Ulster Leader William Craig May Resort to Force
William Craig, 47, a Protestant leader and lawyer who heads Ulster groups, warns that force could be used if political progress stalls. The interview in Belfast discusses his stance amid ongoing tensions and calls for security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Grigg
Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPD
William Craig
Ulster
Thay
Vanguard
United Press International
Craig
Britain
London
West Virginia campaign rivals clash over attorney general race
In Morgantown area politics, Haden and Laurita, both vying for the attorney general post, discuss strategies after Morgantown High School days and a 1968 race. Laurita touts a strong law record while Haden cites better GOP funding and environmental enforcement goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
Monongalia County
Goldwater
Moore
Haden
Chauncey Browning
Laurita
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Browning
Morgantown High School
Democrats Seek Loyalty Rule To Cash Seniority Rewards
In Washington a secret Senate Democratic caucus weighs requiring party loyalty for rewards such as committee chairmanships and seniority benefits. Sens Harris and Humphrey push reforms aimed at Eastland who seeks re election as a regular Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James O. Eastland
D.miss
Eastland
Mississippi
National Committee
Judiciary Committee
Health Groups and Auto Makers Unite Against Lead in Gasoline
Health and environmental groups join auto industry to oppose EPA plans for lead limits in gasoline. EPA proposes 0.05 grams per gallon while keeping leaded fuel for older cars. GM and American Motors call the limit insufficient for catalyst protection and emission control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Mead
Washington
UPI
Auto Industry
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
General Motors
American Motors
Vietnam bases hit as communists press offensive across South
Night attacks hit Da Nang Phu Bai Cam Ranh Bay and Tan My bases with mortar barrages. Fourteen civilians died at Da Nang and ten Americans wounded. EC47 destroyed and F4 damaged. Reinforcements to Phu Bai amid continued North Vietnamese assaults in the Central Highlands and around Hue and Bastogne near Phu Bai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Phu Bai
Hue
North
Cam Ranh Bay
Tan My
Central Highlands
Binh Dinh
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Dong Ha-Cua Viet River
A Shau
Bastogne
Radio
North Vietnam
Thanh Hoa
Bai Thuong
Three candidates picked for Holliday successor by local committees
Correction states three names submitted to Gov Arch Moore Jr were chosen by a four member panel from Greenbrier and Fayette counties on April 10. The committee members identities were not disclosed. Nominees are Bob C. Mason Oak Hill Virgil Eades Ansted and Louis R. Tabit Falls View. Holliday resigned due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Moore Jr
Robert K. Holliday
D.-Fayette
Senatorial District
Democratic Executive Committee
Raleigh Register
Fayette County
Shirley Love
Greenbrier County
Love
the Register
Bob C. Mason
Oak Hill
Virgil Eades
Ansted
Louis R. Tabit
Falls View
Holliday
Ransom Hijacker Pleads Guilty in Airways Case
Richard Charles LaPoint, a Vietnam veteran from Seabrook NHS, pleaded guilty to air piracy for forcing a Hughes Airwest DC9 from Nevada to Colorado. He bailed out with 50 000 dollars on approach to Denver Jan 20 after being arrested near an open farm field. The government dismissed kidnapping charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
UPI
Richard Charles LaPoint
Nevada
Colorado
Seabrook
Nhs
LaPoint
Department Faces Staffing Gap Ahead of New Driving Law
Shields warned the department lacks 61 000 needed to hire three hearing examiners two stenographers and one clerk to implement the bill starting July 1. He criticized the legislature for funding delays and said additional staff are required to handle expected hearings and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lvative
Shields
Deaths and Funerals in Beckley Area Honor Veterans and Locals
Funeral services are set for Gale W. Kelly 45 of Princewick at Coal City Church of God with burial in Coal City Cemetery. Also listed are Cecil Philyaw 71 of Beckley, Santa Milana 85 of Sophia, Sgt. Earlie Harris 58 Alderson native, Allen VanHorne 52 of Charleston, Robert Weis 64 of Terry, and others with services, call times, and burial sites noted.
Woman Killed Baby Critically Hurt In Wreck
A head on two car crash on old U S 50 in Pennsboro WV left Anna Lou Kittle 30 of Williamstown dead on arrival and her 16 month old son Jeffrey critically injured with a broken leg and head injury. Richard Ross 54 of Pennsboro sustained a sprained wrist as the other driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsboro
UPI
U.S
Pear Hero
Wood County
Anna Lou Kittle
Williamstown
Jeffrey
Kittle
Richard Ross
Weather Looks Good For Apollo 16 Launch
Forecasters predict partly cloudy skies and 15 mph winds with 80 degree heat for the Apollo 16 launch at Cape Kennedy. Officials anticipate large crowds near Kennedy Space Center as John Young Thomas Mattingly and Charles Duke prepare for their final prelaunch briefing with geologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
APD
Kennedy Space Center
Florida Highway Patrol
Space Agency
John W. Young
Thomas K. Mattingly
Charles M. Duke
Nixon Trip Demonstrations Tie to Trudeau Talks
About 30 U.S. draft dodgers staged a mock immigration hearing on Parliament Hill as protests against Nixon's visit begin. Larger demonstrations are planned through Friday and Saturday over the Vietnam War and U S economic dominance of Canada. Nixon and Trudeau will hold two hours of private talks Friday morning on politics and trade frictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Parliament Hill
Nixon
Vietnam
Canada
Trudeau
Phase II Is For Business Witnesses Press Prices At hearings
A six member AFL-CIO monitoring group presented a shopping bag of overpriced groceries to the Price Commission, blasting price controls as a farce. Violet Waggoner of Denver described recent hikes from 57 to 69 cents for peanut butter and 89 cents to $1.03 for tea, while noting an unadjusted discount tag. Charles E. Johnson of the United Steel Workers echoed claims of local price spikes from Tacoma, calling Phase II of the program for big business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
The
Price Commission
Afl-Cio
Union
Internal Revenue Service
Violet Waggoner
Denver
Charles E. Johnson
United Steel Workers Union
jTacoma
Wash
Johnson
Funeral services for Charles H Slaughter in Hopewell
Funeral services for Charles H Slaughter 62 of Hopewell will be held 11 am Saturday at Gould Funeral Home Hopewell Burial at Bermuda Hundred Cemetery Chesterfield County Va He died at McGuire Hospital Hopewell He was born Harewood West Virginia a Navy veteran and Broadway Baptist Church member Survived by wife Doris three sons Edward DeWayne and Bobbie L one sister Mrs Anna Clark eight The family will receive friends 7 to 9 pm Friday at Gould Funeral Home.
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Gale W. Kelly
Princewick
Coal City
U. S. Army
Westmoreland Coal Co
Stotesbury
Beckley Moose
Eagles Lodges
Lois Meadows
Bristol
Tenn
Ruth White
Birmingham
Ala
Keyser- Bryant
Robert Arthur Weis
Terry
Terry Christian Church
Gene Hall
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Webb and Neal
Gould Funeral Home
Hopewell
Charles H. ‘Slaughter
Oak Hill
Bermuda Hundred
Chesterfield County
U. S. Navy
William M. Bousheley
Green Valley Addition
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
W. F. Tolliver
Sunset Memorial Park
Affinity
Everett
Hattie Levert Bousheley
Green Valley
Beckley Eagles Lodge
Jack
Crab Orchard
Nancy Payne
Charlottesville
Tilman St. Clair Dies in Montgomery Hospital at 90 p.m.
Tilman St. Clair, 52, of Page died in a Montgomery hospital at 90 p.m. Wednesday. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilman St. Clair
Page
Montgomery
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Hill
UMWA Locals Schedule Political Meeting in Beckley
Members from Fayette Raleigh Wyoming and Greenbrier counties urged to attend a Sunday 2 p m meeting at Stratton Junior High School Beckley. All candidates endorsed by the UMWA are asked to speak to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
UMWA
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Greenbrier
Stratton Junior High
Beckley
Funeral services for Joseph A Johnson of Portsmouth
Funeral services for Joseph A Johnson 77 of Portsmouth will be at Broadstreet Methodist Church with burial in Olive Branch Cemetery. He died at 6 pm Tuesday in a Richmond hospital. He was the brother of Mrs. Georgia Puckett Johnson formerly of Beckley. Twifford Colonial Chapel Portsmouth in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Johnson
Portsmouth
Broadstreet Methodist Church
Olive Branch
Richmond, Va
Georgia Puckett Johnson
Beckley
Twifford Colonial Chapel
Funeral Rites Planned for Jesse L Hamlet at Keyser Bryant
Pallbearers named for 79 year old Jesse L Hamlet of Shady Spring. Funeral service set for 2 p.m. Friday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev C S Donnelly and Elder George Foley. burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Died at 10 30 a m Tuesday in a local hospital after a brief illness. Visitation at the funeral home from 5 p m to 9 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Milana
Sophia
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
Fred X. Williams
Emmitt,Utt
Steve Passell
Baxter Houck
Bill Browsky Jr
Wally Lorenz
Dominick Gassaniti
Earlie Ervin Harris
Alderson
Webb
Neal
Beckley
C. S. Donnelly
Ft. Lee
U. S. Army
Beckley Hospital
Jesse L. Hamlet
Shady Spring
B. B. Epperly
Darrell Shively
A. G
W.A. Wilcox
Carl Reed
Kenneth Gross
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
George Foley
Mrs Verlie Kelly Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Mrs Verlie Kelly 71 of Herndon died at home after a heart attack. Born June 22 1900 Bear town daughter of Perry and Lilly Milan. Survived by husband Ivan three sons Basil Eugene Jimmy. six daughters twenty grandchildren ten great grandchildren twenty plus siblings. Body at Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton.
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Verlie Kelly
Herndon
Beartown
Perry and
Lilly White Milan
Ivan
Basil
Bud
Eugene
Saigon
Jimmy
Baltimore
Clayton Bailey
Elmer Smith
Raymond Smith
Matoaka
William Arnold
Indian Head
Marvin Adams
Lilly Cameron
Blue Ridge
Bernard
Alpeca
Aubrey
Ishmael
Hunter
Paul
Clara Reese
Hiawatha
Mae. Fisk
Mullens
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Caribbean
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Bill Dena
LOS Angeles Times
Petroleum Industry
Thur. - FK
Sat
Neville ST
SHOE
Cecil A. Philyaw
Cecil Alvin Philyaw
Dixon Ave
Melton Mortuary
Ray Board
Sunset Memorial ‘Park
Tom Greene
Hickory
N. C
North Carolina
John
Elizabeth Donahoo Philyaw
Roy
Lonnie
Oceana
Cuba
San Jose
Calif
Felix Philyaw
Dayton
Ohio
Oma Archery
Sgt
Earlie Harris
Allen VanHorne
Allen R. VanHorne
Woodvale Drive
Charleston
Allen IR. VanHorne II
Orchard Ave
Walter and
Hazel VanHorne
Buckhorn-Hazard Coal Corp
Ogleby-Norton Rayford
Elks Club
Ferndale
Ralph J. VanHorne
Okinawa
Susan Gail VanHorne
Lewis
McManville
Alfred Lee VanHorne
U. S.navy
Quantico
Barlow- Bonsall Funeral Home
Robert A. Weis
Apollo
Charles H. Slaughter
William Bousheley
Joseph Johnson
Mrs. Reena Toney
Reena Virginia Davis Toney
Dothan
Pack’s Branch
Peter and
Martha Creger Davis
Luther K
Gauley Bridge
Leslie M
Sandusky
Sally Webb
Helen Pegram
Joppa, Md
H. B. Davis
J. R. Davis
Mrs. Verlie Kelly
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