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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1969

Page

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House Committee Sets Mine Health Standards in Draft Bill

The House Labor Committee, by a party line vote, grants HEW secretary power to set coal mine health standards while rejecting an Erlenborn bid to include Interior power. Debate touched on dust limits and miner compensation as Hanoi denounces Nixon troop withdrawal.

Washington UPI House Labor Committee Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Hep John N. Erlenborn R-Hl Interior Secretary Senate Labor Committee Paris Nixon House Hanoi Newts Vietnam House Committee Erlenborn Dej U.S Lewborn Pneumocof United States

Hospital Lowers Room Rates in San Diego

Doctors Hospital, a 219 bed nonprofit, cuts private room rates from 75 to 55 daily and semiprivate from 51 to 49. The average hospital cost drops from about 78 to 72 dollars daily due to efficiency measures, new meals policy, and streamlined operations.

San Diego Calif

Svetlana Sees Despotism in New Soviet Regime

Svetlana Alliluyeva calls Brezhnev Kosygin leadership part of the old despot tradition in her forthcoming book Only One Year. She argues Khrushchev failed to reform and criticizes Stalin era complicit figures and mass arrests including her aunt Yevgenia and others, describing fear and torture in the Kremlin.

New York UPI Josef Stalin Russia Leonid Brezhnev Alexei Kosygin Svetlana Alliluyeva Brezhnev-Kosygin Kremlin Nikita Khr Stalin Svetlana Anna Yevgenia Alliluyeva Yevgenia Statin

Classes Resume In Most Of Pa Amid Teacher Walkouts

US dispatch reports Shade Central City in Somerset County resumed classes while two western districts Aliquippa and Gateway continued walkouts. Gateway plans half day for seniors and ninth graders as non strikers staff elementary schools. Striking teachers seek amnesty from penalties under the 1947 public employe law.

United Press International Shade-Central City Somerset County Pennsylvania Aliquippa Gateway Monroeville Tpucairn Shade Central City Elizabeth Forward

Drunken driving cases and shoplifting reported by county police

A Beckley man was fined 160 dollars plus costs after a drunken driving case. District Magistrate Joe Rodriguez jailed Craig Rodriguez on an assault charge. Roxie Jones of Welch pleaded guilty to shoplifting and paid 50 dollars plus costs. The report also notes Israel’s continued air strikes on Egypt and various military detentions in Wood County.

Beckley Merritt Awe Kermit Craig Sprague Hills Department Store Roxie Jones Welch Joe Rodriguez

Passengers Suffer Food Poisoning on Flight to New York

Eight passengers aboard a Pan Am flight from Manchester to New York were treated for food poisoning symptoms after landing at Kennedy. One woman stabilized with oxygen and released. others treated at St Anthony Hospital in Columbus before transfer to Orlando. Doctors unsure of exact cause, bacteria in shrimp or salad dressing cited as possibility.

Columbus Orange County Florida Coumbus Trans World Airlines Orlando Fla Margaret Kerr Clarence Colliton Kennedy International Airport St. Anthony Hospital Pan American Airways Manchester England New York

Republicans Pick Minority Leader September 24

The GOP caucus will vote on Dirksen’s replacement as Senate Minority Leader on September 24. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith set the date to choose a new leader and to ratify committee seats. Griffin and Hansen selections shift other committee openings and the space and Lalor committee seats remain to be filled by the incoming Illinois senator.

Washington UPI Everett M. Dirksen GOP Margaret Chase Smith Maine Dirksen Senate Judiciary Committee Robert P. Griffin Michigan Clifford P. Hansen Wyoming Griffin Hansen Republican Committee On Committees Charles McC. Mathias Jr Maryland Government Marlow Cook Kentucky Itangen Commerce Henry Bellmon Oklahoma Cook Agriculture Bellmon Lalor Mathias Illinois

Byrd Urges More Coal Research at West Virginia Forum

Senator Robert Byrd urged stepped-up research into coal conversion to fuels at a West Virginia Coal Association luncheon during the Industrial and Mining Show. He cited estimates that conversion could yield up to 2.6 billion barrels of synthetic liquid fuels by 2000 and warned of rising coal demand for power generation in the state.

Byrd Charleston UPI Robert C. Byrd DW. Va West, Virginia West Virginia

Juvenile Released From Raleigh County Jail After Court Visit

A 4th year Beckley youth held in Raleigh County jail for truancy was released to his mother after Judge Harry L. McCreery saw the boy had reformed. The juvenile had previously appeared impudent before the judge and the release followed the jailer’s report of improved conduct and intent to attend school regularly.

Beckley Raleigh County Harry L. McCreery McCreery

Go Go Trial Minds Pink Pussy Kat Go Go Show

In Sacramento two dancers Susanne Marie Maines and Sheila Brendenson both 22 face indecent exposure and lewd conduct charges after a performance at the Orangevale Bar. Bar owner Leonard J. Glaney 39 is charged with soliciting the dancers for the act.

Sacramento Calif Jude Bard Warren Jr Warren U.S Jorney Ronald Sepnicki Susanne Marie Maines Sheila Brendenson Orangevale Leonard J. Glaney Histro

Deaths and Funerals Notice for Oak Hill and Springfield

Deaths linger in Oak Hill and Springfield as two long illness cases are announced. Wuour Avelson Thompson 77 of Oak Hill dies in Beckley hospital. funeral Thursday 3 p m at Vance Jackson Funeral Home Oak Hill with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Eunice Scott 78 of Adkins Street dies after long illness in local hospital. service Friday in Springfield, Tenn after call at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Survivors listed include Thompson’s siblings and Scott’s husband Walter and son Willard.

Wuour Avelson Net) Thompson Oak Hill Beckley United Methodist Church of Masonic Lodge J. W Beth Burnside Mae Wilson St. Louis Vance- Jackson Funeral Home Tally Hanna High Lawn Memorial Park Eunice Scott Adkins Street Springfield Tenn

Funeral services for Everette Fleenor in Eccles

Funeral services for Everette G Fleenor 65 of Eccles will be held Thursday at 1 p m in Melton mortuary chapel with Rev Carl Johnson officiating. Burial at Callee Cemetery Mount Tabor. He died Tuesday at 6 p m after a short illness. Born in Songea Va Sept 12 1904 he was son of the late James R and Alice S Fleenor. Survivors include three brothers Carl R and Ernest of Beckley and Edward of Johnson City Tenn. Body remains at the funeral home after 5 p m today for visitation. Pallbearers named Hubert Herron Elmer Daniel Ed Covey Wiley Erwin Charlie Harris and E E Carter.

Everette Chick) Fleenor Eccles Melton Carl Johnson Callee Mount Tabor Fleenor Sionega James R Alice Smith Jones Fleenor No. 5 Eecles UMWA Carl R Ernest ‘.S Beckley Edward G Johnson City Tenn Hubert Herron Elmer Daniel Ed Covey Wiley Erwin Charlie Harris E. E. Carter

Robert E Lafferty Funeral Service Set

Funeral services for Robert Eugene Lafferty five year old son of Ross and Shirley Douglas Lafferty of Glen Rogers will be at 11 a m Thursday in Pine Grove Baptist Church Ravencliff with Rev John Richardson in charge Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery The child died at 3 p m Monday in Charleston hospital Death attributed to a heart ailment He was born May 30 1964 at Welch Survived by brother Mark Duane and sister Annette paternal grandmother Mrs Margaret Lafferty maternal grandmother Mrs Opal Douglas both of Glen Rogers The body will remain at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana with friends may call from it until 1 p m today

Robert Eugene Lafferty Ross Shirley Douglas Lafferty Glen Rogers Pine Grove Baptist Church Ravencliff John Richardson Pine Grove Charleston Welch Mark Duane Annette Margaret Lafferty Opal Douglas Glent Rogers Evans Funeral Home Oceana

Bids Opened On 31 State Roads Involving I-64 And I-79

Charleston dispatch reports the State Road Commission opened 31 bids totaling about 8.9 million for road work including two interstate projects. Low bids included Gilmore Plant and Bulb Co for landscaping on I-64 in Greenbrier County and N J Graves & Sons Co for widening and pavement on I-79 Sutton to north of US 19.

South Charleston Charleston Sutton US S. 19 County 15 N. J. Graves & Sons Co Minneapolis

Marriage Permit Applications in Raleigh County

Marriage permit applications list Watkins Welton Callaway Lilly Jr 21 of Shady Spring son of Mr and Mrs Woon C Lilly to Patricia Ann Waters 18 of Shady Spring daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl A Waters. The applications filed in the Raleigh County Court clerk's office.

Raleigh County Welton Callaway Lilly Dr Shady Spring Land Woon C. Lilly Patricia Ann Waters Earl AL Waters

Tragic drowning of Judith Jarrell at Dry Creek

Judith Jarrell age 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs Jennings Jarrell of Dry Creek drowned Monday night after suffering a seizure and falling into Dry Creek. State Police said she was fishing when seized body recovered. Funeral arrangements set at Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville.

Judith Jarrell Daghter Jennings Jarrell Dry Creek Armstrong Funeral Whitesville

Three Named Defendants In Suit By Hospital

Beckley Hospital Inc. files suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeking 45.83 dollars for infant care costs. Plaintiffs Michael and Beatrice Austin are named along with Jerome Cooney and the infant son treated from March 7 to March 31, 1966.

Beckley Hospital, Inc Robert Jerome Cooney Beckley Beatrice Austin Firero Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's Office

Bethany College Receives 350000 Bequest for Foreign Exchange

Bethany College gains a 350,000 bequest from the estate of Mrs. Virginia Watson, great granddaughter of founder and first president Alexander Campbell. Funds will support the foreign exchange student program and other foreign affairs projects at the college.

Bethany iBethany College Virginia Watson Bethany Fouder Alexander Campbell

Liberals press Haynsworth privacy on finances during Senate grilling

Senate liberals demand assurances that Judge Clement Haynsworth will not be influenced by private holdings as they question potential conflicts from stock in Darlington Manufacturing and a one seventh stake in Carolina Wend A Matic. Haynsworth cites no known financial interest in rulings and says he earned about 400000 from a 1983 sale.

Washington UPI Senate Clement F. Haynsworth Supreme Court Joseph D. Tydings D-Md Birch Bayh Haynsworth US 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals Richmond Senate Judiciary Committee South Caro Union Deering-Milliker Tydings and Bayh Haynsworth Family Carolina Wend

Wives Of Downed Airmen Meet N Viet Diplomats

Four American wives of airmen missing in Vietnam traveled from Dallas to Paris to meet Hanoi diplomats at the North Vietnamese mission. The group sought to learn whether their husbands are alive or dead, and were received after a brief visit to a suburban villa. Also joining were five Arizona women whose husbands are missing in Vietnam.

Paris UPI North Vietnam Hanoi Dallas Tex Choisy le Roi Bonnie Singleton Jerry Singleton Joy Jeffrey Robert Jeffrey Paul Harkness Gregg Harkness Sandy McElhanon Maj Michael McElhanon Fort Worth Vietnam Arizona Tucson Texas Paula Harkness Andy McElhanon Washington

Wealthy art donors warn tax reform harms giving

Senate Finance Committee hears art museum leaders warn that House tax reform would curb charitable giving by donors to museums and universities. Perry Rathbone of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston calls the proposal damaging and says such gifts underpin public art collections and culture. He notes current law allows deducting art's market value and sometimes the donor retains the work for life.

Washington UFI Senate Finance Committee Perry Rathbone Museum of Fine Art Boston Association of Art and Museum Directors

Military Critics Back Off on Defense Spending Fight

Senator critics of military spending, after losses to the Pentagon, plan to pause challenges this year. They acknowledge defeats on the MBTS bomber force, CSA cargo plane, and CVAN-69 carrier and will regroup next year.

Washington UPI Senate Pentagon Defense Department CSA William Proxmire Dwis

Cycle Gang Donations To Bethlehem Cop Raise Controversy

Four motorcycle gang representatives delivered 40 dollars to Bethlehem police headquarters for officer Phillip Fahy, killed Aug. 25 after pursuing hit run suspects. The bags were passed at club houses as part of a community fund for fallen officers.

Bethlehem UPTI Iron Turasciner the Unknowns The Angels Phillip Fahy

Vietnam War Updates From Page One Report

The report describes continued fighting across South Vietnam with light ground action and 23 North Vietnamese soldiers killed north of Saigon. Overnight Viet Cong and North Vietnamese mortar and rocket attacks hit allied towns and bases, causing casualties or damage in six incidents. U S B2 bombers conducted five overnight missions against suspected Communist targets, dropping 459 tons of bombs with no damage details released.

U.S South Vietnam Saigon

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