Grand Jury To Report On Slaying Evidence
Fayette County grand jury is to report on murder charges against 18 year old Willard Eugene Graham in the hitchhike slaying of Rev. Julius H. Keaton. Prosecutor J Zane Summerfield and State Trooper G L Swart presented evidence after witnesses testified. Keaton, 70, disappeared August 11 while driving to a speaking engagement and was found dead beside West Virginia Route 61. Autopsy showed head injury. Graham, held in Fayette County jail, signed a statement admitting beating the minister with a rock. Keaton was pastor of a Primitive Baptist church in Catlettsburg, Kentucky.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
South Carolina
Huntington
Willard Eugene Graham
J. Zane Summerfield
G. L. Swart
Graham
Julius H. Keaton
Princeton
Pat
Rick
S.C
Keaton
W.va
Catlettsburg
Christmas tree production concentrates in northern states
States bordering Canada produce the most U. S. Christmas trees and ship surpluses to other states. Montana alone grows about three million trees annually and exports to nearly 30 states.
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Canada
U. S
Montana
Family Attends Hickman Funeral in Ashland Ky
Visiting relatives from Warren Ohio Detroit Michigan Albion Michigan Fort Knox Kentucky and Oak Hill gathered in Fayetteville for the funeral and burial of John D. Hickman in Ashland Kentucky Thursday and then shared time with the family before returning home.
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Fayetteville
Kns
Max E. Neubert
Sandra
Mike Galigas
Sherman Selbe
Warren
Ohio
Lee King
Debbie
Detroit
Mich
Charles Hickman
Phil
Charlotte
Albion
Mic
Ashland
Christmas Program At Oak Hill PTA Meet
A Christmas program will be presented at Oak Hill East End Grade School for the PTA at 7 30 p m Thursday First graders from Mrs Carlos Davis room perform A Jingle Bell Dance Routine and Christmas Magic Mrs Bill Tompkins first graders present Christmas Bells song and recitation Three skits Christmas Bells Little Angels At the Doll Counter by second and third grades directed by Mrs John Gwinn Miss Nancy McClure and Mrs Pete Kesler A solo O Come All Ye Faithful by Kent Poff will be performed
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill East End
Parent-Teacher Association
Carlos Davis
Bill Tompkins
John Gwinn
Nancy McClure
Pete Kesler
Kent Poff
Acts Of Kindness Stir False Hope In Recipients
A columnist warns that well intentioned acts of kindness can foster false hope and dependency. A reform school visit example shows how generosity may delay a youth from seeking needed professional help and deepen resentment when promised solutions fail. The piece urges offering support without implying personal cures and encourages addressing family conflicts openly.
Shoebox voice adding machine could replace push buttons
William Dersch demonstrates Shoebox, a shoe box sized device connected to an adding machine that responds to spoken words. It prints numbers as it hears commands like plus minus total and can ignore ambient noise while awaiting structured sound patterns. Future uses include store inventory and pilot navigational readouts, with language questions unresolved.
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Jerry Sheehan
Newspaper Enterprise Assn, New York
NEA
William Dersch
Dersch
IBM
Advanced Systems Development Division
Shoebox
Federated League Plans Christmas Baskets Distribution
Mount Hope Federation League outlines December distribution of food baskets. Items should be delivered to Mrs. C. E. Jones, welfare chairman, on December 22. Slides on Gardens of Europe shown by Clement Schulte, Beckley florist, and talks on Friends of the Library. President reports and ongoing stamp program at Mount Hope Elementary School.
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Mount Hope
BNL
Mount Hope Federated League
Lions
C. E. Jones
Clement Schulte
Beckley Florist
Europe
Jennie Cope Carter
Ways and Means Committee
Violet Grace McCutcheon
Helen Darnall
Harold Hock
Ambrose Bryan
M. A. Marchetti
Ministerial Association
Mount Hope Christian Church
E. S. Carter
Corrie Graff
C. H. Duncan
W. J. Moore
Club Members Exchange Gifts at Oak Hill
Homemaker's Club met at Mrs. Maggie McClung's home for a Christmas program with scripture, prayers, carols, poems and stories. Members exchanged gifts and the hostess gave a gift to each attendee. Next meeting set for Jan 12 at Mrs. Jess Evans' home.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Homemaker’s Club
Maggie ‘McClung
James Cummings
Bethlehem
Ruby Fox
Maggie McClung
Walter
Jess Evans
Highland Ave
Mrs Cecil Stephens Visits Relatives in Lively
Mrs Cecil Stephens and children Eddie and Teresa Diamond are visiting her mother Mrs Mabel Evans and grandmother Mrs Mertie Keffer in Lively for a few days. Jo Lynn Tyree five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Tyree Long Branch is confined at home with measles.
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PAX
Cecil Stephens
Eddie
Teresa
Diamond
Mabel Evans
Mertie Keffer
Lively
Jo Lynn Tyree
Alfred Tyree
Long Branch
Daisy Meaning Day's Eye From Anglo Saxon Roots
Britannica notes that the name Daisy comes from the Anglo Saxon term meaning days eye. The explanation highlights the etymology linking the flower’s name to daylight and the daily turning of the sun.
Women Set Date For Rolling Bandages
Mrs Harold Huffman and Mrs Erven Jones hosted the Evalena DeCutcheon Circle Goldie Bailey Circle Edith Murphy Circle and Margaret Jump Circle for the Womens Mission Society meeting at Calvary Baptist Church. Plans were set to roll bandages for White Cross in early January. The next meeting is January 1.
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Ervin Jones
Virginia Fox
White Cross
George Martin
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Kingsport Utilities, Inc
Ohio Power Company
Wheeling Electric Company
Federated League
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