11 Mar 1971
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1971
Page
1
Federal plans call for impaneling a grand jury next month to probe gambling and officer corruption in Louisville. A strike force from Cleveland aids the inquiry, with Justice officials signaling broader probes into drugs, vice, crime, and zoning irregularities in the city.
In a court martial at Fort Benning, Capt. Ernest Medina testified about Lt. William Calley allegedly uttering My Lai atrocity comments. Defense counsel George Latimer objected to admitting Medina's statements as Calley’s confessions, and Judge Kennedy barred Medina from relating conversations during the inquiry.
Special Child Care Rally Days will be held at the First Baptist Church in Hazard on March 24 and at the Barbourville Baptist Church on March 25. The programs, led by Rev. LD Herndon, will present Baptist child care efforts and discuss recent developments and future plans. Church representatives urged to attend.
The Rev Gr Ty Walseh from Hickinson will be guest minister at St. Marys Episcopal Church Sunday. Pastor Rev Charles Leavell notes Welsh is former rector of Christ Church in Bigtone Gap and native of Chicago. He studied at Boston University and Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge.
Obituary notices for Benjam in R Roach of 324 South Upper Bt Lessipton with services at Shumate Funeral Home and burial in Horst Cemetery. Eloise Comparoni of Jellico dies at Jellico Hospital with funeral at Harp Funeral Home, Tellico. Henry Matthew Wagner dies in Phoenix. Willa Johnson of Griffin Mississippi dies. services at First Methodist Copperhill with interment in Athens. Surviving relatives include multiple children and grandchildren across Tennessee and beyond.
A hospital update lists admissions at Appalachian Regional Hospital and Middlesboro Hospital and Clinic including Della Dance Sharman Dawnayd William Vianna Guins Doris Lackey Janet Long Rose Hil Mrs Gerald Miller and others With births of a boy to Mrs Robert Evans Speedwell and a girl to Mrs Vernon Rowland Barbourville Also noted are visiting hours 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 p.m and a separate item on armed escort vessels for protected tuna boat operations off Latin America introduced by Rep Robert Steele R Conn at Washington.
In Incline Village and Lake Tahoe, Joe Frazier and his band The Knockouts opened a three day engagement at Kings Zion Castle Motel Casino. The group then performed a brief set at a Scully Lake Tahoe casino before Frazier prepares for a Monday night defense against Muhammad Ali.
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