Police Beat Beckley Man in Fair Condition After Stabbing
A Beckley man identified as Chambers is listed in fair condition at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital with stab wounds to the neck head and ribs suffered around 10 45 p m Thursday. Curtis Tatum 47 of 696 1 2 Hilton Street was arrested on felonious assault and intoxication charges. Police reported conflicting stories about the incident as investigators seek the motive and details. Rescue Squad aided Chambers before transport by local ambulance.
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Beckley
Chambers
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Curtis Tatum
Hilton
Beckles
Richard Illy
Brewer MeDo
Broadway St
Ation
D. H. Bolyard
Lilly
Tatum
Banitay
New York
The
State University
Stony Brook
Grick
Jay
Long Island
Informa
Sproul Plaza
Forjat
Dan Diegel
Case Western Reserve
Hayden Hall
Cleveland
Glenville
Anata
Rescue Squad Responds To Multiple Calls In Beckley Area
The Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad was dispatched to 300 South Heber Street at 8 30 a m today for an ill person taken to Raleigh General Hospital. At 206 Smoot Avenue at 4 55 p m Thursday Loretta White had breathing trouble but remained at home. At 211 Crawford Street at 3 50 p m Thursday Wade A Trump fell from a wheelchair and was transported to Raleigh General Hospital for treatment.
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Tne Beckley Ture Department
South Heber St
Raleigh General Hospital
Smoot Ave
Loretta White
Crawford St
Wade A. Trump
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Martha H Knerr
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha H Knerr of Fayetteville will be held at 11 am Saturday at St Andrew's Episcopal Church Oak Hill with Rev William Kieldsing in charge Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died in an Oak Hill hospital Thursday born July 29 1885 in Prestone England daughter of George and Alice Crilley Hogg Her husband Oscar A Knerr died March 6 Survivors include son Robert A of Waupaca WI two daughters Dorothy Hesse Fayetteville and Peggy McCombie Eau Gallie Fla a sister W M Spencer Lake Worth FL nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren The body is at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville where friends may call after 5 pm today
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Martha H. Knerr
Fayetteville
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Oak Hill
William Kieldsing
High Lawn Memorial’ Park
Knerr
Oak Hill Hospital
Prestone
England
George and
Alice Crilley Hogg
Oscar A. Knerr
Robert A
Waupaca
Wis
Dorothy Hesse
Peggy McCombie
Eau Galtie
Mla
W. M. Spencer
Lake Worth
Fla
Dodd- Payne Funeral Home
Fayette- Flo
Kent J Toombs Funeral Services Set in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Spec. 4 Kent Joseph Toombs Jr. 19 of Cleveland Ohio, formerly of Oak Hill, will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Ernest Barley. Burial in Highl aad Memorial Park Oak Hill. He was killed May 10 in a Germany automobile crash. He is survived by his parents Kent and Ruth Toombs, a brother Donald five sisters and two aunts. Friends may call after 3 p.m Saturday.
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Kent Joseph Toombs Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Oak Hill
Tyree
Final rites for Mrs Hattie Wiley announced
Mrs. Hattie Wiley 72 of 121 Mool will be laid to rest at Central Baptist Church in a 2 p.m. Saturday service conducted by Rev. Edward Abram. Burial is at Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Wednesday night after a long illness. Surviving are her husband CW Wiley and son Raymond McMorris. Graveside rites by Daughters of Isis. Burial of services for Marvin Painter 22 of Cleveland Ohio and formerly of Scarbre set for 1 30 p.m. Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with military rites at High Lawn Memorial Park. Painter died in Vietnam May 6 while in Army service.
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Hattie
Wiley
Central Baptist Church
Edward Abram
Greenwood Memorial Park
Dockland
Lucy Alfred
Stockdale
Ala
The
Missionary Society
Silver Leaf Chapel
Harlem ‘Heights
Isis
Daughters of Isis
Trent
J and
Durham
Marvin Painter
Cleveland
Ohio
Scarbre
Tyree
Hechler Says UMW Leaders Get Large Retirement Pay
Rep Ken Hechler charges United Mine Workers leaders receive oversized pensions and salaries. He cites Labor Department figures showing W A Boyle and John Owens with salaries and perqs totaling tens of thousands yearly and a private fund enabling $40 000 to $50 000 annual pensions for life. He calls for reducing top officials’ retirement to match miners’ $1 330 annual average.
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Washington
UPI
Eccles
Quincy
Pete
Edna Vermillion
Linda
Ken Hechler
Tommy Wayne
Danny
D-W. Va
Keith
Hechler
Doris Koltz
Artington
Labor
United Mine Workers
W. A. Boyle
John Owens
Boyle
Antoinette Boyle
R. J. Boyle
Owens
UMW
Boyle and Owens
George Titler
John L. Lewis
Berkeley Turmoil Leaves Dozens Hurt Across Campus
Nationwide protests spill into Berkeley with 80 injured and 47 arrested after clashes near Sproul Plaza. Demonstrations continue at Case Western Reserve University and Harvard as campus security intervenes.
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United Press International
University of California At Berkeley
Oops
Berkeley
Sproul Plaza
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Harvard University
Respect To Court Urged By Byrd After Fortas Resignation
Senator Robert Byrd called on President Nixon to appoint Supreme Court justices who will strictly construe the Constitution and restore the court to respect. He accused libertarian activists of imposing their sociological views and harming law abiding citizens with rulings favoring atheists, communists, and criminals. Byrd urged appointments that end what he described as twisted jurisprudence from the high court.
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Washlugfon
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Nixon
Supreme
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Byrd
Submarine USS Guitta Sinks at Mare Island Navy Yard
At Mare Island in Vallejo California the nuclear submarine USS Guitta, still under construction, sank in 35 feet of water beside berth 10 with no casualties reported. Officials said there was no explosion and flooding caused the incident while the vessel had not yet been commissioned.
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Vallejo
Calif
UPT
Guittato
San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard
Navy
Mare Island
Fortas Resigns Amid Senate Probe and Court Shakeup
The Securities and Exchange Commission diverted its Wolfson stock probe to the Justice Department for criminal action. Fortas claims no wrongdoing and notes his duties were upheld. Fortas’s ties to Great America Corp. surface along with talks of financial disclosures for officials. President Nixon may await Fortas’ exit before naming new justices as reshaping looms.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Wolfons
Justice Department
Fortas
Great America Corp
Carson City
Nev
Clifford Jones
Las Vegas
Wolfson
Florida
FBI
Clark MacGregor
D+ Minn
Lyndon E. Johnson
Nixon
Warren
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Supreme’ Court
Emanuel Celler
House
James Roosevelt stabbed by wife in Geneva incident
James Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was stabbed by his wife near his villa in Veveysezen. He was hospitalized and reported out of danger. Police said the assailant, 52, is his wife Gladys Owens now under observation.
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Geneva
UPI
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Vesenaz
Georges Bergeaud
J. Roosevelt
Bel-Air
Gladys Irene Owens
California
Intc Geneva
Congress
U.U.S. Management Company
SRC Installs Caution Light At Intersection
The state Road Commission reports a change in traffic light operation at the North Kanawha Street and Valley Drive North Sprague intersection after repairs. The system will run normally by day with a flashing caution light from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily and motorists should proceed with caution during these hours.
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State Road Commission
Jriday
Kanawha Street
Valley Drive
Sprague
Vietnam War Updates From Hanoi and DMZ Actions
Hanoi radio reports the new offensive as the first blow to counter tricky American plots. U S forces in the DMZ fire heavy salvos above A Shau Valley killing five Communist soldiers in a major incident. Gen Abrams commands the 652 attack armada against suspected Communist buildup near Saigon and the Cambodian border. Dak To area bombers strike as intelligence notes a North Vietnamese division. In a separate incident a 15 year old Gulf man, Stewart, is treated for chest injuries after a mining accident at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital.
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Hanoi
Saigon
A Shau
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Dak To
Central Highlands
Miner
Stewart
Beckley Aplachian Regional
Siab
Juvenile and adult defendants released on May bonds
Hin ton resident EBeechie Ward, 35, jailed May 9 on intoxication and property destruction charges, freed on 380 bond. Delmar Milam of Coal City released on a peace warrant after paying a fine to Siab Fork District Magistrate FF K. Cole. Jack Adkins of 108 Quarry St charged with child neglect posted 500 bond to Magistrate Rodriguez. Four Beckley youths, 16, charged May 9 with petit larceny released to parents and ordered to appear before Judge Harry L. McCreery. Clinton Pennington Mabscott man arrested May 9 for drunken driving released after 110 bond.
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Ebeechie M. Ward
Hinton
Delmar Milam
Coal City
Siab Fork
K. Cole
Jack Adkins
Quarry St
Rodriguez
Beckley
Petit Areeny
Harry L. MccCreery
Mabscott
Clinton Pennington
Moonshine Charge Filed In Federal Court Appearance
Moonshine suspect AB nae ale Ke Aosuepeeiuiui and S Mua Everette Edward Shrout appeared before U S District Commissioner Paul J Fourney and posted a 500 bond on the moonshine charge. Claude England with the ATF Raleigh County sheriff and Fayette County state police seized a 30 gallon still 45 gallons of mash and three gallons of moonshine from a wooded area near the Fayette Raleigh County line known as Garden Grounds.
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Aosuepeeiui
S ¥ Mua
Everette Edward Shrout
U.S
Paul J. Fourney
Claude England
Federal Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division
Raleigh County
Bobby Morris
Fayette County
Fayette-Raleigh
Soldier Herbert Murphy Killed in Vietnam Combat
Washington reports Marine Herbert B. Murphy, son of Mrs Nellie Bowyer of Huntington West Virginia, was killed in Vietnam combat according to the Department of Defense.
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Washington
Herbert B. Murphy
Nellie D. Bowyer
Huntington
W. Va
Vietnam
Department of Defense
Gravesite services set for infant Gail Lafferty
Gail Lafferty Gravesite, infant daughter of Eugene and Bonnie Daniel Lafferty of Glen Rogers, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in Pine Grove Cemetery. The infant died today in a local hospital. Survivors include three sisters Donnie Jean Jennifer Lynn and Debbie Flaine, two brothers Jackie and James, paternal grandparents Anthony Lafferty of Ravencliff and Clark Daniel of Bolt. Body at Melton Mortuary.
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Gail Lafferty
Eugene
Bonnie Daniel Lafferty
Glen Rogers
Pine Grove
Donnie Jean
Jennifer Lynn
Debbie Flaine
Jackie
James
Anthony Lafferty
Ravencliff
Clark Daniel
Bolt
Melton
Controversy over SRC bonds and I-64 route persists
State officials clash over making SRC bonds tax exempt and the fate of I-64 routing. Governor Moore favors delaying turnpike commitments until acquisition settles, while officials warn route changes could stall Interstate 64 and divert funds to other states. Public meetings are planned to address Corridor E disagreements in Monongalia and Preston counties.
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Sam Black
Associated Press
Moore
Bowling
Greenbrier Jstoup
McManus
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Beckley
Turnpike
Sam Black Church
Congress
Bureau of Public Roads
Charleston
William S.ritchie
Ritchie
Ritcheie
Greenbrier
SRC
Monongalia
Preston
Kingwood
Morgantown
Bruceton
Keysers Ridge
Rights Leaders Back Former State Road Workers
High civil rights leaders urged support for fired State Road Commission workers in West Virginia, uniting for the first time to back poor white workers. Signers include Ralph Abernathy Marlin Luther King Jr Roy Wilkins Whitney Young Shirley Chisholm Bayard Rustin and Dorothy Height in a statement tied to broader civil rights battles and the Memphis tragedy.
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New York
UPI
Charleston
D. C
State Road Commission
West Virginia
A. Philip Randolph Institute
Ralph Davis Abernathy
Marlin Luther King Jr
Arch A. Moore Jr
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
Randolph
Roy Wilkins
Whitney M. Young Jr
Shirley Chisholm
D-N. Y
Bayard Rustin
Dorothy Height
Byrd to Speak at Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia will address the 9 a.m. worship at Crab Orchard Baptist Church. The former Sophia resident is expected to teach his former Bible class at 10 a.m. A covered-dish dinner follows in the social hall. everyone is welcome.
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Robert C. Byrd
P W.va
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Shirley Donnelly
Sophia
Byrd
Crab Orchard Church
Paul McCartney and wife trip to Nice amid pregnancy claim
The report states Paul McCartney and his wife arrived in Nice for a vacation with indications that she is pregnant. The fragment mentions Linda Eastman of New York City and a prior marriage, along with an official visit context.
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Paul McCartney
Nice
McCartney
Linda
Bonn
Eastman
New York City
Kurt George Kiesa
Japan
Doctor Saul Blaiberg rushed to Groote Schuur Hospital
CAPE TOWN South Africa Dr Philip Blaiberg the longest surviving heart transplant patient was rushed to Groote Schuur Hospital by ambulance after medical staff provided oxygen during transit Kuala Lumpur Malaysia gunfire and fires wreck factories and blocks in the worst violence since four days of Malay Chinese rioting in the city Washington Republican National Chairman Rogers Morton said party label may be down the list for Nixon Supreme Court picks He hopes Republicans will replace Warren and Fortas with party members Warren is Republican Fortas Democrat
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Washington
Rogers C. B. Morton
Nixon
Supreme Court
Morton
Earl Warren
Abe Fortas
Warren
Fortas
Talks Front As Nixon Plan Draws Mixed Reactions
Diplomatic observers say the Communists may discuss parts of the Nixon plan if Allies accept some Viet Cong proposals. Henry Cabot Lodge called the plan revolutionary and hopeful for negotiations. The Viet Cong reject it as unjust while North Vietnam remains noncommittal.
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U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
France
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
South Vietnam
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Sweeping Changes In Purchasing Division Vowed By Finance Chief
West Virginia finance commissioner Jack Miller pledged sweeping changes in the purchasing division after controversy over contracts and a firestorm of questions about a furniture contract. He said replacements may occur in problem areas while denying any implication of head Church’s integrity. Miller cited statewide formality and accountability as his aim.
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Guarleston
UPR
Jack Miller
Miler
Miller
West Virginia
Church
Department of Finance
Dale Curry
J Furniture
Ajeame
Jdingstore
Marlinton
Womn
Gov. Archen
LA. Moore Jr
W. J
Lwa Oudof-Stat
Plane raids campus in Missouri defies night
A Messerschmitt fighter painted in camouflage and swastikas attacked the University of Missouri campus on Thursday night. Police suspect the same pilot had earlier staged an air show in Willow Springs, Missouri, causing panic with cannon fire and smoke.
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Mount Hope
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Scanbro
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Willard W. McVey
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Ceasor
Willie McGill
Lester
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Maxwell Hillay
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Kent J. Toombs
Hattie Wiley
Pfc
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State Senate
Louisiana
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