Britain Agrees to Vow to Join Common Market
After 14 hours of talks in Luxembourg Britain and the six Common Market nations reached terms for Britain’s entry into the European Economic Community. The agreement sets a Jan 1 1973 entry date with arrangements on New Zealand dairy imports and funding for the agricultural fund. Rippon and foreign ministers hailed the historic accord.
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Luxembourg
UPI
Britain
Geoffrey Rippon
France
Italy
Belgium
West Germany
Holland
Kircherg European Center
Rippon
Europe
Maurice Schumann
Charles de Gaulle
New Zealand
Agricultural Fund
Welfare Reform Clears House A Step Toward National Minimum Income
The House passes a historic welfare reform bill backed by Nixon and party leaders. It would set federal minimum income floors for poor families, with state administration and work or training requirements. Senate action delayed by Finance Chair Russell Long. Mills predicts no blocking.
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Washington
UPI
House
Nixon
White House
Senate
Finance Committee
Russell Long
D-La
House Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Long
United States
U.S
Congress
Jobles
Teamsters Union Official Disappears in New Jersey
Police investigate the disappearance of Michael Ardis 55 president of Local 945 in West Paterson New Jersey. Ardis vanished last Friday with his glasses found beside his car at the Wayne headquarters. The IRS had been reviewing his bank accounts amid the probe into local labor affairs. His predecessor John Serratelli vanished February 1959 and is presumed dead after rumors of mob pressure over testimony.
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West Paterson
UPI
Teamsters Union
Michael Ardis
Wayne
N.J
Teamsters
Internal Revenue Service
New Jersey
John Serratelli
Ardis
West Virginia Poetry Society to Publish Anthology
Morgantown reports the Echoes of the West Virginia Poetry Society will issue a 120 poem anthology in late July or early August. It features Jesse Stuart Jane Stuart Louise McNeill Hans Juergenen William Plumley Peter Zivkovic Ruth Ann Musick and Roy Lee Harmon who wrote the society history. Buck and Kimberly Durham co edit. Pre publication price is 3. Orders via Joseph A Joyce Jr President WV Poetry Society Parkersburg.
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Morgantown
Echoes of the
West Virginia Poetry Society
Arthur C. Buck
West Virginia University
Jesse Stuart
Jane Stuart
Louise McNeill
Hans Juergenen
Buck
William Plumley
Morris Harvey
Peter D. Zivkovic
Fairmont State College
Ruth Ann Musick
Roy Lee Harmon
Beckley
West Virginia
Society
Kimberly Durham
Joseph A. Joyce Jr
Dudley Ave
Parkersburg
W. Va
FCC Backs CBS Over The Selling of the Pentagon
The FCC said it cannot find evidence CBS violated fairness doctrine in The Selling of the Pentagon. FCC chairman Dean Burch signed the letter adopted June 16, sent to Harley Staggers who heads a House subcommittee investigating CBS.
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New York
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
CBS
Pentagon
Dean Burch
Commission
Harley C. Staggers
D-W.va
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Staggers’ Group
Hutchinson Admitted to Coronary Care Unit at Beckley Hospital
Hutchinson father of the assistant prosecuting attorney and owner of Colony Drug Co was admitted to the coronary care unit at Beckley Appalachian Hospital at 12 30 a m in fair condition according to a hospital spokesman
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Paul R. Hutchinson
Colony Drug Co
Beckley Appalachian Hospital
Fair
Latimer Keynotes Strippers' Meeting at Greenbrier
The West Virginia Surface Mine and Reclamation Association opens a three day summer meeting at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs. Keynote speaker is Natural Resources Director Ira B. Latimer who will discuss the new state strip mining law with Deputy Attorney General Frank Ellison.
House Appropriations Panel OKs Drug Rehab Funds
The House Appropriations Committee approved 17.1 million for Nixon GI drug rehab program and added 120 million for veterans medical care. The money is part of an 18.1 billion bill backing VA HUD space program and small independent agencies for the coming year starting July 1.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
White House
Veterans Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nation
Space Program
Multiple Becktley men plead guilty in Raleigh County court
Thomas Franklin Ball 46 of Reservoir Road was sentenced to one to ten years in prison for forgery after pleading guilty. Six other men from Beckley area also pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Additional youths received sentences for breaking and entering and related offenses with various terms and fines.
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Thomas Franklin Ball
Reservoir Road
Raleigh County
Ball
Beckley Limousine Service
Pagoda
George Ballard
Hillard Tyrone Temple
Beckley
East Beckley
Temple
B. H. Payne
Roy Napper
Michael Parrish
Joseph Clark
Clark
Wright
G Street
Roy Dawson
Rockefeller Meets Pro-Stripping Group
Secretary of State John D. Rockefeller IV told a 75 member delegation that coal industry layoffs hit surface mining, as Advanced Mining and Engineering Corp. in Huntington laid off 105 workers amid Rockefeller’s anti strip mining stance. He noted 14 000 acres of stripping permits issued in Q1 1971, quadruple the prior year.
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Charleston
UPI
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
William Strange
Surface Mining Auxiliary
Advanced Mining and Engineering Corp
Huntington
Corcel Leadman
Advanced Mining
Singing In Progress At Winding Gulf District Convention
The Winding Gulf District Singing Convention is under way at First Baptist Church Lester with events today and Thursday starting at 9 a.m. Rev. Elmer Day serves as host pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winding Gulf District
First Baptist Church
Lester
Elmer Day
Pakistan Arms Shipment Surprises Indian
New Delhi reports Indian Foreign Minister Swaran Singh reacting to a New York Times dispatch claiming two Pakistani freighters left the United States with armaments. The iSunderbans was to arrive in Karachi, while the Padma had departed New York. The Nixon administration had banned military supplies to Pakistan after the March 25 crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
API
Swaran Singh
United States
Pakistan
Nixon
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Morton Seeks Safer Mines and Records Low Deaths
Interior Secretary Rogers C. Morton announced federal help for coal industry to adopt new safety techniques and procedures. He noted 91 coal mine fatalities from January 1 to June 13, the lowest for that period since recordkeeping began in 1946, down from 95 in the same period in 1970. Morton's remarks emphasized continued enforcement to improve safety.
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Washington
UPS
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
Supreme Court extends wrongful death to unborn in WV case
West Virginia high court rules unborn children are viable and count as a living person for wrongful death claims in the Baldwin case arising from a September 1966 Huntington traffic crash. The decision reverses Cabell County Circuit Court rulings and affirms the Marshall County election appointment of Bessie Allen as sheriff after Sheriff Eller’s death, while addressing a write-in vote dispute and a separate marijuana possession indictment matter.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Huntington
Marshall County Court
Bessie Allen
Marshall Circuit Court
Brooks Miller
Frank C. Haymond
Nancy Baldwin
Joseph Butcher Jr
Oren L. Baldwin
Cabell County
Butcher
Harlan Calhoun
Haymond
Allen
Robert L. Eller
Miller
Youth Group Meeting Discusses Rock Festival Plans
SOUL Umo ja youth group meets at 6 p.m. today at the F St. Youth Center. Richard Harless, chairman, says the session will cover summer activities and preparations for a Rock Festival.
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Soul Umoja
F St
Richard Harless
Unitarian Speaker Thomas Phillips to Address New River Fellowship
Thomas Phillips of Oak Hill will be guest speaker at the New River Unitarian Fellowship meeting on June 27 at 11 a.m. at 345 Prince St. His topic is Philosophical Fallacy. Misses Eva and Ethel Keyser will serve as hostesses.
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Thomas Phillips
Oak Hill
New River Unitarian Fellowship
Prince St
Eva
Ethel Keyser
Watches slashed in Dallas ad touts Spiro Agnew timepieces
A Dallas department store promoted Spiro Agnew watches in an ad. The offer claimed six watches were originally priced at $15, then cut to $7.49, and finally reduced to $4.99.
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Dallas
UPI
Spiro Agnew
New Hampshire Moves to Keep First Primary Lead
New Hampshire leaders from both parties pursue moving the presidential primary date forward a week to stay ahead of Florida’s next year. Governor Peterson signals lukewarm support citing potential statutory changes and shared spotlight, while Florida Governor Askew signs a bill setting a March 14 date for the 1972 primary.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Florida
Walter Peterson
Reubin Askew
Marshall W. Cobleigh
Peterson
Princeton Man Dies In Indochina
Washington UPI reports Army Sgt. Thomas P. Harvey of Princeton West Virginia was killed in action in Southeast Asia. He is survived by wife Priscilla R. Harvey of Princeton.
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Princeton
Indochina
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Army
Thomas P.harvey
Priscilla R. Harvey
Cosmonauts Near Endurance Mark
The Salyut crew Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladimir Volkov and Viktor Patsayev near breaking the 18 day space endurance record. They are within hours of surpassing Soyuz 9’s previous long flight and could hit the mark around midnight Moscow time on Thursday.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Salyut
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Vladiislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Russia
Perkins Vows Duty to Liberalize Black Lung Benefits
In Washington the House Education and Labor Committee faced a quorum shortfall as Rep. Carl Perkins pledged to sit in session around the clock until his bill to widen black lung disability benefits advances. The measure adds two years of benefits, extends coverage to double orphans, and safeguards benefit levels from reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Washington
UPI
House Education and Labor Committee
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
House
John Erlenborn
R-Isl
Philip Burton
D-Calif
Erlenborn
Kentucky Socrat
Burton
Final rites for Mrs Lugene Murphy in Harper Heights
Mrs Lugene Murphy 50 of Los Angeles formerly Harper Heights dies after long illness. Funeral 2 p m Thursday Emanuel Tabernacle Holiness Church Harper Heights with Revs H A and William Robertson. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Born Jan 3 1921 Highsprent Ky daughter of Evelyn Cabell and the late Sullivan Parker. Family hours 7 to 9 tonight at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Lugene
Pittman Funeral Arrangements Incomplete After Drowning
Danny H. Pittman, 42, of Sprague, drowned while swimming across the New River at Thayer at 3:30 p m Tuesday. His body lies at Melton Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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Danny H. Pittman
Sprague
New River
Thayer
Melton Mortuary
Obituaries for Elizabeth Clayborn Harvey and infant death
Funeral services are set for Elizabeth Clayborn 83 of South Kanawha Street at Central Baptist Church with Elder Willie Schofield officiating. Burial follows in Greenwood. Also scheduled are services for Buzz Harvey 67 of Princewick at Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia with two ministers officiating and burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Graveside rites for Mary Ann Redden nine day old daughter of Donald and Brenda Redden Beckley scheduled at Sunset Memorial Park. infant died in a local hospital. Friends may call at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home and Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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Elizabeth Clayborn
South Kanawha St
Central Baptist Church
Willie Schofield
Greenwood Memorial Park
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Mary Ann Redden
Donald
Brenda Redden
Beckley
Sunset Memorial Park
Gordon R. Ross
E. C. Dove
Stamaford
Archie Ward
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Dennis F. Radford Funeral Notice in Sophia
Funeral service for Dennis Floyd Radford 67 of Helen will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia with Rev Dewey Wilson officiating Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park He died at 8 a m Tuesday at his home after a long illness Born in Floyd County Va September 24 1903 he was son of the late Monroe and Rose Richardson Radford A member of Otsego Community Church and UMWA Local 6195 at Otsego He is survived by Susie Hicks Radford four sons Dennis Ray Paul and Lee Radford all of Laurel Md five daughters Betty Collins Palamino Fla Jennette Hughes Sophia Delores Frambrough Pauline Janesek and Linda Gilliam all of Laurel two brothers Byrd Mullens and Sam Radford Welch three sisters Roxie Bishop Radford Va Rose Bishop Twin Branch and Fannie Radford Big Jenny 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzz Harvey
Princewick
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Beecher Garretson
Cleve Young
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Flat Top
Mose
Tina Harvey
Dennis Floyd Radford
Helen
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Bor
Floyd County
Monroe
Rose
Richardson Radford
Otsego
UMWA
Susie Hicks Radford
Dennis
Ray
Paul
Lee Radford
Laurel, Md
Betty Collins Palamino
Fla
Jennette Hughes
Delores Frambrough
Pauline Janesek
Linda Gilliam
Laurel
Byrd
Mullens
Sam Radford
Welch
Roxie Bishop
Radford
Rose Bishop
Twin Branch
Fannie Radford
Big Jenny
Final rites for Chester Randolph Skaggs in Ansted
Chester Randolph Skaggs age 75 of Ansted dies after long illness in Chillicothe Ohio. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel Ansted with Rev Charlie Willis officiating. Burial Restlawn Memory Gardens Victor. He is father of Carl R Skaggs Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Randolph Skaggs
Ansted
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Charlie Willis
Restlawn Memory Gardens
Victor
Skaggs
Carl R. Skaggs
Fayetteville
Veteran’s Hospital
Chillicothe
Ohio
Italy transfers Mafia Leaders from Filicudi to Sardinia
The government announced transferring 15 exiled Mafia leaders from Filicudi to Asinara off Sardinia amid protests and a boycott. Locals fear the move hurts tourism and provoke Sardinian anger as the islanders resist the relocation.
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Isle OF
Filicudi
Sicily
UPI
Sardinia
Tyrrhenian Sea
U.S
Asinara
Porto Torres
Lon Sardinia
Asinata
Rites set for Mrs Ida S Worley 81 of Minden
Mrs Ida Smith Worley 81 of Minden dies in Beckley hospital after extended illness. Born June 27 1889 in Beckley she was daughter of Enos Allen and Martha Smith. Survived by four sons four daughters a brother two sisters and many grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday night viewing 7 to 9 at Tyree Funeral Home. Burial Friday at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley with Rev Carl Johnson officiating.
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Ida Smith Worley
Minden
Tyree
James
Virgil
Thelma Green
Prince
Ella Green
Virginia
Noma Ruff
Juanita Worley
Cleveland
Ohio
Emmett Smith
Oak Hill
Stella Edwards
Cool Ridge
Wanda Cox
North East
World News in Brief Highlights Philippine Religious Feud and Mine Rescue
President Marcos sends aides to quell Christian Muslim clashes in the southern Philippines where over 60 Muslims were killed. Florida court denies custody to Olga Scarpetta, keeping Baby Lenore with adoptive parents Nicholas and Mrs DeMartino. Rescue efforts continue to recover 17 bodies after the Consolidation No 9 mine blast. Saigon reports foiled Viet Cong kidnapping plot targeting a British diplomat and spouse. State Supreme Court asked again to intervene in Mason County Schools Superintendent I Brooks Smith case.
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Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Nicholas DeMartino
Lenore
Florida
Olga Scarpetta
Farmington
7 North
Saigon
South America
Europe
State Supreme Court
Mason County
I. Brooks Smith
Daniel Taylor
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Harmon
Hutchinson ‘Fair
Okehs
Relious Glasco
Douglas Deering
Anthony A. ‘Walters
Payne
Napper
Parrish
Glasco
Deering
Walters
Calhoun
W. Bernard Smith
D-Logan
Marshall University
Logan
Smith
Roger Neal Burgett
City of Beckley
McCulloch
Unitarians
Mrs
Lugene Murphy
E. Clayborn
C. R. Skaggs
Ida S. Worley
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