Burch Ouster Accord Seen Near GOP Chair Change
Washington reports indicate Republicans near a deal for Dean Burch to resign as GOP national chairman soon, with Ray C. Bliss of Ohio named as successor. The goal is to avoid a public vote at the Chicago meeting January 22 to 23 and prevent a party split.
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Washington
UPS
Dean Burch
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
Lotting
Chicago
Burch
Barry M. Goldwater
National Committee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Goldwater
William F. Miller
Bliss
Red Chinese Claim U2 Plane Shot Down
Communist China said its forces shot down a Nationalist Chinese U2 reconnaissance plane intruding into North China. The plane was described as another U.S. made high altitude craft of the Chiang Kai Shek gang, with Major Chang Li-yi named as pilot. The Nationalist air force confirmed the loss in orth China, calling it an accident and offering no details on capture or rescue.
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Tokyo
UPS
China
New China
Red China
Taipei
Chang Li-yi
Rainy halftime halts Dardanelle Lamar basketball game
In Dardanelle Arkansas a leaky roof at Dardanelle High School gym forced a rainout at halftime as both Dardanelle and Lamar High schools advanced in local basketball record books. In Houston, Harlem Globetrotters star Goose Tatum suffered a broken leg during an exhibition game, prompting hospital X-rays and a serious injury update.
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Dardanelle, Ark
UPI
Dardanelle
Lamar
Dardanelle High School
Houston
Goose Tatum
Harlem Globetrotters
Tatum
Traffic Deaths Reported in Ohio Accidents
Two men died in separate Ohio crashes. One, from Ton, was killed on Interstate 77 near Akron. The other, Billy E. Rogers formerly of Hacker Valley Webster County, died Saturday in Cleveland.
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Ton
Ohio
Akron
Billy E. Rogers
Hacker Valley
Webster County
Cleveland
Court to Meet for First Session of Year
The Raleigh County Court will convene its first session at 10 a.m. Tuesday to elect a president and organize the court.
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Raleigh
Commodities Distribution at Sprague Church This Week
Commodities will be distributed at the Sprague Freewill Baptist Church from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday. Eligible persons must recertify at the Court House by January 19.
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Sprague Freewill Baptist Church
Court House
Jail Release From Raleigh County After Petty Sentence
David Triplitt Ethel and Jimmy Spurlock Blair were released from Raleigh County Jail at 8 a m today after serving time on a petty offense Triplitt was committed December 30 1964 and Spurlock was booked at the jail January 4.
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David Triplitt
Ethel
Jimmy Spurlock
Blair
Raleigh
Triplitt
Spurlock
Police Probe Break-In At Wilkes Distributing Co
State police investigate a break in at Wilkes Distributing Co on the 1921 By Pass. Owner James Wilkes says thieves entered through a rear door, taking about 15 dollars and other articles from the building Sunday night.
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Wilkes Distributing Company
James Wilkes
Congress Slow Getting Started
Washington (UPI) Congress began its new session in gridlock with no legislative action planned. Senate Republicans met to adjust committee seats and plan to give new senators better chances at key assignments. A Javits panel proposed a revised system to improve access for newer members, while Democrats completed their committee work earlier.
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Washington
Carlson
Senate
House
Leslie C. Arends
Ill
Gerald R. Ford
Mich
Charles A. Halleck
Arends
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Mississippi hearing highlights 19 of 21 men charged
Last month at a preliminary hearing FBI agents disclosed details about 19 of 21 men arrested on December 4. Barnette, 26, was among those charged with conspiring to intercept assault and kill civil rights workers near Philadelphia Mississippi.
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FBI
Barnette
Philadelphia
Miss
Replacement Named For Mrs. Austin
Gov W Barron announced J Fleet Greene of Charleston as a member of the West Virginia Commission on Manpower Technology and Training to fill the unexpired term of Mrs Natalie Austin of Beckley who resigned Greene is executive secretary of the state Retail Grocers Association The same statement reappointed Frank G Corregan of Charles Town to the Charles Town Police Service Commission for a term ending Sept 6 1968
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Charleston
UPI
W. Barron
J. Fleet Greene
West Virginia Commission On Manpower, Technology and Training
Greene
State Retail Grocers Association
Natalie Austin
Beckley
Barron
Frank G. Corregan
Charles Town
Soviet Union Erases Khrushchev From History
Moscow report says the Kremlin curbs Nikita Khrushchev’s memory by indirect attacks in the press. Portraits fade and a calendar omits his birthday, while a Krokodil poem targets an official image to shadow Khrushchev’s legacy.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
N. S. Khrushchev
Krokodil
Alexander Bezymensky
Ivan Ivanovitch Pakhomov
Pakhomov
Communist Party
Snow storms close airports and shovelers face tragedy
Snow swept through the Northeast and mid-Atlantic with flight cancellations at New York City airports. Forecasters warned 4 to 10 inches for Long Island and parts of Maine New Hampshire and Vermont while Boston and the region saw heavy snow. Fatalities and injuries occurred as shoveling led to heart attacks and collisions including a Brooklyn crash. A Greyhound bus crash in Ebensburg injured 19. Bowie track opening saw near freezing, four inches of snow. Duluth reported six below zero as sub zero cold persisted across the Upper Midwest. Light snow brushed east central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin.
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Rania
New England
New York City
Long Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Frostburg
Hanover
Washington, D.C
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Greyhound
Ebensburg
Bowie
Plains
Upper Midwest
Mercury
Duluth
Minn
Northland
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Roy Clemens Arrested for Club After Hours Charge
Roy Clemens aged 64 of South Fayette Street was arrested by Beckley City Police at 10 10 p m Sunday on a charge of operating a club after hours. He is to appear in Police Court today.
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Roy Clemens
South Fayette Street
Beckley City
Clemens
Surgeon General Fights For National Drive Against Smoking
Washington UPI Surgeon General Luther L. Terry urged a new nationwide effort to persuade Americans of cigarette dangers on the anniversary of his advisory panel findings. He noted only a small drop in adult male smoking but millions more could quit. He pressed for warning labels on packaging and stronger education funded by Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Luther L. Terry
Terry
National Inter-Agency Council On Smoking
Public Health Service
Sen
Maurine Neuberger
Dore
Congress
Neuberger
Emerson Foote
Inter-Agency Council
Foote
McCann-Erickson Advertising Co
Dock Strike Drives Wage Gains and Crew Cuts Across Ports
The ILA strike yields higher wages pensions and vacations but sparks rank and file protests over a plan to cut pier gangs from 20 to 17 as automated gear reduces need. Across Gulf ports and the Atlantic coast walkouts halt work from Portland to Houston hitting Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Charleston Savannah New Orleans and other piers.
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ILA
Florida
North Carolina
Portland
Maine
Galveston
Tex
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Charleston
S.C
Savannah
New Orleans
Houston
Sub Freighter Collision in Mediterranean Leaves No Injuries
The nuclear submarine Ethan Allen collided with the Norwegian freighter S.S. Octavia off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean on Sunday. Navy reports negligible damage and both vessels continued on course after exchanging identifications. no injuries were reported.
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Washington
UPI
Mediterranean
Navy
Spain
Mental Retardation Commission Rapped in West Virginia
The West Virginia Commission on Mental Retardation faced a sharp rebuke from the State Association for Retarded Children in Parkerburg. A resolution accused the panel of inaction and failing to hire a coordinator or develop a comprehensive plan to access federal funds for programs benefiting retarded children.
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Parkersburg
UPI
West Virginia
Commission On
State Association For
Commission
Deaths and Funerals in Beckley and surrounding areas
Funeral services for Roger Lee Bradley 21 of Cleveland formerly Beckley will be at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with burial in Caffee Cemetery. Died at 7 am Friday after a short illness. Survived by parents Roy and Edna Bradley two brothers Joseph and Curtis and sister Mrs Tom Searles. Final rites for Frank A Walker 52 of Sprague at St Matthew AME Church burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Died at 7:30 am Saturday after extended illness. Survived by wife Marie two sons Jerry Mansfield and Marshall Dayton two brothers Herbert and Rev H C Walker. Elmer Ford Green Sulphur Springs died in local hospital at 10:15 pm Sunday survived by three sisters three brothers and a half sister. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Roger Lee Bradley
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Ralph Poole
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Bradley
Roy
Edna Farris Bradley
Joseph
Curtis Bradley
Frank A. Walker
Sprague
St. Matthew Ame
W. H. Harris
Greenwood Memorial Park
Walker
Boonmills
Samuel Walker
Marie Walker
Jerry
Mansfield
Marshall
Dayton
Herbert
Rev
H. C. Walker
Wilmington
N. C
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Elmer Ford
Green Sulphur Springs
Pat Wheeler
J. O. Fox
Charlotte
Frank Bragg
Mark Ford
Walter Ford
Beaver
John Ford
R. F
Cales
Hinton
Ronald Meadows
Train Crash on Main Line in Erie County
Three Erie Lackawanna crew members escaped. Clyde Masters of Marion reported in good condition at Medina Community Hospital, Fred Vestal and N G Tyson not needing hospitalization. Officials cite a possible signal miss and a slow train failing to stop at an intersection. Diesel fuel ignited, flames 200 feet high. fire persisted over three hours. About seven cars derailed. 200 rescuers assisted. 48 hours to clear the wreckage.
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Erie Lackawanna
Clyde Masters
Marion
Medina Community
Fred Vestal
N. G. Tyson
Ohio Highway Patrol
Republican party council to draft national policy tasks
The council would be presided by the Republican National Chairman and include five living former presidential nominees Alfred M Landon Thomas E Dewey Dwight D Eisenhower Richard M Nixon and Barry M Goldwater. It would also feature congressional GOP leadership the chairs of the campaign committees and representatives of the Republican Governors Association. Task forces on foreign policy defense labor and agriculture would be formed from professionals lawmakers governors and national committee members.
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Alfred M. Landon
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Barry M. Goldwater
Congress
Republican Governors Association
Council
Sato outlines Asia talks with Johnson on Viet Nam
Japanese Prime Minister Sato, amid talks with President Johnson, says most discussion will center on Asia and the Viet Nam issue but declines to reveal Japan's stance. He cites Okinawa and Red China trade as current disagreements, stresses separation of politics and economics, and expresses ardent desire to return Okinawa to Japanese control.
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Liberal Democratic Party
Johnson
Asia
Viet Nam
United States
Japan
Okinawa
China
Sato
U.S
Stephen Burton Funeral Services in Glen Jean
Stephen Buster Burton 45 from Glen Jean will be laid to rest at Greenwood Memorial Park after services at First Baptist Church Glen Jean conducted by Rev. G C Gilbert. He died Thursday after a brief illness in a local hospital. Survivors include brother Mac Dawsno Burton of Tuskegee and sister Mrs Beatrice Anderson of Newark. The body lies in state at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Greentown and will be moved to the church one hour before services.
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Stephen
Buster) Burton
Glen Jean
First Baptist Church
G. C. Gilbert
Greenwood Memorial Park
Burton
Mac Dawsno Burton
Tuskegee
Ala
Beatrice Anderson
Newark
N. J
Ritchie and Johnson
Greentown
Funeral services for Alex Davis in Beckley
Funeral services for Alex Davis also known as Playland Dad will be held at 1 p. m. Wednesday at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Elder W. M. Neal presiding. Burial follows in Davis Cemetery after a prolonged illness. He died Saturday in a local hospital with no known relatives. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Tuesday.
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Alex
Playland
Elmore services set for James H. Elmore in Ansted
James H. Elmore 85 of Hico dies after long illness. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel Ansted with Rev Wesley Pennington. Burial in Jeanette Cemetery Lookout. He was a retired New York Central Railway foreman and member of Sunday Road Baptist Church. He lived in Hico 25 years. He is survived by his daughter Mrs Rusha Coleman Oak Hill. Born November 6 1880 in Wills Creek. (RNS) UP I reports Lena Levine 61 psychiatrist gynecologist and author dies. Dr Levine was associate director at Margaret Sanger Research Bureau and tied to Planned Parenthood. Also noted Polly Curtis Firestone dies in Beverly Hills. She was wife of Leonard K Firestone.
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James Henry Elmore
Hico
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Ansted
Wesley Pennington
Jeanette
Lookout
Elmore
Oak Hill
Rusha Coleman
Wills Creek
John Elmore
Sunday Road Baptist Church
New York Central Railway Co
New York
UPI
Lena Levine
Levine
Margaret Sanger Research Bureau
Hygiene Clinic
Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn
Planned Parenthood
Obituary summaries from three UPI notices
Dr Josephine Hemneway Kenyon 84 author of Healthy Babies are Happy Babies died at home. Funeral services for pianist Ben Light 72 vaudeville accompanist to Cantor Brice Jolson Tucker Benny held. Frederick Fleet 76 Titanic lookout found hanged at home. his wife died about four weeks earlier.
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Boulder, Colo
UPI
Josephine Hemneway Kenyon
Santa Monica
Calif
Ben Light
Eddie Cantor
Fanny Brice
al Jolson
Sophie Tucker
Jack Benny
Light
Southampton
England
Frederick Fleet
Editor Charles G. Volzer Dies at 50 in Duarte
Charles G. Volzer 50 editor of the San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune died Sunday night after battling cancer in Duarte California UPI reports his death removes a longtime newsroom leader and obituary notes his tenure at the paper.
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