Beckley Drug Abuse Council to form nonprofit center
Beckley leaders plan to convert Pinecrest Hospital building 205 into a counseling center for drug abuse victims serving both outpatient and resident participants. The council will be a nonprofit with a charter drawn by City Attorney, using FMRS Mental Health Center staffing and city matching funds. Authorities expect part time psychiatry, dietitian, and maintenance support, with public donations urged to sustain operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Kleusner
Beckley Drug Abuse Council
Pinecrest Hospital
John H. McCulloch
E. M. Payne Til
Pinecrest
Moore
West Virginia
City Hall
Mel Henry
Fmrs Mental Health Center
Beckley
McCulloch
Viet War Hero Found Guilty Of Skyjacking
Richard F. McCoy Jr., Vietnam veteran and former BYU student, was convicted by a federal jury of air piracy for the United Airlines hijacking on April 7. He seized the jet, demanded $500,000, and fled toward Provo Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
UPD
Richard F. McCoy Jr
Brigham Young University
United Air Lines
Provo
Utah
Wana
Three Placed On Probation In Raleigh County Case
Two youths Leslie Thomas Lilly 19 and Charles Leonard Lilly Jr 20 were placed on three years probation from prison terms after pleading guilty to the February 2 armed robbery of Bill English 66 of Pickshin. They were indicted with a juvenile on the charge and faced 10 year sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resoco
Leslie Thomas Lilly
Charles Leonard Lilly Jr
Raleigh County
Bill English
Pickshin
Rockefeller cites park safety concerns over stripping near park
Rockefeller warns a stripping permit near Rockefeller Recreation Area could risk damage to the park’s $80,000 swimming pool roads into the park and the nearby fishing area. He spoke during a campaign swing through three scenic counties visiting Audra State Park to greet campers and swimmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Audra State Park
National Mine Service To Build In Wheeling
National Mine Services Inc plans to locate at a new industrial park in Wheeling W Va as first tenant. The firm reported 41 million dollars in sales last year and will finish a warehouse sales office and repair facility by year end employing 50 people. The company already runs warehouses in Beckley Logan Morgantown employing 130.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling, W. Va
UPID
National Mine Services, Inc
Interstate 70
Beckley
Logan
Morgantown
Cranberry residents seek halt to mine pollution on Cranberry Creek
Three Cranberry homeowners Violet Knootz Alvin Reed and William E Ewing sue Slab Fork Coal Co Pavex Inc to stop dumping waste from a tipple and slate dump water into Cranberry Creek They seek injunction and 10000 in damages plus orders to eliminate pollution Another suit by Patricia Kay Akers and John Akers seeks 4800 for a collision on US 21 near Raleigh April 11 1971 Akers asks 4000 for injuries causing school absence and 200 for his father Harvey Cabinet & Appliance Co Inc sues James Belcher Cherry Creek for 493.32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry Creek
Cranberry
Slab Fork Coal], Co
Pavex Inc
Violet Knootz
Alvin Reed
William E. Ewing
Fork Coal Co
Pavex
Patricia Kay Akers
John Akers
Charles Lowell Helvey
Beckley
State Police Escort Policy Under Review
West Virginia police review the practice of sending troopers with clubs to escort fraternal groups at out of state events. A request for five troopers as color bearers at the Chicago national convention prompted scrutiny from Senate President Hans McCourt and House Finance Chair Billy Burke. Major Price defended the policy as state advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Robert L. Bonar
Bonar
Tommy E. Jones
West Virginia Department of the American Legion
Chicago
Bonard
Senate
Hans McCourt
House Finance
Billy Burke
Maj
Robert Price
Demos Set Hearing On Mingo Dispute
Charleston West Virginia UPD reports the State Democratic Executive Committee appeals board will hear Monday a dispute over a proxy vote and Noah E Floyd's election as Mingo County chairman. Floyd won 8 to 7 after ruling Larry Cline's proxy vote invalid. A counted vote would have produced an 8 to 8 tie requiring a party chairman tiebreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Appeals
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Noah E. Floyd
Mingo County
Floyd
Larry Cline
Cline
Tom Chafin
William E. Watson
Education grant funds migrant children in West Virginia
The U S Office of Education approved a 128817 grant to fund education services for about 230 children of migrant workers in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The program covers Morgan Jefferson Hampshire and Berkeley counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S. Office of Education
West Virginia
Panhandle
Morgan, Jefferson
Hampshire
Berkeley
Vietnam War Developments Amid Hue Pressures
The article notes a possible Hue assault by a Communist force of 400 to 600 men, with Hanoi prompting a broader push from the A Shan Valley toward Hue. U.S. air forces report 210 sorties damaging SAM sites bridges and ground targets, though weather limited missions north of the 20th parallel due to Typhoon Ora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hue
Hanoi
Quang Tri
A Shan
Laos
U.S
Agnes Dumped Massive Rain Across Eastern States
Tropical storm Agnes produced rainfall deemed nearly incredible by NOAA head Robert M. White. He estimated the downpour filled a lake the size of Washington DC to 2000 feet, with rain falling at about an inch per hour for up to 12 hours. Over three months of normal precipitation fell in one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agnes
District of
Columbia
Robert M. White
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
White
Two Arnett Men Freed After Drunk Driving Fine
Denver Acord and Jackie Lafferty were released from Raleigh County Jail after paying a $50 fine each to Town Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. State police had arrested them at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday on charges of driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnett
Denver Acord
Jackie Lafferty
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Fischer Spassky World Championship Set In Reykjavik
Bobby Fischer, 29, seeks his first world title against Boris Spassky in Reykjavik Iceland. The 24 game match runs on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays with adjourned games finished later. The winner needs 12.5 points or more and the prize pot totals $125,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Max Euwe
Netherlands
Reykjavik
North
Atlantic
Fischer
International iChess Federation
FIDE
Lun
Euwe
Spassky
Bellgrade
Yugoslavia
Iceland
Belgrade
Icelandic Chess Federation
Laugardals-Hoellin
Boris State
Soviet Union
Ana Con Recannreteny
Carese
Lothar Schmid
Tigran Petrosian
Bent Larsen
Larsen
Leger
Moscow
Bobby
Funeral services for Warren Farrow held in Tampa
Warren Farrow 45 of Tampa Florida formerly Beckley will be buried in Sunset Memorial Park after funeral at Webb and Neal Funeral Home. He died Wednesday in a Tampa hospital after a short illness. Survived by wife Delores and ten children. Friends may call after 6 p m Saturday.
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Warren
Steven Furrow
Tampa
Fla
Beckley
Webb and Neal
Sunset Memorial Park
Steven Allen Farrow
Orpha (Cooper) Wilson
Manhattan Baptist Church
Fila
Delores
Lilly) Farrow
Eddie Allen
Warren David
Bluefield
Ronald Stephen
Joey Lee
John Mark
Linda Marchand
St. Petersburg
Sheryl Lynn
Sheila Kay
Brenda Sue
Sharon Jeanne
Funeral Services for Mrs Eula Benson Bryant Held in Shady Spring
Mrs Eula Benson Bryant 82 of Shady Spring died Wednesday night in a local hospital after an illness. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 1 p m in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev L A Garten officiating. Burial followed in Skaggs Cemetery Shady Spring. She was born September 28 1889 in Shady Spring daughter of the late William and Minerva Mann Moomaw. Surviving are two sons Cecil and Aubrey Bryant six daughters Faye Bridgie Alma Lena Reba Mona and others thirty five grandchildren fifty five great grandchildren and ten great great grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula Benson Bryant
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
L. A. Garten
Skaggs
William and
Minerva Mann Moomaw
Perry Methodist Church
Cecil
Aubrey
Beckley
Faye Bryant
Bridgie Bryant
Glen
Alma) Williams
Charley
Lena) Marshall
Alva
Reba) Bell
Seldon
Mona) Shrewsbury
Maples, Fla
Add Moomaw
Virgie Hedgecock
Virgie Stover Hedgecock
Scott. Ave
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Coal River
Silas
Roxie Stover
Raleigh County
Albert
Robert of
Rosie Stover
Newport Mews
Royi
Louise Shrewsbury Sims
Meadows Court
Matoaka
Hester Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Raleigh General Hospital
Pinecrest
Appalachian Regional
Man
Sims
National Association For Practical Nurses, Education and Service
Fredena Sims
Larry Bower
Kegley
Raymond W. Whittaker Jr
Canton
Ohio
Pauline Hughes
Paul Shrewsbury
Melton
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Rest Haven
McGovern vows nominating surge after convention setback
McGovern condemns the convention decision as an incredible action while Humphrey predicts McGovern will not win on the first ballot. California McGovern delegates pledge a massive floor fight at Miami Beach to restore them, with aides considering possible lawsuits and other remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
McGovern
Atlantic City
Sen.McGovern
Sacramento
Calif
Willie L. Brown Jr
California
Miami Beach
Washington
Warrants Issued For Three Men As Deputies Make Arrests
Deputies jailed Joe Clark of East Park at 10 30 am on a peace warrant and Terry Harold of East Gulf at 9 05 am on a bail peace warrant. Two other men were jailed as part of the same operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Clark
East Park
Terry ‘Harold
East Gulf
Pilots urge end to war in Vietnam at press conference
At a press conference pilots urged withdrawal of U S forces from Vietnam and cessation of support to the South Vietnamese regime. Statements from Navy Lt Carroll Beeler USAF Maj Phillip Padgett and Capt William Len Burns backed ending the war, while the agency noted pilots were treated well after capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Navy
Carroll Robert Beeler
Missouri
U.S
South Vietnam
USAF
James
Phillip Padgett
Florida
William
Len Burns
Drvn
VNA
Man faces hearing over shots fired into neighbor home
Clyde Fry, 42, was to appear July 12 on felonious shooting charges after he fired through a neighbor’s house. Nine month old James Bostic Jr. was wounded in the legs and treated in a Charleston hospital as the feud between the Bostics and another family prompted police action in Griffithsville West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffithsville
W. Va
UPI
Lincoln County
Clyde Fry
James Bostic Jr
James
Wanda Bostic
Charleston
Bostics
Tee
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Drug Abuse Council
Earl G. Jackson
Fletcher Dards
David Parker
Henry Shanhim
Leroy Tucker
Kanawha St
Jackson
Carl McCoy
Rod Thurman
John
Hall
Karen
Jack Guy
Virgil Cook
Peter Laqueur
Steve Dan
Terbury
Willis W. Ritter
McCoy
West Germany
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon
Mildred D. Burns
Pay
FBI
Utah Highway Patrol
National Mine Service
Wheeling
Beckley’s Finest
Harry
Neville St
Carmen
Camden Park
West Huntington
Thea Onrcanivare
Bobby Fischer
Emma Hundley
Emma
Maine Hundley
Lansing
Wallace and
Mrs
Eula Bryant
Louise S. Sims
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