Johnson pledges U S support for self government in Africa
President Johnson delivers a major policy speech to African diplomats at the White House on the pursuit of self determination and racial justice worldwide. He condemns white minority rule and calls for ending apartheid and colonial regimes, citing Rhodesia, South Africa, and Angola while backing OAU anniversary efforts. The remarks link U S foreign policy to domestic human rights standards and urge restoring legitimate government in Rhodesia with inclusive governance for all its people.
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George Weeks Washington
UPI
Johnson
Africa
United States
White House
Rhodesia
Republic of South Africa
Angola
India
Philippines
Viet Nam
Pakistan
United Nations
Organization of African Unity
OAU
West Virginia colleges confer 38 honorary degrees
West Virginia colleges will award 38 honorary degrees across several campuses. Interior Secretary Stewart Udall will speak at West Virginia Wesleyan for its 75th anniversary, with other honorees including Gov. Edward Breathitt, Gov. Hulett Smith, and Sen. Jennings Randolph. Several schools list no prior recipients or with policy restrictions on announcing names.
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Charleston
UPI
Secretary of the Interior
West Virginia
Interior
Stewart Udall
West Virginia Wesleyan
Methodist School
Michigan
George Romney
Bethany College
Kentucky
Edward T. Breathitt
Marshall University
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia State Colege
Jennings Randolph
Alderson-Broaddus
James Kee
W. Va. Labor Federation
Miles Stanley
West Virginia Tech
Bluefield State
Ohio Valley
Greenbrier
Beckley
West Liberty State
Shepherd
Glenville State
Fairmont State
Potomac State
Concord College At
Athens
West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents
Davis & Elkins
Edgar W. Smith
Salem
Lawrence W. Bottoms
Atlanta
Clark Sleeth
Morgantown
WVU School of Medicine
Harold H. Viehman
Philadelphia
Morris Harvey Carl M. Frasure
WVU College of Arts and Sciences
Herbert E. Jones
Carl W. Judy
Salem Sen. Birch Bayh Jr
Indiana
Jo S. Strong
Keosauqua
Margaret A. Halstead
Kansas City
Thomas S. Haggai
High Point
N. C
Maurice Brooks
W. Va
Tech
Myles C. Stanley
Roscoe Vining
W. L. T. Crocker
Montgomery
Robert L. Kincheloe
Pittsburgh
E. Wayne Talbott
Philippi
Wayne C. Hawker
Shinnston
Wheeling College
Bela Fabian
West Virginia Wesleyan U. S
Stewart L. Udall
John T. Watson
Officials tour Raleigh County recreation complex opening soon
A visiting delegation toured Raleigh County's new $2.25 million recreation complex at Stephen's Lake. The site features marine recreation facilities, a family camping area, boating and swimming. The lake opens Saturday with fishing starting Memorial Day. the trailer park is due by late June.
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Angus Peyton
Robert R. Bowers
Commerce Department
Stephen’s Lake
Robert L. Davis
Raleigh County
M. A
Ping) Johnson
Lake Authority
Hilton official opposes wounded veterans ice show plan
Porter Parris, Hilton manager and vice president, says GIs cannot attend a Boulevard Room ice revue due to potential complaints. He cites wartime hospitality experiences and prom season crowding as reasons, proposing a private matinee for up to 600 Viet Nam veterans instead. Shields doubts veterans will accept the offer, preferring a night out. Mundelein officials recently sponsored a similar veterans trip with a welcoming Chicago Stadium ice show.
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Porter Parris
Hilton
Shields and Foss
Boulevard
Shields
Mundelein
Chicago Stadium
Javits Named Father Of Year
UPI reports Senator Jacob K. Javits was named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee at its luncheon. He lauded fatherhood as akin to good government and cited his children Joy Joshua and Carla for their support. Other winners in categories include Alan King Fess Parker Eddie Albert Tom Harmon Irving Stone and Victor Borge.
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New York
UPI
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Joy
Joshua
Carla
Alan King
Fess Parker
Eddie Albert
Tom Harmon
Irving Stone
Victor Borge
Ralph M. DiGirolamo
Tyrone
Reliance Manufacturing Co
West Virginia Plans Growth and Poverty War Partnership
Smith urged planning to avoid hap hazard growth and praised West Virginia for a far-reaching planning program. He highlighted a strong federal state local partnership to continue the war on poverty where needed and challenged Glenville graduates to serve the Mountain State and help it shine.
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Smith
West Virginia
Glenville
Weirton Youth Drowns In Weed-Choked Pond
Weirton, UP I) Bruce Alberts 15 drowned in a weed choked pond while swimming from one side to the other with three friends. A human chain formed for the rescue but one boy could not swim and had to release after grabbing the victim. Alberts was the son of Mr and Mrs George Alberts of Weirton.
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Weirton
UPI
Bruce Alberts
Alberts
George Alberts
FMC Awarded Armored Wheel Contract
FMC Corp of South Charleston West Virginia won a 1.4 million dollar Army contract to build 57 066 rubber tire wheels for armored personnel carriers. Announcement came from Senator Byrd Senator Randolph and Representative Slack all Democrats of West Virginia.
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Washington
API
FMC Corp
South Charleston
W. Va
Department of the Army
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
John Slack
D-W. Va
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and North Carolina
Obituary notices report Henry E Meadows 74 of Rho dell died after long illness in Salem Virginia hospital. Christina McDonald 89 a Greenbrier waitress died in Clifton Forge Virginia hospital after illness. Myriel Rucker and Ell Estell Joyce and others noted with multiple relatives in Stuart and Mount Airy. C A Sandy Miller 81 of Bradley dies after short illness. services set at First Baptist Bradley. Burial in Prosperity family cemetery. Survivors include children Gene and June Ferguson and two grandchildren. Funeral details listed with calling hours and pallbearers.
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Christina McDonald
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Clifton Forge
Miss McDonald
Ireland
Church of St. Charles Borromeo
Eugene A. Schmitt
Mount Loretto
Shanklin
Myriel Rucker
Estell Joyce
Elanor Joyce
Stuart, Va
Emma Joyce
Louella Valentine
Mount Airy
N. C
Annice Joyce
Katie Taylor
Chicago, Ill
Henry
Bluefield
William
Stuart
C.A
Sandy) Miller
Bradley
First Baptist Church
Jack Logan
Prosperity
Staunton
Frederick and
Elizabeth Miller
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Brotherhood of Railroad
Gene
Beckley
Clyde
June
Funeral for Willie C. Brown at New Hope Baptist Church
Willie C. Brown, 70, of 309 Gregory Street, dies at 5 a.m. Thursday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. David Powell and Rev. Charlie Whitted presiding. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Friends may call at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor after 1 p.m. Saturday.
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Willie C. Brown
Gregory St
New Hope Baptist Church
David Powell
Charlie Whitted
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Louis Blankenbeckler
Louis Blankenbeckler of Miami Florida formerly Beckley was found dead in his yard at 1 p.m. Thursday with cause of death undetermined. He was son of D N Blankenbeckler of Sweeneyburg and the late Mattie Lee Blankenbeckler. Survived by brother Robert and sister Mrs Betty Mitchem of Sweeneyburg. Body being returned to Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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Louis Blankenbeckler
Miami
Fla
Beckley
D. N. Blankenbeckler
Sweeneyburg
Mattie Lee Blankenbeckler
Robert
Betty Mitchem
Webb and Neal
William F. Stroud Rites Held in Oak Hill
William F. Stroud 84 of Oak Hill died Wednesday in an Oak Hill nursing home after a stroke. Services are at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Lewis Meadows. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors: two sons Elbert R. Stroud of Fort Lauderdale Florida and Wilbur L. Stroud of Roanoke Virginia. a brother Asa F. Stroud of Columbus Ohio. one grandson. Born August 12 1881 in Fayette County. Former businessman and Boyd Memorial Christian Church member.
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William F. Stroud
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
Lewis Meadows
High Lawn Memorial Park
Stroud
Mount Hope
Fayette County
Boyd Memorial Christian Church
Elbert R
Ellis Meador Funeral Arrangements Noted
Ellis Meador 75 of Spanishburg died at 9 30 a m Thursday in a Beckley hospital. Born October 7 189 in Raleigh County he was a farmer and World War I veteran. He was a Camp Creek Baptist Church member. Survived by sister Mrs Rose Bolen of Spanishburg. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
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Henry E. Meadows
Rhodell
Salem
Methodist Church
Ellis Meador
Spanishburg
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh County
W. C
Mary Farley Meador
Camp Creek
Final rites for Thomas Joyce held in Beckley church
Funeral services were conducted for Thomas Joyce 61 of Beckley at St. Luke Church on Booker Street with Bishop D E Smith presiding. He died in a local hospital Wednesday after a long illness. Born in Virginia September 9 1904 he was the son of Mrs Sarah Joyce of Lawsonville NC and the late Palmer Joyce. Survivors include his wife Lucy one daughter Mrs Ethelene Henry of East Beckley five stepchildren and eight sisters with more relatives listed in the obituary.
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Thomas Joyce
Beckley
St. Luke Church
Booker Street
D. E. Smith
Stuart
Virginia
Sarah Joyce
Lawsonville
N. C
Palmer Joyce
Lucy
Ethelene Henry
East Beckley
Elsie Baxter
Odessa Guerrant
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clara Smith
Columbus
Brady Hill
Lester
Joe and
Albert
Glen White
Edward
Philadelphia
Willie
Harper
Francis Joyce
Cong Overrun Viet Battalion
About 1,000 Communist guerrillas overran a 350-man South Vietnamese battalion then recaptured the position after two hours of heavy fighting. U.S. forces killed at least 51 Communists across several engagements, with air and artillery support and B52 strikes reported in multiple provinces north and northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
1St Infantry Division
U.S. Marine Artillery
Quang Ngai
Navy
Marine
South Viet Nam
Rioters Attack Saigon Embassy Barricades Strengthen Defense
Vietnamese crowds regrouped and hit Saigon again as police extended barbed wire around the U S embassy. Seven machine guns and two 57mm recoilless rifles were positioned on approaches to the building. No assault on the embassy occurred. Two Americans in a military jeep were injured by stones near An Quang Pagoda, plus an embassy secretary snagged her nylons on the wire.
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U.S
Saigon
An Quang
Examinations for WVU TV Reading Class Held at Concord College
Final examinations for area teachers enrolled in West Virginia University's television reading class will run from 9 am to noon Saturday at Concord College in Athens. The tests are for all teachers in Region 7.
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West Virginia University
Concord College
Athens
No matter how decrepit old gaffers are neck swivels work
A plainspoken line about aging men and the quick reflexes of a passing pretty woman. The phrase hints at a ribald scene of lingering gazes and social dynamics in a small-town setting.
High School Pupils Rob Bank Then Return to Class
Two Baldwin-Whitehall High School students used a borrowed pistol to rob Mellon National Bank in Carrick. Thomas Berkelbaugh, 17, handed the teller a demand for cash and fled with 1580 dollars, while Ed ward Genovisi, 17, drove the getaway car. They later returned to school and were arrested and questioned.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Thomas Berkelbaugh
Edward Genovisi
Baldwin-Whitehall High School
Carrick
Mellon National Bank
Genovisi
Berkelbaugh
Thomas Sloan
Maternity Class Gets A Live Demonstration
A Dallas car birth unfolds mid commute as Tom Rubio rushes to Baylor University Medical Center with wife Ercella. Nurse Evelyn Wormser, conducting a hospital childbirth prep class at a bottling plant auditorium, delivers baby Tom Rubio IV in the car. The couple, already parents of two girls, share praise for the spontaneous help and upcoming class screening.
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William Clayton Dallas
UPI
Tom Rubio
Ercella
Rubio
Evelyn Wormser
Dallas Association of Parent Education
Tom Rubio IV
Baylor University Medical Center
Rubios
Court weighs dismissal in Raleigh Insurance counterclaim case
In a hearing led by Judge Norman Knapp the defense pushed to dismiss counterclaims against Jack A. Nuckols alleging he diverted funds to James E. Sanger and Buckeye Insurance Co. Sutphin and Riffe argued major stockholder Nuckols should be a party. Thornhill urged asset freezing to protect potential claimants as the judge took the motion under advisement.
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Nuckols
James E. Sanger
Buckeye Insurance Co
Sutphin
Riffe
Sayre
Norman Knapp
Thornhill
Francis
Raleigh Insurance Co
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Knapp
Coast to coast kayak trip from Astoria to D C
Jim Carnes and John Davidson, a 23 year old Wheeling man and his former Air Force buddy from Carlisle Pennsylvania, began a 4000 mile coast to coast kayak voyage May 19 from Astoria Oregon toward Washington D C. The 17 foot kayak will traverse rivers including the Ohio Monongahela Cheat and Potomac and is expected to take about six months.
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Wheeling
UPI
Air Force
Jim Carnes
John Davidson
Carlysle
Astoria
Ore
Washington, D. C
Ohio
Monongahela
Cheat
Potomac
Arctic
State to retire 220 on July 1
The governor's office announced that about 220 state employees will be forced to retire July 1 under a 1965 law. An AG opinion says chiropodists are not medical doctors under the law, limiting exemptions. Departments affected include the State Road Commission, State Tax Department, Alcoholic Beverage Commission, and West Virginia University.
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Charleston
UPI
Attorney General
Mental Health Department
Mildred Bateman
State Road Commission
State Tax Department
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
West Virginia University
State Supreme Court
Con Hardman
Gemini and Surveyor: Moon Bid Steps Up This Week
Gemini completes a day of simulated flight tests while Surveyor, America’s first lunar lander, is mounted on Atlas-Centaur for a Monday blastoff. The plan aims to demonstrate rendezvous and return maneuvers as US space effort advances toward lunar landing goals this decade.
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America
Surveyor
Gemini
Stafford
Cernan
Social Security Office Adds Saturday Hours for Memorial Day
The Beckley Social Security District Office will be open Saturday morning 8 45 to 12 30 and Monday 8 45 to 5 00 Memorial Day weekend to allow late applicants for the new Medicare medical insurance at 3 dollars a month. The deadline for those already 65 to file is May 31.
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Beckley Social Security
Dwight Billings
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James E. Allen Jr
Elkins
University of the State of New York
William M. Batten
Reedy
Roane County
J. C. Penney Co
J. Montgomery Curtis
American Press Institute
Columbia University
Kenneth QO. Stettler
Huntington
Harrison H. Ferrell
West Virginia State College
W. Va. State
William L. Lonesome
Rudolph M. Rosenthal
Cleveland
Patsy Graves
U. S. State Department
Thomas L. Harris
Parkersburg
J. Wesley Hennessy
J. West
Bank of Raleigh
Main & Karawhe Streets
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Carload Buying
Norge
Cim Carrou
Morigie
Ctarts Today
Daisy Clover
Norge Dryer
Tote Bay
Johnstown Road
NataLie Wood
Pakula Mulligan
Armor Romo Ih
Andie Prean
Gavin Lambert
Alan 1 Pakula
Robert Malone
FMC
Pineville, W. Va
Technicolor
Jerry Lewis
Donna Butterworth
Wes
Plglibane
Universal Picture
Pation-Weinrib
Universal
Henry £. Meadows
Ora L. Garretson
Winston- Salem, N. C
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
A. Miller
L. Blankenbeckler
William E. Stroud
Burt Lancaster
Lee Remick
Fluffy
Tony Randall
Shirley Jones
Dr. In
Sylvia
Carrol Baker—George Maharis
Rob Bank
Big Ed’s Owls Club
Summerlee Road
Music By the
Don Juans
Social Security
Country Club
Saratogas
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