Tree Shipment Inadequate Leaves County Short by Thousands
Raleigh County received 33,200 trees from a 65,000 order under the Governor's Clean Up and Beautification program. Unauthorized individuals reportedly took trees without cards, causing shortages and complaints about size and species. Sherwood Spencer of Charleston said the issue mirrors prior cases and expressed regret over the confusion.
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Raleigh
Beckley
Sherwood Spencer
Charleston
Spencer
Convicts Escape North Carolina Prison Camp Flee into Mountains
Fourteen inmates at Spruce Pine state prison camp fled into the Blue Ridge Mountains after sawing through a cellblock wall on Monday. Two were recaptured, two guards were fired for cross custodial negligence, and the fugitives reportedly escaped in two stolen cars from the camp, about five miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spruce Pine
N.C
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Parkway
Athens tragic ill man rushed from warehouse scene
The Beckley Rescue Squad responded to the Commodity Warehouse in Sprague at 2:35 p m Monday for Theodore Athy aged 54 who became ill. He received emergency treatment and was transported to a local doctor for examination.
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Beckley
Sprague
Theodore Athy
Huntington City Manager Hoisington Resigns
Huntington city manager Robert M Hoisington resigns effective Sept 1 or soon after as council finds convenient He says his resignation stems from past campaign opposition and that he can best serve Huntington amid continued efforts to advance the city Voters narrowly defeated a proposal to return to a strong mayor system last Saturday leaving the city with leadership questions and management changes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
Robert M. Hoisington
Hoisington
Tornadoes Ravage Illinois Towns Near Decatur Area
The storm devastation described as the worst disaster in years struck Indianapolis area uncertainly. In Illinois at least 30 people were injured across Decatur St Marys Hospital Cerro Gordo Sandus Ar the towns of Illiopolis Hoopeston Pesatum Philo Tuscola Niantic Hammond Argenta and Newman along Illinois 36. Homes were destroyed power and phone lines down and ambulance services exhausted as crews ferried injured and searched for survivors.
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Indianapolis
Illinois
St. Mary’s Hospital
Decatur
Cerro Gordo
Sandorus
Chrisman
Murdock
Illiopolis
Hoopeston
Pesatum
Philo
Tuscola
Niantic
Hammond
Argenta
Newman
Illinois 36
Landlords Oppose VEPCO High Voltage Line Plan
Virginia landowners in Loudoun and Fauquier Counties oppose a proposed 346 mile 500000 volt VEPCO transmission line to loop through 19 counties from Mt. Storm West Virginia toward Waynesboro and Richmond and back via northern Virginia. The Virginia SCC will hold three days of hearings on VEPCO's request to construct the line and acquire right of way. VEPCO argues the project will deliver high quality service at low cost and save about six million dollars annually in fuel and freight costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
UPI
Virginia
Virginia Hunt Country
Virginia Electric and Power Co
VEPCO
Loudoun
Fauquier
Mt. Storm
Grant County
W. Va
Waynesboro
Richmond
Fredericksburg
West Virginia
State Corporation Commission
SCC
George D. Gibson
Commission
T. M. Hutcheson
Hutcheson
Bonds forfeited in City Police Court on intoxication and driving cases
Bonds totaling 353 were forfeited in City Police Court Monday night. Wiley R. Taylor, 38, of MacArthur, forfeited a 109 bond for a drunk driving charge after a three car crash at Woodlawn and Second Avenues Friday at 11 15 p m. His license was suspended six months. Marvin G. Mays, 47, of Peters town, forfeited a 54 bond on a shoplifting charge. Ten persons forfeited a total of 190 on intoxication charges.
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Wiley R. Taylor
MacArthur
Taylor
Woodlawn
Second Avenues
Marvin G. Mays
Peterstown
Deaths And Funerals John Thompson 75 Long Branch
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for John Thompson 75 of Long Branch who died at 5 40 am today at his home from complications of a long illness. A retired miner born Feb 12 1888 in Fayette County he was the son of the late Elias and Virginia Thompson. Surviving are five daughters four sons a brother a sister 24 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope pending arrival of the son in Turkey.
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John Thompson
Long Branch
Fayette County
Elias
Virginia Thompson
Ollie Mayble
Daniel O’toole
Mildred Ellison
Mamie Wyatt
Baltimore
Nina Wright
Donnie
Grafton
Leo
Bradley
Louis
Arnold
U.S. Navy
Cyprus
Turkey
Earl Thompson
Beelick
Final rites for Mrs Wright in Raleigh church
Mrs Mary Wright of Beckley will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Thursday in St John s Baptist Church Raleigh with Rev H E Davis in charge. Burial in Stanford Cemetery. She died Friday night in a local hospital. Born Castlewood Virginia she was daughter of Issac and Ida Burdine. Survived by husband Ervin Wright three sons Jefferson Nash Cleveland Ohio Ervin and Ivy Wright Beckley a daughter Augusta Keys Cleveland Ohio two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services arranged by Wright and Anderson Funeral Home.
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Wright
S. Fayette ‘St
St. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
H. E. Davis
Stanford
Castlewood
Issac
Ida Burdine
Order Eastern Star
Matron’s Council
American Legion Auxiliary
Beckley Sojourner Truth Unit
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Ervin Wright
Beckley
Jefferson Nash
Cleveland
Ohio
Ervin
Ivy Wright
Augusta Keys
Navy probes Thresher wreck site with cameras near Boston
Navy divers plan to lower underwater cameras on Atlantis II to 8,400 feet to locate the Thresher in a 10 square mile zone about 270 miles east of Boston where the nuclear submarine vanished with 129 men on April 10. Authorities expect the sunken vessel lies within the area and may deploy the bathyscaph Trieste for closer inspection if a hull is found.
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Washington
UPS
Navy
Atlantic
Boston
Joint
Congressional Atomic Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Joint Committee
Naval Court of Inquiry
C. B. Bishop
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Bishop
Point Defiance
Death of Rev J D Carrington in North Beckley
The Rev James D Carrington of North Beckley died early today in a local hospital after a long illness. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home awaiting completion of arrangements.
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James D. Carrington
North Beckley
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Hasane Mustafa Hasane Mustafa Dies in Princewick at Local Hospital
Hasane Mustafa Hasane Mustafa of Princewick died at 9 30 p m Monday in a local hospital. The body is at the Keyser Bry ant Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Hasane Mustafa
Princewick
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Final rites for Ira E. Cook in Virginia and West Virginia ties
Final rites for Ira Ernest Cook aged 68 of Roanoke Virginia were reportedly to be held at 2 p.m. today at George W Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton with Rev. G C Craig presiding. Burial would follow at Resthaven Cemetery. Survivors include brother Charles Cook and two sisters Mrs Ida Dalton and Mrs Addie Cline all of Pineville.
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Ira Ernest Cook
Roanoke
Geroge W. Seaver
Princeton
G. C. Craig
Resthaven
Charles Cook
Ida Dalton
Addie Cline
Pineville
Cuban Prisoners and refugees in Havana release bid
Prisoners linked to the Cuban mission to the United Nations and two Cuban Americans in New York were arrested months ago on conspiracy to sabotage defense installations. Castro pledged to release detainees. the first will arrive in Florida this week aboard the American Surveyor after unloading ransom supplies.
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United Nations
Antonio Suero
Jose Garcia Orellana
New York
Donovan
Castro
Florida
Havana
Cuba
Rafael del Pino
del Pino
Two Released From Raleigh County Jail On Lunacy Warrants
Two area residents were freed from Raleigh County Jail this morning after lunacy warrants. A Coal City woman was released to her husband at 8 15 a.m. to be taken to a Huntington hospital. A Bible Avenue man was released at 10 a.m. following a hearing before a lunacy board.
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Raleigh County
Coal City
Huntington
Bible Avenue
Permit Granted for Sea residence addition in Chester G and Doris Jean Sea mon
Chester G and Doris Jean Sea mon of 105 Winger Ave obtained a city permit Monday to add a room to their home with an estimated cost of 1000 dollars. The permit cost 10 dollars.
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Chester G
Doris Jean Seamon
Winger Ave
City Hall
Robert H Harwood Funeral Held for Beckley Native
Robert H Harwood 46 of San Diego died in a San Diego hospital after an illness. He was the son of Mrs Eunice Scott Harwood and the late Harold Harwood, born in Beckley and educated at Woodrow Wilson High School Lynchburg College and West Virginia University. A World War II veteran he served in New Guinea and was a member of the Disciples of Christ and the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Surviving are his wife Mrs Arelene Roesser and other relatives. Arrangements were by Pacific Beach Mortuary in San Diego.
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Robert H. Harwoood
San Diego
Calif
C. H. Felter
Virginia Street
M. L. Bragg
Reservoir Road
Eunice Scott Harwood
Brighton Ave
Harold Harwood
Beckley
Harwood
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lynchburg College
West Virginia University
New Guinea
Disciples of Christ Church
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Arelene Roesser
Pacific Beach
Cass St
Final rites for William Alfred Humphrey held in Mt. Hope
William Alfred Humphrey 71 of 110 Monroe Ave Beckley died at 1 p.m. Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Final rites were set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mt. Hope with Rev. Sam Williams and Rev. Otis McNeil in charge. Burial followed at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The body remained at the funeral home with calling after 3 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alfred Humphrey
Monroe Ave
Beckley
Tyree
Welfare funding clash prompts urgent legislative action
A heated debate describes a deficiency allocation for welfare of 1.2 million dollars. The House supported partial funding while the Senate rejected funds, with a conference committee splitting the difference. Legislators warn action may occur quickly at the May 6 session. Corcoran cites concerns over state finances and the third penny sales tax earmark.
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Welfare Department
Welfare
House
Senate
Carson
Corcoran
West Virginia
Laos Crisis Moves Spark SEATO Talks In Bangkok
Laos commander in the Pacific arrived in Bangkok to confer with SEATO military authorities while the United States shifted portions of the 7th Fleet toward Laos to pressure diplomacy. Harriman flew from Paris to London for more talks on the crisis, a Geneva accords architect who backed Laos independence and neutral status with ICC supervision, as Britain and the USSR press public pressure on Laotian Communists to honor the accords.
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Pacific
Thailand
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
SEATO
Bangkok
United States
7Th Fleet
Laos
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
London
Paris
Harriman
Geneva
ICC
Britain
Russia
Kremlin
Miners with Disabilities Eye Judge Field Rulings
Judge Field affirmed disability ratings for four miners, detailing Bandy at 49 with seventh grade education and long mine labor, Hamilton at 53 with sixth grade education and several health issues, Weese with advanced silicosis and emphysema, and Stone at 63 with back injury. The cases note varying education levels, mining backgrounds, and medical impairments, with potential SSA appeal not yet filed.
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Field
Social Security
Clarence Hamilton
Colcord
James R. Weese
Leivasy
Wilbur S. Stone
Belva
Hamilton
Weese
Stone
Social Security Administration
Woman Free After Executing Peace Bond in Beckley
Betty Foster, 32, Brammer Street, posted a $500 property bond to secure release from custody and to appear May 6 before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on a peace warrant. Several others faced charges or fines, including Sidney Lilly, Melvin Dunkley, Sylvia Williams, Sterling Cook, Douglas Hatcher, Carl Rorrer, Howard Taylor, Billy Williams, James Harris, Francis Holt, Lonnie Bowman Jr, and local juveniles.
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Betty Foster
Brammer Street
Joe Rodriguez
Jean Buchanan
Brammer
Sidney Lilly
Skelton
Rodriguez
Mickey P. Bowles
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Melvin Giles Dunkley
Burke
Crab Orchard Drive
Sylvia Lee Williams
St. Albans
Sterling Cook
Ury
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Cook
Madeline Cook
Raleigh St
Sophia
Raleigh
Underwood
Coal City
Rodriguez Monda
John Fountain Christian
W. Va
Douglas Hatcher
U. S
Carl Rorrer
Arnett
Howard R. Taylor
Sandtone
Billy Lee Williams
James Daniel Harris
Dorothy
C. Harold Hanks I
Harry L. McCreery
Francis Holt
Sullivan
Holt
Bessie Martin
Lonnie Bowman Jr
East Beckley
Driest April Since 1942 Hits East Coast
Dry spell grips the East Coast as Gulf air masses stay shallow and bring little rain. Forecaster Forester notes repeated invasions of hot dry air while Washington D.C. records 31 inches of rain, just under one third of normal.
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Gulf
Forester
East Coast
Washington, D.C
Holcomb and Wife Sue for 55000 Over Car Crash
Two lawsuits totaling 55000 filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court allege Thomas Arthrell of Los Angeles caused a December 18 1962 auto collision near U S Route 19 and State Route 41 injuring Stanley Holcomb and his wife. Holcomb seeks 25000 plus costs for injuries and loss of companionship with 10000 for his wife medical expenses and 20000 for his wife injuries. Stephen P Meyers of Charleston represents both plaintiffs.
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Thomas F. Arthrell
West 11Th Place
Los Angeles
Calif
Raleigh County
Stanley D. Holcomb
U. S. Route 19
Arthrell
Holcomb
Mary Frances Holcomb
Freak Accident Claims Life Of Frank Maggard In Kentucky
Frank Maggard, 28, of Grahn Kentucky, died in a freak accident when a road grader backed up to his stalled truck on a muddy slope. He stepped behind the machine to fasten a chain and was crushed between the truck and the grader. Maggard worked as a driver for Carter County Stone Co. of Olive Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
Frank Maggard
Grahn
Maggard
Carter County
Stone Co
Olive Hill
Kennedy to hold news conference at 4 p.m. Wednesday
President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. EST on Wednesday. The event will be open to television and radio coverage and marks his first since April 3.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
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Estel Ford
Willie
Louise Prince
Burl Shrewsbury
Preston Shrewsbury
Effie McKinney
Lula McKinney
Oceana
Lissie McKinney
Basin
Hazel Reid
St Jersey
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Thresher
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