Deaths and Funerals notice highlights Tecumseh and Beckley
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Flossie Warden 64 Tecumseh Mich formerly Calloway Heights who died Monday at her daughter's Tecumseh home. Surviving relatives include William Warden Hampton Va sister Ada Biggs Beckley Eva Cox Cleveland Ora Starr Charleston John Sloboda Patton Charleston and four grandchildren. Body returning to Webb and Neal Funeral Home. Final rites for Frank Stanley Bednarski 54 Lanark to be held Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. He died Saturday from injuries in a one car crash near Mount Hope. Pallbearers listed. Incomplete notice for Waymon Robinson 60 Brooklyn N Y formerly Beckley who died Sunday in a Brooklyn hospital. Surviving daughter Nancy Harris Detroit and sister Christine Onion East Beckley. To Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Warden
Tecumseh
Mich
Calloway Heights
William Davis
Michael C
Virgie M. Fitzpatrick
William Warden
Hampton
Richard C. Fitzpatrick
Cottageville
Ada E. Biggs
Beckley
Eva Cox
Ora L. Starr
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene D. Hawks
Charlotte
N. C
John C. Sloboda
Charles E. Patton
Charleston
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Frank Stanley
Bednarski
Lanark
Rose and Quesenberry
Lou Meadows
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Mount Hope
Bill Welch
Walter Pedrosky
Frank Toke
Joe Woicehovich
Jack Quesenberry
Roy Hilbert
Waymon Robinson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Raleigh
Charlie
Ora Robinson
Nancy Harris
Detroit
Christine Onion
East Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral notices for Lillian Tackett and Caterina Gastaldello
Funeral services are set for Lillian Tackett of Melbourne Florida formerly of Fayette County and St Albans with burial in Sarasota. Caterina Gastaldello of Sophia will have a Requiem High Mass at St Francis de Sales Church and burial in Sunset Memorial Park. she died from burns. Also noted is the death of John Wirtz Jr of Beckley and details of his survivors and funeral arrangements.
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Lillian Tackett
Melbourne, Fla
Fayette County
St. Albans
Caterina Gastaldello
Sophia
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
Tezze Sul Brenta
Italy
Andrea
Williams
Johnny Milano
Angelo Bisato
Angelo
Tony Beck
Joe Meneghetti
Augustine Flaim
Etna Eruption Spills Lava from Six Vents
Mt Etna in Sicily vents lava from six new openings and showers red hot rocks into the sky. Scientists at an observatory say the eruption poses no immediate danger to nearby towns or settlements.
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Catania
Sicily
UPI
Etna
Three West Virginia High Schools Lose Accreditation
Three small West Virginia high schools Tyler County High School Middlebourne Cairo High Ritchie County and Wardensville High Hardy County lost accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. State education official Robert Kidd said the schools were warned a year ago to upgrade standards but failed to do so.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Tyler County
Middlebourne
Cairo High
Ritchie County
Wardensville
Hardy County
North Central
Robert Kidd
State Department of Education
Kidd
Nixon education spending requests and proposed amendment
The education lobby plans to amend the budget sponsored by Rep. William D. Hathaway to add 728.6 million dollars to the committee’s 4.6 billion proposal for the Office of Education. Main increases target 208 million for elementary and secondary act, 216 million for higher education, 122 million for vocational education, and 138 million for impacted aids.
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Nixon
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Office of Education
Railpax Hearings Hear of Cutbacks and Losses in Service
Railpax officials told a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing that cutbacks are needed to save passenger trains. President Kendall predicted losses exceed 100 million dollars in the first year, with profit uncertain. Critics say the 40 million in Congress funding won t be enough and more funds may be required. Communities may join the system if underwritten two thirds of costs. No major route changes expected.
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City of
Cleveland
Railpax
David W. Kendall
Senate Appropriations
Kendall
Congress
Real Estate Deed Transfers Filed in County Clerk Office
Grace Wilson transfers 8.97 acres in Trap Hill District to Phillip L. Wilson and wife for 6700 dollars. Cal H. Milam and wife to Keith Scarbro and wife as transfer from parents to child and spouse of Jot 19 Masseyville. W. S. Carter to Ruth Esther Carter Wagner and others transfers from parents to children near Crab Orchard Town District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Wilson
Phillip L. Wilson
Trap Hill
Cal H. Milam
McGee and Randolph Push Moratorium and Commission on U.S. Forests
Sen Gale McGee proposes a two year moratorium on clear cutting to enable an independent study of forest management. Sen Jennings Randolph backs a national forest management commission and criticizes uneven aged practices on the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia and other states. Church leads hearings noting no bill yet but seeking practical improvements to harvesting methods to reduce environmental impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Senate Interior Subcommittee
U. S
McGee
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
National Forest Management Commission
Frank Church
Idaho
Paul Bunyan
U. S. Forest Service
West Virginia
Monongahela
General Forest
Randolph
Forest Service
Montana
Wyoming
Oregon
Colorado
Alabama
Alaska
Virginia
Church
FDA May Permit Nonprescription Drugs on Market
A FDA official argued many nonprescription medicines are safe and similar to each other and will stay on shelves while the agency develops tests for effectiveness. He noted sales reach about 1.7 billion yearly against 4 billion for prescriptions and cited industry fears of strict enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Edwards
FDA
Meadows Elected President Of Flat Top Lake Association
Basile N. Meadows of Beckley construction firm is named president of the Flat Top Lake Association at its 21st annual meeting in Raleigh County Circuit Courtroom. New officers include C. D. Parsons as vice president and Ross Irle as secretary treasurer. two new board members are Cecil Swim and Dr. James Farris. The 138 members oversee 310 acres with 160 homes. Meadows also heads Meadows Construction Co and remains on leave as Beckley city building inspector.
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Meadows
Meadows Construction Co
Beckley Plaza
Warrant Dismissed in MacArthur Assault Case
An assault warrant against Ronald Brookman of MacArthur was dismissed in a hearing before Magistrate Rodriguez. Brookman was arrested Saturday.
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Ronald Brookman
MacArthur
Rodriguez
Brookman
Pipestem Bill Debate Faces Public Attention and Permit Rules
Latimer notes Branigar contract holds a 30 day release if liquor permit fails. Legislature’s bill lacked police entry powers into private liquor clubs without warrants, a provision in the House version but not the Senate. Moore’s measure would permit permits for parks with sleeping quarters for 20 plus, and for parks and airports with separate nondrinker dining facilities. Morgantown Airport permit not affected by veto. The core issue rests on a constitutional ban on alcohol in public places including dining rooms lobbies parks and public resorts.
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Latimer
Branigar
Senate
Moore
Morgantown
Barber
Chile and East Germany Establish Diplomatic Ties
Chilean President Salvador Allende and East Germany announce in a joint communique that Chile recognizes the German Democratic Republic. The move marks formal diplomatic ties between the two nations.
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Berlin
UPI
Chile
Salvador Allende
East Germany
Parkersburg Firemen Stage Pay Sick-Out
About 10 to 15 Parkersburg firefighters did not report to work in a blue flu protest over wages. Ten men were absent Monday and a Wednesday meeting with city officials was set to discuss a $150 monthly raise over two years. Privates led the action with lieutenants and the fire chief reportedly sympathetic.
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Parkersburg
UPS
John Harris
Stravinsky's rise from student to famous composer
Stravinsky studied law at the University of St Petersburg but pursued music, studied with Rimsky Korsakov, and became his pupil. Diaghilev commissioned The Firebird in Paris 1910, Petrouchka 1911, Rite of Spring 1913. He left Russia in 1910, settled in Paris, later moved to the United States, lectured at Harvard, and became a US citizen in 1946.
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Imperial Opera
Stravinsky
University of St. Petersburg
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov
Sergei Diaghilev
Paris
Petrouchka
Russia
United States
Harvard
Guard Disarms Two Soldiers Then Flees to West Germany
East German border guard aged 21 disarmed two fellow soldiers during patrol and fled into West Germany on Monday, border officials said. The incident occurred near Lubeck as tensions over border security rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luebeck
Germany
UPI
Ihim
West Germany
South Viet Vets raid inside Laos and clashes across Indochina
Saigon reports say elite Hac Bao commandos struck a North Vietnamese supply base area known as 611 in Laos, killing 15. Nearby fighting at Tan Canh in the Central Highlands saw 53 Communists killed in a three hour battle, with South Vietnamese casualties and a separate six hour clash in Kratie province Cambodia yielding 218 Communists killed and nine South Vietnamese dead.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
Indochina
Tan Canh
Central Highlands
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
No. 6
Cambodia
Kratie
Phnom Penh
Robert FE. Sullivan
23Rd Infantry Division
Lai van Khuy
42Nd Infantry Regiment
Sullivan
Wall Street march demands income and end to Indochina war
About 4 000 marchers, largely young and mixed race, paraded from Union Square to Wall Street calling for a guaranteed $6,500 yearly income and immediate withdrawal from Indochina. George Wiley and Ralph David Abernathy led chants as canvas bags of white powder were hurled by construction workers without injuries.
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New York
UPD
Wall Street
Nation
Financial Center
Indochina
George Wiley
National Welfare Rights Organization
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Union Square Park
Wall
Financial District
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Mrs. Flossie Warden
Sarasota
Fla
Tackett
Oakland
Kate Garvin
Pearl Eskew
Fayetteville
John W. Wirtz Jr
Parkway St
Chillicothe, Ohio
Athens
John W
Effie Meador Wirtz
United Methodist Temple
Wirtz
Raleigh County
Beckley Motor Co
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Helen Swartz Wirtz
Janet Cline
Versailles
Joan Lambert
Catherine Wirtz
University of North Carolina
Edward B. [Wirtz
Kokomo
Ind
Gladys Wright
Princeton
Ted Osborne
Grundy
Mae Mastin
Mt. Cord
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Grandview
Mt. Etna
Sanitone
W.va
Australia
William McMahon
U.S. Forests
Jones Avenue
Oak Hill
MT. Hope
Joseph P. Tyree
Noth
Meadows Heads
Flat Top Lake Association
Basile N. Meadows
Beckley Construction
The
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