Storm Belts Middle U S
A vigorous storm system lashed the center of the nation with showers and thunderstorms from Wisconsin to Mississippi. Snow and high winds affected the Dakotas and Minnesota, while freezing temperatures moved into the Rockies. Tornado watches were issued for parts of Missouri and Illinois. Flash flooding occurred on the Ouachita and Arkansas rivers. Sebastian County Arkansas was declared a federal disaster area to aid recovery from last week's tornado in Greenwood. Thirteen people were killed Friday when the tornado struck Greenwood and surrounding areas.
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Small Business Administration
Greenwood
Deaths And Funerals In Local Area
Several obituaries announce the death of Elyse Burdette Jewett Purdeths seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Larry Burdette of Indianapolis Indiana. Funeral services for Eva Marie Sawyer 54 of Callir dale will be held at 2 pm Wednesday in the O Dell Funeral Home Chapel Montgomery with burial in High Gnawa Memorial Park. James T Parker 20 formerly of Lester now in New York City was killed in Vietnam on April 15. Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm in St Matthew AMR Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Lula Reed Tragers 62 of Searhyo will be buried Wednesday at Tyre Funeral Home Chapel Hill with burial in Hilltop Cemetery. Abel services for Mrs Lula Rogers will be held soon with arrangements at Hilltop Cemetery in Oak Hill. Numerous relatives survive each decedent including spouses, parents, and grandparents.
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Elyse Burdette
Elyse Jewett Purdeths
Larry Burdette
Indianapolis
Ind
L. Fleshman
Reba Bur
Sawyer
Dette
Terry
Charleston
Billy Homine
Harper
Ayelfe Rey
Gene Halk
Bu- County
Hurnwell Baptist
Park Cemetery
Web and Neal Funeral Home
Riv
Eva Marie Sawyer
Callirdale
O'Dell Funeral Home
Mengomery
Jim Munfly
High Gnawa Memorial Park
al Isk
Vic
James T. Parker
New York City
N. Y
Lester
Vietnam
Ascouie Parker
Detroit Mich
Fletcher Parker
Berkley
St. Matthew Amr Church
M. M. Mitchell
R. 1
Nance
Greenwood Memorial Fork Cemetery
Ritchie and Johnson
Lula Rogers
Lula Reed
Searhyo
Tyre Funeral Home
Gok Hill
Ernest Harkey
Vial
Rogers
Saxine Scott
Rive St
Pam
Central Street Baptist Church
Edward Abram
Greenwood Memorial Park
Friends
Wright
Anderson
Jail Wedding Sheltered by Sheriff in County Jail
A jail wedding for an unarmed robbery convict and a bride jailed on bad check charges took place in Raleigh County. Sheriff Okey Mills allowed the ceremony since the couple had no children born out of wedlock. This marks at least the fourth wedding performed in the county jail during Mills' three terms.
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W. Va
Moundsville
Raleigh County
Sherif Okey Mills
Sheriff Mills
Teen-Age GI Defects Again and More Local Notices
Teen-age soldiers seeking asylum are reported in Sweden after fleeing U S units in Germany. Robert Teasley and Michael Prewett, ages 18 and 20, reportedly arrived seeking political asylum but later returned to the United States. Other items note funeral arrangements for Mrs Maxine Scott and family notices, with local names and places in Beckley and Jumping Branch.
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Stockholm
Robert M. Teasley
Sweden
West Germany
Gill Jones
Casay
Beasley
Michael A. Prewett
Bad Hernfeld
Germany
Jones
Vietmara
Carl Eugene
Crook
Mmarlal
Lence
Prewett
Vietnam
Lottie Campbell Crook
Ewer Beckley
Cronk
Bluestone Baptist
Prawett Church
Louise Crook
Branch
Sherry Ava
Lemme
Pated Ee
Matt
Axekley
Kosygin
Eva Hubbs
Beckley
U.S
Arch And Cecil Clash On SRC Reorganization
Arch Nichalas Moore Jr and Cecil Underwood sparred over State Road Commission reform at Charlestown Press Club. Moore urged a swift reorganization to complete highway programs and attract industry, while Underwood warned extensive changes could delay four years of road building and cited low morale and recent indictments among officials.
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West Virginia
Moore
SRC
Isane
Underwood
SRC: 1
Public, Administration Service
Automotive Safety Foundation
Burl
Loase
Arm Found in Charleston Shocks Resident and Police
An arm was found in Charleston and will be sent to a police laboratory then a pathologist to determine age and how long severed. Searchers have not located the torso remainder. Sam Moore spotted the object in his yard at 1 PM Monday and initially misjudged it as animal.
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Nicholson
Sam Moore
Ile
Moore
Toy
Youth's Body Sought After Kanawha River Boat Capsize
The search resumed for 17 year old Danny Bailey of Dunbar believed drowned after a fishing trip with three companions near Gauley Bridge. His boat capsized near Kanawha Falls and only two friends made it to shore.
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UPI
Danny R. Bailey
Dunbar
Kanawha River
Here
Kanawha Fally
Board votes to release report on discrimination at Bluefield State
The West Virginia State Board of Education narrowly voted to release its report on alleged discrimination against Negro students at Bluefield State College. Governor Smith had urged release, while some members abstained or questioned the action. The report, prepared by the Human Rights Commission investigation team, explored charges tied to suspensions and actions by Bluefield State officials.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Education
Hulntt C. Smith
Bluefield State College
Charles Brown
Kingwood
Tee
Baskerville
Smith
Human Rights Commission
Robert Abbot
Faysport
Etteville
Brown
Sarallease
Horn Uhl
Vienna
Spangler
J. Baskervillel
Commission
Bet Imide
Robert Kam
Summersville
EB. L
Snoderley
Mem
Fairmont
J. Haydenthor
Harris Nf Weirton
Hee
Kamm
Snoderly
Cam
Abbot
Blue J Cnuld
Brownfield
Wendellland Kamm
Hardway
Christy
Iirs
Sidney
The
Nationals
Eleven Million Added To W Va Interstate Funds
West Virginia gains eleven million dollars in highway funds under an alternative plan. Senator Randolph says the increase raises interstate money from seventy one million to eighty two million for calendar year 1988.
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Washington
API
West Virginia
Sen
Feenings Handolph
D-W. Va
L Randolph
Vietnam War Update From Page One Light on Details
Reported actions include searches for arms caches and Viet Cong on Western fringes, air strikes over A Shau Valley, and border crossings. Government figures claim 1,899 communists killed and 239 captured, with 49 civilians killed and 100 wounded. 143 civilians kidnapped.
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Valendare
A Shau
Laos
Javea
South Vietnam
H Jog
Mid Cong
Job Corps Enrollee Third Wreck Victim
A one year old Charleston Job Corps enrollee from Vicksburg Mississippi became the third victim of Monday’s car crash here last Wednesday. Miss Ressin Mae Lee died in a hospital of injuries suffered in the mishap two days earlier. The car was en route to take a boy who was injured in an earlier altercation when it slammed into a cement wall.
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Charleston
Ope
Vicksburg
Aiss
Mouday
Ressin Mae Lee
$8 Billion Plan to Expand Interstates Proposed
Washington reports a Johnson era proposal to raise total highway outlay from 42 to 50 billion with an $8 billion expansion plan. It envisions 23,000 miles added under the interstate system, a 99 percent federal share, and city partnerships to ease urban congestion.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson Administration
Caise
Transporta
Highway Trust
Alan
Boyd
White leaders urged a march to end tax abuses and racism
Underwood cited a White House backed push to pressure Congress and the state to end racial taxation and public inequality. He accused Congressman Moore of exploiting white leadership for self interest and urged a nationwide white citizens march as a moral wakeup call.
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Maare
Negro Vitizens
Moore
Jet House
Underwood
Washington
America
Derwood
Toyal
Selma
Herwood
Jackson
Congress
Monre
Stoner
Rere
Charleston
House of Rep
Sian
United Ter
Huntington
Katelin Charleston
Convict Tony Santos Jr. Dies After Paint Thinner Ingestion
Inmate Tony Santos Jr., 22, of Keyser, died in jail after consuming paint thinner while awaiting or during custody. He was serving a 4 to 10 year sentence for grand larceny from Grant County. Authorities are investigating how the thinner was obtained and administered.
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Momnooville
UPI
Tony Santos Jr
Keyser
Grant County
Wayne inmate Blake sentenced to life in prison
UPI reports Wayne Ohio Judge W Ferguson sentenced 22 year old ex convict Blake to life for the 1967 stabbing death of Dorma Ballig in Ke Tove. The court overruled defense motions and granted a one day stay to allow appeal and new evidence presentation to the state supreme court.
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Wayne
UPI
Gene Blake
Dorma Ball
Ke- Tove
W. Ferguson
Pepare
iState Supreme Court
West Virginia Marine Killed in Vietnam War
The Defense Department reported a combat death in Vietnam of William W. Wilson, a West Virginia Marine. He was the son of William W. Wilson of St Marys, listed as missing or killed in action in the updater from Washington.
Hunger Study Proposes Free Food Stamp Program
A national hunger board reports more than two million poor people participate in two government programs and most participants are not the poorest. It says 40 million Americans may be hungry, calls for a free food stamp program, and notes current stamps sale yields 62 percent more food than cost. States with emergency areas include Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Montana New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas and Virginia.
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Benjamin ‘R. Mays
Morehouse College
Auanta
Lusine Wt Dunbar
Field Foundation of New York
Senate
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Hour
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Colorado
Morita
Georgia
Nets
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New Mexico
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Oklahoma
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Texas
Virginia
Alabama Welfare Test May Have Broad Effects
The Supreme Court hears Alabama's challenge to welfare rules that deny aid to children when a mother’s partner is not married. The case, brought by Mrs. Sylvester Smith of Selma, questions the substitute father provision already struck down for 15,000 to 2000 children by a federal three judge panel in Montgomery in 1967.
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Supreme Court
Alabama
Federal Antipoverty Agency
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
District of Columbia
Seh 2Mar
Roger Baldwin Foundation
Sylvester Smith
Selma Negra
Dean Campbell Granted Leave from WVU College of Conpuecce
Morgantown UP I Thomas C Campbell dean of West Virginia University College of Conpuecce is granted a leave of absence to serve as adviser to Kenya's government. He has led the college since 1964 and a facility committee will name his successor. In Warsaw Poland theByaster holidays elicited many distress calls as people overindulged over the weekend.
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Ldoes
Uis
Sovern America
Veld
Underwood
Rattle
Tax Department
Morgantown
UPI
Thomas C. Campbell
West Virginia University College of
Warsaw
Poland
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