Northern mines largely idle in West Virginia Ohio firing dispute
UPI reports virtually all surface and deep mines in northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio closed as about 6,500 miners abstained on the ninth day of a walkout begun May 10. Protest centers on a miner's firing at the Y and O Coal Allison mine near Beallsville Ohio amid grievances over union grievance procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Ohio Coal Association
West Virginia
Ohio
United Mine Workers District Six
Bellaire
UMW
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Y&o Coal Company
Allison
Beallsville
Okinawans Strike Over U.S. Bases Ahead of Reversion
About 75 000 Okinawans staged a 24 hour strike demanding U.S. bases be closed and nuclear weapons pulled out before Okinawa reverts to Japan next year. The action disrupted transport, communications, and schools in Naha, with thousands of workers and base employees among those participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naha
Okinawa
UPI
United States
Phantom rock thrower case looms in Berkeley County
Grand jurors in Martinsburg plan to resume weighing evidence May 28 against two Berkeley County teens, Michael Collis 16 and Ronald Updike 17, charged in a murder case after a 19 pound rock shattered a truck windshield killing Lewis Norton on Interstate 81. The jurors failed to indict Tuesday and the pair remain jailed without bond until the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
UPI
Berkeley County
Michael Craig Collis
Ronald Gail Updike
Inwood
Lewis Norton
Norton
Here
Earl Weller
RFK Youth Center Becomes Coed Facility
The Bureau of Prisons announced Robert F. Kennedy Youth Center will admit female offenders after July. The program will place women from Alderson and assign female prisoners directly to the center, making RFK the second coed federal facility after Terminal Island California. Currently the center houses about 190 boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPS
Robert F. Kennedy
Bureau of Prisons
Washington
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
Terminal Island
Calif
Federal Correctional Center
Psychopath Sought In Wheeling Shooting
Police hunted an alleged psychopath in Wheeling after a man shot Pamela Wolfson 32 near her home, gravely injuring her. Pamela, daughter of James H. Wolfson of Wheeling Bronze Co., suffered a critical head wound while her sister Louise, 22, was joggling nearby as the assailant lurched back and fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPI
Pamela Wolfson
James H. Wolfson
Wheeling Bronze Co
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Arthur McKenzie
Louise
McKenzie
Pamela
Villagers Flee Mount Etna As Lava Flows Reach Towns
In Sicily on Mount Etna, villagers from SantAlfio and Fornazzo fled with belongings as lava rivers advance toward the towns after 46 days of eruption. The main lava stream is now in a dry bed. a secondary flow heads toward the towns, threatening farms and cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Sicily
UPI
Mount Etna
Sant’ Alfio
Fornazzo
Sant’Alfio
Europe
Smith Appeals Bribery Charge in Second Trial
Charleston UPI reports state Sen. W Bernard Smith appealed to the state Supreme Court to block his second trial set for June 1 on bribery charges. He argued the Kana wha County Intermediate Court gave jurors insufficient time to study the case. His first trial ended in a hung jury and a mistrial was declared. Indicted for taking bribes while welfare commissioner 1961 67, he says the state failed to prove its case and no new evidence will be submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. Bernard Smith
State Supreme Court
Smith
Kanawha County
Logan Democrat
George Wood
Seale Case York City He allegedly ordered Rackley murder
Seale was in New Haven for a Yale speech when Markle said he ordered the killing of Rackley. The prosecutor also accused Mrs. Huggins of leading Rackley's torture before he was strapped to a bed, scalded, and shot in a swamp. Garry and Roraback denied the charges as Sams pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
Fishermen clash discussions aboard coast guard cutter
Soviet and American fishermen and officials plan talks today at sea aboard the Soviet vessel SS Robert Eikhe to resolve alleged hit-and-run harassment of U S lobstermen off the New England coast. An 11 man American delegation meets the commander of the 120 boat Soviet fleet near the Nantucket lightship about eight miles south of Cape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
COAST
Police Beat Two Motorcycle Riders Hurt In Collision
Two girls Linda Lou Hn and Katherine Jane Ramey, both riding a motorcycle, suffered leg fractures when hit by a pickup on North Valley Drive near Route 3 Beckley. They are listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley ARH. Police and Fire Rescue responded. accident report unavailable. Driver of the pickup not yet listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Katherine Jane Ramey
Campbell Court
North Valley Drive
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Paint Street
Linda Lou Hn
Three-Car Collision Leads to DUI Arrest in Beckley
Luther Gill 63 of 218 Antonio Ave Beckley was jailed for DUI after a 7 p.m. three car crash near 114 South Fayette St. His northbound 1965 car struck two parked vehicles, causing $1,100 in damage. A 16-year-old runaway and a 14-year-old Mabscott youth faced separate detentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther G. Gill
Antonio Ave
Beckley
Raleigh County
South Fayette St
Gill
South Fayette Street
Alice W. Scott
Driver Jailed for DWI in Raleigh County
State Police lodged George W. Long of Bluefield in the Raleigh County Jail at 3:35 a.m. on a driving while intoxicated charge and he posted bond to Magistrate Wallace. Roger Ayers of Lanark was jailed at 12:55 a.m. on destruction of property and shooting within 500 feet of a dwelling. Earl Adkins of Allen Avenue was jailed at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday on a destruction of property warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
George W. Long
Bluefield
Raleigh
Wallace
Roger Ayers
Lanark
Earl Adkins
Allen Avenue
Berry Fined For Picket Line Assault At Beckley Hospital
Bernie Berry of Eccles was fined 10 dollars plus court costs after appearing before Town District Magistrate Lorena Wallace for striking hospital union representative Larry Harless in the face during a Tuesday picket at Beckley Hospital. Harless, a member of the Union of Hospital and Nursing Home Employes AFL-CIO, received treatment for multiple facial fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eccles
Bernie Berry
Lorena Wallace
Hospital
Larry Harless
Beckley Hospital
Harless
Union of Hospital and Nursing Home Employes
Afl-Cio
Neighbors Exonerated In Poisoned Cow Suit
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury cleared Mr. and Mrs. W Wade Waddell of blame in a suit by N A Pennington of Beaver alleging a spray they used killed Penningtons cattle starting June 10 1968. Defense showed no spray before the date and that later spray was nonpoisonous to cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Pennington
Beaver
W. Wade Waddell
Raleigh County
Pen- Liineton
Pennington
David T. Kennedy
Waddell
Beckley Fire Departments Respond to Two Tuesday Incidents
The Beckley Fire Department handled a brush fire at 107 Hendrick St at 3 50 p m with no damage. A City of Beckley truck on Fourth Street and Edgewood Drive caught fire due to wiring shorting out causing minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Hendrick St
Fourth Street
Edgewood Drive
City of Beckley
Rain Grants Help Towns End Water Shortage
Gov Arch Moore and Farm Service Agency director J Kenton Lambert announced three federal grants to ease water shortages in Athens Concord College Shepherdstown and Union. Athens receives 1.3 million while Shepherdstown gets 785 thousand and Union 740 thousand. Mayors witnessed the news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Concord College
Arch A. Moore Jr
Farmers Home Administration
J. Kenton Lambert
Athens
Mercer County
Shepherdstown
Jefferson County
Union
Monrroe County
Moore
Lambert An
Suits Filed in Raleigh County Court Over Auto Collision and Debt
William D. Wagner sues Leland Milsaps of Helens in a $5,000 claim alleging negligence caused a October 3, 1970 collision near Stephenson that damaged his car $3,000 and caused $500 medical costs. W. H. Canterbury sues Charles M. Bolen of Odd over a security agreement repossession debt of $597.44 plus $155 sale proceeds and $7 expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Milsaps
Helens
Raleigh
William D. Wagner
Wagner
Milsaps
Stephenson
W. H. Canterbury
Charles M. Bolen
Odd
Bolen
PZC to Inspect Maxwell Hill Properties June 1
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission plans a June 1 inspection of Maxwell Hill properties as residents object to proposed mobile home park zoning. The panel will study areas including 40 acres held by James Lilly and address requests for reclassifications from B-1 to residential and R-4, with several lot and use disputes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Frank Blake
Pike View Drive
PZC
Teel Road
Lucas and
Pike View Drives
Hale Street
Herb Wheeler
Edward Quigg
Lucas Drive
Blake
James Lilly
Highland Drive
Christians Road-Holliday Drive
W. W. Siummate
Harper Road
Prospects Slim for Steel Strike This Summer
Washington UPI report says 450,000 steel workers may strike when current contracts end July 31. I W Abel demands a substantial wage increase to cover inflation, while steel firms resist higher costs amid falling profits and foreign competition. Talks begin with opening presentations and local bargaining through May and June, culminating in national bargaining after the Fourth of July weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
United Steel Workers
I.W. Abel
Council of Economic Advisers
Abel
Murder Suspect Arrested in Virginia
FBI agents arrested 48 year old Noah Altizer at a Richmond boarding house on a murder warrant for the killing of Lyndell Harrold during a Dec. 17 motel robbery in West Virginia. Altizer had been working as a food service manager in a city cafeteria and is held on a 50000 dollar bond awaiting return to Princeton WV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
UPI
West Virginia
FBI
Noah Willis Altizer
Princeton
W.va
Altizer
Lyndell Harrold
Cooperation budget request highlights Washington funding needs
The CBDP under Diehl seeks a $10,000 request for the Dingess Fiberglass Cooperative to fill $10,000 in orders and needs working capital. It also discusses a $16,000 grant request by the Raleigh County Woodworkers for new equipment. The program also notes needlework cooperatives moved to Mountain Artisans in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech Foundation
CBDP
Diehl
Terry Bott
Mountain Artisans, Inc
Washington
Raleigh County
Proxmire backs SST despite cost concerns in Senate
In a Senate session Senator William Proxmire urged finishing the SST project despite higher costs, arguing the extra expense would be repaid by the airline industry. Senator Magnuson faced a pointed remark while Proxmire noted unknown total costs. Senator Herman Talmadge countered SST opposition as short-sighted, comparing public resistance to past tech shifts from steam to jet travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Proxmire
D- Wis
Magnuson
Senate
Proxmire
Herman Talmadge
Dga
Final rites for Frank O Israel held at Crab Orchard church
Death notices report funeral services for Frank O Israel 69 of Crab Orchard with burial in Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. He died after a short illness and is survived by wife Myrtle Mae and eight relatives. The notice lists pallbearers and calling hours at Caf Fee Funeral Home. Funeral services for Anna Merritt 83 of Henlawson Logan County set for Thursday in Logan with burial Forest Lawn Pecksmill. She died in a Logan hospital after a long illness and is survived by husband Albert and 17 relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank O. Israel
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Shirley Donnelly
Jim Franklin
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Dillon
S. C
Raleigh County
Myrtle Mae Israel
Francis
Bud
Chattanooga
Tenn
Donald
Crab
Gene Church
Tracy Riffe
Carl Craven
J. C. Worrells
Claude Akers
N. C. Knapp
Mason Lilly
Lewis Daugherty
Anna Merritt
Henlawson
Logan County
James ‘Funeral Home
Logan
Wayne Cameron
Forest Lawn
Pecksmill
Logan Hospital
Wayne County
Ephriam
Frances Maynard Queen
Albert
Armilda White
Scarbro
Carrie Johnson
Mount Hope
Janie Marcum
Tulsa
Okla
Flora Weir
Turkish Police Race to Save Consul Elrom in Istanbul
Turkish security police raced the clock to save kidnapped Israeli Consul Ephraim Elrom amid martial law and mass arrests of 348 suspected leftists. Five gunmen, including Ayhan Yalin of the Liberation Army, seized Elrom after storming his home. officials warned more prisoners would be taken as a deadline neared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Ephraim Elrom
Ayhan Yalin
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Yalin
Liberation Army
U.S
Ankara
Sadi Kocas
Elrom
Flrom
Adolf Eichmann
Jerusalem
New Miner's Light May Be Used Soon
Pittsburgh report on American Cyanamid Co developing a chemical light cartridge named Cyalume cartridge. The portable device attaches to a miner’s belt or pocket and emits area light without oxygen or batteries. It was showcased at the 1971 Coal Convention of the American Mining Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
American Cyanamid Co
American Mining Congress
Lonnie M Griffith 77 Beckley Dies in Pittsburgh
Lonnie M Griffith 77 of Beckley died Tuesday night in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania He was born October 27 1893 in Stamford a World War I and II veteran and retired coal miner Survived by daughter Eleanor Buckman Moundsville sisters Mrs Alice Maynor Crab Orchard Mrs Rosella Holdway Beckley brother Harley Griffith Cedar Creek and three grandchildren Body returning to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for funeral arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie M. Griffith
Beckley
Pittsburgh, Pa
Stamford
Elijah and
Mary Stover Griffith
Eleanor Buckman
Moundsville
Alice Maynor
Crab Orchard
Rosella Holdway
Harley
Griffith
Cledk
Funeral service for Bobby Gene Ayers in Hinton
Funeral services for Bobby Gene Ayers 37 of Hinton will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at E. M. Meadows Funeral Home with Rev. Robert McCoy and Elder Arvil Neeley officiating. Burial follows at Restwood Memorial Estates. He died Tuesday at his father's home James O. Ayers in Hinton and is survived by his sister Mrs. June Hoover of Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Gene Ayers
Hinton
E. M. Meadows
Robert McCoy
Arvil Neeley
Restwood Memorial Estates
James O. Ayers
June Hoover
Oak Hill
Mrs Estelle Petty Buried in Culpepper After Beclay Life
Final rites and burial held for 88 year old Estelle Petty of Germantown Maryland formerly of Beckley West Virginia. She died Monday in a Maryland hospital. Survived by sister Virginia Dawson of Germantown. husband Zach A. Petty preceded in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Petty
German_town
Beckley
Culpepper, A
Maryland
Mrs Lena Whitby Dies in Chicago at 90
Mrs Lena Whitby age 90 of 1548 S Michigan Ave Chicago Ill dies Sunday at home after a month long illness. She was the wife of W L Whitby of Chicago and mother to James who remains at home. A former Beckley resident she will be held there Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Whitby
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ill
Mansfield Troop Cut Vote Encouraged by Opposition Maneuvers
As the troop withdrawal bill faced a key vote, Mansfield failed to secure enough support. Public and political maneuvering intensified with Sen. Nelson proposing a June 30 1974 deadline extension tied to Moscow talks, while administration allies urged a defeat of the Mansfield plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Soviet Union
Nelson
U.S
Moscow
Europe
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Iceland
Belgium
Netherlands
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
NATO
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P2c
Milford Richmond
Charles C. Callaway
Stover
PIC
C. L. Wilkinson
Raymond Skiles
Williams St
Beatrice Tanner
The
Mountaineer Rest Home
K. A. Locke
E. M. Payne III
Robert L. Dew
Lionell St
Richard Jarrell
Lionell
Lionell Street
Council
Mrs
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