Kennedy Invited to Assess North Vietnam Medical Needs
Dr. Joseph English announced that Senator Edward M. Kennedy will lead a five doctor team to Hanoi for a week to listen to North Vietnamese medical needs and report back. The trip, arranged through private channels, aims to aid postwar healthcare and may involve POW health checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
VPI
Edward M. Kennedy
North Vietnam
Joseph English
English
Hanoi
Kennedy
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Senate
William Rogers
B52s Blast Red Convoys in Heavy Vietnam Attacks
U S B52 bombers pounded North Vietnamese southbound convoys in a three day campaign aimed at blunting a final NVA push before a cease fire. The strikes concentrated in Quang Tri and the DMZ with 54 waves dropping about 4860 tons. An immense airlift to South Vietnam continued as planes tanks and munitions moved to Saigon area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
United States
Ameriican
Indochina
U.S
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Iran
South Vietam
South Korea
Taiwan
Tan Son Nhut
Bien Hoa
Rockefeller loss means unemployment for staff in state offices
In Charleston West Virginia Jay Rockefeller’s gubernatorial bid loss leaves about 40 to 60 people from his private staff or the secretary of state’s office without jobs. Some may be kept if Tom Winner wins the secretary of state post. Deputy secretary William Thaw plans to help if needed but won’t stay on. Ralph Bean Jr. will confer with Rockefeller and Winner. Others have no plans to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Jay Rockefeller
Secretary of State
William Watson
Rockefeller
Watson
Wellsburg
Tom Winner
Edgar Heiskell
William P
Pete) Thaw
Sistersville
Ralph J. Bean Jr
Winner
Jack Canfield
Donald Moyer
Fire Destroys Pierpont Home
A fire of unknown origin destroyed a Pierpont residence occupied by Mr and Mrs Roger Blankenship and their young son. The house owned by Silvas Sizemore of Elgin Illinois was beyond saving when Mullens Volunteer Fire Department arrived at 4 10 p m. The Blankenships were away visiting relatives and an aunt nearby raised the alarm. The family lost furnishings clothing and a car parked near the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Pierpont
Roger Blankenship
Silvas Sizemore
Elgin
Ill
Mullens Volunteer
Blankenships
Court testimony continues on Blasting damage to Beckley L B Super market
In Raleigh County Circuit Court the trial over blasting by the Kenneth M Dunn Co of Charleston seeks damages to the L and B Super Market on the 1921 By Pass. Owner Ernest Lickliter Jr described cracks, a hooved floor, broken plumbing, and damaged lights. Witness A R Nekoranec said blasting produced heavy vibration 25 to 30 feet from the site and cracks in the Vecellio building. Grace Wilkes testified her home was damaged. Dun n foreman Haskell Belcher testified about dynamite use and misplaced logs. Damages valued at about 27 000 to 111 000 depending on assessor.
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Beckley
Kenneth M. Dunn Co
Charleston
Raleigh County
Ernest Lickliter Jr
Licklifer
Little
Whitestick Creek
Lickliter
Grace Wilkes
Fied
Vecellio
Dunn Company
Haskell
Sam Thomson
Post Offices Open Friday. Veterans Day Observance
Full service at major post offices will continue Friday including mail delivery. State offices and schools are closed for Veterans Day. Federal employees get a long weekend with the change to October for two three day weekends. USPS follows the federal holiday schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Post Office
U. S. Postal Service
GOP gains reshape West Virginia legislature amid election shifts
In Charleston Tuesday, Republicans increased their House of Delegates presence to 43 seats and gained 11 seats for a 57 43 split, the largest GOP minority in 15 years. In the Senate, the GOP gained seats while Democrats held control, with incumbents defeated and several new members elected. Key races included Samuel Rush unseating William Tompas and Roy Rogerson Orton Jones J D Hinkle new to the Senate alongside multiple Democratic pickups and returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Senate
House of Delegates
Chamber
House
George Seibert
Wheeling
Seibert
John I. Rogers
Martinsburg
W.K. Ksapp
Hurricane
Hampshire County
William Oates Jr
Rogers
Panhandle
Knapp
Del
Robert F. Hatfield
Elmer Fike
del. Warren’ McGraw
Tracy Hylton
McGraw
Hylton
William Brotherton
Mario Palumbo
Kanawha County
William Gilligan
John Carrigan
State Supreme Court
Gilligan
Carrigan
Harry Lantz
William Sharpe
Ray Fulks
J. Frank Deem
Stephen Bird
Harrisville
Roy Rogerson
Orton Jones
J. D. Hinkle
Todd Willis
O'Dell Huffman
Pat Hamilton
Richard Benson
James L. Davis
John Pat Fanning
McDowell County
Darrell Darby
Cabell County
Darby
Finance
C. H. “Jackie’ McKown
Dailey Set To Leave Hospital
State Tax Commissioner Richard Dailey, 31, was to be released from the hospital a week after a highway accident. His car slid 100 feet over an embankment in fog, causing a base skull fracture and multiple broken ribs. Dailey, of Martinsburg, been named tax commissioner last July by Gov. Arch Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Richard Dailey
Dailey
Martinsburg
Arch Moore
Charles ‘Haden II
State Supreme Court
Annulments and Divorces Recorded in Raleigh County Court
Twenty five divorces granted in Raleigh County Intermediate Court together with annulment actions. Decrees restore former names and custody awarded in multiple cases including Lena Turner, Dennis Turner, Phyllis Lowe, John Short, Mary Stone, Samuel Polk, Lula Buford, Helen Kincaid, Linda Underwood, Patricia Steelman, Ralph Kershner, Frank Cheek, Lula Fink, William Horton, Roger Raines, Sandra Wyatt, Carolyn Bradley, Rita Lilly, Anna Marshall, Ray Robertson, James Ballard, Anna Keatley, James Campbell, and Lauresa Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Circuit Clerk’s Office
Lena Mae Turner
Dennis Lee Turner
Cecil
Welton James
Deborah James
Thomas Edward Hypes
Karen Sue Toney Hypes
Sandra Kay Mace
Jesse Ray Mace Jr
Phyllis
June Lowe
Zennie Fred Lowe
John Alvin
Patricia Steelman
Robert Steelman
Ralph Leonard Kershner
Evelyn Mae Kershner
Frank Eugene Cheek
JoAnn Cheek
Wills
Sandra Kay Sawyers Wyatt
Okie Wyatt Jr
Sawyers
Carolyn Bradley
Robert J. Bradley
Rita Darlene Lilly
David Warren Lilly
Anna Jean Marshall
Henry Walter Marshall
Ray A. Robertson
Lois M., Robertson
James Clark Ballard
Phyllis Jean Ballard
Sill
Anna A. Keatley
Jack L. Keatley
Nixon outlines reform aim to diffuse power nationwide
Nixon denounced McGovern as nominating a candidate who splits the party. He argued crises of spirit demand reform beyond Roosevelt era, aiming to shift power from Washington to the nation. He pledged substantial reforms, with the executive branch a primary target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Washington
Nixon
Storm Soaks East Coast With Record Rain and Floods
A severe storm drenched the East Coast with over 5 inches of rain in New York City and surrounding areas causing flooded roads and basements. Winds neared hurricane force, cars trapped on waterlogged streets and a motorist killed in Pawling after a tree limb crashed onto a car. Cranford evacuated about 20 families as Rahway River overflowed, and a gas tanker ran aground off Sandy Hook. Three people in New York City were injured by shattered glass from a skyscraper window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Weather Service
Pawling
Cranford
N.J
Rahway
Sandy Heck
Coast Guard
Hazardous device explodes in Belfast parking garage injures no one
A 300 pound hazardous device shattered windows and walls over a 100 yard area in College Square Belfast after demolition experts failed to defuse it. No injuries were reported.
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Belfast
College Square
Irish Republican Army
TRA
Trish Republican Army
IRA
1St Queen’s Regiment
New Lodge
Ballymurphy
Fred Stacy Eyes Election Post in Moore Administration
Democratic Raleigh County official Fred T. Stacy, who backed Governor Arch Moore, tours the county with Moore and fundraisers. Rumors suggest a major post in the Moore administration. Stacy says he may consider an offer but has no plans to leave his county clerk job through 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Arch Moore
Fred T. Stacy
Moore
Stacy
Beckley
State Department of Highways
Raleigh County
Pinecrest Hospital
Canvass Expected To Begin Monday In West Virginia
The official canvass of votes from Tuesday's general election is anticipated to start Monday. West Virginia law requires county commissioners to convene as a canvassing board on the fifth day after every election, Sundays excepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monay
West Virginia
Christmas Stamps Go On Sale Friday
Two eight cent Christmas stamps will go on sale Friday at all post offices announced by Harry Ballou assistant at Beckley office. One stamp features Santa Claus on a green background with “Twas the Night Before Christmas” wording. The other shows two angels from a National Gallery painting Mary Queen of Heaven from the 15th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ballou
Peraasiie
Beckley Ofice
Santa Claus
Ballou
National Gallery of Art
Mary
Heaven
Funeral service for Mrs Bessie Dobbins held Friday
Funeral services for Mrs Bessie Helen Dobbins 69 of Shady Spring were conducted Friday at 1 p.m. in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel by the Rev Joe Pizzino. Burial followed at Williams Cemetery White Oak. She died Tuesday evening in a local hospital after a month long illness. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Helen Dobbins
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry
Peace Chapel
Joe ‘Pizzino
Williams
White Oak
Mrs. Carrie D. Shultz 97 Dies in Virginia Nursing Home
Carrie D. Shultz aged 97 of Fayetteville died Wednesday in a Richmond Virginia nursing home. Survived by sons J Duval Shultz Fayetteville and Robert H Shultz Richmond plus a grandson and great grandson. Graveside services Friday at 11 am in Springhill Cemetery Lynchburg with memorials to Beckley Methodist Child Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie D. Shultz
Fayetteville
Richmond, Va
J.duval Shultz
Robert H. Shultz
Richmond
Springhill Cemetery
Lynchburg
Beckley Methodist Child Center
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Oak Hill Area
The notice lists funeral services for Elmer Thornton Johnson 64 of Kincaid, Bill Frisby 83 of Summerlee, Marie Markel 8 of Centerville Ohio, John Williams Thompson 83 of Oak Hill, and Cecile Thompson of Oak Hill. Services are in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors, origins, and affiliations noted.
John William Moore 93 Former Miner Dies in Las Vegas
John William Moore of Las Vegas Nevada died Wednesday in a Las Vegas hospital at 93. Born September 8 1879 in Franklin County Virginia he left a large family including wife Sallie Lena a son Lawrence daughters Lucelle Edith and Goldie a brother Walter 25 grandchildren 42 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. He worked 57 years in West Virginia coal mines and lived in Las Vegas since 1949. The body is at H B Skillin Funeral Home 600 North Central Ave Phillmore California.
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Matheny
John William Moore
Las Vegas
Nev
Franklin County
William E
Mary Mitchell Moore
Sallie Lena Moore
Lawrence
New Castle
Del
Lucelle Lusk
Edith Graham
St Petersburg
Fla
Goldie Radcliff
Walter Moore
Huntington
Moore
West Virginia
Gates Wins State Race After Gainer Death Leaves Ballot Void
Democrat Gates defeats late opponent Gainer by 7 713 votes as returns near completion. Gainer, state auditor since 1960, died of a heart attack a week before the election but remained on the ballot. Gates previously served as motor vehicles commissioner under Moore and became director of finance and administration last year. The race could force a gubernatorial succession plan and a 1974 special election for the unexpired term. A Flemish artist is identified as the Master of the Saint Lucy Legend for a Bruges church painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates
Moore
Gainer
Saint Lucy
Bruges
Belgium
Millard E Worley final rites set in Princeton
Millard E Worley 61 of Athens died after a short illness in a Princeton hospital. Services at 2 p.m. Friday at Seaver Funeral Home Princeton with Rev John Atkinson. burial in Athens Cemetery. Worley owned Worleys Garage in Athens and belonged to Cook Chapel Regular Baptist Church. Survived by wife Salina Sanger Worley, a son, a daughter, four sisters, three brothers, and his father Ira T Worley. Pallbearers listed. viewing today 4 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard E. ‘Worley
Athens
Seaver
Princeton
John ‘Atkinson
Worley
Cook Chapel Regular Baptist
Pipestein
Raleigh
Wyoming
Ira T. Worley
Glen White
Roxie Camtlie Worley
Salina ‘Sanger Worley
C. T
Tommy
Charles C
Janet) Scott
Glenville
Elsie Hollings
Wallaw
Ore
Frances Canaday
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Thailand
Saison
Pierpont Home
GOP
Delegate House
Samuel Rush
William Tompas
Lula Fink
Woodrow Fink
Martin
William Isaac Horton
Charlotte Leigh Horton
Roger Dale Raines
Jacqueline Vistie Ward Raines
Fee Pi
Y . AG
Town and Country Pep
Beckley Plaza
Town and Country
George S. McGovern
Ulster
Fred Stacy
Bessie Dobbins
Elmer T. Johnson
Elmer Thornton Johnson
Kincaid
Tyree
Page Baptist Church
Nina Lee Blake Johnson
Heights
Ohio
Clark Johnson
Johnny Johnson
Oak Hill
William Frisby
William “Bill” Frisby
Summerlee
Frank Washburn
High Lawn Memorial Park
W. P. Bittinger
Harlan County
Lafe Frisby
New River Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Summerlee Presbyterian Church
Rosa A. Sublett Frisby
Willie Rose
Burgess
Helen Wise
Elaine Burgess
Merriam McCormick
Summerlee Road
Mrs
Marie K. Markel
Centerville
St. George Episcopal Church
David
Markel
Thomas C. Durrett
Woodlawn Ave
Columbus
Jacob N. Kel
Thomas Donahue
Keyser-Bryant
Routsong-Bowsher
J. W
Bill) Thompson
John Williams
Oak Hill United Methodist Church
William D. Slates
Ronceverte
William O
Martha Jane Sampson Thompson
WOAY
United Methodist Church
Oak
H. B. Skillin
N. Central Ave
Phillmore, Calif
George Gilliam
Ted Kessinger
Hunter Farley
Eddie White
Ronald Fortner
Johnny Shorter
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