Austin Case Heads To Jury In Drunkenness and Resisting Arrest
The morning session features prosecution and defense on two verdicts. Detective testimony alleges Austin lied about the incident while witnesses describe police force during the arrest. Harry Austin testifies his brother and he did not drink alcohol, while Austin admits perhaps staggering from the dashboard impact and protests arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Canterbury
Fred Burdiss
Billy Cole
Jorney
Charleston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Austin
Brown
Anthony J. Sparacino
Raleigh County
Burdiss
Jes Aere
Austin Hedt
Coain
Purdis
Cole
Welfare Dept Seeks 75.9 Million Budget for 1966 67
Charleston United Press International reports the State Welfare Department asks 22.9 million for operating costs in fiscal 1966 67 plus 3 million to cover remaining obligations this year. Welfare Commissioner L L Vincent testifies at budget hearings noting a deficiency request to fund Medical Assistance for the Aged and a 4.68 million match for federal funds under Medicare. He cites wage pressures and turnover, with a proposed salary minimum rising by 50 dollars to 410.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Welfare Department
Board of Public Works
L. L. Vincent
Vincent
Denny Moses
Ance
Cote Ae Sean Ie
Viet Nam Combat Casualties and Air Actions Reported
Weekly Communist losses tallied at 1,264 killed and 133 captured while U S forces say they did better in combat. Air strikes in North and South Viet Nam targeted a highway bridge near Hanoi and a Vinh area bridge as a Skyhawk was shot down. a sonic boom scare in Saigon was later explained as a jet overflight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
South
North
Viet Nam
Thundercrats
Hanoi
Peteons Rong Viet Nam
Vinh
Saigon
Smith Urged To Make 50 Legislative Calls
Gov. Hulett C. Smith says he has received more than 50 recommendations for items to include in his call to the 1966 Legislature. He will meet county leaders November 22 to decide which items to include in the January budget session. The 30 day session can work on the budget bill but he may add other items if he includes them in his call. Budget sessions occur every other year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Miners' Fate To Be Decided By Umpire
An umpire will be chosen to decide the fate of six miners appealing their discharge from the Ireland Mine of Coal Co. in September. The firing sparked a three week wildcat strike that drew about 11,000 miners across Eastern Ohio Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia before a truce. Sauters said both unions and management will abide by the umpire's ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland Mine of Coal Co
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Sauters
Commerce plan eyed five acre park near Charleston
Pavilion continues as Commerce proposes to establish a five acre tract along U S. The Kanawha Parks and recreation division asked to Park near Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
U. S
Kanawha Be Parks and Recreation Division
Charleston
Klan's True Colors Bared in Georgia Guerrilla Class
Washington report cites UPI account of Rep. Charles Weltner saying the Ku Klux Klan showed its true colors with a guerrilla warfare class held in McDonough, Georgia on Nov. 24, 1963, the day Kennedy lay in state. Testimony identified Wesley Bailey as Klokard, treasurer of Clayton County Klavern, who attended the sessions and supported violence to enforce segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Charles L. Weltner
D.ga
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Tues County
McDonough
Kennedy
KKK
Weltner
Jonesboro
Klokard
Clayton County Klavern
Bailey
Philip Manuel
Appraisers Named for Land Parcels in January Schedule
Commissioners appointed a panel to appraise Ef fa L Richards land on January 25 with Eugene Foster Earl Bibb Jr Robert Amick Thomas Crews and Holt Kester. Jan 5 appraisal for John B Bailey property includes Keith Lipscomb R C Hart David Mullens Kyle Phipps and Joe Salango. Ray P and Eva Vance land to be appraised January 20 by Guy Amato George Chambers Edward T Gilmer Jack Beard James P Bland. Decoding note lists Freewill Baptist Church land praised January 27 with Douglas Laed Robert C Cunningham Walter Rappold C A Ivory and Clement Schulte. Carl L Smith land appraisal by W T Watts William Snyder Clement Schulte Henry E Melton and Lawrence Tully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perce Caffee
J. E. Garrison
W. Beverly Hume
Due
Chester G. Roberts
Effa L. Richards
Eugene Foster
Earl Bibb Jr
Robert Amick
Thomas Crews
Holt Kester
Keith Lipscomb
R. C. Hart
David Mullens
Kyle Phipps
Joe Salango
John B. Bailey
William Snyder
Clement Schulte
Henry E. Melton
Lawrence Tully
Russians plan space station docking with orbital Protons
Proton 2 ships a roomy, instrument laden station in orbit while Proton 1, Oct 11, lacked crew space. At Athens meeting in September Soviet scientists described Re 1 as the first space station prototype to be crewed by crews launched separately from Earth. Americans expect cosmonauts to rendezvous and dock with orbiting craft, with as many as six transferring from ferry craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Athens
Sex Offender's Appeal Continued To Friday
Marshall County Circuit Judge Lloyd Arnold continued the appeal of a 14 year old Benwood girl case in 1963 Caldwell contends he was sentenced without a pre sentence mental examination required by state law in sex crime cases. The hearing was moved from Tuesday to Friday for more time to study the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
UPI
Marshall County
Lloyd Arnold
Benwood
Caldwell
Arnold
Buns for buses proposed to ease London traffic
A London letter writer A. T. A. Mote suggests staffing buses with attractive bunny girls to lure bachelors and other men from cars to London transport, claiming it would cut traffic. The idea appeared in the Evening Standard on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPS
Evening Standard
A. T. A. Mote
London Transport
West Virginia Mental Health Faces Fund and Staff Shortages
West Virginia Mental Health Director Dr. Mildred Bateman decries budget limits and staffing gaps. Despite a 1965 legislative increase to 10.28 million, the department must fund five hospitals, a training school, new divisions, and community centers. Weston receives the largest hospital allotment. Lakin endures aging facilities with minimal upkeep. Efforts to hire maintenance staff and phase out inmate labor meet resistance as elevator needs and upgrades go unfunded.
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West
Spec
Ulation
Lakin
Mildred Bateman
Fanny Seiler
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Mental Health Department
West Virginia Training School
Alcoholism and
Hos
Pitals
Weston
Spencer
Huntington
Barboursville
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Wheeling
Martinsburg
Lewisburg
Bateman
Huttonsville
Pleasant
Clinic
Huntington State Hospital
Deaths and Funerals Levi Cox World War I veteran
The late Levi Cox, a World War I veteran, is mourned with funeral details for his wife and daughter Margaret L. and two grandchildren of Mullens. Surviving relatives include a wife, a daughter, and two grandchildren. The body lies at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home in Mullens with viewing after 3 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi and
Druscilla Cox Railroad
Margaret L
Mullens
Sam Foglesong, Nease and Neely
Paul W Hicks funeral held in Fayetteville
Funeral services for 61 year old Paul W Hicks of Fayetteville were set for 11 am Thursday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Herschel Gidney officiating. Burial followed at Restlawn Memorial Gardens in Ansted. Hicks, Beckwith 4-H Camp superintendent, died Monday from head injuries suffered when the tractor he was driving overturned while battling a fire at the camp grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Hicks
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Herschel Gidney
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Ansted Hicks
Beckwith
Guy Douglas
Orval Kessler
Maurice Reynolds
James Lively
Caiana
Carl Vickers
James R Stafford final rites held in Narrows Va
Final rites for James Ray Stafford 65 of Narrows Virginia formerly Eccles were held at 11 am in a Narrows funeral home. Stafford died Monday in a Pearisburg Virginia hospital after a long illness. He was a son of the late Philip C and Mary Etta Hardiman Stafford. He is survived by his wife Mable Stafford a son James Ray Jr of Hudson Ohio and a daughter Mrs M Woody of Winchester Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ray Stafford
Narrows
Eccles
Stafford
Pearisburg
Philip C
Mary Etta Hardiman Stafford
Mable Stover Stafford
James Ray Jr
Hudson,Ohio
M. Woody
Winchester
Elizabeth Freeman Dies After Illness At 45
Mrs Elizabeth Freeman 45 of Ury died at 2 a m today in a local hospital after an extended illness The body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Freeman
Ury
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Funeral plans for Mrs. Elvira Webb 87 Williamson
Funeral services for Mrs Elvira Webb 87 formerly of Beckley will be held at 1030 am Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev C E Walker in charge Burial will follow at Mount Tabor Cemetery Mrs Webb died at 6 am Tuesday in a Welch hospital after an extended illness </s>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Webb
Williamson
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
C. E. Walker
Mount Tabor
Services for Mrs Lomie Johnson Held in Mullens
Mrs Lomie Johnson 71 Mullens died Sunday at 12 15 am in a Princeton area hospital due to an attack. Funeral services set for 11 am Thursday at Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with Rev Kenneth W Watkins officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Survivors: son Major Robert E Johnson in Korea sister Mrs Roy J Spangler brother Robert T Linkenhaker three grandsons. Friends may call at Sam Foglesong Mullens this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lomie Johnson
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
Kenneth W. Watkins
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Princeton
Springwood
Isaac Linkenhoker
Robert E. Johnson
Korea
Roy J. Spangler
Robert T. Linkenhaker
Buchanan
Nease
Neely
Cane Mullens
Final rites for Mrs Myrtle Cook Paynter
Mrs Myrtle C Paynter 79 dies at Man hospital after long illness funeral at 11 a m Friday Evans Funeral Home Chapel Oceana with Rev Oval Curtis officiating burial in Cook Cemetery Lynco born August 21 1886 Coal Mountain daughter of Gaston and Mary Kitts Cook husband Garfield Paynter died 16 months ago survivors include a son Calvin Cook Huntington sister Mrs Pride Tyree grandson and great grandson friends may call after 11 a m Thursday at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle C. Paynter
Myrtle Cook Paynter
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Oval Curtis
Cook Cemetery
Lynco
Paynter
Man Hospital
Coal Mountain
Gaston
Mary Kitts Cook
Garfield Paynter
Calvin Cook
Pride Tyree
Huntington
Mrs. Cora A Meadows Funeral Service Listed
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Alice Meadows 77 of Cool Ridge will be held at 2 30 PM in the Rose and Queenan Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Ernest Barley in charge. Burial will follow in Odd Cemetery. She died Monday at 12 50 PM after an extended illness. Pallbearers include Arnold Meadows Howard Meadows Earl Pack Danny Smith Elmer Phillips and Melvin Bowling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Alice Meadows
Cool Ridge
Rose and Queenan Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Ernest Barley
Meadows
Arnold Meadows
Howard Meadows
Earl Pack
Danny Smith
Elmer Phillips
Melvin Bowling
Mannix, 81, Dies in Washington Nursing Home
Joseph M. Mannix known as Jerry, 81, of Washington D C formerly Beckley died Tuesday in a Washington nursing home. The body is being returned to Keyser Bryant Funeral Home for completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M
Jerry) Mannix
Washington, D. C
Beckley
Washington
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Joseph L Gabri Services for Lawrence in Oak Hill
Joseph L Lawrence Gabri 54 Dallas Texas former resident of Oak Hill died Sunday in a Dallas hospital. Funeral services set for 10 15 a m Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Leo Werner officiating. Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park. Rosary at 8 15 p m today in the funeral chapel. Friends may call after 3 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lawrence
Gabri
Dallas
Tex
Oak Hill
Leo Werner
Tyree
Johnson Sees Future Homes For His Daughters At Hill Country Ranch
President Johnson tours the Scharnhorst place and the L.B.J. ranch praising ranch work, clearings, and grass growth. He imagines future homes for his daughters Lynda and the younger daughter amid Texas hill country memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scharnhorst Place
Crag Ae
Lewis Place
Lynda
L.B.J. Ranch
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Texas
Hye
Minister Aids Draft Dodger Loses Wedding Certificate
In Carson City Nevada UPI a female minister Rev Opal Boetler had her certificate to perform marriages revoked by District Judge Richard Waters Jr after a two to one hearing. She was accused of backdating a ceremony to Aug 26 to help a young man avoid the draft though Johnson had said deferments could be gained by marrying by midnight. Hundreds of couples sought marriages during the lax statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nev
UPI
Dist
Richard Waters Jr
Opal Boetler
Johnson
Nevada
Glass Strike Ends at Sloan Glass Plant
A three week stoppage at the Sloan Glass Co. plant ends with a joint statement from the company and Local 706 of the American Flint Glass Workers. The dispute over packaging procedures was settled with federal mediator help and full production was expected to resume on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onsgees
UPI
Ported To
The
Sloan Glass Co
American Flint Glass Workers
Welfare cases dropped in September report
Welfare statistics for September show a deal of 12 persons dropped. In September 1,895 persons received assistance, compared with August when 1,907 were aided. Applications at the end of September totaled 120, up 14 from August.
Voting turnout by country estimates in Britannica
Britannica cites turnout norms with about seventy percent in England sixty percent in France and seventy five percent in Germany based on typical eligible voters. The figures illustrate variation in electoral participation across major European democracies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Germany
Virginia election sparks party clash and recount bid
The state saw a hard fought race with William J. Story backed by Byrd and labor groups as the Conservative party candidate sought to raise the sales tax to fund schools. Gene Lacher narrowly won re election for mayor. Carl B. Stokes announced a recount bid. Other results include Pittsburgh mayoral race victory for Jos M. Barr and various city contests in Louisville Philadelphia Boston Detroit and Texas ballot questions on term lengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oer
Ee Sen
Harry F. Byrd
Democratic Organization
Aflcio
Aris
William J. Story
Virginia Conservative Party
Rias
Gene Lacher
Veland
Carl B. Stokes
Stokes
Ralph Perk
Ralph McAllister
Pittsburgh
Jos M. Barr
Vincent §. Rovitto
Louisville
GOP
Kenneth Schmied
Marlin Volz
University of Louisville Law School
Philadelphia
Arlen Specter
James C. Crumlish
William W. Scranton
Boston
Louise Day Hicks
Detroit
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Texas
Johnson
Burros Buried Unmourned in Reading Cemetery
A temporary metal marker marks the burial of Daniel Burros the NY Ku Klux Klan leader who killed himself after his Jewish origin was revealed He was cremated without mourners or flowers and his ashes laid to rest in a non sectarian cemetery per his parents wishes Funeral director Thomas Feeney assisted cremation and transported the remains to the cemetery where a worker lowered the box into a concrete vault A temporary marker will be replaced with a permanent one bearing Burros name birthdate and date of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
UPI
Daniel Burros
Burros
Thomas Feeney
Goldwater vows to bomb Hanoi if elected president
Barry Goldwater told KYW TV he would order bombing Hanoi if he had been elected and would tell North Vietnam Hanoi is no longer safe. He urged McNamara's retirement, mocked Sen Edward Kennedy's trip, and criticized Pentagon morale as he spoke from Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
Johnsonh Sin
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Saigon
Menger
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Arizona
KYWTV
Goldwater
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Ford Motor Co
GOP
Pentagon
REA Seeks To Halt Service To Pemberton
The Railway Express Agency asked the Public Service Commission for permission to discontinue service at eight West Virginia towns including Cotton Hill Fayette County and Berkeley Springs Morgan and Harrison counties. The plan calls for ceasing routes to Pemberton and nearby communities while offering replacement service from Oakdale to Cowen and similar substitutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
Railway Express
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
REA
Cotton Hill
Fayette County
Allingdale
Nicholas County
Berkeley Springs
Morgan County
Ellenboro
Ritchie County
Frenchton
Upshur County
Lost Creek
Harrison County
Flemington
Taylor County
Pemberton
Raleigh
Comen Hill
Oaksdale
Cowen
Berkeley
Pioneer West Virginia developer dies at 94
Noyes Rand Levi a pioneer developer who helped found three area communities in the early 1900s died at 94. He aided the creation of Rand, later renamed from Levi and Plus, near the E I du Pont land, and Belle east of Rand. Levi previously worked as a druggist before turning to real estate in Georgia and settled back here at the turn of the century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Plus Noyes Rand
E. I. du Pont Co
Belle
Rand
Gma
Red Mentl Ea Igui
St. Alans
Georgia
U S Plans War Against Disease In S Viet Nam
Seven hundred American Army medical corps soldiers will be deployed across South Vietnam to combat disease rather than Viet Cong. Maj. Gen. James W. Humphreys heads the civilian aid mission’s Public Health Division as 16 man teams spread to 44 provinces, starting mid November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
South
Viet Nam
U.S. Army Medical Corps
James W. Humperes
Ministry of
Public
Quang Tri
Quang Ngai
Vietnm
U.S. Army
Gambler Harold Harbin Arrested in Federal Case
Harold E. Harbin of Charlestown named in a secret federal indictment in Elkins is arrested on gambling charges for failing to buy a federal gambling stamp. He posted a $2,500 bond before U S Commissioner George Wood and faces arraignment in Elkins on November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Harold E. Harbin
Elkins
U. S
George Wood
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Solon
Proton
Dr. Bateman
James Dick
Joseph
Betty Hurley
Summers Counte
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Hinton
James R. Stafford
Mrs
Cora A. Meadows
Joseph M. Mannix
Joseph L. Gabri
Barry
Pioneer
W. Va
S. Viet Nam
Gambler
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