New Severance Tax Bill Offered in State Senate
A new severance tax bill was introduced in the state senate to tax depletion of natural resources including limestone, stone, clay, sand, gravel, coal, oil, and gas. The measure, sponsored by David E. Wallace and John Pat Fensins, aims to levy taxes on extraction and depletion of these resources.
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Charleston
del. Warren McGraw
Wyoming
Tracy Hylton
State Department of Agriculture
del Hush A. Kincaid
D-Cabeil
Penn Central Officials Face Fresh Scrutiny Amid Misconduct Claims
A House Banking Committee report accuses Penn Central executives Bevan and Hodge of conflicts of interest and aiding a private investment club. The investigation cites a $18 million loan and a 500 percent profit claim tied to Pennphil, with associates no longer at the railroad.
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Washington
Penn Central Railroad
Congressional Committee
Canateres
Tare Steee Aeeepet Ali
Penphil
House Banking Committee
David C. Bevan
Penn Central
Charles J. Hodge
New York
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Bevan
Hodge
Clib
Chemical Bank New York Trust Co
House
David Bevan
Nepal
Nepal Smt
Fen
Pennla
Sustein
Revan
Countians Candidates File on Final Filing Day
Countians page notes the final day for filing for city offices including mayor council in Beckley. Robert Patterson Hall seeks Ward I Democratic opposition to incumbent Mrs. John Wesley Smith. Hall is a retired miner and Smith was appointed in 1970 after Ward II councilman McCulloch replaced the late husband of Smith. Faye Coponiti is listed as Democratic party executive candidate.
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Beckley Recorder-Treasurer
Andy
Robert Patterson Hall
Burgess St
John Wesley Smith
Hall
Larry Fi Stover
Gitzens
Police Beat Highlights Raleigh County Fraud and Court Actions
A Glen Rogers man faces a fraud charge after allegedly selling a guitar used as collateral for a loan. Ivan Dean Bailey was jailed in Beckley after a police case and awaits arraignment. Other items include a breaking and entering case, intoxication charge, and a push to curb strip mining with impacted residents unable to attend hearings on White Oak Mountain Road.
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William
Glen Rogers
Blankenship
Pike St
Lozn
Amnetican Blankenship
Finance Corp
Beckley
Ivan Dean Bailey
Raleigh
Bailey
Joe Rodriguez
Lilly
Slab Fork
E. J
Department of Shafer
Alice
Department of Natural
White Oak Mountain
Raleigh County
Moonshine Bust Ties Moonshine to Beckleyan Home Raid
City police aided by officers at 218 Ninth Street found a small amount of moonshine at the home of Eddie Lockett after arresting a 21-year-old Beckleyan on moonshine and firearm violations. Lockett faced charges of possession of moonshine and possession of firearms where whisky is sold.
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An &J
Beckleyan
Ninth St
Eddie Lockett
Lockett
Shoplifting Charged After Arrest at Acme Market
A woman, Ireda Lawsay, posted $81 bond after police arrested her Friday at 1 02 p m on a shoplifting charge. Authorities say she removed a sea package of veal and pork mix from Acme Super Market in Beckley Plaza Shopping Center.
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Ireda Lawsay
OL Yrospenty
Acme
Beckley Plaza
Britain Training Sparks Crowded Stores on Monday Morning
Police swarm through the city as officials search for Finley after a dawn incident. A Pineknob man Elmer Toney is jailed on charges of intoxication and destruction of property. Ambassador William J. Handley seeks Turkish action to track down abductors and return detainees. Shoppers report confusion over money terms as lines form and people ask what is real money.
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Vance Training
Jean Osgood
Elmer Toney
U.S
Marsh Fork District Con
Jack Kyle
Ameri Los
Turkey
ESS
Wiliam J. Toney
Handley
Thej
Marsh Fork
L. G. Daniel
Foreign Office
Isergeant
Lama al Dehr Darenne
Wreck injures driver and yields charges in two-vehicle crash
A two vehicle collision at the intersection of South Payette and Howe streets near Ankara caused one injury and one charge after a 1965 routo slid down a hill and struck two parked vehicles. The driver was treated at Raleigh General Hospital and police reported estimated damage of 1400 dollars.
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South
U.S
L Payette
Howe Streets
Ankara
Raleigh General
Henry Snodgrass
EM AP
Manlawe
Tane
MacArthur
Melvin HL
Miller
Page
Hill
Jerry D. Alen
Route 2
Beckley
Charles ‘Edward Blake
Blake
South Kanawha
Church Streets
Helen Hope Bryant
Daniels
Meadows Lanther’ 'Co
Scarbro
Autos Collide on Harper Road
City police report a collision on Harper Road involving a 1949 model auto driven by Levis Williams, 23, of Route 3. The crash details remain incomplete in the readable text.
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Harper Road
Levis Williams
Route 3
Oil Firms Sign Western Pact to Stabilize Persian Gulf
Tahran reports a 22 minute signing of a multi nation oil pact among Iranian and Persian Gulf ministers and Western executives. The accord, ahead of a potential oil cutoff, commits six Gulf states to keep oil flowing amid risks from Libya or Algeria and anchors a $12 billion annual outlay with rising to $3 billion by 1975.
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Tahran
CPD
Pepe
Persian Gulf
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Qatar l
Abu Dhabi
Ameria
Indochina Deaths and Funerals Summary Noted
Final rites for Leonard Butcher of Chapmanville were held in Logan with burial in Highland Memory Gardens. Elder Lowell Lilly of Coal City died after a lengthy ministry. services planned in Coal City with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Lilly, born September 22, 1886, had pastored multiple Primitive Baptist churches and leaves a wife, a son, a brother, and grandchildren. Friends may visit the funeral home before services.
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Lowell ML Lilly
Coal City
Hubert Organ
Anvil Neely
Joe Lilly
Dowell Stover
oHow
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Ellison Ridge
Summers County
Dennis
Betty Ellison Lilly
Ronceverte
Indian Creek
Little Bluestone
Virgin
Dempsey Dale
Beckley
Willard
Orlands
Fla
Rose and Quesenberry
James M. Blevins Funeral Services Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for James Millard Rock Blevins 58 of Beckley will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Franklin officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial. He died at 9 20 a.m. Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a telegraph operator for the C and O Railroad for 25 years. He is survived by his wife Tara Clark Blevins a son Wayne Shady Spring a daughter Teresa Lynn a sister Loretta Blevins Fayetteville and three brothers Lundy Rhodell Luther Marion Va. and Earl Henington. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 5 to 9 p.m. Pallbearers are Robert McDowell Willi and Elroe Blevins Carlos Clark Marshall Gwinn and Earl McCombs.
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Ory
Romer
Rock
Harvey
Eulalia
Blevins
Laos
Injwas
Brotherhood of Telegraph
Vietnam
Cambodia
South Vienamese
Tara Clark Blevins
Wayne
Shady
Spring
Teresa Lynn
Loretta Blevins
Fayetteville
Lundy
R Rhodell
Luther
Marion
Earl
Henington
Pam
Robert McDowell
Wiliy
Elroe
Carlos Clark
Marshall Gwinn
Earl McCombs
James J. Wright
Virginia Beach
Grandview
Holloman and Brown
Bayside
Mamie Goddard Wright
Beckley
James H. Wright _ Wright
Wright
Fannie Cottle
Fannie van Devender Cottle
Edgewood Drive
Rose and Quesenberry
Ross Evans
Sunset Memorial Park
United Methodist Church of
C. ¥. Cottle
C. Ross Cottle
Willie Lambert
Lanark
AME Methodist Church
Sear Creek
N. C
Bear Creek
Lambert
North Carolina
John Lambert
Funeral services set for James J. Wright in Virginia Beach
James J. Wright 38 of Virginia Beach formerly of Grandview dies at home after a reported heart attack. Survived by wife Patsy Sumner Wright, son James Jr, daughters Laura Ann and Pamela, siblings, and grandchildren. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Patsy Sumner Wright
James Jr
Laura Ann
Pamela
Charles
Norfolk
Audrey ‘Wetzel
Opal Madden
Maryl Rhodes
Urbana
Fla
Betty Martin
Beckley
Rites set for Giles Henry Basham 89 at Oak Hill church
Final rites for Giles Henry Basham 89 of Oak Hill are at 2 pm Wednesday at Jones Avenue Church of God where he was a charter member. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park follows. Basham died Sunday morning after an apparent heart attack in an Oak Hill hospital. He was a retired lumber foreman with Mankin Lumber Co for 29 years and belonged to the church and Men’s Bible Class. He was born April 1, 1881 in Floyd County Virginia. Surviving are his wife Virgie Lee Legg Basham two sons Howard of Charleston and Henry of Panama City Fla two daughters Helen Campbell Beckley and Nilah Basham Oak Hill. Friends may call 7 pm to 9 pm Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill.
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Giles Henry Basham
Oak Hill
Jones Avenue
Church of God and Men’s Bible
Floyd County
Virgie Lee Legg Basham
Howard
Charleston
Henry Basham
Panama City
Fla
Helen Campbell
Beckley
Nilah Basham
Oak Hal
Funeral service for Hazel Harvey in Lanark
Hazel Harvey 52 of Lanark died Sunday in a Princeton nursing home after a long illness. She will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Church of God of Prophecy Lanark with burial in Stanaford Cemetery. Born January 9 1919 she was the daughter of the late William Saunders and foster daughter of Mr and Mrs William Redden of Lanark. Surviving is a son Leonard of Lanark. The Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home will transport her body to the foster parents home Tuesday at 5 pm for calling. Pallbearers are David Redden Bill Bonner Charles Clifford Bill Welch Virgil and Lacy Adkins.
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Hazel Harvey
Lanark
Church of God of Prophecy
Stanaford
Princeton
Rush Rum
William Saunders
William Redden
Leonard
Rose and Quesenberry
David Redden
Bill Bonner
Charles Clifford
Bill Welch
Virgil
Lacy Adkins
Miners Group Set for Raleigh County Hearings
Members of the West Virginia Surface Miners Association from Raleigh County are also expected to be at the hearings.
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West Virginia Surface Miners Association
Raleigh County
Sewer Rate Limit Bill Introduced In West Virginia
A bill to cap sewer service charges by public service districts was introduced in the West Virginia Legislature. It proposes a maximum sewer bill at 200 percent of the water bill, with 50 cents bond set for the North Beckley district. A two-car collision near Beckley caused minor damage and no injuries.
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Beckley
Routo
Judith Lynn Williams
Judith Williams
Levi Wiliams
Libya
Algeria
West Virginia
Alan Susman
Valley of Beckley
Sueman
North Oakwood Ave
Williams
Lanark
Sherry Lynn Okes
Susman
Okes
North
Spring Public
Buff Hails Proposed MU Medical School
Dr. E Buff called for a Marshall University medical school urging a shift from WVU admissions that he says favor wealth. He spoke to a miners rally alleging the WVU policy excludes poor families and coal mine workers' children despite strong science averages.
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Buff Hails
MU Medical School
Buff
Susman urges public service district tax changes
Susman argues household and commercial burden should rise with public service districts. he backs amending the current Code to route funds to new districts and improve sewage disposal systems statewide.
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Susman
James D Dickerson Pumerat services set for Cleveland veteran
James Douglas Dickerson 44 of Cleveland Ohio formerly Eccles will have services at 4 pm Wednesday in the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Rev Walter Harris officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Dickerson a World War I veteran and Shady Grove Baptist Church Eccles member died Saturday in a Cleveland hospital after a brief illness.
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James Douglas Dickerson
Cleveland
Ohio
Eccles
Ritchie and Johnson
Walter Harris
Greenwood Memorial Park
Dickerson
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Thelma Fisher Rites Set for Sophia Service
Mrs Thelma Fisher 60 of Tams will be laid to rest Wednesday at 11 am in the Fred X Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia. The service will be conducted by Rev Aubrey.
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Thelma Fisher
Thelma Ruth Fisher
Tams
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Aubrey
UMW Dissidents Plan Protest March
A dissident faction of the United Mine Workers union plans a protest march on the nation’s capital in Wheeling. The event drew attention as a challenge to union leadership and labor action strategies.
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UMW
Wheeling
United Mine Workers Union
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