Juvenile Beating Allegation Sparks Police Scrutiny
Ezzy Raymond Daniel, 16, said to be assaulted by off duty officer Thomas Wooten and several city officers after a confrontation near South Kanawha Street. Physicians diagnosed neck swelling and trauma. parents and lawyer Hugo Payne confirm the claim of police brutality. The boy was held at city hall then moved toward magistrate court as Judge Harry L. McCreery noted certification depends on offense gravity and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezzy Raymond Daniel
Levi Daniel
H. B. Wurst
Bradley
Wurst
Ilona Scott
The
Register Today
Buckey
Raymond
Thomas Wooten
Daniel
Hugo Payne
Payne
Kanawha Street
Chem City Corp
Wooten
Daniels
City Hall
Raleigh County
Ted Starr
Fred Burdiss
Lonnie Price
Sid Falin
Starr
Price
Harry L. McCreery
McCreery
Threat Of Turk Intervention On Cyprus Grows
The threat of potential Turkish intervention in Cyprus rose after heavy fighting. Five Greek Cypriots were killed and eight Greek Cypriots together with one Turkish Cypriot were wounded as clashes centered in northwestern Cyprus near the Turkish Cypriot village of Alevga. U N sources warned that capturing Mansoura could trigger new violence and possibly invite intervention. Turkish Foreign Minister Erkin summoned the U S ambassador to press concerns as events on the Mediterranean island heighten the risk of broader conflict.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
Alevga
United Nations
Mansoura
U. N
Ankara
Feridun Cemal Erkin
U. S
Raymond Hard
Turkey
Mediterranean
Sland
Rivlin Named Assistant Coach at North Carolina State
Julius Jule Rivlin, former Marshall University head coach in Huntington, was named assistant basketball coach at North Carolina State. Athletic director Roy B. Clogston said Rivlin would start Sept. 1, replacing Lou Pucillo who resigned July 1. He will work with the freshman team this fall. Rivlin, 47, resigned as Marshall coach in January 1962, effective the following June.
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Raleigh
N.C
UPT
Julius
Jule) Rivlin
Marshall University
Huntington
W. Va
North Carolina State
Roy B. Clogston
Rivlin
Lou Pucillo
Marshall
Fishermen Find Canned Sardines Inside Shark
Local fishermen near Arrecife Canary Islands reported finding a 160 pound shark with a box of canned sardines in its stomach. The discovery was confirmed by UPI from the scene.
Women take up smoking, claim manufacturers and doctors
Manufacturers report more women smokers as tobacco use grows. They warn that women may experience greater health risks, suggesting gender differences in smoking effects.
Captured Pilot Married In January Andria Alvarez
In January Everett J. Alvarez aged 27 naval aviator was married on his honeymoon. North Viet Nam reports him as a prisoner the second U S naval pilot captured in Indochina. Defense Secretary McNamara said steps would be taken to secure his release. Alvarez from San Jose was among air strike flyers on torpedo boat bases when shot down.
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Tokyo
UPI
Everett J. Alvarez
North Viet Nam
Alvarez
McGoon
France
U.S
Indochina
Charles Klusmann
San Diego
Pathet Lao
Laos
South
Viet Nam
China
San Jose
Calif
Johnson
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Tangee
Everett
Hanoi
Testimony Frees But Also Jails Ex-Convict
Ex convict James T. Scott, acquitted of a May 13 supermarket robbery in Huntington, is jailed on parole violation in Cabell County. Testimony showed he was in Steubenville Ohio at the time of the crime, a violation since Steubenville is outside West Virginia. Parole board chairman J Alexander Creasey said a hearing was held and a decision could come next week on whether to grant Scott’s freedom. Scott said he believed travel near his home did not need permission to cross the Ohio River into Steubenville.
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Huntington
UPI
James T. Scott
Follawsbee
Cabello County
Steubenville
Ohio
West Virginia
J. Alexander Creasey
State Board of Probation and Parole
Scott
Creasey
Ohio River
Resolution on PT boats pursuit of Maddox clears committees
Three congressional committees overwhelmingly approved the resolution on Thursday. Only Morse from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee blocked unanimous support, while two House members voted present, effectively neither approving nor opposing the measure.
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Morse
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Beckley Court Forfeits Bonds and Fines Totals 221.25
Beckley Police Court Thursday collected bonds and fines totaling 221.25. Curtis Banks 223 Mills Ave forfeited 42.25 on drunkenness and driving without a state license. Ronald Norman, address unavailable, fined 10 and costs for blocking traffic. Alton Jones, address unavailable, paid 5 for blocking a bus stop. Marie Adkins Crab Orchard forfeited 25 for petit larceny. Ralph Whitt 17 Harper Heights fined 20 and costs for driving without a license. Betty Shannon 25 Glen Morgan charged with pulling out in traffic and paid 20. A total of 99 was paid for drunkenness charges.
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Beckley
Curtis Banks
Mills Ave
Ronald Norman
C. Berkley Lilly
Alton Jones
Marie Adkins
Crab Orchard
Soviet Blames U.S. for Interfering With Shipping Rights
Tass noted that American authorities failed to end dangerous provocative actions against freedom of shipping. The Soviet government urged the United States to discontinue actions violating freedom of shipping on the high seas and to uphold international maritime safety.
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Tass
United States
Soviet Union
FBI Aims For airtight case in Mississippi killings
The FBI seeks a watertight evidence mesh to convict anyone linked to the slayings of civil rights workers in Mississippi. An informer tipped agents to a Philadelphia area farm where the bodies of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney were buried. A $25,000 reward reportedly aided testimony, while Dick Gregory’s communications were deemed not useful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Goodman
New York
James Chaney
FBI
Washington
Dick Gregory
Grider Tops Davis in Tennessee U S House Race
George Grider won the Tennessee Republican primary for senior U S representative with 43,980 votes to 35,791, as 183 of 188 precincts reported. Incumbent Democrats Evins Fulton Murray Everett and Republicans Quillen Brock won renomination. two other congressional races went down to the wire. Bass defeated Clement in a Fayette County race, with Bullard finishing third, reshaping party options for November.
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Shelby County
Squire
George Grider
Tennessee
U.S
Grider
Davis
Joe L. Evins
Richard Fulton
Tom Murray
Robert A
Fats
Everett
James H. Quillen
William Brock
Bass
Rockefeller Backs Goldwater Broadly in GOP Unity Push
Rockefeller continued his page one stance by vigorously supporting Goldwater’s candidacy. He stated the party could embrace all who share basic Republican principles even with policy differences on how to apply them in political action.
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Goldwater
Rockefeller
Dispatchers Resign From City Police Radio Posts
Two city police dispatchers resigned this week one to enter teaching and the other to resume studies at Concord College. Nelson Cook, 20, of Daniels, hired last November as a radio dispatcher, will study mathematics at Concord College this fall. A 1962 Shady Spring High School and 1964 Beckley College graduate, Cook is the son of Mr and Mrs G H Cook of Daniels. His resignation becomes effective August 14. No replacements for Cook or Gravely have yet been hired as of Thursday.
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Concord College
Nelson Cook
Daniels
Cook
Shady Spring High School
Beckley College
G. H. Cook
Gravely
Rescue Squad Called After Fainting at Nan's Grill
Beckley Rescue Squad was summoned to Prince Street at 3 p m Thursday when 56 year old Thomas Bond of Glen Daniels fainted in front of Nan's Grill. He was treated at Raleigh General Hospital and released for an unknown illness.
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Beckley
Prince Street
Thomas Bond
Glen Daniels
Nan
Bond
Raleigh General Hospital
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Joseph Schweitzer 95 Huntington
Mrs Joseph (Quindora) Thompson Schweitzer age 95 of 1218 Ninth St Huntington died at home at noon Thursday. Born Oct 31 1869 in Boone County she was daughter of Silas Pearis and Letha Adkins Thompson. She was a member of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church and survived by two daughters one son five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Klinger Carpenter Mortuary Chapel Huntington with Rev Douglas W Hill officiating burial Spring Hill Cemetery. Body at mortuary after 2 p m today. callers welcome.
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Joseph
Quindora) Thompson Schweitzer
Ninth St
Huntington
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Beckley
Boone County
Silas Pearis
Letha Ann Adkins Thompson
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of
Joseph Nicholas Schweitzer
West Virginia
Thurmond Mountain
Fayette County
Logan County Coal Corp
Hedrick
Quindora Wright
Fred T. Schweitzer
Fairmont
Nicholas C. Schweitzer
Klinger-Carpenter
Walton rites set for Mount Hope matron in Kilsyth church
Mrs. Lisa Anna Walton 76 of Mount Hope dies at Oak Hill hospital after surgery. Services Sunday 2 PM at Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church with Rev G E Huffman. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Grandsons pallbearers. Surviving sons Perry Henry J S Bill Carl. daughters Bessie Gertrude Lillian Opal Eliene Eunice Nadine. brother Charles Thomas. 27 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren. Body to church one hour before service. Friends may call after 5 PM Saturday.
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Lisa Anna Walton
Mount Hope
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
G. E. Huffman
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Perry Lay
Henry Lay
Jellico
Tenn
J. S. Walton
Bill Walton
el Dorado
Calif
Carl Walton
Oak Hill
Bessie Spurlock
Detroit
Mich
Gertrude Underwood
Bradley
Lillian Orren
Bishop
Opal Kincaid
Charmece
Eliene Tucker
Gary
Ind
Eunice Warren
Sharon
Nadine Bailey
Whitesville
Charles Thomas
Tyree
Funer
Harrison Lewis rites set for Lochgelly man
Funeral services for Harrison Thom as Lewis 52 Lochgelly will be at 2 30 p m Saturday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill Rev Cecil Paxton Mount Hope will officiate Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He died at 2 30 a m Thursday in an Oak Hill hospital death due to complications He was a miner for New River Co Lochgelly a World War II veteran and a United Mine Workers No 6046 member Surviving include his wife Norma Irene Lewis five brothers three sisters a son Harrison Lewis Jr and a stepson Paul W Chatham The body will be taken to his home at 4 p today then back to the funeral home at 1 p m Saturday
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Harrison Thomas Lewis
Lochgelly
Tyree
Oak Hill
Cecil Paxton
Mount Hope
High Lawn Memorial Park
Lewis
New River Co
United Mine Workers of America
Edmond
Homer Lewis
Martha Taylor Lewis
Winona
Norma Irene Lewis
Leon
John
Henry
Clarence
Lansing
Homer
Hill Top
Eva Jackson
Helen Woods
Cowen
Martha Lewis
Harrison Lewis Jr
Glen Burnie
Paul W. Chatham
Elkton
Funeral Services for Lewis D Perdue in New Richmond Chapel
Lewis D Perdue also known as Jay bird 42 of Chicago Illinois formerly of Wyoming County will be laid to rest at Still Run Cemetery near Mullens after a 1 PM Saturday service at New Richmond Chapel with Rev John Richardson and Rev Silas Burks officiating. Burial follows with Guthrie Air Force Base personnel presiding at graveside. He died Tuesday in Chicago from a skull fracture after a fall. Born April 23 1922 in Mullens he was a World War II veteran. Survivors include wife Pauline of Toledo Iowa two sons Dewey and Lawrence both of Toledo three daughters Mary Jane Marie and Ann all of Toledo mother Mrs Parthena Perdue of Fayetteville brother Herbert of Chicago sisters Mrs Margie Coleman Fayetteville and Mrs Gladys BlankenShip New Richmond. The body lies at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville and will be moved to sister-in-law Mrs Ruby Perdue Fayetteville at 5 PM today then to the church noon Saturday.
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Lewis D
Jaybird
Perdue
Chicago
Ill
Wyoming County
New Richmond
John Richardson
Silas Burks
Still Run
Mullens
Pauline
Toledo
Iowa
Dewey
Lawrence
Mary Jane
Marie
Ann
Parthena Perdue
Fayetteville
Herbert
Margie Coleman
Gladys Blankenship
Dodd- Payne
U.S. Air Strikes Grow in Saigon Area Amid Viet Cong Fight
U S aircraft strafed and bombed near Saigon to disrupt Viet Cong as B57 and F102 jets arrive in South Vietnam for air defense. A Clark Air Base B57 crashed near Bien Hoa, with two crew missing and reported dead as casualties rise to 266 since January 1961.
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China
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Red China
North
Viet Nam
U. S
Saigon
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Bien Hoa
South Viet Nam
Editorial raps Wheeling crime group and parole abuse
Wheeling editorial charges a well financed criminal organization with political influence in the city. The News Register urges Atty. Gen. Robertson to investigate after the Muldrew parole release, with notes on Ohio detainers and calls for lasting reform to the pardon and parole system.
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Wheeling
UPI
Wheeling’ News-Register
Donald Robertson
Moundsville
Patrick Muldrew
Muldrew
Lloyd Arnold
Congo seeks regional troop to restore Congo order
Congo officials urge bilateral talks with African nations to deploy trained troops or police. The United States works with Belgium, while a Belgian mission boosts the Congolese army. Washington rejects sending U.S. forces as the UN withdraws. Chinese operatives fuel tribal unrest. rebel leader Gaston Soumialot claims Stanleyville fall and threatens Leopoldville.
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Learned
Congo
United States
Belgium
State Department
Leopoldville
U.S
United Nations
Brazzaville
Burundi
Drunken Flyer Fined After Beach Crash in Galveston
Jenkins Socrates Martin, 38, was fined 1000 dollars and costs after being arrested for flying while intoxicated. He buzzed the Galveston beach on Wednesday and toppled a beach umbrella during the landing.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
Jenkins Socrates Martin
Galveston Beach
Below 5 Per Cent Jobless Rate Falls Sharply
Washington reports the 1960s low unemployment of 3.813 million in July, down 879000 from June, as the 11.5 billion tax cut shows signs of boosting work. Labor Secretary Wirtz credits consumer business and labor confidence. Heller notes the administration forecast. teens’ job gains help push record total employment over 72.405 million.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
W. Willard Wirtz
Walter W. Heller
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
U.S
Heller
Wirtz
Congress
Labor Department
United States
Magistrate Fines Hit Run Driver in Raleigh Court
Jesse Glenn Willis of Sophia paid a 25 dollar fine for hit and run and 10 dollars for speeding in Magistrate Joe Rodriguez's court. Elbert Hoover of Eccles jailed on a peace warrant at 5 45 p m. Thursday. A Crab Orchard woman, Marie Adkins 46, charged with shoplifting food at Kroger on Valley Drive North. confessed stealing sandwich spread dog and cat food valued 1 12. posted 25 dollar bond forfeited last night. Charles Joseph Carkrean 35 Beckley arrested 10 45 a m on assault warrant. Beckley woman sent from Raleigh County Jail to Huntington State Hospital on mental warrant. Gary L Wrushel 24 of Conoque ssing Pa paid 28 dollar fine for no gasoline or road tax stamp. cited July 30 on U S 21. John R Carr of Pitcairn Pa pled guilty to speeding 80 in 60 zone. fined 10 dollars and costs plus 5 dollars and costs for expired temporary license tags. Cited earlier on West Virginia Turnpike.
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Jesse Glenn Willis
Sophia
Joe Rodriguez
Elbert Hoover
Eccles
Raleigh
Kroger Co
Valley Drive
Marie Adkins
Charles Joseph Carkrean
Beckley
Rodriguez
Nolo Contendre
West Virginia
American Missionary Slain by Congolese Rebels
The State Department reported American missionary Burleigh Aubrey Law killed near Kabinda in Kasai Province. Five missionary families were said to be under rebel house arrest but unharmed at a Methodist station in Wamba-Nyama. Methodist missionaries at Katika-Kombe were airlifted safely.
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Washington
APS
State Department
Kabinda
Kasai
Burleigh Aubrey Law
Robert J. McClosely
Wamba-Nyama
Katako-Kombe
McCloskey
City Can't Collect Head Tax On Dogs
Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas B. Yost ruled municipalities may create their own dog registration tags and need not follow a state design. He said head tax on dogs must be collected by the county assessor, not by the city. The opinion was issued at the request of Greenbrier County Prosecutor Edgar L. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Thomas B. Yost
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Yost
Greenbrier
Edgar L. Smith
New Morality Pushes U.S. Peace Aims Worldwide
President Johnson cites a growing global morality reducing war risk and boosting U.S. peacekeeping aims. Soviet Tass protests U S air force actions harassing ships in international waters. House Democratic Leader Cal Albert stresses anti poverty bill ties to Johnson budget and tax reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington—House
Cal Albert
Okla
Johnson
Tragic wedding ends in Genoa death of Giuseppina Gilberti
Italian schoolteacher Giuseppina Gilberti aged 45 collapsed at her Genoa wedding on Thursday and died hours later at a hospital. Doctors attributed the death to a brain hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Italy
UPI
Giuseppina Gilberti
Judge Rejects Ruby's Appeal
Dallas judge denies all 15 exceptions filed by Jack Ruby's lawyers challenging his murder trial. Defense may submit a bystanders bill with witnesses who saw the proceedings. The records move to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which is expected to hear the appeal early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Joe B. Brown
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Brown
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
Klansmen Hawkins Lowers Bonds in Penn Case
Four men linked to a shotgun killing were ordered held on $25 000 bonds at a Clarke County preliminary hearing where James Lackey 29 reportedly confessed participation to the shooting and implicated others The FBI says Lackey Sims 41 Williams 25 and Guest 37 conspired to deny civil rights and were charged with murder with death possible under Georgia law Hoover notes Guest a frequent Klansman gathering at his garage Hostile acts aimed at Negroes are tied to the case with additional arrests in Athens last June 21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins
Klan
Hoover
Guest
Athens
Myers
Sims
Lackey
Crisis seen to lessen danger of major war at U N dinner
A state dinner with U N Secretary General Thant drew remarks on how a resolute morality could curb war and inaction toward threats. Reports described a calm in Peking with The People’s Daily noting Johnson had taken a first step in widening the war in Indochina, though no explicit Chinese retaliation threats were issued.
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U. N
Thant
United States
Peking
People’s Daily
Chinese Communist Party
Johnson
Indo- China
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Schweitzer
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Andrew Radford
Rhodell
Harris J
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Nathanial
Andrew Jr
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Harrison Lewis
Lewis D. Perdue
Robert Nelson
W. W. Barron
C. Donald Robertson
Robertson
Belmont County
Otto Boles
Muldrow
Pardon and Parole Board
News Register
Marshall County Court
United Press International
Moscow
Klansmen
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