Government Gas Industry Settle Coal Gasification Pact
Washington officials and the American Gas Association signed a 296 million research pact to develop coal gasification into clean burning gas. Pilot plants will start with Homer City Pennsylvania, Chicago, and Rapid City while government and industry fund four years of pilot and later demonstration plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Rogers C. B. Morton
G. J. Tankersley
American Gas Association
Morton
Coal Gasifica
Tion
Chicago
Rapid City
S. D
Homer City
Fits
Tankersley
AGA
Raleigh County Art and Craft Festival Sets Record Attendance Plan
The Raleigh County Armory hosts the Art and Craft Festival August 25 to 29 with over 15 000 attendees expected on Heritage Day Friday August 27. Craftsmen from Princeton and nearby counties will demonstrate woodcarving macrame hairpin lace quilting and rug hooking as part of a publicity surge including 10 billboards and national magazine outreach. Heritage Day offers free admission for schoolchildren and 10 000 tickets have been distributed to area schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Armory
Dell Courtney
Beckley
Raleigh County
Southern Living Magazine
Holiday Int
Friends Magazine
Odyssey Magazine
the National Reporter
Seneco Grams
Table Talk Magazine
Courtney
West Virginia
Town and Country Homemakers Club
Okey Brooks
Sand Branch
Prosperity Homemakers Club
Lonnie Morris
Harper Heights
Harper Homemakers Club
Ruby Farley
Blue Jay 6 Road
Uo Publis Cup
Final rites listed for Thompson and others in Beckley area
Obituaries report cremations and funerals for Irvin Preston Thompson of North Sand Branch and other local residents. Details include birth places, survivor lists with spouses and children, burial sites like Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens and Sunset Memorial Park, church affiliations, and funeral timing from Thursday to Friday.
Rites Held for Betty Jane Moore Fragile 36
Final rites were held for Betty Jane Fragile Moore 36 of 907 S Oakwood Ave at Cranberry Community Church. Burial followed in Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Moore
Oakwood Ave
Cranberry Community Church
Elden Pauley
Buria
Mount Tabor
Milam and Turner Funeral Services Held in Crunchy Valley Area
Funeral services for William Allen Milam 85 of Crab Orchard were held at 3 p m Thursday in the Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia with the Revs F C Calhoun and Ernest Barley officiating Burial followed in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Milam died in a local hospital Tuesday at 1145 am born April 19 1886 at Slab Fork and was a retired timberman Survivors include two sons two daughters a stepdaughter and stepson a brother and two sisters He was predeceased by his wife Marietta Milam in 1948 Mrs Loretta E Turner 68 of North Beckley died Sunday in a Huntington hospital and funeral services were set for 12 30 p m Thursday in the St Matthew AME Church Beckley with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park Burial followed a long illness Visitation was 7 00 to 9 00 pm today
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Irvin Preston Thompson
North Sand Branch
Tyree
Mount Hope
Cash Brooks
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Hilltop
Fayette County
C. C
Amanda Thompson
Sand Branch
John Kenney
Smoot St
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Moot Ave
Nelson Staples
Greenwood Memorial Park
New Britain, Conn
Goochland
James Kenney
Mary A. Martin
New Britain
John Jr
Wilmington
Del
Clarence
Ritchie and Johnson
Campbell Rudolph Polk
Crab Orchard
Caffee Funeral Home
Jim Frazier
Paul A. Wheeler
Lynchburg
Sunset Memorial Park
Alfred
Irene) Lambert
Glen White
Okie Tosh Polk
Anthony Campbell Polk
Glen View Independent
Douglas Polk
Charles Cooper
Henry O'Shimsky
John Radford
Glen Thompson
Claude Akers
James P. Nicholas Jr
Beckley
Buckingham County
James
Nora Nicholas
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Mary Nicholas
James R
Washington, D. C
Clarence Nicholas
Barksdale
Christine Johnson
Long Island
N. Y
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Jasper Gross
Marianna
Church of God At
Brenton
James Compton
Palm
Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Gross
Raleigh County
Henry and
Hula Milam Gross
United Mine Workers
Church of God of
Wyoming County
Mable Miller Grosse
Chester
Glover
Jack
Columbus
Ohio
Don
Mexico
Emma Faye Robinson
Sharon Fields
Wyoming
Darlene Gross
Clara Brinkley
Allen Junction
Dorothy Park
Roanoke
Robertson- Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
William Allen
Milam
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
F. C. Calhoun
Ernest Barley
Slab Fork
Tommy
McDowell
Sidney Milam
Helen
Vada
Hulda
Martha Milam
Philip Gross
Stuart
Fla
Henry Milam
Jesse
Eliza Buchanan
Effie Stewart
Bulan
Marietta Milam
Loretta E. Turner
North Beckley
St. Matthew Am.e
Abner ‘Wright
Huntington
GOP Senators Push Wage Price Board Plan and Productivity Council
Twelve GOP senators plan to sponsor a bill establishing a federal wage price board though White House economists oppose mandatory guidelines. They would also back a bill to give statutory status to the White House Council on Productivity, expanding its staff and duties. Lead sponsors include Boggs, Brooke, Case, Cooper, Hatfield, Javits, Mathias, Saxbe, Schweiker, Stevens, Taft, and Weicker. Beall and Percy back only the productivity council measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Senate
Mansfield
White House
GOP
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Congress
J. Caleb Boggs
Del
Brooke
Clifford P. Case
John Sherman Cooper
Mark O. Hatfield
Ore
Jacob K. Javits
N.Y
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
William Saxbe
Ohio
Richard S. Schweicker
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Robert Taft
DiClaro Posts Bond In Monday Shooting
Al DiClaro posted bond after a Monday shooting incident. Authorities allege involvement but no further charges were disclosed pending investigation.
Sullivan man posts bond in Daniels shooting case
Joseph DiClaro of Sullivan Road posted 500 bond before Town District Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on charges of attempt to kill connected to a Monday morning shooting that wounded Michael Andrew Meadows of Shady Spring at the Stardust Club on U S 21 in Daniels. DiClaro and Robert Rapp of Glen Daniel are charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph DiClaro
Sullivan Rd
Joe Rodriguez
Michael Andrew Meadows
Shady Spring
Meadows
Stardust Club
U. S. 21
Daniels
DiClaro
Robert Rapp
Glen Daniel
Suit Aims To Collect On Beckley Promissory Notes
Two suits filed in Raleigh County target Robert G. Mortenson Construction Co and Robert G. Mortenson of Beckley to recover 10137.22 on a promissory note with 137.22 interest and future interest. Household Finance Corp names Robert E. Cadle and Gloria Cadle of Beckley as defendants in a second case seeking 713.59 on a 1000 note dated December 20, 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Bank
Robert G. Mortenson
Wheeling Council Fires City Manager and Quits
In Wheeling on Tuesday night City Manager Charles Steele was dismissed by a 6 3 vote. Assistant City Manager James Frederick and Police Chief Arthur McKenzie resigned, leaving the city without an acting police chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling Council
Wheeling
UPD
Charles Steele
Council
Steele
James Frederick
Arthur McKenzie
James Haranzo
Frederick
McKenzie
William Horne
Horne
Jack Maloney
Two Shoplifting Arrests Reported In Woodrow Pegram Case
Police beat details two shoplifting arrests on Tuesday Woodrow Pegram of Rural Acres Drive jailed at 3 p m for shoplifting and AWOL fined 55 dollars and five days in jail Lorena Wallace officiating Josephine Smith of Lillybrook also arrested on shoplifting charges Damon S Edward of Beckley jailed for expired inspection sticker bond posted 23 50 dollars and released Dryden E Wood of Mabscott held on assault and battery gambling device possession and a peace warrant at 8 55 p m Rescue Squad treated Doris McGhee after fainting at Raleigh County courthouse lobby then sent to Beckley ARH Hospital. A Beaver Avenue two car collision left 1965 model driven by Andrew J Gilkerson Cranberry left turning into Beaver Avenue hitting 1966 model driven by Mason B Lilly damages 5350 to Lilly car 150 to Gilkerson car no injuries Gilkerson issued improper left turn order to appear Aug 9
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Woodrow Pegram
Rural Acres Drive
Aw.o.l. Pegram
Lorena Wallace
Josephine Smith
Lillybrook
Sheriff's Deputies
Damon S. Edward
Beckley
Edward
Joe Rodriguez
Dryden E. Wood
Mabscott
Beaver Avenue
Andrew J. Gilkerson
Cranberry
South Fayette St
Mason B. Lilly
Lilly Auto
Gilkerson
Muncipal Court
Arthur Leon Richmond
E. Main St
Richmond
Terry Nolan Tilley
Collier Ave
Samuel C. Patterson
Westwood Dr
Bertha C. Warden
Hall, Ist
Lewis F. Burkey
Lyndale Dr
Curtiss O. Herron
Coal City
Clara Mae Webb
Russell St
George Franklin Whitehead
Sunset Dr
James Treadway
Sundial
L. G. Daniel
D D Driver Knight Charged After Early Morning Collision
Danny Lee Knight a 17 year old of 21213 Mulberry Street was charged with driving under the influence after a two car crash at 12 28 a m caused an estimated 1000 in damages. The incident involved a 1971 auto and a City Cab Service vehicle driven by Mason C Evans 51 of 112 Riley Street who was turning left. Knight vehicle veered hit a pole near the S&B Super Market lot. Police report damages 950 to Knights car and 50 to the Evans cab. No injuries. Knight posted bond and was released.
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Danny Lee Knight
Mulberry St
Knight
Mason C. Evans
Riley St
S&b
Apollo 15 Irwin Ground Truth Aids Future Moon Mapping
Ground truth data from Apollo 15 Irwin confirmed the orbital measurement accuracy. Worden called the Hadley Base mapping crucial for planning future lunar and planetary missions. The Hadley Base science station remained functional and a color TV camera on the lunar rover had battery life to observe a solar eclipse. Crew reported a water leak, quickly repaired with a wrench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Senate Votes Cut Equal Time in Campaign Reform Debate
The Senate moved to repeal the equal time provision of the 1934 act for all federal candidates while placing new limits on radio and television spending. A six member federal elections commission would oversee reporting and public disclosure. Democrats sought an equal split of the 10 cent per voter limit between broadcast and non broadcast ads and pressed for presidential office scope only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Federal Elections Commission
General Accounting Office
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Russell D. Hemenway
National Committee For An Effective
Congress
Torbert H. MacDonald
Dmass
West Virginia Folk Tales staged on courthouse lawn Saturday
West Virginia University drama group returns for an 8 p.m. Saturday show on the courthouse lawn after a morning performance at New River Park shelter. The seven actor-musician troupe directed by Professor Patrick Murphy performs folk tales such as the Wreck of the C and C with free admission for all ages.
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West, Virginia University
West Virginia
New River Park
Patrick Murphy
Raleigh
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Harley O. Staggers
Cuillyvlhel
Irvin P. Thompson
Mrs
Mamie Kennedy
C. Rudolph Polk
Mamie Crook Kennedy
Chedwynd
British Columbia
Canada
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
P. S. Brendiar
Betty J. Fragile
Danny
Steve Marks
Sammy Fragile
Jimmy
Prinesti
Jimmy Reynolds
William A. Milam
Beckley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Energy For America
NEA
United States
Owens-Corning
D.D
Knight Auto
Evans
Danny W. Richardson
Peggy Rose Payne
Rt. 2
Richardson Auto
Payne
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