Davis Magee Trial Lawyer Seeks Killer Bullet
Ernest L Graves asked a California judge to decide which shot killed San Rafael Judge Harold Haley during the 1970 courthouse shootout. Graves represents Ruchell Magee as Angela Davis faces murder and conspiracy charges tied to the escape attempt and gun import.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Rafael
Calif
Harold J. Haley
Ernest L. Graves
San Quentin
Ruchell Magee
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
UCLA
Jonathan Jackson
Jackson
Jurors to Decide Damages in Wreck Suit
Raleigh County Circuit Court jurors hear an inquiry into damages for Stella V. Smith against Loren January of Hilliard Ohio over a Nov 12 1968 collision on Johnstown Road. She seeks 15000 dollars. January failed to respond to suit notices. co-defendant James Lee Gainer was not served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Stella V. Smith
Loren January
Hilliard
Ohio
C. Berkley Lilly
January
Smith
301
Fourth St
Johnstown Road
State Auditor’s Office
Lilly
James Lee Gainer
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gainer
U S Assures NATO Allies On Troop Plans
Secretary of State William P. Rogers led the U S delegation at the NATO foreign ministers spring meeting in Lisbon He said the United States plans no Europe troop cuts but seeks mutual East West reductions in talks with the Soviets The ministers prepared a reply to Brezhnev’s offer while avoiding surrendering bargaining leverage in Berlin and broader security talks.
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Lisbon
API
United States
NATO
Europe
U.S
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
DNA Bills Firm For Killing Fish
Howes Leather Co of Poca in Pocahontas County was billed 37 978 for fish killed when 1 8 million gallons of alkaline substance released from a waste pond wall at the tannery. 120 547 fish died across 17 7 miles of the Greenbrier River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Howes Leather Co
Pocahontas County
Greenbrier River
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Greenbrier
Johns Run
Coopers Creek
Airport authority and EDA discuss new terminal plan
Raleigh County Airport Authority officials will meet Huntington EDA representatives on June 8 to review revised terminal plans. Engineer Robert L. Davis says water and sewer work has been removed from the project, with facilities to be supplied via another project. The building includes a 90 by 140 foot first floor, a 90 by 140 foot basement, and a second floor of 90 by 140 feet, plus hangars, lighting, paving, fencing, and two parking areas for 90 and 60 cars. Funding hoped from a 60 percent EDA grant and a loan from another federal agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Airport Authority
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Huntington
Robert L. Davis
Davis
Airport Authority
C. S. Lewis Jr
Paul R. Hutchinson Jr
Universal CIT Renames Beckley Office to CIT Financial Services
Universal CIT and 750 offices transition to CIT Financial Services today. Walter Rappold, district manager at 1166 Valley Drive North, says the name reflects the range of consumer and business financing offered, from personal loans to equipment leasing. CIT Financial Services is the consumer finance subsidiary of CIT Financial Corporation, with assets over 3.6 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Universal Clt. Credit Corp
Corporation
C.lt. Financial Services
Walter Rappold
Valley Drive North
Uhere
Rappold
C.I.T. Financial Services
C.lt. Financial Corporation
Lane Named In Suit Over Promissory Note Debt
Brady Lane of Beckley is named defendant in a Raleigh County Circuit Court suit to collect 1068.12 in default on a promissory note. American Finance Corp of Fayette claims the total amount due plus interest from May 1977 on a note dated November 6, 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Lane
Beckley
Raleigh County
American Finance Corp
Fayette
Holliday Demands Suit Over Jailing of Minors
State Senator Robert K. Holliday of Fayette calls on welfare commissioner to sue authorities for illegal detention of children under 16. He cites state code mandating suitable boarding homes for delinquent youths awaiting juvenile court hearings or detention after such hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
State Welfare Commissioner
Robert K. Holliday
Dfayette
State Department of Welfare
Gore Expected First Witness At Smith Trial
State Sen. Bernard Smith faces a trial restart on charges he accepted a $5,000 bribe while welfare commissioner. Prosecutors say Smith, Truman Gore and Curtis Wilson took the money from Raymond George of Business Systems and Equipment to win a $150,000 electronic filing contract. The state planned to call former Finance Commissioner Gore as its first witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Bernard Smith
Dlogan
Barron
Smith
Kanawha County
State Supreme Court
Patrick Casey
Truman Gore
Curtis Wilson
Casey
Raymond George
Business Systems and Equipment Co
George W. Wood
Truman E. Gore
Wilson
WVU and State Police Award Crime Grants
Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. announced grants from the Committee on Crime Delinquency and Correction to WVU College of Law and the Department of Public Safety. The law school receives 19597 for a student internship program enabling third and fourth year students to work as interns in three counties. The department gets 19200 for a scuba diving unit, purchasing equipment and training 32 divers for underwater search and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia University College of Law
Department of Public Safety
WVU Law School
Law School
WVU
Gainer and Bonar Return Home After Heart Attacks
State Auditor Denzil Gainer returned home Tuesday after hospitalization for a mild coronary at a camp near Summersville. State Police Superintendent Robert L. Bonar was reported in satisfactory condition Tuesday night, nine days after a severe heart attack in his doctor’s office. He remains in coronary care at a South Charleston hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Denzil Gainer
Robert L. Bonar
Gainer
Summersville
Bonar
South Charleston
The Swordsmen Quartet to Sing at Maynor Freewill Church
The Swordsmen Quartet will be guest singers at Maynor Freewill Baptist Church in Winston-Salem North Carolina on Friday at 7 30 p m The Rev Edgar Richards invites the public to attend
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Swordsmen
Winston-Salem
N. C
Maynor’ Freewill Baptist Church
Edgar Richards
New York City push for statehood gains national attention
Representative Bella Abzug announces a drive to make New York City a state to address what she calls disenfranchisement by Albany. She forms a committee to collect petitions for a November referendum asking Congress to admit the city as a state, citing cuts in health, education and welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Bella S. Abzug
D-N.y
New York City
Abzug
Sheas
Congress
Albany
Nelson A.) Rockefeller
Japan Doctors Plan Widespread Insurance Boycott
About 70 000 of Japan's 118 000 doctors resign from the public health insurance and vow to boycott starting July 1. Patients would pay medical bills upfront and insurers would be harder to collect from as doctors raise prices above government set levels. The action is led by the Japan Medical Association with broad provincial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Japan Medical Association
Long Branch Teen Treated After Car Crash Near Harper and Eccles
Deborah Craddock a 15 year old from Long Branch was treated and released at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after a midday auto accident between Harper and Eccles. State Police said the investigation remained active at presstime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Craddock
Long Branch
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Harper
Eccles
Nixon Signals Expanded Trade List With China
President notes a forthcoming list of nonstrategic goods for trade with China and says travel restrictions are lifted. He frames the move as part of normalizing relations while cautioning there is a long road ahead toward ending isolation.
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China
Nixon
Moore Seeks $1.2 Million ARC Funds for West Virginia
Gov Arch A Moore Jr requests more than 1.2 million in federal ARC funds for West Virginia projects including a Tucker County Vocational Technical Center near Parsons with 1 million requested and 250 000 state match. An airport upgrade for Petersburg Grant County would receive 68655 with additional FAA and state support. Mental health facilities totaling 132 379 include Roney's Point Wheeling Eastern Panhandle Martinsburg and Green Acres Huntington centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Appalachian Regional Commission
Arch A. Moore Jr
Mountain State
Tucker County
Parsons
Moore
Petersburg
Grant County
ARC
Federal Aviation Authority
West Virginia Aeronautics Commission
Grant County Court
Roney
Wheeling
Eastern Panhandle
Martinsburg
Green Acres
Huntington
Court Asked to Rule on State Building Bond Method
West Virginia Supreme Court pressed to decide constitutionality of planned use of liquor tax revenues to retire bonds for a science and cultural center in Charleston. Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. and Secretary of State John D. Rockefeller IV oppose proceeding, citing prior ruling and funding concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
State Supreme Court
State Building Commission
High Court
General Revenue
Arch A. Moore, Jr
John D. Rockefeller IV
Moore
Building Commission
Rockefeller
Capitol
Evers to Run as Independent for Mississippi Governor
Jackson Mississippi Charles Evers announces he will seek the governorship as an independent in November rather than enter the August Democratic primaries. He says Mississippi loyalist Democrats are the only nationally recognized Democratic group in the state and urges black candidates to run independently. Evers, Fayette mayor and civil rights figure, would face the all white Democratic primary winner in a two man general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
UPI
Charles Evers
Evers
Mississippi
Fayette
National Party
Democrats Seek Double Defeat On Job Plan And Revenue Sharing
House Democrats pressed to defeat Nixon revenue sharing for manpower training and block approval of a $5 billion emergency employment bill. A GOP substitute to the revenue plan looked doomed, with Republicans signaling a veto by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Upi
House
Nixon
Marvin Esh
R-Mich
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Quie
Clarksburg Theatre Operators Indicted for X Film
A Harrison County grand jury indicted Terrace Theater manager Carl Fisk and assistant Naomi Reed after their April arrest for showing an X rated film. Prosecutors charged them with corrupting public morals.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Harrison County
Carl Fisk
Terrace Theater
Naomi Reed
Lobe
She
Fayette County Man Charged With Murder
Fayette County man Donald I Lee Treadway was returned to Fayette County jail on a murder charge after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate R C Godsey. Police say the shooting of Carlos Worley, 43, at Worley’s lover’s quarrel occurred at Treadway’s Glen Jean home. Worley died at Oak Hill Hospital after being shot with a .22 caliber pistol following an argument with Worley’s wife Velma.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Donald i Lee Treadway
R. C. Godsey
Treadway
Carlos Worley
Glen Jean Jand
Worley
Glen Jean
Velma
Oak Hill Hospital
Deaths and Funerals Notice Wideley Scanned
Funeral notices report Mrs Nancy JElien Davis 72 of Hollywood Ila died Tuesday in a Hollywood hospital with incomplete arrangements. Final rites for Mrs Martha Alice Maynor 80 Beckley set for 3 p m Friday at Artie Church of God. burial Toneys Fork Cemetery Clear Creek. Maynor born Oct 14 1890 Carters County Ky. survivors include five sons and five daughters. Curtis W Ely 76 of Cannelton died today in a local nursing home. body at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Davis
Nancy Jelien Davis
Hollywood, Ila
Union
Hollywood
Danny Davis
Oak Hill
Martha Alice Maynor
Beckley
Artie Church of God
Freddie Steele
Toney’s Fork
Clear Creek
Attic Church of God
Carters County
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Curtis W. Ely
Curtis William Ely
Cannelton
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Infant Dies at Birth and Other Raleigh County Notices
Smith infant graveside rites for the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Smith will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. She died shortly after birth at 5 a.m. today in a local hospital. Survivors include brother Woodrow and sister Juanita of Beckley. Burial in Montgomery Memorial Park London. Sne died Monday night in an Oak Hill hospital. Born Oct 26 1923 Hugheston daughter of Walter K. and Emma Merricks Bowen. Husband William E. Jr. died 1963. Survivors include three sons Douglas R Akron Thomas L Barberton and Charles R at home a daughter Ann L at home three brothers Rev Clarence Bowen Floyd and Forrest Bowen two sisters Kathleen Thomas and Virginia Bennett and four grandchildren. Friends may call today. Funeral services for former Raleigh County Bank president D C Wade 83 of 108 Wilson St will be held Thursday Beckley Presbyterian Church at 7:30 p.m. Burial Friday in New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery Brownsburg Va. Wade born Dec 4 1887 Brownsburg son of William and Jennie A Patterson Wade. He was executive vice president of Raleigh County Bank in 1956 then president until 1959. Survivors include wife Ellen Hay Wade son J D C Wade Jr Greenville NC daughter Mrs George Frances Haldane Beckley six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Larry Smith
Patton Drive
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Woodrow
Juanita
Beckley
David Sneed
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Sne
Oak Hill Hospital
Hugheston
Walter K
Emma Merricks Bowen
William E. Jr
Douglas R
Akron Ohio
Thomas L
Barberton
Ohio
Charles R
Ann L
Clarence ,Bowen
Floyd
Shrewsbury
Forrest
Montgomery
Kathleen Thomas
Smithers
Virginia Bennett
Fort Pierce
Fla
Raleigh County Bank
D. C. Wade
Wilson St
Beckley Presbyterian Church
R. Jack Sadler
New Providence Presbyterian Church
Brownsburg
William
Jennie A. Patterson Wade
Presbyterian Church
Wade
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Ellen Hay Wade
JD. C. Wade Jr
Greenville
N.C
George
Frances) Haldane
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Ada Weaver of Mullens
Mrs Ada Weaver 80 of Mullens dies after long illness at Mullens hospital. Funeral 1 p m Thursday in Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with Rev Eddie Blankenship. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Survived by sister Lula Rice Salem Va. Body at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Weaver
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
Eddie Blankenship
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Mullens Hospital
Lula Rice
Salem
Nease and Neely
Funeral for Mrs. Florence Mae Ballard Held in Fayetteville
The funeral for Florence Mae Ballard 47 of Fayetteville will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Mae Ballard
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Hijacked Jet details Cuban fishermen tie to case
Coast Guard captured four Cuban captains and four crewmen in 14 foot boats off Dry Tortugas west of Key West. The crewmen were returned. captains held in Monroe County jail awaiting June 7 arraignment in Miami Federal Court. Cuban affairs officials confer in Key West. Hijacker on Boeing 707 from Buenos Aires to Miami identified as Ivan Gustavo Garcia Landaetta, 22, Venezuelan, claimed to use fingers under jacket as gun to hijack after feigning theft in Caracas. Captain Ashley reported the hijacker showed a knife to a child during the event.
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Coast Guard
Dry Tortugas Island
Key West
Fla
U.S
Tthe Coast Guard
Monroe County
Miami
Matthew Smith
Smith
Buenos Aires
Caracas
Radio Havana
Ivan Gustavo Garcia Landaetta
Landaetta
George Ashley
Final rites set for Louie Wilson 69 Long Branch
Louie Wilson a retired miner dies at 8 30 p m Monday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness He was born Sept 5 1901 in Kanawha County and was a member of the United Mine Workers He attended Laurel Grove Baptist Church in Lively Burial is in Pax Community Cemetery Funeral chapel in Mount Hope with Freddie Dinkler in charge Friends may call 4 to 9 this evening Nephews will be pallbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Wilson
Long Branch
Tyree
United Mine Workers
Laurel Grove Baptist Church
Lively
Tcie
John Morgan
Morgantown
Elizabeth Humany
Manassas
Burman
Barber
Ohio
Dada Vonck
Detroit
Mich
Final rites for Ambrose Jackson Williams
Ambrose Jackson Williams 89 of Bradley dies at a local hospital. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Richardson officiating, burial in Calfee Cemetery at Mount Tabor. Born October 1, 1881 in Sandlick, son of John and Frances Harper Williams. lifelong Raleigh County resident and Sandlick Missionary Baptist Church member. No survivors. Body remains at the funeral home with calling after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Jackson Williams
Bradley
Calfee Funeral Home
John Richardson
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Williams
Sandlick
John
Frances Harper Williams
Sandlick Missionary Baptist Church
Raleigh County
Tunney Seeks 18 Year Olds on Federal Juries
Senator John V. Tunney proposes lowering the federal jury age to 18 with co sponsors Senators Mathias and Hart. Tunney cites enabling young citizens to exercise peer justice and participate in the judiciary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Senate
Tunney
Charles Mathias
R-Md
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
United States Senate
Imrema
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Marin County
Universal C.I.T
Gore
Bonar Satisfactory
Supreme Court
Mrs
Martha Maynor
F. M. Ballard
Ambrose Williams
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