LBJ To Make Full Financial Report
ARH employees voted to return to work after a wave of walkouts at Beckley and South Williamson hospitals tied to terms of a United Mine Workers district 50 contract. Pickets and unions claimed no wage or benefit reductions, while ARH faced financial strain and arbitration talks. Johnson released a public financial statement detailing net worth and trust arrangements, with Life magazine figures prompting political calls for broader disclosure.
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ARH
South Williamson
UMW
South Williamson Hospital
Beckley
Pikeville
Man and Williamson
Wise
ARHI
Kentucky
Stone
West Virginia
Johnson
A. W. Mourland
Life Magazine
William E. Miller
Passenger Injured Pilot Dies In Piper Crash
A single engine plane crashed while landing at Danville airport. Pilot Alva Horn, 64, of Paynesville West Virginia was killed. Passenger Walter Ver Beavor Jol West Virginia was injured. The four seat Piper Commanche flame engulfed the craft after the impact near McDowell County. The flight was from Portsmouth to the Tri Cities Airport Bristol Virginia when the pilot became lost about 9 20 p m.
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UPI
Alva Horn
Paynesville
W. Va
Walter William Beaver
Jol
West Virginia
McDowell County
Portsmouth
Tri-Cities
Bristol
Stratton Loses Band Director Griffin to Cleveland School
Charles L. Griffin long time Stratton High School band director and math instructor will resign this month to join a Cleveland Ohio area school. He attended Alabama State College and Bluefield State College. Griffin leads Ebenzer Baptist Church music and Omega Phi-Si member. married to Rometta Greene with six children. Replacement not named.
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Stratton High School
Cleveland
Ohio
Griffin
Stratton
Alabama
Alabama State College
Birmingham
Ala
Bluefield State College
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Omega Phi-Si Fraternity
Rometta Greene
Beckley
Brenda Griffin
West Virginia State College
Diane Griffin
Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
Michael
Charles II
Donald
April Christine
Pleasantly Cool Weather For Beckley Area
Partly cloudy and pleasantly cool this afternoon with a high near 72. Clear and chilly tonight with a low around 45. Thursday partly cloudy and warm with highs in the upper 70s. Beckley temps show 77 as the high and 49 as the low in the past 24 hours. River and lake levels normal and clear. new gauge near Hinton at 1.7 feet. Five day forecast calls for cool Thursday, warmer Friday, then cooler again with Friday and Saturday showers totaling about a half to three quarters inch.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Dozer Accident Kills Operator on I-64 Project
Dewey D. Carter 34 of Barboursville died after a bulldozer he operated overturned on a steep grade at an Interstate 64 construction site near Huntington. Russell Perrine of Sutton, driving a following truck, was slightly injured as it struck the dozer and went off a 75 foot embankment. Carter was pinned under wreckage about an hour. Both men worked for Southern Coal Corp Beck Vy.
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Dewey D. Carter
Barboursville
Russell Perrine
Sutton
Southern Coals Corp
Beck
Carter
Perrine
Gemini Launch Site Struck By Lightning
CAPE KENNEDY UPS The federal space agency said Tuesday America's chance of making a two man space flight this year has been lessened by lightning damage to the rocket scheduled for the final unmanned Gemini test. Lightning hit the Gemini launch complex Monday night affecting several systems in the Titan 2 that was set for the unmanned sub orbital flight to an ocean recovery area Oct 6. Engineers and NASA officials met today to determine the damage and the number of repairs needed after ruined equipment is replaced.
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UPS
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America
Bolt Of Lightning Kills 2 At Welch
A bolt of lightning struck a utility pole in Welch killing Elwood Mullens in his late forties and his 12 year old stepson Wayne Patrick. Mullens was found with a live line across his leg on a hill near his home. Wayne Patrick’s body was later found in nearby woods about 100 yards from the pole. Three other youngsters in the group escaped injury as a storm passed through the Welch area.
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UPI
Elwood Mullens
Wayne Patrick
Mullens
Senate approves housing bill to aid home buyers
The Senate passed a 1.1 billion compromise housing measure by voice vote, sending it to the House. It blends differences between prior bills and includes 50 million for 3 percent 20-year loans to rehabilitate property in slum clearance districts, aiming to curb bulldozing in urban renewal and raising FHA insured mortgages from 25,000 to 30,000.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Kennedy Statue Moved From Viet Nam Square
Workmen quietly removed a granite monument to John F. Kennedy before dawn in Saigon as Catholics opposed the one ton memorial that renamed Our Lady of Peace square in his honor. Officials gave no clear word on whether the name change was dropped or moved to another square.
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Viet Nam
UPI
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South Viet Nam
Our Lady of Peace’ Square
Someother Square
Kennedy
Appalachia Bill May Reach Floor This Week
Dent Johnsons one billion development bill for Appalachia could move toward action on the House floor by week’s end. The House Rules Committee was set to approve the measure after final testimony. Speaker John W. McCormack indicated he may bring the bill up before the recess for the Democratic National Convention.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House Rules Committee
House
John W. McCormack
D - Mass
Syncom Satellite Lofted An Ocean Telecast Mission
CAPE KENNEDY America cleared its first obstacle as a Delta rocket lofted the Syncom communications satellite. The craft aims to provide ocean spanning telecasts of October’s Olympics from Japan and offer emergency links to hard to reach Asian trouble spots. Initial orbit readings were awaited as launch officials praised the performance and prepared for the next burn to achieve a 23 300 mile high circular path.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
America
Syncom
Japan
Pacific
United States
Delta
Robert H. Gray
Earth
Six Killed In Pa Pike Crash
Six people died in a two car Pennsylvania Turnpike collision near Beaver Falls. One vehicle vaulted a steel median divider and struck the other car. Five victims were in the same car, including Jerry Tinsley eighteen and Parnell Days seventeen, both from Cleveland Ohio, Morris Lanier eighteen, Robert Price eighteen, Isaac Resnick fifty from Brooklyn New York. Frank Heinz twenty five from Center North Carolina drove the other car. his wife Leno re twenty four and their daughter Kyle three were critically injured. Kenneth Francis fifteen of Cleveland was a passenger in Tinsley’s car. Truck driver James Hilbert forty five of Selinsgrove was seriously injured after being struck while walking back to his rig. Police said Tinsley’s car swerved out of control after passing an auto and struck the divider into Heinz’s car.
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UPI
Jerry Tinsley
Parnell L. Days
Morris B. Lanier
Robert C. Price
Cleveland
Ohio
Isaac Resnick
Brooklyn
N.Y
Frank Heinz
Center
N.C
Heinz
Lenore
Kyle
Kenneth Francis
Tinsley
James H. Hilbert
Selinsgrove
Seven Training Programs Approved For State
Charleston APS reports seven new vocational training programs under the Manpower Development and Training Act will aid 154 unemployed West Virginians. The 42 programs statewide now serve 703 workers with maintenance allowances. Programs include forester aide training in Elkins and mine maintenance mechanics in Welch, welders at Berkeley Springs, salespersons in Clarksburg, bookkeeping machine operators in Parkersburg, clerk stenographers in Bluefield, and Welch clerk stenographers for youths aged 17 to 22 in the Welch area.
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Charleston
APS
West
Elkins
Welch
Berkeley Springs
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Bluefield
Strong Rights Plank Urged By Democrats
Democratic platform writers focus on civil rights as NAACP leader Roy Wilkins urges vigorous enforcement of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Testimony from Kennedy King Farmer and others is planned as the platform committee concludes hearings in Washington before the Atlantic City session and convention. Wilkins criticizes Goldwater while stressing calm, lawful action amid riots and the need to use government power to end segregation.
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Martin Luther King
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Barry M. Goldwater
Congress
Goldwater
Johnson
Cyprus peace moves ease water food blockades
Greek Cypriots opened water supplies to Turkish Cypriots in Paphos as UN officials urged calm. Five barrels of kerosene entered north Nicosia aiding bread production, with UN peacekeeping to escort supplies. NATO said Turkish air units returned to Allied command. tensions eased after talks in Nicosia.
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UPI
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Paris
NATO
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U.N
Thant
Allied Command
Allied
U. S
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
TV Debates Killed in Senate Vote
The Senate voted 44 to 41 to shelve a bill for televised debates between President Johnson and GOP nominee Barry Goldwater this year. Democrats faced Republican claims they were under orders from "high up" to block the proposal amid a brief, lively debate.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater
Tough Talking Greenhorns Robbers Lose Loot In Sloppy Getaway
Houston police nabbed a 34 year old man described as a free lance parachutist after two robbers struck Gulf Coast National Bank for 40411 dollars. The pair, wearing western outfits, threatened tellers then fled, abandoning their car and leaving most of the loot in a briefcase and on the floor.
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Houston
UPI
Gulf Coast National Bank
Hugh Alexander
Alexander
Louis Gentry
Ex-Beckleyan Drowns In New York City
The body of former Beckley man Lee A. Neely 41 is not yet recovered after a boating accident in New York City. Neely and six others were thrown overboard when the motor boat overturned during a pleasure ride Sunday. Three were rescued. search for the others continues. Neely attended Stratton High School and was married to Mary Anderson of Beckley. they had a son, Lee Jr.
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Beckley
New York City
Lee A. Neely
Clifton Neely
G Street
East Beckley
Neely
Stratton High School
Mary Anderson
Lee Jr
Congo Rebel Leader Slain
ELISABETHVILLE Congo The death of rebel leader Pierre Mulele was reported by Radio Congo but details remain unclear. Unconfirmed reports say he may have been killed by Congolese army troops. belongings found, body not recovered. Mulele, about 49, led early Communist inspired rebellions in black Africa and served as education minister under Patrice Lumumba before Lumumba’s assassination.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
UPI
National Radio Today
Pierre Mulele
Radio Congo
Mulele
Black Africa
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
China
Found Dead In Fire In Maidsville Home
Robert W. Stewart age 55 of Maidsville was found dead and badly burned in his Morgantown area home. Police say the fire started from a cigarette but Stewart likely died of a heart attack before the blaze.
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UPI
Robert W. Stewart
Maidsville
Stewart
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