Watergate figure linked to planned national censorship
Rep. William Moorhead says James McCord aided drafting a secret contingency plan for government censorship in wartime. The plan reportedly covers mail openings broadcasts monitoring and traveler questioning, and includes a National Watchlist potentially targeting political opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
James
W.mccord Jr
William S. Moorhead
Pennsylvania
Moorhead
James McCord
House Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
McCord
Nixon
Air Force Reserve
Balloon Out Of Control Causes Traffic Jams In New York Suburbs
A hot air balloon carrying three men drifted over North Salem and across two counties on Saturday. It reached 3000 feet, caused multiple crashes and traffic jams on I-684 and Route 22, with 50 plus calls to police. The pilots were William Hughes 35, Thomas Phillips Sr 57, and Thomas Phillips Jr 33. no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
GPD
North Salem
Danbury
Con
North Castle
Brewster
Main Street
Fially
Route 22
William Hughes
Thomas Phillips Sr
Thomas Phillips Jr
Seefoot Indian Theft at Fisherman’s Wharf
Monterey reports theft of a See foot wooden cigar store Indian from the Trade Winds gift shop on Fisherman's Wharf. The valued figure is listed at 750 dollars. Police pursuing leads as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Calif
UPI
Trade Winds
Fisherman’s Wharf
Three MIGs Downed In Hanoi Area Dogfight
U S F4 Phantom crews claim three Russian built MIG21s shot down in a dogfight over the Hanoi area on Oct 15. No U S losses reported. Ground action included VC attacks near Suoi Giua and Bung Cau, with casualties on both sides and B52 strikes around Bien Hoa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
Hanoi
U.S
Suoi Giua
Bien Hoa
Bung Cau
Saigon’ Command
Highlands
Duc Co
North Vietnam
Girl's alert leads to swift arrest in abduction case
In Burlingame California a 10 year old traffic guard Mary Silvesti noted a cruising car near Our Lady of Angels School. Police credit Mary with helping capture 19 year old Richard C Burkhardt who allegedly attempted to abduct Judy Mason a classmate. Burkhardt fled when Judy's mother ran outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlingame
Calif
UPD
Mary Silvesti
Our Lady of Angels School
Mary
Richard C. Burkhardt
Judy Mason
Burkhardt
Judy
Gas Station Owner Fights Mobil Over Price Schemes
New York dealer Paul Rubenfeld, a Mobil petitioner for 17 years, says the firm plans to replace dealers with contract managers on 30 day leases and fix prices. He alleges Mobil cut off supplies and seeks eviction on Sept. 30. He will face the case in court with Attorney General Lefkowitz to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobil
New York
UPI
Mobile Oil Co
Paul Rubenfeld
Glen Oaks
Ana Xzt
Ralbenfeld
Rubenfeld
Louis Lefkowitz
Kitty Hawk riot charges hit 25 crewmen cycling ashore
Twenty five black sailors aboard the USS Kitty Hawk faced special courts martial after a race riot aboard the carrier near Vietnam Yankee Station. Ages 18 to 22, they were not jailed yet, with one man named as ring leader facing harsher charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
UPI
Kitty Hawk
Vietnam
Navy
Commander In Chief of
Pacific Fleet
Yankee Station
U.S
John L. Rowe
Anniston
Ala
Fleet Oiler
Hassayampa
Subic Bay
Philippines
Jail Reports and Suspects In Raleigh County Police Beat
One man jailed in Raleigh County Jail early today with five others jailed over the weekend. Kenneth L. Calhoun charged with expired registration with bond posted. Roger Taylor jailed on assault and battery warrant and released after bond. Fre d Coffman Jr and Donald C Boyd jailed on warrants and intoxication charges. Donnie O Neal jailed on driving while intoxicated and released after bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Kenneth L. Calhoun
Joe Rodriguez
Roger Taylor
Glen Morgan
Rodriguez
Wiliam Maloney
Stover
Terry
Fred Coffman Jr
Beckley
Donald C. Boyd
Bailey Ave
Donnie O’neal
Youth Arrest in Beckley for Shoplifting
A 15 year old Beckley girl was arrested by Beckley police on a shoplifting charge. She allegedly took a pair of earrings valued at 86 cents from Hills Department Store at By Pass Plaza Shopping Center and will appear before Intermediate Court Judge Kermit A Locke. Four others were ordered into Beckley municipal court in October 30 after traffic citations Sunday. Kenneth Joe Weaver 23 of Temple Street was cited for hazardous driving. Arlie Hart 62 of Rt 1 Box 235 Beckley was cited for defective equipment. Winifred B Cook Jr 19 of Woodlawn Avenue was cited for a one way street violation. Wanda Lee Haskins 17 of I Street was cited for expired vehicle registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley Police
Hills Department Store
By-Pass Plaza
Kermit A. Locke
Beckley Municipal Court
Kenneth Joe Weaver
Temple St
Arlie Hart
Rt. 1
Winifred B. Cook Jr
Woodlawn Ave
Wanda Lee Haskins
II St
Nixon Holds 25 Point Lead In Harris Poll
United Press International reports Nixon leading McGovern 59 to 34 percent from the Oct 17 19 survey. Harris cautioned shifts could occur with two weeks remaining. McGovern vows to win narrowly and campaigns in Philadelphia New York while Nixon debates a large suburban swing and national appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Harris
United Press International
George S. McGovern
Louis Harris
McGovern
South Dakota
U.S. Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
New York City
Cade
Westchester
Suffol
Nassau
Beckley Fire Crews Respond To Two Sunday Incidents
The Beckley Fire Department handled two Sunday calls. At 8 15 p m an electrical fixture shorted in a bedroom at 207 French Street owned by the Summers Estate and occupied by Shirley Mills with no fire damage. At 1 30 p m a fire of unknown origin damaged an awning at Farris Department Store 313 Neville Street causing about 15 dollars in damage. A separate single vehicle crash on East Prince Street injured Helen Janney and damaged a house and pole. Police estimate 500 dollars for the car and 100 dollars for the home lamp post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
French St
S. H. Summers
Shirley Mills
Farris Department
Neville St
Polo House
Beckley City
East Prince Street
Helen Janney
Hargrove St
Scott Street
Prince Street
la House
E. Prince
Blaine Green
Flood damaged cars sold across several states
Pennsylvania officials warn buyers in other states about flood damaged vehicles sold nationwide. Dealers moved cars quickly, often out of state, with repair tricks masking damage. Letters list registration numbers while authorities seek restitution and warn of violations of consumer protection laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
UPD
Pennsylvania
William Titelman
Motor Vehicles
Urben
Susquehanna River
Wisconsin
Titelman
Canada
J. Shane Creamer
Creamer
Used 1964 Univac computer seeks swap for vehicle
Frank Lesko Jr a 27 year old Vietnam veteran at Southern Illinois University offers a two unit Univac 60 120 i system valued at 300000 for trade. He stored the machine near Champaign and will consider any reasonable offer including a car with a possible value around 499.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Frank Lesko Jr
Lesko
Chicago
Sunrise events highlight star party and haunted house tour
Sunrise Arts and Education Center in Charleston presents a week of activities from October 29 to November 4. Highlights include a dusk star party, a 10 a.m. Saturday story telling, and a haunted house tour over October 29–31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Myrtle Road
Great American Editions Ltd
Kanawhan Banking and Trust Company of
William Accorsi
New York City
Listen
Discovery Wall
Imall
Galaxy Room
Museum Graphics
Down Under
Humane Society
Quester
Garden Center
Dolly Dimple Slims From 555 to 120 Pounds
The famed circus Fat Lady Dolly Dimple shed 435 pounds over fourteen months in the late 1950s. Separately, the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Dolly Dimple
Nagasaki
Deaths and Funerals of Dr Emory Jones Jr
The funeral for Dr Emory Jones Jr 61 of Mount Hope was held at 11 am today at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church with Revs Ted A Jaeger Jr and Ralph Thompson presiding. Burial followed at High Lane Memorial Park Oak Fall. Jones died at 2 12 am Saturday in an Oak Hill hospital after a short illness. He served as a Navy lieutenant junior grade in 1942 and is survived by son Emory Jones II of Dyke Virginia. Pallbearers included Walter Summers Dr Frank Garrett Russell Patteson Donald Stark Pasco Lancianese William T Carter Vincent Fiegel Frank Melesky Bill Martin and William Patteson. Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope arranged the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory Jones Jr
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Ted A. Jaeger Jr
Ralph Thompson
High Lane Memorial Park
Oak Fall
Walter Summers
Frank Garrett
Russell Patteson
Donald Stark
Pasco Lancianese
William T.carter
Vincent Fiegel
Frank Melesky
Bill Martin
William Patteson
Tyree Funeral Home
Mrs Gertrude Ahern Rites Held in Lancaster
Requiem mass for Mrs Gertrude E Ahern 76 of Lancaster Ohio will be held at St Marys Catholic Church Lancaster at 10 am Wednesday. Burial follows in the church cemetery. She died at 2 pm Sunday in a Lancaster nursing home after a long illness. She is preceded in death by husband Ronald J in 1968 and survives a daughter Mrs George L Maiden of 216 Dorcas Ave Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude E. Ahern
Lancaster
Ohio
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Funeral Services for Walter Hand and Others
Funeral services for Joseph Walter Hand 75 of Beckley will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Calhoun and Wilson. Burial in Mock Cemetery Virginia. Hand survived by wife Maude and children. Also services for James Blaine Wooten 64 of Beckley at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial Canaday Cemetery GlenView. Graveside rites for Olivia Jones newborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Jones of Clarksburg at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Tuesday at 1 p.m. Burial to follow. Families may call at funeral homes in the evenings prior.
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Joseph ‘Walter Hand
Route 2
Beckley
Williams
F. C. Calhoun
Dewey Wilson
Mock
Virginia
Hand
Damascus
John and
Mary Thomas Hand
UMWA
Amigo
Maude Craven Hand
James
Richmond
Douglas
Coal City
Claude
Edith) Packett
Helen
Walter
Vince Shrewsbury
Roberta Spicer
Sophia
Robert
Pancy) ‘Davidson
San Diego
Calif
Bobby
Marian) Phillips
Lake Charles
Mary
Russell Potter
Delmer Basham
Basil Bolen
Jack Keen
John Walker
Louis Cook
James Blaine Wooten
Eaward St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
William Nunn
Canaday Cemetery
Glen View
Wooten
Winston- Salem
N. C
Katherine Sidden Wooten
Nellie Tabor Wooten
James R
Maryland
Robert L
Troy, Mich
William P
Samuel
Shirley) Densmore
Maple Fork
Wanda Gail
Bonnie
Olivia Jones
Robert. S. Jones
Clarksburg
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Joe Pizzino
Francis Ann
Lori Michele
William A. Wilcox
Shady Spring
0. M. Jones
Sue Lilly
Davis Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Opal Agnes Fekete
Mrs Opal Agnes Fekete 54 formerly Crab Orchard dies after prolonged illness in Columbus Ohio. Funeral 1 p m Tuesday Webb and Neal Chapel with Rev K C Lilly officiating burial Sunset Memorial Park. She born Jan 28 1918 daughter of Ethel Blankenship Beckley and the late Jim Pyles. Survived by son James Herbert Canney Cleveland Ohio three daughters Jacqueline Higgins Madison Ohio Patty Gillespie Orlando Fla and Mrs Worley plus three brothers and one sister and 15 grandchildren. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Agnes Fekete
Crab Orchard
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
K. C. Lilly
Sunset Memorial Park
Fekete
Danelle Worley
Ethel Blankenship
Beckley
Jim Pyles
Stephen
Union Carbide Co
Columbus
Presbyterian Church of
Adria
James ‘Herbert Canney
Cleveland
Ohio
Jacqueline Higgins
Madison
Patty Gillespie
Orlando
Fla
Worley
Ellis Pyles
Knoxville, Tenn
Harold Blankenship
William Blankenship
Eva Harmon
Jewel Ridge
Minnesota brothers killed by bandits during world walk
Dave and John Kunst, longtime UNICEF walkers from Waseca Minnesota, were attacked while camping near Sarobi Afghanistan. John, 25, was killed. David, 33, wounded but in satisfactory condition at a Kabul USAID mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Jan
State Department
Sarobi
Afghanistan
John Eunst
David
U.S. Agency For International Development
Kabul
Pakistan
People’s Republic of China
Daniel
Bradley
Debbie
Clear Lake
Iowa
Ethiopian Christians See Ostrich Egg Symbolism in Resurrection Faith
In Ethiopian Christian thought the ostrich egg represents both depemurrection and the Virgin, linking earthly fragility with spiritual renewal. The symbolic egg stands as a motif in religious imagery and devotion within local traditions.
Mrs Ollie Coalson Dies at 75 in Resaco
Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie Ida Coalson 75 of Resaco are incomplete. She died at 9 a.m. today in a local hospital after a long illness. Born July 3 1897 in Franklin County Virginia she was a daughter of the late John and Emily Pate. She attended Killarney Baptist Church. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Ida Coalson
Resaco
Franklin County
John and
Emily Pate
Killarney Baptist Church
Coalson
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Theron R Bowling
Theron Ralph Bowling 63 of Route 9 Beaver dies Sunday after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crow Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Carlos Perry officiating. Burial in Redden Cemetery Crow. Survivors include wife Leona Hatcher Bowling a son Calvin R. Worley daughter Gwendolyn Moore Worley four siblings and four grandchildren. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theron Ralph Bowling
Route 9
Beaver
Crow Freewill Baptist Church
Carlos Perry
Redden
Crow
Jumping Branch
David Lindsay
Bessie Cole Bowling
Leona Hatcher Bowling
Calvin R
Beckley
Eugene
Gwendolyn Moore) Worley
Punta Gorda
Fla
Hayward
Carlyle
Oak Hill
Oris L
Tucson
Ariz
Lucian
Sandstone
Gertrude Farley
Gladys Lewis
Charleston
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
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Watergate
United States
London
Charlie Silcock
Margaret
San Francisco
St. Joseph
Pleiku
Kontum
An Loc
Camp David
White House
Ashland
ABC
Nguyen van Thieuvij
Indochinas
Maryand
Illinois
South Carolina
Georgia
California
Calvin Urben
Insurance Department
Motor Vehicle Department
Gertrude Ahern
Joseph W. Hand
Mrs. Opal Fekete
Waseca, Minn
John Kunst
al Kunst
Minnesota
United Nations Childrens’ Fund
Onicef
Minnesota Highway Department
John
University of Minnesota
Waseca
Kunst
America
Ollie Coalson
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