Early Out program canceled leaving 7 000 soldiers in limbo
In Heidelberg Germany the Army halted its early out plan affecting 7 000 soldiers including 7 200 in Europe. Spec 4 Tom Edgar and Spec 4 George Lomba voiced frustration as families faced disrupted moves and plans. Brig Gen Sidney Gritz said miscalculation ended the program and promised case by case review.
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Heidelberg
Germany
IPN
West
Defense Department
Europe
Tom Edgar
Edgar
Marshall Drive
Enfield
Conn
Sidney Gritz
U.S. Army Europe
Armed Forces Network
Bat Gritz
Earry
UMW balks at including Owens in new international election
United Mine Workers agree to most Labor Department terms for a 1973 election but exclude longtime secretary treasurer John Owens from the slate. Bryant voided 1969 results amid accusations of interference by W. A. Boyle and supporters. MFD seeks broader oversight and pensioner location changes, with Wheeling, West Virginia host for officer slate voting.
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Washington
UPD
United Mine Workers
UMW
Labor Department
John Owens
U. S. District Court
William B. Bryant
W. A
Tony) Boyle
George J. Titler
Owens
UMWW
Ohio
Miners For Democracy
MFD
Bryant
Union
Boyle
Joseph A
Jock) Yablonski
I Labor Department
Bor Department
Vietnam War Fires Up Infiltration After Australian Pullout
Vietnam became open to infiltration as Australian forces withdrew. Communist troops fired 1,800 rockets mortars and shells into An Loc 60 miles north of Saigon. B32 saturation bombing up to 300 tons and Saratoga planes joined. B52s dropped 1,000 tons in Kontum. Hue outer defenses sees clashes while near Fire Base T-Bone and Bastogne sizable enemy concentrations and minor fighting continue.
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An Loc
Saigon
Kontum
Hue
T-Bone
Bastogne
Wallace Paralyzed After Shooting May Continue Presidential Campaign
Doctors say Senator Wallace may walk again but is not yet certain. Surgeon Galbraith reports a second operation will determine spinal damage and the bullet remains in the spinal canal. Wallace aides plan to press his Democratic presidential bid with his wife speaking for him if needed.
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James Garber
Gailbraith
University of Alabama Medical School
Galbraith
Wallace
Ex-Principal and Coach Charged in WV Student Abuse Case
Former Washington Junior High principal Gerald Reynolds and assistant coach Timothy Stockhart faced arraignment on charges linked to alleged mistreatment of student athletes. Warrants allege additional charges. investigations cited parents describing disciplinary abuses including a bag over a boy’s head and confinement in a locker room. Reynolds resigned after a parent confrontation. Stockhart suspended by the Kanawha County Board of Education.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
Washington Jun‘ior High
Gerald Reynolds
Timothy Stockhart
Reynolds
Stockhart
Kanawha County
Primaries Set for California New York and More Delegates
The race moves toward 749 votes in the next five weeks as California on June 6 offers 271 delegates and New York on June 20 offers 278 with some pledged and some uncommitted. Rhode Island New Jersey South Dakota New Mexico join June 6 contests totaling 216 delegates. McGovern leads with 424.5 pledged delegates Humphrey 295 Wallace 312.
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California
New York
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Dakota
New Mexico
South McGovern
Wallace
Humphrey
U S Accuses GE Of Unfair Practice
The Justice Department accuses General Electric of anti competitive conduct since 1965 by using reciprocal purchasing with customers and suppliers. A civil antitrust suit seeks to bar such practices and require GE to notify partners and abolish related duties. GE vows to defend the case.
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Walker B. Comegys
The
Justice Department
Ing
Walter A. Schlotterbeck
General Electric
Schlotterbeck
Antitrust
Nixon to Visit Russia for Four Day Talks and Banquets
President Nixon plans a two week tour starting in Austria then the Soviet Union with four days of intensive talks in Moscow. He will meet Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny and attend state banquets before trips to Leningrad Kiev Tehran and Warsaw.
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Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
Nixon
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yalta
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Vietnam
Europe
White House
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Kremlin Palace
Nixons
Presidium
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Spaso House
U. S
Jacob Beam
Leningrad
Kiev
Tehran
Iran
Farah
Niavaron
Warsaw
Poland
Washington
Mingo County Clerk cites major voting irregularities
Mingo County Clerk Tom Chafin filed a complaint with the Secretary of State alleging irregularities after a narrow loss in the Democratic sheriff race. He claims precincts allowed voting past 7:30 p.m. and cites 52 votes on a single Dingess machine, while Wellman led 320 to 19 there. The matter may be referred to federal authorities. Chafin plans to appeal to the State Supreme Court if the challenged precincts are counted.
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United Press International
Mingo County
Tom Chafin
Chafin
Secretary of State’s Office
Boone County
Kanawha
Peace Wellman
Dingess
Parkersburg
William Jacobs
State Supreme Court
Wellman
Nixon Seeks State Control of Social Programs
President Nixon asked Congress to empower state and local officials to cut through federal barriers in education health job training and other social services. The plan would let states move up to 25 percent of funds between federally approved programs and consolidate planning and implementation into streamlined local plans tailored to each area.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
Congress
RCCAA Fired Darnell Still Denied Job Return by Warren
RCCAA evaluation committee confirms Mary Darnell has again been fired by Warren despite the board’s vote to reinstated her. Darnell’s firing follows two prior terminations with Warren arguing by laws and directives require a personnel committee hearing. Board also notes ongoing search for new RCCAA offices while addressing Sen. Hylton’s demand to vacate Mabscott premises.
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Mary Darnell
RCCAA
Warren
Darnell
ACCAA
OEO i
Noel Snuffer
Hershel Shrewsbury
House of Delegates
Tracy Hylton
Mabscott
Hylton
Eye
Massachusetts senator backs federal gun control after shooting
Gun bills center on expanded Secret Service protection for candidates. The Massachusetts senator, not an active presidential hopeful, received protection Monday after the Wallace shooting. He urged immediate enactment of a federal firearms control system, arguing the issue cannot wait for debate.
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Massachusetts
Wallace
Senate
Final Rites Set for Lilly and Green Victims
Final rites for Charles W. Lilly 62 of Nimitz will be held in Davis with burial at Sand Knob Cemetery. He died after a long illness at his home. He is survived by his son Charles E. Lilly and daughter in law Mrs. Meadows of Slab Fork and brothers and sister in law Roy Ham Lester Forest Lilly Mrs. Roy Ham. Ronald Meadows Funeral Home Hin ton handles arrangements. Final rites for Lawrence Green 61 of Bud will be Friday at 1 pm at his home with Elder Bryce Phillips presiding. Burial will be in the Green family cemetery at Bud. He died on arrival at Mullens hospital Tuesday evening. The body will be moved from Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens to the Green home at 4 pm today.
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Charles W. Lilly
Nimitz
Davis
Sand Knob
Charles E. Lilly
Meadows
Slab Fork
Roy Ham
Lester
Forest Lilly
Sophia
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Lawrence Green
Bud
Bryce Phillips
Green Family
Mullens Hospital
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Green
Beckley
Omega Stewart
Cambria
Priscilla Maniece
Sam
Gay Haynes
Florida
Ann Sherman
Charlotta Terry
Roy
Imma) Eye
Mercer St
Melton Mortuary
Rowland Aspinall
Pexgemann
Spruce Street Methodist Church
Morgantown
Bolton
England
United Methodist Church
Aspinall
United States
Methodist
Charleston
Joyce Rose
Richard
California
Hastings Funeral Home
Memorial Bapist Church
Stoco High School
Raleigh Wrecking Co
Billie Jo
Leah
Ruth) Martin
Asheville
N. C
Sterling
Ernestine) Lilly
Orlando
Fla
Edward D
R. Douglas Hall
Decatur
Paul Vennari
Paul Hancock
William Ormandy
Ronald Troutman
Ben Ennis
Joe Salango
Pedro Torrico
Phillip W. Payne
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Beckley Area
The notice lists funeral plans for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Clay 101 of 1107 South Kanawha Street with pallbearers named and service at 11 am Friday. Also reported are deaths of Mrs. Omega Stewart, Mrs. Roy Eye, Mrs. Esther Miller, Dr Rowland Aspinall, Mrs. Clara Evans Cawley, and Pauline Justice with details on services, burial or entombment, survivors, and calling hours.
Final Rites Planned for Clifford Richards in Sophia
Clifford Richards 40 of Sophia will receive funeral services at 2 p.m. Friday at Sophia Freewill Baptist Church with Revs. F. C Calhoun and Vesey Grose officiating. Burial follows at Hotcoat Cemetery. He died Tuesday afternoon in a local hospital after a short illness. Williams Funeral Home, Sophia, will be open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.
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Esther Olive Miller
Daniels
Daniels Missionary Baptist Church
Howard Wilburn
Blue Jay
Clara Evans Cawley
Maxwell Hill Road
Maynor
W. E
Margaret Williams Evans
Maxwell Hill Baptist Church
Henry A. Cawley
William
Harold
Grafton
Ohio
Roy
Ceveland
Cecil Cawley
Elyria
Jess
Nellie) Rogers
Don
Daisy) Wiseman
Beckley
Carl
Bertha) Miller
Sheffield Lake
Minnie Hurt
Pax
Waymon Evans
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Clarence Griffith
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Clifford
Robbers Steal Four Masterpieces from Worcester Art Museum
Two men posing as museum workers stole four paintings valued at over 1 million dollars from the Worcester Art Museum. They shot a guard, escaped in a stolen station wagon, and left witnesses shaken as police investigated the Rembrandt, Gauguin, and Picasso works. The guard was hospitalized with a hip wound and is listed in fair condition.
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Worcester
Mass
CUUPD
Worcester Art Museum
Rembrandt
St. Bartholomew
Richard S. Teitz
Gauguin
Nein
Picasso
Philip J. Evans
Memorial Hospital
Teitz
Robbery Suspects Target Small Paintings in Careful Heist
Worcester police say the theft was well planned as suspects chose small portable works. Detective Braths notes insured but undervalued pieces. Teitz suspects a motive to discard paintings following the shooting.
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A Teitz
Worcester -Police
John Braths
Teitz
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Ashkesh
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Reynolds Metals
Armco Steel
Kennecott Copper
Bethlehem Steel
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Austria
Ronald L. Ziegler
Andrews Air Force Base
Salzburg
Schloss Klessheim
Bruno Kreisky
Mingo
Sarah E Clay
Sarah Elizabeth Clay
South Kanawha, St
Tom Crews
Paul W. Hinzman
Allen Stout
Roscoe
Howard Clay
Jack Foster
Kermitt Locke
George Chambers
Caffee Funeral Home
Robert M. Fuqua
Sunset Memorial Park
Mrs
Mrs. Irma Eye
Esther O. Miller
Richmond Va
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Andrew Southall
Daniels’ Missionary Baptist Church
James K. Miller
Larry Dean
Blue ‘Jay
Kenneth Marvin
Silver Springs
James Miller
Rose and Quesenberry
R. Aspinall
Clara E. Cawley
Pauline Justice
Pauline M. Justice
Mankin Ave
Keyserve Funeral Home
Paul Rutherford i
Ross Evans
Charles W
Brooke) Hall
Hall
Clifford Richards
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