Protective reaction attack near the DMZ sparks controversy
U.S. command confirms air strikes on antiaircraft sites near the DMZ citing a self defense response after North Vietnamese fire. Other military sources allege an unauthorized raid against a troop concentration, using 14 F4 Phantom jets and five spotter planes. Reports mention 50 communist bodies and possible 300 dead. Saigon denies South Vietnamese involvement.
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Dmz
Bert W. Okuley
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Washington
Paris
Ben Hai
Air Force
Ter
White House
7Th Air Force
Facs
Cong Luan
North Vietnam
Ex-Welfare Recipient Sues Over Two Car Rule
Princeton point man sues state Welfare Commissioner Edwin Flowers claiming he was dropped from relief for owning two cars. Bowman says second car belongs to his underage son. Mercer County office seeks policy change. Flowers defends rule citing car as employment aid and notes personal property cap increased.
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Princeton
UPI
Edwin Flowers
Welfare Department
Elmer D. Bowman
Bluefield
Mike Lilly
Mercer County Economic Op
Department of Welfare
Lilly
Bowman
Flowers
Nixon to Sign $2.25 Billion Public Service Jobs Bill
President Nixon plans to sign a $2.25 billion measure to create up to 200,000 public service jobs after Congress approved a compromise between Senate and House versions. The bill offers 90 percent federal grants to states for jobs in recreation education health and public safety and gives Vietnam veterans special consideration. National unemployment stands at 6.2 percent, with provisions for areas above 6 percent when national rate drops below 4.5 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Senate
House
Laird Seizes Rand Corp Classified Material Over Leaks
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird ordered all classified material taken from Rand Corp custody after the firm was linked to the Pentagon papers leak. The action targets Rand offices in Washington and Santa Monica with broader hints of stricter security at non government sites holding classified material.
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Laird
Rand Corp
Washington
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Tokyo
Rand
Santa Monica
Calif
Staggers Opposed On Home Grounds
In Morgantown a 25 member group called the Committee to Recall Harley Staggers declared an intense campaign to pressure the West Virginia congressman to end his feud with CBS. Chairman Ed James said the effort aims to stop his pursuit of a CBS documentary and denounced the Johnson administration as deceptive.
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United Ruress International
Harley
Staggers
D-W.va
CBS
Harley Staggers
Morgantown
Ed James
Stagger
Johnson
James
Leary Seeks Political Asylum in Switzerland
Swiss lawyer to petition government to halt extradition of Dr. Timothy Leary on political asylum grounds stating opposition to the Vietnam War. Leary arrested in Vilars sur Ollon and jailed in Lausanne. extradition decision could be delayed, with embassy skeptical of asylum success.
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Bern
Switzerland
UPS
Timothy Leary
United States
Justice Ministry
Leary
Vil-Lars-Sur-Ollon
Lausanne
U.S
LSD
California
Murder Trial Set Tuesday for Cochran Wife Homicide
Raleigh County court actions include two youths Meadows and Harris pleading guilty to a March 2 breaking and entering at a Shell Station in Shady Spring. They face sentencing July 15 after bond forfeitures. A murder trial for Thomas Edward Cochran is set for Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. for the death of his wife.
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Larry Wayne Meadows
Jerry Houston Harris Jr
Shady Spring
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Thomas Edward Cochran
Prosperity
Meadows
Harris
Norman Crook
Steven Kent McMillion
Fairdale
Ohio
Nixon proclaims White Cane Safety Day for blind independence
President Nixon proclaims October 15 as White Cane Safety Day and urges Americans to ensure blind persons retain personal independence and safety.
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Was.sington
UPI
Nixon
Ex-DNA Abolitionist Williams Heads WV Conservation Foundation
Norman R. Williams, formerly deputy in West Virginia's Department of Natural Resources, now leads a state chapter of the Conservation Foundation. He left amid disputes over strip mining and says the group will provide information on ecology, pollution control, forestry, solid waste and planning without lobbying, focusing on noncoal issues.
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Charleston
UPI
Moore
Washington-ased Conservation Foundation
Aim
Norman R. Williams
Williams
State Department of Natural Resources
John D. Rockefeller IV
Resources Department
The
Conservation Foundation
West Virginia
Nixon adviser en route as Paris talks spur Vietnam move
Kissinger travels to Saigon with stop in Paris as communists signal willingness to meet. Laird says U S troop withdrawal continues on schedule and cites low four week U S battle deaths. Senate leaders urge a definite pullout date with new proposals to end the war within weeks.
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Nixon
Washington
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
Saigon
Paris
Kissinger
Laird
United States
Capitol Hill
U.S
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Albert
Mansfield
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Mark O. Hatfield
Alore
Vietnam
McGovern
Hatfield
Frank Church
D-Tdaho
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Cooper
Church
Hechler Attacks Politicization of Mine Safety
Rep. Ken Hechler criticizes the Bureau of Mines as politicized and subservient to coal interests. He cites 1971 as a turning point and accuses officials of valuing coal over miner lives while urging stricter enforcement of the Federal Coal Mines Health and Safety Act.
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Washington
UPI
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
U.S. Bureau For Mines
Hechler
Interior
Roger C.B. Morton
Bureau of Mines
Fred J. Russel
Russel
Bureau
Department
Secret Vietnam War Report Sparks U S Press Debate
The Supreme Court ruled the government failed to prove disclosure would harm national security and newspapers may publish the study. The Washington Post and others plan continued edits while noting Kennedy’s partial acceptance of advisers’ Vietnam involvement steps. The Times cited Westmoreland’s troop requests rising from 175 000 to 42 0000 in a year.
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United States
Rogers
Supreme Court
New York Times
Washington Post
Boston Globe
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
U. S
Vietnam
Kennedy
Hanoi
Peking
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
The
Post
William C. Westmoreland
Deaths and Funerals in Kimball and Lynco
Mrs. Rebecca Harris 80 of Kimball died after long illness and funeral plans are incomplete. Jimmy Johnson 20 of Lynco died in Dallas after a long illness. his funeral will be Sunday at Freewill Baptist Church Oceana with burial at Palm Memorial Gardens Matheny.
Rites Planned for Robert F Williams of Front Royal
Final rites for 34 year old Robert F Williams of Front Royal Va formerly of Jumping Branch are set for 11 a m Sunday at Mary Jane Memorial Church with Rev John Moss presiding Burial will be in Quesenberry Cemetery near Jumping Branch He died Thursday morning at John Whittakers Front Royal home of natural causes Friends may view at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors after 3 p m Saturday and the body will be in the church an hour before the service Chiefly details the death and funeral arrangements for two individuals including George V Steffey of 118 West C Street who died at 3 05 a m today of an apparent heart attack and is survived by his wife a son a daughter a sister and a grandchild with arrangements pending at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Rebecca Harris
Kimball
Glen White
Dorothy Brown
Janie Price
Charleston
Harris
Helen Hoover
Harold Waller
Kimball Undertaking Co
Robert F. Williams
Front Royal
Jumping Branch
Mary Jane Memorial
John Moss
Quesenberry
John Whittaker
Maybelle Massey
Oak Hill
Ronald Meadows
George V. Steffey
Pagoda
West C St
Heilwood
Scott V
Lyda Hannah Steffey
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Elks Lodge
Moose Lodge
American Legion
Steffey
Bowl Wick
Johnstown Road
South Kanawha Street
Florinzer Steffey
Charles Scott
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Lynn
Sarah Frances) Walden
Palm Springs
Fla
W. J
Sarah) Robers
Indiana
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Funeral services for Bert B Biggs in Piney View
Bert B. Biggs 60 of Piney View died at 6 a m Wednesday in a local hospital after an apparent heart attack. Funeral 1 p m Saturday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Gene Hall. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Friends may call after 6 p m today. Pallbearers: Paul Thompson Larry Welch Ronnie Tyree Charles Criddle Orville Ayers Bill Martin.
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Bert B. Biggs
Piney View
Melton
Gene Hall
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Paul Thompson
Larry Welch
Ronnie Tyree
Charles Criddle
Orville Ayers
Bill Martin
Deaths of F Shelby Kitts Jr and Dora Jane Clark
Obituary notices report the deaths of F Shelby Kitts Jr 55 of Winterhaven Florida and Dora Jane Clark 61 of Glen View. Kitts formerly of Beckley left a daughter Karen Vogel and sister B L Dozier with wife Bonnie Bell Kitts deceased in 1969. Clark born May 5 1910 in Talcott left two sons Raymond and Ernest and two daughters Jane Osborne and Shirley Burgess with husband Ambrose C Clark deceased in 1967. Services are pending and church burial planned.
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Dora Jane Clark
Glen View
Crab Orchard
Final rites for Mrs Freda L Dorsey Griffith
Mrs Freda Lee Dorsey Griffith 61 of Amigo died after a short illness in a local hospital. Final rites set for 1 p m Saturday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Ray Baker officiating. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Freda Lee Dorsey Griffith
Amigo
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ray Baker
Roselawn Memorial Park
Pentagon Urges Faster Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
The Pentagon press for an accelerated U S pullout from South Vietnam citing military morale and race narcotics issues. The Los Angeles Times cites Joint Chiefs of Staff advice for fewer troops and notes possible increases beyond 14 300 monthly withdrawals.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Pentagon
N Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Los Angeles Times
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vietnam
Times
Joint Chiefs
Times’ Washington
Robert C. Toth
DNR Revokes Pollution Permit for Island Creek No 1 Mine
West Virginia DNR revoked Island Creek Coal Co. water permit for the No 1 mine at Kelly Logan County after 10 violations cited for discharging wastes into Spruce Fork of Little Coal River. The firm may appeal. DNR also ordered Chemical Tank Lines to halt Kanawha River pollution by July 16 or face suspension.
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Charleston
UPI
Island Creek Coal Co
Kelly
Logan County
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Island Creek
Spruce Fork
Little Coal River
Chemical Seaman Chemical Tank
Kanawha River
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Lynco
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Jack Hicks
Palm Memorial Gardens
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Lynch
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Ralph
Paul
Pineville
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Judy Schmidt
Hampton
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F. Shelby Kitts Jr
Winterhaven
Beckley
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