Bulletin Journal Again Win Pulitzer Prizes
New York reports that The Philadelphia Bulletin and The Wall Street Journal won Pulitzer Prizes for reporting for the second consecutive year. J A Livingston won for international reporting on Eastern Europe's independence from Russia while Louis M Kohlmeier of the Wall Street Journal earned the national reporting prize for his study of President Johnson's personal finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Philadelphia Bulletin
Wall Street Journal
J. A. Livingston
The
Bulletin
Russia
Europe
United States
Louis M. Kohlmeier
Johnson
Washington
Texas
Randolph Seeks Doubled Public Works Outlay
Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia told AFL CIO delegates that he will sponsor an amendment to double Johnson Administration public works spending. He plans to raise the cap from 250 million to 500 million, arguing a massive program is needed to reduce unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
National Legislative Conference
The
Building and Construction Trades Department
Aflcio
Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
Pakistan Distances From SEATO Over Viet Nam Policy
At a SEATO ministerial meeting in London Pakistan joined France in disassociating from endorsing U S policies in Viet Nam. Britain Australia New Zealand the Philippines and Thailand still pledged strong support to U S efforts. Pakistan cited relations with the Soviet Union and China and border tensions with India as reasons for restraint. George Ball outlined possible future SEATO troop needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Pakistan
France
U.S
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
United States
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Soviet Union
China
India
Charles de Gaulle
George W. Ball
Ball
Posse Captures Two Penitentiary Escapees
In MOUNDSVILLE WV a local posse captured Burnice Bailey 22 serving 10 years for armed robbery from McDowell County. Randy Hinke 25 who had eluded officers surrendered after hours in a wooded area. Bailey was seized after police spotted the escapees at Paden City. Hinke faced 1 to 10 years for grand larceny from Upshur.
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Moundsville
UPI
Tyler County
West Virginia
Paden City
Middlebourne
Jesse Ash
Upshur
Strike Ties Up Huge New York Garment Industry
New York's garment industry faces a potential prolonged strike threatening delays to fall fashions. About 10,000 office workers shipping and stock clerks walked out, affecting around 1,200 firms in textile knitwear and button sectors. The union seeks higher wages and better jobs for Negro and Puerto Rican workers. management denies racial discrimination as an issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Reentry Space Test Set Today
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports a 200-pound Project Fire probe atop an Atlas rocket for a 32 minute up and down flight to study Apollo reentry. Launch planned for 4 20 p m EST, with a possible delay to 12 19 a m EST, contingent on clear weather over the South Atlantic for telescope tracking.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Earth
Project Fire
South Atlantic
Weight limit enforcement and coal loss on trips
The SRC safety division reported a disturbance involving weight enforcement and the loss of about 5000 pounds of coal per trip. A survey was requested after the incident to assess the situation and enforce rules.
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SRC
Institute in Paris Opens Nine Week Language Cultural Program
A local teacher will join American and French specialists in a nine week institute in Paris. Participants receive 75 dollars weekly plus 15 dollars per dependent. The University of Massachusetts Institute will host a study week with visits to the Comedie Francaise Versailles UNESCO Maison de La Radio and the Sorbonne. Group tours through Provence will feature geology history and art.
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University of Massachusetts Institute
Paris
Comedie Francaise
Versailles
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
Maison de la Radio
Sorbonne
Provence
Youth Corps Site In E Panhandle Being Inspected
Charleston dispatch reports state officials flew to the Eastern Panhandle to inspect land offered for a Youth Corps Center near Harpers Ferry. The tract along the Shenandoah River is one of several options with donated land favored to save costs. Sam Michaels of Shenandoah Junction offered land for a future game preserve and animal exhibit first for Jobs Corps work benefiting Harpers Ferry tourism. Governor Smith praised Michaels as officials seek a site to train about 125 youths for a long term improvement program.
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Charleston
UPI
Panhandle
Harpers Ferry
Paul Crabtree
War On Poverty
Shenandoah River
Crabtree
Sam G. Michaels
Shenandoah Junction
Jobs Corps
Smith
Michaels
Eastern
Road plan advances for I 79 and Appalachian routes
State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers outlined progress on 36 miles of Interstate 79 from Morgantown to Charleston moving into final design. He projected annual mileages for construction through 1972 and said 228 miles of 436 miles under the Appalachian Redevelopment Act will be finalized in the next two to three months with routes from Summersville Beckley Charleston Williamson Logan and Parkersburg Clarksburg among recommendations.
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Smith
Burl Sawyers
Morgantown
Charleston
Sawyers
Summersville
Beckley
Williamson
Logan
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Policeman Robbed in Oakland While Registering for Convention
Police sergeant John I. Morgan of Santa Monica had his service revolver, camera gear, and other valuables stolen from his car in Oakland as he registered for the state Peace Officers Association convention.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
John I. Morgan
Santa Monica
State Peace Officers Association
Deaths and Funerals in Garrison and nearby areas
Obituaries report deaths from mine roof falls at the Dorothy Coal Co in Garrison and a death at Oak Hill. Services are set for Boyd Wiley and Leroy Skeeter Williams in Garrison and Sylvester with burial planned in Adkins and Pineview Cemeteries. Additional notices list Mrs Myers, Buford Earl Lilly, and survivors including spouses children and extended families. funeral homes in Whitesville Oak Hill and Madison Heights coordinate arrangements.
Charles O Witt Rites Set in Greensboro at 2:30
Funeral services for Charles O Witt 49 of Greensboro formerly Beckley will be held at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel at 2 30 pm Friday with Rev Joseph A Richards Jr officiating Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Ark He died Monday morning in West Point Va of an apparent heart attack He was World War II veteran and Christian Church member Survivors include his wife Iris Witt a son Charles Jr a brother and four sisters The body lies at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after noon Thursday.
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Charles O. Witt
Greensboro
N. C
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Joseph A. Richards Jr
Sunset Memorial Ark
West Point
The
Christian Church
Bramwell
Witt
Lucille Johnson Witt Spangler
Bointon Beach
Fla
Charles Witt
Iris. Witt
Charles Jr
Harry V
Narrows
Marcelle Thomas
Lakeview Terrace
Calif
James P. Erwin
Sanford
James Henderson
H. P. Hopkins
Haver Hill
Mass
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Cordie Treadway Rites Held at Oak Hill Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Cordie V. Treadway 70 Pax will be at 2 p m Thursday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill She died at Pine Lodge Nursing Home after an extended illness A member of the First Church of God She was born Wriston December 23 1894 Survivors include husband Wrenix Treadway a brother Lidge Treadway two sisters Goldie Light Ida Foster three sons Clifton Light Harry Ballengee Albert Ballengee a stepson Raymond Treadway a step daughter Mildred Peterosky and 15 grandchildren Officiating Rev Norman Foster Burial High Lawn Memorial Park The body remains at the funeral home for calling after 5 p m Wednesday
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Cordie V. Treadway
Pax
Tyree
Goldie Light
Ida Foster
Wriston
Clifton Light
Wyandotte
Mich
Harry Ballengee
Richmond
Calif
Albert Ballengee
Glen Bernie
Raymond Treadway
Oak Hill
Mildred Peterosky
Lanark
Norman Foster
Winston
Highlawn Memorial Park
Dameron rites set for Flint man in Pentecostal Church
Funeral services for Douglas Dameron 21, of Flint and formerly Rockview, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Pentecostal Church of God in Jackson Hill with Rev. Donald Mullins and Rev. Albert Phillips officiating. Burial follows in Miller Cemetery at Millcreek. Dameron died May 1 in a Flint hospital from injuries suffered in a April 26 auto crash in Flint. He was born May 13, 1943 at Brenton and worked at a Michigan factory. He is survived by his father Alan Dameron of Rockview four brothers Ira and Robert of Rockview Edward of Flint and a sister Mrs Beatrice Mullins of Rockview. The body was moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville to the residence at 2 p.m. today. (RNS) two daughters Mrs Carrie Bell of Greensboro Alabama and Mrs Pearl Hill of Mobile Alabama. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor awaiting funeral arrangements. Morris Stewart 42 of Montgomery was found dead in his car Sunday morning. The body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home in Montgomery awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Boyd Wiley
Garrison
Church of God At
Kenneth Arnold
Adkins
Naoma
Wiley
Dorothy Coal Co
Irene
Dock Wiley
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Douglas M. Dameron
Flint
Mich
Rockview
Pentecostal Church of God
Jackson Hill
Donald Mullins
Albert Phillips
Miller Cemetery
Millcreek
Dameron
Michigan
Brenton
Alan Dameron
Ira
Robert
Edward
Beatrice Mullins
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Morris Stewart
Montgomery
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Leonard Ward Rites Held at Coopertown Tabernacle
Funeral services for Leonard Ward 47 of Seth will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Coopertown Tabernacle Orgas with Rev. Leonard Cox officiating. Burial follows at Pineview Cemetery Orgas. Ward was among three men killed Monday morning in Co. area. Ethel and stepson Cletis Cox were at home. Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Ward
Seth
Coopertown Tabernacle
Orgas
Leonard Cox
Pineview
Ward
Garrison
Dorothy Coal Co
Ethel
Cletis Cox
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Belma J. Turner Rites Held in Baltimore
Funeral services for Belma J. Turner 59 of Baltimore formerly Mount Hope were held Thursday in Baltimore. Burial followed at Moreland Memorial Park. She died April 25 in a Baltimore hospital. Born at Oak Hill she is survived by her mother Rosa Burgess Cranberry three sons William Robert and Charles all of Baltimore two sisters Cathleen Allen Cranberry Leona Bragg Falls Church VA four brothers Edgar Charleston Gene Hollywood CA Lloyd Whittier CA Frank Burgess Sprague and seven grandchildren.
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Belma J. Turner
Baltimore
Mount Hope
Moreland Memorial Park
Turner
Oak Hill
Rosa Burgess
Cranberry
William
Robert
Charles
Cathleen Allen
Leona Bragg
Falls Church
Edgar
Charleston
Gene
Hollywood
Calif
Lloyd
Final rites for Wilbur Meador held in Mullens
Wilbur Meador 61 of Mullens will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Beaver Baptist Church with Rev. Everett Powers officiating. Burial follows in Pittman Cemetery at Crow. Meador died at 8 a.m. Sunday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Pallbearers are Mullens Moose Lodge members. Body at James L. McDougal Funeral Home in Mullens with visitation after 3 p.m. today.
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Wilbur Meador
Mullens
Beaver Baptist Church
Everett Powers
Pittman
Crow
Meador
Welch Hospital
Mullens Moose Lodge
James L. McDougal
Mrs Bettie A Myers Funeral Services Held
Mrs Bet tie Ann Myers, 72, of Oak Hill, will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Gospel Tabernacle in Oak Hill. The Rev Allan Gallimore and Rev C S Donnelly will preside, with burial to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie Ann Myers
Oak Hill
Gospel Tabernacle
Allan Gallimore
C. S. Donnelly
Greever Scandland Rites Planned in Bluefield
Greever W. Scandland, about 60, Hollywood Florida, formerly of Beckley, died Monday after collapsing while fishing. An employee of Hollywood National Bank, he had lived in Florida 12 years and worked in Beckley for Old Ben Coal and Glen Rogers. Survived by sister Mrs. Helen Linkous, Bluefield, and a brother and half-brother in Bluefield. Funeral set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greever W. Scandland
Hollywood
Fla
Beckley
Florida
Hollywood National Bank
Bluefield Lutheran Church
Old Ben Coal Company
Glen Rogers
Helen Linkous
Bluefield
Death of Mrs Annie B Williams in Beckley
Mrs Annie B Williams age 82 died at home in Beckley at 1130 pm Monday after illness. She was born October 15 1883 in Greensboro Alabama, daughter of Richmond and ? Davis. She belonged to St Matthew AME Church Beckley. Surviving are two sons Reverend H B Booker and Doe Booker of Tuscaloosa Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie B. Williams
Beckley
Greensboro
Ala
Richmond Davis
St. Matthew A.M.E
H. B. Booker
Beckley Doe Booker
Tuscaloosa
Funeral service for Mrs Nora Gunnoe at Calfee Chapel
Mrs Nora Gunnoe 87 of 105 Quesenberry St. will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Calfee Chapel with burial in Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Died 7:35 a.m. Monday after a long illness. Born May 19 1878 at Mt Tabor she was daughter of Henry H. Cook. Survived by daughter Miss Wilda Gunnoe Webster Springs and son Quincy Beckley. Body at Calfee Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today.
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Nora Cook Gunnoe
Quesenberry St
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Gunnoe
Mt. Tabor
Henry H. Cook
Raleigh County
Robert Akers Jr. Funeral Planned in Sophia
Funeral services for Robert Ervin Akers Jr. 49 of Phoenix and formerly of Sophia will start at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Sophia Freewill Baptist Church with ministers Wade Webb Cleve Young and Wesley Grose officiating. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Park. Akers died Friday in St Joseph's Hospital Phoenix after a long illness. He was born January 9 1916 at Wide Mouth Mercer County to Robert Ervin Akers and Minnie Murphy Akers. He worked as a miner at East Gulf and Amico until disability. He is survived by his wife Leon a Honaker Akers two sons Thomas of Washington DC and Ronald of Phoenix four brothers Russell Mullens Morris Arizona Vadie Ravenswood and David Indianapolis Ind a sister Virginia Bailey Indianapolis. The body lies at Webb and Neal Funeral Home with callers after 4 p m today Pallbearers are Mark Basham O L Crutchfield John Haley Lloyd Dye Rev Cleve Young and Rev Roscoe Bowers Flowerbearers will be ladies of the Sophia Free Will Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ervin Akers Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Sophia
Sophia Freewill Baptist
Wade Webb
Cleve Young
Wesley Grose
Sunset Memorial Park
Akers
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wide Mouth
Mercer County
Robert Ervin Akers
Arista
Minnie Murphy Akers
East Gulf
Amico
Leona Honaker Akers
Thomas
Washington, D. C
Ronald
Russell
Mullens
Morris
Arizona
Vadie
Ravenswood
David
Indianapolis
Ind
Merlin
Virginia) Bailey
Webb
Final rites for Rev Ernie Dell Smith held in Oak Hill
The Rev. Ernie Dell Smith 65 of Oak Hill died Monday night in an Oak Hill hospital from heart failure. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Freewill Baptist Church on Terry Avenue with Rev. Bill Minifee and Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity. Born December 25, 1899 in Export Fayette County, he was a retired employee of New River and Pocahontas Coal Co. at Minden and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Surviving are wife Georgia, a brother Roy Prince, three daughters Wilbur Duncan of Oak Hill, Earl Crabtree of Ironton Ohio, and George E. Johnson of Columbus Ohio, 12 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to the church an hour before the service. friends may call after 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Ernie Dell Smith
Oak Hill
Freewill Baptist Church
Terry Avenue
Bill Minifee
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Smith
Export
Fayette County
Peter Bragg 87 Whitby timberman dies in hospital
Peter G Bragg aged 87 of Whitby died at 9 15 am in a local hospital after a short illness He was a retired timberman and member of the Church of God at Jonben Born May 28 1887 in Summers County Survived by four sons L P Bragg Glen Morgan Cecil Bragg Sullivan Oakley Bragg Elkton Md and Rev Everette Bragg Little Rock Ark one daughter Mrs Lacy Sadie Keaton Whitby one brother Marion Bragg Sullivan 28 grandchildren and 20
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter G. Bragg
Whitby
Church of God
Jonben
Summers County
Leona Buckland Bragg
L. P. Bragg
Glen Morgan
Cecil Bragg
Sullivan
Oakley Bragg
Elkton
Everette Bragg
Little Rock
Ark
Lacy
Sadie) Keaton
Marion Bragg
Mrs Bertha Shutko Burial Planned in Detroit
Mrs Bertha Shutko, 75, of Detroit formerly of Beckley died Saturday. Funeral arrangements were to be conducted today in Detroit with contacted family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Shutko
Detroit
Beckley
Libel Case Venue Question Discussed In Brief
The publisher argues that the plaintiff cannot disregard venue statutes to file in a different circuit. They contend such action would allow unlimited circuit choices and cause the defendant avoidable inconvenience and expense. The discussion continues from page one in Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State's Mental Hospital Record Is Very Poor
West Virginia per patient expenditure was about half the national average while the turnover rate was higher. The five hospitals logged 236.7 admissions per 100,000 and a release rate of 734.8 per 1,000. death rate drifted above average at 92.5 per 1,000. Hospital population declined from 5,225 to 5,174 in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vpi
West Virginia
National Institute of Mental Health
U S Troops Guard Dominican Corridor Amid Relief Efforts
A U S force maintains control from San Isidro Airbase to the embassy district in Santo Domingo enabling relief shipments of bread flour and beans. Civilians venture out as patrols, barbed wire, and rooftop sentries secure a guarded corridor while some residents express sympathy for rebels and ex President Bosch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPT
Hugo Wessels
Lee Winfrey
The
Miami Herald
Santo Domingo
U.S
Juan Bosch
San Juan
P.R
Bosch
Congress
Francisco Caamano
Dominican Republic
Caamano
San Salvador hit by major quake with aftershocks
A quake reached intensity 7.5 on the Mercalli scale and was followed by weaker shocks. San Salvador roads were blocked by rubble from fallen walls, the Ilopango highway blocked, and the main airport runway cracked preventing Pan Am jets from landing. About 50 homes destroyed, nearly 4,000 damaged, power off five hours, and lake districts flooding reported.
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Castro
San Salvador
Ilopango
Pan American World Airways
el Salvador
Lake Ilopango
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Kohlmeier
Hutchinson
Kan
Pulitzer
Kansas
State Senate
Gene Goltz
Houston (Tex
Pasadena
John R. Harrison
Gainesville
Daily Sun
Horst Fans
Associated Press
South Viet Nam
Melvin H. Ryder
Hungry Horse News
Columbia Falls
Mont
Montana
Frank D. Gilroy
Shirley Ann Gray
Howard Mumford Jones
Irwin Unger
John Berryman
Ernest Samuels
Henry Adams
N.Y
Ross
Ries
Rchmond Cleaners
Youth Corps
E. Panhandle
Leroy Williams
Leroy (Skeeter) Williams
Church of God of Prophecy
Sylvester
John Hawkins
Williams
Kathryn
Patty Sue
High Lawn Memorial Park
Myers
Buford E. Lilly
Buford Earl Lilly
Madison Heights
Lynchburg General Hospital
Lynchburg
Sam L. Lilly
Lataska Lilly
Della Perry Lilly
Patricia
Glen Matherly
John Lilly
Flat Top
Sara Williams
Betty Moye
Neva Cole
Shady Spring
Charles 0
Whitt
Mrs
Cordie Treadway
Douglas Dameron
Carrie Bell
Pearl Hill
Mobile
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Bettie A. Myers
FLAH-40
American National Insurance CO. Accident and Health Dept
Thurman Justus — General Agent
P. O. Box
Beckley, W. VA
Nora (. Gunnoe
Robert E. Akers Jr
Ernie D. Smith
Peter Bragg
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