Deaths and funerals in Peoria area and beyond
The listing details funeral arrangements for Mrs. Alice Warren of Westmoreland Street who died at 3 50 p m in a Total hospital after a long illness. Several obituaries follow, including Rev Hilliard Edwards of Cleveland Ohio, 61, a former Amigo minister who died after a long illness and had worked for Esser Aluminum Dierasting Co in Cleveland. Also noted are the death of 78-year-old Tunie Fleshman of Min den and a baby, Ether Justice Jr born in Welch hospital, with services planned at Oak Hill and Oceana respectively. The report covers multiple survivors, funeral homes, and burial plans all across Ohio and West Virginia, with police curfew violence in Peoria after a four hour flareup, 13 arrests, and the death of Walter Saunders Hart and other local fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Warren
Westmoreland Street
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Hilliard Edwards
Cleveland
Ohio
Amigo
Yancy County
Isom
Leyina Edwards
Esger Aluminum Dierasting Co
Tie
Freewill Baptist Church
Nola Hatcher Edwards
Cleve- Jans
Pauline
Bishop
Canton
Ars
Coleen Hutton
Norfolk
Joe
Erwin
Tenn
Andy Kinder
Annie Rawards
Erwitt
Calfee Funeral Home
Ether Justice Jr
Elber
Delma Gibson
Jesse
Palm Gardens
Mateno
Lawrence Miller
Welch Hospital
Kathy
Carol Gyne
Hebra
William A. Justice
Panther
Rhoda. Gibson
Oceana
Evans Funeral Home
United Press International
Veorla
Walter
Saunders Hart
Blue Jay
Medle Nawemish
RBC
Methodist
Clyde Bussard
Finley Prewitt
Sunset Memorial Air
Curtis
Richmond
Dean
Seattle
Wash
Pearis
Cercal Daspite
Chicago
Hart
Stokes County
N. C
Mie
Tim
The
Blue
Gary
City
State and Jay Methodist Church
Venna Richmond Hart
Carol Sue Hart Cooper
Northfield
Chis
Lynn Hart Lester
Morgantown
Mack
Jim
Mamie Weaver
Bockley
Vena Meredith
Oak Hill
Pauline Richmond
R. C. Hart
Fort Moyers, Fla
Funeral arrangements for Andrew Toler
Funeral arrangements are in progress for Andrew Toler of Octana who died at 12 30 p m Monday in a Maillens hospital after a long illness His body rests at the Evans Pi erevat Home in Octana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Toler
Oveang
Maillens
Evans Pierevat
Octana
Funeral Rites for Mrs Holcomb at Rainelle
Funeral services for Mrs Emme May Holcomb born Feb 25 1904 Grassy Meadows will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Ton Smathers Funeral Chapel East Rainelle with Rev Ray C Wood in charge Burial will be in McEllenney Cemetery She died Sunday night after a long illness She was sister of Mrs Anen Matheny of Beckley and a member of Lilly Valley Baptist Church
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Tunie
Tree Funeral Home
May Holcomb
Rainelle
Ton Smathers
East Rainelle
Ray C. Wood
McEllenney Cemetery
Holcomb
Anen Matheny
Beckley
Lilly Valley Bapist Church
Grassy, Meadows
Jake
Betty
Glingman Smith
West Virginia grants for park projects and city licenses
The U S Department of Labor approved grants for Parkersburg Williamson Hinton and Oak Hill and a state program to train workers in construction and related trades. Contracts fund 18 unemployed persons for 20 to 30 weeks plus statewide programs for welders heating and electrical work. Oak Hill implements a license requirement for contractors with a 31 day grace period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Parkersburg
Taose
Larry F. Stover
County Board of Trucation
Beckley
Dreid
Oak Hill
City Recorder
Ferral Services
Troy
UPI
Stover
Ters
Mall expansion plans hinted by Blackburn on page one
The article outlines space additions at the shopping mall rear for warehousing and a possible wooded area conversion into a small park with light refreshments. Blackburn notes the Realty Co will either host Wilding or sell parcels to merchants for construction while promising colonial style architecture for each installation. Collig Aman of Bradley to architect for the 312i.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn
Merchats
Collig Aman
Bradley
Mexico City Riots Suppress Student Uprising
In Mexico City authorities fought street clashes as students attacked with Molotovs and gunfire. Military police used a bazooka to breach a prep school near the cathedral, then troops with bayonets cleared barricades. Tanks and armored units surrounded the central plaza while police dragged away student leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cueto
Reforma
Houlevard
Emmate
Paris
Wable
Marting Ferry High School
Hundred, W. Va
Shooting Victim Listed Satisfactory at Hospital
Oak Hill Rosiek is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital after Monday admission for five gunshot wounds to the chest. His wife Wanda Rosiek faces felonious assault charges as the incident occurred at their home on Mankin Avenue. She waived to the Fayette County grand jury Monday before Magistrate C B Lege in Fayetteville and posted a $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Moray
Richard Matcher
Steel City
Pacifica
Linda Mar
Seattle
Wash
Vatican City
UPI
Paul
America
Vatican
Kalamazoo
Mich
Cleveland
Carl Stokes
Woo
Stokes
Akecons Negro
Uhree
Muncie
Ind
Oak Hill
Startey Rosiek
Ft. Oak Hill
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Rosiek
Wanda
Mankin Avenue
Rosick
Fayette County
Cave-in kills six miners and traps twenty five
A mine disaster in Japan leaves six miners dead and twenty five trapped after a collapse. Rescue teams use pumps and equipment to reach workers as political tensions frame coverage of the event.
First Woman-To-Woman Heart Transplant At St Luke’s
The world’s 29th heart transplant was performed at St Luke’s Hospital in Houston on Monday. Recipient Mrs Brunk, age 47, reportedly cheerful as donor Betty O’Neal of Waco died after coma and likely pulmonary blood clot. Surgeon Dr Denton Cooley led the operation. a hospital spokesman cited autopsy pending and family support described as total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Halistine Ueenmel
St. Luke’s Hospital
Denton A. Cooley
Mea
Betty O'Neal
Waco
Tex
Gladwyn Smith
Brunk
Fulbright Faces Toughest Battle For Re-Election
Senator J William Fulbright faces three Democratic challengers in Arkansas as he campaigns across the state summer heat. He predicts victory without a runoff and aims to keep fighting the Vietnam War while appealing to voters at dinners and community events.
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Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate
Taday
Prague Crisis Tension Grows as Talks Replace Threats
The article reports on Czech and Soviet leaders amid a crisis over Czech reforms. It notes Rude Pravo urging equal talks, while Brezhnev's camp fears Czech moves toward capitalism. Diplomats in Moscow hint at a compromise as gunfire gives way to dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rude Pravo
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Federal Park
Arkansas
Kultright
Senate
Fulbright
Conservinkye
Jim Johnson
Conmuay
State Supreme Court
Johnson
Ibis
Virginia
George Wallace
Bobby K. Hayes
Celice Rock
Pathright
Horder
Little Rock
Keler
McClellan
Alexander Dubcek
Leon DL Brezhnev
Moscow
UPI
Henry Shazino
East Bloc
Krenlin
Platform Conurget and the 1964 Republican Platform Draft
The piece discusses Eisenhower backed views shaping a Republican platform after decades of Southeast Asia retreat. Reagan signals a cautious stance, avoiding a clash, while Rockefeller and Nixon influence the draft. The draft emphasizes a broader peace in Vietnam and urban policy shifts, with McCarthy and Humphrey contesting and debating convention open access and delegates' freedom.
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Fter
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Citizens Committee
Vietnam
Committtes
Johson
Rockefaller
Convention continues as Nixon leads in delegate tallies
The article notes delegates moving away from Nixon while the latest UPI tally shows 690 committed or leaning to Nixon, 285 for Rockefeller, and 358 for Reagan. A Gallup poll is cited, suggesting Nixon runs stronger than Rockefeller and ahead of Humphrey and McCarthy. Rockefeller previously filed polls to bolster his claim of being stronger than Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Rockefeller
Nara
UPI
Reagan
Glyvan al Conspicuous
Mumlay
Gallup
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene I. McCarthy
Kanawha Assessor Tax Trial Opens in 1959 63 Case
The U S attorney opened a federal income tax evasion case against former Kanawha County Assessor Sam MacCorkle alleging willful failure to file tax returns for years 1959 through 1963 on income claimed to exceed 116000. The government said it would prove MacCorkle willfully omitted these filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uanleslan
Kanawha County
Sam ManCork-lehére
MaeCorkle
Warren Upton
MacCorkle
Postal Receipts Rise At Beckie Post Office
Beackie Post Office shows a four week period ending Friday with receipts of 34,370, up from 29,892 last year. Mail volume rose 27.5 percent to 4,168,006 from 3,269,000. Postmaster A. Fray Ly attributes gains to better economic conditions and increased usage of all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckie
Bedley Poatmaster A. Fray Ly
Mali
Sihure
Lily
U.S. and NK Troops Clash Across DMZ then Killings Reported
UPI reports two clashes along the DMZ between U.S. forces and North Korean infiltrators. An American and a North Korean were killed in the first encounter. Separately, South Korean police killed two North Korean agents on the southwest coast. In the western clash, a North Korean was killed as fire opened on a patrol. Four North Koreans were carried to the north on stretchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
UPI
U.S
Thoops
North
South Korea
Manny
da Nang
Wienerskarn
Charlie
Gregory Reynelily
Washington, D.C
Ononina Dine
Viet Cong raid feared. Da Nang under pressure near DMZ
Frontline reports say Viet Cong forces shell Da Nang and prepare for a possible two regiment raid near the key air complex. U S and allied units struggle to repel ambushes south of Da Nang as casualties mount and bombers strike Viet Cong encampments near Cambodia.
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Oathe
da Nang
Hoang Xuan Lan
South Vietnam
U.S. Bsc
Saigon
Cambodia
Hoe Mon
North Vietnam
Navy
Cmdr
Guy Cane
New York City
Panhandle
U.S
Sai
Central Baptist Church Board Directors Bond Notice
A fragment references a $590,000 loan and a May 22 date for the Rev Edward N Abram pastor of Central Baptist Church and named Beckley residents Wiley Mia Marle Tembelek Rube Holeston Byenk erry. It notes a church charter requiring a board of 3 to 5 directors, each to be a pastor deacon or trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Abram
Allthe Central Baptist
Wiley
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Peoria, Ill
J.D. Fleshman
Elbert Justice Jr
Walter Hart
Wheeling
Emme. Holcomb
Nheeling
Paisel
Michael Turner
Sears Roebuck & Co
Sat
Charles Jerrome
Frank A. Wade
Wigel Sling
Firestones
Jerrome
Firestone
Ohio County
Jalvere
Turner
Wade
Sears
Joseph Nall
Hinton
Main Street
Car Hill
MT. Hope
EMD
Order OF the Golden Pie
Mexico City
Waterford
Oia
UPC
St. Marys
W. Vas
Clarence P. Wahle
Interlake Steel
Yuvan
Japan
Hokkaido
Demantina
Erotic Aspiranta
Techris
View Press
Mobert J. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Tool
Nelson Rocketelier
Doman
Siyemuur
Hint
Elartoral
Little Rock, Ark
J. William Fulbright
D+ Ark
Ponte
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Bogota
Colombia
Aux
Prague
Kremlin
Rude Prave
Soviet Union
Conurget
Tumphrey
McCarthy
Humphrey
AOL
Timphrey
Western Union
Wank
Kanawha
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