Miners urged to press black lung benefits change
Dr. I E Buff urged about 300 miners at a county meeting to demand legal recognition of pneumoconiosis under Workmen's Compensation. He proposed a two year presumption, monthly benefits of 250 dollars for eight years plus 75 dollars thereafter, and no lump sums, with a medical board partly chosen by miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marmet
UPI
I. E. Buff
Charleston
Buff
Logan High School
Don Rasmussen
Appalachian Regional
Beckley
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Rasmussen
Tyler Countian Among Pueblo Crewmen Freed
The two oldest Wright sisters from Tyler County travel from Pittsburgh to San Diego to reunite with their brother Engineman 3 C Darrel Dean Wright among 82 USS Pueblo crewmen freed by North Korea The Navy pays flights and lodging. the family gathers at El Cortez Hotel for the reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
API
C. Darrel Dean Wright
Pittsburgh
San Diego
Calif
North Korea
Edith Watson
Shinnston
Wilbur Wright
Tyler County
Phyllis M. Spencer
Weirton
Cmdr
Irvin Wolf
Naval Reserve Training Center
Wheeling
Watson
Wilma Duty
Lost Creek
Harrison County
Dean
Navy
Duty
Cleryl Gene
Clarks
Gene
Tyler County High School
Middlebourne
Diesel Mechanics School
Nashville
Wolf
Navy League
el Cortez
SRC Awards Contracts For Traffic Signals
The State Road Commission awarded two traffic signal projects in Beckley for 22209 dollars. Bayliss and Ramey Inc won 8975 dollars to install a signal at W Va 41 Johns Town Road and South Vance Drive near the former Atkinson Supermarket. Went Construction Co of Hamilton Ohio won 13234 dollars to install a signal at the junction of W Va 41 and US 1921 at the Pinecrest Sanitarium entrance. A prior bid of 177422 dollars by Valley Equipment Co to build a railroad underpass on W Va 16 and 35 at Gauley Bridge was rejected as excessive and will be readvertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
State Road Commission
Bayliss and Ramey, Inc
South Charleston
W. Va. 41
Johnstown Road
South Vance Drive
Atkinson
W. Va
U.S
Went Construction Co
Hamilton
Ohio
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Valley Equipment Co
Gauley Bridge
SRC
Faulty Vent Blamed In Death Of Three In Pennsboro
In Pennsboro over the weekend a faulty floor furnace vent caused the asphyxiation of a couple and a 12 year old boy. The three bodies were found in bed by Police Chief Wallace Pratt after neighbors reported Christmas lights left on all night. The victims were Walter Carr 65 Olive Carr 60 and Randall Lee Barnes 12 the boy staying with the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsboro
UPI
Walter Carr
Olive Carr
Randall Lee Barnes
Wallace Pratt
Carr
William Barnes
Gromyko Extends Cairo Visit Amid Arab-Israeli Tensions
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko lengthened his Cairo trip amid signs of a major push to avert a new Arab-Israeli war. Unconfirmed reports say he carried a peace plan from UN envoy Gunnar Jarring as Egypt keeps Suez Canal forces on high alert and talks with Egyptian leaders continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cairo
Middle East
Gromyko
Gunnar Jarring
U.N
Jerusalem
Israel
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Mohammed Fawzy
Mahmound Riad
United States
Pueblo crew recall torture and relief after release
Eleven sailors describe brutal beatings by North Korean captors during captivity aboard the Pueblo. They recount propaganda, isolation, and a return to family, while Maj. Gen. Woodward signs a release amid North Korea’s gloating rhetoric and U S officials defend the mission as unjustly questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom Bridge
Anscom City
California
Bucker
Pocatello, Idaho
Pueblo
Bucher
Pak Chung Kuk
Panmunjom
Frogface
Gilbert Hume Woodward
Pak
Ercees Woodward
la- P
Woodward
Police Beat Report Details Stolen Rings at Local Store
A thief stole about 350 dollars worth of rings from He's Jewelry on Neville Street after breaking a window. Police are investigating. A separate two car crash on Mount Tabor Saturday night caused 2000 dollars in damage, minor injuries, and one arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Street
Beckley
Mount Tabor
William Wayne Williams
Oakwood Drive
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
John Elbert Brogan
Cool Ridge
Karen Elaine Williams
Brogan
Deaths and Funerals in West Virginia District
Funeral notices report the deaths of Robert Blankenship 40 of McGraws William Willard 72 of Harper and James R Stoney Craver 72 of Lorain Apartments Beckley. Services set for Tuesday with details on locations burial and officiants. Survivors listed include spouses children and siblings with many by name along with calling hours at local funeral homes.
Wedding of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s grandson Julie and David
Julie Eisenhower and David Eisenhower wed in a Protestant ceremony watched by special closed circuit TV from Walter Reed Hospital where Dwight Eisenhower and his wife recover from illness. Julie gave away the bride with her father absent a kiss, then David kissed her at the Plaza Hotel during photographs and reporter interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Julie
Plaza Hotel
David
John S. Doud
Denver
John C Muir 48 dies after two week illness in San Diego
John C Muir 48 of California formerly of Mt Hope died Sunday at 4 45 am in a Naval hospital San Diego after a two week illness. He was retired from the U S Navy and worked as a counselor for the Southern Conservation Center in Susanville Calif. He is survived by his wife Needia Keaton Muir three children and his parents and brothers with one brother Lt Col Joseph Muir noted as killed in action in Vietnam September 11 1965. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Muir
California
Mt Hope
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Muir
U. S. Navy
Southern Conservation Center
Susanville
Needia Keaton Muir
Beckley
John
Germany
U. S. Armed Forces
Afc Barbara Muir
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D. C
Gail
Stegio) Powers
Powan
John Muir
Madison St
Mt. Hope
Bobby
Houston
Texas
Bill
Albany
Jimmy
Joseph Muir
Vietnam
Oley Griffith Leas Funeral Services Held at Ghent
Funeral services for Oley Griffith Leas 73 of Ghent will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Ghent Missionary Church with Rev. Robert Newcomb and Rev. Henry Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Griffith family cemetery. Griffith died Sunday after a long illness. He was born May 3 1895 in Ghent son of A W and Helen Griffith. He owned a Ghent slaughter house served as deputy sheriff and worked for Raleigh Motor Sales before retirement. Survived by one stepson Phil Hedrick Canton Ohio two sisters Amanda Barker Beckley Josie Howery Beckley and six grandchildren. Pallbearers include Gilmer and Jimmy Sweeney Charles Mason McKinney Willis Hash Elsworth Hutchens Emel Meadows and John Thompson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oley Griffith
Ghent
Robert Newcomb
Henry Smith
Griffith
A.W
Helen Lilly Griffith
Raleigh Motor Sales
Culver Cadet Wins Merit Scholarship Commendation
Michael D. Sweeney of Ghent a Culver Military Academy student received a National Merit Scholarship Corp commendation for top 2 percent on the 1968 Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. He and 9 Culver seniors are semifinalists competing for 3,000 Merit awards among 15,000 U. S. high school finalists. Culver, founded 1894, enrolls 834 students from 40 states and 21 foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael D. Sweeney
Ghent
Culver Military Academy
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Alvin Sweeney
United States
Culver
U. S
Battery C
Burgie Jenkins dies after illness at 64 in Resaco
Burgie Walter Jenkins 64 of Resaco died at his home at 9 30 a m after a long illness. Born March 23 1904 he was a son of the late Will and Marine Corbin Jenkins. A retired miner and member of America Local 6149 he belonged to East Gulf Free Will Baptist Church. Survived by Eliza Jane two sons James H Coal City Wharton M Josephine two daughters Inez Doss Besoco and Dessie Barr Winchester Va one sister Bulai Elgers Winchester six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgie Walter Jenkins
Resaco
Will and Marine Corbin Jenkins
United Mine Workers of America
East Gulf
Besoco
Dessie Barr
Winchester
Bulai Elgers
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
William Smith Smith dies at 73 at Whitby home
William Smith Smith aged 73 of Whitby died at his home at 7 45 today after a long illness. Born March 16 1895 in Lovings he was the son of the late Jasper and Louise Smith. Survived by stepson Charles Fields of Whitby brother Oliver of Bluefield sister Mrs Elizabeth Wiley of Harper Heights. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Dude) Smith
Whitby
Lovings
Jasper and
Louise Smith
Charles Fields
Oliver
Bluefield
Elizabeth Wiley
Harper Heights
Ritchie and Johnson
Funeral services for Lacy F. Pate in Glen Morgan
Funeral services for Lacy F. Pate 54 of Glen Morgan will be Tuesday at 3 pm in Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel. Pate died Sunday after a long illness born April 12 1914 son of George and Della Hall Pate. He was a Holiness Church member miner and United Mine Workers Local 2325 member. Survivors include Anna Hunt Pate his wife one son Bob two daughters Ida Miser Wanda Ruth Pate two brothers Jesse W. and Charles C. two sisters Anna Harrah Wanetta Mann three friends may call after 3 pm Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blankenship
McGraws
Milam Methodist Church
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Blankenship
W. Va
Glen Daniel
James Vernon Blankenship
Baltimore
Wild
William Willard
Harper
Melton Mortuary
Thomas Snuffer
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Willard
Hopewood
United Mine Workers of America
Eccles
Thelma Lester Willard
Pearl
Frederickstown
Opal
Noblestown
Juanita
Woodbridge
Diane
Greenville
S. C
Glenna
Canton
Ohio
Goldie
Raymond
Pasadena
Ralph
Fredrickstown
Robert
Richmond
Edward
Baytown
Texas
Harry
Ravenna
Joseph
Carmichaels
Emma
Hilda
Bill Jones
Lawrence Stoots
Bob Reynolds
Oden Bennett
Everett Sutton
Gene Underwood
James R
Stoney) Craver
Lorraine Apartments
Beckley
Keyser Bryant
R. Jack Sadler
Craver
Crab Orchard
Lowmoor
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Beckley Moose Lodge
Gates Engineering Co
Inez
James R. Jr
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Jack W
Akron
Marguerite Hicks
West Palm Beach
Fla
Jesse Mae Dalton
Capitola
Cal
Lacy F. Pate
Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
Pate
George and
Della Hall Pate
Holiness Church
Bobby
Ida Miser
Los Angeles
Calif
Wanda Ruth Pate
Jesse W
Charles C
Anna Harrah
Richwood
Wanetta Mann
Maple Fork
John
Jack
Jim
Ray Pate
Lowell Foley
Ray Green
Apollo crew prepared for rough sea recovery at Yorktown
Apollo Neil O'Connor forecast heavy showers five foot swells and wind gusts to 28 mph as the astronauts return. Visibility may be limited but not hinder recovery. Yorktown performed well in a practice run with 14 foot swells and 55 mph winds earlier this month. Borman diagnosed with a 24 hour gastroenteritis, vomiting, diarrhea and fever. Pueblo prisoners released from North Korea confirmed. Anders delivered Santa Claus message. Lovell wished his mother a happy 73rd birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil O'Connor
Yorktown
O'Connor
Borman
Berry
North Korea
Anders
Santa Claus
Gregory
Santa
Lovell
Blanche Lovell
Edgewater Beach, Fla
Auto Too Good at Reliant Plant Delights a Customer
John Scoltock wrote from Tamworth England that after buying a Reliant last August for 4224 pounds he could not find any fault with the car. He complained he felt left out because friends talked about problems his auto did not have.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamworth
England
API
Scimitar Auto Plant
John Scoltock
Scoltock
Local drivers cited for hazards and red light violations
Gerald Lee Hager 20 of Teel Road cited for hazardous driving at 12 15 a m Sunday and ordered to appear in police court December 30 Jane Anne Shrewsbury Lovell Street cited for red light violation at 9 15 p m Sunday and ordered to appear in police court December 0 Robert Bruce McClure unlisted address charged with reckless driving at 11 51 p m Sunday Two car crash on South Fayette Street at 4 35 p m Saturday involved George A Smith 1965 Mills Street and Ralph D Bragg Fort Riley Kansas damages 10 and 65 respectively. no injuries or arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Lee Hager
Teel Road
Jane Anne Shrewsbury
Lovell Street
Robert Bruce McClure
South Fayette Street
George A. Smith
Mills St
Ralph D. Bragg
Fort Riley
Kan
Smith
Bragg
Drunken driving arrests in county jail totals rise
Riley Franklin Blevins four of Cleveland and James D Odham thirty three of Midway were booked at 2 25 p m Sunday on drunken driving charges Between 12 20 a m Saturday and 6 p m Sunday 28 persons were lodged in the county jail on drunkenness charges
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Franklin Blevins
Cleveland
Ohio
James D. Odham
Midway
Vietnam Talks Stall As Saigon Envoy Returns For Christmas
The Saigon delegation head in Paris flew home for Christmas amid a deadlock over negotiating procedures delaying expanded talks to end the Vietnam War. He may seek direct talks with South Vietnamese opposition groups including the Viet Cong, while the NLF marks its eighth anniversary in Paris with thousands in attendance and Xuan Thuy urging Saigon to form a government willing to negotiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
NLF
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
National Liberation Front
Archbishop Cooke Visits With Gls in Vietnam
Archbishop Terence J. Cooke of New York arrived in Saigon as military vicar for U S armed forces. He visited American troops at Tan Son Nhut Airport and said he hoped peace would come soon. He prayed for unity between Paris representatives and brought Christmas cheer to the fighting men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
Terence J. Cooke
New York
Vietnam
Francis Spellman
U.S
Paris
Cooke
Tan Son Nhut
Liquor Theft Suspects Move $120,000 Worth Spirits
Charleston wire report says a state search continued to stop thieves from distributing $120000 in holiday spirits. Two truckloads of whiskey were stolen from an Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission garage over the weekend. police theorize the theft occurred late Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
Pope Paul VI Signals Later Pronouncement on Birth Control
The Vatican announced that Pope Paul VI will issue another pronouncement on birth control in due time. He spoke after summoning Roman Catholic bishops from around the world to a Vatican meeting on October 11, with the synod likely tied to the new message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Sik rejects return from exile in Switzerland
Deputy Premier Ota Sik declined an appeal from Czechoslovak leaders to return from self exile in Switzerland. In an open Prague letter he said he did not defect to the West and will remain in Switzerland, asking the leadership to legalize his stay there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Ota Sik
Switzerland
Sik
West
Coast Guard fears 15 sailors entombed in sunken cutter
Coast Guard officials fear the 15 bodies of seamen from the cutter White Alder may be permanently entombed in the ship at the river bottom after a Dec 7 collision with the Helena near White Castle Louisiana. The vessel is now completely covered with sand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Coast Guard
Mississippi River
Helena
White ‘Castle
Slovak Party Seeks Smrkovsky Ouster As Parliament President
The Slovak branch of the Czechoslovak Communist party demanded Josef Smrkovsky be removed from Prague’s parliament presidency. Gustav Husak, the pro Soviet Slovak leader, pressed for a Slovak replacement under planned federalization into Czech and Slovak semi autonomous states in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Josef Smrkovsky
Gustav Husak
Smrkovsky
Pueblo crew to have planeside reunions at Miramar
Families of the USS Pueblo crew will meet their son or husband before the ship’s members undergo a medical check described as close to an astronaut’s. The Navy said the crew is not expected to land at Miramar Naval Air Station before tonight and gave no exact arrival time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Panmunjom
North Korea
U.S
Duane Daniel Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Hodges
Korean Peoples Army
Washington
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Leo McCarren
Johnstown
Donald
Carthage
Miss
M.H. Wadley
Navy
Kenneth
Bucher
San Diego
Calif
Pueblo
Miramar Naval Air Station
Here
Thurmond and Nancy Moore wed in private ceremony
Senator Strom Thurmond and his 22 year old bride Nancy Janice Moore married in a small private ceremony at the First Presbyterian Church after a Sunday wedding in Aiken South Carolina. The 66 year old anti civil rights filibuster champion said the secret honeymoon began today at a private location.
Eisenhowers Watch David Eisenhower Julie Nixon Wedding
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower observed the ceremony in hospital rooms via closed circuit television as their grandson David Eisenhower wed Julie Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
David Eisenhower
Julie Nixon
Attorney Seeks Sale of Shady Spring Property
Raleigh County suit filed by attorney Clay S. Crouse on behalf of Katherine Withrow demands sale of 2.53 acres owned by Albert Withrow to satisfy several judgment liens totaling 1,674.05. Defendants include Raleigh General Hospital, George Vannoy, Knight and Bostick, Inc., and Clay's Service Station with liens dated 1960 to 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Vannoy
Shady Spring Trading Post
Knight and Bostick, Inc
Clay
Hospital
Vannoy
Knight and Bostick and
Crouse
Rest Home Hit With Labor Act Violations
The Mountain Air Rest Home Inec and Beatrice Tanner near Beckley are charged under the U S Fair Labor Standards Act for wage and hour violations. A court injunction from the Southern District of West Virginia orders the ban on further violations and requires accurate records of hours and wages. The case stems from an investigation of employees handling drugs moving in interstate commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Air Rest Home
Inec
Beatrice Tanner
Beckley
Willard Wirtz
United States District Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
Tanner
U. S. Department of Labor
Charleston
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Fair Labor Standards Act
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Fj Sarat
Tyler Countian
Happy Holiday Mountain State
AID Center
Main St
Courthouse
James R. Craver
Oftor
Crabraine
Orchard
Roy M. Hancock
Hancock
James Craver
Sweeney
Scholarship Corporation
Burgie Jenkins
William Smith
Lacy E. Pate
Cecil
Apollo
Archbishop Cooke
Rest Home
Labor Act
Federal District
John A. Field Jr
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