Detroit HUD Scandal Jets Suspensions in Major Case
After a three month probe three HUD employees 25 repair contractors and five management brokers in Detroit area were suspended in a federal housing scandal. Investigators allege document falsification and records fraud tied to FHA foreclosures making HUD the citys largest landlord with eastern Michigan housing stock.
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Detroit
UPI
Detroit Area Housing and Urban Development
BUD
HUD
Wiliam C. Whitbeck
Michigan
Whitbeck
Civil Service
Justice Department
Cease Fire Debate Narrows in Vietnam Peace Talks
Editorials from the Vietnam News Agency and international reporters discuss U.S. aims in Vietnam and call for a cease fire with U.S. withdrawal. Paris and Saigon sources urge formal signing, while leaders like Tran Van Lam and Nguyen Thanh Le dispute coalition government terms and translation gaps.
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Vietnam
Tokyo
Nixon
Saigon
U.S
Southeast Asia
U.N. Security Council
United States
Russia
China
Britain
France
Paris
An Truong Thanh
Thanh
South Vietnam
Nouyen Thanh le
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
Tran van Lam
Lam
National Council of National Reconciliation and Concord
Kissinger
Thieu
Washington
Harris Salinger To Speak For McGovern In W V
Oklahoma Sen. Fred Harris will tour Bluefield to address a Concord College campus rally for presidential candidate George McGovern. Pierre Salinger former Kennedy press secretary and McGovern aide will appear in Huntington and meet with local news outlets.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
George McGovern
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Bluefield
Concord College
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
McGovern
Huntington
West
Shriver Plans Friday Campaign Visit in Huntington Area
UPI reports Democratic vice presidential candidate Sargent Shriver will campaign Friday in Huntington marking his second Mountain State swing after Wheeling. Press coordinator Robert Stulberg says Shriver will spend a full day in the city with details still being arranged as advance teams work from Charleston.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPI
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Wheeling
Peace Corps
Robert Stulberg
West
Stulberg
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Kanawha County
John D. Rockefeller IV
Charleston
Six Enter Guilty Pleas In Raleigh Circuit Court
Six persons pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Circuit Court with various dispositions set. Howard Tucker Jr and LeRoy Tucker admitted breaking and entering the Prince mausoleum at Wildwood Cemetery and removing the skull of William Bud Prince with disposition planned for Nov 20.
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Raleigh County
Howard Monroe Tucker Jr
LeRoy Tucker
Prince Mausoleum
Wildwood Cemetery
William ‘Bud’ Prince
Richard Morris Childress
Eugene Clovis Delp
Raleigh
Leonard Baldwin
Danny Lewis Baldwin
Ronald Ray Meadows
Cease Fire Talks Spur Heavy Fighting Across South Vietnam
Escalating ground fighting continued for a fifth day as South and North Vietnamese forces clashed around Dak To and Dak Seang while U.S. and allied aircraft targeted North Vietnam. Officials noted fresh shelling near Hue and attacks near Da Nang as peace terms loomed.
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Saigon
UPD
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Defense
Melvin Laird
London
U.S
Hanoi
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Central Highlands
Washington
Dak
Tan Canh
Dak Seang
Dak To
UPI
Matt Franjola
Ed Bassett
Hue
Bassett
da Nang
Dak Seng
Dak Pek
Kontum City
Tri-Border
Laos
Cambodia
Gun line in South Vietnam hit by ship repairs blast
The Newport News suffered an eight inch gun turret explosion on Oct 1 that killed 19 sailors and wounded 10. Despite damage the ship returned to action near Quang Tri City with six of nine guns operable as B52 bombers targeted Dong Hoi and Mu Gia pass routes toward the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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South Vietnam
Newport News
Quang Tri City
Dong Hoi
Mu Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Saigon
No New Mines Planted Yet Old Ones Still Threaten Seas
Saigon reports no new mining off North Vietnam above the 20th parallel though waters remain deadly to ships. Haiphong area remains a major naval facility under blockade with reseeding halted nine days after bombing pause. Some mines auto deactivated while others stay live until swept or detonated.
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Chicago Daily News
Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Haiphong
U. S
20Th Parallel
Paris
Car Mix-Up Leads to Jailed Man Correction
A Sunday Register report wrongly claimed Fred Adkins of Sophia was jailed for drunken driving after a Route 16 crash. Brewer of Sophia, who had Adkins’s registration card, was booked while Adkins was elsewhere. the error surfaced when the card was used at the jail. Brewer posted bond and was released.
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Sunday
Register
Fred Adkins
Sophia
Adkins
Luther C. Brewer
Brewer
Route 16
Joe Rodrguez
Damewood Faces Grand Jury For Murder Charge
Logan West Virginia A county grand jury will consider a murder charge against Richard Damewood 17 of Holden in the fatal shooting of his foster mother Ruby Newsome. Damewood was bound to the jury in a weekend hearing and returned to jail without bond. Authorities said he allegedly shot Mrs Newsome last Wednesday and tried to burn her body in a remote area outside Logan.
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Logan
W. Va
UPID
Richard Damewood
Holden
Ruby Newsome
Damewood
Conflicting accounts in Lester fire station key saga emerge
Mayor Snuffer and Fire Chief Lannutti dispute who held the key to the burned home of Jordan Acord in Lester. Lannutti says the truck moved and is unused. Snuffer says the lock was cheap and the key holder opened the door. Community aid urged for the Acord family with three children.
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Lester Volunteer Fire Department
Jordan Acord
Snuffer
Charles Lannattis
Ivanscient Hose
Wal
George Asbury
Volun- Lannutti
Teer
Asbury
Lannutti
John Alderman
Marine Corps League
National Mine Service
Mabscott
Salvation Army
Beckley
Acord
Driver Of Wrecked Truck At White Oak Vanishes
Beckley state police have not learned the identity of the 1967 truck driver after a wreck on West Virginia Route 3 at White Oak. The vehicle overturned into a tree, and blood in the seat suggested injuries. Owner Walter Owens of Pineville is expected to contact Trooper R. V. Watkins. Damage to the truck was about $2000.
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Beckley
W. Va. Rt. 3
White Oak
R. V. Watkins
Walter Owens
Pineville
Watkins
Arnett
Louverna Honaker
Glen Daniels
Funeral notices outline for Watson Allread Armstrong
Deaths and funeral notices list Miss Juanita Watson of New York formerly Moundsville died after a short illness in a New York hospital. Final rites for Elbert M. Allread of Scarbro set for Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Basil Armstrong of Dothan to be buried in Peters Cemetery Dothan after a heart attack at home. Survivors, service details, and calling hours summarized from RNS notices.
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy A Blaylock Korth
Mrs Blaylock Korth of Cleveland Ohio 20 was shot in her car Sunday. Funeral at Busch Funeral Home Chapel 4334 Pearl Rd Cleveland with burial in a Cleveland cemetery. Survivors include husband Greg Korth son Brian John daughter Christina Renee and Blaylock parents and brothers.
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Nancy A. Blaylock Korth
Cleveland
Ohio
Busch Funeral Home
Pearl Rd
John T
Paul D
Beckley
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Lacy C Surbaugh
Lacy Clarence Surbaugh 64 of Rupert died at his hunting camp on Little Creek Sunday after a heart attack. Body at Smathers Funeral Home Rainelle. Requiem high mass 11 am Tuesday for Mrs. Sam Carman. burial at Sunset Memorial Park Mt Calvary. Carman died in Columbus hospital after long illness. Survivors include husband Sam G Carman three daughters two at home one son five sisters and two grandchildren. Rosary 8 pm tonight in Caffee Chapel.
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Lacy Clarence Surbaugh
Rupert
Little Creek
Je Sneed
Beckley
Smathers
Rainelle
Sam
Jeneanne) Carman
St. ‘Worthington
Ohio
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Leon Alexander
Mt .Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Carman
Columbus, Ohio
Domenick
Catherine
Melita Azzara
theSt. Michael’s Catholic Church
Catholic Women’s Guild
Worthington
Sam G. Carman
David
Yvonne Pruett
Lou Ann Carman
Jen
Theuneral
Andy Barbera
Clyde Byrd
Claude England
David Liliy
Les Garten
Ed Ketchka
Beclley and Wheeling Obituaries and Funeral Notices
Funeral services for Herbert J Pool 94 of 120 Daniel St begin at 1 pm in the Keyser Bryant Chapel with Dr Walter H Griswold presiding Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park He died 9 25 pm Saturday after a brief illness He was a pharmaceutical rep for Abbott Laboratory and G D Searle Active pallbearers include John Phillips James Higgins E N Pugh Truman Sayre James W Patton and Dr Werner Laqueur. Maria E Bennett 78 of Meadows Estates Wheeling formerly Beckley dies at 4 30 am today after a long illness Her funeral is 1 pm Wednesday at Vance Presbyterian Church Wheeling She is survived by daughter Bernese Watson two sisters and three brothers The body is at Kepner Funeral Home Wheeling Winifred A Couch 91 of Shady Spring dies. funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at St Stephen s Episcopal Church burial at Sunset Memorial Church notes indicate a daughter Helen Jane Couch and husband Frederick Couch died in 1937 Friends may call 6 to 9 pm Tuesday Donations to Cancer Society or Raleigh County Memorial Library.
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Juanita Watson
New York
Moundsville
Stotesbury
Annie Watson
Oak Hill
John Watson
Wilson
Beckley
Willie Watson
Detroit
Mich
Sve “Howard
Mount Hope
Mildred Williams
Severn Gilbert
Ritchie and
Johnson Funeral Parlor
Rosa Loral Williams
Fulton Ave
Raleigh County
George F
Effie Williams Stover
Memorial Baptist Church
Fred Williams
Pauline Gunnoe
Leo Ce
Harold Williams
Mooresville
N. C
Clothilde Campbell
Columbia
S. C
Ross
Glenna
Prosperity
Dencil Lee Stover
Emma James
Caffee Funeral Home
Herbert J. Pool
Daniel St
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Walter H. Griswold
Sunset Memorial Park
Pool
Herbert John Pool
Ezra
Alice Clark Pool
Abbott Laboratory
G. D. Searle
First Christian Church
Beckley Elks Lodge
Drake University of
Mary Jorie) Luscombe
John Phillips
James C. Higgins
E. N. Pugh
Truman Sayre
James W. Patton
Werner Laqueur
Maria E. Bennett
Meadows Estates
Wheeling
Vance Presbyterian Church
Bennett
Ohio Valley
Miles and
Lula Daniel Quesenberry
Wheeling Country Club
Matt. Bennett
Bernese Watson
Chicago, Il
Fred Ritter
Hazel Warden
John
William E
Lee Quesenberry
Paintsville
Ohio
Kepner Funeral Home
Winifred A. Couch
Shady Spring
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
David Jones
Sugar Grove
Charles F. Akins
Helen Jane Couch
Frederick Albert Couch
Caffee
The
Cancer Society
Death Notice for Mrs. Mary Medley at 56 in Mead
Mrs. Mary Medley 56, of Mead died today in a local hospital after a short illness. She was daughter of Mrs. Ruth Thomas Anderson of Beckley and the late Hermit Anderson. Survived by a daughter Ruth Medley of Mead and a brother Fred Ragland of Montgomery. Johnson Funeral Parlor handling arrangements.
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Mary Medley
Mead
Edward O Smith 47 killed in one car crash near Baileysville
Edward O Smith 47 of Barrett formerly of Wyoming County died Saturday night in a one car accident south of Baileysville. He was born February 11, 1925 in Dorchester Virginia and worked as a section foreman at Wharton Eastern Associated Coal Mine No 4. Smith led the mine rescue unit and was a World War I veteran. He is survived by Virginia his wife two sons Perry and Greg a daughter Lamey Richie six sisters and three brothers. Body at Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville.
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Earl Allen
Alabama
Eccles
Holman Funeral Home
Ozark
Ala
Allen
Ester ‘Allen
Beckley
Telford Allen
Cleveland
Ohio
Deen
Patricia
Michael
Norma Jean ‘Rutledge
Tampa
Fla
Shirley Miller
Virginia
Sheila Scott
Chicago
Carol Moses
Edward O. Smith
Barrett
Wyoming County
Baileysville
Smith
Dorchester
Pearl Smith
Brenton
Joseph Smith
Wharton Eastern Associated Coal Mine
Wharton
Wyoming
Pineville
Nora Crusenberry
Bennington Gap
Bernice Fatony
Eva Mullens
Sylvia Couch
Oceana
Jane Archambeau
Pontiac
Mich
Robertson- Foglesong Funeral Home
Trains Crash in Fog Near Karl Marx Stadt
In heavy fog the Leipzig Carlsbad express collided with an East German train at Schweinsburg Culten station near Karl Marx Stadt, ADN reported. At least 15 people died and failure to heed a stop signal is blamed. Also note Celtics once scored 173 points in a February 1959 game.
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Berlin
UPI
Leipzig
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Eugene Holley
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Lucille Palmer
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Nelson [Scarbro
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Sherman Ratcliff
Okey Smith
Vern Vance
Adam Mullins
Edward G. Martin
Panhandle
U.S. Command
Vinh
Air Force
Tay Ninh
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Hunt
Lester
Beckley Hospital
Ruba Faye Lucas
Domineck Calacino
Second
South Fayette
Elbert M. Allread
Scarbro
Tyree
David Mahoney
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak ‘Hill
Srong
Oakwood
New River Coal Co
Carlisle
United Methodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Cullman
William
Naomi Swann Allread
Cora Lou Guy Allread
Markus
Gracie ‘Ledbetter
Gertie Abbott
Liggett, Ky
Minnie Smith
Eva, Ten
Basil Armstrong
Dothan
Carrie
Marie Roop Armstrong
Troy
Orlee Sampson
Phoenix
Ariz
James S
Nancy Korth
Rosa L. Williams
Jeneanne Carman
Mrs
Maria Bennett
Mrs. Winifred Couch
Mrs. Mary Medley
Edward O.smith
Munich
Zagreb
West Germany
Lufthansa
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Triplei
Belgrade
Beirut
An ‘Nahar
Kassem Saleh
Samir el Shahed
Muscat
Oman
Arab National Youth Organization For the Liberation of Palestine
Libya
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