West Virginia Gets $10 Million in Appalachian Project Funds
President Johnson seeks 365 million for Appalachian public works. West Virginia projects total about 10 million, including 1.7 million for regional water study, 1.5 million for Willow Island Lock and Dam, 790 thousand for Sutton Reservoir recreation facilities, 400 thousand for Bloomington Reservoir plans, 350 thousand for Gallipolis Lock and Dam recreation facilities, 200 thousand for Burnsville Reservoir preconstruction, 48 thousand flood control survey for Clarksburg area, 30 thousand flood control study for Middle Island Creek basin, 20 thousand Mill Creek study in Jackson County, and 4.3 million reserve for seven major Appalachian projects. Byrd and Randolph note program will be run through a Senate subcommittee.
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Washington
API
West Virginia
Johnson
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Randolph
Byrd
Appalachia
Lion Willow Island
Ohio River
Pleasants County
Sutton Reservoir
Elk River
Braxton
Webster
Bloomington
Potomac River
Mineral County
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Burnsville Reservoir
Braxton County
Clarksburg
West Fork
Middle Island Creek
Doddridge
Pleasants
Tyler
Mill Creek
Jackson County
Hannibal
Racine
Opekiska
Monongahela River
Monongalia
Senate
Bonn's Baghdad Embassy Burned
A protest in Baghdad by about 10,000 students attacked and burned parts of the West German Embassy amid Bonn plans to recognize Israel. Two floors were burned and the flag desecrated, with no injuries reported. West Germany sought compensation from Iraq and demanded the embassy’s closure and the ouster of President Anwar Sadat.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Baghdad
Iraq
Bonn
Israel
West Germany
Gamal Abdelasser
United Arab Republic
Life Insurance Offer for Ages 39 to 79 in IL
A mail in life insurance ad from Great Lakes Insurance Co promises $2000 or $1000 guaranteed rate lifetime protection. Apply by mailing name, address and year of birth to Home Office in Elgin Illinois 60122 Dept. 16C151P58, with no obligation.
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Great Lakes Insurance Co
Elgin
Ill
Eldercare ad sparks Dem lines in Medicare clash
A sponsor of the AMA Eldercare health plan denounces an advertisement as overstated and misleading claiming complete coverage for the elderly. Rep A S Herlong Jr says benefits would be state determined and not automatic, while Medicare advances loom in Congress as a likely outcome.
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Washington
UPI
American Medical Association
AMA
Rep
A. S. Herlong Jr
Dfla
Thomas B. Curtis
Amo
Herlong
House
Ways & Means
Smith Continued From Page 1 Major WV policy proposals listed
The article outlines several West Virginia policy items: turning Hopemont into a hospital for the chronically ill, aged and infirm. ending the $150 per semester out of state fee cap for state colleges. WVU Board of Governors to run a motor pool. municipal elections every four years instead of two. mandatory abuse reports by physicians nurses and teachers to prosecutors. raise Teacher Retirement loan limit from $500 to $1,000. empower planning commissions to delegate public hearings to a committee.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
Hopemont
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Rights Night Sets Tone for Justice Mission Message
The speaker cites cries of pain and protests of oppressed people calling the government to action. The convocation signals the United States’ oldest and most basic mission to right wrongs, do justice, and serve mankind.
Selma March Reaches Courthouse as Selma Wall Barricade Stays
In Selma the civil rights marchers stretched to the courthouse steps where the rear reached the Selma wall. In Montgomery mounted deputies dispersed about 300 demonstrators who blocked an ambulance, bricks and bottles hurled at officers during the clash.
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Selma
Baker
Montgomery
Wayne Reeder's Senate Statement on Lack of Concessions
Reeder Wayne told the Senate in a last-day statement Monday that no agreement was reached because at no time was there any concession from the House conferees.
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Wayne
Senate
Malays Kill 13 Guerrillas In One Week
Malaysian forces report breaking the latest Indonesian infiltration with 13 guerrillas killed in a week of fighting. Unconfirmed reports say up to 20 raiders were killed in Sarawak after ambushes 600 yards inside Malaysia near Kuching.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
UPI
Indonesia
Sarawak
Kuching
Johnson outlines voting rights bill and equal rights pledge
President Johnson, addressing Congress, declares that equality for African Americans is essential to America. He vows a federal voting rights bill to remove barriers, standardize registration, curb legal delays, and ensure properly registered citizens can vote. He stresses that denying the vote undermines the nation.
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Congress
United States
Mail trouble hits British post office week
London reports a rough week for the postal service as a letter with a trading stamp instead of postage was delivered, and a Southampton man finally received a postcard mailed nearby dated October 7 1956. He complained not about the delay but about paying an extra penny to cover a postage increase.
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London
UPI
Bryan Macey
Southampton
Macey
Deaths and Funerals Emma Buckland 76 Boone NC
Deaths and Funerals notices for Emma Buckland 76 of Boone NC and Elbert H Jennings 81 of Athens. Buckland long illness, service at New Salem Baptist Church Abraham with Rev Richard Miller, burial church cemetery. Jennings funeral in Princeton, burial Athens Cemetery. former store owner, Mount Jackson Regular Baptist Church member.
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Elbert H. Jennings
Athens
George W. Seaver
Princeton
W. E. Essex
Jennings
Donald Barnes
Stamford
Carroll County
Freil
Jane Winsett Jennings
Jenning
Thomas services set for Charles S Thomas in Fayetteville
Charles S Thomas 81 formerly of Lansing will be buried in Oak Hill Cemetery after a 10 30 a m service at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville The former mine superintendent died Monday in a Ronceverte hospital He was born November 1 1883 in Nelson County Virginia and survived by two daughters nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren He was active in Fayetteville Presbyterian Church and several Masonic bodies.
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Emma Buckland
Boone, N. C
Raleigh County
New Salem Baptist Church
Abraham
Richard Miller
Buckland
Oak Hill Hospital
Tear
Charlie
Martha Smith Richmond
The
Baptist Church
Golden Buckland
Roscoe Buckland
Berea
Winona Samuels
New Orleans
Charlie E
Johnson City
Tenn
Everett
Thurmond
Meredith Richmond
Piney View
Stella Patton
Meadow Bridge
Theodore
Doris
Virgil
Cleveland
Ohio
Grover Plumley
Fayetteville
Everett Cochran
Preston Ingram
Eccles
James Adkins
Meadow Creek
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Charles S. Thomas
Sweet Springs
Lansing
D. R. Weiglein
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Oak Hill
David C
Captania E. Proctor Thomas
Vivian Coyer
St. Albans
Fred
Richmond
Funeral rites for Mrs Harry Gilbert in Winter Park Fla
Mrs Harry Gilbert formerly of Beckley will have funeral rites at Winter Park Christian Church on Wednesday. She and her family lived in Beckley for years. Survivors include husband, a son Harry Gilbert Jr. of Glen Avenue and a daughter Vivian Gilbert at home. The body is at Cox-Parker Mortuary in Winter Park.
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Harry Gilbert
Winter Park
Fla
Beckley
Elbert Craycraft Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Elbert Craycraft 59 of Lake Worth Florida, formerly Beckley, will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with the.
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Elbert Craycraft
Lake Worth, Fla
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Juvenile Burglary Ring Cracked in Beckley Area
Beckley police and Raleigh County deputies say they are breaking up a burglary ring run by juveniles around Beckley. Three youths aged 15 and 16 were arrested and jailed. warrants were issued for others as the investigation continues. The Western Union Office burglary was the latest reported. no further details released yet.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Western Union
Hanoi vows to hit U.S. forces harder after air raid
Hanoi said it would boost its fight with the liberation forces and people in the South to defend its airspace and territory. North Viet Nam reported anti-aircraft gunners shot down five U.S. planes and damaged many others after a large air attack. A U.S. Navy plane reportedly crashed into the South China Sea. the pilot was missing.
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Hanoi
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
South China Sea
Obituary notices for four individuals across cities
Joe Martin aged 61 of Detroit formerly Beckley died in a Detroit hospital after a long illness. The body will be returned tonight to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor for arrangements. H J Phillips 75 a McClure Syndicate columnist died Monday after a heart attack and funeral service set for Thursday in Milford. Bishop Fan S Noli 84 head of the Albanian Orthodox Church in the United States and former Albanian premier died Saturday in Fort Lauderdale and a Thursday burial service was tentatively set in Boston.
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Joe Martin
Detroit
Mich
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Boston
UPI
Fan §S. Noli
United States
Albania
Noli
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Mil ton A. Weinger Funeral Held in Milwaukee
Funeral services will be held in Milwaukee Thursday for Mil ton A. Weinger credited with starting person to person classified newspaper advertising with the Milwaukee Sentinel and improving local classifieds. He shaped how readers found jobs and goods through direct listings and ads across newspapers.
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Baltimore, Md
UPI
Milwaukee
Milton A. Weinger
1000 To March In Charleston Memorial Service
More than 1000 people were expected to attend a civil rights memorial service in Charleston for a Boston minister killed in Selma. The event began at 12 45 p m on a downtown street and led to a parade to the statehouse. Organizers included CORE NAACP West Virginia State College student leaders with Gov. Smith invited to attend.
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Charleston
UPI
Boston
Selma
Ala
Statehouse
CORE
NAACP
West Virginia State College
Hulett C. Smith
Jim Harper
West Virginia
Smith
John Shanklin
James J. Reed
Court Hears Testimony Over Roads Amendment
State Atty. Gen. Robertson argued before the State Supreme Court that deeming the 1964 Better Roads Amendment unconstitutional for lack of 90 day notice would frustrate the people’s will on a technicality. Opposing counsel urged substantial compliance with publication rules, noting wide publicity and overwhelming voter approval.
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Charleston
UPI
C. Donald Robertson
State
Supreme Court
John H. Kelly
High Court
Robertson
Asst. Atty
Thomas Goodwin
Hulett C. Smith
Asst. Attys
J. P. Bower
Leo Catsonis
Kelly
West Virginia Supreme Court
W. W. Barron
Bower
Catsonis
Two Killed In Road Mishaps In West Virginia
United Press International reports two men died in separate late Monday crashes and another man died of earlier injuries, lifting West Virginia’s toll to 67. Ralph G. Chase 37 Nitro Putnam County killed on U S 60 near St Albans when his car hit a tractor trailer. John Thomas Camicia 18 Huntington killed in two car crash on Alternate West Virginia 10 south of Huntington. Arthur M. Conner 55 Port Amherst Kanawha County died in Charleston hospital from March 9 Oak Hill accident.
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United Press International
West Virginia
South Charleston
Ralph G. Chase
Nitro
Putnam County
U. S. 60
St. Albans
John Thomas Camicia
Huntington
W. Va
Camicia
N. T Camicia
Island Creek Coal Company
Arthur M. Conner
Port Amherst
Kanawha County
Charleston
Oak Hill
Actor Richard Johnson praises Kim Novak as bride
In Aspen, British actor Richard Johnson hails his bride Kim Novak, calling her everything he could want. In Washington, Rep. AS Herlong Jr. criticizes the AMA health care bill, saying eldercare provisions are misleading and fall short of promised benefits.
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United Press International
Aspen
Colo
Richard Johnson
Kim Novak
Kim
Washington
AS. Herlong Jr
D-Fla
American Medical Association
Eldercare
Marchers greet at the ca Speeches and singing steady state house
To greet the marchers at the ca, speeches, ayers and singing were steadied for the state house.
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Ayers
Singing
Gromyko Opens Talks With British Leaders in London
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrived in London for four days of discussions with British officials on a possible cease-fire in Vietnam. London hopes for a clear Kremlin position on halting hostilities as a step toward peace in Southeast Asia, but Soviet intervention prospects appear slim. Britain and Russia co chair the Geneva conference. Gromyko meets Prime Minister Harold Wilson at 10 Downing Street, with talks concluding the following day.
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London
UPI
Andrei Gromyko
Viet Nam
Kremlin
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
China
Britain
Russia
Indochina
Gromyko
Harold Wilson
Downing Street
China Attacks USSR With Moscow Demonstration Photos
China publishes seven Peking Peoples Daily pictures showing Soviet troops beating demonstrators at the U S Embassy in Moscow. Captions question Soviet kindness and accuse Moscow of serving U S imperialism amid protests over air raids in Southeast Asia.
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Tokyo
UPI
China
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Peking Peoples Daily
U.S.S.R
New China
Viet Nam
Peking
United States
Southeast Asia
Legislature considers sick-leave bill and budget boosts
The article notes a legislature agenda including a sick-leave bill and a budget revision in which departments and programs exceeded BPW recommendations. Increases target teacher retirement, higher education, mental health, state school gram, Hopemont and Pinecrest Sanitariums, Headstart, West Virginia Pavilion, a new Department of Corrections, and other items. Senate Finance Chair Hans McCourt says revised revenue estimates were provided by the Finance Commission and Tax Commissioner after conferees met with the BPW.
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Boiarsky
Board of Public Works
Hopemont
Pinecrest
West Virginia
Department of Corrections
Senate
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
McCourt
Senate House
BPW
Truman Gore
Thomas Battle
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