Hutchinson Resigns to Start Private Law Practice
Paul R. Hutchinson Jr., Raleigh County assistant prosecuting attorney since January 1968, resigns effective June 1 to enter private practice in Beckley with offices at 111 Main St. Thomas Canterbury named as his successor. Hutchinson, 35, a WVU Law School graduate, has been active in airport development, state and regional boards, and community projects. He and his wife with two children reside at 109 Pineridge Drive.
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Paul R. Hutchinson Jr
Raleigh County
Beckley
Hutchinson
Main St
Neo
Thomas Canterbury
West Virginia University ,College of Law
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Appalachian Development Office
PSC
West Virginia
U. S. Bureau of Mines
U. S. Department of Agriculture Soil and Water Research Center
Wswptv
Maxwell Hill
Southern
West Virginia! ‘Historical Drama Association
Hatfields & McCoys
Beckley College
Beckley Jaycees
Jaycees
Beckley-Raleigh County Ymca
Furman University
Central National Bank
Richmond
WVU Student Bar Association
Woodrow Wilson High School
Francis Byrnes Dies Veteran Statesman at 92
Flags flew at half staff as James Francis Byrnes, a leading figure in WWII mobilization and postwar diplomacy, died at his home at 92. He served as associate president, secretary of state, governor, and Supreme Court nominee, guiding wartime policy and Potsdam diplomacy. His state funeral was pending at the South Carolina statehouse rotunda.
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Francis Byrnes
Columbia
S. C
White House
James Francis Byrnes
Supreme Court
Statehouse
Byrnes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Byrness
Japan
Potsdam
Truman
Capias Issued For Return Of Burrell For Death Trial
A capias was issued in Raleigh County Criminal Court to compel Henry David Burrell to return from Florida to face trial for the November 30 1971 shooting death of Jesse Ronald Minor. Burrell previously fled to Virginia and is reportedly held on a Florida felony charge. he had been free on a 7000 dollar bond. The judge set the jury for 9 30 a.m. Wednesday unless notified otherwise.
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Raleigh County
Henry David Burrell
Florida
Jesse Ronald ‘Minor
Burrell
Thomas Canterbury
E. Carl Meadows
Old Eccles Road
Virginia
Minor
Liberty
Kermit A. Locke
Ernest Oliver Dillard
Andre Tyrone Stancil
Beckley
Stancil
Dillard
James G. Anderson II
George L. Ballard
Locke
Vanessa Musick
Mike
Meadows
Canterbury
Hechler Reopens Campaign Hubs Across West Virginia
Representative Ken Hechler of West Virginia announces the reopening of his Huntington campaign headquarters and two new mini-headquarters in Raleigh and Mercer counties. Hechler criticizes incumbent James Kee and calls for voter disclosure of Kee’s 1971 voting record while advancing his bid in the new 4th District.
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Hechler
Rep
James Kee
4Th
Homer Heck
Huntington
Princeton
H. A. Wells
Kee
Congress
Vietnamese forces claim halt to Quang Tri offensive
South Vietnamese commander Lam declares the northern thrust defeated and promises a renewed push. reports say 500 North Vietnamese regulars with tanks neared a key bridge at Dong Ha before being repelled by Rangers. U.S. and Saigon sources note ongoing heavy fighting near An Loc and Quan Loi with casualties and naval shelling at the DMZ.
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Quang Tri
Lam
Quang Ri
Highway 1
Dong Ha
Saigon
UPI
Leon Daniel
Highway 13
An Loc
Quan Loi
Bien Hoa
Long Binh
U.S. Navy
Dmz
John R. Craig
Rowan
Navy
U.S
Lloyd Thomas
Oklahoma City
Last Spring U S Reportedly Planned Attack North of DMZ
Boston Globe reported that nine ships and over 300 Marines participated in a helicopter assault drill off the Tonkin Gulf aimed at a Vinh base, north of the DMZ in Laos related to 1971 incursions. Pentagon officials denied the plan.
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Boston
Demilitarized Zone
South
Vietnam
Boston Globe
Ray Richard
The
Globe
Laos
Pentagon
the Globe
3Rd Division
Vinh
Hanoii
Dmz
Vcluvits
Gulf of Tonkin
Vihn
James FE. Roark
Morgantown
W.va
William Grant
Evergreen
Ocolo
California
Roark
Grant
Muskie to Limit Campaign in Six States as Strategy Shifts
United Press reports Senator Edmund S. Muskie will scale back primary activity in Michigan Indiana Nebraska South Dakota Massachusetts and Oregon. Backers say he will concentrate on Pennsylvania California and Ohio while polls show him as a front runner before March primaries.
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United Press
International
Edmund S. Muskie
Michigan
Indiana
Nebraska
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Oregon
Muskie
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
New Hampshire
Illinois
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Florida
George S. McGovern
Wisconsin
John S. Bradshaw
Hoosiers
Maine
Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Bradshaw
Sander M. Levin
Michigan Democrats
Deaths and Funerals in local area
Funeral services for Marvin Rasco 76 of Crab Orchard will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at Pemberton Methodist Church with two ministers officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness. Survived by wife Maude L Jacobs Rasco two daughters grand and great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Final rites for Earl Pierce 61 of Slab Fork Tuesday at 11 p m at Williams Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Coal Hill. Retired miner. survived by wife two daughters two brothers two sisters and 11 grandchildren. Final rites for John Henry Mitchell 81 of Brenton Wednesday at 2 p m in Mill Creek Freewill Baptist Church. Burial in Miller Cemetery. Mitchell a retired surveyor and lifelong Wyoming County resident. Survived by wife six sons a daughter one stepson and two brothers. Bodies and arrangements handled by local funeral homes.
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Marvin
Thomas Rasco
Crab ‘Orchard
Pemberton Methodist Church
L. A. Garten
Jack Tankersley
Sunset Memorial Park
Clay i County
Ala
Charlie
Sarah Bailey Rasco
James Thomas
Lillybrook Coal Co
Methodist Church
Pemberton
United Mine Workers of America
Maude L. Jacobs Rasco
Gayle
Nell)Kelly
Piney View
Louise Pack
Beckley
O. C
Joe
Bruce
Birmingham
Mittis Haynes
Annis Hayes
Bessie Pertle
Odell Rasco
Robert Kelly
Marvin Pack
Allan Truman
Sonny Callopi
Harry Willis
Gilbert Clay
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
John Henry Mitchell
Brenton
Mill Creek Freewill Baptist Church
Robert Varney
Jimmy Sizemore
Miller Cemetery
Mill Creek
Wyoming County
James and
Sallie Mitchell
Pearl Johnson Mitchell
Paris
Detroit
Mich
Grant
Clyde
Edgar
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lewis and
Estelle
Baileysville
Edgar Johnson
Chicago
Verdie Belcher
Oceana
Dewey
Clarence
Robertson - Foglesong
Pineville
Obituary notices for Mrs. Mary Fotopoulos and Austin Darby
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Fotopoulos 79 of Beckley will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She died Sunday at 9:45 a.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. Born in Greece March 10 1893 she was a naturalized U.S. citizen who lived in Beckley 52 years and with her late husband George owned a restaurant on South Oakwood Avenue. Pallbearers listed. Final rites for Austin Darby 79 of Beckley will be conducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with burial in Mount Tabor Cemetery. He died Sunday at 5 p.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. A retired coal miner and member of UMWA Local 7086 he was born February 18 1893 in Kentucky. Surviving are his wife five sons one daughter and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral home after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Nephews and grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
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Mary Fotopoulos
Second Ave
Beckley
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Zacharia Nasr
Sunset Memorial Park
Greece
Nicholas and
Alexandria Fotos Rikias
United States
Austin Darby
South
Kanawha St
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral ‘Home Peace
JC. P. Connelly
Mount Tabor
UMWA
First Church of God
Kentucky
John
Emma Steele Darby
Lottie Mays Darby
Austin Jr
Roy
Hampton, Va
Ted
Chicago
Ralph
Baltimore
Edgar Meadows
Princewick
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
Ronnie Blankenship
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Missionary Baptist Church of
Joe C
Mary Cooper Meadows
Virginia Meadows Meadows
James
Charles
Steve
Dayton
Ohio
Dennis
Junior
Fairborn
Billy Joe
Wilford
Willis
Betty Covey
Flint, Mich
Peggy Hartville
Rosemary Deaton
Woodrow
Crab Orchard
Ollie
Huntington
Ann Keatley
Bessie Meadows
Bertha Lavendes
Ada Lambert
MacArthur
Dora Moore
Barnson
Death Notices: Adams and Ferguson Families In Huntington Beckley
William J Adams 75 and Mrs Watty Ferguson 75 died in Huntington hospital Sunday after long illnesses. Adams stepmother of Serena Jewell Greene of Beckley. Funeral plans incomplete. William Jasper Adams 73 of Harper Heights died Sunday in a local hospital after a short illness. Born March 26 1899 Ferrum Virginia he was a retired miner and deacon of the First Baptist. Survivors include widow Mary Adams three sons and six daughters, plus several brothers and sisters. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Beckley.
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Watty Ferguson
10Th St
Huntington
Huntington Hospital
Serena Jewell Greene
Truman Ave
Beckley
Wiliam Jasper Adams
Harper Heights
Ferrum
Alexander and
Jinnie Martin Adams
First Baptist Church
Mary Adams
W. J. Adams Jr
Newark
N. J
Agee S
U. S
Front Yard
Winding Gulf
Benjamin
National Guard
Detroit
Mich
Elbert of
Harper
David
Walter
Eccles
Cordelia Jones
Patricia Letchia Wilson
Mary E. Burnett
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Becksley
Obituaries for Edgar Meadows and Susannah Sweeney
Funeral services are set for Edgar Meadows 64 of Princewick with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens after a heart attack death. Also listed is final rites for Susannah Frances Sweeney 45 of Ghent with burial in Tom Lilly Cemetery. both statements include family details and pallbearers.
Prominent West Virginia Lawyer Graziani Shot Dead
A private practice attorney Graziani was shot after leaving the state attorney general's office and died about 12:30 a.m. His associate Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville handles arrangements. Police sealed the residence and searched the area. a neighbor heard shots but would not identify himself. The two had long ties in the Kanawha County and surrounding areas.
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Wis
UPI
Graziani
Attorney General’s
Hulett C. Smith
Thomas O’brien
Wheeling
Louis Paterno
House of Delegates
Kanawha County
Association of
Everett L. Puckett Found Dead in Vehicle Near Home
Everett L. Puckett 58 of Rainelle formerly of Green Bank was found dead Saturday in his car near his home. Death attributed to an apparent heart attack. Survived by sister Pearl Fortune Glen Morgan and brother Dave Oak Hill. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Rainelle.
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Everett L
Lex) Puckett
Rainelle
Green Bank
Pearl Fortune
Glen Morgan
Dave
Oak Hill
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Mrs Hallie Wallace Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Hallie Wallace aged 68 of 113 Riley Street Beckley died today in a local hospital after a long illness. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Florence Jackson Dameron
Rockview
Robertson Foglesong
Pineville
Rns
Hallie Wallace
Riley St
Beckley
Rose and
Quesenberry
Final rites for Clayton A. Osborne in Rainelle
Clayton Andrew Osborne 67 of Rainelle died Saturday night at home after a long illness. Final rites will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Don Smathers Funeral Home Chapel Rainelle with Revs. P. E. Orndorff and E. B. Powers officiating. Burial follows at Sewell Valley Cemetery. He is survived by a brother Lacy Beckley.
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Clayton Andrew Osborne
Rainelle
Don Smathers
P. E. Orndorff
E. B. Powers
Sewell Valley Cemetery
Lacy, Beckley
Lawyer Shot
Lawyer shot the intended victim of a professional gun. a weapon was not found. Equally unsuccessful was a
ITT Inquiry Details Tied to Banquet Financing Memo
A memo allegedly tied ITT convention underwriting to a settlement is questioned as false. Brit Hume and Jack Anderson's assistant presented the memo showing phrases from a June memo dictated by Merriam and typed on ITT stationery. The witness says she never knew of any out of court ITT settlement discussions at that time.
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Brit) Hume
Jack Anderson
ITT
ITTT
Merriam’s
W. R. Merriam
Washington
Sheraton
San Diego
Hijacker Ferro Refuses Bail Over Colorado Flight Incident
Ferro accused of hijacking United Airlines Flight 727 over Colorado with 96 aboard and landing in San Francisco. Police say he carried two guns a grenade and plastic explosives and allowed 91 passengers to depart after airline paid 500000 ransom.
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Ferro
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King Cole
Te Rios
Martha Carson
Raleigh County Armory
Tri-State Productions, Inc
HE Boots Randolph
Paramount Pictures IS Proud
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U. S. Information Agency
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
Raleigh Drive
Wetro-Goldwyn
Pineville DR. IN
Myra Breckinridge
Marvin Rasco
Earl Pierce
Slab Fork
Williams Funeral Home
Dewey Wilson
Stamford
Luther
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Ruby Weeks Pierce
John H. Mitchell
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George Tolos
Howard Pettry
Jack Worley
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William J. Adams
Mrs. Watty Ferguson
S. Sweeney
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Ghent
Caffee
A. G. Nichols
Tom Lilly
Pearl Sweeney
Primitive Baptist Church
Alvin
George Sweeney
Earl
Fred Fink
Russell Griffith
George Kettlewell
Mrs. F. Cameron
Everett L. Puckett
Clayton A. Osborne
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