Links In Yablonski Murder Case Deepens
Annette Gilly provides FBI with new information that could yield fresh indictments in the Joseph Yablonski murder. The Cleveland housewife allegedly routed a 5200 payoff to killers of the mine union leader. Yablonski and family were killed December 31, 1969 in Clarksville Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
UPD
Annette L. Gilly
FBI
Joseph A. Yablonski
United Press International
Gilly
Cleveland
Yablonski
Clarksville
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
UMW
UPI
Unsafe fire alarms plaguing West Virginia capitol complex
A UPI report notes unreliable fire alarm systems in most state Capitol buildings. The Motor Vehicles Building alarms are inoperative while sprinkler coverage in the California Avenue Building needs extending to basement storage areas. The Alcohol Beverage Control Commission warehouse with a $4 million inventory is deemed unsafe, prompting moves to relocate. Delia cites wiring repurposing and urges corrective action where feasible.
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Charleston
Upi
Joe Delia
Arch Moore
Cali
Fornia Avenue
Alchol Beverage Control Commission
J. Richard Barber
Delia
Schirmer Engineering Corp
Delia Saia
State to speed tax rebates this year in West Virginia
West Virginia expects 161000 income tax refunds to be mailed or issued soon after delays last year. The tax commission cites computer upgrades and hand audits as causes of slow payments, noting refunds totaling nearly 1.9 million were sent by March 30, ahead of last year.
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Charleston
UPI
Tax Commissioner’s Office
West Virginia
Harrisburg Jury Deadlocks in Seven Case After Deliberations
A nine woman three man federal jury in Harrisburg reported a deadlock on the main government charge. Judge R Dixon Herman discharged the panel. Six of the Harrisburg Seven planned antiwar actions at the York defense plant and beyond. Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister were found guilty of attempting to smuggle letters from Lewisburg prison. Berrigan faces up to forty years, Sister Elizabeth up to thirty. The defendants vow continued antiwar activism despite the verdict.
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R. Dixon Herman
Harrisburg
American Machine and Foundry
York
Eqbal Ahmad
Berrigan
Elizabeth McAlister
Sacred Heart of Mary
Lewisburg
Elizabeth
Davis Trial Back In Session With Violent Van Shootout
Testimony details a chaotic confrontation in a van where Jonathan Jackson fires a revolver, Judge Haley is injured, and Rachel Magee and James McClain are shot. Thomas describes firing back wounding Jackson and McClain as a guard’s shot allegedly cripples him.
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Jonathan Jackson
Thomas
Ashot
Jackson
Judge Haley
Rachel Magee
James McClain
Albert W. Harris Jr
Leo Branton
San Quentin
Branton
Child dies after traffic crash in Morgantown
A six year old girl Tracy Jo Finamore of Fairmont died at a Morgantown hospital from injuries suffered in a traffic accident Wednesday. She was struck by a car while attempting to cross a street near her home on Feb 2.
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Morgantown
Marion County
Tracy Jo Finamore
Betty Finamore
Fairmont
Six Newsmen Wounded Near DMZ in Vietnam Attack
Six journalists were wounded in a mortar barrage near Dong Ha about 85 miles south of the DMZ. Five were evacuated to Da Nang in good condition, while Rex Ellis remained at Dong Ha with a superficial wound. The group included NBC and AP reporters, a Times interpreter, a freelancer for the NYT, and a CNN-era NBC cameraman among others.
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Saigon
UPI
Dong Ha
Lei
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
da ‘Nang
Rex Ellis
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Vo Nguyen
Holger Jensen
Associated Press
Richard .Brummett
New York Times
Nguyen Ngoc ‘Luong
Times
Vinh Dan
Battle Near Loc Ninh and An Loc Escalate in Vietnam War
Reports say South Vietnamese defenders at Loc Ninh and An Loc engage Communist forces with 105mm howitzers fired at point blank range. US A-1C Spectre gunships patrol overhead as Bastogne Base near Hue faces heavy attack and Veghel base withdrawal sparks concern.
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Loc Ninh
An Loc
Saigon
UPI
Stewart Kellerman
Bastogne
Hue
Kellerman
Veghel
Anne
Saionn
Memo in Andersons Hands Sparks GOP Donation Fight
A memo reportedly obtained by Anderson through Merriam ties Mrs Beard to the 1970 campaign finance controversy. The document lists a $29 000 salary mother of five as unlikely to give major GOP funds from her own funds. The memo also identifies South Vietnamese oil and a Dong Ha battle as contextual backdrop.
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The
Sun
Wilson
Anderson
Southland
Vietnam
U.S
Merriam
Guam
Thailand
Campaign Finance Com
Mrs. Beard
Quang Tri
GOP
Eight Killed in Dallas Bread Preservative Explosion
Eight people died in a triple blast and fire at the Pennwall Corp plant in Dallas. Fire officials say volatile potassium bromate used to preserve bread may have triggered the explosions. seven injured, one seriously. Rescue efforts lasted eight hours as neighbors aided survivors.
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Dallas
UPI
Fire Department
Gene Myers
Pennwall Corp
Myers
J.C. Cannon
Cannon
Two Suits Filed Over Auto Accident On W V 16
Two negligence cases filed Sept. 3, 1971 on West Virginia Route 16 between Crab Orchard and Sophia name David Wall and Edna Wall plus Timothy Earl Blake and Edna Blake as defendants. CIT Service Leasing Corp seeks 1505.50. Harry C. Stewart seeks 199 and both allege the Blake and Wall cars, owned by their mothers, crossed the median causing a CIT vehicle collision injuring Stewart.
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W. Va
Crab Orchard
Sophia
David Wall
Edna Wall
Timothy Earl Blake
Edna Blake
CIT Service Leasing Corp
Harry C. Stewart
CIT
Stewart
Wall
Blake
Gas Light Restaurant Closed. Permits Pending
Beckley’s Gas Light at 111 Main St was shut temporarily after owners failed to obtain a health department operating permit. An inspection was set for the day, with a permit expected to be issued. 45 workers were told of layoffs until reopening.
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Beckley’s
Main St
Beckley- Raleigh County Department of Health
Bill Patton
Charleston
UPI
Columbia Gas of West
Venmis Um
Jia
Patton
Utt
Columbia
Nare Turned Actor Wins His Pension
Edward Popeye Egan the narcotics detective turned actor wins a New York pension ruling by Supreme Court Justice George Stark. The decision orders the police department to pay Egan a 6800 dollar annual pension despite earlier demotion and actions deemed disproportionate to alleged offenses. Egan called the ruling a big relief from Paramount Studios Hollywood.
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New York
UPD
Edward “Popeye
Egan
New York City
New York State Supreme Court
George Stark
Police Department
Stark
Hollywood
Paramount Studios
Timon T. Martin 71 Dies After Illness In Fayetteville
Timon T. Martin of Gatewood died Wednesday at Oak Mill Hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville with Revs Homer Hizer and E L Clower. Burial Huse Memorial Park. Born April 26 1900 Fayetteville son of Henry and Flora Vault Martin. Survivors wife Ruby Light Martin daughter Sylvia Tilley two brothers Tremont and Trevie four sisters Grance Pennington Genevieve Young Geraldine Farr and Gladys Chandler. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. today.
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Timon T. Martin
Gatewood
Oak Mill
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Homer Hizer
E. L. Clower
Huse
United Mine Workers of America
Gatewood Brethren Church
Ruby Light Martin
Sylvia Tilley
Richwood
Trevie Martin
Dayton
Ohio
Tremont Martin
Akron
Grance Pennington
Genevieve Young
Ravenswood
Geraldine Farr
Dallas
Tex
Gladys Chandler
Oak Hill
Hallie E McGraw Funeral Set In Beckley
Hallie E. McGraw 67 longtime Mullens and McGraw school teacher died Tuesday in Arlington Virginia after a long illness. Funeral 1 p m Friday at Melton Mortuary Beckley with George Nolley in charge. Burial in Mullens and McGraw family plot. Survived by son J Rossey McGraw and sister Mrs Naoma Sadler. Donations to Cancer Society. Body at the funeral home.
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Hallie E. McGraw
Melton Mortuary
Beckley
George Nolley
Sunset Memorial Park
Mullens and McGraw
Arlington
J. Rossey McGraw
Naoma Sadler
McGraws
Collier County
Fla
Baltimore
The
Cancer Society
Funeral
Lloyd Reed
Wood Dale
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Cecil Bolen
Mills Cemetery
Egeria
Chicago
Wiley
Cleo Reed
Resoco
Bastrop, Texas
Funeral Notices for Essie Wickliffie and Earl Jordan
The schedule lists funeral services for Mrs. Essie Wickliffie 76 of Whipple died Monday in Oak Hill Hospital a 1 pm Saturday at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. Survivors include a son and several daughters and grandchildren. Also listed is Earl Jordan 30 of Prosperity who died at 6 am today after a short illness. service details are incomplete. The Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Daisy May Stolz
Charleston
Sunset Memorial Park
Essie Wickliffie
Whipple
Oak Hill
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
J. W. Gowens
J. W. Max
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Pandega
Ala
Edna Chapman
Otis of
Buree McBride
Mary Denison
Washington, D. C
Net- William
Monto
Wash
Edward
Columbus
Ohio
Annita Gray
Ritchie and Johnson
Greenstown
Earl Jordan
Prosperity
Church of God
Mary Jordan
Rosembaum of Prosperity
Walter Jordan
Raleigh County
Clarence
Lester
Delbert
Springfield
William
Prattville
Frank
Terry
Margie Skaggs
Louise Davis
Baltimore, Md
Lillie Davis
Low Moor
Dorothy Kincaid
Riverview
Fla
Nancy Hawks
Richmond
Shirley Kincaid
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Tom Kamets
Bibb Ave
Cleve Young
Blue Ridge Memorial
Kamets
Greece
John
Kitty Kamets
UMWA
East Gulf
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Bertha Warricks Kamets
George
Baltimore
Frankie
Resoca
Rena Ara
Sophia
Elizabeth Killian
Midway
Pearl Dillon
Killarney
Ernestine Koon
Rhodell
Mary Mills
MacArthur
Athena Louises
Elizabeth Ann Walker
Orlando
Rose and Quesenberry
Mike
Bill Kamets
Richard
Raymond Ara
Tommy
Steve’Louises
Jim Jones
Ritchie ‘and Johnson
Ollie Gilchrist
Barber Ave
Beckley Hospital
Dooly County
Eliah Gilchrist
St. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
Roberta Hill Gilchrist
Ulysess of
Malitte Harris
Hardaway
Former German President Heinrich Luebke Dies in Bonn
Former West German President Heinrich Luebke, age 77, died after a short illness in Bonn. He led the country from 1959 to 1969 and had emergency surgery last week at Bonn University Clinic for massive internal bleeding, with an initial recovery followed by a serious turn.
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Bonn
UPI
Heinrich Luebke
Luebke
Bonn University Clinic
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George B. Stegenga
George Pappas
Huddeston
W. Anthony
Tony) Boyle
State Capitol
Raleigh County Armory
Ohio River
Louisville
Ae Ey
American Broadcasting Company
Laos
Cambodia
Cam Lo River
Columbia Gas
Nare
Mrs
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Helen Campbell
Amigo
Calfee
Mount Tabor
National Association of Postmasters
Elmer Rice Jr
Curtis Crotty
Amos Lusk
Larry Rice
Clyde Bostic Jr
Harold Wood
Darrell Thompson
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