American Refuses Reprieve in Mexican Death Row
Fort Worth Texas man Dykes Askew Simmons Jr. was offered a reprieve after the Nuevo Leon governor commuted his death sentence to 30 years. Simmons, the first American sentenced to a firing squad in this century in Mexico, rejected the offer saying he is innocent and ready to die. The Mexican Supreme Court had upheld the death sentence five years after the killings of three Monterrey teens. Consular officials reportedly warned Simmons his stance might provoke officials.
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Monterrey
Mexico
UPI
Nuevo Leon
Eduardo Livas Villarreal
Dykes Askew Simmons Jr
Fort Worth
Tex
Mexican Supreme Court
Simmons
KFJZ
GOP Told It Must Reorganize The Hard Way
Kansas Governor John Anderson Jr says the Republican Party must reorganize under a new national chairman. He urges a midline, pro progressive government message and notes Denver talks may yield no concrete reshaping plan. Anderson may be considered for national chair but is not seeking the post.
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Washington
UPI
Kansas
John Anderson, Jr
Republican Party
GOP
Johnson
Republican Governors’ Association
Denver
United Press International
Dean Burch
Anderson
Idaho
Robert E. Smylie
Governors’ Group
Kansan
House
Senate
Cop Acquitted In Car Bombing
James Hunter a Huntington police officer, 30, was acquitted by a Cabell County jury on a conspiracy charge in the July car bombing of a vehicle owned by City Purchasing Director James White. Co-defendants William Jolley and Hubert Dawson were to have similar charges dropped. The verdict prompted cheers as Hunter was paraded from the courtroom. Sheriff Harold Frankel testified that key witness Bethel Augustine had previously said he would sign a statement that the men were framed.
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Huntington
UPI
James Hunter
Cabell County Common Pleas Court
Hunter
James White
William Jolley
Hubert Dawson
City
Cabell County
Harold Frankel
Star State
Bethel Augustine
Logan County
Refinancing Proposed for Municipal Bonds in Nitro
Mayor W. W. Alexander advocates refinancing bonds to lower interest rates after Nitro saved 150000 through a plan. The method borrows new money at a lower rate to buy outstanding bonds bearing higher interest, here 966000 borrowed at 4.25 percent to repurchase revenue bonds at 4.84 percent. Alexander notes no laws prevent such refinancings and urges other cities to consider the tactic.
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NITRO
UPI
W. W. Alexander
Alexander
New York
Municipal
Special Cushing Prayer Will Memorialize JFK
Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston will lead a low mass at Holy Cross Cathedral to mark the first anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. He has composed a memorial prayer praising Kennedy as a leader and seeking that his death inspire love of country and peace grounded in justice for all mankind.
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Boston
UPI
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Holy Cross Cathedral
John F. Kennedy
United States of America
Johnson Speaks At Old College
President Johnson visits his alma mater Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos to inaugurate the new college president and outline a sharpened emphasis on education and the Great Society. He warns against a reckless course and urges teaching, qualification, and taxpayer effort, while launching a national talent search for officials.
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San Marcos
Tex
UPT
Johnson
Washington
Southwest Texas State College
James H. McCracklin
White House
Texas Ranch
Committee For Economic Development
Congress
Civil Service Commission
John Macy
Texas
Interior
Stewart Udall
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
West Virginia joint committee to meet in Charleston
The Legislature's joint committee on Government and Finance and the Commission on Interstate Cooperation will convene in Charleston on December 7 and 8. Debates will cover Southern Interstate Atomic legislation the West Virginia Pavilion at the World's Fair medicare legal advertising archaeological preservation including Indian burial mounds banking and higher education.
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Charleston
Mills Posts Bond After Reckless Driving Charge
Clifton Cleo Mills posted a 41.50 bond to Magistrate W A Burke at 8 40 am for release from jail. Mills had been booked at the jail at 8 30 pm Thursday on a reckless driving charge.
Man Convicted Of Extortion In Charleston Case
Franklin Eugene Harrah of Charleston was found guilty by a Kanawha County Intermediate Court of taking $300 from a married woman after alleging an affair. The state said he claimed a taped recording and would release it to her husband unless paid. The money, dusted for ultraviolet light, was handed over and Harrah was arrested. Sentencing deferred pending a defense motion ruling.
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Charleston
UPI
Kanawha County
Franklin Eugene Harrah
Harrah
William J. Thompson
Beckley College Offers GED Tests This Week
Beckley College conducts General Educational Development tests in the library for students over 21 who did not graduate. The tests grant a West Virginia high school equivalency diploma if passed. About twenty area students began testing Monday and the final phase is underway today.
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Beckley College
State Department of Education
Deaths and Funerals Jerry Waddell Beaver WV 63
Jerry Benson Waddell 63 Beaver WV died at 1 a m in a local hospital after a long illness He was a retired foreman for New River Coal Co at Cranberry Born Oct 10 1901 at Shady Spring he was the son of the late William and Sally Lilly Waddell Survivors include his widow Irene Redden Waddell a son Stephen two daughters Wilda White Port Charlotte Fla and Jo Ann Sawyers Duluth Minn four brothers Jones Huntington Crockett Calloway Heights Elliott Beaver and Wade Crow three sisters Mrs Nelson Miller Crow Mrs Willie Miller Links Grove and Mrs William Boothe Renick three grandchildren and one great grandchild The body is at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Jerry Benson Waddell
Beaver
Beaver Baptist Church
New River Coal Company
Cranberry
Shady Spring
William and
Sally Lilly Waddell
Irene Redden Waddell
Stephen
Siegel
Wilda) White
Port Charlotte
Fla
Conrad
Jo Ann
William Buford funeral services held in Granite Falls
Funeral services for William Bill Buford of Granite Falls will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Granite Falls Baptist Church. Burial follows at Granite Cemetery. He died Wednesday morning in a Granite Falls hospital after a long illness. Born January 10, 1912 in Pulaski Virginia, he was the son of Ardelia Carter and the late Jordan Buford Carter. He was a member of St Paul AME Church. Survivors include his mother, stepfather Marshall Carter, wife Octavia Buford of Granite Falls, six sisters in North Carolina Ohio and Michigan, two brothers in Beckley and Connecticut, and two stepsons Archie Johnson Beckley and oo Johnson of North Carolina.
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William
Bill) Buford
Granite Falls
N. C
McAlpin
Granite
Pulaski
Ardelia Carter
Jordan Buford Carter
St. Paul
Conn
Archie Johnson
Beckley
Oo Johnson
North Carona
Eugene Jackson obituary in Glen Jean days end
Eugene Jackson died Thursday at a local hospital at 10 45 p m The body remains at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements
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Eugene Jackson
Glen Jean
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Funeral services planned for Harry Belle Hoke
Funeral services for 58 year old Harry Belle Hoke of White Sulphur Springs will be held at 11 30 a m Saturday in Rose and Quisenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery Hoke died at his home from an apparent heart attack early Thursday Born May 25 1906 in White Sulphur Springs he was a son of the late Alchne and Lillie Fury Hoke and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints He is survived by his wife Dollie Harrah Hoke three daughters Mrs Vanda Gadomski Linda Hoke and Sue Hoke four brothers Lawrence Virdie Ivy and Alta three sisters Mrs Lola Webb Mrs Hilda Milter and Miss Vernie Hoke and one grandchild Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p m today
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Harry Belle Hoke
Virginia Street
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
Hillcrest Cemetery
White Sulphur Springs
Hoke
Alchne
Lillie Fury Hoke
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Dollie Harrah Hoke
Vanda Gadomski
Linda Hoke
Sue Hoke
Lawrence
Virdie
Ivy
Washington, D. C
Alta
Ashtabula
Requiem Mass for Sidney Ciccantell in MacArthur
Sidney Ciccantell 56 of MacArthur dies after long illness in Beckley hospital. Requiem Mass at 9 a.m. Saturday with Father Burley officiating. Rosary Friday at 7 30 p.m. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survived by widow Lucy Cheantell of Alexandria Virginia six children two daughters Phyllis Reed and Sylvia Alter both of Alexandria two sons Buddy Ciccantell of Fairmont and Mark Ciccantell of Alexandria three sisters Minnie Paulette Edrie Cresce Lucille Allen five brothers Danny Sam Mark Johnny George and four grandchildren. Caffee Funeral Home. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Friday. Pallbearers listed.
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Sidney
Fara
Nitro
Lucille Allen
Barberton
Ohio
Danny
MacArthur
Sam
Skelton
Mark
Johnny
George
New Jersey
Caffee
Friay
Herbert Holt
Billy Joe Maynor
Maxie Dwornick
David Walker
Instrument Approach Cited As Crash Cause
The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed a Mor gantown W Va airliner crash on an attempted instrument approach without proper navigation aids. The 1963 ferry flight from Lafayette Indiana to Morgantown killed stewardess Alice Hawkins a Purdue student. The pilot followed presumed signals and struck high terrain. an outmoded chart aided by ATC contributed.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Morgantown
W. Va
Alice Hawkins
Purdue University
Luther McKinney Funeral Arrangements Announced
Luther Page McKinney 69 of Herndon died at 2 a.m. today in Mullens hospital. Born November 15, 1895 in Algoma, he was a World War I veteran. Survived by wife Edna four sons Luther Boots St. Louis Missouri Robert Fort Myers Florida Michael Larry both at home four daughters Betty Smith Fort Myers June Clark Maumee Ohio Joann Wright Naples and Mildred Tate Fort Knox brother Homer Amarillo Texas three sisters Alice Ratliff Glen Morgan Ada Richards Crab Orchard and Maggie Rosenchild Brooklyn New York and 25 grandchildren. Body at Sam Fogle song Funeral Home Mullens.
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Luther Page McKinney
Herndon
Mullens
Algoma
Joe Bill
Wilmerth McKinney
Edna
Luther
Boots
St. Louis
Robert
Fort Myers
Fla
Michael
Larry
Betty Smith
June Clark
Maumee
Ohio
Joann Wright
Naples
Mildred Tate
Fort Knox
Homer
Amarillo
Tex
Alice Ratliff
Glen Morgan
Ada Richards
Crab Orchard
Maggie Rosenchild
Brooklyn
N.Y
Sam Foglesong
Rns
Mississippi Gave Barry 85.2 Per Cent Of Vote
In Mississippi 409,146 voters turned out on November 3 and official figures show Barry Goldwater won about 85.2 percent. He received 56,525 votes to Lyndon Johnson's 52,618, a record 1964 tally far surpassing the 1960 total of 297,000. Mississippi was among five states carried by Goldwater.
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Jackson, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Barry Goldwater
Secretary of State
Goldwater
Johnson
Johnson emphasizes congressional liaison role as department priority
President Johnson declares the legislative liaison is the second most important position after the cabinet officer, urging departments to select only heavyweights to handle Congress. He stressed the need for strong, top-quality figures to manage Capitol Hill relations.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
Assassination Hearing Transcripts Set For Release
Government Publishing Office will release 26 Warren Commission hearing transcripts and exhibits in 51 pounds of printed volumes on November 30. Hard-cover sets cost 76 dollars, and initial sales will offer complete sets only.
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Washington
API
John F. Kennedy
Government Printing Office
GPO
Soviet Satellite Detected U S Hydrogen Bomb Test
Soviet Cosmos-5 satellite reportedly detected a U S hydrogen bomb test over the Pacific on July 9, 1962. The blast at high altitude, about 250 miles, yielded 14 million tons of TNT and altered the Van Allen belt region. Cosmos-5 launched May 28, 1962 from Kapustin Yar and orbited for 339 days.
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Washington
UPS
Russia
Pacific Ocean
Commerce Department
U.S
Johnston Island
U.S.S.R
Kapustin Yar
Earth
Moon
Air Force to Cut ICBMs and Base Footprint
The Air Force plans major reductions including eliminating 150 ballistic missiles, closing six Strategic Air Command bases and 16 radar stations, and shutting three depot operations. Savings total about 348.8 million annually with further overseas base savings to come. Some Minuteman missiles will be added to keep current ICBM totals at 854 while Atlas and Titan missiles are torn down. B52 bomber relocations to southern bases are also part of the plan.
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Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Air Defense Command
McNamara
United States
Atlas
Titan
Small Railroad Wins Battle With Big U.S.
The Quincy Railroad defeated the federal government in a two year dispute after a Plum as County railfan run a 1907 locomotive with a modern replica for photos. The Interstate Commerce Commission fined $250 for no inspection but the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled no employee was criminally liable since volunteers operated the engine, calling it the shortest railroad train in law.
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San Francisco
UPI
Quincy Railroad Company
Plumas County
Interstate Commerce Commission
U.S. Court of Appeals
Illegitimacy Welfare Link Denied by Official
Princeton WPI State Welfare Commissioner W. Bernard Smith told the Princeton Rotary Club there is no clear link between welfare dependency and illegitimacy. He argued illegitimacy is a societal issue, not solved by denying aid, and that public assistance grants aid innocent children rather than their mothers.
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Princeton
WPI
W. Bernard Smith
Rotary Club
Smith
West Virginia
Guerrillas Down 3 Planes In Day
Communist guerrillas shot down three military aircraft in 24 hours near Saigon. Four Vietnamese crewmen were killed and up to six may have perished, including two officers. A U.S. helicopter was crippled but later flown out after ground fire. An observation helicopter and a U.S. Army plane were also hit with minimal injuries reported.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S. Army
US. Army
Tan Hiep
Deaths Near Dougherty Spark Mental Examination
A man died by his own action with three guns in the garage as deputies prepared to serve a warrant for a mental examination. Detective Ray Reed notes the barrells were against his chest and the guns fired simultaneously. A note by the deceased was not released.
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Charleston
Ray Reed
Dougherty
Barron Schedules Short Special Session On Tax Changes
Barron announced that all gubernatorial appointments needing Senate confirmation must be submitted at the next Senate meeting. He called a special session for next week to fold into the state income tax law this year’s federal tax changes, with the session expected to last only a few hours.
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Senate
Barron
McNamara cites timing for base closing plan
Bases Namara replies to charges that base closings are cheap politics. He says actions could not be announced before the November 3 election. He cites savings of 348.8 million from Air Force reductions, and 18.1 million yearly from Brooklyn Navy Yard closure, with further bases and overseas decisions to follow after government consultations.
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Namara
McNamara
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Brooklyn
Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Shipyard
Beckley Toastmasters Name Top Five Minute Speaker
Robert Christian won best five minute speaker at the Beckley Toastmaster Club meeting at the Beckley Hotel. Marvin Wales earned best two minute impromptu speaker and Murray Shuff was best evaluator. Sam Ferris presided, Kyle Cook led as toastmaster, with guests Floyd Repass James Blackburn Marvin Wales Melpar Woodell Woodell’s Jewelry. Next meeting set for December 1 at the Beckley Hotel.
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Robert Christian
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
Marvin Wales
Murray Shuff
Sam Ferris
Kyle Cook
Floyd Repass
Pet Milk Co
James Blackburn
Department of Highways of
West Virginia
Melpar, Inc
West Virginia Export Council Formed by Hodges
Washington United Press International reports Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges named fifteen prominent West Virginians to the West Virginia Regional Export Expansion Council. Members include Fritz Bannerot Charles ton W V Caperton Jr Herbert Jones Kod er Collison Lawrence Forbes Homer Bussa Dean Campbell James Hamer Charles Hardesty John McKewon Paul Nay Russell Rice Edward Rowland Joseph Weldon and J Wells Jr. The council aims to help expand West Virginia export markets.
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Fritz G. Bannerot
Charleston
W. G. Caperton Jr
Herbert E. Jones
Koder Collison
Lawrence T. Forbes
Beckley
Homer E. Bussa
Wheeling
Dean T. C. Campbell
West Virginia University
College of Commerce
James P. Hamer
Kenova
Charles H. Hardesty
Fairmont
John C. McKewon
Parkersburg
Paul Nay
Buckhannon
Russell Rice
Clarksburg
Edward T. Rowland
Weirton
Joseph Weldon
Hunter
J. Wells Jr
Newell
Training Meet Slated For 4 H Officers In Raleigh
Over 200 4 H club officers from Raleigh County are set for a training session at Beckley Junior High School from 10 a m to noon on Saturday. County Extension Agent William G Clark leads the program with Larry Cavendish instructing club presidents on duties and parliamentary procedure. Other officers and instructors include Vice President William G Clark Secretaries Mary Nell Godbey Treasurers Gustine B Eliott Reporters Leon Shimer Song Leaders Brenda Ernst Kitty Maynor Recreation Leaders Donita Neff Margaret Griffith.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Junior High School
William G. Clark
Larry Cavendish
Mary Nell Godbey
Gustine B. Eliott
Leon Shimer
Brenda Ernst
Kitty Maynor
Donita Neff
Margaret Griffith
Vatican Council votes shape church documents on ecumenism and liberty
Proposals on marriage and religious liberty were sent to the Pope for action with 1592 to 427 and 1657 to 99 votes respectively. The ecumenism document passed 2054 to 64 while sections on Jews Moslems Hindus and Buddhists also cleared, signaling conservative gains but no promulgation this Saturday.
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Christ
Council
Man charged after two car wreck on Eisenhower Dr
Oscar Suttle of 120 Hedrick St was charged with failure to yield after a two car crash on Eisenhower Dr at 10:45 p.m. Thursday. Suttle’s 1963 vehicle was hit by a 1955 car driven by Rodney Ray Lively of Elkton Md. About $500 in damage resulted.
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Oscar Suttle
Hedrick St
Eisenhower Dr
Suttle
Rodney Ray Lively
Elkton
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Harry Hoke
Sidney Ciccantell
Purdue Aeronautics Corp
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Steve James
Richard McQueen
Garner Attenborough
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Summerlee Rd
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