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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1972
Page
1
In Marcus near Kingwood, Mrs. Dalton gave birth to Toni Jeanette after three feet of snow trapped them. A cooperative effort from highway crews civil defense and Kingwood snowmobile volunteers carried mother and newborn on a litter to an emergency vehicle. Sheriff Fike said roads were opened and residents weathered the storm.
FAIRMONT W V A UPI jury selection started today in the perjury trial of Harrison County Sheriff Ronald D Cork tied to his testimony in last fall’s Carl L Gallo case in Marion County where Gallo was acquitted on a stolen title charge Arraignment today in Charleston for Morgantown attorney Joseph P Berzito on federal mail fraud charges for running five small loan companies in the 1960s with about 1 25 million allegedly solicited from investors A hearing today in Clarksburg for Wanda Jean Burr 25 Haywood to face murder charges in the shooting death Feb 10 of her boyfriend Ronald Sampson 33 Lumberport.
Gov Arch Moore and the 7th Senatorial District Democratic Executive Committee remain deadlocked over a replacement for former Senator W Bernard Smith. Moore said he discussed with the committee the possibility of withdrawing three names from consideration after Smith was expelled for a federal vote fraud conviction.
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia announces plans to offer an amendment to the Labor and HEW appropriation bill to add 10 million dollars for research on pneumoconiosis. The effort aims to improve diagnosis and help miners qualify for black lung benefits under the Social Security System.
Pat Nixon tours the Peking Hotel kitchen and the Summer Palace then visits the zoo and meets Chinese officials as Secretary Rogers and Chou En-lai discuss possible normal relations. Talks aim at channels for communication, culture, and commerce while Taiwan remains a sticking point.
Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al Thani took control in a bloodless coup in Doha. He deposed Emir Sheikh Ahmed bin Ali al Thani, who was hunting in Iran, and issued decrees raising salaries for armed forces and civil servants by 20 percent.
Muriel Edward Wickline sues James Allen Fraley of Slab Fork for 35000 over a January 11 1971 Route 16 Raleigh County crash claiming 6500 in medical bills and 11000 in lost wages. Separately Mary K Honaker and Jack H Honaker sue Virgil Warren Workman and Carl Workman for 15000 and 6200 over a March 15 1971 W V 3 Arnett rear collision.
The program begins immediately and ends June 1, 1973, after approval by U. S. Education Commissioner Sidney P. Marland Jr. The grant funds restructure education toward job oriented tracks, with Eberle as state administrator and Miss Klaus in charge locally. State funds include $52,000 in research grants and $6,000 for professional development. Local support covers counselor salaries and in service training.
Lawmakers discussed funding of regional facilities versus a central complex. Leaders questioned governor plans for existing hospitals and noted lack of enthusiasm in both houses. House and Senate approved measures on travel reimbursements, penalties, and salaries while advancing bills on state road bonds and tax exemptions for military personnel. Funeral notices and marriage permits were also reported, including services for Mrs. Rebecca Brown.
Edgar M. Crouch, 65, of Staunton Virginia formerly Beckley West Virginia died at 3 p.m. Monday after a short illness. Born March 5 190? in Beckley he was the son of the late Edgar Hugh and Stella Mankin Crouch who owned Crouch Lumber Co. in Beckley. He lived in Staunton since 1967 where he owned a construction company and was active in real estate and farms in Fairdale and Oceana. He is survived by his wife Athaline and a brother Ralph. The body will be returned to Melton Mortuary.
Hulett C. Smith and wife to Nobel prize winner Dr Maria James Earl Pate and wife paid 750 dollars for lot 42 Grandview Farms in San Diego. Maria Mayer, awarded the 1963 Nobel in physics for nuclear particle behavior, died Sunday night at 65 after a long career beginning in Germany and studying at Gottingen.
Ed. Committee WiouseL. Benjamin E Meadows and wife sell to Hubert Bragg and wife two Beckley lots for 1200 dollars in Lilly Midway Addition. Oscar V Brown and wife sell 0.21 acres in Sprague Subdivision Town District to Constance Treadway for 11500. Mason Lee Eastridge and wife sell lot one of Lilly Proposed Addition to Clarence J Williams and wife for 7500. Stellie Acord sells 20.50 acres in First District to Kermit P Gunnoe and wife for 400. Deletee Gilmer to Elizabeth B Sanderson transfers from mother to daughter of lot 12 Parke Eights No 2 Town District.
Incomplete arrangements are listed for Robert Martin 49 and Felix Hoover 54 of Glen Daniel and Oak Hill. Pearl Anderson Hotchkiss 77 of Piney View died at her Florida winter home. funeral in Keyser Bryant chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Oscar B. Lambert 58 of Princeton to be entombed at Resthaven Mausoleum after death at Princeton hospital.
Final rites for Lee Roy Armstead 75 of Mount Hope are set at noon Wednesday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel Beckley with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital. Survivors include sister Cora Armstead and niece Gertrude Walton. Final rites for Robert Roy Allen 67 of Fayetteville are at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten with burial in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. He died Sunday in a Beckley hospital. survivors include wife Foy Bundrant Allen a daughter Deidre a foster daughter and two brothers.
An Indian Airlines plane was hijacked midair on a New Delhi to Athens route. Hijackers claimed to have landed in Yemen to refuel and allowed 52 passengers to disembark. Officials, estimates, and motives remain unclear with Palestinian links suggested and competing claims from various groups.
Miss Gourney Green 56 of Garwood died at 5 p m Monday in Welch hospital after a short illness Born February 11 1916 at Herndon she was a daughter of Simeon Green and the late Mary Ann Green Surviving are a brother Joseph of Pulaski Virginia The body is at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens
Svetlana Peters daughter of Joseph Stalin says she has quit the Taliesin Foundation over communal living. She cites private property beliefs and notes she and her husband plan to buy their own house with their nine month old daughter Olga. They reside in Mountain Shadows East under a guard at the development entrance.
Tass reported that the Soviet Luna 20 unmanned spacecraft achieved a successful soft landing on the Moon in a mountainous area. The agency said the mission solved key technical problems of landing on a complex surface, but gave no further mission details.
Police investigate death of 14 year old David McCauley from Ardoyne after his coffin, sent from Dundalk, is opened in Banbridge revealing a stomach wound and possible IRA links. Detectives weigh whether the injury occurred in the Republic or on the border.
Cardinal Eugène Tisserant, longtime Vatican chief librarian and linguist fluent in 13 languages, died Monday night at Regina Apostolorum Clinic near Rome. His death leaves 119 cardinals and followed years of service beginning in 1907 at the Vatican library.
Morgantown attorney Joseph J. Berzito was to be arraigned in U S District Court on 10 counts of mail fraud tied to five West Virginia finance companies. Indicted Feb 11, he allegedly defrauded investors of over $1 million with promises of 12 percent returns across firms based in Gassaway Thomas Nitro Webster Springs and Richwood.
IRA linked blast targets Aldershot paratroopers mess hours after a car attack. The Londonderry incident on January 3 left 13 civilians dead as British troops opened fire on civil rights demonstrators.
The U S statement says an F 4 fired three missiles at a MiG 21, an explosion and fireball observed, and one MiG 21 destroyed with no damage to the U S aircraft. U S F 4s and F 108 Thunderchiefs conducted five protective reaction strikes into North Vietnam from Monday morning into today.
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