Panamanian Tanker and Japanese Freighter Collide Off Shikoku
A Panamanian tanker Astro Leo and Japanese coastal freighter Ilushun Maru collided in rough seas off Matsuyama on Shikoku. Both ships caught fire but no injuries were reported. oil slick containment began with a floating barrier.
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Tokyo
Japan
Maritime Safetycy
Borneo
Kikuma
Shikoku
Kobe
Matsuyama City
Maritime Agency
MSA
Beckley Woman Charged in Husband Murder Case
Beckley police arrested Belva Cooney 24 on murder charges after Robert Cooney 34 died from a .38 pistol wound. He had been shot March 28 following a family argument. autopsy to be performed in Charleston. Cooney survived by a son and several siblings, with funeral arrangements pending.
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Beckley
Belva Cooney
H.W. Perkowski
Robert Cooney
Raleigh General Hospital
Cooney
Robert Copney J. Jr
Errs Haven
IRS Extends Deadline in Gift Tax Case Linked to Rockefeller Funds
Henry Kissinger agrees to more time to decide if the $50 000 Rockefeller gift in 1969 is taxable income. The IRS has ruled Rockefeller gifts to 27 aides as income in two test cases, raising potential windfall for Rockefeller and possible tax clawback from recipients including Ann Whitman and Henry Diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
Internal Revenue Service
Nelson Rockefeller
UPI
Kissinger
Vice Press
IRS
Rockefeller
New York State
Hugh Morrow
Morrow
Ann Whitman
New River Gift Shop To House Museum
The Beckley Exhibition Mine gift shop will gain a two story 1600 square foot museum planned to open May 1. Griff Lilly says artifacts from the Stotesbury Coal Museum will be displayed with free admission and a short coal history film. Some exhibits may not be ready by opening.
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Beckley
Griff Lilly
New River Park
Lilly
Stotesbury
Parks and Recreation Department
Computer Sends Double Water Bills In Beckley
Beckley Water Co. treasurer B K Louni says about 300 customers were billed twice due to a keypunch error in meter book 15. The company corrected the accounts and asks those who paid the first bill to visit the office to straighten their records and pay the second bill if due.
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Roe 300
Beckley Water Co
B.K. Louni
Louni
Water Company
NWS Seeks Flood Rainfall Reports Across West Virginia
The National Weather Service in Charleston WV asks residents in flooded areas to report rainfall amounts from Sunday through the storm end on April 4. Send data to the Charleston office or call 334-8427, or mail a postcard to Kanawha County Airport. Include exact location name and a contact number.
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National Weather Service
Charleston
W. Va
Weather Service
Medan
National Weather Service Office
Kanawha County
Tennis Courts Paving Begins at New River Park
Kermit Rowe, parks and recreation director, says four court surfaces will be Jacold like others at the park and on Ewart Avenue. City crews started work on the courts on 21, removing old asphalt and grading in the first phase.
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Parks Department
New
River Park
Lilly
New River Park
Kermit Rowe
Parks and Recreation
Rowe
Park
Ewart Avenue
Two Nicholas County men sentenced for false pretenses theft
Louis W. Crytes and Ricky Wood both 20 were sentenced to 40 days in the igh County Jail on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and obstructing a state police officer. They appeared before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez Jr after hiring a Beckley taxi to Oak Hill and refusing to pay. Tpr. G C Loar arrested them.
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Nicholas County
Igh County
Louis W. Crytes
Ricky Wood
Joe Rodriguez Jr
Beckley
Oak Hill
State Police
Tpr
G.C. Loar
Two McDowell Residents Die In Separate Traffic Accidents
State Police classified both incidents as road deaths. 16 year old William Steele of Eckman drowned when a car veered into Elkhorn Creek near Big Four outside Welch as the occupants escaped. Rufus Watkins, 60 of Northfork, died after a fall from a pickup along Secondary Route 17 near Northfork after riding with driver Tommy Hicks.
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McDowell County
William Steele
Eckman
Elkhorn Creek
Big Four
Welch
Rufus Watkins
Northfork
Tommy Hicks
C&P Expands Beckley Network With 777000 Upgrade
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co at its March meeting approved 777000 for Beckley improvements as part of 20 million statewide phone upgrades. The funds will add switching gear for 3000 lines along Route 3 and in Eccles Bolt Glen Daniel and Surveyor, expanding service until 1981.
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The
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C&p
Beckley
Woodlawn Avenue
W. Va
Eccles
Bolt
Glen Daniel
Surveyor
Jefferson Birthday Medal Release by Franklin Mint
The Franklin Mint, the world’s largest private mint, has issued several Jefferson commemorative medals. Jefferson was born April 13, 1743, marking 234 years since his birth.
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Franklin Mint
Jefferson
Obituary notices for Mankin McKinney and Foster families
Funeral services listed for Ernest Mankin Dick Mankin at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Calfee Cemetery Mt Tabor. Dexter E Over White and Wiley McKinney both have service details and burial locations. Additional listings include William Holsho user and Mary Evelyn Russell with private gravesides, Nellie Mee Foster, Eugene Monroe Mahaffey, Joseph H McKinney, and Huston McGhee memorials. Also Ola Mae Rivers and multiple classified-ad style notices for local services and ads.
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Mankin Mankin
Ernest
Bolt
Calfee Funeral Home
Robert Dent
Robert Perry
Calfee Cemetery
Mt. Tabor
Kres
Keyser Bryant
Mitchell's Ridge Cemetery
Princewick
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United
Leach
Ashley Leach
Ashby Leach
Phoebe Tanner
Chessie System
Cleveland
Chessie
Defense Committee
Perkowski
State Medical Examiner’s
Slab Fork
Frank and
Sally Moore Cooney
King Harm Adiff No. 25 Masonic Lodge
Rocky
Henry Diamond
Whitman
Diamond
Washington
New River
NWS
McDowell
United Press International
Bill Halstead
Franklin Center
Thomas Jefferson
Er White
Dexter E
Daniels
Rose and Guesenberry Peace Chapel
Rose
Quesenberry Funn
McKinne
McKinney
Wiley
Mann
Blue Ridge
Paul Lusk
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
le Ferree
Mepe
Holshouser
Williamn F
Mescoe
Williams-Blue Ridge Funeral Home
Cecil Bolen
Nueeen Russell
Mary Evelyn
Glen Morgan
Sunset Memorial Park
Foster Foster
Nellie Mee
North Vance Drive
Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel
Frederick Schilling, Jr
Neyser- Orient
Memorion
Huston
McGhee
Frede
Micheel
Jimny
Kathy
W. F. Tolliver
Pemberton Baptist’ Church
Beckiey Hospital
Williams-Blue- Ridge
Dewey Wilson
WF. Tolliver
Gene Blake
Melton Mortuary
Lora Loreta Fresheur
Maynerd Fresheur Ami
Tower of Tower
Call
Blue Ridge Morial Gardens
Garden of Chightus
New Smaulsoreum
Brittany Spaniel
Ee Bob and Rey
BEM Associates
Second Avenue
Beckley National Bank
W.O. Bone
Jeff Archer
P. O. Box
Athens
Bill Miller
MacArthur
Brannon Penturtt
Stamford
J. C. Shumate Drilling
Cowl City
Anytime
Shumate
R. M. Simmons
Cool Ridge Garden
Billy Tennant
Roger Burns
Ees
Kiood’s
Mt Hope
Teaver
Lilly’s Drug
Pharte
Will Joan Conklin Jr
Sophia
Will Manmid B. Latkey
Montene St
Mt. Hope
Will Wille Miller
Box 7M
General Heating and Appliance Inc
Kanewhe St
Home Improvement Company
King Tut Drive Inn
de Carole Hairstylists
Long John Silvers
Concord College Bowling Mechanic
Raleigh County
Aeromech
Bobby L. Short Enterprises
Welding Teomeieey Division
Armory Drive
Asittle
Bobby L. Short
Kley
Aeame
Nterbury
Glass House
Sarah’ Conventry
Friar Tuck’s
Raleigh Mall
Hornet
Oakwood Mobile Homes
Danigls
Bacney
W. Ve. Medical Institute
Cherieston
John Dickmeyer
National Rowe
Wheeling
Ptrere
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