West Virginia Campaign Finances Show Large GOP Lead
In Charleston, WV, records reveal Arch A. Moore Jr. led with at least 696,029 in post election funds while Rockefeller forces tally at least 1,233,274. Contributions included 225,000 from Rockefeller backers and 610,080 for Moore from supporters with other state committee and private donations shaping the race.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
Arch A. Moore Jr
Rockefeller
Secretary of State
Moore
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller Committee
Kanawha Banking and Trust
Democratic
Mingo County
Logan County
Louisville
Denies Melnabey Lens
Afl-Cio
Committee On
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
League of Conservation Sonal
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Communications Workers of America
International Association of Firefighters
American Federation of Teachers
Don Richardson
Kanawha County
Dels
Ervin Queen
Mike Trboon
Moorelvich
Miners For Democracy Committee
Friends of Labor
Teamsters
Jay Stern
Wood County Bank
Richard M. Nixon
West Virginia
Republican State Executive Committee
Republican Finance Committee
Hechler
Congress Committee
Textile Workers Union
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
Democratic Congressional Campaign ‘Committee
Republican Supreme Court
Charles H. Haden II
Democratic Supreme Court
Russell Dunbar
Laborers International
West Virginia-Kentucky Conference of
Warren R. McGraw
McGraw
Senate
AFL Cio
Truman in Critical Condition as Doctors Confer
The former president remains in a delicate critical balance with an infection and congested lungs. White House doctors report oxygen support and irregular heartbeat while Mrs Truman plans to stay in Kansas City indefinitely amid vigil and updated hospital conditions.
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Drewes
Nixon
Truman
White House
Daniel
Washington
Kansas City
Secret Service
Wallace Graham
Graham
Independence
Mary Jane Truman
Ellison Released From Beckley Hospital
Andrew "Skinny" Ellison, mechanical superintendent for Beckley Newspapers Corp., of 115 Jackson Ave., was released from Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital on Wednesday after an admission in November.
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Andrew “Skinny
Ellison
Jackson Ave
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
NATO Members Move Toward Open Contacts With East Germany
The United States Britain and France announced plans to open contacts with East Germany aiming to later establish diplomatic relations. West Germany joined. NATO nations may pursue bilateral ties after a Dec 21 treaty signing between East and West Germany.
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Brussels
UPI
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Maurice Schumann
West Germany
East Berlin
Schumann
German Democratic Republic
Ater
William P
Bonn
Pass Requests Venue Change in Yablonski Case
Cleveland presumed UMW official Albert E Pass seeks transfer of his trial from Cleveland to the eastern district of Kentucky arguing most indictment acts occurred in Tennessee or Kentucky. His Jan 30 1973 start date looms, with bond reduced from 25000 requested. He faces Pennsylvania triple murder charges tied to the Yablonski case and is held on 200000 bond in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPC
United Mine Workers Union
Albert E. Pass
Yablonski
Kentucky
Pass
Harold Gendleman
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Yablonski J
UMW
Joseph A
Dock) Yablonski
Pennsylvania
Erie
Israel Wins U N Concession In Middle East Resolution
Western powers secured a key compromise on a United Nations draft resolving the Middle East crisis. Egypt agreed to drop a demand for immediate Israeli withdrawal from 1967 occupied Arab lands, aligning with the 1967 Security Council framework. The U.S. said it would vote no, fearing a clause inviting sanctions against Israel.
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United Nations
UPI
Middle East
Egypt
Security Council
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
United States
Israel
Logan Five File Appeal in West Virginia Vote Case
An attorney for the Logan County Five has filed a brief appealing their 1971 federal vote fraud convictions in Huntington West Virginia. The U.S. Fourth Circuit will set a hearing date after the government files its brief within about a month. The five former public officials include W Bernard Smith Earl Tomblin Ernest L Hager William Anderson and John R Browning. They faced charges tied to irregularities at Mount Gay precinct outside Logan. All are free on 5000 bond pending appeal.
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Richmond, Va
UPI
Logan County
West Virginia
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Huntington
W.va
Aree
W. Bernard Smith
Earl Tomblin
Ernest L. Hager
William Anderson
John R.browning
Mount Gay
Logan
Smith
Five Killings Spark Special Patrols in Belfast
In Belfast a wave of murder madness prompts William Whitelaw to form military task forces after five deaths in five days. A Protestant victim Samuel White, 32, is found as violence rises in east Belfast.
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Belfast
UPI
Britain
Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw
Whitelaw
Samuel’ White
White
Real Christmas Trees To Be In One Third Of Homes
Federal extension service projects record revenue for real Christmas trees in 1972 with about 210 million dollars in retail sales. The report notes 35 million trees cut in 1971, major production in the Northeast and Northwest, and 10 percent sold direct from farms. It cites 7500 full time and 100000 seasonal jobs and plans to plant 85 million more trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
Agriculture Department
Richard T. Marks
Thetake
Marks
Donald McNeil
American Christmas Tree Journal
National
Marks and McNeil
Demand for release of political prisoners in Saigon jails
Mrs. Binh urged the United States and Saigon to guarantee safety and free all prisoners. She cited Thieu opposition to the peace accord and pressed for an end to repression and terror to allow peace efforts to succeed amid reports of a near signing.
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L’aurore
Kissinger
Tho
Apollo Telecast Cancellation and Union Controversy
The article notes a canceled space telecast after the split from the Saturn mission link up. It discusses tensions between Arnold Miller, a disabled miner, and Boyle, each accusing the other of corruption or being influenced by outsiders. A federal judge ordered a re-run election over ballot fraud in Boyle’s 199 election victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cernan
Mission Control
Arnold R. Miller
Miller
Boyle
William R. Bryant
Joseph A
Jock’ Yablonski
Bryant
Boyle Casts Vote Today In UMWA Election
President W A Tony Boyle and other officers vote in a court ordered UMWA election at union headquarters. About 178 members are eligible to vote at the headquarters as eight days of supervised voting end Friday and ballot counting starts Tuesday at the Labor Department office in Silver Spring Maryland. Boyle is opposed by re-
Apollo 17 Moon Mission Ends With Lunar Samples
The Apollo 17 crew endured a nearly three hour delay but remained calm and ready aboard their white craft. Cernan and Schmitt, the mission’s scientists, aim to land in the Pacific by Dec 19 after three moonwalks and rock collection. Evans will orbit the moon completing remote sensing experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulullul
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
Moore to return as West Virginia governor after vacation
Gov. Arch Moore is expected to resume duties in Charleston after a vacation following his re election win and participation in the Republican Governors Conference in Scottsdale Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
UPI
Arch Moore
Moore
Scottsdale
Ariz
Kitty Hawk Sailors To Have Courts-Martial
Nineteen black sailors aboard the carrier Kitty Hawk were ordered to face special courts-martial for rioting. Two others were held for pretrial investigation as a House subcommittee probed racial disorders aboard the ship during the October incident enroute to Vietnam.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
Kitty Hawk
Threeman House
Armed Services
Saigon troops crush guerrillas near capital and air strikes hit area
Government forces pursuing guerrillas who rocketed South Vietnam's largest allied air base pinned down a Communist battalion near Saigon. Air strikes flattened the area. In North Vietnam, Navy jets bombed MIG bases and a railroad bridge. Imelda Marcos injured in stabbing incident near Manila Airport. guard shot attacker dead.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
U.S. Command
Nixon
Funeral services for Mrs Goldie L Lambert in Pineville
Mrs Goldie L Lambert 71 of Pineville died Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church with Rev Harry L Stevens officiating. Burial in Goode Cemetery. She was born March 16 191 in Pineville daughter of Levi and Mary Clay Kelly. Survived by husband Dewey three sons Paul Key Rock Arnold Florida Gerald address unknown two daughters Vesta Blankenship Florida Betty Lou Hardman Casper Wyo two brothers Kerry Florida John Pineville two sisters Sadie Mason Pineville Georgie Fleming Florida 14 grandchildren 4 great grandchildren. Body moved from Robertson Fogle song Funeral Home to residence at 4 p m today and to be placed in church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Key Rock
Arnold
Florida
Gerald
Vesta Blankenship
Betty Lou Hardman
Casper
Wyo
Kerry
John
Pineville
Sadie Mason
Georgie Fleming
Robertson-Foglesong
Bennett Rites Pending for 62 Year Old White Oak Resident
Fred Bennett 62 of White Oak died at 9 15 p m Wednesday after a long illness in a local hospital. Born February 9 1910 at Pear he was the son of the late Samuel and Victoria Plumiey Bennett and a Bluestone Missionary Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Verna two sons Dewey and Emmett Idaho a brother Dorsey Meadow Creek four sisters Virtie Kincaid Effie Bennett Abraham Minnie Richmond Oak Hill and Mae Richmond Shady Spring and five grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Fred Bennett
White Oak
Pear
Samuel
Victoria Plumiey Bennett
Bluestone Missionary Baptists Church
Jumping Branch
Verna
Dewey
Emmett
Idaho
Dorsey
Meadow Creek
Virtie Kincaid
Effie Bennett
Abraham
Minnie Richmond
Oak Hill
Mae Richmond
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mrs Mattie Withers 75 dies after heart attack in New York
Mrs Mattie Withers 75 of 105 Mellon Street died Wednesday in a New York hospital after a heart attack. She was mother of recording artist Bill Withers whose song Ain't No Sunshine sold over a million copies. She leaves three daughters Mrs Agnes Luster Mrs Florence Mather and Mrs Maxine Harper a son Eugene Martin and 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Her husband William H Withers died in 1951.
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Mattie Withers
Mellon St
New York
Bill Withers
Withers
Beckley
California
Agnes Luster
Florence Mather
New York City
Eugene
Martin
Columbus
Ohio
William
Randall Burnett Dies in Mansville Hospital
Randall E. Burnett 37 of Mansville Ohio died in a Mansville hospital Monday. He is survived by his mother Mrs Bernice Burnett of Mansville stepfather Cecil Smith of East Park two brothers John of Detroit and Horace of Cleveland and a sister Mrs Joyce Toney of Detroit. The body will be sent to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor in Beckley.
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Randall E. Burnett
Mansville
Ohio
East Park
Bernice Burnett
Lettie Smith
Cecil Smith
John
Detroit
Mich
Horace
Cleveland
Joyce Toney
Ritchie and Johnson
Beckley
Obituaries and funeral notices for Evans and Jones families
Funeral services are set for James Evans 86 of 106 Evans St at 2 30 p m Friday with burial in Prosperity Cemetery following a long illness in a Beckley hospital. Final rites for Rev Russell Jones 63 of Kincaid are 1 p m Friday at Ingram Grove Baptist Church with burial in Meadow Haven Cemetery Ingram Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Evans
Evans St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ernest Barley
Prosperity
Evans
Beckley
Morgantown Gets Midi Bus Service Reopens Transit
Morgantown to receive six new 16 passenger midi buses purchased by the city after Mountaineer Bus Lines folded. Three buses arrive today with more due Monday as the local service resumes after recent closure due to losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
Mountaineer Bus Lines, Inc
Aoe
Harry M. McCue Funeral Services Held for 78
Funeral services for Harry M. McCue 78 of 304 Woodlawn Ave were set for 1 p m Saturday at the Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev R Jack Sadler officiating Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens He died Thursday at 1 25 a m in a local hospital Born July 11 1894 in Charlottesville Va he was a son of the late James S and Fannie Crawford McCue A Beckley Presbyterian Church member World War II Rainbow Division veteran American Legion Post 42 Elk lodge member The Beckley funeral home was open 5 to 9 p m Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. McCue
Woodlawn Ave
Keyser-Bryant
R. Jack Sadler
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
McCue
Char- Hottesville
James S
Fannie Crawford McCue
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Rainbow Division
American Legion
Beckley Elk’s Lodge
Mass of the Resurrection for Mrs Grace Bergines
Mrs Grace Weaver Bergines 72 of 103 Earwood St dies after brief illness. Funeral Mass at St Francis de Sales Saturday 10 am with Rev Thomas Kerrigan. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by son William O Bergines and daughter Mary Alice Bergines Dresser. former UMW District 29 secretary. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home with viewing tonight and Friday. rosary Friday evening. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Weaver Bergines
Earwood St
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
Bergines
MacDonald
Sidney Grant
Mary Elizabeth Donegan Weaver
William V
Catholic Daughters of America
United Mine Workers District 29
Beckley
William O. Bergines
San Mateo
Calif
Mary Alice Bergines Dresser
Fairfield
Keyser Bryant Funeral
E. ‘J. Fourney
William Wise
Richard G. Jones
David R. Klaus
Mike Kosco
Walter E. Rappold
Funeral for Buster Redden in Bradley Church of God
Funeral services for Buster Thornton Redden 59 of Sprague will be at 1 p m Saturday at the Bradley Church of God with Rev Daniel Moore and Rev R E Leadingham officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Redden died at 5 15 Wednesday in a local hospital. He was a retired coal miner and Church of God member. He was born August 21 1913 a son of the late Arthur and Victoria Redden Rice. Survivors include wife Katie Bell Redden one son David Redden two daughters Patricia Farley and Jo Ann Parkulo two brothers John Rice Bud Rice a sister Novela McCarthy six grandchildren. Friends may call at Rose and Aesenbiey Funeral Home after 5 p m Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Thornton Redden
Sprague
Bradley
Katie Bell Redden
David Redden
Patricia Farley
Beckley
Jo Ann Parkulo
Prosperity
John Rice
Piney View
Bud Rice
Calloway Heights
Novela McCarthy
Los Angeles
Calif
Rose and Aeesenbiey
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U.N
Ulster
Lower Falls
Irish Republican Army
TRA
Apollo
Floyd V. Hicks
Cmdr
Benjamin Cloud
Marland W. Townsend
Wicks
Cloud
Vietnam
Townsend
Manila
Imelda Marcos
Fernand E. Marcos
Marcos
Manuel Collantes
Collantes
Mrs
Goldie Lambert
Randall Burnett
Rev
Russell Jones
Kincaid
Ingram Grove Baptist ‘Church
Ingram Branch
Ernest Sykes
Meadow Haven
Jones
Leona
Ray
Emanuel
James
Clarine Nowling
Marlene Alexander
Martha Hunt
Rosa Jones
Hazel Escontrias
el Paso
Tex
Delila Lee
Germany
Odessa Smith
Washington, D. C
Arthur
Ferrum
Eldridge
Ambhurst
Thomas
Harper Heights
Marie Jones
Margaret Carpenter
Arlington
Ethel Jones
Lynchburg
Ollie Jones
Virginia Vaughn
Toledo
Greenstown
Grace Bergines
Buster Redden
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