Fischer Near World Chess Title After Draw With Spassky
Bobby Fischer is one point from the world championship as he and Boris Spassky drew the 20th game in Reykjavik. Fischer leads 11½ to Spassky’s 8. a win by Fischer would claim the title, ending Soviet dominance since 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Torchia
Associated Press
Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Soviet Union
Bobby
Miguel Quinteros
Obituaries From Guysville Racine Nelsonville and Point Pleasant
Obituaries report funeral and burial arrangements for Leta McLaughlin in Guysville and the Werry infant in Racine. Other notices include William Washington of Nelsonville died at Mount St Mary Hospital and Grace Wright of Dew Hotel burial in Green Lawn Cemetery. Eli Van Sickle of Southside dies at 88 with services at Wilcoxen Funeral Home Pine Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guysville
Leta McLaughlin
Guysville Methodist Church
H. L. McDaniel
Richard Sullivan
Greenlawn Cemetery
New Martinsville
W. Va
Minear Chapter No
Order of Eastern Star
McLaughlin
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Athens
Racine
Gilmore Cemetery
James Werry
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Point Pleasant
Nelsonville
William Washington
Poplar St
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Gallia County
Louis
Columbus
Johnson Funeral Home
Grace Wright
Dew Hotel
Johnson Funeral
William Mechem
Green Lawn Cemetery
Eli Daniel van Sickle
Southside
Viers Chapel
Wilcoxen
Fred McCallister
Pine Grove
California Commission Moves to Fire Judge Geiler
The California Commission on Judicial Qualifications recommended to the California Supreme Court that Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Leland W. Geiler be removed for prejudice and misconduct including alleged use of an electric prod and pressuring defenders to plead. The panel notes the commission’s role as a model for judicial discipline and cites prior resignations during investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
California Commission On Judicial Qualifications
Phil S. Gibson
California Supreme Court
Leland W. Geiler
Commission
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Murray Draper
State Court of Appeals
Draper
Geiler
Public Defender’s Office
Jack E. Frankel
Attorney General
Strad Sells For $42,000 At Auction
A Stradivarius violin dating to the 1730s sold for 42000 dollars at a downtown hotel auction. Violinist Arpad O Zurko called the price disappointing while Norman Lattin called it the highest price yet for a Francesco Stradivari instrument. The bid was placed by John Breznikan of Oakland acting for an unnamed party.
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San Francisco
Arpad O’zurko
Norman Lattin
Francesco Stradivari
Antonio Stradivari
Cremona
John
Carpenter Personal News Highlights Numerous Travels and Visits
A long list of visits and vacations is reported across the area. The McWhorters vacationed visiting relatives in New Boston Illinois and Lockhart Texas, while Steve Gillogly spent a week at Camp Christian Ohio. Other guests include the Hunsickers in Akron and Kalbs in Minneapolis. Kristi Jeffers celebrated a birthday. Stephen Spencer and family welcomed a son Stephen Gregory in Portland Oregon with grandparents in Charleston West Virginia. Local trips covered Michigan and Ohio towns with many extended family gatherings and nursing home visits.
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Westina Crabtree Carpenter
Joe McWhorter
Joan
Paula
Shawn
John Dunham
New Boston
Ill
C. E. McWhorter
Rosanky
Tex
Ellis Clark
Jack Hay
Chris Gustafson
Lockhart, Tex
Perry Shirley
Austin
Texas
Steve Gillogly
Camp Christian
Magnetic Springs
Ohio
Cecil Gillogly
Paul Hunsicker
Dawn
Akron
Dorsey Jordan
Robert Kalb
Minneapolis, Minn
William Thomas
Charles Leist
Clarksburg
Amy Caldwell
Columbus
Richard Jeffers
J. W. Burke
Kristi Jeffers
Stephen Gregory
Stephen Spencer
Portland
Ore
C. E. Spencer
Ben Caster
Charleston
W. Va
Murl Galaway
Wilbur Dailey
Marie Dailey
Lancaster
Goldie Chase
Valley View Nursing Home
Ermel Chase
Ida Dennison
Leona Davis
Wilkesville
Clay Jordan
Barbara
Faye Jordan
Michigan
Max McCallie
Ann Arbor
Jerrie Wilson
Chelsea
Judy McCallie
Rives Junction
Buddy Fraley
Mallory
Clifton Fraley Jr
Reed Jeffers
Lavern Jordan
Larry Birchfield
David Llewellyn
H. E. Starkey
Starkey
Grange Insurance Companies
Jessie Jewell
Donald Jones
Nelsonville
Donnie Jones
Washington, D. C
Cindy Ross
Circleville
William Cheadle
Cheadle
Lawrence Woodyard
Wilbur Smith
Johnstown
Osmond Luckett
Albany
servicemen updates and Labor Day trash changes
News notes servicemen from Athens area arrive for duty and complete trainings at MacDill Ft. Benning Great Lakes and Ft. Knox. Addresses and ranks listed for Sgt Michael Ley Pvt Robert Canter Lt Neil Ellison Navy Seaman Ernest Driggs Seaman Recruit Paul Williams. Athens trash collection moved to Saturday due to Labor Day.
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Navy
Ernest L. Driggs
Sewart
Great Lakes Ill
Paul Arthur Williams
Arvilla M. Quivey
Athens Route 3
Homer F. Williams Sr
Orlando
Fla
Recruit Training Command
Two Charleston Papers Seek NLRB Action
The Newspaper Agency Corp. printers of Charleston two daily papers ask the NLRB to consider unfair labor practices by the striking International Mailers Union. NAC accuses IMU of refusing to bargain since November 19, 1871.
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Charleston
W.va
Newspaper Agency Corp
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
International Mailers Union
NAC
IMU
Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston Gazette
Sunday Gazette Mail
Robert L. Smith Jr
Court urges overhaul of Texas criminal justice system
Harris County District Attorney Carol Vance calls for major changes to the Texas Penal Code and criminal procedures describing current rules as illogical. He cites sentences for marijuana possession and murder without malice as examples needing reform to fit modern society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Harris County
Carol Vance
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Illinois Institute of Technology
Stu Sklar
Baltimore
Irwin Witzel
Sokole
Hal Black
Skokie
Fischer-white
McLaughlin Services
Werry Infant
Jimmy
Randy
Ricky
Thomas Holter
Pomeroy
Martha Rose
Herman Werry Pomeroy
Ralph Gibbs Sr
New Haven
Michigan State
Bob
Pat
Terry McClowry
Dearborn Midh
Sacred Heart High School
Wright Services
van Sickle
California Commission
Leif Erickson
Strad
Breznikan
Oakland
Carpenter
Lake Cowan
Wilmington
Francis Queen
McConnellsville
Bill Lawson
Bob Grim
Peca
Margie Jeffers
Jackson
W. C. and
Paul Peck
Emzie Davis
Parkersburg
Hoodlett
Bowman's Dept. Store
Chauncey, Ohio
Air Force
Michael P. Ley
Jack Ley
N. Shannon Ave
MacDill
Ley
Vietnam
Athens High School
Ohio University
Michael Ley
MacDill Afb
Tampa
Robert A. Canter
Otto Canter
Glouster Route 3
Ft. Knox, Ky
Ft. Knox
Army Ist
Neil E. Ellison
Edwin D. Ellison
Logan Route 2
Army Infantry School
Ft. Benning
EWARK
Drug & Jewelry
Washington ST
Winnipeg
Jean Lambert
St. Vital
Jenny
Bankamericard
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