Four miners found dead after West Virginia mine fire
Rescue workers recovered the bodies of the last four men trapped inside the Clinchfield Mars mine near Sardis West Virginia. Earlier three died as fire spread deeper into the mine trapping a total of seven men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton L. Douthat Sardis
W.va
West Virginia
Trapp
J. E. Spatiee
Clinchfield Coal Co
Clell Leedy
Bluefield
Robert Savage
Rosemont
Isaac Moats
Montaville
Kerr
Mars
Leedy
Second Trial Starts for Klansman in Liuzzo Case
Klansman Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr faces a second murder trial in Venice Alabama for the slaying of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo. A jury pool of 55 includes seven Black prospective jurors among them Oscar Means, a 6 foot 6 inch farmer and deputy. Attorney General Richmond Flowers assumes prosecution, citing local political pressure and legal provisions as he replaces the prior prosecutor and assigns new defense counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayneville
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Liuzzo
Prosperve Iurors
Oscar Means
Veans
Frank Royal
Richmond Flowers
Arthur
Gamble Jr
Gamble
Washington
Flowers
Alabama
Coleman and Wilkins Trials Mark Turbulent Legal Week
The text details courtroom clashes as Judge Thagard blocks delays, ousts the attorney general from the Coleman case, and reinstates Gambie as prosecutor. Coleman faces a first degree murder charge in the Jonathan Daniels slaying and is acquitted on self defense. Rinaldi murder trial proceeds into its second week with contested evidence including statements about possible causes and pregnancy timing, as the defense plans to call Lipp to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Worth Thagard
Wilkins
Thagard
Coleman
Gambie
Jonathan Daniels
Keene
Rinaldi
Waterbury
Wilkin
Conn
Chapel Hill
Fall Market Opens Under New Schedule In High Point
The fall Southern furniture market opened with a new Friday-to-Friday schedule drawing buyers from nearly every state. Prices rise 2 to 5 percent from six months ago, but demand remains strong as Southern manufacturers report 11.8 percent higher eight month sales and a 113 percent jump in shipments. Retail gains of 10 to 12 percent through nine months and national upturns are noted while showrooms in High Point and surrounding cities host buyers at the nation’s major home furnishings event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
Southern Furniture
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
National Furniture Mart
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Lenoir
Drexel
Furniture Factories Marketing Assacifie South
North Carolina
New Showroom Schedules Stir Buyers at Exposition
Report from the Southern Furniture Exposition Building notes staying in area showrooms to buyers last Friday as manufacturers watch the impact of a new schedule. A spokesman called the change a factor in the market picture and said, This is the first time, and we are not sure just what the effect will be.
Bassett Plans 1.5 Million Exhibit Building
Bassett Furniture Industries announced plans to open a 15 million showroom in High Point. J D Bassett Jr said the move, to occupy 50 000 square feet on floors 12 and 13 of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building, strengthens High Point as the national furniture market hub and will be ready by October 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bassett Furniture Industries
High Point
J.D. Bassett Jr
Virginia Based Manufacturing Company
Bassett
Ing
Cause Of Death Is Given In Rinaldi Case
A pathologist testified that Mrs. Rinaldi died by suffocation or asphyxiation in 1963 after seven blows to the head and face. Dr N F Rodman Jr calculated the time of death as between 10 a.m. and noon on Christmas Eve. Police earlier said the body was found when her husband and an insurance salesman returned from shopping in Chapel Hill and nearby Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Cooper Jr
Rodman
Redman
Rinaldi
Martier
Olga Hackett
Lippo
Reese Hart
Associated Press
Hillsborough
N.C
Frank Rinaldi
N. F. Rodman Jr
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Indonesian Army Faces Test Against Sukarno Power
Jakarta dispatch reports mounting questions over how long the Indonesian army can resist President Sukarno after the October coup and Communist crackdown. Sukarno struggles to regain full control as the army rejects his call to stop actions against Communists, while leadership splits within the armed forces and Nasution contemplates steps amid personal tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sukarno
Don Huth
Jakarta
Achmad Yani
Muiisis
Yani
Armed Forces
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Nasutior
Suharto
Destroying a Draft Card Charged in New Hampshire
A 22 year old David J Miller of Syracuse New York was formally charged in Manchester New Hampshire after being arrested for destroying a draft card. President Johnson voiced surprise at citizen demonstrations opposed to administration policy in Vietnam at a staff meeting. Miller did not enter a plea and was held on $500 bail awaiting a removal hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
David J. Miller
Syracuse
N.Y
Washington (Ap
Johnson
Viet Nam
Miller
Berling
Hooksett
U. 5
Bill D. Moyer
Peter Bourque
Chester
Bourque
David Miller
New York
Marchers Motives Questioned Over Draft Protests
The article reports on antiwar demonstrations across cities after President Johnson signed a new draft law. FBI agents arrested a protester linked to the movement, while officials including Attorney General Katzenbach emphasize Communist influence concerns. Moyers notes Johnson discussed the investigation with Katzenbach, and the White House describes the president’s health and schedule following his Oct 8 medical issues.
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Moyers
Johnson
Atty
Nicholas Kataenbach
Justice Department
White House
Joseph Laitin
Navy
Laitin
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Art’ Richardson
Venice
Thomas L. Coleman
George ‘M. Fountain
Sould
Beeen
FFMA
Hickory Furniture Mart
Hickory Home Furnishings
Len J. Heer
Police
Air Force
Omar Dhani
Erauna
AUER
Tih Associated Press
Mohe
New
York
U.S
FBI
Frank Emspak
National Coordinating Committee
Madison
Wis
Emspak
Saigon
Spec
Russell D. Miller
Manassas
Students For A Democratic Society
Peking
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