Deaths and Funerals Notice Ledger
Funeral services scheduled for Daniel Ross Dixon five year old son of Henry and Mrs Dixon Route 3 Beckley will be at 1 1 p m Thursday at parental home with Rev Wesley Grose presiding Burial in Sunset Memorial Park body moved from Fred X Williams Funeral Home in Sophia to parental home at 4 p m today He died at 115 a m Tuesday in local hospital after a three year illness Samuel A Earle 69 of 909 Scott Ave funeral Friday at 2 p m Welcome Baptist Church burial Greenwood Memorial Park body to church one hour before services He died Monday after a long illness Friends may visit Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor after 1 p m Thursday Joseph Randall Akers 14 son of Arthur B Akers San Antonio Texas died Monday body being returned to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for completion of arrangements
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Daniel
Ross Dixon
Henry Dixon
Route 3
Beckley
Wesley Grose
Sunset Memorial Park
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Samuel A. Earle
Scott Ave
The
Welcome Baptist Church
W. J. Carter
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Joseph Randall Akers
Arthur B. Akers
San Antonio
Tex
Rene
Whitby
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
King Launches Nationwide Drive To Create More Jobs
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and the SCLC expand Operation Breadbasket from Atlanta and Chicago to 30 major cities including New York Washington Baltimore St Louis Cleveland Detroit and Los Angeles. The program uses pickets and boycotts to push for Negro employment and Negro-made products while urging builders to hire Negro contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
Breadbasket
Atlanta
New York
Washington
Baltimore
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Los Angeles
Supreme Court Refuses Review on Beckley District Appeal
The West Virginia State Supreme Court refused to review an appeal by Rev. Omer L. Williams and his wife Christine challenging the creation of the North Beckley Public Service District. The 32-2 decision left intact a Raleigh Circuit Court order requiring Williams and others to use the district's sewer facilities. The couple argued illegality of the district's creation in 1962 and unnamed property damages without compensation.
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Public Service District
Williams
Raleigh County Court
H Reitz Named Deputy Assessor
Howard Reitz of Beckley was appointed by the Raleigh County Court as deputy assessor at its regular meeting Tuesday. He fills the vacancy created when Wade S Brubeck moved to the assessor post after being appointed last April to fill the unexpired term of Steve Carpenter who resigned for health reasons.
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Howard Reitz
Beckley
Raleigh County Court
Reitz
Wade S. Brubeck
Brubeck
Steve Carpenter
Heirs Appeal Over Marshall County Coal Property Fraud
The West Virginia State Supreme Court granted an appeal to heirs of more than 11 000 acres of coal land alleged to have been fraudulently sold by former Marshall County officials. The petition asserts Everett Moore and officers Rogerson and McGrumphy manipulated the sale for 3500 dollars when value was 455 358 dollars and that Rogerson held land in trust for them. The case has wended through circuit and high court since 1962 with two dismissals citing no fraud found.
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Charleston
VPI
State Supreme Court
Marshall County
Highourt
T. L. Rogerson
Moundsville
Everett Moore
Rogerson
Walter McGrumphy
Chancery
High Court
McNamara Back Briefs LBJ on Vietnam Troop Needs
Defense Secretary McNamara reports to President Johnson on Vietnam war requirements including potential troop and dollar needs. He signals possible request to raise the U S troop ceiling by about sixty to seventy thousand while stressing use of existing resources effectively. He notes no anticipated halt to bombing North Vietnam as part of policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
U.S
McNamara
Saigon
Dean Rusk
Walt W. Rostow
George Christian
Vietnam
U.S. Vietnam
North Vietnam
Mm Saigon
Suit Filed Here Seeks 6133 From Lilly and Lilly
American Accessories Inc filed a 6133.57 suit in Raleigh County against Riley W. Lilly and Clyde Lilly. Promissory notes dated May 1 and Aug 16 1966 for 1515.95 and 4467.38 were alleged. Checks totaling 1605.19 drawn on Beckley National Bank allegedly bounced for insufficient funds. Also noted: State Road Commission condemnation action to acquire land near Pine Lodge Nursing Home for U.S. 19 and U.S. 21 construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley W. Lilly
Clyde Lilly
American Accessories, Inc
Raleigh
Beckley National Bank
Explosion Hits Tai Po Office as Hong Kong Curfews Tighten
An explosion damaged the Tai Po administrative headquarters in rural Hong Kong while the building was empty. Across Kowloon demonstrators burned three buses and a taxi as curfews began on Hong Kong Island amid ongoing clashes and police action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPI
Tai Po
New Territories
Red China
China
Kowloon
Hong Kong Island
Treadway Trial Deliberations Continue After 11-1 Verdict Hint
Jurors initially reached an 11-1 verdict but were told unanimity is required. Deliberations resumed after 9 a.m. as Elgie Matthews and Layton Goode faced grand larceny charges with Goode previously acquitted and Matthews found guilty, appealing his 1 to 10 year sentence. All jurors for the June term were excused as the scheduled case was disposed of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCreery
Treadway
Elgie Matthews
Layton Goode
Matthews
Goode
State
Raleigh
West Virginia Admin Leadership Conference Opens July 16
Dr. Kenneth Parsley acting chief of the U S Office of Education will be keynote speaker at the opening of the annual administrative leadership conference for West Virginia public school officials. The three day meeting draws county superintendents school board members college and university representatives and State Department of Education officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson's Mill
UPI
Kenneth Parsley
State Agency
U.S. Office of Education
West Virginia
State Department of Education
Judge to get air conditioning in court building
Circuit Court Judge Saul A. Epton had complained via newspaper ads about no air conditioning in his North Boys Court. Officials announced the system would be installed for 30,000 dollars, but not until autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Saul A. Epton
North Boys Court
Landmark Decision Lets Juvenile Be Prosecuted For Murder
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that 14 year old Robert Keith Campbell can be tried for murder in Kanawha Intermediate Court. The decision follows the abolition of capital punishment and cites an exception in state law allowing non juvenile courts to handle capital cases. Campbell was indicted by the June 1966 grand jury for the slaying of Allen B Crookshank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Kanawha County
Kanawha Intermediate Court
West Virginia
Robert Keith Campbell
Campbell
High Court
George W. Wood
State Supreme Courts
Chauncey Browning
Allen B. Crookshank
Midway Jetport Group Elects Leadership for West Virginia Plan
Huntington Mayor R O Robertson Jr was elected president of the Southwestern Airport Authority of West Virginia a group formed to push a midway jetport for southern West Virginia. Charles Farley became first vice president and Don Baker was secretary treasurer. Second vice president position left open for Kanawha County. State official Angus Peyton said a $40000 preliminary engineering study is needed with federal funding and potential support from Ohio and Kentucky. West Virginia must raise the remaining $8000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
R. O Robertson Jr
Southwestern Airport Authority
West Virginia
Midway
Charles Farley
Putnam County
Don Baker
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha County
Angus Peyton
Federal Aviation Agency
Ohio
Kentucky
Peyton
Bear Meat Dinner Sought For Church Anniversary
Forks of Cheat Baptist Church in Morgantown seeks a bear meat recipe for its 192nd anniversary dinner. Members found a bear in two days but lack a recipe and ask anyone with a bear recipe to contact Joe Gluck at West Virginia University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
The
Forks of Cheat
Joe Gluck
West Virginia University
Navy civilian jobs open in Washington D C
Navy recruiting in Beckley accepting applications for civilian typists and stenographers to fill essential positions in the Department of the Navy in Washington D C. Mrs Vera Elam will be there until noon Saturday and interested persons may call at the Navy Recruiting Office in the Federal Building from 9 am to noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Vera Elam
Beckley
U. S. Navy
Department of the Navy
Washington, D. C
Federal Building
Nitro GI Killed in Vietnam
The Defense Department reported Tuesday that Army PFC James C. Wears of Nitro West Virginia was killed in action in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr and Mrs James Wears of Nitro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Army
James C. Wears
Nitro, W. L.a
Vietnam
James Wears
Nitro
Senate probes clash over newspaper industry failures
Washington hearing opens on a bill to grant antitrust immunity to near failing papers. Publisher William A. Small Jr. and Eugene Cervi clash with Justice Department views on joint operations and rising costs. The case centers on Tucson Daily Star and Tucson Daily Citizen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Senate Antitrust and Monoply Subcommittee
Justice Department
William A. Small Jr
Subcommittee
Eugene Cervi
Rocky Mountain Journal
Denver
Colo
Star
Workshop On Surface Mining Act Planned In Beckley
A July 27 workshop in Beckley on the 1967 Surface Mining Act will be held in the Criminal Court Room of the Raleigh County Courthouse. The session, part of a four city series by the DNR Reclamation Division, begins at 10 a.m. with T. R. Samsell and other officials leading.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Criminal Court
Raleigh County
Reclamation Division
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
T. R. Samsell
Reclamation Commission
Ringwood
Stonewall Jackson
Clarksburg
House of Delegates
State Capitol
Charleston
Samsell
Elmer Werkman
Reclamation
Benjamin C. Greener
El Chico Jury Selection in Circuit Court Proceedings
Jury selection continued in a Circuit Court session paused by a courthouse funeral. Selected jurors include Charles Meadows H A Lushnot Mrs John A Barone Mrs Inez Crawley Mrs C L West Mrs Naomi Pickus Mrs Juanita Anderson Peter Collins Mary Calloway Mrs Nick Brash Mrs G Z Kinkaid French Acord and Andy Tyree. Remaining jurors were excused by Judge Norman Knapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Meadows
H. A. Lushnot
John A. Barone
Inez Crawley
C. L. West
Naomi i Pickus
Juanita Anderson
Peter Collins
Mary Calloway
Nick Brash
G. Z. Kinkaid
French Acord
Andy Tyree
Norman Knapp
Riot at Peninsula Shipyards Shuts Down Virginia Plant
Morning riot erupts as 15 000 member Peninsula Shipbuilders Association strikes at the Virginia shipyard. Police restore order after violence injures 20, including Patrolman A C Seals. Rioters loot pawn shops while outside agitators blamed. no ships bound for Vietnam war were affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Seals
Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
Robert Bryant
Virginia
Enterprise
Egypt to Invite Soviet Warships After Sinai Clash
Cairo papers suggest Egypt may invite Soviet warships to extend their visit near Port Said. Eight Egyptian ships lie a few miles from Israeli positions in the Sinai while their fleet commander vows readiness to repel aggression. The El Arish clash echoes prior actions that included the torpedoing of the Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
al Gomhouaria
Egypt
Sinai Desert
United Arab Republic
el Arish
U.S
Liberty
Judge Blames Miniskirts for Philippines Sex Crimes
Manila reporters quote Judge Tirso Reyes of Bocane declaring miniskirts the chief cause of rising sex crimes in the Philippines and calling for a ban on miniskirts and other indecent dress. The remarks reflect a conservative stance amid public debate over clothing norms.
Nureyev and Fonteyn Freed In San Francisco Party Raid
Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev faced no charges after a rooftop party arrest in San Francisco. Four hours in custody ended as district attorney Whisman said insufficient evidence linked anyone to marijuana possession or disturbance, with 16 others released as investigators concluded no filing.
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San Francisco
UPI
Margot Fonteyn
Rudolf Nureyev
England
Royal Ballet
Asst. Dist
Frederick J. Whisman
Whisman
Dame Margot
Nureyev
Hechler Pushes Higher Nonprofit Postal Rates
Washington D C Representative Ken Hechler urged raising postal rates for churches charities and other nonprofit groups. He warned subsidies to nonprofits shift tax burdens to general taxpayers and noted unsolicited items and fund raising mail slow delivery and compete with private firms. He cited a Louisville man receiving prayer gum stickers with requests for contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hechler
Louisville, Ky
Not Spies, Just Future 'Boots' at Camp Dawson
UPI reports Third Armor Squadron troops from Fort Knox cap tured two youths during Operation Grey Fox at Camp Dawson. David Mayle and Larry Harris were confined briefly in a barbed wire enclosure before release after Tunnelton Mayor Corder Mayle identified one as his son. The boys head to Marine boot camp at Parris Island on Sept 14.
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Kingwood
UPI
17Th Cavalry
Fort Knox
Camp Dawson
David Mayie
Larry Harris
Green Berets
19Th Special Forces Group
Mayle
Harris
Tunnelton
Corder Mayle
Parris Island
Arms Race Fear Looms Over Middle East After War Losses
U S officials say Egypt replaced half its fighter planes and a quarter of its tanks with Soviet shipments. Moscow may halt further arms to curb a new race while the Johnson administration weighs resuming aid. Egypt lost 100 MIG21s of 163 in the war, with replacements reported.
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Washington
UPI
Egypt
Israel
U.S
State Department
Moscow
Mideast
Johnson
Daniel B. Brewster
United States
Soviet Union
Algeria
Rain totals in Beckley exceed June rainfall
Becl key area records 2.77 inches of rain this month from nine of the last eleven days. June rainfall at Raleigh County Airport was 2.25 inches, while the first eleven days of 1966 saw only 2 inches over the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Enviromental Science Services Administration Weather Bureau
Raleigh County
Ennis Reunion at Bass Lake on Route 20
The Ennis Reunion will be held at Bass Lake on Route 20 between Sandstone and Hinton on Sunday July 30. President Harold Gwinn of Beckley says plans for the event are complete.
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Ennis
Bass Lake
Route 20
Sandstone
Hinton
Harold Gwinn
Beckley
Analysis on U S Dominican crisis and congressional stance
The article recalls two years of U S involvement in Santo Domingo with conflicting official justifications. It notes Congress will no longer provide blank check endorsements and warns of potential trouble for the President domestically and internationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Santo Domingo
Congress
Moscow
Peking
Battle Rages Across South Vietnam As Civilian Toll Grows
Scattered clashes stretch from Pleiku to the Mekong Delta with heavy fighting near Pleiku where 80 troops died and 26 more perished in a Monday battle. Elite North Vietnamese divisions conduct raids from Cambodian incursions while Viet Cong mortars attack An Loc civilians. Marine jets bomb North Vietnam near Leatherneck posts as GIs suffer and oil depots are hit along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Leatherneck
Saigon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ang Loc
An Loc
Army
9Th Infantry Division
Delta
North Vietnam
Tram Bang
Vinh
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Haiphong i
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Joseph R. Akers
Supreme Court
H. Reitz
M‘namara
LBJ
SWIFT
Chicago Ave
Elizabeth
Pennsylvania
Miami Beach
Fla
Rosa
Fernandez
Costa Rica
Mavela Berton Martinez
Uruguay
Pilar Pilapit
Philippines
Mauricette Siron
Gal
Belgium
Hope Alvarez
Guam
Midway Jetport Group
el Chico
George Porter
Nureyev, Fonteyn Freed
South Vietnam
Pleiku
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