HRC Launches Program To Draft Rights Legislation
Charleston program aims to draft civil rights laws for discrimination in public accommodations employment and housing. Rabbi Samuel Cooper elected chairman with Dr Emory Bacon as vice chair, urging statewide civil rights coalition efforts and field outreach across all 55 counties. The panel plans a second Governor’s Conference and notes progress at Lakin State Hospital with monthly union-management meetings and adjusted meeting dates.
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Charleston
UPD
State Human Rights Commission
Samuel Cooper
William Sanders, II
Princeton
Nelson Eldred
South Charleston
Emory Bacon
Morgantown
Bacon
West Virginia
Paul Miller
Cooper
United Effort
West
Lakin State Hospital
Three Enter Guilty Pleas and Sentences Noted
Three pleas of guilty were entered before Criminal Court Judge Harry L McCreery with two men receiving sentences. Paul Shrewsbury 17 Raleigh was sentenced to one to ten years but suspended and sent to a state forestry camp for boys at Davis for one to two years. Eddie Dean Boswell and James Dennis Ballard also pled guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny and received similar sentences. James David Craft Beckley pleaded guilty to driving with no license and drunk driving. He got 10 days in jail on the former charge, a $75 fine and costs on the latter, and his license was revoked for six months. John Riddle 47 Mullens St pleaded guilty to carrying a German made .22 pistol and will be sentenced Oct 6. Court adjourned until 11:30 p.m. action on stream pollution against Leigh Bemaire Coal Co is expected. The company faces a second offense with DNR citing a third offense delayed pending outcome.
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Paul Shrewsbury
Raleigh
Davis
Shrewsbury
Eddie Dean Boswell
James Dennis Ballard
Boswell
James David Craft
Beckley
McCreery
John Riddle
Mullens St
Gemini Pilots Young and Collins Take Medical Exams
CAPE KENNEDY UPI Astronauts John Young and Michael Collins face medical clearance for a Monday launch to rendezvous with two satellites. A computer guidance bug and tropical storm Celia loom, but officials expect a 6:21 pm EDT liftoff with Gemini 10 aiming to rendezvous with the Agena target.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
John Young
Michael Collins
Celia
Gnyce
Gemini
Space Agency
Young
Collins
EDI
U.S
Tropical storm Celia risks rough seas near Bahamas
A disorganized tropical storm Celia moved west-northwest in the Atlantic with winds around 50 mph. Forecasters warned seas could grow rough tonight around San Salvador in the Bahamas, though Celia poses no land threat today per the National Hurricane Center.
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Miami
UPI
Celia
Atlantic
Bahamas
National Hurricane Center
San Salvador
North Carolina Fugitive Killed in Dunbar Gunfight
A North Carolina fugitive Julius Wayne Haliburton and his girlfriend were involved in a gunfight with Dunbar officers after they fled a Wilkesboro jail. Haliburton died, the woman Linda Williams Elliott or Haliburton was shot in the back and arm. Officers surrounded a Dunbar apartment building where the pair had rented a room and fired tear gas before the exchange. The woman’s relationship to Haliburton and alias use are noted. she allegedly smuggled a pistol to him.
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Godby
Mailburton
Hailburton
North Carolina
Mrs. Ethel Hardman Sentenced to Life in Murder Case
Mrs. Ethel Hardman, 68, of Charleston, was given a life term for a murder-for-hire slaying of her husband last February. Judge William J. Thompson denied a new trial and ordered confinement at the West Virginia Penitentiary for Women. Parole eligibility after 10 years follows jury mercy.
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Charleston
UPS
Ethel Hardman
Kanawha County
William J. Thompson
Hardman
West Virginia
Peace Springs
Thompson
Deaths and Funerals Lyndon Bailey 8 at 106 McClure St
Lyndon Overstreet Bailey aged 8 dies at 12:30 a.m. after a long illness. Born Jan 14, 1883 in Clarks Gap W Va he is survived by wife Myrtle Hill Bailey three daughters three sons and extended family. Funeral set at Cal Side Mull ree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev W Reece Burns officiating Sunset Memorial Park burial.
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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
Tenn
Jack K
Jay Cook
Huntington
Essie
Dowie Jr
Princeton
Seurday
Cal- Side
Muuegree Funeral Home
W. Reece Burns
Sunset Memorial Park
Mabscott Woman Mary Riddlebarger Dies at 71
Mary Riddlebarger 71 of Mabscott died at 1 30 p m Wednesday in a Hotel hospital after a brief illness. Born May 14 1895 in Melsonville Ohio she was married to Ora A Riddlebarger in 1922 he died 1965. She lived in Mabscott since 1948 and is survived by sisters Stella Joy Maggie Te and brother Buford Teel all of Melsonville Ohio. Services set for Sunday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with burial at Montgomery Memorial Park London. The body is at Melton Mortuary with calling after 7 p m today.
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Mary Johnson Riddle Ibarger
Mabscott
Joseph l and
Louvenie Dabner Johnson
Melsonville
Ohio
Ora Alvin Riddlebarger
Riddlebarger
Montgomery
Stella Joy
Maggie Te
Buford Teel
Melton Mortuary
Gerald L. Morgan
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Nordin
Mrs. Josephine Nordin 67 of Lester will be buried at Sunset Memorial Park after funeral services at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Rose and Quessenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Charles E. Walker officiating. Born in 1898 in Mount Carmel Pennsylvania she 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
Riots Erupt in Chicago as National Guard Talks Heighten
Police and rioters clash in Chicago with gunfire heard near Martin Luther King Jr. address. Mayor Daley vows callout if needed as King condemns violence and calls for nonviolence. By dawn streets reopen, wreckage and closed saloons mark the night’s chaos.
Incomplete report on Mount Hope truck crash victim
D Shawver missing middle initial for C D Shawver 41 Mount Hope killed in a truck accident at Elkins at 7 p m Thursday inspector for the State Road Commission Born Derrydale son of Wyatt and Mary Shawver Survivors include wife and two sons Charles Jr and Danny at home three sisters Mrs Ethel Ellison of Ohio Mrs Charlotte Rule Chesapeake and Mrs Evelyn Ohlinger Gauley Bridge and three brothers Marion Bradley and JWD and WS Canton Ohio body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope
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C.D. Shawver
Mount Hope
Elkins
State Road Commission
Derrydale
Wyatt
Mary Shawver
Charles Jr
Danny
Ethel Ellison
Ohio
Charlotte Rule
Chesapeake
Evelyn Ohlinger
Gauley Bridge
Marion
Bradley
Jwd
Canton
Tyree Funneral
Tracy Harmon 39 Dies After Work Coal Mining Injury
Funeral services for Tracy Elwood Harmon 39 of Crab Orchard will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Fred X Williams Funeral Home Sophia with Rev W F Tolliver officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He died in Mullens hospital at 5 p m Thursday from injuries suffered while working as a machine man at Corder Smokeless Coal Co Wyco. Born Matoaka January 20 1927 he was the son of the late Tracy Estil Harmon and Susan Owens of Bluefield. Survived by wife Ruby Tate Harmon one brother James of Barberton Ohio eight daughters Mrs James Webb Elkton Md Carolyn Diane Kathy Elaine Pammy Gaye Mary Robin Judy Ann all at home and one grandchild. Friends may call after 5 p m today. Pallbearers: Robert Farley Roosevelt Howerton Woodrow Scarbro Floyd Richards Edgar Richards Dudley Lovell Marvin Spicer William Benfield.
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Tracy Elwood Harmon
Crab Orchard
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
W. F. Tollivers
Sunset Memorial Park
Mullens Hospital
Corder Smokeless Coal Co
Wyco
Matoaka
Tracy Estil Harmon
Susan Owens
Bluefield
Ruby Tate Harmon
James
Barberton
Ohio
James Webb
Elkton
Carolyn
Diane
Kathy Elaine
Pammy Gaye
Mary Robin
Judy Ann
Robert Farley
Roosevelt Howerton
Woodrow Scarbro
Floyd Richards
Edgar Richards
Dudley Lovell
Marvin Spicer
William Benfield
Final rites for Mrs Bertha Feazell at Mount Hope
Mrs Bertha Feazell 74 of Denver Colorado formerly Mount Hope will be laid to rest in the family cemetery Mount Hope after services at 11 a m Saturday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Denver she died after a long illness Roy Feazell her husband preceded her in death Survivors include son Lee of Denver brother Edward Burnett Oak Hill sister Mrs Ethel Fritz Glen Morgan Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery Route 1 Mount Hope Press note RNS
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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 Amid Las Vegas Wedding
Brigitte Bardot and Gunther Sachs, newlyweds after a private Las Vegas ceremony, dined with Danny Kaye in Beverly Hills and planned possible flights to Acapulco and Tahiti. The couple checked in at the Beverly Hills Hotel after Las Vegas.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Kaye
Miss, Bardot
Beverly Hills
Las Vegas
van Nuys
Sacks
Mexico
Tahiti
Heat Waves and Storms Hit Wide Areas Across U S
Thunderstorms drenched sections of the South and Central Plains while Oklahoma City logged heat as high as 104. Severe winds and storms ripped through Smyrna Georgia causing 17 injuries and widespread outages. Weather officials traced a line separating hot air from cooler air from the mid Atlantic coast to the Rockies.
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Oklahoma City
South
Central Plains
Richmond
Raleigh
N.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 had its cockpit invaded by a cub and two adults after cages broke. Captain Wuhrman requested emergency landing as the lions prowled the fuselage, with zoo staff and a Dutch zoologist aiding in their removal after landing in Brussels.
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Brussels
Belgium
UPI
Swiss Globe Airlines
Paul Wuhrman
Wuhrman
West Germany
Lufthansa Airlines
Frankfort
London
St. Nicholas
Max Schomenberger
Schomenberger
Antwerp
Agtha Gyzen
Raleigh County Officials Attend State Leadership Meet
School Superintendent Sherman C. Trail and assistant superintendents Mason Anderson and Virgil Sarrett from Raleigh County will join educators from across West Virginia at a three and a half day administrative leadership conference starting Sunday. The Lewi County event, sponsored by the State Department of Education with the state associations and universities, will explore changing concepts in teacher preparation and professional standards.
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Raleigh County
Jackson
Sherman C. Trail
Mason Anderson
Virgil Sarrett
Lewi County
State Department of Education
West Virginia Association of School Administrators
The
West Virginia School Boards Association
State Universities and Colleges
Bombing Sparks Massive Air War Over North Viet Nam
U S and North Vietnamese air operations intensify with dogfights and hits on MIG21s, F8 Crusaders, and SAM sites near Hanoi and Phu Ly. American losses include one killed and 13 wounded in a terrorist blast at Vung Tau. Marine actions near Chu Lai and Da Nang report Viet Cong losses and heavy artillery exchanges.
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North Viet Nam
U.S
Oriskany
Vung Tau
Saigon
Viet Nam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Navy
Ranger
Phu Ly
Pirates Player Delivers First World Series Home Run
Jim Sebring of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit the first World Series home run in history on October 1, 1903, against the Boston Red Sox, marking a historic moment in baseball.
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Jim Sebring
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Red Sox
State to rest case in Mullenax murder trial
In Kingwood the state neared completion of its case in the Mullenax murder trial as witnesses testified about material identified as Ray Mullenax remains. Vonda Jean Mullenax faces charges of poisoning with arsenic strangling and cremating her husband near Terra Alta. Dr J Lawrence Angel said bones and tissue likely belonged to Mullenax while FBI agent John Kilty said arsenic was found in samples though its source was not proven.
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UPI
Mullenax
Vonda Jean Mullenax
Terra Alta
J. Lawrence Angel
U. S. National Museum
Smithsonian Institute
Ray Mullenax
FBI
John Kilty
Melvin Snyder
Kilty
Canada Quietly Pursues Viet Nam Peace Initiative
Canada as a member of the International Control Commission is running a behind the scenes peace effort in Hanoi Peking and Moscow. The initiative began earlier this year and operates independently of public peace efforts by Britain and others with no concrete results yet. Prime Minister Wilson plans a Moscow trip to push for reconvening the Geneva Conference but Moscow and Britain face resistance to a new Indochina peace gathering.
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London
UPI
Canada
International Control Commission
ICC
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Harold Wilson
Indira Gandhi
Wilson
Hunt Goes On For Bluefield Bank Robbers
Police continued a manhunt for two white men who robbed the Westgate Bank of Tazewell County in Virginia near the West Virginia line. About $16,400 was taken after they cornered manager Roy Frank and fled wearing straw hats and sunglasses. bank president L. W. Bates said pistols were used and the initial estimate was $20,000. No suspects had been identified by nightfall.
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Bluefield
UPI
Westgate
Tazewell County
Roy Frank
Frank
Virginia
West Virginia
L. W. Bates
Czech Deny U.S. Espionage Charges at UN
The Czech U.N. mission denied U.S. charges that a member was involved in an espionage plot. Jan Muzik called the accusations unfounded and said they aimed to smear U.S. Vietnam policy. The State Department blamed Zedenek Pisk and Juri Opatrny for trying to bug U.S. officials. Opatrny was expelled.
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United Nations
UPI
U.N
U.S
Viet Nam
Thant
Jan Muzik
Muzik
State Department
Zedenek Pisk
Juri Opatrny
Washington
Opatiny
United States
Department
Pisk
U S May Relax Its Red China Trade Ban
The State Department said the United States might relax its ban on trade with Red China under certain circumstances. Spokesman Robert J. McCloskey said any change must contribute to the national interest and the peace of the area.
Air Strike Talks Stall On Eight Day Impasse
Negotiations in a nationwide machinists strike against five major carriers remain stalled on the eighth day. Officials say talks face serious disagreement over key contract terms, with possible continuation into next week. The IAM cites a wide gap on several issues while pilots and the White House response remain undecided.
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Washington
API
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Joseph W. Ramsey
White House
JAM
Eastern
United
Trans World
National
Northwest Airlines
U.S
Israel Retaliatory Raid Aims at Syria Border Violence
Israel mounts a political offensive to justify a border raid as retaliation for Syrian terrorism that killed four and wounded three. UN envoy Odd Bull was summoned to explain action while the Security Council was told the strike would pressure Damascus to curb frontier violations. General Rabin said Prime Minister Eshkol ordered the operation with ongoing potential for further attacks.
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United Nations Peace Force
Odd Buil
Norway
Foreign Ministry
Syria
Israel
U.N. Security Council
New York
Damascus
Itzhak Rabin
Levi Eshkol
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