Man 86, Behind Bars Half His Life For Killing Priest, Gains Freedom
In 1921 William A. Hightower killed a Roman Catholic priest in Colma California and spent 43 years, nine months, and eight days in prison before being released at age 86. His bid for freedom faced repeated parole denials until granted on March 29. He plans to see the world anew and receive assistance from Friends of America and Halfway Houses.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
UPI
New York Giants
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Earle Sande
Grey Lay
Walter Hagen
Tommy Milton
Harding
Germany
Austria
William A. Hightower
Hightower
John Klinger
Friends of America
Halfway House
Los Angeles
Groves
Tex
Colma
San Francisco
Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church
Patrick E. Heslin
Father Heslin
Salada Beach
Sharp Park
Pacifica
Vandals Break Window at Pack's Super Market
City police investigate a rock thrown through a plate glass window at Pack's Super Market 1060 South Fayette Street. The act occurred Thursday night as officers work to identify suspects and assess damage.
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Pack’s Super Market
S. Fayette St
Israeli Court Told Luk Took Spy Course To Get Out Of Jail
Mordecai Luk known as the man in the trunk testified that he received six months of Egyptian spy training in Cairo to gain freedom from jail. He said he had no intent to spy on Israel and that he entered Egypt illegally seeking a path to Australia or Canada. Luk faced charges of spying for the United Arab Republic and recalled being exposed by Italian authorities after the trunk incident in Rome.
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Mordecai Luk
Tel Aviv
Israel
Rome
Luk
Jerusalem
UPI
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Australia
Canada
Inspire Smith Tells Teachers in Grant County
Governor Hulett C. Smith warned teachers that complacency harms education and poverty reduction. He urged early learning to break poverty cycles, saying satisfied teachers and leaders won’t stop them. The address emphasized renewed commitment to knowledge and reform.
Robinson speaks at Presbyterians breakfast on A Sacrifice Hit
Former baseball star Jackie Robinson addressed over 80 commissioners and churchmen at a stewardship breakfast. He urged Presbyterians to foster close ties with Roman Catholics but not to receive communion unless on extraordinary occasions and by explicit invitation acceptable in good conscience.
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Jackie Robinson
Baseball Hall of Fame
Robinson
United Churches
Commission On Ecumenical Mission and Relations
General Assembly
Gemini 4 mission aims for weightless tests and four day duration
NASA plans a Gemini 4 flight in August with L. Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad. The seven day mission tests weightlessness effects on bones and heart, with four 2,500 calorie meals daily. NASA may allow a partial space spacewalk later. control shifts to Houston from Cape Kennedy.
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United States
L. Gordon Cooper
U.S
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Defense Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Russia
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
McDivitt
White
Gemini
Houston
Tex
Cape Kennedy Mission Control Center
Tax Delinquency Dips to New Low in West Virginia
A Treasury Department report shows federal tax delinquencies in West Virginia falling to a record low. Ten years ago delinquencies were about 13 million dollars, last year they totaled 3.304 million, a 5.1 percent drop for the year. Employment tax delinquencies for 1964 were 826 thousand, down 20.7 percent from 1963, also a record low.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
West Virginia
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Lucy Egnor Crab Orchard
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy Pearl Egnor 75 of Crab Orchard will be at 2 PM Saturday at Crab Orchard Baptist Church with Dr C S Donnelly officiating Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery She died at home Thursday She was survived by daughter Edna Deck son Russell Egnor three grandchildren nine great grandchildren four brothers and four sisters She co owned R C Egnor Monument Co Extensive Survivor list includes Alden Deck Russell Egnor Duffy Virgil Walton Riffe Cecil Riffe Lakie Fink Macie Snuffer Mabel Gunter Hattie Shrewsbury Friends may call at Melton Mortuary then church one hour before services Pallbearers listed Also funeral arrangements complete for Mrs Sarah Worthy 62 of Stanaford who died today in hospital Survivors include husband Arthur daughter Fanny Cooper Thayer two Birmingham sisters and funeral body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Lucy Pearl Egnor
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
C. S. Donnelly
Sunset Memorial Park
Egnor
Robert C. Egnor
Lester
Oliver P
Rahama Davis Riffe
Raleigh
Crabchard Baptist Church
Circle No. 5
Melton Mortuary
Basil Wilcox
Clyde Fitzpatrick
Howard Hunt
Gilmer Hughes
Russell Bonds
Cecil Edmonds
Haven Clay
Charles Lively
Sarah Worthy
Stanaford
Dan
Sarah Evans
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur
Fanny B. Cooper
Thayer
Willie Lee Agee
Martha Hunter
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Derringer Rites Set for Edward F Derringer in Covel
Funeral services for Edward Franklin Derringer 86 of Covel will be held 11 a m Saturday at Covel Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Lonnie Blankenship officiating. Burial follows in Shrewsbury Cemetery Covel. He was found dead near a strip mine after apparently falling from a high wall. Body to be moved from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to residence at 4 p m today.
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Edward Franklin Derringer
Covel
Covel Missionary Baptist Church
Lonnie Blankenship
Shrewsbury
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs Millie A Rogers Dies After Long Illness In Raleigh
Mrs Millie Ann Rogers 75 Raleigh died at 12 30 p m Thursday in a Beckley nursing home after a long illness She was a member of the A M E Church in Raleigh The body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
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Millie Ann Rogers
Raleigh
Beckley
George Kinzer Tracy Dies of Heart Attack at 49 in Minden
George Kinzer Tracy 49 of Minden died Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a heart attack. A disabled miner formerly with New River and Pocahontas Coal Co. at Caper, he was born October 17, 1915 in Penver Virginia. Surviving wife Gilda Maxine Rudd Tracy and children Charles L. and Judith Lee, plus siblings Hobart and nine sisters. Funeral at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill on Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Houston Hall. burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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George Kinzer Tracy
Minden
Tyree
Oak Hill
Houston Hall
High Lawn Memorial Park
Tracy
Beckley Hospital
New River and Pocahontas Coal Co
Caper
Penver Va
George and
Anna Mae Day Tracy
Minden Methodist Church
Gilda Maxine Rudd Tracy
Charles L
Beckley
Judith Lee
Hobart
Narrows
Stella Robertson
Claire Rose
Bluefield
Basil Blankenship
Leesburg
Lula Blankenship
Haymarket
Pearl Blankenship
Mae Leftwich
Belle Bailey
Lucille Billops
White Gate
Denver Stevens
Bozoo
Final rites for Charlie Moore in Rhodell at First Baptist Church
Charlie Moore 77 of Rhodell will be funeralized at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Rhodell with Rev. W. T. Strickland officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. the Johnson Funeral Parlor will transport him to the church one hour before services.
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Charlie Moore
Rhodell
First Baptist Church
W. T. Strickland
Greenwood Memorial Park
Moore
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Final rites for Jessie Graham Killen at Princeton
Jessie G Killen 49 of Cleveland Ohio previously of Princeton and Oak Hill will receive final rites at 2 p m Saturday in the George W Seaver Chapel Princeton Burial will follow at Roselawn Gardens Princeton Killen died Tuesday afternoon when crushed while working on a tractor trailer He operated Mobil Lubrication and Mechanical Services in Cleveland.
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Jessie Graham Killen
Cleveland
Ohio
Princeton
Oak Hill
George W. Seaver
Roselawn Gardens
Killen
Mobil Lubrication
RNS
Funeral Rites Planned for Mrs Bessie E Cooper
Mrs. Bessie E Cooper 74 of 100 Grove Ave will be laid to rest at 2 30 p m Saturday in the Caffee Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Dr Kenneth Swank officiating Burial will be at an unspecified location She died Thursday at 5 15 p m in a Beckley nursing home A Crab Orchard native born October 28 1890 she lived in Raleigh County most her life She belonged to First Baptist Church Pembroke Baptist Church Hollywood Fla Missionary Society and Ann Rose Bible Class Survived by her mother Mrs Emmadora Gravely Shady Spring two daughters Mrs Clyde Daphne Law Beckley and Mrs C R Agnes Lowe Durham N C a sister Mrs Lena R Skaggs Shady Spring three grandchildren and two great grandchildren Preceded in death by husband E W Cooper in 1949 Body at Caffee Funeral Home after 5 p m today
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Bessie E. Cooper
Grove Ave
Caffee Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
Kenneth Swank
Sunset Memorial Park
Cooper
Beckley Nursing Home
Crab Orchard
Raleigh County
First Baptist Church
Pembroke Baptist Church
Hollywood
Fla
The
Missionary Society
Ann Rose
Emmadora Gravely
Shady Spring
Clyde Daphne Law
Beckley
C. R. Agnes Lowe
Durham
N. C
Lena R. Skaggs
Moore Solo Vote Against AEC Reactor Plan
The House passed a 2.5 billion AEC authorization by 350 to 1 to push for better naval and private reactors. Rep. Moore, R‑W Va, opposed after failing to strike 91.5 million for a California seed-blanket reactor seen as state controlled. he urged delay for review. The committee trimmed 35.2 million but added 3.1 million for advanced ship reactors.
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Washington
UPI
House
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Arch A. Moore
R-W. Va
California
Iscienes
Moore
Congress
Funeral service for Nancy J Harris at Ebenezer Baptist Church
Nancy J Harris 92 of Totten Street dies after long illness in local hospital. Service at 2 p m Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev Corey Mitchell officiating. Burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Body at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home. viewing Saturday after noon.
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Nancy Jane Harris
Totten Street
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey
Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Harris
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Quotes From Nations Pressed on End-year Spending and Civil Rights
United Press International reports President Johnson dismissing June buying as unnecessary urging unused appropriation balances to return to the Treasury. William A. Hightower, 86, freed after 43 years for murdering a priest. Hubert H. Humphrey vows to sue to desegregate Southern schools regardless of federal aid. Bishop Gerald Kennedy calls for Christian unity as the path to world unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Washington
Johnson
Treasury
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Death Notice for Harry G. Sweeney in Beckley Hospital
Harry G. Sweeney 58 of Bradley died at 4 30 am today in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Mount Hope.
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Harry G. Sweeney
Bradley
Beckley
Tyree
Mount Hope
St Albans Opens Chemistry Vocational Class In West Virginia
At St Albans High School the Kanawha County Board of Education launched a two year and one summer chemistry technology program for scientifically inclined students not planning college. Selected youths 16 and older receive lab technician and science support training using $25,000 to $30,000 of equipment funded half by a federal grant and aided by local industry. An industry advisory committee guides the program.
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ST. Albans
VPI
Kanawha County Board of Education
West Virginia
St. Albans High School
Hazen Ayres
Ayres
Project Fire Countdown For Cape Kennedy Flight
The countdown began for a third attempt to launch a 200 pound Project Fire spacecraft on a 500 mile hop to study reentry heat. Weather over the South Atlantic threatened a postponement as the launch window opened.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
South Atlantic
Cape
Earth
Viet Nam War Update From Saigon Airport Scene
Reports say communist vessels south of Hanoi suffered heavy damage as pilots completed a mission and returned to Midway. Saigon airport was on high alert with military police inspecting entrants and private cars searched at the gates. In Saigon, three suspected plotters were escorted away at gunpoint from a print shop near United Press International. Col Pham Ngoc Thao, linked to the February coup, was reportedly being hunted. he and Brig Gen Lam Van Phat were sentenced to death in absentia.
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Munist
Hanoi
Saigon
United Press International
Pham Ngoc Thao
Thao
Lam van Phat
West Virginia Map Highlights Tourism Theme
Charleston UPI The 1965 West Virginia official state highway map was released with a tourism focus. It proclaims West Virginia Year Round Vacationland and features 25 color photos of attractions, a special events section, roadside parks, and the Interstate system. The SRC notes the map side shows up to date route data and mileage from recent revisions, plus park accommodations and activities in table form.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Road Commission
SRC Advanced Planning Division
First Atom Ship Ready For Commercial Service
The NS Savannah, world's first nuclear merchant ship, will begin regular commercial service this summer carrying freight only. Officials say passenger cruises are years away and nuclear powered merchant ships will remain rare. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines will operate the $55 million vessel between U S East Coast ports and European and Mediterranean countries under a Maritime Administration agreement.
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Washington
APS
NS Savannah
Savannah
Maritime Administration
American Export Isbrandtsen Lines
U.S
U.S. Readies Forces for South Vietnam Contingency
United States moves to secure and enlarge strategic port and air base locations in South Vietnam. Marines and Army paratroops guard Da Nang Hue and Chulai Bien Hoa as a preliminary perimeter. Officials say aim is to deter Viet Cong attacks and prepare for possible large scale ground involvement.
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Stewart Hensley
Washington
UPI
United States
South Viet Nam
U. S
Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Hue
Chulai
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Pentagon
South
Eisenhower Calls Juggernaut Government Harmful to Business
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told business leaders at the National Industrial Conference Board meeting that the federal government has become a swelling juggernaut, expanding civilian payrolls 400 percent in 34 years while population rose 6 percent. He warned that government competition with private industry constricts opportunities, erodes tax revenues, and intrudes where not needed.
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New York
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
National Industrial Conference Board, Inc
Marines kill two Viet Cong near Le My village
Ambush unarmed. The spokesman said two Viet Cong were killed by Marines Thursday when found hiding under a house in Le My village. Lt. Gen. Victor Krulak visited Le My Wednesday as Marines maintain two companies on the village outskirts. A Vietnamese army company is present inside Le My, but the area remains a government thorn.
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le My
U. S
Pacific
Victor Krulak
Kremlin Tass Statement Signals Sour Turn in United States Ties
A Tass statement, carried as official Kremlin rhetoric, warned against foreign interference in independent states and ending tensions with the Soviet Union. Diplomatic observers saw a renewed chill in Soviet American relations, recalling the Cuban crisis era. The piece repeatedly named President Johnson, marking a pointed personal attack amid fading prospects for high level engagement.
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Kremlin
Soviet Union
Johnson
Tass
Dominican leader denies key allegations in shooting case
The Dominican described as facing possible misunderstandings denied several charges including Caamano's claim that U S Marines started the shooting that killed rebel Lt. Col. Rafael Fernandez Dominguez. Fernandez was among five rebels killed in an unsuccessful attack on the junta-held Dominican White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caamano
U. S
Rafael Fernandez Dominguez
Fernandez
White House
Subcommittee Debates Progress Under Federal Water Pollution Law
Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds closed briefing by Secretary Dean Rusk on the Dominican Republic crisis. U.S. forces occupy parts of Santo Domingo as 22,000 troops aid the rebellion-torn capital. Congress and rivers end on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
U S Aid Delivers Flour Milk Oil to Serbia Flood Relief
The United States has supplied 305 tons of flour milk and vegetable oil for flood relief in Belgrade Serbia according to Yugoslav news agency Tanjug UPI reported the aid delivery to flood victims is part of ongoing international assistance efforts.
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U.S
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
United States
Serbia
Tanjdg
Ku Klux Klan leader predicts remaining power in Alabama
In Birmingham Robert Creel grand dragon of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan says the organization will stay strong in the state after quitting his steel plant job to focus on recruitment. He predicts that in the future every white man will be in the Klan. In Bogalusa Louisiana a white youth gang attacked a photographer near a park where an integration attempt was planned but the Negroes did not appear. About 350 whites gathered at the park entrance. In Washington the Senate adopted by 48 to 19 a voting rights bill amendment allowing Puerto Ricans with eighth grade education to vote regardless of English ability.
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Birmingham
Ala
Robert Creel
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Creel
Bogalusa
Washington
The
Senate
Colombia Protests Spread After Student Clashes
In Medellin protests began eleven days ago as police clashed with students opposing U S troop landings in the Dominican Republic. Demonstrations widened to Bogota, centered at the National University and the Free University. Twelve Free University students were injured, two seriously, twenty arrested. a police detective was taken hostage and later demanded release of arrested students. Nine police injured in the fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medellin
U.S
Dominican Republic
University of Antiquitn
Bogota
National University
Free University
San Carlos Palace
The
Cesar Saladar Arrango
Rev Gordon L Corbett Named ARH Trustee
Lexington Ky Rev Gordon L Corbett a Presbyterian Church executive in Lexington has been elected to the Appalachian Regional Hospitals board of trustees. ARH operates ten non profit community hospitals in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia increasing trustees to 29 from seven states. Corbett 44 native Wakefield Massachusetts is executive of the Synod of Kentucky and previously pastored in Connecticut and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Gordon L. Corbett
Presbyterian Church
Appalachian Regional Hospitals
ARH
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Garvice D. Kincaid
Corbett
Cobett
Wakefield
Mass
Synod of Kentucky
United Presbyterian Church
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Presbyterians
Joe’s Dairy Queen
Stanaford Rd
Daniels Dairy Queen
Daniels
Dairy Queen
Lucy P. Egnor
Mrs. Sarah Worthy
Edward Derringer
Millie A. Rogers
George K. Tracy
Jessie G. Killen
Nancy J. Harris
Methodist
Gerald Kennedy
Church
Project Fire
W. Va
First Atom
Colombia
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