Tragic gas blast in Natchitoches destroys four homes
In Natchitoches Louisiana a gas line explosion demolished four homes and a house trailer, killing 17 people and injuring six others. A 120 foot pipe section burst creating a 15 foot crater, while residents escaped through a swamp as flames melted seven cars and scorched the area. The Tennessee Gas Transmission Co owned the lines and state police expect damage to exceed one million. Families perished including Jack Van Meter and his wife with three children, J R Rond and his family, and Ola Dean Barbo with her kin.
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Natchitoches
The
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Bobbie Russell
Russell
Jack van Meter
J.R. Rond
Ola Dean Barbo
Rond
Alabama Court upholds election day speech limits case
Alabama Supreme Court rules free speech protects not enough to overturn a ban on election day politicking. The decision, by Chief Justice J Ed Livingston, orders Jefferson County to retry James E Mills editor of the Birmingham Post Herald for alleged Corrupt Practices Act violations from a November 1962 editorial urging a mayor council form vote. The court says the act regulates electioneering within police power to maintain orderly elections, preserving press and citizen speech.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Alabama
State Supreme Court
J. Ed Livingston
Jefferson County Criminal Court
James E. Mills
Birmingham Post-Herald
Mills
U.S. Supreme Court
State Court
America
Livingston
Rusk Calls Infiltration an Act of War in Southeast Asia
Secretary Dean Rusk told a New York audience that Communist infiltration of troops and arms across borders constitutes aggression. He urged global recognition that Hanoi directs the guerrilla war in South Vietnam and warned against a Communist takeover, while noting open political channels for a solution.
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New York
UPI
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Southeast Asia
China
Thailand
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Labor aims to shape economy for more jobs despite growth limits
Manpower discusses achieving full employment as a difficult goal. The Labor Department backs the aim of about 5 percent growth but cautions peacetime GDP cannot sustain more than roughly 4 percent for long. Officials say new thinking allows federal policy to shape the economy to create jobs instead of leaving trends to private forces.
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Labor Department
Integration morning amid white harassment at Camden schools
Whites cruised past headquarters while COFO workers received crank calls. Laura McGehee’s home saw a minor fire extinguished by a passing white driver. Camden Supt Jones closed the Negro school until Monday after a riotous incident, with 1,000 students sent home. Local authorities stood by as buses evacuated pupils.
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Laura McGehee
Greenwood
Wilcox County
Warren Tate
Tate
Phillip Young
Viet Nam Patrol Clash Near Laos Border
A Viet Nam patrol was attacked less than two miles from the Laos border. A sergeant was seriously wounded in the stomach, three others were lightly wounded, and a specialist fourth class was killed. An Army adviser attached to a Vietnamese unit near a outpost was wounded in the shoulder. The fighting occurred along the Ho Chi Minh Trail network south of Saigon.
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Laos
North
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Syria nationalizes oil firms amid Baath regime overhaul
The three foreign firms and six Syrian concerns seize 67 percent of the country's oil business for 2.63 million dollars in annual profits. Compensation will come as 15 year bonds at three percent interest. Nationalized firms will run under the general petroleum authority with Syrian management after January actions seizing 115 companies and triggering a Damascus merchants strike, plus 45 import firms recently seized.
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Syria
Baath Socialist Party
General Petroleum Authority
Damascus
Funeral rites set for Kellie Jean Applegate
Funeral services for Kellie Jean Applegate three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley E Applegate Backus Mountain will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Oak Grove Baptist Church Backus Mountain with Rev Roy Tyree officiating Burial will follow in Harrah Cemetery at Backus Mountain The child died at 530 am Thursday after a sudden illness The body will be taken from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to the home of Mr and Mrs E E Neely Backus Mountain today at 3 pm
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Kellie Jean Applegate
Stanley E. Applegate
Backus Mountain
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Roy Tyree
Harrah
Webb and Neal Funeral
E. E. Neely
Funeral Rites for Two Men Held in West Virginia and Oak Hill
Funeral services for Jesse Roy Quesenberry 62 of Glen Morgan were set for 2 p m Saturday at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Eastman 67 of Carlisle will be buried at Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville after a 2 p m Saturday service at Apostolic Holiness Church Oak Hill. He died Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his wife five sons and five daughters plus two brothers and two sisters, with 23 grandchildren and a great grandchild. The bodies remain at local funeral homes with viewing times announced.
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Jesse Roy Quesenberry
Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry
Ray Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Quesenberry
Jonathan Charles Eastman
Carlisle
Apostolic Holiness Church
Oak Hill
Woodrow W. Jones
Sam Belmont
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Eastman
Beckley Hospital
Gauley Mountain Coal Co
Ansted
Vasser
Mich
John
Mary Bloom Eastman
Frances Eastman
Charles
Gerald
Norman
Shirley
Stanley
Jackson
Ethel Roberts
Pontiac
Audrey Ligon
Ypsilanti
Margaret Wilburn
Detroit
Thelma Schoolcraft
Taylor, Mich
Zilpha Eastman
Vernon
Mclntosh
Fla
Glenn
Gainesville
Tyree Funeral Home
Williams Williams 76 Funeral at Mount Tabor
W D Williams formerly Williams, 76, of Bradley died Thursday morning after a long illness. A retired miner born August 23, 1888 in Raleigh County, he was a Church of Christ of Prosperity member. Survived by wife Esta. sons Virgil Beckley and Philip at home. daughters Opal Hart Mount Hope and Hilda DeHart Sand Branch. Burial Mount Tabor Cemetery after service at Mount Tabor Baptist Church Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Burial follows.
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William Dove
Bill) Williams
Bradley
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Frederick Dinkley
Mount Tabor
Williams
Raleigh County
Church of Christ of Prosperity
Esta Christian Williams
Virgil
Beckley
Philip
Opal Hart
Mount Hope
Paul
Hilda) DeHart
Sand Branch
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Leonard Moye obituary a longtime Beckley Lewisburg businessman
Leonard Moye 61 of Lake Park Florida formerly of Beckley and Lewisburg died at home after a sudden illness. He operated electrical shops in Beckley and Lewisburg before starting a business in Florida. Survived by widow Lena Oakes Moye son Ralph Lake Park six sisters and a brother. six grandchildren. Funeral services 2 p.m. Saturday at Howard Funeral Home Riviera Beach Florida.
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C. Leonard Moye
Lake Park
Fla
Beckley
Lewisburg
Moye
Lena Oakes Moye
Beckley National Bank
Florida
Ralph
Earl Griffith
Essie Starr
Shady Spring
M. B. Harshbarger
C. J. Powell
Roanoke
J. J. Farrer
Charlottesville
Herbert Tucker
Washington, D. C
C. D. More Jr
Waynesboro
Howard Funeral Home
Riveria Beach
Tina Williams Graveside Rites Set in Brenton
Tina Louise Williams 12 day old daughter of Mrs Gail Williams Davy will be buried in Miller Cemetery Brenton at 2 p m Saturday. She was born February 20 in Welch and died Thursday night in a Welch hospital. Surviving are a brother Micheal and two sisters Theresa Gay and Delana Denise all at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs Marvin Dalton. Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville is in charge of arrangements.
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Tina Louise Williams
Gail Williams
Davy
Miller Cemetery
Brenton
E. R. Heaton
Welch
Welch Hospital
Micheal
Theresa Gay
Delana Denise
Marvin Dalton
Baileysville
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Funeral services for Mrs C E Shrewsbury in Princeton
Mrs C E Shrewsbury 77 of Rockville Md and formerly Mullens dies after a weeklong illness in Silver Spring Md burial in Princeton services held at Memorial Funeral Directory with Dr Kenneth Swank in charge Survivors include a daughter Mrs A M Doris Spradley and other family members
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C. E. Shrewsbury
Rockville
Mullens
Princeton
Kenneth Swank
Beckley
Shrewsbury
Silver Springs
Grady
James
Final rites for Delmar E. Black in Oak Hill
Delmar Eu gene Black, 40, Oak Hill, will have services at 2 p.m. Saturday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Randolph Johnson presiding. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. He died 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at an Oak Hill hospital of a heart attack. Pallbearers are from the Oak Hill Church Young Adult Class. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Delmar Eugene Black
Oak Hill
Tyree
Randolph Johnson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Black
Oak Hillee
Louise Martin Rites Held At Welcome Baptist Church
Funeral services for 85 year old Louise Martin of 1110 Scott Ave East Park were conducted at Welcome Baptist Church with Rev Archie Johnson and Elder Robert Newton officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. She died after an extended illness in a local hospital. Survived by her husband Pinky Martin one grandson one great grandson and several nieces and nephews. Body at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home after 2 p m Saturday. It will be moved to the church one hour before the service.
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Louise Martin
Scott Ave
East Park
Welcome Baptist Church
Archie Johnson
Robert Newton
Greenwood Memorial Park
Treadway Rites Set At Jones Avenue Church Of God
Wyatt L. Treadway 74 of Oak Hill died Thursday at home after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Jones Avenue Church of God with Rev. Phillip Hoosier and Rev. Norman Foster. burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. He was a retired New River Coal Co. employee and member of the Jones Avenue Church. Born November 1, 1890 in Oak Hill, he was the son of John Allen and Elisha Phillips Treadway. Survived by wife Lozzie, two sons Harry of Richmond Virginia and Ray of North Kingsville Ohio, four daughters Maggie Taylor of Scarbro Mary Birt of Norfolk and Louise Williams and Claudia Castle of Oak Hill, two brothers Frank of Coupe Ohio and Ernest of Oak Hill. Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill. Friends may call after 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Wyatt Lee Treadway
Oak Hill
Jones Avenue Church
John Allen
Elishe Phillips Treadway
Lozzie Treadway
Harry
Richmond
Ray
North Kingsville
Ohio
Maggie Taylor
Scarbro
Mary Birt
Norfolk
Louise Williams
Claudia Castle
Frank
Coupe Ohio
Ernest
Tyree
WVU Law Grads May Lose Favored Status
Charleston reports the House of Delegates will vote to concur in a major amendment abolishing the diploma privilege for West Virginia University Law grads. The change would take effect immediately after the governor signs, rather than July 1, 1968 as initially proposed.
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WVU
Charleston
UPI
House of Delegates
House
Mine Where 18 Died In Explosion Closed
LOGAN ISLAND CREEK COAL CO announced Holden No 22 mine near Logan closed after declaring it exhausted of fire fighting capacity. The 1960 explosion on March 8 trapped 18 miners, a tragedy that had once employed about 200 workers. at closing 61 were on the payroll.
Curtis blasts Justice report in Baker probe clash
Sen Carl Curtis accuses a Justice Department memo of being a phony resume of FBI interviews aimed at silencing Reynolds, the key Baker accuser. Attorney General Katzenbach defends the document and says it accurately sums up the FBI inquiry.
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Washington
UPI
Bobby Baker
Johnson
Capitol Hill Page
Carl T. Curtis
Senate
Justice Department
Curtis
FBI
Don B. Reynolds
Baker
Atty
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Senate Rules Committee
Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Reynolds
Don Reynolds
State Economic Climb Slows In January 1965
West Virginia's economy grew in January 1965 though more slowly than 1964. The State Chamber of Commerce reports 17 of 22 indicators rose vs January 1964, with 1.7 percent more employment but declines in five measures including lumber, rail carloadings, and certain tax receipts.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
TV Featured Convict To Be Granted Parole
Charleston UPI reports a Moundsville Penitentiary inmate identified as Thomas Cronk, 39, of Wheeling, will receive parole if he secures a job and a home. Cronk is serving a life term for the 1957 murder of his father in law, James Mitcham, but former Gov. Barron commuted the sentence to 5 to 18 years after rehabilitation was showcased on a television program, making parole possible.
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Charleston
UPI
Moundsville
Cronk
Inlaw
James Mitcham
Wheeling
W. W. Barron
Senate House Locked On Pay Hike Bill Terms
Charleston dispatch reports a conference committee will try to resolve differences over the administration’s salary hike bill. The House rejected Senate amendments and the Senate refused to recede. Key dispute centers on a Carrigan amendment to fix a definite term for the State Road Commissioner, while the House wants the post at the governor’s will. The bill would raise salaries for most state department heads.
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Charleston
UPI
House
Senate
John Carrigan
R-Marshall
Fire damages painting at NC State theater rehearsal
Police reported a Wednesday night arson at the North Carolina State campus theater in Raleigh. A painting in the foyer was set on fire during rehearsals of The Lady is Not For Burning.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
North Carolina State Campus
U S Says Indonesia Ties Deteriorating Amid Pullout
Washington reports USIA shuts all libraries and reading rooms in Indonesia, halts film and magazine distribution, and withdraws staff after recent anti US protests and library seizures. Sukarno rebukes aid, relations sour over years, with about 2.8 million dollars in malaria control and education aid affected. Indonesia, a key oil and mineral rich nation, lies across strategic sea routes and hosts 97.7 million people.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Indonesia
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
U.S
Jakarta
Carl T. Rowan
Sukarno
State Department
Pacific
Indian Oceans
All-Electric Case Put Off Hearing Continues
First round of hearings on proposed lower electric rates for all electric schools ended with no action on a motion to postpone until electric companies provide more information. Appalachian Power and King Electric seek a one cent per kilowatt hour rate for schools using electricity for all power needs. Opponents United Fuel Gas, Hope Natural Gas, and Manufacturers Light and Heat oppose, arguing it pressures customers to abandon other fuels, a practice cited as prohibited by West Virginia courts.
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Charleston
UPI
Appalachian Power Co
King Electric Co
United Fuel Gas Co
Hope Natural Gas Co
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Gas
West Virginia
Irradiated Wood Aimed For World Fair Decor and Floor
Lockheed-Georgia unveils a process to treat pine oak birch fir and poplar with chemicals then irradiate in a nuclear reactor to yield wood with polymer like qualities. The AEC orders the material for a display floor in the federal science and engineering building at the New York World's Fair this year.
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Lockheed - Georgia
AEC
Federal Science and Engineering
Legislature Moves Immediate Effective Date For Tax-Deferred Annuities
A bill to make a legislature measure effective immediately rather than July 1 1968 passes Senate authorizing teachers to contract with boards of education to purchase tax deferred annuities. In the House a bill directs the Director of Health to inspect sanitary sites in public schools. An amendment in the House creates a Personnel Division within the Department of Finance and Act.
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Senate
Boards of Education
Department of Finance
Act
New York Fires Education Chief
New York public schools chief Dr. Calvin E. Gross was placed on a three month paid leave by the nine member board for alleged lack of administrative qualifications. The action followed disputes over school integration, high school reorganization, and decentralization, amid pressure from Negro groups over the integration issue. Deputy Bernard Donovan will serve as acting superintendent while Gross fights the move via his lawyer.
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New York
UPI
Calvin E. Gross
San A Board of Education
Gross
Bernard F. Donovan
Bluefield YMCA Reverses Plan on Negro Membership
The Bluefield YMCA board votes 8 to 5 against polling members on admitting Negroes as Y members. The reversal lifts barriers to Black applicants though they must still be approved by a membership committee and the board. The Y had earlier allowed facility use but not final member status amid racial demonstrations. A planned March on Bluefield was canceled after assurances segregation would end.
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Bluefield
UPI
Bluefield Ymca
Yw-Ymca Board of Trustees
Bluefield Y
Dangerous Drug Bill Revisions Approved in West Virginia
A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee approved a revised dangerous drugs bill outlining handling possession and transportation rules. It imposes fines from 1000 to 5000 dollars and prison terms of 5 to 10 years, includes pep pills, and moves to the full committee and Senate with administration backing.
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Charleston
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Jonathan Eastman
W. D. Williams
Leonard Moye
Tina Williams
A. M
Doris) Spradley
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Prince
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South Carolina Public Service Authority
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Pawley’s Island
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Thomas Cronk
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