West Virginia town hall and fire department burned
Pratt mayor stated arson is suspected after a fire destroyed the Pratt town hall and volunteer fire department. Police and Fire Marshal investigators collected evidence including a gasoline can and string. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars, with two pumper trucks lost. East Bank Montgomery and Handley dispatched firefighting crews to the scene.
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Pratt
W.va
B. G. Crookshanks
East Bank
Montgomery
Handley
Pratt Police Department
Pratt Women’s Club
Lions Club
Logan County frees 16 in mine theft case on holiday leave
Logan County authorities released 16 of 35 guilty in the mine equipment theft ring on holiday leave. They pleaded guilty to petit larceny and were originally sentenced December 14 by Judge Harvey Oakley.
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Logan
W.va
Logan County
Harvey Oakley
Oakly
Irvin Dingess
Earl Mullens
Gary Mullens
Byrd delays $20 million to create black lung clinics
Washington Senator Robert Byrd announced the Labor-HEW Appropriations bill includes 5 million to establish black lung clinics with emphasis on Appalachia. officials say current facilities are insufficient and funds will establish new clinics and support mobile units. Byrd had sought 20 million for 60 clinics before House revisions.
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Washington
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
West Virginia
Appalachia
Department of Labor
Family faces bleak Christmas after west Virginia fire
In Huntington West Virginia the Brizendine family of seven lost their four room home and all possessions to a Saturday fire. Authorities believe a faulty electric clothes dryer caused the blaze. Firefighter Duane King was injured when a ceiling furnace fell during the firefighting effort and remains hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Huntington
W.va
UPI
Johnny Brizendine
Seven arrested on drug charges in Dunbar West Virginia
Seven people including four juveniles were arrested Friday night on delivering illegal drugs in Dunbar. adults Lonnie W. Smith 18 Charleston Michael W. Vinyard 18 Charleston and Ned Crouch 24 Rand were named. Smith and Vinyard are held on 15000 bond each while Crouch posted bond. Six warrants were expected to be issued soon.
Byrd Announces Reactivation Contract for Cresap Coal Lab
Senator Robert Byrd says a contract to reactivate the Cresap coal research facility in Marshall County West Virginia will be signed within two weeks The Flour Corp of Los Angeles will run the project sending 10 to 12 engineers The facility opened in 1963 as a coal to gas lab and closed three years ago total studies cost about 12.9 million dollars of a 5 million dollar appropriation was used with 3 million Byrd securing the funds
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Los Angeles
Cresap
Byrd
Hechler Celebrates Defeat of Energy Bill
Rep. Ken Hechler hailed Saturday’s Congressional defeat of emergency energy legislation as a great victory for consumers and workers. He blamed the Nixon administration and oil companies for pushing windfall profit protections and said the year end adjournment followed a deadlock over oil windfall taxes.
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Washington
Ken Hechler
Congressional
William) Simon
Senate
House
Nixon
Hechler
Block-cut mining proposal may reopen controversy
West Virginia lawmakers debate block-cut surface mining as a possible model from Pennsylvania. Sen. Mario Palumbo urges examining the black-out method to improve reclamation, with proposals to curb highwalls and spoil banks, and to adapt drainage and bench width rules.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mario Palumbo
Kanawha County
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Palumbo
Ben Lusk
West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association
Lusk
Natural Resources Director
Open meetings proposed for West Virginia Senate
Sen. William Brotherton discloses a 1974 legislative plan to open 16 Senate standing committees to the public with executive sessions only by majority vote. The Rules Committee endorsed the change, to be submitted after the January 9 assembly convenes.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
State Senate
William Brotherton
Dhanawha
Brotherton
Senate
Christmas Party Brightens West Virginia Penitentiary
About 1,800 civilians packed the three hour Christmas party at the century old Moundsville maximum security prison. Inmates in uniforms mingled with visiting relatives from McDowell County and Baltimore while guards performed head counts after two children were found separated from parents.
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Moundsville
W.va
West Virginia Penitentiary
Curtis Wolfe
McDowell County
Jean Banton
Baltimore
Wolfe
Three Hampshire Jail Escapees Recaptured in West Virginia
Three inmates who escaped from Hampshire County Jail were recaptured near Springfield. Ross L. Kerns 32 held on Maryland parole violation, James Belt Jr. 24 held on nonsupport, and Carl Chaney 20 AWOL from the armed forces were returned to custody.
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Romney
W.va
Hampshire County
Ross L. Kerns
Maryland
James Belt Jr
Carl Chaney
Springfield
Inside Local Business and Classifieds Snapshot
A compact notice cycle highlights area commerce and labor activity. Listings include Connell's Free-for- ads and ongoing regional business chatter, reflecting market mood and employment signals in the Si Valley briefing.
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Billy Graham
Connell
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