Survivors Tell Of Atrocities In Congo Hostage Incident
Belgian refugee Father Jean Declerck said American missionary Dr. Paul Carlson was killed by a bullet wound to the head as Stanleyville rebels herded hostages into the street. He spoke after 160 Belgian refugees arrived in Brussels from Leopoldville aboard a chartered airliner, recounting the morning attack at Hotel Victoria.
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Brussels
UPI
Congo
Paul Carlson
Stanleyville
Hotel Victoria
Jean Declerck
Leopoldville
Carlson
Culver City
Calif
Declerck
Victoria Hotel
Martha Frere
Mrs. Frere
Consul Describes Torture by Congolese Rebels in Stanleyville
UPI reports U.S. consul Michael P. E. Hoyt and four staff escaped death after weeks of torture and a flag eating episode in Stanleyville. Rebels lined up prisoners for execution and a 5,000-strong crowd watched. Belgian airlift troops arrived to free hostages as 17 were killed. Survivors recounted brutal conditions in the Victoria Hotel and a march to the Lumumba monument.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
UPI
Michael P. E. Hoyt
U.S
Stanleyville
Hoyt
Lumumba Monument
Paul Carlson
Nicholas Olenga
Martial Law Declared as Saigon Riots Persist
South Vietnamese paratroopers breached a 15 foot wall of fire in Saigon as riots continued. Prime Minister Tran Van Huong imposed martial law and a curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., after four days of student demonstrations injuring 59 people, mainly police, with two officers near death. Reuters UPI report notes U S Ambassador Maxwell Taylor left for Washington to discuss anti-Communist war plans with President Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Tran van Huong
Saigon Radio
U.S
Maxwell Taylor
Washington
Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
National Buddhist Center
Three Jailed and Two Released in Raleigh County Today
Three persons were booked at Raleigh County Jail Tuesday afternoon and today while two others were released after serving time. Two Beckley juveniles were jailed at 3:30 p m Tuesday on petty larceny charges for taking $6 from Elite Bowling Alley on Neville Street. Clifford Eagle Mabscott was jailed at 12:45 a m today on a drunk driving charge. Stanley Enos Charleston was released Tuesday after serving time on a shoplifting charge and Michael Rogers 203 H Street was released on a tampering with an automobile charge.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
Neville St
Clifford Eagle
Mabscott
Stanley Enos
Charleston
Michael Rogers
H Street
Teubert Named City Police Chief After Gibbs Death
Teubert, promoted to lieutenant in August and sergeant in 1957, thanked the mayor and council for the appointment as chief. He praised the City Police Department for cooperation after Chief Gibbs died and outlined a 12 year service as patrolman. He and his wife Janet Pflugh reside at 203 Foote St with three daughters Kim Patricia Ann and Marsha. He belongs to Black Diamond Lodge 81 Fraternal Order of Police and the Masons.
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Teubert
Gibbs
Janet Pflugh
Kim
Patricia Ann
Marsha
Foote St
Black Diamond Lodge
Fraternal Order of Police
The
Masons
Deaths and funerals list local residents in Cranberry and Belle
Edward Gruder Lions 53 of Cranberry died Tuesday after a long illness. Survivors include his widow Goldie, six sons, three daughters, a brother and four sisters. Funeral services Friday at Cranberry Community Church with burial at Prosperity Cemetery. Also listed are final rites for Ole Sundin 78 of Ontonagon formerly Glen Rogers died Monday night in Ontonagon. Burial in London Memorial Park follows. Sundin leaves wife Agnes two daughters Agnes Dugan and Marie Sexton three sons Earl Robert and Wilford, and 14 grandchildren. One son Donald is missing at sea from World War II. Body to Fidler and Frame Funeral Home in Belle.
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Edward Gruder Lions
Cranberry
Dink
Clay County
John and
Belle Lambey Lions
Goldie M. Lions
Edward Lions
Manassas Park
Charles Eugene
Carl Dempsey
William Glenn
Jerry Wayne Lions
James Franklin Lions
Ole Sundin
Ontonagon
Mich
Glen Rogers
Belle
London Memorial Park
Boda
Sweden
Sundin
Wyoming Mining Co
Raleigh - Wyoming Mining Co
DuPont
Anne Sundin
John
Agnes) Dugan
Bill
Marie) Sexton
Dayton
Ohio
Earl
Robert
Wilford
Donald
Fidler and Frame Funeral
Death Notices Grace McMillion Melbourne Resident
Mrs Grace McMillion of Melbourne Florida formerly of Bradley and Mount Hope died at 11 am Tuesday in a Melbourne hospital after a long illness She is survived by her husband J Walter McMillion a daughter Mrs Gary Maxine Bennett and six grandchildren all of Melbourne Funeral service held at 2 pm Friday at Brownley Funeral Home in Melbourne RNS
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Grace McMillion
Melbourne
Fla
Bradley and
Mount Hope
J. Walter McMillion
Gary
Maxine) Bennett
Brownley Funeral Home
Virgil L Wood obituary notes long illness and family
Virgil Lacy Wood 69 of Crab Orchard died at 2:50 a.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. Born July 1, 1895 he was a son of the late William and Nancy Hylton Wood. He belonged to the Methodist Temple official board AF and AM Lodge No. 95 Odd Fellows Lodge No. 74 and the Beni Kedem Shrine in Charleston. Surviving: Ada McKinney Wood his wife four sons Ray Wood Beckley Charles Wood Norfolk Va the Rev Emerson Wood Vienna and Gerald Wood Weston three daughters Irene Maxey MacArthur Hazel Sparks Beckley and Alma Jennings Norfolk Va two brothers Layton Woods Columbus Ohio and Henry Wood Raleigh 18 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Virgil Lacy Wood
Crab Orchard
Odd
William
Nancy Hylton Wood
Methodist Temple
Church
AF and
Odd Fellows Lodge
Beckley
Beni Kedem
Charleston
Rose and and Quesenberry Funeral Home
William Ellison Funeral Arrangements Reported
William F. Ellison 78 of Bellepoint died on arrival at a Hinton hospital Tuesday from a heart attack. He was a retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway carpenter, father of Ruth Darlington of Beckley, and a member of New Hope Methodist Church and the Modern Woodmen Lodge. Born November 2, 1886 in Maine, son of Lewis A. and Mildred Sanders Ellison. Body at E. Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton.
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William F. Ellison
Bellepoint
Hinton
Ruth Darlington
Beckley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
New Hope Methodist Church
Modern Woodmen Lodge
Maine
Lewis A
Mildred Sanders Ellison
E. M. Meadows
Final rites for Mullens barber Landon Nichols
Landon Reece Nichols 66 of Mullens dies at 5 p.m. Monday at home. Services set for 11 a.m. Friday at First Methodist Church Mullens with Rev. R J Matheny and Rev. Kenneth Pickens. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Nichols a Mullens barber for 28 years, member of Methodist church and Moose Club died of diabetes. Body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens after 7 p.m. Thursday for calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon Reece Nichols
Mullens
First Methodist Church
R. J. Matheny
Kenneth Pickens
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Nichols
Methodist Church
Moose Club
Sam Foglesong
William Harrah 63 Dies After Long Illness in Lakewood
William Harrah of Lakewood Ohio formerly of Raleigh County dies at home after a long illness. Born December 24 1900 in Backus he was a retired miner. Survived by wife Iva Dickerson Harrah a son Thomas Harrah a daughter Mrs Margaret Zick and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at Caffee Funeral Home with service in the chapel and burial at Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville.
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William E. “Penny” Harrah
Lakewood
Ohio
Raleigh County
Backus
W. T
Theddora Fox Harrah
Iva Dickerson Harrah
Thomas Harrah
Lake
Funeral Rites Set for Vicky Saunders in Fayetteville
Funeral services are planned for seven-year-old Vicky Adora Saunders, daughter of Mr and Mrs James Saunders Jr, Cunard, at 2 p m Thursday at Second Baptist Church Fayetteville. Burial follows in Pierce Cemetery. The body leaves Dodd Payne Funeral Home an hour before service. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Vicky Adora Saunders
James Saunders Jr
Cunard
Second Baptist
Fayetteville
Pierce Cemetery
Oak Hill
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Death of Albert Miller Brenton in Mullens Hospital
Albert Miller Brenton died at 11 p.m. Tuesday after an extended illness in Mullens. His body is at the Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Miller
Brenton
Mullens Hospital
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Congo Army Retakes Stanleyville After Rebels Massacre
Congolese forces led by white mercenaries entered Stanleyville as the army cornered the last major rebel stronghold. Rebels massacred hostages, 37 hospitalized, 21 in serious condition, most victims Belgians. NBC correspondent George Clay was killed during the fighting between Lubutu and Stanleyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball
Stanleyville
Christophe Gbenge
Carlson
Miss Aine
George Clay
National Broadcasting Co
Lubutu
Patrice Lumuma
Smith unveils plan for citizens task force in West Virginia
Governor-elect Hulett Smith said a citizens task force to craft a pro posed conflict of interest law is in the works. He urged the Legislature to pass clear ground rules for state business, hoping lawmakers will put West Virginia first over partisanship in the upcoming session.
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Bluefield
UPI
Hulett Smith
Citizens
Smith
Beckley
Cecil H. Underwood
West
Record Crane Return Reaches Aransas Refuge
A UPI report notes a record 31 adult and 10 young whooping cranes returning to their wintering grounds at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Gulf Coast. The previous high was 38 in 1961 1962, marking the Aransas birds as the last wild cranes believed alive.
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Washington
UPI
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas Gulf Coast
Interior Department
Canada
Aransas
Warren Hager Cited for Driving Without License
Warren Hager of Sweeneysburg was cited by City Police at 10 20 p m Tuesday for driving with out a state operator s license.
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Warren Hager
Sweeneysburg
Caspian Sea Defined as Landlocked Lake by Almanac
The Caspian Sea is described as a lake entirely surrounded by land with an area of 143 550 square miles, nearly four times Lake Superior, per the World Almanac.
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Caspian Sea
Lake Superior
African Students Demonstrate Against U S In Sofia
About 400 African students protested in front of the U S legation in Sofia Bulgaria against Western moves in the Congo They broke through police lines smashed windows of legation vehicles hurled coal at the building and carried posters denouncing the United States Belgium and intervention No injuries were reported and Bulgarian students reportedly joined in the protest which Tass described as targeting the Belgian Embassy
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Vienna
UPI
U.S. Legation
Sofia
Bulgaria
Congo
Legation
United States
Belgium
Tass
U.S
Anti Poverty ship and arts and crafts in dustries
The program targets low income families in Mineral and Hardy Counties with 8500 plus men 25 and older with limited schooling. Federal grants totaling 32 million dollars of 35 million fund community action plans administered locally. Highlights include a 14 neighborhood youth corps, 4.65 million to aid 1500 youths in 13 states, and 12 million to assist nine states plan and run anti poverty programs. Work programs for 1200 unemployed parents, 1.2 million for basic education, and 15 million for conservation camps for youths 16 to 21 with construction contracts forthcoming.
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Mineral
Hardy County
Shriver
Detroit
Total Action Against Poverty Organization
Jack Conway
Police Chief Blasts Supreme Court Ruling
Charleston Police Chief Dallas Bias criticizes the high court for overzealous protection of suspects rights. He says recent decisions endanger victims, citing the Escobedo case and arguing officers fear arrest if they pursue questioning without counsel.
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Charleston
UPI
Dallas Bias
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Escobedo
Deliberate Fire Kills Mother and Son in Huntington
State Fire Marshal team ruled the November house fire a deliberate act. The mother Gretchen Morehouse Shephard, 44, and her son Robert Shephard, 26, died by asphyxiation after the son attacked the mother with an iron skillet and attempted self harm before the blaze spread via gasoline. Autopsy cites murder and self-inflicted death in the same incident.
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Cobb
W. H. Mitchell
Paul Crepps
Gretchen Morehouse Shephard
Robert Shephard
Cabinet Panel Urges Overhaul of Secret Service Facilities
A cabinet level panel led by Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon plans a 3 million upgrade of Secret Service facilities. Testimony to the Warren Commission outlined a 50 percent boost in agents and new protective technologies, with 20 months to implement. The panel expects to report to the President next month.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Johnson
Warren Commission
Dillon
Secret Service
Commission
Budget Bureau
Signature Question in Hawthorne Case Follows Reconsideration
In a gambling trial, Ziegler testified he believed the Hawthorne signature on a money order was genuine but later recalled signing Hawthorne’s name. FBI Agent Patterson stated a meeting occurred with Ziegler and a U.S. Attorney where Ziegler denied signing the name. The case cites a maximum ten years and a $20,000 fine. jurors will deliberate after closing arguments.
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James Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Ziegler
FBI
George Patterson
Patterson
U. S
Zeigler
A. M. King
Egyptian Spy Luk Faces Israel Charge After Rome Escape
Mordecai Luk, an admitted Egyptian spy, was flown from Rome to Israel to stand trial on wire desertion charges. The report notes Luk’s dramatic rescue from a trunk airlift to Cairo. The piece also cites Commerce Department analysts predicting a December rebound for the U.S. economy after auto strike disruptions in October and November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ture
Mordecai Luk
Cairo
Rome
Israel
U. S
U.S. Department of Commerce
Secret Talks Likely On Red China U S Nuclear Issue
Warsaw reports indicate Red China and the United States will hold their 123rd secret dialogue in an 18th century Polish palace. Chief U S representative is Ambassador John Moore Cabot with Wang Kuo chuan. Main topics include China nuclear capabilities, Southeast Asia crises, and a proposal for a world summit to ban nuclear weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
UPI
China
Southeast Asia
United States
Poland
John Moore Cabot
U.S
Wang Kuo-chuan
Red China
Peking
Proclamation Declares Thanksgiving Day 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims Thursday November 26, 1964 as a day of national thanksgiving. He urges prayer for divine guidance and peace, and asks Americans to gather in worship and homes to give thanks and promote goodwill worldwide. Dean Rusk serves as Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States of America
Congress
Washington
Dean Rusk
Unsinkable Molly B Walks on All Fours Again
A beagle named Unsinkable Molly B, who learned to walk on its front legs after broken hind legs, is due to leave the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital today. The dog will stay with Mrs. Charles Davis Jr. in Havertown, Pa., for a few weeks before a follow up at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
Molly
University of Pennsylvania
Charles Davis Jr
Havertown
Davis
Fred Clark
Country Club Heights
Pittsburgh
Death Benefits Total 24.8 Million In State
West Virginia death benefits for the first three quarters of 1964 reached 24.8 million dollars, up 11 percent from the prior year. Payments covered 12,500 policies, with 3,900 ordinary, 3,600 group, and 1,900 industrial policies contributing to the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Institute of Life Insurnce
West Virginia
D C Votes in First Presidential Election in 164 Years
Washington citizens voting in a presidential election for the first time in 164 years cast 198,597 ballots on November 3. Official figures show 169,796 for President Johnson and 28,801 for Senator Barry Goldwater, with 90.4 percent of registered voters voting.
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Washington
UPI
District of Columbia
Johnson
Barry M. Goldwater
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Red Cross
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Huong
Dodge Boy
DODGE
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Phillips Motor Company, Inc
Mrs
Virgil L. Wood
William Ellison
Landon Nichols
William Harrah
Vicky Saunders
Citizens Task Force
Rane
White House
Molly B
D.C
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