House approves bill for eight new state medical schools
The House via voice vote sent to the Senate a measure authorizing 75 million dollars annually for seven years to fund new state medical schools and expand existing ones. WV lawmakers seek Marshall University in Huntington as a beneficiary. VA would locate sites and ensure geographic spread.
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Washington
UPD
House
Senate
White House
West Virginia
Marshall University
Huntington
W.va
Belfast Unrest Leaves City in Flames After Gunfire Attacks
In Belfast crowds of Protestants roamed the streets burning two Catholic bars a factory and Catholic owned shops. An army spokesman said Protestant mobs erected street obstacles and gunfire wounded a British soldier while a policeman was kidnapped and released. Police and troops cleared streets as 600 people have died in three years of sectarian violence.
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Belfast
UPI
West Belfast
East Belfast
Army
Tennent Street
Ulster Defense Association
UDA
Encmy
Shankill
Augustus“Gusty” Spence
IRA
Northern Ireland
Report Luncheon Set Friday For UF
UF divisions in Raleigh County will hold a noon luncheon at Henry's Restaurant Patio Room to report progress in soliciting donations. Thomas Stauffer urged division chairs and volunteers to attend the Friday session, the second reporting meeting in the drive to raise 95 000 dollars for UF agencies. Last week's pledges, led by the Pacemaker division, placed the drive at 27 percent of its goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Raleigh
la Report
Henry’s
Thomas Stauffer
Pacemaker
Eight Point Memo Approved Between MFHP and RCCAA
An eight point memorandum of understanding between Mountaineer Family Health Plan and Raleigh City Community Action Association was approved by MFHP board with RCCAA to adopt provisions. The plan includes protections for nonpayment during monthly dues and a sliding scale to be implemented by 1973. ACCAA cites a strong contract and unified purpose as negotiations progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountaineer Family, Health Plan
Raleigh Coty Community Action Association
MFHP
RCCAA
CMFHP
ACCAA
Joe Fowler
Fowler
Nobel Prizes Rise In Value And Schedule Changes
Nobel Prize funds total 100000 dollars this year an increase of 6300 from last year. Alfred Nobel’s fortune funds the awards awarded to individuals for greatest benefit to mankind. Last year Medicine Prize winner was Earl Sutherland of Nashville Tenn. This year the Medicine Prize is announced later and Chemistry and Physics prizes announced on Oct 20.
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Tenn
Moore Urges Modern Policing To Safeguard Society
West Virginia Governor Arch Moore told the Fraternal Order of Police Associates in Wheeling that federal funds for modern law enforcement equipment have grown from 300000 in 1969 to 39 million this year. He praised the Crime Committee for aiding local authorities and noted doubled Public Safety budget, higher trooper pay, and new lab and drug unit expansions.
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Wheeling
W.va
UPID
Arch Moore
Order of Police Associates
Moore
Committee of Crime
Department of Public Safety
Criminal Identification Bureau
Hijacker Out Of Danger After Lufthansa Incident
A Lufthansa Boeing 727 from Lisbon to Frankfurt was hijacked by Friedrich Schuetz 30, who demanded $600 and four hostages for 24 hours. He threatened a bomb and was shot and wounded when leaving the plane. authorities say there was no political motive and the suspect is no longer in critical condition.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
Lufthansa
Friedrich Schuetz
Lisbon
Schuetz
Uganda
Angolese
Rhein-Main
Rockefeller Focuses on Ecology in West Virginia Gubernatorial Bid
Democratic nominee John D. Rockefeller IV told about 500 people in Elkins that he would protect hunting and fishing rights and environment by creating an environmental control agency within the State Department of Natural Resources. He attacked Gov. Arch Moore for alleged polluter ties and predicted a 40 000 to 60 000 vote win while urging Democrats to unite for strong work.
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Elkins
W.va
UPID
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Arch Moore
West Virginia
State Department of Natural Resources
Moore
Communists Hit Attacks On Hanoi At Peace Talks
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegates assailed U S policies at the 163rd peace conference, accusing President Nixon of escalating the war while Kissinger held secret talks with Hanoi. They said no progress was shown and condemned air raids as talks continued amid calls for a stable peace.
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George Libera
Paris
UPI
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Kissinger
Pham Dang Lam
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Mrs. Binh
U.S
William J. Porter
Vietnam
Indochina
Chile Declares Emergency Amid Truckers Strike
The government invoked a state of emergency in about half the country effectively placing police under military control in 12 provinces. The walkout disrupted food and fuel deliveries as 335 abandoned trucks blocked major highways and stores ran dry. The strike targets plans for a state owned trucking firm in Aysen Province. The interior minister said the action is politically motivated and 400 people, including the truckers' leaders, were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Daniel Vergara
Vergara
Truckers’ Union
Aysen
Truckers Union
Interior Ministry
Suit Dismissed Over Airport Fees Jurisdiction Ruling
A Raleigh County Airport Authority suit to collect $125 monthly airport operating fees from Jack Clemens was dismissed for lack of court jurisdiction. The authority says a franchise and license to operate the flight service began March 1 and remains unpaid. If unresolved, action may move to Circuit Court. Reunion Hollywood Woody Allen and Herbert Ross reunite for a Warner Bros film titled Alimony.
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Raleigh County
Hollywood
UPI
Woody Allen
Herbert Ross
Warner Bros
Deaths And Funerals Fitzhugh Colbert Parrish
Final rites for Fitzhugh Colbert Parrish 25 of Beckley will be at Second Baptist Church Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park follows. He was shot to death at home early Monday. Survivors include his mother Pauline Parrish of Beckley two brothers Eldridge of Detroit Tony Michael with the US Marine Corps in Virginia and paternal grandmother Lelia Parrish of Beckley Friends may meet the family Friday 7 to 9 p.m. at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Body to be taken to the church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh Colbert Parrish
Jesse Saddie Club
Wyoming County
Ada Anderson
Princeton
Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Final rites for Rev Anthony Garges in Beckley
Rev Anthony Garges 60 of Beckley dies after long illness. Final rites at Beckley First Baptist Church conducted by Dr Kenneth Swank with entombment at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Columbia South Carolina. Survived by wife Glanice Wheeler Garges two daughters three sisters three brothers and five grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call at Melton Mortuary.
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Anthony Steve
Tony” Garges
Beckley
Beckley First Baptist Church
Kenneth L. Swank
Greenlawn ‘Memorial Park
Columbia
S. Sc
Edward’ H. Young
Garges
Sun
Nellie Kobiski Garges
Charleston
John Garges
Logan
Mingo
Wyoming
Raleigh
Kanawha
First Baptist Church of
Bradley
Eccles
Browning Fork
Davis Baptist Church
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Southern "Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Moody ‘Bible ‘Institute
Dll
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
New ‘River
S. C
Margaret Lippurt
Rosalie Garges
N. Y
Earl Biggs
Joseph Garges
Scarbro
George Garges
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas Garges
Henry I. Kokale, Jr
Billy E. Richmond
Orvil L. Bales
Gene C. Turner
Henry Snodgrass
Melvin Baker
James T. Gillian
Melton Mortuary
Asa J. Davis Funeral Services Set in Glen Jean
Funeral services for Asa J. Davis 43 of Glen Jean will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church Glen Jean conducted by Rev. Rudolph Arnett with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Davis a retired Army sergeant died in a Durham North Carolina hospital after a long illness born July 4 1929 in Brooklyn West Virginia. Survivors include his father Roy Davis two brothers Wayne Beard's Fork and Douglas Springfield Massachusetts and a sister Mrs Ellen Ferguson Columbus Ohio. Friends may call at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Friday after 8 p.m.
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Asa J. Davis
Glen Jean
First Baptist Church
Rudolph Arnett
Greenwood Memorial Park
Durham
N. C
Brooklyn
W. Va
Roy Davis
Glean Jean
Wayne
Beard’s Fork
Douglas
Springfield
Mass
Ellen. Ferguson
Columbus
Ohio
Ritchie and Johnson
Beulah Brinegar Rites Set in Coal City
Funeral services for Beulah Brinegar 58 of Coal City are set for Friday at 2 30 p m at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev. Glenn Spence officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. She died Wednesday morning after a short illness. Born May 5 1914 in Parrot Virginia she was a member of Coal City Freewill Baptist Church. Surviving husband Arthur a son John Calvin Brinegar of Alexandria Virginia two daughters Helen Jean Lovet of Charlotte North Carolina and Doris June Jenkins of Norfolk Virginia two brothers Sherman Griffith Circleville Ohio and Claude Griffith Columbus Ohio three sisters Ruby Mullins Odd Ohio Lena Wheeler Columbus Ohio Ruth Craddock Atlanta Georgia and three grandchildren. Friends may call after 5 p m at the funeral home. Pallbearers: Don Farley Paul Saul Bobby Brinegar Harold Goslin Max Fee James Shrewsbury Levia Boschain.
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Beulah. Brinegar
Coal City
Rose and Quesenberry
Glenn Spence
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Parrot
Lena Wheeler
Columbus
Ohio
Ruth Craddock
Atlanta
Fiuneral
Don Farley
Paul Saul
Bobby Brinegar
Harold Goslin
Max Fee James Shrewsbury
Levia Boschain
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Beckley Area
Notices report funeral services and deaths in Florida Ohio and West Virginia. Subjects include Mrs Mary Frances Wells 73 of Pompano Fla per Lazear Ashland Ky. Willie T Lee 79 Youngstown OH. Solomon Smallwood 79 Harlem Heights. Mrs Bertha Louise Waddell 70 Coal City died in Lakewood Fla with extensive survivors and church ties. call times and burial details provided.
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Mary Frances Wells
Pompano, Fla
Florida
Lazear
Ashland
Charles
Freda) Rice
Beckley
Funeral services set for Mrs Donna Bair in Hialeah
Mrs Donna Thelma Bair 61 of Hialeah Florida formerly of Princewick will be laid to rest Sunday at 1 pm in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Cecil Smith officiating Burial follows at Meadows Cemetery Princewick She died Tuesday in a Miami hospital after a brief illness Born September 6 1912 she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Ellen Cole Meadows She is survived by husband Howard Bair of Hialeah Florida stepmother Mrs Willie Meadows of Winding Gulf a daughter Linda Bair of Hialeah and brothers Melton Meadows Coal City and Thomas Meadows New Mexico Pallbearers are Robert Crouch Frazier Gills Bennie Meadows Jake Calvert Cephas Fleshman and Everett Meadows
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Donna Thelma Bair
Hialeah
Fla
Princewick
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
Cecil Smith
Meadows
Miami
Benjamin and
Ellen Cole Meadows
Howard Bair
Willie Meadows
Winding Gulf
Linda Bair
Melton Meadows
Coal City
Thomas Meadows
New Mexico
Robert ‘Crouch
Frazier Gills
Bennie Meadows
Jake Calvert
Cephas Fleshman
Everett Meadows
Alligator Catch Tops 13 Day Hunt ending in Cheniere
A 13 foot 7 inch alligator was the top catch of the 13 day season which ended September 18 in Cheniere Louisiana. It marked the first legal alligator hunt in the United States since 1965.
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Grand Cheniere
UPI
United States
Raleigh County Group Seeks Road Upgrades With State Help
A Raleigh County committee met Charleston Highway Commissioner William Ritchie to press for upgrading six roads including White Oak Mountain Lillybrook Mountain Sullivan Toney Fork Rock Creek Lick and Pluto in Richmond District. Participants said the meeting yielded more engagement than prior flat refusals and several road issues will be reviewed with a follow up in about a week. Local ACCAA leaders noted school buses use Lillybrook Mountain Road and urged progress.
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Raleigh
State Department of Highways
William Ritchie
Charleston
Ellis Bailey
Toney Fork
Clyde Sears
White Oak Mountain
Joe ‘Fowler
ACCAA
Lillybrook Mountain
Stoco High School
Marietta Man Garnet Maynor Dies After Heart Attack
Garnet Maynor 58 of Marietta Georgia died Wednesday at 7 28 am in a Marietta hospital after a heart attack Born January 11 1914 in West Virginia he was a World War II veteran Surviving are his wife Verlie one son Jerry of Detroit five siblings including Haven Louis Howard Ofus Opal Griffith Ruby Wisnewski Violet Stover Hazel Lilly Easter Hodge and Dere the Rose The funeral home noted.
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Garnet Maynor
Marietta
Eccles
Marietta ‘Hospital
West Virginia
Vince
Martha England Maynor
Verlie
Jerry
Detroit
Mich
Haven
Louis
Howard
Coal River
Ofus
Toledo
Ohio
Opal Griffith
Cleveland
Ruby Wisnewski
Violet. Stover
Hazel, Lilly
Easter Hodge
Michae
Dere the
Rose
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Forest Cornwell
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Circuit Court
Raleigh’ Ambulance Service, Inc
Intermediate Court
Cornwell
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Environmental Health Services
Tracy Hylton
Senator Hylton
Sen
Tracy W. Hylton
West Virginia State Senate
John Hedrick
MR. Cash
Beckley National
BANK
FDIC
Schnetz
Jay
Fitzhugh Parrish
Anthony Garges
Franklin D. Brooks
Franklin Dee ‘Brooks
Glen Fork
Coonfork Church of God
Silas Burks
Coonfork
Key Rock
Brooks
Rockview
Elva and
Zetta Tolliver Brooks
Eastern Associated Coal Co
Kopperston
United Mine Workers of America
Bertha Waddell
Beulah Brinegar
Mary Wells
Willie T. Lee
Youngstown
Grace Salmon
East Beckley
Solomon Smallwood
Solomon ‘Smallwood
Harlem Heights
Oak Hill
North Carolina
David
Virginia Smallwood
Bertha Louise Waddell
Cleo) Rubin
Lakewood
Royal
William
Martha Fireshman
Garley Waddell
Rubin
James
Waddell
Grayson Lilly
Glade Sparks
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Alley
Lucille Meadows
Fayetteville
Mrs
Donna Bair
Ritchie
Noel Snuffer
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