U.S. Plans 1.6 Million Wall Demolition to Seek Bugs
State Department seeks 1.6 million to demolish interiors of embassies in 15 capitals with Seabees and counteraudio teams to uncover hidden microphones. The policy follows the Moscow embassy bug discovery and Warsaw’s interior tearout of 30 rooms revealing a microphone network.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
U. S
House
Department
Moscow
G. Marvin Gentile
Subcommittee
Warsaw
Visiting Judge To Decide Who'll Represent Ruby
A visiting judge from Montague Texas will decide who should represent Jack Ruby at future proceedings. Dist Judge Louis T. Holland will replace Judge Joe B. Brown who sentenced Ruby to death. Attorneys from multiple states seek to file four motions including venue change and pre trial/sanity hearings. The Ruby family authorized Eva L. Grant to pick counsel and oppose Brown for the sanity hearing.
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Dallas
UPI
Jack Ruby
Dist
Louis T. Holland
Montague
Tex
Joe B. Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Holland
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Austin
Jasper
Brown
Eva L. Grant
Jack
Joe Tonnhill
WVU appoints UK professor as Physiology chair
West Virginia University Medical Center appoints Michael F. Wilson as chairman of the Depart ment of Physiology. Wilson, associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, is a WVU graduate and earned his M D from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Lexington
UPT
Michael F. Wilson
West Virginia University Medical Center
University of Kentucky
Wilson
UK College of Medicine
West Virginia University
University of Pennsylvania
Bogalusa Desegregation Move Pledged by Mayor
In Bogalusa Louisiana Mayor Jesse Cutrer declared on a radio broadcast that city facilities would be desegregated and ordinances requiring segregation repealed. He said a police oversight board would be formed to handle complaints and enforce equal protection. Workers planned a park test at Cassidy Park with tense past confrontations cited. A CORE affiliate leader said a meeting would map out next steps for full tests of the pledge.
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Bogalusa
UPI
Jesse Cutrer
Cutrer
Commission Council
Cutter
Cassidy Park
A. Z. Young
Bogalusa Civic and Voters League
Congress of Racial Equality
Core
Presbyterians Face Racism Issue At General Assembly
At the 77th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, racism dominates as commissioners near a vote to endorse a statement condemning racism and urging repeal of bans on interracial marriage. Prominent leaders urged unity and joint action while four petitions sought desegregated housing investment and church witness beyond doctrinal ties. The assembly also debated a new confession of faith, with a key vote scheduled for Tuesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
77Th General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Robert W. Spike
New York
National Council of Churches’ Commission On Religion and Race
Spike
Gayraund S. Wilmore Jr
Princeton
N.J
Commission On Religion and
Lehigh
Pittsburgh
Northumberland
Pennsylvania
Presbytery
Birmingham
Ala
United Presbyterians
National Council of Churches
Assembly
William T. Strong
Los Angeles
No Virginia Dance Sparks Debate Over Frugality Claim
A lighthearted line from a conversation about a dance routine sparks a note that frugality is not connected to the turn. The remark highlights a playful misunderstanding in social chatter.
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Virginia
Williams Emery Oscar obituary from East Liverpool list
Funeral services for Emery Oscar Williams 78 formerly of Summerlee will be held Tuesday at Martin Funeral Home Chapel East Liverpool burial follows in Calcutta United Presbyterian Church Cemetery He survived by wife Blanche M Williams four sons two daughters a sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren Born October 22 1886 in Webster County Williams worked for New River Coal Co at Summerlee He was a Bethel Baptist Church member and former Local 6408 UMWA member.
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Emery Oscar Williams
East Liverpool
Ohio
Summerlee
Martin Funeral Home
Calcutta United Presbyterian Church
Williams
New River Coal Co
Irene Echols
Webster County
Hugh and
Lucinda Keener Williams
Bethel Baptist Church
UMWA
Blanche M. Williams
Richmond
Virgil L
Arlington
John L
Clarence T
James H
Loretta Renick
Beatrice Propps
Marie Sanderson
East
Liverpool
Edward H Barber services set for lifelong Lynco resident
Edward Hugh Barber 65 of Lynco dies Saturday in a Welch hospital from a heart condition. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lillyhaven Baptist Church with Rev. Wirt Hatfield and Rev. Ronald Baldwin. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley. Survived by wife Lettie Dixon Barber, six sons Robert in Ohio, Donnie in South Carolina, Billie in Virginia, Franklin in Baileysville, Roger and Darrell in Lynco. three daughters Josephine Kinser, Maxine Hughes, Janice Blankenship. two sisters Goldie Barber and Antha Harvey. 25 grandchildren. Body to Evans Funeral Home Oceans.
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Edward Hugh Barber
Lynco
Lillyhaven Baptist Church
Wirt Hatfield
Ronald Baldwin
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Barber
Welch Hospital
Oceana
Antha Harvey
Evans Funeral Home
Oceans
Ada Sexton Rites Incomplete Funeral Plans For 51
Mrs Ada Thelma Sexton 51 of Quinwood died Sunday in a Roanoke hospital after a two year illness She was a member of Marfrance Church of God Born November 11 1913 at Robson daughter of Charlie Reese Winston and Hattie Burgess Reese Survivors include three daughters Joyce Childers Quinwood Mrs Edward Ingram Deepwater Mrs Charles Bragg Oak Hill four sons Glen and Ralph Cridersville Vernon Lima and Arthur Seat Pleasant four brothers Clarence Deepwater Darrell Bobby and Herbert Reese all of Oak Hill 26 grandchildren seven great grandchildren Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle
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Ada Thelma Sexton
Ralph
Cridersville
Ohio
Vernon
Lima
Arthur
Seat Pleasant
Clarence
Deepwater
Darrell
Bobby
Herbert Reese
Oak Hill
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Rites for Sarah Worthy and Dews Held in Local Churches
Funeral rites feature multiple local church services for Sarah Worthy 62 of Stanaford and Daniel Dews 65 of Page. Worthy dies after long illness. services at St John Holiness Church and Greenwood Memorial Park burial. Dews, a WWI veteran and former miner, buried at Page Cemetery after service at Page Tabernacle Baptist Church. Survivors listed for Dews, including children and siblings. services at Greentown Parlor then church. (RNS)
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Sarah Worthy
Stanaford
St. John Holiness Church
Westmoreland St
E. M. Watts
Lester Goforth
W. M. Neal
Greenwood Memorial Park
Daniel Dews
Page
Page Tabernacle Baptist Church
Ernest Sykes
Dews
Odella Woody
New York City
Neal
Baltimore
Mary Singleton
St. Albans
Luther
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Greentown
Final rites for Mrs Minnie Brown Weaver in Oak Hill
Mrs Minnie Brown Weaver 83 of Oak Hill dies after long illness in local hospital. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at Jones Avenue Church of God Oak Hill with Rev Phillip Hoosier and Rev John Wint ers in charge. Burial Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Survived by sons Cecil Pete Weaver and Eugene Russell both of Oak Hill a daughter Nora Kathryn Albert Blacksburg VA two sisters Mrs Willie Alexander and Mrs Sue Zink Oak Hill a half sister Mrs Mattie Johnson Greenville seven grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. Body at Ro ere Funeral Home Oak Hill after 5 p m today. nephews to pallbear.
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Minnie Brown Weaver
Oak Hill
Jones Avenue Church of God
Phillip Hoosier
John S. Winters
Beckley
Y Lawn Memorial Park
Oak
John A
Nannie Thompson Brown
Eli P. Weaver
Sam Brown
Bozo
Willie Alexander
Sue Zink
Mattie Johnson
Greenville
Cecil P
Pete) Weaver
Eugene Russell
Nora Kathryn Albert
Blacksburg
Roree Funeral Home
Lonnie Moorehead Rites Pending For Port Washington Native
Lonnie Franklin Moorehead 25 of Port Washington Wisconsin died at 1 a m Sunday from injuries in an auto accident. He worked as a trucking supervisor for Freeman Chemical Co and was born April 24 1940 in McDowell County. Surviving are his wife Margaret, two children Brian David and Barbara Ann at home, his parents John Moorehead Arnett and Thelma Meadows Moorehead Steubenville, Ohio, a brother James E Arnett, four half brothers Roy Moorehead Steubenville Dale Price Cincinnati Arnold and Robert Moorehead Chicago, three sisters Isabel McAbier Arnett Ed Milewsky Steubenville and Alberta Moorehead. Body to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Franklin Moorehead
Port Washington
Wis
Arnett
Moorehead
Freeman Chemical Company
McDowell County
John Moorehead
Thelma Meadows Moorehead
Steubenville
Ohio
Margaret Sanpont Moorehead
Brian David
Barbara Ann
James E
Roy Moorehead
Dale Price
Cincinnati
Arnold
Robert Moorehead
Chicago
Charles
Isabel) McAbier
Stella) Milewsky
Alberta Moorehead
Funeral for infant Cora Marie Gales in Besoco
Funeral services for five day old Cora Marie Gales daughter of Felix and Ester Lilly Gales of Besoco will be held at 1 p m on Tuesday at the home of the maternal in Besoco local authorities said.
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Cora Marie Gales
Felix and
Ester Lilly Gales
Besoco
Minnie Sue Walton Services Set in Oak Hill Church
Funeral services for Minnie Sue Walton nine will be held at 1 pm Tuesday at the Central Avenue Church of God in Oak Hill with Rev Huston Hall in charge Burial will follow in Bible Cemetery Route 1 Fayetteville The child died Saturday morning after a long illness She attended fourth grade at Oak Hill Grade School
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Minnie Sue Walton
Oak Hill
Central Avenue Church of God
Huston Hall
Bible
Route 1
Fayetteville
Senate Nears Cloture Vote On Voting Rights Bill
Senate inches toward a cloture vote to end debate on the voting rights bill. A cloture petition filed Friday sets a Tuesday vote with one hour per senator, aiming for final action by next week. The measure would outlaw discriminatory registration practices and provide federal oversight to protect Negroes voting rights.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
House
Bombs Found At Armory And Barracks Entrance
The second bomb was discovered at the fusiliers des Montreals armory under a cannon at the army barracks entrance. The Montreal bomb squad rushed in with special equipment to defuse the device. Most bettors agreed it was fun anyway.
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Fusiliers Des Montreals
Army Barracks
Montreal
Skyle Morris Dies After Long Illness in Huntington
Skyle Morris 57 of Eccles died Sunday evening in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. The body is at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Skyle Morris
Eccles
Huntington
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Death Notice for Everette Lewis in Piney View
Everette Lewis, 61, of Piney View, died at 4 a.m. today at his home. The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Everette Lewis
Piney View
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Dominican Crisis Sees Peace Efforts Amid Gunfire at Power Plant
The Army reported rebel units fired tear gas at U S troops near a checkpoint and later opened fire at a power plant, with troops returning fire. Imbert demanded progress toward peace in a 20 minute radio address while Washington weighs a partial Marine withdrawal and OAS mediated political solution. قوية
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U.S
Imbert
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
United States
OAS
Antonio Guzman Silvestre
Guzman
Kennedy and Johnson seen in Boston Austin contrast
Helen Thomas of UPI compares Kennedy and Johnson styles calling the difference like Boston versus Austin. She notes Texas influence on Washington and Johnson’s power and persuasiveness, while Kennedy is praised for vision and inspiration. Mrs Johnson is praised for her advocacy of the anti poverty program and national beautification efforts.
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Worcester
Mass
UPI
Kennedy
Johnson
Boston
Austin
Helen Thomas
United Press International
White House
Miss Thomas
Massachusetts
Texas
Washington
LBJ
Congress
Roosevelt
Foreign Aid Battle Opens In Congress
The administration’s annual foreign aid battle opens on the House floor with a predicted showdown over policy rather than money. Johnson’s proposed 3.36 billion dollar authorization bill faces a Tuesday vote, likely near the President’s request, while the Senate seeks a 1967 plan. Other items include right to work, shipyard retention, urban renewal probes, Congress reorganization, and a cloture vote on Negro voting rights.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
W. Willard Wirtz
House Labor
New Hampshire
Portsmouth, N.H. Naval Shipyard
James C. Cleveland
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Portsmouth
National Association of Manufacturers
Association
Senate
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Joint Committee On
Congress
Congressional Committee
Clay Refuses Fear Talk In Lewiston Comments
In Lewiston Maine Cassius Clay dismisses scare rhetoric saying he is not afraid of anyone or any weapons. In Moscow Pravda reiterates the Soviet pledge to boost military aid to North Vietnam warning against appeasement and likening it to Munich as part of wider anti imperialist stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Maine
Cassius Clay
Moscow
Soviet Union
Pravda
Viet Nam
Queen Elizabeth II Tours Stuttgart In Grand Welcome
In Stuttgart Elizabeth II and Prince Philip rode through crowded streets on an open limousine from Salem on Lake Constance. Crowds cheered as the queen greeted well wishers from a restaurant atop the 693 foot Stuttgart television tower. The monarch smiled and waved while locals filled the Neckar Valley streets.
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Stuttgart
George V
Britain
Germany
Prince Philip
Elizabeth
Bluefield Blaze Kills Two In House Fire
A two story frame home in Bluefield burned Sunday, killing Carl Lucas 56 and his 70 year old mother Jeanette Lucas. Firemen traced the blaze to a cigarette left on a sofa. A neighbor alerted authorities after seeing the fire.
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Bluefield
UPI
Carl Lucas
Jeanette Lucas
Lucas
Viet Nam air raids pound Viet Cong targets over 10 highways
U S Air Force jets and South Vietnamese planes conducted large scale missions across ten North Vietnamese highways and attacked bridges with rockets and bullpup missiles. Over the weekend waves of sorties targeted barracks bridges highways and radar stations amid heavy fighting near Saigon and An Xuyen Province.
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U.S
Saigon
Khai Trang
Thaia
Upper
An Xuyen
U Minh Forest
Marshall Bond Issue To Be Signed Today
Gov Hulett Smith was scheduled to sign a $5 million capital improvement revenue zone issue for Marshall University in New York today. His week includes an address to the Charleston Exchange Club on Thursday, the commencement at Fairmont State College Saturday morning, and a speech at the Morris Harvey Alumni Association banquet Saturday night.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett Smith
New York
Marshall University
Charleston Exchange Club
Fairmont State College
Morris Harvey Alumni Association
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