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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1966
Page
2
Funeral services and burial details for James Henry McKinney 78 of Odd and several others are listed. Includes births, deaths, survivor names, and funeral arrangements at Melton and Rose and Quesenberry chapels with locations in Beckley Oak Hill and Saulsville.
Multiple funeral notices announced for residents including Mrs. Mary F. Carden LeRoy Smokey Garrett William Thomas Aliff and Willie Watson Jarrell. Services listed with dates times locations churches and burial sites. Survivors detailed for each, including spouses children and other relatives. Burial sites include Woodson Ferrell Cemetery Pleasant View Cemetery Sunset Memorial Gardens and local churches in Hinton Pickshin Fayetteville Whitesville Pineknob and Beckley areas.
Mrs Josephine Norton 67 of Lester died at 7 30 p m Wednesday in a local hospital arrangements are incomplete James Yates of Rhodell died about 7 p m Wednesday near his home body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor where funeral arrangements are incomplete
In Philadelphia a 28 year old Jehovah's Witness, Evelyn Wongus, was ordered by Judge Raymond Pace Alexander to undergo blood transfusions at Jefferson Medical College Hospital to save her unborn child's life. Doctors warned the rh factor transfusion was vital. the baby could die within a week without it. Wongus agreed to comply with the court order for the sake of the child.
French crowds welcomed Legionnaires pledged forgiveness for 1961 attempted coup against De Gaulle as Bastille Day festivities unfold. Officials reportedly timed France’s second Pacific atomic blast to honor the national holiday, recalling Bastille's 1789 uprising that defined the republic.
Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent plan a double ring wedding with rings designed by the couple and crafted by Harry Winston. The couple appeared for a marriage license in DC amid preparations at the White House and ongoing reception planning, while Nugent will soon join a two week Air National Guard summer hitch near Savannah, Georgia.
Lt. Robert M. McGuigan of Spearfish South Dakota, 26, piloted a U S Navy F4 Phantom that shot down a Communist MIG 17 near Hanoi on his last Viet Nam mission. He earned the nickname MIG-Guigan and will be rotated back to the United States.
The high pressure heat system drives clear skies and intense sun as cool Canadian air clashes, spawning thunderstorms, high winds, and tornadoes. Recent rains flood Sandusky Ohio causing over 1 million dollars in damage while Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and northern Illinois report property destruction. Forecasters warn the drought risk is not settled and conditions may shift suddenly.
Police cleared a seven block area as bottles and bricks flew from Skid Row buildings. About 60 people were detained by Wednesday, including a 14 year old wounded and a 10 year old girl with a head wound from Molotov attack. Six officers were injured. King again stayed off the streets.
Soviet Premier Kosygin reaffirmed Moscow’s pledge to send volunteers with arms to Vietnam if Hanoi requests them. He spoke at a friendship meeting honoring Indira Gandhi, who urged an end to U.S. bombing. He condemned U.S. actions as international vandalism and criticized brinkmanship.
In Saigon officials deny charges while noting dikes have suffered from bombs on nearby targets. A U S Air Force spokesman says the air war over North Vietnam is intensifying as MIG21s begin to latch onto strike forces. U S Navy and Air Force planes face Soviet missiles and 100mm guns.
The West Virginia Human Rights Commission met to discuss race in Lakin State Hospital near Point Pleasant. It will review what officials call an improving situation amid a dispute over discrimination in promotions and housing. Also on the agenda is electing a new chairman.
Indiana University President Elvis J. Stahr told the American Alumni Council that colleges must improve communication to ensure graduates understand educational objectives. He warned that freedom of inquiry was not well understood by former students and stressed a two way street between administration and alumni.
Brigitte Bardot and Gunther Sachs married shortly after midnight in Las Vegas in a quiet ceremony at attorney William Coulthard's home. Bardot wore a knee length purple dress. Sachs wore a blue blazer and white slacks. They planned a Tahiti honeymoon after spending the night at Coulthard's house while crowds gathered at the airport to glimpse the couple.
Saint Albans West Virginia fiddler Clark Kessinger appeared on NBCs Today Show giving a 20 minute sample of hoedown and waltz fiddling. The 71 year old veteran, world champion at Union Grove and recent senior fiddle winner at Weiser, heads to Newport for a Rhode Island folk festival next week.
Police say eight young nurses were found slain in a Chicago South Side duplex near the Manner Community Church. Victims, in their second or third year of training, were believed to have been killed about 3:30 a.m. A neighbor found Miss Amoro on the second floor ledge crying she was the only one alive.
Frank Sinatra, valued at 80 000 to 100 000 dollars, is said to seek a quieter life now that he has turned 50. Friends recall a mellowing mood after years of glamorous fame. Once married to Nancy Barbato, then Ava Gardner, his marriages ended in 1951 and 1953 respectively, with later separations and divorces shaping his personal life.
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