Brown Admits Reagan Poses Tough Threat
California governor race heats up as Edmund Brown acknowledges Ronald Reagan presents a stiff challenge. Brown barnstorms the state while Reagan airs a 30 minute TV show outlining his Creative Society program. Campaign costs rise as both sides trade charges of extremism and leftist influence. Brown trails in polls but closes gap.
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UPI
Edmund G. Brown
Rough and Ready
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
Barry M. Goldwater
Brown
Johnson
John Birch Society
Democratic Party
Nabors tops ratings but second place still suits him
Hollywood veteran Jim Nabors, star of Gomer Pyle, lands a new 9:30 p.m. Wednesday timeslot facing Peyton Place and The Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre while he eyes his first solo musical special Friends and Nabors with guests Andy Griffith and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Nabors recalls meeting LBJ at the White House and praises the reception from an audience of legislators’ wives.
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UPI
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Marine Bungler
Nabors
Dick van Dyke
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Andy Griffith
Ernie Ford
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Marilyn Horne
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Supreme Court
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Cbs-Tv
Atlantis Found in Aegean Sea Says Prof Mavor
UPI reports American Prof J Mavor and team aboard the Chain declare the Greek island Thira Santorini may be a remnant of Atlantis. With historian Edward Loring and Seismological Institute director Angel Galanopoulos, they cite four possible mountain ranges traces and petrified ashes as supporting evidence dating to 1500 B C.
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UPI
Atlantis
Aegean Sea
J. Mavor
Thira
Santorini
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Europe
North America
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Edward Loring
Greek Seismological Institute
Angel Galanopoulos
Galanopoulos
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Albert Taken To Bethesda After Mild Heart Attack
Washington ETU reports House Democratic Leader Carl Albert aged 58 was hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Medical Center Tuesday after a mild heart attack. He will need several weeks rest. Also at Bethesda are Sen. Carl Hayden 88 and Rep. O Clark Fisher 62, both noted in improving condition after recent procedures and hospitalization.
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O. Clark Fisher
D-Tex
Public Utility Taxes Mailed in West Virginia
West Virginia counties and municipalities received first half utility tax payments totaling 9.7 million collected from 333 companies. Kanawha County led with 1.3 million, Charleston 64,700, and 17 counties exceeded 200,000 while 12 towns topped 10,000. One million one hundred thousand was deposited with the state sinking fund commission for investment. Other cities included Huntington 49,500 Wheeling 21,750 Parkersburg 20,400 Glasgow 17,900 Bluefield 17,650 and several others.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Denzil Gainer
Gainer
Kanawha
State Sinking Fund Commission
Huntington
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Glasgow
Bluefield
Rivesville
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Williamson
Kenova
South Charleston
Tractor overturns kill Meadow Creek man near Hinton
Leonard Bowles, 35, of Meadow Creek, died Thursday when the farm tractor he drove overturned on a rural road near Hinton.
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Hinton
UPI
Leonard Bowles
Meadow Creek
Students kayak to Tokyo after 76 day sea trip
Ten American and English students arrived in Tokyo after a 76 day kayak voyage through the inland sea and along the Pacific coast from Shimonoseki. The group was led by Harvard University student Dan Dimanchercu, 23.
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KAYAK
Tokyo
UPI
Pacific
Shimonoseki
Japan
Harvard University
Dan Dimanchercu
Order of Publication for Divorce in Raleigh Court
Civil Action No 3326 seeks a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. Defendant James Walter Carter, a non resident of West Virginia, must answer by October 10 1966 to plaintiff's attorney Roy A Cunningham Beckley. If not, judgment may be entered. Clerk’s office has a copy of the complaint. Entered September 2 1966 by Clerk C Harold Hanks.
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James Walter Carter
West Virginia
Roy A. Cunningham
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
Harold Hanks
Notice to Creditors for Five West Virginia Estates
Creditors and beneficiaries of the estates of Joe W. Smith Virgil Nash Bolt Hersie E Cook Minnie Meadows and Elva Wilbur Bennett are notified to file verified claims with voucher at 213 Raleigh County Bank Building Beckley WV by January 20 1967 or be barred from estate benefits. Beneficiaries may appear by that date to protect interests. Roy A. Cunningham Commissioner of Accounts Raleigh County WV.
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Virgil Nash Bolt
Hersie E. Cook
Minnie Meadows
Elva Wilbur Bennett
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
West Virginia
Roy A. Cunningham
Raleigh County
Obituaries for Shumate Rosenbaum Bolen and Smith families
Funeral services are listed for Virgil D Shumate at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Keyser Bryant Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Grover Lee Rosenbaum, 75, will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial at Prosperity Cemetery. Millie Bolen, 85, of 208 Laren Avenue, has services at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Rose Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial at Coal City Cemetery. Joseph Smith, 69, of Piney View, funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday September 14 at Oak Grove Baptist Church Backus Mountain, with burial at Harrah Cemetery. body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home until one hour before service.
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Coal City
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Piney View
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Backus Mountain
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Harrah
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Vance Drive
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Singapore and Indonesia Resume Trade Pact
Indonesia and Singapore signed an accord to resume trade halted three years earlier during Indonesia’s border war with Malaysia when Singapore was part of the Malaysian Federation.
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Singapore
UPI
Indonesia
Malaysia
Information sought on theft of newspapers from roadside tubes
A notice seeks information leading to conviction of individuals stealing newspapers from roadside tubes or bundles. Respond to Robert L. Amick at Beckley Newspapers by calling 253-3321.
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Beckley Newspapers
Joseph Caplinger
Beckley
W. Va
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