Nixon Welfare Plan Could Aid Working Poor With $50 Base Payment
President Nixon's welfare program reportedly aims to limit benefits to a $50 monthly base and emphasize work training to move recipients off welfare. The plan would let states exceed the federal minimum and tighten penalties for noncompliance while preserving AFDC, which serves over six million people with about $3 billion yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig A. Palmer
Washington
UPI
Nixon
House
UFI
AFDC
Irish Religious Riots Renewed in Belfast Clashes
Violence flared between Catholic and Protestant mobs in Belfast. Fire bombs targeted police as crowds burned buildings and firemen faced Molotov cocktails. The cabinet rejected troops and a curfew, leaving 3,000 police to handle the unrest amid injuries and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
GPI
Northern, Ireland
James Chichester-Clark
Switzerland
Marriage Permit Applications Listed for Raleigh County Couples
A bulletin lists numerous marriage license applications filed at the Raleigh County Clerk's Office. Names include James Bond and Fannie Edwar Cannaday, James Henry Comstock and Barbara Lynn McCormack, Ronald G. Toler and Rebecca Sue Gurack, and others with their ages and parental details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
James Bond
Sophia
Fieldon
Celia Pettr
Bond
Fannie Edwar Cannaday
Surveyor
J. C
Cora Stover Shumate
James Henry Comstock
Salem, Va
James
Ruth Moser Comstock
Barbara Lynn McCormack
Daniels
Jennings
Jessie Scott McCormack
Ronald G. Toler
Oceana
Maxine Cook Toler
Rebecca Sue Gurack
Piney View
Virginia Garten Gurack
Stanley Gurack
Samuel Michael Kester
Midway
Samuel and
Virginia Pack Kester
Stella Ann Sallie
Ralph
Betty
Price Sallie
Joseph
Harold Mann
Bedford
Ohio
William
Norma Meadows Mann
Charlotte Regina Mitchem
Crab Orchard
Hubert and
Della Dolinger Mitchem
Billy Harl McCauley
Lorain
Harl
Tyresy Williams McCauley
Leah Paullette McCoy
Martin
Janet Milam McCoy
Roger Lee Ransom
Fairdale
Carlos and
Nellie Daniel Ransom
W. Juanita June Persinger
Eccles
Paul and
Ruby Wilburn Persinger
Sam Henry Page
Lester
Joe
Claudia Penny Page
Willie Virgin Lee Fugate
Charles and
Luella Mickins Fugate
Larry Curtis Webb
Beckley
Fred
Eldore Daniel Webb
Wanda Gwinn Stover
Helen Coots Stover
David E. Williams
Pettus
Bruce
Anna Perry Williams
Gloria Jean McGinnis
Stickney
Ross
Betty Pettry McGinnis
Hershey accused of meddling in Selective Service board
Gwiazda and Clement accuse Gen. Hershey of directing personnel and steering the board's actions under the 1948 act. They allege Hershey seeks control by appointing executives and using SSS facilities, while a civilian executive secretary is proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwiazda
Selective Service
Selectiv Service
Hershey
Robert T. Hays
Hays
Thomas M. Pickle
The
Clement
Nixon
UPI
Col. Wendel
Gen
Link Between Michigan California Murders Probed
Police pursue possible cross country link between the Michigan killings of seven young women and five in California. Investigators tie John Norman Collins and Andrew Manuel to both sets of slayings, noting shared travel patterns and a rented cargo trailer used during a California visit. The case includes Marina Habe and Karen Beineman among the victims, with Collins charged in Beineman's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypsilanti
Mich
UPD
Sims
Min
California
Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti
John Norman Collins Reell
FBI
Andrew Manuel
Richard Diaz
Collins
Manuel
Salinas
Calif
Claremont
Marina Elizabeth Habe
Hans Habe
Elise Hardt
Hollywood Hills
Michigan
Karen Sue Beineman
Miss Beineman
David Leik
Battle reports in Vietnam clash near Saigon and Hamburger Hill
Reports describe 24 bodies found beside destroyed bicycles after jungle trails were hit by rockets and machine guns. Gunships and infantry claim 12 Communists killed near Saigon with others wounded, while an attack 270 miles northeast of Saigon caused additional casualties. Hamburger Hill near Ap Bia Mountain sees renewed fighting as North Vietnamese presses in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Central Highlands
Tuy Hoa
Hamburger Hill
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
South Vietnam
Ap Bia
Nader accuses U S Interior of suppressing mining pollution report
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader charges the Interior Department withheld a报告 estimating extensive environmental damage from underground mining. He cites a secret April study showing millions of acres undermined and warns Congress to fund stricter mining controls and a government review of coal purchasing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LUPE
Ralph Nader
U. S. Interior Department
Nader
Interior Department
Lyndon B.johnson
Asst
Interior
Hollis Dole
Russell Train
United States
Congress
Thirty Applicants File for WV Employment Security Jobs
Twenty-nine job applications were filed at the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Employment Security Friday and Monday. The list includes a tractor trailer driver, office machine operator, two carpenters, an automobile mechanic helper, a carpentry laborer, a shuttle car operator, an automobile mechanic, a motor grader operator, and a spray painter. Also listed are a central office operator, two general office clerks, a maid, a post office clerk, a typist, a stenographer, a sales clerk, four truck drivers, a sorter, an automobile body repairman, a construction laborer, a plumber, a brush painter, a service clerk, and a waitress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Lst
Fire Kills Two Children in St Albans Mobile Home
A early morning fire destroyed the Eugene Griffiths mobile home in St Albans. Gene Griffith 1 and Bryan Keith Griffith 4 died. James Ray Griffith 2 and Willard McCormick 11 were hospitalized in serious condition from smoke inhalation. Fire officials cite an electrical overload as the blaze cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Albans
Eugene Griffith
St Albans
Gene Griffith
Bryan Keith Griffith
Thomas Memorial Hospital
James Ray Griffith
Willard McCormick
McCormick
Griffiths
Deaths and Funerals in Beckley and Herndon
Funeral services for Joan Hurst 69 of Beckley will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Ritchie and Johnson with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Hurst found dead with knife wounds. Charles E Christian charged with her murder. Leonard Lusk 69 of Herndon died after a long illness with funeral today at Milam Creek Gospel Mission and burial at the family cemetery. wife Eula Lusk later added to survivors. Survivors include several siblings and relatives across Beckley Louisville Indianapolis Morristown Big Stone Gap and Sacramento. Friends may call and visitation schedule noted. The two obituaries list local funeral home arrangements and survivor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Hurst
Grant St
Ritchie and Johnson
Beckley Wi
David Powell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Hurst
Sterling Street
Booker Street
Charles E. Christain
Tennessee
Roland Hurst
Earl
Sacramento
Calif
Curtis C
Beckley
Walter
Louisville
Pip
Indianaplis
Ind
Robert T
Morristown
Tenn
Arnie Pemberton
Nancy Tones
Big Stone Gap
Pauline Richmond
Beckle
Leonard Lusk
Herndon
Milam Creek
Sam Foglesong
Nease
Neely
Mullers
Lusk
Princeton
Eula Lusk
Eien Gray Sullivan
Tilden
Owen P. Dotf Harvey
Tilmunity Church
Gravely
Cal‘fee
Wiliam
Glen
Conducted
Cem Graham
Amundel
Hubert
Nell Akers Graham
Margaret Elizabeth Darnell Graham
William Jr
James Charles
Johnstown
Curtis Hunt
Guy H Raymond Boll Janney
Watson Bowman
Robert Porter
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Beckley Area
Series of funeral announcements for John E Settle, Maggie Gamble, Gordon Dempsey, James Fitzpatrick, and related services in Fayetteville, Beckley, and Oak Hill. Details include birthplaces, survivors, service times, church and cemetery names, and visiting hours with sponsoring funeral homes.
Edward Pollack Mitchell obituary at Glen Brock Funeral Home
Edward Pollack Mitchell 82 of 904 South Kanawha Street dies Monday at 8 30 p m in a local hospital. Born October 6 1886 in Ohio he was a retired millwright and member of Buena Vista Presbyterian Church. Survivors include son Robert Portsmouth daughter Evalene Maples Beckley four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Glen Brock Funeral Home Portsmouth with burial in McKerdree Chapel Cemetery Buena Vista.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Pollack Mitchell
South Kanawha St
Glen Brock
Portsmouth
Ohio
McKerdree Chapel
Buens Vista
Mitchell
Samuel
Evalene Woodrow Mitchell
Presbyterian Church
Buena Vista
Robert
Evalene) Maples
Beckley
Rosé and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral services for Dewey Combs set for Friday
Dewey Combs 70 of Forrest Ave dies in a local nursing home at 4 25 a m. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p m at Stenaford Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Ralph Poole and Dr Kenneth Swank officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He was born Sept 6 1808 in Knot County Kentucky, a retired salesman and Stamford Missionary Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Ella Hicks Combs. Body lies at Webb and Neal Funeral Home with viewing after 5 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Gamble
Fayette St
First Baptist Church
North ‘Beckley
W. J. ‘Carter
G. C. Gilbert
Greenwood Memorial Park
Aspirin Hill
Tenn
Bir
Jessie Adkins
North Beckley
First ‘Baptist Church
Calantha
Beckley
David Clay
Charleston
Walter L. Brown
Harper Heights
James Fitzpatrick
James Leo Fitzpatrick
Beaver
Saint Francis de Sales Catholic
Thomas Kerrigan
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Fitzpatrick
Raleigh County
Michael
Anna Dillon Fitzpatrick
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Loyal Order of
Rose and Quesenberry
Father Kerrigan
Dewey Combs
Forrest Ave
Stenaford Missionary Baptist Church
Ralph Poole
Kenneth Swank
Combs
Knot County
Henry
Carrie Combs
Stamford Missionary Baptist Church
Ella Hicks Combs
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Cecil Gillespie dies at 68 in Dawson
Cecil Edgar Gillespie 68 of Dawson died Monday at his home after illness. He was the father of Mrs. Ethel Heaster of Pineville. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Rainelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Edgar Gillespie
Dawson
Ethel Heaster
Pineville
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Rainelle
Funeral arrangements for John Bugda
John Bugda aged 76 died today at 11 a.m. in an Oak Hill nursing home. He resided with Mr and Mrs George Bulfa of Calloway Heights. The body lies at Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bugda
Oak Hill
Bugda
George Bulfa
Calloway Heights
Webb and Neal
Death of Grace Hewitt in Beckley area
Grace Ellen Hewitt 73 died in a local hospital at 12 15 a m Tuesday after an apparent heart attack. Born November 27 1895 in Wittens Mill Virginia she was active in church and civic groups including Beckley Presbyterian Church Womens Club Eastern Star and Home Demonstration Club. Survived by five sons four daughters twenty two grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Funeral at Beckley Presbyterian Church Thursday at 2 pm with burial Sunset Memorial Park. body at Williams Funeral Home MacArthur after 5 pm Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ellen Hewitt
Jof MacArthur
Fellouina
Wittens Mill
William .and
Susan Parry
Beckley
James Hewitt
Harold
Henry
MacArthur
Robert
Ripley
Winton
Havertown
James
Donald
Norristown
William Lawson
Melvindale
Mich
Manuel Estevez
Lincoln Park
Raymond Payne
South Charleston
Denver Miller
Portsmouth
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Curtiss Patterson
Sunset Memorial Park
Williams Funeral
Okey Mills
Emmett Williams
Tracy Hylton
Basil Deck
John Hancock
G. Waugh
Cecil Miller
Buford Hartson
Wreck in Ga Fatal to Oak Hill Man
Two men were killed on Interstate 75 near Macon Georgia when their car hit the rear of a passing truck and flipped. Investigating officers said both men were thrown from the vehicle. The deceased were Slim D Whi and Donald Oak Hill of W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
UPI
Here
Slim D
Whi
Donald
Cab Driver Killed in Morgantown After Storm Crash
Joseph Bowden, 25, Morgantown taxi driver, died when his car skidded on a rainy U S 119 and struck a utility pole. Passenger Charles McCloy, 62, was hospitalized in critical condition after a live wire fell onto the cab. State police investigated the freak accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
U. S. 119
Here
Joseph Bowden
Charles McCloy
University Hospital
Bowden
Slate Fall Fatality At Babcock Mine Claims Bowles
Robert Lee Bowles, 49, of Charmes, died Monday from a slate fall at the Babcock Mine operated by Winding Gulf Coal Company. The incident occurred at the mine site in Slate Fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar Blur Tubhy
Robert Lee Bowles
Charmes
Babcock
Winding Gulf Coal Company
Reairing Likely In Kennedy Case In Mass
In Kennedy auto crash case in Edgartown Massachusetts District Attorney Edmund Dinis awaits official word from Judge James A. Boyle to approve an inquest into the death of 23 year old Mary Jo Kopechne. Dinis had requested the inquest after a prior Superior Court rejection. Boyle is expected to act soon, possibly today or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engartown
Mass
Sen
Bdward
Kennedy
Vist
Chappaquiddick Island
Boyle
Dinis
Thomas A. Telfer
Massachusetts
Union Welfare Fund Suit Alleges Misuse of Benefits
The Register reports a lawsuit accusing the United Mine Workers welfare fund of misusing money from coal royalties and denying eligible retirees benefits. Plaintiffs claim false statements led to loss of union pensions while many waited for funds. the union denies the charges as political.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
UMW
Edward L. Carey
Carey
Boyle
Joseph Yablonski
Atty
Harry Huge
Washington
John L. Lewis
Trust Fund
Huge
Hugo
Estle
Eugene Noonkester
Midway
Noonkester
Marvin Kuhn
Van
Ray Blankenship
Rewett
Howard Linville
Pevtona
Marble Morgan
Whitesburg
Charles Omechinski
Quinwood
Register
KF. Cody
Fayetteville
Hubert Cooper
Thurmond
Thomas Green
Dry Branch
Odell Gwynn
Beckley
Darius
Noke
Edgar
Kramer
Earnie Morris
Searbro
Anna Omechinski
Mount Hone
Bernard Law
Posey Stewart
Geeana
UMWA
Paul Kaufman
Charleston
Ant
Murray
Caudillo
Abe Krash
Steve Clarkson
James J. McHugh
Richard B. Sohal
Adam Walinsky
New York City
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Mt. Hope
Jones Ave
Mt, Hope
O&der OF the Golden Pure
Cal
Wooster
Geedyear
Ichmon
John Hurst
John E. Settle
John Edward Settle
Doggett Chapel United Methodist Church
Dempsey
Norman Foster
Kelley
Winston
Charles
Cora Huddleston Settle
Herbert L
Mable Kelley
Galdie Clawson
Oak Till
Dodd-Payne
Herbert L. Settle
Mrs. Lura Gravely
Gordon Dempsey
Gordon Leon
Doc) Dempsey
Salem Road
Tyree
Bill Menefee
High Lawn Memorial Park
Ther Funeral
Iday
Edward Mitchell
William H. Graham
Cecil E. Gillespie
Mrs
Grace Hewitt
Slate Fall
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