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Raleigh Register in Beckley, West Virginia

27 Apr 1961

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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1961

Page

8

Fraud Heads List of Felony Indictments

Fayetteville grand jury returns 45 felony indictments against 37 persons after a special session. Fraud and checks forgeries dominate the list, with charges involving false pretenses, forgery, and theft. Names include Charles Nary, Leroy Allen, Clarence Fortner, Andy McKinney, Elmer Gilliam, Tommy Harris, Lowell Carte, James Pike, William Sheridan Price, Margie Witt, and Eve Buckle among others. Indictments cite forged checks, fraudulent payroll schemes, and related thefts connected to Fayette and Raleigh counties. The cases reference Television Station WHIS, Mont Chateau Dining Service, Merchants and Miners National Bank, and local businesses and individuals in Fayette and nearby areas.

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Fayetteville RNS Fayette County Grand Jury Charles L. Garvin Nary Billo WHIS Leroy Allen Georgia Harry Merchants and Miners National Bank Henry Tipton Alder Williams Clarence Fortner Joe Trail Fayette County National Bank Andy McKinney Elmer Lee Gilliam Gilliam N. A. Pate Beckwith Tommy Ralph Harris H. J. Winter Walter Lilly Ralph Castle Mount Hope Harris Raleigh Lowell David Carte James Eugene Pike Grover S. Finney Mont Chateau Morgantown Finney Carleston Carte and Pike B. O. Pierson John Tabit William Sheridan Price Charleston Coal Co John W. Massey Howard R. Adkins A. Fitzgerald Howard Raymond Adkins Charles Menarchik Margie Witt Orvil Reed Joe Cambell Harry Marshall Eve R. Buckle Conley Hotel Gauley Bridge
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Sabine Notes Visits During Illness and Social Calls

Mrs. Clare Brooks is bedbound with a virus and under a doctor’s care. Her sister-in-law Mrs. Imogene Shumate and daughters visited on Sunday. In the Domi home, Mr and Mrs Sonny Herbert and son Steve from Beckley visited. Eugene Dishman and family now reside in Sabine after Chicago work. At the Brooks home, sister Mrs Byrian Shumate and daughters Phyllis and Freda from Glen Fork visited.

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Sabine Clare Brooks Imogene Shumate Amedeo Domi Sonny Herbert Steve Beckley Chicago Eugene Dishman Lacy Brooks Byrian Shumate Phyllis and Freda Glen Fork
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Kennedy becomes Millington township supervisor first since 183?

Ken E. Kennedy the Democrat won the Millington Township supervisor race, defeating Republican L C Draper 324 to 303 in the biennial spring election. Kennedy is the first Democrat elected to the position in 126 years, a historic win for the town.

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Millington, Mich UPI Ken. E. Kennedy Millington Township Kennedy L. C. Draper
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Principals For A Day at Pineville High School

United Press International reports a teaching day at Pineville High School where acting principals were David Mullens Sam Bowers and Leonard Phillips. Twenty seven seniors joined in leading classes grades 9 through 12 during the event while senior students taught all subjects.

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David Mullens Sam Bowers Leonard Phillips Pineville High School
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Beauregard Led Confederate Assault on Fort Sumter

Pierre Gustave Tout Beauregard, born May 1818 in New Orleans, commanded Confederate forces at Sumter after resigning from the U.S. Army on Feb 20, 1861 when Louisiana seceded. A West Point graduate, he fought in the Mexican War, directed Gulf Coast fortifications, and later became a full Confederate general by August 1861.

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Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard U.S. Military Academy Army Louisiana Beauregard New Orleans West Point Chapultepec Gulf Coast Fort Sumter
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