Obituaries for Emmett Pounds and John Balasko Sr.
Emmett Pounds 55 of Rt 7 died Saturday at University Hospital born Aug 1 1912 in Pt Marion Pa son of Harvey and Louie Pounds a retired coal miner and UMWA Local 4043 Mason he is survived by his widow Daisy Mae Hamrick Pounds son Paul Leroy Pounds Morgantown daughter Nancy Wiles Morgantown two brothers and five grandchildren Services Saturday at Fred L Jenkins Funeral Home with burial in Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens. John Balasko Sr 78 of Rt 2 died Saturday at St Vincent Pallotti Hospital born Aug 3 1889 in Hungary son of the late George and Julia Blasko a retired coal miner and UMWA Local 4040 he is survived by four sons and others including a step daughter and extended family. Services and remains viewing schedule detailed for the Church of God at National W Va with removal to lie in state and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Pounds
Rt. 7
University Hospital
Pt. Marion
Harvey and
Louie Welch Pounds
Union
UMWA
Masonic Lodge
Morgantown
Daisy Mae Hamrick Pounds
Paul Leroy Pounds
Nancy Wiles
Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
John Balasko Sr
Rt. 2
St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital
Hungary
George
Julia Blasko
Mary Blasko
John Jr
Charles
Joe
Rt. 9
Rose Cservid
Ontario
Canada
Leesa Androsh
Fred L. Jenkins
Church of God
National
W. Va
Pounds
Emmett
Friends
Fred L Jenkins
Stacy Groscup
Gardens
Blasko
John SR
St Vincent Pallotti Hospital
Church of God of National
Gleason Dale
East Grove
Funeral Notices Report From Local Area
Multiple obituary notices for Emmett Pounds 55 of Rt 7 and John Blasko Sr 78 at local hospitals list viewing times at Fred L Jenkins Funeral Home and church services. Leo Roy 61 of Tyrone Road and Lydia Zeller 84 with services and interments scheduled at nearby cemeteries. Interments at Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens East Grove and Pleasant Hills Evergreen are noted.
Phouma admits Red Deal and Lao agreement.
Premier Souvanna Phouma said he made a 1962 deal with North Vietnam and the Pathet Lao to conceal Vietnamese troop presence from the Geneva Conference and that Hanoi pledged to withdraw troops after the Geneva accords. He accused the Pathet Lao of being traitors and tools of North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane, Laos
UPI
Souvanna Phouma
North Vietnam
Pathet Lao
Laos
Souvanna
Hanoi
Defense Ministry
United States
Soviet Union
China
Geneva
South Vietnam
Johnson Faces Decision On Gun Bill And Veto Timeline
President Johnson cautioned about Congress and gun control amid a bill on his desk with a Wednesday deadline to sign veto or let become law. He urged Attorney General Clark to push the long gun bill and asked scientists to speed up concealed weapon detection research.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Congressional
Ramsey Clark
Congress
Joseph Califano
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Births and discharges listed for several area hospitals
The report lists birth announcements for couples including L Morris Ingle and Paul Deahl with times, plus births for Howard Matheny and Dorsey Waybright. It also notes multiple discharges, medical staff names, and workers slated for Monday. Locations include Arlington Virginia, Shriver, Booth, and several Rt. addresses.
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Howard Matheny
Terra Alta
Dorsey Waybright
Rowlesburg
Robert Scott
Reedsville
Dallas
Gun Victim Paul Schrade Released After Kennedy Assassination
Paul Schrade 43, regional director of the United Automobile Workers and Kennedy campaign leader in California, the last of five shooting victims, was released from hospital after two hours of skull surgery for a bullet wound near Kennedy. He accompanied Kennedy into the Ambassador Hotel pantry and was struck minutes before the Senator.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Paul Schrade
United Automobile and Aerospace Workers Union
Kennedy
California
Schrade
Ambassador Hotel
State workers deny outside employment by officials
West Virginia officials pledge to stop private jobs by staff after charges that workers renovated homes during off duty hours. Alcohol control chief orders full probe into an employee who allegedly held a second job as a liquor store manager while serving as an election official in Mingo County.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Cletus Hanley
Hulett C. Smith
Harrison Everett
Hanley
Compensation Commission
Beverage Commission
Mingo County
Weather Outlook: Heat and Scattered Showers For Region
The U S Weather Bureau warns West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania of hot humid weather with scattered thundershowers today and Monday. Highs near the high 80s to 90s, lows in the 60s, and afternoon showers. Hourly temps yesterday at Morgantown Airport were recorded by FAA Flight Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
U. S. Weather Bureau
Morgantown
FAA
Two Road Mishaps Prompt WV Police Probes
Two separate accidents in southern Monongalia County led to citations by Morgantown State Police troopers. No injuries, total damage about 1200 dollars. Arden Conrad of Fairmont and Laura Harland of Taylor, Michigan, were in the first crash at U.S. 119 and Secondary 64 with a 400 dollar damage and an improper left turn charge against Harland. A trailer truck driven by Edgar Shenk of Lima, Ohio clipped a car on WV 73 as he tried to pass another vehicle, forcing a swerve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia
Harland
W.va
Edgar Shenk
Lima
Ohio
Bible School Begins Monday at Drummond Chapel
Vacation Bible School opens June 17 to 21 at Drummond Chapel Methodist Church from 9 to 11:30 am. Director is Mrs. James Fredlock with teachers Mrs. Donald Lewis Mrs. Warren Sisler Mrs. Leonard Lewis Mrs. Carl Shaffer and Mrs. Robert Wilson. All children invited.
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Drummond Chapel
Drummond Chapel Methodist Church
James Fredlock
Donald Lewis
Warren Sisler
Leonard Lewis
Carl Shaffer
Robert Wilson
Kiesinger weighs trip to discuss East German transit rules
Bonn reports Chancellor Kiesinger may travel to Washington to discuss East German transit restrictions on West Germany and West Berlin. Contacts with the United States, Britain, and France are planned by letter, with possible talks with President Johnson and leaders in Paris and London if travel occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Kurt
George Kiesinger
West West
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Kiesinger
Johnson
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Harold Wilson
London
Merger Date Is Affirmed By West Virginia Methodists
Delegates to the West Virginia Methodist Conference affirm the June 1969 merger date with Evangelical United Brethren churches in the state. The session notes a 3,364 decline to 194,452 in statewide membership and a budget increase of 13.4 percent to 2,449,858 for next year. John Lacaria was elected treasurer, with the office moved to Charleston. Lowell Sebert and A O Humbertson were named Layman of the Year. West Virginia Methodists contributed 10,072,497 to church causes last year.
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Buckhannon
W.va
UPI
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
West Virginia
Women’s Society
Methodist
John Lacaria
Charleston
Huntington
Lowell Sebert
Fairlea
A. O. Humbertson
Parkersburg
Training Review Staged at Camp Dawson by MP Battalion
More than 400 converted Armor Cavalrymen marched as military policemen at Camp Dawson in the annual summer training review of the 153d Military Police Battalion. Sergeant Major Willard P. Riffe Jr. received the West Virginia Service Medal for 20 years of service and will retire on June 23. Lt. Col. Robert Q. Jones commanded the pass in review with several captains and lieutenants assisting. The Rev. Hugh A. Zimmerman will conduct Sunday services. A formal retreat is planned for next Thursday and the 15 day training period ends next Saturday.
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Kingwood
Camp Dawson
West Virginia Army National Guard
Willard P. Riffe, Jr
Crab Orchard
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Robert Q. Jones
Charleston
United
Bruce E. Moss
St. Albans
Thomas A. Crutchfield
Ramon P. Lopez
Fayetteville
Charles A. Slusher
Martinsburg
Ronald G. Wilson
Summer
Morgantown racer injured in fiery speedway crash
A Morgantown man, Fred Johnson of Fred Dies Body Shop, was seriously injured when his super modified race car overturned and burst into flames at Morgantown Speedway. He was fourth in the feature when his car spun, flipped, and burned, and he was taken to University Hospital with conditions not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Morgantown Speedway
Fred Johnson
Freddie
Johnson
University Hospital
Morgantown Dominion-Post Sunday Edition Rates
The Morgantown Dominion-Post announces holiday and Sunday edition details for Morgantown West Virginia. It lists subscription rates by mail for West Virginia and outside West Virginia including one year and six month options and sales tax. It provides a Want Ads phone number and other department contact lines.
Gas Tax Bite Hits Americans Daily
In Tulsa figures from the American Petroleum Institute show Americans pay federal and state motor fuel taxes totaling 22.9 million dollars each day. In Montgomery Lt. Gov. Albert Brewer warns county governments are doomed unless they strengthen, saying they are going to have to strengthen or die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
UPI
American Petroleum Institute
Montgomery
Ala
Albert Brewer
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UPI Weather Forecast
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Mils
Kamsas City
FT. Worth
Montreal
Toromto
York
Plains
Florida
Appalachians
John Balasko
Leo Roy
Tyrone Road
Derings Funeral Home
Funeral Home Chapel
Pleasant Hills
Zeller
Lydia
West Virginia Ave
Monongalia General Hospital
Phouma
Bill
Califano
L Morris Ingle
Spring Branch
Donald Hilling
Rt. 3
Mary Murray
Mildred Hamilton
Charles Rodeheaver
Sandra Tennant
Stanley Starsick
Edna Holbert
Mildred Bartko
Burley Shilling
Catherine Hare
St. Vincent Pallotti
Paul Deahl
Arlington
John Johnson
Shriver
Cecil Bowser
Booth
Isa Kelley
Myrtle van Sickle
John Simpson
Kenneth Simpson
Joseph Kun
Walter Eisner
Grace Fuller
Tade Saav
William Marra
Rebecca Miller
Etta Cunningham
Francis Vanney
Earl Taft
Steve Britver
Reginald Krause
C. J. White
A. J. Schmidger
Preston
Bible School
New York Times News Service
Chico
All-Star Dairy CO
Rogers
STOR
SSS Amnstech Westover
PLAID
Your Agency
Dominion-Post
Morgantown Post
Common News
West Virgina Newspaper Publishing Company
Greer Building
Inwest Virginia
Rest
Virginia
McCormick’s
South High
ACME
Richwood Ave
Willey ST
Rere
University Avenue
Friends Westover Foodland
Dunkard Avenue
Foodland
Argo
Campbell
Stokely
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