Democrats draft 1976 platform amid closed meeting
In Washington Democrats met behind closed doors to draft the party platform promising more jobs. Gov. Michael Dukakis chairs the subcommittee and cites Jimmy Carter influence as near nomination grows. In Elkins West Virginia a separate crash killed Aubrey Cheuvront and Junior Ryan while 12 year old Jeff Haddox was injured.
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Washington
Michael Dukakis
Machusetts
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Martinsburg Man Dies In Interstate 81 Entrance Ramp Crash
Richard Franklin Stout, 31, of Martinsburg and Miami, Fla., died Friday when his tractor trailer flipped off an I 81 entrance ramp after apparently taking the ramp too fast. State police attributed the fatal accidente to excessive speed.
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Martinsburg
W.va
Richard Franklin Stout
Miami
Fla
Beall to headline WV trial lawyers seminar in Charleston
George Beall former U S Attorney for Maryland will join the 18th annual West Virginia Trial Lawyers Assn seminar in Charleston June 24 26 Beall now an Baltimore attorney helped prosecute Spiro Agnew A highlight will be trial lawyer F Lee Bailey delivering a talk June 26 titled Patty Hearst For the Defense.
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Charleston
W.va
George Beall
U.S
Maryland
West Virginia Trial Lawyers Assn
Beall
Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Department of Justice
F. Lee Bailey
Patty Hearst
Ashland Oil Offers $100,000 To WV In Back Taxes
Ashland Oil Inc spokesman said Friday the firm will pay about $100,000 in back taxes to West Virginia but the offer was refused. West Virginia Tax Commissioner Richard Dailey said an error by the state tax department may endanger the collection effort, as the five year statute of limitations on the business tax assessment lapsed.
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Ashland, Ky
Ashland Oil Inc
West Virginia
Harry Wiley
West Vissioner
Richard Dailey
Ashland
Dailey
Allied Chemical responds to Ashland plant pollution charges
Allied Chemical Corp says its Ashland Kentucky coke plant has made substantial progress meeting air pollution standards and now reports emissions about 80 percent lower than last year. U S Attorney Eldon Webb announced the Justice Department filed a criminal information in Lexington charging 88 violations of consent orders under the 1970 Clean Air Act.
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Louisville, Ky
Allied Chemical Corp
Ashland
John Flint
Allied
Morris Township
N.J
Allied Chemical
U.S
Eldon Webb
U. S Justice Department
Lexington
State Board OKs Taylor construction plan for Taylor County
West Virginia State Board of Education approves a 5.3 million three phase school building and renovation program in Taylor County. Renovations begin July 1 at three schools, a new middle school rises in 1979, and a final phase starts Sept. 1. Funding totals 1.8m state Better Schools money, 1.5m local bond on Nov 2, 1m excess levy, plus other funds. Superintendent Ronald E. Dellinger led the plan with local officials and staff accompanying him.
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Grafton
West Virginia
State Board of Education
Taylor County
Ronald E. Dellinger
State Better Schools
Sprouse’s gubernatorial bid shows $502K in spending
James M. Sprouse listed $502,274.38 spent in his failed bid for the Democratic nomination for governor. The post-election report filed with the secretary of state shows $57,892.93 in new contributions since the pre-election report, totaling $502,438.53. The filing era includes numerous county and state committee contributions, with unions and others contributing, and new expenditures totaling $85,555.90.
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Charleston
W.va
James M. Sprouse
Senate
Charles R. Cline
Bowlesburn
Warren R. McGraw
Pineville
McGraw
Jack W. Puckett
John Pet Fanning
Jaeger Democrat
D.P. Sherif Given
Webster Springs
William Harry Wagner
War
Todd
Willis
Logan
Tracy Hylton
Mullens
House of Delegates
Joe Crowder
Summersville
Democraic
Louis Ray Craddock
Hurricane
Fantasia
Fairmont
Robert Turner
Pursgrove
Charles Damron
Fraziers Bottom
Jon Blair Hunter
Morgantown
William T Milleson
Springfield
Dan Shumate
Ravenswood
Ralph N. Brown
Arthurdale
American Federation of State
United Mine Workers
Carroll Simpkins
Beckley
Teamsters Union
McKittrick
Clarksburg
Sprouse
John G. Hutchinson
Ezra Graley
Nitro
John D. Rockefeller IV
Kenneth V. Ward
Keyser
Mineral County
Central
Rockefeller Committee
Great Coupon War boosts supermarket savings nationwide
The Great Coupon War drives big savings for shoppers as stores offer 1 to 3 times coupon value to lift sagging sales. AP survey finds strongest effects in the Midwest with some East and West coast promos. Stores overrun with demand, some items run out and extra cashiers hired.
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Associated Press
Midwest
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