Biggest anti Communist rally crowds Jakarta in day
Tens of thousands packed Banteng Square in Jakarta for the largest anti Communist rally in the capital. Estimates ranged from 15 million on Radio Jakarta to about 100000. The rally opposed PKI ties to the Oct 1 coup and pressed for banning the party amid reports of militant actions in Central and East Java.
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Jakarta
API
Banteng Square
Radio Jakarta
Java
Central
Antara
East Java
PPP
Klaten
Redeepeed
D.N. Aidit
Communist Party
PKI
Sukarno
Siamese Twins Separated in Chapel Hill Operation
In Chapel Hill North Carolina seven month old Siamese twins Dorothea and Althea Allen were successfully separated after hours of surgery. A four surgeon team and 16 specialists performed the delicate procedure, leaving the girls in very satisfactory condition. The twins were fused from the hips to a common navel while above the navel their bodies were separate.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
UPI
Cousselce
Dorothea
Althea Allen
High Point
Dorothy
David Allen
Contract for National Training School for Boys awarded
Washington UPI reports an $8.5 million contract for Morgantown West Virginia to William Green Construction Co. of Long Island. The bid was the apparent low bid and construction is slated to start in December.
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Washington
UPI
National Training School For Boys
Morgantown
W. Va
William Green Construction Co
Long Island
Deaths and Funerals Notice in Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs Juanita Lilly Mrs Shirley Keaton Eccles and Carol Lee Meadows will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Wesley Grose officiating Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park The body is being returned to the funeral home by Rose Home ambulance Friends may call after 1 p m Thursday Funeral services for Max Stapleton 75 of Daniels will be at 2 30 p m Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Garland Howington in charge Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Stapleton died at 420 p m Monday after an extended illness He was a retired miner and member of UMWA Local 9375 at Tralee Born January 1 1890 in Hancock County Tennessee he was the son of the late Clinton and Martha Lawson Stapleton Survivors include his widow Mary Rutherford Stapleton two sons Mack B Daniels and Clarence O Brunswick Md one daughter Mrs John Maxie Fletcher of Davy one brother Ralph of Kingsport Tennessee two sisters Mrs Eliza Cartee Spartanburg SC and Mrs Creeta Trent Kingsport Tenn 16 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren The body will remain at the funeral home.
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Daniels
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
Garland Howington
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Stapleton
UMWA
Tralee
Hancock County
Tenn
Clinton
Martha Lawson Stapleton
Mary Rutherford Stapleton
Mack B
Clarence O
Brunswick
John
Maxie) Fletcher
Davy
Ralph
Kingsport
Eliza Cartee
Spartanburg
S. C
Creeta Trent
Cook
Oceana
First Baptist Church
Wayne Ros
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Man
Jesse
Ella Cook
Harold
Baltimore
Gladys Carter
Chesapeake
Ohio
Hazel Adkins
Harts
Evans Funeral Home
Whittaker Rites for Edward P Whittaker Held at Sprague
Funeral services for Edward Preston Whittaker 61 of Sprague are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sprague Free Will Church with C M Littlejohn and John Barton in charge. Burial will be in Hot Coal Cemetery. Whittaker a mine foreman and Free Will Baptist Church member died at 6 20 a.m. He was born March 17 1904 in Wyoming county, son of the late Milton Whittaker. Survivors include his mother Mrs Emma Craft Whittaker of MacArthur, widow Gracie Whittaker, a son Edward P Jr, a daughter Mrs Lillian Pack of Crab Orchard, and seven grandchildren. The body will lie in state at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home then move to the church an hour before services. Pallbearers named. (RNS)
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Edward Preston Whittaker
Sprague
Sprague Free
Lee
James Whittaker
Arthur Pack
John Martin
Mack Basham
Cordell Way
Local Miner Sylvester Ferguson Dies After Brief Illness
Sylvester Van Ferguson age 56 of 105 Smoot Ave died at 11 a m Monday in a local hospital after a brief illness Born February 4 1909 in Danville Virginia he was a son of the late James and Mattie Ferguson A retired miner and member of UMWA Local He is survived by wife Rosie four brothers Percy of Heights Lenny and Kee of Newark Clyde and a sister Mrs Hattie Merchant of Harlem Heights The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Sylvester van Ferguson
Smoot Ave
Danville
James and
Mattie Ferguson
UMWA
Rosie Ferguson
Percy
Re Heights
Lenny
Kee Ge Bong
Newark
N.J
Clyde
Keystone
Hattie Merchant
Harlem Heights
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Beckley Woman Dies in Bluefield Funeral Planned
Lottie Dennis, cousin of Mrs. Pearl Fortune and Mrs. Hilda Tank of Beckley, died today in Bluefield. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Thursday in Bluefield with burial to follow in Hurtz, Virginia.
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Lottie Dennis
Pearl Fortune
Hilda Tank
Beckley
Bluefield
Hurtz
Funeral Rites Set for Mrs Nellie Lambert at Matheny
Mrs Nellie Vir ginia Lambert 87 Matheny dying after long illness to be held Wednesday at Matheny Methodist Church with Rev James Cottrill in charge Burial in Lambert Cemetery Matheny She was born April 25 1878 at Matheny daughter of Charlie Ferg and Jane Stewart Her husband T H Lambert died January 4 1955 Survivors include two sons Stacy of Huntington and Ferg Lambert of Man and five daughters Rita Shumate of St Albans Sylvia Jones of (continues)
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Nellie Virginia Lambert
Matheny
Matheny Methodist Church
James Cottrill
Lambert Cemetery
Lambert
Charlie Ferg
Jane Stewart
T. H. Lambert
Stacy
Huntington
Ferg Lambert
Man
Rita Shumate
St. Albans
Sylvia Jones
Obituary notice for G W Thomas Gilmer Wilson Thomas
G W Thomas Gilmer Wilson Thomas 48 Sprague died at 10 p m Monday in a local hospital after an apparent heart attack. Born December 4 1916 in Rock he was son of Maude Thorne Thomas Sprague and the late Lacy Thomas. He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church. Survived by wife Alma Jones, son Larry Eugene, three brothers Edward Dayton OH Orville Sprague and Donnie Glen Morgan, four sisters Alma Ransom Lillie Pittman Blue Jay Beatrice Green Princeton and Thelma Hatcher Columbus OH. Funeral services 1 p m Thursday at the Assembly of God Church with Rev T M Waldron. Friends may call after 1 p m Wednesday. Burial at church one hour prior to services.
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Gilmer Wilson Thomas
Sprague
Rock
Maude ‘Thorne Thomas
Lacy Thomas
First Assembly of God Church
Alma Jones
Glen Morgan
Alma Ransom
Lillie Pittman
Blue Jay
Beatrice Green
Princeton
Thelma Hatcher
Columbus
Ohio
Assembly of God Church
T. M. Waldron
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry
Funeral arrangements for William H. Jones 79
William H. Jones died Sunday after a long illness at his home in McRoss. He was a retired businessman and brother of Charlie Jones of Oak Hill. Born June 20, 1886 in Dawson, son of J. W. and Betty Houchins Jones. Body at Nickell Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
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William Harry Jones
McRoss
Charlie Jones
Oak Hill
Snotet
East Rainelle
Dawson
J. W
Betty Houchins Jones
Nickell Fur
Final rites for 14 year old Joseph Allen
Joseph Allen of Fayetteville dies after a long illness in Welch hospital. Funeral services are Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Second Baptist Church Fayetteville with Rev. C. F. Dorcas officiating. Burial will follow at Pierce Cemetery. The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral home will be in charge and will receive friends one hour prior to the service.
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Fayetteville
Second Baptist Church of
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Pierce
Allen
Welch
Ritchie and Johnson
Poe
West Virginia man killed en route to new job in Cleveland
Donald J. Arnold, 27, of Grafton West Virginia, died after a Saturday night crash that injured him internally and led to his death Sunday morning at Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland. He planned to start as a machine operator that week and hoped to bring his wife Linda Lou and son Donald Stephen to Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
UPI
West Virginia
Donald J. Arnold
Lutheran Hospital
Arnold
Linda Lou
Donald Stephen
Grafton
W. Va
Weaver Seeks Head of New Urban Development Department
Robert C. Weaver, longtime head of Home Financing and a prominent Black official, bluntly stated he wants the post in the new Urban Development Department. President Johnson mulls at least eight candidates including Kermit Gordon and former NY Mayor Robert Wagner as the department replaces HHFA and takes over federal housing programs for America’s cities.
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Robert C. Weaver
Home Finance the and Aeete
CHEFA
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
Cabinet Department
Weaver
HHFA
New Department
Housing and Urban Development
Kermit Gordon
John J.sparkman
D-Ala
Albert Rains
D- Ala
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Jerome P. Cavanaugh
Detroit
Richard C. Lee
New Haven, Conn
Parliament opens with historic reform and royal pageantry
The new session opens at Westminster with bills abolishing Britain's death penalty and banning racial discrimination. Prime ministerial stability is slim after two Labour ministers died, while Prince Philip and robe-clad officials witness a ceremonial royal speech. The monarch departs for Buckingham Palace by horse-drawn coach.
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Buckingham Palace
Britain
Wilson
House of Commons
Labor Party
Pincer Attack at Bien Hoa Tests U S Firepower
UPI photographer Dirck Halstead reports American troops under a Communist pincer near Bien Hoa as Viet Cong guns dominate a valley. Medics like Spec. 5 Joe Diaz of San Antonio recall fire superiority but say artillery and air power saved lives amid dense smoke and treatment delays. Helicopters shuttle wounded as medical tents fill.
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Joe Diaz
San Antonio
Tex
V.C
UPI
Dirck Halstead
Bien Hoa
U.S
Diaz
Gresham's Law Triggers Government Worry Over Silverless Coins
The article discusses rising fears that replacing silver coins with copper nickel ones could spark a coin shortage. It outlines reasons people might hoard silver, the 1965 Coinage Act, and Treasury plans to replace silver coins within two to three years. Officials note hoarding and grandfathered storage scenes, while mint press capacity is watched closely.
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Thomas Gresham
Johnson
Congress
Treasury
Space Walker to Do Pioneer Space Walk in Gemini 9
SPACE CENTER Houston UPI reports American astronaut John Bassett will become the first American to perform a self propelled space walk while tethered to the Gemini 9 capsule. Bassett will join Elliot M. Lee Jr. in attempting a link up with an unmanned Agena satellite as part of the rendezvous and docking tests ahead of lunar missions.
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Lee
General Electric Co
Earth
Moon
Interstate Program May Be Extended
RALEIGH North Carolina UPI road officials from 12 southeastern states including West Virginia were told that the interstate highway construction program may be extended by two years. A. E. Johnson executive secretary said the government sees a need for eight billion dollars more than originally estimated to complete the interstate system. He said hearings in Congress would begin in February and completion could move from 1972 to 1974. West Virginia Road Commissioner Burl A. Sawyers attended.
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Raleigh
N.C
UPI
West Virginia
A. E. Johnson
American State Highway Officials
Southeastern Association of State Highway
Congress
Johnson
West Va
Burl A. Sawyers
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon End LA Visit
Britain’s Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon continued a whirlwind three day tour of the Los Angeles area. They mingled with Hollywood stars for a second night running and planned a Caltech luncheon in Pasadena and a visit to a site in the San Gabriel mountains.
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Los Angeles
API
Britain
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Hollywood
California Institute of Technology
Caltech
Pasadena
Ey Cpl
San Gabriel Mounds
Johnson tops TV appearances era count in early presidency
President Johnson has appeared on live television 58 times in under two years, nine more than Eisenhower in eight years and 25 more than Kennedy in nearly three years. Broadcasting magazine compiled the tabulation for the radio and television industry.
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UPI
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Broadcasting Magazine
Radio Land Television
Plane crash near airport in Ohiv er terminal area
A Boeing 727 crash near the Ohiv er hillside during final approach killed several aboard and left survivors and investigators to parse the wreckage. A 15 man CAB team led by Thomas R. Saunders secured the site while a temporary morgue was set up and engine systems were examined for cause.
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Lake Michigan
Civil Aeronautics Board
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Thomas R. Saunders
College Student Hurt Critically In Fall
Bruce Lipsey, 19, a University of Colorado freshman from Towson Maryland, fell from a canyon wall while mountain climbing in Boulder Canyon. He was described as very critical and was carried down by Rocky Mountain Rescue Group members, after the accident involving CU student Robert McCracken of Denver.
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Iba University
Juce Lipsey
Colorado
Towson
Lipsey
Boulder
Boulder Canyon
Rocky Mountain Rescue
Robert McCracken
Denver
Eisenhower in Augusta Hospital After Chest Pains
General Dwight D. Eisenhower was placed in an oxygen tent at Fort Gordon Base Hospital after chest pains. His wife Mamie remained at his bedside. Doctors conducted electrocardiograms and blood tests with Dr Louis Battey providing medicine. officials expect results within 36 hours.
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Eisenhower
Mamie
Mamie Eisenhower
Normandy
Augustaational Golf Club
Mattingly
Louis L. Battey
Augusta Heart
Cars From 5 States Involved In Pile Up
A five-vehicle pileup on U S 50 near Pruntytown involved cars from Alabama New Jersey Ohio and Virginia. An Alabama car pulling a house trailer slid on a rain slick curve and crashed into four vehicles with no serious injuries. One car was driven by C E Dunham of Fairmont.
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UPI
West Virginia
U. S. 50
Alabama
C. E. Dunham
Fairmont
New Jersey
Ohio
Virginia
Probers Asked To Skip Penn Case In KlanInquiry
Atty. Gen. Katzenbach urged congressional probes not to take up the Lemuel Penn murder in the Klan inquiry. The House Un-American Activities Committee postponed its hearing from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST without a stated reason. Penn, a 49 year old Washington educator, was shot to death on a Tacordia highway July 11.
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Washington D.C
Browning seeks state hospital funding boosts for Fairmont and Hopemont
Ray Power Browning urged the state budgeting board to approve large increases for several facilities. He pushed Fairmont Emergency Hospital up to 368265 and Welch Emergency Hospital to 473500, with Hopemont Sanitarium rising to 1.0 million. Denmar State Hospital and Pinecrest also saw rising allocations. Browning argued aging facilities need repairs and new security, including a Pinecrest ward for inmates and chronically ill patients, and urged across the board raises for Denmar and Hopemont staff.
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Ray Power
Rteene Browning
Fairmont
Welch Emergency Hospital
Browning
Mont Sanitarium
Pinecrest
Denmar State Hospital
Sweet Springs
M Power
Hopemont
Denmar
Canada parties eye minority coalition after election
Pearson addressed the nation from television asserting he would stay in power with a minority government. The Conservatives hold four Prince Edward Island seats while J Watson McNaught and Agriculture Minister Harry Hays lost their posts in the cabinet. Pearson and most ministers won re election in their ridings with leaders of other parties also returning.
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Pearson
Prince Edward Island
J Watson McNaught
Harry Hays
Alberta
Vatican closes Ecumenical Council in solemn Dec. 8 ceremony
The Vatican announced Pope Paul VI will preside at a solemn state ceremony on December 8 to close the historic Ecumenical Council. In other news the U S Air Force launched a Minuteman 2 intercontinental ballistic missile from California, a 4,500 mile test that reached the Eniwetok Lagoon area. A Russian trade office and Tass office are planned in Singapore. A one year old girl named Jenny Queen from Perkersburg was admitted to hospital for first and second degree burns after an accident involving a hat, pen, and fudge.
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Vatican
Ecumenical Council
U. S
Eniwetok Lagoon
Califtag
Perkersburg
Woman taunts thieves by offering eaten turkey dare
Little Irchester England UPI reports Mrs D Luck vows to deal with turkey thieves who stole her 20 year old pet. She challenges them to eat it saying it should be as old rope and laughs off the loss.
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Little Irchester
England
UPI
D. Luck
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