Laborer Inherits 908000 Plans Trust For Three Children
John J. Godfrey a 52 year old dock worker from Lyndhurst inherits 908000 from his aunt May Godfrey. He will return to work Thursday to support his wife Rose and his three children John Jr 7 Ella Marie 6 and Robert 5. The couple plans to place the money in a trust for the children's future and asked for an unlisted number due to the influx of calls.
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Lyndhurst
Rose
Telepone
Godfrey
John Jr
Ella Marie
Robert
Congress House Takes Up Voting Rights
Washington UPI. Chairman Emanuel Celler leads House Judiciary as it seeks to finish the voting rights bill. A ban on state and local poll taxes looms, with administration backed tests in courts but likely opposition to the outright ban. Other items include literacy tests, federal registration for Negro voters, and probes into banks and health care funding.
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Celler
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Congressional Committee
House Senate
Congress
National
Brighton
Colo
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Senate Finance Committee
House
Johnson
House Foreign Affairs
Soviet Union
Luna 5 Launch Prompts Debate On Moon Landing
Soviet space officials announced Luna 5 launch with a soft landing aim while U S experts noted the probe could serve as a test of landing procedures. The mission reports show Luna 5 weighing 3254 pounds and communication with ground stations ongoing after a trajectory adjustment.
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Tass
United States
Homer Newell
U.S
Washington
Stolen and Recovered Property Report in Beckley
Beckley police report property worth 6105 stolen in April and 5400 recovered. The act reads a city council update from Police Chief W A Teubert noting four cars involved, three recovered. The report covers 45 traffic arrests, 6747 parking tickets with 5829 paid, 28 accidents with 13 arrests and 6325 property damage, four drivers and one pedestrian injured, pedestrians unharmed. Daily receipts 676.25, fines 4270.50, escorts to funerals 18, 375 general calls. Arrests total 215 with 6128.42 in fines. cars patrolled 7717 miles, 774.8 gallons used, 120 offenses reported, 133 arrests, 121 offenses investigated, 130 persons charged.
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Beckley
W. A. Teubert
PSC considers dropping three Charleston to Belle bus trips
The Public Service Commission considered a request from Southern Greyhound Lines to discontinue three round trips between Charleston and Belle. The case arose after a PSC hearing and submission of the matter.
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Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
Southern Greyhound Lines
Belle
PSC
NATO In Dominican crisis Rusk defends U S action
Rusk said U S troops were rushed to the Dominican Republic to save lives including Europeans and that critics would hear the same reply from their own ambassadors. He noted it would be several days before an OAS force could be effective in Santo Domingo and warned of possible Communist elements there while NATO described Cyprus talks as optimistic and the Western big three urged German reunification as vital to peace.
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U.S
Dominican Republic
Charles de Gaulle
Rusk
OAS
Santo Domingo
NATO
Cyprus
Europe
WVU Names Elery Bacon Assistant to President
Elery Bacon has been appointed as assistant to the president of West Virginia University, a newly created post. President Paul Mil er made the announcement. Bacon will coordinate with private foundations and the federal government on educational programs.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Elery Bacon
Paul Miler
Bacon
Burdett in Very Serious Condition After Stroke Setback
Secretary of State Joe Burdett, 55, remained in very serious condition after a second setback Tuesday afternoon. His personal physician reported no change overnight following a mild stroke Thursday night.
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Charleston
UPI
Joe Burdett
Burdett
Hulett Smith cites $3.3 million in WV federal contracts
Gov. Hulett C. Smith said 13 federal contracts awarded to West Virginia firms show continued growth of business from the federal government. The $3.3 million in contracts went to Rubber Fabricators Grantsville Peoples Co Island Creek Coal Co International Nickel Co Weeco S L Minghini and Son Altech Northeastern Construction McDonough Mountain State Construction Estep Construction and others, in addition to a $38.4 million Defense Department award to FMC Corp.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Grantsville Peoples Co
Island Creek Coal Co
International Nickel Co
Huntington
Weeco, Inc
S. L. Minghini and Son
Martinsburg
Altech, Inc
Northeastern Construction Co
McDonough Co
Parkersburg
Mountain State Construction
South Charleston
Estep Construction
Nitro
Defense Department
FMC Corp
Mergers Target Major Rail Lines Across Midwest and West
Rail mergers in Chicago set shares at 1 948 178 to 15 285 with North Western stockholders voting May 18. Union Pacific plan passed in Salt Lake City with 95 percent approval and Rock Island earlier approved. Proposed unions would create a 16 000 mile network from Chicago to Portland and Los Angeles, and link Milwaukee Road with Chicago and North Western to form a 20 state system spanning Great Lakes to Pacific Northwest. North Western also approved a merger with Chicago Great Western. ICC will eventually review both merger requests. final action could take years.
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Chicago
North Western
Quinn
Union Pacific
Salt Lake City
Rock Island
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Milwaukee Road
Chicago and North Western Railway
Milwaukee
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Chicago Great Western Railway
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Marland To Speak On Political Science At WVU Convocation
Former Governor William C. Marland will address the importance of political science in the college curriculum at a West Virginia University convocation Thursday. He is also expected to discuss the news media’s role in government coverage at the Sigma Delta Chi sponsored event. Marland, recently noted for driving a taxi in Chicago, visited Gov. Hulett C. Smith in Charleston Tuesday. He is associate director of James F. Edwards Enterprises, owners of Waterford Park Race Track, and did not attend the West Virginia Racing Commission meeting.
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Morgantown
UPI
William C. Marland
West Virginia University
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalistic Society
Marland
Chicago
Charleston
Hulett C. Smith
James F. Edwards Enterprises
West Virginia Racing Commission
Edwards
Waterford Park
Chester
Congress Awaits Johnson Word On VA Closings
Congress waits for President Johnson to decide on keeping open several veterans hospitals and two soldiers homes as urged by a White House commission. Miles City Montana Castle Point Bath Bath Bath and Lincoln would stay open, with Bath and White City Oregon among homes saved. regional offices listed include Wilmington Reno White River Junction Manchester Sioux Falls Juneau Cheyenne Fargo. House adds 23.5 million to VA bill to cover continued operation if kept.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Johnson
White House
Review
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Miles City
Mont
Castle Point
N.Y
Grand Junction
Colo
Bath
Lincoln
Neb
White City
Ore
Wilmington
Del
Reno
Nev
White River Junction
Manchester
N.H
Sioux Falls
S.C
Juneau
Alaska
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fargo
N.D
Review Commission
Veterans Administration
AFL CIO study on family budgets and wages
The AFL CIO analysis cites wage figures from 1965 showing $123 a week below the suggested rate and $70.13 weekly for typical retail workers. It notes construction workers at $131.36 weekly with seasonal unemployment, argues family budgets fit bargaining, and asserts families of four are most typical with wives not needing to work. It describes frugal consumption targets like less than one egg per person daily and a suit every two years for the male householder and 3.5 dresses yearly for wives.
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Aflcio
Nationwide alert for Columbus ex con killer
In Columbus Ohio an ex convict named Richard Howard Jemison 56 is sought after he fatally shot his wife Virginia Ruth Jemison 49 and the drug store manager during the noon rush at the city’s busiest intersection. FBI joined the nationwide hunt as ten store employees sought police protection amid fears for their lives.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
FBI
Richard Howard Jemison
Virginia Ruth Jemison
Jemison
Mrs Johnson To End Virginia Tour Today
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson completes a two day Virginia hill country tour with an economy vacation theme. She begins in Abingdon and flies to Roanoke then travels by bus along the Blue Ridge Parkway before returning to Pedington at day’s end.
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Abingdon
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Virginia
Roanoke
Blue Ridge Parkway
Pedington
Soviet expulsion of Negro diplomat may fuel propaganda
The Soviet Union declared Norris D. Garnett persona non grata for hostile activities among African students, sparking a counter-propaganda push. Izvestia labeled him a spy while highlighting unrest among Kenyan and Ghanaian students, and the United States denied the charges.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Norris D. Garnett
Los Angeles
Calif
Garnett
United States
Final rites for Alfred Ernest Bolen in Josephine Holiness Church
Alfred Ernest Bolen 79 of Resoco died en route to Beckley hospital after a sudden illness at the Carolina Super Market in Crab Orchard. Funeral services 2 p m Friday at Josephine Holiness Church. burial Jenney Cole Cemetery at Odd. Survived by son James W Besoco daughter Charlotte Goodloe two brothers two sisters eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body at Sam Fogle Song Funeral Home Mullens after 3 p m Thursday.
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Alfred Ernest
Ernie Bolen
Resoco
Josephine
Jenney Cole
Odd
Bolen
Beckley Hospital
Carolina
Crab Orchard
Mead
George and
Mary Bolen
James W
Besoco
Charlottie Goodloe
Stotesbury
Dan
Arlington
George
Coal City
Annie Cole
Pearl Bolen
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs Lena Foglesong 85 dies in Fayetteville nursing home
Lena Brown Wilson Foglesong 85 of 107 Beaver Ave died Wednesday after a long illness at Christian Nursing Home Fayetteville Born May 27 1879 in Ceres Virginia daughter of Thomas O Wilson and Missouri Huddle Wilson Married May 27 1904 to Dr W H Foglesong a retired Methodist minister Survived by husband daughter in law Virginia Bolen Foglesong Bluefield and a son Eugene Wilson Foglesong who died Feb 10 1940 Funeral 1 p.m. Friday at Methodist Temple Bluefield Burial Monte Vista Cemetery Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to transport body Thursday morning Pallbearers named New York death of A Elliott Bates 70 former Trinity Church Corp controller and Croix de Guerre recipient noted in UPI report
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Lena Brown Wilson Foglesong
Beaver Ave
Christian Nursing Home
Fayetteville
Ceres
Thomas O
Missouri Huddle Wilson
W. H. Foglesong
Eugene Wilson Foglesong
Bluefield
Keyser - Bryant
J. R. Lowe
G. Berk Lynch
J. E. Otto
Harry Mays
Willo V. Dunbar
J. W. Woods
Charles P Martin 81 longtime miner dies in Beckley
Charles P Martin 81 of 437 Bailey Ave died at 3 a m Wednesday en route to a hospital after a long illness. Born October 8 1884 in Crossroads Va he was a retired miner last employed by Ameagle Coal Co and a member of Local 7086 UMW. Survivors include his wife two sons a step son two daughters two step daughters a sister 20 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral conducted at 3 p m Friday at Keyser Bryant Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Body at funeral home with calling Thursday.
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Charles P. Martin
Bailey Ave
Crossroads
Ameagle Coal Co
UMW
Willie Gaines Martin
Charles G
Beckley
Carl
Columbus
Ohio
E. T. West
Miami
Fla
Ruby West
Helen Banbridge
Montgomery
Richard Arthur
Ezra M. Ashworth
Maggie Crookshank
Covington
Keyser-Bryant
John Atkinson
Sunset Memorial Park
Ritchie-Mauzey Teter Richie Rites Planned in Two Churches
Mrs. Zadie Mauzey Teter Richie 85 of Beaver died Tuesday night after an extended illness. Pallbearers named are R W Goodwin G V Martin George Shirley Everette Pittman Dr Ray Sigmund and G C Hurt. Twilight service at 8 p m today at First Christian Church with Dr Walter Griswold officiating. Additional service at 3 p m Thursday at United Brethren Church Petersburg with Dr Griswold in charge. Burial in Petersburg Cemetery. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until one hour before services.
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Zadie Mauzey Teter Richie
Beaver
R. W. Goodwin
G. V. Martin
George Shirey
Everette Pittman
Ray Sigmund
G. C. Hurt
First Christian Church
Walter Griswold
United Brethren Church
Petersburg
Griswold
Funeral set for Rev H C Craig longtime Beckley minister
Rev. H C Craig 85 a San Antonio Texas resident and former Beckley WV minister died at Santa Rosa Hospital after a heart attack. Born January 11 1880 in Tennessee he lived in West Virginia most of his life and retired as pastor of Lochgelly and Cunard churches. Survived by wife Alberta and daughter Creola Trotter both of San Antonio. Body at Sutton and Sutton Funeral Home in San Antonio.
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H. C. Craig
San Antonio
Tex
Beckley
Craig
Santa Rosa Hospital
Tennessee
West Virginia
Texas
Lochgelly
Cunard
King Hiram Abiff Lodge No
Alberta Craig
Creola Trotter
Sutton
Final Rites Set for Oak Hill Pharmacist Erskine Warden
Erskine C. Warden 62 of Oak Hill will receive funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Randolph Johnson officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. He died Tuesday in an Oak Hill hospital after a short illness. Warden was a pharmacist and manager of Kelly Drug Co. in Oak Hill and held memberships in Oak Hill Baptist Church Oak Hill Lodge 120 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and the Oak Hill Rotary Club. He attended West Virginia University and earned a degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. Born June 2 1902 at Hill Top he was the son of Frank P. and the late Mrs. Warden. Surviving are his wife Anna McLain Warden a brother Ted of Venice Florida a sister Mrs. William A. Fitzgerald of Hill Top a daughter Mrs. Jean Ann Martin of Pittsburgh and two grandchildren. The body will lie in state at Thomas Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today.
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Erskine C. Warden
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Warden
Oak Hill Hospital
Kelly Drug Co
Thomas Funeral Home
Mrs Flossie Bailey Rites Arranged in Meade
Funeral plans are in progress for Mrs Flossie Brown Bailey 65 Meade who died after a long illness in a local nursing home at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Brown Bailey
Meade
Trent and Durgan Funeral Parlor
Fletcher Mann's Trial Expected In October
Fletcher Mann, Beckley attorney, was indicted last February on 26 571 in taxes owed to the federal government. In U S Federal Court here Tuesday his lawyers were told to file briefs in coming weeks. Trial date not set but may be docketed for October. Indictment accuses Mann of filing fraudulent returns for 1958 60 for himself and his wife.
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Charleston
UPI
Fletcher Mann
Beckley
U. S
Mann
Loot from Ike car partly recovered in Maryland
Police recovering items from the Ike Eisenhower looting case found the emergency oxygen kit in Silver Spring Maryland part of about 400 dollars worth of loot taken from the car. Detectives aim to lift fingerprints to identify the thief. Still missing are a ten dollar box of candy a169 portable radio and a 38 caliber revolver belonging to Eisenhower s aide. The theft occurred Monday during a routine Walter Reed Medical Center checkup.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Silver Spring
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Supreme Court weighs police civil service authority in suspension case
West Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments on whether municipal police civil service commissions can rule in suspensions without pay. The case stems from Huntington Patrolman Joshua Adkins five day suspension and his appeal. City of Huntington argues commissions lack authority over suspensions. The decision could affect similar cases statewide and across other cities.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Municipal Police
Civil Service Commissions
Huntington
Joshua Adkins
Huntington Police Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court
High Court
Adkins
Huntington Commission
Huntington Gold Star Lodge No. 65
Fraternal Order of Police
Wheeling
Police Civil Service Commission
Police Civil Service Commissions
Circuit
Cabell County Circuit Court
Commisson
Smilar
Ohio County Circuit Court
Smith Pledges Virginias Bond
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith pledged an economic bond of the Virginias at a Hampton Roads Maritime Association meeting in Norfolk. He argued the coal industry binds Virginia and West Virginia, noting WV produces 80 percent of coal and much passes through Virginia for shipment. He called Hampton Roads a vital aqueduct for regional products and urged efficient delivery to global ports.
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Norfolk, Va
UPI
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Hampton Roads Maritime Association
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Globe
Marines Deploy As Viet Nam Landings Begin
Viet Nam will be landed in Viet Nam within two weeks as the Third Marine Division buildup progresses. About 10,000 Marines recently positioned around Da Nang. Vietnamese relief forces faced two Viet Cong ambushes near Song Be, where the provincial capital saw heavy fighting. Five Americans and 26 Vietnamese were killed. 13 Americans and 66 Vietnamese wounded. Reinforcements aided by US Air Force cover repelled ambushes, with 50 Viet Cong killed and 120 more believed slain by air attacks.
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Viet Nam
U.S. Ai Ase
da Nang
Song Be
Saigon
War hero resigns as school crossing attendant in Bridgwater
In Bridgwater England war hero Henry Cross 72 Croix de Guerre recipient and seven time bravery commendations resigns as a local junior school crossing attendant saying the job is too dangerous. In Los Angeles California burglar steals a car after a gunman forces a taxi to curb and a deputy laments going out without a gun. In Los Angeles California Rod Pack 26 and Harold Hanes 41 face civil action after Pack parachuted from a plane without a parachute and then obtained one mid free fall from another jumper triggering FAA violation suits.
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Bridgwater
England
UPI
Henry Cross
Paschendaele
Los Angeles
William Burke
Burke
Sheriff's Deputy
Rod Pack
Harold L. Hanes
Pack
Hanes
U.S
Tougher Russian Policy Predicted By NATO Leaders
NATO foreign ministers foresee a tougher Soviet policy and no major East West deals this year or next. They caution against expecting a collision with the West, noting a zigzag path that could harden over time while indicating Russia’s leadership remains constrained and not ready for bold commitments abroad.
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K. C. Thaler
London
UPI
NATO Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
NATO
NATO Alliance
Michael Stewart
China
Peking
Red China
Kremlin
State Library plans building to house a public free system
Miss Parks outlines a four story state library at 1.1 million cost with 60 000 square feet, or a minimum three story 750 000 option. The 24 member commission operates from two rented buildings near the Statehouse with 10 000 square feet, holding 78 000 books in one quarter. It serves as a library for librarians, state government needs, and rural traveling libraries, while promoting regional sharing and utilizing Library Services Act funds. The commission, appointed by the governor, also funds executives and policy. an intensive self study is underway to improve service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Miss Parks
Commission
Statehouse
Parks
Area Redevelopment Administration
Morgantown
Sistersville
St. Albans
Earl E. Rich
McDowell County
Orton R. Karickhoff
Roane County
Mary Ella MacDonald
Berkeley County
Stella D. Gillespie
Greenbrier
Sarah S. Hopkins
Braxton County
Hazel named president of Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
M F Hazel of Dallas Texas elected president of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association at the 30th annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs. Hazel, a Bellefonte Pennsylvania native, leads the Oilwell Division of U S Steel in Dallas.
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White Sulphur Springs
UPI
M. F. Hazel
Dallas
Tex
Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
Hazel
Bellefonte
Oilwell
U. S. Steel Corp
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