Rural Public Transit cuts fares for students in five counties
RPT offers 25 cent rides June 6 to 10 for all ages with 12 to 18 year olds paying 2 cents. return trip same. Children 11 and under ride 25 cents, adults with them pay half fare. Participating counties Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Preston, Taylor. Monongalia excluded. J D Carter, APT coordinator, says promo to introduce students to bus system.
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Fairmont
Rural Public Transit System
RPT
Doddridge
Harrison
Marion
Preston
Taylor
Monongalia
Preston County
Carter
Kingwood
Mountaineer Mall
APT
Taylor County
Region VI Planning and Development Council
Deveny Bldg
Senate weighs housing bill and clean air delays
The Senate returns from Memorial Day recess to consider a 4.8 billion housing and community development bill extending block grants and federal housing programs, with higher emphasis on areas with older housing and expanded insured loan limits. A separate House action may delay auto exhaust standards by two years under the 1970 Clean Air Act.
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Washington
Senate
House
Gerald Ford
Carter
Treasury Department
Transportation Department
Postal Service
Dutch hostages freed as train siege nears end in Holland
Two pregnant women, Annye Brouwer-Korf and Nelleke Ellenbroek-Prinsen, released by South Moluccan gunmen after 13 days in captivity say hostages aboard the northern Holland train are in good condition despite psychological pressure. Officials warn no clear progress toward resolution amid ongoing sieges and tied reforms for the South Moluccan community.
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Groningen
Netherlands
Holland
Annye Brouwer-Korf
Nelleke Ellenbroek-Prinsen
Groningen University
van Agt
Justice Ministry
Toos Faber
Faber
Ellenbroek
Brouwer
Josina Soumakis
Hassan Tan
Ellenbroek-Prinsen
Brouwer-Korf
Assen
Franz Tutuhatunewa
South Moluccan Republic
Indonesia
Mitchell Haldeman Return To Court To Begin Prison
Washington AP report notes H R Haldeman and John Mitchell head back before Judge John Sirica for one final court appearance before starting the 2 to 8 year sentences imposed February 21 1975 for their roles in the Watergate coverup. The judge plans to set a June 22 date to begin serving, marking a closing chapter in the Watergate scandal.
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Washington
H.R. Haldeman
John Mitchell
John Sirica
America
Sirica
Mitchell
Haldeman
Richard Nixon
Special
Watergate Prosecution Force
United States
Kentucky governors attend Beverly Hills fire memorial
Gov Julian Carroll and Southgate officials joined at a cemetery service for the May 28 Beverly Hills Supper Club fire that killed 161. Co owner Rick Schilling and survivors recalled loss and grief. mayor Ken Paul said Southgate would never be the same.
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Southgate
Kentucky
Julian Carroll
Beverly Hills
Carroll
Salvation Army
Ken Paul
Rick Schilling
Cincinnati
Schilling
Dottie Eberle
Charles Chandler
Mrs. Eberle
Towboat strikes Dam in Kentucky causing drops and jam
A towboat Endeavor pushing 14 barges tore out 48 to 60 feet of wooden wickets at Dam 53 near La Center Kentucky, lowering river depth by about one foot. One barge became lodged. a repair crew from the Army Corps of Engineers races to free it while downstream structures at Dam 58 near the Ohio Mississippi confluence are noted.
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Whitlock
Ohio
Mississippi River
la Center
Ballard County
Obituary Notices for Foley and Mitch Families in Grafton and Birmingham
Agnes Ethel Foley 80 of 103 Grand Street Grafton died June 4 at Alderson Broaddus Hospital born April 28 1897 in Piedmont WV daughter of Owen A Foley and Mary Ellen Hanley Foley survived by sister Virginia Foley of Grafton preceded in death by brother Richard and sisters Anna Mary Margaret a retired book keeper who worked 1941 1974 for Central West Virginia Wholesale and Supply also with C and P Telephone and Grafton Feed and Storage Carr China involved in St Augustine Catholic Church and veteran auxiliary groups Helena Tierney Mitch 77 of Birmingham Ala former Grafton resident died June 5 after a long illness survived by husband Valentine Jones Mitch two sisters Ellanore McDonnel Washington DC and Mrs Robert Warder Denver services set in Birmingham on June 8.
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Agnes Ethel Foley
Grand Street
Grafton
Alderson-Broaddus Hospital
Piedmont
West Virginia
Owen A
Mary Ellen Hanley Foley
Virginia Foley
Richard Foley
Anna M. Foley
Mary Margaret Foley
Flemington
C and P Telephone Company
Grafton Feed and Storage
Carr China Company
St. Augustine
Helena Tierney Mitch
Birmingham
Alabama
Valentine Jones Mitch
Ellanore McDonnel
Washington, D.C
Robert Warder
Denver
Colorado
St. Augustine High School
DeSales Heights
Parkersburg
Hospital admissions and deaths listed for several towns
A hospital register shows admissions for Grafton and other towns on June 4 5 including Jay Murphy Margaret Cornwell Madge Kuhn Lila Camp Foley Agnes Ethel 80. Funeral services set for Tuesday at St Augustine with Father Klug officiating. interment Mount Calvary. rosary Monday at 7 45 pm Bartlett Funeral Home. Discharges listed for several patients. admissions and names across Tunnelton Maryland Preston Memorial Brockton Bringeport Terra Alta Buckhannon Kingwood Bayard Brist on Lumberport Tunnelton Terra Alta Mason Town with multiple individuals named.
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Grafton City Hospital
Grafton
Jay Murphy
Margaret Cornwell
Madge Kuhn
Lila Camp
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West Virginia University Hospital
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Mitch
Hospital Register
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May Bonomo
Elizabeth Holland
Eva Hamilton
Tunnelton
Jody Helmick
Maryland
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Disco Grafton
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O. Clay Bolyard
Ira Bolyard
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Brockton
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Bringeport
Jack Pale
Terra Alta
Daisy Martin
Wanda Goff
Hilbert Sparks
Buckhannon
Clinton Karickhoff
Kathy Graham
Bayard
Mary Watkins
Briston
Caroline Gainer
Lumberport
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Randall Rhoades
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Charles Heimelrick
Masontown
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