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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1967
Page
2
Forecasters expect partly cloudy skies today with no rain, followed by increasing chances of showers Monday as more cloudiness arrives. Highs will stay in the 80s, while Saturday brought about half an inch of rain before clearing to sunshine and a high near 80.
Cassville resident Daniel Fain aged 44 faced several charges after a disturbance. He was arrested on a drunken conduct charge as three additional warrants were sworn by his wife Irene for drunkenness assault and non support. He paid fines totaling 59.25 and posted a 500 dollar bond for non support with a hearing upcoming. Other JP court cases included three guilty pleas for road violations and littering. City Court saw pool hall violations red light and stop sign fines.
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania three people were injured and $5 000 in property damage reported after a Sears and Roebuck truck driven by David Glenn Hampe rolled over on Legislative Route 3001 four miles north of Windridge. Passengers William Sibert and Frank Shra der were treated at Washington Hospital for minor abrasions and contusions.
Leota Six Cross, 80, of Cassville died Friday at University Hospital. Surviving include her son O. E. Seaman and daughter Kathryn Rousseau, plus several relatives. Services at Owen Funeral Home in Blacksville Monday at 1 08 p.m. Timothy Allen Mayne infant son of Carlos and Linda Mayne died yesterday at Preston Memorial Hospital born July 28. Surviving parents include both grand parents and two great grandmothers. Graveside services Sunday at Sugar Valley Cemetery at 2 15 p.m.
Leota ADV CROSS 80 of Cassville died Friday morning at University Hospital. Services 1 30 p m Monday at Owen Funeral Home Jacksonville with Rev Laszlo Borsey officiating. Interment Wade<town> Cemetery. Mayne infant son Timothy Allen died Friday afternoon at Preston Memorial Hospital. Graveside services 2 15 p m Sunday at Sugar Valley Cemetery with Rev Charles Teets officiating, Riger Williams Funeral Home in charge.
United Arab Republic officials stated the Suez Canal will not reopen while Israeli forces remain on captured Egyptian territory. The stance followed Egypt's Moscow talks on Soviet arms supplies and amid tension over cease fire line interpretations and accusations about chemical weapons.
Greene County police note Jenkins has a lengthy arrest record across Monongalia County including a recent 10 day jail term for parole violation after release from County Jail. His history spans 1957 robbery related thefts to 1965 questioning in an investigation, with multiple drunk charges, assaults, larceny, and fugitive warrants.
July rainfall at Morgantown Locks reached 4.14 inches with rain on 16 of 29 days and two days left in the month. The month is wetter than last July and past averages, though readings reflect only Morgantown, with nearby areas recording heavier storms along U.S. 119.
The Forrestal carrier, commissioned in 1955 at Norfolk, arrived on station four days before a catastrophic fire. Costing 218 million, it spans 1,046 feet and carries advanced electronic gear and two guided missile launchers. Most damaged planes were A4 Skyhawks A6 Intruders and F4 Phantoms. Skipper Capt John K Beling hails from Harrington Park New Jersey and resides in Zephyr Hills Florida.
Governor Hulett C. Smith departs Charleston for an all day state visit to Brazil. The trip is coordinated by Dr. Wayne Smith, linked to Morgantown and Dominion Post staff writer Frank M. Heaster.
City firemen answered a call Saturday to the University’s Twin Towers where an electrical short circuit apparently set off a fire alarm. It was the only call they had all day.
Two persons remain in serious condition after a three vehicle crash Friday and a Saturday pedestrian collision. Martha Longstretch 16 and Mark E Scarborough 22 in Morgantown were rushed to University Hospital with serious injuries. Robert Wilson 450 Posten Ave Vickie Jones Edward Jefferson Peter Verobsky and a Wheel ing motorcycle passenger received minor treatment. Wilson cited for reckless driving and lack of license. Damages about 3400. Lee Turner 79 hurt crossing High Street in a separate crash. Bernard Smith 40 cited no charges. Police investigated both incidents.
List of births and medical updates from Grafton and surrounding towns including Greene Memorial Mononga lla General and St Vincent Pallotti. It notes births at Greene Memorial and Mon General with parents and times, plus discharges and workers at St Vincent Pallotti.
Across several cities tensions ease while new clashes erupt in Wilmington Delaware Passaic New Jersey Chicago and Brooklyn Police report sniping in Detroit and looting in Brooklyn 80 arrests in Wilmington and eight taken in Chicago The Detroit toll reaches 39 killed or wounded up to 1500 hurt and damages around 250 million amid a week of unrest.
Detroit tensions rose as Governor Romney and the Johnson Administration debated phrasing for federal troop deployment during the 1967 riots. Officials say Romney avoided civil insurrection to prevent insurance losses and argued over using the word request versus recommending for aid.
New York Brooklyn police augmented patrols in Bedford Stuyvesant after an early morning spree by youths. About 100 extra officers, many of them Black, patrolled Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street where windows of a dozen stores were shattered in the pre dawn violence.
Detroit courts began freeing detainees after five days of looting and arson. About 1,500 of the 5,000 arrested were released by noon with 500 to 700 more expected by day’s end. Buses carried prisoners from state jails to the city lockup already overflowing.
The President urged a commission to steer the country through tension and conflicting evidence on race rather than politics. He stressed the issue’s health and safety importance for all citizens, naming members Roy Wilkins, Sen. Harris, Sen. Brooke, Rep. Corman, Rep. McCulloch, I. W. Abel, Charles B. Thornton, Katherine Graham Peden, and Atlanta Police Chief Herbert Jenkins.
A revival gathering conducts nightly services for the sick on Pineview Drive-In grounds along Route 7 between Masontown and Reedsville. Event welcomes all attendees and seeks spiritual healing through preaching and prayer.
Miami Beach was selected as the 1968 Republican National Convention site, with city officials hoping Democrats choose the same city. President Johnson reportedly backs Houston as a counter option, and the Democratic National Committee said the GOP choice does not bind the Democrats to a same city convention.
Grafton area readers seeking Morgantown Sunday Dominion Post home delivery should contact Pat Wine at 265 0924 for subscription details and service.
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