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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1968

Page

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Shultz Faces Inflation Plan Debates on Jobs and Prices

George P Shultz, soon to be Labor secretary, argues that creating jobs for ghettos and controlling inflation are complex tasks. He rejects simple wage guidelines, supports a near five percent 1969 wage guidepost, and says industry should absorb cost rises to keep prices steady. He favors private industry with possible government subsidies to retrain hard-core unemployed.

Chicago George P Shultz Schultz Pri Johnson Labor Department

Obituaries From Spencer to Charleston Area Listings

Obituary notices list Marshall Ray Alvis died in St. Joseph Hospital Parkersburg infant son survived by Garland and Betty Alvis of Spencer with sisters Patsy Marsha and half siblings Robbins Nichols. Vandale Funeral Home. James Barksdale dies at home on Third Ave survived by daughters Flossie Martin Gussie Holmes and son Leonard of Rand Maryland. Preston Funeral Home. James Beckett 19 formerly of Logan County killed in car accident at Vernie Md survived by parents Hursel Beckett. James Funeral Home. Lara Hosey Woore 66 Webster Springs survived by sons Guy Hosey Jr Billy Lee Hosey. daughter Ellen Seward. Dodd Hurt Funeral Home. Mrs Dorothy Pearl Bryson 47 Hinton died at Mount Sinai Hospital Baltimore service at E M Meadows Funeral Home Greenbrier Burial Park. Robert Campbell 63 Union died in Ronceverte hospital service Union Presbyterian Church Green Hill Cemetery. Fannie R Carney 75 of Dunbar service at Kell Funeral Home burial in Ortin Heights Cemetery. Son Rome Deel 76 Clendenin service Knight-Young Funeral Home Reamer Hill Cemetery. Silas Fink 82 Charleston died at East Beckley Nursing Home graveside Spring Hill Cemetery. Littell Margaret Perry 49 Charleston died Charleston General Hospital daughter Claudette Bennett. Pettrey Charles Melvin 32 Fort Myers survivors include sons Darrell Gene Gary Walter and daughters Wanda Betsy Lou. Navy service. Richard Hume Rose 72 Flat Top survived by Nora Moye Rose and children Richard James James Joseph and others. Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home Tom Lilly Cemetery. Stella Mae Isalyers 49 Charleston died at Charleston General Hospital survivors include Kenneth James Charles Betty Lane Stella Mae fore and Waddell families.

Alvis Marshall Ray Otto Cemetery Garland Betty Alvis Spencer St. Joseph Hospital Parkersburg Patsy Marsha Bila Pearl Roberts Garnett Nichols Hartville Ohio Eugene Norman Vandale Funeral Home Woore Lara Hosey Webster Springs Webster County Memorial Hospital First Baptist Church of Guy Hosey Jr Billy Lee Hosey Warren Elen Seward High Point N. C Claude Dotson Elyria Mansel Dotson Summersville Leatha Mullens Lillie Nichols Fenwick Willie McMillion Netlie Genevieve Hamrick Ambridge Dodd - Hurt Funeral Home Miller Cemetery Carney Fannie R Kellef Dunbar Ortin Heights Nitro Spencer Hospital Coalson Sone Justice Jesus Only Church Besoco Sunset Memorial Park Resoco Raleigh County Raleigh General Hospital Rose - Quesenberry Funeral Beckley Wanda Betsy Lou Fort Myers Fla Ronald Meadows Hinton Ose Richard Hume Flat Top Mercer County Nora Moye Rose Richard J Morrow James M Joseph P Baltimore Charles Smith Paul Ernest Camp Creek Garnet Princeton Virtie Hypes June Campbell Virginia Basham Iva Spurlock Goldie Sanford Huntington Rose-Quesenberry Funeral Home Tom Lilly Isalyers Stella Mae Kearse Ave Charleston General Hospital Davis Chapel Kenneth James Charles Charleston Betty Lane Bertha Harper Ruby Rowley Irene Waddell Clarence Earl Fore Long Fisher Funeral Home

Rockefeller to unveil major plans at West Liberty speech

Secretary of state elect John D. Rockefeller LV will address West Liberty State College on January 8. Aide C Don McClure says the speech aims to outline legislative proposals to overhaul the West Virginia election code. A news conference follows his Wheeling arrival and a noon Charleston legislature opening luncheon.

Wheeling John D Jay) Rockefeller LV West Liberty State College Don McClure Rockefeller West Virginia McClure Charleston

Slaying Charge Tied to Fayette County Man

Martinsburg area brief reports William Lewis Haynes of Kilsyth Fayette County is charged in a deadly deer attack death at Beckley Hospital. Also listed are multiple obituaries and service notices for residents of Raleigh and surrounding counties with funeral details and survivor names.

Weather Not Blast Opens Seal at Consol No 9 Mine

A leak in a seal at Consol No 9 mine near Mannington is blamed on high barometric pressure says Mountainier Coal Co. president David Davis. The mine, site of 78 deaths last month after 16 explosions and a continuing fire, was sealed with no consequences. The leak appeared at the main slope entrance near the company store.

Mannington Consol Mountaineer Coal Co David Davis Davis Consol No. 9

Crime Links Charged to 3 N J Solons

State Atty. Gen. Brennen publicly identified three New Jersey lawmakers as “too comfortable” with organized crime. Sen. Sido Ridolfi, Assemblyman John Selecky, and Assemblyman David Friedland denied wrongdoing as Brennen testified before a bipartisan committee. Also, a Cuban Air Force training plane crash killed six aboard.

Trenton N.J William J. Brenman Sido L. Ridolfi Mercer County John A. Selecky Mercer David Friedland Hudson County Ridolfi Richard J. Hughes Selecky Friedland Brennan U.S. Supreme Court William Brennen

Basham Rites Today for Luther C Basham Founder of WV Tractor

Luther C Basham 71 founder and president of the West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Co dies at home from an apparent heart attack. Service set for 3 p m at Snodgrass Funeral Home South Charleston with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by wife Pearl sons Calvin Edmund and Harry sisters and other relatives. Donations encouraged to Union Mission in lieu of flowers.

Luther C. Basham West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Co Snodgrass Funeral South Charleston Mr. Basham McClung St Union Mission West Virginia Pearl Calvin R Edmund Harry Charleston Donald Ghent Mary Epperly Hinton H. Fischer Ralph Woods J. C. Richardson Dolly Anderson Willie Smith Sunset Memorial Park

Funerals Today Across Several Counties and Towns

Obituaries list multiple funeral services scheduled for today including Martin Luther Ayer in Roane County at 2 p.m. at Vail Funeral Home Ripley Pine Hill Cemetery and Garrett Thomas Ogle at 11 a.m. at Barlow-Bonsall Sunset Memorial Park Sunset. William Dorr MOS Bancroft Putnam County holds 2 p.m. service at Galens Poca Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens. Leo Enver Clifton Forge formerly Huntersville Pocahontas County 2 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Kinapps Creek Mountain View Marlinton Van Keenan Funeral Home. Rudolph Rass Route 1 St Albans Browns Creek 2 p.m. Alley-Casedorph Funeral Home St Albans Griffin Cemetery. James Elmar Unoy Corkle Avenue SE 2 p.m. Good Herd Funeral Home South Charleston Sunset. Other entries note Mrt Eads-Bockley 2 p.m. Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville High Lawn Oak Hill.

Ogle Garrett Thomas Lee St Barlow-Bonsall Sunset Memorial Park Mos William Dorr Bancroft Putnam County Galens Poca Haven of Rest Memorial Gardens Enver Leo

New Officials Of County Take Oaths In Sworn Ceremony

County officials including sheriff assessor and common pleas judge took oaths Monday at St Albans and Logan with Judge Belcher and Judge Rich presiding. Clerks and funeral homes listed for ceremony locations and oath administration across Kanawha and surrounding areas.

Kanawha County Acfarland Louis J Vine St St. Albans Alfey Caldorph Frank L. Taylor St Albans A . Beckley Jack Kinder Accoy Anna E. M. Johnson Fale Buffalo United Lee Kenna Patrick Homer Casey Zhe Aoore James Fayack Pauley Fayetteville Common Pleas W. H. Belcher H. W. Richbaut

Arizona Crash Kills Sailor From Parkersburg

A 20 year-old sailor from Parkersburg West Virginia was killed in an automobile crash near Bowie Arizona on Sunday. Claude R. Loiseau Jr. stationed at San Diego California died in the accident. His wife suffered a broken ankle and was reported in good condition at a Wilcox hospital.

Bowie, Ariz Parkersiburg W. Va Claude R. Loiseau ,Jr San Diego Calif Loiseau Wilcox

United Nations' First Leader Trygve Lie Dies in Norway

Trygve Lie 72, Norway’s former foreign minister and first UN secretary-general, died at aGeilo ski lodge. He led the UN through the Korean War era and Cold War pressures, with successors Hammarskjold and Thant following his retirement.

United Nations Trygve Lie Norway Oslo Trygve H. Lie Lie Geilo Hallingsbary Mountains Sisel Bratz Guri Zeckendorf New York Mette Holst Sears‘dale N. Y Zeckendorf Gian U_N Moscow Paris London Washington Soviet Union U. N Thant

Tavern Owner Gun Victim In Nicholas Summersville

The body of 6 year old John Patrick Duffy operator of Duffys Tavern on West Virginia 19 was found in his Summersville business. Sheriff Clyde Bell said Duffy 22 years in the tavern died of a self inflicted gunshot wound with a .38 pistol found beside the body. Surviving relatives listed include Alma daughter Linda at home sister Celia Duffy Baltimore Md and others. Service set for 2 pm Thursday at Waters Funeral Home with burial at Walnut Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.

Summersville John Patrick Duffy Duffy W. Va Nicholas County Clyde Bell Bell Alma Linda John Celia Duffy Baltimore Anna Hill Ethel McConihay Mullens Grace [Grimm Columbus Ohio Jenny Hutchinson Tioga Margaret Murphy Mount Zion Kathrees Hutchinson Newcomerstown Robert Ira Nitro Jim Squire Waters Funeral Home Walnut Grove Wilson Ridge

State seeks 3800 workers owed back wages

The Labor Department requests careful search for more than 3 800 workers owed money after wage and hour investigations. Some 39 former West Virginia residents are among those due sums from under 25 to over 1 000 dollars as recoveries proceed. Nine lines omitted.

Washington Labor Department West Virginia

Action of Clay Court Creates Industrial Park

Clay County creates an industrial park after a court order and contract with J H Milan Inc. The Milan firm will plan the park and county officials say it will lead to several small plants and provide hundreds of jobs for Clay County residents.

Clay Clay County J. H. Milan Inc Milan Company Fredi Morton Norman Ashley R. T. Sizemore

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