Final rites for Claude Hall 89 Harper Heights
Claude Hall of Harper Heights dies after long illness in a Fayette County nursing home. Final rites set Saturday at 7 p.m. at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hall
Harper Heights
Ritchie and Johnson
William Ricks
Greenwood Memorial Park
Fayette County
Evelyn’ Bentley
Glen White
Shady Grove Baptist Church
N. C. Lewis
John Burnett
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
D. G. ‘Toler
Greenwood Memorial Ark
Edward T. ‘Howard Jr
Brooks St
Beckley
Central ‘Baptist Church
R. J. Brown
Final rites and obituaries from Beckley area funeral notices
Multiple death notices and funeral arrangements for Agnes Wells John Burnett Edward Howard Jr Myrtle Craft Eugene Scott and related survivors. Services listed with dates times and burial places at local churches and memorial parks with visiting hours at funeral homes in Mount Hope Christiansburg Fayetteville Beckley and Montgomery.
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Agnes ‘Wells
Bradley
Tyree
Mount Hope
Ted Fox
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Christiansburg
Castro says progress on hijack talks. blocks talks on ties
Fidel Castro said Cuba seeks agreement with the United States on hijacker handling but will not advance overall relations unless the U.S. lifts its economic blockade unconditionally. A mixed batch of international briefs follows.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
United States
Radio
State Consumer Protection Agency Proposal Faces Debate
Legislator Field backs creating a state consumer protection agency with a small staff and subpoena power. He argues a three attorney core plus director and investigators could handle duties and enforce cease and desist orders, noting federal law misses intrastate business areas. He urges public pressure on delegates and senators to push action.
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Field
Consumer Protection Agency
Apollo 17 ends moonwalks with record rock haul
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan and Schmitt wrapped up three surface excursions totaling 22 hours 5 minutes, a record lunar workload. They collected an estimated 275 pounds of rocks, spanning geological ages from over 4 billion to about 1 billion years, as Fletcher eyed a 1980s return with Russia.
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Schmitt
Moon
United States
NASA
James C. Fletcher
Russia
Cernan
Challenger
PPPC Secrecy Explained by Co-Chairmen
Charleston UPI report says the 10 member Purchasing Practices and Procedures Commission can learn its activities by asking. Co chairmen William Brotherton and Lewis McManus defend the agency amid critics. They note a new policy requires joint approval for emergency actions between meetings.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
En Procedures Commission
William Brotherton
State Senate
House
Lewis McManus
D-Raleigh
Brotherton
Kanawha County
Senate
Commission
McManus
Truman’sCondition Deteriorates Amid Illness at 88
President Truman, hospitalized since December 5 for a weak heart and lung infection, showed kidney and lung complications and weakening strength. Daughter Margaret Truman Daniel described his status as not optimistic but not hopeless, noting his frailty at age 88 and moments of a smile amid the illness.
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Truman
Graham
John Dreves
Margaret Truman Daniel
Daniel
New York
Blacksville Mine set to reopen January 2
The Blacksville No. 1 mine will reopen at 8 am January 2 barring unforeseen events. Adler Spotte of Consolidation Coal Co. announced after a meeting with United Mine Workers officials and mine authorities. Nine miners died July 22 in an underground fire. rescue teams sealed the mine two days later.
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Morgantown
UPI
Blacksville No. 1
Adler Spotte
Blacksville
Consolidation Coal Co
United Mine Workers Union
Consol
$1000 Bill Dropped In Morgantown Salvation Kettle
A donor slipped a $1000 bill into the Salvation Army kettle outside Morgantown’s First National Bank Building. The note showed a picture of President Grover Cleveland, leaving Bell-ringers and workers stunned but grateful. Capt. William Crabson said the gift will help fund a brighter Christmas for those in need.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Salvation Army
Grover Cleveland
First National Bank
William Crabson
Army bungling ends in check for Olivas private war
Dennis Olivas battled three years of red tape after a clerk typed error left him on reserve and later facing deserter threats. He spent days in jail and had his education disrupted before receiving a $1 580.88 payment for bureaucratic bungling. His case traces back to a misfiled hardship discharge in 1969 and a cascade of mistaken active duty orders.
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Dennis Olivas
U.S. Army
Olivas
Ater
Ft. Crd
Calif
Ft. Ord
Onnties
Monterey Bay
Army
Kernia
Ibrass
Fresno
Local Community Inquiries and Clarifications Noted
Questions address local repair services civic recycling programs and a mistaken rumor about Bluestone Dam. Officials deny the burial claim and a coin value is set at eight cents. A welfare parking issue is raised with calls for better facilities.
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Emerson Smith
MFHP Board Extends Deadline For Fee Plan Progress
Mountaineer Family Health Plan board met Wednesday to extend the deadline for developing a sliding scale prepayment system to the February meeting. Re‑registration began Oct 1 and runs to mid January to estimate program enrollment. The panel discussed delaying enrollment floor and exploring a joint prepayment with Blue Cross Blue Shield while planning for eventual federal funding removal.
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Mfhp Board
Mountaineer Family Health Plan Board of Directors
MFHP
Forest Cornwell
Mfhp Project
Douglas Tolbert
Tolbert
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Burger Backs Nonsmokers on Amtrak Metroliner
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and his wife rode Amtrak Metroliner between Washington and New York in first class and faced three to four cigar smokers per trip. He protested to Transportation Secretary Volpe and an Amtrak spokesperson announced a smoking ban in the Metroclub car by December 8, while cigarettes remain allowed.
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Burger
Washington
New York
Amtrak
Metroliner
SR Transportation
John A. Volpe
Beckley Pension Funds Need Stronger Fiscal Care Says Stover
Stover urged improved management of pension funds for Beckley firemen and policemen noting last year’s cost was 13 000 and the city contributed 14 300. He contrasted Beckley’s 320 791 assets with a city at similar size holding 40 000 and called for regional legislative action.
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Stover
Beckley
Bus Driver Runs 115 Miles To Start His Route
In Baughurst England municipal officials praise Tony Harrison a 32 year old bus driver for covering 115 miles in heavy rainfall to reach work on time after his motor scooter failed to start his shift. Harrison said he ran the distance to avoid missing his scheduled bus run.
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Baughurst
England
UPT
Tony Harrison
Harrison
Pot Not Booze Seen as Culprit by WCTU Leader
Evanston Illinois reports that the Women’s Christian Temperance Union leaders warn marijuana may replace alcohol as the new culprit in public health harm. Mrs. Fred J. Tooze cites Consumers Union findings backing marijuana legalization as a dangerous diversion and warns against generation gap propaganda.
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Evanston
Ilapd
Temperance Union
Fred J. Tooze
WCTU
Tooze
Consumers Union
New Federal Airport Rules Spark Delay Fears
Huntington officials and airline executives criticize new federal rules requiring airports to submit compliance plans by January 5 and enforce carry on baggage inspections. Tri-State Airport manager Bill Mays warns delays could ripple nationwide as schedules slip and systems strain. Allegheny Airlines manager Carman Tyrone says no clear guidance yet and awaits details on staffing impacts.
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Huntington
W.va
UPD
Tri-State
Bill Mays
U.S. Department of Transportation
Mays
Carman Tyrone
Allegheny Airlines
Tyrone
95 Feared Dead In Ocean Storm
Taipei authorities report rescue craft search 11 fishing boats and a Liberian freighter capsized in Formosa strait amid 70 mph winds. Of 74 fishermen dead or missing, 15 bodies recovered and 59 still unaccounted for as boats returned to Taiwan west coast ports.
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Taipei
UPS
Formosa Strait
Taiwan
Paris Talks on Vietnam Peace Treaty Ahead of Kissinger Visit
Diplomatic reports cite Thieu’s demand for Saigon sovereignty and Hanoi’s insistence on one Vietnam as major sticking points. French sources say key issues remain before a cease fire treaty can be signed, while Washington indicates Nixon aims to settle the war before his second term begins January 20.
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Thieu
Saigon
South
Vietnam
Hanoi
Kissinger
Washington
Nixon
UMW Election Tally Shows Miller, Boyle Leads and Backlash
The 10 am official tally of the UMW presidential race shows Harry L Patrick and Jed Boyle leading with 29 147 to 24 353 and Leonard Panko leading Miller 27 358 to 25 133 for vice president with results from 584 locals. The union plans final results by Saturday amid security concerns and past fraud rulings by Judge Bryant.
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MFD
UMW
Leonard Pankovich
Harry L. Patrick
Jed Boyle
Wilbert Killion
Labor Department
Miller
Jock Yablonski
Boyle
Chip Yablonski
UPI
U.S. District Court
William B. Bryant
Yablonski
Federal Govern A
Silver Spring
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Mrs. E. McCormack
Eccles
Sun
John Cormack
Elizabeth Hinte
Jesse i'Keesee
Keystone
Caroline Keesee
Toledo
Ohio
Betty Conlon
Sarasota
Fla
Jesse P. Kitzman
Glen Burnie
John
Robert
Neil
Crab Orchard
Alexander
Parkerssburg
Sanford
St. Albans
Donald
James
Mansfield
Mrs
Evelyn Bentley
Agnes Wells
Pioneer Hotel
Edward Howard Jr
Myrtle G. Craft
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
H.E. Smith
Huse Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Eugene E. Scott
Eugene Edward Scott
Westmoreland St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey C. Mitchell
J.C. Brown
American Legion Post 70
Knights of Pythias
Pine Lodge
Anna R. Scott
Joey Scott Jr
West Mifflin
Anderson and Harriston Funeral Home
Montgomery
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Bonn
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Bundestag
Brandt
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Joan Baez
Telford Taylor
Nuernberg
North Vietnam
First Avenue
PPPC
Dennis
Leregister
King
A.m
Weise
Bluestone Dam
Charles L. Sergent
Corps of Engineers
Republican Woman’s Club
Midwest Steel Corp
Dryden and
Summers Streets
Department of Health,Education and Welfare
Dr. Cornwell
HEW
Raleigh County Civic League
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Greater Beckley Area
Justice Burger
Paris
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