Three Climbers Die After 1000-Foot Fall in Colorado
Aspen dispatch reports a snowfield slip on South Maroon Peak near Aspen left four Los Alamos climbers roped together. three died after tumbling 1000 feet while one survivor, William B Martin, suffered only sprains. Doctors treated him as a helicopter carried the injured to Aspen.
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Aspen
Colo
Martin
Whitcomb
Pitkin County
Los Alamos
Frank E. Pretzel
Herbert E. Ungnade
Robert Briggs Day
Neatherbed Lodge
River Pirates Strikes Purloin Canoeists on Ohio River
Canadian students Paul Zysman and Stanley Lubin traveling from Montreal to New Orleans lost their canoe and later gear in Wheeling as river pirates struck. After two thefts the pair, aged 20 and 19, abandoned their journey and joined other youths on the river.
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Wheeling
UPI
Ohio River
Montreal
New Orleans
Paul Zysman
Stanley Lubin
West Virginia
Deaths And Funerals for Meadows and Bowling in Ghent
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie R Meadows 53 of 500 Bailey Ave scheduled Wednesday at 11 a m at Church of Christ Neville St. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survived by son Frank, sister Ruth Goddard and brothers Reichard, with details of former hospital nurse life and pallbearers listed. Also a Ghent resident Mrs. Bowling dies after long illness at home age 65 born Ghent Feb 17 1900. Survived by husband Oscar and four daughters and two sons with seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. call times given for wake and viewing.
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Lillie R. Meadows
Bailey Ave
Church of Christ
Neville St
Albert H. Staggs Sr
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Keyser Bryant
J.E Williams
Ray Barcel
Wilford Smith
Mayo Miller
Ernest Tucker
George B. Chambers
Bowling
Ghent
Henry
Virginia Lilly Griffith
Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church
Oscar Bowling
Genevieve Lilly
Surena Bierly
LaBetta Lilly
Beaver
Rachel Fink
Thornton Ave
Junior Bowling
Joe Bowling
Meyers Ave
Grace Dobbins
Daniels
Joseph Griffith
Cool Ridge
Russel Meador
Fred Bowling
Wilson Canaday
Henry Lilly
Averil Long
Paul Richmond
Caffee Funeral Home
Funeral services for Grover C. Lawson
Grover C. Lawson 81 of East Beckley dies after a long illness. Funeral services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Funeral Home chapel MacArthur with Rev. L E Garten and Rev. R H Dean officiating. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survivors include six sons and four daughters, 42 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday. grandsons to be pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Lawson
East Beckley
Williams Funeral Home
MacArthur
L. E. Garten
R. H. Dean
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Lawson
Nichols
Texas Collier Lawson
Free Will Baptist Church
Bradley
UMWA
Nancy Lawson
Mike Lawson
Columbus
Ohio
Mayo
Lanark
Grover A
Newport
Mich
Clarence
Robert L
Orlando
Fla
Lawrence
Sutton Bay
Elmer
Ruth Fawbush
Texas Smith
Baltimore
Virginia Gill
Monroe
Margaret Shutt
Chicago
Ill
Williams Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Maude Cox
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Maude Cox 81 of Price Hill will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Price Hill Freewill Baptist Church with Rev Dwight Harris and Rev Ernest Barley officiating. Burial will follow in Price Hill family cemetery. Cox died Sunday at 10:55 a.m. in Oak Hill hospital. Born August 4 1884 in Virginia she was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Crum. Survivors include two sons Clifford and Floyd five daughters many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope and will be taken to the church one hour prior to services. Friends may call after 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Maude Cox
Price Hill
Price Hill Freewill Baptist Church
Dwight Harris
Ernest Barley
Cox
Oak Hill
Virginia
James Crum
Christian Nation Church
Mount Hope
Luther Cox
Clifford
Floyd
Gordon Spradlin
Glen Jean
Elwin Walker
Elyria
Ohio
Jack Kessinger
Lochgelly
Bill Holstein
Glen View
Lawrence McGuire
Italy
Texas
Tyree
Geneva Marvin Ratliff
Garfield St
E. G. Nichols
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Ratliff
Thomas A. Ratliff
Air Force
Tampa
Fla
Gary
Jill Ann) Basham
Alexandria
Nancy Ellen Ratliff
Marcus Wall
Huntington
Audry Montgomery
Leadville
Colo
Naomi Blankenship
Bruno
Mrs Fonda McKay Services Held in Ohio
Mrs Fonda L McKay 39 of Cleveland Ohio died Friday after a short illness. Born June 24 1926 in Fire Creek she was daughter of Clarence Dixon and Violet Dangerfield Dixon. Survived by husband Donald C McKay two sons Donald E and Jerry L of Cleveland. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill.
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Fonda L McKay
Cleveland
Ohio
Thurmond
Truce Funeral Home
Oak Hill
High Lawn Memorial Park
McKay
Fire Creek
Clarence Dixon
Violet Dangerfield Dixon
Donald C. McKay
Donald E
Jerry L
Tyree
Funeral plans set for Claude D Hickok 53
Claude D Hickok 53 of Alpeca died on the Norfolk and Western Railway near Maben from a heart attack while at work. Born August 27 1911 in Washington County Virginia he was the son of Robert M and Rebecca Williams Hickok. Surviving are his wife Beulah Anderson Hickok a son Ronald in the Air Force in Texas a daughter Mrs E B Gurley of Chattanooga Tennessee three brothers Gordon Herndon Heights Hubert Princeton and Ralph Longwood Florida two sisters Mrs H L Davidson Kopperston and Mrs Boyd Brown Jr Mullens and two grandchildren. Body lies at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude D. Hickok
Alpeca
Norfolk and Western Railway
Maben
Washington County
Robert M
Rebecca Williams Hickok
Herndon Heights
Beulah Anderson Hickok
Ronald
Air Force
Texas
E. B. Gurley
Chattanooga
Mrs. Augusta Griffith Bowling Rites Set at 2 P.M.
Services for Mrs. Augusta Griffith Bowling 65 of Ghent will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Eugene Nichols officiating. Burial details were not disclosed in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caffee Funeral Home
Sue Augusta Griffith Bowling
Ghent
Eugene Nichols
Helicopter crew captures Viet Cong in canyon chase
Henry describes a rapid pursuit as a helicopter crew pursued a wounded Viet Cong. The suspect bolted along a road, then hid in a canyon and finally surrendered after being spotted overhead by Captain Paul Bronson. Maynard dragged the man aboard as the crew secured him.
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Henry
Paul Bronson
Maynard
Burial Insurance Sold by Mail Ad Offer
You may still be qualified for 1,000 life insurance with no medical exam. For ages 40 to 90, policy kept for life and rates cannot be raised. No agent will call. Send name, address and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co. Dept M-2068 1418 West Rosdale Fort Worth Texas.
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OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept
West Rosedale
Fort Worth 4
Texas
Rose Beeson resident dies at home at 80
Lundy A Rose 80 of Beeson died at his home. His body is at Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundy A. Rose
Beeson
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah O Neal in Rhodell Methodist Church
Mrs. Sarah O Neal 88 of Rhodell dies Saturday in Beckley Hospital. Funeral 11 am Tuesday at Rhodell Methodist Church with Rev. Cleve Young and Rev. T W Hampton officiating. Burial in Lewis Graham Cemetery Basin. Survived by three sons Clarence Rhodell Clifford Tampa Fla Jessie East Gulf. two daughters Oscar Lilly Elkton Md Ora Warden Maxwell Hill. one sister Mary Cadle Odd. 21 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren four great great grandchildren. Body to be taken from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to Clarence’s Rhodell home at 3 pm today and to church one hour before services.
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Sarah O'Neal
Rhodell
Rhodell Methodist Church
Cleve Young
T. W. Hampton
Lewis Graham
Basin
John and
Mary Cadle Blankenship
Daniel O'Neal
Clarence
Clifford
Tampa
Fla
Jessie
East Gulf
Oscar Lilly
Elkton
Ora Warden
Maxwell Hill
Mary Cadle
Odd
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Riots Strike Los Angeles After Patrolman Slain
Gunfire and arson plunged Los Angeles areas into riot chaos after patrolman Rich ard Lefebre was killed by a shotgun blast while trying to stop a group of youths from stoning cars. Officer George Medak was wounded. another officer’s shotgun discharged during a struggle. Fires erupted, guardsmen were dispatched, and more than 2,200 people were arrested as President Johnson and Governor Brown urged calm and civil rights leaders urged a dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lefebre
George Medak
S. C. Gordon
Medak
Inglewood
San Diego
Watts
Hollywood
Johnson
Los Angeles
Edmund G. Brown
California
Europe
Brown
Parker
H. H. Brookins
United Civil Rights Committee
Brookins
Federal Civil Rights Commission
al Kuettner
UPI
William Coleman
98Th St
Warren Wilson
Martin Luther King
King
Central Avenue
Ken Inouye
Whitney Young Jr
National Urban League
Young
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James Farmer
CORE
Mobilization of British Negroes Against KKK Threat
British West Indian groups in London called for a national mobilization to defend against threats from a newly organized Ku Klux Klan. The North London West Indian Association urged action after cross burning in the Midlands and a Wolverhampton race disturbance. Vigilante patrol plans were discussed amid threatening letters bearing the KKK mark and a reported death sentence claim against CARD member Gurmukh Singh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
UPI
West Indies
Britain
Ku Klux Klan
North London
London
Midlands
Wolverhampton
Gurmukh Singh
Campaign Against Racial Discrimination
CARD
KKK
Singh
Greek Accord Hopes Fade in 32-Day Crisis
Athens Greece 32day political crisis deepens as Stephen Stefanopoulos and Elias Tsirimakos announce break from George Papandreous Center Union. Petition lists only two names and unclear deputy defections. estimates drop from more than 25 to 13 18, undermining backing for a new government.
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Athens
Greece
API
Stephen Stefanopoulos
Elias Tsirimakos
George Papandreou
Center Union Party
Stefanopoulos
Tsirimakos
Papandreou
Center Union
Gemini-5 flight prep and global tracking drill completed
The worldwide Gemini tracking network of 20 stations was tested in a simulated flight environment with realistic problems. Kraft called the drill extremely well. Gemini-5, a 7500 pound craft on a Titan-2 rocket, passed a major test after replacing a faulty electrical unit. Launch is planned for 10 a.m. EDT Thursday with a return at 9:53 a.m. EDT August 27 in the Atlantic Ocean 600 miles southwest of Bermuda.
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Kraft
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Traffic Toll From West Virginia Weekend Accidents
A series of fatal crashes and accidents claim several lives across West Virginia. Cedar Grove residents Robert Lee Craige, 20, and Harry L Keeney, 19, die when their car hits a tree at Cabin Creek. Sailors William T Baguess, 22, and Steven B Hudson, 18, perish near Union on a trip home to Princeton after their car veers off the road onto Route 12. Elkview resident Elton Larch, 38, dies Friday night after falling from the back of a moving truck. Miles Horn, 60, of Premier in McDowell County is struck from behind by a Norfolk & Western train near Welch. Hazel Roberts Gabbert, 66, of Fairlea, Greenbrier County, found dead in the Greenbrier River at Ronceverte. police say she apparently fell from a bridge.
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Robert Lee Craige
Harry L. Keeney
Cedar Grove
Cabin Creek
William T. Baguess
Steven B. Hudson
Princeton
Union
W. Va
Elton Larch
Elkview
Miles Horn
McDowell County
Norfolk & Western
Welch
Corsican gunman killed during botched hold up in Cannel
In Cannel France a Corsican gunman attempting a robbery was overpowered and killed by customers at the scene. The incident ended with the assailant beaten to death as bystanders intervened and authorities investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
UPI
Respectable Years In Utah Escaped Killer Returns To Prison
James Hall once free in Tooele Utah under alias Marvin Hurley was recaptured at Moundsville Penitentiary after 16 years on the run. Convicted of killing his stepmother in 1931 he warned of a court fight to win release. He traveled from an oyster boat in New Haven to Utah where he worked 16 years on the railroad earning a service pin. He claims no lawyer heard his case and laments missing a preliminary hearing and jury. Friends in Tooele push a petition for his freedom as Hall vows to seek legal help.
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Wheeling
UPI
James Hall
Moundsville
Hall
Tooele
Utah
Marvin Hurley
War Eagle
Mingo County
New Haven
Conn
West Virginia
Torney
Watts unrest recalls four days of hellish looting
Eye witness notes depict a city scarred by a riot that left streets unsafe after dark with curfews and barricades. National Guardsmen arrived to curb widespread looting of liquor stores furniture drugstores and dry cleaners while residents described a war zone atmosphere and civilians fleeing amid shattered storefronts and crying sirens.
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National
103Rd St
UPI
Nick Beck
Eric Silver
CBS
Robert Bennyhoff
Chicago Riots Believed Over
UPI reports Chicago's West Side calm largely restored after three nights of rioting. Police backed by 2,000 National Guardsmen kept order as officers dispersed small groups of Negro residents, debris cleared, patrols in place, and ministers urged peace. Total arrests reached 169 with 46 on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
West Side Story
National Guardsmen
John Ascher
Pulaski Road
Grenada Man Sets Two Endurance Records Over Weekend
Jack Townes of Grenada claimed two world endurance records by covering 316 miles in 10 hours five minutes on a ski kite over Grenada Lake. He shattered the previous mark of 161 miles in five hours one minute and 15 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenada
Miss
UPI
Jack Townes
Grenada Lake
Strikers Return To Work At AC and F Plant
More than half the morning shift returned to work at the American Car and Foundry plant in Huntington. About 1,100 workers walked off last Monday over disciplinary actions in the paint shop. The Steelworkers union called the strike unauthorized and a Cabell Circuit judge banned picketing in a Saturday injunction, calling the strike illegal and ordering workers to report back today.
Five Raleigh Officials Join Statewide Pie-Cutting Meeting
Five Raleigh County school officials will attend a Jacksons Mill session with consultants from the U S Office of Education West Virginia and Marshall University and the State Department of Education to learn how to claim a potential 18 million federal share under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Participants include Edith Clay Mary Abbott Mary Louise Klaus James Lowry and C G Peregoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksons Mill
U. S. Office of Education
West Virginia
Marshall Universities
State Department of Education
Raleigh County
Edith Clay
Mary Abbott
Mary Louise Klaus
James Lowry
C. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Manry Nearing Falmouth On Transatlantic Leg In Tiny Sailboat
Manry in the Tinkerbelle, sighted 100 miles southwest of Falmouth, proceeds toward the Lizard then east to Falmouth to complete a more than 3200 mile crossing. Brereton escorted him, and Royal Air Force radar fixed his position as wife Virginia sails to rendezvous aboard Excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Brereton
Manry
Royal Air Force
Cleveland
Virginia
Manny
Mass
Harry Smith
Tinkerbelle
Smith
Lizard
English Channel
Manly
Excellent
Rotterdam
Scilly Islands
England
Robin
Douglas
Robert
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Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
Beckley
Mary M. Cox
Geneva M. Ratliff
Mrs. Fonda McKay
Sue A. Bowling
Ober
Cuba
Richmon Cleaners
Gemini
Hazel Roberts Gabbert
Fairlea
Greenbrier County
Greenbrier
Ronceverte
W.va
Ac&f
Raleigh
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