Mitchell begins prison term in Watergate case at two sites
John N. Mitchell, the Watergate figure known as the Big Enchilada, surrenders today to begin a 2% to 8 year sentence at Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama. Haldeman starts at Lompoc California, while Ehrlichman remains jailed following a jury verdict for conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying under oath.
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John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
Carter
G. Gordon Liddy
Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Will ‘St
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Death may be soon for Karen Quinlan
Karen Quinlan remains gravely ill thirteen months after life support was halted under a court order. At Morris View Nursing Home her parents keep vigil as doctors note deterioration and the family priest administers last rites.
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Morris Plains
N.J
Karen Anne Quinlan
Joseph
Julia Quinlan
Morris View
Thomas Trapassa
Quinlan
Karen
Paul Armstrong
Armstrong
Miss Quinlan
Miners Strike Protests Benefit Cuts In Two States
In West Virginia about 10,000 miners and in eastern Kentucky three to four thousand miners walk off to protest health benefit cutbacks for United Mine Workers members. Wildcat actions cost the UMW Health Funds $65 million in royalties since 1974. Some leaders oppose the strikes, warning they worsen fund solvency. Grafton emergency squad logged several patient transports on June 21.
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United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Kentucky
UMW Health and Retirements Funds
UMW
Congress
House
U.S
Carter signs compromise law limiting Arab boycott participation
President Carter will sign a bill shaping but not ending U S corporate participation in the Arab boycott of Israel. The measure, endorsed by Jewish groups and Business Roundtable executives, allows compliance with local laws under limits and imposes fines for boycott-linked refusals. A 1 month grace period covers contracts signed before May 16 through year end 1978.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
Israel
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
South Carolina
John West
Saudi Arabia
Business Roundtable
Middle East
Alaska
Congress
Sedatives to Change Labels Warned by FDA Chief
FDA Commissioner Don Kennedy announced a plan to ban nonprescription daytime sedatives due to dangerous daytime drowsiness with no medical benefit. Shoppers can buy similar products if not labeled daytime sedatives or marketed to calm nerves, but must accept nighttime labeling. Major daytime sedatives include Cope Compoz Miles Nervine Trangium and Quiet World.
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Washington
FDA
Don Kennedy
Kennedy
Cope
Quiet World
Wayne Pines
West Virginia Bus Safety Roadeo Set for June 23
The third annual West Virginia School Bus Safety Roadeo starts at 8 a.m. Thursday June 23 at Putnam County Driving. Sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Education, counties may select two operators with a year free of preventable accidents. Events include a written exam and driving test ending with an awards luncheon. If rain cancels June 23, the roadeo shifts to June 24. Winners may advance to the National School Bus Roadeo in Fort Worth Texas November 6-10.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Putnam County
West Virginia Department of Education
Charles H. Keenan
Roadeo
National Association of Pupil Transportation
Fort Worth
Texas
Hospital register details multiple discharges and admissions
Hospital register lists admissions and discharges across towns including GRAFTON, THORNTON, TUNNELTON, FLEMINGTON, PRESTON MEMORIAL, and WEBSTER SPRINGS. Names such as Zella Shaw Sally Fletcher John Morgan and Virginia Falk appear among patients with June admissions and June 21 discharges. obituaries and funeral notices follow with Trinity area clergy.
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Atlamus
Jane
Grafton
Everett Moran
Sarah Flemming
Zella Shaw
Arlie Hovatter
Mary Smith
Clay Bolyard
Sally Fletcher
Jeffery Sapp
Thornton
John Morgan
Fairest Funk
Tunnelton
Clarissa Huffman
Flemington
Anna Massie
Ohio
John Spiecha
Preston Memorial Hospital
Kenneth
Dessie Miller
Frances Keller
Janet Pyles
Janice Pyles
John Huffman
Claude Manier
Candy Calhoun
Broaddus Hospital
Emma Deareny
Melissa Bakey
Philippi
Kathryn Allen
Carlo Versa
Okey Dean
Clarence Graham
Hugh Mitchell
Kasson
Golden Summerfield
Weston
Reba Taylor
Clarksburg
Bertha Barrett
Montrose
Wanda Shahan
Century
Anoinette Haddix
Ruby Wolfe
Davis
Joseph Hubbard
Enterprise
E. Louise Frazio
Charles WN. Ware
Philip Croston
Cahtryn Lake
Nutter Fort
Audie May
Stonewood
William Riffle
Webster Springs
Vivian Griggs
Berry
Obituaries for Milton Stevens and Virgil Handley Jr in Grafton and Bridgeport
Milton George Stevens 91 of Rt. 5 Grafton died June 21 at Grafton City Hospital after an extended illness. Survived by wife Verla Phillips Stevens, six children, one sister, 20 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Retired from Hazel Atlas Glass at 69. member of Blueville Church of Christ. Virgil Power Handley Jr. 68 of 902 Sunset Drive Bridgeport died June 21 in a Clarksburg hospital. Survived by wife Kathleen Handley and son Virgil Handley III. Former district manager of Social Security for Clarksburg, started in 1936 with SSA, honored for 40 years service. Member of Bridgeport United Methodist Church and Grafton Lodge 15 AF and AM.
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Grafton
Milton George Stevens
Grafton City Hospital
Marion County
Benjamin Franklin
Jane Ellen Guthrie Stevens
Verla G. Phillips Stevens
Lester Milton Stevens
Sarah Jane Cline
Jack
Mary Etta) Lockhart
William Albert Stevens
Carl
Flora Ann) Grob
Denzil Allen Stevens
Hilda Bunner
Fairmont
Bill
Henry Frank
Joe
Mary Trippet
Etta Turner
Anna Hawkins
Rebecca Jones
Ida Regger
Lillian Estes
Leona Musgrove
Nora Mae Stevens
Stevens
Hazel- Atlas Glass Company
Blueville Church of Christ
Virgil Power Handley Jr
Sunset Drive
Bridgeport
Clarksburg
Handley
United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Commission
Grafton High School
West Virginia University
Fairmont State College
Taylor County
Social Security Administration
Bridgeport United Methodist Church
Grafton Lodge 15
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Miner Wildcats
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UMW District 6
Guzek
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Baker
W. Main St
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Lisa Austin
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown
Hospital Register
Moats
Kingwood
Virginia Falk
Mayme Hale
Terra Alta
Catherine Pifer
Bowlesburg
Laura
Melissa Dean
Newburg
Bonnie Lyons
Virgil Power Jr
Tucker-Allen Funeral Home
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Gordon Lantz
Dorothy Weekley
Betty Knotts
Jackie Fitzwater
James Atkinson
Alex Bryant
French Creek
Carolen Frame
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Sandra Gerwig
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Jesse McCauley
Manheim
Carla Plyes
Sharon Jenkins
Moatsville
Edward Mayle
Wyatt
Claire Hickman
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Inez Helmick
Dorothy Williams
Martha Andrick
Mill Creek
William Long
Maude Troder
Curtis England
Elizabeth Warner
Robert Kline, Jr
Buckhannon
Nora Anderson
Rodney Thorne
Ida Prichard
Strother Lohr
Elborn Mitchell
Velva McWilliams
Gary Griffith
Mercedes Grow
Clarence Helmick
Mary Helmick
Margaret Hoffman
John Kearns
Waitman King
Ruth Layfield
Terry Singer
Beulah Longwell
Clyde McCloud
Norma Watson
Lloyd Moore
Merla Page
Thelma Quinn
Rhonda Ratliff
Tammy Reed
Francis Reymond
Renzel Roberts
Hazel Rogers
Todd Rohrbough
Jolly Rowan
Pearl Sandy
Mollie Southall
Mary Sprouse
Zeker Stire
Blanceh Strother
Joan Stutler
Palaine Sutton
Opal Way
Virgil White
Cindy Griffith
Tina Yeager
Regina Jurick
Newman Sigman
Eva Cutlip
Albert Barr
Jason O'Dell
Samuel Bet
Mary Ann Angotti
Timothy Ash
Zella Bowman
Brenda Donnellan
Pamela George
Harley Metz
Isabella Muriale
Willis Nutter
Pearl Radcliffe
Margorie Shingleton
Brenda Taylor
Lonnie Vincent
Charles White
Linda Wilson Bristol
Evelyn Bunner
Mary L. Nutt
Norma J. Goodwin
Virginia Givens
Patricia Foster
Pat McCarty
Delia Stire
Shinnston
Bernadette Sandy
Doris Stiles
Sheila Tichenor
West Milford
Sandra_—Richards
Kevin Helmick
West Union
Harold Freeman
Barbara Mackey
Micheal Beel
Enett Brown
Roger Byrd
Robert Grove
Ina Haught
Gulye Hoskinson
Linda Huff
Trena Kirk
Sharon Krickbaum
Paul Lawson
Mecheal Miller
George Pumphrey
John Biffle
Helen Smith
Minnie Waggoner
Boyd Whipkey
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