Community Concert Aids Park JHS Stage Renovation Plan
Representatives of Volland and James C Higgins Studios will draft renovation estimates for Park Junior High School stage improvements. The plan includes a new backdrop curtains and stage reconfiguration to allow use as gym space, with repairs to lighting, ceiling, and seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Concert Association
Volland
James C. Higgins
St. Louis
C. Richard Daniel
Raleigh County
Board of Education
Asquest
BCCA
Beckley
Zelda Futterman
Gort
Don Noland
Richard Gody
Arid Improvwin
Futterman
Bcca Board of Directors
Wildcat Strike Closes Philadelphia Docks Before Deadline
About 2,100 longshoremen walked out in Philadelphia, the nation’s largest freshwater port, 12 hours before the official strike deadline. The action marks the third closure in six months. Baltimore negotiators reached a last minute agreement while the port remained closed.
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United Press International
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Dam Probe and Port Strike News Across Regions
The article covers Dam safety hearings led by Dole defending agency limits on duty to nearby residents and talks of an emergency coal mine bill. It also reports a new port pact in New Orleans avoiding a strike, with wage increases and fringe benefits, plus legal actions eyed by PMTA in Philadelphia.
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Schlick
Dole
Interior Department
Buffalo Creek Hollow
Edmondson
The
Sierra Club
John Blatnik
Dmin
New Orleans
Bank and
New Orleans Steamship Association
NOSSA
New Orleans Clerks and Checkers
James McCleland Jr
Philadelphia
Alfred Cory
Philadelphia Marine Trade Association
PMTA
Camden
N.J
Wilmington
Del
ILU
Douglas's Post 1970 Turn Into FBI Informant
The article recounts Douglas forged letters and impersonation schemes since 1958. On cross, defense suggested copying letters to Berrigan to extort donations for the Catholic Left. Douglas testified he became an FBI informer on June 3, 1970 and denied extortionate motive.
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Douglas
Berrigan
FBI
Lynch
Paul O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Gloriously Drunk Columnist Reports Ambassador Watson
Columnist Jack Anderson alleges Ambassador Arthur K. Watson became intoxicated on a flight to Washington. Witnesses say Watson shouted for Scotch and grabbed flight attendants before allegedly passing out in first class. Watson later held talks with Chinese Ambassador Huang Chen in Paris on cultural and trade exchanges.
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Jack Anderson
Arthur K. Watson
Paris
Washington
Nixon
Anderson
Watson
International Business Machines Tbm
France
Huang Chen
China
Deaths And Funerals In Hinton Beckley Area
Obituaries and funeral notices for Willard S Gill of Fayetteville Juanita Amison of Raleigh Jamie Bradford Pineville Grover Mentz Beckley Roy Dobbins Hinton Dewey Bone Beckley Dixie McManamay Beckley and other area residents list deaths, services, burial places and survivor details across multiple Raleigh County towns.
Israel rejects Jordan plan for two-state solution
Jordan lines up a plan creating a state west of the Jordan River including Jerusalem while Israel rejects it as a basis for peace. Meantime in Texas, House Speaker Gus Mutscher is sentenced to five years probation after being convicted of conspiring to accept a bribe in a 1969 stock deals case. Hussein’s plan was presented to the Jordanian parliament with approval expected next week according to government sources.
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United Press International
Jerusalem
Ament Hussein
Gold
Meir
Hussein
Jordan
Israel
Hissession
Knesset
Parli Ionsideration
Jordan River
West Bank
Michael C. Wester
Abikene
Tex
Texas
Gus F. Mutscher
Mutscher
Ciates
J. Neil Daniel
Daniel
Iraq
House
Syria
Egypt
Cairo
Akhbar
Middle East
Houston
Frank Sharp
UPI
Maurice Sharp
an.Guindi
Bonar Says Press Has Valley Access
State Police Supt. Robert L. Bonar says press access to the Buffalo Creek disaster area remains open with more than 225 passes valid. He notes weekend checkpoints only restrict curiosity seekers and that a Feb. 28 seal off was done on advice after reports of loitering. The flood, on Feb. 26, caused 117 deaths and triggered over 8,000 passes issued overall for reporters.
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Jack ‘Blair
Bonar
Informer Says FBI Encouraged Draft Board Raid
Camden New Jersey report details Robert Hardy 32 claiming the FBI funded and prompted a raid against a draft board. Hardy alleges promises by officials to stop the action were never kept and says charges against 28 others may be dismissed.
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FBI
Camden
N.J
UPI
Robert Hardy
Nover
Hardy
White House
California
ITT and GOP debate contributions and shredded records
Under questioning Sen. Tunney pressed ITT chief Geneen about shredded files tied to Mrs. Beard. Geneen said shredding was a reaction to public disclosure and pledged a full account, while explaining ITT's $400,000 potential support for the GOP convention and the three-part pledge tied to the Sheraton hotel.
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John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Geneen
Mrs. Beard
Congress
San Diego
Sheraton
ITT
Deparment of Justice
Group Tour Reveals Breakthrough in Disaster Investigation
Miller says seven or eight people tied to the disaster were interviewed during the tour, noting a major breakthrough. The commission will report findings as the citizens probe extends its review after criticizing the ad hoc inquiry named by Moore.
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Moore
Miller
Funeral notices for Evelyn Cawley and W P Garretson
Funeral services for Evelyn Cawley of Grafton Ohio formerly of Cirtsville will be at 1 p m Friday at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope with burial in Vass Cemetery Cirtsville. Also final rites for W P Garretson 8 of Powhatan Virginia will be at 2 p m Friday at Gospel Way Tabernacle Powhatan burial in Powhatan churchyard.
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Juanita
Amison
Raleigh
Faith Chapel
Ame
Joseph Moon
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Jackson Cemetery
New Richmond
Jamie Bradford
Carlos Jr
Brenda Dean Bradford
Pineville
Mullens
Dixie McManamay
Lof Beckley
H. B. Hartinger
Charleston
Bedford
Bishop
Martha Carper Woods
Calloway Height
Charles A. McManamay
Evelyn Cawley
Grafton
Ohio
Cirtsville
Tyree
Mount Hope
Ernest Barley
Vass
Cirstville
Sarah Howard
Beckley
W. M. Cawley
Olivia
Jack
William Cawley
Rosie Stover
Mildred Stover
Maryland
Georgia Painter
Jessie Bowyer
Bradley
Abbie Deal
Willis Branch
W. P
Bill” Garretson
Powhatan
Raleigh County
Gospel Way Tabernacle
Richmond, Va
Rhodell
H. I. “Hick
Virginia Hylton Gartetson
Belle Hooper Gartetson
Basil
Mead
Fred
Charlotte
N. C
Paul
Pinebluff
Shears
Mocksville
Edgar
Henry
Feren
Arnold
Louisville
Johnny
Cliffside
Edith Brewster
Coal City
Grace
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Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Wilson High School
Wildcat
BIG Charlie’s
Salmon
Hill's & A&p
Poss Para
Willard S. Gill
Willard Sanders Gill
Fayetteville
Baier
Dodd-Payne
Huse Memorial Park
Layland
Robert Houston
Clarabell
Shuck Gill
Della
Juanita Amison
Sey
Carls Bradford
Willie Dean
Oceana
Molly Bradford
Mullensville
Lillian Jewell
Sandrock
Robertson-Foglesong
iGrover
C. Mentz
Grover C. Mentz
Neal St
Caffee
Bob Hett
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Sweet Springs
Christopher C
Sally Kelly Mentz
Daryl
Hubert
Charlestown
Lewis
Newport
R. 1
Homer
Northeast
Dorothy McVey
Amigo
Virginia Bare
Elkton
Mary McVey
Sophia
Sadie Pennington
Mabscott
Delphi Bogart
Covington
Roy E. Dobbins
Hinton
Charles Cameron
W. M. Forren
Ronald Meadows
Restwood Memorial Estates
Summers County
Armisted
Effie
Dobbins
Chesapeake and Baltimore and Ohio Railway Co
Brooklyn Methodist Church
Madam Creek
Railway
Carmen of
Martha Richmond
Louisa Bennett
Emma McLaughlin
Nannie
Baal
Waynesburg
Dewey Bone
Dewey Po
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Beckley College
Bone
Pineknob
William Thomas
Amanda Clay Bone
National
Mary Daniel Bone
Dewey Jr
Grover Cass Ann Hamrick Jr
Huntington
Rosa Wiley
Naoma
Nancy Webb
Chattanooga
Tenn
Melton
Friends Tay
VirgilSarrett
John Saunders
Bernard L. Bostic
David Lickliter
David Hurt
Joe Cook
Ernest Fazio
Clarence Carte
Mrs. D. McManamay
Damascus Radio
Bonar Says
Harvey's Wig Villas
Beauty
Ecole
Jest
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W. F. Garretson
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