Israel Shells Lebanese Border After Fatal Attacks
Israeli air, artillery and tank fire hit southern Lebanon villages killing nine and wounding sixteen as Lebanon protests at the UN. An army officer and three policemen were seized, while both sides deny shelling reports. Lebanon plans emergency cabinet action and may seek a UN Security Council meeting.
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Lebanon
Saeb Salam
el Edaisse
Israel
Hajjaj
Beirut
Tel Aviv
Suleiman Fraxjieh
Tae
U.N. ‘Security Council
Middle East
United Nations
Lod Interntionaal
UPI
Abdul Hatiai
House Advances Nixon Revenue Sharing Bill Amid Uncertain Senate Fate
The House voted 223 185 to block amendments and move Nixon's revenue sharing plan toward a final vote. It would authorize 30 billion dollars over five years to states and localities with strings tied to police fire environmental and transportation projects. About 3.5 billion annually would be distributed to 38 700 local units, while states would receive amounts linked to tax distributions and income tax policies.
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House
Senate
Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
West Virginia Congressmen Split Over Revenue Sharing Bill
All but one WV congressman oppose Nixon revenue sharing bill as House passes it 223 to 185. Reps Hechler Mollohan Slack Staggers vote against. Rep Kee votes for.
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Washington
Train Collision Injures Worker At Rum Junction
In Logan County a coal train stopped at Rum Junction was struck from the rear by a second train pulling 10 empty cars. One worker was injured and a locomotive and caboose suffered severe damage.
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Logan
W.va
UPID
Logan County
Rum Junction
Mrs Nixon Reflects on 32nd Anniversary and Rainy Commute
On their 32nd anniversary Patricia Nixon recalls the day she married Richard Nixon as seeming like yesterday. She faced a Washington traffic jam from daylong rain en route to a reception, then spent two hours at the party and delayed dinner for 40 minutes signing autographs. Her dinner, she noted, was overcooked.
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Nixon
Richard Nixon
Mt Hope Man Loses State Court Appeal Over Heart Attack Claim
West Virginia Supreme Court issued four opinions. It reversed one lower court ruling and upheld another while ruling differently on two Workmen's Compensation cases. Albert Sowder of Mt Hope was denied benefits for a heart attack tied to a mine accident, and Nyle Fulton Smith of Union Carbide in South Charleston challenged eye injury from inhaling fumes.
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Mt. Hope
Charleston
W.va
UPI
State Supreme Court
State Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Charles Haden II
Morgantown
Frank C. Haymond
Fairmont
Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Albert C. Sowder
New River Co
Sowder
Union Carbide Corp
South Charleston
Nyle Fulton Smith
Techni
Cian
Smith
Vietnamese siege and marine push in Quang Tri province
North and South Vietnamese forces clash with heavy fighting near Quang Tri as U S Marines withdraw to combat outposts after a farthest advance into the province. U S jets and B52 strikes pound targets along the coast while North Vietnam reports downing two U S F4 Phantom jets near Hanoi.
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Huntley
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri
South China Sea Coast
An Loc
U.S
Saigon
Khe Sanh
South China Sea
North Vietnnam
Hanoi
Residents oppose Willis Branch strip mining over environmental fears
About 50 Willis Branch residents signed a petition against strip mining citing potential environmental damage and visual impact from the West Virginia Turnpike. Dry Hill Coal Co. counter-petitioned. Rosenthal noted plans to stabilize the area with seed, mulch, and fertilizer and cited a May shutdown for road noncompliance. The 1971 Surface Mining Act allows civil action for damages and tripled penalties if proven.
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West Virginia
Willis Branch
Dry Hill Coal Co
Rosenthal
Beckley
Fayetteville
Oak Hil
Bob Craddock
DNR
Craddock
Hawley Coal Mining Corp
Maynor
High Court Rejects Purpose as Basis for Segregation Policy
The high court rejects a dominant purpose test, holding that judges must evaluate the effect of school board actions to dismantle a dual system. Lower courts should refrain from intervention if the district aims to provide quality education and alters racial balance only as a secondary result.
Quiet New Yorker Pinkerton Guard Goes Berserk in Office Shooting
Edwin Grace 32 a Pinkerton guard from New York City opened fire in the Heritage Building Cherry Hill New Jersey killing six and wounding six before shooting himself in the head. He targeted men only firing at desks and hallways while avoiding women. Grace is hospitalized in critical condition. Neighbors recall him as quiet and churchgoing.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
Edwin Grace
Pinkerton
New York City
Grace
James
Brooklyn
Louis Zone
Ralph Bosco
Bank Associates
Heritage Building
Yablonski murder suspects face possible dismissal moves
Washington County judge signals likely dismissal of two United Mine Workers officials challenges in the Yablonski killings case. Albert Pass and William Prater face extradition and grand jury questions as prosecutors prepare responses and a July 11 hearing is set.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Charles G. Sweet
Washington County
United Mine Workers
Yablonski
Albert Pass
Middlesboro
William Prater
la Follette
Tenn
U.S. Court of the
Eastern District of
Tennessee
Kentucky
Pass
UMW
Prater
UMW District 19
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Clarksville
Dias
Sweet
Price Controls Likely In Agriculture And Meat
Washington officials signal a broad push to curb rising food costs. The Price Commission recommends extending controls to raw agricultural products, facing farmer backlash, while the Cost of Living Council weighs lifting exemptions. White House may suspend meat import quotas to lower prices.
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Washington
UPI
The
Price Commission
Cost of Living Council
Commission
Treasury
George P. Shultz
White House
United States
IRA cease-fire hopes rise after Lifford talks in Ireland
After a meeting in Lifford near the Ulster border between Provisional IRA chiefs and SDLP leaders, signs point to a cease-fire. A Belfast SDLP official quoted optimism that lasting peace may be near, while the army reported a gunfight near Londonderry and gunpoint hijackings south of Belfast.
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Londonderry
Rosemount
Belfast
Irish Republic
Lifford
Ulster
TRA
Northern Ireland
Social Democratic and Labor Party
SDLP
IRA
Paddy Devlin
Correction notes Meadows mislisted in post election filings
Randall C. Meadows of Crab Orchard was incorrectly listed among candidates who failed to file post election campaign expenditure statements. Meadows reported expenses of 307.51 dollars as a candidate for Justice of the Peace from District 1.
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Randall C. Meadows
Crab Orchard
Meadows
Justice of the Peace
Death notices and funerals in Romulus and surrounding areas
Multiple obituaries and funeral arrangements for Charles A Johnson Ruth Curtis Melton Mortuary Chapel in Romulus and other local deaths. Services set for Charles Bethel Johnson, Frances Bannister Deem, and George Brandon with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Trail's End Clintonville Oak Hill High Lawn. survivors listed. Cremation planned for Mrs Curtis. services and calling hours announced.
Final rites set for Mrs Alma Peters of Dothan
Mrs Alma Lois Delang Peters Sr of Dothan dies at 1000 hours Wednesday in Oak Hill hospital after a short illness. She was 100 Aug 3 1917 born in Kincaid. Survivors include husband Donald Earl Peters a son two daughters two sisters and several grandchildren. Services at 7 pm Friday at Dothan Community Church with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Friends may call 6 to 9 pm today at Tyree.
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Charles
Bethel Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Romulus
Mich
jEccles
Ruth Curtis
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Freddie Steele
Sunset Memorial Park
New
Roy Johnson
Clara Bragg Johnson
Assembly of God Church
Steelworker’s Union
Charles Wayne
William Bethel Johnson
Goldie Ballengee
Frances Bannister Deem
Glen Jean
Glen Jean Union Church
Ted Jaeger
Bill Thompson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Tyree
Alma Lois Delang Peters
Dothan
Dothan Community Church
Leonard Hewlett
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Oak Hill Hospital
Kincaid
Winifred Davis Delung
Santa Cruz
Calif
James Marvin Delung
Donald Earl Peters
Donald G
Chevy Chase
Connie ‘Scaside
Wheaton
Sue Peters
Athern Fritz
Tulisa
Okla
Elizabeth ‘Clowdus
Onta, ‘Ala
James
Laurel, Md
Larkin
Franklin
Scarbro
Ada -Lou ‘Bullis
Laurel
Beckley Post Office Worker James H. Biggs Dies
James Hershel Biggs 45, of 125 Clyde St, Beckley died in a local hospital at 11 30 p m Wednesday after a short illness. Born June 4 1927 in Lanark, he was a son of the late Henry and Margaret Samples Biggs. Survived by three daughters Tricia Lynn Biggs Susan Biggs and Donna Bunch, three brothers John E Phoenix Russell Clarkston and Robert Biggs, and a sister Frances Meador. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Beckley
James Hershel Biggs
Clyde St
Lanark
Henry and
Margaret Samples Biggs
Tricia Lynn ‘Biggs
Beniti
Susan Biggs
Donna Bunch
Lake City
Tenn
John E
Ariz
Russell
Clarkston
Mich
Robert ‘Biggs
Frances Meador
Pontiac
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral Notices for Myers Poff Hill and Families
Funeral services announced for Roger Dale Myers 25 Oak Hill at Tyree Funeral Home with burial at Bays Cemetery following a gunshot death in Oak Hill. Katie Ellen Poff 75 Rainelle to be buried at Huse Memorial Park after services at Smathers Funeral Home. Charles Floyd Hill 77 Princeton funeral at George W Seaver Chapel Princeton after a heart attack.
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Roger Dale Myers
Oak Hill
Tyree
Bill Menefee
Bays Cemetery
Summerlee
Fayette’ County
Antities
Myers
Minden
Katie Ellen Poff
Rainelle
Smathers
Allen
Gallimore
Jack Stafford
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Oak ‘Hill
Jennings
Vivian Becker
Charles
Charles ‘Floyd Hill
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Billy Deel
Orville Harvey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
J. M. Hill
Mount Hope
Elmer W. Hill
McArthur
S. E. Davis
Agnes Strikes Northeast Floods Cut Travel and Kill Nine
Floodwaters forced Amtrak trains to halt and caused evacuations from Harrisburg to York and Covington as dams overflowed and roads collapsed. The storm named Agnes, with winds up to 120 mph, killed nine in Florida and seven in Cuba, with Florida damage pegged at 25 million.
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Amtrak
National Passenger Train Service
New York
Richmond
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
York
Lykens
Mechanicsburg
Ceres
N.Y
Washington
Needham Lake
Rockville
Laurel
Brighton
Patuxent River
Fairfax County
Lake Barcroft
Virginia Beach
Block Island
Eastport
Maine
Arlandria
Alexandria
Arlington
Covington
Virginia
Virginia Highway Department
Agnes
Florida
Cuba
Reubin Askew
Nixon
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Edward Finch Cox
Harvard University
Langdell Hall
Charles B. Johnson
Merly
Romulus Hospital
Richard
Terry Patterson
Hugh
Albert Hilbert
Ronceverte
Curtis
University of Michigan
Katie E. Poff
George Brandon
Hilltop
Ritchies and Johnson
Greenstown
Preston Porter
Trail
Mrs
Frances Deem
Alma Peters
James H. Biggs
Roger D. Myers
Charles F. Hill
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