Norse Discovery Challenge Columbus First Across the Atlantic
Scholars debate whether Leif Erikson reached North America around 1000 A.D. and briefly settled Newfoundland before Columbus. Anne Stine Ingstad’s 1960s finds at L'Anse aux Meadows support a Norse colony around 1000 A.D. but left no lasting settlement. The controversy centers on who truly opened the New World and whether Norse voyages diminished Columbus's fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Ericgson
Smithsonian Anthropos
Henry B Comins
Leif
Christopher Columbus
America
New World
Columbus
Anne Stine Ingstad
L’anse Au Meadow
Newfoundland
Collins
Yale University
Ericsson
Leif Ericsson
New Haven
Ocean Sea
Smith to urge PLC to oppose Elk River dredging
Gov Hulett Smith said he will urge the Public Land Corporation to oppose any dredging of Elk River after receiving a letter from Kenton Meadows Co of Gassaway Braxton County. He cited an investigation supporting public interest and possible harm to recreational and conservation values. Former Gov Homer Holt challenged the contract at a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Smith
Homer Holt
Holt
United Nations urges Britain to block Rhodesia independence
In a near unanimous move the United Nations General Assembly voted 107 to 2 Tuesday urging Britain to take all measures, including force if needed, to prevent a unilateral Rhodesian declaration of independence, with the United States quietly pushing the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United Nations General Assembly
Britain
General Assembly
United States
Thief Tries Bank Heist With Fishing Gear in Rawlins
A Rawlins bank was target of an unusual attempted robbery when the suspect used a fishing rig with four lines and sinkers to drop a bag into the night depository. Police report the bag was found by a patrolman before any test could verify contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawlins, Wyo
UPI
Rawlins
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Bertha McKinney 69 Oak Hill
Services for Mrs Bertha Tel lur McKinney 69 of Oak Hill will be held Friday at 2 p m in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev L W Stanley and Rev C D Cochran officiating Burial will follow in Kincaid Cemetery She died Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness Born in Winston she was daughter of the late John and Mary Bragg Settle Surviving are five sons one daughter five brothers and several relatives The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 5 p m Thursday Friends may call after 6 p m to greet the family
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Bertha Tellur McKinney
Oak Hill
Tyree
Summerlee
A. C
W. H
R. H
Bernard
Shevin
Helen Alderman
Plymouth
Mich
Russell
Eccles
Charlie
Lick Fork
Jasper
Kincaid
Marvin
Minden
McKinley Settle
Page
Kincaid funeral services held for 73 year old Mt Airy man
Robert Lee Kincaid 73 of Mt Airy N C died Saturday after a short illness. Survivors include sisters Mrs Mamie Lucas 210 Myers Ave and Mrs Ethel Mann 418 Lerne Ave and brother Wallace Kincaid Prosperty. Funeral plans are complete for Emmett Calloway 58 Mount Hope who died Tuesday after a short illness. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Robert Caid
Mt. Airy
N.C
Mamie Lucas
Myers Ave
Ethel Mann
Lerne Ave
Wallace Kincaid
Prosperity
Emmett Calloway
Mount Hope
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Obituary: Erastus Houchins 73 Blue Jay WV
Erastus Ras Houchins 73 of Blue Jay died in a local hospital after a long illness. A World War I veteran and United Mine Workers member, he worked for Blue Jay Lumber Raleigh Coal and Coke and New River Coal Stamford. Survived by wife Sybil, son Charles Buster in Ohio, four daughters, a sister and eight grandchildren. Funeral home handling arrangements.
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Erastus
Ras) Houchins
Blue Jay
Blue Jay Methodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Blue Jay Lumber Co
Raleigh Coal and Coke Co
New River Coal Co
Stamford
Houchins
Raleigh
Sybil Houchins
Flat Top
Granville
Julia Lilly Houchins
Charles Buster Houchins
Kettering
Ohio
Omar
Violet) Sliott
Louise
Tootie) Houchins
George
Phyllis) Rahal
Beckley
Bernard
Patty) Moore
Jacksonville
Flaoner
Dewey
Baltimore
D. M. Lilly
Daniels
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mace Medley Rites Set In Winona Church
The Rev A L Sims will lead funeral services for Mace Medley 66 of Winona at 2 p m Thursday in United Baptist Church Winona Burial will follow in Local Lane Cemetery Medley died Sunday after a long illness He was a retired miner Survivors include wife Edith four daughters all of Detroit two sons all of Detroit and Washington D C two brothers and many grandchildren Two funeral directors Ritchie and Johnson will receive visitors through 5 p m Wednesday then transport the body to the church
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A. L. Sims
Mace Medley
Winona
United Baptist Church
Lane
Medley
Edith Medley
An M. Gray
Washington
Virgin Booker
Jackie Beaner
Rebecca Davis
Detroit, Mich
Cissro, Mace Jr
Berman
Detroit
William
Washington, D. C
Alden
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Obituary notices for Matheny and Phipps in Oak Hill area
Obituary notices for Robert L. Matheny 70 of Page and Carl William Phipps 48 of Newark Del. Funeral services for Matheny will be at 2 p m Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with burial in Kincaid Cemetery. Phipps funeral at 11 a m Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Matheny died after a long illness in an Oak Hill hospital. Phipps died Sunday near El, ton Md from injuries in an automobile accident. Matheny was born April 24 1895 in Covington Va and was a retired employee of Eastern Gas and Fuel at Beards Fork. Phipps was born Aug 22 1917 in Glen White, a World War II veteran, son of Walter Phipps and Lottie Maynor, and formerly of Page. He worked for Chrysler Corp in Newark Del. He is survived by multiple children and siblings including Goldie Phipps and several others.
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Robert Lee Matheny
Tyree
Oak Hill
Kenneth Bond
Kincaid
Matheny
Covington
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Beards Fork
Martha Matheny
Garfield
Mount Hope
Chester
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Apria
Lyne Ann
Page
Charlie Matheny
Baltimore
Helen Webb
Nell Oyler
Lowmoor
Mamie Thompson
Bill Oyler
Carl William Phipps
Newark
Del
Chrysler Corp
Goldie Phipps
Carl Jr
Charles Lee
Daniel Ray
David W
Daisy M
Laura J
Lottie S
Quincy
Kendallville
Ind
Clinton Phipps
Indianapolis
Audrey Wahl
Fairdale
McCollum Opposes Beckley Gross Sales Tax Change
M V McCollum voices strong opposition to Beckley city gross sales tax, calling for tax based on profits rather than gross sales. He cites unfair rates, pyramiding costs, and interstate business in higher brackets, urging a hearing and legislative change pursued with West Virginia grocers’ group.
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West Virginia
Washington
Ohio
Kentucky
Beckley
M. V. McCollum
Huntington
West Virginia Association of Retail Grocers
Portsmouth
Pittsburgh
McCollum
Wisconsin alumni board rejects two Jews from Madison Club
Harrington told Arlie Mucks Jr the Wisconsin Alumni Association executive secretary that a letter would be presented at the Madison Club board meeting on October 26. Justice Gordon and Singkin said they were urged to apply. Gordon claimed no notification of rejection after seven months and Singkin said he initially refused due to anti semitic reports but later applied.
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Arlie Mucks Jr
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Madison Club
Mucks
Justice Gordon
Singkin
Gordon
Madison
Npt
Club
Nick Schmitz
Harrington
Morrissey Faces Georgia Bar Nomination Hearing
Morrissey testified he resided in Georgia for nine months and departed after failing to gain law clients. The subcommittee heard endorsements from Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Speaker John W. McCormack, both of Massachusetts, alongside denunciations by lawyers and the state bar association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Bar
Morrissey
Georgia
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
John W. McCormack
Lawyers and the Bar Association
House Driving Hard For Next Week Windup
The House aims to vote next week on a five year sugar quota bill setting 65 percent to domestic suppliers and 35 percent to foreign growers, amid anti lobby efforts to curb foreign influence in Congress. Also planned is a $4.2 billion supplemental appropriations bill for Great Society programs.
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Washington
UPI
House
Feedet Es
U.S
United States
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Orrissey
Senate Judiciary Committee
Francis X. Morrissey
Johnson's Post Surgery Health and Appointments News
Johnson faces uncertain hospital stay after surgery with initial 10 day to two week recovery estimate. Officials reported appointments include a Wisconsin judge nomination to the Eastern District and retirement approval for Texas judge T. Whitfield Davidson. Secretaries Wirtz and Morris join three-year terms on the National Red Cross Board of Governors. Moyers noted Johnson's improving mobility despite ongoing discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Kenneth P. Grubb
T. Whitfield Davidson
Texas
Davidson
W. Willard Wirtz
Thomas D. Morris
Defense
National Red Cross Board of Governors
Congress
Space Accord Seen Easing Soviet U.S. Tensions
At a United Nations conference on peaceful uses of space, Soviet and U.S. representatives reached space biology and weather understandings labeled satisfactory by NASA. Some officials view the accord as a mild relaxation of the Soviet stance on major agreements while Vietnam War involvement continues. The space biology pact is seen as Soviet tacitly acknowledging the U.S. lead in space data following Gemini 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
U.S
Russia
United States
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Dozens More Cubans Reach Florida Port
Dozens more Cubans arrived at Key West in a storm tossed voyage from Cuba as the open door policy drew fear of reversal. Havana Radio said the safety shuttle paused due to seas reaching 7 to 10 feet. By Tuesday more than 200 refugees had reached Key West. a Coast Guard cutter was en route with 24 more. One survivor, 81 year old Arturo Gordillo, had returned to Cuba to bring back his family. Eloy Gonzalez estimated about 8,000 people crowded Camarioca for departure or permission to go.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Johnson
Congress
Ealing
Mansfield
Mont
Florida Straits
Fidel Castro
Key West
Havana Radio
St Guard
Florida
Cuba
Arturo Gordillo
Eloy Gonzalez
Camarioca Debarcation
Three Guilty Pleas Entered in Criminal Court Here
Three guilty pleas were entered before Judge Harry L. McCreery. Bobby Maynor admitted drunken driving and driving without a license on Oct 2. he and Eugene D. Maynor, charged with drunkenness in public and allowing an unlicensed driver, were ordered to return for sentencing at 10 a.m. Nov 9, on existing bonds. J W Pack pleaded guilty to non support of Melissa Pack, with $20 monthly plus Social Security until June 1, 1966 and $30 monthly thereafter. Other actions included docket clearing, capias for Robert Berry on forgery, and postponements in the cases of Carl Lane Tetrick and Robert Teet III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. McCreery
Bobby Maynor
Paul Fourney
Eugene D. Maynor
Rt. 1
Marsh Fork
Bush
Robert Berry
Capias
Carl Lane Tetrick
Robert Teet III
Okvey Bailey
Geraldine Hall
Raphel Jones
Calvin Grimmett
Kenneth Hale
Billy Harold Howerton
Freddie Young
U S Steel seeks 28 million in tax recovery
U S Steel Corp filed a federal suit seeking 27,770,044 dollars plus six percent interest, claiming the government disallowed strike expenses and deductions from iron ore holdings and that the company overpaid taxes after a 1950 assessment. Laurence Vogel, head of the tax division, called the claim the largest ever by a corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
US. Steel Corp
Laurence Vogel
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Sukarno and Sukarno's Foreign Minister Under Suspicion
Indonesian leaders faced rumors of Sukarno's dominance and a link between his foreign minister Sukarno and a Communist plot. Officials cautious about confirming a U.S. credibility claim said Washington only has strong suspicions based on incomplete evidence regarding the September 30 attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sukarno
Suandrio
U.S
Reds
Indonesia cleanses PKI strongholds amid mob violence
A Muslim mob burned a Communist bookstore in Kemajora Jakarta and ransacked the Postal Workers Union office. PKI regional and city HQs were torched last Friday as anti-Communist unrest continued despite Sukarno's appeals for order. Radio Jakarta quoted Sukarno saying coup reports were exaggerated. He met with Suhandrio and Maj. Gen. Achmadi to discuss world sanctions on Indonesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kemajora
Jakarta
Postal Workers Union
PKI Qarters
PKI
Sukarno
Radio Jakarta
Sed
Roadcast
Subandrio
Maj
Crooked plan foiled as trio jailed after spree
Charleston police nabbed Gary Nolan 19 and accomplices Richard Adkins 21 and Bruce Gold 20 after a two state crime spree. Nolan wore necktie blades sewn inside as protection, but police found the devices shortly before they were jailed in Kanawha County. The trio face breaking and entering auto theft and forgery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha County
Bruce
Blacksburg
Kennedy urges new path to nuclear restraint and European security
In a Senate speech Kennedy pushes moving away from nuclear arms as guarantors of security and prestige. He calls for new answers on European security, alternatives to multilateral defense, stronger US Russia India roles, and a world with nuclear restraint. He backs expanding the 1963 test ban and a Latin American nuclear free zone via OAS action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Senate
Johnson
U.S
United States
France
India
Russia
United Nations
Latin America
Organization of American States
Medivac chopper hit in Vietnam as crew battles fire
A Medivac helicopter in Vietnam came under heavy ground fire while attempting to evacuate the dead and wounded. The pilot was killed at the controls but the co-pilot steered the craft back to U.S. lines. A crew of four was aboard. Captured Viet Cong admitted heavy losses from air and artillery as U.S. forces pressed Soui Dap Lang valley with howitzers rockets and bombs. Intelligence indicates Viet Cong retreat preparations as invasion loomed.
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U.S. Lines
U.S
Soui Dap Lang
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Monte Carlo
Spain
Beckley TeleCable
S. Kanawha St
Beckley, W. Va
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Bertha McKinney
Estell Garrett
Fayetteville
Beulah Taylor
Milburn
Beatrice Houchins
Robert Lee Kincaid
Robert L. Matheny
Carl W. Phipps
Morrisey
Florida Port
U.S. Steel
Indonesia
Crook
RFK
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