Justice Dept Probe Urged Over SBA Loan to Mafia Leader’s Son
Washington claims SBA approved 1965 loans totaling 406667 to A N R Leasing Corp of New York and John Anthony Masiello Jr. son of a reputed mob figure. Rep. Gross accuses SBA of funding crime while Sandoval vows forceful action amid calls for Justice Department inquiry.
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Sandoval
James L. Srodes
Washington
UPLI
Hillary J. Sandoval Jr
SBAN
Congress
Justice Department
SBA
A.N
A.N.R. and & Leasing Corp
New York
City
New
John Anthony Masiello Jr
Nostra
R. Gross
R-Jowa
John
Masiello
Underworld
Tment
Gross
A.N.R
Post Office
Yonkers
N.Y
Mastello
New York State Investigations Commission
McKeever
Stillas
Anguillan President Calls British Anger a Dark Day
Rebel Anguillan President Ronald Webster condemns the British invasion as a beastly act and says the island's 6,000 residents will only protest peacefully. British troops landed to reinstall Antony Lee as British commissioner after storming Anguilla on Wednesday.
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Britain
William Greek
Anguilla
UPI
Ronald Webster
Webster
Scotland Yard
Commonwealth Anguilla
St. Kitts. Nevis-Anguilla
Antony Lee
Lee
Her
Psychologist testifies Sirhan lacked premeditation capacity
In Los Angeles the psychologist Dr. Roderick Richardson testified that Sirhan B. Sirhan did not have the mental capacity to premeditate the RFK murder. He said ink blot and other tests showed Sirhan had a diminished capacity and felt like a soldier in delusion, unable to grasp duty to obey the law.
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Sirhan
RFK
Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Roderick Richardson
David Fitts
Fitts
Richardson
Man Killed In U S 21 Wreck Near Sandyville
Yvan C Strickland 56 of Sandyville died when his small truck overturned along U S 21 one mile south of Sandyville. He suffered a crushed skull after the vehicle rolled over a steep embankment. It was the 116th highway death in West Virginia that year, compared with 79 at the same point in 1968. Strickland was a former Walgrove resident and father of nine.
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Sandyville
UPI
Yvan C. Strickland
U. S. 21
Here
West Virginia
Strickland
Jackson County
UPI and Wire Service Guild Resume Talks in New York
Negotiations between United Press International and the Wire Service Guild continue under federal mediators to reach a new contract. An additional area was agreed on Wednesday. The current agreement remains in place as talks proceed with mediators George Byres and Kenneth Moffett present.
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New York
UPI
United Press International
Wire Service Guild
George Byres
Kenneth Moffett
Union
Gardner booked on shoplifting in Raleigh County jail
Donald Gardner of Mill Creek was booked in the Raleigh County Jail on a shoplifting warrant for allegedly stealing a reversible jacket valued at 13.99 from Town and Country Department Store at Beckley Plaza in Skelton. Several other arrests and incidents are listed, including a raid on an illegal distillery at Cool Ridge and local police actions.
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Mill Creek
Donald Gardner
Raleigh
Gardner
Town and Country Department
Beckley Plaza
Skelton
Joe Rodriguez
Benjamin Madison
Barber Ave
Lorena Wallace
Madison
Deloisi,Evans
Barber Avenue
Miss Wallace Madison
Alcohol, Tobacco , and Firearms Division
Lilly
Beckley
U. S
Paul J. Fourney
Edgar Yost Jr
Shady Spring
George Catlett
Shady
Spring
L. A. “Smokey
Wickline
Leo Eisenhouer
Cleveland
Ohio
Turnpike
Eisenhouer
Floor collapses in car. toddler dies on highway
In Troy Pennsylvania a rusted floor of an eleven year old auto collapsed sending one year old Christopher Bolt to the road as the car driven by Walter G Bolt thirty five struck him. The child died at Troy Community Hospital from a skull fracture.
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Troy
UPI
Walter G. Bolt
Here
Christopher
Troy Community Hospital
Ray Asks New Hearing in King Murder Case
James Earl Ray asked for a post conviction hearing after waiving appeal in his guilty plea for the King assassination. Judge W Preston Battle confirmed receipt of Ray’s letter stating he fired attorney Percy Foreman and sought a new hearing. Ray was sentenced to 99 years in Nashville.
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Memphis
Ray
Deaths and Funerals In Scarbro and Area
The funeral for James Szuch 8 of Scarbro will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Mount Hope Baptist Temple with Rev Lon T Marks officiating burial at Gardens. Szuch a retired coal miner died Wednesday in Beckley Hospital. He was UMWA and William Penn Fraternal member born in Hungary January 6 1889. Survivors include five sons Lewis James J Alex Steve all of Mount Hope and Andrew of Universal City Texas two daughters Elizabeth Kizer of Scarbro and Margaret Markonie of Monaco 16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the funeral from Tyree Funeral Home in Mount Hope where friends may call after 6 p.m. today. Pallbearers are church men. Funeral arrangements incomplete for Mrs Goldin Cook 89 Pineville who died Wednesday in Welch hospital. The body is at Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville. Roy Virgil Scarro 64 of Route 1 Scarbro died Wednesday night in Oak Hill hospital of apparent heart attack. He worked at Iron Service Station Scarbro and belonged to United Mine Workers. Survivors include wife Hattie a son Victor E stationed at K I Sawyer Air Force Base Michigan a daughter Faye Winston Scarbro a brother Hughie Scarbro Route 1 and a sister Mrs Brad Aliff Route 1 and five grandchildren. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. arrangements incomplete.
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James Szuch
Scarbro
Mount Hope Baptist
Lon T. Marks
Szuch
Beckley ‘Hospital
UMWA
William Penn Fraternal Association
Hungary
Lewis
James J
Alex
Steve
Mount Hope
Andrew
Universal City
Tex
Elizabeth Kizer
Margaret Markonie
Monaco
Tyree
Roy Virgil Scarbro
Oak Hill
Iron Service
United Mine Workers Union
Hattie
Victor E
K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base
Michigan
Faye Winston
Hughie Scarbro
Brad Aliff
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Donegan Newland
Mrs Anna Donegan Newland 91 of 719 South Kanawha Street will have a high mass at Saint Francis de Sales Church at 11 a m Saturday with Rev Thomas Kerrigan celebrant. Burial follows at Mount Calvary Addition Sunset. Born January 15 1902 at Crang she was a daughter of the late Mrs Madison and Almeda Brooks Newland died at 7 30 am Wednesday in a local rest hospital after a short illness. Funeral services will be held 1 pm Friday at Keyser Memorial Baptist Church with Rosary recited at 7 30 pm. Burial will be in Palm Memorial Gardens at Matheny. Survivors include husband Kade a son Robert two daughters Ernestine Arnold and Minnie Glen Stewart eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Friends may call after 2 pm Friday at Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home.
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Anna Donegan Newland
South Kanawha St
Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas Kerrigan
Calvary Addition
Crang, Memorial Park
Palm ‘Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Cooper
Kade
Robert
Malcolm
Ernestine) Arnold
Paul
Minnie Glen) Stewart
Pineville
Claude
Glen Fork
Dennie
Bob
Grady
Arlington
Ted Bailey
Xenia
Ohio
John K. Lambert
Pipestein
Robertson- Foglesong
Carrie Cooper
MU Students Support Fired SRC Protesters
West Virginia capital sees about 150 former State Road Commission workers and their spouses marching daily near the governor's reception room. Marshall University students joined, pledging to recruit others as Lyle Kirker of the Laborers District Council met Gov. Arch Moore for about 45 minutes with no resolution.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Marshall University
Capitol
Laborers Distric Council
Arch A. Moore Jr
Marshall
SRC
West Virginia College
Otter College
Laborers Council
Lyle Kirker
Kirker
Moore
Senator Russell Faces Malignant Lung Tumor
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia announced doctors found a malignant tumor on his left lung. The 69 year old former Armed Services chairman will begin cobalt therapy and hopes to serve the rest of his term ending in 1972 after a three day hospital stay at Walter Reed.
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Washington
UPL
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Birthday Hijack Attempt Lands Man in New Orleans Jail
Douglas Alton Dickey, 26, is jailed in the federal section of New Orleans on air piracy charges after attempting to force a Las Vegas to New York jet to Cuba. FBI agents, including J. Edgar Hoover, identified him as the hijacker. Dickey was arraigned to occur today.
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New Orleans
FBI
Douglas Alton Dickey
Dickey
J. Edgar Hoover
Las Vegas
New York
Cuba
Robert Rightmeyer
U.S
Dan Sherill
John M. Reed
Oklahom City
Okla
Mobile
Ala
Reed
Reed Rand
Pauline Havens
Atlanta
Lodge-Talks Continue Amid Vietnam War Struggle
The article reports ongoing heavy fighting in South Vietnam as Communist forces renew spring offensives. U.S. officials deny plans to withdraw troops while negotiations stall. Lam warns Saigon must not attack, urging restraint and signaling no near breakthroughs.
Senator Predicts Passage Of Strong Health And Safety Laws
Hearings by the Ganata committee continue on coal mine health and safety. Sen. Richard S. Schweiker notes miners’ safety as vital, hints at amendments diverting funds to improved technology and supports dust standards x rays and federal inspections. Miner Elijah Wolford calls for wage docking for safety violations amid widespread complaints.
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Washington
UPI
Bene Raiate
House
Richard S. Schweiker
Schweiker
Cor
Senate
Congress
Morgantown
W. Va
Tabor
Elijah Wolford
Consolidation Coal Co
Humphrey No. 7
Wolford
West Virginia
Bureau ‘of ‘Mines
Man
Pye
Welford
Fairmont
John Corcoran
Buckhannon
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Romney
West Virginia Forest Fires Rage With Grim Outlook
Charleston reports 125 new fires in West Virginia as 51 new and 18 old fires are extinguished. Foresters say 500 to 600 people battle the flames amid extreme fire day conditions with gusty afternoon winds. Southwest lead in new blazes. Beckley district records 24 fires all under control.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Forestry Office
Beckley
Forestry Spokesget
Printing contracts spark debate in West Virginia
Miller of Parkersburg denies favoritism as state prints business shifts amid disputes involving Moore’s gubernatorial campaign backers. Officials question awarding discretion and price quality clauses while Beckley firm remains long time state printer under Republican Underwood. The Raleigh Register notes a rise in state printing with Biggs Johnston Withrow. Governor Smith says he sold his stock in 1964 and owned no part of the parent company.
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Vega
Reucul
Acoruuu LS
Saigon
Biges
Johnston-Withrow
Jett c, Smith
Miller
United Press International
McGlothin Printing Co
United States
Parkersburg
South Viet
Mam
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
McGlothin
Moore
Beckley Company
Biggs- Johnston-Withrow
Cecil H.underwood
Raleigh Register
Biggs - Johnston - Withrow
Hulett Smith
Revernoy
Gov. Smith
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Federal Revenue
Cool Ridge
Charles T. Lilly
Rodriguez
Eugene Duncan
Department of Natural Resources
Duncan
William A. Johnson
Beckley Municipal Court
U.S. 21
Daniels
Teresa Cole
North Kanawha Land
Beckley-Raleigh County
YMCA
Mike Lehman
Glen White
Beckley Hotel
Neville Street
Mrs. Goldin Cook
Goldin Cook
Welch
Robertson- Foglesong Funeral
RNS
Roy V. Scarbro
Anna Newland
Sen. Russell
PMA Muaeone
Air Pirate
Lodge
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Nixon
California
Laird
Ellsworth Bunker
Michelin
Biggs-Johnston
Beckley Printing
Cannon
Springmaid
Wolman
Blenko Glass & Coal Jewelry
Mount Hope Road
Valley Drive
Ganata Committee
West Va
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