Holiday Reservations On Upswing At Airport
Reservations are filling up fast for flights from Raleigh County Memorial Airport from December 18 to 27 as Piedmont Airlines reports a sharp rise in holiday traffic. The carrier's system reached its one millionth passenger for the year in Tennessee, continuing a record year as earnings nearly double from the prior year. Flights depart daily at 9 24 a.m. 2 08 p.m. 8 p.m. and 10 01 p.m. Piedmont serves nine states plus DC over a 6000 mile route with F 27 propjets.
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Raleigh County Memorial
Jay Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont System
Tennessee
Piedmont
Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont Aviation, Inc
States
District of Columbia
AFL-CIO Forms Appalachian Unity Council for Region
The AFL-CIO created the Appalac Council to coordinate labor and community efforts across an eleven state area in Appalachia. Miles Stanley of the West Virginia Labor Federation will chair, with Harry Boyer of Pennsylvania CIO as vice chair and Robert Bollard as secretary treasurer. An executive panel drawn from Kentucky Maryland Alabama Virginia the Carolinas Tennessee and Georgia will guide the council.
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Appalachian
Appalachian Trade Union
Charleston
Stanley
Harry Boyer
Pennsylvania Cio
Robert Bollard
Hio Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio
Kentucky
Aryland
Alabama
Virginia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Georgia
Talks in House next week outline British nuclear ideas
U S officials describe British proposals as very interesting and potential basis for a collective approach to nuclear weaponry management. They stress alliance discussion and await other governments views before adoption. Wilson to meet Schroeder this week and MLF remains seen as indispensable. European control of U S power not being considered.
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House of Commons
U.S
United States
Wilson
Gerhard Schroeder
MLF
Strategic Air Command
College boards approve library expansion plans and budgets
Tech Bldg and applied arts building at Fairmont State College after approving plans for a 1.5 million addition to the Marshall University library. Plans and cost estimates for a new library at Glenville State College were being reviewed today as board members discussed fiscal year 1965-66 budget requests with the Board of Public Works.
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Fairmont State College
Marshall University
Glenville State College
Board of Public Works
Medicare Proposal To Be Given Legislature
A Charleston UPI report says a legislature subcommittee will send to the full committee a proposal to shift state financed medical care administration from the State Welfare Department to private insurers like Blue Cross Blue Shield. The report, without a recommendation, goes to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance Jan 11, two days before the 1965 Legislature. Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith supports administrative parts but questions state finances. Current medical programs cost about 9 million annually. private administration would cost about 14 million. The interim group concludes three days of meetings including a subcommittee on higher education.
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Charleston
UPI
State Welfare Department
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
W. Bernard Smith
Republicans seek broad party overhauls after election
Barry Goldwater and the defeated nominee urge a broadly based party with cool heads to reshape policy. Goldwater notes a 1964 conservative appeal drew 5 percent of his voters’ donations, helping the party turn a deficit into black. Scranton meets Eisenhower to back moderates against Burch, aiming for enough votes to unseat him at the January RNC in Chicago.
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Goldwater
Senate
Arizona
Thruston B. Morton
UPI
Lasteek
Scranton
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
GOP Governors Association
Burch
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Railways threaten strike over holiday travel impact
Railroads warned that a strike would cost $26.7 million in daily operating revenue and disrupt the entire national rail system, risking irreplaceable public harm. unions had set a Nov 23 strike with a new 6 am Tuesday deadline after stalled talks with railroads and Labor Secretary Wirtz. President Johnson's wage board had recommended 9 cent raises for three years.
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Tors
Chicago
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Washington
Johnson
West Virginia BPW hears final 1965–66 budget requests
Charleston dispatch reports the State Board of Public Works will hear the last departmental budget requests for institutions today. The Board aims to trim the requests totaling 213 million to 162 million for presentation to the 57th Legislature next month. University and college budgets rise with Marshall at 4,009,701 and others increasing from Bluefield, Concord, Fairmont, Glenville, Shepherd, West Liberty, Tech, and West Virginia State. A state kindergarten plan is proposed at 150,000 initial and 500,000 to implement statewide.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
BPW
State Department of Natural Resources
Motor Vehicles, State Tax and Commerce Commissions
State Board of Education
Marshall University
Charles Brown
God
Bluefield State
Concord College
Fairmont State
Glenville
Shepherd
West Liberty
Tech
W. Va
State
Campus Queen coed Kathy dies at campus scene
Kathy, a 3000 student campus favorite, died suddenly at the scene. Students recall her blossoming talent and poised future. She planned to sing at the Messiah Christmas concert and chair the Crystal Capri event. Her engagement to a University of Illinois graduate was to be announced.
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Longfellow
Kathy
Platte‘ville
University of Illinois
Margaret Reeves
Belvidere
Chicago
County Librarian Advocates State Library Plan at Capitol
Mrs Cecil Graham Raleigh County librarian spoke before the State Board of Public Works in Charleston urging endorsement of a new state library as part of the Capitol complex. The West Virginia Library Association backs the project with a resolution, Dora Ruth Parks of the Library Commission proposed it. Estimated cost 1 102 894 dollars for a four story Quarrier Street building would be funded two thirds by federal allocations with the state contributing 415 240. The commission asks the board and will seek Legislative appropriation from the General Revenue Fund surplus.
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Cecil Graham
Raleigh
Charleston
State Board of Public Works
West Virginia Library Association
Capitol
Graham
State Association
BPW
Dora Ruth Parks
West Virginia Library Commission
Quarrier Street
General Revenue Fund
Deaths and Funerals for Russell Orren of Bishop Va
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Alexander Methodist Church in Bishop for Russell Orren who died Tuesday in a Bluefield hospital after a short heart attack. Burial follows at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Bluefield. Surviving are his wife Lillian Lay Orren, a son James in the Air Force in Miami, a daughter Louise Medwell of North Tazewell, his brother Lee of Matoaka, three sisters Ivy Blevins of Atlanta Ollie Foster of High Point and Nettie Boyles of Matoaka, and seven grandchildren. The body lies at Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell.
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Russell Orren
Bishop
Mount Hope
Price Hill
Alexander Methodist Church
Grandview Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Orren
Lillian Lay Orren
James
Air Force
Miami
Fla
Louise Medwell
North Tazewell
Lee
Matoaka
Ivy Blevins
Atlanta
Rites Held for Harry J. Wilson at Wayside Church
Services were held at 2 p.m. in Wayside Methodist Church for Harry J. Wilson 61 of Wayside a World War II veteran and farmer who died of a gunshot wound in a Hinton hospital. Burial followed at Wayside Cemetery with E. M. Meadows Funeral Home in charge and survivors including four brothers and three sisters.
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Harry J. Wilson
Wayside
Wayside Methodist Church
Wilson
Hinton
Charles A
Ida Allen Wilson
Russell
Howard
Ballengee
Bert
Narrows
Woodrow
Lettie Hedrick
St. Albans
M. R. Canterbury
Minden
Evelyn Wilson
E. M. Meadows
Samuel T Johnston 88 dies after short illness in Welch
Samuel T Johnston aged 88 of Davy died in a Welch hospital at 10 15 p m Tuesday after a brief illness He was a longtime Davy resident and member of Davy Methodist Church Born in 1876 in Wyoming County he was the son of the late Chapman and Melvina Johnston Surviving are his widow Ellen Johnston two daughters Iona Vanover and Maxine Fagan a stepson Nelson Hall ten grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren The body is at Fanning Funeral Home Welch pending arrangements
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Samuel T. Johnston
Davy
Joe
Marie) McElyen
Slab Fork
Welch Hospital
Davy Methodist Church
Wyoming County
Chapman
Melvina Johnston
Ellen Johnston
Verlin
Iona) Vanover
Tampa
Fla
Williams
Maxine) Fagan
Detroit
Mich
Nelson Hall
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Earl J Mahone Funeral Services Held in Winston-Salem
Earl James Mahone 49 of Mabscott died Monday November 30 from self inflicting gun wounds at home. Funeral services were held Thursday at Vogler's Chapel Winston Salem with burial at Woodland Cemetery. He was a former building contractor born in Beckley. Surviving are two sisters Hulda Levi Beckley and Birdie Childress Winston Salem and two brothers Hanney Glen Daniel and Theodore Winston Salem.
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Earl James Mahone
Mabscott
Vogler
Construction Contracts Down In West Virginia
West Virginia October construction contracts totaled 32.424 million dollars, down 4 percent from October 1963, per F W Dodge Company. Nonresidential 4.22 million, down 22 percent. residential 5.87 million, down 33 percent. nonbuilding 22.334 million, up 15 percent. Ten month total 224.231 million, down 24 percent. nonresidential 45.586 million, down 8 percent. residential 75.041 million, up 7 percent. nonbuilding 103.604 million, down 40 percent.
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West Virginia
F. W. Dodge Company
McGraw-Hill, Inc
Dodge
E. C. Fessler
Ferry collision sinks teen parade to icy Rauma harbor
In Rauma Finland a ferry carrying 35 teenage girls to a military dance was struck by a tug causing 24 deaths including 21 girls and 3 crewmen. The motor launch sank after being struck amidships in icy rain about 200 yards offshore.
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Rauma
Finland
UPI
Finnish Coastal Artillery
James S. Farmer Funeral Arrangements Reported
James Eugene Farmer 72 Mullens died at 1:30 p m Tuesday in a Mullens hospital. Born December 23 1891 in Wytheville Virginia he was son of M C and Rosa Holt Farmer. He worked for Norfolk and Western Railway since 1908, was a 32nd degree Mason and Kazim Shrine Roanoke. Survived by Myrtle two sons J E Jr of Miami Bill of New Smyrna a daughter Donna four brothers and two sisters. Body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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James Eugene Farmer
Mullens
Mullens Hospital
Wytheville
M. C
Rosa Holt Farmer
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Roanoke
Myrtle
J. E. Jr
Miami
Fla
Bill Farmer
New Smyrna
Donna
D. E
Bluefield
Perry
Koppers Hill
Clinton
Keystone
H. L. Dillon
Pearlsburg
Alma Dowdy
Blacksburg
Sam Foglesong
Faculty backs Calif students in free speech clash
The University of California Berkeley faculty approved by 825 to 115 a proposal allowing students to advocate any cause on campus, with rules limited to time place and manner to prevent interference. FSM leaders hailed the Academic Senate decision, while Mario Savio praised the 8-1 vote.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
University of California
University
Board of Regents
Academic Senate
Free Speech Movement
FSM
Mario Savio
Viet Army Lifts An Lao Siege as GI Dies
Vietnamese troops lifted the Communist siege of An Lao garrison in the jungle highlands 300 miles north of Saigon amid continued fighting elsewhere in the north and Mekong Delta. Four Americans killed, two wounded, one missing in a week of heavy combat. names and units of the fallen provided. The An Lao action marked a major Viet Cong engagement, with analysts comparing it to Dien Bien Phu and signaling potential broader use of conventional tactics by the Reds.
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Qui Nhon
South Viet Nam
UPI
An Lao
Saigon
Mekong
Pfc
Arthur S. Shelton
Loyalton
Calif
Mekong Delta
Delta
Norman W. Heck, Jr
Lewis Ave
Ida
Mich
James G. Dunton
Upham St
Melrose
Mass
SFC
Guy T. Freeland
North 34Th St
Fort Smith
Ark
William R. Hamlin
S.W
Apt
Seattle
Wash
Dien Bien Phu
Three Penitentiary Inmates Seek State Supreme Court Review
Three Moundsville Penitentiary inmates Randy Watk ins Everett Calloway and Donald Howell will have their cases reviewed by the West Virginia State Supreme Court in early February Each argues his constitutional rights were violated due to lack of proper counsel at lower court trials Watkin s is serving 1 to 10 years for receiving stolen goods Howell 1 to 15 years for breaking and entering and Calloway 2 to 10 years for forgery Local counties Logan and Mingo are cited in the sentences.
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Charleston
UPI
Moundsville Penitentiary
State Supreme Court
Randy Watkins
Logan County
Everett Calloway
Donald Howell
Mingo County
Wealthy twin accused in brother's shooting death
Los Angeles detectives plan to file a murder complaint against Timothy Nicholson for the death of his twin brother Todd, disputing Timothy's claim of an accidental shooting. The brothers shared a $400,000 Temple City apartment and a $1 million inheritance from their father, a Pullman empire figure. Todd was preparing to return to Phoenix when he was shot. Timothy allegedly shouted after the shot.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Timothy Nicholson
Todd
Timothy
James Hamilton
District Attorney’s Office
Atty
John Hopkins
Joseph McGarry
Phoenix
Ariz
Edward
Teddy) Nicholson
Pullman
Cudahy Meat Packing
Nicholsons
Cudahys
Handsome
F. Edward Carey
Pullman Co
Temple City
Sun Investment and Development Co
Shuey Greenberg
Greenberg
Beckley Men to Join Advertising Fraternity at WVU
Two Beckley men Palmer Farley advertising manager Beckley Newspaper Corp and John M Misiti journalism student at the University will be installed in Alpha Delta Sigma at West Virginia University. Dr Noel P Laird ADS national treasurer will officiate at 4 p m in Martin Hall WVU School of Journalism. The WVU chapter joins a network of ADS chapters aiding students with career guidance and agency tours.
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Beckley
Alpha Delta Sigma
ADS
West Virginia University
Palmer Farley
Beckley Newspaper Corp
John M. Misiti
Noel P. Laird
Lancaster
Martin Hall
WVU School of Journalism
Laird
WVU
Franklin and Marshall College
F&m
U. S
Robert Summers
Circuit Court Testimony in $50,000 Injury Suit
Testimony closed in the $50,000 personal injury case of Hattie Hodge v Naomi and Preston Turner. Electrolux manager J N Kirk testified he heard no complaint of injuries, while a co‑worker said she complained. Witnesses described a traffic collision on Prince St near Beckley Ice and Feed with conflicting accounts. Hodge alleges severe injuries and toe amputation. Trial to resume after recess. medical and labor costs detailed during noon session.
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Hattie Hodge
Naomi
Preston Turner
J. N. Kirk
Beckley
Electrolux Corp
Hodge
Kirk
Mrs. Hodge
Berk Lynch
Preston Turner Jr
Prince St
Harper Road
Beckley Ice
Mrs. Turner
Bailey Injured In Automobile Accident Near Ravencliff
Bailey Glen Rogers, about 35, son of Mrs Ida Bailey, is hospitalized at Wyoming General in Mullens after a one car crash near Ravencliff Tuesday night. The car left an icy road and plunged into a creek. Bailey suffers injuries while two other occupants Johnny Gentry and Rodney Fortner endured minor injuries and were not hospitalized. Both Gentry and Fortner are Glen Rogers High School students.
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Glen Rogers
Ans
Paris
Bud) Bailey
Ida Bailey
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Ravencliff
Johnny Gentry
Rodney Fortner
Gentry
Fortner
Glen Roggers High School
Human Torch Dies From Self Burning Youth Star
Alton Crook, 18, a teen basketball star from Sanford Fritch High School in the Texas Panhandle, died of burn injuries after setting himself on fire with gasoline. The Texas Panhandle talent earned a West Texas State University scholarship and a freshman center position before his death following a Thanksgiving family quarrel and an apparent suicide attempt.
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Galveston
Tex
UPI
Alton Crook
Crook
Sanford Fritch
Texas Panhandle
West Texas State University
Canyon
Smith Sets Up Safety Meeting
Governor-elect Hulett Smith will meet with traffic safety officials Thursday to discuss high school driver education programs and hiring more state policemen. Director Harry Hatcher of the West Virginia Safety Council will attend, citing budgeted funds to support these needs. Others at the meeting include Paul Beverforden, Mrs. Harry Huff, and Mrs. John Scott.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett Smith
Harry Hatcher
West Virginia Safety Council
Hatcher
Department of Education
Department of Public Safety
Paul Beverforden
National Safety Council
Harry Huff
W. Va
Kremlin Leaders Announce Big Russian Growth Plan
Kosygin reports Russia expects 117.6 billion dollars in income for the year, 15.6 billion more than 1964, with chemicals leading a 15 percent rise in gross output. Brezhnev is named the new party leader, replacing Khrushchev as premier due to retirement and health.
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Sia
Kremlin
Kosygin
St. Andrew's Hall
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Central Committee
Brezhnev
State GOP Legislators To Pick Leaders Sunday
Republicans in the West Virginia Legislature will elect leaders at Sunday caucuses in Charleston. Nine House of Delegates members and seven Senators will meet at a downtown hotel. Incumbents John E. Carrigan and George H. Seibert Jr. are expected to be re elected minority leaders. Democrats, with a 91 9 House margin and 27 7 Senate majority, have nominated H Laban White for Speaker and Howard Carson for Senate President.
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Charleston
Senate
H. Laban White
Clarksburg
Howard Carson
Fayetteville
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Marie) Jennings
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Gladys) O’gwinn
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Macie) Frost
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Susie) Williamson
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Virginia) Rhodes
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