Weirton mayor and council be slated for ouster suit
A Hancock County suit charges Weirton’s city election void due to districting failing the 1966 Supreme Court one person one vote rule. Plaintiffs seek to bar Mayor Frank Rybka from further contracts until a new election is held. Rybka argues the ruling applies to federal offices, not citywide council seats, while the council pursues redistricting of the 30,000 population municipality.
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Weirton
UPI
Supreme Court
Am Atefe
Iaquinta
Hancock County
Frank Rybka
Rybka
Deaths and Funerals Center Beckley Notices
Obituaries list Mrs. Kate Rogers 82 of 115 Harper St. dies after a short illness. Survivors include daughter Grace Thompson and son Cecil. services Thursday at 1 p.m. at Meton Mortuary Chapel, burial Sunset Memorial Park. Also noted are funeral plans for George M. Humphrey 86 of Pax with rites Wednesday, and ongoing arrangements for Mrs. Wilma Smith Wright 63 of Beckley.
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Kate Rogers
Harper St
John and
Josephine Canterberry Rogers
Beckley
Raleigh
Richmond
Grace Thompson
Charleston
Cecil
Funeral services for John Patrick Duffy in Summersville
John Patrick Duffy aged 60 of Route 19 north of Summersville died Monday from a personal safety related gunshot wound. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Thursday at Waters Funeral Chapel with Rev L Bruce Cooper officiating. Burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery on Wilsons Ridge. Duffy owned Duffy's Tavern about 22 years and was born August 20 1908 in Hookersville. He was a son of the late Robert and Alta Grosse Duffy and a brother of Mrs Ethel McConihay of Mullens.
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John Patrick Duffy
Route 19
Summersville
Waters
L. Bruce Cooper
Walnut Grove
Wilsons Ridge
Duffy
Nicholas County
Clyde Bell
Hookersville
Robert
Alta Grosse Duffy
Ethel McConihay
Mullens
William J Fortner 75 of Lorain dies after long illness
William J Fortner 75 of Lorain Ohio formerly of Coal City died Monday at 10 48 am in a Lorain hospital after a long illness Born November 6 1893 in Brand Virginia he was a son of the late Samuel and Martha Kegley Fortner He was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and the United Mine Workers of America Surviving are three sons Kenneth in Charleston South Carolina James and Elmer in Alabama two daughters Helen Lilly of Lorain and Beatrice Davis of Philadelphia six sisters Maggie Waddell Lou Waddell Minnie Andrews Kate Wassum Flora Blevins and Sadie Jones He had 26 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren Funeral services conducted Thursday at 11 am at the Fred X Williams Funeral Home Chanel at Sophia with Elder Orville Neely officiating Pallbearers were Roger Lilly Richard Lilly Tony Castanon Johnny Blevins Jimmy and Danny Davis Burial followed at the home cemetery after 5 pm
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William J. Fortner
Lorain
Ohio
Coal City
Brand
Samuel and
Martha Kegley Fortner
Missionary Baptist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Kenneth
Charleston
S. C
James
Elmer
Alabama
William
Helen) Lilly
Beatrice) Davis
Philadelphia
Maggie Waddell
Long Branch
Lou Waddell
Beckley
Minnie Andrews
Kentucky
Kate Wassum
Marion
Flora Blevins
Sadie Jones
Crab Orchard
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Orville Neely
Sunset Memorial Park
Roger Lilly
Richard Terry Lilly
Tony Castanon
Johnny Blevins
Jimmy
Danny Davis
Funeral services for Luther C. Basham in Charleston
Luther C. Basham 71 of Charleston died Sunday. He founded West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Co and served on the Charleston General Hospital board. Funeral at 3 p.m. at Snodgrass Funeral Home Chapel. Survivors include wife Pearl Basham four sons seven sisters and other relatives.
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Luther C. Basham
Charleston
Snodgrass Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
South
Basham
West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Co
Charleston General Hospital
First Christian Church
Pearl Basham
Calvin
Edmond
Harry
Donald
Ghent
Mary Epperly
Hinton
al H. Fisher
Ralph D. Wood
J. C Richardson
Dollie Anderson
Willie Smith
Mrs Nannie Stancil, 75, Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Nannie Stancil, 75, of Osceola Street, died Monday evening in a local hospital after a short illness. She had lived with her daughter Arlean Bieley and attended the Methodist Church at Giotto. Her body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Nannie Stancil
Os. F Street
Giotto
Arlean Bieley
Trent and Durgan
Mrs Blanche Smith Dies in Bluefield Hospital
Mrs Blanche Smith, 54, of Cyclone, died at 3 30 am Monday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. The body is at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
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Blanche Clay Smith
Cyclone
Bluefield
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Funeral services for William Louis Haynes in Kilsyth
Funeral services for William Louis Haynes 68 of Kilsyth will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Kilsyth Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Gerald Hawley officiating Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Haynes died Sunday morning in a Beckley hospital after an apparent heart attack The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope to the home today and viewable at the church one hour before services Pallbearers named Harold Collins Ray Raymond Rakes Milton Kiddy Charles Pucket and Carl Rierson
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George M. Humphrey
Tyree
Mount Hope
Ernest Barley
Humphrey
Pax
Oak Hill
Louis Humphrey
Fayette County
Ivors
Lucy Jane
Page
Donald
Robert
Ricky
Mattie Humphrey
John
Josephine) Hughes
Route 1
Barbara Canterbury
Danville
William Louis Haynes
Kilsyth
Kilsyth Free Will Baptist Church
Gerald Hawley
High Lawn Memorial Park
Haynes
Beckley Hospital
Ray Vy Raymond Rakes
Milton Kiddy
Charles Pucket
Carl Rierson
Died at Home Milton Massey 93
Milton Massey of Rock Creek died this morning at his home. The body is at Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville for arrangements.
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Milton Gilbert ‘Massey
Rock Creek
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Earl Woods 63 dies after short illness in Mt Hope residence
Earl Woods aged 63 of Mt Hope and former Bluefield resident died at home Sunday after a brief illness. His body was moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield for arrangements.
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Earl Woods
Mt. Hope
Bluefield
Ritchie and Johnson
Sinkford and Richardson
Kennedy Challenge Sparks Senate Support Split
UPI polls show Kennedy drawing backing from liberal senators like McGovern Pastore Pell Hart and Hughes, while Long gains backing from Holland Ervin Jordan Ellender. Long’s aides say he found 10 to 11 votes above 29 needed for re election among 57 Democrats. Some observers doubt Kennedy would run without clear strength to win and see the post as a base for a 1972 bid.
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United States
UPI
Senate
Kennedy
Long
George S. McGovern
S.D
John O. Pastore
Claiborne Pell
R.J
Philip A. Hart
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Spessard L. Holland
Fla
Sam J. Ervin Jr
B. Everett Jordan
N.C
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Kennedy Brothers
Udall leads bid to unset McCormack for speakership
The article outlines a move led by Rep. Morris Udall to unseat Speaker McCormack, with reps Kee and Robe rt H. Mollahan not stating positions. Udall would seek the speakership if McCormack falls, while Staggers and Hechler warn of systemic changes and reforms following any challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kee
Robert H. Iollahan
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
McCormack
Staggers
Hechler
Slack
Udall
Airliner Crashes Near Port Hedland With 26 Aboard
A MacRobertson Miller Airlines Viscount propjet crashed near Port Hedland during approach. Twenty one passengers and five crew members were aboard including three stewardesses. four foreigners were reported among the dead: one German and three New Zealanders. The plane traveled about 1,100 miles from Path to Port Hedland before the crash. weather was reported as fine minutes before impact. Search planes found no signs of life at the scene.
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Perth
Australia
API
Port Hedland
MacRobertson Miller
Path
Portland Hedland
Middle East clashes raise fear of wider guerrilla war
In the Rava Desert and near Timna Israel reports a guerrilla attack fatally wounded an 18 year old girl soldier while shells caused no damage. Arab leaders pledge escalation while El Fatah threatens a third phase of incidents and Israel cites a new dimension intended to deter long term guerrilla war.
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Timna
Rava
Israel
United Nations
Cairo
Beirut
Abdullah Yafi
Lebanon
Yafi
el Fatah
Moshe Dayan
WVU Picks Ideal Site for Kanawha Valley Graduate Center
WVU President James G. Harlow calls Charleston an ideal location for the Kanawha Valley Graduate Center. The WVU Foundation bought a 64 acre tract between downtown Charleston and Kanawha Airport for 112000 dollars and will resell to the WVU Board of Governors. The deal includes fiveHillcrest Sanitarium buildings and 21 acres of surrounding ground. The center opened in 1958 and now operates from rented classrooms at West Virginia State College with 677 students enrolled.
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Morgantown
UPI
James G. Harlow
West Virginia University
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
WVU Foundation Inc
Kanawha Airport
WVU Board of Governors
Hillcrest Sanitarium
W. Va. State College
Calhoun to Speak at Stamford Missionary Baptist Church
The Rev. F. C. Calhoun, pastor of Bethel Free Will Baptist Church in MacArthur, will address Stamford Missionary Baptist Church on Wednesday evening. The service is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., per pastor Rev. Ralph Poole.
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F. C. Calhoun
Bethel Free Will Baptist Church
MacArthur
Stamford Missionary Baptist Church
Ralph Poole
FBI Chief: SDS Aims To Destroy US Government
J Edgar Hoover warned in a year end report that the New Left led SDS seeks to destroy the government. He cited increased bombings burnings and draft board attacks and noted progress by the Marxist Leninist Progressive Labor Party in infiltrating SDS. Hoover cited 1968 desertion fugitive cases and 800 Selective Service Act violations including Spock Coffin and others.
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Washington
UPI
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
New Left
J. Edgar Hoover
Progressive Labor Party
Hoover
America
Benjamin M. Spock
Yale University
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Apollo 8 crew to recount fiery Earth return
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders will spend two weeks at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center recounting the flight from blastoff to the Pacific re-entry They will tape record their experiences for officials and analysts to aid plans for lunar surface exploration next year The debriefing could affect assignment for upcoming moon missions and public appearances have been paused amid the sessions
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Edward K. Delong
UPI
Space Winter Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Manned ‘Spacecraft Center
Moon
Lunar
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Borman
Lovell
Anders
United States
Space Center
Five Year Captive James Rowe Escapes Viet Cong
Maj James N Rowe 30 of McAllen Texas, a Green Beret officer captured October 29 1963, was rescued in the Mekong Delta by South Vietnamese troops. Found in the U Minh Forest he appears to have escaped while running toward Saigon. He was a 1st lieutenant when captured, later promoted, with back pay due. Family listed at McAllen address. South Vietnamese 21st Infantry Division conducted the recovery in a swampy area near base camps and possible prisons. US sources say no link to POW releases promised by the Viet Cong.
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Saigon
UPS
James N. Rowe
McAllen
Tex
Mekong
Rowe
U Minh Forest
Pentagon
Lee D. Rowe
North 15Th Street
21St Infantry Division
South Vietnam
Vietnam
United Nations debate on Israel actions prompts calls for pressure
The U N Security Council discussion centered on Israel's 1967 war gains and potential remedies. Soviet delegate Malik questioned U S readiness to use Security Council leverage to push for a political settlement in the Middle East. Lebanon pressed for a ban on civil air service to Israel and Boutros denounced claims of Lebanese complicity, asserting refugee roots and calculating rhetoric.
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Israel
United States
Security Council
Middle East
Jacob A. Malik
Britain
France
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Fouad Boutros
Athens
Boutros
Pennzoil Strike Set At Parkerburg Location
About 280 Pennzoil United Co. workers in Parkerburg and across the state plan a midnight strike after wage talks failed. Union spokesman Chester Adams of Julian said the company did not raise its wage offer in the last session.
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Parkersburg
UPS
Pennzoil United Co
Chester Adams
Julian
Vecellio Gets Road Contract
The West Virginia State Road Commission awarded over 15 million dollars in highway construction. Nelle L Teer Co. will handle two Corridor D projects in Ritchie County totaling about 9.83 miles. Vecellio & Grogan Inc. secured 3.56 miles of U S 50 near Parkersburg. Savage Construction Co. won 133 thousand dollars for temporary ramps on I 70 near Elm Grove.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Wheeling
Ritchie County
Nelle L. Teer Co
Durham
N. C
Lamberton
Ritchie-Doddridge County
Vecellio & Grogan Inc
Beckley
Parkersburg
Murphytown
Wood County
Savage Construction Co
Elm Grove
Ohio County
Road Commission
Senator Questions Heroism of Captain After Ship Sunk
Senator criticized release terms for eight surviving crewmen and questioned whether the ship’s captain and officers acted heroically during their 11 months in North Korea. He cited a January port visit and claims Russian freighters loaded with equipment from the ship. He said the crew were heroes only for surviving imprisonment.
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North Korea
Russell
Henderson To Serve As Acting Judge
Beckley attorney James M. Henderson will serve as acting municipal judge for 39 days in the absence of Judge George L. Ballard. Ballard has a 30 day leave granted by Mayor John Wesley Smith after Ballard’s physician advised the leave.
City Tax Drives Stock Exchange Out Of Philly
The Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington Stock Exchange closes its Philadelphia floor to escape a five cent per share transfer tax. It will move to Bala Cynwyd and may rename to Continental or United Stock Exchange after a five year lease is signed. The tax was part of eight new levies aimed at raising $44.5 million for city and school district.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Philadelphia-Baltimore- Washington Stock Exchange
Exchange
City Line Ave
Bala- Cynwyd
Elkins Wetherill
Whetherill
Continental
United
Federal Stock Exchange
Browning to Name Staff As Attorney General Elect Plans
Browning in Wheeling said within 10 days he will name assistants and staff. He will retain at least two assistants from Robertson’s team, William Lockhart and Ben Yancey, through the legislative session. He has drafted a consumer protection bill granting the AG investigative powers and proposing a $25,000 penalty for violators of consumer laws.
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Attorney General
Pueblo Crewmen Describe Beatings Over North Korea Gesture
Two Pueblo crewmembers of the U S intelligence ship told newsmen they and their shipmates used an obscene gesture in a North Korean propaganda photo to express contempt. Quartermaster Law and Radioman Hayes recounted being beaten with 2 by 4s and 4 by 4s, subjected to kicks and punches, in captivity over the gesture while captors tried to punish them and erase the baited impression from the image.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
U.S
Charles B. Law Jr
Port Townsend
Wash
C. Lee R. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Law Sax
Law
Hayes
Navy
Fire Burns Kill 2 In Philippi Home
A mother Blanche Reed 68 and her son Bobby Reed 31 died from burns in a house fire in Philippi. Don Reed escaped. the house suffered about $3000 in damage. Neighbors had carried Bobby to safety before the blaze. A funeral for the two victims is set for Thursday.
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Philippi
UPI
Bobby Reed
Broaddus Hospital
Blanche Reed
Don
Appalachi an Regional Commission funds approved in two cities
Gov Hulett C Smith announced AR C funds approved Monday 14 000 loan for a Charleston housing project and a 13 283 grant to a Parkersburg rehabilitation center. The grant will aid construction costs for an addition to the Wood County Rehabilitation Center.
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Charleston
API
Parkersburg
Appalachian Regional Commission
Hulett C. Smith
Wood County
College-Trained Cops Institute Gets Federal Grant
A $13,200 federal grant was approved for West Virginia State College to fund efforts to attract college graduates to law enforcement. The money supports grants and loans to full time students in a degree granting program.
Kiem forecasts more US prisoner releases from Vietnam
In an exclusive interview in Paris, Tran Buu Kiem of the NLF said more American prisoners may be freed as a humanitarian move. He warned of possible fresh Viet Cong offensives, while stressing the desire for peace in Vietnam and noting the NLF's aim to form a rival government to Saigon. The talks in Paris remain blocked over delegation status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Libera
Paris
UPI
Tran Buu Kiem
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
South Vietnam
Kiem
United Press International
United States
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Kiam
Verrieres-le-Buisson
NLF External Affairs Commission
South Vietnam National Front For Liberation
Nader urge probes on coal mine dust and health programs
Nader requests a year long study using the East's only qualified mining engineer to inspect dust in soft coal mines and probes the DOH Appalachian Laboratories for weak hospital liaison. He notes low patient intake, ongoing studies of 35 miners in 18 months, and argues the program will take eight years for 200 subjects. He cites Dr Lorin Kerr and accuses vested interests of medical malaise. He seeks DOH funding use records, meeting lists, and accountability from coal operators UMWA and the Bureau of Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nader
DOH
Appalachian
Morgantown
Naor
Lorin Kerr
Kerr
Umwa Welfare and Retirement Fund
United Mine Workers Leadership
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Holiday Closings in Raleigh Beckley Offices Half Day
Holiday closings affect Raleigh County courthouse pet offices and municipal offices in Beckley with half day closures. Banks, businesses, schools and offices will mostly close Wednesday and resume normal hours on the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Beckley
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