Lincoln Assassination 100 Years Ago Today
A commemorative piece recounts President Abraham Lincoln being mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre on April 14 1865 and his death at 7 22 a m on April 15. It traces Booths planning, the failed attempts on Johnson and Seward, and the pursuit and death of Booth.
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Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Ford's Theater
Washington
Harry Ferguson Washington
UPI
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Maj
Henry Rathbone
Clara Harris
White House
Rathbone
Miss Harris
Ford
Andrew Johnson
William H. Seward
Booth
George Alderodt
Johnson
Lewis Paine
Gettysburg
Seward
Atterdot
Paine
National Hotel
United States
Secret Service
Metropolitan Police Department of
John Parker
Parker
Mrs. Lincoln
Seale
William Peterson
Tenth Street
Secretary of
Edwin Stanton
Maryland
Herold
Samuel Mudd
Bowling Green
Death notices and funeral announcements title
FLESHMAN Azel Fleshman 61 Glen Daniel funeral 2 p.m.Wednesday Cameron Freewill Baptist Church Rev. Johnson and Rev. Hawley officiating burial Fleshman Cemetery Cameron. ACORD Marion Uncle Benny 92 MacArthur funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Akers Baptist Maple Meadow burial Family Cemetery arrangements by Melton Mortuary WILEY Joseph 65 Beckley funeral 1 p.m. Thursday New Hope Baptist Church burial Greenwood Memorial Park LOWE Robert Thomas 49 Beckley body returned to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel COOPER Georgia Anna 86 Beckley funeral 2:30 p.m. Thursday Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel burial Cooper Cemetery Odd. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gugliotta Daughters and Son.
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Fleshman Fleshman
Azel
Glen Daniel
Cameron Freewill Baptist Church
John Richardson
Gerald Hawley
Fleshman
Cameron
ACORD
Henderson Marion
Benny
MacArthur
Akers Baptist Church
Maple Meadow
Melton Mortuary
Wiley Wiley
Joseph
Beckley
New Hope Baptist Church
W. H. Law
J. H. Wright
Greenwood Memorial Ark
Lowe Lowe
Robert Thomas
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Cooper Cooper
Georgia Anna
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Rev. C. FE. Walker
Cooper Cemetery
Odd
In Loving Memory of W H Bowling
In loving memory of our beloved husband and father W H Bowling who died April 14 1964. We mourn his loss as we recall his suffering and long illness and sorrow. His family writes of rest and reunion in heaven and asks God to comfort their hearts. Mrs Delphia Bowling and Family Monuments
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Father Kerrigan
Edward Burley
Fred Noce
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
W. H. Bowling
Pentagon Orders 431 TFX aircraft from Texas firm
The Pentagon ordered 431 TFX fighter planes in a $1.5 billion program amid ongoing tests. Fort Worth General Dynamics division leads production with 407 Air Force and 24 Navy units initial. more than 1,000 Air Force and 200 Navy planes projected. Engines to be bought separately from Pratt & Whitney. The project faces controversy over McNamara award and Boeing bid alternative. Australia ordered 24 units and Britain weighs up to $1 billion worth.
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Navy
Air Force
Pratt & Whitney
United Aircraft Co
John L. McClellan
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
General Dynamics
Boeing Co
Australia
Britain
Top Dogs Hotel Kennel Offers Quarantine Comforts
In Midgham England a six month dog quarantine kennel named Top Dogs Hotel provides home sounds via tape, world music for dogs, and a visitors room for dogs and owners. Col Thomas Twaddle runs the facility, citing the aim of easing pining dogs with familiar audio and warmth.
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England
UPI
Top Dogs
Thomas Twaddle
Twaddle
On This Day in History and Thought for April 14 1965
Almanac note lists events from 1775 Franklin abolition society to 1964 Goldwater Illinois primary. Highlights Lincoln assassination aftermath in 1865 and Pan American Union creation in 1890. Thought for the day cites Adlai Stevenson urging truth and hard choices. Includes birth of historian Arnold Toynbee in 1889.
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Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Arnold Toynbee
Benjamin Franklin
Society For the Abolition of
Philadelphia
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Ford
Washington
First International Bureau of American States
The
Pan American Union
Organization of American States
Barry Goldwater
Illinois
Margaret Chase Smith
Union Seeks Modern Title for Large Membership
London report says the National Union of General and Municipal Workers invites a new streamlined name from its 784 000 members in a competition with a first prize of 100 pounds. The contest aims to reflect a modern image for the union and its wide workforce.
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Carolina Feed & Hdw. Co
Crozier Poultry Farm
Oak Hill
Sal
Hall Furn
Bessie Carroll
N. Fayette
Snuffer Apts
Beckley Glass CO
City Avenue
London
UPT
Wanted
National Union of General and Municipal Workers
Beifsteak Charley Declines Hobo King Offer
Buffalo New York UPI reports Charley the self styled king of American hobos offered City Court Judge Joseph J Sedita membership in his organization after Sedita suspended a $5 fine for a trespass charge. Sedita said being a hobo isn’t the greatest profession.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Charley
America
Joseph J. Sedita
Sedita
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Clifford Halliwell Beckley
W. Va
Joe Gugliotta
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Bowling and_ Family
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Old Eccles Road
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Barre Guild
Egnor Monument Works
Alden W. Deck
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Acord Ridge
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Central Training Service
Care Beckley Newspapers Corp
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Dry Hill Rd
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Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
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Professional Directory
H & R Block, Inc
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Sun
Halstead
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Copeland’s
North Beckley
Fisher's Flowers
Frank Crook
Sparks Radio & TV
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Maytag
Westinghouse
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Myers Ave
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Rainelle
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Bradley
Call Mullens
Copelands’ Engine & Mower Service
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Jeffrey Conveyor
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Pentagon
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the Almanac
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Neville St
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Means Lumber Co
Scholz Homes
Raleigh & Fayete Counties
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Sophia Builders
Sophia, W. Va
State Department of Education
Southerton Martz Beauty School
Huntington
Cecil C. Lilly
Bridge Stone Motorcycle Sales & Service
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Quality Lumber & Supply CO
City Cab CO
Black & Yellow Cab
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Ayo
Wein
Storm Wizard
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Gravely Tractor Sales & Service
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Mgr
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