Four Auto Accidents Cause 1375 Damage in Sophia Area
Multiple incidents Saturday and Sunday around Sophia City and Raleigh County involve drunkenness charges, trespassing, and vehicle collisions. Harold H. Kinder, 5, Beclky driver, and others face arrests or court appearances after wrecks on Sullivan Road, Park Avenue, and local streets. Damages total about 1375 dollars.
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Sophia
Charg City
Sun- Gray
Rae Rae mreHee EY Bale
Harold H. Kinder
Sullivan Road
Layland
Mark Miller
Route 2
Beckley
Lilly Sunday
Ice and Bottling Works
Pemberton
Kelly
Bernice C.F. Brammer
Pemberton City
Henry
G St
Joseph A. Allen
Allen Second Street
Sandy Costello
Ellison Ave
Smith
Beces
Ana Henry
Kinder
Beckley Municipal Court
Cecil E. Cox
Slab Fork
Orchard
Raipa
Raleigh County
Sallie
la Rita
Mt. Hope
Acres
Humphrey McMillan
Resoco
Park Avenue
J. Shafer
Shady Spring City
George Damage
McMillian
Carlett
J. C. Enn
Joe Parken
Arnett
E. Miller
Park Ave
Parker Isaac
Hylton
Mabscott den
Slaby
J Fork
J. K
Crab Orchard
Cole
Lorena Wallace
Jack F. Jackson
Key Hylton
Rock
Citylon
Evelyn
Don Morris
Saunders
Jackson
Russell Allen
Wallace Gray
Harper Rd
Col
Samuel Cottle
Prosperity
Robert C. Frost Jr
Department of Fine
Glen White
Joe Rodriguez
Robert Harold Duncan
Har
Frost
Dow Chemical protestors to face preliminary court hearing
Nine antiwar demonstrators including six Catholic clerics and a nun appeared in Washington for a preliminary hearing on charges of burglary and property destruction after ransacking Dow Chemical offices. They overturned desks, broke windows, and dumped papers. protestors protested Dow’s napalm and defoliant production and called it “programmed destruction of human life.”
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Washington
UPI
Dow Chemical Company
Dow
Vietnam
Bernard E. Meyer
Cleveland
Michael R. Dougherty
Joseph F. O’rourke
Woodstock
Dennis J. Maloney
Michael Slaski
Detroit
Arthur G. Melville
San Francisco
Catherine
Robert T. Begin
South Euclid
Ohio
Joan Malone
Violations Report From Roanoke and Beckley Police
Ronald Lewis Musgrove and James W Black were cited for speeding by Turnpike State Police with fines paid to two magistrates. Beckley Police cited four for red light violations and scheduled them for Beckley Municipal Court. names include James Bryan Kincer Jr Luther Cari Hylton John Edward Cox and Edward D Cales. Other citations list improper registration stop sign and one way street violations with pending court appearances.
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Ronald Lewis Musgrove
Roanoke
James W. Black
Turnpike
Musgrove
Luther Cari Hylton
Sophia
John Edward Cox
Beckley
Edward D. Cales
Skelton
Kincer
Shirley Jean Ford
Valley Drive North
Paul D. Epperly
Unday
Robert Glenn Pegram
Winding Gulf
Miss Ford
Epperly
Pegram
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Local Obituaries
John P. Green 78 of Coal City died Sunday morning after a long illness. Born August 7, 1890 in Wyoming County, he was a timberman and farmer and a Missionary Baptist Church member. Survived by four sons and six daughters, one brother and a sister, funeral services Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Sophia, with burial at Lusk Cemetery. Announcements note 5 p.m. calling hours Tuesday. Also funeral services for Annie Bibb Richards 100 of Beckley will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home with entombment in Sunset Mausoleum. Born March 31, 1868 in Gatewood, she was a daughter of Benjamin and Mary Bibb and a First Baptist Church member. Survived by two daughters, one grandchild and one great grandchild. Burial arrangements announced after 5 p.m. Pallbearers listed.
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John P. Green
John Pierson Green
Coal City
Wyoming County
John
Victoria Williams Green
Missionary Baptist Church
Ida Mae Lester Green
Dale
Charlie
Larry
Bridgeville
Del
Fred
Verna) Brunty
Matheny
C. C
Verna
Bishop
Rock
Sherman
Lola) Steele
Matoaka
Rod
Carrie) Martin
Beckley
Eddie
Betty) Stigall
Cleveland
Ohio
Tom
Cathy) Scott
Grandview
Lawrence
Etta Billings
Bud
Prandebiaren
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Jim Bowers
Lusk Cemetery
Herndon Heights
Funeral
Annie Bibb Richards
Virginia, St
Keyser-Bryant
Kenneth Swank
Richards
Gatewood
Benjamin
Mary Bibb
J. m. Richards
First Baptist Church
E. B. Hawkins Jr
J. P. Nowlin
M. JM. Ralston
Ross P, Daniel Sr
John Lee
Frank Davis
C.H. Felter
H. L. Kirkpatrick
Lila Maeram Pokor
Highland, Md
Mabscott
Melton Mortuary
Donnelly
Wildwood Cemetery
Pokorski
Olney
The
Baptist Church
Raleigh County
Charlotte. Ingram
MacArthur
John William Ingram
Richard D
Highland
Wilma Fitzpatrick MacArthur
Nancy Lilly
Russell C Lilly Funeral Services and Burial Plans
Funeral services for Russell C Lilly of 206 Watson Blvd Pittsburgh Pa will be held Tuesday at McDermott Funeral Home Pittsburgh. Burial follows in a Pittsburgh area cemetery. He died in a Pittsburgh hospital Friday after a short illness born in Cittsville to late James and Mary Catherine Lilly. Wife Gladys Miller and a grandson are among survivors. three other relatives and two grandsons noted.
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Russell
Lilly
Watson Blvd
Pittsburgh
McDermott
Cittsville
James and
Mary Catherine Lilly
Gladys Miller
Deap Thiee
Violet Rose Kimble
Tampa
Fla
Rose Lafferty
Edith Floyd
Beckley
Obituary notices for Groves Pokorski and White
Funeral services are set for Berniel Groves in Beckley with burial at O'Dell Cemetery after a heart attack death. Mrs. Lila Maeram Pokorski of Highland Md. to be buried in Wildwood Cemetery after services in Olney Md. Requiem mass for J J White of Boomer at St Anthony Shrine with Montgomery burial and rosary at O'Dell Home.
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J. J. White
Boomer
St. Anthony’s Shrine
Lloyd Lombard
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Lawrence White
Fayetteville
William White
Victoria Lynch
Mary Nancy
St. ‘Francis de Sales Catholic Church
O'Dell
Montgomery
Poor Medical Services To Rural Areas Criticized
Dr Donald L Graves, the lone physician serving about 5 000 people within a 12 mile radius of Frenchburg Kentucky, warns that Cadillac syndrome makes high cost facilities inaccessible to rural residents. He urges creation of regional medical health centers sharing staff and space to provide a wide range of services locally.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Donald L. Graves
Appalachia
Menifee
Graves
Frenchburg
PSC Revises Water Rate for West Virginia towns
The Public Service Commission set fair rates for West Virginia Water Co in 10 towns after denying a higher Welch charge. It ordered refunds with six percent interest to customers who paid above the approved rate, with refunds due within 60 days. Towns affected include Hinton Gassaway East Rainelle Hamlin Webster Springs Spencer Weaton Princeton and Bluefield.
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Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
West Virginia Water Co
PSC
Welch
Aeorgral
Hinton
Water Company
Gassaway
East Rainelle
Hamlin
Webster Springs
Spencer
Weaton
Princeton
Bluefield
Byrd Praises Nixon Stand Against Riots in Schools
Senator Robert Byrd commended the Nixon administration for enforcing laws to withhold federal aid from students involved in riots. He called rioters and radicals a danger to schools while President Nixon asked courts to support such actions. A separate Raleigh County case involving Beckley Hospital, Inc. ended in a default judgment for $732.20 against Ada Romilla and others, after legal action to satisfy a lien was disputed.
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Washington
UPS
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Nixon
Byrd
Tony
Carios
Dis Spradley
Beckley
Fire and rescue calls report several incidents in town
An estimated 100 damage fire Sunday at 8 25 a.m. in an apartment at 212 North Heber Street may be from a mislaid cigarette. Grass and brush fires were extinguished on Randolph Street at 4 10 p.m. and Crescent Road at 5 45 p.m. The Rescue Squad was called to Summers Street at 8 55 p.m. Saturday for Mrs Bessie Sorrell age 61 taken to Beckley Hospital. The squad also assisted at 800 North Kanawha Street at 9 45 a.m. Sunday where William Woods was ill but had recovered on arrival. At 12 45 p.m. Sunday they aided Susan Hewing of 115 12 South Kanawha Street who remained at home.
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Orange Snuffer
North Heber St
Randolph Street
Crescent Road
Summers St
Bessie Sorrell
Beckley Hospital
North Kanawha St
William Woods
Woods
Susan Hewing
South Kanawha St
Bathtub Player Stars In Show at ICA London
At the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London on Sunday a quirky street style show drew mixed sounds and performance. An entertainer played a pop tune on a vacuum cleaner while another produced a funeral dirge by scratching panels, creating a chaotic, experimental atmosphere.
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London
UPI
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Local Star Cecil Hill Dies After Illness
Cecil Carl Hill, star of the show, died after a long illness at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hedley Funeral Home. The body remains at the Treat and Produce facility awaiting final completion of arrangements.
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Paul
Hedley
Cecil Carl Hit
Miliano Boninsegna longtime Cleveland coal miner dies
Miliano Boninsegna of Cullen Ave Cleveland formerly Wyco died Sunday at 1 pm in a Cleveland hospital after a short illness. A retired coal miner born in Rome March 6 189? he was the son of Sante and Erma Boninsegna. Survived by wife Carmela Nalay Boninsegna three sons Ernie Paul of Dayton and Sante Pineville three daughters Erma Kussmaul and Virginia Lettee all of Cleveland. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Fortuna Funeral Home Cleveland.
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Miliano Boninsegna
Cullen Ave
Cleveland
Ohio
Wyco
Rome
Italy
Sante
Erma Boninsegna
Carmela Nalay Boninsegna
Ernie and
Paul
Dayton
Pineville
Erma Boninsegha
Josephine Kussmaul
Virginia Lettee
Chapel of Fortuna Funeral Home
Road Toll 36 Ahead of '68 Road Toll 36 Ahead of '68
United Press International reports West Virginia year to date road deaths total 123, up from 87 at the same point in 1968. Weekend fatalities include 18 year old Pamela L. Mosby in Morgantown, 18 year old Ronald E. Carpenter in Parkersburg, and 53 year old Millie Mae Shaffer in Gilmer County after separate collisions.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Gilmer County
Pamela L. Mosby
Morgantown
West Virginia University Hospital
Monongahela
Ronald E. Carpenter
Parkersburg
Millie Mae Shaffer
Strumptown
Work Starts on Ohio River Bridge Piers Near Gallipolis
Workers begin pouring concrete for river piers of the 12 million bridge project near Gallipolis after completing pile driving. The first pier is near the West Virginia shore close to the Silver Bridge collapse site of December 15, 1967, killing 46. The Ohio-side pier will follow in a few weeks, with completion expected by June.
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Gallipolis
Unio
UPI
Ohio River
Here
al Johnson Construction Co
West Virginia
Ohio
Southeast Storms Cause Power Failures Across Gulf States
Severe storms across the Southeast trigger power outages and property damage from Missouri to New Orleans. Tornado sightings, high winds, and flooding disrupt travel as meteorologists note rare aurora-like skies and a high-wind weather front. A private plane crash results in injuries but all occupants survive. In the Middle East, heavy fighting along the Suez Canal, Jordan, and Syria coincides with sand storms as Israeli and Egyptian forces clash and political reshuffling occurs in Jordan.
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Press International
Colorado Mountains
Mocrum Ot
Rai
Montgomery
Als
Louis
Gulf States
Gulf States,jover
Denver
Francis
Kan
England
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
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Plate
Charies
New Orleans
Durango
Texas
New England
Louisiana
Plains
Hamshire
Tex
Beaumont
Rock Springs
Wyo
Key West
Fla
Lake Travis
Austin
Lider
Chattanooga
Tenn
United Press International
Arkansas
Suez Canals
Sinai
Atlanta
Birmingham
Egypt
Birmintier
Sea of Galilee
No'Qantara
Meridian
Miss
Port Said
Ported
Canal
Suez
Amman
Suez Canal
United Nations
Ma Cna
Jordan
Abdel Moneim Rifai
Hussein
Israel
Mock Funeral Of Lee Staged By Anguillans
Anguilla residents staged a mock funeral for Anthony Lee and St. Kitts Premier Robert Bradshaw as tensions over British rule and Anguilla’s federation status rose. British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart defended Lee, while U N fact finding mission moves await. Ronald Webster sought U N address amid fears of arrest.
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Anguilla
UPI
Anthony Lee
London
House of Commons
Labor
Michael Stewart
Lee
Robert L. Bradshaw
St. Kitts
Federation
St. Kitts-Nevis
West Indies
Stewart
David Berglund
Mingo County Bus Drivers Strike Halts School Attendance
Mingo County school buses faced a 75 percent absentee rate as drivers led a strike called by the Amalgamated Transit Union. Superintendent J Hishel Morgan said some of the county’s 55 buses operated, while custodians and cooks joined the walkout. The strike impacts Gilbert and Matewan high schools as well as Chattaroy elementary and junior high, with about 10,000 U.S. and Vietnamese troops mentioned in surrounding context.
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Gil
Bert High School
Abrams
U.S
Chattaroy
Saigon
Morgan
Wayne County
Raleigh County Circuit Court Dockets April 160 Old Cases
The Raleigh County Circuit Court lists 160 old cases for the April term led by Judge C Berkley Lilly with pretrial conferences starting March 41. The term consolidates four into three annual sessions and adds 23 appeals from justice of the peace judgments along with new civil matters including Duncan v Stover and Beards Fork Coal Co. v Mabes among others.
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C. Berkley Lilly
Raleigh County
Gerald Dean Duncan
Larry Stover
William Harvey Kincaid
Beards Fork Coal Co
Johnny R. Mabes
James L. Maynard Jr
Wilbert R. Wood
Arden
Garrett Tabor
Carl B. Hogan
American Finance Corp
Clayton Daniels
John H. Stinson
James Frank Cook
Farley Creek Land Co
Robert Plumley
Clinton Moore
General Motors Acceptance Corp
Ernest C. Dillard
G. A.C. Finance Corp
Charles D. Craft
Gamble Shogmo, Inc
Harry Snodgrass
Lot
Ray Motion To Be Filed This Week
In Nashville a motion for a new trial for James Earl Ray is to be filed in Memphis within days. Jerry Ray said the petition will assert innocence and name two possible attorneys J B Stoner and Al Ryman. Stoner visited Ray in prison and claimed new information. Foreman denied coercion.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Ray
Jerry Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Nashville Tennessean
Percy Foreman
Tennessean
Foreman
Houston
Stoner
Ku Klux Klan
Wood rejects $6.8 million school levy in Wood County
Parkerburg voters rejected a $6.8 million school levy. The measure failed to reach the required 6 percent approval. Only 12,831 of Wood County's 49,000 eligible voters cast ballots, giving a 5.8 percent margin.
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Wood
Parkersburg
UPL
Wood County
Forest Fire Danger Triggers Talk of Emergency Measures
Forestry officials warned that a dry spell and a spate of fires in Kanawha, Logan, Fayette, Wyoming, Mingo, Lincoln, Cabell, Mercer and other counties could force emergency measures to curb trash burning. The state division cited 13 fires Sunday and urged residents not to burn debris as the fire season continues.
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Isi
Department of the Forestry
Sak Natural Resources
Kanawest
Emeft
Sirhan Faces Questions On Slaying Mood State
Sirhan explained to investigators that before the June 5 1968 slaying he stared into chandeliers and mirrors in the Ambassador's Versailles Room and entered a disassociated state. Diamond cites similar patterns to Sirhan's Pasadena bedroom ritual with a candle in front of his face.
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Sirhan
Versailles
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Dow Chemical
Mrs
Annie Richards
Russell C. Lilly
Bernie Groves
Berniel Groves
Nettle
Beckley Chapel Methodist
Neal Bent
Lawrence Dorsey
Groves
Wallace and Wallace
Rainelle
Lila Pokorski
J. L. White
Hare
Cecil Carl Hill
Beckley’s
Giant Shoe Mart
Beckley-Skelton
Mideast
Mingo County
Circuit Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court
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