Miller Backs Local 1713 in Fight to End Shift Rotation
Arnold Miller, reform UMW presidential candidate, pledges support to Local 1713 Wyoming County to end shift rotation at U S Steel No 50 Pinnacle Creek. He says no local will rotate shifts unless voted by its men and cites health and safety concerns plus a proposed pay differential for afternoon and evening shifts.
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Charleston
Arnold Miller
UMW
Wyoming County
U. S. Steel No
Pinnacle Creek
Miller
U. I. Steel
Local 1713
West Virginia Republicans Protest Tear Gas Incident
West Virginia GOP leaders condemned a protest near the Saxony Hotel as police used tear gas to disperse about 1,000 demonstrators. Delegates reported eye irritation and few injuries while 75 protesters were arrested inside the hotel. Tricia Nixon Cox met delegates during the day’s events.
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Miami Beach
UPI
West Virginia
GOP
Tom Potter
Potter
Saxony
Joseph Laurita
Morgantown
Bill Haston
Tricia Nixon Cox
Heaven
Arch Moore
Tricia Nixon Visits Delegations To Thank Supporters
Tricia Nixon visited the West Virginia and South Carolina delegations in Miami Beach to thank Republicans for past support and to urge continued effort between now and November 7. She quoted her father praising them as great Americans and friends.
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Miami Beach
Tacia Nixon Cox
South Carolina
West Virginia
Nixon
Tricia
Republican Party
AFL-CIO to Choose Endorsements in West Virginia Meeting
West Virginia Labor Federation officials including about 350 leaders gathered in Charleston for a three day session on politics. They will follow national AFL-CIO president George Meany's neutral stance and plan to announce presidential endorsements on Saturday.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPD
West Virginia Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Miles Stanley
Stanley
protestors defy police and call Nixon era a second Hitler
A 20 year old son speaks as protesters confront police near a Nixon era rally. The Miami Convention Coalition defends police while condemning war crimes and warns against repeating history. They pledge non violent resistance and refuse to be silenced.
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Nixon
Florida
Tmarby
Homestead
Air Force Base
Miami Convention Coalition
United States
Hitler
Rockefeller avoids pledging new strip mining ban in Beckley tour
During a Beckley VA Hospital visit Rockefeller faced questions on flood causes and strip mining. He said the commitment to abolish strip mining does not need to be redoubled and noted plans to visit Mingo County next week.
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John D
Jay” ‘Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Mingo County
Three Deputies Picked From Civil Service List
Raleigh County Sheriff Zina French selects three new deputies to start Sept. 1 from nine qualified applicants. Jerry Smith, Walter H. Harper, and Roger D. Treadway, all in their mid twenties, join the force. Smith previously provisionally hired in January after passing exams. No women hired now, but future grant talks may change that.
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Raleigh
Zina
French
Jerry Smith
Walter H. Harper
Roger D. Treadway
Raleigh ‘County
Smith
Crab Orchard
Barbara Wyco
Ed Wyco
Smiths
Bureau plans tougher mine safety inspections and new tech rules
Safety chief Schlick outlined computer based violation and accident frequency reports to rate mines for more thorough spot inspections. He called for stricter moving equipment standards and DC trolley line protection, with daily inspectors at especially hazardous mines and diesel regulations to energize underground machinery. He cited the Blacksville No 1 disaster and defended against critics including Rep. Ken Hechler and the liberal press.
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Schlick
Bureau
Blacksville No. 1
Ken Hechler
Hechler
UMWA to challenge ABC pact cuts on pay raises
United Mine Workers of America says it will seek court action to reverse a federal Pay Board decision limiting raises in its contract with the Association of Bituminous Contractors to 9.5 percent. UMWA President Tony Boyle urges 3,500 coal mine construction workers in eight states to stay on the job as sporadic stoppages continue over the pay dispute.
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Washington
UPI
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Association of Bituminous Contractors
ABC
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Republicans Vote Agnew Renomination Amid Tensions
The Republican National Committee re elected Sen. Robert Dole as national chairman in Miami Beach. Delegates showed bitterness as Agnew’s renomination drew protests from four Vietnam veterans and a Pine Bluff candidate call him a racist bigot, while other conservatives name Reagan Buckley and Dole as potential 1976 contenders.
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Miami Beach
Ocean
Republican National Committee
Sen
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Jas
Agnew
Miami
California
Ronald Reagan
James L. Buckley
New York
Robert Dole
GOP
North Carolina
Frank Rouse
Oregon
David Brinkley
Odis H. Richmond
Pine Bluff
Ark
C P and powers brief backs up May testimony
Twelve witnesses testified that C P refused service for limited or indefinite periods. Several recalled being reminded that the PSC had denied part of a rate increase and that the company was not in a financial position to fund new facilities. C P serves all of West Virginia except the southern tip and Eastern Panhandle, which are served by General Telephone Co of the Southeast.
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C&p
PSC
West Virginia
Panhandle
General l Telephone Co
Judge Denies New Trial in Podiatrist Hospital Suit
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge C Berkley Lilly denied motions for a new trial in a suit by Oak Hill couple against Huntington podiatrist H D Darby and Raleigh General Hospital. The jury awarded Mrs Warrick one dollar, with the case noting alleged surgical injury and violation of anesthesia statutes. Plaintiffs seek appeal, costs taxed to defendants. original demand was 100000.
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Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Oak Hill
Huntington
Betty
Warrick
Floyd
H. D. Darby
Raleigh General Hospital
Darby
Beckley
John C. Ashworth
Raleigh General md
Funeral for James Otis Kincaid Set at New Hope Church
The funeral for James Otis Kincaid will be at 1 p.m. Friday at New Hope Baptist Church Whipple with Rev. John D. Gray and Rev. Eddie Lowe in charge. Burial follows at Hill Top Cemetery. He died Tuesday evening in a Beckley hospital. Survivors include his brother Edward of Scarbro. Friends may call at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greenstown 7 to 9 p.m. today. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service.
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James Otis
Kincaid
New Hope Baptist Church
Whipple
John D. Gray
Eddie Lowe
Hill Top Cemetery
Beckley
Edward
Scarbro
Ritchie and Johnson
Greenstown
Ozie Morgan
Temple of God
Red Star
Allen Wilson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Robert Morgan
Shamrock
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Everett D. Terry Funeral Services Set for Sunday
Everett D. Terry 78 of 116 Locust Street Beckley will be laid to rest Sunday at 3 p.m. in Melton Mortuary Chapel. He died Wednesday at 9 15 a.m. in a local hospital where he had been admitted Monday. Survived by wife Gladys Spangler Terry son Major (retired) E D Terry Jr Norfolk Va daughter Mrs Margaret Perkins Orange California five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers named George Parker Heathe Belle Wayne M Kessel Carmen Feazelle Dr Ray Sigmund Clyde Bryner.
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Everett D. Terry
Locust St
Beckley
Melton Mortuary
James Lowe
Walter H. Griswold
Terry
Modern Furniture Co. Annex
Gladys Spangler Terry
E. D. Terry ,Jr
Norfolk
Margaret Perkins
Orange
Calif
George Parker
Heathe Belle
Wayne IM. Kessel
Carmen
Feazelle
Ray
Sigmund
Clyde Bryner
Dodd Paines Funeral service for Mrs Allie Mae Dodd
Funeral for Mrs Allie Mae Dodd 83 of Fayetteville will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home with the Rev John M Geary officiating Burial will follow in Huse Memorial Park born Oct 11 1888 in Kanawha County daughter of the late George W Dougherty and Virginia Cunningham Dougherty widow of Charles Irvin Dodd founder of the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Surviving are two sons Chauncy H Dodd of Jacksonville Fla and Charles E Dodd of Webster Springs three daughters Velma Payne Virginia Geary and Grace Geary eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p m Friday.
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Allie Mae Dodd
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Dodd-Payne
John M. Geary
Huse Memorial Park
Kanawha County
George W
Virginia Cunningham Dougherty
Baptist’. Church
Charles Irvin Dodd
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Charles. E. Dodd
Webster ‘Springs
Chauncy H. ‘Dodds
Jacksonville
Fla
Velma Payne
Virginia Ee
Grace Geary
South
Charleston
Lloyd’ D
Clarence C. Dougherty
Elkview
Ruth Hildah Foster
Route
Inela
Tyree
Wade Austin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Powellton
James T
Annie Angus Evans
Winston Church of ‘God
Burns J. Butler
Mount Hope
Roy and
Elmer ‘Foster
Detroit
Mich
Violet Adair
Odd
James L. Evans
Farmington
N. M
Kate Williams
Miami
Fila
Bessie Blackwell
Doshie Nidehoff
Eccles
Ruth Titlow
Hazel Clay
Mount ‘Friends
Funeral arrangements for Rev Russell Nathaniel Johnson Jr
Rev Russell Nathaniel Johnson Jr. 46 of Slab Fork died at noon Wednesday after a long illness. Born April 28, 1926 in Fitzpatrick he was a World War II veteran and member of First Baptist Church Prince Hill. Survivors include wife Bessie Lewis Johnson two sons Russell III and John Lewis two daughters Mable and Crystal and two grandchildren. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Russell Nathaniel Johnson Jr
Slab Fork
Fitzpatrick
Christene Moore Johnson
Russell Johnson
First, Baptist Church
Prince Hill
Bessie Lewis Johnson
Russell Johnson III
John Lewis Johnson
Mable Johnson
Crystal Lynch
Flint
Mich
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Obituary Notices for Foster Cuthbert Morgan in West Virginia
Ruth Hildah Foster of Fayetteville dies after a short illness at an Oak Hill hospital. Funeral Friday and Saturday services listed with survivors including son Burns Butler and several stepchildren and siblings. Robert D. Cuthbert of Coal City to be buried after funeral in Beckley. Elder Ozie Morgan shot death leads to arrest of son Daniel Morgan, funeral details, and Masonic rites noted.
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Norma Jean Zemerick
Miss Norma Jean Zemerick 32 of 313 Rural Acres Drive Beckley died today after a long illness in Charleston hospital Born January 4 1940 She was the daughter of Edward and Ida Zemerick and is survived by her grandmother Mrs Julia Zemerick of Beckley Funeral plans are not yet announced
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Norma Jean Zemerick
Rural Acres Drive
Beckley
visa-Charleston‘hospital
Sat. Calloway? Heights
Edward
Ida Zemerick
Julia Zemerick
Final Rites for D Elmer Warden Held Friday
D Elmer Warden 73 of 103 Quesenberry Street will have funeral services Friday at 1 a m in the Melton Mortuary Chapel conducted by Dr Walter H Griswold Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park with Masonic Lodge members giving pr o videside rites He died at 334 a m Wednesday in a local hospital after a heart attack Pallbearers are David Mullins Eugene Hancock Ernest Quesenberry George Parker Roy Millican R L Shannon and Phill McDaniel Jr
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Beckley Street
Elmer Warden
Quesenberry St
Melton Mortuary
Walter H.griswold
Sunset Memorial’ Park
Masonic Lodge
Warden
David Mullins
Eugene Hancock
Ernest Quesenberry
George Parker
Roy Millican
R. L.‘Shannon
Phill McDaniel Jr
Leonard Frederick Leonard 74 Beckley dies in hospital
Frederick Leonard a Beckley resident and World War I veteran died at 8 am in a local hospital after a long illness. He was born November 21, 1898 in Cedar Ridge Iowa. He leaves a son Keith Leonard a daughter Mrs Russell Thomas and a sister Mrs Amy Franta. Funeral arrangements are pending at James Funeral Home Lawson Missouri.
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Frederick Roth Leonard
Beckley
Cedar Ridge
Iowa
John
Amy Leonard
Nell L. Leonard
Keith’ Leonard
Twan Heart
Calif
Russell
Ermine)Thomas
Amy Franta
Center Point
Rose and Quesenberry
Jarma’ Funeral Home
Lawson
Flood Relief Passes Seventy Three Thousand Dollars
Logan West Virginia survivors of the Buffalo Creek flood have received more than $73,000 from the Logan Chamber of Commerce fund. Since the fund opened days after the mine dam collapse on February 26, 118 people were killed. About 200 was reserved for administration. 123 families got 50, 671 families 100, and three families more than 100.
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Logan
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Buffalo Creek Hollow
F. B. ‘Amburgey
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E. C. Gott
Bluefield
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John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV
Mullens High School
Vietnam
Harper
Stamford
William
Bessie Harper
Woodrow Wilson High School
Deborah Ewing
Cranberry
Dr. Pepper
Treadway
Carol Meek
John I. Burton High School
Norton
BOM
James O. Kincaid
Allie M.dodd
R. N. Johnson Jr
Ruth H. Foster
Robert D. Cuthbert
Coal City
Keyser-Bryant
Robert Fuqua
Sunset ‘Memorial Park
Winding Gulf Coals
Scotland
John N
Jane Cuthbert
Mountain Masonic ‘Lodge No. 156
Marion Davidson Cuthbert
William Cuthbert
Christine Huddle
Helen Turner
Cicero
Harry Ritter
Clyde Hill
Wesley Thompson
Harry Duncan
Charles Hambric
The
Mountain Lodge
Elder Ozie Morgan
Norma Zemerick
D. Elmer Warden
Frederick Leonard
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