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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1965
Page
3
An obituary page lists multiple deaths and services including Army veteran entries. Notables include William Avis 68 of Logan and Basil Monroe Campbell with extensive survivors. The page notes World War I and II veterans, church affiliations, and funeral details across several towns, with dates and venues.
President Johnson spoke in New York and paid tribute to Bernard M Baruch as a solemn service was planned in Viet Nam with details about the late financier. The report describes wounds and evacuation efforts, the hospital setup, and the losses and funerals of several locals in West Virginia.
A handcarried device to locate hidden fires was announced by the commerce department on Monday. The instrument emits a signal when pointed at heat, embers, or flames, aiding fire crews in detecting hidden fires behind walls. In tests a fireman located smoldering material behind a metal cabinet and confirmed an automobile fire was not fully extinguished by scanning. The device is designed for rapid location of concealed heat sources to support firefighting operations.
West Virginia and regional officials urged the Appalachian Regional Commission to preserve the highway corridor proposal linking West Virginia with Washington and the East Coast. The meeting included Rep. John Sweeney and state Deputy Road Commissioner Vincent Johnkuski, with coordination to stay within state recommendations.
Duquesne Light Co announces Monday that a new highly automated addition to its Harwich coal mine near Greensburg has begun operation. The 4,000 acre site, spanning Uniontown Waynesburg Morgantown, will raise daily coal output by 1500 tons and is planned to cost 10 million dollars.
Funeral notices list numerous services for Delmer E Slake Carolyn Sue Darling ton Robert B Durbin Marion E Goffaux Gwyn Hale Hicks Hubert Maynard Gwinn Emmett D Iott le Mary Elizabeth En king Amanda Jane Cyle Minnie Florence Judnall Dela Eden Tenney Cle nna A Accallister Robert Mack McCorkle Willard R Stipp John 6 and other mourners. Services scheduled at multiple churches and cemeteries across Charleston Summersville Beckley Welch and surrounding towns with times from 9:20 a.m. to 4 p.m. and cemeteries including Blair Freewill Baptist Fairview and Sunset Memorial Park. The slate includes Blairs Freewill Baptist Church Pitt and Greenbrier County burial sites with various funeral homes handling arrangements.
Truth Daily reports eighteen militia men from Guangdong province fled Red China by swimming to Macao over the weekend. The group, all bound for the Portuguese colony, borders Macao near the two territories.
A Tuesday meeting of the Appalachian Regional Commission was postponed and tentatively reset for July 13. In Charleston a 43 year old man from 1586 Washington Street FE was hospitalized after falling from a county jail bank area and injuring his left arm requiring stitches. He is in jail on two bad check charges and reportedly cut his arm on a door latch as he fell. The proposed road corridor would link Beckley to Sumner and run through West Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
Widower Summers County boy dies by drowning in the New River near Hix. About 40 000 miners in the state begin a two week vacation period under the United Mine Workers contract. The first vacation starts June 26 and the second July 10. The boy’s family and miners receive $225 vacation pay.
The obituary notes a Montgomery resident with a Mount Hope law practice and membership in the West Virginia State Bar and several professional and fraternal organizations. Surviving are his widow Mary Margaret and siblings. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Montgomery Presbyterian Church with burial in Highlawn Memorial Park. Body remains at B. G. Hooper Funeral Home.
A one year old Hungarian jacksmith, identified as Jangs H., drove a stolen tourist bus from Sopron across the frontier into Austria. Border guards fired on the vehicle but he survived and sought asylum, being held at a refugee camp while authorities decide his case.
Cairo reports say King Faisal of Saudi Arabia will meet Yemen Premier Ahmed Mohammed Noman to discuss proposals to end the Yemen civil war. No date is set. Some observers see the possible meeting as a key breakthrough for mediation efforts in the Arab world.
Eight manufacturing companies were fined a total of 285600 dollars for price mixing under Britain's antitrust pledge. The restrictive practices court warned that further violations could bring jail terms and additional fines.
In Bangkok authorities report more than 200 Cambodian soldiers crossed into Thailand amid sharp clashes in Trad Province. Premier Thanom Kittikachorn said Thailand will protest to the United Nations after 13 Cambodians were killed across four engagements in Trad Sunday and one Thai soldier died, per government sources.
Detroit news reports Mrs. Ethel du Pont Roosevelt Warren heiress to the du Pont chemicals fortune left virtually her entire estate about 10 million dollars to her three sons Harvard Medical School received a half million dollars.
Zhukov disputes Khrushchev era criticisms of delaying the Berlin strike and counters Chuikov’s claim that the final death blow could have come earlier. Memoir published in Moscow on Monday addresses historical debate and rehabilitation of the WWII hero.
Washington demonstrators marched at the Pentagon on Monday to begin a possible summerlong protest against U.S. military action in Vietnam. It marked the second such rally in less than a week.
The Defense Department said Monday 43 U S planes have been lost in raids against North Viet Nam. It did not comment on a claim by a Red Chinese radio that North Vietnamese gunners have downed 340 American planes.
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