Escape attempt ends for King slayer Ray at Brushy Mountain
James Earl Ray, serving a 99 year term for the King assassination, attempted a tunnel escape at Brushy Mountain State Prison. Heat and steam line tunnel conditions thwarted the plan after about 20 minutes in the yard. He was found crouching on the grounds and will face disciplinary action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPI
James Barl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Ray
Robert Moore
Moore
Beckley Jaycees To Host State Meeting At Pipestem
Beckley Jaycees will host the West Virginia state Jaycee convention at Pipestem Resort Friday through Sunday with at least 600 expected attendees. State President Sam Winer and District VP James Ollis will attend. election of officers is on the agenda. Events include golf tournaments for men and women, Records and Recognition exhibits, Speak Up Contest, SPORF, Spark Plug, and dancing by The Appalachian Mainline and The Esquires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Bringieson
Marshalltown
Iowa
Jeycees
West Virginia
Pipestem Resort
Bobby Clay
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Beckley
The
Jaycees
Sam Winer
Martinsville
James Ollis
SPORF
Donald McCallister
Appalachian Mainline
Ashalad
Esquires
Paul Hartling
Pete Torrico
Torrico
Ken Weaver
Dan McClure
Fred Courtney
Jerry Gill
Paul Hutchinson Jr
Paul R. Hutchinson Jr
John Meadows
Jayceette
Clay
M McCallister
Poisonous African lion fish injures Bristol woman
Mrs Mildred Farris 41 of Bristol was treated with antibiotics and cortisone after a venomous African lion fish brushed her cheek at an aquarium in Croydon. She was listed in satisfactory condition at Delaware Valley Hospital and kept under observation for several days. The fish later died. experts warn the species is beautiful yet dangerous and venom can be fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
UPI
Mildred Farris
Delaware Valley Hospital
Richard Bond
Leo Ellison
Croydon
Farris
James Tyler
Fish Department
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia
Charleston Murder Charges Anticipated
Police expect murder charges today against Freeland Z. Winnell 39 of Charleston for the fatal shooting of his wife Julie Winnell at the Brass Rail Bar. The husband allegedly entered the tavern fired a pistol from a booth then left and later surrendered to deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
Freeland Z. Winell
Julie Winnell
Winnell
Sheriff's Deputies
Virginia elder issues and health costs discussed at conference
Elderly Virginia officials stressed that rising medical costs strain seniors. Medicare covers less than half of 65 plus health expenses, prompting emphasis on illness prevention. Governor Moore highlighted rural paramedic recruitment and a new supervisory program for doctors. He noted age services funding and drug tax removals, plus campaigns to recruit medical personnel and deploy aging services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Moore
West Virginia
State Department of Employment Security
State Commission On Aging
Fairdale Enrollment Set at Fairdale Elementary
Pre enrollment for first graders will be held at Fairdale Elementary School from 9 30 am to 1 pm on Wednesday. Sheldon Cory, principal, said children entering first grade next fall must be six before November 1 1971 and must bring birth certificate and immunization record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairdale Elementary
Sheldon Cory
Winter Weather Grips West Virginia with Snow
United Press International reports spring arrived weeks ago yet parts of West Virginia saw wintry conditions on Monday. Snow totals include three inches at East Rainelle and one inch at Camden-on-Gauley amid driving snow and dense fog along US 219 in Tucker and Randolph counties. Temperature lows dropped below freezing with readings of 31 degrees in Morgantown and Flat Top and 33 in Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
West Virginia
National Weather Service
Charleston
East Rainelle
Greenbrier County
Camden-on-Gauley
Webster County
Thomas-Davis
US 219
Tucker
Randolph
Elkins
Morgantown
Flat Top
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded in Journalism and Letters 1971
United Press International won for The Story of Diana The Making of a Terrorist. Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel earned public service for environmental coverage. Kent State shootings sparked two awards. other winners included drama poetry music and biography honors across UPI Chicago and New York outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
United Press International
Winston-Salem
N.C
Jourinal and Sentinel
North Carolina
Pulitzer Committee
Columbia University
Thomas Powers
Lucinda’ ‘Franks
Diana
The
Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel
Public Service
Akron Beacon Journal
John Paul Filo
Kent State
Valley Daily News
Tarentum
Spot News
Paul Zindel
James MacGregor Burns
Williams College
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mario Davidovsky
William Jones
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Jim ‘Hoagland
Washington Post
South Africa
Horance G. Davis Jr
Gainesville
Fla
William A. Caldwell
Record
Hackensack
N.J
Simeon Stylites
Harold C. Schonberg
New York Times
Lawrance Thompson
Robert Frost
William S. Merwin
Cambridge
Mass
John Tojland
Pacific
Lantern Vigil Marks Kent State Anniversary Killings
Kent State University students held a 26 hour vigil with gas lanterns at the four sites where four were shot by Ohio National Guardsmen a year earlier. The observance included memorial services at noon, a speech by Yale President Kingman Brewster, and the Kent State victory bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent, Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen
Yale University
Kingman Brewster
Kent State
Webster-Randolph Scenic Railroad Inaugurated
Webster Springs hosts the Webster Randolph Scenic Railroad debut with 2810 students riding five trips. Maiden weekend draws 328 on Friday and 333 on Sunday for the Salt Sulphur Special, initial runs to Slatyfork 31 miles away. Potential 104 mile line to Cass would link with Cass Scenic Railroad, a major booster Del. D P Given chairs the study committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Springs
UPI
Webster-Randolph
Slatyfork
Pocahontas County
Cass
Cass Scenics Railroad
Bald Knob
del. D.P. Given
D-Webster
Elkins Man Killed In Lumber Company Fire
Elkins Builders Supply fire in the southern part of town killed Wilson Har. He was dead on arrival at Davis Memorial Hospital after the blaze, which fire officials traced to the sawdust bin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
UPI
Wilson Haris
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins Builders Supply
Elkins Fire Department
Senate bill would make yelling kill the pig a felony
In Sacramento California the state senate approved a bill making it a felony to yell kill the pig or any phrase advocating the slaying of a policeman. The measure was sent to the assembly on a 29 to 2 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
State Senate
Assembly
Wyoming Exports Lead In 10-Gallon Hats Trade
United Press International reports Wyoming ships out more 10-gallon hats than worn by residents, highlighting the state’s role in hat production and export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Wyoming
Embezzler’s Sudden Downfall After Lost Fortune in Ohio
Kronin stole 11 000 dollars then fled to Columbus hoping for better luck. He lost the money in three weeks after betting 300 on a horse named Tragedy and was later arrested by Houston police in Ohio. He expressed disbelief and distress over the turn of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Kronin
Houston
Ohio
Ambulance Responds to Beckley Bank Heart Attack
Raleigh Ambulance Service answered a call at the Beckley National Bank parking lot at noon. Robin Bryant, 71, of Dry Creek suffered a likely heart attack and was transported to Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Beckley National Bank
Robin Bryant
Dry Creek
Beckley ApiPalachian Regional Hospital
Deaths And Funerals Beckley Prominent Businessman A A Ross
Beckley businessman A A Ross 6 of 245 N Kanawha St died at home after a long illness. Born Sept 11 192 at Gordonsville Va he served on Beckley City Council and worked in coal and auto trades. Survived by wife Nena Sutphin Ross daughter Mrs C Dale Harmon son Allan S four brothers and three grandchildren. Final rites at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with entombment at Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Friends may call at home after 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
A. A. Ross
N. Kanawha St
Gordonsville
J. C
Mattie Estes Ross
Ward Evans Motor Co
Auto Parts Service
Ross
Lions International
Beckley- Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
Beckley Tne Club
Black Knight Country Club
Nena Sutphin Ross
C. Dale Harman
Atlanta
Allan S
San Antonio
Tex
T. W
J. W
Culpepper
G. S. Alexandria
C.L Ross
Canton
Ill
Caffee Funeral Home
Beret
Bill Earehart
Woody Lee Phebbs
Larry Stover
William E.sutphin
Sid Larrick
Russ Parsons
Hicks infant graveside rites set in Sunset Memorial Park
Miachel Harvey Hicks two day old son of Miachel H and Linda Gravely Hicks of Mabscott will be laid to rest at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Park. He died Monday at 1 40 p.m. in a local hospital born May 1 in a Beckley hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miachel Harvey Hicks
Miachel Harvey
Linda Sue Gravely Hicks
Mount Hope
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Lisa Renee
John L. Persinger
Robert Gravely
Mabscott
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral notices from Oceana and surrounding areas
Three obituaries and one death notice from Oceana and nearby towns detail services for Drema Sizemore 6 of Oceana, Mrs. Katie Billings Tedder 80 of Hotchkiss, John Kent 52 of Cleveland, and Robert W. Rice 48 of Sophia. Dates, locations, and survivors listed. services scheduled, burial sites named, and funeral homes noted.
Mrs Lucinda Coalson Services Planned In Josephine
Mrs Lucinda Coalson 72 of Josephine will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with Elders Eugene Nichols and Dallas Stover in charge. Burial will follow in Coal City Cemetery. She died Monday after a long illness. Born July 21 1898 in Wyoming County she was a Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church member. Surviving are two daughters Lorraine Coalson and Naoma Bolen three stepdaughters Pearl Janney Ella Combs Erice Richardson a stepson Paul Coalson seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today. Pallbearers are Harold and Jerry Wood Michael Pompey Dale Fletcher Rey Monding and Johnny Sams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Billings Tedder
iHotchkiss
Clarence
Englewood
N.J
Silas
Sophia
Clinton
Glen White
Oliver Tedder
Crab Orchard
Hazel Ward
Marie Tedder
Ernest
Manda) Birchfield
Hotchkiss
John
Beulah) Milam
Slab Fork
Ray
Virginia) Kincaid
Midway
Etter Acord
Crawford
Ethel
Blevins
Hays
N.C
Minnie Tetty
Laurel Springs
Eli
Rowing Gap
Dock Billings
Whitehead
Nora Nelson
Dearie Harold
Mae King
Maryland
Bettie Ann Hawkins
Lora Bowers
Trap Hill
Webb and Neal
Robert W. Rice
Williams Funeral Home
MacArthur
Okey Cox
Coalt City
Indian Creek
Mansford
Jessie Rice
Winding Gulf Coal Company
McAlpine
UMWA
Loyal Order of Moose
Order of Eagles
Helen Hughes Rice
David Lee
Corinne
Terry
Derene) Smith
Deborah Joan Rice
Aurora
Iil
Cecil
Daniels
Jimmy Hughes
Charleston
Calvin Rice
Fayetteville
Lucinda Elizabeth Wood Coalson
Josephine
Melton
Eugene Nichols
Dallas Stover
Coal City
Mt. Zion Primitive
J. G
Polly Hill Wood
Floyd Coalson
Roy
Lorraine) Coalson
Ghent
Quincy (Naoma) Bolen
Pearl Janney
Ella Combs
North East
Erice Richardson
Bluewell
Paul Coalson
James W
Millard
Maple Meadow
John Andy Wood
Pennsylvania
Harold and
Jerry Wood
Michael Pompie
Dale Fletcher
Rey Man Ding
Johnny Sams
Rogers Visit Continues Amid Beirut Protests
Rogers remained in Beirut keeping plans to support the effort. He did not issue a departure statement at the airport as he was seen off by Foreign Minister Khalil Abu Hamad and met by a protective crowd. Students at the American University of Beirut demonstrated against the visit while a small anti American rally earlier faded and Rogers paused to receive a shoeshine from an Arab boy as about 200 onlookers watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Beirut
Hensmen
Khalil Abu Hamad
American University of Beirut
Dairy Prices Seen Rising for 1971 Farm Milk
UPI reports Agriculture Department economists forecast farm milk prices to rise about 4 to 5 percent in 1971 with dairy farmers’ gross income up at least 5 percent. The boost comes from ongoing production gains and higher government price support under the marketing year begun April 1, including cuts in butter props and rises in cheese and nonfat dry milk prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
State Tax Refunds On Way By July 1
Charleston UPI Charles Haden said all state personal income tax refund checks should be mailed by July 1. The agency expects to mail about 300000 refunds versus 340000 last year due to a 75 percent increase in the tax passed by the 1970 legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Charles Haden
Haden
Cross Suits End In Draw In Raleigh County Court
In Raleigh County Circuit Court a jury cleared both sides in cross suits over automobile damages totaling 489.19 for Carl H. McGuire of Beckley and 319.55 for Eldridge R. Akers of Midway and his daughter Elizabeth from a collision at South Kanawha Street and Beaver Avenue on November 20, 1970. Judge C. Berkley Lilly presided as the first case started and Pete Techak filed a $10,000 suit against Hayward C. Washburn for permanent injuries from an auto crash on July 3, 1970, with C. E. Byron Jr. for Techak and Jack A. Mann for Washburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Carl H. McGuire
Beckley
Eldridge R. Akers
Midway
Elizabeth
South Kanawha Street
Beaver Avenue
McGuire
W. A. Thornhill N. Akers
Norman Knapp
C. Berkley Lilly
Pete Techak
Hayward C. Washburn
Bradley
Welch Murder Charges Made
Authorities charged Frances Kent of Jenkin Jones with the murder of James Curtis Brown of Northfork. Brown, 27, died at Kent’s home near Welch after being shot seven times with a small caliber pistol Monday morning, according to State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Kent
James
WELCH
UPI
Frances Kent
Jenkin Jones
McDowell County
Here
Miss Kent
James Curtis Brown
Northfork
James Ray Morris former Beckley officer dies in Wheeling
James Ray Morris 57 of 911 Jefferson Ave Moundsville died Monday at 10 35 am in a Wheeling hospital after a short illness Born in Mullens in 1914 he was the son of the late William and Vida Morris He was a guard at the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville a World War II veteran and a VFW member He is survived by daughter Carolyn O Dell of Goodells Michigan a brother Troy Morris of Texas and three others The body rests at Grissell Funeral Home in Moundville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
James Ray Morris
Jefferson Ave
Moundsville
Wheeling
Mullens
William and
Vida Morris
Morris
West Virginia State Penitentiary
VFW Mound Post
Carolyn O'Dell
Goodells, Mich
Troy Morris
Texas
Grissell Funeral Home
Moundville
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Roy Morelock
Rey
James Earl Ray Too Much
Beckley Jaycees
Pipestem
Coree Funeral Home
Jones Avenue
Oak Hill
MT. Hope
Joseph P. Tyree
Frank
Fairdale
Britain
Germaine Greer
Miss Greer
Cambridge University
England
KSU
Lumber Co
Miachel H. Hicks
Edward R. Crouch
Eau Gallie
First ‘Baptist Church of
Dewey Wilson
W. F. Tolliver
Hotcoal
Crouch
Melbourne
Williams Funeral
Drema Sizemore
Drema ‘Sizemore
Virgil and
Anna Ruth Stafford Sizemore
Oceana
Oceana Free Will Baptist Church
Stellie Parsons
Palm Memorial Gardens
Katie Tedder
Oceana Medical Center
Man
No. 2
Darlene
Toni
George Stafford
Elba Sizemore
Lyburn
Stafford
Evans Funeral Home
John Kent
Stotesbury
Cleveland, Ohio
Harper Heights
Marie Kent
Lillie Belle Kent
Richard
Warren
Maria Kent
Walter T
Mildred) Turner
Harpers Heights
Emogene Kelly F
California
Gaylord Kent
U. S. Air Force
Alaska
Mrs
Lucinda Coalson
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