Ballistics report awaited in Furrow murder case
Beckley police expect a ballistics report from Charleston on Tuesday to clarify the murder of C. Ray Furrow found May 30 in Mrs. Gladys Carter’s apartment. Police say a suspect exists and more than 100 people have been questioned as the department weighs progress and possible arrest.
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C. Ray Furrow
Beckley
Charleston
Beckley Post - Herald
William Teubert
Farrow
Gladys Carter
Woodlawn Avenue
Carter
Farrow’s
Gemini 4 mission ends with successful splashdown and record feats
Spaceflight reports Gemini 4 completes a four day, 63 orbits mission. McDivitt and White withstand 8G during splashdown preparations amid computer glitches. White sets multiple spacewalking and EVA duration records while the craft achieves historic endurance milestones and rendezvous challenges.
Now You Know By United Press International
The world's tallest living tree, a redwood in Humboldt County California, reaches 367.8 feet in height and 44 feet in girth per the World Almanac.
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United Press International
Humboldt County
Calif
World Almanac
Lady Bird Johnson Ends V I Vacation at Caneel Bay
Lady Bird Johnson ends a five day Caribbean vacation on St John Island off Tortola as she snorkels with guide Noble Samuel and a Secret Service agent nearby. The First Lady, relaxed and tanned, swam the blue waters and faced a curious barracuda which swam away after a brief encounter. She planned a final dip before a 3 15 p m EDT flight back to Washington.
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Caneel Bay Plantation
V.I
UPI
Bird Johnson
Turtle Beach
St. John Island
Integration Steps For Northeast Georgia Civil Rights Organizing
Civil rights planning moves in a northeast Georgia city include a push to organize now to engage white Christians. The crowd notes Klansmen tied to Viola Liuzzo murder in Alabama, with Wilkins and Eaton on bond and Wilkins awaiting a new trial. Also reported: church window in Birmingham, journalist tour in Montgomery, Harlem tensions warning by Powell, Bogalusa deputy slain, CORE cancellation, and a $25,000 McKeithen reward.
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Georgia
Craig
Collie Leroy Wilkins
William Eaton
Wilkins
Eaton
North Carolina
Alabama
Birmingham
People of Wales
16Th Street Baptist Church
Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Harlem
Robert F. Wagner
Powell
Bogalusa
O'Neal Moore
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
John J. McKeithen
Taylor in Washington for consultations with Johnson
UPI reports Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor returned from Viet Nam for his periodic consultations with President Johnson and other officials. He declined to comment on current developments, noting only a general sense of advances and regressions. He will stay in Washington about a week before resuming his trip to Saigon.
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Washington
UPI
Maxwell D. Taylor
Viet Nam
Johnson
Taylor
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force
Saigon
Two Narcotics Addicts Held In Clown's Death
In New York two narcotics addicts Allen Jones and Marian Deberry were held without bail for the bludgeon killing of circus clown Paul Jung. They allegedly battered Jung with a brass fire-hose nozzle in a West Side Manhattan hotel room on April 21, and stole $40 and a typewriter.
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New York
UPI
Paul Jung
Allen Jones
Marian Deberry
Manuel A. Gomez
West Side
Manhattan
Final rites for Mrs Elizabeth Thomas in Beckley
Mrs Elizabeth Thomas 48 of Beckley will have final rites at 1 p m Wednesday in the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Bishop Allen Wilson presiding. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. She died in a local hospital at 4 15 p m Saturday after a long illness, with the body at the funeral home after 9 a m Tuesday for friends to call.
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Elizabeth Thomas
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson
Allen Wilson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Funeral services for Ellis L Mooney in Saxon
Ellis Lu ther Mooney 74 of Raleigh County will have funeral services at Shiloh Baptist Church Saxon at 2 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Byrd Cook and Rev Samuel Meadows Burial will follow in Daniels Cemetery Saxon He died in a local hospital after a lengthy illness Born May 22 1891 he was a life long Raleigh County resident last worked for Secona Smokeless Coal Co Resaco till May 1948 and belonged to UMWA Local 6147 Survived by wife Winnie Daniel five daughters two sisters one brother two grandchildren 10 more grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren Services and call times listed at Melton Mortuary Wright and Anderson Funeral Home handling arrangements
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Ellis Luther Mooney
Josephine
Shiloh Baptis Church
Saxon
Byrd Cook
Samuel Meadows
Daniels Cemetery
Mooney
Odd
Wirt
Juliana Garrison Mooney
Raleigh County
Secona Smokeless Coal Company
Resaco
UMWA
Winnie Daniel
Virginia Mills
C. C
Gladys) Walker Jr
Beaver
James
Ruby) McCoy
Charles Johnston
W. H. Buchanan
Joe Wickline
Fred Wills
Paul McCoy
Robbins Crysel
Reed Rites Set for Edward Eugene Reed at Oak Hill
Funeral services for Edward Eugene Reed 21 of Minden will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Ernest Barley officiating Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He died at 5 a m Sunday after a long illness He is survived by parents Eugene D and Mae Stout Reed three brothers Bobby Richard and Billy all of Minden a sister Patty Reed of Minden a half brother Jimmy Tompkins of Minden and two half sisters Mrs Delores Davy of Columbus Ohio and Jane Canterbury of Oak Hill Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p m Tuesday
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Edward Eugene Reed
Minden
Tyree
Oak Hill
Ernest Barley
High Lawn Memorial Park
Reed
Eugene D
Mae Stout Reed
Bobby
Richard
Billy
Patty Reed
Jimmy Tompkins
Delores Davy
Columbus
Ohio
Jane Canterbury
Oakill
Charles S Brooks Rites Set For 74 in Mullens
Charles Samuel Brooks 74 died in Johnson City Tennessee after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a m Tuesday in James L McDougal Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Rev T K Morrison in charge. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Brooks formerly lived in Wyoming County and resided in Lansing North Carolina. Friends may call this afternoon at the funeral home.
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Charles Samuel Brooks
Johnson City
Tenn
T. K. Morrison
James L. McDougal
Mullens
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Brooks
Lansing
N. C
Wyoming County
Final rites for Earl V Williams in Fayetteville
Earl Victor Williams 70 of Fayetteville died at 10 50 am Sunday in a Beckley hospital He was a retired employee of the New River and Pocahontas Coal Co at Minden and a WWI veteran Born Maynor February 22 1895 he was a son of the late Joe and Virgie Williams Survived by his wife Dephine Hagg Williams a brother Percy Williams of Clear Creek and a sister Dora Richmond of Mount Hope Route 1 RNS
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Earl Victor Williams
Fayetteville
Tyree
Oak Hill
Houston Hall
High Lawn Memorial Park
Williams
Beckley Hospital
New River and Pocahontas Coal Co
Minden
Maynor
Joe
Virgie William Williams
Dephine Hagg Williams
Percy Williams
Clear Creek
Dora Richmond
Mount Hope
Roop Funeral Arrangements for Luther A. Roop
Luther A Roop 44 Greenwood died Saturday evening after a long illness in a Madison hospital Born August 12 1924 in Dothan son of the late James and Della Roop He was a World War II veteran a former Eastern Gas and Fuel Co employee and lived in Boone County 13 years Survived by Mary Joyce Roop a son James Walter Roop a daughter Mary Susan three brothers and four sisters The body will be moved from McDougal Funeral Home in Oceana to the residence at 5 pm Tuesday
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Luther Alton Roop
Greenwood
Madison
Dothan
James and
Della Blake Roop
Greenwood Freewill Baptist Church
Eastern Gas and Fuel Co
Wharton
Boone County
Mary Joyce Roop
James Walter Roop
Mary Susan
Ormie
Charles
Edward
Belle
Nellie Aliff
Esta Painter
Tella Campbell
Marie Armstrong
McDougal Funeral
Oceana
Benjamin Jones services for Benjamin Harrison Jones
Benjamin Jones 76 of Beckwith will have services at 1 p m Tuesday at Cotton Hill Baptist Church with Rev William Seacrist officiating Burial will be in Vaughn Cemetery Jones died Saturday night in a Beckley nursing home He was born March 4 1889 in London Kanawha County and was a retired miner A Cotton Hill Baptist Church member Survived by two sons Earl Lee of Levittown Pa and Melvin Jones a daughter Thelma Judy of Riverview Fla a brother Herman Jones of Charleston four sisters Lillie Steeles Ada Ramsey Mamie Hughart Laura Campbell five grandchildren and one great grandchild Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville in charge with visitation after 4 p m today until service time
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Benjamin Harrison Jones
Beckwith
Cotton Hill Baptist Church
William Seacrist
Vaughn Cemetery
Vaughn
Jones
Beckley
London
Kanawha County
Norvel
Elizabeth White Jones
Ruby
Earl Lee
Levittown
Melvin Jones
Thelma Judy
Riverview
Fla
Herman Jones
Charleston
Lillie Steeles
Ada Ramsey
Mamie
Fayetteville
Lonnie Lester Lester Dies After Long Illness At 82
Lonnie Lester Lester 82 of Lester died in a local nursing home at 10 40 a m after a long illness. born in Floyd County Virginia December 10 1884 he was a retired miner and a member of the First Baptist Church at Lester and the Crab Orchard Local of the UMW Survivors include two sons Sterling C Chicago Ill and Lonnie Jr Lester three daughters Mrs Ruth Allen and Mrs Mildred Clark both of Les
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Lonnie Jackson Lester
Lester
Floyd County
First Baptist Church
Crab Orchard
UMW
Sterling C
Chicago
Ill
Lonnie Jr
Ruth Allen
Mildred Clark
Les
Take a Hike San Francisco Giants Advised Murakami
UPI reports manager Herman Franks sought help from Masanori Murakami on the mound during a game. The Japanese lefty told him to take a hike, prompting Franks to search for the clubhouse comedian who clarified the phrase meant okay.
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SAN Francisco
UPI
San Francisco Giants
Herman Franks
Masanori Murakami
Franks
Murakami
Johnson calls on Communists to walk together toward peace
President Johnson launches a personal diplomatic push inviting the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc leaders to join in a peace path. In remarks at Catholic University and a Chicago fundraiser, he urged nations to reason together, stressing avoiding arms races while welcoming collective steps toward peace.
Debate Over State Of Economy Grows Is U.S. Facing New Low Mood
AFL-CIO chief economist Nathaniel Goldfinger urged raising the federal minimum wage from 1.25 to 2 an hour, calling for a stimulus amid a heated forecast debate. Leon Keyserling, former Truman adviser, dismissed major worries though noting weaknesses, while criticizing Federal Reserve policies cited by William McChesney Martin Jr. as dampening the economy. He warned misrepresentation of the current prosperity while noting vulnerabilities that require fixes.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
Nathaniel Goldfinger
Big Labor Federation
Leon H. Keyserling
Harry S. Truman
William McChesney Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Martin
New York
U.S
Senate
Keyserling
Federal Reserve
Pike's Peak
Plains
Space Baby No 4 Born
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov says his wife is pregnant and the couple expect another child this summer making a fourth baby born to Soviet cosmonauts. Titov’s new child would join Tatiana Titov born Sept 24 1963 and children of Valentina Tereshkova, Andrian Nikolayev, and Valery Bykovsky. All reported healthy.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Gherman Titov
Earth
Titov
Tatiana
Valentina Tereshkova
Andrian Nikolayev
Valery Bykovsky
FBI cites solid evidence in bank holdup case
The FBI says substantial evidence points to Pope as the gunman in the bank robbery. Police at Salina Kansas report Pope was driving a 1939 Buick convertible. Authorities recovered a 1965 rental car linked to the crime, used in the holdup, about 400 miles from Big Springs.
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FBI
Pope
Salina
Kan
Big Springs
Mobile Government to Visit Eastern Panhandle
Gov Hulett C. Smith brings his mobile government to the Eastern Panhandle Wednesday with about 34 state department heads. Citizens and civic leaders from 11 counties are invited to meet him at Martinsburg Airport for a 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. session, with a 3 p.m. news conference. Mary Alice Smith attends, following a luncheon.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Panhandle
Smith
State Department
Martinsburg
State Board of Public Works
Mary Alice
Moundsville
Beckleyan Elected Governor of Lions
West Virginia Lions Club elected four district governors at the convention in Huntington. Named were A. R. Tucker Beckley Ralph Frame Belle Truman Mc Cauley Bunker Hill and John D Herron New Cumberland. Richard Ruff Welch was elected an international director.
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Huntington
UPI
West Virginia Lions Club
A. R. Tucker
Beckley
Ralph Frame
Belle
Truman McCauley
Bunker Hill
John D. Herron
New Cumberland
Richard Ruff
Welch
The
Lions Club
Killer Becomes Mother in California Prison Abortive Title
Convicted husband slayer Lucille Miller gave birth Sunday outside Frontera prison to a 7 pound baby girl named Kimai. Miller had permission to leave the California Institution for Women to deliver in a civilian hospital though the prison could house deliveries.
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San Bernardino Calif
UPI
Lucille Miller
Kimiai
Marines Withdraw From Island After Crisis Eases
The last of about 4,200 U.S. Marines left the island for Camp LeJeune as 16 Leathernecks remained at the embassy. More than 13,000 Army paratroops and airmen stay on duty with the inter American peace force formed late last month.
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OAS
U.S
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Family stress visible in Mrs McDivitt and kin
The narrative notes Bonnie Lynn aged 9 and her mother Mrs McDivitt, described as a bubbly brunette, showing strain. She stayed up late talking with Ed Barker, a protocol officer at the spacecraft center, then slept late but attended Mass at St. Paul’s Catholic Church.
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Bonnie Lynn
McDivitt
Ed Barker
Spacecraft Center
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Space test advance could prompt real launch this year
Sources indicate a study is underway to convert the August simulated Agena launch into a real flight. If Cooper and Conrad succeed, the United States would lead the Soviet Union in manned space efforts and move about two months ahead of its schedule. A decision is not expected for several weeks.
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Agena
Cooper and Conrad
United States
Soviet Union
Flying Boxcar Missing At Sea With 10 Aboard
A United States Air Force C119 went missing after taking off from Homestead AFB Florida bound for Grand Turk Island with ten aboard. Searches by twenty military aircraft and two Coast Guard cutters extended from San Salvador to Grand Turk through the night. Nine crew and passengers hailed from the Milwaukee area.
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Miami
APS
Coast Guard
Bahamas
San Salvador
Grand Turk Island
Air Force
Homestead Air Force Base
Fla
Grand Turk
Ramey Afb
Porto Rico
Milwaukee
Tree blocks main road until AA man frees it
An Automobile Association patrolman named Chippy Carpenter helped local workmen chop through a massive tree that blocked a major vacation road in Exeter England for two hours Sunday.
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Carpenter Chips
Exeter
England
UPI
Automobile Association
Chippy Carpenter
Valleys Eyed for Industrial Development
An informal Charleston meeting gathers six Parkersburg to Charleston area residents to push industrial growth in the Ohio Kanawha corridor. The Golden Triangle Association may become the official name after a subcommittee reports. The group aims to land the 280 million National Accelerator Laboratory as a key regional project amid a nationwide competition.
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Golden Triangle Association
National Accelerator Laboratory
State Commerce Department
Walk toward peace plea marks U S commencement speech
President Johnson urged a global walk toward peace in a Catholic University of America commencement address. He invited leaders of Communist nations, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe to join in forging better relations as Cold War tensions linger. In Kansas, McPherson College President D W Bittinger reacted to an FBI-charge claim that Duane Pope, a recent graduate, was the Big Springs Neb bank robber. AtSpace Center Houston, astronaut James A McDivitt quipped about returning home after a record space journey and Flight Surgeon Charles Berry reported good health of spacemen White and McDivitt.
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Earth
White
Wasp
Sperry
Hawkins
Jacksonville
Fla
Air Force
Charles Berry
McDivitt
U.S
Space
Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Catholic University of America
Chicago
Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
Asia
Europe
Southeast Asia
United Press International
Mcpherson
Kan
D. W. Bittinger
McPherson College
FBI
Duane Pope
Big Springs
Neb
Birth Control Measure Tops Panel's Agenda
A two day interims committee session at the Statehouse opens with birth control legislation on top the agenda. Other topics include conflict of interest laws abandoned buildings and the state tax structure. Citizens groups were expected to testify on the birth control clinic proposal and a governor appointed group was to report on conflict of interest.
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Charleston
UPI
Statehouse
Hulett C. Smith
West Berliners Cross Wall Amid Uncertain Hope
About 90,000 West Berliners crossed the border to visit relatives in the East for the Whit sun Holiday, possibly the last time if the wall closes at midnight next Sunday. Some 100,000 used one-day passes for family reunions while fearing permanent closure as Communist officials warned West Berlin moves could hinder a new pact.
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West Berlin
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