Robert Fulton descendant invents rescuing device tests
Edwards AFB Calif UPI reports a descendant of Robert Fulton led the first manned tests of the recovery system to hoist downed pilots from 140 mph four engine HC130H aircraft using a nylon line and helium balloon. Capt Lyvere and Airman Doll were recovered in solo and tandem pickups in staged tests with live subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Afb
Calif
UPI
Robert Fulton
Air Rescue and Recovery Service
Viet Nam
Air Force
Robert E. Fulton
Gerald L. Lyvere
Wright. Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Carl Hughes
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lyvere
Allison C. Brooks
Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service
Orlando Afb
Fla
Ronald L. Doll
Edwards
Johnson administration to hear sharp advice on inflation
Washington based report notes labor and management to offer firm guidance on curbing inflation and reducing dollar outflow. Chamber of Commerce delegates to approve a policy declaration opposing protracted foreign investment curbs. Treasury chief Fowler says voluntary program is temporary and tied to export improvement. Pfizer International president Fenton cites potential harm from extended restraints and suggests France taking US gold for factory expansion overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton
UPI
Johnson
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S
Labor
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
U. S
Richard C. Fenton
Pfizer International, Inc
Viet Nam
Fenton
France
New Bail Powers Proposed for Federal Defendants
House backed plan would create three bail types for pretrial detainees. One allows release on recognizance for trustworthy defendants. Another lets custody be given to a person or organization. A third permits posting as little as ten percent of cash bond. Eastland charged communists infiltrate poverty programs and civil rights groups, seeking to incite a Negro revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Eastland
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Mississippi
Annual WVEA Meeting Slated This Weekend
About 300 teachers from across West Virginia will gather in Charleston for the 101st annual Delegate Assembly of the West Virginia Education Association. The assembly, representing roughly 16,000 teachers, serves as the policy making body. New officers will be elected on Saturday, with outgoing president Mrs. Beatrice Harvey of Lewisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Education Association
Beatrice Harvey
Lewisburg
Ballot Report Expected Soon On Missing Raleigh County Ballot
A probe into a missing Raleigh County primary ballot moves forward with a two to three day timeline. Prosecutor C Berkley Lilly says investigators have identified attendees at a restaurant meeting where John Calleb Huntington claimed the ballot was given. State Police question luncheon attendees and others seen in the Circuit Clerk’s office before the meeting as the ballot remains in Charleston’s state police lab for comparison with official ballots.
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Raleigh
Atty. C. Berkley Lilly
Lilly
John Calleb
Huntington
Circuit Clerk
Charleston
Wallace Wins Alabama Primary in Landslide Victory
Wallace leads with more than 200000 votes over rival Flowers as 2,758 of 3,654 boxes report. Flowers attracts most Negro votes while Wallace thanks supporters at Montgomery rally. National attention shifts to possible 1968 presidential bid or Senate run. results come alongside NAACP concerns and other local races in Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rchmond Flowers
Wallace
Flowers
Carl Elliott
John Patterson
James (Kissin
Jim) Folsom
Montgomery
Maryland
Indiana
Wisconsin
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Justice Department
Governor Smith Dedicates I-77 in Southern West Virginia
Gov Hulett C Smith dedicates the first Interstate 77 project to reach construction in southern West Virginia at the U S 460 West Virginia Turnpike intersection A Bluefield firm will build 28 miles of I 77 The route will run 183 miles from Williams to the Virginia line West Virginia has 190 miles completed or open and 70 miles under construction with 31 more due this year and 65 more in 1967
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Princeton
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Bluefield
Burl A. Sawyers
Williamstown
Wood County
Virginia Border
Kanawha
Jackson
Wood Counties
Pentagon approves 18 billion bill with nuclear carrier plan
The defense bill advances an 18 billion military hardware package, includes directives to start work on two nuclear frigates, and seeds potential Congress versus President clashes. It also funds 168 million for Nike-X deployment and 12 million for a 1970s manned bomber, despite McNamara opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
Senate
Congress
Navy
Defense
Rivers
United States
McNamara
Deaths and Funerals Chronology of Beckley Area Passes
Obituary notices for Harry Hammond Mayse of Harper Heights and James Russell Jr. of Oxon Hill detail long illness and family survivors. Services are set at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel and Beckley First Christian Church with local Masonic rites, burial at Davis addition of Mr. Tabor Cemetery, and worship at Saint John’s Baptist Church Raleigh.
Soviet Chinese dispute over aid to Viet Nam grows
Priority highlights a heated exchange on April 21 with accusations that the Soviet Union uses China to reach Viet Nam while China defends its transit role. A Chinese spokesman blasts the Soviet leadership as an accomplice of U.S. imperialism and accuses Moscow of seeking world domination through U.S. Soviet collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
Democratic Republic
Viet Nam
Vetnamese
Malinovsky
China
Vet Nam
U.S
Workers End Strike At Solvay Plant Moundsville
In MOUNDSVILLE, a one day walkout by 300 Solvay Process Division workers ended after 196 union members approved a new contract. The deal includes across the board pay raises and fringe benefits such as major medical insurance and extended vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
UPS
Solvay Process Division
Allied Chemicals
Agreement Reaches On United Protestant Church Plan
Eight denominations seek a 24 million member union forming the world’s largest Protestant church. Delegates report substantial agreement on creed and worship, with minor snags on ministry and structure. final decisions expected by Thursday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Methodist
Episcopal
United Presbyterian
Southern Presbyterian
African Methodist Episcopal
Disciples of Christ
United Churches of Christ
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Body of Brinker Found Along Railroad Tracks
The body of 55 year old B. F. Brinker of Parkersburg was found beside Baltimore and Ohio tracks Tuesday. He operated a crane and died from an apparent heart attack, discovered by a co worker. Remains were to be taken to Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PT. Pleasant
UPI
B. F. Brinker
Parkersburg
Baltimore & Ohio
Brinker
Mrs Elvira Miller Funeral Arrangements Reported
Mrs Elvira Rinehart Miller 85 of Helen died at 1 30 p m Tuesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness Born July 18 1880 at Basin she was a daughter of Huey G and Mary Little Rinehart Her husband Ely C Miller died Feb 17 1965 The body is at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home in Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Rinehart Miller
Helen
Welch Hospital
Basin
Huey G
Mary Little Rinehart
Ely C. Miller
Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely
Mullens
Bowling Services Planned for Olen L Bowling
Olen L Bowling 39 of Newark Delaware formerly of Beckley died at 12 30 a m Tuesday in a Wilmington hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered at work. Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Warwick Funeral Home Newark with survivors including his wife Belva Farley Bowling two sons Gary Kevin and daughter Pamela his mother Mettie Bowling two brothers Don and Willie and three sisters Clenda Wills Andrew Syer and Paul Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olen Lawn Bowling
Newark
Del
Beckley
Warwick
Bowling
Wilmington
Belva Farley Bowling
Gary
Kevin
Pamela
Mettie Bowling
Ellison
Don
Willie
Crab Orchard
Clenda Wills
Bowling Green
Andrew Syer
Baltimore
Paul Farley
Midway
Final rites set for Joe Price in Beckley area
Joe Price of 110 Eighth Street died Monday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are at 2 p m Thursday in Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W A Tresenwriter officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by wife Grace Price and stepson Lester Gore, both of Beckley. Calling hours after 3 p m today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Price
Eighth Street
Welch Hospital
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
W. A. Tresenwriter
Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Grace Price
Lester Gore
Beckley
Daniel Bowman Funeral Services Held for Daniel R Bowman
Daniel Russell Bowman 71 of Sophia died Tuesday evening. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Sophia with Rev. Dewey Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. He leaves three sons Watson Sophia Lester Fairfax Va Russell MacArthur, two daughters Martha Richards and Virginia Payne both of Sophia, two sisters Laura Pigg Montcalm Nora Shutt Sand Lick Junction, eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today and the body will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Pallbearers are John Haley Lonnie Powers Lloyd Dye Richard Perry Raymond Richards and Fred Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hammond Mayse
Harper Heights
Billie Jean Gillum
Longdale
James J
Mary Bennington Mayse
Etta
Harry
Beckley
Leonard
Austin
Lottie) Darby
Eddie
Sue) Binkowski
Bay City
Mich
William
Ruth) Graham
Charleston
Edith Hoover
Hinton
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Edders Fuller McClung
Wallace
Elbert Freeman
Raleigh
Saint John’s Baptist Church
Mee
J. H. Lockett
Greenwood Memorial Park
Freeman
Walter Freeman
Curtis
East Park
Geneva John
Dorothy Smith
Esel Marshall
Aliceteen Marshall
Washington, D. C
Acme
Trent and Durgan Funeral
Daniel Russell Bowman
Sophia
First Baptist Church of
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Peter
Martha Hamm Bowman
Bowman
Watson
Lester
Fairfax
Russell
MacArthur
Martha Richards
Virginia Payne
Laura Pigg
Montcalm
Nora Shutt
Sand Lick Junction
John Haley
Lonnie Powers
Lloyd Dye
Richard Perry
Raymond Richards
Fred Walker
Gladt Considered to Succeed McKinney in WV Rights Post
Capitol sources say Carl Gladt former Kansas rights commission chief is being considered to replace Howard McKinney as executive director of the West Virginia Human Rights Commission. McKinney left four years ago and joined the U S Community Relations Service last month. Interviews for the job are set for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Human Rights Commission
Carl Gladt
Kansas Rights Commission
Howard McKinney
Capitol
McKinney
State Commission
U. S. Community Relations Service
Three Year Old Killed in Logan Car Accident
Terry B. Hager, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hager, died on arrival at Logan General Hospital after being crushed by an unoccupied automobile in a Ridgeville driveway. Police said the accident will not affect the annual traffic toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
UPI
Terry B. Hager
Paul Hager
Logan General Hospital
Ridgeville
BPW Approves Some Transfers While Deferring Others
Public Works Board backed Finance Commissioner Truman Gore in deferring transfers of unused funds across several state agencies. It approved a $51,315 transfer from Lakin State Hospital personal services for laundry repairs and new beds. Denmar State Hospital gained approval to raise salaries for certain unfilled nursing posts and to transfer $15,000 for repairs and equipment while seeking $112,500. Gore urged deferring other transfers until a clearer financial picture emerges, citing $1.97 million in expirations slated to revert to the general revenue fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Board of Public Works
Truman Gore
BPW
Lakin State Hospital
Lakin
Denmar State Hospital
Gore
Denmar
General Revenue Fund
Governor Urges Honest Election in West Virginia Primary
Gov Hulett C Smith condemned vote buying and illegal practices amid a plea from West Virginia Labor Federation head Miles Stanley to keep statehouse influence out of the Kanawha County primary. Stanley said a "statehouse machine" at the Daniel Boone Hotel backed a handpicked slate led by S Grover Smith Jr. Katzenbach was asked to deploy federal observers to Charleston for a clean election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Miles Stanley
West Virginia Labor Federation
Kanawha
Stanley
Statehouse
Daniel Boone
S. Grover Smith Jr
U. S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
West Virginia
Governors race hung on split returns in New Mexico primary
Incomplete returns showed a razor thin GOP gubernatorial primary in New Mexico between Clifford Hawtey and David F. Cargo after Democratic incumbent Campbell was ruled ineligible for reelection. Incumbent congressmen fared well with renomination across the country while several Senate candidates won decisively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack M. Campbell
GOP
Clifford Hawtey
David F. Cargo
Congress
Clinton P. Anderson
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Indiana
Richard Roudebush
Ralph Harvey
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Taft
William Flax
John Birch Society
John Gilligan
Katzenbach voting rights bill faces House subcommittee
The Katzenbach school segregation issue heads to a three to four week subcommittee hearing with broad support for the proposals, led by Chairman Emanuel Celler who vows passage. Dirksen’s defection unsettles but Celler remains confident the House will approve the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Celler
House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Katzenbach
Johnson
Low Bids For 35 Highway Projects Across 27 Counties
Apparent low bids totaling nearly 10.9 million dollars were submitted to the State Road Commission for 35 highway improvement projects in 27 counties. L. R. Skelton and Co of Columbus led the largest project bidding 3.85 million dollars for 2.2 miles of U S 22 at Weirton. Other low bids include Bates and Rodgers of Chicago for a 594,281 dollar railroad bridge at Interchange 9 on Interstate 70, with Brooke and Hancock and L. R. Shelton and Co. also named among low bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
L. R. Skelton and Co
Columbus
Ohio
Weirton
Bates and Rodgers
Chicago
Brooke and Hancock
L. R. Shelton and Co
U. S. 22
Cabell
S. J. Groves & Son
Martinsburg
W. Va
Interstate 64
Cabell — Anderson’s Blackstock Inc
Miller Street
Huntington
Wood—Mountain State Construction Co
South Charleston
Blackrock
Cyrus Creek
Calhoun — State Construction Co
U. S. 33
U. S. 119
Roane County
Arnoldsburg
Clay — Meadows Stone & Paving
Gassaway
Dundon- Widen
Fayette — State Construction Co
U. S. 21
Main Street
Oak Hill
Grant General Paving Corp
Morgantown
Perdleton County
Laurel Run
Hardy — Carl Stickney Inc
Keyser
Needmore-Baker
Harrison — Anderson
Clarksburg
Romines Mills
Kanawha
Kanawha — Central
Airport
Big Chimney
Coonskin Park
Kanawha — Burdette Asphalt & Paving
Oakwood
Marion
F. F. Earp & Sons
Fairmont
U. S
Marshall
Wetzel County Line
Sand Hill-Letart
Morgan — Security Painting ‘Co
Wheeling
Great Cacapon’ Bridge
Mingo
J. S. Gillespie
K. D. Sarratt
Delbarton-Logan County
Monongalia
Stephens Branch Dam
Raleigh — Acme Construction Co
Whitestick Creek Skelton
Randolph
R. H. Armstrong Inc
Harrison and
Randolph Avenues
Elkins
Quick Glance At Primaries
United Press International reports Tuesday's primary results across several states. Key outcomes include Mrs. Lurleen Wallace winning the Alabama Democratic gubernatorial nomination, Fred Gray breaking a barrier by becoming the first Negro nominated to the Alabama Legislature since reconstruction, and Oklahoma and Florida furthering contested races with runoffs possible. Numerous county and state highway project awards and bids appear for West Virginia and Ohio, detailing contractor names and mileages.
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Gray
Fred Gray
Martin Luther King Jr
Macon
Bullock
Barbour
Thomas Reed
al Lingo
Jefferson
Birmingham
Mel Bailey
Jim Clark
Dallas
Selma
Wilson Baker
John Sparkman
D-Ala
United Press International
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Wallace
George Wallace
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
GOP
Florida
Hayden Burns
Claude Kirk
U.S. Senate
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Frazier Reams Jr
Robert Taft Jr
Taft
John Gilligan
New Mexico
T. E. Lusk
John Burroughs
Jack M. Campbell
Campbell
Indiana
Richard Roudebush
Ralph Harvey
Red Cross Sends 69 Telegrams For Servicemen
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross aided 81 servicemen in April. It sent 91 letters and 69 telegrams about problems of servicemen or their families. Other services included verifications, 32 reports for agencies, 40 benefit assistance, 3 information requests, 5 investigations for other chapters, and counseling. Executive secretary Mrs T C Moorefield reported 8 persons visited the office that month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Veterans Administration
T. C. Moorefield
Ridgeville Man Electrocuted Trying to Save Co worker
William J. Rohrbaugh, 38, of Ridgeville, was electrocuted while aiding co worker James Ponnell of Rio, West Virginia. They were unloading a feed truck at a poultry hatchery six miles west of Romney when the 7200 volt line contacted the conveyor. Ponnell was knocked down. Rohrbaugh touched the truck while helping and died instantly. Ponnell was treated at Winchester Hospital after rescue by John Hauser of Romney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney
UPI
Mineral County
William J. Rohrbaugh
Ridgeville
James Ponnell
Rio
W. Va
Ponnell
Rohrbaugh
Winchester Hospital
Winchester
John Hauser
Circuit Break Causes Capitol Power Failure
The State Capitol suffered a power outage from 3:44 to 5:00 a.m. after a circuit break. The blackout affected the Capitol Complex and a surrounding four blocks as no auxiliary power existed to cover working hours. A power company spokesman explained the failure could have left the Capitol without power during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Capitol
Capitol
Marines and air forces attack Viet Cong village near Can Tho
In the Mekong Delta near Can Tho, U S Air Force Navy and South Vietnamese fighters hit a Viet Cong village near a Green Beret base. Capt Glenn M Cheney of Washington and Capt Carl F E Young of Maryland led two F100s as F4Cs and Skyraiders joined the assault, destroying 54 buildings and damaging 55. About 4,000 Australian troops arrived aboard HMA S Lyd with 300 vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Can Tho
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Navy
USS
Special Services
Green Berets
Mekong Delta
Glenn M. Cheney
Gig Harbor
Wash
Carl FE. Young
Towson
Viet Nam
H.M.A.S. Lyd
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LBJ
WVEA
Neville ST
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Governor Smith
Nuclear
Harry H. Mayse
James Russell Jr
Oxon Hill
Beckley First
Thompson Dairy Co
First Christian Church
Louis Cassels
Stephen F. Bayne Jr
William Jackson Jarman
Park Avenue
Panel
Board of
I. Wilbur
Elvira Miller
Daniel Bowman
Gladt
Ritchie — State Construction Co
Smithville-Calhoun County Line
Summers
D. M. Bostic Inc
Rupert
Bellepoint Bridge
Bluestone Bridge
Taylor — Harmon Construction Co
Grafton
Blueville Monongalia County Line
Wayne — Blacktop Industries Inc
Kenova
North
Jefferson Drive
South Jefferson Drive
Spring Valley Circle
Wetzel
Ohio Valley Paving Corp
Harrison County Line
Smithfield Road
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