Court OKs Funds For County Improvements
The Wyoming County Court in Pineville approved 600 for extra materials for a retaining wall beside the Courthouse Annex and authorized parking lot expenses. The court also approved 275 for half of blacktopping a basketball court at Elk Lick School under a county recreation program. Boundary lines in Huff Creek District were designated for an additional voting precinct No. 23 at Union Hall Ike's Fork, with other precincts Nos. 24 and 25 existing.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Court
G. L. Campbell
Elk Lick
Clearfork
D. Grover Moler
Huff Creek
Union
Ike’s Fork
Hanover
Buffalo
Western backers favor Humphrey for VP in UPI poll
A UPI survey shows Democratic leaders in over a dozen Midwestern and Western states largely back Hubert Humphrey as vice president, while Southern leaders are less united. Western officials, including California and Nebraska figures, praise Humphrey, with Wisconsin and Iowa officials strongly supporting him, though Southern leaders defer to President Johnson’s choice.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Roger Kent
California State Central Committee
California
Maurine Biegert
Nebraska
Hubert Humprey
Wisconsin
John Reynolds
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Jack Graves
Kansas
Bobbyennedy
Kennedy
Georgia
J.B. Fuqua
Second Arrest Made In Canteen Robbery
State police report a second arrest in the July 27 Canteen robbery at Shady Ring operated by Hazel Roark. Orville E. Arbogast of Newport News was jailed in Raleigh County on breaking and entering. A Ghent youth, 16, was earlier arrested and then released by Juvenile Court. $394 recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Roark
Shadyring
Orville Eugene Arbogast
Newport News
Elkins
Raleigh
Ghent
Drunken Driving Charge Against Bob Willis
Bob Willis, 29, of Beckley, was arrested by city police and jailed in Raleigh County Jail on a drunk driving charge at 3 10 a m today.
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Bob Willis
Beckley
Raleigh County
U S Ships Leave Hong Kong In Quick Move
The Daily China Mail alleged U S warships secretly departed Hong Kong after short in port stays. Officials called the report untrue and said vessels left on schedule for routine operations, with destinations kept classified. The fleet spokesman declined further comment amid speculation of a Gulf of Tonkin voyage.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China Mail
United States
U.S
Tokyo
Vietnam Tensions Echo 12 Mile Boundary Debate
The 2,800 ton Joy, a postwar Sherman class destroyer launched in 1958, reflects Seventh Fleet practice as the United States clarifies maritime limits in Vietnam coverage. Officials note the 12 mile limit claimed by Communist powers contrasts with Washington’s official three mile limit. The President’s announcement leaves future observation of the 12 mile boundary undecided.
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Seventh Fleet
United States
Beckley Social Worker To Study For Master’s
A Beckley social worker James E. Cooper will join more than 20 West Virginia welfare staff on educational leave this fall for full time study toward master’s degrees in social work at West Virginia University. Cooper has worked in Beckley’s child welfare division for three years and is a native of Beckley. He attended Beckley College, Glenville College, and served in the Air Force. He lives with wife Lois and two children at 110 Dixie Ave. The leave plan extends a department effort to raise staff qualifications to meet expanded services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Welfare
James E. Cooper
Child Welfare
Beckley Office
West Virginia University
Beckley College
United States Air Force
Glenville College
Cooper
Dixie Ave
Lois
Patrick B. Boggs
Beckley Miner Injures Back in Coal Mine Accident
John Grear of Rt 2 Beckley was listed in good condition at Appalachian Regional Hospital after a 12 20 p m Monday mine fall. He reportedly fractured the fifth dorsal vertebra.
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John Grear
Rt. 2
Beckley
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Grear
Khrushchev Links Germany Peace To Disarmament
In Moscow Khrushchev marked the first anniversary of the nuclear test ban treaty by saying that the German question is the key to peace and must be settled before disarmament. He suggested terms the West had rejected and urged a line drawn through a German peace settlement. He also called for renouncing force in territorial disputes and noted tensions in the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Cyprus, the Arabian Peninsula, and Aden.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Pravda
Izvestia
Germany
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Caribbean
Southeast Asia
Cyprus
Arabian Peninsula
Aden
Banks Jailed In Lieu Of Fine
Curt Banks of 223 Mills Ave was jailed in police court for driving without a state license. He pled guilty to the charge and faced a $20 fine. he offered $10, then $15 to be released, but was refused. Other actions include Ernie Lee Trump pleading guilty to failure to yield right of way and fines or bonds totaling $119.50 for six drunkenness cases.
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Curt Banks
Mills Ave
Banks
Lilly
H. D. Gibbs
Ernie Lee Trump
McGraws
Wyoming County
James R. Simmons
William H. Ewing
Rural Acres
Lumpa warns tourists as North Rhodesia unrest grows
Lumpa leader claims to be dead or alive and urges tourists to leave the area as police move in to quell the Lumpa holy war. Mrs Lenshina, a self styled prophet, has drawn some 100000 followers through religion and pageantry, while government troops are deployed to restore order.
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Rhodesia
Lenshina
Contract Agreement Averts Bus Strike in Three Cities
CLARKSBURG AP I reports a new contract ended a Wednesday midnight bus strike threat by City Bus Lines Co. unions in Clarksburg Fairmont and Parkersburg accepted the offer after prior approvals by locals. The walkout had been set for midnight Sunday but a 72 hour extension allowed negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
API
Union and Company
City Bus Lines Co
Parkersburg
Fairmont
Amalgamated Transit Union
Afl-Cio
Queen Mother Elizabeth Turns 64 Amid Celebrations
Gun salutes rang out as the Royal Navy dressed flags and public buildings flew banners for Queen Mother Elizabeth on her 64th birthday. The queen mother remained at home in Scotland for the day.
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London
UPI
Royal Navy
Elizabeth
Scotand
Final rites for Mrs. Alice Virginia Montez held at Rose and Quesenberry
Death notices list 41 year old Alice Virginia Montez of 302 1-2 South Fayette St. as dying Sunday after an extended illness. Services conducted at 2 p.m. in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Owen P. Lilly. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Also noted are graveside rites for week old Michael Edward Mills in Mills Cemetery at Egeria. Survivors include husband Elmer Mills, daughter Betty Sue Lewis, son Harry Edward, siblings, and grandparents. Body remains at Melton Mortuary after 6 p.m. today for viewing.
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Alice Virginia Montez
South Fayette St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Owen P. Lilly
Sunset Memorial Park
Michael Edward Mills
Elmer
Margaret Cole Mills
Josephine
Mills
Egeria
Scott
Kelly
Jess Cole
Virginia Mills
Melton Mortuary
Denise Kountz Graveside Services Held Today
Graveside services for Denise Ellen Kountz infant daughter of Edwin and Jo Ellen Fuller Kountz were to be held at 10 a.m. today at Blue Jay Cemetery with Rev. Charles Bass officiating. The child died at 6 30 a.m. Monday in a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denise Ellen Kountz
Edwin and
Jo Ellen Fuller Kountz
Blue Jay
Charles Bass
James A Duncan services for a construction worker
James A Dun can, 57, Thayer, dies in a truck accident near Thurmond. Funeral set for 10 a m Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Randolph Johnson in charge. Burial in Hilltop Cemetery. Survived by brother Willie Lee Duncan of unknown address. (RNS)
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James A. Duncan
Thayer
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Randolph Johnson
Hilltop
Duncan
Thurmond
Willie Lee Duncan
Funeral Home
Mary Alice Kelly Sturgill Funeral Arrangements
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Alice Kelly Sturgill 56 of Coal City will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Pleasant Rest Primitive Baptist Church Midway with Elder David H Lilly Elder Lowell Lilly and Elder D C Stover presiding Burial will follow in the Sturgill Family Cemetery Pineville She died Monday afternoon in a local hospital after an extended illness Born March 17 1908 in Pineville she was the daughter of the late Levi and Mary Kelly She was a Primitive Baptist Church member Survivors include her husband Emmett J Sturgill five sons Harry Midway Alvin Mabscott Fred Coal City Robert and Richard both Coal City five daughters Georgia Fleming Fort Myers Florida Lada Mason Pineville Mary Bauguess Long Beach California Barbara Harris Washington D C and Earl Ginnie Martin Huntington Virginia two brothers John Kelly Pineville Karry Kelly Hawthorne Florida and a sister Goldie Lambert Pineville The body will be taken from Williams Funeral Home Sophia to the residence at 4 p.m. Wednesday Pallbearers are Wayne Carr Jack Hampton Boyd Stover Waldo Brammer Henry Roles Orville Bauguess and Kurry Kelly.
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Mary Alice Kelly Sturgill
Coal City
Pleasant Rest Primitive Baptist Church
Midway
David H. Lilly
Lowell Lilly
D. C. Stover
Sturgill
Pineville
Levi
Mary Clay Kelly
Primitive Baptist Church
Emmett J. Sturgill
Harry
Alvin
Mabscott
Fred
Robert
Richard
Georgia Fleming
Ft. Myers
Fla
Lada Mason
Mary Bauguess
Long Beach
Calif
Barbara Harris
Washington, D. C
Earl
Ginnie) Martin
Huntington
John Kelly
Karry Kelly
Hawthorne
Goldie Lambert
Williams
Sophia
Wayne Carr
Jack Hampton
Boyd Stover
Waldo Brammer
Henry Roles
Orville Bauguess
Kurry Kelly
Company Fined In Federal Court Charleston Firm Pleads Nolo Contendere
Baker Equipment Engineering Co. Inc. of Charleston was fined $900 after pleading nolo contendere to trucking violations in U S District Court Southern District. Violations included using an unexamined driver and failing to file daily vehicle condition reports while permitting overlong driving and duty hours. Case initiated by Bureau of Inquiry of Compliance from Bureau of Motor Carriers. Judge John A Field Jr presided.
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Baker Equipment Engineering Co. Inc
Charleston
Nolo Contendre
U. S. District Court For
Southern District
Commission
Bureau of Inquiry of Compliance
Bureau of Motor Carriers
John A. Field Jr
Rebellions Plague Congo After Tshombe Rise
In the Congo the new premier Moise Tshombe has failed to quell Communist inspired rebellions. Reports say new rebel advances force Congolese troops to retreat, whites evacuated from multiple towns, and several deaths near Kalima. Rebels approach Leopoldville and Stanleyville as violence widens.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Kalima
Stanleyville
Tshombe
National Reconciliation
Mrs Mary Lewis Dies After Month Long Illness
Mrs Mary Lewis 66 of Abney died in a local hospital at 1 p.m. Monday after a month's illness. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev H L Hayes officiating. Burial will be in Pemberton Cemetery. Born March 9 1898 at Davey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruby Lewis
Abney
Melton Mortuary
H. L. Hayes
Pemberton
Army notes GI stabbing incident rate trends in Europe
A U.S. Army Europe spokesman in Heidelberg says the serious incident rate is falling while criticizing German press coverage that inflates every GI brawl with involvement by colored soldiers. The remark reflects tensions over how racial violence is portrayed in the press.
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U.S. Army European
Heidelberg
United Press International
Driver Charged After Two Car Crash in Glen Daniels
Jack Ronald Cooper aged 17 of Glen Daniels was charged with failure to yield right of way after a collision at North Heber and Main Streets Monday afternoon. James R. Matics 54 of Shady Spring drove the other car. No injuries were reported. Cooper must appear in City Police Court on August 10 to answer the charge.
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Jack Ronald Cooper
Glen Daniels
North Heber
Main Streets
Cooper
James R. Matics
Shady Spring
Rescue Squad Summoned After Beech Dickens Breathing Trouble
Beckley rescue squad summoned to Bus Terminal on Prince Street Monday afternoon. Beech Dickens aged 73 of Ock Creek was having difficulty in breathing and taken by ambulance to the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital where his condition was reported satisfactory today.
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Beckley
Prince Street
Beech Dickens
Ock Creek
Dickens
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Salinger to be appointed senator today in California
Pierre Salinger age 39, former press secretary to Kennedy and Johnson, was expected to be appointed U.S. senator by Gov. Edmund G. Brown. He would fill the late Clair Engle’s seat and face George Murphy in the November general election. Engle died after a brain tumor, and Salinger’s swearing-in was tentatively set for Washington, D.C. Wednesday. Murphy denounced the appointment as illegal, citing residency concerns.
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Sacramento
Calif
Pierre Salinger
U.S
Edmund G. Brown
Salinger
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B.johnson
Clair Engle
Washington, D. C
Murphy
Robert Kennedy
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Collier’s Magazine
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Kennedy
Johnson
Senate
San Francisco
Washington
July Activity Shows Increase in West Virginia Towns
The West Virginia Business Index reports July gains in building permits post office receipts and bank debits across several towns. Beckley shows overall increases. Hinton Logan Lewisburg Marlinton Montgomery Mount Hope Oak Hill Princeton Summersville and Wyoming County record varied rises in at least one category.
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Beckley
West Virginia Business Index
State Chamber of Commerce
Hinton
Logan
Lewisburg
Marlinton
Montgomery
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Princeton
Summersville
Wyoming County
Complaints on Sonic Booms in Oklahoma City
FAA reports during six months of sonic boom exposure in the Oklahoma City area that about two per hundred residents registered complaints. Tests used candid film of crowds including shoppers, children, and golfers to gauge public tolerance to supersonic aircraft noise. The agency found publicity spiked complaints more than gradual boom intensity. Preliminary results show 8,355 damage complaints with 2,170 formal payment claims. 163 claims paid totaling $8,608 and 1,732 rejected.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Handicapped Rehabilitated Across Three Counties in 1964
More than three hundred forty physically and mentally handicapped residents in Wyoming Raleigh and Fayette counties were rehabilitated into paid employment in fiscal 1964. District Supervisor Linn J Hardman cites 342 for three counties with Raleigh contributing 179 Fayette 92 and Wyoming 71. Nationwide the division aided 3875 people into jobs while 11300 referrals and 6063 served statewide. Beckley offices counselors George Mickel and Tom Hurley each rehabilitated over 100 clients.
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Wyoming
Raleigh
Fayette
Division of
Beckley
Linn J. Hardman
George Mickel
Tom Hurley
Johnson And Advisers Confer On Viet Nam
President Johnson and top advisers meet at the White House with the North Vietnamese torpedo boat attack on the Maddox likely to dominate talks. Officials described the clash as a serious but isolated incident, while ships were reinforced off North Vietnam and a diplomatic protest was prepared for Hanoi.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U. S
Maddox
National Security Council
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
White House
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
Balboa Bay Club
California
Goldwater
Viet Nam
State Department
Capitol Hill
Farle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rusk
Two Jailed In Rifle Theft In Piney View
Kenneth Adkins and John Berry both about 35 from Piney View were sent to Raleigh County Jail on $1,000 bond after a grand jury indictment for entering Gooch Godbey’s home on Sour Street and stealing a .22 rifle valued at $30. The firearm was recovered from an East Beckley pawn shop.
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Kenneth Adkins
John Berry
Piney View
W. A. Burke
Raleigh County
Gooch Godbey
Sour Street
East Beckley
Kermit A. Locke
Carl Walter Briggs
Burt
Mich
Burke
West Virginia
James M. Ayers
Fireco
W. Va
William Dale Henson
John Robert Garland Jr
Beckley
Huttonsville
Trapped Miners Near Rescue Breakthrough at Chalk Mine
Rescue teams report the roof fell into the underground cavern where nine miners trapped since July 27 may be pulled up within hours. The escape capsule is ready as drilling finishes and officials note weak signs from five other men still underground.
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Mount River
Hastings Riot Ends as Police Evacuate Mods and Rockers
In Hastings England police airlifted to the resort quelled a three day teen age clash between 5000 Mods and Rockers. 150 officers from London deterred loitering and split up scuffles arresting 59 then marching 500 youths out of town. Citizens praised the patrols and handed out lemonade to officers.
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Hastings
England
UPI
English Channel
London
Road Project Bids Announced in West Virginia
Charleston UPI reports seven road projects with apparent low bids totaling 956 601 dollars. The U S 220 relocation near Franklin and Ruddle in Pendleton County led the list at 647 412 dollars. Elvin C. Riggleman Co. of Moorefield submitted the apparent low bid. Other notable bids include Berkeley resurfacing on U S 11 53 501 dollars Potomac Construction Co Martinsburg. Brooke Creek and painting on Market Street Bridge near Weirton 24 000 dollars Master Painting and Sheeting Co Campbell Ohio. McDowell resurfacing on U S 52 29 264 dollars Underwood Brothers Asphalt Paving Co Princeton. Pendleton resurfacing on U S 33 W Va 28 113 674 dollars General Paving Co Morgantown. Webster resurfacing on Secondary 46 and 15 7 Williams River Road 39 432 Harman Brothers Grafton. Wood resurfacing on W Va 95 49 317 dollars Andersons Black Rock Inc Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Franklin
Ruddle
Pendleton County
U. S. 220
Elvin C. Riggleman Co
Moorefield
Berkeley
U.S 11
Bunker Hill
Virginia State Line
Potomac Construction Co
Martinsburg
Brooke
Market Street
W. Va
Weirton
Campbell
Ohio
McDowell
U. S
Bluefield
Welch
Underwood Brothers Asphalt Paving Co
Princeton
Pendleton
U.S
Mouth of
Seneca
Judy Gap
General Paving Co
Morgantown
Webster
Williams River
Harman Brothers
Grafton
Camden Avenue
Parkersburg
Anderson’s Black Rock, Inc
Desegregation Rulings Hit Jackson Biloxi Leake County Schools
Jackson Biloxi and Leake County school boards appeal a federal ruling ordering desegregation in at least one grade by September. In Montgomery Alabama Judge Frank M. Johnson orders desegregation of grades 1 10 11 and 12 this year with full integration sought for 1965-66.
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Jackson
Miss
Biloxi
Leake County
Montgomery
Ala
Frank M. Johnson
Montgomery County
Johnson
Adkins Posts Bond After Drunk Driving Charge
Adkins of Mead ow Bridge posted an appearance bond with Magistrate Burke and was released from Raleigh County Jail at 9 40 a m after booking at 10 10 p m Monday on a drunk driving charge. Wirt Goodlow Jr. of Stotes bury was remanded to jail on three charges in Magistrate Rodriguez s court with fines totaling 40 dollars for reckless driving not having a state operator s card and a drunk charge.
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Alvin Nelson Adkins
Meadow Bridge
Raleigh
W. A
Gene) Burke
Adkins
Wirt Goodlow Jr
Stotesbury
Joe Rodriguez
Goodlow
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Midwest
Carl Sanders
Arkansas
Leon Catlett
McCarthy
Beckley Social Worker
Miner
Reece
Cleopatra Mat
Eve
Lumpa
Averts Bus
Dr. In
Jack Lemmon
Carol Lynley
Young Guns OF Texas” Color
James Mitchem
Jody McCrea
Chill Wills
Lana Ladd
Alice Montez
Michael Mills
Ishe
Winfield
Hannah Stanley Smith
Davey
Harry Edward
Chicago
Ill
Betty Sue Lew
Lucille Keyser
Salt Rock
Glen Smith
Florida
Walton Meadows Jr
Raymond Clark
Curtis Blevins
William Tilson
Randall Murphy
Lester Blevins
Denise E. Kountz
Mrs
Mary Sturgill
Mary Lewis
Bob Hope
Lucille Ball
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