Two Wounded In Beclley Shooting At Burger Boy Site
Police report a 19 year old Richard Penn shot two men outside the Burger Boy Food D Rama on Valley Drive before dawn Sunday. Larry Cox 22 Glen White and Curtis Taylor 18 Crab Orchard were treated and released at Beckley Hospital. Penn posted bond and awaits grand jury action on felonious assault charges. Several others faced drunken driving and related charges over the weekend with multiple arrests and minor injuries reported.
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Burger Boy
Cox
Taylor
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
James C. Fink
Thornton Ave
Raleigh
Dent
Roger Dean Hicks
Fink
Mabscott
Franki
James Ferguson
Skelton
Hicks
Ferguson
Harmon
Basham
Sexton
Rodriguez
Logan
Sharon G. Tor
James I. Brown
Richard Adams
Orchard
Brown
Adams
Quesenberry
Funeral services for Martin Maloney in Hinton
Funeral services for Martin Maloney 95 of Hinton who died Sunday morning in Clifton Forge Va will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Central Baptist Church in Hinton with Rev Robert McCoy officiating. Burial follows at Hilltop Cemetery. He was the father of Leonard Maloney of Beckley. Friends may call at E M Meadows Funeral Home and the body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the service.
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Martin Maloney
Hinton
Clifton Forge
Central Baptist Church
Robert McCoy
Hilltop Cemetery
Leonard Maloney
Beckley
E. M. Meadows
Pete Middleton
Jarrolds Valley
Whitesville
Armstrong Funeral Home
Tommy Wingo
Union Cemetery
Colcord
Middleton
Beckley Hospital
United Mine Workers of America
Elijah
Newport News
Gary F. Church
Monroe
Mich
Tilford
James Larry
Sylvia Flakes
Los Angeles
Calif
Bonnie Tittle
Dunar
Regiments Move Into Delta In Vietnam War Signal
UPI reports Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill says a North Vietnamese regiment possibly 2000 strong entered the Mekong Delta from Cambodia, first confirmed NVA presence in the area. Intelligence notes a battalion 200 to 400 men in Chau Doc Province, with the 18B Regiment identified in the field. Wetherill calls it Hanoi reacting to deteriorating conditions and asserts the Delta remains the war’s prize despite U.S. troop withdrawals.
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Can Tho
Vietnam
UPI
Mekong Delta
Roderick Wetherill
Delta Military Assistance Command
Cambodia
Saigon
Wetherill
Hanoi
Seven Mountains
Chau Doc
Tit Corps
Chau Doce
U.S
Delta
NVA
Man Saved By Giant Turtle in Pacific Ocean
A Korean man clung to the shell of a giant turtle for 15 hours before rescue as the Swedish ship Citadell, captained by Horst Werder, carried him toward Los Angeles. He regained consciousness and appeared in stable condition after being brought aboard. The ship was off Nicaragua when the incident occurred and was due to dock in Los Angeles within a day or two.
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Malmo
Sweden
UPS
Los Angeles
Pacific Ocean
Horst Werder
Citadell
Per Liljegtron
Landskrona
Worder
Nicaragua
Train Derails With Explosives Near Baltimore and Ohio Tracks
A 13 car freight derailed near Baltimore and Ohio tracks with three cars carrying Navy explosives. Army demolition experts evacuated about 200 people within a 1500 foot area as crews cleared wreckage. No explosions or injuries were reported and operations were to resume after dawn.
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Piedmont Cupt
Baltimore
Ohip
U.S. Navy
Letterkenny
Chambersburg
Grafton
W. Va
Cumberland
Lone Star Ammunition Co
Texarkana
Tex
Navy Ammunition Depot
Earle
N.J
Piedmont Police
West Virginia
Yablonski Wins Group s Support in UMW Race
Charleston dispatch reports the Viet Virginia Black Lung Association endorsed Joseph Yablonski and Elmer Brown for UMWA president and vice president. Co E Brooks said members voted for change and accused the UMW of discrimination against black members. Brooks, a 30 year mine veteran, said the issue lies within the union, not the mines. He noted association leaders traveled to Washington to present their concerns to Boyle and associates, criticizing Boyle s lack of regard for members.
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Charleston
UPT
Viet Virginia Black Lung Association
Joseph Yablonski
Elmer Brown
United Mine Workers of America
Co. E. Brooks
Yablonski
Brown
Brooks
United Mine Workers
International Union
Vie
Washington
W. A
Boyle
UMW
$800 Stolen From Parkersburg Church
A tin box with $800 in various denominations and checks was stolen from the St. Margaret Mary Rowan Catholic Church rectory in Parkersburg on Sunday. A man who asked for a telephone assistance from the Rev Leo Fohl and a housekeeper is the suspected thief, police said.
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Parkersburg
Upt
St. Margaret Mary ‘Rowan Catholic
Leo Fohl
Czech Youth Dies After Self Immolation in Brno
A 19 year old Jan Polasek died in a Brno military hospital after pouring gasoline on himself and setting ablaze in Svoboda Square during anti Soviet protests. His act echoes the 1969 Prague student Jan Palach suicide. The regime imposed a new emergency law curbing demonstrations and punishing protest with banishment loss of jobs expulsion from school or detention without charge. Premier Oldrich Cernik urged continued friendship with the Soviet Union amid unrest.
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BNO
Czechoslovakia
UPT
Jan Polasek
Brno
Svoboda
Polasek
Jan Palach
Prague I
Oldrich Cernik
Soviet Union
Mollohan Pushes Early Prayer Amendment in School
Rep Robert Mollohan DW Va urged early passage of a constitutional amendment to allow prayer in public schools. He argued the measure would protect those who want their children to participate without affecting students who opt out. The speech was in Calhoun County where his family settled over a century ago.
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Grantsville
Upt
Robert J. Mallohan
Mollohan
Foss
MoKohan
Pitts
Lind
Holm
Tojare
Green County
Iowa
Deaths and Funerals Ptc John Michael Davis
Funeral services for Ptc John Michael Davis 18 Saxon are set for Wednesday at 1 pm at Fairdale Freewill Baptist Church with Revs John Richardson and Luther Bolon. Graveside rites by a Ft Lee Va military detachment at Milam Cemetery Saxon. Davis died in Vietnam August 16 from wounds received August 9. The body will be at residence one hour before services. Friends may call after 4 pm Tuesday. Arrangements by Melton Mortuary.
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John Michael Davis
Saxon
Fairdale Freewill Baptist Church
John Richardson
Luther Bolon
Ft. Lee
Milam
Pic
Davis
Vietnam
Melton
Mrs Maxine Crane Tama fan euncial SerVICes on
Mrs Maxine Velma Crane 54 of Hyattsville Md formerly of Rainelle will be at 10 am Tuesday in Don Smathers Funeral Home Chapel Rainelle with Rev P E Orndorff in charge Burial will be in Orient Hill Cemetery She died Saturday in a Riverdale hospital after a short illness Sister of Jennings H Walker Beckley and Carlos J Walker Shady Spring funeral home this afternoon
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Maxine Velma Crane
Hyattsville
Rainelle
Don Smathers
Mrs Sally Nemo of Harper Heights Laid To Rest
Mrs. Sally Nemo, 95, of Harper Heights, dies after long illness. Funeral set Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev G C Gilbert officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. viewing Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Sally Nemo
Harper Wieights
Shiloh Baplish Church
Harper Heights
G. C. Gilbert
Greenwood Memorial Park
Mrs Lyda McDaniel dies after long illness in Beckley
Mrs Lyda L McDaniel 72 of Bradley formerly of Scarbro died in a Beckley hospital Monday at 12 30 am after an extended illness She was born January 23 1897 at Pluto a daughter of the late son and Marinda Lane Bennett She was a member of Scarbro Methodist Church Preceded in death by her husband George Damon McDaniel in 1963 Surviving Mae Renfro Arminds Adkins Gusta Fletcher Hubert Bennett Obey Bennett Dora Taylor three grandchildren six great graveside services Wednesday at 2 pm Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope with Rev Bill Menefee in charge Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Funeral home visitation Tuesday 7 10 pm
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Sarah Ellen Brooks
Windom Road
Pineville
Cooper Memorial Baptist
Skin Fork
Harry Stevens
Brooks Cemetery
Brooks
Bluefield
McGraws
Henry and
Mahalia Acord Brooks
Kemper
Noel
Pansy) Mankin
Bolt
Silas Brooks
L. L
St. Augustine
Fla
B. L
St. Albans
John ‘Brooks
Edna Hash
Beckley
Orphia Cooper
Sweet Springs
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Lyda McDaniel
Lyda L. McDaniel
Bradley
Scarbro
Beckley Hospital
Arminds Adkins
Harper Heights
Gusta Fletcher
Stanford
Hubert Bennett
Harper and Obey
Hinton
Dora Taylor
Page
Tyree
Mrs Willie Byers obituary funeral service scheduled
Mrs Willie Byers 76 of Glen Jean will have a Tuesday service at 2 30 p m in the Tyree Funeral Name Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Roy Tyree officiating Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Saturday at her home after a long illness Funeral Home from 7 40 to 10 p m.
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Willie Belle Byers
Glen Jean
Tyree
Oak Hill
Roy Tyree
High Lawn Memorial Park
Runaway Fairmont Girls Are Found
Two teenage Fairmont girls missing since Saturday have been found safe in Marietta Ohio Marion County sheriff's office said Nancy Stutler 14 and Sandra Wallas 13 were last seen walking along West Virginia 73 near Eldora Marion County at 11 a m Saturday The parents traveled to Marietta to retrieve them The girls were turned over to authorities in Marietta after applying for jobs in a restaurant Sunday night.
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Fairmont
Marietta
Ohio
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Nancy Stutler
Sandra Wallas
W. Va
Eldora
Marion County
Ohio River
West Virginia School Bond Suits Challenge Regulations
The federal suit questions a long standing restraint on student housing rules at Concord colleges and the state's 60 percent vote requirement for bond issuances. Bond counsel Stepton and Johnson warns issuance may await litigation outcomes. Tomorrow: review of the federal suit.
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Morgan
Bbond
Concord Colleges
U.S
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Clarksburg
Stepton and Johnson
Man Attempts Hara-Kiri In Public Lavatory
A 42 year old man attempted suicide in Hong Kong using a chopstick and was found in a public lavatory with the instrument in his stomach. He was rushed to hospital for treatment.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Answer To Petition Seeks Writ In Raleigh Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court Clerk Fred T. Stacy faces a mandamus petition to pay the salary of Mrs. Elinor Hurt, secretary to Judge McCreery, raising the stipend from 30 to 50. Assistant Prosecutor Paul Hutchinson Jr. argues for fiscal discretion and public funds control. A hearing before Judge C Berkley Lilly is set for September 5.
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Raleigh
Fred T. Stacy
Raleigh County Circuit
Paul Hutchinson Jr
Stacy
Elinor Hurt
McCreery
C. Berkley Lilly
Circuit
Raleigh Schools continued face grievances at board meeting
Herman Bryant, senior at Stoco, presented lists of grievances to Raleigh board members. He said no progress occurred when school ended in June. Parent Robert Guerrant echoed frustration after Superintendent Munson refused to issue a written directive banning racial discrimination, a key demand, though Munson argued existing Board policy sufficed.
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Herman Bryant
Stoco
Bryant
Robert Guerrant
Munson
Board of Education
Amish Fight School Attendance Case Sparks Board Meeting
The Monroe Wisconsin case sees three Amish fathers appealing Aug court conviction for not sending children to public school. Advocates claim evolving board attitudes toward black students and fairness in school assignments, while debates over bus hiring and enforcement test community tensions.
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Monroe, Wis
UPS
Monroe Circuit
Ranink
Money Gap For Elderly Grows
A Senate committee report shows the income gap between the elderly and younger people widening, risking poverty for 20 million Americans aged 65 and older. The study cites rising poverty as the top problem for the aging, with international experts testifying on the global reach of the issue.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Senate Committee On Aging
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.1
Williams
Dorothy Wedderburn
University of London
J. A. Huet
Frede Ostergard
Danish Institute of Social Research
Copenhagen
United States
Thei
Wast
Asell
Somoza Leads Settlement of Nicaragua Teachers Strike
An 18 hour bargaining session led by President Anastasio Somoza settled a 15 day strike by Nicaragua public school teachers. The agreement was expected to end a walkout by National University students who supported the teachers.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPS
Anastasio ‘Somoza
National University
Buff Will Speak At Tunnelton Wednesday
Mine health advocate Dr. T. E. Buff will address coal miners wives in Preston County. He will discuss black lung issues and the refusal of power companies to buy union coal. He argues women and children suffer from low wages and must be informed.
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Tunnelton
T. E. Buff
Preston
Buff
Cosmos Satellite Launch Reported by West German Institute
The Bochum Space Research Institute in West Germany reported that the Soviet Union launched a new Cosmos satellite today. The announcement adds to a string of Cosmos missions observed by international space agencies and observers.
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Bochum
West Germany
UPI
Bochum Space Research Institute
Soviet Union
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