Incumbents Win In Charleston In Mayor Election
In Charleston May or John Shanklin and his Republican administration held office by a 3,842 vote margin over Democrat James B. McIntyre. Shanklin led 16,002 to 12,160 as about 60 percent of voters participated. Democrats may gain five city council seats, though GOP held 22 2 edge before results. Treasurer Donald Shank won reelection. Judge Joseph Thomas defeated Democrat R Brawley Tracy.
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Charleston
UPI
John Shanklin
Shanklin
James B. McIntyre
John T. Copenhaver
McIntyre
Donald Shank
John H. Thomas
Joseph Thomas
R. Brawley Tracy
Arrests mount in Argentina revolt linked purge
In Buenos Aires military sources report 662 senior army officers and 1,200 noncommissioned officers are under arrest for aiding the abortive anti- Peronist uprising. War Secretary Rattenbach recalled officers to bolster loyal units as the armed forces purge broadens with many top officers detained. The purge leaves only two admiral s on the active list of 27 and reshuffles replace leadership roles.
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Buenos Aires
API
Benjamin Rattenbach
Adm
Benigno Varela
Army
Estes faces 15 year term in mail fraud case
Federal Judge R E Thomason branded Estes as having perpetrated one of the largest swindles in the nation. Estes, 38, claimed no conspiracy and defense attorney John D Cofer appealed the sentence. The jury convicted him on four counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy on March 28, with acquittals on nine other fraud counts.
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R. Ewing Thomason
Estes
John D. Cofer
Austin
Tex
Thomason
King demands fair trial in city court
Racial tension arose as King argued he could not receive a fair trial in city court. He was jailed pending federal court action on the motion. Mrs. King, speaking in Atlanta Monday night, said President Kennedy assured her of her husband’s safety and that she had telephoned the President after not hearing from him since his arrest.
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King
Atlanta
Kennedy
Jurors Ordered to Report Wednesday April 25
Raleigh County Circuit Court jurors previously ordered to report for duty at 9 30 a m are directed to report at 9 30 a m Wednesday April 25. The notice reiterates the reporting time and date for jurors assigned to the September term.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Advertises Youth Boosting Claims
An old age ageism tone promotes Ostrex Tonic Tablets as a cure for debility and low energy. The ad targets ages 40 to 60 and promises increased pep for both sexes. It touts an 8 day introductory size and urges purchase at all druggists.
Government rejects exile alliance to shape Cuba policy
Washington denies Jose Miro Cardona charges that Kennedy pledged to back another Cuba invasion. The United States would not enter alliances giving exile leaders authority over U.S. Cuba policy, under existing conditions. Atlanta report quotes Mrs. Martin Luther King saying Kennedy will monitor the situation with genuine concern after a conversation about civil rights strategy.
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United Press International
Washington
State Department
Jose Miro Cardona
Kennedy
Cuba
United States
U.S
Rockefeller Kin Prefers Kennedy Dynasty Rival in 1964 Race
Los Angeles report says Winthrop Rockefeller, kin of New York governor, will back either his brother Nelson Rockefeller or Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential contest. He states it is not the family aim to outvote the Kennedy dynasty.
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Los Angeles
Winthrop Rockefeller
New York
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Estes Sentenced to 15 Years for Multimillion Fraud
Federal Judge R Ewing Thomason sentences Billie Sol Estes to fifteen years in prison for a large fraud case in El Paso Texas. The judge calls the conduct a sad commentary on a man of business ability and prior good works who devised an enormous scheme.
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EL Paso
Tex
R. Ewing Thomason
Billie Sol Estes
Thresher Shipyard Works Speed Up Amid Delays
An official explained delays at Portsmouth naval shipyard would be eased with faster work on the Thresher. An officer aboard Skylark testified that a mysterious vessel appeared on the horizon hours after the submarine was lost about 220 miles off Cape Cod. the craft did not answer his challenge and may have been a submarine sail or fin.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Skylark
Thresher
Cape Cod
Cmdr
Stanley Hecker
Hecker
Same Bullet Wounds Two During Struggle
CHARLESTON UP S The same bullet wounded George W Stephenson 34 and his wife Jo Ann 35 Monday in a pistol struggle State Police Trooper W C Heisman said Stephenson was struck in the throat by a .32 caliber slug which also broke his wifes right thumb The husbands condition was not critical Mrs Stephenson would be charged with felonious assault The argument began when Stephenson arrived home early Monday
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Charleston
UPS
George W. Stephenson
Jo Ann
W. C. Heisman
Stephenson
Herman
Macmillan probes security leak amid antiwar rallies
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan met Home Secretary Henry Brooke for 65 minutes after returning from an Easter break to discuss the leak of secret data on Britain’s nuclear war preparations. Police arrested 72 people during demonstrations that drew about 70,000 at Hyde Park Corner and 16,000 into London, with clashes noted between police and beatniks and injuries reported. Security units prepared raids to locate a group calling itself spies for peace, amid banners naming a secret Berkshire command post and pamphlets listing 12 underground regional seats of government.
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London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Home
Henry Brooke
Brooke
Britain
Berkshire
Hyde Park Corner
Aldermaston
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Price Cook 91 at Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Price Cook 91 of Beckley and Glen Daniel will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Godbey officiating. Burial in Cook Cemetery at Glen Daniel. She died today at her daughter’s home. Born April 3 1872 in Ash County NC she was a daughter of the late David and Martha Dunn Price. Survived by three daughters three sons 17 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. The body remains at the funeral home until the service. Pallbearers listed.
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Martha Price Cook
Beckley
Glen Daniel
Caffee Funeral Home
James Godbey
Cook Cemetery
W. H. Carper
Thornton, Ave
Ash County
N. C
David and
Martha Dunn Price
Raleigh County
Church of Christ of Stover
J. R. Cook
Clinton
Faye) Webb
James
Violet) Cooper
Peartie Gay
Charleston
Eugene
Carl
Claude
Weir Covey
Carl Chambers
Eddie Flint
Edsho Jack Shumate
Willie Hall
Otha Robertson Dead at 61 After Long Illness
Otha Robertson 61 owner of Robertson's Taxi Co. for 40 years died at 10 p m Monday after a long illness. He lived at 507 Sylvia Street Raleigh County native born January 11 1902. Survived by wife Ella son James Andrew Beckley stepmother in Jersey City six brothers and seven sisters and one grandchild. Body at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending funeral plans.
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Otha Robertson
Robertson’s Taxi Co
Robertson
Sylvia Street
Raleigh County
Brights
Wyatt
Della Robertson
Central Street Baptist Church
Ella Robertson
James Andrew
Beckley
Wyatt Robertson
Jersey City
N. J
Charley
Philadelphia
Ernest
Warren
Ohio
Parker
Washington, D. C
Leon
U. S. Army
David
Thomas
Gretna
Parker Pannell
Scietia Pannell
Lamarr
N. Y
Elsie Cowans
Boston
Mass
Mozelle Gregory
Roy Smith
Trenton
N.J
Christine O’neal
Eugene Teague
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Final rites for Timothy Wayne Graham two day old son
Timothy Wayne Graham died Monday afternoon in a Mullens hospital. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at McDougall's Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens with Rev. Ronald Adkins officiating. Burial in Jenkins Cemetery Arista. Survived by parents James and Norma Jane Laxton Graham of Tralee two sisters Teresa Darlene Patricia two brothers William Daniel paternal grandparents Lewis and Mrs. Graham Oakvale maternal grandparents Bill Laxton Matoaka and Mrs. Lakie Laxton Weyanoke.
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Timothy Wayne Graham
James
Norma Jane Laxton Graham
Tralee
McDougall
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Ronald Adkins
New Richmond
Jenkins
Arista
Teresa
Darlene
Patricia
William
Daniel
Lewis Graham
Oakvale
Bill Laxton
Matoaka
Lakie Laxton
Weyanoke
Seven West Virginians Get NASA Fellowship
WVU to award three year NASA fellowships enabling eight men to pursue doctoral studies in space and related fields this September. Recipients include Donald G Brannon West Liberty James F Bennett James R Hess Jr Morgantown Jerry L Jester New Cumberland John M Dye Parkersburg Larry C Headley Hart s Lincoln County Joel L Groves Canvas Nicholas County Ronald L Reisbig Seattle Washington.
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Morgantown
UPI
West
New Cumberland
John M. Dye
Parkersburg
Larry C. Headley
Harts
Lincoln County
Joel L. Groves
Canvas
Nicholas County
Ronald L. Reisbig
Seattle
Wash
Permits Issued For Two Local Homes In City Hall Action
Robert R. Elmore of 711 Worley Road received a permit Monday to build a six room brick house costing 16800 dollars with a 40 dollar permit fee. David E. Falkner of 508 North Oakwood Avenue was granted a permit to add a carport costing 500 dollars with a 10 dollar fee.
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Robert R. Elmore
Worley Rd
City Hall
David E. Falkner
N. Oakwood Ave
John L. Austin Funeral Services Held in Sullivan
Funeral services for John Austin 39 of Sullivan were set for 2 p m Thursday at Free Pentecostal Baptist Church in Sullivan with Rev W Strickland and Rev John Wright officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died in a local hospital Sunday after a short illness. The body was moved from The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church one hour before the services.
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John Austin
Sullivan
Pentecostal Baptiste of
W. Strickland
John Wright
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Final rites for Mrs Nannie P St Clair
Final rites for Mrs Nannie Pearl St Clair 55 of 212 Valley Drive South will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday in the Chapel with Rev T M Waldron officiating assisted by Rev Walter Albee Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She died in a local hospital at 10 30 a m Monday after a short illness The body will remain at the funeral home London UPI Mrs Pearl Hyde 58 London s first woman lord mayor died of injuries from an automobile accident Monday.
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Nannie Pearl St. Clair
Valley Drive South
T. M. Waldron
Walter Albee
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
London
UPI
Pearl Hyde
Greenwich Man Louis Grant Dies at 85
Louis I. Grant, 85, retired president of the Grand Brick Works in Weldon, North Carolina, died Monday at Greenwich Hospital.
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Greenwich, Conn
Louis I. Grant
Grand Brick Works
Weldon
N.C
Greenwich Hospital
U.S. Expert Lester Osborn Dies in Karachi
UPI reports Professor Lester L. Osborn former Colorado State University extension chief died in Karachi on Sunday from an apparent heart attack according to the U.S. Embassy.
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Karachi
Pakistan
UPI
Lester L. Osborn
Colorado State University Extension
U.S
Abe Geldhof, Tribune copy editor, dies at 74
Chicago figure Abe Geldhof, age 74, a long time copy editor for the Chicago Tribune, died Monday at Edgewater Hospital. He retired after decades of service in the newsroom and was known for his meticulous copy work.
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Chicago
UPI
Abe E. Geldhof
The
Chicago Tribune
Edgewater Hospital
Honor student who slew two pleads for death
Roger Foster, 17, an honor student, admitted killing Capt Douglas Trevor, 47, and his son Edward, 22, aboard the Dream Girl 32 foot charter boat 20 miles north of Cuba. He told authorities he planned to die and asked his parents to work for his death, reenacting the slayings and describing the brutal stabbings in shark-infested waters.
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Key West
Fla
Roger Foster
Foster
Cuba
Douglas Trevor
Edward
Memorial Rites Held For Sub Thresher and Crew
Prayers and flowers marked a naval burial for the USS Thresher and 129 sailors. Memorials took place at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire and Groton Connecticut with a Neptune plane replica dropping into the 8,400-foot grave 220 miles off Cape Cod. Lt. I Blasch spoke as the Warrington fired a 21 gun salute. Two more services planned for Wednesday under Cardinal Spellman and Navy chaplains honoring the Squalus disaster crew of 1939.
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Portsmouth
N.H
UPS
Thresher
Porstmouth Naval Shipyard
Groton
Cape Cod
I. Blasch
Warrington
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Armed Forces
Naval Base
Navy
Squalus Memorial Mall
Squalus
Brothers Expectant Fathers and Kennedy Family News
Jacqueline Kennedy’s brothers report expectant fathers in 1964 with Robert Kennedy and Ted Kennedy both awaiting children. Ethel Kennedy and Joan Kennedy are pregnant, promising the Kennedy family more grandchildren. The First Lady plans to stay in Washington until April 24 and then vacation at Hyannis Port in May, with birth to occur under Dr. John Walsh’s care, likely by Caesarean section.
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Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
D-Mass
Robert
Ethel
Ted
Joan
Europe
Cape Cod
Hyannis Port
Mass
Washington
John Walsh
John Jr
Republic steel rally follows price hike amid hearings news
Republic's increase lifted the stock market Monday after steel shares faded to gains. Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois announced non partisan hearings next week to probe steel price and cost factors, aiming for impartial factual analysis.
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Republic
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
House
Senate Economic Committee
Bonds Forfeited In City Police Court Monday Night
Twelve persons forfeited a total of $360 in City Police Court Monday night. Lewis Abrams of Raleigh forfeited a $107 bond for drunken driving with license revocation for six months. Ben Murphy of Mullens forfeited $56 on reckless driving. R F Allen of East Beckley forfeited $50 for illegally dispensing beer Sunday. John Heagarity of Beckley forfeited $10 for no city operator's license. Two people forfeited $5 bonds each for dog violations. Allen Susman and E E Bibb Jr., both Beckley, forfeited $5 bonds. Seven persons forfeited a total of $127 on drunk charges.
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Lewis Abrams
Raleigh
Ben Murphy
Mullens
R. F. Allen
East Beckley
John Heagarity
Beckley
Allen Susman
E. E Bibb Jr
FBI to hold three bank robbery seminars in West Virginia
The FBI in Pittsburgh schedules three conferences this month to combat rising bank robberies and related crimes. Special Agent W. M. Alexander said law enforcement officers and bank staff are invited to attend. Events: April 23 Charleston city council chamber, April 24 Clarksburg Central Fire Hall, April 26 Wheeling Electric Corp auditorium.
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Pittsburgh
UPS
Federal Bureau of Investigation
West Virginia
W. M. Alexander
FBI
Charleston
Central Fire Hall
Clarksburg
Wheeling Electric Corp
Wheeling
Fatal shooting spree ends in medical crisis
A gunman after shooting Mills suffered critical injuries himself from internal bleeding. Mills died after severe injuries and transfusions. The assailant then killed Eugene Bellows, a 42 year old time keeper, and shot Dale Keeney, 45, a freight agent. The perpetrator’s doctor did not note any mental illness in his history.
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Mills
Gillett
Eugene Bellows
Dale Keeney
Keeney
Gilott
Gillott
State Has Less Cash in West Virginia March Balance
West Virginia ended March with a cash balance of 62,147,935 versus 63,861,525 at February end according to the State Bee Office. The general revenue fund held 8,480,087 of the total. 8,529,272 was transferred during the month including 16 million to schools and 1 million to the State Road Commission.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Bee Office
Monay
General Revenue Fund
State Road Commission
Communists Mobbed at Hidalgo Youth Congress
About 500 Communists displaying the Russian flag were mobbed by angry residents in Sabinas Hidalgo. A dozen Reds were beaten, and flags and pictures of Khrushchev Castro and Mao were torn down and burned amid weekend unrest.
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Sabinas Hidalgo
Mexico
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Fidel Castro
Cuba
China
Mao Tze-tung
Police investigate break in at Eccles Blue Room
Beckley state police investigate a break in at the Blue Room in Eccles occurring between midnight Monday and 7:30 a.m. today. Owner Domonic Trimboli reported $100 to $150 in coins from a juke box and a pinball machine plus about six packages of beer were stolen. Entry was made by breaking a front window glass and tripping a front door lock.
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Beckley State
Eccles
Domonic Trimboli
West Virginia Hosts 40th Spring Livestock Roundup
Meetings of the state Livestock Association and marketing groups opened in Jackson’s Mill WV for the 40th annual Spring Livestock Roundup. Tonight the Master Shepherd award will honor a Mountain State sheep producer. The event is sponsored by the Agriculture Department Cooperative Extension Service and WV Livestock Association with county agents and WVU staff presenting papers on livestock production.
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Jackson’s Mill
UPI
State Livestock Association
West Virginia
State Agriculture Department
Cooperative Extension Service
West Virginia Livestock Association
WVU
Concession Stand Worker Cut by Broken Showcase at Raleigh Court House
Miss Alice Lane of Cool Ridge, operator of the Raleigh County Court House concession, suffered a severe hand cut from a broken display case around 10 a m. She was treated at Raleigh General Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lane
Cool Ridge
Raleigh County Court House
Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs Harvit In Raleigh Hospital After Admission
Mrs Harvit of 421 Woodlawn Ave and a Raleigh County deputy is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after Monday admission for observation and treatment.
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M. E. Harvit
Woodlawn Ave
Raleigh County
Admiral's barge found after misparked chase
In Long Beach California three police officers in Rear Adm. G R Luker's barge approached the aircraft carrier USS Hornet asking where to park the craft. The dockside duty officer was astonished to learn the barge was missing and had to be located banging against a dock.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Hornet
G. R. Luker
Cadle fined for non support in Raleigh County case
Harold Delmar Cadle was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of bonds to cover six months non support payments totaling 300 dollars plus a five dollar fine and costs. He must pay 50 dollars a month for the support of his 21 month old son Earnest Dale Cadle. Cadle was jailed by State Police at 8 10 p m Monday on the warrant obtained by his wife Nancy Jane Cadle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Delmar Cadle
Lester
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Cadle
Earnest Dale Cadle
Nancy Jane Cadle
Burey MacArthur Garten Jr
Dorothy
Paul H. Radford
Shady Spring
Polce
Lonnie Browning Jr
Arnett
Marion C. Bragg
MacArthur
Rodriguez
Doff Collins
Claude Ballard
Beckley
Mabscott Town
David K. Stanley
Lanark
W. A. Burke
Margaret A. Miklos
Kilsythe
Burke
John P. Bruce Jr
East Gulf
Bonnie M. Davis
Mount Hope
Beclay area levy defeat prompts calls for new vote
Local reactions follow a failed $400000 levy as Raleigh County residents spurned a $1.2 million grant from the ARA. Officials lament low turnout with voices urging a second special election to revive the plan to boost jobs, tourism, and economic growth near Stephen's Lake. Local residents express disappointment and concern over the missed opportunity to attract industry and funds.
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Beckley
Robert Thomson
Elmer L. Davis
Beckley National Bank
ARA
Raleigh
Stephen's Lake
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