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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1964
Page
6
Mrs Livia B Shepherd longtime Charleston resident died Tuesday after a long illness in Daughterty Nursing Home She was born in Florence Italy and had lived in Charleston six years and was a member of the Sacred Heart parish.
Multiple obituary notices list services and burial plans for a string of local residents. George Allen Blenkenship 74 of Big Bend dies after short illness. services at J. E. Johnson Funeral Home Kanawha City. Howard Cooper 56 Lambert dies in Comfort Boone. burial Browning Cemetery Hamlin. Harry Hobart Dunn 64 of Linside Monroe County passes after long illness. services at Broyles Funeral Home Union. Evelyn T. Ellis 73 Mount Hope Fayette County dies after long illness. funeral at Ritchie and Johnson Beckley. And many more memorials across counties with dates, places, and burial venues.
Alexander F. Sayer head of Sayer Brothers Department Stores in southern West Virginia and Virginia died after a monthlong illness in Charleston Memorial Hospital. Surviving are his widow Nazha, sister Alexandria aboud of Syria, and brother David F. Sayer of Logan. Service set for 2 p.m. Thursday at St. George Orthodox Church with Masonic burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
Frank Bolek saved 330 dollars for gifts, hid it in a shoe wrecked by his wife. Hamtramck waste crew sifted through 49000 pounds of rubbish to recover the money and refused rewards. Bolek commended the workers to Mayor Grzecki, saying their generosity would bring a merry Christmas.
Two young Gazette carriers, John Sword of DuPont City and Belle and Thomas Cox of Kenna Drive, stand out for growing routes. Sword expanded his subscribership from 68 to 81, while Cox serves 98 families and plans to study agriculture at Texas A M College. Both are juniors in high school and sons of local families, using spare time to earn money.
Buddhist monks and nuns in Saigon will fast on Wednesday to protest alleged lies and distortions by the government of Premier Tran Van Huong. A spokesman denied Communist or party involvement in directing Buddhist activities.
President Johnson will address a joint session of Congress and the nation at 9 pm on January 4. The White House notes this is the second night-time State of the Union in history, following Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 9 pm address on January 3, 1936.
Police announced a World War II German bazooka launched the rocket at United Nations headquarters last week. The weapon exploded in the East River near the U N building as Che Guevara spoke. No injuries or damage were reported. The bazooka was set up across the East River in Queens and believed to be fired by anti communist Cuban refugees.
A Tuesday blaze at the Hill side Hotel in Madison Indiana destroyed the landmark. One guest was killed and nine injured as firefighters battled the three story, 40 room structure for six hours. Damages estimated at 500000 as residents leaped to the predawn cold from windows. Marines helped search rooms for victims.
An Italian space crew launched the 254 pound San Marco I spacecraft from Wallops Island Virginia using a four stage Scout rocket at 3 20 p m EST The spacecraft is intended for ionosphere studies and atmospheric density measurements in high altitude orbits It marks Italy as the third nation to launch an orbital spacecraft from the United States ahead of further launches from floating Indian Ocean platforms
Nicholas Mishap, a 43 year old Dunbar man, died early Tuesday in a car crash on West Virginia Route 39 near Summersville. John R. Groves was thrown from the vehicle operated by his wife, who suffered bruises. Groves had managed the Glasgow office of Godfrey J. Cabot Corp. He served as deputy grand master of the IOOF in West Virginia and belonged to Masonic groups. Survivors include his parents and a brother. Funeral services were held Thursday in Dunbar with burial at Tyler Mountain Memory Garden.
Honolulu Police Department aims to film drunk driving suspects using a color miniature movie studio with a potential soundtrack. Police Chief Dan Liu says the films will illustrate the effects of drinking, including slurred speech captured in voice recordings.
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