West Virginia Clubwomen Convene at Greenbrier
About 700 delegates attend the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs 59th annual convention at the Greenbrier Hotel White Sulphur Springs. Gov Hulett C Smith outlines Project Headstart and Progress Corps urged volunteers. Education awards go to Charleston club and Oak Hill Civic League. President of General Federation of Women's Clubs to speak at banquet. Diamond Jubilee theme calls for progress in West Virginia. Beckley delegates include club president and vice president.
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White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Progress Corps
National War On Poverty
James W. Witherspoon
James Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Beckley
Fred K. Hays
Woman's Club of
George Warren Hodel
WCB
Weather update notes minor flood risks in region
Weather continued from page one reports minor flooding of the Big Sandy River and its forks in West Virginia and Kentucky. Tug Fork readings near Williamson reached 27 feet, Pikeville 22.2 feet, Levisa Fork at Prestonsburg and Paintsville around 25.4 feet, with flood stages higher. Kanawha River in West Virginia rose toward 21.8 feet, with potential further increases if rain totals rise. Several schools closed due to basement flooding. rainfall totals included 1.93 inches at Flat Top Mercer County and over an inch at Huntington Charleston Beckley Bluefield and other cities.
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Branchland
Lincoln County
Big Sandy
Tug Fork
West Virginia
Levisa Fork
Kentucky
Tug
Williamson
Kermit
Pikeville
Prestonsburg
Paintsville
Guyandotte
Logan
Kanawha
Huntington
Charleston
Beckley
Bluefield
Flat Top
Mercer County
Parkersburg
Elkins
Morgantown
Martinsburg
Ranger 9 Spots Moon Landing Sites for Apollo
Ranger 9 found two and possibly three landing spots on the moon for the Apollo spacecraft and its two man crew. James E. Webb announced to President Johnson and the cabinet after a preliminary survey of over 5 000 photos taken Wednesday near crater Alphonsus. Webb said the findings show firm floors and ridges may support a landing, though plains areas remain uncertain. The mission marks the last flight of Ranger 9 before Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter probes expand lunar study. Webb predicted the data will yield a million times more information than currently available.
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Washington
UPS
Ranger 9
Moon
Johnson
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Alphonsus
Rangers 7
Webb
Surveyor
Theft Charged To Alpaca Man
Ronald Dickens, 21, bound over to the Wyoming County grand jury for automobile theft in Mullens after a hearing before Magistrate Bill Houck. Dickens, jailed, is charged with stealing a 1964 car belonging to Thomas C. Wilson of Oceana. The vehicle, recovered, was taken March 16 near Wyoming General Hospital.
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Mullens
ANS
Ronald Dickens
Wyoming County Grand Jury
Bill Houck
Dickens
Thomas C. Wilson
Oceana
Wyoming General Hospital
Nazi Decision Triggers West Germany Political Crisis
Bonn reports a government crisis after Parliament voted to legalize the hunt for Nazi murderers prompting Justice Minister Ewald Bucher to resign rather than sign the statute of limitations law. The move threatens the CDU Free Democratic coalition six months before Sept 19 elections. Observers foresee a cabinet reshuffle as a possible stopgap. The Free Democrats oppose extending the statute while remaining in the coalition.
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Bonn
UPI
West Germany
Ewald Bucher
Free Democratic
Ludwig Erhard
Bucher
Erhard
Christian Democratic Union
Saar
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Bundestag
State Gets 270 900 For Youth Corps Work
Federal grants totaling 270 900 have been approved for two Neighborhood Youth Corps projects in West Virginia. Sens. Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd say 233 800 will go to Parkersburg and 47 100 to Boone County in Madison. The programs assist needy youths in obtaining part time jobs and staying in school under the Labor Department.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Robert Byrd
D-W. Va
Parkersburg
Boone County
Madison
Department of Labor
Funeral services for Ira Sowder in Homestead Fla
Funeral services and burial for Ira Sowder of Homestead and formerly Pax will be held in Homestead. He died Monday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harry Elliot in Homestead. He was the father of Pauline Shumate Soulsville and survived by five sons and another daughter.
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Ira Sowder
Homestead
Fla
Pax
Sowder
Dennis
Pauline) Shumate
Soulsville
Harry Elliot
Williams services set for Mount Hope miner age 81
George A Williams 81 of Route 1 Mount Hope will have services at 2 p m Saturday at Laurel Grove Baptist Church with Rev Roy Tyree presiding. Burial follows at Horse Creek family cemetery. Williams a retired miner and United Mine Workers member died Wednesday in a Beckley nursing home after a long illness. Surviving are five sons Rexall George Jr Jack Calvin Manuel all Route 1 Mount Hope Scarbro and Detroit. three daughters Donna Stover Alma Lively Zona Estep. 26 grandchildren 13 great grandchildren. The body lies at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope and Ritchie Johnson Parlor Greentown. A memorial note: Mrs Alice Smith 63 East Park later to Bessemer Ala for burial.
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George A. Williams
Route 1
Mount Hope
Laurel Grove
Roy Tyree
Horse Creek
Williams
Beckley
Methodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Sadie Williams
Rexall
Scarbro
George Jr
Kent
Ohio
Jack
Calvin
Packsville
Manuel
Detroit
Mich
Donna Stover
Alma Lively
Zona Estep
Tyree
Alice Smith
East Park
Smith and Gaston Funeral Home
Bessemer
Ala
Faith Skruggs Graveside Rites Scheduled
Graveside rites for Faith Skruggs eight month old daughter of Odessa Skruggs Prudence Fayette County will be held at 1 30 p m Sunday at Prudence Cemetery.
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Faith Skruggs
Odessa Skruggs
Prudence
Fayette County
Prudence Cemetery
Funeral for Mack Kincaid 24 in Raleigh County
Funeral arrangements are complete for Mack Kincaid of Talcott 24 fatally injured Wednesday afternoon while working on a high voltage line for a Richmond Virginia power company He was born in Abraham son of Mrs Sally Bragg Meadows and the late Mack Kincaid He lived most of his life in Raleigh County and had been in Virginia a month Survivors include wife Mary Carol Buckland Kincaid a daughter Diana at home four brothers Billy Joe Jimmy Charles and Freddie all of Shady Spring a half brother Donald Lee Meadows of Shady Spring two sisters Nellie Smith and Mary Bell Martin both of Shady Spring two half sisters Ella Mae Thornquest Akron Ohio and Misselby Jean Meadows Shady Shadying and stepfather Clyde Meadows of Shady Spring The body is at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton.
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Mack Kincaid
Talcott
Richmond, Va
Abraham
Sally Bragg Meadows
Shady Spring
Raleigh County
Virginia
Mary Carol Buckland Kincaid
Diana Aa
Billy Joe
Charlottesville
Jimmy
Charles
Freddie
Donald Lee Meadows
Nellie Smith
Mary Bell Martin
Chicago
Ella Mae Thornquest
Akron
Ohio
Misselby Jean Meadows
Shadying
Clyde Meadows
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
James E Tate Funeral Services Planned For Sunday
James E Tate 63 of Sprague died Thursday at a local hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Verta Akers Tate two daughters two sons three sisters three brothers and 12 grandchildren. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Tate
Sprague
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Sunset Memorial Park
Tate
Fayette County
Charles and
Ida Haynes Tate
Verta Akers Tate
John
Marie) Michael
Beckley
Charles
Agnes) Rogers
Cincinnati
Ohio
Edward L. Tate
Detroit
Mich
William G. Tate
Minnie Trent
Damascus
Elizabeth Royal
Metalton
Pearl
Sophia
B. W. Tate
Terry
John Tate
William Gray dies in Cleveland area. survivors listed
William Gray, 48, of Cleveland, formerly Fayette County, died in a Cleveland doctor’s office Tuesday. Survived by widow Ettie, father Alfred, mother Bulah, three sons William Jackie Alfred, three daughters Dorothy Barbara Penny, all at home. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at the Glorious Church of God Mt Hope with Rev Allen Wilson officiating. Burial will
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William Gray
Cleveland
Ohio
Fayette County
Ettie Gray
Alfred Gray
Bulah Gray
William
Jackie
Alfred
Dorothy
Barbara
Penny
Glorious Church of God
Mt. Hope
Allen Wilson
Two Wyoming County men jailed for petit larceny
Arnett Wayne Browning and Forest Webb of Brenton were fined 50 and jailed 60 days each. They were accused of stealing eight pounds of brass and 396 pounds of copper wire from an Island Creek Coal Co. substation at Brenton and selling it to a junk dealer for 72.24 dollars.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Gilbert Goode
Arnett Wayne
Buddy) Browning
Forest
Paul Goode
Fred Deal
Most Arrested Man in New Orleans Dies
Norman Dale Normandale, once labeled the most arrested man in New Orleans, has died at 65. He reportedly logged nearly 200 trips to the lockup, with his final arrest in August 1964 for loitering, a charge later dismissed. Police noted many arrests for narcotics violations and other offenses from petty thefts to manslaughter, beginning with a 1917 breaking and entering and petty larceny arrest at age 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
UPI
Harold Normandale
Normandale
Doll House Taxed in Canterbury Backyard Structure
Ronald Cummings built an oversized backyard doll house for his children. Assessors called it a structural alteration to his home and raised taxes by 5.60 pounds. Cummings protested saying he has no intention to pay, calling the move serious.
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Canterbury
Eng
UPI
Ronald Cummings
Cummings
Johnson frames Vietnam policy shift toward political settlement
President Johnson outlined a new Southeast Asia policy aiming for a political settlement in Viet Nam once Communists end aggression. He spoke of regional development, avoiding a carrot approach to Hanoi, and hoped Southeast Asia would one day be free from terror, subversion, and assassination. Officials stressed non-appeasement of North Viet Nam and downplayed China’s troop pledge as bluff.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
U.S
North Viet Nam
Summers Roads Blocked by Heavy Rain in Summers County
Heavy rainfall over the past 48 hours has washed out Woodrum Town Road off Route 3 and upper Greenbrier Drive in Summers County. Elk Knob Road remains deeply rutted, with water and culvert blockages washing into Hinton. Route 3 east of Lowell has one‑way traffic due to a slide. other county roads are two-way. Greenbrier River is seven feet above normal with rising water behind Bluestone Dam. 12 gates open. If rain stops, crest expected by nightfall. Total rainfall reported at 2.71 inches.
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Raleigh County
Richmond Bottom
Greenbrier
Road Bond Amendment Publication Versus Constitutional Duty
West Virginia court notes pre election publicity on the road bond amendment was extensive but questions whether publication delay violated the state constitution. Justices caution that upholding the constitution’s publication requirement is more important than passing a road project, while acknowledging publicity may have misinformed voters.
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Kelly
West Virginia
Calhoun
Smith
Astronaut Awards Highlight NASA Honors to Grissom and Colleagues
The space agency’s service medals were conferred on Grissom and Young. Grissom also earned a Distinguished Service Medal from NASA for his 1961 suborbital flight, while Seamans received NASA’s Distinguished Service Medal for overall program work and Schurmeier was honored with the Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award for Ranger probe missions.
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Space Agency
Ing
Grissom
Young
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seamans
NASA
Schurmeier
Ranger
Aph
Vietnamese outbreak reports spread to multiple provinces
WHO filed a report from Saigon noting three confirmed cases in Binh Dinh Province and others in Darlac Kien Hoa Pleiku Nha Trang Bien Hoa and Long Khanh. Dr C H Yen said Vietnamese authorities could cope without emergency help as WHO coordinates with Manila regional office. The World Health Organization acts as a UN adjunct.
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Saigon
Binh Dinh
Darlac
Kien Hoa
Pleiku
Nha Trang
Bien Hoa
Long Khanh
WHO
Organization
Manila
C.H. Yen
World Health Organization
United Nations
Alabama State Police Guard Liuzzo Driver After Shooting
The shooting occurred between 8:30 and 8:55 p.m. on U.S. 8 near Lowndesboro. Leroy Moton, 20, was taken into protective custody as civil rights leaders condemned the attack. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr called the incident shocking, marking a third death in Alabama’s civil rights movement as marches and vigils continued and Mrs. Liuzzo's husband recounted her refusal to be deterred.
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Lowndesboro
U.S. 8
Selma-to
Williams
Moton
Selma
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
James J. Reed
Boston
Reeb
Jimmy Lee Jackson
Marion
Ala
Liuzzo
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Wayne State University
Johnson
Tramp Stolen From Kennels Near San Fernando
San Fernando California UPI reports Tramp the fawn colored dog from the My Three Sons series was reported stolen from Frank Inn’s kennels. The dog disappeared on Thursday morning leaving producers and staff seeking clues.
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San Fernando
Calif
UPI
Tramp
Frank Inn
UN Committee Meets to Tackle Financial Deadlock
The 33 member UN committee, created last month, began work on funding past present and future peace missions. Key powers dispute assessments with the Soviet Union France and 11 others refusing to pay. The US and UK want penalties and voting rights losses but avoided a showdown as the committee starts.
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United Nations
UPI
U.N
General Assembly
Soviet Union
France
Security Council
United States
Britain
Assembly
Congo
Middle East
Child mourns mother slain after Selma march
Quotes from Sally Liuzzo in Detroit express a child’s grief over her mother’s death on an Alabama highway following participation in the Selma voting rights march. In Seattle Senator Robert F. Kennedy recounts an ice bridge accident on Mt Kennedy, describing a fall 900 feet and catching himself with his arms.
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Detroit
Sally Liuzzo
Alabama
Selma
Seattle
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Mt. Kennedy
Yukon
Pathologist cites belief smoking sinful in cancer blame
Washington New York pathologist Dr. William B. Ober says many people blame cigarette smoking for lung cancer because they view smoking as a sin. He notes that some link sexual intercourse to cervical cancer and drinking to throat cancer, urging a broader view.
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Washington
New York
William B. Ober
ARA Loans 217450 To 2 W Va Lumber Firms
The Area Redevelopment Administration will loan 217450 to two West Virginia lumber firms. Sens. Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd and Rep. Harley Staggers announced the approval, including 195000 to Branch Mountain Lumber Co. to expand its saw mill and 21450 to Mullenax Lumber Co. of Parsons for mill expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Randolph
Robert Byrd
Harley Staggers
D-W. Va
ARA
Branch Mountain Lumber Co
Mullenax Lumber Co
Parsons
Voskhod II Able to Maneuver In Orbit Says Belyayev
Col. Pavel Belyayev, Voskhod II pilot, said the capsule is fully maneuverable and can change orbit in space like Gemini-3. He noted maneuvering was not planned for this flight after landing off course due to a solar orientation system irregularity requiring manual control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Pavel Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Belyayev
Mental Examination Ordered For Youth In Deadly Crum Case
Wayne County juvenile Court judge orders a mental evaluation for a 14 year old boy charged with killing his father James Adams 59 and wounding mother Alpha Adams 52 at their Crum area home on March 15. The boy claims the shootings were accidental and was taken to Huntington State Hospital for the assessment.
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Wayne
UPI
Wayne County
Huntington State Hospital
James Adams
Alpha Adams
Crum
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