Ford promises skill in face of world crisis
President Ford describes health as excellent and stamina as strong while addressing foreign policy, arms talks, and the 1976 campaign. He says he will stay middle in the GOP, and notes his wife Betty’s health remains stable though she faced cancer surgery last year. He expects to be frank with the public on peacekeeping questions and foreign policy.
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Middle East
Soviet Union
Ford
United States
U.S
Sinai
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
North
South Vietnam
GOP
Helsinki
Betty
House
Warsaw
Bucharest
Hoffa Case Widens as FBI Seeks Grand Jury Access
The FBI expands inquiries into Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance with more witnesses questioned and possible conflicts in statements. Hoffa's family supports any probe aiding his return. Reports say a blood stained car linked to Joe Giacalone may have been seized, though denied by an FBI spokesman.
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Hoffa
Lake Orion
FBI
Grand Jury
Guy
Barbara Crancer
Joe Giacalone
Anthony
Tony Jack
Giacalone
Young Giacalone
Charles
Chuckie
Teamster's International Vice
Brand takes blame for switch error in Apollo Soyuz flight
President Ford praised the mission at the White House Rose Garden as a triumph, awarding NASA Distinguished Service Medals to astronauts Stafford and Slayton and Glynn Lunney. Stafford and crew discussed poison gas exposure and a hard landing while Brand took responsibility for failing to flip switches that would have shut off rockets.
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White House
Ford
NASA
Stafford
Air Force
Earth
Space Agency
DSM
Glynn Lunney
U.S
Lunney
Leonov
Apollo
Brand
Slayton
Weather Summary for Morgantown Area
Partly cloudy today with highs in the 80s. Chance of showers and thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. Lows tonight upper 50s to 60s, highs tomorrow in the 80s. Yesterday’s high 85, low 50 at Morgantown Lock and Dam. Precipitation none. Sunset 8:23 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:28 a.m.
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Morgantown Lock and Dam
Obituaries Chronicle Local Residents Pass Away
Obituaries list multiple local figures from Morgantown to Oakland and Gaines. Helen Lea Demastes 57 of Osage. J Howard McClead 57 of Rt 7. Nicholas P Economos 82 longtime Morgantown figure. Robert William Carlson 65 Westover. Jason Clyde Taylor three day old. William Watson Jr 56 Oakland md. Details include birthplaces, survivors, and funeral arrangements with several services pending.
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Helen Lea Demastes
Osage
Monongalia General Hospital
Braxton County
Grover
Laura Vance
Robert Demastes
Gaines
Ira Demastes
Donald Demastes
Katherine Francis
Mooresville
Carolyn Sharon Perrine
Edith Rice
Burnside
Edith Lynch
Sutton
Nicholas P. Economos
Nicholas G
JoAnn J.) Evans
Morgantown
New York City
Mr. Economos
Karabourna
Turkey
Peter Economos
Kalomira Economos
St. Spyridon
Effie Leondis Economos
Peter N. Economos
Ridgewood
N.J
Robert William Carlson
Hillcrest Ave
Westover
Kane
Axel and
Augusta Carlson
Morgan, Shirt Co
Emanual Mission Church of
Mildred M. Carlson
Shirley Melendy
Bonnie Lou Wingrove
Pennsacola
Fla
Connie Sue Stuchell
Arthurdale
Robert W. Carlson Jr
Jamestown
N.Y
Eva Novosel
Ruth
William Watson William Watson, Jr
Oakland
Tunnelton
William and
Bess Wolf Watson
Garrett County Board of Education
Evelyn Kelly Watson
Robert William Watson
Charleston
Blanche Nutter
Pittsburgh
Ruth Edwards
Margaret Knotts
Kingwood
Ellen Spring
Arlington
John O. Durst
Clean Streams crew nets 1000 bottles from creek cleanup
About 30 youths led by Taylor Runner collected nearly 1,000 returnable cola bottles along Dunkard Creek near Blacksville. Bottles were washed in an assembly line, stored at Clay Battelle High School, and sold to raise 48 dollars for a Riverside Park party.
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One Clean Streams
Taylor Runner
Dunkard Creek
Blacksville
Clay- Battelle High School
Runner
Riverside Park
Giant Eagle
Clyde Richey
McCartney Schedule of West Virginia Public Appearances
Secretary of State James R. McCartney releases a two week plan with appearances in Charleston Westover New Martinsville Huntington Morgantown and Las Vegas He will address the Charleston Exchange Club and the Parkersburg Lions Club attend safety council events with Marion County children and participate in United Fund and alumni activities He joins the National Association of Secretaries of State meeting in Las Vegas and reports back at a Charleston Rotary luncheon
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James R. McCartney
McCartney
Charleston Exchange Club
Westover
Marion County
Fairmont East Lions Club
West Virginia Safety Council
New Martinsville
United Fund Committee
Charleston
United Fund
Huntington Alloys
Huntington
Parkersburg Lions Club
West Virginia University Alumni Association
Morgantown
National Association of Secretaries of State
Las Vegas
Nevada
NASS
Staten Island Couple Receives Honest Pocketbook Return
William Bradley a Staten Island schoolteacher says his wife left her pocketbook in a grocery cart at Giant Rage store. An honest finder turned in the bag containing 150 dollars in cash and blank checks and credit cards. Bradley notes they have vacationed at Cheat Lake for six years.
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Staten Island
N.Y
William Bradley
Cheat Lake
Rage
Giant
Eagle Office
Bradley
Minor accidents report from Monongalia and Pennsylvania
Monongalia crime desk records a 1 24 p m two car crash on South High and Prairie involving Richard Sporendi 22 Cassville and Larry Rogers 29 St Clairsville with $200 damage no injuries. Pennsylvania notes a hit and run on Bute Road North Union Township causing $50 damage to Michael Tobak’s parked car and ongoing state police investigation. City court fines and bonds are reported for two defendants.
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Monongalia
South High Street
Prairie Avenue
Richard L. Sporendi
Cassville
Larry C. Rogers
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Bute Road
North Union Township
Michael Tobak
Uniontown
R.D
Obituary notices for Carlson, Kinsley, Leonian, Metheny, and Smith
Multiple notices announce the deaths of Robert William Carlson 65 Earl A Kinsley 82 Nell Almyra Lanham Leonian 83 Marguerite Miller Metheny 92 and Bert Smith 86. Locations include Westover Morgantown Terra Alta and Fairmont with funeral home services visitation and burial details at Mt Tabor Granview Memorial Gardens Trinity Episcopal Church Terra Alta Cemetery Mt Union Cemetery and West Virginia University Hospital.
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University Hospital
Friends
Fred L. Jenkins
Funeral Home Chapel of Prayer
Arthur Mace
David Hilling
Granview Memorial Gardens
Fairmont
Leonian
Nell Almyra Lanham Leonian
Price
West Virginia University Hospital
Dering
Trinity Episcopal Church
Rex M. Hartley
Charles €. Roberts
Smith
Bert
Meadowbrook Road
Sundale Rest Home
Deiing
Funeral Home Chapel
Mt. Union Cemetery
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Robert Holmes
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Teamster
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Point Marion
Sadler
Railroad Streets
William E. Miller
Rt. 7
Charmaine L. DuBois
McKinley Ave
Miller
Debra Miller
Popular Demand
BIJOU
OLD Mill Club
Chestnut Ridge Road
Lower Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Carolinas
Lower
Rockies
J. Howard McClead
Monongalia County
Olive Brown McClead
James E. MccClead
Greer Limestone
Greer
Clarcie McClead
John H. McClead
Morgan
Clean Streams Crew
Daily Report
David R. Crawford
Monongahela Ave
Randolph Lee Pauley
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