Legislature To Take Up Controversial Measures In WV
West Virginia lawmakers planned to tackle capital punishment a state lottery and a pay raise for officials after a weekend break. Bills before the House include driver licensing off premises banking facilities and tax changes while the Senate considers stockholder disclosures and trademark reservations. A major salary increase proposal for department heads tied to the State Salary Study Commission is expected to be introduced with wide support but some exceptions.
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Thomas P. Fazio
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
State Salary Study Commission
Hulett C. Smith
Julius Singleton
Study Commission
Singleton
State Board of Public Works
Smith
Howard Carson
Fayetteville
Laban White
Clarksburg
Hans McCourt
D Webster
del. Ivor Boiarsky
Kanawha
Fria
Three Killed In Church Tragedy In Yeadon Suburb
In suburban Yeadon a car plowed into the entrance of St. Louis Church during Sunday Mass killing two 8 year olds Anthony E. Munro and Paul Santoro and 57 year old Antoinette Mangione. Four others were injured including driver Peter McGinnity who faced involuntary manslaughter charges.
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Philadelphia
UPI
St. Louis
Yeadon
Anthony E. Munro
Paul Santoro
Antoinette Mangione
Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospital
Peter McGinnity
New Leader For Turkey Sought
Ankara Turkey UPI reports a caretaker coalition government was expected after Premier Ismet Inonu resigned on Saturday. The 81 year old leader left office in Turkey’s first major government change since 1961 after a failed confidence vote. President Cemal Gürsel and army leaders planned consultations to form a caretaker rule until general elections set for June or October.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Ismet Inonu
Inonu
National Assembly
Cemal Gursel
Kochis Challenges UMWElection Defeat by Boyle
In MOUNDSVILLE West Virginia Steve Kochis and about 125 supporters voted to contest the United Mine Workers election won by President W A Boyle Kochis plans to file affidavits with Washington DC attorney Glenn R Graves to present evidence of alleged irregularities to the U S Secretary of Labor for a possible court challenge
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Moundsville
UPI
Steve
Cadillac
Kochis
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Washington, D. C
Glenn R. Graves
U. S
Secretary of Labor
Graves
WVFT Criticizes West Virginia Teacher Pay Bill
West Virginia Federation of Teachers denounces a state salary-raise measure passed by the Legislature. President Woodrow W. Cooke says the plan, averaging a $1,300 rise over three years, will leave beginning teachers behind the national 1968 projection and may spur greater attrition, especially among younger teachers, as WVFT plans an organizing drive into northern counties. WVFT claims about 700 members in 13 counties.
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Charleston
UPI
W. Va
West Virginia
Cooke
Ene
WVFT
West Vir
Newark Youth Project Cited by President Johnson
President Johnson praised Newark New Jersey youth corps as a pioneering anti poverty effort describing early results from a Labor Department report. The program began January 4 with 348 unemployed students working in schools, hospitals, libraries, and museums.
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UPI
Johnson
Newark
Wirtz
Youth Corps
Labor Department
Greyhound Bus Fares Highlight Daily One Way Rates
Travel advertising notes daily one way prices for Greyhound buses with quoted rates of 21.05 dollars, 14.30 dollars, and 31.25 dollars. The casual line emphasizes choosing Greyhound for reliability.
Easier Sledding For Foreign Aid Measure Seen
Washington United States aid program faces fewer troubles than feared as David E Bell, AID administrator, notes last year ended well. For 1966 the President requests 3.38 billion for overseas aid, the lowest since the program began. Despite protests in Indonesia and Egypt and Fulbright losing leadership in Senate, supporters argue aid remains minimal and likely to stay low.
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UPI
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Agency For International Development (Aid
U.S
Indonesia
United Arab Republic
United States
Red Sea
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
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Senate
Bell
Fulbright
Egypt
House
Vietnam War Updates From Asia and Europe
Viet Nam reports say pirate ships were set on fire after firing by military units. Hanoi protests the United States over aggression in South Viet Nam. Kosygin concludes a solidarity mission condemning U.S. actions and pledging defense aid. At Qui Nhon, two more American bodies recovered from a barracks bombing, with 12 others still buried.
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International Control Commission
United States
South Viet Nam
Indo- China
Alexei N. Kosygin
North Viet Nam
China
North Korea
Kosygin
U.S
Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Fire fatality in rooming house. cab driver saves four
In Parkersburg a blaze destroyed a rooming house Sunday. Dave Hotchkiss, 26, perished on the second floor as firefighters contained the fire. Cab driver Bill Mace, alerted by smoke, rescued four other residents before aid arrived.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Dave Hotchkiss
Bill Mace
Tea Habits Survey Shocks Young British Drinkers
A Tea Trades Committee commissioned a public opinion poll on British tea drinking habits. The survey found that half of people aged 18 to 25 never touch tea. A light, humorous note on youth tea usage reflects the era’s social tone.
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London
UPI
Tea Trades Committee
Mrs. Sarah Brown Hospitalized After Fall at Glen Rogers
Mrs. Sarah Brown was to undergo surgery at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after being transported from the home of her son and daughter in law War and Virgi Brown in Glen Rogers. She suffered a broken hip in a living room chair fall.
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Sarah Brown
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
War Brown
Deaths And Funerals James veteran of WWII dies at 44
Services for Martin Van Bur en James 44 of Poe are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Ernest Barley presiding. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. He died Sunday at a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was a Jerry Fork Coal Co. employee and a WWII veteran born March 3 1920 in Kincaid. Survivors include wife Effie a stepson James Milton Thompson a stepdaughter Mrs. Charles Williams two brothers Emory and Kenneth six sisters and three grandchildren. The body remains at the funeral home for viewing after 2 p.m. today.
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Poe
Tyree
Patrick Henry James
Effie
James Milton Thompson
South Point
Ohio
Charles Williams
Indianapolis
Ind
Emory
Beckley
Route 1
Kenneth
Opal Taylor
Beards Fork
Mabel Evans
Claretta Evans
Mount Hope
Mildred Payne
Fayetteville
Bonnie Settle
Skelton
Edith Evans
Dry Hill
Massie Rites Held for Lacy Massie in Spanishburg
Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m in the Spanishburg Baptist Church for Lacy Massie 72 of Welch formerly of Spanishburg Findlay Massie died Friday of a heart attack He was an accountant and member of Masonic Lodge Odd Fellows American Legion 4 H and the Moose Lodge Survivors include two daughters four sisters and four brothers The Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton arranged the services RNS
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Welch
Spanishburg
Spanishburg Baptist Church
Clayton D. Sweet
Massie
William J
Lou Clark Massie
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The
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Ardelia Thornton Massie
Mary Lou Stone
Roanoke
Delores Peters
Buffalo
N. Y
Nell Nester
Princeton
Mamie Lusk
Hallie Maxwell
Edith Farley
A. W
Clifton
Fellersburg
Ind
Ray
Harry Massie
Palm Dale
Calif
Harry Burford dies after long illness at 69
Funeral services for Harry Burford 69 Mullens will be at 2 p m Tuesday at First Church of God Mullens with Rev Kenneth Pickens officiating. Burial in Monte Vista Cemetery Bluefield. He died Sunday afternoon in Hilltop nursing home. Born November 10 1895 Amherst County Virginia son of N J Burford and Rosa Lee Burford. Survived by son Jack G Beckley stepson Carl Wood Charleston two stepdaughters Mrs W M Andrews Roanoke Va and Mrs Robert McGrady Pierpont 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Sam Foglesong Funeral Chapel Mullens says friends may call after 4 p m today.
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Mullens
Church of God
Kenneth Pickens
Monte Vista
Bluefield
Burford
Amherst County
N. J
Rosa Lee Burford
Jack G
Beckley
William B Blake dies at 81 at Ronceverte WV
William B. Blake, long time editor of the West Virginia News in Ronceverte, dies at 81 after a long illness. Father of Norman Blake and former adjutant general William E. Blake, he retired two years ago and had worked in newspapers since age nine. Surviving son Robert, a Navy air officer, and Mrs. J. L. Lee survive. funeral services were incomplete.
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Ronceverte
UPI
William B. Blake
The
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Funeral plans for Jim Bailey 71 Beckley resident
Jim Bailey 71 of 116 Earle St died Sunday morning in a local hospital after a long illness. A WWI veteran, he belonged to the Elks and York Masons, formerly deacon at Mt. Grove Baptist Wyco, and later attended New Hope Baptist Church Beckley. Body is at Trent-Durgan Funeral Home.
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Earle St
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Elks Club
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Mt. Grove Baptist Church
Wyco
Beckley
New Hope Baptist Church
Trent- Durgan Funeral Home
Final rites for Robert L Dunford in Jumping Branch
Robert L Dunford 72 of Jumping Branch will have funeral services at 11 a m Tuesday at Streeter Mary Jane Church with Willie Wills officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Jumping Branch. He was found dead at his home Saturday around 6 p m. Survivors include brother Phillip Dunford of Be Soci. The body will be moved from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to his son Lee's home in Jumping Branch at 4 p m today.
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Simon
Freewill Baptist Church
Long Branch
Lloyd Ferguson
Landon Kenneda
Kenneda
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Leander and
Frances Hurley Cline
Lizzie Lambert
Louise Proffitt
Lynco
Evans
Oceana
Robert Lee Dunford
Hollingshead Rites Held for Mrs Bessie Pearl Hollingshead
Funeral services for Mrs Bessie Pearl Hollingshead 62 of Rhodell were held at 2 PM today at Rhodell Church of God with Rev James Compton officiating. She died at 530 AM Saturday in a local hospital. Survived by husband W M Hollingshead of Rhodell. body remained at Williams Funeral Home in Sophia until the service.
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Bessie Pearl Hollingshead
Rhodell
Rhodell Church
Mars mission plans marathon of Mars observations
NASA invites amateur and professional astronomers to compare marine photographs with ground telescope images as Mars nears its closest approach in early March. If Mariner remains operational by July 14, it will capture up to 21 television photos and conduct atmospheric measurements, with each eight hour 20 minute transmission to Earth. Photographs stored on tape will be replayed twice.
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Mars
Mariner
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Judge warns boards on desegregation pledges funding
Jackson Circuit Judge M M McGowan urged local school boards not to sign pledges to desegregate to keep receiving federal funds. He described the pledges as exceeding the 1964 Civil Rights Act and spoke in a weekend statement.
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Malcolm
East Elmhurst
Jackson
M.M. McGowan
Viet Nam rebels reinforced by Hanoi training cadre report
A South Vietnam government report states guerrilla forces are reinforced, directed, and supplied from North Vietnam. It claims the central Hanoi committee trains troops before they are sent south and coordinates with the North Vietnamese armed forces high command and relevant ministries.
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High Command
Communist Chinese broadcast denounces UN as US tool
A broadcast from a Communist Chinese source charges that the United Nations has degenerated into a tool for the United States to enforce its policy of neo-colonialism and seeks reforms or reorientation.
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Tokyo
United Na
United Nations
United States
Cave explorer James Mitchell listed as lost in Dolgeville saga
In Dolgeville New York Heddie Miller recalls the final contact from cave explorer James Mitchell who after saying not to worry could no longer speak. The account portrays Mitchell as trapped and presumed missing following the cave incident.
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Dolgeville
N.Y
Heddie Miller
James Mitchell
Snake hunter flavors rattlesnake as tasting like chicken and fish
Sweetwater Texas reports snake hunter Edward Aiken describing barbecued rattlesnake as tasting like a cross between chicken and fish.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Edward Aiken
Johnson to ask Congress for ARA extension overhaul
President Johnson plans to urge Congress to extend the Area Redevelopment Administration program with a 400 million dollar appropriation and to reorganize it. The program has subsidized plant and facility construction to aid chronically unemployed regions since 1961 but ran out of funds last summer amid critics. Johnson notes redirection can benefit from four years of experience.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Area Redevelopment Administration
ARA
House
Kosygin Ends Asia Mission Returns From Orient
Soviet Premier Kosygin arrived in Moscow from an Asia solidarity mission. The trip included North Korea and North Vietnam with talks in Beijing, reflecting mixed outcomes on Vietnam policy and a gain in Soviet influence. He was welcomed by Brezhnev and Malinovsky at Vnukovo Airport as Moscow marked 15 years of the Moscow Beijing friendship accord.
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UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Asia
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China
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Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Rodion Malinovsky
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U.S
Viet Nam
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Orient
Hanoi
Peking
Peing
Nat King Cole Courage Against Race Barriers in 1947
Nat King Cole supported baseball among youth and backed Little League royalties. In 1947 after marrying Maria Ellington the Coles bought a $75,000 Hancock Park mansion amid white flight pressures. An attorney urged avoidance of undesirable residents, yet Cole vowed to object to any such influx and later gained neighborhood acceptance.
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Cole
Maria Ellington
Hancock Park
Los Angeles
Coles
Editorial reiterates U.N. reform opposition to Peking seat
Peking U.N. member and the United States oppose any move to seat Peking. The editorial notes growing East to West demands for U.N. reorganization and various formulas proposed. It asserts the United States continues a policy of neo colonialism and that wherever the United Nations flag flies, the Stars and Stripes also stand.
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United States
Peking
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