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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1971
Page
1
About 25 American officials led by Brig. Gen. Alexander Haig depart for Peking to finalize plans for President Nixon's February trip. The delegation includes Ronald Zeigler and representatives from ABC CBS and NBC.
The American Medical Association chairman Dr. H. Parrott urged cooperation with the Nixon administration after the Cost of Living Council set a 25 percent ceiling on physicians fees. Rumsfeld directed the AMA to present its case to the Price Commission after a protest by a group led by Dr. Max.
The Tennessee Health Group Foundation sees enrollment rise to 30,000 in Nashville within two years with a first clinic there. Extensions to Memphis Knoxville Chattanooga are planned and eventual rural expansion could reach 200,000. McVey, a health care administrator with a broad background, will lead the effort.
Antiwar demonstrations surged as 150 marchers gathered near the White House in Washington. Blood was thrown from five protesters, with one arrest for littering. Police detained 87 for disorderly conduct and blocking a national monument after sit ins at Lincoln Memorial.
Gary Puckette of East Gulf appeared before Magistrate Rodriguez on Tuesday and was jailed in lieu of bond. He faced multiple fines totaling 150 dollars plus costs for driving with revoked license and related traffic offenses, including reckless driving, failure to stop, red light, defective equipment, excessive noise, and driving without a state operator’s license.
The SEC accuses brokerage houses of mismanagement during a volume boom and contributing to the 1969-70 market plunge. It urges Congress to grant greater authority to curb self regulation, citing huge order surges in 1967 and industry use of customer uninvested cash.
Soviet Union and Bangla Desh announced plans to draft a trade pact and arrange for Russian engineers to aid East Pakistan reconstruction. Talks in Dacca involved V V Zoreb and M Mansoor Ali. UPI reports 30,000 non Bengalis in jute mill ghettos near Narayanganj facing starvation or violence amid refugee repatriation.
Brass studs on dog collars reflect an era when pets wore spike collars as protection against wolves. The article notes practical function and stylistic remnants from history.
New York critics named Stanley Kubrick best director for A Clockwork Orange and Gene Hackman best actor for The French Connection. Jane Fonda won best actress for Klute, with Ben Johnson and Ellen Burstyn honored for The Last Picture Show.
Four Putnam County youths undertake a Christmas break survival test in Beech Lick with minimal frills. Their guardians report minor injuries, grubs and minnows as food, no hunting so far, and plan to remain in the woods until Friday evening.
In London a check-in clerk questions Jose Caytania’s ticket as he insists he is in Tokyo waiting for a Manila flight. The misrouted Los Angeles to Tokyo to Manila itinerary leaves Jane aboard the wrong plane, creating a mix up at the counter.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Letha Pearl Kirk 8 at Beechwood with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Survivors include three sons a daughter nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Incomplete notice for Mrs. Elsie Fleshman 67 Meadow Bridge notes a long illness and a sister and brother survivor. Also reported are transfers of funeral plans for J W Hunter and Harry Stafford with burial arrangements and church services listed.
Ralph M Sears 43 of Crab Orchard died at 2 10 am at a local hospital after a long illness. He was born December 12 at Sophia son of Joe Sears and the late Erzinian Crawford Sears former owner of Miles and Sears Plumbing and Heating He is survived by his wife Irene Robertson Sears two sons and several stepchildren, siblings and a brother. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements. Lillie Hoover Manning 58 of Glen White dies at Ripley hospital and services set for 2 pm Thursday at Caffee General Home Chapel with burial in Tolleytown Cemetery A prior error listed George Manning Jr as a surviving son. the correct name is George Hoover Jr.
A Charleston couple Milton J. Shattuck and Imogene Shattuck died after their car ran off West Virginia Route 3 and overturned near Boone County. In a separate incident near Fairmont, Terry Lee Furbee aged 26 and Charles Trippett aged 19 died when their car left a secondary road, dropped six feet into an embankment and struck a tree.
Former West Virginia state trooper James L. Giles 28 began serving a simple assault sentence. The first Black officer to wear WV state police, he beat a South Charleston policeman after a motel dispute last year. A capi tal warrant was issued when he missed court, and he had delayed sentencing to finish a Marshall University semester.
Weather over North Vietnam slows air strikes and damage assessment as U S forces press a withdrawal in Vietnam. Separate police report notes Edward Allen of Washington New Jersey arrested for driving without a license at 10 15 p m Tuesday. MIG jets reportedly attack American BS2 formations as six fighter bombers are shot down or forced down this month in renewed combat.
Obituaries for Thomas Preston Underwood 14 of Baltimore died after being struck by a car. Joseph Kotonich 50 of Falls Church, formerly Beckley, funeral at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. Addie Perdue 66 of Brenton to have 2 pm service at Brenton Church of God. Multiple survivors listed with service details and burial locations in Western Virginia notices.
James O Harvey 78 of 222 Edgewood Dr died after a long illness in a local hospital. Final rites were at Crab Orchard Baptist Church officiated by Revs. Shirley C. Donnelly and Bill Withers. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Webb and Neal Funeral Home handled arrangements. Members of Beckley Moose Lodge attended.
Residents of South Beckley also known as the Red Brush Area will meet at Piney Oaks School at 7 30 p m on January 13 for discussion of an urban renewal program. Michael Jacobs executive director of Beckley Urban Renewal and Housing authorities says residents will pick representatives to act for them as the renewal program proceeds.
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