Insurance Case Opens In Court Raleigh jury hears Slayton seek 1500
Earl H Slayton sues Prudential Insurance Co of America in a Raleigh County Circuit Court trial seeking 1500 for disability from an injury on November 28 1956 He contends the policy covered the disability and was issued a day before the accident while the defendant argues false health information was given Slayton testified denying any misrepresentation and the defense pressed questions about prior medical history jurors were excused until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Earl H. Slayton
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Slayton
Robert Ashworth
Southern Chemical Co
Beckley
Prudential
Donald Hodson
L. L. Scherer
Hudson
Nationwide Insurance Co
Monay
Pine Knob Man Jailed for Hazardous Driving and Drunkenness
Pine Knob resident Miller Robe, jailed at 12 05 PM by constables on hazardous driving no license and drunkenness charges. Sentenced to 20 days in jail and fined 21 dollars for hazardous driving and no license, plus 21 60 dollars for drunkenness by Magistrate L G Daniel Pettus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Knob
Robe! Miller
L. G. Daniel
Pettus
Mattress Fire Behind Keatley’s Inc Is Extinguished
A burning mattress behind Keatley’s Inc on Prince Street prompted a Beckley Fire Department response at 11 15 a m Friday. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze with no damage reported. The origin of the mattress and the method of ignition remain unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keatley’s Inc
Prince Street
Beckley Fire Department
Bell-Ans Promises Fast Relief for Heartburn
Certified lab tests claim Bell An s tablets neutralize three times as much stomach acidity in one minute as leading tablets. Promotes Bell-Ans as fastest relief with a 35 cent price at druggists and offers a liberal free sample by mail from Orangeburg, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell-Ans
Bellans
Orangeburg
WN. Y
Cheer Fund Lags Behind Last Year’s Total
The Salvation Army Christmas Cheer fund totals $528.75, about $33 below the same period last year. Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club raised $153.13 on Saturday as volunteers work the Neville Street booth. The Sigma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi runs the booth today, with the Gulf Woman's Club scheduled to man it on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club
Neville Street
Sigma
Beta Sigma Phi
Gulf Woman’s Club
West Virginia Ski Slopes Open Weekends for Plan
Bald Knob Ski Slopes near Ghent offer day and night skiing on weekends with two rope tows and rentals. In Davis area Cabin Mountain and Weiss Knob host major trails, rentals, and lodging at Blackwater Falls State Park. Chestnut Ridge at Coopers Rock operates nightly with 9 AM to 10 PM weekend hours. Weather and housing details available via Blackwater Falls Lodge information center and Department of Commerce notices.
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Beckley
Bald Knob
U. S. 1921
Ghent
Davis
Cabin Mountain
Weiss Knob
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Blackwater Falls State Park
Blackwater Lodge
Department of Natural Resources
State Capitol
Charleston
Chestnut Ridge
Coopers Rock State Forest
Morgantown
Blackwater Falls
Department of Commerce
Sailor Survives Golden Gate Jump in San Rafael
Francis P. Kennedy of Oakland leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge Sunday and survived. Doctors at Marin County Hospital in San Rafael said Kennedy was in critical condition with less than a 50-50 chance to live. The jump came as two hundred fifteen others had previously jumped to end their lives from the span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Golden An Ede
Marin County Hospital
San Rafael
Francis P. Kennedy
Oakland
Calif
Cherryville police fire in deadly long gun battle
Police in Cherryville North Carolina shot and killed 42 year old Paul Everett Hall after a ten minute gun battle Saturday night. Hall was charged with slayings of Wade Bagwell 22 and Peter Samuel Gunnels 24 found shot to death along a Kings Mountain highway with hands stuffed in pockets. State briefs note 20 unemployed began classes at Huntington East Trades School under a federally funded retraining program. Jury selection for Tiltonsville Ohio murder trial opened in Ohio County Intermediate Court marking the county's first murder trial in three and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherryville
N. C
Paul Everett Hallman
Hallman
Wade Bagwell
Peter Samuel Gunnels
Kings Mountain
Huntington East Trades School
Patrick L. Muldrew Jr
Tiltonsville
Ohio
Wheeling
Ohio County
Soldier on Leave Admits Slayings in Indiana and Tennessee
Police quoted soldier Jones saying he killed Shibe after forcing him from a car near Columbus Indiana on November 14. Shibe's body with bullet wounds was found near Seymour. Jones and his brother Edward were arrested in Alabama for a liquor store robbery in Chattanooga. Jones admitted the two slayings but cleared his brother. he said he was on leave from the 21st Infantry unit in Germany and planned to report back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Shibe
Columbus
Ind
Seymour
Womack
Edward
Gadsden
Ala
Chattanooga
Indiana
Company A
1St Battle Group
21St Infantry
Germany
Nuclear tests resume with fifth underground detonation
The Sunday test marked the fifth detonation announced since the United States resumed underground testing in mid September. Many shots are believed unannounced. All explosions have occurred in underground chambers designed to trap radioactivity. The AEC said a small amount of radiation escaped from one shot. Sunday's blast was described as low yield, releasing power in kilotons of TNT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S
AEC
Berlin visitors call showcase street depressing
A group of 15 members of a congressional Air Force reserve group crossed from West Berlin into East Berlin and walked along Karl Marx Allee. The street once termed Stalin Allee by the Communists was described as depressing by Goldwater, a reserve brigadier general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwater
Air Force
West Berlin
Karl Marx Allee
Stalin Allee
Window Break at Jake's Discount Store
Police respond to a Sunday 1 a.m. break in at Jake's Discount Store on Prince Street after a passer by reports a damaged front window. A small rubber ball with likely beer thrown through the pane was found inside. the culprit remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Jake
Prince St
Niche
Piedmont Signs For 17 Planes
Piedmont Airlines signed a contract to buy 17 Martin 404 aircraft from Transworld Airlines. The 17 Martin 404s, plus eight F27s, will form the largest fleet of modern pressurized planes in Piedmont’s local service network. President T H Davis said the purchase will provide superior service with radar equipped, pressurized aircraft capable of operating at all Piedmont airports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedmont Airlines
Transworld Airlines
Piedmont
T. H. Davis
David
WCC study weighs admitting Communist China to UN
The World Council of Churches general assembly in New Delhi examined a report urging China’s admission to the United Nations. It argued the UN is hampered by missing representatives from vast portions of the globe and noted China’s absence alongside other divided nations in Korea Germany and Vietnam.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
General Assembly of the
World Council of Churches
WCC
China
United Nations
Council
Commission of Churches On International Affairs
World Organization
Organization
People’s Republic of China
Germany
Korea
Viet Nam
Advice From a Counselor Gates Marital Peace
Dr. Katherine B Greene a Wayne County marriage counselor says avoid telling best friends about marital issues because they give wrong advice. In Indianapolis George Cherry laments a theft of his hard to replace pin up calendar collection from his garage. Mount Vernon Rev Robert Garner uses his church bulletin board to announce the birth of his daughter Kimberly Ann marking a family moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International Friendly Advice
Detroit
UPI
Katherine B. Greene
Wayne County
Indianapolis
Ind
George Cherry
Mount Vernon, N.Y
Robert Garner
First Presbyterian Church
Kimberly Ann
Amidst quotes from Whiting to Santo Domingo figures
A sequence of brief quotes covers a Whiting resident on embezzlement at a local bank, Dean Rusk warning about ineffective summits, Dominican opposition leader Fiallo describing grave mood, and Edwin Walker defending right wing extremists amid world tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pat
United Press International
Whiting
Ind
Joseph and
Benedict Chilla
Washington
Edwin A. Walker
Inmate Waives Hearing On New Charge in West Virginia
Fabian Simmons of Cranberry, serving a year in Raleigh County Jail on breaking and entering, waived to the grand jury today on a grand larceny charge. He allegedly stole radios and cash from a Skelton residence in September, with Beckley State Police as investigators. Joe Kulscar, Ury man, also waived to the grand jury on forgery for signing a miner's pension check. He found the check and was released on a $500 bond. Burke fined Beckley man Joe Brillo for assault and battery and remanded him to jail for failing to post the fine. Aubrey Lee Coleman of Pemberton paid fines for drunkenness and assault and battery, then returned to jail. Kyle Bahr, 17, was cited for a red light violation and must appear in police court December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fabian Simmons
Cranberry
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Simmons
Skelton
Beckley State Police
Ham Cole
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Joe Kulscar
Rodriguez
Kulscar
Joe Ellis
Eccles
Burke
Joe Brillo
Brillo
Orbra Maynor
Maynor
Aubrey Lee Coleman
Pemberton
Kyle J. Bahr
Bailey Avenue
WVU professor develops wood plastic alloy
West Virginia University professor Dr. James A. Kent reports a new wood plastic alloy that strengthens timber, resists humidity changes and preserves wood appearance. He says it could broaden timber use and stabilize dimensions for furniture and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia
West Virginia University
James A. Kent
WVII
Kent
Two-Car Crash on Neville Street Causes $350 in Damages
Beckley police report a 7 35 p m Sunday wreck on Neville Street left $350 in damages with no injuries. Edgar M Bowling 29 of Beckley struck the left rear of a parked car owned by R J Lee of 223 Westwood Drive. No charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Street
Beckley
Edgar M. “Buzzy
Coal Drive Launched To Boost U S Coal Market
The National Coal Association launches a drive to raise coal usage to 500 million tons annually. The first year budget is about 500000, mainly for research into automatic coal burning gear for small and medium commercial and industrial plants. Stephen Dunn, NCA president, says aims include new markets and recovering postwar losses to oil and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
National Coal Association
NCA
Stephen Dunn
Deaths across the nation claim notable figures
Thomas A. Barber 62, general sales manager at J. Howard Smith Inc., died of a heart attack in Rumson New Jersey. Prof. David M. Wilson 65, USC engineering department head, died of cancer in Los Angeles. John W. Wellborn, 98, Starkville newspaper publisher and former state legislator, died after Sunday services. Ralph Dietrich 59, Hollywood film producer behind My Friend Flicka and Night Before The Divorce, funeral set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
David M. Wilson
University of Southern California Engineering Department
Starkville, Miss
John W. Wellborn
Starkville
Mississippi State University
Hollywood
Ralph Dietrich
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Elkins Thornton
Mrs Minnie Elkins Thornton 44 of Skelton died Sunday from injuries in a November 25 two car crash. Funeral set for 2:30 p m Wednesday at Free Will Baptist Church Skelton with Rev Omer Williams and Rev L A Garten officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Survivors include her husband Vernon and eight children including Barbara Waddell and Joan Jones, plus eight grandchildren and multiple siblings. Body to be moved from Melton Mortuary to the home Tuesday evening then to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Elkins Thornton
Skelton
Free Will Baptist Church
Omer Williams
L. A. Garten
Sunset Memorial Park
William
Vella Gilkerson Elkins
Vernon Thornton
Fred
Barbara) Waddell
Leander
Joan) Jones
Arlington
Nancy Thornton
Deborah Thornton
Larry
U. S.S. Coast Guard
St. Petersburg
Fla
Randolph
U. S. Army
Alaska
Wilbert
Donald
Steven
Marvin
Hopkins
White Oak
Cecil Underwood
Fort Myers
Della Dillon
Calloway Heights
Alma Reed
Elyria
Ohio
Margaret Spangler
Cleveland
George Treadway Jr
Sprague
Tommy Treadway
Melton Mortuary
Funeral services for John H. Burdiss pastor at Beckley
John H. Burdiss 56 of Beckley died Sunday after a heart attack. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev B L Moss officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. He served 37 years as a fireman for C and O Railway and was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Survived by wife Arbutus, mother Fannie Burdiss, two sisters, three brothers, and numerous children and grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Body at funeral home and then Caffee Funeral Home prior to services.
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John H. Burdiss
North Vance Dr
Keyser
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman
U. S. Army
Railroad Engineers Corp
Arbutus Burdiss
Fannie Burdiss
Beckley
John
Frances) Beaver
Herman L
Evelyn) Tucker
James W. Burdiss
Fred Burdiss
C. William Burdiss
Mullens
Hal Harrah
A. D. Martin
James A. Prince
M. P. Thornton
Ray Richmond
Fred Snyder
Christian Church
Ida Feazell
North Kanawha Street
Trent Stover
John T
Jack) II
Thomas L
Cleveland
Ohio
Earl Martin
Arlington
Fred Collier
Dennis E
Robert L. Hollandsworth
Annie Gumm
Eliza Bunch
Dayton
Charles R
Spokane
Wash
Caffee Funeral Home
Harlow Warren
Earl Rice
Don Collier
Fred Brewer
Ray B. Sigmund
Garland Buchanan
Delbert Bair
Carl Fleenor
Showalter Infant Graveside Rites Set
Steven Paul Showalter, eight days old son of William Sanford and Mable Terry Showalter of Eccles, will be buried at Sunset Memorial Park after services led by Rev. W. L. Stafford. He died at a local hospital. Survived by four brothers Kenny Robert James and Gary and two sisters Rebecca and Kathy. Grandparents are W. M. Showalter of Summerlee and Dewey Terry of Eccles. Melton Mortuary handling arrangements until services.
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Steven Paul Showalter
William Sanford
Mable Terry Showalter
Eccles
Sunset Memorial Park
W. L. Stafford
Kenny
Robert
James
Gary
Rebecca
Kathy
W. M. Showalter
Summerlee
Dewey Terry
Melton Mortuary
Requiem Mass for John Peelish in Raleigh
John Peelish, 80, of Raleigh, will be honored with a high mass at 9 am Tuesday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church with Rev. Sylvester Stand as celebrant. Burial follows at Mount Calvary in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. The body leaves Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for the residence at 4 pm today. rosary at 7 pm. Pallbearers: Anthony Mollish, Paul Novach, Joe Lagowsky, Vincent Filipek, Joseph Filipek, Anthony Filipek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peelish
Raleigh
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Rev. Sylvester
Mount Calvary
Sunset ‘Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry
Anthony Mollish
Paul Novach
Joe Lagowski
Vincent Filipek
Joseph Filipek
Anthony Filipek
John Hollandsworth dies. Beckley postmaster 1936 1951
Funeral services for John T. Hollandsworth 81 will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday in the First Christian Church with Rev A J Coffey in charge Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens He died at Raleigh General Hospital on his birthday after a long illness A native of Cranberry he worked as book keeper paymaster for The New River Co and as Beckley postmaster from 1936 to 1951 succeeding longstanding service in local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Hollandsworth
N. Kanawha St
First Christian Church
A. J. Coffey
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Cranberry
John T
Elizabeth Burgess Hollandsworth
New River Co
Skelton
Sprague
Loop Creek
Kilsyth
Tamroy
Raleigh Hardware Co
George M. Moss
Beckley Recorderl
Joe L. Smith
D-W
Edwin Prince
Hollandsworth
Floyd S. Hayes Funeral Rites Planned in Latta
Funeral services for Floyd S. Hayes 68 of Latta S C and former Slab Fork District deputy sheriff will be held Wednesday at Betha Funeral Home Latta He was a member of the Beck ley Masonic Lodge 95 Beni Kedem and the Scottish Rites, and he moved from the area about ten years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd S. Hayes
Latta
S.C
Tams
Slab Fork
Betha Funeral Home
Beckley Masonic Lodge
Final rites for Mrs Martha Slater 84 of Prosperity
Mrs Martha Slater aged 84 of Prosperity will have final rites at 2 p m Tuesday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev W J Johnson officiating. Burial is at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. She died at her daughter’s home Scarbro after a long illness. She was born Oct 4 1877 in Normanton England and was a member of First Baptist Beckley. Survivors: three sons William Morgantown Ernest Jr Prosperity Joseph Beckley two daughters Mrs Thomas Radford Fayetteville and Mrs C W King Chicago IL one brother William Pugh Normantown England 12 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Body remains at the funeral home after 3 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha ‘Slater
Prosperity
First Baptist Church
Beckley
Normanton
England
William
Morgantown
Ernest Jr
Joseph
Thomas Radford
Fayetteville
C. W. King
Chicago
William Pugh
Normantown
Funeral for Roy Charles Simmons in Mullens
Roy Charles Simmons 19 of Mullens was killed in a Pendleton County automobile crash Sunday night. Son of James Simmons Pineville and Mrs Homer Runion Levittown Pa. He resided with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs George Jenkins West Mullens and studied welding at Wyoming County Trade School for five months. His body returns to Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Charles Simmons
Mullens
Pendleton County
James Simmons
Pineville
Homer Runion
Levittstown
George Jenkins
West Mullens
Wyoming County
Sam Foglesong
Rns
Death Notice for Cecil Watkins of Oak Hill
Cecil Watkins aged 63 of Oak Hill dies at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Watkins
Oak Hill
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Tyree
Isaiah A Williams Funeral in Marville Church
Funeral services for Isaiah Albert Williams 78 of Clear Creek will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Marville Community Church with Rev J W Godbey officiating. Burial will follow in Harper Cemetery Sand Lick. Williams died at Beckley Hospital after a two week illness. He was born November 13 1883 in Raleigh County to John A Williams and Sarah Harper Williams. Survived by brothers Ambrose Jr and Eldridge both of Sand Lick. Webb and Neal Funeral Home to furnish one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Albert Williams
Clear Creek
Marville
J. W. Godbey
Harper Cemetery
Sand Lick
Williams
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh County
John A
Sarah Harper Williams
Ambrose Jr
Milam Rites Held For James F Milam
James Franklin Milam 29 of Helen died Sunday night at a local hospital after a short illness. He was born in Helen, son of the late Craig Milam and Lottie Milam. Surviving are two brothers Lacy of Helen and Harry Surveyor and four sisters Martha Millsap and Salina Millsap of He Mrs. Wayne Chen Welch and Ethel Estep. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood Brooks
McAlpin
Winding Gulf Creek
Robert Brooks
James Brooke
Charleston
Bruce Brooks
Elizabeth City
N.J
Wellman Brooks
New York
Annie Belle Jackson
Cambria
Mattie Brady
Institute
Wright-Anderson Funeral Home
James Franklin Milam
Helen
Craig Milam
Lottie Milam
Lacy
Harry
Surveyor
Russell
Martha) Millsap
West
Salina
Ethel) Estep
Welch
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Elijah DeHart in Crab Orchard
Final rites for Elijah Bernard DeHart 91 of Crab Orchard will be held at 1 30 p m Tuesday in the Webb and Neal Funeral Home with Shirley Donnelly in charge Burial will be at Mount Tabor Cemetery The body lies at the funeral home Grandsons will serve as pallbearers He died Saturday after a long illness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Bernard
Bern) DeHart
Crab Orchard
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Shirley Donnelly
Mount Tabor
Eee
Lanyi and Son Joint Funeral Set After Fatal Fire
Funeral services for Joseph Lanyi aged 79 and his son Louis 46, burned in a Whitesville home Saturday night, are planned for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Whitesville Presbyterian Church with Rev. Galen Work presiding. Burial will follow at Mordue Cemetery. Survivors include children, siblings, and grandchildren, with the two bodies lying at Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Pennant
Whitesville Presbyterian Church
Galen Work
Joseph Lanyi
Louis Lanyi
Oe Mordue
Whitesville
Laynie
Paul
Ravenswood
Steve
Joseph Jr
Pontiac
Mich
John Lanyi
Mary Keeney
Anthony
Pocahontas
Michael Lanyi
New Brunswick
N. J
Lanyi
Helen
Katanga Crisis Grows as U.N. Missing Rise
Katanga clashes near the city center leave several U.N. personnel missing including 7 Swedes, 2 Norwegians, an Italian and an Argentine after Katangese forces clash with Indian U.N. troops at the airport. Katanga’s government reports 20 gendarmes missing or presumed dead. The U.N. seeks measures to restore order amid mounting tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Katanga
Evariste Kimba
Leopoldville
Elisabethville
New York
United States and Colombia push for immediate OAS action
Anti Castro moves to back Colombia’s bid spark mixed South American response. Several nations prepared to vote no or abstain citing non intervention. Some urged postponement after study. Castro’s speech could shift some toward abstention or no. Colombia and the United States pressed for immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
OAS
United States
Colombia
Ex-60P Worrell in shooting incident linked to political life
Miss Webb told police that Worrell, known as Mr. Republican in West Georgia's third district since 1919, fired as she attempted to take the weapon. A Parkersburg, West Virginia native and longtime GOP figure held local state and national party roles including the GOP national Finance committee. Funeral services were held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worrell
GOP
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