Police Beat Three Injured In Separate Beckley Accidents
In Beckley on Sunday and Monday several traffic incidents produced injuries and charges. A 22-year-old Beckley College student drove off a U. S. 21 embankment near Bradley sustaining an eye injury. a 10-year-old Mabscott youth was struck by a truck near the By-Pass Plaza. a 71-year-old Beckley man injured in a two-car crash on U. S. 19 near Stanaford. Damages ranged up to $2,500 with no charges in some cases. others led to tickets or jail. Officers cited, charged, or scheduled appearances for multiple drivers across Beckley, Sprague, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
U. S. 21
North Sand Branch Road
Bradley
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Vernon Bailey
Prince Street
Bailey
Mabscott
By-Pass Plaza
Donald Kincannon
Edward B. Branch
Stanaford
Branch
Beckley
U. S. 19
Raleigh General] Hospital
Fred James Smith
Central Ave
Julius C. Batchelor
Oak Hot
Batchelor
Sec. 8
Rural Acres Drive
W. Va
Sprague
Betty McClung
Oakley Road
Thomas R. Belcher
Oak Hill
McClung
Belcher
Valley Drive
Oakwood Avenue
Walter Beitz Jr
Warren Ave
Hubert J. Bleigh
Dorcas Ave
Joseph Dancy
Jenkings St
Johnstown Road
Jennings Street
Dancy
Charles Toney Pryor
South Fayette St
Lester
Mary S. Baldea
Thorpe
Robert E. Zutaut
Crab Orchard
Baldea
Zutaut
Prosperity
Charles Garten
Franklin Ave
Vance Drive
James Edward Agee
Garfield St
Wilsie Cole
Colonial Heights
Cole
Agee
Curtis D. Nichols
Raleigh
Couple Arrested In Unlawful Cohabitation Warrants
Virgie M. Maxwell 30 of Rhodell and Ronnie L. Meador 21 of Odd were jailed at 4 20 p m Sunday on unlawful cohabitation warrants. Deputy arrested Lowell Lee Daniels Artie at 12 55 p m Sunday for being absent without official leave. Thornton Lawson 59 of 402 Sour St jailed at 4 40 a m Sunday on tampering with a motor vehicle and carrying a concealed weapon. Phillip C. ONeill 20 of Beckley jailed 2 55 a m Sunday on intoxication and interfering with an officer. Calvin W. Wilson of St Albans jailed 12 20 a m Sunday on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Virgie M. Maxwell
Rhodell
Ronnie L. Meador
Odd
Sheriff's Deputies
Lowell Lee Daniels
Artie
U.S. Army
Thornton Lawson
Sour St
Beckley
Phillip C. O'Neill
Trial Opens in Raleigh County Auto Collision Case
The Raleigh County Circuit Court began the cross suit trial stemming from a November 20 1970 collision at South Kanawha Street and Beaver Avenue after jurors were selected for a second accident suit to be tried Tuesday. Damages cited total 799.74 with McGuire and Akers alleging differing fault claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Pete Techak
Hayward C. Washburn
Bradley
Carl H. McGuire
Beckley
Eldridge R. Akers
Midway
Elizabeth Akers
South Kanawha Street
Beaver Avenue
Miss Akers
McGuire
Rogers Talks Peace Plan During Jordan Visit
Secretary of State William Rogers spent 22 hours with King Hussein in Amman and then flew to Beirut amid major security. In Beirut hundreds of troops guarded the airport and downtown protests denounced the Rogers peace plan as a stab in the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
VPI
William P. Rogers
Middle East
King Hussein
Jordan
Lebanon
Amman
Basta
Rogers
Hussein
Khalil Abou Hamad
Foreign Affairs and Information Ministry
Suleiman Franjieh
Saeb Salam
Abou Hamad
Cairo
United States
Suez Canal
U.S
iKing Faisal
Riyadh
Egypt
Israel
Collection suits filed by Beckley Loan Co in two actions
Beckley Loan Co has filed suits against Gary E. Meadows and Geraldine Meadows of Beckley and Jarrett Shrewsbury and Judy Shrewsbury of Amigo to collect balances on promissory notes. The Meadows note is for 750 dated July 1 1970 with 562.56 due. The Shrewsburys note is for 696 dated Oct 28 1970 with 597.54 due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Loan Co
Gary E
Geraldine Meadows
Beckley
Jarrett
Judy Shrewsbury
Amigo
Nixon winds up visible California weekend detouring antiwar protests
President Nixon finishes a West Coast swing after a news conference and radio address on agriculture. He promotes farming exports rising toward 10 billion dollars, credits Annenberg estate golf stay, and vows peaceful work for government workers amid Washington demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
California
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Palm Springs
Walter K. Annenberg
Great Britain
Annenberg
Oceanside Villa
Department of Agriculture
Miners Union Demands Better Hospitals and Pensions
Payne said the Disabled Miners and Windows Association of Southern West Virginia remains unsatisfied with hospitalization and pension care for miners. He cited Tony Boyle evidence as not helping UMWA members and pledged to double efforts for improved care. Buff spoke before about 45 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disabled Miners and Widows Association of
West Virginia
Tony Boyle
UMWA
Payne
Buff
Disabled Miners J Organization
Georgia Abortion Law Partially Struck Down by Court
A Georgia court ruled that main abortion provisions were invalid yet left key requirements intact. Appeals were filed by Georgia AG Arthur K. Bolton and a group backing a young married woman seeking an abortion. The law set three allowed grounds and required doctor approval plus hospital committee and accredited facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Arthur K. Bolton
Gasoline Strike Shuts Stations as City Prepares
New York police fire and emergency units ordered to conserve gasoline amid a planned strike against six major oil companies. Some stations closed and others reported fuel supplies acutely slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPS
Deaths and Funerals In West Virginia Area
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Oak Hill Welch Pineville and surrounding areas. Individuals named Willis V Blankenship Bonnie Steel, Anna Mae Warden, Wanda Louise Stafford, Edgar William Bennett, Hobart W Mills and families are noted with service details and burial sites. Local funeral homes Evans Tyree Robertson-Foglesong Rose and Quesenberry are listed among arrangements.
Disruptions Persist Across Potomac Bridges As Protesters Clash
Tear gas hung over the bridges to Washington as protesters clashed at key traffic points. Police used tear gas and mass arrests to disperse splinter groups while officials claimed traffic avoidance and no major arteries shut down. Benjamin Spock led a heaviest confrontation at the 14th Street bridge causing heavy gas exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Walter E. Washington
Virginia
Agriculture Department
14Th Street
Benjamin Spock
Mrs. Kate Tedder Funeral Arrangements Pending
Mrs. Kate Billings Tedder 81 of Hotchkiss died at 2:45 am at Wyoming General Hospital after an extended illness. She was married to Charles Newton Tedder in November 1951. The body lies at Webb and Neal Funeral Home in Beckley awaiting service arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Billings Tedder
Hotchkiss
Wyoming General Hospital
Charles Newton Tedder
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Beckley
Edward R. Crouch Rites Held in Sophia
Funeral services for Edward R. Crouch 62 of Eau Gallie Florida formerly Sophia will be held at 2 p m Thursday at First Baptist Church Sophia with Rev Dewey Wison and Rev W F Tolliver officiating Burial will follow in Hotcoat Cemetery Sophia He died Saturday in a Melbourne hospital after a long illness Born September 5 1908 at Pinoak he was the son of Archie and Rose Mills Crouch He was a member of the First Baptist Church Sophia a retired miner and a member of the United Mine Workers of America He also was a member of IOOF and Loy al Order of Moose He was preceded in death by his wife Hazel in 1965 Survivors include a son Ted of Parkersburg a foster son Tommy Meadows of Washington DC one daughter Mrs Ronald Joan Armes of Eau Gallie three stepsons Jack Bolen George Bolen and James Bolen three stepdaughters Mrs Charles Regina Moody and Mrs Carl Elizabeth Craft three brothers O Q and Willie and Marion three sisters Cordie Crouch Macie Snuffer and Carmen Jennings Friends may call at Williams Funeral Home Sophia from 6 to 9 p m Wednesday
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Edgar William Bennett
Ft. Meyers
Mount Hope
Cranberry Community Church
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Meadow Creek
Raleigh County
Alex Bennett
Hattie Johnson Bennett
New Salem Baptist Church
Abraham and Beckley
Moose Lodge
Arthur
Alex
Cabin Creek
Imogene Vargo
Everette
Union
Nelson
East Beckley
Lester
Oakwood
Pearl Carte
South Charleston
Lonnie Plumley
Earl Ratliff
MacArthur
Rose ‘and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Edward R. Crouch
Eau Gallie
Fla
Sophia
First Baptist Church
Dewey Wison
W. F. Tolliver
Hotcoat
Melbourne
Pinoak
Archie and
Rose Mills Crouch
United Mine Workers of America
IOOF
Loyal Order of Moose
Hazel
Ted
Parkersburg
Tommy Meadows
Washington, D. C
Ronald
Joan) Armes
Jack Bolen
Stotesbury
George Bolen
Midway
James Bolen
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles
Regina) Moody
Carl
Elizabeth) Craft
O. Q
Willie
Spanishburg
Marion
Lake Shawnee
Cordie Crouch
Macie Snuffer
Princeton
Carmen Jennings
Williams Funeral
Funeral services for Linda Barringer in Beckley
Linda Barringer 21 of 235 7th Street East Park dies during a religious ceremony at the Church of the Living God Beckley Burial at Greenwood Memorial Park services set Tuesday 2 30 p m at Welcome Baptist Church Beckley with Rev A R Smith of Danville Ky and Rev Thomas Pryor. Friends may call Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Beckley 7 to 9 p m today body to church at noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Barringer
7Th Street
East Park
Welcome ‘Baptist Church
Beckley
A. R. Smith
Danville
Thomas Pryor
Greenwood Memorial Park
Church of the Living God
Trent and Durgan
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Beckley Municipal Court
Wilson
Nichols
Stafford Hannah
Montgomery
Charles Davis
Meadows St
James C. Tilley
Sabine
Lewis A. Farley
Beaver
Slab Fork
Billy H. Sullivan
Dale V. Simmons
Glen Jean
Cyrus E. Holley
Aubrey Bryant
South Kanawha St
Joseph Anderson McGhee
Glen Morgan
James Otis Wright Jr
Carlo C. Spradley
iDock St
Wright
Spradley
Bill W. Cline
Rupert
Stanley Mark Lyon
101 Sunset Drive
Allen Grandberry
Long Island
N. Y
Cline
Lyon
Grandberry
Dorothy
Canterbury
offLester
Beckley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Nevale ST
Omaha
Neb
Saiis
W. A. Thornhill II
Akers
Norman. Knapp
Paul Moye
James ‘Mallamas
Ray Elliott
George Lowe Jr
Robert L. Lively
Edna Hylton
Patsy Mays
Fern Harris
Chester Bennett
Henry A. Meadows
Darrell Lilly
Sandra K. Miller
Mary Evelyn Smith
Techak- Washburn
Nathan Hale
Clarence Sanders
Leon Martin
Peg Richardson
Lydia Harless
Orville Canterbury
Dry Creek
Jack A. Lilly
Paul Cox
W. W. Laws
William Peck
Melba C. Strickland
Charles Cowley
Robert Elliott
Jordan Toured
Foreign Agricultural Service
Chambers Cemetery
Willis V
Bonnie Steel
Anna Warden
Anna Mae Warden
Highland Ave
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Randolph F. Johnson
High Lawn ‘Memorial Park
Young People’s ‘Group
Ruth Thurmond Mission Society
Erskine C. Warden
Jean Ann Martin
Pittsburgh
Portsmouth
Fred
Man
Madeline Evans
Madge Fraser
Tyree
Mrs
Wanda Stafford
Wanda Louise Stafford
Pineville
Turkey Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Roy Lester
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Wyoming County
Pineville High School
George Stafford III
Jesse
Connie Cook
Janice Smith F
Wyoming
Mary Sizemore
Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home
Edgar W. Bennett
Hobart
W. Mills
Hobart W. Mills
Soak Creek
Kate B. Tedder
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