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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1971
Page
1
Neighborhood obituaries list Pearl Rohter of Beckley with service details and survivors. Other notices document Stephen Johnston of Welch, John Turner of Glen Fork, and Eli Turner family connections, with calling hours, funeral home details, and burial plans in Pineville and Culpepper.
RNS report lists obituaries from Beckley Mount Hope and surrounding areas. Includes Miss Lillian Kelly of Trenton formerly Fayette County died Sunday after heart attack. Also mentions James A. Flint of Cannelton and Mrs Hilda Combs of Harper Heights with funeral details. Additional listings include Mrs Callial B Sweeney of Beckley and extended survivors. Funeral homes in Fayetteville Montgomery Mount Hope and Beckley coordinating services with multiple reverends.
Funeral services for Ronald Arnold Bare 67 of Epperly will be held at 11 am Thursday in Sophia Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. He died at home Monday night after a short illness. Born July 17 1903 in Monroe County he was a retired miner formerly with Riffe Branch Mine and a member of UMWA Local 6105 and the Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Amanda and daughter Nancy Roger.
Democratic contenders for councilmen at large include John Stinson Andrew Durgen Scott and John Jones with Civic League backing. Republican efforts center on Mrs Seay as a ward candidate and Curley Allen for mayor facing McCulloch in the general election.
Officers recount an ambush in a ramshackle home where seven men overpowered deputies and seized their weapons before climbing into a car driven by Infante and fleeing toward the Trinity bottomland.
Mrs Sallie Ann Bivens is laid to rest at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Cameron Lilly officiating following a long illness. She was born December 5 1893 at Rivers Ridge and survived by three sons Oswald L Lynchburg Ned Dayton and Donald L Beckley and daughter Opie Christine Raines. Her death comes amid a local political disruption as candidates and a department employee dispute involvement are noted in the same report.
Arsonists cut into a Bucks County Selective Service draft board building in Bristol dumping files and burning about half the clerk of the county court records. FBI and state police investigated with evidence sent to federal authorities.
West Virginia Educational Television requests a budget hike to 411 500 for the current year and 30 weekly hours of broadcasting. The plan includes building a Beckley studio and transmitter on Mann Mountain, serving multiple counties and expanding operations amid HEW funding and state support.
In Charleston ongoing hearings pit miners and anti mining abolitionists over surface mining. Proponents cite 232 million dollars yearly and job retention while opponents warn unemployment and environmental harm. Traffic to the House chamber fills as protesters, bused in by the Surface Mine Association, clash with supporters amid calls for bans.
Dover was found stumbling in a field after being shot in the chest and arm and taken to Parkland Hospital in fair condition after surgery. Infante lay face down with Robertson and Reese thirty feet away. A car picked up Dover shortly after he flagged down a vehicle and Dallas police were notified.
The My Lai massacre court martial resumes at Fort Benning with Lt. William L. Calley Jr. poised to testify. He faces charges over the March 16, 1968 killings of men women and children in My Lai village as three more weeks of testimony loom and a verdict nears three years after the events.
A cratered Los Angeles report details Medina and Calley linked trials amid earthquake destruction. Officials cite 175 civilian buildings unsafe and 1 037 families displaced by aftershocks, with Red Cross aiding relief and court proceedings resuming after a lengthy recess.
Susan Atkins testified in the Tate LaBianca murder penalty phase that she killed Sharon Tate and helped plan copycat killings to divert blame from Charles Manson. She described pleading and feeling sick listening to testimony while saying she and Linda Kasabian carried out killings to ease Beausoleil’s fate. Atkins recanted earlier grand jury statements and said killing Tate seemed right at the time.
Israeli cabinet factions clash over Gunnar Jarring peace proposals with Egypt seen as gaining leverage. Dayan backs rejection and pre1967 borders. Maariv cites push to seek Egyptian readiness for a peace treaty. Meanwhile France faces scandal over Libyan Mirage jets and a 1971 74 arms contract.
The House amended overtime provisions and set an age limit of 45 for a bill. A new law and order measure would criminalize breaking up a state government meeting with fines up to 3000 and up to six months in jail. The bill, from the Senate originally, now returns to the upper chamber after House amendments.
Anthony Eugene Ford, one of the group arrested in April 1970 and indicted for possession of marijuana, pleaded no contest to a reduced charge in Raleigh County Criminal Court today. His plea before Judge Barry LC. MrCreery was rejected.
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