Pope Declines Catholic Membership in World Council
In Geneva Pope Paul VI during a 12 hour visit rejects joining the World Council of Churches for now, saying the question is not mature. Security dispersed anti Catholic demonstrators as nine Presbyterian ministers protested at the council headquarters with placards declaring no peace with Rome and calling the Pope anti Christ.
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World Council
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Viet Cong Forms Revolutionary Government Ahead of Paris Talks
The Viet Cong announced a National Liberation Front led Revolutionary Government of Vietnam to solidify bargaining position at Paris peace talks. Hanoi radio broadcast linked the NLF with the Alliance of National Democratic and Peace Forces, seeking diplomatic recognition and legitimacy for South Vietnam’s representatives.
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Vietnam
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Alliance of National Democratic and Peace
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Nixon opens door to peace as U S begins Vietnam pullout
President Nixon said the United States has opened wide the door to peace by withdrawing combat forces from South Vietnam. He challenged North Vietnam to match the gesture and invited Hanoi to negotiate in Paris or withdraw troops. He also noted South Vietnamese forces are now trained to take over substantial combat duties.
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Teenagers charged in murder of 12 family members in fire
A 15 year old girl Susan Bailey and her 13 year old brother Roger were charged with murder in the deaths of their parents and 10 siblings after a predawn house fire. Investigators found evidence of gasoline in the eight room home and witnesses said the fire burned rapidly. The two youths appeared for a preliminary hearing as psychiatric exams and a welfare report are ordered. The surviving relative, Judy Fury, said Susan had argued with parents over dating her 17 year old cousin. The grandfather Obie Bailey escaped by jumping from a window.
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Susan Bailey
Roger Bailey
Parkersburg
W. Va
Charles Bailey
D. V. Eaton
Susan
Roger
Wood County Circuit Court
Wood County Child Welfare Department
Judy Fury
Joliet, Ill
Sters
L. W. Bechtold
Bechtold
East River Mountain Tunnel bid tops SRC record
The State Road Commission opened a bid of 23 7 18612 for the East River Mountain Tunnel the highest bid ever entertained. Gordon H Ball Inc and S A Healy Co of Danville California submitted the bid as part of 27 projects in 19 counties totaling nearly 40 million dollars. Completion of the twin bore tunnel is planned for 1971 with four related contracts to be awarded later and approvals from the U S Bureau of Public Roads still pending.
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Gordon H. Ball,Inc
S. A. Healy Co
Danville
Calif
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Gordon H. Ball Inc
Bluefield Voters Choose Ten for City Board Seats
City voters in Bluefield selected ten nominees for the July 1 general election. District results show DeVault 1225 and Moore 469 in district one, Elliot 1286 and Stephens 618 in district two, Gills 1296 and Carter 675 in district three, Cook 1181 and Myles 781 in district four, Webb 839 and Connolly 832 in district five. Incumbents and several challengers will vie for two-year board terms amid a redistricting dispute ordered by Judge Wagner. About 23 percent of 9900 registrants voted, with write-ins for party committees but no filings for those posts.
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Bluefield City
Victor DeVault
Robert Moore
John Duffy
DeVault
Railroad Retirement Board
Moore
Elliot
Bluefield Food and Brokerage
Clyde Stephens
Carter
Gills
City Provision Co
Cook and Myles
Norfolk and Western
Tion
Wagner
Democratic
Myles
Oakwood Man Killed in Mine Mishap
Clyde Fuller of Oakwood Va employed by Centennial Construction Co died after a lift failure left him 9 feet below in a shaft at 400 feet depth. Kyle Reed was hospitalized with shoulder injuries. Fuller survived by wife Minnie Mae Darnell Fuller and family. funeral set for Friday at Mountain View Church of Christ Moutheard Ky. Burial Belcher Cemetery.
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Centennial Construction Co
Vansant
Clyde Fuller
Oakwood
Fuller
Kyle Reed
Grundy
Minnie Mae Darnell Fuller
Ida Stiltner Fuller
Donald Jessie
Tockland
Millard Keen
Jerry Fuller
Richmond
Masonic Lodge No. 17
Mountain View Church of Christ
Moutheard
Clarence Greenleaf
Jimmy Viers
Belcher Cemetery
Grundy Funeral Home
Plane crash in Cabin Creek leaves two dead in Charleston
State Police recover the bodies of pilot John Gunderson and passenger Randolph Skaggs from a light plane that went down near Cabin Creek mountain after circling Dry Branch. Skaggs was later confirmed as aboard. the crash prompted continued search efforts. In Washington, Treasury Secretary Kennedy urged extending the 10 percent surtax as inflation fears loom, while the wholesale price index rose eight tenths of a percent due to sharp food price increases.
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Randolph Skaggs
Civil Air Patrol
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Skaggs
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
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Former Mohegan man shot in Chicago attack
A former Mohegan resident, Pear Welch, was attacked and fatally shot Friday by a street gang while working inside a repair shop on a car fender in Chicago. Gary Dean Willis, 21, of Chicago, reportedly went to the shop door as events unfolded.
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Pear Welch
Chicago
Gary Dean Willis
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Phillip Jefferson
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Mercer County
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