Army couple seeks help to adopt Filipino girl before duty change
Air Force veteran Dunlap and his wife seek urgent aid to adopt two year old Missey in Manila before he reports to Savannah Georgia on January 18. West Virginia senators Byrd and Randolph offered assistance after Learning of the plight. The embassy required more time for paperwork, with the child previously abandoned by her mother and arranged through a doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ert Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Immigration Service
Missey
Mysterious Meter Theft Hits 139 Dallas Meters
Police report an early Tuesday incident in downtown Dallas where a suspect with a stolen or improvised key accessed and took money from 139 parking meters. No injuries noted. investigation ongoing.
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Meter Collection
Dallas
UPI
Police Snafu Brings Probe
Huntington officials faced embarrassment after Clyde Fuller reported a drug robbery at his store. Police delayed securing the crime scene as officers failed to arrive promptly. detectives later concluded their inquiry, by which time the store door lock could not be repaired. City Manager Edward Ewing ordered an internal review of police communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller
Ewing
Deaths and Funerals list McGraw infant and others
Graveside rites for Paul Mc Graw infant son of Paul and Susie Clyburne McGraw will be held at 1 p m Friday at the family cemetery in McGraws with Rev. Stanley Sla officiating. The baby died at birth at 3 a m. Surviving siblings include six brothers and five sisters. The body is at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home in McGraws. Charles Bennett, of Tucson, and three half brothers are noted along with ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home with friends to call after 2 p m today. Funeral services for Mrs. Cleva Sinar of Cooper Apartments were held after death at 2:45 a m in a Seer hospital. She was a lifelong Hinton resident and Methodist, survived by husband Alfred J. Sinar and two sisters. The body is at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton. Mrs. Lily Payton died after a long illness and burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. The body is at the Oes and Anderson Funeral Home with prayers after 2 p m today and will be taken to the church at noon Friday.
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Paul McGraw
Paul
Susie Clyburne McGraw
McGraws
Stanley Sla
Samuel
Paul Jr
Rickey
Kenny
John
Andy
Marydonna
Patty
Susanne
Caroline
Jan
Mary McGraw
Odd
Sam Foglesong
Nease
Neely
Charles
Betty Jo) Bennett
Tucson
Ariz
Lester Crawford
Dorsey
Mont Massey
Packsville
Frank Massey
Sundial
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Cleva Sinar
Cooper Apartments
Sinar
Seer
Illee Greene
Hinton
Gates
Ge Hess
Nathan Miller
Robert
Beckley
Ronald Meadows
Rns
Lily Payton
L. Ely
Greenwood Memorial Ark
Ray Franklin
B. L. Moss
Roy Lee Massey
Bostick
Rose and Symcee Peace Chapel
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Massey
UMWA
Beckley Memorial Baptist Church
Knights of Phythias Lodge
Lina Underwood Massey
Willie Shanklin Massey
William H
Baltimore, Md
Ted G. Shanklin
Links Grove
Harry Lee Shanklin
Hurrricane
Funeral notices for Bainbridge Smith and Massey in Beckley
Funeral services are planned for Mary Ellen Bainbridge 43 of Beckley at 2 p m Friday at Webb and Neal Chapel with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. She died after a two car crash on the West Virginia Turnpike that killed three others. Also scheduled are services for Velma Mae Smith 42 of Princeton at 1 p m Friday in Princeton and for Roy Lee Massey 73 of Beckley at 2 p m Friday in the Rose and Symone Peace Chapel with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
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Mary Ellen Bainbridge
Beckley
Webb and Eal Funeral
Jim Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Fairmont
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C and P
Joanna D. Kay
Meriden
Conn
Richard S. Bainbridge
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Alice Graham
Jeanette Mots
Charleston
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Peace Quest and Hanoi Critique of U.S. War Policy
In letters broadcast from Hanoi and via Radio Moscow, Ho Chi Minh denounces U S actions as driving the Vietnam War into Cambodia and Laos. He demands an end to air raids, full U S troop withdrawal, and adherence to the 1954 Geneva accords as conditions for peace.
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U. S
Pontiff
Hanoi
United States
Cambodia
Laos
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Radio
Moscow
North America
Miner Dies From Burns In Pa. Mine Accident
Sanford H. Black, 51, a coal miner burned about 75 percent of his body in an apparent cable explosion at a Buckeye Coal Co mine in Namacolin Pennsylvania. He died today at West Virginia University Medical Center Morgantown.
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Morgantown
UPI
Sanford H. Black
Pennsylvania
West Virginia University Medical Center
Black
Namacolin
Buckeye Coal Co
Notable Deaths and Funeral Notices Across Regions
Andrew W. Calloway 77 of Winnon a died Wednesday night in a local hospital after a long illness. LIMA Peru Maj Gen Manuel Moran 73 former Venezuelan minister of war died Thursday. He led Peru life 1912 1936 then reorganized Venezuelan Army and became first chief of Venezuelan general staff. DUE WEST David G Dode Phillips 65 famed South Carolina football star died Wednesday of a heart attack. He led Erskine College ad missions and was recently inducted into the NAIA Football Hall of Fame. LITTLE ROCK Dr Joe F Shuffield 73 chairman Arkansas State Hospital Board funeral services scheduled after head injuries from a Newport area accident.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Manuel Moran
Moran
Isaias Medina Angarita
Due West
S.C
David G
Dode) Phillips
South Carolina
Phillips
Erskine College
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletic
NAIA
Little Rock
Ark
Joe F.shuffield
Arkansas State Hospital Board
Shuffield
Newport
UN Peace Demands in Vietnam From Ho Chi Minh Letter
Ho Chi Minh urges Pope Paul VI to press the United States to end bombings and aggression in North and South Vietnam. He calls for Vietnamese self-determination and a complete halt to U.S. military action in Indochina. The letter reflects Cold War tensions and international mediation efforts.
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Tokyo
UPI
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnm
Pope Paul
Bat
U.S
DRV
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Vicious Storm Strikes Southern California After Pacific Northwest Outbreak
A Pacific Northwest storm battered southern California causing at least 10 traffic deaths and widespread floods and mudslides. Over 1,000 homes were isolated, Encino mail delivery halted, and numerous accidents reported from San Diego to the Point Mugu Navy Base. Mt Baldy ski lift closed by gusts. Malibu house collapsed. 13 inches of rain in Angeles National Forest. parade and Rose Bowl at risk but expected to proceed. Six members of the Barstow Hernandez family died in a crash on California 58 near Tehachapi.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Pacific Northwest
California
Peromts
Encino
Postal
Authcs
Mt. Baldy
San Diego
Point Mugu Navy Base
Hayvenhurst
San Fernando Valley
Malibu
Beverly Hills
Angeles National Forest
Burbank
Thousand Oaks
Fontana
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pasadena
John Hernandez
Barstow
California 58
Tehachapi
Quirks You Win Salem Prisoner Captured After Call
James Bird, 25, an Indiana State Prison escapee who fled a Michigan City hospital last week, was captured in a telephone booth on Wednesday. He ended the call with the remark that captors were present. A separate incident in Gainesville involved Rep. Phil Landrum snipping a $10,000 bill from a ribbon during a bank building dedication. In Houston a woman’s dying wishes described family woes and the son-in-law she claimed caused her suffering. In Pittsburgh Boyce Park ski director James J. Ryan, 32, was injured when an air hose from a snow machine struck him, breaking four teeth and a jaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ind
UPI
James Bird
Indiana
Michigan City
Bird
Gainesville
Phil Landrum
D-Ga
Houston
Jack Smith
Boyce Park
James J. Ryan
Ryan
Johnson Health Report Says President In Excellent Physical Condition
All-Out reports that educational rejects are expected as a direct result of a 1965-66 school year bill while President Johnson recovers from gall bladder surgery. Vice Admiral Burkley informed Laitin that Johnson is in excellent physical condition with no deviation from normal. Johnson has spent seven of the last nine weeks convalescing at his Texas ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laitin
Johnson
Adm
George G. Burkley
Burkley
Texas
Oakland Janitor Seeks Conviction Reversal Over Drunkenness
Thomas F. Budd, an Oakland janitor with 36 prior arrests for drunkenness, asked the California Supreme Court to set aside his latest conviction. His lawyers argued that drunkenness is a symptom of alcoholism and punishing a person for a disease is unjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Thomas F. Budd
Oakland
California Supreme Court
Lea
Target Practice in Lubbock Ends in Yard Lights Out
In Lubbock Texas youngsters demonstrated Christmas pellet gun practice on a plain and damaged lawn, causing lights along the yard and driveway to go out. A bystander aged complained that the event disrupted the festive display and left the area in darkness.
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Lubbock, Tex
UPI
Inmate Foiled Ohio State Pen Escape by Nurse Hostage
West Virginia inmate Robert Farra 30, at Ohio State Penitentiary, threatened nurse Velma Graves with a knife to seize hostages amid a failed Molotov cocktail attempt. Assistant warden, guard Shoemaker, and inmates subdued him. Graves and Shoemaker injured. Farra has multiple prior convictions across Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and federal facilities.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
West Virginia
Ohio State Penitentiary
Robert Farra
Williamson
Velma Graves
Robert Shoemaker
Ernie Maxwell Farra
Red Cross
Mrs. Graves
Maxwell
Farra
Corwin Ia
Engag Farra
Shoemaker
Axwell
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Mansfield
Chillicothe
Bogalusa Chief Urged to Quit or Reform Police
Federal Judge Herbert Christenberry blasted Bogalusa police handling of racial unrest and told Police Chief Claxton Knight to resign if he cannot discipline officers. The contempt trial for Knight and three officials continued as testimonies described arrests and dog bites against Negro demonstrators.
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New Orleans
UPI
U.S. District Court
Herbert W. Monger
Criticizi
Claxton Knight
Ce la
Bogalusa
Wednnesday
Herbert W. Christenberry
Christ
Spiers
Knight
Christenberry
Atrocities Barked From Shallow Graves In Vietnam War
A U S spokesman described severities of killed Vietnamese individuals with facial powder burns and mutilation. The Communists allegedly broadcast propaganda urging troops to defect. In Saigon, editor Vu Nhat Huy was shot dead outside his home as he arrived for lunch with family.
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U.S
Ba To
Saigon
Vu Nhat Huy
Chinh Luan
Right Reason
Viet Nam
Bishop Pike Sees Limited Help from Troops in Rhodesia Crisis
Bishop James Pike, on sabbatical at Cambridge, says Britain or the United Nations could deter violence in Rhodesia only if they sent troops. He plans a campaign against Premier Ian Smith upon returning to England, after leaving Nairobi for Israel to study the Dead Sea Scrolls. He notes most white churchgoers back Smith and recalls his own expulsion as humiliating.
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Salisbury
Britain
United Nations
Pike
Cambridge University
England
Ian Smith
Nairobi
Israel
Smith
State Board to approve record 1966 67 budget in Charleston
The State Board of Public Works faced final approval today of a record budget worth 196.5 million dollars for fiscal 1966 67. Minor edits last week trimmed from 197.893 million and boosted anticipated revenue from 184 million. The plan redirects 5.2 million from current tax receipts to service veterans bonus bonds, to be paid off next year.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
Bids Set On 3 Road Projects
State Road Commission will open bids January 11 for three road projects totaling about 3 million dollars. The plan widens 1.7 miles of U S 19 460 between Bluefield and Princeton and builds 2.89 miles of Alternate WV 10 in Huntington. An Interstate 70 project was postponed to January 25. An Appalachian project on U S 50 from Salem area to Doddridge and Harrison counties is set for January 25.
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Miller Street
SRC
Ohio County
Salem
W. Va
Doddridge
Harrison Counties
Marcos sworn in as Philippines president in Luneta speech
Philippine leader Marcos, interrupted by cheers at Luneta Park, denounced corrupt officials and wealthy Filipinos as cause of national crisis. Wearing a barong tagalog, he urged self denial for recovery and spoke of a five day swing for peace with Vice President Lopez and Humphrey to review world issues including Vietnam.
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Marcos
Vce
Fernando Lopez
Malacanag Palace
Humphrey
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
Philippines
Balance of NBPSD removal process outlined in court
The district must present the case to the County Court for a hearing where Lilly can defend himself. The court will decide on the charges validity. A second method requires a panel of 21 plus voters in the district to trigger a special election to determine Lilly’s status as chairman, needing a majority of registered voters to justify. No other business occurred in the morning session.
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Ing
Lilly
NBPSD
Waltrip Wins After Slowing Game Vs. School
Waltrip High used a slow pace to seize control, trailing at halftime 86 20 21 but turning the game to win. The score final 21 20 in favor of Waltrip.
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Ste.ro
UPI
Caesthene
Waltrip High
Waltrip
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McGraw Infant
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Velma M. Smith
Velma Mae Smith
New Hope Road
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Marvin Richardson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Miss Smith
Herbert Thorn
Mullens
Huntington
J. H. Smith
Roy L. Massey
Peace Quest
Andrew W. Calloway
Winona
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Warsaw
W. Averill Harriman
New York
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisors
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