1000 Stocked Trout Die In Summit Lake
Charleston UPI reports 1000 of about 8000 adult trout stocked died at Summit Lake as West Virginia opens its 1962 trout season at 6 am. The stream waters in the Ohio River Shenandoah and Potomac basins were high or normal and milky. Chief Ed Kinney said plans to prevent anglers from being affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Department of Natural Immediate
Ed Kinney
Okceeat
West Virginia
Wirt County
Ohio River
Shenandoah
Potomac Rivers
Trout stocked in 12 streams opens season Saturday
The Department of Natural Resources reports 12 streams in Raleigh Fayette Summers and Wyoming counties stocked with rainbow and brown trout ahead of the 1962 season opening at 6 am Saturday. Waterways listed include Fitzhye Lake Glade Creek Pinch Creek Marsh Fork Mill Creek Laurel Creek Wolf Creek Meadow Creek Pinnacle Creek Horse Creek Lake. A trout stamp is not required this year though National Forest areas require a National Forest Fishing Stamp.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Summers
Department of Natural Resources
Fitzche Lake
Pinch Creek
Marsh Fork
Fayette County
Mill Creek
Glade Creek
Laurel Creek
Wolf Creek
Summers County
Meadow Creek
Wyoming County
Pinnacle Creek
Horse Creek Lake
Beckley
District 4
National Forest
Coal City Driver Cited on expired registration and license
Raymond D. Bolen, 25, of Coal City, was cited by Beckley Police at 10 15 a m today for expired Virginia registration and no state operator's license. He is to appear in Police Court at 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond D. Bolen
Coal City
Beckley
Virginia
Bedroom suite and dinette set payment takeover offer
A reliable party is sought to assume weekly payments of 3.00 for an eight piece bedroom suite including dresser and mirror, bookcase bed, chest, mattress and pillows, plus take over payments of 1.50 weekly for a five piece dinette set.
Political Quotes and Quirks From Global News Snippets
Quotes from Sen. Herman E. Talmadge oppose federal voter qualifications power. Maj. John Scott tests a parrot Colonel with Scotch seeds. Dean Rusk calls nuclear test duties a burden the world can bear. Dr. John W. Gorman argues radiation risk from altitude exceeds testing effects.
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Southampton
England
John Scott
Washington
Dean Rusk
Sacramento
Calif
John W. Gorman
Denver
Colo
San Franciseco
Nuclear Tests Planned At Christmas Island And Johnston Island
The Atomic Energy Commission said the first detonation of operation dominic occurred at 10 45 am EST. The tests aim for less fallout than 1961’s 58 megaton Soviet blast and will include ICBM and SLBM warhead tests. Some tests may occur from Johnston Island later this month, with possible space explosions.
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Atomic Energy Commission
ABC
Christmas Island
U.S
United States
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Electric-Freeze Ice Cream Machines by Central Refrigeration
Central Refrigeration at 639 8th St Huntington WV offers Scotsman Icemaker models including Electric-Freeze soft ice cream and milk shake machines. Phone 525-1263 for details and pricing.
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Scotsman Icemakers Central
8Th St
Huntington
W. Va
Youth Fitness Plan For Grade Schools Urged
Charleston report on the Governor's Youth Fitness Conference outlines a physical education plan for West Virginia elementary schools. Recommendations include appointing a state superintendent, county health and physical education superintendents, periodic heart examinations for students, expanding facility use during slack periods, and 50-50 federal matching funds under the National Defense Education Act to grow PE facilities. Gov. Barron and coach Bud Wilkinson praised the state’s emphasis on fitness as essential to mental and moral development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Governor’s
W. W. Barron
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Ray O. Duncan
West Virginia University School of Physical Education and Athletics
State Education Department
Dropouts Less Than Expected From West Virginia Schools
CHARLESTON UP I said Wednesday nearly 4,000 of 10,000 students labeled as dropouts this year actually moved to other schools. Assistant State School Superintendent William K. Hamilton noted 30 percent of the 6,127 genuine dropouts left due to lack of interest from poor attitudes or unmet needs. The survey shows 1,622 dropouts were in 10th grade, with 9th and 11th grades next, and a peak at age 16. About 13.5 percent left for marriage, 9.8 percent for failing courses, 8.4 percent to seek employment or stay at home, and 6.6 percent due to lack of interest or support. Military service accounted for 6 percent. 3.7 percent gave no reason.
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Charleston
UPI
State Education Department
William K. Hamilton
Hamilton
New Forest Fires Reported in Raleigh County Areas
Two new fires were reported burning in Raleigh County this morning one near Table Rock and another on Irish Mountain in Richmond District. District 4 crews were headed for both fires to try to extinguish them. Other new fires today include two in Wyoming County and one in McDowell.
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Raleigh Couna
Table Rock
Irish Mountain
Richmond
Carl Lucas
Lucas
District 4
Wyoming County
McDowell
Rhodes Rites Planned for Ott A. Rhodes at 2 P M
Funeral services for Ott A. Rhodes, 49, of Shady Spring, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Dean officiating. Burial follows at Hot Coal Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home.
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Ott A. Rhodes
Shady Spring
Caffee Funeral Home
Bob Dean
Hot Coal
Funeral Home
Funeral services for Harry Simms in Ebenezer Church
Harry Simms aged 76 of 103 Westmoreland Street will have funeral services at 1 30 p.m. Saturday at Ebenezer Baptist Church led by Rev Corey O Mitchell. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Simms died Wednesday at Bluefield Sanitarium. Body remains at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home.
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Harry Simms
Westmoreland St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey O. Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Simms
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Mrs Ruth G Hamilton Oak Hill educator dies in Canton
Mrs Ruth G Hamilton widow of J C Hamilton died Wednesday at 6 p m in a Canton Ohio hospital after a short illness. A former Oak Hill High School principal who came from Norfolk Virginia in 1921 she loved books and had a large flower garden. Survivors include a daughter Josephine Houck Canton son Pat Hamilton Oak Hill brother M M Gregory Norfolk nine grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Saturday Fayetteville Presbyterian Church with Rev Charles L Draper and Rev J Edwin Stanfield. Burial Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. Body to Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle Friday 7 9 p m and 10 a m to noon Saturday local friends may call.
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Oak Hill
Canton
Ohio
J. C. Pat Hamilton
Hamilton
Oak Hill High School
Norfolk
Randolph-Macon College For Women
Lynchburg
Josephine Houck
Pat Hamilton
M. M. Gregory
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Charles L. Draper
J. Edwin Stanfield
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Wallace and Wallace Funeral
East Rainelle
Death of William T Barker in Marion Hospital
William T Barker died at Marion Hospital after a heart attack. He was about 60 and had recently moved with his wife Rosa from Princewick to Marion. Surviving are three daughters Ruby Dunford in Ohio, Louise Carr in California, Iowa Wood in Huntington. five sons Charlie Cecil Junior Otis in California and Monroe in the Coast Guard in Washington. a son George preceded him in death in 1961. Funeral services will be held at Coal City Community Church and the body will be returned to a local funeral home for completion of arrangements.
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William T. Barker
Princewick
Marion
Barker
Rosa
Lillybrook Mines
Ruby Dunford
Ohio
Louise Carr
California
Iowa Wood
Huntington
Charlie
Cecil
Junior
Otis
Monroe
Coast Guard
Washington
George
Coal City
Funeral Services for Leonard B. Heron in Relay
Leonard B. Heron of Relay Maryland brother of Fred R. Heron of 114 Fairlawn Avenue died in a Baltimore hospital on Tuesday after a long illness. He retired five years ago from a supervisory post in the printing department of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Baltimore. Funeral services will be conducted in Relay on Friday.
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Leonard B. Heron
Relay
Fred R. Heron
Fairlawn Ave
Heron
Baltimore, Md
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Dietz veteran resident Betty Heaster dies at 92 in Dawson
Mrs Betty Heaster Dietz 92 of Dawson died at home after a short illness. She was a 54 year member of Meadow Grove Baptist Church in Dawson. Born Crawley May 7 1869 she was the daughter of Johnson and Frances Callison Heaster. Her husband George L Deitz died in 1924. Survivors include a sister four sons ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Body at Nickell Funeral Home East Rainelle.
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Betty Heaster Dietz
Dawson
Meadow Grove Baptist Church
Crawley
Johnson
Frances Callison Heaster
George L. Deitz
Myrtle Walkup
Lookout
Dudley
Wallace
Barberton
Coffman and Blevins Rites Held in Oak Hill and Sophia
Funeral services for William Thomas Coffman 82 were set for 12 30 p m at East End Holiness Church Oak Hill with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Coffman born 1881 in Jackson Ohio, survived by five sons, ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Also reported died Sophia resident Mrs Leavon Blevins 54 after cerebral hemorrhage at a local hospital. She worked as a cook for Raleigh County Board of Education at Sophia Elementary School and belonged to Friendship Baptist Church. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
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Wiliam Thomas Coffman
East End Holiness Church
Oak Hill
Woodrow Jones
Scarbro
High Lawn Memorial Park
Coffman
Oak Hill Hospital
Ashland Coal and Coke Co
Ashland
Jackson
Ohio
Oscar
Bennie
Richeyville
Sheldon
Columbia
S. C
William
Cedar Bluffs
Charles
Lebanon
Millard
Leavon) Blevins
Sophia
Friendship Baptist Church
W. F. Tolliver
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Williams Funeral Home
Powers Woman Admitted After Swallowing 28 Sleeping Pills
Mrs Powers was admitted last Friday after reportedly swallowing 28 sleeping pills. The incident appears to be a self harm case, with local hospital officials providing medical care and monitoring. Further details were not disclosed.
Lipson Kincaid obituary and brief state notices
Lipson Leon Kincaid 53 of 206 Meyers Ave died at 1 45 am in a local hospital after an illness. He was a member of St Marys Methodist Church born Sept 20 1908 son of the late George J and Sarah Kincaid. Surviving wife Sonia Coleman Kincaid six sons Thomas Robert William George Toney Bruce all at home one daughter Arlene Bender Wilmington two brothers Wallace Prosperity and Lee Mount Airy NC two sisters. STATE BRIEFS: Cabell Huntington Health Director Bruce H Pollock warned residents to be alert for bootleg milk misbranded mislabeled or ungraded milk subject to up to 200 fine and 30 days in jail. Peace Corps Director R Sargent Shriver told 1200 at a Charleston dinner that racial discrimination must end for US work abroad. A subcommittee to study branch colleges in West Virginia met in Charleston and has queries from several counties. J Richard Toren Charleston state news manager for United Press International elected VP of Ohio Valley Kanawha Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi.
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Leon Kincaid
Meyers Ave
St. Mary’s
Arlene Bender
Wilmington
Wallace
Prosperity
Lee
Mount Airy
N. C
Cabell-Huntington Health
Bruce H. Pollock
Pollock
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
Charleston
United States
Huntington
Shriver
State Board of Education
West Virginia
Wyoming
Mingo
Morgan
Logan
Hancock
J. Richard Toren
Manger
United Press International
Ohio Valley-Kanawha
Sigma Delta Chi Professional Journalism Society
Police Arrest Three Drivers
Everett A Sutton 18 of Harper Heights jailed at 12 30 a m after arrest on speeding and careless driving charges. He posted 31 50 bond to Beckley city. Wavel Lee Harness 17 and Clifton J Belcher 19 of Rhodell cited by Beckley Police at 3 10 a m for no license and permitting an unlicensed driver. Both ordered to appear in Police Court Monday.
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Everett A. Sutton
Harper Heights
Raleigh
Beckley Ae
Beckley
Wavel Lee Harness
Clifton J. Belcher
Rhodell
Harness
Belcher
Mrs Mildred McNamara Richmond MecNamara dies at 45
Mildred McNamara Richmond MecNamara 45 of Mullens died shortly after midnight at her home 2011 2 Second Street from congestive heart failure. Born February 26 1917 in Sullivan she was daughter of the late Alva and Cora Ormandy Richmond. Survived by brothers James and Alva Mullens sisters Ethel Swimm Princewick and Ann Pollitt Athens. Body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens pending funeral arrangements.
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Mildred Richmond MecNamara
Seasons Set by Earth Axis Oscillation
The earth's axis wobble relative to the sun defines the seasons. Spring starts at the vernal equinox, summer at the solstice, autumn at the autumnal equinox, and winter at the solstice.
Nuns Take Auto Mechanics Class at Local High School
Two Franciscan nuns Sisters Constance and Rene joined a Kanawha County Board of Education auto mechanics course at nearby South Charleston High School. Surrounded by varied students they wore denim aprons and learned basic repairs, carburetor adjustments, and troubleshooting in a two hour session. Instructor Kenneth B Russell praised their quick grasp, noting they learned almost twice as fast as many men.
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Jerry Gould Charleston
UPI
South Charleston High School
Constance
Rene
Charleston Catholic High School
Kanawha County
Kenneth B. Russell
AFL-CIO Moves to End Race Discrimination in Unions
Washington UPI reports the AFL-CIO will ask its 133 affiliated unions to adopt plans for progress to wipe out racial discrimination in membership and bargaining. The proposal, backed by George Meany, comes from the Civil Rights Committee and Johnson’s Equal Employment Opportunity group. A. Philip Randolph lauded the step while the council also reviews a steel price dispute stance and labor backed legislation.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Federation
Aflcio Civil Rights Committee
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
A. Philip Randolph
Meany
William F. Schnitzier
Saturn rocket soars in record 65 mile test flight
The Saturn booster conducted a 15 minute up and down flight reaching about 65 miles altitude. It was intentionally exploded releasing 95 tons of water to form a cloud of ice crystals at the edge of space. UK-1, the first in a US Britain cooperative series, carried ionospheric experiments designed by US and British scientists.
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United States
Great Britain
U.S
Double murder drive by shooting linked to crime syndicate juke box
Witnesses describe at least 20 shots as a car crashed into a house and a man fled to a second vehicle heading south on a one way street. Police found a box of phonograph promotion folders in the car and noted a blonde girl photo on soldiers and songs advertised. Authorities decline speculation on a syndicate link while the driver reportedly reversed before dying at the scene.
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Man
Ranger 4 Moon Probe Fails After Perfect Liftoff
Ranger 4 tiny 50 milliwatt radio in the capsule proved weak while the tracking station used a massive 270000 pound antenna with 85 foot dishes. The spacecraft, launched from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas Agena B rocket, was described as having a perfect liftoff but developed a fault in its communications system two hours after launch.
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Cape Canaveral
Driving record adds points for violations and licenses
The text lists Nuckols with four points for speeding three for failure to yield two for other moving violations and notes that offenses causing license revocation carry 12 points. It also contains garbled phrases about a brochure and conditional probation amid unclear references.
Elizabeth Taylor Resting After Nose Injury In Rome
In Rome Eliza beth Taylor rests at a private villa recovering from a nose bruise after a car accident en route from Porto Santo Stefano. Doctor Vincenzo Bilotta said the injury was minor and not cause for concern, disputing death by overdose rumors amid reports of marital tensions with Richard Burton and Eddie Fisher.
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Rome
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Vincenzo Bilotta
Salvator Mundi Hospital
Miss Taylor
Porto Santo Stefano
Richard Burton
Eddie Fisher
Bilotta
Dixie Filibuster Gathers Steam
Southern senators pressed to block the leaderships civil rights bill during full debate on the literacy test proposal which would require uniform state literacy tests for federal voting. Senator Herman E. Talmadge argued against federal voter qualifications while Senate leaders eyed a cloture move. Southerners urged constitutional limits and questioned the need for the measure citing few CR violations and limited Civil Rights Commission activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Congress
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Senate
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Talmadge
Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Wheeling Steel Plans 2 Million Plant Improvements
Wheeling Steel Corp announces a two million dollar expansion at its Benwood plant. President William A. Steele says the plan strengthens the company in the pipe market. The 1939 continuous buttweld mills will be abandoned and the 1949 mill enlarged to cut sizes and tonnage. A study will assess the feasibility of an electric weld mill to create a new tubular products line.
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Summit Lake
Mr. West
Tomchin
Moran Avenue
Mullens
Ruth G. Hamilton
Mamie Davis
Ethel Mann
Rose and Quesenberry Eean Oss
Bradley Dome
Betty H. Dietz
Mrs. Millard Blevins
William T. Coffman
Tyree
Mrs
Mildred McNamara
Cee Remot
Southern
Outhlant
Beckley Hospital
Grease Monkeys
Ranger
Liz
Dixie
Wheeling Steel Corp
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