Ex-Sclon Among 7 Killed In 2-Car Crash
Seven US citizens died in a two car crash near Tijuana Mexico, including former Kansas Rep Robert Behee and two families. Four others were injured, three of them children, as Behee and relatives toured the border area. The Mexican driver Morales Morales hit Behee’s station wagon at about 55 mph broadside near Plaza Monumental bullring.
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Tijuana
Mexico
UPI
Kansas
Robert Behee
San Diego
Calif
Behee
Patricia
Pamela
Eldon G. Loehring
Leavenworth
Kan
Margaret
Bruce
Janet
Miguel Aleman Hospital
Melissa Behee
Diane Leuhring
Felipe Morales - Morales
Plaza Monumental Bullring
Morales-Morales
Sam Dickenson dies after heart attack in California
Sam Dickenson 49, of San Bernardino California formerly of Sophia, died at home Saturday night after a heart attack. Born October 24, 1914, he worked for Riffe Branch Coal Campy at Winding Gulf and later as a service station operator in San Bernardino. Survived by wife Kathryn, four sons James Edward Tommy and Douglas all of San Bernardino, two sisters Pansy Att and Eva Ashby of Sophia. Funeral 2 p.m. today at Stephens and Bobbit Funeral Home, burial Mount View Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dickenson
San Bernadino
Calif
Sophia
Rena Dickenson
Alexander Dickenson
Riffe Branch
Winding Gulf
California
San Bernadina
Kathryn Dickenson
James
Edward
Tommy
Douglas
Pansy Att
Eva Ashby
Stephens
Memorial for Maggie Allen in Columbus Ohio
Mrs Maggie Allen age 60 of Columbus Ohio formerly of Beckley died in a Columbus Hospital after an extended illness. She leaves three sisters all in Columbus one brother in Philadelphia two nephews in Philadelphia and two nieces in California and Columbus. Funeral and burial services will be held Saturday in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Allen
Columbus Ohio
Beckley
Columbus
Bolden Jackson
Nannie Magee
Hattie Brown
James Hayden
Philadelphia
Fredrick Jackson
Robert Jackson
Lemar Jackson
Olymphia Britton
Calif
Barbara Mayjor
Ohio
Mrs Jessie S Mitchell Funeral Services Held
Mrs Jessie S Mitchell 75 of Piney Ave dies after an extended illness in a local nursing home. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Beckley Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ray Hanson officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Viewing at Webb and Neal Funeral Home after 1 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie S. Mitchell
Piney Ave
Presbyterian Church
Beckley
Ray Hanson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Mrs Odessa Boyd Funeral Arrangements Inform
Funeral arrangements are complete for Mrs Odessa Boyd 52 of McAlphin who died at 240 am Monday in a local hospital The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Odessa Boyd
McAlphin
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Two Fined In Court In Beckley
Ralph E. Sheppard of Beckley pleaded not a contendre to a charge of failing to have a vehicle under control and was fined 10 dollars plus costs in Magistrate W A Burke s court Monday. Heppard was cited July 15. A Fireco juvenile certified to appear before Magistrate Burke was fined 10 dollars for trespassing and 25 dollars for tampering with an automobile and sentenced to 10 days in the Raleigh County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Sheppard
Beckley
W. A. (Gene) Burke
Sheppard
Fireco
H.l.acres
W. A. Burke
Raleigh
Khrushchev Arrives in Warsaw for Polish Celebration
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his wife landed in Warsaw to mark 20 years of Poland’s Communist rule. He scheduled meetings with three allies in the ideological dispute with China and observers expected talks to set the stage for a possible world Communist parties conference by next spring.
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Warsaw
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Poland
China
Khrushchev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Peking
Gubernatorial candidates set to speak at St Albans fair
West Virginia's two gubernatorial nominees are scheduled to speak on the final day of the week-long fair in St. Albans. Democrat Hulett Smith of Beckley is slated to speak at 1 p.m. and Republican Cecil H. Underwood of Huntington at 3 p.m.
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ST. Albans
UPI
West Virginia
St. Albans Town Air
Hulett Smith
Beckley
Cecil H. Underwood
Huntington
Smith
Underwood
Quadruple Murder and Death by Own Action in Texas
In Castroville Texas a man Robert Erwin Loessberg 31 and his four children Robert Jr 10 Mark 4 Daniel 2 and Carol Jean 7 were found dead in a burning station wagon on a deserted farm road. A note to his wife hinted at murder and suicide amid marital troubles. The case followed a prior drowning of another Loessberg child two months earlier.
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Castroville
Tex
UPI
Here
Robert Erwin Loessberg
Robert Jr
Mark
Daniel
Carol Jean
Roy J. Tschirhart
Loessberg
San Antonio
Hitzfelder
Damage Suits Open in Raleigh County Court
Trial of two suits and a counterclaim opened in Raleigh County Circuit Court with Judge Robert D. Worrell presiding. Judge Norman Knapp recused due to associations with the parties. Peggy Smith seeks 65000 for injuries and vehicle damage from a Dec 19 1962 collision with James E. Meadows driving Meadows Oil Co. machinery. The second suit, by John W. J. Smith, claims 1271.50 in car damage from a Meadows truck crash. Meadows filed a counterclaim on Dec 16 1963. Jurors named include Hembrick Matics Cook Bonham Patton Wiley and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Robert D. Worrell
Pineville
Norman Knapp
Peggy Smith
MacArthur
James E. Meadows
Beckley
Johnstown
Smith
Meadows
Meadows Oil Co
Thornhill, Thornhill and Kennedy
John W. J. Smith
Fletcher W. Mann
Scherer, Bowers, File
Seneca Nation Leader Denounces U S Treaty Violation
Seneca Indian Nation President George D. Heron charged the United States violated the Canandaigua treaty of 1794 by seizing about 10 000 acres for the Kinzua Dam and criticized relocation deadlines and compensation. He said Indians seek to remain a separate entity while resisting assimilation through modern development projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua, N.Y
UPI
Seneca Indian Nation
U.S
Kinzua Dam
Chautauqua Institute
George D. Heron
Canandaigua
United States
Heron
Army Corps of Engineers
Congress
Laos Neutralists Drive Advance From Phou Kout Hill
Government forces advancing east from Muong Soui recaptured Phou Kout Hill from the Pathet Lao and moved toward Muong Kheung eight miles beyond as air supported operations tightened around the ridge. Kong Le's forces had lost Phou Kout in mid June and Myong Kheung a month earlier, with infantry driving the Communists off the northeast slope.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Muong Soui
Phou Kout
Muong Kheung
Kong le
American Parrot Sent to Siberia for Parasitism
Moscow court banished teen named Gelson for five years of socially useful work after he imitated Americans, traded for blue jeans and other goods, and mocked Soviet clothes. He sought Texas-style jeans, earning the label parasite for stubbornly avoiding honest work.
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Siberia
Moscow
UPI
Aaron Gelfon
Gelfon
Siberian
Gelson
Gorki Street
Evening Moscow
Broadway
United States
Goldwater Eyes Conference With GOP Leaders
Goldwater indicated a conference with Republican leaders including Nelson Rockefeller William Scranton Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon could be arranged. He said no direct approach has been made to the White House but Johnson might consider it and would avoid actions that inflame tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Johnson
Reedy
Goldwater
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Heat Bites Thwarted by Wigfree Croydon Judges
Croydon judges removed wigs to stay cool during a heat wave as temperatures hit 75 degrees, mixing public justice with comfort. In London a multilingual African grey parrot named Percy is sought by a bird owner via the Times of London for its return. In Stonehaven Gustave de Jonckheere, a 75 year old widower who trekked 600 miles across Britain, married again.
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Croydon
England
UPI
Britain
Multilingual Parrot
London
Coop
Times of London
Percy
Stonehaven
Scotland
Gustave de Jonckheere
Quick House Action Seen On GI Pay Hike
Washington reports Chairman Carl Vinson promised rapid action on the Senate approved 207.5 million military pay raise for over 1.8 million servicemen. He will send the bill to a Rivers subcommittee to pass before Congress adjourns for the Democratic convention next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
Vinson
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Congress
1150 Sterling workers strike Morgantown plants
About 1,150 employees of Sterling Enterprises rejected a new contract and walked off at midnight. Sterling Tubular Sterling Faucet and Sterling Manufacturing operate in Morgantown with a Pittsburgh Valve facility in Reedsville Preston County. A spokesman said the stoppage aligns with United Steelworkers policy of no contract no work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPS
Sterling Enterprises
Sterling Tubular
Sterling Faucet
Sterling Manufacturing
Pittsburgh
Reedsville
Preston County
United Steel Workers Union
Fanta Named To West Virginia Dental Board
Lawrence D. Fanti of Piedmont appointed by Gov Barron to the West Virginia Board of Dental Examiners. His term runs to June 30, 1968, succeeding Paul L Fiess of Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Lawrence D. Fanti
Piedmont
W. W. Barron
West Virginia Board of Dental Examiners
Fanti
Paul L. Fiess
Parkersburg
Tax Reappraisal Criticism by Mon County Assessor
Monongalia County Tax Assessor John Galford attacked the state Tax Commissioner’s office and the county court, calling their actions retaliatory after a $6,600 operating budget cut. He tied the cut to his opposition to the tax re appraisal system, which included errors in property classifications and a costly county re apprais al contract with Cole Bayer and Trumbull.
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Morgantown
UPS
Monongalia
John Galford
State
Galford
Ohio
Cole, Bayer, and Trumbull
Monongalia County
Sys
State Tax Commissioner’s Office
Tax Commissioner's
Mrs. Austin to Speak At Interstate Sanitation Meet
Beckley resident Mrs. Natalie M. Austin chairs the West Virginia Restaur ant Association and will be among 36 program participants at the Interstate Sanitation Seminar Aug 10 13 at Concord College. Some 250 health officers sanitarian s and allied professionals from seven states plus DC and the U S Public Health Service will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie M. Austin
Beckley
West Virginia Restaurant Association
Concord College
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
District of Columbia
West Virginia
U. S. Public Health Service
William J. Page
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Appalachian
N. H. Dyer
Health Department
Food and Drug Administration
Racial tensions flare as youths clash with police leader
Racial incidents ripple across states as Lt. Giligan says James Powell, a Black youth, attacked him during a disturbance. Meantime President Johnson asks Congress for more than 13 million to enforce the Civil Rights Act. Senate backs Leroy Collins to lead the Community Relations Service. A federal court in Atlanta edging toward injunction on Lester Maddox’s segregationist restaurant. In St Augustine, Negroes sue to enforce desegregation, while in Prince Edward County Black students begin registering as schools reopen. MLK Jr. heads to Jackson to rally support for integration delegates. Winthrop College admits first Negro student without incident. Kentucky lawmakers reject Breathitt’s bid to seek public accommodations legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Powell
Thomas Gilligan
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Florida
Leroy Collins
Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Augustine
Farmville
Prince Edward County
Jackson, Miss
Martin Luther King Jr
Rock Hill
S. C
Winthrop College
State College For Women
Frankfort
Edward Breathitt
Breathitt
White Pantry Incident Reported Investigation Ordered
Belcher of Charleston said the incident had been reported to him and that an investigation would be made and a report sent to the Justice Department in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belcher
Charleston
Justice Department
Washington
Satisfactory Clyde Law Admitted After Collapse
Clyde Law principal of Crescent Elementary School is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a Beckley Rescue Squad response. He was admitted at 9:57 p.m. Monday following an unconscious incident at his home where he was given oxygen and rushed to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Law
Second Ave
Crescent Elementary
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Fire Department Answers Four Calls in Beckley
Beckley Fire Department and rescue squad responded to four incidents after press time on Monday. A man fell from a step ladder at the Bair Building on East Main Street and was taken to Raleigh General Hospital. Gasoline overflow from a Humble Oil tank on City Avenue leaked 250 to 400 gallons, prompting residents to extinguish pilot lights. Clyde Law, 305 Second Ave, was unconscious and transported to Raleigh General Hospital after oxygen treatment. A fire on top of an electric pole near Nathan and Fairlawn Streets was reported and faulting agency notified.
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Beckley
Bair Bidg
E. Main Street
Jack Richardson
Richardson
Raleigh General Hospital
City Fire
City Avenue
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Don Bradley
Bradley
Clyde Law
Second Ave
Nathan and
Fairlawn
Appalachian Power Company
Quotes and reactions from coast to coast in 1964 era
In New York a Harlem bar patron describes police rushing in during street disorder and clubs swinging as he raises hands. In Washington White House says Johnson will not inject civil rights into campaigning and urges observance of civil rights law. In Buffalo Miller says Republicans welcome support from anyone who shares their principles. In Havana Raul Castro suggests Cuba could provoke the United States with a missile strike on a U2 and return of the pilot’s corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Norton Jay- Sara
Harlem
Buffalo
Washington
George Reedy
Johnson
N.Y
William Miller
Barry Goldwater
George Wallace
Alabama
Havana
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Wirtz Cites Labor Data On Overtime Hours
Wirtz said Labor Department statistics show workers average about nine hours of overtime weekly, far more than two or three. He argued most workers would favor reducing unemployment over keeping extra overtime pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirtz
Labor Department
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Sclon
Edward A. McGinn
Kingston
Chillicothe
McGinn
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
B. T. Hinkley
Edna
Cathryn Clawson
Riverside
Janet Sandles
Bay Village
New Jersey
Helen McGinn
Brooklyn
Mary Reedy
Long Island
Saint Peters Church
Mt. Pleasant
Bertram Johannasen
O.P
L. E. Hill Funeral Home
Homer E. Riddle
Coal City
Lillybrook Coal Company
Moorehead
Ollie Riddle
Elizabeth Mauk
Theda Stewart
Edith Tutterow
Dayton
Ronald
Donald
William A. Riddle
Falls Church
Alma Lee Stone
Fort Myers
Hazel Thornsberry
Niles
Leona Roursillon
District Heights
Geneva Smallwood
Arlington
Iim
Dan River
Shop Murphy's
G.C. Murphy CO
Murphy
Mrs
Jessie Mitchell
Medina County
Charles Hitzfelder
Loessberg Oe
E. E. Loessberg
By Jay Axelbank
Rt Out
Fanta
Mrs. Austin
White Pantry
Fire Department
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