Memorial Day Holiday Traffic Deaths Rise Across Nation
United Press International reports 407 traffic deaths by 11 am EDT as Memorial Day weekend ends. Ohio 2 deaths, Illinois 24, California 21, New York 21, Florida 16, Texas 16. Alaska Hawaii North Dakota none. One Utah crash near St George killed four. West Virginia totals four from Jackson and Kanawha counties. two deaths Saturday in the state, plus a McDowell County apartment fire death.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Ohio
Illinois
California
New York
Florida
Texas
Alaska
Hawaii
North Dakota
St. George
Utah
West Virginia
Jackson
Kanawha
McDowell County
Northfork
Virgil Norman Back
Cabin Creek
Giles
Ravenswood
William I. Seago
Ronald E. Cowan
Ashland
Lewis
McDowell
McCloskey Signals Thwarted Withdrawal From Primaries
McCloskey says withdrawal from Alaska and New Hampshire primaries depends on Nixon changing war policies or Congress cutting funds for Vietnam. He cites his main disagreement with Nixon over the war and opposes the administration on other issues, criticizing the party’s stance on race.
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Alaska
New Hampshire
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
McCloskey
Republican Party
Police Beat Summaries Log Four Beckley Area Crashes
Four auto accidents in the Beckley area Sunday caused one minor injury two charges and total damages of about 2370 dollars. Notable incidents include a two car crash on W Va 16 near Crab Orchard with 77 year old passenger Elia Lambert treated and released, and a Piney View wreck involving Sammy Donelow charged with reckless driving.
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Beckley
Elia H. Lambert
Sophia
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
W. Va
Crab Orchard
George W. Lambert
Lambert
John H. McNeal
Route 2
U. S. 1921
Cool Ridge
Frank John Lasso
Shady Spring
Lasso
Ernest L. Webb Jr
Edgewood Drive
Dmage
Mabscott
W. W. 16
Donna Kay Quesenberry
Midway
Quesenberry
Car Truck Collisions Prompt Multiple Investigations
The report details several crashes and arrests: a 1967 car driven by Lloyd Wayne Bone and a 1966 truck driven by Delbert Wayne near Day and Night Garage with $300 total damage, a second two car collision on W V 16 in Crab Orchard totaling $250 with John Wayne West and James Fain Jr., legal actions against Kesterson for illegal lane use, and multiple arrests for drunken driving and related charges across Beckley area.
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U.S
Lloyd Wayne Bone
Dry Creek
Delbert Wayne
W. Va
Crab Orchard
John Wayne West
Buckeye Lake
Ohio
James Lewis Fain Jr
Midway
Four-vehicle crash on W V A 54 causes $1,425 damage
A tire blowout on a 1970 auto driven by Richard Glen Allen caused the vehicle to leave the road and strike three parked cars. The damage totals $1,425 with $800 to the Allen car and $500 to the Fraley vehicle. no charges were filed.
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W.va
Hotchkiss
Richard Glen Allen
Lester
James Fraley Jr
Stephenson
Robert L. Ward
Slab Fork
Allen
Fraley
Ward
Marshall University grants 1500 degrees at 134th commencement
Huntington UPI Marshall University awarded degrees Sunday to more than 1,500 seniors in its 134th commencement. Speaker Dr. Warren W. Brandt of Virginia Commonwealth University and Thomas Wallace Jr. of Charleston addressed the crowd. Pearl S. Buck received an honorary doctor of letters and Judge Frank C. Haymond received an honorary doctor of laws.
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Huntington
UPI
Marshall University
Warren W. Brandt
Virginia Commonwealth University
Thomas Wallace Jr
Charleston
Pearl S. Buck
Frank C. Haymond
State Supreme Court
Multiple arrests and tickets reported by State and City Police
State Police jailed Robert Colvin of West Raleigh at 4 30 p m Sunday on a peace war Roy Stephenson of Glen Rogers jailed at 1 45 p m Sunday on intoxication and weapon charges Donnie Fox of Sophia jailed at 11 20 p m Saturday on intoxication and resisting arrest A 22 year old Skelton man Robert G Randall cited at 4 a m today by City Police for illegal lights and at 10 20 p m Saturday for speeding He must appear in Beckley Municipal Court June 10 Lusk Daniel Joseph 19 Shady Spring cited 2 30 a m today for unnecessary noise and one way street violation Municipal Court appearance June 7 Grubb Jr Billy James 17 Minden ticketed 12 25 a m today for red light violation John R Cain 24 Mount Hope cited 1 30 a m Sunday for reckless driving Cain and Grubb ordered to Municipal Court June 10
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Lake Stephens
Eccles
Michael R. Martin
Lester
Ada Martin Pickle
Sophia
Pickle
Martin Auto
John Robert Thompson
Raleigh
Thompson
Joe Rodriguez
Kesterson
Donald D. Lively
Lilly Drive
Lively
Beckley Municipal Court
Mount Hope
Willis Daniel
Okey State
City Ave
Robert Colvin
West Raleigh
Roy Stephenson
Glen Rogers
Donnie Fox
Skelton
Robert G. Randall
Randall
Daniel Joseph Lusk
Shady ‘Spring
Lusk
Billy James Grubb Jr
Minden
John R. Cain
Cain
Grubb
Rescue Squad Called For Breathing Difficulty And Fall
The Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad responded to 226 Morris Ave at 7 30 a m Sunday for 70 year old Mrs Helen Joe reportedly having trouble breathing She remained at home after aid was given Rescue Squad was also called at 10 20 a m Saturday to 400 Russell St where Gib Gilbert fell from a wheelchair Firemen helped him back into the chair
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Beckley Fire Department
Morris Ave
Helen Joe
Russell St
Gib Gilbert
Local arrests report drunken driving and shoplifting
Post bond for Hershell Knuckles of 126 Whitestick Road on drunken driving and obstructing an officer. He posted 208.50 bond and was released. Geoffrey F. Slavin, 28, of Odd, charged with shoplifting, posted 84 bond and was released. Curtis Wayne Brooks, 44, of South Kanawha Street, released after posting 111.50 bond on drunken driving. Brooks was arrested Thursday.
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Hershell Knuckles
Whitestick Road
Geoffery F. Slavin
Odd
Curtis Wayne Brooks
South Kanawha Street
Brooks
U S Troop Cut Proposal Ready July
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says U S proposals to reduce European troop strength will be finished by July and shared with NATO allies before any steps. Any cuts would be small and offset by commitments from other NATO members.
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UPI
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Europe
Laird
NATO
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Nixon
Mediterranean
Hijacked Pan Am Jet Stuck in Havana After Plea to Castro
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 hijacked en route from Caracas to Miami remains grounded at Jose Marti Airport in Havana. Pan Am President Najeeb Halaby appealed directly to Fidel Castro, but FAA officials report no word on departures as 69 passengers and crew spend a second night in Cuba.
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UPI
Pan American World Airways
Caracas
Havana
Fidel Castro
Pan Am
Najeeb Halaby
Castro
Federal Aviation Administration
Jose Marti
McDowell Youth Charged In Slaying
A McDowell County youth, 17, is jailed on a murder charge after Columbus Owens, 36, was shot in the chest at his Otter Branch home Sunday. State police called it a shotgun slaying and identified a 16 gauge weapon as the murder weapon.
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Welch
UPI
McDowell County
Otter Branch
Columbus
Owens
Stolen 650 B.C. Alabaster Statue from Mass Planetarium
A $500,000 two-foot alabaster statue of King Taharga, on loan from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, was taken from a glass display in the Alice G. Wallace Planetarium lobby in Fitchburg. Police questioned several people but had no suspects. no guard was present when it vanished.
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Fitchburg
Mass
UPI
Taharga
Sudan
B.C
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Alice. G. Wallace Planetarium
Russell Blake
Nixon meeting police officials to curb assaults
President Nixon will meet with the nation's top police chiefs and sheriffs to seek ways to curb assaults on officers. He met Wednesday with Attorney General Mitchell and FBI Director Hoover to discuss the killings of four policemen. A second meeting will include representatives from police chiefs and sheriffs groups.
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Thurmont
UPD
Nixon
White House
John N. Mitchell
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
New York
Washington
Audie Murphy Life Rollercoaster From War Hero to Actor
Audie Murphy rose from captain and company commander in World War II to acting after film star Jimmy Cagney urged him to pursue movies. He earned a 50 percent disability pension but faced Hollywood disillusion, a rocky marriage to Wanda Hendrix, IRS back taxes, and multiple legal entanglements that were ultimately resolved or dropped.
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Jimmy Cagney
Internal Revenue Service
Pamela
Bummers Six Arrested After LSD Spiked Apple Cider at Rock Show
About 1,000 of 4,500 concertgoers at Winterland were affected by a spiked drink during a Grateful Dead event. Alison McDonald of Berkeley described tasting watered down apple juice that led to a bad acid trip. six men and one woman were arrested for investigation.
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Apt
Alison McDonald
Berkeley
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Riders of the Purple Sage
Death Penalty Debate Faces Constitutional Hurdles
Abolitionists pivot to the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments after a high court decision leaves death penalties intact. Critics argue unequal application hits the poor, uneducated, and minorities hardest, noting most condemned inmates are unskilled with minimal schooling and unable to afford competent lawyers.
Final rites for Guy Jennings McCoy in Oak Hill
Death notices report 72 year old Guy Jennings McCoy of Oak Hill died May 2 from a heart attack. Final rites are set for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Randolph Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park beside his home. He was found dead Saturday by his son in law and daughter.
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Guy Jennings McCoy
Oak Hill
Tyree
Funeral arrangements incomplete for John Pannell
John Pannell 57 of Besaco died en route to a local hospital Sunday. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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John Pannell
Besaco
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral for Mrs Virginia Sabrosky in Oak Hill
Funeral services for 74 year old Mrs Virginia Victoria Sabrosky will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. She died Sunday morning in a Fayetteville nursing home after a long illness. Born April 17 1897 in Poland she was the widow of William Vincent Sabrosky who died in 1949. Survivors include sister Mrs Jessie Kamensky three daughters Miss Sophie Sabrosky Mrs Wanda Epperly and Mrs Ann Webb a son Teddy five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
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Thurmond Dr
Oak Hill
Tyree
Jessie Kamensky
Kilsyth
Sophie Sabrosky
Denver
Colo
Wanda Epperly
Columbus
Ohio
Ann Webb
Teddy
Orlando
Flo
Funeral notices for Sigmon and Cummings in West Virginia
The funeral for Gene Raymond Sigmon 29 of Alderson was held at Lobban Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley after a long illness. Marie Nassie Cummings 92 of Mabscott has final rites at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial in Miller Cemetery Wikel. survivors include four sons a daughter and many grandchildren. The body remains at the funeral home with viewing today and more services for Cora L Arrington 82 of Point Pleasant at Wilcoxen Funeral Home with burial in Long Oak Cemetery Point Pleasant.
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Gene Raymond Sigmon
Alderson
Lobban
Cleve Young
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Ordie
Eileen Collinsworth
Allen Junction
Marie Cummings
Marie Nassie Cummings
Mabscott
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Glen Sage
Russell O’ Neal
Miller Cemetery
Wikel
Andrew Jackson
Frances Halsteen Whittaker
Andrew
Stanley
Casa Grande
Ariz
Selden
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Compton
Fort Myers
Roger Cummings
Oak Hill
Nona Arthur
Cora L. Arrington
White Ave
Wilcoxen
Point Pleasant
Jim Franklin
Long Oak
Putnam County
Isaac
William G. Arrington
Lewis
Celestine) Faudree
Henderson
John Young
Barberton
Ohio
Freemont Miller
Herbert Deal
S. J. Hammond
Carmen Frazier
Frazier
Norah Deal
Marysville
Carrie Sturgeon
Pliny
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Maryland Coed Among Train Wreck Victims
At least five people died when a local passenger train rear ended a stationary international express outside Amsterdam Central Station. A 17 year old American girl was among the dead, identified by the consul general as Louis Priddy of Conberlaed Maryland.
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Amsterdam
UPI
International Express
Louis Priddy
Conberlaed
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