Huey Newton says Black Panthers will work within system
In a relaxed interview Huey P. Newton says the Black Panthers will pursue social and economic advances within the system and focus on organizing the community. He says Cleaver’s return to armed struggle alienated Black business support and vows to expand voter turnout and local chapters.
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Huey Newton
James
Clifford Newton
Oakland
Calif
UPI
Cleaver
Huey P. Newton
Newton
Lake
Merritt
Eldridge Cleaver
Algiers
Panthers
Ton
John Frey
Wmanton
Urbe Hal
Yablonski Slay Defendants Allowed Same Attorney
In Washington Pennsylvania a Cleveland man Paul Gilly and his wife Annette won permission to be represented by Cleveland attorney Gerald S. Gold after waiving any injury or prejudice from shared counsel. Judge Charles G. Sweet released court appointed lawyers and ordered them to hand over materials to Gold. The Gillys, jailed January 1970 after the Yablonski murders, face murder charges with a venue change hearing set for next Monday.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Cleveland
Yablonski
Gerald S. Gold
Charles G. Sweet
Paul Gilly
Annette
Sweet
Samuel L. Rodgers
Wray G. Zelt
Gilly
Rodgers
Zelt
Gillys
Pennsylvania Supreme
Rodgers and
United Mine Worker
Joseph
Jock) Yablonski
Clarksville
Moore appoints new banking commissioner amid budget talks
Gov Arch A Moore announced Jordan of Martinsville as state banking commissioner while outlining a pilot program for basic medical courses at Marshall University. He defended the road bond debt analysis showing $90 million excess over seven years and discussed a $4 million cut to the Department of Education budget affecting aid formulas and teacher pay.
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Charleston
UPI
Arch A. Moore Annount
Marshall University
Ced
George B. Jordan
New Marin
Tinsville
Carrigan
Moore
Smith
Mooreamie Inne
Board of Regents
Piaacuces
John Mason Hall II
J. Shanklin
Beckley
Raleigh County
Hall
Ned H.P
Kermit A. Locke
Locke
Marshall
West Virginia Medical Center
Firemen Save Four Room House on Bibb Avenue
Beaver firemen responded to a blaze on Bibb Avenue at 1 40 p m Sunday saving a four room house owned by Martha Hayes. Overheating stove in the living room caused the fire. Beckley Fire Department assisted in extinguishing the flames.
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Beaver Fire Department
Bibb Avenue
Martha Hayes
Beckley Fire Department
Beaver
ABI Dormitory Fund Boosted By Weekend Event In Chicago
Appalachian Bible Institute members led by President Lester E. Pipkin returned from Chicago after an Advance at Appalachian banquet. The dormitory fund gained 6000 dollars, raising the total to about 230000. Pipkin and his wife spoke at First Baptist Crown Point Indiana, with a student octet singing at both events.
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ABI
Chicago
Appalachian Bible Institute
Lester E. Pipkin
National Home Missions Fellowship
Pipkin
Chicago Area
Cicero
Triborder
Dr. William
South Vietnam
Laos
McCarrell
Cambodia
Central High
Bombers Hit South Vietnam With Heavy Raid Waves
American 352 bombers conducted their heaviest raids in four months on South Vietnam. South Vietnamese forces claimed destruction of three North Vietnamese tanks. BS2 bombers from Thailand dropped at least 540 tons of bombs targeting infiltration routes near Khe Sanh and the A Shau Valley.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
Demiliarized Zone
Dmz
Wekong
Khe Sanh
Legislature advances tax and education reform measures
The legislature moves bills including raising the personal income tax exemption from 600 to 750, increasing population thresholds for civil service, and allowing presidential preference on national convention ballots. Palumbo and McCourt push free textbooks and hiring reforms, a community development fund, and a cat tax proposal mirroring last year’s bill.
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Dels
Jack E. Holt
D-Summers
Thomas G. Goodwin
D-Boone
Mario Palumbo
D-Kanawha
Palumbo
Senate
Hans McCourt
Candidates file Jones and Belcher for local offices
Eddie Lee Jones of Coal City filed as a Democratic candidate for constable in District I and Robert L. Belcher of Sophia filed as candidate for justice of the peace in District II in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office today. Jones has previously served as constable and conservator of the peace.
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Eddie Lee Jones
Coal City
Robert L. Belcher
Sophia
Raleigh
Jones
Southern Senators Clash Over EEOC State Local Power
Southern lawmakers challenge a Senate approved bill extending the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to cover state and local governments and their workers including teachers. Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr argues such an expansion intrudes on states rights and would be unconstitutional. A late vote was scheduled.
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Washington
UPJ
Senate
State Mission
EEOC
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-1
N.C
Defense Says Shooting Of Cochran Woman Was Accidental
The Cochran murder trial centers on whether Thomas Edward Cochran’s gunfire killed Myrtle Mae Cochran during a 1970 domestic dispute. Prosecution argues the shooting was intentional. defense claims accident amid alcohol and contention over a checkbook and money.
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Cochran
Anthony
J. Sparacino
Thomas Edward
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Sparacino
Deaths and Funerals Notices From Local Community
Obituaries report the death of Jeffrey Marshall newborn son of Harold and Dorothy Marshall of Raleigh. Also listed are Rosa Mack of Piney View and James Zickafoose of Norton with funeral details, burial places, and pallbearers. notes on survivors and service arrangements.
Funeral notices and services for Beckley residents
Funeral arrangements are published for Evermont Moye and David Wayne Smith with services in Beckley at Keyser Bryant and Rose and Quesenberry Funerals. Burials at Sunset Memorial Park, and multiple survivors listed for Burdiss and Chambers. Additional details include funeral home visiting hours and rosary schedules.
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Evermont Moye
Bailey Ave
Beckley
George Smith
Basil
A. G. Wilcox
Fred Sparks
Joe Zankowitz
Frank Palmer
Moye
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
William Green
Edward Kingsley
Sunset Memorial Park
Lindsay Does Well In Arizona After Vehicle Collision
Ronald Lee Meador 21 of Mayor Lindsay faces charges after his 1961 model car hit a parked vehicle on Route 44 in Arizona. Damages were estimated at $300 to the parked car as Meador’s throttle reportedly malfunctioned. No injuries were reported. Muskie led delegates in the Democratic convention test with McGovern close behind.
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United Press International
Ronald Lee Meador
John V. Lindsay
Odd
Ation
Tan
Edmund S. Muskie
Arizona
Meador Auto
Muskie
George
New York
Arthur Griffith
Jonben
Meador
George S
McGovern
S.D
Myers Likely To Join Kenna In West Virginia Race
Huntington United Press International reports businessman Robert E. Myers plans to file candidacy news releases in key cities to oppose Secretary of State John D. Rockefeller with Democrat Lee Kenna also vying for the governorship. Myers, 43, of Charleston via Myers Inc. and Myers Transfer and Storage, also owns Terri-Agri Farm in Apple Grove Mason County.
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Lee Kenna
Kanawha County
Myers
Myers, Inc
Charleston
Myers Transfer and Storage Co
Huntington
Terri-Agri Business Farm
Apple Grove
Mason County
Raleigh County juries approve SDH property settlements
Juries in Raleigh County Circuit Court approved settlements for land taken for the APD Corridor L highway. James E. and June McDaniel received 8 840 for about 0 39 acres and a temporary easement, after state objections to a prior 9 000 award. Alfred M. and Lilly Hann were awarded 2 500 for two tracts totaling 4.10 acres. A 23 juror panel was summoned as a trial for Aimee Duncan versus Carolina Super Market proceeds.
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State Department of Highway
Raleigh
Raleigh County
James E
McDaniel
Alfred M
Lilly
Aimee Duncan
Carolina
W. A. Thornhill
Crawford W Jordan rites set in Akron for 37 year old
Funeral services for Crawford William Jordan 37 of Akron Ohio formerly of Oak Hill will be at Adams Funeral Home Akron Wednesday at 1 pm. He died Saturday at home after a long illness. Born Fire Creek May 11 1934 he was the son of Lloyd T Jordan and Mrs. l Jordan of Ingram Branch. Surviving are his wife Clara Brook Jordan two daughters Charlene and Kathy two sons Craig and Carl all at home three sisters Virginia Stanevich Betty McClung and Marie Adkins and two brothers L T Jordan and Jimmy Lee Jordan.
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George Francis Burdiss
Coal City
St. ‘Francis de Sales Catholic ‘Church
Thoms ‘Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
Charles T. Burdiss
Raleigh County Court
Central City
James
Martha Bennett Burdiss
Slab Fork Coal Co
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Bertha Burgess Burdiss
William J. Burdiss
Rockeville
Paul F. Burdiss
Hugh
Louis)Dunn
North Ridgeville
Ohio
Maxine West
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry
Nelson E
Mike) Chambers
East Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Thomas Pryor
Greenwood Memorial Park
Richmond, Va
Beckley Hospital
Chambers
Tams
Almedia Hall Chambers
Mary
Eugene J
William E
Otha Arak
Wilmington
Del
Frances M. Roy
New Castle
Josephine
Pamela
Michelle
Willis B
James A
Josephine Jackson
Charleston
Mildred Washington
Detroit
Mich
Crawford William Jordan
Akron
Oak Hill
Adams
Fire Creek
Lloyd T. Jordan
Ingram Branch
Clara Brook
Jordan
Charlene
Kathy
Craig
Carl
Tony
Virginia) Stanevich
Levi
Betty) McClung
Charles
Marie) Adkins
L. T. Jordan
Fayetteville
Jimmy Lee Jordan
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mid-Tilete
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Jeffrey Lee Marshall
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Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ernestine Martin
Skaggs Cemetery
Shady Spring
Mrs
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Piney View
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
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Mount Tabor
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Zickafoose
Norton
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New York City
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W. F
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Odell Zickafoose
Minden
G. R. Zickafoose
Nitro
G. O. Zickafoose
Hagy Funeral Home
David Wayne Smith
Larry
Judy Smith
Quarry St
Caffee
Woodrow C. Smith
Patton Drive
George F. Burdiss
Nelson F. Chambers
R. D. Watts Insurance Agency, Inc
Main Street
W. VA
Lindsay
Kenna
Rockefeller
SDH
Opehed
Pete & Bob's Drive
Inn
Crawford W. Jordan
Josie Windon
Cool Ridge
New Haven Baptist Church
Robert Lilly
Oliver Taylor
George and
Martha Hollingsworth Taylor
Clifftop
George W. Prince
Glen Morgan
Doi Harvey
Meadows
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