Federal Officials Question Levy Defeat In Raleigh County
Federal officials pressed lawmakers Monday and Tuesday in Washington to explain why Raleigh County rejected a 1.2 million federal grant for recreation facilities. Ex Governor Okey Patteson led a Beckley delegation seeking to lure the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey to Beckley to gain the 8 million annual payroll and 1,200 jobs. John Prince of Washington, DC, deputy assistant secretary for administration, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
United States Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Beckley
Okey L. Patteson
Washington
John H. McCulloch
John Prince
Washington, D.C
Royal wedding draws global crowd and praise for Alexandra
Crowds camped out overnight in London and millions watched on TV as Princess Alexandra wed Ogilvy. Police closed 86 streets for the royal procession amid partly cloudy skies and warm noon temperatures. Alexandra’s popularity and blood ties to European royalty drew more than 70 foreign royals, outpacing Margaret’s 1960s wedding. The ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral followed a prophecy from a Nigerian soothsayer. Meanwhile Beckley relocation talks for the Survey progress with Sen. Byrd and Commerce officials highlighting educational and recreational facilities as key factors. Byrd pledged continued efforts and lauded Beckley as a potential site for the federal agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth
Alexandra
Princess Margaret
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Margaret
Princess Marina
Kent
Europe
Bohemia
Ogilvy
Angus Ogilvy
Banking Commissioner Reappointed for New Term
W Barron reappoints Carl B Early of Charleston as state banking commissioner for a term ending March 31, 1967. Federal Judge Herbert S Boreman, relative of West Virginia’s first governor Arthur I Boreman, will share the platform with Don Knotts at the WVU Alumni Association Centennial dinner in Morgantown on June 1. Gov Barron will escort Brooke Randolph Farland of Morgantown at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival coronation in Winchester on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Barron
Carl B. Early
Charleston
Herbert S. Boreman
West —Ginia
Arthur I Boreman
Don Knotts
WVU
Morgantown
Barron
Brooke Randolph Farland
Winchester
Priest threat roils Belle Chase desegregation clash
In Belle Chase Plaquemines Parish a priest alleges danger after a man shouted a threat to maul him as he left. District Attorney Leander Perez Jr. will decide if the case goes to trial after reviewing the priest’s filed affidavit. The archdiocese vows sacraments would be cut off if an attack occurs, while local schools remain segregated amid a recent boycott and desegregation efforts in nearby Plaquemines Parish.
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Mackenroth
Dist
Leander Perez Jr
Justice of the Peace
Perez
Leander H. Perez Sr
Plasquemines Parish
Belle Chase
West Virginia 28 Abandoned Over Road Interference
A proposed 15.5 mile road segment would extend from Mace in Pocahontas County to U S 250 near West Virginia 28, running through Monongahela National Forest from Richwood to the Maryland border. Director Warden M Lane Davis Heeschen and John Findlay of the Observatory with three legislators met for an hour before the decision.
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Monongahella National Forest
Richwood
West Virginia- Maryland
Mace
Pocahontas County
U. S. 250
W. Va
M. Lane
Davis Heeschen
John Findlay
Observatory
Fines Set For Various Traffic Offenses In Local Courts
North Charleston resident Thomas D. North paid 10 dollars and costs for passing in face of oncoming traffic on Routes 19 to 21 as cited by State Police. Brenton resident William Kiser paid 5 dollars for speeding on Route 3. Robert Taylor, 33, of Edgel Street, paid 10 dollars for speeding in a school zone. Fairmont’s Edward L. Cain, 22, paid 5 dollars for expired inspection sticker. Sophia resident Amanda L. Conklin, 30, paid 5 dollars for an excessively loud muffler. Nitro’s David Gladwell, 23, paid 5 dollars for a 60 mph speed in a 35 mph zone. Two men, Charles Smith and Robert Lee Kelley, released to Military Police from Raleigh County Jail on charges of absence without official leave from the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. North
Charleston
Joe Rodriguez
William Kiser
Brenton
W. A. Burke
Robert Taylor
Edgel St
U. S
Edward L. Cain
Fairmont
Rodriguez
Amanda L. Conklin
Sophia
W. Va
David Gladwell
6Th St
Nitro
Raleigh
Navy
Charles Smith
Robert Lee Kelley
Judge Knapp Signs Six Court Orders
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp signed six orders. The Bank of Raleigh executor pursues debts of Lucy Bell Smith and E A Evans against multiple defendants including Joe E Smith Jr and others, with real estate to be used to satisfy debts. A Hopkins Co motion to set aside a summary judgment was denied. A default judgment against James Bresenham and Warren McClung is set. Bresenham owes 549.60 plus costs. Universal CIT Credit Corp. to recover 644.62 plus interest from Raze Akers. Education Funds to recover 1630.77 from Charles Griffin. Tila Delois McCormick granted divorce from Norman McCormick with custody of one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Bank of Raleigh
C. D. Trent
Lucy Bell Smith
E. A. Evans
Joe E. Smith Jr
E. A. Allen
Bernard Smith
Jesse Fairbanks Gore Jr
Harold Smith
Margaret Gore Martin
Paul Robert Gore
Mary Helen Smith Gore
Jessie Fairbanks Sr
Raleigh General Hospital
Floyd M. Sayre
Hopkins Co
Joe Herra
Dixie Cable Co
James Bresenham
Warren M. McClung
Coon Skin Coal Co
McClung
Bresenham
Universal Cit Credit Corp
Raze D. Akers
Charles L. Griffin
Tila Delois McCormick
Norman Earl McCormick
Park Board To Pick President On Friday
The Raleigh County Park Board will hold an 11:30 a.m. luncheon meeting Friday at the Beckley Elks Club. Secretary Elinor Hurt announced election of a president and plans for operating Raleigh County parks this summer are the main agenda items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Park Board
Beckley Elks Club
Elinor Hurt
Raleigh County
Funeral arrangements for Pvt James Carl Mullins 19
Pvt James Carl Mullins 19 of Basin died instantly in a car crash near Columbus Georgia while stationed at Fort Benning. Born February 15 1944 in Wyco he was the son of Denver and Grace Mullins. Survived by his wife Betty Ann Harold Mullins two sisters Audrey Bankey and Elva Hikok and a brother Marshall. Body to Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carl Mullins
Basin
Columbus
Army
Fort Benning, A
Wyco
Denver
Grace Worley Mullens
Betty Ann Harold Mullins
Winston Salem
N. C
Audrey Marie Bankey
Sygnet
Ohio
Elva Joyce Hikok
Marshall
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
United Mine Workers of America
Tralee
Rock
Josie Shrewsbury King
Howard King
Thelma Vance King
James King
Cleveland
Albert
Detroit
Mich
Effie Varney
North Matewan
Grace Wright
Nannie Stump
Princeton
Neva Hatfield
Red Jacket
Goldie Charin
Louise Pigg
Detroit, Mich
Albie Reed
Athens
Final rites set for Rev James D Carrington in North Beckley
North Beckley mourns Rev James D Carrington who died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. Funeral service scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church North Beckley with Rev Elmer Day and Rev C M Ellis leading. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survived by a brother, a Carrington of Washington. Body to be moved from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to church one hour before service.
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James D. Carrington
North Beckley
First Baptist Church
Elmer Day
C. M. Ellis
Greenwood Memorial Park
Carrington
Morning Star Baptist Church
Skelton
New River Ministers and Deacons Union
New River Baptist Association
Washington
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Final rites for Andrew J. Pettry in Naoma church
Andrew J Pettry 81 of Naoma died Monday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. Final rites were set for 2 p m in Freewill Baptist Church Naoma with Rev Auldie Cook in charge, burial in the family cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, two sons, a sister and many grandchildren. The Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville handled arrangements. Members of the Loyal Order of the Moose will conduct graveside rites and serve as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
Jack) Pettry
Naoma
Freewill Baptist Church
Auldie Cook
Pettry
Beckley
Orville Acord
Worthington
Clarence Pettry
Paul Scarbro
Prosperity
Kyle
Harper and
Denny
Cleveland
Ohio
Henry
Indian Valley
Jesse
Coaltown
Jack Beckhimmer
Pemberton
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
The
Loyal Order of the Moose
Funeral services for Husane Mustafa in Princewick
Husane Mustafa 67 of Princewick dies in local hospital. Funeral 1 p m Friday at Keyser Bryant Chapel, burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Retired coal miner formerly with Lillybrook Coal Co. Survivors include wife Millie, three sons Emmit Dayton John and Harrison, two stepsons Wallace Lawson and Jack, daughter Fatima Meadows, stepdaughter Susie Tranter, and extended family. Body at funeral home. callers welcome Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husane Mustafa
Princewick
Keyser-Bryant
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Romania
Lillybrook Coal Co
Lilly
United Mine Workers of America
Millie Mustafa
Emmit
Dayton
Ohio
John
Harrison
France
Wallace Lawson
Air Force
Idaho
Utah
Jack
New York
Fatima Meadows
Susie Tranter
Final rites for Rosa Ford in New Spruce Grove Church
Mrs. Rosa Ford, 58, of Herndon, will receive funeral services at 11 a.m. Thursday at New Spruce Grove Baptist Church in Bain, with Rev. Phillip Graham. burial follows at Ballangee Cemetery, Summers County. She died at Mullens hospital Tuesday morning. Body moved from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home to her residence earlier today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Jane Walker
Glen Rogers
Glen Rogers Independent Baptist Church
John Richardson
Willis Wood
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Walker
Welch Hospital
Martin County
Garfield
Martha Dillon Hammond
Rosa Ford
Herndon
New Spruce Grove Baptist Church
Bain
Phillip Graham
Ballangee
Summers County
Infant Terry Lynn Rogers Graveside Rites Held
Graveside rites for infant Terry Lynn Rogers, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Lee Rogers of Shady Spring, were to be conducted at 2 p m today at Calfee Cemetery Mt Tabor. The child died at birth Tuesday in a local hospital. He is survived by his parents one sister Dewann Lea Rogers paternal grandparents Leslie and Mrs Rogers of Shady Spring and maternal grandparents Hobart Swetnam and Mrs Swetnam of Madison. Arrangements were by Calfee Funeral Home.
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Peggy Sue Akers
Charles
Lois Tanner Akers
Oak Hill
Tyree
Francis Tanner
Whipple
Terry Lynn Rogers
Edward Lee Rogers
Shady Spring
Caffee
Mt. Tabor
Dewann Lea Rogers
Leslie Rogers
Hobart Swetnam
Madison
Calfee Funeral Home
Funeral services for Sgt Dale Schultz in Peterstown
Funeral services for Sgt. Dale Richard Schultz formerly of Man will be held at 2 p m Friday at Peterstown Methodist Church with Rev Leslie Garten and Rev Charles Potts officiating. Burial will follow in Peterstown Cemetery. The body arrives at Broyles Funeral Home Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Richard Schultz
Man
Poitiers
France
Peterstown Methodist Church
Leslie Garten
Charles Potts
Peterstown Cemeery
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Final rites for Herbert King to be held in Princeton
Herbert King 53 dies at home of sister Mrs J H Glass Rock after a long illness. Final rites set for 1 30 p m Thursday at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton with Rev Samuel Snyder in charge. Burial Cedar Cliff Cemetery near Princeton. King a machinist with Semet Solvay Colleries and member of Loyal Order of Moose in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert King
Bud
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Samuel Snyder
Cedar Cliff
King
J. H. Glass
Rock
Loyal Order of Moose
Semet-Solvay Colleries
Sumler C DeBerry Final Rites Set at St Matthews
Sumler Columbus DeBerry 73 of Lester will receive final rites at St Matthews A M E Church Lester with Rev Abner Wright officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. DeBerry died Monday in a local hospital after a long illness. a retired miner and church member. He left Nora DeBerry five brothers and three sisters among many relatives. Friends may call 5 to 8 p m at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumler Columbus DeBerry
Lester
St. Matthews A.M.E
Abner Wright
Greenwood Memorial Park
St. Matthew Church
Nora DeBerry
Alonzo
West Chester
Theodore
Raleigh
Caleb
Long Island
N. Y
Jack
Welch
Matthew
Giotto
Flossie Smith
Gertrude DeBerry
Blanch Scarbro
Freeman
Henry
Lincoln
Columbus
Ohio
James
Charleston
Dora Moore
Montye Tarpley
Maxine Poindexter
Yvonne Foster
Virginia Baileus
Pauline Washington
Cannon
Edith Allen
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Obituary notices for Flora Blevins and Lewis Clay
Mrs Flora Blevins age 40 of Huntington died at 745 am today in Beckley Sanitarium after a long illness. The Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to the Beard Fisher Funeral Home in Huntington tonight. Complete for Lewis Clay Mullens who died at 745 pm Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness Funeral Home in Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Blevins
Huntington
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant
Beard-Fisher
Lewis Clay
Mullens
Sam Foglea
Merit Scholars List Reveals Statebound Winners and Fields
Merit Scholars from Jackson, South Charleston, and Clarksburg Washington Irving lead bids with two awards each. Most plan to study in-state, pursuing premedicine or engineering at WVU. Other recipients attend Charleston Catholic, Stonewall Jackson, Fairmont East, Huntington, South Charleston, and more, with targets including Duke MIT Cornell and Michigan.
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Jackson
South Charleston
Clarksburg
Washington Irving
West Virginia University
Patricia A. Dixon
Charleston Catholic
Missouri
Mary J. McNeill
Stonewall Jackson
Oberlin
Susan E. Vandale
Charleston
Duke
Paul M. Vincent
Harvard
Marcia L. Fox
Cornell
Charles W. Spann
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John E. van Gilder
Fairmont East
WVU
Daniel P. Kavanaugh
Hinton
WVU Engineering
Mary L. Jarrell
Huntington
Randolph Macon
David P. Lee
Richard W. Huff
Parkersburg
Case Institute
C. Marie Hornsby
George Tech
Danilo J. Santini
MIT
Douglas M. Foley
St. Marys
Michigan
Marc Si Levenson
Linsly Institute
Condemnation suits filed by SRC in Town District road project
The State Road Commission filed six condemnation suits for the Lester Crabb Orchard primary road. Defendants include Paul Malagrida and others for 1679 dollars, Lula Hicklin and others for 6600, W N Meadows 500, Clyde Stone and Ruth Grace Stone 11550, Charles Easley and Mary Arlene Easley 5759, and Erio Realty Co 320. SRC attorneys are W Robert Carr and James L Satterfield of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Lester-Crab Ochard
SRC
Paul Malagrida
Lula Hicklin
W. N. Meadows
Clyde Stone
Ruth Grace Stone
Charles Easley
Mary Arlene Easley
Postal Outback Hangs On Funds
United States Post Office Department told the Senate it could avoid further mail service cuts this fiscal year if 5 million dollars is restored to its supplemental appropriation. It had planned to halt hiring and defer delivering to new buildings until 90 percent occupied, with orders sent to the 68 largest post offices after House cuts of over 8 million.
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Washington
UPI
Post Office Department
Senate
House
Uncontested posts shape Tuesday’s election results
In Tuesday’s election 27 posts were uncontested. Council at large saw Ce cil L. Miller 1118 votes and R. J. Lucas Jr. 1104 for Republicans while Democrats J. S. Sid Larrick 2021 and Dr. Charles Wesley Merritt 2601 led. Ward II had John P. Hindsley 285 and John H. McCulloch 495 as unopposed. George B. Chambers and Hayden Smith won unopposed in Ward IV and Ward V respectively. Republican and Democrat executive committees filled with unopposed candidates across wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Miller
R. J. Lucas Jr
J. S
Sid) Larrick
Charles Wesley Merritt
John P. Hindsley
John H. McCulloch
W. L
Jeff) Jefferies
Velma J. Hedrick
W. E. Kessinger
Virginia Ward
Russell Shumate
Alpha Hurley
Jack Redd
Pauline C. Boyden
City Democrat Executive Committee
Lillian H. Ratliff
Ward I
Ann F. Reitz
D. F. (Cubby) Bair
Ward III
Fern M. Burke
Joe Rodriguez
Ward IV
Macil M. Long
Fred J
YMCA plans Raleigh County Armory program and memberships
Mrs Warren A Thornhill chair of the steering committee announces use of the Raleigh County Armory as a center for YMCA activities including physical education. A four tier membership plan for families, men, women, or children will be offered with a campaign starting May 1 to establish the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA and attract industry to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren A. Thornhill
ITI
Raleigh County
YMCA
Beckley-Raleigh County
Dinner Scheduled for St Luke Church Building Fund
The Rev. Charles Delaney pastor of St Luke Lutheran Church announces a building fund dinner tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Greenbrier Dairy. Principal speaker will be Rev. John E Barringer of Faith Lutheran Church Charleston. Reports on the new church building and future plans will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Delaney
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Greenbrier Dairy
John E. Barringer
Faith Lutheran Church
Charleston
Delaney
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Byrd
Gates Engineering Co
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A. David Abrams
BBDC
Senator Byrd
Mississippi River
United States
Kennedy
General Services
Bernard L. Boutin
Prince
Sen
James C. Tison Jr
Department of Commerce
Carolina
W.va
Beckley Loan CO
Neville S. PA
Rexall
Magnesia
Acre
Rexall Drug Stores
Heber Street
Neville
Johnstown Road
Dairy Queen
North
Knapp
James Carl Mullens
J. D. Carrington
Andrew J. Pettry
Reba J. Walker
Mrs
Sumler
C. DeBerry
Robin Kirk
James Kirk
Mullens Hospital
Thornhill
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