Lilly Cites Public Service Districts Value To Community
James D. Lilly former chair of the North Beckley Public Service District spoke to the Beckley West Virginia League of Women Voters detailing struggles for paved roads sewer and water systems and rising land values. He warned overpopulation rules and cited state federal controls on water pollution while outlining the district formation process and funding hurdles.
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Teek Rice Register
James D. Lilly
North Beckley
An _ active citizens committee
Public Service
Lilly
NBPSD
Beckley
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Lic
Calloway Heights
Public Service Commission
PSC
PSD
Federal Housing Administration
Joseph MacCleod
Soviet Fiat car plant deal hailed as massive history action
The Soviet Union agreed to buy a Fiat car plant in a 2,000 daily production venture, potentially costing over 300 million dollars. Signatories Vittorio Valletta and A M Tarasov, with a plant to be built in Minsk, Gorki, or Zapporo, will produce Fiat 1100 or 114 models with major Soviet modifications.
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Turin
Italy
UPI
Russia
Fiat Automobile Company
Fiat
Henry Ford
Erope
Vneshtorgbank
Foreign Trade Bank
Instituto Mobiliare Italiano
IMI
S. P. Kozirev
Vittorio Valletta
A. M. Tarasov
Minsk
Gorki
Zapocozhe
Kremlin
Committee Turns Down FBI Budget
The House Appropriations Committee rejected nearly 46 million dollars for a new FBI headquarters in the budget bill for the coming fiscal year. It also cut funds for a Labor Department building and a tax court, part of a 14.3 billion appropriation for independent federal agencies.
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Frank Eleazer
Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
FBI
Labor Department
House
Congress
Ann Straub Wins $300 Ben Edum Foundation Scholarship
Ann Straub, a WWHS senior and daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Straub of 100 Glenn Ave, is awarded a $300 Ben Edum Foundation Scholarship for study at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The award supports freshmen for one year and honors native West Virginians with strong grades.
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Ann Straub
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia Wesleyan College
W. R. Straub
Glenn Ave
West
Future Teachers of America
Youth Fellowship
Methodist Temple
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Weather halts air raids as monsoon shrouds North Vietnam
A helicopter day ends with a crash but crewmen bail out safely amid monsoon rains that limit visibility to under a mile and drive clouds to 500 feet. Navy jets strike along the North Vietnamese coast while U S B 52s hit War Zone C near the Cambodian border. Ground fighting is light as Viet Cong troops dodge battle until the rainy season begins. A Viet Cong nurse wounded near Xuan Ngoc village is captured days after Leatherneck assault.
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7Th Fleet
Ranger
Hancock
South Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Leatherneck
Xuan Ngoc
Here
Traffic Route Split Between Jerusalem Areas at Gate
Report notes that only legal travel from Israeli Jerusalem to Arab Jerusalem proceeds via Mandelbaum Gate. The statement highlights the gate as the sole authorized crossing point between the two zones.
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Israeli Jerusalem
Arab Jerusalem
Mandelbaum Gate
Churches of the Bible and unified church proposal shapes debate
Delegation leaders endorsed a diverse worship framework and the proposed threefold ministry of bishops, elders, and deacons while omitting governance details. A stormy secret session concluded more work is needed, to be a focus at the 1967 Cambridge consultation meeting in Massachusetts.
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United Church
Cambridge
Mass
Gavett Seeks Broader Housing Rights Mission
Gavett, appointed to the State Human Rights Commission in 1961, writes Governor Smith praising four years of progress and urging stronger action to eradicate discriminatory practices in housing and promotions. He notes the commission’s openness to press and public and discusses a delayed case at Lakin State Hospital as groups plan weekly 60 day meetings to resolve disputes.
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Gavett
Commission
State Human Rights Commission
Smith
Lakin State Hospital
J W Riccardi Democrat for Fayette County Delegates
Political advertisement from J W Riccardi urging support for a Democrat candidate for the House of Delegates in Fayette County. Message promotes party alignment and candidacy without detailing platforms or dates.
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House of Delegates
Fayette County
Funeral services for J. R. Lively at Oak Hill Methodist
Funeral services for J R Lively 76 of Oak Hill will be held Friday at 2 p m in Oak Hill Methodist Church with Rev Tally Hanna officiating. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park. Lively died Wednesday after a long illness. He was a retired barber and longtime partner in Cook and Lively Barber Shop. Survivors include wife Mabel C Lively a son Howard and a daughter plus eight grandchildren. The body lies at Thomas Funeral Home with viewing after 4 p m today.
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J. R. Lively
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Tally Hanna
High Lawn Memorial Park
Lively
Cook and Lively
Main Street
Summerlee Ave
Fayette County
Ashby
Lottie Tyree Lively
Mabel C. Lively
Avery
Hinton
Vincent
Wilson, N. C
Nate Wilson
Winston, Salem
N. C
Garland Clark
Charleston
George Wilburn
Howard
Dublin
Freeland Ferrell
St. Albans
Billy K. Clark
Nitro
Max Thornhill
Vienna
Thomas Funeral Home
Obituary: Herbert Legg of Mount Hope Dies at 66
Herbert B Legg 66 Route 1 Mount Hope died Thursday in a Hilltop nursing home after an extended illness He was born May 2 1900 at White Water a son of John and Sarah Bailes Legg A retired employee of The New River Co Skelton he was a member of Kingdom Hall Fayetteville He survived by his wife Audrey Legg two sons Don and John D both of Route 1 Mount Hope three daughters Susie Mae Legg Mrs Jeff Davis and Nancy C Ball six grandchildren two brothers Walter Ansted and Elzia Zela a sister Mrs Bernie are Zela Funeral services 2 pm Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope Burial Feazell Cemetery Route 1 Mount Hope Friends may call after 6 pm Friday.
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White Water
John
Sarah Bailes Legg
New River Co
Skelton
Kingdom Hall
Fayetteville
Audrey Legg
Don
John D
Mount Hope
Susie Mae Legg
Jeff Davis
Nancy C. Ball
College Park
Walter
Ansted
Elzia
Zela
Bernie
Tyree
Final rites for Mrs. Howard N. Collier held in Oak Hill and Jonesville
Mrs. Howard N. Collier age 63 of 265 Jones Ave Oak Hill died after a short illness in an Oak Hill hospital. She was a member of Oak Hill Methodist Church and Ada Callison Circle. Born January 8 1903 in Jonesville Virginia she was daughter of the late George W. Ely. Survivors include husband Howard N. Collier two brothers and four sisters and a son. Funeral services are scheduled Friday in Oak Hill and Saturday in Jonesville with burial in Big Stone Gap. Thomas Funeral Home will receive friends after 4 p m today.
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Howard N. Collier
Jones Ave
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Tally Hanna
Virginia
George
Cumberland
Arthur Ely
Knoxville
Tenn
Pat Poteet
Arloween Credlin
Vesta Sewell
Jonesville
Hampton Williams
Kingsport
N. Collier Jr
Galaxa
Jonesville Methodist Church
Rev. Hanna
Big Stone Gap
Thomas Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs Lottie Isobel White 76
Mrs Lottie Isobel White of Harvey dies at 4 30 a m after a heart attack in Oak Hill Hospital Born July 29 1889 in Ballard to Overton Mann and Alice Dunn Mann She leaves three sons William Chicago Ill Richard Cleveland Oh Wilson Spencer a daughter Kath leen Smith Harvey two sisters Nellie Canterbury Summerlee Edith Snead Mount Hope and a half sister Mrs John Baker Scarbro Services begin 10 a m Saturday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill The family will receive friends after 5 p m Friday
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Lottie Isobel White
Harvey
Tyree
Oak Hill
Cecil Paxton
High Lawn Memorial Park
White
Ballard
Overton
Alice Dunn Mann
William
Chicago
Ill
Richard
Cleveland
Ohio
Wilson
Spencer
Kathleen Smith
Nellie Canterbury
Summerlee
Edith Snead
Mount Hope
John Baker
Scarbro
Hurley services set for George A. Hurley in Fayetteville
George A. Hurley 63 of Route 1 Fayetteville will be buried at Pleasant View Cemetery after a 2 p.m. Friday service at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Chapel led by Rev. A. G. Wolfe and Rev. Walter Shank. A retired miner and Baptist Church member, he died Wednesday at home. Born April 10, 1903 in Mammoth, he was a son of the late Lonnie and Louisa Hackney Hurley. He belonged to Local Union No. 5875. Survived by wife Beulah and five brothers Arthur of Poca Emmett of Ottawa Ill Sherman of Bel-
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George Alton Hurley
Route 1
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne
A. G. Wolfe
Walter Shank
Pleasant View Cemetery
Hurley
Mammoth
Lonnie
Louisa Hackney Hurley
The
Baptist Church
Beulah Hurley
Arthur
Poca
Emmett
Ottawa
Ill
Sherman
Bel
Mrs Elvira Miller Rites Set In Bud Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Elvira Miller 85 will be held at 10:30 a m Saturday in Bud Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Wilson officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Born July 18 1880 in Basin to Huey G Little and Mary Rinehart, she is survived by five sons and seven daughters, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body lies in state at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens with viewing Friday afternoon.
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Elvira Miller
Helen
Welch Hospital
Bud Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Sophia
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Basin
Huey G
Mary Little Rinehart
Eli Miller
Thurmond Miller
James Miller
Huey Vinson
Lee Meadows
Baron
Calif
Kermit Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
Gladys Farthing
Boron
Kathleen Cook
Della Salvamoser
Tecopa
Lilly Paulson
Paulson
S. C
Oregon Woman Is 1966 Mother of the Year
Bertha M. Holt of Cresswell Oregon, 61, honored as 1966 Mother of the Year by the American Mother's Committee. She and her late husband raised six of their own children along with eight Korean orphans in a 13 room farmhouse and founded the Holt adoption program, serving as worldwide headquarters for an agency aiding illegitimate children of U.S. soldiers and Korean mothers. Vice President Humphrey delivered the nation’s congratulations and a note from President Johnson.
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Washington
UPI
Oregon
Bertha M. Holt
Cresswell
Ore
American Mother's Committee
Johnson
Holt
Harry
Holt Adoption Program
Worldwide Adoption Agency
U.S
Editorial on China's peace stance amid Viet Nam conflict
The piece argues China favors peaceful coexistence and a peaceful Viet Nam settlement due to nuclear war risks. It notes an anti party group waving red flags and wearing Marxism Leninism Mao Tse-tung rhetoric to oppose Marxism. The rumor about Mao's status adds further tension about potential public absence and interpretation of his writings.
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Nist
Viet Nam
Mao Tsi-tung
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Katzenbach Warns Against Tying Rights Bill to One Clause
Atty. Gen. Katzenbach told the House judiciary civil rights subcommittee that Johnson's civil rights legislation should not rely on a single constitutional provision. He warned that postwar Reconstruction laws based only on the 14th Amendment were invalidated. The housing provision could rest on both the 14th Amendment and the Commerce Clause.
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Washington
UPI
Nicholas Deb Katzenbach
Congress
Johnson
Katzenbach
House Judiciary Civil Rights Subcommittee
Extradition fight clouds Kapp case in Oregon
Floyd Kapp, facing West Virginia extradition on a 1960 lottery-bail jump, awaits Governor Hatfield’s decision as Kentucky signals a potential return request. Oregon and Kentucky debate two extradition pleas while Kapp remains hospitalized after a heart attack. Lincoln County residents press for denial.
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Salem
Ore
UPI
Floyd Kapp
Oregon
Frank Lore
West Virginia
Kentucky
Kapp
Mark Hatfield
Franklin County
Elmo Dempsey
Hatfield
James Cox
Kanawha County
W. Va
Toledo
Capitol
Cox
Lincoln County
Oregon Coast
Moore
Union 50 Club
Kappis
Everhart
Thant Says No Useful Advice On Viet Nam POWs
Geneva UN Secretary General Thant said he has no useful advice for the plight of American prisoners of war in Vietnam. He spoke with International Red Cross head Samuel Gonard before Harriman’s talks, noting the Red Cross cannot obtain prisoner lists, camp access, or mail exchanges.
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Geneva
UPI
United Nations
Thant
Viet Nam
Samuel Gonard
International Red Cross
W. Averell Harriman
Gonard
New York
Harriman
Red Cross
Lawmakers disclose how they cover office expenses
A survey shows many senators rely on personal funds or outside income to cover office costs. Several claim to use own money or lecture fees, while others say they can meet expenses from government allowances, and a few advocate financial disclosure for members and families.
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Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Case
J. Strom Thurmond
R.S.C
IRS
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Ethics Committee
Williams
John J. Williams
R-Del
Bobby Baker
Dodd
Thurston B. Morton
Rky
UPI
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Congress
Milton R. Young
R-N.d
Jack R. Miller
Alown
Carl T. Curtis
Neb
Daniel B. Brewster
Dmd
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Wallace and King era clash in Alabama races
In Alabama politics, Wallace era tensions persist as 10 Negro runoff berths arise in state and sheriff elections. Selma’s sheriff race tightens between Jim Clark and Wilson Baker amid strong racial voting shifts, while federal registrars and observers draw Wallace’s sharp criticism as ballots are counted in segregated districts.
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Selma
Dallas County
Jim Clark
Wilson Baker
Clark
Baker
James D. Martin
Rala
Wallace
France to pull forces from NATO by July 1966
NATO bases and forces are on French soil as France reiterates plans to withdraw all military forces from NATO by July 1, 1966. France may retain 70,000 troops and three air squadrons in Germany. Johnson aides remain split on key issues among the remaining 13 NATO allies.
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U. S
France
NATO
Germany
Johnson
Senior Samuel Pack Featured in Herald Keen Teen Column
Samuel Pack, a WWHS senior, is highlighted in the May issue of the C. A. Herald Assemblies of God youth periodical. He participates in Christ's Ambassadors, the youth group at First Assembly of God Church on Valley Drive, and is the Heralds Keen Teen monthly feature.
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Samuel Pack
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. A
Astronaut Donn Eisele Addresses Beckley Students
Astronaut Donn F. Eisele, Air Force Major, spoke to about 500 students at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley on Wednesday night. He is in Beckley for the Beckley Elks Lodge National Youth Week activities.
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Donn F. Eisele
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Eisele
Air Force
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