Airport boarding rise at Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Piedmont Airlines reports daily average boardings at Raleigh County Memorial Airport climbed to 8.38 for the 12 months ending December 31, 1964, from 5.91 in 1963 and 3.82 in 1962. Total enplaned passengers for 1964 were 3,066, a 42 percent rise, with December topping 230 boardings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Airlines
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Bob Harper
Piedmont
Civil Aeronautics Board
Harper
State Tracks Set All Time Highs
West Virginia race tracks posted record attendance and wagering in 1964. A total of 1,603,868 spectators attended races and betters wagered $104,961,525 across three operating tracks. Waterford Park operated 208 days, Shenandoah Downs 140, and Charles Town 69. Wheeling Downs remained closed after a prior fire. The state treasury collected over $6 million from a 5.75 percent parimutuel tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
APT
West Virginia
State Racing Commission
Waterford Park
Chester
Shenandoah Downs
Charles Town
Shenandoah
Wheeling Downs
State Police Changes Made
Captain G F Randall of Company D WV State Police announced a January 1 transfer and promotion batch. R L Bonar moved to South Charleston. I P Richardson promoted to First Sergeant and to Beckley. B H Cassell promoted to sergeant and to Oak Hill. RC Stover to Welch. B P Helms promoted to corporal and to Pineville. All actions approved by Charleston supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Randall
West Virginia
Cpl
RC. Stover
Pineville
Welch
B. P. Helms
Richwood
Randall
Charleston
Viet Nam Bombing Hits Large Communist Force
A Chinese Communist paper claims a major Viet Nam strike annihilated many enemy fighters and disrupted their effectiveness, while a U.S. spokesman reports Viet Cong concentrations of about 1,500 at a base, with 1,000 at a central highlands base and 500 at a Tat Ninh Province site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Viet Nam
Highlands
Tat Ninh
Saigon
Marina Enters College English Class at Michigan
Marina Oswald, widow of President Kennedy's assassin, began an eight week English cram course at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She registered for the class and took a two hour test to gauge her English ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
False Teeth Powder Promises Firm Fit and Fresh Breath
Pleasant alkaline powder called FAS helps dentures stay in place to improve eating and talking comfort. It avoids gummy taste and sensation and claims to reduce denture odor. Sold at drug counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asteeth
Music with surgery cheers up a real operation
New York executive Max Radutsky plans heart surgery next Monday and hires violinists to play before during and after the operation to keep spirits high. He insists live musicians be involved as part of the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music With Surgery
New York
UPI
Candy Company
Max Radutzky
More Federal Spending Seen By Johnson In State Of The Union
President Johnson outlined a budget to move the economy forward suggesting about 100 billion dollars in outlays for fiscal 1965 starting July 1. He signaled tax cuts to leave more money with consumers, including 2 to 3 billion in excise tax relief and a 750 million Social Security boost retroactive to Jan 1 but paid in 1966, aiming to sustain growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Johnson
State of the Union
Congress
Cut Down Girl Gets Four Marriage Proposals
Oswestry, England. Anne Rowston, 19, undergoing surgery to shrink from 6 feet 7½ inches to 6 feet 1 inch, has received more than 200 letters and four marriage proposals from tall men as doctors remove bone from her legs at the Orthopedic Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswestry
England
UPT
Anne Rowston
Miss Rowston
Correction: Otis Lyons Not Edgar Lyons Father
The Register correction states Fire Capt Otis Lyons was misidentified as Edgar Lyons’ father. Edgar Lyons’ actual father is Leonard Lyons a fireman with the fire department, and the assault in August involved Larry Bradley and Ronnie Sutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Otis Lyons
Edgar Lyons
Larry Bradley
Ronnie Sutton
Leonard Lyons
Fire Department
BPW Held In Closed Session On $6.3 Million Tradeoff
Charleston dispatch reports the State Board of Public Works met in executive session to decide whether to spend 6.3 million in general revenue on roads or on education. Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers was to provide an itemized plan by Wednesday while SRC and Department of Education register competing requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
Burl Sawyers
Sawyers
SRC
Department of Education
Widow May Replace Husband in State Senate Seat
Charleston Gazette reports the widow of State Sen. Donald J. Baker of Moorefield heads the list of possible appointees to his vacated seat. The three-person senatorial committee will submit names to Governor W. W. Barron, who will appoint one. Baker died of a heart attack last month and was elected Nov. 3. Mrs. Baker was WVU student body president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Charleston Gazette
Donald J. Baker
Moorefield
Baker
Panhandle
W. W Barron
Mercer Court To Hear Demonstrators' Appeals
Mercer County Intermediate Court will hear appeals from three civil rights demonstrators convicted in Bluefield Municipal Court. Appeal trials are set for Jan. The defendants include William Curtis Weimar a Concord College student from Houston Texas Fred McKenzie a Bluefield State student and Clarence Williams of Ballard a Bluefield State student. They were convicted on assault charges stemming from demonstrations at the Bluefield YM YWCA on December 10 with Williams also charged with property destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
UPI
Mercer County
Bluefield
YM - Ywca
William Curtis Weimar
Houston
Texas
Concord College
Fred Mc.Kenzie
Bluefield State
Clarence Williams
Ballard
John R. McGhee
200000th Patent Granted for Tablet Dispensing Design
Washington UPI reports the Patent Office issued its 200000th design patent a dispensing container for tablets. The design protects unique shapes not functions. Inventors Jack Williams and Howard Richards of Waukegan Illinois received the patent in a ceremony at Patent Commissioner Edward Brenner's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S
Edward J. Brenner
Deaths and Funerals for Harry C. Bender 1889 197?
Services for Harry Charles Bender 73 Hilltop were held at 2 p m in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Randolph Johnson officiating. Burial followed in Odd Fellows Cemetery. A retired miner born February 11 1889 in Alleghany County Maryland he was the son of the late August and Elizabeth Bender. There are no known survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Charles Bender
Hilltop
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Randolph Johnson
Odd Fellows
Bender
Alleghany County
August
Elizabeth Bender
Death of Mrs. Virgie Biggs at 55 in Beckley hospital
Mrs. Virgie Lee Biggs 55 Route 1 Mount Hope died at 12 45 p m Monday after a long illness in Beckley hospital Born Whitestick August 14 1909 she was a daughter of the late Douglas Campbell and Mrs Pearl Bragg Campbell Surviving husband Charles Biggs two sons Earl Stanley Brown Mount Hope and Charles Michael Biggs Route 1 Mount Hope three stepdaughters Mrs John Rippetoe Nimitz Mrs Robert Martin Lynce and Mrs Lawrence Sturgill McAlpin three brothers Jesse Hoboken N J Damon Oak Hill and Charles Michigan Town Ind two sisters Mrs Nellie Paxton Mount Hope and Mrs Lenora Brill Winchester Va and a grandchild Oak Hill store A heart attack was listed as the cause Funeral home arrangements and pallbearers named burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity The body to be at the residence Wednesday then to the chapel an hour before services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgie Lee Biggs
Route 1
Mount Hope
Beckley
Whitestick
Douglas Campbell
Pearl Bragg Campbell
Charles Biggs
Earl Stanley Brown
Charles Michael Biggs
John Rippetoe
Nimitz
Robert Martin
Lynce
Lawrence Sturgill
McAlpin
Jesse
Hoboken
N.J
Damon
Oak Hill
Charles
Michigan Town
Ind
Nellie Paxton
Lenora Brill
Winchester
First Baptist Church of
Dewey McMillion
Harold
Donald
Vivian) West
Cecil Whittaker
Beaver
Beatrice McMillion
Mabscott
Daphine Painter
June Williams
Pulaski
Ohio
Everett Shrewsbury
Jesse Williams
Leo Williams
Phil Manning
Okey Hager
Harold Windsor
Final rites for Eugene Parker in Fayetteville
Eugene Lee Parker aged 52 of Fayetteville died Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital. Services set for 2:30 p m Wednesday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ernest Barley presiding. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. The remains will be at home on Salem Road until 4 p m today and return to the funeral home at 1 p m Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Lee Parker
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Ernest Barley
Dodd - Payne Funeral Home
Huse Memorial Park
Summers Parker
Salem Road
Obituary: Mrs Rebecca Short 80 of Glen Daniel
Mrs Rebecca Short age 80 of Glen Daniel died at 9 20 PM Monday after a long illness in a Beard hospital. Born in Virginia April 19 1884 she was a daughter of the late Harrison and Dicie Grose. Survived by husband Grover C Short a daughter Dicie Blevins two grandchildren three great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Funeral 11 AM Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev B L Moss in charge. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. The body will remain at the funeral home where friends may call after 4 PM Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Short
Glen Daniel
Beard
Virginia
Harrison
Dicie Grose
Grover C. Short
Dicie Blevins
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
B. L. Moss
Sunset Memorial Park
Services for Oswell B Cook Jr. Held in Pineville
The funeral for Oswell B. Cook Jr., 24, of Pineville, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Rockcastie Baptist Church in Rockview with Revs. Ralph Burdette and Harry Stevens presiding. Burial follows at Browning Cemetery on Windom Road. Cook was found dead at his home Sunday from a gunshot wound to the head. The body will be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswell B. Cook Jr
Pineville
Rockcastie Baptist Church
Rockview
Ralph Burdette
Harry Stevens
Browning
Windom Road
Cook
Robertson and Foglesong
Summersville Navy man Jerry Claywell mourned in funeral
Funeral services for Jerry D. Claywell age 22 of Summersville are set for Friday in Summersville after he was accidentally shot and killed during a weekend incident in Jacksonville Florida. He was on leave from the Navy at the time of his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summersville
UPS
Jerry D. Claywell
Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Farley Rites Held for Sophia Resident
Charles G Farley aged 85 died after a nine year illness at his residence around 4 30 am He last worked for Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore Md Born Nov 15 1929 in Winding Gulf he was the son of the late George W Farley and Hazel Whitt Farley Survived by his widow Carolyn Smith Farley two daughters Linda Joyce and Drema Lynn an adopted daughter Mona Lee Farley four brothers Wesley Jack Bobby and Bradley a sister Ada Loretta Grubb Funeral service was at 2 pm Thursday at Sophia First Baptist Church Rev Dewey Wilson officiating Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Williams Funeral Home Sophia handling arrangements Friends may call after 4 pm Wednesday Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Garrett Farley
Sophia
Bethleham Steel Corporation
Baltimore
Winding Gulf
George W. Farley
Hazel Whitt Farley
Stoco High School
Carolyn Smith Farley
Linda Joyce
Drema Lynn
Mona Lee Farley
Wesley
Jack
Bobby
Bradley
U.S. Air Force
Hawaii
Jackson
Ada Loretta) Grubb
McAlpin
Sophia First Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Williams Funeral Home
Robert Fuller Jr
Freddy Simpson
Hobart Kidd
Layton Farley Sr
Robert Grega
Billy McPherson
Tennant Rites Set for Jack M. Tennant in Charlotte
Funeral services for Jack Morris Tennant 38 of Charlotte, formerly Beckley, will be at 1 p m Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Toney Gorges and Rev. Robert Coburn. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died Sunday night after a heart attack while driving near his home. Pallbearers listed: Bob Collins Harold Hanks Cecil Waddell Ernest Lickliter Harold Hancock Harold Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Morris Tennant
Charlotte
N. C
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Toney Gorges
Robert Coburn
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Tennant
Bob Collins
Harold Hanks
Cecil Waddell
Ernest Lickliter
Harold Hancock
Harold Gillispie
Wingo Daughter and Father to Share Funeral Services
Joint funeral services are set for 1 p m Wednesday for Vernor Wingo 63 and his daughter Miss Nellie Wingo 30 of Whitesville killed in a Saturday night automobile accident. The services will be at First Baptist Church Whitesville with Rev Erby King Jr presiding and burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. The bodies remain at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville and will be taken to the church an hour before the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County
Vernor Wingo
Nellie Wingo
Whitesville
First Baptist Church
King Jr
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Valley Funeral Home
Auto Production Strikes Halt UAW Actions in 1964
The text notes UAW strikes at General Motors lasting 45 days and a two week local walkout at Ford that halted Ford production. Despite the disruptions the auto industry achieved its first eight million sales in 1964, with total vehicle sales around 81 million cars including imports and import arrivals exceeding 400,000 units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Final rites for Homer Hill Richmond in Lanark
Homer H. Richmond 66 of Lanark dies after a two week illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at God's Tabernacle Lanark with Rev C W Jones and Rev Henry Smith in charge. Burial in Stenaford Cemetery. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home. Pallbearers named: William Scott Robert Scott Poley Powers Jack Quesenberry Roy Welch Roy Hilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Hill Richmond
Lanark
God's Tabernacle
C. W. Jones
Henry Smith
Stenaford
Richmond
Webb and Neal
William Scott
Robert Scott
Poley Powers
Jack Quesenberry
Roy Welch
Roy Hilbert
Norfolk and Western orders 50 hopper cars for grains
Roanoke Virginia United Press International reports Norfolk and Western Railway Co. has ordered 50 covered hopper cars for about $775,000. The AFC Industries American Car and Foundry Division in Huntington West Virginia will build the cars, intended for grain transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke, Va
UPI
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
American Car and Foundry
AFC Industries
Huntington
W. Va
Beckley Woman Sues Continental National for 1000
Faye V. Lusk of Beckley filed a circuit suit this week seeking 1000 from Continental National Insurance Co of Chicago. She says a Surgical and Medical Expense policy was due Oct 22 1963. hospitalized Dec 27 1963 through June 26 1964 with medical expenses the company allegedly refused to pay. W A Thornhill represents Mrs Lusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye V. Lusk of
Beckley
Circuit
Continental National Insurance Company of
Chicago
Ill
W. A. Thornhill
Lusk
Funeral Services for Mrs. Ethel C McMillion
Mrs. Ethel C. McMillion 62 of Beckley will have funeral services at 2:30 p m Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Shirley Donnelly presiding Burial follows at Highlawn Park in Oak Hill Mrs McMillion died Monday afternoon while shopping in a local store
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel C. McMillion
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Shirley Donnelly
Highlawn Park
Oak Hill
Strike Curbs Welfare Strike In New York City
New York welfare services for about half a million people were placed on emergency footing as thousands of welfare workers statewide struck defying a court order. State Supreme Court Justice Saypol kept the hearing long into the night seeking an injunction, with a decision postponed. A restraining order remained in effect while about 8,000 workers had walked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Welfare Department
Bronx
Eva Gabor Identifies Murph the Surf Suspects
Actress Eva Gabor and husband Dick Brown identified Jack Murphy and Allen Kuhn as the men who beat, robbed, and tied them during the Racquet Club assault on January 4 1964. The pair, later arraigned in New York, are linked to the Star of India theft and a $410,000 museum heist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Eva Gabor
Jack
Murf
Murphy
Allen Kuhn
Miami
Dick Brown
American Museum of Natural History
State of the Union highlights future policy goals
Highlights outline plans to aid small farmers, study high speed rail between Boston and Washington, double poverty relief, enforce civil rights, reform immigration work tests, conserve countryside, curb pollution, fund national arts, promote basic science, eradicate waste, ensure presidential continuity, and affirm a free growing United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Washington
Harts
National Foundation On the Arts
Telephoned Tip Fails Wheeling Jail Break
Ohio County Commissioners heeded a tip from an anonymous caller to tighten security at the Wheeling jail after authorities found a hole being dug in a 75 year old wall. Sheriff Elmer Albaugh reported the dig near the third row of cells and noted a prior escape in 1962 from a nearby hole. Investigators recovered five hacksaw blades a small knife a screwdriver and a prisoner found with a hacksaw blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
TPI
Ohio
Elmer Albaugh
Albaugh
Blueprint Reading Course Opens Tonight at Raleigh Center
James Robinson director says enrollment is open tonight at the Raleigh County Vocational-Technical Center. Final sign-ups run from 7 to 10 p.m. The 96-hour course begins tonight with sessions held every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Johnson says U S must aid world beyond borders in union speech
United Press International reports President Lyndon Johnson in the State of the Union pledging U S concern, compassion, and vigilance beyond its borders. He says America was not meant to be an oasis of liberty but to help end ignorance, misery, and tyranny worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
Public figures comment on politics and culture
West Virginia resident criticizes President Johnson for neglecting Appalachia in the State of the Union. London’s T S Eliot is called unfunny and dry by critics. Sammy Davis Jr explains Billy Eckstine’s absence by noting he does not drink and is not a bad artist, but golf is limited by closed courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabin Creek
Sandy Foster
West Virginia
Johnson
State of the Union
Appalachia
New York
Sammy Davis Jr
Manhattan
Billy Eckstine
Reactions Split on President Johnson's Speech
Senate leaders from both parties offered cautious praise and pointed out practical limits. Mansfield called the program understandable and extending last year’s plan, while Dirksen criticized the breadth as a burden too heavy for one nation to bear. Long favored many of Johnson’s advocated measures and planned detailed study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Paradise
Dirksen
Russell B. Long
Milwaukee seeks federal aid for birth control program
Milwaukee becomes the first city to request federal assistance for a birth control program. The Social Development Commission of Greater Milwaukee approved creating family planning service clinics as part of Johnson's war on poverty. The Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington will decide on the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Social Develiament Commission of
Greater
Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington
Trial Continues Today For 3 Huntingtonians
In Columbia Tennessee UPI reports three Huntington men Herman A. Frazier Alfred N. Paden and Albert Cole face jury tampering charges in Hoffa 1962 conspiracy trial They pleaded innocent and earlier Nashville trial ended in mistrial Prosecutor Shaffer says they aimed to influence prospective jurors Hoffa convicted in Chattanooga last March and appealing to Cincinnati court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, Tenn
UPI
Huntington
Herman A. Frazier
Alfred N. Paden
Albert Cole
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Nashville
Charles Shaffer
Hoffa
Chattanooga
U. S. District Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Huntington youths face robbery charges in Georgia order
Two Huntington West Virginia youths Roy D. Chatterton age 20 and Woodrow Whitman age 18 face armed robbery charges in Pooler Georgia after a four state crime spree that included auto theft and a near fatal shooting. They had been jailed December 18 and were to appear before a grand jury today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
UPI
Huntington
W. Va
Georgia
Roy D. Chatterton
Woodrow Whitman
Billy Copeland
Pooler
Three Charges Waived To Jury For Howerton
Billy Harold Howerton 32 of Sprague waived preliminary action on auto larceny breaking and entering and burglary after authorities said he tried to steal a car from Patterson Hants Studebaker in Raleigh County. He was remanded to jail in 1000 bond. Frank Thomas was fined 10 dollars for speeding on U S 21 and 68 mph in a 55 mph zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Harold Howerton
Sprague
Beckley
Howerton
Patterson-Hants
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh
Frank Thomas
Box 121
Minden
Rodriguez
U. S. 21
Thomas
Education Bill Faces Hard Row
Washington reports that President Johnson’s 1.5 billion education package faces steep congressional hurdles. The plan aims to aid elementary and secondary schools, with a church state dispute blocking progress, while a federal scholarship program for higher education also encounters strong opposition and will require bipartisan consensus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congressional
Johnson
88Th Congress
Johnson Pledges New Quest for Union in 1965 State of the Union
President Johnson delivers his first State of the Union as elected, urging a 1965 “new quest for union” to unite man with the world he has built. He calls for harmony between individuals and society, progress at home and abroad, and a confident, purposeful America ready to shape history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
America
Kennedy era hopes for televised US Soviet talks fade
Johnson expressed willingness to let Soviet leaders speak on American television and hoped the American people might listen to Soviet leaders. The idea of televised exchanges was discussed by Kennedy and Khrushchev in 1961–62 but stalled over Berlin and the Cuban missile crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Berlin
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Augusta, Maine
Maine
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
New London
K. G. Hemmerberg
Long Beach, Calif
Lakewood
Calif
Robert Roring
Richmon Cleaners
Mercer Court
Harry. Bender
Mrs
Virgie Biggs
Tyree
Robert Hughes
E. F. Farmer
Eugene Parker
Oswell Cook Jr
Charles G. Farley
Jack M. Tennant
Homer H. Richmond
Ethel McMillion
N.Y
Eva
Murph the
Surf
London
T.S. Eliot
Mr. Eliot
United States
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