Laos Attack Ends as SV Outpost Falls in Central Highlands
North Vietnamese forces overran Fire Support Base No. 6 near the Laos border, killing seven Americans and forcing ARVN to flee after a 6 a.m. assault. The clash came as Black Panther commando units returned from Laos with substantial enemy casualties and seized supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
Black Panther
Laos
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
U.S. Navy
Mekong Delta
Cambodia
Dmz
No. 6
42Nd
ARVN
U.S
Recruiters Enlist 44 Men Into Armed Forces
Local recruiters enlisted 44 men into the armed forces during March with 16 in the Air Force 6 in the Navy 2 in the Marine Corps and 20 in the Army. Names and assigned fields span Army Charles Lester Jr Helen armor Franklin Cox Beckley stock control and accounting specialist etc. Air Force includes Lewis Price Scarbro Keith Holly Fayetteville and others. Navy picks up Harry Carlos Owen Sandstone Roger Matics Prosperity and more. Marine Corps lists Lloyd Alderman Eccles Gary Cadle Winding Gulf. Enlistees include high school graduate program Bailes and high school armor Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Charles Lester Jr
Helen
Armor
Franklin Cox
Beckley
Carlos R. Gilliam
Darrell Spence
MacArthur
Gregory Brown
James Lester
East Gulf
Beryl C
Sweeney
Ghent
Walter Hawthorne Beckley
Richard Workman
Hillsboro
Troy Williams
Wyco
Davy Thompson
Robert Shinaberry
Marlinton
Roger Dale Cress
Wolf Pen
Harry A. Turner
Peterstown
Larry E. Lester
Larry C. Billings
Marfrance
Europe
Roger Dale Ayers
Sandstone
Regular Army
Harold Ray Buckland
Hinton
William E. Brown
Shady Spring
Mark Bailey
Wyoming County
Lewis M. Price
Scarbro
Keith L. Holly
Fayetteville
George S. Pilato
Gary L. Bailey
John E. Collins
Sophia
Daniel R. Thomas
Jodie
Dane F. Blake
Flat Top
Frederick A. Lawson
Kenneth R. Lafferty
Oak Hill
Jess H. Lowery
Alan G. Lewis
Daniels
Robert L. O’brien
Ronceverte
James K. Palmer, Jr
Michael J. Campbell
Ruinelle
Jimmy E. Byrd
Charleston
Richard A. Carte
Harry Carlos Owen
Samuel Owen
Roger Lee Matics
Mary Matics
Prosperity
Clarence Radford Bailes
Ida Bailes
Robin Dale Lilly
William Lilly
Bradley
Gary Mikel Vaught
Rufus Vaught
Ravencliff
William Howard Adkins
Ernest Adkins
Bailes
Lilly
New River Society Protests SWVRHC Dental Hiring Decision
The New River Dental Society protested the Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council vote to hire a dentist and a hygienist for the Raleigh County Health Center. Dr. N Hale cited time constraints, while Dr. Mendelson said the dentist would serve children aged 5 to 15 without payment or program coverage. The council noted a contract with Dental Service Corp. to provide care for those lacking other options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
West Virginia
W. H. Harris
Raleigh County Health Council
Swvrhc i
N. Hale
N. N. Mendelson
Swvrhc Dental Project
Swvrhc
The
Dental Service Corp
58 Americans Die In Indochina War
SAIGON United Press International reports 58 American servicemen killed in Indochina last week, the fourth weekly rise, with 342 wounded. The toll for the year totals 44,788 battle deaths and 296,911 wounded since January 1961, excluding 33 killed and 76 wounded in a prior Communist attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Tax Bills Signed In Charleston By Governor
Gov Arch A Moore signed three tax measures in Charleston on Wednesday. The laws include a business and occupation tax hike, an increased motor vehicle privilege tax, and a monthly withholding tax filing requirement for employers with more than 100 in withholdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
Arch A. Moore
Moore
Bolivian Consul Shot To Death In Hamburg Office
In Hamburg Germany the outgoing Bolivian general consul Roberto Quintanilla Pereira was shot to death in his office by an unknown assailant. Police said he was hit in the chest by two bullets and the shooter, possibly a woman, fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
UPI
Roberto Quintanilla Pereira
Miners Celebrate 8 Hour Day Across West Virginia
West Virginia coal miners marked the 73rd anniversary of the eight hour day with a one day pause in mining. Union districts 17 Beckley 29 Charleston and 31 Fairmont plan a Mor gantown rally after a parade led by Wilbert Killion of Brazil Indiana a longtime UMW executive board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
UMW
Beckley
Charleston
Fairmont
Morgantown
Wilbert Killion
Brazil
Ind
UMWA
John L. Lewis
Senate GOP Attacks Viet War Critics
Senate Republicans led by Hugh Scott condemn Democrats for criticizing Nixon war policy. They accuse critics of distorting facts and rooting for the other side, warning of swift replies to dove voices and likening critics to Moscow Peking and Hanoi. Senator William Saxbe joins in expressing fatigue over political posturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
William Saxbe
Ohio
North Vietnam
Gallipolis Woman Kidnap Victim Returned Safe
Michell Price a 21 year old Gallipolis resident reported being abducted by a man with a knife who forced her to drive to Henderson West Virginia then Huntington and into a rural area. She was found in a damaged building and treated for injuries though she was not sexually assaulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
UPI
Michell Price
West Virginia
Miss Price
Thomas Price
Holzer Medical Center
Henderson
W. Va
Huntington
Calley Trial Hints at College Return and Parole Timeline
The report notes Calley could resume college, being a junior college dropout, or vent frustrations inside prison. Army law authorities say hard labor is obsolete in the Army. Parole could be possible in roughly ten years.
Hoffa Parole Denied by State Board on Fraud Conviction
The seven member parole board rejected James Hoffa parole citing no reasons. chairman George J. Reed said the application was reviewed for the first time since the Supreme Court upheld Hoffa's fraud conviction, which extended his sentence from eight to 13 years amid political pressure. The board had also denied parole after an October 2, 1969 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Reed
Hoffa
Supreme Court
Fulbright Addresses Atrocities Tone in Manila Critique
Fulbright asserts he did not know of abuses and gave no orders. Yamashita is held responsible for ensuring soldiers did not commit atrocities. He defends Calley as a product of policy from higher authorities and the White House influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Yamashita
Calley
Fulbright
White House
Three Officers to Attend Drug Abuse Training in Wheeling
Beckley city officers Lt. Fred Burdiss and Patrolman Billy Cole and Beckley state police Sgt. C. A. Berkley will join about 100 West Virginia law enforcement personnel at a two week drug abuse training program in Oglebay Park Wheeling. The course, designed with BNDD support, covers sociological physiological and psychological aspects of narcotics, enforcement techniques, drug identification and laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh
Wilson Lodge
Oglebay Park
Wheeling
Fred Burdiss
Billy Cole
Beckley City
C. A. Berkley
West Virginia
Governor’s Committee On
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug
BNDD
Robert Stutman
Archa. Moore Jr
Youth charged with weapon aboard aircraft in hijacking case
Ralph J. Miles of the Birmingham FBI office said the youth faced charges for carrying a weapon on an aircraft. Conviction could bring up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. He suggested the plan to avoid juvenile court and the police scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph J. Miles
Birmingham
FBI Office
Federal golf ban bill turns out to be April Fools
A routine check on H R 6142 to outlaw private golf courses exposes a prank tied to an April 3, 1971 issue. The editor discovers the spoof cites Rep W L Hays and faux letters from K Jason Sitewell, with truth unraveling as the date confirms All Fools Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
United States
Washington
French Riviera
A. F.day
Congress
W. L. Hays
Ohio
Hays
A. F. Day
K. Jason Sitewell
AF. Day
Police Beat Beckleyan Charged In Fayette St. Shooting
A Beckley man, Cecil Eugene Rogers, waived to grand jury on felonious assault for the shooting of 19 year old Leon Carey in an argument outside a South Fayette Street club. Carey, wounded in the leg, is in satisfactory condition at Beckley ARH. Rogers posted $500 bond. Other town cases: Ivan Murdock on a bastardy warrant with $500 bond. Charles Arthur Smith jailed for drunken driving after a one car crash on Harper Road. Billy Calvert jailed for drunken driving. Cleadis Linville jailed for AWOL. Arnold Acord jailed on a caspial warrant. a 16 year old jailed for runaway. Jerry Stanley guilty of indecent exposure. Larry McDonald waived to grand jury on intoxication and resisting arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Leon Carey
Stamford
Cecil Eugene Rogers
South Fayette Street
Lorena Wallace
Carey
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Rogers
Ivan Murdock
Glen Daniel
Murdock
Wallace
J. H. Greene
Route 1
Charles Arthur Smith
Harper Road
Smith
Virginia Street
Harper
Reservoir Roads
Larry E. McDonald
Allen Junction
Rodriguez
McDonald
Body Identified As Defense Attorney Ronald Hughes
The decomposed body found near Ventura is identified as Ronald Hughes the missing defense attorney in the Tate LaBianca murder trial. Identification was via dental charts X rays and fingerprints with no foul play suspected though cause of death unknown due to advanced decomposition. Hughes disappeared on a Thanksgiving camping trip in Los Padres National Forest northeast of Ventura.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Calif
UPI
Here
Tate-LaBianca
Ronald Hughes
Merle Peters
Hughes
Los Padres National Forest
Deaths and Funerals in Coal City and Glen Jean
Funeral notices report James Wade Manning of Maryland and former Sophia resident died in Maryland from a heart attack. Jessie P. McKinney 75 Coal City burial in Coal City Cemetery after 2 p m service at Coal City Community Church. Gordon Covington Spradling 80 Glen Jean service at Glen Jean Union Methodist Church with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park following a heart attack at home. Survivors listed for McKinney include wife Jes Ethel and four sons. Spradling noted as World War I veteran with six grandchildren and two sons. Bodies and arrangements handled by Tyree Funeral Home and Williams Funeral Home.
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James Wade Manning
Maryland
Sophia and
Oak Hill
Tyree
Jessie P. McKinney
Coal City
Grayson Lilly
Lowell Black
UMWA
Basin
Sam
Polly Graham McKinney
Jes Ethel Sanders
McKinney
Brady
Jessie Jr
Princewick
Fred
Waynesburg
Ohio
Hobart McKinney
Wickliffe
Homer
Alexandria
Leon Sanders
Rhodell
Herbert
Lucy) Dancy
Hodge
Gladie) Bolen
Omalee Howerton
Roanoke
Madena Hawkins
Allen Junction
Louise Gilkerson
Prosperity
Wylie
Itmann
Opie
Bud
Aaron McKinney
Lena Hatfield
Dellie Graham
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Gordon Covington Spradling
Glen Jean
Glen Jean Union Methodist Church
William ‘Thompson II
Roy Tyree
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak
Oswald
New River Co
Mildred Blendine Cox i Spradling
Hubert
Moundsville
Robert
Moody Air Force Base
Valdosta
Iga
du Wayne Hoffman
Mansfield
Brenda Bowyer
iRoute 1
Mount Hope
Sandra Lynn Spradling
William Price
Sarah Meador Spradling
Tyree Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Josephine Weikle in Princeton
Mrs Josephine Weikle 66 formerly of Corinne Princeton died Wednesday after a long illness in a Princeton hospital. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Burns-Wornal Chapel Princeton with Rev Paul Carter officiating. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Survivors include husband R C Weikle two half sisters Mrs Ella Hicks Princeton and Mrs Charlie Smith North Tazewell Va and three half brothers A G North Tazewell John Squire and Floyd Rose Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Weikle
Princeton Ave
Princeton
Corinne
Paul Carter
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Tazewell County
Dave and
Martha Profit Bennett
R. C. Weikle
Ella Hicks
Charlie Smith
North Tazewell
A. G
John
Squire
Floyd Rose
Georgia
Final rites set for Lloyd E Grant 70 St. Petersburg
Lloyd E Grant 70, of St. Petersburg Florida formerly of Whitesville and Fayette County, will be buried in the John S Rhodesia Funeral Home Chapel after 11 30 a m Saturday. He died Wednesday evening in a St. Petersburg hospital after a long illness. Born February 9 1901 in Fayette County he was the son of the late Robert H Grant and Isabelle Grant. Survivors include brother Robert L Grant and sister Mrs Virginia Burgess both of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd E. ‘Grant
St. Petersburg
Fla
Whitesville
Fayette County
John S. Rhodesia
Robert H
Isabelle Grant
Robert L. Grant
Virginia Burgess
Beckley
Funeral for Glucia Pp. Toombs Held in Oak Hill
The funeral for Glucia Pp. (Ray) Toombs, 6, of Oak Hill, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tally Hanna presiding. Burial follows at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Oak Hill. He died at home Tuesday. Friends may call from 7 to 10 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glucia
Ray) Toombs
Oak Hill
Tyree
Tally Hanna
Odd Fellows Cemetery
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Ben Het
Mai Loc
Phu Bai
Hac Hao
Ho Chi Minh
Hoc Bao
Lloyd M. Alderman
Eccles
Infantry
Gary Cadle
Winding Gulf
Aviation
New River Society
Indochina War
Woodrow Wilson High School
Ogle
Fe High School
Alan Staton
Florida
Sue Stover
Michael D.ratchford
Senate Gop
W.va
Jimmy
K. J. Gray
D-Il
Public Works Committee
Gray
Saturday Review
Beckleyan
Fayette St
Billy Calvert
Calvert
Joe Rodriguez
Cleadis
Linville
U.S. Army
Sheriff’s Deputies
Arnold Acord
Glen White
Jerry W. Stanley
Harper Heights
Stanley
James W. Manning
Jessie McKinney
Gordon Spradling
Lloyd E. Grant
P. Toombs
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