AFEES Exam Station Screens 10,000 Applicants Yearly
At the Prince Street Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station Maj. Dan Weirich says the unit serves as a quality check to weed out applicants unlikely to complete training. About 25 to 30 percent fail the mental test, and many are high school dropouts.
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Prince Street
Dan Weirich
Weirich
David Charles Braham
Rock Castle
Raham
United Electronics Institute
UED
Braham
UEI
Supreme Court denies hearing for Watergate trio in 1975 case
The Supreme Court denied a hearing for John Ehrlichman H R Haldeman and John Mitchell, the Watergate defendants. The court did not reveal votes and noted Justice Rehnquist did not participate. Ehrlichman began serving 30 months to eight years, while Haldeman and Mitchell remain free on bail pending appeals.
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John Mitchell
William Rehnquist
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Mitchell
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Haldeman
John J. Wilson
White House
Ehrlichman
Safford
Ariz
Albert Fall
Teapot Dome
Richard Nixon
U.S. District Court
National Democratic
Watergate
U.S. Court of Appeals
Nixon
Begin Relapses From Heart Attack Amid Coalition Talks
Right wing leader Menahem Begin, 63, was hospitalized in Tel Aviv after a relapse of a heart attack suffered two months earlier. Doctors said no new attack occurred and he would stay for observation several days. The incident follows a grueling campaign schedule as negotiations to form a Likud led coalition continue.
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Menahem Begin
Israel
Begin
Likud
Shlomo Lanidao
Hassiya
Lanidao
Ichilov Hospital
Tel Aviv
Ichilov
Simha Erlich
Erlich
Ehrlich
Weekend Drownings and Fatal Crashes Claim 13 Lives
A Beckley youth, 17, drowned at Lake Stephens after attempting a restricted swim. In Parkersburg a boat struck a docked barge killing four aboard. Other drownings occurred at Kanawha River Gauley Bridge and East Lynn Reservoir. Five die in traffic accidents across West Virginia, including prom returner Timothy Vanover in Harrison County.
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Beckley
Carlos Bailey
Rt. 3
Lake Stephens
Bailey
Raleigh General Hospital
State Medical Examiner's Office
Charleston
Ohio River
Parkersburg
John Edward Campbell
Parkerburg
Lorane Williams
Pamela Dees
Beverly Diane Hays
Vienna
Wood County
Robert B.oath
Withers Creek
Kanawha River
Gauley Bridge
Pete Green
Coalburg
David Meadows
Huntington
Rich Creek
East Lynn
Wayne County
West Virginia
David Turner
Premier
McDowell County
W.va
Athens
James M. Craig
Buffalo
Arbuchet
Mason County
David Wayne Smith
Culloden
U.S. 35
St. Albans
Henry Hanna
Columbus
Ohio
Lester J. Queen
Paineville
Baileysville
Timothy Burl Vanover
Hanover
Gilbert
Mine disaster at Farmington No. 9 seals 78 lives long ago
A 1968 blaze at Consolidation Coal No. 9 mine in Farmington decimated the workforce. Walter Miller, state Mines Director, recalls 16 major explosions and huge methane levels that wiped out all tracks and equipment. Rescuers fought through water, debris, and heat to recover 55 bodies by 1971, with the final body found after a long, arduous search.
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Consolidation Coal Co
Farmington
Walter Miller
Marion County
Miller
Weather forecast and consumer supply update
The National Weather Service notes a 40 percent rain chance today and 50 percent tonight with a 40 percent chance tomorrow. Highs near 80 and tonight's low in the upper 50s. southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Officials say no shortage of canning lids and jars this year despite concerns. Consumer Check on the Second News Front, Page 9.
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