What Happened To Ilyushin Continued From Page One
The article recalls Vladimir Ilyushin the test pilot and his praised courage and modesty. It notes his disappearance five days before Gagarin’s spaceflight amid rumors he had deteriorated mentally from space ventures and hints he may have been hospitalized after a car accident. The piece questions Soviet reporting and transparency on space achievements.
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Vladimir Ilyushin
Smena
Vladimir
Biogra
Gagarin
Ilyushin
Moscow
The Lighter Side Rafters as Hidden Art
The narrator jokes about painting and wiping excess paint on attic rafters to create accidental art. He notes thousands of dollars of uncapitalized abstract art on the boards and predicts a market for art not meant to be art. He quips about selling his wife's cleaning tissues to cash in on the trend.
Meeting Tonight for Model A Ford Club
Model A Ford Club members plan tonight to organize attendance at the state club conclave in Charleston late May. Austin Tucker, president of the local chapter, urges all Model A owners and members to attend the meeting in the C and P Store Co room on Valley Drive. The state meeting is tentatively set for May 28.
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Charleston
Austin Tucker
C& P Sete. Co
Valley Driv
Exams Ordered For Tams Man
Mental and physical examinations in a government hospital were ordered for Lacy Aliff Jr of Tams after appearing before Federal Judge John A Field Jr this week on an indictment charging him with sending obscene literature through the mails. Raleigh County residents plead guilty to whisky violations before Judge Field this week in clude Joe Henry Jamison of Epperly two years one Charles Leonard Lilly forty one vice sentence deferred Lilly thirty two and Billy Eugene Alt thirty both of Odd sentence deferred Raleigh Monroe Shorter fifty seven of Raleigh County sentence deferred Edna Marvin Smith and James Junior Wooten both of Raleigh County both two years probation.
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Lacy Aliff Jr
Tams
John A. Field Jr
United States Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
Bluefield
Raleigh
Field
Joe Henry Jamison
Epperly
Charles Leonard Lilly
Lilly
Billy Eugene Alt
Odd
Raleigh Monroe Shorter
Raleigh County
Edna Marvin Smith
James Junior Wooten
Nine Federal Prisoners Booked At County Jail
Nine prisoners sentenced in Federal Court in Bluefield Wednesday are being held in the Raleigh County Jail while in transit. Confined Wednesday night were Roy A. Meadows 34 of Cool Ridge Chester Pate of Ghent Otho Shrewsberry of East Gulf Albert Wayne Giles of Beckley Ernest T Byrd 34 of Charleston Ralph Marshall 34 address unlisted Richard Tanner of Clemmon N C Harold A Lewis of Navy and George B Hudson of Valley Fork.
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Bluefield
Raleigh County
Roy A. Meadows
Cool Ridge
Chester Pate
Ghent
Otho Shrewsberry
East Gulf
Albert Wayne Giles
Beckley
Ernest T. Byrd
Charleston
Ralph Marshall
Richard Tanner
Clemmon
N. C
Harold A. Lewis
Navy
George B. Hudson
Valley Fork
Two More Federal Prisoners In Jail
The Raleigh County Jail increased federal prisoners to 11 with the confinement of William G. Roach of Texas and Raleigh Shorter of Rhodell at noon today. Shorter faces a moonshine still charge while Roach’s charge is unknown. Both were in transit from Federal Court in Bluefield.
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Raleigh County
William G. Roach
Texas
Raleigh Shorter
Rhodell
Shorter
Roach
Bluefield
Housing project progress eyed by city and PHA
The city awaits a preliminary loan for the low rent housing project as the PHA regional office in Philadelphia weighs unit allocations. Zent notes development plans, site selection, and setup of an HHFA program, while Philadelphia moves its regional office and faces staff delays. Local officials praise cooperation among the mayor, council, and the housing authority amid the push to proceed.
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PHA
Philadelphia
John
Zent J
Plan— Oreo
Saas Authority
Georgia
Zent
HHFA
Pennsylvania
Washington
Beckley
Miller
M. F. Barksdale
Ilent
Assault Charges Dismissed in Mount Hope Case
Charges of assault and battery against Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones of Mount Hope were dismissed by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez for lack of evidence after a preliminary hearing. Kenneth Adkins of Terry had alleged they attacked him. Belva Howerton of Crab Orchard faced an assault charge after striking a man with a can of applesauce near the Raleigh County Courthouse. Harry Smith Jr. of Beckley was released after serving time for bad checks. Carl Ferguson of East Beckley was discharged from a sentence on a board and lodging warrant. Marshal D. Abshire was released to military authorities for Ft. Knox AWOL charges.
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J. C. Jones
Mount Hope
Acai
Joe Rodriguez
Kenneth Adkins
Terry
Rodriguez
Belva Howerton
Raleigh
Raleigh County Court House
Main Street
Harry Smith Jr
Beckley
East Beckley
Carl Ferguson
Marshal D. Abshire
Ft. Knox
Government seeks disregard for public interest in steel price clash
President faces pressure as Hatcher reports about 500 telegrams favoring Kennedy's stance against a price rise. White House officials say no comment on withdrawal hopes, while Kennedy derides a few steel executives for private power and public contempt. He aims to keep steel prices stable align with a recent contract with the United Steelworkers Union.
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Hatcher
White
Kennedy
U.S
White House
United Steelworkers Union
Commodities Distribution at Bethel Tabernacle Friday
Commodities will be distributed at Bethel Tabernacle Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Recipients must bring their own containers.
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Bethel Tabernacle
Senate approves White for Supreme Court seat
Washington UPI reports the Senate unanimously confirmed Deputy Attorney General Byron R. White as an associate justice of the Supreme Court by voice vote. The action followed swift Judiciary Committee approval a few hours earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Byron R. White
Supreme Court
White
Judiciary Committee
Deaths and Funerals notice extract obituary item
A funeral service will be held for an individual who died after a stroke at about 9 p m Wednesday. The notice provides fragmented location details and references a home address in Virginia, with uncertain spelling and names.
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Vis
Ial Ave. Va
Alvis
Mrs Minnie Bragg of Abraham Dies at 76
Mrs Minnie Bragg 76 of Abraham died at her home at 2:45 a.m. after a long illness. Born May 31 1885 in Abraham she was daughter of the late Hazzard Radford and Velmar Adkins. Survived by three sisters and a brother, 13 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday in Arthur Chapel Abraham with Rev Freddie Steel. burial Garten Cemetery. Body received at Quesenberry Funeral Home at 3 p.m. Friday.
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Minnie May Bragg
Abraham
Hazzard i
Radford
Velmar Adkins
Beaver
Willie Bragg
Shady Hady Spring
Goodson
Sprague
Ee Mary Redden
Myrtle Stacy
Shady Spring
Arthur Chapel
Freddie Steel
Buce
Garten Cemenice
Jos Rose
Three Murder Pleas Set In McDowell County Court
Davy police chief James R. Stinson 47 of Davy McDowell County is among three men due to enter murder pleas Friday after a grand jury returned indictments. Stinson is charged in the fatal March 2 shooting of Edward Patrick 45 in front of the Patrick home. Clarence Martin 38 of Gary is indicted for the pistol slaying of Alma Kelly 34 Anawalt mother of six on March 23. Wiley Swim 75 of Kimball is indicted in the rifle slaying of his grandson Curtis Richard Thomas 126 Kimball on March 17.
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Wiley Swim
Kimball
Curtis Richard Thomas
Mausoleum Origin Traced to Mausolus Tomb
United Press International notes that the word mausoleum comes from the Tomb of Mausolus, built for King Mausolus of Caria after his death around 325 B.C. The grand marble structure stood at Halicarnassus, one of antiquity's seven wonders.
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United Press International
Mausolus
Caris
Asia Minor
Teachers Return To N Y Schools After One Day Strike
Nearly 20 000 New York City public school teachers returned to classrooms after a one day strike ended by a state Supreme Court injunction. Picket lines were withdrawn under threat of arrest. The injunction forbade any strike by public employees and the UFT agreed to comply. The walkout caused supervise shortages and student unrest in several classrooms.
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New York
UPI
Supreme Court
Board of Education
United Federation of Teachers
UFT
Charles Cogen l
Car 54 Director Faces Dayline Car Theft Mixup
New York based Car 54, Where Are You? director Rocco De Caprio had his car stolen in Jamaica Queens. He hailed a passing police car which told him to report to the nearest precinct. After two wrong precincts he ended up returning to the street where the lot lay across from the police line. He gave up the search concluding the day’s miscue mirroring a rerun.
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New York
UPI
Jamaica
de Caprio
Frozen pipes spark ten thousand dollar suit against power company
A water system break at 108 Parkway St last January 9 led Alma Trent Flippen and Charles H. Flippen to sue Appalachian Power Co for 10000 claiming unlawful service discontinuation left the home without heat and caused the plumbing to freeze. The complaint also cites a possible permanent rental or sale contract related to the property. Thornhill Thornhill and Kennedy represent the Flippen couple. In separate action Elk Refining Co seeks 559.91 from Jessee Edward Withrow trading as Beckley Delivery Service for unpaid invoices dated 1960 to 1961 plus 53.20 interest. Franklin W. Kern of Charleston represents the Oil Concern in another case. Clifford E. White doing business as Whites Esso Station sues Ola Runion for 563.87 for goods sold and delivered between 1957 and 1961, with Donald E. Jarrell of Whitesville for the plaintiff. C L Carver of Dry Creek appears for the defendant in a suit brought by Gurtis Miller over a check for 360 that was returned due to insufficient funds. Joseph Luchini is counsel for Miller.
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Parkway St
Appalachian Power Co
Alma Trent Flippen
Charles H. Flippen
Thornhill, Thornhill and Kennedy
Flippen
Elk Refining Co
Jessee Edward Withrow
Beckley Delivery Service
Franklin W. Kern
Charleston
Clifford E. White
Esso
Ola Runion
Donald E. Jarrell
Whitesville
C. L. Carver
Dry Creek
Gurtis Miller
Miller
Joseph Luchini
Fire victim flown to Texas for treatment
In SOUTH CHARLESTON, the five year old daughter of Sgt and Mrs Ray Sanders was flown to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for treatment of extensive burns. Nancy Sanders suffered severe burns after a fire that enveloped her and a companion at home. She had spent several days at Thomas Memorial Hospital before the transfer for specialized care.
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South Charleston
UPI
Army
Ray Sanders
San Antonio
Tex
Nancy Sanders
Sete
Terecee
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Brooke Army Medical Center
West Virginia Visitors Bureau Elects Officers
West Virginia Visitors Bureau elected Lee Tait executive vice president of Chesapeke Potomac Telephone as president. Other new officers named Tuesday include vice president Dudley Simms secretary Hugh Bosley land treasurer Jack Lloyd all of Charleston. Joseph J. Horan speaker at meeting urged bar sales of whisky to boost tourism.
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West Virginia
Divorce Granted in Raleigh County Court
Clyde Bruce Cousin is granted a divorce from Lucy Carey in orders signed this week by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp.
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Clyde Bruce
Lucy Careyne
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
F D R Offers West Virginia Common Stock
F D R a new company to finance and manufacture aluminum trucking and institutional furniture products is offering common stock to residents of West Virginia. It finances via affiliate companies, leaders in aluminum dump trucks trailers tankers and flats. Ravens Metal Products, an affiliate, shows growth and expansion. Send for brochure and prospectus to Financial Development and Research Corp P O Box 8 Parkersburg WV without cost or obligation.
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West Virginia
F.D.R
Ustry
Ravens-Metal Products
Financial Development and Research Corp
P. O
Parkersburg
West Virginia Exports Hit 263 Million in 1960
U S Senator Robert C Byrd announced that West Virginia exported 263 4 million dollars in 1960 including 156 1 million in manufactured goods 100 3 million in coal and 7 million in agricultural products Exports rose across chemicals metals machinery stone and glass with coal accounting for 17 percent of mine production and farmers contributing nearly 7 million in foreign trade slight shifts in sector contributions noted by Byrd.
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Washington
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Byrd
U. S. Department of Commerce
Department of Commerce
West Eee
Mountain
Fourney Sworn In GOP Leader With Local Ties
Fourney, a two year GOP officeholder and former prosecuting attorney candidate in 1956 and 1960, is a lifelong Ra leigh County resident born March 14 1921 at Blue Jay. A World War II B 24 pilot with 40 Pacific missions, he holds a BA from Concord State Teachers College and is active in Civitan Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club, past president, married to Betty Ann Agee, with three children, living at 303 Witherspoon Street and attending St Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
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GOP
Nctice
Fourney
Concord State Teachers College
Athens
Raleigh County
Blue Jay
E. J
Bill” Fourney
United States Army Air Force
Civitans
Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club
Betty Ann Agee
Beckley
Witherspoon St
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Reservists ready to return to Berlin if needed
The report notes willingness to deploy reservists back to Berlin if required amid concerns over American casualties in South Vietnam. It also covers Fidel Castro’s ransom stance and a dubious claim about a Japanese officer tied to Pearl Harbor, with Gen Lyman Lemnitzer highlighted in the ceremonial context.
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Berlin
South
Viet Nam
Fidel Castro
Castro
U.S
Lyman Lemnitzer
Oe Chiefs of A
Soeteke
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