Final rites for 1st Lt Nancy Wentzel at Bryant Chapel
Funeral services for 1st Lieutenant Nancy Carol Wentzel of Beale Air Base were held at Bryant Bryant Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Jim Franklin officiating. Burial followed at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call and she will receive full military honors.
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Nancy Carol Wi
Beale Air Base
Ofce
Bryant
Keyser-Bryant
Jim Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Wentzel
George Clyde Birt Funeral Service Arranged in Keyser Bryant Chapel
George Clyde Birt 79 of 114 Austin Ave dies in a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 1 p m Saturday in the Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Ross M Evans officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Pallbearers listed as Charles Honaker Emmett Davis Robert Forren H A Adams Gordon Foster and J W Woods.
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George Clyde Birt
Austin Ave
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Ross M. Evans
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Charles Honaker
Emmett Davis
Robert Forren
H. A. Adams
Gordon Foster
J. W. Woods
Funeral services and deaths across West Virginia region
Funeral services were held for Berdine E Tolliver 83 of Grand Prairie Texas formerly of Wyoming County with burial in Southland Memorial Cemetery He died Saturday after a short illness Survivors include his wife and close relatives Final rites for Elvin Law 53 of Oak Hill will be at 2 p m Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery He died Thursday after an apparent heart attack Law was a custodian at Collins High School Surviving include his wife and two children Mrs Cora Janette Canaday 76 of MacArthur had funeral at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Burial in Canaday Cemetery at Glen View She died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital Pallbearers named
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Berdine E. Tolliver
Grand Prairie
Tex
Wyoming County
Southland Memorial Cemetery
Maben
Mullens
Texas
Greneda Tolliver
Florida
Tom Tolliver
West Virginia
Susie Phillips
Virginia
Elvin Law
Oak Hill
Tyree
Edward Forbes
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Oak Hil Hospital
Blanchester
Ohio
John Wesley
Fannie Lee Canterbury Law
Collins ‘High School
Oak ‘Hill
Frances Musselwhite Law
John Wesley Law
Lois Ann Law
Eva Thomisin
Clarkston
Wash
Cora J. Canaday
Cora Janette Canaday
MacArthur
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Jim Franklin
Canaday
Glen View
Charleston
Robert Slate
Bennie Kelly
Lewis Buckhannon
Henry O’shinski
Andrew Craddock
Larry Garten
Roane County Boy Dies After Hot Dog Choke
Five year old Mont Boggs of Spencer choked on a hot dog while eating it. He was dead on arrival at Roane General Hospital after part of the hot dog lodged in his throat cutting off oxygen.
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Spencer
UPI
Roane County
Mont Boggs
Steven Boggs
Roane General Hospital
NTSB Denies Group A Voice At MY Hearing
Washington UPI reports the NTSB refused to make Citizens for Aviation Safety a party to hearings on the Marshall air crash. The panel will expand the inquiry to include charter arrangements and glide slope absence at Tri-State Airport, Huntington, amid survivor group objections.
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Washington
UPI
National Transportation Safety Board
Citizens For Aviation Safety
Marshall Air Crash
Marshall University
NTSB
Southern Airways
Tri-State
Huntington
Citizens Safety Group
Cincinnati
Laverne Rosenthal
Three Oil City Men Plead Guilty to Forgery Attempt
Three young men from Oil City Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to an attempt to commit forgery before Judge Harry L. McCreery. At Beckley College they found a check and tried to cash it at a drive in window. they fled when questioned, a teller later supplying their license numbers. All three Eric Paul Young Thomas C. Rumbard and Stephen Scott Lang were placed on probation for a year from six month jail sentences. They each faced fines of $25 and costs.
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Oil City
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Beckley College
Eric Paul Young
Thomas C. Rumbard
Stephen Scott Lang
Beckley Industrial Park to Repair Femco Equipment and Mines Service Gear
Robert Yaple district manager says Beckley division will function as a warehouse and service hub for Femco communications equipment Wheat cap lamps and other dust and methane instruments. Current staff 35 to 40 expected to rise to 65 in 2 3 years with training at Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center. Key staff include J C Thompson Homer Redden Edward Cox Kenneth Kincaid Steve Alaki. G A Brown and Son of Fairmont build National Mine Service and Lee Norse construction projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draeger
Femco
Beckley
Robert Yaple
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Yaple
J. C. Thompson
Homer Redden
Edward Cox
Kenneth Kincaid
Steve Alaki
G. A. Brown
Fairmont
National Mine Service
Lee Norse Construction
Marijuana plants found near Raleigh County Airport Road
About five or six mounds of marijuana plants roughly tire sized and three weeks old were discovered by Appalachian Power Co workers and a forester near a 365000 volt transmission line by Airport and Grandview roads. Authorities continue to investigate the scene and assess the plants.
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Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Appalachian Power Co
Airport
Grandview Roads
Power Company
Piedmont Hijack Attempt Foiled
A would be hijacker, Richard White 26 of Kingsport Tennessee, tried to seize a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 737 bound from New York to Winston-Salem. He was subdued by Piedmont security agent W C Tadlock and a U S sky marshal, then jailed on a federal hijacking charge awaiting hearing before U S Magistrate Herman A Smith in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N.C
UPI
Piedmont Airlines
Cuba
Richard White
Kingsport
Tenn
U.S
Herman A. Smith
Greensboro
White
W. C. Tadlock
Piedmont
New York
Leon M. Fox
Wilmington
Fox
Tadlock
Sky
Sky Marshal
Forsyth County
Flight 25
Times fights to keep informant sources hidden in court clash
The Times refused to halt publication of a three part war policy series citing First Amendment protections. Gurfein ordered protection of sources, while the DOJ seeks the documents to decide an injunction. Lawmakers back disclosure arguing oversight and possible overclassification in government files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Johnson
Gurfein
Justice Department
Michael D. Hess
U.S. Attorney’s Civil Division
New York
Earl Caldwell
House
Congress
Bob Eckhardt
D-Tex
Abner Mikva
D-Il
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
Eckhardt
House Subcommittee On
Government Information
Rep.Witttam
Stoorfield
D- Pa
Eighth Baby Dies Ninth Still Critical in Australia
Sydney dispatch reports the eighth of nine children born to an Australian housewife died today while the remaining boy, described as severely frail, is in critical condition with very slim chances of survival.
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Sydney
UPS
Pocters
House antiwar drive gains but Nixon wins on Indochina
In Washington the House backed away from a total U S withdrawal by December 31 and by June 30 1972 with conditions. The vote tally showed 254 158 against the Dec 31 pullout plan and 238 146 against the June 30 proposal. House doves notched a 158 vote high supported by Rep Nedzi while Southern hawks and wary Democrats joined the antiwar bloc. Senate debates kept drafts alive as filibuster threats loomed and cloture fights began ahead of the draft extension deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House of Representatives
Nixon
Indochina
House
U.S
U .S
Ken Hechler
James Kee
John Slack
Robert Mollohan
Harley O. Staggers
Senate
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Congress
Gravel
Alan Cranston
Calif
Vietnam
Lucien Nedzi
D-Mich
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Devies
Hoover FBI Agent Vindicated by 13000 Settlement
John F. Shaw, a former FBI agent, said he felt vindicated after an out of court settlement that awarded $13,000 in back pay and medical expenses. The agreement requires destruction of documents showing his resignation "with prejudice" for "atrocious conduct" and was signed with his attorney and a U.S. assistant attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
John F. Shaw
Shaw
U.S
American Civil Liberties Union
Hoover
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Miners strike spurs UMW criticism over losses and return call
Gesell denounces a letter from the UMW president urging a return to work. He notes members face thousands of dollars per day in losses and says Boyle was removed as a fund trustee last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Gesell
Boyle
Paul Connell Boyle
Two Car Crash At First and Neville Streets Reported
Police report a 1:30 p.m. crash at First and Neville involving a 1971 car driven by Etta Jean Snodgrass and a 1968 car driven by H. M. Tolbert. No injuries or charges. Separate arrests include John Mason Hall jailed for intoxication and related charges, released on $1,000 bond. John Thurman jailed for intoxication and breach, released on $1,000 bond. Christopher Clifford arrested for intoxication and disorderly conduct. First aid at Kozy Grill for a boy with a nosebleed. Beckley Fire Department responded to a mini bike fire at Vincent J. Gallagher’s home. A 70-year-old woman at Morris Ave received oxygen. Tyrone Temple ill at a residence. State Police report an accident on U. S. 19-21 By-Pass with damages. No injuries reported.
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First
Neville Streets
Etta Jean Snodgrass
Princeton
Neville Street
H. M. Tolbert
Beckley
John Mason Hall
Kanawha St
Department of Natural Resources
Grandview State Park
Hall
Joe Rodriguez
Sheriff's Deputies
John Thurman
Maxwell Hill Road
Rodriguez
Glen Morgan
U. S
Four Hurt in Head-On Wreck Near Lester
State police reported a Thursday crash near Lester left four injured and two cars demolished. Involved were Jessie Kyle Cook 22 Beckley and Robert Edgar Hayworth 17 Stephenson with passengers Ray Stover 21 Damerson and Ronald Darrell Reed 17 Stephenson. Cook faces drunken driving driving with suspended license and improper registration charges.
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Lester
Jessie Kyle Cook
Beckley
Robert Edgar Hayworth
Stephenson
Ray Stover
Damerson
Ronald Darrell
Reed
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Cook
Hayworth
Stover
Friml Fine but Doctors Worry Headline
Composer Rudolf Friml, 91, admitted to Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital for his first checkup of life. He said he felt fine and had never been sick before entering the hospital.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Rudolf Friml
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Friml
Government Pays $23 Million Monthly for Black Lung
Washington reports the federal black lung program has paid more than 300 million dollars since December 1969. HEW notes many miners and families still struggle with eligibility rules. monthly benefits range from 153.10 to 306.10 dollars depending on dependents. Over 290,000 claims were filed, about 130,000 rejected.
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Washington
UPI
Dick Mung
Department of Health,Education and Welfare
HEW
Vietnamese government seizes 15 newspapers over Ky speech
Saigon reports the South Vietnamese government confiscated 15 editions of Vietnamese language papers, 13 for carrying a speech by Vice President Ky critical of the government. Ky seeks the Oct 3 presidential race against Thieu. he urged truth about corruption and reform to bolster the army. The seizure cites the federal newspaper code deeming content against national interest.
Walter Cunningham Quits NASA Blasts Congress
Astronaut Walter Cunningham resigns to take an executive job with a real estate firm. He criticizes Congress for shrinking space program funding and calls for renewed support to advance orbital operations and the Skylab program. He notes Soviet gains with Salyut and mentions Pete Conrad’s Skylab leadership. He plans to join Century Development Corporation in Houston as VP of operations.
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Sapce Center
Houston
Walter Cunningham
Congress
America
Russia
Cunningham
Salyut
Earth
United States
Astronaut Office
Navy
Charles
Pete’ Conrad
Conrad
Astronaut Corps
Century Development Corporation
Greenway Plaza
Eisenhower Indochina Policy Debated In 1954 Memo Leak
The Post reports on declassified documents showing Eisenhower’s mixed stance on Southeast Asia intervention. A May NSC memo opposed Eden’s limited plan, while a National Security Council statement urged backing France with covert actions to defeat Viet Minh by 1955. Pentagon notes require Congressional and ally support before action, with senators and officials voicing restraint or potential intervention.
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Eisenhower
Indochina
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs
Robert Cutler
National Security Council
Anthony Eden
Southeast Asia
United States
Japan
Pentagon
Congress
U.S
Committee On
U. S
John C. Stennis
D- Miss
Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Troops to be drug tested before leaving Vietnam
UPI reports American troops will undergo urine drug tests before departing Vietnam to detect narcotics use. The program, ordered by President Nixon, uses urinalysis machines and aims to rehabilitate addicted GIs with medical observation and counseling. Positive cases lead to controlled medical observation and homeward evacuation for follow up care.
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Saigon
Congressional
Vietnam
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Detroit
Nancy Wentzel
George C. Birt
Webbs Florist & Greenhouses
Jals
N.Y
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Mont
Christopher Clifford
Piney View
Kozy Grill
Prince Street
Beckley Fire Department
Vincent J. Gallagher
Russell St
Morris Ave
Helen Joe
Terrill St
Tyrone Temple
Hurt
Gov't
Post
Robert Steele
R-Conn
Morgan Murphy
D-Ill
Prenemt Nixon
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