Re-enactment Captures Ft Ticonderoga Victory Draws Huge Crowd
About 40,000 to 50,000 spectators watched a re-enactment of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seizing Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. Dr John K Lattimer, a descendant and Columbia U urology chair, read the surrender command and raised the British flag to mark the Revolution's early victory.
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FT. Ticonderoga
N.Y
UPI
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
America
Donald A. Carter
Ticonderoga
John K. Lattimer
Continental Congress
Lattimer
Department of
Urology
Columbia University
Allen
Boston
Egyptian Foreign Minister urges limits on Jewish immigration in peace talks
Ismail Fahmi said in Cairo that immigration to Israel must be stopped or limited in any final Middle East settlement. He urged equal Palestinian participation at Geneva talks and warned that failure could trigger Egypt’s use of force to defend its land.
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Ismail Fahmi
Israel
Middle East
Cairo
United States
Soviet Union
Palestine Liberation Organization
Geneva
FLO
Fahmi
Akhbar el Yom
U.S
Abu Rudeis
Sinai
Egypt
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Ford
Netherlands
Max van der Steel
Laos Cabinet Changes Stir Unrest as Pathet Lao Influence Grows
Laos undergoes cabinet reshuffles with ministers and generals resigning or due to reassignment. The defense minister and deputy foreign minister travel abroad amid fears of a Pathet Lao seizure, while Geneva and Pakse involvement suggests widening political strain in Vientiane.
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Pathet Lao
Souvanna
Pakse
Vientiane
Thailand
Mekong
Geneva
Laos
Vang Pao
Thonglith Chokbengvoun
Gouprasith Abhay
Refugees leave Cambodia as Thai border moves aid efforts
The French embassy reports 191 refugees flown to Paris on Friday with another 210 scheduled for Saturday and Monday. Overland routes from Phnom Penh led to Thailand with a border trek completed Thursday. More than 1,000 foreign refugees were escorted out of Cambodia last Thursday and May 3. The mother of ex general Sosthene Fernandez arrived in Bangkok after traveling under an assumed name.
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Cambodia
Paris
Thailand
Phnom Penh
Final plan for Boston desegregation announced by court
UPI reports District Court Judge W Arthur Garrity released the final school desegregation plan for Boston mandating busing about 21 000 students to achieve racial balance next fall. The plan increases participation over the interim and faces resistance from parts of the city including East Boston. The NAACP supports stronger integration while anti busing groups oppose the extent of the measures.
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Boston
UPI
W. Arthur Garrity
Garrity
Obituary notices for David Best Holden and Lula V Miller
David Best Holden 54 an attorney in Wheeling died Friday at Ohio Valley General Hospital He was born Sept 13 1920 in Wheeling and trained at West Virginia University He held many legal and military affiliations and leaves a wife two children and two sisters Interment at Greenwood Cemetery Wheeling Memorials to Linsley Military Institute Lula V Miller 88 formerly of Rowlesburg died Saturday at Cumberland Memorial Hospital She was born in Luray Virginia and was a member of LaVale United Methodist Church Survivors include a son a daughter four grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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David Best Holden
Wheeling
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Mary Best Holden
Guy E. Holden
West Virginia University
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Delta Phi
West Virginia Law Review
West Virginia
Salem
N.J
T. Stewart
Mary Jane) Hopkins
Vance Memorial United Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Linsley Military Institute
Lula V. Miller
Rowlesburg
LaVale
Cumberland Memorial Hospital
Luray
William
Sarah Cave Keyser
LaVale United Methodist Church
Robert L. Rosser
Cumberland
Lillian Zarger
Forrest J. Campbell
Harrisville
Ritchie County
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Pleasant County
Fredimon
Laura Douglas Campbell
United Methodist Church
St. Luke’s
Harrison Street
United Methodist
Marietta College
Wesley Seminary
Washington D.C
Mt. Nebo
Big Tygart
Cairo
Barrett
Rupert
Chester
Kingwood
Methodist Conference
Camp Sychar
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Thelma Taggart
J. Gary Campbell
Reading
Mass
Fue Cottrill
Elkton
Jeffrey McClung
Edgar A. Cuppett
Morgantown
Veterans Administration Hospital
Martin T
Nora Titchenell Cuppett
Darrell M
Clairton
W. Wayne
Griffith, Ind
Martin
Ted
Aberdeen
Eldon Cuppett
Richwood
Elizabeth Nicholson
Trythall Named Dean of WVU Creative Arts Center
Gilbert Trythall, composer and head of the George Peabody College music program in Nashville, is named dean of the Creative Arts Center at West Virginia University. He succeeds retiring Dean Richard E. Duncan who led the center as it neared a $10 million expansion.
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Gilbert Trythall
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
West Virginia University
WVU
James G. Harlow
Trutall
Richard E. Duncan
Harlow
Dean Duncan
Duncan
West Virginia
Trythall
University of Tennessee
Northwestern University
Cornell University
Air Force
Knox College
Galesburg
Ill
Knox-Galesburg
University Center Orchestra
Truthall
Grosset and Dunlap
Music Educators Journal
Osage residents escape injury in freak mishap
A car on the Fort Hen Bridge of Interstate 70 struck a pothole, dislodging the gasoline tank which exploded on impact. The incident blocked traffic over the Ohio River near Wheeling, involving Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hue Hooks and their six children of Osage. Betty Anick, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient, was released from St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee after a weeklong stay following abdominal and back pains. she received a new heart on October 21, 1968. The obituary section notes the death of Rev. Forrest J. Campbell in Parkersburg, plus other notices including Edgar A. Cuppett’s death in Salem, Virginia, and a correction for Delia J. Emerson’s obituary relations.
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Wheeling
Jay Hue Hooks
Osage
Fort Hen
Ohio River
Milwaukee
UPI
Betty Anick
St. Luke’s Hospital
Anick
West Allis
St. Luke’s
Funeral Notices from Harrisville to Cumberland in May 1975
Obituaries list six individuals with death dates May 8 to May 10 1975 and services across West Virginia and Maryland. Forrest J Campbell 62 Harrisville Revivers officiating at St Luke s United Methodist Harrisville. Burlin D Cramer 52 Fort Howard MD funeral home Kingwood service Tuesday interment Preston Memorial Gardens. Edgar A Cuppett formerly Morgantown Salem VA interment Mt Union Cemetery. Delia J Emerson 61 Masontown Monongalia General Hospital Masontown Nazarene Church burial Gilmer County. Lula V Miller 88 Rowlesburg LaVale MD Cumberland Memorial Hospital services Tuesday Hillcrest Burial Park.
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Friends
Raiguel Funeral Home
Harrisville
Cramer
Burlin D
Fort Howard
Baltimore
Browning Funeral Home
Kingwood
J. €. Ferrell Jr
Preston Memorial Gardens
Emerson
Delia J
Masontown
Monongalia General Hospital
Morgan Funeral Home
Reedsville
Weather outlook with sun and increasing clouds
Mostly sunny today with tonight becoming cloudy. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows tonight mid 40s. Highs today and tomorrow in the upper 60s. Yesterday’s high 78 and low 48. Precipitation none. Sunset today 8 23 p m. Sunrise tomorrow 6 08 a m.
Downtown Morgantown cleanup coordinated with DAC
The Downtown Action Council will join the City of Morgantown for a downtown cleanup next Wednesday starting at 6 30 p m at the top of High Street. Parking meters on multiple streets will be bagged and tow trucks will remove parked cars when the work begins.
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Downtown Action Council
City of
Morgantown
High Street
Fayette, Walnut
Pleasant Streets
University Avenue
Spruce Street
Chancery Row
High
Chestnut Streets
Jan Shafer
Brookhaven minister wins international award at parish banquet
Rev. Robert O. Sypolt, parish coordinator and Brookhaven Charge pastor for 14 years, received a Special International Award of Merit at a Morgantown East Larger Parish banquet held at the Municipal Airport Restaurant Conference Room. The ceremony honored service to church and community with dignitaries including Bishop D. Frederick Wertz and Morgantown Mayor Dorothy Comuntzis attending.
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WANDA
Morgantown East
United Methodist Church
Robert O. Sypolt
Brookhaven
Supreme Council of the Grand Lodge of Lebanon
le Comite de Recompenses du Merit
Lebanon
Rabih Faez Tayeh
Beirut
Kermit W. Poling
Hope- Halleck
D. Frederick Wertz
United Methodist
West Virginia
Ramsey Bridges
Fairmont District
Morgantown
Dorothy Comuntzis
Bishop Wertz
D.F. Wertz
Sypolt
Kermit Poling
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Lake
Champlain
Vermont
United Press International
NAACP
CAC
Delia J. Emerson
Dominion Post
Junior
Betty) Casseday
Ethel
Helen) Southall
Ripley
Washington
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Southern Plains
Gulf Coast
Florida
DAC
la Grande Medaille Royal Maconie of Lebanon
Art Jordan
Ransel L. Fowler
Stanley Kandzari
Walker
West Virginia University Hospital
R.L. Fowler
Aan
Monongalia County
Univ. Ave
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