Relatives Barred From Questions At Marshall Plane Hearing
Hearings on the Marshall University football team plane crash continued in Washington with widows and parents barred from asking questions. Witnesses addressed flight data recorder details and Douglas Aircraft tests on runway performance.
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 A stream of notices from West Virginia and Virginia
Obituaries list Jane Elizabeth Bowman 82 of Clear Lake Highlands California died Sunday. Elma Luella Caldwell 73 of Rocky Gap Virginia died in Bluefield hospital after long illness. Thomas Preston Harvey 24 of Princeton killed in Vietnam helicopter crash. Emily Reynolds Greever of Johnson City Tennessee formerly Tazewell Virginia funeral today. Margaret G McGonagle 87 Bluefield died in Narrows Virginia. John Harris Hopkins 60 Jolo died in Beckley hospital after long illness. Funeral services and military rites listed with locations Seaver and Dudley Mortuaries and Hawkins Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Supreme Court Announcement Tied to Secrecy Plan
The Supreme Court move was described as an arrangement to keep the papers secret while easing White House pressure. Officials said there is no way the President can force Congress to withhold the documents. White House secretary Ronald L. Ziegler noted the action stems from recent unauthorized disclosures and stressed the study will stay top secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nouncement
White House
Congress
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Nixon classified material review to proceed under rules
Nixon will face Congressional handling rules for classified material. House Speaker Carl Albert said the report will likely go to the House Armed Services Committee which has previous access to secret defense information. Chairman F Edward Hebert noted action would be taken as appropriate. Senate Leader Mike Mansfield said no decision yet on which committee will receive the documents under review by the Defense Department 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 Still Not Identified in Bluefield
Police in Bluefield reported Tuesday the unidentified man found ill at the Drake Hotel died on arrival at a local hospital. Patrolman Cody Reed said the body had no identification and FBI photos and fingerprints were sent to Washington for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Cody Reed
Drake
Reed
FBI
Washington
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Contact Information
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, West Virginia zones, and motor route charges. The notice provides office address at 412 Bland Street and telephones, with AP affiliation and advertising representation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cylien
Vealey admits murder plot names hidden in a ruse
The man referred to as Tony remains unidentified as Vealey pleads guilty to three counts of murder in a case tied to the Yablonski killings. Special prosecutor Sprague says further arrests are possible while state and federal probes expand. Joseph and Kenneth Yablonski attend the reading, and Vealey faces potential death in a three judge panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague
Washington, D.C
Edward L. Carey
Union
Tony
Vealey
Ohio
Kenneth
Joseph Yablonski
Joseph
Pennsylvania
Gilly
Martin
Paul
Buddy
Yablonski
Cleveland
Clarksville
Frederickstown
Yablonskis
Monongahela
Ohio State Reformatory
Union Leader Defends FBI Cooperation After Yablonski Slayings
Carey insisted the United Mine Workers cooperated with the FBI and received praise for it. He denied motives in the Yablonski killings, noting the December 1969 union election had concluded with Boyle re-elected over Yablonski and the murders occurred weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
FBI
Yablonski
United Mine Workers
Yablonskis
Obituaries: Gilpen and Smith Die in Florida and Bluefield
Wilbur S Gilpen of New Smyrna Beach Florida formerly Princeton died Monday after heart surgery in Daytona Beach Hospital He was a retired Florida East Coast Railroad employee He is survived by widow Claudia Overfield Gilpen sister Erma Gilpen and brother Carl T Gilpen Burial planned in New Smyrna Beach today Mollie Katherine Smith of Bluefield Virginia died Wednesday in Bluefield Sanitarium She was 76 born Swords Creek Westminister Presbyterian Church member widow of Walter Raleigh Smith Surviving daughters Granddaughter and siblings listed Funeral services conducted Friday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Margaret McGonagle
Margaret G. McGonagle
Lyndale Ave
Bluefield
Riverview Nursing Home
Narrows
Cincinnati
Sebastian
Anna McManus Flowers
John Joseph McGonagle
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Samus McGuire
Monte Vista Park
Hawkins
Wilbur S. Gilpen
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Daytona Beach
James T
Ella Hare Gilpen
Baptist Church
New Smyrna
Florida East Coast Railroad
Claudia Overfield Gilpen
Erma Gilpen
Carl T. Gilpen
Detroit, Mich
Swords Creek, Va
Frank and
Ella Lester Duncan
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Walter Raleigh Smith
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
C. H. Patterson
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Death notice for Lemuel H. Tickle of Bland Virginia
Lemuel H. Tickle 83 of Bland Va died at home Wednesday after a long illness. Survivors include two daughters Miss Mabel Tickle and Mrs. Robert Green of Bland. three sons Kent Jesse and Wayne Tickle of Bland. two sisters Mrs Minnie Blankenship and Mrs Della Dillon of Bland. 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Newberry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wiley Neal officiating. Burial at Temple Hill Cemetery Bland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel H., Tickle
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
Obituary: Virgil Wellman dies after long illness
Virgil Wellman 61 of McComas died in a Bluefield hospital Wednesday afternoon after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Wellman
McComas
Bluefield
Cravens Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Fat City Underway in Stockton Filming Start
Photography began on Fat City a Columbia Pictures project starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges and directed by Joan Huston. The film adapts Leonard Gardner's story about two young boxers in an impoverished area and marks Gardner's first screenplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fat City
Stockton
Calif
Kastar
Columbia Pictures
Stacy Keach
Jeff Brigre
Joan Huston
Leonard Gardner
Princeton Girl Injured In Wreck In Princeton
Eight year old Connie Flanigan of McNutt Avenue Princeton was among 12 in a Volkswagen microbus hurt in a collision at Third Street and Straley Avenue. She was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium for surgery as police investigate the crash involving Tony Cales and Shirley Tatum. Several others were treated and released at Princeton Community Hospital. No charges yet.
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
Funeral services and burial notices from Abbs Valley and Princeton
Obituaries list chevy Darnell Wyatt 15 Abbs Valley Va funeral today at 2 pm at Boissevain Baptist Church with Dr Ted R Cook. Burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Nelson Lee Henderson 43 Princeton Va funeral today 2 pm First Church of God Mahood Ave burial Jaeger Memorial Cemetery. Fred H Christie 72 Princeton Va funeral today 2 pm Burns Wornal Chapel Willowton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Living God
Job
Ancil Childress
Clell Muncey
Jaeger Memory Cemetery
Roderfield
American Legion Post No. 175
Bradshaw
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Funeral Home
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Christie
Fred H
Burns Wornal Chapel
Harry Christie
Willowton Cemetery
Wreck of Santa Maria on reef Christmas Eve
The Santa Maria from Columbus's first voyage to the New World was wrecked on a reef near Haiti on Christmas Eve. Columbus sailed home aboard the Nina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
New World
Republic of Haiti
Beatrice Beems Connives in Slayings of Miners and Union Officials
Paul Gilley and Aubran Martin were killed with alleged payments of about 5200 as Vealey named a man called Tony. Tom Owens former UMWA official believes some union leaders were involved and that Vealey confession could expose wider conspiracy within UMW District 19 and local unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gilley
Aubran W
Buddy” Martin
Vealey
Tony
Muncey
UMWA
W. A
Tony’ Boyle
Tom Owens
Oakwood
UMW
Owens
Harlan County
Tenessee
Yablonski
Buchanan County
Accident Near Princeton Involves Three Cars
A three car crash about .2 mile below Mooneys Drive In near Princeton caused about 1400 in damage. Joe Kelly Asher of London Kentucky rear ended Everette L. Rickman II of Princeton, pushing Rickman into Graham H. Neal Jr. of Blacksburg Virginia who was turning left. Asher faces charges for failing to control his vehicle.
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 On U S 460 Near Princeton
A Station wagon carrying Melvin E Johnson and four passengers was struck by a westbound tractor trailer on U S 460 three miles east of Princeton. Fannie Weyman Pauline Huffman Irene S Johnson were treated and released with injuries. William Huffman was uninjured. Roy Lee Loope faces charges of failure to have his vehicle under control as the Blue Ridge Transfer Truck jackknifed after leaving the roadway.
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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Jim Caffee
Mercer County Court
Bernard Wilkinson
Don Anello
Calfee
C. D
Bus) Compton
Jane Bowman
Jane Elizabeth Bowman
Clear Lake Highlands
Coalwood
California
Russell County
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
Elma L. Caldwell
Elma Luella Caldwell
Rocky Gap
Lewis and
Rachel Isabell Proffitt
Sally Bates
Atlanta
Hazel Eula Proffitt
Gladys Long
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
Emily Reynolds Greever
Johnson City
Tenn
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
George Mullinaxe
Maplewood Cemetery
Greever
James Greever
Harriet Comb
John Hopkins
John Harris Hopkins
Jolo
Beckley
Munford
Ala
Elmus
Emma Laffey Hopkins
Edith Rowe Hopkins
Scarlett Griffith
English
John Hopkins Jr
Pollock, la
Winford Hopkins
Pageton
Clinton Hopkins
Fanning Funeral Home
Laeger
Pigures
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commercs
Poraca
Plorries
Mississippi River Valley
Gulf and
Atlantic
Supreme Court
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Richard Sprague
Philadelphia
Youngstown
Wilbur Gilpen
Mrs
Mollie Smith
Mollie Katherine Smith
College Drive
Bluefield Sanitarium
Worth L Blevins
Harold F. Covill
Ocean Side
N.Y
Jean Smith
R. D. Herndon
Honaker
Paul Duncan
Ren Skoe Fa
Ms Tae
Kentucky
West Virginia Gas CO. and
Kentucky Hydrocarbon CO
Camden Park
Albany
Albu
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Ore
Rapid City
St Louis
Salt Lake
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Spokane
Tampa
Edmonton
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
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