U S and Saigon intensify Paris talks on conference opening
In Paris American and South Vietnamese negotiators hold dense sessions to break the deadlock delaying the Vietnam conference. Cyrus Vance and Pham Dang Lam lead high level talks, with extensions planned to settle seating and speaking order as a Washington Hanoi meeting looms. The new U S team under President-elect Nixon aims to avoid delaying expanded talks before January 20. North Vietnam rejects the latest U S proposal on speaking rights.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Cyrus Vance
Pham Dang Lam
Baigon
Vance
Ha van Lau
U.S
Richard M. Nix
Richard M. Nixon
South Vietnam
Saigon
Ying
Mideast Diplomatic Strain Over Israeli Attack Statements
Reports from Beirut indicate tension as defense and works minister Reymond Ali accuses the Israeli attack statement of eight errors. President Charles Helou is slated to urge Prime Minister Oweini to remain, according to government sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Fe
Reymond Ddie
Charles Helou
Oweini
Plane Crash Inquiry Deploys NTSB Team to Pennsylvania
Ten National Transportation Safety Board experts arrived from Washington to investigate and re enact the crash scene in northwestern Pennsylvania, mirroring a similar prior investigation completed less than two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
Pennsylvania
Widows Fight Over Mine Disaster Aid Funds
Widows who received $1,000 each from a local United Mine Workers chapter form The Widows Mine Disaster Committee to pursue missing funds from a $200,000 relief pool. They accuse insiders of withholding money and vow to prevent misuse while noting toys and food once provided have vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widows Mine Disaster Committee
United Mine Workers
Senators Talk Change But Uphold Wayward Elector
UPI reports lawmakers debated Electoral College reform as they voted to reject nullifying an electoral vote cast for George Wallace while Nixon carried North Carolina. The Senate 58 33 and House 229 167 upheld the Nixon result, with Muskie and O’Hara pushing for change and leaders promising future hearings on reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
James O'Hara
D-Mich
Lloyd W. Bailey
Rocky Mount
N.C
Bailey
Nixon
North
Carolina
Wallace
Mouse
Muskie-O'Hara
Muskie
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
House Judiciary Committee
Sen. Buch Bayh
Dind
Constitutional Amendments
Senate Okeh Awaited House Votes On Nixon Salary
Washington UPI report notes Senate approval expected for a $200000 presidential salary for Nixon before his inauguration on January 20. House dissent centers on cost and frugality promises, with debate on broader pay hikes for government workers and non-taxable travel allowances. Johnson guidance and a two-year-old law aim to align public pay with private industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Democrat
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Mansfield
Rep
H. R. Gross
R' Town
Gross
State of the Union
Capitol Hill
George Executive
Selbert
Ohio County
Congress
Frem
Johnson
Plane Lands on Interstate 77 in Emergency Belly Landing
A charter Beechcraft of Flight Inc. diverted to the northbound lane of I 77 north of Charleston after engine trouble. Pilot David Mattis guided the plane to a safe belly landing without harming traffic or passengers, including bank executives James O Donnell Carlyle D Farnsworth and E Laine Hunger man, who were returning from Charleston. The craft then rested in the median as repairs were arranged. The article also references state budget and election law concerns and the upcoming State of the State address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlesion
Interstate 17
Here
Flight Inc
Wheeling
Katawha
David Mattis
Charleston
James O'Donnell
First National Bank and Trust Co
Carlyle D. Farnsworth
The
Half Dollar and Savings Bank
E. Laine Hungerman
Presley
Bank of Wheeling
Education Board Goes On Record Against Disruptions
Charleston area actions show the State Board of Education opposing any conduct that disrupts operations at eight state colleges and universities. The board approved dorm reopenings at State College for second semester classes beginning Feb 7 and set conditions for reopening, while endorsing academic freedom and receptiveness to new ideas.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Education
Thefield State College
Wendell Hardway
Bluefield State
State Colleges and Marshall University
Division of Vocational Education
Guthrie Force Station
Snow disrupts Raleigh County schools and travel
Storms and flu hamper attendance in Raleigh County as five percent below normal. School buses handle snow with drivers deciding on trips. West Virginia Turnpike posted a 38 mph limit. Minor crash near Glass House Restaurant. police report several accidents since snowfall began.
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Wardlett
Raleigh
Charles D. Munson
Munson
Dillon Creek
Mount View
West Virginia
Glass House
Mone
Deaths and Funerals At Beckley And Mount Hope
Mrs Teslie Phipps 73 of Piney Avenue Beckley died Monday at her home after a long illness. Born June 6 1805 in Maple Fork she was a Baptist Church member with two daughters five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at Rose and Quesenberry. Carl Bryant 69 of Mount Hope died Monday after a stroke. A World War I veteran and retired coal miner he belonged to Maple Valley Church and UMWA Local 7088. Surviving foster sons a brother and two foster sons. Funeral near Mount Hope with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to church an hour before service. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Wednesday. (RNS)
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Teslie Phipps
Teslie June Phipps
Piney Ave
Maple ‘Fork
Eurl
Rebecca J. Bailey Stover
First Baptist Church of
Beckley
Ann Rose
Circle 10
Edward
Alfreda) Redden
Howard (Opsl) Faw
Hill Top
Leroy Phipps
Rose and Quesenberry
Carl Bryant
Route 1
Mount Hope
Maple Valley Baptist Church
Roy Tyree
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Bryant
Beckley Hospital
Franklin County
Maple Valley Church
UMWA
Pearl
Floyd Bowyer
Carl Lee Burton
Louis
Paterson
N. J
Tyree
Requiem set for Mrs Sam Amato of Pemberton
Funeral services for Mrs Rosalie Amato 80 owner of Sam Amato Mercantile Store Pemberton will be held at St Francis de Sales Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Mount Calvary Addition. Rosary Wednesday at Melton Mortuary Chapel. Survivors include two sons Emmanuel and Guy five daughters and Dr Theresa Butler Emma Martin of Pemberton also noted.
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Sam
Rosalie) Amato
Pemberton
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas Kerrigan
Mount Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Amato
Sam Amato
Melton Mortuary
Friends Jt
Sherman C. Trail
Virgil Sarrett
Jerry Vaught
James McNeish
Henry Della Mea
Leo Brici
Paul Link
Kelly Brammer Jr
C. G. Peregoy
Mount Hope High School
B. J
Butler
Mount Hope
Tyreet Funeral Home
Obituary: Mrs Mabel Martin 1889 Beckley resident dies
Mrs Mabel Martin 79 of 207 Maxwell Hill Road died at 11 40 a m Monday after a long illness Funeral services will be held at 1 p m Thursday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Leslie Pennington and Rev Daniel Legg officiating Burial follows in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She was born March 30 1889 in Fayette County a daughter of the late Lewis and Nannie Walker Legg Frame Surviving are a daughter Helen Merrick of Beckley four sons Theodore Martin Columbus Ohio Walter A Elkhorn City Ky Donald K and Chester M Beckley five sisters Annie Wright Corliss Peyton Lucy Gravely Ed Farmer and Forest Worstell Lena Wardrop all of Oak Hill and Claude Lena Wardrop Hico one brother Clarence Frame Hinton 20 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p m Wednesday.
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Mabel Martin
Maxwell Hill Rd
Melton Mortuary
Leslie Pennington
Daniel Legg
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Fayette County
Lewis and
Nannie Walker Legg Frame
Tony L
Helen) Merrick
Beckley
Theodore Martin
Columbus
Ohio
Walter A
Elkhorn City
Donald K
Chester M
Annie Wright
Corliss
Peyton
Lucy) Gravely
Ed Farmer
Forest
Maxine) Worstell
Oak Hill
Claude
Lena) Wardrop
Hico
Clarence Frame
Hinton
Margaret Fox
Margaret Louise Fox
Sophia
Fred X. Williams
Gerald Hawley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardena
Fox
Royal
Myrtle Kincaid
Crickmer
Clarence Kincaid
Kilsyth Baptist Church
True Blue Rebekah Lodge
Gilbert Fox
Alvin
Price Hill
Albert
Chicago
Jolene McQuire
Mount Hope
Dempsey
Cleveland
Billy Kincaid
Funeral notices for Rhelda Lilly Finneral and related family
Obituary items list services across multiple burial plans including Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel for Rhelda Lilly Finneral, and services for Margaret Louise Fox in Sophia, with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Garden. Other notices include Albertis Rice of Hilltop with services at Dodd Payne Chapel Fayetteville, and multiple survivors and callers noted.
Tolliver funeral incomplete for Naaman Tolliver
Naaman Enoch Tolliver 62 of Mount View Road died at 8 a m Monday at home from an apparent heart attack Born July 29 1906 in Cool Ridge he was a son of James Tolliver and the late Isabelle Tolliver He lived in Raleigh and Summers counties Surviving include his wife Macy Underwood Tolliver a son Stephen Enoch four daughters Eleanor Boykin Jack Landers Martha Anna Ruth Elizabeth a brother Stephen Tolliver six sisters and three grandchildren The body is at Ronald Meadows General Parlors in Hinton
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Naaman Enoch Tolliver
Mount View Road
Cool Ridge
James Tolliver
Jumping Branch
Isabelle Lilly Tolliver
Raleigh
Summers Counties
Macy Underwood Tolliver
Stephen Enoch. Tolliver
Vietnam
Burchey Bennett Dies After Illness at Local Hospital
Burchey Bennett of 104 Mulberry Street died this morning in a local hospital after a prolonged illness. The deceased was known in the community and related notices are expected to follow.
Obituary notices for Maggie Biggs Maguie and James Mullens
Obituary notices report Maggie Biggs Maguie and James Mullens dying recently. Biggs Maguie, 65, of 121 Wil Jane St., died Sunday in Pontiac Michigan of an apparent heart attack. services to be led by Rev L A Garten with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Mullens, 60, of New Richmond, died Saturday in Johnson City Tennessee. burial in Mullens Cemetery Itmann with service at New Richmond First Baptist Church led by Rev Casey Salome.
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A. Biggs
Wil Jane St
L. A. Garten
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
James Mullens
James Blaine Mullens
New Richmond
Johnson City
Tenn
Teachers Strike But Peace Holds On SF Campus
San Francisco State College reopened as four teachers struck, yet no mass rally occurred on the commons. President Hayakawa credited calm with no large police mobilization while pickets from the American Federation of Teachers and two student groups marched at the six campus entrances. Ten officers watched. five arrests were made for bullhorn use and obscenity.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
American Federation of Teachers
Black Students Union
Third World ‘Liberation Front
Ilegally
Beckley College Mountain State Game Postponed
The Raleigh County Armory hosts a Beckley College versus Mountain State basketball game that was set for tonight but postponed due to winter weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College-Mountain State
Raleigh County Armory
Meeting Postponed by Raleigh County GOP Committee
The Raleigh County Republican Executive Committee meeting scheduled for tonight is postponed due to bad weather. Chairman C. C. Smith Jr. said the meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Republican Headquarters on Main Street.
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Raleigh County
Republican Executive Committee
C. C. “Smitty” Smith Jr
Republican
Main Street
Raymond Barnett Maymona dies. World War I veteran
Raymond Barnett Maymona, of 402 Virginia Street Mullens, a retired miner and World War I veteran, died after a long illness. He was born December 10, 1896 in Roxboro, North Carolina, the son of Squire and Mary Barnett. He is survived by his wife Ruth and six daughters, with services at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Myrtle Taylor
Sura Jmerlee
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Greenstown
Maymona Parent
Virginia St
Mullens
Hegotes Faliowing & Longness
Ngness
Dorn
Roxboro
N.C
Squire
Mary Barnett
Ruth
Mildred Jackson
Columbus
Ohio
Minnie Shepherd
Beckley
Arlie L. Park
Washington, D. C
Bertha Adams
Louise Levell
Mary O'Neal
Rocky Mountain
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Coffee Planned For Basketball Teams At Raleigh Armory
West Virginia Universitys basketball squad WVU alumnae and VMI players plus guests will attend a coffee at the Raleigh County Armory after the WVU VMI game. Miss Twyla Harrouff is secretary arranging the event for the Raleigh County WVU Alumnae.
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West Virginia University
WVU
VMI
Raleigh County
Sayre
Collection suit filed against Boyd and Pauline Irvin
American Finance Corp of Beckley files action in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office to recover 1024.70 on a promissory note dated March 23 1968, with Robert B Sayre of Sayre and Sayre representing the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Finance Corp
Beckley
Raleigh County
Boyd
Pauline Irvin
Coal City
Robert B. Sayre
Sayre
Default Judgment Granted in Roy C. Treadway Case
The Merchantspeed Co. has been granted a default judgment for 1408 dollars against Roy C. Treadway in a Raleigh County Circuit Court matter before Judge C. Berkley Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Merchants Peed Co
Roy C. Treadway
Raleigh County
Courtedge C. Berkley Lilly
Vietnam War Battle Ends in Viet Cong Retreat
report describes a large ground assault by 9th Division units against hidden Viet Cong bunkers. U S artillery and Air Force strikes followed by AC47 gunships as 200 suspected Viet Cong slipped away into the Mekong Delta. Saigon says 10 low ranking Viet Cong prisoners were released in a humanitarian gesture with small cash and civilian clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9Th Division
U.S
Mekong
Saigon
South Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Defense Ministry
Sirhan Sirhan trial details harm and alibi issues
The report outlines Sirhan Sirhan’s defense strategy citing diminished capacity due to wartime exposure and a fall from a horse. It notes Rafer Johnson wrestled the gun away, a diary menace tied to June 5, and says the prosecution expects at least eight witnesses while rejecting a conspiracy theory. Ethel Kennedy and Kennedy family members were not planned as witnesses.
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Kennedy
Sirhan
Rafer Johnson
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
John P. Kennedy
Dallas
Cooper
Palestine
Lynn Compton
John Kennedy
Compton
Ethel Kennedy
Mrs Huettner Reappointed Official Court Reporter Raleigh Court
Mrs Irh ia S Huettner of Beckley is reappointed as official court reporter for Raleigh County Circuit Court. Judge C Berkley Lilly set the appointment effective January 7 with an annual salary of $5,400. She has long served the court and also receives fees for transcripts of records.
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Ir Hia S. Huettner
Beckley
Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Huetter
Hegel
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Mideast
Okeh Awaited
Seibert
Boiarsky
Cal
C. A. Blankenship
Smith
Moore
Education Board
Jones
Jon Rochelle
Potomac State
Shepherd College
Storm
Mrs
Kenneth Butler
Emma Martin
Charles Martin
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Felix Roberson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wright and Anderson Funeral
Mrs. Rhelda Lilly
Finneral Services
Rhelda
Mabscot
Rose and Quesenberry Peace
B. L
Wildwood Cemetery
Ashland
Poe
Tory
Albertis Rice
Albertis
Bert) Rice
Hilltop
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Rube Thomas
Huse Memorial Park
Rice
Carter County
Manford G
Jessie Beach Rice
Free Will Baptist Church
Vida Lusk Rice
Bert Jr
Alva Lee
Donnie
Johnnie
Beulah Scruggs
Stella Smith
Petersburg
Betty Campbell
Hampton
Clyde
Lima
Calvin
Robert
Tams
Margaret
Roles
Mildred Camden
Madison Heights
Naaman Tolliver
Ronald |Meadows General
Thelma Bennett
Thelma Mae Bennett
Blue Sulphur Springs
Lobban Funeral Home
Melissa Cheek
Melissa Kay Cheek
Frank
Joann Wills Cheek
Daniels
Sunget ‘Memorial Park
Earl Lightfoot
Pauline Peters
Berchard Wills
Beaver
Burchey Bennett
Mulberry St
Srong
Maggie Biggs
Itmann
Chart Mullens
Cora Tilley Mullens
Marie Stewart Mullens
Matheny
Jimmy
Gary
Romey
Leonard
Vesta Hatfield
Glenna Byrd
Erma Staton
Sona Sink
Herndon
Mary McKinney
Mia
Elza Green
Dixie Tilley
Itman
Pansy Lane
Hanover
Lola Hanover
Rolling Hills
Calif
New Richmond First Baptist Church
Casey Salome
Mullens Cemetery
Sam Fo Klesong, Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Rns
Sanitone
Rikhmon Cleaners
Wolman
Suerte
Ana
Mont Hope
Skelton
Raymond Barnett
Mrs. Huettner
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