Final rites and funeral notices in Beckley area
Obituary page lists numerous deaths and funeral plans from Beckley and surrounding towns. Mary Alice Baker of New Britain Conn formerly Rhodes to be buried in Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. Eula Bennett, 67, of 126 Grant St, Dies. funeral arrangements at Ritehie Johnson. Hazel Calloway 33 Mount Hope rites at Ritchie Johnson. burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Katie Benson Coleman 61 Columbus Ohio graves Evergreen Columbus. Angela Denise Hayes infant service at Bible Cemetery. Hollie Hobbs 52 Dayton Ohio formerly Eccles dies in Dayton hospital. Charles R. Heerman 96 Bessemer Ala graves High Lawn Oak Hill. Cora Lee Maynard 78 Mullens service at Sam Foglesong Chapel. Timothy Francis O Callaghan 62 Baldwin NY funeral Weingend Brothers. Goldie Cooper Stewart 90 Jesse service Guyandotte Baptist Church. Hale Stewart 88 Oak Hill service Tyree Funeral Chapel. Lizzie Concord Va Carl Edward Stump 37 Beckley area funeral at Melton Mortuary. Harry J. Swillinger 32 Milwaukee formerly Beckley service Keyser Bryant. Verna Tincher 70 Oak Hill service Tyree. Ida Lee Stewart 71 Beckley pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice Baker
New Britain
Conn
Rhodes
J. W. Gowen
R. J. Brown
Second Baptist Church
Beckley
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritehie and Johnson Funeral
Hazel Scruggs Calloway
Mount Hope
John Lambert
Ritchie and Johnson
Greenstown
Rose Hill
Charles R. (Boss) Heermans
Bessemer
Ala
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
G. William Ingram
Tyree
Harry J. Swillinger
Milwaukee
Ross M
Keyser-Bryant
Sunset Memorial Park
Scillinger
Thiensville
Wis
Verna Mwears Tincher
Virginia St
Clintwood
Rene and
Mary Ann Arington Owens
Freewill Baptist Church of
Bernard Clinton (Tody) Tinchher
James
Marie) Fields
Defense Costs Rise in Europe Amid Spending Surge
Defense spending by non Communist European powers jumped from 25 billion dollars in 1970 to 40 billion in 1973 and over 42 billion in 1974, while the U S budget remained around 380 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
U.S
Robbers surrender after 5 hour supermarket siege
Four gunmen held 30 to 35 hostages at the Country Club Super Market in Richfield Minnesota for five hours before surrendering to police. About 150 officers aided the operation. one hostage suffered a heart seizure and was stretchered out. Investigators said the suspects demanded a car and a helicopter at times and were treated by police with restraint. The four suspects faced arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knudsen Richfield
Donald Lundquist
Country Club
Lundquist
Kerr Glass reply and water line break questions
Reader questions about Kerr Manufacturing Co reimbursing consumers for damaged beans and where to write for information. Kerr Glass Co contact in Los Angeles provided. Also inquiry about responsibility for a deep ditch after a Cranberry water line break. state engineer said Beckley Water Co. denial of major break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
Kerr Manufacturing Co
Vell
Dave Griffith
Consumer Protection
State Department of Labor
Kerr Company
Bers
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Co
S. Shatto Place
Los Angeles
Calif
Cranberry
H. F. Schulte
State Department of High
Beckley Water Co
San Francisco
UPI
Federal
U.S
Rockefeller Confirmation Shaped Ford Era Begin
Rockefeller could lead a new Domestic Policy Board to tackle inflation and recession under Ford. Congressional votes frame him as a talent magnet who might act as an acting president. The historic confirmation, by Congress rather than voters, ends after a drawn House debate over ideology and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Ford
Congress
New York
Senate
America
Spiro T. Agnew
Richard Nixon
House
County considers renegotiating Piedmont airport funds
Sheriff Okey asserts Mercer County Airport receives over 1000 monthly from Piedmont and proposes billing changes. Hutchison blames FAA misdirection as officials admit room for improvement but deny impropriety. He argues county could assume billing and apply funds to airport security and a new fire truck with federal aid covering the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okey
Mercer County
Piedmont
Hutchison
FAA
West Virginia ARC grants fund Logan airport and Jefferson sewer project
Corps assignees report a second grant of 153,107 for Logan County airport construction to replace a hazardous tub-strip airfield. The state adds 514,427 toward the Logan project aim to boost industrial development by improving transportation access. A third grant of 87,000 targets Shepherdstown in Jefferson County for an interceptor sewer system and treatment plant renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan County
West Virginia
Moore
Logan
Jefferson County
Shepherdstown
Street peddlers eyes on a steadier path this year
A veteran craftsman describes street vending as a decent living and plans to earn about $15,000 this year selling red flower holders from a card table. He notes after Christmas he will travel to Baja California and Canada before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochmuea
Baja California
Beautiful Island
Canada
Global recession drags on amid US layoffs and factory cutbacks
Demonstrators protest as a 22 car Bicentennial train passes in Paris where OECD warns the ES economy will be the weakest in the region with a 1974 75 decline. Ford cuts production by 28 percent putting 91900 workers at risk, while US aviation and other sectors announce sizable layoffs and hours cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Business
U.S
Paris
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Avio
Finch Pruwn Paper Co
Glen Falls
Freuhaus Corp
Memphis
Saxbe Confirmed as Ambassador to India by Senate
The Senate unanimously approved William B. Saxbe for the India post four hours after Foreign Relations hearings on his nomination to replace Moynihan. Ford had nominated Saxbe a week earlier. he will stay as attorney general until sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
William B. Saxbe
India
Saxbe
Daniel Patrick Moynsten
Ford
Ohio
Bomb explodes near Cafe Nava in central Jerusalem
Witnesses say a bomb in a discarded metal paint can was found beside Cafe Nava at Ben Yehuda Street and Jatia Road. Police detained about 100 suspects, mostly Arabs, in the area after the blast around 2 p.m. traffic was halted to Zion Square as security forces and worshippers prepared for Christmas mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cafe Nava
Ben Yehuda Street
Jatia Road
Haim Taver
Zion Square
Jerusalem
Noman’s
Middle East
No. 1
Central
Israel
Tel Aviv
Bathlehem
Church of the Nativity
IRA declares Christmas cease-fire in England amid bombing tally
The IRA says a reciprocal security stand down is needed as Scotland Yard cautions against optimism after a spate of bombing attacks across England. Police track a top bomb expert rumored to have entered Britain from Dublin, while churchmen and leaders meet to push for a permanent truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Street
Selfridges Department
U.S
England
Scotland Yard
Scotland
TRA
Britain
London
Kevin Mailon
Heathrow Airport
Dublin
IRA
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Congress Moves To Pass Ford Trade Bill Before Adjournment
The 93rd Congress nears adjournment and plans to send President Ford a priority trade bill linking Russia favored-nation status to freer emigration. Additional measures include tax changes, welfare-related paternity enforcement, and bills on speedy federal trials, anti-poverty programs, ship subsidies, and wild rivers protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ford
Russia
House
Congress
United States
Mercury mosaic map published by USGS for sale
Arlington Virginia news item reports the U S Geological Survey has compiled a first extensive photo mosaic map of Mercury sized 23 by 26 inches. The map is available for 75 cents prepaid by writing to the USGS Distribution Center at 1200 S Eads Arlington Virginia 22202.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
S. Eads
Beckley Newspapers Corp publishes Haleigh Y Register notice
Fragmented OCR lists a Beckley publication address in Beckley West Virginia and notes telephones and distribution details. It references a total amount of 235.00 and mentions Sundays, tax figures, and mailing to an Aber sister, with unclear context about publication or notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haleigh Y Register
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Carrie
Tee Lo Phindt
Virginia
Aber
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Mary A. Baker
Jula F. Bennett
Eula F. Bennett
Grant St
Ritehie and Johnson
Mrs
Hazel Calloway
Katie B. Coleman
Katie Benson Coleman
Columbus
Evergreenemetery
Angela D. Hayes
Angela
Denise Hayes
Doris Butler Hayes
Fayetteville
Bible
Lee Dilley
Beckley Hospital
James David Hayes Jr
Veila Hayes
Fort Rucker
Clarence Butler
Thorne
Fayettevie
Dodd-Paine Funeral Home
Hollie Hobbs
Dayton
Eccles
Lula "Harps
Meridota
Delco Produce
Virginia Guvetis
West Palm Beach
Fla
Aguas Cox
Port Northeast
Maynard
California
Charles R. Heermans
Cora J. Maynard
Cora Lee Maynard
Bud
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Bryce Phillips
Jack Shrewsbury
Barkers Ridge
Tex Hospital
Jack
Rebecca Shrewsbury
Stephenson
Ella Howerton
Athens
Feglesong
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Timothy O'Callaghan
Timothy - Francis O'Callaghan
Baldwin, N
Weingend Brothers
Grant Ave
Baldwin
Flushing Cemetery
Flushing
O'Callaghan
Gates Engineering
Goldie Stewart
Goldie Cooper Stewart
Jesse
Guyandotte Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Wiley F. Brooks
Stewart Family
Rockview
Thomas
Victoria Wells Cooper
George R. Stewart
Charles
Dolly Wellman
Rosetta Brooks
Nellie Day
Glen Fork
Ruby Marquette
Tonawanda
N. Y
Gladys Hildenbrand
Newcastle
Evans and Evans
Hale Stewart
Pluto
Ann Treadway Stewart
Stewart
Everette
Fred
Ray
Newark
Laura Reed
Leona McCormick
Norfolk
C.S. Donnelly
Treadway
Curtis Stewart
Stanford Stewart
Bay Shore
N.Y
John Stewart
Goldshore
X. C
Evangel Thelma Turnstalle
East Park
FE. Milter
Lizzie
Carl Edward Stump
Dry Hill
Jong i. Grove
Mable Smith Stump
Gien Daniel
Germed Liaiv
Koren
Mable J. Snnodsrass Bolon
Aro Daughtiers
Bui ‘Lee
Updang
Linds
Jean Bolon
Lane Lee
San Diego
Tony Edwai
Knox
Violet Stump
Dreshard
Richard la SeAl
Aries
Goss
Carolyn McClarey
Crab Orchard
Jerry
Deloris) Smallwood
MacArthur
William
Vickie
Fort Devins
Mass
Hansel Parsons
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Canady
Glen View
Verna Tincher
Ida
Ida Lee Stewart
Berry St
Concord
Elijah
Delilah Cardwell Miller
Independent Holiness Church
James Stewart
Harper Heights
Ernest Stewart
East Beckley
Leroy Stewart
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Daniel S. Summers
Aewa Ue Lin
Johnstown
West Vrc
X Rockefeller
ARC Grant
Agriculture Department
Volcano, Hawaii
Moscow
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
UPH
Nixon
General Services Admministration
Uruguay
France
Raul Sendic
Eagle Bay
Adirondack Mountains
Moss Lake
White House
Fed
Soviet Siberia
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