Massive search for slayer of 9 year old girl
In Milwaukee a manhunt of more than 50 detectives is underway for the killer of Julia Beckwith a 9 year old girl whose muddy blood stained body was found in a vacant lot near her home. Police say the girl had multiple stab wounds and a six inch back wound. A paring knife was found near the scene but not believed to be the murder weapon. The child's bicycle was recovered nearby.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Julia Beckwith
Harold A. Brier
Julia
Helen Young
County Medical Examiner's Office
Gordon Beckwith
Nine Shotgun Injuries in Chicago Street Attack
In Chicago nine youths were wounded when two young men fired shotgun blasts on a street corner. An expectant mother and several minors were hospitalized with non life threatening wounds. Police seek warrants for attempted murder against two suspects identified by the crowd. The violence followed a earlier hit run between rival groups.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Red Barnes
Bilam
Blam
Barnes
Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation First Issued
The Emancipation Proclamation by President Lincoln was first issued on September 22, 1862, marking a pivotal moment in the Civil War and the path toward freeing enslaved people in Confederate states.
Deaths And Funerals Eva Rarey 48 Cyclone Ill
Services conducted at Bright Prospect Church Cyclone for Eva Faye Rarey born October 7 1927 at Lorado died Friday in a Chicago hospital. Burial in Daniels Cemetery Lorado. Survived by son Jimmy Osborne and two daughters Clarice Lusk and Sue Eades, siblings and seven grandchildren. Evans Funeral Home Oceana handled arrangements.
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Eva Faye Rarey
Chicago
Ill
Formly
Cyclone
Bright Prospect
Daniels
Lorado
W. H
Mary Daniels Ramsey
Jimmy Osborne
Clarice Lusk
Sue Eades
Chicago, Ill
W. H. Jr
Orville
Los Angeles
Calif
Arnold
Cleveland
Ohio
Florence Toler
Ravenswood
Fairy Cook
Evans
Oceana
William V Traynham Rites Set At Glen Jean Church
Funeral services for William V. Traynham 62 of Whipple will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at First Baptist Church Glen Jean with Rev. G C Gilbert and Rev. John Gowen presiding. Burial will follow in Glen Jean Cemetery. He died Friday at Oak Hill hospital after a short illness survived by a sister Mrs Evella Smith of Marscott. The body was moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley to Greenstown today and will be at the church one hour before services.
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William V. Traynham
Whipple
First Baptist
Glen Jean
G. C. Gilbert
John Gowen
Traynham
Oak Hill
Evella Smith
Marscottt
Ritchie and Johnson
Beckley
Greenstown
Final rites set for Robert H Bailey of Hinton
Robert H Bailey 40 of Hinton died at home from internal injuries after head blows. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Central Baptist Church Hinton with Rev W R Mc Coy and Rev Fred Dillon. Burial Restwood Memorial Estates. Survived by wife June r Bailey two children Marie Suzanna and Robert Jr two sisters Madeline Stewart Louise Phillips and others. National Guard will conduct full military rites. Body at E M Meadows Funeral Home Hinton.
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Robert Holbrook Bailey
Hinton
Central Baptist Church
W. R. McCoy
Fred Dillon
Restwood Memorial Estates
Bailey
June R. Bailey
West Virginia
Peace Springs
Summers County
Dessie Bailey
Newton D. Bailey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Moose Lodge
National Guard
Robert Jr
Marie
Suzanna
Madeline Stewart
Louise Phillips
Beckley
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
RNS
Annie Garrett Rites Set At Calloway Heights Baptist Church
Funeral services for Annie Garrett 73 of 101 Hawthorne Street will be at 2 p m Tuesday at Calloway Heights Baptist Church with Rev J B Byee officiating. Burial in Hilltop Cemetery. Mrs Garrett died Sunday evening after a long illness. She was born February 5 1893 in Dothan. Survived by three sons Everett and Donald of Chicago and Nelson of Ravenswood a daughter Patsy Sigman of Fayetteville three brothers and one sister 16 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Annie Garrett
Hawthorne St
Calloway Heights Baptist Church
J. B. Byee
Hilltop Cemetery
Dothan
Calloway Heights
Thomas Garrett
Everett
Donald
Chicago
Ill
Nelson
Ravenswood
Patsy Sigman
Fayetteville
Owen Fitzpatrick
Oak Hill
Thomas
Everette
Scarbro
Lucy Woods
Beckley
Funeral notices for Miss Virginia Smith and Dr Hodges
Funeral services for Miss Virginia Smith 44 of Easton Pa will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Benders Funeral Home Easton. Surviving sisters and brothers and other local relatives are noted. Dr George Galen Hodges 80 of Mount Hope died Sunday in Oak Hill hospital after a brief illness. He served as plant physician for McKell Coal and Coke Co and later for New River Co. He delivered 5 001 babies and held many community roles including Mount Hope Lions Club Outstanding Citizen of the Year 1962. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. The body to be taken from Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope at 6 p.m. today. Pallbearers listed. Donations to Mount Hope Methodist Church Memorial Fund.
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Virginia Smith
Easton
Benders Funeral Home
George Galen Hodges
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Kentucky
Hardin Collegiate Institute
Elizabethtown
Center College
University of Louisville
State Medical Board
West Virginia
Dry Branch
Cabin Creek
Hodges
McKell Coal and Coke Co
New River Co
McKell
New River
New York Post Graduate Hospital
New York Polyclinic Hospital
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Blue Lodge No
White Mills
Scotish Rite
Charleston
Fayette County Medical Society
West Virginia State Medical Association
American Medical Association
Mount Hope Lions Club
Jenny Duncan Hodges
T. A. Holman
Elbert Perkins
Cross Lanes
Ralph Thompson
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Tyree
Longtime Fortner matriarch laid to rest at Sunset Park
Mrs Blanche Fortner 74 of 105 McClure Street died at a local hospital after a long illness. Born August 15 1908 in Smith County Virginia she was the daughter of the late Sam and wife of George W Fortner who died in 1956. Surviving seven sons and four daughters 62 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Services 3 pm Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel officiated by Rev Roy Walls. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call after 7 pm today at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Blanche Fortner
McClure St
Smith County
Sam Musser
Calloway Heights
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Roy Walls
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Lena Austin 64 Fayetteville
Funeral arrangements are in complete for Mrs Lena Austin 64 of Fayetteville. She died in a Montgomery hospital at 6 30 p m Sunday after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and ee Funeral Parlor in Beck ey.
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Lena Austin
Fayetteville
Norris Lee Perry Funeral Services Held in Garten
Norris Lee Perry 62 of Garten dies after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten with Rev Luther Fletcher officiating. Burial in Pierce Cemetery. Body transported from Beckley to Greenstown parlor at 1 p.m. today and to church one hour before services.
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Norris Lee Perry
Garten
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Perry
Luther Fletcher
Pierce Cemetery
Ritchie and Johnson
Beckley
Greenstown
Lafayette Youth Gymnastics Champion Dead In Crash
Frank K. Schmitz a 20 year old collegiate and world gymnastics and trampoline title holder dies in a Saturday plane crash on the eve of his 21st birthday. He is the son of a Lafayette geologist and was to be buried today in Lafayette Louisiana.
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Lafayette
UPI
Frank K. Schmitz
De Gaulle Bans U S Mining in French Pacific Isles
President Charles de Gaulle announced France will not permit American or foreign mining firms to exploit rich minerals in New Caledonia and other Pacific islands. He stressed French national interests first as Le Nickel maintains monopoly and INCO hopes fade. He met tribal leaders and planned tours to New Hebrides and Tahiti.
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de Gaulle
French Pacific Islands
Noumea
New Caledonia
UPT
Charles de Gaulle
France
Pacific
Territorial Assembly
Tha de Gaulle
al Nickel Co
INCO
le Nickel
New Hebrides
Rogert Laroque
Tahiti
Tuamotu
Questioned Guard Effectiveness In Cicero March
Controversy over National Guard and local police protection for civil rights marchers in Cicero. Marchers faced rocks and bottles as 2,300 guards watched from intersections. Gen Kane cited legal channels and sheriff requests for deployment.
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Cicero
UPI
National Guard
Robert Lucas
Francis P. Kane
Kane
Cook County
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Christy Berkos
3000 Mile Voyage Rowers Towed Off Coast of Ireland
Capt John Ridgeway and Sgt Charles Blyth, British paratroopers, completed a 92 day 3000 mile Atlantic row in the 22 foot English Rose II. After sighting by Galway lighthouse keepers near Inishmore, the lifeboat towed them last hundred yards to safety. Both men were healthy. wives greeted them as celebrations followed.
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Galway
Ireland
UPI
Atlantic Ocean
Boston
John Ridgeway
Charles Blyth
Massachusetts
Aran Isles
Inishmore Island
Galway Bay
Ridgeway
Johnson urges self restraint to curb inflation
President Johnson, at a Labor Day event honoring Sen. Pat McNamara, urged labor to restrain wage demands and boost productivity to keep unit labor costs stable. He linked higher profits to inflation risks and called for wage increases within 3.2 percent guidelines while noting job growth and falling unemployment. Johnson also reaffirmed opposition to 14-B Taft-Hartley repeal.
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Johnson
Pat McNamara
Dmich
Senate
McNamara
Congress
Byrd Salutes Syrians and Lebanese in America
Senator Robert C Byrd praised Syrians and Lebanese in America for quiet industrious achievement and family and church values. He contrasted peaceful progress with those seeking violent protests and urged continued patriotism and forward looking conduct.
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Byrd
America
Lin Biao Takes Helm of Red Guards in Cultural Revolution
Peking Radio quoted a teenage Red Guard saying Lin Biao accepted leadership and the No 1 armband, uniting Red Guards with the army to push Mao’s cultural revolution while facing opposition from rival groups and threats to silence enemies with force, as Mao blesses the campaign.
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China
Red Guard
Peking Radio Sunday
Lin
Red Guards
Mao
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
Viet Nam control marks heavy weekend battle losses
In the U Minh Forest fighting the Allied forces reported eight, then 13, then 221 casualties over the weekend as Viet Cong strongholds yielded 186 weapons and 13 tons of equipment. U S Air Force bombers hit a suspected Viet Cong depot in Binh Dinh Province. Saigon reported 20 killed and 27 wounded after a bus attack near the capital and authorities ordered servicemen off streets 2 p m to 4 a m daily until after the national assembly election.
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Mikong Delta
U Minh Forest
Guam
Binh Dinh
Saigon
Saigon Post
U.S
National Assembly
Robin and the Hoods win World Rock N Roll title
Robin Breen and four peers from State College Pa 18 win the World Rock N Roll Championship at Lambertville Music Circus. They receive 1000 dollars a record contract and bookings. Judges include Paul Whiteman Hal Cook and a Columbia Records rep.
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Lambertville
N.J
UPI
Robin
Hoods of
State College
Robin Breen
Sherwood Forest
Gregory House
Geoff de Lissovoy
Breen
Ridge Riley Jr
Michael Gilligan
State College High School
Pennsylvania State University
Robin and
Robert Breen, Jr
Paul Whiteman
Hal Cook
Billboard Magazine
Columbia Records
Big Fire Hits Atlanta As Striking Firemen Walk Off
A major blaze in Atlanta damaged a two story brick apartment house as 20 of 33 fire stations stayed vacant. One man, M. H. Carroll, 30, was injured while waking residents. Fire crews were thin due to a strike seeking higher pay and shorter hours. City officials planned recruitment and drew on neighboring departments for aid. Carroll suffered smoke inhalation while alerting tenants. starting pay is 400 dollars monthly for 60 hours weekly.
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Atlanta
UPS
M. H. Carroll
Carroll
Atlanta Firefighters Union Independent
C. H. Hildebrand
Beckley parking structure financed by local banks
Construction of the municipal parking structure is financed through loans from three Beckley banks and Charleston National Bank. Revenue bonds may be issued in October or November, with a total cost of 1.15 million dollars covering land, construction, engineering, legal fees, publications, meters, and related costs. Francis I. Dupont acts as fiscal agent and bonds likely sold in New York City or Washington, D C, after public bidding notices. Preliminary work began in August 1964, with ground breaking on July 9, 1965.
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Beckley
Charleston National Bank
Payne
Francis I. Dupont
Bond Council
Eugene Eason
Clarksburg
New York City
Washington, D. C
New York
Dupont
Municipal Bond Department
Marchers clash with white mob in Chicago open housing protest
Demonstrators marching eight abreast in Chicago faced a hostile white crowd as bricks bottles and cherry bombs rained down. Protesters answered with countershouts and debris returned. Some youths wearing Maltese crosses were restrained from advancing on the mob.
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Cicero
King
Chicago
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Eva Rarey
Robert H. Bailey
Robert Smith
Daytona Beach
Fla
Harold Smith
George G. Hodges
Frigidaire
Eer
Crab Orchard Rd
Beckley, W. Va
Nancy
Nancye Caroyln Martin
W. Va
Kenna Martin
Woodrow Wilson High School
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Bank of Raleigh
Consumer Credit Department
Bank of Raleigh Main & Kanawha Streets
F.d.i.c
Lucas
Atlantic
Viet Nam
Robin and the Hoods
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