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Dennis Wills 57 of 205 Garfield St. found dead from an apparent heart attack. He died before being found by Jess E. Greene and died at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. Wills born May 1 1908 in Summersville was a retired miner and member of Hill Top Baptist Church Green Valley. Surviving are one son Charles in Germany three brothers and four sisters. Funeral at Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren at 2 p.m. Thursday with burial Mount Tabor Cemetery. The body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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Dennis Lee Wills
Garfield St
Jess E. Greene
Greene
Wills
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Summersville
George
Teresa Rader Wills
Hill Top Baptist Church
Green Valley
Charles
Air Force
Germany
Thomas
Hinton
Leon
St. Albans
Herschel
Charleston
Lorraine Hicks
Ter
Mattie Lilly
Crab Orchard
Church of the Brethren
Russell O'Neal
Mount Tabor
Keyser- Bryant
Mrs Combs Funeral Services In Raleigh County
Mrs Sarah Lemon Combs 91 of Arnett dies after four month illness in Oak Hill nursing home. Funeral at Melton Chapel at 1 p m with Rev Virgil Cook officiating, burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by daughter Eva Humphrey, two grandsons, three great grandchildren, three half sisters and two half brothers. Body at funeral home after 6 p m today.
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Sarah Lemon Combs
Arnett
Melton
Virgil Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Combs
Oak Hill
Wyoming County
George Snuffer Lemon
Missionary Baptist Church
Bolt
Claude Humphrey
Beecher Clay
Ed Covey
Tommy Worley
John Richardson
Richie Snuffer
Dawson Lucas
W. A. Giammeriso
Presence of Viet Cong at Talks Not Barrier
White House adviser McGeorge Bundy said Viet Cong representatives at peace talks would not block discussions and could join a North Vietnamese delegation. He noted Viet Cong have traveled on North Vietnamese passports and echoed Secretary Rusk on meeting with Viet Cong if they are part of a recognized government delegation. Morgenthau disputed U.S. policy, urging withdrawal with dignity.
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Washington
UPI
Viet Nam
White House
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Bundy
United States
Dean Rusk
U.S
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Hans J. Morgenthau
University of Chicago
Morgenthau
Gentry Rites Held in Herndon Heights Church
Clarence Bartley Gentry 68 of Herndon Heights died after a long illness. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Guyandotte Baptist Church with Rev. Ronald Adkins and Rev. Jim Bower officiating. Burial is in Lusk Cemetery. The body will be transported from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens to his residence at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bartley Gentry
Herndon Heights
Guyandotte Baptist Church
Ronald Adkins
Jim Bower
Lusk Cemetery
Gentry
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs Effie Wood 76 Dies After Brief Illness in Beckley
Mrs Effie Wood aged 76 from Sprague died at 2 15 am in Beckley Hospital after a brief illness. Born July 7 1888 at Crab Orchard she was a daughter of Isaac and Rowena Snuffer. Her husband Charles Wood died in 1928. A longtime Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren member she formerly worked at Beckley Hospital. Survivors include two daughters Miss Velta Wood manager of Embees Beckley and Miss Cleta Wood Sprague one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Wood
Sprague
Beckley Hospital
Crab Orchard
Issac
Rowena Spangler Snuffer
Charles Wood
Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren
Velta Wood
Embees, Beckley
Cleta Wood
Tom Reese 82 Mullens Dies After Long Illness
Tom Reese 82 of Mullens died Monday morning in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He retired from the Virginian Railroad in 1947 and had lived in Wyoming and Mercer counties since 1928. A member of Beth el AME Church Mullens, he is survived by Rosa his wife two sons Tom Jr of Chicago and Nathaniel of Princeton a daughter Barbara McClanahan of Mullens 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body lies at James L McDougal Funeral Home Mullens where friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday.
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Tom Reese
Mullens
Beckley
Virginian Railroad
Reese
Wyoming
Mercer Counties
Bethel Ame Church
Rosa
Tom Jr
Chicago
Ill
Nathaniel
Princeton
Barbara McClanahan
Ulysses G Hensley Obituary Notices and Family Details
Ulysses G Hensley aged 72 of Clear Fork died on arrival at a Oce ana doctor’s office at 6 20 p m Monday from a heart attack. He was a retired farmer and timberman who lived in Mercer Raleigh and Wyoming counties for 40 years. Born February 22 1893 in Kipling Virginia he was the son of Barnett and Martha Blevins Hensley. He belonged to the Tona Baptist Church at Hatcher. Surviving are his wife Victoria five sons Elmer of Illinois Ralph Darrel and Ethan all of New Plymouth Ohio Gene of Jeffersonville Indiana two daughters Marie Bailey and Ruth Chaffen a brother Ken and two sisters Savanna Reed and Violina Hensley.
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Ulysses Grant Hensley
Clear Fork
Oceana
Hensley
Mercer
Raleigh
Wyoming
Kipling
Barnett
Martha Blevins Hensley
Toneda Baptist Church
Hatcher
Victoria
Elmer
Illinois
Ralph
Darrel
Ethan
New Plymouth
Ohio
Gene
Jeffersonville
Ind
Marie Bailey
Ruth Chaffen
Salem
Ken
Savanna Reed
Violina Hensley
Abing
Judge seeks replacement in Ruby Oswald murder case
Judge Brown requests removal from further duties in the State of Texas v Jack Ruby case and asks for another judge to handle proceedings. Brown had sentenced Ruby to death for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, prompting Melvin Belli to protest the ruling before being removed by Ruby's family amid his denunciation of the court.
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State of Texas
Jack Ruby
Blankenship
Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Melvin Belli
Belli
Dallas
Mullens RNS Notes Don, Va., Grandchildren
A brief obituary note from Mullens Virginia mentions a person and their several grandchildren, with the source credited to RNS.
Death notice for Andrew Kincannon in Beckley
Andrew Kincannon, 68, Beckley, died in a local hospital early today after a long illness. He was born June 5, 1897 in Ivanhoe, Virginia. A retired hospital employee and World War I veteran, he is survived by a daughter Delores Medley of East Park, a brother Plat Kincannon of Pittsburgh, and a sister Ella Morman of Cleveland. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Kincannon
Beckley
Ivanhoe
Kincannon
Delores Medley
East Park
Plat Kincannon
Pittsburgh
Ella Morman
Cleveland
Ohio
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Mariner IV Lifts Off From Cape Kennedy on Mars Quest
The 575 pound Mariner IV, built by JPL for NASA and Caltech, launched November 28 1964 from Cape Kennedy to reach Mars on a 325 million mile mission. After a two stage Atlas Agena boost and a parking orbit, it aimed for a Mars window opening November 1964. The craft faced potential failures but carried a precise midcourse system to adjust. Tomorrow a profile of the probe will recount its early steps and goals.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Mars
Mariner IV
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner
Earth
Indian Ocean
Did Bobby Say It LBJ Not Truthful On VP Controversy
A UPI report says Robert Kennedy told President Johnson last summer that Johnson was not truthful about leaks of their secret talk on the vice presidency. The claim appears in Theodore H. White's The Making of the President 1964 excerpted by the New York Herald Tribune. Kennedy declined to comment.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Theodore H. White
New York Herald Tribune
Kennedy
White House
Algerian riots met with force as troops deploy in Bone
Eyewitnesses report Monday riots in Bone met by troops firing warning shots to disperse crowds. About ten travelers arriving in Marseilles claim fatalities and tanks seen en route to Bone. A veiled women protest was broken by police cordon. Security surrounds National Students Union Building while Ben Bella’s fate remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
Bone
National Students Union
Boulevard Baudin
Friends in Charleston Fallout Ends in Shooting
Sam Tyree aged 60 and William Hunter age 61 fought in a Charleston alley after years of disputes. Hunter pulled a revolver during the argument and shot Tyree three times wounding himself once in the hand. Tyree was in satisfactory condition in a Charleston hospital. Hunter was charged with felonious shooting and released on $1,000 bond.
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Charleston
UPI
Sam Tyree
William Hunter
Tyree
Hunter
Family Settles For $225000 In Out Of Court Case
The family of William J. Stahler of Tamaqua Pa received 225000 in an out of court settlement from Interstate Truck Service Inc Wheeling WV after five days of trial testimony before Federal Judge Louis Rosenberg The 1963 accident left Donna brain damaged deaf and mute while Stahler died at age 20 and his son William Jr was unharmed The settlement allocated 149500 to the estate 50000 to Donna 25000 to Mrs Stahler and 500 to William Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
Schuylkill County
Interstate Truck Service Inc
Wheeling
W. Va
William J. Stahler
Tamaqua
Louis Rosenberg
Stahler
Karley
William Jr
Washington
Westmoreland County
Donna
Camp to Host Sen Byrd Opening Ceremony
Col Yeager announces Summer Science Youth Camp opening next Sunday with Sen Robert C Byrd as speaker. A flag ceremony will feature flags of all 50 states carried by campers from each state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nual Science Youth Camp
Sen
Robert C. Byrd
Notorious pair linked to rail worker slaying spree
A hanged Kansas railroad worker was killed and $51 stolen on a lonely Kansas road June 9 1961. Arrests at a Grantsville Utah roadblock followed a day later with confessions to six more killings from Jacksonville Fla to Craig Colo. The duo fled Ft Hood stockade May 24 1961 after AWOL arrests. Victims include war widow I Thea Ottevio 44 and hotel maid Rachel Moyer 18 as part of a nationwide crime spree.
March In Memory Of Slain Rights Workers
A bi racial group of about 80 people marched 12 miles under a hot Mississippi sun on Memorial Day to honor three civil rights workers found buried on a farm near Philadelphia Mississippi last summer. Memorial services were held in New York Chicago Atlanta and Greenville Mississippi as marchers, protected by police, passed through Philadelphia and past the burned Negro church ruins.
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United Press International
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Miss
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Greenville
Street Roaming Alligator Rescued in Charleston
A Charleston resident reported a two foot alligator roaming near Laidley Field. Patrolman W G McGinnis retrieved it and kept it outside the squad car en route to the station. Police held the reptile separately from another kept by Capt Lawrence Morris in the Accident Prevention Bureau while awaiting the owner’s word.
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Laidley Field
W. G. McGinnis
Lawrence Morris
Accident Prevention Bureau
Morris
Charleston
Road Bids Statewide for Paving Contracts Listed
Low bidders on state financed road resurfacing projects include Calhoun Big Bend Big Springs Road Mobile Paving Huntington for 46 778 and Greenbrier Caldwell Organ Cave Road Andersons Blackrock 103 324 McDowell Rift Canebrake Road W and H Construction 148 181 etc. The list covers multiple counties with distances and bid amounts for each project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.va
Jefferson
Charles Town
Summit Point
Potomac Construction Co
Martinsburg
Lewis
Mobile Paving Inc
McDowell
Rift - Canebrake
W. and H. Construction Co
Bluefield
Roderfield-Davy
W. and H. Construction
Auto Dealers Ahead of Tax Cut Details
Vanik advised new car buyers to bring it into the showroom as a guide. The list included retail prices such as power brakes for a Ford at 43.20 dollars and air conditioning for a Chevrolet Corvair at 349.70 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanik
Ford
Ky vows drastic measures after terrorist executions in Saigon
In Saigon military leader Nguyen Cao Ky pledged drastic action against terrorists traitors and war profiteers after a firing squad executed four would be bombers at a barracks housing U S officers. Earlier Viet Cong terrorist Tran Van Dang was executed at Saigon central market place for planning an attack on U S officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Tran van Dang
Dang
U. S
Vo Tanh
Son's Life at Stake as Father Sought in Florida
Huntington doctors say 19yearold George H Graham Jr may survive only if his father George Harold Graham a 40yearold Tampa Florida store clerkdonor can be located for a kidney transplant. An artificial kidney has kept him alive for about a month. Officials consider the transplant the only hope. Police say the father is believed to be in Tampa Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
George H. Graham Jr
Florida
George Harold Graham
Tampa, Fla
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William G. Thompson
Nold M. Vickers
Earl M. Vickers
D-Fayette
Thompson
West Virginia Rotary Club
Merchants National Bank
Montgomery
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
WVU
Mt. Hope
Mary Margaret Dalton
Elkins
Dennis Wills
Mrs
Sarah Combs
Clarence B. Gentry
Ulysses G. Hensley
Raleigh Co
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Richmond
Winston-Salem
Piedmont
Airlines
Don
James L. McDougal
Rns
Bobby
LBJ
No. 10 Downing Street
Harold Wilson
Algeria
Ben Bella
Crown Cleaners
Kester Dry Cleaners
Kyle Cleaners
Raleigh Cleaners & Laundry
Richmond Cleaners & Laundry
Col. Yeager
Tony Shirley Randall" Jones
Ali Baba
His 40 Thieves
Sword
Peter Mann
Jocelyn Lane
Frank McGrath
Peter Whitney
Universal
Pink Panther
Peter Sellers
Angie Dickinson
Lee Marvin
Walt Disneys Inderelle Technicolor
W Va
Thorpe-Black Wolfe
W. and
Mineral
Fort Ashby
Hampshire County Line
Carl E. Stickley, Inc
Keyser
Monroe
Gap Milles - Smoot Springs
Adams Construction Corp
Roanoke
Morgan
Berkeley Springs - Stohrs Cross Roads
Middle Creek Construction Co
Winfield
Pendleton
General Paving Co
Morgantown
Pocahontas
Ralph Burns Paving Inc
Hillsboro
Preston
Howesville
Harmon Brothers
Grafton
Randolph
Gilman-Tucker County Line
R. H. Armstrong Inc
Parsons
Wayne
U. S 52
Bull Creek
Dunlow
John S. Gillispie, Inc
K. D. Sarrett
Wood
Parkersburg
Andersons
Blackrock
Dr. In
Sam
Jack Lemmon
Dorothy Provine
Romy Schnider
Don O'Herlihy
Walter Matthau
Pineville
Pineville, W. Va
Jackie Gleason
Steve McQueen
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