Steelworkers Brace For Nationwide Shutdown In Steel Industry
Pittsburgh and Gary Indiana along with Lackawanna New York and Chicago begin banking furnace work as 350000 workers confront a looming contract expiration. Plants slow or shut as U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel move to drain furnaces and lay off workers while major customers like auto manufacturers await impact.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
Gary
Ind
Lackawanna
N.Y
Chicago
U.S. Steel Corp
Fairless Works
Philadelphia
U.S. Steel
Gary, Ind
Blast Furna
Ces
U.S
Inland Steel Corp
East Chicago
Youngstown
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Lackawanna, N.Y
Detroit
Beckley Pool Fund Drive Extended Beyond July 31
Beckley officials say voluntary contributions for a municipal Olympic size pool at City Park may extend past the July 31 deadline to allow remaining donors to contribute. A. P. Gonzalez and Frank Rodriguez lead the drive, which has reached 49724.41 dollars with recent gifts from Armstead Whittaker Mabscott and others. Donations can be made via WWNR, Raleigh County Armory, or City Hall.
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Beckley
A. P
Tony” Gonzalez
Frank Rodriguez
John H. McCulloch
James Armstead
Payne Whittaker
Raleigh Baking Co
Beckley Loan Co
George T. Coker Jr
Rena Pitotti
Freddie’s Fine Foods
Paul Gunter
Mabscott
Regina Slayton
King Photo Supply
Raleigh County Medical Society
W. R. Fugitt
Gonzalez
WWNR
Rodriguez
Raleigh County Armory
Beckley Swimming Pool
City Hall
Petition Drives Mercy for Mercer County Husband
A young Charleston woman Kath erine Louise Watkins petitions Governor Arch Moore Jr. for clemency for her husband Robert J Watkins serving a one to five year term for unlawful wounding. She says the incident arose from self defense after an argument with C D Earles, a Bluefield businessman, at their apartment. Moore said he would study the case and carried 155 Mercer County names.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Katherine Louise Watkins
Sherry
Robert J. Watkins
C. D. Earles
Bluefield
Watkins
Earles
Moore
Mercer County
Barbecue Time Change at Camp Wilderness
The Boy Scouts barbecue at Camp Wilderness in Daniels will start at 5 p.m. Saturday, moved from the previously announced 1 p.m. start time.
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Boy Scouts
Camp Wilderness
Daniels
Apollo 15 Sees Moon’s Appennines Up Close During Descent
Apollo 15 commander Scott and Irwin prepared to descend to a site between the Appennine mountains and a 1,000 foot gorge, reaching 6:15 p.m. EDT. Worden remained aboard Endeavour for six days of orbital moon mapping and helped pilot a first lunar laser altimeter experiment aboard the spacecraft.
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Scott
Appennine
Irwin
Moon
Endeavour
Apennines
Worden
Manned Deep Space Observatory
Milton Windler
Karl G. Hennze
Falcon
Tsiolkovsky
Crisium
Heinze
Earth
Lunar
Local Obituary Notes From Mullens Mount Hope and Beckley
Final rites for Lula Stacy Lail 65 Mullens set for 1 pm Sunday at Sam Foglesong Chapel with Walter Hampton in charge. She died Thursday at a Beckley hospital after a short illness. Alice Fleming 94 Mount Hope buried at Rose Hill Cemetery after 2 pm Saturday service at Glorious Church of God. She died Tuesday after a long illness. Mary Saunders 82 Beckley area mother of John Saunders died at her home. Survivors listed. body at Melton Mortuary pending. Funeral arrangements incomplete for Louis P. Shieler 23 Fayetteville electrocuted unloading blocks at Slab Fork No. 2 Mine. Body at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville.
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Lula S. Lail
Lula Stacy Lail
Mullens
Sam Foglesong Chapel
Walter Hampton
Beckley
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mary Saunders
Beckley College
John Saunders
Saunders
Westwood Drive
Eccles
William Saunders
Pete
Mabscott
Rush Saunders
San Francisco
Calif
Mary Hiko
Roderfield
Virginia Shornik
Welch
Ruth Hartman
Angeline Welty
Miami
Fla
Melton Mortuary
Louis P. Shieler
Fayetteville
Slab Fork No
Tams
Beckley Hospital
Beaver Block Co
Three funerals mark weekend rites in West Virginia region
Final rites for Mrs. Nola Willis Bartlett, 74, of 106 School St., will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert H. Hett officiating. Burial is in Toay's Hill Cemetery at St. Albans. She died Thursday in Huntington hospital of a heart attack. Survived by husband Cecil T. Bartlett and five sons, sisters, a brother, nine grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Friends may call 6–9 p.m. today and until the funeral. Additionally, final rites are set for Virgil Rutherford, 73, of Pierpont, at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pierpont Freewill Baptist Church with burial in Pierpont Cemetery. he died Thursday in Mullens hospital. Also, final rites for Elder Paris Ferguson, 69, of Shady Spring, set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Grace Primitive Baptist Church with burial in Birchfield Cemetery on Ellison Ridge. he died Thursday of a heart attack. Surviving family details include wife Alice Wills Ferguson, two sons, four stepsons, four stepdaughters, and several grandchildren. Services and Pallbearers listed. calls and arrangements handled by local funeral homes.
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Alice Fleming
Colorado St
Mount Hope
Church of God
Allen Wilson
Phillip Jones
Rose Hill
Alice Lipscomb
Vernoica Calloway
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Greenstown
Nola Willis Bartlett
School St
Keyser-Bryant
Robert H. Hett
Toay’s ‘Hill
St. Albans
Huntington Hospital
First Baptist Church
Catlettsburg
Joseph S
Hattie Caudill Willis
Cecil T. Bartlett
C. W. Bartlett
Montcoal
Edwin M
Daniels
R. Cameron
Lexington
Frank W
LaFollette
Tenn
James Donald
Williamson
Odessa Lewis
Charleston
Wal M
Jo Scott
Virgil Rutherford
Pierpont
Pierpont Freewill Baptists Church
Dallas Adkins
Ernest Birchfield
Mullens Hospital
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Paris Ferguson
Shady Spring
Grace Primitive Baptist Church
Dale Mills
I Ernest Cadle
Birchfield
Ellison Ridge
Ellison
Jessie
Ruth Smith Ferguson
Alice Wills Ferguson
Kelley
Wayne Ferguson
Cecil
Levittown
Wendell
Baltimore
Harold
Leslie Bragg
Tampa
Fla
Lois Basham
Hinton
Helen Ayers
Lela Broadway
Winston-Salem
N. C
Walker E. Sanford Funeral Services Held in Rainelle
Funeral services for Walker Edward Sanford 72 of Rainelle were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Sewell Valley Baptist Church where he was a member. Revs. P. E. Orndorff and E. P. Powers officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He died Wednesday night in a Hilltop nursing home. Survivors include a son Darrell of Oak Hill.
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Walker Edward Sanford
Rainelle
Sewell Valley Baptist Church
P. E. Orndorff
E. P. Powers
Darrell
Oak Hill
Gate on Lockheed Loan Plan Fails In Senate Clash
Senator Tower accused Senator Proxmire of dishonesty as the floor fight over Lockheed loan guarantees intensified. A proposed compromise would limit guarantees to a $250 million government-backed loan, abandoning the broader up to $2 billion authority.
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Senate
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Proxmire
Lockheed
Tower
Nixon
Two Car Collision On City Avenue Reported
City police logged a two car crash at 12 42 p m on City Avenue. Drivers Mary W McConnell 63 of 104 John St and Gener al Hope Plumley 45 of 126 Miller St drove 1968 and 1964 model cars respectively. McConnell failed to see the oncoming car due to a parked truck and Plumley could not stop in time. Estimated damage 125 to each vehicle with no injuries or charges listed.
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City Avenue
Mary W. McConnell
John St
General Hope Plumley
Miller I St
McConnell
Plumley
Rail strike widens impact across major lines and states
President participates in White House session to assess the disruption as about 25 states report critical to disastrous conditions. Ten of the nation's rail lines idle in 15 days, affecting 160000 workers and vast freight capacity while California, Appalachia and several plants face shutdowns and crop losses.
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Hodgson
White House
UTU
Lincoln County Clerk Refutes Severe Voting Roll Claims
Lincoln County Clerk George Johnson challenged the secretary of state's assertion that the rolls are in poor shape. He noted removals of 1,000 to 2,000 names since last fall and said the probe appears driven by the Lincoln County Republican Women’s Club rather than governance improvement. Johnson described a payment dispute with the club over a voter list request.
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Hamlin
UPI
Lincoln
George Johnson
Secretary of State
Johnson
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
Lincoln County
Republican Women’s Club
Brothers Drown In New River Near Madams Creek
Two teen brothers Marvin Adkins 15 and Charles Adkins 13 drowned while swimming in New River across from their Madams Creek area home in Hinton. A trooper said one boy ran into trouble. his brother tried to aid him and they were swept under by the current. Rescue workers recovered both bodies about three hours later.
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Hinton
UPD
New River
Madams Creek
Marvin Adkins
Charles Adkins
Carl Wilford
Maxwell Hill-Stanaford Road Included In Planned C&P Projects
C&P Telephone Co of West Virginia approves an $680000 investment to extend 10900000 feet of conductor wire in Maxwell Hill and Stanaford Road of Beckley area. New microwave route between Beckley and Bluefield with General Telephone along with a 250 foot Barkers Ridge tower will expand circuits and enable routing to Mullens Oceana Pineville and other communities.
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Maxwell Hill
Stanaford Road
C&p Telephone
Beckley
C&p Telephone Co
West Virginia
Hhus
Robert KE. Cunningham
C8&p
Bluefield
General Telephone of
Southeast
Princeton
Beckley, Communications Center
C&p
Barkers Ridge
General Telephone
East River Mountain
Cunningham
Mullens
Oceana
Pineville
Maxwell Hill-Stamford
Diplomatic ties announced between China and Sierra Leone
Peking Radio and NCNA said a communique exchanging diplomatic recognition was signed in Peking on Thursday. The move marks formal relations between mainland China and the West African republic.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Peking Radio
Large guard dog fails to deter handbag thief
In Bolzano Italy Mrs. Person loses $800 when a thief grabs her handbag on a Thursday. Her wolf hound, supposed guardian, does not intervene until a policeman arrives and is attacked by the dog as the thief escapes.
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Bolzano
Italy
Person
Beckley Fire Crews Battle Smoke at Harper Road Home
Beckley fire fighters responded to 1501 Harper Road at 3 43 p m Thursday after Mrs A R Braun reported basement smoke They extinguished the smoke with water strain suggesting possible spontaneous combustion as the cause
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Terecept
Beckley
Harper Road
A. R. Braun
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Douglas T. Bryant
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Walker E. Sanford
Lockheed Loan
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Preston County
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W. Va
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