Korean Assembly Grants Park Emergency Powers Amid Opposition Sit-in
The ruling Democratic Republican party passed a bill in a Seoul session giving President Chung Hee Park sweeping emergency powers to curb press freedoms freeze prices and regulate unions. Opposition New Democratic party members were absent while a sit-in continued outside the main hall.
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Seoul
Democratic Republican Party
National Assembly
Chung Hee Park
Park
New Democratic Party
House Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee
Assembly
Park Topchin
South
North Korea
U.S
Deaths and Funerals Charles C Hines and others
Charles C Hines 70 of Cashmere died at home after nine months illness. Survived by widow Clara Spangler Belcher Hines and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Broyles Funeral Chapel Peterstown with burial in Orchard Cemetery. Dollie A Moorman died in Welch hospital. Services Tuesday 1 p.m. Midway Shiloh Temple Keystone. burial Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. John Mark Plaster 85 of Gardener near Honaker died Sunday in Richlands hospital after long illness. Funeral Tuesday 1 p.m. Honaker Funeral Chapel. burial Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon. Tom Whited 60 of Little River near Honaker died en route to hospital from natural causes.
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Charles C. Hines
Cashmere
C. A
Annie Hale Hines
Peterstown
Clara Spangler Belcher Hines
Julian Hines
Jackson
Ohio
Annis Hines
Greenville
N. C
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Kelly Bane
Orchard Cemetery
John Dove
Order of Eastern Star of
Tom Whited
Little River
Honaker
Lebanon
Rites Set For Area Youth Patton
An autopsy in Roanoke will determine death of 19 year old Hubert Lee Patton found at a neighbor’s home. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel with Rev. Shrader and Rev. Price. Burial in Greenhills Cemetery follows in Claypool Hill Virginia. Patton, born in Cedar Bluff, was a Richlands High School 1971 graduate and worked at S S Machinery Co. for three months. He also earlier worked at Williams Shopping Center Cedar Bluff. He is survived by his parents Carl W and Nancy Lou Ellen Norman Patton and sister Brenda Sue Patton, plus paternal grandparents Carl Patton Sr. and wife. Funeral home will be open after 7 p.m. today.
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Cedar Bluff
Roanoke
Hubert Lee Patton
Hurst- Scott
Bernard Shrader
E. C. Price
Greenhills Cemetery
Claypool Hill
Patton
Carl W
Nancy Lou Ellen Norman Patton
Richlands High School
S & S Machinery Co
Williams Shopping Center
Brenda Sue Patton
Carl Patton Sr
Raids in Laos and Hanoi Reported as Nixon Approves
Strike Force actions extended from the Plain of Jars in northern Laos toward Hanoi with U.S. informants in Saigon saying the raids were approved by President Nixon. The strikes followed Radio Hanoi warning that no POWs would be released while U.S. warplanes continued to violate North Vietnam.
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Ceptors
Plain of Jars
Laos
Hanoi
U.S
Saigon
Nixon
Radio
North Vietnam
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Pricing Notice
Local newspaper advertises subscription rates by carrier and mail for West Virginia regions including first and second zones. Includes motor route price and a note on rates to other zones upon application. Mentions Associated Press affiliation and advertising representative contacts.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blanco Street
Bluefield
Wo Va
Associated Press
Nis
West Virginia
Mont
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews Shannon
Cullen Teinpnone
Obituary for Mrs Thelma Mills of Rock West Virginia
Mrs Thelma Mills 84 of Rt 1 Rock died Sunday at home after a long illness. She was born in Dott daughter of Jesse M Anderson and Rosa Nicholson Anderson. Survived by husband Woodrow Mills two sons Dempsey W Mills Darrell L Mills two daughters Elaine Kinzer Yvonne Hurst one brother Ralph Anderson one half brother Frank Crockett three sisters Stella Mullins Retha Aldwine Alma Tyree three half sisters Joyce Shannon Patsy Duty Nancy Shimwell five grandchildren one great grandchild. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton Rev Jerry Shields Rev Fred Kinzer. Burial Bowling Cemetery Spanishburg. Funeral home today 3 to 9 30 pm.
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Thelma Mills
Rt. 1
Rock
Dott
Jesse M
Rosa Nicholson Anderson
Woodrow Mills
Mount Olive Methodist Church
Lashmeet
Dempsey W. Mills
Darrell L. Mills
Salem
Colo
Patsy Duty
Nancy Shimwell
Indianapolis
Ind
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Princeton
Jerry Shields
Fred Kinzer
Bowling
Spanishburg
Mrs Nora Lane David Dies in Roanoke at 79
Nora Lane David 79 of 4704 Pawling St NW Roanoke Va former Welch area died Sunday in a Roanoke hospital natural causes Survivors include son John L David Roanoke two sisters Lucy Lane Roanoke Mrs Rachel Carman Memphis Tenn and two brothers Fred Lane St Petersburg Fla Ernest Lane Newport Ky services at 10 am Tuesday Oakeys Funeral Home Chapel Roanoke burial 2 pm Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell with Rev James Unruh officiating
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Nora Lane David
Pawling St
Roanoke
Welch Area
John L. David
Lucy Lane
Rachel Carman
Memphis, Tenn
Fred Lane
St Petersburg
Fla
Ernest Lane
Newport
Oakey’s Funeral Home Chapel
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluewell
James Unruh
Wallace H Stowers Dies in Beckley Natural Causes
Wallace Henry Stowers 37 of Glen Lyn Va died in a Beckley hospital Saturday night from natural causes. He was born in Bland County to Kate S. Spicer and the late Ross D. Stowers. Survivors include his widow Janice Clemons Stowers, a stepson Danny Clemons, brothers Ross and Willie, half brothers Donnie Havens and W E Havens Jr, sisters Hale Havens and Frank Kellison. Riffe's Funeral Chapel Narrows will officiate, burial at Shiloh Cemetery Mechanicsburg. Funeral home hours 3 to 9 p m today.
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Wallace H. Stowers
Wallace Henry Stowers
Glen Lyn
Beckley Hospital
Bland County
Kate S. Spicer
Narrows
Ross D. Stowers
Janice Clemons Stowers
Danny Clemons
Ross Stowers
Bluefield
Willie Stowers
Lindside
Donnie Havens
W. E. Havens Jr
Spain
Hale Havens
Chicago
Ill
Frank Kellison
Riffe
Jerry Key
Shiloh
Mechanicsburg
Obituary notices for Ethel O Neil and Blanche Gilkerson
Ethel Louise O Neil 71 of 409 Fredrick St Bluefield died Sunday in a Glenwood nursing home a retired Mercer County teacher and Sacred Heart member. Survived by sister Anne and brother Thomas J O Neil. Mass Tuesday 10 30 am at Sacred Heart with Msgr Schneider. wake 8 pm today at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. burial Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. Blanche Gilkerson 77 of 93 McDowell St Welch died Sunday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Survived by three sons James Harold Jerry. four daughters Nellie Mazie Maxine Lucille. many relatives. services 11 am Wednesday at Big Sandy Church of God with Rev Claude Oliver Saeger. memorial cemetery at Roderfield. Friends may call Douglas Chapel Welch 5 to 9 pm Tuesday.
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Dollie A. Moorman
Powhatan
Welch Hospital
Midway Shiloh Temple
Keystone
B. T. Jones
William Ponder
Harry Jackson
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Henry County
Monroe
Ella Price
McDowell County
Willie Moorman
James Burger
Algoma
Monroe Burger
Vivian
Leonard Burger
Martinsville
Ethel Louise O'Neil
Fredrick St
Bluefield
Glenwood
Bramwell
James and
Mary Cody O’neil
Mercer County
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Anne O'Neil
Thomas J. O'Neil
Princeton
Nerces
Msgr
Charles J. Schneider
Mercer Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Funeral
Blanche Gilkerson
McDowell St
Welch
Ivanhoe
John and
Mary Chamberts
James Gilkerson
Coalwood
Harold Gilkerson
Tampa
Fla
Jerry Gilkerson
Baltimore
Nellie Peak
Mazie Baker
Sarasota
Maxine Phillips
East Lake
Ohio
Lucille McPeak
Davy
Vergie Dingus
Mary Lawless
Vandale
Gracie Rhodes
Elkins
Ray Chambers
Roy Chambers
Pittsburg
Calif
Tor Chambers
Bucerus
Hort Chambers
Mich
Big Sandy Church of God
Claude Oliver
Saeger
Funeral Notices from Bluefield Area Include Multiple services
Obituaries list several funeral services across Bluefield and nearby towns. Laura Belle Crews 49 of Keystone is to be buried at Shillings Cemetery Montcalm after a Northfork Church of God service. Additional services cover Martha S Hindley 74 Pocahontas for Christ Episcopal Church and Bluewell mausoleum entombment, Hazel Pauline Bailey 57 Bluefield at Cravens Shires, H Lowell Steele 36 Bluefield in Dudley Memorial Chapel burial at Grand View Memory Gardens, Noble Frye 78 Crumpler at Crumpler United Methodist Church burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park and Harvey G Dillow 79 Burkes Garden with Greever Funeral Home arranging, Cecil R Lilly 58 Bluefield at Hawkins Funeral Home, Arnold Eugene Bailey 51 Huntington Princeton burial at Oakwood, and more.
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Hindley
Martha S
Pocahontas
Christ Episcopal Church
Victor Zimmerman
Woodlawn
Bluewell
William Belcher
Hampton Crawford
Barnes Gillespie
C. C. Haga
Raymond Branham
Glen Dickerson
Dillow
Harvey G
Burkes Garden
Kenner Kitts
Jim Bob Davis
Ernie Wilson
Richard Snapp
Dulaney Snapp
Bob Moss
Joe Moss
Jesse Sparks
Bill John Rudy
Greever
Temperatures Around Nation Report Summary
National Weather Service reports show maximum temperatures across the nation for a 12 hour span, minimum temperatures for an 18 hour span, and precipitation totals for a 24 hour period ending at 7 p.m. The data highlights regional extremes and notable weather patterns for the day.
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Washington
National Weather Service
Ex Area Couple's Son Is Killed in Duck Hunt Tragedy
The body of Charles Edward Tabor Jr., 18, Mobile Alabama, son of a former area couple, was found in Mobile Bay after a duck hunting trip with two companions from Mobile. Officials believe a storm capsized their boat around 4 am Saturday. all three were missing until Sunday. Burial is planned in Maple Hills Cemetery Bluefield Virginia after services at First United Methodist Church Pocahontas.
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Charles Edward Tabor Jr
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Charles
Bobby Renae Bullock
John Grady Smith
Tabor
Charles Edward
Mary Ella Greene Tabor
Bluestone
Pocahontas
Rebecca
Jennifer
Andrew Tabor
Daisy Greene
Lester Tabor
First United Methodist Church of
Paul Elmore
Maple Hills
Cemetery
Bluefield
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Ex Mercer Man Dies In Virginia
A former Princeton man, 50-year-old Clarence H. Whittaker of Baltimore, was killed in a Christmas Day one car crash in Richmond Virginia. Details were not released and funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Princeton
Richmond
Clarence H. Whittaker
Baltimore
Walter F. Whittaker
Heart
Postwar relief plane lands as Calcutta aid arrives
Bengali relief efforts face severe shortages in Mirpur twelve days after mass displacement. Raza Sultan an eight year old boy in a crowded hut receives only a quarter pound of rice daily, while medicine stocks run low. Doctors warn of near exhausted antibiotics and dysentery remedies though optimism for restored trust between communities grows.
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Dacca
Calcutta
Red Cross
Raza Sultan
S.A. Moid
Mirur
Gunman hijacks Toronto to Cuba Air Canada jetliner
An armed hijacker boarded Air Canada Flight 962 from Thunder Bay to Toronto, released 83 passengers during refueling, then diverted to Cuba with six crew members aboard. No injuries reported as the crew were held at gunpoint during the flight.
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Toronto
Air Canada
Thunder Bay
Ont
Cuba
Earl Goddard
Northwest Airlines
Chicago
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Nine Killed In Three Separate Virginian West Virginia Crashes
Reported fatalities include Cecil G. Strickler 17 of Wellsburg David R. Cole 28 of Elkins and a third man taroy in Mingo County all from separate one car accidents on U S routes 52 and 33 as a holiday driving period begins and ends with a warm Alaska day noted for ice worms and snow fleas.
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Taroy
Mingo County
U.S. 52
Cecil G. Strickler
Wellsburg
W. Va
David R. Cole
Elkins
U.S. 33
Alaska
$18,000 Tractor Cab Vanishes From Princeton Lot
Police say the $18,000 Kroger tractor trailer cab was stolen from beside the Dinner Bell Restaurant in Princeton after keys were left in the cab. The theft occurred between Friday morning and Sunday afternoon. State police in Roanoke, Va., were notified by Kroger representatives. Trooper D. B. Meadows leads the investigation.
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Dinner Bell
Princeton
Kroger Company
Roanoke
D. B. Meadows
End of Draft Era Seen with Low Induction Forecast
The article notes Army strength near 1,007,000 in mid 1972 with calls for new draftees. It cites Froehlke on sergeant only squads and Laird on extended three month call plans to cut uncertainty. It predicts 1972 inductions may be the lowest since before Korea, aiding Nixon’s mid 1973 draft end goal.
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Robert Froehlke
Melvin ‘L. Laird
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Lowman Piano CO
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