Welfare Office Names New Area Administrator
Phillip D. Turner of Clarksburg will take over as Area 25 Raleigh County administrator for the Department of Welfare on Aug 1. Turner, a former teacher and coach, has held multiple welfare roles since 1964 and currently leads the Area 8 office in Clarksburg. He serves on regional boards and is married with three children.
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Phillip D. Turner
Clarksburg
Raleigh County
Department of Welfare
Turner
Masontown Valley High School
Potomac State College
West Virginia University
Division of Family Services
Preston
Monongalia
Deparment
Fairmont
Area 8
Valley Counseling Center
Harrison County
Harrison County Senior Citizens Association
Marion County Red Cross
Harrison County Community Action Council
Carolyn Zinn
Reedsville
Preston County
Kimberly
Michael
Victoria
Fairmont Junior Woman’s Club
James Cooper
John Almond
Beckley
Fairmont Holdup Suspect Held
West Virginia authorities will question a juvenile picked up in Lorain Ohio as a suspect in the armed bank robbery near Fairmont West Virginia. The youth wore hippie attire and demanded cash within five seconds, escaping with 2700 dollars from the Middletown National Bank. He had been released one day earlier from the Robert F. Kennedy Youth Center Morgantown West Virginia.
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Lorain
Ohio
UPI
West Virginia
Fairmont
W. Va
Middletown National Bank
Morgantown
W.va
Deaths and Funerals notices from Rhodell and nearby areas
Deaths and funerals from Rhodell Eureka Sophia and surrounding towns. Mrs Marilee Howerton 47 of Rhodell dies after brief illness with services Friday at Williams Funeral Home MacArthur burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Mary Blake Johnson 64 of Eureka will be laid to rest Saturday in Sophia Sunset Memorial Park after a short illness. Henry Flavis Mitchem 53 of Kennette Square PA formerly Rhodell dies at home after a short illness with service Saturday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. Eugene Smith of Newark Del formerly Lester dies at home after heart attack with services in Newark. Burial and calling details listed for each case.
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M. Howerton
Marilee Howerton
Rhodell
Williams Funeral Home
MacArthur
Otis Clyburn
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Mary Blake Johnson
Eureka
Helen
Sophia
Vernon Taylor
Sunset Memorial Park
Betty Flanagan
Stotesbury
Virginia
Smith
Lula Blackwell
H. C. Johnson
Earl H
Air Force
Italy
Jackie Blake
Geneva Sue Moye
Johnstown
Ohio
Roy Blackwell
Floyd
Catherine Robinson
Doris Phillips
Floyd, Va
Annie Sweeney
Roanoke
Emma Riddle
Ethel Marrs
Henry F. Mitchem
Henry Flavis Mitchem
Kennette Square
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Okey Cox
Mooney
Tommy Creek
Bon
Williamson
Filena Cadle Mitchem
Sam Mitchem
Shirley Lewis
Warrensville
N. C
Mona Forrester
Avondale
Wiley Mitchem
Frends
Raymond Eversole 72 Dies in Huntington After Heart Attack
Raymond Eversole a Beckley area salesman for 20 years and a retired ACF Industries sales rep died in a Huntington hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was 72 and lived in Huntington. Funeral services and burial will be Saturday in Huntington. The body is at Chapman's Mortuary.
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Beckley
Raymond E
Ray) Eversole
Huntington
Eversole
American Car and Foundry
ACF Industries Inc
Chapman’s Mortuary
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel to close plants before UPI strike
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp begins a phased shutdown ahead of a United Steel Workers strike set for Aug. 1. Coke plants in Monessen Pennsylvania and Steubenville Ohio will close first, affecting about 500 workers, with full layoffs by July 31 as contracts expire.
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USW
Warren
Ohio
Yorkville
Akron
Martins Ferry
Wheeling
W. Va
Benwood
Beech Bottom
Wooster, Mass
Los Angeles
Engine failure hinted in private plane crash near airport
Four people died when a Piper Twin Commanche crashed after takeoff near Tri-State Airport. FAA and NTSB investigators said engines were removed and found in good shape, but sources indicate evidence of engine failure caused the stall and plunge into a ravine. Four federal officials planned to depart Huntington after recoveries.
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Huntington
UPI
Tri-State
Federal Aviation Administration
National Transportation Safety Board
Sudanese politicians identified amid hijack risk in Libya
Maj. Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub and Maj. Farouk Hamadal lah, linked to the Sudanese revolutionary command council, were identified after a Libyan led hijack drama. British sources say Libyan jet fighters threatened to shoot the VC10 when it landed in Benghazi, prompting a delayed landing and detainment of two officials.
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Nour
Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub
Eric Anglin
Khartoum
Farouk Hamadallah
Mahgoub
Hamadallah
Revolutionary Command Council
Anglin
London
Benghazi
Roy Bowyer
Bowyer
Malta
Funds denial clashes with West Virginia crime probe claims
State Police Superintendent R L Bonar and Gov Arch Moore say funds exist to support investigations in West Virginia while Monongalia County Prosecutor Joseph Laurita Jr cites a need for a dedicated immediate use fund. Records show small checks issued and later returned for the coed murder case and Laurita investigation.
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Wheeling
Laurita
Department For Public Safety
Moore
Bonar
West Virginia University
Tax Office Hours For Real Estate Tax Collection
The Tax Department of the Sheriff's Office will be open Friday from 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m for real estate and personal property tax collection per department official.
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the Sheriff's Office
Scarbro Woman Dies by Gunshot in Apparent Self Harm
Betty Ewing England 39 of Scarbro died on arrival at Oak Hill Hospital after an apparent self inflicted gunshot near the heart. Fayetteville sheriff’s deputies found no known reason for the action. The body lies at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Beckley.
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Scarbro
Betty Ewing England
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Mingo election trial details alleged vote buying in 1968
The trial of four Mingo County officials including ex-state Sen Noah Floyd and Sheriff Harry Varney resumed in U S District Court. Witnesses testified to a payoff system paying voters after the election and to precincts aiding voters up to eighty percent. Witnesses described ballot coercion and improvised inducements surrounding Matewan polling places.
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Larry Wolford
Wolford
Lytton Charged In Bomb Threat
John William Lytton, 39, of Beckley, is held on a $2,500 bond on a federal charge related to a bomb threat and for public intoxication. FBI agents charged him July 15 with giving false information about bombs on two incoming airplanes. He waived the preliminary hearing and awaits action by a Federal Grand Jury. Beckley police had arrested him for intoxication.
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John William Lytton
E. Prince St
Beckley
Raleigh
Lytton
FBI
Ned Ragland Jr
Ragland
Permit Revoked for Ringwood Mining Strip Mine Plan
Matthews was questioned by Ellison on methods to determine water acidity. James Wilkerson, Ringwood Mining Co. vice president, was slated as first witness as the Pittsburgh firm faced revocation of its permit by Governor Moore's order to Director Latimer.
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Matthews
Ellison
James Wilkerson
Ringwood Mining Co
Pittsburgh
Arch A. Moore Jr
Ira. S. Latimer
Department of Natural Resources
Tax Exemption Bill Aims to Match Inflation Rise
Washington lawmaker Rep. Les Aspin introduces a House bill to provide a cost of living increase for personal income tax exemptions starting in 1974. He notes the 600 exemption created in 1948 has not kept pace with more than a 50 percent price rise.
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Washington
UPI
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Rail strike threat halts freight as unions plan citywide walkouts
The UTC union warns of a strike at 6 a.m. Saturday against Southern Pacific and Norfolk and Western over work rules. After prior walkouts, additional rail lines face action, including Chicago to California routes, threatening raw material supplies to heavy industries and west Coast transport.
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UTC
Southern Pacific
Norfolk and Western
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Peoria
Ill
UTU
Chicago
UTA
Santa Fe
Bessemer & Lake Erie
Duluth, Messabi & Iron Range
Houston Belt & Terminal
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Illinois
Alton’ & Southern
St. Louis
Far West
Beckley Grant Sought For Beckley Playgrounds
Gov Arch Moore approves an application seeking 3500 dollars from the U S Outdoor Recreation fund to furnish Scott Avenue and Temple Street playgrounds Beckley with basketball courts hobby horses space platforms saddle mates benches merry go rounds a shelter storage room and a water fountain the Beckley City Recreation Department would provide matching funds to total 7000 dollars.
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Arch Moore
U. S
Scott Avenue
Temple Street
Beckley
Bread eater sets one hour world bread record
Paul Hughes aged 13 in Liverpool claimed a world record by consuming 78 slices of bread and jam in one hour. The feat was reported by United Press International.
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Liverpool
England
UPI
Paul Hughes
Fiddler On The Roof Sets Broadway Run Record
New York reports Fiddler on the Roof surpassed Hello Dolly as the longest Broadway musical run with 2,844 performances. Harold Prince predicts it may run at least another year, potentially the longest ever.
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New York
UPI
Tevye
Broadway
Aleichem
Russia
Fiddler
Father
Tobacco Road
Harold Prince
Fiddlee
Widow questions Vietnam death ruling over missing husband
Glenna McDowell aged 26 in Sweetwater Texas disputes a board's declaration that her husband S Sgt R D McDonell 28 was killed in action in Vietnam. She says no body tags or personal effects exist and refuses a memorial until proof. She hopes he is a prisoner of war and plans no service yet.
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Sweetwater
Tex
UPI
Glenna McDowell
Vietnam
West Texas
R.D. McDonell
Mrs. McDonell
McDonells
McDonell
Dam Ends Evacuation as Licking River Falls in Morehead
Hundreds of residents in tobacco farming communities returned home after the Licking River dropped below the temporary earthen dam. Army Engineers halted evacuation at 10 a.m. EDT as the river receded .07 feet per hour, more than a foot below the dam top.
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Morehead
UPI
Licking River
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Sherman Angle
Harvey Meadows
Sid Bonds
Cecil Miller
William Rose
Eugene Smith
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William P. Smith
Trap Hill High School
Beckley Masonic Temple
Katié Smith
Larry
Helen Huffman
Shan Smith
Warwick Funeral Home
West Park Place
Beckley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Raymond Eversole
United Methodist Temple
Karachi
Pakistan
Reading Boats
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Robert L. Mosingo
D.L. Lake
Mingo
Marshall University
Frank Tiller
Matewan
Varney
James MacNeeley
Hansel Akers
Ernest Ward
Laurel
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Apollo
Cape Kennedy
Apollo 15
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Space
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Worden
Irwin
Radio Free Europe Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
J. William Fulbright
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General Accounting Office
Library of Congress
Icentral Intelligence Agency
Saigon
William Moorhead
R-Pa
United States
Moorhead
House
Paris
Bon Vivant, Inc
GOP
Jack Reilly
Robert Dole
Little
Charleston
UPT
State Department of Commerce
K. Carl Little
Coalgood
Genoa
Salami
Armour & Co
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