Summers County NAACP May Seek Federal Funds Freeze
In Summers County Hinton NAACP vows to ask the federal government to withhold all funds from the county schools if five grievances are not resolved. The group cites discrimination claims, lack of minority hiring, no black studies, and unequal treatment of black girls in athletics versus cheerleading. Fall classes begin Tuesday.
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Summers County Board of Education
Louise Gibbs
Hinton Naacp
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Summers County
NAACP
Rights Group
Opponents Stop FDA Appointee In Bipartisan Clash
A chaotic sequence of political moves surrounds the Nixon era health leadership. Drug industry pressure reportedly ends Dr. John Adriani’s bid to head the FDA while HEW officials deny the appointment. Separate fronts see Congress tangle with back pay, fines, and a Supreme Court decision on Harlem Rep. Powell’s status, amid hurricane and flood tolls in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Virginia with dozens dead and thousands injured.
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Nixon
John H. Knowles
John Adriani
FDA
Ars Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Adrianii
Adria‘ni
HEW
Adriani
New Orleans
War
Rankin
Ase
Hington
UPI
Nelson
House of Representee
Adam Clay
Jon Powell Jr
Supreme Court
High Court
House
Harlem Democrat
U. S. District Court
District of Columbia
Powell
Hastings
Office of Emergency
Congress
Red Cross
Williams
Desegregation Policy Sparks Dissident DOJ Lawyer Critique
Washington based report notes Stephen Pollak, former Civil Rights Division head, endorses grievances by more than 40 of 76 dissenting DOJ lawyers over Nixon era desegregation policy. Committee plans to file complaints with James Leonard and Attorney General Mitchell as Mississippi school case deadlines loom. NAACP Legal Defense Fund ends partnership with DOJ over Mississippi case delay request.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Stephen J. Pollak
Department
James Leonard
John N. Mitchell
Leonard
Louisiana
Mississippi Schools
Mitchell
California
Nixon
Mississippi
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Vietnam Beret Head Replaced In Vietnam
SAIGON UPI The top Green Beret commander in Vietnam is being replaced within 40 days of taking over from Col Robert Rheault who was jailed in the Green Beret guarder investigation. Col Alexander Lemberes of Reno Nevada is expected to be replaced this weekend by another senior Special Forces officer. An ankle injury may have influenced the transfer described as administrative. Rheault, six other officers and a sergeant were charged in the murder probe following the emergency transfer on July 21.
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Lemberes
Robert Rheault
Vineyard Jlaven
Mass
Rheault
Airlift To Gulf Coast Stopped by Federal Order
A federal official halted the airlift of food to the hurricane damaged Gulf Coast on Wednesday while Mississippi and the Red Cross urged published food donations. George Hastings, leading Gulf Coast relief, claimed stockpiles of food and clothing were sufficient, yet Mississippi Governor John Bell Williams described a desperate need for supplies.
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United Press International
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Red Cross
George Hastings
John Bell Williams
Red Coss
Work Halted At U S Steel Site In Protest
Protesters clashed with police at a 4story U S Steel building as lunchbox projectiles flew, injuring two, and a Bell Telephone worker was hit. Three policewomen were hurt by glass as marshals kept demonstrators back. About 18 were arrested and 35 injured in Tuesday demonstrations.
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U.S. Steel
Abj
Frank Synbroski
Bell Telephone Co
Black Construction Coalition
U. S. Steel
Tues
Haystack Fire Kills Four Children in Pennsylvania Barn
Four Miller children aged 2 to 9 perished in a haystack fire at their father's barn in Mifflinburg. Workmen found the bodies after a blaze started about 10 30 am. Coroner Dr Wareld Evans called the deaths accidental and suggested a child may have lit a match while playing.
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Mifflinburg
Carol Miller
Penny
Glenda
Ruth
Wareld Evans
Union County
Glen Miller
Mingo County group to receive $70,000 grant
The Mingo County Economic Opportunity Common Inc of Williamson WV will get a $70,000 grant for a six month emergency food and medical service program staffed entirely by volunteers. Director W Astor Kirk of the Office of Economic Opportunity Mid Atlantic Region said about 3,000 families in Mingo County are expected to benefit.
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Washington
UPT
Mingo County
Ask To Resume Piedmont Strike
Three federal judges from the 4th U.S. Circuit reviewed a bid by the Air Lines Pilots Association to resume a strike against Piedmont Airlines. They considered overturning a lower court injunction ordering pilots back to work after Piedmont cut crew from three to two on its Boeing 737 jets, a move the union says creates a safety hazard.
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Richmond, Va
APT
Air Lines Pilots Association
Piedmont Airlines
Warrison
Winter
John D. Butzner
J. Braxton Craven
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Piedmont
Marriage Permit Applications for Swick and Walker
Application for marriage licenses filed in Raleigh County records lists Steven Robert Swick 19 of Westfield New Jersey son of William and Alberta Bhunt Swick and Carrie Fifn Walker 19 of Beckley daughter of Benjamin C and Martha Rutherford Walker seeking a license on file with the clerk of the Raleigh County Court Public notice confirms the couple.
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Raleigh County
Steven Robert Swick
Westfield
N.J
William and
Alberta Bhunt Swick
Carrie Fifn Walker
Beckley
Benjamin c
Martha Rutherford Walker
Deaths and Funerals: Turley and Lusk Obituaries
The funeral for Charles Ed ward Turley, 74, of Rt. 1 Oak Hill, will be Friday at 2 39 p.m. in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in Turley Cemetery. Mrs Blanche Octavia Lusk, 56, Covel, died at home Wednesday at 5 p.m. after a long illness. Turley was a retired employee of the New River and Pocahontas Coal Co. at Minden and was born July 30, 1895 in Summers. He died in a Beckley nursing home Wednesday. Surviving are his wife Anie Smith Turley of Rt Oak Hill two sons Donald of Oak Hill and Le Roy of Indianapolis Ind three sisters Elsie Noble Marie Smith and Sally Bennette all of Oak Hill eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Charles E. Turley
Charles Edward Turley
Rt. 1
Oak Hill
Tyree
van Cuit, Turley
New River and Pocahontas , Coal Co
Minden
Summersee
Beckley
Anie Smith Turley
Donald
le Roy
Indianapolis
Ind
Elsie Noble
Marie Smith
Sally Bennette
Death notices for Bettie Tyree and Edith Gray in Scarbro region
Mrs Bettie B Tyree 85 of Scarbro Rt 1 died in Oak Hill hospital after a short illness. Survived by three sons Vernal Francis Trenton. one daughter Lazella Powers. one brother Henry Canterbury. one sister Cordelia Lively. 19 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with arrangements incomplete. Born May 13, 1913 at Dott daughter of Lillian Justice Gray and Emmitt Gray. Surviving husband Benton two sons Terry Billy Toe. three daughters Juanita Elledge Betty Humphrey Linda Long. three brothers Raymond Johnny Junior. six sisters Viola Shrewsbury Eunice Miller Margaret Robinson Ruth Lambert Marie Lusk Edith Gray. body at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mutlens with arrangements incomplete.
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Bettie B. ‘Tyree
Scarbro
Henry Canterbury
Cordelia Lively
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak II
Viola Shrewsbury
Eunice Miller
Covel
Margaret Robinson
Wilmington
Del
Ruth Lambert
Corinne
Marie Lusk
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Edith Gray
Garwood
Sam Foglesong
Nease
Neely
Mutlens
Funeral services set for Dr Sheridan Sutphin in Beckley
Dr Sheridan S Sutphin 58 of 248 N Kanawha St Beckley will be buried at Sunset Memorial Park after services at 2 pm Friday in Caffee Funeral Home Chapel following a long illness. He was born July 21 1911 in Beckley and was a dentist and World War II naval officer. He is survived by his mother Mrs Annie Sutphin of Beckley a daughter Mrs Alpin Lucki of Goldsboro NC and three sisters Mrs Cecil W Lavell of Charleston Mrs A A Ross Beckley and Mrs Irma Huettner Beckley. The body lies at the mortuary after 5 pm today with pallbearers named.
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Sheridan S. Sutphin
N. Kanawha St
Caffee Funeral Home
Sunset Memoral Park
Sutphin
Beckley
Annie
Bruce Oral Sutphin
Sheridan
Sutp
Board of Education Adjourns Amid Disruption
Tuesday night the county Board of Education meeting was disrupted by about 150 people, many of them Negroes, while grievances from Stoco High School were heard. The board left without a motion to adjourn, though Superintendent C. Munson later said the meeting was properly adjourned after George Chambers moved and A. Mac Carpenter seconded.
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A. Mac Carpenter
A. Blackburn
WVU Work Halted by Union Strike
In Morgantown West Virginia University Coliseum project workers from the Operating Engineers Union walked off the job amid a wage dispute with Dominion Construction Co of Charleston. Work resumed after the issue was referred to grievance procedures.
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Morgantown
UPI
Operating Engineers Union
West Virinka University Coliseum
Union
Dominion Construction Co
Charleston
Byrd Urges Service Clubs to Honor Police Forces
Senator Robert Byrd criticized zealots and sentimentalists who hinder police and urged the Kiwanis Club to host testimonial dinners for police. He called for service clubs to support law enforcement through public tributes and fundraising efforts.
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R Anenopuau Yuri
Robert C. Byrd
Burg Kiwanis Club
Byrd
West Virginia man escapes jail after overpowering deputy
A 22 year old West Virginia man Ronald Avery Helmick of Volga Barbour County escaped from an Ashtabula County jail after overpowering a deputy while the two inmates fought with a sock tied with soap. Helmick had been arrested Tuesday on forgery charges and was awaiting trial.
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Jefferson
Union Upi
West Virginia
Ashtabula
Ronald Avery Helmick
Volga
Barbour County
W. Va
Helmick
Jan
Vietnam War Coverage Expands Political Ad Spending
The FCC reports political broadcasting expenditures rose 7 per cent from 1964 to 1968, with Republicans and Democrats each spending about 27.9 million, totaling nearly 9 percent of all spending. Independent and other parties spent 3.2 million. In Vietnam, a major clash near Saigon saw a 400-pound mine explode near the tanker Kenia, with ships diverted and crews evacuated. Viet Cong attacks also hit the Luzon Y45, killing two crewmen and injuring a third, while U.S. and Vietnamese forces incurred casualties and continued operations in the delta and at Chu Lai and Bien Hoa bases.
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Washington
UPT
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
American Independent Party
George C. Wallace
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Nha Be
Saigon
South Vietnam
Luzon
Mekong River
Delta
Bac Liew
Nixon
Marine
Chu Lai
Iwakuni
Japan
Bien Hoai
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Hawaii
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Three youths charged in theft from camper
Beckley Police jailed three youths in a mid August camper theft from a parked truck on City Avenue behind West Virginia Casket Corp. Value of fishing gear was about 100 dollars. Two 16 year olds from Beaver and Mabscott and a 12 year old from Ridge Avenue were charged with breaking and entering. The owner is Joe Jantley of Crab Orchard.
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Beckley
Beaver
Mabscott
Ridge Avenue
City Avenue
Virginia Casket Corp
Joe ‘Antley
Crab Orchard
Tom Durrett
Randy Webb
August 30 Tax Deadline Warns Delinquent Property Owners
A chaotic, older report notes August 30 as the tax deadline for delinquent property owners. US officials warn payments for 1988 Viet Nam era taxes must be received by then to avoid penalties. references to DMZ incidents and naval gunfire are present in scattered, unclear lines.
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Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
iVietnams
Wadt Virginia J
Tax Department of the
U.S. Naval
Sheriff's Office
Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Washington Cathedral
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Tax Department
Charles S. Hite
Scott D. Johnson
Wouldling
Rocket Is A $7 Million Failure
A Delta rocket carrying a sun satellite veered toward South America after liftoff and was destroyed in a $7 million fiasco. Debris fell into the Atlantic Ocean 300 miles southeast of Barbados from about 200 miles up. NASA officials cited hydraulic failure and an improper second stage start as causes. The mission carried the Pioneer radiation detector satellite and a 45 pound training target for Apollo tracking stations.
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Vape Kennedy
UPI
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Barbados
Robert H. Gray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
Moon
Apollo
Kennedy Attorney Pleas Are Denied in Inquest
Edward B. Hanify of Boston, one of four attorneys for the 37 year old senator, said Kennedy will appear to testify for the inquest not as a United States senator from Massachusetts but he comes to the proceedings.
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AL Pu
Edward B. Hanify
Boston
Kennedy
United States
Massachusetts
UPI
Mary Jo Kopechne
Millage
James A. Borie
Chawiddick Island
Boyle
Hanlfy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hanify
Edward M. Kennedy
Paul J. Redmond
Chappaquiddick Island
Redmond
Dukes County
Dist. Atty
Edmund S. Dinis
U.S. Supreme Court
Dinis
Leukemia Cure Lead Is Found
A UPI report says Dr. Michael M. Sigel of the University of Miami Medical School presented preliminary findings that extracts from 20 tropical marine organisms prolonged survival in leukemia mice and, in some cases, appeared to cure the disease. He cautioned the results are not a cure and the active agents are not yet identified.
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Sigel
Doctors Lose Interest in Appalachiа Summer Program
The Appalachian Regional Commission reported that of 120 medical students recruited nationwide for a pilot summer in Appalachia, only 18 would consider returning. Many cited inconveniences and lack of pay, while four students testified before the commission about publicity and regional awareness issues. Edward D. Martin of the Student AMA noted students are overwhelmed by inner city opportunities and know little about Appalachia. He urged courage to fail and even requested some Yankees to join.
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UPD
Appalachia
Michael A. Nelson
Kansas University
Student American Medical Association
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Alabama
Georgia
Edward D. Martin
AMA
Martin
Mother Gorilla Kills Own Baby at Omaha Zoo
At Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Benoit the gorilla killed her newborn male after birth. Authorities say the infant weighed about three pounds and died from injuries after being shaken head in mouth, while keepers tranquilized Benoit and placed the baby in an incubator. The zoo notes Benoit had not been raised in a gorilla family group.
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Omaha, Neb
UPI
Benoit
Omaha
Henry Doorly Zoo
Casey
St. Paul, Minn
Charleston Physician Named Deputy Executive Medical Officer
Dr. Al Barnes, longtime medical director for Districts IT and 29, has been appointed deputy executive medical officer of the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund. He will begin his new duties September 8 in Washington.
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UMW Fund
Washington
UPT
Charleston
United Mine Workers’ Welfare and Retirement Fund
al Barnes
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