Hindrance Not Help Abolitionists Question Rockefeller Role
Mountain Life & Work editors Tom Woodruff and Bernie Aronson argue Rockefeller hindered the West Virginia strip mining abolition movement. They say his entry and leadership gave the industry a target and weakened grassroots efforts, reducing his potential as an ally.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Mountain Life & Work
Council of the Southern Mountains
Contend
John D. Rockefeller
Tom Woodruff
Bernie Aronson
Rockefeller
Americans Bid Fond Farewell to Peking Friends in China Trip
American table tennis players left Peking for Shanghai after a two hour flight. Chinese world champions won the first series 10 to 7. A jubilee cup is planned with over forty Americans against Chinese officials. A banquet in Shanghai honored the visitors with praise for the warm friendship between nations.
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Shanghai
China
UPI
Peking
Tim Brogan
Detroit
U.S
George Ruben
Michigan
Richard Miles
Yang Chin-ya
The
China Association For
Yang
Graham Steenhoven
Welch Hospital Picket Clash Sparks Court Action
About 150 nonprofessional hospital workers walked off Wednesday at Doctor's Memorial Hospital Welch. Police were called to control minor clashes between pickets and entrants. No serious injuries were reported as hospital officials seek a court injunction to limit picket numbers amid stalled contract talks.
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WELCH
UPI
Doctor’s Memorial Hospital
Yugoslav Rebel Group Attacks Embassy Wounding Secretary
The Ustasha rebel faction broke into the embassy and opened fire. Rolovic's secretary Mira Stempha was wounded in the chest and is reported to be recovering.
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Ustasha (Rebellion
Rolovic
Mira Stempha
Pakistan War Spills Into India
East Pakistan civil war reached India on at least three occasions as Pakistani air force planes machine gunned Kasba border village and artillery fire hit Indian villages in Dinajpur and Sonamura. No casualties reported. India to protest and demand Pakistani pullback under frontier agreements.
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New Delhi
UPI
Pakistan
India
Tripura
Kasba
Statesman Newspaper
Calcutta
East Pakistan
Dinajpur
Sonamura
Administration Defends FBI Amid Surveillance Claims
Washington officials reject charges that the FBI spied on private citizens at Earth Day rallies. White House secretary Ziegler calls the accusations unfounded and politically motivated while Sen. Muskie urges oversight and an independent review board to monitor intelligence gathering.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Ziegler
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Senate
FBI
Griffin
Muskie
Congress
Board of Review
Chicago researchers tout NPT-10381 cold knockout in 24 hours
A University of Chicago team unveiled NPT-10381 at the 51st FABE meeting in Chicago claiming the drug attacks the common cold within 24 hours and also acts on influenza and chicken pox. Dr. Paul Gordon said the medication works quickly against viral diseases.
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Chicago
API
University of Chicago
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Paul Gordon
University of Chicago Medical School
Community drives raise near nine thousand in Beckley event
In 1970 the in house to house solicitation total benefited from a Beckley Plaza Shopping Center project funds and will be repeated this year by the Community Preps with memorial donations. The annual Foundation drive total is approaching $9,000.
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Beckley Plaza
Legislative suit challenges redistricting plan in federal court
Pleasants County residents led by Charlotte Rolston file a lawsuit claiming the legislature did not make a good faith effort to achieve precise mathematical quality among the four representative districts. The suit asks the federal court to stop Secretary John Rockefeller from conducting a House election under the new redistricting map.
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Charlotte Rolston
Pleasants County
Secretary of State
John D. Rockefeller
House of Representatives
South Vietnam Opens Offensive Near Fire Base 6
South Vietnamese forces with U S air and artillery launched a drive to blunt the central highlands threat. Fighting around Fire Base 6 eased while Hanoi aims to seize Fire Base 6 Dak To and Ben Het. U S casualty toll last week reached 42 dead and 318 wounded, raising total American deaths to 44 918.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Dzu
Central Highlands
Base 6
Dak To
Ben Het
Tan Canh
Udall Urges Zero Population Growth Policy
Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall calls for a national zero population growth policy and, if needed, nationwide legal abortion and tax breaks to encourage smaller families. He told the White House Commission on Population Growth on Wednesday. Reverend James T. McHughes urged a policy guaranteeing couples freedom to bear and support the number of children they desire.
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Washington
UPI
Stewart L. Udall
United States
Udall
White House
Muskie slams Nixon on no game plan for economy
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie told Louisiana AFL-CIO delegates that the Nixon administration has no real plan to lower unemployment or boost the economy. He said it has been spinning its wheels for 27 months and fighting for tax breaks business does not need. He urged action to prevent further bankruptcies and job losses nationwide.
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Baton Rouge
UPID
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Democrat
Louisiana
Muskie
Elmore To Appear Before Grand Jury
A U S grand jury recessed in Bluefield until April 22 to hear testimony from Clarence Elmore former state Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner his daughter Connie Bennett and attorney Walter Burton of Princeton. Justice Department would not disclose the investigation details. Elmore was convicted years ago for income tax evasion during Gov Barron administration and is appealing that conviction.
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Bluefield
UPI
U.S
Clarence Elmore
Elmore
Connie Bennett
Walter Burton
Princeton
Justice Department
ABC
W. W. Barron
Urban jobless rate among poor hits 9 percent
In the first quarter, unemployment averaged 9 percent in poor neighborhoods of the 100 largest urban areas, compared with 5.9 percent nationwide. The rate matched the prior quarter and rose sharply from 6.3 percent a year earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Ford GM Ready To Meet New Emissions Standard
Ford Motor Co said it would study the new rules to determine product impact while General Motors Corp announced plans to produce cars that meet the standard, covering both domestically manufactured models and imports.
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Cess
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Brutality Charges Lead to Suspensions at Marine Recruit Depot
Chicago recruit Pvt. Gary R. Estes claims two drill instructors assaulted him at the San Diego depot, prompting a Marine Corps probe and the suspensions of the instructors pending inquiry. Estes, who reported for duty March 27, described blows with a shower shoe and a midsection punch.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Chicago
Marine Corps
Gary R. Estes
Estes
NYU Considers Dropping Basketball and Track Programs
NYU facing a $4.5 million deficit evaluated a proposal to drop intercollegiate basketball and track. If approved by the faculty student senate it will go to the board of trustees. baseball rumors also circulated. NYU, with over 33,000 students, estimated annual costs of about $500,000 for these sports.
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NEW York
UPI
New York University
NYU
Board of Trustees
Officials seek testimony from Rogers and Laird on dates
Debate asked Secretary of State William P. Rogers to appear April 27 and Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird to testify May 4. Rogers has not replied and Laird said he had a conflict with other commitments.
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Secretary of
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Rogers
Laird
Waldorf Astoria Sued Over Hidden 2 Percent Charge
New York Attorney General Lefkowitz sues the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking to stop a 2 percent phantom fund charge on room bills. About 64,338 guests from December 1969 to May 1970 allegedly paid $113,202.83 for unitemized sundries with possible triple damages.
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New York
UPI
New Astoria Hotel
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Ber
Waldorf
Barnett Levy
Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection
Inmates Seize Kingston Penitentiary in Major Prison Uprising
More than 509 prisoners took control of Kingston Penitentiary locking six guards as hostages after an uprising sparked at 10:30 PM during a television recreation. A 30 member Canadian forces contingent stood by as negotiations continued with inmates demanding press access and threatening to maim hostages if gunfire resumed.
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Kingston, Ont
UPI
Kingston Penitentiary
Barriefield
Ont
John Moloney
Moloney
Dust Storm Blasts Texas in 60 MPH Winds
Dust storms lash West Texas with 60 mph gusts blasting Lubbock and Amarillo. A 21-car crash occurs as dust reduces visibility while a 70-year-old woman fractures her hip on a wind blown porch. Water scarcity and drought threaten crops across the region.
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Lubbock
Tex
UPI
Winnie Redin
Heath Furniture Co
Amarillo
Dean Nichols
Orick
West Texas
Lubbock County
Nichols
Southwest
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
WVU Dentistry Dean To Lunch With All 244 Of His Students
WVU School of Dentistry dean W. Robert Biddington will lunch with all 244 students by late spring. The weekly gatherings started when he sought closer contact with students. Luncheons, financed by the alumni association, foster better communication among students alumni and the administration.
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WVU Dentistry
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
School of Dentistry
W. Robert Biddington
Biddington
Final rites set for Mrs. Ruby P. Brown of Harper Heights
Mrs Ruby P Brown 70 of Harper Heights dies in a local hospital after a short illness Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 pm in Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Jim Franklin officiating Burial follows in Mount Tabor Cemetery She was a Raleigh County resident for 52 years and a Harper Heights Missionary Baptist Church member She was born March 28 1901 in Alderson Her husband Sam Brown died March 9 1959 Survivors include five sons and seven daughters thirty grandchildren and seven great grandchildren The body will lie in state at the mortuary after 5 pm Friday
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Ruby P. Brown
Harper Heights
Melton
Jim Franklin
Mount Tabor
Raleigh County
Harper Heights Missionary
Tom Trstenik
Tom Krstenik
Glen Rogers
Melton Mortuary
Sunset Memorial Park
Austria
Hungary
Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Co
Trstenik
UMWA
Beckley
Nick Rukovana
Mike Streho
Mike Bodnar
Gere
Will Massie
Pete Kovach
Willa Barker
First Baptist Church
Eric Tyree
J. C. Gilbert
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ernest and
Rosa Penn
Mary Ferguson
Columbus
Ohio
Ritchie and Johnson
Funeral notices list Brooks Krstenik Barker elders
Obituaries and funeral notices for Harlen Brooks 73 of Eccles Tom Krstenik 77 of Glen Rogers and Mrs Willa Barker 67 of Harper Heights describe deaths and services. Brooks and Barker were died after long illnesses with services and pallbearers, calls and final arrangements at local funeral homes.
Funeral plans incomplete for Amos Keene of Coopers
Amos Keene 72 of Coopers died after a long illness. The body is at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Amos Keene
Coopers
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Allegheny Mohawk merger proposed to form sixth largest airline
Allegheny Airlines proposes a merger with Mohawk to create the sixth largest U S commercial air passenger service. The plan, subject to Mohawk debt reorganization, would convert Mohawk into a subsidiary with one Allegheny share for 4.25 Mohawk shares. The combined carrier would operate 170 cities in 20 states and Canada and requires approvals from stockholders directors the CAB and President Nixon. Allegheny serves seven West Virginia cities.
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Washington
UPI
Allegheny Airlines
Mohawk
Allegheny
States
Canada
United States
Civil Aeronautics Board
Nixon
West Virginia
Huntington
Charleston
Elkins
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Missing Cabell Heights Man Found After Roanoke Search
Dale Lilly, 49, was located Wednesday night in Roanoke Virginia and returned home. Relatives said he was seen earlier Wednesday in Pearisburg and had last been seen Monday walking after X-rays at Mountaineer Family Health Plan may have prompted the outing.
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Cabell Heights
Roanoke
Dale Lilly
Pearisburg
Lilly
Raleigh Hill
Mountaineer Family Health Plan, Inc
School Aide Faints at Brooks Adair Special Education School
Mrs. Clifford Sanger 43 an aide at Brooks Adair Special Education School in Raleigh fainted at 9 45 a m and was taken to Raleigh General Hospital.
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Raleigh Ambulance Service
Brooks Adair
Clifford
Hilda) Sanger
Death of Mrs. Adeline Miller in Kansas City
Mrs. Adeline Miller of Kansas City Missouri, former Beckley Presbyterian missionary, died Tuesday morning following a stroke. She and her husband the late Rev H H Miller once lived in Raleigh County where he served in Terry Slab Fork and Glen Daniel areas. She belonged to Beckley Presbyterian Church and her body will be taken to Somerset Kentucky for funeral services and burial.
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Adeline Miller
Kansas City
Beckley Presbyterian
Freeman Ralph obituary for George Punch Freeman
Funeral services for George Punch Freeman 75 of Harper Heights formerly of Glen Rogers are at 2 30 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church Harper Heights with Elder J C Richardson and Rev Nelson Staples officiating Burial is in Greenwood Memorial Park He died at 710 a m Wednesday Friends at the Ritchie and
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George (Punch) Freeman
Harper Heights
Glen Rogers
First Baptist Church
J. C. Richardson
Nelson Staples
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Death Takes Herbert A Calvert Veteran and Ford Worker
Herbert A Calvert 48 of Thayer died at home Tuesday evening of an apparent heart attack. A Ford Motor Co. employee in Cleveland, WWII Navy veteran, he leaves wife Elizabeth Oak Hill son Larry Oak Hill and siblings across Thayer Cleveland Hinton and Thayer. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with burial in Calvert Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 10 p.m. today.
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Herbert Allen Calvert
Thayer
Ford Motor Co
Cleveland
Holiness Church
Concho
Homer Calvert
Ernie Mae Williams Calvert
Elizabeth
Oak Hill
Larry
Hubert
Tracy
Raymond
James
Bertha Richmond
Hinton
Naoma Stickler
Tyree
Norfolk service station killings prompt robbery charges
Larry Dale Worley 24 of Norfolk was stabbed to death early Tuesday during a robbery at the service station where he worked. Edward M. Bressler Jr. 18 of Norfolk also died. A trio and a juvenile, all Norfolk residents, face robbery and two counts of murder. Worley’s parents were visiting Bolt at the time. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Holman Brown Funeral Home in Norfolk.
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Bolt
Larry Dale Worley
Norfolk
Edward M. Bressler Jr
Worey
Dempsey Worley
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Karen Kinder
Mark Skewes
Lille Clay
Dick Houchins
Payne
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Nader
Waldorf-Astoria
Harlen Brooks
Eccles
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Wyoming County
Chris and
Carrie Allen Brooks
Lettie Clay Brooks
Crab Orchard
Clarence Brooks
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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Mrs. Adeline Miller
George Freeman
Herbert A. Calvert
Larry D. Worley
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