Johnson touts prosperity but warns against partisanship
President Johnson told a Miami Beach audience that Americans nationwide enjoy record prosperity and rising take home pay since 1961, but warned that growing partisanship could jeopardize gains. He announced unity, progress, and planned Western trip while noting Cuba policy and prior hurricane damage.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Johnson
White House
America
International Association of Machinists
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Latin America
U.S
Barry M. Goldwater
Eisenhower
Washington
Nation
Space Center
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Missile Center
Far West
Montana
Oregon
California
British Columbia
Florida
Charac
Goldwater Opens Southern Campaign Swing in N C
Barry Goldwater arrived in Winston-Salem with about 2000 supporters and opened a three day Southern tour railing at the administrations Viet Nam policy. He condemned federal overreach and urged states rights while attacking the Supreme Court and the Baker case. He named Hubert Humphrey as skeptical of the South and outlined a four day, eight state drive through the region.
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Winston - Salem
N. C
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Southland
South Viet Nam
Goldwater
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Arizona
Winston-Salem
Barry
San Francisco
Tobacco City
Viet Nam
Supreme Court
United States
Bobby Baker
Everett Jordan
Jordan
White House
Lyndon
Humphrey Goldwater
Hubert Humphrey
South
GOP
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
South Carolina
Louisiana
Texas
Byrd Announces Second Phase Study on Miners Diseases
Senator Robert Byrd said the U S Public Health Service will begin a house to house survey in Richwood Nicholas County on Sept 21 as part of a six week second phase of a long range study into health diseases in coal mining areas. The project funds US$35000 for Opinion Research Corp to conduct interviews and compare health data with mine workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
U. S. Public Health Service
Richwood
Nicholas County
Byrd
Mullens
PHS
Opinion Research Corporation
Princeton
N. J
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Senate
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Public Health Service
West Virginia
Prowler Tries to Enter Hamilton Home on Woodlawn
Drema Warden babysat at 533 Woodlawn Avenue says a prowler attempted to enter the Hamilton residence by the garage then a back basement window around midnight Sunday. Police collected fingerprints. the suspect fled before officers arrived. investigation ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn Avenue
Drema Warden
James S. Hamilton
Miss Warden
WVU Tax Issue On Hold As Atty General Opinion Sought
WVU tax matter continues as Moreland seeks a new opinion from Atty. Gen. Robertson to uphold the 1957 ruling by Charles Fox. A subsequent meeting is planned to prepare a defense if Galford advances the case. A test suit with Wesleyan was proposed but tabled for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fox
Moreland
Donald Robertson
Robertson
Galford
WVU
Wesleyan
State Supreme Court
Westfall asks PSC to drop complaint over service
O P Westfall of Keyser asked the Public Service Commission to dismiss his complaint that General Telephone Co. was providing inadequate service. Westfall said current service was adequate. The PSC canceled a hearing that had been set for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
O. P. Westfall, Keyser
Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Westfall
PSC
Riots in Philadelphia Linked to Bearded Men in Fezzes
After two weeks of investigation Philadelphia police say Muhammad Abdulla and Florence Mobley helped sparked a three day riot by inciting a crowd at an intersection during a traffic incident. Assistant Commissioner Richard Edwards cites Hayes directing the crowd. FBI presence denied. City faces 4.1 million in costs. 1,400 arrests, 300 injuries, 400 stores damaged.
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Cente Carroll
FBI
Johnson
Philadelphia
Richard Edwards
Edwards
Muhammad
Abdulla
Florence Mobley
Hayes
James H. J. Tate
Gordon Betty And Fitz Win Aviation Awards
Washington UPI President Johnson awarded the Harmon International Aviation Trophy Monday to an astronaut a woman flier and an Air Force pilot. Astronaut L Gordon Cooper won for guiding Faith 7 through 22 orbits in May 1963. Betty Miller of Santa Monica California was cited for her solo Pacific flight in spring 1963. Fitzhugh L. Fulton was honored for flying a B58 Hustler to 85318 feet with over 11000 pounds payload for science.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Air Force
Astronut
L. Gordon Cooper
Betty Miller
Santa Monica
Calif
Pacific
Fitzhugh L. Fulton
Minor Pleads Guilty in Destruction of Property Case
Ronnie Minor of Beckley pleaded guilty to destruction of property before Magistrate W A Burke. He paid a ten dollar fine on the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Minor
Beckley
W. A
Gene) Burke
Deaths and funerals for Karen Entsminger in Oak Hill
Final rites for Karen Susan Entsminger 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas E Entsminger Oak Hill will be held 2 pm Wednesday at Church of the Nazarene Oak Hill Rev J C Bybee officiating Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Sunday in Beckley hospital of kidney ailment Survived by two sisters Dinah and Pamela maternal grandparents Sam Coleman Fayetteville Route 1 paternal grandmother Cora Entsminger Also notes body will be taken to home at 4 pm today from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill and to church an hour before service (RNS) other funeral services for Roger Stewart James D and Michael J of Martinsville route 2 and William B of Sarasota Fla with two daughters and two sisters in Martinsville Roselawn Burial Park details included
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Karen Susan Entsminger
Thomas E., Entsminger
Oak Hill
Church of the Nazarene
J. C. Bybee
High Lawn Memorial Park
Beckley Hospital
Church of Nazarene
Dinah
Pamela
Sam Coleman
Fayetteville
Roger Stewart
James D
Michael J
Martinsville
William B
Sarasota
Fla
Herbert Kilby
Nancy Moses
Charlotte Wright
Herbert Smith
Flint
Mich
Mary B. Stone
Brunswick
Ohio
Clara Hall
Cleveland
McKee Funeral Home
Roselawn
William R Lawhorn Funeral Services Set
William Riley Lawhorn 77 of Shady Spring will be honored at 2 30 p m Wednesday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev George Speck officiating. Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died at his daughter’s home Mrs Goldie Worley after a long illness. The body is at the funeral home after 4 p m today for viewing. Pallbearers are Carl Wills Lonnie Wills John Poe Albert Gentry Clinton Okes R A Martin Bobby Lee Lilly and Joseph Okes.
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William Riley Lawhorn
Shady Spring
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
George Speck
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
William C
Wissie Fletcher Lawhorn
Goldie Worley
Carl Wills
Lonnie Wills
John Poe
Albert Gentry
Clinton Okes
R. A. Martin
Bobby Lee Lilly
Joseph Okes
Morris Funeral Arrangements For Charles A Morris
Charles Alexander Morris 32 of Washington D C formerly of Princeton died in an automobile crash en route to work in Bethesda Maryland. Born June 20 1932 in Bluefield Virginia he was a WVU 1959 graduate and a Navy Air Corps veteran. Surviving family includes his mother wife and siblings. His body returns to Seaver Mortuary Princeton. Ernest Will longtime Scotland Yard reporter for the London Evening News died at 77 after nearly five decades with the paper.
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Charles Alexander Morris
Washington, D. C
Princeton
Bethesda
Bluefield
Mason D. Wingfield
Beckley
Richard Morris
Princeton High School
West Virginia University
Navy Air Corps
WVII
U. S. Naval Hospital
Donald Morris
Rockville
Ted Bargan
Baltimore
Seaver Mortuary
London
UPI
Ernest Will
Scotland Yard
London Evening News
Funeral services for Robert A Shadrick
Robert Allen Shadrick 11 son of Chester and Gertrude Cookson Shadrick of Hatcher will have 2 p m Friday services in Palmer Tennessee with burial in the family cemetery He died at 11 a m Monday in a Beckley hospital born March 30 1953 in Kopperston Surviving brothers Chester in Germany Wayne Gary Jimmie and Dean at home two sisters Brenda and Karen at home maternal grandmother Mrs Josie Cookson of Palmer and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs G F Shadrick of Sequatchie The body will be moved from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to the Shadrick home in Hatcher then to the Cookson home in Palmer before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Allen Shadrick
Chester
Gertrude Cookson Shadrick
Hatcher
Palmer
Tenn
Beckley Hospital
Kopperston
Germany
Wayne
Gary
Jimmie
Dean
Brenda
Karen
Josie Cookson
Palmer, Tenn
G. F. Shadrick
Sequatchaie
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Shadrick
Cookson
Martinsville Man Wiley R Hall Dies at 59
Wiley R Hall age 59 of Route 2 Martinsville Va formerly of Glen Daniel WV died Monday morning in Martinsville Born October 8 1904 at Marion Va he was a son of William S Hall Marion and the late Rachel Hall His wife Ruby Irene Hall survived with five sons Wiley Jr Irishburg Va and others listed in the obituary
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Wiley Roosevelt Hall
Route 2
Martinsville
Glen Daniel
Marion
William S. Hall
Rachel Hall
Ruby Irene Hall
Wiley Jr
Irishburg
Ella Dee Gets Royal Greeting after Miss America finish
Ella Dee Kessel of Ripley arrived at Kanawha Airport in Charleston to a red carpet welcome with folk singers and 100 bystanders. Mayor John Shanklin and Mayor George Jordan greeted her as she carried two trophies and a $2,500 scholarship. She kissed her parents and will join Miss America and the other top winners at a Philadelphia flower show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Ella Dee Kessel
Ripley
Kanawha
Philadelphia
Tito Ends Visit to Hungary After Unity Plea
President Tito of Yugoslavia wrapped a six day trip to Budapest confirming unity with Soviet bloc nations that once shunned him. He and Hungarian Premier Janos Kadar prepared a final communique likely unveiling increased trade and a common front against China’s militant Communist policies.
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Budapest
Hungary
UPI
Tito
Yugoslavia
Janos Kadar
China
Lynda Johnson visits Crete to tour Knossos palace
Lynda Bird Johnson arrived in Crete to represent her father at the wedding of Greek King Constantine and Danish Princess Anne Marie. She plans to visit Knossos, home of the ancient Minoan capital, during her stay. The Knossos palace, dating back 4,500 years, remains among the world's most spectacular archaeological ruins.
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Athens
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
President Johnson
Crete
Minos
Knossos
Miss Johnson
Constantine
Anne Marie
Strike Settled at Homer Laughlin China Co
A 40 kiln workers strike at Homer Laughlin China Co. appears settled with the entire 1,500 worker force expected back today. The walkout over a seniority grievance led to idle status for the kilns and was labeled unauthorized by the Operative Potters union. Company spokesmen said the grievance will be submitted to a committee once work resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
UPS
Homer Laughlin China Co
Operative Potters Union
Paris Air Minister Pujo, 86, dies at home
Gen. Bertrand Pujo, who served as air minister for three months in the Vichy regime during World War II, died at his Paris home Sunday at age 86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
Bertrand Pujo
Vichy
France
Walter Bridges Dies Pioneer Wisconsin Broadcaster
SPOONER Wis UPI Walter C Bridges 68 longtime Wisconsin radio broadcaster died Monday from a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner, Wis
UPI
Walter C. Bridges
Wisconsin
Viet Nam War Urges Shifting Mission to Viet Cong Fight
The United States with 17 200 servicemen in South Viet Nam and spending about 2 million dollars daily urged generals to return to the main task fighting the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas while Viet Nam faced punishment from broader conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South Viet Nam
Local men charged in public drinking and traffic cases
Ralph Snead, 47, Bradley, arrested at 5 25 p m Monday and charged with drinking in public, ordered to appear in City Police Court September 17. James E Arthur, 49, Cranberry, posted a $10 bond after a red light violation. James Quillen of Beckley charged for parking in front of a fire plug and paid a $5 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Snead
Bradley
James E. Arthur
Cranberry
James Quillen
Beckley
Beatle haircut lands boy in six day suspension
Donald Rogers a 13 year old eighth grader at Orange Glen Elementary School was suspended for six days for a Beatle hairstyle. Principal Ron Jahelka said the school seeks individual expression within limits while the student defends his right to wear his hair as he wishes. His mother a General Dynamics engineer’s wife backs him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escondido
Calif
UPI
Donald Rogers
Orange Glen
Ron Jahelka
George Mc.Henry
General Dynamics Astronautics
Mine Safety Week Set in West Virginia Observance
Gov. W. W. Barron proclaims September 20 to 26 as Mine Safety Week in Charleston. The event runs with the State First Aid and Mine Rescue Contest planned for September 26 in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Pettry Arrested on Non-Support Charge in Raleigh Jail
Boyd Pettry of Pine Knob was booked in Raleigh County Jail at 4 p.m. Monday on a non-support charge.
Barron Chosen First President Of Charleston Bank
Gov W W Barron announces he will become the first president of a new Charleston area bank to be located in Spring Hill South Charleston. Plan calls for 20000 shares at five dollars value to raise 270000 in capital with Barron and Secretary of State Joe Burdett among organizers. Other organizers include J M Howard Bayliss Ray L Hope and T R Price. Barron who has held state roles since leaving the governor’s mansion will relocate to Kanawha City area after January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Barron
Spring Hill
South Charleston
Joe Burdett
J. M. Howard Bayliss
Ray L. Hope
T. R. Price
Elkins
WVU Law School
Kanawha City
Underwood vows to fight BPR penalties over WV rights of way
Former West Virginia Governor Cecil H. Underwood told a Wellsburg Republican rally he will sue to recover the $8 million in penalties charged to the state by the U S Bureau of Public Roads for rights of way. He criticized the Barron administration for not challenging the penalties and accused BPA of overstepping as arbiter of property values, urging use of condemnation procedures and juries. Cooper Benedict and Don Carmen joined him, with Benedict attacking Johnson as liberal despite a midstream claim.
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Wellsburg
UPI
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Underwood
Bureau of Roads
Barron
West
BPA
Don Carmen
GOP
Cooper Benedict
Johnson
Continued Progress Is Only Issue Smith Says WV Future
WEIRTON (UPI) Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hulett C. Smith frames the key 1964 campaign question as whether West Virginia will continue progress under state and national Democratic administrations. He cites growth, leadership in Charleston and Washington, and a new spirit of hope across business, labor and civic groups urging support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weirton
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Democratic Party
Charleston
Washington
Ford and UAW Resume Talks After Long Recess
Negotiations between Ford and the UAW resumed at 11 a.m. after a nearly 12-hour recess. Ford presented a new offer as the contract covering 130,000 workers nears its expiration with a 48-hour notice option for either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Williams Case Delayed In City Police Court
The Beckley session postponed the City of Beckley versus Charles Williams of East Beckley to Sept 21 after the investigating officer was unavailable. Bond forfeitures totaled 108.50 with Steele losing 20 for failing to control vehicle, Peelish 5 for parking before a fire plug, and Quillan 5 for unspecified charge, plus 78.50 for drunkenness cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther G. Steele
Beckley
Walter E. Peelish
James Quillan
Chill Grips Eastern U S
A nippy chill kept the eastern third in top coats as thunderstorms moved through the southern Rockies and Desert Southwest. Light showers and polar air pushed temps down to freezing in the Upper Great Lakes with 40s down to Tennessee. Hibbing Minnesota at 28 and Blythe California at 80. A desert cloudburst hit Phoenix with hail and 60 mph winds. 0.94 inch of rain fell in an hour. Dalhart Texas also saw welcome rainfall.
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United Press International
Rockies
Desert
Midwest
Upper
Great Lakes
Tennessee
Hibbing
Minn
Blythe
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Dalhart
Texas
Cracks Show In Tex. Demo Party
In Dallas, Texas Democrats held their state convention with harmony as the theme, yet leadership tensions surfaced as two banquets were held three miles apart. Moderate conservatives 1,900 strong heard Julius LaRosa and Gov. John Connally urging a November victory. Liberal Sen. Ralph Yarborough’s fundraising banquet drew 2,400, with U.S. District Judge Sarah T. Hughes reading a telegram from Lyndon B. Johnson praising Yarborough. Connally claimed no Johnson telegram but led pre convention planning. the platform aimed to be more conservative than the national one.</S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Texas
Democrats
Julius LaRosa
John Connally
Connally
U.S
Cambodia postpones U.S. ambassador credentials
Cambodia in Phnom Penh announced it has postponed the presentation of credentials by U.S. Ambassador Randolph A. Kidder indefinitely. Kidder had been appointed in July, as Phnom Penh objected to American alliances with South Vietnam and Thailand and to border incidents tied to the Vietnamese war involving U.S. advisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
UPI
U.S
Randolph A. Kidder
Kidder
South Viet Nam
Thailand
Three Counties Added To Drought Aid List
Gov Barron asks Secretary Freeman to include Berkeley Jefferson Pocahontas in emergency livestock feed program. If approved, farmers can purchase feed at reduced prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
West Virginia
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
W. W. Barron
Freeman
Berkeley
Jefferson
Pocahontas
Senate Vote Set Today On Redistricting
WASHINGTON The Senate planned a vote today on a compromise sense of Congress reapportionment amendment aiming to break an adjournment stalemate. Liberals seek to substitute a non binding declaration for a postponement of the Supreme Court reapportionment order, while Republican Everett Dirksen argues the proposal fails to address the core problem. Health care clashes loom as House leaders plan a Thursday test vote to move a Social Security health care bill to conference with instructions for conferees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
House
Superintendent Meeting Discusses Regional Capital Plans
Region 7 includes Raleigh Fayette Wyoming Summers Mercer Monroe Greenbrier and McDowell counties. County superintendents consider nominating all employees rather than teachers and discuss non legislative topics such as research educational broadcasting teacher training supervision vocational education and economic opportunity along with public relations elementary physical education and school plant planning. State education leaders William Hamilton John St Clair Clarence Brock Very Snyder Thomas McCray Donald Roberts Blaine Dowler Harlen Duncan also attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Summers
Mercer
Monroe
Greenbrier
McDowell
State Department of Education
William Hamilton
John St. Clair
Clarence Brock
Very Snyder
Thomas McCray
Board of School
Donald Roberts
Blaine Dowler
Harlen Duncan
Linda Webb Injured In One-Car Accident
State Police investigate a one car crash on Grandview Road injuring Linda Webb 19 of Prince Street at about 7 30 p m Monday. Two people were in the car but driver not identified at press time. The car left the road and struck a utility pole causing 400 to 500 dollars in damages. Miss Webb was treated at Raleigh General Hospital for facial and head lacerations and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview Road
Linda Webb
Prince St
Miss Webb
Raleigh General Hospital
Bulldozer Visit To Charleston For Beckley Landfill Plan
Mayor John Wesley Smith Councilman John JH McCulloch and Street Commissioner Elmer Warden visited Charleston to discuss purchasing a bulldozer for Beckley. The unit would serve the landfill beside the city dump. This marks the committee's second trip after touring Walker Machinery Co earlier this month and viewing equipment at a landfill project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Smith
John JH. McCulloch
Elmer Warden
Charleston
Beckley
Walker Machinery Co
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Prowler
Hamilton
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Fitz
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William R. Lawhorn
Charles A. Morris
Robert A. Shadrick
Wiley R. Hall
Ella Dee
Lynda
Ean
Bank
BPR
UAW
Williams
Chill Grips
Tex
Ralph Yarborough
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