Lawmakers Told That B and O Tax Favors Bigger Firms
West Virginia University economist Dennis R Leyden told a legislative subcommittee that the business and occupation tax discriminates by firm size. He cited that only a small number of firms show profits and questioned the tax structure’s fairness across large and small businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B&o
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Univrsity
Dennis R Leyden
West Virpais
Teyden
Nder
Leyden
Police Beat Highlights Assault Charge and Local Court Dates
Raleigh county jail booked Carl Short of Cool Ridge on an air assault case with a battery warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Lorena Wallace. Also cited were Michael Gene Watcher for speeding and a Beckley woman in critical condition at Highlands Regional Hospital after an apparent self harm attempt. Local tax discussion noted B and O rates and proposals to shift burden, with state officials urging study by December subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Couty
Justice of the Peace
Lorena Wallace
Carl
Cool ‘Ridge
County
Wallace
Kennedy Lawyers Seek Disqualification In Inquest
Kennedy lawyers ask Massachusetts high court to disqualify Judge Boyle from presiding over the inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne’s death. They argue the broad publicity and court rules threaten a fair trial and press restrictions were discussed amid security and courtroom crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Hanify
Aled
High Court
Marge Boyle
Hanify
Rim
Bowles
Sereview
Washington
Kennery
Aitiwanady
Chappaquiddick Ysland
ASME
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Boyle
Stotesbury Mansion Heads to Auction in Philadelphia
The 147 room Stotesbury mansion, built in 1921 at a cost of 3 million for Edward T. Stotesbury, is to be sold at auction. Once palatial, it features 45 baths nine elevators a movie theater pipe organ barber shop billiards room its own power plant and water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auction Mansion
Philadelphia
API
Stotesbury
Versailles
Louis XV
France
Edward T. Stotesbury
Viet Cong Woman Details Torture by Allies
Madame Nguyen Thi Chon a 42 year old Viet Cong member testified at a press center about torture and rape of women in South Vietnamese prisons. She named Ngo Quyen Thu Duc Ba Wet Cu Chi centers and said many prisoners were crowded in cells with corpses weighed by stones before being thrown into rivers. She blamed American military personnel and Saigon agents for the abuses during 1967 to 1968, and she escaped during the Tet offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Saigon
Madame Nguyen - Thi Chon
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
U.S
Madame Chon
Vietnam
Ngo Quyen
Thu Duc
Ba Wet
Cu Chi
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
International Red Cross Committee
North Vietnam
Good Samaritan Gets A New Trial in Vienna Incident
A Wood County man Fiord A. Villers was granted a new trial by the State Supreme Court after judges found that differing conclusions could be drawn from the evidence in a February 1968 Vienna incident. Villers alleged he acted to aid Mrs Betty M McClung whose station wagon stalled on a slippery street and charged negligence against her for reversing. the original trial directed a verdict for the defendants and awarded costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Charleston
UPS
Wood County
Fiord A.villers
State Supreme Court
Villers
Betty M. McClung
Vienna
Kanawha Board Refuses Strikers Meeting
Striking Kanawha County bus drivers sought a 30 minute session with the Kanawha County Board of Education in Charleston but were denied by Board President Albert Anson who said the drivers were fired last week and no longer employed. A march by the drivers and their wives preceded the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Kanawha County
Potomac State to Dedicate $825,000 Academic Facility
Dedication ceremonies are set for October 26 at Potomac State College for a new $825,000 academic facilities building. West Virginia University President Dr. James G. Harlow Berkeley Springs vice president Earl T. Andrews and University of Michigan education center director Dr. James J. Miller Jr. will participate with Andrews presenting the building to Potomac State President Todd H. Bullard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac State College
West Virginia University
James G. Harlow
Earl T. Andrews
Berkeley Springs
West Virginia Board of Regents
James J. Miller Jr
Center For the Study of Higher Education
University of Michigan
Andrews
Potomac State
Todd H. Bullard
Maynard Jackson Elected Atlanta's First Black Vice Mayor
In Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, a youthful attorney and NAACP officer, won the race for vice mayor, defeating Alderman Milton Farris in a biracial election. The result marks the city’s first Black vice mayor in its 122-year history, as Jackson calls for action programs and enforcement of antidiscrimination and fair housing codes amid a diverse electorate. The context includes Massell and Cook futures, Tate’s third place, and strong Black turnout from heavily Black precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPI
Maynard Jackson
Jackson
NAACP
Milton Farris
Georgia
Sam Massell
Rodney Cook
Horace Tate
Massell
Ivan Allen Jr
Tate
Martin Luther King Jr
Ralph Abernathy
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Farris
Funeral services for Arthur Robert Hannah in Mabscott
Funeral services for Arthur Robert Hannah 47 of Mabscott will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Overdorf officiating. Burial follows at Mount Tabor Cemetery. Hannah who died Monday at 10:45 a.m. from a gunshot wound in Virginia Beach was visiting his sister Eloise Meadows. Albert John Almond 44 of Norfolk was arrested for murder. Survivors include his mother Macy Pack Hannah and four sisters. Friends may call at the Sarat home after 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Robert Hannah
Mabscott
Keyser-Bryant
Kenneth Overdorf
Mount Tabor
Hannah
Eloise Hy. Meadows
Virginia Beach
All Virginia Beach Hospital
Virginian Pilot
Albert John Almond
Norfolk
Almond
Macy Pack Hannah
Taez Naty
Virginia Ball
Beckley
Rose le Orre
Lompoe
Calif
Emmalou Henderson
el “Segundo
Frankie Hannah
India
Pam
Annie Elizabeth Massey
Chicago, Il
Coal City
Robert Powers
Route 1
Mount Hope
Tyree
Harmon Davis
Sunset Memorial Park
Powers
Pax
Ex-Deputy Killed Resisting Robber in Los Angeles
George O Thalman a 28 year old former Ohio County West Virginia deputy sheriff was killed early Tuesday during a suspected robbery attempt in Los Angeles A 19 year old Terry Walker of Los Angeles was arrested on suspicion of murder Police found a .38 caliber revolver near the car and a $5 bill in Walker s grip Walker had left the cab where Thalman s body lay and Thalman had planned to rejoin the Los Angeles department in November
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LOS Angeleo
UPI
Ohio County
W. Va
George O. Thalman
Thalman
Terry R. Walker
Los Angeles
Walker
Vernon
Massing Rites Slated for Mount Hope man 71
John W. Massing 71 of Mount Hope dies after brief illness in a local hospital. Funeral services set Friday at 11 a.m. in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev. William Anderson. burial in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. He was born June 8 1808 in Pennsylvania, a retired coal operator and Beckley BPOE member. Survived by three Charleston sisters. wife Anne predeceased in 1968. Rosary Thursday 7:30 p.m. with body available after 5 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Massing
Mount Hope
Tyree
William Anderson
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Massing
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Massing
Charleston
John Massing
Beckley Bpoe
Anne P. Massing
Maggalen Massing
William M. Conner
Australia to not leave Vietnam troops yet or on U.S. pullout
Prime Minister John Gorton said on television Australia will not abandon its forces in Vietnam as the United States withdraws. He added there is no U.S. plan for phased withdrawal and Australia would align if such a plan existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
UPI
John Gorton
Vietnam
United States
Gorton
Trial Calendar Sets Murder Case for October Trial
The Raleigh County court calendar lists murder and grand larceny cases with trials due Oct. 27 to Nov. 7. Notable names include Larry Grant Cook Charles Christian Lee Taylor Bill Beckett Jess Ewing and Roy White among dozens scheduled in October and November for breaking and entering arson embezzlement and related felonies.
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Larry Grant Cook
Charles E. Christian
Beckley
Lee Taylor
Bill M. Beckett
Hurst
Stanley
Luther M. Necessary
Lawrence Lee Burnett
William Hurley
Bucky Crook
William Bucky Hurley
Pamela Jean Peelish
Willie Albert Evans
Charles William Berry
David Lee Shrewsberry
Robert Ray Drennen
Charles Ballew
Charles Matthew Green Jr
Bernard Harold Ellis Jr
Frank Stephen Anderson
Frank Bednarski Jr
Justin Callins
Gracie
Fralin
Patricia Louise Jones
John Doe
Gary Kelley
Roy White
Take
Robert Ronald Martin
Vernon Dale Martin
Lawrence Edward Asbury
Elmer
Ray Massie
Tommy Tiortot
Eml
Eida Hundley
Mary L. Lukach
Annitta Kelly
Roscoe D. Martin
McMillion
Norvelle Dale Richimond
Willian
Graveside rites for day-old son Dillon Jr.
Charles Ray Dillon Jr. died at 5:40 a m in a local hospital. Graveside services for the Mabscott infant will be held Thursday at 11 a m in Sunset Memorial Park. Rev R E Pedigo officiating. Survived by paternal grandmother Eva M Dillon Lanark and maternal grandmother Mrs Paul Dingess Beckley. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dillon Jr
Charles Ray Dillon Jr
Charles Ray
Lanette Wade Dillon
Mabscott
Sunset Memorial Park
R. E. Pedigo
Eva M. Dillon
Lanark
Paul Dingess
Beckley
Rose and
Local man Houston Boggess laid to rest in spring services
Houston Boggess died after a long illness and will be buried at Mountaine Cemetery following a Rose and Quessenberry Chapel service conducted Thursday at 2 am by Rev. R E Leadingham. He died Monday in a local hospital and may call after 5 pm today. Pallbearers include Clarence Bragg Eddie Bragg D C Nunn Oscar Meadows Emory Walker Sherman Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Boggess
R. E. Leadingham
Assault Suit Filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Willis Vandall of Prosperity sues David L. Lilly of Prosperity in Raleigh County Circuit Court alleging Lilly assaulted him at Harper on July 31 without cause. Vandall seeks 30,000 dollars and notes his status as a disabled World War II veteran with ongoing pain and $1,000 in medical costs to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Vandall
Prosperity
Raleigh County
David L. Lilly
Vandall
Lilly
Harper
Funeral Service for Rachel Childers Held at 2 PM
Mrs. Rachel Childers died Tuesday at a Glenwood Park nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm at the Paley Funeral Home with Reverends Paul and Don Watson officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park. She was 101 and resided at 101 South Avenue, Princeton, with relatives Orchard and Bethel Childers of MacArthur.
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Rachel Childers
South Avenue
Princeton
Kueiay
Jpaley
Paul
Don Watson
Chavee
Roselawn Memorial Gate
Glen‘wood Park
Orchard
Bethel Childers
MacArthur
Ida Lester Dies at 81 in Harper Nursing Home
Mrs. Ida Mae Lester 81 of Harper died today in a local nursing home after a long illness. Her body is at Meltom Mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Lester
Ida Mae Lester
Harper
Meltom Mortuary
Keith E Peters 55 Coal City native dies in Atlanta
Keith E Peters of Atlanta Georgia died at home on Tuesday. He was 55 and a former Coal City resident a sheet metal worker for an Atlanta company and a Stoco High School graduate. Survived by wife Peggy daughters Kay Ferber and Toni sister Nancy Boothe brother John W Peters Jr half brother Carroll Peters and stepmother Arlie Peters. Funeral services will be held in Atlanta.
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Keith E. Peters
Atlanta
Coal City
Stoco High School
J. W. Peters
Arthur F
Jiggs)Peters
Peggy
Robert
Kay) Ferber
Toni
Nancy Boothe
John W. Peters Jr
Rockville
Carroll Peters
Arlie Peters
United Fund Raleigh County Kickoff Raises Early Pledges
Initial accounting from volunteers shows 2535 dollars pledged in the United Fund drive for 1970 in Raleigh County. UF President Warren A. Thornhill Jr. collected the amount as workers aim to reach at least 87500 dollars for 12 United Funds agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
United Fund of
Raleigh
Warren A. Thornhill, Jr
United Fands
Negligence Charged In Automobile Damage Trial
A Raleigh County Circuit Court trial opened over a fire at Mountain State Equipment in Mabscott. Fred White, a Sterling Smokeless Coal Co. operator, claims damages from an attempted trailer hitch weld by Mountain State employee James Woods on April 27 1968. Woods and Mountain State argue White was negligent. Jury list reads Toney Pellares Anson Shellow Anna Peterson J Claude Thompson Mrs Malcolm Morris Richard Ireland Lee Sarrett David Muir Warren Wyatt Mrs Emmett Pugh Jr Emory Miller Roone Lilly Ren Porterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred White
Beaver
Mountain State Equipment
Raleigh County
White
Sterling Smokeless Coal Co
Mountain State Building
Mabscott
James Woods
Sayre
Woods
Paul Fourney
Norman Knapp
Mountain State
Toney C. Pellares
Anson Shellow
Anna Peterson
J. Claude Thompson
Malcolm Morris
Richard Ireland
Lee Sarrett
David Muir
Warren L. Wyatt
Emmett Pugh Jr
Emory R. Miller
Roone Lilly
Ren Porterfield
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Glenn Morgan
Alachian
Daisy Higgins
Teden
Vance Q. Alvis
Arch A. Moore
Moore
Bell
Vm Investmen
John McFadden
Wilkes Barre
Jornne
Berkeley Heights
Haynsworth
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Senate
Forgas
Griffin
Otter
Nixon
Michigan
Judiciary Committee
Everett Dirksen
Supreme Court
Executive
Fortas
Hollings
Grace Cherries
Orange Helves
Paradise Mix
G. C. Murphy CO
Murphy's
New York
Lamad
Kanawha Board
Health Council
Robert K. Holliday
Oak Mill
James H. Walker
Allen Dyer
Parkersburg
Arthur R. Hannah
Annie E. Massey
Frederick Jones
William A. Hudson
Joseph A. Allen
Jack D. Lester
James R. Kincaid
James E. Bennington
George Bolen
Goldie Cummings
Bernard Lee Owens
Joseph Davis
Danny Wayne Cantley
Cecil Dorsey
Don McKinley Bragg
Juliais Flynn
Hugh J. Hawthorn
Ernest Elbert Martin
Cecil Vaden Fleming
William Rutledge
Virgil Lowell Williams
Beckley National Bank
Neve
Mrs
Ernest Davis
Robert B. Sayre
Electric & Machine Co
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