Court Awards Contracts For Bridge Building
Raleigh County Court met at 10 a m and approved two bridge repair contracts funded by flood disaster relief. Charles Workman won a 150 bid to build a low level bridge over Toney s Fork while Albert Richmond earned 100 to fix Rock Creek abutments. Victor Warden sought a bridge over Whitesstick Creek but federal aid was denied as a private crossing.
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Charles Workman
Clear Creek
Toney’s Fork
Albert Richmond
Rock Creek
Victor Warden
Whitestick Creek
Walter James
Warden
Charleston
James
Beckley
Robert Sweeney
State Road Commission
Sweeney
Seven highway contracts awarded by West Virginia SRC
The State Road Commission awarded seven highway improvement contracts totaling over 6 million dollars and reviewed a bid for 3 miles of Interstate 79 in Monongalia County. Notable bids included Peter Kiewit Sons Co for 3.22 miles of I-79 and Wood County resurfacing by Anderson's Black Rock.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Monongalia County
Peter Kiewit Sons Co
Omaha
Neb
Whitecay Creek
SRC
W & H Contracting Co., Inc
Bluefield
Moundsville
Loop Creek
Robson
Fayette County
W. Va
Mountain State Construction Co
South Charleston
Dunbar
Nitro
Kanawha
Wood County
Parkersburg
Ravenswood
Anderson’s
Black Rock” Inc
Wetzel
New Martinsville
Hundred
Ohio Valley Paving Corp
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Green
Frost
D. M. Bostic, Inc
Rupert
U. S
Layland
Greenbrier
Morgan
Richard F. Kline, Inc
Frederick
Ohio West Virginia air pollution pact gains Senate approval
The Ohio Senate backed a cross state accord with West Virginia to abate air pollution. The measure, already passed by the House, would create a 10 member commission with appointments from each state. The panel could levy binding actions after hearings, funded largely by federal matching funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Ohio Senate
West Virginia
House of Representatives
Congress
Primar Lily
Heikal criticised as bourgeois for urging Egypt US ties
Two prominent commentators in Algomhouria accuse Heikal of voicing a personal view about Egypt needing diplomatic relations with the United States. They say his stance is not the official line of the Arab Socialist Union. Iraq enacts a law stripping the Iraq Petroleum Co. of pumping rights from unexplored fields. In Jerusalem Arabs protest the old city strike to pressure UN envoy Thant.
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Egypt
United States
Jone
jHeikal
Iraq
Iraq Petroleum Corp
Jerusalem
Old City
Nils Goer
An’ Gussin
Thant
Israel
Explosion Rips Refinery In Lake Charles Area
A major blast and several smaller explosions at the Cities Service refinery near Lake Charles LA ignite a large fire. Officials say 6 or 7 workers were in three units and likely dead or injured. no entry possible due to heat. Hospitals report multiple injuries as crews fight the blaze with foam and mutual aid.
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Lake Charles
UPI
Cities Service
Breezie Ragusa
Sulphur
St. Patrick Hospital
Ragusa
Firestone Rubber Co
Hercules Powder Co
Firestone
Hercules
China Turmoil in Chekiang Reported by Chekiang Radio
UPI reports Chekiang Radio says Mao supporters were wounded by gunfire in Chekiang Province and anti-Maoists are urged to storm cities. The broadcast cites serious incidents as pro Maoists are suppressed and blames counterattack on Liu Shao-chi loyalists amid nationwide unrest near Shanghai Wuhan and Inner Mongolia.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Chekiang
Chekiang Radio
East China
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Shanghai
Wuhang
Inner Mongolia
Chekiang Daily
Hangchow
Mao
Liu Shao-chi
Peking
Zinc plant workers back to jobs in Spelter after strike
Matthiessen and Hageler Zinc Co employees at Spelter plan return to work today after 542 months on strike. UMW District 50 Local 127799 members voted to accept the new contract proposal. Plant Manager David Kinder expects full operation within two to three weeks.
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Charleston
UPI
Matthiessen and Hageler Zinc Co
Spelter
United Mine Workers Union District 50
David Kinder
Heist at Superior Cadillac Oldsmobile Office
Yeggs robbed the Superior Cadillac Oldsmobile Co. of fice in Huntington Monday night. Police say the thieves used tools and acetylene equipment from the auto body shop to break into the back, seize cash from a double door floor model safe, totaling about $2000.
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Huntington
UPI
Yeggs
Cadillac-Oldsmobile Co
Superior
Corbett K. Black
Mountain State Forest Festival Names Two Princesses
Lin ida Gail Lack 18 of Kingwood and Ellen Randolph Rich 22 of Charleston named princesses in the Queen Silvia XXXI court for the 1967 Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins. The coronation is set for October.
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Elkins
UPI
Linida Gail Lack
Kingwood
Ellen Randolph Rich
Charleston
Silvia XXXI
Mountain State Forest
Deaths and Funerals James Petrey 33 Toledo
James Lee Petrey 33 of Toledo died at home Sunday evening from a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway conductor born January 22, 1934 in Summers County. Survived by wife Thelma Jean, two brothers Earl Jr and Bobby, sister Mrs Holroyd Rogers, five sons Benny James Roger Jefferson William and Rhonda Rose. Body at E. M. Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton.
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James Lee Petrey
Toledo
Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Summers County
Earl Petrey
Lillie Madeline Seagheronen Petrey
Thelma Jean Petrey
Bobby
White Sulphur Springs
Earl Jr
Greensboro
N. C
Holroyd Rogers
Raleigh
Benny
James
Roger
Jefferson
William
Rhonda Rose
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Hinton
Rns
Funeral for Mrs Julia Taylor Pending Arrangements
Mrs Julia Taylor of Summerlee died at home after a short illness. Funeral arrangements are pending completion at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Time of death recorded as 8 30 a m.
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Archie James King
Ringleben St
Wright and Anderson
Julia Taylor
Summerlee
Ritchie and Johnson
Funeral services for Mrs Ora S Brown at Central Baptist
Mrs Ora Is Brown of 203 Mulberry St dies after a long illness in Jo eal hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Central Baptist Church with Rev Edward Abrams officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Body to be taken from the funeral home an hour before services. friends may call at Anderson Funeral Home.
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Ora Is. Brown
Mulberry St
Central Baptist Church
Edward Abrams
Greenwood Memorial Park
Jo‘eal
Neat
Anderson
Iday
Funeral services for Mrs Mae Scarbro
Mrs Mae Scarbro 65 of Mabscott dies after long illness. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Mattsville Methodist Church with burial in Arthur Cemetery. Call at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 5 p m today.
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Mae Scarbro
Mabscott
Mattsville Methodist Church
Arthur
Mattsville
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Morgantown Editor J Brooks Cottle Dead at 69
J Brooks Cottle editor of the Morgantown Post died at home from an apparent heart attack. A 38 year veteran editor he began at New Dominion in 1918 while a WVU student and served 49 years in local papers. He was former Suncrest mayor and WVU alumni magazine associate editor. Funeral Wednesday. Memorials to Child Care Unit Monongalia General Hospital.
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Morgantown
UPI
J. Brooks Cottle
Morgantown Post
Old
New Dominion
West Virginia University
Cottle
West Virginia
WVII
the Post
Suncrest
Governor’s Advisory Commission On Education
State Board of Education
WVU
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Elizabeth Ann
Derring
Monongalia General Hospital
WVU Dental School Sees Record Freshman Enrollment
West Virginia University reported a record 59 new dental students including 32 freshmen from 15 West Virginia counties. The School of Dentistry now lists 201 total students, with the Dental Hygiene division adding 20 freshmen and an overall enrollment of 75.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
West Virginia
School of Dentistry
W. Robert Biddington
Dental Hygiene
Bipartisan plan unveiled to aid urban ghettos
Washington UPI reports a plan to create a 1.1 billion emergency fund to ease tensions in major cities. Senators Percy and Ribicoff propose allowing up to two percent of the non-defense budget to be transferred to a neighborhood fund for jobs housing and law enforcement. Mayors could request White House aid for immediate action while Senate hearings on riots continue.
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Washington
UPI
Charles Percy
R-N
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Johnson
White House
Ribicoff
Percy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Big City
Newark
N.J
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
James 0. Eastland
Philadelphia
James H. J. Tate
D-Conn
Vietnam Marine Carl Olson Buried at Annie Wittenmyer Home
Davenport Iowa mourns Lance Cpl Carl J Olson 20 killed in Viet Cong mortar attack near Quan Tri South Vietnam. An artist and athlete, he volunteered with slower children at the Annie Wittenmyer Home and wrote poems about life and sacrifice. Friends describe him as quiet yet patriotic.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Carl Olson
Annie Wittenmyer
Lance Cpl
Carl J. Olson
Quant Tri
South Vietnam
Carl
Ed Hall
Hall
Vietnam
Two More Die On State Roads
Two fatal accidents Monday evening raised West Virginia 1967 highway deaths to 273. Robert L Adams, 24, of Huntington died in a one car crash on Buffalo Creek Road near Buffalo High School in Wayne County. Hubert E Connor, 85, of Charleston died in a three car crash on U S 119 near Charleston city limits with three others injured. One vehicle fell into a store basement and gasoline caused two cars to ignite.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Buffalo High School
Wayne County
Robert L. Adams
Huntington
Buffalo Creek
U.S. 119
Charleston
Hubert E. Conner
Quiet Capitol Demonstrators Ejected After Scuffles in House
Police fought about 75 demonstrators in the House gallery as they protested a stalled 40 million rate control bill. Eight were arrested, including Jesse Gray. a policeman was hospitalized after coughing up blood. Nearby riots in Wichita and Detroit saw youths patrolling streets and murder charges against two white officers.
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United Press International
House of Representatives
Washington
Capitol
Jesse Gray
Harlem
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Roman C. Pucinski
D.til
Brooklyn
N.Y
How States Should Seek U S Aid In Riots
The Johnson administration told governors how to request federal troops in extreme emergencies. Atty Gen Ramsey Clark outlined a simple telegram request process, emphasizing that presidential action rests with the President after a governor seeks aid. Conditions include serious domestic violence, inability of local forces to control it, and a legislatively backed request to employ armed forces.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Ramsey Clark
U.S
Detroit
Clark
Law Johnson
General Freund Keeps Leading From Front Amid Wounds
Saigon Brig. Gen. John F. Freund, wounded, insists his place is with his troops. From a hospital bed he recalled leading a Central Highlands assault with the 19th Light Infantry Brigade, sharing his weapon with a tribesman and directing helicopter support as enemy fire raked their position.
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Saigon
UPI
John F. Freund
Vienna
Freund
lFreund
19Th Light Infantry
Police Commissioner's Shock After Double Slaying Probed
Detroit Police Commissioner Ray Girardin condemns the murder charges against two white officers in the killings of two Black youths. He states the event shocks the department beyond comprehension. The remarks reflect tension within the city police force.
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United Press International
Detroit
Ray Girardin
Bungalow for Sale Advert Shows Odd Gnome Sized Space
A UK local paper lists a bungalow for sale with an ad joking about how many people or gnomes could fit inside. The quirky copy implies a small residence and playful note about household capacity.
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Hertford
England
UPI
Congo Army, Mercenaries Clash on Rwanda Border
Congo government forces and Belgian French mercenaries battled near Bukavu on the Rwanda frontier. U.S. airlifted artillery aided Congo troops as 120 to 150 mercenaries and about 500 Katangese rebels faced siege. casualties reported include 18 mercenary deaths and 28 Congolese killed with 16 missing and 89 wounded.
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Kinshasa
UPI
Congo
Rwanda Republic
Bukayu
Rwanda
U.S
Jean
Black Jack) Schramme
Bukavu
Joseph D. Mobutu
Coal Gasification To Start In September
Senator Byrd announced that the Cresap West Virginia pilot plant, a $5.5 million project run by Consolidation Coal Co, will begin the first coal to gasoline conversion steps next month. Officials say refining challenges with filters delayed crude oil conversion. Researchers expect future plants to yield 70 000 barrels of gasoline daily at about 10 1 2 cents per gallon.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
Cresap, W. Va
Office of Coal Research
Consolidation Coal Co
Tourists Protest Genoa Ferry Shortage to Sardinia
About 2 tourists among thousands stranded in Genoa due to ferry service gaps marched on city hall. Government officials placed them on a free train to Rome for relief.
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Genoa
Italy
UPI
Sardinia
Rome
Allies Press Effort to Crush Viet Cong Sanctuary Near Saigon
Allied forces attacked Viet Cong positions around Saigon with heavy bombing and ground assaults. At a camp 54 miles northwest of Saigon, 1,500 Viet Cong were repelled after artillery, bayonet charges, and counterfire, 16 killed and one captured. In another Saigon area engagement, seven guerrillas died and a mortar was seized. Overall, 214 Communists were reported killed across South Vietnam with light losses for South Vietnamese troops.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
McVey Named Raleigh County Cancer Society Director
McVey heads the Raleigh County Unit of the American Cancer Society. Mrs. McVey, formerly Kay Sweeney of Richmond Virginia, will continue nursing studies at Union Memorial Hospital School of Professional Nursing in Baltimore.
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Raleigh County
The
American Cancer Society
McVey
Kay Sweeney
Richmond, Va
Union Memorial Hospital School of Professional Nursing
Baltimore
West Virginia Gets 112 715 Grant for Advisory Services
The Housing and Urban Development Administration awarded West Virginia a 112 715 grant to continue community advisory services under the Urban Planning Assistance Program. Announcement came from Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert C Byrd both Democrats from West Virginia.
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Washington
Children from slum areas join playground activities in Squirrel Hill
In Pittsburgh 140 North Side children bused to Frick Park swap protest signs for playtime with Squirrel Hill kids. They use park equipment from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and return home, while supporters urge continuing playground access funded by federal anti poverty programs.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Squirrel Hill
Frick Park
Pat Eisenberg
Louise Landy
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Brooks Cottle
WVU Dental School
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Motor City
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Carl Cooper
Fred Temple
Aubrey Pollard
Algiers Motel
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