ITT GOP Inquiry Faces Probe Expansion
The Senate Judiciary Committee may call more witnesses as it continues the ITT investigation and weighs a Kleindienst attorney general nomination. Rep. Wilson claims ITT pledged 400000 to help fund the GOP convention, a point denied by ITT and San Diego officials. Senate leaders remain divided on prolonging the inquiry while Kennedy and Tunney seek further testimonies including ITT figure Dita Beard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy McGhee
Internal Revenue Service
U.S
Harry D Steward
San Diego
Rheindienst
Nixon
Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
Wilson
Robert E. Cox
San Diego Union
Geneen
San Diegonion
ITT
Tunney
Dita D. Beard
William Merriam
Washington
Edward J. Gerrity
McGovern Wins Warm Reception in California Tour
George McGovern earns strong crowds in a two day swing through California after Wisconsin victory. Campaign staff cite Wisconsin voting analysis showing McGovern bests Wallace and appeals to voters upset with the status quo while Wallace banks on fear. Eunice Kennedy Shriver backs Muskie at a Washington fundraiser with a 125 dollar plate. Shirley Chisholm pledges to fight for a free and open Democratic Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. McGovern
California
Shirley Chisholm
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Edmund S. Muskie
Wisconsin
McGovern
Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Vietnam recounts downed aircraft in nine day offensive
Hanoi reports 13 U.S. warplanes hit in first 24 hours of renewed air strikes, while U.S. command tallies 10 aircraft officially downed since March 30. Navy A7 Corsairs, an HH53 Jolly Green Giant, and several helicopters are among those lost or missing. Ground fighting near Highway 9 leaves 80 Communists killed with 7 Americans dead and 26 wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Radio Hanoi
North Vietnam
South China Sea
Dmz
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Cam Lo
Dong Ha
Brooklyn racketeer Crazy Joe Gallo shot dead in Manhattan
Joseph Crazy Joe Gallo 43, head of the Brooklyn rackets, was killed in a dining room ambush at Umberto's Clam House in lower Manhattan. His bodyguard Peter The Greek Diapioulis was wounded. the attacker fled after the 5 20 am shootout as family watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPS
Joseph
Crazy Joe” Gallo
Brooklyn
Gallo
San
Umberto
Lower Manhattan
Henry Colin
Peter
Diapioulis
Beekman
Colin
Hester Street
Wilmoth Tax Trial Recessed For Weekend
UPI reports U S District Court Judge Sidney L Christie recessed the Wilmoth tax evasion trial to Monday to allow jury instructions and final arguments. No rebuttal testimony occurred as both sides rested and jurors were seated. Prosecutors cited IRS agent Chaney s figures showing higher net worth and taxable income than Wilmoth reported for 1962 and 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
UPI
U. S. District Court
Sidney L. Christie
Fred Wilmoth
Wilmoth
Vienna
Fied
Chaney
Francis Harman
FF. & W. Corp
Harman
Ln Parkersburg
Couple Rowing Across Pacific Reported Long Overdue
Police fear English pair John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook may have perished after last being seen February 28, about 1,710 miles northeast of Brisbane while crossing toward New Guinea or the Queensland coast. Cyclones in the region prompt an all‑east coast search alert.
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Pacific
Australia
Brisbane
UPI
John Fairfax
Sylvia Cook
Queensland
New Guinea
Queensland Water Police
Bert Edwards
Fairfax
Miss Cook
Mrs Gilly to plead guilty in Yablonski case Monday
FBI agents will bring Mrs Annete Gilly to a Washington Pennsylvania court Monday to plead guilty and make a statement in the 1969 Yablonski murders involving UMW leader Joseph Yablonski and his family. Prosecutors requested the appearance as part of ongoing investigations. pretrial actions for others in the case continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gilly
Washington, Pa
UPD
FBI
Annette ¥. Gilly
Yablonski
Gilly
United Mine Workers
UMW
Joseph A. Yablonski
Richard A. Sprague
Silous Huddleston
Charles G. Sweet
Here
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Kentucky
Tennessee
Claude Vealey
Aubran Martin
Huddleston
LaFollette
Tenn
Martin
Vealey
Tony
Kenna Proposes Economic Planning Department
ELKINS Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lee Kenna proposed creation of a Department of Economic Planning and Development to replace the patchwork approach to roads industry and schools. He said the new department would provide long term thinking and progress for 10 and 20 years ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
UPI
Lee Kenna
Department of Economic Planning and Development
Kenna
Health Department approves Gas Light restaurant in Beckley
Beckley Raleigh County Health Department issued a permit to operate the Gas Light at 111 Main St Beckley after the new owners corrected issues found on inspection. Lance Tabor said the establishment met department standards and noted the prior Swan Cafe ownership change was learned via a newspaper report and a permit had been missing due to a misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Main St
Beckley
Beckley-Raleigh County Health Department
Lance Tabor
Tabor
Hedrick In Hospital In Critical Condition After Stroke
Beckley attorney Oppie Lee Hedrick of Hillpark Drive is in the intensive care unit at Charleston General Hospital in critical condition after a Wednesday stroke. A hospital spokesman said there is no change in his status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Hillpark Drive
Charleston General Hospital
Hedrick
Deaths and Funerals Chronicle Local Obituaries
Final rites are planned for Worther L England 71 of Mullens with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Other notices include William L Lambert 66 of Sophia dying in Ohio from a stroke and Billy Harold Howington 19 of Sanger drowned at Plum Orchard Lake. Burial and service details accompany each notice with locations and survivors.
Funeral notices for several local residents
Funeral services are set for Earl Jordan 30 of Prosperity at Rose anch Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Bobby Martin officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Also scheduled are services for William Billy Allen 72 of Alfred Rosenbaum Mount Hope at Tyree Funeral Home with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Other notices include James Wood Glen White and Walter Jackson Whipple with details of locations, times, and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Jordan
Prosperity
theRose Anch Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Bobby i Martin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Richard
Raymond Via
Bob
William Billy Allen
Jerry Cline
Dudley Canterbury
Alfred Rosenbaum
Mount Hope
Tyree
Ted A Jaeger Jr
Blue Ridge Memorial
Agnew Calls Vietnam War No Mistake Before 101st Return
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell that history will show the Vietnam War was no mistake. He praised U S involvement as unselfish and morally worthwhile, while noting Nixon had planned to speak there.
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FT. Campbell
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
101St Airborne Division
Southeast Asia
United States
Agnew
Eagles
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indochina
U.S
Vietnam
U. S
Nixon
Chicago Resident Cited In Wreck
Beckley state police charged William Keffer 20 of Chicago Illinois with failure to have his vehicle under control after a two car crash on W V 16 at MacArthur at 1115 p m Thursday He rear ended a 1971 car driven by Charles Simpson 23 of Beckley Damages were 400 to Keffer and 100 to Simpson No injuries reported Other Thursday incidents included a Beckley city two car collision at South Fayette and G Streets with 400 damage and two drivers Ruth Lewis 62 Danfields and Mose Randall 56 Skelton each sustaining 200 damage plus a 300 damage incident on U S 21 at Beaver involving Serilla Hatcher 17 Flat Top and Edmond Bradley 24 Raleigh No charges or injuries were reported by police.
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Beckley
Wiliam Keffer
Chicago
W. Va
MacArthur
Keffer
Charles Simpson
Simpson
South Fayette and
G Streets
Beckley City
Ruth Lewis
Danfiels
Mose Randall
Skelton
Stolen car plows through Bourbon Street crowd in New Orleans
A stolen car roared into a pedestrians area on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, killing one and injuring 18 before crashing into a pole. Two men fled on foot, witnesses said there was no warning as tourists scattered.
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New Orleans
UPI
Bourbon Street
French ‘Quarter
Bam
Ibam
James C Dodson Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
James Clifton Dodson 64 of Kingston died at 5 a m in a Spencer hospital after an extended illness. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clifton Dodson
Kingston
Spencer Hospital
Tyree
Beclky Woman Dies Not. Gunshot Victim In Critical Condition
Edith Faye Barber, 41, of 139 Sunrise Ave Beckley, remains in critical condition at Beckley Hospital after Tuesday gunshot wounds to the abdomen believed personal safety related with a 16 gauge shotgun. Police say she was found in her basement around 11 am Tuesday by her husband Ray Barber and family friend Rev. C. C. Conley. They entered through a basement window to reach her and she was rushed to hospital with massive internal injuries. Police continue to investigate.
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Edith Faye Barber
Sunrise Ave
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Beckley i
Whitelaw says internment end may begin in Ulster
Whitelaw voiced hope that recent violence reduction in Ulster signals the phased end of internment without trial. He announced the Maidstone prison ship in Belfast Harbor would stop housing internees. One hundred thirty two detainees aboard the ship enter the 10th day of a hunger strike over prison conditions. Whitelaw arrived with direct rule on March 30.
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Rand
Whitelaw
Maidstone
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
Obituaries for Walter McGowan Ollie Gilchrist
Walter McGowan 76 of Raleigh died on arrival at a local hospital after a long illness. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Ollie Gilchrist 71 of 216 Barber Ave died on arrival after a short illness. Funeral details set at Ritchie and Johnson Chapel with Rev. John Lockett officiating. Burial in Greenwood. Visitation scheduled Saturday evening.
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Walter
Clay) Jackson
Whipple
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
John Brown
Preston Porter
Greenwood Memorial Park
Oak Hill Hospital
Spartansburg
S. C
Beatrice Heath Jackson
Carlisle
Ada
Walter Jr
Chicago
Walter McGowan
Raleigh
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Ritchie and Johnson
Ollie Gilchrist
Barber Ave
John Lockett
Gilchrist
Final rites for Miss Celia A Duffy in Summersville
Miss Celia A Duffy 67 of Route 1 Summersville died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held today at 11 a m at the Howard White Funeral Home Summersville with Rev John Weigle in charge. Burial was in St John’s Catholic Cemetery. She was a sister of Mrs Ethel McConnihay Mullens.
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Worther L. England
Black Eagle Road
Mae Church England
Worther
Virginia Beach
Joseph
Chesapeake
Nina Cook
Ury
Verona Morris
Elene Dickerson
Baltimore
Golden
Cheaspeake
Ohio
Emmett
Kimber
Goldie Berks
Nora Berks
Eff2
Bell
Kimball
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Celia A. Duffy
Route 1
Summersville
Howard White
John Weigle
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
Charleston
Ethel McConnihay, Mullens
Raleigh Woman Zella Waddell 86 Dies
Mrs Zella Waddell 86 of Raleigh died Thursday at 5 35 p m Her body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for services and burial arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zella D. Waddell
Raleigh
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mrs Delia Dial Belva Resident Dies After Illness
Mrs Delia Dial of Belva died Wednesday in an Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness. She is survived by a son Willard of Oak Hill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Delia Dial 91
Belva
Oak Hill
Willard
Funeral services for Mrs Mae Akers in Philadelphia
Funeral services and burial for Mrs Mae Akers aged 70 of 1734 West Allegheny Ave Philadelphia Pa formerly of 1204 South Fayette St Beckley will be held Monday in Philadelphia. She died Thursday morning at her home of an apparent heart attack.
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Mae Akers
West Allegheny Ave
Philadelphia
South Fayette St
Beckley
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Union
Gene Gregston
Steward
Judiciary
Kleindienst
IRS
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Beard
E-Lim
Lilly
Neville Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sydney
Washington County
George B. Stegenga
Sprague
Sweet
Joe Herrera, SR
Democrat
Okehs Restaurant
Worther L
England
William L. Lambert
Sophia
Ashtabula
Pireyville
William and
Rebecca Gross Lambert
United Mine Workers of America
Helen
Lorraine Quesenberry Lambert
Johnny L
Jefferson
William K
Eddie Joe
Charles Lambert
Robert
Gladys) Milleson
Keith
Brenda) Chellis
Green Springs
Jim
Shelby) Barker
Middleburg
Charles
Margaret) Ashby
Phillip
Farleen
Billy Howington
Billy Harold Howington
Sanger
Tyree Funeral Home
Randolph Johnson
Hilltop
Howington
Plum ‘Orchard Lake
Bluefield
Frances Jordan Howington
James
Herbert
Michael
Harold Tosoya
Albuquerque
N. M
Theresa
Martha Ann
Jane Howington
Princeton
Cora King
Oak Fill
William Canterbury
Walter Jackson
Glen Jean
John Edward
Ellen Carter Canterbury
Reba Dooley Canterbury
William H
Cecil
Hampton
Charles E
Norton
Newport News
Cora
Ellen Richmond
Grafton
Patsy C. Tatham
Waynesville
N. C
Chasin
Kimberly
Kincaid
Daniel
Cleveland
James Wood
Glen White
Williams
James C. Dodson
Ulster
Celia Duffy
Mrs
Zella Waddell
Delia Dial
Mrs. Mae Akers
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