Young Bandit Surrenders After Airport Standoff
A reportedly 19 to 21 year old Dallas youth nicknamed a bandit held Meredith Roberts 20 of Waco at Dallas Love Field for hours. He robbed a Waco market and abducted the clerk’s wife, demanding an escape by jet and drugs to stay awake. Police coaxed him to surrender with the hostage unharmed and the woman freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Younes
Meredith Roberts
Waco
Tex
Dallas Love Field
Frank Dyson
Virgil Lee Guqua
Jimmy Roberts
Love Field
Braniff International
Dyson
Paul Townsend
Thad Johnson
Johnson
Fort Worth
Texas
Burleson
Two Hijackers Free Hostages In Malawi Flight Incident
A South African Airways Boeing 727 landed at Blantyre Malawi where two hijackers freed nine hostages but kept the plane parked. The Arabs remained at the door to the cockpit amid security cordons as troops sealed the airfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blantyre
Malawi
UPI
South African Airways
SAA
South Africa
Johannesburg
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Biantyre
Ministers Wives Set Awards Program at Welcome Baptist
Mrs Hettie Dillard of Beckley will be guest speaker for the Ministers Wives Auxiliary awards program of the Gulf District Association Friday at 7 30 p m at Welcome Baptist Church Beckley W V Mrs Thomas Pryor host pastor's wife will serve as mistress of ceremonies Devo tion will be led by Mrs Annie Jones and Mrs G C Gilbert followed by a welcome address by Mrs J B Toler Music by New Hope Baptist junior choir Soloists include Mrs Robert Morton and Mrs Charles Lawson auxiliary president will introduce the speaker Mrs Nelson Staples will present the awards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hettie Dillard
Beckley
Ministers’ ‘Wives Auxiliary
Winding “Gulf District Association
Welcome Baptist Church
Eighth Street
Thomas Pryor
Annie Jones
G. C .Gilbert
J. B. Toler
New Hope Baptist Church
Robert Morton
Charles Lawson
Nelson Staples
Fire department frees possum from drawer on Vine Street
Beckley fire department rescue squad responded to 9 35 p m call for assistance at 9 35 p m Wednesday and removed an possum nest from a drawer in the home of Lene Wilson Vine Street. No full report was available at presstime.
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Beckley Fire Department
Lene Wilson
Vine Street
Moore urges $10 million for Appalachian black lung facilities upgrade
Gov Arch Moore backs full 10 million funding to upgrade medical facilities and services in the Appalachian coal fields. He testified before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on labor and health education welfare, urging liberalized black lung legislation and expansion of diagnostic tests and equipment for miners.
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Washington
UPI
Arch Wb
Moore
Senate
Appalachian
Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
Commission
ABC
Protesters Arrested After Capitol Sit In
In Washington a first wave of arrests visible in a large cross section of prominent figures occurred as 95 demonstrators including Judy Collins and Yale psychiatry Prof Robert Lifton sat on the House floor past 5 pm. EDT. They delivered a petition to Speaker Carl Albert urging immediate end to U S military actions in Indochina.
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Yale
Robert Lifton
Capitol
Lifton
Vietnam
Barbara Harris
Benjamin Spock
Larry Rivers
Marcus Raskin
James Powell
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Carl Albert
Congress
U.S
Indochina
Albert
Miss Collins
Powell
Girl Blinded in Robbery Trial Testimony in St Louis
Wilma Chestnut testified she was choked and blinded during a Sept. 23 robbery while babysitting in St Louis. She described stumbling, breaking a window, and finding help as Johnnie Lee Brooks faces trial with Earl Harper testifying against him.
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Donald Berns
ST. Louis
Wilma Chestnut
Miss Chectnut
Johnnie Lee Brooks
John
Earl
Earl Harper
Hhus
Brooks
Harper
Summit talks roil Hanoi as Moscow summit looms
Officials say Hanoi shows nerves as talks unfold on pacts to curb pollution and advance space cooperation. Agreements signed include a 1975 Earth orbital mission and science cooperation with chances of a naval rules pact. A European security conference plan and WWII debt issues also surface amid Kissinger and Gromyko negotiations.
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U.S
Russia
America
UPI
William P. Rogers
Andrei A. Gromyko
Europe
United States
China
White House
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
National Security Council
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Podgorny
Andrei M. Alexandrov
Lawmakers Debate Busing Standards and Education Impact
The article reports on busing policy debates with Rep. Carl Perkins framing the House path and Rep Edith Green criticizing the Senate report. It notes the condition that busing be constitutionally required and not harm health or educational performance or cause transfers to inferior schools. Green predicts House passage may hinge on senators reading the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl D. Perkins
House
Senate
Edith Green
D-Ore
Final rites set for Elbert Edward Valentine 61
Edward Valentine of Oak Hill died Wednesday after a long illness at home. Born September 14 1910 in Quinnimont he was a retired miner and Oak Hills Nazarene Church member. Survived by wife Cecelia four sons a daughter a brother four sisters and ten grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Nazarene Church Oak Hill with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park.
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Elbert
Edward Valentine
Oak Hill
Nazarene Church
Paul Taylor
High Lawn Memorial Park
Quinnimont
Joseph
Rosa Valentine
Oak Hills
Lillian Adkins
Stanaford
Phyllis Rogers
South Charleston
Charlotte Legg
Ohio
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
Death Notice for Mrs Hattie Banks of Itmann
Mrs Hattie Banks 68 of Itmann died at 3 45 am in a Mullens hospital after a long illness born July 24 1903 in Itmann daughter of the late Garland and Sally Adkins Rakes she was widow of F C Banks survivors include two sons Charles Donovan Jr and Clarence Donovan both of Itmann two sisters Mrs Mollie Cameron Princeton and Mrs Virginia Geordon Baltimore Md and three grandchildren body is at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens arrangements incomplete
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Banks
Virginia Geordon
Baltimore
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Lee Roy Harvey Crematory Services Held in Sacramento
Lee Roy Harvey died in Sacramento on May 22 at age 94 born July 3, 1927 in Logan County. Crematory services were held May 24. graveside rites set for 11 a.m. Friday at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity with Rev. Dewey Wilson officiating. Survived by wife Helen Harvey of North Highlands five brothers Ernest J W Harvey Eccles Dorsey Clyde Arthur and three sisters Della Daniels Ella May Lambert Martha.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lee Roy Harvey
Eccles
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Dewey Wilson
Logan County
Harvey
Helen Harvey
North Highlands
Ernest
J. W
Dorsey
Fairdale
Clyde
Fort Ord
Arthur Harvey
Japan
Della Daniels
Ella May Lambert
Oceana
Martha
California
Memorial services and cremation held for Alva A. Turner
Alva A. Turner 67 of 111 Carter St died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in Santa Ana after a long illness. Final rites in Beckley with burial planned at Mount Tabor Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mabel, son William M., and three grandchildren. Service details listed with funeral home information.
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Alva A
Jim Turner
Carter St
Helen Cottingham
North Flowers St
Santa Anna
Calif
Calfee Funeral Home
Beckley
Mount ‘Tabor
Mabel Murray Turner
Santa Ana
William M
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha T Agee set in Fayetteville
The funeral for Mrs Bertha Thay Agee 56 of Hill Top will be held at 2 pm Friday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville with Rev Wade Austin officiating. Burial follows at Pleasant View Cemetery. She died Wednesday in Oak Hill nursing home born February 12 1916 in South Caperton daughter of the late Wilbur and Melissa Adkins. She was a member of Jones Avenue Church of God in Oak Hill survived by three sons and a brother seven sisters and other relatives.
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Bertha Thay Agee
Hill Top
Dodd-Payne
Momence
Gladys Grubb
Piney View
Della Smith
Medina
Ohio
Beulah Campbell
Washington, D. C
Resurrection Mass for John Garnet Pedro
John Garnet Pedro 76 of 1020 Johnstown Rd died at 420 am today in a local hospital. Born February 29 1896 in Czechoslovakia he was a World War I veteran and journeyman electrician. He owned Pedro's Cash Market and led the IBEW local activities. Survived by wife Virginia Bennett Pedro two sons John Robert and Jack Earl Pedro a daughter Garnet Pedro Sheppard a brother George two sisters Elizabeth Pachuta and Margaret Vargo six grandchildren and three great grandchildren Rosary Friday at 7 pm at Webboth and Neal Funeral Home Chapel. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park with services at St Francis de Sales Church Saturday at 1 am conducted by Very Rev Thomas Kerrigan.
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John Garnet Pedro
Johnstown Rd
St. Francis 'de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
Czeko
Czechoslovakia
John and
Mary Pedro
St. Francis de Sales Church
U. S. Army
Jourmmeyman
IBEW
Pedro
Winding Gulf
North Fayette St
American Legion
American Legion Post No. 32
Virginia Bennett Pedro
John Robert
Jack Earl Pedro
Garnet Pedro Sheppard
George
John J
Elizabeth) Pachuta
Mike
Margaret) Vargo
Beckley
Webboth and Neal Funeral Home
Father Kerrigan
Art Dalton 61 Coal Miner Dies in Chicago Hospital
Art Dalton a retired coal miner formerly of Wyoming County died Tuesday morning in a Chicago hospital after a long illness. Born April 11 1911 in North Carolina he was a son of the late Christopher Kyle and Cinda Johnson Dalton. Survivors include his wife Sarah Goode Dalton five sons Jim Ben Tom Ronald and Christopher all of Chicago one daughter Shirley Sharron Chicago and seven grandchildren. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens burial Goode Cemetery Bud Mountain.
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Art Dalton
Wyoming County
Chicago, IL
North Carolina
Christopher Kyle
Cinda Johnson Dalton
Suvivors
Sarah Goode
Dalton
Jim Dalton
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Ben
Tom
Ronald
Christopher Dalton
Chicago
Shirley Sharron
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Goode
Bud Mountain
Graveside rites planned for infant Michael L. Crouse of Princewick
Graveside services for Michael Lee Crouse infant son of Delbert and Versie Bolen Crouse were set for 2 p.m. today at Mills Cemetery Egeria I with Rev. Cecil Bolen officiating. He died shortly after birth Wednesday in a local hospital. Surviving: parents, brother Roger Earl at home, sisters Deloris Meade of Princewick and Kathleen at home, paternal grandmother Mrs. Lee Otery Crouse of Coal City. Williams Funeral Home Sophia made arrangements.
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Michael Lee Crouse
Delbert
Versie Bolen Crouse
Princewick
Mills
Egeria I
Cecil Bolen
Roger Earl
Deloris Meade
Kathleen
Lee Otery Crouse
Coal City
Williams
Sophia
Unidentified Boy Helps Rescue Two Men From Plane Crash
An unidentified boy assisted in pulling two Virginia men from a twin engine aircraft that crashed near Charles Town West Virginia. The men William Frenzel of Falls Church and Benny Holbrook of Sterling Park were hospitalized in fair condition. The boy vanished before authorities learned his name.
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Charles Town
W. Va
UPI
Virginia
Here
William Frenzel
Falls Church
Benny Holbrook
Sterling Park
Vietnam War update from Kontum Pleiku and Angkor Wat
South Vietnamese forces push along Highway 14 near Kontum as three days of attempts to break a Communist stranglehold continue. Pleiku airfield reports six rockets damaging two helicopters. Montag nard village populations reportedly abducted and partial village burnings noted. Cambodia sees intensified shelling near Angkor Wat with no Cambodian casualties.
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Chu Pao
Kontum
Highway 14
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Phnom Penh
Eight Americans Die In Vietnam War Toll Dips
Saigon reports eight American combat deaths in Indochina for the week ending April 29, with 22 wounded and seven missing. Most losses came from air actions over North Vietnam, plus rocket and mine incidents on South Vietnamese bases and roads. Total U S combat deaths reach 45 755 since 1961, with other war-related figures cited.
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Saigon
UPI
Indochina
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Vietnam
Saigon Command
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Einus
Judy Collins
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Dick Gregory
John Steinbeck IV
New York
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Gary Wills
Karl Hess
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Patricia Simon
Boston
Girl
Court
Miss Chestnut
Henry J. Fredericks Jr
Wilma
Fredricks
Hanoi
Moscow
Lillie Harry
Richard Wuestling
Harry
Agricultural
Allied Chemical Corp
Camden Park
U.S. 60
West Huntington
E. Valentine
Alva A. Turner
E. A. Arthur
Ohn Branch Jr
David M. Hudson
Huse i Memorial Park
Otis Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
William T. Reed
Mount Hope
First Baptist Church
Macon
Thomas Reed
Tessie Reed
Catherine Cuff
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Minnie Canterbury
Minnie Arizona Canterbury
Rock ‘Creek
Armstrong
Whitesville
K. J. Parsons
Massey
Rock Creek
Elam
Martha Massey Scarbro
Etta Boggs
Barbara Dotson
June Lambert
Cleveland
Oscar
Herman
Carson
Kenneth
Arlington Heights
Iil
Winifred
Donald
Bertha T. Agee
John G. Pedro
William McKinney
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Mills St
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