Wisecracking Girl Among Teens Charged With Murder
Three Pennsylvania teens including a witty girl and a fugitive from a reform school were charged with murder in the slaying of South Carolina Patrolman Charles Steele near McBee. Fleming Brunner and Miss Mackanick, all from Altoona, were captured at Myrtle Beach five hours after the officer was shot.
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Fleming
Brunner
Miss Mackanick
Steel
Here
Steele
Pennsylvania
Ashville
Cambria County
Saturday Hame
Georgia
Maytle Beach
Florida
Pollack
State Penitentiary
Columbia
S. C
Women’s Prison
Governor Says State Enjoying Economic Boom
Governor Hulett C. Smith told a Putnam County Homecoming audience that West Virginia is in an economic boom despite doomsayers. He criticized opposition to federal aid during profitable years and urged cooperation across government levels to fuel future industrial expansion in Putnam County.
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Winfield
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Putnam County
Weirton Innkeeper To Face Booze Charges
Weirton restaurateur Frank Crisi is to appear before a justice of the peace on Wednesday charged with selling beer after hours and possession and sale of liquor. He was arrested during a raid at Frank's Restaurant on U S 22 by Chester magistrate Richard Wright and deputies, prompted by complaints about local night life.
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Weirton
UPI
Frank Crisi
Justice of the Peace
Crisi
Frank
U. S. 22
Richard Wright
Chester
Hancock County Sheriff's Deputies
Pennsylvania
Man Kills Wife At Pa Church
In a Second Christian Science Church Sunday School classroom in Pittsburgh a husband Eugene Kaiser shot his wife Joyce Kaiser and then killed himself. Their son age 16 wrestled a .38 revolver from him as the attack occurred during a meditation period. Joyce Kaiser died at Allegheny General Hospital from two chest wounds. Eugene Kaiser was in serious condition.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Second Christian Science Church
Eugene E. Kaiser
Eugene
Joyce Kaiser
William
Thomas
Robert
Hope
N and W Cars Jump Track At Davy
Norfolk and Western trains derailed 17 cars of a 105 car freight near Davy West Virginia after a Sunday incident. East west main line cleared about 9 p.m. repairs rerouted trains via Clinch Valley and Dry Fork Jaeger. No injuries reported, damages not estimated, cause undetermined. Wreck included three chemical tankers one plastic filled car three gondolas railroad ties three empty boxcars and a flat bed partially in Tug River.
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Davy
UPI
Norfolk & Western Railway
West Virginia
Bluefield
Clinch Valley
Dry Fork
Jaeger
Williamson
Tug River
Bombers Hit Frontline Targets Across Vietnam Front
U S air units conducted raids north of Hanoi and along the Saigon frontier. F105 Thunderchiefs destroyed antiaircraft sites and buildings at Cham Phoung yards near the China border. A helicopter was shot down but returned to base after casualties. B52s bombed Binh Dinh and Quang Tri targets as nine guerrillas and one Navy man died in Mekong Delta clashes. The 324B division reportedly moved back north. Nine guerrillas and nine combat actions marked a Sunday of heavy fighting across Vietnam.
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Hanoi
Cham Phoung
China
Eleas Casillas
Santa Monica
Calif
Glendon L. Ammon
Muncie
Ind
Saigon
Bace
Guam
Binh Dinh
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong
U.S
North Viet Nam
Leatherneck
Navy
1St Infantry Division
U.S. Air Force
Marine
Female gang busted in Dallas burglary ring
Police announced they rounded up an 11 woman burglary ring in Dallas. The seized loot included wigs dolls typewriters guns narcotics and motorcycles.
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Dallas
UPI
World Journal Tribune finally goes to press in New York
New York UPI reports the World Journal Tribune begins printing after a 140 day labor shutdown the longest in American newspaper history. Mayor John Lindsay starts the press run as the merged paper plans an 80 page edition and anticipates nearly 1 million copies.
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New York
UPI
World Journal Tribune
Ess
The
Herald Tribune
Stereotypers Union
Reco
Detroit
Free Press and News
New York City
Journal-American
World Telegram & Sun
Johnson Moves Toward New Economics Amid Vietnam War
In a 1960s economic analysis the piece compares Kennedy and Johnson on tax policy. It notes Johnson’s January steps to speed payroll withholding and suspend autos and phone excise tax cuts. It argues Johnson now seeks to curb inflation by suspending the investment tax credit and outlines likely future tax increases to fund the Vietnam War.
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Johnson
Kennedy
Viet Nam
Congress
Atlanta confronts racial tensions after shootings and unrest
Mayor offers a $10,000 reward for information on a white shooter after two shootings injure and kill Black residents in the Boulevard Drive area. Police wounded in clashes as firebombs spark arson and more gunfire, with arrests reported amid escalating violence.
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Allen
Williams
Atlanta
King
Boulevard Drive
Hubert Warner
Roy Wright
Neely Beavis Action in Charleston Court
Robert S. Neely, former executive vice president of the First National Bank of Hinton, is to file in U S District Court to withdraw his guilty plea to embezzling 5000 dollars. At 48, he says ill advised and a technical point of law influenced the plea. he pleaded guilty in November and received three years probation last January.
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Charleston
UPI
Robert S. Neely
First National Bank of Hinton
U. S. District Court
Neely
Death notices and rites for Arthur W. Okes
Funeral services for Arthur W. Okes 76 of Blue Jay will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Apple presiding. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Park. Okes died Sunday at 7:30 a.m. after a long illness. He was a retired postmaster and school teacher, longtime Blue Jay resident, and active in Blue Jay Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Leora, four daughters Edith Benson Kathryn Moore Emogene Turner Mary Helen, two sons Roy W. and Howard, a sister Mary Meadows, a brother John Okes, and five grandchildren. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today. pallbearers listed.
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Arthur W. Okes
Blue Jay
Caffee Funeral Home
Paul Apple
Sunset Memorial Park
Dunns
William Scott
Catherine Moran Okes
Okes
Roy W
Howard
Beaver
Mary Meadows
Daniels
John Okes
Caffee
F. C. Carter
Ray Elliott
Omer Elliott
W. T. McLaughlin
Chester Pettry
Charles Rollyson
Funeral services for Mrs Millie Miranda Bolen set Tuesday
Mrs Millie Miranda Bolen who died Saturday night at 9 15 at her daughter’s residence at 208 Laren Ave will be buried in Coal City Cemetery. The Rev Billy Waddell will preside at the funeral in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel and the body lies at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home with visitation after 4 p m today Jandsons named as pallbearers.
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Oer
Rose A Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Millie Miranda Bolen
Clifford Meadows
Laren Ave
Billy Waddell
Coal City
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Jandsons
Funeral services for Joseph Smith in Piney View
Joseph Smith 68 of Piney View dies after long illness in a local hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday in Oak Grove Baptist Church Backus Mountain with Rev J W Berry and Rev Frank Legg officiating. Burial at Harrah Cemetery Backus Mountain. Smith a retired coal miner with Laurel Smokless Coal Co Catherine was a member of UMWA Local 5821 Layland. He born November 4 1896 at Backus Mountain. Survived by wife Mildred son Arnold daughter Mrs Hanis Dale Meadows adopted daughter Miss Janie Smith stepson Clarence Plumley two stepdaughters Betty Plumley Shuck Christine Plumley Goins Rosalee Plumley Wall one sister Mrs Chris Susie Garten two grandchildren four great grandchildren and 10 step-grandchildren. Friends may call at Webb and Neal Funeral Home after 5 p m today. The body will be
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Joseph Smith
Piney View
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Backus Mountain
J. W. Berry
Frank Legg
Harrah
Smith
Laurel Smokless Coal Company
Catherine
UMWA
Layland
Harvey
Sarah Jane Moody Smith
Mildred Smith
Arnold Smith
Chicago
Ill
Hanis Dale Meadows
Tennessee
Janie Smith
Clarence Plumley
Massillon
Ohio
Betty Plumley Shuck
Christine Plumley Goins
Rosalee Plumley Wall
Chris Susie Garten
Pontiac
Mich
Webb and Neal
Virgil D. Shumate Rites Set In Oak Hill
Funeral services for Virgil D. Shumate 54 of 1920 Harper Road will be at 3 p m Tuesday in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev C S Donnelly in charge. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. He died Sunday morning after a long illness. Born January 27 1912 in Beckley he was a son of Lottie Deck Shumate and the late Clyde Shumate. A retired farmer and dairy man he worked with his father in Shumate's Dairy on Harper Road. Survivors include two daughters Betty Snider of Minot North Dakota and Patty Wirt of Philadelphia two sisters three brothers and two grandchildren. Friends may call after 4 p m today. Pallbearers listed.
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Virgil D. Shumate
Harper Road
Keyser-Bryant
C. S. Donnelly
Sunset Memorial Park
Beard Hospital
Beckley
Lottie Deck Shumate
Oak Hill
Clyde Shumate
Shumate
Rex K
Betty) Snider
Minot
N. D
John
Patty) Wirt
Philadelphia
D. A. Johnston
Princeton
E. C. Stover
J. S. Green
John W
Herbert
Frank
A. S. Bair
Howard Bragg
Paul Phipps
Russell Bonds
Gene Reed
Joe ‘Corkrean
William E. Sutphin
Land
Kyle Phipps
Bank leaders back Johnson inflation policy amid market relief
Chase Manhattan Bank president David Rockefeller and chairman George Champion endorsed Johnson’s proposals and a four month federal borrowing freeze, saying they could ease inflationary pressures. They urged tax increases if needed to fund defense and spending while acknowledging limits on individual lenders. The Federal Reserve signaled willingness to adjust policy as inflation pressures ease.
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Chase Manhattan Bank
David Rockefeller
George Champion
Johnson
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Moundsville Inmates Escape From Coal Mine
Two Moundsville Penitentiary inmates fled today from jobs at the prison coal mine. Law enforcement, aided by bloodhounds, immediately searched for Larry Martin, 22, serving 1 to 10 years from Fayette County, and Guy Newton, 26, serving 1 to 10 years from Mason County, both convicted of grand larceny.
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Moundsville
API
Moundsville Penitentiary
Larry Martin
Fayette County
Guy Newton
Mason County
Drowning of Ivan Qualls Saddens Huntington Family
The body of 42 year old Ivan Qualls, brother of Huntington magistrate Alvey Qualls, was found Sunday floating in the Guyan River east of Huntington. Cabell County Coroner Robert Barrett ruled the death accidental and stated the body had been in the river about 22 hours.
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Huntington
UPI
Ivan Qualls
Alvey Qualls
Guyan River
Here
Cabell County
Robert Barrett
Floyd H Brooks 69 Raleigh Miner Dies After Illness
Floyd H. Brooks of Raleigh born 1897 in Semora North Carolina died at 7 a.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a retired miner and member of St John Baptist Church Raleigh Blood Stone Lodge 101 York Rite Masons and United Mine Workers Local 6109 East Gulf. Survived by Edith Brooks four sisters Mrs Hartynse Blake Miss Dendria Brooks Mrs Nanny B Threat all of Baltimore and Mrs M G Pettford Burlington. Body at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Floyd H. Brooks
Raleigh
Semora
N. C
James
Georgia Anna Brooks
St. John Baptist Church
Blood Stone Lodge
York Wright Masons
United Mine Workers of America
East Gulf
Spokane woman Wanda Keenor dies at 38
Mrs. Wanda Keenor of Spokane Washington, 38, former area resident, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack. She is survived by her husband Esker Leroy Keenor, Spokane, her parents L. M. Neal and wife of Prosperity, one son Michael in the Navy, five daughters Sandra McGuire Spokane Karen Cathy Becky and Domma Jean all at home, two brothers the Rev James Neal Charleston and Harry A. Neal Prosperity, four sisters W E Whiting Piney View James Christopher and Ralph Nichols Richwood and Louie Scherf Greenville Tennessee, one grandchild. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Wanda Keenor
Spokane
Wash
Esker Leroy Keenor
L. M. Neal
Prosperity
Michael
U. S. Navy
Sandra McGuire
Karen
Cathy
Becky
Domma Jean
James Neal
Charleston
Harry A. Neal
W. E. Whiting
Piney View
James Christopher
Ralph Nichols
Richwood
Louie Scherf
Greenville
Final rites planned for Mrs. Ardella Brydie 88
Mrs. Ardella Brydie of Long Branch dies after a long illness. Funeral at Long Branch Baptist Church with Rev. John Gray officiating. Burial in Long Branch Cemetery. Survived by five sons James Essler Charles Marion and John and five daughters Lottie Carter Carrie Hill Raybe Berger Veler Brydie Bertha Johnson. Friends may call at Trent Durgan Funeral Home in Beckley after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Ardella Brydie
Long Branch
Long Branch Baptist Church
John Gray
James
Essler
Derry
Carrie Hill
Columbus
Ohio
Raybe Berger
Matewan
Veler Brydie
Detroit
Mich
Bertha Johnson
Whipple
Trent- Durgan Funeral Home
Beckley
Klein Bridge Winner In Virginia Tourney
William Klein from 110 West Virginia Street returned from Mountain Lake Virginia where he joined the Virginia Bridge Tournament. He placed second in the mixed pairs event with Mrs. B J Nester of Charleston and his team won the Team of Four. Others on the team were D E Shorter of Athens B Stennett and Miss Peyton Baker of Lynchburg. Klein also earned the Best Over All trophy for the three day event at the resort hotel.
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William Klein
West Virginia St
Mountain Lake
B. J. Nester
Charleston
D. E. Shorter
Athens
B. Stennett
Peyton Baker
Lynchburg
Klein
Kinsey Innocent Claims African Trial Assessors
Kinsey faces a final Tanzanian court verdict after trial assessors recommended innocence in the death of his 23 year old wife Peverly Kinsey. The Peace Corps couple taught near Maswa and were in Impala Hills when she died from a fall after a picnic.
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Mwanza
Tanzania
UPI
Tony
U.S
William H. Kinsey
Harold Platt
Kinsey
Peverley
Riverside
Conn
Maswa
Peace Corps
Nsey
Platt
East African Supreme Court
Impala
Mwaswa
Saigon election turnout declares Viet Nam protest end of Viet Cong
Prime Minister Ky hailed the Saigon polls as a political turning point saying the Communists failed in sabotage and the ballot turnout reached astonishing levels with many provinces reporting 70 to 98 percent participation. Elections aim to draft a legal constitution as Viet Nam moves from military rule to elected government amid reported Viet Cong terror.
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Dien Hong
Saigon
Air
Rior
Constituent Assembly
South Viet Nam
North
Viet Nam
South
Gemini 11 Launch Delays Scrubbed Then Cleared
Astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon prepared for a third try at a rendezvous and spacewalk mission after postponements due to a leaking rocket and a false alarm. Weather cleared to satisfactory conditions as fueling set a near three hour countdown record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Richard F. Gordon
Conrand
Gordon
Conrad
Atlas
Cape
Hope and wife donate site for Eisenhower center
Comedian Bob Hope and his wife gave an 80 acre tract valued at 500000 for a 5.5 million medical center to be named for former President Eisenhower. Ground breaking near El Dorado Country Club is planned for early 1967. The facility will include a full service hospital with 380 beds.
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Palm Desert
Calif
UPI
Bob Hope
Eisenhower
el Dorado Country Club
Death of Princeton Man Ruled Suicide
Giles County authorities ruled the death of Albert Crawford, 36, of Princeton West Virginia, on August 27 a suicide. He was found drowned in a pond on land owned by Appalachian Power Company near Pearisburg Virginia.
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Pearisburg
UPI
Giles County
Albert Crawford
Princeton
W. Va
Crawford
Appalachian Power Co
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Economics
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Mrs. Ardella Brydie
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Tan Son Nhut
Ngo Dinh Diem
Gemini
Hone
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