Kleindienst backs Nixon antibusing plan in testimony
Attorney General Richard Kleindienst told a House Judiciary subcommittee that desegregation should proceed in a way that avoids disruptive busing. He supported Nixon’s student moratorium act and the Equal Education Opportunities Act, arguing Congress can fund remedies for inner city schools. Rep. McCulloch criticized the measure as harmful to desegregation efforts.
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Washington
UPD
Fing
Richard G. Kleindienst
Reindienst
House Judiciary
Nixon
Kleindienst
Congress
America
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Judiciary Committee
McCulloch
Congres
Regents approve 1972 73 budgets look at state colleges
West Virginia Board of Regents approves final budgets for 1972 73 with WVU getting a 1.1 million dollar rise to 27.4 million Marshall up 1 million to 10.3 million Shepherd up 2.23 million up 10.2 percent. Enrollment projected at 4.2 percent and insurance and utility costs erode apparent gains. A May 9 Huntington meeting will discuss a proposed 2 student fee refundable if requested. Family practice program at WVU Medical School approved.
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Shepherdstown
UPI
West Virginia Board of Regents
Marshall University
West Virginia University
WVU
Marshall
Shepherd
Regents
Board i
Huntington
West Virginia Student Public Interest Research Group
WVU Medical School
Insurance rhetoric frames next session on reform bill
Moore criticized the bill as uninterpret able and unworkable though he pledged it would reappear in a special session next week. He pushed broadening the program and raising the state's share to 70 percent while noting a March Morgantown speech set an April 18 opening. He signaled a reapportionment item and cited funds for coal mine impoundment inspections may not be available until July 1.
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Moore
Williams
Morgantown
Department of Natural Resources
Kennedy Iowa Miami push shapes Democratic race
Edward M. Kennedy and George McGovern traded aims in key states as Thurmond claimed McGovern would pull Muskie's delegates toward Kennedy in Miami. Humphrey attacked the Price Commission as a hoax while addressing Pittsburgh steelworkers. McGovern vowed to shift military spending to safety in mills and mines and endorsed the April 22 antiwar protests in New York and Los Angeles.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Thurmond
McGovern
Muskie
Kennedy
Miami
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Pittsburgh
Price Commission
New York
Los Angeles
Keatley Keatley Dies. Noted Trapshooter and Conservationist
Obituary notes Keatley Keatley of Beckley West Virginia a longtime gunsmith trapshooter and NRA member who lived in Dayton Ohio New York City and Princeton He served as state delegate to the Trapshooting Association of America and chaired local clubs He supported Babe Ruth baseball and was active in church and fraternal lodges Funeral set for St Stephen's Episcopal Church with burial in Memorial Gardens Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Keatley
National Cash Register Service
Dayton
Ohio
New York City
United States
National Rifle Association of America
Washington, D. C
Amateur Trapshooting Association of America
Vandalia
Triangle Trapshooting Gun Club
Bluefield
Dawn Sportsmen’s Shooting Club
Hinton
West Virginia
Trapshooting Association of America
Flat Top Lake Association
Mercer Anglers Club
Princeton
West Virginia Centenniall
Raleigh County
Herb Parsons
Babe Ruth
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Beckley Lodge
Moose Lodge
Beckley Elk’s Lodge
Black Diamond
S. James Farmer Jr
Kenneth K. Keatley
Patrick A. Lovell
Larry Franklin Stover
Richard Belcher
William J. Hutchison
Emmett E. Davis
Brake Failure Triggers Two-Car Crash on South Fayette Street
Police investigated a two car collision at 8 25 p m Tuesday on South Fayette Street at the Five Corner intersection. No charges and no injuries were reported. Carol Wanda Jackson 23 of 1029 S Fayette int. drove a 1966 auto south and brake failure caused her to hit Vergie L King 51 of Crab Orchard driving a 1970 model car. Vehicle damages were about 500 for Jackson and 700 for King.
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South Fayette Street
Five Corner
Carol Wanda ‘Jackson
S. Fayette Int
Vergie L. King
Crab Orchard
Jackson
Beckley Police Report Details 269 March Offenses
The Beckley Police Department lists 269 offenses for March: 263 actual and 205 cleared. Murders total two for the year with one in March. Dusty Herbert, 15, died in a March shooting ruled accidental. Ruth Watson charged with murder for Feb 8 death of Obie Jones. Total arrests in March 119, with 18 juveniles. year to date police have 518 arrests.
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Beckley Police Department
Dusty Herbert
Ruth Watson
Beckley
Obie Jones
Whitestick St
Nelson Chambers
Supreme Court Candidate Brings Campaign To Raleigh County
West Virginia Supreme Court hopeful Richard Neely visited Beckley Crab Orchard Arnett Rock Creek Naoma and Montreal as part of a Southern West Virginia handshaking tour. He touted experience education and a belief that a younger judge can serve with due process and restraint while praising Raleigh County’s historical role in Democratic victories.
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Supreme Court
Richard Neely
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Neely
Beckley
Crab Orchard
Arnett
Rock Creek
Naoma
Montreal
U. S
Matthew M. Neely
Dartmouth College
Yale Law School
Vietnam
Marion County
Fairmont
West Virginia lawmakers study no fault auto insurance
A special interim committee plans a comprehensive study of West Virginia auto insurance amid bills for no fault. Support comes from Insurance Commissioner Samuel Weese and House Speaker Lewis McManus, while trial lawyers oppose. Sen. John Poffenbarger urges evaluating the current system first.
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Charleston
API
West Virginia
Samuel Weese
Lewis McManus
D-Raleigh
John Poffenbarger
R-Kanawha
Poffenbarger
Robert R. Nelson
D-Cabell
Circuit Court Jurors Excused To April 18
Jurors reporting for Raleigh County Circuit Court were excused until 9 30 a.m. April 18. A drunken driving case will go to magistrate court. Charges of negligent homicide against John A. Toney are continued. Toney's attorney is Anthony J. Sparacino, a House of Delegates member, due to legislative involvement. Richard Dale Perkins, set for arson trial, is in the Army and the case remains open.
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Raleigh County
Thomas Canterbury
John A. Toney
Toney
Anthony J. Sparacino
House of Delegates
Sparacino
Richard Dale Perkins
Ervin accuses White House aides of evading questions in testimony
Senator Ervin criticized White House aides for testifying after contact with JITT and McLaren. He cited Justice official Richard McLaren and a Supreme Court brief denying senators protection for conversations with aides. Petersen testified a West Coast DA's conduct was improper in the Nixon 1968 campaign probe, but Kleindienst’s clearing decision preserved public confidence.
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White House
Jitt
McLaren
Ervin
Richard W. McLaren
Antitrust Division
Justice Department
ITT
Ramsden
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Congress
Henry Petersen
U.S
Nixon
Kleindienst
UMW Local Demands Boyle Resign After Embezzlement Conviction
The United Mine Workers Local 4043 representing 600 members calls for W. A. Boyle to resign after his conviction for funneling union funds to political candidates. The by laws require resignation when embezzlement is proven. Other locals in the state may join the push as Boyle has not stepped down.
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OSAGE
UPI
United Mine Workers
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Washington
Viet Nam war reports near Saigon and Pleiku
Vietnam era news notes three U S advisers wounded near Highway 13 about 41 miles north of Saigon as a South Vietnamese unit was hit by rockets. Two U S Army helicopters were hit and one OH6 crashed near Pleiku wounding a crewman. An OH58 was hit over Binh Dinh Province with one crewman wounded.
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Bien Hoa
Saigon
Highway 13
Pleiku
Binh Dinh
Deaths And Funerals James P Snead 46 Beckley Vet official
Final rites for James P Snead 46 of 615 Dallas Court Hampton Va will be held at 2 pm Thursday in the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev R Jack Sadler officiating Additional services will be held 11 am Saturday in Hampton Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery He died 555 pm Monday at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital where he served as chief of recreation He was born Aug 31 1925 in Mullens and is survived by his wife Carol V Snead two daughters Penny and Kathy a son Jimmy two brothers Charles of Sylvania Pa and William of Largo FL and other family friends may call after 4 pm today Pallbearers named
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James P.snead
Dallas Court
Hampton
Benbiey
Caffee Funeral
R. Jack
Sadler
Park Lawn Cemetery
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Chhief
Carol V. Snead
Penny
Kathy
Jimmy
Charles
Sylvania
William
Largo
Fla
William ‘Shumate
Jimmy Beard
Jimmy Lyons
Jack Lawton
Walter Kephart
Herb Vass
Funeral plans incomplete for Sgt Earlie Harris
Sgt Earlie Harris 58 native of Alderson died at 5 30 am in a local hospital en route from Fort Eustis Va to an overseas assignment Survivors include two daughters Mrs Wanda Jackson Charleston and Mrs Edith Lavender of Pennsylvania three sisters Mrs Grace Ailstock Beckley Mrs Mary Hambrick Rainelle and Mrs Inez Croy of Alderson and a brother Walter Harris Beckley The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home
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E-5
Earlie
Ervin Harris
Alderson
Fort Eustis
Wanda Jackson
Charleston
Edith Lavender
Pennsylvania
Grace Ailstock
Beckley
Mary Hambrick
Rainelle
Inez Croy
Walter Harris
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Funeral rites set for Ernest Mason Jones in Jacksonville
Ernest Mason Jones 50, of Jacksonville Florida and formerly Beckley, dies Sunday of an apparent heart attack. Funeral at 11 a m Thursday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Robert Fuqua. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Also final rites for Jesse L Hamlet 79 of Shady Spring at 2 p m Friday in Keyser Bryant Chapel with Rev C B Donnelly and Elder George Foley. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Hamlet born June 6 1892 Blowing Rock NC, son of James Monroe Hamlet and Sarah Green Hamlet, retired C and O Railway foreman, active in Southern West Virginia Gospel Singers Association. He survived by Mrs Maude Nichols Hamlet, daughters Ruth Wilcox Beckley and Edith Dunlap Melbourne Florida, four grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Funeral home visitation Thursday 5 p m to 9 p m.
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Ernest Mason Jones
Jacksonville, Fla
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Robert Fuqua
Sunset Memorial Park
Jacksonville
Jesse L. ‘Hamlet
Shady Spring
Keyser
Blowing Rock Missionary
Reverend George Berger 86 Dies After Long Illness
The Rev George R Berger 86 of 134 Seymont Street Beckley died at 5 25 am in a local hospital after a long illness He was a retired miner and clergyman who last pastored the Sullivan Baptist Church He was born May 18 1885 in Pittsylvania County Virginia He was a member of Magnolia Baptist Church Helen and is survived by wife Alice Berger five sons George R Jr Cleveland Ohio James and Havester Beckley Joe Lester Newark N J and the Rev Clarence Berger Detroit Mich three daughters Mrs Dekota Arnett Helen Mrs Mary E Scott Beckley and Mrs Odessa Waller Philadelphia Pa The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
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George R. Berger
Seymont St
Beckley
Sullivan Baptist Church
Pittsylvania County
Magnolia Baptist Church
Helen
Alice Berger
George R, Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
James
Havester
Joe Lester
Newark
N. J
Clarence Berger
Detroit
Mich
Dekota Arnett
Mary E. Scott
Odessa Waller
Philadelphia
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Robert Arthur Weis
Terry
Mount Hope
Robert Lincoln
Anna Elizabeth Weis
United Mine Workers of America
Christian Church
Madeline Ames Weis
Robert Arthur Jr
Rochester
N. Y
Teddy Eugene
Ruby Ann Hedricks
Regina Gail Weis
Leslie
Jack
Piney View
Sebert
Gustie Guthrie
Fayette County
Ethel Whitt
Norva Johnson
Novella Ames
Pisney View
Marjorie Kincaid
Maple Fork
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Funeral service for Alton B Bragg in Hinton
Alton Basil Bragg aged 67 of 302 11th Ave Hinton dies after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at E M Meadows Funeral Home Hinton with Rev C H Martin and Rev Charles Pollinton officiating. Burial in family cemetery at Sandstone. He is father of Miss Myran Bragg of Beckley.
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Alton Basil ‘Bragg
11Th Ave
Hinton
E. M. Meadows
C. H. Martin
Charles Pollinton
Sandstone
Myran Bragg
Beckley
Death Notice for Cecil Philyaw, 71, Hickory
Cecil Philyaw 71 of 111 Dixon Ave died early today in Hickory North Carolina. The body is at Melton Mortuary.
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Cecil Philyaw
Dixon Ave
Hickory
N. C
Melton Mortuary
Strip Mine Slide Is Object Of Suit
A pollution dispute in Paynter's Branch targets a strip mine operation. Is land Creek Coal Co. and Rogers Brothers Construction Co. may be required to clean up the stream and access road slides. Wyoming County Prosecutor D Grove Moler predicted an injunction ruling early next month.
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Pineville
UPS
Paynter’s
Island Creek Coal Co
Rogers Brothers Construction Co
Wyoming County
D. Grove Moler
Two Drivers Cited by City Police in Beckley Court Notice
City police cited James Edward Sexton 23 of Fireco for speeding at 8 10 a m Tuesday and Patrick Jenkins 24 of Mullens for improper registration at 6 25 p m Tuesday. Both ordered to appear in Beckley Municipal Court Monday.
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James Edward Sexton
Fireco
Patrick Jenkins
Mullens
Beckley Municipal Court
Incompleted Obituaries for Weis and Milana Dwellers in State
Incompleted obituary notices report the deaths of Robert Arthur Weis 64 of Terry at 11 30 p m after a short illness and Santo Milana 85 of Sophia at 3 30 p m a retired coal miner Milana was born in Italy and had four grandchildren and three great grandchildren The notices name surviving relatives and family ties though with missing fragments and garbled lines
Final rites for Posey Bolt in White Sulphur Springs
Posey Jason Bolt 75 of White Sulphur Springs dies after a long illness in a Virginia hospital. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Woodrow Taylor presiding. Burial in Rosewood Cemetery. Survived by sister Elizabeth Howard. Body at Shanklin Funeral Home.
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Posey Jason Bolt
White Sulphur Springs
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Woodrow Taylor
Rosewood
Virginia
Elizabeth Howard
Beckley
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Jesse L. Hamlet
George Berger
Alton B. Bragg
Moler
Robert A. Weis
Santo Milana
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Milana
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
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Milia
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I Frank
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Calif
Alfonso
Peter
Harley
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Monterey
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Phillip
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Shanklin Funeral Home
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