South Attacks Quang Tri City as 800 Marines Cut Off
South Vietnamese paratroopers push into Quang Tri City while an 800 man Marine force is surrounded and cut off to the northwest. American helicopters struggle to supply or evacuate amid heavy fire. Hue mortar fires kill civilians and wound others as the offensive continues.
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Arthur. Higbee
Hue
da Nang
Bao Trai
Saigon
Quang jTri
Quang Tricity
Quang Tri City
Thach Han River
Bao Tri
Hau Nghia
Washington Daily News Closes Far Ahead of Retirement
Washington Daily News ends publication after 61 years leaving 600 workers jobless. The paper sells its name and assets to rival Washington Evening Star amid financial troubles. Veteran Gar ret Waters plans to retire at 65 in October as Lorenzo Middleton rises as a new reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Garrett Waters
Lorenzo Middleton
Washington Daily News
The
News
Washington Evening Star
Washington, D.C
Washington Post
Tve
Waters
St. Patrick’s Day
Times- Herald
Final Vote Totals From Democratic National Convention
United Press International reports the final first ballot totals for the Democratic presidential candidate race. McGovern leads with 1 864.95 points, followed by Jackson 485.65 and Wallace 3775, with other candidates Mills Humphrey Muskie Kennedy Mondale and others recording smaller totals. Adjustments by 18 states after the roll call change the official totals from the earlier 1 728.35 for McGovern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
McGovern
Jackson
Wallace
Chisholm
Sanford
Humphrey
Mills
Muskie
Kennedy
Hayes
McCarthy
Mondale
Peace Talks Resume After Break in May
The United States agreed to return to the conference table as Hanoi indicated potential flexibility. South Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Dang Lam warned Saigon would not accept a coalition government replacing President Nguyen Van Thieu. Military sources in Saigon reported U S air raids including a heavy Haiphong attack and chemical bombs in Quang Tri, claims denied by Saigon.
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Nixon
United States
Pham Dang Lam
Hanoi
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu- Porter
South Vietnam
U.S
Haiphong
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
Quang Tri
SBA approves 5.18 million loan for Elkins business
The Small Business Administration grants a 5.18 million loan to Interstate Manufacturing Co. in Elkins West Virginia to produce ducts for heating air conditioning and ventilation systems.
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Washington
UPI
Small Business Administration
Elkins
W. Va
Interstate Manufacturing Co
West Virginia seeks opinion on 18 year olds estate status
Charleston West Virginia House Speaker Lewis McManus asks the attorney general for guidance on how the June law granting near full adult status to 18-year-olds affects estates and wills. Banks remain uncertain about co signers and credit checks as they apply to young adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPD
Lewis McManus
West Virginia
McManus
MFHP Board Eliminates District Job Screening
The Mountaineer Family Health Plan board passed a proposal to end district level screening for district positions. All screening moves to MFHP board committees with top three names forwarded to supervisors and then to the personnel committee. The change shifts hiring to countywide basis and prompts debate over community control versus central oversight. The board approved a $91,413 HEW grant for a new ambulance service and reported June transport activity and budget details.
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Mountaineer Family Health Plan
MFHP
Mfhp Board of Directors
Denver Bone
Clear Fork
Gibbs Kinderman
Raleigh County Community Action Association
Albert Patrick
HEW
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Forest Cornwell
Cornwell
Mountaineer Ambulance Service
Fred Burdiss
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Shady Spring
Marsh Fork
Medical Project
Pharmacy Committee
Hijackings Focus of Flight Ransom and Deliveries
FBI agents refused to release ransom money in Philadelphia until passengers were freed from a National Airlines flight diverted from Miami to New York. The hijackers demanded a car with parachutes and money within 50 yards of the plane and threatened action if not met. A second incident involved an American Airlines flight from New York to Los Angeles diverted to Oklahoma City where ransom was exchanged on the runway.
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Philadelphia
FBI
National Airlines
Miami
New York City
American Airlines
North Texas
Oklahoma City
Dallas
New York
Los Angeles
Rockefeller Sees Poll Support in Governor Bid
Rockefeller, campaigning for governor, cites a Charleston Gazette poll showing him ahead of incumbent Republican Gov Arch Moore 53 to 47. He warns polls reflect the moment and stresses needing majority Democrat support and as much Republican backing as possible.
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Rockefeller
Charleston Gazette
Arch Moore
Moore
Prosecutors Obtain Boone County Voting Information
In Charleston West Virginia a probe into the May 9 Boone County primary yielded information on alleged vote buying. Secretary of State Rockefeller forwarded findings to the county prosecutor and U.S. district attorney with eyewitness accounts supporting the charge. Other unsubstantiated claims concerned ballot handling and election official conduct.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Boone County
U. S
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
Secretary of State
Secretary of ‘State
Boone County Poll Watchers
Running Mate Options Blur McGovern Ticket Prospects
A liberal antiwar senator aide said four names Kennedy Ribicoff Woodcock and himself remained on the list with as many as 12 or 14 possible. Ribicoff and Woodcock fit McGovern allies while a Frances Farenthold ticket bid drew attention but faced doubts from political pros.
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McGovern
Kennedy
Ribicoff
Woodcock
Dutton
Baigleton
South Dakota
New York
California
Israel
Convention Hall
Frances
Sissy) Farenthold
Corpus Christi
Texas
Autonomy on Agenda for MFD Meeting
Miners for Democracy will hold a meeting at Sophia High School Sunday at 1 p.m. to discuss autonomy for United Mine Workers District 29. Levi Daniel of Beckley defends autonomy as miners electing district representatives, noting District 29 officials have been appointed before and autonomy may come in the coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miners For Democracy
United Mine Workers
UMW
Sophia High School
Levi Daniel
Beckley
District 29
the International
Washington
D. C
MFD
Nixon Talks With Soviet Ambassador Before Paris Talks
President Nixon held a warm chat with the Soviet ambassador in San Clemente on the eve of renewed Paris peace talks. Spokesman Ronald Ziegler called the meeting coincidental and said it was not related to the Hanoi negotiations.
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San Clemente
Calif
Help Coming Leveling Meat Prices in August Says Shultz
Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz says higher beef and veal imports should steady meat prices in August. He notes that in exchange for more exports, other nations would receive preferential treatment when quotas are set for 1973.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
George P.shultz
United States
Dinkler Rites Soon In Cameron Church
Funeral services for Angelo Adolph F. Dinkler 81 of 1909 Lewis Mercado Jr Barper Road will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Cameron Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Wade Webb and Rev. John Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery at Ravencliff. Dinkler died after a short illness in a local hospital. Survivors include his wife Edith Evans Dinkler three sons James Mabscott Adolph Jr and one daughter Debra Ann. He was born April 16 1891 at Caperton.
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Angelo
Adolph F. Dinkler
Lewis Mercado Jr
Barper Road
Chicago, IL
Glen
Daniel
The
Cameron
Caper- Freewill Baptist Church
Wade Webb
John Charies
Julia Dinkler
Richardson
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Libertyville
News River Co
Sprague
Edith Evans Dinkler
James
Mabscott
Beckley
Adolph Jr
Houston
Tex
Angela
Fred Dinkler
Sand Branch
Hulda Lane
Don
Freda
Chicago
iMallory
South Charleston
Emmett
Clara
Debra Ann
Marvin Robert
Edward
Charleston
Michael Mercado
August
Shady
Spring
Marvin Lane
Bob
Mercado
Puerto Rico
Melton Mortuary
Ethel Taylor
Stover
Duke and
Dean Stewart
James Dickens
Bilbrey
Wendell
Dewyane Steven
Elizabeth Lane Syme death notice in Beckley WV
Mrs Elizabeth Lane Syme 73 of 118 Clyde St died on arrival at a local hospital at 10 p m Wednesday She was born June 5 1899 in Wyoming County daughter of W D Callaway and Etta Cook Callaway She had no survivors The service is 2 pm Saturday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with George Erwin officiating Burial at Davis Addition Mount Tabor Cemetery Pallbearers James H Davis Lee Bellamy Woodrow Naff Robert Underwood Andy Cook Noel Thurman. Friends may call at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 5 pm Friday.
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Elizabeth Lane Syme
Clyde St
Beckley First Baptist Church
Wyoming County
W. D
Etta Cook Callaway
Rose and Quesenberry
George Dinkler
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant
George Erwin
Davis
Mount Tabor
James H. Davis
Lee Bellamy
Woodrow Naff
Robert Underwood
Andy Cook
Noel Thurman
Hattie R. Smith
Springfield Drive
Charleston
Crab Orchard
Charleston’ General Hospital
State Welfare Department
John Harmon
Lizzie Bell Rowe
Opal Spurlock
Glen White
Ethel Cook
Midway
Catherine Underwood
Rinda McVey
Sophia
Goldie Sears
Talcott
Fidler and Frame Funeral Home
Belle
Ray Baker
Paul Skaggs
Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral planned for Marcus C Walls in Cool Ridge
Pallbearers Frank Lane James Pack Donnie Pack Ancel Akers John Akers Eugene Harvey Opie Lilly will carry Marcus C Walls 8 at Glade Creek Baptist Church Cool Ridge Friday 2 30 p m Rev Dewey Waddell to officiate Burial in family cemetery Walls died 11 p m Tuesday in a local hospital after a long illness Caffee Funeral Home notified residence at 5 p m today Incomplete note for John Paul Gallimore 62 Crab Orchard died 8 20 p m Wednesday after long illness He was born Sept 15 1909 in Carroll County Va son of the late Robert P and Nannie Carter Gallimore He lived in Raleigh County 40 years member Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren retired miner last worked at McAlpin Ruby Campbell Gallimore two sons Rodrick Durham NC Richard Gallimore in Hawaii two sisters Reece Boone Moreland Okla Hugh Harwell Abilene Tex two brothers Arthur and Albert Gallimore Fries Va five grandchildren Body at Calfee Funeral Home may call after 4 p m Friday
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Marcus C. Walls
Cool Ridge
Frank
John Lane
James
Donnie Pack
Ancel
John Akers
Eugene Harvey
Opie Lilly
Glade Creek Baptist Church
Dewey Waddell
Caffee
John Paul Gallimore
Crab Orchard
Carroll County
Robert P
Nannie Carter Gallimore
Raleigh County
Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren
McAlpin
Ruby Campbell Gallimore
Rodrick
Durham
N. C
Richard Gallimore
U. S. Air Force
Hawaii
Reece Boone
Moreland
Okla
Hugh Harwell
Abilene
Tex
Arthur
Albert Gallimore
Fries
Calfee Funeral Home
Fred H. Nichols
Pleasant Hills
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
William Booth
Sunset Memorial Park
William and
Ademina’ Nichols
Beckley Masonic Lodge
Oak Grove
Lacy Thompson Dies in Bluefield Sanitarium After Illness
Lacy Thompson of Coal City died at 12 10 a m today in a Bluefield sanitarium after a long illness. Arrangements are pending.
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Lacy Thompson
Coal City
Bluefield
Rose and Quesenberry
Violence Flares Across Belfast as Troops Fire and Killings Surge
Ulster violence escalates with troops firing first per Twomey. In Belfast four gunmen attack a Catholic widow's home wounding Sally McLaaghan and her son David. A hooded man is found dead in Ballymurphy. In Portadown a 20 year old Protestant, Paul Beattie, is killed by a sniper. Two unidentified men killed in a Catholic pub. An additional 35 year old man dies from chest wounds. Eight soldiers injured by a landmine near Keady.
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Belfast
Twomey
Whitelaw
Old Park Road
Sally McLaaghan
David
Ballymurphy
Portadown
Paul Beattie
Catholic Lower Falls
Keady
County Armagh
Trish Republic
Applauded By Hawks Two Years Ago POWs Wife Seeks McGovern Bid
Valerie Kushner, 29, of Danville Virginia, wife of Army doctor Harold Kushner held a standing ovation as she seconded George McGovern at the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. She recalled her husband’s capture and urged stronger action to free POWs, noting Nixon’s policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawks
Pow
Seconds McGovern
Miami Beach
UPI
Congressional Hawks
Valerie Kushner
U.S
George McGovern
Nixon
Danville
Sam
Cannetti
Tolto
Clyde Bolen
Bernige
Indochina
Baker
Kushner
McGovern
Richard Nixon
McGovern faces left protests and security concerns at convention
Former North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford and Rep. Shirley Chisholm gain nomination momentum while Phil Ribicoff places McGovern’s name. Leftist protesters confront McGovern at his hotel lobby, a security scare follows arrests of two Republic of New Africa members, and a large fundraising plan aims to boost support. Wallace shocks by saying he will not run, prompting mixed analyst opinions.
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North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Shirley Chisholm
Ribicoff
McGovern
Chicago
Daley
Vietnam
Secret Service
Republic of New Africa
UPI
Congress
South Dakota
Wallace
Nixon
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John P. Gallimore
Ulster
Anita P. Bodnar
Anita Petroff Bodnar
Glen Rogers
Thomas L. Snuffer
Pennsylvania
Mike Bukko
Mike Bodnar
Mary Baker
Florence
Katie Viesiko
Erie
Johnny Petroff
Elipquipa
Dearborn
Mich
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Sidney Snuffer
Dene
Will Massie
Frankie Brooks
Dennis Green
Coleman Nichols
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Wilkesboro
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