West Virginia panel backs Natural Resources on strip mining control
The Governor’s Task Force on Surface Mining voted 10 to 5 to place authority for strip mining control with the Department of Natural Resources. The group also urged creation of a Surface Mining Commission, lifting the $900,000 reclamation fund ceiling, and raising the permit bond from $1,000 to $2,500. The recommendations were sent to Gov. Hulett C. Smith for the 1967 Legislature.
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Charleston
UPS
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Mines
Resources Agency
West Virginia
Natural Resources
Robert McDonough
Hulett C. Smith
Nat
Ural Resources Department
Vincent Chaney
Mines Department
Robert Norcross
State Mining Association
Grover Little
Special Reclamation Fund
Johnson warns on attorney general speculation in guessing game
Washington UPI report notes President Johnson cautions against speculating on his next attorney general. Potential candidates named include Ramsey Clark Burke Marshall Leon Jarowski Ben Heineman and Thurgood Marshall, with Orville Freeman ruled out. Analysis highlights needing a candidate who can work with Congress and sell civil rights to skeptical regions.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Nicholas Katzenbach
Ramsey Clark
Burke Marshall
Justice Department
Houston
Leon Jaworski
Ben W. Heineman
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Thurgood
Marshall
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Congress
Thurgood Marshall
Police Arrest Harlem Pickets Near New School
In New York 11 pickets were arrested for disorderly conduct near Harlem's new 5 million intermediate school, amid protests by activists seeking quality segregated education and Negro administrators. Police blocked the area around Intermediate School 201 as demonstrators planned a march toward the Third Avenue Bridge, while some shouted insults at officers.
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New York
UPI
Harlem
Third Avenue
Harlem River
West Virginia Death Toll Reaches 370 in 1966
United Press International reports two auto crashes Thursday raised West Virginia casualties to 370 for 1966, up from 323 last year. Millard Waugh, 39, of Oak Hill, died after his car hit a Fay ette County school bus. Genevieve Kelly, 12, of Minden, survived after minor injuries. James E. Hoy, 53, from near Fairmont, died when his car hit a tree on the Grafton Country Club Road near Brown's Chapel in Taylor County.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Millard Waugh
Oak Hill
Salem-Gatewood
Fayette County
Genevieve Kelly
Minden
Oak Hill Hospital
James E. Hoy
Fairmont
Grafton Country Club
Brown's Chapel
Taylor County
Riot police storm Rio de Janeiro university amid student protests
Heavily armed riot police smashed through barricades at the University of Rio De Janeiro before dawn, ending a nationwide student protest day in which a police officer was shot dead in a large gunfight with high school students. The report also notes other brief items on a West Virginia Heart Association assembly, President Johnsons cabinet nomination, Yugoslav author Mihajlo Mihajlovs sentence, a fatal coal mine incident near Logan, federal warrants for burglary suspects, Humphreys peace remarks, a $2.3 million federal suit in Pittsburgh, and Lynda Bird Johnsons Hawaiian vacation and Los Angeles arrival.
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University of Rio de Janeiro
West Virginia Heart Association
General Assembly
County Heart
Morgantown
Johnson
Department of Transportation
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Mihajlo Mihajlov
Tito
Communist Society
Mihajlov
Communists
William R. McKinney
Alice Mae
Logan
U.S. Attorney's Office
Philadelphia
Internal Revenue Service
FBI
Sidney Brooks
Sylvan Scolnick
Brooks
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Lyndan Bird Johnson
Los Angeles
George Hamilton
Hamilton
Surveyor 2 Moon Craft Crashes At 5800 MPH
U P I reports the Surveyor 2 moon explorer, a $65 million craft built by JPL and Caltech, crashed into the lunar surface at 5800 mph after a steering engine failed. The 63 hour flight saw 38 attempts to halt violent rotations before a planned soft landing was impossible.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
California Institute of Technology
Moon
Surveyor
Man shoots dishwasher at Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston
In Charleston, a man entered the kitchen of the Daniel Boone Hotel and shot a 67 year old dishwasher named Anna Mae Davis in the chest. He then waited at a coffee shop for police. John Calloway, 42, was booked for felonious shooting after offering no resistance. Both suspects are from Charleston. Police reported the suspect repeated I am tired of them picking on me while in custody.
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Charleston
UPI
Daniel Boone Hotel
Anna Mae Davis
John Calloway
Wildcat Strike Hits FMC Ordnance Plant
In SOUTH CHARLESTON 700 to 800 FMC Ordnance Works workers walked out in a wildcat strike over a California hire for a machine shop supervisor. The UAW members left around 8 p m Thursday, ending when they reported for 7 a m shifts. The company called the walkout unauthorized and urged return to work.
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South Charleston
UPI
FMC Ordnance Works
California
United Auto Workers Union
Bombing in Mig Alley and rail target in Thanh Hoa action
U S pilots hit a rail and ferry complex near Thanh Hoa and an antiaircraft site as mortar and air strikes continued in the region known as Mig Alley. Lt Cmdr Peter Garber and Maj Robert Billing led missions. a minefield incident among 1st Infantry troops caused deaths and injuries.
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Dmz
South Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
No-Man’s Land
Thanh Hoa
Cmdr
Peter Garber
Mount Crawford
Viet Nam
Garber
Hanoi
Robert C. Billing
McAllen
Tex
Edward T. McCaffrey
Norwich
Conn
Fred A. Wilson
Mobile
Ala
Deaths and funerals in regional notices
Funeral services for German Christian Walker 89 Odd will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Earl Lovell and Rev. Millard Crotty officiating Burial in Mills Cemetery Egeria Walker died at 9 a.m. Thursday after an extended illness He was born April 14 1877 at Egeria He was a retired timber contractor and Primitive Baptist Church member His wife Nyanza Nicti Walker preceded him in death April 19 1943 He is survived by nine sons and five daughters 49 grandchildren and 68 great grandchildren Pallbearers listed Also services for Mabel B Schilling 65 Mount Hope at 2 p.m. Sunday Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity She died Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness She was a secretary for Eastern Associated Coal Corp at Mount Hope and Oak Hill Church of Christ Born March 31 1901 in Williamsburg Ky She was daughter of the late Linville Barton Survived by husband William J a son James C of California two daughters Marjorie Johnson of Redwood City California and Mary Lou Dower of Mount Hope a brother Clyde Barton Williamsburg Ky a sister Martha Sanders Berkeley California and seven grandchildren The body will stay at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Saturday (RNS)
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Christian Walker
Keyser Bryant
Earl Lovell
Millard Crotty
Mills Cemetery
Egeria
Walter
Jacob A
Nancy Arminda Wood Walker
Walker
Primitive Baptist Church
Nyanza Nicti Walker
Oda Oliver
Beckley
Fetter
Odd
Delphia
Oceana
Verlin
Clark
Chicago
Cova
Paintsville
Boyd
Raleigh
Mason
Lennox
Miami
Fla
Dora Auer
Rich
Mabel B. Schilling
Mount Hope
Tyree
Dennis L. Moss
Oak Hill
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Graveside rites for infant Patricia Ann Cook
Patricia Ann Cook infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cook. Graveside rites at 2 p m Saturday at Greenwood Memorial Park conducted by Rev. Ronald Dyer. She died Thursday in a local hospital. Survivors include four sisters Katheleen Askew Katherine Baxter Barbara Rosa Nela and six brothers James Lee Jr Lonnie Omie Billy Ray Raymond Carl. Body at Trent-Durgan Funeral Home with viewing after 4 p.m. today.
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Patricia Ann Cook
James Cook
Ninth St
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ronald Dyer
Katheleen Askew
East Beckley
Katherine Baxter
Pennsylvania
Barbara
Rosa Nela
James Lee Jr
Lonnie
Detroit
Mich
Omie
Charleston
Billy Ray
Raymond
Carl
Trent-Durgan Funeral Home
Funeral services for Timothy W. Will at Arlington Cemetery
Funeral services were held September 9 for infant Timothy Wayne Will, son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Will, who died September 5 in a Washington hospital. Survived by a half sister Betsy Will of Arlington, paternal grandmother Helen M. Will, and maternal grandparents Oscar G. Bowling of Harper Heights.
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Timothy Wayne Will
George F. Will
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Myers
Washington, D. C
Betsy Will
Arlington
Helen M. Will
Oscar G. Bowling
Harper Heights
Final rites for Arnold L. Claypool
Arnold Lee Claypool 99 of Piney View dies in a nursing home near Oak Hill. Final rites set for 2 p m Wednesday at Green Valley Methodist Church Danese with Rev Ernest Barley. burial in Shuck Cemetery near Crickmer. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle, to be moved to church one hour before service.
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Arnold Lee Claypool
Piney View
Green Valley Methodist Church
Danese
Ernest Barley
Shuck
Crickmer
Claypool
Oak Hill
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Funeral services for Tommy Wood at St John Church
Funeral services for 72 year old Tommy C Wood of Mool Street will be held at 2 p m Saturday at St John United Holy Church Westmoreland Street with Elders Alvester McConnell of Bluefield and W M Neal officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Tuesday. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home with viewing after 3 p m today. The body will be taken to the church one hour before services.
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Tommy C. Wood
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl A Fortune
Mrs Pearl A Fortune 68 of Spangler Street dies after short illness in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral set for 1 p.m. Sunday at St John Baptist Church Raleigh with Rev H E Davis officiating. Burial at local cemetery. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Pearl A. Fortune
Spangler St
St. John Baptist Church
Raleigh
H. E. Davis
Greenwood Memorial Park
Arnold L Meadows Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Arnold L Meadows 47 of Cool Ridge died Thursday in a Cleveland hospital after a short illness. He was born December 11 1918 at Beaver and was an Army WWII veteran. Survived by son Wetzel Lee Baltimore MD, daughter Beulah Hunter Baltimore MD, brothers Howard Beaver Denzil Earl Newark DE Troy Junior Newark DE, sisters Lillian Lilly Cool Ridge and Betty Cox Newark DE, and four grandchildren. Body to arrive at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home this afternoon.
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Arnold Lee Meadows
Cool Ridge
Cleveland
Ohio
Nathan G
Georgia Redden Meadows
Beaver
Meadows
Wetzel Lee
Baltimore
Beulah Hunter
Howard
Denzil Earl
Troy Junior
Newark
Del
Lillian M. Lilly
Milton
Betty) Cox
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Rusk Gromyko Talks Seek Path to Viet Nam Peace
The exchange centers on renewed US peace proposals and UN involvement. Canada, India and Poland back ICC mediation while Gromyko previews a broad review of global tensions. Frosty initial Communist reaction labels Goldberg suggestions as old chatter.
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Martin
United Nations
Viet Nam
International Control Commission
ICC
Indo-China
Canada
India
Poland
Rusk
Gromyko
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
United States
U.N
McNamara cites altered plane orders and loss forecasts
Defense minutes show Thursday notification to congressional committees about revised aircraft procurement plans. McNamara notes production schedules aim to keep new deliveries above projected losses, with past loss estimates praised for accuracy. He cites Navy bombing shifts and counts of U S aircraft losses in North and South Vietnam.
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Goldberg
U.N
Pentagon
McNamara
U.S
North Viet Nam
South
Mafia chiefs rounded up in New York restaurant raid
Police raided a noted underworld meeting at La Stella Restaurant in Forest Hills Queens arresting thirteen Mafia chiefs. Det. held on $100000 bond each as material witnesses for a grand jury inquiry with delegates from Arizona California Florida Louisiana Texas and New York.
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New York
UPI
Joseph T. Alercio
la Stella
Forest ‘Hills
Queens
Nat Hentel
United States
New York State
Apalachin
N.Y
Hentel
Cosa Nostra
Arizona
California
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Kennedy defends WV economy at Follansbee fund affair
Senator Robert Kennedy addressed about 3,000 at Follansbee High School after a $25-a-plate dinner, praising WV economic gains since 1960. He cited unemployment falling from 17 to 7 percent, income up 27 percent, and factory wages from 93 to 114 weekly, noting 150 percent plant growth in 1965 and 30 percent in 1966. He urged further progress aligned with Democratic goals and discussed federal aid, education spending, and national issues.
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Follansbee
UPI
Robert Kennedy
D-N. Y
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Kennedy
Ohio County
W. Va
Johnson
Mountain State
West
Anti-Inflation Measure Gets Modifications
Washington The House Ways and Means Committee approved changes to President Johnsons anti inflation plan including 16 month suspensions of a 7 percent tax credit for new plant investment and depreciation write offs for buildings. Start date moved to Sept 9 1966. Senate action expected soon with potential further tweaks.
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Washington
API
Johnson
House
Ways & Means Committee
Senate
Board studies three step plan for teacher raises
The board discussed hiring more teachers still not enough to match other states. A three year pay rise plan proposed after Decision 65 would raise elementary and secondary pay and improve the system. A subcommittee will draft legislation for the Legislature.
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Wilburn
Marshall
W. Va. Tech
Concord
Rex Smith
Education Department
Smith
Johnson Signs Wage Increase to 1.60 Dollar Minimum
President Johnson signed legislation boosting the federal minimum wage from 1.25 to 1.60, covering 8.1 million newly eligible workers and raising wages for about 30 million current workers. The two year effort in the 89th Congress marked a major labor victory and a historic step under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Organized Labor
Democratic Party
Congress
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FMC Ordnance Plant
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