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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1967
Page
4
Clearing skies lift temperatures to the mid forties to mid fifties after yesterday's 47/36 with Morganstown Airport readings showing varied hours. A mostly cloudy Monday brings a chance of showers in Morgantown and western Pennsylvania with rain arriving late tonight and continuing tomorrow.
Multiple notices report deaths in New Jersey and West Virginia. George P Russell Sr, 80, of Penns Grove, NJ, dies suddenly at Gratton City Hospital with services at Bartlett Funeral Home and interment in Pittsburgh. Pete Clise, 74, of Star City, WV, a retired coal miner, dies in St Vincent Pallet Hospital with services pending. Richard B McTheny, 54, formerly of Suncrest, Wilmington DE, dies after illness with services in Gassaway and Sugar Creek Cemetery. Louisa Mary De Leo, Morgantown native living in Baltimore, dies in Baltimore with Zannino Funeral Home handling arrangements. Punk Moran, 72, of Kingwood, WV, WWI veteran and former miner, dies in Pittsburgh VA Hospital with funeral set at Browning Funeral Home.
Burial rites held at Grace of Prayer church with Rev Dowell officiating. Interment in local cemetery follows funeral at the Vincent Pollet Hospital and Paneto community records indicate services Monday evening for Fred Serine Funeral Home.
Humphreys boosts police protection near the Pagoda with 500 troops and warns Tri Quang the demonstrations are forbidden. Negotiations between Tam Chau and Thieu's faction stall as monks prepare a dawn march on the Buddhist Institute, with a new charter triggering renewed protests. Radio Hanoi warns of potential attacks and questions U.S. and Thieu security.
Cairo reports Soviet naval forces in Alexandria and Port Said as part of a goodwill visit. An Egyptian Air Force court martial is planned for officers implicated in the June hostilities, including Air Marshal Mohamed Sidky Mahmoud and aides.
Suncrest Pack No 65 inducted thirteen Cubs into the Bobcat program and awarded achievement pins to James Rider Leroy Tancks Carl Cather Darren Durrell Fred Fitzhugh Paul Shang Gray Byers. Dennis Fisher led a square dancing instructional program with Western Stars Morgantown group assisting. Cubmaster Donald Harworth and committee members Richard Welters Paul Zanowiak Robert Dinsmore chaired the event.
An elderly woman died Saturday in a Tyler County crash raising West Virginia's highway death toll to 436. Stella Harris, 78, was a passenger in a car involved in the accident on West Virginia Route 2. In Ohio an injury occurred to Donald Wilkins, 28, of Mason, the driver of a crash on Ohio 33 near Athens.
Harry Board, 50, of Route 7, is jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges of petty larceny. He allegedly shot or fired at several items from a local store.
The report lists numerous births and discharges across hospitals in Preston, Grafton, Greene Memorial, Garrett Memorial, and Fairmont General. It names families welcoming new children and patients discharged or treated, including Ada King, Frances Higginbotham, Daisy Neptune, and many others, with locations spanning Cass to Carmichaels and Morgantown.
GM directors plan to name James M. Roche chairman and CEO while Edward N. Cole is elevated to president. Frederick G. Donner will resign as top executive by November 1 under a mandatory retirement rule. The board, meeting in New York, will act on a committee recommendation with all top officers present.
Presidents Johnson and Diaz Ordaz presided over a border ceremony at Cordova Island. They raised flags spoke of goodwill and signed a proclamation at the Chamizal monument confirming a reconfigured Rio Grande channel and naming the Paso Del Norte Bridge, Bridge of the Americas, and Good Neighbor Bridge. They also toured El Paso with cabinet members and Mexican descent delegates.
Florida Governor Claude Kirk branded the Johnson Administration insincere and urged West Virginia Young Republicans to restore the ring of truth in a Charleston address. He charged Democratic leaders with deep tax cuts and inflation while urging a Republican comeback to attract new industry and improve services. Kirk outlined a four state speaking tour through Detroit Indianapolis and New York City. The article notes Crater Lake as the deepest U.S. lake at 920 feet.
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