Deaths and Funerals in West Virginia School Tragedy
A 3rd grade student from Central Grade School died after a car crash on Sprague Hill. He is survived by his parents, a brother Harry James and three sisters. Funeral arrangements from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville with service at the church.
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Euogagh
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Sprague Hill
Central Grade School
Harry James
Melen "Jean
Cynthia Gail
Connie Sue
Jesse Raynes
Ameagie
Bessie Jarrell
Eunice
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Five Year Old Girl Returns Home Safely
Kristie Lyn Slater, age five, is returned to her father in Red Bank after a short kidnapping scare following an automobile incident near Athens. She is a Concordia College student and cheerleader with Survivors including parents Marvin and Lois Slater and siblings Michael Timothy Daniel. The case prompted questions about a suspected kidnapper.
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Washington
UPI
Hee House
Zagovia
Nixon
Zagoria
Jeffery Raynes
Patricia A. McGraw
National Labor Relations Board
Jeffery Scott
Patricia Ann McGraw
NLRB
Sam Zagora
Lyndon B. John Raynes
yoGraws
W. McCullocn
le Ya-Aiera
Walter Raynes
Davis St. Sprague
Washington Post
Free
Athens
Clifford P. Case
Baptist
Ameagle Road
Harman Cootstin
McCulloch
Conserva
Cecilia Gatuso
Kimball
McDowel
Zagor
Beckley, In
Marvin
Jack
Lois
Whitemann McGraw
McGraws
Concord
Randell Slater
Alphaspis
Sigma Tau
Alover
Kristie Lyn Slater
St. John's I
Naked Girl
Mullens
Glen Rogersipome
Red Bank High School
Tig
Michael
Timothy
Daniel
Amanda Whittemann
Milwaukee
Wise
Beckley Girl In Concord Wreck
Beckley girl among those injured in a wreck near Concord. The report notes labor disputes between unions and land management with limited details. No further specifics on individuals or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
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Beckley
Concord
Nixon
Obituaries and事故s in multiple regional notices
Multiple obituaries and incident briefs from Beckley and surrounding areas detail the deaths of Emma K Rhodes and Lamie E Hylton, the kidnapping case involving Kristie Slater, and a two car crash near Concord College with several injured. The items note church memberships, family details, funeral plans, and hospital conditions.
Tire contract bids reviewed amid testing results and future use
The purchasing division discussed backlogs for 25 000 to 30 000 tires mainly snow tires and the option to extend contracts for 60 to 90 days. Test data compared Dayton Dunlop Firestone Goodyear Hercules and Uniroyal tires with mileage and cost per mile details. Miller noted possible savings but offered no firm figures.
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Miller
John Bell
Arch A. Moore Jr
Hercules
Moore
Dayton
Dunlop
Firestone
General
Goodyear
Uniroyal
Funeral services set for Winston Richmond
Winston Richmond died at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday in a Fayetteville nursing home after a long illness. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Log Church Pluto Road with Rev. T. D. Cochran officiating. Burial in Meador Cemetery. He was a retired farmer and Pluto Baptist member. He is survived by six sons and three daughters along with 21 grandchildren, 51 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren. The body lies at Rose and Queserberry Funeral Home until one hour before services. viewing after 5 p.m. today.
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Rhodes Market
Mount Hope
Pax Branch Baptist Church
North Carolina
Fiona Bradley
John Rice
R. M
Russ) Rhodes
Cool Ridge
Loretta
Nora Feazell
Violet Thompson
Charleston
Evelyn| Foster
Michigan
Tyree
Mount' Hope
Grayson
O. Lilly
H. C. Reedy
Blues Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Lamie E. Hylton
Lamie Effie Hylton
Jacksonville
Fla
Beckley
Beckley Church of God
Pocahontas
James
Victoria Honaker Meador
Thomas A. Hylton
Thomas A. Jr
Gainesville
Mildred G. Britt
Charlotte V. Smith
Jacksonville Beach
Okey! Meador
Bradley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Winston Richmond
Pluto
Pluto Road
T. D. Cochran
Meador
Fayetteville
T' Ae
Pluto Baptist
Cale West Rich
Jessie
Edward
Laz¢r Spring
William
Boomer
Arthur
Alexandriz
Virgil
Neice) Gwinn
Howard
Iva) Fortner
Lola Hamilton
Buena Vista
Vecellio Low Bidder On Two Appalachian Highway Projects
Vecellio & Grogan Inc of Beckley was the apparent low bidder on two Appalachian Development highway projects totaling 9.7 million dollars. It bid 5.04 million for 3.38 miles of corridor G on U S 119 in Mingo County and 4.09 million for 2.24 miles of U S 460 in Mercer County near the Virginia line. Kenhill Construction Co of Charleston had a small bid for a rest area and information center on Interstate 64 in Fairleton. Shelly & Sands Inc of Zanesville Ohio bid 142 373 for 4.26 miles on Wetzel County 21 Price Fork Road. Bayless & Ramey Inc of South Charleston bid on two traffic signal installations in Dunbar and Huntington.
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Charleslun
Uti
Vecellio & Grogan, Inc
Beckley
State Road Commission
Mingo County
Mercer County
Virginia
Kenhill Construction Co
Charleston
Fananhelan
West Virginia
Shelly & Sands, Inc
Zanesville
Ohio
Wetzel County
Price Fork Road
Bayless & Ramey, Inc
South Charleston
Dunbar
Huntington
Funeral Arrangements For Mrs Alice Reed 92
Mrs. Alice R Reed 92 of 213 Azzara Ave died Tuesday night at home from an apparent heart attack. Born Ghent October 14 1878 she was daughter of George and Nancy Lilly Fink. Widow of Andrew L Reed who died 1951 she belonged to Beaver Methodist Church. Survived by two sisters Mrs Frank Winner and Mrs Bessie Snuffer of Beckley. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Alice R. Reed
Azzara Ave
Ghent
George
Nancy Jane Lilly Fink
Andrew L. Reed
Beaver Methodist Church
Frank E. Winner
Bessie Snuffer
Beckley
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Torrijos Returns to Panama as Loyalists Rally Support
General Omar Torrijos reunites with supporters after landing near the Costa Rican border in a private plane. Panamanian guards greet him while plans unfold to reinstall his cabinet and oust new ministers. Torrijos recalls his 1968 coup against Arnulfo Arias and pledges focus on the people.
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Mexico City
Roberto Diaz Herrera
National Guard
Torrijos
Panama
Mexico
San Salvador
A. S. Somoza
Nicaragua
Sanjur
Silvera
Arnulfo Arias
Santiago de Veraguas
Lightning Struck Apollo 12 Twice During Moon Mission
NASA official reports Apollo 12 was struck by two lightning bolts shortly after launch. The first strike burned sensors and momentarily disrupted instruments and power. the second hit at altitude, triggering a computer warning. No mission impairment occurred to the crew.
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San Francisco
UPS
Don Arabian
NASA
Manned Space Flight Center
Houston
American Geophysical Union
Arabian
Cape Kennedy
Fox Testifies Victim Exonerated Him In 1968 Accident For Raleigh County Jury
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Hubert L. Fox testifies that Bernard Redden did not fault him at the moment of the August 9 1968 crash near Piney View Fox says he horned braked and veered right but hit Redden who slid to the road berm Redden 74 was taken to a hospital Ambulance crews arrived witnesses include Foxs relatives and a state trooper Trial opened with Foxs counsel and Reddens lawyers present Fox currently resides in Meadow Bridge and was visiting his parents at the time of the accident
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Raleigh County
Hubert L. Fox
Waukegan
Bernard Redden
Piney View
Redden
Fox
Earl Bragg
F. R. Lavender
Jacki A. Mann
Norman Knapp
Paul J. Fourney
Anthony J. Sparacino
Meadow Bridge
Leone
Quin’ Hon
South Vietnam
Eggertsville
Buffalo
Miners and Widows Chapter to Elect Officers
A Raleigh County Disabled Miners and Widows meeting will convene at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the circuit court room of the Raleigh County Courthouse. President Odell Gwynn said the gathering will focus on the election of association officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Disabled Miners and Widows, Inc
Circuit Reod
Raleigh i County
Odell Gwynn
Association of Icts
Innocent Plea By Hippie Girl In Tate Murder Case
Denise Atkins, 21, called the informer, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of murder in the Tate and LaBianca slayings. Judge Keene set trial for February 9. Atkins may testify before a grand jury about a "band in black" at the Tate estate. Other suspects Manson, Van Houten, and Kasabian are due to plead next week. Authorities cite 30 unsolved murders since 1968 with similar circumstances.
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Angeles
Upij
Susany
Sharon Tate
Denise Atkins
Miss Atkins
Tate
Tate Estate
Manson
Leno
Richard Caballero
Caballero
Leslie Louie van Houten
Linda Louise Kasabian
Los Angeles
$100,000 Suit Filed In Death Of Moore Child
A $100,000 suit alleges Darrell G. Akers and Billy Akers caused the death of Danny Bernard Moore in Beckley after a collision at Moor and Fayette Streets. Juanita Moore, administrator of the Moore estate, sues for wrongful death. A second suit, by Mary C. and Paul McGrady of Sprague, targets Northwestern Casualty Co. for judgment collection tied to Dennis Ray Chapman and a prior $12,692 auto collision award on West Virginia 3 at Shady Spring.
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Danny Bernard Moore
Raleigh County
Darrell G
Billy Akers
Beaver
Juanita Moore
Moore
Darrell Akers
Moor
Fayette Streets
Beckley
Mary C
Paul McGrady
Sprague
Northwestern Casualty Co
Dennis Ray Chapman
Falls Church
Northwestern
Chapman
W. Va
Shady Spring
Legless Veteran Becomes Citizen in Phoenixville Ceremony
Army Sgt. Alfie Leone, 24, who lost both legs in Vietnam, stood on artificial limbs as Judge Kurney administered his oath at Valley Forge General Hospital. The ceremony followed Leone’s comment that once an oath is taken, one must stand. A separate report notes the death of Mrs. Alice Reed in Raleigh County from a fire at her home.
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Phoenixville
UPL
Army
Alfie Leone
Leone
Vietnam
C Leone
Valley Forge General Hospital
Chester County
Kurney
John M. Kurtz Jr
Beckley
Fire Department
San Pio
Dellecamere
Italy
Alice R. Reed
Azzara Ave
Raleigh County
Ross P. Daniel
Clause In Money Bill Is Effort To Slow Integration
The Senate weighs southern complaints over educational chaos against northern insistence on school integration. A proposed amendment would insert "except as required by the Constitution" before two House-passed provisions restricting busing and school choice. Union leaders warn the measure could entrench resistance, while Finch and Panetta dispute broader disruption.
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Washington
Senate
Dixie
Nixon
Robert H. Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
SEW
Hugh D. Scott Jr
House
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
Finch
Scott
Hew
Leon EB. Panetta
Finche
Fair Weather Across Nation as Two Die in Salt Lake Plane Crash
United Press International reports fair conditions widespread with high pressure from Appalachians to West. A private plane failed in fog near Salt Lake City killing two men on a flight bound for Seattle. Temperatures varied from 20s in the North to 50s and 60s in the South with light precipitation in the Northwest and Great Lakes regions.
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United Press International
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Wash
Appalachians
Pacific Northwest
Great Lakes
New England
Wisconsin- Minnesota
New Hampshire
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Grand Rapids
Mich
California
Texas
Sextuplet Survivors Taken Off Oxygen
Five survivors of Britain's Letts sextuplets were taken off pure oxygen and breathed ordinary air today for the first time. Doctors said they were in good condition. The babies remained in incubators at University College Hospital, though their oxygen apparatus had been removed. The sextuplets were born Monday to Mrs John Letts, 23.
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London
Uri
Asue
Britain
University College Hospital
John Letts
Death of West Virginia Soldier in Vietnam Confirmed
Defense Department announces the death of Army Sgt. William C. Whitlatch of Moundsville West Virginia in Vietnam combat. He was the husband of Mrs Linda F Whitlatch.
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Vietnam
Washington
Ohio River Search for Missing Barge Worker
West Virginia and Ohio authorities combed the Ohio River between Parkersburg and Marietta for the body of Alfred Withrow a 28 year old barge worker from Vanceburg Kentucky employed by Triangle Towing Co. A life jacket believed to be his was found by diver Troy Terry after Withrow disappeared about 7 am.
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Parkersburg
WPI
West Virginia
Ohio
Here
Marietta
Alfred Withrow
Vanceburg
Lemploye
Triangle Towing Co
Milford
Withrow
Troy Terry
Tguassu Falls Holds Swift Water Across Border City
Tguassu Falls in Brazil on the Argentina border features a water drop over 2m feet and a width of 214 miles. Nearby landmarks and local geography frame this notable cascades site.
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Brazil
Argentina
Black Panther fugitive Eldridge Cleaver faces jail if he returns
California officials say Eldridge Cleaver would be jailed immediately as a parole violator upon returning to the United States. Cleaver, living in Algeria, has sought a U.S. passport and is wanted by Oakland authorities for jumping a $50,000 bail in an April 1967 Panthers shootout. Cleaver has served about ten years of a 14 year term and parole is suspended pending a full hearing.
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San Francisco
UPI
Eldridge Cleaver
United States
California
Eugene Luttrell
Black Panther Party
Berkeley
Cleaver
U.S
Algeria
Luttrell
Black Panther
Thestate Adult Authority
Oakland
Calif
Tle
jPassport
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Labor Board
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Tenni
Awe Waaghi
Sy CU Snun
Atlanta
Thomas G. Cook
Man
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Oceana
Stobie Parsons
Cook-Walker
Cook
Oceana Funeral Home
McNeely Funeral Home
Geneva
Pauley
Geneva Pauley
Clarence
Alice Newsome Pauley
Laura
Evans
Melton
Joseph Wdlowiak
St. John's Catholic Church
Father Wdowiak
Mt.Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Berklaw
Fraternity
Phi Sigma Epsilon
Emma K. Rhodes
Atharinal
Juiz
Iuuth
jEastgage
Kristie
Rich's
FBI
Mrs. Slater
Slater
Concord College
Patricia McGraw
Route 20
Carol Godfrey
Matoaka
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Cynthia Farmer
Charles C. Farmer Jr
Ellison Ave
Princeton Hospital
Becky Blevins
Welch
Marsha Myers
St. Albans
Stone
Appuaileu
Thomas C. Shroyer
Harry Brown
Kansas City
Michael Bernstein
House Labor Committee
Ronald L. Ziegler
Renaintmante
Haard
Mitch
Vecellio
Folkestone
England
John Brunt
Brunt
Wyn Sock Saved
Paul Gringle
Wyn Socks
Lebanon
Ciacky Beckley
Nationas
Ohio River
Black Panther Fugitive
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