Final rites set for Forrest Perdue at Bud Baptist Church
Funeral notices list Forrest Lee Perdue 23 of Bud dead on arrival Sunday at Mullens hospital after a brief illness. Born December 1 1942 at Bud he was husband of Martha Ann and father of Robert Allen with four brothers two sisters and multiple relatives. Burial in Bud Cemetery with services led by Rev B H Stevens. Also noted is Lee J Morgan 93 Ravencliff died at Mallens hospital after long illness. survivors include Virgie his wife eight sons a daughter and 40 grandchildren. funeral at Mullens funeral home with arrangements pending.
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Forrest Lee Perdue
Bud
Bud Baptist Church
B. H. Stevens
Perdue
Mullens Hospital
Hobert Lee
Willa Mae Rinehart Perdue
Martha Ann
Robert Allen
Wade
Elkton
Johnny
Hobert
Jimmy
Willa Mae Burrell
Carol Shrewsbury
Covel
Sandra K. Prillman
Alpeca
Sam Foglesong
Nease
Neely
Mullens
Lee J. Morgan
Ravencliff
Mallens
Coal Mountain
James Morgan
Jane Johnson Morgan
Virgie
Grady
Beckley
Golden
Baltimore
Luther
Kopperston
Wandel
Lynce
J. Rush
Royce
Donald
Fred
Davin
Myrtle Brunty
Clear Fork
Sara Foglesgong
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Rns
Mary L. Bowling
Flat Top
Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church
Kenna Lilly
Dean Pack
C. R. Cox
Bowling
Robert
Sally Ann Lilly
Daisy Lilly
Mount View
Abigail Good
Princeton
Edith Meador
Lego
James Claar
Fred Bowling
Toy Lilly
Glen Mathery
Argile Hatcher
Freddy Lilly
Frank Lane
James Rose
Rose and Quesenberry
Claude Walker
Lashmeet
Egeria
Tilden Walker
Oma
Ronald
Bracy and
Blake
Pinoak
Buford
Clifford Jennings
Matoa
Hester Walker
Spencer
Richcreek
Henry Mitchell Childers
Teaberry Road
Ronceverte
Little Creek
Services for Billy Junior Rakes in Oak Hill
Billy J. Rakes and Billy Junior Rakes 34 Elyria Ohio former Rhodell resident funeral planned at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Rakes died after a short illness in an Elyria hospital. He was GM machinist and Summerlee Presbyterian Church member. Born Kingston February 29 1932 son of I E and Myrtle Pennington. Survived by wife Ollie Kitty and sister Mrs Lee Frazier. Body to be moved from Harold Dicken Funeral Home Elyria to Oak Hill after 5 pm Tuesday. Also William Dixon Barron 51 Manassas Virginia former Rhodell resident died in Manassas and is returned to Calfee Funeral Home for arrangements.
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Billy Junior Rakes
Elyria
Ohio
Oak Hill
Tyree
Dewey Pittman
High Lawn Memorial Park
Rakes
Eral Motors Corp
Summerlee Presbyterian Church
Kingston
I. E
Myrtle Rakes Pennington
Summerlee
Ollie
Kitty) Rakes
Lee Frazier
Beckley
Harold Dicken
Rhodell
William Dixon Barron
Manassas
Superior
Michael and
Sarah Dixon Barron
Vera Barron
Lillian Tartin
Bradley
Isabel Vass
Slab Fork
Ann Crum
Joe
Calfee Funeral Home
Charles P Weaver funeral plans pending in Oak Hill
Charles P Weaver 63 of Oak Hill died in a local hospital after a long illness. Born May 11, 1903, he was son of the late Eli and Minnie Weaver and a member of Oak Hill Church of God. Survivors include three daughters, a sister, a brother, ten grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
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Charles P. Weaver
Oak Hill
Eli
Minnie Weaver
Funeral services for Marie B Hicks in Minden
Marie B Hicks 64 of Minden dies in Oak Hill hospital. Funeral at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Minden at 2 p m Wednesday with Revs Frank Shelton and W C Clement officiating. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greentown with calling after 1 p m Tuesday. Body to church one hour before services.
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Marie B. Hicks
Minden
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Frank Shelton
W. C. Clement
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Lamaster Ruth Lamaster rites set for Tuesday in Hope
Mrs Ruth Lamaster 55 Hyattsville Md formerly of Mount Hope will be conducted at 11 am Tuesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Hope Rev Ernest Barley in charge Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity She died Friday at her sister Mrs Mary Carroll Kingston Tenn The body will remain at the funeral home for viewing after 4 pm today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Augusta Lamaster
Hyattsville
Mount Hope
Tyree
U S Hopes To Salvage Part Of Mission Orbiter Maps
U S space scientists aim to salvage part of the first lunar orbiter by snapping photos of potential landing sites on the moon. The 850 pound craft entered a new, higher orbit and will image Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Tranquillitatis with its moderate and high resolution cameras as plans adjust after a high res lens setback.
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Orbiter
Moon
Pasadena
Calif
UPS
U.S
Mare Fecunditatis
Highland Plain
Mare Tranquillitatis
Orbiter Project
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Clifford H. Nelson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nelson
Bearded rescuer helps two Germans on Alpine cliff
Gary Hemming leading a multinational team, descended the Aiguille du Dru with two German climbers Heinz Ramich and Hermann Mueller, rescued after ropes were lost. The operation, the largest in the French Alps, involved over 50 climbers and was marred by the death of a German climber.
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Chamonix
France
UPI
Alps
Gary Hemming
Pasadena
Calif
Aiguille du Dru
Heinz Ramich
Hermann Mueller
French Alps
Probation Revoked for 14 Year Old in Mistreatment Case
Beclky area Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery revoked the probation of a 14 year old East Beckley boy after he appeared on charges of mistreating two young girls. The youth, previously sent to the State Industrial School for burglary, will serve at the state reformatory until age 21. Other actions included releases to parents for several teens and orders to stop carrying a knife. An East Beckley youth faced a burglary-related warrant and a 15 year old driver was released to his mother with instructions to report next Juvenile Day in September.
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East Beckley
Harry L. McCreery
State Industrial School For
Pruntytown
State Reformatory
Beckley
Appalachian Power Co
Power Company
Ban on remittances could hinder aid to POWs in North Vietnam
A speaker noted Treasury and State Department work with the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide medical aid to American prisoners held in North Viet Nam. He warned a rigid ban on remittance solicitations in pending legislation might interfere with assisting captive U.S. personnel.
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Freedom
Smth
Treasury
State Department
International Committee of the Red Cross
North
Viet Nam
Soviet arms influence in Middle East and Pakistan
The article notes Pakistan seeks Soviet aid to balance India while the Kremlin pursues influence in Kashmir and beyond. Soviet arm deliveries to Iraq Syria and Egypt push Iran toward Moscow after limited U.S. commitments. Close to 19,000 officers from recipient countries are trained in Russia, with about 3,500 Soviet advisers deployed.
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Pakistan
Kremlin
India
Kashmir
Middle East
Iraq
Syria
Egypt
Iran
United States
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Moscow
Russia
Johnson 1965 bomb pause dispute before talks
In 1965 Johnson faced a clash with Pearson after Pearson urged a bombing pause in a Baltimore speech before a meeting with the President. The President, Mrs Johnson, and Lynda Bird flew to Campobello by helicopter after an overnight Maine coast cruise aboard the Northampton, a command ship.
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Pearson
Johnson
Baltimore
Lynda Bird
Campobello
Maine
Northampton
West Virginia Weekend Traffic Toll Tops Seven
United Press International reports seven people died in West Virginia traffic crashes over the weekend. Randolph County saw an Elkins man die Sunday. six others perished Saturday in crashes on routes including Sec. 21 W V 15 U S 50 and near Pruntytown. Victims named: Jack A. Hodges Becky Christian Dallas Jarvis William L. Stout Charles Hamm Betty S. Keener William Cotter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
West Virginia
Elkins
Randolph County
Jack A. Hodges
Becky Christian
Webster Springs
Carl Griffith
W. Va
Dallas E. Jarvis
William L. Stout
Gassaway
Braxton County
Charles Hamm
Betty S. Keener
Wallace
Harrison County
U. S. 50
Pruntytown
Taylor County
William Cotter
Mt. Lebanon
Pittsburgh Area
Wheeling
March leaders push Chicago march as King backs effort
March organizers urged a white crowd to join a demonstration at a district police station. Police fired into the air as violence followed. King praised the movement, declaring it a magnificent expression of the Chicago freedom effort, and vowed to continue opening white areas to Black residents. Civil rights leaders planned a mass meeting to announce another march.
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King
Chicago
Pioneer 7 Satellite Delivers Good Data in Space
Ames Research Center scientists report Pioneer 7, a 140 pound satellite launched from Cape Kennedy, is 94.43 million miles from the sun and 474,169 miles from Earth in a stable orbit. All six experiments are functioning, gathering data on solar winds and magnetic fields to aid future space travel.
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Mountain View
Calif
UPI
America
Ames Research Center
Cape Kennedy
Pioneer 7
Eisenhower Urges Universal Military Training Plan
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposes a universal 49 week military training program for all 18 year olds. The plan would allow limited exemptions and offer optional enlistment with GI Bill benefits and nominal pay. He notes social disruption and a $3 to $6 billion rise in spending but would keep reserves and ROTC.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reader's Digest
Eisenhower
Congress Seen as Likely to Pass Minimum Wage Rise
A AFL-CIO spokesman said labor expects Congress to approve a minimum wage bill raising the floor from 1.25 to 1.40 on February 1, 1967, and to 1.60 by February 1, 1969, with Senate changes pushing the final 1.60 to February 1, 1968. He called the House-passed measure the best possible.
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Washington
UPI
Organized Labor
Labor
Congress
Andrew J. Biemiller
Legislative Department
Afl-Cio
Senate
House
Senate Labor Committee
Jacob K. Javits
New York Republican
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Plane Crash Rescue in Rural Town Yields Survivor
A Cessna 172 crashed on a mountain near a small 3,200 population community. Rescuers dug with bare hands to free Emmanuel as the fuselage pinned his legs. CAP and volunteers conducted a wide search across Massachusetts and Rhode Island before finding him.
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Peter Grimaldi
John Faulkner
New York
Hartford
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Faulkner
Emmanuel
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Hartford Airmotive
West Virginia Young Democrats Back All Five Amendments
The Young Democratic Clubs of West Virginia endorsed all five proposed constitutional amendments at a three day convention in Parkerburg. One amendment would allow the governor to succeed himself for a four year term. UPI reports Frank E. Moss of Utah commented on WV election quirks, noting a Republican House member slipped through and similar past errors.
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Parkersburg
UPI
West Virginia
Frank E. Moss
Utah
House of Representatives
Air Force planes spray Culex mosquitoes over Dallas
Four Air Force C123 planes flew at tree top level over northeast Dallas to spread Malathion to curb St. Louis encephalitis. Health director Dr. Hal J. Dewlett cites 81 cases and five deaths, including women aged 67 and 71. Spraying aims to cover the county in seven days amid debate over insecticide safety.
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Dallas
API
Air Force
St. Louis
North Central Expressway
Hal J. Dewlett
Dewlett
Dowlett
E. Richard Halden
Carter Blood Center
Forth Worth
Halden
Dewiett
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Sophia High School
Beckley College
First Baptist Church
Bank of Raleigh
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Della Perry Childers
Thurmond R. Childers
Axie Honaker
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Roanoke
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William Richmond
William Burk Richmond
Iris Mountain
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Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Fred Dillon
Restwood Memorial Estates
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Raleigh
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Piney View
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Maycle Meadows
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Cairo
Ruth Lamaster
Orient Express
Turkey
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Saudi
Arabia
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Tibet
INDI
Bay Bengal
China
Tokyo
Japan
Saigon
Istanbul
Europe
South Asia
Asian Trunk Line Construction Co
South Viet Nam
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Meadow Creek
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