Connally Rules Out Wage and Price Controls
Treasury Secretary Connally rejected a do nothing policy and ruled out wage and price controls for now while warning broader action could unfold if inflation worsens. Economist Ackley urged a permanent wage price review board independent of party. Nixon aides expect decisive steps as conditions rise, with labor disputes in construction and steel signaling possible inflationary pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Treasury
John B. Connally
Nixon
Conally
Connally
Gardner Ackley
White House Council of Economic Advisers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ackley
Face the Nation
Sudan Arrests and Protective Custody Ties to Coup Run
In Khartoum the air force and army placed Soviet advisers under protective custody amid coup suspicions. Abdel Khaled Mahjoub and other Communists were arrested as a counter coup followed a 72 hour overthrow. Over 1,000 detainees reported with some released. Lt Col Babkr al Nour facing potential death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khartoum
Sudan
UPS
Jaafar Nuneiry
Numeiry
Radio Omdurman
Communist Party
Er Abdel Khaled Mahjoub
Soviet Union
Anatoly Nikolaev
Babkr al Nour
Beckley Pool Fund Receives $40 338 From Donors
City pool drive reports total contributions of 40 338 23 to support a public swimming facility in the city park along the 1921 By Pass. The drive seeks 80 000 in local gifts matched by 80 000 in federal funds with leaders citing support from WWNR radio and local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
U. S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Tony” Gonzalez
WWNR
Frank Rodriguez
Wein
Beckley Exhibition
Harry Cooper
A. M. Behnam
Joseph A. Maiolo
American Legion Auxiliary
Robert Fuqua
Ralph B. Swiger
Ida Pitotti
Deletee Gilmer
Clementia Hawley
Glen Daniel
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Gonzalez
Mount Hope Teen Drowns in New River Incident
A 16 year old Mount Hope boy Clifford Eugene Blevins drowned while swimming in New River near Prince Sunday at about 7 30 p.m. He was a former Mount Hope High School student and son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Blevins. Local citizens recovered the body at 8 30 p.m. per Oak Hill state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Clifford Eugene Blevins
New River
Prince
Mount Hope High School
Herbert Blevins
Oak Hill
Tyreen
William Burke
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Blevins
Herbert
Melba Blevins
Samuel
Charlie
Clarence
Lawrence
Cleveland
Ohio
Johnny
Baltimore
Michael
Bradshaw
Shirley Taylor
Roanoke
Connie
Mary
City files for 20 foot easement in Crescent Road line
Beckley authorities sue Marinda Faye and William Fred Davis in Raleigh County Circuit Court to obtain a 20 foot construction easement and a 10 foot perpetual easement across the Davis property for a Crescent Road sewer line extension. City says project funded by cost underrun on secondary treatment system and cites Department of Natural Resources standards. City attorney E M Payne III quotes broad owner cooperation from most affected parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Marinda Faye
William Fred Davis
Crescent Road
Davis
Raleigh County
Water Resources Division
Department of Natural Resources
E. M. Payne III
Crescent Road Line
Driver Charged With Negligent Homicide After Car Crash
Mullens man James Ralph Hill 20 is charged with negligent homicide in a wreck that killed 17 year old Billy Gene Austin of Herndon Heights. The car hit a bank and overturned on Route 10 near Herndon around 4 30 p m Hill is hospitalized at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
James Ralph Hill
Billy Gene Austin
Herndon Heights
Wyoming County
Austin
Hill
Herndon
Wyoming General Hospital
Ronald D. McDanie
Martinsburg
Jrery Lee Hess
Billy Jean Austin
W. Va
Jody Sparrow
Chapel Hill
N.C
Marlinton
Apollo 15 Moon Mission Opens With New Risks and Rovers
Cape Kennedy watched the Falcon lunar vehicle begin the Apollo 15 mission. Scott and Irwin will descend to a rugged site near the Apennine Mountains with the lunar rover to explore for 20 hours. Worden will map 1/8 of the moon from 69 miles aboard Endeavor. The crew plans a Pacific splashdown on Aug 7 after a 67 hour surface stay and a Wednesday satellite launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Camp David
U.S
Scott
Irwin
Apennine Mountains
Neil A. Armstrong
Edward E. Aldrin
Pacific
Hawaii
Atlantic
Worst Weekend Of Year as WV Traffic Fatalities Reach 12
United Press International reports West Virginia endured its worst weekend of 1971 for highway deaths with 12 fatalities over Friday to Sunday. The tally includes 50 year old Clarence Gill of Hinton and 19 year old Kenneth Hose of Moorefield among others, with incidents across Raleigh Hardy Doddridge Clay Grant and Monongalia counties and Martinsburg to Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Department of Public ‘Safety
Clarence Gill
Hinton
W. Va
Glen White
Raleigh County
Kenneth Richard Hose
Moorefield
U.S. 220
Hardy County
Eva Marie Keller
Terkelin
Doddridge County
Layton L. Bennett
St. Albans
Precious
Clay County
Elk River
Willard Mills
Athens
Anna M. Logston
Marcella Aldridge
Mt. Savage
South Africa Performs First Heart and Lung Transplant
CAPE TOWN UPI Adrian Herbert 51 is in satisfactory condition after South Africa's first combined heart and lung transplant at Grote Schuur Hospital. The bulletin named Herbert for the first time since the Sunday operation and said his heart and lungs are functioning perfectly adequately. The organs came from cardiac transplant surgeon Christiaan Barnard in the fourth such procedure worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
UPI
South Africa
Adrian Herbert
Grote Schuur Hospital
Herbert
Christiaan Barnard
Medina Trial Asked to Face Actions of Troops
The case centers on Major Medina charged with killing two Vietnamese civilians and an unknown number of others, plus assaulting a Viet Cong suspect. Prosecutors argue he bears responsibility as highest ranking officer for failing to stop the killings. The defense notes would follow the law if judges rule Medina is liable for the actions of his unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose
Colo
Medina
My Lai
Charlie” Company
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Wilson recounts Johnson demand on Vietnam and UK token troops
Harold Wilson, then opposition leader, claimed Johnson and Rusk pressed for a British token force in Vietnam in 1964 but he refused. He recalled Johnson’s line you don’t tell us how to run Vietnam and described attempts to win Soviet help for a halt to bombing that collapsed in 1967.
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Lbj
Vietnam
William F. Wright
London
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dean Rusk
Britain
United States
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Johnson
Labor
Yorkshire
Nixon
Washington
U.S
Labor Party
Walt Rostow
Hawk
North Vietnam
Rostow
White House
Miss Nude World pageant crowns Rose Marie Hess in Freeston
In Freeston Ontario a nude beauty pageant crowned Rose Marie Hess, 22, a department store clerk, over 16 contestants. Hess, 5-3 108 pounds with measurements 35-24-38, said she was shocked by the win and defended appearing nude as spectators cheered. Ursula Lyons of Toronto and Elsa Hambeck, from Austria, were runners up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeston
Ont
Rose Marie Hess
Hess
Ursula Lyons
Toronto
Elsa Hambeck
Austria
Seattle Monorail Crashes Injuring Dozens at Center Terminal
The Seattle Monorail on its final run crashed into a terminal bumper near the 1962 World’s Fair site, injuring 27 to 40–50 riders. Fire officials reported severe cuts and shaken passengers as witnesses recalled the train not slowing and appearing brake-less before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
UPI
Debbie Dickerson
Seattle Center
Kim Myers
New York City
Miss Myers
Larry Brubaker
Brubaker
Wes Hhiman
Pickets Gather at Logan Mines Amid Walkout
Angry miners positioned themselves at entrances to 12 Island Creek coal mines in Logan County to pressure workers returning from vacation to join a week long wildcat strike. They protested after 12 Holden processing plant workers were fired and vowed to extend picket lines to other sites still closed for vacations.
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Virginia Stover
Funeral services for Mrs Virginia L Stover 62 of Crab Orchard will be at Crab Orchard Baptist Church at 2 p m Tuesday conducted by Rev C S Donnelly Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity She died in a local hospital Saturday after a three week illness Born East Bank Jan 28 1909 daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Claude Tucker She was a Crab Orchard resident 41 years and a member of Crab Orchard Baptist Church Survived by husband Mike and three sons Walter Piketon Ohio Harold Crab Orchard Wayne Abilene Texas five daughters Margaret EdnaBrakefield North Lawrence Ohio Phyllis Cummings Casa Grande Ariz Betty Toner Cincinnati Ohio Hallie Kidd MacArthur three sisters Edyth Sturgill Pemberton Mary Johnson Opal Taylor Charleston two brothers Austin Tucker Dayton Ohio Jesse Tucker Beckley 23 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Body at Melton Mortuary 5 10 p m today then to church one hour before services Pallbearers I Edmunds Walton Cook Alden Deck Billy Earhart Martin Scarifino Haven Clay L E Wright Theodore Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Stover
Virginia L. Stover
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
C. S. Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
East Bank
Claude, Tucker
Walter
Piketon
Ohio
Harold
Wayne
Abilene
Texas
Margaret Stover
Frank
Edna) Brakefield
North Lawrence
Dale
Phyllis) Cummings
Casa Grande
Ariz
Larry
Betty) Toner
Cincinnati
Hallie Kidd
MacArthur
Edyth Sturgill
Pemberton
Mary Johnson
Opal Taylor
Charleston
Austin Tucker
Dayton
Jesse Tucker
Beckley
Melton Mortuary
I. C. Edmonds
Walton Cook
Alden Deck
Billy Earhart
Martin Scarifino
Haven Clay
L. E. Wright
Theodore Stover
Final rites for John W Bowles in Hinton
John W Bowles 81 of Sandstone dies Sunday at 6 15 am in a Hinton hospital. Funeral at 2 pm Tuesday at E M Meadows Funeral Home Hinton with Rev John Kinder and burial in Richmond Cemetery Sandstone. Survivors include daughter Oma Maley Oak Hill.
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John W. Bowles
Sandstone
E. M. Meadows
Hinton
John Kinder
Richmond Cemetery
Oma Maley
Oak Hill
Long illness claims life of Huntington resident Sarah Byers
Mrs. Sarah C. Byers 86 of Huntington died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Gospel Church Huntington with burial in Huntington cemetery. She was born in Ansted in 1884, survived by two daughters Nellie McCroskey and Vivian Fleshman, two sons John and Bill Fleshman, sisters and a brother. Body at Roger Funeral Home in Huntington. calling hours available.
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Sarah Cheetham Byers
Huntington
Grace, Gospel Church
Huntington Hospital
Ansted
John
Sarah Cheetham
Lanark
Nellie McCroskey
Ceredo
Vivian Fleshman
Robert L. Leffew funeral arranged in Sophia
Funeral services for 78 year old Robert L. Leffew of Sophia will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. F. Tolliver officiating. Burial follows in Hot Coal Cemetery. He died en route to a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was born July 14, 1893, in Franklin County Virginia. He was a retired miner and member of UMWA Local 6105 and the Loyal Order of the Moose. He is survived by his widow Pearl Hedrick Leffen, three sons, three sisters, six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Leffew
Sophia
Williams Funeral Home
W. F. Tolliver
Hot Coal
Beckley Hospital
Franklin County
George
Susan Leffen
UMWA
Loyal Order of the Moose
Beckley
Friendship Baptist
Riffe’s
Westmoreland Coal Co
Pearl Hedrick Leffen
Woodrow
Davenport
Iowa
Robert
Annadale
Ronald
John Alley
Roanoke
J. A. Perkins
Rhodell
William Thompson
Glen White
Frank Ballard
Sherman Akers
Henry McKinney
Graham Doss
O. O. Crouch
Dan Banker
Roy Sidney Harrah
Stamaford
Wallace and Wallace
Rainelle
Everett Shafer
Norma Harrah
Mabscott
John Harrah
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Piney Pugh Harrah
Ellen Lucas
Daniels
Benny
Franklin Park
Ill
Billy
Carpentersville
Erskine
Stanford
Geradine Neely
Backus
Gladys Pomroy
Mullens
Lacy
Prince
Funeral notices from Mullens and nearby towns
The notice lists funeral and burial arrangements for Billy Gene Austin who died after a one car crash near Herndon, Clifford Eugene Blevins who drowned in New River near Prince, and Roy Sidney Harrah of Stamaford with final rites planned in Rainelle. Survivors, call times, and burial locations are included for each case.
Mrs Ruth Black Dies at 53 in Mead
Mrs Ruth Black, 53, of Mead died at 10 30 p m Saturday in Mullens. Born December 8 1917 in Kenbridge Virginia she leaves stepfather Henry Andrew and mother Ruth of Mead a brother Fred Ragland of Keystone and a sister Mrs Mary Medley of Mead The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Black
Mead
Mullens Hospital
Kenbridge
Henry and
Ruth Andrew
Fred Ragland
Keystone
Mary Medley
Ritchie and Johnson
Honaker rites set for Ulysses Clif ford Honaker
Ulysses Clif ford Honaker 66 of Caldwell will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Caldwell Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Roy P. Quesenberry officiating. Burial follows at a family cemetery near Lewisburg. He died Saturday at his home and is survived by a stepdaughter, Mrs. Elsie Hayslette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vial
Ulysses Clifford Honaker
Caldwell
Caldwell Pentecostal Holiness Church
Roy P. Quesenberry
Lewisburg
Gaughter
Elsie Hayslette
Beaver
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China
West Virginia
Grant County
Virginia Barker
South Charleston
Helen Gooch
U. S. 50
Proctor
Pentagon
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
Logan Mines
Stover
Mike Stover
Sarah C. Byers
Charles Cheetham
Roger
Donna Campbell
Donna Ja Campbell
B. R. Jr
Nancy Johnson Campbell
Amigo
Amigo Baptist Church
Gilbert Dodson
Bill Faulkner
Resthaven Memorial Park
Princeton
B. R. Campbell
Stephenson
Walter Johnson
B. H. Campbell
Fred Bolton
Sam Fogelsong
Nease
Billy G. Austin
Paul and
Addie ‘Burrell Austin
Terndon High School
Ernest
Charles
Newport News
Kenneth
Alpeca
Anna Acord
Washington, D. C
George Burrell
Bristol
Clifford Blevins
Roy S. Harrah
Ulysses Honaker
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