West Virginia miners loom large in UMW presidential race
In Charleston West Virginia about one third of eligible voters among hard coal miners back the eight day runoff between Tony Boyle and Arnold Miller With 441000 active and pensioned miners in the state aides of Miller predict a slim WV win while Boyle fears an even break could doom his ticket District 29 in the Beckley area and District 31 in Fairmont emerge as pivotal to the outcome with Miller counting on a minimum margin of a few thousand votes
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Boyle
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Arnold Miller
Miller
West
Beckley-head
District 31
Fairmont
Leonard Pankovich
Yablonski
Panhandle
Ohio
UMW
Boyie
MFD
Stillman
Robena
Pennsylvania
Labor Department
Silver Spring
Clarksville
Miners
Navy Officials Shakeup Revealed in Second Nixon Term
President Nixon announced a broad White House reshuffle with Kenneth H. Rush named undersecretary of state and William P. Rogers staying as secretary of state while John W. Irwin is to exit to HEW. Deputy defense chief Rush will replace Irwin at State. other changes include William J. Porter and William J. Casey named to top State posts. Rush, 62, taught law at Duke in 1936 37 and previously served as ambassador to Germany.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Laird
William P. Rogers
Pentagon
Kenneth H. Bush
State Department
Rogers
Richard G. Kreindienst
Rush
John W. Irwin
White House
William J. Porter
U.S
Paris
Porter
A. Alexis Johnson
William J. Casey
Securities and Exchange Commission
Curtis Tarr
Washington Star-News
William P. Clements Jr
Texas
Walla Walla
Wash
Duke
Germany
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Blind Vendors Fight GSA Proposals in Government Cafeterias
Sen. Jennings Randolph says the federal government will repeal all proposals harming blind vending operations in government buildings. He claims the GSA announced new restrictions, and he fired a blistering letter insisting cafeteria and restaurant operations not be hurt by Randolph Sheppard Act competition.
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Washington
UPI
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
General Services Administration
Randolph
GSA
The
West Virginia Democrat
Annulment and Eleven Divorces Filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk
The Intermediate Court of Raleigh County records show one annulment and eleven divorces granted. Names include Gladys Kearney maiden Harrah restored, Juanita Laslo from John Laslo, Kathy Ballengee from Sterling Ballengee with one child custody, and multiple other divorces with custody or name restorations noted for Goode, Stover, Baker, Wisnewski, Klupp, and more.
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Intermediate Court
Raleigh County
Gladys Pie Kearney
William F. Kearney
Harrah
Juanita Basham Laslo
John Frank Laslo
Basham
Kathy Faye Ballengee
Sterling Heartles Ballengee
Robert Mont Simmons Jr
Nora Ann Simmons
Judy H. Almond
William D. John Almond
Dollie Carol Goode
David Drexel Goode
of Kessler
Vickie Jean Workman
Wayne Elvin Workman
Eric Stover
Susie Roberta Stover
Susan Diane Baker
William David, Baker
Wilburn
Clifford Halliwell
Clara Alice Halliwell
Linda Lou Stone
James Donald Stone
Wisnewski
Genevieve Ann‘Klupp
Edward Max Klupp
Textbooks Under Fire for Sex Stereotyping in California
Andrea Mohn of NOW testified before the California Commission on the Status of Women that school textbooks depict girls as helpless and worried about hair while often needing rescue by superior males. She noted the equal treatment law won’t take effect until 1975, leaving stereotypes in place for years.
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San Francisco
Andrea Mohn
National Organization of Women (Now
California Commission On the Status of Women
Sacramento
Scientists Identify Norwalk agent as Cause of Intestinal Flu
Government scientists in Washington say the Norwalk agent, likely a virus, causes the intestinal flu. They captured the agent on film using immune electron microscopy after a 1968 Norwalk, Ohio outbreak. The finding may help reduce severity, especially for infants and the elderly.
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Washington
UPI
Norwalk
National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Ohio
NIH
Bethesda
Maryland House of Corrections
Jessup
Ihe
Kapixian
West Point Ghost Prank Rattles Cadets
Gravell and an anonymous Middie describe sneaking a flashlight into cadet rooms at West Point to alarm sleepers and “make Army look stupid.” The sting, repeated on several nights, drew laughter from onlookers including Navy coach Rick Forzano who quipped about a 10 man and a ghost formation.
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Pendapare
Gravell
Middie
West Point
Army
Navy
Rick Forzano
Supreme Court halts trial for venue hearing in Morgantown case
In a 31 decision the West Virginia Supreme Court temporarily halted murder trials as a venue hearing was ordered. Beaverdale defendant Harvey E. Underwood, 76, remained hospitalized with a persistent ailment while proceedings focus on Woodall and Laurita. The court scheduled a Wednesday hearing on the change of venue motion, but Laurita advised his attorney late Tuesday that it would not proceed. The defense claimed pretrial publicity and limited discovery access hindered preparation. the infant victim died from a ruptured liver after a chair toppled during a cereal meal.
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Charleston
W. Va
Haden
Morgantown
Supreme Court
Monongalia County
Rose
Quesenberry
Harvey E. Underwood
High Court
Beaver
Joseph Laurita
Marvin R. Kiger
Mabel Willis
Richwood
Cnstrate
Laurita
Woodall
Tuessaday
Richard E. Rowe
Rowe
West Virginia University
Medcal Center
Oliver Kessel
Charles H
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Local Obituaries
The Rev. I B Walker 66 of 312 Gregory St died at a focal hospital after a short illness born Aspen Va Feb 6 1906 a veteran and former Norfolk and Western Railway employee. Survived by wife Dorothy. Services pending at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Also noting Mrs Alfreda Brash Ash 70 of Cincinnati died of apparent heart attack born Glen Jean Dec 31 1901 she belonged to Mount Hope Presbyterian Church. Survived by husband Harrison O Ash and two children plus siblings. Body to Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. Final rites for William Clyde Woody 68 Oak Hill to be at Tyree Funeral Home with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Woody died from a gunshot wound at home. Survived by wife Grace Smith Woody son Clarence daughter Lorena Rhodes siblings and grandchildren. Oak Hill Lodge to conduct graveside rites. Also Final rites for Fred White 57 Beaver to be held at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel burial in Blue Jay Cemetery. White died of apparent heart attack born Logan December 28 1914 member of Missionary Baptist Church and former coal miner. Survivors listed. viewing after 5 p m Friday.
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I. B. Walker
Gregory St
Aspen
Charles
Sally East Walker
Bethell A
Dorothy W. Walker
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Alfreda Brash Ash
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fayette County
Ash
Glen Jean
John
Susan Hepburn Brash
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Harrison O. Ash
Harrison Jr
Susan Ash
John Brash
Norfolk
William H. Brash
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Maude Marshal
Prosperity
Valeria Rocha
Tyree
William Clyde Woody
Oak Hill
C. S Donnelly
Kelly Creech
High Lawn Memorial Park
Woody
Elijay
Emco Co. Iat
Oak [Hill Lodge No
Grace Smith Woody
Clarence
Toms River
N J
Lorena Rhodes
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Dalton
Oak Hill Lodge
Fred White
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Ernest Bailey
Blue Jay Cemetery
Logan
Missionary Baptist Church
Ben
Cora White
Inez Meadows White
Dreamie Sue White
Debria Marie White
Sandysville
Carlos
Bessie Shrewsbury
Archer
Blaine Jackson
Wolfpen
Brewster Chapel Freewill Baptist Church
Don Ellis
Edgar Riffey
Lawrence Miller
Brewster Point
Wyoming County
Baileysville
George
Molly Cline Jackson
K. D. Stanley
Saeger
Brewster Chapel
Burley Barrett Jackson
Gene
Grand Lake
Mich
Vernie
Rosalie Beverly
Barbara Barnett
Lela
Kathy Jackson
Freda Tolley
Aja
Ariz
Ira
Pineville
Ralph
Manassas
Worley
Plattsburg
Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home
Funeral services for Anna L Plumley explained
Funeral services for Anna Lee Plumley 64 of 740 Ragland Road will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in the Rose Peace Chapel with Rev Ernest Barley officiating Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Springdale She died at 1 05 p m Wednesday in a local hospital after several weeks illness She was born January 28 1908 at Springdale a daughter of the late Link and Minnie Fleshman Lowry Survivors include her husband Marshall Plumley of Beckley four brothers Elmer Lowry of Point Pleasant Conrad and Russell Lowry of Dayton Ohio and Charles Lowry of South Charleston three sisters Mrs Nannie Simms and Mrs Daisy Dobbins both of Huntington and Mrs Ruth Carter of South Charleston
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Anna Lee Plumley
Ragland Road
Rose and Quesenberry
Ernest Barley
Springdale
Link
Minnie Fleshman Lowry
Missionary Baptist Church
Marshall Plumley
Beckley
Elmer ‘Lowry
Point Pleasant
Committee To Check Nutrition Education In Senate Hearing
The Senate hunger committee led by Sen. George S. McGovern will start an in depth inquiry into public knowledge of nutrition next week. Preliminary hearings set for December 4 and 5 will probe federal nutrition education efforts, medical training gaps, and the food industry's advertising and labeling practices.
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Washington
UPD
Senate
George S. McGovern
S.D
McGovern
Richard Schweiker
Rpa
Philip A. Hart
New Manufacturing Venture Eyes Raleigh County Jobs and Monitrex
Beckley based investors Eva Ritchie and Mary Merchant form a company with 40 shares capitalized at 10 000 to start a factory at the Belton Building on South Fayette Street. The plan includes hiring 30 to 150 workers, including trained blind assemblers, with potential training via ACCAA and Raleigh County Community Action. The Monitrex security and speed system, tested by state police and shown at a Bogota trade fair, uses a master key, speed presets, alerts, and an auto stop to deter theft and speeding with reported fuel savings and reduced violations.
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Eva Ritchie
Booker St
Mary Merchant
Sour St
Lindsey
Belton
South Fayette ‘Street
Raleith County Civic League Cxcept
Raleigh County
Kindsey
ACCAA
Joe Fowler
Bogota
Carter
Maryland State ‘Roads Commission
Nixon Duc talks widen rift over Kissinger accord terms
Peace emissary Duc, Saigon sources say Thieu’s dissat isfaction with the Kissinger Hanoi draft was explained. In Saigon Bunker gave Lam a written report of the session while Ziegler called the meeting frank. Nixon and Kissinger reportedly refused to budge from Oct 26 terms.
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Duc
Thieu
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunkerlin
Tran van Lam
Bunker
Lam
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Nixon
English chemist jailed for sending live snake to French president
The FBI arrested 44 year old James Edward Hodgson an English chemist in Los Angeles on extortion charges for mailing a small green snake and a threat to President Georges Pompidou and other French officials. Hodgson claimed Tahiti as his destination and said he sought to return there. His wife and daughter reside in Tahiti. The snake's survival and description remain unclear.
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Los Angeles
UPI
FBI
France
James Edward Hodgson
Carlisle
England
Hodgson
Paris
Georges Pompidou
Tahiti
Delays Hit Campaign Mail Across Offices Before Election
Becl ey Post Office officials insist they moved material quickly while Charleston leaders cite possible misrouting. Young Dems letters mailed days before the November 7 election arrived in Pettus on November 14 due to wrong addresses and potential detours. Officials blame staffing shortages and complex mail handling.
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Beckley
Terri
Gillispie
Charleston
Whitesville
Jack Burnette
Pettus
Packsville
Ithe Postal Service
Rockets in Northern Ireland escalate IRA violence in border surge
A wave of rocket attacks in Northern Ireland kills four and wounds over twenty as authorities link the strikes to IRA supporters abroad. British sources cite rockets used by Viet Cong, likely supplied via Algeria or Lebanon, with routes passing through Spain and Basque networks before crossing the border. An SGR7 launcher captured by British troops, traced to Soviet manufacture, underscores foreign-supplied arms in the campaign.
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Belfast
Newry
Ulster Defense Regiment
Northern Ireland
Vietnam
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Algeria
Lebanon
Republic of Ireland
Spain
Irish Republic
Soviet Union
Tracks Cleared After Freight Derailment Near Welch
Norfolk and Western crews cleared both tracks after a 23 car derailment that occurred the day before near Welch West Virginia. Some cars carried acid but there were no leaks and no injuries reported. An investigation was underway.
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Welch
W. Va
UPI
Norfolk & Western Railway
Walter E. Pogue Dies in Basin at 62
Walter Everett Pogue of Basin died at 11 p m Wednesday at home. He was born September 26 191 in Missouri. Survived by Gladys and a son Everett Lee of Basin. Funeral services 11 a m Saturday at Sam Foglesong chapel with Rev Sherman Sizemore Jr. Burial Roy Mullins Cemetery Basin. Visitation after 4 p m Friday at Sam Fogletong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
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Walter Everett Pogue
Basin
Missouri
Gladys
Everett Lee
Sam Foglesong
Sherman Sizemore Jr
Roy Mullins
Sam Fogletong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
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Ken Rush
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
William Gravell
Riverton
N.J
Ant
Don Stillman
Capitol
State Supreme Court
Harvey Underwood
Alfreda B. Ash
Rev
William C. Woody
Anna L. Plumley
Archer B. Jackson
Wiliam D. Hall
Washington, D. C
Hall
Snake Sender
Ulster
Walter E. Pogue
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