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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1968
Page
5
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Walker Blankenship, 19, of Barboursville, W Va, suffocated Tuesday while cleaning out a sewage company tank truck. He worked for the Kentucky Sewage Co. and studied at the United Electronic Institute.
Obituaries list Hattie Asbury aged 87 of Cannelton and Charles C Bernard age 64 of St Albans with details on survivors and funeral plans. Dennis Harmon Beverage 73 of Rupert dies. numerous relatives and funeral home arrangements listed. Arlie Shepherd Bragg 66 of Glen Jean noted as railway conductor with survivors. Richard Conley 69 of Addison formerly Cabin Creek details on family and service. Arthur Scales 69 of Institute dies. service at Preston Funeral Home.
State Trio receive degrees from University of Illinois as obituaries list Alderson residents and kin. Barbara Ann Green of Charleston and Ira Dan Starcher, 90, of West Virginia Masonic Home are noted among survivors. Graveside services and Parkersburg burial referenced.
A preliminary hearing is set for next Tuesday in the stool leg death case involving Robert Jones of Cincinnati. The victim, Edward O Woodall, died after a bar rail leg rammed his forehead in a tavern fight. Surviving family includes a widow and multiple children. The case unfolds as authorities investigate the fatal incident in Charleston and surrounding areas.
Governors from 13 states including Kentucky and West Virginia will push a two year extension of the Appalachian highway program at a Southern Governors Conference session in Charleston. The plan would fund up to 1 550 miles with federal and state money, delaying about 1000 miles, and acknowledge Vietnam era fiscal pressures while urging funds and policy support from Washington to safeguard the dollar.
A local notice lists funeral services for several individuals across West Virginia and Indiana. Ettie Mae Bailey and Garaldine Goldsmith are scheduled at Sinnett and Burning Springs churches respectively, with nearby cemeteries and funeral homes serving families. Additional services cover Fred Snowden Fields, Arthur L. Martin Jr., Martha Ola Marmel, Gladine Ruder, Lawrence Roberts, Noah Coleman, Donald Ray, Curtis Taylor, Thurman Ucker, and Thurman Ucker at various churches, cemeteries, and funeral homes including Leonard Johnson, Smith, Welsheimer, Caffee, and Knight Young. Services occur today in multiple towns with times ranging from 1 pm to 4 pm and venues including churches, cemeteries, and family plots.
The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA voted a 100000 donation to the Martin Luther King Jr. Poor People’s Development Fund. The decision was approved during its annual meeting held in Minneapolis Minnesota with delegate from Chicago presenting the motion. A prior AP report noted the $100,000 was earmarked for areas including Cathcart, Cape Province, amid the March on Washington effort.
A report lists three fatal highway crashes in West Virginia and neighboring counties raising the year toll to 230. Woodrow Nelson, 55, and Thelma Nelson, 49, of Delbarton died in a two car collision on Secondary 65 near Williamson. Cary Hatfield, 16, of Delbarton faced charges of negligent homicide and reckless driving. Franklin Gibbs, 57, of Hartford died in a one car crash on WV 62 near Clifton, and Franklin Herbster, 21, of Huntington was fatally injured when his car struck two trees on a Huntington street. Marie Sprigle of Malden won best of show at the Malden Arts and Crafts Show. The Malden Arts and Crafts Guild announced an annual show and added deputies to the sheriff’s force for the holiday season.
Montgomery reporters note the third Upward Bound program at West Virginia Tech opens Sunday with 157 students arriving on campus. Sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity the project targets economically deprived youths with college potential to study at college level or make up high school deficiencies and enjoy cultural events.
C Joseph Stetler of Washington DC, president of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assn, will speak at the opening session of the 61st annual convention of the West Virginia Pharmaceutical Assn at the Greenbrier Hotel July 14. More than 200 pharmacists and their wives are expected to attend the three day meeting.
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