Southern Officials React To Supreme Court Busing Ruling
Public officials across the South condemned the Supreme Court decision on busing for racial balance in schools. Governors Williams Wallace Askew Beasley voiced mixed or supportive responses, while lawmakers Eastland and others criticized the ruling as punitive to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPI
Supreme Court
High Court
William H. Hope
Charlotte
N.C
TaClai
Nixon Meets Table Tennis Team Head
President Nixon invites Graham V. Steenhoven to the White House to discuss the U S table tennis team's China tour and a reciprocal visit by Chinese players. Steenhoven said China accepted the invitation to visit the United States within 12 months and visas will be expedited. The talks reflect steps to ease Sino American tensions.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S
China
White House
United States
Graham V. Steenhoven
Ronald L. Ziegler
Steenhoven
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Table Tennis Association of the Peoples, Republic of China
Song Chung
Chou En-Lai
State Department
New River Dentists To Elect Officers
The New River Dental Society meets at 5 p.m. today at Oak Hill Country Club to elect officers. Guest speaker is Dr. F A Lines of Charleston, president-elect of the West Virginia Dental Association. Candidates include Dr. John White Beckley president and Dr. Lewis Kittle III Beckley president-elect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Dental Society
Oak Hill Country Club
Theresa Edwards
F. A. Lines
Charleston
West Virginia Dental Association
John White
Beckley
Lewis Kittle III
John Vargo
Oak Hill
Fred Farris
James Farris
Frank West
Search to locate heads in Hacker farm linked slayings
Authorities plan next week to search an old mountainside farm once owned by William Hacker for the heads of Marred Malarik and Karen Ferrell. Hacker, a 74 year old convict, is already serving a life term for the decapitation death of Herbert Cobun and is suspected in the Morgantown case. Prosecutors believe the murders may be connected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
UPI
William Hacker
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Hacker
Huttonsville Correctional Center
Medicare Reform Proposals Increase Hospital Stay Benefit
A committee backed changes to Medicare presenting a 1 day patient cost then free days, boosting total covered hospital days for catastrophic illness to 210. If enacted, medium term illness patients staying beyond 30 days would bear more costs shifting some burden from the system to individuals.
Robbery at Beckley Theatre Nettles Cash at Gunpoint
Police report a gunpoint robbery Tuesday at Beckley Theatre on Neville Street stealing about $80 from the box office. The alleged suspect, a 15 year old from G Street, is lodged on a strong arm robbery warrant after taking $4 from Joseph Clark.
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Beckley
Neville Street
Bernard L. Crawford
G Street
Raleigh County
Joseph Clark
Turnout Varies in Ward Elections as McCulloch Leads
In a four man race for councilman at large Jones finished third with 658 unofficial votes while incumbent Irle led with 1 039 and Charles W Jackson had 849. Mayor McCulloch topped all candidates with 1 737 despite low overall turnout.
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Jones
Irle
Charles W. Jackson
Victor Peelsih
Dr. Loflin
Jover Sorrells
Sorreil
East Park
Legue
League
Albert Nelson Scott
John Stinson
Andrew Durgan
Scott
Durgan
John J. McCulloch
McCulloch
Curley Allen
Allen
Robert P. Pulliam
Irles
Jackson
W. A
Bill’ Wilbur
Ward I
John T. Seay
Ward V
Loflin
Sorrell
Civic League
John W. Smith
Robert P. Hall
T. M. Crews
Crews
Susman Critiques Session Budget Allocations and Deficiency Requests
Susman argues both chambers knew more money existed in state revenues yet used figures to show a $7 million deficit reduction. He says $2 million went to welfare and $1 million funds legislative salaries and interim committees, while calling out the governor for not including Welch and Pinecrest deficiency requests in a special session. He notes Pinecrest’s need for salaries and heating system funds were miscommunicated and later funded within the regular budget.
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Senate
House
Susman
Welfare Department
Welch
Pinecrest
Deeds On File Record Beckley Real Estate Transfers
Real estate deeds recorded by the county clerk show Ethel Hopkins and others selling to John Lee Eye and Gladys Lafferty for 163 000 dollars. The property at Ellison Avenue and Oakwood Avenue houses National Mine Service and the Welfare Department. Also recorded are Ned Ragland and wife selling to John Karantonis for 3500 dollars on Sand Lick Creek. Earl Davis and wife selling to BFC Manufacturing Company for 8500 dollars in Lilly Land Company Addition to Beckley.
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Ethel Hopkins
John Lee Eye
Gladys Lafferty
Ellison Avenue
Oakwood Avenue
City of Beckley
National Mine Service
Welfare Department
Ned Ragland
John Karantonis
Sand Lick Creek
Gibson and Sneed Rites Noted in Mount Hope Obituaries
Julius C. Gibson aged 84 of 105 in Madison Street Mount Hope died at 5 am after a long illness. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor awaiting funeral arrangements. Mrs Minnie Rose Sneed aged 79 of Flat Top died at 2 30 pm Tuesday at her home after a long illness. She was a member of Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church born Feb 28 1892 in Tablerock, daughter of Alexander and Nancy Redden. Survivors include husband Lycurgus, three sons Ralph Mount Hope Clifford Pontiac Mich Melvin Goodrich Mich two daughters Frances Lilly Flat Top and Lela Rice Pontiac Mich a brother Jess Redden Crow two sisters Florence Gray and Blanche Sommersville Crow 21 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
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George L. Richardson
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Lester
Beckley
George
Susan Mankin Richardson
Lester, ‘Primitive Baptist
Richardson
Cabot Gas Co
Rosie Fink Richardson
Edith Webb
Bristol
Merle Hawley
Howard
Jack
Claus Richardson
Maude Hedrick
Enon Primitive Baptist Church
Ira Toler
Trail
Surveyor
Caffee Funeral
Th Funeral
Minnie Rose Sneed
Flat Top
Flat Top ‘Missionary Baptist Church
Tablerock
Alexander
Nancy Martin Redden
Lycurgus
Ralph
Mount Hope
Clifford
Pontiac
Mich
Melvin
Goodrich
Harding Lewis
Harlem Heights
Church of God
Bessie Carter
Jackie Moore
Greenwood Memorial Park
Lewis
Whitby
Sterling
Smokeless Coal,Co
Edmond
Grant Lewis
Virgie Lewis
Pentecostal Holiness Mission Church
Kay Moor
Odella Calloway Lewis
Cynthia Ann
Joy Lynn
Levonia
Brenda
Terry
Russell
Harding Lewis Jr
Grant
Montgomery
Virginia Coles
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Greenstown
Wylie Monroe Taylor
Elm St
Grace Primitive Baptist Church
George Foley
Merrill Lilly
Otis. Clyburn
Glenview
Ash County
N. C
Isaac
Jane Roark’ Taylor
Shady Spring
Fannie E. Farmer Taylor
Wylie H. Taylor
Louie
Violet) Rakes
Haven
Janie) Borrer
MacArthur
Robert
Ruth) Wooten
Dearborn Heights
Bruce
Pat) McKinney
Baltimore, Md
Bobby
Betty) Sanger
Noah C. ‘Taylor
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites for Everett Byrd Lilly in Ghent
Everett Byrd Lilly 93 of Ghent dies after long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services led by Elder Dean Pack will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial in Brammer's Cemetery on Egeria Road. The deceased passed away at 10 a.m. Monday. The family will meet the funeral home after 5 p.m. for callers.
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Everett Byrd
Lilly
Ghent
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Dean Pack
Brammer's
Egeria Road
Obituaries and funeral notices from Harlem Heights area
Multiple memorial items note funeral services and burials for Harding Lewis of Harlem Heights and Wylie Taylor of Beckley with details on churches, officiants, burial sites, and family pallbearers. Additional notices include Robert Brubaker of Rupert and related death and service details from local funeral homes.
Funeral services for Mrs Bessie W Weidensall
Mrs Bessie Wood Weidensall 62 of 504 North Oakwood Ave died at home Monday night after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Jim Franklin officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers are Rodney O Bell George Ellis Alex George Tony Gonzalez Andy Campbell and Sam Worley. Friends may call at the mortuary tonight from 6 to 10.
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Bessie Wood Weidensall
North Oakwood Ave
Melton
Jim Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Rodney O’bell
George Ellis
Alex George
Tony Gonzalez
Andy Campbell
Sam Worley
Final rites for Leonard Johnson held in Rainelle
Leonard Johnson 73 of Oak Hill died Tuesday in an Oak Hill hospital. Born January 25 1898 in Nicholas County he was a retired restaurant proprietor. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel Rainelle with burial in Wallace Cemetery Clintonville. He leaves a step daughter Rosalee Weeks Charlottesville Va two stepsons Lacy Sanford Narrows Va Darrel Sanford Oak Hill two brothers Everett Birmingham Ala Earl Craigsville and six stepgrandchildren. Friends may call after noon.
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Leonard Johnson
Oak Hill
Rainelle
Eddie Powers
Wallace Cemetery
Clintonville
Johnson
Nicholas County
Rosalee Weeks
Charlottesville
Lacy Sanford
Narrrows
Darrel Sanford
Everett
Birmingham
Ala
Earl
Craigsville
Funeral services for Mrs Georgia Frank held in Mullens
The 63 year old Mullens resident Mrs Georgia Frank dies in a Mullens hospital. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 11 a m in the Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with Rev Dallas Adkins officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery Princeton. She is survived by three sons five daughters two great grandchildren seventeen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Friends may call today at the Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
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Georgia Frank
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
Dallas Adkins
Oakwood
Princeton
Mullens Hospital
Jack
Jimmy
Bill
Roanoke
Lillian Jeffcoate
Dorothy Booth
Corinne
Betty Roop
Lubbock
Tex
Alice Backus
Oak Hill
Myrtle Carter
Jacksonville
Fla
Dale Garst
Cincinnati
Ohio
Garney Hall
Jessie Spadaro
Mount Hope
Okey Sandige
Sam Foglesong, Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Convict Cites Danger To Life If Sent To Pen
Roger Pingley a 21 year old convicted of armed robbery asks a Randolph County court for a delay hearing claiming constant danger if sent to the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville. Judge George Triplett schedules the hearing with witnesses including Ira Coiner and Tom Gall and state officials.
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Warsden
Tom Gall
Marshall County
John Poffenbarger
Robert Sarver
Pingley
Charleston
Leo Catsonia
West Virginia
Tri-Cities Files Incorporation Papers
A certificate of incorporation was filed in Raleigh County Clerk's office Tuesday by Tri-Cities Inc of 130 Main St. The business lists a capital stock of 1000 in 10 shares and will deal in wholesale and retail sale of gasoline fuel oil and petroleum products. Shareholders are Donald D Dodson two shares Patsy O'Dell 336 Mankin Ave four shares and Catherine Klaus 303 Woodlawn Ave four shares.
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Ralegh County
Tri- Cities, Inc
Main St
Beckley
Donald D. Dodson
Patsy O'Dell
Mankin Ave
Catherine Klaus
Woodlawn Ave
CBS Ordered to Produce Pentagon Film Materials in 10 Days
A House subcommittee instructed CBS to hand over film records, outtakes, transcripts, and notes used for The Selling of the Pentagon within 10 days. CBS pressed for more time citing constitutional issues on journalistic decisions facing legislative surveillance. NBC meanwhile complied with a separate subpoena for Say Goodbye materials.
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Washington
UPI
House
Columbia Broadcasting System
Pentagon
CBS
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
National Broadcasting Co
Subcommittee
Wolper Productions
McGovern Plans West Virginia Farmington Visit and Mine Tragedy Wreath
Senator George S. McGovern prepares a West Virginia swing starting in Farmington to lay a wreath at the Llewelyn Portal Mine where 1968 miners died. He will be joined by a widows’ delegation and later tour the Ireland Mine near Moundsville with community open meetings in Moundsville. He also heads to Charleston for housing and sanitation talks before Marshall University remarks.
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Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
D-S. D
States
West Virginia
McGovern
Llewlyn
A .Farmington
W. Va
Clarksburg-Fairmont
Barracksville
Wheeling
Consolidation Coal Co. Ireland
Moundsville
South Dakota
Charleston
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Tion
New River Dentists
Beckley National Bank
Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Neville ST
Warren Hockaday
Schnectady
N.Y
Boys’ Clubs of America
Chicago
McCormick Place
Mead Pittman
Pittman
iLorena Wallace
Danny Whittaker
Sophia
Minnie
Temple
Cuthrill Street
Mary Lee Torrico
Evelyn Annie Treadway
Stover
Bill Binderman
Fletcher Parker Jr
Russell Neely
Parker
Faye P. Coponiti
Theresa Durgan
Guy Amato
June Cook
Ann Reitz
Frank Green
James McNeish
Wilmot C. Jones
Thomas E. Bazzarre
Lonzo M. Ross
Charles Blevins
Scarbro
Greenco
Freda Taylor Blevins
Conley D
Ronald Lee Blevins
Covington
James
Pearl) Gamble
Fort Lauderdale
Lockie Tolliver
James Barnette
James Oscar’ Barnette
Tioga
Cottle Church of God
Cottle
Ray Wyant
Mount Olive Cemetery
Armitta Barnette
Goldie Treffy
Anderson, Ind
Dona Holland
Juanita Swisher
South Charleston
Lillie Paul
Louisiana
E. Foster
William L
Lewisburg
G. Jewell
O. Ewell
O. Matthew
Houston
A. Harold
Tip City
Gilbert Z
Bernice Sutter
Summersville
G. Hampton Barnette
Ft.Lauderdale
Bernard C
L. Delford
Quinwood
Simons and Coleman
Richwood
George Richardson
Julius C. Gibson
Madison St
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Mrs
Minnie Sneed
Everett B. Lilly
Wylie M. Taylor
Robert Brubaker
Rupert
Tyree
Juddie Peyton
High Lawn Memorial Park
Ronceverte Hospital
Campbell and Campbell Mining Co
James William
Alemeda Brennen Brubaker
Fayetteville
Rt. 1
Charles
Bowie
Ernest
Sweet Springs
Maude Swindall
Jenkins, Ky
Myrtle Peters
Port Richey
Margaret Mills
Jonten
Ethel Moomaw
Kathryn Carr
Kathleen Goolsby
B. W. Weidensall
Tri-Cities Files
Farmington
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