Jury Clears Mingo Officials Of Vote Buying Conspiracy
A federal jury in Huntington acquitted four Mingo County officials of charges they conspired to buy votes in the 1968 general election. Sheriff Harry Artis and Del. T. I. Varney expressed happiness at the verdict, while former state Sen. Noah Floyd offered no comment and Assessor Arnold Starr had been excused after illness. The defense argued no proof of wrongdoing existed and noted Democrats’ long countywide win streak, as a prosecutor warned such conspiracies threaten free government.
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Huntington
UPI
Mingo County
Harry Artis
del. T. I. Varney
Noah Floyd
Arnold Starr
Justice Department
Washington
Edgar Brown
Mingo [Caney
Brown
Zane Grey Staker
Staker
Phillip Baer
Deaths and Funerals Beckley Founder Walter Taylor
Walter Raleigh Taylor 92 of Beaver died at 1 40 p m Wednesday after a long illness Born May 25 1879 in Lester he was a farmer and longtime Raleigh County resident A member of Beaver First Baptist Church Survivors include his wife Christine Lewis Taylor a son seven daughters twenty six grandchildren 31 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren Final rites set for 2 p m Friday at First Baptist Beaver Burial at Mount Tabor Cemetery Friends may visit Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 5 p m today pallbearers named.
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Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Walter Raleigh Taylor
Beaver
Lester
George P
Martha Hollingsworth Taylor
Raleigh County
Beaver First Baptist Church
Christine Lewis Taylor
William
Billy) Taylor
Fred
Norma) Stump
Zeb
Pearl) Crews
Harvey
Thelma) Holder
Winston-Salem
N. C
Joe
Erma) Chapman
Shady Spring
Roy
Dorothy) Chapman
Blue Jay
Earl
Faye) Hall
Orville
Bertha) Cawley
Beckley
Piney View
George Davis
Mabscott
Laney Windon
W. A. Stanley
Taylor
O. R
Avery
Betty Jo Taylor
First Baptist Church
Victor Garlow
S. D. Smith
Mount Tabor
Rose and Quesenberry
Moody Rice
Jack Rakes
Harry Bowling
Walter Ford
Robert, Fuller
Sherman Akers
Howard L. Lilly
Ellison
Beckley Hospital
Eilison Missionary Baptist Church
David Lilly
Summers County
Samuel
Martha Okes Lilly
Rites for Nellie Cora Ransom Held at Eccles Chapel
Funeral services are set for Nellie Cora Ransom 101 of Eccles at 1 p m Saturday in Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev. W F Tolliver officiating. Burial will follow in O Neal Cemetery Maple Meadow. She died Wednesday at home after a long illness born November 16 1869 in Roane County. Survived by four sons George Ambers Lee Ambers Clarence Martfrance and Carless. five daughters Lantie Nellie O Neal Jessie Walker Mabel Cline Irene Chaney Nadainia Ransom. 30 grandchildren 60 great grandchildren and 13 great great grandchildren. The body remains at the mortuary with viewing Friday 5 to 9:30 p m. Grandsons to pallbear.
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Nellie Cora Ransom
Eccles
Melton
W. F. Tolliver
O'Neal
Maple Meadow
Roane County
Marshall
Sarah Smart
George Ambers Ransom
George
New Castle
Ambers Lee
Red Star
Clarence
Martfrance
Carless Ransom
Stover
Lantie
Nellie) O’neal
Charley
Jessie) Walker
Beckley
Hubert
Mabel) Cline
Hyattsville
John
Irene) Chaney
Fort Asby
Nadainia Ransom
Charles G Pauley funeral services held Friday
Funeral services for Charles Gregory Pauley 71 of Shady Spring will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sam D. Smith officiating Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens He died at 430 a.m. Wednesday in a local hospital after a long illness Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today and Friday morning Pallbearers are Jay E. Martin W H Ford Howard Starr James F Houchins G A Martin and C S Rule.
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Charles Gregory Pauley
Shady Spring
Keyser Bryant
Sam D. Smith
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Jay E. Martin
W. H. Ford
Howard Starr
James F. Houchins
G .A. Martin
C. S. Rule
Final rites set for Mrs. Bertie Sanders of Grayson Ky
Mrs. Bertie Sanders 80 of Grayson Ky dies in Ashland hospital. Funeral at Malone Funeral Home Chapel Grayson with burial in Pactolas Cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs R D Leadingham Beckley and by a son and daughter both of Pierpont. Body at Sam FogleSong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens. Arrangements pending.
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Lula Stacy Lail
Mullens
Beckley
Virginia
Rosa Stacy
Harvey Stacy
Ted Lail
Sam Foglesong
Nease and
Neely
Bertie Sanders
Grayson, Ky
Malone Funeral Homes
Grayson
Pactolas
R. D. Leadingham
Virgil Rutherford
Pierpont
Mullens Hospital
Tom and
Belle Rutherford
Thomas
Lois Morgan
Emmett
Athens
Laura Holt
Otsego
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Wreck Causes Three Injuries in W.Va Route 16 Collision
State police report a two car crash on W Va Route 16 at 6 25 p m Wednesday injuring Thomas Wills Nancy Wills and William Harris Smith with $2300 property damage. Wills 72 of Coal City pulled out in front of Smith 58 of Mullens causing the collision. Wills and Nancy were hospitalized in satisfactory condition, while Smith was treated and released. A second incident on U S 1921 near Beaver caused $400 damage with no injuries. A Beev City incident on Heber and Main streets involved Delmas Warden and Larry Cantley with $500 damage and no injuries.
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MacArthur
W.va
Thomas Howard Wills
Coal City
William Harris Smith
Mullens
Wills
Nancy
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Smith
Barh Hospital
Beaver
U.S
Allen Andrew Accord
Daniels
Eddie Allen Walker
Ghent
Walker Auto
Accord
Heber
Main Streets
Delmas M. Warden
Gables
Mich
Main Street
Larry Clen Cantley
Meadows Court
Cantley
Glen White Man Charged In Knife Attack
William B. Roark of Glen White jailed at 6 25 p m Wednesday on a felonious assault warrant. He waived to the grand jury before Magistrate Lorena Wallace and posted a 500 property bond for a later appearance. Roark is accused of wounding Okie Wyatt Jr. of Lester, who was hospitalized with a knife wound needing twenty stitches.
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William B. Roark
Glen White
Roark
Lorena Wallace
Okie Wyatt Jr
Lester
Wyatt
Daniel Appointed to City Capital Improvements Committee
Forrest E. Daniel of Beckley, an insuranceman, accepts appointment to the City Council’s capital improvements committee. Chairman Dr. Paul H. Loflin announced the post. The Register corrected a prior report misnaming Phill A. McDaniel II as a member. A fifth member remains to be appointed.
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Forrest E. Daniel
Beckley Insuranceman
Paul H. Loflin
the Register
Phill A. McDaniel II
First Round Postponed in PGA National Team Championship
Rainstorm in Ligonier Pennsylvania forces a 36 hole windup on Sunday after the first round of the PGA National team Championship was postponed today.
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Ligonier, PA
UPI
Two Accused Of Luggage Theft Post $1,000 Bonds At Hearing
Fayette County two suspects Henley McClanahan 22 of Piney View and Billy Berry 24 of Backus Mountain waived preliminary hearing on two counts each of grand larceny. Both posted 1000 bonds to await grand jury action after being arrested Wednesday by Constable Woodrow Bennett. The crime involved three suitcases and clothing valued at 375 from Wendy Duster and two suitcases valued at 350 from Donna Dilley. Victims described the stolen luggage after noting the license plate as the car departed.
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Fayetteville
Henley
McClanahan
Piney View
Billy Berry
Backus Mountain
C. B. Legg
Fayette
Berry
Woodrow Bennett
Maryland
Prince
Fayette County
Kincaid
Wendy Duster
Donna Dilley
Miss Duster
Miss Dilly
Bennett
Russian Plane Aiding Refugees Crashes in India
A Russian military AN12 transport plane involved in airlifting East Pakistan refugees crashed and burned during approach to Dum Dum International Airport in Calcutta. No casualty details were released. The four engine aircraft had been operating from Dum Dum since June 14 relocating refugees to interior centers.
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Calcutta
UPI
Apollo 15 Crew Contain Water Leak with Towels and Tools
After launch from Cape Kennedy the Apollo 15 crew quickly tackled a water leak using towels and a first known Apollo tool kit. Flight Director Henize ordered a valve fix as Scott reported a successful stop and noted the crew was in good shape after dealing with multiple minor glitches including a short circuited engine control switch and a broken altimeter cover.
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Henize
Scott
Karl
Qaky
Houston
Cape Kennedy
Irwin
Falcon
Police Probe Continues in Beckley Murder Case
Police investigate a July 16 shooting death of N C resident Jack Stayhorn, a wholesale artificial flower dealer. Autopsy shows a left chest wound from a .38 pistol between 2 and 3 am. body found near Antonio Street outside Beckley city limits. State police lead, city officers cooperate. several suspects questioned, no arrests.
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Airy
N. C
Beckley
Jack Stayhorn
Antonio Street
Stayhorn
Stagholm
Grad Center Upgrades Planned to Meet Standards
West Virginia University Kanawha Valley Graduate Center must add 33 professionals and expand its library fivefold to meet North Central Association standards set in 1966. Acting dean Dr. Arthur Hofstetter says the center will seek one third of the total cost from the 1972 legislature. The center now has a 10,000 volume library and 26 full time and 35 part time professors.
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Hofstetter
Apollo 15 Timetable From Houston Space Center
The timetable lists Apollo 15 events in EDT with times for wake, course corrections, lunar module separations, and moon landing actions. Key moments include the braking burn to lunar orbit, lunar landing by Scott and Irwin, and initial rest periods in lunar orbit and on the surface.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Jetti
Moon
Lunar
Irwin
Scott
Worden
Soviet nuclear power growth threatens US deterrents
Jane's Fighting Ships warned the Soviet Union could destroy most US land based missiles and bombers by mid decade. The report highlighted Polaris and Poseidon as the most survivable US nuclear deterrents.
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London
APS
Jane’s Fighting Ships
Soviet Union
United States
Jane’s
Cambodian village napalm strike kills civilians
UPI reports Cambodian troops say American jet fighters supporting a Cambodian army operation struck a village 35 miles north of Phnom Penh. An old man and a boy were killed, 10 wounded, and about a third of the village’s 150 homes were destroyed.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Nailler Retires From Consolidation Coal After 38 Years
C R Nailler 61 senior vice president of operations at Consolidation Coal Co retires after 38 years with the firm. He will step down Saturday after serving as head since 1968 and has earlier led Bishop Coal Itmann Mathies and the Christopher Division in Morgantown career.
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Morgantown
UPI
C. R. Nailler
Consolidation Coal Co
Nailler
Bishop Coal Co
Itmann Coal Co
Mathies Coal Co
Christopher
County Court Adjourns to Hear Civil Service Act Talk
The National Guard would use the training site for up to two weekend days each month and assume liability for any accidents. The court adjourned to August 3 at 2 p.m. to hear a representative from the governor's Commission on Crime, Delinquency and Correction discuss the Deputies Civil Service Act.
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National Guard
Governor’s Commission On Crime, Delinquency and Correction
Deputies Civil Service Act
Medina Trial to Open August 16 With Five Jurors
The Army will call 48 witnesses in the court martial of Capt. Ernest Medina, My Lai commander. A five man jury was seated, with Col. William Proctor as president, for a trial expected to last four to six weeks.
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FT. Mcpherson, Ga
UPI
Ernest IL. Medina
My Lai
Medina
Montrose
Colo
Col
Robert E. Nelson Jr
Eatonton
Iga
Nelson
Dudley J. Budrich
Chicago
Philip T. Blanton
Tampa
Fla
F. Lee Bailey
Kenneth A. Howard
Liberia Mourns President Tubman Known as Uncle Shad
Leaders and tribesmen filled Monrovia as tens of thousands paid respects to William V. Tubman 75 who died Friday after prostate surgery in London. Dignitaries in formal dress and troops lined the city for the funeral.
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Monrovia
Liberia
UPI
William W. S. Tubman
Shad
Tubman
London
Bruce Exits Paris Peace Talks Role
U.S. Ambassador David K. E. Bruce steps down as head of the American delegation at the Paris peace talks urging immediate negotiations on a five point Indochina cease fire. He accuses Hanoi of violating accords and departs for replacement by William J. Porter with health cited as the reason.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
Indochina
Bruce
Hanoi
William J. Porter
South Korea
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
White House
Philip C.habib
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
United States
Saigon
Madame Binh
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon Administration Urges Switch To Metric System
The Nixon administration urged immediate adoption of the metric system with a ten year plan. Commerce Secretary Maurice R. Stans said meters replace yards and liters replace quarts, at an estimated cost of 10 to 40 billion dollars over a decade. Congress must decide, with a national program to spread the change gradually and fund costs by sector.
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Nixon
Washington
UPS
Commerce
Maurice R. Stans
United States
Lewis H. Bran
Scomb
Stans
Bureau
Congress
U.S
Washington Redskins
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Mingo
Baer
Walter R. Taylor
Nellie Ransom
Shilo Primitive Church
Cool Ridge
Clarice Graham Lilly
Lloyd
Green Springs
Ohio
Edward
Merlin
Allen Junction
Arnold
Lula S. Lail
Charles G. Pauley
Mrs
Daniel
India
Grad Center
Aeron All
Robert C. Byrd
Senate
West Virginia Democrat
National ‘Heart and Lung Institute
Department of Health, ‘Education and Welfare
Mansfield
Lockheed
County Court
William Proctor
Decatur, Ga
Clarence Cooke
Bobby G. Berryhill
Uncle Shad
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