Dole Defends Nixon as War Vote Nears
Republican National Chairman Robert Dole charged that a Dec 31 troop withdrawal deadline would undermine a just Vietnam settlement. The Senate weighs the McGovern Hatfield amendment to cut off funds after year end as Mansfield calls for full hearings on the war's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Kansas
Senate
McGovern-Hatfield
George S. McGovern
Ds.d
Mark O. Hatfield
Dole
Cole
GOP
Nixon
New York Times
White House
Johnson
U.S
South Vietnam
New York
Pentagon
U. S
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Viet Cong raid hits Phnom Penh naval guard posts
Viet Cong forces attacked three Cambodian navy guard posts on Phnom Penh's northern outskirts, killing four sailors and wounding 11 after setting up rocket and mortar positions. Communal forces arrived too late to prevent the assault, and no civilians were harmed. Gunfire echoed through downtown Phnom Penh amid earlier bombardment reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
UPI
Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Prek Tasek
Administration To Roll Back Construction Prices In New Plan
The administration plans limited moves to curb inflation in construction costs. A key rule would require price rollbacks when bids rely on wage increases above government guidelines. A wage stabilization committee began in March and has acted only on new wage boosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPI
Nixon
Wheeling Electricians Win 7 Percent Wage Increase
President Nixon's construction wage control committee approved 21 more negotiated contracts, including one for Wheeling electricians. The raise increases their hourly rate from $7.82 to $8.37, as part of anti inflation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Wheeling
Mine Strike Suit Rival miners and widows in court
A dissident miners group and widows filed a strike suit against the union. Boyle was in Chicago Tuesday but unreachable at his hotel. The UMW in Washington called the walkout an unauthorized stoppage not sanctioned by the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle
Chicago
UMW
Washington
Perry Denies Bribe Ties to Barron Trial News
Charleston report links part of a 25000 payoff to a 1968 sale of state building bonds via a 50000 commission to Perry and co counsel. Perry calls the claim ludicrous and vows to file pleadings exposing Barron’s motives and alleged lies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barron
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Charleston Gazette
Bache and Co
Robert J. Perry
Ralph Buckalew
Perry
Commission
Louis Tabit
J. Henry Francis
National Guard
Francis
Wally Barron
Study on Strip Mining To Be Conducted By SRI
Charleston reports the Joint Committee on Government and Finance hired Stanford Research Institute of Menlo Park to study surface mining in West Virginia at up to 75000 dollars. The study will cover environmental damage direct and indirect economic effects county by county and enforcement laws with a preliminary report in November and final by January 1. The committee may seek an attorney general opinion on a pollution tax that could fund sewage and pollution abatement facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
Stanford Research Institute
West Virginia
Menlo Park
Calif
William A. Moreland
Monongalia
Del
Ervin Queen
D-Logan
Vermont
Nobel Prize Winner Wendell Stanley Dies in Spain
Wendell M. Stanley Nobel laureate in 1946 for virus work died in Salamanca Spain at 66 from a heart attack He was UC Berkeley molecular biology and biochemistry professor who helped develop an influenza vaccine during World War II and founded the UC Virus Laboratory He is survived by his wife a son and three daughters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salamaca
Spain
UPI
Wendell M. Stanley
Stanley
University of California At Berkeley
Virses
University of Salamanca
University of California Virus Laboratory
Berkeley
Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Petition Trial
The State Supreme Court refused to block the magistrate's trial Saturday of Dr. John D. Lozier a sociology professor at West Virginia University charged with soliciting signatures in a state park. Lozier says Justice of the Peace Robert E. Barnes had no jurisdiction and cites a forest regulation. Lozier was arrested at Cooper's Rock State Forest near Morgantown while opposing strip mining in Preston County. Forest officials say Lozier was warned and later arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Morgantown
John D. Lozier
Justice For the Peace
Robert E. Barnes
Lozier
West Virginia University
Cooper’s Rock State Forest
Laurel Run
Preston County
Department of Natural Resources
Bennetl W. White
Forest
Burns backs loan guarantees to shield large firms from crisis
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns urged a federal guarantee mechanism up to 2 billion dollars to help creditworthy corporations secure loans amid tight money conditions. He did not comment on a possible 250 million loan to Lockheed Aircraft Corp as it faced cash shortages delaying the L1011 TriStar jet project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
Burns
Senate Banking Committee
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Pentagon
CSA
Britain
Rolls-Royce
Fitzgerald
Treasury
Congress
Bank of California Raises Prime Rate to Six Percent
The Bank of California, the 29th largest in the nation, said it will lift its prime rate from 5 to 6 percent effective next Monday. The move follows First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co. and other banks signaling modest rate increases in a cautious market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Bank of California
First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
First Pennsylvania
Exchange National of Chicago
New York
Bank of America
Sulzberger Cuts London Visit Over Pentagon Study Publication
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger flew back to New York from London to handle the Times publication crisis over a secret Pentagon Vietnam War study. The Justice Department named Times officials in its bid to halt the series that has sparked European headlines and Tass commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
The
New York Times
New York
Times
Pentagon
Sulzberger
Justice Department
Tass
End of Southern West Virginia coal strike seen near
Miners in District 29 expect to return to work as meetings set to decide on leadership at the Welfare Fund. At Raleigh County Courthouse a 300 strong gathering supported Carey to replace Boyle, while some urged unity and warned against concessions to government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
District 29
UMWA
W. A
Tony”’. Boyle
The
Miners’ Welfare and Retirement Fund
Raleigh County
Edward L. Carey
Boyle
James R. Mitchem
Winding Gulf
Carey
Welfare Fund Board
International Executive Board
Mitchem
James Leeber
New York
Robert Blevins
MacArthur
Leeber
Supreme Court
Grenbrier
New River
William C. Underwood
Sprague
Tony Boyle
Lewis
East Gulf
Clayton Newland
UMW
Final rites set for Mrs. Ethel L. Sweatte of Lanark
Mrs. Ethel L. Sweatte, 67, of Lanark, will be memorialized at Mount Zion Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday with Bishop D. E. Smith and the Rev. Nelson Staples officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. Friends may visit Trent and Durgan Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. today. the body will be taken to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel L., Sweatte
Lanark
Mount Zion Baptist Church
D. E. Smith
Nelson Staples
Greenwood Memorial Park
Trent and Durgan
Watkins Funeral Services Held for Donald Parkis Watkins
Donald Parkis Watkins 67 of Beckley formerly of Quinnimont died Tuesday after a short illness. Funeral services at Hurst-Scott Richlands with Rev. Huffman and Rev. Hanshew. Survivors include wife Lycia two sons and four brothers. Final rites for Lou Ellen Reed 77 will be at Caffee Funeral Home with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Parkis Watkins
Main St
Beckley
Quinnimont
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
H.huffman
Harvey ‘Hanshew
Cedar Bluff
Watkins
Maplewood Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge No
Grundy
Charles Thomas
Margaret Scott Watkins
Lycia
Donald Jr
Columbus
Ohio
Charles
Severn, Md
R. J. Hurt
Charlotte, N. C
C. T
Bernard
Bluefield
W. W
Land
Roger
Maybeury
Bod
Funeral set for Mrs Margaret Ola Plumley
Mrs. Margaret Ola Plumley 67 of Terry dies after brief illness. Funeral services at Terry Community Church at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Gene Hall officiating. Burial in Harrah Cemetery Backus Mountain. Body to be moved from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to daughter Mrs James Vance residence this afternoon before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ola Plumley
Terry
Gene Hall
Harrah
Backus Mountain
Webb and Neal
James ‘Vance
Final rites for Jackie Lee Toney in Oak Hill
Jackie Lee Toney nineteen of Dothan will receive final rites at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill at two this afternoon with Dr C S Donnelly presiding. Burial follows at Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. He died after a apparent heart attack on arrival at Oak Hill hospital. He was born May 30 in Oak Hill, son of Lewis M. and Bertha Sowder Toney. Survivors include paternal grandmother Virgie Toney of Dothan. The body rests at the funeral home and friends may visit 7 to 9 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Lee Toney
Dothan
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. S. Donnelly
Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Ill
Lewis M
Jack
Bertha Sowder Toney
Virgie Toney
Detroit Killings Theory Revised
Police revised the motive for seven early week killings to personal vengeance tied to a packet thought to be heroin. A two to three ounce bag found at the scene, initially believed heroin, was later identified as milk sugar and quinine.
Panel Discussion For Raleigh County Elderly Program
The Raleigh County Senior Opportunity Program hosts a Friday 10 a.m. panel at the former Teen Town Building Prince Street. Mrs. Margaret Hill notes panelists from regional health councils welfare department VISTA program and Mountaineer Family Health Plan will explain services for seniors and eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Prince Street
Margaret Hill
Raleigh County Community Action Association
Senior Citizens Council
Hill
Betty Canterbury
Southern West Virginia Regional, Health Council
Annetta F. Swiger
Department of Welfare
Area
Noel Snuffer
ACCAA
Les Moores
Mountaineer Family Health
FDA Rejects Specific Orange Juice Label Plan
The FDA tentatively vetoes labeling orange juice with exact juice percentages and plans four broad content categories: below 10 percent, 10 to 35 percent, 35 to 70 percent, and 70 percent or more. Dr Virgin O Wodicka says policing such labels is too difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Virgin O. Wodicka
FDA Bureau of Foods
Secret Titan 3D Satellite Launch From Vandenberg AFB
A secret satellite using a Titan 3D booster was launched Tuesday from Vandenberg Space and Missile Test Center by an Air Force industry team. Details of the 11 41 am PDT launch time were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandenberg Afb
Calif
Final rites for Garrett A. Tabor at Star Methodist Church
Garrett A. Tabor 61 of Arnett dies after a short illness. Funeral Friday at Star Methodist Church Saxon with Rev. Wade Webb officiating. Burial in Tabor Cemetery. Born July 7 1909 in Saxon, he was a farmer and Raleigh native. Survived by wife Sylvia a son Gary four daughters nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers named. Family to receive friends Thursday at Caffee Funeral Home residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett A. Tabor
Arnett
Star Methodist Church
Saxon
Wade Webb
Tabor
C. W
Arizona Massey Tabor
Raleigh County
Sylvia Wills Tabor
Gary
James
Ardeth) Vaughn
L. G
Ann) Daniel
Carl
Phyllis) Bangus
Naoma
Richard
Sue ) Calley
Whitesville
Charles
Melbourne
Fla
Glen Tabor
Beckley
A. A
Five Day-Old Ronald Johnson Dies in Mullens Hospital
Ronald Gene Johnson five day old son of Willie E and Linda Kay Whitt Johnson of Keyrock died at 1 15 a m today in a Mullens hospital Survived by grandparents Willis S Johnson Rockview Colbert Whitt Keyrock Graveside services 1 p m Thursday Johnson Cemetery Rockview Rev Virgil Shannon in charge Body at Robertson and FogtEVONG Funeral Home Pineville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Gene Johnson
Willie E
Linda Kay Whitt Johnson
Keyrock
Mullens Hospital
Willis S. Johnson
Rockview
Colbert Whitt
Kkeyrock
Johnson Cemetery
Virgil Shannon
Robertson and Fogtevong Funeral Home
Pineville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nears
Robert Dole
Phnom Penh Naval Base
Egister
Gilbert V. Barnette
County Extension
Barnette
Florida
Acapulco
Riviera
Albena
Bulgaria
Black Sea
East Europe
Nobel
Wendell Stanley
Third Bank
Newland
United Mine Workers of America
Ray McConnell
Mack Coffman
Maben Local
Ethel L. Sweatte
Donald P. Watkins
Lou E. Reed
Lou Ellen Reed
Austin Ave
Jim Franklin
Sunset Memorial Park
Monroe County
Presley
Alice Crossley Harvey
Memorial Baptist Church
Raleigh
Bob Forren
Irl Fink
Charlie Earehart
Paul Beasley
Tommy Crews
Hoppy Reed
Mrs. M. Plumley
Jackie L. Toney
Detroit
J. E. McGraw
Ted Webb
Harry Snodgrass
Dale Tabor
Mike and
Larry Pettry
Benny Milam
Alvin Farmer
Ronald Johnson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!