Fire destroys Harper laundry and dry cleaning service
A morning blaze destroyed a Harper laundry and dry cleaning service causing about 22000 in property damage. Owner Arnett Lilly of Beckley watched as the building burned, with residents saving a nearby gas station half of the structure. State police logged additional accidents and arrests across Beckley including two vehicle crashes with minor injuries, charges of reckless driving and intoxication, and several speeding citations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Arnett Lilly
Stewart Ave
Beckley
Lilly
Assault Charge for 18 Year Old Arrested on Warrant
Ralph Barringer of East Park arrested at 11:45 p m on an assault warrant for allegedly attacking a 14 year old Beckley girl. Magistrate Lorena Wallace issued the warrant and Barringer posted a $500 property bond to Town Magistrate Wallace. Sophia city police jailed Bill D Young of Beckley at 1 a m for drunken driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Barringer
7Th Street
East Park
Barringer
Beckley
Lorena Wallace
Wallace
Sophia City
Bill D. Young
Rescue Squad Takes Cecil Roger to VA Hospital
Beckley Rescue Squad answered a 9 58 a m call to City Hall for Cecil Roger 25 of South Fayette Street reported ill. No treatment was needed on scene and he was transported to the Veterans Administration Hospital by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
City Hall
Cecil Roger
South Fayette Street
Veterans Administration Hospital
Deaths and Funerals Lead Off With Two Services
Two obituaries appear as funeral notices. Betty Jean Ewing England 38 Scarbro dies from a gunshot wound and is to be buried at Harrah Cemetery Backus Mountain with services at her Scarbro home. Evelyn Mason McMillan 62 MacArthur dies after short illness and will be laid to rest at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens with services at Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Ewing England
Scarbro
Ernest Barley
Harrah
Backus Mountain
Oak Hill
Beckley
Jasper and
Linnie
Hollywood Missionary Baptist ‘Church
C. R.brooks
Sam Smith
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Ansted
W. W
Avice Childress Johnson
Daniel
Daniel W. Jr
Chesapeake
Robert L
Detroit
Mich
James L. McMillan
Virginia Beach
Wiley (Gaye) Gentry
Greenville
S.C
Phillip
Carol) Oxley
Kenneth
Sandy) Scarbro
Parma
Ohio
William W. Johnson
Point Pleasant
Ethel Ballard
Crab Orchard
Edna Martin
MacArthur
Williams
Lonnie Deck
Ronie
Eugene Warden
E. W. Hill
Lawrence Martin
Joe Ramsey
Final rites for Horace Kessinger in Union
Horace Clark Kessinger 83 of Union dies after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Broyles and McGuire Funeral Chapel in Union with Rev. Carlos Crews officiating. Survived by sister Mrs. Mattie Williams and brother Ezra, both of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Clark Kessinger
Union
Broyles and McGuire
Carlos Crews
Mattie Williams
Ezra
Beckley
Apollo 15 rehearses as weather favors Monday launch
Cape Kennedy reports astronauts David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin completing a final flight rehearsal. Officials anticipate up to 1.5 million spectators for the 9 34 a m EDT liftoff on a 12 day lunar mission with forecast partly cloudy skies and 83 degree temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
M. Worden
James B. Irwin
Strip Mining Drives Coal Output Higher in First Half 1971
National Coal Association reports 313.1 million tons produced in six months, up 7 percent from 1970. Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee show the biggest gains due to strip and auger mining, while West Virginia and Virginia dip. Kentucky up 21.3 percent. Tennessee 22.6 percent. Indiana Maryland Alabama Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania also rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Coal Association
Carl E. Bagge
NCA
Bagge
Kentucky
Tennessee
Congress
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Joseph Michael Lester
Kent Ave
Philadelphia Area
Jstrip
Appalachia
U. S. Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
Virginia
Indiana
Maryland
Alabama
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mississippi River
Former McCormack Aide Begins 24-Year Prison Term
Dr. Martin Sweig, 47, former chief administrative assistant to House Speaker John McCormack, entered Lewistown Federal Penitentiary in Lewisburg to start a 24-year perjury sentence. He will transfer to the Allenwood camp next week, after processing. He was convicted July 9, 1970, for lying to a grand jury. acquitted on conspiracy and five other perjury charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
UPI
John McCormack
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
Noah Alldredge
Martin Sweig
Allenwood
Sweig
McCormack
Red Dog and Owner Face Court Over Ticket
Red Dog and his master John Miller of Los Angeles are to appear in Alhambra municipal court with a lawyer. Miller, an engineer, has ridden the mongrel on his motorcycle for five years. A CHP officer cited Miller for an unsafe load, prompting Miller to contest the charge and question the gag about giving Red Dog a ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerrald Stewart Rolls
Lee St
Rolls
Lester and Rice
Alhambra
Calif
UPI
Red Dog
John Miller
Miller
Los Angeles
California
State Elections Commission allows computer voting in state
The State Elections Commission approved electronic and computer voting machines but county officials will decide if they are used. Computer Elections System of Elmhurst IL was given permission to sell the machines in the state, but the commission did not issue a recommendation for or against their use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Elections Commission
Computer Elections System
Elmhurst
Mingo Vote Buying Trial Recessed Until Monday
Federal Judge John Field recessed the Mingo County Four case until Monday after the government rested its case. Defense witnesses tried to undermine key government testimony linking Noah Floyd Del Varney Harry Artis and Arnold Starr to spending about 50 000 to influence the 1968 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riff Harry Artis
Arnold Starr
Mingo County
Zane Grey Staker
Williamson
Leroy Tiller
Matewan
Ernest Ward
Floyd
Artis
Carl Berkley
Fof Beckley
Ward
Berkley
Thomas Copley
W. W. Walker
Pipestein
Wyoming youth loses leg in Glen Rogers cycle crash
Robert Massey 17 was riding a motorcycle without a license or helmet when it hit a car driven by 33 year old Mary Elizabeth Fuller on Glen Rogers Road. Massey had his right leg amputated at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens and is listed in satisfactory condition with no other injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Lilly’s Hardware
Daniels
Mary E. Phillipson
Carlos G. Treadway
Teel Road
Phillipson
Glen Rogers
RNS
Wyoming County
Robert Massey
Massey
Audrey Massey
Mary Elizabeth Fuller
Mable Fuller
Dora Fuller
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Huntington Officials Tackle Wage Deadlock With Audits
City Manager Ed Ewing and the council seek a resolution to ongoing pay disputes as police and fire unions demand higher monthly hikes. An IAFF auditor will review the city’s books next week with administration approval. Fire and police remain at odds over pay and benefits despite talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
Ed Ewing
International Association of Firefighters
Ewing
Gil Kleinknecht
Police Civil Service Commission
Kleinknecht
Whitmer Town Abolished Over Dump Dispute in Randolph
Judge George Triplett of Randolph County Circuit Court ordered Whitmer to stop acting as a town after finding no corporate action since 1923. The town, once hosting a dump, had its charter invalidated amid lawsuits by landowners objecting to trash dumping on their property. The ruling, appealed to the state Supreme Court, notes Whitmer must restart incorporation from scratch if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
UPI
Whitmer
Randolph County
George Triplett
Randolph County Circuit Court
Triplett
State Supreme Court
Ed VanDevender
Dale Elza
Elza
Iraqi council coup and Libyan protest shake regional politics
Iraqi news agency reports Maj Farouk Osman Hamadallah as the second man in the coup plot, with Nour Hamadallah and Mahjoub linked as Communist sympathizers in London during the Monday coup led by Maj Hashem Atta. Libya denounces the incident while Britain seeks apology and release of Sudanese passengers after a plane return to London. A separate Iraqi Baath flight to Khartoum crashing in Jeddah kills 10, six survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farouk
Osman Hamadallah
Mahjoub
Nour
Hamadallah
London
Maj
Hashem Atta
Libya
Nuneiry
Britain
Benghazi
Iraq Agency
Khartoum
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
Baghdad
Blue Ridge Dam debated as private project costs cited
Judge Browning framed the Blue Ridge dam case as a test of low flow augmentation for pollution by a private firm. He noted an EPA extension suggests concern over violent attacks by conservationists and warned the $150 million bill would be passed to the public, comparing it to three times all Kanawha Valley industry pollution abatement spending since 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy
Browning
EPA
Blue Ridge Project
Kanawha Valley
Washington
UPI
Ronald V. Dellums
D-Calif
U.S
South Africa
Dellums
Laurel Run Hearing Opens Case Over Strip Permit
DNA testimony began as the State Department of Natural Resources pursued an appeal by H. L. Kennedy Co over revoking a permit to strip 42 acres near Laurel Run and Cooper's Rock State Forest. The hearing before the Reclamation Review Board extended into Thursday night with four more witnesses planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
UPI
State Department of Natural Resources
Pittsburgh
Laurel Run
Cooper’s Rock State Forest
H. L. Kennedy Co
Reclamation Review Board
Frank Ellison
Ellison
Charles Wehner
Reclamation Division
Ben Greene
Wehner
Greene
DNR
Charles Sheets
Kennedy Co
Rail Strike Deadline Near as Negotiators Return
Union and rail management resume talks over a seven day old walkout that could shut down 10 railroads next weekend. The dispute centers on work rules and a 42 percent wage rise for 42 months, with widespread carrier impact and limited optimism for a national settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
N&w
U.S
UTA
C&nw
UTU
Chicago
Mystery surrounds cause of Tuesday plane crash killing four
Federal investigator said it may be two months before the cause is learned after a twin engine air crash here that killed four. The FAA’s William Caudill called engine failure speculation a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Caudill
Federal Aviation Administration
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Harper Business
Roscoe DuBoise
Morris St
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Paul Dean McCreery
Calvert Western Exploration Co
Pecos
Texas
DuBoise Auto
McCreery
C and
South Kanawha Streets
Harold Dean Blevins
West Virginia St
David Lee Phillips
Army
Roger D. Spicer
Rocky E.neal
U.S. Army
David Spangler
Navy
U.S. Navy
Clacy ‘Maddy
Shady Spring
Maddy
Joe Rodriguez
Michael L. Lykins
Travelers Lane
Lykins
Rita C. Gallagher
Russell Ist
Blevins
Joseph E. Hylton
Orchard Ave
Phillips
Hylton
Betty King
South Fayette St
Betty England
Evelyn McMillan
Evelyn Mason McMillan
Horace Kessinger
Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Wood-Johnstown Road
David R. Rice
Stoker
Democratic
Wyoming
United Methodist Temple
Raleigh County
Randolph
Blue Ridge Dam
Laurel
Ees
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Morehead
Ken Itucky
Licking River
Moscow
Gennadi I. Voronov
U.S.S.R
Tass
State Committee of People’s Control
Soviet Union
Voronov
Goldwater
Denver
Colo
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Nixon
China
GOP
Republican National Committee
McCarthy
ST. Paul, Minn
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
John Connolly
St. Paul
New York
Beckley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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