House Committee Rejects Johnson Farm Economy Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee wiped out President Johnsons proposed farm economy cuts citing possible future food shortages and warned that reducing farm programs could jeopardize farm income and the nations economy. It approved a 6.9 billion farm bill funding price supports and research for the coming year, with offsetting cuts and increased spending in some areas.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
United States
House
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
U.S
Governor Urges Look At Sloppy Lumber Works
Governor Smith warned against sloppy timbering and exploitation of natural resources at Fayette County Classroom Teachers Association. He will direct the Task Force on Surface Mining to study lumbering in the Mountain State and recently prohibited Elk River dredging through Public Land Corp. to protect recreation.
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Oak Hill
UPI
Smith
Fayette County
Elk River
Clay County
Statewide influenza cases double in a week
West Virginia Health Director N H Dyer reported influenza type illnesses nearly doubled last week with 6 022 cases versus 3 307 the prior week. The year total reached 48 534, up from 24 553 in all of 1965. Mineral County led with 780 cases followed by Hancock 421 Lewis 413 Pocahontas 380 Raleigh 354 and Boone 338.
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Charleston
UPI
N. H. Dyer
West Virginia
Dyer
Mineral County
Hancock
Lewis
Pocahontas
Raleigh
Boone
Marines fight Vietcong in heavy clash near Saigon
Marines reported heavy fighting as Vietcong units engaged them with fierce fire, reportedly killing over 400 enemy fighters before the patrol withdrew. Separately, Vietcong launched a pre dawn mortar strike on Pleiku Airbase, about 228 miles north of Saigon, firing 18 rounds in 20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
An Khe
1St Air Cavalry Division
Navy
Air Force
Vinh
Dien Bien Phu
Ma Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Ohio couple plans move after public protest in Evanston
Whites public protest features Stapleton from Shaker Heights and Yale graduate who did Northwestern work. His wife from New Brunswick New Jersey attended Douglas College and Northwestern. The couple met in Israel and, moved by Holocaust survivors, urge action. They have lived on the North Shore five years and will relocate with their 8 month old daughter Tamar to another Evanston apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stapleton
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Yale
Northwestern University
Evanston
New Brunswick
N.J
Douglas College
Northwestern
Israel
Germany
Mrs. Stapleton
Hitler
Stapletons
North Shore
Hinman Avenue
Tamar
West Virginia Victims In Vietnam Listed By 1961 Deaths
United Press International cross referenced Defense records showing 36 West Virginians killed in Vietnam by 1961. Army deaths totaled 29 in action with four non combat fatalities. Marines five. Navy one. Four non combat deaths included four Army. Morgantown tops state with five fatalities followed by Charleston with four. Notables include Pfc Tommy A Doak and Platoon Sgt Wilbert H Johnson from Morgantown, Pfc Charles Anders of Leckie Me, Pfc Darrell W Sanders of Wayne, and Capt Wayne H Kidd of Nutter Fort the first West Virginian killed with Kidd the highest ranking Mountaineer. Officers Kidd and two lieutenants among the fallen. remainder mostly enlisted.
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United Press International
Department of Defense
Army
Marines
Navy
Morgantown
Charleston
West
Leckie
Dowell
Darrell W. Sanders
Wayne
Viet Nam
Wayne H. Kidd
Nutter Fort
Harrison County
Kidd
Ballot concerns prompt call for election inquiry in Raleigh County
Ballot integrity dominates comments by Hanks and Callebs as Raleigh County officials discuss un signed ballots, possible misdistribution, and a call for investigation. Attorneys weigh penalties while Biggs-Johnston-Withrow submit the county's low bid amid voting security worries.
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Hanks
Callebs
Biggs-Johnston-Withrow
Joe L. Smith Jr., Inc
WJLS
WBKW
William M. Houchins
Deaths and Funerals for Rev Jeffer son Caves 82
Services for the Rev Jeffer son Caves 82 of Sylvester will be 1 p m Sunday at Sylvester Assembly of God Church with Rev Victor Gillam in charge Burial will be at Memory Gardens in Madison after a long illness He was a retired coal miner and pastor and a member of the Sylvester Assembly of God He was born May 7 1884 in Virginia Survivors include his wife eight step daughters two stepsons a brother a sister and a half brother plus six grandchildren and two sons The body remains at Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville for calling Saturday
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Jefferson Caves
Sylvester
Sylvester Assembly of God
Victor Gillam
Memory Gardens
Madison
Caves
Beckley Hospital
Sylvester Assembly of God Church
Virginia
Eccie May Caves
Emilly Barlow
Montcalm
Becky Hall
Beckley
Maggie Pigg
Rock
Flora Bowman
Matoaka
Galdys Stone
Whitesville
Madeline Gabany
Jacksonville
Fla
Helma Bryant
Augusta
Pauline Carper
Charleston
Charles L. Hawks
San Francisco
Calif
Bruce Hawks
Columbus
Paul L Ball Funeral Rites for Glen Morgan Miner
Paul L Ball 61 of Glen Morgan dies from heart attack at a local hospital. Funeral at Webb and Neal Chapel Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Garvis C Lilly. burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survivors include three brothers and three sisters. two daughters. Pallbearers named. Also pending arrangements for Alan Bumpus 91 of Harper Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Ball
Glen Morgan
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Garvis C. Lilly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Turkey Gap Coal Co
Dott
Baptist Church
Davenport
R. S
Alda Ball
Martin
Richmond
Luther
Henry
Gracy Barton
Bee
Alda Barton
Leona Tiller
Arley Cline
Ann
Beckley
Philip Cory
Clifford Cooper
Beav er man Seldon Lilly dies after long illness
Seldon Otis Lilly 58 of Beaver died at his home at 3:15 a.m. after a long illness. He operated a Beaver television repair shop. Born August 8, 1908 in Blue Jay, he was son of Charles and Minerva Bowling Lilly. Survived by wife Virnda, daughter Nelda Carper, two brothers and a sister. Body at Caffee Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seldon Otis Lilly
Beaver
Blue Jay
Charles and
Minerva Bowling Lilly
Virnda Lilly
Dale
Nelda) Carper
Shady Spring
Cartha Lilly
Donzy Lilly
Daniels
Flora Lilly
Orlando
Fla
Caffee Funeral Home
Richardson to conduct funeral for Rev Connery Richardson
The Rev. Connery Richardson, 83, of Stotesbury, will be buried at Stotesbury Cemetery after funeral services at St Johns Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Sunday. The service will be led by Rev J H Hunt with Rev F L Hosea assisting. Friends may call at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Saturday, and the body will be taken to the church one hour before the service.
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Connery Richardson
Stotesbury
St. Johns Baptist Church
J. H. Hunt
F. L. Hosea
Wright and Anderson
Obed Stewart Services Held in Pineville Ky
Obed Stewart, 51, formerly of Sabine and Baileysville, will be buried after a 2 p.m. service Sunday at Durham Funeral Home in Pineville. He died Thursday of a heart attack in Manchester Ky where he worked. Survived by his mother Mrs. Thomas Stewart of Pineville, five sons Wayne and Charles of Arlington Va Thomas in the U S Army on Formosa and Roland and David at home, a daughter Mrs Johnny Graves of Palestine Texas, four brothers Wesley Justice of Pineville Bryant Convoy Ohio Aaron Oceana and three sisters Mrs Don Dacon Cincinnati Ohio Mrs Leatrick Smith Detroit Mich and Mrs David Scott Inkster Mich. His wife preceded him in death in 1956.
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Obed Stewart
Pineville
Sabine and
Baileysville
Durham
Stewart
Manchester
Thomas Stewart
Wayne
Charles
Arlington
Thomas
U. S. Army
Formosa
Roland
David
Johnny
Betty) Graves
Palestine
Tex
Wesley
Justice
Bryant
Convoy
Ohio
Aaron
Oceana
Don Dacon
Cincinnati
Leatrick Smith
Detroit
Mich
David Scott
Inkster
Arpia Funeral Arrangements for Elizabeth Matheny Arpia
Mrs Elizabeth Matheny Arpia 49 of Kilsyth died on arrival at Beck ley hospital Friday night from an apparent stroke. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Matheny Arpia
Kilsyth
Beckley Hospital
Tyree
Mount Hope
Mrs Maggie Brunk Shepherd Dies at 83 in Mount Hope
Mrs Maggie Brunk Shepherd 83 died at 7 05 p m Thursday at sister Hattie Tyree s home Packs Branch Born May 23 1883 she was daughter of John and Maggie Brunk Survived by two sisters Clara Blake Pax and Flossie Morgan Grants Pass Ore and two brothers Tom Scarbro and Roy Brunk Jacksonville Fla Body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope RIP per RNS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Brunk Shepherd
Hattie Tyree
Packs Branch
John
Maggie Clemmens Brunk
Clara Blake
Pax
Flossie Morgan
Grants Pass
Ore
Tom
Scarbro
Roy Brunk
Jacksonville
Fla
Tyree
Mount Hope
Clarence E Smith Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Clarence E Smith 73 Mullens died midnight Thursday in Mullens hospital. Born Oct 23 1892 in Giles County Virginia he was a retired Virginian Railway conductor and a Mason. Survived by son Clarence Jr Idaho Falls daughter Nancy Joan Mullens four brothers and three sisters. Body at Sam Fogleman Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
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Clarence E. Smith
Della Scott Smith
Clarence Jr
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Nancy Joan
Mullens
Gilbert L
Walter
Jesse
Roanoke
McGhee
Pearisburg
Paul Martin
Richmond
Gladys Dowdy
Edna Borders
Cincinnati
Sam Fogle
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mack Span Carlisle Ala
Mack Span 66 of Carlisle died Wednesday after a long illness in a local nursing home. Funeral services are 1 p m Monday at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Carlisle with Rev J A Higgenbotham officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Born June 30 1903 in Keystone Ala he was son of the late Mr and Mrs Alfred Span. Survived by wife Annie Span three sons Mark Jr Kenneth F Larry M two daughters Wanda F Span Jacqueline Span a brother David Minden and a sister Mrs Lula Smith Minden. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greenstown after 6 p m Sunday.
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Mack Span
Carlisle
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
J. A. Higgenbotham
Greenwood Memorial Park
Span
Keystone
Ala
Alfred Span
Annie Span
Mark Jr
Kenneth F
Larry M
Wanda F. Span
Jacqueline Span
David
Minden
Lula Smith
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Greenstown
Graveside rites for infant Lora Ann Moye set
Graveside rites for infant Lora Ann Moye daughter of Dallas and Jo Ann Meador Moye will be held at 11 a m Saturday at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity with Elder A G Nichols presiding. Survivors include paternal grandmother Mamie Lilly Beaver and maternal grandparents Dewey and Mrs Meador Resoco. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Ann Moye
Dallas
Jo Ann Meador Moye
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
A. G. Nichols
Mamie Lilly
Beaver
Dewey Meador
Resoco
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
William Victor Adams 74 Midway dies. funeral Sunday
Funeral services for William Victor Adams 74 of Midway will be at 2 p m Sunday at Midway First Church of God with Rev. John Barton and Rev. Gene Bowen. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died Friday at 1:30 p m in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner and a member of UMWA Local 6108. He leaves a widow Essie Custer Adams, three sons Douglas Beckley Buford Kelley s ville and Garland Homestead Fla two daughters Lottie Hillard Samoset and Jean Holtzapfel Midway ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. The body rests at Fred Williams Funeral Home Sophia prior to services. Pallbearers named.
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UMWA
Stamford Road Baptist Church
Bernice Wied Diclaro
Julia Shoemaker
Chester
Betty Suggs
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Mary Lee Diclaro
John
Las Vegas
Nev
Joseph
Fort Knox
Silverio
Bronx
N. Y
Anelia
Italy
Caffee
William Victor Adams
Midway
Midway First Church of God
John Barton
Gene Bowen
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
William Robert
Fannie East Adams
Hurt
Adams
Slab Fork
Essie Custer Adams
Claude
Warren, Mich
George
Daniels
Willie Swinney
Matoaka
Douglas
Beckley
Buford
Kelleysville
Garland
Homestead
Fla
Lottie Hillard
Samoset
Jean Holtzapfel
Fred Williams
Sophia
Claude Sturgill
James Pennington
Roby Childress
Frank F. Bales
Sammy Houck
Harold Snodgrass
William Diclaro Diclaro obituary service at church
William Diclaro Diclaro 66 of Stanaford will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Stanaford Road Baptist Church with Rev. Brent Branham presiding. Burial follows at Tilden Cemetery on Sullivan Road. Born September 20, 1899 in Italy to John and Juditta Crisciolo Diclaro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Diclaro
Stanaford
Stanaford Road
Brent Branham
Tilden
Sullivan Road
Italy
John
Juditta Crisciolo Diclaro
Richardson Dies at 77 in Mullens Area
Henry E Richardson 77 died at 1230 am Thursday in Mullens area He was a retired railroad worker member of First Baptist Church Mullens and a World War I veteran Born Darlington South Carolina January 20 1889 son of the late Ed and Mrs Richardson His wife Lula M Richardson survives Funeral services at Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckleyare pending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry E. Richardson
Amigo
First Baptist Church
Mullens
Darlington
S. C
Ed Richardson
Lula M. Richardson
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Beckley
Tobin Miller Death Notice in Martinsburg Area
Arrangements incomplete for Tobin Lee Miller 67 Prosperity who died in a Martinsburg hospital at 3 15 p m Thursday after a long illness. He was a retired farmer. The body will be returned from the hospital to the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobin Lee Miller
Prosperity
Martinsburg
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mrs Bessie McLemore Funeral Services Details
Funeral services for Mrs Bessie McLemore, 76, of Harlem Heights, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Community Baptist Church in Harlem Heights. Rev. David Powell will officiate, with burial at Harlem Heights Cemetery.
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Bessie McLemore
Harlem Heights
Community Baptist Church
David Powell
Joseph W. Tinsley Dies at 68 in Maryland Hospital
Joseph Wesley Tinsley 68 of Stamford died in a Baltimore Maryland hospital today after a long illness. The body will be returned to the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wesley Tinsley
Stamaford
Baltimore, Md
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Rand Funeral Rites Set For A C Rand
Funeral services for A C Rand 87 of Cottageville will be held Sunday at the Cottageville Methodist Church. He is survived by son K K Rand a Beckley dentist another son E D of Sistersville four grandchildren eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Body at Chambers Funeral Home Ravenswood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Rand
Cottageville
K. K. Rand
Beckley
Cottageville Methodist Church
Dr. Rand
E. D
Sistersville
Chambers Funeral Home
Ravenswood
McKinney backs gradual desegregation efforts in state
McKinney cites public accommodations drive tied to the 1963 centennial and few complaints since the civil rights law. He credits Gov Marland for setting a desegregation tone, with Barron and Smith strengthening state stance. McKinney, moving to a federal post, will mediate race relations in the North and Midwest. George Chamberlain serves as acting executive director pending permanent appointment.
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McKinney
West Virginia
William Marland
U.S. Supreme Court
Commission
Striking Lamp Workers Are Off Until Monday
FAIRMONT, UP I The Fairmont Lamp Works of Westinghouse Electric Corp closed after an alleged illegal walkout Wednesday night. Production will not resume until Monday as a penalty for about 1,000 workers on the Wednesday afternoon shift. The walkout, reportedly by members of the International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers AFL CIO, was unauthorized.
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Fairmont
UPI
Fairmont Lamp Works
Westinghouse Electric Corp
E. Lambert
Lambert
International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
Afl-Cio
Home Cooking Welcomes Boys After 13 Days in Boxcar
Two North Carolina boys, David Harvey Jr. and William Waddell Jr., survived 13 days in a sealed boxcar by drinking dregs from beer bottles. Found near Milwaukee, they were hungry but unharmed, later reunited with anxious mothers who plan home cooking and hugs.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
North Carolina
David Harvey Jr
David
William Waddell Jr
Jos
Johnson Blocks Airline Strike Threatened by Mechanics
President Johnson blocked a threatened strike by airline mechanics that would shut down five major carriers at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. An emergency board was created to investigate the dispute between airlines and the AFL-CIO International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The board, chaired by Sen. Wayne Morse, with a Harvard admin school representative and attorney David Ginsburg, will operate under 60 days.
Little Progress Made In Strike In Central Appalachia
Pittsburgh report on a week 12 strike as 41 000 soft coal miners face possible extended walkout. Negotiators from Bituminous Coal Operators Association and United Mine Workers met in Washington with no evident progress toward a new contract. If no deal is reached, miners may miss Sunday midnight shift. The stoppage began April 11 with 58 000 miners in eight states protesting terms of a contract between the UMW and Peabody Coal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPS
Appalachia
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers
UMW
Washington
Peabody Coal Co
St. Louis
Bulls Stampede Through Hialeah Florida City
More than 100 bulls escaped from Economy Packing Co and stampeded through downtown Hialeah causing traffic jams and pedestrian chaos. One bull charged three people and was shot by police. authorities work to corral the animals as lawns suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hialeah
Fila
UPI
Coral
Economy Packing Co
Eisenhowers to Return to Gettysburg Farm in April
Former President and Mrs. Eisenhower will return to their Gettysburg farm on April 30 after a winter respite at Palm Desert California. A spokesman said they will travel by special train car from San Bernardino to reach home. They arrived at the desert resort January 10 and maintain a dwelling at El Dorado County Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Desert
Calif
UPI
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
San Bernardino
Desert
Fairway
el Dorado Coun. Club
Ford Groups Mismanagement Charge Over Bomb Buying
House Republican Leader Gerald Ford cites reports of Pentagon plans to buy back 30,000 500-pound bombs for Viet Nam raids. Pentagon denies the figure, noting no such plan. A March 31 McNaughton letter discussed surplus items West Germany listed as aid, including 6000 500-pound bombs, but Defense officials say reAcquisition was later dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Michigan
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Durward G. Hall
Rmo
United States
West Germany
Sylvester
John T. McNaughton
International Security Affairs
U.S
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Britain Eyes NATO Overhaul and Nuclear Sharing Shift
Britain seeks a leaner NATO and earlier reshaping of the alliance after France's exit amid fears for European peace. The Labor government backs nuclear interdependence with safeguards against new triggers while refusing unconditional French veto concessions on joining the European Community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Viet Nam
Britain
France
NATO
Europe
Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
Pete Turns Out To Be Bobcat Attacks Girls
A bobcat raised as a family pet by the Lewis C. Holmes family attacked two girls, Diane Anderson and Betty Anderson, sending them to the hospital with puncture wounds. The animal became violent when it saw the children playing with its three day old kitten, and the family said they had no idea it was a bobcat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veirton
Apt
Lewis C. Holmes
Diane Anderson
Betty Anderson
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S. Kanawha Ph
Taylor
Ned Ragland
Raleigh County
Secretary of State of
Robert D. Bailey Jr
Hulett Smith
Neville St
Feder Reserve System
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Rev
Alan Bumpus
Harper Heights
Roxboro
N.C
Sam Bumpus
Annie
Harner
Richardson
M. Arpia
Mrs
Maggie Shepherd
William Adams
Hardy
Chrysanthemum
Webbs Florist
Beckley Feed & Hardware Co
Beckley Ice & Feed
Joseph W. Tinsley
Fayetteville
Milwaukee County Emergency Hospital
Billy
Milwaukee County Children’s Center
Red Cross
Northwest Orient Airlines
Piedmont Airlines
William R. Waddell
Bulls Stampede
Florida City
Ike
Pete
Bobcat
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