Funeral Services for Mrs Hodges and Others in Area
Funeral services are set for Mrs Tla A Hodges 62 of Crab Orchard at 1 p.m. Thursday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Revs Paul Scarbro and Clarence Griffith officiating burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. She died Monday night after a heart attack. Surviving are husband Roy A Hodges son James W Beckley daughter Peggy Cline of St Louis four sisters and one brother and four grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Also funeral arrangements for Charles S Puckett Jr 48 Mount Hope at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. He died Sunday evening in a Charleston hospital after a long illness. He was a retired 20 year Army veteran and member of Mount Hope Baptist temple. survivors include wife Charlene daughter Charlene Puckett two brothers and five sisters. Burial details and calls noted with times today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tla A. Hodges
Crab Orchard
Keyser-Bryant
Paul Scarbro
Clarence
Griffith
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Hodges
Camp Creek
James C
Louisa Maxey Archer
Bethel Freewill Baptist Church
Roy A. Hodges
James W., Beckley
Don
Peggy) Cline
St. Louis
Wallace
Lennie) Bowling
Blaine
Sepha) Hubbard
Arnold
Ora) Eanes
Ira
Lara) Snuffer
Coal City
Bud Archer
Joe and
Henry Thompson
John Davis Jr
James L. Hurt
Alvin Hiller
G. W. Thurban
Charles S. Puckett, Jr
Mount Hope
Freewill Baptist Church
Kilsyth
Gerald Hawley
Donnelly
Charleston
Puckett
Pete
Margaret) Beirne
Pat
Betty) Day
Oak Hill
Larry
Lois) Tyree
Frank
Sonja) Lohmar
Raleigh
N. C
Deley L. Tucker Cantley
Tyree Finneral
Freddie Steele
Carl Wingo
Cantley Cemetery
Hilltop
Wingrove
Charles Wayman Cantley
Pearl Sencevish
Arnold Cantley
Fairfield
Nora Cantley
Romanza. Hamilton
Walter D.boothe
Summerlee
Tyree
Art Jones
Bays Cemetery
Lochgelly Baptist Church
Snowville
Jack
Laura Boothe
Gladys Judy Boothe
Wellington
Ohio
Paul
Carapolis
Mitchell
Joyce) Mason
Darrell
Seba) Johns
Akron
John
Jean) Sparks
Nova
Funeral notices and survivor lists from Amigo and Oak Hill
Incomplete obituary notes list Paul Johnson 48 of Amigo dead on arrival at Mullens hospital from an apparent self harm. Survivors include wife Anita, three sons, two daughters and many relatives. Final rites for several locals including Deley Tucker Cantley 69 and Walter Boothe 83 are scheduled in Oak Hill and Summerlee with details on burial, survivors, and calling hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Johnson
Amigo
Mullens ‘Hospital
Henry
Annis Norman Johnson
Anita’ Mills Johnson
Vernon
Jeff
Roland
Mullens
Loretta Harold
Gordonsville
Funeral services for Benny A. Houchins
Funeral services for Benny A. Houchins 75 of 118 Simpkins Street Beckley will be held at Central Baptist Church at 1 p m Wednesday with Revs R I Brown Nelson Staples and J W Gowens officiating Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park Houchins died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness The family will receive friends at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley from 7 p m to 9 p m today Bloodstone Masonic Lodge 101 of East Gulf will lead graveside rites
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny A. Houchins
Simpkins St
Beckley
Central Baptist Church
R. I. Brown
Nelson Staples
J. W. Gowens
Greenwood Memorial Park
Houchins
Ritchie and Johnson
Bloodstone Masonic Lodge 101
East Gulf
Funeral for Mrs Geraldine Mitchell Holland Held
The funeral for Mrs Geraldine Mitchell Holland 35 of Goldsboro North Carolina was set for 2 p.m. today at Peace Lutheran Church with Rev R Burke Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memory Garden Princeton. She was a sister of Matt Harrison Mitchell of Mullens and died Monday in Beckley after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Mitchell Holland
Goldsboro
N. C
The
Peace Lutheran Church
R. Burke
Hill
Roselawn Memory Garden
Princeton
Matt
Harrison Mitchell
Mullens
Beckley Hospital
Final Rites Planned For Mrs Rosa Maxwell of Skelton
Mrs Rosa Maxwell 75 formerly of Sparta N C died Sunday after a long illness in a local hospital. Final rites set for 3 30 p m Wednesday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Revs James Bly and Walter Harris. burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Friends may visit today 7 9 p m at the funeral parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Maxwell
Skelton
Sparta
N. C
Ritchie and Johnson
James Bly
Walter Harris
Greenwood Memorial Park
Drug raid fails to capture top Charleston dealers
In Charleston the raid netted 42 arrests over Friday and Saturday, but Lt. Raymond Spradling says the main suppliers remain uncaught. He notes big targets eluded authorities while bonds totaling 1.475 million were set for 30 arrestees and an Oct. 16 trial date was scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
Raymond Spradling
Spradling
Charston
Kanawha
George Woods
Defense bill faces potential amendment clashes with purse power
The discussion centers on personal liability for those who bought bombs or funded troops under the amendment. The Mathias measure may be dropped if House and Senate negotiators finalize the defense bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathias
House
Senate
Welfare Check Continuation For Aged Ordered
West Virginia Governor Arch Moore directed continued supplemental welfare checks for aged blind and disabled recipients after a 20 percent Social Security boost. He warned about 10,000 residents losing aid and 1,428 losing non Medicare medical coverage unless a federal waiver is granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
UPIC
Edwin Flowers
Arch Moore
Moore
Congress
West
Nixon signs SALT pact in White House ceremony with Brezhnev
President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev signed the arms control treaty marking the SALT I phase end. Gromyko joined Nixon at Camp David after a White House conference, with ratification spurring a new round of talks later this year. The accord limits ABM systems and sets five year caps on offensive missiles for both nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
U.S
Nixon
White House
Communist Party
Iad
Brezhnev
Moscow
China
Gromyko
David
Western
Maryland
Camp David
Helsinki
Vienna
United States
Soviet Union
Senate
Supreme Soviet ‘of the
Northwest Airlines Ends 95 Day Pilot Strike
After a 95 day walkout, Northwest Airlines pilots and staff began returning to work in Minneapolis. The carrier pledged most services would be restored within a week as operations eased back to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
UPD
Northwest Airlines
Yablonski murder trials may move from county
In a major change in the Yablonski murder case, motions for a change of venue were pressed before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Attorneys allege bias by Judge Charles G. Sweet as details emerge from the high-profile investigations and confessions tying UMW officials Albert Pass and William Prater to the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
Yablonski
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania’ Supreme Court
Albert Pass
William J. Prater
Charles G. Sweet
Washington County
Jones
Gondelman
Erie
Richard A
Sprague
Sweet
Pass
UMW
Middlesboro
Prater
Union
LaFollette
Tenn
Auto Collisions Trigger Three Suits Filed Today
Francis J and Marshall R Israel of Beckley face a $10000 claim in Raleigh County Circuit Court as alleged in collision with Joseph and Patricia Cheek on Old W Va 54 near Glenview Feb 18. Betty J Fourney sues Richard K and Connie Reedy for 1384 over a Bailey Avenue wreck. Dorothy J and Carolyn Horgus sue Howard F McGhee for 800 over a WV 16 crash. Lucas General Tire seeks 558.95 from Clifton Mining Corp in a May 24 account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. and
Marshall R.israel
Beckley
Raleigh County
Joseph C
Patricia W. Cheek
Patricia Cheek
Old. W. Va
Glenview
Marshall Israel
Betty J. Fourney
Richard K
Connie Reedy
Fourney
Bailey’ Avenue
iFeb
Dorothy J
Carolyn Horgus
Jonben
Howard F. McGhee
W. Va
Lucas General Tire Inc
Clifton Mining Corp
Clifton Forge
Hechler Seeks Moratorium on Shavers Fork Mining and Logging
Congressman Ken Hechler of West Virginia urged Governor Arch Moore to declare an immediate moratorium on roadbuilding mining and logging in the Shavers Fork watershed. He warned the Bowden National Fish Hatchery area faces increasing danger from coal operations and logging outside federal jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Arch Moore
Shavers Fork
Hechler
Bowden National Fish Hatchery
Randolph County
Job Switcher Held For Two N C Murders
Michael Arnold La Prade 24 faces charges in Raleigh after police say he fatally shot Patricia Grimes 23, women's page editor, and Peter F Williams Jr 27, a local real estate salesman. Victims dated, were found near Raleigh Beach on Neuse River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N.C
UPD
Michael Arnold la Prade
la Prade
Patricia Grimes
Peter F. ‘Williams Jr
Miss Grimes
Raleigh Times
Williams
Robert J. Pleasants
Lester Kelly
Here
Nonsuit Declared in Fairmont Mobile Homes Contract Case
On motion by Blankenship's attorney Judge C Berkley granted a nonsuit allowing Brown H Payne to reinstitute. Trial of Gene Tun against Fairyline Mobile Homes proceeded in Raleigh County with jurors Darrell Parsons Perry Stover Lonnie Bowles John Isom Effie McVey John T Dixon Sherman Ratliff Al Ellison Carla Hale Wilma McClure Gordon Gregg Sherman Gray Joseph L Martin alternate. Blankenship seeks 1468.03 for two February 1971 contracts at Cranberry location. Fairmont paid 285, with defense arguing completion and gravel work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Tun Jonly
Ney Blankenship
Blankenship
Construction Co
Fairyline
Mont Mobile
Raleigh
Fairmont
Darrell ‘Parsons
Perry Stover
Lonnie Bowles
John Isom
Effie McVey
John T. Dixon
Sherman” Ratliff
al Ellison
Carla Hale
Wilma McClure
Gordon Gregg Sherman’ Gray
Joseph L. Martin
Fairmont Mobile Homes
Cranberry
W. A. Thornhill III
Two Post Bonds On Pot Charges In Oceana
Three men faced marijuana charges after late Saturday arrest behind Oceana High School. Roger Gibson 18 and Lacie Fletcher 21 posted 5000 bonds each for possession and use. James E Dean 19 scheduled for Saturday hearing on marijuana use. Hearings were in Magistrate Chess Stewart's Oceana office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Wyoming County
Roger Gibson
Ocana
Lacie
Fletcher
Kopperston
James E. Dean
Chess Stewart
Oceana High School
Charleston Council Deadlocks on Return of Fired Workers
In Charleston, West Virginia, a 12-12 tie vote by City Council defeated a resolution to reinstate 52 fired city workers. Mayor John Hutchinson cast the deciding vote, keeping the measure dead. A prior Kanawha Circuit ruling deemed the workers’ strike illegal, as the city faced a sanitation union dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
John Hutchinson
Kanawha
Frank Taylor
Two Pen Escapees Held In Cleveland
West Virginia authorities traveled to Cleveland to extradite Moundsville Penitentiary escapee Mack E. Brown 32 of Nicholas County serving 5 to 18 years for robbery. Brown waived extradition at a Cleveland hearing. Charles Nicholson 26, serving 110 years for grand larceny in Monongalia County, remained at large. officials say the escapes were unrelated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Cleveland
Mack E. Brown
Nicholas County
Ohio
Brown
Charles Nicholson
Monongalia County
Nicholson
Wreck Victim Carolyn Morrison Dies After Two-Car Crash
Mrs. Carolyn Morrison aged 44 of Point Pleasant died in a local hospital from injuries after a two car crash last Tuesday. Funeral services are set for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. Va
UPI
Carolyn Morrison
Strike Ends In Washington DC as Teachers Accept Pay Deal
Teachers in Washington DC accepted a compromised pay increase on Monday ending a two week strike. The accord clears the way for about 141000 pupils to return to class today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Washington, D.C
Browning Opens Raleigh County Campaign Swing
Attorney General Chauncey Browning Jr. begins a Raleigh County tour at noon Wednesday with a Thursday morning greeting voters. He plans to visit Sprague and Skelton shopping centers meet miners at Cranberry or Stamaford and wrap up the day at the Southern West Virginia Clinic. The campaign continues with a downtown handshaking tour near The Raleigh Register and includes Sen Alan Susman of Beckley. Browning will extend the Raleigh County tour into McDowell County with Senator Ted Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Browning Jr
Raleigh County
Browning
Sprague and
Skelton
Cranberry
Stamaford
Southern West Virginia
Raleigh Register
Wilmoth Trial Moves Into Second Day in Tax Case
In Fairmont West Virginia UPI report the Wilmoth tax evasion trial enters its second day with government lawyers seeking to prove Fred Wilmoth owed about 19000 in back taxes. Jury is seated and opening statements completed. defense calls the Barron friendship a red herring. The former governor is not to testify as he serves a Texas prison term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
UPI
Fred Wilmoth
Parkersburg
U.S
Wilmoth
Sidney L. Christie
Paul Camiletti
W. W. Barron
Camiletti
Thomas Chambers
Chambers
Elkins
Barron
Texas
Regents to hold regular meeting in Charleston
Members of the state Board of Regents planned to conduct their regular monthly meeting in Charleston W V today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
State Board of Regents
Raleigh Ambulance Petition Moves to Intermediate Court
A Raleigh Ambulance Service petition to bar Mountaineer Family Health Plan from ambulance duties except for indigent emergencies has moved from Circuit Court to Raleigh County Intermediate Court. A hearing is set for Oct. 13. The dispute argues MFHP’s federally funded service competes with private providers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Ambulance Service
Mountaineer Family Health Plan
Intermediate Court
Raleigh County
Globe Indemnity Co
William Roy Burgess
Raleigh County National Bank
Clarence Jordan Jr
Eula Jordan Jr
Brown H. Payne
Raleigh County Community Action Association
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Payne
Krag resigns as Denmark faces Common Market vote
Danish Prime Minister Krag steps down after referendum decision amid cabinet turmoil. Acting PM named as K B Anderson leads government while Social Democrats choose a new leader. Krag will sit as backbench MP after a long political career including terms as foreign minister and prime minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krag
K. B. Anderson
Social Democratic Party
Lianne
Ingrid
Prince Henrik
Denmark
Lung Cancer and Air Pollution Across Regions
The report notes 100000 persons affected by air pollution with rural death rate at 12.3 per 100000. London’s lung cancer death rate nearly doubles rural Wales, and native white South Africans show 50 per 10000. Immigrants from Britain to South Africa have 112, natives born in Britain 135. Carnow cites lingering impact of high pollution on lung cancer rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wales
South Africa
Britain
Carnow
Moore speaks on jobs and ethics in West Virginia campaign
At a Wellsburg dinner, Moore attacked Rockefeller's economic plan while defending his record amid a 8,000 job loss claim. He framed the race as a not for sale issue and urged West Virginians to vote November 7. Weirton Madonna High students engaged Moore, debating strip mining and amnesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feller
Moore
West
Wellsburg
Rockefeller
Sardinia
New ‘York
West Virginia
Weirton Madonna
David Wallace
Court Appeals in Jefferson County Break-In Case
Court pealed from a 1 to 10 year sentence on a breaking and entering conviction at the Supertane Sales Corp. building in Charles Town on Dec 10 1971. Attorneys argued trial errors including alleged inadequate counsel. Survivors of three miners killed at Saxsewell No 8 mine May 6 1968 appealed a Greenbrier verdict against the parent firm, alleging negligence in surveys. They drowned when a mining machine breached a wall into an abandoned water-filled area. Forrest Rucker urged magisterial district realignment by county court due to lack of notice and improper incorporation of districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Supertane Sales Corp
Charles Town
Hilleary
Saxsewell
Key Coal and Coke Co
Greenbrier County
Forrest Rucker
Big Sandy
Kanawha
Poca
Three Die In Fire In Fairmont West Virginia
Three people died in a house fire early today in Fairmont Marion County. Victims identified as Mrs Margaret Helms 36 her son Nat 9 and father James Crites 84. Husband Fred 31 and another son Paul 8 escaped. Fire began in living room and state fire marshal's office investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Marion County Sheriff’s Office
Margaret Helms
Nat
James Crites
Fred
Paul
Sheriff's’ Office
State Fire Marshal’s
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Ila A. Hodges
Charles Puckett Jr
Mrs. Deley Cantley
Walter D. Boothe
Cecil Clark
Oak. Hill
Wade~ Austin
High Lawn Memorial Park
Clark
New River Co
Mount “Hope
Friend
G. M. Holland
Mrs. Rosa Maxwell
Fuuneral
A.L.T
Ents
Harold Gondelman
William Prater
Benjamin R.jones
Annette Gilly
Joseph A. “Dock” Yablonski
Clarksville, Pa
Jn Federal
Paland
David Rothman
Andran
Buddy” Martin
Paul Gilly
Annette
Shavers Fork Mining Hall
C. Berkley
Lilly
Nixos City Workers
D.C
Raleigh Ambulance
South Fayette i Street
Copenhagen
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