Some Firms Stay Neutral Some Firms Stay Neutral
West Virginia automobile insurance rates rose about 4.4 percent on Thursday for around 200 of the state's 370 insurers. The increase affects new and renewed private passenger policies, though large firms like State Farm and Allstate did not participate. Policy impact varies by coverage, vehicle use, and location, with some rates decreasing.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Insurance Commissioner’s
State Farm
Allstate
Commissioner's Office
Robert Shipman
Two Arrested In Hijacking Case Involving Pan Am Flight 281
FBI arrest in New York of Alejandro Figueroa and David Gonzalez on conspiracy piracy and other charges linked to the November hijacking of Pan American Flight 281 to Cuba. Six defendants face charges under kidnapping, piracy and weapons statutes. actual hijackers believed to be in Cuba.
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Washington
FBI
New York
U.S
Cuba
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Alejandro Figueroa
David Gonzalez
Figueroa
Jose Rios Cruz
Wilma Reyes Lopez de Cruz
Luis Armando Pena Sobtren
Miguel Castro
Pan American Flight 281
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Strikers Storm San Francisco State Administration Building
Strikers stormed the San Francisco State College Administration Building seeking Acting President Hayakawa. Police with Mace dispersed about 2,000 in a club swing, 13 arrested including Dr. Carlton Goodlett and Rev. Jerry Pederson. A gun and batteries found as the crowd fled. The strike, begun November 6 by the Black Students Union, culminated in a march on Hayakawa’s office.
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San Francisco
San Francisco State College
I. Hayakawa
Carlton Goodlett
Jerry Pederson
Ecumenical House
Hayakawa
Black Students Union
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Classifieds Data Digested
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph listing shows subscription rates and local notes. It mentions daily and Sunday editions and mail zones within West Virginia. The fragment references Associated Press content and printing street, with an audit bureau mention and Katz telephone line.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Ly Telegraph
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Pr
Virginia
Audit Bureau
Chredleiver
Katz —_ Telephone
Deaths and Funerals in Tazewell and Vicinity
Died Thursday morning in Tazewell Va Mrs India Moore Copenhaver wife of the late R P Copenhaver aged resident of Tazewell all her life and member of Main Street Methodist Church Survivors include son John W Copenhaver daughters Mrs A H Philips and Virginia Copenhaver brother Barnes T Moore sister Mrs C R Brown Jr seven grandchildren Funeral Saturday at 10 30 a m at Main Street Methodist Church burial in Maplewood Cemetery Pallbearers named Friends may call at Peery St Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell after 4 p m today Flowers omitted for church building fund contributions follow details for other deaths listed in the same notice
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India Moore Copenhaver
R. P. Copenhaver
Tazewell
Main Street
Barnes T. Moore
Winston-Salem
N. C
C. R. Brown, Jr
Main Street Methodist Church
Lee Olin Boye
Maplewood Cemetery
Jeff Higginbotham
Joe Jones
Dallas Hubbard
Jack Durham
C. Reynolds
Harry Buston
T. D. Gillespie
Carl Gillespie
Peery- St. Clair Funeral Home
John Warren Witten
Tip Top
Pulaski, Va
Isom
Nannie Witten
Pulaski
Julia Canady
Dunbar
James D. Witten
Pearlsburg
George S. Witten
Washington, D. C
Alexander Memorial Methodist Church
Rev
C. W. Tiffany
Thompson Cemetery
Sinkford- Richardson Funeral
W. H. Scales
William Henry Scales
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Stoneville
Lelia Smith
Jeffrey
Jenny Smith
William H. Scales
Community Methodist Church
Jessie Hailstork
Jenny Lynch
Mable Berry
Columbus
Ohio
Julius Seales
James Davis
A. R. Fleshman
Bryant Cemetery
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Thomas Villinge
Eugene Saunders
Herbert Crockett
Johnny Jackson
Willie Clark
Fred Ball
Speedway
Princeton
Elgood
Willie Steele
Augustus
Flora White Steel
Fred G. Ball
Painters Chapel Church
Wilma Mays
Athens
Frank DeJarnett
Salt Rock
Muriel Anderson
Richmond
Jessie Beckett
Beckley
Charles Goodall
Mount Moris
Mich
Jacqueline Sampson
Peru
Ind
Roscoe Nash
Wilcott
Joe Young
Charles Wilson
Ball Family
Coye Cole
Scott St
Saeger
Virgin Mae Riffe
Judd
Sally Gibson Riffe
Old Grove
Rock
Kathleen Smith
Wayne, Mich
Cecil Lester
Richwood
Ruth Widner
Chicago
Ill
Alene Lawrence
Salem
Leoma Worthington
Baltimore
Pisgah Methodist Church
Fred Wyatt
Perry-St. Clair Funeral Home
Fred Clayton Bernard
Weirton
Keystone
Luther H. Clark Masonic Lodge
Northfork
Howard Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Welch Commandary
Knights of Templar
Charleston
Fred W. Bernard
Arlington
David
Lucy) Williams
Keystone Methodist Church
Charles Yoho
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Bennett Funeral Home
Boyd (Shorty) Hicks Jr
Lebanon
Lebanon Funeral Home Chapel
Mason Mitchell
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon Hospital
Lebanon Chapel Methodist Church
James Hicks
William R. Robinson
William Martin
Bertha Jones
Ernest Williams
Rhem
New York
Obituaries Another batch from Grundy and nearby towns
Multiple obituaries announce the deaths of Tilden Garlen Belcher of Grundy Virginia Fred Clayton Bernard of Weirton and Keystone connections Boyd Hicks Jr of Lebanon Burl Nicewander of Bland and related relatives. Services listed with dates locations and funeral home arrangements plus burial sites and pallbearers. Survivors named include spouses parents siblings grandparents and extended family.
Obituary: David Griffey 84 of Roseann Va passes away
David Griffey aged 84 of Roseann Virginia died Thursday after an apparent heart attack in Home Creek Virginia. Survived by wife Susie Channie Griffey and six children including Arthur Hassel and George Griffey and three daughters. One sister also survives. Arrangements pending at Grundy Funeral Home Grundy Virginia.
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David Griffey
Roseann, Va
Home Creek
Susie Channie Griffey
Arthur Griffey
Hassel
George Griffey
Roseann
Tom Charles
Carl Justus
Margie Dotson
Stacy, Va
Vicey Hurley
Hurley
Grundy Funeral Home
Grundy, Va
Local Deaths in Bluefield Notice Two Profiles
John Crews of Genoa Avenue Bluefield died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. His body is at Sinkford Richardson Funeral Home with funeral arrangements incomplete. Beulah Gilbert Moore of 201 Williams Street Bluefield died Thursday at her son's home Professor Charles R Gilbert after a short illness. Arrangements are incomplete.
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John Crews
Genoa Avenue
Bluefield
Sinkford-Richardson Funeral Home
Beulah Gilbert Moore
Williams St
Charles R. Gilbert
Local Man Fred Maxwell Dies in Boissevain
Fred Maxwell, 74, of Boissevain, Va., died in Dr. H A Porter's office Thursday afternoon. The body is at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home where arrangements are incomplete.
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Fred Maxwell
Boissevain
H. A. Porter
Pocahontas Union
Rocky Gap Man Harry M Stowers Dies at 63
Harry M Stowers aged 63 of Rocky Gap Virginia died at his home Thursday evening. The body is at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton where arrangements will be made.
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Harry .M. Stowers
Rocky Gap
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Local children implicated in murder case confusion
Police examined homes used as a playground and found notes written by children in a day nursery. A note claimed We did mur der Martin Brown and both girls accused the other of murder in the case involving Brian Howe. The line between accident and crime remained blurred as investigators pursued leads.
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Lyons
Martin Brown
Brian Howe
Publicity of Mine Blasted Publicity of Mine Blasted
Washington AP Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and three national figures face criticism from Rex Lauck of the United Mine Workers Journal for using the West Virginia mine disaster for publicity. Lauck accuses Udall Ralph Nader Sen Gaylord Nelson and Rep Ken Hechler of exploiting the tragedy while rescuers worked. He charges the four used national media to push agendas and claims the UMW will propose its own safety bill in Congress.
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Washington
Stewart L. Udall
West Virginia
Rex Lauck
United Mine Workers Journal
Mannington
W.va
New York
Lauck
Udall
Ralph Nader
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Nader
Mountaineer Coal Co
Interior Department
Hechler
UMW
Nelson
Johnson
United Mine Workers Union
Young Demos To Have Voice in House Rules Shift
Rep. Thomas M. Rees proposes Democratic rule changes to empower younger members and reform the congressional process. The plan would let all Democrats elect the party whip and DC Committee leaders, alter committee chair selections, and require secret votes for some leadership appointments, while affording senior members a restrained role.
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Washington
House
Thomas M. Rees
Dcalif
Rees
Senate
House Rules Committee
Los Angeles
Congress
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Democratic Campaign Committee
Michael J. Kirwan
Ohio
Apone Wilw
Apollo 8 to Televise Earth From Moon on Christmas Eve
NASA aims to broadcast six television transmissions during the Apollo 8 mission a seven day round trip to the moon. The live feeds will show Earth and lunar views from about 70 miles above the moon during outbound orbit and return.
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Washington
The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Moon
Schneider
Vietnam War weekly toll rises with heavy clashes reported
The week ending last Saturday saw 228 American killed and 1,094 wounded in many small unit clashes, with 2,689 enemy soldiers killed. South Vietnam reported 233 killed and 789 wounded. U S Marine forces near Da Nang captured enemy and Viet Cong operatives during Operation Meade River. Viet Cong proposed three day cease fires over Christmas and New Year. Total U S casualties since Jan 1, 1961 reach 20,865 killed and 168,159 wounded.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Hanoi
U. S
Mekong
Cambodia
Laos
da Nang
Suit challenges media owners in Rockford city market
The Department of Justice files the first antitrust suit against Gannett Co. in U S District Court Chicago alleging that owning both Rockford newspapers and WREX-TV reduces ad sales competition and news reporting. Gannett plans to sell either the Rockford newspapers or the TV station under a consent decree.
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Department of Justice
Gannett Co., Inc
U.S. District Court
Chicago
Gannett
Rockford, Ill
Rochester
N.Y
Wrex-Tv
An- Paul Miller
Rockford
Rockford Star
Rockford Register-Republic
Miller
Justice Department
Gannett Co
Rockford Newspapers, Inc
State Soldiers Die In Vietnam
Two West Virginia servicemen were killed in Vietnam action. The Pentagon announced the death of Army 2nd Lt. Victor B. Weissman of Wheeling and 1st Lt. James Clarence Adams, 21, of Martinsburg, as their families were notified.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Pentagon
Army
Victor B. Weissman
Louis Weissman
Wheeling
Lawrence W. Adams
Martinsburg
James Clarence Adams
Leader Jailed For Contempt
Washington AP Fort, a leader of the Blackstone Rangers, was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions at a July hearing. He faces up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine on each count.
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Washington
Jeff Fort
Chicago
Congress
Fort
Blackstone Rangers
Senate
Government Operations Committee
Black Students Union
Supreme Court Refuses Appeal in Parkersburg murder case
The State Supreme Court denies Hart appeal in the 1967 murder of Clyde L. Williams. Hart, convicted by a Pleasants County jury for first degree murder and sentenced to life, may seek parole after 10 years with a mercy recommendation. The report also notes a Cabell County prosecutor election dispute set for a hearing next Tuesday.
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Charleston
W.va
State Supreme Court
Jack Stephen Hart
Parkersburg
Pleasants County
St. Marys
Hart
Clyde L. Williams
Williams
Shultz
Supreme Court
Lafe C. Chafin
Robert C. Ellis Jr
Cabell County
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Teleg State
Frisco
Mrs. R, P Copenhaver
John Witten
Mra
Mrs. Coye Cole
Guy H. Jessie
Coalwood
Welch
Reba Alice Null
Arthur
Myrtle Vanover Null
Bristol
Tenn
Darlene Jessie
Elphart
Cecil Null
Nashville
Glen Null
Vera Gross
Newport News
Mrs. Wade Howery
Wade Howery
North Tazewell
Richlands
Narnie Hellmandollar
Jack
Barbara West Hellmandollar
Wade H. Howery
Wade
Rufus
Fred
Walter
Kenneth Howery
Johnny Croden
Joyce Howery
Atlanta
Fla
Tilden Belcher
Tilden Garlen Belcher
Grundy
Bart Belcher
Julia Belcher
Marion
White Ramey
Juanita Webb
Grady
William Myers
Buford Smith
Mountain Valley Memorial Cemetery
Big Rock
Paul Fletcher
James Allen Belcher
Billy
C. A. Ramey
Kennis Justice
Kenneth Smith
Ted Clevinger
Fred Bernard
Shorty Hicks
Burl R. Nicewander
Burl
Robert Nicewander
Bland
Faye Ashworth Nicewander
Kelly Adams
Andrew Nicewander
Mechanicsburg
Alene Stowers
Bland County
Cancer Society
Mrs. Beulah Moore
Harry M. Stowers
Ete
Rockies
State of
Great Lakes
New England
William C. Schneider
Albany
Albuquerque
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. P
New Orleans
Okla City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ore
Rapid City
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
Gan.Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Vietnam
Gene
Raleigh St
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