Deaths and Funerals Bittersweet Tragics In Ohio and Ohio Valley
Mrs Flossie Combs 64 of Eau Gallie Florida formerly Crab Orchard died instantly in an Dayton Ohio car crash while visiting relatives. Survived by two daughters Imogene Smith Joanne Jackson a brother Charlie Jackson a sister Maude Combs and four grandchildren. Body returning to Eau Gallie. John Trimble 61 Mead died after long illness at Saint Paul Baptist Church Mead with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include daughter Margaret Thomas and three grandsons. Eunice Herndon of Oak Hill died at Oak Hill hospital. Funeral arrangements incomplete Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. CRNS
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Flossie Combs
Eau Galle
Crab Orchard
Dayton
Ohio
Maude Combs
Eau Gallie
John Trimble
Mead
Saint Paul Baptist Church
Gowen
Russell Johnson
CIA
Greenwood Memorial Park
Trimble
St. Paul Baptist Church
Margaret Thomas
Washington, D. C
May
Trent and Durgan
Eunice Herndon
Kelly Ave
Oak Hill
Oak HR
Tyree
Winfield Vanny J Jackson Winfield funeral planned
Funeral services for Vanny J Jackson Winfield 26 of Pierpont are set for Wednesday at 1 pm at Pierpont Free Will Baptist Church Elder Kenneth Cadle presiding Burial will follow at Mount View Cemetery Cool Ridge She died Sunday in a Bluefield hospital from injuries from a Pierpont Mullens road one car crash Born August 12 1542 in Amigo She was a daughter of Jack Winfield of Winchester Virginia and Mabel Sarver Winfield Carter of Detroit Michigan Other survivors include her wife Sue Brooks Winfield and daughter Sherry Lynn Winfield both of Crab Orchard Her grandmother Mrs William Sarver of Pierpont and two brothers Tom of Columbus Ohio and James who has just returned from Vietnam The body will be taken to her grandmother's home at 5 p m today from Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Moullens
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Vanny J Jackson Winfield
Pierpont
Pierpont Free Wit Baptist Church
Kenneth Cadle
Mount View Cemetery
Cool Ridge
Winfield
Bluefield
Pierpont-Mullens Road
Amigo
Jack Winfield
Winchester
Mabel Sarver Winfield Carter
Detroit
Mich
Sue Brooks Winfield
Sherry Lynn Winfield
William Sarver
Tom
Columbus
Chio
James
Vietnam
Sam Foglesong, Nease and Neely
Moullens
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Adall Hughes Ohio widow
Funeral services for Mrs. Adall Hughes of Dayton Ohio will be conducted Wednesday in Dayton. Survivors include her stepdaughter Mrs Lolene Hairston of Beckley and other relatives.
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Adall Hughes
Dayton
Ohio
Lolene Hairston
Beckley
Apollo 11 Begins Last Big Test
Cape Canaveral UPI launches fuel loading for Saturn V as Apollo 11 nears its final rehearsal before launch. Astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin to command the mission with a July 16 liftoff and planned lunar landing. countdown to begin Thursday after a day of simulator work.
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Cape Sannedy
UPI
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin B. Aldrin
100-Mile Winds Hit Berlin N Weather Report
A violent thunderstorm struck Berlin New Hampshire with unofficial winds of 46 mph and hail the size of baseballs. The blast damaged a furniture store roof, toppled a church steeple, felled hundreds of trees, and left 50 homes damaged. Total damage ran to tens of thousands of dollars. Precipitation was widespread in the Northeast and Upper Northwest, with showers in the Upper Midwest and dry air across the Southeast Southwest and Northern Plains. Early temperatures ranged from 47 in Duluth to the 60s in nearby regions.
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Berlin
Upper Midwest
Duluth
Minn
Sat
Calif
Bridge Site Chester UPi Proposed Ohio River Span Hearing
The proposed bridge site on the Ohio River near Chester is to replace the Chester Bridge deemed unsafe by Ohio Department engineers last month. A public hearing is set for 7:20 PM tonight.
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Chester
Ohio Department
Two Suits Dismissed In 1965 Skelton Crossing Case
Two suits were dismissed in orders signed today by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge C Berkley Lilly. The Mid Continent Refrigerator Co action against Dawson Lutes Gen Merchandise of Glen and DenI collect 1156 dollars for me was dismissed as settled. A suit for 1.4% for damage to an auto and a co train case was settled. Jackie Lee was the plaintiff in a suit against the railway stemming from a collision at the US 21 crossing at Skelton January 10, 1965.
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Releigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Mid-Continent Refrigerator Co
Dawson Lutes
Glen Deni
En Auto
Jackie Lee
Skelton
Eareharts Buy 8 Acre Tract For Expansion
Beckley auto dealers The New River Co. sold eight acres near Valley Drive to Earehart Rambler and Earehart Chrysler Plymouth for a future sales and service facility. The brothers plan a sales office soon with further expansion later while keeping current outlets. Price not disclosed but believed around 89000 dollars.
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Earehart
Beckley
Earehart, Rambler
Chrysler
Plymouth
New River Co
Valley Drivel i
Andy Earehart
Neglect Charged In Childs Death In Wellsburg
West Virginia State Police filed neglect charges against Wilbur Mozingo Jr. and Ruby Turner both of Wellsburg after the death of 14 year old Jeffrey Allen Turner. They are held in Brooke County Jail on a 10000 dollar bond. An autopsy by Coroner Jonn Talbott found the child died from a head injury. The pair were arrested near midnight and the father resides in Indiana.
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Wellsburg
West Virginia
Brooke County
Wilbur| Mozingo Jr
Ruby Turner
Jonn Talbott
Jeffrey Allen Turner
Indiana
20 Years Meted To Bank Robber In Ohio Case
ELKINS UP I Win Starkey, 41, received the maximum 20 year term for robbing the Ritchie County Farmers and Merchants Bank in Cairo. The Warren, Ohio man was sentenced by Judge Robert E B Maxwell more than two years after the January 1967 holdup, in which he netted $9 931. Richard E Sampson, 22, of Moundsville got three years for failing to report for civilian work in lieu of military service, saying he is Jehovah's Witnesses. His attorney plans an appeal.
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Elkins
UPI
Win Starkey
Ritchie County Farmers and Merchants Bank
Cairo
Warren
Ohio
Robert Eb.maxwell
Starkey
Richard E. Sampson
Moundsville
Sampson
Jehovah's Witnesses
Miss W.Va Contest Preliminaries Begin
Charleston reporters note 17 candidates for Miss West Virginia arrived for photo sessions and interviews at Meadowbrook Recreation Club. The prelim week includes a Friday show and Saturday night finale with a top ten. Activities include tours of the Governor's Mansion and State Capitol, a Statehood Banquet, and fashion shows at The Diamond. Rehearsals run through Thursday night.
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Charleston
UPI
Union Carbide Corp
Diamond
Company Files Suit Against Bradford for 1968 Purchases
The Union Oil Co. of California sues Richard W. Bradford of Rock Creek in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's Office. Truman L. Sayre represents the plaintiff, seeking $262,690 plus interest for purchases made from April to December 1968.
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Union Oil Co. of
California
Richard W. Bradford
Rock Creek
Raleigh County
Truman L. Sayre
Bradford
Drowning Death of Dolores Bottefall Ruled Accidental
The coroner ruled the drowning of Dolores Bottefall, 28, of Steubenville, Ohio, an accidental death on Monday. Authorities from Hancock County reported no foul play and ongoing investigation details were not released.
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Dolores Bottefal
Steubenville
Ohio
Hancock County
County Jail Conditions Spark Reform Report In Raleigh
A jail inspection report by the Raleigh appointed committee led by Berkley Lilly finds the county jail in abyssmal substandard condition. It urges eliminating juveniles to a detention home, expanding female quarters, a work release program, and improved intake and visiting rules while detailing plumbing, heating, and kitchen shortcomings and recommended upgrades.
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Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Forest Cornwell
Southern
West Virginia
Thomas A. Winner
John P. Hindsley
Lily
Ten Die as cargo plane crashes into Miami business district
A Dominican Airlines DC4 cargo plane crashed onto a busy Miami six lane artery near Miami International Airport, killing ten and wounding twelve. The aircraft struck a two story medical center, Auto Center, and a garage, with flames and wreckage spreading over the area. Crewmembers and several bystanders were among the dead, and authorities warned of more possible bodies in the rubble.
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Miami
UPI
Miami International Airport
Antonio Cid
Dominican Airlines
36Th Street
Jorge Bujesa
Carlos Brador
Carlos Gonzales
Caesar Molina
Carrie
Dominican Republic
Bujosa
Burosa
Miami Beach Airport
36Th Street Medical Center
Charlie’s Auto Center
Westbrook Pegler and the long arc of a controversial career
A compact review tracks Westbrook Pegler from early coverage for the United Press and International News Service through London wartime reporting, a Pulitzer in 1941, and sharp feuds with labor leaders, Roosevelt aides, and critics. It covers his shifts between United Feature Syndicate, Scripps-Howard, King Features, a landmark 1954 libel verdict in Reynolds v Pegler, and later ties to the John Birch Society before severing ties in 1964.
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International News Service
United Press
Chicago
Des Moines
New York
Dallas
London
France
Pegler
Ammistice
United States
Floyd Gibbons
Gibbons
J. W. Pegler
George Browne
Willie Bioff
Stagehands Union
Hollywood
Joseph Fay
Union of Operating Engineers
United Feature Syndicate
Scripps‘Howard
King Features Syndicate
Hearst
Scripps-Howard
New York World-Telegram
King Features
Tulsa
Oklo
Franklin D
Collier’s Magazine
Luntold
Reynolds
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications
Federal Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
John Birch Society
Belmont
Mass
American Opinion
Kennedy
Tucson
Ariz
The
Birch Society
Robert H. W. Welch
Vietnamese siege at Ben Het tested Green Berets strength
In the Central Highlands a Green Beret camp at Ben Het repelled a major Communist assault. About 1,500 North Vietnamese were nearby with up to 10,000 more possibly farther east, while Allied forces numbered around 10,000. One American was killed and six wounded as defenders repelled the attack amid heavy shelling and barbed wire.
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Kontum-Dak
Green Beret
Ben Het
Dak To
Central Highlands
Black Lung Call Urged For West Virginia Special Session
Dr. I E Buff, head of the Physicians Committee for Miners Health and Safety, urges Gov Arch Moore to include stronger black lung compensation in the West Virginia special session. Buff cites promises from a Capitol rally and notes the United Mine Workers support. He calls for a national pension plan paid by industry and run by Social Security if state measures fail.
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Ubane ES Lun
UPI
Physicians Committee For Miners’ Health and Safety Today
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
I. E. Buff
Charleston
Moore
Capitol Steps
Buff
Buf
United Mine Workers of America
Air force command reshuffle in Middle East claim
Report alleges Maj. Gen. Aly Mustafa Barhdadi, 47, appointed to replace the outgoing air force commander amid new fighting rounds. Details sourced from Tel Aviv reports with unclear verification.
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Aly Mustafa Barhdadi
Air Force
Tel Aviv
Bloodmobile Visit And Egyptian-Israeli Front Moves
An American Red Cross Blood mobile unit will be stationed at the First Methodist Church in Drinestan Wednesday, as reports say fighting continued along the canal sector after 5 30 p m Monday. One Israeli soldier was wounded amid broader moves involving Egypt's Aly Sabry and Shafei preparing to depart for Moscow and Paris respectively for messages to Soviet leadership.
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Teres Meee
West Bank
Canal Sector
Aly Sabry
Toda Ecuse Mueues
Moscow
Nasser
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Egypt
Beckley
Hussein
Lois Inarmonn
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
First Methodist Church
Drinestan Wednaclaw
Stormy Meeting Board Sets Qualifications For Successor To Smith
The West Virginia State Board of Education adopted qualifications for a deputy to succeed Rex M. Smith as State Superintendent of Schools. The appointee must have broad curriculum, instruction, and administration experience and a master's in educational administration, with a doctorate desired but not adopted. The panel also debated fiscal control during the transition to the new Board of Regents, staff staffing, and vacation pay, while approving several actions including a West Liberty law enforcement program contingent on federal funds, tuition waivers for non academic staff, and liberalized teacher certification for three colleges.
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Charleston
UPS
Rex M. Smith
State Board of Education
Smith
Robert Abbot
Fayetteville
Charles Brown
Kingwood
Arch A. Moore
Moore
Colleges and Marshall University
Jack Miller
Abbot
Marshall
Leslie Martin
Martin
A. L. Spangler
Spangler
Pero
Department of Education
Lver
Bluefield State College
Miller
West Liberty
Nittin Shop Owner Joins Raleigh County Clerk Staff
Beckley’s Nittin Shop owner in the Bair Building will close the shop and begin work for the Raleigh County Clerk. Mrs Harvell returns to public service July 1 after 14 years with the clerk under Harry E. Anderson and seven years running the shop following a 1954 circuit clerk bid defeat.
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Dunia
Mane Aarvtu
Nittin
Beckley
Raleigh
Fred T. Stacy
Harvell
Harry E. Anderson
van Hunter
Nixon Eyes Snarl in Washington Traffic Jam
President Nixon toured the Washington area by helicopter with Transportation Secretary Volpe and Mayor Washington to view the morning traffic congestion. The visit highlighted road projects and a proposed new subway system seeking funds from Congress.
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Nixon
Washington
UPI
John A. Volpe
Walter E. Washington
Virginia-Maryland
Congress
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Mrs. Flossie Combs
Danny J. Winfield
Frances M. Burgess
Frances Marie Burgess
Ernest T. Burgess
Glen Daniel
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
J. W. Perry
Stenaford
Sea Hospital
Sing
Jones Ave
Hope
Tre Croer
Golden Pile
Eareharts
Dira Nash
Frank Abeda
Bureau of Fires
W. P. Patton
Beckley-Raleigh County Health
Charlie Knapp
Parker Clyde
Clifford
Ajon
Knapp
Westbrook
Reeutara
Saigon
Lova Snuffer
Farmer's Market, Cranberry West Virginia
Public Bank OF
Mideast
Bloodmobile
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