Book Battle Rises With National Rally Planned
In Charleston and Huntington the anti book movement resurges. Rev Avis Hill and Rev Eza Graley rally supporters to oppose school books they label immoral. Kanawha County attendance remains steady as calls for a renewed boycott spread statewide.
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W.va
UPI
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Huntington
Eza Graley
Cabell County
Graley
Cabell
Kanawha County
Alice Moore
Hill
Marvin Horan
Civic Center
Jim McKenna
The
Heritage Foundation
Robert Whitaker
Populist Forum
John Matonis
Guardians of Rational Education
Kanawha
Watergate Trial Updates From Judge Sirica Proceedings
The Watergate trial features testimonies by Mitchell and Haldeman defense teams, with Ehrlichman seeking key witnesses. Judge Sirica considers Nixon deposition or remote testimony as the courtroom remains closed to the jury, while jurors dine privately and stay sequestered in a Washington hotel during Thanksgiving.
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Georgetown
Dean
Sirica
Washington
White House
John D. Ehrhehman
Haldeman
Watergate
Richard Ben
U.S
Ehrlichman
Jan
Principia College
Cyclone Strikes Bangladesh Compounds 1970s Toll
The Storm Warning Center reports cyclone damage across offshore islands near Dacca with destroyed homes and cut communications. The winter rice crop is badly damaged, and heavy floods last summer devastated the prior harvest, contributing to starvation deaths of at least 27 000 people. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman orders mobilization for rescue and relief as naval ships prepare to aid gullying islands.
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Bangladesh
Mujibur Rahman
Chittagiing
California Quake Shakes Hollister Strikes Coast
A 4.25 magnitude mild quake hit central California near Hollister at 3 01 pm PST. Windows cracked cans toppled and police radio briefly disrupted while seismologists note widespread “felt” across the coast from San Francisco Bay Area to Monterey.
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Hollister Calif
UPT
California
University of California Seismologists
Berkeley
San Francisco Bay Area
Monterey
San Benito
Salinas
Britain approves new crackdown on IRA suspects
Parliament united across parties to back a bill expelling IRA suspects from Britain. Some MPs pushed to raise the maximum five year term for membership and grant police tougher powers. Northern Ireland MPs complained the measures treat NI as foreign. ministers said the bill follows Home Secretary Roy Jenkins aims and would still curb outrages while ending public demonstrations in support of the IRA.
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Northern Ireland
Roy Jenkins
Jenins
Parliament
More Flu Expected Earlier This Winter
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance medical director Dr. Harry R Mushlin warned that flu cases may appear earlier this winter. He said the influenza A virus mutates rapidly, outpacing vaccines, and that treatment remains mainly symptomatic with aspirin and extra protein to aid antibody production.
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Boston
UPI
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Harry Rmushlin
Mushlin
Bomb Disarmed Near Pekin Station
A service station attendant found a live pipe bomb under the hood of Andrew Schott's car on Thursday. Pekin and Peoria police, with the bomb squad, disarmed the device and are investigating the incident.
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Deaths and Funerals: Clensy Hanks 73 of Lanark
Clensy Hanks 73, of Lanark, died Thursday night after a long illness in a local hospital. Born July 13, 1901, he was a retired coal miner and UMWA Local 7086 member. Survived by two sons, two daughters, three brothers, two sisters, and eight grandchildren. Body at Blue Ridge Funeral Home. Roy Johnson 77, of Cleveland Ohio, died today after a long illness. Body being returned to Melton Mortuary.
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Piney View
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Ruth Pratt
Indian Lake
Mich
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Beckley
Okie
Roy Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
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Funeral service for Ned Young in Pipestem
Ned Young aged 60 of Beckley died Wednesday night after a long illness in a Hinton hospital. Funeral will be Saturday at 14 00 in Cook Chapel Church Pipestem with Rev Johnny Atkinson officiating. Burial follows at Ellison Cemetery Pipestem. Friends may call Ronald Meadows Funeral Home Hinton from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.
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Pipestem
Johnny Atkinson
Ellison Cemetery
Elizabeth Eller
Beckley
Ronald Meadows
White House Avoiding 25 GOP Job Hunters
Congressional sources say about 25 defeated Republican congressmen and about 50 of their administrative staff seek administration jobs but face limited White House contact. A major cabinet shakeup is expected early next year with replacements for Nixon holdovers.
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White House
Washington
UPI
Ford
John W Hushen
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Washington Star- News
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R Colc
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar P. Weinberger
Ron Nessen
Dissidents Hear Terms Of New Coal Contract In Beckley
Delegates from United Mine Workers locals in District 29 meet Saturday at 9 a.m. in Beckley to hear the tentative contract terms with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. Richard Carter and Francis Martin are expected to explain the pact. A strike-right caravan plans stops across Raleigh and Wyoming counties to oppose the agreement.
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Martin
Pittsburg
Raleigh
Wyoming
McDowell County
Raleigh County
Beckley
Carolina
Crab Orchard
Sophia
Stotesbury Union Hall
Coal City
Mullens
Pineville
Right To
Saigon Cabinet Shakeup Amid Protest Restrictions
President Thieu appointed seven ministers and vice ministers after cabinet resignations. Hoang Duc Nha departed as information minister and was replaced by Ho Van Cham, a powerful figure and veterans affairs minister. Deputy PM Nguyen Van Hao, Harvard trained economist, given broad economic duties.
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Thieu
Hoang Duc Nha
Ho van Cham
Veterans Affairs
Nha
U.S
Tran Thien Khiem
Nguyen van Hao
Kissinger Thanks China Amid Holiday Tones and Talks
Kissinger described a warm visit with China as he toasted Beijing officials after a Thanksgiving meal. He noted continued progress toward normalization and pledged to consider China’s views in U S policy while China praised better Sino American relations and mutual understanding.
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George Bush
America
China
Peking
Soviet Tractors Fewer Than U.S. Farms
New York report notes total Soviet agricultural employment and land use exceed the United States yet Russians have about 42 percent as many trucks and under 50 percent as many tractors available to American farmers.
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New York
United States
U.S
Good Cook With Big Heart Feeds LAPD Night Shift
Josephine Tyler spent Thanksgiving at the Newton Street Station serving dinner to 22 officers on duty. For 13 years she has cooked Thanksgiving meals for police in her neighborhood, saying she likes to honor the force. Officers praise her as a good cook.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Josephine Tyler
Newton Street
Dr Buckalew to retire from Morris Harvey College
Dr Marshall Buckalew, 62, president of Morris Harvey College for ten years, will retire at the end of the 1974 75 school year. He said retirement comes at an opportune time for change and noted that his plan to turn the school over to the state caused dissension among some supporters. The state takeover offer was dropped after the legislature did not act.
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W. Va
UPI
Marshall Buckalew
Morris Harvey College
Buckalew
Buckalow
Morris Harvey
Middle East Tensions Shape Geneva Peace Efforts Report
The article notes Egypt and Syria testing Israeli intentions over the next six months as peace talks stall outside the Geneva framework. Guerrilla raids from Lebanon’s Fatahland target Israel, with weapons seized, amid U N and U S mediation hopes. Security forces report relative calm on the Golan Heights as Waldheim seeks extension of the UN truce mandate.
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Syria
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Palestine
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Jordan Valley
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Golan Heights
Dan
Security Council
Kurt Waldheim
New York
Mideast
Armed Forces Radio
Ford Trip Continues as Hanes Dictates Lame-Duck Plans
President Ford may delay departure from Washington to near Christmas and stay at the White House until the lame-duck Congress adjourns. He focuses on January State of the Union address and the 1976 federal budget, facing pressure to act on the recession if Congress does not adopt his voluntary program.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Ford
Poison Gravy Ills Five Deputies In California Jail Kitchen
Five sheriff's deputies fell ill after dining on turkey gravy at UNU California. Chef Jose Vasquez alerted staff after mistaking trisodium phosphate for salt. The five jail workers were rushed to a poison center and treated with antidotes.
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San On Unu
Calif
UPI
Jose Vasquez
Death Acked as Accidental in West Virginia Shooting
Police say 11 year old Glen Lyons of Cleveland was killed by a shotgun blast from his brother during a family hunting trip. The incident is ruled accidental. A second item notes a women’s care center moving into Alutinge Hall at Wellesley College, enabling mothers with young children to work or study off campus.
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Rush Creek Run
W Va
UPI
Glen Lyons
Cleveland
Changing Campus
New York
Alutinge Hall
Wellesley College
Betty Ford to chair 1975 American Cancer Society crusade
First Lady Betty Ford will be honorary chairman of the ACS 1975 crusade. She had a cancerous left breast removed Sept. 28 at Bethesda Naval Medical Center and urged education, early detection and cancer control. She pledged to promote these beliefs and work toward a united effort to conquer cancer.
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Washington
UPI
Betty Ford
American Cancer Society
White House
Ford
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Raleigh Register published by News Piper Corp
Subscription details and postage information for delivery in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia. Notices include rates for daily and Sunday editions, monthly terms, and tax totals.
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Newspipers Corp
Beckley
W. Way
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W. Va
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Prince
Folin
Suridiey
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