Legislature Advances Bills On Firearms And Adoption Reform
Lawmakers moved to permit probation and parole officers to carry firearms and to limit Habitual Criminal Act applicability. A major bill would overhaul adoption procedures while a Senate 20-2 vote approved authorizing county clerks to issue marriage licenses to applicants under age if the female is pregnant. House activity included 20 bills introduced and a Welfare Department contract to Blue Cross and Blue Shield for aged and welfare recipients. A House Penal committee report from Sen. G. Dick Montgomery prompting mild objections over the Moundsville Penitentiary visit noted concerns over slave labor and inmate pay, while officials defended the warden amid limited legislative approval.
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Senate
House
House Health Committee
Welfare Department
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Judiciary Committee
Penal and Humane Institutions Committee
G. Dick Montgomery
D-Wetzel
Moundsville Penitentiary
del. D. P. Given
D-Webster
Given
House Committee
Otto C. Boles
Durham Pleads Guilty and Jailed in Raleigh County Court
In Raleigh County Court Judge Harry L. McCreery ordered Gene Durham jailed for 30 days after pleading guilty to obstructing an officer. Bond forfeiture for Durham was set aside on counsel Leo Birci's motion. Other cases, including Harold E. Robinson for bad checks and Jo Anne Guzman for forgery, were continued. Isaac Jackson Winston pled nolo contendere to a felony count of fire in forest land. Sentencing is scheduled for February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Durham
Raleigh
Crim
Harry L. McCreery
Leo Birci
Harold E. Robinson
E. Carl Meadows
Isaac Jackson Winston
Kermit A. Locke
Jo Anne Guzman
George L. Ballard
McCreery
Bank Robbery Trial Enters Third Day
In Catlettsburg Kentucky the trial of Junior Haskell Cordle is in its third day in US District Court for a $19,900 Bank of Blaine robbery last July 14. An eight by four jury sits. Ezekial Canterbury and Chester Lee Simmons have pleaded guilty and may testify. Prosecutors seek Cordle as lookout and getaway driver amid doubts he is among the bandits.
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Catlettsburg
UPI
Junior Haskell Cordle
Blaine
US District Court
Ezekial Canterbury
Diniess
W.va
Chester Lee Simmons
Lake City
Mich
Cordle
Canterbury
Simmons
George Cline
Lex
Cline
London prepares for state funeral of Churchill
London hosts a crowd of royal guests including Frederik of Denmark Olav of Norway Juliana and Bernhard of the Netherlands Baudouin of Belgium Constantine Greece Luxembourg’s Grand Duke and Prince Bertil Sweden as planes bring mourners to the state funeral a full dress rehearsal moving through the streets.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Frederik
Denmark
King Olav
Norway
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Baudouin
Belgium
Constantine
Greece
Grand Duke
Luxembourg
Prince Bertil
Sweden
Appalachia Program Clears Senate On 68 Vote
Appalachia continued from Page 1 as a pollution bill cleared the Senate 68 to 8 and moved to the House. The measure would set river quality standards, provide 30 million dollars in research grants over four years, and boost federal authorizations for sewage treatment plants after a day of debate and rejected amendments.
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House
Senate
Gambling Case Opens Tuesday In Federal Court
The trial of William A Gear and five others charged with violating federal anti gambling laws in Greenbrier County begins Tuesday at 10 am in Federal Court. Gearheart, 58, owned the Colonial Club in White Sulphur Springs and faces four counts. Co-defendants James R Hawthorn, 48, was previously convicted and sentenced. Other trial dates unset for James E Taylor, 40, John R Feeney, 57, Homer E White, 68, and Wesley Bittles, 66.
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William A. Gear
Greenbrier
Gearheart
White Sulphur Springs
U. S
Colonial Club
James R. Hawthorn
James E Taylor
John R. Feeney
Homer E. White
Wesley Bittles
Nuclear policy shift and Plowshare aims reflect 1964 era
The report notes reduced production of atomic weapons while stockpiles grow with better weapons. It cites steps to loosen government monopoly, expanding private role, and ending mandatory government ownership of reactor fuels. Plowshare progress suggests peaceful uses for nuclear explosives like canal digging and mining. It warns of potential resumption of atmospheric tests if the 1963 test ban treaty is abrogated, and highlights 29 underground shots in the past year.
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Isthmus
Panama
Third Protest Suicide Reported in India
Indian Express reports the third death by self harm in protests over making Hindi official in the south. N Muthu, 20, a hotel employee in Trichur district Andhra State, swallowed poison after leaving a note stating his life was taken due to disgust with Hindi imposition.
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New Delhi
UPS
India
Indian Express
N. Muthu
Trichur
Andhra
Ada Dotson Rites Held At Oak Hill Chapel
Funeral services for Ada Dotson 55 formerly of Minden and a Chicago resident will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Tally Hanna officiating Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Wednesday in Ravenswood hospital after brain surgery Survivors include husband James N three brothers five sisters four sons two daughters eight grandchildren and a great grandchild The body lies at the funeral home for viewing after 3 p.m. Saturday
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Icie Thompson
Meadow
Bridge
Oak Hill
Raleigh County
Belick Knob Tabernacle
Earl
Leroy
Forest Heights
James L. Thompson
U.S. Air Force
Washington, D. C
Billy David
Severn
Dillard
Chicago
Ill
Elmer Pomeroy
Tom Shaffer
Thompson Cemetery
Long Branch
Tyree
Mount Hope
Ada Dotson
Minden
Tally Hanna
High Lawn Memorial Park
Dotson
Ravenswood Hospital
James N
Dale
Skelton
Sheldon
Fayetteville
Route 1
Dock Bennett
Kilsyth
Rites set for Mrs Elsie H Wright in Fayetteville
Final rites for 58 year old Mrs Elsie H Wright of Fayetteville will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Fayetteville Methodist Church with Rev Billy Reed Wickline officiating. Burial at Oak Hill Park. She died of a heart attack after being pronounced dead on arrival at an Oak Hill hospital Thursday morning. Born December 14 1906 in Thacker Mingo County she was the daughter of the late Sum and Phoebe Hatfield. Her husband John Wright preceded her in death. She taught sixth grade at Fayetteville Elementary and belonged to the West Virginia Education Association and Fayetteville Methodist Church. Pallbearers named. Funeral home in Fayetteville handling arrangements.
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Elsie H. Wright
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Methodist Church
Billy Reed Wickline
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
West Virginia Education Association
Schlager Twins Die at Birth in Mullens Hospital
The twin sons of Fred Schlager Jr. and Janice Hughes Schlager of Glen Fork died at 9 p m Thursday in a Mullens hospital. Surviving are four sisters Debbie Tammy Shirley and Lisa and a brother Fredd Lee III, at home, plus grandparents and great grandparents. The bodies are at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville. Also noted are services for John Bernath 79 Scarbro to be held Sunday at Oak Hill with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Bernath found dead at home Thursday with death due to accidental suffocation. He was a retired Scarbro businessman and a member of the William Penn Fraternal Order. Born in Hungary November 25 1885 he was survived by many relatives including two half brothers three sons and seven daughters. 32 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. May call after 3:30 p m Saturday.
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Leona Wood Drake
Woodlawn Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Ansted
Clyde G
Laura Brewer Wood
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Beckley Woman’s Club
Rhododendron Garden Club
O. C. Drake
T. C
Anne Louise) Maynor Jr
Maxton
N. C
A. R
Louise) Williams
W. M
Mabel) McCutcheon
Beckley
Laura B. Wood
Honolulu
Hawaii
Gilbert C. Wood
Theodore A. Wood
Melvin D. Wood
Tom Wood
Mt. Hope
Clyde G. Wood
Detroit
Mic
Stewart, Va
W. E
Laura Slate Gray
Stewart
Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Lena Holt Gray
Joan
Glenn
Irene) Daulton
James
Virginia) Hill
Hughes
Lena) Mitchell
Germanton
N.C
Raymond Gray
Johnnie Gray
Guy Gray
James Gray
Thomas L. Gray
Rev. C. S. Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Robert Fleshman
Lawrence Martin
Isaac Parsons
Bill Janey
Allen Moye
Ronnie Lusk
Southland
Fred Schlager Jr
Janice Hughes Schlager
Glen Fork
Mullens Hospital
Debbie
Tammy
Shirley
Lisa
Fredd Lee III
Fred Schlager
Jobie Kessler
Dennie Acord
Beatrice Dorton
Hopewell
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
John Bernath
Scarbro
Tyree
Oak Hill
Evangelist A. H. Staggs
Prosperity
Bernath
William Penn Fraternal Order
Hungary
Elizabeth Bernath
Katie Bernath
Glen Jean
John
Joe
Cleveland
Ohio
John Jr
Mount Hope
Hill Top
Ashtabula
Julia Pratt
Coalburg
Elizabeth Lukie
Anna Gleason
Gyro Drive
Margaret Bryant
Whipple
Martha McGoskey
Ravenswood
Helen Radford
Rural Acres Drive
Irene Radar
Alexandria
West Virginia law bills push county road powers and corporate tax reforms
Leigh leads a batch of measures to allow counties to qualify for accelerated public works funds and for county courts with road commissioner's approval to assume road maintenance with SRC matching county funds. Carson and Sen. Hans McCourt submit nine bills revamping corporation charters and license taxes. House action follows. Other proposals: boost teachers sick leave and monthly benefits, require bidders for state contracts to show qualifications, exempt clergy and physicians from certain testimonies, and let local governments invest excess funds with the State Sinking Fund Commission.
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Thomas Black
Jack Pauley
D-Kanawha
Uie
White
Dels
J. B. Pointdexter
Don Smith
D-Cabell
Insurance Measure Draws Opposition in Charleston
The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session after a public hearing where insurance men stock company representatives and a former Motor Vehicles Commissioner opposed a proposed uninsured motorist fund requiring a $20 deposit before license plate issuance. Local figures urged a stronger measure while questioning policing feasibility.
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Charleston
UPI
House
Judiciary Committee
Frank Bauer
Joseph Condry
Robert W. Lawson
Scientists To Be Taken Off Ice Floe
Ten Navy scientists drifting on the ice island Arlis II off Point Barrow Alaska likely will be evacuated in April as the two mile long floe begins to disintegrate in warmer waters. The ice island has drifted about 1400 miles since 1961, offering first detailed study of a little known Arctic geographic area.
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Washington
UPI
Navy
Defense Department
Point Barrow
Alaska
Pentagon
Greenland Sea
Hearings Begin On Presidential Disability Bill
Washington UPI report on a Senate subcommittee opening hearings on a constitutional amendment to handle presidential death or disability. Johnson backs the amendment to fill vice presidency vacancies and set transfer rules for disability, with swift action aimed for ratification this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Congress
House
Birch E. Bayh Jr
D-Ind
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Bayh
Nicholas Katzenback
Everett M. Dirksen
Iil
Marion B. Folsom
Eisenhower
Herbert Brownell Jr
American Bar Association
Buddhist leaders clash with Khanh after Saigon coup
Thien disputes claims of a published anti American statement said to come from the Buddhist center. Quang of the Defense of Buddhism says two demands guide them not to tolerate Diem holdovers and to avoid being labeled Communists, which weakens anti Communist resolve.
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Thien
National Buddhist Center
South Viet Nam
Khanh
Quang
Committee For the Defense of Buddhism
Tran van Huong
Huong
Diem
Saigon
Revenge Fueled Explosion Hits U S Jets in Edmonton
Edmonton police probe a former Northwest Industries employee linked to the dynamiting of three F84 jets and the murder of security guard Trenton Richardson at the repair depot. German immigrant Harry Hubach, 36, arrested hiding near the airport. records show no prior Hubach employment. Police say the saboteur knew the depot layout and may have used multiple names since arriving in Canada in 1957.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Apt
Harry Hubach
Trenton J. Richardson
Northwest Industries Ltd
Northwest Industries
Iran
Hubach
Canada
Germany
County Court Debates Budget Cuts for Medical Library and Sheriff Deputies
On Nov 22 Raleigh County Medical Society protested a budget cut as the court refused to reinstate funds. Nov 29 library and bookmobile directors also objected, saying doors would close without funds. Sheriff Mills sought to hire deputies, with a decision expected Feb 9. Burdiss urged public input on the garbage issue for Feb 9 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Medical Society
Raleigh County Library
Okey A. Mills
Mills
Burdiss
Bombings hit cars tied to NAACP leaders in Pollocksville
Bombings damaged a parked car owned by C. B. Chadwick Sr. of Pollocks Ville, Jones County NAACP chairman, as he and another member attended a meeting supporting civil rights in 1964. A third blast struck Oscar Dove's mortuary nearby around 9:35 p.m., Dove a 12-year NAACP member.
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C. B. Chadwick Sr
Pollocks,Ville
Jones County
NAACP
Dievens
Oscar Dove
Dove
The
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Main ST
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Curtis
Dean Medical Association
AMA
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Pastry Shop, Inc
Neville
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