United Nations Urges Pacific Nuclear Testing Halt
A U N General Assembly committee urged an immediate end to nuclear tests in the Pacific after France announced a 1973 test series on Mururoa Atoll. The main political committee backed a resolution 1064 to 8 with eight abstentions, urging a halt in all environments and sparking regional criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
UPD
U.N. General Assembly
Pacific
France
Murzroa Atoll
Tahiti
General Assembly
Mururoa Atoll
French Polynesia
Satya N. Nardan
Pacific Area
Fiji
Europe
Portugal
China
Albania
Nations Push for Global Nuclear Test Ban
A UN resolution co sponsored by Australia Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Indonesia Japan Malaysia New Zealand Peru the Philippines and Thailand with Canada and the United States backing urged a total nuclear weapons test ban. China opposed citing the goal as creating a nuclear monopoly for super powers and called for destroying all nuclear weapons before testing would stop. The committee also approved two further measures targeting underground tests and a halt to all tests by August 5 1973 through agreement or moratorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Indonesia
Japan
Malaysia
New Zealand
Peru
Philippines
Thailand
Canada
United States
Chen Chu
China
Chen
Monongalia County Election Dispute Sparks Grand Jury Call
Monongalia County Clerk Tom Jackson asked for a grand jury investigation into voting irregularities after last week's election. He accused Circuit Clerk Jean Friend and staff of illegal voter registration and claimed urged records access denial led to ballot shortages. Thelma Gibson swore out a warrant alleging an assault in the clerk's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
CPI
Monongalia
Tom Jackson
Citizens
Jackson
Jean Friend
Friend
Thelma Gibson
Violence at Louisiana black colleges sparks arrests and clashes
Protests at three Louisiana black universities escalate into demolition and confrontations as seven students including three leaders are arrested for disturbing the peace. A campus official and sheriff offer conflicting casualty accounts amid tear gas and claims of bombs, with two youths hospitalized or killed.
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Denver A. Smith
New Roads
James E. Jackson
Roseland
Edwards
Wdsu-Tv
al Amiss
Amiss
Jury Picked For Hell's Angels Head
A sixteen member jury was selected in Oakland to try Hell's Angels leader Ralph Sonny Barger and three followers for the bathtub murder in a case tied to a larger series of killings. The panel includes three black jurors and a cross section of tradesmen.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Hell’s Angels
Ralph “Sonny” Barger
Alameda County
Thailand
Arei Frontier
North
South Vietnam
Ukiah
Barger
Bombing raids hampered by weather and ground fighting in Vietnam
Aircraft strikes extended near the DMZ and in North Vietnam despite bad weather. B32s reached within 10 miles of Nixon's 20th Parallel. nine B52s hit Thanh Hoa area while four more raids targeted south of the same region. Ground clashes erupted near Saigon and in the Central Highlands as a 500 man Ranger battalion fought through jungle amid disrupted communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Higbee
Saigon
UPI
Nixon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
U.S
Anne
Quang Tri
Thanh Hoa
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Vinh
Quang Ta Province
Bombing Tags and Skirmish Report Amid Cease-Fire Maneuvers
Guided smart bombs destroyed 64 Communist surface to air missile canisters. B52s struck 25 miles west of Thanh Hoa Port and 10 miles south of the 20th Parallel, now Nixon’s limit for air strikes in cease fire maneuvers. On the ground, South Vietnamese provincial militiamen fought a brief skirmish near Ben Luc, 16 miles southwest of Saigon. Three...
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Thanh Hoai
Nixon
Ben Luc
Saigon
Reporter Jailed For Refusing To Reveal Sources In Manson Case
William Farr, former Los Angeles Herald Examiner reporter now with the Los Angeles Times, was jailed for four hours after defying Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older by not naming the sources of a October 1970 story about alleged celebrity murders tied to the Manson Family. Farr argued the first and California free press protections, and his appeal process moved to higher courts pending a habeas corpus petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack V. Fox
Los Angeles
UPD
William Farr
Charles Manson
Farr
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
Older
Sheriff’s Deputies
District Court of Appeal
U.S. Supreme Court
California 2Nd District Court of Appeal
Los Angeles Times
Manson
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Susan Atkins
Four Enter Guilty Pleas in Raleigh County Court
Four defendants pleaded guilty before Judge C Berkley Lilly and were ordered to return for judgment December 1. Clifton Wayne Ashley of Sabine admitted voluntary manslaughter in his wife Josephine Ashley's death after a traffic crash near Artie. Michael P Harrison of Beckley pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance. Dennis Edward Lilly of Crab Orchard pleaded guilty to petit larceny for possession of stolen property in a May 25 case. Willie Gerald Barrett of Beckley pleaded guilty to burglary of the Record Shack on Beaver Avenue and theft of $310 in merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Clifton Wayne Ashley
Sabine
Josephine
Ashley
Artie
Tthat Ashley
Michael P. Harrison
Beckley
Dennis Edward Lilly
Crab |Orchard
Willie Gerald Barrett
Beaver Avenue
Meskill Won't Debate Anderson on News Shield Law
Connecticut Governor Thomas J. Meskill rejects columnist Jack Anderson's debate challenge on newsmen shield laws. He mocks the suggestion as foolish, accuses Anderson of false reporting on Eagleton, and calls confidentiality claims for sources an unlikely democratic safeguard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Meskill
Anderson
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
Tom Eagleton
Eagleton
Kremlin
Fairdale Tracts Redeemed By Franklin Realty For $62 530
Franklin Realty Co a subsidiary of Appalachian Power Co redeemed two Fairdale tracts at public auction on the Raleigh County Courthouse steps for 62 530 50 to satisfy a deed of trust from Kelly Development Co of Oak Hill dated August 6 1968. The 1967 Westwood Addition homes remained exempt. Franklin Realty and Kanawha Valley Bank bid identically. Bank withdrew under agreement to redeem. W C McMahan represented Franklin Realty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairdale
Franklin Realty Co
Raleigh County
Kelly Development Co
Oak Hill
Westwood Additions
Franklin Realty
Appalachian Power Co
Kanawha Valley Bank
W. C. McMahan
Beckley
Appalachart Power Co
Franklin
West Virginia Historical Drama Aids 1973 Calendar Plan
Promotion director Harry E. Girou d announces the West Virginia Historical Drama Association calendar for 1973 will mail by December 1. November 1 was the deadline for materials with a focus on West Virginia dates and events. The calendar features historic dates, 1973 events, drama photos, and biographical notes, available free by writing Box 1205 Beckley WV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Giraud
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Giroud
West Virginia
Beckley
Heath warns Protestants of independence dangers in Belfast
In Belfast Heath delivers a hard line warning to Protestant groups against a move to independence. A car bombing near Enniskillen injures no one while violence across Northern Ireland escalates with arrests, bombings, and attacks on SDLP leader Austin Currie’s home as British troops maintain security measures.
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Belfast
UPI
Enniskillen
Heath
Northern Ireland
Britain
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Armagh
Austin Currie
Social Democratic and Labor Party
SDLP
Currie
Donaghmore
Paawate Heath
Old French Village Found Near Besancon in Lake Clairvaux
Archaeologists near Besancon, France unearthed eight well preserved wooden houses buried under 15 feet of mud. Dated between 3000 and 1700 BCE, the ground structures show oak construction, north walls, south-facing doorways, and roof conduits. Evidence includes stock breeding and domesticated dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besancon
France
UPI
Lake Clairvaux
Besancon Directorate of Antiquities
Cutter Jarvis Reaches Calm Waters After Grounding in Alaska
The Coast Guard cutter Jarvis, 378 feet, ran aground in violent winds near Dutch Harbor and was towed by Japanese vessel Keyo Maru No. 3 to calm Aleutians waters. No injuries among 170 crew. engineers will assess engine room damage for possible repairs or shipyard tow.
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Juneau
Alaska
UPI
Coast Guard
Jarvis
Aleutians
Beaver Inlet
Sedanka Island
Aleutian
Port Angeles
Wash
Dutch Harbor
Dutch Island
Anchorage
Kissinger sought end to Vietnam war via talks says Viet official
Tho, in a Mao tunic, denounces U S bombings of South Vietnam and Cambodia. He argues real peace requires ending all bombardments and halting U S support for both sides, insisting negotiations can succeed only if fighting stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tho
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Funeral services for Arnold D. Palmer in Beckley
Arnold D. Palmer 43 of Detroit Michigan died Sunday at a Detroit hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Andrew Durgan and Rev. James Bly presiding. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He was born April 16 1929 in Beckley a son of Theresa P Waters and the late Theodore R Palmer. He had lived in Pittsburgh for 20 years before moving to Detroit. Surviving are his mother stepfather three brothers and two sisters. Nephews will be pallbearers. The family will receive friends at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home today from 7 p.m. to p.m.
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Arnold D. Palmer
Detroit
Mich
New Hope Baptist Church
Andrew Durgan
James Bly
Greenwood Memorial
Park
Palmer
Pittsburgh
St. Luke Baptist Church
New Hope Baptists Church
Beckley
Theresa P. Waters
Theodore R. Palmer
J. T. Waters
Newton R
Theodore R.palmer Jr
Edward A
Lonnie Alfred Kincaid
Oceanside
Calif
Kincaid
Kincaid United Methodist Church i
Allen Gallimore
C. D. Walker
Kincaid Cemetery
Oceanside Hospital
Marines
Marine Kincaid
Obie Josephine Kincaid
Ellen Ann Harvey Kincaid
Stephen Douglas
David Wayne
Wanda Elaine
Kimberly Ann
Sylvia Kincaid
H. G
Trendo
Marine Jr
Cumberland
Dana Cleve
St. Albans
Virgil D
Gauley Bridge
Jerry C
Richmond
Laura Ward rites set at Rose and Quesenberry chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Laura Ellen Ward 82 of Kilsyth will be at 1 p m Saturday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Reverend Earnest Barley officiating Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She died 10 p m Wednesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness Born September 28 1890 in Fayette County she belonged to Kilsyth Baptist Church Surviving are seven sons including Arnold Harrah Glen Morgan Andrew Stamaford Everett MacArthur Lewis Chicago Til Elsie Shady The text notes multiple survivors and service details for the Kilsyth widow and lists an obituary context for a funeral observance.
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Laura Ellen Ward
Kilsyth
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Earnest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Final rites set for Wilmer W Beckett in Ballard
Wilmer Weldon Beckett 72 of Ballard dies Wednesday night of an apparent heart attack. He was born July 14 1900 in Summers County and formerly worked as a miner in Glen Daniel for 31 years. He lived in Ballard since 1959 and was a longtime teacher at the First Missionary Baptist Church Adult Bible Class. Burial is in Indian Hills Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 pm today. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Weldon Beckett
Ballard
Broyles
Peterstown
A. A. Siers
Indian Hills
Summers County
Andrew
Minnie Williams Beckett Jr
Glen Daniel
First ‘Missionary Baptist Church of
Ethel Thompson Beckett
Billy
Betty) King
Salem
Eugene
Phyllis) King
Princeton
Robert
Evelyn
Furey
John
Connie Canterbury
Indian Mills
Gussie Moten
Josie Martin
Cleveland
Ohio
Eddie Dillon
Charles Asbury
Opal Butler
Roger Spangler
Charles Ellison
Hobart Clark
Big Sur Hit By More Mud Barrages Route 1 Closure and Rescue
Mudslides hammer Big Sur California with walls of mud and rocks stranding motorists and washing away a garage store post office and chapel. Route 1 remains closed at least until weekend as rescue teams aided families including children and babies amid ongoing cleanup efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
Big Sur
California Highway Patrol
John Crisan
Monterey County
River Inn
Crisan
Gilbert
Dilmer
Beckley
Russell
Ada) Goddard
Daybreak
Bradley
Clarency
Ethel) Goddard
Crab Orchard
Willie Tugh
Daniels
Allie Buckland
Backus Mountain
Piney Harrah
Lilly McGuire
Huntington
Mistrial Declared In Drunken Driving Case
Daniel Richard Lambert aged 20 and Glen Morgan faced drunken driving charges in Raleigh County Circuit Court. A mistrial was declared after Lambert’s attorney objected to breathalyzer results shown by Prosecutor Canterbury. Lambert was arrested May 27 on U S 19 in Piney View with a 0.14 percent breath test. Jurors were excused until 9 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Richard Lambert
Glen Morgan
Raleigh County
Lambert
W. A.thornhill Jil
Thomas Canterbury
C. Berkley Lilly
U. S. 19
Piney View
Mrs Margaret Muir memorial services set in Mount Hope
Memorial services for Mrs. Margaret Muir of Tucson Arizona formerly of Mount Hope will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church with Rev T A Jaeger officiating Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Monday night in a Tucson hospital She was formerly Margaret Hisey and preceded in death by her husband Bill Muir in 1945 Survivors include a daughter Mrs Dorothy Harrigan three grandchildren and a great grandchild
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Margaret Muir
Tucson
Ariz
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
T. A. Jaeger
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Tuscon Hospital
Margaret Hisey
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