Raleigh Countians To Hear Goldwater
GOP leaders in Raleigh County organize a turnout to Charleston for Barry Goldwater's appearance in Charleston. Oppie Hedrick spearheads the effort with Ted Kessinger and Hank Holt aiding. A caravan plan was dropped for safety. focus shifts to filling the Civic Center auditorium.
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Raleigh
Charleston
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Republican Party
Oppie L. Hedrick
Beckley
GOP
Ted Kessinger
Harold “Hank” Holt
Young Republicans
Hedrick
Civic Center
Job Picture In State Steady This Summer
United Press International reports West Virginia employment stayed steady with fluctuations. Wheeling Bridgeport area saw slight gain to 61,400 despite disputes. Charleston area fell to 84,750 in mid July. overall non-agricultural payrolls up 100 since May, manufacturing up 150, and construction showing progress. Tri-State Huntingdon Ashland Ironton up 1,250 to 85,450. Morgantown WVU workers down 60 to 18,400 though up 600 vs last June. Martinsburg up 1,370 to 18,710, 300 above a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Wheeling Bridgeport
Ohio
Charleston
Tri-State
Huntington-Ashland
Ironton
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Martinsburg
Mothers Picket School Over Teacher Transfer Protest
Eighteen mothers picketed Enterprise Grade School to oppose transferring a teacher to a heavier pupil load. They petitioned President Johnson and met with Congressman Moore Jr., while about 100 of 153 pupils stayed home. Local officials cited declining enrollment and adjusted staffing as factors, with a board meeting upcoming to discuss the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harrison County School Board
Arch A. Moore Jr
Clarksburg
Thomas B. Horner
Shinnston
Horner
Board of Education
Pontiff Welcomes Observers to Historic Council
The pope welcomed observers including Roman Catholic laymen and women to attend the council marking the first time women may participate in church debates. The opening ceremony featured a mass with churchmen, blessing wafers and the communion service. Twenty four prelates attended the service, led by Archbishops Lawrence Sheehan of Baltimore and John J. Krol of Philadelphia, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Sheehan
Baltimore
John J. Krol
Philadelphia
Hedrick to Attend Capital Seminar on Condemnations
Oppie L Hedrick Beckley at torney will be in Charleston Friday for a one day seminar on condemnations and condemnation procedures under the West Virginia University College of Law and the West Virginia State Bar. The session will cover taxation and evaluation and be held at the Daniel Boone Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oppie L. Hedrick
Beckley
Charleston
West Virginia University College of Law
West Virginia State Bar
Daniel Boone Hotel
Third Bank Robber Nabbed
FBI announced the arrest of a third man in the $19,900 Bank of Blaine, Kentucky robbery last July 14. Junior Haskell Cordle, 47, was arrested in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and held on 40,000 bond awaiting U.S. District Court trial set for December 7.
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Catlettsburg
UPI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Blaine
Louisville
Junior Haskell Cordle
Rocky Mount
N.C
U.S. District Court
Cordle
Ezekiel Canterbury
Dingess
W. Va
Vera Cruz
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Chester Lee Simmons
Lake City
Mich
Logan
W.va
Canterbury
Quints Gain Fame At St Luke's In Aberdeen South Dakota
Reporters nationwide swarmed Aberdeen to cover Mary Ann and Andy Fischer and their quintuplets at St Luke's. Gifts poured in, a publisher secured exclusive rights, and the town planned a new home for the family. Rumor says Mrs Fischer may be expecting again as speculation grows about another multiple birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann
Andy Fischer
South Dakota
St. Luke's
Quints
Aberdeen
Fischers
Fischer
Paving Begins on Berkley Street Project
Mayor John Smith announced surface work started on Berkley Street. City Council had adopted a paving resolution on July 14 after four residents urged drainage corrections. Tower Construction holds the contract for the project.
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Berkley Street
John Smith
Insurance policy limits indicated by symbols
The symbols show the maximum liability under the auto policy terms and the figures are abbreviated from thousands. For example, the notation implies limits such as 1 000 or 2 500 per incident depending on the policy.
Traffic Deaths (Continued From Page 1)
A string of fatal crashes across Ohio West Virginia and Virginia claimed multiple lives including Patty Phalin 21 Wilbur Smoot 46 James Vineyard 35 Mack Hendrick 30 Tex Sweet Jr 8 months Sandra Schneider 24 John Cooper 30s and Alice Moore Simpson 30. Crashes occurred on U S 35 U S 33 W V 82 W V 7 and roads near Fayetteville and Parkersburg.
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Patty Phalin
Akron
Ohio
Wilbur Smoot
Chesapeake
Putnam County
U.S
James L. Vineyard
Bancroft
Mack Hendrick
Poca
Tex R. Sweet Jr
Grundy
Bluefield
W.va
Fayetteville
Sandra Schneider
Parkersburg
John Cooper
Leading Creek
U.S. 33
Elkins
Alice Moore Simpson
Burton
Wetzel County
W. Va
Bula
Monongalia County
Berlin Wall Deaths Reported in Berlin Fracas
The wall went up three years ago. Five soldiers were involved as refugees were shot. Robert A. Philage Jr. from Madera Pennsylvania SP4. William F. Swartwood of Irving Texas SP4. John S. Schultzberger of Matilda, Fila. Owen L. Hoffman of Rollingford Mississippi are named. Refugee Michael Meyer was hit five times and taken to a West Berlin hospital in non serious condition.
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Wall
Puhl
Robert A. Philage Jr
Madera
William FE. Swartwood
Irving
Tex
John S. Schultzberger
Matilda
Owen L. Hoffamn
Rollingford
Miss
Michael Meyer
West Berlin
City schools face integration plan amid large scale picketing
Authorities deployed over 1,000 police to protect hundreds of schools as protests erupt over a plan to involuntarily transfer students to facilitate integration. The plan centers on pairing eight elementary schools across Queens and Brooklyn, exchanging students between white and Negro schools.PAT and the Joint Council for Better Education organize the boycott claiming 900,000 members. Officials urge parents to send children to school despite condemnations from city leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queens
Brooklyn
Parents and Taxpayers Coordinating Council
PAT
Joint Council For Better Education
Final rites set for infant Tex Sweet Jr in Grundy
Final rites for seven month old Tex Randall Sweet Jr son of Mr and Mrs Tex Randall Sweet Grundy Va will be held at 11 am Tuesday at the home of an aunt Mrs Joan Fritz Ames Heights with Rev Leslie Martin and Rev John Bragg presiding Burial will be in Lansing Cemetery The infant died Saturday night in a Bluefield hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile accident earlier Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs Joe Sweet Grundy and Mr and Mrs Steven Zurad Philadelphia Pa a great grandmother Mrs Hazel Sweet Lansing and two great great grandmothers Mrs Sally Sweet Lansing and Mrs Martha Clendenin New Smyrna Beach Fla The body will be taken to the Fritz home at Lansing at 7 pm today from Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville RNS
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Tex Randall Sweet Jr
Tex Randall Sweet
Grundy
Joan Fritz
Ames Heights
Leslie Martin
John Bragg
Lansing
Bluefield
Joe Sweet
Steven Zurad
Philadelphia
Hazel Sweet
Sally Sweet
Martha Clendenin
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Fritz
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Walter Ayers services set for Tuesday at Minden church
Walter Peter Ayers 68 of Minden dies at home after heart condition. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Minden Methodist Church with Rev. W F Hodges officiating. burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Survived by wife Mallie Lee Gray Ayers three sons Gordon Gordon Oak Hill Kenneth Nitro Howard Endicott N Y a stepson Dempsey Oak Hill three daughters Willie Mae Dixon Minden Clara Hamilton St Albans Thelma Baldry Minden 15 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren two brothers Croby Alonzo Lynchburg Va and a sister Selma Bruce Lynchburg Va. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill after 1 p.m. today then to church one hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Peter Ayers
Minden
William R Lawhorn dies after long illness at 77
William R Lawhorn 77, of Shady Spring, died at his daughter's residence, Mrs. Goldie Worley, at 5 a m after a long illness. Born June 12 1887 in Kentucky, he was a retired miner. Survivors include son Robert Lawhorn of Jacksonville Beach Florida, three brothers Frank Lawhorn Charlie Lawhorn and Jim Lawhorn, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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William Riley Lawhorn
Shady Spring
Goldie Worley
Kentucky
Robert Lawhorn
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Frank Lawhorn
Crab
Elizabeth Wiseman Funeral Services for Mrs Wiseman
Funeral services for Elizabeth Irene Leadingham Wiseman 43 of Winston Salem will be held at Sprague Church of God at 2 p m Wednesday with Rev Ray Morgan officiating Burial follows at Atkins Cemetery Naomi She died Sunday at her parents home Rev and Mrs R E Leadingham Beckley after a long illness Born November 7 1920 in Van Lear Ky she was a member of the Church of God Surviving are her husband Wardie Wiseman three sons Ora Darrell Jimmy and Gene all of Winston Salem a foster son Gerald Thomas and a foster daughter Linda Thomas at home four sisters and four brothers and two grandchildren Friends may call after 6 p m today at Quesenberry Funeral Home and the body will be taken to her parents residence on the 1921 by pass at 4 p m Tuesday remaining there until the funeral hour.
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Clyde R. Crowley
Crab Orchard
Charleston
Gray Lumber Company
U.S. Army
Frank
Margaret Wheeler Crowley
Raleigh County
Inez Alderman Crowley
Howard Spencer Jr
Akron
Ohio
J. F. Crowley
Shenandoah Junction
Rachel Gantt
Hyattsville
Homer Persinger
Ira Hurt
A. E. Snyder
Elizabeth Irene Leadingham Wiseman
Winston - Salem
N. C
Sprague Church of God
Ray Morgan
Atkins
Naomi
Wiseman
R. E. Leadingham
Beckley
van Ler
Church of God
Wardie Wiseman
Ora Darrell
Jimmy
Gene
Winston-Salem
Gerald Thomas
Linda Thomas
Ruth Toney
National City
Calif
Pansy Rose
Wakefield
Kan
Edith Bales
Lyons
Jessie Segan
Rev Smith Heads to Methodist Conference in Huntington
The Rev David L Smith of Skelton joins local clergy at the annual AME conference in Huntington this week prompting the closure of his Success Studio at 431 S Fayette St. The studio sells family Bibles Masonic Bibles teachers reference Bibles and church music. Other attending clergy include Rev George E Fagans Rev Abner Wright Lester Rev Joseph Moon Rev I B Walker of Beckley and pastor of a Logan church.
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David L. Smith
Skelton
Huntington
Smith
S. Fayette St
George E. Fagans
Abner Wright
Lester
Joseph Moon
Winding Gulf
I. B. Walker
Beckley
Logan
George Holmes Funeral Services Held In East Park
George Holmes aged 72 of 120 Sour Street, dies in a local hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Welcome Baptist Church East Park with Rev Archie Johnson officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. The body will be taken to the church one hour before services after visitation at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home beginning Tuesday morning. OCALA Florida Donald L OToole dies Saturday former U S Representative from New York 8th District
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George Holmes
Sour St
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
Archie Johnson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Funeral services for Chapman H Hyams III in New Orleans
Funeral services for Chapman H Hyams III aged 65 longtime officer and director of Times Picayune Publishing Corp will be held today at Bultman Funeral Home He was executive vice president and secretary of the publishing corporation at the time of his death Saturday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
UPI
Chapman H. Hyams III
Times- Picayune Publishing Corp
House of Bultman
Hyams
Publishing Corporation
Services Held for Oak Ridge Pioneer Fredrick Ford
In Oak Ridge Tennessee funeral services were held today for Fredrick W Ford 72 a former director of the community affairs division of the Atomic Energy Commission He died Saturday in Oak Ridge after a long illness He was a prominent local figure in civil service and civic affairs.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Upt
Fredrick W. Ford
Oak Ridge
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Ford
Funeral for Harris Jr., former newspaper man
Atlanta report notes funeral services for Joe Chandler Harris Jr. aged 76, a former newspaper man and son of the writer of the Uncle Remus stories. He died Saturday.
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Atlanta
UPI
Joe Chandler Harris Jr
Uncle Remus
Welcome Home Set For Nation's No. 3 Beauty
Ella Dee Kessel of West Virginia arrives by private plane in Charleston after finishing Miss America pageant. She carries a second runner up trophy and a first place divisional swimsuit prize. Gov Barron plans a big welcome as she returns to Ripley after celebrating with telegrams and well wishes.
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Charleston
UPS
Ella Dee Kessel
West Virginia
Ella Dee
W. W. Barron
Miss Kessel
West Virginia University
Ripley
Byrd Fined for Littering in Raleigh County
Robert Byrd of Harper was fined after a litterbugging arrest at Stephens Lake. Con stable Roscoe Allen of the Trap Hill District led the incident. Byrd was released after paying the fine.
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Robert Byrd
Harper
Raleigh
Byrd
Roscoe Allen
Trap Hill
Stephens Lake
Dying Hurricane Dora Threatens Ship With Nine Aboard
Hurricane Dora moved up the Atlantic coast and threatened the freighter Globe Explorer with nine crew aboard. The storm, now a nor'easter, produced 35 to 60 mph winds and rough seas that delayed Coast Guard rescue efforts 300 miles off Virginia.
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Norfolk
UPI
Dora
Coast Guard
Atlantic City
N.J
Weather Bureau
Hatteras
N.C
Cape Cod
Virginia
30 000 U S Children Doomed By Heritage
Philadelphia report from UPI states about 30 000 American children are doomed because their parents unknowingly marry carriers of cystic fibrosis. CF is inherited and incurable, causing serious lung disease and deaths comparable to cancer. One in twenty people may be a carrier, with each carrier couple having a one in four chance to pass CF to a child. A national drive by the National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation seeks $2 million for research, backed by 34 centers and about 21 000 volunteers conducting a door bell ringing march.
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Philadelphia
National
Penn Central merger urged by PRR leader Saunders
Stuart T. Saunders, chairman of the Pennsylvania Railroad, said the railroad would not take a crucial step without confidence that its Pennsylvania New York Central merger will be authorized in due course. He called restructuring eastern railroads into three competitive systems a step by step process and noted the Chesapeake and Ohio Baltimore and Ohio consolidation as effectively accomplished and the expansion of the Norfolk and Western system as the second phase. The final essential step, he said, is the merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
ICC
Stuart T. Saunders
PRR
New York Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
N&w
Pennsylvania
Bond Forfeiture Report From Greenboro NC Driving Case
Arthur E. Bernard forfeited a $10 bond to Magistrate W A Burke for hazardous driving after arrest by State police on U S Route 21. Albert Clifton Pierce paid a $15 fine on a speeding charge to Burke for a West Virginia Turnpike citation. Joe Yoder cited Sept 3 on the West Virginia Turnpike, paid $15 fine. Vaughn W Stanley cited Sept 10 for illegal passing on U S 21, paid $5. George R Bartusiak paid $5 for speeding, cited Aug 14 on West Virginia Route 16.
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Arthur E. Bernard
Greensboro
N. C
W. A
Gene) Burke
Bernard
U. S
Burke
Vaughn W. Stanley
Lanark
U. S. 21
George R. Bartusiak
Beckley
Bartusiak
W. Va
Al Seminary Miss Sheila Crawford Heads to Seabury-Western
Miss Sheila Crawford granddaughter of Mr and Mrs D D Ashworth 509 Hull Street begins her second year of graduate work in Christian Education at Seabury Western Seminary Chicago Ill She participates in the Student Parish Training Program sponsored by the Home Department of National Council and worked this summer with underprivileged children at day schools in St Paul Minnesota and in Basswood Grove NJ This fall she will serve in the Chicago area at Christ Church Winnetka where Rev William S Lea is rector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila Crawford
D. D. Ashworth
Hull Street
Seabury-Western Seminary
Chicago
Ill
Home Department of National Council
St. Paul
Minnesota
Basswood Grove
Christ Church, Winnetka
William S. Lea
Revival Services Open Tonight at Shaw Temple
Revival services begin at 7 30 p m today in Shaw Temple Methodist Church on F Street led by Mrs Lara Watson. Tonight's first sermon is No Hiding Place Down Here from Revelations 6 12 17. Weekly topics follow: Build Your Self A Fine Fair Shelter, When I Wanted You You Didn t Want Me and I Don t Want You, My Lord and My Od What Have I Done, and Take Them Away from Matthew 4 1 11 and Luke 15 17. Reverend Theodore Sembly of Hinton is pastor.
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Shaw Temple
F Street
Lara Watson
Theodore Sembly
Hinton
U.S. Backing for Khanh After Coup Effort
The United States urged support for General Nguyen Khanh's government in Saigon following an abortive coup. State Department statements came as loyalist forces reportedly regained control and rebels agreed to rejoin their units to battle communists.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Nguyen Khanh
Saigon
State Department
Khanh
Prison cell descriptions in the death house tale
A prisoner describes six hours in red and white lock cells after a 6 p.m. door slam. He recounts counting rivets, listening to coughing and obscenity from upper tiers, and quieted by midnight until 6 a.m. when scheduled for transfer to the Annex death house.
Khanh Seizes Power as Saigon Faces Fresh Turmoil
Viet Nam civil servants pressed on since the 1963 revolution amid a new power struggle. General Khanh, after a 24 hour crisis and meetings with Minh and Khiem, returned to Saigon to control the government with Ky’s air support and U.S. backing. Duc concedes defeat, Phat in hiding, and talks shift to Cap S Jacques for talks with Minh while a transitional regime forms.
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Duc
Duong van Duc
Khanh
Lam van Phat
Saigon
Dalat
Cap S. Jacques
Duong van Minh
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Minh
Tran Thiem Khiem
Money sale at Clermont National Bank aims to ease coin shortage
Clermont National Bank in Milford Ohio offers a money sale to solve the coin shortage. Customers can get one dollar in change for 98 cents and two one dollar bills for 1.95 in change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, Ohio
UPI
Clermont National Bank
Milford
Cancer Society Elects WV Division Leaders
Dr Bernard Zimmerman of WVU surgery dept was elected president of the West Virginia Division of the American Cancer Society. New officers include vice president Dr W E Coopenhover secretary Marjorie Scott treasurer Max Saunders and Mrs D M Thomas as state executive committee chair.
Welfare aid drops Charleston
The Welfare Department reports July assistance payments totaled 4,485,159, down 8,125 from June. AFDC payments were 1,350,925, reduced from 1,376,515 in June. Total caseloads fell by 699 to 48,338, 3,966 fewer than a year ago.
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Charleston
UPI
State Welfare Department
Quirky Texas Holiday Cheer At Local Motel
In Irving Texas a Jolly Roger Motel marquee proclaims Let Us Be The First Merry Christmas as temperatures linger in the 90s. The lighthearted sign signals local holiday spirit amid a hot regional climate and seasonal cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YULE
Irving
Tex
UPI
Texas
Jolly Roger
Hazel-Atlas To Keep Two Plants In West Virginia
New York based Continental Can Co will be allowed to keep the Wheeling and Clarksburg Hazel Atlas plants in operation while the sale of six other facilities to Brockway Glass and Anchor Hocking can proceed without the West Virginia units. A federal judge ruled the company had violated antitrust laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Continental Can Co
Wheeling and Clarksburg
Hazel- Atlas
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Brockway Glass Co
Anchor Hocking Co
West Virginia
Mallamas Posts Cash Bond After Arrest on Assault Warrant
James Mallamas age 42 of 306 Sun Rise Avenue posted a $10 cash bond to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez Sunday night on an assault warrant. He was arrested by city police at 9 17 p m. His appearance date is set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mallamas
Sunrise Avenue
Joe Rodriguez
Mallamas
Anna Maria Alberghetti Marries Claudio Guzman
UPI reports singer Anna Maria Alberghetti 28 wed television and state director Claudio Guzman 32 in a Roman Catholic ceremony at St. Victor's Church Hollywood. It was her first marriage.
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Hollywood
UPI
Anna Maria Alberghetti
Claudio Guzman
Alberghetti
Guzman
St. Victor’s Church
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Ethel
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