Antiwar Demonstrators Block Turnpike In New Jersey
More than 1,000 demonstrators halted traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike for five hours. State police arrested 80 for disorderly conduct as crowds sang drank beer and loomed across lanes. The group marched 15 miles to ease the gridlock and disperse after police action.
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Swedesboro
N. J
UPI
Washington, D.C
New Jersey Turnpike
Municipal Court
Mt. Laurel
N.J
Delaware
Abby Eddy
New Britain
Conn
Washington
Washington Didn’t Do Anything.” Miss Eddy
Vietnam
Maryland
Aberdeen
Delaware Memorial Bridge
Charles Schell
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Pingley Awaits Judge Decision On Prison Transfer
Randolph County Circuit Court heard habeas corpus petitions from 21 year old Rogers Ray Pingley seeking a transfer from Moundsville Penitentiary to a less secure facility. The three day hearing featured witnesses describing conditions at Moundsville, with former corrections chief Robert Sarver blaming public and legislative apathy for funding gaps. Judge George Tripletton did not indicate when a decision would be announced.
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Elkins
UPI
Moundsville
Roger Ray Pingley
Randolph County
Sarver
Fire roars through Seattle hotel injuring two
Witnesses recount a dramatic hotel blaze with an 18 year old named Jim Anderson describing a woman leaping to a rescue blanket while her husband failed to reach it. Both survived but were injured. The blaze followed a deadly 1970 Ozark Hotel arson that killed 20.
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Jim Anderson
Seattle
Ozark
Helen Hayes Resting Well After Hospital Admission
Helen Hayes aged 70 is reported resting well at Providence Hospital after a weekend admission for a respiratory infection. The actress won the 1970 best supporting Oscar for Airport and is rehearsing for Eugene O Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Catholic University starting May 7.
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Washington
UPI
Helen Hayes
Providence Hospital
Miss Hayes
Eugene O’neill
Catholic University
Extension Ordered For Mayor To Answer Patrolman's Charges
The Raleigh County Circuit Court extended the time for the city of Beckley mayor and a police officer to answer a $50,000 civil suit filed by former Patrolman Talmadge Alley on March 19 claiming damaged reputation and livelihood loss after dismissal from the force in November. Default judgments were issued in other cases, including bank and insurance company actions against Beckley residents.
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Beckley
Talmadge Alley
Alley
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Charleston National Bank
BankAmericaid
Michael W. Clark
William F. Crawford
Bradley
Gary Davidson
Glen
Supreme Court allows local referendums to block public housing
The court, in a 5-3 ruling, overturned a lower court and upheld California style referendums to halt public housing projects in San Jose and San Mateo County. The decision frames referendums as democracy in action not bias or discrimination.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
California
San Jose
San Mateo
Potter Stewart
Massachusetts
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
National Labor Relations Board
Hugo L. Black
Conservation Fines Forfeited by Eighteen Area Residents
Eighteen area residents forfeited 24 dollars in fines and costs at magistrate courts for conservation violations. Officers from the District IV DNR cited locals in Beckley area towns for burning without permits fishing without licenses illegal disposal and related infractions during recent weeks.
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District IV
Department of Natural Resources
Beckley
Clark E. Thaker
John Paul Jones
Alexandria
Little Clear Creek
John
Carl Blaylock
Capels
Blues
Ingleside
Terry Brooks
Bluefield
Camp Creek
Roger L. Fortner
Princeton
Wilbert Fortner
Samuel Lipetz
Silver Springs
Pipestem
Billy B. Bishop
Melford
Bluestone River
Ronnie Darrell Lester
Serena
Pipestemn Resort
Norma M. Fink
Alderson
Eagle Branch
David L. McMillion
Piney View
Terry
Johnny H. Critchley
Ansted
Laurel Creek
Dallas
Hambrick
Blue Sulphur Road
McGovern Visits West Virginia During Mountain State Swing
Senator George McGovern and wife arrived in Clarksburg to honor miners at the No 9 Mine memorial near Mannington where 78 miners died in 1968. He planned mine inspections at Ireland Mine in Moundsville and a public meeting on working and living conditions.
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United Press International
South Dakota
George McGovern
Mountain State
West Virginia
McGovern
Clarksburg
No. 9
Mannington
Consolidation Coal Company
Ireland
Moundsville
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
Marshall University
Huntington
DNR Officials To Attend Session In Beckley
Capt. Ivan Pizzino and Dave Gilpin of the District IV DNR office Beckley will attend a Tuesday meeting at Blackwater Falls called by the West Virginia Wildlife Division and the Federal Water Quality Administration. Topics include field and laboratory investigations a checklist for field investigations and law enforcement techniques.
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Ivan Pizzino
Dave Gilpin
Department of Natural Resources
Beckley
Blackwater Falls
W. Va. Wildlife Division
Federal Water Quality Administration
Pizzino
Gilpin
Hoffa Leaves Prison for Grand Jury Appearance
Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa was released from the federal penitentiary in Lewisburg Pennsylvania and travels to New York for an appearance before a federal grand jury examining the union pension fund.
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Lewisburg
UPI
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
New York
Soong Dies in San Francisco After Dinner Crash
T V Soong the former acting premier and wartime foreign minister of Nationalist China collapsed and died at a dinner party in San Francisco. He was 77 and autopsy is planned. Soong headed foreign affairs during World War II and briefly acted as premier in 1945. He and his brother-in-law H H Kung were among China's wealthiest before the Communist takeover.
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San Francisco
UPI
China
T. V. Soong
Edward EU
Bank of Canton
Soong
Pearl Harbor
Mme
Chiang Kaishek
Sun Yat-sen
Sun
H. H. Kung
Kung
United States
Mao Tse-Tung
iChinese Communist Party
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
Wage dispute over Welch and Pinecrest budgets continues
Susman and Clark clash over 1970 71 budget funds for Welch and Pinecrest with claims of deficiency appropriations and failed pay raises. Susman criticizes poor planning and opposes blanket transfer authority while endorsing a specific Welch fund transfer. Clark argues for direct wage payments and transfers if needed.
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Pinecrest
Welch
Susman
Clark
Sunday
Raleigh Register
Senate
House Finance Committees
Senate Finance Committee
Agnew Defends FBI Role Amid Congressional Wiretap Claims
In his speech in Hale Boggs’ home state, Vice President Agnew warns the FBI and police must keep order and protect government institutions from those who destabilize society. He cites a well known congressman who alleged wiretapping of his and others phones and called for J Edgar Hoover’s resignation.
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Agnew
House
Hale Boggs
Hoover
Congress
Boggs
J.edgar Hoover
Final rites for Millard Basham in St Albans
Millard Irwin Basham 35 of St Albans died in a truck car collision Friday afternoon. Funeral Tuesday at 1 PM at Melton Mortuary Chapel Ly with burial at Mount Tabor Davis addition. Survived by wife Joan Williams Basham three sons mother and half siblings. employed by B&B wrecking. Pallbearers named. honorary pallbearers Teamsters Local 175. Body at Melton Mortuary after 5 PM today.
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Millard Irwin Basham
St. Albans
Melton Mortuary Chapel
F. C. Calhoun
Davis
Mount Tabor
Charleston
Basham
Mabscott
Maggie Neubert
Millard Basham
Joan Williams Basham
Millard Erwin Jr
James Dean
William Ross
Frankin Neubert
U. S. Army
Vietnam
Beatrice Ne
Mrs. Mary L. Nunn Funeral Arrangements Given
Mrs. Mary Lena Nunn 79 of Rock Lick Fayette County died at 1 30 am in a Fayetteville nursing home after a long illness. She was born March 28 1892 in Wythe County Virginia daughter of the late Joe and Angeline Akers. She was a Rock Lick Church member and widow of William D. Nunn. Survived by seven sons seven daughters and many grandchildren great grandchildren and a brother. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Beckley.
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Mary Lena Nunn
Rock Lick
Fayette County
Fayetteville
Wythe County
Joe and
Angeline Lewis Akers
Charleston
William D. Jr
Clinton
Martha) Lawhorn
Margaret Nunn
Wilmington
Del
Joe
Maxine) Smith
Slab Fork
Rosemary
Nunn
Milwaukee
Wis
Lacy Akers
Ashland
Rose and
Rites Held For Evans Jackson Stoots And Adkins
Final rites for Rosa Evans and James Blaine Jackson were held in Oak Hill and Pineville chapels with burial in Payne and Brewster Cemeteries. Other services covered include Janavee Stoots of Eccles and Porter Adkins of Sprague with families, churches, and mines noted.
Funeral services for Charles Malnyk conductor 80
Funeral services for Charles Conductor Malnyk 80 of Glen Rogers will be held Wednesday at 10 am in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Jim Franklin officiating Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park He died in a Mullens hospital at 3 30 am after a long life Born in Poland Jan 15 1891 he had lived in Glen Rogers 47 years He worked for Raleigh Wyoming Coal Co prior to retirement in 1952 and belonged to United Mine Workers Local 7086 Pallbearers were Nick Bukovina Mike Streho Bob Dean Gene and Will Massie
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Porter Adkins
Sprague
Melton
Jim Franklin
Sunset Memorial Park
Long Bottom
Larkin
Elizabeth Adkins
Raleigh County
Eccles
United Mine Workers of America
Gene
Alma Bragg Adkins
Julius
Calloway Heights
Bobby
Jo Ann Knuckles
Beckley
Bettie Thomas
Lanark
Leonard
Craig
Harless
Dennis Adkins
Randy Knuckles
Randall Ayers
Charles
Malnyk
Glen Rogers
Melton Mortuary
Mullens Hospital
Poland
Raleigh- -Wyoming Coal I Co
Nick Bukovina
Mike Streho
Bob
Dean
Will Massie
Stover Mrs Virgie Mae Blethen Stover Rites Set
Funeral services for Mrs. Virgie Mae Blethen Stover 67 of Rock Lick will be at 2 30 p m Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Bill Menefee officiating Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital after a long illness Born June 17 1903 in Coal Run she was a member of Central Avenue Church of God Surviving are husband Howard Arnold Stover son Siebert of Oak Hill daughter Mrs Phyllis Tyree of Rock Lick brother Mark Blethen of Rock Lick and sister Mrs Mary Ossick of Proctorville Ohio
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Rosal ‘Scott
Big Mama) Evans
Scarbro
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Nathan Buttler
Payne Cemetery
Oaks Hill
Rock Creek
Joseph and
Jane Lafferty Burnside
Advent Christian Church
Mossy
Desoto Evans
Emmett
Lottie Howell
Chapmanville
Effie Clifton
LaGrange
Ohio
Florence Oakley
Marietta
Tracy Lewis
Batavia
James Blaine Jackson
Princeton
New Richmond
Robertson-Foglesong
Pineville
Clyde Decker
Brewster
Indian Creek
Jackson
Wolfpen
James and
Miriah Ford Jackson
Effie Smith Jackson
Paul
Madison
Grover
James
Elkins, Boyd
Gale Dillon
Lakeside
Calif
Nile Dalton
Susan
Graham
Ona Morgan
Bradshaw
Janavee Mable Stoots
Eccles
Melton
Grover Combs
Eugene Snuffer
Sunset Memorial Park
Sweeneyburg
Norval
Gertrude Evans Williams
Cittsville
Eccles Baptist Church
George
Janet Carol Carper
Joan Gail Carpenter
Gambrills
Elaine Scott Stoots
George Chris Stoots II
Glen Burnie
Leah Kisley
Cleveland
Marjorie Garrett
Charleston
Jack
Fayetteville
N. C
Thomas
Burs
Edgar Pugh
Howard Bradley
Henry Clyburn
Elijah Carter
John Cormack
Virgie Mae Blethen Stover
Rock Lick
Tyree
Bill Menefee
High Lawn Memorial Park
Coal Run
Central Avenue
Church of God
Howard Arnold Stover
Siebert
Phyllis Tyree
Mark Blethen
Mary Ossick
Proctorville
Lennie Hayton Dies at 63 in Palm Springs Hospital
Academy Award winning composer director Lennie Hayton died after abdominal surgery Saturday in a Palm Springs hospital. He was 63. Hayton married singer Lena Horne in 1947 and won Oscars in 1949 for On The Town and in 1970 for Siem Dolly.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Lennie Hayton
Palm Springs
Hayton
Lena Horne
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