NEA Leader Calls Nixon Plan on Private School Funds Irresponsible
Donald Morrison, incoming president of the NEA, denounces the Nixon plan for federal aid to private schools as the most irresponsible action. Morrison, a San Diego teacher set to lead 11 million members after the 109th convention, predicts more teacher strikes and stresses political action in education matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Waugh
Detroit
National Education Association
Nixon
United States
Donald E. Morrison
Morrison
San Diego
Calif
NEA
Roup
Helen Bain
Area Deaths And Funerals Missing Smedley family in Kimball
The obituary notices list Theodore Smedley 65 of Kimball and several family members and survivors. Funeral services are set at Mount Nebo Baptist Church with burial at Restlawn Memorial Estates. Other notices cover Rev. Burton F. DeBusk 76 Abingdon and Mrs. Sue A. Brewster 65 Bassett Bluefield, with service details and burial plans.
Princeton Man Recovers After Gasoline Blast
Randolph Pendleton suffered third degree burns over about thirty percent of his body in a gasoline explosion at a Mercer Street home basement. Fire officials said flames likely sparked by a hot water heater while he cleaned walls. The house, owned by John R. Pendleton, sustained heavy smoke damage.
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Princeton
Mercer Street
Princeton Community Hospital
Randolph Pendleton
Marvin Hyatt
Pendleton
John R. Pendleton
Hyatt
Randolph Would Speed Road Work
Sen. Jennings Randolph urged accelerated highway construction in West Virginia citing a 2.9 percent rise in vehicle registration last year despite population declines. He blamed fund withholding by the administration for hindering roadbuilding and interstate development efforts.
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Washington
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Federal
Congress
West Virginia Democrat
Graveside rites for infant William A. Comer Jr.
Graveside rites are set for today at 2 p.m. at Neely Cemetery on Princeton Route 4. Rev. Jerry L. Key will officiate with Davis Funeral Home of Oakvale directing arrangements.
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William Allen Comer Jr
William A. Comer
Neely
Princeton Rt. 4
Jerry L. Key
Davis Funeral Home
Oakvale
Obituary: Mrs. Cora Compton Shortridge of Grundy
Mrs Cora Compton Shortridge 83 of Grundy Virginia died Saturday in Charlottesville Virginia after a long illness Surviving are five daughters four sons a brother list and many grandchildren and great grandchildren The service was held at 11 am Tuesday at the home with Rev Mitchell Shortt officiating Burial followed in the family cemetery The body was moved from Grundy Funeral Home to the residence Sunday afternoon
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Burton F. DeBusk
Abingdon
Bristol
Holston
The
Methodist Church
Rosa Simcox DeBusk
Stella Stephen
Louise Taylor
Keen Mountain
Margaret Jackson
Charlotte Yarbrou
Birdie Johnson Justice
Pawpaw
Grundy, Va
William E. Justice
Sarah Scarberry
Linda Scarberry
Holly, Mich
Geraldine Kinder
Moutheard
Teddy
Larry
Jeffery
Stevie Justice
Ray Johnson
Bill Bishop
Premier
Stella Adkins
Joyce Prater
Hurley
Garland
Julius
Lloyd Johnson
Elwood Johnson
Spragg
Britt Jackson
Edward May
Coleman Cemetery
Grundy
Rexie Edward Jennings
Roxie Edward Jennings
Pamplin
Petersburg
Houston
Ada Mack Jennings
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Flora Trigg
Bluefield
Eta Bowling
Harry Jennings
Russell Mack
Bland and Reed Funeral Home
Farmville
V. L
Byrd
Gilbert V. L
Byrd) Gilbert
Columbus
Ohio
Richlands
Wardell
Whitewood
John
Rebecca Goss Gilbert
Richlands- Wardell
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Jacqueline Jackson
Pounding Mill
Bernard H. Gilbert
James Gilbert
Raymond Gilbert
Myrtle Buskill
Kathryn Mulkey
Laura Dales
Edd Gilbert
Lawrence Gilbert
Clarence Gilbert
Jewell Ridge
Hurst- Scott Funeral Chapel
Cora Compton Shortridge
Charlottesville, Va
Ocie Poppins
Orpha Shortridge
Alta Perkins
Ollie Casey
Emma Breeding
Morristown
Tenn
Earl Shortridge
Oakwood
Lawson
Roscoe Shortridge
Lundy Compton
Alvis Compton
Noah Compton
Hatfield Compton
Louisa
Mitchell Shortt
Funeral services set for James Ebb Beavers in Richlands
Funeral services for James Ebb Beavers 47 of Squire killed in Chicago Illinois will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with Rev Roy Baldwin and Rev Kenneth Wilson. He was born in Sawyersville a World War II veteran and survived by his mother Stella Beavers Pruett four sisters Elizabeth Chambers Frances Lowe Grace Harrison Beulah Cobb and brother George W Beavers. Call after 5 p.m. today.
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James Ebb Beavers
Squire
Chicago
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Roy Baldwin
Kenneth Wilson
Lowe
Ravens Nest Branch
Cedar Bluff
Sawyersville
Stella Beavers Pruett
James Doak Beavers
Keiser Rites Pending for Salem Man Woodrow W Keiser
Woodrow W Keiser 56 of Salem Va died Sunday morning in a Salem hospital. He was the son of J H Keiser and Gertrude Powers Keiser. Survivors include brother Eddie Keiser of Northfork and sister Mrs Basil Hedrick of Crumpler. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Bennett Funeral Home in Northfork.
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Woodrow W. Keiser
Salem
J. H. Keiser
Gertrude Powers Keiser
Eddie Keiser
Northfork
Basil Hedrick
Crumpler
Bennett Funeral Home
John Hunter Culliney dies in Medford at 72
John Hunter Culliney, 72, formerly of Bluefield and Charleston, died in Medford Oregon from natural causes. A WWI veteran, he served with the West Virginia National Guard on the Mexican Border in 1916 and worked for the N and W Railroad and Dupont in Charleston. He leaves a daughter Mrs Margaret Ogle Culliney Mullin, sister Mrs Mable Culliney Cole, brother W H Culliney and two grandchildren. funeral plans will be announced.
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John Hunter Culliney
Bluefield
Charleston
Medford
Ore
Beaver High School
West Virginia National Guard
N&w
Dupont Chemical Company
Margaret Ogle Culliney
Brian Mullin
Mable Culliney Cole
Mullens
W. H. Culliney
Violet Doss 67 dies after heart attack in Radford area
Violet Musser Doss, 67, of Radford Virginia area formerly of Welch, died en route to a Radford hospital after an apparent heart attack. She was a former registered nurse at Doctors Memorial Hospital Welch and widow of James A. Doss. Survivors include a sister in Roanoke, two half sisters in Salem, and a half brother in Salem. Services held today at Richardson Funeral Home Christiansburg with burial in Sunset Cemetery Christiansburg.
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Clyde O'Dell Kessinger
Wilmington
Del
Princeton
Marshal and
Mae Dowdy Kessinger
Carolyn Kessinger
Marvin Kessinger
Harvey
Ruby) Sentman
Violet Doss
Violet Musser Doss
Radford
Welch
Doctors Memorial Hospital
James A. Doss
William H. Smith Jr
Roanoke
Joyce Thomas
William Hall
Salem
Ross Musser
Richardson Funeral Home
Christiansburg
Sunset Cemetery
Death of Edgar G. Farley in Beckley nursing home
Edgar G. Farley died at 85 in a Beckley area nursing home after a long illness. Survivors include nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. at Ronald Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton.
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Edgar G. Farley
Beckley
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Bridgeton Man Garland Jackson Hoops Dies at 42
Garland Jackson Hoops of Bridgeton New Jersey died in a Bridgeton hospital late Friday night. Officials cite natural causes. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Shumate Newman Funeral Home in Pocahontas.
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Garland Jackson Hoops
Bridgeton
N. J
Shumate- Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Agnew Eyes Long Seoul Visit During Park Inauguration
Vice President Agnew aims for a sustained liaison with Korean leaders during President Park’s inauguration and talks on dispatching U S tactical nuclear weapons from Okinawa to Korea while Vietnam troop issues also loom. The Korea trip includes meetings with Park and a delegation including Winthrop Rockefeller Bryce Harlow Samuel Devine and D Elliot Hagan with Senator Buckley joining in Seoul.
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U.S
Okinawa
Vietnam
Agnew
South Korea
South Vietnam
Korea
Nixon
Park
Air Force Two
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Bryce Harlow
Samuel Devine
Ohio
D. Elliot Hagan
D-Ga
James L
Buckley
R-N.y
Seoul
General Continued From Page One On Postwar Habits
The dialogue among GIs explores addiction timing and the idea of returning home untouched. Opinions vary with emphasis on personal experience and skepticism about quitting afterward. One soldier jokes about his wife as a source of supply.
Union Girl to Compete for Dairy Crown
Miss Debbie Jane Leach of Union will represent West Virginia in the 17th Annual American Dairy Princess Contest in Chicago from today through Wednesday. The 18-year-old Concord College student with dairy farm background competes for a $2,000 cash prize. first runner-up receives $500.
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Debbie Jane Leach
Union
West Virginia
Chicago
Ill
Debbie
Concord College
Dairy Farmer
American Dairy Association
The
Drug Seminar Set At Elkins
The traveling team of the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges will sponsor a one day seminar on drug related problems in Elkins West Virginia Monday Randolph County Circuit Court Judge George R Triplett said the three panel members will be Arthur J Rogers Rod Ciceri and Ted Glenn all prominent figures in narcotics addiction control and juvenile justice.
Shrimp Dressing Served Chilled with Dill and Almonds
Serve chilled shelled prawns with a dressing of dairy sour cream chopped hard cooked egg dillweed and toasted slivered almonds for a creamy seafood starter.
Autopsy Ordered in Pike Death
A North Carolina truck driver died Sunday night on the West Virginia Turnpike north of here. Authorities ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Thomas James Fontaine, 40, of near Ellerbe, NC, drove a tractor-trailer that left the road and overturned on a rock. He sustained a minor head injury, and Mercer County prosecutors’ David Knight would determine if death was from the accident, illness, or an earlier attack. Fontaine was hauling produce in a truck owned by D. P Gallimore and Sons Inc of Pompano Beach, Florida.
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North Carolina
West Virginia
Here
Thomas James Fontaine
Ellerbe
N.C
Mercer Pros
David Knight
Fontaine
Huntington men burned in Charleston hospital burn center condition
Two Huntington area men remained in critical condition at the Burn Center of the Medical University of South Carolina after an industrial fire last week. Carl Persinger, 44, of Milton and Dave Johnson Jr., 46, of Proctoryle were flown to Charleston by a National Guard medical evacuation helicopter.
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Charleston
S.C
Huntington
W.va
Medical University of South Carolina
Carl Persinger
Milton
Dave Johnson Jr
Proctoryle
Ohio
National Guard
Browning Names MacQueen as Human Rights Counsel
West Virginia Attorney General Chauncey Browning Jr appoints Andrew A. MacQueen III as assistant attorney general and legal counsel for the State Human Rights Commission. He will enforce the West Virginia Human Rights Act prohibiting employment discrimination starting July 1.
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Charleston
W Va
Chauncey Browning Jr
Andrew A. MacQueen III
State Human Rights Commission
Commission
Russell van Cleve
MacQueen
West Virgina
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National Heather Service
Noaa
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Theodore Smedley
Kimball
Stevens Clinic
Alabama
Lessie Smedley
Mollie Smedley
Mount Nebo Baptist Church
Kimball Town Council
UMWA
Gary
Mary E. Smedley
Serenthia Smedley
Donald Smedley
Washington, D.C
Leonard Smedley
Seat Pleasant
William Smedley
Bolling
Bronx
N.Y
Leopolian Smedley
Atlanta
Rev. Burton F. Debusk
Sue A. Brewster
Arlington
Tazewell County
Mullins Funeral Chapel
William Robinson
Armes
Baptist Valley
Harley and
Lou Belle Patterson Armes
Mt. Olivet United
Clyde Kessinger
Muriel Fannon
Sherwood Forest
Bassett
Alderson
Martinsville
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Earl Fike
Monte Vista Park
Garfield
Lelia Bass Davis
Jenkintown
Carl Lee Davis
Richmond
P D. David
Harry A. Davis
Mich
Paul Lee Davis
Covington
E. G. Puryear
Penmar Avenue
Mercer Funeral Home
Mrs
Birdie Justice
Carolinas
Florida
Texas
Montana
Dakotas
Utah
Colorado
Randolph
Cora Shortridge
Miles
Louisa Compton
M. T. Shortridge
James E. Beavers
MR. Persinger
Persingers Cafeteria
Princeton Ave
W. VA
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Elkins
Associated Press
Albany
Albuque
de Amarillo
Anchorage
Asheville
Birmingham
Bismarck
Boiserain
Boston
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Marquette
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Ptland
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Alt Lake
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Spokane
Tampa
Edmonton
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Pike
D. P Gallimore and Sons Inc
Pompano Beach
Fla
Avings
Cris and
Savings and Loan
First Federal Savings
Loan Association OF Bluefield
Bland & Ramsey
Bluefield, W.va
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