Research At WVU Spurs Coal-Fired Turbine Hopes
Morgantown reports show progress in coal burning gas turbine research at the Morgantown Coal Research Center and WVU. Consol News notes the pair work on converting coal to electricity, citing low capital cost and potential use with steam plants, rail power, and arid regions, while addressing blade wear and gas cleanliness.
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Morgantown
Consol News
Consolidation Coal Co
Pittsburgh
Coal Research Center
West Virginia
Connally Wins Skeet Prize At Southern Governors Meet
SEA ISLAND Ga UPI Gov John Connally a Texan who survived Kennedy assassination won the skeet shoot prize at the Southern Governors Conference. He noted his wrist injury and credited colleagues’ poor shooting for the win. Mississippi Gov Paul Johnson also won a skeet prize.
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John Connally
Connally
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Mississippi
Paul Johnson
Vance Urges Reserve Guard Reorganization
Deputy Defense Secretary Cy R. Vance told the Southern Governors Conference that Viet Nam requires reorganizing the Army Reserve and National Guard to boost usable forces and readiness. He noted the plan faltered in Congress but may be revived next year and stressed a centrally located, combat ready strategic reserve due to the need for rapid deployment on short notice.
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U. S
Vance
Mail to Dep Request for Life Insurance Form and Rates
A reader asks for a mailed life insurance application and rate sheet. They request guidance to apply for life coverage and mention US Great Lakes Insurance Ge, Elgin Illinois 60122.
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Great Lakes Insurance Co
Higin, Ill
US Great Lakes
Elgin
Iinois
Jury Seated For Whittaker Trial Opens In Missed Motive Case
Williamson Marine Carl D. Whittaker, 20, faced a jury seated in the Min go County Circuit Court for the murder of 27 year old Geraldine Chambers. Prosecutors planned to strike several jurors with defense and state arguing over who would serve as the panel and one alternate juror. The case, highly publicized, followed Whittaker’s claimed confession after slaying Chambers with a knife in her home.
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Wagner
Whittaker
Geraldine Chambers
State Supreme Court voids parts of life terms for three inmates
Charleston reports the West Virginia Supreme Court voided portions of life terms for Newberry Truman, Hayes Holstein, and Harvey Curtis from Moundsville Penitentiary under the Habitual Criminal Act. Each inmate claimed denial of counsel at arraignments or convictions. Valid sentences remain to be served: 1 to 10 years for Truman and 1 to 15 years for Holstein and Curtis.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Moundsville
Newberry Truman
Roane County
Hayes Holstein
Kanawha County
Harvey Curtis
Logan County
U. S. Supreme Court
Truman
Theother
Son Born To Beatle Ringo
London reports Beatle drummer Ringo Starr became a father when his 19 year old wife Maureen gave birth to a son at a London hospital. The mother and baby are fine and the birth was normal. Ringo’s mother said the baby is bonny and the family awaits a name.
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London
UPI
Ringo Starr
Maureen
Queen Charlotte’s Hospital
Ringo
Elsie Graes
Liverpool
Beatles
Operation Golf Course opens supply line in Vietnam
The 101st Airborne Brigade cleared Highway 19 in Vietnam and began delivering 500 tons of supplies daily. A Mon anard labor force of 1900 men and 1400 women joined after initial clearance. The 70th Engineering Battalion built a two lane highway within a 30 square mile base purchased from the South Vietnamese government. A fortified camp perimeter limits Vietnamese access and requires all liaison outside the inner zone.
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U.S. Army
101St Airborne Brigade
Highway 19
Charles L. Silver
Willamsburg
Aenard
United States
Separated WVU Campuses Change Class Schedules
West Virginia University faces mixed effects from new campus arrangements as Evansdale and Medical Center campuses grow. Class gaps double from 10 to 20 minutes to allow inter campus scheduling, affecting noon periods with adjusted timetables. Bus service between campuses doubles from four to eight to handle higher traffic.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Evansdale
Medical Center
Hurricane Betsy Death Toll Revisions Prompt Rescue Efforts
Searchers move into flooded delta south of New Orleans to aid hurricane survivors as officials revise death toll from Betsy, noting no more than 20 victims in Plaquemines Parish. Rain and wind disrupted transport while crews battle wildlife hazards and debris cleanup. Louisiana faces billions in crop and property damage, with emergency programs planned for debris removal and job creation for youths.
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New Orleans
UPI
Here
Louisiana
Nicholas Chetta
Plaquemines Parish
James T. Reeves
Dist. Atty
Leander H. Perez Jr
Tured
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Office of Economic Opportunity
Dudley Guglielmo
Angola
House Rules Drama Signals Possible Trouble on Sept 27
In a Washington House session, early turmoil erupted as Rep Durward Hall demanded the previous day's journal be read in full, triggering quorum calls and a marathon night shift. GOP leaders warned they would keep members at work to clear seven procedural resolutions under the 21 day rule after liberal majority reshaped House Rules.
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Lumbia
Senate
Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
GOP
Leslie C. Arends
House
Williamson jail escapee trio narrows to last capture
UPI reports Kentucky State Police arrested the final of three Williamson jail escapees on Monday. Harold Briggs, 25, of Feren, Ky., was apprehended near the West Virginia border about three hours after the breakout, following the earlier captures of Freddie Curry and Jonah Hinkle in the jail yard.
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Williamson
UPI
Kentucky
Freddie Curry
Jonah Hinkle
Harold Briggs
Freeburn
West Virginia
Pope outlines Episcopal Synod to aid global church governance
At St Peter's Basilica Pope Paul VI announces a new Episcopal Synod a worldwide senate of bishops to assist in governing the church He says it will be convened as needed for consultations and collaboration for the church's general good He also plans a trip to New York during the council session and urges a peace message to nations gathered there
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Paul
St. Peter's Basilica
New York
Ecumenical Council
Church of God
Byrd Reports Progress On Two Flood Projects
Senator Robert C Byrd announced rapid progress on two southern West Virginia flood control projects Justice Reservoir near Justice Wyoming County and the Middle Fork of the Mud River at Griffithsville Yawkey. The Fiscal Year 1966 Appropriation Bill provides 418000 for Justice Reservoir with preliminary construction possible next spring while 40000 funds for the Middle Fork Wald River channel improvement in Griffithsville Yawkey Lincoln County with plans completed and a contract expected to be awarded this spring.
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Washington, D. C
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Justice Reservoir
Middle Fork
Mud River
Griffithsville-Yawkey
Senate For Public Works
Byrd
Justice
Wyoming County
Wald
Lincoln County
Army
Bids Slated On 3 Road Projects
Charleston dispatch from UPI reports three resurfacing jobs to be opened by the State Road Commission. About 14 miles of pavement work in Greenbrier Summers and Logan counties estimated at 150000 dollars. Projects cover U S 60 Alta Lewisburg road Greenbrier, W Va 3 Willow Wood Bridge Talcott Summers, and W Va 10 Huff Junction Wyoming line Logan.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Greenbrier
Summers
Logan
U. S. 60
Alta - Lewisburg
W. Va
Willowwood Bridge
Talcott
Summers County
Huff Junction
Wyoming County Line
Logan County
SRC
Huntington
Wayne
Wayne County
Parole Plea Heard From West Virginia Convict Hollie Griffith
Hollie Griffith, WV’s noted convict, seeks parole before the State Board of Probation and Parole during a routine visit at the Medium Security Prison. Serving time for three murders since the 1930s, Griffith has been eligible since 1939 but repeatedly denied. Calhoun County businessmen urged release to allow him to start a Grantsville tailoring business. Griffith previously ran a dry cleaning and tailoring shop behind bars for about 30 years starting in the mid 1920s.
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UPT
State Board of Probation and Parole
Hollie Griffith
West Virginia
Robert Kuhn
Griffith
Calhoun County
Grantsville
Prisap Walls
India Pakistan fight risks in Kashmir amid UN plan talk
Pakistan warns it will keep fighting indefinitely unless India accepts its three point peace plan calling for a cease fire withdrawal of forces UN peacekeeping and a plebiscite within three months. Bhutto vows to press Kashmir struggle despite Indian resistance as raids and air strikes flare across the border.
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Zambia
Commonwe
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Kashmir
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Thant
Long Fight
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India
Rawalpindi
United Nations
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Radio
Srinagar
Adampur
Punjab
Halwara
Lahore
Peshawar
Khyber Pass
Northwest Frontier Province
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Calcutta
Chaldah
North Bengal
Karachi
U.S
Deaths and Funerals Dewey Keattey age 62
Funeral services for Dewey D A Keattey of Mount Hope and Beckley will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev Ray Franklin presiding. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Died Sunday 7 p.m. at Frost of heart attack. Body at funeral home after 4 p.m. today. Pallbearers listed. Also funeral services for Joe Capone 74 Crab Orchard at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Capone died Sunday 7:30 p.m. in a local hospital after extended illness.
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D. A
Keattey
Beckley
Mount Hope
Tyree
Ray Franklin
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Frost
Marvin Beverley
Nee
Joe Capone
Crab Orchard
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Kenneth Swank
Sunset Memorial Park
Capone
Levi Clinton Wallace funeral set in Odd
Funeral services for Levi Clinton Wallace 80 of Odd will be at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Philip Graham in charge Burial follows in Odd Cemetery Wallace died at his home at 4 am Monday after a long illness Pallbearers include Harry Wallace Calvin Logan Otis Vines Sam White Ronald Snuffer and Clayton Wallace
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Levi Clinton Wallace
Caffee Funeral Home
Philip Graham
Wallace
Harry Wallace
Calvin Logan
Otis Vines
Sam White
Ronald Snuffer
Clayton Wallace
Death of Kenneth Bowles in Merritt Island
Kenneth Thomas Bowles 17 of Merritt Island Florida died after being struck by a car while crossing a highway. Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Harry L Stevens. Burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Bowles born Sept 19 1947, son of Thomas and Geneva Morgan Bowles. Survives include sister Sandra Mullens and grandparents in Welch and Cocoa Beach. He attended Brevard Junior College. Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville in charge.
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Kenneth Thomas Bowles
Merritt Island
Fla
Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Harry L. Stevens
Roselawn
Bowles
Thomas
Geneva Morgan Bowles
Sandra Mullens
Cocoa Beach, Fla
T. L. Bowles
Welch
Thomas Morgan
Brevard Junior College
Florida
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Herbert Clarence Toney dies after extended illness
Herbert Clarence Toney, 58, Prosperity, died at 11 15 p m Monday in a local hospital after an extended illness. He worked for Ranger Fuel Co at Beards Fork and was a member of UMWA Local 4475. He attended Prosperity Fundamental Baptist Church. Born December 31, 1906 in Calloway Heights, he was the son of the late Linus and Alice Williams Toney. Survivors include his wife Lena Tyree Toney and four sons Richard Ralph and Roger, all of Greensboro North Carolina.
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Herbert Clarence Toney
Prosperity
Ranger Fuel Company
Beards Fork
UMWA
Prosperity Fundamental Baptist Church
Calloway Heights
Linus
Alice Williams Toney
Lena Tyree Toney
Richard
Ralph
Roger
Greensboro
N.C
Congress Debates Farm Labor and Mississippi Seats
The Senate narrowly adopted the Bass amendment 46 to 45, striking out a farm bill provision that would shift foreign laborer program control to the agriculture department. Labor Secretary Wirtz faces criticism over policy limiting foreign harvest workers, advocates arguing for jobless Americans. Meanwhile a House subcommittee considers ousting five Mississippi congressmen amid Freedom Democratic pressure over alleged voter suppression in the 1963 elections.
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Humphrey
Senate
Agriculture Department
W. Willard Wirtz
United States
Wirtz
Quotes By United Press International on the Negro in recent years
James H. Meredith first Negro student at the University of Mississippi and now at Columbia University law school comments on progress. He says it is unclear if sufficient change has occurred for satisfaction as some rise while many others fall.
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United Press International
New York
James H. Meredith
University of Mississppi
Columbia University Law School
Haley warns on space policing to curb deadly debris
Andrew G. Haley, general counsel of the International Astronautical Federation, urges worldwide policing of space exploration. He cautions that unleashing countless man made objects with lethal potential could trigger international discord, harsh retaliation, and complaints.
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Washington
Andrew G. Haley
International Astronautical Federation
Funeral services for William Albert Hawks in Beckley
Funeral services for William Albert Hawks 75 of 108 Warden St will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Rose and Peace Chapel with Rev. Charlie Bass and Rev. Hayward Lough officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. He died Monday at a local hospital after a long illness and was a retired coal miner formerly with New River Coal Co Cranberry Local No 5122 Cranberry. He was born July 19 1890 in Mercer County. Survivors include his wife Freda Hughes Hawks three daughters three stepchildren one brother seven sisters and a host of relatives. Pallbearers listed.
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William Albert Hawks
Warden St
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Charlie Bass
Hayward Lough
Sunset Memorial Park
Hawks
New River Coal Co
Cranberry
UMWA
Mercer County
Wilburn
Sarah O'Dell Hawks
Freda Hughes Hawks
Sylvia Carr
Helen Hawks
Ruby Bailey
Roanoke
Virgil W. Meadows
Beckley
Orville Bauguess
Slab Fork
Henry Massey
Beck
Mass for Pete Del Moro in Los Angeles area
Pete Del Moro 39 formerly of Beckley will be honored with a mass at 1 30 p m Friday at the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Father Thomas Kerrigan presiding Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park Del Moro died at his home Saturday from an apparent heart attack Rosary will be recited at 7 30 p m Thursday at the funeral home in Los Angeles California
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Pete del Moro
Los Angeles
Calif
Beckley
Caffee Funeral Home
Thomas Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
del Moro
Final rites for Dave Bryant in Grassy Meadows
Dave Bryant 65 of Grassy Meadows dies after long illness in a Hinton hospital. Retired farmer and father of Oma Holliday Beckley. Brother of Nancy Arthur Jesse. Born August 2 1900 in Summers County. Burial at McElhenney Cemetery. Lobban Funeral Home Alderson in charge.
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Dave Bryant
Grassy Meadows
Grassy Meadows Baptist Church
Albert Fitzwater
Walker Bennett
McElhenney
Bryant
Hinton
Oma Holliday
Beckley
Nancy Arthur
Jesse
Summers County
Lobban Funeral Home
Alderson
Mrs. Walter Bundy Rites Held at Oak Hill Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Walter E Bundy of Oak Hill will be in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel with three clergy in charge. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. She died after a long illness, survived by two sons, three daughters, 11 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Her body remains at the funeral home with viewing after 4 p.m. today.
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Walter E. Bundy
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
Tally Hanna
Randolph Johnson
Eric McQuitty
High Lawn Memorial Park
W. E. Bundy
Walter E. Bundy Jr
Richmond
H. Carter Bundy
St. Petersburg
Fla
Margaret N. Bundy
J. J. Eller
Marion
L. A. Dickerson
South Charleston
Funeral for Stanford scholar Richard Jones held today
Private funeral services were held in Palo Alto for Richard Foster Jones 79 former executive head of Stanford University English department. Jones died Sunday at Stanford Medical Center from lung cancer and will be buried in Salado Texas where he was born.
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Palo Alto
Calif
UPI
Richard Foster Jones
Stanford University
Jones
Stanford Medical Center
Salado
Tex
Gandhi aide Vincent Lawrence dies at 93 in UURBAN
Vincent Lawrence former secretary to Mahatma Gandhi died in UURBAN South Africa on Monday at age 93. Lawrence joined Gandhi’s movement as a teacher upon arriving in 1892 and became a respected figure in the Indian community there.
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Uurban
South Africa
UPI
Vincent Lawrence
Mahatma Gandhi
Lawrence
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