National leaders meet to curb urban riots and slum issues
Washington reports that mayors Barr and Lindsay lead a diverse group to press for emergency and long term steps to eliminate slum conditions that sparked this summer’s riots. They back a national convention to keep America’s promise and urge Congress to address urban ghettos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Walk of Life
Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Barr
New York
John W. Lindsay
Congress
Browning Denounces Escape-Proof Prisons at Watermelon Festival
Independence leaders hear Chauncey Browning warn an escape-proof system would harm society. The Department of Institutions commissioner argues against locking inmates in, cites Alcatraz, and stresses work outside walls saves costs at Moundsville Penitentiary and state hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
UPI
Chauncey Browning
Department of Institutions
Browning
Alcatraz
Devil’s Island
West Virginia
Panhandle
Senate
John Carrigan
Moundsville
Moundsville Penitentiary
State
Funeral for Nobel laureate Luthuli draws 5000 mourners in Groutville
A multiracial crowd of more than 5,000 attended the funeral of Albert Luthuli in Groutville South Africa. The 69 year old Nobel Peace Prize laureate died after a train collision last Friday. Attendees included American Consul General A R Duggan and writer Alan Paton who spoke at the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groutville, South Africa
UPI
Albert Luthuli
South Africa
Luthuli
A. R. Duggan
Groutville
Durban
Alan Paton
Forrestal crew hailed as heroes after perilous bomb disposal
Cmdr John R Fewinter from Virginia Beach praised his crew's courage during the crisis aboard the Forrestal. He recalled a 130 pound sailor lifting a 250 pound bomb and tossing it overboard despite the danger, and he said cowardice was not observed among his men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrestal
Beling
Cmdr
John R. Fewinter
Virginia Beach
Funeral services for First Lt. Charles A. Barrett Jr.
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel for First Lt. Charles A. Barrett Jr. 24 of Glenville formerly Beckley who died in South Vietnam. Burial will be Sunset Memorial Park. He was born January 28 1943 in Beckley and is survived by his parents, a sister, and the paternal grandmother. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Barrett Jr
Glenville
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Blake Breitenhirt Jr
Sunset Memorial Park
South Vietnam
Charles A
Mary Frances Peck Barrett
Obituary notices for Edmond area residents
Obituaries reveal multiple local deaths including Mrs. Alice Townsend See linger 88 of Edmond died Sunday. John C. Ellis 53 of Bradley died of heart attack with services in Bradley Presbyterian Church. Rosa Jackson of South Fayette Street died visiting family in Medina Ohio. Virgie Lee Palmer 33 of Ronceverte died in Beckley hospital with arrangements pending. Funeral homes list location and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Jackson
South Fayette Street
Medina
Ohio
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Virgie Lee Palmer
Ronceverte
Delma Jeffries
Fayetteville
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Funeral Services for Arthur Brewer Held in Mabscott
Arthur Brewer of Mabscott will have funeral services at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Rose and Quesenbery Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewey Wilson officiating. Burial is in Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Dorothy Bethel Kelly of Akron Ohio died Sunday evening in an Akron hospital after a short illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brewer
Mabscott
Rose and Quesenbery Funeral Home
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Dorothy Bethel Kelly
Akron
Ohio
Helen
Davy
Maggie Mann Shields
MacArthur
Alexander Shields
Shelba Haydon
Diane
Petersburg
Pinne George
Ronda Beach
Calif
Fred X. Williams
Sulphia
Multiple Local Deaths Prompt Brief Obituary Notices
Obituaries report two local deaths in West Virginia and North Carolina. Mrs Susan Ingram, 67, of Vinton Virginia formerly Mullens, died in a Saturday automobile crash near Charlotte North Carolina. Survived by husband Thomas, three daughters and three sons, funeral plans listed. Will Ike Hurley, 81, of Hico died at Beckley Hospital after 23 years in Hico. survivors listed with extended family. Wilmer Hall, 57, of Glen White died en route to hospital. funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Lambeth Ingram
Vinton
Mullens
Charlotte
N. C
Thomas
W. E. Ezelle
Waxhaw
Harry B. Reed Jr
J. T. Matthews
T. H
Detroit, Mich
M. H
Beckley
W. H
New Orleans
Lotz Funeral Home
Vinston
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
St. Mark’s
Will Ike Hurley
Paul
Morganfield
Joe
Kincaid
Asbury
Page
John
Powellton
Wallace and Wallace Funeral
Ans. Sted
Wilmer Hall
Glen White
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Garrison Garfield Grooms, 86, Dies in Mullens Hospital
Garrison Garfield Grooms, 86, died at 3 30 p m Sunday in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs Anna Mae Gragg. Body at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home in Mullens with arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison Garfield Grooms
Mullens Hospital
Anna Mae Gragg
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Thant Says Vietnam War Could End Peacefully
U Thant told the Friends World Conference that an honorable peace in Vietnam is possible and war continuation is unnecessary. He attributed the conflict to nationalism rather than Communism and urged the parties to take initial steps toward settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N.C
UPI
USN
Thant
Vietnam
United States
Fourth Friends World Conference
South Vietnam
Sprouse for Governor Club Forms in State
Pro Sprouse group led by R Burke elects Wheelingman president at Sprouse farm near here after two weekends of county meetings. Burke vows a vigorous campaign as Sprouse, unsure of candidacy, says the statewide club proves support needed. Clubs reported in 12 counties so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blkins
UPI
al Wheelingman
James M. Sprouse
Charles‘ton
Robert J. Burke
Sprouse
Burke
Democratic Executive Committee
Clergy across the nation respond to presidential prayer appeal
United Press International reports Sunday sermons in churches nationwide urging peace and racial harmony. Clergy urge self examination, reject blame, and call for responsibility, urging calm and openness to God’s judgment amid ongoing tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
United States
Johnson
U.S
Darrell Walton
Matthewson Street Episcopal Church
Providence
Harold 4H. Hayes
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Bellefonte
Detroit Riot
Marshall Hunt
Grace Episcopal Church
Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle
Washington
Pittsburgh
John J. Wright
Edwin Edmonds
Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church
New Haven
Conn
Dangerous situation grows in Shanghai amid Mao era unrest
UPI reports Maoist press organs claim Wuhan rebellion crushed but warn Shanghai faces a dangerous situation as clashes in Canton intensify and Red Guards, army and workers fight in major southern cities. Canton mayor reported missing. Red Flag notes ongoing power struggle with no end in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPI
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Wuhan
Shanghai
Canton
China
Red Guards
Red
Guards
Red Flag Magazine
Publi’cation
Peking
Tokyo
Mainichi
Chen Chai-two
Red Flag
Mao
Shanshai
Sing Tao Daily
Pearl River
Riots and responses across multiple cities prompt wide action
Rioting and unrest spread from Riviera Beach to Portland and Wichita as police and National Guard mobilize. Tear gas rounds, curfews, and standbys accompany claims from Martin Luther King Jr and Floyd McKissick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riviera Beach
Fla
National
Portland Ore
National Guard
Wichita Kan
Price Woodard
Charleston
S. C
Martin Luther King Jr
Springfield
N.J
Floyd McKissick
Boston
Hubert Humphrey
National League of Cities
Humphrey
Funeral services set Tuesday for fire victim Gerald Frame
Charleston UPI reports Gerald Frame 64 died from injuries suffered in a weekend house fire sparked by fumes from gasoline siphoned from an auto and ignited by a hot water heater. He had been hospitalized since the July 1 blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Gerald Frame
Milwaukee Riots Triggered by Open Housing Protests
Riots spread through Milwaukee after James Groppi led demonstrations while aldermen voted against open housing. Looting and arson followed, with sniper fire and police attacks across a three by four mile Negro-dominated area. UPI's Tom Drolshagen was among the first casualties, sustaining head injuries but later hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Groppi
Newark
Detroit
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Fifth District
Near North Side
UPI
Tom Drolshagen
3Rd Street
Whitey
Drolshagen
Krupp Scandal: Krupp Family Faces War Crimes Aftermath
The Krupp dynasty faced postwar charges with Alfried Krupp convicted in Nuremberg for plundering and slave labor. He received 12 years and property forfeiture. He served time in Landsberg washing dishes and working in a smithy. In 1951 commutations reduced sentences to time served and property returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfried
U.S
Nuremburg
Krupp
Landsberg
Germany
John J. McClay
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
Lindsay
Special Advisory Commission On
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
White House
Hero Luthuli
Charles A. Barrett
Mrs
Jake Seelinger
Jake
Alice) Seelinger
Edmond
J. W
Jane Townsend
Stroud
Jeanette Baptist Church
Roy
William
Winona
Rosie Blum
Hines
Thelma Allport
Lansing
Guy Vaughan
Randy Kessler
Restlawn Memory Gardens
Ansted
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
John Ellis
John C.ellis
Bradley
Bradley Presbyterian Church
Ted Jaeger
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Raleigh County
Ellis
MacDonald Warren Lodge No. 103
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
James Ellis
Mount Hope
Gertie Ellis
Mae Ellis
Lucy Cinccantell
Kilsyth
Tyree
Masonic Lodge
Virgie Palmer
Dorothy Kelly
Susan Ingram
Will Hurley
Beckley Shopping Plaza
Skelton
Monthru
S & Boys
Men's & Boys
A-Marts
Men’s & Boys’ Spur
U Thant
Pro-Sprouse Group
R. Burke
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!