Hanoi May Try Major Offensive Ahead of South Vietnam Elections
UPI reports high officials see mounting evidence that Hanoi may launch a large pre election offensive in South Vietnam. They cite intensified youth recruitment and continued Ho Chi Minh Trail movements toward Laos, aiming to disrupt Thieu and influence Paris talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Washington
UPI
South “Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Radio
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Saravane
Attopeu
Paris
Thieu
North Vietnam
Sheriff Write In Bid Sparks High Court Appeal
Marshall County Sheriff Bessie Allen appeals to the state Supreme Court to overturn a circuit court ruling that Brooks Miller should be sheriff. Miller’s write in bid drew 1 087 votes of 10 516 cast. he lacked party nomination funds and filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Charleston
UPI
Bessie Allen
State Supreme Court
Brooks Miller
Allen
Robert L. Eller
Miller
Board of Canvassers
Circuit Court
Sheriff
Sheriff Allen
High Court
Supreme Court
White House backs phased minimum wage hike for adults
The Nixon Administration endorsed raising the adult minimum wage to $2.00 an hour with a lower youth rate. Hodgson proposed $1.80 in January and $2 in January 1974, while AFL-CIO and lawmakers push for $2 now or in steps, with no teen exemption change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
James D. Hodgson
House Labor Subcommittee
Afl-Cio
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hodgson
Lawyers Clash Over Florida Statute in Engineering Negligence Suit
Astronauts contended the suit was subject to a Florida 12 year statute of limitations for accidents involving professional engineers or architects, while defense lawyers argued the law covers buildings and structures and that a two year limit should apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Air clash over Laos echoes Vietnam War era
Reports describe a recent aerial incident over the Plain of Jars in Central Laos about 110 miles north of Vientiane. It notes the last contact between U.S. and North Vietnamese aircraft occurred March 28, 1970 when a U S Navy F4 phantom shot down a MIG21 over North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
Plain of Jars
Laos
Vientiane
Inventors claim bumper could beat DOT standards
Paul Taylor and his son demonstrated a bumper they say could withstand greater impact than the 1973 DOT requirement. They testified before the Senate Commerce Committee after a film showed a Chevrolet Hornet with their bumper suffering no damage at 7.5 mph. They argue the device adds about 30 dollars per car, far less than the DOT plan's 100 dollar increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
al Father and Son
U.S
Paul H. Taylor
Douglas
State University of New York At Buffalo
Senate Commerce Committee
American Motors
Department of Transportation
DOT
Taylor
Taylor Devices, Inc
Buffalo
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Taylors
John J. Nevin
Ford Motor Co
Hart
Department
Default Warrant Issued For Capp
A default warrant was issued for Alfred Gerald Kaplin known as Al Capp of Cambridge Mass. The warrant accuses Capp of being a fugitive from Eau Claire Wisconsin on morals charges tied to a Lakeside State University incident. Capp is hospitalized at Peter Bent Brigham and police will serve the warrant after his release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
al Capp
Eau Claire
Wis
Theodore A. Glynn
Alfred Gerald Kaplin
Capp
Cambridge
Mass
Li’l Abner
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Wisconsin
Eau Claire State University
Pollution Suit Targets Wheeling Steel Over Ohio River Pollutants
The U S Justice Department filed a suit in U S District Court naming National Steel Corp of Weirton West Virginia for discharging cyanides into the Ohio River. It is the seventh Refuse Act case against steel firms and follows a March 24 filing against Koppers Company for phenols and cyanides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPS
National Steel Corp
Weirton
W.va
U.S. Justice Department
Ohio River
National Steel
U.S. District Court
Feders Court
Koppers Company
Dump McCloskey faces GOP primary challenger in California
Rep. Paul McCloskey faces a "Dump McCloskey" bid in his district as Jack W. Wilson, 47, a California small businessman and Nixon supporter, announced a Republican primary challenge. Wilson, who ran a write-in bid last year and won about 3000 votes, says he has backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Calif
UPI
Paul N. McCloskey
Nixon
McCloskey
Jack W. Wilson
Wilson
Low Bids Named on Area Road Projects by SDH
State Department of Highways lists apparent low bidders for Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming county road contracts. Acme Construction Co. wins 155 752 for multiple Raleigh County resurfacing projects. Anderson Paving Inc. secures two Raleigh contracts totaling 186 608. Fayette County bids go to State Construction Co.. Black Rock Contracting wins Wyoming County deal. Vecellio & Grogan Inc. tops I-79 segments near Burnsville and Lewis County with 10 661 285 and 3.81 miles respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, Fayette
Wyoming County
State Department of Highways
Beckley
Acme Construction Co
Raleigh
Tank Branch
County
U. S. 19
C&o
Bailey Avenue
Hedrick ‘Street
Anderson Paving Inc. of
Rupert
Spruce Mountain-Clear Fork
Beckley-Charleston
W. Va
Affinity
Cabell Wickham
Amigo-Egeria
Coal City
Rhodell-Amigo Road
Fayette County
State Construction Co
Huntington
Oak Hill- Scarbro
Raleigh County
Line-Mount Hope Road
Ansted-Hico
U. S. 60
Lookout-Hi
Braxton
Gilmer
Lewis Counties
Burnsville
Beckley Concern
Lewis County
Young Marines Attend West Virginia Conservation Day
The Young Marines led by Johnny Alderman will join the West Virginia Youth Conservation Day at Holly River State Park. Students from across the state participate as they meet at Park Junior High School at 6 30 am for transport and return by 6 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Marines
Johnny Alderman
West Virginia
Holly River State Park
Alderman
Park Junior High School
Hinton businessman enters race for Second District Congress
Richard P. Baylor of Hinton, a long time Democratic candidate, announces his bid for Congress in the Second District. Baylor holds doctorates in psychology and philosophy, is a businessman and former teacher, lives at 318 Ballengee Street with his wife and daughter, and is a World War II and Korean War veteran. He has been a frequent state senate candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Baylor
Hinton
State Senate
Congress
College of Divine Metaphysics
Neotarian College of Philosophy
Baylor
Ballengee St
New York Jury Deliberates 13 Black Panthers Case
A New York jury hears final instructions from Supreme Court Justice John Murtagh before deliberations begin in the case of 13 Black Panthers accused of conspiring to bomb public places and kill police officers. The judge stressed the Panthers were not on trial, only the defendants, including Joan Bird Lumumba Shakur and Clark Squire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Supreme Court
John Murtagh
Murtagh
Black Panther Party
Joan Bird
Lumumba Shakur
Clark Squire
Death Row Lawyers Seek Supreme Court Rulings
Lawyers for 27 death row inmates ask the Supreme Court to review more capital punishment issues amid fears of a wave of executions. They cite undecided questions including whether the death penalty itself violates the Eighth Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Supreme Courts
Supreme Court
Northern State Mines Reopen After Strike In Panhandle
West Virginia and Ohio coal mines in the northern panhandle reopened after a one day strike. Workers had walked out in sympathy with a fired employee of Y&O Coal Co. in Beallsville Ohio. A Belmont County judge ordered strikers to return and limited pickets at other mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
North
Ern Panhandle
West Virginia
Ohio
Y&oo Coal Co
Beallsville
Y&co
Allison
Marshall County
Moundsville
W. Va
Harrison County
Morristown
St. Clairsville
Caidz
Powhatan Point
Belmont County Commons Pleas
William Irwin
Deaths And Funerals In Wyomings County And Raleigh
The funeral for William T. Short 74 of Baileysville will be Thursday at 11 a.m. in Wesleyan Church with burial in Palm Memorial Gardens. He died Tuesday at home survived by Mollie Rowe Short a step daughter Flossie Hobbs four brothers and other relatives. Final rites for Carmen Lyle Carte 60 of 412 Bostick Ave will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. She was found dead Tuesday at the Raleigh County Animal Shelter where she and her husband Hampton Carte operated the facility. She left two sons James Loveland Ohio and Don Carte Cincinnati Ohio. Friends may visit after 6 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Short
Baileysville
Wesleyan Church
Baileysvile
L. J. Davis
Alan Ledford
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
John
Rebecca Harmon Short
Wyoming County
Carmen Lyle Carte
Bostick Ave
Rose and Quesenberry Peace
Freddy Dinkler
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Raleigh County Animal Shelter
Worley Rd
Hampton
Prosperity Church of Christ
James
Loveland
Ohio
Don Carte
Cincinnati
Tony
A.walter Meadows
Princewick
Williams
Sophia
F. C. Calhoun
Okey Cox
Meadows
Rhodell
Albert
Victoria Meadows
UMWA
Bessie Cole Meadows
Howard
Walter Jr
Midway
Lawrence
McComas
Emmitt
Winding Gulf
Wesley
Michigan
Macie Lambert
Shady Spring
Gerry Utt
Mary Cree
Close Harvey
Raleigh
Mertha Mitchem
Crab Orchard
Shirley Fuda
Beckley
Emmitt Meadows Jr
Jimmy
Danny
Wayne
Larry
Judie Meadows
Johnny Mitchem
Funeral services held for infant Jeremy Shrewsbury
Funeral services for infant Jeremy Ralph Shrewsbury son of Boyd and Elizabeth Shrewsbury of Stephenson took place at 2 p.m. in Sand Gap Church with Elder Wilbur McKinney presiding. Burial followed at Shrewsbury Cemetery Barkers Ridge. The child born May 2 in Mullens hospital was found dead in bed early Tuesday. The body lay in state at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremy
Ralph Shrewsbury
J Or Boyd
Elizabeth Shrewsbury
Stephenson
Sand Gap
Wilbur McKinney
Shrewsbury
Barkers Ridge
Mullens Hospital
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Mullens
Rns
Final rites for Mrs Margaret Baldwin and others
Obituaries note Mrs Margaret Baldwin 85 of Kannapolis North Carolina dies after long illness in a Kannapolis hospital. Funeral Thursday at Kannapolis. She is mother of Clarence Baldwin Pineville. Claude Teal Welch dies at his home in Welch. Teal brother of Mrs Ethel Holley Beckley. Funeral Thursday at Page Funeral Home Chapel Welch. Myrtle Harless 79 of Spencer dies after long illness in Spencer hospital. She is mother of the late Evelyn Feazell Beckley. Body at Melton Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Baldwin
Kannapolis
N. C
Clarence Baldwin
Pineville
Claude Teal
Court St
Welch
Page Funeral Home
Teal
Ethel Holley
South Heber Street
Beckley
Myrtle Harless
Spencer
Spencer Hospital
Evelyn Feazell
Meadows Ct
Melton Mortuary
Reliable Dry Cleaners Sold To Convenient Food Mart Owners
The Reliable Cleaners at Second Street and Second Avenue in Beckley has been sold to Rice Elliot Co. Inc the Convenient Food Mart owners. The deal price is 24400 dollars and the shop will close for construction of a parking lot after May 20 with pickup hours from noon to 5 30 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliable Dry Cleaners
Convenient Food Mart
Reliable Cleaners
Second Street
Second Avenue
Beckley
Rice Elliot Co., Inc
Raleigh County
Hugh Burdette
Second Ave
Burdette
Jackson
Miss
Vivian
Mount Hope
B. Hugh Burdette
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass
James Parrish
Gainesville
Fla
BankAmericard Sues For Account Balance
United Virginia Bankersuit in Raleigh County Circuit Court against Herman D. Shumate of Beckley and Wilda G. Shumate for 638.97 including 120.37 in service charges from Aug 9 1969 to Nov 9 1970. Ronald and Reginia Penn are defendants in a suit by Big Star Motors Inc to collect 1200 for an auto purchase made April 4 1970 with a dishonored check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Virginia BankAmericard
Raleigh County
Herman D. Shumate
Beckley
Wilda G. Shumate
Ronald and
Reginia Penn
Big Star Motors Inc
Charleston
Marriage Permits Four Couples In Beckley Area
William Neil Bair of Beckley and Victoria Ann Hodel of Beckley marry with Bairs parents Billy Hedrick Kathleen Williams Bair and George Warren Muriel Coutlee Hodel named. Alvin Lee Meador of Shady Spring and Sharon Ann Adkins of Shady Spring wed. Joe Randle Berry of Beckley and Rose Mary Adkins of Shady Spring join in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Neil Bair
Beckley
Billy Hedrick
Kathleen Williams Bair
Victoria Ann Hodel
George Warren
Muriel Coutlee Hodel
Alvin Lee Meador
Shady Spring
Ernest H. and
Josephine Adkins Meador
Sharon Ann Adkins
Russell and
Ethelene Plumley Adkins
Joe Randle Berry
Joseph C
Gracie Rouse Berry
Rose Mary Adkins
Jerry Ed and
Mary Hall Adkins
Rescue Squad Responds to Breathing Difficulty in Beckley
At 9 50 a m Tuesday the Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad responded to 11 Sylvia Street the home of Mrs Evelyn Parker she could not breathe Oxygen was given and she was transported to Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital by Raleigh Ambulance Service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Lawyer To Address Miners Widows Here
Ray Ratliff of the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund will speak at the Disabled Miners and Widows Inc. Raleigh County Chapter meeting about eligibility for damages from the UMW Welfare Fund suit. A federal hearing on awards is set for June 21 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disabled Miners and Widows Inc
Raleigh County
Ray Ratliff
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund
Odell Gwynn
Ratliff
Association
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Washington
D. C
Gwynn
Coonskin Park
Charleston
Harry Huges
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United States
White House
Indochina
Beckley National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Haember Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Neville ST
Wheeling Steel Firm
SDH
Lake
Grandview
Airport
Piney Creek
Stamford
Crouch Road
Democratic Executive Committee
United Nations Secretariat
N.Y
Panther
Northern State Mines
Mrs
Carmen Carte
Jeremy Shrewsbury
A. Walter Meadows
M. Baldwin
BankAmericard
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