Police in Huntington propose plan to curb car tape thefts
Paulington police chief and detective Price urge citizens to enroll tape players with serial numbers or markings. The program aims to recover stolen units by logging owners and making tamper resistant marks, with officers offering drive in registration at the department tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
Paulington
Price
Ohio River City
Uwhets Lalluto
Police Department
Leslie Bacon Refuses Grand Jury Questions Had Enough
Antiwar activist Leslie Bacon declined to answer most grand jury questions on radical activity saying she had been kidnaped by the government and asserting her rights. She would answer only questions about a decoy bank bombing plot in New York City on December 4 as lawyers appeal for her release while questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
UPI
Leslie Bacon
New York City
Miss Bacon
U.S. Capitol
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
George Boldt
First National Bank of New York
Boldt
Texas Governor blasts Nixon over drought aid delays
Governor Preston Smith denounces President Nixon as political and accuses his administration of stalling drought disaster assistance. He seeks declaration of drought disaster areas in 177 of Texas 254 counties, cites unplanted crops, selling herds, farm worker unemployment, and ongoing inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Preston Smith
Nixon
Texas
Smith
Convicted Defense Says Labor Rule Not Applicable
Hayes Gorey, the Justice Department prosecutor, labeled the story ta fabrication to explain their hands in the cookie jar. Defense attorneys argued the labor management disclosure and reporting act does not apply to District 5 since it was not a labor union but an administrative branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Hayes Gorey
Justice Department
District 5
Bonar Challenges Browning Over Department Allegations
Charleston reports State Police Superintendent R. L. Bonar angrily challenged Attorney General Chauncey Browning to share information about alleged activities within the Department of Public Safety. Browning said he is still validating details and may present information to the legislature. The GOP tied to internal interferences and pay disputes haunts the agency amid recent turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
Chauncey Browning
Department of Public Safety
R. L. Bonar
Bonar
Browning
State Police
State Adult Care Plan Announced by Governor
Charleston Gov Arch Moore announced funding for a comprehensive adult care plan to start July 1. The program via the Welfare Department will pay for in home support for elderly and disabled adults and for hospital care in approved nursing homes to improve care quality and relieve hospital pressures.
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Charleston
UPI
Arch Moore
Department of Welfare
Moore
Germany weighs move to let mark float free
Money continues to loom as Karl Schiller presses for a free floating mark with Ludwig Erhard as a key ally. Brandt delays unilateral action until the European Market Council meets. France opposes, urging dollar devaluation by the U.S. Connally rejects devaluation, blaming market speculators for the short term crisis.
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Omics
Karl Schiller
Schiller
Ludwig Erhard
Germany
Erhard
Brandt
European Common Market Council of Ministers
Brussels
France
Paris
United States
Washington
U.S. Treasury
John B. Connally
Rogers Flies Over Israeli Defenses
Secretary of State William P. Rogers flew aboard Air Force Two to inspect Israeli lines from 30 000 feet over Sharm El Sheikh and the Suez Canal area. He stressed not flying over occupied territory and planned further talks with Prime Minister Meir and Abba Eban as Washington seeks a peace approach amid regional tensions.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
William P. Rogers
Israel
United States
Rogers
Haim Bar-Lev
Aharon Yariv
Air Force Two
Europe
Middle East
Mediterranean
Jordan River
Red Sea
Sharm el Sheikh
Suez Canal
Sharmi el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Sinai
Golda Meir
U.S
Washington
Meir
Egypt
Jerusalem
Eilat
Asia
Africa
Knesset
Parliament
Meir 1
Old
Abba Eban
Anwar Sadat
Cairo
U.S. Lifts Restrictions on Dollar Transactions with China
The United States on that day removed all limits on dollar transactions with Red China as a step toward trade opening. Treasury Secretary Connally issued a license permitting U.S. businesses and banks to deal with the Communist government and its citizens using dollars or dollar instruments. The move follows President Nixon’s April 14 decision to loosen financial controls with mainland China.
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Washington
UPI
United States
China
Treasury
John B. Connally
U.S
Nixon
Plan would cut U S Vietnam advisers to six thousand by 1972
Saigon and South Vietnamese military sources say Washington drew up a timetable reducing the American advisory force in Vietnam from 25 000 to 6 000 by the November 1972 presidential elections. White House officials call the report speculative and deny knowledge of such a plan.
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United Press International
U.S
Saigon
Washington
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Administration
Land Company Accepts SDH 10000 Offer in Condemnation
Rowland Land Co. accepted the State Department of Highways offer of 10000 for land condemned for public use. The state deposit remains with the Raleigh County Circuit Court pending settlement. Other Raleigh County Court orders include American Finance Corp. to recover 1077.64 from Bernard Johnson and Gulf Oil Corp. to recover 617.03 from Ernest C Fann, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Land Co
State Department of Highway
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Raleigh
American Finance Corp
Bernard Johnson
Jerry L. Murphy
Ronald Sanders
Charlie Wyatt
George Vanney
Lewis Dale Prince
Economy Savings and Loan Co
Joseph H. Cornell
Gulf Oil Corp
Ernest C. Fann
Amigo
Kunstler Hints Brown Could Return If Charge Dropped
Attorney William Kunstler said H. Rap Brown would likely come out of hiding if the Cambridge arson charge against him were dropped. Brown has been missing since March 1969 and was added to the FBI fugitives list two months later. The defense argues the felony was fabricated to lure FBI involvement after the 1967 Cambridge disorders following Brown's speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellicott City
Brown
Kunstier
Dorchester County
William B. Yates
FBI
Yates
Richard Kinlein
Howard County
Bel Air
Deaths And Funerals William Sherman Hannah 77 Naoma
The funeral for William Sherman Hannah 77 of Naoma will be at 2 pm Saturday at Free Will Baptist Church Naoma with Revs Will Gray and Sherman Turner officiating Burial in Pineview Cemetery Orgas He died Wednesday night in a Beckley hospital after a long illness He was born March 29 1894 at Burnwell son of the late William and Adaline Basham Hannah Survivors include his wife Margaret four daughters Mrs Easton Thompson Packsville Mrs Myrtle Jarrell Pettus Mrs Ruth Pugh Layland and Miss Sally Ellen Hannah two sons Harold Carpenter sville Ill and Terry Naoma three sisters Mrs Mary Garrett and Mrs Thelma Adkins both of Montgomery and Mrs Kate Scarbro Rock Creek 19 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild The body will be taken to the home at 5 pm today from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville Pallbearers Glen Dale Tabor Chales Lemon Jack Kyle Bill McIntyre J B Sauls and Ernest Pettry
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Hannah
Beckley
Burnwell
William
Adaline Basham Hannah
Mary Garrett
Thelma Adkins
Montgomery
Kate Scarbro
Rock Creek
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Glen Dale Tabor
Chales Lemon
Jack Kyle
Bill McIntyre
J. B. Sauls
Ernest Pettry
Everett E. Jordon
Rockview
Beckley Hospital
House of Prayer
Lynco
Ferg Proffit
Morgan Cemetery
Long Branch Mountain
Simon
Sydney Jordan
Mary Hatfield Jordan
Carl
Harold
Darrell
Lan
Iny
Eddie
Leonard
Anita
Jim L
Johnny Jackson
Road Branch
Ferguson Branch
Jim Jordan
Wayne
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Mary Irene Toney
Beckwith
Cotton Hill Baptist Church
William Secrist
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Toney
Charleston
George H
Ida Blake Treadway
Edward H
Alfred
Harrison
Bernard
Collinsville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices in Beckt County Area
A string of funeral notices and death reports from Beckley and surrounding towns details services for Emma Lou Thomas Everett E Jordan Fisher Green Irene Cody Burnette Mary Irene Toney Marvin Lee Sells and others. It lists death times birth dates places and current arrangements with churches chapels and cemeteries. Survivors and calling hours are noted for several families.
Sweeneysburg Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Hair-Span Shot
David Herman Cooke was arrested on a peace warrant and faces attempted murder charges after allegedly firing a gunshot at his stepdaughter Annie Stover, with the bullet traveling through her hair and missing her head by inches. Cooke awaits arraignment before Town District Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. Separately, Larry Wayne Stover, 18, was jailed for drunken driving. Police noted involvement of two vehicles, a 1964 Bowyer and a 1971 Bower, with damages listed at 600 and 400 dollars respectively.
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Sweeneysburg
Beckley
Raleigh
David Herman Cooke
Cooke
Annie Stover
Joe Rodriguez
Pair Freed After Paying Fines in Driving Offenses
James Gordon Jennings and Carl A. Stowers of Odd were jailed by State Police at 5:15 p.m. Thursday and released after paying fines to Magistrate Rodriguez. Jennings paid 34 dollars for driving without an operator's license and without a registration card, while Stowers paid 20.50 dollars for permitting an unlicensed person to drive.
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James Gordon Jennings
Odd
Rodriguez
Carl A. Stowers
Raleigh Youth Jailed In A Thursday Incident
A 17 year old Raleigh youth Tracy Lee Sampson was jailed by City Police at 4 25 p m Thursday on charges of intoxication trespassing and profanity. One charge and an estimated 600 damage resulted from a three car accident at 10 15 p m Thursday at the intersection of Valley Drive North and Prince Street. Cited for leaving the scene of an accident and ordered to appear in Beckley Municipal Court May 13 was Russell A Jeffries 25 of Oak Hill.
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Raleigh
Tracy Lee Sampson
Valley Drive North
Prince Street
Beckley Municipal Court
Russell A. Jeffries
Oak Hill
Juanita L. Mason
Bellevue Lane
Janette L. Brown
Ewart Ave
Mason Auto
Brown
Jeffries
Intersection Wreck at Granville and
A two car collision at 6 55 p m Thursday occurred at the Granville blend intersection with no charges filed or injuries reported.
Beckley Rescue Squad Responds to Illnesses and Accidents
Rescue Squad and Beckley Fire Department respond to multiple incidents. William Turner, 21, is ill at 211 Seventh St and taken to VA Hospital. Gladys Snuffer, ? taken to Beckley Hospital after oxygen and medical aid at 212 North Heber St. Henrietta Jackson, 31, overdosed at 1705 South Kanawha St and was hospitalized. Paul Ballard, 65, assists after a fall at 108 North Vance Drive. Flames damaged 106 Coponiti St in a Tuesday fire with unknown cause and no damage estimates yet.
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Beckley Fire Department
Seventh St
William Turner
Veterans Administration Hospital
North Heber St
Gladys ‘Snuffer
Beckley Hospital
South Kanawha St
Henrietta Jackson
North Vance Drive
Paul Ballard
Beckley
Coponiti St
James Lewis
YMCA Closing Saturdays for Poppy Day Headquarters
The Beckley Raleigh County YMCA will close Saturdays as American Legion uses the building for the annual Poppy Day sale. Starting May 15 the YMCA stops Saturday hours for summer, and the week of May 17 closes daily at 5 pm. On Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays hours reopen 6:30 to 9:30 pm.
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Beckley-Raleigh County
American Legion
YMCA
Funeral services set for Bun Goode of Pineville
Funeral services for Bun Goode 60 of Pineville will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Pineville with Rev. Harry Stevens in charge. Burial will follow at Sturgill Cemetery Bearhold. Survivors include wife Ola four sons Jimmy Baltimore Harry Glen Burnie Mack and Charles Pineville two brothers Arnold Pineville Howard Crab Orchard two sisters Grace Lemon Lettie Lambert Pineville Ora Bailey Beckley and Maggie Goode Princeton. The body lies at the funeral home with callers 4 to 10 p.m. today.
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Bun Goode
Pineville
Beckley
Robertson- Foglesong Funeral Home
Harry Stevens
Sturgill
Bearhold
G. P
Ada Brooks Goode
Wyoming County
Ola
Jimmy
Baltimore
Harry
Glen Burnie
Mack
Charles
Arnold
Howard
Crab Orchard
Grace Lemon
Lettie Lambert
Ora Bailey
Maggie Goode
Princeton
Mrs Mary Batchelor Dies After Illness at 47
Mrs Mary Marie Batchelor 47 of 220 Beach Ave Oak Hill died at 11 a.m. today at her parents home following a long illness. Born Princewick April 6 1924 she is survived by husband J C Batchelor a daughter Laura Ellen at home brother Leslie Hunter Jr Rainelle and sisters Edith Tindilia Stanaford and Ethel Lilly Beckley. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Marie Batchelor
Beach Ave
Oak Hill
Leslie
Dora Lilly Hunter
Stamford
Princewick
J. C. Batchelor
Laura Ellen
Leslie Hunter Jr
Rainelle
George
Edith) Tindilia
Stanaford
Jack
Ethel) _ Lilly
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Destruction to Start Monday of U.S. Germ Weapons
The Defense Department says destruction of American offensive germ warfare supplies will begin Monday at an Arkansas arsenal in line with President Nixon’s November 25, 1959 order for total elimination of all germ weapons.
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Washington
UPI
Arkansas
Defense Department
Nixon
U.S
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Huntington Detective
Azel Bryant
Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Johnstown
West Virginia
Evangelistic Services
Memorial Baptist Church
South
Kanawha St
Bob
Col
Okeh
Kunssler
William S. Hannah
William Sherman Hannah
Naoma
Free Will Baptist Church
Will Gray
Sherman Turner
Pineview
Orgas
Emma L. Thomas
Emma Lou Thomas
Harlem Heights
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Marvin L. Sells
Marvin Lee Sells
Lilly Haven Baptist Church
George Stamper
Walker Cemtery
Sells
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Seven Mile Ford, Va
Robert Lee
Martha Bishop Sells
Argil
Cheraw, S. Sc
Glenn
Front Royal
Fisher Green
Baileysville
Welch Hospital
J. C. Warlick Furniture
Welch
Mrs
Irene Burnette
Irene Cody Burnette
Martinsville
Stone Funeral Home
John Thomas
Roselawn
Burnette
Fayette County
Annie Hinte Cody
Methodist Church
Cody Burnette
Patricia Stultz
Largo
Fla
Elsie Burgess
Richwood J
Lena Dillon
Mount Hope
Mary I. Toney
Minden
Larry Wayne Stover
Granville
Pagoda Motel
Burt Goode
M. M. Batchelor
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