Bed-Ridden Boy Becomes Memorial Zoo Plan At Wheeling
Phillip Mayer Good, a seven year old bedridden patient who loved Sunday visits to the zoo, will be honored by a Wheeling Park Commission funded memorial. Plans call for a 10 acre North American animal exhibit at Oglebay Park with buffalo elk and deer plus sea lions bears otters lions and more. The project aims to reach 250000 funding with help from federal support and drafted by zoo expert George Spie del. Construction begins next year.
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Wheeling
UPI
Phillip Mayer Good
Hos
Wheeling Park Commission
North America
Phillip
Zoo
Oglebay Park
Mrs. Good
George Speidel
Milwaukee Zoo
Egypt Warns of MIG23s Boost in Military Might
An Israeli source in Tel Aviv says Egypt has received new aircraft from the Soviet Union, possibly MIG23s with Soviet crews, to offset Israel’s modern weaponry. Defense Minister Dayan acknowledged MIG23s may be in Egypt, as Cairo hosts Arab leaders to assess the Middle East crisis amid clashes with Palestinian militants in Jordan.
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Egypt
United Press International
Tel Aviv
Soviet Union
Suez’ Canal
Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem Post
Jordan
Moshe Dayan
Suez Canal
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Jaafar Numeiry
Hafez Assad
Maj
Abdel Salam Jalloud
Ramtha
Air Force Sgt Raises 30000 for Kidney Disease Aid
Sgt. Robert L. Jones of Turlock Calif raised 30000 in 12 hours from Vietnam servicemen via a Phan Rang radio appeal to aid his Texas kin through a rare kidney disease. A sergeant donated 1000 from a reenlistment bonus and another cancelled a new car order for 450. Jones and his family arrived in Oakland to celebrations by his parents wife Norma and their 13 month old son Robert Jr.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Air Force
Vietnam
Texas
Robert L. Jones
Turlock
Phan Rang Air Forces Base
Jones
Norma
Robert Jr
Oakland International Airport
Jones to take 14 day leave before Vietnam deployment
Jones announces a two week family leave and presents a $30,000 check to Paula Holt age 17 and her brother Gary aged 2 of Austin Texas. The Holts suffer acute nephritis requiring 15 hours weekly dialysis and incur at least $360 monthly per child in machine costs the family cannot meet.
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Jones
Vietnam
Paula Holt
Gary
Austin
Tex
Holts
H. V. Holt
Transit Strike Shuts Philadelphia Transit Workers Walkout
About one million SEPTA riders faced disruption as 5,200 TWU drivers walked out at 4 am over wage talks. The union rejected a 75 cent rise, seeking $1 more per hour over a two year contract.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
SEPTA
Transport Workers Union
TWU
Lon Nol Returns to Cambodia After Stroke Recovery
Prime Minister Lon Nol arrives in Phnom Penh from Honolulu after two months of treatment for a stroke. He is greeted at Pochentong Airport by Gen. Sirik Matak U.S. Ambassador Eory Swank and about 1,000 well wishers. He uses a wheelchair and departs by limousine for the Defense Ministry.
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Phnom Penh
Defense Ministry
Adm
John S. McCain
U.S
Pacific
Hawaii
Williamson triple murder ends in suspect death
Police seek motive in the slaying of Orphin Cordell and her two daughters Edna Keen and Alice Keen in Buchanan County Virginia. Alvin Cordell 48 died from a self inflicted gunshot wound after the family killings. Two other daughters were found tied in a chair after returning from a beauty contest.
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Cordell
Orphin
Edna May Keen
Alice Fay Keen
Laurel Creek
Suits Filed In Raleigh County Circuit Court
Two suits seek monetary damages and estate settlement. State Loan Corp. seeks 902.82 from Richard K Mills and Patricia J Mills of Beckley on a secured promissory note. Personality Stations Inc. sues Dave Minton of Beckley Sewing and Music Center for 793.55 on a radio time contract. The Hendrix family petitions to partition property at Dews Creek in Marsh Fork District and asks Clinton Hendrix be brought in as party to the action.
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Raleigh County
State Loan Corp
Richard K
Patricia J. Mills
Beckley
Silver Springs
Dave Minton
Beckley Sewing and Music Center
Personality Stations Inc
Minor Fire at Eccles mines not overwhelming APCC says
The State Air Pollution Control Commission investigated a gob pile fire at the Eccles mines of Winding Gulf Coals. The commission notes the fire is being extinguished and not overwhelming, with ongoing monitoring of efforts and comparisons to other fires statewide. Penn L. Raines filed the complaint on April 1.
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Eccles
APCC
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Sweeneysburg
Winding Gulf Coals
Carl Beard
Whitman Once Served as a Male Nurse in America
The famed poet Walt Whitman is noted as having worked as a male nurse, an early and lesser known chapter in his life. This credential highlights Whitman’s multifaceted early career before his emergence as a literary icon.
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Walt Whitman
America
Deaths and Funerals in West Virginia and Md Home
Funeral notices list Mrs Francisco Cisco Lewis 86 of Abing ton Va who died after an apparent stroke in Elkton Md while visiting a granddaughter. Survivors include Kermit K Lewis Beckley and Mack Ray Lewis Daniels. Final rites for Martha Eller 49 Slab Fork set for Slab Fork Presbyterian Church. She died after a year long illness born Sept 19 1921 Long Branch. She leaves a large family and five grandchildren. Friends may call Williams Funeral Home Sophia with pallbearers named.
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San Francisco
Cisco) Lewis
Abington
Elkton
Edgar Sturgill
Kermit K. Lewis
Beckley
Mack Ray Lewis
Daniels
Badgers Funeral Home
West Jefferson
N. C
Martha Eller
Slab Fork
Slab Fork Presbyterian Church
Oliver Tedder
Long Branch
William
Bessie Saunders
I Blue Jay
Methodist Church
Mose Eller
Dale
Paul
Rockeville
Ina Janney
Crab Orchard
Edna Williams
Scarbro
Edith Ragland
Blue Jay
Margaret Curtis
Williams
Sophia
Andrew Crutchfield
Clayton Cox
Manuel Acord
Alfred Simms
John Milam
Orin Graham
Louie Cole
Harold Goddard
Final rites for John D Thurbon in Oak Hill
John D. Thurbon 74 of Rock Lick died Saturday after a long illness in a Beckley hospital. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Survivors include wife Hattie Armentrout Thurbon, a brother a sister and 3 sons 4 daughters 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Friends may call 7 to 10 p.m. today at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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John David
Melton
Curtis Rakes
Conway, St
Eastern Fuel Coal Co
Affinity
Rakes
Cowin Company
Swords Creek
George and
Landa Osborn Rakes
Beckley
United Mine Workers of American
Effie Graham Rakes
Curtis Jr
Clarence
Kenneth
Amanda Young
Lola Shrewsbury
Crab Orchard
MacArthur
Perry Joe Grimmitt
Gene Snuffer
Blue Ridge
Memorial Gardens
Melton Mortuary
Clyde Morris
Theodore England
Cecil Huffman
Glen Prater
Larry Cox
Howard Shrewsbury
Bradley Jr. rites set. long illness precedes funeral
John W. Bradley Jr. 186 of Derrydale died Sunday in Oak Hill after a long illness. Born March 12, 1885 in Campbell County, he was a retired miner and Hill Groves Baptist Church deacon. He leaves a wife Eula Mae and four sons and six daughters, 34 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Melton Mortuary Chapter.
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Ritchie and Johnson
John W. Bradley Jr
Derrydale
Oak Hill
Campbell County
John W. Bradley
Hill Groves Baptist Church
Eula Mae Bradley
John F
Mount Hope
James
Detroit, Mich
Robert T
Chilicothe
Ohio
Charles
Newark
N. J
Viola Christian
Mabel Woodson
Virginia Bradley
Charleston
Rosalee Biinney
Cleveland
Dorothy Henderson
Hazel Johnson
Funeral services for James Bailey in Wilkesboro
James Bailey of Mills Avenue Beckley will be buried in Wilkesboro after funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. He died Saturday in Wilkesboro and was a member of the First Mission Baptist Church in Beckley.
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James Bailey
Mills Avenue
Beckley
Wilkesboro
N. C
First Mission Baptist Church
India Pakistan clash fears rise as border tensions grow
Pakistan and Indian forces moved within a half mile of the border as jeep mounted recoilless rifles were deployed. New Delhi fears civil war in East Pakistan could trigger broader fighting. India supports East Pakistani rebels but denies smuggling arms across the border. Pakistani troops appear to press a major offensive to retake towns and seal border before the monsoon.
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East Pakistan
India
Pakistan
New Delhi
Sophia Man Charged In Knifing Incident
A 25 year old Sophia man was arraigned in magistrate court on a felonious assault warrant linked to a Sunday knifing. Victim Danny Ward was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital in serious condition after throat injuries. Larry Wayne Jones was arrested at 7 45 a m and remanded on 2000 bond.
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Sophia
Danny Ward
Raleigh General Hospital
Ward
Larry Wayne Jones
Lorena Wallace
Wildcat Strike Ends at PAT Bus and Trolley Services
Pittsburgh 2300 PAT drivers halted service for three days over a wage dispute after an arbitration board awarded 0.52 per hour raise over three years. The walkout left 175000 daily commuters without buses or trolleys Thursday through Saturday.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
Allegheny County Port Authority Transit System
PAT
Indochina battles yield heavy U.S. casualties and troop cuts
U.S. command said Communist forces killed a airman and 10 rescuers during a downed helicopter rescue attempt. The number of American soldiers in South Vietnam fell to 296,500 last week as Nixon aims for 284,000 by May 1. In Cambodia, South Vietnamese troops with U.S. helicopter gunships claimed 200 Communist deaths near Phnom Penh with numerous anti-aircraft weapons destroyed.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
New Chemicals Linked to Water Pollution Risk
A report asserts sewer pollution is not the main danger to water supplies. It cites about 500 new, sophisticated chemicals dumped annually by industry. The public is described as an unwitting test group for these contaminants, with few dangerous substances removed by government water treatment efforts.
Ex Penn Central Officer Denies Firm Charges
Former chief financial officer David C Bevan denies charges tied to Penn Centrals bankruptcy dismissed claims against him. He says Saunders and Perlman, not he, bore responsibility for the railroad's collapse. Bevan argues he raised funds to keep Penn Central operating and saved almost 1 billion dollars.
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Penn Central
Bevan
Saunders
Perlman
Education Benefits Open To Vets' Widows
Educational benefits up to 36 months are available to 175000 widows of veterans who died of service connected disabilities and 65000 wives of totally disabled veterans per M L Howells VA Huntington regional office. 10192 widows and wives have received such benefits, with 4582 in training in December 1970, and more expected in the spring semester.
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M. L. Howells
Huntington
The
Veterans Administration
Howells
West Virginia
Veterans Service Organization
Eastern Air Lines 747 Forced to Dulles Landing After Bomb Threat
A telephoned bomb threat forced an Eastern Air Lines 747 to divert and land at Dulles International Airport. The 283 passengers were evacuated and a search found nothing aboard. The jet was en route from New York to Miami when the threat was received at Eastern's Newark office.
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Washington
UPI
Eastern Air Lines
Dulles International Airport
New York
Miami
Eastern
Newark
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Fidan
Golda Meir
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Ichmon
Lon Nol
Williamson
Whitewood
S. F. Lewis
John D. Thurbon
Curtis Takes
Sophia Man
Indochina
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