Haden Denies Role in No Sealed Bid Printing Order
CHARLESTON UPI reports State tax commissioner Haden denied involvement in a $27,000 non sealed bid printing order for his department. He cited a change in paper supply procedures by the Department of Finance and Administration as a delaying factor and said the order was placed as an emergency purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haden
Charleston
UPI
Charles Haden
Wed-21
Department of Finance and Administration
Tax Department
Finance and Administration
Cause Told Of Kanawha Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board found that sudden fog reduced visibility over Kanawha Airport caused Piedmont Airlines Turboprop to crash on Aug 10, 1968 near Charleston West Virginia. The plane descended sharply in fog, narrowly missing a safe landing and killing 37 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Transportation Safety Board
Piedmont
Kanawha
Charleston
W. Va
Roanoke
Louisville
Marriage Permit Applications Recorded in Raleigh County
Marriage permit records list Jack Combs aged 39 of 304 Hill and Brenda Sue Gillenwaters aged 1 of Lester as filed with the clerk of the Raleigh County Court. The notice notes separate applications and dates not fully legible in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Jack Combs
Hill
Brenda Sue Gillenwaters
Lester
Manhunt intensifies for fugitive Hoss linked to multiple crimes
Police describe Hoss, a Tarentum, Pennsylvania man who escaped from the Allegheny County Workhouse, as sought in connection with the murder of Patrolman Zaneda in Verona and a string of abductions and car thefts across Maryland and Ohio. FBI posters warn he is armed and dangerous while investigators trace a pattern of car thefts and forced drives ending in Cumberland and Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peag Geeee
Louis Torchio
Weirton
W.va
Hoss
Betty Ann Shaffer
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Joseph J. Zaneda
Verona
Wellington
Ohio
Cleveland
Stan
Linda Peugeot
Bel Air
Lori Mae
Cumberland
Peugeot
Tarentum
Karen Margott
Arnold
Miss Malgott
Wheeling
Washington
FBI
Heck's earnings hit record in first half of 1969
Haddad says Heck's Inc reports record six month earnings totaling 15.604 million dollars driven by two new stores in Point Pleasant and Russell Kentucky. Net sales rise 16 percent, with Elkins and Frankfort Kentucky stores to open this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddad
Heck
Charleston
Elkins
Frankfort
Fred Haddad
Heck’s, Inc
Point Pleasant
Russell
Guard Honored in West Virginia as Spaatz Trophy Won
Gov Arch Moore announced that West Virginia Air National Guard's 140th Operations Group received the Spaatz Trophy for being the most operational unit in the nation. The award honors World War II hero Carl Spaatz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Upt
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
Air National Guard
Spaatz
Carl Spaatz
Mayor Blames Outsiders For Fire Bombing in Clarksburg
Clarksburg Mayor Eugene Myers blamed an outside element for the Wednesday night bombing of Councilman James Blair's home during a crackdown on gambling. A Molotov cocktail and a gasoline bottle were found. police plan increased security and FBI help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg UK
Eugene Myres
James Blair
Clarksburg
Blair
Myers
Council
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Deaths and Funerals record Beckley doctor and family
Dr John Heagarty 62 of Beckley died after a long illness in a Beckley hospital. Funeral at Saint Francis de Sales Church with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Park. He was a miner turned physician, trained at University of Georgia Medical College, practiced in Beckley and surrounding towns. Survived by wife Margaret C and three children, with several siblings and nieces and nephews. He served in World War II and was affiliated with medical and civic groups. Funeral home arrangements were at Carpenter Funeral Home in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heagarty
Reuben C. Phillips
John Patrick Heagarty
Reuben C
Hull St
Phillips
Beckley Hospital
Sales Catholic
Thomas Kerrigan Phillips
Brisbin
William Anderson
David
Elizabeth Edwardson
Blue Ridge Memorial
Gar
Pennsylvania
Heagarty
Inim
Idiana
Logan County
Savant
Wah
Phico
John
Annie McShane
Kaine
John S. Phillips
Beckley
Carpenter Funeral Home
Huntington
University of Georgia Medical College
Ward, Correia, and
Layland
Beckley Medical Arte
St Francis de Sales Catholic Church
The
Knights of Columbus
American Medical Association
Wes Virginia
Raleigh County
Army Medical Corps
Funeral notices and obituaries in RNS segment
Obituaries and funeral notices from Beckley and nearby towns list Mrs Mary J Ballengee Hamilton of Statesville born 1912, death at home, survivors and service at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home. Also notices for George Tokach 83 of Skelton, James W Mosley 69 of Harlem Heights, Mrs Dorothy Copen 49 of Avon, and Edward W Marsh 80 of Oak Hill with service details and burial plans.
Young man using ABI name not registered at college
An apparent 18 or 19 year old youth calling himself Bobby Whittaker has been approaching residents and selling magazines for the Appalachian Bible Institute. ABI president Dr. Lester Pipkin says no student is registered under that name and the youth claims to be an orphan and a senior studying to be a Baptist minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Whittaker
Appalachian Bible Institute
Lester Pipkin
ABI
Pipkin
Former Prisoner Beaten To Death in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas UPI reports a former prisoner identified as Dykes A. Simmons Jr. was found beaten to death Wednesday night with his body run over by a car. The case follows his April escape from a Mexican prison where he disguised himself as a woman. Parris Hackney Funeral services for Parris W. Hackney 77 Huntington are set for Sunday at 2 p m at Cavendish Johnson Funeral Home Chapel Huntington with Rev Don M Donoho officiating. Burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery Huntington Hackney died in a Huntington hospital today after a four week illness Born January 7 1892 he was the son of Floyd and Louise Hackney Retiring as a Chesapeake and Ohio machinist in 1958 he belonged to First Advent Christian Church A son Marvin Lee Hackney preceded him in death in 1956 Mrs Edna Lively Hackney a former Beckley resident two brothers Floyd Portland Oregon and Perry Charleston a sister Mrs Alice Salman Napa California and four grandchildren.
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George Tokach
Skelton
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Thomas Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
Tokach
Ronceverte Hospital
Hungary
George and
Mattle Hagga Tokach
New River Coal Co
Cranberry
UMWA
Maggie Forwath Tokach
Omer Williams
Harold Gillesme
Nick Johnson
Robert Hancock
Bobby
Danny Johnson
Fort Worth, Tex
UPI
Dykes A. Simmons Jr
Fort Worth
Tate
Parris Hackney
Parris W. Hackney
Huntington
Cavendish-Johnson
Don M. Donoho
Ridgelawn
Hackney
Floyd
Louise Hackney
Chesapeake and Ohio
First Advent Christian Church
Marvin Lee Hackney
Edna Lively Hackney
Beckley
Portland
Ore
Perry
Charleston
Alice Salman
Napa
Calif
Curtis Wins In Magazine Fight
Curtis Publishing Co regains full control of Holiday and Jack & Jill magazines from Perfect Film and Chemical Corp ending a court battle that began after the Saturday Evening Post folded under new management. The agreement requires approval by directors and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Holiday
Jack & Jill
Curtis Publishing Co
Curtis
Perfect Film and Chemical Corp
Saturday Evening Post
Martin S. Ackerman
Perfect Film
Saturday Evening Post Co., Inc
Trial Links Nude Dance to Community Standards
In Sacramento two dancers charged with indecent exposure and lewd conduct watched the Swedish film I Am Curious Yellow during a defense request to show it as a benchmark of local decency. Judge Warren Jr allowed the preview while the trial continued. Susanne Haines said she was not offended, while Sheila Brendenson called the film shocking. Leonard Glancy, owner of Pink Pussy Kar, and the two dancers pleaded innocent. prosecutors pressed for conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Earl Warren
Warren
Jury
U.S
Ronald Sypjurg
Nicks
Atlty
Kenneth Hake
Susanne Marie Haines
Sheila Brendenson
Leonard Glancy
Furdie A Bragg Dies After One Month Illness
Furdie A Bragg 56 of White Oak died in a local hospital at 4 a m following a monthlong illness. Born July 11 1913 in Sandstone he was a disabled coal miner and survived by four daughters Mrs Polly West Mrs Glenna Shrewsbury Mrs Rose Nell Lilly and Mrs Ethel Richmond a half sister Mrs Gertrude Bragg and others. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furdie A. Bragg
Furdie Allen
Bragg
White Oak
Sandstone
Tom and
Effie Wickline Bragg
Stanvel
Cool Ridge
Clavel
Paso
Calif
Polly West
Glenn
Randolph Votes For More Food Stamps
Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia joined the Senate majority in approving an expanded food stamp program by a 73 to 14 vote. The bill would raise program authorization, let the agriculture secretary set income guidelines, extend reach to more counties, and require nutrition education and stamp use instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Senate
House
Agriculture Secretary
Bank holdup leaves four women dead in vault
Four women killed in a bank vault execution style holdup. Luella Stitzel and her sister-in-law Henrietta were regular Friday visitors. Col. Paul Fricker calls it the most vicious crime seen. Manager Jerome Grueter reports shock and police say the victims were killed after recognizing the assailants.
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Huebner
Luella Stitzel
Nicholas
Inlaw
Henrietta
Stitzel
Paul Fricker
Hamilton County Sheriff's Patrol
Jerome Grueter
Savings and Loan
St. Francis Hospital i
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Uee Yo
Patsy Scott
Ture
Scott
Stantween McGlothlin
Ley B. Hoss Jr
West Vic- Parkersburg
Chapmanginia
McGlothlin
Biggs
Chapman
Commercial Printing and Lithographing Co
McGlathlin
Police
Kredit
Ats
Royal Remington
Kredet Jewelers
Neville Street
Beckley, W. Va
Main Street
Oak Hill
W. Ve
Hunter's Specials
Winchester
Stevens
Marlin
PSC
Service Commission
Public Service
Boyce Griffith
Denver
Colo
National Association of Regulatory ‘Utilities Commissioners
NARUC
Griffith
Monongahela Power Co
U. S
Paw
Aewe
Simmons
Monterrey
Mexico
Joss
United States
Rio Grande
Traci Anderson
Arizona State University
Traci
Margaret C
John Patrick Jr
Parkersburg
Margaret Heagarty
New York City
Mary Alice Burgan
Bloomington
Ind
Srah Anhildran
Mary Hamilton
Mary J Ballengee Hamilton
Statesville
N. C
Talcott
S. C. and
Ida Canterbury Ballengee
Hamilton
United Methodist Church
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Robert C. Hamilton
J. E
Sara) Otto
Nancy) Brown
Summersville
Floyd B
Tommy) Cox Jr
Morgantown
W. i
Jeanette) Hale
Dunedin
Fla
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
James W. Mosley
Harlem Heights
First Baptist Church
Walter Harris Saty
Sims
Dorothy Copen
Liberty Cemetery
Buck
Ingham
Mosley
Peace Chapel
Ritchie
Johnson Funeral
Copen
Greenstown
Cleveland Hospital
Edward W. Marsh
Edward W
Pop
Robert
Ella Hume Marsh
James of
Shoeland
Oxfords
Chukka
Magazine
Beckley National Bank
Randolph
United Press International
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