Man Taken for Mental Observation After Kidnapping
Richard Arlen Payne, 23, implicated in kidnapping a mother and three children from South Charleston, was ordered to Weston State Hospital for psychiatric observation after a suicide attempt in jail. He previously served seven years for armed robbery and left a note threatening Gov Underwood with retaliation.
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Charleston
Richard Arlen Payne
Charles Walker
Kanawha County
Payne
Weston State Hospital
Weston
South Charleston
Max Goldman
Goldman
Moundsville
John H. Baldwin
Baldwin
Elma
Susan
Danny
Kenneth
Gas Stealing Boys Go To Court Tonight
Five Bluefield teenagers, accused of attempting gasoline theft and fender skirt theft, are facing Juvenile Court at 7 30 tonight. They were arrested after Mrs Don Browder notified police and Don Browder fired a rifle at them as they fled. A youth admitted the theft to Sgt Gene Kirk after arrest by Officers R F E Lee and Homer Tabor. The youths belonged to a group calling itself the Egyptian Knights.
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Bluefield
Don Browder
Bluefield Avenue
Browder
Gene Kirk
R. F E. Lee
Homer Tabor
Egyptian Knights
Edwards Speaks at Bluefield Kiwanis Meeting
Bluefield Kiwanis heard Fred P. Edwards, past district governor, outline the 1959 Kiwanis Objectives centered on individual responsibility. Color slides illustrated the talk. The second feature was Rev. Noah W. Looney of Grace Methodist Church with Paris Wallace assisting on Easter thoughts.
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Bluefield
Fred P. Edwards
Edwards
Noah W. Looney
Grace Methodist Church
Paris Wallace
Looney
Deaths And Funerals Render Pearisburg Native and Others
Thomas Jesse Wood 90 of Pearisburg died in Beckley to be buried at Carper Cemetery after services at Pearisburg Baptist Church. Surviving children include six sons and three daughters with 35 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. George Samuel Lindsey 64 of Poplar Hill died at a daughter’s home with services at Wesley's Chapel Church Trigg Va. James Lawrence Hart 70 of Princeton died after six months illness. funeral plans announced through Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
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Thomas Jesse Wood
Pearisburg
Beckley
W. M. Smith
Shady Spring
Mr. Wood
George Samuel Lindsey
Poplar Hill
Howard Robertson
Bessie Lindsey
Cecil Lindsey
Narrows
Alva
Garnett
Wade
Kenneth Lindsey
Walter Mills
Maggie, Va
Randolph Palmer
Dublin
John Parcell
Boydton
Ernest Brown
Salt Sulphur Springs
John Stephens
Bane
Wesley's Chapel
Trigg
Robertson
West Funeral Home
James Lawrence Hart
Highland Avenue
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Elizabethton
Tenn
Hart
Johnson City
First Christian Church
Princeton Old Guard
Abbey Culp Hart
C. S. Wolford
Orlando
Fla
A. R. Grinstead
Bluefield
W. E. Culp
Mansfield
James L. and
Nannie Williams Hart
Seaver Mortuary
Myrtle Goodwin Meredith
E. J. Meredith
Goodwin's Ferry
Kemper Kessinger
Elsie Taylor
Radford
Marshall Meredith
William Meredith
Hoge’s Chapel
Williams Funeral Home
Pembroke
Kessinger
Boyd
John H
Richlands
First Baptist Church
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
Cedar Bluff Masonic Lodge
Order of Redmen
Tribe 28
Ex Princeton Official Brennam, 83, Dies at Home in Princeton
James C. Brennam longtime Princeton city street commissioner died Monday at his Princeton home from a heart attack. A New York native and Spanish American War veteran he lived in Princeton 20 years at 957 Mercer Street. Survived by two sons Alvin and James Brennam and a daughter Mrs. Carl Smith. Funeral by Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton. Bet we include his wife Lula Jones Brennam predeceased him.
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James C. Brennam
Princeton
Mercer Street
Oakvale
New York
Old Guard
Lula Jones Brennam
Alvin
James Brennam
Carl Smith
Bailey Funeral Home
Death Notice for A. T. Bower of Eckman
A. T. Bower of Eckman died Saturday night in a Welch hospital. Survived by four daughters and four sons, 14 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Body at Bennett Funeral Home Northfork. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. with burial at Monte Vista Cemetery.
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A. T. Bower
Eckman
Welch Hospital
Bower
Daisy Marion Bower
Tom Duvall
Elkhorn
Kenneth Whiteneck
Keystone
John Shupe
Bluefield
Gentry Willoughby
Greensboro
N.C
Claude, Ralph
Beverly Bower
Inglewood
Calif
Eugene Bower
Denny Hatfield Dies After Eight Month Illness
Denny Rodney Hatfield 18 of Hampden died in a Williamson hospital after an eight month illness. He was a Gilbert High School junior prior to withdrawal and is survived by parents Layton and Edna Cline Hatfield a wife Edith Dotson two brothers Gerald Stephen and three sisters Janet Judy Wanda. Funeral plans incomplete body to be moved from Adams Funeral Home Gilbert to Hampden residence of paternal grandparents at 3 p.m. today.
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Denny Rodney Hatfield
Hampden
Williamson
Gilbert High School
Layton
Edna Cline Hatfield
Church of God
Edith Dotson
Gerald
Stephen
Janet
Judy
Wanda
Adams Funeral Home
Gilbert
Sherman Hatfield
Multiple Funeral Services Scheduled Across Virginia and West Virginia
A list of funeral services for numerous individuals with provided ages, hometowns, church venues, service times, and interment locations. From Narrows to Bluefield and beyond, services occur today and Wednesday with interments at local cemeteries and churches under various funeral homes and lodges.
N and W Reports Industrial Growth and Earnings
The report highlights 46 new N and W industries with 10.5 million investment on sidings, plus 31 million invested in additions with 1 200 jobs. Average annual employment reached 15 505 with $5 481 pay. fringe benefits totaled 9.5 million. Dividends remained 1 and 4 dollars per share, with 29 601 shareholders.
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N&w
FBI probes nationwide newspaper puzzle swindle
A federal prosecutor said charges likely will go to a grand jury next week in a fraud scheme targeting eight newspapers including the Portland Oregonian and Journal and the Syracuse Herald Journal. The FBI described a ring using Suburban Publishers Ltd and Middlesex Trust Co to seed bogus contest solutions via interstate calls from Detroit and Canada.
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Detroit
U. S
Journal
FBI
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Labor Management Committee
Suburban Publishers, Ltd
Hoover
Middlesex Trust Co
P.O. Box
Byron
Ont
Canada
Purzle Solutions
Ontario
United States
Tazewell Men To Seek Office
Two more Tazewell County men announce bids for sheriff as GOP convention set for March 28 at the courthouse in Tazewell Richlands residents Bill Maynard and Ralph Hankins join Dan Altizer and Bob Brown already seeking the post Clarence Davis is the Democratic nominee the general election in November will pit Republican winner against Davis
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Tazewell
GOP
Bill Maynard
Richlands
Ralph Hankins
Maynard
Civil Air Patrol
Hankins
Phyllis Belcher
Dan Altizer
Bob Brown
Thompson Valley
Clarence Davis
Davis
State Plagued By Woods Fires In West Virginia
West Virginia faced a surge of forest fires with more than 60 blazes across the state Monday. Logan County reported 11 fires and Lincoln 10, as Kanawha Boone Mingo and Wayne counties each logged five. Assistant state forester Asher W. Kelly said 84 fires were counted statewide with about 80 percent in the south. The spring fire season runs March 1 through May 31.
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Logan County
Lincoln County
West Virginia
Asher W. Kelly
Kanawha
Boone
Mingo
Wayne
Kelly
Conservation Department
Lincoln
Flying Bank Robber Left Car Behind On Visit To Charleston
FBI list fugitive Frank Sprenz was in Charleston when a used two door sedan bought March 5 in White Sulphur Springs appeared abandoned in a local parking lot. Patrolman Ma han linked the car to the suspect after noting the license on an FBI list. Sprenz, 29, broke jail in Akron last April and since then has been at large. On March 2 he robbed a Hamilton bank of 25955 dollars and fled in a stolen airplane ending up in Indiana where he bought the car.
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Charleston
Frank Sprenz
FBI
Sprenz
White Sulphur Springs
Tom Mahan
Washington Street
Lprenz
Akron
Ohio
Hamilton
Indiana
YMCA Field Goal Shooting Contest At City Auditorium
A field goal shooting contest will be held during tonight’s YMCA gym class at City Auditorium. Members attending between 3 and 9 p.m. may compete for the prize, attempting 10 shots from beyond the foul line. Other activities include volleyball, basketball, badminton, exercises, and gym equipment.
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YMCA
City Auditorium
Beaver High School Honors Roll Named for First Six Weeks
Principal Lambert Arrington announced 14.7 percent of Beaver High School students made the honor roll for the second semester's first six weeks. Seniors lead with 50 of 100 composing the list, followed by sophomores and juniors. A full roster lists seniors, sophomores, and juniors with numerous names and two corrections for previously omitted A students.
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Beaver High School
Lambert Arrington
Barbara Asbury
Sidney Absher
Janice Anderson
Virginia Addington
Frances Alba
Ronald Bryant
Dale Bleck
Nancy Broyles
Larry Brooks
Norvell St. Clair
Ginger Scarberry
Gloria Proffitt
Linda Southern
Edward Post
Sue DeVault
Jane Francis
Stuart Graham
Joey Giampocaro
Larry Hodges
Pob Harry
Tommy Clark
Nancy Call
Brenda Caldwell
Betty Lou Combs
Jim Jackson
Jerry Lee
Hedy Harless
Jessica Hurst
Sandra Karnea
Joyce Long
Barbara Jones
Jack Stewart
Judd Sutherland
Charles Troup
Larry Wickham
Carol Zane Thompson
Barbara Warden
Sandra Weeks
Linda Jo Whitehead
Jack Martin
Donald Moore
William Penn
Marcia McMullin
Sheila Max
Jo Ann Morrison
Jerry Mitchin
Sandra Arrington
Alice Albright
Bergit Parkhard
Sandra Rose
James Saunders
Susan Richardson
Carol Hager
Nina Beth Hudson
Pauline Hurst
Donna Keatley
Gaye Litz
Susan Effron
Joyce Gladwell
Barbara Anne Hall
Martha Martin
Linda Marinelli
Betty Nelson
Delores Perdue
Sandra Strong
Mary Catherine Taylor
Thomas Austin
Sandra Bibb
Bob Gatherum
Barbara Dakin
Butch Farley
Cris Stone
Peggy Tucker
Barbara Bowes
George Ray Brooks
James F. Cole
Richlands DO-DE Clubs Honor Local Employers at Banquet
The Diversified Occupations and Distributive Education clubs at Richlands High School hosted an employer appreciation banquet at Wimpy Jones Cafe on March 18. Thirty firms were honored for supporting the part time vocational program in which students work afternoons in Richlands under supervised training. Guests included J L Walthall and Charles Warden.
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Diversified Occupations Club
Distributive Education Club
Richlands High School
Wimpy Jones
Richlands
J. L. Walthall
Tazewell County
Charles Warden
Harry Foglesong
Betty St. Clair
Irma Allen
Frances Lambert
CECO
Walthall
Cora Mullins
Margaret Lowry
Patsy Burruss
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will have fair and warm weather Tuesday with highs in the 60s in the east and 70s in the west. Clouds increase Wednesday with mild conditions and possible showers. Virginia expects Tuesday sunshine and warm temperatures 62 to 72 with Wednesday some cloudiness and little change.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Veteran James Kitts receives 50 year service pin
Norfolk and Western veteran James W. Kitts of 2121 Washington St. is awarded a 50 year diamond service pin for over five decades with N and W. He began as an engine watchman in 1906 and rose to engineer, later serving as assistant road foreman and as general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He plans retirement with a Florida trip and will turn 70 on April 20.
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Norfolk & Western Railway
James W. Kitts
Washington St
Kitts
N&w
Williamson
Bluefield
Richlands
Pocahontas
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Florida
Old 1913 Income Tax Form Vividly Simple Says Harrison
Rep Burr P Harrison cites a 1913 federal income tax form as mute but effective commentary on federal finances. He says the first-year form was simple compared with today’s complexity and burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burr P. Harrison
D-Va
Circuit Court Orders Entered in Mercer County Dismissals
The Mercer County Circuit Court dismisses several cases including Carnes Cecil vs A K Daugherty Brown Coal Co Henry Holt vs A K Daugherty Brown Coal Co Jessie Cecil vs same and Irene Besenger vs James G McReynolds. Guardians appointed in Graden Godfrey cases. Custody and support rulings include Geraldine Beasley vs William Beasley Jr and Alma Littlejohn vs Clarence Littlejohn with specified payments and fees. A divorce granted for Donna Lee Thomason McFadden. Child support reductions for Zora Cheatwood vs Ray B Cheatwood Jr and judgments for back payments. New suits filed include Gates vs Gates Goins vs Cole Baking Co Bobby Joe Frazier Crowgey Sausage Co and Snead damages.
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Mercer County
Carnes Cecil
A. K. Daugherty
Brown Coal Co
Henry Holt
Jessie Cecil
Irene Besenger
James G. McReynolds
Roscoe H. Pendleton
Lloyd Paul Godfrey
Graden Godfrey
Henry Tyree
Georgia Tyree
Graden B. Godfrey
Geraldine Beasley
William Beasley Jr
Alma Littlejohn
Clarence Alfred Littlejohn
Donna Lee Thomason McFadden
Fred Thomason
John W. McFadden
Zora Cheatwood
Ray B. Cheatwood Jr
William F. Gates
Mabel Gates
Glen Floyd Goins
Cole Baking Co
A Corporation
Bobby Joe Frazier
Joseph Casey
R. R
Blanche FE
Crowgey
Partners
Crowgey Sausage Co
Earl Snead
FBI Charges Three in Dayton Kidnapping Case
FBI filed kidnaping charges against Claude Akers 19 of Surosa W Va Andy Akers 18 and Ronald Foster 18 Dayton for forcing cab driver Orville Ashwood to drive to Dublin Indiana and rob him of 10 dollars. They were arrested in Indianapolis and await arraignment in Dayton after being held on auto banditry charges in Richmond Indiana.
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Dayton
Ohio
FBI
Indiana
E. D. Mason
Claude Akers
Surosa
Mingo County
W. Va
Andy
Ronald Foster
Indianapolis
Orville L. Ashwood
Dublin
Ind
U.S
H. Donald Hawkins
Richmond
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Cecil H. Underwood
Burton Junior Post
Post
Underwood
Industrial School For Girls
Salem
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Rockies
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Great Lakes
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Plains States
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Kiwanis Meeting
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J. L. Hart
Homer L. Tolbert
Homer Lee
William) Tolbert
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N. W. Looney
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Joseph Kirby
Wheeling Avenue
William and
Myrtle G. Meredith
John I. Sparks
John Irvin Sparks
Cedar Bluff
Abingdon
Baca ‘Brooks
Chilhowie
Sparks
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Amonate
Dry Fork
Jonah
Rebecca Smith Sparks
Creole Rasnake Sparks
Dixie Heath
Bandy
Bada Brooks
Betty Asbury
North Tazewell
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Billy
Dallas Ray
U. S. Army
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Sam
J. T. Sparks
Anna
Mantua
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Beulah Vandyke
Mary Myers
Philadelphia
Rebecca Walker
Cleveland
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Bonapart
W. Ball
Bonapart W. Ball
Davenport
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Hattie Ball
Ida Hale
Eunice Presley
Council
Oden Ball
Honaker, Va
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Jimmy‘s
Neer Restaurant
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Thomas J
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Ronceverte
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State Conservation Department
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Soon-Shaggy Dog
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