Ground fighting surges across South Vietnam in 24 hours
Fighting in South Vietnam reached a five year high with 124 Communist attacks in 24 hours. Two American soldiers were killed and four wounded as battles raged in the Central Highlands and along Route 1 near Cu Chi. Air raids continued with B52s striking targets around Saigon and across North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPD
South Vietnam
U. S
North Vietnam
Central Highlands
19Th Parallel
U S. Air Force
U. S. Command
Tonkin Gulf
Demilitarized Zone
North
Cochrane
Hanoi
U.S
Tanh Thanh Dong
Highway 1
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Cu Chi
Dau Tieng
Trang Long
Dong Hoi
Mu Gia
1.3 Million Die In Vietnam War Damages and Death Toll
UPI reports U.S. figures show at least 1.3 million dead in Vietnam war over the past decade. Total cost to taxpayers is $105 billion since 1965. Pentagon tallies list 45,884 Americans killed in combat and 10,281 non combat deaths. North Vietnamese military deaths are estimated at 904,000 with South Vietnamese losses around 187,693. Estimations vary by source and include civilian and refugee counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Nixon
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Why North Vietnam Pushed Fast For Peace Talks
London reports that Hanoi pressed for an immediate Vietnam peace settlement driven by political and military pressures. Diplomats say intensified bombing and port blockades harmed supplies, while Nixon’s re election prospects influenced terms. China and Russia backed the terms, signaling a cautious push for coexistence after war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPD
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
Pygmy Sperm Whale Dies After Beaching Incident
New York reports a pygmy sperm whale and her calf stranded on a New York City beach. The mother died after rescue and a six foot calf, fed with a sour cream and herring mixture, died despite round the clock care. Curators and scientists note whale intelligence and mystery behind the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Coney Island
Simon Dresner
New York Zoological Society
Dresner
McGovern and MacGregor Echo in Campaign Trail
In campaign notes Dole urges keeping war and peace talks above politics. Nixon comments on the Vietnam peace pact during a Huntington West Virginia stop and remains confident a settlement will come with honor. Gallup shows McGovern up two points while Nixon leads 59 to 36. Agnew accuses McGovern of credibility issues in Manchester New Hampshire. Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Ed Cox plan campaign stops in Louisiana and Wisconsin, and Jerry Wurf presses for disclosure of wage limits before election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Huntington
W.va
Ashland
McGovern
Spiro T. Agnew
Manchester
N.H
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Louisiana
Ed Cox
Wisconsin
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes Union
Nixon optimistic on peace with honor amid Vietnam talks
Bangkok dispatches say 45000 Thai troops stay to protect POW withdrawals or deter violations if peace fails. In Huntington West Virginia Nixon urged progress toward peace with honor, while Paris talks saw Viet Cong accuse the US of balking and Thien urged resignation. Kissinger dismissed a fixed deadline, saying the pact must be signed when ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thailand
Bangkok
North Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Huntington
W.va
South Vietnam
Paris
United States
Thien
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Kissinger
Hawoii
Winners announced for Career Guidance Week poster contest
Woodrow Wilson High School hosted Career Guidance Week activities ending Saturday. Beckley Kiwanis Club prizes awarded to Patty Ferguson first place for If You Want To Learn the Tools of the Trade Get Tomorrow's Career Training Today. Second went to Minta Akers for Career Education is as Important as the Sum. Irene Harding placed third with Tomorrow Is Now. An honorable mention went to Robert Mitchem for Look Now and Learn Tomorrow. Angelene Amato organized a library display and occupational view deck to aid career selection. A theme writing contest was opened but winners not yet named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Jeft Minta Akers
Irene Harding
Patty Ferguson
Robert Mitchem
Miss Ferguson
C. A. Ferguson
Rural Acres Drive
Minta Akers
C. L. Akers Jr
Highland Drive
C. R. Crumb
Ellison Ave
Miss Akers
Miss Harding
Laura Mitchem
Dry Hill Road
Angelene Amato
Laird Says Bombing Halt Applies North of 20th Parallel
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird stated the United States has stopped bombing north of the 20th Parallel and will not fly sorties above it. He noted Kissinger’s statement on informing Hanoi and declined to clarify the range of the halt. Laird called Vietnam peace talks serious and cited Vietnamization as successful though South Vietnam remains US-dependent for arms. He mentioned 2,500 trained pilots and delayed plane deliveries, and noted NATO nuclear planning group talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hanoi
Nixon
United States
London
UPI
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance
NATO
Miners For Miller Plan Motorcade
A motorcade of Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming county residents travels Sunday to Welch for the UMW District 29 Miners for Miller rally at the Welch Armory at 3 p.m. The convoy leaves Crab Orchard at 12:30 p.m. and stops in Mullens at 1:15 p.m. Speakers include Arnold Miller Mike Trbovich Rep Ken Hechler and Dr Donald Rasmussen. Miller and Trbovich campaign on a union run by rank and file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Welch
UMW District
Welch Armory
Carolina Super Market
Crab Orchard
Mullens
Wyoming Co
Pineville
Arnold Miller
Mike Trbovich
Ken Hechler
Donald Rasmussen
Beaver
Miller
Trbovich
UMW Op
Fortner Found Guilty of Forgery in One-Day Trial
John Wayne Fortner 36 of MacArthur was found guilty by a Raleigh County Circuit Court jury after a one day trial. He forged a $93.65 check signing it Donald L Cochran cashed at A and P on South Oakwood Avenue. Fortner awaits sentencing on November 6 as jurorshead back for duty Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John” Wayne Fortner
MacArthur
Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Fortner
Donald I. Pitts
Forter
Pitts
Donald L. Cochran
Oakwood Avenue
Raleigh
Henry Shannon
Beaver Lions Endorse Levy and Amendment in unanimous vote
The Beaver Lions Club endorsed the Raleigh County airport levy and the 200 million school bond amendment in a unanimous meeting. The airport plan would raise about 400000 yearly for three years with matching federal funds around 6.8 million. The school bond amendment was explained by Raleigh County School Superintendent William H. Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Lions Club
Raleigh County
Harry Peck
James D. Lilly Jr
William H. Baker
Peck
Beaver Lions
Crab Orchard-MacArthur Club
Ramada Inn
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Okey ‘Mills
Crab Orchard‘MacArthur Club
Beaver Club
Alvin Farley
Daniels
Charles Mustard Jr
Shady Spring High School
Mountaineer Boys State
Wetzel Brammer
Marlinton Club
Igor Sikorsky Dies at 83 Inventor of the Helicopter
Igor Sikorsky, Russian born aviation pioneer who made the helicopter practical, died at 83 after a heart attack. He survived the Russian revolution and built early aircraft in the United States before achieving the first practical helicopter flight with the VS-300 in 1939. He valued using aviation to aid others, including transporting blood plasma in 1944.
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Lprofessor
Kiev
Sikorsky
Petrograd Naval College
Paris
Aeronautical Center
Europe
United States
Sikorsky Aerol
Stratford, Conn
UPD
Igor I. Sikorsky
oper-Engineering Corp
Vietnam
Germany
Car Stolen From Beckley Shopping Center
A 65 Mustang owned by Mrs. Donna Parkulo vanished from in front of United Aircraft Co. after she parked there on Saturday afternoon. Parkulo reported the theft to police. no leads have identified the thief or the car.
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Beckley Shopping Center
Wallsport
Donna Parkulo
Accords
Parkulo
Sikorsky
United Aircraft Co
HerAome
New England
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church
Deaths and Funeral Services in Beckley Area
Funeral services for James McDowell 80 of 305 Broadway St Beckley 2 pm Saturday Welcome Baptist Church East Park Rev Thomas Pryor Ronald Dye and Andrew Durgan in charge Burial Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley viewing at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor after 3 pm today Family receives friends 7 to 9 pm. Winnie Campbell Farley 52 Beckwith pronounced dead on arrival at Princeton Hospital. Born Feb 1 1920 near Odd daughter of Jackson and Esther Mills Farley member Oak Hill Masonic Lodge trucking contractor. Surviving wife Macie Marie Farley two daughters Grace Meadows Shady Spring Dreama Fedele Houston TX a brother sp Farley Fayetteville six sisters Dessie Cavendish Macie Jones Gracie Myers Ora Meadows Ruby Ferguson Lula Shrewsbury seven grandchildren. Body at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville. (RNS)
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James, McDowell
Broadway’ St
Beckley
East Park
Thomas Pryor
Ronald Dye
Andrew Durgan
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Winnie Campbell Farley
Beckwith
Princeton Hospital
Odd
Jackson
Esther Mills Farley
Oak Hill
Farley
Fayetteville
Dessie Cavendish
Macie Jones
Clearwater
Fla
Gracie Myers
Hyattsville
Ora Meadows
Ruby Ferguson
Lula Shrewsbury
Ghent
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Funeral for Margaret Duncan Strosnider in Ames
Mrs. Margaret Duncan Strosnider 50 of Ames Iowa, formerly of Mount Hope, dies after short illness. Born August 14 1923 in Mount Hope daughter of Florence Duncan and the late Clarence Duncan. Funeral at Adams Funeral Home Ames 2 p m Sunday. Survived by husband Robert. sons Robert and Stephen and Craig at home. daughters Sandra Aziz Ontario and Patricia at home. siblings Beryl Mount Hope and Geraldine Garrett Mount Hope.
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Margaret Duncan Strosnider
Ames
Iowa
Mount Hope
Adams
Robert
New York
Stephen
Philadelphia
Craig l
Sandra Aziz
Ontario
Canada
Patricia
Beryl
Geraldine D. Garrett
Obituaries for Lola Stinnette Virginia Brooks and Alonzo Rice
Obituary notices from Beckley and Matoaka list funeral details for Lola Stinnette 90 of Orlando Florida formerly Beckley died Thursday after heart attack services set for 2 PM Saturday at Black Funeral Home Orlando survivors include daughter Henrietta Wise son G P Stinnette and husband Harry Stinnette died 1934. Also pending services for Virginia Brooks 20 of Beckley at New Hope Baptist Church 1 PM Saturday burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Alonzo Rice 84 of Matoaka funeral noon Saturday First Baptist Church Giotto burial Lewisburg survived by wife Mary K Rice two sons Alonzo Rice Jr and Johnny four stepsons and four stepdaughters plus many grandchildren great grandchildren and step relatives. viewing 7 9 PM today at First Baptist Giotto pallbearers VFW members.
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Lola Stinnette
Orlando
Fla
Beckley
Black Funeral Home
Wise
G. P. Stinnette
San Diego
Calif
Beckley Credit Bureau
Harry Stinnette
Juieces
Alonzo Rice
Matoaka
First Baptist Church
Giotto
R. M. Harris
L B. Walker
Lewisburg
Rice
Princeton
Johnny
Denver
Colo
Damon
Chicago
Ill
James
Washington, D. C
Edward
North Carolina
Ezra Kernan
Texas
Edna Miller
Ethel Palmer
Elsie Gowen
Emma Kernan
First Baptist Church of
VFW
Final rites for Mrs Margaret Nelson in Whitesville
Mrs. Margaret Ellen Nelson 46 Whitesville died after a long illness in a Charleston hospital. Final rites set for 1 p m Saturday at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville with Rev Carl Wingo in charge. Burial in Pine View Cemetery, Whitesville. She was mother of Mrs Christina Harper of Oak Hill.
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Margaret Ellen Nelson
Whitesville
Armstrong’ Funeral
Carl Wingo
Pine View
Iorgas
Charistina Harper
Oak Hill
Charleston
Final rites for Mrs Rosa Stacy in Mullens and Seattle
Mrs Rosa Stacy born December 28 1883 in Virginia died Thursday in a Seattle nursing home. Services will be Sunday at 1 pm at the Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with burial at Taeger Memorial Park Roderfield. She is survived by nephew Glen Justice who lived with her. The body lies at Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home with calls after 4 pm Saturday.
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Rosa Stacy
Seattle
Wash
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
W. H. Hampton
Taeger Memorial Park
Roderfield
Virginia
Harvey Stacy
Glen Justice
Foglesong, Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Requiem High Mass for Mrs Kathryn Huffman
Mrs Kathryn Huffman 89 of 206% Pike St dies after short illness in Summers County hospital. Born April 30 1883 in Poland she is survived by six sons Walter Frank John Stanley Fred and Ed and five grandchildren with daughter Elizabeth predeceased. Service at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call Melton Mortuary 5 to 9 pm with rosary at 7 30 pm conducted by Father Patrick McDonough.
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Kathryn Huffman
Pike St
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas Shiffer
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Hinton
Sunset Memorial Park
Huffman
Summers County
Poland
John
Beckley
Walter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frank
Huntington
Stanley
Burlington
N. C
Fred
Elizabeth
Melton Mortuary
Patrick McDonough
Funeral services set for R. E. Keadle of Spanishburg
R. E. Keadle 90 of Spanishburg dies Friday in Princeton hospital after brief illness. Born May 13 1882 at Union he lived 80 years in Spanishburg worked as carpenter and farmer. Survived by wife Willie Farley Keadle four sisters five brothers with local survivors Faye Elmore Vergie Halsey and D L Keadle. Visitation 4 to 9 p m Saturday at Seaver Funeral Home Princeton.
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R. E. Keadle
Spanishburg
Spanishburg Methodist Church
Keadle
Princeton Hospital
Union
J.E
Martha Keadle
Willie Farley - Keadle
Robert R
Faye) Elmore
Beckley
Vergie Halsey
D. L. Keadle
Crab Orchard
Seaver
Princeton
Nixon Plans Last-Minute Swing For Moore In West Virginia
President Nixon flew from Kentucky to Huntington to bolster Republican Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. in the closing hours of the campaign. He endorsed Moore and urged HEW to slash red tape so miners and dependents begin receiving benefits swiftly.
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Huntington
W.va
UPD
Nixon
Kentucky
Arch A. Moore Jr
Air Force
Convair
Moore
John D. Rockefeller IV
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Igor Sikorsky
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Winnie C. Farley
Virginia Brooks
New Hope Baptists Church
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James Jones
Miss Brooks
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