Court space dispute in Charleston escalates
Cleveland Benedict plans a mutually agreeable solution with Chief Justice Thornton Berry Jr as the Capitol space conflict unfolds. Benedict had seven days to vacate the fourth floor office but the court moved in after picking a lock Benedict installed when the History and Archives department moved out.
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Charleston
W Va
Cleveland Benedict
Capitol
Supreme Court
Benedict
Thornton Berry Jr
Court
Berry
Attorney General
Department of History and Archives
Tourists flock to Harpers Ferry amid East Coast Bicentennial boom
Tourists rush into West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle drawn by proximity to Baltimore and Washington and by Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. Attendance reached 1.3 million this year, topping 1973's 1.25 million, with travelers often stopping brief on way to other sites. Local officials note strong visitor interest in regional historical attractions.
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Harpers Ferry
W.va
Eastern Panhandle
Panhandle
John van Tol
Eastern Gateway Travel Council
Baltimore
Washington
Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Victor Roberts Jr
Berkeley County
Williamson Housing trial opens with two witnesses
In Huntington West Virginia two witnesses testified on day one of the Williamson Housing Authority trial. Defendants Denny Moore Bernice Abraham and Betty Riddle face federal fraud charges for using agency funds and workers on personal housing projects between January 1972 and May 1974.
Coal miners fighter released by Fourth Circuit ruling
Bruce Miller, a leader in the coal miners rights movement, is freed after nearly three months of a six month contempt sentence. The appeals court ruled Judge Hall lacked authority to both fine and imprison and treated the case as civil rather than criminal contempt. Police also seek James Cantley for the slaying of Robert Adkins after a tavern confrontation. Adkins was found shot and buried in a shallow grave near Sissonville. Cantley allegedly forced wife Linda to accompany him and held her hostage.
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Charleston
W.va
U.S. Appeals Court
Fourth Circuit
Bruce Miller
U.S. District
K.K. Hall
Hall
Miller
Sissonville
James Cantley
Robert Adkins
Adkins
Cantley
Mildred
Linda
Clear in East and unseasonably warm nationwide
A large high pressure area kept cloudiness to a minimum in the East while scattered showers and thundershowers occurred elsewhere. Rain fell in southern Florida, parts of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, and the Pacific Northwest extending to Nevada and Montana. The West stayed warm with 50s and 60s nationwide, some 70s in Florida and Arizona, and a few 40s from the northern Rocky Mountains through the Pacific Northwest.
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East
Florida
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Minnesota
Upper
Michigan
Pacific Northwest
Nevada
Montana
Utah
Arizona
Rocky Mountain
Marshall Herd Dome faces cautious reception at board
Marshall University President Robert Hayes pitched a 15 million plan for new athletic facilities in Charleston, including a 10 million multi purpose arena plus a 4 million baseball and recreation complex and 900 parking spaces. The Board of Regents asked questions on cost and feasibility and questioned whether to pursue a campus multipurpose facility now.
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Charleston
W.va
Marshall University
Robert Hayes
Board of Regents
Hayes
Regents
20Th Street
Third
Fifth Avenues
Ben Morton
Edward Greene
Huntington
Huntington’s
Civic Center
Dick and
Joe Shank
Shank
Tire Service
California ballot tests nuclear power safety on ballot
California voters face Proposition 15 on the primary ballot a measure urging a stringent safety plan for nuclear power that could shut down California’s three aging plants by 1987 restrict output in 1981 and force pursuit of alternative energy sources if safety and waste storage standards are not met. The move could influence national energy debate and other states consider similar measures.
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Los Angeles
California
Mervin Field
APCO problems in management questioned by PSC
Appalachian Power Co. faces scrutiny over its finances and bond ratings as a PSC hearing probes a 30.6 million annual rate request. Commissioner Bromley and economist Mehra question bond rating reliability and management choices, while alternatives include cost cuts and shifting to off-peak pricing. Grafton officials report several emergency runs and transfers in June.
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Charleston
W.va
Public Service
Appalachian Power Co
PSC
N. Paul Bromley
Lion
Appalachian
Samuel Sugden
Lexmi Mehra
Bromley
Brooks Smith
Mehra
Sugden
West Virginia
Smith
Obituary O Bolyard and Mayle deaths in Grafton area
GRAFTON Oran Bolyard of Route 1 Masonville died June 5 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Clarksburg. He is survived by a step mother and a half sister both of Tunnelton. Also in GRAFTON Milton A Mayle 8 Route 2 died suddenly in Canton Ohio. Born November 23 1891, he was a son of Sie and Ann Mayle. He is survived by seven children twenty five grandchildren and twenty nine great grandchildren. He was a retired school teacher and farmer in Taylor County and a Methodist.
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Grafton
Oran Bolyard
Rt. 1
Masonville
the Mountain Statesman
Bartletts Funeral Home
Bolyard
Veterans Administration Hospital
Clarksburg
Hazel Bolyard
Tunnelton
Betty
Milton A. Mayle
Canton
Ohio
Taylor County
Sie Mayle
Ann Kenan Mayle
Lora Bell Mayle
Bertsel
Opal) Mayle
Quinton Mayle
Berkely
Michigan
Fred
Annabelle) Vaughn
Vernon Mayle
Webster
John
Loretta) Mayle
Lawrence
Rosetta) Lee
Troy
James
Eleanor) Mayle
Royal Oak
Herbert
Wilbert
New tax plan could raise taxes on interest income
Washington AP reports a proposed congressional tax plan would require withholding of income taxes from interest and dividend checks paid annually to over 50 million U.S. households. The IRS says many Americans evade taxes on such income, estimating $2.4 billion a year in added revenue. The plan aims to shore up government revenues in 1977 as Senate Finance Committee chair Russell Long pushes for approval.
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Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Finance Committee
Russell Long
D-La
Hospital register moves through Grafton and nearby towns
A hospital register lists admissions and discharges across Grafton, Tunnelton, Terra Alta, Kingwood, Clarksburg, Fairmont, and surrounding areas. Names include Catherine Shaffer, Wade Evans, Olive Laraway, Mary Shannon, Geraldine Finley, and many others across institutions like Grafton City Hospital, Preston Memorial, Broadus, Philipppi, and Buckhannon facilities.
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Kasson
Geraldine Finley
Preston Memorial Hospital
Tunnelton
Catherine Shaffer
Calvin Owen
Mary Shannon
Terra Alta
Wade Evans
Kingwood
Claude McGee
Laura Nicholson
Albright
Olive Laraway
Jane Lenhart
Huntington
Raymond Gibson
Broaddus Hospital
Grafton
Lawrence Bolyard
Polly Shumaker
Philippi
Margaret Clevinger
Violet Wilson
Cheryl Messenger
Kathleen Workman
Moatsville
John Nestor Jr
Nellie Newman
Volga
Basil Kanouff
Buckhannon
Eva Bragg
Nutter Fort
Aline Highland
Clarksburg
Edna Karickoff
Elkins
Mary Canfield
Mchenry
Maryland
Margaret Savage
Enterprise
Susan Kuhns
Newburg
Funeral services for Milton A Mayle and Paul Boyd Currey
Funeral notices announce services for Milton A. Mayle 84 of Rt. 2 Grafton who died June 7 with services at Wesleyan Methodist Church West Hill at 2 p.m. Rev Winfield Mayle officiating. Interment West Hill Cemetery. Friends may visit Bartlett Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Wednesday. A Bartlett Service. Also funeral for Paul Boyd Currey 71 of Rt. 4 Grafton McGee Community, died June 6 with services at Bartletts Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev Clyde Hibbs officiating. Interment Harmony Grove Center. Friends may visit after 7 p.m. today. A Bartlett service.
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Mayle
Milton A. Mayle
Rt. 2
Grafton
Wesleyan Methodist Church
West Hill
Winfield Mayle
Bartlett Funeral
Bartlett
Currey
Paul Boyd Currey
Rt. 4
McGee
Bartletts
Clyde Hibbs
Harmony Grove
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Jasper B. Petitte
U.S. District Court
Sharon Mining Co
Maidsville
Fayette
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Mount Hope
Frank Byrdie
Williamson
Wilford
St. John Streets
C. Lowell Mason
Rex B. Bowers
Marshall ‘Herd
Nate
Association of
School Business Officials
Tygart Lake Lodge
Ervin Fink
Preston County
Juanita S. Riggleman
Hardy County
Mary Puller
Braxton County
Chet Marshall
APCO
Margaret Gawthrop
Pruntytown
West Virginia University Medical Center
Ollie Boyce
Grafton City Hospital
Edna Shingleton
Fairmont General
Gocht Sre
Rochester
L. A
Jonathan Kost
Steven Gold
City Fire Department
Washington, D.C
N.Y
Sam McCullough
Mason
Bill Byrd
Hospital Register
Ad ‘Ions
Carol Skiles
Sunset Terrace
Lena Proctor
W. Main St
Willa Poling
Victoria B. Reed
Ollie N. Boyce
W. Boyd St
Elizabeth Pfaffel
Lincoln St
Paul D. Wolfe
Oscar G. Kirkpatrick
Patricia Kral
Hazel C Morgan
Dorsey St
McGraw Ave
Roy _ Goff
Emma Lee
John Stull
Janice Sommer
William Bowermaster
Eulalah Plum
Rosemon
John Wilfong
Sutton Virginia Robinson
Rebecca Weaver
William Foreman
Adyce Stalnacker
Terry Jenkins
Belington
Edmund Thompson
John Golden
Sutton
Arthur Davis
Flemington
Roy Drummond
Weston
Ruth Beverage
Frank Snider
Ulysses Cox
Minerva Maxson
Michael Simmors
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