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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1971
Page
6
The forecast calls for hot and sunny conditions with a chance of thundershowers in most sections tonight and tomorrow. Today's high in the 80s, lows upper 50s to 70s. Monday highs expected in the 80s. Yesterday's high 84, low 60.
Pat Ratliff a University of Oklahoma law student won the World Championship Watermelon Seed Spitting in Pauls Valley Oklahoma with a 47 feet 7 12 inch spit down Main Street market. He used a curved tongue technique and lobbed the seed end over end. his elder brother Vic was runner up. Marie Morgan won the women’s division with 41 feet. About 2 000 spectators watched near 100 degree heat as 250 competitors entered.
Greene County State Police probe a burglary and house fire at Martha Principini's Dilliner residence. The padlock on a barn door was broken but nothing was stolen. Mrs Principini was visiting friends and no injuries were reported. Police caution arson possible as they investigate the blaze and timing.
Former President Harry S Truman sat in an aluminum lawn chair on the porch of his Independence, Missouri home on Saturday as the town marked its annual Fourth of July parade. He waved, smiled, and offered an occasional salute while spectators passed by.
U.S. B52s and jet aircraft bombed suspected Communist positions near the DMZ on the third day of a major allied counter-offensive. Ground forces from the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division reported destroying Communist forces and capturing anti-aircraft shells as talks in Saigon focused on a Paris peace plan and possible troop withdrawals by year end.
HONG KONG UPI China has revived its 1963 plan for a world summit on banning nuclear weapons. China, now nuclear armed with hydrogen bombs, and France, has not signed the treaty banning all but underground tests sealed by the United States Great Britain and the Soviet Union. Announcement came from Peking.
President Nixon formally launches a five year Bicentennial Era leading to the 1976 celebration. He says the Revolution is ongoing and urges Americans to rededicate themselves to founding principles. Chief Justice Burger and Speaker Carl Albert attend at the National Archives as the Declaration and Constitution watch. The ceremony notes the upcoming Fourth of July and marks the start of a long, planned series of events for the nation's 200th birthday.
A batch of obituaries lists Mary Alice Offutt 90 of Kingwood died at Hopemont Hospital born March 12 1881 in Preston County. Other notices include George H Pete Poole 74 Morgantown died at St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital with services at Fred L. Jenkins Funeral Home and burial East Oak Grove Cemetery. Gladys Marion Pell 72 Masontown died at University Hospital with service at Masontown United Methodist Church. Mrs Anne B Holt 88 Akron Ohio died in Fairfax VA with services in Akron. Clark Jeffries Jr 71 Smithfield Pa died at Uniontown Hospital with services arranged by James W. Goldsboro Funeral Home. Lillian Gayle Hartley 19 Grafton died at Grafton City Hospital with service at Bartlett Funeral Home. Ruth M. Graham 87 Kingwood died at Preston Memorial Hospital with service at Browning Funeral Home.
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger warns young people drawn to law schools that hoping to change society through litigation may lead to disappointment. He argues courts, including the Supreme Court, should not lead reform and emphasizes that meaningful change comes via legislative and policy processes.
Fayette County State Police logged two crashes on the Hopwood Cool Springs Road between Hopwood and Cool Springs Saturday. At 2:15 a.m. Joseph E. Ferens Jr. of Connellsville missed a curve causing $1,900 damage. At 3:30 a.m. Mary A. Franks, 18, of Hopwood struck a utility pole causing $2,500 damage. A police spokesman blamed excessive speed rather than a bad curve.
Gladys Marion Pell 72 of Masontown died Friday July 2. Friends may call at Morgan Funeral Home Reedsville from 10 a.m. to Sunday and 10 a.m. to noon Monday. Funeral services 2 p.m. Monday at Masontown United Methodist Church officiated by Revs. Joan Mason and Hearl Jones Jr. Burial in Masontown Cemetery.
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