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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1969
Page
4
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list the deceased, surviving family, ages, places of residence, churches, and funeral arrangements across towns including Verdunville Marietta Huntington Clay Durbin Beckley and South Charleston with services at various churches and funeral homes. The reports note affiliations with local clubs churches veterans groups and indicate burial sites and cemeteries.
A long list of funeral services across West Virginia, detailing individuals such as Arrington, Linda Mae Jasto, Roy Edward Lark, William Suttlip, Henry Lersy, Harold Welton, Denver Weewell, Robert Umpr ing, Roy Kermit ITRELE, Nathan Rapley, Jackson Tharp, Pete Vannest, Joseph Washington, and others. Each entry notes the deceased, residence, time, and funeral home or cemetery.
Esther Colvin Branch of Beckley West Virginia died in a Louisville Kentucky hospital from a gunshot wound. Police say the wound was personal safety related. Survived by multiple siblings in Beckley Gary New York City Harlem Heights Raleigh and other locations. Body being returned to Ritchie Johnson Funeral Home Beckley.
A 26 year old Fairmont native, William Larry Boyce, was identified among four killed in a gunpowder explosion at a DuPont plant in Carney's Point New Jersey on Wednesday. The blast occurred when one ton of gunpowder detonated at the facility.
Police in North Charleston arrested two youths early Friday for breaking into the recreation center. A stereo, a record player, and a fire extinguisher were stolen and later recovered. William King, 19, of Charleston Route 1, was held for military authorities after declaring AWOL from the Marines. A juvenile from Orchard Manor was certified to juvenile court.
The Labor Department orders a one third cut in Neighborhood Youth Corps year round out of school enrollment and a halt in hiring youths 18 or older for the program. The 1999 fiscal year authorization of 129 million dollars supported training for 46,100 people, now reduced under the cutback.
Funeral services are planned for 2 p m Monday at Beale Chapel United Methodist Church in Apple Grove Mason County for Cobb 65 longtime state fire marshal aide and CID founder who died Friday after a heart attack Burial will follow at Beale Chapel Cemetery Cobb lived at 1408 West Riverview Drive Belle He was a Huntington Central High School graduate and attended Marshall University He served in St Louis Tampa and West Virginia in crime detection and lie detector work and helped form the State Police Criminal Investigation Bureau He is survived by his widow Genevieve a daughter a sister two brothers and a half brother Friends may call at Mohr Stevens Funeral Home Point Pleasant today and Sunday before the service
Sir Miles Dempsey, who led the 2nd British Army at the Normandy landings and later commanded forces in Southeast Asia, died Friday at age 72. Relatives say he had been thinking of the 25th anniversary of D-Day in the days before his death at his Berkshire home. He served on the staff of Field Marshal Montgomery.
Thieves used a torch to cut through a corrugated steel wall and stole a safe containing nearly 1000 dollars from Island Creek Coal Co 27 store on Thursday, State Police said.
A 51 year old Bridgeport West Virginia woman Lanette McKee was killed in a traffic crash near Libertyville Illinois on Thursday night. Her husband William 48 and the other driver Geneva Campbell of Waukegan were reported in satisfactory condition at Libertyville hospital.
Fire destroyed Heights Theater in a Houston suburb and the owners blamed arson by moral vigilantes opposed to the sex film I Am Curious Yellow. They report bomb threats harassment and being followed home since the film opened three weeks ago. firemen say the print was destroyed and arson evidence points to someone hidden inside the theater.
Morris Harvey College has awarded five faculty members graduate study grants totaling 13000 for the 1959 70 school year funded by the T S Office of Education and a private foundation. Recipients include Neale Blackwood Jr mathematics John Hotopp social science Robert Daugherty history and social science Charles Lieble geography and Ahmad Tabbara economics.
Five Charleston West Virginia students and one South Charleston resident received degrees from Washington and Lee University in Lexington. Brittain Medunkin earned a bachelor of science, Kim P. Ladewig, Donald B. McFall, Wal. S. McWhorter, and Harold W. Bowles each earned bachelor of laws.
Morgantown speakers include Columbia University social work professor Dr. Richard A. Cloward on welfare origins. Elizabeth Wickenden of CUNY analyzes reform, joined by Stephen Simonds HEW, Timothy Sampson NWRO, and WV Welfare Deputy Commissioner John A. Yankey at Mont Chateau Lodge.
Pete Paxton aged 64 of Charleston was rushed to Charleston General Hospital after reportedly falling asleep while smoking at the Grant Hotel. Joe Johnson alerted hotel staff after seeing smoke and breaking down the door. Firemen arrived to extinguish the blaze with water from a bucket and removed the charred mattress.
Philip C. Zinn of Philippi was appointed as a full time meteorologist for the West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission. At 29 he is believed to be the only full time meteorologist employed by the state. He holds a BS in mathematics from Alderson Broaddus College and studied meteorology at St Louis University. His six year Air Weather Service career included captain’s rank and assignments at Ft. Knox Tacoma and Udorn. He worked with the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency while in Tacoma.
Washington reports the combat death in Vietnam of Air Force Captain Jackie L. N. Dickens from Madison Boone County announced by the Defense Department. He was the husband of Margaret Dickens of 9 West Third Street.
The Federal Power Commission proposed new rules to prevent pipelines from disfiguring landscapes. It calls for two exhibits with construction plans, evaluating existing rights of way and aesthetic effects, plus either FPC guidelines or applicant guidelines. Comments are due by July 21. Commissioner Carver opposed the move as beyond regulatory scope.
The West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission told Wellsburg and nearby New Cumberland Weirton and Follansbee residents that pollution increased sharply in recent years. In 1966 Follanshee averaged 52.2 tons per square mile, now over 90. The commission cited a regional air quality problem prompting a public hearing in Clarksburg while a separate Small Business Administration loan report announced May loan totals and distributions across multiple towns.
Philip R. Beuth named new vice president of Capital Cities Broadcasting Corp and general manager of WSAZ TV in Huntington. He replaces Jack Wendell Lee who becomes vice president of Lin Broadcasting in New York.
Benjamin Skeens of the U S Department of Labor will speak at a 7 30 p m banquet in Charleston at Humphryes Pine Room sponsored by Pipefitters Local 625 and Plumbers Local 651. About 20 apprentices are expected to attend Skeens directs apprentice programs in the area.
A brief blaze at the Grief Brothers Cooperage Corp plant in town caused about $1500 in damage. The fire started in a paint booth at the metal barrel producer and production was restored late Friday.
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