Demos Choose Leaders in Charleston Caucus Preview
A tentative Dec 2 caucus will select leaders for the 1973 West Virginia legislature. House Speaker Lew McManus is expected to win renomination, while senators seek a successor to Hans McCourt. Leading contenders include Alan Susman William Brotherton Carl Gainer and Robert Nelson amid a largely Democratic Senate with 24 members and 10 Republicans. Nelson advocates open meetings and public board representation.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
House
Lew McManuss
Senate
Hans McCourt
Alan Susman
Beckley
William Brotherton
Robert Nelson
Huntington
Carl Gainer
Richwood
Susman
Arch Moore
Brotherton
Kanawha
Moore
Gainer
Supreme Court to rule on electronic surveillance in Ellsberg case
The article reviews a Supreme Court review request over evidence from alleged unauthorized wiretap in the Ellsberg Russo espionage case. It notes earlier orders delaying trial and questions of foreign intelligence surveillance and relevancy, with appeals courts ruling conversations irrelevant to trial. The government urges denying review to avoid halting proceedings midstream.
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Justice Department
U.S. District
W. Matt, Byrne Jr
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ellsberg
Douglas
High Court
Russo
Vietnam
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
Charleston Chess Exhibition Draws Local Interest
Harlow Warren of the Raleigh County Chess Club announces a West Virginia Chess Association sponsored simultaneous exhibition at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Kanawha County Board of Education auditorium. Danish grandmaster Brent Larsen will lead the event at a $5 per board fee, inviting local players to bring boards and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow Warren
Raleigh County
Odor
Panama
Gawler
West Lawn Cemetery
Canton
Ohio
Smoking Linked To Higher Lung Cancer Risk In Study
A Journal of the American Medical Association report from the Philadelphia Pulmonary Neoplasm Research project found that lung cancer risk was markedly higher among heavy smokers. Among 6 027 volunteers followed for 110 years, 121 developed lung cancer and all were smokers.
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Chicago
CPI
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal I
Philadelphia Pulmonary Research Project
William Weiss
Katharine R. Boucot
Herbert Seidman
William J. Carnahan
Philadelphia Pulmonary
American Cancer Society
National Tuberculosis and Respiratory iDisease Association
Chinese Acrobatic Troupe to Tour United States
The Shenyang Acrobatic Troupe an entourage of 55 performers will tour Chicago Indianapolis New York and Washington as the first Chinese theatrical group in the United States since the Communist takeover. Performances begin in Chicago December 18 Indianapolis December 27 and New York January 2 with Washington dates TBA.
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New York
UPI
U.S
Shenyang
China
United States
Chicago
Indianapolis
Washington
National Committee On
Alexander Eckstein
City Center
Rep Bow Dies After 12 Year Heart Battle
Washington records show Rep Frank T Bow of Ohio died at Bethesda Naval Hospital following a long heart disease struggle. The 71 year old retiring lawmaker, ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, entered hospital October 17 with severe exhaustion and had endured multiple heart attacks.
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Washington
UPI
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Congress
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bow
Key House Appropriations Committee
Employers Deny Jobs and Insurance to Sickle Trait Carriers
Dr. Rudolph E. Jackson of the National Sickle Cell Disease program says investigations are underway into reports that airlines have denied employment to individuals with the sickle cell trait and that insurers may raise or drop coverage for trait carriers. He notes confidentiality laws but warns state and local screening programs could leak results. A Fairfax County school board member protested testing, fearing misuse of test data. The disease affects about 50,000 blacks, with 2 million carriers in the U.S. The one in four risk remains if two carriers marry.
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Washington
UPI
Rudolph E. Jackson
Jackson
Fairfax County School Board
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Hijack flight pursued through multiple cities and Cuba
Hijackers aboard a DC9 used pistols and grenades to seize the airliner after takeoff from Montgomery and refueled at Jackson and Lexington while demanding 10 million dollars. negotiators offered 500000 but the men pressed on toward Knoxville Detroit and finally Havana before an emergency landing amid gunfire and Cuban militia interception.
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Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Jackson
Miss
Detroit
Cleveland
Toronto
Southern Airways
FBI
Knoxville
Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
U.S
Lexington
Chattanooga
Cuba
Havana
Key West
Fla
Switzerland
McCoy Air Force Base
Orlando
Robert Chewning
South Florida
Nixon
Key Biscayne
John Volpe
Revival At Clifftop Missionary Baptist Church Begins
A revival starts today at Clifftop Missionary Baptist Church on Airport Road and runs through Saturday. Nightly services open at 7 with evangelist Rev. Jim Stanley of Crab Orchard. Each evening features a different singing group including the Gilliams, Skelton Trio, Fords, Brethren Gospel Tunes, Bradley Quartet, and the Aldermans. Host pastor is Rev. Oliver Tedder.
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Clifftop
Missionary Baptist Church
Airport Road
Jim Stanley
Crab Orchard
The
Gilliams
Skelton Trio
Fords
Brethren Gospel Tunes
Bradley
Aldermans
Oliver Tedder
DNR May Take Dams Enforcement Power For Mines
A West Virginia legislative subcommittee proposes transferring enforcement of coal mine dam safety from the Public Service Commission to the state Department of Natural Resources. The move follows the Buffalo Creek disaster that killed 118 and sparked calls to curb underground water buildup and refuse piles. A second issue is mine drainage from a 1943 abandoned mine near Wheeling, with no current agency empowered to drain water or fund fixes.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPD
Arch A. Moore
State Department of Nature
Robert
Buffalo Creek
del. T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
Tee
Stae Public Service Commission
B. Erwin
Erwin
Wheeling
Miner union politics and 1968 Mine Safety Act transfer debate
The report details UMW funding in 1968 for political candidates amid the Yablonski killings near Clarksville Pennsylvania. It notes Miller’s Charleston headquarters predicting strong support among active miners and pensioners in multiple states, and Hechler's remarks on transferring enforcement authority of the 1969 Mine Health and Safety Act to the Labor Department after the Farmington disaster that killed 78 miners.
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UMW
Yablonski
Clarksville
Miller
Charleston
MFD
Ilinois
Virginia
Ohio
Hechler
Hazard
Elburt F. Osborn
Labor Department
Farmington
Department of Labor
Pope keeps pope election system amid reform talks
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will not overhaul the conclave voting system. He may allow a 15 man Rome bishops commission but will keep cardinals as voters, though age 80 rules and collegiality debates influence the decision.
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Vatican City
UPD
Vatican
Paul VI
Paul
Leo J. Suenens
Belgium
Funeral notices for Annie Sorrels and Jack Garcia
Funeral services are planned for Annie Feggo Sorrels 65 of Midway at 1 p.m. Wednesday with burial in Sunset Memorial Park after dying of a heart attack at home Sunday. Survivors include three sons and nine grandchildren. Also announced are final rites for Jack Garcia 78 of Minden at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. he died Sunday of complications after a short illness. He was a retired coal miner and member of UMWA Local 5949 and the Spanish and Anteno Lodge Beckley. He leaves three sons, three daughters, a brother, and 13 grandchildren.
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Frank Sitavich
North Palm Beach
Fla
Sunset Memorial Park Chapel
Beckley
Patrick McDonough
Sitavich
Hartford
Conn
Florida
Peter Sitovich
Evelyn Corder Sitavich
Frank
William Corder
Reva Canic
Eula Donley
Sunset Memorial Park
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Percy
Eugene Richmond
Rtj
Nora B. Lilly
S.g. Beaver
Kanawha St
Funeral Home
Leon Dutka
Virgil Cook
Blue Ridge
Memorial Gardens
Richmond
Ee Rock
Kelly and
Nora Redden Richmond
Table ‘Rock
Annie Feggo Sorrels
Midway
Rose and Quesenberry
John Sorrels
Midway Church of God
John Dr
Upper Marlboro
Danny
Forestville
Iand Russell
Orlando
Julius Harvath
Crab Orchard
Elmer Harvath
Clinton, Dela
Rosie Stokes
Esther Martina
Mary Stover
MacArthur
Jack Garcia
Minden
Tyree
Oak Hill
Bill Menefee
Rocklick
John Daniels
High Lawn Memorial Park
Garcia
New River and Pocahontas Coal Co
UMWA
Paul
Dolores) Helby
Belle
Carlo
Tillie) Martinia
Detroit
Mich
Roger
Tinnie) Howell
Arlington
Texas
Frank Garcia
Almeria
Spain
Final rites for Mrs Amy L Dummitt held in Fayetteville
Mrs Amy L Dummitt 97 of Fayetteville died recently and her funeral was held at 2 PM today at Fayetteville Presbyterian Church with Rev Victor Scott officiating. Burial followed at Huse Memorial Park. Survivors include son James Robert Dummitt of Thurman Ohio and other relatives. Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville handled arrangements.
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Amy L. Dummitt
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Victor Scott
Huse Memorial Park
James Robert Dummitt
Thurman
Ohio
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Beckley Youth Lance Cpl. Wynes Jr Funeral Plans Incomplete
Charles Wynes Jr. 19 of Beckley died in a California automobile accident on Saturday. Born Mabscott April 6 1953 he was the son of Charles and Doris Wynes and is survived by sister Charlene grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Penn. Body being moved to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor in Beckley.
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Lance Cpl
Charles
Chubby” Wynes Jr
Grant Street
Beckley
Oceanside
Calif
Mabscott
Doris Penn Wynes
Charlene
Clara Wynes
Talcott
Obituary notices from Beckley area include Lilly Harrah and Miller families
Funeral services were held for Oliver E. Lilly 67 of Bunker Hill and Dorcas Miller Harrah 65 of Mount Hope with burial planned at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The notices list survivors and service times in Martinsburg and at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. Additional incomplete items mention Arnold Palmer and James William Lester with funeral home arrangements in Beckley and Beaver.
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Oliver E. Lilly
Bunker Hill
Raleigh
Summers Counties
Martinsburg
Maude
Floyd Lilly
Beckley
Prince
Granville Lilly
Coal City
Beecher Lilly
Akron
Ohio
Orpha Hatcher
Nora Farley
Coal Ridge
Oakley Basham
Ghent
Clarice Cox
Cosby Farley
Jumping Branch
Margaret Hatcher
Firego
Fila
Dorcas Miller Harrah
Mount Hope
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Leslie [Peyton
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Harrah
Beckley Hospital
Prosperity
Thomas
Mary Blake Miller
James William Lester
Rt. 9
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
UAW Plans Tuesday meeting to sharpen strike strategy
United Auto Workers top locals plan a Tuesday meeting to boost strike tactics against General Motors. Eleven strikes have occurred in a month, including a Wilmington Delaware action with 4150 workers out. New notices target GMAD plants in Arlington Texas Janesville Wisconsin Lakewood Georgia Delco Moraine Dayton Ohio and Fisher Body Flint Michigan.
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United Press International
UAW
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Wilmington
Del
General Motors Assembly Division
GMAD
Arlington
Texas
Janesville
Wis
Lakewood
Ward
Theatre West Virginia Premieres at Park Junior High
Principal Thomas Evans notes Park Junior High ninth graders enjoyed the Shakespearean comedy Taming of the Shrew as part of a six county program bringing professional theatre to Southern West Virginia students. Actors David Bray and Bonnie Bray drew laughs as Petruchio and Kate amid muffled auditorium acoustics. John Benjamin said strong student response signals a successful outreach. Sue Stover.
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Thomas Evans
Park Junior High School
Theater West Virginia
West Virginia
Evans
Dents
Petruchio
David Bray
Kate
Bonnie Bray
John Benjamin
Sue Stover
Westwood Chairs Democratic Governors Face Shakeup
A group of Democratic governors met in Washington to discuss the party’s future and possible replacement of National Chairman Westwood. Arkansas Gov. Dale Bumpers led the session, seen as a prelude to the December gathering in St. Louis. The party searches for leadership after McGovern’s defeat and seeks to rebuild while resisting scapegoating Westwood.
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Washington
UPI
Jean Westwood
George S. McGovern
Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
Democratic Governors Caucus
St. Louis
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Reubin Askew
Florida
Kenneth Curtis
Missouri
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Westwood
McGovern
Nixon
Lawrence F. O’brien
Tion
O’brien
Robert Strauss
Strauss
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
National Committee
NBC
Meet the Press
Bob Bullock
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John Connally
Treasury
Democrats
Canvass Begins On Raleigh County Vote Review
The official canvass of votes from last week’s general election started this morning as Raleigh County commissioners met as the board of canvassers. Officials say the process is expected to take several days.
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Raleigh
School Trains Women Miners in Leadville Colorado
Colorado Mountain College will train women as well as men to become hard rock miners. The four week program, funded by the U S Manpower Development Training Program, offers the $46 weekly training allowance and leads to initial pay of $3 an hour as a miner's helper with potential full pay around $5 50. Only one woman miner’s assistant has graduated so far, Corry M Wilson, 22, of Concrete Washington, now with LeTrade Exploration Co Truth or Consequences New Mexico. A state mine inspector opposed admitting her under ground but was overruled by a supervisor.
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Leadville
Colo
UPD
Colorado Mountain College
Harry McFarland
Union Carbide Corp
U.S. Manpower Development Training Program
Corry M. Wilson
Letrade Exploration Co
N.M. McFarland
Peter
Climax
Pentagon Considers Base Closures to Trim Budget
Washington sources say the Pentagon is studying closing or curtailing operations at several military and naval bases next year to cut defense costs. None of the plans are firm, but reductions are expected early next year with larger cuts after the next fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Mrs Voight Dies of Apparent Heart Attack
Mrs Mary Voight 43 of 721 Houchins Block Road Beckley died Sunday of an apparent heart attack. She was the wife of Charles Voight and mother of two. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Mary Voight
Mary Blanche Croy Voight
Houchins Block Rd
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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Nelson
Populous Carbell County
U.S. Ambassa
Larsen
Caroline
Joseph
Bobby Fischer
Havana Radio
DNR
Percy E. Richmond
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Lilly
Turkey Knob
Fayette County
James and
Francis Bailey Cadle
First Baptist Church
Hinton
Michael Richmond
Mrs
Annie Sorrels
Amy Dummitt
Sidney
Francis Clements
East Bank
Nora Lockey
S. J. Lilly Jr
Troy
James W. Smith
Churchill
N. Y
Fred Cadle l
Warner Stanley
Pierce Wilson
James Hancock
Earnest Freeman
Eddie Jenkins
Howard Quesenberry
E. E. Williams
Charles Wynes Jr
Dorcas Harrah
Arnold Palmer
Trent and Durgan
James W. Lester
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