Apollo 8 Tops UPI 1968 News Ranking in Flight Year
United Press International editors rated Apollo 8 lunar flight as the top story of 1968. The list highlights Kennedy assassination, Nixon election, Johnson not seeking reelection, Vietnam peace moves, and other major events including Czech invasion and Pueblo seizure.
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United Press International
F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Jacqueline Kennedy
United
Richard M. Nixon
Aristotle
Onassis
Press International
Kennedy
UPI
Nixon
North America
Martin Luther King
Johnson
North Korea
Robert and
Crew
U.S
Soviet Bloc
Czecho-slovakia
Pueblo
U. U.S
Looking To Future Citizens Defend BAY CITY Fire Tragedy
A couple Lawrence Herber 45 and Thelma 42 died in a three unit apartment fire due to a smoldering cigarette. The couple had earlier lost three children Marie 3 Darla 4 and James 10 to a similar smoking related fire three years prior. Moscow reports Venus spacecraft began its four month 200 million mile flight aiming for soft landing and manned mission by 1980.
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Bay City
Mick
Lawrence Herber
Thelma
Davenport
Marie
Darla
James
Moscow
Venus
Rele
Odrinex Fat Burning Pills Ad From Rist’s Pharmacy
An advertised weight loss pill named Odrinex claims immediate fat reduction without a prescription. It markets a small tablet with a money back guarantee and pricing of $3.00 or $5.00 for a large size, with mail orders at $3.25 and a return option through a druggist.
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Rist’s Pharmacy
Neville St
Peyton budget tweaks and regional budget shifts in Garden City
Peyton proposes modest increases and reallocations in advertising and printing while trimming funds from Money in the Rock and Forest Festival to support Glass Festival and the Mountain States Art and Craft Fair. McManus notes Peyton’s criticism of business taxes and labor market concerns citing state-wide job loss metrics. In other news, El Capitan derails near Holcomb with 570 passengers aboard and no injuries reported. memorials for Alve Jones Sr. held in Webster Springs. RAF flight crash near Gatwick kills many, with 14 aboard and 48 dead total.
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Peyton
Mountain States
McManus
Transplant Surgeons Report Four Heart Procedures Over New Year
During the first five days of the year four heart transplants were performed by teams in New York and Houston. The 106th and 107th transplants occurred Sunday, with three recipients alive today. A New York contractor’s heart went to a 44 year old man, while Otho Chancey of Elhart, Kansas received the heart of a Houston boy.
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United Press International
Houston
New York
New York Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Otho Edwin Chancey
Elhart
Kan
Daniel Dana Price Jr
Daniel Price
Jan Moll
Kazimierz Rybinski
C. Walton Lille Hei
Thomas Frouge
Frouge Corp
Frouge
Michael DeBakey
Chancey
Taylor County girl named 1969 West Virginia State Fair Queen
Miss Pam Dean representing the Taylor County Fair was chosen queen at the State Fair. She will ride in Gov Arch Moore's Inaugural Parade in Charleston next Monday. First runner up was Miss Laudene Norman of Mitveral County Fair and second runner up Miss Pam Trent of Nicholas County Fair.
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Taylor County
West Virginia
Pam Dean
Taylor County Fair
Deaths and Funerals of Fayetteville Residents
Final rites were held for Joe E. Ryan 74 of Crab Orchard and Stephen S. Ryan 81 of Fayetteville with services at Dodd-Paynes Funeral Home and Church of Christ. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park with staff from Lloyd Barker Funeral Home officiating and pallbearers named. Survivors include brothers John Edward Ernest Thomas C. Ryan. Ryan born September 29 1901 was a retired coal miner. His wife Ethel Barker Ryan preceded him in death.
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Joe E. Ryan
Stephen
Fayetteville
George Miller
Dodd-Paynes
Ryan
Oak Hill
Edmond
John L
Laura Cavendish Ryan
Ethel Barker Ryan
John Edward
Brigham City
Utah
Ernest
Cheyenne
Wyo
Thomas C. Ryan
Rites for Mrs Amanda E Arnold Held in Oak Hill
Mrs Amanda E Arnold 63 of 111 Sanford St Oak Hill dies after six month illness. Final rites set 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Jones Avenue Church of God Oak Hill Rev Phillip Hoosier and Rev Pat Waters in charge. Burial Biggs Cemetery Maynor. Survivors include husband Deniford five daughters two sons two brothers two sisters 18 grandchildren five great grandchildren. Friends may call Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill after 5 p.m. today.
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Amanda E. Arnold
Sanford St
Oak Hill
Jones’ Avenue Church ‘of God
Phillip Hoosier
Pat Watters
Biggs Cemetery
Maynor
Arnold
Sanger
John and Bell
Little
Rock Lick Free Will Baptist Church
Deniford
Bessie Harris
Princeton
Pauline Light
Eunice Salmors
Fayetteville
Lorena Burgess
Mount Hope
Drema Tolley
N.C
William
Jacksonville
Fla
Thomas
Roanoke
Ed Suttle
Beckley
Overton Suttle
Alexandria
Cora Weeks
Lucy Darlington
Tyree Funeral Home
Ella Grace
Kincaid
Columbus
Ohio
Tyree
Funeral notices for Mitcham Kincaid Wenzel readers
Series of funeral notices from Stephenson Ohio Pineville and Mullens area. Clyde Mitcham 46 of Stephenson dies in Mullens hospital with services planned at Stephenson Methodist Church. Ella Grace Kincaid 78 of Columbus Ohio formerly Fayetteville buried Hilltop Cemetery. Andrew Wenzel 79 of Pineville funeral and rosary at Holy Cross Church and nearby Palm Memorial Gardens. Survivors listed with relatives and call times at local funeral homes.
Sirhan defense eyes realism as trial nears in Kennedy case
As Sirhan Sirhan faces trial for the Kennedy assassination, his lawyers press a realistic defense while massive security surrounds the Los Angeles courthouse. The case gathers national attention with guarded elevators and a sealed courtroom as jurors are chosen. In Dayton, Ohio, Sheriff’s deputy Thorpe notes Sirhan’s artistic mood, while fans anticipate a potential recording of a miners tragedy ballad.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Han B. Sirhan
Sirhan
Emile Zola
York
Robert F. Kennedy
J V. Walker
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
United
U.S. Pacific
California
Dayton
Ohio
Oschamber
Burn Thorpe
Montgomery
Farmersville
Farmington
W. Va
Thorpe
Thor
Ioh Stanley
Smiths Begin Moving Today
Gov Hulett C Smith and family start moving belongings from the Executive Mansion to a Charleston apartment owned by the family. Press Secretary Jack Canfield says desks from Beckley will be brought to Charleston for an office as Arch Moore prepares to take over as governor. Official papers are prepared for publication by law.
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Charleston
Hulett C. Smith
Jack Canfield
Smiths
Smith
Beckley
Canfield
Statehouse
Arch Moore
Moore
Levy Vote Set For $11 Million School Bond
Harrison County residents will vote February 4 on an 11 million dollar bond levy to consolidate seven high schools into four and build a county vocational school. Superintendent James Gladwell says the existing high school buildings will become junior high schools.
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Clarksburg
UPS
Harrison County
James Gladwell
Noted W Va Educator Gail Holiday Dies at 96
Funeral services planned in Wheeling for Dr Gail Hamilton Holiday the first West Virginia high school teacher to earn a doctoral degree She taught at Wheeling High School from 1901 to 1950 and held a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh after earning a master's at Washington and Jefferson College
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Wheeling
UPI
West Virginia
Gail Hamilton Holiday
Wheeling High School
Holliday
Washington and Jefferson
University of Pittsburgh
Actor Howard Huntington dies from burn injuries
Hollywood actor Howard Huntington known for Doc Deanne Appeldon on Gunsmoke died from extensive burns after a gas heater ignited a nightgown. He died at age 63 after decades on radio and television including the Andy Griffith Show.
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Hollywood
UPFI
Funer- Burns
Howard Huntington
UPI
MecNear
Doc Deanne Appeldon
Adams
Burns
Will Sieiffet
McNear
Senterces
Two Fatal Auto Accidents Reported In West Virginia
United Press International reports two deaths in West Virginia from separate crashes. Nathaniel Williams, 34, of Weirton, died when his car struck a stone wall on West Virginia Route 2 near Avenue E. In Benwood, George Rysckoey died after his car left the road, struck a guard rail, and pinned him beneath the vehicle. he died at Glen Dale Hospital. The toll for 1969 rises to four, versus two at this date last year.
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Nathaniel Williams
Weirton
W. Va
Avenue E
Benwoods
Marshall County
George Rysckoey
Benwood
Rand
Rysckoey
Glen Dale Hospital
West Virginia
Mrs. Rhelda Lilly Dies in Ashland Hospital
Mrs. Rhelda M. Lilly 86 of Mabscott died Sunday afternoon in an Ashland Kentucky hospital after a long illness. Born October 5 1882 in Ghent she was daughter of the late John and Minerva Massey. Survived by son Howard Lilly of East Rainelle three daughters Lula Aliff Beckley Gladys Field Ashland Ky and Emma Karnes Orlando Fla and one sister Basil Rogers Orlando Fla. Body at Rose Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Rhelda M. Lilly
Mabscott
Ashland
Ghent
John and
Minerva Dodd Massey
Howard D. Lilly
East Rainelle
Lula “Aliff
Beckley
Gladys Field
Emma. Karnes
Orlando
Fpla
Me Basil Rogers
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Sandra Hall
Hunter St
Sabine
Edna Gregory
Glen White
Samuel Gregory
St. Matthew A.M.E
Lester
Alonzo
Lisa
Debra
Nathan
U.S. Army
South Viet‘nam
Samuel Jr
Ivan
Lloyd
James
Glen ‘White
Multiple Obituaries From Glen White To Sophia
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Sandra Hill Es 20 of 305 Hunter St and Mrs Zora Mooney 80 of Sophia. Services for Zora Mooney set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Sophia with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
Funeral for Mullens newborn son of Parks Sullivan family
Michael W. Parks counsel services for Michael Warren Parks, day-old son of Stanley and Barbara Sullivan Parks, Mullens, were held at 11 a.m. in Sam Fogle song Chapel Mullens with Rev George Osler in charge. Burial was in Saeger Memorial Park Roderfield. The child died at 7 35 p.m. Saturday in a Beckley hospital. Survivors include grandparents Clyde Parks Itmann and Arnold Sullivan Concord California.
Mrs V Galbraith of Hyattsville Rites Set
Mrs V Victoria C Galbraith 67 of Hyattsville Md former Glen View will be conducted Tuesday at 11 am in Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel Burial follows at Mount Tabor Cemetery She was born in Belgium Jan 28 1901 daughter of the late Toney and Mary LeJeune Survived by two daughters and three grandchildren Friends may call after 4 pm today at Webb and Neal Funeral Home
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V. Galbraith
Victoria C. Galbraith
Hyatrevile
Glen View
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Mount Tabor
Belgium
Toney
Mary LeJeune
Mary Bostic
Hyattsville
Charles Keys
San Diego
Calif
Luciell DeFourney
Leona Johnson
Columbus
Ohio
Webb
Middle East Tensions and Johnson Farewell Plans
A jumble of reports from Washington London and Jerusalem details UPI interviews with Udall on aid for Middle East peace efforts led by Gunnar Jarring. King Hussein seeks treatment in London as big powers weigh steps while Israel rejects a Kremlin plan demanding troop withdrawal and peace guarantees.
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United Nations
Middle East
London
Jordan
Hussein
Johnson
White House
Carpenters Ham-House
Jerusalem
Israel
Kremlin
the Observer
Abba Eben
Lebanon
Beirut
E al
Athens
Funeral notices for Briguglio and Biggs in Beckley
Death notices for Charles Briguglio 51 of 106 Jefferson St and Maggie Biggs 65 of 121 Williams St list obsequies. Briguglio service Tuesday 10 am at St Francis de Sales Church with Father Kerrigan. burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Biggs died Sunday in Pontiac Michigan. services Thursday 1 pm at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
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Jefferson St
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas L. Kerrigan
Mount Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Briguglio
Affinity
Francisca Briguglio
Cosimo Massinople Briguglio
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
la Salle University
Orp
George
Nancy) Halash
James
Katherine) Fragale
Santo
Michael
Detroit
Maggie Biggs
Maggie A. Biggs
Williams St
Pontiac
Mich
Caperton
Frank and
Haniette Smail Sample
Benny Biggs
Robert H
James H
John E
Phoenix
Ariz
Charles
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Doris Adkins
Rootstown
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Sanitone Carsifie Ione Dryctoener
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Smorkovsky
Phillip Appeldorn
Feingold
West Virginia Road Commission
Jacob H. Feingold
Ohio County
Feingold Tool Supply
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Sandra Hill
Zora Mooney
Zora
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