$35,000 suit begins in federal court here
A $35,000 civil case against G C Murphy Co Store Hin ton opens in federal court before Judge John A Field Jr. Mrs. Arnold Martin sues for injuries from slipping on oil Oct 9, 1963. Dr. Jack Woodrum testified she suffered back pain and chest contusion, with multiple hospitalizations and ongoing treatment. Trial expected to end today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Murphy Corp
Hinton
John A. Field Jr
District Court of the United States
Southern District
Arnold
Melba Martin
Lockbridge
Summers County
Martin
Jack D. Woodrum
Hinton Hospital
Woodrum
Marines Press Across Cam Ne In Da Nang Perimeter Push
South Viet Nam reports describe a Marine operation at Cam Ne three miles from Da Nang air base to extend the defense perimeter. Marines used amphibious tractors, rubber boats, helicopters, and armor to seal the area and hold fleeing civilians in camps until the fighting ends. Government forces conduct a separate search and destroy mission in Quang Tri as clashes continue with North Viet Nam.
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South Viet Nam
Cam Ne
da Nang
Chu Lai
South China Seacoast
Campe
Quang Tri
North Viet Nam
Red
George Scharnberg
Vista
Calif
da Nang Air Base
County overdraft shrinks as budget cuts trim deficit
County officials report the overdraft fell from 169000 in 1963-64 to 130000 earlier, with a 7000 addition in 1964-65. The new financial statement will show all expenses for 1964-65 and is due for release after the court meeting at 10 am Saturday. Burdiss expects the overdraft to be eliminated within a year and a surplus to begin by July 30, 1966, while Farmer credits budget planning and November cuts for the improvement. No irregularities were found.Overspending blamed on meeting residents requests.
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Burdiss
Elinor Hurt
George Farmer
Bishop Pike calls heresy charges lies and distortions
San Francisco, UPI reports Bishop James A. Pike, head of the California Episcopal Diocese, condemns charges of heresy as outright lies and gross distortions. The accusation, led by Arizona Bishop Joseph M. Harte and filed by Rev. Paul B. Urbano, centers on Pike's handling of ordaining Phyllis Edwards and doctrinal statements. Pike defends his actions, noting the matter is before the House of Bishops and citing his belief in flexible interpretation of scripture amid changing times.
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San Francisco
UPI
James A. Pike
Pike
California
House of Bishops
East Glacier Park
Colo
Episcopal
Arizona
Joseph M. Harte
Phyllis Edwards
Episcopal Church
Pike's Church
Grace Cathedral
Edwards
Space flight teams brace for Titan-2 fueling
Space veteran Cooper and rookie Conrad planned to rest before dawn suiting up as pad 19 crews prepared to pour over 300000 pounds of liquid propellant into Titan-2 first and second stages, with weather and tracking networks ready.
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Cooper
Conrad
Pad 19
Congress backs wage hike and farm bill action
Congress moves to raise the federal minimum wage from 1.25 to 1.75 an hour and extend coverage to 7.2 million more workers including farm workers. House leaders expect a late vote on Johnson's omnibus farm bill amid Republican warnings of high cost and Democratic calls of farm belt chaos if defeated.
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House Labor and Education Committee
House
Johnson
Tolliver Funeral Rites Set In Glen Daniel Church
Funeral services for 90 year old William Floyd Tolliver of Glen Daniel are scheduled for 2 p m Thursday at Glen Daniel Methodist Church with Rev C D Walker in charge burial will follow in the family cemetery Tolliver died after an extended illness at his home late Monday He had lived in Glen Daniel 38 years engaged in farming and cattle raising He was born in Wyoming County Aug 15 1875 and survived by his wife Rena Belle Tolliver three sons five daughters a half brother a sister two step sons and four step daughters and 42 grandchildren He was a member of Glen Daniel Methodist Church The body is at Caffee Funeral Home with visitation after 4 p m today and will be taken to the church an hour before services Grandsons will serve as pallbearers Final rites for Mrs Stella Bowles 66 of Hinton formerly of Beckley are set for 2 p m Thursday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton Burial will be in Restwood Memorial Estates near Hinton Mrs Bowles died Tuesday at the home of her daughter Mrs Florence Rogers in Hinton Born Oct 14 1898 in Fayette County she was the daughter of the late James and Irene Persinger She had lived in Beckley 18 years and in Hinton with her daughter two years She was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Beckley Survivors include three other daughters a brother a sister four grandchildren and four great grandchildren RNS
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William Floyd Tolliver
Glen Daniel
Glen Daniel Methodist Church
C. D. Walker
Tolliver
Wyoming County
William
Liza Acord Tolliver
Rena Belle Tolliver
J. R
French
Ghent
Giles
Glen Morgan
Ernest
Lena) Halstead
Rock View
Clayton
Vida) Farley
Martinsville
Charlie
Virgie) Nunn
South Amherst
Ohio
J. K
Donna) Perdue
Lake Wales
Fla
Arlie
Stella) Athey
Mishawka
Ind
Hugh Tolliver
Sabine
Ellen Cozort
Lockbridge
Bruce Young
Dunbar
William Stone
St. Albans
Troy
Doris) Kincaid
St. Petersburg
Strat
Alice Mae) Houck
Clifton
Phillis) Meadows
Mullens
Anna Belle Harmon
Dayton
Caffee
Stella Bowles
Hinton
Beckley
Ronald Meadows
Restwood Memorial Estates
Bowles
Florence Rogers
Fayette County
James and
Irene McCreery Persinger
Memorial Baptist Church
Edith Berry
Margie Corker
Madison
Sandra Donovan
Detroit
Mich
Earl Persinger
Baltimore
Oretha Green
Knoxville
Tenn
Funeral services for Lake T Jennings set for Thursday
Lake Theodore Jennings, 61, of Glen Morgan, will have funeral services at 11 a m Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Gar land Howington officiating. Burial will follow at Epling Cemetery in Camp Creek. The body rests at the funeral home for calling hours.
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Lake Theodore Jennings
Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace
Garland Howington
Epling
Camp Creek
Jennings
William M Shupe Dies in Coal Company Accident
William M Shupe 46 Hewett former ly of Pemberton was killed August 9 in a state coal fall at Westmoreland Coal Co A veteran of World War II he leaves widow Lillian two daughters Vivian and Kathy at home his mother Mrs Mary Jane Shupe Worth a brother Junior Keystone five sisters Elvie McVey Pemberton Mildred Ballard Worth Gladys Linous Washington DC Janie Shupe Norfolk VA and Sadie Fox Johnson City Tenn
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William M. Shupe
Hewett
Pemberton
Shupe
Westmoreland Coal Company
Lillian Shupe
Vivian
Kathy
Mary Jane Shupe
Worth
Junior
Keystone
Elvie McVey
Mildred Ballard
Gladys Linkous
Washington, D.C
Janie Shupe
Norfolk, Va
Sadie Fox
Johnson City Tenn
Mrs Cora Griffith Services Held at Rockview Baptist Church
Mrs. Cora Griffith 76 of Itmann died Tuesday in a Mullens hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Rockview Baptist Church with Rev. Orville Belcher officiating. Burial in Cook Cemetery. Born July 7, 1889 in Keyrock, she was daughter of Isaac and Martha Cook. Survived by husband Robert L. Griffith a son Elden Shumate a daughter Lucille Valley three brothers and three sisters. Friends may call at Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens.
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Cora Griffith
Itmann
Rockview Baptist Church
Orville Belcher
Cook Cemetery
Rockview
Griffith
Mullens Hospital
Keyrock
Isaac and
Martha Perry Cook
Robert L. Griffith
Elden Shumate
Final rites held for Mrs Rhoda B Keener at Baughman Church
Mrs Rhoda Belle Keener 67 of Strange Creek died Monday in Charleston hospital after a long illness. She was born November 13 1897 in Braxton County and was the mother of Roy Keener Fayetteville. Funeral services were at 11 a m today at Baughman Church with burial in Walker Cemetery on Keener's Ridge. She was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church and funeral arrangements were by Waters Funeral Home Summersville.
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Rhoda Belle Keener
Strange Creek
Baughman
Walker
Keener's Ridge
Keener
Roy Keener
Fayetteville
Charleston
Jim J. Cox
Braxton County
Mount Olive
Keener’s Ridge
Waters Funeral Home
Summersville
Mrs Myrtle Phillips Funeral Services
Mrs Myrtle Phillips 78 of Marmet formerly Beckley dies in Charleston hospital after extended illness. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday Caffee Funeral Home Chapel Rev Shirley Donnelly. Burial in Wildwood Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Virginia Marion Marmet son James E Marmet and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call after 7 p m today.
Price Dan Services for Dan Price at Mullens
Dan Price 75, of Allen Junction, long illness. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Mullens. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Born March 20 1890 Spring Creek NC, son of Daniel and Harriet Plemmons Price. Wife Etta died March 6 1963. Retired miner. Survivors: two sons Andy Bud and Phil Allen Junction. three daughters Alma Thompson Fred Long Canton OH Mae Oliver Haywood CA. brother Burgan Price Spring Creek NC. Body at funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Dan Price
Allen Junction
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Price
Huntington Hospital
Spring Creek
N. C
Daniel
Harriet Plemmons Price
Etta
Andy
Bud
Phil
Alma Thompson
Fred Long
Canton Ohio
Mae Oliver
Haywood
Calif
Burgan Price
Beckley Lawyer Elected To State Bar Board
Charleston United Press International reports five West Virginia State Bar governors were elected by mail ballot. Winners: J. Brooks Law son Jr of Williamson, Houston A. Smith of Hamlin, G. Berk Lynch of Beckley, Arthur F. Kingdon of Bluefield, and Gary Joe Triplett of South Charleston. They replace retiring governors after the annual meeting in Charleston October 21 to 23.
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C. Berkley Lilly
Beckley
W. T. O'Farrell
Charleston
W. G. Wilson
Logan
Mississippi adopts new vote laws era in state referendum
Mississippi voters approved constitutional changes to align with the federal voting rights bill. Governor Johnson and officials backed the measures while segregationists and the Ku Klux Klan opposed. The referendum passed by nearly four to one with about 120,234 for and 15,277 against across 1,575 precincts. The amendments remove 18 percent of requirements for registrants and permit future registration rules to be changed without constitutional amendments.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Ku Klux Klan
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Passerby Fails Burglary Try in Charleston
A Charleston truck driver Howard Crowder spotted two suspects attempting to break into a service station. Police arrived and restrained one man, Richard J. Martin, 23, jailed on breaking and entering and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His companion was a juvenile. Martin is on probation for another burglary.
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Charleston
UPI
Howard Crowder
Richard J. Martin
Martin
West Virginia tourism push and growth plans outlined
Collision cites a Department of Commerce tour for travel writers and agencies as highly effective and notes a Teddy award for an outdoor recreation film. State industrial expansions rose to 95 in 1964-65, with total employment at 577,000, as planning efforts and a federal grant bolster statewide development.
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Department of Commerce
Michigan Outdoor Writers
Collison
Center For Appalachian Studies
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Collision
New York
Chicago
Ike Urges GOP Crusade to Restore Morals
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told GOP leaders in Washington and at his Pennsylvania farm that the time is ripe for a Republican crusade to restore respect for law and moral values. He linked recent Los Angeles riots to a mood of lawlessness and warned against Democratic policies he called bread and circuses.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
GOP
Los Angeles
United States
Pennsylvania
NASA Leaders Visit South to Observe Mission Preparations
NASA officials travel to southern centers to review ongoing preparations as astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad prepare for an eight day Gemini flight. The mission aims to test operations and spacecraft systems ahead of the crewed launch set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Goreon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Watts Riots and Political Feud Mark Los Angeles Turmoil
Violent clashes in Watts led to fires and widespread damage. Police seized temple files as threats from callers to LAX surfaced. Gov Brown lifted a curfew while National Guardsmen used tear gas. Public officials traded blame over rioting that killed 35 and injured hundreds amid widespread looting and food shortages.
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Los Angeles International
United Press International
Glenn Wagner
Harbor
Watts
Samuel W. Worth
R. Sargent Shriver
Edmund Brown
US. Agriculture Department
Mrs Kennedy And Kids To Visit In Newport
Mrs John F Kennedy and her two children plan to leave Cape Cod for Newport Rhode Island next week. They will stay at Hammersmith Farm with her mother and stepfather Hugh Auchincloss until the children return to school in New York City in September. John Jr. begins kindergarten and Caroline enters third grade at the Sacred Heart convent.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
Cape Cod
Newport
R.I
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