Area Death Notices From Point Pleasant Area
Garry Eckard 77 of Huntington dies in hospital. Retired educator long service in Cabell County schools with WWI veteran status and church and fraternal memberships. Survived by widow Olive Eckard, son Garry Maurice, siblings and grandchildren. Services at Chapman Funeral Home Huntington with burial in Lawn Cemetery. Frances Welch 71 of Columbus dies after heart attack. records show chaplaincy and church roles. survivors include sister and brother. Requiem high mass at Holy Cross Church with burial in Massachusetts. services at Egan Ryan Funeral Home and church. William Gephart 96 of Clifton dies in Greene Nursing Home Hartford. retired farmer. services at Fogiesong Funeral Home Mason with IOOF Cemetery. Minor Ervin of Portsmouth dies. services at Baptist Temple. nieces listed as survivors.
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Point Pleasant
Garry Eckard
Staunton Rd
Huntington
Flat Rock
Edwin
Jennie Biggess Eckard
Cabell County
Cabell
Buffington
Johnston
Jefferson
Marshall
Ohio State
Purdue
National Education Association
Cabell County Retired Teachers Association
American Association of Retired Persons
The
American Legion
F&am Lodge No. 152
Kappa Delta Pi
Phi Delta Kappa
Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church
Olive Gerrick Eckard
Garry Maurice
Indianapolis
Ind
Aliva Eckard
Washington
Columbus
Richard J. Welch
Holy Cross Parish
Fifth Ave
Grant Hospital
Father Welch
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Holy Cross Church
Springfield
Mass
St. Laurent College
Montreal
Can
Margaret Welch
Adams
William
Chicopee Falls
Clarence W. Eliwell
Massachusetts
Egan-Ryan
E. Broad St
Portsmouth
Ervin
Baptist Temple
Mary Hyre
Clinton Sayre
Fay Carpenter
New Haven
New Straitsville
Peter
Anna Keller McQuade
McQuade
St. Augustine Catholic
Loretta Beck
George
Irene) Whorle
Lorain
St. Augustine Church
George Marzius
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Beck
Ewing Street
Trevey Funeral Home
Walter F. McQuade Dies After Fall
Walter F. Mac McQuade 78 a retired barber shop owner of New Straitsville died at Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville at 5 45 a m Thursday after a fall while a patient since Tuesday at the hospital
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New Straitsville
Walter F
Mac) McQuade
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Local obituaries and funeral notices from Logan region
Irma Evans of Logan died at 77 at home after a long life in the area. Services at Trinity United Methodist Church Monday. Paula Lynn Klein, 4 months, of Dearing Ga died from injuries in an auto accident. Walter Keith Barnhouse stillborn in Coolville. Thomas E. Ashton of Athens died in Orlando. Ralph Chapman of Pomeroy died suddenly. Burial and service details across multiple towns and churches, with family and funeral home arrangements.
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Logan
Floyd (Irma) Evans
Depot St
Pomeroy
Paula Lynn Klein
Johnny Klein
Dearing
Ft. Gordon
Grover Klein
William Buckley
Middleport
Edna Faulk
Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church
Eugene Gill
Beech Grove Cemetery
Ewing Funeral Home
Coolville
Walter Keith Barnhouse
Walter
Ruth Clem Barnhouse
Coolvile
Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Brenda Marie
Lora Clem
Geraldine Barnhouse
Guysville
Vanderhoof
Guy White
Athens
Thomas E. Ashton
Orlando
Fla
Hughes
Roger M. Rice
Buria
West Union Street
Ashton
Highland Ave
Good Player Worry for His Boss in Kentucky Incident
Frankfort report notes Eugene Goss appointed highway commissioner and found six men playing horseshoes outside a state building during work hours. He muses that the real concern is the one who is a good player with likely plenty of practice.
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Frankfort
Eugene Goss
Honors For Kentucky School Children Page Commissions
In Frankfort Kentucky House Speaker Julian Carroll says he has signed at least 20000 Honorary Page commissions for school children since the 1968 session. The General Assembly offers these honorary commissions similar to the Kentucky Colonel awards for parents.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
General Assembly
Julian Carroll
Tankless car on Alaska Highway tests Savannah tale
Mrs. E C Helmy Jr of Savannah found a gasoline tank dropped from the car in front and returned it to the owner who claimed his car ran two blocks without it. David N Crapo Jr said he thought he had run out of gas after pouring fuel with no engine response.
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Savannah
E. C. Helmy Jr
Defense Department details tear gas uses in Vietnam
The Defense Department testified before a House subcommittee that riot control agents, including CS tear gas, are used in Vietnam to save lives and support combat operations. It outlined uses from assault on occupied positions and bunker clearing to tunnel clearance and breaking contact, with increased procurement from 275,000 to 6.4 million pounds between 1965 and 1969 and multiple new delivery methods.
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L.A. Times
Washington Post
Washington
Senate
Defense Department
House Foreign Affairs
Pentagon
Vietnam
United States
House
William E. Lemos
Office of International Security Affairs
U.S
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Lemos
UFO believers fear Air Force may destroy records
Boston scientists at the American Association for the Advancement of Science discussed the end of Project Blue Book and the possibility that some unidentified flying objects may be unexplained physical phenomena or probes into social and psychological effects rather than visits from outer space.
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Air Force
L.A. Times-Washington Post
Boston
American Association For the Advance
Ment of Science
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base
Thornton Page
Wesleyan University
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
J. Allen Hynek
Northwestern University
Robert Hall
University of Illinois
Kenneth Hardy
Cambridge Research Laboratories
TV Service Cut Off After Cable Sliced
Continental Cablevision says a line severed near New Year disrupted Athens area TV service. Ray Joslin, general manager, said crews worked overnight to restore service with hopes for late Friday or Saturday. A $1000 reward was posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the guilty party. Local 972 of the IBEW has been on strike at the offices since Dec 8, but his link to vandalism remains unconfirmed.
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Athens
Continental Cablevision
Ray Joslin
Joslin
Ohio
Federal Bureau of Investigation
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Mound Street
Japan Philharmonic to Tour Okinawa and Hong Kong
Ling Tung will lead the Japan Philharmonic in a series of concerts in Okinawa, marking the first major Japanese orchestra there, before the group moves to Hong Kong for the inaugural International Music Festival. Tung serves as music director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Pennsylvania and the Grand Teton Festival.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Okinawa
Japan Philharmonic
Ling Tung
Hong Kong
Philharmonic Orchestra of
Pennsylvania
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Air Pollution Protest Flays Boston Edison Bosses
In Boston activists gathered outside the State House and a Boston Edison office to protest air pollution. A demonstrator in a surgical mask presented a vice president with “The First Blue Ribbon Polluter Award” as onlookers honked in response.
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Boston
State House
Boston Edison Co
Edison Co
Two Charged and Fined for Intoxication in Gallipolis Court
Cecil Thacker, 45, of Vinton and Loren Mullins, 18, of Gallipolis were arraigned in Municipal Court Friday for intoxication, each paying a $20 fine and costs. Mullins also faced a resisting arrest charge with a not guilty plea and a Jan 12 hearing. David and Nancy Dobbins pled guilty to failing to meet financial responsibilities and surrender their licenses, with sentencing set later.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Thacker
Vinton
Loren Mullins
Mullins
David
Nancy Dobbins
Bidwne
Route 1
Shrubs Vanish Across British Countryside
In London and England, blackberries, wild roses, dogwood, and spindle trees vanish as farmers plough up hedgerows to gain land. Researchers warn about 50 species possibly facing extinction in 40 to 50 years. Separately, astronauts may retain relaxed muscles in weightless flight.
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London
Man Accused After Crash In Gallipolis Ferry
Olin Gibson Blain Jr. of Gallipolis Ferry was arrested by state police for driving while intoxicated and failing to yield after a two car crash at 12:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Cecil Williams, 39, of Point Pleasant Route 1, suffered minor injuries, with two passengers, Raymon Randolph and Pauletta Randolph, also injured and uninjured respectively. Total damage estimated at $7,000. Separately, Golden Campbell, 58, of Point Pleasant Route 2, was jailed on a non-support warrant and Maxine Watson, 41, Henderson, on a bad check charge. Larry Cronch, 22, Henderson, was arrested for AWOL from the Army.
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Point Pleasant
Olin Gibson Blain Jr
Gallipolis Ferry
Cecil Williams
Shadle Bridge
Blain
Williams
Raymon Randolph
Pauletta Randolph
Sheriff's Department
Golden Campbell
Maxine Watson
Henderson
Larry Cronch
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Richard Welch
William H. Gephart
Clifton
Greene Nursing Home
Hartford
Ripley, W. Va
Philip and
Elizabeth Wagner Gephart
Fogiesong Funeral Home
Mason
Chester Tennant
IOOF
Minor Ervin
Walter F. (Mac) McQuade
Barber
Vrs
Irma Evans
Hocking County
Leonard
Margaret Hansel Weaver
Trinity United Methodist Church
WSCS
Logan Garden Club
Christian Culture
Widows Club
Eastern Star
Harold
Akron
Kenneth
Lee
Xenia
D. S. Dunkle
Edna Hughes
Grove Cemetery
Heinkein
Walter K. Barnhouse
Ashton Services
Ralph Chapman
Meigs County
Racine
Ridenours Gas Service
Ridenour Radio & TV
Jim ™ Ridenour
Chester, Ohio
Clement J. Jablocki
D-Wis
Subcommittee
Johnson
England
Pickens Hardware CO
Mason, W. Va
the Fabric Shop
W. 2Nd
Jeep
Oldsmobile
Ford
Cadillac
Hart's Used Cars
Mason CO. Bank
W. VA
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