Hearing On Retirement Order Asked By Clerk
In open session at 9 a.m. in Pineville Wyoming County Court Edith Cook of Mullens sought a hearing on a two-week retirement notice from the Health Department. Cook, a clerk for nearly 14 years, wished to work until July 1 to meet obligations, saying health issues led to dismissal and that she had been told she could not dictate. The court stated it has no discharge jurisdiction and recommended a Health Board hearing. Also, Romeo Laxton requested two telephone extensions and three office buzzers. officials to meet April 6-7 in Charleston to elect officers and discuss tax matters. The court urged district chairmen for a cleanup campaign, discussed river pollution letters to Water Resource Commission, and suggested State Road Commission contact about a local rock crusher and road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Edith Cook
Mullens
Wyoming County Health Department
Cook
Health Department
Health Board
Water Resource Commission
State Road Commission
Seed distribution canceled at Thursday Beckley Market
Applicants with approved seeds but not at the market Tuesday should not come Thursday as auctions occupy space and staff are busy. About half of over 1,000 approved applicants already received seeds in an initial distribution. Those who signed up away from county agent offices may collect at their signup sites. signups at the county agent office or Sprague Commodity Warehouse will collect at Beckley Farmers Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Lewis
H. B. Thomas
Sprague
Thomas
Beckley
Reynolds divorces, marries again amid three wives scandal
Tobacco tycoon R. J. Reynolds, 55, wed Dr Annemarie Schmidt 31, on a Holland America liner in the South China Sea March 15 while wife number three, Muriel Reynolds, fights his divorce in Georgia courts. The cross-claims include a demand for 6 million dollars. alimony awarded was 1042 dollars a month for 24 years.
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Atlanta
UPS
R. J. Reynolds
Georgia
Reynolds
High Seas
Annemarie Schmitt
Karlsruhe
Germany
Holland American Line
S.S. Rotterdam
South China Sea
Henry Durrance
Claxton
Muriel Marston Reynolds
Toronto
Ont
Muriel Reynolds
Durrence
Georgia Supreme Court
Tot 2 Saves Mom From Fire in Reading Pa
Two year old Sherry Williams woke to a bedroom fire from defective wiring. She escaped the smoke filled room and woke her mother who slept on a living room sofa. Firemen confined the blaze to one room and the doll lost an arm in the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
UPI
Sherry Williams
Katanga Forces Strike Tense Standoff Over Airport Control
Katanga troops moved into Kaalo and Manano as Swedish peacekeepers disarmed a Katanga unit and seized Elisabethville airport. Tshombe labeled the UN action a case of war and issued a two hour ultimatum to restore joint airport control. An agreement later split control with the UN taking the civil section and Katanga the military portion.
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Unn
Tshombe
Kaalo
Baluba
Elisabethville
Manano
U.N
United Nations
Congo
Katanga
Georges Dumontet
Col
Andersom
Tower Blakley In Tex Runoff
John G. Tower led a large Texas field in the U S Senate race but failed to secure a majority, forcing a runoff with interim Sen. William A. Blakley within four to six weeks. The 71-candidate contest drew heavy attention amid Kennedy era policy debates and included notable contenders Jim Wright Will Wilson Henry Gonzalez and Maury Maverick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
UPI
John G. Tower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Texas
William A
Cowboy Bill) Blakley
Tower
Kennedy
U.S
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Will Wilson
Henry B. Gonzalez
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Local College Sends Delegates To Meeting
Two Beckley College officials, Ken Shroyer president and Green Horton head of business and administration, travel to Potomac State College for a three day West Virginia Association of Higher Education general session in Keyser. The agenda includes a state testing program discussion and a workshop on teacher certification.
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Beckley College
West Virginia Association of Higher Education
Keyser
Ken Shroyer
Green Horton
Potomac State College
West Virginia
Shroyer
School Playground Equipment Assured
The Morton Reaves Elementary School playground will be stocked with new equipment purchased by proceeds from a PTA staged variety show held Tuesday night. PTA co chairs Mrs Ernest Tanks and DeSota Blaney led the event with student and Stratton student performances.
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Morton-Reaves
Parent-Teacher Association
Stratton
PTA
Ernest Tanks
DeSota Blaney
Beckley Doctors to Attend WV Ophthalmology Otolaryngology Meet
Four Beckley area physicians will join the 14th annual meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology at The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. Doctors F. Vivian Lilly Walter Griffey George Miller and W W McKinney serve as secretary treasurer of the academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Area
West Virginia Academy of Ophthalmology
Otolaryngology
Greenbrier, White Sulphur
F. Vivan Lilly
Walter Griffey
George Millier
W. W. McKinney
Academy
School Board Buys Eight Buses and One Dump Truck
Raleigh County Board of Education awarded contracts Tuesday for eight school buses and a maintenance dump truck. Duncan Catron won the chassis bid at 30,904 dollars, Superior Coach/S Charleston and Mallimar GMC Sales won the body and dump truck bids totaling 31,621 dollars and 3,725 dollars respectively. Board members noted a 157,000 dollar cut in school aid affected the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Catron Motor Co
Superior Coach Sales Co
Charleston
Mallimar Gmc
Raleigh County Board of Education
Sherman C. Trail
Everett R. Shafer
Duncan Catron
Superior
Mallimar
Strake Walker
Shafer
Space race backdrop and Cuban tensions in brief notes
Reports from Paris say the U S government will meet with Moscow before April 12 while Dr Wender von Braun notes the space race tightens. Cuba condemns a U S anti aircraft attack near Imias as Swiss diplomat delivers the protest. State briefs highlight leadership changes, rate cuts, hepatitis counts, school administrators meeting, a fatal Zaragoza accident, and a West Virginia guard event set for April 15 16 at the Charleston Civic Center.
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United States
Moscow
Paris
Russia
Wender von Braun
Columbus
Carlos Olivares
U. S
Imias
Cuba
Walter Bossi
Olivares
Cuban
Gertrude Humphreys
Morgantown
Jackson's Mill
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co
West Virginia
Roderick McPhee
Washington
Blackwater Falls State Park
State Association of
Zaragoza
Spain
Thomas Krevonsky
Grant Town
Donald W. Gowan
National Guard Bureau
West Virginia National Guard Association
Charleston Civic Center
Cuban flight forced to divert over Havana during banana project visit
Blue a bachelor and Swenson a married father of two flew from Key West toward Managua with a cargo of plantation machinery owned by Blues and partners. Swenson, Gerber International official, joined to inspect a potential frozen banana product. Cuba ordered a diversion to Havana via radio while a jet reinforced the ban.
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Blue
Swenson
Key West
Managua
Nicaragua
Gerber International
Gerber Baby Foods
Fremont
Mich
Cuba
Havana
Laos Cease-Fire Hopes Rise After Talks With Rusk
JFK and top U.S. officials spent more than two hours with Rusk signaling hope for a Laos cease-fire. British officials were cautiously optimistic, noting a potential informal Kremlin agreement to urge a truce and convene the ICC to police it. The ICC, led by India, Canada, and Poland, has supervised Laos since 1954.
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Rusk
U.S
Laos
State Department
Moscow
Frank Roberts
Kremlin
International Control Commission
ICC
Britain
Russia
India
Canada
Poland
Deaths And Funerals Charlie Akers 75 Charleston
Charlie Akers 75 of Charleston died at 5 p m Tuesday in a Charleston hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include his wife Ver die and seven daughters and two sons. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a m in Curry Funeral Home Chapel David Creek with burial in Graceland Memorial Park.
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Charlie Akers
Charleston
Vergie
Alberta Haga
Soak Creek
Nora Kroger
Eugene
Oreg
Nellie Parsons
Naoma Roberts
Ilene Tolley
Eva Gregg
Orpha Higginbotham
Waverly
Ohio
Golden
Adair
Curry Funeral Home
David Creek
Graceland Memorial Park
Funeral for Mrs Susie Farris after fatal collision
Mrs Susie Alice Farris 50 of Princeton died in a head on crash on the Bluefield Princeton road with George Davis 19 of Oakvale. Funeral arrangements are pending on arrival of a son from Germany. Survivors include husband Frank J Farris, daughter Carol Jean, sons Ernest Eubank and Clifford Eubank, sisters Lena Bushm Sadie Secrist J W Hare Roscoe Campbell, brothers R L H W Frank Tom Eugene Atkins. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory and WV press groups. Canterbury obituary notes editor tenure in Huntington area. survivors include wife Florence Haught and two sons and two daughters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Susie Alice Farris
Princeton
Germany
Farris
Bluefield
Frank J
George Davis
Oakvale
Davis
Roanoke
George and
Lula Miller Atkins
Carol Jean
Ernest Eubank
Beckley
Clifford Eubank
Air Force
Lena Bushm
Baltimore
Sadie Secrist
Lithia
J. W. Hare
Rushville
Neb
Roscoe Campbell
Covington
R.L
H. W
Frank, Tom
Eugene Atkins
Memorial
RNS
West Virginia Press Association
West Virginia Coal Association
Canterbury
The
News
Huntington
the News
Fayette County
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Florence Haught
Wesleyan
Thomas Haught
Roane County
Spencer
Grayson
Office of War Information
New York
Mrs Annie George Dies After Illness At 124 Mills Street
Mrs Annie George of 124 Mills Street died at Charleston Memorial Hospital at 12 45 a m today after a two month illness. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Annie George
Mills St
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Alderson Man's Trial Begins On Robbery Count
One man pleads guilty and another not guilty to a joint indictment for the February 16 theft at the White Oak Grocery and Post Office in Raleigh County Court. Robert Louis Collins, 24, pleaded guilty to taking $40, a .22 revolver, 13 cartons of cigarettes, stamps and envelopes worth $104. Sentencing delayed to April 13. Collins remanded. Accomplice Matthew Junior McCutcheon, 32, pleaded not guilty to breaking without entering. Jurors seated for trial include Fred Stacy and others.
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White Oak
Raleigh County
Robert Louis Collins
Alderson
Anthony J. Sparacino
Collins
Matthew Junior McCutcheon
Fred T. Stacy
Geraldine Campbell
Thomas L. Martin
Early Watts
G. G. Meadow
Margaret Mooney
Brian Ransom
C. H. Henderson
C. H. Dew
Harlow Trump
Hope Cooper
LeRoy Whitt
John L Brooke Funeral Held in Huntington
John Lightfoot Brooke longtime coal salesman for Armco Steel and Colcord Coal in Montcoal died at home after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Friday in Huntington. Brooke, never married, had no known survivors. he previously worked for Colcord Coal before its sale to Armco.
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Huntington
John ‘Lightfoot Brooke
Armco Steel Corp
Montcoal
Brooke
Colcord Coal Co
Armco
Final rites set for E. W. Faulkner at Princeton church
Former Mullens resident E W Faulkner was to be given funeral services at 2 p m today at Princeton Presbyterian Church with Rev Ross McClung officiating. Burial would follow in Resthaven Memorial Park after his death Monday night in a Roanoke Virginia hospital.
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E. W. Faulkner
Mullens
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Ross McClung
Resthaven Memorial Park
Faulkner
Roanoke, Va
Funeral services for Mrs Charlotte Toke in Lanark
Mrs Charlotte Sophia Toke 73 of Lanark died at 4 a.m. today after a long illness in Beckley Hospital She was born in Hungary January 25 1882 daughter of the late Joseph and Annie Borough Her husband died in 1913 Survived by son Frank Lanark daughter Mrs Mary Booth Charleston one grandchild and two great grandchildren Services 2 p.m. Friday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel Burial Sunset Memorial Park Body remains at the funeral home until services
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Charlotte Sophia Toke
Lanark
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
James W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Frank
Mary Booth
Charleston
Editor William E. Canterbury Dies After Heart Attack
William E. Canterbury 54 longtime editor of the Wayne County News died Tuesday after a heart attack on a Huntington street. He had been en route to a hospital when he was stricken. Last February he won a first prize in an editorial contest on improving West Virginia’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Canterbury
Wayne County News
Huntington
Canterbury
West Virginia
Cuz' McGuire Wins In Logan Mayoral Race
Republican Luz McGuire led the ticket with 1 028 votes to win a seat on Logan city council while Dr H H Cudden edged Dr David Mullens 1 027 to 838 for mayor. Huntington votes in June for seven council seats with the mayor to be chosen from council members. Dr A E Harris topples balloting with 5 176 votes among contenders for Marshall University position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Ti -Ay
Logan
H. H. Cudden
David W. Mullens
Luz McGuire
McGuire
Edgar B. Sims
Denzil Gainer
Huntington
A. E. Harris
Marshall University
Bert Early
George Garner
John J. Durkin
Douglas C. Tompkies
Otis Cavendish Jr
P. M. Haynes
Asking for Hire Charleston Hearing on Rate Increase
UPI reports the Public Service Commission set an April 21 hearing on Railway Express Agency’s application to raise rates for shipments less than carload. The case centers on whether higher charges are justified for smaller freight consignments.
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Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
Railway Express Agency
Mabscott Soldier Convicted of Unarmed Robbery in Raleigh Court
Cpl. James Sheppard, 30, of Mabscott, found guilty of unarmed robbery by a Raleigh County jury. He, claiming Army absence, said he was beaten by Beckley officers. co-defendant Algie Robertson Jr. pleaded guilty days earlier. Sentencing possible up to life imprisonment. judge to rule on motion to set aside verdict.
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Cpl
James Sheppard
Mabscott
Raleigh County
United States Army
James H. Gregory
Earle St
Algie Robertson Jr
Leslie Cox
Ted Starr
Sheppard
Harry L. McCreery
Brown Hugo Frayne
Raleigh
Sawyers Probing Politics Charge
STATE ROAD COMMISSIONER Burl Sawyers launched an investigation into claims that workers under the emergency employment program were asked their political affiliation. Gov. W. W. Barron and Sawyers deny politics in the program. Howard Williamson says he was ordered to determine the political leanings of 63 EEP workers. Williamson was fired by Boone County SRC supervisor Porter Snodgrass who called it a political changeover. Barron’s coordinator Dana M. Hicks handles applications from counties.
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Charleston
UPI
Burl Sawyers
SRC
Sawyers
W. W.barron
Barron
Howard
Slim) Williamson
Boone County Src
Williamson
EEP
Porter Snodgrass
Boone County
Snodgrass
Dana M. Hicks
Suit filed over promissory note and open account claims
A suit for 2870 dollars was filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court by A. W. Pettry dba W. W. Pettry & Son against Dixie Florence Bailey J E Bailey of 202 Prince St and Roy Welch of Piney View over a 3500 note dated July 1956. Bluefield Supply Co seeks 486.76 from Crab Orchard Coals Inc for goods sold on open account plus interest.
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A. W. Pettry
W. W. Pettry & Son
Raleigh County
Dixie Florence Bailey
J. E. Bailey
Prince St
Roy Welch
Piney View
Bluefield Supply Co
Crab Orchard Coals, Inc
Great Minds Paved The Way In Space Engineering
Sacramento based UP I report notes Murphy’s Law as a guiding principle for rocket design. Aerojet official William Cowdin cites Titan II reductions in parts and safer, simpler systems. The piece contrasts liquid and solid fuels, stressing safety, reliability, and controllable launches for future manned spaceflight.
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Robert Fairbanks
Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Copernicus
Newton
Einstein
Murphy
William Cowdin
Aerojet-General Corp
Cowdin
Aerojet
Air Force
Boeing
Glutz questions marriage as an institution
Sherwood Glutz quips that if marriage is honorable, those seeking to exit and enter are in the wrong, noting penitentiaries are also institutions.
Beer license cases and revocation details in Fayette County
A Fayette County inquiry outlines Bailes and Grace Coleman facing beer law violations in Godsey’s court in 1959. Bailes’s license revocation in 1957 led to a $500 non intoxicating beer bond forfeiture and a later civil suit settled for $250 with Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York as surety. The West Virginia Code sets mandatory license qualifications including felony and liquor-law convictions, sole pecuniary interest, no prior license revocation in five years, and allows independent investigations by the Commissioner before issuing licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Thrift, Jr
Attorney Thrift
Godsey
T. D. Hercules
Beckley
R. L. Cutlip
Logan
Bailes
Fayette County
National Surety Corporation
C. L. Garvin Jr
Fidelity and Casulty Company of
New York
Continued High Unemployment Level Feared
Labor officials warned unemployment may not drop below four million this year despite a small March decline to 5,495,000. A March jobs record of 65,516,000 plus a 851,000 rise over February show the economy lifting, while the civilian labor force expands by about 2.5 million in a year, fueling a paradox of high unemployment amid job growth.
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William J. Eaton
Washington
UPI
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Seymour Wolfbein
Kennedy
Wolfbein
United Airlines merger with Capital Airlines advances
United adds a 7500 mile route system and 7800 employees, joining 14000 route miles and 23000 staff. Consolidation begins June 1 over Capital routes with two new regional HQs in Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Viscounts will be repainted, refurbished, and integrated. Capital employees mostly absorbed. Pilots negotiate on a seniority plan. CAB imposes asset transfer, amortization, and protections for seniority and wages, plus anti competition safeguards for Allegheny and Mohawk. CAB limits United service to Harrisburg and Philadelphia-Pittsburgh routes, and bans Buffalo to Detroit single plane service.
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United
Capital
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
CAB
Allegheny
Mohawk Airlines
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Omaha
Neb
Buffalo
N.Y
Detroit
Mich
Market activity soars as volume tops records again
Market experts note a sustained rise since January with totals of 7,080,000 shares traded on the New York exchange and 4,202,009 on the American exchange Tuesday. Analysts caution that while this is the most spectacular yet, it may be matched or exceeded on future trading days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Exchange
American Exchange
Bid Opening Slated for IRS Center at Martinsburg
Washington UPS The General Services Administration planned to open bids on a Martinsburg West Virginia IRS computing center project. The center will span about 30 000 square feet of working and storage space and will house a master file of more than 70 million taxpayer accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
General Services Administration
Internal Revenue Service
Martinsburg
W. Va
GSA
National Computer Center
County Officials Plan To Attend State Meet
Raleigh County officials plan to attend a two day Charleston state meeting to discuss new taxes and legislation. West Virginia Tax Commission er C Howard Hardesty Jr opens the session as about 300 officials are updated on bills altering the assessment calendar school aid and property reappraisal laws and a state employees pension system. Attending from Raleigh County are Clerk Smitty Smith Jr Sheriff Slim Thompson and deputy R L Stewart along with Assessor Cotton White. Circuit Clerk Harold Hanks and County Court President H G Farmer may also attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Charleston
West Virginia
C. Howard Hardesty Jr
Raleigh
C. “Smitty Smith Jr
State Association of County Officials
FA Hie A “Slim” Thompson
R. L. Stewart
Cotton White
Harold Hanks
H. G. Farmer
Criminal Court Jurors Excused Till Monday
Judge Harry L. McCreery said all jurors not yet empaneled for the Mat thew Junior McCutcheon trial were excused until 9 a m Monday. The Prosecuting Attorney informed him their services would not be needed on Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
Matthew Junior McCutcheon
Harry L. McCreery
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John L. Brooke
Mrs
Charlotte Toke
Cuz’ McGuire
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Titan
Jwe
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Polaris
Minuteman
Sherwood Glutz
Lyons
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