Assault Charge Placed Against L. Richardson
Lemuel Richardson was arrested by Beckley Police at 7:30 AM on a warrant issued by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on a 4S complaint by Fred Snyder. Snyder was treated for extensive head injuries at Raleigh General Hospital and released. Richardson, previously acquitted of first degree murder in a separate Raleigh County case, was charged with felonious assault after the beating of Lee Smith of Eccles.
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Raleigh County
Lemuel Richardson
Beckley
Agistrate Joe Rodriguez
Fred Snyder
Snyder
Raleigh General Hospital
Richardson
Roosevelt Street
Macistrate Rodriguez
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Lee Smith
Eccles
Defense Witnesses Testify In Raleigh County Murder Trial
In Raleigh County court, defense witnesses testified about Oscar Lee Jr. and the shooting at Snyder’s home. Dr A D Belton said he treated Lee at the jail. Lt Robert Jones discussed Air Force clearance checks. M K Austin described Snyder’s drinking, gun display, and quarrelsomeness. Elizabeth Lee recounted her acquaintance with Snyder and a windup monkey gift. Herbert Brooks reported injuries on Lee. Sgt Jess Williams noted no wounds on Lee but blood on his shirt. Coroner Dr Ross Daniel testified Snyder’s blood had .32 percent alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Lee S Jr
Raleigh County
Seward
Snyder
South Fayette S
A. D. Belton
Lee
Atty. C. Berkley Lilly
Jones
Air Force
FBI
M. K. Austin
Raleigh
Austin
Lilly
Elizabeth
Herbert Brooks
Brooks
Jess Williams
Williams
Ross P. Daniel
Anie
Abel Camp Cheerful Campaign Mood Darkens Local Union Rally
Abel closed the meeting with reporters saying the campaign would continue indefinitely. Campaign workers showed little cheer as McDonald locals, part of a million member union, planned soon to resume contract talks with the can industry and begin negotiations with the aluminum industry. Return of these locals could shift voting trends nationwide in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel
McDonald
United States
Canada
Two brothers injured in Lewisburg crash. one dead
Sixteen year old Daniel Mays of 120 Meadows Court remains in serious condition at Blue Field Sanitarium. His brother Randy is back at Beckley Raleigh General Hospital, while another brother John Thomas Mays died in the two car crash early Monday in Lewisburg.
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Daniel Mays
Meadows Court
Bluefield Sanitarium
Randy
Beckley Raleigh General Hospital
Lewisburg
John Thomas Mays
Licia Albanese Celebrates 25th Met Debut Anniversary
New York UPI reports soprano Licia Albanese marked 25 years since her Metropolitan Opera debut with a Puccini tribute at Carnegie Hall. The 51 year old Italian born diva performed an all Puccini program, receiving flowers, bravas, and thunderous applause as she recalled her debut role Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly and her long career at the Met.
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New York
UPI
Licia Albanese
Metropolitan Opera
Carnegie Hall
Puccini
Miss Albanese
Italy
Cio-Cio-San
Liu
CRDA to Meet at New Vous Baptist Church Saturday
The Cool Ridge Development Association will meet at 7 20 p m Saturday at the New Vous Baptist Church. All members are urged to attend.
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CRDA
Cool Ridge Development Association
New Vous Baptist Church
Final rites for Roy T. McCallister at Alderson church
Roy Thomas McCallister 66 of Alderson died of a heart attack at his home Monday morning. He served in World Wars I and II with Navy Army Merchant Marines and National Guard. Funeral services were conducted at Johnson Memorial Methodist Church Alderson at 2 p.m. today conducted by Rev Ron Ald Talkington with Lobban Funeral Home in charge. Burial followed at Alderson Cemetery.
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Roy Thomas McCallister
Alderson
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Ronald Talkington
McCallister
Henry McCallister
East Beckley
Navy
Army
Merchant Marines
National Guard
Washington
Fort Springs
Franklin Harvey McCallister
Sally Hall McCallister
Lobban Funeral Home
Funeral for Mrs. Annie Hart in Fayetteville church
Mrs Annie Hart of Fayetteville dies in Montgomery hospital. Rites at 2 Thursday conducted by Elder W M and Rev Carl F Dorcas at Second Baptist Church Fayetteville. Burial in Pierce Cemetery Fayetteville. Body at Dodd P A Funeral Home, church one hour before service. RNS James Hubert Jones 39 Burlington Vermont formerly of died Monday after surgery. Navy veteran born March 8 1924 son of Hobert and Mrs Hart Jones. Survived by wife Vivian, parents Sophia three sisters Patricia Barbara Laura McKinney, two brothers Ray Sophia Donald Manassas a daughter Linda Faye Detroit. Funeral services today in Vermont, burial in Oklahoma.
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Annie Hart
Fayetteville
Montgomery
W. M
Carl F. Dorcas
Second Baptist
Pierce
Dodd-Pa
James Hubert Jones
Burlington
Jones
Hobert Jones
Vivian
Sophia
Patricia
Barbara
Laura McKinney
Ray
Donald
Manassas
Linda Faye
Detroit
Mich
Vermont
Oklahoma
Byrd Reid Funeral Arrangements Set for Mullens Resident
Byrd Reid 81 Mullens died 8 50 p m Monday in Beckley born February 16 1883 in Virginia son of the late William and Elizabeth Sweeney Reid longtime Mullens resident since 1918 employed by Union Power Co member of First Baptist Church survived by wife Alberta Compton Reid a son Eddie Youngstown Ohio four daughters Elizabeth Bolton Coal City Henry Farley Mullens Madeline Carlisle Rocky Mount NC May Mullins Seth a brother Luther two sisters Laura Craig Alma Alderman Floyd 13 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens RNS
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Byrd Reid
Mullens
Beckley
William and
Elizabeth Sweeney Reid
Union Power Co
First Baptist Church
Alberta Compton Reid
Eddie
Youngstown
Ohio
Elizabeth Bolton
Coal City
Henry Farley
Madeline Carlisle
Rocky Mount
N C
May Mullins
Seth
Luther
Laura Craig
Alma Alderman
Floyd
Sam Foglesong
Funeral services for Parley Kuhn at home of brother
At 1 p m Thursday the Rev Marvin Kuhn and Rev Ray Crumm will conduct services at Parley Kuhn’s home in Sylvester. Burial in Mordue Cemetery. Body to be moved from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville to Parley Kuhn residence at 5 p m today.
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Marvin Kuhn
Ray Crumm
Parley Kuhn
Sylvester
Mordue
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Mrs Florence Williams Died After Long Illness In Minden
Mrs Florence L Williams 6 Minden died at home after a long illness. Funeral services held today at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Minden with Rev R F Saunders officiating. Burial in Pierce Cemetery Fayetteville. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Greentown arranged services one hour prior to church service.
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Florence L. Williams
Minden
Pleasant V Baptist Church
R. F. Saunders
Pierce
Fayetteville
Ritchie and Johnson
Greentown
Funeral set for Mrs Lou ise Ellison Lively in Huntington
Funeral services for Mrs Louise Ellison Lively of Huntington will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday. She died at her home after a long illness, aged 85. Survived by her husband Robert, two daughters Letha Davis and others, three brothers Kyle John Isaac Ellison, and a sister Mrs Jennie Lively. The body is at Cavendish Home in Huntington.
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Louise Ellison Lively
Huntington
Lively
Anderson
Rhoda Tyree Ellison
Robert
Letha Davis
Rainelle
Eee Teste Oo Ee Ton
Kyle
John
Isaac Ellison
Packs Branch
Jennie Lively
Beady
Cavendish Oe
Mrs Mollie D Biggers rites set in Rainelle
Services for Mrs Mollie Dilllon Biggers of Winona will be held Thursday at 1 am at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle with Rev Howard Harper officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. She died Tuesday of a heart attack survived by daughter Garnett Huddall Beckley three grandchildren four great grandchildren and a great great grandchild. She belonged to Keeneys Creek Baptist Church Longdale Lodge Order of the Eastern Star Lookout. Born June 24 1882 Boone County.
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Mollie Dillon Biggers
Winona
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Howard Harper
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Biggers
Keeney's Creek Baptist Church
Longdale Lodge No
Order of the Eastern Star
Lookout
Boone County
J. W. (Garnett) Huddall
Beckley
Legislature Action and Bills on Diphtheria and Tax Reciprocity
Legislative items continued from Page 1 include action on diphtheria measures and a commercial feed law. House and Senate debates touched personal income tax reciprocity with other states, with major votes noted and a public hearing scheduled by the committee on a sweepstakes bill.
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West Virginia
House
Senate
Dee Jackson Obituary Notice in Beckley
Dee Jackson of Beckley died at a local home on Tuesday from an illness. Funeral arrangements are pending completion at Treat and Durgan Funeral Home.
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Dee Jackson
Beckley
Selly
Treat and Durgan
NAACP Braden predicts march with 300 members in SCEF area
NAACP Braden, information director of SCEF in West Virginia Kentucky Maryland and Virginia, says about 300 members will join the planned march last week. Davis doubts any march will occur and cites progress in negotiations with the V board on integration. The board elected two new members Tyler Easley and A H Spangler as changes unfold, with broader support for integration among four board members.
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Braden
SCEF
West Vi Ia
Kentucky
Maryland
Jessee
Virginia
Davis
Bers
Ae Eeee
NAACP
Tyler Easley
John Shott
A. H. Spangler
John Magan
Sai “I
American Mrs. Puts New Auto On The Market
American Motors unveils the Marlin hardtop priced under 3000 dollars. The car features power disc brakes reclining seats heater ventilating system and a 232 cubic inch six with 155 horsepower. It debuts March 1 at Rambler dealers and was first shown Feb 20 28 at the auto show.
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Detroit
American Motors Today
Rambler
American Motors
Torque Command
Lottery Margin Sets Rules for State Sweepstakes
The new law took effect April 30 1963 outlining $3 tickets sold at three horse tracks and state liquor stores. In 1964 receipts reached 5.7 million with 1.8 million in prizes and 2.76 million allocated to schools per pupil. 1.9 million tickets sold and 1992 prize winners. Tickets via vending machines are non transferable and age 21 plus.
Reuther Proposal on Agenda for AFL CIO Meet
Reuther will place the merger proposal on the IVE executive board agenda for next Tuesday and Wednesday. Both unions are AFL-CIO affiliates. The UAW executive board approved the plan, a surprise to most observers who expect quiet handling until near certainty. The consolidation is seen as boosting union bargaining power with major corporations, not a move by General Electric Co.
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Posal
IVE
Afl-Cio
Reuther
UAW
General Electric Co
Major Viet Nam clash halves government line near Saigon
In Binh Dinh and Phuoc Tuy provinces a large Viet Cong assault overwhelmed government troops. One US helicopter crewman was killed and four helicopters shot down near Saigon while Capt Don R Lewis, wounded earlier, landed his stricken plane and later died. The fighting left 379 American deaths overall, with Capt Thomas E Throckmorton among the wounded and flown to hospital.
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Army
Ince
Saigon
U. S
South Viet Nam
Thomas E. Throckmorton
Springfield
John Throckmorton
U. S. Army
Viet Nam
Oge
Binh Gia
Binh Dinh
U.S
Throckmorton
U.S. Navy
Phuoc Tuy
Bing Gia
Don R. Lewis
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Cedartown
Lewis
Ban Me Thuot
Siion
US. Army Field Hospital
Nha Trang
King Plans Strategy Meeting On Voter Drive In Selma
King scheduled a strategy parley with Negro leaders in Selma Alabama for a voter registration drive. He flew to Washington and met President Johnson Tuesday night who pledged support for the broadest possible registration. King’s aides cited possible simultaneous demonstrations in five Alabama cities including Birmingham. In Jackson Mississippi a federal judge rejected a veteran’s claim that battle scars qualified him to vote. Gov Johnson urged Mississippi leaders to tell the true story to the Civil Rights Commission. Dick Gregory and 15 others sat six hours in Savannah after the establishment closed. Senate panel approved Katzenbach for attorney general and Ramsey Clark as deputy.
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Selma
Ala
King
Washington
Johnson
Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Alabama
Birmingham
Montgomery
Dallasay
Jackson
Miss
Harold Cox
Edward Gray
Gray
Justice Department
Jefferson Davis County
James Daniel
Cox
Paul Johnson
Mississippi
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Savannah
Dick Gregory
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Ramsey Clark
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Notre Dame Loses To John Goldfarb Film Ban
New York UPI reports Notre Dame failed to stop the release of the lampoon film John Goldfarb Please Come Home arguing the title used the university name without permission. A preliminary injunction would ban wide distribution after the screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Notre Dame
Sueminn
John Goldfarb
Jacy Hie
Congress hears illegal drug sales tale of college students
An Oklahoma psychiatrist testified to the House Commerce Committee about students earning up to $200 a week selling pep pills to classmates and dealers who verify buyers to avoid federal agents. He described demand across social classes from prostitutes to anxious students studying for exams as the government considers tighter controls on amphetamines and barbiturates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Oklahoma
John B. Griffith
Oklahoma Mental Health Planning Committee
House Commerce Committee
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Griffith
Kosygin Visits Beijing on Hanoi Trip
Tass said Premier Chou En Lai welcomed Kosygin in Peking where Foreign Minister Chen Yi and other Chinese Communist officials accompanied him to his residence for a night stay during the Moscow to Hanoi trip last week. More than 1.5 million Chinese demonstrated against the United States in Peking for the third straight day. The Viet Nam news agency reported Pham Van Dong and North Vietnamese officials met the Russians at Hanoi airport and called Kosygin's visit a brilliant success.
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Tass
Chou Enlai
Chen Yi
Kosygin
Peking
St Overnigm
Hanoi
Moscow
United States
Viet Nam
Tokyo
Pham van Dong
Pham
Tulips planted as weather answer at ski area
In Castleton Vermont local skiers asked for skiing conditions at Birds Eye ski area heard an unusual reply “We’re planting tulips.” The odd reply sparked curiosity about the area’s conditions and seasonal plans.
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Castleton
Birdseye
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James H. Jones
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N. Kuhn
Florence Williams
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Mrs. Mollie D. Biggers
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