Thomas Towns Soft Drink Tax Declared Illegal
The attorney general's office ruled that Tucker County's Thomas town license tax of 30 dollars on soft drink distributors with no local business is partially illegal. Small towns under 2,000 may not tax distributors without a state business place. municipalities over 2,000 may levy broader taxes. The opinion followed a challenge by a distributor not operating a local business.
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Charleston
UPI
Tucker County
Thomas
Attorney General
Bowers
J. Pat Nicholas
One Cop Killer Charged Two More Sought
London police charged John Edward Witney with the murder of three unarmed policemen as Scotland Yard released descriptions of two more suspects, Harry Roberts and John Duddy, both armed and dangerous. Duddy bears a tattoo reading True to death. Authorities urged the public to ring in tips and not approach the men.
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London
UPI
John Edward Witney
Scotland Yard
Witney
Harry Maurice Roberts
Ronald Ernest Hall
John O’brien
John Duddy
Britain
Duddy
Roberts
Daddy
Dividend Declared by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Directors
Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway declared the regular quarterly dividend of $1 a share on C and O Common stock payable Sept. 20 to stockholders of record Sept. 1, 1966.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Four Appointed To State School Staff
State Superintendent Rex Smith announced four appointments in the State Department of Education. Dr. James Z. Wright becomes social studies specialist replacing Donnell Portzline. Dr. James Thomas of Butler University will coordinate Pre-service and In-service education. Dr. Eugene D. Thoenen, former OEO coordinator, is named director of Veterans Education. Prof. John B. Himelrick will be regional director of the Multi-state Teacher Education Project.
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Charleston
UPI
Rex Smith
State Department of Education
James Z. Wright
Illinois
North Carolina
Tennessee
Donnell Portzline
James Thomas
Butler University
Ind
Eugene D. Thoenen
Airlines Grounded By Strike Offer Pushes Wage Rise
Air workers could gain about 90 million in wage and fringe benefits over three years, roughly 8 percent above current pay. IAM mechanics now earn 3.52 per hour. The White House facilitated offer surpasses Johnson guidelines. Siemiller urged locals nationwide to vote starting Friday at 3 p.m. EDT.
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IAM
White House
Johnson
Siemiller
House approves 3.7 billion mortgage bill
The House backed a 3.7 billion dollar mortgage support bill aimed at reviving the housing market. FNMA would gain 3.7 billion in borrowing authority to buy mortgages from lenders, freeing funds for more loans. Other notes include cabinet level consumer department debate and transit funding status.
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Washington
UPI
House
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
William Widnall
Rn.j
Federal National Mortgage Association
FNMA
Consumer
Department of Consumers
Harold Seidman
The
Budget Bureau
Administration
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Plane Overdue Search Begun Across Four States
Civil Air Patrol resumes search for a small single engine four passenger plane missing since July 30. The craft, serial number N60542, departed from Three Way Airport Michaelsville Maryland en route to Las Vegas with a German Shepherd aboard. About 2,000 CAP members scoured Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia as crews continued ground searches through the night.
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Elkins
UPI
Civil Air Patrol
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Stanley Bennett
Silver Springs
Michaelsville
Las Vegas
Nev
Washington, D. C
CAP
Prosperity Is Election Factor, Randolph Says
Senator Jennings Randolph told West Virginia Democrats in Wheeling that prolonged prosperity remains the central campaign factor. He noted real income gains outpacing inflation, citing a 2.5 percent cost rise last year versus a 2.6 percent postwar average, and framed purchasing power as key in the November race.
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Wheeling
UPI
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Randolph
Water district urges Westminster residents to drink despite odor
Westminster Colorado residents were told by the Baker Metropolitan Water District to drink the water even if the smell or taste is unpleasant. Officials cited moss in a reservoir as the cause of the odor but affirmed the water remains safe to consume.
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Westminster
Colo
UPI
Baker Metropolitan
Deaths and Funerals of Howard J. Kessler
Funeral services for Howard J. Kessler 54 of Detroit formerly of Mount Hope were held at 2 p m today at Ty ree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev Norman Foster officiating Burial followed at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Died Saturday in a Detroit hospital pneumonia attributed death Born June 19 1912 in Mount Hope he was a son of the late George and Ada Dulung Kessler He was with Local Union 306 United Automobile Workers Survivors include three brothers William of Arizona Sam H of Kimberly and Frank Route 1 Mount Hope a sister Mrs Beatrice Smith Saint Charles Ill a daughter Mrs Faye Anderson Hinton a son S James Kessler Detroit and four grandchildren RNS
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Howard J. Kessler
Detroit
Mich
Mount Hope
Tyree
Norman Foster
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Kessler
George Kessler
Ada Dulung Kessler
United Automobile Workers
William
Arizona
Sam H
Kimberly
Frank
Beatrice Smith
Saint Charles
Ill
Faye Anderson
Hinton
S. James Kessler
Glenn MacArthur Matheny
S. Heber St
Melton Mortuary
Robert L. Davis
American Legion
Beckley
Matheny
M. E
Louella Gum Matheny
Virginia
Frank Palmer
William Earhart
Patsy Fragile
Gene Keatley
Lee Summers
Pat Roach
George Green
Sam Ramey
Hamil Clark Kessel
First Baptist Church
Kenneth Swank
Sunset Memorial Park
Kessel
Ripley
D. E
Elizabeth Corbin Kessel
Raleigh County
Marshall College (University
West Virginia University
Jefferson Medical School
Philadelphia
Raleigh County Medical Society
Beckley Lions Club
Flat Top Lake Association
W. Va
Edna Lilly Kessel
Richard
Linda) Meckfessel
Charleston
H. Clark Jr
Russel D. Hutchison
James Dunn
Meadeville
D. Wade
James C
Caffee Funeral Home
Peckley Lions Club
Grandview State Park
Funeral arrangements for Rev Louis Levicy
Rev Louis Levicy 69 of Lester died at 11 a m Monday after a short illness. A First Baptist Church member, he was a retired minister and coal miner, born November 16 1896 in Floyd Virginia. Survived by wife Eva two sons Charles Alaska and Calvin Detroit Mich two step daughters Odessa Bennett and Dorothy McKurlin Washington DC and one grandchild. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Louis Levicy
Lester
First Baptist Church of
Floyd
Eva Levicy
Charles
Alaska
Calvin
Detroit
Mich
Odessa Bennett
Dorothy McKurlin
Washington, D. C
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral services for Mrs Vievia M Lewis
Mrs Vievia M Lewis 66 of 111 Lionel Ave will have funeral services at 11 am Wednesday in the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Dr James Witherspoon officiating. Pallbearers are R A Cunningham Lee Holiday Crawford Wilson James Barnell Francis Brewer and Lowry Harnsbarger. Friends may call after 2 pm today at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Vievia M. Lewis
Lionell Ave
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
James Witherspoon
R. A. Cunningham
Lee Holiday
Crawford Wilson
James Barnell
Francis Brewer
Lowry Harnsbarger
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Appalachian Route Approved for Parkersburg Path
The U S Bureau of Roads has approved an Appalachian Development Route through Parkersburg as recommended by the SRC. Interchanges will be at Garfield Murdock Fairview and near the city east limits with U S 50 to I 77. Federal approval allows SRC to negotiate an engineering agreement for the road.
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Charleston
API
Parkersburg
U. S. Bureau of Roads
Burl Sawyers
Sawyers
SRC
Memorial Bridge
Garfield
Murdock
Fairview Avenues
U. S. 50
30Th Street
Broad Street
Workington Creek
Obituary items include Kincaid and Kiepura death reports
Mrs Virginia Kincaid 50 Oak Hill died today at 5 45 am in an Oak Hill hospital after a short illness. She was a dress shop sales clerk and the body rests at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. Jan Kiepura Polish tenor dies at 60 at his home in Harrison New York. Funeral services planned for Cook County Circuit Judge Fred W Slater 67 former Negro All America football star who died of stomach cancer in Chicago.
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Virginia Kincaid
Oak Hill
Tyree
Harrison
N.Y
UPI
Jan Kiepura
Prince
Chicago
Cook County
Fred. W
Duke) Slater
Slater
Frank Jimmy Snider
State Penitentiary
Virginia
America
Snider
Alabama
Roanoke, Va
Urban Renewal Criticizes HUD Funds Allocation
New Jersey Republican Widnall charges cities misuse federal urban renewal aid to favor non residential development. He cites Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland New York Philadelphia figures and warns removal leads to new slums, a form of Negro removal.
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HUD
Atlanta
Widnall
New Jersey
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
Philadelphia
Death row convictions reversed in Louisiana case
A federal appeals court reversed the 1953 convictions and death sentences of Edgar Labat and Clifton Peret, ruling Negroes were systematically excluded from the grand and petit juries. The state may press rape charges again, with a 20 day window for rehearing or appeal before transfer to Orleans Parish jail for local action.
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New Orleans
UPI
State of Louisiana
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Edgar Labat
Clifton Peret
Grand
Petit Jury
Labat
Peret
Caryl Chessman
U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Orleans Parish
Lunar Orbiter Prepares Moon Photo Mission From Pasadena
Lunar Orbiter shows its picture switching and transmitting gear is ready for Thursday’s first moon photographs. The 850 pound craft will orbit 117 miles near and 1,159 miles farther, then transmit 16 pictures 78 by 1,472 miles areas. NASA schedules three days of data, with a Saturday retrorocket burn to drop orbit to 28 miles and capture 352 images of nine landing-site candidates.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Lunar Orbiter
America
Unmanned Flying Laboratory
National Space Agency
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Control Center
NASA
Moon
Surveyor
Mine Fire Traced to Electrical Fault at Mountaineer No. 9
Rescue teams worked through Monday night to seal off the No 9 mine at Mountaineer Coal near Farmington after a fire started in the eastern section from a mining machine. About 100 miners evacuated safely. no injuries reported. The mine will stay closed at least through Friday for air testing. Investigators will determine the cause after the blaze is controlled. Officials suspect an electrical failure sparked the fire. About 30 workers were near the scene sealing the area as state mine officials arrived to assess safety and ventilation. The mine employs roughly 300 workers.
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Fairmont
UPS
Mountaineer Coal Co
Farmington
Ond
Dave Davis
Davis
W. F. Eigenbrod
Charleston
Trib Folds as New York Newspaper Strike Ends
The World Journal Tribune ceases operations after 114 days of strike. Meyer cites pressmen union refusal of a mayor backed fact finding panel as the final straw. The Trib joins a lineage of papers folded or merged since 1900 due to costs, circulation decline, and suburban migration.
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World Journal Tribune Inc
Meyer
John V. Lindsay
Trib
New York
The
Sun
World- Telegram
Brooklyn Eagle
Mirror
Viet Cong Attacks U.S. Post Near Saigon
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division command post about 15 miles northwest of Saigon. The assault lasted one hour and 45 minutes with 82 rounds of 81 millimeter mortars. U.S. spokesmen reported light damage as infantrymen replied with mortars artillery and small arms.
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U.S. Army
1St Infantry Division
Saigon
U.S
House Probe Holds Hearing Amid Court Clash
A House subcommittee hearings clash with a federal court order on Viet Cong aid probes. Judge Corcoran's restraining order stops the inquiry while a three judge panel weighs the constitutionality of the committee. Rep Joe R Pool defends the investigation as an overt act inquiry amid broad political dispute in Washington.
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Joe R. Pool
D-Tex
Corcoran
United States
North
Viet Nam
U.S
Howard F. Corcoran
U.S. Court of Appeals
David Bazelon
Circuit Court
Alexander Stevas
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Legislative
Cocoran
Capitol Hill
Speaker McCormack
Congress
Cheering House
Dallas
Texas
U. S
Joseph M. Hannon
Theovernment
New Deal
Thomas G
Tommy
Cork Corcoran
Allen M. Krebs
Walter D. Teague III
New York City
Krebsland Teague
House Committee
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Louisiana Legislative Committee
Brennan
Louisiana
Pool
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Wis
U. S. Navy
Asst
Patrick Bower
Airlines
Howard Kessler
Glenn Matheny
Dr. H. Clark Kessel
Vievia Lewis
Mrs
Berry's
House Probe
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