Deaths and Funerals Roundup in Sandstone and Princeton
Deaths and funerals are announced for John William Reed 53 of Sandstone and O Curtis Shrader 62 of Princeton with services set in Sandstone Baptist Church Burns Wornal Chapel and Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Reed died Sunday of a heart attack. Shrader a retired Norfolk and Western carman died Sunday in a Princeton hospital. A third service notes Allen Dee Otey 56 of Covel and Darrell Tolliver funeral rites in Mullens and Pineville with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens and Fairview Cemetery.
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Allen Dee Otey
Covel
Billy Parks
Lonnie Blankenship
Foglesong Funeral Home
Mullens
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Services for Perry C. Cook in Mullens Church
Perry C. Cook 80 of Mullens died Sunday morning in a Mullens hospital. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mullens First United Methodist Church with Rev. R J Matheny and Rev. T K Morrison officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Survived by wife Mamie Shawver Cook two sons Wade Cyclone and Woodrow Mullens daughter Helen Taliaferro Pineville Wyoming County clerk nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Body at Sam Jones Funeral Home Mullens.
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Perry C. Cook
Mullens
Mullens First Methodist Church
R. J. Matheny
T. K. Morrison
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Cook
Mullens Hospital
Cyclone
Charles F
Lucinda O'Neal Cook
Mullens Masonic Lodge
Beni Kedem Shrine
DOKK
Sam Jones
Funeral services for Frank H. Richards in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Frank H. Richards 71 of Oak Hill will be held at 2 p m Tuesday in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel with Revs C S Donnelly and John Mills in charge. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park. Richards a retired miner and World War I veteran died at his home after a long illness. He was a lifelong Oak Hill resident born January 29 18% at Oak Hill son of the late William Hutton Richards and Lucy Mae Woods. He leaves a brother Margaret Richards a son Gerald of Oak Hill and four grandchildren. Friends may call after 2 p m today at the funeral home.
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Frank H. Richards
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
C.S. Donnelly
John Mills
High Lawn Memorial Park
Richards
United Mine Workers of America
Funeral services for Mrs Al lie Leon Williams 75 Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs Al lie Leon Williams 75 Beckley will be held at 2 p m Tuesday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Hayward Lough officiating Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She died Sunday night in a local nursing home after a brief illness She was born June 22 1889 in Cittsville daughter of Granville and Sarah Tyree Survivors include husband Emerson Williams one son Millard Tyree Beckley one daughter Lois Thurmond Beckley two sisters Mrs Rachel Lively Oak Hill and Mrs Cinda Daniels Beckley four grandchildren and five great grandchildren Pallbearers listed Funeral home to receive friends
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Allie Leon Williams
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Hayward Lough
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Williams
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Cittsville
Granville
Sarah Tyree
Emerson Williams
Millard Tyree
Lois Thurmond
Rachel Lively
Oak Hill
Cinda Daniels
Lonnie Price
Orville Ballengee
Earl Ballengee
Arner David
Roland Hinckley
Malcolm Smith
John Sage
Ernest Quesenberry
Sherman K Booker 23 Month Old Dies After Illness
Funeral arrangements are made for Sherman K Booker two year old son of Kenneth and Marguerite Booker Rand who died Sunday at Charleston Medical Building after a long illness. Survived by brother Kenneth D Booker paternal grandparents George and Mrs Booker Harper Heights and maternal grandparents James F Tyree and Mrs Tyree Harper Heights. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Sherman K. Booker
Kenneth
Marguerite Booker
Rand
Charleston Medical Building
Kenneth D. Booker
George Booker
Harper Heights
James F. Tyree
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Massing Sr. Dies After Heart Attack at 68
George Massing Sr. 68 of 110 Beverly St. Beckley died at home at 9:15 p m Sunday after a heart attack. Born in Bridgeville Pa Sept 22 1896 he was son of Elizabeth Massing Charleston and the late John Massing He married Nora Canterbury April 8 1920 who survives He owned Fire Creek Sales Co Mabscott formerly superintendent of National Mines Service Co He is survived by son George A Massing Jr Beckley two grandchildren Linda and James Edward Canting one brother John W Massing Mr Hope three sisters Magdalene Elizabeth and Mrs W M Conner all of Charleston Funeral at Melton Mortuary 2 p m Tuesday Dr Kenneth Swank officiating Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Pallbearers named Friends may call after 6 p m today at Melton Mortuary
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George Adam Massing Sr
Beverly St
Bridgeville
Elizabeth Massing
Charleston
John Massine
Nora Canterbury
Beckley
Fire Creek
National Mines Service Company
Mabscott
George A. Massing Jr
Linda
James Edward Cassing
John W. Massing
Hope
Magdalene Massing
Samuel Bridge Civil Engineer Rites Planned in Beckley
Samuel Bridge 81 of 209 Wickham Ave. will have the Rosary recited at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home at 8 30 p m today. Requiem Mass by Father Thomas Kerrigan is set for 10 30 a m Tuesday at St Frances de Sales Church. Entombment follows in Sunset Mausoleum. A Beckley civil engineer and St Frances de Sales member died Saturday after a brief illness. He was a West Virginia graduate.
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Samuel Bridge
Wickham Ave
Keyser-Bryant
Thomas Kerrigan
St. Frances de Sales Catholic Church
Beckley
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
West Vir
Lockout ruling cited in shipyard labor case
Justice Potter Stewart states that lockout does not imply employer discrimination against union members in a 1961 dispute between American Ship Building Co and the NLRB. The case concerned four Great Lakes shipyards during negotiations. The text also notes surviving relatives and funeral arrangements.
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Potter Stewart
American Ship Building Co
NLRB
Great Lakes
Mourning Deepens for Viola Liuzzo As U S Figures Visit
Vice President Hubert Humphrey consoled Viola Liuzzo’s family in Detroit as Michigan officials announced two days of official mourning. Gov. Romney urged citizens to observe the period while leaders including Sen. Hart and Mayor Cavenagh attended prayers and tributes.
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Sandra L. McClure
Detroit
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Alabama
Anthony J. Liuzzo
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Jerome Cavenagh
Martin Luther King Jr
Teamsters
James Toffa
Historic Church Meeting Begins Cooperation Effort
In Geneva a joint Vatican and World Council of Churches committee held the first of a series of talks aimed at replacing competition with cooperation. The 25-member body discussed Christian responsibility in society, focusing on developing countries, with a Lausanne session planned for April 5-10.
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Geneva
UPI
Vatican
World Council of Churches
Lausanne
Vatican and
World Council
Vatican - World Council
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery
New healing substance Bio-Dyne discovered by a world famous research institute shrinks hemorrhoids stops itching and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage while easing discomfort. The product Preparation H is available in supposit or ointment form at drug counters.
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New York, N. Y
Rail merger activity summarized by ICC figures
The document notes 129 days of hearings totaling 19 750 pages of transcript 352 exhibits 463 witnesses and testimony by 338 lawyers. It cites ICC data showing railroads shrinking from 1297 in 1914 to under 400 last year and 23 major consolidations approved since 1957 with eleven more pending.
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ICC
United States
Demand for Kennedy Half Dollars Waning
Washington UPI Federal Mint Director Eva Adams told a House subcommittee the demand for Kennedy half dollars is slackening after the mint produced more than 200 million coins bearing John F. Kennedy's profile. She said production would continue but cut the percentage of output from about 3 to 2 percent as souvenir coin demand declines and they become available in change.
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Washington
UPI
Eva Adams
Miss Adams
House Appropriations
John F. Kennedy
Sophia church to present play Standing Outside
Members of the Freewill Baptist Church at Sophia will present the play Standing Outside at the Midway First Church of God at 7 p.m. on April 13. Directed by Mrs. Leo Shelton, the program will include special singing by the Sophia group. Public invited by Rev. Minnie Tendry, pastor.
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Freewill Baptist Church
Sophia
Midway First Church of God
Leo Shelton
Sophia Group
Minnie Tendry
Directors Meet Beckley Raleigh County YMCA Board
The Beckley Raleigh County YMCA Board of Directors will meet at 8 p m today at the Memorial Building. Harry C Culp executive secretary of the Y said the di-
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Beckley - Raleigh County
Ymca Board of
Harry C. Culp
Glass Container Strike Ends After 11 Days
Atlantic City workers return to work under a three year contract covering 32000 glass workers nationwide. The deal adds 10 cent an hour raises in years one and three and four cents in year two plus 50 minutes relief on every eight hour shift. Benefits include pensions and medical life hospital insurance for retirees and spouses.
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Atlantic City
West Coast
Glass Bottle Blowers Assn
Lee J. Minton
Freighter Sinks After Channel Collision
In the English Channel a West German freighter named Katharina Kolkmann collided with the British freighter Gannet and sank in dense fog. Thirteen of 14 crewmen from the German ship were rescued, one man missing and presumed drowned. no casualties aboard the Gannet.
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Dover
England
UPI
English Channel
Katharina Kolkmann
Coast Guard
Cadle Cited For Expired License In Beckley
Willis Owen Cadle, 61, Beckley, was cited by Beckley City Police at 10 45 p m Sunday for driving on an expired state operator's license. Cadle is to appear in Beckley Police Court April 1.
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Willis Owen Cadle
Beckley
Cadle
Berkeley Okehs Jackson Defeats School Levy
Berkeley County voters approved a special school levy by 4 436 to 628, continuing the 50 percent levy for five years to raise 285 000 annually for schools. Jackson County voters rejected the levy 3 504 to 2 813, a 55 percent majority, short of the 60 percent needed, ending the plan to fund teacher salaries equipment and facilities.
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United Press International
Berkeley County
Jackson County
County School Board
Britain Mourns Princess Royal After Heart Attack Death
LONDON (UPI) Britain's Princess Royal died Sunday at 67 from a heart attack while at Harewood House in Yorkshire. Flags were lowered nationwide. She collapsed with her son and two grandchildren nearby, was taken to a local house, but died before a doctor arrived. The queen ordered a week of court mourning and a private funeral at Harewood is expected. Princess Anne, the queen's daughter, may inherit the title Princess Royal following tradition.
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London
UPI
Britain
May
Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Windsor
Harewood House
Yorkshire
Earl of Harewood
Lord Harewood
Windsor Castle
Princess Mary
Queen Elizabeth
Princess Anne
Princess Royal
New York Strike Looms as Negotiations Stall
Mayor Robert F Wagner urged intensified bargaining as deadline nears for a contract between unions and seven New York daily publishers. The Photoengravers Union voted to strike at midnight unless a deal is reached, while ITU members prepared to strike at 2 am if unresolved. A separate meeting was set for publishers and Mailers Union negotiators.
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New York
UPI
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Photoengravers
ITU
City Receives Flags for Beckley Offices and Public Spaces
Beckley buys four American flags and three West Virginia flags. Mayor John W. Smith says flags are placed in his office, city council chambers, and the police courtroom. One American flag remains for outdoor use.
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Beckley
West Virginia
John W. Smith
Smith
Treasury Secretary asks Congress to raise Secret Service funding
Treasury Secretary C Douglas Dillon urged Congress to override President Johnson and raise the Secret Service budget from 8.7 million to 12.6 million for next fiscal year. He said 183 more agents 76 clerical staff and armored vehicles radios and gear were needed to protect the president and family after the November 1963 events. The request was made at a February 15 closed House hearing and he noted it was unprecedented for a cabinet member to seek a budget beyond the President's proposal.
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Washington
UPS
Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Congress
Johnson
Dillon
House
Secret Service
House Appropriations
Secretary of the Treasury
Byrd Picketed At Morgantown
About 15 college and school students picketed Sen. Robert Byrd in Morgantown protesting his civil rights voting record and urging a vote for the pending civil rights bill. Byrd spoke at a Morgan town Airport event with supporters and a coal industry energy plan outlined by Project Gasoline.
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Morgantown
UPI
Robert Byrd
D-W. Va
West Virginia University
Morgantown High School
Byrd
Congress
West Virginia
Consolidation Coal Co
Koder Collison
United Mine Workers District 31
Cecil Urbaniak
W. F. Eigenbrod
George Fumich
Federal Office of Coal Research
Buddhist peace move protests amid Vietnam conflict
In Vietnam the Buddhist center warned 50,000 youth against pacifist propaganda while leadership sought to influence civil support for Premier Phan Huy Quat’s government. Separately a lightning-triggered mine explosion at a US Army camp northeast of Saigon killed 14 and wounded 74, and a Marine captain died in a helicopter crash near Da Nang.
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Phan Huy Quat
National Buddhist Center
Thich Quang Lien
National Center
Struggle Movement For Peace
People's Happiness
Saigon
U.S. Marine Corps
da Nang Air Base
Congressional Push for Klan Probe Gains Momentum
Washington UPI Republicans and Democrats unite for a prompt federal crackdown on the Ku Klux Klan urging full House and Senate investigations. Atty. Gen. Katzenbach aides work on legislation to curb Klan violence as President Johnson seeks swift action after Alabama slaying. May 1 vote target. Hugh Scott optimistic on GOP support.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Ku Klux Klan
Edwin E. Willis
Dla
House Committee
Atty
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Johnson
Alabama
Congress
Hugh Scott
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sympathy Rally Set In Bluefield
Bluefield will host a sympathy demonstration Monday night for people killed in Alabama civil rights struggles. Sponsored by the Bluefield Mercer NAACP, led by C Anderson Davis, with W Lester Banks of Richmond Va as featured speaker. The rally aims to honor Alabama voting rights efforts and memorialize killed civil rights leaders. Plans to end alleged segregation at Bluefield Sanitarium and nearby establishments will be discussed.
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Bluefield
UPS
Alabama
Mercer County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
W. Lester Banks
Richmond
Old Dominion Naacp
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
NAACP
C. Anderson Davis
Bluefield Sanitarium
Eight Armed Services recruits listed in Beckley and Charleston
Seven men enlisted in the Army at the Recruiting Main Station and one woman joined the Navy at Beckley Sub Station last week. Names include Charles Straight Elk View and Delaine Ruth Page with Eighth Army Europe and Thomas Wetzel Pring Jr. Charleston re enlisting for Fort Jackson field communications training. Sonya Alice Lilly of Flat Top joined the Navy WAVE after basic at Bainbridge Maryland.
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Army
Navy
Beckley
Sonya Alice Lilly
Ray
Clarince Lilly
Bainbridge Naval Training Center
Charles Stanton Straight
Elkview
Hubert
Mildred Straight
Europe
Larry Allen Rigsby
Gauley Mills
Carl Rigsby
Delaine Ruth
Jewell Pring
Gloria Good
Pring
Fort Jackson
Earthquake Destroys Reservoir Basin Buried Villagers
Diego Avila, a La Certa miner, bicycled toward a village above the reservoir when the quake struck and the dam burst. He recalled a tremendous noise and mud flooding the valley. Eduardo Simian, minister of mines, warned as many as 400 people may be buried, noting uncertainty about how many villagers lived in the valley.
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Diego Avila
la Certa
Diego
Eduardo Simian
$1 Million Steel Plant Proposed At Shinnston
SHINNSTON WV UP I officials from Fairmont and Clarksburg will meet to discuss a proposed $1 million steel fabrication plant three miles south of Shinnston. Construction is set to begin in June and a public meeting time and place will be decided at today’s session.
Jurors Report to Raleigh County Court Thursday
Judge Harry L. McCreery announced that Criminal Court jurors must appear at 9 30 a m Thursday instead of Tuesday as previously listed. The change affects jurors summoned for Raleigh County Criminal Court proceedings and aims to ensure proper attendance. Coordinating officials reminded jurors to check notices for any further updates.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Criminal Court
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John William Reed
Sandstone
Sandstone Baptist Church
Billy Apostolon
King Cemetery
Reed
Larry Reed
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Carpenter
Laurel Creek Baptist Church
Cynthia Ann Burdette Reed
Sam P. Reed
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Hinton
Curtis Shrader
O. Curtis Shrader
Athens Star
Burns Wornal
Jimmy Jones
Shrader
Leslie Foster Swanson
Henry H. Shrader
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen
Hester G. Shrader
Howard
Oscar Clyde
Toledo
Ohio
Gladys May Robinson
Cordie Crouch
Carl Shrader
Darrell Tolliver
Raymond A Helen Tolliver
Pineville
Jim Hites
Fairview
Pinnacle Creek
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Inc
RNS
Perry Cook
Frank Richards
Arlie Williams
Sherman Booker
George Massing
Ginia University
Sigma Phi
West Virginia Professional Engineers
Fred Comm
Washington, D. C
Joe Redd
Liuzzos
Liuzzo
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
Michigan
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Charles O’brien
Hart
Sally
O'Brien
Selma, Ala
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