Auto mechanic rescues boy from burning tracks in Brooklyn
Ronnie Perez, 11, fell 40 feet onto Long Island Railroad tracks in a Brooklyn yard as a 12,000-volt line sparked his clothes. About 50 bystanders watched. Auto mechanic John Dennis, 28, ignored the crowd and rushed to smother the flames, lifting the boy to safety and driving him to Brookdale Hospital where he remained in critical condition with third degree burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Ronnie Perez
Ronnie
Long Island
Brooklyn
John Dennis
Blake Auto Clinic
Dennis
Brookdale Hospital
Miller Speaks To WVU 97th Graduating Class
West Virginia University President Paul A Miller urged graduates to take active roles in public life toward a true world community. He warned the era of the halfway solution and noted public duties spanning Southwest Asia to Appalachia. Secretary Udall urged conservation and a higher public “concern” for natural resources, contrasting development with preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Paul A. Miller
Southwest Asia
Appalachia
Miller
West Virginia
America
Saturn V second stage explosion triggers inquiry
A NASA board of inquiry led by Dr. Kurt Debus will determine only the nature and cause of the Saturn V second stage explosion at a Mississippi test facility. The review will not assess damage, recovery plans, or Apollo program adjustments. The blast injures five, damages the firing stand, and may delay the January Cape Kennedy launch toward the 1969 moon landing target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay ST. Louis, Miss
Upi
Kurt Debus
Kennedy Space Center
Mississippi
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape Kennedy
Marshall Space Flight Center
Moon
United States tracks Buddhist clash in South Vietnam
The United States monitors a fresh Buddhist confrontation with Premier Ky's government in South Vietnam seeking options to ease turmoil without expanding involvement. Reports say Ky moves to quell rebellious Buddhists in Hue as Dean Rusk urges continued anti-Communist efforts and warns against misreading U.S. resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
Nguyen Cao Ky
Diem
Hue
Dean Rusk
U.S
Rusk
Colonial Williamsburg
Federal funds aid Dos Palos High School prom
Fifteen low income Dos Palos High School boys attended the prom with federal help under a special education program. The funds covered dinner dance tickets and tuxedo rental as part of a Cultural Improvement of Underprivileged Students initiative.
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Dos Palos
Calif
UPI
Great Society
Dos Palos High School
Neil Nordstrom
Los Angeles
Buddhist monks trigger political crisis in Saigon protests
Monk Quant Thien set himself aflame at Vien Hoa Dao pagoda, the first monk to sacrifice in the drive to topple Ky as thousands march in a mass Buddhist protest. Thich Tam Chau urged a caretaker government and stepped down demands after Ky resisted immediate power transfer amid election preparations.
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Vien Hoa Dao
Quant Thien
Thich Tam Chau
Chan
Chau
Johnson
Thich Chau
Scholar Receives $400 Yearly Scholarship
William Childress, former Post-Herald assistant editor, has been awarded a $400 a year scholarship by the Minneapolis Star. He left the Post-Herald in 1964, now works on the Knoxville Journal staff, and is a senior journalism student at the University of Tennessee. Childress, son of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Sutphin of 217 Laren Ave, had the highest scholastic average in his class per Professor Willis Tucker head of the School of Journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Childress
Post-Herald
Minneapolis (Minn
Star
Childress
Knoxville Journal
University of Tennessee
Roscoe Sutphin
Laren Ave
Willis Tucker
School of Journalism
Deaths And Funerals For Two Local Residents
The Rev. Thomas Snuffer will head funeral services for Mrs. Lilly Turner 74 of Glen Daniel at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Melton Mortuary Chapel with burial in Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. She died Saturday after a long illness, was born April 22 1892 at Paint Creek and survived by son Basil, brothers Alfred Roy Ray and sister Lula Price. pallbearers listed. In a separate notice, Brown a deacon and war veteran, will receive Masonic rites at Beckley Temple with service at Calloway Heights and viewing at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Snuffer
Lilly Turner
Glen Daniel
Melton Mortuary
Mount Tabor
Paint Creek
Lee Turner
Basil
Alfred Lester
Harper
Roy
Oak Grove
Ray
California
Lula Price
Detroit
Mich
Carl Lester
Lester Treadway
Jack Treadway
Dewey Turner
Hubert Turner
Ray Lester
Howard Brown
William O Jones funeral held in Beckley
Funeral services for William O. Jones 78 of Racine were conducted at 3 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church Beckley with Rev Edward Henshaw officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park. Jones died Saturday evening after a long illness. He was born June 9 1887 in Sturgis North Carolina and was a retired shovel operator for Red Parrot Coal Co at Printer. He belonged to the Presbyterian Church at Comfort and Madisonville Elks Lodge and had lived in Racine 16 years. Survivors include his wife Myrle McBrayer Jones four sons James and David of Racine Jack of Carlsbad New Mexico and John Jason of Charleston three daughters Frances Cain Danville Illinois Martha Lou Brown Taylor Michigan and JoAnn Workman Jr of Abingdon Virginia one brother Smith A Jones Winter Haven Florida one sister Hattie Staten California and seven grandchildren. Friends may call at Coffee Funeral Home today and the body will be taken to the church one hour before services. Pallbearers were Cecil Saylor Reginald Meyers Leo Cain Earl Workman Ray Brown and Harold McBrayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Jones
Racine
First Methodist
Beckley
Edward Hanshaw
Sunset Memorial Park
Jones
Hoffman
Zella Pennington Jones
Sturgis
N. C
Red Parrot Coal Co
Printer
Presbyterian Church
Comfort
Madisonville
Elks Lodge
Myrle McBrayer Jones
James H
David
Jack
Carlsbad
N. M
John Jason
Charleston
Leo
Frances) Cain
Danville
All
Ray
Martha Lou) Brown
Taylor, Mich
Earl
JoAnn) Workman Jr
Abingdon
Smith A. Jones
Winter Haven
Fla
Hattie Staten
California
Caffee
Cecil Shelor
Reginald Meyers
Leo Cain
Earl Workman
Ray Brown
Harold McBrayer
Clarence I Brown Funeral Services in Calloway Heights
Funeral services for Clarence I. Brown 75 of Calloway Heights will be held at 2 30 pm Wednesday at Calloway Heights Baptist Church with Rev Robert Coburn officiating Brown died Sunday at 530 pm of an apparent heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital Born February 1 1891 in Clay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence I. Brown
Calloway Heights
Calloway Heights Baptist Church
Robert Coburn
Brown
Clay
Brooklyn Widow Dies After Artificial Heart Stroke
New York report says Louise Ceraso, 63, underwent a mechanical auxiliary ventricle implant 13 days earlier at Maimonides Hospital. She died at 2 18 a m after a stroke, the hospital noting the device prolonged her life and praising her courage and spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPS
Louise Ceraso
Brooklyn
Maimonides Hospital
Ceraso
Brooklyn Hospital
War dispatch from Asia reports heavy fighting in jungle hills
A company-sized patrol of the 25th Infantry Division clashed with pockets of North Vietnamese troops about 250 miles north of Saigon during Operation Paul Revere. The battle produced 162 enemy dead, 18 crew-served weapons captured, and the patrol ended as night fell. Nearby, South Vietnamese forces near Tam Ky killed about 100 guerrillas and seized 56 weapons in a separate engagement. The opposing force is linked to a previous mortar attack on a Special Forces camp last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
Paul Revere
Tam Ky
25Th Division
Medal of Honor Vietnam winner honored at Arlington ceremony
Memorial Saugerties N Y first Medal of Honor recipient in Viet Nam received the Freedom Leadership Medal of the Freedoms Foundation. The ceremony with President Johnson at Arlington National Cemetery was among 10 observances, including wreath layings for Hungarian freedom fighters, the 3rd Infantry Division, and by the French Embassy and the National Veterans of Foreign Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saugerties
N.Y
Viet Nam
The
Freedoms Foundation
Johnson
Arlington National Cemetery
National Veterans of Foreign Wars
Emory W. Wilson Rites Set for Arlington Miner
Funeral services for Emory Willis Wilson 67 of Arlington Va formerly Crab Orchard will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev John Barton officiating Burial follows at Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor Wilson died Sunday morning after a long illness in Charleston hospital Born March 9 1899 in Hinton he was a retired coal miner and a Bethel Free Will Baptist Church member He leaves three daughters Mrs Everett Perdue and Mrs Calvin Fekete both Beckley and Mrs Jack Stanley of Cincinnati three sons Palmer McLean Va William Beckley Paul Crab Orchard and Emory Jr Arlington one sister Mrs Lula Hancock Beckley three brothers Emerson Prosperity Erskine Rhodell and Lwin Plattsburg N Y and 21 grandchildren Nephews will pallbearer while body lies at Calfee Funeral Home for visitation today.
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Emory Willis Wilson
Arlington
Crab Orchard
Calfee Funeral Home
John Barton
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Wilson
Charleston
Hinton
Thomas
Lydia Mellon Wilson
Bethel Free Will Baptist Church
MacArthur
Viola Hendricks Wilson
Everett
Helen) Perdue
Calvin
Mary) Fekete
Beckley
Jack
Melba) Stanley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Palmer
McLean, Va
William
Paul
Emory Jr
Arlington, Va
Lula Hancock
Emerson
Prosperity
Erskine
Rhodell
Luwin
Plattsburg
N. Y
Caffee
Toll Town Tragedy Recounted In Holiday Fatalities
The United Press International tally began at 6 30 p m Friday and ends at midnight Monday reporting multiple drownings and crashes across West Virginia. Victims include Vincent Lester 19 of Mullens who drowned in the Kanawha River near Gauley Bridge and Bobby Johnson 14 of Bluefield who drowned at Bluewell Reservoir. Other fatalities involve a family of six near Cove Gap on the Lincoln Wayne line, farm accident victim Lawrence N Beall 59 of Gassaway and several traffic deaths along U S 119 near Morgantown and Hardy County.
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Vincent Lester
Mullens
West Virginia Tech
Kanawha River
Gauley Bridge
Bobby Johnson
Bluefield
Bluewell
Cove Gap
Lincoln
Wayne County
Frank Watts
Elsie Mae
Catherine
Rexton
Donna Marie
Lawrence N. Beall
Gassaway
Wayne Good
Broadway
Mathias
Hardy County
William Hi. Barnett
Raysal
McDowell County
Bradshaw
Willis C. Wright
Wellsburg
W.va. 2
United Press International
Funeral Services For Louis Blankenbeckler Held Tuesday
Funeral services for former Beckley resident Louis Blankenbeckler of Miami Florida will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Revs Ernest Barley and Basil Godby officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Blankenbeckler was found dead Thursday at his home. Pallbearers are Revs Wesley Grose Chester Smith Ray Adams Robert Barley Willis Godby and George Moran.
McKinney Twins Graveside Rites Scheduled
Teresa Ann and Paula Lavon McKinney twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Mason McKinney will be buried Tuesday at 11 am in John Wiley Shrewsbury Cemetery Basin with Rev Phillip Graham in charge. They died at birth Sunday afternoon in Mullens hospital. Bodies remain at Sam Foglesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Ann
Paula Lavon McKinney
Mason McKinney
Bud
John Wiley Shrewsbury
Basin
Phillip Graham
Mullens Hospital
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Funeral for Vincent Lester in Bud Church
Funeral services for Vincent Dewayne Lester 19 of Bud will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Bud Methodist Church with Rev. Everett Marrs and Rev. Johnny Rhinehart officiating. Burial is in Hickory Ridge Cemetery. He drowned Saturday about 3 p.m. in the Kanawha River between Glen Ferris and Kanawha Falls. Survived by brother Monroe of Bud. The body will be moved from Neely Funeral Home Mullens to the Bud home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Dewayne Lester
Bud
Kanawha River
Bud Methodist Church
Everett Marrs
Johnny Rhinehart
Hickory Ridge
Glen
Sam Foglesong
Nease
Neely
Mullens
Final rites held for Harold B. Christian in Lansing
Harold Bert ram Christian 49 formerly of Lansing died Friday morning in a Detroit hospital after a short illness. Rites were at 2 p.m. today at Lansing Baptist Church with Rev. Guy Vaughn officiating. Burial will be in Lansing Cemetery. Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bertram Christian
Detroit
Mich
Lansing
Lansing Baptist Church
Guy Vaughn
Dodd-Payne Funeral
Fayetteville
Final rites for Mrs Minnie Shawkey in Fayetteville
Mrs Minnie Elizabeth Shawkey 83 of Beckley and formerly Fayetteville dies in a local hospital. Services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev B B Breitenhirt and Rev John Payne. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. Survived by husband Charles M Beckley daughter Mrs Hugh Bur dette Beckley sister Mrs R H Grant Beckley a grandchild and three great grandchildren. Body at funeral home after 4 p m today. (RNS)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Elizabeth Shawkey
Beckley
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne
James
Lucinda Canterbury Kincaid
Services set for Mrs. Juanita Vest at Hinton
Mrs. Juanita Blanche Vest 44 of Ghent dies after long illness. Funeral at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton with Rev. Fred Dillon. Burial in West Cemetery near Jumping Branch. Born Feb 3 1922 in Monroe County to James J and Nellie West Humphries. Survived by husband Darlow three sons Damon Roger of Ghent David of Saint Albans two daughters Mrs. William Fox Marie and Miss Sandra West Hilldale, three sisters Mrs. Ruth West Hinton Mrs. Jewell Allen Marie and Mrs. Jean Williams Creamery and a brother James H Humphries Ballengee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Blanche Vest
Ghent
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Fred Dillon
West Cemetery
Jumping Branch
Darlow
Daymon
Roger
David
Saint Albans
William Fox
Marie
Sandra West
Hilldale
Ruth West
Jewell Allen
Jean Williams
Creamery
James H. Humphries
Ballengee
Strangulation Death Hearing Date Is Set
Pittsburgh police report an 11 year old boy, Bruce Kelly of Braddock, faces murder charges in the strangulation death of 4 year old Cassandra Scott. Her unclothed body was found in Rankin near a housing project after a reported assault. Detectives say the boy admitted restraining the girl and strangling her following resistance. He was arrested after being seen near the body site.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Bruce Kelly
Braddock
Cassandra Scott
Allegheny County
Rankin
George Collitt
Young Kelly
Israeli Premier Arrives in Dakar for Africa Visit
Levi Eshkol arrives in Dakar Senegal after flying from Paris to begin a tour of seven African nations. He is welcomed at the airport by Senegalese officials and the Israeli ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakar
Senegal
UPI
Levi Eshkol
Paris
Hilton Hotel apologizes for banning Viet Nam veterans
CHICAGO UPI The Hilton Hotels organization issued a personal apology after Chicago Hilton refused to admit wounded Viet Nam veterans to its nightclub. VFW Commander Andy Borg accepted the apology noting it focuses attention on how veterans are treated. Hilton extended regrets to the men at Great Lakes and to the VFW, stressing ongoing support for veterans.
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Chicago
UPI
Hilton Hotel
Andy Borg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Conrad Hilton
Chicago Hilton
Borg
Hilton
VFW
Porter Parris
Parris
New York
Hilton Hotels Organization
Great Lakes
Coal Walkout In April Hurts West Virginia Economy
West Virginia economy suffered in April due to a coal strike, with coal production down 39.8 percent and average weekly income down 45.6 percent. Freight carloadings fell 35.6 percent, and business taxes dropped 53.1 percent, though 16 of 22 indicators rose, including auto sales up 40.8 percent and natural gas production up 19.8 percent. Total unemployment fell 16.5 percent from April 1965, and by 15.7 percent for the first four months of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Chamber
Luci Johnson Waukegan Shower With Secret Service Escort
Luci Baines Johnson was guest of honor at a private wedding shower in Waukegan Illinois attended by 150 guests. Police escorted motorcade led her and fiancé Pat Nugent into the Swedish Glee Club basement room while three Secret Service men stood watch. Guests described receiving gifts including sheets silverware dishes blankets and an FM radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan, Ill
UPI
United States
Secret Service
Luci Baines Johnson
Pat Nugent
Luci
Waukegan
Swedish Glee Club
Joseph Matulenas
Nugent
Surveyor 1 Faces Toughest Space Mission Yet
Surveyor 1, a 2194 pound crafts aims for a historic first attempt that could boost Project Apollo planning. Officials say the mission will test landing precision and relay live or near live lunar photographs to Earth, revealing surface strength and potential landing sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Agency
Moon
Earth
Peace Talks Begin Between Indonesia and Malaysia
In Bangkok UPI reports Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik and Malaysian Deputy Premier Tun Abdul Razak opened formal talks to end a three year feud.双方 delegations discussed progress in private sessions and planned future meetings, with a summit likely between Malaysia's premier Abdul Rahman and Sukarno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
UPI
Adam Malik
Tun Abdul Razak
Razak
Malik
Malaysia
Razek
Sukarno
Borneo
Malaya
Malacca Strait
Singapore
Britain
Suharto
Jagatarta
Hamengku Buwono IX
Prince Abdul Rahman
Police seek suspect after multiple gunshot deaths in Richmond
Investigators say all victims and a surviving girl were shot with a small caliber weapon, likely a .22 pistol. The injured girl remains in a Richmond hospital with a bullet lodged in her neck and has given officers a description leading to an artist's sketch of a young Black man. Police state Penn fits the description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Penn
19 Youths Nabbed For Drag Racing
A special session of the Monongalia County Grand Jury will convene Tuesday to hear cases of 19 youths arrested for drag racing over the holiday weekend. Deputies blocked U S 119 south of Morgantown Saturday and rounded up a dozen cars. Circuit Judge Don Eddy condemned the choice of the Memorial Day weekend for the races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
Monongalia County Grand Jury
Sheriff's
U.S. 119
Don Eddy
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