New Montcoal Beaver Post Offices Planned
Rep John M Slack Jr announces the Post Office Department will seek competitive bids to build new post offices at Montcoal and Beaver. Montcoal would have a 1292 sq ft structure with 3600 sq ft parking. Beaver 1300 sq ft with 3700 sq ft parking. Final approval depends on suitable sites within land cost limits.
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Post Office Department
Montcoal
Beaver
John M. Slack Jr
Slack
Department
Bureau of Budget
Federal Safety Car Standards Seen as Likely
Washington in a debate over federal auto safety rules. Automakers signaled conditional acceptance in House hearings while Sen. Ribicoff urged tougher standards. Industry fears self regulation could emerge despite moves. Detroit’s GM Ford Chrysler and AMC face pressure from both House and Senate committees to seek stricter rules.
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Washington
UPS
House
Senate
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Ribicoff
Senate Commerce Committee
Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate Commerce
Johnson defeat seals school lunch cut and farm aid vote
Washington United Press International reports President Johnson's plan to cut back school lunch and milk programs was voted down by the House along with other farm economy measures. The House approved a $6.9 billion farm program appropriation, with Republican efforts to save some Johnson cuts failing. Also debated were water pollution aid and foreign agent controls.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Viet Nam
Greece
Senate
New England
Cleveland
Ralph S. Locher
Edward M. Kennedy
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
House Judiciary Committee
Explosion Rips Gunpowder Post
A massive explosion at Indiana Army ammunition plant near Charlestown injures many and shatters windows across the region. 17 treated at Clark County Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, with at least 12 more en route. No serious injuries reported. The plant employs about 2,400 workers.
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Charlestown
Ind
UPI
Indiana Army Ammunition Plant
Ohio River Valley
Clark County Memorial Hospital
Jeffersonville
Joyce Morrison
Prospect
Utica
Sellersburg
Carrie McClure
Louisville
Buckhannon Wins $151 000 Grant for Water System
Washington UPI reports Buckhannon West Virginia receives a 151000 federal grant from the Economic Development Administration to expand the town water system. The total project cost is 302000, with Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd explaining the funding.
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Washington
UPI
Buckhannon
W. Va
Economic Development Administration
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Trains Strike Cars At Minneapolis Crossing
Darlene Schaeffer and David Helman collide at a railroad crossing in Minneapolis when a Great Northern freight hits Helman s car pushing it along the tracks. A southbound Northern Pacific freight then collides, demolishing the other car. No injuries reported.
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Minneapolis, Minn
UPI
Darlene Schaeffer
David Helman
Minneapolis
Darlene
Helman
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Sales Drop Attributed To The Recent Walkout
Washington Steel Corp. reported a first quarter sales decline and a net loss of 136,123 dollars due to a strike by the Washington Independent Union. President T. S. Fitch said two Washington County plants have been idled since January 28 and he did not know when operations would resume. First quarter sales were 3,599,933 dollars versus 8,522,175 dollars a year earlier.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Washington Steel Corp
T. S. Fitch
Washington County
Washington Independent Union
Fitch
Washington Steel
Funeral for Rev E W Billings in Hinton
Funeral services for the 83 year old Rev E W Billings of Hinton will be held at 3 p m in the First Baptist Church Hinton with the Rev H A Thompson and the Rev G O Tease officiating Burial will be in Monte Vista Cemetery near Princeton Billings died Monday night after a long illness He was ordained in 1907 and served as pastor of Hinton First Baptist for 19 years before retirement Survivors include his wife Mabel Pace two daughters and two grandchildren Arrangements are by Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton.
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E. W. Billings
Hinton
First Baptist Church
H. A. Thompson
G. O. Tease
Monte Vista
Princeton
Billings
Mr. Billings
Hinton First Baptist Church
Pallbearers Named for Mrs Edna Gauldin Rites
Pallbearers for the funeral services of Mrs Edna Gauldin 59 of Prosperity are Garvis Lilly Keister Jones Berco Walker Harry Callaway Walter Mills and Hav el Wooline. Services begin at 2 30 p m Thursday at Cranberry Community Church with Rev Ernest Barley Rev Eldon Pauley and Rev Roy Tyree in charge. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Gauldin
Prosperity
Garvis Lilly
Keister Jones
Berco Walker
Harry Callaway
Walter Mills
Havel Wooline
Cranberry Community Church
Ernest Barley
Eldon Pauley
Roy Tyree
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Cemetery
Armstrong Rites Held for Stewart Tillman Armstrong
Funeral services for Stewart Tillman Armstrong 90 of Dothan will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev. Paul Gregory officiating. Burial in Peters Cemetery Dothan. Survivors include wife Ida and three sons Basil Troy and Brenton, a daughter Orlee Samson, Camp Lejeune, N C, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body lies at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Stewart Tillman Armstrong
Dothan
Tyree
Oak Hill
Paul Gregory
Peters
Armstrong
Alpha
Emily Armstrong
Lick Fork
Lick Fork Methodist Church. Surviving Are His Wife, Mrs. Ida Armstrong
Basil
Troy
Brenton
Orlee Samson
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Beckley Brother Warren Richards Dies at 42
Warren Richards of Hollywood California died at 5 15 p m Tuesday from an apparent heart attack. A Beckley native and Mount Hope High School graduate, he played piano with local stations and the Don Boyd and Jan Campbell orchestras. He appeared on Disney land and with Dave Garroway on WV Centennial Show, and toured the United States and Canada with the International Japanese Spectacular. The body will return to Melton Mortuary for funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Long
Julia Steplowski
Beckley
Warren Richards
Yucca St
Hollywood
Calif
Richards
Mount Hope High School
Don Boyd
Jan Campbell
Mack Augustine Rites Held for Longtime Rhodell Resident
Mack Augustine 83 of Rhodell died Tuesday evening after 45 years in the town. Born in Valforda Province Prenton Italy to the late Augustin and Domenica Augustine he is survived by a sister Lucy in Italy. Body at Sam Fogle home Mullens funeral home Nease and Neely.
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Ingone
Mack Augustine
Rhodell
Valforda
Prenton
Italy
Augustin and
Domenica Augustine
Lucy
Sam Foglesong, Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Mullens
Lomey Hall Services Planned in Oak Hill
Lomey Clarence Hall 67 of Oak Hill dies after long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Randolph Johnson to officiate. Burial in Wildwood Cemetery Beck ley after graveside rites by Beckley Moose Lodge. Hall a retired employee of New River and Pocahontas Coal Co. at Minden. He was a member of Beckley Moose Lodge 1606 and UMWA Local 5949 of Minden. Born April 9 1899 he was son of James and Mary Alice Lyle Hall. Survived by Eunice Callaway Hall two sons Sgt James K in Hawaii and R B of Vienna Va a daughter Mrs Lawrence E Price of Fayetteville a brother D P Beckley a sister Mrs Jean Anna Monica of Bellville Ill and five grandchildren. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Lomey
Clarence Hall
Oak Hill
Tyree
United Mine Workers of America
Minden
James and
Mary Alice Lyle Hall
Eunice Callaway Hall
Sgt
James K
Air Force
Hawaii
R. B
Vienna
Lawrence E. Price
Fayetteville
D. P
Beckley
Mrs Nora Gillenwater obituary from Crab Orchard
Mrs Nora Gillenwater 72 of Crab Orchard died at 3 30 a m in a local hospital Born May 3 1893 in Fayette County she was daughter of the late Henry and Dora Plumley Martin A Baptist member she lived in Raleigh County 53 years Survived by husband Abb one daughter Florence Gautier in Midway four sons Jane Crab Orchard Roger Sophia Massey San Francisco Bill Slab Fork five sisters Mabel Tucker Oak Grove Nannie Whiting Piney View Ada Gillenwater Lester Lara Martin Crab Orchard Hazel McKinney Maple Meadow four brothers Alex Maple Meadow Basil Slab Fork Lee Pennsylvania Gaston Lester 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral 2 p m Friday Calfee Funeral Home Chapel Rev Ernest Barley officiating burial Sunset Memorial Park body to remain at Calfee until funeral hour.
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Nora Francis Gillenwater
Crab Orchard
Fayette County
Henry and
Dora Plumley Martin
Gillenwater
The
Baptist Church
Raleigh County
Abb
Florence Gautier
Midway
Jane
Roger
Sophia
Massie
San Francisco
Calif
Bill
Slab Fork
Mabel Tucker
Oak Grove
Nannie Whiting
Piney View
Ada Gillenwater
Lester
Lara Martin
Services for William D Stone at Whitesville Church
William Doddridge Stone 86 died Monday in an Oak Hill nursing home. Funeral held 2 p.m. today at Whitesville Baptist Church with Rev Erby King Jr presiding. Burial in Adkins Cemetery Naoma. Stone, retired carpenter foreman for Armco Steel, was born Feb 20 1880 and was stepfather of Marvin Dickens of Rock Creek. He was a member of First Baptist Whitesville and Junior Order of United American Mechanics No 123 at St Albans.
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William Doddridge Stone
Whitesville Baptist Church
Erby King Jr
Adkins
Naoma
Stone
Oak Hill
Marvin Dickens
Rock Creek
Vernon
Victoria Price Stone
Armco Steel Corp
First Baptist Church
Whitesville
Order of the United American Mechanics No. 123
St. Albans
RNS
Rites for Ansted resident Joseph L Pauley held Thursday
Final rites for Joseph Lettrich Pauley 96 of Ansted will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Thomas Funeral Home Chanel with Rev. Guy Vaughn presiding. Burial follows in Westlake Cemetery Ansted. Pauley, a retired miner and United Mine Workers member, died Monday in a Beckwith nursing home. He was born October 5 1869 in Boone County, the son of James and Sabatha Cooper Pauley. He lived in Ansted 42 years and was father to Mrs Maggie Stone of Route 2 Fayetteville.
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Joseph Lettrich Pauley
Ansted
Thomas Funeral
Chanel
Guy Vaughn
Westlake
Pauley
Beckwith
Maggie Stone
Route 2
Fayetteville
United Mine Workers of America
The
Baptist Church
Boone County
James and Sabatha Cooper Pauley
Obituary notes for Mrs Jennie P Jones and transit union leader dies
Mrs Jennie P. Jones of 105 Dock St formerly Bramwell died at 1 a.m. at her daughter's home. Funeral services will be held at Bluestone Baptist Church Bramwell. Body at Lugo Funeral Home Bluefield. New York UPI reports Frank Sheehan transit workers union leader died of cancer aged 55 after the 13 day transit strike.
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Jennie P. Jones
Dock St
Bramwell
Lelia Andrews
Bluestone Baptist Church
Lugo
Bluefield
New York
UPI
Frank Sheehan
Transport Workers Union
Michael Quill
Funeral services for Raymond Belknap held Thursday
Highland Park California funeral services are planned for Raymond H. Belknap president of United States Life Insurance Co. He died Monday in Huntington Memorial Hospital New York resident aged 58.
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Highland Park, Calif
UPI
Raymond H. Belknap
United States Life Insurance Co
Belknap
New York
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Key Broadcasting president John L. Hogg dies in Arizona
John L. Hogg, president of Key Broadcasting Co., died Tuesday in Phoenix of an apparent heart attack after a brief illness. He led the company since 1958 and oversaw several station acquisitions in the Southwest. Local reporters noted his role in expanding regional radio and television holdings.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
John L. Hogg
Key Broadcasting Co
Services Set Thursday for Dr. Ross Dog and Cat Food Chief
D. B. Lewis 62, president of the Dr. Ross Dog and Cat Food Co and a noted conservative backer, died Monday. Services will be held Thursday.
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Hollywood
UPI
D. B. Lewis
Dr. Ross Dog and Cat Food Co
Lewis
Bombings, raids and a major airlift near Saigon
Viet Cong terrorists stepped up attacks in Saigon area with bombs and assassinations leaving 10 killed and 55 wounded in seven hit and run incidents. Four Americans were among the injured. A deadly blast hit Korean workers tied to Raymond Morris RMK near a US airfield project. The Big Red One with Vietnamese and Chinese forces launched a major sweep into Tah Ninh Province, seizing supplies and destroying Viet Cong camps as guerrillas reportedly moved into Cambodia.
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Saigon
Raymond, Morris. Knudson
RMK
Tah Ninh Province
25Th Division
Green Berets
Cambodia
Gromyko Meets Pope in Semi Secret Vatican Audience
The first Vatican meeting between a Soviet official and the pope was held in secrecy with Gromyko arriving under police guard. Vatican officials and Cardinal Cicognani attended in the papal library. The session marked symbolic Soviet recognition of the Pope while Vatican cautioned against any shift in anti Communist doctrine.
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St. Damascus
Gromyko
Vatican
Amleto Cardinal
Cicognani
Papal
Obituaries for Laura Farley and Delp in Lashmeet and Pineville deaths
Mrs Laura Farley 87 of Barboursville Ky formerly of Pineville died in a local hospital after a two week illness from a stroke born March 28 1879 at Flat Lick Ky lived in Barboursville since fracturing her hip three years ago survived by eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren and a daughter in law Vera Farley of Ravencliff burial at Flat Lick Cemetery Kentucky Funeral arrangements listed at Melton Mortuary Arnett Funeral Home Pineville and Flat Lick Cemetery In addition Brown Delp 69 Route 1 Rock died after a one week illness burial at Delp Cemetery Lashmeet survivor daughter Mrs Hampton Clark and brothers Robert and Aubrey Delp born Aug 13 1896 at Duhring son of James and Larissa Dillon Delp veteran of World War II member of Lashmeet Christian Community Church body at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton.
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Laura S. Farley
Barboursville
Pineville
Flat Lick
Farley
Frank
Vera) Farley
Ravencliff
The
Baptist Church
Melton Mortuary
Arnett Funeral Home
Brown Delp
Route 1
Rock
Lashmeet Christian Community Church
Noah Buckner
Earl Jenkins
Delp
Lashmeet
Bluefield
Duhring
James and _ Larissa_ Dillon Delp
Love Blasts Economic Aid For War Profiteers
Huntington. Francis J. Love of Wheeling, a Republican Senate hopeful, told the local Republican Women’s Club that prosperity built on military and economic aid is a false prosperity. He asked whether thousands of American lives should be sacrificed in Vietnam while allies profit by supplying the enemy. He warned the U S cannot fight Southeast Asian wars alone and feed the region.
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Huntington
UPI
Francis J. Love
Wheeling
U. S. Senate
Republican Women’s Club
Viet Nam
Love
U. S
Southeast Asia
Five Striking Workers Fined in Kentucky Picketing Case
Greenup Circuit Judge Oscar Sammons fined five steelworkers 25 each and gave them 20-hour suspended jail terms for contempt of a court restraining order banning picketing at Armco Steel Ashland works. Ten were arrested for defying the order at the plant west gate. five others received suspended sentences.
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Greenup, Ky
UPI
Greenup
Oscar Sammons
Armco Steel Corp
Ashland Works
Sammons
West Gate
James Matheyr
David Gore
Charles Spaulding
Tom Haines
F. B. Lewis IV
Four Dead In Russian Earthquake Hits Tashkent Old City
Rescue workers comb debris after a pre-dawn quake struck Tashkent disturbing the old city while most of the modern area escaped major damage. At least four killed and about 150 hospitalized as authorities warned the toll could rise. A Soviet commission led by Brezhnev and Kosygin visited the scene. The quake centered 3 to 6 miles beneath the ancient city near sites once ruled by Genghis Khan and Tamerlane.
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Tashkent
U.S.S.R
UPI
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Genghis Khan
Tamerlane
U S Ultimatum Reaffirmed In Viet Nam Conflict
Washington officials insist there will be no sanctuary for Viet Nam war flights with American forces allowed to pursue intruding Red Chinese aircraft. State Department says hot pursuit not to be publicly discussed while noting no evidence that Mig 21s came from Chinese bases. Deputy defense secretary cites North Vietnamese air force strength including 15 Mig 21s, 6 IL 28 bombers, and other Migs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
China
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
Hanoi
Defense
Cyrus R. Vance
Pleasant Point Petition Filed to Reopen Resort
A Chapter 10 petition was filed in U S District Court to reopen Pleasant Point Resort after SBA closure. Attorney Edward Greene said reopening is hoped, possibly delayed beyond May 1. Greene endorsed selling the hotel to the state for a park recreation use. Gov Smith said no budget funds but Commerce will study feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D-Mason
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Jones
Department of Commerce
Wyoming Senators Push Coal Bill for Rail Land Access
Senators Gale McGee and Milward Simpson urged Senate passage of a bill to repeal part of the mineral leasing law restricting coal mining on railroad lands and public lands. They argued the old rules foster monopoly fears but now block development as oil-fired locomotives changed industry needs. Simpson noted Wyoming’s coal era decline and urged equal access to support research and established programs benefiting the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Milward Simpson
R-Wyo
Senate
Wyoming
Senate Interior
McGee
McGee and Simpson
Simpson
Students Swarm Mexican Campus Clash Shuts University
In Mexico City the modernist Mexico University campus faced Communist led students vowing death to defend autonomy. Stolen buses created barricades as coeds with bicycle chains guarded the grounds. Police and army response uncertain as 2,000 to 3,000 law students stormed the administration, forcing Rector Ignacio Chavez to resign and triggering mass staff resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPI
Mexico University
Ignacio Chavez
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West Virginia State Bar
West Virginia Bar Association
West Virginia University College OF Law
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Lomey. Hall
Nora Gillenwater
William D. Stone
Joseph L. Pauley
Laura Farley
Kentucky
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Itmann
Robert
Spanishburg
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Resoco
Bailey Funeral Home
U.S
Pleasant Point
M. C. Benton Jr
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Opasrecauz
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