Last Day Scramble as Moore and Rockefeller Campaign South and North
West Virginia governor Arch Moore and Republican candidate John Rockefeller wrap up last day campaigning on election eve. Moore heads south for ceremonies including a vocational school groundbreaking near Hinton and a new I 79 corridor segment opening while Rockefeller mounts a seven city blitz across the north and plans a Charleston vote before awaiting results.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Southern
John D. Rockefeller
Moore
Hinton
Sutton
Birch River
Nicholas County
Rockefeller
Wheeling
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Beckley
Huntington
Nathan ‘Goff Armory
Panhandle
Celler Blasts Nixon for Eroding Civil Rights
Rep. Emanuel Celler, 84, longtime chair of the House Judiciary Committee, says civil rights laws passed in the 1960s have been eroded by Nixon administration actions. He urges a strong oversight panel to ensure enforcement and notes his own postcongressional plans to stay active in civil rights issues.
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Washington
UPI
Emanuel Celler
D-N-Y
Celler
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Wixon
Nixon
More Security With False Teeth At Any Time
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Defense Dept Not Told of Truce Progress
A high American civilian source says White House failure to inform the Defense Department about truce talks led to a rush to import weapons into South Vietnam before a cease fire. Washington announced borrowing F5 jets from Iran, Taiwan and South Korea for the South Vietnamese Air Force.
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Defense Department
Saigon
Washington
Iran
Taiwan
South Korea
Bien Hoa
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Saigon Post
Northrop
Air Force
UPI
Cease-Fire Threatened by Arms Buildup in Vietnam
North Vietnam denounces U.S. strengthening of South Vietnamese forces as a breach of the peace accord and warns the Viet Cong will continue fighting if needed. Radio Hanoi and Radio Saigon broadcast the warnings as Rogers predicts negotiations may resume in weeks.
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United Press International
North Vietnam
U.S
United States
Hanoi
Saigon
Iaid
William P. Rogers
National Liberation Front
NFL
Alliance of
National Democratic and Peace Forces
Radio Hanoi
Radio Saigon
South ‘Vietnam
Washington
Rogers
George S. McGovern
Nixon
CBS Football Telecast Sabotaged by Cable Slashing
CBS described cable slashing at Shea Stadium as sabotage that aborted the Redskins Jets game and prompted a shift to the Bears Lions broadcast. IBEW walkout disrupted pro football and political interview shows while about 1,200 technicians joined strikes in major cities.
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CBS
New York
UPS
Candi- Columbia Broadcasting System
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Cicvuule Lnb Latouay
Shea Stadium
Washington Redskins
New York Jets
Chicago Bears
Detroit Lions
Asssss
Supreme Court weighs limits on mass demonstrations
The 1968 mass protest outside the Capitol led to a suit challenging a law banning large demonstrations near Congress. A 15-person petition delegation was allowed after a 5,000 participant march. The case questions police power and whether geographic limits can be imposed to serve governmental aims.
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U.S. District Court
Congress
Supreme Court
Erwin N. Griswold
Goodyear Strike Pact Rejected in West Virginia
The Goodyear iTire Rubber Apple Grove plant near Point Pleasant faced continued strike action after Local 644 of the United Rubber Workers rejected a three year tentative contract. The stoppage began June 1 following failed negotiations.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
UPI
Goodyear iTire & Rubber Company
Apple Grove
Here
United Rubber Workers Union
Laurita Charges Flower Funding in West Virginia Campaign
Monongalia County Prosecutor Joseph Laurita accused Attorney General Chauncey Browning of reviving a "notorious flower fund" by directing office staff to give two percent of their salary to Browning's re election campaign. Laurita, a Democrat challenger, called the policy voluntary servitude and deplorable.
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Fairmont
W. Va
UPI
Monongalia
Joseph Laurita
Chauncey Browning
Laurita
Browning
Anacin Medical Endorsement by Doctors for Pain
Doctors prescribe many pain medicines, but Anacin is shown as a preferred over the counter option. It claims fast relief for headaches, dental pain, arthritis, colds and flu, with millions taking it without stomach upset.
McGovern Seeks Constitutional Change and Domestic Focus
McGovern argues for open presidency ending manipulation and a sprawling White House staff. He promotes a constitutional presidency, denounces executive supremacy, and calls for priority on domestic issues over power politics abroad. He urges a balanced defense while condemning Vietnam policy.
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McGovern
White House
Nixon
St. Louis
Saigon
Moline
Daniel Walker
Walker
Quad Cities
Preston Thomas
LaFayette
Calif
Tomothy
Vietnam
Lansky Slips Out Of Israel
Meyer Lansky, 70, slips from Israel five days before expulsion, reportedly seeking exile in South America or the Caribbean. He boards a Zurich bound Swissair flight amid passport revocation and possible extradition issues, saying his two years in Israel were his happiest life.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Meyer Lansky
Israel
South America
Caribbean
Lansky
Switerland
Zurich
Holland
United States
Geneva
Swissair
Rio de Janeiro
U.S
Interior Ministry
Ma’ariv
Vietnam War Briefing Reports Strikes North of Vinh
Vietnam says Sunday air and naval strikes hit targets north of Vinh with pilots reporting railroad bridge destruction at 32 and 40 miles north of the city. Communists advanced near Saigon for the closest approach since 1968, with clashes near the city and around five other points. Militias captured two sampans and killed 10 attackers, while government forces suffered 9 dead and 14 wounded.
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North Vietnam
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Saigon
Final rites for Oscar Gilkerson in Oak Hill
Oscar Gilkerson 77 of 1013 Summerlee Ave Oak Hill dies after extended illness in local hospital. Funeral 1 pm Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Revs Perry and Wells. Burial Grandview Cemetery Grandview. Survived by wife Clara Jane. three sons Oscar H Jr William Thomas W. four daughters Beulah Gibson Beatrice Gill Gloria Gill and Jean Cody. 29 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren. Friends may call 6 9 pm Tuesday at funeral home.
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Oscar Haynes
Gilkerson
Summerlee Ave
Oak Hill
Tyree
Carlos Perry
Ralph Wells
Grandview
United Mine Workers of America
First Presbyterian Church
Scarbro
Carl
Jean) Cody
Fayetteville
McCreery Rites Incomplete For Alves Earl McCreery
Alves Earl McCreery 60 Beckley died 1 15 p m Sunday after long illness in a local hospital. Born January 28 1912 in Beckley he was a World War II veteran, retired State Road Commission employee and member of Beckley Presbyterian Church. Survived by daughter Sally Phillips West Palm Beach Fla and brother John W McCreery Princeton. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Alves Earl
John Earl) McCreery
Beckley
Ln Beckley
John Earl
Sara Daniels McCreery
Beckley Presbyterian Church
State Road Commission
Sally Phillips
West
West [Palm Beach, Fla
John W. McCreery
Prineton
Keyser-Bryant ‘Funeral Home
Miss Bessie Lanier 92 Danville resident dies after long illness
Funeral services for Miss Bessie J. Lanier 92 of Danville Kentucky were to be held at Stitch Funeral Home at 2 PM. She died Saturday at home after a long illness. She is survived by three sisters Addie File Beckley Susie Lanier and J E Tolliver both of Danville and brother T S Lanier of Alberta Canada. Miss Lanier taught at Tams Beckley Institute and Madison College in Harrisonburg Virginia between 1910 and 1914.
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Bessie J. Lanier
Dansville
Stitch Funeral Home
Danville
Miss Lanier
Addie File
Beckley
Susie Lanier
J. E. Tolliver
T. 5. Lanier
Alberta
Canada
Tams
Beckley Institute
Madison College
Harrisonsburg
Mrs Cleo Simmons Killed in Riverdale Auto Crash
Mrs Cleo Jean Simmons 48 of Riverdale Md was killed in a traffic accident near her home Saturday night. Born March 28 1924 in Coxton Ky she was the daughter of Mrs Lola Gilbert Jones and the late Roy Jones. Survived by her mother two sons Flem Hopkins and David Hopkins one daughter Sharon Mansfield three brothers Irven Claude and Bill Jones. Body returned to Calfee Funeral Home.
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Cleo Jean Simmons
Riverdale
Coxton
Lola Gilbert Jones
Beckley
Roy Jones
Flem Hopkins
David Hopkins
Dayton
Ohio
Sharon Mansfield
California
Irven Jones
Florida
Final rites set for Philip Daniel McClung of Salem
Philip Daniel McClung 18 of Salem, Virginia dies in a Saturday car crash in Salem. He worked at Kroger and was a Scarbro Baptist Church member. Born March 3, 1954 in Oak Hill, he is survived by his parents John William and Marcella McClung and a sister Angelique Suzutte McClung. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Scarbro Baptist Church with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation 6 to 9 p.m. today at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
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Philip Daniel McClung
Salem
Scarbro Baptist Church
William Johnson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Fall McClung
Kroger Store
Oak Hill
John William and
Marcella McClung
Annita Louise McClung
Angelique Suzutte McClung
Tyree
Funeral plans for Mrs Lucy Humphrey set in Mount Hope
The funeral for 87 year old Lucy Jane Humphrey of Pax will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial follows in Pax Community Cemetery. She died Sunday at 4 10 a.m. after a long illness. She was a member of Pax Church of God born December 4 1884 in Knob Branch Fayette County. Her husband George M Humphrey preceded her in death. Survivors include four sons Page Donald Robert and Richard three daughters Barbara Canterbury Josephine Hughes and Mattie Humphrey 23 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. The notice also mentions Colie Lewis 65 of 128 Mool St who died Saturday in a Beckley hospital. He was born in Farmville Va April 5 1907. survived by wife Rebecca Lewis two brothers three sisters and is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Corbet F. Fulcher
Sunrise St. Crab Orchard
Keyser-Bryant
Fulcher
Patrick County
Walter Fulcher
Crab Orchard Improvement Co
Mary Hedrick Fulcher
Jack
Dayton
Ohio
Melda Smith
Crab Orchard
Janice
Mattie Brinkley
Oakvale
Paul Howard Fulcher
Lucy Jane Humphrey
Pax
Tyree Funeral Home
Mount Hope
Ernest Barley
Pax Church of God
Knob Branch
Fayette County
J. J
Martha Davis Craddock
George M. Humphrey
Page
Donald
Robert
Richard
Barbara Canterbury
Josephine Hughes
Route 1
Mattie Humphrey
Colie Lewis
Beckley
Farmville
Ned
Alice Lewis
Lewis
Emanual Tabernacle Church
Rebecca Lewis
John Lewis
Emmitt Lewis
Buckingham
Petersburg
Eliza Chamber
Adell Tyree
Donora
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral set for Mrs Ida Phillips in Fayetteville
Mrs Ida Hester Phillips 84 of Fayetteville will be buried at Arthur Cemetery White Oak Branch after a 2 p.m. Tuesday service at First Church of God Winston led by Rev Norman Foster. She died Sunday at home after a long illness born Winston May 29 1888 daughter of Louis and Ellen Jennie Arthur. Surviving are two sons Donald L Didwell Ohio and Chandelor J Fayetteville two daughters Blanche Ellen Light Oak Hill and Jessie Klosski Fayetteville 29 grandchildren 55 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Funeral home Tyree Oak Hill handling arrangements.
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Ida ‘Hester Phillips
Fayetteville
Liburn
Lee Phillips
Donald L
Didwell
Ohio
Chandelor J
Blanche
Ellen Light
Oak
Hill
Jessie Klosski
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak. Hill
Job Corps Center contract awarded to Teledyne Packard Bell
The federal government awards a $3.6 million contract to Teledyne Packard Bell of Los Angeles to operate the Charleston West Virginia Job Corps Center for Women until May 15, 1974. The center, opened in June 1965, houses 320 residents and 25 nonresidents aged 16 through 21.
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Washington
UPI
Charleston
W. Va
Teledyne Packard Bell
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Alves E. McCreery
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King, Wilson Services
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