Governors of Ky W Va Ohio Ind End Meeting Ohio River Plan
Governors from Kentucky West Virginia Ohio and Indiana wrapped a meeting in Lewisville discussing Ohio River development projects. Indiana's Branigin will chair the Ohio River Development Commission as Breathitt Smith and Branigin outlined regional recreation and industrial plans and pledged collaboration with the federal government. The group aims to reconvene in days for concrete proposals.
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W. Va
Ohio
Ind
Indiana
Branigin
Ohio River Development Commission
Smith
America
Pittsburgh
Huntington
Ohio River
Kentucky
Breathitt
Ohio Valley
Ohio River Deee Group
Sammie
Frisco Nurses Reach Interim Contract After Talks
San Francisco area nurses avert a mass walkout as negotiators agree to an interim contract. The California Nurses Association and hospitals will submit the interim salary issue to a three man fact finding panel appointed by Gov. Brown and cabinet officers. The panel may set interim scales retroactive to July seventeenth and define terms for next year’s contract. Nurses earn 444 to 510 per month. hospitals offered 500 to 570.
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San Francisco
UPS
San Francisco Bay Area
US Public Health Service
Thomas J. Nicolopulous
California Nurses Association
CNA
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Willard J. Wirtz
John W. Gardner
Pew
Bay Area
Viet Nam War Update From Central Highlands Battles
In the Central Highlands US forces clash with hundreds of Communists as the Starfighters provide air support and heavy artillery. Reports say no immediate casualties, while a 25th Infantry unit engages multiple enemy columns across dawn and afternoon actions.
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U.S
Central Highlands
25Th Infantry
25Th
Campus siege ends as sniper killed after deadly rampage
A lone sniper held the campus tower in a midday massacre killing a woman, a child, police officer Billy Speed and others. Houston area officers, including Ra mo Martinez and Houston McCoy, surged the tower and shot the suspect after a lengthy standoff. The incident also claimed a Needville woman Kathleen Whitman and her mother in Austin, prompting Texas leaders to return home as the university canceled classes and flags were lowered.
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Frank Lucas
Billy Speed
Denver Dolman
Dolman
Law Phillips
Dallas
Abdul Khasap
Masuli
Iran
Janet Paulas
Ramiro Martinez
Houston McCoy
Allen Crum
Martinez
Crum
McCoy
Needville
Tex
Houston
Kathleen Lessner Whitman
Whitman
Austin
Texas
John Connally
South America
Rio de Janeiro
State Capitol
Connally
Johnson
Paul Bolton
KTBC
Bolton
Paul Sonntag
Wertham Links Snipings to Chicago Massacre Comment
Allentown report quotes Dr Frederick Wertham, famed criminal psychologist, discussing a possible link between Austin snipings and the Chicago massacre of eight students last month. He says murder can be seen as courageous, drawing a controversial parallel.
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Allentown
UPI
Frederick Wertham
Austin
Tex
Chicago
Blackwell criticizes the mini skirt’s dignity and target wearers
London fashion designer Richard Blackwell opposes the mini skirt saying it lacks dignity. He argues it is suitable only for very young girls and is being adapted for matrons in America.
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London
UPI
Richard Blackwell
America
Econ Teli Ge
Airlines strike stalemate quotes union head
A P L Siemiller spokesman says the ongoing machinists strike would settle itself if politicians and legislators would leave it alone. The statement underscores the stalemate as the dispute continues without external intervention.
Soviet Tass Comments On Austin Killings
The Soviet Tass news agency denounced the sniper killings in Austin Texas noting that murders armed attacks robberies and rapes have become common in present day America as it commented on the incident.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
15 Se
Austin
Tex
Money
America
Boy survives 125 foot cliff fall at Dover coast
Graham Houghton, 13, plunged 125 feet from a 350-foot Dover cliff near Monday. He suffered only a broken leg after a ledge broke beneath him and he fell onto a rock ledge below. Local rescuers noted the narrow escape and transported him to hospital for treatment.
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Dover
England
UPI
Graham Houghton
Whitman Described As Mature Student By Faculty
Whitman drawn praise from faculty and neighbors after his death news. Professor Kreisle called him well liked and serious while Dr. Clyde Lee said he was an unusually good worker who never missed an assignment. Neighbor Hugo Ley recalled him fondly as a boy who loved children and hunted rabbits with him.
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Leonard F. Kreisle
UPI
Whitman
Clyde Lee
Inlaws
Needville
Tex
Charlie
Hugo Ley
Major Baptist Leader Opposes 'Prayer' Bill
A major Baptist leader testified against a proposed prayer bill, arguing that piecemeal constitutional revisions could prompt Protestant opposition to changes in the First Amendment. The official statement stated that public funds may not be used to regulate school or public building prayers, and that authorities cannot prescribe prayer content.
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Washington
UPI
Everett Mmittee
BPW Rejects MH Request
The State Board of Public Works refused a request by the Department of Mental Health to temporarily use state funds to cover eight salaries totaling 3535 dollars on the July budget due to a grant delay. The board said the move would exceed authorized spending. In separate actions, WVU was allowed to send nine faculty to the American Farm Economics Association meeting in College Park, and eight to the International Horticultural Congress there.
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UPI
State Board of Public Works
State Department of Mental Health
Health Department
Mental Health Department
West Virginia University
American Farm Economics Association
College Park
WVU
American Institute of Biological Sciences
International Horticultural Congress
Waukegan pair shines at Harriman diplomatic soiree
Pat and Luci from Waukegan Illinois adapt to White House life with poise. Tillie Nugent says she is not nervous. The Johnsons and Nugents headlined the party hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Harriman to introduce Luci and Pat to diplomatic society. Guests from Waukegan mingled with embassy row set as Johnson departed with praise for Luci.
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White House
Tillie Nugent
Nugent
Washington
the Johnsons
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Pat
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Harriman
Logan GOP Nominates Democrat For Sheriff
The Logan County Republican Committee unanimously nominated W. J. Abraham to run for sheriff in November. Abraham, who was appointed to finish the term of ousted Sheriff J. Ferrell Jr., will face Democrat Alesta Ferrell, who is Ferrell’s mother.
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UPI
Logan County
Republican Executive Committee
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Bill) Abraham
J .W
Jack) Ferrell Jr
Ferrell
Alesta
Deaths and Funerals Acord dies in Beckley nursing home
Acord died in a Beckley nursing home at 9 05 am Monday after a long illness Born Bolt August 15 1904 son of the late James and Laura Callaway Survived by wife Stoke Dickens Acord one son Dennis of Bolt four daughters Janice and Dreama Gunoe of Bolt Hurst and Connie ee of Cleveland sisters Lottie King Elsie Richardson Maggie Dickens four grandchildren Pallbearers named Don Tolliver Joe Kyle Allen Johnny Accord Carl Belcher Clark Daniel Dave Severt Body to residence at Bolt today Funeral set at Owen Barth Charleston burial in Sanderson Family Cemetery Alva Wirt Perry dies at residence 5 30 am today
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Acord
Beckley
Bridge Baptist Church
James
Laura Callaway
Bolt
Stoke Dickens Acord
Dennis
Ray
Janice) Gunoe
Kermit
Johnny
Dreama) Hurst
Kenny
Connie
Cleveland
Ohio
Lottie King
Oak Hill
Elsie Richardson
Maggie Dickens
Dayton
Joe Kyle Allen
Danny Tolliver
Johnny Accord
Carl Belcher
Clark Daniel
Dave Severt
Rose and Quesenberry
Mrs Jessie Thomas 77 of Sand RockDies After Short Illness
Mrs Jessie Earl Thomas 77 of Sand Rock died in a Welch hospital after a short illness. She left four years residence in Sand Rock and was a member of the Christian National Church. Survived by seven sons, 28 grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a daughter, with services at 11 am Wednesday in the Christian National Church under Rev Raymond Lusk. Burial in Rose Cemetery at Sand Rock. Funeral home to convey body Tuesday afternoon. grandsons serve as pallbearers.
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Jessie Earl Thomas
Sand Rock
Welch Hospital
Christian Nation Church
William Curtis Thomas
Samuel and
Ellen Rose
Louisa
New Haven
Haven Lusk
McCordsville
Ind
George
Fleshman Woman 63 Dies. Funeral Held At Winding Gulf
Mrs. Robert C. Fleshman 63 of Winding Gulf died early Sunday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 p m today at Fred X Williams Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Roland Kennedy and Rev L H Hayes officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers: Buford Crouch Robert Crouch Warren Crouch Homer Crouch Elzie Meadows and Tommy Meadows.
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Robert C
Virgie) Fleshman
Winding Gulf
Fred X. Williams
Roland Kennedy
L. H. Hayes
Sunset Memorial Ark
Fleshman
Buford Crouch
Robert Crouch
Warren Crouch
Homer Crouch
Elzie Meadows
Tommy Meadows
Mrs Bertha Manning dies. services in Bolt church
Mrs Bertha Manning Acord Manning 78 of Bolt will be conducted at 4 pm Wednesday at Bolt Fundamental Baptist Church with Rev Doff Harvey officiating Burial follows at the family cemetery in Saxon Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home returned to residence 4 30 pm Pallbearers named Robert Snider Alvin Farmer Roger Acord John Acord Evsil Labich Dee Acord
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Bertha Acord Manning
Bolt
Bolt Fundamental Baptist Church
Doff Harvey
Saxon
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Robert Snider
Alvin Farmer
Roger Acord
John Acord
Evsil Labich
Dee Acord
Obituary of Mildred Ward of Piney View Hinton
Mildred Elizabeth Ward 59 of Piney View died at 5 20 p m Monday in a Beckley hospital after a six month illness. Funeral at 11 a m Thursday in Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor Hinton with Rev Earl Ward in charge. Burial in Restlawn Cemetery Hinton. Survived by husband Ira L Ward of Piney View a son Jack of Hinton four step sons Virgil and Robert of Cleveland Ohio Elvin and Ira Jr of Baltimore Md one step daughter Mrs June Burton of Chicago Ill one brother Frank Willey of Newport News Va two sisters Miss Mary Willey of Hinton and Mrs Arlene Wills of Texas three half brothers Teddy Wiley Billy Wiley both of Hinton and Charles of Akron Ohio and two half sisters Mrs Edith Adkins of Hinton and Mrs Eva Mae Ratliff of Orlando Fla.
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Piney View
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Earl Ward
Restlawn
Beckley Hospital
John
Lula Beasley Willey
The
Baptist Church
Ward
Fayette
Summers Counties
Ira L. Ward
Jack
Virgil
Robert
Cleveland
Ohio
Elvin
Ira Jr
Baltimore
June Burton
Chicago
Ill
Frank Willey
Newport News
Mary Willey
Arlene Wills
Texas
Teddy Willey
Billy Willey
Charles
Akron
Edith Adkins
Eva Mae Ratliff
Orlando
Fla
Log Impales Driver Near Maryland Border
Glen Evans age 43 from Maysville Grant County was hospitalized in serious condition after a log penetrated his chest in a highway crash near Germania Grant County close to the Maryland border. Police said a loaded log truck overturned when brakes failed.
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Morgantown
UPI
Glen Evans
Maysville
Grant County
Evans
Germania
Maryland
Fat Ad Draws Fat Woman To Laundry Job
In Bournemouth England Margaret Haddow, 21 and 224 pounds, answered a White Heather Laundry advertisement seeking a strong fat woman who wants to slim down. Owner Charles Williams said he wanted a fat girl to provide incentive to work, noting the job is tough but well paid.
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Bournemouth
England
UPI
Margaret Haddow
White Heather Laundry
Charles Williams
Mrs Della Morris Dies at 81 in Beckley Funeral Pending
Mrs Della Florence Morris 81 of Beckley died Monday in a Charleston hospital. She was a member of Beckley First Baptist Church. Survived by three daughters Mrs Emma Kasier and Miss Opal Morris of Charleston and Mrs Myrtis Stein.
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Della Florence Morris
Beckley
Charleston
Beckley First
Obituary: Chester A Terry Dies at Harlem Heights
Chester Arthur Terry aged 4, of Harlem Heights and formerly East Beckley, died after a short illness. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with arrangements pending.
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Chester Arthur Terry
Harlem Heights
East Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
James Berry 3 Percent Crow Man Dies at 37
James Berry died at 3 45 am Monday at his home after a month long illness. He was a disabled miner and former foreman. Born January 12 1908 in Adram England he was the son of the late John Berry of England. Survived by his mother Bertha Dunbar Berry Summersville wife Sue Berry and several sisters and brothers and nieces nephews. Funeral held at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev C M Littlejohn officiating. Burial in High Lawn Cemetery Oak Hill.
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Crow
Berry
Free Will Baptist Church
Sprague
Adram
England
John Berry
Eng
Bertha Dunbar Berry
Summerslee
Sue Berry
Oes
Doris McCormick
Phyliss Horton
Cleveland
Ohio
Christine Newton
Baltimore
John H
Skelton
Howard
Oak Hill
Harold
Powellton
Robert L
Nellie) Robinson
Summeriee
Robert
Katherine) Rackley
Morgantown
Evelyn Moore
Syracuse
Anthony
Elsie) Newman
Glen Burnie, Md
Ht (Beatrice) Page
Oak
Henry Harris Rites Set At St John Uni Beckley
Funeral services for Henry Harris 73 of Glen Jean will be Thursday at St John Uni Church Beckley with W M Neal and Bishop Allan Wilson officiating. Graveside rites by Union Temple 7 AF&AM of Job. Survived by wife Mary Lee Harris. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor until hour before service. Friends may call after noon Wednesday.
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Glen Jean
St. John Union— Church
Beckley
W. M. Neal
Allan Wilson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Union Temple
Mary Lee Harris
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Graveside rites held for infant Bren da Gail Stone
Graveside services for Bren da Gail Stone infant daughter of Sgt and Mrs Gary L Stone were conducted Saturday at 11 am at Hillcrest Memorial Park Augusta GA Chaplain Eugene E Allen officiated.
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Gary L. Stone
Sophia
Bardot Drive
Augusta
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Eugene E. Allen
Memorial service for Rev. Dr. Frederick Loetscher
National obituaries report the Rev. Dr. Frederick Loetscher professor emeritus of church history at Princeton Theological Seminary died at 91 in Princeton Hospital. Memorial services are set for Wednesday at the seminary. Also, longtime Memphis journalist and public information director Richard Allen died at 45 from an apparent heart attack.
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UPI
Princeton Theological Seminary
Frederick Loetscher
Loetscher
Princeton
Memphis, Tenn
Richard Allen
The
Memphis Housing Authority
Memphis
Bud Powell Jazz Great Dies in Brooklyn Hospital
New York reports pianist Bud Powell, aged 41 and a pioneer of modern jazz, died Monday in a Brooklyn hospital after more than a year of illness. Powell, a major figure in jazz, shaped the bebop movement with his innovative piano work and compositions. His death marks a significant loss for the music world and fans worldwide.
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New York
UPI
Bud Powell
Brooklyn
Search Resumed For Boat With 31 Aboard
A large air and sea search for the missing 45 foot motor boat Dariwin with 31 aboard resumed along the Cornish coast. The vessel vanished Sunday on a 40 mile trip from Falmouth to Fowey as a 50 mph gale struck, leaving divers and authorities to scour harbors and outlying coves while the dinghy was later found adrift near the Eddystone lighthouse.
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England
UPI
Fowey
Eddystone
Royal Air Force
West Virginia Gains From Foreign Aid Purchases
Senator Byrd reports that foreign aid recipients spent 2.41 million dollars in West Virginia in the first half of the year. Brazil led purchases at 739,737 dollars for chemicals and fertilizers while Union Carbide and Weirton Steel received large shares. Other frequent buyers included India South Vietnam Pakistan and Turkey.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D- W. Va
U. S
West Virginia
Brazil
Byrd
Union - Carbide
South Charleston
Weirton Steel
South Viet Nam
Pakistan
Turkey
13 Year Old Boy Held For Murder in Kanawha County
A 13 year old Robert Campbell of Glasgow Kanawha County was booked on murder charges after Allan Crookshanks, 28, a Kanawha County factory worker, was stabbed to death Sunday night. Campbell’s brother Larry, 14, was arrested along with Lawrence Townsend 56 and Darrell Townsend 23 for being accessories after the fact. Crookshanks body was found by his father and brother near an abandoned store in Campbell Creek. No motive was established by Monday night.
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UPI
Robert ‘Campbell
Glasgow
Kanawha
Kanawha County
Campbell
Larry
Allan Crookshanks
Larry Campbell
Lawrence Townsend
Townsend
Darrell Townsend
Tad
Crookshank
Rensf
Mpbells Creek
Johnson backs back to work order in airline dispute
The labor committee favors giving the President discretion to order airline workers back to work, while Congress debates mandatory back-to-work legislation. Senate leaders and President aides push for executive action, with a plan to form a special board to aid settlement.
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Executive Branch
Senate
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Mont
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
House
W. Willard Wirtz
Labor Committee
Idaho and Kansas primaries shape party battles across states
The Idaho Democratic race has former Rep Ralph Harding unopposed for the nomination to challenge Sen Len B Jordan, while Gov Robert Smylie faces state Sen Donald Samuelson in the GOP primary. In Kansas, Sen James Pearson seeks re nomination against Rep Robert Ellsworth with Pearson favored for a first full term, plus Democratic contenders Harold Herd and J Floyd Breeding. Missouri features limited incumbent opposition as the state district races unfold.
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Ralph Harding
Len B. Jordan
Robert E. Smylie
Donald W. Samuelson
Smylie
Barry Goldwater
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Kansas
James B. Pearson
Robert Ellsworth
Pearson
Harold Herd
J. Floyd Breeding
William Avery
del Crozier
Wichita
Robert Docking
George Docking
George Hart
Missouri
House
Alloy Shutdown Injunction Sought at Union Carbide Plant
In Charleston a U S District Court heard NLRB bid for a temporary injunction to halt the Union Carbide Alloy plant shutdown that idled about 1200 Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union members since July 1 Judge John A Field Jr said testimony would continue if needed Emil C Farkas acting director NLRB Region 9 filed the plea Carbide denies the board s petition An NLRB hearing on unfair labor practices at the Alloy plant is set for Aug 16 in Charleston.
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API
U. S S. District Court
National Labor Relations Board
Union Carbide
Alloy
John A. Field Jr
Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Emil C. Farkas
Nlrb Region 9
Union
Carbide
NLRB
Alley
Gowon rallies Nigeria behind new military regime
Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon 31, appeals on Lagos radio for national unity after the overthrow of Maj. Gen. Johnson Aguiyi Ironsi by northern Hausa troops. He says he is assuming leadership of about 55 million Nigerians, amid fears of tribal and religious civil war as unrest spreads from Abeokuta to Ibadan and Lagos.
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Nigeria
UPI
Yakubu Gowon
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Aguiyi-Ironsi
Aguiyilonsi
Big Johnny Ironsides
Ibadan
Aguiyi Lonsi
Abeokuta
Ibeja
Riots rip through cities as youths clash with police
In Perth Amboy New Jersey hundreds of Puerto Rican youths attacked officers and bystanders injuring three policemen and a woman. In Chicago a 17 year old was shot as 1 500 people flooded the streets after the death of a Puerto Rican man. In Philadelphia three police were pelted while investigating fire bombs at Hawthorne Plaza project. a small fire burned out.
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N.J
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Northwest Side
Rigoberto Acosta Irizzary
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