75 year old man arraigned in Wyoming deaths
In Pineville Wyoming County, 75 year old David Lester was arraigned on a murder charge after neighbors Hulda Jane Rosa 45 and Walter Cecil Cook 53 were shot to death Sunday night. Lester was jailed to await circuit court. The magistrate noted quarrel over money and loyalty between Lester and Mrs Rosa who had been working for the elderly man.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
David Lester
Bud
Mullens
Hulda Jane Rosa
Walter Cecil Cook
Lester
Justice of the
Terry M. Leater
Justice At the Peace
Mann
Black confirms state action limits on segregation cases
The high court rulings overturn trespass and breach of peace convictions in South Carolina Florida and Maryland tied to desegregation sit ins and restaurant access. Justice Black dissented on key points noting 14th Amendment does not bar privately owned restaurants from choosing customers and states may prosecute crimes against persons or property without violating civil rights. Local reader notes report ongoing water concerns at Tyler Mountain with worms in water and Nitro works issues.
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Columbia
Miami
Fla
Maryland
Justice Black
Florida
Black
South Carolina
Harlan
White
Peepee
E Black
Woman Arrested in Tobacco Theft
City detectives said Carrie Gibson, a 32 year old woman of Twilight Drive, was arrested Monday and charged with shoplifting theft of two cartons of chewing tobacco after switching from cigarettes to chewing tobacco. Capt. George Nun led the investigation.
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Carrie Gibson
Twilight Drive
George Nun
Gov Scranton to Meet Oregon Delegates at Convention
Gov William Scranton of Pennsylvania will meet July 2 with the Oregon Republican delegates who are pledged for the first ballot to Nelson Rockefeller unless he releases them. If freed, three to seven delegates may switch to Barry Goldwater, shaping the convention contest. In Cedar Rapids Iowa police logged a topless bathing suit sighting but with a curt note that it was a bikini close.
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Salem
Ore
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Oregon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Cedar Rapids
Court Directs Ruling On Prisoner Islam Practice
The Supreme Court ordered a lower tribunal to decide the protest of Illinois inmate Thomas Cooper who argues Joliet Penitentiary officials barred him from buying and reading the Koren and Arabic language books. The case centers on his claimed right to practice his Islam faith.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Illinois
Chicago
Thomas Cooper
Joliet
Fire Claims Two UNH Fraternity Students
A deadly blaze engulfed a University of New Hampshire fraternity house early Monday killing two students. One victim is George A. Rhinden Jr, 15, of Gorham, a UNH junior and honors student. Police seek to identify the second victim via dental records.
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Durham, N. H. Se
University of New Hampshire
George A. Rhinden Jr
Gorham
N. H
UNH
Bomb Hoax Convictions Upheld By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to review the convictions of two men who were sentenced for falsely claiming there were bottles on airplanes at John F. Kennedy Airport. The men were convicted under federal law making it a crime to provide false information about an attempt to damage or destroy an airplane in interstate or foreign commerce.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy
New York
Goldwater daughter to wed Richard Holt in Arizona
In Phoenix a bridal shower for Margaret Anne Goldwater included roses and a note from her father Senator Barry Goldwater. The 20 year old bride to be will marry Richard Arjen Holt, 26, of Beverly Hills, Calif., this Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. Holt works on the executive staff of Gulf Oil Company.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Margaret Anne Goldwater
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Miss Goldwater
Richard Arjen Holt
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ball of Fire Reported Over City North of Charleston
Wyatt Irons reports a football sized ball of fire seen over the Elk Forest area north of Charleston on Monday night. The fiery sphere moved east to west at about 300 feet altitude and vanished near Elkland Swimming Club after passing the area.
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Elk Forest
Charleston
Wyatt Irons
Rummel St
Trong
Elkland Swimming Club
New York Worldlys Fair Faces High Maintenance Costs
Officials will hold a special meeting Wednesday to tackle rising costs of maintaining displays at the billion dollar exposition. Exhibitors from distant lands complain maintenance charges threaten bankruptcy and may force early exhibit closures if costs are not cut.
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New York
Pavilion Faces Finances at Grove City Hearing
At a House hearing talk of pavilion extravagances surfaced as Gov. Barron formed a pavilion board with Robertson as chairman. The group seeks funds pledged by West Virginia and other sources to keep the pavilion open on a pay as you go basis. More than 160000 dollars was on hand for current expenses, but concerns remained over debt and summer operations. the pavilion plans to reopen next spring for the 1985 tourist season. A special legislative committee will meet next Tuesday to review debts and projected revenue.
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Barron
Robertson
Grove City
Earl Mouts
Montgomery
Nancing
West Virginia
US Flights to West Berlin Held Illegal and Unsafe
Soviet note questioned air corridor safety and legality of Pan Am flights from New York to West Berlin. US officials said warnings are not new and did not deem flights unlawful. Pan Am planned continued operations with multi leg itineraries via Prestwick.
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West Berlin
Anthony White
Berlin
Egal
Ani Moscow
Germany
Pan American World Airways
New York
United States
Britain
Washington
Iment
Hust
West
Pan Am
Prestwick
Scotland
West Germany
West Belin
New Yorks
Fire destroys Cedar Grove home leaving six homeless
A six room frame house at Cedar Grove burned Monday night, displacing Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Webster and their four children. The fire started in the kitchen after a pot of coffee was left on the stove. Fire departments from Cedar Grove and Glasgow fought the blaze from 7 to 9 pm. Damages estimated around HH I. Neighbors offered furniture and clothing donations. The Webster children are 16, 15, 10, and 9 years old.
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Cedar Grove
George Cool
Marshall Webster
Chok
Webster
Cook
Glasgow
Escapee from county work farm released on bond
An Osloman identified as John Melton, 28, of Mansfield, Ohio, who fled Putnam County Work Farm while serving a nine month probation violation sentence, was released on bond Monday in Kanawha County. Deputies say he escaped in 1961 and his defease on bond was ordered by the Kanawha County Court.
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Putnam County
Kanawha County
John Melton
Ohio
Kanawha
Two Bodies Recovered From Ohio River
POMEROY Ohio two West Virginia men who drowned in the Ohio River Saturday evening were recovered Monday. The victims were Clifton McDade 29 of Lean West Virginia and Owens Stephens of Mt Alto West Virginia. Authorities said they were last seen wading near Letart Island Saturday.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio River
Clifton McDade
Lean
W. Va
Owens
Stephens
Mt. Alto
Rainy weather forecast across Mississippi Valley to Atlantic coast
Rain and thundershowers are due today from the upper and middle Mississippi Valley eastward through the Lake region and Ohio Valley to the middle Atlantic coast. It is expected to continue warm in our region. CAP Wirephoto.
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Mississippi Valley
Lakea Region
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Weather Summary and Forecast Across Regions
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio show party to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers. Kentucky and Indiana expect warm, humid conditions with variable cloudiness and chances of showers, while New York and New Jersey report hot, humid weather with scattered thunderstorms later in the period.
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Bunnie Ecieces
Charleston
Ineivet
Keira
Tain
Five Attending NAACP Meeting Names for Platform Committee
Five Charleston delegates to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People convention in Washington D C were named to the platform committee. Rep Arch A Moore Jr R WV and Rep Melvin R La Follette chair the delegation with L James Mary L Williams Jane and Willard L Brown as committee members. Women’s representation depends on available delegates. The WV GOP convention coincides with the NAACP event.
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Arch A
Moore Jr
R-W. Va
Charleston
Publican Platform
Melvin R. Lairel
Washington, D. C
Republic
NAACP
L. James
Mary L. Williams
Jane
Willard L. Brown
Vera Scrivens
Harry-l
Elte Pegram
Asj
West Virginia
Vention
British Sell 500 Buses to Cuba
Leyland Motors Ltd. announced a contract to supply 500 buses to Cuba for 5 million pounds, extending a prior deal that saw 450 buses sold last January. The government kept a detached stance, with insurance via the Export Credits Guarantee department and no public political motive cited by managing director Donald Stokes.
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London
Cuba
Castro
Leyland Motors Ltd
Leylands
State Department
Ikely
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Leyland
Aden
Jangland
Donald Stokes
Tole
Taylor and McNeil to Represent Kanawha Valley at Goodwill Assembly
Frank L. Taylor Jr. and Alan M. McNeil will represent Kanawha Valley at the 40th National Delegates Assembly for Goodwill Industries of America in Portland Oregon. Taylor serves as secretary and McNeil as executive director of Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley Inc. The assembly runs today through Friday.
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Lee Goodwill Assembly
Portland
Ore
Frank L. Taylor Jr
Alan M. McNeil
Kanawha Valley
Asset of Goodwill Industries For America
Taylor
McNeil
Goodwill Industries of
West Virginia Human Rights Progress Under Barron Policy
The article credits Governor Barron with advancing civil rights in West Virginia through executive orders in 1963 banning racial discrimination in state hiring for public works and contracts, the creation of the West Virginia Human Rights Commission, and a rise in Black state employees including high‑level roles. Barron urged desegregation of schools and called for broad action to eliminate discrimination as the state approached its centennial.
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West Virginia Human Rights Commission
Berron
Mildred Bateman
Department of Mental Health
Barron
West Virginia
Kennedy
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