Selma Flareups Continue Over Negro Registrations
United Press International reports ongoing Selma protests over Negro voter registrations. Arrests exceed 3,300 as leaders reject a tentative extra-day registration plan. Other items note Maddox closing his restaurant, Mississippi school lunch pledge forms, a Jackson civil rights legal aid office, a North Carolina NAACP manpower drive, and Hammermill’s non-discriminatory hiring policy for a Selma plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King
Maddox
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
New Orleans
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
Senate Investigators Continue Baker Probe
Senate investigators meet in secret to weigh Walter Jenkins refusal to testify in the Bobby Baker inquiry. Jenkins, White House aide to Johnson for 25 years, cited mental state concerns via two psychiatrists after defying a subpoena and resigning amid morals arrests. The Rules Committee, led by Sen. B Everett Jordan, weighs the psychiatrists' claims with no decision yet.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
White House
Walter Jenkins
Bobby Baker
Jenkins
Johnson
Leon Yodelson
Gene Gordon
Senate Rules Committee
B. Everett Jordan
Dn.cc
Mrs Campbell Poor Condition At Beckley Hospital
Mrs Betty Beckley Campbell 96 is in poor condition and admitted to Beckley Hospital Friday. She is mother of Mrs M M Ralston of 117 Hillcrest Drive.
Albany Detectives Targeted by Three-Involved Bar Fight
Three men entered a local Albany restaurant early today and fought with two men drinking coffee. The assault victims turned out to be Albany detectives, and the attackers were jailed afterward.
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Albany, N.Y
Albany
GOP Deciding On Money Bill
Washington Republicans meet to decide how to use opposition to Nasser and support for veterans in a money bill. They may seek to block surplus food sales to the United Arab Republic and oppose VA hospital and old soldiers’ home closures, while preserving Senate amendments on agricultural stations. The issue centers on a food for peace pact with Egypt expiring June 30 and President Johnson’s foreign policy concerns.
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Washington
UPI
House
Gamal Abdel Nasser
House-Senate
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Senate
Veterans Administration
Egypt
Johnson
Middle East
He'll Stay Home For Two Quarts Of Root Beer
A fragmented item notes a plan to stay home for root beer and mentions batteries for a transmitter. It references friends and a sitter in vague terms, with no clear event or人物 named. The readable bits suggest a quirky, casual domestic scene without a defined outcome or date.
Unidentified Boy Ditches Goods At Crab Orchard Diner
At closing time a boy dumped two pillow cases of items believed stolen at Union Way Crab Orchard. He handed them to Mrs. Gladys Jenkins. a second boy and a man fled after a brief confrontation. Found items include towels sheets curtains a coffee percolator toaster mixer a money bank two table decorations and a drop cord marked W T Grant Co. Some sheets remained on a celluloid cover.
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Crab Orchard
Saturn
Gladys Jenkins
W. T. Grant Co
Church Choir Elects Mrs James President
Mrs Walter James was elected president of the First Baptist Church choir in Prosperity at a Saturday evening meeting. Others named were Mrs Thomas Comer secretary treasurer Elmer Hawley choir leader Noel Thurman assistant leader. planning committee include Billing, Mrs Darrell Painter, Mrs Ronald Wood. Meeting set for the fourth Saturday monthly. Refreshments served by hostesses Mrs Painter, Mrs D B Stover Jr and Mrs Comer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter James
First Baptist Church
Prosperity
Thomas Comer
Elmer Hawley
Noel Thurman
Billing
Darrell Painter
Ronald Wood
Painter
D. B. Stover Jr
Comer
Revival at Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren
The Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren will hold a five day revival starting 7 30 p m Wednesday and ending 11 a m Sunday with Rev Kenneth Brown of North Tazewell Virginia as speaker. Inspirational music will be included in each service and Rev John Barton invites the public to attend.
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Crab Orchard
Negro Churches Taken Into Methodist Group
West Virginia Conference of The Methodist Church will automatically receive all Negro churches in West Virginia that were members of the Central Jurisdiction. Effective June, the transfer aims to unite Christians beyond race, with Bishop Fred G. Holloway urging acceptance of racial equality and full inclusion in church leadership and assignments.
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Charleston
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Fred G. Holloway
St. Mark’s Church
Holloway
Church of Christ
Public Nurses Plan Regional Cardio Health Conference
Public health nurses from Boone Logan McDowell and Raleigh counties gather at Raleigh County Health Center on Harper Road to plan cardiovascular disease services. State officials Mrs H H Scites Miss Helen Saxby and Miss Freda Engle lead with local nurses from multiple counties attending. Other clinics and immunization sessions are scheduled this week with more than 65 people visiting clinics last week.
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Raleigh County
Harper Road
Alth
H. H. Scites
Helen Saxby
State Health Department
Charleston
Freda Engle
Bureau of Heart Disease Control
State
Barboursville Senior Named West Virginia Junior Miss
An 18 year old Barboursville High School senior Mary Hesson was chosen West Virginia's Junior Miss at a pageant in Huntington. She will travel to Mobile, Alabama in March to represent the state in the national Junior Miss competition. First runner up was Mary Creamer of Huntington and second runner up Judith Martin of Nitro.
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Huntington
UPI
Barboursville
West Virginia
Mary Hesson
Mobile
Ala
Mary Creamer
Huntingto
Judith Martin
Nitro
UN General Assembly Eyes Long Recess Amid Debt Clash
The United Nations General Assembly faces a possible long recess possibly until September after the Soviet Union refuses to repay debts. Delegates may tackle essential budgetary and administrative matters before adjournment to review peace keeping operations. The move, backed by Britain and the United States, aims to create a rules framework for peace keeping to ease debt settlements. A committee led by Nigeria's Chief Adebo may conduct the review or a similar body may be chosen.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
United Nations General Assembly
Soviet Union
U. N
Thant
Assembly
Alex Quaison-Lackey
United States
8.0
Adebo
Nigeria
Inquest Scheduled Today In Death Of Zenith Heir
In Tucson an inquest into Eugene Francis Stormy McDonald III death was set as evidence was to be presented. McDonald co heir to Zenith Radio fortune valued at 24 to 30 million dollars. County attorney Green planned to present evidence at the coroner's inquest presided by Toby La Vetter.
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Tucson
Ariz
UPI
Eugene Francis
Stormy) McDonald III
Zenith Radio
Pima County
Norman Green
Justice of the Peace
Toby la Vetter
la Vetter
Chicago
Ill
County Court to Meet for 9 A M Session
The Raleigh County Court will convene at 9 a m Tuesday at the courthouse to handle business. After adjournment, members will depart Beckley to join the final session of the annual meeting of West Virginia County Officials.
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Raleigh
Beckley
West Virginia
Congress To Get LBJ Message On Conservation
Washington UPI reports President Johnson will send Congress a conservation message as part of the Great Society, urging new water and air pollution controls, more parks, seashores, and open spaces, plus beautification of federal highways and state cooperation. Also: House to reconsider food surpluses to UAR, Senate to review Katzenbach and Clark nominations, and Appalachia renewal plan advanced.
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Washington
U.S
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Senate
House
Katzenbach
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Ramsey Clark
House Public Works Committee
Appalachia
Pennsylvanian Charged With Carrying Weapon
A Pennsylvania man Richard Anders Sjostrom of Wyncote was booked at Raleigh County Jail after Beckley police found a .22 caliber pistol in a seat while stopping him for a red light violation. He posted a $111.75 bond for release. Several others were jailed or released on various charges and bonds, including driving without licenses, drunken driving, theft of a U S government check, and traffic offenses, with Magistrate W A Burke and Magistrate Paul Epperly noted in the reporting.
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Pennsylvania
Raleigh
Beckley
Richard Anders Sjostrom
Wyncote
Sjostrom
William H. Carson Jr
Broadway St
Junior Clyde Crawford
Cool Ridge
Jess W. Ewing
Prince
Acord
Andre Taylor
United States
Ray Windell
Piney View
Ralph Jackie Miller
Box 133
Odd
Harry L. Bragg
Shady Spring
Bragg
Paul Epperly
Beaver
Three Steelworkers Burned Seriously At Edgar Thomson
Three steelworkers remained hospitalized with serious burns after a stove on the No 3 blast furnace exploded at U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works near Rankin. William Teeman 34 North Braddock Layne Nosich 24 Port Vue in critical condition Dale Jones 32 Pleasant Hills in fair condition. two others treated for minor burns. The cause of the explosion was not determined.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
U.S. Steel Corp
Edgar Thomson
Rankin
Braddock General Hospital
William Teeman
North Braddock
Layne Nosich
Port Vue
Dale Jones
Pleasant Hills
Chamber of Commerce to hold membership drive meeting
The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce membership committee met at 3 p.m. at chamber headquarters to plan the annual drive. E. J. Berger said letters were mailed to renewals and prospects with enrollment forms enclosed. A February direct contact day will involve a club led by Lloyd Sweeney seeking new members.
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Beckley - Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
E. J. Berger
Lloyd Sweeney
Berger
Ates
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