Furrow Murder Case Officially Closed in Beckley
Beckley police chief W A Teubert said the C Ray Furrow murder case is officially closed. He cited no public information on evidence to avoid defaming Mrs Gladys Carter Treadway, former business associate of Furrow. Treadway, indicted for first degree murder, died last week near Hinton before trial. autopsy results awaited to determine cause of death.
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Beckley
W. A. Teubert
C. Ray Furrow
Teubert
Gladys Carter Treadway
Treadway
Raleigh County
Hinton
Summers County
Jury May Get Case Today In Pickshin Murder Trial
In a surprise move defense attorney W A Thornhill rested for Mrs Okvey Bailey after the state rested in the Pickshin murder trial. The jury is to hear closing arguments and jury instructions today. The defendant is charged with killing Mrs Geraldine Hall on Sept 22 at Pickshin. Witnesses included Bedford Morris and State Trooper A C Bartlett who described blood spots at the scene and the testimony by Hall about an affair with the defendant.
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Pickshin
W. A. Thornhill
Okvey Bailey
Geraldine Hall
Harry McCreery
Berkley
Bartlett
Bailey
Murder Trial Opens In Davis for Olin Collins Jr
Jas per Myers testified that he saw Fred Cooper pleading for life as Olin Collins Jr. allegedly shot Cooper, his wife Dora Lewis, and their baby-sitter last April in Davis. The jury selection began in Tucker Circuit Court with Judge D E Cuppett Jr. noting the trial may last three days under the 1965 death penalty ban.
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Cooper
Myers
Davis
Collins
Olin
Coopers
D. E. Cuppett, Jr
Nichols
Centenarian Hall Dies at 101 in Stonewood
Clarksburg. A. Wesley Hall, a retired carpenter, died at his home in Stonewood Sunday at age 101. He lived there 53 years and was born April 7, 1864 in Woodsfield, Ohio. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Clarksburg.
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Clarksburg
UPI
A. Wesley Hall
Stonewood
Hall
Woodsfield
Ohio
Olympic Swimmer Ange la Barnwell Dies in London
London reports former British Olympic swimmer Ange la Barnwell died today in a London hospital at age 29. The death adds a somber note to Britain’s swimming circles and the Olympic community mourns the young athlete.
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London
UPI
Angela Barnwell
Beckley Area Weather and River Conditions Report
Beckley and vicinity expect warm humid weather with 40 percent shower risk through Wednesday. High today about 85, overnight low 64, with similar temperatures Wednesday. Last 24 hours show Beckley high 78, low 62, humidity 69 percent at 12:30 pm. no precipitation. Greenbrier river normal and clear, lake normal and clear. 1.4 gates open. new Hinton gauge at 18 ft. Other extremes include Palm Springs 106 high and Mullan Idaho 32 low.
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Beckley
Hinton
Palm Springs
Calif
Mullan
Idaho
Jazz Trumpeter Red Nichols Dies After Heart Attack
Jazz musician Red Nichols died at 60 after a heart attack at Blair House in Las Vegas. Born May 8, 1905 in Ogden Utah, Nichols led five pennies and his Five Pennies, shaping swing with sidemen like Dorsey, Shaw, Krupa, Goodman, Miller, and Veinuti. He passed at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital with no prior heart history reported.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Red Nichols
America
Nichols
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Blair House
Five Pennies
Jimmy Dorsey
Charlie and
Jack Teagarden
Artie Shaw
Gene Krupa
Benny Goodman
Glenn Miller
Joe Venuti
Lennie Hayton
Funds OKayed for More Presidential Guards
Washington UPI Congress approved 3.3 million to tighten security around President Johnson, adding to his 8.7 million Secret Service budget. The War ren Commission recommendation funds will hire more agents and automate risk files. Two new armored cars were dropped after Johnson objected, noting he would not spend that money. He currently has two bulletproof cars.
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UPI
Congress
Johnson
Secret Service
Warren Commission
Kennedy
House
1000 Aussies Aid In Assault On Viet Cong
In Da Nang and surrounding zones U.S. Marines and Australian troops fought Viet Cong, with four Marines killed and four wounded. Air strikes deep into Vietnamese territory joined ground assaults as 1,000 Australian troops reinforced a major sweep near Saigon. Casualties and damage were reported on both sides amid heavy helicopter operations and aerial bombardment.
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Bulletin DA Nang
South Viet Nam
UPI
U.S
Chu Lai
Ray F. Herndon
Saigon
Red China
South
Viet Nam
Reds
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Zone D
U. S
da Nang
World Briefs From Wire Dispatches
A Berkeley court convicted 293 demonstrators in December sit-in at UC admin building. Sentences set for July 19 and 20, with many facing up to 18 months in jail and fines up to 1500 dollars. Also: Kadar resigns as Hungarian premier. Ghula Kallai succeeds him as premier as Soviet bloc reviews leadership. Oak Ridge study probes lung cancer mechanisms including virus infection, radiation, and chemical aerosols. NY City controller Abraham Beame enters mayoralty race. Balaguer visits his ailing mother in Santo Domingo and hints at another term. More rains threaten Kansas floods. Callaghan to press US for dollar support in talks in Washington. House debates Johnson housing bill amid rent subsidy split. Chicago civil rights protests disrupt traffic. 75 demonstrators jailed and courtroom disturbance noted. Mars surface photos due after Mariner 4 July flyby. Liberal Party backs Lindsay in NYC mayoral race. Spaceport workers mostly return to jobs as picket lines continue. Lake Central Airlines realigns routes cutting Indiana, Ohio, Michigan cities. service to Elkins and Martinsburg, WV remains.
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Calif
University of California
Janos Kadar
Communist Party
Ghula Kallai
Soviet Bloc
Oak Ridge
Tenn
National Laboratory
James Callaghan
U.S
Washington
House
Johnson
Chicago
Benjamin C. Willis
Mars
Mariner 4
Red Planet
Space Agency
Liberal Party
New York
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Spaceport
Wildcat
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lake Central Airlines
Stock Averages Rise At Noon On Wall Street
Dow Jones industrials gain 4.72 to 845.31 while rails advance 0.66 to 187.95 and utilities up 0.81 to 150.93. The total of stocks at noon reaches 291.83, with 4,000,000 shares sold by midday.
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Dow Jones
Bliss Outlines GOP Blueprint For Future
Washington API Republican National Chairman Ray C. Bliss presented a plan to boost GOP performance in big cities. He cited 1960 and 1964 voting shifts, urged a workshop for city chairs, a campaign manager school, candidate recruitment, and stronger minority and farmer programs.
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Washington
UPI
Ray C. Bliss
GOP
Bliss
Republican National Committee
Big City
Eisenhower urges GOP convention reform to calm brawls
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged the Republican National Committee to make conventions resemble a board meeting rather than a Pier 6 brawl. He noted televised conventions reach a national audience and cited concerns over decorum and public image, including an alleged incident in 1964 involving his niece on the convention floor.
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Raymond M. Lahr
Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Board of Trustees
Republican National Committee
GOP
Eisenhower
White House
United States
San Francisco
Cow Palace
United Press International
G. Gordon Moore
Washingon
William E
Tiros Launch Delayed at Cape Kennedy
The launch of America's 10th Tiros weather satellite is postponed from tonight to Wednesday or Thursday due to technical troubles, according to UPI.
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Cape Kennedy
Upi
America
Burning Jet Lands Safely With 153 Aboard
Pan American jet flight 843 carrying 143 passengers and 10 crew faced a midflight fire at San Francisco International Airport. After a 19 minute drama, the Boeing 707 landed safely 45 miles away, with local crowds cheering the safe arrival following a wing fire.
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Don Mullen
San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco International Airport
Incredible nomination of ex mississippi governor for appeals court
Rep. John Conyers Jr. called the nomination of former Mississippi Gov. James P. Coleman to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals incredible asking why President Johnson would appoint Coleman to a court that handles many civil rights cases. Conyers spoke in testimony prepared for a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on Coleman and Homer Thornberry.
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UPI
Mississippi
James P. Coleman
South
John Conyers Jr
Johnson
Coleman
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Homer Thornberry
Dtex
Fifth Circuit
Plane fires after takeoff over Bay Area lands safely at Travis
A United Airlines jumbo jet shed debris and caught fire minutes after liftoff near San Francisco. The plane, flown by Captain C H Kimes, diverted to Travis Air Force Base with no injuries. Most passengers continued in a second jet about six hours later despite a nose wheel collapse on a later landing.
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Travis Air Force Base
C.H. Kimes
Danville
Calif
UPI
James O. Clifford
San Francisco
San Francisco International
Clifford
Mike McGrath
Calwell Construction Company
San Bruno
McGrath
Holy Cross Cemetery
Mission Street
Daly City
Kimes
Pacific
Potomac Basin plan urged by Udall and governors
Secretary of the interior Stewart Udall praised Potomac River Basin governors for forming an advisory committee to implement a conservation model for the river. He urged rapid staff work and coordination with state and local governments to draft recommendations for Congress. Governor Smith of West Virginia urged a balanced plan that safeguards recreation and economic growth, noting West Virginia's 3494 square miles in the watershed.
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UPI
Stewart L. Udall
Potomac River
Johnson
Udall
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Millard Tawes
Maryland
Albertis S. Harrison
Virginia
James van Zandt
Congress
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Smith
Women's Prison Chief Resigning in West Virginia
Grace St Gose, superintendent of the West Virginia State Penitentiary for Women, announced Monday she will resign July 1. She will be succeeded by assistant June R Bailey amid claims of political pressure from Summers County Democrats. Chauncey Browning Jr. denied politics caused the move, citing division reorganization.
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Pence Springs
UPS
Grace St. Gose
West Virginia State Penitentiary
June R. Bailey
Gose
Summers County
Democratic Executive Committee
Charleston
Chauncey Browning Jr
Public Institutions
Division of Correction
Browning
Driver Killed As Car Skids Across State Line
CHARLES TOWN West Virginia and Virginia agencies report Barbara A. Rainty Arlington Virginia died in a hospital from injuries after a sports car skidded out of control on West Virginia 9 near the Virginia border and crossed the state line. Ellen Tevera Green Forestville Maryland, a passenger, was listed in fair condition. Both women were believed in their early twenties.
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Charles Town
UPI
Barbara A. Rainty
Arlington
West Virginia
Virginia
Ellen Tevera Green
Forestville
W. Va
U S urged to negotiate with Viet Cong leaders
Former British foreign secretary Patrick Gordon Walker urged the United States to consider negotiations with the Viet Cong and include them in a future government of Viet Nam. He called for an international nuclear force in Asia to protect neighbors of China and for China to be admitted to the United Nations. He warned of nuclear proliferation and proposed an international organization with equal non nuclear power control. He argued the United States must not be defeated in Viet Nam and discussed how China’s U.N. membership would be controversial.
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UPS
Patrick Gordon Walker
U. S
Viet Nam
American Society of Corporate Secretaries
Walker
Asia
China
United Nations
India
Japan
America
Britain
U.N
U. N
City driver's license deadline set for Wednesday
Beckley Police Chief William A Teubert says a $16 fine will be imposed for those without permits. Road blocks begin around July 6 as the city presses to issue 8 000 permits, with only 4 453 purchased so far.
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Beckley
William A. Teubert
Teubert
Woman dies after 18 days with pig liver support
A 34 year old Boston woman died after an 18 day survival on a pig liver perfusion procedure that circulated her blood through a pig liver to support her failing liver. Doctors cited temporary improvement but said the woman's own liver never regained function and her condition deteriorated.
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Boston
UPI
William V. McDermott Jr
Harvard Surgical Unit
City Hospital
McDermott
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