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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1967
Page
2
Weather report notes cool conditions with temperatures in the 50s to 70s and overnight chill. Garden activity remains comfortable though a light shower is possible later. Monday brings relief with warmer, fair weather across the area.
Obituaries detail the deaths of William H Leach 36 of Rowlesburg and William Tusing 66 of Rowlesburg with service plans, family survivors, and memorial instructions. Leach, a Morgantown resident, left a wife Billie and three daughters Virginia Linda Laura, along with siblings and in laws. Tusing, a mail messenger, is survived by wife Flora and two sons, with services at Rowlesburg Christ Methodist and Mt Morris Assembly of God respectively. Funeral details include locations at Hastings and Mariner and Milken funeral homes, burial at East Oak Grove and Cedar Grove cemeteries. notes on flowers, contributions to Mental Health Association, and viewing times. The obituaries reference ties to Morgantown, Rowlesburg, Woodsfield, and Mt Morris communities.
Obscure funeral notice fragments reference a burial or service at a cemetery. Names and precise details are unreadable, offering only scattered hints of individuals and associated church events.
Kinshasa reports rising anti white sentiment after Bukavu capture by white mercenary rebels. Mobutu backed movement urges youth mobilization and patrols while accusing Belgian press of wanting Mobutu down. Across the country 160 white mercenaries led by Jean Schramme await the next move.
Morgantown letters reveal a soldier turning journalist to cover the Vietnam war. He will report to Oakland August 25 for a medical evacuation unit assignment and plans to write for the Sunday Dominion Post from Vietnam. He invites readers to contact him for interviews with friends or relatives serving there.
Births and medical staff notes from multiple area hospitals including Greene Memorial Oakland and Preston Memorial Saint Vincent Pallotti with times for births and names of parents and medical staff. Discharges and workers for Monday listed for several facilities.
Entertainer Dean Martin, native of Steubenville Ohio, is named honorary mayor of the Ohio Valley for the 1967 Meritage Holidays celebration. Mayors Andrew W. Miller Frank A aybka and James L Rogers cited his promotion of the Valley in bestowing the proclamation.
Pope Paul VI announced plans to expand and internationalize the Roman Curia by appointing seven bishops for five-year terms to five sacred congregations. Candidates will be drawn from national submissions, with selection by the heads of congregations after local church leaders propose names. The timing for naming the bishops was not given, with the process expected to take months.
Yugoslav President Tito resumed peace talks with Egyptian President Nasser in Cairo on Saturday as Borba reported he carried a new urgent Soviet message on the Middle East crisis Indira Gandhi of India might join next week to map a common stand on the crisis
Report says Col. Robert M. White 42 of Fairborn Ohio piloted a rescue dive through heavy anti aircraft and missile fire as two American planes were reported down though the Air Force said none were lost. A purported captured Communist document dated July 14 1967 from the central coastal plains claims pessimistic attitudes and declining population under enemy control with weakened urban movements and stalled political and people’s warfare efforts.
Federal government troops have entered the Middle Western Region of Nigeria to stem the advance of Eastern rebels. A Gowon spokesman said federal planes bombed Onitsha, a major market town on the Niger River edge. Onitsha links a vital bridge to Asaba, recently invaded by secessionists.
Six pleas heard before local justices of the peace Salurry and Goodwin list fines for infractions including missing state gas stamps, operating an unlicensed motorboat, expired temporary plates, defective equipment, and improper passing. City Police Court saw three youths plead guilty to disorderly conduct with fines, and one man posted bond for hazardous driving.
At Shataukok on the Hong Kong frontier two border incidents occurred as a Communist tide attacked. Police and Ghurka troops used tear gas to repel about 100 aggressors who crossed the border to attack British police and a Chinese crowd later pelted a fish market.
The 59th annual West Virginia Elks convention in Charleston elected new officers. Timothy Murphy rose from vice president to state vice president, Ralph Barnes of Wellsburg named vice president, and retiring president A. S. Ammar of Loganland praised by over 850 delegates for guiding 24 lodges through varied programs. The 1968 convention was scheduled for Parkersburg.
London court indicts Ronald Stafford in one of history's largest gold theft cases. Police call Stafford the principal factor in the May hijacking of a Rothechild's Bank truck carrying 120 gold bars worth nearly $2 million. Most of the gold remains unrecovered.
Labor stoppage at Fort Martin Power Plant site in sympathy for John R. Hill who fell to his death. Babcock and Wilcox workers return Monday while other crews resume normal schedules. Services set for Hill at Ford Funeral Home in Fairmont with burial in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Construction manager A Lee Smith says paving of internal plant roads to finish Monday.
Four climbers were found dead near the Brenva Pass on Mont Blanc at 13,190 feet after a violent thunderstorm. Police believe they were struck by lightning while pitching their tent under the summit. identities were not yet known. A police helicopter prepared to recover the bodies once visibility improved.
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