Plumley as Orator of the Year for Business Leaders
Washington reports praise for Ladd Plumley, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, after his speech titled Cliches My Grandfather Taught Me responding to President Kennedy. The piece notes his deft use of old saws, the tongue in cheek reception, and the lesson that subtlety may be obvious in rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ladd Plumley
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Plumley
JFK
Kennedy
Tam
Storm shifts along coast ease threat to Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras North Carolina reports a storm moving northeast with reduced danger. At University of Mississippi campus senate considers reprimand for editor Sidna Bower who opposed protests over James Meredith admission during racial crisis. State briefs note legislature study committee to hear reports on public land laws taxes higher education and finance changes in conservation. Wood County Court seeks explanation from State Road Commission on Juliana Street Bridge maintenance at Parkersburg. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway reports November net income of 4.257 million dollars equal to prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Hatteras
N. C
South Atlantic
University of Mississippi
Sidna Bower
James H. Meredith
Charleston Dee
Carl M. Frasure
Wood County Court
State Supreme Court
State Road Commission
Juliana Street
Parkersburg
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Today
United Fund Pledges Rise Past Goal Here
United Fund pledges continue to mount as total contributions reach 56,245.57, exceeding the 49,860 goal by 6,445.57. Payments paid in full total 21,374.32 and partly paid 3,090.74, bringing deposited funds to 24,490.06. SIGMUND McLean Insurance Co. reports 100 percent participation. Perdue Transfer and Storage Co. also 100 percent, with 251.10 total from 16 employees and company matching this amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Madge Richardson
Sigmund McLean Insurance Co
Perdue Transfer and Storage Co
Collision in Fog Brings Two Great Ships Together
Navy inquiry probes Monday collision off Long Beach between USS Kearsarge and the British liner Oriana. No injuries among about 4,000 aboard. Fire on Oriana contained. both vessels proceed to port under their own power. Captain Rankin and Oriana captain report minimal impact felt by passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Navy Board of
Pacific
U.S
Kearsarge
Long Beach
Clifford Edgecombe
P & O Orient Line
Honolulu
Wally Schirra
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Oriana
E.P. Rankin
Ernie Byle
Realigned Army Reserve divisions and high priority National Guard units
The realigned reserve divisions include the 79th of Pennsylvania Maryland and Delaware 94th of Massachusetts 96th of Arizona Idaho Montana Utah Washington and Nevada and 103rd of Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota Reserve mounts are reorganized. Six National Guard divisions will be designated as high priority units ready for deployment with the regular Army in about two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Massachusetts
Arizona
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Washington
Nevada
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
National Guard
Regular
Tax Rules Scrutinized Over Ten Dollar Expenditure Threshold
Internal Revenue Sources said strong consideration was given to raising the $10 requirement but provided no figure. Spokesmen for unions and industries argued the change would impose onerous bookkeeping duties hampering business activity, sales, production, payrolls and profits.
Deaths And Funerals In A Beckley Area
Death notices report Mrs Louise Cataline Blankenship 46 of Stephenson died 11 15 p m Monday in a Beckley hospital Born March 24 1916 in McDowell County she was daughter of Pete and Lucille Cataline Her body is at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens Mathew Wilson 72 of Sprague died at home 10 15 a m today cause undisclosed Beckley Rescue Squad found him dead on arrival His body awaits arrangements at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor A Freewill Baptist Church service is planned at Simon with Rev Lloyd Ferguson officiating Burial will be in the family cemetery A child died Sunday in a Welch hospital born Aug 13 1962 in Welch Body taken to Evans Funeral Home Oceana after 4 p m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cataline Blankenship
Stephenson
Beckley Hospital
McDowell County
Pete
Lucille Shepherd Cataline
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Mathew Wilson
Sprague
Beckley Rescue
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Freewill Baptist Church
Simon
Lloyd Ferguson
Welch
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Funeral Rites for Ernest M Seacrist Held at Keeney's Creek
Ernest M Seacrist 48 of Pensacola formerly Lookout, dies. Funeral at Keeney's Creek Baptist Church conducted by Rev T W Carte at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial Restlawn Memory Gardens Ansted. Born Aug 14 1914 Nuttalburg son of the late Joseph Morris Seacrist and Annie Morris Seacrist. Survived by brother William Seacrist of Winona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Seacrist
Pensacola
Fla
Lookout
Keeney’s Creek Baptist Church
T. W. Carte
Restlawn Memory Gardens
Ansted
Nuttalburg
Joseph
Annie Morris Seacrist
William Seacrist
Winona
Notable deaths and tributes across three states
Charles E. Mays 33 of Price Hill dies after long illness in local hospital. In Honolulu UPI reports Rowland Kieburtz, 62, pioneer aviator and balloon and dirigible pilot, to be buried with full military honors in National Cemetery of the Pacific. In Rockleigh New Jersey, Philip Bucknell 52, former British newspaperman who covered the Normandy invasion, dies at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
UPI
Rowland Kieburtz
National Cemetery of the Pacific
Kieburtz
Trip_ General Hospital
Rockleigh
N. J
Philip Bucknell
Britain
Normandy
Romney evaluating gorge area for multi million tourist project
Area Redevelopment Administrator George Ott Romney and architect Irving Bowman tour the New River Gorge Area with Bill Haynes assessing proposals for a potential multi million dollar tourist mecca. The study covers Raleigh Fayette Summers Mercer counties and includes plans for Stephen’s Lake Little Beaver Lake airport improvements and other ARA applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Gorge
George Ott Romney
Raleigh County
Rommey
Charleston
Irving Bowman
Bowman
Irving Bowman and Associates
Sugar Grove
Bill Haynes
Romney
New River Gorge Development Corp
Stephen’s Lake
Little Beaver Lake
New River George Corp
J. R. Carr
J. H. McCulloch
Robert L. Davis
Hawk’s Nest
Summers County
Pat R. Hamilton
Oak Hill
ARA
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Mercer Counties
Final rites for Sam Gatto in Mullens
Sam Gatto 75 of Corinne died at 1 a m Monday in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. Born April 9, 1887 in Italy, he lived 35 years with Julio Marzio of Corinne. He was a retired coal miner, formerly with Page Coal and Coke Co. in Stephenson. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Gatto
Corinne
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Lonnie Blankenship
Woodlawn
Bluefield
Gatto
Italy
Julio Marzio
L Corinne
Page Coal Land Coke Co
Stephenson
Final rites for Benjamin H. Jones held at Glen Fork
Benjamin Har rison Jones 77 of Pineville died at 2 30 a m Monday in a Mullens hospital Born in Bolt in 1885 he formerly lived in Glenfork area His mother Clara Miller Jones and wife Ada Jones preceded him in death His only known survivor is step granddaughter Irene Stewart of Lincoln Park New Jersey The body was moved from Evans Funeral Home in Oceana to Independent Baptist Church one hour before services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Harrison Jones
Rose Hotel
Pineville
Independent Baptist Church
Glen Fork
Herbert Perry
Ravencliff
Jones
Mullens Hospital
Bolt
Glenfork
Clara Miller Jones
Ada Jones
Final rites for Mrs Cordelia Wriston in Scarbro church
Mrs. Cordelia Dila Wriston 71 of Scarbro Route 1 will be buried in Wriston Cemetery after funeral in the Church of God Massy with Rev. Earl King of Princeton presiding. She died Sunday night at her daughter's home in Fairborn Ohio after a heart attack. Survivors include a brother a son six daughters a sister twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill will handle arrangements with calling after 6 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordelia
Dila) Wriston
Scarbro
Aaron Arnold
Mount Hope
Route 1
Tracy Winston
Oak Hill
Fred Treadway
Earl Crouse
James Shorter
Pax
Elva Stover
Winifred Browning
Paul Cartwright
Fairborn
Ohio
Creasey Brown
Mabscott
Tyree
Blankenship Final Rites For Infant Bla nkenship
Final rites for Genera Lynn Blankenship three month old daughter of Vernie and Eula Mae Cline Blankenship will be conducted at 2 p m Wednesday in the local chapel before burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genera Lynn Blankenship
Vernie and
Eula Mae Cline Blankenship
India cites cease fire violations in border clash report
Nehru said Communist Chinese fired on retreating Indians at least three times after Beijing announced a cease-fire on November 21. The Times of India accused the Communists of clear cease-fire violations to improve their strategic positions. Indian spokesman said forces stand firm at Chushul and Ladakh with troops kept on the front lines despite some thinning in rear areas.
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Caribbean
Nehru
Peking
Independent
Times of India
Chushul
Ladakh
AWOL Charged Soldier Arrested in Raleigh County
Donald Earl Vines, 18, was arrested by a Raleigh County deputy sheriff and jailed on an absent without official leave charge after being AWOL for 25 days from Fort Benning Georgia. Tex Bailey and Larry Williams of Artie were released after serving 9 days and paying costs on petit larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Earl Vines
Raleigh County
Ft. Benning
Tex Bailey
Larry Williams
Artie
Bristol columnist Robert Loving dies after long illness
Robert S. Loving, 55, Bristol Herald Courier columnist and author of a Bristo l history book, died Monday after a prolonged illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol, Va
UPI
Robert S. Loving
Bristol Herald Courier
Bristol
Alabama health officer Dr. Gill dies after long tenure
Dr. D. G. Gill, longtime Alabama state health officer since 1947, died Monday in Birmingham. The physician led the state health department through decades of public health work and policy development, shaping statewide health initiatives and responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
UPI
D. G. Gill
Alabama
New York Director Bertram Yarborough Dies of Heart Attack
Bertram Yarborough, 58, a stage director, died of a heart attack Sunday in New York. He had recently returned from Auckland, New Zealand, where he directed a production of The Student Prince.
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New York
UPI
Bertram Yarborough
Auckland
N. Z
Stamford Man, 92, Former Railroad Official Dies
Stamford Connecticut. Charles H Hempstead aged 92 retired assistant secretary of the New Haven Railroad has died Monday. He long served in senior staff positions at the railroad company and was a prominent figure in the state transportation community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford, Conn
UPI
Charles H. Hempstead
The
New Haven Railroad
Russia Refuses To Pay UN Peacekeeping Costs
Russia repeats its stance that it will pay nothing toward United Nations Congo and Middle East forces. World Court advisory opinion deemed unfounded, but Moscow insists operations violate the Charter. Unpaid share stands at about 46 million dollars as costs run roughly 12 million monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Russia
U.N
United Nations
Pavel M. Tchernyshev
Moscow
Congo
Middle East
General Assembly
World Court
Kremlin
Israel
United Arab Republic
Birth Control Service Approved By Illinois
The Illinois Public Aid Commission approved a statewide policy to pay for birth control services for persons on relief. The plan passed 10 to 4 with four Roman Catholic members voting against. Chairman Arnold H. Maremont argued the move would save money over time as the commission already spends over 11 million dollars monthly on aid to dependent children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Commission
Arnold H. Maremont
Harold W. Swank
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Virginia
West Virginia
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Driver Involved in Crash Leaves Man in Fair Condition
Jerry Wayne Underwood twenty one remains in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after his 1950 model car left Raleigh County Memorial Airport Road and tumbled down a 150 foot embankment at 12:30 a m Monday Injury to a leg reported Police will not file charges Damage estimated at one hundred dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Wayne Underwood
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Underwood
Book about Rep William Wilson profiles Civil War diary
WEST VIRGINIA historian Festus Summers edits A Borderland Confederate based on Wilsons Civil War diary and letters. The six term congressman and former postmaster general lived 1843 to 1900, led WVU briefly, later headed Washington & Lee University. The Greensboro Jones cavalry raid is recounted with Morgantown and Fairmont named in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
William L. Wilson
Grover Cleveland
West Virginia University
Festus P. Summers
Wilson
Jefferson County
WVU
Washington & Lee University
Summers
University of Pittsburgh Press
West
Fire damages Oceana building in early morning blaze
A fire discovered at 3 a m in the Daniel Building Oceana caused heavy damage to Brown Upholstery Shop owned and operated by French Brown. The Daniels Dollar Store and Fultz Furniture Store suffered no damage. Firemen monitor the structure and will assess damage after rains ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Daniel
French Brown
Daniels Dollar
Fultz Furniture
Public Service Commission Rejects 3-Day Disconnection Notice
Charleston API PSC declines to require West Virginia telephone firms to warn delinquent subscribers three days before service cutoff. The commission left the policy after hearing protests from four companies Chesapeake & Potomac General West Virginia War Telephone and Telephone Utilities that already provide such notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
PSC
Chesapeake & Potomac
General, War Telephone
Telephone Utilities
Model Montcoal-Stickney rated by scoring committee
Montcoal-Stickney Elementary was rated a model school by a scoring committee led by I L Mitchell of Concord College and including A R Tucker Institute School principal Miss Mary Abbott Raleigh County Supervisor and Sherman Trail Assistant Superintendent The committee judged based on teacher standards administration and organization supervision schools and community equipment and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montocca-Stickney
I. L. Mitchell
Concord College
A. R. Tucker
Institute School
Mary Abbott
Raleigh County
Sherman Trail
Kennedy aides and Stevenson clash over Cuba crisis leaks
Semantics and timing in Alsop Bartlett article fuel speculation on Stevenson's future at the Kennedy table. The piece hints a softer Cuba policy than the blockade, prompting questions about NSC secrecy and leaks. White House denies direct talks with the reporters while officials weigh damage to Stevenson at the UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Kennedy
Alsop
Bartlett
National Security Council
NSC
White House
United Nations
Clayton Fritchey
Alsop-Bartlett
Robert F. Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Barron Better to Preside at Budget Hearing Next Week
Gov. W. W. Barron says he will chair the State Board of Public Works budget hearings to finish the 1963-64 state budget for the Legislature. The Appalachian Governors Conference status was revised as many governors cannot attend. a staff session will be held instead with Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia expected to participate. Barron, recuperating from chest hernia and gall bladder surgery, is observing his 51st birthday next Saturday and recently returned to work at the mansion after a hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
State Board of Public Works
Barron
Alabama
Kentucky
Maryland
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
Stanford
Stanford Research Institute
Area Redevelopment Administration
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Executive Mansion
Statehouse
Budget Request To Be Explained By Power Today
Charleston WV UPI State Vocational Rehabilitation Director F Ray Power scheduled a news conference to explain his request for a 1963 64 budget of 1 035 730, 340 000 over the present. He argues West Virginia could lose about 1 million if funds are not matched with federal outlay on a 70 30 basis and says more state money would unlock about 2 53 million in federal funds next year while Truman Gore favors 733 549 for the department and would reduce federal support to about 2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
F. Ray Power
Truman E. Gore
Power
Gore
West Virginia
Fog Strikes Atlantic Seaboard Halting Travel and Airports
Thick fog blanketed the Eastern Seaboard and parts of England and Wales. New York area airports Idlewild LaGuardia and Newark closed as visibility hit zero, with 300 flights disrupted and diversions to Baltimore Boston and Philadelphia. Idlewild resumed operations before 8 a.m. The Jersey Central Ferry paused five hours and a Philadelphia harbor collision occurred with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Seaboard
Atlantic
England
Wales
New York Area
Idlewild
LaGuardia
Newark
British Automobile Association
London
Oxfordshire
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Jersey Central Railroad
Jersey City
Lower Manhattan
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Burglar Story Details Unfold Across City Incidents
The report notes most burglaries hit restaurants bars and filling stations with doors left open. In some cases Marlowe used a knife or broke a padlock to gain entry. A $480 lumber company theft stands as the largest sum. Wholesale arrests reduced the third platoon to undermanned levels while transfers from other districts filled shifts during the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story
Marlowe
Lumber Company
Red Split Marks Rift Among Delegates at Communist Meeting
Soviet Politburo figure Frol Kozlov attacked the idea of inevitable war as adventuristic and un-Marxist while denouncing Peking’s Albanian allies. Italian leader Palmiro Togliatti, Moscow loyalist, turned his back as Chao's Chinese address ended amid a cooler room and silent Chinese reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Frol Kozlov
Chao
Palmiro Togliatti
Moscow
Kozlov
Peking
India
Togliatti
Khrushchev
Cuba
City Police Court Forfeits Bonds In Seven Cases
Ten persons forfeited 195 dollars in bonds in city police court Monday night. Five people each gave up 20 dollars on speeding charges: James E. Cabe Sheridan W. Kittle Marvin Meadows Robert F. Robinson and Jackson Lee Wikle all of Beckley. Wikle also forfeited 5 dollars on a traffic light violation. Henry D. Pettry of Rock Creek forfeited 20 dollars on hazardous driving. Five persons forfeited a total of 95 dollars on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Cabe
Sheridan W. Kittle
Marvin Meadows
Robert F. Robinson
Jackson Lee Wikle
Beckley
Wikle
Henry D. Pettry
Rock Creek
Fines Paid On Licenses and Driving Violations Across Counties
Magistrate W A Burke's court collected 25 dollars for permits issued to unlicensed drivers. Evelyn Wethington, Glen Morgan, paid five dollars plus costs. David Irvin Hicks and David Eugene Hicks, both from White Oak, paid ten dollars plus costs each. Other fines include a five dollar plus costs speeding case for James W Bowers of Sullivan, and five dollar fines for improper registration, passing, and driving without an operator's license in various towns. Major A Matthews and several residents were cited or arrested by State Police on recent dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Burke
Evelyn Wethington
Glen Morgan
David Irvin Hicks
White Oak
David Eugene Hicks
James W. Bowers
Sullivan
Owal Bowyer
Cittsville
Burke’s Court
O. Rutledge
Joe Rodriguez
Kyle’s
Beckley National Bank
Major A. Matthews
Stotesbury
George R. Lucas
Fireco
Edward Eugene Purdue
Crab Orchard
William L. Tucker
Dry Creek
Alan Kennedy
Jesse Saunders
Sprague
Deep Sea Dive Records, Tragedy in Whittaker Search
Swiss diver Keller, world record holder for open water at 728 feet in Lake Maggiore in 1961, discusses gas mixtures shortening decompression. UCLA geology student Whittaker from London disappeared after a three hour search by Coast Guard helicopter, amphibious plane, and boats. no trace found. Navy observers see potential military and commercial uses of the Keller method, funded by Navy and private oil firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
UCLA
London
Coast Guard
Keller
Niggli
Switzerland
Lake Maggiore
U.S. Navy
Navy
Cmdr
Norval Nickerson
Washington, D.C
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Yellowstone
Toua
WOM
Dstllery CO
Louisville
Owensboro
Mentucko
Louise Blankenship
Charles E. Mays
Charles Edward Mays
Price Hill
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Benjamin H. Jones
Mrs. Cordelia Wriston
Blankenship
Illinois
Michael J. Howlett
Rep. Wilson
Montcoal-Stickney
Adilai
Small
N. Heber ST
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