South Vietnamese Battle for Honor At Fire Base 6
South Vietnamese officers say they must win near Fire Base 6 in the Central Highlands as North Vietnamese forces attack. UPI reports heavy losses on both sides with 1,873 communists claimed killed by ARVN and 72 ARVN deaths, figures disputed by U.S. observers. Reports note overrun and recapture of Fire Base 6, ongoing fighting near Pleiku, and a defector claiming supply shortages but ample ammunition for the North. Civilian mass grave findings near Hue are mentioned.
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Saigon
UPS
Highlands
Laos
Cambodia
UPI
Robert E. Sullivan
U.S
Maj
Vo An
North Vietnam
No. 6
Base No. 6
Pleiku
Phu Nhon
Hue
Carbide Cancels Anti-Pollution Worker Layoffs
Marietta Ohio Union Carbide confirms it likely will avoid cutting production to meet a 40 percent sulfur oxide emission target. Earlier warnings warned 150 to 600 layoffs possible if October deadline not met. Fred Charles cites coal ash supply as a factor while critics call the move economic blackmail and politicians vow scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, Ohio
UPI
Union Carbide Co
Fred Charles
Charles
Ralph Nader
Ohio Afl-Cio
U.S
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Senate
Chrysler Recalls Over 65 000 Vehicles for Inspections
Detroit based Chrysler Corp reports to the NHTSA four recall campaigns affecting over 65 000 vehicles. The actions cover 1970 71 model passenger cars for an automatic speed control cable issue and possible idle return problems, 1971 passenger cars for heater AC temperature unit replacement, 25 500 Dodge B series trucks for fuel vapor separator leakage, and 42 1971 Dodge D200 W200 P200 trucks for rear axle bearing nut lock ring adjustment.
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Detroit
UPI
Chrysler Corp
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Dodge
Plymouth
Cirysler
Imperial
Chrysler
Iran Gunmen Wound Head of Military Tribunal and Son
In Tehran gunmen opened fire on a car carrying the head of Iran's military tribunal and his son, wounding both. Police suspect Communist-led plot to overthrow the government. The judge, Ziaedin Farsin, recently sentenced a Communist to death for attempting a coup and is hospitalized in critical condition. His son sustained two bullet wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
UPI
Iran
Cop
Bs Shae Gex
Ziaédin Farsin
Conjugal Visit Plan Expands at Billerica Prison
The Middlesex County House of Correction will permit prisoners wives to visit overnight starting in June. Only Mississippi and California have similar programs.
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Billerica
Mass
UPI
Middlesex County House of Correction
Mississippi
California
Daley Wins Chicago Mayoral Victory Amid Senate Backdrop
In liberal Near North Side Chicago politics Daley secured a decisive victory over challenger Friedman. Daley, 68, hailed the win as a mandate to improve the city and thanked supporters across strata while noting his continued optimism about a substantial victory.
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North Side
Friedman
Daley
City Hall
Chicago
Fairdale Man Fined 84 For Shoplifting
Jay Reed Styron of Fairdale was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday for shoplifting a 99 cent ballpoint pen from Hills Department Store, was released the same day after paying a total fine and costs of 84 dollars to the City of Beckley. Hazel Carr of Charleston jailed 1:05 p.m. Tuesday on a Capias Warrant. David George of MacArthur jailed 10:45 a.m. Tuesday on an assault warrant and released after a hearing before Town District Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. Thomas J Bowling 24 of Charleston cited 9:15 p.m. Tuesday for driving with an expired operator's license and orders appearance in Beckley Municipal Court on April 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Reed Styron
Fairdale
Raleigh County
Beckley
Styron
Hills Department Store
Skelton
Hazel Carr
Charleston
Mitchell Barley
David,George
MacArthur
Joe Rodriguez
Thomas J. Bowling
Conservancy urge DNR to shield 10000 acre wilderness near Dolly Sods
Monongahela Highlands Conservancy asks West Virginia Department of Natural Resources to halt strip mining and prevent commercial development around 10,000 acres adjoining Dolly Sods Scenic Area. It cites Blackbird Knob Cabin Mountain Bear Rocks and warns ski and golf plans at Canaan Valley could attract subdividers. The group also urges study of acquiring private land to add to the state wilderness system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia
Conservancy
Virginia Electric Power Co. J
Mount Storm
Canaan Valley State Park
Fairmont Coach Joe Retton to Speak at YMCA Banquet
Fairmont State basketball coach Joe Retton will headline the Se cond Annual YMCA Awards Banquet on April 24 at 6 p.m. at the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA. More than $600 in trophies will be awarded for YMCA basketball leagues girls volleyball judo and football with decorations and food provided by the Woman's Club Junior Department.
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Fairmont State College
Joe Retton
YMCA
Beckley-Raleigh County
Mel Hancock
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Hancock
Retton
West Virginia Sports Writers’ Association
Fairmont State
West Virginia
Quaker Letter Distorts Peace Testimony Confirmed
The Quaker community approved a letter at its 291st yearly meeting on April 3 denying a push for immediate full commitment to the peace testimony while urging respect and clarifying public statements. It states leaders assume executive roles in a majority non Quaker nation and asks not to distort Friends historic conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ued
Friends
Yearly Meeting
Agnew praises Colorado echo valley during visit
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told Colorado lawmakers he enjoys visiting the state. He cited a valley in the Rockies where an echo returns his words exactly as spoken, calling it a rare feature for a speech to be heard back verbatim.
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Denver
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Colorado
Rockies
Russell Selected Federal Judge for Fourth Circuit
President Nixon names Donald Russell a former South Carolina governor and U.S. senator to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to succeed Simon Sobeloff. Russell, 65, of Spartanburg, served as governor from 1963 to 1965 and was once law partner to James F. Byrnes. Senator Thurmond announced the appointment. West Virginia is among five states in the circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
West Virginia
Yugoslav Envoy Shot in Stockholm Embassy Siege
Two armed men wounded Yugoslav ambassador Vladimir Rolovic and his secretary Mira Stemphar in a Stockholm embassy siege that lasted about an hour. The intruders, identified as Croatians, held Rolovic and two officials hostage and demanded the release of Yugoslav Croats jailed on terrorism charges. police arrested the gunmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
UPS
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Rolovic
Mira Stemphar
Niodraga Vukadinovic
Wheeling Officers Reject City Pay Hike Proposal
Wheeling policemen and firemen will meet tonight and Thursday to discuss actions after school council offers were rejected. The police were offered 9 percent raises equating to roughly 45 dollars monthly for patrolmen. Firefighters were offered 3 percent and a shorter 56 hour work week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPT
Two Killed In Grafton Blaze
A fire at a three room frame house in Grafton Tuesday afternoon killed David Wolfe 38 of Grafton and Leona McVicker Davis of Grafton and sent Arthur Rosier to a hospital with second and third degree burns over half his body. The blaze left the building engulfed and nearly destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
UPI
David Wolfe
Newburg
Preston County
Leona McVicker ‘Davis
Arthur Rosier
Rosier
Regents Weigh Two Year College Status and Student Fees
Regents consider moving Williamson and Logan toward two year community college status after consultations. The board approved three student council resolutions on health insurance access student input in space utilization and a nondiscrimination policy. Finances tighten with higher student activity and dormitory fees. new degree programs require cost savings or clear need. Marshall saw fee hikes. Glenville and West Virginia Tech also raised activity and dorm costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodard
Williamson
Logan
Marshall
Glenville
West Virginia Tech
National Strip Mine Ban Gains Momentum
Washington reports Rep. Ken Hechler of West Virginia praises Senate support for his bill to outlaw surface mining. Hechler notes Sens. George McGovern and Gaylord Nelson backing the measure, with over 65 House cosponsors and nationwide letters of support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Ken Hechler
Id-W. Va
George McGovern
Gaylord Nelson
Hechler
House
Deaths And Funerals Frederick E Farmer 64 Oak Hill
Funeral services for Frederick Eugene Farmer 64 of Oak Hill will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church with Revs Bill Menefee and Gerald Hawley officiating. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. He died Monday after a heart attack. Born April 27 1906 he was a Singer Sewing Machine Co salesman. Survived by wife Bethel Akers Farmer two sons William and Thomas plus five brothers and one sister. Friends may call Tyree Funeral Home tonight from 7 to 10.
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Frederick Eugene Farmer
Oak Hill
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
Kilsyth
Bill Menefee
Gerald Hawley
High Lawn Memorial Park
William and
Teresa Maydal Farmer
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Mountain City
Tenn
Bethel Akers Farmer
William
Bill) Farmer
Beckley
Thomas M. Casey
Baltimore
Walter
Clyde
Cleveland
Ohio
Donald
Los Angeles
Calif
Clare
Huntington
Virgil
Mann
Bertha Brown
Gaven
Tyree
Funeral Held for Mrs Rena Dickens of Pineknob
Mrs. Rena Evelyn Dickens aged 91 of Pineknob dies after long illness. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Bethel Pineknob with Rev. Wade Webb officiating. Burial in family cemetery. Survived by son Dennis of Pineknob sister Mrs Dewey Toler of Mount Hope and brother Harve Pettry of Glen Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Evelyn Dickens
Pineknob
Bethel Freewill Baptist Church
Wade Webb
Dennis
Dewey Toler
Mount Hope
Harve Pettry
Glenn Fork
Final rites for John Wirtz Jr. and others announced
Funeral notices list final rites for John Wirtz Jr 63 of 301 Parkway St to be held at 2 30 p m in Rosend Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Dr Ross Evans in charge burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Also noted are services for Dr Dean F Hill 61 Beaver and Mary Margie Smith 73 Beards Fork with call times and survivor details.
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John W. Wirtz Jr
Parkway St
Rosend
Russ Parsons
Charles Sinozich
R. Keith Lipscomb
Sam Worley
E. T. Gilmer
Infant Milam dies shortly after birth in Coal City hospital
Robert K Milam infant son of Theodore and Shryl Davis Milam Coal City died shortly after birth in a local hospital Tuesday. Surviving are a brother Kevin James Milam maternal grandparents Darrell and wife Coal City and paternal grandparents William Milam Lester. Body at Williams Funeral Home Sophia awaiting funeral arrangements. Final rites for Mrs Flossie JD Warden Tecumseh Michigan 64 formerly Calloway Heights set for 2 pm Thursday at Webb y and Neal Funeral Home Chapel burial Sunset Memorial Park. She died Monday at home of her daughter Mrs William Davis Tecumseh following a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Keith Milam
Theodore and
Shryl Davis Milam
Coal City
Kevin James Milam
Darrell Davis
William Milam
Lester
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Flossie JD. Warden
Tecumseh, Mich
Calloway Heights
Webby and Neal Funeral Home
Kenneth Swank
Sunset Memorial Park
William Davis
Tecumseh
Funeral Services for Mrs Hazie F Williams 86
Mrs Hazie F Williams 86 of 201 Sixth St dies in local hospital. Funeral at 11 a m Thursday Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Kenneth Swank officiating. Burial at Sunset. She was a Beckley First Baptist Church member and Raleigh County resident 50 years born April 14 1885 Warren Cliff daughter of Arvid and Eliza Mullins Collins. Husband Willie M Williams preceded her in death. Survived by two sons Hugh of Charlotte NC Homer of Columbus OH 14 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren.
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Hazie F. Williams
Sixth St
Caffee Funeral Home
Kenneth Swank
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley First Baptist Church
Raleigh County
Warren Cliff
Arvid
Eliza Mullins Collins
Willie M. Williams
Hugh
Charlotte
N.C
Homer Williams
Columbus
Ohio
Final rites set for Loney Patton Honaker of Alderson
Loney Patton Honaker aged 64 of Alderson dies after a long illness in a Hinton hospital. Final rites are Thursday at 2 p m at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church Alderson with Revs N W Looney and A L Holland officiating. Burial follows in Fletcher Cemetery. He was the father of Mrs Charles F Davis of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loney Patton Honaker
Alderson
Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church
N. W. Looney
A. L. Holland
Fletcher ‘Cemetery
Honaker
Hinton
Charles F
Mary) Davis
iCrescent Rd
Beckley
Welfare chief cites partial grant amid budget chaos
Welfare Commissioner Flowers complains the $7.5 million was not approved outright yet praises legislative authority to move funds among 22 accounts to sustain medical services. He extracted $1 million from public assistance for medical services and expects Governor to adjust revenue estimates toward a $5.5 million allocation. He warns fiscal chaos affects employees and recipients and calls for broader audits of the medical services program due to staff shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flowers
Nixon plan seeks faster Vietnam drawdown to 50 000 by next year
The President told a TV interviewer that future troop withdrawals would equal the current pace of about 12 500 men per month. A White House official said Nixon aims to shrink the U S role to roughly 50 000 troops by the onset of next year’s political campaigning.
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Hanoi
South
White House
Nixon
Mrs. Mattie Shultz Rites Soon After Beckley Death
Mrs. Mattie Shultz 73 of 201 Dock St died at 6 45 pm Tuesday in a local hospital after a long illness. A Central Baptist Church member born April 19 1897 in Brent Alabama she was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs George Hill. Survivors include son Willie B. Schultz Cleveland Ohio daughter Charlene Miller Beckley two brothers Jesse and Abram G Hill two sisters Mrs Ida Jackson and Mrs Izola Mays and step mother Mrs Maggie Segrest Beckley. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Mattie Shultz
Dock St
Central Baptist Church
Brent, Ala
George Hill
Willie B. Schultz
Cleveland
Ohio
Charlene Miller
Beckley
Jesse
Abram G. Hill
Ida Jackson
Izola Mays
Maggie Segrest
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral Service for Martha Townes in Glen White
Martha Townes 69 of Glen White dies after a short illness. Service at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shady Grove Baptist Church with Revs. N C Lewis and J W Gowen. Burial in Greenwood. Visitation 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Townes
Glen White
Shady Grove Baptist Church
N. C. Lewis
J. W. Gowen
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Abernathy Leads Rainy Picket Then Arrest In Building
The protestor Abernathy with 44 demonstrators picketed in the rain outside a Kane building. He tried to access a locked 23rd floor door, then led a kneeling prayer in the lobby before about 200 helmeted officers arrested the group for trespassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abernathy
Kane
Pharoah
Egypt
Final rites for Evan Peaks in Columbus Ohio
Evan Peaks 1073 20th Ave Columbus formerly of Fayette County dies at home after long illness. Funeral at Bethany Baptist Church Columbus at 10 am Saturday with Rev A V Wood officiating. Burial in Columbus. Survived by wife Evelyn Debose Peaks and seven children Bernice Demitrice Teresa Don Curtis Mark Godfrey all of Columbus. Body at Crosby Funeral Home Columbus.
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Evan Peaks
20Th Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Fayette County
Bethany Baptist Church
A.V. Wood
Peaks
Evelyn Debose Peaks
Bernice
Demitrice
Teresa
Don
Curtis
Mark
Godfrey Peaks
Crosby Funeral Home
Death of Charles C Wilcox in Crab Orchard at 72
Charles Clyde Wilcox 72 of Crab Orchard died on arrival at a local hospital at 5 30 am after an apparent heart attack He was born April 27 1898 in Shouns Tenn son of the late Billie and Emma Potter Wilcox A retired miner he belonged to Oak Grove Christian Church and the Amigo Smokeless Coal Co He leaves wife Dolly two daughters Anna Mae Almond and Emma Jean Gentry a sister Rebecca Hayworth and a brother John Wilcox five grandchildren and a great grandchild The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clyde Wilcox
Crab Orchard
Shouns
Tenn
Billie
Emma Potter Wilcox
Oak Grove Christian Church
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
UMWA
Amigo
Dolly Martin Wilcox
L. G
Anna Mae) Almond
Daniels
Everett R
Emma Jean) Gentry
Dearborn
Mich
Rebecca Hayworth
John Wilcox
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Dora Meade of Gate City Va
Mrs Dora D Meade 89 of Gate City Va dies after a short illness in a Bristol Tenn hospital. Services set for Friday at 2 pm Culbertson Chapel Methodist Church Culbertson Va burial in Nicholsville Va family cemetery. She is mother of George Meade Mullens. Body at Scott County Funeral Home Weber City Va.
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Dora D. Meade
Gate City
Culbertson Chapel ‘Methodist Church
Culbertson
Nicholsville
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Cole
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Jan Cole
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William F. Walker
U. S. Navy
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Beards Fork
C. S. Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
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Scarbro Rt. 1
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Jesse O. Smith
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Boycott
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