Army Major Seeks CO Status in Federal Suit
Major William L. Miller Jr., a Vietnam veteran and West Point graduate, filed in federal court to be discharged as a conscientious objector after an Army denial. He asserts his beliefs developed at the University of Missouri during an Army assignment and says Fort Sheridan denied his discharge for lack of conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Upid
Vietnam
Federal District Court
William L. Miller Jr
West Point
University of Missouri
Columbia
Army
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Miller
Antiwar protest faces higher fine and mass arrests
A panel weighs boosting a $10 disturbing the peace fine to $50 as 224 demonstrators were arrested after they refused to disband when their parade permit expired. The march to the White House followed a protest at the Department of Health Education and Welfare with a mule train to Capitol steps. Leaders, including Rev Ralph Abernathy, joined antiwar demonstrators urging an end to the Vietnam War and a $6500 minimum income.
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Wilson
White House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ralph David Abernathy
Capitol Steps
Attorney General Aide Vaughn Resigns for Private Firm
Dennis Vaughn announced his resignation from the attorney general's staff to join the Charleston firm Hanna and Ross. Vaughn had served since 1967, primarily handling tax and municipal matters.
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Charleston
UPI
Dennis Vaughn
Hanna and Ross
Vaughn
Morton delays Alaska oil pipeline decision to mid September
Secretary Rogers Morton told the Senate committee the Alaska oil pipeline decision will not come before mid September. He suggested studying a Canada route and noted court action is likely after a construction permit decision. He stressed environmental and wildlife concerns and urged talks with Canadian officials.
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Alaska
North Slope
Northwest Passage
Manhattan
North American
Canada
McKenzie River Valley
U.S
Washington
UPI
Rogers C. B. Morton
Senate
Morton
Valdez
Fire destroys mobile home on Harper Road in Beckley
Fire officials say the Thursday blaze at 1723 Harper Road left a mobile home occupied by the Ronnie Salango family as a total loss. They arrived at 1 43 p.m. and could not save the structure as the fire was well advanced. Origin believed in the living room. Owner identified as Mrs Milford C Richmond of Cabell Heights.
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Beckley Fire Department
Harper Road
Ronnie Salango
Milford C.richmond
Cabell Heights
Fire Department Responds to Two Calls in Beckley
Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad was dispatched at 11 33 p m Thursday to 111 Meadows Court for Evelyn Feazell 61 reported ill and pronounced dead on arrival at Raleigh General Hospital. Earlier at 4 25 p m Thursday they answered a fire at Stanley's Dairy Bar 402 Second St grease on a grill ignited causing slight damage.
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Beckley Fire Department
Meadows Court
Evelyn Feazell
Raleigh General Hospital
Stanley’s
Second St
Bacon Arrives in Seattle in Capitol Bomb Inquiry
Leslie Bacon a 19 year old from Atherton California arrives in Seattle to appear before a federal grand jury as a material witness in the March 1 bombing of the U S Capitol which caused about 200000 in damage. Police said she was arrested on a warrant and transported despite defense challenges.
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Seattle
Wash
Leslie Bacon
California
U.S
United Air Lines
Senate
Miss Bacon
Philip Hirshkop
Jeffrey Steinborn
Justice Department
Guy Goodwin
John Mitchell
Federal
FBI
Seattle Seven
Panters Death Probe Faces Dual Challenges in Chicago
A special grand jury investigating the 1969 killings of Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark faces petitions to seal bias questions about jurors and to challenge the prosecutor's conduct. If sustained, the hearing could end the four month probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Criminal Court
Joseph A. Power
Power
Fred Hampton
Mark Clark
The Wabash Cannon Ball Train Opens in 1950
The fictional Cannon Ball song inspired the real Wabash Cannon Ball passenger service. Written by A. P. Carter and copyrighted in 1933, the song celebrated a mythical route from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The actual Wabash Cannon Ball began operating across Illinois Indiana and parts of Ohio Michigan and Missouri in 1950.
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Amtrak
St. Louis
Detroit
A. P. Carter
Singing Carter
Wide
Pacific
Atlantic
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Missouri
Wabash Railroad
MacArthur Man Jailed on Peace and Assault Warrants
David Paul George, 36, was jailed by State Police on peace and assault warrants for allegedly threatening and assaulting his wife Agnes. He is to appear before Town District Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. Also jailed Thursday were Gary Frye on AWOL from the Army and David Meador on an Army AWOL charge.
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MacArthur
David Paul George
George
Agnes
Joe Rodriguez
Bureau of Investigation
Gary Frye
U.S. Army
David Meador
Now You Know By United Press International
The Rolling Stone is the title of an 1887 story by Anton Chekhov. The note credits the UPI source and anchors the reference to Chekhov’s well known literary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Rolling Stone
Anton Chekhov
War Halts East Pakistan Relief Effort
Officials say about 4 million in the East Pakistan cyclone zone face hunger as civil war halts emergency food distribution. Paris talks estimate up to 60 million of 74 million inhabitants could starve. U.S. donated 200 000 tons sent, 150 000 tons undelivered due to war. relief work halted since March 25 amid independence movement.
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New Delhi
UPI
East Pakistan
Paris
Washington
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Bangla Desh
Bengal Land) Liberation Movement
Ganges River
Patuakhali
Barisal
Bay of Bengal
United States
U.S
World Bank
Tito Plans U S Visit Later This Year
Belgrade reports that President Tito will visit the United States later this year. Robert Finch says the U S is looking forward to Tito's trip. Tito, turning 79, hosted Nixon last year and was invited to Washington. Finch and Donald Rumsfeld are in Europe discussing social issues with Yugoslav officials.
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Belgrade
UPI
Tito
United States
U.S
America
Robert Finch
Nixon
Yugoslavia
Washington
Finch
Donald Rumsfeld
Deaths and Funerals for Anthony Val Simmons and Evelyn Feazell
Final rites are set for Anthony Val Simmons 70 of East Park at 2 p m Sunday at Primitive Baptist Church East Park burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Wednesday after a long illness. Survivors include wife Nellie son Robert sisters Bilena Watkins and Ethel Gravely brother Reece Simmons. Also Evelyn Feazell 61 of 111 Meadows Court died suddenly at 11 55 p m Thursday born August 17 1909 at Waiteville daughter of Myrtle Harless and the late Shannon Harless she worked as an accounting clerk for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and was active in First Christian Church Navy Mothers and the Degree of Honor Lodge. Survivors include husband Gilbert G Feazell a son John G Feazell a daughter Joyce McGinnis five grandchildren and brother Charles Harless. Funeral services for Feazell are Sunday at 3 p m at Melton Mortuary with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call 6 p m to 9 30 p m Saturday. pallbearers listed.
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Anthony Val Simmons
East Park
Primitive Baptist Church
Ed Wallace
Thomas Pryor
Greenwood Memorial Park
Nellie
Robert Simmons
Beckley
Bilena Watkins
Charleston
Ethel Gravely
Gary l
Reece Simmons
Forest City
Trent and Durgan
Evelyn Feazell
Meadows Court
Waiteville
Myrtle Duff Harless
Spencer
Shannon Roscoe Harless
Feazell
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
First Christian Church
Anchor
Navy Mothers
Degree of Honor Lodge
Gilbert G. Feazell
John G
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Robert
Joyce) McGinnis
Albany
Charles M. Harless
Nashville
Tenn
Melton Mortuary
Jim Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Carmen C
Russell R. Feazell
James L. Houchins
Wilbur Whitten
Melvin Maples
Frank Ubeda
Hansford Floyd
George Williams
Dayton Luther O'Dell Jr
da ‘Niels
Quinwood Baptist Church
Quinwood
Houston Boothe
Clintonville
Dayton L
Carrie Smith O'Dell
Millbrook
Paul Jennings O’neal
Bailey’s Crossroads
Daniels
Arlington
Surveyor
Eliza Henderson
Dennis O'Neal
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, Co
Helen
UMVA
Baptist Church
O'Neal
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Co
Leta Dunbar O’neal
Dorothy Taylor
Jane Martin
Point Pleasant
Luella Wood
Annandale
Glen O'Neal
Eugene
Maple Meadow
Boyd Stover
Glen White
Carl Farr
James Farr
Montgomery
Ala
Funeral notices from Daniels area list multiple deaths and services
Incomplete obituary notes list Linda Barringer 21 of East Park with funeral home in Trent and Durgan. Hubert Hamilton Sams 72 of Cadwell dies, services at Caldwell Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial at Adwell Cemetery. Dayton Luther O'Dell Jr. 32 of Daniels to be buried at Wallace Memorial Cemetery after services in Quinwood. Paul Jennings O'Neal 62 of Bailey's Crossroads Va formerly Daniels dies in Arlington. Bodies and services vary with multiple survivors and churches named.
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Hubert Hamilton Sams
Cadwell
Caldwell
Beckley City Proceeds Toward HUD Grants with Inspections
Beckley moves to build a six month inspection record and enforce building codes to qualify for urban renewal funds. HUD demands a 15 to 20 member non discriminatory citizens advisory panel. Mayor McCulloch will appoint it. Authority officials plan six month goals and fund studies with local and private support.
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Beckley
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Municipal Housing Authority
Authority
Bill Luoni
Luoni
HUD
John H. McCulloch
City Recorder-Treasurer
Larry F. Stover
Herbert Buckley
Urban Renewal Authority
Don Ralzer
Buckley
Oglebay Park
Legislature approves kindergarten funding and road bonds
The legislature passed a $550 000 appropriation for five regional kindergarten training centers and allowed up to $110 million in road bonds. It restored budget cuts to several offices and endorsed supplemental appropriations for Finance and Administration Tax Natural Resources Mental Health and the Board of Regents.
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Moore
Smith
Senate
Welch
Children’s Home
Hopemont Hospital
Finance and Administration
Tax, Natural Resources, Mental Health
Board of Regents
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Ene
Bacon
U.S. Court of Appeal
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Atherton
Harold Sullivan
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Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Johnstown
West Virginia
First Church OF God
Mount Hope
W. Va
George Osler
Good News Quartet
Melvin Dolin
Panthers
Edward V. Hanrahan
John P Coghlan
Barnabas Sears
Hanrahan
Sears
Pakistan
U. S
Anthony Simmons
Linda Barringer
Seventh St
Ames L. Wilson
Amorite
Kitrina
John ‘Barringer
Carla
Patricia Barringer
James Barringer
Mich
Ralph
Fredrick Wilson
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Hubert H. Sams
Dayton O'Dell Jr
Paul J. O’neal
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
City Recorder
Tony Fortunato
Linda Metts
Howard LePiers
Richard Payne
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