One Killed One Wounded In Belfast Firefight
In Belfast's Lower Falls area a brief firefight left one gunman dead and two wounded as unidentified gunmen exchanged fire with security forces near the Royal Victoria Hospital. A security official linked the latest sectarian violence to Catholic churches and Protestant targets, amid Brexit era tensions and Whitelaw's Ulster peace conference in England.
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Belfast
Lower Falls
Royal Victoria Hospital
Seldiere
St Bernadette’s Catholic
Carrick Castle Club
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
William Whitelaw
England
Ulster
Darlington
Mind Control Course Taught At Hallahan High School
About 2 000 Hallahan Catholic high school pupils and 80 faculty members study Silva Mind Control to learn alpha wave meditation. Principal Father John Rilley financed the $150 course to boost memory IQ and spiritual focus, with praise from Sister Rosella and student Phyllis Controy for nerve reduction before a dentist visit.
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Philadelphia
UPI
John .W. Hallahan High School
Silva Mind Control
John Rilley
aFather Rilley
Silva Mind Control Inc
Rilley
Father Rilley
Silva
Jose Silva
Hallahan
Rosella
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Rossella
Phyllis Controy
Miss Controy
State Workers Get New Insurance Contracts in West Virginia
State officials awarded contracts to provide life and medical insurance to about 65 1000 state workers including 44 900 public school and higher education employees. The package costs 16 48 million dollars and takes effect November 1 for a nine month term. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Southern West Virginia Inc and Equitable Life Assurance Society won the medical hospitalization and life coverage went to Gety of America, holder of the current contract.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Blue Cross Hosital Service Inc
Blue Shield
Southern West Virgina, Inc
Equitable. Life Assurance
Gety ‘of America
West Virginia Education Association
State Workmen’s Compensation
William Vieweg
Blue Stross
John Kelly
Denzil Gainer
Blue Cross
Bers
Saboteurs disrupt Highway 1 in Vietnam clash
Communist saboteurs blew up a section of Highway 1 between Pa Nang and Hue in Quang Tin Province, cutting the key north south link. Spokesmen said repairs were under way and traffic would resume today or Thursday. Ky city, capital of Quang Tin, lies 349 miles northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
Galveris
Pa Nang
Hue
Young Hunter Found After Wet Night In Fayette County Woods
A 16 year old Lanark boy spent Tuesday night lost while squirrel hunting in Fayette County. He was found around 8 am by Oak Hill civil defense auxiliary officers after his family and volunteers searched the area through the night.
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Fayette County
Vernon’ McClanahan
Alexie
Civil
Alex
Hill
Wasj
Hechler and Mizell Seek Delayed Action on New River Dam
Rep. Ken Hechler and Rep. Wilmer Mizell urged the Federal Power Commission to suspend its decision on the Blue Ridge dam project along the New River at Galax Virginia. They sponsor a bill to bar federal licensing for any dam affecting the river from its forks to Fries Virginia citing risks to fishing boating and recreation and asserting West Virginia's natural New River beauty.
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UPI
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Wilmer
Vinegar Bend
Mizell
R-N.c
FPC
Blue Ridge
New River
Galax
Fries
West Virginia
Hechler
John Nassikas
F111 Bombers Sent to Indochina From Nellis AFB
The Pentagon announced that F111 fighters from Nellis Air Force Base Nevada will depart for Takhli Royal Air Base Thailand to join the Indochina war, replacing four squadrons of F4 Phantoms. The Air Force notes the aircraft are suited for monsoon weather with terrain following radar.
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UPID
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Air Force
Nevada
Takhli Royal Air Base
Thailand
Southeast Asia
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Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Defense
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
474Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Senate Drops End War Rider Amid War Funding Tug
The Senate narrowly rejected a McGovern antiwar plan to cut all Indochina funding within four months after POWs are freed and MIAs counted. The move failed 45 to 42 as Republicans pushed through a $1.82 billion foreign military aid authorization in a 46 to 41 vote, Sen. Brooke noting absenteeism cost the measure.
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Jane Denison Washington
UPI
George
McGovern
California
Senate
Nixon
San Francisco
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Humphrey
Brooke
Automobiles Drive Installment Credit Use Worldwide
Britannica notes the largest single use of installment credit in affluent nations is for purchasing cars. This reflects consumer demand and financing practices shaping auto markets and lending trends globally.
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Encytopsedia
Britannica
Supreme Court To Hear Mingo County Arguments
The West Virginia Supreme Court agreed to hear disputes over the Democratic nomination for Mingo County assessor after Booth and the county party chair argued that two precincts should be disallowed for late voting. If Chambers wins, Booth’s vacancy claim would rise and a party vacancy would be filled.
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Supreme Court
Mingo County
Donald Q. Booth
Arnold J. Starr
Steve Adkins
Democratic Executive Committee
Gilbert
Chambers
Booth
House Of Ill Repute Gets Urban Renewal
Helena officials approve a 500 dollar urban renewal grant to Dorothy Baker for refurbishing her business known as Dorothys Rooms. Critics say the move funds a house of ill repute while debris blocks the alley and buildings around it continue to decline.
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Helena
Mont
UPI
Big Dorothy
Dorothy
Montana
Gty Commission
Dorothy Josephine Baker
Rayor
Steve Kiem
al Ahman
Laurita Calls For Lending Library
Weirton West Virginia Laurita a prosecuting attorney argues for an active state attorney general. He proposes a lending library of staff specialists in investigation prosecution and administration to assist local police and prosecutors on request.
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Weirton
W.va
UPD
Monongalia
Joseph A. Laurita Jr
Laurita
McGovern predicts victory and reshapes campaign schedule
McGovern says he will beat Nixon not by polls but by the faces he sees in crowds. He cuts Texas, Illinois, and Ohio appearances three days early, citing rest and a shift to filmed fireside chats for TV instead of live events.
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Washington
Nixon
Texas
Illinois
Ohio
McGovern
Amos N Andy star Charles Correll dies at 82 in Chicago
Charles Correll, the white co creator of Amos n Andy, died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital from a massive stroke. He aged 82 and had helped men perform as Andy with Freeman Gosden since 1928. Survived by three sons, two daughters, two brothers, a sister and seven grandchildren.
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Chicago
UPI
Harlem
U.S
Amos N’ Andy
Charles J. Correll
Freeman Gosden
Correll
Andy
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
WGN
Gosden
Palm Springs
Calif
Amos N
NAACP
Peoria
Llinois
Richmond
NBC
CBS
Alyce McLaughlin
Charlie
Proposed Postal System To Add Miles To Packages
Rep. Robert N. C. Nix criticizes a planned network of large sorting centers and 12 auxiliary centers under the Postal Service 1976 plan. He argues the new system will add travel miles for some parcels and mostly benefit mass mailers, while the agency says machine sorting will speed delivery and improve service for patrons.
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Washington
UPI
Modena
Chapel Hill
N.C
Carrboro
Utah
Panaca
Nev
Havelwill
U.S
Nix
Robert N. C. Nix
D-Pa
House Postal Facilities
Postal Service
$100 000 Suit Filed Today
Ray Stanley of Beckley is named defendant in a Raleigh County Circuit Court suit for $100000 on behalf of Mae Belle Holliday alleging injuries from a car collision at Stamford on June 30 1971. Holliday seeks damages for permanent disability medical expenses 9500 lost wages 4275 and ongoing income loss. Also Investors Acceptance Corp sues Mildred L Farrish Pinecrest Hospital seeking 2516.77 on a note for 3024 dated Oct 14 1968 endorsed to Investors.
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Ray Stanley
Beckley
Raleigh
Mae Belle Holliday
Stamford
Acceptance Corp
Mildred L. Farrish
Pinecrest Hospital
M. Bloom Co
Fourth Week Of Strike In Philadelphia Schools
The Philadelphia teachers strike enters its fourth week affecting about 285,000 students. Community leader Bowser argues racial makeup drives response, while suits seek injunctions to end the stoppage. Other districts face walkouts and mediation efforts across Mobile, Burlington, Bridgeport, Racine, and Tennessee communities.
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Philadelphia
American Federation of Teachers
Charles W. Bowser
Philadelphia Urban Coalition
Collision trials in Raleigh County Circuit Court progress
Trial of a collision suit and counterclaim near Sophia begins with a six man jury. A separate six member panel for Spradley versus Amar reports later. Billings versus Ward jurors named and detailed. witnesses place Ward's car at a stop sign and Billings truck allegedly crossing the intersection on West Virginia Route 16.
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Ynear Sophia
Raleigh County
Carlos [Spradiey
Beckley
Samuel Amar
Geraldine’ Billings
Glen Rogers
Carl Ronald Ward
Glen ‘Rogers
Ward
New Jersey
W. Va
Billings
Dwaine Billings
Robert B. Sayre
Amar
Billings- Ward
D. E. Hutchens
Carl
Worthington
James Stovall
Carl Hale
Walter Wisnewski
Funeral for Ned Hoover set in Hinton church
The 49 year old Harry Edward Ned Hoover of Oak Hill and formerly of Hinton died Monday in a Beckley hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born December 24 1922 in Hinton he was a son of Harry M and Edith Mayes Hoover. He is survived by wife June Ayers Hoover two sons Gary Layne and William Keith Hoover and two daughters Vickie Lynn and Terry Lee all at home. The funeral will be at 2 p m Thursday at Central Baptist Church Hinton with Rev W R McCoy in charge. Burial in Restwood Memorial Estates. Friends may call after 2 p m today at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton.
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Ned) Hoover
Oak Hill
Hinton
CentralBaptist
W. R. McCoy
Restwood Memorial Estates
Hoover
Beckley
Harry M
Edith Mayes Hoover
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Signalmen’s Union
Central Baptist Church
June Ayers Hoover
Gary Layne
William Keith Hoover
Vickie Lynn
Terry Lee
Ronald Meadows Funeral
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Jane Griffith In South Charleston
Mrs Jane Lewis Griffith 43 of Cincinnati Ohio formerly of Beckley died Sunday after a short illness. Funeral services were to be conducted at 2 00 p m today by Rev John Hancock at Snodgrass Funeral Home with burial in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens. Survivors include her husband Frederick a daughter Jennifer Griffith and a son Steven all at home.
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Jane Lewis Griffith
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beckley
South Charleston
John Hancock
Snodgrass
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Griffith
Herome
Woodrow Wilson High School
Greenbrier Girls School
West Liberty State
Funeral services for Mrs Gertie Mae Cowart
Mrs Gertie Mae Cowart 57 of Surveyor formerly of Augusta Ga died at 1 55 am after a long illness. Funeral 2 pm Friday in Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Samuel Meadows. Burial Tolley Town Cemetery. Survived by brothers Seth Downy CA and P C Jack Cowart Surveyor three sisters Garnet Callaway Freda Broyles Helen Daniel. Friends may call after 4 pm.
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Gertie Mae Cowart
Sursveyor
Augusta
Caffee Funeral Home
Samuel_ Meadows
Tolleytown
Joint funeral services for Mrs Clara Lee and Miss Joan Evans
Mrs Lee 41 and her daughter Miss Evans 22 of Nyack New York die from a Nyack car crash. Funeral 1 pm Friday Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Carlisle Revs Preston Porter and Thomas Pryor lead. Burial Hilltop Cemetery. Calling hours 7 to 9 pm Thursday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greenstown.
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Clara Lee
Joan Donzella Evans
Nyack
N.Y
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Carlisle
Preston Porter
Thomas Pryor
Hilltop
Lee
Jury Upholds Couple's Claim in Home Purchase Veil
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury found that an air conditioner and television antenna were included in the purchase price of a house sold Nov. 20, 1971 by James Ellenbogen to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Evans. The jury awarded Ellenbogen 475 dollars as balance due on a 31,000 note after deducting the value of the removed equipment. The $475 was paid to the circuit clerk March 30 to await Ellenbogen's acceptance or the trial's outcome.
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Raleigh County
Daniels
James Ellenbogen
Ellenbogen
Roger Evans
Evans
First British income tax introduced by Pitt in 1799
United Press Inter reports the first major income tax in the world was introduced in Great Britain by William Pitt in 1799 to finance wars against France.
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United Press
Inter
Great Britain
William Pitt
France
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