County Young Demos To Host State Convention
The Raleigh County Young Democrats plan to host the annual state convention the weekend of Sept 16 at the Ramada Inn on Harper Road with about 300 attendees. They aim to craft a political policy platform and discuss the summer camp at West Virginia Wesleyan College with six of 26 and 2% attending. Regular meetings are the third Thursday. dues are $2 annually and contact is Mrs. Almond at 253-2170 after 5 pm.
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Raleigh County
Young Democrats
Amnual
Judy Almond
New Ramada Inn
Harper Road
Terri West
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Miss West
Mrs. Almond
Bond Reduced For Four Or Five In 'Bug' Case
Nixon denounces Democratic National Committee break in but avoids comment on ongoing probe. In Superior Court James McCord Jr and four Miami men seek bond reductions as jail terms remain. McCord 10 percent of 30000 bond. Barker Gonzales Martinez 40000. Sturgis must post full 50000.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Democratic National
James McCord Jr
Miami
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzales
Eugenio R. Martinez
Democrats
James A. Belson
McCord
Barker
Gonzales
Martinez
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Sturgis
U.S
Earl J. Silbert
Sibert
CIA
FBI
Republican National Committee
Titler Accused of Slandering Ethnic Miners in UMW Row
Mike Trobovich of Miners for Democracy accuses George Titler of slurring Eastern European miners. He cites a Raleigh Register letter calling Poles dumb and says the campaign has begun with racial attacks. The dispute stems from a court ordered UMW officer election following Boyle's earlier ouster.
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Clarksville, Pa
UPI
Mike Trobovich
Miners For Democracy
George Titler
United Mine Workers Union
Trobovich
MFD
Titler
Raleigh Register
Union Brothers
Trebovich
UMW
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Beckley Rescue Squad Responds to Barber Shop Medical Call
The Beckley Rescue Squad answered a call at 11 45 a m to Esquire Barber Shop 104 North Kanawha Street where James Wiseman 42 of Orchard Avenue was ill. He was taken to a local hospital.
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Beckley Rescue Squad
Esquire
North
Kanawha St
James Wiseman
Orchard Ave
Fragmentary Report on West Virginia Official Disruption
West Virginia secretary of state reports a man acting strangely at a hotel led to discovery of documents and seals. Local authorities notified the ranking state official. exact identity not recalled by Shelton. He notes Governor's office did not see the man, with hours of conference with local authorities.
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West Virginia
Shelton
Governor’s Office
UPI
Wchs - TV
Charleston
Cease-Fire Looms Amid Northern Ireland Violence
In Belfast, gunfire erupts as IRA and British troops clash despite a Dublin announced cease-fire starting midweek. Officials say the measure aims to end years of sectarian violence, but doubts persist about loyalist reactions and future law and order in the six counties.
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Belfast
UPI
Ballymurphy
Irish Republican
William Elements
IRA
Whitelaw
R. Austin Ardill
Ardili
Northern Ireland
Kennedy Sees McGovern Victory Path and Momentum
Sen Edward Kennedy asserts McGovern is underestimated and poised to win the Democratic nomination and the November election. The piece notes McGovern’s delegate counts, Humphrey and Muskie standings, Wallace’s large bloc, and upcoming platform and rules committee actions with campaign moves in the South and Illinois.
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United Press International
Edward Kennedy
George McGovern
Muskie
Agnes
Capitol Hill
McGovern
Miami Beach
Humphrey
Alabama
George Wallace
Silver Spring
Democratic Platform Committee
Washington
South
Texas
Arkansas
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Angelo Geocaris
Illinois
New Jersey
Women and Children Surround Capitol to Plead for End to War
Thousands of women and children formed a human ring around the Capitol grounds in Washington to press Congress to end the Vietnam War. The demonstration drew mixed reactions from lawmakers and cited support from some senators while others were unwilling to commit to voting against the war.
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Capitol Grounds
Congress
Elizabeth Wharton Washington
UPI
Lysistrata
Joan Baez
Washington
U.S. Congress
Vietnam
Capitol
Vietnamese Bomb Campaign and Cross River Attack Report
U S forces report Vietnam bomb tonnage averaging about 25 with around 2,500 tons expended by 99 plus B52s in Quang Tri. A North Vietnamese regiment struck across My Chanh River near four miles south, threatening Hue. B52s and fighter bombers supported South Vietnamese troops. strikes extended toward Cambodia while North Vietnam saw no targets hit for 15 days.
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Quang Tri
Indochina
My Chanh
Hue
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Quang Tri City
Martha Mitchell sick of politics threatens to leave husband
Martha Mitchell told a UPI reporter she was sick and tired of politics and threatened to leave her husband if he stayed in the political arena. She framed it as an ultimatum during a phone call from Newport Beach California, saying she wants John N. Mitchell to quit politics and return to his New York law practice.
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Washington
UPI
Martha Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Newport Beach
Calif
Mrs. Mitchell
Mitchell
Marty
New York
Law
Nixon Urges New Arms Programs For Budget Drive
President Nixon pressed Congress to approve a new offensive weapons program including the Trident submarine and B1 bomber to boost talks with the Soviet Union on a permanent arms freeze. He warned that chances for a lasting accord would be destroyed without the weapons package.
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Washington
UPID
Nixon
Soviet Union
Congress
Moscow
Oval
Vietnam
White House
Democratic National Party
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Deaths and Fewer Funeral Details for Mrs. Nelle Miller
Mrs. Nelle Miller of Baltimore died early Thursday in a Baltimore hospital and her body will go to Melton Mortuary. Final rites for Dewitt Scales 84 of Raleigh set for 2 p m Saturday at St John Baptist Church Raleigh with Revs Elmer Day and John Sharrod officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park follows. Scales died Tuesday evening after a long illness. born March 18 1888 in Madison NC he was son of the late Mr and Mrs Phillip Scales and a St John Baptist Church deacon. He belonged to King Hiram Lodge No 25 AF and aunts uncles include Cordie Brown Scales wife a son Leonard of Columbus Ohio a daughter Evely Di Richardson of Raleigh a sister Nettie Jones of Brooklyn NY and 19 grandchildren four great grandchildren. Family to receive friends at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley tonight from 7 to 8 P M. Masonic rites at the funeral home at 7 P M today. Body will be taken to church one hour before the funeral.
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Dewitt Scales
Raleigh
St. John Baptist Church
Elmer Day
John Sharrod
Greenwood Memorial Park
Madison
N. C
Phillip Scales
St John Baptist Church
Cordie Brown Scales
Leonard
Columbus
Ohio
Evely di Richardson
Nettie Jones
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ritchie and Johnson
Beckley
Obituary notices for Biggs Brown Dummitt funeral services
Funeral services for James Hershel Biggs 45 of 125 Clyde St will be at 1 pm Saturday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity He died Wednesday night in a local hospital Final rites for Henry Brown 67 of Winding Gulf will be held at 2 30 pm Sunday in Collins Temple Baptist Church with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park He died Monday in a local hospital Survivors include wife Della three sons Michael Leroy James several daughters sisters and brothers The family will receive friends at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Saturday Final rites for Oscar Ben Dummitt 66 of Royal Oak Mich formerly Fayetteville will be at 2 pm Sunday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville burial at Huse Memorial Park He died Monday at home of an apparent heart attack Friends may call Saturday.
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James Hershel Biggs
Clyde St
Rose and
Quesenberry
L. A. Garten
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Paul Thompson
Ernest Moore
Russell Feazell
W. G. Elkins
Denzil Palmer
Henry Brown
Winding Gulf
Collins Temple Baptist Church
L B. Walker
Greenwood Memorial Park
Franklin County
Tarleton
Kate Brown
Collins Temple ‘Baptist Church
Della
Michael
Leroy
James Brown
Lorraine Bryant
Newport News
Kathy
Cynthia Brown
Betty Anderson
Edmund
Eula Robertson
Columbus
Ohio
Beaulah Burger
Hamilton
Ray
Edward Brown
Trent and Durgan
Oscar Ben Dummitt
Royal Oak
Mich
Fayetteville
Ellsberg Linked Again to Pentagon Papers Leaks
UPI reports the U S government names Daniel Ellsberg and associates as chief suspects in a second Pentagon Papers leak to columnist Jack Anderson. Ellsberg and co defendants deny the accusation as their espionage trial for the first leak nears.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon Papers
Jack Anderson
Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
Anderson
Russo
Flooding prompts regional flash flood watches and warnings
National Weather Service offices in Pittsburgh and Huntington issued flash flood watches or warnings across parts of Ohio West Virginia and neighboring counties. The watches cover seven Ohio Panhandle counties including Marshall and Brooke and extend to Tyler Pleasants Wood Ritchie Wirt Fayette and Greenbrier in West Virginia with warnings for Braxton Gilmer Calhoun Webster Nicholas Doddridge Pocahontas due to heavy overnight rain.
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Panhandle
Ohio
Marshall
Brooke
Hancock
Wetzel
National Weather Service
Pittsburgh
Weather Service
Huntington
Braxton
Gilmer
Calhoun
Webster
Nicholas
Doddridge
Pocahontas
Tyler
Pleasants
Wood
Ritchie
Wirt
Fayette
Greenbrier
Caine
Weaties
Renee Ba Bald
Funeral services for Mrs Berkie Lindsay in Princeton
The funeral for 76 year old Mrs Berkie Lindsay of Matoaka will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton. Burial in Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. She died Thursday afternoon in a Bluefield hospital after an apparent heart attack. She was a sister of Mrs Lulu Shaukey of Gatewood.
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Berkie Lindsay
Matoaka
Bailey, Funeral Home Chapel
Princeton
Rose Lawn Memorial
Bluefield
Lulu Shaukey
Gatewood
Paul E Ballard Dies at 48 in Local Hospital
Paul E Ballard aged 48 of 138 Conway Street died in a local hospital at 12 45 am He was born September 3 1923 in Mabscott to the late I G and Lora Taylor Ballard A Raleigh County resident and World War II U S Army veteran he belonged to the Pentecostal Holiness Church Ballard worked as a miner for Westmoreland Coal Co at Otsego and was a member of the United Mine Workers of America
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Paul Earl Ballard
Conway St
Mabscott
I. G. and
Lora Taylor Ballard
Raleigh County
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Ballard
Westmoreland Coal Co
Otsego
United Mine Workers ’ of America
Agnes Continues Flood Threat Across Maryland and Northeast
Maryland guards and state police evacuated residents along the Potomac as floodwaters rise rapidly. Potomac crest forecast 40 to 60 feet at Point of Rocks around noon, with flood stage at 17 feet. In New York City, heavy rain and winds disrupted traffic and air travel as Agnes weakens to a non tropical storm but unsettled rains persist through Pennsylvania New York and western New England.
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Maryland
National Guardsmen
Washington
Frederick
Potomac River
Potomac
New York City
Smass
National Weather Service
NWS
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Stripping Senate Measure Drives Demand for Permits and Bonds
Local stripping and strip mining operators must obtain a federal or state permit meeting federal guidelines. Applications require mine reclamation plans including vegetation and a minimum bond of 500 per acre. Funeral notices list survivors and services for Ballard family with details of dates and locations.
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Senate
Edith B. Ballard
Patsy
Larry Wayne Ballard
Crim Beckley
Violet Serfine
Yardley
Pansy Grose
Davin
Daisy Cassity
Mabscott
Carl G
Salt ‘Lake City
Utah
James P. ‘Ballard
Calfee Funeral Home Chapel
Ernest Keller
Eugene Smith
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Federal plan outlines cost shares for land program
The proposal sets an 80 percent federal share in year one for administration costs and a 50-50 match thereafter. It also creates a $100 million reclamation fund to acquire abandoned land, rehabilitate it, and sell it.
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al Wit
Guilty Pleas Lead to Probation in Raleigh County Court
Tracy Lee Sampson 18 of Raleigh pleaded guilty to Joy riding and was placed on probation after a six month jail term was suspended. He was fined 50 dollars and given until Thursday to pay costs. Basil Keaton 20 of Slab Fork pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and was placed on probation with court costs to be paid. The case involved Brenda Bowling of Lester and other arrests on March 19.
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Tracy Lee Sampson
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Sampson
Bays Buick
Basil Keaton
Slab ‘Forks
Na Sampson
Brenda Bowling
Lester
Dames
Lavender
Local Man Hinney Heath, 75, Dies While Vacationing
H G Hinney Heath of Dunedin Florida formerly Fayetteville died at Clifton Forge Virginia hospital during a vacation. He was a depot agent for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for over 50 years in Fayette Raleigh and Greenbrier counties. Survived by his wife Rae Heath a daughter Mrs Lee E tively a brother Emmit three sisters and a grandson. Body returned to Dunedin for funeral arrangements.
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H. G
Hinney) Heath
Dunedin
Fila
Fayetteville
Clifton Forge
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Fayette
Raleigh
Greenbrier
Rae Heath
Leetively
West Palm Beach
Fia
Emmit
Scarbro
Sara Heath
Charleston
Mable Heath
D. C. Rapp
Oak Hill
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