Manhunt Ends as Manuel Arrested in Michigan Slayings Case
Andrew Julian Manuel Jr. was arrested in Phoenix on interstate flight charges tied to the Michigan coed killings. He faced a $10,000 bond and a preliminary hearing set for Aug. 13, while FBI officials tied him to the broader murder investigation surrounding John Norman Collins and the Ann Arbor area victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
FBI
Karen Sue Beineman
John Norman Collins
Eastern Michigan University
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Manuel
Ernestina Masters
California
Collins
Deaths and Funerals in Mercer County Area
Mrs. Lena Manning 69 of Princeton dies after long illness in a Princeton hospital. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at George W. Seaver Chapel with burial in Rose Lawn Gardens. Also listed are R. Vance Lewis 67 of Beckley and other obituaries with funeral arrangements and survivors across multiple towns in the region.
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Lena Maine Manning
Kirk St
Princeton
Rock
Arthur Jackson
Zella Machael Moore
Mercer County
Kee Street Methodist Church
WSCS
Order of Eastern Star
Women
the Brotherhood of Railway
Richard Moore
Toledo
Ohio
C. J. Moore
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
George W. Seaver Chapel
Bill Deel
George Kelly
Rose- Jawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield - Princeton Road
Rich Valley Fair Slated at Saltville VA Grounds
The Rich Valley Fair and Horse Show will run August 13 to 16 at Rich Valley Elementary School grounds Route 3 Saltville Virginia. FFA members and locals helped prepare facilities. Volunteers sell tickets with no volunteer charges. A food stand operated by Rich Valley Band Boosters will serve meals Friday and Saturday at Rich Valley High School cafeteria.
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Rich Valley
Route 3
Saltville
FFA
Rich Valley Band
Rich Valley High School
Left Hand Canyon Named for Arapahoe Chief Near Boulder
Left Hand Canyon northwest of Boulder Colo is named for Chief Left Hand of the Arapahoe Indians who once camped north of the city.
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Boulder, Colo
Left Hand Canyon
Boulder
Left Hand
Arapahoe Indians
Daily Telegraph Bluefield Classified Rates Notice
Establishment details and subscription rates for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co of Bluefield West Virginia. Includes carrier and mail pricing and mentions Associated Press and advertising representation by The Katz Agency.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circular Advertising
The
Katz Agency, Inc
Area funeral notices for Perkins Rumley Stevens Runyon Kitts and Miller
Funeral services are listed for Harlow Jack Perkins 68 of Princeton Claude C Rumley 48 of Spartansburg S C Charlie Stevens 86 of Tazewell Va Robert F Runyon 56 of Swords Creek Va Ernest K Kitts 86 of Ashland Ky and Lee Miller with services at George W Seaver Chapel Dudley Memorial Chapel Honaker Hawkins East End Baptist Church and Mercer Funeral Home arrangements follow with burial at Monte Vista Roselawn Woodlawn and family cemetery details and pallbearer lists and officiants named and times today or Thursday afternoon.
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Runyon
Robert F
Swords Creek
Honaker Funeral Home
Lebanon
Perry Herndon
Harley Dye
Russell Memorial
Services Set For War Girl
Funeral services are planned for Karen Ann Haynes 17 of War who died after apparent poisoning. The 1:30 p.m. service will be at Calvary Baptist Church in War with Rev. W H Johnson. Burial follows at Saeger Memorial Cemetery in Roderfield. She was upset about returning to Mountain Mission School Grundy Va and had been with sister Mrs Ronald Moore of War. She died after being hospitalized in Welch. The death is under investigation by McDowell County District Attorney’s Office and the Welch State Police Detachment. She was born in Welch to Luther and Ethel Castle Haynes. Survivors include sister Brenda Kay Haynes and brother Donald Haynes both of War.
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R. Vance Lewis
Beckley
Berkley
Ash County
N. C
Tilson
Rosie Hartson Lewis
Bluefield
Palmer
Verner Lewis
Williamson
Dwight Lewis
Bruce Lewis
Welch
Hazel Campbell
Beulahville
Stewart Britts
Bristol
Edward Hanshaw
Maple Hill Cemetery
John S. Musgrave
Milton
South Colege Avenue
Lettie Brooks
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church
Hurricane
Altar Guild
Karen Ann Haynes
Calvary Baptist Church
War
W. H. Johnson
Saeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Haynes
Mountain Mission School
Grundy
Ronald Moore
McDowell County District Attorney's Office
Welch Detachment
State Police
Luther
Ethel Castle Haynes
Ceausescu Seeks Romanians Role in Eastern Bloc Unity
In a newspaper interview Nicolae Ceausescu stresses the Romanian army's obligation to stand with the Warsaw Pact while vowing independent policies. He addresses 915 congress delegates and 1,446 Romanian guests with delegations from 66 foreign Communist parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Ceausescu
Soviet Union
Europe
ABM supporters push radar backed defense plan in Senate fight
The Senate debates the ABM deployment with supporters urging approval of radar and computer systems while missiles are barred. Critics cite cost and defense secretary concerns as lawmakers like Mansfield warn the battle continues into the defense bill debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.H
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Regents Will Meet Publicly in West Virginia
Board of Regents president John Amos said the regents will open meetings to the public and press after stabilization. The panel, which took control July 1, planned to grant hiring and salary powers to college presidents and consider future leadership changes including Marshall coaches suspension.
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Charleston
Board of Regents
John Amos
Wheeling
Regents
Wheeling Intelligencer
Amos
Marshall University
Marshall
Roland Nelson
Arch A. Moore Jr
John Hoblitzell
West Virginia University
State Senate
West Virginia
Dr Buff Omits Kochis Name in UMWA Candidate Debate
Luther Huffman of Montcalm accuses Dr I E Buff of omitting Steve Kochis from a list of UMWA presidential candidates. Huffman cites Buff's mention of Boyle and Yablonski, argues Kochis should be included, and questions union leadership amid calls for reform.
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Buff
Kochis
Luther Huffman
Montcalm
United Mine Workers of America
I. E. Buff
Associated Press
Steve ‘Cadillac
UMW
W. A
Tony Boyle
Joseph Yablonski
Huffman
Richard Weaver
Boyle
Yablonski
Donald L. Rasmussen
H. A. Wells
Ken Hechler
UMWA
State Road Commission to open Beckley stoplight bids
The State Road Commission will open bids on August 26 for installing traffic signals in Beckley to replace existing facilities. The signals will be built on West Virginia 16 at the Fourth Street and Central Avenue intersection.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Beckley
W. Va. 16
South Valley Drive
Fourth St
Central Ave
Kennedy to face inquest over Chappaquiddick drowning
Miss Mary Jo Kopechne died in a July 18 accident on Chappaquiddick Island. An Edgartown inquest is anticipated to determine causes while Kennedy cooperates and faces prior court actions for leaving the scene.
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Aire
Mary Jo Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Marthat’s Vineyard
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Europe
Edgartown
Martha's Vineyard
Boyle
Write-In Vote Leads in 1968 Presidential Ballot
Secretary of State John D Rockefeller IV released unofficial 1968 write-in results. Clyde Wright led with 17 votes though his identity is unknown. Eugene McCarthy and Dick Gregory tied for second with 12, Pat Paulson had 9, Ted Kennedy 2, and nine others shared one vote each.
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Charleston
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
Clyde Wright
Wright
Eugene McCarthy
Dick Gregory
Pat Paulson
Ted Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Eldridge Cleaver
Ronald Regan
Robert Byrd
Curtis LeMay
Lloyd Davis
Mark Lane
Clarence Wright
George Romney
Debate on Revenue Sharing Faces Uncertain Tax Plan
The plan tied to a $1.5 billion annual revenue gain from repealing a tax credit hinges on congressional action. Congress dropped the investment credit from the surtax extension bill, risking the funds for revenue sharing. If the repeal survives it could be delayed until late in the session and softened by exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Congress
Panel To Meet In Bluewell Education Committee Plans 1969 70 Aid
The Mercer County Community Action Agency Education Committee meets today at 1 p.m. in Bluewell to discuss the Elementary Secondary Education Act program and the area school system. They will form a committee to travel to Charleston to seek more state financial aid. members include Chairman Mrs Lilly Holcomb and Secretary Mrs Effie Woody with Vice Chairman Mrs Cora Johnson.
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Mercer County Community Action Agency
Bluewell
Charleston
State Board of Education
Lilly Holcomb
Effie Woody
Cora Johnson
Grover Cleveland Admitted to the Bar in 1859
The future President Grover Cleveland became a licensed lawyer in 1859 at age twenty two marking the start of his legal career.
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Grover Cleveland
Public land condemnation notice for Weeks Cemetery area
The State Road Commission of West Virginia and William S. Ritchie Jr. file in Mercer County Circuit Court to condemn land for a state road right of way. An Order of Entry grants immediate access to the Weeks Cemetery area in East River District for relocation of remains to New Zion Cemetery, with costs borne by the commission. A hearing set for October 2, 1969, will determine just compensation for parcel(s) affected.
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Circuit Court OF
Mercer
Mo Preteri
Ng Cemetery
Weeks Cemetery
Mercer County
West Virginia
East River District
West
Grace C. Weeks
Edna Shutt Hill
State Road Commission of
William S. Ritchie, Jr
Circuit Court
Oakvale
State Road Commissioner
County Court
W. Robert Carr
Walker Street
Princeton
C. McGuire
SRC
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van Doren
Ypsilanti
Eastern Michigan
Salinas
Calif
Roxie Ann Phillips
Miss Phillips
Jane Louise Mixer
University of Michigan
Leonard M. Willis
Richmond, Va
Haysi
Richmond
Marie Willis
Nelson Willis
Rt. 1
Ricky Willis
Caroline Estes
Clovis Willis
Elkhorn City
Ray Willis
Clay Willis
Reece Willis
Selma Hall
Carmie Rice
Melvin Rice
Harman
Ethel Smith
Ethel Carroll Smith
Tazewell
Wilbur Memorial United Methodist Church
Walter F. Smith
Walter F. Smith Jr
Ethel A. Viney
Myrtle Peery
Ella Warren
Blacksburg
Lettie Garner
Detroit
Mich
Peery - St. Clair Funeral Home
Charles M. Hendricks
Lugo
Dora Addair
Jolo
Bradshaw
Nancy Jewell Sandeen
Albuquerque
N. M
John D. Jewel
Archer Addair
John Stewart
East Gulf
Kathrine Tucker
Coal City
Nancy Addair
Jeffery
Dale Tommy
Johnny Addair
John D. Jewell Jr
Ethel Billings
Ashtabula
Church of the Living God
Three Fork
Ray Stewart
Hatfield Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Freida Riley
Freida J. Riley
Squire
West Virginia University Medical Center
Morgantown
J. S
Sallie Beavers Riley
Big Creek High School
Concord College
Ohio State University
Advent Christian Church
Fred Dean
Emily Dean
Steven
Hurst - Scott Funeral Chapel
Richlands
Orville Harvey
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Wilfred P. Kraushaar
Park Ave
Mt. Olive
Ill
Fred
Minnie Kraushaar
Thorn
American Legion
U. S. Army
Lutheran Church
Rosa Lee Edmonds Kraushaar
Daniel Kraushaar
Knoxville
First Christian Church
Rev
E. Ambrose Stump
Memorial
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Great Lakes
Rich Valley Fair
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Czechoslovakia
Romania
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Jackson
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Armed Services Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Stennis
Strategic Air Command
D.C
Grand Forks Air Force Base
N.C
Malmstrom Air Force Base
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Mont
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