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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1965
Page
2
Long obituary list notes Mrs. Simmons died after a long illness in Mullens. survivors include multiple relatives in Pineville Otsego Robert David and California. services at Melton Mortuary. Separate notices record Victoria Amanda Baker and Hazel Mae Summerfield infant burial in Beckley area. other survivors listed for Mrs. Cook and Tyree Trent incidents with funeral home arrangements.
Walter 8. Marcum 78 of Eccles died at home Sunday after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in Melton Mortuary chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Born October 9, 1887 in Mason County, he was a retired dairy farmer, son of John and Emilie Bird Marcum.
Ray M Gillespie 67 of Pugehe Street died Friday evening at his home in Tampa. Heart failure attributed his death. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Body is at Duval Funeral Home. Burial planned in Tampa. Survived by two sisters Mrs Maude Burdette Porter and Mrs Margaret Samples Columbus Ohio and 13 grandchildren.
Mrs. Ida Yancey age 62 will be eulogized by Rev. G C Gilbert and Rev W L Brown at 2 p m Sunday at Magnolia Baptist Church Helen. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery. The body lies at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home after 4 p m. Nesey Gatsee long illness.
Mrs Lyda Ruth Andrews 88 of Rock Ridge County Virginia died Sunday February 14 1882 in Covington Virginia. She was a member of the Rebekahs and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Survivors include three sons Robert White, two daughters Mrs R F Garvey and Mrs S W, Covington, 20 grandchildren and 55 great grandchildren. Funeral will be in Bells Valley Church Cemetery and the Lov ing Funeral Home.
Chauncie H Conner 66 of Pettry dies after long illness in a Bluefield hospital. Service set for Tuesday at Grahams Chapel with Rev Paul Zutaut. Burial in Pennington Cemetery Pettry. Survived by three sisters and a brother. Body at Memorial Forees Princeton.
British troops and Sunday observers report a riot in Aden following the slaying of an Arab by extremists of the National Liberation Front. The disturbance began when youths marched toward the skyline area shouting anti-British slogans and a Jewish-owned bar was set ablaze during the melee.
A mother and six oldest children were wounded as seven youngest died in a fire near Shamokin Pennsylvania. State police sought causes amid conflicting reports of an intruder and shotgun blast. Husband Paul Bordner, 38, was treated for arm burns and injuries. several siblings remained hospitalized in fair condition. Funeral services were planned for Tuesday at Rohrermel Funeral Home with Northumberland Memorial Park burial.
A 27 year old American, Newcomb Mott of Sheffeld Massachusetts, faced the Murmansk Regional Court in the first Soviet border crossing trial of an American. Prosecutors alleged he entered illegally after ignoring warnings about visa requirements. Mott was arrested near the Soviet Norwegian border last September and could plead intent, with his lawyers noting a Norwegian warning letter as potential evidence.
In Bastrop Louisiana a large, coordinated search began at dawn for an eight year old girl abducted from in front of her home Sunday. about 150 lawmen and volunteers with search planes and FBI agents scoured pine woods and river bottoms. No ransom message had been received at daybreak, raising fears the kidnapper is a sex offender.
Princess Margaret wraps up a UPI described United States visit with social and official duties in New York including a Fifth Avenue shopping spree. The Earl of Snowdon accompanies, private engagements follow. They depart for Bermuda after three weeks, with a Connecticut visit cancelled due to fatigue.
A congress maritime expo believes the Yarmouth Castle disaster may force the United States to withdraw from the International Safety of Life at Sea Convention. If the U S cannot push other nations to improve the agreement, Gar matz suggested, withdrawal should occur.
The strike threat arises over a 20 cent hourly pay rise per year tied to a contract at McDonnell, plus fringe benefits. The Labor Department keeps President Johnson informed on mediation progress as Simkin comments on the dispute. The Navy Phantom jet fighter production, including Gemini capsules, faces stoppage due to unresolved issues and Viet Nam deployment context.
Chile Challenge outlines U S leadership in the hemisphere as it pushes progress toward permanent OAS status in Washington. Key points include U S financial aid without strings and preferential access for Latin American exports like sugar coffee and beef. The U S seeks greater self help from nations through Alliance for Progress and anti-subversion efforts.
In Salisbury Rhodesia police used dogs to disperse crowds at bus stations as demonstrators hurled rocks and damaged a newsmen's car. A railway worker strike in Bulawayo and Salisbury failed to impact traffic or services amid arrests and scattered violence.
Government forces in northwest Vietnam repelled a Viet Cong assault, seizing ground and pushing attackers into a mine field where a grenade was rendered useless by a rubber band. Meanwhile U S Air Force and Navy pilots hit transportation targets around Hanoi to disrupt North Vietnamese troop movement.
The page notes $34,360 hidden in a bowling ball during an incident at a bowling establishment. H. Hide II, a wealthy wholesale grocer, was abducted near his home Wednesday morning while attempting to catch a bus for school and released nine hours later after his father paid most of the ransom in small denominations.
A theft involving valuable paintings was resolved hours before the Milan Inter soccer game. The works had been stolen earlier, last year, from Mario Buscaini's residence during a match with his family at the stadium.
Mrs Shaw explains to Caroline Kennedy why her father died, saying God took him to heaven. She recalls telling Caroline after President Kennedy’s death that doctors could not help and that he is now with Patrick and God. The exact teller notes uncertainty about who informed John Kennedy Jr.
Vienna reports say Romania did not officially offer to mediate the Vietnam war talks. UPI sources note U S officials had pressed for Romanian mediation, with Bucharest and Vienna indicating no formal proposal from Hanoi yet. Recent visits by U S lawmakers to Moscow and Bucharest are cited as evidence of growing interest in ending the conflict.
An anniversary observance was planned near the Dallas assassination site to honor the president. Sponsors of the John F. Kennedy Living Center organized activities across from Father Huber's, with an all faith memorial at Temple Fueneel and a high Mass at 7 30 p m EST to close memorials. Thousands were expected to visit the site along the edge of downtown, where visitors leave flowers and notes near the Texas Schoolbook Depository. City workers remove mementos as storage space fills with ongoing tributes to the slain leader.
Roy Young Davis of Mabscott sustained a right hip injury in an accident at the No. 3 East Gulf mine operated by Wi Ling Gulf Coals Inc. He was taken to Balachan Regional Hospital in Beckley around 11 a.m. with no other injuries reported. Doctors awaited examination results and Davis had not yet been admitted.
Paris officials delayed a planned 18 ton rocket launch carrying the A-1 satellite from Ham ama test center. Weather held up countdown despite readiness. the mission aimed to boost President Charles de Gaulle's prestige before the December 5 election. The satellite was to orbit between 340 and 1770 miles, transmit data for about two weeks, and report on temperature and orbit details to ground tracking.
President Johnson announced the death of President Kennedy from massive head wounds at 1 p.m. CST two years ago. He named Attorney General Katzenbach to place a wreath at Arlington Cemetery and led a 35,000-strong silent salute at a San Antonio rally for Rep. Henry B. upon recalling Kennedy’s history. A memorial service was urged in Fredericksburg, near the LBJ Ranch.
A series of fatal road incidents claimed multiple lives across the state. Samuel Lewis Nickelson of Martinsburg died after being hit by a car on a Martinsburg city street. Leslie Trent, 17, from Mount Hope, plunged off an embankment near Glen Jean in Fayette County after a vehicle crash. Danny Adkins, 8, of Midkiff, was struck on WV 10 near his home. Clarence H. Kaltenback, 47, of Wheeling, died when his car hit a utility pole at a South Wheeling intersection. Seldon E. Richmond, 36, of Pleasant Dale, Hampshire County, died in a two-car wreck on U.S. 50 east of Romney.James P. DeFazio, 24, WVU student from Trenton, N J, died from injuries after a crash in Morgantown late Friday night.
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