Johnson frames choice as nation faces faction danger
President Johnson speaking at a Harrisburg fund raise attacked extremist factions in American life while warning voters of a choice this November between a dangerous doctrine and peace prosperity and progress. He urged unity and cited a polling edge over Goldwater in Pennsylvania.
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Goldwater
Keystone
Pennsylvania
White House
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Johnson
Genevieve Blatt
U. S. Senate
Hugh Scott
America
Humphrey Tours South Dakota Childhood Roots
Democratic vice presidential hopeful Hubert H. Humphrey returns to his childhood scenes in a sentiment driven campaign swing. The Minnesota senator born in South Dakota planned an early 8:30 a.m. EDT flight to Watertown to continue his visit.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
South Dakota
Watertown
S. D
Miller heads Connecticut swing for GOP ticket
GOP vice presidential nominee William E Miller planned a Connecticut tour with wife and daughter as he addressed about 1,000 Hartford businessmen at lunch after a breakfast in Stamford. Barry Goldwater Jr. would take over in Seymour and North Haven after a Waterbury reception as Miller pressed a campaign critique of President Johnson and TV interests.
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Stamford
Conn
UPI
GOP
William E. Miller
Miller
Karen
Mary Wagner
Hartford
Poland
Westport
New Britain
New Haven
Bridgeport
Barry Goldwater Jr
Connecticut
Young Goldwater
Actors’ Colony Inn
Seymour
Roger Sherman
Waterbury
Goldwater
Washington
Congress Proposes Health Insurance for Aged in Social Security
The bill under discussion would expand Social Security by boosting benefits and for the first time include a health insurance provision for the aged. The measure, labeled congressionally, aims to extend coverage and support for elderly citizens.
Goldwater Attacks Court Power in Campaign Speech
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater shifted campaign criticism from President Johnson to the Supreme Court, denouncing judicial revision of the Constitution and questioning the court’s legitimacy. He spoke before the American Political Science Association after decrying the reapportionment ruling and federal intrusion into civil rights, urging restraint and warning against dictatorial power. He also linked Medicare politics to executive overreach and tied Supreme Court decisions to future congressional redistricting concerns.
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John A. Goldsmith
Chicago
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Supreme Court Today
American Political Science Association
Supreme Court
Goldwater
Rockford
Ill
Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium
Boise
Idaho
Great Falls
Mont
Congress
Senate
Political Science Association
New York
Labor Party platform calls for UN backed disarmament drive
The Labor Party proposes placing all NATO nuclear weapons under effective political control so partners share in deployment and control. It urges UN membership for Communist China and UN sponsored summit conferences, aiming for world government as the final objective and the United Nations as the instrument. The program pledges East West trade expansion and disarmament with nuclear free zones in Africa Latin America and Central Europe as immediate goals.
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NATO
U.N
China
United Nations
Africa
Latin America
Europe
Beckley Man Arrested On Bastardy Warrant
Maynard T. Fountain age 22 of Beckley was arrested by city police today on a bastardy warrant. He is ordered to Beckley Police Court September 11.
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Maynard T. Fountain
Beckley
Woman Admits Dynamite Plot In Birmingham Deli
A 33 year old woman, Jeanette Johnson, confessed Thursday night to plotting to blow up her Birmingham deli and split a $10,000 insurance payout with a male accomplice. Police say 243 sticks of dynamite were found in the shop last Tuesday.
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Birmingham
Ala
UPI
Jamie Moore
Jeanette Johnson
Donald Gwinn
John D. Ford
Huntsville
Moore
Two Jailed For Recent Thefts
Bobby Linkous of Ellison Avenue faced grand jury action on charges of breaking and entering Louise Crook’s Dexter Avenue home and stealing a James Flanagan auto at 127 12 Quarry Street. Jimmie Simpson alias Jim Howerton also waived to the grand jury and awaits bond. Seven guns and a 1961 model car were recovered. Simpson was booked as Jim Howerton but said his name is Simpson.
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Bobby Linkous
Ellison Avenue
Louise Crook
Dexter Avenue
James Flanagan
Quarry Street
Jimmie Paul Simpson
Sprague
Jim Howerton
Beckley
Simpson
Crook
Flanagan
Raleigh
Tropical Storm Dora Lashes Gulf Coast After Downgrade
Dora St Augustine and Jacksonville area storms weaken to tropical storm with peak winds near 50 mph in gusts over the Gulf 60 miles south of the center. Land winds stay under 35 mph. Center near Tallahassee drifting west northwest. Ethel remains a tropical system south of Bermuda drifting westward. President Johnson declares parts of north Florida and south Georgia major disaster areas and sends Edward McDermott to survey the damage.
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St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Dora
New Orleans
Bermuda
Johnson
North
Florida
South Georgia
Edward McDermott
Office of Emergency Planning
Washington
Goldwater to Address 1964 Editors Conference in Washington
UPI president A Mims Thomason said Senator Barry M Goldwater will address the 1964 UPI Editors and Publishers Conference in Washington on October 6. President Lyndon B Johnson also has been invited to speak at the event.
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Washington
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
UPI Editors and Publishers
A. Mims Thomason
Lyndon B. Johnson
Deaths And Funerals In Raleigh County Area
Funeral services were held for Henry Floyd Phipps 50 of Cinco with burial at Spruce Cemetery. Sarah Anderson 71 of Itmann will be buried at Bluewell’s Oak Grove after services in Bluefield. Laura Curtis Snuffer 92 of Mount Tabor died at home. funeral at Melton Mortuary Chapel with burial in Snuffer Cemetery Stephens Branch. Survivors include multiple relatives and pallbearers listed for each service.
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Sarah Anderson
Itmann
Mount Zion
Maggie McNeal
Columbus
Ohio
Queen Rozzell
Bluefield
Dorothy Payne
Geraldine Grant
Helen
Lula Alexander
Danville
William Holeman
William Harding
Elizabeth Leanner
Kimball
Cora Womack
John Logan
Woodrow Spence
Jessie Simmons
Pearl Smith
James French
James French Jr
Lugo Funeral Home
Final rites planned for Robert V. Clay in Kincaid
Robert Virgil Clay 22 of Minden dies after a Cherry River Coal accident at Baynard. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Kincaid Church of God with Rev. Lillian Childers and Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Born Sept 10, 1942 in Page to Truman Clay and Pauline Walker Clay. Survivors include stepmother Mary Allen Clay, brother John H. Clay, sisters Shirley Harper and Belva Marie Coney and three half brothers. Body to be taken from Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill to the home and church prior to services.
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Robert Virgil Clay
Minden
Kincaid Church of God
Kincaid
Lillian Childers
Ernest Barley
High Lawn Memorial Park
Clay
Morgantown
Cherry River Coal and Coke Co
Baynard
Page
Truman Clay
Pauline Walker Clay
Parkersburg
Mary Allen Clay
John H. Clay
Bunker Hill
Ind
Shirley Harper
Charleston
Belva Marie Coney
South Charleston
Tyree
Oak Hill
John W Bailey Funeral Services Held Sunday
Funeral services for John William Bailey 86 Prosperity will be at 2 p m Sunday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Revs Thomas Mitchell and E H Fisher officiating. Burial in Prosperity Cemetery. Bailey died at his residence after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner and longtime member of UMWA Local 5822. Survivors include his widow, two daughters, a son, a step son and daughter, a brother, a sister, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a member of Fundamental Baptist Church and worked 40 years at New River Coal Co Cranberry. Call after 2 p m Saturday.
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John William Bailey
Prosperity
Rose and Quesenberry Peace
Thomas Mitchell
E. H. Fisher
Bailey
Fundamental Baptist Church
New River Coal Co
Cranberry
Bob
Roberta) Caldwell
Carlisle
James D. Bailey
Baileysville
Birdie Winston
Mount Hope
Final rites for William T Henson held in Tellons
William Theo dore Henson 60 of Iroquois died Thursday after a short illness in Mullens hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Sam Fogle Funeral Home Chapel Tellons with Rev A R Hancock Mullens. Burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Surviving wife four sons brother half brothers sisters and four grandchildren. Body in chapel 10 a.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. then taken to residence for viewing until service.
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William Theodore Henson
Iroquois
Sam Fogle
Tellons
A. R. Hancock
Mullens
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Henson
Mullens Hospital
Lawton
Cabell
Nancy Ann Harr Henson
Tralee
Semet-Solvay
Consolidation Coal Co
Willie Eileen Davis Henson
Johnny
Brunswick
N.J
Jerry Ray
William
Jimmy
Carl
Leslie
Owen
Danese
Russell
James
Glen
Marmet
Bill Pugh
Virginia Vandall
Columbus
Ohio
Thelma Kelly
Richmond
May Williams
Artie
West Virginia toll reaches 296 after pedestrian death near Keyser
An elderly Barbour County man identified as Meredith Skidmore, 71, of Hall, was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on U S 50 about 15 miles west of here. Driver Wade L Dove of Winchester Va said he had just passed an oncoming car and was exiting a curve when the man appeared in his path. No charges have been filed.
William L Gill Funeral Arrangements Noted
William L Gill 76 of Hinton died at 7 45 p m Thursday after a long illness. A charter member of Carpenters Local 1874 and Community Christian Church, he was born October 27 1887 in Summers County. Survivors include wife Mae a sister Kellis Ayers Beckley three sons Paul Basil Clarence ten grandchildren five great grandchildren. Body at Meadows Funeral Home Hinton.
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William L. Gill
Hinton
Carpenters Local No. 1874
Community Christian Church
Summers County
Cornelius
Virginia Richmond Gill
Mae
Kellis Ayers
Beckley
Paul
Charleston
Basil
Clarence
Quincy M Richardson Funeral for 57 in Odd
Funeral services for Quincy Mason Richardson 57 of Odd are set for 2 p m Saturday at Odd Baptist Church with Revs Les Lilly and James Duff officiating. Burial will be in Hannah Lilly Cemetery. He died in a local hospital at 4 40 a m Thursday. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home with visitation after 4 p m today.
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Quincy Mason Richardson
Odd Baptist Church
Les Lilly
James Duff
Hannah Lilly
Rose and Quesenberry
Diamond store names new president in West Virginia brief
Elmer A. Braun, 47, named president of The Diamond store in Charleston succeeding the late William McKim. Braun, formerly merchandise manager in Buffalo, N Y, moves to West Virginia where The Diamond is owned by Associated Dry Goods.
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Charleston
UPI
Elmer A. Braun
William McKim
Diamond
West Virginia
Braun
Buffalo
N.Y
Associated Dry Goods Co
Associated Dry Goods
Francis Seifert Obituary in Cleveland Man Dies of Heart Attack
Francis Seifert aged 42 of Cleveland died at home Thursday morning from a heart attack. He worked at W. S. Tyler Co. Mrs Thelma Rogers Seifert formerly of Mabscott and two sons Brian and Dennis survive. Arrangements are incomplete.
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Francis Seifert
Cleveland
Ohio
W. S. Tyler Co
Thelma Rogers Seifert
Mabscott
Brian
Dennis
FDR Jr Plans West Virginia Park Expansion to Boost Tourism
The meeting opened by Pat R. Hamilton Fayette County attorney and Democratic Committee chair drew guests including Board of Control members Supreme Court Judges Berry and Haymond Rep Ken Hecker and candidate Jim Kee. FDR Jr spoke at Raleigh County Airport about hopes for the Appalachian Re development Bill and urged lawmakers to gather enough votes next week.
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West Virginia
Pat R. Hamilton
Fayette County
Democratic Executive Committee
Board of Control
Supreme Court of Appeals
Thornton W. Berry
Frank C. Haymond
Ken Heckler
Jim Kee
Bluefield
Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Raleigh County
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
State Police Captain Acquitted Of Slander
A Common Pleas Court jury deliberated 18 minutes before ruling in favor of State Police Captain N C Reger in a $10,000 libel and slander suit. Plaintiff Charles Alder man, 27, of Glasgow, said he was slandered when Reger described him as a known mental case after an arrest following an altercation with police.
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Charleston
APS
Common Pleas Court
N. C. Reger
Charlies Alderman
Glasgow
Reger
Kiwanis Chief Victor Lemke Visits Beckley Club
Victor Lemke president of the State Kiwanis Club and WVU languages professor was guest at Beckley Kiwanis noon meeting. He spoke on Kiwanis activities across the state and will visit southern clubs before returning to Morgantown to resume teaching Monday.
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Victor Lemke
State Kiwanis Club
West Virginia University
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Lemke
Morgantown
Inquirer backs Johnson and Goldwater stance
The Inquirer reports that Johnson has backing of 3,271,001 readers while two supporters total 940,093. The paper calls Goldwater a nuclear risk and says it would be disastrous for the nation and world peace to have him in the White House. It notes the editorials attack his firing-from-the-hip style.
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Johnson
Goldwater
the Inquirer
World Peace
Barry Goldwater
White House
Local motorists fined on reckless driving and speeding
Smith of Mabscott paid a 25 dollar fine to Magistrate Burke for reckless driving after being cited on State Route 16 on September 6. Mrs. Tangert of Pittsburgh was cited for speeding and paid 10 dollars plus costs. Wilbert Monroe of Beckley posted a 500 dollar property bond on a felonious assault charge. Thomas Busch of Farmville forfeited a 50 dollar bond and costs on a driving while intoxicated charge on the West Virginia Turnpike.
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John E. Smith
Mabscott
W. A
Gene) Burke
H. L. Tangert
Pittsburgh
Turnpike
Burke
Wilbert F. Monroe
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Thomas Proctor Busch
Farmville
N. C
Rodriguez
West Virginia Turnpike
Get Along With Everyone for a Happier Life
Advice urges harmony with all people as a step toward a happier life. Emphasizes cooperation, kindness, and avoiding conflict. Encourages open communication and empathy in daily interactions to improve well being and social relations.
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Doland
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S.C
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Muriel
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George S. McGovern
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Meyer Walter Hofer
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Gross Whal
Beckley Hardware
Heber St
Main
Labor Party
Fountain
Cash & Carry
Marty 'S
Prince ST
Henry F. Phipps
Henry Floyd Phipps
Cinco
Liberty Methodist Church
Jack Parson
Olen Winfree
Spruce
Mamie Cheek
Virginia Keller
MacArthur
Mrs
Laura Curtis Snuffer
Mount Tabor
Stephens Branch
Woodrow
Mary) Naff
Church of Christ
Claybourn
Elizabeth Warden Curtis
Peter Snuffer
Bryan Snuffer
Dewey Snuffer
Milton Snuffer
Harper
Wilmer Snuffer
Shady Spring
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Fred Dinkler
Snuffer
Clyde Clay
Jack Clay
Ross Curtis
Ewell Curtis
Rhea Curtis
John Curtis
Bert Curtis
Ennis Phipps
Cleve Phipps
Frank Halstead
Jesse Davis
Laura (. Snuffer
Robert V. Clay
John W. Bailey
William T. Henson
Quincy M. Richardson
W.va
Spencer
Jason Taylor
Roane County
Taylor
Walton
WAYNE
Wayne County
Herbert R. Smith
Ashland
Robert Meade
Jennys Creek
Wheeling
Herbert Kuckuck
Bellaire
North American Coal Corp
Dilleys Bottom
Kuckuck
Huntington
Marshall University
Stewart H. Smith
Woodrow W. Morris
MU Teachers College
Morris
D. Banks Wilburn
Glenville State College Act
Aises
Martinsburg
Stephen Ailes
Art Buchwald
Ailes
Hampshire County
Fdr Jr
Inquirer
Smith
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