Cross Country Soloist Encounters Repeated Flight Trouble
Mrs Lee Decker Kearns a 38 year old student pilot faced a string of misadventures during cross country flights in California. Unauthorized landing at Tijuana an enemy radar blip and emergency landings at Lindbergh Field and Palomar Airport followed by radio failure and a near fuel crisis. Her husband recovered the plane and she plans another attempt heading north for a longer route.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Lee Decker Kearns
Tijuana
Mexico
U.S
Lindbergh Field
San Diego
Palomar
Lindbergh
FAA
Federal Aviation Agency
Air Defense
98 Per Cent Of Negroes' Votes Went To LBJ
United Press International surveys show Negro precincts nationwide backing Johnson heavily. In Atlanta Johnson carried 4,000 votes to four for Goldwater. NAACP estimated 97 percent of New York’s 580,000 Negro voters chose Johnson. Philadelphia Negro wards swung 187,648 to 19,144 for Goldwater. Johnson led in Chicago’s and Washington’s predominantly Negro wards as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
United Press International
Atlanta
Goldwater
South
Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
North Carolina
Michigan
Charles C. Diggs Jr
John Conyers Jr
Detroit
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Robert F. Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
N.Y
Chicago
Illinois
Otto Kerner
John F. Kennedy
Railway board backs $1.75 daily raise for BLFE engineers
A presidential emergency board urged a 72 cent per day wage boost for BLFE locomotive firemen and helpers, to match gains won by rival engineers. It rejected other proposals as intolerable but could not endorse the raise for non-operating firemen due to the inflationary guideline. The two year contract would be retroactive to January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BLFE
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
White House
Cable Thefts Reported At Amigo Smokeless Coal Plant
State Police reported the theft of 1500 feet of cable from the Amigo Smokeless Coal Company plant. An employee found missing cable early Wednesday, with inventory later determining the amount. Company spokesman Mr. McVey said the cable was likely taken over several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amigo Smokeless Coal Company
McVey
Space program eyes planets beyond the Moon
UPI reports the U S space effort shifts toward planetary missions after Apollo. Talks at a Manned Space Flight meeting flagged possible launches within a decade, including Mars probes and moon orbits, with NASA seeking congressional funding for post Apollo projects in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin B. Webb JR
Houston
UPI
U.S
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Mars
Federal Space Agency
Congress
Edward C. Welsh
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Earth
Franklin P. Dixon
Advanced Space Systems
Philco Corporation
Aeronutronic Division
Robert L. Sohn
Space Technology Laboratories
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Johnson
Barrientos Holds Reins In Bolivia
Lt Gen Rene Barrientos took sole charge of Bolivia's military junta vowing democratic elections in the shortest time. A crowd of about 20,000 in Murillo Square cheered as Ovando briefly co headed the junta before resigning amid boos for protecting ex President Paz Estenssoro. Barrientos, Paz's former vice president, led the revolution from Cochabamba to La Paz to assume control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Rene Barrientos
Murrillo Square
Barrientos
Alfredo Ovando
Ovando
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Peru
Paz
Cochabamba
Heat Carried Man Hidden Crate Drama in Perth
An Australian man describes being inside a hot crate as he was moved to another plane. Customs in Perth found the crate in a shed with a pillow, a men’s magazine and a beer carton. The shed door had been forced, and officials say the matter is with commonwealth authorities. Air India officials noted the crate was addressed to a shoe company in Perth under a Surrey, Britain firm name with no bill details known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth
Air India
Surrey
Britain
Khrushchev Aides Seek Truce With West Over Berlin
The article argues Moscow aims to ease Cold War tensions with the West to focus on domestic economic and ideological problems. It notes Khrushchev's successors face heavy domestic strains and fear provoking new Berlin crises. Peking's nuclear test adds to Moscow's strategic uncertainties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
Red China
Peking
Wheels Stolen From Car at Grady Whitlock Lot
Grady Whitlock Inc reports four wheels were stolen from a car on its 1921 By-Pass used car lot. Police say the theft occurred overnight and is under investigation today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Whitlock, Inc
Meetings Set On Recreation Plan
State officials held meetings in Wheeling and Morgantown to discuss a statewide comprehensive recreation plan. Commissioner Koder Collison said the initial phase will inventory local public quasi public commercial and other recreational areas to guide the program, a federal state joint effort with the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.
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United Press International
State Department of Commerce
Wheeling
Morgantown
Koder Collison
Commerce Department
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Ohio Man Is Booked For Drunk Driving
A Raleigh County Jail report lists William A. Miller Jr. of Columbus Colorado booked on a drunk driving charge at 4:40 a.m. Bernard Cowans of Beckley was jailed at 8:40 p.m. on brandishing a deadly weapon and drunkenness. Buddy Lee Parum and Glen Rogers booked on grand larceny at 4:30 p.m. Roy L. Harman of War McDowell County was sentenced to five years in federal court and detained for transfer to Moundsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
William A. Miller Jr
Douglas Drive
Columbus
Bernard Cowans
Beckley
Buddy Lee Parum
Glen Rogers
Roy L. Harman
McDowell County
U. S
Moundsville
Truck Forfeiture Case in Federal Court
A swift verdict of guilty was delivered in federal court on Thursday in the U S Government versus Chris Hall truck forfeiture case. Hall, a Resaco coal miner, was charged with transporting raw materials for moonshine whiskey. His 1962 12 ton pickup was seized June 13 by Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Chris Hall
Hall
Resaco
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
George D. Beter
Huntington
Government
C. Berkley Lilly of
Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs Lu cille P Smith Mount Hope
Mrs Lu cille P Smith a 48 resident of Mount Hope dies after extended illness in a local nursing home. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at First Union Baptist Church Mount Hope with Elder Allen Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. The body leaves Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home for the residence at 5 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille P. Smith
Mount Hope
First Union Baptist Church
Allen Wilson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Hatcher Vinson 73 of Pleasant Hills dies of heart attack
Vinson Hatcher age 73 of Pleasant Hills Beckley died at his residence at 7 a m from an apparent heart attack. He was a former State Road Commission employee and a member of Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church Beavers. Survived by widow Ladie Wills Hatcher six sons and three daughters numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinson Calloway Hatcher
Pleasant Hills
Beckley
State Road Commission
Little Vine
Homer Hatcher
Columbus
Ohio
Curtis Hatcher
Baltimore
Death of Mrs Belle Hawley at 67 in local hospital
Mrs Belle Florence Hawley aged 67 of 408 Third Ave died after a short illness in a local hospital at 5 a.m. today. The body lies at Webb and Neal Funeral Home awaiting the arrival of a son serving with the U S Marine Corps in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Florence Hawley
Third Ave
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
U. S. Marine Corps
Spain
Sandy Allen services announced in Welch
Sandy Allen, 81, of Jesse, will be honored with a 1 p m Saturday service at Matheny Church of God led by Rev. Oscar Morgan and Rev. Nellie Parsons. Burial follows at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Died Thursday in Welch hospital. Born Oct. 3, 1883, son of William Riley and Sarah E. Brooks, he belonged to the Church of God and worked for the Virginia Rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Allen
Jesse
Matheny Church
Man Found Dead And Brother Unconscious
In Raleigh County, Walter Crawford about 60 died of natural causes and his brother Ernest 56 fainted after they were found at their Workmans Creek home. Deputy Joe Asbury said both had been drinking. Ernest was taken to Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital in satisfactory condition. Walter’s body remained at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville.
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Whitesville
Workman’s Creek
Raleigh County
Joe Asbury
Walter Crawford
Ernest
Asbury
Walter
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
Armstrong Funeral Home
Film Shown At Prosperity Church Saturday
A 30 minute color and sound film Operation Lifeline will be shown at the First Baptist Church of Prosperity after the revival service. Clyde Murdock, Union Mission in Charleston, evangelist, leads the revival and film depicting the mission across West Virginia and its four homes. He is guest evangelist at Sunday services with a BYF message at 6 30 p.m. A Union MissionChildren's home choir will sing during the Sunday evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lifeline
First Baptist Church of Prosperity
Clyde Murdock
Union Mission
Charleston
West Virginia
Murdock
BYF
Union Mission Children’s Home
Ray Walls
Three New Mines To Be Opened In Area
Beckley WV Department of Mines says three new mines will open in the area creating about 11 jobs. Permit applications list mines, owners, and initial employment: B and H Coal Co at Raleigh with 2 workers under George Hughes. Whitby Sid Young No. 4 Nicholas with 6 workers under Sid Young. Summersville June Coal Co No. 8 Raleigh with 3 workers under Willis Smith Crab Orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
B and H Coal Co
Raleigh
George Hughes
Whitby
Sid Young
Nicholas
Summersville
June Coal Co
Willis Smith
Crab Orchard
Mrs Mary Lou Clark Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Mary Lou Clark 74 former Lester resident died last Friday at 7 15 a m at a daughter s Philadelphia home after a long illness She is survived by two sons Andrew and Leonard Clark of Jonben another daughter Mrs Betty Joyce of Philadelphia two other sons Willie Clark and Alonzo Clark of Philadelphia a brother Paul Valentine Mount Aerie N C 28 grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services were held Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Clark
Lester
Iona Fountain
Philadelphia
Andrew
Leonard Clark
Jonben
Betty Joyce
Willie Clark
Alonzo Clark
Paul Valentine
Mount Aerie
N. C
Gray Ladies Get Training in Raleigh County Red Cross
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross Gray Lady Service held a training session in Room 410 of the Bair Building. Attendees included Mrs. Jean Chaffin Miss Patty Chaffin Mrs. Lottie Clemens and Mrs. Hazel Wyatt. Col. Robert Thomson Jr. spoke on Red Cross history and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Gray Lady Service
Bair
T. C. Moorefield
Jean Chaffin
Patty Chaffin
Lottie Clemens
Hazel Wyatt
Veterans Administration Hospital
Red Cross
Col
Robert Thomson Jr
First Lady Faces Pony Problem as White House Pets Grow
Mary Alice Ron is down there and Mrs Smith notes her teenage daughter's concern is what to do with the family pony. The Smith children own one pony, a riding horse, three dogs, one cat, two birds, one rabbit and two pet chipmunks. Chipmunks may return to the woods but a plan for the other pets is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
Alice Christy
Mrs. Smith
Smith
Telephone Operator Calls Rescue Squad
A telephone operator summoned the Beckley Rescue Squad for a 78 year-old Orchard Avenue resident who grew ill. The squad handled three calls Thursday evening and Friday morning. Vincent Hatcher, 78, died later on Dixon Avenue Pleasant Hills. Mrs. Annie Richards, 205 Virginia Street, and Floyd Vecillo Jr., 19, 207 Russell Street, were treated at home for unknown illnesses.
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Orchard Avenue
Beckley
Ella Perry
Dixon Avenue
Pleasant Hills
Addition
Vincent Hatcher
Hatcher
Floyd Vecillo, Jr
Russell Street
Annie Richards
Virginia Street
Richards
Vecillo
Pennsylvania Firm Will Install Cable
The Telesystems Corporation of Glenside Pennsylvania will install cable and equipment valued at 204643.30 in Beckley for Beckley Antenna Corporation. The firm was granted permission by the City of Beckley Thursday to do this work for a fee of 509.11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telesystems Corporation
Glenside
Pennsylvania
Beckley
Armco Workers Donate $1620 To United Fund
Armco mines of Armco Steel in Raleigh County donate $1620 via payroll deduction replacing the campaign. C. O. Kane manages the Western Raleigh County facility with 350 workers under Harold Scott in personnel relations. With Armco, 60 Raleigh firms have pledged or contributed full 100 percent. A progress luncheon at Beckley Hotel reported totals to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
Armco Steel Corporation
Montreal
Raleigh County United Fund
Armco Corporation
Raleigh County
C. O. Kane
Harold Scott
Beckley Hotel
Three Reprieved From Death Row In Oregon
Oregon voters abolished capital punishment and made life imprisonment the maximum for first degree murder. But Jeannace Freeman, Larry Shipley, and Herbert Mitchell, the state’s last death row inmates, were exempted and had their sentences commuted to life by Gov. Hatfield within 48 hours. Freeman killed a 6 year old in 1961, Mitchell shot a man in a theater in 1962, and Shipley killed his 16 year old girlfriend in 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
UPI
Oregon
Jeannace June Freeman
Larry West Shipley
Herbert Floyd Mitchell
Mark Hatfield
Miss Freeman
Mitchell
Shipley
Nixon criticizes Rockefeller for sitting out GOP campaign
New York Former Republican Vice President Richard Nixon accuses Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of being a spoilsport for not supporting the losing GOP effort. Madrid Gov Rockefeller responds calling Nixon's post election remarks peevish and typical of him.
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United Press International
New York
Richard Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Madrid
Rockefeller
Nixon
Johnson push to pass programs after Democratic gains
Washington congressman Bob Wilson, a Republican from California, argues that Democrats’ surge in seats will let the administration push through any programs, claiming President Johnson will be able to advance his full agenda with ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bob Wilson
Calif
Johnson
Media Attack Claims Spark CNPA Analysis
Winters Calif The CNPA news paper analysis committee reports to CNPA members on an investigation into attacks against news media. The bulletin says members of the John Birch Society and other extreme right wing groups have joined left wing extremism in relentlessly attacking press integrity and attempting to discredit economic newspapers.
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Winters
Calif
California Newspaper Publishers Association
CNPA
John Birch Society
GOP battle over Senate seat and party chair fate
The GOP fights over a Senate seat and Walter Judd of Minnesota. Party rules offer no machinery to oust Burch, but a no confidence motion at the next National Committee meeting could place him in a hopeless spot. Sen Hugh Scott faced a similar move in 1949, winning 54 to 50 but resigning months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Burch
GOP National Committee
Hugh Scot
R-Pa
Small Kennedy quarter mistake creates odd half dollar
PORT ARTHUR TEXAS Mrs Hugo Becker says a mint error produced a much smaller half dollar with the Kennedy design instead of a quarter She bought the coin for a quarter and has refused 100 dollars already hoping for higher offers In Hollywood Hal Phillips and Associates hires Gretchen Fine Associates for public relations duties.
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Port Arthur
Tex
UPI
Hugo Becker
Mint
Kennedy
PR Hollywood
Hal Phillips and Associates
Gretchen Fine & Associates
Opposition For McDonald Abel Seeks Top Steel Union Post
I W Abel secretary treasurer of United Steelworkers says he will run for president against David J McDonald. Abel names Walter J Burke and Joseph P Molony as candidates for secretary treasurer and vice president. Election set for next February with Abel backed by many district directors staff and members. McDonald declines comment hoping to win like Lyndon Johnson despite opposition rumors and notes current officers Abel Hague as top leaders.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Abel
Walter J. Burke
Milwaukee
Joseph P. Molony
Buffalo
Burke
Molony
District 4
The
NSW
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Philip Murray
McDonald
Lyndon Johnson
Howard R. Hague
USW
Donald Rarick
McKeesport
Humphrey Plans Caribbean Vacation After Campaign
Vice President-Elect Hubert H. Humphrey and his wife depart for a Virgin Islands vacation to unwind after the campaign. They flew from Washington and earlier met with President Johnson to discuss the economy and Humphrey’s future role.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Virgin Islands
Humphreys
Caribbean
Chevy Chase
President Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Humphrey
Minnesota
Will Bg
Umphrey
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
NATO
Happy Warrior
National
Pastore Favored For Demo Whip In Senate
Washington reporters weigh Sens. John Pastore and Russell Long as leading candidates to succeed Vice President-Elect Hubert Humphrey as Senate Democratic whip. Long seeks the post. Smathers denies interest. Senate leaders Mansfield and the conference begin behind the scenes talks as new Congress approaches. Humphrey plans to resign before Jan 4, boosting his successor’s seniority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Pastore
Long
George A. Smathers
Dela
Smathers
Florida
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Mansfield
Congress
Humphrey
Ed driver education enrollment rises to six thousand five hundred nineteen
The State Department of Education reports 6519 of 34832 eligible students enrolled in the 1963 64 driver education course, up four percent from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Department of Education
Raleigh County canvassing board to meet Monday
The Raleigh County Court members will convene as a canvassing board at 9 a m in the county court room. The board includes H G Farmer Charles Burdiss and Rondey Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
County Court
H. G. Farmer
Charles Burdiss
Rondey Webb
Jimmie DeHart Fined in Illegal Passing Case
Jimmie DeHart and Mr. Hope appeared before Magistrate W A Gene Burke facing an illegal passing charge. DeHart was fined five dollars today after the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie DeHart
Hope
W. A
Gene) Burke
Highway Toll Soars To 386
United Press International reports six traffic fatalities in 24 hours push West Virginia's 1964 highway death toll to 386, with a Wood County child, 8, Timothy Nelson, critically injured after a school return ride. Parkersburg physician’s wife Mrs. Holmes Blair dies in a wreck near Parkersburg. other fatal crashes listed in Clarksburg, Eckman, Welch, Cherry Grove, and Shepherdstown. one death not counted in toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Wood County
Timothy Nelson
Vienna
West Virginia University Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Holmes Blair
Cherry Grove
Pendleton County
Ronald Arbogast
Elizabeth Nicholas
Shepherdstown
Thelma C. Leidig
Chambersburg
Soviet China letters praise signals rift with West
The Soviet New China News Agency aired anniversary greetings signed by Mao Zedong Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Enlai to the Soviet Union. Peking keeps a hard line toward the West while Moscow resists. Pravda calls for an end to nationalism and chauvinism, showcasing competing aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Communist New China News Agency
Soviet Union
Mao Tzetung
Liu Shao - Chi
Chou
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Rhodesia Votes To Break Away Independence Referendum
Rhodesia last night reported a landslide vote for independence under Ian Smith’s white minority government. Returns showed 44,460 yes and 5,056 no from registered voters. Britain’s Harold Wilson warned unilateral independence would be treason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPT
Harold Wilson
Legion Post 32 to Host Special Meeting on Nov 10
Lenion Meet Slated Clarence Pierce commander Post 32 of the American Legion urges all members to attend a special meeting on November 10 at the Memorial Building, the regular meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Pierce
The
American Legion
Memorial Building
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