Senate Pledges Early Vote On Appalachia Bill
Washington awaits action on a $1.08 billion Appalachian redevelopment bill as Sen. Jennings Randolph says a floor vote is targeted soon. The measure would fund roads water improvements and land work in 11 states with House action also speeding up. NAM opposed the program urging private market solutions instead.
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Washington
Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
House Public Works Committee
Robert E. Jones Jr
D-Ala
House
Senate
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
GOP
William W. Scranton
Appalachia
Hart
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Socialite 17 Jumps To Death From Penthouse
Ellen Farnsworth Loomis a 17 year old socialite fell from her grandmother’s 16th story duplex penthouse at 21 East 79th Street near Fifth and Madison in New York. A note pinned to her chest indicated despair over her parents separation. Loomis daughter of Dr William Farnsworth Loomis biochemist at Brandeis University, with family ties to Boston and Greenwich. Police reported the grandmother, 79, was informed later and was considered at risk for heart problems.
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New York
UPI
Ellen Farnsworth Loomis
New England
New York Social Register
Central Park
East 79Th Street
Fifth
Madison Avenues
Boston
Debbie
Loomis
William Farnsworth Loomis
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Brandeis University
Waltham, Mass
Betty B. Baron
Fairfax
Elleny
N. Barton
E. Jacqueline
Greenwich
Conn
Loomis Laboratory
Farnsworth Loomis
Dixie Dispute Blocks Harbor Strike Accord
New York and Virginia inland workers accepted a four year contract, bringing the Atlantic and Gulf Coast dock strike closer to settlement. Southern ports dispute blocks final agreement as ILA considers speeding men back to work. talks resume in New Orleans and Houston with Mobile bargaining under way. Assistant Labor Secretary Reynolds pushes stalled talks.
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New York
Dps
Virginia
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Shippers
New Orleans
Houston
Mobile
Ala
James J. Reynolds
Republican critics rally around party leaders at Chicago lunch
The scene centered on a pending election of a new chairman with Goldwater Nixon and Miller slated to speak at a lunch session. Nixon described Chicago meetings as the start of a great drive upward for a party still divided after Goldwater’s 1964 nomination and defeat.
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Goldwater
Nixon
William E. Miller
Chicago
Boxer hero stops gunman at small town store
Alben Lewallen, a former Navy boxing champ, confronted a gunman in a checkout line, delivering a right cross and holding the attacker for police. In London, a sportswear store manager faced a roof‑falling intruder who was taken away for questioning. A Dunstable court valued a thumb at 5600 dollars, awarding damages to William Rusell Jones for an industrial accident.
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London
UPI
Dunstable
England
William Rusell Jones
Four Cadets Resign Amid Air Force Academy Cheating Probe
Silence hung over the Air Force Academy as four cadets resigned following an investigation into cheating. The names were not released and officials would not identify classes or confirm how many remain implicated. The probe began Monday and involved a cross section of cadets, including some football players. The academy stressed that violations could lead to termination, while denying broader punishment of the corps.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
API
United States
Pikes Peak
Colorado Springs
Pentagon
Ben Martin
Falcon
Committee To Meet On Pineville Street Improvements
A Pineville committee appointed by the Town Council will meet at Town Hall Monday to discuss street improvements and financing methods. The panel includes Robert Bailey as chairman along with De wane Belcher Orville Ross Jesse Morgan Paul England Dick Cook James G. Brooks Robert Worrell Fred Huffman Leslie Stephenson A. E. Baldwin Malcolm Arnold William Lewis John Lambert Ted Bailey and Lewis Campbell.
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Pineville
Town Hall
Robert Bailey
de Wane Belcher
Orville Ross
Jesse Morgan
Paul England
Dick Cook
James G. Brooks
Robert Worrell
Fred Huffman
Leslie Stephenson
A. E. Baldwin
Malcolm Arnold
William Lewis
John Lambert
Ted Bailey
Lewis Campbell
Churchill No. 1 topic as nation weighs his long illness
The article notes public focus on Sir Winston Churchill's health with doctors saying his body has repeatedly resisted death. It lists illnesses and incidents from childhood to 1960, including double pneumonia, falls, surgeries, and a 1958 hand injury, attributing his endurance to a body that continually repairs itself despite extended periods of sleep or coma.
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Sir Winston
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Winston
Paris
New York
Penumonia
North Africa
Mount Washington Cog Railroad Noted as World’s Oldest
You Know column cites United Press International reporting that the Mount Washington Railway in New Hampshire, finished in 1869, is the oldest mountain-climbing railroad in the United States and the oldest cog railroad in the world, per the Association of American Railroads.
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United Press International
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Association of American Railroads
Rohrer Albert Landis Rohrer funeral to be held
Albert Landis Rohrer 71 of 1557 Harper Road will have funeral services at 2 p m Saturday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Dr Glen Stewart and Dr W Reece Burns officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He died Thursday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born in Lancaster County Pa Sept 29 1893 he worked for Meadow River Lumber Co and New River Co before forming Hill Rohrer Lumber Co then sole owner until 1961. Survived by three daughters two sons and eight grandchildren. The body remains at Melton Mortuary after 5 p m today. Pallbearers named. Contributions to Beckley Gideon Camp suggested.
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Albert Landis Rohrer
Harper Road
Melton Mortuary
Glen Stewart
W. Reece Burns
Sunset Memorial Park
Lancaster County
Ephrian and
Maria Landis Rohrer
Lancaster
West Virginia
Meadow River Lumber Co
Rainelle
Rohrer
Beckley Area
New River Co
Fayette
Greenbrier
Beckley
E. H. Crouch Lumber Co
Frances Rohrer
Nelson
Myrtle) Greene
Alberta Dosch
Fort Thomas
A. D. Rohrer
Louisville
Alvin H. Rohrer
Lynchburg
Esther Walther
Minnie L. Lausch
Benjamin L. Rohrer
Elwood Rohrer
Vancouver, B. C
Ivan Rohrer
Hyattsville, Md
Funeral services for Robert H Brown in Lanark
Funeral services for Robert H Brown 79 of Lanark will be held at 2 p m Sunday at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev H E Davis and Rev W C Wiley officiating Burial will follow in Stamford Cemetery Brown died at 9 35 a m Thursday in a local hospital after a month long illness He was born in Buckingham Va June 10 1885 a retired miner and WWI veteran Surviving relatives include two cousins Mrs Mable Crite Lanark and Mrs Lucy Hannah Stanaford The body lies at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home after 1 p m Saturday
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Robert H. Brown
Lanark
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
H. E. Davis
W. C. Wiley
Stamford
Brown
Buckingham
Sarah Brown
Union 5821
UMWA
Mable Crite
Lucy Hannah
Stanaford
James Willie Smith services at Minden Methodist Church
James W Smith 62 of Minden dies after long illness in Oak Hill hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Minden Methodist Church with Rev Ernest Barley. Burial in Highae Memorial Park. Survived by Stella Rainey Smith wife four sons Rush H Robert L James William Jr all in Chicago Ill three daughters Laura Belle Webb Ranger Wilda Smith Chicago Anna Mae Cuthbertson Oak Hill twelve grandchildren one great grandchild. Body at Tyree Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today.
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James Willie Smith
Minden
Robert
Naomi Jewel Smith
Stella Rainey Smith
James FE
Rush H
Robert L
James William Smith Jr
Chicago
Ill
Laura Belle Webb
Ranger
Wilda Smith
Anna Mae Cuthberton
Oak Hill
Final rites for Mrs Kathryn P Greene in Pineville
Final rites for Kathryn P Greene 59 of Pineville will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Robertson and Fogleton Funeral Home Chapel Pineville with Rev Silas Mullens presiding. Burial follows at Green and Perdue Cemetery. Survivors include husband Algie D Greene a son Darrell W Butch Greene two daughters Ronnie Harden and Larry Cook two brothers and two grandchildren.
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Kathryn P. Greene
Pineville
Robertson and Foglesong
Silas Mullens
Green and Perdue
Funeral rites set for Mrs Selia Cunningham Milburn resident
Mrs Selia Cunningham 74 of Milburn dies in local hospital Monday. Funeral 1 p m Saturday at Morning Star Holiness Church Livingston with Sister Alice Joyce in charge. Burial Meadow Haven Cemetery Ingram Branch. Survivors include four daughters two sons a brother 28 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren. Arrangements by Trent and Durgan Funeral Home.
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Selia Cunningham
Milburn
Morning Star Holiness Church
Livingston
Alice Joyce
Meadow Haven
Ingram Branch
Cunningham
Annie Mae Jackson
Archie Meadows
Willie Bell
Esther Andall
Columbus
Ohio
William Thomas
New York City
N. Y
Richard Whiteside
Virginia
Robert Hayden
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Indonesia withdraws from United Nations over Malaysia issue
Indonesia resigns from the United Nations signaling irrevocable steps after Sukarno blasts Malaysia as a colonialist front. Thant urges reconsideration as diplomats warn the move strains the UN amid a financial crisis and reduces membership from 115 to 114. Subandrio signs the letter ahead of a planned trip to Peking.
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UPI
Indonesia
Sukarno
U.N
Jakarta
Children’s Fund
Unicef
Food and Agricultural Organization
FAO
Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Organization
Unesco
Special Fund
Subandrio
Peking
Malaysia
U.N. Security Council
Asia
Thant
Death notice for Gloria Ann Walker in Welch area
Gloria Ann Walker died at 10 am Thursday in a Welch hospital. Funeral services will be at 1 pm Sunday at the Church of God in Hannah’s Branch, Rev. Gene Smith officiating. Burial in Reedy Creek Cemetery at Simon. Born July 14, 1964 in Mullens. Survived by parents Jesse L. and Patricia Ann Walker, two sisters Dora Ellen and Lenore Helen, grandparents Buster Harper of Simon and Kathleen Walker of Ocean. Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville handling arrangements.
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Gloria Ann Walker
Jesse L
Patricia Ann Walker
Simon
Church of God
Hannah's
Gene Smith
Reedy Creek
Welch Hospital
Mullens
Dora Ellen
Lenore Helen
Buster Harper
Kathleen Walker
Ocean
Mrs Zora Carnes Morton Dies at 92 in Local Nursing Home
Mrs Zora Carnes Morton aged 92 of 228 Granville Ave died in a local nursing home at 850 this morning. She had been living with her daughter Mrs Earl Hatcher. The body is at Merton Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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Zora Carnes Morton
Granville Ave
Earl Hatcher
Merton Mortuary
Cleveland man dies in work accident in Ohio
Frank Garrison plete for Frank C Buddy Garrison 21 Cleveland Ohio formerly Beckley crushed to death Thursday while working in Cleveland The body arrived in Beckley by plane at 4 45 p m Thursday and will remain at Webb and Neal Funeral Home in a completion of funeral arrangements.
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Frank C
Buddy) Garrison
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley
Webb and Neal Funeral
Funeral services for Ben J Brown in Mullens
Ben J. Brown 68 of Mullens died at 4 am Tuesday. Funeral services are set for 1 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church on Virginia Avenue Mullens with Rev Nelson Staples and Rev Sam McClure officiating. Burial follows in Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley.
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Ben J. Brown
Mullens
First Baptist Church
Virginia Avenue
Nelson Staples
Sam McClure
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Brown
Indonesia Faces Cold War Pressures Over UN Exit
The article reports Soviet open rebuke of Indonesia’s UN withdrawal as Moscow warns Sukarno against brinkmanship. It notes substantial Soviet arms aid valued around $1 billion, plus Chinese arms and a $50 million economic offer, shaping Indonesia’s international leverage during the crisis.
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Karno
Indonesia
United Nations
Peking
Moscow
Sukarno
Final rites planned for Debra J. Adkins
Debra Jane Adkins four year old daughter of Lon and Dorothy Adkins Keyrock will be laid to rest at 10 a m Saturday at Coon Fork Church Keyrock Rev Ronald Adkins will officiate The child died Thursday in a Beckley hospital She was born October 26 1960 Surviving are brother Clark Wendell and sister Ella Mae both at home and the paternal grandparents None of the rest of the details are given in the readable text
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Debra Jane Adkins
Lon
Dorothy Adkins
Keyrock
Coon Fork
Ronald Adkins
Beckley Hospital
Clark Wendell
Ella Mae
Johnson Pushes Beautification of Federal Roads
President Johnson directs Commerce Secretary Connor to require states to landscape interstate, primary, and urban highways built with federal aid. Federal funding totals about 3.5 billion dollars next fiscal year. states face diverting construction funds to trees and shrubbery to create a more beautiful America.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Connor
Cinotti Patient at Beckley ARH for Observation Treatment
Luigi Cinotti is admitted at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital for observation and treatment.
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Kilsyth
RNS
Luigi Cinotti
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Chatterton Trial Continues In Ga
In Summerville Georgia Roy Dale Chatterton faces execution for the beating death of Billy Copeland in Lafayette. Whitman was sentenced to death after a Georgia jury rejected mercy. Prosecutors say the two Huntington West Virginia youths seized Copeland during a six state crime spree and killed him in a ramshackle shack near Rome.
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UPI
Roy Dale Chatterton
Georgia
Woodrow Whitman
Huntington
W. Va
Billy Copeland
Lafayette
Whitman
Chatooga County
Chatterton
Robert Coker
Whisman
Reidsville State Prison
Copeland
Rome
Walter
Berry College
North
Cabinet defense and overseas policy committee meeting sparks leadership speculation
Britain’s cabinet defense and overseas policy committee met amid talk of successors with Roy Jenkins and Denis Healey named as potential contenders. A general election loomed over Labour's tiny Commons margin as Conservatives hailed a shock by election upset, fueling debate on a likely early vote and Wilson’s fragile tenure.
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Defense and Overseas Policy Committee
Aviation
Roy Jenkins
Ime
No. 10
Downy Street
Denis Healey
Labor
Wilson
Liberal
Alec Douglas-Home
Mrs Willie V Jackson Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie V Jackson, 49, of 521 Sylvia St, are at 2 30 p m Saturday at Central Baptist Church with Rev Edward Abram in charge. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. A correction notes sister Evelyn Parker of Sylvia Street. The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor will transport to the church one hour before services. Mrs Jackson died Tuesday in a local hospital after a short illness.
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Willie V. Jackson
Sylvia St
Central Baptist Church
Edward Abram
Greenwood Memorial Park
Evelyn Parker
Sylvia Street
Ritchie and Johnson
Civil rights workers attacked at Hattiesburg meeting
Four civil rights workers were roughed by segregationists after attending a public meeting of the Citizens Council in Hattiesburg Mississippi, sustaining bruises but no serious injuries. The group was ordered out as the business portion began. In Selma Alabama Martin Luther King Jr was reportedly beaten in a separate incident during an argument over police. A Florida suit accuses Manatee County school officials of racial discrimination seeking a permanent injunction.
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Citizens Council
Hattiesburg
Miss
Bartlett
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Thurly
Legislature debates tax extension and crime bills
The House opened debate on bills to curb evasion devices for phone calls and on penalties for child cruelty. It considered first readings for an identical telephone device bill and a proposal to extend the 3 percent sales tax beyond July. Majority Leader Earl Vickers clashed with Del. George Seibert over sending the budget bill back to the BPW, a motion defeated as Democrats held a Republican line.
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House
Earl Vickers
D-Fayette
Del
George Seibert
Ohio
Board of Public Works
Seibert
BPW
President Sees A Bomb Spread Peril To Peace
President Johnson says pursuit of peace is top national goal yet nuclear weapon spread threatens this aim. He spoke after hour with a special committee on nuclear proliferation led by Roswell Gilpatric. He met Senate chairs, discussed foreign policy, and briefed congressional leaders on Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Congress
Senate Committee
Special Task Force
China
Christian A. Herter
Geneva
White House
Africa
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Tempos Calls for Spit Box Tests at Races
Tempos claims bettors pay high sums and track owners set odds. He says last day races skip Spit Box Tests to detect doping. He urges the State Racing Commission to require Spit Box testing for all horses and to station two veterinarians at each track to ensure integrity.
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Tompos
Tempos
State Racing Commission
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