Boggs Says Legislators' Silence Has Made Them FBI Prisoners
House Democratic Leader Hale Boggs accuses lawmakers of being prisoners to the FBI's surveillance as he pushes for FBI Director Hoover's resignation. He claims telephones at his home and office were tapped and cites alleged abuses by the agency while defending his charges against Mitchell and GOP critics.
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Boggs
FBI
Washington
UPI
House
Hale Boggs
J. Edgar Hoover
Louisiana Democrat
John N.mitchell
Hoover
Supreme Court
Multiple Obituaries and Funerals Noted for Huntington Area
Deaths and funerals announced for Clinton Williams 65 Huntington Beach previously Beckley died after short illness survived by three sisters and a brother. Robert Dearold Hilton 49 Huntington funeral Sunday in Fayetteville burial in Huse Memorial Park, Raleigh County born May 8 1921 WWII veteran and Huntington State Hospital employee survived by daughter and two sisters and granddaughter. John D. Marshall nine dies at 7 30 pm after short illness born May 16 1961 Beckley third grade Mabscott student honorary Beckley Police Dept. funeral Sunday 2 pm Melton Mortuary Chapel burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Call after 5 pm Saturday for Hilton and after 4 pm Saturday for Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Williams
Huntington Beach
Calif
Beckley
Bill
Gertrude Cook Williams
Opal
Garnet
Mary
James
Robert Dearold Hilton
Huntington
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
David Sneed
Huse Memorial Park
Hilton
Raleigh County
John H. Hilton
Leoma Zwilling Hilton
Huntington State Hospital
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Glenora Simmons
Hollywood
Fla
Lois Ann Conner
Mary Ann Yost
Raleigh
John D. Marshall
Donald Earl
Wanda Christine Williams Marshall
Mabscott
Kenneth A
Linda) Davis
Ronnie
Melton Mortuary
Jim Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Death notices for Laso, Sampson, Polk and others in Beckley area
Funeral services announced for Marie Sue Laso of Detroit formerly MacAlpin at St Francis de Sales Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Also listed are services for Wilford Burton Sampson of Elkview, and Joseph Quincy Polk of Sophia with multiple survivors and burial details at Sunset Memorial Park and local churches. Additional notice notes infant Steven Shawver’s death with arrangements pending.
Final rites for Ida L. Richardson noted in Raleigh and Wyoming counties
Ida L. Richardson 86 of Surveyor died Thursday after a long illness. Final rites are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Belt Fundamental Baptist Church, with burial in Richardson Family Cemetery at Maple Meadow. Survivors include four sons and four daughters plus 45 grandchildren and 65 great grandchildren. Also noted are Gilbert G. Goode 67 of Pineville with funeral at Cook Memorial Baptist Church and burial at Palm Memorial Gardens after Masonic rites. Goode was a former Wyoming County educator and business owner.
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Ida L. Richardson
Surveyor
Belt Fundamental Baptist Church
Wade Webb
Richardson
Maple Meadow
Glen Rogers
Henry
Nancy Acord Trump
Raleigh
Wyoming
Gilbert G. Goode
Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Robert Wheeler
Harry Stevens
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Welch Hospital
Phillip
Nancy Tilley Goode
Hurricane
Bonnie Shernsbury
Glen Fork
Robertson- Foglesong Funeral Home
Mrs. Bessie Copeland Copeland Rites Set at Oak Hill Baptist
The funeral for Mrs. Bessie Ellen Broyles Copeland 70 of Pea Ridge Road Oak Hill will be Sunday at 2 PM at Oak Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Randolph Johnson officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. She was born February 9 1901 in Ballard to George W Broyles and Josephine Thompson. Surviving husband Charles E Copeland two daughters Pauline Cummings and Janice Craig a brother and four sisters. Visitation Saturday 7 to 9 PM at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Bessie Ellen Broyles Copeland
Pea Ridge Road
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Ballard
George W
Josephine Thompson Broyles
Cross Circle
Charles E. Copeland
Roger
Pauline) Cummings
Jess
Janice) Craig
Springfield
Ohio
Leonard
Lonnie
Eldridge
Peterstown
C. L. Shannon
Charlie Lane
Princeton
Alfred Edmonds
Portsmouth
O. T. Lively
Tyree
Final rites for Mrs Altha Roach Goddard in Meadow Bridge
Mrs Altha Roach Goddard 56 of Meadow Bridge dies after long illness in Beckley hospital. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Revs Homer K Albright Amos Turner officiating. Burial in Patton Memorial Cemetery. She is mother of Larry L Goddard and MacArthur and stepmother of Welma Martin and Margaret Shepherd. Calling hours at Don Smathers Funeral Chapel Rainelle after 4 p.m. today.
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Altha Roach Goddard
Meadow Bridge
Calvary Baptist Church
Homer K. Albright
Amos Turner
Patton Memorial Cemetery
Rainelle
Bruno Pleads Guilty To Seven Indictments
Bruno, tied to a 10 state vehicle theft ring, pleaded guilty to seven indictments in U S District Court Charleston. He faces up to 95 years in prison and $95,000 in fines. sentencing was deferred for a classification study.
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Charleston
UPI
John Anthony Bruno
U. S. District Court
Bruno
Glen Dale
Marion County
U.S
Dennis Knapp
Kanawha
Leo John Calandros
Point Pleasant
Ambassadors Gather at Stratford for Shakespeare Birthday
Ambassadors from 80 nations visited Stratford on the 407th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. More than 500 guests attended a birthday lunch at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with 139 national flags displayed in the streets.
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Stratford-On-Avon
Man Seeks Freedom From West Virginia Prison Jurisdiction
Elkins youth Roger Ray Pingley 21 seeks habeas corpus to avoid returning to the West Virginia Penitentiary for an armed robbery sentence. Testimony revealed tensions over homosexuality and violence at Moundsville Prison, including details of a deadly 1970 stabbing.
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Elkins
VPI
West Virginia
Randolph County
Roger Ray Pingley
Moundsville
Pingley
George Triplett
David Painter
Painter
Kanawha County
Randolph Smith
Beckley Building Inspection Program Receives Boost
The Raleigh County Bank project for a four story building in Beckley shows a $6,352.80 permit fee paid by C. H. Jimison Inc. of Huntington. City records note the fee helps fund the citys building inspection program, which Stover says boosts revenue and improves local construction quality. Permits from Ramada Inn and Raleigh General Hospital are expected to push costs over the program total. occupancy certificates ensure compliance and affect financing and fire insurance.
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Raleigh County Bank
C. H. Jimison Inc
Huntington
Jimison
City of
Beckley
City Recorder
Larry F. Stover
Stover
Harper Road
Raleigh General ‘Hospital
Eastern To Quit Service In State
West Virginia officials report Eastern Airlines plans to discontinue Charleston and Huntington service and transfer to Piedmont Airlines. Rep. Ken Hechier says C A B filing will follow while Sen. Jennings Randolph notes negotiations with both airlines in Charleston and Huntington next week. Piedmont already serves Charleston Huntington Beckley Bluefield Lewisburg Parkersburg.
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Washington
Jennings Randolph
Charleston
Huntington
Piedmont
Mountain State
Beckley
Bluefield
Lewisburg
Parkersburg
Telephone contract talks open for 31,000 workers
Washington UPI reports Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia seeks a single contract for 31 000 employees in West Virginia Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Communications Workers of America representing 4 000 C P employees negotiates as meetings begin and union proposals emerge.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Chesapeake & Potomac Telelephone Co
Communications Workers of America
C&p
Telephone Company
Rescue Squad Called After Bicycle Crash in Beckley
The Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad was dispatched at 8 58 a m to 212 Park Ave to aid Melissa Watts 13 who suffered rib injuries in a bicycle accident and was transported to Raleigh General Hospital.
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Beckley Fire Department
Park Ave
Melissa Watts
Raleigh General Hospital
Labeling Rule Pushed By FDA On Polyunsaturated Fats
The FDA tentatively approves labeling rules to promote polyunsaturated vegetable oils in foods. If cleared by HEW Secretary Richardson, rules would appear in the Federal Register after industry and consumer comments, signaling a reversal of prior policy amid questions about saturated fats and heart disease.
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Washington
Mer
FDA
Echols outlines police aid and community support in Beckley council bid
GOP candidate Mrs. Echols promotes joint police education programs and community engagement while stressing she will devote time to office after completing a master’s in music. She denies kinship to the vice president and highlights her Beckley roots and church activities.
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Echols
Charles Echols
United Methodist Temple
Ross Evans
the Temple
GOP
Agnew
Beckley Junior High
University of North Carolina
Damage Extends through Wellsburg Fire Guts Three Businesses
An early morning blaze in Wellsburg gutted Keystone Shoe Store Local Loan Co and the M A Furniture Co and damaged apartments above the shops. Seven Brooke County companies fought the fire from 1 a.m. to beyond five hours with no injuries reported and no cause or damage estimate available.
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Wellsburg
UPI
Brooke County
Keystone Shoe
Local Loan Co
M&a Furniture Co
Senate backs uniform school desegregation policy
The Senate voted 44 to 34 to adopt Sen. John C. Stennis's amendment urging uniform enforcement of desegregation laws across regions. The measure is a statement of policy without legal effect unless Congress passes laws or the Supreme Court rules segregation unconstitutional. Ervin faced a setback on a $1.5 billion desegregation aid bill, and vowed continued opposition.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Congress
Supreme Court
Stennis
North
South
Sam J. Ervin
Dn.c
Ervin
Hearing on West Virginia student conduct code constitutionality
Three Marshall University students challenge the West Virginia Board of Regents conduct code arguing it restricts speech and assemblies, permits campus searches, and imposes different rules for nonstudents. The case proceeds before a federal panel including judges Boreman Christie Wiedner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
West Virginia Board of Regents
Marshall University
Herbert S. Boreman
Parkersburg
4Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Sidney L. Christie
U. S. District Court For
Southern
West Virginia
James Emerson Wiedner
Abingdon
Charles Patterson
Bradshaw
McDowell County
Sherry Edwards
Charleston
Tom Woodruff
Soyuz 10 Flight Aims Space Station Research
The article outlines Soyuz 10 goals including ship orientation and docking tests, medico-biological research on space effects, and laboratory studies for a future manned space station. It notes Soyuz 1's fatal end after Komarov’s death due to parachute failure during reentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladimir M. Komarov
Earth
Komarov
Meat Plants Retain Federal Inspection
The USDA said West Virginia plants serving only intrastate trade will stay under state inspection, affecting 64 facilities. Plants producing meat for interstate sale remain under federal oversight.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
U.S
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South Vietnam
Robert D. Hilton
Marie S. Laso
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Marie Sue Laso
Detroit
Mich
MacAlpin
Thomas Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
Coalton
James and
Cathryn P. Leeber
Albert Laso
A. P. Leeber
Victor
Newark
N. J
Eugene Leeber
Lincoln Park
Mike Leeber
Julia Catalina
Elizabeth Leeber Little
Louise Leeber
Mary Caravaggio
Steven Shawver
Ralph Shawver
Mason Sr
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Wilford Sampson
Wilford Burton Sampson
Elkview
Billy Reed Wickline
Legg Cementery
Hico
James V
Virginia Blackwell Sampson
Sampson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Gauley Bridge
Joseph Q. Polk
Joseph Quincy Polk
Sophia
Sophia Church of God
Olina White
W. F. Tolliver
Joseph
Lucinda Hatcher Polk
UMWA
Paul Martin
Tim Wood
William
Myrtle Jones
Cecil Sears
Lula Williams
Radford
Williams Funeral Home
Fred Walker
Bobby Bonds
Emmitt Hungate Jr
Clayton Terry
Leo Shelton
Geno Placidi
Ida Richardson
Bessie Copeland
Altha Goddard
Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Johnstown
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
Smith
Jerry Kazee
Edgar W. Whitt
George Lantz
William Wallace
Glen Howell
Edward Laksik
C.E. Hart
Lantz
Sanger
John Melsenbarger
West Virginia Corrections
G.robert Sarver
Bank
Eastern
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