Houston Makes Plea for Stay Order in Youths Case
The article notes a stay request by Houston tied to four Negro youths arrested near a school for parading without a permit. Placards included Jim Crow must go. The St Louis court ruling sends a rural Arkansas case back to Little Rock for action. In Jacksonville Florida, racial violence flared with a fatal car wreck after gunfire. Edward Davis, 27, died from a small caliber bullet to the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Mangum
J. P. Privette
St. Louis
Dollarway
Pine
Fire call to 812 Johnstown Road at Dennis Wilson home
Beckley Fire Department responded to 812 Johnstown Road at 1 p.m. today for a fire at Dennis Wilson's home. Details were not available at presstime.
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Beckley
Johnstown Road
Dennis Wilson
Holiday Closure Marked by Raleigh County Board Office
The Raleigh County Board of Office will stay open as usual but will be closed for Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Holiday
Raleigh County
Board Rejects Full College Budget Requests
CHARLESTON AP The State Board of Education rejected full college budget requests totaling 12.9 million for the next fiscal year by a 4-3 vote. They pegged recommended funds to fixed percentages of this year’s expenditures, yielding mixed increases and cuts across personal services, current expenses, repairs, and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Board of Education
State School For the Blind
Gas Main Break During Relocation Work Reported
The Woodward yard states Vecellio workers helped lower gas lines four feet to permit current work. A dozer operator clearing a drainage ditch reportedly did not realize how close to Pom the lines were, said the district manager.
Pre-School Clinic Set Thursday at Dry Hill Center
A clinic for preschool children will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center. Polio shots and vaccines for whooping cough tetanus diphtheria and smallpox will be given. A nominal charge applies for polio vaccine to those who can afford it, but the association urges all children and adults to receive protection. Clinics are sponsored monthly by the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center
Walter James
Charles M. Ward
James
Dry Hill Prosperity Community Association
Tunneling The Face Juvenile Court Hearing
Three Price Hill youths aged 13 to 15 will appear before Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery on October 1 charged with breaking and entering Biggs Grocery at Price Hill Tuesday afternoon and stealing cakes and ice cream.
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Price Hill
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Boeing
Cmd
Biggs Grocery
Children Inc Names Officers For One Year Board Elects Haddad Three Year Term
Mrs Pat Roach was re elected president of Children Inc along with several officers. Retaining officers include Mrs David iT Kennedy Jr first vice president Leslie R Carter second vice president W D Nace treasurer Mrs Charles Burdiss recording secretary and Mrs A M Tieche corresponding secretary Dr John E Haddad was elected to a three year board term Kennedy and Mrs Charles A Neal named co chairs for the Charity Ball aimed for early November Jaycees of Beckley sponsor the fundraiser The next board meeting is at The Raleigh Register office on Monday Sept 12.
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Pat Roach
Children, Inc
David It. Kennedy Jr
Leslie R. Carter
W. D. Nace
Charles Burdiss
A. M. Tieche
John E. Haddad
Kennedy
Charles A. Neal
George D. George
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaykees
Children, Inc. Board of Directors
Raleigh Register Office
Deaths and funerals Thomas Jefferson Massey 89
Funeral services for Thomas Jefferson Massey 89 of Daniels will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Beaver Primitive Baptist Church with Rev Kenneth Lilly and Rev Jesse Bolen officiating. Burial will be in Lilly Cemetery. Surviving are his son with whom he lived daughter Mrs Virginia Hughes of Midway three other daughters Mrs Hazel Harvey Crab Orchard Mrs Mary Meadows Prosperity and Mrs Arena Anderson Bluefield two other sons Ernest Coal City and Howard Ghent 26 grandchildren 52 great grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren. The body remains at Williams Funeral Home Sophia with grandsons as pallbearers. The body will be taken to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson Massey
Daniels
Beaver Primitive Baptist Church
Kenneth Lilly
Jesse Bolen
Lilly Iting
Virginia. Hughes
Midway
Floyd County
Aminta Massey
Hughes
Haxel Harvey
Crab Orchard
Mary Meadows
Prosperity
Arena Anderson
Bluefield
Ernest
Coal City
Howard
Ghent
Williams
Sophia
Night thefts reveal tunnel entry to store
Investigating authorities say thieves tunneled under a business to gain entry while the owner was away. All stolen items were recovered and the state police are continuing inquiries.
Funeral services for Mrs Virgie Ann Toney at Bloomingrose Church
Mrs Virgie Ann Toney 75 of Glen Daniel died Monday night after a stroke. Funeral services will be 3 30 p m Thursday at the Church of Christ Bloomingrose with Rev Emmet Workman in charge. Burial in the family cemetery. Survivors include two sons Cecil Glen Daniel and Rebert Prospect Park Pa a brother Hubert Carrow Hernshaw and eight grandchildren. Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville handles arrangements.
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Virgie Ann Toney
Glen Daniel
Church of Christ, Bloomingrose
Emmet Workman
Bloomingrose
Hubert Carrow
Hernshaw
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Final rites for Charlie Douse at home service
Charlie Douse 62 of MacArthur will have rites at 1 p.m. Thursday at his home with Rosary recited at 7 p.m. today. The body was moved from Caffee Funeral Home at 10 a.m. today. Rev. Joseph Mascioli officiates with pallbearers C. M. Elmore Joe Suptic French Williams George Rogursky Chick O'Neal and B. M. Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Douse
MacArthur
Caffee
Joseph Mascioli
C. M. Elmore
Joe Suptic
French Williams
George Rogursky
Chick O'Neal
B. M. Thompson
Deaths: Lester Allen Gill 49 of Midway
Lester Allen Gill, 49, of Midway, died at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital at 9 15 a m today after admission Thursday. The Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home will handle arrangements.
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Lester Allen Gill
Midway
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mrs Elizabeth Pizzino dies in Beckley at 60
Mrs Elizabeth May Pizzino, 60, of Glen Fork, died at 1:30 a m today at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Her body is at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Elizabeth May Pizzino
Glen Fork
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Lawrence Hall obituary in Buffalo NY
Lawrence Hall formerly of Harlem Heights died Saturday in Buffalo. The body will arrive at Durgan Funeral Home Thursday morning. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Lawrence Hall
Buffalo
N. Y
Harlem Heights
Fayone
Buffa
Durgan Funeral Home
Final rites for Crockett Francis Price held in Blacksburg
Crockett Francis Price, 82, of MacArthur, will have funeral services at 2 p m Friday at P D Oakey Funeral Home Blacksburg with the Rev Sammy Smith presiding. Burial follows in Blacksburg. Price died Tuesday at 2 30 p m after a long illness. Body moved from Williams Funeral Home Sophia to Blacksburg Thursday. Survivors: wife Nellie Lake Price one brother George Houston Price Blacksburg two sisters Lillian Dobyns Blacksburg and Cora Linkous Maryland.
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Crockett Francis Price
MacArthur
P. D. Oakey
Blacksburg
Sammy Smith
Price
Williams
Sophia
Nellie Lake Price
George Houston Price
Blacksburg, Va
Lillian Dobyns
Cora Linkous
Maryland
Funeral for Harold Cube Turner in Fayetteville
Harold Cube Turner 61 of Fayetteville dies in a state mine fall at Oakwood mine Carlisle New River Co. Burial at Rotan Cemetery follows a 1 p.m. Friday service at Second Baptist Church with Rev. G J Wilson officiating. Turner was a WWII veteran and church leader with relatives listed.
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Harold
Cube) Turner
Fayetteville
Second Baptist Church
G. J. Wilson
Rotan Cemetery
Turner
Oakwood
New River Co
Carlisle
Cleopatra Turner
D. W. and
Earl
Rufus
St. Albans
Mary Williams
Gloria Saunders
San Francis
B&O President Backs Claims On Savings And Sale Prospects
During a one hour session with the Baltimore Association of Commerce Tuohy defended potential savings as beneficial to the public stockholders and employees as well as the rail and national economy. Industrialist L Manuel Hendler noted B&O carried a 2.3 million deficit for the first seven months of 1960 while C&O posted a profit ten times that figure. He quoted Tuohy who said he believes C&O could run the line profitably if acquired.
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Tuohy
Baltimore Assn. of Commerce
L. Manuel Hendler
Baltimore
B&o
C&o
Congressman Kennedy Plans New Legislation Push
Mansfield credits Kennedy and running mate Johnson for hard work on a legislative program though Democrats failed to secure desired measures. He notes Republican unity and fighting spirit behind the presidential ticket contributing to defeats of some Kennedy proposals.
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Mansfield
Kennedy
Senate
B. Johnson
Texas
Sen
Johnson
Dirksen
Three Divorce Decrees Signed in Raleigh County Court
Tuesday grants divorces to Peggy Jo Segle from Barney Segle with custody of one child awarded to the mother Hallie G Schlenker from Marvin M Schlenker custody of one child to the mother Frederick Eugene Totten from Mildred Roberta Totten two children awarded to the mother The 1928 marriage of Margie Virginia Moye to Theodore Moye was annulled and the divorce decree reformed and amended Theodos Moye convict committee Kermit Locke was defendant in the suit
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Raleigh County
Peggy Jo Segle
Barney Segle
Hallie G.schlenker
Marvin M. Schlenker
Frederick Eugene Totten
Mildred Roberta Totten
Margie Virginia Moye
Margie Virginia Maddy
Theodore Moye
Kermit Locke
Budget Board Names Nine Committees At Session
The board approved a $3 million budget and appointed nine committees during the morning session. President Douglas Bowers presided as honorary degree selections, facilities naming, intercollegiate athletics, government relations, governor’s annual report, and university development were assigned to listed chairs and members.
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Versity
Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Douglas Bowers
Raymond Salvati
Huntington
F. H. Kirkpatrick
Wheeling
Charles C. Wise
Charleston
F. J. Isoldos
Salvati
James H. Swadley
Keyser
Potomac State College
Swadsey
Kirkpatrick
Ise
William G. Thompson
Montgomery
Okey B. Glenn
Williamson
Thompson
Wise
A. C. Spurr
F. J. Zsoldos
Glenn
Glenn, Spurr
Coordinator Visits Raleigh County School Office
Galen F. Duling coordinator of field services for the State Department of Education met with Raleigh County Board of Education officials Tuesday. They discussed plans for a regional meeting of school superintendents to be held in Princeton on September 20. The agenda remained unfinished.
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Galen F. Duling
State Department of Education
Raleigh County Board of Education
Princeton
Sherman C. Trail
Duling
Beckley Navy Officer Fined in Boat Recklessness Case
Beckley Navy Recruiting Substation chief Ben W. Smith was fined 25 dollars and costs by a Hinton magistrate on a reckless operation of a motor boat charge. Smith pleaded guilty before Magistrate Jack Holt after a Conservation Commission officer arrested him on Blue Stone Lake.
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Ben. W. Smith
Beckley Navy
Hinton
Jack Holt
Smith
The
Conservation Commission
Bluestone Lake
Tshombe Threatens to Block U.N. Runways in Katanga Crisis
Katanga premier Ray s Premier Moise Tshombe demands the U.N. neutralize and seal off the base 360 miles northwest of Elisabethville. He fears Lumumba forces will land there to bolster his authority, while Katanga's airfields remain under Tshombe s control. Lumumba returns to Leopoldville amid uncertainty over U.N. presence and Belgian troop withdrawal.
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Ray
Moise Tshombe
U.N
United Nations
Bbig
Elisabethville
Katanga
Lumumba
Kamina
Leopoldville
Plot to shoot Cuban minister looms after San Jose talks
Briefs report threats against Raul Roa on return from the San Jose Conference. Millie Perkins suspended by 20th Century-Fox for declining lead in Tess of the Storm Country. One of five monkeys at University of Texas to be used in Discoverer 16 satellite launch in October. Philadelphia negotiators race to avert a Pennsylvania Railroad strike. over 20,000 non-operating workers ready to walk off. Marilyn Monroe rested in Hollywood hospital as Misfits production halts. Buffalo explosion devastates chemical plant injuring two, debris scattered for miles. Bluefield voting Oct 11 to switch city board elections to at large. Lodge to campaign in West Virginia. Harley Logue dies from injuries after train incident. Martinsburg teen Linda Keedy dies from stairwell fall. Elkins businessman Wallace Snedegar dies. wife Violet Snedegar a former state party figure.
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Raul Roa
San Jose
Millie Perkins
Anne Frank
20Th Century-Fox Studio
Univeristy
Texas
U. S
Air Force
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Marilyn Monroe
Hollywood
Buffalo
Bluefield
Greater
Preston County Memorial Hospital
Terra Alta
Linda Lee Keedy
Martinsburg
Williamsport
Wallace N. Snedegar
Elkins
Violet Snedegar
West Virginia
U S runners reach semifinals in track meet heats
Jerome of Canada and Glenn Davis of Columbus led the 400 meter hurdles semifinals with Cushman of Grand Forks advancing. Janz of Germany clocked 51.1 seconds for best time. In the 800 meter preliminaries Cunliffe of Clermont and Siebert of Willits with Murphy of Brooklyn qualified, Cunliffe posting the fastest U S time of 1 48 8.
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Jerome
Canada
Glenn Davis
Columbus
Cliff Cushman
Grand Forks
N. C
Dick Howard
Albeuday
Cushman
L. H. Janz
Germany
Ernie Cunliffe
Cleremont
Calif
Sugar Aid Disputes Advances In Latin America Bill
The House approved a bill to authorize an extensive development program for Latin America, already Senate approved and now moving forward. With wage bill chances fading, the final money measure faced Senate House friction and a potential adjournment delay into Thursday after a post-convention session windup.
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House
Latin America
Senate
Senate House
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Joe
Concord College
Shepherd College
Marshall College
Harry Heflin
Glenville State College
Esso
Esso Standard
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Thomas J. Massey
Leo
Leo Watson
Cincinnati
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Mrs. Virgie Toney
Mrs
Elizabeth Pizzino
Crockett
F. Price
Harold ‘Cube’ Turner
K. Goetz Brewing CO
ST. Joseph
Congressional
Beckley Boater
U.S
Grover C. Hedrick JR
M.D
Locust Street
Beckley, W. VA
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