South Opens Big Offensive Against Quang Tri Province
South Vietnamese and US forces launched a major push from the My Chanh River defense line near Hue to recapture Quang Tri City and northern Quang Tri Province. The assault followed a day of heavy air and naval bombardments by US forces, with aerial raids on Hanoi and Haiphong and damage assessments from the Bach Mai airbase strike.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
My Chanh
Hue
Quang Tri City
Thuan Thien
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Kommand
Bach Mai
Haiphong
Demilitarized Zone
My Chanh River
Nine Divorces and Two Annulments Recorded in Raleigh Court
Decrees grant divorces to nine couples and annul two marriages in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Cases include Jane L Barry and Bernard P Barry with custody for two children, Mary Ellen Cole from Michael Cole with three children, and others with varying custody arrangements. Several parties have former names restored to prior surnames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Jane L. Barry
Bernard Paul Barry
Mary Ellen Cole
Michael Cole
Carol Sue Reed
Gary Wayne Reed
Kenneth Edward Lewis
Betty Lou Lewis
Donald G. Blair
Nora Davis Bair
Davis
Gary Wayne Mills
Joyce
Thousands Return To Ruined Homes After Agnes Floods
In Kingston and across Pennsylvania thousands return to their ruined homes after tropical storm Agnes. The floods caused more than 15 billion dollars in damage and 50 deaths in the state, with a quarter of a million evacuated. Civil defense workers clean up mud as National Guardsmen restore order while Gov. Shapp seeks extra relief funds from the president.
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Thomas Ferrick JR
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
UPI
Peter Pambianco
Kingston
Agnes
Susquehanna
Forty Fort
Civil Defense
National Guardsmen
Milton J. Shapp
Harrisburg
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Rose City Area to Cite Property for New Cultural Center
Charleston owners in the Rose City block face compulsory sale as the state Building Commission approves taking homes and businesses for a multimillion dollar cultural center. The commission will start appraisals and pursue condemnation if needed. Gov. Arch Moore seeks fall construction.
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Charleston
Rose City
W. Va
UPI
State Building Commission
Arch Moore
State SupremeCourt
Clashes Rise as Ulster Peace Efforts Face Strain
In Belfast and Lurgan Protestant Catholic clashes endanger Northern Ireland’s day-old cease-fire. A British army spokesman warned against complacency while a police spokesman said a spark could blow up the fragile peace amid attacks, looting, a killing, and car bomb explosions.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Britain
Lurgan
Bernard Vorney
Ballymurphy
Vorney
Ballots in Mingo County under federal grand jury review
Impounded ballots and voting materials from the disputed May 9 primary in Mingo County are now in the hands of a federal grand jury. U S Attorney John A Fields said the material was turned over and the FBI is investigating voting irregularities in the county. The Jaycees new president says the state organization will pay travel costs for two troopers who escorted him to the national convention in Atlanta. Frank Sinatra will testify voluntarily before the House Select Committee on Crime on July 18. Senator George McGovern plans a broad South campaign and seeks Voting Rights Act amendments.
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Mingo
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Mingo County
U.S
John A. Fields
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jaycee
New Martinsville
W.va
UPD
Jaycees
Atlanta
Sam Winer
Sinatra
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Europe
Milton Rudin
House Select Committee On Crime
George McGovern
South
Maryland
Ellicott City
Port Deposit
Washington, D.C
Interior Department
Rock Creek Parkway
Georgetown
New York
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Elmira
Richmond
James River
Hospital Sues Pittmans for Medical Bills
Green Cross General Hospital of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio sues Vernie and Clara Pittman of Beaver in Raleigh County Circuit Court claiming they owe 525 dollars for medical services.
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Green Cross General Hospital
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Raleigh County
Vernie
Clara Pittman
Beaver
Judge Sets Aside Part Of Verdict In NBPSD Case
Judge F Morton Wagner in Raleigh County Court set aside part of a jury verdict involving Mary Short of Rural Acres Drive and the North Beckley Public Service District. The ruling finds it improper to permit certain damages evidence and to instruct a verdict for the defendants, while the $250 verdict remains. Mrs Short has 60 days to appeal to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Beckley Public Service District
Mary Short
Rural Acres Drive
Raleigh
F. Morton Wagner
Wagner
Short
NBPSD
Mrs. Short
State Supreme Court of Appeals
John L. Ward
Charleston
Robert E. Holroyd
Princeton
Juvenile jailed for contempt in divorce costs case
A White Oak juvenile was jailed at 11 07 a m today by Judge C Berkley Lilly for failing to pay costs in a divorce proceeding.
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White Oak
C. Berkley Lilly
Kosygin Tapped as Intermediary in Vietnam Talks
Pentagon Papers section, reported by the New York Times, shows Kosygin in 1967 passively transmitted U S proposals to Hanoi via Moscow. It notes 1965 Soviet refusal to act as intermediary, and 1966 hints of Soviet involvement in peace talks, with Kosygin acting as a neutral messenger rather than pressuring North Vietnam.
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New York
API
Alexei Kosygin
Hanoi
Pentagon
New York Times
Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
North Vietnam
the Times
Jack Anderson
Foy D. Kohler
Nikolai P. Firyubin
Kohler
Firyubin
U. S
Kosygin
London
Ta I Lee OK Otto
D.R.V
Vietnam
Flood Areas Eye Damage From Agnes Flooding
The devastation from tropical storm Agnes worsens as 130 dead are feared and damage may exceed 2 billion dollars. Maryland towns Ellicott City and Port Deposit begin cleanup while Wilkes-Barre residents return for 12 hours to salvage mudclogged homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes
Seaboard
Wilkes-Barre
Pannell pleads guilty in unlawful wounding case
James Douglas Pannell of Beckley pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding in Raleigh County Criminal Court. He was placed on probation for one year. Indicted on maiming, the felony charge stemmed from injuring Samuel Howard Hickman on September 4, 1971. Defense attorney Leo Bridi represented him.
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James Douglas Pannell
Beckley
Raleigh County
Pannell
Samuel Howard Hickman
Leo Bridi
Police Beat Chronicle of Local Arrests and Wrecks
A string of incidents includes Delmer Lally 19 charged with careless driving after a one car crash on the 1921 By Pass with $600 damage. Reuben Johnson 42 jailed on an assault with intent to kill warrant. Richard Steelman 104 Eighth St. jailed for forgery. Chapman Gill of Cranberry released after intoxication and peace warrant charges. Lin da Copeland 24 parked on Quarry Street with kids inside. minor two car collision causes $200 damage.
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Blue Jay
Delmer Naaman Lally
Lilly
Beckley
Warrrant
Reuben Johnson
St. St
Joe Rodriguez
Richard Steelman
Eighth St
Raleigh
Chapman Gill
Cranberry
Lorena Wallace
Gill
Quarry Street
Linda Elaine Copeland
Houchins Block Rd
Quarry St
Fred Basham
Kanawha St
Raleigh County
Montana
Linda K. Cadles
Copeland
Funeral for Bertha Olive Fink of Ghent
Mrs. Bertha Olive Fink age 2 of Ghent died at home at 3 30 a m after long illness. Body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Bertha Olive Fink
Ghent
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Final rites for Record Toler 64 Baileysville
Record Toler 64 of Baileysville will have funeral services Friday at 1 pm at Brenton Freewill Baptist Church with burial in Shannon Cemetery. He died Monday night in a Beckley hospital. He was a retired coal miner and survived by wife Beulah Hanshew Toler and two sisters. The body rests at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville with calling hours today and will be moved to the sister in law’s home Thursday before church.
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Toler
Baileysville
Brenton Freewill Baptist Church
Shannon
Beckley Hospital
Harvey
Littie Smith Toler
Beulah Hanshew Toler
Bell Blankenship
Lynch
Liza Cook
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Clara Toler
Final rites set for Williamson and Browning aged 64 and 78
In Covington Virginia H Ray Williamson 64 of Covington died of an apparent heart attack. Final rites were planned for 2 p.m. today in Covington with burial in a Covington cemetery. Brother of W L Williamson of Sophia he is survived by his brother and other relatives. Also in Pineville Wyoming County West Virginia William McKinley Browning 78 died at home and final rites were planned for 1 p.m. Friday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church with burial in Palm Memorial Gardens Matheny. Browning a retired coal miner born January 17 1894 is survived by his wife Rose Ella Tilley Browning three sons two daughters four sisters twenty grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. The body will be at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville and remain at the church one hour prior to the service. Friends may call Thursday evening.
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H. Ray Williamson
Covington
W. L
Bill) Williamson
Sophia
William McKinley Browning
Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Harry Stevens
Fred Fudge
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Jonah and
Mary Perdue Browning
Wyoming County
Rose Ella Tilley Browning
Robert
William Jr
Kopperston
Rosemary Altizer
Nannie Lou ‘Wyatt
Wayne
N. J.s
Nannie Byrd
Final Rites For Mrs Hazel Shumate In Mead
Hazel Ruth Shumate 70 of Mead dies after long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services at 2 pm Thursday at Elgood Community Church with Rev Wesley Grose officiating. Burial in Elgood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Funeral arrangements with Quesenberry Funeral Home. The body will be taken to the residence at 4 pm today and to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Ruth Shumate
Mead
Elgood Community
Wesley Grose
Elgood
Rose and Quesenberry
Mormon church organized by Joseph Smith in New York
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was organized by Joseph Smith in Seneca County New York on April 6 1830.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Seneca County
Texas Senator McKool Breaks Filibuster Record With 42 Hour Speech
Texas Senator Mikel McKool known as Little Hercules ends a 42 hour 33 minute filibuster to push a mental health funding amendment. He held his desk the entire time with only oranges energy tablets and cough drops, receiving a Star of Texas medallion as cheers rose from fellow lawmakers.
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Ann Arnold Austin
Tex
UPI
Mikel McKool
Hercules
Texas Senate
McKool
Senate
Chamber
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Red Planet
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White Sands Proving Ground
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Russia
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William Browning
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Texas
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D Fort Worth
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D-Rockwall
Seni McKool
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