Funerals Today Across Counties Gather for Services
Alfred Lewis-Gassaway Corkhill and Topi Hartiitt lead funeral notices. Rina Kate-Rongeverte Pullen to be laid to rest at Riverview Cemetery with Wallace Funeral Home. Loys B.-Akron Ohio formerly Charleston to service at Sehermesser Funeral Home. Carrie Elsie-Victor Rice to be honored at Thomas Funeral in Ansted with Westlake Cemetery. George C.-Boggs Roberts to services at Boggs Community Church. Elsie Ann Skaggs of Hurricane to Memorial at Summers. John Spears of Braxton County to Heaters Church cemetery. Eva Myri Snoderly to Orient Hill Baptist Church. Ollie Chandler Thornburgh formerly Hurricane to Pine Grove Church. Tetlie Workman to Workmans Creek Church services.
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Corkhill
Alfred Lewis
Gassaway
Topi
Hartiitt
Sugar Crack
Pullen
Rina Kate — Rongeverte
Wallace Wallace
Nrfe
Riverview
Mill
Loys B
Akron
Ohig
Charleston
Sehermesser
Crown Hill Memorial Park
Twinsberg
Ohio
Skaggs
Elsie Ann — Hurricane
White Funeral Home
Summers Dotson-Sampson
Kessters “Cross Lanes
Spears
John
Braxton Conty
Tlehengl Methodist Church Church
Thornburgh
Ollie Chandler - Whiting
Ind
Hurricane
Pine Grove
Church
Workman
Tetlie
Clear Creek
Ralriga County
Workmans Creek Methodist Church
British Youth Idol Sings For Graham
Cliff Richard sang at Billy Graham’s London crusade at Earls Court with clergy present. The 25 year old pop idol told the crowd the Christian life works and dedicates life to Christ. More than 25,000 attended with 5,000 overflow as 1,673 members came forward at the close.
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London
Cliff Richard
Billy Graham
Cliff
Havney Mills
Earls Court Stadium
Victim in Louisiana crash to be honored at South Charleston church
Service set for Donald Ray Pauley at First Methodist Church South Charleston at 2 p m Saturday burial in Cunningham Memorial Park. Pauley 40 of 2508 Woodland Ave South Charleston died Wednesday from injuries in a Louisiana auto crash. Union Carbide Tait Plant employee and World War II veteran he belonged to South Charleston First Methodist Dunbar Majostic Lodge Scottish Rite Bodies. Surviving wife Patricia daughter Susan Lynn sons Donald M and David father D Ray Sr brother Steven sisters Betty Hammer Patsy Dunn Lois Bailey Nancy Loucke half siblings Michael Kelly and Clara. Body at Snodgrass Funeral Home.
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South Charleston
Donald Ray
Pauley
Cunningham Memorial Park
Woodland Ave
Marren
Louisiana
Union Carbide
Tony Awards Go To Lansbury Kiley Harris and Holbrook
Angela Lansbury and Richard Kiley won acting honors for musical roles while Rosemary Harris and Hal Holbrook received drama prizes at New York Broadway’s Tony Awards. La Mancha named best musical. Marat Sade best play. 16 awards total with La Mancha claiming five.
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New York
Angela Lansbury
Richard Kiley
Rosemary Harris
Hal Halbrook
Frankie Michaels
Dunbar Geography Teacher Wins Maryland Fellowship
Mrs. Christine C. Humphreys, geography teacher at Dunbar Junior High School, has been awarded a fellowship to study at a summer geography institute at the University of Maryland.
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Christine C. Humphreys
Dunbar Junior High School
University of Maryland
Attacks Kill Mother and Son in Boone County
Madison woman Gracie Fowler died of a heart attack hours after her son Cecil 47 was killed at work for R B Coal Co. in Nellis Boone County. Survivors include husband Millard and several children. joint service planned at Bradsaw Funeral Home in Danville.
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Madison
Gracie Fowler
Cecil
Ridgeview
Boone County
R&b Coal Co
Nellis
Eugene
Bertha Ball
Clearcy Wheatly
Danville
Enzie Adkins
Leet
Fowler
Lottie
Shirley Thompson
Linda Holstein
Pennsylvania
Millard G
Bobby G
Bradshaw Funeral Home
Stanley Cemetery
Mud
Trucker Fatal Crash Kills Two West Virginians in Ind
Two West Virginia truckers died in a fiery collision of semi-trailers on U S 35 and Ind 1 near Hagerstown Indiana. James Franklin Wilson, 44, Webster Springs, and Robert Thayer, 41, Fairmont, were killed. Kenneth Sorrell, 30, Eldorado, Ohio, driver of the other truck, was hospitalized in critical condition with burns. Wilson served in World War I and held a Purple Heart. Burial will be at Point Mountain Cemetery after services in Webster Springs.
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Richmond
Ind
West Virginia
Hagerstown
James Franklin Wilson
Webster Springs
W. Va
Robert Thayer
Fairmont
Kenneth Sorrell
Eldorado
Ohio
Sorrell
Reid Memorial Hospital
Nadine Lewis
Maxine Coakley
Mary Belle Cochran
Dodd [ Hurt
South Charleston takes step toward urban renewal push
South Charleston council moved toward urban renewal by agreeing to meet with the Charleston Urban Renewal Authority to review the workable program. Mayor Mellwain and City Attorney Bowles to discuss failures and recertification needs, with funds and code upgrades cited as prerequisites for federal approval.
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South Charleston
Honter Padon
LO. Mellwein
Charleston
Padon
McTiwain
Carl Mullen
Mullen
McIlwain
Jcity
Council
House panel skirts open housing vote in civil rights bill
Washington brief: A House judiciary subcommittee, unhappy with administration concessions to Republicans, ducked a test vote on open housing. Chairman Emanuel Celler sent the contentious section to the full committee without recommendation and criticized Attorney General Katzenbach for reportedly discussing changes with Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Emanuel Celler
Judiciary Committee
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Varied Foreign Aid Plans Okayed by Committees
President Johnson’s foreign aid program won committee approval in both chambers with only small funding reductions. The House Foreign Affairs Committee backed a two year authorization while the Senate Foreign Relations Committee supported one year. Johnson urged a five year authorization to enable better planning, signaling a protracted legislative battle ahead.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defeat Seen for 50 Democrats in Congress over Vietnam War
The National Committee for an Effective Congress reported that at least 50 pro administration Northern and Western Democratic congressmen face defeat in November due to the Vietnam War. It warns the war strikes directly at the Great Society’s loyal friends in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
National Committee For An Effective Congress
Great Society
Congress
Nonpartisan
Industrial Output Rises in May
Industrial production increased nearly 1 percent in May 1957-58, topping the prior year’s level by 9 percent. The Federal Reserve Board released the May figure on Thursday, noting a revised April index of 153.6 percent. The index tracks output across mines, mills and factories.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Scrolls Return to Jordan After 18 Month Display
In Amman the Dead Sea Scrolls, wrapped in 36 boxes, were flown back midweek after an 18 month exhibition. Chief Lester Casto of the Tyleriig months on display in the Mountain Volunteer Fire Depart ment said a fire at Monta Vista Drive caused $2000 damage and is under investigation. Firemen contained the blaze with the seized scrolls secure at the Museum of Antiquities. The report notes no fireman named William Davidson as quoted by Casto.
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Amman
Jordan
Lester Casto
Tyleriig
Mountain Volunteer Fire
Iment
United States
Canada
Britmot
Monta Vista Drive
Gazette
Fan “Museum of Antiquities
Casto
William Davidson
Jury hears claim of false arrest in Fayette case
In Fayetteville West Virginia Calvin Smith sues Maddy and Fidelity and Deposit Co alleging mistreatment after a December 19 arrest during demonstrations opposing Sunday Blue Law. Smith seeks $10 000 claiming unlawful detention coercion and false arrest by Maddy who allegedly showed a badge and arrested him for a non existent disorderly conduct offense. The trial proceeded with nine women and three men jurors.
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Fayetteville
Ar Smith
Oak Hill
William R
Maddy
Calvin Smith
Fidelity and Deposit Co
Maryland
Smith
Frank Majhan
Mahan
West Virginia
Third Man Becomes Ill Dies In Charleston Case Of Accidental Poisoning
A 33 year old man Roy Thomas Beaver Jr. died in Charleston General Hospital after illness linked by police to accidental methyl alcohol poisoning. Three other men age 55, 39 and 58 were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Beaver was an automobile mechanic with family surviving as listed. Funeral arrangements at Cunningham Funeral Home.
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Roy Thomas Beaver Jr
Pacific St
Charleston General Hospital
R. T. Beaver Sr
Co. P. (Pearl) Legg
Point Pleasant
Howard Schoolcraft
Charleston
Charles Lambert
MacCorkle Ave
Everett Turley
Goshorn St
Beaver
Kanawha County
Marian
Nicholas Man Fatally Wounds Self With Gun
A Lockwood County man, Harold Lee Stewart, 37, was found dead Thursday morning near his home from a self inflicted gunshot. A World War I veteran and miner, he survived by a brother French and two sisters Esther and Norva miles. The body lies at Combs Funeral Home in Gauley Bridge.
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Lockwood
Nicholas County
Harold Lee Stewart
French Af Beckley
Roba Elizabeth Oe
Esther Robertson
Jersey
Norva Miles
Combs Funeral
Gauley Bridge
Vacation Bible School Planned at Clendenin Church of God
Church of God plans a Vacation Bible School starting at 7 p m Monday at Clendenin Church of God and continuing each evening through Saturday Director Jack Suttle says it is open to all ages including adults
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Clendenin Church of God
Jack Suttle
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Carl Mc Danie
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Milford
Edward
Belva Cooper
Inez Keefer
C. C
Valley View Cemetery
Allen Funeral Home
Collins
Cameron Preston
Williamsburg
Greenbriers County
Clifton Forge
Ina
Virginia
Will Arbergast
Vinton
Lucille C Russell
Lewisburg
Co. P. Jr
St. Louis
Jack Wallace
Crites
Vicle
White White Funeral Home
Richwood
Sacred Heart Hospital
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Robert L. Crites
Nitro
John L
Crook
Dewey McKay
Perry Methodist Church
Shady Spring
Crook Cemetery
Cool Ridge
Mr. Crook
Tampa
Fla
Raleigh County
Rose-Cursenberry Funeral Home
Dilley
George T
Tyree Fneral
High Lawn Memorial Park
Mr. Dilley
Rt. 1
Evans
Emory
Keyser-Bryant Funeral
Davis
Mount Tabor
Clendenin St
Kent
Annie
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Meadow Haven
Ingram Branch
Anderson
Hairston Funeral Home
Montgomery
William C
Shiloh Baptist Church
Harper Heights
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie Johnson
Tincher
Lillie Frances
Pleasant View
Church of the Brethren
Gatewood
Rt 1
Lee B
Ray
Charles
Billy
Robert
S. C
Laurel
Shirley Compton
Jessup
Charles ,Toombs
Covington
Dodd Payne Funeral Home
Visgatis
Benjamin F
St. John's Episcopal Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Wisgalis
Washington St
Simpson- Chandler Funeral Home
Withrow
Virginia V
Fayette County
Fayetteville Methodist Church
Huse Memorial Park
Tyree
Accormick
Ernest Clyde
Cocoa
Tormerry Chelyan
Chelyan First Baptist Church
Merorial Park
Snoderly
Eva Myri
Baxter
Marion County
Orient Hil Baptist Church
Reorelle
Graham
Wien
Donald Pauley
Rite
Dunbar
Boone
Call Mountain Mission
Castoh
Ura
S.C
Woodrow McComis
McKwain
McComis
G Street
Tha Mavor
Rowloc
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Texas Toast
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Fayette
Sion
Pat RB
Hamilton
Donald Hodson
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Self
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Ives
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