Intensified Viet War Spreads Across Indochina
Vietnam conflict widens beyond South Vietnam into Laos Cambodia and North Vietnam. UPI report notes Ho Chi Minh Trail runs through Laos and Cambodia with secret operations, while U S air raids target Laos and Cambodian border zones and CIA involvement grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
Cambodia
Geneva
Pathet Lao
U. S
Thailand
Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Plain of Jars
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Evie Etta Campbell obituary
Funeral services for Mrs Evie Etta Campbell 75 of 106 Sixth St will be at 2 p m Sunday at First Christian Church with Dr Walter Griswold officiating Burial in Stamford Cemetery She died Thursday at a local hospital Born January 27 1891 in Virginia she was a daughter of the late Eppie and Perezza Mays and a member of the Church of Christ of Beckley Survivors include husband Crete Campbell four sons five daughters a brother 33 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren The body will be at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel until one hour before services Grandsons will be pallbearers Friends may call after 5 p m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evie Etta Campbell
Sixth St
First Christian
Walter Griswold
Stamford
Campbell
Virginia
Eppie and
Perezza Mays
Church of Christ of
Meade
Cecil
Beckley
George
Amherst
Ernest
Baltimore
Livey Lyons
Ruby Campbell
Robert
Margie) Harvey
Virgil
Darleen) Williams
Wesley
Beulah) Douglas
Charleston
George Mays
Raleigh
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Pearl D. Kincaid
Waynesboro
Ona Dressler
Howard F. Smith
Emma Lee White
Col
L.C. Kincaid
Battle Creek
Mich
I. L. Kincaid
Blair Kincaid
Cleveland
Ohio
L.B. Rule
Narrows
Asher Stover
Hacksville
J. A. Stover
New Orleans
Calfee Funeral Home
Mt. Tabor
James Witherspoon
Final rites for Rev. Cecil Painter to be held in Oak Hill
The Rev. Cecil Howard Painter 51 of Dothan will be honored Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with ministers Secrist Perry and Rosen presiding. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. Painter died Thursday after a heart attack in an Oak Hill hospital. He was a retired Missionary Baptist minister and merchant and a Laurel Grove Church member. Born June 30 1909 in Dothan he was a son of Joseph and Stella Painter. Survivors include his wife Esta Roop Painter a son Claude of Beckley two daughters Phyllis Toney of Dothan Jane Williams of Mount Hope a brother Emmett A. Painter of Dothan four sisters Ester Webb Ruth Payne Magdalene Miller Margie Smith of Oak Hill a half brother James Painter of Miami five grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Howard
Billy) Painter
Dothan
Tyree
Oak Hill
William Secrist
Cecil Perry
Carl Rosenblock
High Lawn Memorial Park
Painter
Laurel Grove
Joseph
Stella Painter
Esta Roop Painter
Claude
Beckley
Phyllis Toney
Jane Williams
Route 1
Mount Hope
Emmett A. Painter
Ester Webb
Ruth Payne
Magdaline Miller
Margie Smith
James Painter
Miami, Fla
Services for Mrs Judie Boggs Bush in Ansted Church
Funeral services for 64 year old Judie Boggs Bush of Ansted will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Ansted Freewill Baptist Church with Rev Frank Legg and Rev J W Cooper officiating. Burial will be Hendricks Cemetery Tur Creek. Mrs Bush died Wednesday at home after a heart attack. She was mother of Mrs Mabel Montgomery of Oak Hill. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Ansted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judie Boggs Bush
Ansted
Ansted Freewill Baptist Church
Frank Legg
J. W. Cooper
Hendricks
Tur Creek
Ms. Bush
Mabel Montgomery
Oak Hill
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
James Edward Thompson 54 Flat Top dies at home
James Edward Buster Thompson 54 of Flat Top dies at 4 20 am at his residence. Born April 5 1912 in Crow he was a foreman with the West Virginia State Road Commission. Survived by Opal Akers Thompson two sons Carl E and Ronald R two stepsons Ralph Cox three brothers and two sisters. Funeral 2 30 pm Sunday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward
Buster) Thompson
Flat Top
Crow
Anderson
Hope Harvey Thompson
Thompson
W. Va
State Road Commission
Opal Akers Thompson
Carl E
Ronald R
Bladensburg
Ralph Cox
Flint
Mich
Marcus
North Ridgeville
Ohio
Earl
Columbia Station
Robert
Talcott
Phyliss Wood
Elyria
Nellda Lilly
Grafton
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Lonnie Blankenship
Sunset Memorial Park
Grady Keaton
Harold Wood
Fred Bowling
Frank Lester
James Rose
Toy Lilly
Funeral services for Carl James Cook at Stover residence
Funeral services for Carl James Cook 71 of Stover will be at noon Saturday at the residence with Evangelist Elmer Wood in charge. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Cook died at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. He was born February 13, 1895 in Stover, a son of James and Martha Price Cook. A Church of Christ member, he worked as a foreman for the State Road Commission until 1955. He is survived by his widow Victoria, a son Edward R. of Akron, Ohio, a daughter Katie Lou Lester of Herndon, siblings Eugene and Claude, and six granddaughters, with a son Robert J. predeceased in 1955. Melton Mortuary to the residence at 4 p.m. today for calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl James Cook
Stover
Elmer Wood
Sunset Memorial Park
Cook
James
Martha Price Cook
Church of Christ At
State Road Commission
Victoria Cook
Edward R
Akron
Ohio
Katie Lou Lester
Herndon
Eugene
Claude
Glen Daniel
Violet Cooper
Faye Webb
Gay Flint
Charleston
Mae Carper
Beckley
Robert J. Cook
Melton Mortuary
Funeral arrangements set for Mrs Mary Ellen Vickers
Mrs Mary Ellen Vickers age 60 of Naoma died at her home after a long illness. The body is at Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville while final arrangements are being completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Vickers
Naoma
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Holiday Death Toll Falls Back From 1964 Surge
The July 1965 Holiday story notes the peak Labor Day toll of 575 last year and reports state police and highway patrols prepared for the traffic surge. Authorities planned extra patrols to curb drunk driving as a major cause of highway crashes.
Water buffalo rider killed by Viet Cong mine in Saigon
Police report Pham Van Ho, 51, died when the water buffalo he rode stepped on a Viet Cong mine. The animal was killed in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
Pham van Ho
Move Started To Persuade Thant To Stay
United Nations efforts to persuade secretary general Thant to extend his term gained momentum as the U S and other powers urged him to stay on despite his reluctance He cited a belief that no one should serve more than one term with officials from Britain France and the Soviet Union muted on the issue as Thant remained in seclusion awaiting a decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
UPS
U Thant
Genere
General Assembly
United States
Thant
U. N
Viet Nam
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Security Council
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Hague
Netherlands
Ethiopia
New York
Bowers Quits Travel Post In West Virginia
Charleston WV Travel Director Robert R. Bowers resigns to become executive director of the West Virginia Petroleum Association, succeeding Skeet Farley. Curtis C. Jones named acting director of the travel development division. Jones previously worked in Huntington and is in Toronto with the state travel exhibit. Bowers led the division since 1961 after a career with the Department of Natural Resources. Peyton expresses regret and notes Bowers will stay in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Robert R. Bowers
State Department of Commerce
Angus E. Peyton
Peyton
Bowers
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Francis
Skeet) Farley
Curtis C. Jones
Jones
Petroleum Association
Summers Greenbrier power blackout after smokestack collapse
About 35,000 residents in Summers and Greenbrier counties lost electricity when a 300 foot smokestack toppled onto a main line during demolition at the old Virginia Electric and Power Co. generating station in Rondeverte. Twenty eight feet had been removed. the final 300 feet was to be dynamited but fell 26 minutes early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rondeverte
UPI
Summers
Greenbrier
Old
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Banks Pressed To Tighten Business Loan Approvals
Washington reports the Federal Reserve urged 6,200 member banks to restrain expansion and business loans to curb inflation. Administration aides hint Johnson may seek to suspend the investment tax credit, with Sen. Long proposing indefinite suspension. partisan opposition noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Johnson
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
De Gaulle Doubts on Indochina Settlements and U S Involvement
The administration noted De Gaulle doubted the timing of his proposed settlements and denied mediating. He cited the 1954 Geneva Accords as the only framework to spare Indochina, while warning against American intervention. He warned about U S political and military influence in South Vietnam. The U S saw little reference to the Communist insurgency fueling American action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souvanna
Vientiane
Laos
U. S
CIA
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
South Viet Nam
de Gaulle
France
Hanoi
Indochina
United States
South
Viet Nam
Sihanouk
Kossamakk
Phnom Penh
Noumea
New Caledonia
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Peace Corpsman Denies Beating Wife To Death
MWANZA Tanzania UPI A 24 year old Peace Corpsman resumes testimony in an East Africa court denying he beat his wife to death over infidelity. William Kinsey of Washington NC faces possible execution if convicted. Prosecutors say he beat Peverly Kinsey a 23 year old from Riverside CT with an iron bar after a picnic. Kinsey claims his wife fell from a boulder while they were picnicking. Defense notes diary entries were quotes from a novel and not evidence of guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mwanza
Tanzania
UPI
U.S
William Kinsey
Washington
N.C
Peverly
Riverside
Conn
Maswa
Kinsey
Byron Georgiadis
East Africa
Perry Mason
Peace Corps
United States
Here
Trade Unions Plan Labor Day Picket at WVU
Morgantown delegates from local unions vote to picket West Virginia University if classes run on Labor Day. A Sunday meeting will finalize “organized demonstration” plans with Miles Stanley of the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO set to participate. Officials say the Labor Day scheduling was an oversight and may constrain campus plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Miles Stanley
West Virginia Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
WVU
Rhode Island Political Life of McGrath Leader and Cabinet Alumnus
The Rhode Island figure McGrath rose from Young Men's Democratic League founder to U.S. attorney, governor, solicitor general, senator, and first Rhode Island cabinet member. He backed Truman's 1944 ticket, led campaigns, and his career ended after a 1952 tax scandal prompted his resignation from the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Democratic League of
Rhode Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
William H. Vanderbilt
McGrath
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
United States
Roosevelt
US Senate
Truman
White House
Justice Department
Senate Opens Civil Rights Bill Clash With Filibuster Threat
The Senate subcommittee outlined a civil rights bill amid expected House parity and a looming filibuster by opponents of open housing. Senate leaders plan to bring up the House version next week as debate looms, while Dirksen vows to block unless housing provisions are altered. Other actions include mine exploration tax deductions, a wage bill reaching 1.60 in 1968 to cover eight million workers, and safety measures expanding FDA power to remove dangerous toys and authorize a study of hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Mike Mansfield
House
Everett M. Dirksen
White House
Senate House
Food and Drug Administration
Viet Nam War Intensifies After Sept. 11 Elections
Report covers Viet Cong attacks near Saigon and in the Central Highlands, with U.S. and South Vietnamese forces clashing and claiming multiple enemy kills and captures. Air losses include two missing pilots from F105 and Skyraider raids, as bombings hit rail lines and bridges north of Hanoi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles de Gaulle
Cambodia
U.S
Saigon
Central Highlands
Panhandle
North
Viet Nam
China
Hanoi
United States
South
South Viet Nam
Phuoc Tuy
Air Force
Qui Nhon
Red China
101St Airborne
Tuy Hao
De Gaulle Signs Communique on Indochina Neutrality
The communique calls for applying neutrality across the Indochinese peninsula through treaties with Cambodia and Laos, citing Geneva terms and Nov 4 1957 laws. It condemns foreign intervention for transforming civil war into an international conflict as De Gaulle signs in a throne room in a gray business suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
de Gaulle
Racial unrest and political tension across cities
Reports describe racial violence in Dayton with looting and a fatal shooting, plus arrests after a dance fight in Jackson. Benton Harbor mayor urges talks on facilities for Black residents, Milwaukee considers a court order on picketing. In Cambodia, De Gaulle calls for U.S. troop withdrawal as only path to peace, amid talks with North Vietnamese envoy and Cambodia’s reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor
Wilbert Smith
Benton Township
Milwaukee
Bronson la Follette
Knowles
la Follette
de Gaulle
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
State official critiques out of state vendor registrations
Johnson says registration fees for out of state vendors are unjustified for a single sale and urges the 1967 legislature to allow the Purchasing Division discretion to deal with unregistered firms on a limited basis. He cites about 20 000 requisitions processed since taking office as context for improved purchasing procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Showboat bid turmoil figures in Ravenswood race bid
Political pressure mounted to keep the showboat in West Virginia as the Iowan called the public bidding phony. Johnson claimed final negotiations could wrap within 15 days with payment due then. Ravenswood offered 50001 dollars while legality questioned over a 42 month down payment plan. Hancock County Court, Waterford Race Track, and a state theatre group submitted bids or leases for the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
West Virginia
Scott
Ravenswood
Hancock County Court
Waterford Race Track
Fifty Thousand Dollar Fire Damages Local Chemical Plant
A pre-dawn blaze at the Nitro plant of Chemical Formulators Inc. caused about $50,000 in damage. No injuries were reported as firefighters from Nitro, St Albans and the plant fought the four hour fire from 4 30 a m to 8 30 a m. The cause was not immediately known and the fire began in a warehouse area near the shifts. The plant sits across the railroad from Nitro’s downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Formulators Inc
Nitro
St. Albans
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Martin Stuart-Fox
Indo China
North Viet Nam
Souvanna Phouma
America
Southeast Asia
Air America
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
Evie E. Campbell
Mrs. Pearl Kincaid
Cecil Painter
BNS
Mrs
Judie B. Bush
Nancy
Nancye Caroyln Martin
Kenna Martin
Woodrow Wilson High School
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Bank of Raleigh
Consumer Credit Department
Bank of Raleigh Main & Kanawha Streets
F.d.1.c
James E. Thompson
Carl J. Cook
Mary E. Vickers
Travel Post
1St Infantry Division
Amarillo
Dayton
Lester J. Mitchell
Jackson
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