Beckley Council Names and Local Q&A Guide
Readers ask about Beckley city council members and local ordinances. The list includes Avrel Ellison Ward V Tom Crews Ward IV A A Ross Ward III John H McCulloch Ward II E Melton Ward I J B Larrick at large and Dr Charles Merritt at large, with Crews filling a vacancy. Other Qs cover BB gun legality, Hank Aaron, election checks, Empire State Building height, magazine donations, Richard Petty's 1966 World 600 car, and city burn bans.
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A. Avrel
al) Ellison
T. M
Tom) Crews
A. A
Buck) Ross
John H. McCulloch
E. Melton
Syd) Larrick
Charles Merritt
Crews
C. FE
Chuck) Parsons
High School Geniuses Form LSD Lab and Bomb Plot
Police say Broward County teens burglarized chemicals and textbooks to build a laboratory for manufacturing LSD and to fund a proposed bank robbery with dynamite. Three youths arrested on breaking and entering. at least eight more involved. two Nova High School graduates described as “laboratory geniuses” and college scholars.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
UPI
William McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Broward County
Einstein
Herb Pugmire
Deerfield Beach
Norman Allen
Pompano Beach
Hugo Duras
Nova
Kidnap Hearing Set for Huntington Man
Huntington man James E. Bright 26, a State Road Commission employee, charged with the kidnapping of 19 year old Joyce Bennett of Cincinnati. Preliminary hearing scheduled for June 3. Police said Bright, separated from his wife, had dated Bennett during the eight months she lived in Huntington.
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Huntington
UPS
Cincinnati
James E. Bright
State Road Commission
Joyce Bennett
Partly Cloudy Beckley and Vicinity Forecast Today
Partly cloudy through tomorrow with a high of 81 today and a low tonight of 55. Temperature should remain near 80 tomorrow. Airport conditions show 79 high and 55 low in the last 24 hours with light NE wind. River gauges Greenbrier and Lake Greenbrier show normal, clear conditions. Hinton gauge at 2.2 ft. Today's extremes include 106 in Blythe California and 38 in Hibbing Minnesota.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Blythe
Calif
Hibbing
Minn
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Butte
Moa
West Virginia Youths Die In Arizona Crash
Two Wheeling, West Virginia youths died in a two car crash on U S 66 west of Joseph City Arizona on Wednesday while en route to California. Theodore LeMasters 18 and David Warren 18 were killed. Crete LeMasters 18, brother of one victim, was seriously injured with unknown injuries. The crash occurred after Theodore apparently fell asleep at the wheel and awoke to avert loss of control but the car veered into oncoming traffic and collided with another vehicle. Occupants of the other car were not seriously injured.
USIS library set ablaze in Hue as police stand by
A mob of about 1,000 students burned the U.S. Information Service library and two story cultural center in Hue while police and fire trucks watched. Viet Nam officials and U.S. envoys condemned the attack as anti-American interference surges. Consulate staff evacuated and threat of broader actions loomed.
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Hub
Viet Nam
UPI
Johnson
U.S. Information Service
Cultural Center
U.S
James Bullington
Bullington
Hue University Science
da Nang
Albert Ball
USIS
Hue
Ball
Nguyen van Dien
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Tom Corcoran
United States
Guerrilla Attack Kills 27 in South Vietnam Camp
Communist guerrillas struck Camp Plei Djerong 227 miles northeast of Saigon, killing 27 women and children and wounding 28 others with 81 mm mortars. A US Phantom-bomber reportedly destroyed itself after bombing a target near Qui Nhon. B52s bombed other Red positions, while bridges near Dong Hoi in North Vietnam were knocked down.
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Saigon
APS
Plei Djerong
Qui Nhon
South
Viet Nam
Vietnam War Troop Buildup Seen As Certain
Washington reports indicate a definite increase in the Vietnam War troop buildup, with Gen Maxwell Taylor suggesting a final U S commitment around 400000 men. Current Pentagon figures place troops in Vietnam at 255000, while the planned addition of 453000 would have been a ceiling.
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Washington
UPS
Viet Nam
Maxwell "Taylor
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
Johnson
Army
Marine Corps
U S Plan To Ease NATO Tensions By Long Term Program
Washington reports the United States will propose a NATO long term program to ease tensions between Western Europe and the Soviet bloc. Secretary of State Rusk will unveil the plan at the June 7 NATO council meeting in Brussels amid France’s withdrawal. President Johnson is linked to shaping the idea of a more positive NATO image.
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Washington
UPI
United States
NATO Alliance
Europe
Dean Rusk
Brussels
NATO Council
France
NATO
Johnson
Moscow
Dean Acheson
Relative Finds Body in Ohio River at Pike Island Locks
A relative located the body of Joseph Rush, 44, of Valley Grove Ohio County, in the Ohio River at Wheeling. Rush had fallen into the river last weekend while operating a dredge at a construction site near Pike Island Locks and Dam. The body was found near the shore.
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Wheeling
UPI
Joseph Rush
Valley Grove
Ohio County
Ohio River
Rush
Pike Island Locks
Astronauts test Gemini 9 setup amid flight checks
Wire dispatches report Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan undergoing a day long sequence of mock flight tests to clear the way for a Gemini 9 rerun next Tuesday. An Air Force Atlas D ICBM was launched on the West test range in a combat ready display. The Roman Catholic Church gave final approval for Catholics to use the same Bible as Protestants. Parliament moved to grant emergency powers to address Britain's maritime strike. Mrs John F Kennedy and her children plan a Pacific vacation to Hawaii next month. Charlotte Ford Niarchos gave birth to a seven pound one ounce girl Wednesday.
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Thomas Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Air Force
West Test
Britain
Caroline
John Jr
Hawaii
Pacific
Charlotte Ford Niarchos
Stavros S. Niarchos
Thompson chosen as first lay stated clerk in century
The 178th Presbyterian General Assembly elected William P. Thompson as stated clerk, the first layman to hold the top post in the U S A this century. A Standard Oil executive praised Parkersburg as a dynamic hub and predicted interstate travel growth to southern states. Rep Emanuel Celler forecast swift approval of Johnson administration civil rights proposals including open housing. The White House said proposed campaign finance liberalization would allow candidates to rely on many contributors. A Kanawha County grand jury urged extending conflict of interest laws beyond government.
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178Th Presbyterian General Assembly
William P. Thompson
U.S.A
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Parkersburg
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Judiciary
Johnson
White House
Congress
Harris B. McDowell Jr
D-Del
da Nang
Kanawha County
Camera To Scan Moon's Surface
America's first Surveyor spacecraft heads for a 63 hour lunar flight with a television camera to see if its legs sink into the surface and to scan the landscape after a potential touchdown. The instrument aims to aid Apollo site selection while comparing to Luna 9 reports of a hard rocky surface.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
America
Surveyor
U.S. Space Agency
Project Apollo
Russia
Surveyor T
Lifelong Beckleyan Lucian H. Davis Dies at 8 0
Lucian Hereford Davis 80 of 201 Wickham Ave Beckley died after a long illness at a local hospital. Born December 24 1880 in a Main Street cottage that served as Civil War Union headquarters his father served as Raleigh County official. He became town recorder and mayor 1910 1911 guiding Beckley through early street paving while wooden sidewalks gave way to mud. Davis held roles in two banks and spent 31 years with Beaver Coal Corp retiring 1950.
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Lucian Hereford Davis
Wickham Ave
Mr. Davis
Davis
Main St
Martha Jarrell Davis
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
The
United States
Jan Campbell
Lucian Davis
John F. Davis
Raleigh County
Beckley
Beaver Coal Corporation
Increase Seen For Medicare Increase Seen For Medicare
State welfare department to add 3 dollars monthly to welfare checks to fund the first 3 dollar Medicare insurance fee due in June for July benefits. Commissioner L L Vincent notes enforcement via social worker checks on enrollment and receipts. About 13,400 seniors receive welfare under old age program, representing 96 percent of aged aid recipients.
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Charleston
UPI
State Department of Welfare
L. L. Vincent
Siamese Twins Born In Charlotte West Carolina
Charlotte Memorial Hospital announced the birth of twins weighing eight pounds ten ounces each. The boys are joined at the chest and abdomen and are breathing normally with normal pulse. Names are withheld. Such births occur about once in 100000 and the twins will undergo tests to assess shared organs.
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Charlotte, N.C
Upi
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
State May Be In Black At End Of Fiscal Year
West Virginia may close the 1965-66 fiscal year in the black, ending June 30, with general revenue collections near 179.8 million and already 95 percent collected. Higher than expected horse track income could push totals beyond estimates, Finance Commissioner Truman Gore said.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Truman Gore
Gore
Practical Joke Leaves Expert Tired Of Peas
Burton England. Franke Bales, 65, Britain's pea expert, retired to avoid any peas again but a prank sprouted in his garden. Friends drove over 100 miles to plant peas in rose beds and patches. He says he has pulled up thousands yet believes he has eradicated them now.
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Burton
England
UPI
Franke Bales
Bales
Britain
Bates
Editorial Calls For Another Vote In Beckley Strike
The piece urges a fresh vote amid the Beckley Manufacturing dispute. It highlights community stakes, aims for a swift settlement, and questions whether renewed worker input could alter the course, noting dissatisfaction on both sides and potential impact on orders and employment.
No Settlement In Sight Walkout At BMC Enters 16th Day
Beckley Manufacturing Corporation faced a 16th day of strike as talks stalled. Local Union 2011 IBEW planned a 2 pm meeting at Beckley Hotel, with no current negotiations scheduled. Union officials said the company’s final offer was rejected and no new proposal has been issued. The firm plans shifting one product line to another area outside West Virginia, with return contingent on worker actions.
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Beckley Manufacturing Company
Beckley Manufacturing Corporation
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
Beckley Hotel
Eva M. Sinozich
Sinozich
West Virginia
P. J. Brady
France to test H bomb early in 1968
Paris reports France expects to explode its first H bomb early in 1968. Despite U.S. refusals to export late model computers, French atomic energy circles say Pierrelatte will be in operation next spring to produce highly enriched uranium for an H bomb trigger.
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Paris
UPI
France
U.S
Atomic Energy
Pierrelatte
US S
Guyana Proclaims Independence in Ceremonial Transfer
Thousands celebrate as Guyana ends British rule at midnight. Duke of Kent delivers letters of patent to Premier Forbes Burnham completing independence. Burnham’s first act is to free four political opponents, signaling new regime changes.
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Georgetown
Guyana
UPI
Legislative Assembly
Latin America
Queen Elizabeth II Park
Duke of Kent
Elizabeth II
Forbes Burnham
Burnham
People’s National Congress Party
Wanted male 25 to apply for permanent position
Classified notice seeking a male applicant aged 25 for a permanent office position. No further details provided due to poor OCR. Contact number partially legible as 252647? for application.
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