Shelters For Fish Backing From Ocean Dump Ban Proposal
EPA chief William D. Ruckelshaus testified before a Senate panel that banning all ocean dumping at once is not feasible. He urged strong but targeted controls via a broad permit system extending up to 12 miles offshore and into rivers and the Great Lakes, while noting some dumps may benefit marine life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Denison Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
EPA
Senate Oceans and Atmosphere Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Great Lakes
Kotouc Case May Go To Jury Today
Capt Eugene M Kotouc a former intelligence officer conceded in an affidavit that he accidentally cut off part of a Viet Cong prisoner's finger while injecting fear during interrogation The Army rested its case and a seven member military jury could hear closing arguments today The defense faces maiming and assault charges with Kotouc possibly testifying in Humbolt Nebraska action tied to My Lai events in March 1968
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
UPI
Eugene M. Kotouc
Army
Kotouc
Humbolt
Neb
Col
Madison Wright
My Lai
Robert Stewart
Mason School Head Fired After Hearing
Mason County Schools superintendent I Brooks Smith was found guilty on nine of ten charges by the Mason County Board of Education after a West Virginia Supreme Court ordered a hearing. Acting replacement named was Michael Whalen, assistant principal at Point Pleasant Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Brooks Smith
Mason County
Mason County Board of Education
Smith
West Virginia Supreme Court
Michael Whalen
Point Pleasant Junior High
Congress Seeks Two Year Draft Extension With House Oversight
A Senate Armed Services panel approved a two year draft extension while giving Congress the first say on armed forces size and annual draft pools. The bill sets end strength at 2.5 million by June 30 1972 and caps yearly drafts at 150 000, with emergency suspension possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Congress
Armed Services
Armed Services Committee
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
United States
Vietnam
Executive Branch
Warning on Detergents for Water Pollution Sparks FTC Action
EDF testifies before the FTC calling for labeling on phosphate detergents. William H. Rodgers Jr notes large ads by Lever Brothers Colgate Palmolive and Procter & Gamble totaling over $452 million in 1969, far exceeding federal research funds for eutrophication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Rodgers Jr
University of Washington
EDF
Federal Trade Commission
FIC
Rodgers
Lever Brothers
Colgate -Palmolive
Procter & Gamble
McIntyre Proposes Private Health Plan Over Kennedy
Senator Thomas J. McIntyre criticizes Senator Edward M. Kennedy's national health insurance proposal and offers a private coverage upgrade plan. He argues 68 billion could better address housing, pollution, and safety, while creating state subsidized pools for the poor to obtain affordable insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Edward M. Kennedy
McIntyre
Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Charge Expected Inmate Murder at Moundsville Prison
John Boggess, 22, already jailed for grand larceny, faced an expected murder charge in the stabbing death of inmate Robert McGilton at the West Virginia facility. McGilton, 31, died after being found near death in the prison yard. a crude knife made from scrap metal was recovered nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
UPI
John Boggess
Wheeling
Boggess
Dawes
Kanawha County
South Hall
Robert McGilton
John Nice
State Incomes Up 10 Percent
West Virginia's per capita income rose nearly 10 percent in 1970, outpacing the national 5.75 percent gain. Total personal income reached $5.1 billion, with an average per capita income of $2,929, about three quarters of the national average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
West Virginia
NLRB Hearing Opens Over Oak Hill Hospital Vote Eligibility
A Beckley hearing on the eligibility of three Oak Hill Hospital employees to vote in a union election opened today. The AFL-CIO union says John Wimmer is a supervisor and ineligible. hospital supporters push to list Martha Thompson and Lucille Bennett. Frank Keenan oversees as NLRB examiner in Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Oak Hill Hospital
Beckley
Afl-Cio
Union of Hospital and Nursing Home
John Wim
Mer
Martha Thompson
Lucille Bennett
Frank Keenan
NLRB
Raleigh County
The
Union
James Paradise
Cincinnati
Ohio
William A. Fitzgerald
Oak Hill
Wimmer
Frank J. Taylor Jr
Charleston
John H. McCulloch
Larry Harless
Nader links to GM microfilm purchase questioned
GM purchased microfilm files amid Nader inquiry. Avery, GM official, said files were offered and were to be destroyed years ago under normal procedure. Nader accused GM of suppressing test reports, while GM denied links to the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nader
John Cutter
Chevrolet
Avery
Simpson
Center For Auto Safety
Free Press
Washington
Cutter
Collection suit filed in Raleigh County court
R. H. Kuhn & Co. Inc. files a collection suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court against Ivory Mae Black and Delores Echerd of Coal City for 2317.05 tied to goods delivered July 21 to August 23 1970. Interest from October is claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Kuhn & Co. Inc
Ivory Mae Black
Delores Echerd
Coal City
Raleigh County
Beckley Police Report Details Drunk Driving Arrests
A quarterly Beckley police report shows 42 DUI arrests year to date, with 287 total drunks and 227 total traffic offenses. Other counts include 15 assaults, 12 burglaries, 11 grand larceny, 49 petit larceny, five auto thefts, and 37 disorderly conduct offenses. Officer Persing killed in action in Southeast Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
John H. McCulloch
Washington
UPI
Robert M
Police quarterly report details juvenile arrests and traffic
The quarter’s police report lists juvenile and adult arrests including 24 petit larceny cases tied to juveniles and counts for assaults burglaries auto theft forgery vandalism weapons gambling drunkenness disorderly conduct and missing persons. Traffic charges total 222 from 269 offenses with 50 speeding. Cruiser activity and vehicle costs are itemized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Sherbdean Woodson Fined On Two Counts
Miss Sherbdean Woodson twenty four of Lanark and Minden was arrested on the New Raleigh Road shoplifting and weapon brandishing charges at the Vista Variety Shop. She allegedly took three juice glasses at fifteen cents each and an extension card at fifty nine cents. She appeared before Town District Magistrate Joe Rodriguez and was fined twenty dollars for shoplifting and fifty dollars for brandishing a weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanark and Minden
Sherbdean Woodson
Vista
New Raleigh Road
Miss Woodson
Joe Rodriguez
Hundreds arrested in antiwar draft center blockade
More than 200 protesters were taken into custody at the National Selective Service headquarters after blocking the entrance with bodies. Police said 205 were arrested for disorderly conduct and unlawful entry, with a small skirmish at the back door and some protesters carried away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Selective Service
Selective Service
Jerry Wilson
Internal Revenue Service
Constitution Avenue
Ilthst
IRS
Southeast Asia
Deaths And Funerals In This Week's Listings
Funeral notices announce the death of Mrs. Sadie Merritt 69 of Sprague at 7 45 p m after a long illness born January 25 1902 Wayne husband Lucian died July 1962 survivors include six sons four daughters two sisters and a son in California Ohio Indiana and Missouri and a son in Florida the body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Final rites for Z W Lafon 85 of 711 N Kanawha St Beckley will be held Friday at 11 a m in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Lafon died Tuesday after a long illness born July 8 1885 in Elgood daughter of Benjamin J and Martha Holdren wife of the late Donald W Lafon survivors include a daughter Clara Lamb Beckley a son Donald Lafon Cocoa Beach a brother W D Holdren Beckley four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren funeral home visitation Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Merritt
Sprague
Cranberry
Wayne
Lucian
Warren
Hiram
Detroit
Mich
Lucian Jr
Baltimore
Rush
Ravenna
Ohio
Glen Merritt
Glen Merritt, Delbarton
Golden Merritt
Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Isaac
Mazie) Connor
Marion
Ind
Lewis
Hazel) Dobbs
Orlando
Fla
James
Mary) Speis
Scott City
Thomas
Polly) ‘Aliff
Cleveland
Fletcher Merritt
Huntington
Luther Esque
Davin
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Z. W
Lizenia) Lafon
N. Kanawha St
Keyser-Bryant
Walter H. Griswold
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Beckley
Elgood
Benjamin. J
Martha Elizabeth Hill Holdren
Gladys Acord Phillips
Mitchell Heights
Logan
Glen Fork
Denny
Dolly Cook Acord
Seth Phillips
Roger
Arcadia
Ifla
Patricia Roles
Roanoke
Ruby — Whitt
Pineville
Pauline Kessler
Mallory
Macie Roles
Ramona Blankenship
Columbus
Lacy E
David L
Charleston
Denny Acord Jr
Caffee Funeral Home
Graveside rites for infant Andrea Perkins in Hannah Lilly Cemetery
Day-old Andrea Jean Perkins died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. with Rev. Norman Gray officiating. Survivors include her parents John and Theresa Perkins and brother Cecil Allen. Grandparents C E Perkins Odd and Mrs Dathwell Hornsby Josephine. Quesenberry Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrea Jean Perkins
John
Theresa Hornsby Perkins
Shady Spring
Hannah Lilly
Odd
Norman Gray
Cecil Allen
C. E. Perkins
Dathwell Hornsby
Josephine
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Dempsey of Christiansburg Dies in Radford Hospital
Jack Dempsey fifty nine? No, 49 of Christiansburg Va died at 3 am today in a Radford Va hospital. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempsey
Christiansburg
Radford
Tyree
Mrs Gurthie Melchor of Buffalo Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Gurthie Melchor 65 of Buffalo New York formerly of East Beckley died Monday in a Buffalo hospital after a long illness. Born May 7 1904 in Winona she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Henry Thornton. Survived by son Alfred G Buffalo sister Mrs Mamie Thornton East Beckley and three grandchildren. Body to be returned to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurthie Thornton Melchor
Buffalo
N.Y
East Beckley
Winona
Henry Thornton
Alfred G
Mamie Thornton
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Funeral services held for James Williams in Long Beach
James Williams of Long Beach California, formerly Beckley, died Thursday after a long illness. Funeral services and burial were conducted Tuesday in Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Williams
Long Beach
Calif
Beckley
Housing Improvement Incentive Proposed
Rep. John Slack of West Virginia proposes a bill granting a 750 dollar income tax deduction to home and landowners to spur housing improvements. He cites the 1970 census showing one fifth of West Virginia housing lacks plumbing, over half predate 1939, and 129000 units deteriorated, claiming jobs and long term tax benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
John Slack
D-W. Va
Slack
West Virginia
Obituary notices and funeral details for Simmons and White
Anthony V Simmons 67 of 1106 Scott Ave died at 6 am after a long illness. Body at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home. Mrs Tula White 72 of Charleston formerly Beckley died Monday at home. Final rites set for 11 am Thursday Preston Funeral Home with Rev Poindexter and Rev Moore. burial Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. She was a Shiloh Baptist Church member survived by husband Willie White daughter Nellie Simmons step daughter Louis Cammon and half brother Willie Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony V. Simmons
Scott Ave
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Tula White
Charleston
Beckley
Preston Funeral Home
William Poindexter
O. T. Moore
Greenwood Memorial Park
Shiloh Baptist Church
Sprague
Willie White
Nellie Simmons
Funeral for Otha M Weikle in Mount Alexander Church
The funeral for Otha M Weikle 79 of Sarton is set for 2 p m Thursday at Mt Alexander Methodist Church with Revs Gregory Lewis and Billy Opostolon officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. He died Monday in a Ronceverte hospital and was the father of Mrs Virginia Lee of Herndon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otha M. Weikle
Sarton
Mt. Alexander Methodist Church
Gregory Lewis
Billy Opostolon
Ronceverte
Virginia Lee
Herndon
Final rites set for Raymond L. Keller Jr.
Raymond L. Keller Jr. 42 of 711 Pinewood Drive Charleston and formerly of Maxwell Hill dies in a New York hospital after a brief illness. He was district sales manager for Frito Lay Co a Korean War veteran and a member of the Kanawha Two Mile Tabernacle. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Ray Keller Orlando Fla his wife Phyllis and two sons Stanley and Randy at home two sisters Mrs Agnus Petry and Mrs Wilma Burns both of Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Keller Jr
Pinewood Drive
Charleston
Maxwell Hill
Cunningham Funeral Home Chapel
Pocatalico
W. D. Newhouse
Floral Hills Garden of Memories
New York
Frito Lay Co
Kanawha Two Mile Tabernacle
Ray Keller
Orlando
Fla
Phyllis
Stanley
Randy
Agnus Petry
Wilma Burns
Pennsylvania
Final rites set for Mrs Ethel Shrewsbury in Clearwater
Mrs Ethel M Shrewsbury 84 of 2135 Bernice Drive Clearwater Fla formerly Beckley will have funeral services Friday in Clearwater She died today in a Clearwater nursing home Survivors include two sons Alden Homestead Fla and James W Shrewsbury St Petersbury Fla three daughters Mrs Paul T King Glen Daniel Mrs G Lester Hash Melbourne Fla and Mrs E D Armstrong Clearwater 6 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren The body is at Moss Funeral Home in Clearwater
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel M. Shrewsbury
Bernice Drive
Clearwater
Fla
Beckley
Alden
Homestead
James W. Shrewsbury
St. Petersbury
Paul T. King
Glen Daniel
G. Lester Hash
Melbourne
E. D. Armstrong
Moss Funeral Home
Final rites for John S. Fitzwater
John S. Fitzwater 83 of Alpeca dies Monday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. A WWI veteran and former miner and timber man, he was born July 16 1887 in Oakdale to John C Fitzwater and Miriahe Garrison. Survived by son John D. of Miami and half-brother George W. of Alpeca. Funeral Thursday 1 p m Burns Warner Princeton with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Fitzwater
Alpeca
Burns Warner
Princeton
Lonnie Blankenship
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Beckley Hospital
Oakdale
John C
Miriahe Garrison Fitzwater
John D
Miami, Fla
George W
Friends J
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Tal Protection Agency
Mason
Point Pleasant
Congressional
Hawaii
United Airlines
Keith Grimmett
Escort
AAA
Neville Street
W. Va
Travel Center
David Simms
Sherbrooke
Queb
Environmental Defense Fund
Mrs
Lizenia Lafon
Andrea Perkins
Gladys Phillips
Mrs. Gurthie Melchor
Anthony Simmons
Raymond Keller Jr
Ethel Shrewsbury
John Fitzwater
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