Treasury Ends Silver Backing For Dollar Bills
The Treasury issued its final silver backing for dollar notes ending the era of money backed by precious metal. About 2,000 people queued at the New York Assay Office to redeem silver certificates for silver with windows kept open until 5 p.m. and San Francisco drawing roughly 500 customers. Silver certificates remain legal tender but cannot be redeemed for silver at $1.29 an ounce, and no U S paper currency is now backed by silver or gold.
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Washington
Treasury Department
New York
San Francisco
Treasury
Europe
Congress
Chicago church helps fund bail for gang members
Chicago pastor John R. Fry testified that his First Presbyterian Church paid about 25 thousand dollars in bail bonds and 50 thousand dollars in legal fees for Rangers members over two years. He denied aiding murder orders and weapons storage, calling the group a community youth organization.
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Washington (Ap
Chicago
John R. Fry
First Presbyterian Church
South Side
Fry
Blackstone Rangers
Rangers
Senate Investigations Committee
John J. McClellan
D-Ark
OEO
George Rose
Ranger
Rose
Steel Bosses Air Threats Over Final Steel Contract Talks
Three United Steelworkers leaders threaten a boycott of final contract negotiations over retirement and fringe benefit emphasis. Anthony Tomko, Al Perez, and Nick Frisk urge changes as Pittsburgh hosts the opening session of the final phase for 450,000 workers. They complain about a new 13 member subcommittee shaping contract language and priorities.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworker
Anthony Tomko
U.S. Steel Corp
National Tube Works
McKeesport
al Perez
Heaid
Nick Frisk
U.S. Steel
Ellwood City
Burglars hit Tasty Freeze Custard Shop on Bluefield Ave
Burglars broke into the Tasty Freeze Custard Shop on Bluefield Avenue late Sunday night or early Monday morning and stole several packs of potato chips. Police said entry was gained via a sliding window used to serve customers and a prying tool was may have been used. The shop manager Mrs Melvin Angles reported the loss to police.
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Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield
Melvin Angles
Wallace Secures Florida Ballot For November Election
Third party candidate George Wallace qualified for the Florida ballot after a Polk County petition with 840 names raised certified signatures to 19,286, surpassing the 18,478 required. Wallace submitted a letter approving the ballot placement and the George Wallace party was officially recognized by the state.
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Tallahassee
Fla
George Wallace
Florida
Dorothy Glisson
Secretary of State
Polk County
Wallace
Glisson
Prison Riot Rages as Guards Move In and Fire Breaches Mount
Chaos at the old state prison as inmates stage a dayLong sit in and set fires in the plant and hospital. Police and 200 Ohio National Guardsmen respond with bayonets drawn and orders to be aggressive. No shots fired but flames towered 40 feet as hospital workers and inmates sought safety and the old facility faced replacement by a new prison near Portsmouth.
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Maxwell
Ohio National
Donald Craige
Craige
Robert Bartlett
Portsmouth
Columbus
Family of Four Murder Investigation Deepens
A Mullens family, including four members, is central to an investigation on Monday morning. Officials say the family moved from Wallace in Harrison County about six weeks ago. Tanner, formerly manager of Collins Department Store in Mullens, is among the victims. Funeral arrangements place the bodies at Sam Fogelsong Funeral Home in Mullens before return to their hometown.
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Mullens
Wallace
Harrison County
Tanner
Collins Department Store
Sam Fogelsong
Johnson advisers say tax hike boosts cooling but grows deficit
President Johnsons top economic advisers project the current budget deficit at about 25 billion dollars for fiscal year 1968, with the January estimate at 19.8 billion. They attribute the rise to delayed tax action and war spending, while 1969 deficits are expected to fall below prior 8 billion projections.
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Washington
Johnson
Arthur M. Okun
Council of Economic Advisers
Okun
Judge's Son Hurt When Hit By Boat
Morgantown authorities report William Haymond II 45 son of State Supreme Court Justice Frank Haymond remained in satisfactory condition at University Hospital after a weekend boating accident. He was struck by a speedboat Sunday while swimming in the Tygart Valley River near Colfax.
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Morgantown
State Supreme Court
Frank Haymond
University Hospital
William Haymond II
Tygart Valley
Colfax
Bus And Autos Crash In Florida Pair Hurt
A collision involving a Tri City Traction Co bus and two autos on Princeton Avenue left two Florida residents with minor injuries. Mrs Willa Dean Stokes 39 and her daughter Jacque Stokes 14 from Graceville were treated at Bluefield Sanitarium. The bus driver Fred Bailey 42 of Mataoka and Georgia Watson 35 of Bluefield were involved. investigation continues with no charges filed.
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Tri - City Traction Co
Florida
Bluefield
Willa Dean Stokes
Jacque Stokes
Graceville
Fla
Fred Bailey
Mataoka
Firefighting Contests 40000 Acre Brush Fire Near Gorman
More than 1300 firefighters with mild winds and high humidity battled a 40000 acre brush fire in the Liebre Mountain area of Angeles National Forest. The blaze near Gorman 50 miles north of Los Angeles was 75 percent contained with no estimate for control. Captain Philip Goodell, 45, of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, died Monday after suffering burns on Friday the first day of the fire. Four other firefighters were burned. two released and two in good condition. A separate 3000 acre fire in the Los Padres National Forest west of King City was expected to be controlled by Tuesday.
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LOS Angeles
Liebre Mountain
Angeles National Forest
U. S. Forest Service
Gorman
Philip Goodell
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Los Padres National Forest
King City
California
Hershey Promises Draft Board Information Policy
Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey head of the Selective Service says public information will be released unless barred by law or privacy concerns. He notes no internal papers will be shared and the policy restates existing practice amid prior criticism over deferment denials for antiwar protesters.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Deaths and Funerals in the Region
Obituaries list multiple locals: Mrs Susie Barbour 71 of North Tazewell dies after long illness in Bluefield hospital with survivors including husband Millard H Barbour and two daughters Pearlie Mae Childress and Lorin Stanley. Also noted: Mrs Nancy Ann Shelton 66 of Raven dies in Richlands hospital. services at Mape Gap Free Pentecostal Church. Other notices name Mrs Caroline Cox 83 of Lebanon formerly Vansant with many descendants. funeral arrangements in Keen Mountain.
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Nancy Ann Shelton
Raven
Richlands
Mape Gap Free Pentecostal Church
Hugh Goodman
George Sparks
Cline
Swords Creek
Police Clear Shantytown Camp in Washington
Police with shotguns and tear gas evacuated a plywood shantytown near the Lincoln Memorial after a 90 minute sweep. Hosea Williams and other civil rights leaders were arrested as residents sang civil rights songs and resisted evacuation.
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Abernathy
Hosea Williams
William Rutherford
SCLC
Sterling Tucker
Urban Leagues
Wilkins
Lincoln Memorial
John B. Layton
D.C
Interior Department
Revival at Bethel AME Church On Bland Street
A revival meeting is in progress at the Bethel AME Church on Bland Street and will continue through Friday.
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Bethel A. M. E
Bland St
Graham Band Meeting at Graham High School
The Graham Band Club will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Graham High School band room for a regular session and activities.
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Graham Band Club
Graham High School
Memorials for Clapp and Porter in regional obituaries
Glenis Maria Clapp 19 of 1304 West Cumberland Road died at home after a long illness. She was born in Beauford South Carolina and a 1967 Bluefield High School graduate, member of the National Honor Society, East Madison Baptist Church, attending the University of Wisconsin. Survivors include her parents two sisters Deborah and Frances Brooks and brother Richard Hugh Clapp. Levi McNeal Porter 81 of Austinville Virginia, formerly Mercer County, died Saturday night in Galax Virginia. A World War I veteran and Turkey Gap Coal Co. retiree, he leaves two sisters and two brothers. Services today at 2 pm at Trinity Methodist Church Austinville. burial Odd Fellows Cemetery Ivanhoe. Morehead Funeral Home Austinville in charge.
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Glenis Maria Clapp
West Cumberland Rd
Hugh H. Clapp
Beauford
S. C
Bluefield High School
East
Levi McNeal Porter
Austinville
Mercer County
Galax
Turkey Gap Coal Co
Anna Lee Pierce
Greenville
Ken Fogus
Tate Rowlett
Oddfellows Cemetery
Ivanhoe
Obituary for Ed Patrick of Castlewood Virginia
Ed Patrick 59 of Castlewood Virginia died Monday in an Abingdon hospital after a long illness. He was a member of Oak Grove Church Hansonville and survived by wife Ortha Patrick one son Henry of Lynchburg four daughters Marie Herndon Nancy Nellie and Wilman all of Castlewood five brothers Bill John Charlie Arnold and two sisters Delle Vencill K L Hawkins N M Herndon L B Smith Birtie Horne and 11 grandchildren. Rev Ernest Dale and Rev Bar King officiated at the Oak Grove Church burial was set for Honaker Cemetery Friends may call Lebanon Funeral Home after 1 30 p m Tuesday.
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Caroline Looney Cox
Lebanon
Vansant
Richlands
Silk
Jane Looney
Joan T. Cox
Druie Cox
Perry Cox
Tampa
Fla
Manuel Stacy
Parlie Meadows
Loran Meadows
Oakwood
John Looney
Maggie Muncy
Jolo
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keen Mountain
Ed Patrick
Castlewood
Abingdon
Oak Grove
Hansonville
Ortha Patrick
Henry Patrick
Lynchburg
Marie Herndon
Nancy Patrick
Nellie
Wilman Patrick
Bill Patrick
John
Charlie Patrick
Bristol
Honaker
Lebanon Funeral Home
Retired Colonel Ambrose Found Dead In Athens Home
Forest E. Ambrose a 315 State St Athens resident and retired U S Army colonel was found dead at his home Monday morning Officials said he apparently died of a heart attack sometime Sunday night or Monday morning His body remains at George W Seaver Mortuary Princeton awaiting funeral arrangements
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Forest E. Ambrose
State St
Athens
Ambrose
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Roane Seeks Repair Money for School Upgrades
Roane County School Superintendent Merrill Clark said the district needs more than 250000 to repair 26 classrooms closed by State School Superintendent Rex Smith. The rooms at Spencer High and Spencer Elementary lack fire safety gear and were ordered off limits until upgrades occur. No new bond funds have passed in months.
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Spencer
W.va
Roane County
Merrill Clark
Rex Smith
Spencer High School
Lewis Myles
Smith
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Springville
Mary Ross
Roanoke
Sallie McBride
Robert Meadows
Bessie Sluss
Tazewell
Roy Hight
Trenton
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Charlie Sublette
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
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Sea
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Holiness Church
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Lille Cochran
Charles Town
Ind
Martha Plaster
Ella Cordle
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Bill Shelton
Richands
Troy Shelton
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Clarence Shelton
Clara Dye
Martha Johnson
Josie Price
May Dye
Douglas
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R. A. Brown
Reece Hill
Clyde Combs
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Charlie Ernest Price
Mich
Iva Wingo Price
Beatrice Ballard
Washington, D. C
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Carl Boblitz
St. Clair Shores
Paul
Jack Price
William and
Clarence Price
Walter Price
Garden City
Church of God In War
A. J. Gardner
Jones Chapel
Route 2
McDowell County
Sidney
Nannie Laing
Sidney Johnson Jr
Hotchkiss
Roy Johnson
Delbert Johnson
Hubert
Adrian
Jack Mullings
C H. Laing
Daytona Beach
Bertha Peck
Ohio
Fannie Milam
Princewick
Tiptop Church of God
Tiptop
A. 0. Stewart
E. L. Lambert
Bowman Cemetery
Paul Dye
Clyde Bryant
Jim Brewster
Earl Bowman
Elmo Bowman
Sam Hoovs
Bill Hicks
William Proffitt
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Martha Riner
Elizabethton
Tenn
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Monroe County
First Baptist Church
John L
Elizabeth Canteberry McGhee
W. K. Riner
E. E. Ayers
S. J. Evans
R. T. Bingham
Pearisburg
Hailie Riner
James Parker
Seaver Mortuary
Resthaven Cemetery
Hathaway - Percy Funeral Home
Graham
Western, Union Telegram
Donald
Worgan Sales
Mgr
Hawkins Funeral Home
Levi Porter
Morehead Funeral Home
Col
Forrest Ambrose
Roane
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