Mysterious Attacker Sought In Fayetteville
Fayetteville police and county officers probe after a late night assault on Mrs. H. E. Shaver in Abbott Addition. She suffered scratches and shock, described a quick assault as a man grabbed her from behind and fled to the rear woods. Officers found yard footprints and suspect the attacker is a local familiar with residents.
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Fayetteville
Abbott Addition
Dick McCutcheon
H. E. Shaver
Shaver
Alley
Soviet Convoys Move Through Berlin Amid Tense Riots
Westbound convoys from West Germany carried troops from the 3rd Battle Group 6th Infantry for live firing in West Germany while clashes rose in West Berlin after the shooting of 19 year old Hans Dieter Wesa. Soviet警 Checkpoint Charlie warning followed an East German border death.
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Berlin
West Germany
U.S. Army
East Germany
West Berlin
East Berlin
Hans Dieter Wesa
West
Charlie
Friedrichstrasse
East
Funeral services for Ray Lewis Atkins in Harper Heights
Ray Lewis Atkins 41 of Harper Heights dies at home from a heart attack. Funeral at Harper Heights Baptist Church at 2 p m Sunday with Rev. Ralph Poole and Rev. James Ferguson officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by wife Virginia Mae Prather Atkins, daughter Linda Carol, son John Thomas, mother Arminta Bennett Atkins, sister Edith Angle, and seven brothers. Body to be moved from Melton Mortuary to home Saturday afternoon and to the church for services. Stam ford No 2 mine fellow employees to serve as pallbearers.
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Ray Lewis Atkins
Harper Heights
Harper Heights Baptist Church
Ralph Poole
James Ferguson
Sunset Memorial Park
Claypool
Arminta Bennett Atkins
John Thomas Atkins
Stanaford No
Stanaford
United Mine Workers of American
Virginia Mae Prather Atkins
Linda Carol
John Thomas
Edith Angle
Eccles
Leonard
Curtis
Harless Atkins
Ralph
Hudsonville
Clarence
Maple Fork
Melton
Stamford No. 2
Final rites for John J Surbaugh in Fayetteville
John Joseph Surbaugh 49 of New Carlisle Ohio and formerly of Fayetteville died Tuesday after a heart attack. Final rites set for 2 p m Saturday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev J A Crosier. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. Survived by two sons Donald and John Lewis and daughter Mrs Cecil Nibert all of Springfield Ohio a brother William Surbaugh of Charleston a sister Mrs Hattie Montgomery of Charleston and five grandchildren. Body to remain at funeral home.
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John Joseph Surbaugh
New Carlisle
Ohio
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
J. A. Crosier
Huse Memorial Park
Surbaugh
Thayer
Perry
Josephine Wyatt Surbaugh
Donald
John Lewis
Cecil Nibert
Springfield
William Surbaugh
Charleston
Hattie Montgomery
Bowman Suffered Attack At Home On Fayette Street
First Aid crews responded to 1053 S Fayette St to aid Jim Gilmore Bowman after an attack at 12 10 p m He was transported to Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital for examination Details of his illness were not available at presstime
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Beckley
Jim Gilmore
Bowman
S. Fayette St
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Billie Sol arrest draws media frenzy at police station
The case centers on Estes charged with running a stop sign and driving without a license. A battery of reporters welcomed Slatton and Estes as Estes was fingerprinted and photographed. Estes posted a $200 appearance bond and secured Abilene attorney Bill Thomas, while his brother Dr. Estes was contacted.
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Slatton
Estes
Slotton
John Estes
Abilene
Bill Thomas
Punitive Treatment of U.S. Prisoner Described by Army
The Army detailed abuses against Ballenger a captive since April 1961 suffering malaria parasites a bone disease and malnutrition. He resisted condemning SEATO and was stripped tied with a rope leash paraded through villages and threatened by a rifle blast. In confinement he faced abysmal sanitation and was kept with other prisoners in stocks for long sessions daily.
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Ballenger
U.S
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Casali Named Secretary for Chamber of Commerce
Odi Casali of Odi Casali High School serves as secretary in the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce office. Casali is an umpire for the Babe Ruth Baseball League in Beckley, ex Scout Leader, and National Guard member. He and his family belong to Beckley Presbyterian Church. He succeeds William M. Campbell who resigned June 29 to join Standard Printing and Publishing Co. Huntington.
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Casali
Beckley-Raleigh County
Attack Victim Mrs Jones In Critical Condition
Mrs Bessie Jones aged 67 is in critical condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after an early morning attack at her home on 107 Segmon Street. Emergency responders arrived at 1 15 a m and provided treatment before she was admitted around 2 a m.
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Bessie Jones
Segmon St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Beckley
Eight Forfeit Bonds In Court In Raleigh County
Eight area motorists forfeited cash bonds totaling 215 to the city at Thursday night’s Police Court. Names include Garland Plumley Barbara Green Lee W Garris Raylene Brizendine George L Bolen Ira Richardson James Cabe Jr James F Woodrum and three additional drunk forfeitures totaling 55. Phillip A Fisher of 513 Johnston Rd pleaded guilty to driving with no city operator’s licenses and was fined 20. He waived to the Raleigh County grand jury on a charge of driving with improper registration.
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Garland Plumley
Shady Spring
Barbara Green
Coal City
Lee W. Garris
Crab Orchard
Raylene Brizendine
Stamford
George L. Bolen
Sophia
Ira Richardson
Beckley
James Cabe Jr
James F. Woodrum
Phillip A. Fisher
Johnstown Rd
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Three Beaver Juveniles Arrested For B E's
Beckley state police arrested three 17 year olds from Beaver on breaking and entering five Beaver area businesses dating back two months. They confessed to stealing food, tire chains, a radio and tools valued at 75 dollars. Recovered items included merchandise from an old building on the airport road last week. They were released to parents pending Juvenile Court appearance.
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Beckley
Beaver
Beaver Lions Club
Kool Kup
Helen
Angelo
Airport Road
Driver Charged After Two Car Crash in Cool Ridge
Dayton C Meadows III a 17 year old of Ghent is ordered to appear in Beckley magistrate court within five days on a charge of illegal passing stemming from a two car collision at Cool Ridge about 2 30 p m Thursday. State Police charged Meadows after his car sideswiped Melzah Watters Moore 39 of Silver Springs Md causing about 300 in damages. One person was injured in the incident.
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Dayton C. Meadows III
Ghent
Beckley
Cool Ridge
Meadows
Melzah Watters Moore
Silver Springs
Accient
Man Dies On Pa Pike In Three-Truck Crash
Sidney Kotler, 38, of Pittsburgh, was killed in a Pennsylvania Turnpike crash near Everett when wheels broke free from a trailer, rolled across the median and struck a tractor-trailer driven by Donald Starcher of Canton, Ohio, whose rig struck Kotler’s truck. The incident involved a third truck operated by Robert Watson of Summit, New Jersey.
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Bedford
UPI
Sidney Kotler
Denniston Ave
Pittsburgh
Everett
Robert Watson
Summit
N.J
Donald Starcher
Canton
Ohio
Starcher
Kotler
Watson
TV's Dr Ben Casey Coming To Huntington
UPI reports television's Dr Ben Casey star Vincent Edwards will visit Huntington to attend the Miss USA pageant events. He will be in Huntington September 22 for the coronation of the winner, following the Sept 15 to 22 pageant.
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Ben Casey
Huntington
UPI
Vincent Edwards
Unanimous Senate approves tough drug reform bill
The Senate 78 to 0 approves a stringent drug reform bill in response to the thalidomide tragedy. It strengthens testing, manufacturing, advertising, and marketing controls and requires proof of efficacy as well as safety. Kefauver’s amendment on animal testing gains House support for final passage within weeks.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Kennedy
House Commerce Committee
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Kefauver
Senate Judiciary Committee
Two Dysentery Cases Reported In County
Raleigh County reports two bacillary dysentery cases to the state health department for the week ending Aug. 10. Other contagious diseases include four measles and five syphilis. Fayette County reports two animal bites and four syphilis cases. Wyoming County shows one syphilis case.
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Raleigh County
State Department of Health Disease Control
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Fishing-Camping Trip On Thief's Agenda
Thieves took about 300 dollars in loot from Winston Mills's private garage in Slab Fork on Thursday. A 12 horsepower outboard motor two 615 heavy duty truck tires six fishing rods an upright heater and a cooler were stolen after prying a padlock from the door. Conservator of the Peace J W Foster investigates the break in.
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Winston Mills
Slab Fork
J. W. Foster
Composer Irving Fine Dies at 46 in Brandeis Death
In Boston UPI reports composer Irving Fine 46 and Brandeis University music professor died after a heart attack Monday. Also noted are R L Wheelock 69 Texas oilman and API former president and Mrs Frank Granger Huntress 78 widow of the San Antonio News editor, both dying from heart attacks. Arthur Schwerin 81 Chicago real estate figure died Wednesday.
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Boston
UPI
Irving Fine
Brandeis University
Dallas
R. L. Wheelock
Texas
The
American Petroleum Institute
San Antonio, Texas
Frank Granger Huntress
San Antonio News and Express
Memorial Medical Center
Chicago
Arthur Schwerin
West Virginia to expand food stamp program Oct. 1
West Virginia Will expand the federal food stamp program to three additional Southwestern counties Logan Mingo and Wayne by Oct. 1 with the plan in McDowell already running Officials expect to sign up local merchants bankers and retailers The move aims to improve diets increase farm operations and boost cash retail sales in the region observers note early positive results from the pilot program
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Charleston
UPI
State Welfare Department
West Virginia
Isabelle M. Kelley
U. S. Agriculture Department
Miss Kelley
Logan
Mingo
Wayne Counties
Kelley
McDowell County
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Wayne County
Huntington
Wayne
Cabell
East German Berlin commandant moved to Soviet army
Western Allied officials reject East German authority in Berlin and hold the Russians responsible for Berlin affairs. A Soviet move and the killing of two East German teen refugees heighten tensions at the Berlin wall as Western powers keep meeting plans open. West Berlin rioting occurred earlier in the week and Western notes urge calm while acknowledging responsibility for Berlin.
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Berlin
East Germany
Russia
Ex-ASCS official testifies on Estes transfers and rulings
Jacobs told how he prepared a biased report with Murphy before Miller went to Texas. He described interoffice memoranda and conflicting rulings about Estes. As deputy administrator of ASCS he dealt with Estes allotment transfers and rejected a 1961 request to move pooled Alabama allotments to Texas. The Alabama transfers were canceled and Estes faced a $48,000 penalty for overplanting.
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Murphy
Miller
Texas
Jacobs
Estes
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Alabama
Va. Man Still Free As Trio Of Escapees Flee
Santa Fe New Mexico police continue a 2000 square mile statewide search for three escapees Marvin Vaughn 27 Greenbrier W Va John Edward Bostrom 4 Minneapolis Minn and Roy Ledoux 27 Duluth Minn amid reports of possible hostages. Bloodhound trail failed to lead to them as helicopters mounted patrols and sheriffs posses combed the landscape east of Santa Fe north of US 66 west of Las Vegas and south of Pocoaque with state police chief Miller and prison officials warning of risk and hardships for the fugitives.
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Santa FE
N.M
UPI
Pollice
New Mexico
Marvin Vaughn
Greenbrier
W. Va
John Edward Bostrom
Minneapolis
Minn
Roy Ledoux
Duluth
K.K. Miller
U.S. 66
Las Vegas
Pojoaque
Miller
Harold Cox
Vaughn
Arizona
Charles Willmer
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Clines Corners
U.S. 285
No Progress In Talks On Nuclear Test Ban Deadlock
UPI reports direct U S Soviet negotiations failed to break the East West deadlock over a comprehensive test ban. Arthur H. Dean and Vasily Kuznetsov said talks will return to the three nation U S Soviet British nuclear subcommittee with no consensus on on site inspection amid differences over neutrals plan.
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Geneva
UPI
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Vasily Kuznetsov
Dean
Kuznetsov
Nuclear Subcommittee
Johnson tours Middle East seeking aid support in Beirut
LBJ Intran plus, Greece and Italy. Johnson used Texas style handshakes in Beirut, chatting with a 15 year old watermelon vendor. He praised past American aid money seen on a highway project and an industry institute. Iran Greece Turkey officials warned over withdrawal of U S military aid funds and Iran touts CENTO position along a 1,200 mile border with Russia.
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Greece
Italy
Johnson
Beirut
Middle East
Chehab
U.S
Lebanon
Iran
Turkey
Central Treaty Organization
CENTO
Russia
Evans sues Beckley Wrecking Co for 125.82 in Raleigh County
John W. Evans doing business as Beckley Wrecking Co files in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk seeking judgment of 125.82 plus interest from Jan 2 for equipment labor and telephone tolls. Howard A. McKinney and John C. McKinney of Harper Road are named as defendants. Sayre and Sayre represent Evans.
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John W. Evans
Beckley Wrecking Co
Raleigh County
Howard A. McKinney
Fairdale
Howard A. McKinney II
John C. McKinney
Harper Road
Robert B. Sayre
Sayre and Sayre
Evans
First minimum wage laws set in Victoria 1896 and Massachusetts 1912
United Press International notes the world's first minimum wage law was enacted in 1896 in Victoria Australia and that Massachusetts became the first U S state to pass such an act in 1912 per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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United Press International
Victoria
Australia
United States
Massachusetts
Britannica
Hollywood minds film Bye Bye Birdie on Capitol Hill
Hollywood producers filming a scene for the Broadway musical adaptation on Capitol Hill drew 60 teen girls with picket signs. The writer notes picketing the Capitol is illegal and suggests the White House or other settings might better convey Washington. He jokes the Capitol is ill suited for a protest scene and quips about an Uncle Tom’s Cabin film using the Taj Mahal.
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Washington
UPI
Hollywood
East
Columbia Pictures
Capitol Hill
Capitol
White House
Brooklyn Bridge
Senate Chamber
U.S. Capitol
Taj Mahal
Sausage stunt ends in death in France
Louis Le Bellour, 55, attempted to eat two yards of sausage with companions in Lorient, finished with four extra inches, and died the next day of indigestion. Indirectly confirms UPI report from Paris.
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Lorient
France
UPI
Louis le Bellour
Bellour
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