Blizzard Toll as 16 Vehicles Crash on Turnpike
A blizzard on the Pennsylvania Turnpike caused a chain reaction crash involving fourteen tractor trailers and two cars, killing one trucker, injuring eight others, and trapping traffic at the Blue Mountain Tunnel. A second trucker died of a heart attack while stranded near Stanton Interchange. Weather worsened with four more inches of snow and drifting.
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Carlisle
UPI
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Ge A. Yowell
Williamantic
Nenney
Jackie
Blue Mountain Tunnel
Here
Showdown With Peking Sparks Kremlin Versus Beijing
Moscow reports contemplate a possible showdown with China over delays in Russian aid to North Vietnam. Secret discussions circulate among the Soviet party rank and file alleging Beijing hampered Hanoi support. China denies a Kremlin plot with Washington to derail peace talks while observers note growing Sino-Soviet tensions in Indochina.
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Moscow
UPI
Peking
Kremlin
America
Viet Nam
China and
China Says 5 Planes Downed
NCNA reported five enemy planes were shot down over Ha Tinh Province during a bombing run. An American F105 Thunderchief was claimed downed as it began its attack, according to the Communist source.
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Tokyo
UPS
NCNA
Ha Tinh Province
Market Turns To U S Talks In Kennedy Round Revival
Luxembourg based European Common Market officials prepared for talks with the United States in Brussels on tariffs tied to the Kennedy Round as part of Atlantic partnership plans. French opposition surfaced over market governance with Charles de Gaulle criticizing Walter Hallstein as ministers agreed to curb supranational powers and France's boycott posture remained in play.
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Luxembourg
UPI
France
United States
Brussels
F. Kennedy
Atlantic
Walter Hallstein
Charles de Gaulle
Hallstein
Rade Group
Mott Funeral Slated Today
Sheffield Massachusetts reports a funeral service for Howard Mott to be led by Rev. Dr. Philip C. Hammond at Old Parish Congregational Church while a state chemist in Boston conducts toxicological tests to illuminate Mott's death on January 20. Dr Arthur J McBay expected to report findings soon.
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Sheffield
Mass
Philip C. Hammond
Princeton
N.J
Old Parish Congregational Church
Mott
Arthur J. McBay
Boston
McBay
Seen Prize
Howard Mott
Aes
Britain Tightens Arms Squeeze on Rhodesia
London reports Britain imposes export license bans on Rhodesia for nonessential goods halting trade in tobacco metals minerals sugar and foodstuffs. Officials hope new restrictions hasten the Rhodesian regime's collapse within weeks while exceptions cover essential humanitarian needs and railway and power joint ventures.
Cold Wave Continues Across Atlantic and States
The article notes a continuing cold wave with winds off Cape Hatteras and governors declaring emergencies in Virginia and Maryland as snowdrifts reach seven feet. Extreme temperatures hit 38 in Miami and 50 in Key West. Forecasts predict little relief with slight warming and more snow for parts of Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
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Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Maryland
Charles Terry
Miami
Key West
Fla
Mississ Tennessee
Kentucky
Weather chaos hits Southern regions with late-week snow
A heat wave and mixed precipitation were forecast for the Southern sections with possible snow on Wednesday as temperatures were expected to drop to freezing. Travel disrupted Sunday as trains buses and airplanes ran well behind schedule and airports closed at Mor Elkins Beckley and Charleston amid widespread delays.
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Mor— Elkins
Beckley
Charleston
Quesenberry Enters Race For Constable
Jimmy S. Quesenberry a Democrat filed for constable in Slab Fork District as the fifth candidate. Other filers include Gene Smith Town District Everett Bennett and Sherman Walker from Shady Spring District. All contenders listed so far are Democrats.
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Jimmy S. Quesenberry
Rhodell
Slab Fork
Quesenberry
Conom
Gene Smith
Everett Bennett
Sherman Walker
Shady Spring
Deaths And Funerals Darnell Garten Remembered
Darnell Lee Garten died in Beckley at 8 30 am today. Born November 14 1965 in Beckley he is survived by a twin Darren Allen five sisters Opal Louise Peggy Sue Lisa Gale Jane Elizabeth Karen Lynn and a maternal grandmother Magnolia Rice all at home. The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Darnell Lee Garten
Billie Rice Garten
Beckley
Darren Allen
Dale
James Gartesom
Garten
Harper Heights
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
A B Caldwell funeral held in Athens Ohio
Funeral services for A B Caldwell 75 of 716 Elaine Road Columbus Ohio formerly of Athens were set for 2 pm Tuesday at Athens Baptist Church with Rev George Sublette in charge. Burial followed in Athens Cemetery. He died Sunday after a short illness born March 26 1890 in Spanishburg. He was a government vehicle maintenance man in Columbus for 25 years and a World War I veteran. Survivors include wife Mamie Smith Caldwell two sisters Mell Caldwell Logan and Mrs Harry Crawford Athens. The Athens Masonic Lodge conducts services with the Christian Church member listed. Friends could call at Calfee Funeral Home after 2 pm today.
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A. B. Caldwell
Elaine Rd
Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Athens Baptist Church
George Sublette
Spanishburg
Joseph Caldwell
Caldwell
Elizabeth Napper Dies After Long Illness In Beckley
Mrs Elizabeth Napper aged 32 years long resident of Beckley for 32 years died at her home at 6 am after a long illness. She was a member of Central Baptist Church American Legion Aux Shawsville Virginia and a sister of Ville. The body is at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending services.
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Elizabeth Napper
S. Kanawha St
Beckley
The
Central Baptist Church, American Legion Auxi
Shawsville
Ville
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Funeral services for Ira E Adkins in Abraham
Ira E Adkins aged 64 of Abraham is slated for funeral services at 2 p m Tuesday at New Salema Church Abraham with Oliver Tedder and the Rev Ira Hatcher presiding Burial will follow in the church cemetery He died at his home at 8 a m Wednesday after a seven year illness The body lies at Webb and Neal Funeral Home
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Ira E. Adkins
Abraham
New Salema
Oliver Tedder
Ira Hatcher
Webb and Neal Funeral
Thomas F. Smith 79 obituary and services set
Thomas F. Smith of 408 Hull Street dies at 4 45 a m after illness Funeral services set for 1 p m Wednesday at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Dr Walter H Gould to charge Burial at Sunset Memorial Park Charleston Born March 18 1886 in Scotland son of Dougal and Janet Fisher Smith He worked for about 2 years with Yatt Coal Co Ford Michigan and Abbey Surviving are two sisters Mrs Bennett and Mrs Archie Fleming Armdie Scotland Funeral home will allow viewing after 6 p m today
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Thomas Smith
Hull St
Webb
Yatt Coal Coford
Mich
Abbey
Australia
Archie Fleming
Armdie
Scotland
Mrs Lenora Sutphin Dies After Illness at 85
Mrs Lenora Sutphin 85 of Coal City died at 11 20 a m today in a local hospital after a long illness. Her body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for completion of arrangements.
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Lenora Sutphin
Coal City
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mourns for Mrs Gussie Lett in Scarbro
Mrs Gussie Lett aged 58 of Scarbro was dead on arrival at a local hospital at 8 30 am. She was the widow of the late Mr and Mrs Albert Smith and leaves 19 grandchildren. Details blurred in the report but lists Scarbro and Ponca as localities involved.
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Gussie Lett
Scarbro
Oggary
Alabama
and Albert Smith
Coin
Ritchie and
Seinen Ponca
Peeler Iain
Weather data and tow services report at Flat Top
Weather at 7 30 a m today low 9 recorded at 9 a m Sunda The Weather Bureau Station at Flat Top logged 11 today total of 22 1 inches of snow on the ground at Flat Top Beckley and area wrecking companies report heavy business with I could use about four more wreckers and 12 more men today and yesterday. Towing starting and chain installation are in high demand.
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Weather Bureau
Flat Top
Beckley
The
Register
Logan Blaze Damage Estimated At 125000
A large cinderblock building housing apartments and a supermarket sustained 125000 dollars in damage from a Sunday fire of undetermined origin in Logan. Firefighters arrived about an hour after ignition. three of five second floor apartments were occupied and all contents were destroyed. the owner’s office on the top floor also burned.
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Logan
UPI
Kistler
June Lambert
Logan County
Strucre
Rosary Tonight For Mike Quill Transit Union Chief
The rosary will be recited tonight for Michael J. Quill the Irish immigrant who rose from subway ticket taker to president of the Transport Workers Union. He died Friday of a heart attack two weeks after calling the 12 day transit strike. Burial is Tuesday in Gate of Heaven Cemetery with a Mass at St Patrick Cathedral at 11 a.m. offered by the Right Rev Charles O Rice.
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New York
UPI
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Quill
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Plaza Funeral Home
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Charles O. Rice
Engineer To Address Industrial Conference
West Virginia Industrial Association members will meet mid year in Charleston as Lt. Col. William D. Falck Huntington district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers delivers the principal address on Civil Works Programs in West Virginia.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Cleve Brooks Dies in Roanoke Heart Attack
Cleve Brooks of Roanoke Virginia died Friday at Roanoke Memorial Hospital from a heart attack. He was a World War I veteran and brother of Mrs Bertha Ruble and Sophia Brooks. Funeral arrangements are complete.
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Cleve Brooks
Roanoke Va
Bertha Ruble
Sophia
Brooks
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Death of Mrs Lilly M Cuff in Meadow Creek
Mrs Lilly M Cuff 72 of Meadow Creek died in a Beckley nursing home after a long illness. Survivors include brothers Gabriel of Raleigh and John of Cunard. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending funeral arrangements.
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Lilly M. Cuff
Meadow Creek
Beckley
Gabriel
Raleigh
John
Cunard
Funeral services for Mabscott resident Margaret Way
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret May Blackburn Way bright 72 of Chestnut Street Mabscott will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Melton Mortuary Chapel with the Rev Orville Belcher in charge.
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Margaret May Blackburn Waybright
Chestnut Street
Mabscott
Melton Mortuary
Orville Belcher
Cold War GI Bill Moves Toward House Floor Passage
Washington (UPI) a cold war GI bill of rights was set for introduction in the House. It would provide college, home loan, and hospital benefits for ex servicemen including Viet Nam veterans and 3.5 million who served after Jan 31, 1955. Committee approval targeted for Tuesday. The measure rivals a Korean War II bill and faces administration differences. A Senate version offers higher monthly benefits. Separately Rep Seymour Halpern urged a national traffic safety program to curb highway deaths with a safety center and uniform rules across states. Magnuson noted a White HouseFTC effort to set motor vehicle safety standards.
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Washington
UPI
House
Olin E. Teague
Dtex
House Veterans Committee
Seymour Halpern
R-N.y
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
White House
Federal Trade Commission
Cutter Stands By As Liberian Freighter Drifts At Sea
Cape Hatteras NC CAPE HATTERAS The Coast Guard cutter Chilula caught up with a Liberian freighter Omnium Carrier adrift after losing rudder in a Sunday night storm. The 511 foot ship drifted in the western Atlantic with three aboard as tug Cary Moran prepared to tow it. The freighter was stern into seas amid strong winds and rough seas.
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Cape Hatteras, N.C
UPS
Coast Guard
Chilula
Atlantic
Cary Moran
Norfolk
Funeral services set for Frank Thomas at 38
A funeral is planned for Frank Thomas 38 who died at home in Oak Mrs. Thomas. Survivors include son Percy of Long Island New York and brother John of Me Tenn. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Leon J Blumberg publicist agent in the 1940s died Saturday age 65 in New York.
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Frank Thomas
An Oak
Mrs. Thomas
Percy
Long Island
N. Y
John
Tenn
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
New York
UPI
Leon J. Blumberg
Former Waterloo Mayor Paul Walker Shot in Los Angeles
Funeral arrangements are pending for Paul E. Walker 76 a former Waterloo Iowa mayor. Walker was a policeman who fatally shot a member of the Dillinger gang last Friday in Long Beach California.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPT
Paul E. Walker
Waterloo
Iowa
Dillinger
Walker
Reaves Peters, Big Eight leader, dies at 73
PRAIRIE VILLAGE Kan UPI Reaves E Peters executive director of the Big Eight Conference from 1948 to 1963 died Sunday night of cancer at age 73 He also served on the UK Basketball Committee helped organize the Football Hall of Fame and was its president for two years
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Prairie Village
Kan
UPI
Reaves E. Peters
Peters
Johnson Signals End To Bomb Pause As Peace Efforts Continue
President Johnson said the bombing pause could not last indefinitely without reciprocal steps by the Communists. He noted evidence the Reds would keep hostility and warned he would resume raids, while reaffirming that peace efforts would continue. Ambassador Goldberg echoed that Hanoi’s reactions do not alter the U S pursuit of an honorable settlement.
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House
Johnson
Viet Nam
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
Hanoi
Draftee Enlistment Restrictions In West Virginia Guard
West Virginia restricts draftees from enlisting in the National Guard or other reserve components after induction notices. State Adjutant General Williams reports that a pre induction physical may still allow reserve or National Guard enlistment if a vacancy exists.
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Charleston
UPI
National Guard
West Virginia
Williams
Demonstration Cities Plan Aims for Reborn Urban Vision
The proposal envisions large scale city demos in American style. Johnson notes the project could involve entire neighborhoods and tens of thousands, transforming drab barracks-like spaces into a livable urban area as a model for a reborn city.
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Johnson
Canc
Napoleon II
Kanawha Solon Critics Smith on 1968 Succession
State Sen. Paul Kaufman urged on a Charleston TV forum that the gubernatorial succession issue will persist with a candidate in 1968. He attacked the Smith administration for avoiding basic state problems and said the legislature should stay in session until work is done.
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Charleston
UPI
Paul Kaufman
Kaufman
Smith
Senate Judiciary Committee
Administration official eyes talks with businessmen on price hikes
An administration official said businessmen would be welcomed to discuss proposed price increases with the President to test reaction. He added there is merit in listening to their story and possibly a meeting of the minds without confrontation.
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Washington
Britain bans Rhodesia export licenses for rebel regime
The Board of Trade announces a ban on export licenses to Rhodesia with exemptions only for Rhodesian Railways Central African Federation or power ventures operated jointly with Zambia, or for essential humanitarian purposes.
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London
British Board of Trade
Rhodesia
Central African Ee
L Ateal African Power
Zambia
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