Chaplin Grabs Spotlight As Fonda Hackman Win Oscars
At the 44th Academy Awards in Los Angeles The French Connection won best picture while Gene Hackman and Jane Fonda received top acting honors Chaplin made a triumphant return drawing a standing ovation and emotional praise. Ben Johnson Cloris Leachman and William Friedkin also earned awards. Shaft theme won best song and The Garden of the Finzi Continis was named best foreign language film.
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UPI
Hollywood
Little Tramp Fonda
Gene Hackman
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Texas
Ben Johnson
Cloris Leachman
Tyler Moore
William Friedkin
Friedkin
Hackman
Umn
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Philip D’ Antoni
Jane Fonda
Kyute
Charles Chaplin
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Manuel Arango
Robert Amram
Crunch Bird
Ted Petok
Gordon K. McCallum
David Hildyard
Hellstrom Chronicle
Walon Green
Yvonne Blake
Antonio Castillo
Ernest Tidyman
Paddy Chayefsky
Rites for Mrs. Hazel Conley Held at Oceana Church
Final rites for 58 year old Hazel G. Conley of Oceana were set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Church of God with Rev. William C. Lusk presiding. Burial will follow in Palm Memorial Gardens, Matheny. She died Sunday evening at her home. She was a daughter of the late Walter and Vivian Elkins. Surviving are her husband George Conley three sons William D. of Norfolk Virginia Charles C. of Atlanta Georgia and George Jr. of Farmington Pennsylvania a daughter Sally Jean Paitsel of Oceana a brother Charles Elkins of Charleston and 12 other relatives. The body will remain at home in Pineville where friends may call.
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Florence Jackson Dameron
Rock View
Wolf Pen Tabernacle
Edgar Beverly
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Pulaski, Va
Jake and
Mollie Philips
Aram Cameron
Dee Morgan Jr
Thomas J. Morgan
Baileysville
William H. Morgan
Pineville
Ira
Mullensville
Edward
Florida
Robert
Anawalt
James Dameron
Baltimore
Louise Dameron
Katherine Mitchum
Gladys LeMaster
Fallard
Ohio
Ella Mae Mitchum
Itmann
Beatrice
Mullins
Oceana
Albert
Beckley
Fred
Rockview
Walter
Columbus
James
Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home
William J. Adams
Harper Heights
First Baptist
Eric Tyree
W. M. Jones
Greenwood Memorial Park
Cynthia Shelton
East Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson
Ernest Mason Jones
Jacksonville
Fla
Pemberton
Elsie Richmond Jones
Harry Jones
Jerry
Carol) Horn
Detroit
Mich
Richard
Patricia)Grassland
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mae Williams
Clear Creek
Toney’s Fork
Roy Tyree
Beckley Hospital
Church of God
Raleigh County
Tommy
Sarah Maynor
Marshall
Willis Maynor
Pax
Hallie Williams
Lillie Bailey
Quindora Humphrey
Long Branch
Tyree
Mount Hope
Hallie Marie Wallace
Riley St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
L. A. Garten
Fred Dillon
Clayton ‘Cemetery
Summers County
Charles and
Minnnie Farley Meadows
Missionary Baptist Church
Clayton
Howard
Mona McDaniel
Narrows
Ruth Reinacher
Wheeling
Hazel G. Conley
William C. Lusk
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
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First Church of God At
George Conley
William D
Norfolk, Va
Charles C
Atlanta, Ga
George Jr
Farmington, Pa
Sally Jean Paitsel
Charles Elkins
Charleston
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Final rites for Louisa Coleman in Graydon
Louisa Coleman 83 of Graydon died Monday in a Beckley nursing home after a long illness. Services at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville with Rev Eugene Campbell. Burial Willis Family Cemetery Graydon. Born August 9 1888 Graydon daughter of Obe and Eveline Atkinson Coleman. Survived by son Stover Coleman Graydon. Funeral home between 5 and 10 p.m. today.
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Graydon
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
Eugene Campbell
Willis Family
Beckley
Obe
Eveline Atkinson Coleman
Stover Coleman
Hylton Sees Looming Mine Flood Disasters in WV
West Virginia state senator Tracy Hylton, co chair of a legislative interim committee, warns of future deadly mine water floods similar to Buffalo Creek. The panel, formed after the Feb 26 Logan County disaster, will study gob piles and abandoned mine water ahead of the 1973 legislature.
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Charleston
Buffalo Creek
Tracy Hylton
West Virginia
Hylton
Logan County
Wyoming County
Wilmoth Guilty Of Tax Evasion In Six-Day Trial
A six-man six-woman jury convicts Fred Wilmoth former W W Barron partner of income tax evasion for 1962 and 1963 totaling about 18 975. The trial in U S District Court followed testimony on net worth and hidden cash funds with Barron appearing as a potential witness.
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UPI
Fred Wilmoth
W. W. Barron
U.S. District Court
Wilmoth
Barron
Elkins
Willmoth
Vienna
Charleston
Internal Revenue Service
Edward Jackford
IRS
Don Miller
Miller
Jerry Chaney
Chaney
Iran hit by tremors deepen quake toll estimates
A thousand minor quakes rattled southern Iran after a major Monday quake in Fars province severed roads and telegraph lines. Officials and newspapers gave conflicting death tolls from about 2,000 to 9,000, with hundreds more bodies recovered in villages like Ghir as rescue efforts continued amid widespread destruction and refugees.
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UPI
Iran
Geophysics Department
Tehran University
Fars
Pars
Nanouchet Pirouz
Pirouz
Ghir
Temblor
Khorassan
Red Lion
Su Organization
Red Cross
Six Die In Apparent Family Tragedy At Hawkeye Plant
Cerreto said the father had not contacted relatives since Saturday and signs point to mental problems. A shotgun and rifle found at the scene were used in the killings. All victims except the father wore night clothes, four in beds with no sign of struggle. Mugavero, a Hawkeye Plant employee at Eastman Kodak, was identified as the deceased father. His brother Joseph alerted authorities when he could not reach the family. Deputy Rooksby entered through an unlocked window to find the bodies.
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Cerreto
Mugavero
Eastman Kodak Hawkeye
Joseph
Howard Rooksby
Vietnam War Update From Phu Bai and Hue Areas
UPI reports continued air and sea actions in Vietnam with strikes hitting fuel dumps or ammunition depots. Carrier group Midway plus eight ships head toward an undisclosed Southeast Asian destination while four U.S. carriers are already in the war zone. U.S. soldiers from the 196th Light Infantry Brigade are airlifted to Phu Bai to guard units there and at the Tam My radar station near Hue.
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United States
U.S
Pgh
UPI Upi
Stewart Kellerman
Phu Bai
Hue
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
da Nang
Tam My
Nixon seeks tax program as meat prices surge
Connally defends the income tax plan citing no alternative and says meat prices will fall as corn prices drop, while raw foods stay exempt from wage and price controls. He cautions against federal efforts to curb food prices and refrains from predicting exact meat price cuts.
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Connally
Winners of the 44th Academy Awards
Hollywood honors the 44th Academy Awards with wins across major categories. The French Connection dominates with Best Picture Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Other winners include Jane Fonda, Cloris Leachman, Ben Johnson, William Friedkin, and Michel Legrand.
ITT memo ties convention funds to antitrust settlement
ITT tied to a $400000 convention underwriting linked to an out of court antitrust settlement. Dita Beard denied writing the memo. Merriam said he did not see it until later. Senate hearings probe Illicit contributions and the Kleindienst nomination amid conflicting testimony and claims of memo delivery.
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Wilson
Beard
Merriam
U.S
Harry Steward
San Diego
Calif
Peterson
Kleindienst
International Telephone & Telegraph
IGOP
Dillion Dollar
Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
W. R
Washington
Anderson’s
Saide Brit Hume
Sheraton Hotel Corporation
Graziani Targeted by Threats Before Shooting in Charleston
Onetime deputy attorney general Philip J. Graziani was shot twice in the head outside his Charleston home as he stepped from his car. Police said he had previously received threats by telephone and were pursuing leads while guarding him at Charleston General Hospital. Graziani, 47, later found confused on a lawn chair, had served under Gov. Barron and now maintains private practice.
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Charleston
UPI
Philip J. Graziani
Arlie Robinson
Robinson
Graziani
Charleston General Hospital
Kanawha County
Patrick Casey
L A
National Guard
Garziani
C. Donald Robertson
W. W. Barron
Court approves payment for highway land in Trap Hill
Raleigh County Circuit Court authorized an advance of 1925 dollars from the State Department of Highways to Kelly Development Co. of Oak Hill and others for 0.358 acres of former Crouch property along Trunk Line 99 in Trap Hill District. The court granted entry to use the land pending settlement of value.
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Raleigh County
State Department of Highways
Kelly Development Co
Oak Hill
Trap Hill
Crouch
Kelly Development
Gasoline Spill Cleaned From East Main Street
Beckley fire department washed spilled gasoline from East Main Street at 11 a.m. today after a gasoline tank fell from a 1962 model car owned by Leon Crookshank of Rupert.
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Beckley
East Main Street
Leon Crookshank
Rupert
Gilly case ties to Yablonski slayings and union figures
Mrs. Gilly testifies against several defendants in a 1969 UMW murder case linking Claude Vealey Aubran Martin Paul Gilly Silous Huddleston and others to a Yablonski murder plot discussed during a grand jury review. The Gillys and Vealey testified in trials with Huddleston due next week.
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Claude E. Vealey
Aubran W. Martin
Paul E. Gilly
Silous ‘Huddleston
Joseph A. Yablonski
Gilly
UMW
Kentucky-Tennesssee
Vealey
Martin
Yablonski
W. A
Tony” Boyle
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Huddlestown
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la Follette
Tenn
Tony
Boyle
Washington
Apollo 16 Crew Plot Moon Surface Rehearsals
After a medical checkup, astronauts Young and Duke plan the first of three surface expeditions using a battery powered lunar rover. Their hearts will be x rayed before and after the mission to compare changes in heart size.
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Young
Duke
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