State Attorney General rules parochial transport legal
Atty Gen C Donald Robertson concludes West Virginia counties may use public buses to transport students to parochial and private schools. He notes no constitutional barrier and cites cases supporting transport at public expense to aid families and reduce tax burdens. Some counties already run limited routes, parochial students make up about 3.8 percent of public school enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
Munson
West Virginia
Mineral County
Board of
Eduy of Atty
Donald Robert-Kation
County Boards of Education
Raleigh County
D. D.square
Rex Smith
C. Donald
Robertson
Byron Athey
Arcchial
Keyser
Deaths and Funerals of Eli T You at 74
Eli T You 74 of MacArthur died Tuesday night after a long illness in local hospital. Born January 21 1804 in Piedicavallo Italy he was a retired stone mason and member of Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church MacArthur. Survived by wife Leota Thompson Yon son Claudio Yon of MacArthur two Rep American sisters Mrs Neldo Man Chicago Heights and Mrs Diane Crosley Pontiac Michigan one sister in Italy and four grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Eli T. You
MacArthur
Piedicavallo
Italy
Hollywood
Missionary Baptist Church
Leota Thompson Yon
Claudio Yon
Neldoman
Chicago Heights
Diane Crosley
Pontiac, Mich
Rose and’ Quesenberry
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Mandy Whitt in Rose and Quesenberry chapel
Mrs Mandy Whitt of Fayetteville nursing home died Tuesday at 6 15 pm after a long illness. Born February 18 1884 at Basin she was a Missionary Baptist and survived by husband William C Whitt two sons Osbert and Cecil two daughters Mrs Floyd Mary Houck and Mrs J J Theresa Crook ten grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens with services Friday at 2 30 pm led by Rev Joe Pizzino. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 6 pm Thursday calling hours.
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Mandy Whitt
Sophia
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Joe Pizzino
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Basin
Huey and
Mary Little
Tellie June Phipps
Piney Ave
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Kenneth Swank
Sunset Memorial Park
Joesaree Fe Paw James
Temple &J
Melton Mortuary
Carl Gray
Bertram Grant
Kasuba
Mabscott
Michael
Julia Kasuba
Raleigh County
Staunton
Stella Gall
Beckley
Catherine Lilly
Charleston
Mary Garrison
Mike
Steve
Everette Sodbey
Tony Merrick
James Houck
Vito Rizzi
Dorsal West
George M. Parker
Ernest Meadows
Robert’ #lder
Funeral set for 16 year old Brenda James in Welch
Funeral services for Brenda Sue James 16 Welch will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Oceana Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Hicks presiding. Burial follows at Palm Memorial Gardens in Matheny. She died after arriving at a Welch hospital Monday. cause undetermined. Survivors include maternal grandparents George and wife of Gary Ohio. paternal grandparents Simon James and wife of Lovely Kentucky. three stepbrothers Bobby Gene Allen and sister Tina Diane of Columbus Ohio. an aunt Hore Pritchard of Oceana.
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Brenda Sue James
Welch
Oceana Freewill Baptist Church
Jack Hicks
Palm Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Miss James
Welch Hospital
George Rose
Gary
Simon James
Lovely
Bobby
Gene
Allen
Tina Diane
Columbus
Ohio
Hore Pritchard
Oceana
Douglas Fanerat
Obituary notices mix of Bragg Kasuba and others in West Virginia
Obituaries detail Everette Bragg of Richmond and former Princewick resident who died at home after a short illness born October 18 1918. Also mentions Kasuba of Mabscott dying after eight weeks in hospital with military service in World War II. Services at Melton Mortuary, burial at Kasuba family plots, with pastors officiating. other survivors and funeral arrangements noted.
Hong Kong flu cousin hits Louisiana with rising cases
The Hong Kong flu surge reaches the South as Louisiana reports a Louisiana strain similar to the Hong Kong variant. Health officials note cases in Baton Rouge and New Orleans with Louisiana strain possibly capable of similar severity. NCDC cautions labeling and relocation affect counts while doctors see more flu and flu-like illnesses statewide. Cases climb in Alabama, Houston reports new hotspots, and officials warn it may peak in about a few weeks.
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Atlanta
UPI
New Kong
Orleans
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Hong Kong
Hauser
South
Erisen
George E. Hauser
Louisiana State Health Board
Arngwest
Houston
Lester Karotkin
Alabama
Durward Blakey
Meet On Teen Town Slated In Sophia
Wide Awake 4H Club members from Sophie Elementary School ask Sophia Town Council to back a teen town project. Mayor Robert Porter schedules a Jan 14 7 p m meeting at town hall with teens and adults. Police Chief Perry Haga reports December arrests and accidents. Woodrow Harmon water superintendent presents repair bill totals. Council agrees to place signs on all unmarked streets. Storage space noted as available in the community.
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Sophie
Sophia Town
Robert Porter
Town Hall
Woodrow Harmon
Hald
Ines
Coune
Perry Haga
Vietnam War Toll Rising with Captures and Losses
The report notes 21,080 Vietcong captured, up 122 percent from 1967, alongside U S losses including two Army helicopters shot down by Red gunners on Jan 3 and 5 about 125 and 150 miles northwest of Saigon. Twelve U S bombers flew six raids targeting areas near Saigon, the Central Highlands and South Vietnam's northern coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Vietnam
Highlands
Britain Backs Limited Asian Influx Amid Commonwealth Tensions
Prime ministers meet as Britain refuses broad entry for Asians from Africa. Officials say 50 000 to 60 000 could be affected by new restrictions tied to passports and residence. Kenya Uganda and Zambia leaders push to guard wealth and avoid mass migration.
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Joseph W. Grigg
London
UPI
Britain
Africa
Wilson
India
Pakistan
James Callaghan
Harold Wil
Pen
Commonwealth
Kenya
Uganda
Zambia
Early American Touch Inaugural Parade For Governor Moore
Gov elect Arch Moore will be honored in Charleston with a three hour parade featuring the U S Army Third Infantry Fife and Drum Corps and a 19 gun National Guard salute. Gov Hulett C Smith urged department heads to inventory accounts and duties before Jan 13 to reflect well on stewardship and smooth transition.
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Charleston
UPI
America
Arch Moore
U. S. Army
Third Infantry
National Guard
Hulett C. Smith
Arch
Revolut Moore
Smith
Jack Canfield
Moore
Acheson Says RFK Gambled On Cuba During Crisis
Former Secretary Acheson says President Kennedy’s Cuba decisions were a gamble propelled by emotion and risky confidence. He cites missed opportunities, the missile crisis balance, and debates over naval blockade versus air strikes. Acheson notes Kennedy’s advisers, including Robert Kennedy, fueled the discussion, with critiques of timing and strategy.
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Acheson
RFK
Cuba
Donald HB
Washington
UPI
Dean Acheson
John F
Nikita
Khrushchev
Toj
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Nopert Kennedy
Thorou
Nessa
Harry Slin
United States
Truman
Jacky
Grel
Nava
Florida
Esquire
United
Ceck
Ax T
Kemnnedy
Aches
Mrs Susie Adkins Rites Slated At Keyrock Church
Mrs Susie Adkins 62 of Keyrock dies after long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Coon Fork Church with Rev Edgar Beverly and Rev Ronald Adkins officiating. Burial in Privett Cemetery. She is survived by husband Willie six sons and four daughters, plus brothers and sisters. Body moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to her residence.
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Susie Adkins
Keyrock
Coon Fork
Edgar Beverly
Ronald Adkins
Privett
Adkins
Wolf Pen
Mert
Hattie Jackson Beverly
Wyoming County
Willie
Jess
Arthur
Bud
Estell
Itmann
Roger
Chicago
Ill
Tommy
Pineville
Cleve
Lee Hamm
Virgie
Lucille
Helen
Cap
Davy
Randall
Asco
Bert Beverly
Henry Lay rites set for Jellico man 68
Funeral services for Henry Lay 68 of Jellico Tenn formerly of Price Hill will be held at 2 p m Thursday in the Lewallen Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow Lay died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack He is survived by Cindy four brothers Perry Lay and J S Walton Mount Hope Carl Walton Oak Hill and Billy Joe Walton of California five sisters Eunice Warren Sharpesville Pa Eileen Tucker Gary Ind Lillian Orren North Tazewell Va Nadine Bailey Whitesville and Opal Kincaid Charmco
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lay
Jellico
Tenn
Price Hill
Lewallen Funeral Home
Lay
Cindy
Perry Lay
J. S. Walton
Mount Hope
Carl Walton
Oak Hil
Billy Joe Walton
California
Eunice Warren
Sharpesville
Eileen Tucker
Gary
Ind
Lillian Orren
North Tazewell
Nadine Bailey
Whitesville
Opal Kincaid
Charmco
Final rites set for Mount Hope bus driver Kenneth Butler
Kenneth Butler 58 of Mount Hope died from an apparent heart attack at the school bus garage. A World War II veteran and longtime Mount Hope High School bus driver, he will be buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in Prosperity after funeral services at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Lon T. Marks officiating. Butler, born Sept 28, 1911 in Putnam County, was survived by daughter Ruth Ann Butler of Mount Hope. his wife Anna E. preceded him in death. Burial and viewing details accompany service plans.
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Kenneth Butler
Mount Hope
Tyree
Lon T. Marks
Blue Ridge Memorial
Gardens At Prosperity
Butler
Mount Hope High School
B. J. Butler
Mount Ope
American Legion
Fayette County
Putnam County
Hilda, Foster
Oak Hill
Dave Butler
Anna E
Ruth Ann Butler
Joe Mount Hope
Jay
Vocational Training Programs Approved Beckley To Benefit
West Virginia officials approved 186 vocational training programs under the Manpower Development Training Act. Courses cover basic education communications and skilled trades at multiple counties including Charleston Beckley Hin ton Grafton Logan Morgantown and Williamson. Programs include electrical appliance service stenography mine machinery mechanics licensed practical nursing and nursery school teaching training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Employment Security Department
State Department of Vocational Education
Boards of Education
Hinton
Grafton
Logan
Morgantown
Williamson
Ax Murderer Sought In Death Of Harvard Coed
Cambridge police probe the death of Jane S. Britton 22 Radcliffe Harvard anthropology student found in her apartment, body on bed, head injuries from a sharp weapon possibly an archaeology tool, boyfriend James Humphreys 27 last to see her alive, no weapon present, no robbery signs.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Harvard
James Humphreys
Humphreys
Miss Britton
Beverly Samans
Boston
Britton
Leo Davenport
Penal System Change Asked
CHARLESION APS A legislative subcommittee proposes placing the Prison Industries system at Mounds ville Penitentiary under a proposed Department of Correction and creating the new department to oversee the penal system. The current split between correction and Public Institutions led to a public clash and the firing of former director Sarver. The plan would have the department director appoint wardens and name the prison industries director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Correction
Hospitals Hope To Keep Down Visitors Adwintetrative
Hospitals tighten visitor policies amid rising patient load and staff strain. Administrators cite infection control and ward capacity while urging family access through scheduled windows and limited room visits.
Freeman to testify on hunger policy clash at hearings
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, a defender of federal crop controls and price supports, heads to Capitol Hill for the Select Committee on Hunger and Malnutrition hearings. Sen. George McGovern presses for action while Freeman cites overproduction risks and the need to keep farms from surpluses.
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Roy McGhee
Washington
UPT
Agriculture
Orville J. Freeman
Capitol Hill
George S. McGovern
Select Committee
Freeman
Margaret Mead
Sen. McGovern
Johnson
United States
McGovern
Move To Aid Pt. Pleasant Told By Peyton
Ohio official announces a task force plan to revive Pt Pleasant economy after two fires and the Silver Bridge collapse in 13 months. Commerce Commissioner An gus Peyton says the program will accelerate resource development with experts in industrial growth planning urban renewal and financing coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Pleasant
Industrial Development Authority
Welty seeks extra funds for state safety department
Charleston report states Col. T A Welty, head of the State Department of Public Safety, asked for about 1.4 million in total appropriation, roughly 200000 more than Gov. Hulett C. Smith proposed. The request aims to raise salaries, with troopers getting near 11 percent and captains about 6 percent, and to hire civilian staff to administer the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
Hulett C. Smith
State Department of Public Safety
Col
T. A. Welty
Welty
Chorus line to close Copacabana club in New York
New York reports say Copacabana night club will close its chorus line show after producer Jules Podell announced a new plan. The Rockettes at Radio City and the Latin Quarter chorus line remain, with dancers seeking higher pay amid dispute. In Newark, twenty priests split from the archdiocese over alleged minority discrimination, calling themselves Intercity Priests United for Christian Action and targeting Archbishop Boland. San Francisco State University teachers strike triggers police to restore order as picket lines get unruly. Julie Andrews sues two magazines for libel alleging a romance with Sidney Poitier. In Kristiansand, VP Hubert Humphrey receives a standing ovation from 1000 students as he contemplates running in the 1970 election and declines to resign.
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Wire
New York
Biel
Jules Podell
Otdy
Radio City Iuere Hall
Theatin
Newark
N. 3
Intercity Priests United For Christian Action
Thomas A. Boland
Boland
Kristiansand
Norway
Hubert 1 Heer
Humphrey
Justice Goldberg Defends Spock Trial in First Amendment Plea
Former U S Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg appeared before a three judge U S Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Boston to argue that no conspiracy has been proven in the Dr Benjamin Spock antidruft case under the First Amendment. Defense briefs and arguments will be reviewed with a decision not expected for two to three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U. Supreme Court
Arthur
Goldberg
Benjamin Spock
Fly
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Monona
Wis
UPI
Robert Brettell
London Market Sees Fold Price At Eight Month High
London prices surged on the free market reaching 42 dollars and 45 cents per ounce as trade activity picked up today. The rise marks an eight month high for fold with investors watching market signals.
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London
Schedule change at St Francis de Sales church
Father Kerrigan announced a change in Thursday Mass at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church. No 6:30 or 8:30 am masses. Holy communion to be distributed at 6:15 am. Funeral Mass for Mrs Amato set for 11 am by Rev Father Charles Tuefel Mullens.
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Thomas Kerrigan
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Sam Amato
Charles, Tuefel
Mullens
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Elizabeth
Brooklyn
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Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Mrs. Tellie Phipps
Brenda James
Everette Bragg
Everette H. Bragg
Richmond
Princewick
Peter and
Leona Buckland Bragg
Lilian Bragg
Ellen Fay Bragg
Sandra Doss
Cecil
Sullivan
Okey
Elkton
Lettis
Glen Morgan
Sadie Keaton
Whi
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Vietnam
Richmond Cleaners
Laundromat
Fayette & Church St
Pt. Pleasant
Peyton
San Francisco
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San Francisco State College
American Federation of Teachers
Santa Monica
Calif
Julie Andrews
Sidney ‘Oitier
Screenland
Mise Andrews
Poitier
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