Former Marshall journalism chief profited by readers digest
Retired Marshall University Journalism Department chair Prof W Page Pitt is featured in Reader's Digest August issue. Virginia Pitt notes his life includes overcoming 97 percent vision loss since 1905 and notable newsroom exploits, including covering the Lindbergh kidnapping case for Breckenridge.
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Detroit Burns as Rioters Loot Railroads Across City
Fires erupted citywide after dawn riots following a raid on a Negro tavern. More than 900 fires, snipers, and violent clashes prompted President Johnson to authorize federal troops. Guardsmen and police swarmed streets as looters were detained in bond actions. Similar disturbances hit Pontiac Flint Grand Rapids Toledo.
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Detroit
Jefferson Avenue
Detroit River
Johnson
Pontiac
Flint
Grand Rapids
Mich
Toledo
Ohio
Floyd McCree
Charles J. Quinlan
la Negro Ghetto
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Romney
Jackson State Prison
Wace
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Here
John Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Detroit East Side
Selfridge Air Force Base
Deficit Found In Charleston General Fund
A special audit of Charleston city general fund uncovered a shortage of 21638 dollars. Treasurer Donald C. Shonk, now deceased, is named responsible for August and September 1961. bonds to cover the loss will be sought from his bonding company. Prosecutor to decide if crime occurred.
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Charleston
UPI
Charleston City General Fund
G. Thomas Battle
Donald C. Shonk
Battle
Charleston Housing Authority
Kanawha County
Sam L. MacCorkle
Mac- Corkle
Shank
John G. Hutchison
Charles Walker
Elmer Dodson
Shonk
Miners Die in Separate Coal Mine Accidents
Two McDowell County miners died in separate Monday accidents. Warren Harper of Caretta was crushed when a conveyor belt moved as he greased it at Island Creek Coal Co.'s No. 1 mine in Bartley. Lewis Kraje of Thorpe perished in a shuttle car collision at U S Steel Corp.'s No. 10 mine in Gary.
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United Press International
McDowell County
Warren Harper
Caretta
Island Creek Coal Co
Bartley
Lewis Kraje
Thorpe
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary
Pope Visits Constantinople for Historic Papal Outreach
The Pope arrives in Istanbul on a two day visit the first Vatican pope to Constantinople in 1200 years He meets with Athenagoras to discuss Jerusalem shrines and exchanges a Kiss of Peace signaling possible unity He also plans a pilgrimage to Ephesus amid Turkish Greek tensions and tourist season hopes.
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Jerusalem
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Yesilkoy
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Greece
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Professor Vanscoy Dies at 67 in Canada
KEYSER UP I report Vanscoy 67 assistant professor of physics at Potomac State College for 19 years died Monday at his summer home Raven Lake Ontario Canada He had a heart condition and was a native of Good Hope Harrison County.
Violent Race Strife Across U S Cities
Reports from Detroit Pontiac Flint Grand Rapids Rochester New York City Englewood Ohio describe deadly racial clashes police guards troops and gun store lootings. Notable incidents include 23 deaths in Detroit area fighting and a SNCC chairman wounded during a black power speech.
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Michigan
Pontiac
Mich
Flint
Grand Rapids
Rochester
N.Y
New York City
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
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Toledo
Lima
Ohio
Obituary notices for John Wriston Myrtle Matics and Katherine Trainor
John Morris Wriston 82 Oak Hill dies after short illness in Oak Hill hospital. Retired Semet Solvay Coal Co. worker, survived by wife Bertha, children, siblings, and grandchildren. funeral Thursday at Tyree Chapel. Myrtle Rae Matics 71 dies in Charleston hospital. long-time postmistress of Hico, survived by daughter, relatives. burial at End of the Trail Cemetery. Katherine Trainor 25 Roanoke Roanoke Hospital death. Pineville native, graduate of Pineville High School and Concord College. funeral Wednesday at Okey Roanoke Chapel. burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
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John Morris Winston
Oak Hill
Semet-Solvay Coal Co
Kingston
Fornia Sutphin
Gertrude Perry
Jennie Treadway
Searbro
Route 1
Lowell
Warren
Cleveland
Ohio
Madeline Conner
Joetta Miller
Silver Springs
Tyree
Tally Hanna
High Lawn Memorial Park
Myrtle
Rae) Matics
Charieston
Sunday Road Baptist Church
Hico
Matis
Raleigh
Merle Seelinger
Edmond
James Hughes
Cincinnati
Samuel Tate
Clintonville
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Ansted
Pineville
Katherine Trainor
Roanoke
J. L. DeBerry
Terra Alta
J. F. Cunningham
Smithfield
Okeys
Quintus Watson Rites Planned for Local Resident
Funeral services for Quintus Watson 68 of 127 Rhodes Street are set for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Hertie Dillard officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died at 9 40 a.m. Sunday in a local nursing home after a long illness. The body will lie at the Wright and Anderson Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Friday for visitation.
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Quintus Watson
Rhodes St
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Hertie Dillard
Greenwood Memorial Park
Nationwide racial violence sparks urban unrest across multiple cities
Reports describe repeated looting arson and shootings as groups of Negro youths and others clash with police and National Guard. Detroit sees thousands arrested amid hundreds of millions in damage as rioting spreads to Toledo Tucson Englewood Houston Cambridge Grand Rapids Lima Flint New York Rochester and Pontiac with fatalities and injuries reported.
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Toledo
Jone
Tucson
Englewood
Houston
Cambridge
Grand Rapids
Lima
Flint
New York
Rochester
Pontiac
Wedding Announcement Mary Patricia Brewer Miles Ashley
Mary Patricia Brewer and Miles Ashley Brewer were married Monday in Atlanta. The couple plans to reside in Cocoa Florida.
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Mary Patricia
Coffee
Miles Ashley Brewer
Cocoa
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Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Sarah Tate in Harper Heights
Mrs. Sarah Jane Tate 65 of Harper Heights died after arrival at a local hospital at 3 a.m. today. The Richmond born daughter of Samuel and Lula Gorden Richmond, she was born February 16, 1902 in Abbiesville, IS. She belonged to Shiloh Baptist Church. Survivors: husband Wade H. Tate. daughter Mrs. Benzie Robertson East Beckley. brother Willy B. Richmond Baltimore. sister Mrs. Louise McClinton Mount Hope. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Harper Heights
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Samuel and
Lula Gorden Richmond
Abbiesville
IS. C
Shiloh
Wade H. Tate
Benzie Robertson
East Beckley
Willy B. Richmond
Baltimore, Md
Louise McClinton
Mount Hone
Funeral services for Lee S. White in Clarksburg
Funeral services for Lee S. White 51 of 810 Duff Ave Clarksburg will be held at 10 30 a m Wednesday at First United Presbyterian Church Clarksburg burial Mount Tabor Cemetery. He died Monday in a Clarksburg hospital survived by his wife daughter five siblings and his position as sales manager for Meadow Gold Dairies.
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Lee S. White
Duff Ave
Clarksburg
First United Presbyterian Church
Mount Tabor
Davis Weaver
East Main St
Smith County
Marvin S
Lydia V. Clapp White
St. Albans
Lillian L. Hudson White
Robert E. White
Indianapolis
Ind
Arnold Duncan
Harry Gibson
Belle
Arthur L. Bennett II
Gambier
Ohio
Grover
West Palm Beach
Fla
Frank White
Hobart Hupp
Waukegan
Meadow Gold Dairies
Mao Regime In Danger Of Collapse
London dispatch reports Mao Tse tung's government in very serious trouble and near collapse. Central authority fading, risk of warlord rule or civil war. Red army divisions in Wuhan resist purge as Chen Tsai lao leads faction against Mao amid a power struggle with uncertain replacement.
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Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Mao
Hong Kong
Red Army
China
Wuhan
Chen Tsai-lao
Chen
Chou En Lai
U S Forces Hit North Vietnam Patrols and Key Coastal Target
U S pilots flew 144 bombing missions against North Vietnam and, with Navy ships, destroyed the Ben Thuy thermal power plant along the coast. Marines at Con Thien killed 18 Communist attackers, seven Marines wounded. Army troops along the coast reported 49 guerrilla deaths, and the 25th Infantry Division eliminated 13 fighters 325 miles northeast of Saigon.
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U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Ben Thuy
Panhandle
Coni Thien
2Th Infantry
Saigon
Rubber firms in Akron sign URW contracts ending strike
Akron labor peace returns as Goodyear Firestone and Goodrich reach three year deals with URW. Uniroyal remains without a contract while Cincinnati talks continue on day 95 of the strike. Ratifications set for Goodyear and local union votes detailed.
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Akron
Ohio
UPI
United Rubber Workers
URW
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
General Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber
B. F. Good- Tich Co
Uniroyal Inc
Cincinnati
UAW
Firestone Tire
Goodyear
Gadsden
Ala
Los Angeles
Jackson
Mich
Topexa
Kans
Widsor
New Bedford
Mass
North Chicago
Oil
Lincoln
Neb
St. Marys
Land Muncie
John Nardella
Ich
Lubber
Firestone
Goodrich
Tire
General
Memorial services planned for Dr Ray Duncan
Morghantown WVU dean Dr Ray Duncan who led West Virginia University School of Physical Education since 1952 died of a heart attack in Lakeland Florida at age 60. Memorial services are set for Saturday afternoon in Morgantown and the body will be cremated here. Family asks for flowers to be omitted and contributions to WVU foundation scholarship fund.
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West Virginia University School of Physical Education
Morgantown
Linda Tilton
WVU Oundaten, Taec
Contract Awarded for Buckhannon Flood Control Project
A $1.1 million contract was awarded to Haerell Construction Co. Inc. for a local flood control project at Buckhannon West Virginia. Harell offices are located in Orange Virginia.
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Washigton
UPI
Haerell Construction Co. Inc
Buckhannon
W. Va
Harell
Orange
Nasser Budget Aims at Higher Military Spending in Egypt
President Gamal Abdel Nasser and his cabinet approve a budget expected to raise taxes to fund increased military expenses. Al Ahram says austerity measures follow Egypt's June war defeat as Arab diplomats shuttle among capitals to align on the Arab-Israeli crisis.
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Walter Logan
United Press International
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Newabinet
Nasser
al Ahram
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Asraeli
Sudan
Khartoum
Ismail el Azhary
Saudi Arabia
Tunisia
Morocco
U.A.R
Jordan
Lebanon
Iraq
Yemen
Hassan Mahgoub
Jeddah
Faisal
Great Britain
United States
Sultan Ben Abdul Aziz
Abdullah el Motlaq
Amman
Hussein
Odd Bull
United Nations
Jerusalem
Cairo
Suez Canal
Abba Eban
U.N. General Assembly
Coal mining interests win another battle in Kentucky courts
In Frankfort Kentucky the state Court of Appeals upheld a temporary injunction preventing Jink Ray from interfering with Puritan Coal Mines Inc which claims mineral rights to Ray s land on Island Creek Pike County. The strip mining permit remains suspended and an engineering survey is planned to assess steep terrain affecting mining eligibility.
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Frankfort
UPI
Eastern Kentucky
State Court of Appeals
Pike Circuit
Jink Ray
Puritan Coal Mines Inc
Ray
Puritan
State Stripe Mining and Reclamation
Elmore Grim
Special Pike Circuit
George Bertram
Island Creek
Grim
Edward T. Breathitt
Squire Williams
Morris Montgomery
John Palmore
Pikeville
Auxier
Coal Mining
William J. Baird
Henry V. Stratton
J. W. Craft Jr
Hazard
Baird
Strip Mining and Reclamation Commission
Ron Johnson
Stight Fork
Coon’s Branch
Pike County
Severe storms sweep Central Plains and Northeast
Storms and hail battered the Central Plains to New England after tornadoes roiled Ohio and Kansas. A storm near Pierre South Carolina dumped 3 inches of rain in an hour over Stillwater Oklahoma. Ohio counties reported tornado damage and injuries while alerts were issued in Pennsylvania. Temperature extremes appeared from the Rockies to the coast with highs near 100 in Blythe California.
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United Press International
Ohio
Kansas
New England
Central Plains
Pierre
S.C
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma City
Rock Shores
Rock Creek
Ashtabula ‘County
Pennsylvania
Rockies
Palm Springs
Calif
Blythe
Olympia
Wash
Fairmont State College Center Gets $500 000 Loan Approval
Gov Hulett C Smith announced a $500000 loan from HUD to double the size of Fairmont State College student center. The loan was approved by the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development in Charleston.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Fairmont State College
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Whose Bread I Eat His Song I Sing in Sports Review
TV critic Rick Du Brow recalls a longtime sports broadcaster nicknamed Four-fingered Wilson. The piece highlights Wilsons loyalty to teams and networks, a barroom brawl where he lost a thumb, and his lesson that reporters bear the sponsored line. He warns newcomers not to see themselves as reporters, saying earnings come from teams or networks.
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Hollywood
UPI
XYZ
Colt
Wilson
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