Congressional Action Committee Briefed on Legislative Battles
Beckley Chamber of Commerce officials heard J Frank Melton outline upcoming congressional battles. He cited Social Security aged medical care and a wage bill as key fights, urged ongoing local input, and warned higher minimum wages could raise unemployment and force labor reductions locally. Melton, a Texas native and longtime U S Chamber manager, heads the Eastern Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Action Committee
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Congress
J. Frank Melton
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eastern Division
Beckley Hotel
Melton
Senate
House of Representative
House
Kennedy
Beckley Chamber
William F. Watts
Watts
Chamber
U.S
Congo Defies U Thant as Kinshasa crisis grows
U.N. secretary general lies under pressure as Lu mumba rejects comments on martial law. Kinshasa council set to meet Thursday to discuss Congo tension. Vasily Kuznetsov rebukes U.N. neutrality and urges forceful action to quell Katanga Tshombe. A Belgian radio report cites a 20 mile column fleeing Luluabourg amid tribal warfare. U.N. troops fail to stop bloodshed in Kasai province.
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Congo
Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Vasily Kuznetsov
U.N
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Luluabourg
Kasai
Baluba
Central Congo
Fair Defends State Police Limits on Entering Towns
Fair says state police hesitate to enter a municipality for law enforcement unless invited or when information suggests things are near out of hand. He cannot confirm gambling clubs in Greenbrier County and notes raids occur only with definite information. He supports liquor by the drink to boost revenue and curb juvenile delinquency. Maj. Gen. William E. Blake, Greenbrier County resident, testified as a witness.
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Greenbrier
Fair
West Virginia
William E. Blake
State Adjutant General
Greenbrier County
Stanaford Girl Posts Bond On Murder Count
A 15 year old Stanaford girl faces Raleigh County Grand Jury action on a murder charge after posting a $3,000 bond set by Judge Harry L. McCreery. The girl fatally wounded her stepmother Izetta Jewell Little with a shotgun blast on August 3. Mrs. Little died at Beckley Memorial Hospital Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanaford
Raleigh County
Grand Jury
Sandra Kay Little
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Izetta Jewell Little
Andersons Sued For Account Due
In Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office this morning a suit was filed by Lewis Hubbard Inc doing business as Raleigh Grocery Co against Harry E J Wesley and Robert E Anderson doing business as D W Anderson's Sons Inc. The plaintiff seeks 600 plus 46.35 in interest on accounts dated June 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. J. Wesley
Robert E. Anerson
D. W. Anderson
NLRB Sets Elections for Appalachian Tire Units
The NLRB ordered elections Aug 25 to determine a bargaining representative for Appalachian Tire Products Inc including Sprague. Elections will be held at Charleston Sprague Lewisburg and Point Pleasant. Local 10-628 OC A W International Union seeks to represent 55 employees in production and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Tire Products Inc
Sprague
National Labor Relations Board
Charleston
Lewisburg
Point Pleasant
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers’ International Union
Transportation and Lunch Problems Highlight Raleigh County Board Meeting
Delegations from North Sand Branch Dillon Creek Ghent and Lillybrook outlined lunch and bus hardships tied to school closings. Superintendent Trail outlined a long range plan for six grade elementary schools three year junior high and three year senior high schools while bus schedules would be adjusted. Boundary changes were debated with Citts ville seeking original lines to move Maple Fork students back. A Crabb Orchard road study and a $65,000 auto accident suit against the Board were discussed amid budget approvals and insurance questions. An adult education program received county wide approval with ongoing insurance bidding debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Board of Education
North Sand Branch
Dillon Creek
Ghent
Lillybrook
Sherman C. Trail
Trail
Cittsville
Maple Fork
Bradley
Cirtsville
Robert Sweeney
Prosperity
Cranberry
Robert Painter
Scuttlebutt
Sweeney
Crab Orchard School
Anthony J. Sparacino
Naomi
Mitchell Bailey
Everett R. Shafer
C. A. Phillips
Phillips
A. J. Walker
H. E. Melton
Carl Jarrell
Strake Walker
Boy Learns Hard Way About Fire Gasoline
Eight year old Kim Thornton learned the dangers of matches when he ignited a gallon jug of gasoline in his father Guy Thornton's garage at 105 Laurel Terrace. He escaped injury and no damages were reported as Beckley firemen arrived at 11 30 a m and returned to station by 11 45 a m the blaze singed his hair per a fireman on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Thornton
Laurel Terrace
Guy Thornton
Beckley
Kim
Fragrance Tip For Baby’s Drawers
Advice suggests lightly sprinkling baby powder under liner drawers to impart a gentle scent to stored clothing and toys for a fresh feel.
Turner Named Hoop Mentor At Oak Hill
Turner, a Woodrow Wilson High School alumnus and 1952 graduate, is named head basketball coach at Collins High School. He will assist Avis Partain in football and track, and begins work immediately. His brothers Jim and Jack were noted athletes in Beckley and pro baseball, highlighting an athletic family background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Partain
Jim
Beckley
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Jack
Los Angeles
Brooklyn
Raleigh
Congress Inaction and Nixon Backing Discussed by President
President Eisenhower addressed Congress in a wide ranging speech touching on Nixon and Lodge in the campaign, criticized Newsweek on the economy, praised the UN Congo record, warned about Latin America plans, noted few government resignations as his term ends, and expressed hope for a nuclear test ban accord though doubtful before January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Newsweek
Council of Economic Advisers
Congo
U. N
Latin America
Europe
County man reports woman’s self harm prompt aid
Another Countian call at 9:45 a.m. led to an ambulance taking a woman to the local hospital. Sheriff Mills said Feazell reported the death by own action victim had multiple major operations and often takes any pills she can find. Her husband Azel Smith resides at Glen Morgan.
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Mills
Feazell
Azel Smith
Glen Morgan
Funeral services for Charles L Wiseman in Fayetteville
Charles L Wiseman 71 of Fayetteville died Tuesday morning at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Fayetteville Methodist Church with Rev. C. S. Thompson and Rev. Elmer Wilson officiating. Burial at Huse Memorial Park. Survivors: wife Dessie Neff Wiseman. three sons Loren R Meadow Bridge, C. Lawrence Beckley, Raburn Alexandria VA. one daughter Alice Egar Jamaica NY. three brothers B A and Earl Wiseman Mount Nebo. Garling D Wiseman Billings MT. one sister D L Pinson Oak Hill. seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Masonic rites at graveside. Body to church an hour before service from Dodd-Payne Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Wiseman
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Methodist Church
C. S. Thompson
Elmer Wilson
First Methodist Church
Beckley
Huse Memorial Park
Wiseman
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Dessie Neff Wiseman
Loren R
Meadow Bridge
C. Lawrence
Rabern
Alexandria
Alice Egar
Jamaica
N. Y
B. A
Earl Wiseman
Mount Nebo
Garling D. Wiseman
Billings
Mont
D. L. Pinson
Oak Hill
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
RNS
Clarence M Doss Funeral Rites Planned in Beckley
Clarence M Doss 73 of 203 West Virginia Street will have funeral services at 2 30 p m Friday at the First Christian Church with Rev C S Donnelly in charge Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens He died Tuesday at 10 38 a m in the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a six month illness He was a World War I veteran and a member of Raleigh County Post No 32 American Legion He leaves his wife Thelma Lively two sons Clarence M Doss Jr of Houston Texas and John L Doss of Westbury New York, a stepmother, six sisters, two brothers, and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence M. Doss
West Virginia St
First Christian Church
C. S. Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Doss
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Waitesville
Charles C
Alice LaFox Doss
Thelma Lively
Beckley
Raleigh County
American Legion
Margie Doss
Huntington
J. C. Doss
E. M. Doss
Gap Mills
Melton Mortuary
W. R. Henkle
W. H. File Jr
T. R. Wilson
E. D. Terry
Paul Phipps
H. D. Butterworth
George
Martha Ewing Rites Held For Edmond Elementary Principal
Mrs Martha Ewing 40 of Edmond died Monday night at Ansted after serving as principal of Edmond Elementary and member of St Pauls Methodist Church Ansted Survivors include her husband Glen her parents Mr and Mrs Seelinger of Edmond two brothers Terry See linger Belva and Herbert Seelinger Summersville three sisters Louise Miller An sted Lena Tully Oak Hill Ila Brealey Clearwater Fla Body remains at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha K. Seelinger Ewing
Edmond
Ansted
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Herrie Glen Ewing
W. M. Seelinger
Terry Seelinger
Belva
Herbert Seelinger
Summersville
Louise Miller
Lena Tully
Oak Hill
Ila Brealey
Clear Water, Fla
Dodd-Payne, Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Requiem for Daniel P Flanigan in Urbana Ohio
Daniel Patrick Flanigan 48 longtime Urbana Mills manager dies in Columbus after a heart attack. Requiem mass set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Urbana Catholic Church with burial in Urbana. He leaves wife Cecilia and four children plus a large family across Ohio Alabama and Maine. He was born in Edgewater Alabama and formerly lived in Princeton New Jersey area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Patrick Flanigan
Urbana
Ohio
Princeton
University Hospital
Columbus
Urbana Mills
Princeton High School
Edgewater
Ala
Daniel
James Short
Francis P. Harold
Bangor
Maine
J. W. Woods, Jr
Bluefield
Death of Mrs Luvenia Clay in Giotto
Mrs Luvenia Clay aged 58 of Giotto died in a Williamson hospital Tuesday morning after a long illness. Survivors include sisters Grace Howard and Tessie Richards of Beckley. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luvenia Clay
Giotto
Williamson Hospital
Grace Howard
Tessie Richards
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Beckley Man Receives Fines and Jail Time
A Beckley man was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail and fined 85 dollars and costs by Magistrate W A Burke on Tuesday for drunk driving, no operator’s license, and unlawful taking and driving a vehicle without the owner's consent. He received 50 dollars and costs for the first charge, 25 dollars and costs for the unlawful taking charge, and 10 dollars plus costs for the license violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Charles Richard DeHart
Lida Mae Chandler
Anna Spitzer
West Virginia
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Skelton
Carlos Jackson
Piney View
J. E. Mays
Ford in Satisfactory Condition at Beckley VA Hospital
William Henry Ford known as Squire Ford is reported in satisfactory condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital where he has been under treatment for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry
Squire) Ford
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Final rites for Mrs Catherine Pennix held in East Beckley
Mrs Catherine Pennix 68 of East Beckley died in a Huntington hospital Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Elder D C Caffie in charge. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include two sons Jake Pennix and John Pennix both of Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Pennix
East Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson
D. C. Caffie
Greenwood Memorial Park
Pennix
Huntington Hospital
Jake Pennix
John Pennix
Jacksonville
Fla
WVEA Staff Attend Regional Leadership Meeting
Three members of the West Virginia Educational Association staff are in Beckley for a regional leadership meeting at Woodrow Wilson High School. State Executive Secretary Phares Reeder, WVEA School Journal editor Earl Straight, and Margaret Baldwin director of records and accounts discuss legislative problems membership and professional activities. Raleigh County Superintendent Sherman C Trail delivered an address of welcome. Woodrow Wilson Principal C G Peregoy served as a legislative consultant and James Redden, president of the County Educational Association, arranged the daylong meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Educational Association
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Phares Reeder
WVEA
Earl Straight
Margaret Baldwin
Raleigh County
Sherman C. Trail
C. G. Peregoy
James Redden
County Educational Association
Miss Thyssen Was Miss Denmark In 1951 Miss Universe
Negotiations resumed in Pittsburgh to settle a 108 day strike against Manufacturers Light and Heat Co by about 1000 service and maintenance employees. A. F. Miltner named administrative manager for Kaiser Aluminum Ravenswood works. A WVU medical scholarship named for Dr Thomas L Harris of Parkersburg offers 400 dollars annually with first recipient chosen before the new academic year.
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Miss Thyssen
Denmark
Pittsburgh
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co
A. F. Miltner
Cleveland
Ravenswood Works
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp
West Virginia University
Thomas L. Harris
Parkersburg
WVU Board of Governors
Hurt Leg in Fall Leaves Man Hospitalized
Siebert Mann, 46, of 108 Ball St., is being treated at Beckley Hospital for a leg injury from a fall. In Kenya East Africa a game license to shoot elephants costs 1 210, to shoot lions 70.
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Siebert Mann
Ball St
Beckley Hospital
Kenya
East Africa
Restaurant Group Sets Now Deadline On Training School
The Southern Region Restaurant Association grew to 42 members at the Glass House meeting. Plans advance a school to train restaurant personnel at Raleigh County Vocational School Beckley with about 13000 dollars for equipment. Cooperation from school board and William Connoley. chief instructor to be arranged. project must crystallize by Nov 15 1960. three training parts include kitchen service cooks bakers and management executives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Region Restaurant Association
Glass House
William B. Connoley
Raleigh County
Beckley
Natalie M. Austin
George Blume
Maxwell House Coffee
Ashalnd
Association
Interstate Hosts Inc
Austin
Powers Testifies About U2 Flight Nervous and Scared
In a lengthy statement Powers recalls being nervous about the flight and not seeing any U2 equipment loaded. He says he never engaged in politics and that work was strenuous. Prosecutors press him on suspected spy flight as his family watches in court. He pleads guilty to the indictment as the trial unfolds in the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
U.S
Eisenhower
Air Force
U. S
Rudenko
Shelton
Soviet Union
Barbara
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Beauty contest entries for Beckley Miners Day noted
Five entrants have signed up for the beauty contest part of Beckley Miners Day on Saturday with five talent entrants as well. The Queen and talent winner plus Young Miner of the Year will be named at Memorial Building with events starting at 1 p.m. The Fayette Raleigh Wyoming First Aid League and Beckley Chamber sponsor the day while the Junior Chamber runs the parade and Jayceeettes select the Young Miner of the Year.
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Beckley
Phil Payne
Memorial Building
Fayette-Raleigh-Wyoming
First Aid League
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jayceeettes
John Kushner
Woodrow Wilson High School
United States
Postoffice
Eisenhower comments on Powers case and Soviet claims
President Eisenhower argues the United States must respond to a closed Soviet society. He says Powers' activities were necessary for U S information in a closed system and that Moscow harbors constant threats and boasts of strength. The president rejects the notion the United States is being tried in Moscow's propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Nations draft disarmament resolve at UN to appease East West talks
Five nations Ecuador India Mexico Sweden United Arab Republic and Yugoslavia prepared a resolution to end the commission meeting without offending the United States or the Soviets. It would have the commission record urging renewed disarmament talks under effective international control and request urgent Assembly attention to the issue while not mentioning a Soviet proposal to invite heads of state to join the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Ecuador
India
Mexico
Sweden
United Arab Republic
Yugoslavia
United States
Commission
General Assembly
Assembly
Runaway Car Damages City Car On Neville Street
Damages were estimated at 95 dollars after a runaway car drifted from a parking space into a parked car on Neville Street near Second Avenue. Mrs. Robert Simpson Kirk had parked on Second Avenue. the damaged vehicle belonged to Oscar Dunbar. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Street
Second Avenue
Robert Simpson Kirk
Neville St
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NLRB
Appalachian
Calvert
Calvert Reserve
Eacey
Calvert Distillers
W.Y
Hoop
Bill Turner
Berkshire
Farrow
Berkshires
Price Brothers
Martha Ewing
Daniel P. Flanigan
Mrs. Luvenia Clay
Beckleyan
FORD
Restaurant Group
Earl Netcher
Pfaelzer Bros
Frederick Hotel
N. G. Kourey
Tip Top
Edward S. Erb
Tow-N-Country
D. D. Holliday
Raleigh Baking Co
Holliday
Connoley
D. M. Rains
Kraft Foods Co
Oscar Dunbar
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