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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1977

Page

6

Raleigh County Deaths Notice Roundup

Obituaries inform on Herman Doff Allen 63 Cranberry and Ethel Jane Carpenter 73 Coal City with services set in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel and Daniels Cemetery. Other notices include Joseph Herbert Chambers 75 Beckley and Emile A. Crite 76 Stanaford with church and cemetery plans and multiple survivors.

Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Herman Doff Allen Cranberry Robert Nichols Prosperity Deering Construction Co New River Co Joe Bennie Aliff Allen Donnie Gilbert Vann Jack Rex Beckley Ethel Milam Fayetteville Dolly Sampson Harper Heights Jerry Cline Wayne Lyons Danny Williams Gary Kincaid Danny David Johnson Coal City Ethel Jane Carpenter Grayson Lilly Daniels Cemetery Crossnore Oak Grove Christian Church Joseph Herbert Chambers Joe Caraway Leslie Garten Jim Foringer Oak Grove Lucal Cameron Joseph and Etna Lilly Chambers B. B. Chambers Harry Chambers Huntington Jimmie Jarrell Glen Daniel Bue] Stover Caffee Lewis Tolbert Jim Tolbert Jack Clay Ross Curtis Aubrey Cox J. B. Helton Russell Emile A. Crite Stanaford Crite Mount Vernon Baptist Church Dunloup William Kyle Creasy Pack Crite Warren Estes Charleston Basil Catherine Venable Ruby Wooten Fannie Shepherd Stamford Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Parlor Evelyn Farley Ridgely Lincoln Lilly Farley Cool Ridge Jackie Larry Smith Gary Ben Jones Lake Roy Farley

May Day Violence Globally Marks Workers Holiday

Rival leftists clashed in Istanbul causing many deaths and injuries as May Day protests erupted. In San Salvador eight people were killed as troops fired on workers. Washington and Moscow crowds celebrated with parades while Europe faced sporadic shootings and police clashes.

Istanbul el Salvador Spain Lebanon Greece Moscow Red Square Leningrad Winter Palace Square Taksim Square New Intercontinental Hotel San Salvador Japan Radio Hanoi Saigon Ho Chi Minh China Mao Tse-tung Peking Capital Europe Middle East Beirut Kamal Jumblatt Madrid Barcelona Bilbao Valencia Athens

Red Adair Finishes North Sea Oil Well Capping

Red Adair and his team completed the cap on the Ekofisk oil well after a week plus effort. The gusher spewed 28,000 barrels daily, creating a 2100 square mile slick, but officials said wildlife risk was later reduced and the油 slick was breaking up in the North Sea.

Red Adair Texas Adair Delaware North Sea Ekofisk Norway Britain David Goering Phillips Petroleum Co Hans Christian Bugge Norwegian Pollution Control Board Bugge

Carter Wrestles With Budget Gap Reform Proposals Debated

President Carter and top officials held a three hour budget session with Cabinet leaders and economic experts to close the revenue deficit aiming for a balanced budget by 1981. The meeting discussed welfare reform, with Arthur Burns of the Federal Reserve voicing concerns and a European trip planned this week.

Carter Arthur Burns Federal Reserve Board Congress Burns Reserve Board First Baptist Church Rosalynn Carter Amy White House

Six Are Claimed By Weekend Wrecks

United Press reports six people died in West Virginia highway crashes over the weekend. In Lincoln County a head on collision on W Va 10 at Midkiff killed Wayne Sias and Ira Atkins and Vernon McCoy. Other fatalities occurred in Pennsboro Summers County Hinton Matewan Davisville and nearby Washington County Ohio.

West Virginia Lincoln County Wayne Okie” Sias Ira Atkins Harts W.va Midkiff Vernon C. McCoy Ranger Atkins David Wayne Blooi Rt. 2 Pen Nsboro Ritchie County Warren Edward Lambert Jr Hinton Brooks Mountain Summers County Hubert Estep Matewan Norfolk & Western Railway Co Lynn Crossing

Clothing Center to Close In Raleigh County

K C Gross announces the end of the Clothing Center at 415 City Ave citing duplication with Raleigh County Community Action. The center served nearly 800 children last year and will transfer clothing to RCCA's facility in Teel School basement open 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.

K.C. Gross Raleigh County Gross City Ave ESEA A.W. Jackson Esea Personnel Services City Avenue RCCA Teel School

Fire destroys under construction home of local couple

An early morning blaze leveled the home of Mr and Mrs Larry Wrenn in Iroquois. Mullens Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jody Clowers reported no damage figures available as the residence was still under construction.

Larry Wrenn Mullens Volunteer Fire Department Jody Clowers

Endangered Species Act Faces Arbitration Over Snail Darter Case

Conservationists warn Congress is favored as talks of arbitration grow to save the Endangered Species Act and threatened species. The dispute centers on Section 7 prohibitions blocking federal projects like Maine’s Dickey-Lincoln hydroelectric plan and the Tellico Dam, both tied to the snail darter and Carter lousewort.

U.S. Congress Congress Maine Tellico Dam Tellico

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