Final rites for Harve H Pettry in Glen Fork
Obituary notices list funeral arrangements for Harve H Pettry 73 of Glen Fork with services at Independent Baptist Church, burial at Palm Memorial Gardens. He died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Survivors include three daughters, a son, siblings, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Harve H. Pettry
Glen Fork
Independent Baptist Church
Wollie Parsons
William Lusk
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Beckley
Peach Creek
James
Nancy Dickens Petty
Grace Walker Petty
Ruth Bailey
Mabel Turner
Nancy Roy
South Gate
Mich
Alfred Pettry
Colcord
Lauena Toler
Mount Hope
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Peace Talks Resume Hidden Paris Meeting Amid Ceasefire Talks
Secret talks resumed at a Gif Sur Yvette villa near Paris with both sides delaying decisions to consult allies. Kissinger arrived in a white Mercedes as police guarded access while reporters were blocked by a pistol-toting officer. Washington said Rogers met Sharp on supervising a ceasefire and noted a small U S military team may stay in Saigon after the war, but without advising South Vietnamese troops. Canada Hungary Indonesia and Poland pledged to police a truce.
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Washington
Hanoi
Kissinger
White House
Gif Sur-Yvette
Paris
Communist Party
Tho
Patrick Forest
CBS
Tico
State Department
William P. Rogers
Mitchell Sharp
Canada
October prices rise on clothing and autos
Prices in October climbed driven by a 1.1 percent rise in clothing costs led by a 1.6 percent surge in women and girls apparel. Used car prices jumped 1.4 percent while new car prices increased 0.5 percent, below typical October gains.
Smith's Transfer Corp Declares 10 Cent Quarterly Dividend
The board of directors declares a regular quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share on common stock. This marks the 66th consecutive quarterly dividend and is payable January 15, 1973 to stockholders of record December 15.
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Smith’s Transfer Corp
Final rites set for W O Wood 62 Fayetteville
Final rites for W O Wood 62 of Fayetteville will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Fayetteville Baptist Church. Burial follows in Huse Memorial Park. He died Monday in the Fayetteville Taxi office. He was a former Fayette County deputy sheriff and a church member. Survivors include two sisters. Friends may view this evening at Dodd Payne Funeral Home.
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W. O
Bill) Wood
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Baptist Church
David Sneed
Huse Memorial Park
Final rites for Mrs. Mary Hurt
Mrs. Mary Hurt 86 of Herndon will be buried at the family cemetery at Rock after funeral services at 1 pm at Herndon Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Jackie Green presiding. Born Ingleside June 30 1887 she died Sunday in a Welch hospital. Survived by husband C H Hurt and four. Friends may call at Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens after 4 pm today.
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Emmett S. Bragg
Scottsdale, Ariz
Beckley
Calfee Funeral Home
Everett R. Shafer
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Bragg
Scottsdale
Mary ‘Hurt
Herndon
Herndon Freewill Baptist Church
Jackie Green
Rock
Ingleside
Welch Hospital
C. H. Hurt
Foglesong
Nease
Neely
Mullens
State to Begin Sickle Cell Tests December First
West Virginia health officials announce December 1 as the start date for statewide sickle cell anemia testing at the Hygienic Laboratory in Charleston. Blood samples will be drawn from black clinic visitors. positives will be notified for family planning, with an expected prevalence near six percent among Blacks and similar rates in West Virginia.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
State Department of Health
State Health
N. H. Dyer
Department
Dyer
Greece
Italy
Turkey
Endorsement Impact Complicated in Miners Election
The court ordered U M W miners election faces a difficult turnout of about 193000 eligible voters from December 18. Miss Roche linked to Lewis and Roosevelt could sway pensioners, but Boyle supporters say Roche is disliked by miners due to the Welfare and Retirement Fund case. The 1969 suit claimed conspiracy cost fund beneficiaries. 1972 Gesell ruling ordered Roche the union and bank to pay 11.5 million, with appeal pending. Boyle was not found guilty but must resign for fiduciary concerns.
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Miss Roche
Lewis
U.M.W
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gerhard A. Gesell
United States District Court
Washington
National Bank of Washington
Gesell
The
Union
Barnum Colton
Boyle
Geselll
Board of
Trustees
Cottle Testifies in Murder Trial Over Brother's Death
Thomas E. Cottle testified in Raleigh County Circuit Court that he shot toward his brother Samuel Austin Cottle to separate him from a threat. He described a scuffle with his son during which the rifle discharged again. The trial opened Monday for the Sept 25 1971 Prosperity homicide.
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Thomas E. Cottle
Raleigh County
Samuel ‘Austin Cottle
Thomas Cottle
Cottle
Austin
Merch Theft Hits Crab Orchard Firms
Beckley state police investigate two thefts totaling about $6,000 from Crab Orchard firms. A 4:30 a.m. Monday break in at L. E. Wright Radio and TV saw 10 color TVs, a black and white set, and a console stereo stolen by three men loading a white U-Haul. A separate Sunday theft at Crab Orchard Planing Mill reported about $1,000 in material missing.
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Beckley
L. E. Wright Radio and TV
Crab Orchard
Tpr
B. A. Vaughan
Vaughn
Vaughan
Crab Orchard Planing Mill
Visitation Granted For Dying Romanian Poet’s Daughter
Exiled Romanian poet Vasile Postenca, dying in Chicago, will receive a 30 day U S visit from his daughter Donna Vircol and her 3 year old son after political pressure from Senators Percy Mondale and Representative Yates. Hospital spokesman said arrival could be today. Postenca expressed gratitude and said he hopes to die happy after seeing his daughter.
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Chicago
UPI
Vasile Postenca
Postenca
Columbus Hospital
Donna Vircol
Alexander
United States
Romania
Dora
Germany
Austria
Canada
Mankato State College
Minnesota
Chicago I
Alexander Bennett
Buchenwald
Charles Percy
R-Il
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Sidney Yates
Ill
James Monohan
Air war flares along cease fire line In Middle East
Syrian and Israeli air forces engaged along the cease fire line with both sides claiming aircraft losses. Reports say 16 planes from each side fought over the Golan Heights while ground forces traded shelling and firefights near Mansuta and Jibbin.
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Syria
UPI
John Sims
Beirut
Damascus
Damascus Radio
Jinean
Mansouta
Jibbin
Golan Heights
al Khansieh
Israel
Middle East
Abba Eban
Jerusalem
Ethan
Mother of West Virginia Atty. Gen Dies at 69
Mrs. Chauncey Browning Sr. widow of a former West Virginia Supreme Court judge and mother of Atty. Gen. Chauncey Browning Jr. died Monday at Charleston Memorial Hospital aged 69 from cardiorespiratory failure after bronchial asthma. She lived in Huntington. married in 1929. survived by two children and eight grandchildren. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Mary Florence Williams
Nimitz
Hinton
Effie Lilly
Clyde
Oak Hill
Ronald Meadows Funeral
Charleston
W.va
UPI
Chauncey Browning Sr
West Virginia
Chauncey Browning, Jr
Jack Stickman
Marshall University
May State calls for higher starting pay for doctors
May physicians with temporary licenses need at least 25 000 a year to attract licensed doctors without psychiatric training while fully trained psychiatrists require 28 000. Current salaries range from 12 000 to 18 000. Dr. Bateman notes staffing difficulty and says the department will work with the state licensing board on the issue.
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State Licensing Board
Kuhn Named West Virginia Teacher of the Year
Wilbur J. Kuhn, Franklin Junior High industrial arts instructor in Parkersburg, was selected Monday as West Virginia Teacher of the Year from 550 nominees. A 38 year educator, Kuhn began in a one room Ohio school in 1934 and holds degrees from Ohio University. His wife Sue teaches English at Jackson Junior High in Parkersburg.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Wilbur J. Kuhn
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Franklin
Kuhn
State Education Department
Sue
Jackson Junior High School
Marshall to Continue Suspending Drug Arrested Students
Marshall University will keep its policy of suspending students arrested on drug charges. President John G. Barker reaffirmed the policy during a meeting with protesters, while a planned boycott by about 200 students failed to materialize as classes resumed with only minor absenteeism.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPI
Marshall University
John G. Barker
al [Smeal
Buffalo Creek Legal Help Center to Stay Open Through 1972
The Appalachian Research and Defense Fund said the Buffalo Creek branch in Man will remain open until year end 1972 to aid flood victims. Nearly 400 people have received legal assistance there since the February 26 disaster, with the Disaster Citizens' Committee coordinating with state and federal officials on rebuilding efforts.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Man
Buffalo Creek
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund
Firearms Expert Charged in Kennett Square Slayings
Ancel E. Hamm 28, described as a firearms expert, was charged with murder in the sniper slayings of Kennett Square patrolmen William Davis and Richard Posey. He was arrested with 35 weapons found at his home and held on $250000 bail for a hearing on November 2.
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Kennett Square
UPID
Ancel E. Hamm
FBI
Rocco P. Arella
Hamm
William Davis
Richard Posey
Davis
Arella
Borough Hall
William Lamb
Court rules on vacancy fills after sixth day
Judge Carrigan says election laws are clear and do not permit party executives to fill a vacancy in a nomination after the sixth day before the general election. The Summers County ruling found Democrats cannot name Jack E. Holt after Irving Maddys death. If Underwood's motion is heard, Mercer County may revisit Scott's election and its legality on the ballot.
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Underwood
Mercer County
Scott
Summers County
Osborn Talk Triggers Bureau of Mines Power Shift Debate
The Interior official Hollis Dole said no immediate move to shift enforcement of health and safety to another agency is planned after a Hazard meeting. coal industry figures react with surprise. Osborn, former Penn State research VP, suggested a change to aid energy needs but denies misquoting.
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Dole
Osborn
Penn State University
Bureau
The
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Moody
Mines Bureau
Nixon
John F. O'Leary
Johnson
J. Richard Lucas
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Pinecrest seeks funding for hospital upgrades in Legislature
Susman and Clark weigh fire safety needs at Pinecrest Hospital proposing a sprinkler system six hydrants standpipe and fire doors. Dowdy adds eight inch water line alarms and cost estimates to back future work while officials report progress since 1969 and note delayed replies from the governor’s office.
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Susman
Clark
Beckley Fire Department
Dowdy
Pinecrest
Hunter Street
Hartley Avenue
Smith
Fire Department
Public Institutions Commissioner
P. G. Hoye
Armour To Close Strikebound Plant In Crafton
Armour To Close Strikebound Plant In Crafton May 18, cutting about 500 jobs amid a contract dispute with Teamsters Local 249. The Local 249 drivers struck on November 13 after their contract expired October 31.
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Pittsburgh
API
Arees & Co
Crafton
Teamsters Local 249
Beckley Woman Charged After Minor Traffic Collision
Beckley police charged Carol J. Sizemore 27 of 312 Mankin Ave with pulling into oncoming traffic after her 1971 model car struck a pickup driven by Aubrey Robinson of Sprague at the Austin Avenue South Kanawha Street corner. Damage was about 150 dollars.
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Beckley
Carol J. Sizemore
Mankin Ave
Aubrey Robinson
Sprague
Austin Avenue
South
Kanawha Street
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Edna) Farmer
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Charlie Farruggia
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