Campaign trail pause as candidates plan final two weeks
United Press International reports Democratic and Republican hopefuls pausing for strategy sessions before the final campaign sprint. Johnson meets congressional leaders after a TV address on Soviet changes and a Chinese nuke test. Humphrey cancels Florida speeches, Miller rests in San Diego before California stops. Goldwater rests in DC then tours Maryland and California. GOP seeks equal network time. FCC to hear.
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United Press International
Johnson
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Florida
Ardmore
Okla
Barry M. Goldwater
Washington
Goldwater
Maryland
Hoover in frail health as age 90 nears
Former President Herbert Hoover, 90, remained under intensive care at Waldorf Towers after a Saturday illness. Doctors said he fought bravely, with a bedside team including Drs Lepore Batterson and Rodgers. His condition was unchanged Sunday. his son Allen flew in, while Herbert Jr. is in California. Hoover, a 1928 term winner, is one of three living ex presidents along with Truman and Eisenhower.
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Hoover
United States
Waldorf Towers
Michael J. Lepore
Allen
Greenwich
Conn
Herbert Jr
California
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Adams
ABC Rejects GOPs Equal Time Request
GOP Chairman Dean Burch accused President Johnson of demanding free network time for his Sunday speech after the DNC failed to buy airtime. He urged equal time for Barry Goldwater, alleging political motive, and said ABC has refused. FCC to hear the complaint. equal time rulings vary by case.
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Washington
UPI
GOP
Dean Burch
Johnson
Democratic National Committee
Burch
Barry M. Goldwater
Red China
Kremlin
American Broadcasting Co
Goldwater
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
GM and unions inch toward broad talks with local contracts pending
National accord reached on economic and non economic terms but strike hinges on writing plant level contracts at GM’s 130 bargaining units. Over weekend GM and the UAW announced 78 local agreements plus AMCs workers won similar benefits including retirement at 60 with up to 400 a month, two extra holidays, extra vacation, pay raises, and profit sharing could add a week’s pay.
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American Motors
UAW
Five Fined For Traffic Violations
Five persons appeared before Magistrate W A Gene Burke for traffic violations over the weekend. Larry T Poe Sophia was fined 10 dollars on a speeding charge William A Pack Jumping Branch was fined 5 dollars and costs for following too closely William Tutt Johnstown Gratiot Ohio was fined 10 dollars for speeding on the West Virginia Turnpike Benny Carl Mullins Coal City appeared on two charges reckless driving and defective auto equipment and was fined 35 dollars on both charges Robert Fowler Oxon Hill Maryland paid a 5 dollar fine after being charged with making an improper U turn on State Rt 16
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W. A
Gene) Burke
Larry T. Poe
Sophia
William A. Pack
Jumping Branch
William Tutt Johnstown
Gratiot
Ohio
West Virginia
Benny Carl Mullins
Coal City
Robert Fowler
Oxon Hill
Maryland
Thieves Enter Lambert's Keystone Station On Harper Road
Entry by breaking two windows with a washroom pane and office room access. Thieves stole keys, three tires, and about 5 to 6 dollars in change from the cash register. They planned a future larger haul. An employee reported the crime.
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Lambert
Keystone
Harper Road
Underwood claims improvement and cites Liberty Street repairs in Salem
In a conference opening Underwood charged Flint with improper acts in funding a repair on Liberty Street. Residents raised 550.24 for materials, then Flint allegedly demanded a personal check for 793.96, which was cashed. A second $253.96 check followed. Flint denied wrongdoing, saying the work was done at cost with no profit.
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Underwood
Flint
Liberty Street
City of
Salem
SRC
Plane Crash Near Belgrade Airport Kills All Aboard
A four engine plane bound for Belgrade crashed after contact with Belgrade airport control was lost at 11:50 a.m. local time. Rescue teams found no signs of life. The report also notes Biryuzov's World War II career and later roles in the Soviet military, including command of anti aircraft defense.
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Tain
Belgrade
Biryuzov
Stalingrad
Mius
Molochnaya
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Bond Forfeited in Dayton Drunk Driving Case
Harold Phipps aged 26 of Dayton Ohio forfeited a $50 bond to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez today on a drunken driving charge.
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Harold Phipps
Dayton
Ohio
Joe Rodriguez
Deaths And Funerals Ira Adkins 49 Pluto
Funeral services for Ira Silas Bud Adkins 49 of Pluto were held at Pluto Methodist Church with Rev. Shields and Rev. Wills. Burial followed at Meadow Cemetery. He died Friday night after being struck by a car at Cool Ridge. Born January 26 1915 he was a Pluto native and member of the Pluto Methodist Church. Surviving are two brothers Kyle and Elbert and six sisters Letha Via Edith Hambrick Lurlene Acord Texie Adkins and Clair Johnson. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in charge.
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Ira Silas
Bud” Adkins
Pluto
Pluto Methodist Church
Robert Shields
Willie Wills
Meadow
Adkins
Cool Ridge
Martha Meador
Kelly Adkins
Kyle
Elbert
Letha
Mattie) Via
Hinton
Okey
Edith) Hambrick
Oceana
James
Lurlene) Acord
Texie Adkins
Clair Johnson
Brooks
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Era Alexander
Mrs Era Alexander 60 formerly of Lester died from injuries in a Saturday automobile accident in Dearborn Heights Michigan. She was visiting daughter Ilene Hall. Survived by daughter Wanda Carothers Hyattsville Md sister Mrs Henry B Dooley Mullens and four grandchildren. Body at Howe and Peterson Funeral Home Dearborn Heights.
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Era Alexander
Lester
Dearborn Heights
Mich
Ilene Hall
Alexander
Dora and
Kenley Canterbury
Wanda Carothers
Hyattsville
Henry B. Dooley
Mullens
Howe and
Roy T Biggs Rites Set At Stanaford Church of Christ
Funeral services for Roy Thomas Biggs 64 of Mabscott will be at 2 p m Tuesday at Stanaford Church of Christ with Rev L A Garten officiating Burial follows at Stanaford Cemetery He died Sunday morning after a long illness Born in Summers County March 9 1900 he was a retired miner and a member of Stanaford Church of Christ Survivors include his widow three sons six daughters a step daughter and 23 grandchildren The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the residence at 4 30 p m today and to the church one hour before services Pallbearers named.
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Roy Thomas Biggs
Mabscott
Stanaford Church of Christ
L. A. Garten
Stanaford
Biggs
Summers County
Stamford Church of Christ
Opal Johnson Biggs
Roy Franklin
Chicago
Ill
Clarence
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Thomas Gray
Houston
Ruby) Redden
Crab Orchard
Louis
Edith) McMillion
Jimmy
Bertha) McMillion
Sophia
James
Rita) Perdue
Wayne
Anna) Jarrett
Kenneth
Barbara) Meadows
Claude Gill
Rose and Quesenberry
Cleo Gill
Arlie Smith
Roy Hilbert
Poley Powers
Joe Woicehavich
Roy Welch
Mamie
Gerald
Rock Creek
Lyle
Cleveland
Ohio
June Mullins
Sharon Turner
Dudley
Garrison
Alfred
Red Jacket
Burton
Bloomingrose
Lena Canterbury
Gilbert
Katherine Cantley
Leevale
Goldie Totten
Seth
Myrtle Browning
Forest Calvert 64 Dies After Long Illness in Trafford
Forest Calvert of Trafford dies at 5 30 p m Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. A retired miner who last worked at Lillybrook Coal Co he was a member of County Line Missionary Baptist Church and UMWA Local 7086. Born November 20 1899 in Blountsville Alabama he was the son of the late Joe and Alice Calvert. His survivors include his wife Mrs Ethel Calvert? stepmother Mrs Alma Calvert two sons Carroll B Calvert and Joe D Calvert three daughters Elizabeth Elam Lrena Hope Ethleen Smith six sisters and six brothers. He had six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Forest Calvert
Princewick
Lillybrook Coal Co
County Line Missionary Baptist Church
Trafford
Ala
UMWA
Blountsville
Joe
Alice Chamblee Calvert
Ethel Foust Calvert
Alma Calvert
Carroll B. Calvert
Crab Orchard
Joe D. Calvert
Charleston
Elizabeth Elam
Baltimore
Lorena Hope
Silver Spring
Ethleen Smith
Glen Burnie
Eva Foust
Alma Smith
Gladys Jordon
Oneonta
Gracie Gross
N.J
Theo
Beckley
Vince M
Emory
Wyco
Jethro
F. G
Obie
Obituaries for J B Evans and Don Peters
Funeral services for J B Evans 65 of Hill Top are set for 1 30 p m at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with burial in Hill Top Cemetery. Don Peters 63 of Rock Creek will be buried Sunset Memorial Park after services at Rebecca Chapel Church at 2 p m Tuesday. he was a retired coal miner and WWI veteran. Survivors include his wife Mamie and six grandchildren.
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J. B. Evans
Hill Top
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
J. A. Higgenbotham
W. C. Clement
Don Peters
Rock Creek
Rebecca Chapel
Virgil Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Peters
Death of Lloyd Rhodes at 59 in Glen White
Lloyd Rhodes, 59, of Glen White died at his home at 11 p.m. Sunday after a long illness. A retired miner born June 9, 1905 in Sanger, he was a son of the late James and Ioie Rhodes. Survived by wife Bertha Saddler Rhodes and ten to more than a dozen children, including Clarence Jimmy and Bobby of Aspers and Ralph and Gary at home, plus seven daughters and siblings. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Lloyd Rhodes
Glen White
Sanger
James and
Ioie Suttle Rhodes
Bertha Saddler Rhodes
Clarence
Jimmy
Bobby
Aspers
Ralph
Gary
Helen Richards
Lillian Richards
Mrs Vella Samples Rites Held for 64 Year Old Harvey Woman
Mrs Vella Mae Samples of Harvey died Saturday at 4 15 p m at home She was born May 24 1900 in Hinton and was a member of Harvey Methodist Church Survived by three sons Ralph Dare Joseph J and Lee O Samples and a daughter Mrs Helen Morrison Burial is in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Funeral services are at 2 p m Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev C D Walken in charge Friends may call after 4 p m today at the funeral home
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Vella Mae Samples
Harvey
Tyree
Ralph Dare
Joseph J
Lee O. Samples
Millville
N. J
Helen Morrison
Final rites for John R. Scott in Lawton
John Russell Scott, 64, of Lawton, dies in a local nursing home Friday evening. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Frank Shelton officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery. He is survived by his foster daughter Imogene Scott at home, Mrs. Mabel Scott, three sisters Mrs. L. Adams and Mrs. Josie Turner of Washington DC, Mrs. Minnie Gray of Prince, and brother Theodore of Laurel Creek. The body lies at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home with callers after 4 p.m. today.
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John Russell Scott
Lawton
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Frank Shelton
Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
Mabel Scott
Imogene Scott
L. Adams
Josie Turner
Washington, D. C
Minnie Gray
Prince
Theodore
Laurel Creek
Final rites for Sam Slipkovich held in Crab Orchard
Sam Slipkovich 75 of Crab Orchard died Sunday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Born September 15 1889 in Dvor Na Uni Yugoslavia he was a coal miner for 40 years last at Gary retired 1945. Survived by son George Slipkovich Beckley two brothers in Yugoslavia a sister in Yugoslavia and one grandson. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev M H Dinsmore officiating. Friends may call after 5 pm today. Pallbearers listed.
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Sam _ Slipkovich
Melton
M. H. Dinsmore
Sunset Memorial Park
Dvor Na Uni
Yugoslavia
Milos and
Stoja Zuber Slipkovich
Danny Egich
Frank Bolash
Cotton White
Clarence Hatcher
Woodrow Rutherford
Eddie Dwornik
Cecil Miller
Glen Willis
Arthur Shrewsbury
Charles A Thompson Funeral Services Held for 68 Year Old Veteran
Charles Albert Thompson of Crab Orchard 68 died Sunday after a short illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Tuesday at Enon Church Glen View with Rev Everett R Shafer officiating. Burial in Canady Cemetery. He was born February 28 1896 in Raleigh County and was a World War I veteran. Survived by five brothers Bird Dove Slim Homer W A Thompson and one sister Zella Sanger. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to Homer Thompsons home at 5 30 p m today and will move to the church an hour before services. Pallbearers named Lloyd Richards Dewey Cochran Okey Thompson Cather Thompson Jim Osbourne Sonny Thompson.
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Charles Albert Thompson
Crab Orchard
Enon
Glen View
Everett R. Shafer
Canady
Thompson
Raleigh County
Enon Regular Baptist Church
Malinda Canady
James P. Thompson
Bird Thompson
Croydon
Dove
Slim
Homer
W. A
Final rites for Mrs Pearl Treadway described in Oak Hill
Mrs Pearl McClung Treadway aged 67 of Maplewood died Sunday in a Beckley hospital from injuries in an automobile crash near Mount Hope. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Ernest Barley officiating. Survivors include husband Dorridge two sons Paul of Baltimore and Louis of Dunbar four daughters and four sisters. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Pearl McClung Treadway
Maplewood
Tyree
Meadow Bridge
Mettie Wallen
Oak Hill
Bessie Osborne
Strasburg
Services for Mrs Attie Wood at Mullensville church
Mrs Attie Wood 69 of Pineville will be laid to rest Tuesday at 11 in the Pentecostal Holiness Church Mullensville with Rev Eguene Smith officiating. Burial follows in Wood Cemetery at Off ers Wood. A body is to be taken to her home this afternoon from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Attie Wood
Pineville
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Mullensville
Eguene Smith
Wood
Offers Wood
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Auto Deaths and Fatal Collisions Reported Across West Virginia
Several fatal and injury accidents are reported across West Virginia. Mrs. Pearl E. Treadway, 68, of Maplewood, was injured when a car carrying her and her husband ran off W V 61 near Mount Hope, flipping twice. A head on crash on U S 119 near Madison killed four people and hospitalized four others, including Frederick M. Gilmore and Edna Gilmore, with the Smoot children among the passengers. Otis Rowell, 41, of Institute, faces manslaughter charges. A Morgantown man, Harold Guthrie, 38, was killed in a second head on collision near Fairmont. his wife and three children were hospitalized. Two pedestrians were fatally struck in separate incidents: John Whitlock, 58, of Farmington, and Silas Adkins, 49, of Pluto near Beckley.
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Mount Hope
Pearl E. Treadway
Maplewood
W. Va
U. S. 119
Madison
Edna Gilmore
Logan
Frederick M. Gilmore
Man
Patrick Henry Maurice Smoot
Erett Smoot
Institute
Smoot
William Emmett
Otis Rowell
Gilmore
Rowell
Jimmy Gilmore
Frederick Gilmore
James Carter
Charleston
Morgantown
Fairmont
Harold Guthrie
Phillip Link
Guthrie
Ling
John Whitlock
Farmington
Marion County
Silas Adkins
Pluto
Raleigh County
U.S. 21
Cool Ridge
Beckley
Former U S Congressman Thomas Jefferson Busby Dies
Houston Mississippi headline reports former U S Representative Thomas Jefferson Busby died Sunday at his home from an apparent heart attack. Prospective biographical details mention his service in Congress and roots in Mississippi. The death was announced by family and local authorities.
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Houston, Miss
UPI
U. S
Thomas Jefferson Busby
Funeral services for Edward Decourcey in Boston
Edward Decourcey 81 longtime Dartmouth College athletic trainer for 48 years and former Boston Athletic Association marathon runner died Friday Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Boston with rites for the longtime trainer and ex runner identified by UPI as the deceased.
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Boston
UPI
Edward Decourcey
Dartmouth College
Boston Athletic Association
BAA
Willis Daniels Bailed After Hazardous Driving Charge
Willis Daniels of Prosperity was released from Raleigh County Jail Sunday after posting bond on hazardous driving and no auto inspection sticker charges. Robert R. Clay of Terry was taken into custody at 2:15 a.m. Sunday for being absent without leave from the military service.
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Willis Daniels
Prosperity
Raleigh
Robert R. Clay
Terry
He Wanted Ride Home So He Borrowed Car
A 15 year old Sullivan youth was arrested Saturday night after wrecking a stolen auto from in front of Ace Auto on 3rd Ave. The youth reached Glen Morgan before the crash. The stolen car, parked by customer James Kershner of Beckley, lacked a plausible owner excuse. the youth said he needed transportation home to officers.
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Sullivan
Ace Auto
3Rd Avenue
Glen Morgan
James Kershner
Beckley
McKinney Urges Positive Interpretation in Schools
McKinney cites need for positive classroom guidance under Civil Rights era policy. He warns inaction by boards delays integration and urges concrete steps for public accommodations, employment equality, and community involvement to achieve true school and social integration.
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Board of Education
Department of Education
State Board of Education
McKinney
Langston Hughes
Dick Gregory
Birmingham
Harlem
Charles Silberman
America
Vatican Council to Hear Modern World Debate on Church
The council closed debate on oriental Catholic churches and prepared for a Tuesday session in St. Peter's Basilica with more than 300 church leaders seeking to speak. Bishop Emilia Guano will present the 30 page document On the Presence of the Church in the modern world outlining tasks for Christians and urging interdisciplinary study of birth, race, gender, and social class issues.
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Hell
St. Peter’s Basilica
Emilia Guano
Leghorn
Italy
Council
Brezhnev and Kosygin vow to improve Soviet lives
At a Red Square rally Brezhnev and Premier Kosygin made their first public appearance as the new Kremlin leaders promising the Soviet people better living standards and unity among socialist nations. Khrushchev was absent, replaced by Mikoyan and Suslov as space heroes Komarov Feoktistov and Yegorov were lauded.
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Khrushchev
Alexei Kosygin
Kremlin
Lenin
Red Square
Kosygin
Russia
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Anastas Mikoyan
Mikhail A. Susov
Vladimir M. Komarov
Konstantin P. Feoktistov
Boris P. Yegorov
Earth
U.S
Soviet Union
Soviet Bloc
Valentina Tereshkova
Pravda
Pavel A. Satyukov
Paris
Communist Party
A. G. Yegorov
Pope Paul VI Plans Historic World Travel
Pope Paul VI announced a pioneering travel schedule aimed at becoming the first traveling pontiff. He will visit Bombay for the World Eucharistic Congress, arriving December 3, on a trip that will cover a 7,798 mile itinerary to India, the longest papal journey and first outside the Mediterranean. He recently toured the Holy Land by air and Ireland by helicopter, signaling a mission to witness worldwide.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Basilica
Bombay
Vatican
Paul
John XXIII
Loretto
Assissi
Pope Paul
Holy Land
Montecassino
Rome
India
Mediterranean
Johnson Foresees Pollution Risk and Nuclear Threat
President Johnson warns against atmospheric fallout and warns that nuclear spread threatens all mankind. He notes the Soviet leadership reshuffle with two younger, experienced men whose exact roles are not yet clear and hopes they will share the objective of preventing nuclear war.
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China
Johnson
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
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Roy T. Biggs
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
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Sam Slipkovich
Charles A. Thompson
Mrs. Pearl Treadway
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Harvard University
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