Two Escapees Fail to Lock Cell in Raleigh County Jail
Raleigh County Sheriff reports inmates Whitt and Penn escaped Saturday morning after a trusty failed to lock the penitentiary doors during visiting hours. They fled with aid from a crowd, but were recaptured after deputies revealed the escape involved a floor elevator route and deceptive beds. Whitt faces grand larceny while Penn is charged with breaking and entering forgery and parole violation.
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Twolcity
Raleigh County
Raleigh
Tina
French
David
Beckley
Whitt
Milton
Rov Penni
Walter L. McManamay
Pax
North Vance
Ieces
Attor McManamay
New Tom Canterbury
Trusty
Kity
Penn
Supreme Court to rule on residency voting and old ban
The U S Supreme Court agreed to hear cases challenging residency requirements for voting in fifteen states and a Massachusetts law that bars certain campaign contributions. The actions aim to determine constitutionality and could affect as many as five million potential voters in the 1968 election. Separately, police reported multiple local traffic accidents and a drunken driving arrest in Beckley with several injuries and property damage.
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Ment
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Real estate deeds filed in county clerk records
Deeds on file record transfers in Coal River Marsh Fork District and Beckley city parcels. Arthur Workman transfers to O D Jourdan and wife for 300 dollars across two parcels. Edward Robinson and wife to Matthew Hawkins for 5000 dollars for half of lot 32 in the Harry Addition. The court case will be heard next term with a written opinion to follow. Twenty five states have similar laws. The law aims to punish crimes against decency but was struck down by the US Court of Appeals last July 6 as infringement on basic rights.
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Bradley
Cecil Edward Harrah
Joi William
Falk
Beckley
Harrah
Bert Eden
Reservoir Road
Mike Russell
John H. Myles
Bobby" Arthur
Marrah
Lorena Wallace
Craig S. Amison
Tottenaire
Leigh County
Joe
Rogiriguez
Amison
Valley Drive
Arthur Workman
O. D. Jourdan
Coal River
Marsh Fork
Edward Robinson
Matthew Hawkins
Harry Addition
City of
Court of Appeals
Unanimous ruling overturns 1967 conviction in Belfast patrol case
The Belfast clash ends with a fatal shooting and firebombing linked to a north everyday protest. A British soldier dies after a Feb. 5 incident during riots involving Catholic youths and troops. Surviving relatives mourn as funerals are arranged. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullemiue Lui
Wiliam Jack
Beckley
Charles
Ruth
North-Luther
New Matamoris
Em Treland
Ohio
Homer
Mouth
Glen View
Bird
Croydon
Belfast
Obituary notices from Elkins and Mullens area
Funeral services for George Franklin Randall 58 of Elkins will be at Holy Trinity Evangelical Church Elkins with burial in Woodsdale Memorial Park near Grafton. He died Sunday in Morgantown hospital after Feb 19 hospitalization. Retired 1967 after 32 years with West Virginia Department of Public Safety. Survivors include wife Mary Dorothea Parrish Randall two sons Kent and Eric and daughter Carol Sue Pride of Morgantown, siblings and grandchildren. Final rites for Joseph Cleveland Holley 78 of Long Branch held at Tyree Funeral Home Mullens with burial High Lawn Memorial. He died in Beckley hospital Sunday. The body at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens. Entombment Resthaven Mausoleum Demnaton. Marvel ing Shaffer Mullens final rites at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Mullens home, entombment at Mullens Presbyterian Church. Survivors include wife and several children and grandchildren.
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George Frankin Randall
Heavener Ave
Elkins
Beckley
Holy ‘Trinity Evangelical Seen
Randall_ Peters Jr
Woodsdale
Memorial Park
Grafton
Morgantown Hospital
Randolph County Board of Education
West i Virginia Department of Publicty Safety
Fairantot
Beastie
Luther H
Mattie Pettit Randall
West Fairmont
Order of Police
Mary Dorothea Parrish
Maynard
Carol Sue) Pride
Morgan Town
Kent Franklin
Randall
Eric Parrish Randall
L. H. Randall
Oakmont
William P. Randall
Berkeley Springs
Robert
Joseph C. Holley
Joseph
Cleveland Holley
Long’ Branch
Tyree
Percy Q. Lively
Percy O'Dell Lively
North Oakwood Ave
Oak Hill
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Henry
Sarah Jane Humphrey Lively
Pax
Barbara’ Ann Akers Lively
Gary Wayne J
Mark O'Dell
Livély
Patricia Honaker
Fionna Faye Lively
Joe
Dothan
Goldia Persinger
Goldia Beile Persinger
Garten
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
E. N. Barlow
James $. Patton
E. M. Murphy
Huse Memorial Park
Elverson
Charles Lewis
Lorena Frances Spencer Reese
Garten = Pentecostal Holiness Church
Ivan Persinger
Howard
Billie
Chicago
East Liverpool
Ohio
George
Hinton
Sam Reese
Cleveland
Gladys Persing
Nixon Trip Faces Protests From Labor and Peace Groups
While Nixon highlights farm and rural issues during a trip, organized labor and peace advocates staged protests at the Town Capitol opposing his plan to curb inflation by pressuring wages and prices in construction. The President also suspended a New Deal wage law last week affecting federal and federally assisted projects.
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Down Tabor
Nixon
Copeland Brothers Joint Funeral Services Held
Funeral services were held for Clark Copeland 93 and Enos A Copeland 87 both of Belva at 2 pm Tuesday at Combs Funeral Home Gauley Bridge with Rev Harmond Gray in charge. Burial followed in Hill Cemetery Belva. Pallbearers listed include Grady Whitlock Joe Ed Holley Homer Craddock Alfred Tyee Buford Lively James Scott Henry Huber Ronald Williams Corbitt Bailey and Claredon Williams.
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Clark Copeland
Enos FA
Copeland
Belva
Combs
Gauley Bridge
Harmond Gray
Montgomery Hospital
Ilness
Yate Davis
Betsy Cope
Clark Copeland J
Dodd-Payneem
Fayetteville
Preesear
Grady
Jimmy Whitlock
Joe
Ed Holley
Homer Craddock
Alfred Tyee
Buford Lively
James Scott
Henry Huber
Ronald ‘Williams
Corbitt’ Bailey
Claredon Williams
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Paul Mechalek 63
Paul Mechalek of Besoco died in a local hospital Sunday at 12 45 after a short illness. Born August 3 1907 in Minden he was a retired coal miner and St John Catholic Church Mullens member. Surviving are his widow Mary Lacik Mechalek three sons Frank Rudolph Paul two daughters Elizabeth Bertha Barbara Theresa Anna seven. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Paul Mechalek
Besoco
Minden
John
Hattie
Chetter Mechalek
St. John Catholic Church
Mullens
Mary Lacik Mechalek
Frank
Rudolph
Manassas
Paul
Wilmont
Minn
Elizabeth Bunt
Mt. Rainier
Bertha D'Antoni
College Park
Barbara Morrissey
Morton ‘Grove, Til
Theresa Bieber
Anna
Mechalek
East’ Riverdale
Mad
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Regulatory hearing reviews mobile home park rules in Beckley
About 25 operators and sanitation specialists met with A L Lively of the state health department in the Raleigh County courthouse to discuss proposed rules aimed at FHA loan eligibility and state minimums. They covered operation permits, construction plans, sewage, water and solid waste plans, and the distinction between parks and subdivisions.
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State Department of Health
Beckley
A. L. Lively
State Division of Sanitary Engineering
Lively
Raleigh County
Department of Health
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
Parkersburg
Here
Health Department
Charleston
Noti
Mideast notes cite Sadat on Arab unity and defense gains
Reports from Cairo and Jerusalem describe Sadat praising Egyptian diplomacy for placing the enemy on the defensive. Israeli papers MaAriv and Yedioth Ahronoth criticized U S and U N reactions to Israel's actions in Laos and the Khe Sanh context while noting mixed assessments of mediation.
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Sadat
Gunnar V.jarring
Israel
Laos Invasion Hits Key Route 9 Strongpoints including Hull 31
Allied reports say operations near Route 9 persist with Hill 31 area under heavy fighting as Communists backed by tanks overrun Hull 31. U S aircraft supporting the offensive claim to have killed many enemy fighters while another Huey helicopter was shot down in the Panhandle.
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Route 9
Hull 31
Ho Chi ‘Minh Trail
Hill 31
United States
Laotian Panhandle
U.S. Buys Part Of Monongahela Mineral Rights
The United States purchased mineral rights to over 8,000 acres in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia from Mower Lumber Co. The land lies in Pocahontas County north of Marlinton and will be managed by the Forest Service to protect forest resources and scenic qualities. Rep. Ken Hechler and Sen. Robert Byrd highlighted continued federal efforts to acquire rights to prevent future damage to wilderness areas.
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Washington
U.S
Monongahela National Forest
West Virginia
Mower Lumber Co
Robert C. Byrd
Pocahontas County
Marlinton
Forest Service
Byrd
Mower
National Forest
Randolph County
Lin
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Rail Flagman Shot by Sniper Near Prichard
Howard Eden, 54, of Sciotoville Ohio, a Norfolk and Western flagman, was seriously wounded on a freight train near Prichard Wayne County by a sniper. State police said no suspects were identified and the investigation continued. He was in a Huntington hospital in serious condition.
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Prichard
UPS
Norfolk & Western
Wayne County
Howard Eden
Sciotoville
Ohio
Huntington
Indians Go To Polls In Historic General Election
In New Delhi India's voters began a 0 day process to choose members of Parliament, the world’s largest electorate, a move set to shape Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government and India's political future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
UPI
India
I Voters
Indira Gandhi
Capitol Bomb Fallout Deepens as FBI Probes
Reporters entered the damaged area after a blast at Mullens where Mrs Cora Martin of Beechwood died six hours after a long illness. FBI agents and experts sifted through ankle-deep debris to identify the bomber and the device. Born in Bath County, she was the widow of Ollie Martin who died in 1952.
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Cora Martin Sue Wee
Cora Lee
Martin
Beechwood
Mullens
FBI
Bath County
wirelVn
Scrmens
Alec
Annie
Mrs Lottie Spencer of Edwight to services Tuesday
Mrs Lottie Wiley Spencer 76 of Edwight dies Sunday in Beckley nursing home after illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Armstrong Funeral Home Chapel Whitesville with Rev Aubrey Webb in charge. Burial in Pineview Cemetery Orgas. Survivors include sister Candis Allen and brother Lacy Cantley both of Glen Daniel.
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Lottie Wiley Spencer
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Aubrey Webb
Pineview
Orgas
la Beckley
la Jongines
Candis Allen
Lacy Cantley
Glen Daniel
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Sterling Smokeless’ Coal Cos
Resaco
William Alien
Maxwell Hill Road
Allen
Dery Neal Jessup
Route 3
Jessup
Wayne Lester Walker
Dunbar
George Allen Foreman
Reservoir St
Ellison Avenue
Herman T l Lewis
Glen White Stmck
Griven
Calvert Trent
Lewis
Trent
Fourth Street
CityPolice
Harry L. Utt
Tallahassee
Fla
Samuel McAllister
East Main St
Ronald F. Mills
Rennie
John Tipton
Tennessee
Sam
Ae Zane
Denart
Pere Eterree Ar
Walker
Coreman, Mills
Tipton
Hit and
Ron
Rural Acres Drive
Michael Meadows
Piney View
Meadows
Bostic Avenue
Charles Montgomery
Maplewood Lane
Phillip D. Williams
Bostic Ave
Montgomery
Williams
Louie Vernon
Ayers
Fireco
Chester Lee Farmer
Maddscott
Ireland
Akamegle
Seisman Patrol
Wiliam R. Baird
Sony
James P
Melin
Canaday Thompson
Eastern Gas
Third Fuel Associates
Regular Baptist Church
Renem Benoît
Domenico Leo
Okey Mills
Fred Blake
Harless Stover
Sidney Box
Charles Gambrell
Lechino Visconti
Garbo
Athens
F. Randall
Beckley Hospital
Alt
Junction
Tndia” Wise
Alpeca
Faree
Charlie Henderson
Branch
Eldreth
Josef Saugerties
N. Y
Octavia Weaver
Louisa
Sam Fo Gles Nease
Neely Finneral
Rns
Mrs. Marvel Shaffer
Marveling Bucs
Shaffer
Franklin County
Eastern Gas and Rinncun. Fuel Company
Long Branch Methodist
Ee Cmp
Elliot Shaffer
Area
Jwwuw
Foglesong
Nease
Neely
Funeral Home
Funeral Home Chapel
Wadtnandar
Copeland Brothers
William Thompson
William Add Thompson
Rose and Quesenberry iFumeral Home
Everett Shafer
Smeth Memorial
Mary Catterson
Mary Ada Catterson
Earwood St. Beckley
Charles Ton
Echols
Sunset Memorial Park
Ist
Vocal Hospital
Wincee
Winona
Aug
William and
Mary Alice
Laos
Mitchem White
The
Methodist Temple
Hayles
1Raleish Carmty
Bernadette Devlin
Northern Ireland
Des Moines
Dev
Ethel Minis
Wheeling
Maggie Young
Mabscott
Martha Reese
Gordon’ Grove
Calif
Shirt Service
Pichmon
Hearing
Beckley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Monongahela Mineral Rights
Mrs
Lottie Spencer
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