Human Rights Commission Seeks College Aid Across State
The West Virginia Human Rights Commission asks colleges and universities to provide information on racial discrimination areas such as public facilities while gathering data on Negro graduates. Mayors in larger cities will receive letters about progress and publicity as West Virginia moves to end discrimination ahead of the Centennial year.
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Charleston
UPI
Uni
Sena
Howard McKinney
A i Makinney
Kermit McKeever
Parks
Human Rights Commission
Thomas W.gavett
West Virginia University Institute of Industrial Relations
Chamber Directors Meet Thursday in Beckley
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce directors will meet at noon Tuesday in the Beckley Winn Hotel ballroom. Dr. Clark Kessel will address medical aid to the aged, with congressional action committee members present. Alex George to report on the Chamber rejoining the Beckley Business Bureau. Gene Morehouse to cover the Community Chest Drive.
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Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Beckley-Winn Hotel
Chamber
Congressional Action Committee
Clark Kessel
Alex George
Beckley Business Bureau
Gene Morehouse
Capitol Orientation Tour Ends With Exit
Lighter Side continues with an orientation tour of the Capitol explaining floor labels and elevator routes. The article details how floors are named in different buildings and concludes with finding the exit.
Golden seeks release of former communist Scales
North Carolina newsmen circulate a petition for executive clemency for Scales, who was indicted in Greensboro eight years ago and has since disavowed the Communist Party. Golden says he never met Scales and argues the confinement is unjust, noting his support will be sent to President Kennedy once signatures are gathered.
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Golden
Scales
Communist Party
Scales II
Greensboro
Kennedy
Garden Seeds Distributed At Beckley Farmers Market
County Agent H B Thomas reported 55 seed kits remained for approved applicants who missed the Beckley Farmers Market on Monday and Tuesday. Kits will be held for a limited time. Raleigh County committee led by Carl Bunch approved a Shela DMG ometinatione. Seed usage last year reached 98 percent, yielding about 10 percent above county averages.
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H. B. Thomas
Thomas
Beckley Farmers Market
Raleigh
Carl Bunch
Stalin's Son Disappears After Father’s Death in 1953
Reports place Stalin's son in Moscow after his father's funeral on March 8 1953 where he was seen walking behind the casket. He had been promoted in 1949 to command air forces in the Moscow district and was said to have two children with a separated wife. A sister Svetlana was reported living in Moscow and a brother was said killed in the war. Since his disappearance rumors ranged from execution to exile in Siberia.
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Moscow
Stalin
Svetlana
Siberia
Gaillot Defends Wife in Segregation Fight and Excommunication
In a letter to Archbishop Rummel Gaillot defended his wife's segregation protests including picketing and pamphleteering against school desegregation. He said he had also picketed the residence of Coadjutor Archbishop Cody and claimed excommunication claims were false. The excommunications of Mrs Gaillot Leander Perez Sr and Jackson Ricau were issued by Archbishop Rummel last week over opposition to desegregation of 153 Catholic schools in southeast Louisiana.
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Phta
Phomarge
Leon mAgrimage
Gan
Rummel
Gaillot
United Press International
John P. Cody
Cody
Kansas City
Re Press International
Catholic Church
Leander H. Perez Sr
Jackson G. Ricau
South Louisiana
White) Citizens Council
Louisiana
Vatican
Oceana Clerk and Acting Mayor Suffers Heart Attack
J C Hurst city clerk and acting mayor of Oceana is in fair condition at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after a heart attack occurring in his Town Hall office. He was admitted Tuesday and transported by ambulance at 10 15 a m.
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Oceana
RNS
J. C. Hurst
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Hurst
Town Hall
Table Leg's Use Ends In Arrest
A Beckley man, Lemuel Richardson, 34, is confined to the county jail after allegedly beating a friend with a table leg. Richardson faces felonious assault, destruction of property, and trespassing charges following a home invasion. Harold Cave, 32, bonded out after being jailed on child neglect and drunkenness charges. infant placed in foster care. Tommy Small, 19, cited for driving without a license and bonded for court appearance. Earl Cooper, 49, released after bond on a peace warrant. Delman Redden, Glen Morgan, and Betty Cochran, all of Baltimore, Md., jailed on trespassing charges.
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Beckley
Ithepe County
Lemuel Richardson
Ernest Miller
Bair Street
Richardson
Harold Cave
Cave
Department of Child Welfare
Tommy Small
Earl Cooper
Odd
J. E. Mays
Delman Redden
Glen Morgan
Betty Cochran
Baltimore
Shortening The News Speeches and court actions in contract talks
The summary notes GOP speeches on news briefings, a federal court action on strike threats and work rule revisions in railroad bargaining. It also mentions Dick Clark and Loretta Martin securing a marriage license, a congressional inquiry into reserve training, steel shipments forecast dips, and New Jersey primary turnout indicating GOP control. It covers state briefs on labor, education, crops, flu outlook, and civil defense shifts in West Virginia. It reports Charleston App Power Co. personnel moves and division leadership changes.
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GOP
Dick Clark
Loretta Martin
Sharon Hill
Armed Forces Reserve
House
Iron Age Magazine
New Jersey
Washington
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Dan Wesley and Others
Obituary notices list Dan Wesley 46 Ravencliff who died of a heart attack at the Emil Cimala mine in Maben. Survived by wife Faye Lafferty Wesley, son Randy, and brothers Jake, Fred, Bill, with services at Oak Grove Church Ravencliff and burial Pine Grove Cemetery. Additional notices for Clayton Bailey Matoaka and infant Duff Sullivan. dates, burial details, and family survivors provided. Body transfers and funeral arrangements noted for each.
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Dan Wesley
Ravencliff
Oak Grove
Cameron Lilly
Pine Grove
Wesley
Maben
Bolt
Jim
Angeline McMilion Wesley
Faye Laffer
Clayton Bailey
Matoaka
Cook’s Chapel
Crotty
Lashmeet
Bailey
Lamar Colliery Co
James Bailey
Nellie Hubbard Bailey
Buster
Ike
Fred
Kenneth Bailey
Marie Spangler
Kathleen Hilton
Virginia Bailey
Martha Bailey
T. K
Bruce
Troy Bailey
Bluewell
Laura Melvin
Blanche Steele
Bailey Funeral Home
Roosevelt
Betty Goddard Duff
Sullivan
Farley Hill
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
James Duff
Gertrude Goddard
Williams
Mrs. Georgia Honaker Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Jones Honaker 90 of Cleveland Ohio formerly of Beckley were to be conducted in Cleveland on Thursday following her death at 2 30 p m Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs John Richards Cleveland after a long illness Born in Virginia on August 8 1871 she moved to Cleveland to live.
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Georgia Jones Honaker
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley
Honaker
John Richards
Virginia
State Featured In Journal Focuses On West Virginia Economy
David Brinkley’s Journal tonight at 10 30 on Channel 2 examines President Kennedy's pledge to aid West Virginia's economy and retraining for unemployed coal miners. It includes West Virginians’ attitudes toward promises and the administration's program. Ted Yates highlights carpentry and electrical training amid a brighter outlook. A second segment surveys American motel luxury from 1930s cabins to modern roadside inns. Photography by Dave Cruise accompanies coverage, with notes on plants near Princeton Lockheed in Clarksburg Morgantown glass plant and Williamson Gilbert woodworking projects.
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Kennedy
West Virginia
David Brinkley
Channel 2
West
Dave Cruise
Travel Development Division
Department of Commerce
Princeton
Lockheed
Clarksburg
Glass
Morgantown
Government briefing on campaign finance and cultural center
President discussed a nine member commission on campaign financing believed to offer a significant advance in addressing rising political campaign costs. He said a reservist's court martial at Ft Polk would see the remainder of his sentence remitted in keeping with Easter spirit. He declined to comment on the excommunication in New Orleans of three Catholic segregationists, noting it related to private acts. Eisenhower’s widow agreed to co chair the National Cultural Center in Washington, seen as a major cultural advance.
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Congress
New Orleans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Cultural Center
Washington
Eisenhower
Minor East Main Street crash causes $150 damage
Beckley Police report a 1960 model car driven by 17 year old Anna A Korn of 343 Mankin Ave collided with the left door of a parked car owned by C. W. Meador of 200 Quarry St at 8 15 p m Monday. No charges or injuries were reported.
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East Main Street
Beckley
Anna A. Korn
Mankin Ave
C. W. Meador
Quarry St
Whiting Named By Rep. Bailey
Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey of West Virginia appoints Jack C. Whiting of Charleston as campaign manager for his race against incumbent Arch A. Moore Jr. in the 1st District. Whiting previously worked for the West Virginia Cancer Society and the Virginia Carolina Chemical Corp, with prior public relations roles and military service in WWII and Korea. The two incumbents face no primary opposition on May 8 after redistricting moved Harrison County to Bailey’s district.
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Washington
UPI
Cleveland M. Bailey
D-W. Va
Jack C. Whiting
Charleston
Arch A. Moore Jr
Whiting
Spencer, W. Va
West Virginia
American Cancer Society
The
Cancer Society
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp
Richmond
Old West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
State Agriculture Department
American Legion
West Virginia University
Moore
Bailey
Harrison
Huck Finns Safe On Island
Two Williamstown area boys, Ronnie Lewis 18 and Ralph D Shuttleworth 15, used a rowboat to flee home and were found on Buckley’s Island in the Ohio River near Parkersburg. They spent a cold night on the island and later drifted to Neal’s Island before signaling to rescuers to come ashore. Authorities conducted a large search with state and local police after they were missing about 15 hours.
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Parkersburg
UPT
Huck Finns
Ohio River
Here
Williamstown
Ronnie Lewis
Virgil Lewis
Ralph D. Shuttleworth
R. F. Shuttleworth
Williamstown Pike
Wood County
Clifford Masters
Buckley's Island
Neal's Island
Easter Program Open To Public At Sophia High
Tri-Hi-Y Club of Sophia High School presents a dramatic Easter program Thursday at 10 a.m. for students and the public. It is the club’s community project led by sponsor Mrs. Muriel Kincaid, with special eastern music by the school choir directed by Mrs. Duke Williams. Jessie McElrath serves as club president.
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West Mag
McKinney
Eee
Carl Sullivan
Centennial Commission
Joe
Commerce Department
Eastern Agence Ee Seerae
West Visine
Bowers
Interstate Commerce
Doan
Capitol
Senate
Apers
North Carolina
Montgomery Ward
Evergreen Sale
Arborvitae
Hardy Globe
Biota Newap'i
Globe Arborvitae
Bakers Arborvitae
Nets
Wee Gee
National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers District 50
Williamson
State Education Department
Federal
State Crop Reporting Service
State Health Department
William J. Mathews Jr
Beckley District
Sears Monument CO
SEARS
Harper Road
Oak Hill
Hubert Daniel
Okey Daniel
Saxon
Melton Mortuary
Bradley
Andrew J. Honaker
Georgia Honaker
Journal
Ebom
Rep. Bailey
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