U.S. Court Orders Step Up In New Orleans Integration
The U.S. Fifth Circuit ordered desegregation of New Orleans public schools on the original timetable. Negroes must be admitted to second and third grades by September 4 and the dual district system for Negroes and whites to end gradually, moving toward one school system for both races. The ruling affirms the 1960 plan and sets phased desegregation through 1964.
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New Orleans
UPI
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
John Minor Wisdom
John Brown
Richard T. Rives
U.S. Dist
J. Skelly Wright
Wright
District of Columbia
Louissiana
Frank B. Ellis
Ellis
Condemned Woman Seeks Last Minute Court Hearing
Washington reports Supreme Court Justice William C Douglas agreed to hear an 11th hour appeal today for Elizabeth Duncan condemned to die in California. The 58 year old, convicted of hiring two men to kill her daughter in law Olga Duncan, awaits execution as details of the case are recounted including the San Quentin move and the promised $6,000 payment.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Elizabeth Duncan
California
High Court
Douglas
Glenwood
Wash
Duncan
California Institution For Women
San Quentin
Luis Moya
Augustine Baldonado
Olga Duncan
Frank Duncan
Santa Barbara
Baldonado
Moya
Casitas Park
Olga Kupcyzk
Winnipeg
Canada
Coal Marsh Baptist Church Celebrates 126th Anniversary
The Coal Marsh Baptist Church in Glen Daniel marked its 126th anniversary with a homecoming service the Rev. M. H. Dinsmore delivered the morning message as Raleigh County Singers of Beckley and Prosperity performed. Lunch followed on the church grounds with a fellowship meeting. The 2 p.m. service featured guest speaker Rev. Victor Garlowe of Quinnimont, and the Mount Lookout Church choir led by Rev. Chick Cart performed in the afternoon.
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Glen Daniel
RNS
Coal Marsh
Mount Lookout Church
Chick Cart
Two-Car Collision Causes $200 Damages
A two-car crash at Third Avenue and Neville Street at 9:48 a.m. caused $200 damage to both vehicles. The 1957 car driven by Mrs. Hester Mills of Cool Ridge and the 1958 car driven by Frank A. Baer of Charleston were not injured and no charges were filed by City Police.
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Third Avenue
Neville Street
Hester Mills
Cool Ridge
Frank A. Baer
Charleston
Primatene Tablets Sell Without Prescription in Most States
New York report says the asthma formula doctors prescribe most for private patients is now available without prescription. Primatene tablets, at 98 cents, open bronchial tubes, loosen congestion, ease nervous tension, and relieve asthma spasms without injections.
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New York
N. Y
Marilyn Monroe Found Dead At Home In Santa Monica
Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her Santa Monica home after a period of rest and insomnia. Miss Monroe had recently been treated by her psychiatrist who advised a beach drive. she declined and stayed behind doorways remained locked as night passed.
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Miss Monroe
Pat Newcomb
Beckley Driver Charged With Recklessness
Jerry Fitzgerald aged 26 of Bailey Avenue is ordered to appear in City Police Court Thursday night on a reckless driving charge after arrest by City Police at 10 15 p m Monday. Other residents faced for breaking and entering, armed robbery, burglary, and destruction of property charges with various bonds and preliminary hearings outlined.
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Jerry Fitzgerald
Bailey Avenue
Sam Clark
North Beckley
W. W. Burke
Coleman
Valley Drive
Raleigh
Sam Gavin
Beckley
Burke
Willie White
Funeral services incomplete for Mrs Daisy Alberta Weaver Darnell
Mrs Daisy Alberta Weaver Darnell 76 of Sophia died in a local hospital at 6 45 today after a brief illness Born in Rugby Virginia she was preceded in death in 1950 Survivors include three daughters Grace Lilly Doris Hackett and Margaret Graham five sons G G Woodrow Delmar Buford and Charles Jr three brothers Arthur W P Ray and one more Ray North Carolina two sisters Winnie Paisley Mattie Blevins Ruth Dailey and Florence Allison 18 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren The body is at Williams Funeral Home Sophia pending completion of arrangements
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Daisy Alberta Weaver Darnell
Sophia
Rugby
Darnell
Grace Lilly
Beaver
Doris Hackett
McAlpin
Margaret Graham
Aberdeen
G. G
Woodrow
Delmar
Buford
Columbia
S. C
Funeral notices for Burgess and Reilly in Oak Hill and Richmond
Funeral services for Ernest Ray Burgess will be held Thursday at 2 p m in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Reilly to be remembered with a Requiem mass in Richmond with survivors listed. body at Bliley Funeral Home.
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Ernest Ray
Bill” Burgess
Tyree
Oak Hill
Randolph Johnson
Burgess
High Lawn
High Lawn Memorial Park
John W Cavendish Funeral Arrangements Held
John Watson Cavendish, 95, of Rainelle died Monday after a short illness. A Fayette County educator for 42 years, he served as principal district supervisor and county superintendent before retiring 25 years ago. Born January 16 1876 in Leander, he belonged to Big Sewell Baptist Church and Midland Trail Lodge 166 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Survived by three sons seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. siblings and other relatives listed.
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John Watson Cavendish
Rainelle
Big Sewell
Roberta Goddard
Harley
Ivan
R. E. Cavendish
Oak Hill
W. S. Cavendish
Final rites planned for Howard B Frew of Lester
Howard B Frew 67 of Lester will be laid to rest at 2 pm Wednesday at Glen Daniel Methodist Church with Rev John Richardson officiating. Burial follows at Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Frew died Sunday evening after a long illness born Sept 15 1895 in Pennsylvania he was a retired taxi driver and a Glen Daniel Methodist Church member. He lived in Lester 15 years and belonged to Junior Order United American Mechanics. Surviving are wife Clara Barber Frew one daughter Florence Carter of Chicago Ill two sons Robert of Grand Valley Pa three stepdaughters Mrs Billy Tolley of Surveyor Mrs Pansye Smith of New York and Miss Mary Hutchinson of Lester and 11 grandchildren. Body to be moved from Caffee Funeral Home to the residence at 5 pm today Pallbearers are Ernest Martin Bob Gray Bill Tolley Joe Bonds Ed Farley and Claude Webb.
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Howard B. Frew
Lester
Glen Daniel Methodist Church
John Richardson
Caffee
Mount Tabor
Frew
Pennsylvania
United American Mechanics
Clara Barber Frew
Florence Carter
Chicago, Ill
Robert
Grand Valley
Billy Tolley
Surveyor
Pansye Smith
New York
Mary Hutchinson
Ernest Martin
Bob Gray
Bill Tolley
Joe Bonds
Ed Farley
Claude Webb
Anderson Jr. Led Tech Athletes Dies in Louisville
Lester F. Anderson Jr., 44, former Georgia Tech football and basketball letterman and Yellow Jacket captain, died Monday at his Louisville home. He was assistant general sales manager at Devoe & Raynolds Co. A Mount Hope native and GT industrial engineering graduate, he starred in Mount Hope High School athletics and earned three varsity letters in football and basketball. He is survived by Frances Anderson, three children L. F. III, Robert, David. his mother Mrs. L. F. Anderson. Thomas G. of Decatur. Teddy of Beckley. William in the Army at Ft. Meade, and sister Patsy Myers in Hawaii.
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Lester F. Anderson Jr
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Anderson
Devoe & Raynolds Co
Mount Hope
Frances Anderson
Janet
L. F. III
Robert
David
L. F. Anderson
Thomas G
Decatur, Ga
Teddy
Beckley
William
Army
Ft. Meade
Patsy Myers
Hawaii
Funeral services for Newton H. Long scheduled
Newton H. Long 83 of Princeton will have 11 a.m. Wednesday funeral at Christian Ridge Baptist Church near Elwood with Rev. Roy Comer officiating. Burial follows at New Zion Cemetery near Elwood. Long died at 2 a.m. Monday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. A retired farmer born May 13 1879 in Virginia, he lived in the Princeton area since childhood and was a member of Christian Ridge Baptist Church.
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Newton H
Shorty) Long
Princeton
Christian Ridge Baptist Church
Elwood
Roy Comer
New Zion
Bluefield
Virginia
Tax cut proposal lowers first brackets and rates
The plan would set the lowest rate at 15 percent for the first $1,000 of taxable income, down from 20 percent on the initial $2,000. In-between rates would be reduced proportionately across the remaining brackets.
George Hoston obituary and funeral details
Funeral services for George Bunk Hoston 16 of Page will be at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Page Tabernacle Baptist Church conducted by Rev E T Sykes with burial in Page Cemetery He died Saturday in a Bluefield hospital from injuries in a July 21 automo bile crash on the Oak Hill Page Road He was born December 16 1945 in Montgomery son of Lillie Hoston and the late Willie Hoston He is survived by brother Charles sisters Mary L and Elizabeth and grandfather Willie O Hoston all of Page The body will be taken from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church at 11 a m Wednesday
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George “Bunk” Hoston
Page
Page Tabernacle Baptist Church
E. T. Sykes
Page Cemetery
Bluefield
Oak Hill Page Road
Montgomery
Lillie Hoston
Willie Hoston
Charles
Mary L
Elizabeth Hoston
Willie O. Hoston
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Funeral Services for Mrs. Cora VY. Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora VY. Smith 74 of 108 Smoot Street will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Matthew AME Church with Rev. A W Russell Rev W M Ricks and Rev R W Wooding presiding Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park She died Sunday night at 6 15 in a local hospital after a long illness Survivors include daughters Christine Gravley and Lillian Davis both of Beckley sister Tonsie Spinner of Squire and five brothers R L Pannell Bassett VA Riley Pannell Columbus OH William Pannell George Pannell of Newhall and Alec Wolf The body will lie at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor until one hour before services when it will be taken to the church
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Cora VY. Smith
Smoot St
St. Matthew Ame
A. W. Russell
W. M. Ricks
R. W. Wooding
Greenwood Memorial Park
Christine Gravley
Lillian Davis
Beckley
Tonsie Spinner
Squire
R. L. Pannell
Bassett
Riley Pannell
Columbus
Ohio
William Pannell
George Pannell
Newhall
Alec Wolf
Ritchie and Johnson
Final rites for Mrs Beulah Plymale Leffel in Covington Va
Mrs Beulah Plymale Leffel 50 Covington Va dies Sunday in local hospital Final rites set for 2 pm Wednesday Arritt Funeral Home Chapel Covington with Rev Herbert Hudgins and Rev R H Shapland officiating Burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery Born January 17 1912 daughter of the late George Ollie Plymale and Mary Helmintoler Survivors include husband Lonnie Leffel six sisters and five brothers living in Covington Dade City Oak Hill Wilkes Barre Covington Route 4 Petersburg and other nearby areas
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Beulah Plymale Leffel
Covington
Lonnie Leffel
H. A. Persinger Jr
Edith Schuder
W. G. Persinger
Covington, Va
D. W. Rapp
Dade City
Fla
A. H. Humphries
Oak Hill
Stephen Honnack
Wilkes Barre
Henry, Charlie Co
Lonnie E
Benjamin H
Route 4
Parker L. Plymale
Petersburg
Final rites for Mrs Roberta Acord Mutter
Mrs Roberta Acord Mutter 39 of Drennen died Sunday from auto crash injuries in Nicholas County near Summersville. Born Aug 20 1923 in Nicholas County she had lived in Glen White. Survived by father Wiley B Acord of Glen White one son Bay Dry Creek one daughter Shirley Mutter Walker Alta Vista Va six brothers Obe Drennen Gaylord Donald Eau Gallie Fla Randolph Leonard Earl Glen White. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at First Church of God Lester with Rev Cleve Young. burial Maple Cemetery. Body at Williams Funeral Home until one hour before service. Pallbearers Steve Everette Wood Edward Steve Birchfield Ben Delbert Walker.
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Roberta Acord Mutter
Drennen
Church of God
Lester
Cleve Young
Maple Men
Mutter
Nicholas County
Summersville
Glen White
Wiley B. Acord
Bay
Three AA planes forced landings in stormy night at Knoxville
At Knoxville Alabama Airlines Flight 414 from Dallas to New York touched down in a violent wind gust, breaking a wing and bursting two engines. A Convair with 31 passengers returned to Charleston after engine trouble over Elkins. An Electra carrying 66 passengers landed safely in Memphis with a rough engine, while a DC6 diverted to Memphis after one engine ran rough. Two people were injured and two congressmen aboard Flight 414, Dale Alford and Clifford Davis, were among the passengers.
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Knoxville
American Tonight
Harvey Halleck
American Airlines
Dallas
New York
American Convair
Elkins
W. Va
Kanawha
Charleston
Enine
Thomas Lewis
Washington
Lewis
Cincinnati
Smericatt
McGhee- Tyson
Great Smoky Mountains
Vic James
Fort Worth
Tex
James
Sharon Sue Newman
Mt. Pleasant
Rachel L. Dix
Wesbury
N.Y
Hallock
Dale Alford
Clifford Davis
Swiss Teachers Tour City Mine Visit Beckley
A party of 13 Swiss school teachers visited the Beckley Exhibition Mine at New River Park during a swing through the eastern United States. The group, part of 120 Swiss teachers traveling to the U S, arrived in New York last month and will return Aug 15. Mayor Cecil L. Miller welcomed them and urged more area sightseeing before they left for Roanoke and Washington, D C after a black lunch at the park.
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Switzerland
Beckley Exhibition Mine
New River Park
United States
Europe
New York
U. S
Swiss Teachers Association For World Travel Exchange
West Virginia
Beckley
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Charleston
Roanoke
Washington, D. C
Cecil L. Miller
Lambert suit seeks balance on house and lot purchase
Carl and Lena Lambert filed a suit in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office against Linn J. and Bonnie E. Hardman. They allege the defendants owe $1,348 on a house and lot in the Lambert Addition bought Sept 21, 1959 for $15,500. Amount paid through Jan 22, 1960 was $1,350, leaving $1,150 plus interest of $198 from Sept 21 to Aug 6, 1962, total $1,348.
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Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Carl and
Lena Lambert
Linn J
Bonnie E. Hardman
Lambert Addition
Kansans vote split in GOP race and party trials
Kansans faced a crowded ballot with a GOP Senate nomination contest between old guard and new look factions, a write-in bid for secretary of state by Democrat Andy Gray, and looming November contests. The ballot also shapes plans for governor, lieutenant governor, 19 congressional seats, 144 state legislative seats, and party convention selections on August 24. Gray must clear 18 147 votes to avoid near political oblivion in 1964 in the predominantly Republican state.
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Torest
Romney
American Motors Corp
Swainson
Kansas City
Kan
UPD
Old Guard
New Look
Andy Gray
Gray
Railroads seek 1959 fireman layoffs and pay changes
Railroads demand immediate dismissal of about 41,000 firemen on freight and yard service under 1959 notices, diverging from presidential commission recommendations that would trim 13,000 jobs next year and 28,000 over a decade. Commission urged pay raises for most operating employees, while 1959 notices propose changes without raises and take effect August 16.
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Commission
Dr Kelsey blamed for thousands of deformed births abroad
Dr Kelsey, 48, long credited with spotting the danger of a sedative free of hangover, was said to have kept it off the market for more than a year. The drug allegedly could not be lethal in overdose yet caused deformities in Europe, Canada and other places as authorities and the manufacturer clashed publicly.
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Europe
Canada
Kelsey
Deaf Health, Education and Welfare
Parity as a Farmers’ Share in Market Relations
Parity is defined as the formula linking farm incomes to the cost of non farm goods and services, reflecting what farmers should receive for their production relative to what they must pay.
Dean Presses Unaligned Nations on U S Disarmament
Dean addressed a subcommittee outlining the United States disarmament effort after talks with President Kennedy. He sought to convince eight unaligned conference nations that Washington is sincerely pursuing arms limits, but he failed to move Zorin in two Sunday and Monday meetings.
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U.S
Dean
United States
Zorin
Washington
Kennedy
Doctors exceed FDA totals on thalidomide prescriptions
A secretary noted that the count of doctors with access to thalidomide surpassed prior FDA figures because several physicians distributed tablets to medical partners or other doctors, raising concerns over prescription controls.
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FDA
Resignation Accepted and Succession Named in County Office
Pineville Wyoming County Court Commissioners accepted the resignation of Clara Pack secretary for the county agriculture office effective Aug 1 and hired Mrs Pat Rose to replace her. They also authorized paying St Johns Catholic Church Mullens 300 yearly rent for storing commodities for Mullens Wyco and Itmann. Four men were reappointed to a year on the planning and zoning commission: W L Haga Richard Cook B R Bailey and Blaine Murphy.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming ‘County Court Commissioners
Clara Pack
Pat Rose
St. John’s Catholic Church
Mullens
Wyco
Itmann
Free chest X-ray drive draws large downtown turnout
More than 300 area residents reported for free chest X-rays by noon at the mobile unit in front of the Memorial Building on South Kanawha Street. Mrs. Odessa Lewis, executive director of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association, said the turnout exceeded expectations for the first day at the downtown site.
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Memorial Building
South Kanawha Street
Odessa Lewis
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
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