Heart Sunday Drive Nets 284.61 in MacArthur Area
Youth groups from Oak Grove Crab Orchard Mabscott and MacArthur churches raised 284.61 for Heart Sunday with donations by Oak Grove Christian Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren Mabscott churches and Hilltop Baptist. The drive included chairwoman Mrs. C. B. Minor and youth leaders from several area churches. Two benefit basketball games are planned to boost future canvassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
MacArthur
Oak Grove
Mabscott
Heart
Oak Grove Christian
Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren
Crab Orchard Baptist
Mabscott Methodist and Baptist
Hollywood Baptist
Mabscott Christian
MacArthur Church of God
C. B. Minor
Soak Creek
Pleasant Hills
Cabell Heights
Mabscott Hill
Baptist
Carolyn Walker
Susie Lane
David Stanton
Frank Marcinko
Frankie Neubert
Gary Underwood
Linda Blankenship
Mary Ellen Belcher
Alisa Fragile
Nancy Marcinko
Joan Meador
Ernestine Harvey
Edward Harless
Becky Cox
Pam Delp
Vicki Delp
Debbie Cox
Martha Underwood
Oak Grove Christian Church Fellowship
Mabscott Elementary School
Basil Anderson
Coffee Break Policy Tested In Government Pilot Program
S I D E By Dick West discusses a 90 day trial restricting General Services Administration coffee breaks to two 30 minute periods with takeout only. The piece questions potential shifts to water cooler conversations and corridor chats and notes resistance to shortening breaks.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Pan-American Coffee Bureau
United States
Johnson
General Services Administration
Balloon vendors burned filling hydrogen in candlelit room
Five balloon vendors in Mexico City are hospitalized with serious burns after attempting to fill hundreds of balloons with hydrogen gas in a candlelit room. The gas likely ignited, injuring the men who were working at the time.
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HOT Air
Mexico City
UPI
NASA Chief Warns of Space Gap If U.S. Delays Program
NASA Administrator James E Webb told the Senate Space Committee that without a clear, funded plan for after the 1969 moon landing the United States risks a gap in flight activity as the Soviet Union presses ahead. He urged decisions by next year on Mars exploration or long term manned orbiting.
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Washington
UPI
Space Agency
James E. Webb
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Senate Space Committee
Webb
United States
Congress
Mars
Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
Cabinet Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
President Johnson
Thomas
House
Albert Thomas
D-Tex
Houston
Hanna Holdi Sold To Consolidation Coal
M. A. Hanna Co announced the sale of its bituminous coal properties for 5.5 million dollars to Consolidation Coal Co. The assets include Northern Reserve Coal Co and Southern Reserve Coal near Moundsville West Virginia and Ohio Reserve Coal Co in Southern Ohio, with leases to supply Consol's Ireland Mine. President William A. Hobbs cited a price above book value and said the liquidation plan should pay cash to shareholders before November 23 1966.
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Cleveland
UPI
Consolidation Coal Co
M. A. Hanna Co
Consol
Ireland
Moundsville
W. Va
Northern Reserve Coal Co
Southern Reserve Coal Co
Ohio Reserve Coal Co
Ohio
Hanna
William A. Hobbs
Hobbs
FCC bans listening devices in everyday items in new rule
The Federal Communications Commission outlawed listening devices such as wired olives in martinis and bugged cigarette packs. Chairman E William Henry said the rules, effective April 8, aim to protect the little man from the big ear.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
E. William Henry
Barber Haircuts Raise Racial Tension In New Jersey
Thomas Sellers III, 16, accuses white barber Peter Triple of a rough barbering incident. He will get another haircut from Vincent Costanzo in Hazlet after a state Supreme Court ruling mandating Negroes receive service. The case follows earlier denials of service at Philip's barber shop and a pending civil action.
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Thomas Sellers III
Vincent Costanzo
Plaza Barber Shop
Hazlet
Thomas
Supreme Court
New Jersey
State Board of Examiners
Peter Triple
Sellers
Trenton
Barber’s Board
Reginald Barrow
Madison, N.J
Thomas’ Sellers III
Grant for Charleston job program approved by Byrd
A $25 516 grant to the Upjohn Institute of Employment Research in Charleston West Virginia funds a one year project to establish an effective system of communications between labor and training systems according to Sen. Robert Byrd Democrat of Virginia.
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Washington
UPI
Charleston
W. Va
Robert C. Byrd
D. Va
Upjohn Institute of Employment Research
Byrd
New Alkaline FASTEETH Powder Improves Denture Fit
A new product FASTEETH powder helps dentures stay secure by coating plates with a non acid alkaline mix. It promises to reduce embarrassment from loose plates and makes wearers feel steadier and more comfortable. Available at drug counters.
House Approves Viet Nam War Aid Bill Today
House leaders plan to pass Johnson’s 4.8 billion military aid request for Viet Nam in hours. Senate debates linger in a tangle over the administration’s policy with Sen Morse proposing a rider to revoke or alter the Tonkin Gulf era resolution. Fulbright says the bill is not a good vehicle for critics aims despite claims of urgent need for troops.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Oregon Democrat
Congress
Tonkin Gulf
Morse
J. William Fullbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Malcolm X Killer Confesses In Court After Trial Testimony
Talmadge Hayer testified he fired about four shots at Malcolm X in Manhattan on February 21 1965 and said Butler and Johnson had nothing to do with the killing. He admitted being present and named the others as uninvolved. The confession came during a high profile trial in New York as prosecutors pursue convictions of all three defendants.
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New York
UPI
Talmadge Hayer
Malcolm X
State Supreme Court
Hayer
Thomas Hagen
Norman
Butler
Thomas
Johnson
Malcolm
Manhattan
Audubon Ballroom
Norman 3X Butler
Thomas 15X
Marines Drive Back Viet Cong In Hue Peninsula Hunt
Ground fighting across South Vietnam remained light while Marine forces near Hue launched Operation New York. Helicopter insertions on a sandy finger met an estimated 400 guerrillas, with heavy weapons and mortars, as Marines seized equipment abandoned by retreating foes. Aerial clashes reported intense fire from quad fifty calibers with pilots noting up to ten enemy kills.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Mlitary Command
Hue
New York
Carbide To Expand Facilities In Valley
Union Carbide Corp facilities at South Charleston and Institute near here are slated for expansion projects. A multi million dollar facility will be built at the Institute complex to enter the spendex fiber field. President Binny Mason Jr. of New York said the new plant will not materially affect employment at Institute works. Mason said the dynes facilities are also being expanded at South Charleston.
Funeral services for Roscoe B Barber held at Free Will Baptist Church
Funeral services for Roscoe Berlin Barber 70 Route 1 Fayetteville will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Free Will Baptist Church Route 1 Fayetteville with Rev Chalmer Skaggs in charge. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Barber died Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital after a short illness born May 13 1895 Boyd County Kentucky retired worker of Union Carbide Metals Co Alloy. Survivors include wife Susan two sons Thomas Powellton Virgil Peterstown a daughter Trella Fayetteville Route 1 two brothers Allen Hensley Millard Barber Jaeger two sisters Nannie Collins Twin Branch Nellie Reeves Premier and 10 grandchildren. Body remains at Tyree Funeral Home and will be placed in the church one hour prior to funeral. Friends may call this afternoon after a long illness. She was a sister of Mrs Sadie Pennington Mabscott. Born January 16 1884 she was daughter of Christopher C Mentz and Sarah Kelly Mentz. Body at Shankling Funeral Home White Sulphur Springs.
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Roscoe Berlin Barber
Route 1
Fayetteville
Freewill Baptist Church
Chalmer Skaggs
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Barber
Boyd County
Union Carbide Metals, Co
Alloy
Susan Barber
Thomas
Powellton
Virgil
Peterstown
Trella Barber
Allen
Hensley
Millard Barber
Jaeger
Nannie Collins
Twin Branch
Nellie Reeves
Premier
Tyree Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Martha Rosa McGinnis held at Rock Creek home
Mrs. Martha Rosa McGinnis age 81 of Rock Creek died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 11 a m Wednesday at the Rock Creek home with Rev. Phillip King and Rev. Ada Williams officiating. Burial follows in the family cemetery. She was the oldest member of the First Church of God. Survivors include six sons and five daughters, a brother and a sister, 26 grandchildren, 50 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren. The body moved from Valley Funeral Home to the home at 2 p m today.
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Martha Rosa McGinnis
Rock Creek
Phillip King
Ada Williams
Harry
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Mrs Lilley Dunsmore Dies at 82 in Sweet Springs
Funeral arrangements are in complete for Mrs Lilley Matilda Dunsmore 82 of Sweet Springs who died at her home Monday. The obituary notes her residence and age with limited biographical detail.
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Lilley Matilda Dunsmore
Sweet Springs
Nkrumah Vows To Crush Rebels
Ousted Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah, arriving from Moscow, vows to crush the rebellion on return to Accra. Lt. Gen. J A Ankrah's government says Nkrumah would be arrested on Ghanaian soil and face extradition if he returns.
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Accra
Ghana
UPI
Kwame Nkrumah
Nkrumah
Moscow
Peking
Republic of Ghana
J. A. Ankrah
Clerk Restored To Position At Lakin
Virginia DeLegal, a medical records clerk at Lakin State Hospital, was cleared of intoxication charges by a Mason County jury. Her position is restored and she plans to appeal for back pay from the State Civil Service Commission. The case stemmed from a grand jury probe into hospital conditions.
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PT. Pleasant
UPI
Lakin State Hospital
Virginia DeLegal
Paul Kaufman
D-Kanawha
State Civil Service Commission
Mason County
Kaufman
Charleston
James Lee Thompson
Bank Loot Found Near Cedar Lakes
Two Cedar Lakes workers found a bucket containing $885, believed part of the $967 stolen from Ravenswood bank on December 15. Harry Roush Jr. of Ravenswood faces burglary charges and is already serving a 1 to 10 year term for breaking and entering in Parkersburg.
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Ripley
UPI
Jackson County
Cedar Lakes
Ravenswood
Garland Litton
Near Gay
Elmer D. Casto
Statts Mills
Harry Roush Jr
Roush
Parkersburg
Funeral services pending for John Yellock in Minden
John Yellock 78 of Minden died at his home Monday at 2 30 p m. The body lies in care of Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Parlor awaiting funeral arrangements.
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John Yellock
Minden
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Mrs Christine Dawson Funeral Services Set In Shady Spring
Funeral services for Mrs. Christine Alberta Dawson 57 of Shady Spring will be held at 11 am Wednesday in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with the Rev Ray Franklin officiating. Burial will follow in the Wildroow Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 5 pm.
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Christine Alberta Dawson
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace
Ray Franklin
Wildroow
Rites Planned for Mrs Mandie Boley 75
Final rites for Mandie Boley 75 of Alexandria Virginia and formerly of Beaver are set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev E W Powers officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. She belonged to Beaver First Baptist Church. The body lies at the funeral home and friends may call after 11 today. Nephews to serve as pallbearers.
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Mandie Boley
Alexandria
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
E. W. Powers
Sunset Memorial Park
Beaver First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Creed H. Toler in Baileysville
Creed H. Toler 66 of Baileysville dies Monday at Mullens hospital. Funeral Thursday at the Church of God Baileysville with Rev Ledford Hatfield officiating. Burial in Rod Shannon Cemetery Baileysville. Born March 26 1899 in Wyoming County he was a son of the late Harry and Gladys Smoot Toler. He worked for Bailey's Farm Baileysville and attended Pineville Baptist Church. Survived by Clara Emerson Toler two brothers Andrew Oceana and Record Baileysville and two sisters Mrs Lizzie Cook and Mrs Belle Blankenship Lynch. The body will be removed from McDougal Funeral Home Oceana to the residence at 4 p m Wednesday.
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Creed H. Toler
Baileysville
Church of God At
Ledford Hatfield
Rod Shannon
Toler
Mullens Hospital
Wyoming County
Harry
Gladys Smoot Toler
Bailey’s
Baptist Church
Pineville
Clara Emerson Toler
Andrew
Oceana
Record
Lizzie Cook
Belle Blankenship Lynch
McDougal
Charles Lee Ray Jr. Funeral Arrangements Pending
Charles Lee Ray Jr. 37 of Cincinnati, formerly Beckley, died in a Cincinnati hospital today after an apparent heart attack. He is survived by his wife Delores of Cincinnati, his mother Doris Ray of Cincinnati, and a sister Mrs. Joe Davies of Beckley.
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Charles Lee Ray Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beckley
Delores
Doris Ray
Joe Davies
Republican attacks on DoD draft use in nonmilitary tasks
A GAO report shows about 9 000 enlisted personnel serve in non military roles such as clerking in supermarkets and bowling alleys and waiting tables in officers clubs. The GOP statement says it is ridiculous to draft youths for combat while trained personnel are underutilized.
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General Accounting Office
Department of Defense
GOP
Russians claim Venus probe to expand knowledge and data
Officials say the Venus probe aims to increase scientific information about Venus and outer space while radio contact remained continuous during flight. Western observers speculate Moscow failed to win a prize sought since Venus 1’s 1961 launch after close surface images were not obtained.
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Venus
Outer Space
Newsman Appeals Contempt Conviction Over Press Freedom
Ralph Conley of the Wheeling Intelligencer challenged his contempt conviction in Wetzel County, arguing the lower court lacked jurisdiction. He was fined $10 and jailed five days for an article about a forthcoming trial involving Mrs. Frances Ripley and the Paden City community.
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Charleston
UPI
Ralph Conley
State Supreme Court
Wetzel County
Conley
Wheeling Intelligencer
Lloyd Arnold
John Phillip
High Court
Arnold
New Martinsville
Frances Ripley
Paden City
Phillip
Baileysville Man Shoots Himself Near Home
Arvil Altizer a 42 year old Baileysville father of six and former coal miner was found wounded by a shotgun blast about 350 yards behind his house. He was in critical condition at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens as emergency treatment continued.
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Mullens
BNS
Baileysville
Wyoming County Sheriff’s Department
Arvil Altizer
Altizer
Robert Phillips Coal Co
Wyoming General Hospital
Mr. Dithers Actor Jonathan Hale Dies by Suicide
Jonathan Hale 74 known for playing Mr. Dithers in Blondie fatally shot himself at the Motion Picture Country House in Woodland Hills California. Police say he used a .38 pistol after months of low mood and psychiatric care. Hale also appeared in Call Northside 777 Night Holds Terror Strangers on a Train and other films.
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Woodland Hills
Calif
UPI
Jonathan Hale
Mr. Dithers
Hale
Film Colony
Dagwood Bumstead
Blondie
Northside
Duffy
San Quentin
Gemini 9 tests face fatal crash near McDonnell facility
NASA officials traced the crash of a two pilot jet trainer at the McDonnell Aircraft complex in Houston to a midflight loss of control. Astronauts Stafford and Cernan landed another T38 trainer safely while backup Gemini 9 crew prepared to assume duties. Final communications indicated an instrument landing attempt before the accident. Eighteen McDonnell employees received treatment, two hospitalized non critically. Board chairman James McDonnell offered sympathy to the families and space officials considered a revised prime crew for Gemini 9. The Gemini 8 mission schedule was not believed affected.
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James
McDonnell
Space Agency
Stafford
Cernan
Man Jumped From Fort Henry Bridge in Wheeling
Police investigated a report of a man who jumped from the Fort Henry Bridge into the Ohio River around midnight. Two women said a high priced luxury car stopped on the bridge, a passenger jumped to the river, and the car turned back toward Wheeling Island. River search was hindered by choppy waters as divers were considered. Police sought similar cars and noted the jumper wore a white short sleeved shirt.
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Wheeling
UPI
Fort Henry
Ohio River
Wheeling Island
Ohio
Congressmen call for probe of Selective Service system
A group of House Republicans urge congressional examination of the Selective Service to ensure fair and efficient manpower for the Vietnam war, expressing concern the system may not meet those standards.
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Washington
House
Viet Nam
One-Armed Actor Bill Raisch Behind The Fugitive Chase
Hollywood gossip notes David Janssen taunts the one armed man Bill Raisch on The Fugitive set as Raisch discusses his rare role. Raisch recalls Broadway beginnings and wartime injury while fans and cops alike react to his fame and the ongoing pursuit plot.
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Vernon Scott Hollywood
UPI
David Janssen
Bill Raisch
Bill
Janssen
Raisch
Merchant Marine
Burt Lancaster
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Beckley National
Neville ST
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Hanna Holdi
Consolidation Coal
Madison
N.J
Grant
Carbide
Valley
Roscoe B. Barber
Sadie Pennington
Christopher C
Sarah Kelly Mentz
Shankling Funeral Home
White Sulphur Springs
Martha McGinnis
Mrs
Lilley Dunsmore
Lakin
Christine Dawson
Charles Ray Jr
Newsman
Butler and Johnson
Hollywood
Gallup
N.M
Fred Johnson
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