26 Dec 1969
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1969
Page
1
Funeral services are announced for Mrs. Georgiana Parker and several others including Barbara Ellen Jones, Calvin Coolidge Williams, William Edward Woody, Dupree Butler, and John C. Hopkins. Details list birthplaces, survivors, funeral homes, burial sites, and service times across multiple towns.
Kenneth Rogers 26 is sought in connection with the Christmas Eve strangulation deaths of his wife Wilma 22 and Barbara Case 24. Authorities described Rogers as over six feet tall, 180 to 190 pounds, recently released from prison after an assault sentence. Case was a Southern Illinois University graduate student and a bridesmaid at the Rogers wedding.
Warplane raids after Christmas Day strikes near the Suez Canal followed by Jordan targets as Vatican Pope Paul VI delivers Christmas messages. Witnesses report air activity and diplomatic comment as the Pope extends pleas for peace during a Mass filled holiday settings.
Chicago reports on the lingering Daley influence as the Chicago Seven trial nears a decision and Abbie Hoffman misses a court session due to illness. In Morgantown, WV, the journalism scholarship competition results are announced with multiple state centers hosting the event.
Fewer motorists died on the holiday road than predicted as the National Safety Council projected 1 000 to 912 fatalities during the Christmas period, with a rate of about eight per hour. UPI tallied 212 deaths by 9 a.m. EST, led by New York and Texas, amid a mix of crashes, fires, and miscellaneous incidents.
Dublin reports an explosion severely damaged a monument to Daniel O'Connell as U.S. President Nixon weighs budget aims. Police suspect a time bomb planted by the Ulster Volunteer Force. Nixon stays in Washington to push a surplus that might curb inflation while Congress delayed regular funding measures. The First Family celebrated Christmas with gifts and turkey dinner.
Tokyo sources report campaign stakes over the US Japan security pact as Prime Minister Eisaku Sato seeks a fresh mandate. Voters face June deadline on automatic extension for Okinawa base rights and the potential impact on four year alliance terms. Analysts anticipate Sato’s Liberal Democratic Party victory shaping the pact’s future.
A major storm hits the eastern seaboard bringing high winds and heavy snow. New York City airports close as six inches fall with 56 mph gusts. transit systems delay schedules while Mayor Lindsay returns from vacation to assist. Connecticut Boston and Hartford declare snow emergencies as lines go down. Downed trees and power outages reported along the coast.
UPI reports the United States begins withdrawing troops from Thailand as part of Nixon era plans. The move reduces Thai based U S forces to 45 600. initial withdrawal of 6 000 men is to be completed with minimal disruption while defense officials cite operational needs.
McClister critiques the election system saying its theory is good but in practice it doesn’t work, noting voting in West Virginia did not take place as planned. The remark highlights concerns about the system’s effectiveness and implementation.
The article outlines proposed tightening of Japanese voting restrictions including purges for nonvoters and impostor voting concerns. It also reports on political party gains predictions, absentee voting abuses, and a purge of county registrations. Separately a winter storm and tornado outbreaks disrupt travel from Utah to Georgia with snow, rain, and injuries.
Police found Richard H. Davis in a car behind a funeral home with his 3-year-old daughter Latrina dead on his lap. Both had bullet wounds. Police call the deaths murder and self-inflicted death action. Davis was an IBM repairman from nearby Institute and the couple’s death follows Mrs Davis’s suicide about a year earlier.
Sharp 40 and her family delivered a full turkey dinner to about 30 officers at the South Chicago Police District on Thursday. An officer praised the meal as delicious and joked that it might trigger an investigation for accepting gratuities.
Former President Lyndon Johnson predicts Hubert Humphrey would be president if not for words in a Salt Lake City speech and the resulting thousand votes. He discusses the Octoberspeech impact on the 1968 campaign and his own decision not to seek re election.
The U S Department of Labor refused to seize the December UMW election ballots citing insufficient evidence of irregularities. Joseph A Yablonski accused incumbent W A Boyle of fraud and union fund misuse while William J Usery Jr said no seizure was warranted. Yablonski had obtained court orders barring Boyle from using the UMW Journal for campaigning.
The Wyoming County Sheriff's Department continues its investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Route 54 near Mahon. Ronald Eugene Jarrell, 35, of Yukon, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. Carrie Toney of Mabscott suffered knee and mouth bruises after losing control of her 1960 model car and colliding with Jarrell’s 1967 vehicle. she was accompanied by her mother-in-law Violet Smith of Bradley.
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