Mystery of Lincoln Assassination Remains Unsolved
The article reviews Lincoln's 1865 murder, comparing it with Kennedy's, noting Booth's conspirators, the military trial, and gaps in evidence. It traces failures in the investigation, withheld records, and lingering questions that keep the case among history's unsolved mysteries.
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John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Garfield
McKinley
United States
Lincoln
Kennedy
Warren
Booth
Montreal
Canada
Nassau
Europe
Mexico
Washington
Jefferson Davis
Army
Navy
Navy Yard Bridge
Potomac
Stanton
Sion
Judge Advocate’s
National Archives
Secret Service
Military Commission
Mullens Jaycees Nominate Candidates for Next Year
Mullens Jaycees at Tuesday night meeting submitted nominations for the next fiscal year with candidates for president Harry Agee Robert Wylie and Charles Thompson internal vice president James Elkins and Donald Hensley external vice president Tom Turnmire and Donald Elmore secretary Ritz Kingdon and Leander Courington treasurer Gilbert Paisel and Bill Hight directors Wayne Compton David Worley Ja Sizemore and John Madox. They planned a spring dance at the American Legion Home and announced Blue Chip national award qualification. The group backed Gaylord Bower for state vice president at the Parkersburg meeting May 14-16. Bower has been Jaycees president for the past year. The Jaycees formed a petition protest against closing State Route 10-15 from Route 3 near Maben to Route 10 near Itmann.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Jaycees
Harry Agee
Robert Wylie
Charles Thompson
James Elkins
Andonald Hensley
Tom Turnmire
Donald Elmore
Ritz Kingdon
Leander Courington
Gilbert Paisel
Bill Hight
Wayne Compton
David Worley
Ja Sizemore
John Madox
Gaylord Bower
Parkersburg
Bower
Jaycees
Maben
Itmann
Birth Announced for Bradley Couple's Son Dennis Kavin
Mr and Mrs Don Voiers of Bradley announce the birth of their first child a boy born Monday at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley weighing six pounds eight ounces and named Dennis Kavin Mrs Voiers is the former Miss Sarah Jane Stone daughter of Mr and Mrs S R Stone
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Bradley
Don Voiers
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Haseen
Dennis Kavin
Voiers
Sarah Jane Stone
S. R. Stone
Plans Stepped Up For Justice Reservoir
Senate leaders from West Virginia backed accelerating the Justice Reservoir project on the Guyandot River. Officials said $1 million in FY 1966 funds would finance pre construction planning and railroad relocation, with construction possibly starting six months early next spring on a 500 square mile drainage area and 700 acre reservoir.
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Washington
Justice
Guyandot River
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Army Corps of Engineers
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee For Public Works
Byrd
Randolph
Scout movement begins in England in 1908
Lieut. Gen. Baden-Powell of the British cavalry wrote Scouting for Boys, establishing the Boy Scout movement in England in 1908.
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England
Baden-Powell
British Cavalry
Oak Hill Garden Club Hears Beautification Reports
The Oak Hill Garden Club met at TV Terrace with hosts and members presenting shrubs and flowers including Hawaii’s red and pink anthariums. New members were welcomed, and reports covered pine windbreaks, dogwoods, and a pending pin oak replacement. The group funded $10 for a state conservation workshop and urged support for Soil Conservation Service funding.
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Oak Hill
Hawaii
J. S. Lewis Jr
Tally Hanna
A. W. Burdette
Goode
C. Belman
Maude Hannabas
J. Edward Lewis
Conservation Committee
Collins High School
Civic and Parks Committee
State Conservation Workshop
Fayette County
Washington, D. C
Soil Conservation Service
400 To Attend FBLA Meeting
More than 400 reservations have been received for the State Convention of the Future Business Leaders of America hosted by West Virginia Tech on April 24. The theme is Your First Job with Fred W. Eberle delivering the main address and a lineup of consultants. Schools from Collins High Oak Hill Herndon Mount Hope and Mullens participate.
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Montgomery
Future Business Leaders of America
West Virginia Tech
Fred W. Eberle
Bureau of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education
Tri-State
J. H. Jeffcott
Larry Holswade
Edward Moore
Charles Forbes
Phyllis Estep
Filomino Alicie
Day Camp Date Set in Wyoming County
Plans for a day camp were approved at a Tuesday meeting of the Wyoming County Neighborhood Girl Scout Committee. The camp will run June 14 through 18 at a site near Marianna. Attendees included Mrs. Ralph Looney of Pineville, Mrs. C L Mullins, Mrs. Dewey Lilly of Mullens, Mrs. Ray Epling, Mrs. Everett Gray of Kopperston, Mrs. Mill Milam of Herndon, Mrs. W W Bolt of Pineville, Mrs. Ladd Jasper of Oceana, and Mrs. William Wiseman of Hatcher.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Marianna
Ralph Looney
C. L. Mullins
Dewey Lilly
Mullens
Ray Epling
Everett Gray
Kopperston
Mill Milam
Herndon
W. W. Bolt
Cockfighting’s 3000 year history noted by Britannica
The Encyclopaedia Britannica states cockfighting has roots dating back at least three millennia. The note places the sport’s origins in a broad ancient timeline, reflecting its long cultural presence.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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