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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1967
Page
2
Obituary notices for Lillian S Ludwig Ernest O Staddon and Sgt James E Messenger followed by a local forecast predicting continued warm weather with highs in the low 90s and possible afternoon showers affecting golf and recreation plans.
Multiple obituaries list James E. Messenger 20 of 197 Marshall St Westover killed in Vietnam July 15 with Requiem High Mass at St Theresa Church and full Marine rites. Others include Ernest O 7 Lis travia Ave death at University Hospital and burials at Lawnwood Cemetery. Benjamin F. Burch 61 Abright dies at Martinsburg Veterans Hospital with services at Mt Moriah Church. Clara V Lucas 72 412 Harding Ave dies at St Vincent Pallotti Hospital with Requiem Mass at St Theresa and East Oak Grove Cemetery interment. John F Fullmer 86 Stewartstown dies at St Vincent Pallotti Hospital with Eden Methodist Church services. Lillian Ludwig 92 Milon St Westover dies. funeral at Dering Funeral Home then East Oak Grove Cemetery. Jenni L Harris 43 Osage dies at University Hospital after accident. services at Fred L Jenkins Funeral Home then East Oak Grove Cemetery. Susie Vespi 71 Osage dies Monongalia General Hospital with Requiem Mass at St Ursula and East Oak Grove Cemetery. Bertha Hibbs 84 Route 2 dies at St Vincent Pallotti Hospital. services at DeGormo Funeral Home and Orangeville Cemetery.
Mrs Bertha Hibbs 84 of Rate 2 died Friday at St Vincent Pallotti Hospital born December 26 1882 Uniontown daughter of the late James and Margarite Bellard longtime Assembly of God Church Arnettstown widow of the late Linzy E Hibbs survived by two sons Leslie Lowesville and Berlyn Freemont Ohio three daughters Olive McKinney Baltimore Lillian Wells Fairmont and Hazel Phillips Cleveland one brother Floyd Bellard Morgantown one sister Jocie Horner Moundsville 12 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren three sons and a daughter predeceased her friends may call De Garmo Funeral Home Rivesville services 2 p m Monday at the funeral home with Rev C T Chegwin officiating interment Orangeville Cemetery
Susie Vespi 71 of Osage died Saturday morning at Monongalia General Hospital born June 2 1896 Milano Italy daughter of the late Joseph and Virginia Pellegrini member of St Ursula Catholic Church LibertySurvivors include five daughters Enis Lanfrass Boca Raton FL Eleanor Johnson Osage Florence Tortarolo Bronx NY Minnie Vianich Bentleyville PA and Crown one son Edward Vespi Pittsburgh one sister Clara Mucci Black DiamondPA Funeral arrangements include viewing at Fred L Jenkins Funeral Home after 3 pm and a Requiem Mass at 10 am Tuesday at St Ursula Church Liberty with burial in East Oak Grove Cemetery Rosary at the funeral home 8:30 pm Sunday.
Jennings L Bowby Harris 43 of Osage died Friday after a high‑fire he operated toppled and pinned him. Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Fred L Jenkins Funeral Home. He was born October 17 1923.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko charged the United States with main responsibility for the failure of the emergency UN General Assembly session. He spoke at Kennedy Airport before departing for Moscow. The assembly ended without the withdrawal demand Moscow sought for Israeli forces in the United Arab Republic, Syria, and Jordan.
In Minneapolis Naftalia to discuss the rioting as 160 national guardsmen patrolled Plymouth Avenue where violence erupted Wednesday and Thursday nights. The unrest left 18 fires, at least 10 injured, 36 arrests, with 80 guardsmen guarding a South Side Negro area and reserves in armories. Humphrey praised Mayor Naftalin for riot handling and noted his past as Minneapolis mayor.
Spokesman calls the bombardment one of the war's fiercest as U S Marines hold off North Vietnamese forces until a relief company arrives. The enemy suffers 24 killed while U S Marines report nine dead. Air operations include 110 missions Friday with several MiG downings near Haiphong and Hanoi. In the A Shau Valley area bombing by B 52s targets a growing threat near the Laos border. In Gilmer County a local obituary notes Byrd Harris of Chaplin, WWII veteran with survivor Mrs Margaret Harris and family.
The trucking industry adapts with Operation Alert a two way radio warning network to deter hijackings. Hijacking, long associated with gangsters, costs fleets millions annually as thieves target cargoes worth 50 000 to 150 000 per truck. Authorities link many robberies to organized crime seeking quick profits. The system began after 1963 hijackings in Chicago prompted firmwide security measures.
Birth announcements note a son for Mr and Mrs Glenn Mathess of Denlslow at 8 15 p m and a son for Mr and Mrs Donald Smith of Rt 2 at 2 47 a m Saturday. Surgical confirms Ernest Johnson of 323 Monongahela Ave with Medical listing David Kenethken of Osage. Discharges include Carol Donaldson Ceasle Johns Dean Williams and Dorothy Walsh.
Birth announcement for a son to Mr and Mrs George Melvin Sickles of Rt 3 at 3 11 am Saturday. Medical notes list Helen Jarvis Point Marion PA and John W King 232 Jordan St. Discharges include Samuel Durich Beula Powell Bonnie Barker Anne Roundtree Jerry Daugherty Linda King Brenda King Jeffrey Crooks Gina Maiocco Gladys Rowan Patricia Le Masters. Workers for Monday named as Mrs James Irwin Mrs Clyde Brand Mrs Jay Brand and Candy Stripers.
In Cumberland Maryland two riders died when their motorcycle left Rt 40 guard rails slid down a steep embankment and crashed in a wooded area. Victims were Larry R. VanMeter 24 of Ridgely West Virginia and Dennis R. Helmick 22 of Cumberland. Police searched the woods for an hour before locating the bodies.
The loss was cut 60 percent as police link the hijackings to an organized operation forced to the East Coast. Two years later thefts rose across New York and New England with 1300 truck thefts in New York City last year costing about 5 million dollars, leading to Operation Alert expanding to Connecticut New Jersey Philadelphia and other seaboard cities.
A Soviet cruiser and two destroyers passed the Bosphorus en route to the Mediterranean to join the Russian naval task force in the Middle East. Twelve Soviet ships have anchored at Port Said and Alexandria amid renewed Arab Israeli fighting. Cairo planned a speech by Nasser on the revolution anniversary and budget austerity measures as UN observers coordinate along the Suez Canal. Egypt-objected patrols and a Khartoum summit plan surfaced amid pan Arab talks lead by UAR Syria Iraq Jordan and the Sudan. King Hussein urged a summit to advance Arab solidarity.
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