W.Va. Pilot Also Crash Victim Divers Seek Carole's Body
Ocean City divers hunted for the bodies of Carole Tyler a former beauty queen and Bobby Baker aide and a Waco biplane pilot Robert H. Davis after their craft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Baker Carousel Motel The Coast Guard reported the wreckage in 23 feet of water with no survivors found shortly after the Sunday crash Baker who arrived in Ocean City from Washington to oversee the search said Tyler had been staying at the Carousel Motel for several days while working for him Miss Tyler a 26 year old from Lenoir City Tennessee had previously served as Baker secretary in his Washington law firm and during his tenure as Senate Democrats secretary Davis a Huntington West Virginia resident was married with two children and formerly piloted for a local coal company before the plane went down off shore from the motel after several wing dips and a failed backward loop
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Ocean City
UPI
Carole Tyler
Bobby Baker
Atlantic Ocean
Miss Tyler
Lenoir City
Tenn
Robert H. Davis
Huntington
W. Va
Davis
Baker
Coast Guard
Washington
Senate Democrats
Joseph Bailey
Dee
Swank
Maryland State Police
Waco
James Crosby
Tyler
Senate Rules Committee
Metal Ladle Falls Fatal to Plant Worker at Vanadium Plant
A large ladle broke loose from a crane at the Vanadium Corp of America plant in Mingo Junction Ohio. It fatally injured 41 year old Joseph Jovorsky of Wellsburg West Virginia with severe internal injuries. The accident occurred in the furnace room during ladle transport by a crane.
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Mingo Junction
Ohio
Burdett in serious condition after stroke setback
Secretary of State Burdett, 55, remained in serious condition but showed improvement after a restful night. He had a mild stroke last Thursday and had been listed satisfactory until a setback Saturday night.
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Charleston
UPI
Joe Burdett
Burdett
NATO Ministers Meet Amid Cyprus Tensions and Rumors
London reports show NATO foreign ministers gathering at Lancaster House to review the alliance as Cyprus tensions persist. U.S. official Ball met Greek and Turkish ministers, while Manlio Brosio denied rumors of NATO withdrawals amid talks on German unification and France's stance. France boycotted SEATO recently over Vietnam policy.
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UPI
NATO
Cyprus
France
U.S
George W. Ball
Stavros Kostopoulos
Hasan Esat Isik
Ball
Dean Rusk
Lancaster House
Greece
Turkey
Manlio Brosio
Italy
Brosio
SEATO
Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Viet Nam
Britain Sells Secrets Spy Gets 21 Years
In London Aviation Ministry expert Frank Clifton Bossard was jailed 21 years after pleading guilty to selling secrets to Russia for 14 dollars. Lord Parker noted youth and remorse. In a second trial Army Sgt Peter Sidney Allen admitted three charges for selling secret documents to a Middle East embassy. Bossard received 14 years for recording and 7 years for four counts, to run concurrently.
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London
UPI
Aviation Ministry
Frank Clifton Bossard
Russia
Lord Parker
Army
Peter Sidney Allen
Allen
Middle East
Bossard
Moonshiners Waive Preliminary Hearing
Two men arrested Friday near Elton for operating a moonshine still waived a preliminary hearing and will face Federal Court on July 21. Linzy E. Zickafoose, 30, and Eugene F. Vandall, 31, posted $500 bonds and remain free. Officials destroyed a 70 gallon still and 140 gallons of mash.
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Elton
United States
Paul Fourney
Linzy E. Zickafoose
Eugene F. Vandall
Beckley
Bluefield
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Treasury Department
Mrs Amanda Diggs Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Amanda Diggs of Glen Jean died this morning in an Oak Hill hospital after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor awaiting completion of funeral arrangements.
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Amanda Diggs
Glen Jean
Oak Hill
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Edward Weigand funeral services set for 85 year old
Edward Weigand 85 of Stanaford dies after brief illness at Beckley ARH. Funeral at Webb and Neal Chapel Tuesday at 10 am with further rites at Graham Station Baptist Church conducted by Rev Hillbert McClung. Burial in Graham Station Cemetery. Survived by daughter Beatrice Grimm Stamford OH son Frank Weigand Norfolk VA three grandchildren one great grandchild. Weigand born April 3 1880 Letart Mason County. Preceded by wife Naomi 1962. He was a WWII veteran and DAV AMVETS member. Funeral home hours for viewing arranged.
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Edward Weigand
Stanaford
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Graham Station Baptist Church
Hillbert McClung
Graham Station
Weigand
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Davies Grove
Letart
Mason County
Naomi Weigand
William Beatrice Grimm
Stamford
Frank Weigand
Norfolk
Flora Mack Canterbury dies in Nashville VA Hospital
Flora Mack Canterbury 30 of Crab Orchard died at 10 55 am Sunday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Nashville Tennessee after a short illness Born February 28 1935 in Beckley son of Hattie Snuffer Canterbury Glen View and the late Lewis I Canterbury a Raleigh County resident he worked as a machinist for Wilcox Manufacturing Co He was an Army veteran Surviving are his wife Dollie Smithson Canterbury two daughters Karen Elaine and Sandra Irene four sisters Henriette O Shinski Jeneva Walker Herod Vaneta Whitt and Maxine Cormack one brother Lewis Canterbury Jr Funeral services 2 pm Wednesday at Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren Rev John Barton officiating Burial Sunset Memorial Park Body at Caffee Funeral Home awaiting service time Pallbearers William Foreman Jerry Shaffer Dallas Lilly Philip Lilly Paul Richmond Ellis Riffe
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Flora Mack Canterbury
Veteran’s Administration
Nashville
Tenn
Beckley
Hattie Snuffer Canterbury
Glen View
Lewis I. Canterbury
Raleigh County
Canterbury
Wilcox Manufacturing Company
Raleigh
Dollie Smithson Canterbury
Karen Elaine
Sandra Irene
Henry
Rene) O’shinski
James Jeneva
Walker
Crab Orchard
Herod (Vaneta) Whitt
Baltimore
Alex
Maxine) Cormack
Parkersburg
Lewis Canterbury Jr
Massing Rites Held for Mount Hope Native Physicist
Funeral services for John Michael Massing 28 of Peekskill N Y formerly of Mount Hope were held at 2 30 p m Tuesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with two clergy in charge. Burial was in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville He was killed in a car crash in Peekskill at 12 30 a m Sunday a physicist with IBM Thomas J Watson Research Laboratory He was a Mount Hope High School and West Virginia University graduate with a bachelor of science in physics He served three years in the Army Born April 12 1937 in Beckley son of John and Ann Phipps Massing He is survived by brother David in Plattsburg N Y and paternal grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Massing of Charleston Pallbearers were W A and Russell Patteson Howard Dick Ronald Pittman Paul Garrett and Don Grindstaff Friends may call at the funeral home after 8 p m today.
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John Michael Massing
Peekskill
N. Y
Mount Hope
Tyree
Mount Hope High School
West Virginia University
Beckley
John
Ann Phipps Massing
David
Air Force
Plattsburg, N. Y
Elizabeth Massing
Charleston
W. A
Russell Patteson
Howard Dick
Ronald Pittman
Paul Garrett
Don Grindstaff
Leonard Saunders Final Rites Held for 40 Year Old
Leonard Saunders aged 40 of 131 Broadway has funeral services at 1 p m Thursday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with Rev Archie Johnson officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Thursday evening in an Oak Hill nursing home. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Leonard Saunders
Broadway
Ritchie and Johnson
Archie Johnson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Mrs Vergie Blanche Walker Rites Held in Alderson
Services for 73 year old Mrs Vergie Blanche Walker of Alderson will be at 2 p m Tuesday at Johnson Memorial Methodist Church with Rev Ronald Talkington in charge. Burial in Alderson Cemetery. She died at her daughter Eva Baker’s home after a long illness. Survivors include two sisters Ada Nichols Fayetteville and Ray Williams Oak Hill and brother Denny Osborne. Body at Lobban Funeral Home Alderson.
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Vergie Blanche Walker
Alderson
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Ronald Talkington
Fayetteville
Ray Williams
Oak Hill
Denny Osborne
Lobban Funeral Home
Funeral set for Joseph E Kuchas in Oak Hill
Joseph Enoch Kuchas 75 of Oak Hill dies Sunday in a Beckley hospital. Funeral services at 11 a.m. Tuesday at East End Holiness Church Oak Hill with Rev. Sam Belmont and Rev. Carlos Lewis. Burial in Ashworth Cemetery Route 3 Hurricane. He was a retired worker for New River Pocahontas Coal Co. at Minden born Ritabo Lithuania June 14 1889. Survived by two stepdaughters Ruth Keith Pauline Grigg both of Oak Hill and five step-grandchildren. Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill hosting calling after 5 p.m. today.
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Joseph Enoch Kuchas
Oak Hill
East End
Ritabo
Lithuania
Clara
Ruth Keith
Pauline Grigg
Tyree
William McClanahan Services Held at Mount Hope
William McClanahan, 56, of Long Branch, will have services at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel at Mount Hope with Rev. C. S. Donnelly presiding. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died at 10:45 a.m. Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was a member of the
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William McClanahan
Long Branch
Tyree
Mount Hope
C. S. Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
McClanahan
Beckley
Final rites held for Mrs Dainty Kincaid in Fayetteville
Mrs Dainty Kincaid 57 of Fayetteville died Saturday in Huntington hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were at Oak Hill Church at 1 30 p m with Rev Houston Hall conducting. Burial followed in Bays Cemetery Summerlee Born March 29 1908 in Victor she was daughter of Ella Kincaid of Columbus Ohio Survivors include brothers Ronald of Summerlee and Thomas A of Staunton Va
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Dainty Kincaid
Fayetteville
Tyree
Oak Hill
Houston Hall
Bays
Summerlee
Kincaid
Huntington Hospital
Victor
Ella Kincaid
Columbus
Ohio
Ronald
Thomas A
Staunton
Perry Britton Combs Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Perry Britton Combs 73 of 320 Bailey Ave. died at 6 p.m. Sunday in Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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Perry Britton Combs
Bailey Ave
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
King Becomes Queen In Beverly Hills Marriage
Mary Elizabeth King widow of director Louis King and member of the American Institute of Interior Designers married business executive Jack Queen in Beverly Hills California. The ceremony elevated the couple into a playful royal status as King took on the title Queen. The event attracted attention from design industry circles and local social scenes.
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King
Beverly Hills, Calif
UPI
Mary Elizabeth King
Louis King
American Institute of Interior Designers
Jack Queen
Girard College Again Targeted for Integration
A renewed NAACP effort aims to open Girard College in North Philadelphia, the 117 year old white boys school surrounded by a wall. Police numbers remain high as picketing continues and eight pickets were charged after attempting to scale the wall. The school, founded by Stephen Girard, has an endowment surpassing 100 million dollars and has educated thousands of boys under a long standing white male orphan policy upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Philadelphia
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Girard College
Cecil Moore
Stephen Girard
U.S. Supreme Court
USDA Expands Survey in West Virginia
Senator Byrd announced a greatly enlarged USDA survey of crop and livestock production in West Virginia starting May 22. The study will include farm and non farm communities with about double interviews, detailing crops planted acreage harvest timing and sizes livestock inventories and yields for cattle corn hay vegetables tobacco grains fruit and berries.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D. W. Va
U. S. Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Byrd
USDA
Economy column reports on National Planning Association role
The NPA, a non profit non political group founded in 1934, aims to puncture the legend of economic omnipotence and urge Americans to face choices in a highly productive society. It does not prescribe national goals but highlights the need for long range planning.
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NPA
The
Voting Rights Bill Showdown Near On Poll Tax Provision
Senate debates the administration voting rights bill focusing on banning all state and local poll taxes with a pivotal 1 p.m. Tuesday vote. Kennedy to respond to critics as Mansfield questions the ban’s fate while Southern opposition remains strong. Presidential aims push toward final passage amid reform and foreign policy debates.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
House
Congress
Joseph S. Clark
Benjamin
Two Teenagers Drown In West Virginia
United Press International reports two teen-age boys drowned in separate incidents in West Virginia over the weekend. Larry Hunt, 15, drowned while swimming in Elk River behind his Clendenin home. his body was recovered by skin divers. Richard Feldmeier, 13, of Pad en City, drowned wading in the Ohio River near Pad en City after stepping off a ledge. Randall Norris, 20, Alderson-Broaddus College freshman, was recovered from the Ty gart River near Philippi after missing since April 21. Robert Lorr sighted Norris’s body downstream from the last sighting.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Philippi
Larry Wayne Hunt
Elk River
Clendenin
Hunt
Richard Feldmeier
Paden City
Ohio River
Feldmeier
Randall Norris
Alderson- Broaddus College
Tygart River
Robert Lorr
Norris
Dominican crisis deepens as U S posts at Embajador
Dominican authorities move military hardware toward the Hotel Embajador while Imbert issues an ultimatum to rebels. Maj Gen Elias Wessin y Wessin’s fate remains unclear as command shifts are seen as easing peace talks with Caamano, who accuses corrupt generals of misrule.
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Embajador
U.S
Imbert
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Caamano
Bosch
Wessin
McDonald to Present Charges on USW Election Irregularities
Pittsburgh UPI reports David J. McDonald, former USW president, will convene the union Executive Board on May 19 to present charges of irregularities in the election that ousted him from office.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
USW
Horowitz Still World's Best Pianist Holds First Recital In 12 Years
In Carnegie Hall a 61 year old Vladi mir Horowitz stunned the audience with a triumphant return after 12 years away from live performance. Fans queued for days for standing room as the pianist delivered a mature display of technical mastery and luminous tone, affirming his status as a singular artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Carnegie Hall
Vladimir Horowitz
Horowitz
Primatene Tablets Offer Doctor-Recommended Asthma Relief
New York report notes Primatene, a physician-prescribed asthma formula, is now available over the counter in many states. The 8 medicine combination supposedly opens bronchial tubes, reduces congestion, relieves nervous tension, and aims to prevent nighttime and daytime asthma attacks without injections.
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New York
N.Y
Viet Nam combat actions and ceasefire call reported
Guerrilla attack destroyed a Viet Nam car and five-man crew when a grenade was dropped from a moving vehicle. Communist fire hit two supply trucks. Viet Cong withdrew by Sunday sunset. Navy pilot killed near Cu Duc in unclear crash. Air raids on Vinh Linh and surrounding targets reported damage. Buddhist Center in Saigon urged a 24 hour ceasefire for Buddha’s birthday anniversary. no response from government or Liberation radio.
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North Viet Nam
Cu Duc
U.S. Air Force
Vinh Linh
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Thich
Reb
Soviet styled ICBM and armored weapons profile
An official report describes a Soviet equivalent to the 59 ft Minuteman powered by inexpensive reliable solid fuel and launchable from underground silos. It also notes an Iron Maiden middle range missile on a dark tracked carrier, a six missile anti tank system guided by radio signals, and a low silhouette medium tank identified as the T 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Armco Mine In Boone Wins Safety Citation
Armco No 8 mine in Boone County West Virginia won a national safety award in the 40th annual competition, cited for 415 299 man hours worked without a disabling injury and was the sole West Virginia winner in 1965 per Senator Byrd.
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Washington
API
West Virginia
Armco Steel Corp
U. S. Department of Interior
Robert C. Byrd
Armco
Boone County
Father's Attempt To Burn 4 Alive Fails in Rome
Police stormed a barricaded Rome home and arrested Antonio Casari a 30 year old mechanic after he poured gasoline around his four children ages 11 months to 11 years and shouted he would burn them. He was restrained in a straightjacket for a mental exam. The children were frightened but unharmed and the man had recently been released from a mental institution. Neighbors alerted authorities after he threw his wife out of the slum residence and blocked doors with furniture.
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Rome
Antonio Casari
Casari
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