Cease-Fire Nears End as Mideast Tensions Escalate
A string of cross border incidents disrupts truce hopes as Israeli raids into Lebanon wounded, and damages reported near El Khiyam and Qila. A Gaza post office explosion wounded 61 Arabs while Syria its leader Hafez Assad travels to Moscow for talks. Western leaders press for restraint amid renewed violence and shifting peace prospects.
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United Press International
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
W.1
Averell Harriman
al Gaza
Sip
Palm Beach
Fla
Egypt
Suez Canal
Syria
Alexei N
Kosygin
Moscow
el Khiyam
Qila
Sea of Galilee
Israel
Gaza Strip
Nixon era charted economic shift tied to wartime to peacetime
A scrambled report cites President Nixon and advisers debating import controls and price measures as the nation moves from wartime inflation toward peacetime stability. Names include McAlpin resident 24 year old, Pritchard of Coal City, and others jailed for drunken driving and license issues. The piece links policy shifts to wartime inflation and unemployment trends in 1970.
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Meccnnees
William D
Acord Jr
McAlpin
Bas
Imes
Robert Wray Pritchard
Council of Economics of
Coal City
Nixon
David Michael Hill
Ike Daniels
Rodriguez
James Taylor
Beckley
Vietnam
Proposals on ps from Page 1 face strict penalties
The article outlines proposed penalties for industry noncompliance with commission orders, including fines from 1000 to 5000 dollars and possible prison terms for willful disobedience. It mentions Beckley area suspects, patrols, and bills coauthored by lawmakers seeking blue laws and hunting fee revenues, plus black lung reform proposals.
Teamsters Strike Looms Amid Food Deliveries Cut
In Beckley area talks stall as Valley Bell and Broughton Dairy deliveries haltfor 3 500 to 4 000 homes. Managers expect settlement today amid threats of broader impact. Roseblock jailed after felonious assault case in Fayetteville Hill Top. Dairy supply shifts for hospitals noted. Local union organizer Harris sees no immediate contract meeting.
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M. W. McCollum
Pagoda
Valley Bell
Broughton Dairy
Beckley
Agslou Elco
Fred Hurt
Fayetteville
Karl Yates
Fairmont Feods
Karl Stevens Roseblock
Yates
O. B
Legg
Ronnie Hurd
Jim Legg
Roseblock
James Cale
Billie K
Hill Top
Hurd
Cale
Teamsters Union Local 175
Kermit Harris
Apollo 14 Docking Latches Show Scratches During Fix Efforts
Apollo 14 astronauts report repeated docking latch cycling with no guaranteed success for the return link to Earth. Roosa notes six definite scratches on the docking mechanisms, from a quarter to inch long, as ground teams work through the night to diagnose the fault and plan Sunday’s return flight.
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Roosa
Earth
Gramasynerte
Houston
Fire Leaves Family Homeless After Harpers Home Blaze
The Russell Webb family of four escaped a late Sunday fire that destroyed their Harpers home and all possessions. The blaze, likely from faulty wiring, began in a closet around 7 pm. James Webb, reachable at 253-8034, seeks clothing and furniture donations for the family including two infants. sizes requested cover adults and children.
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Harpers
Russell
Fire Death Facts and School Closure Linked in Tragic Blaze
A fire killed a youth after a stove overheated and a faulty fire in a bedroom, with a spokesman noting the blaze began as the junior high, Stoco Junior High, closed for water system problems. If school had been in session, the victim might have been en route to class.
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Gregory
Stoco Junior High
Morris
Seven Killed in Communist Assault on U S Army
Seven Americans and seven Vietnamese were killed or wounded in heavy fighting west of Chu Lai as Communist forces attacked an American position during the Vietnam War. U S spokesmen said the assault involved armored cavalry units from the 6th Infantry Division and highlighted cross border shelling near Da Nang and a fuel convoy attack near Kompong Som.
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Saigon
Upc
Vietnam
U.S
I.5
Chu Lai
Cambodia
Saigor
Kommand
Iide
Kompong
Am Rong
Phnom Penh
Air Force
Ovid Bronco
Tremerery
Womonville
Mth US
Am Tndae
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Deaths and Funerals for Commodore Burdette 70
Funeral services for Commodore Burdette 70 of Kilsyth will be held at Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. He died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was a disabled coal miner and World War II veteran. Survivors include his wife Violet four sons a daughter a brother a sister and seven grandchildren. The body will be at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope until one hour before the funeral with calls after 6 PM.
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Comodore Burdette
Kilsyth, Fey
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
Wesley Pennington
Pyne Barley
Blue Ridge ‘Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Burdette
Beckley Hospital
Nation’ ‘Methodist Church
Nicholas County
Nate William
Nettie ‘Burdette
Violet
Bernard
Nallen
Clark
Mount Hope
Jerry
Labadie
Cody
Larry Haynes
Fryattsville
Raymond
Glasgow
Walter Nutter
Quinwood
George
Holden
Tyree
E. H. Vickers
James D
Pocahontas County
Moore
East Park
MacArthur
Welcome Mead
Thomas i
Quesenberry
Pryor
Green
Bertha
Clemens
South Fayette Street
Mildred
Dallas
Tex
Welcomersons
Joe E
Leon
Baptist Church
Cochranville
Capt Imember
United Minesivan
D. Vickers
Workers of America
Vietnam
James
Mae
Ruth Hardman
Wickline
Baltimore
Lula Jane Green
Mohegan
Rederfield Church of God
Big Sandy
Gerald Church
Ines
Bessie Eastridge
Jor Bud
Harrison Area
Jewels
Jesse
Helen Hunt
Oak Til
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Ansted
Ritchie and Pyjohnson
Benjamin Payne
Finneral
Benjamin
Beckley
Bennie
Reed Payne
Spencer
Route 1
Scarbro
Fountain Perkins
Tommyingham
Radhams
First Baptist Church of
Scarore
Mary L. Perkins
Spencer Hospital
Leslie C
New York City
David E
Landover
Route
Evelyn Mae
Richard
Nancy C. Perkins
Samuel Reed
Min
Mary L. Hardy
Frances Payne
Mossy Church
Thomas Micky Perkins
Garten of God
Ernest Wiser
Sauls
Bolt
Laurel Branch
William R
Mary. E. Stewart Sauls
Bessie Brooks Sauls
James Paul
Crab
Orchard
Frank
Ripley
Darrell
William L
George F
Massillon
Ohio
Rena Gilkerson Final Rites in Oak Hill
Obituary notices for Mrs Rena Gilkerson of 209 Lee Street Oak Hill and seven month old Steven Henry Mays of Stanaford list funeral services set for Tuesday at 11 am. Rev C F Donnelly presiding at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill and Rev Ernest Barley at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Layland. Burial follows at End of Trail and Highland Mountain Cemeteries. Survivors listed include family members and grandparents.
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Rena
Witt Gilkerson
Lee St
Oak Hill
Tyree
Steven Mays
Steven Henry Mays
Wilma Mays
Stanaford
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Ernest Barley
Highland Mountain
Layland
Charleston Ospital
Beckley
Edward
Thomas’ Mays
Stamford
Local obituaries and funeral notices detail several deaths
The Mount Hope area reports multiple funeral arrangements and final rites for residents including David C Perkins and Mack Lee Gregory, with services planned across Oak Hill Welch and Scarbro. Other obituaries note E H Vickers, James D Moore, Lula Jane Green, Winnie Mazako, Basil Hurt, Benjamin Reed Payne and Eva Harper, detailing survivors, burial sites and churches involved.
Two North Carolina Men Plead Guilty To Service Station Theft
Two men from North Carolina pleaded guilty to stealing 186 dollars from a Turnpike Esso station in Beckley. Judge Harry L. McCreery placed them on two years probation with payment of costs and restitution, allowing travel with attorney guidance. Survivors include five brothers and a sister in Winston-Salem.
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North Carolina
Winston-Salem
N.C
Fiage Ipiely
Harry L. McCreery
Connally wealth and will duties raise treasury doubt
Connally faces questions over executor duties from an old will as he nears a Treasury appointment. Senate Finance Committee hearings on his nomination revealed public doubts about wealth in oil, with figures from $7,240 to disputed million costs cited. the timing and extent of his prior executor work remain unclear.
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Richardson
Connally
Navy
John F. Kennedy
the Times
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Russell B. Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Long
Flooding Continues Across Mozambique Weekend
Flooding persisted throughout the weekend with light hours dropping food and rubber boats. Residents were rescued from rooftops, and some isolated patches of high ground offered refuge. Red Cross teams set emergency centers in safe areas as survivors relied on palm trees for safety. Mozambique's communications secretary Vilar Queiros cautioned that delivering food to the rescued remains the greatest challenge.
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Red Cross
Vilar Queiros
Mozambique
Violence Roils Pico Union as Stores Looted and Banks Burned
Sheriff Peter Pitchess described a night of chaos with nine buildings set ablaze including four banks and an automobile dealer ship after demonstrators clashed with about 500 to 600 people near Pan American National Bank. Deputies fired warning shots and into the ground as missiles flew during the confrontation.
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Pan American National Bank
Peter Pitchess
Pitchess
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