Hearing on Capital Punishment Debate in Charleston
A Senate hearing drew opponents and three supporters of a bill to reinstate capital punishment in West Virginia. Ministers and lawyers spoke against the measure while two sponsors, Sens Hedrick and Sharpe, defended it arguing deterrence and defense. Rev Meadows cited biblical views. Perry and Daughterty urged caution noting costs and ethics. others from church groups echoed concerns. Sen Holliday, a repealing bill sponsor, attended but did not speak, with time reserved for later testimony.
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Charleston
Senate
Oley G. Hedrick
Orion
William Sharpe
Arment
Lewis
L Atiude
Charles Meadows
Robert G. Perry
Perry
Elkview
Hedrick
West Vic
Meadows
Sir Walter Raleigh
Rev. L. E. Crowson
Fairmont
Crowson
Elwood Fleming
Nitro
United Methodist Conference of
West Virginia
Elmer Dierks
Prosperity Students Return To Classes
The Prosperity community battles fire damage and school safety as the county board decides to relocate students. Fire marshal inspectors declared Glen Leigh and Prosperity facilities unsafe, while Crescent Bradley and Crescent Elementary rooms were deemed impractical for class use. Fire salvaged materials will be redistributed to county schools with priority to Prosperity pupils.
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Prosperity Element School
Prosperity Church
Today
Raleigh State Fire Marshal
G. Cal
County Board of Education
B. Brown
Prosperity Pta
Alfred Landers
Brown
Mason Anderson
Earl Riner
and Landers
Bradley
Brooks Adair
Crescent Elementary
Glen Leigh
Prosperity
Crescent
Anderson
Guardsmen Guard Wisconsin Campus Amid Student Disruptions
National Guardsmen with rifles posted outside University of Wisconsin buildings to deter disrupters as student strikers, demanding a black curriculum and more Negro faculty, clash with police at Duke and other campuses amid broader university protests. Guardsmen move to central campus area as sit-ins persist into week three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
University of Wisconsin
Capceen
Dess
Duke
Wisconsin
Warren Knowle
Durham
N.C
Malcolm X
University
Chicago
Wisconsin Guardsmen
Bills Declares Lobbyist Registration and State Boards Changes
A Charleston report outlines bills proposing lobbyist registration with the House clerk and oath disclosure of representation and expenditures. Other measures seek to abolish the State Nursing Home Board, create a mass transit district, exempt certain meat processing from business tax, and establish a revolving mental health fund with $1.6 million in last year’s collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Dell
Warren McGraw
D-Wyoming
Robert Dinsmore
D - Mozongalia
House
State
Nursing Home Board
C. H. McKown
D-Wayne
State Department of Health
Sette
John Carrigan
George Seibert
Senate
Marion Shifler
Monroe
Sonso J John Bowling
D - Greenbrier
Frank Deem
Pleasants
Dels
Jackie Withrow
D‘raleigh
John Bobbitt
R Cabell
Department of Mental Health
West Virginia Industry Leaders Oppose Tax Changes
Houdaile Industries and National Steel Corp leaders warn against removing exemptions from the sales tax and redefining the business tax structure. They argue the changes would raise state taxes by over 150 percent, hurt West Virginia industries, and threaten expansion plans for Weirton Steel and related operations employing about 12,000 in Hancock and Brooke counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houdaile Industries Inc
Moore
West Virginia
Houndaille Industries
George A. Stinson
National Steel Corp
Weirton Steel
National Steel
Weirton Steel Division
Hancock
Brooke
ILL Meeting Today for Little League at Elks Club
A Little League meeting is set for 7 30 p m today in the Elks Club. Delbert Thurmond, the coordinator, urges all interested people to attend and participate in the local program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Club
Delbert Thurmond
Little League
Lawmaker Defends Marriage Concept Amid Divorce Debate
Huffman argued against the bill’s defeat while supporting the core idea of marriage, noting it clashes with peers seeking easier divorce. Del. Myles proposed striking a clause granting courts power to award property interests to either party. Further discussion followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huffman
House
del. T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
Youth Charged With Taking Blemish Cream
An 18 year old Johnstown resident John Smithson was booked in Raleigh County Jail on a shoplifting charge for allegedly stealing an 88 cent bottle of blemish cream from Kroger on Valley Drive. He posted a 81 dollar bond to be released. Walter Stanley of Colcord and Everett Lilly of North Heber were also involved in separate arrests.
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Johnstown
John Smithson
Raleigh
Richard Lilly
Kroger Co
Valley Drive
Smithson
Walter Stanley
Colcord
Everett Lilly
North Heber
Deaths and memorial notices in Raleigh County area
Obituaries report John McGinnis 81 of Shady Spring died at 9 am after a long illness. Retired in 1964 as Raleigh County Road Commission superintendent, survived by wife Odese Tench, son Warren, and two granddaughters. Bodies at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. Incomplete funeral plans noted for Victoria Shrewsbury 86 Basin, who died at Mullens hospital after a long illness. Born Basin 1882, survived by seven sons, three daughters, two sisters, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at Sam Fogle Song Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens. Also Otis O. Comer 59 of Mam moth died in Charleston hospital. brother of Carl Comer of Beckley. Body at Cook Funeral Home Cedar Grove. Military Police report AWOL arrests including Jerry A. Suttle and several others. Two-car collision near Maple Fork caused $800 damage. Clarence Jones, 22, of Maple Fork, a famed West Virginia amateur boxer, died of heart attack in Los Angeles. reports note prior boxing acclaim. Various notes on political and religious figures follow, including Pat Hamilton and discussion of constitutional amendments and voter issues.
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John McGinnis
Shady Spring
McGinnis
Raleigh County
State Road' Commission
Odese Tench
Warren
Coraopolis
Rose and Quesenberry
Oscar
Ghent
Lawrence
Basin
Chess
Jasper
Stephenson
Tracy
Walton
Odd
Carl
Dott
Retha Muncie
Saeger
Nola Akers
Arista
Sadie Monk
Sophia
Kathena Graham
Laura Ann Lane
Pax
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Mullens
Rns
Otis O. Comer
Mammoth
Charleston
Carl Comer
Beckley
Cook Funeral Home
Cedar Grove
Jerry A. Suttle
U.S. Army
Dave L. Crookshanks
Roger Buckland
Ronald D. Rutherford
Douglas T. Miller
John W. Thompson
Roger D. Hagg
Maple Fork
UPI
Clarence
Tiz) Jones
Ronnie T. Bostic
Mt. Hope
Fird Lowder
Stewart
Long Branch
Goldie
Vada Bauer
Los Angeles
Calif
Shirley Lindeman
Amarillo
Tex
Aileen
Mary Treadway
Mildred Brown
Marshall
Orphal
Harry
Bernard
O Stewart
Bassett
India Via
Pearl Lowder
Funeral notices from Beckley area list Shrewsbury and Carper obituaries
Obituaries and funeral notices for Wilford Shrewsbury and Vat Wesley Carper, with services and burial details. Names include Ellen Shrewsbury, Robin Renee, Wilford Ewart, plus Viola and Carper family survivors. Deaths reported from Beckley hospital and Grandview area, services at Amigo and Grandview churches, preserving local obituary tone.
Residency Questioned for WV Insurance Commissioner Nominee
Senate discussion on whether Samuel Weese, provisionally named WV insurance commissioner, meets residency rules. House majority leader says Weese taught in Florida for four years and may be a nonresident. Governor’s appointments await Senate confirmation and Weese plans to take duties by March 19. Morgantown listed as resident.
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Charleston
UPI
Senate
Clarence
Martin
John Carrigan
Samuel Weese
Florida
West, Virginia
Weese
University of Florida
West Virginia University
sai/Weese
West Virginia
Morgantown
Maiming Trial Opens Today In Criminal Court
Jurors receive preliminary instructions as Nathaniel Randolph Braxton faces a maiming charge for the Nov. 23, 1968 assault on James Large at Large's American Service Station on Valley Drive in Raleigh County Criminal Court.
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Nathaniel Randolph Braxton
F Streets
Raleigh County
Braxton
James ‘Ray Large
Large
iValley Drive
Jerry
Malcolm Maynor
Jerry Malone
Ioie Pritchard
North
Heber Street
Harry L. McCreery
Maynor
George Lambert Jr
Coal City
Icriminal Court
James G. Kourey
James C. Crowder
Janis E. Tankersley
Charles Green
Jess Hatcher
Knight and Mays Funeral Services Listed
Richard E Knight 66 of Mullens will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after a 2 p.m. Sunday service at Sam Foglesong Chapel with Rev Henry Parham officiating He died at 845 am Born May 19 1902 in Crews Virginia son of the late Richard and Nannie Knight Survived by sister Almeta and Mrs Louise Hill three foster sons Edward Burnette Jr Clanton and Carey Burnette and a foster grandchild Friends may call Saturday afternoon Lee Roy Mays 70 of Prince will be buried in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel at 11 a.m. Friday following an apparent heart attack Friends may call after 6 p.m Tuesday at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Edward Knight
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
Henry Parham
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Knight
Beckley Hospital
Crews, Va
Richard
Nannie Knight
Almeta
Louise Hill
Edward Burnette Jr
Ft. Lee
Clanton
Carey Burnette
Brooklyn N
Nease and Neely
Lee Roy Mays
Prince
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
B. L. Moss
Mays
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George Daughterty
Daughterty
Rees
Mrs. V. Shrewsbury
Victoria Shrewsbury
Mullens Hospital
John
Virginia’ McKinney
L Otis O. Comer
Sheriff's Deputies
Ram
Jones
Lee du
Jeer Jones
West del
Adam Toney
Beckley Post-Virginia Penitentiary
Oak Hill
Glory
Pat R. Hamilton
Jack
Nazarene Church
W. A. Teubert
Hamilton
Wilford Shrewsbury
Harvey L. Toney
Washington Avenue
Ritchie and Johnson
Curtis E. Goins
Curtis Elmer Goins
Backus
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Rev Tyree
Gerald Hawley
Harrah
Goins
A& [Beckley Hospital
Samuel
Bertha Goins
Irene
Martha Ann
Connie Lou
Thurman
Billie Joe
Ill
Bessie Meadows
Lorena Hildreth
Nineveth
Nina Sawyer
Beecher
Plummer
Sam
Bill
Robert
Crab Orchard
Walllace
Wallace
East Rainelle
Edward
Linda Cox Cable
Keyrock
Privett
Gras
Welch Hospital
Michael Ray
Clarence F. Cable
Gladys Carothers
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Ihird
Sowder
Wiilerd Shrewsbury
Amigo
Amigo Baptist Church
Robert Hayworth
Shrewsbury
Mount Pisgah
Emmett Shrewsbury
Brady Shrewsbury
Ellen
Wilford Ewart
Robin Renee
Merrill
St. Cloud
Fla
Ethan
Jarrett
Jackie
Joyce Fultz F
Fairborn
Ohio
Yvonne Whitt
Nease
Neely
van W. Carper
Wesley Carper
Grandview
Christian Church of
Leon Dutka
Carper
Samuel H
Mary E. Henderson Carper
Ritchie V. Carper
Rt. 9
Beaver
C. L. Callaway
Pasadena
Charles Bryant
Bellwood
H. B. Stover
Melton Mortuary
James Carper
Elwood Matney
Jack Miles
Gene Ransom
Bill Norman
Clyde McClure
Owne Haney
Denzil Johnson
Tiz' Jones
Culm mC Llco
MacArthur
W. Va
Franks
Parkerhouse Rolls
Oscar Mayer
Boz. Okg
Cudahy
Vtcor
Hlon Carton
Vienna
Pillsbury
Biltmore
Con Jsc
Dal Monte Tuna
S&h
Ie Doons
S&h Green
Richard E. Knight
Beckley National Bank
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