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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1971
Page
1
Final rites for Glen Collins 37 of Pomeroy Ohio and several others are set or noted across the notice. Rosetta Kinard Mills Roby Roscoe Mills Jr Leslie Bowling Elsie Sigmund George Gentry Loren Holt Eddie Foy and Darlow Richmond are included with service times locations burial details and surviving relatives.
Mrs Annie Larkins 78 of East Park dies after long illness Wednesday morning in a local hospital. Services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Second Baptist Church with Rev J W Gowen presiding. Burial follows. Friends may call at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
An oil slick stretched 1.2 miles along Coney Island beaches and reached Staten Island after a Navy vessel valve was opened incorrectly. Over 30 city workers with shovels cleaned through the night, with more crews and heavier equipment called in after dawn.
The Commerce Department reports GNP at a 1.04 trillion annual rate for April through June, with 4.2 percent price inflation and 3.6 percent real output growth. Personal consumption drives most of the rise while the Federal Reserve raises the discount rate from 4 to 5 percent to curb inflation.
Palestinian guerrillas report Jordanian army has attacked their positions for the fourth straight day in north Jordan. Shelling audible in Amman. road to the front blocked. Syrian delegates seek access to the combat zone as heavy artillery and phosphorus shells are used. In Mersa Matruh Egyptian leaders confer with four Arab nations including President Sadat.
West Virginia Welfare Commissioner Edward Flowers announced a plan to provide total basic needs for half of the 48 000 welfare cases by June 30 next year. The overhaul includes higher payments and a clothing allowance for school age children and aims to reduce fraud and errors while placing recipients in jobs.
Superior Court Judge Paul Johnson Jr and a fellow judge press Boone County to appropriate 1500 for pay raises or face contempt of court citations. The demand follows a Thursday order directing the council to fund the raises.
Sen. Vance Hartke proposes a reform to classify coal miners as legally disabled if pneumoconiosis prevents return to mining. He criticizes denying benefits to those who could work elsewhere, noting many miners lack other skills after 20 to 40 years underground. He cites HEW data showing only about half of Indiana claims approved.
Chou Enlai says China seeks friendly relations with all nations and rejects enemies. The invitation and Nixon's acceptance mark a step toward normalized relations sought by the President. The move follows Nixon’s steps to ease trade and travel restrictions and his prior interest in visiting China.
Two former Burger Bay Food-O-Rama employees face grand larceny charges after about $1,903 was stolen from the firm’s safe on July 4. Arrests were made at their homes, with part of the money recovered. The Beckley Police investigation involved Police Chief Durrett, Sgt. Stafford, and Detective Cole.
A $100,000 suit is filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court against Archie Hopkins of Montreal after an auto crash on September 29, 1970, on West Virginia Route 3 near Dry Creek that injured Daniel H. Hopkins who was a passenger. Medical expenses cited total $5,000.
Electrical workers report widespread outages in Lake County due to deliberate sabotage including cut cables and burned junction boxes. A company spokesman said a telephone company garage in Elgin was firebombed amid the violence.
The Medical World News report cites National Institute of Mental Health research showing marijuana is nonaddictive and less harmful than tobacco, with potential for some medical uses. Experts urge prudent use, noting incomplete knowledge and the need for further study before broad safety claims.
Paul R. Dean was selected as the new neutral trustee on the United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund board by union and operators representatives. Judge Gesell must approve. Dean would earn 35000 dollars annually and has Georgetown Law background as former dean and labor arbitrator.
The Vatican voiced satisfaction at Nixon’s Southeast Asia outreach and expressed hope for true peace and cooperation. Italian officials praised the policy shift as pacification toward easing global tensions, while former Japanese Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi saw potential openings toward peace.
Bolt Mining reports two seam blocks on Millers Fork of Peachtree Creek near Naoma and on Upper Big Branch of Trough Fork near Bolt, Wyoming County. Ranger Fuel Co. sold to Pittston Coal Co. as a wholly owned subsidiary. James C. Justice leads local operations.
UMW general counsel Edward L. Carey accuses Sen. Griffin of trying to dismantle the labor movement and restore a labor czar. Carey cites Griffin's testimony at a subcommittee hearing and demands probe into Yablonski campaign financing with Rob Rauh and Reuther ties.
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