Mercury Tops 90 as Memorial Day Weekend Opens
Temperatures reached an official high of 90 at Morgantown Municipal Airport on Saturday with clear skies and warm conditions inspiring holiday wear. Showers and thundershowers were forecast to dampen travelers this afternoon and evening and extend into Monday with cooler, cloudy conditions expected. A wide rain band was noted across the nation from the North Pacific to the Mississippi and Ohio valleys.
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Morgantown
North Pacific
Rockies
Southwest
Plains
Mississippi
Ohio
FAA
Rinehart, Oil Worker, 64, Dies at Home in Wana
John McGuffey Rinehart 64 of Wana died unexpectedly at his home Saturday morning. Born February 12 1903 he was a retired oil field worker. Survived by nieces and nephews two sisters preceded him in death. Friends gather at Owen Funeral Home Blacksville after 7 p.m. Sunday. Funeral at Wana Methodist Church 1 p.m. Tuesday with Rev Lloyd Myers officiating. Interment in Wana Cemetery.
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John McGuffey Rinehart
Wana
Charles
Henrietta Ellen McGuffey Rinehart
Owen
Blacksville
Wana Methodist Church
Lloyd Myers
Rinehart
John McGuffey
Wena
Wena Methodist Church
Owen Funeral Home
Blocksville
Mrs. Katie Ann Cummings Dies at 70 in Masontown
Katie Ann Cummings 70 of Masontown died Friday night at St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital. She was born November 27 1896 in Masontown and is survived by family. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Katie Ann Cummings
Masontown
St. Vincent Pallotti Hospital
Funeral notices from various towns list services and interments
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Terra Alta Wena Aurora Fairmont Rowlesburg Morgantown and Alexandria Va. Services are scheduled at local churches and funeral homes with interment at Oak Grove Beverly Hills Memorial Garden East Oak Grove or Wesley Methodist. calls and viewings precede ceremonies with listed officiants and family references.
Susie Gray 97 Former Cassville Resident Dies
Susie Gray a former Cassville resident aged 97 died Friday morning after a long illness. She lived at Sundale Rest Home for ten years and was born in Tennessee on May 22 1870. Survivors include grandchildren Mrs Jessie Hall and Jack Stewart of Hamilton Ohio. Graveside services will be Monday afternoon in Monongalia County cemetery conducted by Rev John Eberhardt.
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Susie Gray
Cassville
Sundale Rest Home
Tennessee
Jessie Hall
Jack Stewart
Hamilton
Ohio
Monongalia County
Johu Eberhardt
Mrs Matel Wiles 54 Terra Alta Dies at University Hospital
Mrs Matel Wiles 54 of Route 2 Terra Alta died Friday at University Hospital in Morgantown Born April 24 1913 in Terra Alta daughter of the late Charles F and Nellie B Metheny Cramer Survived by husband Junior M Wiles one son Ralph J Wiles two daughters Mrs Maxine Ervin and Mrs Patty Rodeheaver four brothers Junior William Reed and Burlim Cramer all of Terra Alta and Burl Cramer of Baltimore Md two sisters Mrs Olive Metheny of Terra Alta and Mrs Wava Dodge of Baltimore Md Services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Fike Watson Funeral Home Terra Alta with Rev Charles Teets officiating Interment Oak Grove Cemetery Terra Alta Friends may call at the funeral home until services.
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Pauline E. Travis
Aurora
University Hospital
Ellenboro
Benjamin and
Samira Alkre Keith
Richard L. Travis
St. Paul Lutheran Church of
Lutheran Women’s Society
Order of
Eastern Star
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
James Costanzo
Frank Snyder
Spiggle-Hinkle Funeral Home
Davis
Wiles
Motel
Route 2
Terra Alta
University
Fike-Watson Funeral Home
Charles Teets
Oak Grove Cemetery
Spiggie Hinkle Funeral Home
Matel Wiles
Morgantown
Charles F
Nellie B. Metheny Cramer
Junior M. Wiles
Ralph J. Wiles
Maxine Ervin
Patty Rodeheaver
Grafton
Ohio
Olive Metheny
Wava Dodge
Baltimore
Junior
William
Reed Cramer
Burlim Cramer
Baltimore Md
Haiphong Battle Kill Toll Reported in Central Highlands
In the Central highlands 92 North Vietnamese were killed Friday in a clash with 4th Infantry Division units as they also suffered ten American deaths and 54 wounding. U S pilots raided Kep MIG interceptor base and Hoa Lac field 20 miles west of Hanoi claiming up to nine MIGs destroyed though not confirmed. Report also recalls Saigon denial of Haiphong harbor strafing charges by Communist and past Soviet remarks.
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4Th Infantry Division
U.S
Hoa Lac
Haiphone
Saigon
Haiphong Harbor
Harvard’s First Brick Building Built for Indians Then Printing Shop
The first brick Harvard building was erected for Indian use but saw little use. It later became a printing shop, reflecting shifting campus needs and minority use during the period.
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Harvard University
Pancreas transplant at Minnesota hospital hailed as first
The University of Minnesota hospital announced a pancreas transplant performed on a diabetic patient as the world’s first of its kind. The patient later died from a lung infection, but doctors say the pancreas functioned well and future such operations will be tried. The operation also connected a kidney and small intestine segments to the transplanted pancreas.
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Minneapolis, Minn
UPI
University of Minnesota
Siege Imposed on Pointe-a-Pitre as Riots Rock Guadeloupe
French troops imposed a state of siege in Pointe-a-Pitre after anti-government riots left at least 10 dead and hundreds injured. Gunfire echoed as authorities declared calm largely restored and nine police wounded. demonstrators looted gun shops and set fires amid clashes. An airliner pilot evacuated at least 11 women to Antigua.
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UPI
Martinique
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Caribbean
Paris
Pan American World Airways
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Antigua
Chamber of Commerce
Henri Egou
Guadeloupe
Puerto Rico
Leeward Islands
Basse Terre
Grande Terre
List of area residents connected to hospital report
Karen Bolyard Route 1 Grafton William Jerkins Grafton Violet Calaski Akron Ohio Percy Wilfong Grafton Josephine Watkins Thornton Melissa Curry Bedford Ohio Danny Stone Thornton.
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Route 1
Grafton
William Jerkins
Violet Calaski
Akron
Ohio
Percy Wilfong
Josephine Watkins
Thornton
Melissa Curry
Bedford
Danny Stone
Births Reported in Newburg and Feathers Homes
Births list shows a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Joe Haskell Route 2 Newburg at 4 55 am Saturday and a baby daughter to Mr and Mrs Cecil Feathers at 5 07 pm Saturday. Medical notes list Barbara Fields of Reedsville and Marinda Hooton of Rowlesburg.
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Joe Haskell
Newburg
Cecil Feathers
Barbara Fields
Reedsville
Marinda Hooton
Rowlesburg
Local Births and Discharges List From Delaware Avenue Area
A son born at noon Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. George E. Neville of 412 Delaware Ave. Names in medical notes include Fred Lach Nellie Richard Phillip Coltrane Glen Carpenter Nellie May and Erving Sigley. Discharges listed: George Butler Katherine Hardesty Edward Holbert Ester Mackey Willis Hoskins Mary Rhodes Stanley Prudnick Ross Flannigan Mary Chipps Paul Vandevander Ladonna Casta Eleanor Baine David McKee Charles McMaster. Monday workers named Mrs. Dareld Blahschmidt Mrs James Irwin Mrs Clyde Brand and Mrs J Brand.
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George E. Neville
Delaware Ave
Fred Lach
Rotary St
Nellie Richard
High St
Phillip Coltrane
Dogwood St
Glen Carpenter
Spraggs
Nellie May
Marion
Erving Sigley
Reedsville
George Butler
Katherine Hardesty
Edward Holbert
Ester Mackey
Willis Hoskins
Mary Rhodes
Stanley Prudnick
Ross Flannigan
Medical and surgical staff and discharges listed
Medical Roberta Jo Utt from Denlslow Donald R McClure Masontown Robert C Vetty Cassville James Kerr Fair chance Pa Surgical Harry Areford 740 Union Ave Mildred Horton Route 7 Discharges Frances W Gibson Herman Hainzer Mary L Miernyk Lillian M Curtis Mary A Paolo Mick Cizzi Virginia Craig Drew Wetzel Workers for Sunday Frances Ditman for Monday A Schmidiger Miss Mary Brown Miss Mary Ann Courtney Miss Marion Mc Neill
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Roberta Jo Utt
Denlslow
Donald R. McClure
Masontown
Robert C. Vetty
Cassville
James Kerr
Fairchance
Sammel Davis
Harry Areford
Union Ave
Mildred Horton
Route 7
Frances W. Gibson
Herman Hainzer
Mary L. Miernyk
Lillian M. Curtis
Mary A. Paolo
Mick Cizzi
Virginia Craig
Drew Wetzel
Frances Ditman
A. J. Schmidiger
Mary Brown
Mary Ann Courtney
Marion McNeill
Violence Erupts as Gaza Front Tension Rises Across Middle East
Observers report a blast as an extremist gesture tied to U S support for Israel. China backs Arab world against U S imperialism and Israel. PLA troops and Chinese machineguns near Israeli lines are seen in the Gaza Strip area. Pope Paul VI pleads for peaceful settlement. Thant warns the Gulf blockade could spark a wider war and urges UN control.
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U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Holiday observance set for Tucker County graves
No holiday ceremonies will include wreaths at East Oak Grove Cemetery and most of the U S S West Virginia on campus. A parade and wreath at Grafton National Cemetery will launch observances with Richard E. Davies of Morgantown delivering the wreath and address at a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier replica for Herman Williams. Frank B. Everhart and C P Wilhelm lead services, with Sheriff Charles J. Whiston giving the afternoon memorial at Daybrook after a morning service at Dayporook cemetery and luncheon.
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East Oak Grove
U.S.S. West Virginia
Grafton National Cemetery
Tucker County
American Legion
Richard E. Davies
Morgantown
Herman Williams
Frank B. Everhart
George D. Jackson
Kingwood American Legion
C. P. Wilhelm
Monongalia
Charles J. Whiston
Daybrook
Dayporook
Paradise in Pacific Unlikely for Newsman
Wooster Ohio journalist Richard Ault plans to move his wife Lois and daughter Tracy to Pago Pago to live for a year in a thatched hut and dugout canoe. The American Samoa authorities require entry permits or proof of return to the United States, warning the couple Rose Island lacks water and the program may be halted by residency limits. Ault aims to Tau island for survival lessons, but Tau airs U S television including Bonanza and Cheyenne.
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Pacific
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Ault
Wooster
Ohio
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Pago Pago
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Samoa
Rose Island
Atoll
Los Angeles
Interior Department
Tau
U.S
RFK Draft Gains Steam in New York Ad Campaign
Citizens for Kennedy-Fulbright launches a year long ad push in the New York Times advocating Robert F. Kennedy as the 1968 Democratic nominee. The group with about 5,000 members argues Johnson's renomination risks inflation and expanded war while Kennedy remains the practical antiwar choice.
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UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
New York Times
Citizens For Kennedy-Fulbright
CFKF
LBJ
Kennedy
Johnson
Vietnam
Asia
CFRF
Martin Shepard
Adlai E. Stevenson
William Fulbright
D-Ark
Michelangelo Christ Crucifix Found Among Monastery Junk
A three foot armless wooden crucifix found among junk sold by the Verita Monastery at Viterbo is suspected to be a Michelangelo work dating to 1496. Vatican expert Don Mario Pinzuti cites evidence including a 17th century inscription. Rome dealer Aldo Durso bought it for 40000 dollars while Florence experts dispute the attribution.
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Viterbo
Michelangelo
Mario Pinzuti
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Verita
Aldo Durso
Don Pinzuti
Santo Spirito
Florence
Ugo Producci
Michelangelo House
Power Restored In Cincinnati After Nightlong Blackout
In Cincinnati Ohio power was restored after a nightlong blackout that sparked looting across the city. Chief Jacob Schott mobilized off duty officers to police streets. An alleged looter, Calvin Hunter 18, was wounded when shot by an off duty policeman as he left a store in the west end. Police reported at least a dozen break ins during the outage.
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Calvin Hunter
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