Moose Lodge Maintains White-Only Policy Amid Smith Class
In Charleston the Loyal Order of Moose continues to bar Negroes as it prepares a new class named for Governor Hulett C. Smith. Officials say the Smith class excludes non whites, keeping the lodge’s white only policy despite Smith’s public stance on private group membership choices.
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Charleston
UPI
Loyal Order of Moose
Hulett C. Smith
Ralph Dusi
The
Moose
Moose Fraternity
Smith
Beckley
Congress Adjournment By Labor Day Out
Washington reports that a Labor Day adjournment will likely miss as Congress heads toward year end. Major items in play include right to work repeal, expanded War on Poverty funding, higher water pollution aid, Area Redevelopment extension, military pay raises, civilian raises, expanded college aid, and immigration reform with 170 000 visas replacing quotas. Key roadblocks remain the omnibus farm bill foreign aid and Dirksen’s bid to overturn one person one vote in state legislatures.
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Congress
House
Senate
Johnson
Viet Nam
Judiciary Committee
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Supreme Court
Two Car Thiefs Under Guard
Two men Archie Miracle and David Delph are under guard in a Parkersburg hospital after crashing a stolen car. Police say they shot a sailor in Gore Virginia, robbed him, and wrecked the vehicle in Torch Ohio. They face fugitive warrants and charges of armed robbery attempted murder and felonious assault.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Dear
Ohio State
Torch
Ohio
Parkersburg Hospital
Fredericks County
Pool protest order limits demonstrators at pool entrances
Haight issues a restrained protest directive after a weekend rally, requiring demonstrations to be in a reasonable manner and numbers to avoid blocking entry. It bans protesters from seeking admission at ticket windows more than once. Marvin Robinson of the Congress of Racial Equality confirms more protests are planned for the weekend.
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Haight
Marvin Robinson
Congress of Racial Equality
Drowning claims life of Parkersburg youth Roger Parsons
The body of Roger L. Parsons, 19, of Parkersburg, was recovered from the Little Kanawha River near the Juli ana Street Bridge after he reportedly drowned in about nine feet of water while swimming with an unidentified girl. Rescue crews from Belpre, Ohio, retrieved the body about 25 minutes later.
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Parkersburg
YPI
Roger L. Parsons
Little Kanawha
Parsons
Juliana Street
Belpre
Ohio
Marshall U Extension Classes Offered Here
Marshall University extension classes for the first semester will be offered here and in Pineville in early September. Two organizational meetings begin at 6 30 p m on Sept 1 at Pineville High School and Sept 7 at Woodrow Wilson High School. Each course carries three credits and runs sixteen weeks with weekly sessions. Classes taught will depend on demand with at least 15 interested persons needed to offer a course.
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Marshall University
Pineville
Pineville High School
Woodrow Wilson High School
Unusually bright July jobs picture with record employment
The July employment picture showed a record 749 million employed and a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.5 percent, the lowest in eight years. President Johnson praised the improvement but called out high teen and non-white unemployment, noting 8.5 million teens at work and 1.3 million seeking jobs. Unemployment fell by 700,000 from June to 3.6 million, the largest drop for July in years.
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Johnson
Labor Department
Cobra Kills Six In Indian Village Encounter
New Delhi UPI reports a cobra killed all six members of a family near Hazaribagh, 150 miles northwest of Calcutta. The reptile is said to have entered a hut as the family, including women and children, retired. Villagers discovered the bodies after no one replied and killed the cobra.
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New Delhi
UPI
Hazaribagh
Calcutta
Assassination Try Reported In Yemen
London reports radio dispatches claiming an assassination attempt on Yemeni resident Abdulla Al Sallal. Damascus press monitored in London said shots were fired and two of Al Sallal's military aides were injured with no further details provided.
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London
API
Radio
Damascus
Abdulla al- Sallal
Al-Sallal
al- Sallal
Deaths and Funerals in Glen Morgan and Keyser
Funeral services for Carl Alfred Vest, 80, Glen Morgan, are set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. L. A. Garten presiding. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Vest died Thursday in a local hospital after an extended illness. He was born February 14, 1885, in Summers County, a retired miner previously with Raleigh Coal and Coke Co. and a member of Glen Morgan Community Church and the United Mine Workers of America. Surviving are four daughters Genevieve Vest, Thelma Young, Glenora Amos, Billie Vest. two sons Homer and Dorsil Vest. three sisters Sarah Pack, Ada Lilly, Lou Pack. eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Hatcher brothers and Pack and Allen kin. The body remains at the funeral home until the service. Separately, Frances S. Cooke, 50, of 208 Queen St., died Thursday night at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. A mathematics instructor at Woodrow Wilson High School, she taught in Raleigh County for about 20 years and held roles with 4-H and the Methodist Temple. She is survived by her husband Cecil D. Cooke, two daughters Peggie Bunch and Martha Jane McConkey, four sisters, two brothers, and a wide circle of relatives. The body lies at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Carl Alfred Vest
Glen Morgan
Caffee Funeral Home
L. A. Garten
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Vest
Summers County
Charles and
Mary E Jen Vest
Raleigh Coal and Coke Co
Glen Morgan Community Church
United Mine Workers of America
Raleigh
Genevieve Vest
Thelma Young
Glenora Amos
Billie Vest
Homer
Dorsil
Sarah Pack
Jumping Branch
Ada Lilly
Nimitz
Lou Pack
Cool Ridge
Cecil Hatcher
Eugene Hatcher
Clifford Hatcher
Buddy Lilly
Oral West
Paul Pack
Claude Allen
David Allen
Frances S. Cooke
Queen St
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County
Methodist Temple
Civic Department
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Pickaway
Robert
Mamie Beckett Steele
Cecil D. Cooke
Peggie Bunch
Sam
Martha Jane) McConkey
J. V
Helen) Ellison
Morgantown
E. B
Ann) Fernster
Huntington
Virginia Steele
Washington, D.C
Death of Artis Cannaday in Fayetteville
Artis Cannaday 68 of Route 1 Fayetteville died about 4 a.m. Thursday at his home from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born February 6 1897 in Franklin County Virginia, he is survived by his wife Lilly, a brother Posey Cannaday and a sister Maude Boyd, three sons Jesse Spencer Lynn Canvas Herbert, and a daughter Martha Hitchcock. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in Hilltop Cemetery. friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
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Artis Cannaday
Route 1
Fayetteville
Franklin County
Lilly Canaday
Posey Canaday
Harvey
Maude Boyd
Ferrum
Jesse
Spencer
Lynn
Canvas
Herbert
Fort Bragg
N. C
Martha Hitchcock
Cleveland
Ohio
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Hill
David Harper
Hilltop
Final rites for Charles William Songer Funeral details
Charles William Songer 65 of 114 King Street dies after extended illness. Funeral 11 a m Saturday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev J W Walters officiating. Entombment in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Masonic rites 10 a m Saturday at Beckley Temple by Beckley Lodge 95. Survivors include wife Lula, two sons, two daughters, one brother and ten grandchildren. Friends may call after 4 p m today. Pallbearers named.
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Charles William Songer
King St
Keyser-Bryant
J. W. Walters
Sunset Memorial Park
Masonic Temple
Beckley Lodge
Songer
Raleigh County
Longacre
Fayette County
Mary Waters Songer
Raleigh
E. J. Songer
Beckley
Tenn
Linda C Sarrett
R. LeRoy Creel
Birmingham
Ala
N. A. Sanger
A. D Cooke
Frank H. Halstead
W. E. Wassum
Samuel Thompson
Samuel E. Snead
David Muir
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Mary E Hairston
Mrs. Mary E Hairston 63 of 121 1/2 Mill St died in a local hospital at 145 p m Thursday after a brief illness. She was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Survived by sister Goldin Lewis Beckley and brother Zax Harris Logan. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Mary E. Hairston
Mill St
New Hope
Final rites set for Frederick N. Halliwell 77
Frederick N. Halliwell 77 of Prosperity will receive funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Christ in Prosperity with Evangelist Fred Dinkler presiding. Burial will be in Prosperity Cemetery. He died in a Charleston hospital after an extended illness. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today for visitation. Pallbearers named Eddie Zoltz Basil Williams E P Warner Steve Suptic Frank Nagye and Robert D Williams.
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Frederick N. Halliwell
Prosperity
Church of Christ At Prosperity
Fred Dinkler
Halliwell
Charleston
Rose and Quesenberry
Eddie Zoltz
Basil Williams
E. P Warner
Steve Suptic
Frank Nagye
Robert D. Williams
Richard Travis Funeral Services Incomplete Report
Richard Travis, 69, of Harlem Heights, died at 8 30 p m on Thursday after arriving dead at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Richard Travis
Harlem Heights
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Mercer sewer plan approved for Green Valley Glenwood district
The Public Service Commission issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity to the Green Valley Glenwood Public Service District near Princeton Mercer County authorizing construction operation and maintenance of a sewage disposal system. It allows a $100 tap fee for connections and a 10 day delayed payment penalty in place of 15 days.
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Charleston
UPS
Public Service Commission
Green Valley
Glenwood
Princeton
Mercer County
Cemetery Unearthed Along State Route 2 in Marshall County
SRC crews clearing a hillside near Benwood uncovered a small abandoned cemetery about 60 years empty. One grave marker read John Leech of the 50th Ohio Infantry. A Martins Ferry library check confirms Leech enlisted in 1862 at age 23 and left service in 1865. Special services set for Saturday night at Sophia Soak Creek Gospel Tabernacle with Gospel Tones Quartet.
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Benwood
UPI
State Road Commission
Marshall County
SRC
John Leech
50Th
Ohio Infantry
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Leonard Fitts
Waverly
Soak Creek
Brothers Sought In Cop's Slaying in Gary
A massive search centered in Gary Indiana for two brothers Richard Black 20 and Hollie Black 21 suspected in the slaying of Chicago police Sgt Charles Eichorst 43. Authorities in Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Iowa joined the hunt as FBI entered the case.
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Gary
Ind
Indiana
Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richard Black
Hollie
Charles Eichorst
Edward Barsley
Harlan Goyce
Eichorst
Voting Rights Act 1965 Signed In Landmark Moment
The act marks a powerful shift in American democracy with Johnson signing as the nation’s strongest federal authority yet, backed by mass television viewership and a Cabinet aligned to end long standing barriers to Black citizens casting ballots. Lincoln’s earlier gesture contrasts with the modern force behind the legislation.
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Constantino Brumidi
Johnson
Lincoln
United States
Bull Run
Washington
America
Local residents listed in community roll call
Science Camp scott, Ronald Gunter, Bruce Lazenby and Edwin Galloway, all of Maxwell Hill, Clyde Prof fitt and Pamela Parker, both of Midway, Joseph Jarrell, Mt. View, Kerry Lyn Starks, Piney Oaks, Sharon Lafon, Prosper ity, Sharon Fink, Shady Spring, Alvin Harlow Martin, Slab Fork, Terry Simpson, Soak Creek, Dwight Smith, Amabile Milano, Ruth Branham and Or ville Payne, all of Sophia, Phyllis Walker, Stanaford, Mich ael Lough, Teel, Samuel Ed wards and Joseph Rodriguez, both of St. Francis de Sales Catholic School and Linda Fav ors, Morton Reaves.
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Joseph Rodriguez
St. Francis de Sales Catholic School
Linda Favors
Morton Reaves
Bogus Missile Sites Suspected in Reconnaissance Review
Analysts in Intel circles question a missile site No 6 and possibly No 7 as decoys in a muddled assessment. Lisagov notes Soviet Embassy officials privately dispute U.S. claims of any attack on missile bases, arguing no site was hit and that Russian officials were conveying the truth.
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Lisagov
U.S
Johnny Is A Real Hero From Lowsville Honors Boy
Johnny Lowe a 15 year old Mor gantown High student who wants to be an Air Force pilot has saved three lives, including a baby and a toddler, from a burning car and a drowning child. He will be honored at a Community Action Program Awards celebration tonight in Lowville.
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Lowsville
UPS
Johnny Lowe
Opekiska Dam
West Virginia University
Morgantown High School
John David
Johnny
Jerry David
Lawsville
Community Action Program
Greek King Considers Premier Choice Amid Protests
Athens reports King Constantine met with Greek political leaders to decide on a new premier or elections. Thousands rallied for former premier George Papandreou after his ouster, while the Novas government faced a no confidence vote and resignation. The crisis risks curbing royal powers amid ongoing street demonstrations.
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Athens
UPI
Constantine
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Center Union Party
Greek Defense Ministry
George Athanassiadis Novas
Novas
Tribute to Mary Alice Smith at Democratic Woman's Day
Anne Hearst announced a banquet theme A Tribute to Mary Alice Smith to be held August 14 in Charles ton at the Daniel Boone Hotel Governor and Mrs Smith will give major addresses Mrs Smith is to be honored for leadership in public service projects notably Project Headstart a school prep program for first graders in West Virginia and beyond Mary Alice Smith is praised as a pace setter for West Virginia women in community service
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Mary Alice Smith
Charleston
Daniel Boone Hotel
Anne Hearst
West Virginia
Miss Hearst
Gov Smith Protested Cut in Youth Corps Programs
Charleston reports Governor Hulett C. Smith protested a proposed 50 percent cut in the Neighborhood Youth Corps by the U S Labor Department. Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz would reduce fall and winter programs. summer projects with 5 398 youths in West Virginia would be spared. Smith urged Congress and alerted WV delegation to oppose any cut. the proposal awaits action in Congress.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
U. S. Labor Department
Willard Wirtz
Smith
Wirtz
West Virginia
WVU Medical Center to Get $28,297 Research Grant
West Virginia University medical center will receive a $28,297 grant from the Department of Health Education and Welfare. Senator Robert Byrd said the funds will support research on kidney function and anesthesia at the center.
Clothes found in Goodwill bin tied to slain UT coeds
Police focus on two men suspected of dumping items belonging to slain University of Texas coeds in a charity bin. A bank teller saw two men with dark features shove items into the box before leaving in a light car, with the evidence placed there about the time the bodies were found. Detectives pursue leads while narrowing possible angles.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Goodwill Industries
University of Texas
Rigsby
Shirley Ann Stark
Maj
K. R. Herbert
Austin
Poice
Herbert
Viet Nam Battles and Air Crashes Across Saigon Area
War updates from Viet Nam describe multiple air mishaps involving U.S. planes and helicopters near Saigon Pleiku and Duc Co. Attacks on U S Special Forces camps, a helicopter crash with no injuries, and a Canberra B57 crash near Gia Dinh are noted along with ongoing efforts to widen a defense perimeter and relieve besieged camps.
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Nha Trang
U.S. Army
Alpha
U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
Chuong
Qui Nhon
Bien Hoa
Duc Co
Central Highlands
South
Pleiku
Due Co
Gia Dinh
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PSP
Pe Appalachian Power CO
American Finance
Wisburg
Washington Street
Whitesville
Boone Street
Mercer Sewer System
PSC
Okeh
Nancy David
John
Linda Rohrbaugh
Greece
Gov. Smith
Dallas
Martha Bount
Miss Rigsby
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