Deaths and Funerals James H Evans
James H Evans 23 of Oak Hill died at 11 30 a m Friday from an overdose of prescribed drugs per Fayette County coroner Dr J B Thompson He was a Vietnam War veteran born November 13 1947 in Harlem Heights He is survived by wife Mary Louise Evans two daughters Maria and Mary three brothers and two sisters Funeral services are 2 p m Wednesday at Community Baptist Church Harlem Heights Rev E T Sykes officiating Burial Hill Top Cemetery Friends may call 7 to 9 p m today at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greenstown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Evans
Oak Hill
Fayette County
J. B. Thompson
Harlem Heights
Elijah W. Evans
Scarbro
Elsie Morris Browder
Mary Louise Evans
Maria
Mary
Johnny Morris
Bronx
N. Y
Bernard Evans
Roland Browder
Lillian Evans
Drema Browder
Community Baptist Church
E. T. Sykes
Hill Top
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Greenstown
Everett Byrd Lilly Dies at 93 in Ghent After Long Illness
Everett Byrd Lilly 93 of Ghent died at 10 a.m. Monday in a local hospital after a long illness. A retired miner born March 14, 1876 at Flat Top, his body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Byrd Lilly
Ghent
Flat Top
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Edward Dooley rites set in Oak Hill with planned Arlington graveside
Final rites for Edward Eugene Dooley 56 of Hansford are at 10 a.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill led by Dr. C S Donnelly. Military graveside rites are planned Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. Dooley died Saturday evening after a short illness. body lies at the funeral home with calling hours 7 to 7:19 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Eugene Dooley
Hansford
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. S. Donnelly
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Robert Brubaker
Rupert
Bon‘ceverte
Final rites set for Ernest Roscoe Boggess
Ernest Roscoe Boggess 63 of Beckley will be laid to rest Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Calfec Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Franklin officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died Sunday night at a Welch hospital after a long illness. friends may visit after 4 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Roscoe Boggess
Beckley
Calfec
Jim Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Welch
James Smith 77 Dies After Apparent Heart Attack
James Smith 77 of 219 Sixth St died at 2 p.m. Monday after an apparent heart attack at a local hospital. Born April 15 1894 in Fayette County he was the son of Thomas J and Hanna Metcalf Smith. He is survived by his wife Mabel and two brothers Thomas and William. Funeral services were set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Ernest Barley officiating. burial at Stanaford Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Sixth St
Fayette County
Thomas J. and
Hanna Metcalf Smith
The
Christian Church
Mabel Smith
Thomas
Star Junction
William Smith
Dillard
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ernest Barley
Stanaford
Final rites for Mrs Weidensall in Beckley
Mrs Bessie Wood Weidensall 62 of 504 North Oakwood Ave dies after long illness. Funeral 3 p.m. Thursday Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Jim Franklin. burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survived by son Joseph Weidensall Jr of Los Angeles and five sisters. Friends may call 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Also notice: Mrs Georgia Frank 63 Mullens dies at 7:30 p.m. Monday. survivors include three sons and four daughters. body at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Wood Weidensall
North Oakwood Ave
Melton
Jim Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Beckley
Lewis A
Emma E. Peters Wood
First Baptist Church
Joseph Weidensall Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
Alma Wauhop
Adsecon
N. J
J. Louis
Artie)Vaughan
Eloise Wood
Covington
Millard E
Eva) Tyree
Beulah McMillion
Georgia Frank
Mullens
Mullens Hospital
Mount Hope
Jack
Jimmy
Bill
Roanoke
Lillian Jeffcoate
Dorothy Booth
Corinne
Betty Roop
Lubbock
Tex
Alice Backus
Oak Hill
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Rns
Wiley M Taylor obituary notice
Wiley M. Taylor, 77, of 30042 Elm St., died at 7 30 p.m. Monday at his home after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley M. Taylor
Elm St
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
No title provided for Noah Alba case
Ellis refused to reveal identities or permit photos of two youngsters held after Noah Alba vanished. Police traced tips to two boys who led to suspects and a basement where the child was tied to a cross after being found on the street. The motive remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis
Noah Alba
Alta Vista Park
Lawrence Alba
Park
Noah
Rockefeller warns publishers on welfare culture and city strain
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller told 1500 newspaper publishers at the ANPA convention that the United States risks a welfare culture out of step with existing norms. He urged local tax reform and discussed a one year residence rule for welfare recipients in New York, citing potential business outflow and higher taxes. The session featured labor relations talks and a NLRB chairman address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
Congress
Rockefeller
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
Washington
Health, Welfare and Education Department
New York State
Labor Relations Committee
Edward B. Miller
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Amtrak Named Official Passenger Rail Service
Washington United Press International reports the National Railroad Passenger Corporation adopts Amtrak as its official name, replacing Railpax for legal reasons. Amtrak will start May 1, reduce trains from 285 to 184, and launch a car refurbishment and marketing program with brighter colors and new end-car designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Congress
Amtrak
Railpax
David W. Kendall
Kendall
Supreme Court rules on Georgia and Alabama school desegregation cases
The Supreme Court in a North Carolina busing law decision revisited two cases from Georgia and Alabama. It reversed the Clarke County Georgia court on cross busing and held the district properly considered race to desegregate. It also reversed the Fifth Circuit in Mobile County Alabama, ruling the plan failed to fully consider bus transportation and zoned separation, marking the Court’s first major desegregation ruling since 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Georgia Supreme Court
Clarke County
Board of Education
Athens
Burger
State Supreme Court
Mobile County
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Mobile
5Th Circuit
Deeds on File Record Real Estate Transfers
Real estate transfers filed with the county clerk include Clyde E. Blake and wife selling to Wallace Blake and wife for 4000 dollars, lot 32 in Lilly Highland Addition Mabscott. Cecil Toney and wife selling to Tyrus Simmons and wife for 500 dollars, lot in Carter-Combs Addition town of Lester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde E. Blake
Wallace Blake
Lilly Highland
Mabscott
Cecil Toney
Tyrus Simmons
Carter-Combs
Lester
Lam Son 720 drive seen linked to Viet election
UPI report from Saigon quotes Sen. Huynh Van Cao warning South Vietnam’s presidential race could fail if the A Shau Valley operation is not carried out. Abrams notes Laos incursions possible. bases and supply lines for Lam Son 720 are being prepared with probing actions and minimal contact so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Seibert
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Laos
Cao
Lam Son
South Vienm
Quang Tri
Thua’ 1
Thien
Kontum
Pleiku
South Vietnam
Pres
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
A Shau
Black Panther
Cambodian Chief Lon Nol Resigns With Cabinet
Cambodian Prime Minister Lon Nol and his entire cabinet resign amid political turmoil after Lon Nol endured a disabling stroke. Col Lon Non says the move is largely formal though some officials seek to keep Lon Nol and Sirik Matak in power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Nol
Phnom Penh
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Col
Lon Non
Chen Heng
Cheng Heng
Sihanouk
China
U.S
Hawaii
Cambodia
Sirik Matak
Sisowath Sirik Matak
London
Agnew Criticizes Heavy Press Coverage During China Trip
Governors at a Monday luncheon quoted Vice President Agnew saying the press gave too much instant exposure to the Ping Pong diplomacy period. He contrasted China conditions with U.S. poverty standards and noted a reporter not invited to the three hour after midnight session learned of it elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Agnew
U.S
Peking
UPI
China
Post-Dispatch
Thomas W. Ottenad
Ottenad
Forest fires and their motives spill from interview
A veteran warden cites arson as a frequent cause of forest fires often driven by revenge after a hunting or fishing ticket, landowner grudges, or monetary gain. He notes job fires, volunteer recruitment, and distant transport to avoid local hiring, plus a two week dry spell and inevitable rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Pakistan asks India to oust Bengali diplomats in Calcutta
The Pakistani government demanded India remove rebel Bengali diplomats from its Calcutta mission. It warned that refusal would be seen as an unfriendly act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
UPI
India Today
Calcutta
Hotel Fire Tragedy Prompted Evacuations and Leaps
Witnesses recalled panic as guests leaped from the five story hotel. The Rev Tony Tersch urged no entry and described anointing ten bodies. Authorities noted no enlisteds on rest and recreation leave among the victims and contrasted lodging with nearby honky tonks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Ohio press aide named for governor’s press secretary
Pat Groseck, a Philadelphia native and former Huntington Herald Dispatch reporter, has been hired as an assistant to Ohio Governor's press secretary Robert Tenenbaum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Pat Groseck
Philadelphia
Huntington
W. Va
Herald- Dispatch
Robert Tenenbaum
Kennedy Tours Northern West Virginia Medical Facilities
Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Jennings Randolph led hearings in Fairmont and Kingwood on rising medical costs. Citizens criticized denial of care without proof of liability while WVU Medical Center faced claims it neglects rural access and training general practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
West Virginia
Kennedy
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Senate
Fairmont Clinic
Preston Memorial Hospital
Kingwood
West Virginia University Medical Center
WVU
Murray Hunter
Tennessee
Virginia
Randolph
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Marriage Permits for Six Couples in Beckley and Area
Dennis Cantley and Mary Elliott. James Grim and Leanda Lambert. Carl Martin and Linda Farmer. Larry Mahan and Donna Manley. Harry Smith Jr. and Anna Manley. The notices list ages, hometowns, and parents for each couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Edward Cantley
Arnett
Albert
Stella Monk Cantley
Mary Frances Elliott
Glen Daniel
Earl
Frances O'Neal Elliott
James Garfield Grim
Princewick
Robert Lee
Frances Lindson Grim
Leanda Sue Lambert
Beckley
Okey Johnson
Virginia Ann Mullins Lambert
Carl David Martin
Harold
Eileen Lester Martin
Linda Gale Farmer
Clyde Herbert
Cora Ellen Hilton Farmer
Larry Wayne Mahan
Crab Orchard
Homer J
Zara
Pauline Atkinson Mahan
Donna Faye Manley
Samuel
Anna Laura Lilly Manley
Harry Smith Jr
Mabscott
Harry W
Mary Elizabeth Hedge Smith
Anna Laura Manley
Lowell O
Maude G. Snyder Lilly
Former Bank President Indicted In $200 Million Stock Scheme
A federal grand jury indicted Douglas James Schotte of Lincroft New Jersey and four stockbrokers on conspiracy and 168 counts of misapplication of funds tied to a scheme buying more than $200 million in stocks with bank funds from Eatontown National Bank The bank closed August 8 1970. Indicted brokers include William A Certilman Bertram E Cutler James Perry and Emmett W Cox Jr with illegal bank loans totaling over $1 million and hundreds of thousands in commissions cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
New Jersey
Douglas James Schotte
Lincroft
N.J
Eatontown
Newark
Genera John N. Mitchell
Eatontown National Bank
Federal
Bertram E. Cutler
Bricktown
James Perry
Paramus
T.P.O. Inc
Emmett W. Cox Jr
Oakhurst
Thompson, McKinnon and Auchincloss
Asbury Park
Cox
Monmouth County
Schotte
Certilman
Perry
Cutler
Grand
Russia Opens Jet Base in Ceylon Amid Uprising
Diplomatic sources say the Soviet Union is setting up a MIG17 jet base near Colombo at the request of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The base would be the first Soviet military facility in non Communist Asia and could be temporary or permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombo
Ceylon
UPID
Soviet Union
Siramavo Bandaranaike
Asia
Egypt
Bandaranaike
Bolivia
Pyongyang
Indian Ocean
Moscow
Trincomalee
Mine Accident Kills One at Gary No 2 Mine
A roof collapse at Gary No 2 mine of U S Steel killed Kyle Lynch and injured Wylie Owens and George Easley. Owens remained in hospital in good condition, Easley treated for knee cuts and returned to work. The accident occurred in a retreat section where a coal pillar was being split. 300 workers operate the mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
UPI
Bluefield
U. S. Steel
Wylie Owens
Boissevain
Kyle Lynch
George Easley
Wilcoe
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
Power Failures Stall Frisco Trolleys and Buses
Mysterious outages hit downtown San Francisco during both morning and evening rush hours. Municipal railway investigators could not identify the cause as electricity to overhead lines for buses and trolleys was off for periods in the morning and late afternoon. Thousands of commuters were affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Hutchinson Elected Charleston Mayor
John Hutchinson won the Charleston mayoral race in a 65 percent turnout. He defeated Cleo Jones 12 017 to 9 671 for the mayor’s post, becoming the first Democrat in the role since 1948 while Democrats also captured 13 of 24 city council seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
John Hutchinson
John M
Slim” Wells
Wells
Gay Barker
Hutchinson
Cleo Jones
John Charnock
Robert Lawson
City Primary Nominations Highlight Key Races
The Democratic contenders face off in Ward II with Mrs. John Wesley Smith and Robert Patterson Hall. Ward III sees Dr. Paul H. Loflin challenged by Leroy Nathanial Sorrells. In Ward V, John Stinson, Andrew Durgan, and Albert Nelson Scott compete for the single Democratic nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Smith
Robert Patterson Hall
Paul H. Loflin
Civic League
Leroy Nathanial Sorrells
John Stinson
Andrew Durgan
Albert Nelson Scott
Rescue Squad Responds To multiple Beckley Health Calls
The Beckley Rescue Squad was sent to 204 Seventh St for Gussie White who had difficulty breathing and to 309 Sunrise Ave for James Howard Jarrell age 46, both transported by ambulance to regional hospitals. A 77 year old James Smith at 406 Ewart Ave was pronounced dead on arrival at Appalachian Regional Hospital. Additional calls included John Michael at 308 Third Ave and Mrs Neal at 1221 South Fayette St both reported ill and taken to Appalachian Regional Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Sunrise Ave
James Howard Jarrell
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Ewart Ave
James Smith
Sixth St
Third Ave
John Michael
South Fayette St
Neal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Everett B. Lilly
Edward E. Dooley
Ernest R. Boggess
B. W. Weidensall
Supreme Court
Spiro
Tony Tersch
Holy Redeemer Church
Ohio Press Aide
W.va
William A. Certilman
Scarsdale
N.Y
T. PO. Inc
New York City
Russia
City
Robert P. Pulliam
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