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EIGHT BECKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKUEY, MORNING, JULY 23, 1970 Hearing Continues Today Witnesses Label New River Plan 'Disaster' (Continued From Page 1) Resources the West Virginia Department of a a testified that "it is the one-half mile stretch below the Biuestone Dam) the most heavily utilized and best quality fishing in the state. It is the most valuable piece of water have." During Charleston, Robinson Testimony was also given by'pressed. ftial and should Peter E- Zurbuch of CharlestonJ "The Department of the In-tmade pubue- chief of the Wildlife Resources jterior imposed a secrecy to the Division of the West Virginia jproject," his prepared Department of a a Resources; Raymond Menendez, a leader of cold water mony said. "Agencies normally keep us appraised of such project developments, not have been possible adverse effects of water quality plan would Browning win not revealj 1 recreation and fishing I where he obtained the memo-' He said that information was but sources indicate that-available before Interior de- research in the department; were not permitted to give us T-I A jTvVASkflv tlT- inflTTPrf- Robert E. Sumner, WtW fcfcJfcfcfc they were mailed to him the modification of the anonymous Interior officials, pretfect.

APC originally asked Wednesday's bogged down a i Threats, Violence Alienate (Continued From Page I) ened to dynamite the one official said. The East Gulf miners Feu; See If not return to work until after special meeting at 10 session when resi-JFriday at the East Gulf Union initiative but declined to charac- S. Gets Egypt Peace Talk Reply WASHINGTON (AP) The State Department confirmed Wednesday that Egypt has replied to Secretary of State William P. Roger's June 19 stop- shooting-and-start-talking peace 4iinformation directly or fisheries biologist at Lewisburg, jly related to the Blue a June 15 hearing H. Bell, counsel forgjg of North Carolina and ttefeaB.

Cairo's answer, that fisherv flows are) de artme jlBtenor, artempted be modified to Virginias voiced loud oppo-j The stotesbury mines of East-j The department, press officer mai HKHTM -JtL Zurbuch charged that Inte-jcessfully early a cfean wafer for fhft to the plan. ern Coal Corp.JCarl Barteh said, had only a approximately 2.500 cubic feet per second and for general recreation purposes they should approximate 3,000 efs." It had been brought earlier that the modified APC raise the speed of the current in to aboove the 4,000 cfs ss This was estimated to be fast enough to destroy all fishing rior did not make detailed studies of the river before telling the FPC that no harm would Icome to recreation. to have similar testimony by Interior officials at earlier hearings stricken from the records. In those hearings at Washing- project would raise the speed mafce study of the current in the Isiew Kiveri He said he is still trying Browning produced inter- find out whv Interior did messages proving ake such a study. some Interior officials were Zurbuch, Browning's star wit- aware of the drawbacks of the and water recreation along the river.

Under the original plan, it is expected that there will be no increase in the flow of the river, thereby eliminating danger to fish. 3rd. GREAT WEEK! REVIVAL SERVICES COLEMAN McDUFF RECORDING ARTIST DYNAMIC PREACHER NIGHTLY 7:30 P.M. (Except Saturday) A.M. 7:30 P.M.

YOU ARE PERSONALLY INVITED TO ATTEND FIRST ASSEMBLY 500 N. Valley Beckley Rev. P.S. Brtndiar, Pastor in I i tended that Ms case against also con- what information Interior officials obtained re- water quality plan in that they Bartch said, Kanawha River downstream Today will be more of the 1 which has been by-passed by preliminary report from Donald --I -i- A AVM i i il'n --I fwf. -i- are studying it closely.

Reports earlier from Cairo, quoting responsible Egyptian sources, said the reply is favorable. Other comments in Cairo said Rogers's June 19 letter to Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad did not contain new proposals but was aimed at creating the condition for talks between Israel and the jsame, with the completion of were closed as miners C. Bergus. onrl i Bartch said at his news brief- Egvptian reply and continue the effects of the hydroelectric proj button at the State Department WJk VU. WVr.fcV'^fefc VJ JVJ.

mf -w ect on recreation on the New tempt to prove West Virginia's jpickets and one River in West Virginia because of the increased water velocity. claim false, but Browning isiminer reporting to the 3 p.m. prepared to subject Interior's shift said the pickets told the witnesses to intense cross- were ordered not to discuss' Robinson also said that be- their ooinions. cause of early state studies, examination. Bell "claimed Wednesday thatishared with federal The hearings are.

expected to ff recreation is being sup-tfaose messages were confiden-'the government was "aware orbe completed Friday. George Tells Of Delivering 'Bribes' (Continued From Page 1) System was issued. Gore said that he had treated the as a political not a bribe. He said there was nothing irregular or improper in accepting the money and that Smith had treated Ms $5,000 share also had 55,000 in it" 'PTia He said that Gore, Smith, and George were in the office and that George had a briefcase with him. Wilson said George gave "us each a brown My bag Oct; 30,1964.

An objection to the Young, who worked as a teller question was raised by Charleston's Kanawha Bank- Wood sustained the motion, and ing Trust in 1964, and James Wilson did not have to reply. miners "we do not want to have to come down here again." Slab Fork miners were prevented from entering both the Nos. 8 and 10 mines Tuesday afternoon. Several reportedly wives of disabled miners, were in the picket line. One Slab Fork miner said, "One of the women has never been married to a coal miner in her and its contents were known to onlv a few in the top echelon discussions posals.

Beckett if his receiving immu- Young testified that he had muier as a political contribution. The former purchasing direc- Gore, who took the witness jtor explained, under questioning stand voluntarily and without 1 the benefit of immunity, admitted that he had gone to Chicago to take a lie detector test. He was asked by Beckett whether the results of the test show that lie had never accepted a bribe. But the question drew an objection from Casey and it was sustained by Intermediate Court Judge George Wood. Wilson, who served as purchasing director from 1961-65, told the court that he was called into Gore's office after the purchase order for the Lektrievers by Casey, that he took the money back to his office, counted it, and did not tell anyone else' about it "What did you do with the money?" Casey asked.

Wilson replied: "I kept It" Later, under cross examination by Beckett, Wilson explained that he didn't know what the $5,000 was for and that explanation. Beckett asked Wilson if he had been "in the practice" of receiving "bundles of money from Mr. Raymond George" prior to a reply. Dolan. an employee for theism an1 asked by) State Welfare Department: Ipickets are all "WittTirv S3TQ- noted at both the East Gulf and Slab Fork mines.

"The armed," one All Mining Ceases In Raleigh County (Continued From Page 1) jthat 42 mines were shut down. nity for his testimony before a cashed a check for George Another i Kanawha County grand jury the, amount of 815,000 and Dolanjreportedly said, 'Tm enjoying which returned" the bribery brought to the court a record of all this because I don't have and Raleigh counties in West Virginia were shut Wednesday. There are 40 large I mines in Logan County employ- about 3,800 men, some 53 All of the mines are in southern West Virginia, and a CO spokesman said except for mines which were included in the NW list, its list of mine NW list. charge against Smith was the reason he testified at Smith triaL "Yes. sir," Wilson replied.

Casey then began to question Wilson on whether he was aware of a State Supreme Court ruling returned Friday, which, affected indictments handed down by the Kanawha Comity grand This question was interrupted he didn't ask anyone for an by Beckett--who moved for a mistrial. The motion was overruled by Judge Wood. George was the final witness called by the state. His testimony followed that of Edward the proposed Lektrievers system submitted to the Welfare Department by Business terns and Equipment Co. Sys- Under questioning by Casey, George the court he had offered to provide a 10 per cent across-the-board cut of the contract, if- the Welfare Department installed the system.

He explained that he withdrew $15,000 in So bills as a personal loan from the Business Systems and Equipment picked up a "couple of paper bags" and went to Gore's office, where he. "divided the money three ways." 4 Chosen To Operate Penn-Central to work," was told by another, 'You won't enjoy all this when they take your hospital card and your retirement fund, because this strike is aimed at one purpose to destroy the United Mine Workers Welfare and Eetirement Fund." Other talk heard by the miners was on ways to resolve the strike. One miner suggested calling in the National Guard and another proposed that'the union and companies form auxiliary police units to protect miners and the mines while iiey are working. A Kopperstpn miner said many of the pickets are known the miners in Raleigh and PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Four trustees were named Wednesday to run the debtHrid- den Penn Central, America's biggest railroad. U.S.

Dist. Judge John P. Fullam appointed a former U.S. secretary of labor, a retired Harvard dean, a chairman of a Midwestern railroad and a department store executive to-put Ithe Penn Central, now in reorg- 'anization under the federal bankruptcy act, "on a profitable basis." "This is no ordinary task andl these are extraordinary Fullam said. He selected: --George Pierce Baker, who retired in January as dean' of Harvard's Graduate School of Business Administration.

He also served on the Civil Aeronautics Board and has been a consultant to railroads and airlines. --Jervis Langdon 65, late Adlai E. Stevenson. chairman and president of the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific and former head of the! Baltimore Ohio before it merged with the Chesapeake Ohio. --W.

Williard Wirtz, 58, a Washington lawyer who served as labor secretary under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Before that he was a law partner in Chicago of the --Richard C. Bond, 60, head of John Wanamaker stores in Philadelphia and former president of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. The Interstate Commerce Commission, which must approve the appointments, is expected to act later this week.

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Downtown Beckley Wyoming counties and are those who are receiving Social Security and Welfare Department aid. "They are drawing iheir cheks right on and preventing the miners from earning an honest "Why should, we pay taxes into a fund to keep the 'loafers' in bread and yet in turn they teep us from working," the miner said. "I say fight poverty and work." Raleigh County mines which have been closed by the strike Include Eccles, Riffe's Branch, East Gulf of Winding Gulf Slab Fork Coal Nos. LO and 8 mines, Amigo Smokeless Coal Ranger Fuel, Sterling Smokeless Coal at Whitby, and Eastern Associated Coal Corp. at Stotes- ury.

A number of Wyoming large mines in Wyoming County closings is independent of employing about 4,400 men. and 3i large mines in Raleigh Jounty employing 2,600 men. Ten other mines In Boone, MIngo, Mercer and McDowell counties were closed. James Leeber, president of UMW District 29, said Wednesday that many miners were once sjTnpathetic to the cause of the disabled miners, but that the pickets have gone too far. He said the men are afraid and 'now, even several families of the working miners have been threatened." He also claimed that VISTA workers were actively working in the area on behalf of the wildcat strike.

In Virginia, four Prescott mines at Osaka, employing about 160 men, were down, and in western Pennsylvania, the Beret Shell Hurts Boys KCSTGWOOD, W. Va. (AP) Two small brothers are in fair condition after they were injured near here Wednesday when a dummy round of ammunition, apparently left behind by maneuvering Army Green Berets, exploded. Officials at West Virginia University Strahin, Hospital 10, and a i Joe his brother, Consolidation Coal had twojMelvin, 11, sons of Mr. and Mrs.

mines closed in Washington Melvia strahin, both received 2nd and 3rd degree bruns on the County, In Kentucky, mine officials! reported between 1,500 and 1,700 men off the job. All eight mines affected were in Pike County, where the lone operation still open was the Island Creek Coal Co. mine at Long Branch. scene and told the strikers they must comply with a federal court restraining Order issued Tuesday at Lexington, but most work. The and Western Railway reported that 55 mines serviced by its lines were shut down, an increase of 14 over Tuesday.

The 1 Baltimore OMo- ounty mines also are Ohio reported wood. face and arms. A spokesman for Camp son, a National Guard Camp; near here, said the dummy shell, called an artillery simulator, was abandoned as useless near the Albright bridge.on, State Rt 26 after a truck ran over it. The spokesman a i the youngsters apparently tried to ignite the shell, causing powder in it to spray them with fire. Seme 600 members of the Army's 19th Special Forces had' been carrying out a mock occupation in the area last week, about two miles north of Eng--Signed With A Triangle Letters Give Body Clues MORGANTOWN (AP) Following are copies of the first two letters sent to Gov.

Arch Moore Jr. by an unidentified self-ordained minister in which clues reportedly led search teams to the areas where the fieadless bodies of two "Virginia University coeds were found. The first letter was not dated: the second was dated April 10. Both letters concluded with the world "Sincerely" and with a triangle drawn directly under it. The letters: Genttemen: "I have some information on the whereabouts of the bodies of the two missing West Virginia University coeds, Mared Malarik and Karen FerrelL "Follow directions very carefully--to the nth degree and you cannot fail to find them.

"Proceed 25 miles directly south from the southern line of Morgantown. This will bring you to a wooded forest land. Enter into the forest exactly one mile --there are the bodies. "25 plus one equals 26 miles total. morning's newspaper concerning my previous letter on the two missing coeds.

"If you re-read my first letter carefully you will see the directions were specific direct south from the city, meaning the southern limit of Morgantown, West Virginia. Straight south 25 miles you will come to a forest woodland. Enter in one mile (south). Fanning out you will locate the bodies of the girls "Will reveal myself when the covered over with brush. Look bodies are located.

"Sincerely." The second letter: "April 10 "Gentlemen: saw the article in tliisli oca d. carefully. The animals are now on the move. "Do trust this will help you out to exact location. Will still identify myself when bodies are Seances Spark Hunt Leading To 2 Bodies (Continued From Page 1) bodies would be formed in a triangle, a symbol that reportedly carries a special meaning to his cult.

The bodies were found about noon the day of April 16, some eight miles south of Morgantown near the abandoned Weirton Mine off County Route 76. The bodies were laid between two logs, one nude and one clothed, and were covered by brush. The third letter, dated April 21, five days after the bodies were found, attempted to tell authorities where might be located. the a The heads can be found from stances, it is possible to make about an 18 mile error in the precise location of the bodies," the letter said. State Police Mozingo said Sgt.

Robert L. the writer was the striking out 10 degrees S.W. for the first head, and approximately 10 degrees S.E. for the second, roughly one mile," the let- found through the efforts of Lt. C.G.

West, this state's document and handwriting expert, and those of the Maryland state police. West Identified the man's handwriting after examining 3,000 separate documents furnished by Maryland authorities. Police said the unidentified writer got most of his "information from newspapers, seances with Ms cult and from received spiritual informa- Following are the third and fourth letters revealed here Wednesday. The third was sent to State Police, but the fourth was sent to the family of Mared Malarik in Kmnelon N. J.

Both, like the first two, were signed with a triangle. "April 21 "The heads can be from the position of the bodies" by striking out 10 degrees S.W. for the first head, and approximately 10 degrees S.E. for the second, roughly one mile You are already seven-tenths of that mile. They are within the mine entrance if you can call it an entrance considering Its condition.

They are burled not over one foot in depth. "The ones responsible for the murders scattered some of the girls personal effects over the general area, creating a pattern of confusion making it difficult for you to pinpoint any exact lo- Laurita emphasized that the writer had been absolved of any connection with the case. cation. "My first two letters triggered your intensive search don't give up now!" "April 28 (sent to Malarik ter said. i The searchers began to turn! It said the heads were "with-jup clues less than a week after in the mine entrance" and werejthe first letter was received.

Oni "buried not over one foot in 'April 13 a purse belonging au Miss Malarik was round. The Authorities said all areas! next day, two days before the around the abandoned mine, in- bodies were found, a driver's eluding water holes, had been I license and pocketbook, thoroughly checked. The final letter, dated 28, was addressed to the Malarik family in New Jersey. That letter said the first two sent to State Police "were taken with some seriousness and instituted a search which was successful in locating two bodies minus the heads which needed for other purposes." It also explained the error in predicting the mileage south of i belonging to Miss Ferrell, were April discovered. Morgantown where were found, which the bodies was eight miles instead of the 26 predicted in the letters.

"After one has driven in an oval pattern for 26 miles under the weather conditions of and under the involved circum- It was only days before that a group of angered WVXJ students presented a petition bearing 753 signatures to Moore, demanding that the Federal Bureau of Investigation be called into the case. At about the same i Karen's mother, Mrs. Richard Ferrell, complained that "you sit and you wait and you almost go crazy. I'm unhappy with the way the police have just fooled around all these weeks." Laurita and Mozingo said they were "glad" this part of the investigation was over and said It could open the way to eventually solving the case. three letters to State Police de- concerning ghter Mared and Karen.

The first and second were taken with some seriousness and Instituted a search which was successful in locating two bodies minus the heads which were needed for other purposes. All of a sudden the police have been complain- Ing about an error in the mileage stated in my second "After one has driven in an oval pattern for 26 miles under the weather conditions of and under the involved circumstances, it is possible to make about an 18 mile error in the precise location of the bodies. Nevertheless, they were found south of Morgantown as stated in the letter even to that which was called a logging lane or old mine road--in ray opinion both, the The letter referred again to the location of the girls' heads, the same as in the third letter..