Deaths and Funerals in Regional Obituaries
Multiple notices report deaths and funeral arrangements across Crab Orchard Ansted Fayetteville and Montgomery. William Harrah age 52 dies after eight months illness. survivors include spouse Gladys and several siblings and children. J Milton Propps 59 former WV Tech instructor dies in Montgomery with extensive lodge church and civic affiliations. survivors include wife Mary and four siblings. Other services listed include Mrs Eula Banes Lilly Leslie Kelly and funeral details for Kelly from Fayetteville following a mining accident. Local pastors and burial plans noted with dates and venues.
Anti Communist Students Riot At Indonesian Parliament
More than 3,000 anti Communist students from KAMI and KAPPI stormed lines of troops and tanks at Jakarta parliament demanding Sukarno retract his claim to power. They presented resolutions calling for his removal, repeal of key policies, UN reentry, and royal support for military spending controls.
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Jakarta
UPI
Sukarno
Kami
Kapu
KAPI
Indonesia
United Nations
KAPPI
West Java Siliwangi
Malaysia
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Nettie Harrah
Mrs. Annie Nettie Harrah 91 of Ramsey will be buried at Harrah Cemetery after funeral services at Mount Eary Methodist Church in Ramsey. The Fayette County native died Wednesday at her daughter Grace White’s home. Surviving are son Tracy V. Harrah of Beards Fork sister Laurie Forsythe of Fayetteville and one grandchild. The body lies at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Ansted.
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Annie Nettie Harrah
Ramsey
Mount Eary Methodist Church
Wesley Pennington
Harrah
Grace White
Fayette County
Tracy V. Harrah
Beards Fork
Laurie Forsythe
Fayetteville
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Ansted
Rns
Mrs Cora Lee Roper of Newark dies after short illness
Mrs Cora Lee Roper 31 of Newark formerly Beckley died at home Wednesday after a short illness. Born April 17 1935 at Slab Fork she is survived by husband Dozier Roper of Newark mother Mamie New Beckley step father Elder Robert Newsome Beckley six siblings and one half sister. Body returning to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Cora Lee Roper
Newark
N. J
Beckley
Ruth Cooney
Alice Burks
Christine Wright
Ruth Adams
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Johnson Visits Western States
President Johnson resumes airborne campaigning visiting three western states Pocatello Idaho Denver Colorado andTulks and Pryor Oklahoma seeking support for Democrats and the Great Society He will spend the weekend at his Texas ranch for his 58th birthday Johnson urged continued mandate in the 1966 elections amid possible congressional deadlock if GOP cuts cut majorities.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Great Society
White House
Pocatello
Idaho
Denver
Colo
Tulks and Pryor
Oklo
Texas
Funeral arrangements for Kellis Ayers 74
Kellis Ayers 74 of 224 N Vance Drive died in a local hospital at 6 15 am Wednesday He was a retired machinist and a member of the Holiness Church of Sandstone He was born June 22 1892 in Brooks son of Floyd and Isabell Grimmett Ayers Surviving are his wife Delta Ayers three sons Forrest Ayers Clyde Ayers Virgil Ayers one daughter Virginia Foster Sprague one grandson Don Lee Ayers He rests at Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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William
Chuck) Leon Harrah
Crab Orchard
Ansted
Senate
Violet Harrah
Missionary Baptist Church
UMWA
East Gulf
Gladys Harrah
John Henry Harrah
Helen Browning
Alexandria, Va
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Leslie R. Kelly
Route 1
Fayetteville
Gatewood Baptist Church
Earl Pittman
E. L. Clower
Huse Memorial Park
Kelly
Beckley
Brooklyn
Cunard
The
Baptist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Julia C
Lennie
Cathy
James E. Kelly
John
Westerville
Ohio
Orville
Harry Kelly
Joe Summerfield
Effie Jones
Betty Bennett
Lorene Flower
Louisville, Ky
Opal Morris
Lookout
Sarah Boley
Russelville
Dodd- Payne Funeral Home
Kellis Ayers
N. Vance Drive
Holiness Church of Sandstone
Ayers
Brooks
Floyd and
Isabell Grimmett Ayers
Delta Ayers
Forrest
Florida
Clyde
Nashville
Tenn
Virgil
Virginia Foster
Sprague
Don Lee Ayers
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Thomas Smith Dies After Long Illness at 66 in Eccles
Thomas Lee Smith 66, of Eccles, died at 2 a.m. Wednesday after a long illness. A retired coal miner, he belonged to Shady Grove Baptist Church in Eccles. Survived by wife Gloria at home, two sons William L. of Los Angeles and Rialph at home, five daughters Tawana Neletta Laronda Toya and Deshawn at home. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor in Beckley.
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Thomas Lee Smith
Eccles
Smith
Shady Grove
Judge John Knox, famed Ecstasy obscenity figure, dies at 84
John Clark Knox who supervised the Southern District of New York for decades died Tuesday at his Manhattan home at age 84. Knox served as judge from 1918 to 1964 and was chief judge from 1927 to 1955, gaining notoriety for presiding over high profile cases including the Ecstasy era controversy surrounding Hedy Lamarr.
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New York
UPI
John Clark Knox
Hedy Lamarr
Manhattan
Knox
Woodrow Wilson
Faubus’s Father John S Faubus Funeral Set in Huntsville
Funeral services were scheduled Friday for John Samuel Sam Faubus 78 father of Governor Orval Faubus who died Wednesday after a long illness in Huntsville Alabama.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPI
John Samuel
Sam) Faubus
Orval Faubus
Widow of Northwestern president dies at 95 in Wilmette
Chicago area report says Mrs Anna Marcy Miller Scott widow of Walter Dill Scott former Northwestern University president died Tuesday at the Bahai Home in Suburban Wilmette. She was 95.
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Chicago
UPI
Anna Marcy Miller Scott
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern University
Wilmette
Funeral services for Guthrie editor emeritus dies at 78
James A. Guthrie editor emeritus of the San Bernardino Sun Telegram died Tuesday at age 78 in San Bernardino California. Funeral services are set for Friday.
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San Bernardino, Calif
UPI
James A. Guthrie
The
San Bernardino
Sofia cartoonist Boris Angeloush dies at 62
Bulgarian cartoonist and graphic painter Boris Angeloush died Wednesday at age 62. He was a leading figure in Bulgarian cartooning and modern graphic art.
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Sofia
UPI
Boris Angeloushev
Polish war hero Morowski dies after rabbit shoot collapse
Bletchley England UPI reports Gen. Tadeusz Borko morowski wartime Polish army leader collapsed during a rabbit shoot at Woughton on the Green and died late Wednesday at age 71.
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Bletchley
England
UPI
Tadeusz Borkomorowski
Woughton-on-the-Green
AMA President Warns of Big Brother Government
White Sulphur Springs UPS report quotes Dr. Charles L. Hudson of Cleveland warning the nation about expanding government. He says political leaders respond to constituents and warns Medicare could cover all by 1972. He urges personal responsibility and notes democracy’s 200-year limit. The West Virginia convention opens with Gov. Hulett C. Smith set to speak before 700 physicians and guests.
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UPS
American Medical Association
Charles L. Hudson
Cleveland
Ohio
House of Delegates
West Virginia State Medical Association
Greenbrier
Hulett C. Smith
George Orwell
House Panel Advances Bill Barring Aid to Enemies
The House Committee on Un American Activities approved a bill to forbid U S citizens from aiding U S enemies such as the Viet Cong reversing the administration s stance The measure would also make it a crime to block the movement of troops or supplies in the United States The panel expects quick floor action and broad support from colleagues
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Washington
UPI
U.S
House Committee On
Justice Department
Edwin Willis
D-La
House
Subcommittee
Joe Pool
D-Tex
United States
Senate
White House
Johnson
Congress
Congressional
Senate Rules Committee
Agriculture Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Record bombing surge hits North Viet Nam 146 missions
Viet Nam spokesmen said American planes flew a record 146 bombing missions over Communist North Viet Nam, hitting 207 targets with no U.S. planes lost. The weekly casualty report showed 91 Americans killed, 425 wounded, 8 missing, and total U.S. combat deaths at 4,862. Communist deaths were 1,827, with South Vietnamese 216 and allied 23. Marine operations near Da Nang and the DMZ produced 50 communist deaths and light Marine casualties. Mission totals broke the prior high of 139.
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Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Hanoi
Australia
New Zealand
South Korea
War College
da Nang
Leatherneck
North
South
Saigon
Prisoners escape as guards chase from Ft. Dix to woods
In a shooting incident, prisoners Broyles and others fled a building climbing a perimeter fence. Guards pursued with M-14 rifles. Broyles fired at a prisoner accidentally striking a guard. Ray, from Maplewood New Jersey, was captured near the Ft. Dix Personnel Center after a brief struggle. Warner, from East Nassau New York, trapped in a drainage tunnel and captured. Ray had earlier been in stocking for AWOL. Warner is held on AWOL charges at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Broyles
Ray
Maplewood
N.J
Ft. Dix
Johnnie Ellis
Warner
East Nassau
N.Y
Ft. Leonard Wood
Johnson says Congress share blame if wage price controls loom
President Johnson warned Congress must share responsibility if inflation fights escalate beyond verbal measures. He cited pending appropriations bills and potential further actions if spending lacks restraint, noting wage and price rises reflect higher wages and profits while inflation remains a challenge.
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LBJ
Congress
Merriman Smith
Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Labor
Management
Banking
Luna 11 Races Toward Moon On Photo Mission
The Soviet Luna 11 sped toward the moon on a photo swap mission to aid Moscow as it seeks a manned lunar landing. It aims to join U.S. Lunar Orbiter 1 in photographing candidate landing sites, with cameras expected to transmit earth images while orbiting the moon.
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Moon
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Russia
America
U.S
Kremlin
United States
Earth
Apollo tests heat shield as astronauts swap to automatic crewless flight
Apollo aimed to test the heat shield and attitude control during a ready crewless flight 706 miles high with a 19,000 mile per hour return toward a Pacific recovery fleet 93 minutes after launch near Wake Island. If successful, the test would support planned manned missions by Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee in December and the lunar program.
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Pacific Recovery
Spashdown
Wake Island
Space Agency
Virgil Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
America
B&O Wins Permit for Caboose Passenger Service
The Public Service Commission approved permanent use of a new all steel caboose on B&O mixed freight and passenger trains Nos. 103 and 104 between Huntington Parkersburg West Virginia. ICC hearing soon. B&O seeks to end the service. The caboose features cushioned seats belts heat and sanitary facilities. Train 104 runs Huntington to Parkersburg three nights weekly and train 103 returns Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays nights.
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Charleston
UPI
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
Huntington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Public Service Commission
B&o
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
ICC
Huntington - Parkersburg
PSC
Ter
William C. Reister
Paul H. Reistrup
Baltimore
B&o Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Reistrup
Caboose
Rusk Defends Commitments Amid Global Roles
Secretary of State Dean Rusk defended the United States global commitments to more than 40 countries across five continents. He argued such pledges reduce war risk and urged shared peacekeeping, while cautioning against becoming a world police. The remarks opened a Senate preparedness subcommittee hearing on U S overextension.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Rusk
United States
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
U.S
Faith Hurricane Heads Toward Leeward Islands
The Weather Bureau warned Faith could become strong and dangerous by evening with hurricane winds heavy rains and seas up to five feet. Evacuation was advised along flood prone coasts as Faith lay about 300 miles east of Guadeloupe and 650 miles east southeast of San Juan moving west at 25 mph with gale winds extending 300 miles north and 100 miles south.
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Weather Bureau
Leeward Islands
Bureau
Guadeloupe
San Juan
Faith’s
Rates To Be Increased At Paden City Water System
The Public Service Commission on Wednesday granted Paden City permission to raise water rates. The PSC said current charges were unjust, unreasonable and insufficient to cover operating costs of the water system.
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Charleston
UPI
Paden City
Public Service Commission
PSC
Rights Leaders Plan Big March Into Cicero Suburb
Civil rights leaders led by Dr. Martin Luther King prepared for a mass weekend march into Cicero with Gov. Otto Kerner to activate the National Guard. The plan includes a Chicago protest, a Belmont Cragin march, and a potential summit with clergymen real estate officials to decide if the Cicero action goes ahead.
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Chicago
UPI
Martin Luther King
Cicero
Illinois National Guard
Francis P. Kane
Otto Kerner
Cook County
Richard B. Ogilvie
King
Belmont-Cragin
Jesse Jackson
Free’of Movement
Jackson
Kerner
National Guard
Child Care Group Sets Fall Festival Date
The executive meeting of the Beckly Child Care Auxilliary heard Rev. Virgil Cook report on Sept 21 as the annual Fall Festival date, to start at 10:30 a.m. The event aims to collect fruit and garden produce for the center, with an outdoor picnic and officer installation planned. Dr Clyde A Ash spoke.
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Beckly
Virgil Cook
Clyde A. Ash
Methodist Churches
Go Go Boots Tip Cops Suspect Quickly Nabbed
Police quickly nabbed Dianna Sanders, 24, of Canton Ohio after she held up Arcade News Agency at about 9 am. A note demanded two packs of cigarettes money and change with a smile. Clerk Dallas George handed over about 40 dollars and police later arrested her in a beer garden.
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Charleston
UPI
Polit
Dianna Sanders
Canton
Ohio
Arcade
Dallas George
George
Wreck In Kentucky Claims Third Victim
A two car crash on Kentucky Route 21 near Berea has claimed a third victim Ray born Buttry two month old son of Christine Buttry 20 of Boone Ky in critical condition Funeral services set for Berea Survivors include father Bill Buttry and an older brother Earlier victims Barbara Buttry Powell 19 and her 10 month old daughter Sandra Kay were killed instantly Driver Douglas Jackson 19 of Big Hill Ky has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and driving on revoked license The other vehicle was moving south at high speed crossing center line and striking head on in a sharp curve
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Kentucky
Rayborn Buttry
Christine Buttry
Boone
Berea
Bill Buttry
Barbara Buttry Powell
Beckley
Sandra Kay
Douglas Jackson
Big Hill
Jackson
Buttry
Erhard reshapes West German armed forces amid revolt
Chancellor Ludwig Erhard returned from vacation and moved swiftly to quell a generals revolt that shook West Germany. He appointed Lt Gen Ulrich de Maiziere to lead the 500,000 strong forces and eyed Lt Gen Hannes Steinhoff for air force inspector, signaling civilian control over the military. Hassel’s delay and absence in Canada complicated the cabinet balance as resignations loomed and more generals were expected to follow.
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Erhard
Bavaria
Lake Tegern
Hassel
Canada
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Chuck
J. Milton Propps
Montgomery
West Virginia Tech
Tech
Marshall University
Montgomery Presbyterian
Coal Valley Lodge
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Royal Arch Masons
Mount Hope
Montgomery Civitan’s Club
Henry Mason Propps
Heidelburg
Germany
B. C. Hooper Funeral Home
Eula Lilly
T. M. Waldron
Eula Violet Banes Lilly
Myers Ave
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Crews Cemetery
Nimitz
Rose and Queenberry Funeral Home
Annie WN. Harrah
Cora Roper
Western States
Thomas Smith
AMA
Dr. Hudson
Hudson
New England
Apollo
Bob Mitchum
A. B. Guthrie
Oregon Trail
PLC
Marie Galante
Dominica
St. Marten
Martinique
West Germany
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