Car Crash at Oak Hill Causes 3500 in Damages
An out of control car struck five parked or moving autos at the Top Hat Drive In near Oak Hill at 10 30 p m Monday Trooper M D Yoho reports Os car Mosley Carlisle owner charged with failure to have his vehicle under control said his right front tire blew out Edith Patterson Hilltop treated for leg and wrist injuries was the sole injured person Owners of the other five cars are Walter Lee Patterson Hilltop Tom Bell Inc George W Smith Delma Jane s Coleman all of Oak Hill and Gene Williams East Liverpool Ohio
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Oak Hill
ANS
Oscar Mosley
Carlisle
Top Hat
Walter Lee Patterson
Hilltop
Tom Bell, Inc
George W. Smith
Delma Janes Coleman
Gene Williams
East
Liverpool
Ohio
Georgia Spelunkers Rescued After Near Two Day Wait
Three college students from Atlanta and Florida were trapped for about 48 hours at the base of a 60 foot mud cliff in Case’s Cave near Lookout Mountain Georgia. They were found by chance by a searcher after hours of exploring and were in good shape despite hunger and exposure. The rescue was led by a 100 member team under Dade County Sheriff Allison Blevins and coordinated from Emory University.
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Dade County
Allison Blevins
Blevins
James Mason
Bill Bartee
Atlanta
Martin Huddleston
Ormond Beach
Fla
Mason
Georgia
Beckleyan Posts $2,000 In Bonds
Beckley man Nathaniel Reynolds, 35, released on two $1,000 bonds after arrest for drunkenness and petit larceny related to stealing women’s shoes from G. C. Murphy Co. He waived preliminary hearing.
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Nathaniel Reynolds
Beckley
Raleigh
Reynolds
G. C. Murphy Co
Main Street
W. A. Burke
Sylvia Queen
Crescent St
Berry
Louise L. Hamrick
Joe Rodriguez
Ray A. Meadows
Ernest T. Boyd
Atlanta
Kennedy Outlines Aims For Atomic Tests In Space
President Kennedy proposed three aims for atmospheric tests if Russia fails to sign a test ban. First, proof tests of existing weapons accumulated since 1958. Second, determine effects on U S radar comms underground sites and guidance from explosions. Third, boost weapon efficiency with higher yield per pound, mobility, decoys, and using missiles against defenses.
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Russia
Kennedy
U. S. Defense
U.S
Easter weekend murder suicide shocks Delaware Ohio family
Police investigate the Delaware County case where Janice Cox 37 and three children died in a suspected murder suicide. Wallace Cox reported the scene after returning from a work trip, with autopsy results awaiting to confirm verdict.
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Delaware, Ohio
UPI
Janice Cox
Delaware County
Harley Wormstaff
University Hospital
Columbus
Wallace D. Cox
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sandusky
Cox
Tessa
Denny
Elizabeth
Jane M. Case
Hoover Reservoir
Four from Washington Hurt in Beckley Hospital Auto Crash
Four persons from Washington D C were treated and released from Beckley Hospital Monday afternoon for injuries reportedly received in an auto accident. Injured were Naomi Clark and her two daughters Debra and Rebecca Lynn and Carol Clark relation unknown. Details of the accident were not available.
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Washington, D. C
Beckley Hospital
Naomi Clark
Debra
Rebecca Lynn
Carol Clark
Keep Those Pills Out Of Reach Health warning in Durham on child poisoning
A UPI report from Durham warns that common medicines like aspirin and cold pills on bathroom shelves can kill children. It cites nearly 500,000 annual poisonings and highlights Duke University’s poison control center, begun in 1953, as a national model and clearinghouse for dangerous products. Dr. Jay Arena notes 350,000 products can cause harm and urges every home to act as a poison awareness center.
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Durham
N. C
UPI
Sally
Jeanie
Duke
American Academy of Pediatrics
Duke University
Jay Arena
Poison Control Center
North Carolina
Final Tract Of Land For Stephen's Lake To Be Acquired Soon
Raleigh County Court advances a condemnation settlement for the last tract of land at Stephen's Lake. The Naff family agreed to sell 1.4 acres plus a small quit-claim tract for 14,690 dollars plus 100 dollars, if allowed to remove an old house below the water line. The court also heard vendors proposing a three year county levy to fund airport improvements, parks including Stephen's Lake, courthouse repairs, and rural development programs.
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Raleigh
Stephen’s Lake
Woodrow Naff
Mary E. Naff
R. J. Snuffer
Beckley Business
Charles Lewis
Frank Barksdale
Raleigh County Memorial
Beckley
Raleigh County
Barksdale
Lewis
Memorial
John Ward
Stephen’s Branch
Russell Boggs
Ward
Huntington
West Virginia
C. J. “Needy” McQuade
Ranger 4 Moon Probe Dashes Toward Far Side
United States gains precision guidance from Ranger moonshots as Ranger 4 travels about 900 miles ahead of the moon’s leading edge. Earlier probes like Ranger 3 and Lunik-2 demonstrated partial success, but Ranger 4 faces radio blackout on the far side and aims to deliver data for planned manned flights this decade.
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Earth
Russia
United States
U.S
Ranger 3
Ranger
Rail Strike Issues Move Toward Mediation and Appeals
The Interstate Commerce Commission considered abandoning the line as telegraphers planned a strike at one minute past midnight. Presidential fact finders will be named with a 30 day investigation period, delaying any strike for at least 30 days after the report. Lawyers for conductors plan an appeal against a ruling barring a walkout by 5800 sleeping car conductors amid prior steps in the Pullman dispute.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
North Western
Plan Court
Conductors’ Union
Igoe
Pullman Co
ORCB
Signals Of The Capitol Bells And Their Meanings
The article explains that bells in the House and Senate signal different actions such as quorums, roll calls, teller votes, adjournment, recess, and executive sessions. It notes the House uses varied rings while the Senate uses distinct patterns including an elevator call as a private signal. It ends with a humorous remark about tourists and bats in the belfry.
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Senate
Capitol
Glen Morgan Woman Reported Missing
Beckley state police investigate a Glen Morgan disappearance. Mrs. Lorene Forren, 32, has reddish brown hair, five feet seven inches, 145 pounds, blue scar near her right eye, and was last seen in brown plaid slacks and a red nylon jacket. She is mother to four children.
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Beckley State
Lorene Forren
Glen Morgan
Evelyn Wethington
Forren
West Virginia University professor wins Ford grant
Morgantown UPI A $1000 grant from Ford Foundation Southern Case Writers Association was awarded to WVU accounting professor Vern H. Vincent to prepare a case in business policy on a major corporate decision. Huntington UPI Standard Ultramarine & Color Co said nearly all 403 employees returned from a five month strike. Jackson Tenn UPI Marvin Lee Watson, 23, was arrested on the scene for stealing a car and for prior stolen car charges.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Ford Foundation - Southern Case Writers’ Association
Vern H. Vincent
Huntington
Standard Ultramarine & Color Co
SUCO
Helm couple issued building permit for six room house
Mr and Mrs F C Helm received a building permit for a six room brick and veneer home on Lots 15 and 16 in the McLean Addition at a total cost of 22000 dollars.
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F. C. Helm
McLean
Deaths and Funerals George Spencer Feltman
Funeral services and burial for George Spencer Feltman 73 of Herrin Illinois will be conducted Saturday in Cartersville Illinois Feltman died in a Beckley hospital early this morning He was born in Fayette Alabama April 22 1889 and worked in mines in West Virginia Kentucky and Illinois for 40 years He is survived by his wife Leah Feltman The body is being transferred from Webb and Neal Funeral Home tonight to Johnson Funeral Home in Herrin
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George Spencer Feltman
Herrin
Cartersville
Til
Feltman
Beckley Hospital
Fayette Oe
Ala
West Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Leah Feltman
Webb and Neal
Johnson Funeral Home
Graveside rites for infant Donetta Buckland in Fayetteville
Donetta Ger aldine Buckland infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Marshall Buckland died Sunday at Joe Hill Hospital. Graveside services were to be held at 2 p m today at Buckland Family Cemetery Fayetteville Route 2 with military rites by the American Legion. Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville arranged. Also obituary for Mrs Willis Baumgartner of Gallipolis Ohio noted as sister of Dr A H Wilson with service Thursday. Her body at Waugh and Wood Funeral Home.
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Donetta
Geraldine Buckland
Marshall Buckland
Fayetteville
Buckland
William Seacrist
Joe Hill
James
Norman Buckland
Rainelle
Ann McClelland
Hines
Levi Campbell
Quinwood
Effie Summers
Charleston
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
American Legion
A. R. Gresham
J. P. Bavely
H. E. Steiner
James Matthew
Willis Baumgartner
Gallipolis
Ohio
Final rites for John H Ferguson at Coal Mountain
John H Ferguson age 87 of Guyan will have funeral services at 2 p m Wednesday at Missionary Baptist Church Coal Mountain with Rev R F Miller presiding Burial follows in Brooks Cemetery Guyan He died Monday afternoon at his home Born November 12 1874 in Wayne County he was the son of Miles and Rebecca Ferguson Survived by his wife Rosa Stevens Ferguson The body will be taken from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to the church an hour before the service.
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John H. Ferguson
Guyan
Missionary Baptist Church
Coal Mountain
R. F. Miller
Brooks Cemetery
Ferguson
Wayne County
Miles
Rebecca Ferguson
Rosa Stevens Ferguson
Evans Funeral
Oceana
Funeral services for Vicky Blankenship scheduled
Funeral services for Vicky Lee Blankenship seven year old daughter of Oscar and Celia Thompson Blankenship will be held at 11 a m Thursday at Lilly Haven Baptist Church with Rev James Frazier in charge Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Matheny She was killed Monday evening when a playmate released a mine buggy that rolled over her A recent Bridgeton New York born child to the Blankenship home
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Vicky Lee Blankenship
Oscar
Celia Thompson Blankenship
Lilly Haven
Lilly Haven Baptist Church
James Frazier
Lillydale
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Bridgeton
Evans
Oceana
Samuel West Dies After Long Illness at 84 in Oak Hill
Samuel Cooper West 84 died at his Oak Hill home at 11 p.m. Monday after a long illness. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
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Samuel Cooper West
Oak Hill
Tyree
Miss Janie McCulley Dies After Nace Attack in Tennessee
Funeral services for 69 year old Miss Janie McCulley of Cleveland Tennessee were planned in Cleveland after her death Sunday morning. She was a sister of Ben Zeke McCulley of Oceana. The death followed a Nace attack.
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Janie McCulley
Cleveland
Tenn
McCulley
Ben
Zeke) McCulley
Oceana
Ill funeral services for Irving Armstead in Pocahontas church
Final rites are set for Irving Armstead of 412 South Fayette Street Pocahontas Virginia at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Reverend Richard Jones presiding Burial will follow in a local cemetery Armstead died at 9 a.m. Monday at Beckley VA Hospital after a long illness The body lies at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home with calling hours from 7 to 9 p.m. today
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Irving Armstead
S. Fayette St
First Baptist Church
Pocahontas
Richard Jones
Armstead
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Trent and Durgan
James W Jamerson Dies at 71 in Beckley VA Hospital
James W. Jamerson, 71, of Charleston, died at 1:05 a.m. today in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital.
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James W. Jamerson
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Funeral services for Emmett L. Sampson in Oak Hill
Emmett L. Sampson, 70, of Oak Hill, will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church, with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. He died at 12:30 a.m. after a long illness. A maintenance man for New River and Pocahontas Coal Co., he belonged to the First Presbyterian Church, American Legion, and United Mine Workers Local 5949. A World War II veteran.
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Emmett L. Sampson
Oak Hill
First Presbyterian Church
R. P. Robertson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Sampson
Stentay
New River and Pocahontas Coal Co
American Legion
United Mine Workers of America
Third Person Sought In Theft
Huntington police seek a third man in a $1200 store burglary. Lt. Bernard Tomlinson and Ed Bays, charged with breaking and entering, have been jailed on $5000 bond. Capt. Herman Frazier says a liberal reward for recovered marked bills is offered. Bays had $354 in marked bills.
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Huntington
UPI
Bernard Tomlinson
Ed Bays
Herman Frazier
Frazier
Bays
Tomlinson
Japan Demands U S Call Off Nuclear Tests
Protesters in London Hyde Park rally against nuclear tests with 53 mile march ending in Grosvenor Square near the U S embassy. About 5,000 stand in silence as the embassy closes for Easter Monday. Similar anti nuke events unfold in Amsterdam and across West Germany with thousands joining peaceful marches.
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London
Hyde Park
Grosvenor Square
U.S
Britain
Amsterdam
Holland
West Germany
Young Cyclist Hospitalized After Ansted Bicycle Crash
Eight year old James Nicholas Legg son of Mr and Mrs James L Legg of 104 Clyde Street is in critical condition from injuries suffered weekend wreck at Ansted He endured a ruptured liver after braking hard on the handlebars while riding on his grandfather s farm authorities said the accident occurred when he braked too suddenly
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James Nicholas Legg
James L. Legg
Clyde St
Ansted
James
Warren Hester Final Rites for Warren Clark Hester
Warren Clark Hester 49 of Minden will have funeral services at 1 p m Wednesday at Stoney Point Baptist Church with Rev Frank Shelton officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. He died Saturday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. A coal miner and World War II veteran, he was born March 30 1913 at Laurel Creek. Survivors include wife Pauline four daughters Alice Warnetta Lena and Dawn and son Warren C all at home five sisters Christine Minor Lawton Geraldine Eubanks Washington DC Viola Letcher Ruth Nicholas Beckley and Dorothy (text cuts).
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Warren Clark Hester
Minden
Stoney Point Baptist Church
Frank Shelton
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Hester
Lawton
Laurel Creek
Edgar and
Lula Brooks Hester
Pauline
Alice
Warnetta
Lena
Dawn
Warren C
Christine Minor
Geraldine Eubanks
Washington, D. C
Viola Letcher
Ruth Nicholas
Dorothy
Beckley Hinton timber study backs new market outlets
Byrd cited a report showing southern West Virginia has about three to ten billion board feet of standing timber within 25 to 50 miles of Beckley and Hinton. Oaks dominate the hardwood sawtimber, with yellow poplar next. most stands offer immediate harvesting potential and substantial volume. The inventory is rising with 220 sawmills in 1957 within 50 miles, cutting about 220 million board feet.
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Byrd
West Virginia
Beckley and
Hinton
Beckley
Tractor trailer burns on West Virginia Turnpike
A corn laden tractor-trailer burned on the West Virginia Turnpike at Mile Post 27 at noon today. The brakes locked on the truck triggering the fire. Beckley Fire Department was not summoned to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Beckley
Robert Kynard, 75, dies after long illness
Robert Kynard of Stephenson died at 8 p m Monday in Wyoming General Hospital after a lengthy illness. The body lies in state at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Robert Kynard
Stephenson
Wyoming General Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
UPI Subscriber Growth Amid Space Age Coverage
United Press International reports its first year in the space age saw global news coverage and subscriber growth to 6,546 in 111 countries, with March gains of 22 newspaper subscribers and 12 broadcasting outlets. Expenditures rose to over 40 million in 1962, driven by space probes and Cuban invasion coverage. UPI operates 261 bureaus and plans a fast stock data transmission system for newspapers.
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New York
UPI
United Press International
Mims Thomason
Thomason
United
Campies
Search On For Drowned Couple In Cheat River
KINGWOOD UP I A search persisted along the Cheat River for Ellen Cook a 26 year old Pittsburgh school teacher and Pfc Bernard Barrett Meigs Ga an Army paratrooper missing since Sunday Divers said they would not enter the river until the water cleared after heavy rain Barrett a member of the 82nd Airborne Division swam the river to try to save Cook after their canoe with John Philbrick 25 of Pittsburgh capsized Philbrick reached the shore and was taken to Preston County Hospital while Cook and Barrett remain missing as divers await clearer conditions
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Kingwood
UPI
Cheat River
Ellen Cook
Pittsburgh
Bernard Barrett
Meigs
Barrett
82Nd Airbourne Division
Miss Cook
John Philbrick
Philbrick
Preston County Hospital
Camp Dawson
Now You Know By United Press International
Iceland near the Arctic Circle uses natural hot springs to heat homes offices and hot houses in the North Atlantic region for energy efficiency and local needs.
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United Press International
Iceland
Arctic Circle
North Atlantic
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