Convention Special Hope Reborn LBJ Can Win Dixie By BRUCE BIOSSAT
Washington correspondent Bruce Biossat reports that Democratic leaders at the 1964 convention seek a cautious Southern strategy for LBJ. A civil rights plank without major new legislation and a soft approach to Alabama and Mississippi seating disputes aim to appeal to Southern voters. Tests across states show Johnson gaining ground in several Deep South states, though Goldwater remains strong in Virginia and Florida. Johnson may lead a party favored by farm subsidies, welfare, and education boosts, potentially securing Southern support despite Goldwater’s regional strength.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Atlantic City
NEA
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Old South
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
San Francisco
South
Johnson
Florida
Farris Bryant
Alabama
Mississippi
Barry
LBJ
National Party
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Virginia
John McKeithen
Allen Ellender
Russell Long
Platform clash widens GOP-Dem split on key issues
Atlantic City briefing outlines stark contrasts between parties on medical care for the elderly, foreign policy, civil rights, trade, and extremism. Republicans push universal hospital coverage and hard anti-communist trade stances. Democrats advocate Social Security hospital inclusion, strict civil rights enforcement, expanding global ties, and condemning extremism across the spectrum. The summary emphasizes the divergent approaches without quoting verbatim.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
San Francisco
Hurricane Cleo Villages Guadeloupe Damage
Cleo left 63 million dollars in damage on Guadeloupe Saturday as Haiti faced potential toll. Heavy rain and strong winds threatened crops. the storm’s leading edge hit Haiti’s mountains. Miami Weather Bureau urged precautions for hurricane winds in Oriente Province Cuba and Jamaica. At 6 am EDT Cleo’s center lay about 80 miles north of Kingston and 75 miles south southwest of Santiago Cuba.
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Guadeloupe
Haiti
Cleo
Miami Weather Bureau
Oriente
Cuba
Jamaica
Kingston
Santiago
Riots Shake South Vietnam as Khanh Clashes with Protests
In South Vietnam protests flood major cities after a ban on demonstrations. Saigon mobs sack the Information Ministry and a Da Nang crowd attacks an American billet. A Caravelle Hotel bomb injures several. Khanh promises military easing as 7 steps down.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
Information Ministry
da Nang
Khanh
Khan
Caravelle
Radio
Two men freed after petty larceny charges dropped
Duff Collins 36 of Skelton and Frank Durham 32 of Beckley were released from Raleigh County Jail after the petty larceny warrant charges were withdrawn. Three men had been arrested for the theft with Thomas Maloney of Beckley also detained. Maloney posted a cash appearance bond to Magistrate W A Burke. Elridge Todd of Beckley accused the men of taking the items.
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Duff Collins
Skelton
Frank Durham
Beckley
Raleigh
Thomas Maloney
Collins
Durham
Maloney
W. A
Gene) Burke
Elridge Todd
Joy
Livestock Prices Soar Amid NFO Boycott Across Midwest
The NFO week long protest halts livestock from 23 states raised wholesale prices to multi month highs. Hog prices rose to 17.65 per cwt in Chicago and steers to 28.50, while bacon hit 79 cents a pound in Shenandoah Iowa. Violent and vandalism reports surfaced as the action neared one week.
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Chicago
UPI
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Midwest
Omaha
Neb
Oren Lee Staley
Steers
NFC
Shenandoah, Iowa
Kennedy Plans Senate Bid Faces Conservative Opposition
Kennedy plans to run for the New York Senate seat independent of Goldwater Miller tickets, facing Clare Boothe Luce who will campaign for the Conservative line. He resigns from the Massachusetts delegation, moves his family to Long Island, and sets a political base in Manhattan while contending the bid is a springboard for national ambitions.
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Goldwater - Miller
Clare Boothe Luce
Kennedy
Keating
Wagner
Massachusetts
Atlantic City
N. J
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Long Island
East Side
Manhattan
Virginia
New York Senate
Revival Set To Open At Tilden Church
The Rev. Melvin Sequine affiliated with the Appalachian Bible Institute at Bradley will lead a revival opening at 7 30 p m today at Tilden Community Church on Sullivan Road.
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Melvin Sequine
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
Tilden Community Church
Sullivan Road
Tax Department Fears Con Game In Phony Letters
Charleston UPI report says the West Virginia State Tax Department suspects a con game involving fake tax notices. Four residents, including three in Charleston and one in Parkersburg, received letters on official looking stationery warning of irregular tax returns and promising an investigator. The letters were signed by a fictitious John Snide. The department urges receipts to report them and not dismiss genuine mail, noting the scheme may be designed to frighten victims.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Tax Department
Bill Sarver
Sarver
Parkersburg
John Snide
19 Divorces Granted in Raleigh County Court
The Raleigh County Circuit Clerk reports 19 divorce decrees signed by Judge Norman Knapp. Decrees include custody to plaintiffs in several cases, name restorations for Schmidt, Worthington, and Van Den Elsen, annulment of Thelma Mowery and Hugh J Mowery, and judgments in boundary and debt matters involving the State Road Commission, Locke, Lilly, Warren, and Wall. Dismissals include Ashworth v Mutual of Omaha and Shriver v Swim family cases.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Thomas Jackson Shrewsbury
Ruby Alice Shrewsbury
John Eddie Morgan
Dorothy Mabry Morgan
Agelika Schmidt Fox
Kermit Fox
Schmidt
Constance Lilly
James Lilly
Betty Hull
Alven Hall
Herbert
Opal Bare
Robert Bare
Margaret Worthington
Jack D. Worthington
Leslie
Ison James Williams
Eula Thelma Williams
Erma Lee Martin
Carl Randall Martin
Othello Daniel
Quentin Daniel
Richard Summers
Mabel Summers
Stanley Earl Shipley
Deloris Ann
Joe Wall
Effie Wall
Frank Warren
Danny
Frank Serge
Serge
Warren
David D. Ashworth
Mutual of
Omaha
Neb
Carrie E. Shriver
R. C. Swim
Mary E. Swim
Robert J. Ashworth
Stephen's Lake clearing and construction material plan
Project lists include 65000 cubic yards of excavation 18900 tons of crushed base 2100 tons of hot bituminous pavement 157 cubic yards of drainage pipe and inlets 110 feet of curb and gutter 1039 square yards of sidewalk 712 acres of seeding three diving stands and 4500 tons of beach sand Plans and specs available for inspection at Robert L Davis Co 324 Valley Drive South Beckley Copies may be obtained at the same address for a 30 deposit Bidders may receive refunds on return of plans Non-bidders get half the deposit back
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Robert L. Davis Co
Valley Drive South
Beckley
Escapee Harry Wolfe Repatriated to Atlanta Federal Prison
Harry E. Wolfe, an escapee from the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, was returned there from the Raleigh County Jail today.
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Harry E. Wolfe
Federal
Atlanta
Georgia
Raleigh
Final rites for Clina Richard Dunbar set at Workman Creek
Final rites for Clina Richard Bill Dunbar 64 of Clear Creek will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Workman Creek Methodist Church with Homer Hizer Pax and Rev Don Meadows officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Cemetery follows. Dunbar died at 7 20 am Monday after a short illness. Survived by widow Ollie Florine Dunbar whom he wed June 23 1962, daughter Iris Ann Hanson Martinsburg three sons James A St Albans Jackie O Doylestown Pa and Carl L Lynn Mass a sister Madge Stover Charleston three brothers Chance Dunbar Albert Dunbar Basil Dunbar and three grandchildren. Body at Melton Mortuary 3 5 15 today then to residence. church one hour prior to services. Pallbearers listed.
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Clina Richard
Bill” Dunbar
Clear Creek
Work‘man Creek Methodist Church
Homer Hizer
Pax
Don Meadows
Colcord
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Dunbar
Workman Creek Methodist Church
Coal River Mining Co
Dorothy
John
Delilah Stover Dunbar
Ollie Florine Dunbar
Lynn
Iris Ann) Hanson
Martinsburg
James A
St. Albans
Jackie O
Doylestown
Carl L
Mass
Madge Stover
Charleston
Chance Dunbar
Albert Dunbar
Toledo
Ohio
Basil Dunbar
Columbus
Melton Mortuary
Basil Workman
Hermit Stover
Harlow Dunbar
James Knapp
Oscar Dunbar
Woodrow Pennington
Robert Dunbar
Former Services for Kenner Fortner Held at Glen Rogers
Funeral services for Kenner Fortner 46 a retired Raleigh Wyoming Mining Company employee will be held at 11 am Wednesday at Glen Rogers Independent Baptist Church with Rev Henry Barnett McGraws and Rev George Warner of Wyoming officiating Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery Fortner died at 630 am Monday after a long illness at a Mullens hospital The body was moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to the Fortner residence today and will lie in state at the church an hour before the service.
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Kenner Fortner
Glen Rogers
Glen Rogers Independent Baptist Church
Henry Barnett
McGraws
George Warner
Wyoming
Pine Grove
Fortner
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co
Mullens Hospital
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home, Inc
Mullens
Mrs Elizabeth Schwank Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Schwank of 215 Crawford Street died at her home at 11 a m today after a long illness. The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Elizabeth Ann Schwank
Crawford Street
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
James B Wilson dies after short illness at 63
James Butler Wilson, 63, of Camp Creek, died in a local hospital at 1 30 p m on Monday after a short illness. The body is at Melton Mortuary awaiting arrangements.
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James Butler Wilson
Camp Creek
Melton Mortuary
Shrewsbury Released and Jail Bookings Reported
Shrewsbury resident Carl Shrewsbury was released from Raleigh County Jail after charges of non support and assault and battery were withdrawn. Robert Williams of Clear Creek was booked for drunk driving. Clarence Elmer Marcum of Breeden was booked as a parole violator. A Norton, Virginia juvenile was discharged to custody of his mother after a grand larceny arrest. Earl Roark of Coal City was released after serving time for permitting an unlicensed person to drive.
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Carl Shrewsbury
Ghent
Raleigh
Robert Williams
Clear Creek
Clarence Elmer Marcum
Breeden
Norton
Beckley
Earl Roark
Coal City
Goldwater Defends Retaliatory Weapons Control
Goldwater argued that large retaliatory weapons must stay under American control and in the U S arsenal as required by Congress. He warned no responsible leaders propose surrendering control and spoke at a luncheon and dinner with industry and banking leaders. He avoided talks with Clare Boothe Luce and said he would wait to decide on the GOP senatorial situation in New York.
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Cal
Goldwater
America
Congress
Commerce
Clare Boothe Lue
Connecticut
University Club
Beckley Fire Rescue Handles Two Heart Attack Calls
Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad answered two Monday calls for apparent heart attacks. At 11:25 a.m. Mrs. Tillie Hochman, 66, of 209 North Vance Drive, received oxygen and was taken to Raleigh General Hospital by a Keyser Bryant Funeral Home ambulance. she was reported improved. At 2:45 p.m. they treated Hazel Hall, 55, of Stamford, with oxygen but she was not hospitalized.
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Beckley
Ansted Boy 12 Steals Car in Fayette County Chase
A 12 year old Ansted boy stole his sister’s car in Oak Hill and led state police on a high speed chase through Fayette County. He crashed into a cement porch near Bradley, was treated for a cut at Beckley ARH, and is in parental custody pending investigation.
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Oak Hill
Ansted
Fayette County
Bradley
Beckley Appalachian Regional
State Road Commission
Two Drivers Cited After South Kanawha Street Crash
Walter Clay of Fayetteville aged 60 and Daniel R Sterling of Beckley aged 19 were cited by city police after a two car collision at South Kanawha Street and G Street at 9 30 p m Monday. Clay was charged with turning into oncoming traffic and Sterling with not having his vehicle under control. The 1957 and 1958 model cars collided. damage figure not estimated and no injuries reported.
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South Kanawha Street
Iity
Walter Clay
Fayetteville
Daniel R. Sterling
Beckley
Clay
Sterling
Piney View youths charged in Piney View break ins
Kelly Daniels 19 and William Dale Jackson 17, both of Piney View, faced magistrate Burke after waiving to the grand jury on two breaking and entering counts. Remanded to jail in 1000 bond. Thefts cited at Bonner's Grocery, merch valued at 40 dollars including two Timex watches and cigarettes. school burglary denied by police.
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Kelly Daniels
Piney View
Raleigh
William Dale Jackson
W. A. (Gene) Burke
Bonner's Grocery
Bonner’s Grocery
Water Grant Approved for Mercer County System
Sens. Byrd and Randolph announced a Federal loan and grant totaling nearly 1.25 million for a Mercer County water system. The Farmers Home Administration will insure a private loan over 768000 and the Community Facilities Administration will grant 481500. The system will serve 4300 county residents.
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Washington
UPI
Mercer County
Sens
Robert Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Farmers Home Administration
Community Facilities Administration
UF Campaign Leaders Are Named Today
Major appointments for the United Fund drive in Raleigh County were announced by Campaign Chairman Phil Payne. kickoff is Oct. 5 with E J Berger and Gene Foster as corps leaders and John Gates, John T Straton as co-leaders. Melvin Tolle named publicity chairman and Harry Culp training coordinator. Thelma Fugitt is campaign secretary. Administrative expenses for 1963 were 4 1 percent of the budget. Final quarterly distributions for 1964 total 16000 from 26191 67 on hand. The 1963 drive exceeded its 65950 goal by over 5000. Eleven agencies participate this year including Red Cross Salvation Army YMCA Scouts Mental Health and USO.
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United Fund
Raleigh
Phil Payne
Beckley Hotel
E. J. Berger
Gene Foster
Berger
John Gates
John T. Straton
Foster
Melvin Tolle
Alan Susman
Susman
Board of Directors
Budget and Finance Committee
John W. Kern
Kern
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
YMCA
Girl and Boy Scouts of America
Raleigh County Mental
Police Change Windsor Charge In Local Case
Jackie Lee Windsor, originally charged with reckless driving and no motor vehicle registration, now faces driving to the left of center line. He appeared with attorney Kermit Locke but did not enter the building as the case was to be heard Monday night. Windsor was arrested at 3:30 a.m. Monday, August 17, claiming his car was parked at the bus station on Prince Street. He alleges police left before he could locate his registration and offered a witness to prove he was not in town at the time. A quick disposition was requested. Windsor, visiting his mother and on vacation from a Cleveland, Ohio job, posted a $20 bond. Three others forfeited bonds totaling $55: Robert E. Young $20 on a speeding charge, Charles F. Davis $15 for no city driver’s license, Dennis W. Perry $20 on a speeding charge.
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Jackie Lee Windsor
Windsor
Kermit Locke
Prince Street
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert E. Young
Charles F. Davis
Dennis W. Perry
Seven Morris Harvey College summer graduates named
Six Raleigh County students and one from Wyoming County among 109 graduates at Morris Harvey College Charleston summer commencement. Recipients include Patty R. Blevins Bill D. Cole Max F. Trail Lester James Lee Hamon Sophia Helen M. Bonham Anna Lee Stover Gene A. Crotty Rex M. Smith state schools chief delivered address. Dr Marshall Bakalew conferred degrees as new college president.
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Raleigh County
Wyoming County
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Patty R. Blevins
Bill D. Cole
Beckley
Max F. Trail
Lester
James Lee Hamon
Sophia
Helen M. Bonham
Crab Orchard
Anna Lee Stover
Artie
Gene A. Crotty
Mullens
Rex M. Smith
No Charges Placed In U S 21 Crash Investigation
State Police said no charges were filed as the investigation continued into a two car collision on U S 21 at Bradley Monday. The 1959 car driven by J T Surface, 22, collided with a 1960 car driven by Philip Van Kirk, 51. Damages were about 300 dollars.
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U. S. 21
Bradley
J. T. Surface
Philip van Kirk
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