Ten Area Towns Vote in Southern West Virginia Elections
Ten incorporated towns in Mercer, McDowell and Monroe counties vote in municipal elections. Mercer County towns include Athens Bramwell Matoaka Oakvale Princeton Lacy Shrewsbury and Ward contests. McDowell's Anawalt Davy Jaeger. Monroe's Peterstown Union. Incumbents and several new candidates compete for mayor recorder and council seats with write-in activity anticipated.
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West Virginia
Mercer County
McDowell County
Monroe County
Athens
Bramwell
Matoaka
Oakvale
Princeton
McDowell
Anawalt
Davy
Jaeger
Monroe
Peterstown
Union
Mercer
Lacy
Shrewsbury
C. Richard Burdette
Marvin Jones
W. J. Reece
Samuel C. Thurmer
G. K. White Jr
Bernard B. Chewning
Lewis I. Skeens
Tommy Jones
J. M. Marshall
Hode White
D. W. McCormick
Bill Henry Bowen
Perry Davis
J. E. Newbold
Dr. H. A. Porter
Marvin Tabor
John Morrisett
W. P. Clark
Michael Haynes
Charley Eanes
Katherine Barringer
Marvin McCormick
L. E. Whitman
Recorder
Petra Witten
Russell Bradley
Tom Dillon
James Lee
Walter Presley
Floyd T. Legato
Luther Armstrong
Rufus Large
Paul Goodson
Guy Dehart
Gordon Hurd
Allen Urps
John Fletcher
Armstrong
Stanley Broyles
Roy G. Tomlinson
W. M. Martin
M. L. Pence
J. E. Wallace
Lawrence D. Munsey
E. E. Rowe
C. L. Griggs
James Webb
Evans Thomas N. A. Buckland
Henry Williams
Frank R. Meadows
Wasp Heads For Station In Bahamas
The aircraft carrier Wasp, Gemini recovery ship, set course to a station east of the Bahamas. It carries a large canvas strip design to be visible from the orbiting Gemini 4 crew as they pass 100 miles high, weather permitting.
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Wasp
Bahamas
Boston
Mass
Bermuda
Arlington Girl Claims Rape Near Ft. Marcy
A 16 year old Arlington, Virginia girl reports she and an 18 year old escort were assaulted after three men forced them from their car at Hains Point. Police say two men raped her then left, and the couple freed themselves and flagged a motorist. The suspects are described as white, ages 20 to 22.
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Washington
Arlington
Hains Point
Ft. Marcy
Chain Bridge
Virginia
Cubans urged to start saving in Bank of Cuba drive
A Havana radio broadcast monitored in Miami announced a campaign by Cuban students to urge workers and farmers to open savings accounts in the government controlled Bank of Cuba as a step toward economic reform.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Bank of Cuba
Daring Gemini 4 Mission Receives Green Light
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP after a Monday conference NASA gave the go ahead for a four day Gemini 4 mission astronauts James A MacDivitt and Edward H White II will attempt a spacewalk near a burned Titan 2 booster during two orbits White will exit the craft with a 25 foot lifeline and use a spacegun maneuvering unit to approach the booster at 17 500 mph. The crew will be tethered and photographs will be taken before returning to Gemini 4.
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James A. MacDivitt
Edward H. White II
White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Atlantic Recovery
Air
United States
McDivitt
MIGs Flee As U S Bombers Hit Hanoi Ammunition Depot
Eight Soviet built MIG fighters turned tail when American F105s attacked an ammunition depot 45 miles southwest of Hanoi. U S pilots reported destroying seven buildings and damaging three others while two other raids targeted a highway bridge near Thanh Hoa and a barracks area north of the 17th Parallel.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Thanh Hoa
Oregon Gov Hatfield criticizes civil rights leaders who break laws
Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield condemned civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King for defying laws under civil disobedience. He defended peaceful protests but said leaders have no right to break the law, while calling Congress voting rights bill a sham.
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Oregon
Hatfield
Rochester
N. Y
Mark Hatfield
Martin Luther King
Roberts Wesleyan College
Chile
King
Congress
Capitol West Front Declared Dangerous and In Need of Repair
Capitol architect J George Stewart told Congress the 150 year old west front walls of the Capitol are cracked and overloaded by modern standards. An outside study urges about 24 million dollars for reconstruction and potential interior redesign adding 4.5 acres of floor space.
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Washington
U.S. Capitol
District of Columbia
Capitol
J. George Stewart
Congress
Stewart
House
West Front
White House
Capitol Hill
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Deaths Reach Record Traffic Toll in West Virginia
During the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend 12 lives were lost in West Virginia with a Terra Alta woman dying of injuries from a Terra Alta crash and a Gassaway man killed in a Parkersburg area crash. The weekend total included multiple drownings and high school athlete Eubanks who held a pole vault record.
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West Virginia
Terra Alta
Kingwood Hospital
Lulu Haught
Coleman Friend
Braxton County
Gassaway
W.va
Parkersburg
William Bowser
Cassville
Monongalia County
Morgantown
Richard L. Eubanks
Mount Howe
Glen Jean
Fayette County
Eubanks
Mount Hope High School
Memorial Day holiday traffic deaths hit record high
Traffic fatalities over a three day Memorial Day weekend reached a record 422 to 432 deaths as investigator reports highlighted driver error. The National Safety Council blamed incompetent driving with multiple fatal crashes across California Louisiana Tennessee Nebraska Indiana Illinois Ohio and more.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Associated Press
California
Abbeville
Gallatin
Tenn
Grand Island
Neb
Terre Haute
Ind
Lansing
Ill
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Memorial Day Toll Rises With 19 Dead In Virginia
Across Virginia during the Memorial Day weekend 19 people died in accidents. By Monday 15 perished in traffic crashes and four drowned. Notable cases include 59 year old John Westwood Wilkins in Fairfax County, 15 year old Christopher Hathaway in Norfolk, and 47 year old George Mason Butler in Spotsylvania County as divers recovered bodies.
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Virginia
Middleburg
John Westwood Wilkins
Inside Abby 10 Movies 6 Add Years 10 Princeton
Classified items listing sections and page numbers for the edition. The short note references Society, Comics, Sports, TV, Editorial, Weather, Goren and a Crossword. It appears to be a table of contents or index line guiding readers to various pages.
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Abby
Princeton
Goren
Radford Man’s Bank Fraud Ties Up Dublin Estate
John W. Morgan Jr. left debts and fraudulent bank loans possibly over $1 million and a confession letter admitting defrauding the Bank of Dublin. A Radford businessman’s estate is valued under $200,000 as the bank seeks a permanent receiver, advisers, and a commissioner to determine assets and claims.
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Pulaski
Radford
Bank of Dublin
John W. Morgan Jr
Claytor Lake
Pulasik County
Alex Harman
Smyth Boy, 9, Injured On Bike In Smyth County
A nine year old Smyth County boy, Joseph Elmore Smith of Marion, was struck by a northbound car on Rt. 16 two miles south of Marion. He suffered a cerebral concussion and facial lacerations, treated locally and transferred to a Roanoke hospital. Driver William Brown Scott, 59, of Marion, faced no charges.
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Robert Franklin Cregger
Elkhorn
McDowell County
U.S. 52
Maybeury
McDowell
Mercer County
Ethel Lee Michael
Berkeley Springs
David Fugene Cline
Dallison
Wood County
Parkersburg
Lloyd Russell Weatherholtz
Bunker Hill
Berkeley County
U.S. 11
Martinsburg
Rodney Massie
Josephine
Raleigh County
W.va
Beckley Saturn
Danny Bolen
Odd
Smyth County, Va
Rt. 16
Marion
Joseph Elmore Smith
Rt. 1
Smyth County
Roanoke
R. H. Wimmer
Smith
William Brown Scott
West Virginia Extended Forecast Sees Normal Conditions
The U S Weather Bureau reports normal conditions through Saturday for West Virginia with average highs near 81 in the south and 77 in the north and lows around 58 in the south and 52 in the north.
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West Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Surgeon General Cites Smoking Death Toll At TB Meeting
Dr. Luther L. Terry, surgeon general, told the 61st annual National Tuberculosis Association gathering in Chicago that 125000 to 300000 premature deaths occur yearly from smoking. He cited advertising pressure and disbelief as obstacles but noted surveys show nearly a quarter of adult men are ex cigarette smokers.
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Chicago
Luther L. Terry
U.S. Public Health Service
Ment
National Tuberculosis Association
Terry
Public
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Icem Brinkley
Marvin Akers
Willard Rumley
Fred Fitzwater
C. W. Camden
James A. McDivitt
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
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Indian Oceans
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Mission Control Center
S. Viets
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Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
THE
Massie
Stanley Rife
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Mingo County
Guyandotte River
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Wheeling
Wheeling Creek
Old Dominion
Dublin
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Radford Circuit
R. L. Evans
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