Lawyer Claims Youth Coerced Into Confession
In Atlanta a court appointed attorney seeks a new trial for a 21 year old West Virginia convicted murderer contending his confession was coerced. Roy Dale Chatterton and Woodrow Whitman, both Huntington residents, were sentenced to die for the Lafayette Ga textile executive killing during a hitchhike robbery. The appeal cites a taped confession and denial by the FBI of inducing confession. The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments and will rule in weeks.
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Atlanta
UPI
West Virginia
J. Donald Bennett
Roossville
Georgia Supreme Court
FBI
Roy Dale Chatterton
Huntington
W. Va
Chatterton
Woodrow Whitman
Billy A. Copeland
Lafayette
Savannah
Copeland
Bennett
Summerville
Supreme Court
Whitman
Final rites for Herbert C Toney in Prosperity
Herbert Clarence Toney 58 of Prosperity dies after long illness. Funeral at Fundamental Baptist Church Prosperity at 2 p m with Rev. Tommy Mitchell officiating. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Lena Tyree Toney four sons seven daughters a stepson three brothers two sisters a half brother a half sister and 11 grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until hour prior to services. Pallbearers listed.
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Herbert Clarence Toney
Prosperity
Fundamental Baptist Church
Tommy Mitchell
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Toney
Linus
Alice Toney
Ranger Fuel Company
Beards Fork
UMWA
Lena Tyree Toney
Richard
Ralph
Roger
Greensboro
N. C
Ronald
Charles Hall
Fort Knox
William Jackson
Fairmont
Lloyd Spencer
Beckley
Harry Burroughs
Olga
Wade Lowery
Reidsville
Gloria Toney
James Wells
Cleveland
Ohio
Everett
Fred
Mabscott and
Dewey
Ola Jordan
Charlie Peppers
Denny Toney
Bradley
Geraldine Lamarr
Washington, D. C
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Ernest Lickliter Jr
Ray Lickliter
Willard Toney
George Toney
William A. Vass
Lacy Daniel
Itmann Man Jimmy Rufus Jimmy Rufus Dies at 76
Jimmy Rufus, 76, longtime Wyoming County resident of Itmann, died this morning at home. He had lived in Itmann for 15 years. His body is at Sam Fogle song Nease and Neely Funeral Home in Mullens.
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Jimmy Rufus
Itmann
Wyoming County
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely
Mullens
Glacier National Park Coverage in Montana
Glacier National Park spans 1,583 square miles of rugged highland in Montana, highlighting its expansive alpine terrain and protected status within the U S bounds.
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Glacier National Park
Highland
Montana
Whittaker Murder Trial Opens in Williamson
At Williamson, the murder trial of Marine Carl David Whittaker 21 began with opening statements planned by both sides. A jury of nine men and three women sat as testimony was delayed by a conference over a statement Whittaker allegedly confessed to last April about fatally stabbing 27 year old Mrs Geraldine Chambers in her Williamson home.
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Whittaker
Geraldine Chambers
Williamson
K. F. Talman
Farm Measure Price Tag Cut Sought By LBJ
Washington sources report the Johnson administration aims to reduce the cost of the Senate farm bill after passage. Conferees may trim wheat and cotton sections to land closer to House totals, with notable gaps in wheat and cotton programs. The Senate bill costs more for wheat and cotton than the administration, while promising four year price supports and cropland retirement.
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Washington
UPT
Johnson
Senate
Senate House
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Low Bids Told On 3 Projects
State Road Commission received apparent low bids totaling 237,478 for three resurfacing projects in Greenbrier Logan and Summers Counties. Anderson's Blackrock Inc. bid 64,274 to pave 3.25 miles of U S 60 Greenbrier County and 116,579 to pave 7.2 miles of West Virginia 10 Logan County. D M Bostic of Rupert bid 56,645 to resurface 3.9 miles of West Virginia 3 Summers County Willowwood Bridge to Talcott Road.
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Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
Greenbrier
Logan
Summers
Anderson's
Blackrock Inc
U. S. 60
Alta
Lewisburg
W. Va
Huff Junction
Wyoming County Line
Logan County
D. M. Bostic
Rupert
Willowwood Bridge
Talcott Road
Summers County
Trucker Appeals Insurance Case In Ritchie County Suit
Carroll Jackson, a Ritchie County truck operator, appealed to the West Virginia Supreme Court after a circuit ruling in favor of Nationwide Mutual Insurance. Jackson argues he was covered by $100,000 liability insurance when his truck hit a car driven by Joseph Gambino III, injuring Gambino and his parents who sought $21,000 in medical expenses. Nationwide contends it is not liable because the truck was not operated as a motor carrier at the time and the policy limits coverage to motor carrier use.
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Charleston
UPI
Ritchie County
State Supreme Court
Carroll Jackson
Joseph Gambino III
Gambino
Jackson
Nationwide Muteal Insurance Co
Fire Insurance Rate Hike Ruling Delayed to Sept 23
State Insurance Commissioner Harlan Justice postponed a final decision on a West Virginia Rating System proposal to raise fire insurance rates for residences. The plan calls for a $50 deductible on households and contents and a 17.5 percent dwelling premium increase, targeting an annual premium rise of about $540,000.
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Charleston
UPI
Harlan Justice
West Virginia
Justice
Burns Bid Low for Summersville Reservoir Access Road
An apparent low bid of 56292 dollars was submitted by Ralph Burns' Paving Co for paving an access road to Section 2 of the Summersville Reservoir dam in Nicholas County. The road will extend 6200 feet from the spillway over the dam to a parking lot.
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BURNS
LOW
Huntington
UPT
Ralph Burns’ Paving Co
Summersville Reservoir
Nicholas County
Osaka Wins Right to Host 1970 World’s Fair in Paris
The Bureau of International Expositions announced Monday that Osaka Japan, the country’s second largest city, has been granted the official right to stage the 1970 World’s Fair in Paris.
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Paris
UPI
Osaka
Japan
New Evidence Sparks Bid for New Trial in Hamric Case
The Mississippi State Supreme Court is asked to review the murder conviction of Bonnie J. Hamric of Ripley. Her lawyers claim new evidence shows fragments of wood and glass on the clothing of Glen F. Winters, fatally shot Sept. 20, 1964, undermining the malicious motive theory and suggesting acquittal was possible. Winters died days later. Hamric was sentenced to 5 to 18 years.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Jackson County
Bonnie J. Hamric
Ripley
Glen FE
Winters
High Court
Hamric
Bond Jumper Is Back In Prison
James Scott 44 of Follawsbee has been returned to Moundsville Penitentiary to serve the remaining 6 or 7 years of a 1958 Huntington breaking and entering sentence. He twice jumped bond and was arrested by the FBI in Pittsburgh March 1. He faced parole violations from a 1960 Huntington supermarket robbery case and was freed on bond before missing a parole board meeting. He will serve up to the maximum 10 years, with credit for 2 or 3 years served prior to the 1960 parole.
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Moundsville
UPI
James Scott
Ile
Moundsville Penitentiary
Huntington
Scott
Follawsbee
FBI
Pittsburgh
Steubenville
Ohio
Covington
Papal plan outlines Senate role in church governance
Liberal bishops applaud the Vatican after the pope describes the Episcopal Synod as a consultative body chosen largely by national hierarchies and approved by him. The senate would, in practice, embody the collegial doctrine from last year, with bishops forming a college responsible for directing the universal church alongside the pope.
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Council
Senate
Universal Church
Beame Wins New York City Mayor Election Victory
Beame leads with 327,934 votes to Screvane 268,991 after unofficial results from 5,097 precincts. Ryan collects 113,182 and O'Dwyer 28,613. The 59-year-old accountant pledged to unite the Democratic opponents to fight Lindsay, whom Beame accuses of disavowing Republicans while courting Republican money with Liberal party backing.
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Beame
Screvane
Ryan
O'Dwyer
Lindsay
Hutchinson to receive honorary degree at Wesleyan anniversary
Pittsburg attorney Paul E Hutchinson will be awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by West Virginia Wesleyan College on October 15 in celebration of the colleges 75th anniversary Hutchinson is the son of Wesleyans first president Dr Bennett W Hutchinson who led from 1890 to 1898
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Hutchinson Buckhannon
UPI
Pittsburgh
Paul E. Hutchinson
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Hutchinson
Wesleyan
Bennett W. Hutchinson
Rusk cites grim India Pakistan conflict at conference
Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that the India Pakistan dispute could blow up into a major war. He blamed unresolved partition issues and urged stronger UN action through Thant to bring the nations back to the conference table. Rex Whitton and M L Shadburn followed with highway and funding concerns, noting cost increases and a need for more federal money to complete the Interstate System by 1972.
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Rusk
India
Pakistan
Security Council
Thant
United Nations
Kashmir
Viet Nam
United States
Rex M. Whitotn
Federal
Bureau of Public Roads
Whitton
M. L. Shadburn
American Association of State Highway Officials
Shadburn
Atlanta
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Dynamite Blast Damages Miner’s Unoccupied Home
A dynamite blast early today heavily damaged the unoccupied Brookside home of Ona Gibson, a Harlan County coal miner, in Harlan Kentucky. Police said Gibson and family were not home when the explosion occurred shortly after 2 a.m. EST, and the dynamite may have been thrown from a car. Most windows and the front of the frame dwelling were ruined as investigators conduct a thorough probe.
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Harlan, Ky
UPI
Ona Gibson
Harlan County
Brookside
Here
Gibson
Miners Ordered Back To Work
In Wheeling UPI reports district 6 leaders met with Thomas A. Williams who denounced the strike as an unauthorized work stoppage affecting about 3,500 miners. He urged unconditional mine reopening and referenced contract grievance rules while noting talks were blocked. The dispute began at the Ireland Mine over management staffing, leading to multiple discharges and a spread to 16 area mines.
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Wheeling
UPI
West Virginia
Ohio
United Mine Workers District 6
Thomas A. Williams
Williams
UMW
Ohio Coal Association
Ford Sampson
St. Clairsville
Ireland
Hanna Coal Co
Pakistan Front Expanded With Heavy Tank Losses
The Sialkot front has seen 85 Pakistani tanks destroyed since September 7 as the battle widens along a 50 to 60 mile line and 20 miles either side of the border. Pakistani commanders claim the armored division reports the fight going extremely well, while India says Pakistanis are blowing bridges to hinder the advance on Lahore, including spans on the Khagiri Canal inside Lahore’s inner defenses.
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Ers
Sialkot
Max Vanzi
Pakistan
Lahore
Khagiri Canal
India
Betsy Damage Survey Figures Released for New Orleans Area
A survey shows Betsy caused major damage to 133,115 people with 689 house trailers lost and 1,147 damaged. About 400 farm buildings were destroyed and 1,232 damaged, with small businesses damaged or destroyed totaling just over 2,000. One army engineers officer said nine square miles of greater New Orleans were flooded but water was falling, dropping by fractions of a foot.
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Betsy
Army Corps of Engineers
New Orleans
the Water Board
Viet Nam Cavalry Division to Operate Amid Viet Cong Clashes
Vietnamese popular forces report multiple Viet Cong casualties in actions near Sai Gon Quant Ngai and Vung Tau with several more killed in Tam Ky and Quant Tri operations. A U S Navy pilot died when his night bombing mission aircraft crashed 145 miles southwest of Sai Gon and sank in deep water.
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Saigon
Quant Ngai
Vung Tau
Tam
Quant Tri
U.S. Navy
Three Arrested in Cabell Election Day Hassle
In Huntington upi reports a turbulent municipal campaign on election day ending in three arrests. Deputy sheriff James Thompson charged elections official Leroy Stephens with profanity after Stephens was arrested and bonded. Bias faced charges of obstructing an election officer against former constable Switzer Bias who posted a $2,500 bond and was released. Stephens later filed a warrant against Thompson for obstructing an election official.
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Richmond
Carl
Earl Richmond
Mountain State Hearing Ait Center
Main St
Dial
Sophia Finance
Sophia, W. VA
Tania Verstak
Australia
Charlotte Pass
New South Wales
Mercer Circuit Court
F. Morton Wagner
LBJ
United 2c Yam Company
Trucker
Los Angeles
Marineland of the
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New York
Harlan Miner
Cabell
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