Johnson hopes budget stays below 100 billion
LBJ aims to curb federal outlays with figures showing requests of 108.5 billion. Budget officials say expenditures could land well under 100 billion for the next year, with cabinet members noting cuts and talks possibly resuming next week at the LBJ ranch in Texas.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Budget Bureau
Kermit Gordon
Lbj Ranch
Gordon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Freeman
Final rites set for Denver Forsythe 62 of Fayetteville
Funeral services for Denver Clyde Forsythe a retired Columbus bookkeeper 62 will be held at 2 P M Saturday at the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev William Dreger officiating Burial will be in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville He died Wednesday in a Columbus nursing home Born January 8 1902 at Ansted he was a son of Mrs Laura Mary Forsythe and the late T S Forsythe He was a Baptist parishioner Surviving are his wife Hester two daughters Mrs Sam Westerhouse Columbus and Betty at home three stepdaughters Mrs Josephine Marinazzo New York City Mrs C C Cox Philadelphia Pa and Mrs Hubert Smith MacArthur two brothers Harold Cleveland and Cecil Charles Town six sisters Mrs Beulah Willis Beckley Mrs Glenna Wood and Mrs Lynn Workman both of Lansing Mrs Gladys Workman Fayetteville Mrs Elma Neal Victor and Mrs Virginia Skaggs Charleston The body will lie at the funeral home after 2 P M Friday for friends to call (RNS)
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Denver
Clyde Forsythe
Columbus
Ohio
Dodd - Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
William Dreger
Huse Memorial Park
Forsythe
Ansted
Laura Mary Forsythe
T. S. Forsythe
The
Baptist Church
Hester
Sam Westerhouse
Betty
Josephine Marinazzo
New York City
C. C. Cox
Philadelphia
Hubert Smith
MacArthur
Harold
Cleveland
Cecil
Charlesleston
Beulah Willis
Beckley
Glenna Wood
Lynn Workman
Lansing
Gladys Workman
Elma Neal
Victor
Virginia Skaggs
Charleston
James Meadows Funeral Services in Besoco
Funeral services for James Orda Meadows 66 of Besoco will be at 2 p m Saturday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Kepple Bolen and Rev Cleve Young officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Meadows died Wednesday from a heart attack born February 11 1898 at Dunns son of Joe Cephas Meadows and Mary Cooper Meadows. Survived by wife Marie Cooper four daughters six sons, four brothers and six sisters, 27 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Body at Melton Mor tuary after 5 p m today. Pallbearers listed. News ran with other obituaries and notices.
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James Orda Meadows
Besoco
Melton Mortuary
Kepple Bolen
Cleve Young
Sunset Memorial Park
Meadows
Dunns
Joe Cephas
Mary Cooper Meadows
Marie Cooper
East Gulf Coal Co
East Gulf
United Mine Workers of America
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Shirley Ellison
Philadelphia
Marjorie Wills
Green Acres City
Fla
Geneva Jackson
Princewick
Christine Mei
Littleton
Mass
James Meadows Jr
Chesapeake
Willie K. Meadows
Nitro
David Meadows
Verdunville
Robert Meadows
Merritt Island
Tracy Meadows
Boston
Elliott Meadows
Fireco
Edgar Meadows
Woodrow Meadows
Crab Orchard
Oley Meadows
Spencer
Dora Moore
Bronson
Annie Keatley
Beckley
Ada Lambert
MacArthur
Bessie Meadows
Bertha Lavender
Virgie Whittaker
Princeton
Michael Meadows
Jimmy Smith
Donald Meadows
Grover Holshouser
Artie Holshouser
Frank Williams
Byrd Plans Priority Projects for West Virginia Growth
Byrd outlined a priority list to aid Appalachian development with ARS help. Key items include the Allegheny Parkway 300 miles long, industrial highway Beckley toward Weston, Charleston to Pikeville corridor, and U S 50 realignment. Also noted were timber marketing research, coal use studies, displaced workers retraining, guerrilla warfare training camps, airport upgrades, flood-free land for industry, and new recreation to draw tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Regional Commission
Area Redevelopment Administration
Byrd
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia
Allegheny Parkway
West Monument
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky
Beckley
Weston
Charleston
Pikeville
Parkers- Z
Washington
Malaysian leader cites Indonesian regulars in coast landings
Razak said a group of 27 to 30 Indonesians who landed on the southwestern Malaysian coast were regular troops, not guerrillas. He claimed evidence supports the charge though details were not given. Three Indonesians reportedly killed in a clash 30 miles west of Singapore.
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Sabah
Malaysia
Razak
Singapore
State Farm Crop Value Declines in 1964 for West Virginia
West Virginia farmers harvested 800000 acres in 1964, down from 809000 in 1963, with total crop value estimated at 48999000 versus 51060000 a year earlier. Wheat barley apples and peaches rise while corn oats potatoes tobacco and hay fall from 1963 levels.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Department
Heavy Traffic Toll Feared Over Holiday
The National Safety Council predicts 550 to 650 deaths on highways during the Christmas holiday period as students servicemen and travelers rush home. Casualties will be tallied from 6 p m today to midnight Sunday as major transportation arteries fill with traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
National Safety Council
Bailey committed to Raleigh County Jail after police pickup
Russell Bailey of Bixie Avenue was jailed at 11 a.m. today by city police on charges of drunk driving no registration and no state operators license.
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Russell Bailey
Bixie Ave
Raleigh
Guventis Charged After Indecent Exposure Attempt
Crab Orchard resident Guventis Collier was arrested by Beckley City Police at 1 pm in a G C Murphy store on Main Street for indecent exposure. Authorities say the incident occurred inside the store and investigation is ongoing.
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Guventis
Collier Guventis
G. C. Murphy
Main Street
Beckley City
Fund raising pioneer John Price Jones dies at 87
Philadelphia aged 87 John Price Jones credited with creating fund raising as a profession died Wednesday. A firm led by Jones and bearing his name raised millions since 1919. In Dorchester on England Fred Cherrill 72 former detective superintendent who originated the fingerprint system used by Scotland Yard also died in Dublin Desmond Ryan 71 Irish writer and revolutionary who fought Britain nearly five decades ago was reported.
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Philadelphia
UPI
John Price Jones
Jones
Dorchester - ON
England
Fred Cherrill
Scotland Yard
Dublin
Desmond Ryan
Britain
Cargo Plane Crashes With No Survivors in San Bruno
A four engine Flying Tigers Lockheed Constellation crashed while taking off from San Francisco International Airport in a wind driven rainstorm. All three crew members Capt. J A Richards Daniel W Hennessey and Paul M Eunz were killed. The plane carried more than 20 tons of cargo and crashed in heavy fog near the county jail.
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San Bruno
Calif
UPI
San Francisco International
Flying Tigers
J. A. Richards
Bayhead
N.J
Daniel W. Hennessey
Hillsborough
Paul M. Eunz
North Hollywood
Kaye McCarley
Federal Aviation Agency
San Francisco
New York
Coast Guard
Coast
Board Restores $150000 To Welfare Budget
In Charleston, the Board of Public Works restored $150000 to the Welfare Department budget, lifting the total from $16.4 million to $16,596,000 though still $600000 below the current allocation. The department sought $19.7 million for 1965-66, and the board adjourned to Tuesday to continue funding talks including Education and Mental Health budgets.
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Charleston
UPI
Board of Public Works
Department of Welfare
West Virginia
Congress
West Virginia University
State Road Commission
WVU
W. W. Barron
Hulett Smith
UN Showdown Put Off A While
The U N finances showdown was postponed as the Security Council shifted focus to the Congo crisis. A Soviet move blocked a compromise plan proposed by General Assembly President Quaison-Sackey, leaving no peace treaty and a day to day armistice. Ambassador Stevenson and Congo’s Idzumbuk faced charges from Kenya and Brazzaville against U S and Belgian actions.
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United Nations
N. Y
UPI
Congo
Security Council
General Assembly
Alex Quaison- Sackey
Quaison-Sackey
U.N
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Theodore Idzumbuk
United States
Kenya
Joseph Murumbi
Charles - David Ganon
Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Attack Bomber Crash Probed Near Dirksen Estate
A Navy probe investigates the crash of an RASC Vigilante jet near DeBary Florida that killed one and injured four. The aircraft damaged two homes, set another on fire, and created a 20 foot crater as debris and jet fuel affected a five block area. Senator Everett Dirksen witnessed the scene and described the impact as a nuclear like hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Fla
UPI
Navy
DeBary
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
United Press International
Crab Orchard man injured in mining accident at Slab Fork No 10
Jack Tyree was hurt in a mining accident at the Slab Fork No 10 mine in Tams. He was transported by Williams Funeral Home ambulance to Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital and listed in good condition with a compound fracture to his left leg.
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Slab Fork
Tams
Jack Tyree
Williams Funeral Home
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Two Beatnik Hitchhikers Boast Of Georgia Murder
Two young hitchhikers told police they killed textile executive Billy Copeland who gave them a ride and stole his car. They described a cross state crime spree through Georgia Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia and North Carolina and boasted of injuring a Marine sergeant during the theft. They were identified as Roy D. Chatterton and Woodrow Whitman after being arrested in Guyton Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swann
Reg W.va
Seventeen States Back Bid to Bar Mississippi Delegation
Washington US officials report 17 northern and western congressmen including Rep William Fitts Ryan D NY pledged support for a resolution to ban Mississippi five member House delegation from seating as the Mississippi Freedom Party contests elections on grounds of voter discrimination. The plan seeks to delay oath taking January 4 and leave Mississippi without representation while contest proceeds.
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Washington
UPI
Mississippi
House
Congress
William Fitts Ryan
D'N.y
Mississippi Freedom Party
Ryan
John W. McCormack
Rights Worker Marries Negro Rights Worker Marries Negro
A white civil rights activist John Perdew 22 of Denver married Amanda Bowen 19 of Americus Georgia in Denver. The Harvard student active in southern civil rights for 18 months said they would return to Georgia after the holidays despite a state ban on interracial marriage. He noted locals already hate him and expect more hostility.
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Denver
UPI
Georgia
John Perdew
Amanda Bowen
Americus
R. S. Williams
Perdew
Harvard University
South
Philip W. Perdew
Denver University
West Berliners Visit Soviet Sector For Christmas Eve
West Berlin crowds moved through the border to reach relatives in the Soviet sector on Christmas Eve. About 10,000 passed armed guards with passes valid until midnight. In five days since the wall opening, roughly 187,250 West Berliners have reunited with Red Berlin relatives. Regular traffic across the East West border remains halted since the wall’s construction three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
UPI
Berlin Wall
Colley to Report on State Anti Smoking Efforts
Charleston reports that Harold T. Colley of West Virginia Public Health Education will brief a Washington meeting on January 11 about the state's anti smoking program. He will outline efforts to inform youth of smoking dangers and discuss survey findings from public and parochial schools showing urban students more likely to smoke and typically lower academic performance among smokers. The department may seek a federal grant to support the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Harold T. Colley
State Department of Public Health Education Program
Washington
Colley
Department
Health Department
Fatherless Yule For 4 In Georgia Murder Case
In Lafayette Georgia a Christmas stocking without its expected goodies marked the family mood as four Copeland children faced a fatherless Christmas. Police say Billy A Copeland 47 a textile executive known for helping hitchhikers was murdered by two youths whose crime spree spanned four states. A jacket and watch recovered by an officer pointed to his killing. the youths confessed to stealing a car and other belongings and to tying him in an abandoned shack before striking him with a board. No body had been found. Copeland planned to visit his Berry College son Walter on holiday. The children Alice 11 Tommy 13 Roy 6 and their mother Norvel waited in prayer for news. The case, unfolding amid a community of 6000, reflected a harsh end to a man described as a good Samaritan.
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Roy Dale Chatterton
Woodrow Whitman
Billy A. Copeland
Barwick Mills
Chatterton
Floyd County
Copeland
Rome
Sobel Sn Aspect
Popwar
Restec
Lafayette
Berry
Whisman
Billy Copeland
Leonard Twill
Huntington
Richard L. Candon
Georgia
Cope
UPI
Hope
Daddy
West Virginia
Alice
Norvel
Tuesay
Walter
Berry College
Tommy
Roy
Floods Threaten Eureka Area Resonates in Relief Efforts
Floods 40 miles north of Eureka disrupt access as rescuers race to reach wreckage and survivors. Airlift expands with Flying boxcars and a Pacific Airlines two engine plane delivering groceries to restore dwindling food in the redwood empire. Gov Brown sends National Guardsmen. Sixth Army and Navy join aid, U S S Bennington sails from San Francisco with 2000 crew and full cargo of food and medical supplies.
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Eurkea
Air Force
Pacific Airlines
Calif
San Francisco
Redwood Empire
Edmund G. Brown
Sixth Army
Gi’s
U.S.S. Bennington
Eureka
Sailor Finds Wife and Three Children Dead in Home
Long Beach California report says Navy sailor Thomas Sprouse 28 returned from Des Moines to discover his wife Shirley Mae Sprouse 23 and children Diana Lynn 7 Tom Derrel Jr 6 and Stephen 3 dead from suspected unvented gas heater asphyxiation. Detectives believe the family may have been dead five days.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Santa Claus
Thomas Sprouse
Sprouse
Des Moines
Iowa
Shirley Mae Sprouse
Diana Lynn
Tom Derrel Jr
Stephen Derrel
Navy
Terminal Island Naval Base
Leone's Support Slips On 15th Italian Ballot
Rome Italy UPI The Italian parliament failed to elect a new president on its 15th ballot as votes for Giovanni Leone and Pietro Nenni declined from the required 482. Leone led with 386 votes while Nenni received 348 with Communist backing. Bucciarelli Ducci met party leaders and scheduled a 16th vote for Friday as a 24 hour adjournment rule looms, forcing Christmas Day assembly of lawmakers.
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Rome
UPI
Giovanni Leone
Pietro Nenni
Chamber
Brunetto Bucciarelli Ducci
Seat Belts Required On New Cars Jan 1
West Virginia dealers were told that cars built after January 1, 1965 must include seat belts at sale. The law, passed by the 1964 Legislature, also covers leases transfers and trades. Copies were mailed by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. Violations are penalties under the statute noted by Deputy Commissioner S R Mills.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Ohio
S. R. Mills
Squad Answers Call In Sprague Home Fatality
Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad was summoned at 9:30 a.m. today to the Sprague residence of Mrs. Clara Legg. A spokesman said she was dead on arrival and had apparently suffered a heart attack.
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Beckley
Brownsville Sells Warplane to Settle Storage Bill
Brownsville will sell a B25 bomber parked at Brownsville Airport for 1500 to settle a two year storage bill. The owner is Tampico Mexico rancher Charlie Miller whose lawyer proposed selling the plane and sending any proceeds to Miller.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
Tampico
Mexico
Charlie Miller
Miller
Hit and Run Melon Suspect Sought in France
Police hunt a pedestrian suspect after a collision with a motorcyclist in France. The rider fell from the bike and was hospitalized for treatment. The suspect fled the scene as investigators pursue leads in the case.
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France
UPI
USAF Reserves To Be Absorbed By Air Guard
Pentagon plan calls for Feb 1 announcement of merging 60,000 Air Force Reservists into 73,000 Air National Guard. Gen. Curtis LeMay to retire soon. Gen. John Paul McConnell to become Air Force chief. Army merger already announced. Air Guard to exceed 100,000 with about 20,000 Reservists transferred.
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Washington
API
Pentagon
Air Force
Air National Guard
Curtis E. LeMay
John Paul McConnell
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army Reserves
Army National Guard
Army Guard
Army
LeMays
McNamara
Air Reserve
Air Guard
Explosion near Saigon barracks wounds windows at Caravelle Hotel
A large blast near Saigon's barracks shattered plate glass at the Caravelle Hotel just before comedian Bob Hope arrived to entertain troops. Military police reported no fatalities after a ground floor blaze spread through the building as ambulances and Viet Namese fire units fought the fire and searched 100 rooms for victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caravelle Hotel
Bob Hope
Viet Nam
Louis A. Breault
Auburn
Mass
Saigon
Jerry Colonna
Vietnam Crisis Deepens as Army Seizes Power
Viet Nam tensions rose Sunday as the army moved to dissolve the council. Generals argued the action removed anti government plots and aided Huong, while supporters in Saigon saw motives noble. Americans in Saigon doubted a government whose fate could be decided by a few generals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huong
Saigon
United States
State GOP Plans Drive To Erase Deficit
State Republican organization aims to pay off a $40,000 campaign deficit. State Chairman Jack Weaver said letters were sent to prominent West Virginians and donors, with more fundraising plans to be discussed at the IGOP Committee meeting on January 14. Funds from the letters have kept the office running with a skeletal staff.
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Charleston
UPI
Jack Weaver
IGOP
Weaver
Skeletor
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Smoot
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H. Horton Sheldon
Roosevelt University
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Greenwich, Conn
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Girl Scouts of America
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Detroit Free Press
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Tyree
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