Second Offense Jury Deliberates Drunk Driving Case
Raleigh County Criminal Court jurors began deliberations at 10 40 a m today in the state against William Frank lin Edmonds Bradley indicted for drunk driving second offense Judge Harry L McCreery instructed the jury to return a verdict of guilty or not guilty with a potential jail term of six months to one year and a 10 year license revocation The prosecution argued Edmonds drove on the wrong side of Valley Drive sped to 70 mph and ignored a spotlight and siren while four defense witnesses from the Hey A Club testified to Edmonds sobriety and character including Mrs Sadie Treadway and Glenna Barker who described mixed relationships and a sleepy incident at the club The defense contends officers misrepresented facts and questioned their pursuit and use of a spotlight while Edmonds maintains he pulled into a Warren's Esso Station and was not intoxicated Several officers testified Edmonds refused sobriety tests and multiple character witnesses testified to his good reputation
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Raleigh County
Thomas Canterbury
Valley Drive
Edmonds
Canterbury
Rural Acres Drive
Warren
Esso
Sadie Treadway
Glenna Barker
Luchini
Thomas Durrett
Earl Miller
Miller
Durrett
Sprague Hill
H. B. James
Hey-U
Brich
Birch
David Bales
Beckley
Mason Walker
Wilbert Hodge
C. E. Gray
Bradley
Glenna Braker
Eccles
Percy Mullins
Mullins
State Eyes New Correctional Forestry Camp
CHARLESTON UPI A plan to establish a new boys forestry camp will be discussed April 11-12 at Blackwater Falls State Park. West Virginia officials consider moving the camp to a 3,000 acre Tucker County site to provide vocational education and improve housing. WVU will test inmates to tailor education programs. An earlier bid to buy Don Bosco School in Randolph County for the project was dropped after price demands exceeded offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Aing
Blackwater Falls
Davis
Tucker County
Chauncey Browning
West Virginia
Browning
West Virginia University
Board of Public Works
Randolph County
McNamara tests prompt leakage inquiry across departments
Blanchard's group questioned 60 Air Force personnel, 41 in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and 20 in the Navy through Tuesday. Some expressed amusement while others were angry at being asked to take polygraph tests. The Defense Department acknowledged the leaked story lacked secrecy classification and officials questioned what could be done to identify the source of the leak, with Arthur Sylvester saying he did not know of any remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchard
Air Force
Office
Secretary of Defense
Navy
Defense Department
Defense
Arthur Sylvester
Doan's Pills Offer Relief for Backache and Sleepless Nights
Nagging backache and tiredness from overwork or stress may upset sleep. Doan's Pills ease pain and bladder irritation with mild diuretic action, helping kidneys function and deliver relief millions have trusted for decades. Get the large size today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
Aerial Mapping Planned for Highland Scenic Highway
Senator Jennings Randolph and State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers announced aerial mapping will begin within 10 days to survey the tentative 160 mile Highland Scenic Highway in eastern West Virginia. The route would traverse Monongahela National Forest from Germania to Richwood, with spur roads to Sherwood Lake and other points of interest, climbing to 4,500 feet near Black Mountain and following the Allegheny crest to U.S. 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
APS
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Burl Sawyers
West Virginia
Germania
Grant County
Richwood
Nicholas County
Monongahela National Forest
Summit Lake
Kennison Mountain
Cranberry Glades
Glades
Sherwood Lake
Black Mountain
Williams River
Gauley Mountain
Cheat Cne
Spruce Knob Lake
Allegheny Mountains
U. S. 50
Fear of Germany Drives Kennedy NATO Nuclear Plan
London dispatch reports Labor leader Harold Wilson returning from Washington says U S proposals for a NATO nuclear deterrent were hastened by fear of a possible German nuclear force. Wilson notes talks with President Kennedy were confidential and that NATO deterrence is not a fixed American plan. He cites strong interest in Washington about Germany.
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London
UPI
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Wilson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Germany
Cherry Blossom Time in Washington Brings Tourists
Washington celebrates peak cherry blossoms as record warm weather brings the iconic blooms to full color around the tidal basin. An April 2 high of 89 degrees helped trigger the week-long festival, drawing hundreds of thousands who plan to visit over the next 10 days.
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Washington
UPI
Tidal Basin
Khrushchev Demands Moscow Talks With Mao Over Sino Soviet Rift
Moscow's Central Committee letter to Beijing calls for peace talks in Moscow and sets May 15 as a potential meeting date. It asserts Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence policy, backs Yugoslavia’s Tito regime, and pledges continued support for wars of national liberation, signaling a deepening split with Maoist China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
S. Khruschev
Red China
Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Peking
Mao
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Chinese Party
Kremlin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Tass
Moscow Radio
Communist Party
Pravda
Steel firms deny grand jury price fixing indictments
U S Steel Corp and Armco Steel Corp denied federal grand jury indictments charging seven steel makers with conspiring to fix prices for railroad and transit products. Named were Bethlehem Steel Edgewater Steel Taylor Forge and Pipe Works and Alco Products Inc. Atty. Gen. Kennedy said railroads and transit systems were deprived of free price competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
API
US Steel Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Edgewater Steel
Oakmont
Taylor Forge and Pipe Works
Cicero
Ill
Alco ‘Products Inc
New York City
U.S. Steel
Armco
Middletown
Ohio
Flood Teams Inspect Schools in Beckley and Raleigh County
Federal and state teams survey flood damages across 19 county schools and grounds in Beckley and Raleigh County this morning. Officials assess extent of damage and needed repairs in the wake of flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh County
Soviet Lunik 4 trip near moon sparks cautious optimism
Tass reports Lunik 4 has traveled 134215 miles in the first 24 hours of a planned 3 day flight toward the moon. Soviet scientists, while noting progress, warn that a landing is far from assured and emphasize unresolved lunar mysteries before manned interplanetary flights. Red Star cautions about an orbital bomb concept tied to the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tass
Red Star
Daley Narrowly Retains Chicago Mayoral Victory
Daley won re election on Tuesday but with a reduced margin from 466672 to about 150000 votes. Republicans and independents boosted council seats to 10 of 50. Some observers see Adamowski, famed for 1960 vote fraud charges, as a possible next year governor candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adamowski
Cook County
Logan Hoopster Accepts Beckley College Grant
David Harkins of Logan High School, runnerup in the state tournament this past season, holds a grant in aid from Beckley College. Coach Joe Cook said the 6-5 hoopster may fill the shoes of Levi Lauvray, named to the West Virginia Conference first team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harkins
Logan High School
Beckley College
Joe Cook
Levi Lauvray
West Virginia
Welfare cuts spark push for extra funds in 90 day curb
In a budget note the welfare program faced a 65 percent relief payment level for the final quarter of the fiscal year after $477,399 was earmarked for the work and training program formerly tied to ADCU. Smith urged an additional $600,000 to restore cuts as Barron weighed a potential non session action to cover supplemental aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barron
Smith
Ravencliff Church To Host South Central District Convention
The Church of God of Prophecy in Ravencliff will host the South Central District Convention of Churches on April 12 and 13. Overseers Rev. M. A. Tomlinson of Cleveland Tennessee and Rev. M. A. Wilson of Charleston, plus district overseer G. A. Lanner of Seth, will supervise the two day event. Clerks include Miss Donna Mullens of Chesapeake and Miss Jane Lafferty of Ravencliff. Housing, entertainment, and usher duties are assigned to local church members Posey Tolliver Jim Brown Tom Duncan Rev. Giles Lucas John Lucas Dempsey Holston Norma Lanner and Miss Ruby Lafferty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravencliff
RNS
Church of God of Prophecy
Oak Grove Church
M. A. Tomlinson
Cleveland
Tenn
M. A. Wilson
Charleston
G. A. Lanner
Seth
Donna Mullens
Chesapeake
Jane Lafferty
Morris Harvey College
Posey Tolliver
Jim Brown
Tom Duncan
Giles Lucas
John Lucas
Dempsey Holston
Corinne
Norma Lanner
Ruby Lafferty
Police Cite Two Men For License Offenses In Beckley
Earnest Smith, 43, Beckley, ordered to appear in City Police Court Monday night on no operator's license charge after a citation at 8:10 p.m. Tuesday. Robert Haines, Beckley, arrested at 4:33 p.m. Tuesday on no registration card and expired Pennsylvania license, ordered to appear in Police Court Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Smith
Beckley
Robert Haines
Pennsylvania
Deaths And Funerals In Ca And Nearby Areas
William Floyd Bishop 67 of Stephenson died at 2 45 p m Tuesday in a Maliens hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage He was born June 1 1895 in Wyoming County a retired coal miner and deacon of Sand Gap Regular Baptist Church He survived by his wife Lilly Mae Mills Bishop four sons nine daughters three sisters a brother 55 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren Funeral services will be at 2 p m Friday at Sand Gap Regular Baptist Church burial at Shrewsbury Cemetery The body will be taken to Barkers Ridge home of Roy Lee Bishop by McDougal s Robertson and Fogle Funeral Home Other obituaries note Kirk Hurst 76 Crab Orchard funeral 2 p m Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel burial Little Cemetery Crab Orchard He was a retired coal miner formerly with Winding Gulf Coal Co Local Union 6147 and a Rosco Methodist Church member He is survived by two daughters a brother 13 grandchildren and was predeceased by his wife Laura Jones Hurst The body will stay at Home until funeral hour.
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William Floyd Bishop
Stephenson
Maliens
Wyoming County
David and
Paradine
Lester Bishop
Sand Gap
Bud
Roy Lee
Barkers Ridge
Edward Paul
Willie Hall
Midway
Ella Mae O’neal
Mary Shrewsbury
Alice Shrewsbury
Zeda Pearl Shrewsbury
Dollie Lusk
Herndon Heights
Bill
Wilmington
Del
Virgie McKinney
Basin
Evie Graham
Rebecca Jenkins
Martinsville
John Rinehart
Shrewsbury
Barkers
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Roy Lee Bishop
Kirk Hurst
Crab Orchard
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Jim Franklin
F. C. Calhoun
Little
Welch Hospital
Climax Springs
Thomas
Amanda Gayhorn Hurst
Winding Gulf Coal Co
Besoco
Union 6147
Resaco Methodist Church
Laura Jones Hurst
H. D. Lilly
Aldria
Ralph Sanders
Prosperity
Porter Hurst
Henryetta
Okla
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites scheduled for infant Jacqueline Jones
Jacqueline Jones eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Jones of Chicago Illinois was to be laid to rest at 2 pm today at Piney View Bible Church with Rev Carl Johnson officiating Burial would follow at Stamford Cemetery Survivors include maternal grandmother Mrs Thelma Bennett of Piney View and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William Jones of Chicago plus three half brothers Timmy Eddie and Jackie all at home The body was moved from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to Mrs Bennett's residence Tuesday
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Jacqueline Jones
Jack Jones
Chicago
Ill
Piney View Bible Church
Carl Johnson
Stamford
Thelma Bennett
Piney View
William Jones
Timmy
Eddie
Jackie
Webb and Neal
Final rites for Charles Yancey in Hinton and Front Royal
Charles Everett Yancey, 31, of Front Royal Virginia formerly Summers County, funeral service set for 10 a m at E M Meadows Funeral Home Hinton with Rev H P Hackney in charge. Burial planned in Front Royal. Yancey drowned Sunday in the river in a boat accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Everett Yancey
Front Royal
Summers County
E. M. Meadows
Hinton
H. P. Hackney
Yancey
Royal
Requiem Mass for Miss Sondra Kay Ames
Miss Sondra Kay Ames of Lanark dies after long illness at age 19. High Mass will be sung Thursday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church at 9 am, with burial at Meador Cemetery in Pluto. Rosary follows at 7 pm in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sondra Kay Ames
Lanark
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Sylvester Staud
Meador
Pluto
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Final rites for Mrs Hettie McClung in Poe
Mrs Hettie Frances McClung 81 of Poe dies after a long illness at a daughter’s home. Funeral services set for Thursday at Bethel Methodist Church with Rev Joe Brown and Rev Clyde Harler presiding. Burial in Summers Cemetery at Lockwood. Surviving daughters Mary Dye of Fayetteville and Garvis Hypes of Poe. Born May 1 1881 in Nicholas County to William and Susan Rhodes. Widow of Morgan Alex McClung died 1946. Funeral arrangements by Waters Funeral Home Summersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hettie Frances McClung
Poe
Bethel Methodist Church
Joe Brown
Clyde Harler
Summers
Lockwood
McClung
Garvis Hypes
Mary Dye
Fayetteville
William and
Susan Quarry Rhodes
Nicholas County
Morgan Alex McClung
Missionary Baptist Church
Swiss
Waters Funeral Home
Summersville
Final rites for Mrs Biddie Hunt in Baileysville
Mrs Biddie L Morgan Hunt 78 of Baileysville dies after long illness in Huntington hospital. Service set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Baileysville Gospel Tabernacle with Rev Edgar Beverley officiating. Burial in Clear Fork family cemetery. Survivors include four sons five daughters and numerous relatives. Evans Funeral Home Oceana to transport to church one hour before service.
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Biddie L. Morgan Hunt
Baileysville
Lula Jarrett
Roanoke
Addie Chambers
Hanover
Eddie Moore
Bluefield
Hazel Booth
Silver Springs
Hatter Chambers
St. Albans
Julius Chambers
Matewan
Dewey
Herbert Chambers
Clear Fork
Woodrow Chambers
Thelma Aliff
A. D. Fox
Ora Goodman
Hatcher
Carrie Sapp
Cleveland
Onlo
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Final rites for Grandview man William R. Johnson
William Roby Johnson 75 of Grandview died at 6 a.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Grandview Christian Church with Rev. Allen Nance officiating. burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. A retired coal miner formerly with The New River Coal Co. and a member of Local Union 7086 UMWA, he was born January 16, 1888 in North Carolina. Surviving are Rosa Worley Johnson, two sons Forest W. Johnson of Alexandria Kentucky and Denzil G. Johnson of Cleveland Ohio, four daughters Viola Hatcher of Beckley, Clarice Bailey of Prosperity, Murial Carper of Tacoma Park Maryland, Urbana Mays of Ohio, three half brothers J. B. Shores of Harrisonburg Pennsylvania, Basil Shores of [illegible].
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Roby Johnson
Grandview
William and
Mollie Johnson
Rosa Worley Johnson
Forest W
Alexandria
Denzil G
Cleveland
Ohio
James
Viola) Hatcher
Beckley
Carl
Clarice) Bailey
Prosperity
Jackson
Murial) Carper
Tacoma Park
Arnold
Salem Plans Three Dormitories Under Pay Later Plan
New York based CIT announces a "use now pay later" dorm plan for colleges. Two projects signed for Salem College in Salem West Virginia and Ricker College in Houston Maine. Dorms to be built by a CIT subsidiary and leased to the schools for up to 12 years with student rents covering payments. At lease end title transfers to the colleges, generating long term income for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPD
C.I.T. Financial Corporation
Salem College
Salem
W. Va
Ricker College
Houston
C.st
L. Walter Lundell
C.I.T
Multiple Punishment For Mount Hope Man By Magistrate Rodriguez
Mount Hope resident Lad Ray Orville Ray Clifford was punished by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on two traffic violations. He received 10 days in Raleigh County Jail for a driving offense, a 24 hour mandatory sentence, six month license revocation, a $50 fine plus costs, and remand to jail for nonpayment. Additional jail time followed for no operator’s license, plus a separate $10 fine and costs. State Police jailed him at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Ray Clifford
Mount Hope
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh
Ank
Jack. H. Graham
Calloway Heights
Jane Graham
Margaret Gillespie
Michael C. Tipton
Pemberton
W. A. Burke
Geneva Arrington
Lynco
Burke
Clifford Sergent
Odd
Sergent
Sheriff’s Deputies
Thomas Shrewsbury
Aubrey Delph
Josephine
Isiah Frazier
Moncks Corner
S. C
Rodriguez
U. S
Dora Lee Sergent
Beckley
Jimmie C. Souder
Bibb Avenue
Lester H. Vaught
Midway
W.va
Earlene C. Bray
William Booth
Shady Spring
W. Va
James H. Meek
Charleston
Charles L. Haydon
Sprague
Wanda L. Kiser
Funeral services pending for Henry Nathan Shumaker
Henry Nathan Shumaker 80 of Scarbro Route 1 died Tuesday in Beckley sanitarium after a long illness. Retired The New River Coal Co. Thurmond employee born January 7, 1883 in Clifton Forge Virginia. Survived by sons George Richmond Kenneth Charles. daughters Mrs Reese Deloroso Scarbro Route 1 Mrs O A Light Garden Grove Calif Mrs Wallace Dempsey Scarbro. stepson Ralph Shreves Carlisle. sisters Miss Ann Shumaker Mrs Lilly Counts Covington Virginia. 21 grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Henry Nathan Shumaker
Scarbro
Route 1
Beckley
New River Coal Co
Thurmond
Clifton Forge
George
Richmond
Kenneth
Rand
Charles
Cleveland
Ohio
Reese Deloroso
O. A. Light
Garden
Final rites for Billy Hicks held in Sandstone Church
William Noel Hicks aged 28 of Sandstone dies after long illness at home. Funeral in Sandstone Baptist Church with ministers E C Wheeler Harmon Gray and John Kinder. burial at Layland Cemetery. Survives include sister Mrs James Ayres of Glen White. Funeral by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle. Also note Ted Straeter, 49, society orchestra leader, dies in Palm Beach Florida after recording The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Noel
Billy) Hicks
Sandstone
Sandstone Baptist Church
E. C. Wheeler
Harmon Gray
John Kinder
Layland Cemetery
Hicks
James Ayres
Glen White
Leona Ayres Hicks
Samuel A. Hicks
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Val H Whaley former Ledger editor dies at 82
Washington UPI reports Perci val H Whaley aged 82, former editor in chief of the Philadelphia Evening Ledger, died Monday at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Percival H. Whaley
Philadelphia Evening Ledger
Death of Anezka Hodi nova Spurna, Czech Parliament Leader
Anezka Hodi nova Spurna, the second president of the Czechoslovak parliament, died in Prague on Tuesday at age 68. Born in Prague, she led parliamentary sessions during a pivotal era and was a prominent political figure in Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
UPI
Anezka Hodinova-Spurna
Prague
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Pushkin Dies at 54
Moscow dispatch reports Georgy Pushkin, deputy foreign minister and noted member of the Soviet diplomatic corps, aged 54, died Tuesday per Tass. The official agency did not release a cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Georgy Pushkin
Tass
Puerto Rico Judge Romany Dies at 71 of Cancer
Judge Marcelino Romany, 71, who stirred nationwide attention at the 1952 Republican convention by calling for a poll of Puerto Rico’s three delegates, died of cancer on Monday in San Juan Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P.R
Marcelino Romany
Puerto Rico
Kennedy department note cites Cuba demand on raids
Czech Ambassador Miloslav Ruzek delivered the note and summarized its contents. He said Cuba also demanded that the United States act to stop raids by anti Castro refugees. The State and Justice departments have already tightened preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Partment
Miloslav Ruzek
Cuba
United States
State and Justice Departments
Grass Fire Put Out Near Westwood Drive
Beckley Fire Department responded to 349 Westwood Dr at 11 25 a m to extinguish a minor grass fire with no damages reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Westwood Dr
No cork for concealment in a hot potato saying
A pithy saying notes that attempting to hide or conceal matters is futile as a hot potato cannot accommodate a cork. The proverb underscores the futility of hiding or delaying exposure in a tricky situation.
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State Eyes New Correctional Forestry Camp
McNamara
P. c/o
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Beckley, W. Vo
M. O
Monument CO
Harper
USS
Daley
Logan Hoopster
Ravencliff Church
William Bishop
Charles E. Yancey
Sondra Ames
Hettie McClung
Mrs. Biddie Hunt
William R. Johnson
Ray
Henry Shumaker
William Hicks
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