Raleigh County Court Hearing Over Salary Dispute
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk C Harold Hanks accuses county commissioners of discrimination over salaries for courthouse staff. A protest gathers as officials debate a $2700 office budget cut amid claims of racial bias linked to a Negro employee. Assessors promise to review figures after the session.
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Raleigh
C. Harold Hanks
Hanks
Donnybrook
Fred Stacy
Stacy
Elinor Hurt
Ing
Wesley Thompson
Court
Ike's Hometown General's Trust Rubbed Off On Abilene
Abilene residents recall general Dwight D. Eisenhower returning home. People along Highway 70 and Buckeye Avenue share memories of his humility and the trust he inspired. Citizens say his presence created a sense of freedom and belonging in the town.
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Abilene
D. Quigg - Abilene, Kan
Buckeye Avenue
Davis
Ida
Ikeja
Ike
Ants Iman
Emma
Eisenhower
Elso
Jona
Cedar and
Second Street
Zeke Storer
First Presbyterian Church
Callahan
Paul Roger
State Supreme Court Grants Appeal in Beckley Newspaper Libel Suit
The State Supreme Court granted an appeal in a libel suit involving Beckley Newspapers Corporation over an editorial by Emile Hodel in the Beckley Post-Herald. C Harold Hanks had won a $5,000 jury judgment in Wyoming County, and the court will order oral arguments as records are reviewed.
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Wharleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Beckley
C. Harold Hanks
Raleigh County
U. S. Supreme Court
Hanks
Wyoming County
Emile Hodel
Beckley Post-Herald
Jack A. Mann
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Driving a 1969 car could land you an Avio loan
A reader is told that purchasing the new 1969 car model could qualify them for an Avio loan, highlighting the quick performance and modern features of the vehicle and the financing option.
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Avio
Church Deaths and Legal Moves Highlight Local News
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Thersa Belle French are incomplete at Melton Mortuary after a hospital stay. Prosecutor William Cahalan discusses case handling as four people wounded in a church shooting. Alfred Jy Hibbit and Henry Cabot Lodge indicate slow progress in Paris talks while Lyndon Johnson orders a partial halt in bombing North Vietnam.
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Thersa Belle French
Central Ave
George W. Crockett
Melton Mortuary Negro
Wayne County
William Cahalan
Crockett
David Brown Jr
Majestic
Henry Cabot Lodge
Alfred Jy
Hibbit
Kentucky
Lodge
Alington
Paris
Richard E. Waro
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bec
North Vietnam
Deaths and Funerals in Beckley and Area
Funeral services set for John McGuar Waddell 100 of Wickham with burial at Coal City Church Cemetery after a six week illness. Survivors include wife Zella and three daughters, one son, 268 grandchildren and many greats. Acie Tilley 32 of McGraws death attributed to cancer. services at Saulsville Baptist Church with burial at Pretty Ridge Cemetery. Albert H. Hare 59 of Beaver dies after long illness. memorial in Bluefield with burial at Mountain View Cemetery. Additional notices for Hutchison and others list residences, kin, and arrangements in Beckley region.
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John McGuar Waddell
Wickham
Coal City
L. A. Garten
Waddell
Wilkes County
North Carolina
Troy
Mary Brown Waddell
Ronda
N. C
Acie
Tilley
McGraws
Saulsville Baptist Church
Ronald Adkins
Pretty Ridge
Saulsville
Morgantown Hospital
New Richmond
J Manley
Luella Tilley
Alice
Acie Jr
Perry Calvin
Benjamin Franklin
Jimmy
David
Donald
MceGraws
Jonathan
Ravencliff
Isaac
Wilmington
Del
Sylvia Ruff
Baltimore
Anice Anderson
Aberdeen
Aretta Dixon
Mandy Allen
Sabine
Marie Smith
Riverview
Fearlina Phelps
Tampa
Fla
Peggy Adkins
Fort Mills
S.C
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Obituary notices for Lula Cannaday and Harry Lovell
Lula Cannaday 69 of Harvey died Sunday after long illness in a Pertley hospital. Born Sept 5 1889 in Franklin County Va she is survived by husband Posey Cannaday and others. Funeral 11 am Tuesday Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill burial Hill Top Cemetery. Lovell 68 of Roanoke formerly of Sophia and Beckley died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm Caffee Chapel burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include wife Nona Elva and five sons with siblings and relatives listed. Friends may call after 4 pm Tuesday. pallbearers named.
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Albert H. Hare
Albert Hampton Hare
Route 9
Beaver
Bluefield
Goodwill
John
Laura
Grim Hare
UMWA
Lillybrook Castlo
Union St
Lula Jane Cannaday
Harvey
Pertley
Franklin County
Posey Cannaday
Baltimore
Aig
Agree Boyd
Bel Air
Tyree
Oak Hill
Harry N. Lovell
Roanoke
Sophia and Beckley
Edward R. Hanshaw
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lovell
Roanoke Hospital
Payton
Vadn Hopking Lovell
Raleigh County
Mason
Shriner, and
Elk
Nona Elva Lovell
Patrick A
Beckley
Harry G
Princeton
Ind
James N
Rocky Mount
Charles N
Alexandria
William C
Woodbridge
H. J
Lottie
Charles H. Johnson Jr
Daniels
Penman Holiness Church
Roy Shrewsbury
Johnson
Dapiers
Charles
Nora Shupe Johnson
Shady Spring District
Roseana Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Shady
Multiple Obituaries and International Earthquake News Brief
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Genevieve Lubonia and John Arthur Wallace of Oak Hill with funeral plans pending. Dominick Fontana of Mount Hope, a retired miner and union member, dies after a short illness at age 87. survivors include wife and many children. A major earthquake off the Saudi coast and tremors in Sicily Cairo and Ankara areas prompt injuries and evacuations, with ESSA reporting a 6.5 quake near Turkey. The report also covers a 18 year old Daniels resident Charles H. Johnson Jr. killed in a football accident and funeral arrangements set.
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Dominick Fontana
Mount
Ralph Thompson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Fontana
United Mine Workers of America
Bari
Italy
Marie
Lee
Thomas
Mount Hope
Mike
Josephine) Pishner
Europe
Fayetteville
Ronald
Esther) Lingle
Vancouver
Wash
Fendalfren
Seismological Institute
Uppsala
Sweden
Saudi Arabian
Red Sea
Catania
Sicily
Strikien
Cairo
el Ahmar
Washington
Govern ‘Tment
Environmental Science |Services Administration
ESSA
Ankara
Turkey
Funeral services for Earnest Robertson in Lester
Earnest Robertson age 47 of Lester will be honored Tuesday at 1 p m at St Matthew AME Church Lester with Revs M M Mitchell Sterling Green and J B Walker officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Cemetery. He died in a local hospital Friday after a long illness. The body lies in state at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor awaiting visitation after 3 p m today and will be transported to the church one hour before services.
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Earnest Robertson
Lester
St. Matthew Ame
M M. Mitchell
Sterling Green
J. B. Walker
Greenwoods Cemetery
Robertson
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Margaret Jane Whitely
Mrs Margaret Jane Whitely 83 of Mabscott will have funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Caffee Funeral Home with Rev Jim Franklin officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge. She died Saturday night at home after a Raleigh County residence of 20 years. She was born April 6 1885 in Carter County Kentucky. Survivors include daughter Bertha Whitely son Everette seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.
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Presbyterian Church
Curtis Patterson
Swiset Memorial Gardens
Hutchison
Forrest Hill
Oscar
Emma Allen
Iy Wns
Beckley
Focal Furniture
Cosumers Credit Department
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley Rural Development Socie
Raleigh County Historical Society
Wally Byam Caravan Club
Men’s Bible Class
Beckley Masonic Lodge
Beckley Elks Lodge
Delma Saunders Hutchison
Zina
Betty) French
Daniela
Orland
Virginia
Mittleburg
Minot
M. D
jNeal
Ronceverte
Robert
Athens
Jim
Melton Mortuary
Berenica Lodge
Charles Calloway
Roy J. Lucas
W. A. Thornhill
W. David Mullins
James Sanger
D. O. Means
Roy Millican
John D.donovan
Margaret Jane Whitely
Mabscott
Caffee
Jim Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Whitely
Raleigh County
Mabscott Methodist Church
Carter County
Mason L
Ellen Haney Johnson
Bertha Whitely
Everette
William Johnson
Kingsport
Tenn
Elizabeth J. Jones
Logan
Nettie Palmer
St. Paul
John L. Johnson
Glenarm
Sam Fesius
John Darling
Joseph F. Ayres
Jim Flint
Bill Ford
Everette C. Fleshman
Ee Funeral
Feneral
Israel says only direct talks can bring peace in Middle East
United Press International reports Israel rejects outside interference and insists on direct negotiations with Arabs to secure true Middle East peace. Cabinet statements defend vital security interests and oppose any settlement not aligned with Israel’s rights. Palm Sunday observances unfold in Jerusalem as pilgrims mark the final week.
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United Press International
Tarael
Avedy Ae
Ie Mt
Big
Middle East
Israel
United, States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Suez Canal
Tsrael
Jeruzalem
Mount of Olives
Gethsemane
Czechs Celebrate Hockey Win Against Soviets in Prague
Russians fire into the air to disperse demonstrators as Czechoslovak hockey fans celebrate a world championship victory over the Soviet team in Prague. Demonstrations in Wenceslas Square and at military sites drew world leaders and drew heavy Soviet response.
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Prague
UPI
Communist Party
Pravda
Jozef
Svoboda
John F. Kennedy
Dom
Mlada Boleslav
Stockholm
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Aeroflot
France
Admiral Lord
Louis Mountbatten
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Marit
Vasily I. Chiukov
Soviet Union
King Baudouin
Belgium
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Shah Rezajand
Pahlavi
Iran
John Grey Gorton
Australia
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippines
Kurtees
Georg Kiesinger
West
Germany
Wenceslas
Lantivem
Henor Ter Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
Moscow
Ussr
Pierre Elliotti
Crechovlovek
Trudeau
Mingo Drivers Continue Strike
Mingo County bus drivers remain on strike after declining the school board’s ultimatum to return Tuesday. Union official Laverne Copley says entering school property would be contempt of court as the board enforces an injunction curbing trespass and picketing on campuses. The board rejects a $71 monthly raise and refuses to recognize cooks, custodians, and maintenance staff in the district.
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Copley
West Virginia Highway Toll Rises With Weekend Deaths
Over the weekend three men and two women died in West Virginia road crashes raising the 1969 toll to 134 deaths, up from 95 at the same time last year. Victims include Edna Gillispie 22 of Mason County and others from Parkersburg Wetzel and McDowell counties in sequence of crashes and injuries.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Edna Gillispie
Southside
Mason County
Little 16- Mile Hill
W. Va
Titler To Speak At Mingo Rally
George Titler vice president of the United Mine Workers of America will speak Tuesday night at a Mingo West Virginia rally as part of a series across the region. UMW officials report large turnout at a Richmond health and safety discussion and a Supreme Court decision on absentee ballots and miners issues.
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Pittsburgh
UMW
Down
Iown
High Court
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Supreme Court
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Beckley National Bank
Ite Ao Me
Belle French
John Waddell
Acie Tilley
IT. V. Hutchison
Lula Cannaday
Harry W. Lovell
G. Lubonia
Genevieve Lubonia
St Ol Clair St
John A. Wallace Meetin de
John Arthur
Wallace
Oak Hil
We Memorial Park
Oak
Bethesda
Burlington
Wallace and Wallace Music, Inc
Automatic Coin Car Wash
The
Music Operators of America
Usingg Operators Association
Mary Jean Wallace
Maude Nickelson Wallace
John.a
Debra Jean
James Jarrett
United States Air Force
Eugene
Pudgie) Wallace
Charlie Miller
Clay Garvin
Hubert Booth
Jack Manning
C. E
Duncan
Bill Anderson
Ruesday
Charles Johnson Jr
G. C. Murphy CO
Binner
Mrs. M. Whitely
Mingo
T Thomas E. Virgin Jr
Wetzel County
Lonnie Justice
Paynesville
McDowell County
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