Heck's to Check Price Increases in West Virginia
Heck's Inc headquartered in Charleston agrees to reduce prices across its 30 stores after an IRS price review. Prices will be set item by item and increases justified by rising costs. Over-collected $278,000 to be returned via lower prices by Jan 1, 1973. IRS will continue spot checks of Heck's pricing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heck’s, Inc
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Hugh D. Jones
Internal Revenue Service
Heck
Jones
IRS
West Virgi
the Price Commission
Heck’s, Inc. S
Wrong Number Begets Headache
Bradford England UPI Eric Bottomley a 32 year old electrician says a nationwide TV program listed his phone as the Santa answering service for the post office. He receives about 20 calls an hour from children asking for Santa and stories and lists of presents. He struggles to explain he is not Santa and avoids snapping at the callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
England
UPI
Eric Bottomley
Santa Claus
Bottomley
Post Office
Iceland
Truman Survives Unstable Period
Truman's heart beat irregular and blood pressure fell severely prompting Bess Truman's bedside arrival. Doctors described him as very serious but improving as an unstable period passed with kidney function aided by amino acid IV feeding, extending his recovery outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Harry S Truman
Truman
Bess
Research Hospital
John Dreves
Dreves
Mrs. Truman
Trumans
Independence
Drewes
Small Turnout Hinders Raleigh County Young Democrats Meeting
RCYDC meeting lacked a quorum as a new president was to be elected. Terri West called the turnout a vote of confidence though no action occurred. West lost RCYDC membership on Nov. 17 and plans to contest the election before the state party board of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Young Democrats Club
Terri West
RCYDC
Miss West
Miss. West
Board of Appeals
Huntington Adopts City Human Rights Law for Funds
Huntington City Council agreed on a human rights ordinance necessary to secure 900000 in Fairfield West urban renewal funds from HUD. Voters previously rejected a council proposal, four of five proposed amendments by black leaders were accepted, shaping hearing witness powers for the seven member commission.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPI
Huntington City
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fairfield West
Equal Opportunities Division
HUD
Council
The
Rights Commission
Sheriff Refuses Bonds for Seven Deputies at Swearing In
Newly elected Sheriff Okey AL Mills declines to sign bonds for seven deputies at the oath ceremony. He argues the deputies under civil service remain legally the sheriff's financial responsibility, challenging the law's constitutionality. Names of deputies and previous clashes with Mills are noted, with a suit by two women over pay differentials ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okey A. Mills
Zina French
Okey AL Mills
Iswearing
Mills
Lander Civil Service
Ken Larabee
Bradley
Louis Adamos
Daniels
Bob
Lee Morris
Prosperity
Harold Gwinn
Stamaford
Lowell (Simon) White
Coal River
Ardella Fitzpatrick
Crab Orchard
Joann Wood
Federal District Court
Charleston
Zina
Morris
Simon White
IRA declares 71 hour Christmas cease fire in Northern Ireland
The IRA announces a 71 hour Christmas cease-fire starting midnight amid ongoing violence in Northern Ireland. A 25 year old Catholic man was killed by gunmen in Bangor as two teenage girls and others were wounded in attacks earlier in the day. Provisional wing says halt on civilian and military target attacks for three days, not a formal truce.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
Bangor
Pass Requests Lower Bail in Yablonski Slayings Case
Albert E. Pass and William J. Prater, both UMWA officials, appeal a $150000 bail set in Erie County for the 1969 Yablonski murders. Pass, 53, indigent, seeks bail reduction as he faces three murder charges alongside Prater, 52, with trials slated for mid year in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umwa International Executive Board
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Pass
Middleboro
UMWA
Carney
William J.prater
LaFollette
Tenn
Yablonskis
Clarksville
Yablonski
Tony Boyle
Boyle
Reform
Arnold Miller
West Virginia
Newsmen Face Jail Over Secret Sources Sparking Shield Law Push
Three reporters jailed and three more facing incarceration for refusing to reveal confidential sources. The debate prompts renewed legislative efforts in states and Congress to enact shield laws protecting press confidentiality amid Watergate and other high profile cases.
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Congress
John F. Lawrence
Los Angeles Times Bureau
Washington
William Farr
Los Angeles Times
Charles Manson
Farr
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Lawrence
David Lightman
Baltimore
Paul Branzburg
Louisville
Detroit
Harry Thornton
Chattanooga
Moore Won’t Press UMW Headquarters Move
West Virginia Governor Arch Moore said he would not intervene as Arnold Miller prepares to take charge of the United Mine Workers. Miller wants the international headquarters shifted from Washington to a coal region site. Morgantown and Wheeling are among proposed WV locations. Moore affirmed the state should be considered if a move occurs.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
Arch Moore
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Miller
West Virginia
Iso Far
Morgantown
Wheeling
Moore
Washington, D.C
Miller vows real democracy in UMW leadership clash
Miller contends the United Mine Workers should grant districts autonomy and let members elect their own leaders. The executive board in New York rejected his request for 50 000 to fund a peaceful leadership transition, signaling a hardline stance ahead of his sworn-in tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle
Miller
New York
UPI
UMW
Deaths and Funerals in Beckley Area Today
Funeral services are set for several locals including Frank Brack 82 of Montclair N J and Maude Milliner 86 of Fort Myers FL with burial in Meadows Haven and Sunset Memorial Park. Others listed include Mike Shuty 77 and Helen McIntire 61 with diverse survivors and calling hours at Melton Mortuary and Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel.
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Maude Milliner
Fort Myers
Fla
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Thomas Dunlap
Sunset Memorial Park
Dope smuggling through coffins shifts to new routes
Federal officials say heroin smuggling teams of six GIs with Southeast Asian experience infiltrated U S armed forces during the Vietnam era. They claim hundreds of millions of dollars in heroin moved via bodies and coffins at Hickam Air Force Base and concealed within deceased service members. Officials warn smugglers may abandon the Vietnam route and seek new paths into Hawaii and the mainland.
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Honolulu
UPI
United States
Vietnam
Ring
Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
West Coast
Boy's Love Saves Turkey From Table
In Standish England a butcher planned to kill a 40 pound turkey bought for 49 dollars and 35 cents. His six year old son Anthony named the bird Ted and grew attached. The butcher said Anthony's distress over Ted's fate convinced him not to slaughter the bird.
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Standish
England
Ted
Joseph Hodgson
Anthony
Hodgson
Mrs Annie Yates Death Notice In Charleston
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Mrs Annie Yates of 3702 Virginia Ave SE Charleston formerly Beckley. She died today in a Charleston hospital after a long illness. The body is at the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Annie Yates
Virginia Ave. Searleston
Beckley
Charleston
The
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Mrs Lucy McPeake obituary in Sophia
Lucy McPeake 54 of Sophia died today after a sudden illness. Funeral 2 pm Sunday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewey A. Wilson officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by husband Roy and three daughters in Sophia New Orleans and Hampton VA. seven grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call 6 to 9 pm Saturday at the funeral home.
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Frank Brack
Montclair
X. J
Prince
Helen McIintire
Reservation St
Melton Mortuary
T. A. Jaeger Jr
Mount Hope
Sunset Memorial Park
Hume
Raleigh County
Sheriffs Office
iSheriff Okey Mills
C. A. “Slim” Thompson
Turkey Spur
Fayette County
Andrew Hamilton
Viola Haines’ McIntire
William ‘Beverly Hume
Beckley
Sheriff’s Office
B and IB Excavating Co., Inc
W. E. (Roye (Louise) Caldwell
Suitland
Imd
Alfred J. (Templeton) Stone
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Andrew Hamilton Hume
Wiliam B.hume
James Maynor
Ray Martin
Bill Patton
W. C
Pete” Carter
Wes Thompson
Clarence Carte
Sterling Hunt
Sophia
Williams Funeral
W. F. Tolliver
Dewey Wilson
Hot Coal
Hunt
Lester
John and Lockie Covey Hunt
Helen
First Baptist Church
Minnie Eller Hunt
Larry
Williamsburg
Bobbie
Joann Dale
Elizabethtown
Jean Hay
Horse Cave
Curtis
Tina Akers
Baltimore
Ora Bragg
Detroit
Mich
Lois Soltes
Don Farley
Layton Farley Jr
J. A. Hant
Coy Barr
Sammy Lozier
Donald Stone
William
Tom Mix) Davis
Saunders Ave
Ritchie and Johnson
Thomas Pryor
Greenwood Memorial Park
Davis
Lawton
Oscar
Mary Davis
Leonard
Paul
Lawrence
Columbus
Ohio
Bobby
Los Angeles Calif
Alice Brooks
Lucy McPeake
Williams Funeral Home
Dewey A. Wilson
McPeake
Slab Fork
Pearl Covey Gillenwater
Roy
Funeral set for Mrs Cardella Bolocan of Coal City
Funeral services for Mrs Cardella Bolocan 62 of Coal City will be at 2 pm Sunday at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She died Thursday evening at 6 30 at home Daughter of the late Joseph and Annie Connard wife of John and mother of Betty Pack Eleven notes remaining in the text indicate siblings and a grandchild.
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Cardella Bolocan
Coal City
Webb and Neal
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
John
Harold
Betty) Pack
Coalt City
Violet Mounts
Sophia
Elsie
Marion
Cedar Grove
Eugene Connard
Funeral services held for Carl R. Carr Raleigh County watchmaker
Carl R. Carr 43 of 104 McClure Street died Thursday night. A Raleigh County resident and longtime Eric's Jewelry employee, he is survived by his wife Mary Lou Pipa Carr four sisters Leora Clinton Hazel McAlpine Sy via Nipper and Christine Wood and a brother Donnie Carr. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 0 pm.
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Carl R. Carr
McClure St
Caffee Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Carr
Raleigh County
Eric
Crab Orchard
Paul
Hazel) McAlpine
Princewick
George
Sylvia) Nipper
Dublin
Edward
Christine) Wood
Beaver
Donnie Carr
Covington
Plaything Fatal Shot Heard in West Virginia
In Kanawha County, 14 year old Alvin Lee Adkins was fatally shot in his bedroom when his younger brother David, 10, mishandled a 12 gauge shotgun they were tossing back and forth. Police say the brothers had played with the gun outside earlier and fired it once. The victim was the son of Mr and Mrs Alvie Adkins.
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ST. Albans
W. Va
Upda Kanawha
Alvin Lee Adkins
David
Alvie Adkins
Foreman Appointed at Eastern Associated Coal Keystone No 5
James P Clark of Sophia has been appointed foreman at Eastern Associated Coal Corp Keystone No 5 mine in Sophia He is married to Sharon Taylor and previously worked for Westmoreland Coal Co at East Gulf within the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Clark
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Sophia
Clark
Iis Marrid
Sharon Taylor
Eastern
Westmoreland Coal Co
East Gulf
City Hall Closes For Christmas in Beckley
Beckley City Hall closed at noon for Christmas holidays and will reopen at 8 30 a m Wednesday.
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City Hall
Beckley City Hall
Funeral services for Mrs Erma Mahood in Clovis New Mexico
Mrs Erma Mahood of Clovis New Mexico and formerly of Eccles will have funeral services Saturday morning in Clovis She was the daughter of the late Ambers and Pauline Cole Surviving are her husband James four children seven sisters and two brothers
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Erma‘ Mahood
Clovis
N. M
Eccles
Ambers
Pauline
Cole
James
Funeral services set for Mrs Maggie Caldwell
Funeral services are planned for Mrs Maggie Caldwell 60 of Gold Bond Virginia formerly of Rhodell after a short illness. She died Wednesday noon in a Martinsville hospital. Born August 27 1912 at Ripplemead she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Martha Local survivors include brother John Manning of Stephenson and sister Mrs Lacy Meadows of Rhode Island. Jamison Funeral Home in Pembroke will handle arrangements.
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Maggie Caldwell
Goldbond
Rhodell
Pembroke
Caldwell
Rose
Meadows
Rhode and
Jamison
Haome
Raleigh Register Published by Beckley News Papers Corp
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Raleigh Register printed by Beckley News Papers Corporation at 41 Prince Street with second class mail privileges and Beck Telephon Va indicated. text is incomplete and unreadable for full details.
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Beckley
Prince
Beck
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Stydies Young Demo
Joseph H. Greene
Raleigh
Fred Stacy
Charles Burdiss
Tom Canterbury
Attorney General
By Robert Strand
United Press International
U.S. Supreme Court
Mike Shuty
Scarbro
Tyree
Oak Hill
Leo Warmer
High Lawn Memorial Park
Beckley Hospital
Poland
John and
Anna Plaza Shuty
United Mine Workers
America
Ett Bierot Nln
Wis Whit
Léa
Pearl Blount Martin Shuty
Joe
Stanley
Chicago
Ill
Michael
Eugene Pettyford
Portsmouth
Kathleen. Dobson
the Brook
Helen Hume
William Davis
Mrs
C. Bolocan
Erma Mahood
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