Gunman in Maryland shootout kills self as posse closes in
Harrisburg man Lawrence Sorrell Johns, 34, shot by trooper Kirby during a roadside robbery attempt near Hancock. Johns killed himself with a .32 pistol as Maryland troopers and others closed in. Trooper Kirby, wounded in arm and hip, remained alive after surgery. two accomplices were captured.
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Hagerstown
UPI
Harrisburg
Hancock
Lawrence Sorrell Johns
Sideling Hill Mountain
Johns
Maryland
Cumberland City
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Howard
Robert D. Kirby
Kirby
James Lane
William Booker
Route 40
Lane
Booker
Pennsylvania
Washington County Hospital
Beckley Child Care Center marks first anniversary
Beckley Child Care Center on Mount Hope road marks its first anniversary sponsored by The Methodist Church. The home housed 27 residents after an evening arrival, totaling 35 children since opening. six were admitted a year ago. The facility handles foster care requests and expansion plans, with staff including Virgil Cook and Jule Hensil, plus house mothers and aides.
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Beckley
Cranberry
Methodist Church
Virgil Cook
Mount Hope Road
Cook
Burlington
Jule Hensil
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Board of Hospitals and Homes
Department of Social Welfare
Women’s Division of
Christian Service
The
Elsie Knott
Lola Hosler
Ora Noel
Glen Morgan
Grace Deal
Coal City
Lacy Wood
Crab Orchard
Fourteen Bonds Forfeited In Police Court Loss
Fourteen persons forfeited a total of 492 dollars in cash bonds to the City at Monday nights Police Court. Names include Alex Spencer Beckley $200 on a tax charge related to sale and possession of whiskey for resale Erviline Branham Beckley forfeited 100 on moonshine Freder y Ford Mabscott 25 on speeding and red light charges Michael Bryant MacArthur 20 on speeding Katherine Hairston Beckley 5 for blocking traffic John Whitehead Beckley 17 for public drinking Ralph Fox Beckley 10 for driving to the left center of the highway Charles E Cuvilier Midway 5 on a red light violation Six drunk forfeitures totaled 110 50.
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Alex Spencer
Beckley
Erviline Branham
Freddy Ford
Mabscott
Michael Bryant
MacArthur
Katherine Hairston
John Whitehead
Ralph Fox
Charles E. Cuvilier
Midway
Students: Don’t Let Poochie Follow You
The Raleigh County Animal Shelter warns students not to let dogs follow them to school and says a close check will be made of county school lawns. Waiting dogs will be picked up.
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Raleigh County Animal Shelter
Fourteen Killed As FourJet Crashes Into Bay At Airport
Dawn search teams reopen the wreck scene after a four-engine airliner crashes during landing killing at least thirteen with many injuries. Brazilian congressman Josue de Castro survives on a life raft, his daughter reaches shore, but his granddaughter is missing. The plane smashed through a low wall and slid into the water, witnesses say the fuselage flew over the waterfront and the wall tore off landing gear. De Castro, former FAO head, mourns the tragedy.
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Josue de Castro
de Castro
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Tornado Likeliness and Heat Records Across Cities
Louisville hottest day in eight years reached 101, Cincinnati tied its date high of 101 breaking a 26 year record, St Louis hit 104 breaking its date record. Drought areas New York and Pennsylvania saw up to half an inch of rain while Austin marked its 51st rainless day and reports of rattlesnakes seeking moisture.
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Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Louis
New York
Pennsylvania
Austin
Tex
Sir Winston Churchill Leaves Hospital in Wheelchair
Sir Winston Churchill, 87, went home from Middlesex Hospital in a wheelchair after healing a broken left thigh from a June fall on the French Riviera. He waved a cigar to cheering crowds while wearing a gray suit and Hamburg hat, amid V for Victory signs.
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London
OPI
Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Churchill
New York
French Riviera
Winston
Britain
Cosmonauts’ Flight Marks New Space Milestone
The cosmonauts circled the globe in parallel orbits, a milestone in space exploration. The speech credited Nikolayev and Popovich with proving free flight in outer space and outlining more complex missions. Keldysh awarded them Tsiolkovsky medals named for the father of Soviet space tech.
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Dem
Nikolayev
Popovich
Earth
Keldysh
Tsiolkovsky
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
First Aid Call For Beckley Woman Injured In Canning
Miss Donna Dorsey of 112 Roiner St was severely cut on her left hand by a glass jar while canning fruit. Beckley Rescue Squad responded at 11:45 a m and she was taken to Beckley Hospital for further treatment.
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Beckley
Donna Dorsey
Roiner St
Beckley Hospital
Woman Parolee To Be Returned To California
Gladys Merle Cox of Los Angeles was released from Raleigh County Jail at 7:45 am to a California parole officer for return on a parole violation. She had been jailed at 10:10 am Monday by a Summers County deputy sheriff. Alfred Lee Collins, with no address, was released at 12:10 pm after serving time and paying fines for tampering with an automobile. Roy E. Hatcher, 40, Fireco, pled nolle contendere to driving left of center in a August 16 collision on Rural Acres, found guilty and fined $10 plus costs. A bad check warrant against Edward Lowe, Beckley, was withdrawn. Lowe paid costs. Ker mit Garten, Harper Heights, paid $5 and costs for improper registration. James W. Taylor, Sophia, paid $10 and costs for speeding on July 28.
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Gladys Merle Cox
Los Angeles
Calif
Raleigh
California
Summers County
Alfred Lee Collins
Roy E. Hatcher
Fireco
W. A. Burke
Acres
Edward Lowe
Raleigh County
Agreement Approved in Raleigh County Court
Judge Norman Knapp signed orders approving an agreement between Mrs G A Cooper and Mrs Stella Pearl Cooper Cole of Odd. The deed transfer terms provided maintenance and support to Mrs Cooper, while remaining issues in the complaint were dismissed as to all other defendants.
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G. A. Cooper
Stella Pearl Cooper Cole
Odd
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Knee Injury Sends Magistrate To Bed
Magistrate Joe Rodriguez is ordered to bed for a couple of days to recuperate from a knee injury suffered in a fall at Grandview State Park Thursday night. The injury mirrors his same knee injury from an accident two years earlier, which caused multiple major injuries.
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Joe Rodriguez
Grandview State Park
Lighter Side of Army Shoes and Toe Exercise Debate
A light column notes that black cotton stockings reduced foot complaints for Army shoe wearers, while white stockings might have changed results. Dr Joseph Cinzio challenges the idea that toe picking aids foot contractures, advocating a stretching or fanning of the toes as the remedy. The reporter admits personal skepticism and recalls attempting toe fanning, finding it awkward and unappealing.
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Stivers
Joseph R. Cinzio
Passaic
N.J
Cinzio
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Osborne Graybear Rogers
Funeral services for Ella Osborne Graybear Rogers 79 of Route 1 Mount Hope will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Dewey Wilson and Rev. Alexander Pish ner presiding. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Rebekah Lodge Sophia and Odd Fellows Sophia to conduct rites and pallbearers. She died today at 5 45 a.m. in a local hospital after several weeks illness. Born Sept 6 1882 in Ash County North Carolina, daughter of the late Wilburn and Sarah Biggs Osborne. Survived by husband Rev Joseph Rogers sons Tivis Graybeal Midway Roy Graybeal Beckley Carl Graybeal Akron Ohio and Mrs Minnie Quesenberry Flint Mich a stepson Rufus Mount Hope and two stepdaughters Dorcas Reed Newark Del and Wilma Crawford Summerlee a brother Joseph Osborne Mount Hope three sisters Mrs Roy Ashley Warrensville NC Mrs D L Sheppard West Jefferson NC and Mrs Jake Dougherty Piney Falls Tenn 17 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Body to remain at funeral home until service. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Pallbearers: John Harper James Harper Charles Stanley Boyd Stanley and Kelly Beckelheimer.
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Ella Osborne Graybear Rogers
Route 1
Mount Hope
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Dewey Wilson
Alexander Pishner
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Rebekah Lodge
Sophia
Odd Fellows of Sophia
Ash Counity
N. C
Wilburn
Sarah Biggs Osborne
W. T. Graybear
Pax Branch Missionary Baptist Church
Rebekah Lodge of Sophia
Order of the Eastern Star
The
White Shrine of Beckley
Pythian Sisters of Sophia
Joseph Rogers
Tivis Graybeal
Midway
Roy Graybeal
Beckley
Carl Graybeal
Akron
Ohio
Minnie Quesenberry
Flint
Mich
Rufus
Dorcas Reed
Newark
Del
Wilma Crawford
Summerlee
Joseph Osborne
Roy Ashley
Warrensville
D. L. Sheppard
West Jeffferson
Jake Dougherty
Piney Falls
Tenn
Funeral arrangements for Jarvis J. Combs
Jarvis J. Combs of Packsville died at 3 a.m. after a heart attack at home. A Free Will Baptist and secretary of UMWA Local No. 6769, he is survived by his wife Mary, two sons Harry and Fred, three daughters Kathleen Ratliff Beards Fork Rea ther Williams Irene Miller, 14 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. The body is at Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville.
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Jarvis J. Combs
Packsville
Free Will Baptist Church
UMWA
Mary Combs
Harry
Fred
Willard
Ohio
Kathleen Ratliff
Norville H. Tuggle Rites Held at Melton Mortuary
Funeral services for Norville H. Tuggle 53 of 140 Wilkes Ave are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Daniel M. Dorsey and Rev. S D Wolford officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens follows. He died Monday at home after a short illness. Born February 12, 1909 in Ada Mercer County, he was the son of Mary Sue White and the late Robert Tuggle. He lived in Beckley 11 years after moving from Helen and was a member of Midway First Church of God and Beckley Moose Lodge 1606. Surviving: his mother, wife Virginia Wamsley Tuggle, daughter Mary Sue Maxwell of Amarillo, Texas, sister Audrey Lambert of Princeton. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at Melton Mortuary.
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Norville H. Tuggle
Wilkes Ave
Melton Mortuary
Daniel M. Dorsey
Robert Tuggle
Midway First Church of God
Sprague
Beckley
Helen
Audrey Lambert
Princeton
Jack O'Neal
Harold McRoberts
James Houchins
Peter Thornley
Vance Ross
E. T. McClure
H. E. McRoberts
Okey Mills
Portland man George J. Kincaid dies in Oregon
George J. Kincaid 21 of Portland formerly Mount Hope died Sunday night in Portland. He worked as a steel worker and was the son of Mrs. Lois Kincaid Mount Hope and George Kincaid Midway. Survived by brother Boyd Los Angeles two half brothers Gilbert Carter Germany and Donald Carter Mount Hope. Body to be returned to Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope.
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George James Kincaid
Portland
Ore
Mount Hope
Lois Kincaid
George Kincaid
Midway
Boyd
Los Angeles
Calif
Gilbert Carter
U. S. Air Force
Germany
Donald Carter
Tyree
Mrs. Mary Jane Rees Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane Rees eighty four of Laurel Maryland formerly of Harper Heights will be conducted at 2 p m Thursday. Burial will be in Mount Tabor Cemetery. She died Monday at her home in Laurel born December eleventh eighteen seventy seven in Tontardawe South Wales. She was a member of Mount Tabor Baptist Church. Survived by two daughters Delys Brierley Beckley and Nancy Harper Laurel Md five grandchildren.
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Mary Jane Rees
Laurel, Md
Harper Heights
Melton Mortuary
Daniel M. Dorsey
Mount Tabor
Laurel
Tontardawe
South Whales
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Delys Brierley
Beckley
Nancy Harper
Funeral services for Mrs Grace Cummings Cummings
Funeral services for Mrs Grace Simmons Cummings age 61 of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio were to be held today. She died Sunday at the home of her son Earl J in Cuyahoga Falls. She was a half sister of George Simmons of Mount View.
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Grace Simmons Cummings
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Lavender Transfer to Point Pleasant ES Office
Lavender Britton, a Chesapeake native, will transfer Wednesday from Beckley to the Point Pleasant Employment Security office to take a counseling post. He has been a business education instructor at Beckley College and a high school teacher in Abington, Virginia, and earned an MA from West Virginia University after attending Morris Harvey College.
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Britton Lavender
Chesapeake
Beckley Office of Employment Security
Point Pleasant ES
Lavender
Beckley College
Abington
Morris Harvey College
West Virginia University
Unidentified cab driver may spread smallpox during James case
Authorities intensified hunt for anyone who met James during his Brazil to Canada trip via New York. Vaccination of 74 Argentine Airlines passengers, 2,700 New York vaccinations, and 38,000 vaccine doses rushed from Wyeth. Surgeon General opened quarantine procedure review after improper vaccination papers at Idlewild. James isolated in Toronto hospital, family quarantined.
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Hack Bureau
James
Brazil
Canada
New York
Public Health Service
Argentine Airlines
Toronto
New York City
Luther Terry
Washington
Idlewild
Riverdale Hospital
Titan III to Upstage Russians in Space Race
The Titan III booster plan, using a fast solid and stable liquid fuel combination, is slated as a keystone for the military space effort in the 1960s with a cost range of 500 million to 1 billion dollars. Martin Marietta named prime contractor as three Cape Canaveral launch pads are planned. The Defense Department notes a large booster is needed to meet future military space needs. The Saturn family remains the main path to the moon, with 7.5 million pounds thrust planned for the Apollo craft late in the decade, and an earlier Saturn variant delivering 1.5 million pounds thrust for in-orbit payloads by 1964 or 1965.
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America
Earth
Investigators Resume Hearing On Steelton Train Wreck
Public hearings reopen on the July 28 Steelton wreck that killed 19 as ICC and PUC officials review testimony from crew of the Baseball Special. Engineer John Shue and fireman R L Fridy described a three foot misalignment dubbed a bow and the near derailment before the derailment occurred.
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Martin J. Sikoraurg
UPI
Steelton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
ICC
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
John Shue
Royalton
Shue
R.L. Frndy
Shortening The News and Other World Briefs
Negotiators from three International Association of Machinists locals went on strike at Rohr Corp in Riverside California amid hunger strike protests. Senator Javits planned to introduce a resolution to open Senate debates to radio and TV coverage. President Kennedy named new commanders for the U S Second and Seventh Fleets. Vice Admiral Ward to command the Second Fleet. Rear Admiral Moorer nominated to vice admiral and to command the Seventh Fleet. A Moscow TV documentary covered the twin Soviet space flights of Nikolayev and Popovich. Five Jehovahs Witnesses were jailed by a Hungarian court per a Communist party newspaper. Rep John Lindsay accused House leaders of drafting a mild poll tax bill to deter civil rights action. State briefs note 66 West Virginians will be called into service in October, the lowest quota in months. Labor officials attend the IAGLO convention in Little Rock. West Virginia State Fair judging focused on cattle and other livestock. Webster County sailor Gene Dillon was killed in a traffic collision near Norfolk. A $40,000 contract for planning for new WV Deaf and Blind and Training School buildings was released by the State Board of Public Works. Morgantown Community Association completed its purchase of the Ordnance Works for 1.25 million dollars.
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International Association of Machinist
Rohr Corp
Riverside
Calif
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Senate
Kennedy
U. S
Alfred G. Ward
John McN
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Moscow
Jehovah's Witnesses
Communist Party
John V. Lindsay
R-N. Y
State Selective Service
West
Gene Franklin Dillon
Cowen
Norfolk
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line
West Virginia School For the Deaf and Blind
West Virginia Training School
State Board of Public Works
Morgantown Community Association, Inc
Federal
Association
Iowa Conservation Commission Seeks Safe Park Use
Des Moines Iowa officials urge parents to avoid leaving children unattended at state park facilities as part of a public safety appeal. The Iowa Conservation Commission warns that using life guards as babysitters is inappropriate and risky for minors.
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Des Moines, Iowa
UPI
Iowa Conservation Commission
State Park
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Burke
James W. Taylor
Okeh
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James Harper
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Kelly Beckelheimer
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