Hinton Klan And NAACP Oppose Missis (sic) Charter Effort
Hinton Klan imperial wizard W E Houchins denounces Tupelo leader Dale Walton as not a real klansman and theft of the kloran while Walton seeks a Mississippi charter for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. NAACP vows legal help to oppose Walton, who says his Mississippi group operates openly and aims to go worldwide. A WV VA Knights rally planned for April near Bluefield Princeton to recruit across five states.
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Crea
Dale Walton
Tupelo
Miss
W. E. Houchins
Hinton
Houchins
Walton
NAACP
Willard Brown
Association
West Virginia
Robert Bailey
Imperial Wizard
Knights of the Green Forest
Knights
The
Ku Klux Klan
Bailey
Brown
Mississippi
United States
West Virginia - Virginia
Bluefield
Princeton
James Venable
National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Allies Told Of DeGlaube Demand LBJ Rejection
The United States informed NATO allies of Charles de Gaulle's demand for control of American bases in France and Johnson's rejection. UPI reports Ambassador Harlan Cleveland relayed de Gaulle's intent to withdraw French forces from NATO command. French sources call the letter a declaration of intent and expect notices to follow to all member states.
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Paris
UPI
United States
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Harlan Cleveland
NATO Permanent Council
de Gaulle
Johnson
France
Bhrou
Council
Pierre de Lousse
Supreme Allied Headquarters
SHAPE
Wild Rivers Meeting Over Private River Park Demands
A regional association hosts a meeting along the Caca Hardy Havenin and Organ Counties to press concerns about alleged privacy violations and the privatization of river park and recreation areas. Local officials and residents engaged in a debate over access and public use rights.
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Caca- Hardy, Havenin
Organ Counties
Two Rivers Park and Recreation
Too Much Monkey Business On The Job Costs Employers Time
A lighthearted column notes that excessive monkeying around in the workplace wastes time and hurts productivity, with a humorous warning about peers and bosses tolerating such behavior. It signals a reminder to focus on tasks and maintain professional conduct.
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Peanuts
Senate Rallies After Lone Republican Tax Setback
Washington officials report a surprise GOP victory in the Senate as Sen. Winston L. Prouty wins a Social Security rider extending benefits to 1.8 million Americans aged 70 and over. Meanwhile Sen. Abraham Ribicoff pushes a college cost tax credit of up to 325 dollars, both amid a broader $6 billion Vietnam tax package.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Abraham A. _ Ribicoff
Connecticut
Dove Backlash and Tax Vote Stir Vietnam Policy Debate
Washington figures describe a dove backlash touching President Johnson's Viet Nam policy as a $750 million Social Security amendment faces Senate votes. Of 15 Senate Democrats who opposed escalation, seven backed the tax amendment, five opposed, and three were absent. Fulbright misses votes amid hearings on China while finance panel weighs Viet Nam revenue bills. Arkansas Democrat avoids all three roll calls on the amendment expanding Social Security benefits to 1.8 million Americans.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
China
Finance Committee
Arkansas
Senate Opens China Hearings
UPI reports Columbia China expert A Doak Barnett testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as it begins a broad study of Sino American relations. He backs containment with China entering the United Nations and cautions restraint on Vietnam policy, noting bombing could force Chinese entry.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
China
Peking
United Nations
Columbia University
A. Doak Barnett
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harvard
John K. Fairbank
Barnett
Viet Nam
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Hanoi
Haiphong
Barnett backs general support for Vietnam war
United Press International reports Columbia University China expert A. Doak Barnett telling the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that, in general, he supports the military aspect of the Vietnam war. He expresses cautious backing of U.S. strategy.
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United Press International
Washington
Columbia University
China
A. Doak Barnett
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mets Manager Wes Westrum condemns Castro plea for clemency
New York Mets manager Wes Westrum urges clemency for Maj. Rolando Cabela and six others accused of plotting Castro's assassination, arguing that executing a few guilty men solves nothing if the underlying weaknesses remain. In Dublin, the Irish Republican Army denies any IRA link to the bombing of the Lord Nelson statue, calling such demolitions contrary to Republican policy.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Maj
Rolando Cabela
Sman
Dublin
IRA
Lord Nelson
Spy case convict freed sparks bitter justice views
George John Gessner, jailed five years for passing nuclear secrets to Soviet agents, walked free after the government dropped the case following an appeals court ruling that his confession was obtained illegally. He criticized the justice system and said there is little hope for others with inadequate counsel. He left Leavenworth with U.S. Marshals, unsure of future plans.
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Kansas City
Kan
UPI
George John Gessner
Gessner
U.S. Army
U.S
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U .S
Federal
Leavenworth
Mexico City
George
FBI
WVU Calls FBI Into Bomb Case
West Virginia University faced four bomb threats in five days prompting evacuations of Armstrong Hall and Woodburn Hall. Harold Shamberger said the FBI was alerted and warned arrests would face the fullest penalties.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia
Harold Shamberger
FBI
Shamberger
University Eye
Armstrong Hall
Woodburn Hall
Mrs. Effie Cobbs 79 Dies After Illness in Beckley
Mrs. Effie E. Cobbs 79 of North Beckley died today in a local hospital after a long illness. Born August 12, 1886 in Appomattox County Virginia she was a member of First Baptist Church of North Beckley. She is survived by daughter Bernice Tyree a brother Charles E. Clark and sister Nellie Williams. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Beckey with Rev G W Carter officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ritche and Johnson Funeral Parlor after 1 p.m. Friday.
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Effie E. Cobbs
N. Beckley
Appomatox County
First Baptist Church of
North Beckley
Charles Ark
Bernice Tyree
Beckley
Charles E. Clark
Hinton
Nellie Williams
First Baptist Church
William Pollard
Jonben
Fayette County
Ritchie and Johnson
G. D. Toler
Greenwood Memorial Park
Dwight Billings
Mr. Billings
Billings
Post Office Dept
West Virginia
Funeral services for Franklin H Nolan in Sophia
Franklin H Nolan of Shelby Ohio formerly of Sophia was killed when his truck was struck by a train in Mansfield. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship Baptist Church Sophia with Rev W F Tolliver. burial Sunset Memorial Park. He served in the Air Force 1955 1957 and worked for Norwalk Trucking Co. of Mansfield. He leaves parents C L and Zada Nolan of Sophia four children in Baltimore and Shelby. Body at Fred X Williams Funeral Home Sophia after 4 p.m. today. Pallbearers named.
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Franklin H. Nolan
Shelby
Ohio
Sophia
Friendship Baptist Church
W. F. Tolliver
Sunset Memorial Park
Nolan
Mansfield
Sophia High School
Air Force
Norwalk Trucking Co
Virgil Privett
B. W. Wimmer
Tom Gillenwater
O. O. Crouch
Kenneth Martin
Tony Milano
Mrs Verla Warner Rites Scheduled At Home
Funeral services for Mrs Verla Warner 41 of Wyoming will be held at 2 p m Thursday at her home with Rev Stellie Parsons officiating Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens at Matheny She died Monday night in a Welch hospital after a long illness Born July 15 1924 at East Lynn she was a daughter of Alfred and Dorothy Clay Dyer of Wayne The body was moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville to the home at 2 p m today.
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Verla Warner
Wyoming
Stellie Parsons
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Davis O'Neal Funeral Services Held in Spokane
Davis O Neal of Spokane Washington died prior to Feb 24. Funeral services were conducted at Alwin Chapel Hazen and Jae ger Funeral Home by Rev Philip A Larson. Burial followed at Spokane Memorial Gardens. He was born June 23 1889 in Maple Meadow, son of Sarah Davis and W M O Neal. He is survived locally by one sister Mrs Minnie Bradshaw of Crab Orchard.
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James W
Bill) Cox
Pemberton
Baltimore
Cox
Manila
Viet Nam
Emmitt
Emma Cox
Gilliam
Lottie
George
Edith
Ray
Eva) Vance
Crab Orchard
Lonnie
John
Bern
Ohio
Harry
Williamsburg
Luther
East Point
Georgia
Moran Funeral Home
York Road
Davis O’neal
Spokane
Wash
Alwin
Hazen and Jaeger
Philip A. Larson
Spokane Memorial Gardens
Davis
Maple Meadow
Sarah Davis
W. M. O’neal
Minnie Bradshaw
Medicare cards and historical questions answered
An Arkansas event was postponed due to Tennessee weather. The article answers various reader queries about Medicare wife benefits, dower rights, estate shares, and the inventor credits for the steamboat, automobile, and early cars. It also discusses missing records for Salmon T Case and age of President Johnson’s daughter.
Deaths: Mrs Minnie Ayers 58 Beckley funeral plans
Mrs Minnie Ayers age 58 of 217 Plumiey Ave died in a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral service set for 1 p.m. Saturday at St John United Holiness Church Beckley. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Minnie Ayers
Plumiey Ave
St. John United Holiness Church
Beckley
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Funeral services for Mrs Lee Hairston in Columbus Ohio
Mrs Lee A Hairston a former Skelton resident dies at 6 am Tuesday in Columbus Ohio funeral services set for 10 30 am Saturday in Columbus She is survived by a sister Maggie Eldridge of Skelton
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Skelton
Lee A. Hairston
Columbus
Ohio
Maggie Eldridge
Skel- Nn
CongressOpposes Presidential Tax Power Plan
Congress voted unanimously against granting the President emergency power to raise or lower taxes. GOP Leader Everett Dirksen announced the decision after a policy luncheon, noting belief a new tax request may come calling for such powers. The Senate approved 45 new federal judgeships, adding one to the original measure, sending the bill to President Johnson.
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Johnson
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Bluestone Hydroelectric Plan Faces Public Interest Debate
The Bluestone project on the New River, authorized by Congress as a federal multipurpose development, faces opposition from rural electric cooperatives who warn it could block upstream federal plans and favor private interests. The West Virginia PSC granted Appalachian authority Jan 21 pending FPC review. Cooperatives argue possible power buys and preferential treatment under federal law. Local leaders fear reservoir rise would flood recreation areas, while Appalachian sees recreation and tax benefits. Construction would take about 18 months with significant tax impact.
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New River
Congress
Moores Ferry
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Appalachian
Theovernment
Ustry
Hinton
Ement
Seven year old girl stabbed to death in Elizabeth street
In Elizabeth New Jersey a seven year old girl, Wendy Wolin, was stabbed to death on a street while returning from school. Police hunted a white male described as 40s to 50s, over six feet tall and weighing more than 200 pounds, with off-duty detectives assisting as witnesses gave fragmented accounts.
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Elizabeth
N.J
UPI
Wendy Wolin
Wendy
Elizabeth General Hospital
Patricia Lavolpe
Authoritie
Couple Slain and Son Wounded in Newark Car Sale Dispute
Police report a couple, David and Hildegarde De Vose, and their 12-year-old son Maurice were stabbed in Newark while negotiating the price of a car in front of Penn Station. A man, Samuel Stout, 47, pulled a knife during the dispute and fled. the mother died, the unborn child perished, and Maurice was in critical condition with facial and arm wounds.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
Andusband
City Hospital
David
Hildegarde de Vose
Maurice
de Voose
Samuel Stout
Penn Station
Stout
Circuit Rider Resumes Ride From Greencastle to Baltimore
78yearold retired minister Dr Sumner L Martin resumes his horseback journey re creating early Methodist circuit rider trips He left Indiana Jan 9 delayed by a snowstorm Jan 22 His wife injury postponed plans until March 3 He aims to reach Baltimore on April 21 the bicentennial opening He travels through Ohio West Virginia and Virginia preaching along the route and plans to arrive in Wheelings Fourth Street Church before continuing to Baltimore to mark the celebration
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Hebron
Ohio
UPI
Baltimore
Sumner L. Martin
Jacksontown
Licking County
Greencastle
Ind
America
Indiana
West Virginia
Martin
Franklin
Zanesville
U.S
New Concord
Old Washington
St. Clairsville
Wheeling
W. Va
Fourth St. Methodist Church
Winchester
Frederick
War On Crime Book Figures Fearful National View
Johnson asserts that fear of crime marks every American and cites alarming rates: a forceable rape every 26 minutes, robbery every 25 minutes, aggravated assault every three minutes, car theft every minute, burglary every 28 seconds, causing widespread injury and anguish.
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Johnson
Gemini 8 Countdown Rehearsal Delayed
CAPE KENNEDY UPI reports a Gemini 8 countdown rehearsal was delayed 41 minutes due to ground equipment problems. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott remained in a test trailer donning spacesuits for a dress rehearsal of their three day mission as the Atlas Agena vehicle and launch pad were paused.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
New silverless coins enter circulation this week
The Treasury announced new 40 percent silverless dimes and Kennedy half-dollars will join the silverless quarter in circulation to ease silver stock depletion. The coins use sandwich construction with copper nickel faces and a copper core to suit vending machines. The half-dollar blends 80 percent silver and 20 percent copper faces with a core of 21 percent silver and 79 percent copper.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Two Planes Crash On Isle Killing Seven People
On Santa Cruz Island two light planes crashed in fog over the western end. Pilot Wallace Bassett and five passengers died. A second plane carrying two hunters also went down, killing its pilot R L Wallace. Navy and Coast Guard recovered seven bodies. Names include Gordon Ridge Ted Schatt Jack Wheeler Dr John Carroll Russell Claude Gilbert Casey.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Wallace D. Bassett
Santa Cruz Island
Bassett
Channel Islands
Santa Cruz
R. L. Wallace
Channel Island
California
John Grentzer
Gordon Ridge
Ted Schatt
Jack Leroy Wheeler
John Carroll Russell
Claude Gilbert Casey
Las Vegas
Navy
Coast Guard
Pt. Mugu Naval Station
Viet Nam Bombs Hit North Viet Nam and South Jungle Bombing
U S air actions target Hanoi area and Son La storage dump as bombs fall on six sites near Hanoi and the Son La facility. B52s from Guam strike jungle near Saigon with 750 and 1000 pound bombs on Viet Cong concentrations. A C47 assault plane is shot down in A Sh ani fighting. four crewmen die, three rescued by helicopters. Green Beret detachments and Do Xa sanctuary supply routes are noted amid heavy fighting in the region.
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Viet Nam
Hanoi
Son la
South Viet Nam
Guam
Saigon
U.S
Special Forces
Green Beret
Do Xa
da Nang
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Davis O'Neal
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Salesan Register
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Salmon T. Case
Salmon P. Chase
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