Whalen Charged With Conspiring To Sell Russian Secrets
Washington ARS reports retired Army intelligence officer William Henry Whalen, 51, a former aide to top Pentagon commanders, charged with conspiring to sell atomic and missile defense secrets to two former Soviet embassy staffers. FBI arrested him in Virginia and he posted $15,000 bond before home confinement with family.
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Washington
UPS
Army
Aim
Pentagon
William Henry Whalen
FBI
Alexandria
U.S
Alex Ackerman Jr
Whalen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kathy
Newport News
State Department
Sergei Edemski
Mikhail A. Shumaev
United States
Edemski
Russia
Shumaev
Strategic Air Command
Reese Political Consultant Named in Missouri Faction Battle
Natural Resources Director Robert McDonough confirms deputy Matt Reese works weekends as a political consultant for the Democratic faction in Kansas City. Reese, paid through Matt Reese and Associates, travels by chartered plane to Kansas City and Philadelphia for campaign work. The faction clash could see over 100000 spent by each side before the August primary.
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Charleston
UPI
Robert McDonough
Matt Reese
Missouri
Reese
Committee For County Progress
Kansas City
Missouri City
McDonough
Philadelphia
Strike curbs ground most flights as talks stall this week
Three of five scheduled airline flights were grounded nationwide as hopes for a settlement faded. Northwest and four other strikers United National Trans World and Eastern ferried about 150,000 passengers to 231 U S cities and 23 abroad. Union negotiator Joseph W Ramsey charged Tokyo workers were ordered to start rent payments and saw commissary privileges cut, amid frayed fringe benefits linked to military contract work.
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Northwest
United
National
Trans World
Eastern
Joseph W. Ramsey
Tokyo
Lake Erie Declared Disaster Zone After Severe Rainfall
Gov. James A. Rhodes declared this Lake Erie community an emergency disaster zone to accelerate federal aid after nearly a foot of rain in 12 hours. The storms flooded Sandusky and Port Clinton, caused outages, and claimed one life as officials mobilized the National Guard for rescues. James Harmann died when struck by lightning while golfing in Lima.
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Sandusky, Ohio
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Port Clinton
Erie County
Rhodes
National Guard
James Harmann
Lima
Advertising Blimp Drowns Out Beethovens Romance No 2
At a Boston Symphony outdoor concert on the Charles River 12 000 spectators heard a blimp advertising tires. Violinist George Zazofsky was interrupted as engines and flashing lights drowned out his performance of Beethovens Romance No 2. Conductor Harry Ellis Dickson denounced the stunt as ridiculous.
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Boston
UPI
Beethoven
Boston Symphony
George Zazofsky
Charles River
Harry Ellis Dickson
Tent Contract Awarded to Huntington Firm for 10700 Tents
Washington report says the Defense Supply Agency awarded Peoples Company of Huntington West Virginia a 2.2 million dollar contract to supply 10 700 general purpose tents. Tents will be made at Rainelle plant under supervision of senators Byrd and Randolph both Democrats from West Virginia.
Pressures From Parents Blamed In OSU Scandal
Ohio State University dean John T. Bonner cites parental pressure for high grades as key to a major cheating scandal. Forty students faced discipline for theft and sale of a portion of a spring quarter math final, with 39 given failing grades and varied penalties including suspensions and probations.
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Columbus, Ohio
UPI
Ohio State University
John T. Bonner
Bonner
State's Beauty Pageant Starts
The Miss West Virginia contest opens with twelve contestants arriving for four days of activities before the elimination pageant. The winner will be the state's representative at Miss America in Atlantic City. Among entrants is Madeline Linkford, 21, of Bluefield, competing as Miss Morgantown, noted as the first Negro contestant in the state pageant.
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Charleston
UPI
Atlantic City
Madeline Linkford
Bluefield
Computer prompts greeting at English facility
In Woburn Sands England a new 140000 dollar computer was powered on for the first time Tuesday and greeted operators with the line thank you so much for starting me. In Tokyo the Japan credit center has a loan machine in Ginza that serves 50,000 members who can borrow up to 20000 yen at any time with a card.
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Woburn Sands
England
UPI
Tokyo
Japan Credit Center
Ginza
Man freed from wind jammed telephone booth in Sterling
A Sterling man called a local operator and said high winds had jammed the sliding door of a telephone booth trapping him. He asked to break the glass to escape. Repair workers were sent and freed him.
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Sterling, Colo
UPI
Ancient Egyptian pots sold by mistake from Ashmolean loan
In Oxford a dozen valuable ancient Egyptian pots on loan to the London Borough of Haringey from the Ashmolean Museum were sold by mistake to a private buyer. The error was found when the purchaser listed the items for auction in a London salesroom.
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Oxford
Airport Authority Seeks 5.8 Million for Improvements
The Tri-State Airport Authority requested 5.8 million in funds from the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Federal Aviation Agency to finance an airport improvement project. The total estimated cost of the project is 7.3 million, with the application filed on Tuesday.
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Huntington
UPI
Tri-State
New Logan Postmaster Nominated for Mc Connell
President Johnson sent to the Senate for confirmation the nomination of Doris L. Waugh as Postmaster of Mc Connell in Logan County West Virginia. The action follows standard federal appointment procedures and places Waugh in charge of local postal operations pending Senate confirmation.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Doris L. Waugh
McConnell
Logan County
W. Va
Funeral Planned for Mildred Potts of Oak Hill
Funeral services for Mildred Beatrice Potts 51 of Oak Hill will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Rose and Quesenberry Pace Chapel with Rev L A Garten officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Born December 9, 1914 she was the daughter of the late Willie and Myrtle Wheeler. Survivors include her husband Guy of Oak Hill three daughters Carol Ann Bradley of Cleveland Ohio Sandra Sue Kendall of Baltimore and Patricia Lee at home three sisters Hazel Scott of Beckley Virdgie Pittman of Sprague and Geneva Hollars of Detroit and one grandchild. The body will remain at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 1 p.m. Thursday for viewing.
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Mildred Beatrice Potts
Oak Hill
Rose and Quesenberry Pace Chapel
L. A. Garten
Sunset Memorial Park
Willie
Myrtle Wheeler
Guy
Curtis
Carol Ann) Bradley
Cleveland
Ohio
Edmond
Sandra Sue) Kendall
Baltimore
Patricia Lee
Hazel Scott
Beckley
Virgie Pittman
Sprague
Geneva Hollars
Detroit
Mich
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Arch ie Meadows obituary and multiple funeral notices
Archie Clyde Meadows, 64, of Flat Top, died after a long illness. Survivors include his wife Mary, a son, five brothers, two sisters, and two grandchildren. Graveside rites at William P. Lilly Cemetery conducted by Rev. Lonnie Blankenship. Burial in the same cemetery. Final rites for Alfred Elkins, 75, Mount Hope, at Tyree Funeral Home. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Elkins survived by wife Beulah, two sons, a daughter, a brother, a sister, eight grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Masonic rites planned. Funeral services for Paul Boland, 56, Oak Hill, at Oak Hill Methodist Church. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Boland survived by wife, three sons, two daughters, two brothers, two sisters, and 20 grandchildren. Bodies to remain at local funeral homes. call times noted.
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Archie Clyde Meadows
Flat Top
Barn
Hiram Meadows
Rachael Brammer Meadows
Killarney
State Road Commission
United Mine Workers of America
Mary Rogers Meadows
Archie Clyde Jr
Roy
Prosperity
Jesse
Princeton
Ray
Cleveland
Ohio
Gene
Ghent
Hiram Jr
Daniels
John
Roxie) Bales
Odd
Fred
Nancy) Bowling
Melton Mortuary
William P. Lilly
Lonnie Blankenship
Paris
Alfred
Ce Elkins
Mount Hope
Tyree
Ted Jaeger
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Elkins
Alley Plant
Paul Boland
Chestnut Ave
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Fred Oxendale
Boland
Evans
Hinton
Felix Boland
Emily Neely
Dayton
Violet Hess
Germany
Paul E
John N
North Royalton
Freddie D. Boland
Painesville
Mary C. Mills
Silver Spring
Thelma Calvert
North Olmstead
Thomas Funeral Home
Johnson cancels speaking trip for weather reasons
President Johnson cancels his planned trip to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on advice of the Weather Bureau and FAA due to afternoon thunderstorms. He instead delivers a major foreign policy speech to the American Alumni Council by television at 8 30 p.m. EDT, carried by major networks.
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Weather Bureau
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Joseph Snaps 4 4 Tie Name Pulled From Hat
In Moundsville a city council tied 4-4 after five ballots between Joseph and Inclan. A spectator drew Louis E. Joseph’s name from a hat, making him mayor four months after his council seat was won. Joseph, 60, had been elected last July to his first term on council.
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Moundsville
UPI
Louis E. Joseph
Joseph
Larry Inclan
James H McKinney Dies After Illness at 78
James Henry McKinney, 78, of Odd, died at his home at 8:15 a.m. today after an extended illness. The body rests at Melton Mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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James Henry McKinney
Odd
Melton Mortuary
Death of Joe DePhillipe in Richmond
Joe DePhillipe 56 a former Beckley resident died at his Richmond home at 2 am Monday. He is survived by his wife Rose Garnet a daughter Rita Gilman a brother Guy De Phillipe his mother and a sister in Italy and two grandchildren Funeral services were held today at 2 pm in Richmond.
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Beckley
Joe DePhillipe
Richmond
Vietina DePhillipe
Rose Garnet
Rita Gilman
Guy de Phillipe
Cleveland
Italy
Poisoned Husband Murder Trial Casts Statements In Evidence
KINGWOOD UPI The prosecution continues its case in the murder trial of Mrs. Vonda Jean Mullenax after a signed statement she gave admitting poisoning strangling and cremating her husband Ray Mullenax was admitted as evidence The judge ruled police obtained the statement without violating her constitutional rights and the jury was excluded during the ruling Mrs Mullenax described poisoning starting last summer strangling on December 21 dragging the body to a burnt-out farm building 60 yards away then burning it with kerosene She said she slept at the home after the act and later learned she believed the body was fully burned The defense sought to omit evidence about search warrants and more witnesses are expected on Wednesday.
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Snyder
Ray Mullenax
Terra Alta
Three Indians Trapped In New Mexico Mine
Three Navajo miners Jerry Vazzi Charlie Martinez and Scotty Hudson are trapped in a four by eight foot chamber 100 feet underground after a cave in at a western New Mexico uranium mine midway between Ambrosia Lake and Grants. Rescue work chips away at limestone while air and food are supplied through a pipe. All three men are believed to be in good condition and married.
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N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Grants
North America
Albuquerque
Jerry Vazzi
Charlie Martinez
Scotty Hudson
Cane Workers Strike at Cape Kennedy Moonport
Moonport construction workers at NASA Kennedy Space Center go on strike over non union labor. Picket lines block entrances at Merritt Island facilities, likely halting many of the center's 900 building tradesmen. Gemini 10 launch unaffected at Cape area. Also 1,100 machinists strike with Trans World Airlines in nationwide action.
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UPS
Moonport
Space Center
Space Agency
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Merritt Island
Air Force Launch
Cape
John Young
Michael Collins
Project Apollo
Trans World Airlines
Nationwide Airlines
Gandhi and Kosygin Open Talks in Moscow
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi began a five day visit to Moscow with talks planned with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin. She aims to press for a new Geneva Conference to end the Viet Nam war and urges Russia to join Britain in reconvening the talks.
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Moscow
UPI
Indira Gandhi
Alexei Kosygin
Geneva
Viet Nam
Lenin
Red Square
Kremlin
Kosygin
Wilson
Britain
Two County Men Given 10-Year Jail Terms
Two county men received 1 to 10 year sentences from Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery after guilty pleas. Wirt Goodloe of Stotesbury aided a larceny at the E. M. Sizemore store with two accomplices, stealing $335 in merchandise while he distracted the owner. Eddie Dean Boswell of Beckley, 17, also pleaded guilty and was placed in a Forestry Camp for Boys at Davis for the same period due to age. Boswell was linked to breaking and entering the Quesenberry Bus Lines No 2 Bus Garage to steal $80. Capias warrants and bond forfeitures were issued for Ronnie Sutton and Paul Shrewsbury. Sutton allegedly fled a collision scene. Shrewsbury and James Dennis Ballard faced similar charges as Boswell.
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State
Criminal
Harry L. McCreery
Wirt Goodloe
Stotesbury
Goodloe
E. M. Sizemore
Sophia
Eddie Dean Boswell
Beckley
Boswell
Davis
Quesenberry Bus Lines
Capias
Ronnie Sutton
Paul Shrewsbury
Sutton
Shrewsbury
James Dennis Ballard
Prisoners Escape From Work Detail and Recaptured
Two prison trusties escaped from a work detail at the Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home for the Aged in Sweet Springs Monday and were in custody a few hours later. James L. Chipps, 25, was jailed for breaking and entering from Nicholas County, and Larry Walden, 20, held for grand larceny from Logan County, were apprehended by State Police. Both were inmates from Huttonsville Medium Security Prison.
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Sweet Springs
UPS
Andrew S. Rowan
Public Institutions Commission
Charleston
James L. Chipps
Nicholas County
Larry Walden
Logan County
Huttonsville
Water To Be Off Thursday In Crab Orchard
The Crab Orchard Water Co states water service between the Carolina Supermarket and Sophia including Glen View will be interrupted Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to weather and road construction lowering lines. MacArthur residents are not affected.
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Crab Orchard Water Co
Carolina
Sophia
Glen View
MacArthur
Last Case Of Term Opens In SRC Booth Suit
Circuit Court hears the State Road Commission claim against Amy Booth over seven Army's Drive In lots in Crab Orchard taken for Rt. 16 widening and stream rechanneling. SRC seeks fair value. defense cites $60,000 to $65,000. remaining land said to be of little value after the take. Jurors and alternates selected for the case.
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State Road Commission
Amy Booth
Booth
Army's Drive
SRC
Anthony J. Sparacino
Joseph Luchini
Boo
Attacks Across Vietnam Battlefronts Reported
Raids near Haiphong and a 91-mission air campaign unfold as U S Navy and Air Force pilots target Communist staging areas 20 miles west of Quang Tri City and near Dong Hoi. A Crusader was shot down but rescued. MIG15s sighted near Hanoi. SAMs fail to halt U S strikes. Captains Martin and Hegseth lead a Viet Cong counterstrike with bombs rockets and cannon fire, followed by Urganic and Hague in a second wave.
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Viet Nam
Quang Tri City
Haiphong
U.S. Navy
Air Force
USS
Oriskany
Dong Nahm
U.S
Saigon
Navy
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Dong Hoi
Qui Nhon
Vaughn H. Martin
Dallas
Tex
Peter N. Hegseth
Kenyon
Minn
Frank A. Urganic, Jr
Galveston
Dennis B. Hague
Kellogg
Idaho
Flattering Belts Considered for Female Safety
Dr Norman Capener told auto safety experts that if safety belts were flattering to the female figure more women would wear them and proposed a belt cum brassiere concept as a design idea.
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London
UPI
Norman Capener
Medical Commission of Accident Prevention
Gates Attends National Society of Professional Engineers Meeting
Leslie C. Gates of Beckley attended the National Society of Professional Engineers annual meeting and constitutional convention in Minneapolis from July 5 to 9. He sat with the Board of Directors, joined the constitutional convention, and attended panel discussions on private practice industry government and education. Gates traveled with his wife and leads Gates Engineering Company as president and Appalachian Chapter member of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers.
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Leslie C. Gates
Beckley
National Society of Profesane Engineers
Minneapolis
Minn
Gates
Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Gates Engineering Company
Byrd Says Subsidy Plan May Harm European Competition
Senator Robert Byrd warns that a European coal and steel community subsidy proposal discussed in Luxembourg could raise costs for steel producers and raise prices across Europe. He notes the plan aims to cut the favorable U S price advantage in European energy markets and stresses harm to American coal competitiveness. The six-nation group consists of West Germany France Italy Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands with a high authority overseeing policy.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Byrd
Senate
Luxembourg
U. S
Europe
Coal and Steel Community
West Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Thes
Jurors Report Friday in Multiple Criminal Cases
Jurors originally due Thursday will report at 9 30 a m Friday Judge Harry L McCreery announced The State is ready for trial on three cases including Raleigh Empire Coal Co stream pollution second offense Rog er Rutledge drunk driving second offense and a bastardy charge against Odell Herron Additional bastardy charges against Gene Edward Bryant Jerry Edmonds and Garnet Eddie Hess Boyd G Lilly is charged with driving left of center James O McGraw brandishing a weapon and a peace warrant and John Riddle on a pistol charge
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Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Atty
C. Berkley Lilly
Raleigh Empire Coal Co
Roger Rutledge
Odell Herron
Gene Edward Bryant
Jerry Edmonds
Garnet Eddie Hess
Boyd G. Lilly
James O. McGraw
John Riddle
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Archie. Meadows
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Joseph Snaps
James H. McKinney
N.M. Mine
Chini
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H. D. Quinn
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Jack Hilton
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