BPW Grants Partial WVU Funds Transfer
The West Virginia University request for transfer of 47000 from the personal services account to current expenses received partial approval from the State Board of Public Works. Eliminated 20000 for travel, trimmed overall, with 397630 in unfunded current expenses as of April 1. The board sought cost cuts after WVU officials argued parts were no longer needed.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
West Virginia University
Department of Finance and Administration
BPW
WVU
Harry Heflin
William McMillion
Heflin
Gus Douglass
Robert Bailey
Board of Education
H. K. Baer
Bluefield State College
St. Albans
William Coffman
West Virginia Tech
Donald Robertson
Rex Smith
Robertson
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley YMCA to Offer Tung Soo Do Karate Course
Army sergeant Joe Sheffey will instruct a 15 week Tung Soo Do karate program at the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA from 7 to 9 pm on Mondays and Thursdays starting in May. The course costs 5 for members and 10 for non members. Participants must be at least 15 with parental consent.
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Beckley-Raleigh County
Army
Joe Sheffy
Sheffey
Korea
Ymca Southland
Harry C. Culp
Atlantic City
Culp
Grafton murder evidence goes to grand jury
Grafton crime case involves Adair Kennedy murder. evidence will be presented to a Taylor County grand jury session Friday. Three law enforcement officers face murder charges, including Deputy Herbert E. Lawson and two conservation officers, held without bond. Autopsy pending. Kennedy recently released from prison after Supreme Court ruled a trial transcript was denied.
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Grafton
UPI
Adair Kennedy
Taylor County Grand Jury
Kennedy
Taylor County
Herbert E. Lawson
Gary Wade
Frank Surina Jr
Lawson
David F. Lucas
Moundsville Penitentiary
State Supreme Court
County Filing Fee Shares Released Across West Virginia
Secretary of State Robert D. Bailey announced checks mailed to all counties for the 1966 primary filing fees. Raleigh County received 245.93 dollars, Fayette 312.74, Wyoming 160.85, totaling 7,625.00 for all counties. Funds come from candidacy filings for offices serving two or more counties, including United States Senate and state legislative seats, apportioned by population.
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Robert D. Bailey
West Virginia
Raleigh
Fayette County
Wyoming
Bailey
United States Senate
Secretary of State
House of Representatives
State Senate
House of Delegate
Billy Graham Plans Crusade In Berlin
Dr. W. Stanley Monneyham said a world congress on evangelism will be held in Berlin from October 26 to November 4. The gathering aims to confront people with their need for Jesus Christ as Protestant leaders say the church has been sidetracked from its mission. Monneyham spoke at the National Association of Evangelicals convention in Denver.
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Denver
UPI
Billy Graham
Berlin
W. Stanley Monneyham
Monneyham
National Association of Evangelicals
Strip Miners Farm Institute Formed in West Virginia
About 40 strip mining companies formed the West Virginia Surface Mine Institute to share reclamation programs and techniques. O. V. Vandelinde Jr. was named executive director, and chairman Leo Vecellio said the group aims to improve reclamation methods while asserting the right to mine economically. The institute will cooperate with state and federal agencies and lawmakers on regulations and laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
O. V. Vandelinde Jr
Natural Resources Department
Leo Vecellio
Beckley
Institute
Stowaway Found Frozen To Death On Air France Jet
An unidentified political refugee was found dead in the wheel pit of an Air France Caravelle jet after a flight that also served Paris, Barcelona, Munich, Moscow, and Warsaw. He likely died from suffocation and extreme cold in the unpressurized wheel compartment at altitude. Officials exclude boarding in the West and suspect he slipped aboard in Moscow or Warsaw.
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Paris
UPI
Europe
Air France
Moscow
Warsaw
Barcelona
Spain
Munich
Germany
Dr. Andia Resigns As Anderson Center Acting Superintendent
CHARLESTON UP I reports Dr. Ernest Andia has resigned as acting superintendent of the Colin Anderson Center at St. Marys. He arrived from Massachusetts earlier this year to lead the state institution for mentally retarded children and will leave the post on May 31.
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Charleston
UPI
State Mental Health Department
Ernest Andia
Colin Anderson
St. Mary’s
Andia
Massachusetts
State
Anti Communist Students Oust Red Consulate in Jakarta
About 200 militants from the Indonesian Student Action Association swarmed the Chinese consulate grounds in Jakarta and vowed to use the site as their headquarters. Yellow jackets evacuated remaining Chinese staff as demonstrators hauled papers, furniture, and flags from the building and burned them earlier in the week. The action follows past sacking of the embassy and prior protests against Radio Peking. MI, linked to demonstrations that toppled Sukarno’s cabinet, announced a formal takeover ceremony for later today.
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Jakarta
UPI
Indonesian Student Action Association
KAMI
China
Radio Peking
Foyce
Sukarno
Catholic Youth
MIC Hospitality School Opens At Local Armory
One of 11 hospitality schools to begin at 2 p.m. today at the Raleigh County Armory. Conducted by Mountainaire Travel Council of Fay ette Greenbrier Monroe Raleigh Summers counties. The council project of Concord College Center for Economic Action. Invited are owners managers and employees of retail establishments including motels and restaurants. Schools were held in Hinton East Rainelle Oak Hill Peterstown Lewisburg Beckley Ansted Princeton today and Bluefield Union White Sulphur Springs Thursday.
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West Virginia
Raleigh County
Mountainaire Travel Council
Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers Counties
Concord College Center For Economic Action
Hinton
East Rainelle
Oak Hill
Peterstown
Lewisburg
Beckley Ansted
Princeton
Bluefield
Union
White Sulphur Springs
BOAC Mechanics Work To Repair 707 Jets
BOAC mechanics in London repair three grounded Boeing 707 jets after hairline tail cracks halt service. Spare parts were en route for the remaining planes and at least seven flights canceled. Cracks found during Boeing prompted tail section checks on the fleet.
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London
UPI
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Boeing
Attorney Acquitted Of Embezzling Charges
Morgantown court acquits local attorney Richard G Rundle in a 25 minute jury deliberation over embezzling funds from clients The Smiths claimed they gave him 134 for income taxes and he wrote a bad check to the IRS for that amount
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Morgantown
API
Monongalia County
Richard G. Rundle
Granville Smith
Internal Revenue Service
Deaths and Funerals Thomas Dezarn 61 Oakton Virginia
Funeral services for Thomas Dezarn 61 of Oakton Virginia formerly of Glen Rogers will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Glen Rogers Community Church with Rev. Glen Robertson and Rev. Stanley Slayton presiding Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley He died Monday of an apparent heart attack Born June 4 1905 in Duffield Virginia he was a member of Glen Rogers Community Church and UMWA Local 6004 Surviving are his wife Fanny two sons Jimmy and Bobby a daughter Betty Duncan of Vienna and three grandchildren The body will arrive at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope Thursday Pallbearers are listed Donations may be made to the Heart Fund.
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Thomas Dezarn
Oakton
Glen Rogers
Glen Robertson
Shinnston
Stanley Slayton
Itmann
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Dezarn
Duffield
UMWA
Fanny
Jimmy
Woodbridge
Bobby
Sidney
Betty) Duncan
Vienna
Tyree
Mount Hope
W. S. Brooks
Minor Miller
Robert Cox
Louis Jenkins
Orville Gentry
Charlie Quesenberry Funeral Services Details
Funeral services for Charlie R. Quesenberry, 69, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Webb and Neal Chapel with Rev. R. E. Leadingham officiating. Pallbearers include Tom Harrar, Joe Piziak, Drewey Coffey, Herman Warden, Andy Cook, and Charley Buckland. The remains will lie in state at Webb and Neal Funeral Home with visitation after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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Charlie R. Quesenberry
Webb Aan Neal Chapel
R. E. Leadingham
Tom Harrah
Joe Piziak
Drewey Coffey
Herman Warden
Andy Cook
Charley Buckland
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Tolliver Crawford obituary at Pierpont Freewill Baptist Church
Tolliver Crawford 89 of Pierpont died Tuesday at 9 30 p m in a Beckley hospital Born May 7 1876 at Maben son of Enoch and Annie Tolliver He was a retired miner Surviving three sons Lewis Fayetteville James Dayton Ohio Ballard Midway four daughters Pearl Martin Mullens Garnet Rinehart Pierpont Marie Humphries Warren Ohio Louise Fisher Charleston three sisters Minerva Phillips Soulsville Etta Byrd Pierpont Nancy Cook Mullens 15 grandchildren 4 great grandchildren Funeral services 1 p m Friday Pierpont Freewill Baptist Church Elder Junior Toler Elder Willie Sarver in charge Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity Body at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens calling Thursday afternoon.
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Crawford
Tolliver
Pierpont
Beckley
Maben
Enoch
Annie Short Tolliver
Nancy
Lewis
Fayetteville
James
Dayton
Ohio
Ballard
Midway
Pearl Martin
Mullens
Garnet Rinehart
Marie Humphries
Warren
Louise Fisher
Charleston
Minerva Phillips
Soulsville
Etta Byrd
Nancy Cook
Pierpont Freewill Baptist Church
Junior Toler
Willie Sarver
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Miss Jenny Richmond Rites Held for Raleigh County Resident
Final rites for Miss Jenny Myrtle Richmond 71 of Sewell Mountain were set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton with Elder A L Neely in charge. Burial followed in the family cemetery on Sewell Mountain. She died Monday night at an Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness. Born in Raleigh County April 27, 1894, she was a daughter of the late James and Lucinda Bragg Richmond. She lived much of her life in Raleigh County and attended Primitive Baptist Church. She is survived by two brothers, McKinley and Newton Richmond, both of Hinton.
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Jenny Myrtle Richmond
Sewell Mountain
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
A. L. Neely
Miss Richmond
Oak Hill
Raleigh County
James
Lucinda Bragg Richmond
Primitive Baptist Church
McKinley
Newton Richmond
David K Lewis 73 Mount Hope Miner Dies After Long Illness
David K Lewis 73 of Mount Hope died Tuesday after a long illness in a local hospital. A retired miner and Mount Hope Baptist Church member born August 14 1893 in Augusta County Virginia he was the son of Matthew and Mattie A Lewis. Survivors include brother Joseph and sisters Isabelle Mickey and Kate Corbett all of Mount Hope. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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David K. Lewis
Mount Hope
James S. Tully Services Held in Fayetteville
James Sylvester Tully a 58 year old Philadelphia native and former Fayetteville resident died Tuesday in Bethlehem after a heart attack. He was a federal bank examiner, WWII veteran, Presbyterian, and American Legion member. He studied at Greenbrier Military School Washington and Lee and NYU. Survivors include his mother and four brothers. Funeral services will be at Dodd-Payne Chapel Fayetteville with Rev Breitenhir t. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill.
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James Sylvester Tully
Phildelphia
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
B B. Breitenhirt
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Tully
Bethlehem
Mount Hope
Federal Bank
The
Presbyterian Church
American Legion
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
Washington and Lee University
New York University
L. S. Tully
William L
Tucson
Ariz
Robert L
Plympton
Mass
Lawrence T
Beck
Kanawha County Inmate Escapes
A Kanawha County jail inmate bolted past visitors and fled into traffic outside the Charleston jail. Roy Penn, 29, of Charleston, faces armed robbery and felonious assault charges and is wanted in Fayette County for a Mt Hope liquor store robbery. A deputy said he “was flying” as he escaped. No injuries were reported. Penn had earlier disarmed a police officer during a March 13 armed robbery at the Chesapeake & Ohio ticket office.
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Roy Penn
Charleston
Fayette County
Mt. Hope
Charles Hammonds
Penn
Chesapeake & Ohio Ticket Office
Mrs Estella Stoneall Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Estella Stoneall, 58, of Fayetteville, died at her residence at 2 a m today after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Estella Stoneall
Fayetteville
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Mrs Bessie McLemore Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Bessie McLemore 76 of Harlem Heights died at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday in a local hospital after a long illness. Johnson Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
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Bessie McLemore
Harlem Heights
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Brando Recuperating After Severe Attack
London dispatch reports actor Marlon Brando recovering at University College Hospital after severe abdominal pains. The 41 year old Oscar winner was struck Tuesday while driven to work at Pinewood studios Belgravia, with doctors observing for possible appendicitis. Brando stars with Sophia Loren in Chaplin's Countess From Hong Kong.
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London
Marlon Brando
University College Hospital
Pinewood Studios
Swank
Belgravia
Brando
Sophia Loren
Charlie Chaplin
Hong Kong
Robert Kostichek
United States
Piedmont to Buy Ten FH-227B Jets for Short Routes
Piedmont Airlines plans to purchase ten Fairchild Hiller FH-227B twin prop jet airliners for 44 passengers with 300 mph speed designed for short stage lengths. Delivery begins December, with all ten in service by August 1967, and officials say it will not affect Raleigh County Airport.
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Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont
Raleigh County
T. H. Davis
Winston-Salem
Local Draft Boards Issue May Calls Totals 97 Men
Local Board No 18 announces two May draft calls totaling 97 men. Seventy four report to AFEES May 10 and 23 more May 25. Local Board No 3 in Fayetteville calls 50 to report May 23 and Local Board No 21 in Mullens calls 32.
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Local Board No
Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station
AFEES
Local Board No. 3
Fayetteville
Local Board No. 21
Mullens
Elkins Child Dies After House Fire
Leva Summerfield a 14 year old from Elkins died at West Virginia University Hospital after a living room painting accident caused by a nearby gas heater explosion. Twin brother Danny and sister Donna, 15, were in fair condition. Firemen said the paint can was too close to the heater and the door was blocked as neighbors heard screams and rescued them.
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Morgantown
UPI
Elkins
West Virginia University Hospital
Leva Summerfield
Danny
Donna Summerfield
Luci and Nugent to work for LBJ TV interests
President Johnson asks future son in law Patrick Nugent to work for LBJ radio television interests after August wedding to Luci. Nugent delays Capitol Hill post to learn the ropes, pursuing a master's degree while aiding the Johnson family holdings including KTBC TV in Austin Texas.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Patrick J. Nugent
LBJ
Jaci
Luci
Lynda Bird
Ktbc-Tv
Austin
Tex
Nugent
Senate Commerce Committee
Air National Guard
Capitol Hill
Texas
Pat
Marquette University
American University
Israeli Soldier Killed in Six Hour Duel
In Jerusalem an Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded after a six hour clash using automatic weapons and mortars. Israeli and Jordan troops clashed most of the day despite three UN ceasefires. Each side accused the other of violations. A government spokesman in Amman said two Israelis were killed and three wounded, with two Jordanian soldiers and two civilians also hurt.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Jordan
United Nations
Amman
Planes Attacks Tighten Pressure Near Hanoi Haiphong
Pre-dawn exchanges saw guards stop infiltrators after damage near Haiphong bridges and Haiphong port to Hanoi area. Tiger Division killed 32 Viet Cong near Tinh Hoa. U S pilots saw bridge spans fall. B52s hit a Viet Cong base south of the DMZ.
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South Korea
Tiger Division
Tinh Hoa
Qui Nhon
U.S
Ticonderoga
Haiphong Fall
Haiphong
Hanoi
Yong Bi
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Red China
Terrorists Hurl Grenade At U.S. Hotel in Saigon
In Saigon the Viet Cong struck outside the Illinois Hotel billet firing a grenade at the American guard. The blast wounded four Vietnamese bystanders while the sentry remained unharmed. Two attackers fled on a motorbike. Earlier this week similar attacks hit a U S bus and an Army truck with no injuries reported.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Illinois
Lady Bird Johnson to Accept Peabody Award in New York
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson will fly to New York on Thursday to accept a George Foster Peabody award for her recent television show on behalf of a more beautiful America. The ceremony honors thoughtful public service in broadcasting and highlights Johnson's contribution to the program.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
New York
FBI busts Chicago hijack syndicate in silver thefts
FBI arrested 11 in Chicago area and one in Staten Island ending a two year probe into a hijack ring tied to a crime syndicate. The case includes thefts totaling over 1 million dollars of silver bullion and bars from trucks in La Grange Indiana Hillside and Cicero Illinois with associated kidnappings. Indictments name 18 as suspects with charges of kidnapping theft and conspiracy.
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Chicago
UPI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Staten Island
N.Y
Marlin W. Johnson
la Grange
Ind
Hillside
Ill
Cicero
Morris
Mashie Baer) Saletko
Caddano
Albert
Lupi) Cardenas
Elgin
Michael J
Mickey D.) d’Alessio
Johnson
California
Guy
Lover Boy) Mendola
Angelo Boscarino
Miners threaten strike over new soft coal contract
Soft Coal tract should be signed unless the rank and file approve it first. Bob Walker urged miners in Moundsville to impeach Tony Boyle if he does not recognize the rank and file. Leonard McVey of Powhatan Point outlined a 19 point union proposal. Mines in Raleigh County idle due to roving pickets as districts weigh terms. Miners may strike again if terms are not agreeable. Clifftop mine was the only operating in four counties on Monday. Contract talks between UMW and the Bituminous Coal Operators Assn continue in Washington.
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Bob Walker
UMW
Moundsville
Tony Boyle
Leonard McVey
Powhatan Point
Ohio
National Policy Committee
McVey
BCOA
Raleigh County
District 29
East Gulf
Riffe’s
Eccles
McAlpin
Slab Fork Coal Co
Larkin Philpott
United Mine Workers of America
Philpott
Assn
Washington, D. C
Mansfield Drives War Policy Amid Public Anxiety
The piece notes Mansfield pressing a tougher war stance while Americans remain divided as hope grows for a brighter Vietnam outlook. The State Department welcomed Jansfield's peace conference idea in Asia, aiming to persuade Communists to talks, while China demands U.S. withdrawal and VC recognition, with North Vietnam keeping a hard line.
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Saigon
State Department
Jansfield
Viet Nam
Asia
China
United States
North Viet Nam
Glider program eyed to replace ocean recovery for space flights
The Air Force outlined a glider approach that could lift in earth’s atmosphere like an airplane, removing the need for costly ocean recovery fleets. The craft would be reusable, economical, and capable of growth in payload and size. Details were classified until now, with the first Atlas-launched craft planned for November from Vandenberg, followed by flights in February, April, and June next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Aerospace Corp
Martin Co
UPI
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
McNamara Defends Vietnam War Aid and Alliances
McNamara testifying on the administration’s 917 million military aid request called Vietnam an outside aggression case and said 325000 U.S. servicemen were in Southeast Asia, about 240000 in South Vietnam, with potential expansion without reservists. He urged aid to allies on the forward defense line and warned against burdening U.S. forces alone.
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Fulbright
U.S
McNamara
Viet Nam
bmeNamara
Sen
John Sparkman
D-Ala
North
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
United States
Russia
Red China
America
Thailand
Guam
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Strip Miners Farm Institute
Anderson Center
MIC Hospitality
Ley
John M
Jack) Tully
Summersville
Ann Rigaud
Arlington
Heart Fund
Charlie Quesenberry
Crawford. Tolliver
Jenny Richmond
James S. Tully
Kanawha County
Lady Bird
Melrose Park
Willie
Potatoes
Mansfield
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