Wilbur Sued For $50,000 In Beckley Car Crash
A $50,000 suit was filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court against William A. Wilbur of Beckley on behalf of J. W. Kessinger. The complaint alleges Wilbur, driving a Bays Buick Inc. car, struck Kessinger at the First Avenue and Neville Street intersection on January 9, 1961, with negligence. Injuries include a compound fracture of the leg shortening, knee ligament damage, nasal contusion, and a cerebral concussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Wilbur
Beckley
Raleigh County
J. W. Kes
William
Princeton
Wilbur
Kessinger
First Avenue
Neville Street
Sanders
Bays Buick, Inc
Stolen Safe Found Today at Oak Hill Lowe's burglary
A 500 pound safe taken from Lowe's of Oak Hill Tuesday night was found on Loch gelly road today by a State Road Commission employee. The safe contained 350 dollars in cash and 420 dollars in checks. Police Chief Howard Janney investigated, noting entry was from the inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Lowe's
Lochgelly
State Road Commission
A. R. Gresham
Oaks
Howard Janney
Sprague Man Remanded After Hearing Over Room and Board
Carl Ferguson was remanded to Raleigh County Jail this morning by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez in lieu of a $20 fine plus costs on a charge of failure to pay room and board. He was arrested Tuesday by a constable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ferguson
Raleigh County
Joe Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Radiation Monitoring Station Set For State
The State Health Department announced a new radiological monitoring station supplied by the U S Public Health Service will be installed atop the Statehouse parking garage, joining a national surveillance system to provide daily radiation level readings and immediate warning of spikes. Health Director N H Dyer said the system reduces lag from month to month and improves vigilance during the rainy season and fallout concerns. He stressed that while occasional high readings cause public worry, sustained harmful levels have not yet occurred and precaution is prudent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPS
State Department
Lair
Gee Re
West Virginia
Oman
U. S. Public Health Service
Statehouse
Sumivision
Ones Health
Rockville
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
Atari
Sai Dyer
Drunk Driving Trial Opens in Raleigh County Court
Opening statements were made in a Raleigh County drunk driving trial for Dillard H. Foster of Elkins Maryland before lunch. Foster’s counsel Brown H. Payne argued the defense would claim officers were angered by his refusal to take a breathalyzer test. Foster said he had driven all night to Beckley and was arrested about 5 30 p m on January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Dillard H. Foster
Elkins
Brown H. Payne
Foster
Beckley
Thomas Canterbury
Anthony J. Sparacino
Leona Milam
Elmer J. St. Clair
Emil Meadows
Edward James
Robert Thacker
Arthur Henson
Pel
Harry L. McCreery
Robert N. Williams
Williams
Joseph Wade
Wade
Paul J. Fourney
Beckley Arrests and Warnings Reported in Raleigh County
Beckley resident James V Dunn was jailed at Raleigh County Jail on a peace warrant after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Toney Waverly paid a $5 fine at 9:35 a.m. today for a dog running loose. Carl Armstrong of Stanaford was released at 10:30 a.m. after a peace warrant was dismissed by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. he had been jailed Monday by a constable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Dunn
E. Main St
Raleigh
Beckley
Toney Waverly
Carl Armstrong
Stanaford
Joe Rodriguez
Explosion case linked to warehouse near city factory zone
Explosives described as a plasticizer or reducer were used at a warehouse in a manufacturing area near the ee district. Residents up to five miles away heard the blasts. A Cadet Chemical Co truck from Burt, New York, delivered chemicals owned by McKesson & Robbins of Providence to be stored for New England delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadet Chemical Co
Burt
N.Y
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Providence
R.I
New England
Syria Sees Military Leaders Arrested and Exile Reported
Syria under arrest after a coup. Seven army officers accused of leading the overthrow are in exile in Switzerland. Reports say Homs leaders demanded their departure and envisaged a provisional government to oversee a referendum on Syria rejoining the UAR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Homs
Syria
U.A.R
Trial Continues In Damage Suit In Beaver Case
A damage suit over injuries to Mrs. Parke from a Beaver area car collision proceeds with testimony from Dr. Maalsten. Eyewitness W R Moss described sighting the car at about 30 mph from a church area window as Mrs. Parke crossed. Witnesses noted poor lighting and conflicting statements on whether car lights were on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathel
Parke
Moss
Mabes
Sher
Peggy DeHart
Beckley
James Lilly
Daniels
Eichmann Wife Visitation Granted After Supreme Court Ruling
Adolf Eichmann’s wife will be allowed to visit the convicted Nazi mass murderer after the Supreme Court ruled on his appeal from a death sentence. Eichmann has not seen his wife since he was seized by Israeli agents near their Buenos Aires home and spirited to Israel to stand trial for the World War II murder of 6 million Jews. In Algiers and Oran, gunmen and bombers of the Secret Army Organization staged hit and run attacks as French troops with helicopters searched southwest of the city for ex Colonel Jean Gardes and remnants of his OAS faction. Five convicts who escaped from San Quentin were recaptured near Santa Venetia, ten miles north of the prison, after giving up without a fight. State briefs note local deaths and appointments including Gov. Barron sending President Kennedy the first issue of Travel West Virginia, and Braxton County Court naming William M. Kidd to replace the late E Oldham Berry as county prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Eichmann
Supreme Court
Eichmann
Buenos Aires
Israel
Secret Army
Algiers
Oran
Jean Gardes
OAS
San Quentin
Santa Venita
Quincy A. Samples
Procius
Clay County
W. W. Barron
Travel
West Virginia
Kennedy
Braxton County
William M. Kidd
E. Oldham Berry
Berry
Open Meetings Servants and Board Discussion Guidance
Joyce urged boards to limit executive sessions to tentative discussions and refrain from final action there. He advised delaying ballots on questions until public meetings where everyone can speak, reserving final decisions for open sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce
Program Tonight By Reno Singers At Memorial Baptists
The Rev. Jim Franklin pastor of Memorial Baptists Church announced a Reno singing group will present a program at the church at 7:30 tonight in Charlotte North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Franklin
Memorial Baptists Church
Reno Singing Group
Charlottee
N. C
Clyde McCoy Undergoes Minor Surgery At Raleigh General
Clyde McCoy of 304 Whitestick Road is listed in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a minor operation performed Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde McCoy
Whitestick Rd
Raleigh General Hospital
Funeral services held for Rev George J Wilson
Funeral services for the Rev. George J. Wilson 61 of 201 Fayette Ave Mount Hope were set for 1 30 p m Friday at Fayetteville Baptist Church with Rev Edward Abrams presiding Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery He died at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness Friends may visit the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home after 8 p m today until 11 30 m Friday when the body will be taken to the church Pallbearers will be deacons from Hilltop and Fayetteville Baptist churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Wilson
Fayette Ave
Mount Hope
Fayetteville Ba
Edward Abrams
Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
Wilson
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Trent and Durgan
Hilltop
Fayetteville
Funeral notices for W R Vaught and others in Norfolk and Beckley
Deaths include W R Vaught 56 of Norfolk who died in Statesboro Ga after a heart attack. Survivors are wife Lucille son Wade and three daughters. Also Mrs Myrtle Samples Neel 91 of Smithton Pa died, survived by husband William S Neel and daughter Mrs Marshall Charleston. Roy White 59 of 317 G St. died of apparent heart attack. services set at Ebenezer Baptist Church with burial in Final rites at Sunset Memorial Park. Funeral arrangements handled by Webb Neal and Wright Anderson funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming County
Bus) Vaught
Norfolk
Roe
Saturns
Vaught
S. I. Smith Jr
Mullens
Statesboro
Lucille
Wade R. Vaught Jr
Willard F. Harrell Jr
Nicholas Faella
W. C. Etherridge
Laurel, Md
Mrytilla Samples Neel
Smithton
John
Malissa Samples
William S. Neel
Gore
Presbyterian Church
Register
Marshall Charleston
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
James W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Roy White
G St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey
White
Barbara White
Beckley
Susie White
Alderson
Wright and Anderson
Incomplete Arrangements for Mine Death Ralph D. Bledsoe
Ralph D. Bledsoe 37 died instantly in an Is land Creek Coal Co mine accident at Wy oming at 3 p.m. Tuesday while operating a pin-up machine. He left a wife Zeda Marie Spence Bledsoe and two sons Jerry and Gary at home, six siblings, and a wide circle of relatives. Born March 9 1925 in Princeton he was World War II veteran. The body lies at McDougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home In Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph D. Bledsoe
Island Creek
McDougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Raleigh County Opens Evening Hours for May Primary Registration
The Raleigh County Clerk's Office remains open 6 to 8 p m Thursday for voters to register for the May primary. C O Smitty Smith notes hundreds have visited recently for new registrations changes or verifications. Absentee ballots for armed forces are available through April 27 and by mail to families. other absent voters may apply April 8–28, with ballots obtainable in person April 28–May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
C. O. (Smitty) Smith
Circuit Clerk
Seven Injured in Beckley Area Incidents
Seven area residents were treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for minor injuries from unrelated accidents. Roy Davis of McAlpin sustained a stomach injury during a drill at Amigo Smoke Coal Co. Robert Hungate of Crab Orchard was struck by a truck while crossing near the Crab Orchard Post Office. Thomas Bostic of Acme Super Market hurt his back moving a meat case. Wendell Warren Pugh of Eccles, three, burned his face near a trash fire at home. Billy Joe Hill of East Beckley, 17, cut his middle left finger at Stratton High School. William E. Rose of Tams, 32, pinched his left first finger in a bolting machine at Winding Gulf Coals. Charles Collins Jr. of Beckley injured his right leg on a swing at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Roy Davis
McAlpin
Amigo Smoke Coal Co
Robert Hungate
Crab Orchard
Thomas Bostic
Acme Super Market
Wendell Warren Pugh
Charles Collins Jr
Charles Collins
Beckley
Killarney Man Burns at East Gulf Mines
Leslie Cox, 49, of Killaney was treated at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens and released noon Tuesday after suffering first degree burns to face and neck. The injury occurred at work in the East Gulf mines of Winding Gulf Coals Inc when an electric cable exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killarney
Mullens
Leslie Cox
Killaney
Wyoming General Hospital
East Gulf
Winding Gulf Coals Inc
Luther L Osborne death notice in East Rainelle
Luther L. Osborne aged 71 of Yale died Tuesday at his home after a heart ailment. He was the brother of Mrs Lily Calli and son of Beckley. The body is at Nickell Funeral Home in East Rainelle pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Lecond
Osborne
Yale
Lily Callison
Beckley
Nickell
East Rainelle
James A Booth 68 Crab Orchard Dies in Raleigh General Hospital
James A Booth 68 of Crab Orchard died at 2 a m today in Raleigh General Hospital. Survivors include his wife Amy Booth operator of Amys Drive In Crab Orchard. Body pending arrangements at Williams Funeral Home Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Booth
Crab Orchard
Raleigh General Hospital
Amy Booth
Amy
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Ex-General Walker denounces Washington area rights test
Ex general and former 24th Infantry Division commander Walker urged testing constitutional rights of patriotic Americans in a 10 mile square Washington area. He quit the Army amid a clash over his election influence attempts and a harsh critique of Eleanor Roosevelt. Senate inquiry followed the controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walker
Army
24Th Infantry
Germany
Eleanor Roosevelt
John Birch Society
Senate
Janutolo Undergoes Major Surgery at Beckley Hospital
Dan Janutolo of 224 Edgewood Drive is reported in satisfactory condition after major surgery last Thursday at Beckley Hospital. He remains hospitalized for several days. His son in law Roger Henderson and daughter visited from Glen Burnie Maryland, along with Lt Dan M Janutolo and family who left for Ft Knox Kentucky where he is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Janutolo
Edgewood Drive
Beckley Hospital
Janutolo
Beckley
Roger Henderson
Glen Burnie
Dan M. Janutolo
Dan IT
Ft. Knox
Influenza Decline Contrasts Hepatitis Still High in WV
West Virginia health officials report a significant drop in influenza like illnesses with 2,171 cases last week from 3,591 the prior week, year to date 46,803. In contrast 12 new infectious hepatitis cases were recorded last week, total 357 year to date, though hepatitis remains at epidemic levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Health Department
West Virginia
HURT IN SLATE FALL AT AMIGO SMOKELESS
Clarence Williams, 45, of Corinne, was hospitalized at Wyoming General Hospital at noon today with a back injury from a fall at Amigo Smokeless. He underwent treatment as the incident was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Williams
Corinne
Wyoming General Hospital
Amigo
Midwives Threaten Paperwork Strike in Nottingham
Fifty midwives in Nottingham, England, threaten a paperwork strike claiming they are too busy delivering babies to complete forms they consider unnecessary. The action highlights staffing and administration burdens affecting maternity care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nottingham
England
UPI
Funeral services for J E Meador 99 Kilsyth
Funeral services for J E Meador aged 99 of Kilsyth will be held at 2 p m Thursday in the Christian Nation Church Mount Hope replacing the Melton Mortuary Chapel. Burial is set for Sunset Memorial Park. Meador died in a Beckley hospital at 1115 p m Monday after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Meador
Kilsyth
Christian Nation Church
Mount Hope
Melton Mortuary
Sunset Memorial Park
Meador
Beckley
Thomas M Settle 61 dies after extended illness in Cleveland
Thomas M Settle 61 of Cleveland Ohio formerly of Ingram Branch died Tuesday at 7 p m in St Vincent Hospital Cleveland after an extended illness. He was a retired Greyhound bus driver assigned out of Cleveland Funeral arrangements are in complete and the body is being returned to Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Settle
Cleveland
Ohio
Ingram Branch
St. Vincent Hospital
Greyhound
Tyree
Ash ley H Clay 64 Beckley death after heart attack
Ashley H. Clay 64 of Beckley died at 10 15 p m Tuesday in a local hospital from a heart attack He was a retired safety inspector for the Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates mine Eccles for 47 years before his 1955 retirement He was a member of First Methodist Church Beckley Masons Lodge 95 and Royal Arch Masons Lodge 38 He leaves a wife a son two daughters a stepson nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are with Webb and Neal Funeral Home and graveside rites were to be conducted by Beckley Masonic Lodge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Hubert Clay
Stamford
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles
First Methodist Church
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Royal Arch Mason's
Beckley
Snuffer’s
Eau Gallie
Fla
L. H. Curtis
Webb and Neal
Beckley Masonic Lodge
Infant Coleman Funeral in Massillon
Funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Edward Ray Coleman 602 Standish Ave Massillon Ohio were held March 28 in Massillon Survivors include grandparents Mr and Mrs Samuel H Coleman Route 1 Fayetteville and Garland Neff Fayetteville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ray Coleman
Standish Ave
Massillon
Ohio
Fayetteville
Samuel H. Coleman
Garland Neff
Infant Pamela Lester Graveside Rites Planned
Graveside rites for Pamela Annette Lester five day old daughter of Irvan and Mirley Bailey were to be held at 2 30 p m today at Rod Shannon Cemetery in Baileysville. The infant died Tuesday in a local hospital. Survivors include half brother Terry Allen Williams paternal grandparents James and Ada Lester of Fannock and maternal grandparents Dewey and Dorothy Bailey of Baileysville. McDougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Inc was in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Annette Lester
Irvan
Mirley Bailey
Lester
Baileysville
Rod Shannon
Terry Allen Williams
James
Ada Lester
Fannock
Dewey
Dorothy Bailey
McDougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home, Inc
Funeral services for Thomas Buchanan in Soulsville
Thomas Buchanan 85 of Soulsville died Monday afternoon at his home. Funeral services set for 11 a m Thursday at Newfound Methodist Church Bearhole with Rev Johnny Rinehart Rev Hersy Lane and Rev Morgan Belcher officiating. Burial in Buchanan Cemetery Bearhole. Born May 12 1877 at Newfound son of Greenberry and Ann Buchanan. Body taken to daughter Mrs Alvin Cook of Keyrock at 1 p m today from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens and placed in church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Buchanan
Soulsville
Newfound Methodist Church
Bearhole
Johnny Rinehart
Hersey Lane
Morgan Belcher
Buchanan Cemetery
Buchanan
Newfound
Greenberry
Ann Buchanan
Alvin Cook
Keyrock
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
William H Crump Dies in Eccles After Illness
William H Crump 59 of Eccles died at a local hospital at 4 15 am after a two month illness Born in Jasper Alabama May 4 1902 he was a son of the late Henry Jefferson and Mary J Johnson Crump He lived in Eccles 15 years previously at Jenkin Jones He worked at Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates mines before retirement He was a member of United Mine Workers Local 5770 Eccles Survived by wife Helen two sons A J Buddy and William Hurst Billy both at home seven sisters and three brothers all named in Alabama The body is at Melton Mor Funeral arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hurst Crump
Eccles
Jasper
Ala
Henry Jefferson
Mary J Johnson Crump
Jenkin Jones
Crump
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
United Mine Workers of America
Helen Crump
A. J.buddy
William Hurst
Billy
Henry
Parish
Vaughton
Clifton
Mamie Walton
Josie Ensor
Lydnia Wade
Ove Sarton
Lovina Thompson
Maude Brown
Lovie Emsery
Alabama
Melton Morof
Astronauts Reject Gift Houses After Backlash
Seven Mercury astronauts rejected 24000 gift houses offered by Houston Homebuilders Association after discussions with John Glenn and NASA. NASA cited no legal bar but policy concerns about optics. The move follows debates in White House and Congress about accepting the gesture and the astronauts plan to relocate to Houston's new Manned Spacecraft Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
C. Leo de Orsey
White House
Congress
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
John H. Glenn
de Orsey
Hugh L. Dryden
Houston Homebuilders Association
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Homebuilders Association
Four From Area Get Scholarships At WV Tech
Two Beckley engineering students at West Virginia Institute of Technology along with two from Fayette County were among seven awarded new scholarships for the semester. Edward Lee Donalson, a junior mechanical engineering student from Beckley, and George H. Ginn, a senior electrical engineering student from Beckley, won the Claude Worthington Benedum award. Vernon Ray Stanley of Oak Hill, a freshman civil engineering student, and James Nagy of Fayetteville, a junior mechanical engineering student, also received the $100 award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Fayette County
Claude Worthington Benedum
Edward Lee Donalson
George H. Ginn
Vernon Ray Stanley
Oak Hill
James Nagy
Fayetteville
Goulart on friction, expropriations, and development in Brazil
Brazil’s President Goulart says friction areas must be eliminated to prevent misunderstandings with franchised firms and allied nations. He notes state expropriations of foreign telecoms in Rio de Janeiro and 18 southern cities, seeks friendly settlements, cites wartime price freezes and Latin American aid gaps as causes of inflation, and urges harmonious regional development and cooperation between democratic and socialist worlds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Goulart
U.S
West Virginia Tech Tech Scholarships For Local Seniors
Three area high school seniors from Woodrow Wilson Ocean and Matheny receive engineering scholarships at West Virginia Tech for fall term. Recipients include Stephen M. Brooks from Mount Hope Ronald Lee Gunter Jesse James F. Stewart and Koester Colville announced the awards valued at 98 dollars per semester. Scholarships cover eight semesters if requirements are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Ocean
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Koester Colville
Oceana
Ronald Lee Gunter
Jesse
James F. Stewart
Matheny
Stephen M. Brooks
Mount Hope
Grass Fire Reported on Kearnsawha Street
Beckley firemen responded to a grass fire at 1703 South Kanawha Street at 11 10 a m. They returned to the station at 12 10 p m with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
S. Kaenawha Street
Now You Know By United Press International
Holy Week in the Christian era falls in the latter half of March or April as Easter approaches. This brief note references the dating of Holy Week in the early centuries, noting it arose in the Third Century A.D. and is tied to the Easter calculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
W. R. Bus
Myrtilla
Neel
Earwood Street
Luther L. Osborne
Ashley H. Clay
Coleman Infant
Pamela A. Lester
William H. Crump
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