Half Million Dollars Sought For Educational Television Construction At Grandview
Mercer County Schools seek federal funds to finance a Channel 9 ETV station at Grandview Beckley area. The project totals 549 721 with 283 825 50 requested from federal programs plus state and local contributions. If funds are approved and matching sources align a fall 1970 air date is planned with advisory council oversight.
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Mercer County
George W
Institute of Technology
Robert
R. Thomas
WOAY
Woay-Tv
Oak Hill
J. L. Wallace
West Virginia State College
Channel 9
Beckley-Grandview
Fayette, McDowell
Mercer, Nicholas
Raleigh
West Virginia University
Bluefield
Tional Broadcasting Authority
State College
Concord College
West Virginia Institute
West Virginia
Southeastern West Virginia
Wmal-Tv
Charleston
Huntington
they/TV
Morgantown
W. R. Cooke
Governor Seeks Fast Move for Northern Panhandle Air
West Virginia Governor Arch Moore Jr urges the federal government to elevate the Northern Panhandle in the national air quality region list. He met with National Air Pollution Control Administration official Doyle Borders to press for quicker action. The four-county area was initially ranked 31st among 32 regions designated this year.
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Charleston
API
Arch Moore Jr
West Virginia
Panhandle
Moore
Doyle Borders
National Air Pollution Control Administration
United States
Eight-year term for girl in fatal school corridor shooting
Miami judge gives 18 year old Blanche Patricia Ward eight years for manslaughter after a January 30 1968 death of 16 year old Linda Lipscomb at Miami Jackson Senior High. Ward cried I want my mama as she heard the sentence with six months of confinement already served counted toward the term.
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Miami
UPI
Blanche Patricia Ward
Miami Jackson Senior High
Miss Ward
Linda Lipscomb
Harold Vatn
Miss Lipscomb
Sue
Vann
Jury Deliberation Prolonged in Sirhan Sirhan Case
In Charleston, a seven man five woman jury retires for long deliberations over Sirhan Sirhan’s fate for Kennedy’s assassination. A quick verdict on first degree murder remains uncertain as hearings explore the Potomac River Basin Compact and possible life or death sentencing.
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Charleston
UPI
Panhandle
Jack V. Fox
Los Angeles
Sir-j
Sirhan
Pofear
Tomac Hiver
Martinsburg
Robert F
Gas Chamber
Romney
Kennedy
West Virginia
Jia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Congress
Biltmore
Ambassador Hotel
Russell Parsons
Hall of Justice
Parsons
North Korea Claims Downing Of U S Recon Plane
The EC121 reconnaissance plane reportedly went down near the Korean coast after North Korea said it shot the unarmed craft with a single high altitude strike. U S officials noted 31 crewmen likely perished as extensive search efforts continued and North Korea accused the plane of intruding into its airspace.
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Congress
North Korea
Nixon
National Security Council
L .Mendell
Rivers
D-S.c
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Tokyo
Nixon moves to normalize relations with Cambodia
The United States informed Prince Sihanouk it will recognize Cambodia’s sovereignty independence and neutrality and seeks to reestablish diplomatic relations. A note from President Nixon conveyed U S recognition of Cambodia’s present frontiers and borders as defined by the United Nations Charter amid a long-standing dispute over alleged U S incursions during the Vietnam War and Sihanouk’s break in 1965.
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U.S
Kingdom of Cambodia
Sihanouk
United States
America
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Nixon
State Department
Washington
Mideast groups reject latest Jordanian peace proposals
An unprecedented joint statement by Al Fatah Al Saiqah the Palestine Liberation Front the Popular Democratic Front and the Palestine Liberation Organization rejects Jordanian peace proposals and any plan to liquidate the Palestine cause. Saudi and Iraqi papers attack Hussain plan while Israel defends demolitions in the Golan Heights drawing Syrian accusations and war crimes comparisons.
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Washington
AL Fatah
al Saiqah
Palestine Liberation Front
Popular Democratic Front
Palestine Liberation Organization
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Huss Jsein
U.N. Security
United Nations
Israel
Golan Heights
Syria
George 3l Tomeh
iCouncilmen Hunt For Quorum Delays Wheeling Budget Meeting
Wheeling city council meeting was delayed three hours as one member flew from Harrisburg to reach the chamber. Quorum was not reached with three dissidents absent. Cecil Hedrick returned from Harrisburg late to attend the postponed session and help approve the 1969-70 budget before the midnight deadline.
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Wheeling
UPI
Harrisburg
Cecil Hedrick
Hedrick
Deaths and obituaries for William J. Barbour Jr
Funeral services for William J. Barbour Jr. 61 of Charleston formerly of Beckley will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Kesger Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joseph A. Richards officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Barbour died Monday in Charleston at 10:30 a.m. from an apparent heart attack. Friends may call after 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barbour Jr
William J. Barbour Jr
Charleston
Beckley
Kesger-Bryant
Joseph A. Richards
Sunset Memorial Park
Barbour
Cuhgral
Tony
Death Notices In Beckley And Oak Hill Region
William J Underwood 69 of Beckley died at 9 05 am in a local hospital. Funeral services for Donald Wilson 62 of Oak Hill will be Friday at 2 pm at Oak Hill Gospel Tabernacle with Rev Judie Peyton in charge. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Wilson died on arrival at Oak Hill hospital Sunday from an apparent heart attack while in his car on Park Street. He was a disabled miner and member of Oak Hill Gospel Tabernacle. Survivors include spouse Hazel five sons M Sgt Francis Wilson in Illinois M Sgt Richard at Ft Knox Ky T Sgt Dale at Anderson AFB Guam S Sgt Donald Wilson in Vietnam and Michael Wilson East Chicago Ind four daughters Wanda Aliff Whipple Joyce Wilson Oak Hill Gloria Hammer Puerto Rico Sgt Linda Wilson Ft Richards Md four brothers Woodrow Flint Mich Cecil Chesapeake Aaron Robson Lloyd East Bank and 21 grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with visitation today 4 10 pm and Thursday 7 10 pm.
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Wilson
Oak Hill
Park Street
Tyree
Ernest Roberts funeral arrangements incomplete in Maryland
Ernest Roberts 49 of Baltimore died Tuesday at 1 30 p m after a short illness He was born April 4 1920 in Monroe County Tennessee and served in World War II He worked as a bus driver for Trailways in Beckley from 1950 to 1957 and later in Baltimore Survived by wife Virginia Burns Roberts a son Mike and a daughter Caroline Sue five brothers and three sisters The body is at McCullen Funeral Home in Baltimore pending arrangements
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Ernest Roberts
Baltimore
Beckley
Monroe County
Tenn
Lucy Roberts
Rainelle
Johnn Roberts
Trailways Consolidated Lines
Virginia Burns Roberts
Mike
Caroline Sue
James
Homer
Rankin
Sidney
Lloyd
Warren
Mich
Margie Wise
Burlington
Faye House
Lexington
Freda Connard
Jacksonville
Fla
McCullen Funeral Home
One Arrested In Probe Of Fund Shortage
Weston state hospital fund shortage leads to arrest of custodian Lowell E. Ranson. He faces embezzlement charges for missing funds totaling 2,567 dollars from patient trust accounts. Ranson, employed since 1963, held on 5,000 dollar bond in Lewis County jail as the investigation continues. Governor Arch Moore urged firing pending results.
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Weston
UPS
Weston State Hospital
Lowell E. Ranson
Lewis County
John
Holy
Ranson
Arch Moore Jr
Department of Mental Health
Rawson
Third Man Pleads To Attempted Rape In Raleigh County
A 26 year old Sprague man David Lee Johnson pleaded guilty to attempted rape in Raleigh County Criminal Court. He and 23 year old Walter St. Clair await sentencing after another man James Bika earlier received a sentence of one to five years plus a five year term for a previous felony. Police say the trio forced the boyfriend from their car on the C and O Dam Road July 7 1968 and assaulted the girl at a quarry on Grandview Road. Johnson and St. Clair remain on bonds.
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Wira Manimaiden
David Lee Johnson
Sprague
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Johnson
Walter Calvin St. Clair
Isprague
James Lee Bika
Skelton
State Penitentiary
C & O Dam
Grandview Road
Funeral notices for Jeffrey McCutcheon and Cora McGinnis
Jeffrey McCutcheon, 5, formerly of Bradley, dies from injuries in an April 7 Elyria Ohio car crash. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. in Mount Hope Tyree Chapel with burial at Restlawn Memorial Park Austed. Cora Victoria McGinnis, 89, Glen Daniel, dies after long illness. Funeral Friday 1 p.m. Melton Mortuary Chapel, burial Milam Cemetery Saxon. Grandsons to serve as bearers.
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Jeffrey McCutcheon
Bradley
Tyree
Mount Hope
Jack Logan
Restlawn Memorial Park
Austed
Ohio
Elyria
Fauerst
Dr Grandison Hints At Part Time Return To Practice
Dr Grandison suggested a partial return to medical practice noting most patients were white and he treated all as individuals. Born January 23 1881 at Quinnimont he practiced in Lester and later studied in Paris. He was a member of several medical societies and attended First Baptist Church in Lester. Margarette and his daughter lived with him. His body lay at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with viewing after 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Quinnimont
Joseph and
Louise Burroughs Grandison
Grandison
Raleigh
N. C
Shaw University
The
National Medical Society
First Baptist Church
Lester
Margarette
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral services set for Mrs. Ina Venable
Mrs. Ina Venable 61 of 112 Thurmond St will have funeral services at 11 a.m. Friday in Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. G D Toler officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday. she was preceded in death by husband Charles in January.
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Msg
Tha Venable
Thurmond St
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
G. D. Toler
Greenwood Memorial Park
Friends
Funeral
Governors and Health Director to Receive Honorary Degrees
Gov Arch A Moore Jr and Dr Mildred Bateman director of the West Virginia Department of Mental Health will be awarded honorary doctorates by state colleges Moore will speak at West Virginia Tech commencement May 11 and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree Bateman will receive an honorary doctor of humanities degree from West Virginia State College
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Charleston
UPI
Arch A. Moore Jr
Mildred Bateman
West Virginia Department of Mental Health
Moore
West Virginia Tech
West Virginia State
Police Beat Reports From Beckley Motorists and Accidents
Police report several arrests and accidents in Beckley and surrounding areas. Cited drivers faced reckless driving and red light violations, while a fire call injured workers. One collision left two injured and another fatality occurred when a vehicle ran under a truck.
Dismissal of NBPSD Complaint By WV PSC Receives Ruling
The West Virginia Public Service Commission dismissed the Raleigh County Taxpayers Protective Association complaint against North Beckley Public Service District after hearings through April 1968. It found no proof of five charges while noting questionable conduct by district officials and pending court actions. New NBPSD rates are under PSC consideration with further court actions possible.
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Wew
North Beckley
PSC
Taxpayers Association
NBPSC
James D. Lilly
Commission
Tthe
Crest Heading Toward Minot
A crest on the Moose River headed toward Minot North Carolina as 12 000 residents were driven from their homes by floods. Engineers prepared to open a dam built in 1939 to release three feet of water through White Rock South Carolina. The town’s 67 residents prepared to leave. The Mississippi River rose toward a three day crest at St Paul Minnesota with hundreds evacuated. Gov Warren Knowles declared an emergency in 13 western Wisconsin counties as the river above flood stage at Prairie du Chien.
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United Press International
Moose River
Canada
Minot
N.C
White Rock
S.C
St. Paul
Minn
Warren Knowles
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
St. Croix
Hudson
Nixon Info Policies Praised by News Editors
A committee of editors in ASNE praised Nixon administration freedom of information efforts while noting cautious optimism about future transparency. The report, presented at the 1918 convention, discussed reforms and noted division over technical spellings and regulatory reach in trials and government releases.
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Washington
UPI
The
Freedom of Denver
Republicans|Information and Press
Barland Democrats
Colorado
American ‘House of Representatives
Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Herb Klein
Nixon
Vitacultur
U.S. Information Agency
All Republic
Johnson
Webster
USNF
Charleston
Richard Homan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
Rogers
Froman
Sugar Grove
Dicton
C. S. Collier Jr
James Earl Ray Sance
North Korea
Veterans’ Affairs
Howard C. Cleavinger
Man
Spokane
Wash
Chronicle
George Beebe
Miami Herald
John W. Bloo- Nixon
Birmingham
Ala
John H. Colburn
Wichita
Kan
Eagle & Beacon
Wilformer
Lyndon B. Liam B. Dickinson
Philadelphia
Bulletin
William Hill
D.C
Star
James MacDonald
Toledo
Ohio
Blade
Portland
Wil‘Robert H. Finch
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Grandview
Roy Noland
Ft. Benning
Mideast
William Underwood
William J. Underwood
Mellon Mortuary
Donald Wilson
Oak Hill Gospel Tabernacle
Judie Peyton
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hil
Cora McGinnis
Cora Victoria McGinnis
Glen Daniel
Raleigh County
Posey
Andrew, Whitten
Mary Luther Honaker Webb
Methodist Church
Ira Albert McGinnis
Basil
Ova) Hawley
Elmer
Glen White
Phoenix
Ariz
Minnie Combs
Brook McCormick
Lennie Webb
Metalton
Margie Milam
Ina Combs
Saxon
Don Webb
Portsmouth
Melton
Gerald Hawley
Milam
Dr. Grandison
Mrs
Ina Venable
Douglas C. Meadows
Hargrove Street
Cal Hill
Rock Creek
Lara Sigmon
Madison
Beckley Municipal Court
Willie
Orin Buckman
Buckeye
Ronald Lees
Second Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Beckley Fire
Ruckman
George O. Mills
Williams St
Dearwood
Gene Gravely
Blankenship
Queen Pat Wheeler Plumbing
Mills
Appalachian
John Cree
Slab Fork
Lonstables
Jesse
Lucas
Mabscott Hill
Carlos
D. Lefler
Corinne
Harold Hagg
Wyco
Beaver
Oscar E.hatcher
Beckley Apt
Charles Lilly Jr
Crab
Glen Orchard
Daniel
NBPSD
Matador
Jaime Ostor
Madrid
Crest
Homan
Klein
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