Doctors urged to curb X ray use to protect future generations
The Public Health Service urged doctors to voluntarily reduce diagnostic X rays as much of current exposure may not aid diagnosis. The booklet notes exposure should be justified by clear benefit and warns against gonadal exposure affecting the genetic pool across generations. It calls special caution for pregnant women and those of procreative age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Public Health Service
PHS
American Medical Association
American College of Radiology
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Deaths and Funerals in Regional Notices
A long funeral notices list reports deaths and services for Norman W. Long 54 Oak Lawn Indiana. Jasper Gross 61 Marianna. Helen Cook 69 San Diego formerly Beckley. Effie Dailey Mabscott. Elkanah Canaday 92 Lester. Nellie Smith 89 Bellerose NY. and other local survivors. Funeral homes include Tyree, Oak Hill. Robertson Foglesong. Rose and Quesenberry. with services set Friday and Saturday and various burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Wesley Long
Oak Lawn
Oak Hill
Tyree
Randolph F. Johnson
High Lawn
Meong
Oak
I ’ Lawn
Nellie Smith
Morgan Park Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Society of Professional Engineers
Judith Apgard
Susan Jano
Buddy Long
Beckley
Doris. Walker
Phyllis, Bozentka
Baltimore
Oak Hill Lodge No. 120
Helen Cook
San Diego
Calif
California
Cook
the Security and Savings Bank
Maine
J. S. Snow
Leslie Williams
C. W. Cook
William Crenshaw
Los Gatos
Jessie Snow
Cypress View Mortuary
Cypress View Mausoleum
Jasper Gross
Marianna
Brenton Church of God
James Compton
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Gross
Raleigh County
Henry
Hula Milam Gross
Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Elkanah P. Canaday
Lester
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Thomas Payne
Sunset Memorial Park
William R
Angeline Hill Canaday
Canaday
Primitive Baptist Church
Mary Canaday
Ozola Brooker
Columbia
S. C
Grady Miller
Frank Humphrey
Dwight Collins
Claude Webb
Stephen Canaday
Basil Pittman
Catherine Mazeus
Bellerose
Marguerite Hudgins
Los Angeles
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Police Beat Reports Accessories To Theft From Sprague
Sprague men Jay Cunningham and Cecil Shannon were charged as accessories before the fact to grand larceny after police recovered tape players and related items stolen from a car at New River Park. They posted $5500 bond and waived to grand jury. other local arrests included a Mabscott man on assault and gambling device charges, a DUI arrest, and a speeding fine on the West Virginia Turnpike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague
Beckley
Jay
Jeff Cunningham
Cecil Curtis Shannon
New River Park
Jerry Redden
Beaver
Lorena Wallace
Raleigh County
Dryden E. Wood
Mabscott
Joe Rodriguez
Wood
Rodriguez
Stennis Calls for 100,000 Troops to Stay in Vietnam
Senator John C. Stennis said during hearings that the United States must keep at least 100,000 troops in Vietnam for several years. The Armed Services Committee approved a $21.1 billion military procurement bill, cutting $161.4 million from the ABM program and blocking new deployment sites.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Vietnam
John C.stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Armed Services Committee
Nixon
Whiteman Afb
Washington, D.C
National Command Authority
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Harold E.hughes
Iowa
New Administrator Starts Work Today
Phillip D. Turner began duties as Area 25 Welfare Office administrator in Raleigh County at Valley Drive. Turner previously led the Clarksburg Welfare office and now resides with his family at 123 Beckley Ave in Beckley.
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Raleigh County
Department of
Phillip D. Turner
Valley Drive
Turner
Clarksburg
Beckley
Beckley Ave
Rescue Call For Breath Trouble At Bus Terminal
Mrs. Marie Foose aged 55 of 124 Church Street sought help at the South Kanawha Street fire station on Wednesday afternoon complaining of trouble breathing. Fire crews treated her with oxygen and sent her home. Earlier at 4 15 p m firefighters were dispatched to the Greyhound Bus Terminal for Mary Twine of Blacksburg Virginia who was ill with an unknown ailment.
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Marie Foose
Church St
Kanawha Street
Greyhound Bus
Mary Twine
Blacksburg
Youth Struck By Car In Four Lane Highway Incident
State police investigated a Wednesday accident in MacArthur at 2 30 PM involving 12 year old bicycle rider David Paul Snyder on a four lane highway. He was struck by a 1969 model auto driven by Helen Bonham 35 of Crab Orchard. Snyder was treated at Appalachian Regional Hospital with no charges filed. Vehicle damage was estimated at 10 dollars.
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MacArthur
David Paul Snyders
Helen Bonham
Crab Orchard
Snyder
Appalachian Regional
Bonham
Misuse of State Vehicle Studied
Betty Bambrick superintendent of the Industrial School for Girls at Salem acknowledged driving a state car during her vacation. She said the vehicle, a new station wagon, was parked near her Charleston apartment last weekend. The governor’s office is reportedly concerned about the allegation.
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Charleston
UPS
Betty Bambrick
Industrial School For Girls At
Salem
POW Deal Reported Between U S Headquarters in Europe and North Vietnam
A late month report claims a POW repatriation deal existed between the U S European command and North Vietnam. The original Aug 6 date was postponed to Aug 12. Contacts reportedly began in late July when the U S Supreme Command in West Germany cabled SAS for a charter flight from Vientiane to Rome via Bangkok for POWs.
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U.S
Europe
North Vietnam
Dagens Nyheter
Scandina
Washington
Hanoi
U.S. Supreme Command
West Germany
SAS
Vientiane
Rome
Bangkok
Vietnam Election Rules Narrow Field As Thieu Remains Front Runner
The court rejected petitions from multiple rivals including former province chief Nguyen Tran who admitted no broad support. Thieu's running mates are ex PM Tran Van Huong and PM Tran Thien Khiem, with Minh and Sen. Hong Son Dong as alternate pairings under the ballot rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thieu
Nguyen
Tran
Tran van Huong
Tran Thien Khiem
Minh
National Assembly
Ho van Minh
Sen
Hong Son Dong
Draft Lottery Numbers Revealed in UPI Listing
A UPI summary shows the draft lottery drawing with dates and corresponding draft numbers. The list includes birth dates in order with associated numbers, detailing the sequence for all 366 entries and highlighting the first number as nonessential to the draft.
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Washington
UPI
Apollo 15 astronauts report limb walk and instrument checks in SIM bay
Worden reports the SIM bay is ready with the mass spectrometer cover noted as the only issue while Worden and Irwin test systems and monitor lunar radiation. The crew closes the hatch after a third inspection and prepares for return, with Earth in sight and splashdown planned near Hawaii.
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Edward White
Houston
SIM
Scientific Instruments
Worden
Ground Control
Heinze
Moon
Joseph Allen
Houston Space Center
Rog
Joe
Scott
Dave
Allen
Lunar
Mission Control
Earth
Irwin
Pacific Ocean
Hawaiian
Oahu
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Norman W. Long
Green Dudley
Itist
Orlando
Barbara Powell
Thalia Jones
Columbus
Ohio
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Mrs
Effie Dailey
Effie D. Dailey
Frankfort
Danny L. Knight
Mulberry St
Knight
City of
Douglas M. Ely
Glen Daniel
Ely
Edmund Forret McGee
Reservoir Road
Russell Godley
Godley
Beckley Fire Department
Gregory Street
Josephine Smith
Lillybrook
Heck’s Department Store
Criss Clifford
Piney View
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Robert D. Redd
Hoover Ave
West Virginia
Redd
Beckley National Bank
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