Nixon Aims for 200 Million Dollar Soviet Grain Pact
Washington reports indicate the Nixon summit may yield an agreement for the Soviet Union to buy about 200 million dollars worth of U S feed grains annually for five to ten years Moscow would also consider a broader trade accord to include machinery chemicals and road building equipment Washington notes last year U S exports to Russia were about 375 million dollars and Congress must approve changes to Soviet trading status for loans and debt settlement prior to broader deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nixon
U.S
America
Soviet Union
Moscow
Russia
Camp David
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dobrynin
Humphrey Eyes California Debate as McGovern Campaigns
In Portland Humphrey welcomes debate amid calls from McGovern. Humphrey led California polls and invited McGovern to face off. Wallace campaigns via write ins and film clips in Rhode Island New Mexico and Oregon. Maryland delegates favored Wallace on first ballot. Mrs King backs McGovern, citing reconciliation and end to division. Chisholm comments after endorsement events in Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey
Portland
Ore
New Hampshire
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
McGovern
California
Los Angeles
Sen. McGovern
Wallace
Rhode Island
New Mexico
Oregon
Michigan
Maryland
Brandt Wins Ratification of Pacts and Calls Early Elections
Bonn reports Chancellor Willy Brandt secured final parliamentary ratification of nonaggression pacts with Russia and Poland. He immediately challenged the opposition Christian Democrats to seek early parliamentary elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
UPD
Willy Brandt
Russia
Poland
Christian Democrats
House Votes To Cut UN Contribution
The House approved a 202 to 156 vote to cap U S contributions to the United Nations at no more than 25 percent of the budget. The measure cuts about 13 million from the U N budget, risking a red balance by October and drawing White House and State Department protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
White
U.S
United Nations
White House
House
United States
Senate
U.N
Air Pressure Test Mishap Injures Two at Power Plant
Two men were hospitalized after an air pressure blast at the Harrison Power Plant in Haywood. Darrell Day, 49, of Waynesburg, Pa., suffered serious injuries including leg fractures and head lacerations, while James Deuvaill, 34, of Sandy Hook, N.Y., was in fair condition with multiple injuries. About 25 workers were hurt. the blast happened when a test line burst, knocking down scaffolding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W.va
UPD
Harrison
Haywood
Darrell Day
Waynesburg
Morgantown
James Deuvaill
Sandy Hook
N.Y
Nixon visits Wallace in hospital amid recovery hopes
President Nixon met with partially paralyzed Alabama Governor George C. Wallace at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland. Nixon said Wallace is alert and may recover, noting the head and heart are intact while outlining Wallace’s ongoing physical therapy and limited mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Spring, Md
Three Charged In 1971 Murder In Huntington
In Huntington West Virginia four men were charged in connection with the 1971 shooting death of supermarket operator William Brewer. Lewis Bowman 25 Richard Hill 31 both of Huntington and Larry Justice 22 of Ashland Kentucky face charges of conspiracy to commit murder and aiding and abetting a murder. Theodore Mills 18 formerly of Charleston Catholic High School basketball star was charged earlier with the murder. Brewer 63 was killed in the supermarket parking lot on September 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W.va
UPD
Marshall University
Lewis Bowman
William Brewer
Bowman
Richard Hill
Larry Justice
Ashland
Theodore Mills
Charleston
Fayette Man Held In Va Manslaughter
A Fayette County man Leon W. Lewis of Long Branch is jailed in Raleigh County on manslaughter charges. Trooper C N Blizzard says he will be returned to Prince George County Virginia authorities for the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Raleigh County
Rhododendron Queen to Be Crowned at Grandview Park
Eight area high school candidates compete for the Rhododendron Festival queen title at Grandview State Park Sunday at 2 p.m. Beckley Raleigh County Community Preps organizers note the bloom timing and announce the queen will be crowned by Robin Jean Davis of Van High School. The event features remarks by John W. Saunders and Larry F. Stover with Tom Hurst MCing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview State Park
Beckley- Raleigh County
Community Preps
George Wilson
Wilson
Hunter Boggs
Boggs
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
John W.saunders
Beckley Recorder-Treasurer
Larry F. Stover
Robin Jean Davis
van High School
Boone County
Chamber of Commerce
Tom Hurst
Donnie Stacy
Jetliner crashes in rain. all 10 aboard escape harm
Eastern Airlines DC9 bound from Miami to Cleveland with a Fort Lauderdale stop crashed and burned on approach. Ten aboard escaped before flames. one stewardess injured, two crewmen hospitalized for observation. Witness: a lightning strike may have hit the tail during the final approach in heavy rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
GUPD
Eastern Airlines
Dalecy
Miami
Cleveland
Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International
Fort Lauder
Wilmoth Faces Another Charge In Housing Project Probe
Fred Wilmoth of Vienna, a former Barron associate, was indicted by a federal grand jury on falsifying documents as a consultant for the Hanna Drive and Upton Creek rent supplement housing projects in Kanawha County. He previously faced tax evasion charges and was convicted in Fairmont court for underpaying taxes in 1962 and 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
UPI
Fred Wilmoth
Wood County
Wilmoth
Hanna Drive
Upton Creek
Kanawha County
Vienna
W. W. Barron
U.S
Fairmont
Visiting Son Slays Inmate At Federal Prison
Robert Lee Johnson, 56, a former Army sergeant serving a 25 year term for conspiring to live secrets to the Russians, was stabbed to death in the prisoner Visiting quarters. His son, Robert L. Jr., 22, lunged with a knife and was disarmed by guards and arraigned on first degree murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
UPD
Robert Lee Johnson
Jornson
Johnson
Geisinger Medical Center
Robert L. Jr
Greenwood
Ind
Williamsport
FBI
Pass Will Plead To Murder Charge Today
Albert W. Pass a UMW International Executive Board member and District 19 official pleads today to murder charges in the 1969 Yablonski killings. He faces primary accuser Silous Huddleston at the preliminary hearing in Washington Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
UPID
Albert W. Pass
United ‘Mine Workers
UMW
Union International Executive Board
Pass
Tennessee
Kentucky
Silous Huddleston
Delegates Ranked in West Virginia Convention Balloting
Delegates led by Denzil iGainer with 62 404 votes place fifth among at large figures. McGovern Humphrey splits show Kauf fman Chapman and Dillon among leaders with Karl Hatfield and Hutchinson also prominent in the at large totals. District tallies list Myles Hamilton Williams Giv en Dinsmore Doyle Sharpe McGovern Rahall Cooke Childers Kruger Cunningham Stacy and others across the 2nd and 4th districts with varied support for Humphrey and McGovern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denzil iGainer
Paul J. Kauffman
McGovern
Charleston
del. Donald L. Kopp
Clarksburg
Humphrey
Alfred F. Chapman
Wheeling
Sen
J. C. Dillon
Hinton
R.F. Hatfield
Hurricane
John G. Hutchinson
Tom M. Bell
Del
T. E. Myles
Fayetteville
Pat Hamilton
Oak Hill
Ralph Williams
Rainelle
D. P. Given
Webster Springs
Robert Dinsmore
William Sharpe
Weston
Robert John Doyle
Shepherdstown
Randall
Elkins
Morgantown
Robert Helm
Morganitown
Maud Christian
Welch
Warren McGraw
Pineville
Alan Susman
Beckley
Homer Heck
Huntington
Nick Rahall II
Woodrow Cooke
Oceana
Fred Stacy
Vietnam War updates from Kontum to An Loc
Military sources report 300 North Vietnamese killed in a Kontum raid this week. Hanoi claims American strikes on Ha Tinh and two U S planes shot down with pilots captured. A Midway carrier action notes two MIG 19s down south of Hanoi. Chinook helicopter losses noted. one evacuee chopper returned. South Vietnamese forces press toward An Loc on Highway 13 with heavy shelling. 25 dead 129 wounded around the city. relief and evacuation efforts underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kontum
Hanoi Radio
North Vietnam
Ha Tinh
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Midway
Hanoi
Yankee Station
Menth
Kien Giang
Mekong Delta
An Loc
Saigon
Highway 13
Lee Trung Hien
High Command
Deaths and Funerals Chronicle Local Obituaries
Miss Virginia Mash 50 of Welch dies after long illness in Welch hospital. Survived by sisters Grace and Viola Mash and brothers Thomas and Ralph Mash. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Gearing-Whitten Welch. burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Arrangements incomplete. Amanda Edgar Jones 87 Scarbro dies in Charleston hospital from apparent heart attack. Survived by three sons Rev. Woodrow Jones Alfred Jones and Jesse G Jones. five daughters Sheila Meakin Lorena Dunn Marie Rigsby Elizabeth Darby Trene Bryant. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. Mrs Georgia Abshire 63 Matheny funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Evans Funeral Home Oceana. burial Palm Memorial Gardens Matheny. Died 9 p.m. Wednesday Beckley hospital after long illness. survivors listed. Mrs Irma Irene Eye 73 Beckley funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Melton Mortuary Chapel. entombment Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Details of birth, education, church, and family listed. viewing after 6 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mash
Virginia Mae Mash
Wyoming Street
Welch
Lester W. Simmons
Beckley
Beeson
Mack C
Nila Jane Matherly Mash
Grace Mash
Viola Mash
Thomas
Big Sandy
Ralph Mash
Ravenswood
Gearing-Whitten
Paine Mahaffey
Monte Vista Park
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Amanda Edgar Jones
Scarbro
Charleston
Woodrow Jones
Oak Hill
Alfred Ed. Lake Monroe
Fra
Jesse G
Durham
N. C
Sheila Meakin
Portland
Ore
Lorena B. Dunn
Saint Albans
Marie Rigsby
Rand
Elizabeth Darby
Trene Bryant
Baltimore
Tyree Funeral ‘Home
Georgia Abshire
Matheny
Evans
Oceana
Russell Wade
Palm Memorial Gardens
Beckley Hospital
Keenan
Harley
Sunset
Utah
Irma Irene Eye
Mercer ‘St
Melton Mortuary
Ross Evans
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Greenville
John F
Adria Hull
McCormick
Concord College
Monroe
Raleigh
Pentagon Tightens Entry With New Package Inspections
The Pentagon announced that starting at the opening of business today all packages carried by unaffiliated individuals would be inspected. The measure follows antiwar protests and echoes post Capitol bombing security in federal buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.O. Cooke
Defense
Administration
Pentagon
Washington
Capitol
Agnew rules out Connally as Nixon running mate
Vice President Spiro Agnew dismissed Treasury Secretary John B. Connally as a vice presidential candidate. He said it is totally unrealistic to think a Democrat registered in May could be nominated as Nixon’s running mate. Agnew has not been asked to run again and would decide only if invited. Connally had submitted his resignation as Treasury secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Wallace
White House
Camp David
Cornelia
Moscow
Laurel
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Alabama
Billy Joe Camp
Miami Beach
Alfred J. Luessenhop
Georgetown University Medical School
UPI
iWallace
Luessenhop
Spiro T. Agnew
Treasury
John B. Connally
Agnew
Connally
Three Suits Filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Suits filed today claim damages on a rented home, default on three promissory notes, and money due on an open account. Rosa Rizzi sues Arcadio M Jr and Remedios Alarcon for 2100 with 1800 damages and 300 lost rent for 1969 to 1971 at 414 Temple St. Kanawha Valley Bank sues Jean E Daniel for 367.23 on a 744.60 note dated Jan 13, 1970. D G Abshire sues Ralph W Wiseman for 350 on a note dated Aug 10, 1971 at 7 percent. Fairfax Family Fund claims 664.41 due on a note signed by Floyd and Josephine Worley. Beckley firm Bix Inc sues LeRan Metlean Brass for 728.29 on an open account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Rosa Rizzi
Arcadio M. Jr
Remedios ‘B. Alarcon
Temple St
Kanawha Valley Bank
Jean E. Daniel
Beckley
D. G. Abshire
Ralph W. Wiseman
Daniels
Fairfax Family Fund Inc
Floyd ,M
Josephine K. Worley
Sullivan, Bix Inc
LeRan Metlean Brass
9Aigan Corporation
Funeral services for Mason M. Stover
Funeral services for Mason M. Stover 64 of Hopewell Va formerly of Beckley will be held Sunday at 3 pm in the J T Morrison Funeral Home Chapel Petersburg with Rev E J Nottingham officiating Burial will follow in Southlawn Memorial Cemetery He died Thursday night at a Richmond Va VA Hospital after a two month illness Survivors include his wife Mary a daughter Betty Lou McMullins of Chester and a sister Ophia Davis of Beckley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason M. Stover
Hopewell
Beckley
J. T. Morrison
Petersburg
E. J. Nottingham
Southlawn Memorial
Veterans Administration
Richmond
William Bradford Stover
Mary Stover McMillion
Stover
Mary
William
Betty Lou) McMullins
Chester
Elmer L
Ophia) Davis
Graveside rites for Mrs Ola Pennington Hess at Sunset Memorial Park
Mrs Ola Pennington Hess 74 of 944 9th Street West Huntington will be laid to rest at 2 pm Saturday in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley after a long illness. She was born April 12 1898 in Floyd Virginia daughter of Abraham Henry and Cordelia Pratt Hylton. Her first husband Rev Dorsey L Pennington former pastor died April 1944. She is survived by son Dorsey L Pennington Jr bank trust officer Huntington daughter Mrs Carl Withrow Columbus Ohio sister Mrs John T Martin Somerville New Jersey three brothers Ernest Clarence William Hylton Beckley Harley A Hylton Waynesboro Virginia. Body at Klinger Carpenter Funeral Home Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola Pennington Hess
9Th Street
West Huntington
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Pineville
Huntington
Floyd
Abraham Henry
Cordelia Pratt Hylton
Dorsey L. Pennington
Ceredo
Hamlin
George Hess
Dorsey L. Pennington Jr
First National Bank
Carl Withrow
Columbus
Ohio
John T. Martin
Somerville
N. J
Ernest Clarence
William H. Hylton
Harley A. Hylton
Waynesboro
Klinger- Carpenter Funeral Home
Funeral services for Joseph P. Stump head Sunday
Funeral services for Joseph P. Stump 75 of Fitzpatrick Road are set for 1 p m Sunday at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Hansel Parsons officiating Burial will follow in Fitzpatrick Cemetery He died Thursday night in a local hospital He was a retired miner and a member of UMWA Local 4578 Born December 4 1896 in Floyd County Va Survivors include his wife Ethel and two foster daughters Friends may call after 4 p m Saturday at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Stump
Fitzpatrick Road
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Hansel Parsons
Fitzpatrick Cemetery
Oak Grove
UMWA
Floyd ‘County
Jim
Betty ‘Stump
Ethel Stump
Clarice Coleman
Eva Hatcher
Final rites for Colonel Galliton Willis held in Ansted
Final rites for Colonel Galliton Willis 57 of Ansted will be at 2 p m Saturday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Ansted with Rev Wesley Pennington in charge Burial is in Willis Cemetery Graydon He belonged to the Church of God at Oak Hill and was the father of Mrs Mabel Nelson Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galliton Willis
Ansted
Wallace and Wallace
Wesley Pennington
Willis
Graydon
Church of God At
Oak Hill
Mabel Nelson
RNS
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