Fighting Erupts On Irish Border
Heavy fighting flared along the 300 mile border between Ulster and the Republic after two bazooka attacks on police posts. A rocket hit a Beileek police station killing one officer. a house blast in Londonderry killed two youths. Police and troops tightened security across Northern Ireland and in Dublin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
UPI
Ulster
Irish Republic
Bogside
Londonderry
Beileek
Ireland
Belleek
Strabane
County Tyrone
Old Park Road
Trish Army
Republic
Dublin
IRA
Sean MacStofain
MacStiofain
Curragh
TRA
Ruairi O’bradeigh
Provisional Wing
Justice
Desmond O’malley
Journalists’ Union
Radiotelevision
Cork
Sabine Grade School Closure Sparks Community Protest
Sabine parents oppose plan to close Sabine Grade School as of Nov 27 citing rumors of a fourth reading teacher and alleging the action lacks local support. Pizzino cites low enrollment and board backing, while residents plan meetings and potential injunction to delay closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pizzino
Ted Mosely
Robert Worrell
Nixon Eyes New Cabinet to Spark Second Term
At Camp David the president says new Cabinet picks and fresh plays can break the pattern of stagnation after a landslide win. He notes announcements depend on Congress clearance and subcabinet reviews while planning for a busier second term. He met with AG Kleindienst and Kissinger ahead of talks with South Vietnamese envoy Duc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp David
Congress
Richard Kleindienst
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Nguyen Phu Duc
Nguyen van Thieu
Kirk Found Guilty in Raleigh County Petit Larceny Trial
Kirk Morris was found guilty of petit larceny by a 12 member jury in Raleigh County Circuit Court after brief deliberations. Judge C Berkley Lilly scheduled 11 am December 4 to hear a motion to set aside the verdict by attorney James Vaughan. The indictment charged breaking and entering Williams General Merchandise in Artie owned by Kyle Williams. Four wrist watches valued at $87.80 were stolen between July 29 and July 31, 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Morris Kirk
Raleigh
C. Berkley Lilly
Kirk
James Vaughan
Williams General Merchandise
Artie
Kyle Williams
Police expect more arrests after Huntington drug raid
In Huntington West Virginia police said more arrests are likely after a sweeping Monday drug raid netted 12 people on drug counts none of whom were Marshall University students. Eighteen warrants had been issued. Richard Turner 22 was charged with heroin sale and possession. Richard Hill 32 faces sentencing for barbiturate sale and possession amid a murder conspiracy case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
UPD
Marshall University
Richard Turner
U. S
Sidney L. Christie
Tri-State
Turner
Richard Hill
Hill
Cabell Common Pleas Court
Robert Conaty
IGA
U.S. Faces Second Trade Deficit In Twenty Years
United States imported 415 million more in goods than it exported in October and officials project a larger 1972 annual trade deficit than 1971. Commerce official Harold Passer cites currency realignment and rising foreign demand as factors boosting exports and restraining imports. Exports rose to 3.364 billion while imports increased 109 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Harold C. Passer
Passer
Commerce Department
Soviet Union
Sheriff Prepares Felonious Assault Charge in Jail Stabbing
A warrant charging Vernon Crenshaw a Raleigh County Jail inmate with felonious assault over a Thanksgiving Day stabbing of fellow prisoner is awaiting sheriff deputy signature. Crenshaw sustained multiple stab wounds and remains in satisfactory condition at Beckley ARH. Authorities probe how the knife entered through a jail visiting-door opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Vernon Crenshaw
Charleston
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Zina French
French
Crenshaw
Bounty
Kanawha County
Capias
Sc. Berkley Lilly
Deer Hunter Faces Charges in West Virginia
Richard Jenkinson, 45, of St. Albans, faces a magistrate court hearing on a negligent shooting that killed Frank W. Bennett, 37, of South Charleston, near Upshur County. A state natural resources spokesman said Jenkinson likely mistook his friend for a deer when firing last Tuesday.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
UPI
Kanawha County
Upshur
Richard Jenkinson
St. Albans
Frank W. Bennett
South Charleston
State Department of Natural Resources
Jenkinson
Freight Company Named In Suit After West Virginia Turnpike Collision
Raleigh County Circuit Court suit names Hennis Freight Lines of Winston-Salem North Carolina as defendant for Owen E Sumner claiming medical costs of 10000 and lost income 10000 plus damages 230000 after a May 18 collision on the West Virginia Turnpike Sumner says he was nearly incinerated. A separate suit by Orville Lilly against Lewis Chevrolet Co alleges check misappropriation tying to Firemans Fund Insurance and seeks 1460 in compensatory and 20000 punitive damages. Capital Builders Inc sues Bill and Geraldine Austin of Ameagle for 2664 60 due under a remodeling contract dated June 28 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennis Freight Lines of
Winston-Salem
N. C
Raleigh County
Owen E. Sumner
West Virginia
Sumner
Lewis Chevrolet Co
Orville Lilly
Automobile Agency
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co
Lilly
Capital Builders Inc
Charleston
Bill
Geraldine’ Austin
Ameagle
New Release Center Planned in Northern West Virginia
West Virginia state corrections director Gordon Faulkner said another work release center for state prisoners will be opened once a suitable northern site is found. The Charleston unit now houses six residents and will add 15 more by early next month as plans grow for five more centers statewide. Each center aims to help inmates readjust to private life and reduce repeat offenses, with capacity for up to 25 residents.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Gordon Faulkner
Faulkner
Skyjacking Talks Open Between Cuba and United States
State Department says the first anti-skyjacking talks between Cuba and the United States have occurred in Havana. Cuban Foreign Ministry officials met with the Swiss ambassador, the U.S. representative in Cuba, but no details were released. A second meeting date has not been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
State Department
Cuba
United States
Havana
U.S
Karpov Keeps Lead At San Antonio Chess Tourney
Karpov, 20, maintained a one point edge in the San Antonio International, drawing with former world champion Tigran Petrosian. Petrosian and Paul Keres remained in the top trio after seven rounds amid five undefeated players. Tonight’s games finish unfinished seven rounds and start the eighth round Wednesday at 5 pm EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
UPD
Anapoly Karpov
Tigran Petrosian
Karpov
Petrosian
Soviet Union
Paul Keres
Prisoner Sues For Long Hair Beards In Court
George Nawrocki, an inmate at Southern Michigan Prison in Jackson, sues Michigan seeking to allow male inmates long hair beards mustaches and goatees challenging grooming rules as discriminatory. The class action was filed Nov. 15 and assigned to U S District Court Judge Cornelia Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPS
Michigan
George Nawrocki
Southern Michigan
Jackson
Department of Corrections
U.S. District Court
Cornelia Kennedy
Weingrow resigns as Democratic treasurer amid power tug of war
New York businessman Howard Weingrow says he is resigning as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee effective December 6. He cites a tug of war between personalities with personal ambitions as the party shifts its focus from its core mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPD
Howard Weingrow
Democratic National Committee
Weingrow
Democratic Executive Committee
Jean Westwood
George McGovern
Consumers Union urges full legalization of marijuana
The Consumers Union says marijuana should be legalized under a regulated system to end criminal prosecutions and alienation of young people. It notes other bodies seek less strict laws but still classify marijuana as illegal and urges medical access for narcotics under careful trials.
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Washington
UPI
Consumers Union
American Bar Association
The
American Medical Association
Mystery Safe at Flamingo Finds Only Dust and Doubt
In Las Vegas a concrete-embedded floor safe beneath a trapdoor in the Flamingo hotel casino opened by Art Tettlinger and aides yielded nothing of value. Police and Gaming Control Board officials expected clues to Bugsy Siegel’s murder or mafia dealings but found only emptiness. The safe’s empty result fuels old doubt about any link to the 1947 Beverly Hills shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Murder Inc
Bugsy Siegel
Siegel
Siegel and Hisusiness Associates
Clark, County Sheriff's Department
State Gaming Control Board
Art Tettinger
Frank
Tettinger
Bugsy
Flamingo
Beverly Hills
Huntington Steel Plant To Expand
The Connors Steel Division of H. K. Porter Co announces an $800,000 expansion at the Huntington plant creating 180 new jobs. Works manager J Bernard Dickinson says the program to be finished by next spring will raise annual production by 30,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
UPD
Connors Steel Division
H. K. Porter Co
J Bernard Dickinson
Deaths and Funerals for Stanley Higgins Jr at 59
Funeral arrangements are announced for Stanley C. Higgins Jr a Fayetteville attorney who died in Charlottesville Virginia after a short illness. He was a WWII Navy lieutenant senior grade and member of several legal societies. Survivors include his wife two sons and his parents. Friends may call at the Higgins home and the Dodd Payne Funeral Home holds the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley C. Higgins Jr
Fayetteville
Charlottesville
Higgins, Thrift and Mahan
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Oak Hill
Navy
Higgins
Greenbrier Military School
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
West Virginia
American Judicature Society
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Delta Phi
West Virginia Bar Association
West Virginia State Bar
Jean Kent Higgins
Stanley Kent Higgins
Horseheads
N. Y
David Kent Higgins
Washington and Lee University Law School
Stanley C. Higgins
Maple Avenue
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
RNS
Final rites for Hampton W. Hoge in Mullens
Funeral services for Hampton W. Hoge 66 of Mullens will be at 1 am Wednesday at the Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with Rev. William R. Nelson officiating Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton Hoge a retired railroad engineer died Monday morning at his home after a probable heart attack Born July 1 1906 in Pearlsburg Va he was the son of the late George E and Bessie Woolwine Hoge He is survived by Evie Williams Hoge three sons Hampton Jr Gene and James two brothers Albert and Robert a sister Miss Nellie Hoge and seven grandchildren Friends may call at the Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens from 1s pm until 9 pm today.
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Hampton W. Hoge
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
William R. Nelson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Pearlsburg
George E
Bessie Woolwine Hoge
Evie Williams Hoge
Hampton Jr
South Charleston
Gene
Roaroke
James
Martinsburg
Albert
Robert
Nellie Hoge
Imullens
Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Joseph Paul ‘Campbell
West Dupost ‘Ave
Belle
Oak ‘Hill
Tyree
Clarksburg
Goldie Cooper Campbell
Jack Campbell
Robert Folk
Judy Nuckols
Hazel Arthur
Arlington
Maude Treadway F
Santa Monica
Calif
Kissinger Nixon Continue Paris Peace Talks Amidst Deliberations
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger held over two hours of talks at Camp David as they prepared for a Wednesday meeting. North Vietnam reported to Hanoi on private talks with Kissinger while Le Duc Tho led discussions in Paris with Thuy and Binh ahead of Thursday sessions.
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United Press International
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
Nguyen Co Thach
Paris
Hanoi
Kissinger
Camp David
Kissin
Ger
State
William P. Rogers
State Department
Department
i‘Kissinger-Rogers
le Duc Tho
Nguynh Phu Duc
Thien
Thieu
Duc
South Vietnam
Thach
Orly
Laos
Cambodia
Tho
Xuan Thuy
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Vo van Sung
France
Maurice Schumann
Gasoline Leak Still Undetected in Five Corners Area
Fire chief Frank Ubeda Jr described the investigation as a process of elimination. Two of five underground tanks have been dye-tested. dye would appear in a storm drain if a tank leaks. Vapors are strongest in a storm drain near the tanks. If remaining tanks do not reveal the source, hydrostatic testing will determine pressure drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ubeda Jr
Five Corners
Ubeda
Dirty slogan on New York bumper sticker sparks debate
A bumper sticker in New York reads A dirty old man is a sexy senior citizen, prompting discussion on decency and satire. Police say no crime occurred but motorists and pedestrians react with mixed tones about public space and freedom of expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Funeral Service Change for Mrs Anna Kidd
The funeral for 95 year old Mrs Anna Kidd of Arlington Virginia, formerly Beckley, is moved from today at 3 pm to 11 am Wednesday at Melton Mortuary Chapel. She died Saturday at 3 30 pm in a Fairfax hospital after an extended illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Kidd
Arlington
Beckley
Melton Mortuary
Emmett L Rutherford Rites Set in Princeton
Funeral services for Emmett L. Rutherford 78 of Lerona are scheduled for 2 30 p m Wednesday at the George W Seaver Chapel in Princeton with Rev T J Goldston presiding Burial will follow at Athens Cemetery Rutherford died Sunday night while visiting his son James in Greenville South Carolina He is survived by a sister Mrs Laura Holt Mullens
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Emmett L. Rutherford
Lerona
George W. Seaver
Princeton
T. J. Goldston
Athens Cemetery
Rutherford
James
Greenville
S. C
Laura Holt, Mullens
Funeral services for Mrs Mable Rose held in Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs Mable M. Rose 62 of 224 Granville Ave Beckley were set for 11 am Wednesday at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev James Halstead officiating. Burial followed in the family plot at Hinton Hilltop. Pallbearers included Phillips Bsharah Dr Oliver Peck Alfred B Lawson Captain Richard Curtis U S Navy Robert R Conway and L J Huffman. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable M. Rose
Granville Ave
Beckley
Rose and
Robert R. Conway
L. J.huffman
Mrs Edith Allen 75 of Bradley Dies After Illness
Edith Allen 75 of Bradley died at 5 am in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Born August 2, 1897 in Monroe County, she was a daughter of Bernard and Minnie Walters. Survived by two sons Kyle Beckley Ralph Bradley a daughter Evelyn Bragg Beaver two brothers H E Fort Pierce Fla S G Columbia Ga a sister Flora Wills Charleston 9 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope.
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Edith Allen
Bradley
Beckley
Monroe County
Bernard
Minnie Walters
Final Rites for Mrs Ruby Ferguson in Mount View
Mrs Ruby Pearl Ferguson 74 of Cool Ridge dies after long illness in Beckley nursing home. Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday at Salem Trinity Baptist Church Mount View with Elders Kenna Lilly and Derald Hatcher officiating. Nephews pallbearers. Calling hours after 6 p m today at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Pearl Ferguson
Cool Ridge
Salem Trinity Baptist Church
Mount View
Kenna Lilly
Derald Hatcher
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Sabine
Leon Childress
Deer Hunter
Freight Company
Huntington Steel Plant
Joseph Campbell
Earl Strochecker
Earl I Strochecker
Ashland
Pineville
Miller Funeral Home
F. J. Chenoweth Jr
Strochecker
Williams Supply Co
Ethel
Stewart
Nancy) McHie
Mrs
Emmett Rutherford
Mrs. Mable Rose
Ruby Ferguson
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