Obituaries for Benjamin Maxwell and Harry Earl Martin
Benjamin Maxwell 82 of Midland Pennsylvania died Saturday in Rochester Hospital Born June 14 1885 in Harrison County son of Elias and Lenora Maxwell Retired coal miner UMWA member Survived by two sons Roy and Thomas Maxwell a daughter Eva Gallagher a sister five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Services Tuesday 10 30 a m Hastings Funeral Home Buried East Oak Grove Cemetery Calling hours Sunday 7 9 p m and Monday 10 am 5 pm 7 9 pm. Harry Earl Martin 65 of Orlando formerly Route 2 Rivesville died Friday in Orlando after a long illness Born January 1 1903 in Rivesville son of Charles R and Ida May Hersh Martin Survived by widow Nola Michael Martin daughter Betty Jo Elsey brother Charles Ray Martin and three grandchildren J Carroll Elsey William Martin Elsey and Linda Lee Elsey Funeral arrangements DeGarmo Funeral Home after 7 p m Sunday.
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Benjamin Maxwell
Midland
Rochester
Harrison County
Elias and
Lenora Bonnell Maxwell
United Mine Workers of America
Roy G. Maxwell
Center Hill Ave
Thomas R. Maxwell
Shippingport
Claude L
Eva) Gallagher
Granville
William Stover Sr
Beaver
Hastings Funeral Home
William Cook
East Oak Grove
Harry E. Martin
Harry Earl Martin
Orlando
Fla
Rivesville
Charles R
Ida May Hersh Martin
Nola Michael Martin
James
Betty Jo) Elsey
Fairmont
Charles Ray Martin
Grant Town
J. Carroll Elsey
Maxwell. Benjamin
Rochester (Pa
Hastings Funeral
William Cooke
Robb Leaves White House Life for Vietnam Duty
Marine Capt. Charles Robb Johnson's son in law bids farewell to his wife Lynda Bird and White House life as he departs Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, at 6 15 p m PST aboard a Braniff jet for the 1st Marine Division HQ in Phu Bai South Vietnam.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPL
Johnson
Charles Robb
Lynda Bird
White House
Vietnam
Robb
Norton Air Force Base
San Bernardino
Braniff Airlines
1St Marine Division
Phu Bai
South Vietnam
Funeral Notices from Midland to Rowlesburg
Obituaries list multiple local deaths with ages and service details. Benjamin Maxwell, 82, Midland, Pa., died Saturday. services Tuesday at Hastings Funeral Home. Harry Earl Martin, 65, Orlando, Fla., died Friday. services Wednesday at DeGarmo Funeral Home. Russell F. Lemmon Sr., 65, Meadville, Pa., died Friday. services Monday at Hastings Funeral Home. Oscar Milton Shaffer, 54, Rowlesburg, died Friday. services Sunday, interment Aurora Cemetery. Gertrude Manley Stiles, 56, Rivesville, died Friday. services Sunday at DeGarmo Funeral Home. J Lester Hayman, 69, Monongalia area, memorial Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. Funeral Home arrangements by Hastings and DeGarmo.
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Shaffer
Oscar Milton
Rowlesburg
E. Main Street
Christ Methodist Church
Frank A Johnson
Aurora
Walter B. Burke
Stiles
Gertrude Manley
Rivesville
DeGarmo Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Rusk Heads to SEATO Talks in Pacific
Secretary of State Dean Rusk flew to New Zealand for SEATO discussions starting April 2 in Wellington. He dismissed hopes for dramatic troop changes and signaled no New Zealand France attendance, while US plans a possible moderate troop increase to about 525,000 in Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
New Zealand
U.S
Vietnam
Rusk
Andrews Air Force Base
Wellington
Council
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Melvin Laird
Johnson
North Vietnam
France
Southeast Asia
United States
South Vietnam
South Korea
Australia
Thailand
Philippines
Kaufman Attacks Robertson in West Virginia Campaign Swing
State Senator Paul Kaufman challenged Democratic opponent C. Donald Robertson during a Raleigh County news conference. He criticized Robertson for opposing bringing his own department under civil service, noted prior welfare work programs, and reminded Robertson that West Virginia pioneered work training for welfare recipients.
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Kaufman
Robertson
State House
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Board of Public Works
Moore Listed Counsel for Seven Major Firms
Arch Moore Jr named local counsel in 1968 Martindale Hubbell directory for seven major firms including Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Allied Chemical. Gazette cites trial testimony about his congressional duties and a diminished law practice since 1966 after his uncle's death. Text notes World War II era client movements to Moundsville and provides publication details.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Arch Moore Jr
Moundsville
Charleston Gazette
Moore
Martindale-Hubbell Law
the Gazette
United States Congress
Everett Moore
West Virginia
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Texas - Eastern Transmission Corp
Columbia - Southern Chemical Corp
Solvay Process
Allied Chemical Corp
McKay Chemical Co
National Aniline
Arms Ban Sought as Jordan-Israel Clash Intensifies
United Press International reports Jordan urged a halt to all arms shipments to Israel after fighting along a 70 mile Jordan River front. Israel accused Jordan of backing terrorist raids and demanded end to attacks or self defense actions. UN Security Council met. Thant postponed Europe trip. Grechko arrived in Cairo for a four day visit amid crisis. Nasser announced a May plebiscite to boost reform and pressed for Israel to yield occupied lands.
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United Press International
Jordan
Israel
Jordan River Valley
Syria
Iraq
U.N. Security Council
Jordan River
Security Council
Thant
Europe
Middle East
U.N
Andrei Grechko
Cairo
Mohamed Fawzy
Mideast
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Nasser
Cabell County Driver Killed in Route 10 Crash
A 35-year-old Cabell County motorcycle rider, William Crum of Branchland, died when his bike left W V 10 south of Huntington, plunged 15 feet over an embankment, and struck a rock after failing to negotiate a sharp curve at Davis Creek Mountain.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPI
Cabell County
W. Va. 10
Here
A. Key
D. M. Caldwell
William Crum
Rt. 1
Branchland
Crum
Davis Creek Mountain
Bowie College Students End Blockade Move
Rebel Bowie College student leaders agreed to halt their blockade of campus buildings until at least Wednesday after meetings with state officials. They plan talks with Gov. Agnew on education reforms, while state police maintain surveillance and no promises were made.
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Stephen Morrow Bowie
UPI
Bowie College
Roland Smith
Francis Burch
Clarence Mitchell
Royal Hart Smith
Spiro T. Agnew
Annapolis
Agnew
Samuel L. Myers
Weather forecast for Mason with clouds and possible rain
The forecast for Mason predicts considerable cloudiness with a chance of afternoon rain showers. Temperatures in the 70s linger from yesterday as a gradual drop begins this Monday amid a mild air mass.
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Mason Coxonland
Weather Bureau
Morgantown
Mrs. Wallace Remains in Serious Condition
Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace stayed in serious condition at St. Margaret's Hospital where she is convalescing from a cancer operation. A blood clot in a lung is cited as a complication delaying her recovery after her third operation on February 22 and a March 12 procedure to drain an abdominal infection.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Lurleen B. Wallace
Mideast Observers Sought to Halt Growing Hostilities
United States urged the Security Council to deploy cease fire observers between Israeli and Jordanian forces in the Jordan Valley. The council met amid renewed shelling and Israeli airstrikes with Jordan and Israel trading blame. Secretary General Thant noted no UN observers are in the area, risking derailment of the peace mission led by Gunnar Jarring.
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United Nations
United States
Security Council
Jordan Valley
Jordan River
Jordan
Israel
Thant
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
Middle East
Gunnar T. Jarring
Goldberg
U. N
W Vieginia COPE Endorses 70 Democrats 25 Republicans
The West Virginia State AFL-CIO COPE committee of 50 delegates endorsed 70 Democrats and 25 Republicans for state and federal offices in the May 4 primary. They heard from gubernatorial hopeful James M. Sprouse and backed Howard Carson for attorney general, Fred Caplan, and Dennis Knapp for Supreme Court of Appeals. Federal endorsements went to Harley Staggers in the Second District Ken Hechler in the Fourth and James Kee in the Fifth. No action on the secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, or agriculture commissioner races. The First and Third Congressional District seats were not endorsed.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Afl-Cio
West Virginia
James M. Sprouse
COPE
Howard Carson
Fred Caplan
Dennis Knapp
Supreme Court of Appeals
Harley O. Staggers
Ken Hechler
James Kee
Arch Moore Jr
John Slack Jr
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