Buffalo Creek Flooding Probed by West Virginia Officials
Gov Arch Moore, at a press conference, described ongoing federal and state efforts to reconstruct the Buffalo Creek area after the disaster. He noted 14 deep mines in the valley and discussed health issues, possible rainfall, and the lack of identified bodies as rescue teams work to identify victims and resume recovery.
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Arch Moore
Moore
Buffalo Creek
Uty
Otto
Sfhe
U.S. Geologic Survey
Mingo
Logan
West Virginia
State of
Nixon
China
Lorado
FTC accuses Crowell Collier of deceiving buyers in catalogs
The FTC charged Crowell Collier and MacMillan of New York with deceptive advertising and sales practices for Harvard Classics and Collier’s Encyclopedia. It alleged bulk shipments, false pricing, and door to door recruiting under vague titles.
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FTC
Washington
UPI
Federal Trade Commission
Harvard
Crowell Collier
Breach Of Contract Suit Expected To Go On Today
In Raleigh County Circuit Court, Beulah Stoots sues Lawrence Stoots over a home built under an oral contract. Plaintiff claims defects include a failing rear door, no finish flooring in the third room, and improperly hung storm windows. Stoots paid about 2300 to 2400 dollars. defendant is represented by John C. Ashworth. plaintiff’s counsel is Norman Knapp. Jurors seated include Russell Perkins and others.
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Eccles
Raleigh County
Beulah Stoots
Norman Knapp
Lawrence Stoots
Knapp
Stoots
Jurors Told to Wait and See on Raleigh County Trial
Jurors not serving in the Raleigh County Criminal Court trial were told by Special Judge Kermit Locke to await newspaper updates for word on Wednesday service. Locke warned information might be available in Tuesday editions, and noted there is a chance jurors could be recalled Wednesday depending on developments.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Register Press
Kermit Locke
Jury Selected In Beckley Rape Trial For Eddie Gray
Jurors chosen from a 23 member panel sit to hear the rape case of Eddie Woodrow Gray charged with abducting Miss Mary Elaine Roche at gunpoint in Beckley. The trial opens with defense and prosecution arguing admissibility of evidence as three black women jurors are among the panel. Miss Roche, treated by a psychiatrist, is barred from testifying.
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Eddie Woodrow Gray
Vietna
Beckley
Scarbro
Gray
Raleigh
Florida
Roche
Maryland
Toj
Kermit A. Locke
Mary Elaine Roche
College Park
Miss Roche
Highland Street
Steve Scarbro
Nixon Sees Chinese Pause as Ties with China Deepen
Nixon's China visit showcased quiet diplomacy and a vow to back South Korea while strengthening ties with Japan. Chou Enlai bade him farewell at Shanghai airport as the Nixon delegation departed after a weeklong trip, the longest by a sitting U.S. president to any foreign country. Five of the 87 U.S. journalists remained behind.
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Nixons
China
Chou
U.S
Nixon
Pat
Elizabeth Taylor Birthday Gift Drives Tears At Budapest Party
Richard Burton presented Elizabeth Taylor with a heart shaped diamond pendant valued at $72,000 during a star studded birthday party in Budapest for her 40th birthday. Earlier, Taylor cried after a guest insulted her prompting Burton to defend her before the pendant affixed to an 18 carat gold chain was quietly given.
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Burton
Miss Taylor
Budapest
Hungary
UPI
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Williams
Bluebeard
Springer
Mumtax Mahal
Shah Jehan
India
Taj Mahal
Vietnam air and ground clashes widen amid Saigon area fighting
Vietnam war report notes at least 20 Communist dead from Da Nang to southeast of Saigon as an American helicopter was shot down and two Americans were wounded. BS2s flew 12 missions the most in two weeks, concentrating bombs on Khe Sanh below the DMZ. Fighter-bombers operated over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and three SAM missiles were fired at two U.S. planes, which dodged them.
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da Nang
Saigon
Bs2s
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S
Obituaries and funerals in Mount Hope area
Death notices and funeral details for Frank Inomas Graff 65 of Mount Hope, plus multiple tributes across Beckley and surrounding towns. Includes survivors, burial plans at High Lawn Memorial Gardens, and services led by local pastors. Additional notices follow for Garland Kesler Powell and others with service times and locations.
Legislation Continues Amid Tornado Damage Reports
Legislators discuss Sunday scene after a storm left twisted railroad cars and tracks wrapped around trees. The piece notes widespread destruction and quotes McManus and McCourt, describing it as indescribable and shocking. Final rites for Frank Lee Workman, 69, are set for Wednesday at Bright Prospect Church with burial in Brown Cemetery Cyclone. Workman drowned in a flood near Lorado, Logan County, on Saturday. He was born November 10, 1902, in Cyclone. Surviving spouse Nancy Huffman Workman and five sons, five daughters, three brothers, two sisters, 44 grandchildren, and a great grandchild are listed. The body remains at his son’s Lorado home. Also noted is a funeral for George Warren Alderman, 22, of Parma, Ohio, formerly Clear Creek, at Workman Creek United Methodist Church on Wednesday. He is survived by parents, two brothers, a sister, and a brother in law. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, is planned. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
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Ollie
Garland Kesler Powell
South Oak-Richmond
Cool Ridgewood Ave
Beckley
Melton Mortuary
Church of Christ In
East
R. E. Beckley
George Pedigo
Walker
D. C
Bank of Mount Hope
Mount Hope Commandery
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
White Oak Country Club
Elks Lodge
Flat Top Lake
James’ Snyder Graff
Frank
Thomas Jr
Charleston
JoAnn Gwinn
Mount Hope
Margaret Samples
Pittsburgh
Edgar
Glen Daniel
Ann Graff
William J. Johnson
Burlington
N. C
Tyree
High Lawn Memorial Gardens
Oak Hill
Nadine Dingess
Audrey Waltman
West Grove
Erskine T
Parsons
Curtis K
Charlton Heights
Calvin H., Jr
Shady Spring
Quinton B
Dayton
Ohio
John Akers
Noel Riffe
Glen P. Dayniel
George
Arlie Richmond
Leslie Meador
McManus
McCourt
Frank Lee Workman
Lorado
Bright Prospect
Cyclone
Kenna Barney
Brown Cemetery
Workman
Logan County
Gordon
Rebecca Lusk Workman
Nancy Huffman Workman
Einai Mes
Jack) Warren Alderman
Perma
Clear Creek
Workman Creek United Methodist Church
Homer Hizer
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Chester Allen
Mary Loraine Brammer
Edsel
Brooklyn
Charles
Detroit
Mich
Shirley
Ashton
Brooks Park
Tyree Funeral Home
William Mitchell rites set. others in local notices
Funeral services for William Mitchell 87 of Mabscott will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Trent and Durgani Funeral Home with Rev John Gowen officiating burial in Greenwood Memorial Cemetery. He died Saturday in a local hospital and was a former miner. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Mae French Virginia and Mrs Leola Robinson Washington D C seven grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Separate notices list final rites for Mrs Mattie Pearl Murdock and services for Oley Plumley Nina Thompson and Leonard Jackson Mills with burial details and church venues in Oak Hill Hinton Beckley Stephenson and Basin.
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William Mitchell
Mabscott
Trent and Durgani
John Gowen
Greenwood Memorial
Mitchell
Howse
Helen
Eunice
Mae French
Virginia
Leola
Robinson
Washington, D. C
Mattie Murdock
Mattie Pearl Murdock
Minden
Tyree
Oak Hill
Revs. Co
Donnelly
William Thompson III
Hilltop Cemetery
Jess Foster
Barnard Hamilton
Steve Chris
Robert Crouch
James Cumbow
Bill Cunbow Jr
Roger Humphrey
Legislature screens bills to shift services to local hands
Charleston reports a batch of bills. One would strip the Public Service Commission of control over municipal trash collection, transferring it to cities with a 30 percent voter petition path to call elections. Other measures cover labor department rename, air taxi regulation, national convention delegate elections, a state public health commission, and a Point Pleasant Bicentennial plan for October 1974.
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Charleston
UPI
State Public Service Commission
Senate
Chester H. Hubbard
Ohio
John Poffenbarger
Kanawha
George H. Seibert Jr
Hubbard
State Department of Labor
Department of Labor and Industry
William Sharpe
D-Lewis
Public Service Commission
State Aeronautics Commission
Del
Jody Smith
R-Cabell
del. Warren McGraw
Wyoming
Public Health Commission
Fred Mulineix
R-Lewis
Point Pleasant
Lebanon raids escalate as refugees flee toward borders
Reports say several thousand refugees stream from Mount Hermon area near Israel and Lebanon while Beirut faces protests demanding weapons. Premier Saeb Salam convenes cabinet amid a four day offensive and Arafat seeks Arab aid. Israel says raids targeted guerrilla bases between Kafer Kok and Yanta, 45 miles south of Beirut, aiming to pressure Beirut to crack down on commandos.
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Mount Herman
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
Saeb Salam
al Fatah
Yasser Arafat
Cairo
United Nations
Kafer Kok
Yanta
Jordan
Bonds Gets 90 Days On Four Charges
State police jailed Freddie L Bonds of Shady Spring at 11:05 a.m. today on four charges assault trespassing destruction of property and conspiracy. He allegedly destroyed a sled and an antique dish owned by Kathleen McClure on Feb 23 and assaulted Elmer Keel Jr. on Sunday. Magistrate Rodriguez added $57 in costs.
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Bonds
Freddie L Bonds
Shady Spring
Kathleen McClure
Elmer Keel Jr
Rodriguez
Funeral services for Miss Pearl Brewer in Beckley
Funeral services for Pearl Brewer age 87 of Beckley will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Thomas Dunlap in charge. Burial follows in Lansing family cemetery. Brewer died Sunday at a local hospital after a long illness. Born April 13 1885 in Fayette County she ran Brewer's Boarding House for over 40 years and was a Methodist. Survivors are nieces and nephews.
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Pearl Brewer
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Thomas Dunlap
Lansing
Ines
Fayette County
Thomas Priscilla Nugent Brewer
Brewer
Methodist Church
Mrs Julia Lanier Funeral Arrangements Noted
Mrs Julia Spracley Lanier, 41, of Chicago formerly Beckley, died Saturday morning in Chicago after a short illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Julia Spracley Lanier
Chicago, Il
Beckley
Chicago
Final rites for Anna Smalls planned in Oak Hill
Mrs. Anna Smalls 83 of Hilltop will be buried at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill after funeral services at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Bill Menefee presiding. She died Saturday at home after a long illness. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. tonight.
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Anna Smalls
Hilltop
Tyree
Oak Hill
Bill Menefée
High Lawn Memorial Park
Halsey Bailey Funeral in Twebel Rion section
Halsey Bailey died at 7 p.m. Saturday in a Welch hospital. Born May 2, 198, he was the son of the late Roscoe and There are more then 199 Deila Treat Bailey. He is survived by 2 brothers.
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Halsey Bailey
Twebel
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Alan Williams
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Edward and
Anna Voelker Graff
Ollie Powell
Garland Richmond
Woodly
Way
William and Mary Brooks
Catherine Lewis
Covington
Henry Brooks
Richmond
Belle White
Salem
Gillie. Rutledge
Ritchie and Johnson
New
Calvin H
Nora Garten Dinhmand
Frank L. Workman
George Alderman
House
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Gemartay
Public Employes Insurance Board
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Oley L. Plumley
Pluto
Pluto Missionary Baptist Church
Harold Underwood
Owen Lilly
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Abraham
Hinton
Silas
Mary Ann Todd Plumley
Rendra
Oral
Elmer
Erman
Thelma Rogers
Ethel Plumiley
Cleveland
Wilma Jean Plumley
Leslie
Norman
Minor
Arpha Bennett
Quinwood
Bertha Bennett
Alme Plumley
Nina Plumley
Re Spring
Delaware
Ronald Meadows
Nina Thompson
Nina Pearl Thompson
Sand Branch
Cash Brooks
Thompson
Blue Creek
Margaret Pinson
Pax
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Irvin Thompson
Myron B
Ill
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Melrose Park
Buddy
Morth Lake
Joan Aliff
Leonard J. Mills
Leonard Jackson Mills
Stephenson
Spruce Grove
Phillip Graham
Low
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Martha White
Hattie Mills
Herndon
Ocie Shrewsbury
Bud
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