Bids Sought for General Election Ballots in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Clerk Harold Hanks announces bids due Saturday at 10 a.m. for printing wrapping and counting of 56 267 ballots for the November 8 general election including 39 817 official ballots and 1 050 sample ballots plus district needs for Town District Trap Hill Slab Fork Shady Spring Marsh Fork Clear Fork and Richmond. Bids must follow statute and be delivered by October 28 with absentee ballots due October 8. A bid bond or check equal to double the bid is required.
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Raleigh
Harold Hanks
Hanks
Trap Hill
Slab Fork
Shady Spring
Marsh Fork
Clear Fork
Federal Jury Selected In Injury Suit
A jury was empaneled in U S District Court to hear J Carlton Williams v Holstein Chevrolet Inc The minor Williams seeks compensation for injuries from a July 5 1962 accident in Summers County The boy suffered third degree burns on his leg from gasoline used to clean a boat motor Jurors named include Bladen Pickle George Fama W Alfred Jones Daisy Akers Robert E Elmore and others Attorneys Paul Hudgins and R R Fredeking represented the plaintiff Jack Mann defended for Holstein Chevrolet Inc
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U.S
J. Carlton Williams
Holstein Chevrolet, Inc
Williams
J. C. Williams
Summers County
Scarbro
Clarence Yon
Fayetteville
Paul Hudgins
Bluefield
R. R. Fredeking
Huntington
Jack Mann
Beckley
U N Opens 21st Assembly Today
United Nations opens its 21st General Assembly as Thant agrees to stay through its completion December 20. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak of Afghanistan elected president of the assembly. Guyana admitted. Thant to remain chief officer until year end. Rusk and Goldberg attend opening in New York amid EastWest tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
UPI
General Assembly
Thant
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Africa
China
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
U. N
Asia
Guyana
British Guiana
U.N
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
Dean Rusk
New York
Washington
Moscow
Civil rights debate over open housing lacks national consensus
Rights continued from page one note that there was no national consensus demanding open housing as there was for voting, employment, public accommodations and other provisions of the civil rights legislation of the years 1957 to 1965.
Funeral Slated For Percy Twin No Suspects
CHICAGO police and Cook County authorities search for an intruder amid the Valerie Percy case. Private funeral services for the 21 year old daughter of Charles H. Percy were to be held as investigators question hundreds of friends and associates. Police say no solid lead has emerged though they expect the case to be solved.
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Chicago
UPS
Valerie Percy
Robert M. Daley
Kenilworth
Valerie
Charles H. Percy
Daley
Cook County
Percy
Dominican Republic withdrawal marks end of peace force
The text notes heavy fighting in Santo Domingo and 32 U S service members lost their lives, with two GIs killed at a laundry. President Balaguer calls the departure a normal fact, citing stabilizing effects and a swift postwar recovery, while acknowledging ongoing economic and political challenges.
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OAS
U. S
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Press Workshop Slated Saturday Raleigh-Wyoming Scholastic Press Assoc
A newspaper workshop for members of the Raleigh Wyoming Scholastic Press Association will be held Saturday at Woodrow Wilson High School. The event opens at 8 a.m. with registration and features talks by H. L. Jackson, John Hodel, Dean Quintus C. Wilson, and Bedford Morris among others, with a noon lunch hosted by Beckley Newspaper Corp. and a 2:30 p.m. tour of Beckley Newspaper Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh-Wyoming Scholastic Press Association
Woodrow Wilson High School
WWHS
H. L. Jackson
John Hodel
Raleigh Register
West Virginia University
W. R. Summers Jr
WVU
Dean Wilson
Beckley Newspaper Corp
Bedford Morris
Beckley Post Herald
Professor Summers
Three Huttonsville Escapees Captured
Three of four men who escaped from a Huttonsville West Virginia prison were in custody in two states. Robert Mills 20 of Parkersburg and John Nichols 19 of Cairo were arrested near McHenry Illinois after a traffic stop. Ralph Fast 36 of Grafton fled on foot as officers closed in. Kenneth Graves 19 of French Creek was arrested in Deshler Nebraska after giving himself up. The four held a knife to a guard’s throat and locked him in a boiler room to aid the escape.
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Mchenry
Ill
UPI
Huttonsville
W. Va
Robert Mills
Parkersburg
John Nichols
Cairo
Ralph Fast
Grafton
Deshler
Neb
Kenneth Graves
French Creek
Deaths And Funerals For Duncan And Soto
Funeral services for Clarence Joe Duncan 51 of Mount Hope were set for 2 p m Wednesday at Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. Duncan died at 11 10 a m Monday at work for The New River Co. He was a tipple operator at Silux Mines and a United Mine Workers member. Also final rites for Sandy Soto 34 Colcord were at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Colcord Presbyterian Church with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Soto died Monday at his home. He was a retired miner and Loyal Order of Moose member.
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Clarence
Joe) Duncan
Mount Hope
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
Ernest Barley
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Duncan
New River Co
Silux Mines
United Mine Workers of America
Fayette County
Florence Duncan
Clarence Duncan
Madeline Duncan
Clarence Jr
Arlington
Billy
James
Sammy
Mike
Barbara James
Connie Craddock
Sue Norment
Ft. Knox
Ruby Meadows
Beckley
Patty Duncan
Beryl
Geraldine Garrett
Margaret Strosnider
Hall, N. Y
Gorman Conley rites set in Glen Jean church
Gorman Conley, 78, of Glen Jean, will be honored at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Glen Jean with Rev. David Powell and Rev. Charles Whitted officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park in Beckley. He died Saturday morning in a Spencer hospital after a long illness. visitation is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home in Greentown this afternoon.
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Gorman Conley
Glen Jean
First Baptist Church
David Powell
Charles Whitted
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Conley
Spencer Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson
Greentown
Funeral for Paul Winston Callaway Held in Prosperity
Paul Winston Callaway, 56, Prosperity, dies from injuries in a Wyoming County auto accident on Sept. 4. Funeral services led by Rev. Ray Walls at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel, burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: Fred Jenkins, C. W. James Sr., Robert Hill, Cecil Canladay, Robert Callaway, Qwynn West.
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Paul Winston Callaway
Prosperity
Ray Walls
Callaway
Wyoming County
Caffee Funeral Home
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Fred Jenkins
C. W. James Sr
Robert Hill
Cecil Canladay
Robert Callaway
Qwynn West
Widow Mary J Kidd services set at Union
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane Kidd 53 of Pickaway will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday in the Broyles Funeral Home Chapel Union Rev Billee Scott Mick will officiate Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery Union She died at 12 30 p m Monday in a Ronceverte hospital after a long illness Born November 6 1912 in Pickaway she was the daughter of the late A M and Eugenia Grose Shrader She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church Pickaway Survivors include her husband Dallas two brothers F A Shrader of Pickaway and J B Shrader of Second Creek one sister Mrs J I Johnson of Portsmouth Va Pallbearers are Charles Allen Edwin Sibold Roscoe Dunbar Grover Pemphrey Tom Pemphrey and Bill McNeil.
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Mary Jane Kidd
Pickaway
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
Billee Scott Mick
Green Hill
Kidd
Ronceverte Hospital
A. M
Eugenia Grose Shrader
Trinity Methodist Church
Dallas
F. A
J. B. Shrader
Second Creek
J. I. Johnson
Portsmouth
Charles Allen
Edwin Sibold
Roscoe Dunbar
Grover
Tom Pemphrey
Bill McNeil
Mrs Sa bina Esther Jones Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Mrs. Sa bina Esther Jones aged 75 of Huntington, formerly of Oak Hill, are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Lookout Baptist Church with Rev. Randolph Johnson and Rev. Curtis Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in Jeanette Cemetery at Lookout. Mrs Jones died Monday in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. She was a member of Edmond Baptist Church. Born March 26, 1891, in Edmond, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Rebecca Holliday. Survivors include two sons, Glen and Durward, a brother Cleve Holliday of Fayetteville Route 1, three sisters, Dove Holliday of Edmond, Jessa Evans of Lookout, Gertrude McClung of Bloomingrose, a half sister, George Stone of Lookout, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body will lie in state at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill and will be placed in the church. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today.
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Sabina Esther Jones
Huntington
Oak Hill
Lookout Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
Curtis Whaley
Jeanette
Lookout
Glen
Durward
Cleve Holliday
Fayetteville
Route 1
Dove Holliday
Edmond
Jessa Evans
Gertrude McClung
Blooming Rose
George Stone
Tyree Funeral Home
Walter N Pickett Dies. Services Pending in Fayetteville
Walter N Pickett 77 of Fayetteville died Monday afternoon in an Oak Hill hospital after a long illness. He was born May 30 1889 in Austinsville Va and was a retired State Tax Department employee. A World War I veteran he belonged to Baptist Church LaFayette Lodge 57 and LaFayette Post 149 American Legion. Survived by two sons Douglas Baker Winamac Ind and Woodrow Baker Chicago Ill two daughters Mrs Thomas Sims Montgomery and Mrs Carlos Wilmer Huntington a brother Bill Matwan eight grandchildren. Body at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville.
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Walter N. Pickett
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Austinsville
George and
Martha Barnette Pickett
State Tax Department
Baptist Church
LaFayette Lodge No. 57
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
LaFayette
American Legion
Roxie
Douglas Baker
Winamac
Ind
Woodrow Baker
Chicago
Ill
Thomas Sims
Montgomery
Carlos Wilmer
Huntington
Bill
Matwan
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Final rites for Michael E. McMillion at Bradley church
Michael Ed ward McMillion three year old son of Paul and Wanda McMillion Bradley will be laid to rest in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity following a 2 p.m. Wednesday service at Bradley Freewill Baptist Church Rev Jack Logan J W Cooper and Rev Bill Menefee officiating Burial is in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperty He died Sunday evening in a local hospital after a short illness Surviving are a brother Paul Patrick at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs W S Vandall of Bradley Friends may call at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope after 5 p m today The body will lie in state at the church one hour before services Pallbearers are Tommy Broyles Eddie McNeely Jerry Hodge and Doug Sizemore
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Michael Edward McMillion
Paul
Wanda McMillion
Bradley
Bradley Freewill Baptist Church
Jack Logan
J. W. Cooper
Bill Menefee
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Paul Patrick
W. S. Vandall
Tyree
Mount Hope
Tommy Broyles
Eddie McNeely
Jerry Hodge
Doug Sizemore
Jay Rockefeller Among Mourners at Valerie Percy Funeral
At Kenilworth Illinois Valerie Percy aged 21 daughter of U S Senate candidate Charles Percy was slain in her bed by an intruder. John D Rockefeller IV attended as an escort to Valerie’s twin Sharon flying in from Charleston West Virginia. The father notified him of the death by phone at 8 am Sunday. Rockefeller, a Democratic candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates, had twice hosted Sharon as a guest in West Virginia.
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Kenilworth, Il
UPI
Valerie Percy
John D
Jay) Rockefeller IV
Charleston
W. Va
Valerie
Illinois
U. S. Senate
Charles Percy
Rockefeller
Sharon
Young Rockefeller
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Percy
W. E. Chilton III
Tass Blasts GOP Over Vietnam War Critique
Soviet news agency Tass denounces the Republican Party for its Viet Nam war critique, saying the GOP offers no proposals to end the conflict and only blames the Democrats.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Republican Party
Coppney Rites Held for Fayetteville Resident 80
Funeral services for John Coppney 80 of Route 1 Fayetteville were held at the First Church of God with Rev. Leon Nunley and Rev. Mark L Haynie in charge. Burial followed at Huse Memorial Park. Coppney died Sunday afternoon in an Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness. He was born June 4 1886 in Messina Sicily and was a retired miner and a member of United Mine Workers of America No 5875 and the First Church of God. He is survived by Nellie four sons Charles E Silas Albert and William T and four daughters Mrs Carl Richards Mrs Josephine Parker Mrs Eugene Pennington and Mrs L H Stanley, 37 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Dodd-Payne Funeral Home handled arrangements and the body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.
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John Copponey
Route 1
Fayetteville
Church of God
Leon Nunley
Mark L. Haynie
Huse Memorial Park
Coppney
Oak Hill
Messina
Sicily
United Mine Workers of America
Garten
First Church of God
Nellie
Charles E
San Diego
Calif
Silas
Albert
Niles
Ohio
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Services for George Vierheller at St. Louis Zoo director dies
Funeral services Wednesday for George P. Vierheller age 84 longtime St. Louis Zoo director who served 37 years. Vierheller died Sunday from a ruptured aorta in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
George P. Vierheller
St. Louis Zoo
Vierheller
Prayer Next Agenda Issue
Washington (UPI) The Senate moves from civil rights to school prayer as Everett Dirksen proposes a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayer in public schools. He attacks court rulings and warns the issue will return next year if not resolved, citing a suburban Illinois district allowing a Nativity Scene in a cultural presentation.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Supreme Court
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Dirksen
Moral Future of America
High Court
Illinois
State Court To Hear Logan Politics Case
The West Virginia State Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on September 27 in a Logan County political dispute. Eight residents petition to certify Dr. Walter Brewer as the county commissioner Republican nominee, claiming Wallace Deskins is ineligible for living in the same magisterial district as incumbent Okey Hager.
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Logan
Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Logan County
High Court
Walter Brewer
Wallace Deskins
Okey Hager
W. Bernard Smith
City Attorney Payne Explains Fees in Bid Advertising
Payne, a member of a law firm, notes his fees are paid to the firm though he provides the services for the city. He says his city salary would be about $60 a month before taxes, though the 1965-66 budget sets $720 yearly. He argues full parking-building duties leave little time for salary, and notes the city code’s lack of extra compensation.
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Payne
Beckley
Art
John Wesleymith
House of Delegates
Beckley National Bank
Raleigh County Bank
Bank of Raleigh
Bank of Charleston
W. A. Teubert
C. P. Connor
Mayor Smith
Charles W. Merritt
J. S. Larrick
H. E. Melton Jr
John H. McCulloch
A. A. Ross
al Ellison
W. L. Humphrey
Congress Votes Pension Boost For Veterans
The House passed a bill to boost non service connected veterans pensions by 101 million dollars a year and waive disability tests for men 65 or over. It would let unemployed veterans meet income limits to qualify and include cost of living increases for about 1.83 million veterans widows and children.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
House-Senate
Johnson
Interior Department
Cuba
China Coup Editorial Demands Obedience From Military
An editorial broadcast by Peking radio urges all officers and soldiers to admit errors and follow Mao Zedong's teachings. It calls for deep political consciousness and to read and obey Mao. Hong Kong sources say some Chinese officers resisted political orders amid the Red Guard push to purge foreign influences and opponents.
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Peking Radio
Mao
Hong Kong
Red Guard
China
Flood Fraud Principal Placed On Probation
Logan County court placed Floyd Ellis on one year probation in a case tied to alleged falsification of state records after the 1963 Logan floods. Ellis pled guilty as an accessory before the fact. former Sheriff Jack Ferrell and others faced dropped charges, with state bridges rebuilt by private contractors using state materials.
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LOGAN
UPI
Floyd
Dude
J. W
Jack) Ferrell
Ferrell
State Road Commission
Surveyor 1 Launch to Moon Path Sets Stage for Lunar Landing
About 800 miles east of Surveyor 1’s resting site, the Centaur upper stage boosted the payload on a 63 hour voyage to the moon. Six minutes after launch, officials said all systems looked good as the spacecraft separated and deployed its legs and antennas for television transmission. The target lies in the moon’s central highland belt, near Apollo landing sites, with Milwitzky noting interest in comparing Sea of Storms to Oceanus Procellarum.
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Surveyor 1
Launch Control Center
Moon
Space Agency
Surveyor Control
Earth
Surveyor
Milwitzky Sax
Humphrey To Crown Forest Festival Queen
Elkins West Virginia UPI Vice President Hubert Humphrey will crown Anne Humphries of Clarksburg as Queen Sylvia XXX at the Mountain State Forest Festival. Sen. Jennings Randolph announced Humphrey will stop Oct 7 after a Morgantown seminar, then speak about 10 minutes before continuing to Morgantown. Roosevelt and Stevenson previously visited for festival events.
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Morgantown
Roosevelt
Randolph
Adlai Stevenson
MIG Alley blitz spans rail yards and SAM site
Navy pilots of the 7th Fleet struck North Vietnamese rail yards near Ninh Dinh 32 miles north northeast of Thanh Hoa and hit a SAM missile site. Secondary explosions shattered the rocket site as flames from the railroad yards were seen up to 80 miles away.
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7Th Fleet
South China Sea
Ninh Dinh
Thanh Hoa
Panhandle
Firemen Race To Blaze But Forget Fire Engine
In Paeroa New Zealand volunteers rushed to a photographer's shop blaze near the station but left the engine behind. They arrived during weekly practice, sent a man for the engine, and the shop was destroyed.
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Auckland
New Zealand
UPI
Paeroa
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Dewey Toler
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Colcord
Colcord Presbyterian Church
Robert Rasmussen
Soto
Loyal Order of Moose
Tomasa
Joseph
Sandy Jr
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Pete
Chicago, Ill
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Josephine) Williams
Layland
Lawrence
Lucy) Poteet
Freemont
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
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William R. Yost
William R
Bill) Yost
Rural Acres
Virgil Cook
Yost
Myrtle Gove Methodist Church
Pensacola
Fla
Moose Legionar
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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Frank McManamay
William Radford
Ted Stover
Andy Cook
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Tommy
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Tommy C. Wood
New Bethel Temple
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East Beckley
U.M.W.A
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New York City
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