Two Charged After Family Free-For-All
Raleigh County deputies report a family fight at Earldine Blackburns Mabscott home left two people arrested. Frank Rogers and Harper Read posted a 500 dollar property bond and paid court costs on a peace warrant. Mrs Meadows paid a 5 dollar fine on an assault and battery charge. The incident stemmed from a love triangle involving Wesley Meadows and Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earldine Blackburn
Mabscott
Raleigh
Frank Rogers
Harper Read
Magistate
W. A. Burke
Dorothy Meadows
Crab Orchard
Blackburn
Wesley Meadows
Dorthy Meadows
Rogers
Edward H. Kerns
McGraws
Burke
Harold S. Adkins
Cranberry
Joe Rodriguez
Julious Adkins
Richard Gravely
Beckley
Ap- Long
Thurs- Mamie Thompson
Glen Daniel
Buddy Acord
Bolt
Joe Louis Teet
Smoot
Beckley Driver Guilty in Major Traffic Violation
Beckley Driver found guilty as officials announce expanded enforcement. Nuckols stated the department now has equipment and money to pursue accident investigations and will notify law enforcement of traffic violation convictions and unfit drivers. He expects improved cooperation as the agency signals it means business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuckols
Mountain
X15 Trouble Continued From Page One
NASA test center officials described the incident with the No 3 X15 as a potentially dangerous failure but noted the pilot recovered at low altitude and speed by using an emergency procedure. The X15’s electronic brain, intended for space flight, automatically senses conditions to aid steering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeronautics and Space Administration Research Flight Test Center
Walker
Bikel
Space
Sign Worker Injured At Baustow Beckley Sign Company
Paul Dillon, a sign worker for Beckley Sign Company, is hospitalized at Raleigh General with a fractured pelvis after falling from a sign board on Tuesday. He also serves as a call firefighter for the Beckley Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Dillon
Maxwell Hill Road
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Alaska Democrats Appear Victors in Nomination Runoffs
In Anchorage Alaska the Democratic incumbents led in voting as Gov William A Egan pulled ahead of George Byer with 7522 to 2973 while two minor candidates had 1684 combined. On the GOP ticket Howard Pollock and Ernest Gruening won renomination for governor and Ted Stevens led for the Senate. Lowell Thomas Jr led the GOP bid for the US House as Ralph J Rivers ran unopposed for a third term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
William A. Egan
George Byer
Egan
Byer
Territorial
Howard Pollock
U. S
Ernest Gruening
Robert L. Veach
Interior Department
Ted Stephens
Guening
Frank Cook
Lowell Thomas Jr
House of Representatives
Henry S. Pratt
Ralph J. Rivers
28 Agree To Serve On United Fund Board
Raleigh County citizens totaling 28 have agreed to serve on the United Fund Board in Beckley. The panel is to reach 30 members. two final contacts remain, with a report due to the Chamber of Commerce committee. Names include M F Barksdale Arthur Blackburn S Austin Caperton Jr Leslie Carter S F Caslno Fred K Filler Erma Grogran Bernard Childress Reid P Davis Mrs Fred Hurt W A James C O Kane J W Kern W C McMahan Dr W A Lagueur Basile N Meadows Rev Corey O Mitchell Philip W Payne George L Piper Roger Sharp E H Shaw H C Sheets Alan Sussman S W Woodyard Isadore Wein Mrs C D Trent Miss Madge Richardson Mrs John C Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
United Fund
Beckley
Robert Thomson Jr
Chamber of Commerce
M. F. Barksdale
J. Arthur Blackburn
S. Austin Caperton Jr
Leslie Carter
S. F. Caseino
Fred K. Filler
Erma Grogran
Bernard Childress
Reid P. Davis
Fred Hurt
W. A. James
C. O. Kane
J. W. Kern
W. C. McMahan
W. A. Laqueur
Basile N. Meadows
Corey O. Mitchell
Philip W. Payne
George L. Piper
Roger
States to speed highway subsidies and spur national economy
Government releases 1.9 billion for interstate and state road subsidies, boosting total subsidies to 2.4 billion for interstate highways and 925 million for other roads. States receive extra obligational authority, with Connecticut 26.5 million and New Jersey 79.2 million among others, while rain remains scarce in Chile’s Atacama Desert for up to twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Roads
Hodges
Congress
Connecticut
Delaware
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Massrobbers use police disguise in Massachusetts mail truck heist
A man dressed as a police officer halted a mail truck on Route 3 as four bandits leapt from two cars and robbed the vehicle. Barrett and Schena were tied and ordered to lie down while bags of money were transferred to waiting cars. The heist lasted about 1 hour 40 minutes with the haul estimated above $2 million and tied to a New York City bank robbery involving a 19 year old woman. Authorities say two cars were recovered and fingerprints sought from suspects wearing white gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Schena
FBI
New York City
Leo L. Laughlin
Boston
Russia Celebrates Cosmonauts Return After Dual Flight
Soviet officials reported Nikolayev completed 64 orbits and Popovich 48 during a multi day space mission. Moscow Radio announced the news, Tass confirmed landings inside the ships, and the cosmonauts were shown in television footage eating and exercising. The launch is seen as a step toward space stations and moon missions, with American hopes dampened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikolayev
Popovich
Moscow Radio
Tass
Soviet Union
Europe
Kennedy
Russia
America
United States
Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Smelovka
Saratov
Volga
Moon
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Nikolayev Jane Popovich
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Tennessee Probes Mystery Of Mountain Lights
A Tennessee North Carolina business group plans an observation platform on N C 181 Jonas Ridge to lure tourists to the Brown Mountain lights. Local legends say spirits of Indian maidens haunt the glow while scientists offer explanations ranging from lightning and radioactivity to gas and air currents. A nurseryman reports dizziness after watching the lights from his platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
UPI
Brown Mountain
Tennessee
North Carolina
Glen Nicely
N. C. 181
Jonas Ridge
National Geographic Society
Catawba Valley
Paul Rose
N.C
Rose
Weather Forces Cancellations For Bells Are Ringing
Storms strike Oakdale Theater in Wallingford forcing cancellation of Saturday performance of Bells Are Ringing and leaving a new tent damaged Monday night. The weather disruption interrupts a schedule at the Oakdale Musical Theater with plans to resume when conditions permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Conn
Upid
Oakdale Musical Theater
Senate probe details Humphrey wealth gains from 1953 to 1957
Hearings by the Senate stockpile investigating subcommittee reveal George M. Humphrey earned over 2.3 million in dividends and saw stock value rise by 5.7 million as treasurer. The eight year gain, 1953 to 1957, largely tied to a government contract signed just before he took office. Gil bert Humphrey received 919,000 in dividends from related companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Senate
Subcommittee
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Walter H. Henson
General Accounting Office
GAO
Henson
Gilbert W. Humphrey
M. A. Hanna Co
Cleveland
Hanna Mining Co
Hanna Enterprises
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Quotes From Space Flight and Politics Across Europe
United Press International quotes from Edwards AFB show test pilot Joe Walker downplaying a suspected X15 control problem with a quip about driving home in traffic. Anna Mansi in Ravella recalls Carolina Kennedy’s visit as fun and Carolina is nice. Senator Gore in Washington comments on the space communications bill and leadership tactics. Tass in Moscow notes both cosmonauts feeling fine after their mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Edwards Afb
Calif
Joe Walker
Ravella
Italy
Anna Mansi
Caroline Kennedy
Carolina
Deaths of noted figures mark passing in various cities
Hobart Nichols an eight year old landscape painter and former president of the National Academy of Design from 1939 to 1949 died. In Bronxville Chester A Garfield 81, designer of Westchester parkways and former Westchester County Public Works chief engineer, died of a heart attack. Riverside California Dr Axel Leonard Melander 84, former CCNY biology chairman and emeritus professor, died Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Hobart Nichols
National Academy of Design
Bronxville
N.Y
Chester A. Garfield
Westchester County
Westchester County Department of Public Works
Riverside, Calif
Axel Leonard Melander
Biology
College of the City of New York
CCNY
Test Ban Talks Near Breakdown
In Geneva UPI reports the nuclear test ban talks almost broke down as bitter U S and Soviet exchanges blamed each other for deadlock. An emergency session was set for further review while Ambassador Arthur H. Dean accused Moscow of obstructing a workable treaty and Vasily Kuznetsov countered that Washington rejected a balanced accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
UPI
United States
Russia
U. S
Arthur H. Dean
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Vasily Kuznetsov
Travelogue by Ellender Captures Soviet Scenes On Screen
In a narrated travelogue Ellender guides an audience from Moscow to distant Soviet locales including a pumpkin harvest at a collective farm. The black and white silent film with dubbed narration reveals daily life and transport via the Volga while poking gentle fun at viewers’ misreadings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellender
Moe S. Coe
Moe
Kremlin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Default Judgments Ordered By Judge Knapp in Raleigh County
A default judgment in favor of Ethel Jenkins was issued in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Marshall Chestain was ordered to pay 510 dollars on a promissory note. Another default judgment of 2008.10 dollars went to Overland Transportation Co. Defendants William Earl Lasater and Jackson LeVerne Lasater of Lillington were involved in a track accident case on the West Virginia Turnpike dated March 10, 1961. A suit by James R. Brownlee against Bennie Perkins of Beckley was dismissed as settled out of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Jenkins
Raleigh County
Norman A. Knapp
Marshall Chestain
Overland Transportation Co
William Earl Lasater
Jackson LeVerne Lasater
Lillington
N.C
West Virginia Turnpike
James R. Brownlee
Bennie Perkins
Beckley
Juveniles Released In Custody Of Parents
Two 16 year olds arrested Tuesday for stealing a transistor radio and mechanic tools were freed to their parents by Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery after a morning hearing. The items were taken from cars of Grace Gospel Church attendees in Beaver and have been recovered. the youths must return on the next juvenile day September 8. A 14 year old from Crow also released to his parents after a hearing. the bicycle he allegedly stole was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodriguez
Raleigh
James David Greer
Beaver
Albert Sims
Maple Fork
Meestrate Burke
Wirt Lee
Danny White
Rhodell
Sheriff's
Jackson M. Pruitt
Glen White
Jasper B. Platt
Charleston
Robert H. Doan
Raleigh County Juvenile Court
Harry L. McCreery
Grace Gospel Church
Crow
Deaths and Funerals J Forrest Allen
Brief services for Dr. J Forrest Allen a 49 year old research chemist for the Food Machinery Corp Princeton New Jersey were to be conducted in Pennington New Jersey today The body will be taken from Pennington to Liberty Kentucky where final rites will be held at the Antioch Christian Church at 3 p m Thursday Burial will follow in Liberty He died at his Princeton home Thursday morning after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Forrest Allen
Food Machinery Corp
Princeton
N.J
Pennington
Liberty
Antioch Christian Church
George H Jarrell Funeral Rites Held at Dry Creek
Funeral services for George Harvey Jarrell 75 of Dry Creek were set for 2 p.m. Thursday at his home with burial in the Dry Creek family cemetery. He died at his home Tuesday morning of a heart attack. A farmer and Church of God member, he is survived by wife Jessie and five sons Lawrence and Pat of Beckley, Joe of Rock Creek, Lacy of Chesapeake, and two daughters Edna Creek and Hillie of Naoma. The body was moved from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville to the home today at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harvey Jarrell
Dry Creek
Jarrell
Church of God At
Jessie Jarrell
Lawrence
Ashland
Pat
Beckley
Joe
Rock Creek
Lacy
Chesapeake
Edna
Echols Rites Pending for Samuel C Echols of Mullens
Samuel C Echols 63 of Herndon Heights died at 8 a m at home after a long illness. Born Feb 2 1899 in Herndon he was a retired carpenter. Survived by three sons Junior Saeger Frank Corinne Pvt Jack Echols at Fort Dix N J five daughters Jane Ramey Surgio Boschain David Warren Ellen Echols and James Cooper four brothers Denver Princeton John Roby William five sisters John Warren Floyd Combs Mae Freer Lucy Van Vanten Minnie Gallo 16 grandchildren and 3 step grandchildren. Body at Sam Fogle song Funeral Home Mullens pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Clifford Echols
Herndon Heights
Herndon
Robert
Emma Mills Echols
Ethel Hopkins Echols
Junior
Saeger
Frank
Corinne
Jack Echols
Fort Dix
N.J
Jane Ramey
Townshend
Int
Surgio Boschain
City
David Warren
Ellen Echols
Upland
James Cooper
Moon mission ideals and space exploration quotes
President Kennedy urged open access to space as a duty of free nations, arguing that landing on the moon would showcase U S leadership and moral purpose. Edward Teller framed exploration as a path to knowledge and new laboratories beyond Earth. Edgar Cortright outlined NASA’s aim to advance science by solving tough space problems and studying the universe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankees
America
Yuri Gagarin
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Kennedy
Edward Teller
San Francisco
Moon
Mars
Venus
Teller
Antarctic
Earth
Edgar M. Cortright
Space Sciences Office
The
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Jhas
Solar Space
Norway's coast houses about 150000 islands
A regional survey notes roughly 150000 islands along Norway's long coastline. Researchers highlight the archipelago as a defining feature of coastal geography and maritime activity.
Powers seeks divorce from wife Barbara Powers
UPI reports Francis Gary Powers filed for divorce in Baldwin County Superior Court alleging habitual drunkenness and cruelty by Barbara Gay Powers, 27, seven years married. Separated since May 27, Powers, 32, said the marriage was untenable. the couple had no children and Powers works for the CIA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville, Ga
UPI
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Powers
Barbara Gay Powers
Rudolph Abel
Baldwin County Superior Court
D. E. Adams
City Post Office
Russia
Pound
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Huey G McKinney 85 Basin Farmer dies at home
Huey G McKinney 85 Basin retired farmer died at home Tuesday evening He was born March 31 1877 in Basin son of John H and Emily Rinehart McKinney Survived by wife Alistair two sons Menifee Basin and Dewey Alpeca three daughters Evelyn Shrewsbury Basin Mae Shrewsbury and Lessie Lusk both of Alpeca three brothers Ellis Kelly and W H all of Basin two sisters Laura Whitt Basin and Luana Basham Gary Funeral 1 pm Thursday at New Spruce Grove Church Basin Rev Phillip Graham officiating Burial John McKinney Cemetery Basin Body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huey G. McKinney
Basin
John H
Emily Rinehart McKinney
Alistair McKinney
Menifee
Dewey
Alpeca
Evelyn Shrewsbury
Mae Shrewsbury
Lessie Lusk
Ellis
Kelly
W. H
Laura Whitt Basin
Luana Basham Gary
New Spruce Grove
Phillip Graham
John McKinney
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Lee Joines final rites announced for 57
Lee Joines 57 formerly of Beckley died at his Sparta North Carolina home Monday Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p m at Whitehead Baptist Church Whitehead NC burial in family cemetery Born in Whitehead he was son of J C and Lou James both deceased He worked as a district salesman for Real Silk Hosiery Co while in Beckley later ran a North Carolina dairy farm Family and friends listed from Beckley Charleston Crab Orchard and other nearby towns and cities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Joines
Beckley
Sparta
N. C
Whitehead Baptist Church
Whitehead
J. C
Lou James
The
Real Silk Hosiery Co
North
Coy Sanders Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Coy Clayton Sanders 56 of Rhodell died at 10 am Tuesday in a Charlottesville Virginia hospital. Born October 1906 in Mountain City Tennessee he was the son of the late Noah and Ellen Eggers Sanders. Survived by wife Lena Boles Sanders three sons Bob of Easton Pennsylvania Douglas and Jeffrey at home four daughters Raynell Bosaler Arlington Virginia Juanita Rose Anchorage Alaska Coleta and Patty at home a brother Raymond Rhodell two half brothers Wade Price Stot esbury and Ed Price Zionville North Carolina a half sister Texie Lane Fresno Ohio and three n... Funeral Home Mullens WV
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Sanders
Rhodell
Charlottesville
Mountain City
Tenn
Noah
Ellen Eggers Sanders
Lena Boles Sanders
Bob
Easton
Douglas
Jeffrey
Raynell Bosaler
Arlington
Juanita Rose
Anchorage
Alaska
Coletta
Patty
Raymond
Wade Price
Stotesbury
Ed Price
Zionville
N. C
Texie Lane
Fesno
Ohio
Sam Foglene
Mullens
John A Greer Funeral Services in Glen Rogers
Funeral services for John Alfred Greer 71 of Glen Rogers will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Glen Rogers Community Church with Rev. Shirley Donnelly and Rev. Cameron Lilly officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. He died in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a former coal miner with Raleigh-Wyoming Co. and later with the Wyoming County Board of Education. Born July 18 1891 in Ashe County North Carolina he was the son of the late Willburn and Mary Prather Greer. Survivors include his wife Emily Laxton Greer two sons Dennis and Sheldon both of Glen Rogers one daughter Carol Greer of Conn-inglingo Maryland two brothers Quince of Miami Florida and Joe of Bakersville North Carolina and two sisters Nettie and Dora Greer of Todd. The body will be taken to the home Thursday at 2 p.m. and to the church at service time by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alfred Greer
Glen Rogers
Shirley Donnelly
Cameron Lilly
Sunset Memorial Park
Raleigh-Wyoming Co
Wyoming County Board of Education
Ashe County
N. C
Willburn
Mary Prather Greer
Emily Laxton Greer
Dennis
Sheldon
Daugher
Carol Greer
Conningwingo
Quince
Miami
Fla
Joe
Bakersville
Nettie
Dora Greer
Todd
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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D. K. Cales
Jackson
East Rainelle
United Fund Board
Isadore Wein
C. D. Trent
Madge Richardson
John C. Ward
Chile
Atacama Desert
Mass
Bank of Raleigh
Bank of Raleigh Main
Kanawha Streets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Soviet
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Holland
J. F. Allen
George H. Jarrell
Creek
Hillie
Naoma
Valley Funeral Home
Whiteslville
Samuel C. Echols
Norway
Pilot Powers
Lee
Coy. Sanders
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