Thieu Narrowly Missed In Enemy Artillery Barrage
Thieu narrowly escaped an artillery barrage near Quang Tri City as his convoy headed to a marine base for awards. UPI reported Thieu, Gen Cao Van Vien, Gen Ngo Quang Truong, and Gen Bui The Law were aboard when 130mm shells hit near the base. US jets conducted strikes in North Vietnam, with damage to bridges and warehouses and one A7 Corsair shot down. Casualties numbers cited: 19,589 North Vietnamese killed, 9,022 wounded, 2,002 South Vietnamese dead. Quang Tri forces pressed north of the city toward the DMZ amid ongoing fighting and public celebrations planned in Saigon for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Higbee
Saigon
Thieu
Huong Dien
Kurrus
Cao van Vien
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ngo -Quang Truong
Bui the Law
My Chanh
Quang Tri City
Thien
Vo Oan
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Vinh
Quang Tri
Trach Han
Church Ownership Dispute Reaches Supreme Court
In Morgantown area a church property controversy over Avery Church seeks jury resolution in the West Virginia Supreme Court. The United Methodist Conference claims ownership dating to 1907 while Avery Congregation seeks independent use of the $75,000 property. A separate Monongalia County appeal involves Robert Harr’s marijuana conviction and alleged search warrant issues.
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Avery
Morgantown
W. Va
Monongalia County
United Methodist Conference
Early Reiner
Avery Methodist Protestant Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Church
Evangelical, United, Brethren Church
United Methodist Church
Paul N. Johnson
Buckhannon
Robert Harr
Harr
Moundsville
Justice of Peace
Rooney Wins Rerun Vote In Brooklyn Primary Drama
In a rerun race in New York Brooklyn Rep. John Rooney defeated Lita Lowenstein after a court ordered redo. Kerry won the Massachusetts Democratic primary in Lowell, and Louise Hicks clinched renomination in a busing battle.
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Rooney
Kerry
United Press Spectale
Brooklyn
John Rooney
Lita Lowenstein
New York
Massachusetts
Washington State
House
Lowenstein
Congress
Lowell
Mass
Louise Day Hicks
Washington
Middlesex County
John J. Croney
Aw and Order
U.S. Senate
Edward W
Brooke
Senate
Hicks
Robert L. Cawley
Albert D. Rossellini
Dan Evans
Rossellini
Martin J. Durkan
James McDermott
Brock Adams
Tom Foley
Lloyd Meeds
Mike ‘McCormack
Julia Butler
Hansen
Oklahoma
Tulsa
J.M. Hewgley Jr
Page Belcher
Hewgley
U.S
Robert ‘Rizley
Hengley
Paul William Polin
James R. Jones
Lyndon B. Johnson
Clerks Begin Training For New County Duties
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk Harold Hanks and County Clerk Fred Stacy will attend a two day session this week to prepare as executive secretaries to local crime and intergovernmental relations commissions. They will gain raises of 2400 dollars annually and must attend meetings, record proceedings, and compile data. The legislature assigns these duties statewide. effective January 1, 1973, with the Raleigh County Court yet to act on creating the commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Harold Hanks
Fred Stacy
Hanks
Stacy
Fou Iam
Travel Restriction Planned In Congress
Congressman Richard Ichord plans a bill to curb travel to nations at war with the United States, targeting Hanoi visiters like Jane Fonda. The measure would allow the president to grant travel on national interest grounds, with penalties up to a 10000 dollar fine or ten years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPC
Richard HH. Ichord
D-Mo
United States
Hanoi
Jane Fonda
Ichord
House Internal Security Committee
Miss Fonda
Southeast Asia
Youngest Oklahoma Governor J Howard Edmondson Took Office
The youngest governor of a state, J Howard Edmondson, assumed the Oklahoma governorship in 1959 at age 33. His ascent marked a notable entry in state politics and GOP-Dem alignment during that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Edmondson
United Steelworkers Stick To Neutral Line In Presidential Ruling
LAS VEGAS delegates debated endorsing McGovern for president but the 1.4 million member United Steelworkers voted to remain neutral. Meany backed non endorsement while leaders urged support for pro labor lawmakers. Critics argued neutrality would still imply a political stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
UPD
United Steelworkers Union
Afl-Cio
George McGovern
McGovern
George Meany
Lor Steelworkers
T. W. Abel
Meany
Abel
Nixon
Walter Burke
Union
Burke
Jacks
Jills
Johns
Dobbs
Baltimore
Nixon's Visiting Chances Slim in West Virginia Campaign
West Virginia GOP faces slim odds of Nixon appearing this year as he targets high electoral vote states. Podesta doubts Morgantown opening of the Personal Rapid Transit system next month. Corcoran named state chairman. regional offices in key cities and Charleston coordinating most activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W.va
UPD
Nixon
West Virginia
Robert Podesta
Nixon-Agnew
Morgantown
Podesta
Lawrence O’brien
George McGovern
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Nixon- Agnew
Wheeling Busi Ressman
Howard Corcoran
Keyser
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Beckley
Huntington
Charleston
GOP
Grizzlies may vanish from Yellowstone by century's end
Western naturalist Frank Craighead warned at a Yellowstone gathering that grizzly bears could be extinct in the park by 1993 as deaths outpace births and migration. He cited more than 120 bear deaths in four years, many from human causes, a claim contested by NPS officials citing 52 deaths since 1967 and ongoing relocation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
UPI
Yellowstone
Frank Craighead
Jackson
Environmental Research Institute
Craighead
Nathaniel Reed
National Park Service
NPS
Starker Leopold
Saat
Tel Aviv
United States
Israel Targets Terror Cells After Bomb Parcel Attacks
Israeli leaders vow to strike saboteurs in their bases after a booby trapped parcel exploded injuring a Tel Aviv police officer. Dozens of other bomb laden parcels were found and defused. Eban warns that fighting terror requires strong retaliation as regional tensions mount. The JDL calls for eye for an eye retaliation against Palestinians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Eban
Lod International
New York
U.N. General Assembly
London
Munich
Syria
Golan Heights
Jewish Defense League
JDL
United States
Senate Inquires Into Food Additives Under Scrutiny
Washington. Senate inquiry into food additives including nitrites nitrates MSG BHA BHT DES and similar substances. Sen Gaylord Nelson notes average consumer intake five pounds yearly and industry sales over 500 million annually as GRAS products face cancer risk studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Nelson
World Exchange travelers tour Beckley during three day visit
Becket city hosts greet international guests with dinners at Ramada Inn and a luncheon at Black Knight Country Club. The schedule includes tours of Raleigh County Memorial Airport Grandview State Park Flat Top Lake Glade Springs and Beckley College with a Woodrow Wilson Charleston High School football game Friday night. A reception by the Woman's Club is planned and travelers depart Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ten World Exchange
Beckley
Ramada
Raleigh County Civic League
Black Knight Country Club
Beckley National Bank
Elmer L. Davis
Woman’s ‘Club of
Woodrow Wilson- Charleston
United States
Aahllee
WWD
Gull Wycsicy
Ward II
John T. Seay
Ward V
Smith
Grandview State Park
Flat Top Lake
Flat Top Fire Tower
Glade Springs
Ramada Inn
Robert I. Brown
Central Baptist Church
Seay
Civic League
City Hall
Montessori School
Presbyterian ‘Church Education
Beckley College
Davis
Esuu
Cuoper
S. Donnelly
Bowl Park
Wick
Woman’s Club
Thej
Utility Tax Return Shows Increase
The first half distribution of public utility taxes totaled $13.5 million, up $593,700 from last year, state Auditor Denzil L. Gain er reported Tuesday. Kanawha County led with $1.66 million, followed by Cabell, Harrison, Grant, and Fayette. Charleston received $130,000 in city shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Denzil L. Gainer
Kanawha County
Cabell
Harrison
Grant
Fayette
Deaths and Funerals in Crab Orchard and Mullens Areas
Funeral services for Virgil Riffe 75 of Crab Orchard are set for Thursday at the Crab Orchard Baptist Church with burial in Mt. Tabor Cemetery. Riffe died Tuesday in a local hospital. survivors include his wife and children. Final rites for P Earl McGraw 68 of Mullens will be held Friday at Milam Methodist Church with burial in the McGraw family cemetery at McGraws. He died Tuesday at Basin from an apparent heart attack. survivors include his wife and son. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at Caffee Funeral Home Mullens and at Fo glesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens after 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Virgil Riffe
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Shirley Donnally
Bill Withers
Mt. Tabor
Riffe
Oliver
Rahama Davis Riffe
Lester
Gay Harper Riffe
Lowell
Eunice) Canaday
Dennis
Ewell
Daniels
Donald
Beckley
Cecil
Richmond
Walton
Macie Snuffer
Lakie Fink
Haddie Shrewsbury
Caffee Funeral Home
P. Earl McGraw
Mullens
Wille
Milam Methodist Church
William R. Nelson
McGraw Family
Far McGraws
Basin
Wyoming County Sheltered Workshop
McGraws
Okey Johnson
Laura Cook McGraw
Pauline Nickell McGraw
Carl (Junior
Ellsworth
Sidney
Woodrow
Princeton
Huey Ernest
Dennis M
Olin Sizemore
Marie Shanks
Telford
Tenn
Foglesong
Nease
Neely Funeral Home
Funeral arrangements for Archie K. Smith
Archie K. Smith 185 of 807 S Oakwood Ave Beckley died Tuesday at 4 35 p m after a short illness. The body is at Calfee Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie K. Smith
S. Oakwood Ave
Beckley
Calfee Funeral Home
Pallbearers named for Mrs Mahalie J Walker funeral
Pallbearers for the 91 year old Beckley resident Mrs Mahalie J Walker are Charles Honaker Mahlon Walker Albert R Allen Jr O E Miller James Patton Charley Callaway and W M Kessel. Funeral planned for 3 pm Thursday at the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chanal oun it on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahalie J. Walker
Beckley
Charles Honaker
Mahlon Walker
Albert R. Allen Jr
O. E. Miller
James Patton
Charley Callaway
W. M. Kessel
Walker
Keyser-Bryant
Hama Chanal
Arraignment Day Set In Raleigh County Court
Circuit Court under Judge C Berkley Lilly announces Oct 10 as arraignment day for Grand Jury indicted defendants now entering pleas. Capiases issued for several absentees and indigent defendants granted court-appointed counsel as new court term begins after the prior court closure and transition to the Intermediate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Lilly
Intermediate Court
Calvin Stanley Anderson
Clifton Wayne Ashley
Larry Brown
Dennis Edward Lilly
Robert Little
Jan W. McKenne
Arden McCoy
Woody Willard
Wendell Lynn
Randy” Pettry
Larry Eldon George
Roger Pettry
Delmer Reed
Thomas Smithson
James Dwight Stacy
Walter Vance
Marcus Lee Wilkes
Neida E. Young
Morris Leon Chaney
Embassy blast tied to Black September in Munich aftermath
Scotland Yard linked the device attack to the Black September movement. The explosion injured Shaco- Ti's successor Kaddar Theodor and highlighted a high terror threat requiring urgent government action. The incident followed the Munich Olympic murders and involved a teabag sized American made device labeled GRAVEL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland Yard
Black September Movement
Yard
Shaco- Ti
Kaddar Theodor
Vietnam
Edison Record of a Sneeze January 7 8 Ott Featured
United Press reports a quirky Edison record noting a sneeze captured on January 7 or 8 featuring Ott. The item highlights a novelty sound recording and the credited artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Fred Ti
Edison
Ott
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