Raleigh Man Killed in Virginia Two Car Crash
Raleigh West Virginia man Claude Washington Allen aged 53 died Thursday in a two car collision about two miles north of Culpeper on U S 29 in Culpeper County. He was a passenger in Rodney Lee Allen's car of Beckley West Virginia.
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Culpeper
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Chantilly
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Richmond
Vernon Wright Loving
Hanover
Strike Ended By Musicians In Major Network Dispute
A 28 day strike by about 800 staff musicians against NBC ABC and CBS ended with a narrow 270 to 263 approval of a two year contract. The deal raises base pay to 280.70 and overtime to 14.90 while AFL CIO seeks 103.08 weekly raises over three years.
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Vietnam War Battle Reports and Casualty Figures
Allied forces killed 96 enemy soldiers in one battle while 25th Division troops killed 37 after a one hour fight nearby. Helicopter insertions met heavy fire. two choppers were shot down. Reinforcements held, seven hours of fighting forced an enemy withdrawal with one body found. In Da Nang area, 7,000 Marines and Vietnamese soldiers reported 249 enemy dead across eight days, with 69 Viet Cong cadres captured. An additional helicopter loss northwest of Da Nang killed five aboard. Total U.S. helicopter losses reach 938. Last week 160 Americans and 246 Vietnamese were killed, while 1,432 Americans were wounded. Since Jan 1, 1961, U.S. fatalities total 29,637 with 187,055 wounded and 1,215 missing.
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Richard Pyle
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Don’t Plant It Barberry in Wheat Areas
Barberry should never be planted in wheat growing regions because it is attacked by black stem rust, a fungus disease likely to spread to wheat fields.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Copy
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its establishment in 1893, daily publication schedule, address at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield West Virginia, and subscription rates by carrier and mail. It notes Associated Press affiliation and advertising representation by The Katz Agency with contact in Belagpoue.
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Delaware Span Main Road Link
The Delaware Memorial Bridge links New Jersey and Delaware as the nation’s busiest corridor. By February 1970 both spans will operate side by side. the original 1951 bridge cost 45 million and now tolls of 50 cents auto generate about 10 million yearly.
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Strikers Return to Work at New York State Hospitals
Workers who struck four state mental hospitals began returning to work after a bargaining win by the Public Employment Relations Board. Buffalo State Hospital’s day shift was back, Creedmoor Queens and Bronx and Manhattan State workers expected to return Friday. Some Bronx State strikers received suspensions by telegram for alleged violent acts during the strike. Gov. Rockefeller had refused an AFL CIO election, directing talks with the Civil Service Employes Association.
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Death Of Local Man Probed In Mercer County
A 45 year old Mercer County man Roscoe Henry Hook died on arrival at Bluefield Sanitarium after being struck on the head and face. State police pursue the case as autopsy is ordered and investigations continue. Funeral arrangements were being arranged at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Bluewell.
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Bluefield
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Haynes
Cravens - Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Thanksgiving at the Johnson Ranch and Abroad
President and Mrs Johnson hosted family and friends at their Texas ranch for Thanksgiving. Two sons-in-law were in Vietnam with 536,000 U.S. troops. Cyrus Vance dined in Paris with Shrivers and guests including Arthur Ashe and Andy Williams at the American Embassy. Sandra Norsworthy hosted a buffet in Manhattan shunning the conventional turkey meal.
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Vietnam
J.C. Patrick J. Nugent
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U.S
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Cyrus R. Vance
Sargent Shriver
Sandra Norsworthy
WMU Meeting at Rich Creek Church Sees 16 Attend
The Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church at Rich Creek held its regular monthly meeting with 16 members present. Officers led the program and business session, a birthday gift note to Miss Annie Mae Broyles was read, and the Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions was announced for December. Annie Armstrong Circle won the banner for most members.
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J. C. Heslop
W. O. Woodson
Missions In Action
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Annie Mae Broyles
Foreign Missions
Annie Armstrong Circle
Three Arrested In Slayings In Roxbury Office
Three men connected to the slayings at the New England Grass Roots Organization in Roxbury were in custody. Dennis Chandler 29 of Roxbury walked into Stoneham police with a lawyer and will be arraigned on murder. Alvin Campbell 35 and Arnold Campbell 33 of Dorchester were held without bail on murder charges. Victims were Guido St Laurent 38 founder Daniel Eaton 33 and Harold King 30. all killed November 13 after three intruders entered the office.
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Weather snapshot details snow and ice across regions
The report describes brisk winds and snow across the Great Lakes to the Northeast with freezing rain in New York and New England causing dangerous travel. Massachusetts saw six car crashes with no fatalities amid 40 autos involved. Rain fell in Peoria and near Detroit, snow blanketed eastern Kansas to northern Missouri, and Colorado to Wyoming saw 1 to 4 inches. Thanksgiving temperatures ranged from 4 above in Wyoming to 83 in Fort Myers Florida.
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The Age of Open Mouth Disease in News
A veteran columnist laments the rise of news conferences and open media access. He notes TV coverage fuels nonentities to speak publicly while editors chase audience, urging restraint and skepticism about publicity driven events. He previews exploring the topic further in a future column.
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Tom Willifax
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Numerous obituaries from Bluefield to Welch detail deaths of Wylie W. Tabor 77 of Nemours Doss Douglas Wilson 82 of Little River and Mrs Aunt Mattie Ratliff 76 of Grundy. Services are planned across Pocahontas Honaker Grundy Clinch Valley Richlands and Argo with multiple clergy officiating and burial in local cemeteries.
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Jimmy Fletcher
Mattie) Ratliff
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Funeral services for Luther Dillon Jr in Bluefield
Luther Dillon Jr., 57, of Detroit Michigan, will be laid to rest in Saeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield after a service today at 11 a.m. at Hawkins Funeral Chapel in Bluefield. Rev. W. J. Ellis will officiate. nephews will act as pallbearers.
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Harmon
Grundy, Va
Pike County
Mose Coleman
Clell Blankenship
Argo
Willie Compton
Blankenship Family
Grundy Funeral Home
Blankenship
Randel Stiltner
Conway
Grundy Hospital
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Kenneth
Chester Stiltner
Pricy Short
Lick Creek
Lettie Gresel
Conaway
Harney Creek
Mouth Card
Ernel Kentre
Virginia Funeral Home
Dollie Rotenberry
Dollie Mae Rotenberry
Freeman
Cravens - Shires
Bluewell
Hersey Lane
Cecil Belcher
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Nixon Watch as Flexible Rates Loom in Global Talks
The piece weighs the case for flexible exchange rates to curb crises and volatile investments. It notes U S plans for currency swaps, European desires for a less government dependent system, and potential clashes over the dollar and gold amid a still unsettled postwar monetary order with Nixon central to U S actions.
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Henry H. Fowler
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United States
Britain
Lord Keynes
France
West Germany
Nixon
Washington
U.S
Tightening Of Money Seen By Nixon Aide Columns
New York report cites close adviser views on rapid monetary tightening under President Nixon to curb inflation. Credit restriction expected to depress general business and bond prices while stock markets lag, with a late 1969 to 1970 bond bull trend possible if inflation subsides.
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Richard M. Nixon
Federal Reserve
Massive Seattle shipyard blaze fights off blaze
A three alarm fire at a Seattle shipyard raged for over three hours as 270 firefighters and 20 units fought the flames threatening a Pier 4 center of Todd Shipyards Corp. The cause and damage estimate were not yet known.
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