HRC launches program to draft rights legislation
Charleston aims to draft civil rights laws with the State Human Rights Commission electing Rabbi Samuel Cooper as chairman and naming William Sanders, Mrs. Nelson Eldred, and Dr. Emory Bacon to draft bills on discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and housing. Bacon becomes vice chairman and urges field outreach across all 55 counties. The panel plans a possible second Governor's Conference on Human Rights and reports progress at Lakin State Hospital with monthly union-management meetings and a new meeting schedule.
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Charleston
UPD
State Human Rights Commission
Samuel Cooper
William Sanders
Princeton
Nelson Eldred
South Charleston
Emory Bacon
Bacon
West Virginia University
Paul Miller
Cooper
United Effort
West Virginia
West Virginin
Lakin State Hospital
Three Enter Guilty Pleas Two Sentenced
Three pleas of guilty were entered before Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery who handed down sentences in two cases. Paul Shrewsbury, 17, Raleigh, was sentenced to one to ten years but suspended to one to two years at the State Forestry Camp for Boys at Davis on a grand larceny charge. Boswell also pleaded guilty and received the same sentence earlier in the week. James David Craft of Beckley pleaded guilty to driving with no license and drunk driving, receiving 10 days in the County Jail and a $75 fine plus costs, with a six month license suspension. John Riddle, 47, Whiteside, pleaded guilty to carrying a .22 caliber pistol. sentencing set for Oct. 6. Riddle may remain on bond. Court adjourned until 1:30 pm with action anticipated on a stream pollution charge against Raleigh Empire Cost Co, cited for a second offense. officials delay third offense pending outcome.
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Paul Shrewsbury
Raleigh
Guily
Davis
Shrewsbury
Eddie Dean Boswell
James Dennis Ballard
Boswell
James David Craft
Becklley
McCreery
John Riddle
Mullens St
Riddle
Whitesville
Don Jarrell
Raleigh Empire Cost Co
Cival Company
Department of Natural Resources
Gemini Astronauts Young and Collins to Fly Monday
Gemini 10 crew John Young and Michael Collins prepared for medical clearance as they schedule a 6 21 pm EDT launch to rendezvous with two Agena targets. An onboard computer guidance bug from Gemini 9 delays loomed as engineers seek root cause while weather agencies monitor Celia storm offshore.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
John Young
Michael Collins
Celia
Gemini
Space Agency
Young
Collins
U.S
Celia Gives Bahamas Rough Seas But No Land Threat
The tropical storm Celia moved west-northwest in the Atlantic with winds around 50 mph. Forecasters warned seas could become rough tonight around San Salvador in the Bahamas, but Celia was not seen as a threat to land.
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Miami
UPI
Celia
Atlantic
Bahamas
National Hurricane Center
San Salvador
North Carolina fugitive shot in Dunbar gunfight
A North Carolina fugitive Julius Wayne Haliburton age 23 was killed and his female companion wounded in a Dunbar gunfight with police. Police say Haliburton escaped from Wilkes County jail with others on charges including car theft and breaking and entering.
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Dunbar
J. C. Godsby
North Carolina
West Virginia
Hailburton
Wilkesboro
Godby
Mrs. Ethel Hardman Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
In Charleston 68 year old Mrs. Ethel Hardman received a life term for the February murder for hire of her husband. Judge William J. Thompson ordered confinement at West Virginia Penitentiary for Women in Peace Springs. Parole possible after 10 years per jury mercy recommendation.
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Charleston
UPS
Ethel Hardman
Kanawha County
William J. Thompson
Hardman
West Virginia
Peace Springs
Thompson
Deaths and Funerals Lyndon Overstreet Bailey
Lyndon Overstreet Bailey 83 of 106 McClure Street died at 12:30 a.m. after an extended illness. Born January 14, 1883 in Clarks Gap West Virginia, he was a retired lumberman and contractor, member of Methodist Temple and BPO Elks 1452. Survived by wife Myrtle Hill Bailey, three daughters, three sons, sister, two brothers, seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Cafe Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. W. Reece Burns officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Viewing after 2 p.m. today.
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Lyndon Overstreet Bailey
McClure St
Clarks Gap
W. Va
Leander M. Bailey
Sarah Strong Bailey
Methodist Temple
BPO Elks
Raleigh County
Myrtle Hill Bailey
Russell
Ann) Shumate
Beckley
Okie (Wilda) Norman
Daniels
Norman
Vada) Hayes
Miami Beach
Fla
Wade H
Lyndon, Jr
Johnson City
Princeton
Caffee Funeral Home
W. Reece Burns
Sunset Memorial Park
Mabscott Woman Mary Riddlebarger Dies After Illness
Mrs Mary Riddlebarger 76 of Mabscott born May 14 1895 Melsonville Ohio died at 1 30 pm Wednesday in a local hospital after a short illness She was married to Ora Alvin Riddlebarger 1922 He died 1965 Survived by two sisters and a brother all of Melsonville Ohio The body lies in state at Melton Mortuary with services set for Sunday in the chapel and burial in Montgomery Memorial Park London Ohio
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Mary Johnson Hkiddlebarger
Mabscott
Joseph l
Louvenia Dabner Johnson
Melsonville
Ohio
Ora Alvin Riddlebarger
Riddlebarger
Montgomery
Stella Joy
Maggie Tell
Buford Teel
Melton Mortuary
Gerald L. Morgan
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Mrs Josephine Nordin Rites Planned in Lester
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Nordin 67 of Lester will be held at 11 am Saturday in the Rose and Quessenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Charles E Walker presiding Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park She was born in Mount Carmel Pennsylvania in 1898 and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Agnes Po
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Josephine Nordin
Lester
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Charles E. Walker
Sunset Memorial Park
Mount Carmel
Joseph and
Agnus Po
Chicago Riots Ebb as National Guard Not Activated
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King urged nonviolence at a South Side Baptist church as rioting continued nearby. Police cars with shotguns loomed from King's West Side apartment while shots were heard. A drug store was looted and Mt Sinai Hospital treated wounded officers and residents as authorities reopened streets at dawn.
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National Guard
Richard J. Daley
Martin Luther King
South Side
King
West Side
Truck crash kills Mount Hope inspector and deaths in two other notices
C D Shawver of Mount Hope was killed in a truck accident at Ellkins at 7 pm Thursday while working as an inspector for the State Road Commission. Funeral arrangements are at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. Tracy Elwood Harmon 39 of Crab Orchard died from injuries at Mullens hospital after a work accident at Corder Smokeless Coal Co Wyco. Funeral set at Fred Williams Funeral Home Sophia with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He leaves wife Ruby Tate Harmon six daughters and one brother James. Friends may call after 5 pm today. Pallbearers listed.
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C.D. Shawver
Mount Hope
Ellkins
State Road Commission
Derrydale
Wyatt
Mary Shawver
Charles Jr
Danny
Ethel Ellison
Ohio
Charlotte Rule
Chesapeake
Evelyn Oblinger
Gauley Bridge
Marion
Bradley
W.D
W.S
Canton
Tyreé
Tracy Elwood Harmon
Crab Orchard
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
W. F. Tolliver
Sunset Memorial Park
Mullens Hospital
Corder Smokeless Coal Co
Wyco
Mat
Robert Farley
Roosevelt Howerton
Woodrow Scarbro
Floyd Richards
Edgar Richards
Dudley Lovell
Marvin Spicer
William Benfield
Final rites for Mrs Bertha Feazell in Mount Hope chapel
Mrs Bertha Feazell 74 of Denver Colo formerly of Mount Hope will be buried at the family cemetery Route 1 Mount Hope after services at 11 a m Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope She died in Denver after a long illness Roy Feazell her husband preceded her in death Survivors include a son Lee Denver a brother Edward Burnett Oak Hill and a sister Mrs Ethel Fritz Glen Morgan The funeral home will be open after 5 p m today
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Bertha Feazell
Denver
Colo
Mount Hope
Tyree
Route 1
Feazell
Roy Feazell
Lee
Edward Burnett
Oak Hill
Ethel Fritz
Glen Morgan
Bardot and Sachs Hide and Seek Before Mexico Tahiti Trip
Brigitte Bardot and Gunther Sachs, newlyweds, sparked a media game of hide and seek as they hint at flights to Acapulco and Tahiti. The couple, married in Las Vegas, dined at Danny Kaye's Beverly Hills home with Barbara Rush and Warren Cowan. They checked in unrecognized at the Beverly Hills Hotel and plan a Mexico trip by chartered Lear jet with possible Tahiti follow-up.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Brigitte Bardot
Gunther Sachs
Acapulco
Mexico
Tahiti
Las Vegas
Nev
Beverly Hills
Danny Kaye
Barbara Rush
Warren Cowan
Miss Bardot
Roger Vadim
Kaye
van Nuys
Sacks
Heat continues as storms sweep across central plains
Heat persists with Oklahoma City recording 104 as thunderstorms ravage the South and Central Plains. Rain totals near an inch fell on Richmond Virginia Raleigh North Carolina and Dodge City Kansas. A severe windstorm struck Smyrna Georgia injuring 17, toppling trees and cutting power and phones in the Atlanta suburb.
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Oklahoma City
South
Central Plains
Richmond
Raleigh
M.C
Dodge City
Kan
Smyrna
Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Mid- Atlantic
Rockies
Lions in Cockpit Force Emergency Landing in Belgium
Swiss Globe Airlines flight carrying three lions from Frankfurt to London experienced a cockpit intruder when two adult lions and a cub escaped their cages. Captain Wuhrman landed at Brussels after radio pleas. zoo staff and a Dutch zoologist attempted to recover the animals amid tense moments.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Swiss Globe Airlines
Paul Wuhrman
Wuhrman
West Germany
Lufthansa Airlines
Frankfort
London
St Nicholas
Jand
Max Schomenberger
Trail Anderson Sarrett Attend State Leadership Meet
Three Raleigh County educators Sherman C. Trail Mason Anderson and Virgil Sarrett will join leaders from across West Virginia at a three and a half day administrative leadership conference. The Levis County gathering will discuss evolving teacher preparation and professional standards.
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Raleigh County
Jackson
Sherman C. Trail
Mason Anderson
Virgil Sarrett
Levis County
State Department
Fee
West Virginia Association of School Administrators
West Virginia School Boards Association
State Universities and Colleges
Bombing War Intensifies Across Vietnam Flush With Air Crews
Thursday reports describe American and South Vietnamese forces clashing with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units across the region. American pilots shot down two MIG21s near Hanoi while Navy jets from USS Oriskany and Ranger engaged MIG17s and SAM fire, with casualties and token damages noted. A bombing halt threat grows as terrorism fears rise after a deadly blast in Vung Tau, injuring U.S. personnel and Vietnamese soldiers. Ground fighting escalates near Chu Lai and Nui Ve Dap as Marines repel mortar-armed assaults and an artillery barrage targets Viet Cong movement in the Da Nang area.
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North Viet Nam
U.S
Oriskany
Vung Tau
Saigon
North
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Nui Ve Dap
da Nang
An J
Quang- Tri
Hanoi
Haiphong
Ranger
Phu Ly
Pirates Hit First World Series Home Run in 1903
Jim Sebring of the Pittsburgh Pirates belted the first World Series home run in history on October 1, 1903, against the Boston Red Sox in a game noted for this historic milestone.
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Jim Sebring
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Red Sox
State Expected To Rest Mullenax Murder Trial Continues
The state planned to rest its case in the Mullenax murder trial as witnesses testified about possible remains likely belonging to Ray Mullenax. Vonda Jean Mullenax faces charges of arsenic poisoning strangulation and cremation of his body. FBI agent John Kilty described arsenic findings in debris, tissue and bone samples.
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Kingwood
UPI
Mullenax
Thurs
Ray Mullenax
Vonda Jean Mullenax
Tarre Alta Eee Acre
J. Lawrence Angel
U. S. National Museum
Smithsonian Institute
FBI
John Kilty
Melvin Snyder
Kilty
Wees
Canada quietly pursues peace initiative in Hanoi Moscow
Canada is said to be conducting a behind the scenes peace effort in Hanoi Peking and Moscow through informal channels independent of public initiatives by Britain India and others. No concrete results have emerged as Prime Minister Wilson plans a Moscow visit to seek a new Geneva Conference while Russia signals reluctance.
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London
UPI
Canada
International
Viet Nam Iodey
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Harold Wilson
Indira Gandhi
Wilson
Geneva
Hunt Continues For Bluefield Bank Robbers
Police pursued two white men who escaped with 16400 from the Westgate Bank of Tazewell County in Virginia near the West Virginia line. They entered wearing straw hats and sunglasses, forced the branch manager Roy Frank into a back room, and fled unseen as authorities sought clues and identities.
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Bluefield
UPI
Westgate
Tazewell County
Roy Frank
Frank
Virginia
West Virginia
L. W. Bates
Czechs Deny U S Charges at United Nations
The Czech U N mission denies United States charges that its members plotted espionage. Jan Muzik calls the accusation unfounded and accuses U S policy in Vietnam of aggression as a cover. The State Department accuses Dr Zedenek Pisk and Juri Opatrny of attempting to buy influence. Opatrny expelled, Pisk named involved.
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United Nations
UPI
U.N
U.S
Viet Nam
Thant
Jan Muzik
Muzik
State Department
Zedenek Pisk
Juri Opatrny
Washington
Opatrny
United States
Department
Pisk
U S May Relax Its Red China Trade Ban
The State Department indicated the United States might relax its ban on trade with Red China under certain circumstances. Spokesman Robert J. McCloskey said any change would have to contribute to U S national interest and regional peace.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
United States
China
Robert J. McCloskey
Airline Strike Talks Reach Impasse Amid Nationwide Walkout
Negotiations in the eighth day of a nationwide machinists strike against five major air carriers stalled with serious disagreement on core issues. A possible continuation into next week was raised as talks resumed, while figures on contract costs were disputed between airlines and IAM. The strike has shut down Eastern United Trans World National and Northwest, affecting about 150,000 daily passengers.
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Washington
APD
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Thenion
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Joseph W. Ramsey
White House
SAM
Eastern
United
Trans World
National
Northwest Airlines
U.S
Israel mounts political offensive after raid over Syria border
Israel justifies its border raid as retaliation for alleged Syrian terrorism that left four dead and three wounded since Jan. 23. Officials briefed UN Peace Force head Odd Bull and told the Security Council the strike aims to pressure Damascus to curb frontier violations. Chief of Staff Rabin said Prime Minister Eshkol ordered the raid on a day by day basis and signaled possible follow ups.
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United Nations Peace Force
Odd Bull
Norway
Foreign Ministry
Syria
Israel
U.N. Security Council
New York
Damascus
Tighak Rabin
Levi Eshkol
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Linski
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Helen Dettrey
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Levittown
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Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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Rhodell
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Nashan
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