McGovern Targets Liberals for 1970 Campaign Fund
Sen. George McGovern launches the 1970 Campaign Fund to aid the re election of 14 liberal Democratic senators including Mike Mansfield Edward Kennedy Edmund Muskie and others. He says liberals face heavy Republican opposition and urges immediate donations for 1970 and beyond.
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Washington
George C. McGovern
D-S.d
McGovern
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
South Dakota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Quentin Burdick
North Dakota
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Philip Hart
Michigan
Gale McGee
Wyoming
Frank Moss
Utah
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Joseph Tydings
Maryland
Harrison A. Williams Jr
New Jersey
Six Youths Injured in Single Vehicle Crash Near Murphys
A pickup driven by 17 year old Danny Ross Jackson of Davenport Va went out of control on Rt 605 near Murphys and rolled over 80 feet into a tree. Five passengers were hospitalized with back chest and limb injuries, two released next day. Names include Kay Sutherland Ann Shickler Eddie Viers Donald Bostic Jerry Runyon Ronnie O Quinn. Police charged Jackson with reckless driving.
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Buchanan County
Danny Ross Jackson
Davenport
Rt. 605
Murphys
Grundy, Va
Grundy Hospital
Kay Sutherland
Bee
Ann Shickler
Eddie Viers
Donald Bostic
Jerry Runyon
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bostic
Runyon
Ronnie O’quinn
H. Charleton III
Wytheville State Police
Danny Jackson
Funeral Prepared For Wrong Person in Bombay
In Bombay India a man named Vasudeva Sawant returned home to find his family planning his funeral after a pickpocket used his identity card and was killed by a train, leading police to initially suspect Sawant.
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Bombay
India
Vasudeva Swant
Sawant
British Strikes Cost 4.75 Million Man-Days
A government survey shows strikes cost Britain nearly 4.75 million man days of work last year. The report details the economic impact of labor actions across the country.
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London
Britain
Obituary notices from Richlands and surrounding areas
Samuel Honaker 85 of Richlands Va died after a long illness in a Richlands hospital. Survived by wife Nannie and eight children. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery. Also listed are Mrs James C Holloway 93 and other local deaths with service details and family survivors.
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Richlands
Honaker
George and
Polly Stump Honaker
Nannie B. Honaker
Annie Hurt
Polly Crabtree
Maryland
Jake
Jim Honaker
Raymond Honaker
Arthur Honaker
U. S. Army
Norfolk
Don Honaker
U. S. Air Force
Alaska
Fay Honaker
Bluefield
Malissa Akers
Alabama
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon, Va
James C. Holloway
Peterstown
Rock
Phillip and
Margie Godfrey Shewsbury
Canada
Gerthie Quillin
Princeton
Roncie
Eldridge Hollaway
Beckley
Edmond Hollaway
Narrows
Emory Hollaway
Peterstown United Methodist Church
Ralph W. Hedrick
Broyles Funeral Home
Methodist Church
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Betty Hamilton
Rockville
Geneva Smith
Mary Jo Hamrick
Pearl Stiltner
Birmingham
Ala
John P
Elkhorn City
Dexter
Jacksonville
Fla
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Phillip
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Tommy
Grundy
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Henson William Lester
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Jack
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Carl Robinson
Tommy Patrick
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Earl Nipper
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Perrell
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Walter
Sonny Miles
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Riffe, Rhonda
Kingsport
Tenn
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Ikes Fork
Don Ellis
J. W. DePew
Long
Riffe Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Felty
James I
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
Tom West
Luther Lawson
Concord
Graton
Virginia Department of Highway
Four Graduates At Lynchburg Virginia Episcopal School
Four area students graduated June 6 from Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg. The quartet Lewis Andrew Foster Laurence Wygal Hancock John Tyler Warden and Charles Edward Green Jr. earned honors in athletics and academics and plan to attend Vanderbilt Hampden Sydney UNC Hampden-Sydney this fall. Foster won the Scholarship Medal and Vanderbilt next September. Hancock earned a Morehead Scholarship at UNC and led as co captain of football. Warden played varsity soccer LaCrosse and JV football and will attend Hampden Sydney. Green served as Varsity Club president and will study at Hampden Sydney.
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Lynchburg
Lewis Andrew Foster
J. L. Foster
Whitethorn St
Bluefield
Laurence Wygal Hancock
M. Hancock
Heatherwood Road
John Tyler Warden
J. F. Warden
Charles Edward Green, Jr
C. E. Green
Tazewell
Lewis
Vanderbilt University
Hancock
Morehead
University of North Carolina
Warden
Hampden- Sydney College
Green
Hampden-Sydney College
Cuba to hold first census in 16 years on August 31
Havana reports that Cuba will conduct its first national census in 16 years on August 31. Unofficial estimates place the population at about 8.2 million.
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Havana
Cuba
Jaycees Plan Music Contest in Narrows Virginia
The Narrows Virginia Jaycees sponsor their third annual fiddlers convention and folk song contest at Narrows Athletic Field on Saturday June 28 with grounds opening at 9:00 a.m. for workshops and warm up and contests starting at 6:00 p.m. Prizes are awarded in ten categories including Fiddle Clawhammer Banjo Bluegrass Banjo Guitar Mandolin Band Folk Song and Best Individual Juvenile. New this year are the Mand and Folk Song categories and a board contest. Entry is open to the public. registration info available from E. W. Ewald or G. B. Midkiff both in Narrows with listed phone numbers.
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Narrows
Jaycees
the Narrows Atheletic Field
One Killed Five Hurt In One Car Crash
Martinsburg police report a one car crash on route 45 leaving one dead and five injured. Geraldine Ballard, 20, died on arrival at Kings Daughters Hospital as four others were hospitalized.
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Martinsburg
W.va
Geraldine Ballard
Kings Daughters Hospital
Mercer County Route 12 Crash Damages Truck Top
Princeton State Police reported a single Sunday accident on Route 12 Engleside Road in Mercer County. Randolph Scott 53 of Suffolk Virginia drove a truck under an underpass, tearing the top and causing about 1500 dollars in damage. No injuries. Scott charged with reckless driving.
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Mercer County
Randolph Scott
Suffolk
Engleside Road
Scott
Robert Taylor remembered as a Hollywood star and producer
The article surveys Robert Taylor's career highlights from classic films like Waterloo Bridge and Quo Vadis to television work on Death Valley Days. It notes his early life in Nebraska, Doane and Pomona colleges, and a 1934 Metro debut after signing with MGM, plus his rise to stardom in Magnificent Obsession and later roles.
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Johnny Eager
Oxford
Bataan
Waterloo Bridge
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Kilmanjaro
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Death Valley
U.S
Ronald Reagan
California
Universal
Irene Dunne
Voters Go to Polls for City Election Nominations
Voters head to 15 polling places from 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m to choose one candidate per district with top two advancing in each of five districts. Third and Fourth districts already assured nominations as only two filed. Write-in votes allowed for city Democratic and Republican executive committees with no filings.
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Democratic
Protestants Guard Unity in Geneva Ahead of Pope Visit
Thousands of Protestants gathered before the Wall of the Reformers in Geneva to reaffirm faith and denounce superficial Christian unity as Pope Paul VI prepares to visit. The crowd of about 4,000 sang hymns and heard a declaration criticizing Rome for distorting evangelical teachings amid mixed local reactions to the pope’s 11 hour stay.
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Paul VI
Rome
John Calvin
Paul
Nixon Thieu Meet at Midway Ahead of Paris Talks
President Nixon and South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu concluded a Midway summit with a private opening session and a public show of support for troops. Henry Kissinger and Tran Chanh Thanh joined top aides as Rogers and Laird met with Vietnamese ministers to discuss strategy before negotiations in Paris.
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Midway
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Henry A. Kissinger
Nguyen Phu Duc
William P. Rogers
Melvin Laird
Tran Chanh Thanh
Nguyen van Vy
Honolulu
North Vietnam
Paris
White House
Hanoi
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