Pnakovich Sees Outsiders Target Boyle In Union Fight
West Virginia union leader Leonard Pnakovich accuses outside promoters of trying to disrupt the United Mine Workers and says Boyle has been made a scapegoat. He notes 68,000 UMW members in the state and discusses upcoming elections overseen by the Labor Department.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPD
Leonard Pnakovich
West
Virginian
new United/tute
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Horces
Pankovich
Washington
United Mine Workers
Pnakovich
Tony Boyle
UMW
Fairmont
New York
George Titler
Beckley
Titler
R.O. Lewis
Union Heirarchy
U.S. Labor Department
Boyle
Labor Department
Miners For Democracy
Arnold Willer
Ohley
W.va
MFD
Pankovichi
Jor
Ito
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Bovile
District 31
Hijackers Surrender After Airport Chaos and Injuries
The hijacking incident at Freeport ended when FBI agent White persuaded the hijackers to surrender at 3 30 p m CDT after negotiations. Engineers Gerald L Beaver and Norman W Reagan were injured during escapes and attempts to flee through cockpit and ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
FBI
Adams
Gerald L. Beaver
Houston
Norman W. Reagan
Miami
White
Sewing Machine Contract At Center Of Suit Against Dowdy
Mary Lewis of Sophia files in Raleigh County Circuit Court against Ray Dowdy doing business as Dowdy Sewing Center alleging fraud and unlawful repossession of a sewing machine bought April 14 for 300 with trade in. She claims misread terms and seeks 10 000 exemplary damages plus 10 000 compensatory damages and an injunction.
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Ray Dowdy
Beckley
Dowdy Sewing Center
Mary Lewis
Sophia
Raleigh
South Kanawha St
Dowdy
Lewis
Mrs. Lewis
McGovern Nominating Speech Faces Uphill Battle for Unity
Democratic convention watchers saw McGovern struggle to unite delegates as he vowed to end the Vietnam War and demand full mobilization against Nixon. Kennedy energized the crowd urging Nixon’s defeat while party elder statesmen weighed labor support and the running mate choice amid intra party tensions.
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America
McGovern
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Jback
Eagleton
Tom
Organized Labor
Labor
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Humphrey
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Beckley Man Hospitalized After Pill Overdose and Charge
A 20 year old Beckley man identified as Russell Evans was found taking about 100 pills at Raleigh Hotel and swallowed more before officers arrived. He is in good condition in intensive care at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital and faces charges of intoxication entering without breaking and petit larceny. Patrolman Victor McMillion reported the events and noted he was en route to Crab Orchard to lecture on drugs when alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Raleigh
Victor McMillion
Russell Evans
Laurel Terrace
Evans
McMillion
Crab Orchard
Woman’s Club
Rockefeller At Convention Seeks Party Unity
Rockefeller attended the convention to promote party unity amid questions of his motives. Mudd had suggested Rockefeller sought national publicity, but Rockefeller denied that claim saying his goal was unity within the party.
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Mudd
Rockefeller
West Virginia Delegation Backs Eagleton for VP
West Virginia's 35 member delegation at the Democratic National Convention votes 28 for Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton as vice president choice for Missouri. McGovern supporters praise the ticket while Humphrey backers expect heavy campaigning to win the fall. Some prefer Sen. Edward Kennedy for VP.
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Miami Beach
UPS
West Virginia
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
George S. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eagleston
McGovern
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Sem
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Charles Hamilton
Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Robert Doyle
Shepperdstown
ID Cards Issued At State Store In Beckley
Youths aged 18 to 21 may apply for state cards at the East Beckley store on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tony Bava of the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission will be there noon to 8 pm with a camera and equipment. Bring birth certificates or age proof. processing costs $1. Cards are optional and mailed to applicants. no profit to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Beckley
Tony Bava
Alcohol Beverage ‘Control Commission
Bava
Elks Reject Non White Membership Proposal
Atlantic City New Jersey delegates of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks voted 1798 to 921 to delete a whites only clause from the constitution. Francis Smith newly installed grand exalted ruler declined comment on the vote. Richard Zelenka said the fight to admit non whites would continue next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
UPI
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks Convention
Francis Smith
Sioux Falls
S.D
Elks Grand Advisory Committee
Richard Zelenka
Ridgewood
N.J
Elks
Marines Break Siege Near Quang Tri in Widening Fight
UPI reports 800 South Vietnamese Marines with U S naval gunfire and bombing broke through a two day siege on the northern rim of Quang Tri City. One American was killed and about 40 wounded. Col Nguyen Trong Bao, chief of staff of the paratroop division, was shot down and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Quang Tri
Marine
Nguyen Trong Bao
Bao
Eagleton picked as McGovern running mate amid wide field
Reports indicate that McGovern settled on his friend Eagleton after a long vetting process that trimmed a list of 24 candidates to 11 and then to one. Other finalists included Edward Kennedy Abraham Ribicoff Walter Mondale and Reubin Askew. McGovern pledged to restore dignity to the vice presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGovern
Eagleton
Frances “Sissy” Farenthold
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Teddy White
Shirley MacLaine
Edward Kennedy
Abraham Ribicoff
Walter Mondale
Reubin Askew
Florida
Eagle
Tom
Spiro
PSC Puts Off Phone Rate Hike in West Virginia
Charleston. The Public Service Commission suspended Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. proposed rate increase of 14.7 million dollars for four months. The hike, set to start July 20, is delayed pending a hearing and final PSC ruling.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake & Penn Telephone Co
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Cycle Jumps Curb Striking Pedestrian Maims Mrs Mitchem
Mrs Waneta Mitchem of 221 Birch Street Beckley was listed in good condition at Appalachian Regional Hospital after a motorcycle struck her near the Raleigh County Courthouse. The operator Daniel Lee Keeton 207 Hargrove Street cited for failure to have vehicle under control after veering onto the sidewalk and hitting the pedestrian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waneta Mitchem
Birch St
Beckley
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Raleigh County
Jack Bowden
Daniel
Lee Keeton
Hargrove St
Murphy’s Department Store
Keeton
Deaths and Funerals Rev. H. B. Booker 61
Funeral arrangements pending for the Rev. H. B. Booker of 132 Rhodes St who died Thursday in a local hospital after a long illness He was born April 26 1910 in Greensboro Alabama son of John and Ann William Booker He pastored Collins Temple Baptist Church of Winding Gulf He is survived by his wife Louise seven grandchildren one daughter Ethel Bennett of Bronx NY a sister Carrie Bell of Greensboro Alabama and one great grandchild The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
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H. B. Booker
Rhodes St
Greensboro
Ala
John
Ann William Booker
Collins Temple Baptist Church
Winding Gulf
Louise Booker
Beckley
Ethel Bennett
Bronx, N. Y
Carrie Bell
Lacy Thompson
Sophia
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Roy Dale Martin
Sunset Memorial Park
Bluefield
Ballard
Anna Thompson
Stotesbury
Millie Hawkins Thompson
Lacy Jr
Zanesville
Ohio
Bobby
Princewick
Lena Lester
Sullivan Road
Betty Lilly
Pipestein
Jimmy Deeny
Clarksville
Tenn
Final rites for Virgil Turner in Roanoke area
Virgil Garfield Turner 45 formerly of Danese Roanoke Va dies in Roanoke hospital after brief illness. Final rites Saturday at 1 pm Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel Rainelle Rev Roy Tyree in charge. Burial in Patton Cemetery Meadow Bridge. Survived by brothers Hubert and Dewey Beckley.
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Virgil Garfield Turner
Roanoke
Danese
Wallace
Funeral Services for Miss Rachel Tolliver in Greenstown
Miss Rachel Tolliver 83 of Greens town dies after short illness in Oak Hill hospital. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday at First Baptist Church Greenstown with Rev T M Steven officiating. Burial in Greens town Cemetery. Friends may visit at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor after 4 pm today.
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Rachel Tolliver
Greenstown
First Baptist Church
T. M. Steven
Oak Hill
Ritchie and Johnson
Local Obituaries Highlight Rites for Lane Syme and Others
Funeral services set for Elizabeth Lane Syme 73 of 118 Clyde St with Dr. Kenneth Swank officiating. Entombment in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Also services for Mattie R. Smith 56 of Charleston formerly Crab Orchard at Belle funeral home with graveside rites at Sunset Memorial Park. Angelo Lewis Mercado Jr. nine of Chicago formerly Glen Daniel to be buried Pine Grove Cemetery Ravencliff after services at Cameron Freewill Baptist Church.
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Elizabeth Syme
Elizabeth Lane Syme
Clyde St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Kenneth Swank
Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum
Jack and Prentis Trump
J. E. Richardson Jr
Dale Homer
Richard and
Vivian Cook
Mattie R. Smith
Springfield Drive
Charleston
Crab ‘Orchard
Fidler and Frame
Belle
Ray. Baker
Paul Skaggs
Sunset Memorial Park
Charleston Hospital
State Welfare Department
John Harmon
Lizzie Bell Rowe
Opal Spurlock
Glen White
Ethel Cook
Midway
Catherine Underwood
Beckley
Amida McVey
Sophia
Goldie Sears
Talcott
Angelo Lewis Mercado Jr
Chicago
Ill
Glen Daniel
Steven
Wendell
Dewayne Bilbrey
Duke
Dean Stewart
James Dickens
Cameron Freewill Baptist Church
Wade Webb
John Richardson
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Libertyville
Mercado
Ethel Taylor
Stover
Melton Mortuary
John Paul Gallimore
Crab Orchard
Church of the Brethren
Mark Wolfe
Glen Sage
Caffee
Harry Williams
Harry Green
Russell ‘O'Neal
Ezra Beck
Ray St. ‘Clair
William Pennington
Indicted VVAW members plotted to disrupt Nixon renomination
The four Gainesville and St. Petersburg VVAW members jailed without bail faced a federal investigation into plans to cross state lines and attack police with wrist rockets and bombs during the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. The Center for Constitutional Rights seeks bail release. immunity granted to some witnesses. others dismissed from the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
Tallahassee
Justice Department
U. S
William Staffford
Pensacola
Stafford
VVAW
U.S
John Victor
Chambers
St. Petersburg
Jack L. Jennings
William Bruce Horton
Gainesville
Florida
Scott Camil
Final rites and survivors listed for multiple West Virginia deaths
Final rites for George Chester Shaver 54 of Page and Lacy Thompson 72 of Sophia are set with burials in local cemeteries. The reports list survivors including spouses children and siblings. Also noted are funeral arrangements for John Paul Gallimore 62 of Crab Orchard with service details and pallbearers.
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Leo
David Ballard
Bradford
Vietnam
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Beckley Man
MR. Cash
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
J. Coleman
Wheeling
Senate Labor ‘Committee
Harley O. Staggers
Keyser
Staggers
Tom Eagleton
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Harley Staggers
Congress
Ken Wagner
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Vietnams
Vinh
Hanoi
Air Force
Virgil Turner
Mrs
Mattie Smith
Angelo Mercado Jr
Gop
George C. Shaver
George Chester Shaver
Page
Open Bible Tabernacle
Kincaid
R. K. Bond
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak
Oak Hill Hospital
Frametown
Braxton County
George H. Shaver
Sansford
Alma Cottrell Shaver
Agnes McQueen Shaver
George C
Robert L
James R
Larry T
Sarasota
Frances Moore
Redstar
Drema Henthorne
Columbus
J Ohio
Judy Harvey
Penny Jo Shaver
Otis
Fletcher
Wilmington
Del
Faye Adkins
Ethel Adkins
Minnie Jones
Scarbro
Stella Raye
Myrtle England
Tyree
John Gallimore
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