Fire Hazards In Woods Are Lessened Today
District Forester Carl Lucas reports rains since yesterday afternoon have temporarily alleviated tinderbox conditions in fields and forests after 28 new fires in District IV Sunday. No reports on the new fires had yet been received, but rains in Raleigh County Fayette Wyoming and McDowell counties suggest favorable updates. Dry spells and breezes could renew extreme danger soon.
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District IV
Carl Lucas
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
McDowell
Seneca District Scout Show At Raleigh Armory Saturday
The Seneca District Scout Exposition and Show runs in two parts at the Raleigh County Armory Saturday. From 2 to 5:30 p.m. booths by Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorers will display den patrol and troop crafts with demonstrations and judging. The evening show from 7 p.m. features 500 to 600 scouts in activities across first aid ropework calisthenics and more. A Cub Scout Pinewood Derby is held in the afternoon. Tickets: 35 cents adults 15 cents children in afternoon. 50 cents adults 25 cents children for evening. This is Raleigh County and Seneca Districts largest recent Scouting event.
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Seneca District
Raleigh County Armory
Armory
Raleigh County
Seneca
Man Burned in Turnpike Car Fire Near Mile Post 61
A turnpike motorist suffered severe burns to hands and arms around 9 am when pouring gasoline into his car and the carburetor caught fire near Mile Post 61. He was taken to a Charleston hospital for treatment.
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Turnpike
Mile Post 61
Charleston
Sgt Veneri Returns From Army Recruiting Course
Sgt Pete Veneri, administrations chief at the Army Recruiting Main Station Beckley, returned from a recruiting and career course in Indiana. He ranked among the top of his class and was replaced at Beckley by local recruiter Master Sergeant Clarence Johnson Jr.
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Pete Veneri
Army
Beckley
Ind
Veneri
Clarence Johnson Jr
Unexplored World Caves Likely Number in Tens of Thousands
The figure suggests that roughly fifty thousand caves remain undiscovered worldwide. Researchers estimate many more may exist in remote regions. Explorers push to map these hidden karst systems and assess potential resources.
Polio Clinic Drill Set for Next Sunday Across 20 Sites
Set up for polio clinics across 20 locations announced by Col. Robert Thomson Jr. The effort aims to immunize Raleigh County residents with Sabin vaccine across three clinic dates, starting Sunday. Groups including PTA, Catholic Daughters, Woman's Club, Band Mothers, student bodies, and Homeroom Mothers volunteer. A 25 cent contribution is requested but no one will be refused. Clinic locations span Clear Fork, Marsh Fork, Trap Hill, Ghent, Sophia, Stotesbury, Stoco, Coal City, and Beckley area schools and the Raleigh County Armory with Health Society participation.
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Robert Thomson Jr
Court Paula No
Catholic Daughters of America
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Band
Woodrow Wilson High School
Ing
Raleigh County Medical Society
Grover C. Hedrick Jr
Raleigh County
Hedrick
Clear Fork
Colcord
Marsh Fork
Montreal
Trap Hill
Cittsville
Bradley
Piney View
Richmond High
Shady Spring
Keyettes
Ghent
New Crab Orchard
Sophia High School
Mark Twain High School
Stotesbury
Rhodell
Stoco Junior
Besoco
Stoco Senior High
Coal City
Womlan’s Club
Woodrow Wilson
Maxwell Hill
Crescent
PTA
Stratton High School
Quesenberry Bus Lines to Run Free Polio Clinic Transport
Quesenberry Bus Lines owners and seven drivers donate services to operate a full Sunday schedule to transport residents to 20 Sabin Polio clinics on SOP Day. Drivers including Walter Bales Arnold Bowyer Carl Bennett Arthur Moon Mullins Ernest Quesenberry Gene Mith Howard Quesenberry and others will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m with a Loop bus starting at 10 a.m arriving Beckley at 11:15.
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Quesenberry Bus Lines
Opera
Sabin
Walter Bales
Arnold Bowyer
Carl Bennett
Arthur “Moon” Mullins
District 50
Ernest Quesenberry
Bus Lines
Gene Mith
Billy Jeffry
Howard Quesenberry
William Ward
R. F. Smith
Bill Harmon
Joe Corkrean
Beckley
Quesenberry
Increased Coal Use Foreseen
Washington based National Coal Association forecast 433 million tons of bituminous coal to be consumed in the U S and abroad this year, up 2.1 percent from last year. Electric utilities will use 203 million tons, a 6.3 percent rise, while coking coal for steel drops to 72 million tons. Exports stay near last year with 11 million tons to Canada and 27 million tons to other nations including Japan and several European countries.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
National Coal Association
NCA
Russell Harman
Princis Coals, Inc
Huntington
W. Va
Harmon
Canada
Japan
West Germany
Italy
France
League Voters Beckley Urge Voting to Prove Citizenship
The League of Women Voters of Beckley urges residents to go to the polls Tuesday and vote, calling on citizens to prove they are good Americans by exercising their right to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters of
Beckley
Congress Debates Kennedy Proposals In 1963 Session
Washington news summary: Congress returns from recess to tackle Kennedy tax cut plans, revenue reform, and aid for medical and dental schools. House Ways & Means to report a bill in June, Senate Finance to begin hearings. Also actions on water resources grants, farm price supports, and education funding. Thresher submarine inquiry and Javits warns against punitive steel price probes.
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House
Ways & Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Thresher
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Naval Board of Inquiry
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
House- Senate
Road Crews Repair Flood Damage on Key Routes
Mr. Sweeney of the State Road Commission reports crews are repairing shoulders on Routes 21 16 and 3 after flood damage. Work continues on the Workman's Creek bridge and the new Route 10 bridge.
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Sweeney
State Road Commission
Workman’s Creek
Dr Charles H Smith joins Beckley VA Hospital as dentist
Dr Charles H Smith joins the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital staff as a dentist replacing Dr D K Detwiler who moves to the Veterans Hospital in Louisville KY The New York native has 17 years VA experience including six in Chillicothe OH A Harvard College graduate he served 3 1/2 years in the Army and is active in dental and prosthodontic societies He is Civil War relic collector and former president of the National Civil War Round Table Chapter in Chillicothe He is married to Florence with son Charles M a medical student and they reside at 708 Woodlawn Ave and attend the Presbyterian Church
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Charles H. Smith
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
D. K. Detwiler
Veterans Hospital
Louisville, Ky
New York
Harvard College
The
American Dental Association
American Prosthodontic Society
Snowy Rockies Hit With Heat Wave and Storms
Snow piled up to 18 inches in Wyoming and Colorado as a deep storm moved through the Rockies. A heat wave baked the southern plains while tornadoes, hail, and storms struck the Midwest. Snow touched Los Angeles and Ely Nevada with fresh accumulations. Utah ski resorts logged 13 inches. The Pacific Coast League opener in Salt Lake City was postponed for a third straight day.
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United Press International
Rockies
Plains
Midwest
Los Angeles
East
Wyoming
Colorado
Lander
Wyo
Rocky Chain
Lamar
Jamestown
Ind
Ely
Nev
Austin
Los Angeles County
Palmdale
Calif
Utah
Salt Lake City
Vinson Cited After Mishap in City Traffic Record
Benjamin F. Vinson, 39, of Charleston, ordered to appear in City Police Court Thursday night on two traffic violations from a two car crash on South Fayette Street at 10 35 p m Sunday. Damages estimated at 250 with no injuries. Police also logged three unrelated Friday and Saturday incidents including a drunken driving arrest of Wiley R Taylor 38 MacArthur and a collision involving Sharon Kay Withrow 18 Beckley and Opie R Lilly 36 Beckley with 175 damage. Further incidents included a 150 damage two car collision and a separate 175 damage crash at Park and First Avenues involving Richard C McWhorter 16 and Bane E Sarrett 18.
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Benjamin F. Vinson
Charleston
South Fayette Street
Vinson
C. B. Keaton
Beckley
Wiley R. Taylor
MacArthur
Sharon Kay Withrow
Orchard Ave
Withrow
Opie R. Lilly
Lilly
Woodlawn
Second Avenues
Taylor
Raleigh County
Robert N. Williams
Ellison Ave
George Dale
Mabscott
Richard C. McWhorter
Wood St
Bane E. Sarrett
Northwestern
Park and
First Avenues
Sarrett
First Avenue
Park Avenue
McWhorter
Sophia High School Talent Show Winners Highlight Local Talent
Connie Huff, a Sophia High sophomore, took second in the high school division of a Raleigh County talent show fundraiser held Saturday at Sophia High. First went to The Picliots from Shady Spring High. third to Sarah Henry of Sophia. Elementary winners: Johnnie Collins Sophia. Susan Lilly Brooks Adair Elementary. Eddie Rushbrook, Bobby Harmon Sophia. Donald Neff Midway Elementary, all performing trumpet, piano, or impersonations from TV.
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Connie Huff
Sophia High School
Raleigh County
Counci
Picliots
Shady Spring High School
Sarah Henry
Sophia
Johnnie Collins
Jackie Gleason
Susan Lilly
Brooks Adair
Exodus
Eddie Rushbrook
Bobby Harmon
Sophia Elementary
Donald Neff
Midway Elementary School
West Virginia Teacher Attends OSU Summer Geology Institute
Jack E Patton science teacher at Mark Twain High School will join the second summer institute at Ohio State University Geologic Field Station Ephraim Utah from June 22 to August 23. Three 5 credit hour courses will be offered introduction to geology special problems in geology and the nature and development of science. Patton is the only West Virginia science teacher attending.
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Jack E. Patton
Mark Twain High School
Ohio State University
Geologic Field Station
Ephraim
Utah
Patton
West Virginia
Permits Issued for West Virginia Mines
The West Virginia Department of Mines Beckley office issued opening permits for several mines across Raleigh Nicholas and Wyoming counties. Myrtle Nell Coal Co totals 20 workers and No 3 mine with 10 workers. Princeton Coal Sales Inc Sick Coal Co 8. Margaret Peerless Coal Co No 1 4. L and J Coal Co No 2 10. Berch Coal Co 15. Joyce Coal Co No 1 12. Joan Coal Co No 6 5. Lee Coal Co No 1 6. Irene Pitsenbarger Coal Co No 5 Fayette Co 4.
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West Virginia Department of Mines
Beckley
Myrtle Nell Coal Co
Raleigh County
Princeton Coal Sales Inc
Wyoming County
Sick Coal Co
Margaret Peerless Coal Co
Nicholas County
L & J Coal Co
Berch Coal Co
Joyce Coal Co
Joan Coal Co
Lee Coal Co
Irene Pitsenbarger Coal Co
Fayette Co
65000 Trees To Be Planted In This Area
A report states 65000 evergreen trees arrived at Beckley Farmers Market with crowds of cars and people. The County Court will receive 3000 trees for Raleigh County Health Center grounds and 4 H Camp, Little Beaver Lake beautification. Beckley city gets trees for New River Park. The state offered 2 million trees under Governor’s Clean Up program. orders totaled about 5 million, reduced to maximize recipients. Garden Club Council representatives assisted in distribution.
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Beckley Farmers Market
Porter Lewis
Raleigh County Health Center
Little Beaver Lake
Beckley
New River Park
Sherwood Spencer
Charleston
Lewis
Garden Club Council
Fatal attack claims life of Silas Burks at home
The Beckley Rescue Squad responded to 147 Prillerman Ave at 8 10 p m Sunday after Silas Burks aged 59 apparently suffered a heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
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Beckley
Prillerman Ave
Silas Burks
Supermarkets Dominate Grocery Sales In 1962 Study
In New York UPI reports that supermarkets accounted for 75 percent of total grocery store sales. The industry rang up $39.1 billion in 1962, up 7.1 percent from 1961. The average annual volume per supermarket was about $1.39 million.
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New York
UPI
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Fea
Janet Henry
Congress
Kennedy
House Education and Labor Committee
Blue Star
AMERE
Car Utilities Company
Bound For
Hawaii
Mr. J. E. Dickerson
Dessie Lowe
Mary Ann Thompson
Bill Straub
Mary Ann Allison
Dorothy
Open Earhart
Jane Hylton
Lincoln School
Lincoln Luau
Beckley Memorial
Ohio State
Beckley Loan CO
Neville St. Pa
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