Mrs Hardman Convicted Hire Killers Of Husband
Mrs Ethel Hardman, 68, found guilty of hiring Robert Ellard to kill her husband, a 70 year old retired pipefitter, at his Coal River summer retreat. Ellard, Judith Carte, and Mary Bennett testified. verdict came after a two hour jury deliberation. A bail hearing was set and July 6 for motions to set aside the verdict as parole eligibility under a life sentence looms.
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Charleston
UPI
Ethel Hardman
Robert Ellard
Intermediate
William Thompson
Mercy
Ellard
Judith Carte
St. Albans
Hardman
Coal River
Carte
Charles Walker
Mary Bennett
Patrick Casey
Miss Carte
Fifty West Virginia law graduates admitted to the bar
Fifty West Virginia University Law School graduates were admitted to the bar by motion before the State Supreme Court in Charleston. The ceremony listed dozens of new lawyers from Charleston, Morgantown, Huntington, Beckley, Wheeling, and surrounding areas, with three additional admittees after passing the bar exam.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Law School
State Supreme Court
Frank Taylor Jr
Junior Bar Association
John L. Allen
Clarksburg
Edward G. Atkins
Charles E. Barnett
John S. Barone
Weirton
Ralph J. Bean Jr
Moorefield
Larry G. Berry
Huntington
Robert N. Bland
St. Albans
Robert
Frederick J. Coffman
Hinton
Jerry W. Cook
Hewett
Robert G. Coury
Morgantown
Frank Cuome Jr
Follansbee
Richard L. Dailey
Martinsburg
Robert W. Dinsmore
Joseph M. George
Uniontown
David G. Hanlon
Cairo
William D. Haslam
Lester C. Hess, Jr
Wheeling
John T. Higginbotham
Bluefield
Harry M. H
Irwin, Pa
Ned H. Ragland, Jr
Beckley
Charles A. Rea
New Martinsville
Frank A. Ribel Jr
Fairmont
Alexander M. Ross
Buckhannon
Craig P. Russell
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Robert L. Larber
John P. Scherer
Stanley H. Sergent Jr
Larry L. Sheen
Ripley
John H. Strong
Williamson
John W. Sargent
Clifton
N. J
John C. Thomas Jr
New Kensington
Clyde B. Vaughan
Drexel M. Vealey
Randall L. Veneri
Robert W. Walker
Marshall G. Walls
Stephen A. Weber
Berkeley Springs
Robin Wiseman
James McMillian
AT&T Seeks Higher Rates Under FCC Hearings
AT&T warned that limiting its interstate rate of return to 8 percent could curb growth and capital. The company, arguing for flexible regulation, said current 7.8 percent earnings hinder production costs research and investor appeal. About 30 witnesses are slated, with 70 intervenors awaiting cross examination in July and a second phase to follow.
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Washington
UPI
American Telephone & Telegraph
Federal Communications Commission
At&t
FCC
G. L. Levy
New York
Adrian M. Massie
Telephone Company
Civil rights leaders address rally crowd
Marching voices urged change as Roy Wilkins of the NAACP Floyd McKissick CORE Whitney Young of the Urban League and Stokely Carmichael of SNCC spoke to a cheering audience. The speaker urged turning a dark yesterday into a bright tomorrow during the march and rally.
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Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Whitney Young
Urban League
Stokley Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Congolese Paratroopers Demonstrate for Eshkol Visit
A unit of 12 Congolese army women paratroopers staged a demonstration jump in Leopoldville for visiting Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol. Congolese paratroopers are trained by Israeli officers under a 1963 assistance program.
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Leopoldville
UPI
Levi Eshkol
Buddhist monks clash with convoy on Highway 1 near Hue
Buddhist moderates in Saigon maintain control while Thich Tri Quang’s Hue followers tense the scene. Monks and youths block a U S convoy with street altars, provoking a two hour stand off that ended with a beating of a bystander. Quang vows temporary altar concessions to allow convoy movement.
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Ment
Hue
Pickup
Pgh
Saigon
Thich Tri Quang
Highway 1
U. S
Quang
Northfork Resident Killed Near Welch
William R. Alley of Northfork died in a one car crash three miles east of Welch on Route 52. Police said an unidentified man was injured and taken to a local hospital. Officials speculated the driver fell asleep, causing the car to leave the highway and collide with a hillside.
Deaths And Funerals Edward Howerton Garwood
Funeral services for Edward Howerton 36 Garwood will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Herndon Freewill Baptist Church with Reverends Adkins and Blankenship presiding. Burial in Tilley Family Cemetery Garwood. Howerton electrocuted Tuesday while replacing a light bulb in a wet basement. Born April 8 1930 Covel son of Nellie Williams Howerton Rock and the late William Edward Howerton. Survived by wife Fay Tilley Howerton four sons Larry Kenneth Dallas Billy at home three brothers Allen Bobby Roger all of Dover Mass three sisters Gladys Grove Patty Farmer and Carol Farmer. Body taken from Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens to residence Thursday.
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Edward Howerton
Garwood
Herndon Freewill Baptist Church
Ronald Adkins
Morgan Blankenship
Tilley Family
Howerton
Covel
Nellie Williams Howerton
Mullens
Funeral services set for Woodrow Signal Meadows
Rev James Hebb to lead funeral for Woodrow Signal Meadows 43 of Rhodell at 2 p m Friday at Rhodell Church of God Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Meadows killed Monday in mining accident at Tra lee Mine of Semet Solvay Allied Chemical Corp Survivors include husband Mack C Hall Charleston three daughters Jean Wilkerson Virginia Ferguson Hoyt Sparks and Frank Hall Jr and a son The body to be at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after noon today with service details and times subject to Jehovah Witnesses arrangements.
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James Hebb
Woodrow Signal Meadows
Rhodell
Rhodell Church of God
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Meadows
Tralee
Semet-Solvay
Allied Chemical Corporation
Friends
Rose and Quesenberry
Jehovah Witnesses
Mack C. Hall
Charleston
Jean Wilkerson
Virginia Fergurson
Washington, D. C
Hoyt Sparks
Okinawa
Frank Hall Jr
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
William C Brooks Funeral Services
Funeral services for William C Brooks 66 of Bolt will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Breckenridge Baptist Church in Bolt with Rev. Robert Dent officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Brooks was the son of the late William R Brooks and Ida Jane Brooks.
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William ©. Brooks
Bolt
Breckenridge Baptist Church
Robert Dent
Sunset Memorial Park
Brooks
William R
Ida Jane Brooks
Mrs Myrtle Brown Dies at 74 in Raleigh County
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of God in Calloway Heights for Mrs. Myrtle Brown 74 a lifelong Raleigh County resident. Officiating will be Rev Eugene Garner and Rev Earl P King. Burial follows at Sunset. She died at 2 45 a.m. Tuesday after an apparent heart attack. She was born August 30 1891 to John Thomas Roop and Ellen Starr Roop. Surviving are one brother John Roop one nephew Theodore Tyree and four grandchildren. The Caffee Funeral Home will preside at the residence at 2 p.m. today with Old Ladies Bible Class flower bearers.
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Myrtle Brown
Calloway Heights
Church of God
Eugene Garner
Beckley
Earl P. King
Princeton
Sunset Memorial Park
Brown
Raleigh County
Chrisfield
Larence Pittman
Ray Pittman
Sprague
Caffee
Old Ladies’ Bible Class
William Blankenship Rites Held in Glen Rogers
William Blankenship 84 of Glen Rogers died Tuesday in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Independent Baptist Church Glen Rogers with Rev John Richardson. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery Ravenn cliff. Survived by three sons George Clifford John and four daughters Ida Bailey Violet Farrell Opal Douglas Anna Massie and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Evans Funeral Home in Oceana to the home of daughter Mrs Bailey Thursday afternoon.
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William Harve Blankenship
Glen Rogers
Independent Baptist Church
John Richardson
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Blankenship
Mullens Hospital
Logan
Harve
Sarah Belcher Blankenship
Dollie Massie Blankenship
John
George
Glen Daniel
Clifford
Washington, D. C
Ida Bailey
Viole. Farrell
Opal Douglas
Anna Massie
Maben
Evans
Oceana
Bailey
Scarbro Infant Vivian A Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Vivian Ann Scarbro two month old daughter of Donald and Nancy Scarbro of Wyandotte Michigan formerly Oak Hill will be conducted at 2 p m Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with the Rev John Mills presiding Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill The infant died Sunday in Michigan Surviving are a brother Donnie a sister Diane both at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs Layton Scarbro of Lochgelly and Mr and Mrs L D Charping of Arcadia Louisiana The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 5 p m for viewing prior to services
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Vivian Ann Scarbro
Donakd
Nancy Charping Scarbro
Wyandotte
Mich
Oak Hill
John Mills
Tyree
Layton Scarbro
Lochgelly
L. D. Charping
Arcadia
Funeral services for Ishmael Lambert in Danville
Ishmael Lambert 47 of Danville Ill formerly Beckley is mourned with funeral services at 3 30 p m Thursday in the Rose and Quesenberg Peace Chapel the Rev B L Moss officiating Burial occurs at the American Legion Cemetery Lambert died in a Champagne hospital Monday at 2 30 p m Pallbearers named Joe Vira Ray Maxey John Amon Gene Lampin and Bob Mentz
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Ishmael Lambert
Danville
Ill
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
B. L. Moss
American Legion
Lambert
Champagne
Joe Vira
Ray Maxey
John Amon
Gene Lampin
Bob Mentz
James Pleasant Funeral Services Held in Mount Hope
Funeral services for James Pleasant, 64, of Mount Hope, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Glorious Church of God in Mount Hope with Elder Philip Jones officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Pleasant died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. The body will be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the residence at 6 p.m. Thursday.
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James Pleasant
Mount Hope
Church of God
Philip Jones
Greenwood Memorial Park
Pleasant
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Mrs Pearl R Long Funeral Arrangements Complete
Funeral arrangements are complete for Mrs Pearl Rachel Long 65 of Baltimore Maryland formerly of Oak Hill who died Tuesday after a short illness in a Baltimore hospital She was a retired employee of the Fayette County Courthouse The body will arrive Thursday morning at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
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Pearl Rachel Long
Baltimore
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Tyree Funeral Home
Final rites for Nelson Cooper in Rock Creek
Nelson Cooper 81 of Rock Creek dies after extended illness. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Rebecca Chapel Church Rock Creek with Rev. Phillip King and Rev. Clarence Winkler officiating. Burial Cantley Cemetery. Survived by wife Lou Cantley Cooper four sisters and two brothers. Valley Funeral Home Whitesville in charge.
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Nelson Cooper
Rock Creek
Rebecca Chapel
Phillip King
Clarence Winkler
Cantley
Cooper
William H
Nancy Burnside Cooper
Rebecca Church
Lou Cantley Cooper
W. N
Nelly) Hornberger
California
Lena Kolb
Walter
Emma) Miller
St. Petersburg
Fla
Otto
Polly) Batten
Pikeville
James H
Glen Daniel
Byron
Barnie
Hico
Willard Meadows 42 of Ohio WWII veteran dead in Columbus
Willard Terrance Meadows 42 a painter and World War II veteran died Tuesday in Columbus Ohio. Born April 26 1924 at Layland he was formerly of Fayetteville. Survived by stepparents Vernon and Mrs Koontz of Fayetteville three brothers Vernon Jr John Koontz of Columbus Thomas Koontz of Chicago and three sisters Lahoma Schultz Dusky Georgia Carol Koontz of Fayetteville and Linda Yoak of Canoga Park California. Body at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville.
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Willard Terrance Meadows
Columbus
Ohio
Fayetteville
Layland
Vernon Koontz
Vernon Jr
John Koontz
Thomas Koontz
Chicago
Ill
Lahoma Schultz
Sandusky
Georgia Carol Koontz
Linda Yoak
Canoga Park
Calif
Callaway Rites Held For Carrie Callaway In Raleigh County
Carrie L M Callaway 83 of Prosperity died 8 p m Tuesday in a local nursing home Born July 30 1882 in Fayette County she was a daughter of the late John and Emily Bennett Arthur A life long Raleigh County resident she was a member of First Baptist Church Preceded in death by her husband Thomas Dexter Callaway survivors include daughter Eva Stover and son Paul both of Prosperity sister Myrtle Myles and brother Douglas of Fayetteville and one grandson Services at 2 p m Friday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Kenneth Swank officiating Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens may call after noon Thursday
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Carrie L. M. Callaway
Prosperity
Fayette County
John
Emily Bennett Arthur
Callaway
Raleigh County
First Baptist Church
Thomas Dexter Callaway
Eva Stover
Paul
Myrtle Myles
Douglas
Fayetteville
Caffee Funeral Home
Kenneth Swank
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Services for Mrs Ruby Gaye Hall in Charleston
Mrs Ruby Gaye Hall 58 of Charleston dies in a sanitarium near Terra Alta. Funeral services set for 10 am Thursday at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses Charleston with Jennings Lilly in charge. Burial in Blankenship Cemetery Pikeville Kentucky. Born in German Kentucky September 22 1907 she was a member of the community church.
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Ruby Gaye Hall
Charleston
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses
Jennings Lilly
Blankenship
Pikeville
Halk
Terra Alta
German, Ky
Law Banning Interracial Marriage Declared Unlawful
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith called the state interracial marriage ban an unlawful deprivation of rights. The Methodist Conference urged repeal, calling the law unconstitutional and in step with neither Supreme Court decisions nor current human rights trends. He urged careful study of the statute as it also includes divorce provisions.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Smith
Supreme Court
Cuba Hit by Hurricane Alma Looms Over Island of Pines
Alma began in Cuba's Isle of Pines with hurricane winds of 75 mph by 9 am EDT. Havana stations CMQ Radio Havana and Radio Progreso were off air. Tides in the lower keys could rise 3 to 5 feet by Wednesday night. The storm was moving toward the Florida Straits and then toward southwest Florida. Navy ships sought harbor as authorities warned residents to high ground.
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Cuba
Isle of Pines
Havana
Fidel Castro
CMQ
Radio Havana
Radio Progreso
Lower Keys
Florida Straits
Key West
Florida
Weather Bureau
U. S
Keys
Flora
Florida Keys
South Florida
Navy
West Virginia Synod Approves Charleston Home for Aged
The West Virginia Synod of the Presbyterian Church approved a charter for a home for the aged to be built in Charleston. Adoption came Tuesday during a two day meeting at Davis and Elkins College with clergy and elders from 145 churches across the state.
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Elkins
UPI
West Virginia
Incumbents Win Most Races Across W.Va
Incumbents won most municipal races across about a dozen West Virginia towns on Tuesday. Key outcomes included Glen Dale where Joseph Rodriguez lost to William Sievertson, Benwood reelecting Anthony Scaffidi, McMechen's Francis Pearl defeating Gladys Brandon, Grant Town incumbents all retaining seats, Lost Creek reelecting a mayor, and Morgantown adding Gene Corum to council along with other incumbents securing positions.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Glen Dale
Joseph Rodriguez
William Sievertson
Sieverston
Moundsville
Arch A. Moore
DW. Va
Rodriguez
Anthony Scaffidi
Benwood
Henry DiCarlo
Scaffidi
DiCarolo
McMechen
Panhandle
Francis Pearl
Pearl
Gladys Brandon
Pear
Brandon
Grant Town
John Mancino
William Cummings
Sam Hall
Lost Creek
George Rice
George Simon
Shinnston
Carmen Debacco
Surveyor Takes Two Days Break From Moon Photos
Pasadena based Surveyor pauses after a flawless landing last Wednesday while global teams at Johannesburg and Canberra assume control to test unused communications gear and measure craft temperatures. NASA officials cite operator fatigue glare and camera position, planning to resume late Thursday night. The craft has sent 4,000 clear pictures across five missions and processed over 9,345 commands.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Surveyor
Johannesburg
South Africa
Canberra
Australia
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Missiles race over ABM plans and China threat
U S defense leaders weigh Nike-X ABM prospects with six to twelve months before a final decision. Officials doubt its value against a massive Soviet strike yet acknowledge time to counter potential Red Chinese ICBMs. American missile superiority reduces the likelihood of a deliberate nuclear attack on the United States and allies.
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Moscow
United States
America
Body Identified Near Wheeling River Tragedy
A body found floating in the Ohio River near Wheeling was identified as Homer Seevers, 21, of Wheeling. He had been missing since last Saturday and was a native of Marietta, Ohio.
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Wheeling
UPI
Ohio River
Here
Homer Seevers
Seevers
Marietta
Ohio
Logan Sheriff Is Impeached and Removed from Office
Logan County Sheriff J W Ferrell was removed by Special Judge John W Hereford based on an impeachment petition by 10 residents. Hereford found Ferrell negotiated contracts for Logan Construction Co in which he was principal stockholder and received remuneration. The State Police took over sheriff records and property pending filling the office.
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Logan
UPT
Logan County
J. W
Jack) Ferrell
John W. Hereford
Hereford
Ferrell
B. H. Cassell
Logan Circuit
C. C. Chambers
Chambers
Logan Construction Co
J. W. Ferrell Sr
Logan Construction C
William Jacobs
Parkersburg
Nola Justice
Lonnie Frazier
NATO plan to form committees on purely military questions
NATO would form committees including the Allied Supreme Commander and the French commander in chief in Germany to discuss purely military questions. The move aims to bypass France which argues troop issues are military only and should be decided by the two commanders in chief, not political NATO leaders. France plans to withdraw troops July 1 but stay politically in NATO, seeking Bonn deal to keep 72,000 troops and airmen in Germany.
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Mittees
NATO
Germany
France
Bonn
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