Times-News 1970 Award Winners Honored on New Year’s Day
Dr Merritt B Rhode honored for Bays Mountain Park work and many collaborators while Mrs Thomas Williams Sr widow of the Kingsport City Mission founder is recognized for keeping the agency alive. Each recipient receives a $100 charity donation as chosen by the Times-News editorial board.
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Merritt B. Rhode
Bays Mountain Park
Thomas Williams
Kingsport City Mission
Times-News
Area's New Year snow brings slick roads and minor crashes
Snow lingered across the region with depths from three inches at the airport to up to 12 inches in Wise, Scott, Dickenson, Lee and Russell Counties. Driving was hazardous with numerous minor auto accidents and two families escaped serious injuries. Police charged a 63 year old man with failure to yield after a collision at Eastman Road and Redwood Drive. Forecasters expect improving roads and mostly sunny weather for New Year’s Day with a high near 49 and a low around 9 for tonight.
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Tri-City
Airport
Kingsport
Wise
Scott
Dickenson
Lee
Russell
Halston Valley Community Hospital
John Tomlinson
Westwind Dr
Eastman Road
Redwood Drive
Tom Quenn
Unaka Ave
Johnson City
Trea
Tomlinson
Hiram Maness
Rt 4
Blountville
Maness
Truce Attacks Leave Three Miners Dead in Virginia Coal Fields
A team from United Mine Workers probes three fatal accidents in Clinchfield Coal Co. mines in Clinchwood and nearby areas. Victims include Herbert Bradley 52 of Dante Cecil Meloy 40 of Trammel and Floyd Stratton McCoy 34 of Duty. Funeral homes report bodies taken to Half Cook in St. Paul Miller in Clintwood handles arrangements and survivors listed.
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Dante
United Mine Workers
Clinchfield Coal Co
Times-News
Yglled
Tust-Bank Funeral
Herbert Bradley
Will Clithfield
Moss No. 3
Bradley
Half Cook Funeral
St. Paul
Cecil Meloy
Trammel
McCoy
Cecil McCoy
Cecil O. McCoy
Eula Phillips McCoy
Gregory
David McCoy
Robert Sheral McCoy
Marie Jones
Debra Dickson
Bill
Harp
Ines
Denis
New Lexington
Ohio
Jack McCoy
Miller Funeral Home
Clintwood
Floyd Stratton McCoy
Bertie
Greg McCoy
Lisa
Kathy McCoy
Clineho Brathers
Lacy
James McCoy Jr
Chester McCoy
Aurora
Maggie McCoy
Katie Barger
Rachel Joy
Betty (Artness
IN. Miller Funeral Home
First baby of 1971 born at Halston Watley hospital
The first baby of 1971, a four pound three ounce boy named Kevin DeWayne Light, was born at 3:20 am to Linda Boate Light and Eugene Light. He and the second baby, a girl born at 4:00 am, are among four newborns in the Kingsport area receiving gifts from local merchants. The article lists numerous prizes including furniture, toys, gift certificates, baby supplies, and discounts from area stores, with community support noted for the new families.
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Kevin DeWayne Light
Kingspark
Way Horn
Halston
Watley Community Hospital
Myrs
Linda Boate
Hutchinson
Kingsport
Io Arvel
Louise Sulfridge
Lee Apts
Penney’s
Gibson’s
Hill's Department Store
Parks-Bolk
Big E
Full Holiday Coverage In Saturday's News
Times News reports that during three recent holidays the Kingsport News ran pre dated editions from the previous afternoon, allowing workers to spend holidays with families. To avoid that for New Year’s Day football games, a complete Kingsport News edition will publish Saturday morning with bowl game coverage and holiday news.
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Times-News
Kingsport News
TV Quits Smoking Today in National Ban
Washington reports a federal ban on tobacco TV and radio ads takes effect at midnight. The National Clearing House on Smoking and Health predicts a drop in smoking rates, while tobacco firms finalize last preban telecasts including Rose Bowl sponsorships and talk-show ads costing millions.
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Washington
UPI
Andy Daniel Horn
National Clearing House On
Horn
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Philip Morris, Inc
Trbaccn
Safety check postponed at Finley Coal Mine blast site
UPI reports holiday delays halted a planned federal safety inspection at Finley Coal Co. in Hyden Kentucky after 38 miners died in an underground explosion last week. Inspectors from Barbourville faced holiday staffing gaps and traveled later to probe the blast cause amid electrical system fault theories. President Nixon was advised not to fly in due to snowbound airports as Kentucky officials mourn the victims.
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Wyden
UPI
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Finley Coal Ca
Louisville — Courier- Jornal
Bureau of Mines
Ev Bureau
Barbourville
Washington
Nixon
Kentucky
Louie + Nunn
Appalachian
Muskie Bill Signed By Nixon Without Sponsor
President Nixon signed the pollution bill known as the Muskie bill but did not invite chief sponsor Senator Edmund Muskie, a potential 1972 Democratic rival, to the ceremony though several congressmen attended.
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Washington
Nixon
Muskie
Edmund Muskie
D-Maitta
Senate Air and Water Pollution
White House
Owhy Muskie
Gerald Warren More
10th Year Begins For U.S. In War
UPI reports the 10th anniversary of U.S. participation in Vietnam as casualty tolls peak in a 24 hour period amid cease fire claims. One American dead and 44 wounded between noon Thursday and noon today, with additional losses from enemy actions during truce periods. Nixon plan phase six signals troop withdrawal. New York exchanges record largest volume year in history with 7.6 million shares traded at midafternoon.
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Saigon
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Ihe Viet Cong
Nixon
Indochina
NEW York
UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Times-News price increases for home delivery
Effective Jan 3 the home delivered price of the daily and Sunday Times News rises to 70 cents a week due to rising operating costs including a $7 per ton newsprint hike. Part of the increase funds the carrier salesman’s extra commission to recruit a top seller. Single copy prices stay at 10 cents for the Times and News and 25 cents for the Sunday edition.
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Daily
Sunday Times-News
Iicrease
Alh
The
Times and News
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Clara) Williams
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