Ex Sailor Admits Strangling Coed in Idaho Desert
Ex sailor Butler confessed to strangling Barbara Jean Dixon, 20, near Boise Idaho after meeting her on a Chicago bus. He claimed he drove her to a lonely desert road 17 miles from Boise, tied a blouse around her neck, and dumped the body after she scratched him. He said he was fleeing a troubled past and left a wife in Jersey City. Authorities questioned him as a suspect in the case.
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Jersey City
N. J
Barbara Jean Dixon
Boise
Idaho
Evanston
Miss Dixon
Chicago
Butler
Te Bay
Boise College
Alus
Vegas
Nev
Utler
Arriv Idaho
Soviet Leaders Return to Moscow After Asian Parleys
Soviet party leaders led by Leonid Brezhnev return to Moscow to report on Asia ventures. Brezhnev, Gromyko, and Malinovsky flew from Ulan Bator after a visit to Mongolia and met Shelepin’s delegation carrying out an aid mission to North Vietnam.
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Moscow
API
Russia
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Asia
Leonid Brezhnev
Andrei Gromyko
Marshal Rodion Malinovsky
Ulan Bator
Mongolia
Siberian
Ickup
Viet Nam
Shelepin
Hanoi
Johnson
Alexei Onan
An' S
Pee
Second suit filed against Blakeley body shop owners
A second lawsuit names W T Blakeley and partners at 217 Mercer St as defendants in a fire damage case. Lewis Chevrolet seeks $822 plus earlier claims. arson charges were tied to the November 3 blaze that damaged both businesses in the same building. Separately, Campbell sues Bily anb Macur over a 1960 Model auto repossessed October 9 with $1101.91 owed and a $500 resale, seeking $760.25 plus 34 percent interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sennen
Lewis Chevrolet
Plai
Blakely
Automobile
Aginst Bily Anb
Macur
Valley Eopy
Campbell
Truman Sayre
Rusk Reaches Guam in Viet Nam Mission
Rusk travels from a Pacific island toward South Viet Nam, aiming at a unist target. Reliable envoys may have stayed overnight in Guam due to Harriman’s reformliness, but officials have not confirmed the change.
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Unist
South Viet Nam
Pacific
Guam
Harriman
Fernley defeats Muckers to end Virginia City win streak
Fernley High School beat the Muckers 73 to 60 to snap Virginia City's 55 game winning streak. Coach Lyle Damon of Virgin City School noted Fernley added another item to its long basketball record.
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Fernley
Rev
UPI
Lyle Damon
Virgin City
Muckers
Virginia City
Gentle kidney relief pill ad at Cohen Drug Store
An advertisement asserts tired kidneys can be gently lifted with BU KETS formula. It claims benefits for restlessness, backache, night awakenings, and urinary issues. The copy urges purchase at Cohen Drug Store and promises results within four days.
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Cohen Drug Store
Nigerian unrest reshapes government amid military shift
Dr Nwafor Orizu seized control as Transian supporters aim to form a new regime. A World War II veteran and UN Congo veteran, he suggested leaving decisions to the people to restore peace. Nigeria, bordered by the Atlantic and Cameroon, hosts over 200 ethnic groups with Moslems and Christians making up major faiths. State Department notes no explicit anti American aims amid the Kano missile station presence and roughly 5800 Americans in the country.
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Nwafor Orizo
Burma
United Nations
Congo
Nigeria
California
Atlantic Ocean
Niger
Cameroon
Dahomey
State Department
Washington
Kano
Legislature Continues Battle Over Highway Legislation
Lawmaking moves include a provision allowing police to perform drunkenness tests and a governor to issue $20 million in road bonds. Senate and House debates proceed with amendments while hospitals face cooperation questions and officers' roles remain contested.
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Senate
Cooper
House
Wildest Rivers Bill Taken Up In Senate
The 1966 Senate session opens with a leadoff measure to protect some of the nation’s wild rivers. The bill would grant immediate protection to the Salmon and Clearwater rivers in Idaho, the Rogue in Oregon, the Rio Grande in New Mexico, the Eleven Point in Missouri, and study additional rivers including the Buffalo in Tennessee, Cacapon in West Virginia, Green in Wyoming, Hudson in New York and Pennsylvania, Wolf in Wisconsin, Suwannee in Georgia and Florida, and Youghiogheny in Maryland and Pennsylvania for future inclusion. It would bar the Federal Power Commission from licensing dams on wild rivers where Congress approves, while not blocking existing projects.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Idaho
Oregon
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Aon
Tennessee
West Virginia
Green
Wyoming
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Suwannee
Georgia
Florida
Maryland
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Surgeons From VA Hospitals To Meet In Boca Raton
Dr Blanton E Russell director Beckley VA hospital and Dr oegall surgevice will attend a conference for surgeons of all VA hospitals in Boca Raton Florida March 21 and 22 The program titled Recent Advances in Surgery covers esophageal pulmonary head and neck surgery and endocrines There will be panel discussions on world infections and new cardiac resuscitation concepts under Dr Herbert R Hawthorne VA chief of education in surgery
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Blanton E. Russell
Beckley Veterans Administration
Oegall
Boca Raton
Fla
Herbert R. Hawthorne
Washington, D. C
Deaths and Funerals in Beaver and Surrounding Areas
Grover Cleveland Stump 72 of Beaver died in a local hospital after a long illness. A retired coal miner, he belonged to Clifftop Missionary Baptist Church and was born May 15 1893 in Floyd County Virginia. Survivors include his wife four sons three daughters a brother and a sister plus 35 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Burial will be at Mount View Cemetery after services at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel. Wirt See 58 of Mount Hope died after being struck by a car on North Sand Branch Road. Funeral services will be at Terry Chapel Mount Hope with burial at an unspecified location. Also noted are services for a minister and evangelist, with Christian and Gibson among survivors, and services at First Methodist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Active pallbearers named and Beckley Ministerial Association to serve as honorary pallbearers.
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Beaver
Grover Cleveland Stump
Lillybrook Coal Co
Clifftop Missionary Baptist Church
Floyd County
John and
Elizabeth Trail Stump
Lelia Smith Stump
Edward L Kley Harry
Grover
Daniel
Daniels
Basil
Reba) Summers
Cool Ridge
William F
Eva) Smith Jr
Stanaford
Charles
Annie) Meadows
Beckley
Arthur
Greensboro
N. C
Sallie Stump
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Oliver Tedder
Wirt See
Route 1
Mount
Terry
Mount Hope
Ernest Barley
North Sand Branch Road
Bunn
Charleston
Tyree
E. D
Janice) Gibson
Chesapeake
Dexter C
Sisonville
Melton
First Methodist Church
Wayne
Hanshaw
Sunset Memorial Park
Anthony Kochalek
Paul Hinzman
Gordon Richmond
Jack Christian
James Harvey
James Boswell
Beckley Ministerial Association
Funeral services for James Sowder in Ansted church
James Franklin Sowder 63 died Sunday in a Charleston hospital after an illness. He was a former foreman with the State Road Commission and retired from Gauley Mountain Coal Co. after 45 years. Born August 2, 1902 in Franklin County Virginia, he is survived by his wife Jessie, four daughters, one son, a brother, a half sister, two half brothers, and two grandchildren. Burial will be in West Lake Cemetery. services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ansted Baptist Church with Rev. Guy Vaughn. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ansted.
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James Franklin Sowder
Anstedaptist
Guy Vaughn
Westlake Cemetery
Sowder
Charleston
State Road Commission
Gauley Mountain Coal Co
Franklin County
Charles Sowder
Jessie
Ansted
Dolly Daniel
Helen Acord
Bridgeport
Evelyn Hartle
He N. C
Brenda Steele
Elyria
Ohio
Ernest
Mount Hope
Felix
Fecto
Baltimore
Clifford Hall
Satellite Beach
Fla
Earl Robert Hall
Oak Hill
Wallace
Mrs Phal Armstrong Funeral Arrangements Noted
Funeral plans are announced for Mrs Phal Ella Armstrong 82 of Oak Hill who died Saturday night in Arlington Virginia after a heart attack while visiting relatives in Fayette County. She was born 22 1883 the daughter of George W Amick. She is survived by several sons and daughters and siblings W B Amick Henry Amick M B Callison Eva Dickerson and Dan Morris. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle.
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Phal
Ella) Armstrong
Oak Hill
Arling Va
Arlington. A
Fayette County
George W. the
Beth Given Amick
W. B. Amick
Hilton Village
Henry Amick
Bob
M. B. Callison
Beckley
Eva Dickerson
Oak
Dan Morris
Charleston
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Richard Simpson Funeral Services in Mullens
Funeral services for Richard Simpson 85 of Wyco will be held at 11 a m Tuesday in McDougal Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Rev. E K McKinney in charge Burial will be in the fa cemetery at Tams Simpson died Saturday in a Huntington hospital after an extended illness Born Nov 10 1880 in Wyoming County he was the son of the late J W and Jennie Simpson A member of the Sand Gap Regular Baptist Church he was a retired farmer Surviving are a brother Hiram Davy and two sisters Mrs Nancy Lester ere and Mrs Elizabeth ith Davy
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Richard Simpson
Wyco
McDougal Funeral Home
Mullens
E. K. McKinney
Basin
Icharge
Tams
Simpson
Huntington
Wyoming County
J. W
Jennie Simpson
Sand Gap Regular
Hiram
Davy
Nancy Lester
Elizabeth Ith
Reverend Arley F. Clendenin Dies Suddenly in Jackson County
The Rev Arley F Clendenin retired Methodist minister died at his home 218 Westwood Dr at 3 p m on January 3 1880 following a heart issue He was born to William and Caroline Carney Clendenin and married Carrie Harvey in 1922 Survived by his wife he served with the West Virginia Methodist Conference in the southern part of the state
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Arley F. Clendenin
Westwood Dr
Jackson County
William
Caroline Carney Clendenin
Carrie Harvey
W. Va
Rail Industry Comeback Seen
Washington based under secretary of commerce for transportation Alan S. Boyd predicts a decade long comeback for American railroads as subsidies likely align rail service with police and fire services. He cites stagnation followed by growth potential on busy corridors such as New York to Washington and New York to Chicago and notes high speed train trials in the Washington Boston corridor. He questions private ownership meeting future societal transport needs.
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Washington
UPI
New York
Chicago
Boston
Boyd
Mrs Myrtle Thompson 72 Dies After Illness in Welch Hospital
Mrs Myrtle Thompson 72 of Pineville died at 7 30 p m Sunday in a Welch hospital after a long illness She was born May 16 1893 at Hamlin daughter of the late William and Frances Grass Green She was widowed from George Her survivors include son George Lee Charleston two daughters Margaret Mullensville and Frances Cowan Pineville two brothers Charles Flemington and Daner Green Bee and four grandchildren The body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville.
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Myrtle Thompson
Ern
Welch Hospital
Hamlin
William
Frances Grass Green
George
George Lee
Charleston
Margaret
Mullensvile
Frances Cowan
Pineville
Charles
Nightclub Raids in Charleston Arrest Four at Athletic Club
Charleston police raided two nightclubs in the early hours, arresting four at the Athletic Club on vice charges and noting patrons’ identities. A separate raid targeted the Roaring 20s with reports of actions at the Esquire and the Supper Club.
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Charleston
UPI
Capital City
Plush Athletic Club
Roaring 20S
Esquire
Brammer Rites Planned For Mrs Lottie M Brammer
Funeral services for Mrs Lottie M Brammer aged 68 of North Vance Drive will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Keyser Bryant Chapel with Fr Edward Burley Omnes officiating. She was born July 22 in Summers County, daughter of the late Overton C and Virginia Crawford Lilly. Survived by two daughters Zoe Ann Whitman Beckley and Wahnette Murdock Manchester Conn.. a sister Mattie Phlegar Princeton. a brother Lawrence Beaver. and two grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home with calling after 5 p.m.
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Tie M. Brammer
North Vance Drive
Keyser-Bryant
Edward Burley Omnes
Summers County
Overton C
Virginia Crawford Lilly
John
Zoe Ann) Whitman
Beckley
Franklin
Wahnette) Murdock
Manchester, Conn
So Mattie Phlegar
Princeton
Lawrence , Beaver
Amish Woman Killed In Horse And Buggy Wreck
An elderly Amish woman was killed in a horse and buggy accident near Gordonville Pennsylvania. The buggy skidded on a sharp turn and overturned in a cornfield. The incident highlights tensions within the Bathese religious community over the use of automobiles and modern transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordonville. Pa
UPI
Mary K. King
Samuel
Rookie Ned Gammon Joins IUP this Sunday
Ned Gammon has joined Indiana University of Pennsylvania roster, with the move announced for this upcoming Sunday. The arrival adds a potential new pitcher to the squad and signals a fresh start for Gammon in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Gammon
Iup
Four-star General Hodges, WWII River Elbe commander, dies
Courtney H Hodges aged 79 died at Brooke Army Hospital Ft. Sam Houston from heart failure. Funeral services scheduled Tuesday at the National Cemetery. Hodges rose from West Point expulsion to command troops who met Soviet forces at the River Elbe in World War II.
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San Antonio, Tex
UPI
Ar National Cemetery
Courtney H. Hodges
West Point
River Elbe
Hodges
Brooke Army Hospital
Ft. Sam Houston
Funeral services for Iowa Justice Norman R. Hays set
Funeral services for Norman R. Hays, 74, a retired Iowa Supreme Court justice who served 19 years, will be held Tuesday. Hays died Saturday, ending a long public career with the state’s high court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Iowa
UPI
Norman R. Hays
Hays
Supreme Court
China Calls U S Viet Nam Efforts Dire Straits
Peking radio quoted by UPI said the United States faces a dire situation in Viet Nam with only a fraction of forces mobilizable. It warned the buildup risks global Communist revolts and noted an officer shortage while Moscow and Beijing drift toward no relations after a Jan 10 protest over arms sent to North Viet Nam.
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Tokyo
UPI
United States Nam
Peking Radio
Viet Nam
Ess
Red China
New China
South Viet Nam
Peking
U.S
Soviet Union
China
Demands Mount For Head Start Grants Amid Oversubscription
Washington reports that Project Head Start for preschool access is oversubscribed far beyond the 66 million earmark. R. Sargent of the Economic Opportunity Office limits antipoverty funds to one third for Head Start, prompting applicants to seek Education Department grants under 1965 law. A Goodell critic notes confusion over dual funding sources as the OEO backlog swells with applications after President Johnson's September pledge.
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Washington
UPI
R. Sargent As
Economic
DOE
U. S Office of Education
OEO
Charles Goodell
Antipoverty
Johnson
Rights Parade Set In Tuskegee
In Tuskegee Alabama civil rights leaders planned a downtown parade amid racial tension after weekend violence. Tuskegee Institute leaders said the event would be a parade only with no picketing as voter registration opens in Macon County courthouse.
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Tuskegee
Ala
UPI
Tuskegee Institute
Macon County
C. G. Gamilton
Longevity Claim Shocks Casablancan Residents
A southern Morocco family asserts a 110 year age for a man named Hadj Arg, who reportedly attributes his long life to a diet rich in vegetables and milk. The claim has drawn curiosity from local residents and health observers.
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Casablan
Morocco
Hadjarg
Trial Begins In Messier Murder Case In Miami
In Miami the murder case of Jacques Messier opens with Candace Mossler and Melvin Lane Powers charged in a plot to kill the Texas financier for a torrid affair. Judge George Schultz presides as 274 jurors are questioned for the first degree murder trial. Defense led by Percy Foreman. state by Richard Gerstein. Candace Mossler arrived from Houston amid emotional testimony.
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Miami
UPI
Jacques Messier
Candace Mossler
Melvin Lane Powers
George Schultz
Powers
Messler
Ossler
Eddie
Viet Cong Attacks Repulsed as US Forces Rattle Viet Nam
Across Saigon and surrounding regions, government defenders repelled three Viet Cong assaults early today. U.S. and allied air and ground units reported heavy Viet Cong casualties, including 30 dead in one Thu Duc clash and more in Da Nang and Mekong Delta operations. Korean Marines achieved a four week sweep in the Central Highlands with over 500 Viet Cong killed.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
U.S. Esmen
Central Highlands
da Nang
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Mekong Delta
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Navy
Guam
Thu Duc
Lor
Accidents Kill Four In State In Weekend Toll Rising
United Press International reports West Virginia drownings and road wrecks raised weekend fatalities to four. Dana Potter eight and Steven five drowned after breaking ice on the We Fork River near Weston. A Salem College student Ronald Gilson twenty died after a crash on U S 50. Police charged Walker twenty one with drunk driving and manslaughter. Another driver faced no charges as Wirt Lee fifty eight walked along a rural road near Beckley with no alleged action by the driver.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Weston
Dana Potter
Steven
We Fork
Salem College
U. S. 50
Salem
Ronald Gilson
Bridgeton
N. J
Po Walker
Plainfield
Cuban boats seized near Santa Lucia under Cuban escort
The Singleton Shrimp Co of Tampa reported their vessels were seized after Cuban boats escorted captain Vance Jones and Mark Eleton to Santa Lucia. Radio contact via Bobby Canady indicated Cubans guided the voyage. the ships’ location relative to Cuban waters remains uncertain. The incident recalls a Jan 31 1964 Coast Guard escort of four Cuban fishing boats into Key West and subsequent Florida trials and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singleton Shrimp Co
Tampa
Bobby Canady
The
Vance Jones
Mark Eleton
Santa Lucia
Coast Guard
Key West
Florida
EEC Meeting Discusses Veto Power and Ambassadors
The meeting centers on Common Master members seeking veto authority within the trading bloc and a proposal to adopt a sovereign government style by welcoming ambassadors. Authority figures consider new legislation to regulate executive code and market governance.
Gavin Advises Viet Pullback
New York United States general James Gavin argues in Harper's Magazine that expanding the war in South Vietnam risks drawing China into a broader conflict and Korea resupply. He favors withdrawing to defend limited coast areas and pursuing negotiations while warning against overextension of American resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
South Viet Nam
China
James M. Gavin
France
Harper’s Magazine
Gavin
United States
Attorney Lynch Appointed Special Commissioner
Judge Norman Knapp names G. Berk Lynch local attorney as Special Commissioner of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County to fill the vacancy from Robert J. Ashworth's resignation. The appointment sets Lynch to oversee the duties of the former post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Berk Lynch
Norman Knapp
Circuit Court
Raleigh
Lynch
Robert J. Ashworth
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Blakeley
W. T. Blakely
Mercer St
Defender
Lewis Turday
SCLC
Rusk
W.Y. Times
Cy i
Drs. Russell
Spur
Grover Stump
James Sowder
Ella Armstrong
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mrs. Lottie M. Brammer
Thomas L. Tucker
Pete Veneri
Henry Baird
James E. Sanger
Joe Wehage
Harold E. Wilam
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Wile
Cholon
Wirt Lee
Mr. Hope
Cuba
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Cambridge, Mass
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