155 Municipal Elections Bring Shifts in West Virginia Mayors
Across West Virginia 155 municipal contests heaped non partisan votes and local party lines. Forinash failed bid as Clarksburg mayor. Pr ege of labor slate aided council races in several cities. Morgantown elected two Republicans and two Democrats to a 14 member council. Moundsville ousted incumbents. St Albans saw Averil Ramsey win mayor by under 100 votes. Dunbar elected Fred Young restoring GOP power. Vienna re elected mayor Uhl. Buckhannon incumbent Hinkle won third term. Milton chose John C Allen. Whiteside Johnson won third term. Kanawha County veterans ousted. Rivesville swept by Phillips. Davy saw Legato defeat. West Union chose Holt. Peterstown non partisan race. Mabscott and Lester elected by narrow margins. Raleigh County votes produced multiple mayoral changes.
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West
O. L. Hitt
Princeton
Tommy Jones
St. Albans
Averil Ramsey
Russell Davisson
Ramsey
Dunbar
Fred Young
GOP
Curtis M. Uhl
Vienna
Uhl
L. H. Dotson
Buckhannon
J. D. Hinkle
John C. Allen
Milton
Harry Lee Johnson
Whites
Kanawha County
S. E. McConshay
Chesapeake
George Buckley
Marmet
Bury] E. White
Curtis Sutphin
Progressive
Harry L. Johnson
Whitesville
Labor Party
Heisel M. Fox
Progressive Party
Worthington
Marion County
John Kesler
Paw Paw
Eldridge Kerns
Citizens Party
Rivesville
Walter Phillips
Davy
Floyd Legato
Luther Armstrong
West Union
Peoples
Parea
Frank Holt
J. C. Owens
Peterstown
Lawrence Muncey
E. E. Rowe
Raleigh
Fred Davis
H. V. Waybright
Mabscott
H. J. Oram
Lester
Thomas Carter
Rhodell
Sam Lilly
Elmber Webb
U S Protests Mob Attack At Potsdam
Gen Andrew P. O Meara protested to Soviet Gen Koschewoi over a mob attack on the U S mission in Potsdam the morning after an anti American rally. About 300 hurled stones ink at the wall tore down the U S flag damaged headquarters and shouted anti war slogans. No Americans were hurt and East German police largely watched as troops nearby did not intervene.
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Viet Nam
F. T. Pachler
Europe
U.S
Berlin
Potsdam
West Berlin
Southeast Asia
United States
Unsolved Raleigh County Slayings Stain 1940s Era
A Princewick butcher D T Perkins was fatally shot at his grocery. Two men were indicted on testimony by a manney Richards who later confessed to swearing falsely. Edward Anders was clubbed to death in 1934. L M Foster was found dead in 1933. French Harper was shot in the late 1920s. Hood family tragedy in 1909 remains doubtful. Beckley man C Ray Farrow was shot last Saturday. the area is called a land of mystery with many unsolved cases.
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Princewick
D. T. Perkins
Manney Richards
Edward Anders
Perkins
Anders
L. M. Foster
Mabscott
French Harper
Raleigh
Hood
Harper Heights
a_ Beckley
C. Ray Farrow
Raleigh County
First Appy Plan Road Work Set
Charleston APs relocation of a 2 mile section of U S 50 in Doddridge County will be the first highway built under the Appalachian Program. Gov Hutt C Smith said the Bureau of Public Roads authorized bids for the project from northeast of Sherwood to northeast of Salem with 2 million dollars allocated. Other Appalachian financed sections include part of U S 50 from Salem area to Wolf Summit and three Secondary 9 projects totaling about 99 miles in Doddridge and Harrison Counties.
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Salem
Wolf Summit
Clarksburg
Doddridge
Harrison
Ex-Statistician James Roche Named GM Chief
James M. Roche, once a GM statistician who joined Cadillac in 1927 at age 21, becomes president and chairman of the executive committee of General Motors. He reflects on the vast scale of the company as GM posts last year sales of 16.997 billion dollars and first quarter 2024 sales of 5.558 billion. Former GM chair Frederic Donner and predecessor John F. Gordon earned over 740 thousand and 800 thousand dollars respectively.
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New York
UPI
James M. Roche
Cadillac
General Motors
Roche
Marina Weds Man Who Rode Into Her Life
Marina Oswald, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, married Kenneth Jess Porter in Fate Texas a small justice of the peace ceremony. Porter, 27, an electronics technician from Richardson, rode up to Marina on horseback and the couple later held a brief press conference at her Richardson home.
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Tex
Marina
Richardson
Fate
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
United States
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Myral Clark
Porter
Clark
Wanda Avora Porter
Dedication Fetes Aviation Expert in Parkersburg
In Parkersburg tonight UPI notes Gill Robb Wilson, aviation elder statesman, will be principal speaker at a banquet honoring him as the local Wood County Airport Gill Robb Wilson Field is to be named in his honor with Arthur Godfrey as master of ceremonies. Gov. Hulett Smith Sen. Jennings Randolph and aviation dignitaries attend rededication and full day events featuring Jacqueline Cochran Roscoe Turner Joe Walker and Pete Everest.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Gill Robb Wilson
Aviation
Wile
Jacqueline Cochran
Roscoe Turner
America
Joe Walker
F.K
Pete) Everest
Fairmont
Gas pockets cited before Yamano mine blast tolling 236
In Fukuoka prefecture Japan a gas pocket was found just before a Yamano coal mine explosion killed 236 miners. Thirty three workers were injured, 221 bodies recovered and 15 remain inside the mine. Over 100 escaped uninjured. The disaster marks Japan's third deadliest mine tragedy.
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Fukuoka
Japan
UPI
Yamano
Tokyo
Kyushu
Makoto Hara
Yamano Coal Mining Co
New Marbon Unit Makes Plant World's Largest ABS Producer
Parkerburg witnesses ceremonies for the opening of a new unit at the Marbon Chemical plant. The expansion makes the plant the largest in the world for ABS plastics and related products. Attending are Gov. Hulett C. Smith Sen. Jennings Randolph Marbon Chemical president William A. Sutter Borg Warner president Lester G. Porter and Borg Warner executive Robert Shattuck.
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Parkersburg
UPI
Marbon Chemical Plant
ABS
Hulett C. Smith
Jennings Randolph
Marbon Chemical
William A. Sutter
Lester G. Porter
Borg- Warner Corporation
Borg- Warner Group
Robert Shattuck
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucille Fink
Funeral services for Mrs Lucille Peggy Williams Fink 40 of 322 Westwood Drive will be held at 2 p m Thursday in the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Walter H Griswold officiating Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park She died Tuesday at 12 40 p m after a long illness A Raleigh County resident she was a Woodrow Wilson High School and National Business College Roanoke Va graduate member of the First Christian Church and a Bureau of Mines employee Born November 13 1924 in Skelton she was a daughter of Arlie and Lilly Williams survive a daughter Mrs Denny Isley of McLean Va a son James H Fink of the Lewisburg Military School a sister Mrs Merle Daugherty of Parkersburg two brothers Robert A with the Navy and Donald of Beckley Final rites for Forrest L Dickerson 63 of Hico will be held at 2 p m Thursday in the Kesler Memorial Presbyterian Church Clifty Rev John Middleton in charge Burial will be in Restlawn Memory Gardens Ansted Dickerson died Tuesday morning in an Oak Hill hospital after a long illness Survivors include a brother Paul Dickerson of Fayetteville The Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle is in charge of arrangements
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Lucille
Peggy) Williams Fink
Westwood Drive
Caffee Funeral Home
Walter H. Griswold
Sunset Memorial Park
First Christian Church
Bureau of Mines
Skelton
Arlie
Lilly Williams
Denny Isley
McLean, Va
James H. Fink
Lewisburg Military School
Merle Daugherty
Parkersburg
Robert A
Forrest L. Dickerson
Hico
Kesler
Wallace
Funeral services for Dr James Harmon in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Dr James William Harmon 70 retired Oak Hill physician will be at 2 pm Thursday at Jones Avenue Church of God Reverend Phillip Hoosier to officiate Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Born June 27 1894 Rock he was son of the late Joseph E and Nancy Kinzer Harmon Survivors include wife Lelita Harmon of Oak Hill a son Claudie Harmon of Charleston three daughters Eva King of California Pauline Lovell of Charleston and Wanda Jean Harmon of Oak Hill two brothers McKinnley of Oak Hill and Hubert C of Mount Hope a sister Sadie Light of Marie Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill after 5 pm today
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James William Harmon
Oak Hill
Jones Avenue Church of God
Phillip Hoosier
High Lawn Memorial Park
Rock
Joseph E
Nancy Kinzer Harmon
Lelita Harmon
Claudie Harmon
Charleston
Eva King
Emma F. Cox Services Set In Welch For 68 Year Old
Mrs Emma Frances Cox 68 of Welch will have services at Roderfield Methodist Church with Rev Bernard Skeens in charge Burial follows at Saeger Memorial Cemetery in Roderfield She was a sister of Fred Arnold Mullens and died at 430 am Tuesday after a two month illness Born December 6 1897 in Washington County Virginia she was the daughter of the late G T and Eliza Campbell Arnold The body is at Fanning Funeral Home Welch
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Emma Frances Cox
Welch
Roderfield Methodist Church
Bernard Skeens
Saeger
Eliza Campbell Arnold
Fanning Funeral Home
Richard L. Eubanks Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Richard L. Eubanks age 17 of Mt. Hope will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Mt. Hope High School auditorium with Rev Braxton Brody officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Eubanks was killed in an automobile accident at Glen Jean early Sunday. The body will be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor in Greentown to the school two hours before the service.
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Richard L. Eubanks
Mt. Hope
Mt. Hope High School
Braxton Brody
Eubanks
Glen Jean
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Greentown
James G Williams Funeral Arrangements Announced
James G Williams 58 of Washington DC formerly Mt Hope died in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was a government employee and WWII veteran with survivors including his mother Belle Williams wife Olivia Wright Williams daughter Barbara Williams and siblings Ray mond Raymond L Mabel Washington Oretha Grear Viola Dickerson Geneva Washington. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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James G. Williams
Washington, D. C
Mt. Hope
Belle Williams
James M. Williams
First Baptist Church of
Dean Wood
Williams
Olivia Wright Williams
Beckley
Raymond L
Oklahoma City
Mabel Washington
Oretha Grear
Columbus
Ohio
Viola Dickerson
Charleston
Geneva Washington
Roanoke
Barbara Williams
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Rites for Mrs Minnie F Jones in Oak Hill Chapel
Final rites for Mrs Minnie Frances Jones 82 of Oak Hill will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Ernest Barley officiating Burial will follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill She died Tuesday morning in a Hilltop nursing home after a long illness Born September 30 1882 in Big Hill Virginia Survivors include her son Hubert Boggess Vallejo California daughter Myrtle Smith Huntington Beach California two sisters Jessie McDaniels Oak Hill and Letha Osborne Illinois eight grandchildren 19 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today
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Minnie Frances Jones
Oak Hill
Tyree
Ernest Barley
Odd Fellows
Jones
Big Hill
Hubert Boggess
Vallejo
Calif
Myrtle Smith
Huntington Beach
Jessie McDaniels
Letha Osborne
Illinois
Don Hatfield dies. Wyoming County deputy sheriff
Don Hatfield, also known as Don Hatfield Si mon, died Tuesday from an apparent heart attack. He served as a Wyoming County deputy sheriff. His body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville.
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Don Hatfield
Simon
Wyoming County
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Stover, Former Minden Resident, Dies at 57 in Lorain
Joseph Noah Stover, 57, of Lorain Ohio, formerly of Minden, died Monday in a Lorain hospital after a three week illness. He had worked for Republic Steel Co in Lorain. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
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Joseph Noah Stover
Lorain
Ohio
Minden
Republic Steel Co
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Moore captures West Virginia seat in pivotal 1964 race
The article details Francis Harrison Moore's rise in West Virginia politics since 1956, his 1964 decisive victory in Congress despite the Johnson landslide, and his age of 42. It contrasts Randolph's Senate tenure begun in 1960 with Moore’s steady re elections, his prior Congressional defeat in 1954, and his role as GOP national committeeman after Hallanan's death.
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West Virginia
Randolph
Senate
Cecil H. Underwood
House
Congress
Capital Airlines
Washington
Moore
Johnson
Cleveland Bailey
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B.johnson
John MacCormack
GOP
Walter S. Hallanan
Viet Nam War Losses and Australian Support Report
A Vietnamese coast region report details two Skyhawk crashes with no survivors near the Gulf of Tonkin while another Skyraider search plane crashed inland. Additional clashes around Quang Ngai, Pleiku, and Le Thanh are described along with casualties among U.S. advisers. The Seventh Fleet shelled Viet Cong positions as a tropical storm and Australian battalion deployment affect operations.
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Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
al Skyraider
Midway
Vinh
Dong Phong Thuan
le Thanh
Pleiku
Quang Ngai
U. S. Seventh Fleet
U.S
South China Sea
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Astronaut White Hopes for 12 Minute Space Float
White plans a 12 minute solo float 150 miles below in space tied to the capsule by a nylon line. He faces risks from meteors, extreme heat, and line tangles that could cut oxygen. His only worry is avoiding landing on the recovery carrier deck by steering off the X in the Atlantic.
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Earth
White
Atlantic Ocean
Surplus Released by BPW Lets $1.5 Million Go Free
Charleston dispatch reports the State Board of Public Works released about 1.5 million of 49 million in anticipated surplus from the Legislature. The BPW released 297000 to cover loans approved by the State Industrial Development Authority. The Commerce Department agency had 486000 on hand and approved loans totaling 783000. The IDA seeks the full 500000 surplus for 1965-66, but the board limits releases to funds immediately needed. Kenneth Stettler noted pending applications total 890000.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
BPW
State
Commerce Department
IDA
Kenneth Stettler
Rivers Attacks Pay Hike Bill After Introductio n
Washington (UPI) The House Armed Services Committee chief Rep. L Mendel Rivers urged approval of his own military pay raise bill, arguing the President Johnson plan is inadequate. Rivers said his measure would boost active duty pay by about 10.7 percent, at an annual cost of $892 million, and warned the President’s plan would leave many enlisted in poverty.
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Washington
UPI
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
L. Mendel Rivers
D S.C
Congress
Rivers
Special Presidential Commission
House
Navy
Paul H. Nitze
19 U S Rubber Plants Struck Nationwide
NEW YORK UPS Workers at 19 U S Rubber Co plants nationwide began a strike after a contract deadline passed without a settlement. About 24 500 workers in 11 states were ordered off the job as talks at the Park Sheraton Hotel stalled after 17 hours. The union cited job classification language as the main outstanding issue with negotiations to resume.
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New York
UPS
U.S. Rubber Co
United Rubber, Cork and Plastic Workers of America
Park Sheraton
Space Walk Shows Gemini-4 Astronauts Free in Space
Two Air Force majors perform history making space walk aboard Gemini-4 above the Pacific. James McDivitt and Edward White test suits and life support while White maneuvers the craft with a space scooter. White photographs the tumbling Titan-2 booster as Baja California and the Pacific lie below.
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Air Force
United States
James McDivitt
McDivitt
Pacific Ocean
Australia
North America
White
Gemini Space Walk Near Titan 2 in Historic Rendezvous
Gemini mission aims to maneuver within 20 feet of Titan 2, then astronauts will perform America s first space walk. Copilot White will exit in a $26 000 suit with 22 protective layers and use a hand held jet gun to reach the Titan 2 while mission officials and Dr Charles Berry express confidence in the daring operation.
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America
United States
Soviet Union
Charles Berry
Space Agency
Ed Dwight Jr Edged From Space Program
Ebony magazine reports Captain Ed Dwight Jr the nation's first Negro astronaut has been shelved from the moon program after protesting racial discrimination. He has been testing bomber instruments at Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the past year and reportedly filed a damaging report detailing racial pressure during training.
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Chicago
UPS
Edward Dwight Jr
Ebony Magazine
Air Force
Dwight
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Charles L. Sanders
Jerome S. Cahill
Washington
Philadelphia Inquirer
Defense Department
Dent bill seeks to curb nonunion coal mine practice
Dent notes big operators lease land to small miners to evade federal mining laws. He cites that 25 to 75 acres are used to hire up to 140 workers and that profits flow to large firms. Interior witnesses reported a 30 percent rise in mines excluded from laws from 1952 to 1962, with safety concerns. From 1940 to 1962, 94 killed and 183 injured in these mines per federal data. The bill would take effect six months after presidential approval.
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Dent
Interior Department
Administration
Johnson signals massive effort to lift Southeast Asia economy
President Johnson pushed a vast program to bolster Southeast Asia’s economy as essential to winning the Cold War struggle. He described Dominican Republic aid, including feeding about 3.2 million citizens and treating over 15,000, while avoiding any immediate plan for full US troop action in Vietnam. He rejected a domino theory mindset and stressed Alliance for Progress and American lives protection as core policy.
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United States
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Johnson
Alliance For Progress
Demilitarized zone to restore peace at national palace
An OAS memorandum says Imbert remains in nominal control while Inter-American troops inspect the building after takeover but will not enter without written permission. The demilitarized zone aim is restoring peace around the White House area and overt violations will be met with self defense measures.
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Imbert
National Palace
White House
OAS
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Mass
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Wis
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Pacific
Baja California
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