Relatives Barred From Questioning At Marshall Plan Hearing
Hearings into the Marshall University football plane crash continued with relatives of victims denied permission to question witnesses. The session focused on flight data recorder analysis and safety measures, with testimony noting Southern Airways equipment and crew aligned with FAA rules and $50 million insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall University
National Transportation Safety Board
Huntington
W.va
Tri-State
Southern Airways
John Repasy
Cincinnati
Oscar M. Laurel
Douglas Aircraft
W. Bayne Grubb
Marshall Athletic
Charles Kautz
Kautz
Hunington
Southern
Colorado
Wichita State University
Grubb
Deaths and Funerals
Jane Elizabeth Bowman 82 of Clear Lake Highlands California formerly Coalwood died Sunday in California. Elma Luella Caldwell 73 of Rocky Gap Virginia died in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. St Sgt Thomas Preston Harvey 24 Princeton fatally injured in Vietnam helicopter crash. Funeral notices follow for Emily Reynolds Greever Johnson City Tennessee and Tazewell Virginia, and Margaret McGonagle Bluefield Virginia with services and burial details.
Supreme Court nouncement on papers secrecy
The speaker argued the arrangement would keep the papers secret while easing White House pressure. He said the President cannot force Congress to withhold the documents. White House secretary Ronald L. Ziegler cited special circumstances from recent unauthorized disclosures and noted the study will stay top secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nouncement
White House
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Nixon to face existing rules on classified material handling
House Speaker Carl Albert said Nixon will be subject to Congressional rules governing classified material. The report may go to the House Armed Services Committee, which has handled classified defense information before. Chairman F Edward Hebert said he would take appropriate action, while Senate Leader Mansfield noted no decision on which committee would receive the documents under review for possible declassification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Carl Albert Dokla
House Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Defense Department
Dead Man Found in Bluefield Hospital
Police in Bluefield reported a man found dead on arrival at a local hospital after staying at the Drake Hotel. The body had no identification and was sent to the FBI with photos and fingerprints to aid identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Cody Reed
Drake
Reed
FBI
Washington
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph records its establishment in 1693 and notes daily publication by Delly Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 2470. It lists Associated Press credit and subscription rates for carrier and mail, with motor route monthly pricing and inquiries via Mathews Shannon Cullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delly Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Cir
Vealey Confesses to Yablonski Killings Details Emergence of Alias Tony
The article covers Vealey s confession to federal officials in Ohio about the Yablonski killings, naming a shadowy figure known as Tony and outlining the plot and payment. It notes ongoing state and federal investigations, potential arrests, and Vealey s guilty plea to three counts of murder under Pennsylvania law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Richard Sprague
Philadelphia
Sprague
Washington, D.C
Edward L. Carey
Union
Vealey
Ohio
Kenneth
Joseph Yablonski
Joseph
Union Chief Talks After Yablonski Slayings
Carey says the United Mine Workers cooperated with the FBI and received compliments for it. He denies motivation by the union in the killings, noting the murder occurred weeks after the December 1969 election in which Boyle defeated Yablonski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
FBI
Yablonski
United Mine Workers
Yablonskis
Death notice of Wilbur S. Gilpen of New Smyrna Beach
Wilbur S. Gilpen of New Smyrna Beach Florida formerly of Princeton died Monday in Daytona Beach hospital after heart surgery. He was the son of James T. and Ella Hare Gilpen, Baptist Church member, retired Florida East Coast Railroad employee. Survived by widow Claudia Overfield Gilpen one sister Erma Gilpen Princeton and one brother Carl T. Gilpen Detroit. Burial will be in New Smyrna Beach today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Gilpen
Wilbur S. Gilpen
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Princeton
Daytona Beach
James T
Ella Hare Gilpen
Baptist Church At
New Smyrna
Florida East Coast Railroad
Claudia Overfield Gilpen
Erma Gilpen
Carl T. Gilpen
Detroit, Mich
Mrs Mollie Katherine Smith Dies in Bluefield
Mrs Mollie Katherine Smith 76 of 2213 College Drive Bluefield Virginia died Wednesday morning in Bluefield Sanitarium She was born in Swords Creek Virginia to Frank and Ella Lester Duncan She is survived by three daughters Mrs Worth L Blevins Mrs Harold F Covill and Miss Jean Smith one sister Mrs R D Herndon one brother Paul Duncan and five grandchildren The funeral was held Friday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield with Dr C H Patterson officiating Burial followed at Monte Vista Park Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Katherine Smith
College Drive
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Swords Creek, Va
Frank and
Ella Lester Duncan
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Walter Raleigh Smith
Worth L. Blevins
Harold F. Covill
Ocean Side
N.Y
Jean Smith
R. D. Herndon
Honaker
Paul Duncan
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
C. H. Patterson
Monte Vista Park
Death of Lemuel H. Tickle in Bland Virginia
Lemuel H. Tickle 83 of Bland Va died at home Wednesday after a long illness. Survived by two daughters Mabel Tickle and Mrs Robert Green two sons Kent Jesse Wayne Tickle two sisters Minnie Blankenship and Della Dillon 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Newberry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Wiley Neal officiating burial in Temple Hill Cemetery Bland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel H. Tickle
Bland, Va
Mabel Tickle
Robert Green
Bland
Kent
Jesse
Wayne Tickle
Minnie Blankenship
Della Dillon
Newberry Funeral Home Chapel
Wiley Neal
Temple Hill Cemetery
Virgil Wellman 61 Dies After Long Illness in Bluefield
Virgil Wellman age 61 died in a Bluefield hospital Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were pending at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Wellman
VeComas
Bluefield
Cravens Shires
Bluewell
John Hopkins Jolo resident dies after long illness
John Harris Hopkins 60 of Jolo died Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was a World War II veteran and member of the Church of the Living God, Jolo. Survivors include his widow Edith Rowe Hopkins, a daughter Scarlett Griffith of English, three sons John Hopkins Jr of Pollock Louisiana Winford Hopkins of Pageton and Clinton Hopkins of Jolo, two brothers Elvie Hopkins Avondale and Robin Hopkins Newhall, a sister Pearl Alley Tampa, ten grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. today at the Church of the Living God Job with Rev. Ancil Childress and Rev. Clell Muncey. Burial Jaeger Memory Cemetery Roderfield. American Legion Post 175 Bradshaw to conduct military rites. Body from home to church one hour prior. Fanning Funeral Home Laeger in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma L. Caldwell
Elma Luella Caldwell
Rocky Gap
Bluefield
Russell County
Lewis and
Rachel Isabell Proffitt
Sally Bates
Atlanta
Hazel Eula Proffitt
Gladys Long
Roanoke
Balford E. Proffitt
Front Royal
Luther C. Proffitt
Green Bay
Roy Lee Proffitt
Glenn A. Proffitt
Arnold Proffitt
Granville Proffitt
Winchester
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Jack T. Day
Rufus Newton
Hawkins Cemetery
Richlands
Clayton Parris
Efford Parris
Kyle Compton
David Harris
Gayland Saunders
Garland Harrison
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Thomas P. Harvey
Thomas Preston Harvey
Princeton
Vietnam
Mullens
H. C. (Buster) Harvey
U. S. Army
191St Aviation Company
Pat Sanders Harvey
Lashmeet
Thomas P. Harvey Jr
Mollie Heath
E. B. Williams
Lindside
Cwo Bernard
Bunny) Harvey
Ft. Knox
Buster W. Harvey
Princeton, Corp
Freddy L. Harvey
Puerto Rico
Thomas Larry Long
Troy
Ohio
Donald
Rosemary) Lawrence
Hampstead
Ronney
Beverly) Hicks
Goldsboro
N. C
Rickie
Linda) Miller
Ft. Sill
George W. Seaver
Jimmy Jones
Harvey Cemetery
Rock Camp
Ft. Lee, Va
Seaver Mortuary
John Harris Hopkins
Jolo
Beckley
Munford
Ala
Elmus
Emma Laffey Hopkins
Church of the Living God
Edith Rowe Hopkins
Scarlett Griffith
English
John Hopkins Jr
Pollock, la
Winford Hopkins
Pageton
Clinton Hopkins
Job
Ancil Childress
Clell Muncey
Jaeger Memory Cemetery
Roderfield
American Legion Post No. 175
Bradshaw
Fat City film underway in Stockton with Keach and Bridges
Photography begins on Fat City a Columbia Pictures production starring Stacey Keach and Jeff Bridges. Joan Huston directs the screen adaptation of Leonard Gardner's story about two young boxers in an impoverished area. Gardner writes his first screenplay for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fat City
Stockton, Calif
Columbia Pictures
Stacey Keach
Jeff Bridges
Joan Huston
Leonard Gardner
Princeton Girl Injured In Wreck
Eight year old Connie Flanigan of McNutt Avenue Princeton was hospitalized in serious condition with head injuries after a Volkswagen microbus collision at Third Street and Straley Avenue. Several passengers were treated and released, with ongoing investigation by Officers Fralick and Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Flanigan
McNutt Avenue
Princeton
Third Street
Straley Avenue
Bluefield
Tony Franklin Cales
Shirley B. Tatum
Morley Barker
Jeffrey Brookman
Mathew Barker
Jeannie Whitman
Penny Tatum
Christie Barker
Eddie Brookman
Princeton Community Hospital
Penny
Mathew
Ronda Dickerson
Debbie Dickerson
Sharron Brookman
Kevin Harless
C. H. Fralick
S. J. Barker
Funerals Held For Local Residents In West Virginia
Chevyl Darnell Wyatt 15 of Abbs Valley Virginia funeral today at 2 p.m. at Boissevain Baptist Church with Dr. Ted R. Cook. Nelson Lee Henderson 43 of Princeton burial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery. Fred H Christie 72 of Princeton funeral today at 2 p.m. in Memorial Funeral Directory chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Funeral Home
Christie
Fred H
Princeton
Burns Wornal Chapel
Harry Christie
Willowton Cemetery
First Columbus Expedition Ship Wrecked on Christmas Eve
The Santa Maria wrecked on a reef off Haiti during the voyage to the New World. Columbus returned home aboard the Nina after the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
New World
Republic of Haiti
Miners Linked to Slayings Stir Union Scrutiny in Appalachia
Statements tie Paul Gilley and Aubran Martin to the killings with $5200 allegedly paid by a man named Tony. Oakwood ex-official Tom Owens says union leaders may be implicated and five people plotted the murders, urging investigation into UMWA connections. Owens notes district officials could be involved as he recalls Beatrice and Oakwood union ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gilley
Aubran_ W
Buddy
Martin
Vealey
Tony
Muncey
UMWA
W. A
Boyle
Tom Owens
Oakwood
UMW
Owens
Harlan County
Tenessee
Yablonski
Buchanan County
Three-Vehicle Accident Near Princeton Causes Damages
A three car crash about .2 mile below Mooneys Drive In near Princeton caused about 1400 dollars in damage. Joe Kelly Asher of London Kentucky rear ended Everette Rickman II of Princeton who had stopped for a left turn, pushing Rickman into Graham Neal Jr. of Blacksburg Virginia. Asher cited for failure to control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooneys Drive
Princeton
Joe Kelly Asher
Rt. 1
London
Everette L. Rickman II
Rickman
Asher
Graham H. Neal Jr
Blacksburg
Neal
Three Injured In Collision Near Princeton
A Station wagon carrying Fannie Weyman Pauline Huffman Irene S Johnson and Melvin E Johnson was hit by a tractor trailer on U S 460 three miles east of Princeton. Johnson and the other passengers were treated and released at Princeton Community Hospital. Roy Lee Loope faced charges after his Blue Ridge Transfer Company truck jackknifed and crossed the highway. Damages were about 1300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 460
Princeton
Fannie Weyman
Portsmouth
Ohio
Pauline Huffman
Sadie
Irene S. Johnson
Melvin E Johnson
Princeton Community Hospital
Johnson
William Huffman
Blue Ridge Transfer Company
Roy Lee Loope
Roanoke
Johnson Auto
Loope
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hive
Daily Telegraph
Jim Caffee
Mercer County Court
Bernard Wilkinson
Don Anello
Calfee
C. D
Bus) Compton
Jane Bowman
Jane Elizabeth Bowman
Clear Lake Highlands
Calif
Coalwood
California
Charles
Lucinda Crabtree Gilbert
Henry Gratt Bowman
Andrew
San Lorenzo
Frank
Currie Ballaugh
Juanita Boyles
Alice Woodie
Lakeland
Pete
Dewey Gilbert
Hayward
Emmett Gilbert
Lower Lake
Charlie Gilbert
Richmond
Desta Hawks
Maudie Kelly
Leana
Wisc
Horsepen
Friend
Emily Reynolds Greever
Johnson City
Tenn
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
George Mullinaxe
Maplewood Cemetery
Greever
James Greever
Harriet Comb
Margaret McGonagle
Margaret G. McGonagle
Lyndale Ave
Riverview Nursing Home
Narrows
Sebastian
Anna McManus Flowers
John Joseph McGonagle
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Samus McGuire
Hawkins
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S
Mississippi River Valley
Gulf and
Atlantic
Supreme Court
Curer
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Gilly
Youngstown
Paul
Cleveland
Tennessee
Knoxville
Clarksville
Frederickstown
Monongahela
Ohio State Reformatory
Mrs
Mollie Smith
Lemuelh, Tickle
John Hopkins
Fanning Funeral Home
Laeger
Kentucky
West Virginia Gas CO. and
Kentucky Hydrocarbon CO
Camden Park
Albany
Albuque
Amarillo
Anchorage
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Boise
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Marquette
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Milwaukee
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New York
Okla City
Omaha
Philadephia
Phoenix
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