Folcroft Resident Sells Home After 1963 Violence
Horace Baker, the Black man whose 1963 move into Folcroft sparked riots, says his house is for sale and he plans to leave due to ongoing harassment. He and his wife Sarah report abuse, including taunts, phone calls, and stones. their children are with relatives in Miami Beach. The brick row home on the market through Fred A. Werner Inc. at 11 950 dollars, as Baker seeks an exit from Folcroft.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Horace Baker
Folcroft
Baker
Sarah
Perri Lynn
Horace
Miami Beach
Fla
Fred A. Werner, Inc
Lansdowne
Falcroft
Robbers Escape With 2 Million Worth Of Gems
Four gunmen wearing a fake mustache and Chaplin mask robbed the Harbour Isle Spa Hotel in Miami Beach, binding two employees and a deliveryman. They punched safes in 40 minutes, taking nearly 2 million in jewels, with several pieces valued over 100 thousand. Police seek known fences to move the hot loot.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Charlie Chaplin
Harbour Isle Spa
Beckley City Records March Building Permits Total 76500
March permits for Beckley show total construction value of 76500 with three sign permits and two demolition permits yielding 290 in fees. Granted projects include additions, a garage, porch remodels, a brick veneer home, and an apartment house, naming property owners such as Oval O Williams Willie McDowell Michael L Gunter T R Bostick Omar J Wright Bernard Fleder Harrison Virgil Elkins J C McQuire Cecil D Lilly and A W Lafon among others.
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Beckley
Oval O. Williams
Edge
Wood Dr
Willie McDowell
Mills St
Michael L. Gunter
Lincoln St
T. R. Bostick
Allen Ave
Omar J. Wright
Vine St
Bernard Fleder,bach
Robert Street
Harrison
Antonio Ave
Virgil Elkins
N. Vance Dr
J. C. McQuire
Hart Street
Bellevue St
Warren J. Pennell
Klaus St
Mine Safety Board Seeks Budget Hike
The Federal Coal Mine Safety Board seeks an extra 29000 for operating expenses this fiscal year due to amendments to the federal coal mine safety act. It had asked for 70000 to act as an appeals board for coal mine operators. The amendments extend safety provisions to small mines with fewer than 15 workers. The board expects more appeals but will return funds if none materialize.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Coal Mine Safety Board
Congress
Johnson
The
Treasury
Kidnapping Case Quiet as FBI Probes in Surfside
Surfside Florida police and the FBI offered no updates on Daniel Jesse Goldman’s kidnapping now in its fifth day. The suspect demanded $25,000 for release and $50,000 by a deadline. the Goldman family awaited word as agents monitored the quiet home.
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Surfside
Fla
FBI
Daniel Jesse Goldman
Goldman
Daniel
Goldmans
UPI Meeting Set April 24 in Charleston West Virginia
The 11th annual spring meeting of United Press International Editors of West Virginia will gather in Charleston on Sunday April 24. Mrs Eldora Nuzum president of the association notes a reception lunch and business meeting ending with officer elections. A pre conference get together is planned Saturday night at the Charleston press club. Workshop topics include coverage of the May 10 primary election state government and politics news coverage and style wire procedures features sports and composing room issues. Twenty two daily newspapers served by UPI in West Virginia are members.
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Elkins
UPI
United Press International Editors of
West Virginia
Charleston
Eldora Nuzum
The
Elkins Inter-Mountain
Association
NOW YOU KNOW Over half of the world's estimated 171 million tele phones are in the United States
The claim notes that more than 85 million telephones exist in the United States, out of an estimated global total of 171 million. It highlights the high concentration of telephone ownership in the U S.
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United States
Elderly Negro Rescues Flag At Crisp County Courthouse
In Cordele Georgia UPI reports 300 demonstrators protesting school conditions pulled down and tore the U S flag at the Crisp County courthouse. An old Black man intervened and removed the flag saving it from further damage while two others fled as police pursued suspects. Defacing the flag is a misdemeanor in Georgia.
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Cordele
UPI
Crisp County
Georgia
U.S
Inmates pay subscriptions to prison magazine by check
Quirk at Canon City prison sets payment by check or money order for a new literary magazine. Editor David Briggs, a convicted robber, cites cash as a security risk. In Sacramento, Assemblyman Danielson reacts as the legislature rejects naming the Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin as official state sea mammal.
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Canon City
Colo
UPI
Colorado State Penitentiary
David Briggs
Sacramento
Calif
George E. Danielson
State Assembly
Danielson
Telephone Services Restored for William Son Customers
Telephone of all emergency and essential telephone services for William son customers and most regular telephone services are being handled on a near normal basis.
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Williamson
President Adds Two To Staff
President Johnson adds two special assistants to his White House staff. Robert E. Kintner, former NBC president, becomes secretary to the cabinet and special assistant. Wait W. Rostow, ex State Department counselor, joins as special assistant. Johnson says aides must be flexible and able to fill any position if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Kintner
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
Wait W. Rostow
State Department
Policy Planning Council
Kintner
Johnson
Rostow
White House
Britain election signals Labour win and policy shift
Heath conceded the British election stating Labour will form the next government. The result endorses the Wilson government’s socialist program and pro U.S. foreign policy with extended support for Viet Nam and NATO, while signaling a tougher stance on Britain’s economy.
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Heath
Labor Party
Wilson
U.S
U.S. Viet Nam
NATO
Britain
Funeral rites for Okay Perry Combs in Fairdale
Funeral services for Okay Perry Combs 56 of Fairdale will be at 2 p m Sunday at the Freewill Baptist Church Fairdale with Rev Wade Webb and Rev Denny Dinsmore presiding Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park Combs killed Thursday by a slate fall at Ogleby Norton Coal Co mine in Eunice He was born Oct 28 1909 at Arnett son of the late Perry and Mary Combs Survived by wife Charity Webb Combs a daughter Joyce Brows of St Albans six brothers and three half siblings The body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home with calling Saturday afternoon and will be moved to the church an hour before services Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okay Perry Combs
Fairdale
Freewill Baptist Church
Wade Webb
Denny Dinsmore
Sunset Memorial Park
Ogleby - Norton Coal Co
Eunice
Combs
United Mine Workers Union
Arnett
Perry
Mary Cozart Combs
Charity Webb Combs
Kenneth
Joyce) Brows
St. Albans
Freddy
Saxon
Willie
Aldie
Arlie
Beckley
Teddy
Pineville
Virgil
Newton Falls
Ohio
John Combs
Beulah Stiles
Glen Fork
Maggie Gunnee
Bolt
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Juddy Hurst
Carlos Milam
Billy Milam
Ed Smith
Cody Daniel
S. D. Wolford
Comner Smith
Junior Walker
Clem Brown
Rufus Brown Rites Set for Crab Orchard Miner
Funeral services for Rufus Brown 57 of Crab Orchard will be at 2 30 p m Saturday at the Assembly of God Church Dorothy with Rev Wes ley Grose in charge Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley He died in a local hospital after a long illness a retired miner Survivors include wife Alpha daughters Shirley A Jarrell and Doris Kincaid son Rufus Jr brother Jack Chicago half brother Jake Brown Seth six sisters and two half sisters five grandchildren The body is at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville Edward Randolph 87 Shamrock dies in Oak Hill hospital after a long illness Born in Evington Va he was a retired miner and First Baptist Church member Mrs Lilly Randolph Shamrock a son Lawrence Colorado Springs Colo The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements
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Rufus Brown
Crab Orchard
Assembly of God
Dorothy
Wesley Grose
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Alpha
James
Shirley A.) Jarrell
Bethal
Doris) Kincaid
Sophia
Rufus Jr
Canton
Ohio
Jack
Chicago
Colcord
Clara Estep
Charleston
Michi Walker
Whitesville
Pearl Stanley
Rayford
Armstrong Funeral Home
Edward Randolph
Shamrock
Oak Hill
Evington
Edward
Hattie Randolph
First Baptist Church
Glen Jean
Lilly Randolph
Lawrence
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Funeral services for Miss Shirley June Tilley
Miss Shirley June Tilley, 26, Mullens, will receive services at 11 a.m. Saturday at her grandmother Mrs. Flossie Tilley’s Mullens home with Rev. B. H. Tilley in charge. Burial follows in Sturgill Cemetery near Bear Hole. She died at 1 p.m. Wednesday in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. The body will be taken from Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home to the Mullens home at 4 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley June Tilley
Mullens
Flossie Tilley
B. H. Tilley
Sturgill
Bear Hole
Miss Tilley
Sam Foglesong
Nease
Neely
Paden Funeral Arrangements For S O Paden
S O Paden 75 of Colcord died Thursday morning in a Charleston hospital. A retired miner and Presbyterian Church member, he leaves Beatrice and six children, a brother, two half siblings, two half sisters, and 14 grandchildren. Body at the Valley Fu
Funeral services for Okey Bragg in Layland church
Okey J. Bragg 36 of Lexington North Carolina dies from an apparent heart attack at 7 a.m. Wednesday. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Layland Baptist Church Layland with Rev. Woodrow Jones. Burial in Layland Church Cemetery. Body to be moved from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to his father’s home at Stan ford.
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Okey J. Bragg
Lexington
N. C
Layland Baptist Church
Layland
Woodrow Jones
Layland Church
Bragg
Webb and Neal
Stanaford
Mrs Nora Chapman Rites Set In Oak Hill Chapel
Mrs Nora Chapman 77 of Oak Hill dies after heart attack in local hospital. Services are at 3 p m Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Alden Meadows officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after 5 p m today at the funeral home.
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Nora Chapman
Oak Hill
Tyree
Alden Meadows
High Lawn Memorial Park
Willie Branch Final Rites in East Park
Willie Branch 46 of East Park will be mourned with services at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Robert New some in charge. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park after a long illness leading to death Sunday in a Tennessee hospital. Survived by wife Pauline and two daughters Rosa Marie and Brenda Lee, son Willard L., and mother Mrs. Gussie Branch. relatives may call at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today.
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Willie Branch
East Park
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Robert Newsome
Greenwood Memorial Park
Tennessee
Pauline Branch
Flinton
Rosa Marie
Brenda Lee
Willard L
Gussie Branch
Beckley
Wright and Anderson Funeral
Arkansas Woman challenges 1928 anti evolution law
Mrs Susan Epperson a Arkansas biology teacher sues the state school board and supervisor Floyd Parsons claiming the 1928 anti evolution statute violates her constitutional rights The suit parallels the 1925 Scopes trial noting the law requires firing teachers for discussing evolution and cites attorney Eugene Warren aiming to prove first amendment free speech violation.
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Bruce Bennett
Arkansas General Assembly
Arkansas
Final rites for Mrs Sallie B Fields at Beckley church
Mrs Sallie B Fields 73 of Beckley will be honored with funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Central Street Baptist Church with Rev Edward Abram presiding. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park after she died Wednesday evening in a local hospital after a long illness. The Johnson Funeral Parlor will transport the body to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie B. Fields
Beckley
Central Street Baptist Church
Edward Abram
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Ship Cuts 2nd Atlantic Cable
New York AP reports another transatlantic telephone cable was severed by a ship about 200 miles east of Clarenville Newfoundland at the Grand Banks edge on Wednesday night. About 40 circuits were affected and a British repair ship was slated to restore service. ATT said alternate routes via the Early Bird satellite were in use and Europe remained at roughly 75 percent of normal. A Canadian trawler was en route to the second break and expected to reach Saturday.
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New York
API
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Clarenville
Tuckerton
N. J
United States
France
ATT
Europe
Five Ability Counts Essay Winners Named
Five high school students won the Ability Counts Essay Contest sponsored by the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped and the State Department of Employment Security. Winners include James Weber St Patrick's Weirton first place Penelope Brown Parkersburg Rowena Lewis Rupert Jan Garton St Patrick's Weston and Mary Hudgins Fairmont Catholic.
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Charleston
API
James Weber
St. Patrick's High School
Weirton
Penelope Brown
Parkersburg
Rowena Lewis
Rupert High School
Jan Garton
Weston
Mary Hudgins
Fairmont Catholic High School
Governor's Committee On Employment of
State Department of Employment Security
Population of Soviet Union at 231.9 million
Moscow reports the latest statistical handbook shows the population of the Soviet Union at 231,869,000. The figure reflects current demographic totals across the republics.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Luna 10 Moon Satellite Progress Report
Russia's Luna 10 moves toward orbit round the moon in a bold step for a future manned lunar mission. Tass reports the craft on a near-calculated path. experts in Britain weigh potential television closeups aiding site selection.
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Moscow
UPS
Russia
United States
Tass
Manchester
England
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope
West Virginia Briefs Spotlight Leadership Changes
Charlestons Latimer elected vice president and director of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone West Virginia effective May 1. Frey Jr. shifts to C P in Washington as vice president and director. John D. Hurd becomes public relations director for the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Melvin Belli to speak at West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association meeting. West Virginia joins Interstate Compact on Education. six-member commission to be appointed after legislative action.
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Charleston
UPI
Hugh A. Latimer
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Ralph W. Frey Jr
C&p
Washington
W. VA
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Regulation urged on automobile ignition keys by Ribicoff
United Press International reports Senator Abraham A Ribicoff of Connecticut calling Congress to regulate the sale of automobile master ignition keys to curb auto thefts and joyriding. He notes that for less than $30 a person can buy a complete set of keys to fit all makes of cars.
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United Press International
Washington
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Congress
Johnson lenses Kintner as flexible team player in White House
President Johnson compared his new Presidential aide Robert E. Kintner to a versatile baseball player ready to cover first, second, or third base as needed. He warned against letting Kintner stick to one role too long to avoid familiarity breeding contempt with reporters.
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Washington
Johnson
Robert E. Kintner
NBC
King speaks in Sweden on civil rights fund drive
In Stockholm Dr. Martin Luther King addresses a Swedish fundraising drive for U.S. civil rights. He praises Sweden’s peace and prosperity as its best export, urging support for the movement.
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Stockholm
Martin Luther King
U.S
Sweden
Biology Teacher Sues 1928 Arkansas Evolution Ban
Little Rock, Arkansas. Susan Epperson a biology teacher sues a 1928 state law forbidding teaching Darwin's theory of evolution claiming the statute is unconstitutional and violates academic freedom. The suit seeks to allow classroom instruction of evolution without legal penalties.
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Little Rock
Ark
Susan Epperson
No Trial Date Set In Miller Assault Case
KINGWOOD (UPS) A new trial date has not been set for Myrl Miller of Davis a United Mine Workers representative whose assault trial ended in a hung jury. Miller was accused of attacking Chapel Coal Co official S N Alteri during union organizing efforts last October.
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Kingwood
UPS
Myrl Miller
Davis
United Mine Workers Union
Miller
Chapel Coal Co
S. N. Alteri
McNamara Sees Viet Nam Buildup Over Hump
Washington officials say the manpower buildup for Viet Nam is over the hump. Defense Secretary McNamara says reserves won’t be activated, Army output reaches 30,000 a month, ready to send replacements as tours end. Estimated 300,000 in theater, with 600,000 fewer than Korea peak.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Korea
McNamara
Powell Blames Racism for Split Plan in Congress
Congress leader Adam Clayton Powell charges unabashed racism as the motive behind a proposal to split the House Education and Labor Committee. He cites warnings from Sam Rayburn and asserts the move targets a black member, while other congress notes cover federal pay raises and food aid for India.
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Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
Powell
New York
House
Sam Rayburn
Senate
Labor and Public Welfare
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House Agriculture Committee
U.S
India
House Committee
Johnson
Congress
Wife And Lover Accused In Plot
In Flint Michigan a housewife Louise Evans and her lover Raymond Floyd were charged with hiring triggermen to kill her husband Herschel Evans a chef. Police recorded their negotiations with undercover agents before the planned murder for a double indemnity life insurance payoff and a proposed marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint, Mich
UPI
William Boudreau
Herbert Straley
Boudreau
Louise Evans
Raymond Floyd
Bomb Scare Forces Evacuation At East Fairmont High
East Fairmont High School was evacuated after an overnight bomb scare reported to Principal Paul J. Michaels. Police and Fire Marshal Ralph Gump searched the building and found no device. Classes were canceled and students were to return Monday.
Earliest Longest Smog Alert Hits Los Angeles
Los Angeles officials issued a first stage smog alert the earliest and longest on record lasting 4 hours 17 minutes as temperatures hit 90 degrees. The alert began 11 22 a m PST when ozone reached .52 per million and ended 3 39 p m when it dropped below .50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
County Air Pollution Control District
Los Angeles Basin
Tax Indictments Face MacCorkle in Federal Court
Sam MacCorkle former Kanawha County assessor and Charleston attorney faces five federal tax indictment counts in Elkins from 1959 to 1963. The case alleges failure to file income tax returns with potential fines up to 10,000 dollars and up to one year per count. MacCorkle, grandson of Gov William A. MacCorkle, previously served as assessor and was defeated in 1964 by Paul Workman after the tax filing issue surfaced. He reported gross incomes of 20 520, 20 993, 22 579, 22 258, and 38 223 dollars for 1959 through 1963 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacCorkle
William A. MacCorkle
Paul Workman
Rail Strike Walkout Persists as Talks Fail
In Washington D C after a late meeting with Wirtz union leaders said the strike would continue. Wirtz urged Gilbert to recall 8,000 idle firemen. Gilbert gave no affirmative answer. A restraining order halted the action but Gilbert planned to appeal as trains across the nation feel the impact.
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Wirtz
Gilbert
U.S. District Court
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
Johnson
Maine
California
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Illinois Central
U S Marines seize Viet Cong village near Saigon
About 45,000 U S troops are stationed in Vietnam as Marines swarm ashore in a southeast of Saigon operation. They capture a Viet Cong village and seize 18 carbines 1 000 hand grenades and uncover a Communist weapons factory and training camp.
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Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
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