West Virginia Trip Planned by Three UMW Presidential Hopefuls
UMW candidates campaign across West Virginia where 84 000 of the union's 270 000 members reside. Arnold Miller forecasts 150 000 votes and a two thirds victory while planning visits to Charleston bathhouses and Pennsylvania anthracite fields. He refuses debates claiming rivals spread falsehoods. Miller's staff expects spending near 60 000 by election day.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
UMW
Arnold Miller
Miller
West
Stern
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Lee Roy Patterson
International Executive Board
Patterson
Harry Patrick
Raleigh County
Patrick
Accidents claim two on West Virginia highways
A Ripley man 27 died in a head on crash on Route 21 near Ripley. A Clay woman 74 died when her car left the road on West Virginia 4 near Corton. Two other injured were treated at Jackson General Hospital.
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Ripley
Clay
West Virginia
John W. Britton
Route 21
Bill Mitchell
Britton
Jackson General Hospital
Earl Morriston
Charleston
Purity Baking Co
Jackson County
Pete Baltic
Morriston
Elizabeth Pierson Smith
W.va
Corton
Tennessee authorities seek third suspect in $176000 jeweler killings
West Virginia police and Campbell County deputies obtained evidence in the MadisonWV case tying two men William Wesley York 23 and Wes Finley Jr 26 both of Dingess WV to the kidnapping and robbery slayings of Aubrey Hawkins 52 and Alberta Hawkins 49 in Tennessee. The couple was killed and their jewelry store looted with the Cadillac left outside. A third man is being sought as the investigation continues.
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Jacksboro, Tenn
UPI
West Virginia
Campbell County
Madison
W.va
Clarence Scott
Aubrey Hawkins
Alberta Hawkins
Scott
Lafollette
Tellico
Upper East Tennessee
Tennessee
Boone County
William Wesley York
Wes Finley Jr
Dingess
Hawkins
Graduation remains on schedule at Collins High School
UPI reports U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver denied an injunction in Dreama Norris's suit against the Fayette County Board of Education over a May 25 suspension. Norris will attend graduation with a blank diploma and may earn an official diploma after passing final exams.
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Oak Hill
W.va
UPI
Collins High School
U.S
John Copenhaver
Dreama Norris
Fayette County
Miners for Democracy divides in UMW election
In Charleston West Virginia UPI reports the Miners for Democracy split as Arnold Miller challenges fellow officer Harry Patrick for the UMW presidency while vice president Mike Trbovich endorses Lee Roy Patterson. The rebuke follows years of internal strife stemming from 1969 and 1972 battles and a dismantled reform movement.
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Andrew Gallagher
Charleston
W.va
UPI
Miners For Democracy
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
Harry Patrick
Miller
Mike Trbovich
Lee Roy Patterson
Trbovich
UMW
Joseph
Jock’’ Yablonski
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
Yablonski
Wheeling College
Ohley
Black Lung Association
Boyle
MFD
Patrick
U.S. Department of Labor
Mike
Arnold
Adoption brings Korean orphan to American citizenship
Tawnya Lynn Bolt, adopted by Mr and Mrs Garrett Bolt in Huntington, became a U S citizen one day after turning seven. She was abandoned in Seoul, spent a month in a Korean hospital, then moved through a foster home before arriving in the United States in May 1973. The Bolts also have Priscilla Dawn, age 10, and five other children.
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Kennedy
Adaline Moore
Friendsville News
World News
Grafton
Taylor County
Anderson
Kingwood News
Buckley
Lucille Rivers
Gallagher
Rowlesburg News
Kilpatrick
Tunnelton News
League of Women Voters
Preston
Reston
Heck’s
Furrari
Murphy Mart
Raese
Sneccsereeneres
Woodbine
W. Va
Cranberry Coal Corp
Reclamation Board of Review
Jess Higby
Marshall County
Harley Mooney Jr
Higby
Mooney
J.R. Buckalew
Morgantown
Sunday Dominion-Post
Rub Iopian Company
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Morning Reporter
Fayette and
Greene Counties
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Chico’s Dairy Bar
Beechurst Avenue
Richwood
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