Labor Woes Kill ARA Project Varney Plant Closes Friday
Williamson Daily News reports National Seating and Dimension Inc. will close its Varney woodworking plant on Friday after labor management tensions. Started in 1961 with $1.5 million in local and federal funding, the firm employed about 125 and produced chair parts. Founders say skilled labor shortages and management missteps doomed the project, despite earlier profits. last month both key managers quit, prompting board action to wind down after fulfilling orders and disposing of materials.
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Williamson
UPI
Varney
National Seating
Dimension Inc
Williamson Daily News
Area Redevelopment Administration
Small Business Administration
State
James H. Harless
Jed Davidson
G. W. Oxley
CAUSE Drive Opens Today With 20 Colleges
Beckley College joins the fourth annual CAUSE campaign to raise funds for scholarships and the National Defense Student Loan Fund. About 20 colleges in West Virginia will seek alumni and public gifts today and Thursday with phone drives coordinated by WV Tech staff and alumni.
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Beckley College
Beckley
West Virginia
National Defense
Nancy Giacomo
Annie Castle
Carol Martin
West Virginia Institute of Technology At
Montgomery
James Vanover
Ray West
Jim Eanes
West Virginia Tech
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Alderson-Broaddus College
Bethany College
Bluefield State College
Concord College
Davis & E College
Fairmont State College
Glenville State College
Greenbrier College
Marshall University
Morris Harvey College
Potomac State College
Salem College
Shepherd College
West Liberty State College
West Virginia Institute of Technology
West Virginia State College
West Virginia Wesleyan College
West Virginia University
Wheeling College
Mondale Named To Succeed HH In Senate Seat
Walter F. Mondale 36, Minnesota attorney general, named by Gov. Rolvaag to fill the late Hubert Humphrey’s U.S. Senate seat. Mondale will serve the remaining two years of Humphrey’s term and gain seniority ahead of the next Congress. The governor cited Mondale’s vigor and potential as a rising Democrat and said Humphrey had suggested the option but Rolvaag made the selection independently.
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ST. Paul
Humphrey
Rolvaag
Mondale
Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
John Blatnik
Robert Short
Minneapolis
Los Angeles Lakers
Break Believed Near In Kansas Kidnaping
TOPEKA Kansas UP I detectives said a break was near in the abduction of a 7 year old Negro girl taken Saturday after being forced into a white man s car Maj Ray McFinney head of the detective division said questioning William Frederick Zimmer of Kansas City Kan 45 year old railroad engineer charged with first degree kidnaping yielded more progress in two hours than the past two days Zimmer was arrested Sunday in Marysville
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Ray McFinney
William Frederick Zimmer
Kansas City
Zimmer
Marysville
U.S. to press Soviet payment in United Nations vote
Johnson plans a 1 p.m. EST conference to push Moscow to pay its U.N. share or face loss of voting rights in the U.N. Assembly. Officials anticipate strong U.S. support for a showdown vote, though many neutrally inclined nations may abstain. Russia’s two year arrears could trigger the penalty, but U.S. sources doubt Moscow will permit it.
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U.N. Assembly
U.S
Assembly
U.N
Russia
Advisory panel named for secondary roads plan
Smith announces a bipartisan advisory committee on the secondary road system. John Amos of Charleston J Paul Blundon of Keyser Emmett J Bush of Charleston Eugene Carter of Charleston Paul Nay of Jane Lew Mrs John Scott of Oak Hill Miles Stanley of Charleston James K Thomas of Charleston Ross Tuckwiller of Lewisburg join the panel. Delegates from 55 counties will submit priority recommendations to the State Road Commission on roads to build or repair.
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John Amos
Charleston
J. Paul Blundon
Keyser
Emmett J. Bush
Eugene Carter
Paul Nay
Jane Lew
John Scott
Oak Hill
Miles Stanley
James K. Thomas
Ross Tuckwiller
Lewisburg
Smith
State Road Commission
Deaths and Funeral Rites for James K Ayres at Oak Hill
James Kettering Ayres 21 of Oak Hill dies in Washington hospital. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Randolph Johnson and Rev. David Heil. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Ayres born May 6 1943 Oak Hill son of Joseph Edmond Ayres and Helen Louise Hill Ayres. Surviving: brother Eddie Morgantown. sisters Sasha Amy at home. Body at funeral home after 7 p m today. (RNS)
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James Kettering Ayres
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
Randolph Johnson
David Heil
High Lawn Memorial Park
Ayres
Washington, D. C
Episcopal Church
Army
Joseph Edmond
Helen Louise Hill Ayres
Eddie
Morgantown
Sasha
Amy
Buford of McAlpin Dies in Granite Falls North Carolina
William Buford died at his Granite Falls home this morning. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. He was the stepfather of Rev. Archie Johnson, pastor of Welcome Baptist Church in East Park.
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William
Bill) Buford
McAlpin
Granite Falls
N. C
Buford
Archie Johnson
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
Miss Bessie Dickens Services Held in Pineknob
Miss Bessie Lee Dickens, 59, of Pineknob, died Monday in a Charleston hospital. Services were held today at 1 p.m. in Union Chapel, with Rev. M. H. Dinsmore officiating. Burial is planned at Cook Cemetery. Born May 26, 1905, she was daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Peters Dickens. Survived by sister Pearl Webb of Pineknob. Armstrong Funeral Home of Whitesville managed arrangements.
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Pineknob
Union Chapel
M. H. Dinsmore
Cook Cemetery
Dickens
Charleston
Jacob
Elizabeth Peters Dickens
Pearl Webb
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Bailey Funeral Services Set for Mrs Bertha Bailey
Mrs Bertha Faye Bailey 53 of Glen Daniel will be laid to rest at Trail Cemetery Surveyor after funeral services at Coal Marsh Baptist Church. She died at home Tuesday night after a long illness born March 1 1911 in Surveyor daughter of Mrs Lora Hendricks of Alder Ry and the late Henry Hendricks lifelong Raleigh County resident.
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Bertha Faye Bailey
Glen Daniel
Coal Marsh Baptist Church
Doff Harvey
John Richardson
Trail
Surveyor
Lora Hendricks
Alder- Ry
Henry Hendricks
Auditorium Babysitting Dilemma Sparks Box Office Outcry
Mrs. Clark laments preschool children napping in an empty auditorium and explains how even when awake they are hard to manage. She notes teens are troublesome but controllable, while the new edict may hurt attendance as Friday crowds left after children were refused entry alone.
Requiem Mass for Mrs Kandrach in Kilsyth
Mrs Mary Kandrach 71 of Kilsyth will be honored with a 9 am Thursday high mass at St Anthony s Church Kilsyth celebrant Rev Leo Werner burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Monday at a Beckley hospital survived by son Mickey Kilsyth daughters Margaret Sutyak Morrisville Rose Hill Levittstown sister Anna Miller five grandchildren and a great grandchild Rosary will be recited at 815 pm today at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope.
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Pontiac
Mich
Voorhees
Paul A. Johns
Calvary Lutheran Church
Perry Mountain Park
Greer
Nannie Murdock
Piney View
Goodwill
Nannie Winston
John Greer
Chelsea Manufacturing Co
Chelsea, Mich
Elsie Moore Greer
Johnnie J
Clarkston
Brenda J
Helen McDaniel
Dolphus Greer
Cecil Ray Murdock
White Oak
RNS
Mary Kandrach
Kilsyth
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Leo Werner
Hich Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Kandrach
Beckley Hospital
Czechoslovakia
Mickey
Margaret Sutyak
Morrisville
Rose Hill
Levittstown
Anna Miller
Tyree Funeral Home
Mount Hope
Three Men Released From Raleigh County Jail
Three men were released from Raleigh County Jail on Tuesday after posting bond. Paul Ray Lomax of Beckley was released at 2:20 p.m. on a drunk driving charge. William Baker, no address listed, was released at 12:45 p.m. for Beckley Police court appearance. Louis Rollins was released at 8 a.m. on a charge of tampering with an automobile.
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Raleigh County
Paul Ray Lomax
Beckley
William Baker
Louis Rollins
Humphrey booked on peace warrant in Raleigh County
David Humphrey of 212 N. Heber Street was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday on a peace warrant issued by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. He was arrested by Beckley Police.
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David Humphrey
N. Heber Sr
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Beckley
Palm Reading Questioned as Science by U S Health Agency
UPI reporting that HEW launches an 18 month study to test if future can be read from palms and fingerprints. About 100000 samples will be analyzed under supervisor Dr Fred Rosner who cites reported fingerprint abnormalities in several diseases. The study is framed as a gamble with potential to predict mental illness, heart disease, cancer and other conditions.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Fred Rosner
Rosner
Medicare Takes Priority Over Tax Cut for LBJ Agenda
Washington (UPI) The 89th Congress will pursue health care first, with a boost for elderly hospital care funded by Social Security taxes, ahead of tax cuts. President Johnson urged quick action on health care and Appalachia revival, pressing Ways and Means to decide priorities as hearings begin after the new session starts January 4.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
House
Congress
Ways & Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
Dark
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Carl Albert
Okla
Appalachia
Albert
Fines Paid For Speeding On WV Turnpike And Route 16
Three individuals paid speeding fines to Magistrate W A Burke. John Daniel Morris of Kenova and William P Younger of Charlotte NC each paid 10 dollars plus costs for speeding on the West Virginia Turnpike. Morris was cited on Thursday and Younger on Friday. Gary Walker of Sophia paid 5 dollars plus costs for speeding on Route 16, cited by State Police on Friday.
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W. A
Gene) Burke
John Daniel Morris
Kenova
William P. Younger
Charlotte
N. C
West Virginia Turnpike
Morris
Younger
Gary Walker
Sophia
Burke
Birdie shortage prompts gun advice at Hoylake club
In Hoylake England UPI reports Royal Liver pool Golf Club members were advised to bring shotguns if they could not recover missing golf balls. Large crows have been stealing balls from the fairways.
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Hoylake, England
UPI
Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Chesapeake And Ohio Declares Dividends
RICHMOND Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Tuesday declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 a share on C&O common stock payable Dec. 21 1964 to shareowners of record Dec 1 1964. The directors also declared a dividend of 87 12 cents a share on C&O 3 1-2 per cent convertible preferred stock payable Feb. 1 1965 to shareowners of record Jan 7 1965.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
Patrol Plane Crash Kills 10 in Atlantic near Argentia
A U S Navy P3A Orion crashed into Placentia Bay near Argentia Tuesday night killing all 10 aboard. The aircraft disappeared from radar during a Ground Control Approach after a six hour training flight. Debris was found four miles southwest of the airstrip as search teams conducted a marine and air sweep. The Navy launched a full investigation into the fatal incident.
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Argentia
Mld
UPS
U.S. Navy
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Placentia Bay
Orion
Navy
Fire Deaths Said Murder-death by own action
Huntington dispatch says fire investigators inspect a frame home ruins to determine if arson was used to hide a murder suicide. Gretchen Shephard 44 and son Robert 26 were pulled from the blaze Tuesday. Autopsy found Mrs Shephard beaten with an iron skillet and son wrists slashed. They were alive when fire started and died of smoke inhalation. deaths listed as murder and death by own action due to her beating leaving escape impossible.
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Huntington
UPS
Gretchen Lavern Shephard
Robert
State Police
Mitchell
Mystery man Dahan abducted in Rome under drugged trap
A semi conscious Dahan described being strapped in a padded trunk in Rome after meeting an elusive financier from Frankfurt. An Egyptian and a Moroccan menaced and detained him, drugged him, and fled. detectives seek the unidentified money handler while Dahan had been living in Naples under an assumed name.
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Dahan
Rome
Frankfurt
Germany
Via Veneto
Naples
China Nearer H Bomb Than West Thought
London report says China has reached the technical stage just before a hydrogen explosion and may cut the lag between a nuclear blast and a hydrogen test by two or three years. It notes Peking exploded a crude device last month and asserts progress against Soviet withdrawal of experts and tech.
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London
West
Russia
China
Peking
Congo Rebels Warned By U S About Carlson’s Fate
UPI dispatch reports Congolese rebel leader Christopher Gbenye met with U S Consul Michael Hoyt amid concerns for American prisoners including Dr. Paul Carlson who faces a rebel death sentence. The United States warned rebel leaders they would be held responsible for harm to Carlson and 62 other Americans.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Christopher Gbenye
U.S
Michael Hoyt
Paul Carlson
Carlson
Hoyt
United States
Gbenye
Stanleyville
State Rests Car Bombing Case
In Huntington UPI the defense was to begin its case in the conspiracy trial of James Hunter a 30 year old former city policeman charged in the July bombing of the car owned by city purchasing agent James White. The state rested after 20 witnesses including White and Bethel Augustine who said he and Donovan Fraley planned luring a girl from Logan County to Huntington to trap vice officers with compromising photos. Dawson Jolley and others were named as involved, with Dawson and Jolley set for later trials.
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Huntington
UPI
James Hunter
Hunter
James White
White
Logan County
Bethel Augustine
Donovan Fraley
Holden
Augustine
Fraley
Hubert D. Dawson
William Jolley
Dawson
Jolley
Mondale vows to push peace prosperity for nation and state
Quotes ST. PAUL, MINN. Walter F. Mondale on succeeding Hubert Humphrey in the Senate. He says his major task is to work as a member of the Johnson Humphrey team for national peace and prosperity and with equal effort for Minnesota's economic social and cultural well being.
Johnson jokes during turkey presentation at White House
President Johnson, shown a live 40 pound turkey, quips that he is glad to eat turkey instead of crow. The brief exchange underscores holiday moments at the executive mansion as the National Thanksgiving turkey is prepared for the feast.
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Washington
Johnson
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