Arrests surge in Turkey as hunt for Elrom widens
Turkish authorities launched mass arrests targeting more than 300 suspected leftist and student activists to locate Israeli Consul Ephraim Elrom, kidnapped by the Turkish Liberation Army. The note threats demanded the release of jailed guerrillas, while Israel and the world watched for updates on the international incident.
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Istanbul
UPI
Ephraim Elrom
Elrom
Turkey
Adolf Eichmann
Gallows
Turkish Liberation Army
Jerusalem
Israel
Golda Meir
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
U.S
Ankara
Husky
Syria
Iraq
Jordan
Ephraim Hofstaedter
Poland
Foreign Service
Adolph Eichmann
Eichmann
Brothers Reunited by War Misadventure in Vietnam
The brothers moved from Connecticut plans to Vietnam where Wesley wearing Glenn's uniform arrived at Chu Lai on April 22 and was sent into combat. Their father recalls Glenn's warning of danger to his life. Wesley, civilian-turned-soldier, lacks passport and visa as Red Cross seeks exit permissions.
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Glenn
Connecticut
Vietnam
Wesley
Bermuda
Americal
Chu Lai
Wes
United States
American Red Cross
U.S
Saigon
Rail Strike Settled by Four Unions and GOP Action
Four unions reached a voluntary settlement after a national rail strike. Republican leaders met with President Nixon and accused Democratic Congress of foot dragging on rail strike legislation. Gerald Ford condemned the one day delay and urged quicker action as commuters faced disruption in major cities. The post office embargoed further third and higher class mail beyond zone three, impacting shipments nationwide. Industries including autos, steel, coal and grain faced material shortages and potential slowdowns.
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Nixon
Congress
GOP
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Heck's plans four more stores in 1970s era expansion
Heck's, the Charleston based discount chain, announced four additional store openings for this year. President Fred Haddad said new locations will be in Charleston Fairmont Alliance Ohio and Newark Ohio.
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Charleston
UPI
Heck’s
Fred Haddad
Fairmont
Alliance
Ohio
Newark
Deaths and Funerals Sgt Herbert Ohler
Final rites for Sgt Herbert Ohler of Pleasant Street Ayer Mass formerly of Lester will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fort Devens Mass. The 20 year Army veteran was killed May 10 in a land mine explosion while on his second Vietnam tour with the 26th Engineer Battalion. He is survived by his step mother Mrs Ruth Ohler of Lester and his brother Lt Cmdr Herman Ohler will serve as special body escort.
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Herbert Ohler
Pleasant St
Ayer
Mass
Lester
Ft. Devens
Vietnam
26Th Engineer
Ruth Ohler
Cmdr
Herman Ohler
Death notices for Mrs Dellie Pannell and Mrs Ollie Treadway
Mrs Dellie Pannell of 107 Brooks St. dies en route to a local hospital after a long illness. Her body rests at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home. Mrs Ollie M. Treadway, 68, of Beaver, dies at home after a long illness. Born July 22 1902 in Summers County she is survived by three daughters four sons two sisters four brothers fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Final rites set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday morning. grandsons and brothers as pallbearers.
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Dellie Paninell
Brooks St
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Ollie M. Treadway
Beaver
Summers County
John Chapman
Octavia Hall Martin
Beaver Methodist Church
Mary F. Pugh
Red Star
Betty J. Humphreys
Miami
Fla
Alta Jean Cox
James Robert
Keyser-Bryant
Sammy Smith
William W. Dougherty
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Elizah Evans Funeral Arrangements Incomplete In Scarbro
Elizah Evans 44 of Scarbro died at 8 a.m. Monday in an Oak Hill hospital after a short illness. Born December 30 1926 at East Gulf he was the son of Webster Evans and the late Mrs. Lillian Evans. Survived by wife Willa Mae three daughters Dorothy Blaney of Cleveland Ohio and Lillian and Brenda Evans at home two stepsons Roosevelt and Melvin Lynch and step daughter Christann Lynch all of Minden two brothers Ambis and James Evans Jersey City New Jersey four sisters Gilbert a Slay Geneiva Evans Ophlia Evans Jersey City and Alice Logan Scarbro body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Elizah Evans
Scarbro
Oak Hill
East Gulf
Webster Evans
Lillian Evans
Willa Mae
Dorothy Blaney
Cleveland
Ohio
Lillian
Brenda Evans
Della Evans
Roosevelt
Melvin Lynch
Minden
Christann Lynch
Ambis
James Evans
Jersey City
N. J
Gilberta Slay
Geneiva Evans
Ophlia Evans
Alice Logan
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Grant Building Assessment Reduced By Court Order
The Neville Street building occupied by W. T. Grant Co in Beckley was reduced to 97 830 50 by Raleigh County Circuit Court. Owner Charles Loevener sought relief from 114 000 based on 228 000 appraised value. Judge Lilly found depreciation not applied 1961 1970 and set true value at 195 661. assessment set at 50 percent.
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Neville Street
W. T. Grant Co
Beckley
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Charles Loevener
C. Berkley Lilly
Lilly
Loevener
Impact of Railroad Strike Hits West Virginia Mines
The strike idled 5 000 railroad workers in the Mountain State including about 1 000 in Huntington. Coal fields could see 40 000 miners out of work if the strike lasts. Consol Coal idled Robinson Run Itmann Pageton mines due to no empty cars. Eastern Associated Coal says 20 percent cutback closes two mines with a third likely to close, about 1 200 workers affected. Island Creek tries trucking or storage as mines may halt by week’s end. Steel not affected in the northern panhandle due to barge transport. Service Warehouse reports 30 railroad cars idle with canned goods in southern and western West Virginia.
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Mountain State
Huntington
Haze Cochran
Consol
Robinson Run
Marion County
Itmann
McDowell County
Pageton
Wyoming County
Eastern Associated Coal Co
Island Creek
Panhandle
Service Warehouse Inc
Southern
West Virginia
Marriage Permits Several Beckley Area Couples
A series of marriage permits lists pairs from Beckley and nearby areas. Notable entries include Donald Lee Crews of Winston-Salem and Karin Sue Albert of Beckley. James Earl Cabe Jr. and Cagloria Pamela Milam. Calvin Edwin Harsh and Georgiabelle Leak. and John Wayne Vest with Linda Gail Stone. Other couples include Michael Earl Meadows and Martha Louise Withrow. Gerald Dean Snead and Sherry Susan Pedigo. Larry Ted Hamm and Patty Ann Pettry. Gary Leon Wickline and Judith Ann Lilly.
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Donald Lee Crews
Winston-Salem
N. C
Richard Otis
Ginnie L. Hellard Crews
Karin Sue Albert
Beckley
Robert E
Eunice Lambey Albert
James Earl Cabe Jr
James Earl
Christine Jones Cabe
Cagloria
Pamela Milam
Albanny and
Geraldine Jones Milam
Larry Ted Hamm
Cleveland
Ohio
James Robert
Walter William
Bertha Mae Shutke Withrow
Gerald Dean Snead
Mount Hope
Virgil Ralph
Beulah Mae Walker Snead
Sherry Susan Pedigo
Raymond Edward
Carol Sue Duncan
Stone
Gary Leon Wickline
Everett R
Letha Foley Wickline
Judith Ann Lilly
Mabacott
David P
Irene
Lilly Lockhart Lilly
Dudley Named Festival Speaker at Rhododendron Festival
West Virginia Commerce Commissioner Lysander L. Dudley will headline the Rhododendron Festival at Grandview State Park on Sunday. The event, sponsored yearly by the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce, features a high school queen crown and extends to counties beyond Raleigh for the first time. The festival promises peak rhododendron blooms as a backdrop with a 2 PM program including Rev. R. Jack Sadler’s invocation and Woodrow Wilson High School band, culminating in the queen’s crowning. Dick Houchins, president of the Community Pros, announced the speaker.
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West Virginia Commerce
Lysander L. Dudley
Grandview State
Park
Beckley-Raleigh County
Jack Sadler
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Woodrow Wilson High School
Dick Houchins
Community Preps
Jay And Arch Plan Capitol Block Residences Near Center
The proposed center would be built on or near a Capitol block as Jay and Arch prepare residences nearby. Moore refused to sign a sale notice for science and culture center bonds until a court resolves all legal questions, with the commission seeking court order to compel Moore to act and fulfill duties under constitutional law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Moore
Science and Culture Center
Commission
Court of Competent Jurisdiction
Funeral services for R. E. Click in Sandy Hook Ky
Funeral and burial arrangements are set for R. E. Click of Sandy Hook Kentucky. Services will be held Wednesday in Sandy Hook with burial to follow. The body lies at Lewis and Ferguson Funeral Home in Sandy Hook. His daughter is Mrs. T. T. Prince of Beckley. He died Monday in a Sandy Hook nursing home after a short illness.
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R. E. Click
Sandy Hook
T. T
Madge) Prince
Beckley
Lewis and Ferguson Funeral Home
Mansfield amendment faces up-or-down vote on cutbacks
The article reports that the Mansfield amendment may be killed or forced to a direct vote by Javits and Mathias with the White House pushing for a straightforward decision. Mansfield seeks a 50 percent cutback by year end ahead of a Wednesday resolution amid a tight UPI poll showing 42 opposed, 38 in favor, 17 undecided, two unknown and one absent.
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Javits
Mathias
White House
NATO
U.S
Mansfield
UPI
Troops Press A Shau Valley Pincers Move
South Vietnamese forces began a two-front assault up the A Shau Valley with multi-battalion columns moving down from the valley rims while U S forces bombarded a large Communist base area five weeks into Operation Lam Son 720. ARVN reports claim near 400 Communist deaths to date with roughly 75 American casualties as B52s, Hải phường bombers and artillery strike key targets across Laos Cambodia and the Ho Chi Minh Trail corridor near the DMZ.
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Saigon
UPS
A Shau
Lam Son
U.S
UPI
Stewart Kellerman
Army of the Republic of
South) Vietnam
ARVN
van van Giai
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Cambodia
Dong Hene
Vientiane
Pak Song
Bolovens
Welfare Bill Seeks 5 Percent Social Security Boost
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a 5 percent raise in Social Security benefits, to $2,400 for a four person family, with payroll tax funding. The measure, part of a broader welfare reform package, faces a tough fight in Congress amid liberal and conservative objections and a looming 1973 escalator.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Joe Waggoner
D-Law
Wilbur D. Mills
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Phil. Landrum
D-Ga
Suit Claims Cows Poisoned By Spray From Neighbor's Farm
A Raleigh County Circuit Court trial centers on N A Pennington whose cows died after alleged spraying near the shared fence by neighbors W Wade Waddell. Pennington says 2 4 0 spray used on nearby brush harmed seven or more cattle. Waddells deny prior spraying.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
N. A. Pennington
Beaver
W. Wade Waddell
Pennington
Waddell
West Virginia Travel Editors Begin State Tour
Twenty five travel editors from major publications start a week long swing through 16 counties visiting Wheeling North Bend State Park Charleston Hawk s Nest Pipestem Resort and The Greenbrier to gauge tourism potential. Commerce Commissioner Lysander Dudley says the tour will stimulate state interest and highlight its offerings.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Wheeling
North Bend State Park
Hawk’s Nest State Park
Pipestem Resort
Greenbrier
Commerce
Lysander Dudley
School For All Poll Workers In General Election Slated
Beckley will host a poll worker training session for the May 25 general election in the Council Chambers at 7 30 p m The class led by Tom Knight deputy director in the secretary of state office covers election procedures with a Q and A session Invitations have gone to both parties to ensure a full election board with six Democrats and four Republicans per precinct Voter rolls are being updated to prevent past deficiencies especially in the Maxwell Hill annex area
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Beckley
City Recorder
Larry F. Stover
Tom Knight
Charleston
Secretary of State’s Office
Stover
Nancy Boling
Maxwell Hill
SST Backer Faces Conference Over Reinstated Plan
A University of California scientist warned Monday that exhaust from SSTs could rupture the ozone shield, allowing harmful ultraviolet rays to reach Earth. Dr. Harold S. Johnston said gas emissions would speed reactions that destroy ozone molecules, creating a dangerous window in the stratosphere.
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Senate
University of California
Harold S. Johnston
Erth
Black Lung group seeks swift SSA response on April 29 meeting
At a Charleston meeting with Social Security Administration representatives the Black Lung Association urged faster handling of claims and testing. They criticized HEW era regulations, called for more clinical facilities like Beckley regional hospital, and noted the SSA would not fund pulmonary function tests. Buses were being chartered to Washington for June 6, with travel details via local miner groups.
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Charleston
Social Security Administration
Black Lung
Miller
Washington
Black Lung Lung Association
HEW
Robert Finch
Social Security
Congress
Black Lung Association
Beckley
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Raleigh
Disabled Miners and Widows Association
Disabled Miners and Widows
West Virginia
Demolition Orders On Vacant Homes Face City Reversal
The city vacated several houses and planned demolitions including 605 E St owned by Don Wolfe estate and 201 Eighth St. ordered demolished. Some tenants found new housing while others may stay. Ownership ties include Mrs. Despine Shoares Nickie Bakalis Baltimore Md and C B Roney. A Detroit bank guardian seeks demolition details for 538 Broadway Street Theodore Street home.
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Don Wolfe
E St
Piney Ave
Despine Shoares
Nickie Bakalis
Baltimore
Antonio Ave
John Scales
Eighth St
C. B. Roney
Theodore Street
Broadway St
Detroit
City National Bank of
Street
Retributive Justice and a Corvette Theft Case
Attorney Rudolph Di Trapano faces federal court in a high profile case over an alleged auto theft ring. A thief stole one of Di Trapano’s two Corvettes from his Kanewha Avenue residence, prompting renewed scrutiny of the government’s prosecutions.
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Charleston
UPI
Trong
Rudolph di Trapano
Kanewha Avenue
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Mt, Hope
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Mrs
Ollie Treadway
Impact
Dudley
Jay and
Arch
R. E
Paul J. Fourney
Kennedy
Monsanto Chemical Co
Waddells
Southern States Cooperative
Frank Hale
Donald D. Hodson
Ronald Reid
Dan Martina
W. W. Laws
Eva Carr
Lea Piper
William Peck
Peg Richardson
Darrell Lilly
Clarence Sanders
George T. Lowe Jr
Charles Cowley
Edna Ae
H. Nathanale
Dick Butler
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