Martin Shifts Plea To Guilty On DC Charge
John A. Martin, Beckley, switched from not guilty to guilty on drunk driving charges after 23 prospective jurors were chosen. Attorney Kermit A. Locke requested the change, Judge Harry L. McCreery granted it, and Martin awaits sentencing at 10 a.m. July 20. He remains free on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Martin
Beckley
Martin
Kermit A. Locke
Harry L. McCreery
Locke
McCreery
Jimmy Dale Cook
Cook
Atty. C. Berkley Lilly Tity
Larry Wall
Wall
Robert W. Richardson
Lilly
Zella Withrow
Graveside rites for two day old Stone infant
The Rev E W Hall conducted graveside services for Robert Everett Stone two day old son of Thomas C and Marilyn Foren Stone of St Albans at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens at 4 pm Monday. The infant died at 1030 am Sunday in a local hospital and was born at 750 pm Friday. Surviving grandparents include Mr and Mrs Robert Forren of Beckley and Mr and Mrs Edgar E Stone of Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Hall
Robert Everette Stone
Thomas C
Marilyn Foren Stone
St. Albans
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Robert Forren
Beckley
Edgar E. Stone
Pineville
Mrs. A. K. Smith Notified of Brother's Death
Mrs A K Smith of 807 S Oakwood Ave notified of the death of her brother W C Turner of Roanoke. Turner died at 245 am Monday in a Roanoke hospital. Funeral services set for 4 pm today in Roanoke. Burial to follow in Evergreen Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Smith
S. Oakwood Ave
W. C. Turner
Roanoke
A. Turner
Evergreen Park
Mrs. Margaret Mohr Rites Held in Cincinnati
Funeral services and burial were held Saturday in Cincinnati Ohio for Mrs. Margaret Mohr 88 of Cincinnati. She died Wednesday in a Cincinnati hospital. Survived by one sister Mrs E L Scott of Beckley and two brothers A P McQuade of Coal City and D A McQuade of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinninati
Ohio
Margaret Mohr
Cinninnati
Final rites for Mrs Maggie Lawhorn in Mount Hope
Mrs Maggie Lawhorn 55 of Mount Hope will have funeral services at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev William Withers officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. She died at 12:02 a.m. Monday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Born February 15 1911 in Raleigh County she was a daughter of the late Richard and Dollie Treadway. Survivors include her husband Charles E and son Charles E Jr and daughter Miss Jean Lawhorn all of Mount Hope and a brother Quin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell O. Crowley
Green Bank
Liberty Church
Jack Arbuckle
Arbovale
Crowley
Beard
Estelle Ervine
Beckley
Wesley Chapel
Odd Fellows Lodge
Cain
Esta Crowley
Smith Funeral
Marlinton
Maggie Lawhorn
Mount Hope
Tyree
William Withers
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Charles E. Jr
Jean Lawhorn
Quin
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
Don’t annoyed and embarrassed oh such handicaps. FASTEETH, an kaline powder to sprinkle on your plates, keeps false teeth more firmly set. Gives confident feeling of security and added comfort. See your dentist regularly. Get Fat all drug counters.
Deaths in Richmond VA: Joe DePhillips, 56
Joe DePhillips, 56, of Richmond Virginia and formerly Beckley West Virginia, died Monday at 2 a.m. at his home. He is survived by his wife Rose Garnett, a daughter Rita Gilman of Richmond and two grandchildren. Services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe DePhillips
Richmond
Beckley
Rose Garnett
Rita Gilman
Funeral for Mrs Mary Virginia Presnell in Eccles
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Virginia June Presnell age 41 of Eccles will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Melton Mortuary Chapel conducted by Rev Thomas Snuffer Burial will follow in the Davis Addition to the Mt Tabor Cemetery She died at 1015 p m Sunday Friends may call at Melton Mortuary after 4 p.m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Virginia
Presnell
Eccles
Thomas Snuffer
Melton
Davis
Mt. Tabor
Funeral Services for Holland McKinney Held at Bud Church
Funeral services for 59 year old Holland McKinney of Corinne are planned for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Regular Baptist Church in Bud with Rev. Hersey Lane and Rev. Johnny Rhinehart officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. He drowned at 9 a.m. Sunday when his car went off a bridge at Tommy's Creek. Surviving are a daughter Joyce Ann Kid of Roanoke Virginia and others previously listed. The body lies at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home in Mullens where friends may call this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland McKinney
Corinne
Bud
Hersey Lane
Johnny Rhinehart
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Joyce Ann Kid
Roanoke
Sam Foglesong
Nease and
Neely
Mullens
McKinney
Tommy's Creek
Frisco Fears Mass Nurse Resignations
In San Francisco mediators work to avert a nurse walkout crisis as over 1000 nurses readiness to join 91 Eden Hospital staffers on strike in Castro Valley threatens Bay Area care. Talks with Eden Hospital and CNA officials yielded limited progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco Bay Area
California Nurses Association
Eden Hospital
Castro Valley
CNA
Senate approves a 2.9 percent US pay hike
The Senate voted 81 to 0 to approve a 2.9 percent raise for 1.8 million federal workers with extra benefits including retirement revisions, reflecting wage guidance near 3.2 percent. Congress also advanced a historic sites bill creating a 17 member advisory council and sent a park proposal for George Rogers Clark National Historical Park to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
House
Advisory Council On
George Rogers’ Clark National Historical Park
Vincennes
Ind
White House
Court Approves County Real Estate Tax Report
The Raleigh County Court approved a recapitulation report of county real estate subject to taxation presented by the county assessor. The court discussed purchasing New West Virginia Code sets from Michie Co at 300 dollars each with 6 percent discount for early payment, plus yearly supplements. They declined a 50 dollar trade-in offer and considered assigning old codes to county justices of the peace. The court may cover purchases for the prosecuting attorney and Criminal Court Judge. Regular monthly bills were approved, with a 1:30 p.m. meeting scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Assessors Office
Michie Company
Tom Nase
Nase
Michie
Elinor Hurt
Virginia Law Publishing
Supreme Court blocks hearing for Trooper Neely
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously bars a Kanawha County hearing for Trooper C S Neely, ruling a circuit court lacks jurisdiction. Neely, demoted from sergeant to trooper after a Board of Inquiry led by Superintendent Burchett, claimed due process was denied. Judge Frank Taylor had granted a hearing to allow Neely a day in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
C. S. Neely
Panhandle
Chelyan
W. E. Burchett
Neely
Kanawha
Paden City
Burchett
Frank Taylor
Chief Deputy On Trial For Grand Larceny
MIDDLEBOURNE UP I Tyler County grand jury to hear evidence today in the case against Chief Deputy Sheriff Engle Watson charged with grand larceny. Watson, father of five and chief deputy for the county two years, was arrested at St Marys May 3 after going missing since April 29. Sheriff Everett Knowlton said Watson telephoned and claimed he had taken 700 dollars from the sheriff office. He is free on 2000 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebourne
UPI
Tyler County
Engle Watson
Watson
St. Marys
Everett Knowlton
World church forum opens in Geneva with 90 nations
About 400 delegates from 90 nations meet in Geneva for a 12 day World Council of Churches forum on social problems. Vatican and Soviet participants attend as interfaith cooperation rises, with King planned address on race and debate expected on Vietnam. The conference runs through July 26 with a final report due in October and circulation to the 1968 Uppsala assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
UPI
Vatican
Soviet Union
World Council of Churches
Viet Nam
WCC
U.S
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Russia
Alexis
Moscow
Nikodim
Leningrad
World Council of Church
Uppsala
Sweden
Viet Nam war reports jet and helicopter losses rise
Reports detail continued U S helicopter losses in South Vietnam since January. Four helicopters fell Monday amid air force and navy missions smashing bridges rails and roads. MIG21s challenged pilots as B52s bombed Viet Cong regions in Phu Bon Province while Marines report 10 Viet Cong killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Viet Nam
US S
Air Force
U.S
Navy
Hanoi
Aaron J. Bowman
Madras
Ore
Bowman
Guam
Saigon
Phu Bon
Tuy Hoa
China
Clyde E. Hayman
Fruitland
Final Passage Of Defense Bill Expected Today
Congress prepared to approve a 17.5 billion defense spending bill carrying funds for three major military programs opposed by the Johnson administration. It includes a 3.2 cent pay hike across the uniformed services, retroactive to July 1, and costs 356 million in the first year. The measure funds Navy, Army, and missile programs, while advancing Nike-X antimissile groundwork and nuclear Navy efforts, amid tensions over defense policy and fiscal totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Johnson Administration
Uniformed Services
House
Senate
Johnson
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Navy
United States
McNamara
Defense Department
Tax Increase Chance Drops In June Unemployment
June unemployment held at 4 percent, unchanged from May, reducing chances President Johnson will seek an anti inflation tax hike. Labor Department data show joblessness steady since January after a dip to the 3.7 percent range in February to April, with higher unemployment easing inflationary pressure and avoiding a tax increase. The 1945 June rate stood at 4.7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Labor Department
SCLC Barred Carmichael From Grenada Rally
In Grenada Mississippi a SCLC Negro rally barred Stokeley Carmichael head of SNCC from the speaker's stand. Hosea Williams told about marches and sit ins aimed at integrating restaurants pools and the public library. Williams promised actions to turn Grenada upside down then set it right side up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenada
Miss
UPI
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Stokeley Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNC
SLC
Freedom Movement
Mississippi
Hosea Williams
King
Williams
State Road Webb Trial Enters Second Day Here
The State Road Commission condemns Webb’s Florist and Greenhouses in Cr arb Orchard case. Archie Ellenbogen testified valuing improvements at 37 936 and land before the take at 1 09 per sq ft totaling 22 200, while Everett Shrewsbury valued land at 1.09 per sq ft and 61 995 in damages claimed by Webb. The SRC offered 21 550. Webb seeks 61 995. attorneys for both sides rested as trial nears jury submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Rontley L. Webb
Webb
Rt. 16
Crab Orchard
Archie Ellenbogen
Ellenbogen
SRC
David Knight
Everett Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
W. A. Thornhill II
David Kennedy
Knight
Anthony J. Sparacino
Two Mariners Set For 1969 Mars Flyby Missions
NASA announced plans for two Mariner Mars spacecraft in 1969 with launches between February and mid April. They aim for a August to September Mars flyby at about 2,000 miles, capturing landscape details down to 500 feet and seeking geological data on crater changes, water history, and erosion. Mariner 4’s 6,200 mile 1965 Mars pass is noted, and six experiments are tentatively selected for 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Space Agency
Mars
Mariner 4
Mariner Mars
National Aeronautics and Frese Administration
NASA
Two Cops Lose Back Pay Bid
Huntington police officers Herman A. Frazier and Alfred Paden lost a bid for back pay after the West Virginia State Supreme Court refused to review a Cabell County Circuit Court decision nullifying a police civil service commission ruling. The men had been suspended in 1963 amid federal charges related to Hoffa juror influence, were acquitted in 1965, and were ordered reinstated with back pay by the police civil service commission in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Huntington
State Supreme Court
Cabell County
Police Civil Service Commission
Herman A. Frazier
Alfred Paden
Circuit Court
Tennessee
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Police Civil Service
White House pressures limit airline talks progress
Airlines cannot move beyond assurances as presidential board backed settlement. Moyers said Johnson wants sides to work it out themselves while Wirtz dismisses presidential intervention. Union and management met, but Curtin saw little chance of settlement this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Labor Department
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
William J. Curtin
Ginzburg Obscenity Case: Appeals Stay Five-Year Sentence
The Third U.S. Circuit stayed Ralph Ginzburg’s five year sentence until September while keeping his $10,000 bail. A Sept. 12 hearing will review a deal tied to a prior ruling by Judge Ralph Body. Ginzburg reported to begin term after conviction for mailing obscene literature. his familyal tragedy is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPS
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Ralph Ginzburg
Ginzburg
Ralph Body
Harold Kohn
U.S. Marshall
Body
Eros Magazine
Housewife
Kohn
Appeals Court
Pennsylvania
Judge Body
B&O Caboose Use Upheld in WV Passenger Run
CHARLESTON UPI The Public Service Commission tentatively allows continued caboose service between Huntington and Parkersburg West Virginia while lines up a possible shutdown. Rail manager Reistrup testified average riders per trip under one for nine years, with yearly coach cost about 10708 dollars or 178 dollars per passenger. The petition argues modern cabooses with belts plush seats sanitary facilities offer greater safety than coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Huntington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Public Service Commission
PSC
B&o
Interstate Commerce Commission
Paul H. Reistrup
McNamara says air strikes show early limits on infiltration
McNamara cautions no noticeable effect yet from air strikes on Communist infiltration into the South. He warns that if infiltration grows U S operations will expand and bomb production may occur. He cites 7000 flights over North Vietnam in June, 70 percent above March, with no apparent limit to missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
North
Viet Nam
Parkersburg Cabbie Shot By Holdup Man
Parkersburg taxi driver James K Hoce 27 was shot by a bandit after a agreed ride and was in good condition. Donald A Kirk 19 of Roanoke Va charged with malicious wounding and armed robbery appeared before Wood County Circuit Court Judge Donald Black. Bond set at 10000 dollars. Spokesman said the case could go to the July grand jury. Police said Hoce was wounded by a man who hailed his taxi and rode 10 blocks. Kirk was arrested in a motel 90 minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
UPI
James K. Hoce
Donald A. Kirk
Roanoke
Wood County
Donald Black
Wood County Prosecutor's Office
Kirk
Hoce
Arenes
Youth Science Camp Tour Of Washington Trip Highlights
About 100 youths from the National Youth Science Camp at Camp Pocahontas tour Washington sites. They visit Goddard Space Flight Center and plan a White House tour with a luncheon by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and a possible meeting with President Johnson before returning home after a three week West Virginia visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartow
YPI
Washington
Camp Pocahontas
Goddard Space Flight Center
White House
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
West Virginia
Two trusties flee from SWEET SPRINGS work detail
Two prison trusties remain at large after escaping from a work detail at Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home for the aged. They are James L. Chipps, 25, serving for breaking and entering from Nicholas County, and Larry Walden, 20, jailed for grand larceny from Logan County. Both were Huttonsville Medium Security Prison trusties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Springs
UPS
Andrew S. Rowan
James L. Chipps
Nicholas County
Larry Walden
Logan County
Huttonsville
World owes them a living claimants mock collection agency
A concise, satirical remark contrasts people who demand entitlements with the absence of an actual collection mechanism, implying the world does not grant unearned income and mocks those who expect such handouts.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Reece Burns
Patterson Davis Peery
City Ave
Caffee Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Peery
Patterson Davis Jr
Lavester
John Tutterway
Marietta
William Ross
Caltee Funeral Home
Lee Summers
Joe Ciatto
Bill Lilly
Jerome van Meter
D. K. Shrover
James
Randy) Snyder
Jim Spangler
Chester Fitzwater
Ross Hutchins
Cey Treadway
Myrtle Burgess
Delbert McGraw
Leota Krebs
New Oxford
Robert E. Stone
Mrs
M. V. Presnell
Frisco
Achmond Cleaners
Fayette and
Church Streets
Cleveland
Raleigh Register
Chip” Sansom
Art Sansom
Carl Ferguson
Richard Moreland
John Haug
Leslie Baisch
Raleigh County Court
G. C. Murphy CO
Black Power
Airlines
Smut
Nation's Capital
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!