Nixon Heath meeting follows 30 year summit tradition
London AP reports the upcoming Nixon Heath talks in Bermuda mark the 30 year pattern of U.S. Britain summit meetings. Since 1941, 34 summits have occurred with varied tones from fruitful to acrimonious, beginning after World War II and expanding to include routine telephone diplomacy and occasional direct parliamentary sessions.
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London
Bermuda
Nixon
Maine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Woodrow Wilson
Britain
Versailles
David Lloyd George
Royal Air Force
Kennedy
MacMillan
Wilson
Johnson
Washington
America
Vietnam
Europe
Elizabeth II
Families homeless after North Garden fire destroys three homes
A Saturday night blaze in Albemarle County North Garden roared through three two story frame homes. Four families were left homeless as fire crews battled the flames through the night and brought them under control before dawn. No injuries were reported.
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Charlottesville
Albemarle County
North Garden Area
North Garden
Marcy Butler
Hotels in the United States numbered twenty one thousand two hundred fifty
A report notes the United States contains twenty one thousand two hundred fifty hotels. The figure highlights the hotel industry scale across the country.
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United States
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Wallace L McCoy 82 of Bandy Virginia died Friday night after a long illness in Richlands hospital. Funeral 2 PM Tuesday Hurst Scott Richlands with burial Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Survivors include Mary Christian McCoy Eunice Beavers Denny A McCoy Joseph T McCoy Mollie Hartman 16 grandchildren 4 great grandchildren. Ike Pyott Carter 53 of Springville Virginia died at home after a long illness. Born Tazewell County son of the late Walter and Snow Carter. Widow Dorthy Amburgy Carter two daughters Susan Linda Carter one brother Sanders Carter. Funeral Dudley Memorial Bluefield with burial Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road. Pallbearers listed. Clyde Moody 39 of Kegley died in Princeton hospital after a heart attack. Funeral arrangements incomplete Cravens Shires Bluewell.
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Wallace L. McCoy
Wallace Lee McCoy
Rt. 1
Bandy
Richlands
Hurst-Scott
Max Linkous
Kenneth Pierce
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Mary Christian McCoy
Eunice Beavers
Baltimore
Denny A. McCoy
Joseph T. McCoy
Los Angeles
Calif
Mollie Hartman
St. Petersburg
Fla
Iee Pyott Carter
Ike Pyott Carter
Springville
Tazewell
County
Walter and
Snow Thompson Carter
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
VFW
American Legion
Dorthy Amburgy Carter
Susan
Linda Carter
Sanders Carter
Herb Bowman
Bernard Stowers
Bill Atkins
John Bowman
G. R. Brittian
William Cover
Clyde Moody
Kegley
Princeton
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Mrs Salie Short 76 dies after long illness in Richlands
Mrs Salie Jane Short age 76 of Smith Ridge Jewell Ridge Va died Saturday night in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. She is survived by four daughters six sons a stepdaughter two sisters 53 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with Rev Squire Horn and Rev H D Hampton officiating. Burial followed in Wix Cemetery on Horn Mountain with grandsons Danny Short Louis Short Eddie Short W E Short Jr Truman White and Roy White as pallbearers.
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Salie Jane Short
Smith Ridge
Jewell Ridge
Richlands
Gussie White
Harlen Mitchell
James Mitchell
Milton Shelton
Pomeroy
Ohio
Alden Short
Pilgrims Knob
William E. Short
James
New Bethlehem
Charlie Short
James Short E. Short
Bandy
Arthur Short
Joe Grizzle
Martha Horn
New Castle
Wadie Keen
Slate, Va
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Squire Horn
H. D. Hampton
Wix
Ond Horn Mountain
Danny Short
Louis Short
Eddie Short
W. E. Short Jr
Truman White
Roy White
Mae Dell Tabor Rites Planned in Bluewell
Mrs. Mae Dell Tabor 57 of Richmond Va formerly of Coaldale and Bluefield died Saturday after a long illness. She was daughter of Gordon and Mary Fowler and lived in Richmond since 1947. She is survived by a sister Lillian Crouse and two brothers Clarence Fowler and Fred Fowler. Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell in charge with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Bluewell. Visitation at the funeral home today 5 to 9 p.m.
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Mae Dell Tabor
Richmond
Coaldale
Bluefield
Gordon Fowler
Mary Lou Richardson Fowler
Westover Hills Baptist Church
Lillian Crouse
Wheaton
Clarence Fowler
Squire
Fred Fowler
Canebrake
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Kenneth Brown
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Meredith 72 of Burkes Garden dies after long illness
Leslie H. Meredith 72 of Burkes Garden Virginia died in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. He leaves a brother Sam Meredith and two sisters Mrs. W F Hardy and Mrs O T Witt. Greever Funeral Chapel Tazewell will conduct services with burial in Burkes Garden Cemetery this afternoon after 4 PM.
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Leslie H. Meredith
Burkes Garden
Bluefield
Sam Meredith
W. F. Hardy
Kensington
O. T. Witt
Gary
Greever Funeral Chapel
Tazewell
Funerals List for CHAFFINS FOOTE and Others in Virginia
Obituary notices list multiple professions in Bluefield and nearby towns with funeral times today. Harry Chaffins 83 funeral 10 am Bluefield with Rev. Musick. Rose Summers Foote 78 service 2 pm Bluefield Ebenezer. Fred Williamson 75 service 2 pm Atwell Church of Christ. Maggie Nora McKinney Hubbard 89 service 2 pm Richlands Hurst Scott Chapel. Nannie E Crawley be laid to rest at Oak Grove. Hazel Velvet Hutchenson 55 service 2 pm McDowell Methodist. pallbearers named for Hubbard. arrangements by Dudley Memorial Mortuary and Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home.
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Chaffins
Harry
Tazewell Avenue
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Jack Musick
Bushkirk Cemetery
Matewan
Hutchenson
Hazel Velvet
McDowell
McDowell Methodist Church
Charles Wilfong
Wiley Brooks
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
John Musick
Frank Musick
Gene Shupe
Bob Stroupe
Stuart Burkett
Richard Waddell
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Yaks Graze at Unusually High Elevations in Tibet
The report notes yaks grazing at altitudes up to 20 900 feet in Tibet highlighting their adapted high altitude grazing behavior and resilience in the plateau environment.
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Tibet
Harvey C. Parnell Rites Held in Leckie
Harvey C. Parnell 70 of Leckie died in a Welch hospital after a long illness. He was born in Carroll County Virginia and survived by his wife Sarah Lovell Parnell three daughters two sisters one brother 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church Leckie with Rev. Earl Bailey officiating. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell pallbearers named. The body was taken from Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home to the church for calling hours.
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Harvey C. Parnell
Leckie
Welch Hospital
Carroll County
Henry W. Parnell
James Lewis
Sarah Lovell Parnell
Ethel Yates
Dorothy Brooks
Miami Beach
Fla
Mary Fulkerson
Evansville
Ind
Ruby White
Pulaski
Mae Edmonds
Hillsville
Chester Parnell
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Earl Bailey
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Dwight Miller
George Harmon
Frank Farley
Frank Harmon
Marvin Finley
Baughn Pruitt
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Kidnap and pursuit end in surrender at Parkersburg
The narrative describes a kidnapping by Sharp who threatened to kill his wife and others. Traveling via Miami and Algiers, the group sought a car, then headed toward Parkersburg. A deputy sheriff’s credentials aided a misleading stop before a roadblock halted them at 6:30 a.m. Sharp surrendered without a struggle.
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Sharp
Miami
Algiers
Mozella
Kanawha County
Parkersburg
Mike Carr
Carr
Jurors Excused From Mercer County Court Term
Judge Howard Jarrett announces jurors scheduled to report today are excused for the balance of the term. The court clerk will mail each juror a claim for payment.
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Mercer County Intermediate Court
Howard Jarrett
Jarrett
Movies and parables draw messages to life says SMU teacher
G William Jones of Southern Methodist University told a Louisville audience at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary that movies can teach Christian ideas the way Jesus used parables. He argued films apply concepts to life rather than remain abstract.
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Louisville, Ky
Jesus
G. William Jones
Southern Methodist University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Road Fatalities Reach 479 Mark
West Virginia’s 1971 highway death toll rose to 479 after four traffic fatalities over the weekend. Victims include Richard Wayne Dobbins 17 of Sutton killed in a head on crash on U S 19. Margaret Ray Hill 19 of Montana in Raleigh County died from injuries in a motorcycle crash. Others include Carol Roxanne Nines and John William Caudill with related charges and investigations ongoing.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Richard Wayne Dobbins
Sutton
U.S. 19
Dobbins
Braxton County
West Virginia University Coed
Margaret Ray Hill
Montroal
Raleigh County
Morgantown
Westover
Monongalia
Miss Hill
Taylor County
Carol Roxanne Nines
Moatsville
Barbour County
John William Caudill
Chesapeake
Kanawha County
U.S. 119
Caudill
John Martin
Elderly Capital Woman Strangled in Home
Mrs. Clara Glover, 73, was found dead in her Charleston residence with a lamp cord wrapped around her neck. Police say foul play is suspected and detectives will continue investigations into the Wednesday death.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clara Glover
Washington accords avert trade war with new exchange rates
World powers acted to protect their interests through devaluations tariffs and quotas risking a broader trade conflict. The Washington agreement ends that danger by fixing exchange rates and promising removal of the U S 10 percent import surcharge. Britains Anthony Barber and France’s Valery Giscard dEstaing praised the package as equitable and realistic while Japan’s Takeo Fukuda called it the greatest economic shock since World War II though Prime Minister Sato found terms not unreasonable.
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Washington
U.S
America
Takeo Fukuda
Japan
Regents discuss new graduate college and funding plans
Woodard outlined proposals for a Kanawha Valley graduate college announced previously and signaled a likely funding increase for the regents. He cited potential conversions of Potomac State Keyser and a West Liberty branch to community colleges, and noted earlier conversions of Marshall University branches and a WVU campus to independent colleges.
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Kanawha Valley
Woodard
Potomac State College
Keyser
West Liberty College
Wheeling
Marshall University
Logan and Williamson
West Virginia University
Parkersburg
James G. Harlow
WVU
WALES System Faces Suburban Police Exit
Arlington and Fairfax police officials consider leaving the Washington Area Law Enforcement System after recurring outages and long downtime. Chief Jerry V. Wilson of Washington praises local progress while suburban forces see state networks as more effective for crime, suspects, stolen vehicles and traffic violators.
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Washington
Arlington
Fairfax
Washington Area Law Enforcement System
L. C. Seeker
Jerry V. Wilson
Washington-area
Maryland
Virginia
Wales
Weather Nixes New Ski Slope
Davis West Virginia AP reports that Canaan Valley State Park planned a grand opening for a new ski slope with two lifts but cold winds and drifting snow stranded the event. Officials had hoped for snow but wind and weather prevented a usable opening.
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Davis
W. Va
Canaan Valley State Park
Abduction Plot Unfolds as Janet Recounts Night of Fear
Janet described a terrifying abduction attempt by her husband Robbie Sharp in which he fired a gun and forced her to accompany him toward Florida. She said she feared they would be killed and that she protected her family by going along. Police stops in Parkersburg ended the ordeal and Sharp surrendered.
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Woodard
Nhon
Janet
Florida
Robbie
Parkersburg
Termites Costly In American Homes Nationwide
Termite species infest about 40 percent of U S homes, except Alaska, and cause roughly 75 million dollars in yearly damage. A blind gray termite can nest 25 feet under houses and eat woodwork, says Dr David L Watson chief entomologist. The National Pest Control Association estimates about 800000 homes are treated annually for termites.
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New York
Alaska
David L. Watson
The
National Pest Control Association
United States
1971 Congress boosts deficit despite 1.2B in cuts
A Senate House Committee box score shows the 1971 session increased fiscal 1972 deficit by about 3.55 billion despite 1.2 billion in appropriations cuts. Increases in federal pay, Social Security, and military raises offset these cuts while inactions on revenue sharing and welfare proposals saved about 3.12 billion.
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House
Senate Appropriations Committees
Congress
Senate
House Committee
Nixon
Senate House Committee
Defense Department
The Mix Up in Home Tile Design
Designers recommend mixing small ceramic mosaics with larger wall tiles to create visual interest. The approach favors broken-line patterns over uniform parallels and right angles, offering varied textures and effects for modern interiors.
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Rs Vefield Deaily
Nixon ‘Heath
Fred Christian
Jessie Christian
Freddie Christian
Earl Spencer
William Miller
Buchanan County
Gordon and
Mollie Baldwin Horn
Alex Short
Clarence James Tabor
Williamson
Fred
North Tazewell
Church of Christ At Atwell
Jim Short
Roy Pruett
Hubbard
Maggie Nora McKinney
Hurst- Scott
Paul D. Quirk
Bernard Shrader
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Walter Thacker
James Gilbert
Danny Ferrara
Johnny White
Lee Proffitt
Robert Shamblin
Bobby White
Billy Mack Bumgarner
Crawley
Nannie E
Reese Street
Lugo
J. E. Gibson
Clarence Johnson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Organ Service
Technican Baldwin
Hammond AD
Wurlitzer Organs
Lowman Piano CO
W.va
E. Cumberland Road
Wma
Anthony Barber
Valery Giscard D'estaing
France
Conrad Ahlers
West Germany
Fisaku Sato
Rexall Pharmacy
NEW Hospital
Deskins
Deskins Shopping Center
College Ave
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