Recreation Permits Sold Here under Operation Golden Eagle
Federal recreation area entrance permits are on sale at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office in Beckley. The seven dollar wallet-size card grants access to about 7,000 areas, usable regardless of travel. Proceeds support the Land and Water Conservation Fund and state and local outdoor recreation development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Beckley
Land and Water Conservation Fund
France accuses U S of stalling NATO reform prompt pullout
Paris reports Veteran Minister Alexandre Sanguinetti said France tried to discuss NATO reform but faced silence from Washington. De Gaulle will remove French troops from NATO command July 1 while keeping NATO political membership to signal continued alliance.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
France
Alexandre Sanguinetti
de Gaulle
Washington
Aero- Club of France
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Quake Strikes Tashkent for Third Time This Month
A sharp earthquake, the third major quake in under a month, hit Tashkent causing collapsed buildings but no casualties reported by newsmen at the scene. First aid units moved into the hardest hit districts as utilities remained functioning two hours after the shocks. Tass put today's magnitude at 7 on the 12 point scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Saigon Tensions Rise Around Independence Palace and Embassy
Marines moved into Independence Palace as Thong Nhat theater protests grew. Buddhist crowds near the U.S. embassy formed a long silent column then marched to a pagoda, while police and marines blocked streets with barbed wire but took no action as tensions flared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Biv Vien Hoa Dao
Riverman Drowns As Dredge Accident Occurs in Ohio River
Dragging operations continued on the Ohio River for the body of riverman Joseph C. Preh missing since 11 p.m. Sunday. Preh, 50, of Valley Grove Ohio County, worked for Ryan Construction Co. of Janesville Wisconsin near the new Pike Island Locks and Dam when he fell from a dredge Sunday night.
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Wheeling
UPI
Ohio River
Joseph C. Preh
Valley Grove
Ohio County
Ryan Construction Co
Janesville
Wis
Pike Island
Sterilization Refuser Freed In California Case
A 21 year old mother of two, Nancy Hernandez, was freed on a writ of habeas corpus after refusing sterilization as a probation condition. She had been jailed briefly, then sentenced to six months for being in a room with marijuana. The judge reduced the term to 90 days before release pending a May 31 hearing.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Nancy Hernandez
Superior Court
C. Douglas Smith
Louis Renga
Frank P. Kearney
Renga
Kearney
Hernandez
Skyraiders Bombard Saigon Region Amid Attack Preparations
Pilot reports place Skyraider bombers 10 miles west of Saigon in potential prep for an assault on Tan Son Nhut airbase. Reds, said by U.S. spokesmen to be growing in number, dig in near the base and fire on overhead planes to disrupt surveillance. The base was mortared last month, killing eight and wounding over 100, with more than 30 aircraft destroyed or damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S. Army
Air Force
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao
U.S
Kansas HRC appoints Gladt as new director
The Kansas Commission on Civil Rights appoints Gladt of Patterson New Jersey as director succeeding McKinney who resigned in April to join the U S Human Relations Service in Washington. Gladt formerly directed New Jersey Division Against Discrimination and lectured at Rutgers University. He will interview applicants for a field representative post created by the last Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladt
Commission
McKinney
U. S. Human Relations Service
Washington
Smith
Cancer Drive in Raleigh Lagging in WV 1966 report
Perry E. Gresham reports West Virginia American Cancer Society drive results. Raleigh County has reached 6.5 percent of its $10,000 goal, totaling $652. Lewis is lower at 2.7 percent. Wyoming and Fayette counties show stronger performance with 21.6 percent and 55 percent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
West Virginia
Perry E. Gresham
Raleigh
Lewis
Wyoming
Fayette
Rights Bill Faces House Subcommittee Clash Over Property Rights
Emlen argues against any federal power to force property sale or rental to outsiders, saying consent and freedom of contract are core American values. The bill also targets jury selection, strengthens anti-racial violence laws, and aims to curb school segregation with new tools. Biemiller labels opposition myths about housing integration and cites lack of evidence that property values fall with diverse neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biemiller
House Judiciary Civil Rights Subcommittee
National Association of Real Estate Boards
The
Liberty Lobby
Rep
Armistead I. Selden Jr
D-Ala
Final rites for Mrs Gussie Branch at Glorious Church
Mrs Gussie Branch 78 of 504 Broadway East Park dies in a local nursing home. Funeral at 1 p m Wednesday in Glorious Church of God East Park with Elder L P Dillard and Elder Robert Newsome officiating. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include sister Mrs Lola Peoples and three grandchildren. Son Willie Lee died March 27. Visitation after 3 p.m. today at Trent Durgan Funeral Home. Body taken to church one hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussie Branch
Broadway St
East Park
Church of God
L. P. Dillard
Robert Newsome
Greenwood Memorial Park
Final rites set for Ruben Nesbeth Syme in Shady Spring
Ruben Nesbeth Syme 86 of Shady Spring died Monday after a three month illness. Retired coal miner, former Culpeper resident, he leaves Esther Stacup Syme. sons Thomas and Harold. daughter Margaret Thompson. six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. service Wednesday at Webb and Neal Funeral Home with Rev. L A Garten. Body at funeral home after 4 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben Nesbeth Syme
Shady Spring
Webb and
Syme
Richard
Esther Stacup Syme
Thomas
Harold
Chicago
Ill
James
Margaret) Thompson
Pittsburgh
Infant Smith dies at birth in Kopperston
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver R Smith of Kopperston died at birth in a local hospital early today The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home awaiting arrangements
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Oliver R. Smith
Kopperston
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Two West Virginia mourners die in Summers County crash
Death notices outline joint funeral plans for Lewis Carter Smith 28 of Crab Orchard and his father James Carter Smith 47 of Talcott after a two car collision on West Virginia Route 12 north of Forest Hill. James Smith, a WWII veteran and Groves Construction Co. worker, died from injuries in a Summers County hospital. Surviving family members and pallbearers are listed, along with details for Mrs. Virginia Mae Pettry’s funeral and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keyser-Bryant
Lewis Carter Smith
Crab Orchard
James Carter Smith
Talcott
W. Reece Burns
Sunset Memorial Park
Lewis Smith
W. Va
Forest Hill
Summers County
Hawley Rites Pending for Crab Orchard Man Roy Hawley
Roy W. Hawley 73 of Crab Orchard died at his home after a long illness. Born October 8 1892 in Lester he is survived by his wife Nora Ellen two sons Clifford Hawley Roy Dallas Hawley Marvin T Hawley and James Walter Hawley two daughters Ethel Marie Miser and Carol Sue Tedder twenty grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The body is at Williams Funeral Home in MacArthur awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Walter Hawley
Crab Orchard
Lester
Nora Ellen
Marvin T
Clifford Hawley
U. S. Army
Japan
Roy Dallas Hawley
California
William D
Charleston
James Walter
Englewood
N. J
Ethel Marie Miser
Glen Daniel
Carol Sue Tedder
Williams Funeral Home
MacArthur
Browning Rites Set for Clifford Dwane Browning
Clifford Dwane Browning 49 of Cyclone died Sunday in Huntington Hospital after a long illness due to a kidney ailment. Services will be Wednesday at Lacoma Baptist Church at 1 p.m. with Rev. Clyde Robertson officiating. Burial in Cyclone family cemetery. Surviving: wife Verna. four sons Glen Gary Clifford W Bradley. daughter Gail. four brothers Paul Richard Jaeger Foster. four sisters Irma Grimmett Shelby Henshaw Melba Justice Alma Trent. four grandchildren. Body from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to home at 4 p.m. today. church on-site an hour before funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mae Pettry
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
A.G. Nichols
Cook
Pipestein
Summers County
Josiah and
Abragail Worley Lilly
Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church
Beldon
Opal Lilly
Lafe
Miami
Fla
Emory
Ft. Myers
Chester
Blue Jay
Eli Lilly
Beckley
Warren McLaughlin
Frank Rakes
Larry Garten
Bill Richardson
Charles Anderson
Paul Pettry
Clifford Dwane Browning
Lacoma Baptist Church
Clyde Robertson
Browning
Huntington Hospital
Verner
Jaeger Browning
Eva Tiller Browning
Mrs Lennie Sisson Services Held In Talcott
Mrs Lennie Sisson 92 of Talcott died Monday in a Hinton hospital after a four year illness. Services at 2 p m Wednesday at Ald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton with Rev H C Price in charge. Burial in Talcott Cemetery. Survived by husband Melton L Sisson sister Sadie Miller Beckley and stepson Milton R Sisson Baltimore Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennie Sisson
Talcott
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
H. C. Price
Sisson
Jackson County
Charles Jewell
Trinity Methodist Church
Melton L. Sisson
Sadie Miller
Beckley
Milton R. Sisson
Baltimore, Md
James H Sims final rites in Oak Hill chapel
James Henry Sims aged 65 of Oak Hill will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Norman Foster officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Died Monday in a Charleston hospital. Born August 12 1900 in Clay he lived in Charles Town Maryland 12 years. Survived by brother John Sims Megadore Ohio and daughter Norma Lee Johnson Charles Town Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry Sims
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
Norman Foster
High Lawn Memorial Park
Sims
Charleston
The
Baptist Church
Clay
Charles Town
John Sims
Megadore
Ohio
Norma Lee Johnson
Charles Town, Md
Mrs Mabel Lloyd dies aged 74 in Glen Jean
Mrs Mabel Lloyd 74 of Glen Jean died Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital. Funeral was 2:30 p m today at Glen Jean Community Church with Rev Alden Meadows officiating. Burial followed in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors of Hinton led arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Lloyd
Glen Jean
Alden Meadows
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Died Today Frances Eanes at Local Hospital
Mrs Frances Eanes and Mrs Mary Frances Eanes of Grant Street died early today at a local hospital. The body rests at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Eanes
Grant Street
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Scientist Bollinger Plans New Aerospace Consulting Career
Bollinger rented a second floor office from a recording company and wrote a weekly column in the Columbus Dispatch that was syndicated nationally. He was preparing a new third floor office to launch a career as a corporate aerospace consultant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bollinger
Columbus Dispatch
Severe Storm System Moves Toward Ohio
United Press International reports a severe thunderstorm system with dozens of tornadoes moving eastward toward Ohio. Tornadoes and damaging storms hit the Southern plains to Illinois and Wisconsin, causing scattered damage, injuries, and heavy rainfall across an eight state area from Texas to Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Wisconsin
Illinois
Wolfe City
Joe Butler
Astoria
Ill
Chicago
Rockford
Freeport
Kankakee
Springfield
Cape Girardeau
Peoria
Addison
Florida
The
Coast Guard
St. Petersburg
Lakeland
Fla
Violence in Bakersfield Riots Leave City on Edge
In Bakersfield California a riot roiled the Negro section from Sunday night into Monday with Molotov cocktails and attacks on Negro youths. A school bus carrying Black children was pelted injuring some mildly while a garage, residence, and car were hit by Molotovs. Nine arrests were made as officers patrolled today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
Senate OKs 7.21 Billion Bill to Finance Treasury and White House
The Senate passed by voice vote a 7.21 billion dollar bill funding the Treasury Post Office and White House for the coming fiscal year. House-Senate talks expected to finalize differences. Net increase mainly due to federal pay raises. beer drinking age raised to 21 in D C. Sunday liquor sales possible by DC commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Treasury
Post Office
White House
House
John J. Williams
Johnson
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
District of Columbia
WVU Medical School Wins 30,000 Triple-Year Research Grant
West Virginia University School of Medicine will receive 30,000 over three years for pulmonary disease research. The West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association extended support, begun in 1960, with Jerome McDevitt of Princeton announcing the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University School of Medicine
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Association
Jerome McDevitt
Princeton
Watts youths attack police car amid inquest tensions
In Watts, Negro youths pelted a police car and two white civilians' cars with rocks as officers tried to arrest three robbery suspects. Police dispersed about 100 youths after windows were shattered and drivers cut by glass. The violence coincides with a televised coroner’s inquest into the May 7 shooting of Leonard Deadwyler by Officer Jerold M. Bova. Barbara Deadwyler, pregnant, was to testify. she said her husband rushed her to the hospital when she believed labor began.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Leonard Deadwyler
Barbara Deadwyler
Jerold M. Bova
Deadwyler
Bova
Second Wreck Victim Dies
James Carter Smith age 47 of Talcott died at Raleigh General Hospital from injuries in a two car crash on West Virginia 12 north of Forest Hill Summers County. His son Lewis Carter Smith 23 of Crab Orchard died from a severed jugular. Wife Linda Smith in fair condition. Driver William Cody 52 of Maine held on drunk driving negligent homicide and related charges. Car smith not in same vehicle. wife reportedly in a pickup after crash.
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James Carter Smith
Talcott
Raleigh General Hospital
W.va
Forest Hill
Summers County
Lewis Carter Smith
Crab Orchard
Linda Smith
Lewis Smith
William Cody
Maine
Cody
Carter Smith
Raleigh County
Cuba Vows Greater Aid to Latin Liberation Movements
SANTIAGO Cuba UPI Armed Forces Minister Raul Castro pledged to step up aid to Latin American liberation movements saying they are Yankee imperialism’s Achilles heel. He spoke at a funeral for Luiz Ramirez Lopez a sentry killed at Guantanamo.
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Santiago
Cuba
UPI
Raul Castro
Latin America
Castro
Fidel Castro
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo
Freedom
United States
Varadero
U.S
Havana
Culp Family Noted For Community Involvement
The Culp family shows steady membership growth and civic activity. Mr Culp Mrs Culp and daughter Brenda live at 244 Mercer St. They are parents of Ronnie who is married and based in Hagerstown Maryland and Terry in the US Navy medical corps stationed in Naples Italy. The family attends the Presbyterian Church and participates in local affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culp
Brenda
Mercer St
Ronnie
Hagerstown
Terry
United States Navy
Naples
Italy
Presbyterian Church
U S Finance Corp Sues Packsville Couple Over Note
The United States Finance Corp. files civil action in the Circuit Clerk's office to collect $725.82 remaining on a promissory note signed by Franklin T. Rhodes and Alice Rhodes on Dec 2, 1964 for 1176. The note planned 49 monthly payments through Dec 2, 1966 but 12 payments are in default. Don E. Jarrell of Whitesville represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Finance Corp
Franklin T
Alice Rhodes
Don E. Jarrell
Whitesville
Viet Pull-Out Idea Scorned by Johnson Aides
House Speaker John W. McCormack denounces talk of a U S pullout from Viet Nam as a destructive notion that would harm allies and embolden the enemy. President Johnson and Democratic leaders defend the war policy amid rising domestic dissatisfaction and a Harris poll showing declining popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormack
White House East Room
Labor Press Association
Johnson
Washington Post
Louis Harris
White House
Harris
Viet Nam
Primary race details across states and districts
The Democratic field includes a Primaries Legion while Republican contenders include State Sen Dewey Bartlett of Tulsa and banker John N Happy Camp of Waukomis. Kentucky voters nominated nominees for US Senate seven reapportioned congressional posts and four Court of Appeals seats. Major focus on the Fourth District race with seven Republicans and 11 Democrats seeking seats. Senator John Sherman Cooper, Republican of Kentucky, faced only token opposition for renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Dewey Bartlett
Tulsa
John N
Happy) Camp
Waukomis
Kentucky
U.S. Senate
State Court of Appeals
John Sherman Cooper
Federal Court Reduces Hawthorne's Sentences
CHN Charleston UPI A two year prison term was given to James R Hawthorne about 50 of Syracuse Ind convicted of using Western Union to transfer gambling proceeds from Indiana to Greenbrier County An appeals court reversed the original conviction and the case went to federal court for reconsideration Judge John A Field Jr ordered a reduced term noting the reversed conviction was the primary thrust of the prosecution Johnston Field Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
James R. Hawthorne
Syracuse
Ind
Western Union
Indiana
Greenbrier County
Hawthorne
Beckley
John A. Field Jr
McCormack Warns U S Will Stand With Southeast Asia Allies
Speaker John McCormack says the United States has no intention of turning its back on its allies in Southeast Asia, delivering a decisive pledge amid regional tensions. He frames Washington as committed to backing partner nations against aggression and upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
John McCormack
D-Mass
United States
Southeast Asia
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Bank of Raleigh
Kanawha Streets
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Emlen
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Ruben N. Syme
James Smith
Julian
Lloyd and
Cora Jane McClure Smith
Groves Construction Co
Bessie Waters Smith
Frond
Powelton
Hugheston
Linda Jane
Sophia High School
Mabscott
Bill Dawson
Earl Murphy
Tommy Cromer
Darrell Smith
Rod Welder
Robert
Jiggs) Shiflett
Mason Fink
Griff Allen
Walter
Pete) Waters
Bruce Jones
Earl Waters
Clifford Hall
Virginia Pettry
Roy W. Hawley
Clifford Browning
Mrs. Lennie Sisson
James H. Sims
Frances Eanes
Americas
Africa
Asia
U. S. Finance Corp
South Viet Nam
U.S. Publc
John W. McCormack
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