Deaths and funerals in Matewan and Waterford
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude W. Gose 86 of Matewan will be Wednesday at 1 PM at the Matewan Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Graveside services for infant Enomas Dewayne Denny will be held Wednesday at 3 PM in Humphrey cemetery Long Branch.
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Beecher
Ann Denny
Fayetteville
Harold and
Betty Humphrey
Norfolk
Tyree Funeral Home
Mount Hope
West family funeral notices and Ohio drowning victim
Funeral services for Mrs Vera Dempsey West of Oak Hill and Elkton are announced with burial in Oak Hill’s Odd Fellows Cemetery. Survivors include husband Charles West and children in Elkton Falls Church and Los Alamos. Also noted are funeral services for Huling Hall Spencer Sr. in Richwood and the drowning death of Frank Allen Pierson Jr. in Cleveland.
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Vera Dempsey West
Elkton
Oak Hill
Tyree
C. S. Donnelly
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Charles West
Robert West
Falls Church
Mabel Oswald
Audrey Swanson
Billie Strein
Los Alamos
N. M
Local obituaries note deaths and services for Thelma Smith and two others
Thelma Smith 85 of Huntington died after a long illness at Huntington hospital. Funeral services were held at Duntow Wayne Counts with burial in the family cemetery. A second obituary reports a baby girl BaileyBeaver who died at 1:40 a.m. in Sunset Memorial Park with rites by Rev Jim Franklin. Thelma Ruth Smith 44 Route 1 Mount Hope died Monday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. final rites set 1 p.m. Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Also Bryson of Skelton faced grand jury action on felonious assault. released on bond after appearance.
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S. Maynard
Suzanne Maynard
Huntington
Dineington Hospital
Robert
Mary McKinney
Lawrence
New Richmond
Lacy
Sherman
Wint
Oceana
AL C
Bessie
Cunningham
Meridoo
Duntow
Wayne Counts
Thelman Ruth Smith
Route 1
Mount Hope
Tyree
Ernest Edmonds
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Beckley Hospital
Coal Fork
Maywood
Lucy Igo McCormick
Rock Creek
Ooll
Buren
David
Anson D. Bryson
Marilyn
Carl
Cleveland
Ohio
Teddy Ofj
Lorain
Eugene
Whitesville
Mission
Connie McCormick
Rock
Lorena Wallace
Bryson
Skelton
Drunken driving cases and funeral notices reported
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. today. Lyonelle L. Lilly I Jr., 40, of Parkersburg forfeited $110 bond after a Nov 16 drunken driving arrest. Russell Catlett, 52, of Rt. 1 Mount Hope forfeited $56 bond after a Nov 17 drunken driving arrest. A 49 year old Testerman waives to jury.
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Lyonelle L. Lilly I Jr
Parkersburg
Russell Catlett
Rt. 1
Mount Hope
Rodriguez
Stolen Dynamite Sticks Sought in Glen Morgan Case
Beckley State Police seek two sticks of dynamite stolen from a storage truck at West Virginia Explosives Co in Glen Morgan. The crime occurred between 3 PM Friday and 9 PM Sunday. juveniles may be involved. Each four inch diameter, 25 inch long stick weighs about 12.5 pounds and bears Ammodyte and highly explosive text. Call State Police or Explosives Co with information.
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Beckley
West Virginia Explosives Co
Glen Morgan
State Police
Mrs. Mamie Hensley Halstead Hensley Dies at Gauley Bridge
Mrs. Mamie Hensley Halstead Hensley of Gauley Bridge died Monday after a short illness. Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Dodd-Payne Chapel Fayetteville with Rev. Sneed and Rev. Wickline officiating. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. She was born Ramsey to Thomas Simpson and Eugenie Bouvier Halstead. Her husband John Dexter Iensley died in 1954. Survived by daughter Glenna Tolliver of Fayetteville, brothers Will Halstead Gauley Bridge and Halstead Reecy Calif., and two grandchildren. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Gertrude W. Gose
Matewan
Matewan Methodist Church
Parker Ferguson
Stewart A. Gose
Mingo County
Russell County
van Ho
Samuel
Laura Powers Porter
Gage
A. Gose
Be Matewan
Kermit and
Freeborn
Joe Collins Gose
Monaghter
Ms. Woorcester
Chambers Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Mamie Hensley
Mamie D. Halstead Hensley
Gauley Bridge
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
David Sneed
Billy Reed
Wickline
Huse Memorial Park
Oak Till
Ramsey
Thomas Simpson
Eugenie Bouvier Halstead
John Dexter Iensley
Hensley
Cauley Bridge
Susie Johnson Rites Held at Freewill Church in Oak Hill
Mrs Susie Matilda Johnson 82 of Oak Hill died Sunday in a local hospital from a stroke. Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Freewill Baptist Church with Revs Bill Menefee and Howard Dilley officiating. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill. Survivors include two daughters a stepdaughter a brother a sister six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Mill with viewing 7 to 9 p m Wednesday.
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Susie Matilda Johnson
Oak Hill
Freewill Baptist Church
Bill Menefee
Howard Dilley
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Carter County
Tenn
Free Will Baptist Church
Anna Mae Adkins
Laura Easter
Rosebud
Ark
Nellie Duncan
Chicago
Elbert Watson
Tennessee
Alice Lewis
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Mill
Rites Held for Richard L. Bowen 26 Fayette Native
Final rites were held for Richard Lee Bowen 26 in Montgomery with two ministers officiating. Bowen who had been ill hanged himself in his Mercer Street Princeton apartment shortly before 10 a.m. Saturday. Survivors include his mother five sisters and three brothers.
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Richard Lee Bowen
Fayette County
B. C
Melba Bradley
Missouri
Helen Miller
Christian
Sue Ann Trendricks
Dunbar
Shirley Jean Stinnett
Oak Tull
Patsy Ruth
Stanley
Fort Lauderdale
Robert
Montgomery
Bill
Apollo 2 Crew Rescued After Unplanned Plunge Into Sea
The Apollo 2 crew Conrad Gordon and Bean ejected from the capsule as it toppled upright, riding three miles to sea in life rafts. Helicopter 66 recovered them in a net, then ferried the trio to the Hornet, 400 miles southeast of Pago Pago. Mission control hailed a safe return with the message we always get there and back.
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Gordon
Conrad
Bean
Helicopter No. 66
Pago Pago
American Samoa
The
Space Center
Houston
NASA
Tot Killed By Car In Huntington
A 3 year-old girl Tammy Lyon McAboy died after running into the path of a car on a Huntington street. Police said she ran from a family car into the roadway. The death contributes to West Virginia’s traffic accident toll for the year, compared with last year.
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Tot
Huntington
UPTI
Tammy Lyon McAboy
West Virginia
Fire claims life of Wilbur G. Harding near Parkersburg
A house fire near Parkersburg killed Wilbur G. Harding, 45, from suffocation. Fire crews found the floor area around the furnace burned through. Coroner attributed death to asphyxia after Harding died en route to the hospital.
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Parkersburg
UPI
UPS
Wilbur G. Harding
Here
Harding
Wood County
Two Wives Meet NV Envoys in Paris Seek News on Missing Husbands
Dallas wives Bonnie Singleton and Paula Hartness met North Vietnamese officials in Paris seeking letters about their missing husbands in North Vietnam. They found no promises and plan to approach leaders in Stockholm Rome and beyond to pressure for information.
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Paris
UPID
Texas Air Force
North Vietnam
Bonnie Si
Singleton
Paula Hartnéss
Dallas
Paul VI
Stockholm
Olaf Palme
Montparnasse
Hanoi
Vietnam
Padlocked Charleston Club seeks review by state high court
The Downtowner private club in Monongalia County seeks Supreme Court review of a one year padlocking order issued after a November 20 injunc tion denial. The club argues one employee’s illegal whisky sale does not justify closing the venue and questions the basis for a public nuisance ruling. Defendants appealing include Glenna Spiroff and others.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Monongalia County
Joseph A. Laurita Jr
Torch Club
Owls Club
High Court
Louise Rohrbaugh
Glenna Spiroff
Andy F Pastoria
Lucille, Pastoria
DeUa Nichols
Verbal War Continues Over Agnew Speeches
The dispute over Spiro Agnew's recent speeches escalates as media figures and a national TV panel weigh the administration's tone and the impact on coverage. McCarthy calls Nixon's Vietnam remarks threatening while Moyers and others urge balance and alternatives in reporting.
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United Press International
Isaacs
Bull Moyers
Lyndon B.J
Ecession
Nixon
Eugene McCarthy
Agnew-news
Agnew
New Orleans
Des Moines
Tawa
Montgomery
Ala
McCarthy
Minnesota
Vietnam
New York
CBS
Frank Shakespeare
Selevision
Shakespeare
Moyers
Long Island
Newsday
Mollenhoff
Sioux Falls
S.D
Theodore C. Sorensen
Kennedy
Boston
Moore fires back at Browning over legal representation
Gov Arch A More Jr accuses Attorney General Chauncey Browning Jr of bias by taking the stance that he already represents a client he has found guilty. Moore responds to Browning's denial of a Civil Service Commission request to hire a private attorney, calling for unbiased counsel. He cites prior office determinations and notes Browning’s role in opinions on Moore’s executive order nullifying a former order.
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Charleston
UPI
Arch A. More Jr
Chauncey Browning Jr
Moore
Browning
Civil Service Commission
State Supreme Court
Attorney General
Commission
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
Yablonski Pledges District Autonomy in UMWA Race
Yablonski told a Montgomery rally he would grant autonomy to each UMWA district and let locals elect delegates to a district convention if elected. Boyle criticized leadership and the plan to fund mine technology scholarships via a state program.
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Summer
W. A
Tony} Boyle
Charleston
I. E. Buil
West Virginia
Buff
Effort Renewed To Get County Reapportioned
West Virginia University professor Theodore M. Judy renewed his petition in the state Supreme Court to force Monongalia County to reapportion its seven magisterial districts immediately. He asked the court to direct the county and criticized Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. for allocating contingency funds to support the effort.
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Sharleston
UPS
West Virginia University
State Supreme Court
Monongalia County
Theodore M. Judy
High Court
Monongalia ‘County
Marvin R. Kiger
Faenlamant
Wyau Ue LupouYe
Arch A. Moore I Jr
Supreme Court
Judy
Kiger
Leven
Battelle
Cass
Clay
Clinton
Grant
Morgan
Union
John Goodwin
Senate Hearing Plan Probes Mississippis Hurricane Aid
The Senate Public Works Committee will hold hearings in Mississippi next January to investigate federal aid for Hurricane Camille victims. Chairman Sen. Jennings Randolph West Virginia says follow up hearings will occur in Virginia West Virginia and Washington to question top federal officials and review aid programs and state methods.
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Mississippi
Congress
Randolph
Vietnam War Returns to Duc Lap Bu Prang Front
Reports show North Vietnamese probing government camps near Duc Lap and Bu Prang with 5 killed in one clash as Saigon forces suffer 1 dead and 2 wounded. U.S. Special Forces camps face near constant fire from about 5,000 infiltrators. UPI photographer Dennis Cook describes shelling at Bu Prang during breakfast as 35 B52s drop 700 tons of bombs.
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Duc Lap
Saigon
U.S
UPI
Dennis Cook
Bu Prang
Cook
Highlands
National Christmas Tree arrives near White House for season display
The 75 foot Norway spruce from the Adirondacks will arrive by truck on Wednesday and be lit December 16 in a nationally televised ceremony led by President Nixon. The gift from New York state is decorated with red lights and white trimmings. Inside, a 20 foot fir donated by Roy Pierce of Chillicothe, Ohio will adorn the grand foyer for the Nixon family Christmas display.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Adirondacks
Glens Falls
N.Y
New York
United States
Nixon
Roy’ Pierce
Chillicothe
Ohio
Hess Leaves Spandau for Medical Treatment
Rudolf Hess, deputy führer of Nazi Germany, left Spandau Prison for hospital treatment after 22 years. The 75 year old was admitted with stomach pains, underwent tests, and was said to be in non urgent condition. He was to stay about a week for further evaluation.
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Berlin
UPI
Rudolf Hess
Fuehbrer
Nazi Germany
Spandau
Hess
City Finance Co sues for balance on notes in two actions
City Finance Corp of Sprague sues Rex I Moore and Mildred J Moore to recover balances on notes issued April 1. The firm seeks attachment of five acres in Glen View Town District, claiming Moore has a half interest and has concealed himself to dodge debts. Two promissory notes for 8100 each dated the same day support judgments of 745.45 and 742.89 plus interest.
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City Finance Corp
Sprague
Rex I. Moore
Mildredy Jr
Moore
Crab Orchard
Glen View
Rex Moore
É Moore
Allied Prison
Massacres and Wounds Reported Across Vietnamese Regions
The account cites mass killings and wounds in Kong and Tring, with nearly 1000 casualties in Poulo Condor and Tay Ninh prisons. Ba Lang appears as Ba Jaa An on the Jalang peninsula near Song My, a Viet Cong area. Other place names include Yong Wring as tong Horing near Kontum City and Con Son island in the South China Sea.
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Kong
Tring
Poulo Condor
Tay Ninh
Ba Lang
Ba Jaa An
Jalang ‘Peninsula
Song My
Yong Wring
Tong Horing
Kontum City
Saigon
Con Son Island
China — Sea
Trial Rescheduled in Raleigh County Court
The trial on a vehicle accident suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court was postponed due to an absent key witness. Plaintiff Bernard Redden of Lanark sues defendant Robert L. Fox of Waukegan, Illinois, with a new date set for December 1.
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Piney View
Raleigh County
Bernard Redden
Lanark
Ropert L. Fox
Waukegan, Il
Three West Virginians Die in Vietnam Service
The Defense Department reports three West Virginians killed in Vietnam. Army Pfc. Rodney Ranson, husband of Linda S. Ranson of Salt Rock Cabell County, was killed in action. Marine Pfc. Brian J. Long, son of Lewis and Mrs. Long of New Martinsville, also died in action. Marine Pfc. William James, husband of Suadle D. James of Charleston, died of non hostile causes.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Vietnam
West
Webb Sued For 700 Dollars By Pittsburgh Firm
James R. Webb of Beckley is the defendant in a suit on behalf of Watson Standard Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. The company claims Webb is indebted for 700 dollars.
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Webb
James R. Webb
Beckley
Watson Standard Co
Pittsburgh
News Quiz Map Answers War Action Mounts
A string of terse items notes heavy attacks on a Cambodian border artillery base by North Vietnamese forces. Other entries claim a UN membership setback for the Red Guard, a possible pay raise for Queen Elizabeth II, and Marcos leading in the Philippine election.
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United Nations
Elizabeth II
Marcos
Philippines
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Middle East
Milan
Soviet Union
Red Square
Patrick Polan
Bialess
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Gertrude Gose
Thomas D. Denny
Dora D. West
H. H. Spencer Richwood
Huling Hall Spencer Sr
Nicholag County
Frank Pierson Jr
Frank
Alen
Pee Weel Pierson Jr
Broadview Heights
Daniels
Johnson Funeral Home
Northfield
Pierson
Hunting
Funeral Home
Frank A. Pierson
Brecksville
Shady Spring High School
Sue Childers Pierson
Terry
Carol
Joe
J. W
Margaret Benneditti
Phyllis DuBoid
Julia Ann Pierson
Margaret Nolan
Kanawha St
Thelma Smith
Bailey Infant
John David
Brenda Louise Youns Bailey
Beaver
Jim Franklin
Jeffery Allen
R. J. Bailey
Marscott
W. L. Willams
Mellon Mortuary
Mrs
Susie Johnson
Richard L. Bowen
Padlocked Club
Television N Networks
Yablonski
Camille
W.va
Ppacl
Sey Wae Mae
Donald J. Eddy
Goodwin
National Tree
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