Larry
Lee
Delores Pennington
Mrs
Olive Wriston
Frederick Bennett
Ford Motor
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckier
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