Deaths and Funerals in Raleigh County and Beckley areas
Obituaries list Henry Eagle to complete for Henry Bale 80 of Rainelle who died Wednesday morning in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Lena M. Smith 62 of Beckley died in a local nursing home and funeral arrangements are pending. Nancy Payne 68 formerly of Sabine to be laid to rest at Pine Grove Baptist Church Ravenclift with burial at Pine Grove Cemetery after long illness. Robert Keith Scott 19 of Beaver died Wednesday. services set at Beaver Methodist Church with burial in Crow Cemetery. Scott had owned Scott's Grocery in Beaver for 24 years and was predeceased by his wife Ellison Scott and siblings. survivors include daughter Evelyn Meadows and son Robert J. in Ocala, with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bodies and funeral homes listed for local callings and pallbearers named.
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Henry Eagle
Henry Bale
Eagle
Lena M. Smith
Beckley
Ritchie ‘and Johnson Funeral
Nancy Payne
Sabine
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Ravenclift
Virgil Shannon
John Richardson
Pine Grove
Payne
Richwood Hospital
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Robert “Bob
Keith Scott
Beaver
Beaver Methodist Church
Virgil Cook
Clyde Buzzard
Crow
Scott
Pericene
Moses
Matilda Watts Scott
Raleigh County
Charlie
Rakes
Grady Mace Azel Bragg
Ralph Ba
Kidnapped teacher's aide found safe after 28 hours
Kirsten Anderson a 17 year old aide from Arroyo Grande Calif was held at knife point Tuesday and driven to Vacaville before being found bound and gagged in a women's restroom at a park near a California facility. Police tracked a suspect Robert Harvey who escaped a Santa Maria jail and faces prior kidnapping charges in New Mexico. The victim described the drive and a failed attempt to buy clothing with an invalid credit card before authorities recovered her.
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Vacaville
Caut
Kirsten
Kitty” Anderson
Arroyo Grande
Calif
California
Robert A. Harvey
Santa Maria
New Mexico
Miss Anderson
Peter Pan Nursery School
San Francisco
FBI
Nobel Prize schedule and winners overview
Nobel Prizes cover medicine peace literature physics chemistry and economy this year with announcements on October 24 27 and 30. Three American scientists share the medicine prize for discoveries about virus replication mechanisms and genetic structure.
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Robert iv H. Gobin Kohrama
Marshalla Altenbergn
United States
Tand
Sweden
Hay
Soviet Union
Nobel
State Police Tactical Patrol Issues 132 Tickets
The State Police tactical patrol squad issued 132 tickets Tuesday and Wednesday. Of these, 112 were warnings and 20 arrests were recorded. Arrests included 12 for hazardous moving violations and eight for non moving violations, with the squad operating along a stretch north of Daisy toward the Fayette County line.
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Daisy
Fayette County
Czechs Seek Political Asylum in Austria After Travel Ban
About 100 Czechs including a former diplomat sought political asylum in Austria after a travel ban to the West. Interior Ministry officials said several defectors, among 12,000 Czechoslovak refugees in Austria, had reached safety since the decree.
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Vienna
UPI
Interior Ministry
Zdenek Hejslar
Czechopaigege 3
Vyastas
Rors
Austria
Ladislav Bittman
Legation
Marriage Permit Applications for Aunrrie Licentes
Marriage permit applications list Tyrone Hall age 19 of 108 Curtis Street son of Sammie Roosevelt Hall and Minnie Christine Pannell to Sheila Elizabeth Law age 19 of Mulberry Street daughter of Richard Law Jr and Amy Mae Walton.
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Rachel Sohn
Tyrone Hall
Curtis SC
Sammie Roosevelt Hall
Minnie Christine Pannell
Sheila Elizabeth Law
Ee Mulberry Sr
Richard Law Jr
Amy Mae Walton
Woman suffocated in Charleston apartment fire
Mary Jane Moore age 44 of Charleston died from smoke inhalation in a bedroom fire in her apartment. Fire officials say she likely fell asleep while smoking a lit cigarette.
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Charleston
UPI
Mary Jane Moore
State Workman’s Compensation Fund
Judge Quashes Bailey Evidence in Parkersburg Case
Wood County Circuit Court Judge Donald Black suppressed physical evidence and statements to be used by the state against Susie Bailey in the deaths of 12 family members. He ordered arrest records and statements to be suppressed and excluded as improperly obtained.
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Parkensburg
UPI
Wood County
Donald Black
Susie Bailey
Black
Miss Bailey
E. L. Roush
Parkersburg
J. R. Barrowa
Bailey
Kara Is Threat To Boats Only Kara Is Threat To Boats Only
A high pressure system behind Hurricane Kara pushed the 75 mph storm away from the mainland into the Atlantic. At 6 am Kara centered about 275 miles northwest of Bermuda, moving east-northeast at 15 mph. Forecasters kept small craft warnings from Savannah to Virginia Beach as the New England high steered Kara to sea.
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Miami
UPI
Kara
Atlantic
Bermuda
Savannah
Virginia Beach
New England
Huntington Water Co Must Post Bond and Vietnam War Debate
The Public Service Commission orders Huntington Water Corp to post an $800000 bond for potential rate refunds as a rate hike proceeds with a Dec 1 hearing set. Separately Senator Goldwater urged renewed bombing if Paris talks stall, calling for decisive action against Hanoi amid antiwar demonstrations and a recalled war stance.
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San Diego
Calif
North Vietnam
Paris
Barry Goldwater
Hanoi
George Murphy
R-Calif
Sherman
Goldwater
Vietnam
Valance
Charleston
UPI
Huntington Water Corp
Public Service Commission
PSC
Cauers
Mora- Elchorn Public Service Co
Torium
Tomers
McDowell County
West Virginia observes Vietnam Moratorium Day
United Press International reports a calm moratorium across West Virginia with scattered arrests in Charleston and Huntington. In Morgantown WVU students held a vigil while Keyser and sister towns showed varied participation as officials urged restraint and reflected on costs of the war.
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United Press International
Pittsburgh
Charleston
Oly
West Virginia
Huntington
Sen
Birch
Bayh
D-Ind
Marshall University
Vietnam
John D
Jay) Rockefeller IV
Adrian Warner
Warner
Kanawha County
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Indiana
Ken Heckler
D-W. Va
A&a
Agnew
Ronald
Reagan
Pham van Dong
Hanoi
Hechler
House
Keyser
Potomac
D. Frederick Wertz
Draft Lottery Controversy In 1967 Congressional Change
The article discusses the 1967 extension of the draft law and a Senate committee debate over a military draft lottery. Rep. F Edward Hebert notes reluctance to grant the President authority, yet says congressional permission should be honored due to the president’s strong recommendation. Opponents argue lottery would not fix inequities since college students could avoid service.
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Congress
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
Hebert
Defendants Display Flag Fight At Chicago Conspiracy Trial
In Chicago a courtroom scene during the conspiracy trial saw Rennie Davis and Abbie Hoffman raise an American flag and a Viet Nam flag on the defense table. Judge Hoffman condemned the display as outrageous while the marshal retained control after a tense tug of war. Dellinger read names of Vietnam casualties as the session continued.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S
Hoffman
Foran
Twoj
David Dellinger
Vietnam
Julius J. Hoffman
Detlinger
Dellinger
Thomas Foran
Tax reform would end tax breaks for former public officials
Senate Finance Committee moves to bar deductions for public papers donated to libraries by officials such as Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey. The measure sets Jan 1 as the effective date, aligning with broader tax reform proposals that also restrict deductibility of antitrust penalties and certain bribes or fines.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
House
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Kennedy Pushes Immediate Vietnam Withdrawal Schedule
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy urged an immediate U S withdrawal plan for Vietnam with all ground combat forces out by end of 1972 and air and support troops soon after. He said Nixon should announce a firm timetable to press Saigon and Hanoi to earnest peace talks and political accountability.
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Boston
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Kennedy
World Trade Council
Massachusetts Democrat
Nixon
Saigon
Paris
Hanoi
Caeeeelia
Caeeiamaa
The
Gheny
Interstate 79 work accelerated to cut delays
Construction on Interstate 79 is being sped up by three to four months after talks among Gov Arch A Moore Jr highway engineers and the SRC. Officials say the Clarksburg to Western Pennsylvania stretch should open in 1971 with eight I-70 contracts already awarded and more bids planned in Braxton and Monongalia counties.
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Charleston
Fairmont
Pennsylvania
Braxton Couny
Business Council Backs Nixon Inflation Policy
In Hot Springs Virginia several Business Council members gave President Nixon high marks for his inflation control plan. Some members warned higher unemployment may be needed to cool the economy.
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Hot Springs
The
Business Council
Nixon
Kennedy on Vietnam politics and settlement prospects
Kennedy argues for a political settlement in Vietnam as the United States seeks broader aims beyond aiding individuals. He says firepower cannot remove adversaries and sporadic assaults cannot end the conflict, insisting no settlement is possible while the US remains engaged.
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United States
Kennedy
China Frees British Captain From Mao Insult Charge
Hong Kong reports Capt. Peter M. Will of the Kota Java was released after more than 16 months in China on charges of insulting Mao Tse-tung. He arrived in Hong Kong in good health, saying he was deported. Will was the sixth British citizen freed in two weeks.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Peter M. Will
Singapore
Kota Java
Ching
Will
Taku
Tientsin
Mao
Reuters
Anthony Grey
Charlesian
Gov.a
Arch A. Moore Jr
Mark Mao
Smuggling Political Mining Company
Lincoln District
Crum
Unidentified Object Strikes Home in England
In Wanstead England an unidentified flying object hit a house alarm and confusion followed as residents watched the strange craft. Arthur Muge described the incident revealing the object appeared to be a device with antennae and weather-forecasting implications. The Defense Department later identified the incident and confirmed Marine Lance Cpl Danny R Hesson of Weirton West Virginia was reported killed in the Vietnam War.
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Wanstead
England
UPI
Arthur Muge
Hancock County
Crockeryell
Muge
Defense Department
Marine Lance
Danny R. Hesson
Mary A. Hesson
Weirs
W. Va
Boyle Challenges Yablonski on Campaign Financing
United Mine Workers President W. A. Boyle urged his challenger Joseph Yablonski to disclose who funds his campaign. Boyle accused outsiders of money backing Yablonski and said office setups cost miners money, while claiming Boyle-Titler-Owens funds come from voluntary UMW member contributions. Boyle planned rallies in Logan Mingo Raleigh and Boone counties.
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Logan
UPI
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Joseph Yablonski
Yablonski
Boyle
West Virginia
Joe
UMW
iMegal District 50
Charleston
Beckley
Monongah
Welch and
Williamson
Miners Committee
Boyle - Titler- Owens
Mingo
Raleigh
Boone
Walks for Charity Eyed By Seaford Inn Regulars
Seaford England June Crook plans a week long charity walk inside her inn. A pedometer will measure miles walked serving drinks and clearing glasses. Regulars pledge six cents per mile to raise funds for charity.
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Seaford
England
UPI
June Crook
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Lena Smith
Robert K. Scott
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