Israel rejects cease fire as Egypt reports ship sank
Egypt rejected Israel's bid for an indefinite cease fire after Israel announced it sank an Egyptian launch and killed four crewmen. Cairo claimed no military vessels were in the Gulf of Suez and warned against mistaken attacks on a civilian fishing boat.
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United Press International
Egypt
Israel
Gulf of Suez
Suez Canal
Cairo
Xay
Abba Eban
Security Council
Gunnar
Japanese Ship Burns Off Coast Two Are Killed
The American Archer rescued survivors from a Japanese fishing trawler The Togo Maru after it caught fire and sank off the Adaptic Tuesday night Coast Guard officials said two crewmen died and the remaining crew members were accounted for A Coast Guard spokesman noted three survivors suffered third degree burns and one had a badly injured hand.
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OPS
United States
American Archer
Coast Guard
Spencer
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Togo
Massachusetts General
Developments Slow Apollo 14 Oxygen Weld Scrutiny
Space agency halts resumption of Apollo 14 systems tests while examining a cracked weld on a stainless steel oxygen pipe. Tests at North American Rockwell in Downey aim to verify a new welding process. Agency warns the January 31 crew date may be affected for Shepard Roosa and Mitchell.
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UPD
Space Agency
North American
Rockwell Corp
Nne
Downey
Calif. A
Alan B. Shepard
Stuart 4. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Kissinger put under Secret Service guard after FBI report
Washington reports Kissinger has received a Secret Service bodyguard following an FBI claim that a left wing group planned to kidnap prominent officials over the Vietnam War. White House aides would not explain the reason or whether other aides receive similar protection. Estimated costs run high as Senate debates lift inflation worries.
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UPD
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
National Security Affairs
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J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Hoover
Senate Keeps Shoe Quotas Vote Narrowly Split
In Washington, Senate votes 9 to 8 to retain shoe quotas. Senators Vance Hartke of Indiana, Albert Gore of Tennessee, and Harry F. Byrd Jr. of Virginia opposed the measure, while others supported maintaining the quotas.
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Vance Hartke
Indiana
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
Frisco Disturbance Ends as Police Reopen Streets
Police faced a disturbance in Frisco with overturned three wheeled motor cycles smashed windows and youths attempting to take a cable car. Two hours after the melee Ky and his wife left for Sacramento to join Gov. Reagan for dinner at the governor’s mansion.
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Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
Supper Club Faces Closure After Fire Department Order
Beckley North Kanawha Street Supper Club owner Mrs. Lorena Mullins announced the club will close after December 14 due to fire regulations. City officials cited mandatory access for lodges and dance halls, with space requirements and safety standards under review amid broader regional references.
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Kanawha Street
Beckley
Jordan
Mullins
Saudi Arabia
Cairo
twojWas
Egypt
Jesus
Sudan
Syria
Libya
Hussein
Faisal
London
Paris
Bonn
Washington
Moshe Dayan
Imi
Building owner blocks renovation cites regulation issue
Mrs Mullins claims Joe T Smith told her the building cannot be renovated to meet rules and will be liquidated after five weeks. Fire inspector Ubeda allegedly knew of the situation for years, despite a sprinkler system. she questions enforcement and access as most town buildings have single entrances. War reports note firefight casualties and Cambodian forces retake ferry landings near Phnom Penh as North Vietnamese units maneuver in Kompong Chuang.
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Joe T. Smith
Ber
Mullins
Beckley
Frank Ubeda Jr
Chu Lai
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
1St Air Cavalry Division
Saigon
U Minh Forest
Phnom ‘Penh
Phnom Penh
Kompong Chuang
Am Rong
Consul Denies Involvement In Basque Kidnapping Case
In Paris a Basque exile government spokesman rejected involvement in the abduction while noting distant ties to ETA. Seventeen Basques on trial face charges from murder to terrorism. at least six await death. Two Catholic bishops critical of clemency were charged with offenses against Spain’s unity and army.
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Paris
ETA
Revolutionary Organization
Basanes
Francisco Franco
Burgos
Sanchez
Covisa
Guerrillas of Christ
King
Elias de Tejada
Seville University
Msgr
Prosecutor Demands More Police to Fight WV Crime
Morgantown West Virginia United Press International prosecutor Joseph Laurita urged doubling state police strength saying only 384 officers serve 1.6 million residents. He warned complacency allows coed murders and bombings of public officials and cited his own car bombing as motive for tougher protection.
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UPI
Moonongalia
Tcutor
Joseph Laurita
West Virginia
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Rita
Laurita
Deaths and Funerals in Ivan Persinger 64
The funeral for Ivan 8 Persinger 64 of Garten will be held Friday at 11 a m at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Reverends Patten and Murphy officiating. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. He died Tuesday at Oak Hill hospital of natural causes. He was born July 11 1906 at Laurel Creek to Michael and Maggie Persinger. He was a retired miner and Methodist. Survivors include his wife Goldie B Persinger two sons Howard L Garten and Billy E Chicago two brothers Raymond Chicago Tr Tr and Lester Barberton Ohio five sisters Molly Goins Kate Champe Dorothy Bibb Oak Hill Rayburn Plumb California and Mattie Bibb Cleveland 22 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Friends may call after 5 p m Thursday.
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Garten
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
James Patten
E. M.murphy
Huse Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Laurel Creek
Michael
Maggie Tingler Persinger
Methodist ‘Church
Goldie B. Persinger
Howard L
Billy E
Chicago
Raymond
Chicago Tr
Lester
Barberton
Ohio
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Kate Champe
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Oakail
Rayburn Plumb
California
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Cleveland
Luther E. Burton
Minden
Breewill Baptist Church
Bill Menefee
Buriat
High Lawn Memorial Park
Beckley Hospital
Morris Creek
Fayette County
Jim‘mie
Rachel Ellen Reed
Burton
Harvey
Park Ridge
Ill
Arthur
Wheeling
Lovie Epling
Thelma Roeder Memorial Service Held in Beckley
Memorial services were held for Thelma Ailsa Roeder 57 of 302 S Fayette St at the Church of God with Rev Pedigo presiding. She died after a five month illness and bequeathed her body to WV University Medical Center Morgantown. She trained at Johns Hopkins Hospital and served as a nurse in Baltimore and at Pine Ledge Extended Care Center. She is survived by three sisters, two brothers, a daughter Linda Johnson and two grandchildren.
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S. Fayette St
Church of God
R . 'Pedigo
Merrimac
Roeder
Laura Waiters
Arlington
Vanson
Michael Anthony
Linda A. Johnson
Falls Church
Wallace E
William Vaden
San Diego
Cali
Funeral arrangements issued for Beckley residents
Calvin A Adkins of Beckley died at 2 30 am today after a long illness. His funeral is incomplete with his body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. William L Robinson 44 formerly of Beckley died Tuesday in a Detroit hospital after a long illness. He was born August 25 1926 in Lynch Station Virginia a World War II veteran. Survivors include three sisters Mrs Margaret Willis of Atlanta Mrs Dorothy Henry of Beckley and Mrs peer Givens of Philadelphia Pa. His body is returned to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley.
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Calvin A.adkins
Beckley
Rose and ‘Quesenberry Funeral Home
William L. Robinson
Detroit
Mich
Fommerly
Warren Robinson
Hoorn
Lynch Station
Margaret Willis
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Dr James VanPelt Dies at Gulfport After Brief Illness
Dr James F VanPelt a longtime Oak Hill physician died in Gulfport Mississippi Tuesday from an apparent heart attack He held an MD from the Medical College of Virginia was a Woodstock Virginia native and World War I veteran Survivors include daughter Mrs F Witcher McCullough of Charleston and son Dr James F VanPelt of Corona Funeral home in Gulfport holds the body
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James F. VanPelt
Oak Hill
Gulfport
Miss
VanPelt
Thhe Medical College
Virginia
Woodstock
F. Witcher McCullough
Charleston
James F. van Pelt
Corona
Reiman |Funeral Home
CRNS
Sonic boom rattles Cranberry residents after mysterious tremors
Raleigh County officials and Cranberry residents reported a loud explosive sound around 2 a m with tremors but no explosions or earthquakes were confirmed. The U S Air Force overflight practice was cited and no seismic activity or mine explosion was detected by weather officials or the New River Mining Co. in Cranberry.
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Raleigh
U. S
Air Force
West
Raleigh Register
Virginia
Canada
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
New River Mining
Cranberry
Pope Paul ministry sparks mixed ecumenical response
The papal message defends priestly ministry as unchanged in essence while adapting expression. The service faced a boycott from Archbishop Marcus L. Loane of Sydney who cited Rome's dogmas as incompatible with the New Testament. Some Anglican leaders attended despite the protest.
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Marcus L. Loane
Sydney
West Virginia population decline spurs airport and highway push
Rep. Ken Hechler of West Virginia argued the state must abandon provincialism for regional projects to stem population loss. He urged a joint Charleston-Huntington airport and a four lane Ohio River highway, and called for pollution cleanup a severance tax on coal and fair industry taxes. Hechler highlighted outmigration of youths amid political corruption concerns.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Ken Hechler
DW. Va
Charleston- Huntington
Hechler
Mountain State
House of Representatives
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Virginia
Huntington
Charleston
Guard killed defending Wells Fargo cash at Sears strike
Macon Georgia police say Rex E. Brantley a 49 year old Wells Fargo guard died Tuesday while protecting a 65000 shipment. He wrestled a gunman through two offices before being shot. Two women and a child were hit by ricochet bullets as gunmen opened fire.
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UPI
Wells Fargo
Sears, Roebuck
Rex E. Brantley
Brantley
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T .E. Prescott
Prescott
Jreceipt
West Virginia Receives $110000 for Pollution Control
Washington reports West Virginia will receive $110 000 in federal funds for the states pollution control program for fiscal year 1971. The federal money will be matched with $64 700 in state and local funds to support the program.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Federal Water Quality Administration
Pap
Five More ABCC Cases Before Court
The State Supreme Court was asked to order five more juveniles placed under the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission action. Police filed charges against Beckley youths for robbery attempts and other offenses.
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ABCC
Charleston
UPD
State Supreme Court
Stotesbury
Raleigh
James Ray Large
Valley Drive
Slab Fork Conservator
J. R.police
Control Commission
Crawford
Two Car Wreck On South Kanawhe Street
A Tuesday 8 10 a m two car collision on South Kanawhe Street caused an estimated 350 dollars in damage. The 1954 auto driven by Mark Quesenberry of East Beckley and a 1967 car driven by 79 year old Peter H Collins of 50 Lincoln Street were involved. Police put 200 dollars damage on the Quesenberry vehicle and 150 dollars on the Collins car. No charges or injuries were reported.
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Kanawhe Street
Mark Quesenberry
East Beckley
Peter H. Collins
Lincoln St
Quesenberry
Col.lins
Missing Ventura lawyer tied to Rose Valley search
The Ventura County Sheriff's Department disclosed no sign of the missing lawyer after rescue deputies scoured the Rose Valley area of the national forest. A spokesman said operations began Monday and most searchers had left except for a few identified individuals.
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Ventura County Sheriff’s ‘Wdepartment
Rose Valley
National Forest
Hughes
Labor wage crease sparks inflation critique from UAW chief
Leonard Woodcock, president of United Auto Workers, flatly calls GM wage gains counter inflationary and blames Nixon fiscal and monetary policy for ongoing U.S. inflation. The report notes the president edging toward wage price policy similar to Kennedy and Johnson eras, though the response today is milder than in those administrations.
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United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Nixon
United|States
Johnson
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