07 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1971
Page
1
Beirut report says Yasser Arafat survived an assassination attempt near Syrian Israeli cease fire lines while touring advanced guerrilla bases in the Golan Heights. Several other guerrilla leaders accompanied him as the assailants’ driver was killed.
The forecast covers Charleston West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Western Pennsylvania and Virginia. Expect mostly sunny conditions in Charleston and Virginia with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Ohio and Kentucky see partly cloudy cool weather with highs mid 60s to low 70s. Scattered showers possible in Ohio northeast morning with cooler nights across the region.
A fragment recounts casual rides and people met while hitchhiking from a San Francisco bridge crossing to China memories. The narrator notes brief human exchanges, a psychology student, a Jesus zealot, and fleeting connections that fade once travelers resume their journeys home.
Five bodies believed to be American and Japanese TV journalists missing since May 31 1970 were found about 30 miles south of Phnom Penh near Route 3 government sources said The victims include NBC’s Welles Hangen Roger Colne and Yoshiniko Waku and CBS’s Tomoharu Ishii and Kojiro Sakai Officials said some reporters disappeared while traveling Route 8 Lt Col Lon Non cited possible executions by North Vietnamese Viet Cong The minister of information Long Boret planned a news conference but canceled it at the last minute
St Albans girl Patty Jean Albright, 17, of 208 Valley Place vanished from home Monday amid reports she is missing. Defense Department confirms two West Virginians died in Southeast Asia. Sgt Maj Donald E Pierpoint, husband of Mrs Guelson K Pierpoint of Star Route Middlebourne, reported killed in action. An oldtimer quips about aging while noting the line to the Charleston police detachment could be busy.
Mayor Hutchinson confirmed talks with buyers of Charleston Transit Co but he said inquiries do not indicate a purchase and that the public utility is unlikely to be sold while the franchise remains.
FAA and police searched for a light private Cessna 172 overdue since 5:50 p.m. from Bedford en route to Morgantown. One passenger, a 1 year old South Charleston youth Ricky Bright, was reported missing after fuel exhaustion near Welch Emergency Hospital. A second passenger was to be Phyllis Scott. the pilot and other details were unclear due to damaged text.
Union Carbide Institute Plant disclosed a fluorine and chloride release after an equipment failure in the fluorocarbon unit. The seven minute emission caused no serious injuries and no area hospital treatment. observers noted no significant complaints from residents.
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