Butz Modifies Food Stamp Rules to Avert Cuts
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz announced changes to food stamp regulations to prevent anyone from losing benefits or facing higher costs. The move, urged by governors and supported by many senators, ensures 10.9 million recipients continue to receive at least as much as under prior rules, with technical assistance offered to states during implementation.
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UPS
Agriculture
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Agriculture Department
Buzz
Congress
Buff Accuses Rockefeller of Forked Tongue on Strip Mining
West Virginia heart specialist Dr I E Buff charged Secretary of State John D Rockefeller IV with duplicity over strip mining. Speaking at Ohio University he alleged Rockefeller would bow to family interests in Hanna Coal Co and Consolidation Coal Co while criticizing Moore administration for failing to enact 1971 stripping laws.
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United Press International
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller IV
I. E. Buff
Ohio University
Rockefeller
Moore
Buff
Ironton
Ohio
Hanna Coal Co
Consolidation Coal Co
New York
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Arch A. Moore
Wilson Released After Bond Posting in Drunken Driving Case
James Lester Wilson of Sullivan was jailed December 15 for drunken driving and improper vehicle registration and was released from county jail today after posting bond to Circuit Court Clerk C Harold Hanks.
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James Lester Wilson
Sullivan
C. Harold Hanks
War petition proposed to end U S military action
Senators Si Galperin and Holliday introduced a resolution in the West Virginia Senate calling for a war petition to end U S combat in Southeast Asia. It urges continuation of military power only under presidential direction until all troops and prisoners are safe, or by June 1, with the President to decide.
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Charleston
UPI
U.S
Southeast Asia
West Virginia Senate
United States
Si Galper
D-Kanawha
Robert
Holliday
Author Confirms Hughes Loan To Nixon Brother In 1956
NEW YORK UPI The author of two contested Hughes autobiographies says the recluse confirmed lending $205000 to President Nixon’s brother in 1956 Don Nixon who Hughes says ran a California joint serving Nixons burgers. Clifford Irving spoke on CBS 60 Minutes amid claims the book is authentic.
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UPI
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Nixon
Hughes
Don Nixon
California
Clifford Irving
CBS
60 Minutes
Eisenhower
Clark Clifford
Washington
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Johnson
Irving
Clifford
Judge Advises Good Behavior For Youths Awaiting Sentences
Three youths pled guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court to petit larceny stemming from a break in at Fayette Street School on Aug 12 1971. Judge Kermit A Locke ordered sentencing dates Feb 18 for Marcus Fullen 18 and Larry Don Cook 18 and April 17 for Kenna Martin 20 who pleaded possession of marijuana. Additional cases involved William Waddell charged with breaking and entering Colony Drug and others ordered for trial or further examinations.
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Raleigh
County Criminal Court
Kermit A. Locke
Marcus Fullen
Grant’ St
Larry Don Cook
Laurel Terrace
Fayette Street
Kenna Martin
William Herman Waddell
Burgess St
Ailey
Colony
Hotel Blaze Tests Firemen In Bitter Cold
About 60 to 70 volunteers battled the hotel blaze for seven hours facing frigid winds. Firemen fought frozen hydrants and hoses, were soaked, and changed clothing repeatedly. They stayed through the night in four hour shifts, hosing flames that rekindled from the ruins and spreading three tons of salt on the ice.
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Wilson
Bangladesh war ends as new nation seeks recognition
Bangladesh Prime Minister Mujibur Rahman says Yahya Khan should be tried for murder of East Bengalis as war deaths reach about three million. Reports note India will hold captured West Pakistani territory until a border settlement is reached, while Commonwealth nations consider recognizing Bangladesh with Australia Malaysia West Germany and the Netherlands among possibles.
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Independent Television Network
London
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Mujib
CIT Files Suit Over Loan in Raleigh County Circuit Court
CIT Financial Services Inc. sues Phillip P. and Betty L. Harford of Beaver in Raleigh County Circuit Court to collect 1179.60 dollars on a loan.
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CIT Financial Services Inc
Phillip P
Betty L. Harford
Beaver
Raleigh County
Nixon Continues Work On Speech and Visits
President Nixon resumed work on the State of the Union address and speeches about planned trips to Peking and Moscow. He cut short a weekend at Camp David and returned to the White House by helicopter Sunday evening. The State of the Union address is slated for Thursday.
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Final rites for Emmett Leach held in Crab Orchard
Emmett Clarence Leach 66 of Crab Orchard died Saturday at a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral Tuesday 1 p.m. at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel officiated by Reva Ernest Barley and Roy Tyree. Burial in Coast City Cemetery. Born Feb 25 1905 at Lewisburg son of late Joseph B and Betty Leach. Survived by wife Janie Bolen Leach four sons one daughter three brothers one sister and four grandchildren. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Crab Orchard
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Reva
Ernest Barley
Roy Tyree
Coast City
Lewisburg
Joseph B
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Killarney
Methodist Church
Janie Bolen Leach
James Ray
Arnold Eugene
Lee
Alexandria
Harold
Battle Creek
Mich
William Robertson
Antonio, Tex
Mattie Gibson
Pittsville
Nora Jane Dent
Beckley
Davis Funeral Chapel
Oakvale
Jerry [Keys
Thompson Cemetery
Glen Lyn
Beckley Hospital
Charles
Susie Thompson
Christian Church
Rhoda O'Neal
Massillon
Ohio
Ruby Hayworth
Tempe
Ariz
James Sarver
Sprague
Myrtle Dent
Peterstown
Cammie Hazelwood
Cleveland
Edna Black
Oak Hill
Ruth Piercy
Coal City
Icke Thompson
Joseph Clyde Deck
Lerena
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
John Atkinson
Neely
Pipestem
Fulton
Myrtle Neely Deck
Elden Pete
Flint
Gray K
Daniels
Anna Lee Miller
Lynchburg
Clyde Lucas
John Pate
Frank Rakes
Tracy Shannon
N. A
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Ernest Miles Berry
Mountain Ave
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Tyree
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Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
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Minden
Laurel Creek Coal Co
Laurel Creek
William and
Cordellie Adkins Berry
Calonia Bennett Berry
Lottie Nicholas
Ansted
Leota Gardner
Lillie Ward
Hix
Alberta Berry
State Court Cuts High Drug Bonds
The West Virginia Supreme Court ordered bond reductions for Morgantown residents James Milam and John Wilson II from 10000 to 2500 each after their December 3, 1971 arrests for possession of dangerous drugs. The court declined to lower bond for George H. Burke, 45, on separate felonious assault and weapon charges.
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UPI
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Morgantown
High Court
James Milam
John Wilson II
Terry Murray
Vietnam War Frontlines Update From Ridge Gains
Vietnam combat reports indicate gradual retaking of a ridge as nine U.S. soldiers are wounded north of Saigon by mines from Army road scrapers and repair vehicles. Seven airmen are hurt near Ban Me Thuot when a grenade is tossed into their truck. one American dies in a helicopter crash. An airman halts a grenade by throwing it back. In the air war, F10S B52s detect and destroy a North Vietnamese radar during a protective reaction strike over Laos, the ninth this year and 238th since the bombing halt on November 1, 1968.
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Gaza Strip Ambush Kills Baptist Nurse in Gaza City
Guerrillas attacked a hospital van near Jebaliya refugee camp injuring Roy Edwards, the hospital administrator, and his daughter Carol Beth. Mavis Pate, 46, of Ringgold, died on the operating table. Americans Nicholas and his daughter were among those injured. Authorities say the attack may have been a case of mistaken identity by Gaza militants.
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Austin
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Negev
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Funeral notices mix on decedent list from West Virginia paper
Obituaries and funeral notices include Gail McCloud 64 of Kopperston died after long illness. Joseph Clyde Deck 60 of Lerena funeral at Rose and Quesenberry with burial at Neely Cemetery Pipestem. Etta West Painter 68 of Oak Hill funeral at Tyree Chapel. Ernest Miles Berry 72 of Mount Hope funeral at Tyree Chapel Oak Hill. Edna Dunagen 31 of Pontiac formerly Prosperity died in Pontiac hospital. survivors listed.
Peter M Woosley Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Peter M. Woosley 77 of War formerly of Stotesbury died Saturday in a Bluefield hospital after being born in Powell County Kentucky. Survived by two daughters Virginia Pooler and Mildred Harveth both of Samurna Park Delaware a son Herbert of Arkansas two sisters Mrs Howell Walk of Bishop Virginia and Mrs Gerrude Holtzapfel of Sophia, 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Body at Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell Virginia.
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Pete) Woosley
War
Stotesbury
Bluefield
Powell County
George T
Samantha Puckett Woosley
Sophia
Virginia Pooler
Mildred Harveth
Samurna Park
Del
Herbert
Arkansas
Howell Walk
Bishop, Va
Gerrude Holtzapfel
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell, Va
Funeral set for Ernest P. Clay in Mullens
Ernest Paul Clay 46 of Corinne will be buried in Cabin Creek after a self inflicted gunshot wound. Funeral service 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Rev. Morgan Blankenship officiating. The body lies at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
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Corinne
Sam Foglesong
Nease and
Hechler’s perfect voting record cited by report
Washington report notes Rep. Ken Hechler of West Virginia missed no votes in 1973. He was one of six Democrats and two Republicans to vote on every roll call, with Sen. William Proxmire and Sen. Margaret Chase Smith proposing a resolution to punish members for excessive absences.
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Congress
Funeral planned for Mrs Lydia E Martin at Oak Hill
Mrs Lydia Evelyn Martin 75 of 429 Main St Oak Hill dies Sunday at 3 p m after an extended illness born in Virginia February 29 1896 daughter of the late John and (name) Brown survives two sons Thomas N Oak Hill James A Jr Charleston Mrs J M McGlothin Huntington four grandchildren funeral Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev Randolph Johnson in charge burial High Lawn Memorial Park friends may call 7 to 9 p m Tuesday (RNS)
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Lydia Evelyn Martin
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Randolph Johnson J
High Lawn Memorial Park
Virginia
John Brown
Thomas N
James A. Jr
Charleston
J. M. McGlothiin
Huntington
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