Communists Attack Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon Rocket Barrage
Soviet built rockets blasted Tan Son Nhut near Saigon in the heaviest attack in four years. Nine killed including an American, and four wounded. The strike damaged houses and allied helicopters, damaged fuel and forced a three hour flight disruption. Military observers noted continued defenses despite U.S. withdrawal.
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Saigon
APD
Tan Son Nhuot
South Vietnam
U.S
ePort
UPI
Tracy Wood
Tan Son Nhut
Hanci
United States
North Vietnam
Kissinger Resumes Vietnam Peace Talks Near Paris
Paris witness Kissinger and Hanoi envoys Tho resume direct secret talks after a 24-hour break. The session at Neuilly sur Seine follows August 1969 talks, with Haig and Sullivan present. No reason given for Tuesday's cancellation, while Percy predicts a year-end cease-fire and prisoner repatriations.
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Paris
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
Vietnam
Neuilly Sur Seine
Kissinger
Avenue de Saussaye
le Duc -Tho
United States
White House
U.S
Nguyen Co Fhach
Charles Percy
Saigon
Can
Percy
Humanite
North Vietnam
Mousetrap Drives Rats Out Of House
Fran kin Porath and six associates claim a transistorized device from Pied Piper Industries drives rats away by a high intensity pitch unheard by humans. The test in a rat infested house could lead to market release in a few weeks if successful.
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Scleveland
UPI
Frankin Porath
Porath
Pied Piper Industries
Stanley Satisfactory After Heart Attack
Myles Stanley 48 of Dunbar, head of the State Labor Federation since 1956, was reported in satisfactory condition at Charleston Memorial Hospital after an apparent heart attack Monday. He is improving but remains in the coronary care unit.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Federation
Myles Stanley
Dunbar
Charleston Memorial Hospital
SA Hospital
Stanley
Four Die In Ulster Rockets Fire On Police Posts
Belfast reports 14 rockets fired by IRA extremists hit five army and police targets in 24 hours. A bricklayer accidentally shot by British troops died in Ardoyne while two other men, William Bogle and an army officer, were killed in Killeter and Lurgan as mortars and rockets wounded others during a wave of sectarian violence across Northern Ireland.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Killeter
Irish Republican Army
IRA
William Bell
Ardoyne
County Tyrone
William Bogle
Ulster Defense Regiment
Bogle
Lurgan
Eight Floor Fall Nursling Escapes With Scrapes
A two month old girl Shannon Notley of Honolulu fell from an eighth floor hotel window and landed in a palm tree. She sustained a cut lip a cut toe and scraped back but was in good spirits and under observation at Kaiser Foundation Hospital. Police said she bounced from an awning above a ground floor restaurant and was rescued by a restaurant employee. She was visiting grandparents at the hotel when the incident happened on Monday night.
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Honolulu
Shannon Notley
Kaiser Fondation Hospital
Shannon
Butz Warns of Environmental Pressure on Timber Supply
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz says environmentalists push to reserve wilderness reduces timber on private lands amid rising demand. He cites a 60 percent demand growth by 2000 and a 15 to 20 percent rise in production, warning prices could climb 30 percent by 1980.
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Washington
UPS
Earl Butz
Butz
United States
Ralph Nader
White House
Agriculture Department
Sheriff Office Car Policy Faces Criticism in Raleigh County
Raleigh County commissioners heard Deputy Victor Birchfield press for keeping cars at deputies homes to reduce delays in after hours calls. Sheriff French defended the policy but acknowledged the court has final authority on car locations, following a meeting with commissioners and prosecutor Canterbury.
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Raleigh County Sheriffina
Birchfield
Lester
Skelton
Charles Burdiss
French
Walter James
Raleigh
Tom Canterbury
Canterbury
Porcupines May Make Good Pets
Offenbach Germany news note suggests keeping porcupines indoors for winter. The Offenbach Post says to trap them despite laws, advise in apartment boxes with hay and debris for a dug-out, and list foods from meal worms to raw hamburger. Spring return sees porcupines living in gardens as pest fighters visiting for food.
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Offenbach
Germany
UPI
Offenbach Post
NATO warns against detente undermining troop credibility
In Brussels NATO members warn that any East West troop reductions must not weaken alliance credibility. Gen Steinhoff says security must remain undiminished and calls for higher quality and cost effectiveness if cuts occur. US urges Europe to resist unilateral budget cuts and boost defense spending ahead of Geneva talks.
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Brussels
UPI
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Johannes Steinhoff
Steinhoff
Europe
United
Washington
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
Geneva
Laird
Veteran Beckley firefighter to retire over lung illness
Lt. Robert L. Perdue a 22-year veteran of the Beckley Fire Department will retire Friday due to an occupational lung ailment described as similar to pneumoconiosis or black lung. Dr. Donald Rasmussen of Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital notes the disease resembles black lung but cautions it is not limited to coal miners.
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Beckley
Donald Rasmussen
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Perdue
Rassmussen
Rasmussen
Town Council Meeting Set Over Dog Control
A spokesman urges all dog owners to attend the regular Town Council meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in Sophia to decide on loose dogs in the city.
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Sophia
Apollo Moon Mission Countdown Before Saturn V Launch
Apollo County prepared for a midday return, while Launch Complex 39 glowed as Saturn V and Apollo spacecraft awaited the final countdown. Ground crews worked during a 9 hour 53 minute hold to fix problems and rest before resuming at 11 53 am. Commanders Cernan Schmitt and Evans prepared for 75 hours on the moon with a 23 mile moon buggy trek and six day orbital mapping, rehearsing in simulators the night before launch.
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Launch Complex 39
Saturn
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
Warren to Star Opposite Edwards in Saga of Sonora TV Musical
Leslie Warren will star opposite Vincent Edwards in Saga of Sonora a musical comedy western for television.
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Sonora
Hollywood
UPD
Leslie Warren
Vincent Edwards
Deaths and Funerals Notice Chain
Final rites set for Wilbur O Dell 78 of Charleston with burial at Spring Hill Cemetery He died Monday in Beckley hospital of cancer World War I veteran Friends may call 7 to 9 p m today Nancy Jones 67 Big Stone Gap Va funeral Saturday Holder Funeral Home Jones died Sunday in Norton hospital Sister of Beckley resident Arria Pennington Morris E Dunman 65 Madrid Spain former Mullens resident Survivors include brother Dr L E Dunman Pearisburg Funeral in Madrid Leonard E Trent 8 Weirwood Fayette County funeral Friday Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope burial Pax Community Cemetery Born Gilbert Aug 28 1887 retired telegrapher for Virginia Railway Passenger Service and Church of God member Surviving wife four sons three daughters 34 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren Friends call 6 to 9 p m Thursday James Evans 86 Beckley died today at Beckley hospital Funeral home notes indicate burial and survivors Detailing incomplete for Estil Evans other relatives and Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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Wilbur Austin
O’dell
Carrol Terrace
Charleston
Wilson ‘Funeral Home
Spring Hill
Beckley
Nancy Jones
Big Stone Gap
Holder
Morris E. Dunman
Madrid
Spain
Mullens
L. E. Dunman
Pearisburg
Leonard E. Trent
Weirwood
Fayette County
Tyree
Mount Hope
George Bostic
Pax
Trent
Gilbert
Peter
Susan Trent
Virginia Railway Company
Sabine Church of God
Viola Trent
Earl of
Roy
Oceana
Leonard
Maple Fork
Lane Edward
Ohio
Jack
Manota) Akers
Long Branch
Orville
Goldie) Hill
Akron
Samuel
Dallas) ‘Howard
Vica Britt
Washington, D. C
James Evans
Evans St
Owensboro
Joseph and
Frances ‘Evans
UMWA
Cranberry
Annie Wood Evans
Leroy
Sprague
Alvey
Cuyahoga Falls
Ethelyn Aca
Hazel Hamric, T
Barberton
Opela Baker
Sadie Holcomb
Stella Lively
Virginia Morris l
Dry Hill
Ann Payne l
Evansville
Ind
Estil
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral services for Robert Smith Weston held at Rock Grove Chapel
The funeral for Robert Smith of Weston was held today at 2 pm at Rock Grove Chapel Weston. The service was arranged by Floyd Funeral Home Weston. Luther Mc Quilin Price 76 of Mossy Scarbro Route 1 dies at Beckley hospital after brief illness. He was a retired miner, UMWA local 6112 member and World War I veteran. Burial in Price family cemetery Mossy. He leaves wife Lillian Mae, sister Lillian Farley, a son and two daughters. Friends may call at Tyres Funeral Home Oak Hill from 6 to 9 pm Thursday.
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Robert Smith
Weston
Rock Grove
Orbie Swisher
Pineville
Floyd
Luther Mc. Quilin Price
Mossy
Scarbro
Wesley Chapel
Advent Christian Church
Homer Hizer
Price Family
Beckley
Semet-Solvay
Kingston
United Mine Workers of America
Montgomery
George Washington
Margaret Collins Price
Lillian Mae Jarrett Price
Lillian .Farley
Clear
Creek
Frank E
Sacramento
Calif
Margaret
Christine Snodgrass
Independence
Annabell Blake
Tyres Funeral
Oak Hill
Mrs Hallie M Miller obituary in Charleston WV area
Hallie M Miller 64 of 833 Maple Drive Charleston died Tuesday after a long illness. She was a Baptist and survived by husband Robert Lee Miller of Augusta GA two sons Charles W West Charleston and Carl E West St Albans two daughters Margie M Permelia Sistersville and Lois L Carpenter Charleston one brother Robert Snyder South Charleston ten grandchildren five great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 10 pm at Long and Fisher Funeral Home Pocatalico with Rev William Bartlett officiating burial Tyler Mountain Gardens Charleston. Body is at Long and Fisher Funeral Home Pocatalico.
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Hallie Mae Miller
Maple Drive
Charleston
Lester
The
Baptist Church
Robert Lee Miller
Augusta
Charles W. West
Carl E. . West
St. Albans
Margie M. Permelia
Sistersville
Robert Snyder
South
Long and ‘Fisher ‘Funeral
Pocatalico
William Bartlett
Tyler Mountain Gardens
Long and Fisher
Dirtiest Air Title Disputed in Charleston WV
A dispute over the Almanac claim that Charleston WV has the dirtiest air centers on a faulty sampler near a state parking garage during demolition of two state office buildings. The city’s air pollution indicator stood at 108, with 75 micrograms as the standard. data ranked Charleston high among major cities.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
American Almanac
West Virginia
Carl Beard
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Beard
Almanac
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St.Louis
Los Angeles
Rochester
Cleveland
West Democrats official faces charges over club finances
Terri West, RCYD secretary, is accused by members of conflicts with the county chair Porter and misuse of funds. The group alleges failure to hand financial reports to the treasurer Pat Pitts, unauthorized disbursements, and fund allocations without membership approval related to the state convention at Ramada Inn. Pat Richmond notes Pitts had no records on Nov 17 and recounts meeting calls by William D Almond, JC convention chairman. West plans a rebuttal.
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Young Democrats
Donnie Stacy
Porter
RCYD
Ramada Inn
Pat Richmond
Pat Pitts
Miss West
Wiliam D
John” Almond
Terri
Almond
Murder Charges Set Against War Man
Authorities said today murder charges will be filed against Homer Crigger 47 of War in the fatal shooting of John Williams 44. Williams was fatally wounded Monday night by a single .22 caliber pistol during a scuffle at Elmer Harding's home in War.
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Welch
W. Va
UPD
Homer Crigger
John. Williams
Williams
Crigger
Elmer Harding
Nine of Ten Taipei Families Own Television Sets
A Taipei report notes that nine out of every ten households in the capital own a television set, highlighting widespread TV ownership across the city.
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Taipei
Taiwan
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