State of State Address Highlights West Virginia Progress
Gov. Hulett C. Smith reflects on four years of gains and a push for more in his final State of the State address. He endorses constitutional revision, education restructuring, a school building authority, and mental hospital upgrades while noting highway growth, lower unemployment, and increased funding for elementary, secondary, and higher education. He passes to Gov-elect Arch A. Moore Jr. with optimism for the 1970s.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Arch A. Moore Jr
West ini gets $475377 in welfare work grant
UPI reports Charleston West ini receives 475377 in supplemental funds from the U S Department of Labor to finance Civil Works projects through June 30 under the Welfare Work Incentive program. The program, started by a summer special session, assigns unemployed men and women to projects for occupational training.
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Charleston
UPI
Westini
U. S. Department of Labor
Morgantown Police Chief Retires After 26 Years Service
John W. Lewis ends a 26 year law enforcement career and steps down as Morgantown police chief after 12 years in that role. Lt Bennie F. Palmer will replace him on January 16. Palmer, 39, began as a patrolman in 1957.
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Morgantown
UPI
John W. Lewis
Morgantown Police Department
Lewis
Bennie F. Palmer
Palmer
Local Merchants Protest Van Sale Of Furniture In City Lot
Beckley merchants protest a two ton van sale of upholstered furniture in a downtown parking lot. Officials question licensing and whether the seller has proper hawker and vehicle licenses, with city and state tax implications and potential ordinance changes pending.
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Beckley
Department of Labor
R. D. Williams
Douglas Berrier
Thomasville
Charleston N.C
Williams
Berrier
North Heber and Prince
West Virginia
Stover
James Maynard
Tax Department
Bertier
City Recorder
Larry
West Vege
R. D. Iiams
van An
Strike Talks Continue Over Wage and Benefit Demands
The union and AP management haggle over a $264 minimum, a 374 hour work week, extra paid birthday holiday, revised union security, and higher management hospital insurance contributions. Mann notes the Guild’s plan totaled about $5.7 million and was rejected January 7 without review.
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Mann
Escapee Held in Death Of FBI Agents
Billie Austin Bryant, 29, an escaped convict and seven time bank robber, was captured in an attic seven hours after fatally shooting FBI agents Anthony Palmisano and Edwin Woodriffe outside Bryant's estranged wife’s apartment in Southeast Washington. Bryant surrendered after tossing his gun through an attic trap door. The double slaying followed a bank robbery in Maryland. Woodriffe and Palmisano left behind widows and children. Bryant had escaped from Lorton Federal Reformatory last August and faced murder charges in federal court.
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Washing Sun
UPI
A _ meek
Washington
FBI
Billie Austin Bryant
Anthony Palmisano
Hyattsville
Edwin R. Woodriffe
Oxon Hill
Bryant
Maryland
Robert Ross
Ross
Metropolitan Police
Lorton Federal Reformatory
Virginia
Woodriffe
Cleveland
Palmisano
North Carolina
Sirhan trial proceedings reveal juror exemptions and publicity concerns
The Sirhan trial heard a witness as defense attorney Emile Zola Berman sought a 30 day continuance to counter saturation publicity around Kennedy's fatal 1968 shooting. Juror exemption rules were explained by William Goodwin, listing doctors lawyers nurses teachers and other occupations.
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Daced
Sirhan
William A. Goodwin
Los Angeles
Cooper
Goodwin
Emile Zola Berman
New York
Kennedy
Berman
Deaths and Funerals in Lester and Beckley Areas
Obituary notices list Joe Bonds eight of Lester dies after brief illness with survivors including wife Blanche and children. Funeral services set for Saturday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Additional notice for Bennett 75 of 1404 Mulberry Street, a Central Baptist Church member, dies after long illness with services Saturday at Central Baptist Church and burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. He was a retired coal miner and United Mine Workers member with a large survivor list and viewing times at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home.
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Nora Pearl Harless
Pax
West Virginia
John and
Eila Armstrong
Long Branch Methodist Church
Edd Harless
Lovella Pennington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clyde
Hubert Armstrong
Poth
Route 1
Scarbro
Tyree
Mount Hope
Glen Winston
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Wash
Mullens
Keyrock
Levi
Evelyn Hash
Sam Foglesong
Malens
Pineville
Buddy
Enterprise
Ala
Rowena England
Evelyn Griffith
Emmett
Agnes McCoy
Kopperston
Marietta Patrick
Miamisburg
Willis
Ghent
Dottie Wikes
Ola Wilson
Lena Church
Bud
Nease
Neely
William Speilman
William Edgar Speilman
Hartley Ave
Speilman
Philadelphia
Foru. S. Steel
Gary Methodist Church
First Christian Church of
Beckley
Charleston
Master Rite
Scottish Rite
D. E. Speilman
Aretha C. Speilman
Webb and Neal
Alliless
Naoma
Fielding
Cecelia Pettry Bonds
Lester Missionary Baptists Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Lester
Blanche
Basil Myrtle Whitenack
Sylvia Bonds
Lowell
Paul
Woodrow
James
Sophia
East Gulf
Mary Bennett
James Paige
Columbus
Josephine Thompson
Harrisburg
Betty Preston
Newark
N. J
Lucille Reed
Bronx
N. Y
Shirley Chambers
Long Branch
Hazel Copening
Queenie Logan
Washington, D. C
Ovelia Dixon
Vernon Hill
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Robert E. Roop
Mount Nebo
Combs Funeral Home
Gauley Bridge
Woodrow Beaver
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Roop
Montgomery Hospital
Knights of Pythias
Raymond
Kilsyth
Marvin
Martha Taylor
Summerlee
First Baptist Church of
H. C. Dillard
Lollow
Greenwood Memorial Park
Mammie Mack
Harlem Heights
Ray Reed
Raleigh
Eli T. Yon
MacArthur
Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church
Jackie Clark
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
RE. E. Zorio
al Janutolo
Plinio Peraldo
DoBo Zaglio
Cleto Janutolo
John Zorio
Frank Dunbar
Whitestick St
Greenbrier
Lowenl and
Lomax Eades Dunbar
Beaver Missionary Baptist Church
Lula Stover Dunbar
Lanie Dunbar
Hillsboro
Victor
Alfred
Paul Dunbar
Cincinnnati
Edward Eades
Marfrance
Verlillie Jackson
Indianapolis
Ind
Rachel Polleger
Hattie Wilson
Ronceverte
Karen Dunsbar
Shirley Grayson
Gary
William
Dwayne
Vernon
Barbara) Roberts
Robert
Patricia) McGraw
Woodbridge, Va
Dianel Mills
Gloria Mills
Multiple Obituaries Updated From Raleigh County Notices
Local death notices report the passing of Emma Booze 2 of East Park after a long illness in a nursing home. Details include birth in 1877 Virginia and survivor links to Royal Booze and Virginia Green. Funeral arrangements are listed with various chapels and cemeteries.
Dash To Freedom 81 Cubans Escape Under Gunfire
Miami report on 81 Cuban refugees who escaped Guantanamo base during a gun battle with Castro guards. They fled the fence and reached a waiting boat and U.S. vessel. Refugees refused to identify themselves. at least three dead and up to 100 others failed to reach freedom. The incident could affect U.S.-Cuba diplomacy.
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Miami
UPI
U.S
Guantanamo
Thej
Caimaera
Guantanamo Base
Camimanera
Jones
Laterj
Castro
Cug
Navy
Freedom
Havana
Cuba
Caimanera
Camaguey
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Coy L. Hash
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Phillip Graham
Walker Cemetery
Paokwhaw
Joe Bonds
Caffee
Burchey Bennett
Burchey
Mrs
Emma Booze
East Park
William and
Ruth Dehaven
Booze
Royal
Virginia Green
W. J. Carter
Funeral
Robert Roop
Naaman Tolliver
Naaman Enoch Tolliver
Mount View Road
Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church
Simmons
Mount View, Road
Tolliver
Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor
Hinton
Sandra Hill
Laura Baker
Lochgelly
Vance-Jackson Funeral Home
Woodrow Jones
Hilltop
Opha
Christiansburg
Jimmie
Milford Center
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Eura Kincaid
Fayetteville
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Lester Fitzwater
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Jean Brown Johnson
Parkwood Dr
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Rupert Brown
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Ornie
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Morgan Collins
Montgomery
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Charlie Mitchell
N.Y
Leslie
Millie Mitchell
Mary Leonard
Virginia Ave
Mt. Hope
Shirley Mills
Everett Bragg
Richmond
Princewick
Rose
Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Beulah Pack
Tilden Cemetery
Rose and
Quesenberry
Valley DR. S
City Ave
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Asean
Quality Pastry Shops, Inc
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