Truck Accident Trial Opens in Ralet County Court
A March truck crash on Sullivan Hill near Piney View is under trial in Ralet County Circuit Court. Plaintiff Carlos Edward Adkins Jr. alleges brake failure and seeks wages and medical costs totaling about 3 000 while detailing injuries and lost work time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Hill
Ralet County
Carlos Edward Adkins Jr
Piney View
Arthur W. Jenkins
Decca
Jenkins
Piney’ View
Social Security Provisions in Congress Welfare Bill
Major provisions of the compromise welfare bill approved by Congress include a guaranteed annual income of 130 dollars a month for individuals and 195 for couples for 3 million aged and disabled. Widows could receive 100 percent of their husbands entitlements. Medicare expands to under 65. Payroll tax rises from 5.2 to 5.85 percent on earnings up to 10 800 in 1973 and up to 12 000 in 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPD
Congress
Medicare
Police Beat One Jailed and Five Freed On Bond
A Raleigh County man was jailed on a capias warrant at 11:15 a.m. and released on his own recognizance by Circuit Court Judge C Berkley Lilly. Alphonso and Bertha Russell of Raleigh posted bond and were freed after being jailed for breaking and entering Lula Belle Cook’s Raleigh home between Sept 30 and Oct 8. Martha Ellen Bishop of Midway was jailed on child neglect and intoxication charges and released after posting bond. A Raleigh girl was jailed on a shoplifting charge and released by an Intermediate Court judge. Beckley police cited two for traffic violations, Robert N Williams for improper registration and Nathaniel C Sweatte for a red light violation. both are ordered to municipal court Oct 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Ivan Murdock
Glen Daniel
Sheriff's Deputies
Capias
C. Berkley
Lilly
Alphonso J
Bertha, Russell
Lorena Wallace
Lula Belle Cook
Midway
Joe Rodriguez
Beckley
Robert N. Williams
Sprague
Nathaniel C. Sweatte
Seymon
Dead On Arrival And Other Beckley Police Reports
A Beckley man was reported dead on arrival at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after rescue crews found him at 4 55 am. Mack Thompson 50 of 107 Valley View Dr was said to be having difficulty breathing and died on arrival at 5 30 am. James Wooten 64 of 111 Edwards St was listed in poor condition after a Tuesday call at 2 28 pm. Hazel Fulford 420 N Vance Dr required aid after a fall at 12 31 pm. Three traffic incidents Tuesday and Monday caused minor injuries to passengers. Bobby Joy Dickens 27 of Arnett was charged with following too closely after a rear collision on Valley Drive. Francis Dale Fox 133 of Sophia stopped in the northbound lane and was hit from behind. Damages were $150 to Fox’s car and $500 to Dickens’s. Betty McGee 17 of Glen Morgan was injured when her car overturned on Sec 241 in Daniels at 7 30 pm with $400 vehicle damage. she was not hospitalized. Edmond Lee Sweeney 25 of 107 Christian Rd was charged with failing to control after a crash on Sec 198 Beckley. his wagon was struck by a truck driven by Darrell Lovejoy 44 of Stamford. damages $500 to the truck and $300 to Sweeney’s vehicle.
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A. Beckley Man
Beckley
Appalachian ‘Regional Hospital
Restice
James Wooten
Edwards St
Barh
Hazel Fulford
N. Vance Dr
Arnett
Bobby Joy Dickens
Valley Drive
Paint Street
Francis Dale Fox
Sophia
Fox
Glen Morgan
Betty McGee
Sec
Daniels
Kathy Summons
High Berm
McGee
Edmond Lee Sweeney
Christian Rd
Sweeney
Darrell Lovejoy
Stamaford
San Francisco State Plans Hirohito Honorary Degree
Emperor Hirohito may receive the first honorary degree from San Francisco State University after a proposal by President S I Hayakawa. Firefighters were called at 1 45 am to aid a man found unresponsive on Northwestern Ave, later identified as Hayakawa, who asked the faculty to approve Hirohito’s nomination. He was revived with oxygen and treated at Regional Hospital Beckley Appalachian State College was granted regional university status this year, enabling it to award honorary degrees.
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San Francisco
USPD
San Francisco State University
Hirohito
Japan
S. I
Hayakawa
Sinda
Beckley Applachian State College
Rockefeller Eyes Southern WV Counties Campaign
Democratic nominee John D. Rockefeller IV plans final campaigning in coalfields of southern West Virginia to mobilize a large vote. He argues strip mining harms deep mining and criticizes Gov. Arch Moore for not visiting flood-affected Boone County areas. Rockefeller pledges extended unemployment benefits, retraining, and job placement if surface mining ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Scott
Whitesville
W.va
UPI
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Rockefeller
Arch Moore
Moore
Boone County
Prenter
Moore unveils turnpike upgrades and Marshall medical center
Gov Arch A Moore Jr announced plans to upgrade 25 miles of the West Virginia Turnpike to interstate standards and to establish a Marshall University Medical School with 50 000 from the state Board of Regents. He also announced a 3 2 million federal local grant for the Tri State Transit Authority to buy buses and build facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W.va
UPI
Arch A. Moore Jr
Wheeling
Cabell County
West Virginia
Marshall University
Moore
State Board of Regents
Cal School
Beckley
Princeton
Congress
U.S. Veterans Administration
Tri-State Transit Authority
Marshall
John G. Barker
Barker
West Virginia University
Supreme Court to Rule On Mingo Balloting Dispute
The West Virginia Supreme Court will hear Friday arguments on an election contest seeking to overturn May 9 results in Mingo County. Contestants allege massive irregularities in multiple precincts and seek to declare their candidates winners for sheriff school board and Democratic committees while challenging ballot legality and recounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Charleston
OPI
Mingo County
High Court
William L. Jacobs
Jacobs
Parkersburg
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Tom Chafk
Melvin Brooks
Pearly E.ins
E. L. “Breezy” Bevins
Carl E. Riggs
Gutsill
Two Blacks Surrender To Chicago Police Station
Two De Mau Mau members dressed in army fatigue jackets surrendered at Chicago police HQ. Eight suspects face trial for the execution style murders of nine white victims. Darrell Patry and Garland Jackson surrendered, aiding an FBI and Army probe into a possible nationwide De Mau Mau network with Vietnam veteran links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Darrell Patry
Criminal Court
Richard J. Elrod
Garland Jackson
Elrod
FBI
Army
Patty
Jackson
de Mau Mau J
Kathleen Fiene
South Side
Edmund Dobbs
Sheriff's Police
Democrats Clash Over Watergate Fallout In 1972 Race
John B. Connally Jr. says McGovernites aim Watergate at the President and may push him from the party. Rep. John G. Schmitz accuses Nixon operatives of sabotaging third party efforts including a Wallace bid. Robert Dole claims Democratic sabotage targets the Nixon campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Connally Jr
Democrats
Nixon
McGovern
Connally
Democratic Party
John G. Schmitz
American Party
Third Party
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Republican National
Robert Dole
Officer Receives Top Cop Award in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City the International Association of Police Chiefs named Jake Miller Policeman of the Year for rescuing a drowning boy in the Mississippi River. The New Orleans canine handler, a 235 pound veteran who never carries a gun, jumped into the swift water after a raft broke apart and saved the child before shore. He credited Rebel the shepherd and said he removed his jacket and gun to swim faster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
UPI
New Orleans
Jake Miller
International Association of Police
Miller
Denver Broncos
Rebel
California Bridge Collapse Kills Six Workers at Arroyo Seco
A four lane freeway bridge over Arroyo Seco collapsed during wet concrete pouring near the Rose Bowl, killing six men and injuring twenty one, as 350 workers tackled the rubble with torches and falsework failures blamed for the disaster. The $8.9 million Foothill Freeway project between Glendale and Pasadena is under federal investigation led by the Federal Highway Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Freeway
Bridg
Charles Jones
Arroyo Seco Wash
Rose Bowl
State Division of Highways
California
Highway Division
Federal Highway Administration
Glendale
Jones Seeks 35000 Damages in Collision Suit
Charles E. Jones sues Thomas Coffman in Raleigh County Circuit Court for 35000 alleging a head on collision on West Virginia 61 west of Oak Hill left him permanently disabled and unable to work as a construction engineer. He seeks 25000 compensatory and 10000 punitive damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles .E. Jones
Thomas Coffman
Raleigh County
Jones
Lorain Jones
W. Va
Oak Hill
Coffman
Two CAA Meetings Set For Town District and Trap Hill
The Town District Community Action Association will meet Thursday Oct 19 at 7 p.m. at the Raleigh County Community Action office on Prince Street. Trap Hill District CAA will meet Friday Oct 20 at 7 p.m. at the Lester Head Start Center with Joe Fowler as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town District Community Action Association
Raleigh County Community Action
Prince Street
Willie Chambers
Trap Hill
Deaths And Farcola Adkins Obituary Details
Additional survivors of Walter Jason Adkins 77 Meadow Creek include step son Kirby Tolly Pennsylvania and step daughter Mildred Williams Beckley. Funeral services 11 a m Thursday Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Revs Ernest Barley Dorothy Osborne. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after 6 p m Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jason Adkins
Meadow Creek
Kirby Tolly
Pennsylvania
Mildred Williams
Beckley
Adkins
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ernest Barley
Dorothy Osborne
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Funeral Arrangements Incomplete For Jack L Underwood
Jack Lee Underwood 31 of Walnut Cove North Carolina formerly of Brenton died Monday in North Carolina from a gunshot wound. Details are unavailable. The body rests at Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lee Underwood
Walnut Cove
N. C
Brenton
North Carolina
Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Obituary notices for Gilbert Craft Mitchell deaths listed
Reverend Grover C. Gilbert dies after long illness in a local hospital. The body remains at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home. Mrs Roxie Craft 75 of Farmingdale New Jersey dies after long illness. survivor details listed with husband and children. body sent to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley. Mrs Rosa L Mitchell 91 of 1009 Fayette Street dies after long illness. service at Ebenezer Baptist Church with burial Greenwood Memorial Park. survivors listed. viewing at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Gilbert
Harper Heights
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Roxie Craft
Farmingdale
N. J
East Beckley
New Jersey
Central Baptist Church
Beckley
Pittslvania
Waverly
Abraham
Amy Myles
Paul I
Philadelphia
James
Lawrence
Columbus
Ohio
Elizabeth Parell
Gladys Wood
New York
N. Y
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Rosa L. Mitchell
S. Fayette St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
C. O. Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Congress Narrowly Heads Off Delegation Clash
Congress narrowly avoided a House clash over delegating a constitutional prerogative to the President. The Social Security bill would raise the maximum payroll tax from 468 to 631.80 on January 1 and to 702 on January 1, 1974, for incomes over 12,000. It expands benefits, boosts widow payments, allows more earnings for retirees, extends Medicare to some disabled, and creates a $130 monthly single or $195 couple minimum welfare income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Congress
Senate
Green project screens at Park Junior High auditorium
The film, a two year in the making travelogue, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in the Park Junior High School auditorium. Green, director-cameraman for the University of Minnesota education staff, drew on extensive film and television experience including White House service and a Far East trip with Ambassador Pauley. Tickets are available from Kiwanis members or Beckley Kiwanis Club, Box 753, Beckley West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Green
University of Minnesota
White House
Far East
Ambassador Pauley
U. S
North Korea
Kiwanis Cub
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Beckley
W. Va
Raphael Green
Russia
Kiwanis Club
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
American motorists drove and estimated 945 billion miles in seven hundred eighty cars in 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Beckley Woman Mable J Tuck Rites Scheduled
Mrs Mable J Tuck 77 of Beckley will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after a 1 pm service Thursday at Welcome Baptist Church East Park with Rev Thomas Pryor officiating. The family will receive friends 7 to 9 pm today at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Surviving are two stepdaughters Rosa Harvey Stanaford Verna Burton Greentown and three stepsons Thomas Stanaford John Cleveland Ohio and Herman New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Johnson Tuck
Beckley
Welcome Baptist
East
Park
Thomas Pryor
Greenwood
Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Rosa Harvey
Stanaford
Verna Burton
Greentown
Thomas
John
Cleveland
Ohio
Herman
New York, N.Y
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Witt held in Porterville
Mrs Ida Lively Witt 82 of Porterville California formerly Beckley died Monday night Burial in Porterville She was born in Fayette County daughter of James and Amanda Lively Survived by daughter Mrs Lucille Baker of Porterville two sisters Mrs Bessie Atha and Mrs Nora Woolwine Prosperity four grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Body at Myers Funeral Home Porterville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Lively Witt
Porterville
Calif
Beckley
California
Witt
Fayette County
James
Amanda Lively
Lucille Baker
Bessie Atha
Nora Woolwine
Prosperity
Myers Funeral Home
John L. Ketchka Rites Planned in Ohio Burial at Riverview Cemetery
Funeral services for John L. Ketchka 73 of Pomeroy Ohio will be held Friday at 2 pm with Rev Robert Bumgar tner in charge Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery Ohio Ketchka died Thursday of a stroke Surviving are his wife Mae Kedward Ketchka two sons Edward R of Beckley and John L of Indianapolis Rawlings Coats Funeral Home Middleport Ohio from 10 am to 9 pm Thursday Masonic rites set for 7 30 pm Thursday at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Ketchka
Pomeroy
Ohio
Robert Bumgartner
Riverview Cemetery
Ketchka
Mae Kedward Ketchka
Edward R
Beckley
John L
Indianapolis
Ind
Pruiett and Jackson Rites Set in Local Obituaries
Albert W. Pruiett 78 of 501 Quarry St dies after extended illness. Norman Godby Tom McKinney John Somers Leonard Bragg Ross Stover and Edgar Roles named as pallbearers for the 11 a.m. Thursday Melton Mortuary Chapel service with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Jack Pud Freeland Jackson 40 of Pineville dies at home from sudden illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Burial arrangements at the funeral home 5 to 10 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Whitley Pruiett
Norman Godby
Tom McKinney
John Somers
Leonard Bragg
Ross Stover
Edgar Roles
Pruiett
Quarry St
Melton Mortuary
Aubrey Belue
Sunset Memorial Park
Jack
Pud
Freeland Jackson
Pineville
Robertson-Foglesong
James McCormack
Blue [Ridge Memorial Gardens
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Joseph Luchini
Ned H. Ragland
Jack Wall
Wilma “McClure
Walter Wisnewski
Sherman Gray
Macil Estep
Lucille Palmer
Arnold Gilfilen
B. L. Harold
Leona Biggs
William E. Bush
Noah J. Wood
Darrell Parsons
Jay
Sherman High School
Lin Seth
Donald Evans
Donald Q. Booth
Evans
CAA
Farcola
Walter J. Adkins
Jack L. Underwood
Rev
Mrs
Mable J. Tuck
Mrs. Ida Lively Witt
Albert W. Pruiett
Jack F. Jackson
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