Boggs Plane Missing As Coast Guard Races Alaska Coast
Coast Guard ships and planes search a large Alaska coastline after a Cessna 310 carrying House Leader Hale Boggs and Rep. Nick Begich disappears en route from Anchorage to Juneau. Ham radio reports indicate a crash near a beach and distress calls from the pilot.
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Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
Coast Guard
Hale Boggs
Juneau
Boggs
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Nick Begich
Russell Brown
Louisiana Democrat
Don E. Jonz
Portage Pass
Air Force
California
Nevada City
James Moon
al Miller
Miller
Head Start Directors In Conference Here
Beckley hosts a two day statewide meeting of the Head Start Directors Association at the Ramada Inn. Participants include Raleigh County Head Start coordinator Bessie Daniel director Doris Bradshaw social worker Lillis Stewart and Delores Kidd. The conference aims to share ideas on curriculum parent coordination social work and maximizing reach to children.
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Head Start Directors Association
Ramada Inn
U S and U S S R Sign Historic Trade Pact
Washington reports the United States and Soviet Union have signed a broad trade pact to settle World War II debts, slash tariffs, and boost two way trade to about 1.5 billion dollars over the pact. The agreement hinges on Congress approving most favored nation tariff status.
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Washington
UPI
Peterson
United States
Nations
Soviet Union
United [States
William P_ ‘Rogers
Moscow
Commerce
Peter G. Peterson
Congress
Yugoslavia
Poland
Nixon
Nikolai S. Patolichev
Rogers
Patolichev
U.S
Talks Postponed at Paris Vietnam Peace Talks
Officials postponed the 164th session of the Vietnam peace talks scheduled for today for one week as the European summit occupies the International Conference Center. The 164th session will reconvene on October 26.
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Paris
Vietnam
International Conference Center
Homecoming Parade Friday at Woodrow Wilson High School
The Woodrow Wilson High School homecoming parade will pass through Beckley downtown Friday at 3 45 p m. Miss Toneta Akers and four attendants Portia Williams Beth McLean Cindy Smith and Robin Beard will be crowned at the Beckley Oak Hill football game at Van Meter Stadium that evening. Prizes will be awarded to the best of 14 floats with judges from the Junior Woman's Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Toneta Akers
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Prince Street
Neville
Main Streets
Miss Akers
Portia Williams
Beth McLean
Cindy Smith
Robin Beard
Beckley-Oak Hill
van Meter Stadium
Woman’s Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Richard Pietrantozzi
John Pack
James Farris
John Scherer
Nancy Hall
McGovern Says Nixon Playing Games With War Policy
Senator George S McGovern argues Nixon and aides delay peace in Indochina while campaigning. He notes White House shifts on talks and sees no quick end to the war as Agnew labels McGovern isolationist during a Grand Rapids stop. Political maneuvers color the race as McGovern barns through major cities.
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United Press International
George S
McGovern
Nixon
Middle West
Cleveland
Washington
Saigon
Spiro T. Agnew
Grand Rapids
Mich
South Dakota
U.S
Franklin Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Congress
Agnew
Boell and Grass as Nobel Contenders in Postwar Germany
Boell has written about 40 volumes since 1949 and remains a leading Nobel candidate alongside Guenter Grass. Both figures, though Boell stays unaffiliated with any party, are closely tied to postwar German political life. The Academy announced the prize at one in Stockholm as Dr Karl Ragnar Gierow read the citation and declined questions.
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Guenter Grass
Willy Brandt
Social Democratic’ Party
Germany
West Germany
Academy
Karl- Ragnar Gierow
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Amendment backers win PTA backing for school bonds
The Maxwell Hill Elementary School PTA unanimously endorses The Better School Buildings Amendment. Raleigh County Supt. William Baker explains the measure authorizing the Legislature to issue and sell up to 200 million dollars in state bonds for construction renovation remodeling equipment and site preparation by county boards of education for elementary and secondary school buildings.
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Maxwell Hill
Parent Teacher Association
Raleigh County
William Baker
PTA
County Boards of Education
Moore routes discussed for proposed corridor near Loy land
Gov Moore outlined possible highway routes through Grant and Hardy counties from Scherr to Winchester and Strasburg, noting a preference to avoid Loy’s property. He said routing depends on Congress funding and denied moving on Corridor B while Corridor W advances.
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Panhandle
Martinsburg
Scherr
U.S. 50
Romney
Winchester
Gazette
Moore
Congress
U.S
Loy
Elkins
Canaan Valley
Oklahoma’s Fifth Governor Impeached in 1923
John Walton, Oklahoma’s fifth governor, faced impeachment the year he assumed office in 1923. The case marked a rare abrupt political setback early in his term.
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Oklahoma
John Walton
Jury Selects for Wickline Fraley Case in Raleigh Co Court
A jury for Muriel Wickline v James Fraley was being struck at noon in Raleigh County Circuit Court while a second jury finished a separate trial earlier today. Wickline, represented by David T. Kennedy, seeks compensation for injuries from a car accident in Crab Orchard on January 11, 197? He lived in Crab Orchard at the time and later moved to Hinton.
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Muriel Edward Wickline
James Allen Fraley
Slab Fork
Raleigh County
Wickline
David T. Kennedy
W. Orchard
Trial deliberations underway in Adkins vs Jenkins case
Bivens Jr. of Bluefield is attorney for Fraley as jurors in Piney View resident Carlos Edward Adkins Jr. suit against Arthur W. Jenkins of Stamford begin deliberations about 11 15 a m. today. Adkins 18 alleges brake failure on a Sullivan Road truck hired by Jenkins caused a mountainous crash. Witnesses dispute Adkins speed and truck condition with MAiola claiming brakes were fine and Adkins speeding earlier. Judge C C Berkley Lilly calls a lunch recess at noon.
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Bivens Jr
Bluefield
Fraley
Carlos Edward Adkins Jr
Piney View
Arthur W. Jenkins
Stamaford
Adkins
Jenkins
Sullivan
Arnold Maidla
Adkin
Maiola
Joe Maiola
Cc.berkley Lilly
Adkins- Jenkins
Fatality in Chile as curfew strikes widen
In Santiago a 23 year old motorist was shot by a marine patrol enforcing a curfew, becoming the first fatality in nine days of strikes and disturbances. President Allende accused professional groups of sabotage while promising not to be paralyzed.
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Santiago
Chile
UPD
Salvador Allende
Navy
Sergio Manuel Olivares
Valparaiso
Olivares
Cautin
Allende
San Miguel
Final rites held for Rev Grover C Gilbert 85 of Harper
Deaths and funeral notices for multiple Beckley area residents. Rev Grover C Gilbert 85 of Harper died after a long illness and will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after services at Second Baptist Beckley. Other notices include Elbert Te Sowers 67 Page, Roxie Craft 75 Farmington NJ, John Robert Daniel 86 Beckley, Mack A Thompson 50 Beckley, Stella G Spinks 83 Mount Hope, and Charles W Ricketts Jr. 71 Beckley with details on services, deaths, and survivors.
Funeral services for Jack L Underwood set Friday in Pineville
Jack Lee Underwood 31 of Walnut Cove North Carolina formerly of Brenton dies from a gunshot wound. Service at Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville with Rev. Troy Adams. Born May 8 1941 in Virginia he was son of Speed and Sylvia Sloane Underwood of Oak Hill.
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Jack Lee Underwood
Walnut Cove
N. C
Brenton
Robertson-Foglesong
Pineville
Troy Adams
North Carolina
Virginia
Speed
Sylvia Sloane Underwood
Oake Hill
Delilah Johnston
European leaders clash over political unity at Paris summit
At the Paris summit nine European nations debated whether Europe can be both politically and economically unified. Pompidou urged staying with national governments while Biesheuvel pressed for faster economic growth toward political union, with Brandt linking economic and political unity and Heath calling for gradual evolution and study of the Parliament. And create a regional fund.
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Paris
UPI
Europe
Georges Pompidou
Barend Biesheuvel
Netherlands
Willy Brandt
Biesheuvel
Pompidou
European Parliament
Edward Heath
Brandt
Giulio Andreotti
East West friction at European summit on union pace
Leaders from nine nations debate the second stage of economic and monetary union amid pressure for stronger Parliament powers and direct elections. France aims for political unity while Germany warns of delay without Paris concessions as talks seek a European Monetary Fund and currency integration by 1980.
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Pompidou
Brandt
Biesheavel
Germany
France
Britain
Ireland
Denmark
Europe
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Luxem
State seeks funds for Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine
West Virginia seeks 409 233 from the Appalachian Regional Commission to start Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg using the former Greenbrier Military School facilities. Gov Arch Moore says the college will ease physician shortages and affiliate with Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for supervision and teaching. Students must sign letters promising rural family practice for at least two years after acceptance.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
West Virginia
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Greenbrier
Moore
Philadelphia College
West Virginia power dam plan faces 50 year license bid
Blue Ridge coverage notes Appalachian Power Co seeks a half century license to build a dam and reservoir on the New River near Galax. The move aims to protect the river’s future amid concerns raised by state residents over a three year period.
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West
Final rites for Myrlen H Goddard at Meadow Bridge
Myrlen H Goddard 76 of Meadow Bridge will receive funeral rites Friday at 2 p m in Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Fred Dinkler officiating. Burial follows in Prosperity Cemetery. He died Wednesday at a local hospital after a long illness. A retired coal miner, he lived in Meadow Bridge 43 years and was born November 28 1895 in Green Sulphur Springs. He was a member of the Church of Christ and United Mine Workers of America. Surviving are his son Arzy Goddard of Cleveland Ohio a daughter Pansy Williams a sister Mrs Louella Biggs and six grandchildren.
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Elbert
Tyste
Oak
Hill
James H. Casto
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Page Mining 'Co
Page
Pilot
Fornie Thompson Sowers
James Mand Gilford
Blacksburg
Eve . Doss
Christiansburg
Myrtle Robinson
Vals
John
Oak Hill
Joetta Caudill
Inkster
Mich
Betty Feinberg
Larchmont
N. Y
John Robert Daniel
North
Vance Drive
Beckley
Harper
Jerry
Julia Daniel
Methodist Church
Neddie Davis Daniel
Von
Valley
Houston
Tex
Webb
Mack A. ‘Thompson
Kyle Thompson
Beckley Regular Baptist
Margaret Johnson Thompson
George, Huntington
Larry
Bonnie) Moore
Rivesville
Peggy Thompson
Dennis Hollingsworth
Keith Koontz
French Toney
Maurice Porter
Tom Snuffer
Stella G. Spinks
Mount Hope
Tyree
Albert
Sally Whiteford Gorrell
Joseph Spinks
J. M
Columbus
Ohio
Katherine Neely
Alice W. Gorrell
Berkeley Springs
Charles W. Ricketts Jr
Parkway St
Alderson
Pacific Telephone Co
San Diego
Calif
U. S. Navy
Helen M. Ricketts
William
Irene) Irwin
Corona del Mar
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Myrlen H. Goddard
Meadow Bridge
Calfee ‘Funeral Home
Fred. [Dinkler
Green Sulphur
Springs
Floyd
Sarah Crotty Goddard
Church of Christ
United Mine Workers of America
Pansy Williams
Goddard
Arzy
Cleveland
Louella Biggs
Pauline McIntosh dies at 58 in Beckley hospital
Mrs Pauline McIntosh 58 of Beaver died at 1 25 am today in a Beckley hospital after a sudden death. The body is at Melton Mortuary.
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Pauline McIntosh
Beaver
Beckley’ Hospital
Melton Mortuary
Amphibian Truck? Not an accurate title.
The text notes two frog species inhabiting northern regions: the summon frog common to England Europe and Asia, and the wood frog found in North America, highlighting their northern range.
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Unitedness. International
Arctic Circle
England
Europe
Asia
North America
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