British Won't Desert Berlin
Prime Minister Harold Wilson visited West Berlin and pledged Britain would defend the city despite burdens worldwide. He urged West Germany to buy more British goods to offset costs of the British Army in West Germany but assured no action would upset the Western alliance balance. He emphasized that costs would not deter Berlin defense and pressed Bonn to share the strain.
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Berlin
UPI
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
West Germany
Western Alliance
East Berlin
Alexei Kosygin
Bonn
Ancestor
Erhard
Ermanes
West Berlin
Germany
BAOR
British Army of the Rhine
Selma March Beaten by Troopers As Tear Gas Fills Street
The Selma procession led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. faced state troopers who ordered dispersal. When protesters knelt to pray, troopers charged with billy clubs and tear gas. Deputized possemen used whips and ropes as witnesses described chaos and cheering by white onlookers.
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Edward Pettus
Selma
James Clark
John Cloud
Miami High Principal Criticizes Short Skirts and Hairdos
A Miami high school principal denounces ultra short skirts and extreme hairstyles, saying the style is adopted by girls who cannot get attention in any other way and that their elders share the same motive.
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Miami
Princip
Policemen Criticize Judge Over Assault Ruling
Chicago police groups and officials denounce Judge George Leighton for freeing Jessie Rodriguez and Simon Suarez in an Oct. 26 assault on officers Desutter and Howard. Leighton ruled it was not a crime to walk with a broken bottle and that self defense may justify resisting unlawful arrest.
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Chicago
UPI
George N. Leighton
Jessie C. Rodriguez
Simon Suarez
Thomas A. Desutter
Raymond Howard
Suarez
Rodriquez
Desutter
Leighton
Harvard University Law School
Freeman to dedicate first job corps center in Arkansas
Agriculture Secretary Orville L Freeman will dedicate the Forest Service first job corps conservation center at Ouachita National Forest near Hot Springs Arkansas on March 22 The center marks the start of a national program under the presidents war on poverty with about one center planned in each national forest by summer end
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Forest Service
Ouachita National Forest
Hot Springs
Ark
Embarrassing Sagas From NSC Weirdest Accidents List
The National Safety Council roundup highlights odd incidents. Lucky Jerry Bergstrand survived a crash after his car hit a washing machine near Rawlins Wyoming. Carol Lisson slipped on a banana peel at the International Banana Festival in Martin Tennessee. A tank trailer smashed into the Ronay home in Sete France, spilling ten thousand quarts of red wine. An English amateur troupe’s theatre was destroyed by fire at Leamington. Three Argentinian anglers claimed a train accident sank their boat after a grain train rolled into the water. In Warsaw Indiana a woman drove into a car identical to her own, damaging both. Jet pilot J M Baucom of Raleigh NC ejected twice in one hour after two crashes. Kenneth Erikson missed a dental appointment due to a collision with the dentist’s car in Superior Nebraska. Grant County sheriff and deputy accidentally discharged a tear gas gun in a Williamstown Kentucky courthouse elevator.
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Dennis P. Leavy
Chicago
UPI
Jerry Bergstrand
Rawlins
Wyo
National Safety Council
Carol Lisson
Martin
Tenn
Peel
Jaimes Ronay
Ronay
Sete
France
Leamington
England
Christopher Fry
Loft
South America
Warsaw
Ind
Irvin Stone
Forrestal
Baucom
Kenneth Erikson
Superior
Neb
Grant County
Williamstown
Johnson urges new crime commission for 1966 report
President Johnson pushes a comprehensive plan to reform federal and local law enforcement, improve criminal justice administration in DC, and strengthen public safety. He calls for stricter age limits on handgun and long gun sales, new drug treatment statutes, and an expanded war on organized crime.
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Crime Commission
White House
District of Columbia
Washington
Johnson
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Treasury Secretary
Congress
Court ruling broadens religious belief exemption scope
The court held that defining belief as a relation to a supreme being includes all religions and excludes political or philosophical views. It stated a belief is sincere if it meaningfully guides life. The ruling overturned several jail terms for objectors, including Arno Jakobson and Forest Britt Peter, aligning with the parallel beliefs standard.
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Congress
New York
Arno Sasha Jakobson
Daley informed of Klan threat to King in Selma
Mayor Daley learned an anonymous Saturday report claimed the Chicago Ku Klux Klan paid 2500 dollars to have Martin Luther King Jr killed in Selma Sunday. He attended mass with family and planned to travel to Washington Monday to meet congressional leaders before testifying Tuesday before a Senate subcommittee on constitutional amendments.
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Chicago Ku Klux Klan
King
Selma
Daley
Washington
Senate
Subcommittee
Legislature Eyes Budget Push Amid Tax Change and Reforms
Lawmakers push a state budget with a $177.8 million operating plan and a $2.5 million boost from a new 3 percent sales tax. The session debates two government reorganization bills, a November constitutional convention question, and funding for teacher pay, mental health, Appalachia programs, higher education, and a $200 million road bond audit. Conferees from both chambers plan talks with the BPW to reach a final agreement.
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House
Senate
House - Senate
House Finance Committee
State Board of Public Works
del. Ivor Boiarsky
D-Kanawha
Hulett Smith
Appalachia
W.va
Road upgrade timing and federal funds policy
Road Commissioner Sawyers outlined a six to seven year timeline for administrative work engineering and construction plans to upgrade the road. He noted no federal aid funds would be available for interstate construction after July 1 1972. He said freeing the turnpike could unlock federal money but that decision is beyond the agency's scope.
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Sawyers
Senate
Road Commission
Rusk warns against unchecked aggression in Vietnam
Secretary Rusk, on television, warned that 35 years of world history show aggression unchecked leads to a greater catastrophe. He said 3,500 U.S. Marines moving into South Vietnam would shoot back if attacked by Viet Cong around Da Nang and would focus on local security for the air base as U.S. planes attack targets in the region.
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Rusk
U.S
South Viet Nam
da Nang Air Base
da Nang
I Nation
CBS
Death notice for David C. Hatcher of Orlando
David Clarkson Hatcher 51 died in an Orlando hospital Sunday night. He was formerly of Blue Jay and will be returned to the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral for completion of funeral arrangements.
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David Clarkson Hatcher
Orlando
Fla
Blue Jay
Rose and Quesenberry
Funeral rites for William Bert Woolwine in Raleigh
William Bert Woolwine 74 of Raleigh dies after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Ernest Barley. burial in Ali Cemetery, Eccles. Survivors include two sons Robert and John, a sister Arbutus Boggs, a half sister Pearl Berkley, 17 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Body at funeral home after 11 a.m. Tuesday.
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William Bert Woolwine
Raleigh
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ernest Barley
Ali
Eccles
Holiness Church
Robert
Terry
John
Pittsburgh
Arbutus Boggs
Pearl Berkle
Washington, D. C
William Floyd Haynes Dies After Long Illness
William Floyd Haynes, 75, of 109 Seymon Street, died Sunday evening after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete as the body lies at Wright and Alderson Funeral Home.
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William Floyd Haynes
Seymon St
Wright and Alderson Funeral Home
Infant Roy P. Atha Dies After Brief Illness
Roy Patrick Atha one month old son of Roy and Clara Looney Atha of Flat Top died at home Sunday after a brief illness. He was born February 12 in Beckley. Survived by four sisters Debbie Doris Carmel Patricia. maternal grandparents Clyde Looney of Bastian Virginia and Wilmer Atha of Flat Top. paternal grandparents. Brief graveside rites will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the family cemetery at Flat Top. Body at Calfee Funeral Home.
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Roy Patrick Atha
Roy
Clara Looney Atha
Flat Top
Beckley
Debbie
Doris
Carmel
Patricia
Clyde Looney
Bastian
Wilmer Atha
Calfee Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs. Ethel Stover at Prosperity Church
Mrs. Ethel Stover aged 74 of Prosperity dies after long illness in Beckley hospital. Service set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Church of God in Christian Union Prosperity with Rev. Ernest Barley. burial in Prosperity Cemetery. Born March 1 1891 White Sulphur Springs, daughter of Mack and spouse Bruce Stover preceded her. Survived by sister Betty Sarver. Body lines at Foglesong Mullens Funeral Home.
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Ethel Stover
Prosperity
Church of God In Christian Union
Ernest Barley
Stover
Beckley Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Mack McKinney
Bruce Stover
Willis Blanks 62 Harlem Heights Dies After Illness
Willis Blanks of Harlem Heights aged 62 died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. A retired miner and United Mine Workers Local 5949 member, he belonged to Minden Baptist Church. Born March 15, 1902 in Walker County Alabama, he was the son of the late Bewelly and Martha Blanks. Survived by wife Ruth, two brothers Matt Blanks of Harlem Heights and John A H Blanks of Charleston, and sister Elizabeth Blanks of Chicago. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Willis Blanks
Harlem Heights
United Mine Workers of America
Minden
Services for Mrs Nora Addison Held in Fayetteville Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Nora Maxine Addison 57 of Fayetteville Route 1 will be conducted at 11 a m Tuesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with the Rev Helen Bakos presiding. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Nora Maxine Addison
Fayetteville
Route 1
Tyree
Final rites for Mrs Fannie K Hunt 79 at Ansted
Mrs Fannie K Hunt 79 of Victor dies after a long illness in Fayetteville Nursing Home. Funeral 11 a m Tuesday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Ansted with Rev Guy Vaughn and Rev H W Gillispie in charge. Burial Hunt Cemetery. Survived by brother N C Knapp Crab Orchard sister Elsie Knapp Melbourne Fla son Seth Hunt Ansted two grandchildren two great grandchildren.
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Fannie K. Hunt
Victor
Thomas Funeral Home
Ansted
Guy Vaughn
H. W. Gillispie
Hunt Cemetery
Hunt
Fayetteville
Hopewell Baptist Church
Graydon
Hatcher Rites Set for 73 in Bloomingdale Ohio
Funeral services for Alphus David Hatcher 73 of Bloomingdale Ohio formerly of Raleigh will be at 1 pm Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Owen Paul Lilly officiating Burial follows at Raleigh Cemetery He died Saturday in a Steubenville Ohio hospital after a long illness He was a retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employee and brotherhood of railway trainmen member Born August 5 1891 in West Virginia Survivors include Lando Ernest Alvin White Oak Virgil Abraham a daughter Esther Edwards Raleigh a brother Jess Hatcher Beckley and a sister Mrs Romaney Mitchell Baltimore Md Call after 6 pm Tuesday
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Alphus David Hatcher
Bloomingdale
Ohio
Raleigh
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Owen Paul Lilly
Steubenville
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
West Virginia
Lando Hatcher
Ernest
Germany
Alvin
White Oak
Virgil
Abraham
Esther Edwards
Crow
Jess Hatcher
Beckley
Romaney Mitchell
Baltimore
Obituary for Jasper Lyons of Clay with long illness
Jasper Lyons 62 of Clay died at Pine Lodge Nursing Home after nine and a half years of unconsciousness from a 1956 cerebral hemorrhage. He was a coal miner born November 31 1902 and survived by his widow five daughters three sons many relatives. Funeral 10:30 Tuesday at Wilson Funeral Home Chapel Clay with Rev Hillard Billups officiating burial Sunset Cemetery Bickmore.
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Jasper S. Lyons
Clay
Pine Lodge
Lyons
Charleston
Stewart
Elizabeth Fulks
Etta Lyons
Parkersburg
Virginia Riley
Shirley Miller
Kay Staats
Ravenswood
Joy Groves
Quinwood
Peggy Lake
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert
Fairbanks
Ala
Tommy
Billy
Mabel Parks
Marie Porter
Bellwood City
Myrtle Wilson
Sylvia Lyons
Sally Guys
Prospect
Goldin Lyons
Beckley
Stanley
Ivydale
Sibert
Jack
Wilson Funeral Home
Hillard Billups
Sunset Cemetery
Bickmore
Germany Seeks Improvement In Israel Relations
Bonn reports West Germany plans to pursue diplomatic relations with Israel to ease the rift with Egypt. Chancellor Erhard says Bonn will keep ties with the United Arab Republic for now while weighing recognition of Israel if Cairo seeks a consulate in East Germany. The move follows U.S., British, and French cautions against breaking with Cairo.
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Germany
Israel
Bonn
UPI
West Germany
Egypt
Ludwig Erhard
United Arab Republic
Jerusalem
Cairo
United States
Britain
France
America
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Walter Ulbricht
Erhard
Nasser
U.A.R
East Germany
Marines land in Vietnam bring knee injury and reunion
Elyria sailor Michael J. Basso split his knee on the beach and received a makeshift splint from a medical corpsman. Brooklyn native Robert J. Farace predicted stitches as Basso headed to a truck. A reunion occurred for two Marine brothers from Buda, Illinois, Lance Cpl. Gary Reinbeck and Pfc. Larry Reinbeck, who were surprised to see welcoming Vietnamese women upon landing.
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Michael J. Basso
Elyria
Ohio
Basso
Robert J. Farace
Brooklyn
N.Y
Buda
Ill
Lance Cpl
Gary L. Reinbeck
Pfc
Larry D. Reinbeck
Margaret Reinbeck
Gary
Larry
Marines and Air Force Hit Viet Cong Ammunition Dump
U S forces used B57 bombers to dump explosives on Communist positions in Binh Tuy Province near Saigon. A military spokesman said the strike appeared to target a Viet Cong ammunition dump. Separately, Da Nang beach landings were delayed over an hour by rough seas and 20 foot NAS breakers along the coast.
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Binh Tuy
Saigon
da Nang
Geto
Sanity trial sought in Oswald shooting case
Ruby argued for sanity trial to decide if he could choose counsel before any insanity ruling. The appeals court ruled it could not decide the appeal until Ruby’s mental state to select lawyers was determined. If found insane, he would go to a state mental institution. death sentence questions would await his recovery of sanity.
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Ruby
Tonnhill
Oswald
Restaurant Blast Devastates Clarksburg Eatery
An explosion leveled a Clarksburg restaurant after an eight inch gas line ruptured and ignited a fire near Stonewood. Production at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co was curtailed due to the gas leak. No injuries reported though five workers escaped minutes before the blast. Authorities cited a high pressure gas line leak as the cause.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Stonewood
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
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