Inaugural Festivities Highlight Humprey Spotlight
Vice President elect Hubert Humphrey and 47 governors shared the inaugural spotlight in Washington amid a three day festivity run. Events included receptions, dances, a concert at Constitution Hall, a President's Club gathering, and dozens of dinners as Washington felt like a political convention. Humphrey and wife Muriel attended a Shoreham Hotel party with many Democratic figures while President Johnson kicked off celebrations with gala appearances and dinners. The grand oath ceremony is set for Wednesday at the Capitol with Johnson delivering the inaugural address and a 2.5 hour parade planned down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Humphrey
Constitution Hall
Democratic National Committee
GOP
Wisconsin
New Mexico
South Dakota
Muriel
Shoreham Hotel
National Gallery of Art
Treasury
Andrew Mellon
Lady Bird Johnson
National Guard
Sheraton Park
Texas
President's Club
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
West Virginia Plans Broad Education and Road Reforms
Governor outlines education priority and a wide set of bills. Proposals seek higher teacher salaries, school construction, educational television, and remedial reading. He urges road program support via county committees, expanded State Police, driver ed, and 16 17 driver licenses. Also plans to liberalize state fund investments to boost income, plus unemployment and workers compensation reforms, cleanup, criminal procedure updates, and municipal aid.
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Smith
O Pevene
West Virginia
Johnson Ife Calls for Shared Tasks to Shape a Better World
Johnson Ife praised the richest and most bountiful generation, urging Americans to meet duties in schools slums countryside and global community. He pledged efforts to unite employers farmers ranchers and workers in a broad drive to improve life for all people.
Civil rights drives across South target segregation tests
Integration efforts moved forward in Dallas and Tuscaloosa with Dick Gregory leading a planned test in Alabama. In Greenville Mississippi NAACP official Charles Evers demanded a Justice Department suit against a motel for refusing Negroes, while two Mississippi delta motels admitted Black guests. The US Supreme Court agreed to hear two Black lawyers claiming Virginia contempt convictions linked to their civil rights work, and Mississippi's Freedom Democratic Party subpoenaed Gov. Paul Johnson to challenge the seating of congressmen over alleged Black voting barriers.
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Dallas County
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Dick Gregory
Greenville
Charles Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
Washington
US Supreme Court
Virginia
L. W. Hart
E. A. Dawley Jr
Circuit Court
Carlton E. Holladay
Jackson
Miss
Freedom Democratic Party
Paul Johnson
Johnson
FDP
Autopsy Ordered In Boy's Death
PARKERSBURG API An autopsy was ordered in the death of 3 month old John Purdue who died from a fatal dose of carbolic acid Monday. His brother Mark 3 and mother Kay Purdue 26 are in serious condition with carbolic burns. Authorities continue tests to determine burn severity. The scene was a Vienna residence where a bottle of carbolic acid was found. The mother is separated from her husband, believed to be in Huntington.
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Parkersburg
API
John Purdue
Mark
Kay Purdue
Purdue
Vienna
Burl Davis
Davis
John
Huntington
Hearings Begin On Appalachian Development Bill
The Appalachian Forest Industries Council notes only Governor Frank G. Clement of Tennessee will testify on opening day. Thursday will bring testimony from Govs Scranton, Breahitt, Smith, and Moore as hearings resume. The measure aims to fund roads, natural resources, and welfare services in the region via five-year federal grants and loans. Other topics include a bill by Sen. Dodd targeting black market baby schemes with penalties, and Sen. Nelson urging federal recognition of the Appalachian Trail running from Maine to Georgia.
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Forest Industries Council
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Edward T. Breahitt
Kentucky
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Dan Moore
North Carolina
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Trail
Gaylor Nelson
Dwis
Congress
Appalahian Trail
Appalachian Mountain Chain
Maine
Georgia
Gemini flight completes perilous Atlantic recovery
The Gemini mission faced cutbacks threat from delays but today's flight, observed by Grissom, Young and ten fellow astronauts, proceeded from a fiery liftoff at Cape Kennedy to a successful landing in the Atlantic about 40 to 50 miles from the USS Lake Champlain. An airplane spotted the capsule afloat. helicopters and recovery ships quickly retrieved it and returned it to Cape Kennedy.
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Hind
Grissom
Young
Cape Kennedy
Atlantic
Lake Champlain
Inaugural reception for governor at new office
Smith and guests filled the mountain state office lobby as Carolyn and Christie greeted attendees for hours. Attendees included U S Senators Byrd and Randolph and Congressmen Hechler and Kee, plus former Governors Patteson and Holt. The Smiths and Barrons wore navy and turquoise, with a diamond pin reading Hulett. The 48 star flag and blue gold chrysanthemums lined the hall as the crowd moved through at eight per minute. The couple rested at the executive mansion after the event before the Inaugural Ball at the Civic Center.
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Mountain State
Smith’s
Carolyn
Christie
Smith's
Executive Mansion
Charleston Civic Center
Gala Medley Highlights Old Songs and Star Appearances
A gala featured a medley of old songs with Miss Andrews singing I'm Just a Girl Who Caint Say Cain't. Bobby Darin offered The Great Society while Belafonte drew broad applause. A Margot Fonteyn Rudolf Nureyev ballet sequence impressed the audience. Nureyev, once with Moscow's Bolshoi, defected to the West in France. Other performers included Alfred Hitchcock John Beaton Woody Allen Carol Channing Ann Margret and Barbra Streisand.
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Miss Andrews
Bobby Darin
Great Society
Harry Belafonte
Margot Fonteyn
Rudolf Nureyev
Nureyev
Moscow
Bolshoi Ballet Troupe
France
Alfred Hitchcock
John Beaton
Woody Allen
Carol Channing
Ann-Margret
Barbra Streisand
Hill Satisfactory Condition After Gunshot Incident
Hill Charles Hill 41 of 206 H Street is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. He was treated for gunshot wounds Monday night. He told firemen he shot himself while cleaning a .22 caliber pistol, but police were told otherwise. Rescue squad members were called to his Beckley home at 3 p.m. Monday.
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Charles Hill
H Street
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Hill
Beckley
Beckley Fire Department
London guard reflects on Churchill battle with death
London police officer standing guard outside Churchill’s home recalls the wartime prime minister’s struggle with death. He says a man like Churchill could wake up and ask what it’s about in a blunt, if poignant, wartime to present day reflection.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Johnson notes altered poverty inspection trip plan
President Johnson spoke to about 1,000 formally dressed celebrants at a pre inauguration dinner and quipped that his planned poverty inspection trip for 1965 did not work out as intended, reflecting on political priorities.
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Washington
Johnson
King urges Negro rally in Selma over integration drive
In Selma Alabama the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr addresses a Negro rally after the first large scale integration drive of the year. He declares that people are tired of others deliberating deciding and answering for them.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Soviet bloc summit risks wider split over China
A veteran diplomat sees the Soviet bloc summit as aiming to shield Europe from fallout if Moscow decides a confrontation with China will deepen bilateral rifts. He suggests the talks are meant to protect the Soviet rear in Europe amid potential Sino-Soviet strains.
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Warsaw
Europe
Budget boost eyed for education and state services
The proposed education budget rises to 71,089,233 dollars, up 8,531,966 from the current appropriation but 5,757,267 short of educators' goal. The plan would grant non degree teachers a 10 dollar monthly raise and raise bachelor degree teachers by 40, masters by 50, and doctorates by 60 per month. BPW also backs 32,753,242 for health and welfare, 3,712,590 for industrial schools and corrections, and 9,825,225 for general government, with 6,345,000 to the State Road Commission and total estimated receipts of 168,300,000 for fiscal 1965-66 led by gross sales tax.
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BPW
Churchill era public life and parliamentary postponements
Parliament canceled celebrations planned for Wednesday to mark its 700th anniversary. Prime Minister Harold Wilson delayed a parliamentary statement on his economic plans and a television broadcast both scheduled for today.
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Harold Wilson
Free Assembly Law Delineated By Court Ruling
The Supreme Court upheld that peaceful demonstration is protected and may be restricted only to preserve public order. The ruling overturned three convictions of civil rights leader B. Elton Cox in Baton Rouge. The decision also affirmed a Georgia multi‑county voting plan and faulted a Texas raid on a bookseller, emphasizing that warrants must specify seized items. Cox protesters, 23 youths, were jailed near the courthouse.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
B. Elton Cox
Baton Rouge
Georgia
Texas
San Antonio
Groom Collapses At Altar Dies in Minnesota Wedding
In St Paul Minnesota Bruce Stanton 22 a Wisconsin State University student collapsed at the altar of St Michaels on the Hill Church during his wedding to Sharon Cosgrove 22 He died later at River View Memorial Hospital Coroner Thomas Votel ordered tests expected to take about two days Relatives and friends prepare for funeral mass on Wednesday morning
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ST. Paul, Minn
Stanton
Riverview Memorial Hospital
Deaths And Funerals Carlos Buckland 69 Beckley resident
Carlos Doran Buckland died at 4:15 a m after a five month illness. Born August 6 1895 in Bellepoint he lived 36 years in Beckley worked as a real estate salesman and carpenter contractor and was a World War I veteran. Survived by widow Loucille Finch Buckland two daughters Mary Catherine Prentice and Carolyn Buckland a son Harry L Buckland a sister and seven grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete. Celia Cunningham also died Monday night with arrangements pending.
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C. D
Buckland
Grove Avenue
Bellepoint
Peter and
Lourelia Houchins Buckland
Beckley
Dale
Loucille Finch
First Baptist Church of
Raleigh County
American Legion
M. A
Mary Catherine) Prentice
Carolyn Buckland
Pittsburgh
Harry L. Buckland
Camp Kennedy
Fla
Howard Hunt
Crab Orchard
H. C. Buckland
Charlottesville
G. C. Buckland
C. C. Buckland
Hinton
Melton Mortuary
Obituary of John J Madezek 1882 Glen Daniel resident
John J Madezek 82 of Glen Daniel died at home after a lengthy illness. Born in Hamburg Germany on November 28 1882 he immigrated to the United States at 27 and worked in coal mines including Eccles and Leevale. Survived by widow Macie Marie Aliff and daughter Shirley Lee Maderek. Funeral services January 21 at Melton Mortuary Chapel, burial in Cliff Cemetery Eccles.
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John Joseph Madezek
Glen Daniel
Hamburg
Germany
John Joseph
Martha Madezek
United States
Eccles
Leevale
Macie Marie Aliff
Shirley Lee Maderek
Melton Mortuary
Cliff
Infant Raines Died Soon After Birth in Lawton Hospital
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Raines died at 10 p m Sunday night shortly after birth in a Lawton Oklahoma hospital. The mother is the former Miss Nancy Acosta. Surviving are a sister Lisa Lynn at home and grandparents Mrs Bessie Webb of Glen White and Mr and Mrs Covey Raines of Beckley. Body being returned to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for completion of arrangements.
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Danny Raines
Lawton
Okla
Funeral services for Roy L. Garten in Piney View
Roy L. Garten 73 of Piney View dies after extended illness in a local hospital. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Piney View Bible Church with Rev. Ralph Green and assistants. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survived by widow Regina Lilly Garten, three sons, eight daughters, 41 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, siblings and many relatives. He was a retired miner with 40 years in mines and member of Local 7086 United Mine Workers. Born April 7 1891 in Summers County. Friends may call at Webb and Neal Funeral Home today afternoon.
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Roy L. Garten
Piney View
United Mine Workers of America
Maryland New River Coal Co
Piney View Bible Church
Summers County
Elijah
Nora Smithson Garten
Regina Lilly Garten
Walter
Brooks
Carl
Peace Springs
Lesie
Mabscott
Eldridge of
Thurmond
Earl of
Ronald H
Randle Lee
Liberty
Harry
Pauline) Miller
Terry
Ralph B
Ruby) Morris
Virginia Gurack
T. J
Wilda) Holliday
Richmond
Frank E
Jean) Hart
Calif
C. W
Mary Alice) McCay Jr
Friendswood
Tex
D. M
Dana) Hayes
Newport News
T. W
Kitty Sue) Gill Oflaska
Webb and Neal
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Funeral arrangements set for Mrs Victoria Pickens 79
Mrs Victoria Pickens 79 of 300 Massey Street died Monday after a long illness in a local nursing home. A member of New Hope Baptist Church for 23 years. The body lies at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Celia Cunningham
Trent and Durgan
Victoria Pickens
Massey St
New Hope Baptist Church
Funeral services for Charles Miller 78 Philadelphia
Funeral services for Charles Miller 78 of Philadelphia will be held Thursday at 8 p m at Handy Beckett Funeral Home 5616 Baynton Street Philadelphia He died at 835 a m Monday in a Philadelphia nursing home after illness since November 18 when he suffered a stroke He is survived by his wife Pearl Miller three daughters and a son He was the stepfather of Mrs Corey O Marion Mitchell Beckley West Virginia.
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Charles Miller
Philadelphia
Handy B. Beckett
Baynton St
Miller
Corey O
Marion) Mitchell
Beckley
Pearl Miller
Services for Lowell Maxwell Ashley in Ansted
Lowell Maxwell Ashley 73 of Hico died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Services set for 10 a m Wednesday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in Ansted with Rev Wesley Pennington presiding. Burial in Restlawn Memory Gardens. He was a farmer and Minnie Bell Baptist Church member. Born June 12 1891 in Springdale he was son of Alexander W Ashley and Esta Gilkerson Ashley. Survived by sister Irma Kincaid of Lanark.
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Lowell Maxwell Ashley
Hico
Wallace and Wallace
Ansted
Wesley Pennington
Restlawn Memory Gardens
Ashley
Beckley Hospital
Irma Kincaid
Lanark
Minnie Bell Baptist Church
Corliss
Springdale
Alexander W. and
Esta Gilkerson Ashley
Ben J. Brown 68 Dies At Home In Mullens WV
Ben J. Brown 68 of Mullens WV died about 4 a.m. today at his home after a brief illness. Born in Elmington VA on November 11 1896 he moved to West Virginia in 1914. A retired miner he last worked at American Coal Co Dear Field. Surviving are five sons Bill Alpoca Moro Menz o and James H all at home Ben Jr Washington DC six daughters Alma Fralin Wyco Pearl Cook Mullens Ozlia Harris Glen White Oleatha Simms Pleasantville NJ Eula Mae Brown Washington DC and Carol at home and 29 grandchildren. The body is at Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens awaiting arrangements.
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Elmington
West Virginia
Holiness
Alpeca
American Coal Co
Dearfield
Bill Brown
Alpoca
Moro
Menzo
James H
Ben Jr
Washington, D.C
Alma Fralin
Wyco
Pearl Cook
Mullens
Ozlia Harris
Glen White
Oleatha Simms
Pleasantville
N. J
Eula Mae Brown
Carol
Foglesong Funeral Home
Smith opens debate on ethics panel and proposed state bill
A citizens committee appointed by Smith in November studies conflict of interest laws used by other states. It was hoped a bill would reach the 57th Legislature now in session but the group asked for more time and will not present legislation this year. Smith said the executive order will stay in effect until the bill is placed before the Legislature.
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Smith
U.S. Hopeful Soviets Will Pay U.N. Debts
The United States, hopeful the Soviets will pay some UN debts this week, faces a Monday General Assembly vote. Assembly President Quaison-Lackey and Secretary General Thant urge members to end the financial deadlock as committee elections begin, with penalties looming for in arrears.
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UPS
United States
U.N
General Assembly
Assembly
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Thant
Waterford Park Winter Race Meeting Canceled
The winter race meeting at Waterford Park in Chester was abruptly ended as adverse weather halted racing. Officials cited hazardous track conditions from snow and freezing weather after opening December 26, with six days of racing already wiped out. Police woman Jill Baker assisted a dog struck by a car and was bitten.
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UPI
Waterford Park
Waterford
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