Thompson Names Deputies New Officials Sworn In By County Court
County court swearing in of elected officials brings changes in the sheriff and deputy ranks. J R L Stewart to replace Tracy Riffe as chief deputy, praised as an experienced accountant and upstanding citizen. Stewart posts a $20,000 bond. Charles A Walker to take Freddie Thorne’s place as Town District Constable. Thompson plans a deputy training school.
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J. R. L. Stewart
North Vance Drive
Lillybrook Coal Co
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Tracy Riffe
C. A. “Slim
Thompson
Stewart
Charles A. Walker
Department of Public Safety
Freddie Thorne
Janary
Kennedy Meany Meet Over Labor Post In 13th Blizzard
President elect John F Kennedy held a busy slate of Cabinet talks in Washington. He met George Meany at his Georgetown residence to discuss the labor secretary post as a brutal blizzard challenged schedules. Kennedy also planned talks with Ralph Bradley and Rep Harold Cooley about the agriculture chief role, with hints of possible announcements on defense or treasury posts.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
George Meany
Kennedy
Georgetown
Meany
Secretary of Labor
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Post
Record Cold Halts Northeast Blizzard Digout Efforts
A bitter cold and fierce winds hampered the Northeast’s efforts to recover from a blizzard marked by heavy snow, closed schools, delayed rail service, and widespread travel disruptions. New York saw 17 inches on average with drifts up to 10 feet, while temperatures plummeted to near zero. Authorities warned of continued dangers from shoveling as heart-related deaths rose.
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Associated Press
New York City
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Nova Scotia
New York
New Jersey
New York Area
American Heart Association
Mercury
Laos King Orders Dissolution of Pro Red Regime
King Savang Vatthana ordered Qui Nim Pholsena to dissolve his infant regime and hand power to an anti Communist government led by Prince Boun Oum and Gen Phoumi Nosavan in Savannakhet. Quinim’s forces, allied with Pathet Lao, resisted while Soviet arms were reported arriving for defense of Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Laos
Savang Vatthana
Quinim Pholsena
Og Nepee
Savannakhet Radio
Quinim
Amerup
Soviet Union
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
Savannakhet
Phoumi
U.N
Hanoi
West Virginia Weather and Civic Notes Feature Sworn Officials
Fair and cold tonight with lows from six above to five below zero. Wednesday will be fair and warmer. Beckley climbed to 18 Monday with 56.2 inches of snow on the ground. Oak Hill reached 20 and 0.1 inch of rain. Greenbrier River at normal, clear. Lake normal, clear with 3.2 gates open and gauge 2.4 ft. Walker named instructor. Joe Asbury to replace Herbert Burgess. Wetzel Brammer to replace Frank Lemon as jail deputy. Re-elected officials sworn in include Judge Norman Knapp, Prosecuting Attorney Anthony Sparacino, County Commissioner H. G. Farmer, plus many justices of the peace and constables.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Walker
Joe Asbury
Ameagle
Herbert Burgess
Asbury
Wetzel W. Brammer
Beaver
Frank Lemon
Norman Knapp
Anthony J. Sparacino
H. G. Farmer
Outgoing Deputy Riffe To Join Savings Firm
Tracy Riffe chief deputy in the sheriff's office will join Beckley Federal Savings and Loan Association January 2. Riffe was in charge of tax collections during three terms under sheriffs Mills and Ward, spanning Mills' first and second terms.
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Tracy Riffe
Sheriff's Office
Beckley Federal Savings and Loan Association
Riffe
Okey A. Mills
John C. Ward
Mills
Rusk and Herter Dominate Atlantic News Headlines
Belgium welcomes Secretary Herter on Eisenhower’s behalf for King Baudouin’s wedding while he will attend in Paris on urgent duties. Dean Rusk’s Kennedy era appointment draws Western reaction with views on policy control, salary changes noted. Norway’s socialist premier Christopher Hornsrud dies at 101 after brief 1928 term. Ford’s McNamara eyed for defense post.
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Belgium
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Baudouin
Dona Fabiola de Moray
Aragon
Spain
Paris
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Europe
Far East
United States
Norway
Christopher Hornsrud
Oslo
Lonesome bachelor dances at midnight with baby
Sherwood Glutz quips about married life and bachelor woes as a man paces the floor at midnight with a baby, noting the social awkwardness and irony of courting a widower or single man faced with family obligations.
Call For U N Referendum On Algeria Seen
Diplomatic backers of the Algerian rebels say the General Assembly will approve a U N supervised referendum on self determination in Algeria. They cite growing support and expect a two thirds majority. Rebel reports claim over a thousand killed in four days of violence as French troops clash with demonstrators.
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General Assembly
U. N
Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Dag Hammarskjold
Algeria on edge after four days of Arab rioting
Algiers and Oran endure fresh bloodshed as Moslem deaths rise to 84 in Algiers and Oran. French troops with tanks brace for more violence while President de Gaulle halts his Algeria tour and returns to Paris. Authorities warn of funerals potentially sparking new unrest amid cyclic clashes.
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Algiers
Casbah
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Paris
Oran
UN Congo mission jeopardized as Guinea and Morocco pull out
Guinea and Morocco announced withdrawals from the UN Congo peace force, cutting manpower by about a third and leaving nearly 17,000 actual troops out of almost 20,000. The pullouts follow charges that the mission failed to protect Patrice Lumumba and to carry out its entrusted duties. Ceylon urged East-West support for a compromise Congo peace plan as the Security Council moved toward a windup.
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Ting
Guinea
Morocco
Congo
United Nations
United Arab Republic
Indonesia
U. N
Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Ceylon
Claude Corea
Valerian Zorin
Three Young Hagers Die In Danville Fire Near Lick Creek
MADISON AP Three children Billy Ray Hager five Patricia Hager three and Nannie Arlene Hager two died in a pre dawn blaze that destroyed their frame home at Lick Creek near Danville Their mother Mrs James Hager and husband tried to save them but escaped with an infant and a seven year old child The father SAW mill worker James Hager suffered burns while attempting to re enter and rescue. the house burned to ruins Fire Chief Carlton Smith said oil drums in the storage area may have contributed Fires occurred in zero temperatures with the bodies found among bed springs and couch remnants at the ruined dwelling
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Madison
Lick Creek
Danville
Apuiunw Saul
Billy Ray Hager
Patricia Hager
Nannie Arlene Hager
James Hager
Carlton Smith
Smith
Hager
Madison General Hospital
Barron Conference Set for 3 30 P M Charleston
Gov elect W W Barron scheduled a news conference for 3 30 p m today in Charleston with no advance indication of the topic.
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Charleston
W. W. Barron
Barron
Ito
Winter winds disrupt Beckley area school bus routes
Bitter cold and drifting snow left roads slick and buses inoperative in Raleigh County. State crews worked overnight while Grandview Road was blocked by snow. Memorial and Veterans Hospital stations logged subzero readings, with Piedmont Airlines canceling flights. Twelve of seventy three buses failed to start, delaying students from Stoco, Crab Orchard, and Winding Gulf areas. Everett Shafer said eight buses did not run as scheduled this morning.
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Beckley
State Road Commission
Sprague
Grandview
Veterans Administration Hospital
Memorial Airport
Flat Top
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Piedmont Airlines
Herb Alloy
Alloy
Piedmont
Raleigh County Board of Education
Everett Shafer
The
Register
Shafer
Winding Gulf
Stoco
Crab Orchard Area
Courts Balk GOP Efforts To Upset Election
Republicans lost court tests in attempts to overturn Kennedy's Illinois and Texas margins. Official returns from most states show Kennedy ahead in the nationwide popular vote by 114,859 with Kennedy at 34,220,364 and Nixon 34,105,505. Kennedy holds 300 electoral votes. Unpledged electors from Mississippi and Alabama pledged to Byrd urged House action, but the move is deemed unlikely.
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John F. Kennedy
Illinois
Texas
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nixon
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Mississippi
Alabama
Jackson
Miss
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
House of Representatives
Byrd
Ken
Ex-Mullens Resident Was Victim of NG Plane Crash
The pilot killed in the West Virginia Air National Guard crash near Cumberland Virginia was Capt. Harlee D. Sheets, a former Mullens resident and Mullens High School 1942 graduate. He and his parents once ran a Mullens bakery. Sheets was popular at Mullens High, active in sports, and played right halfback on the 1941 champion football team. Survivors Capt. William Peters and S Sgt. Ashby A. Abshire were treated and released from Farmville hospital after the two-engine Grumman Albatross crash. They returned to Charleston by bus.
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Mullens
RNS
West Virginia Air National Guard
Cumberland
Harlee D. Sheets
Mullens High School
J. W. Sheets
Charleston
Lewis D’antoni
Sheets
William Peters
Whitesville
Ashby A. Abshire
Malden
Farmville
Peters
Abshire
Air National Guard
Nixon fears Kennedy shifts center to blunt GOP
Vice President Nixon warned that President-elect Kennedy’s mid road Cabinet choices may blunt Republican opposition in 1964. He cited undersecretary of state Douglas Dillon as a potential secretary of the Treasury and said a moderate Republican in charge could curb big spending. Nixon and Dillon spoke before Dillon left for Paris to sign the OECD charter.
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Nixon
Kennedy
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Paris
Organization For Economic Cooperation
Dairyman Harry McGraw Home Destroyed by Fire
A Beckley Junction dairy house occupied by Harry McGraw was wiped out by morning fire. Beckley City Fire Department reached the scene around 9 a.m. and could not save the house though outbuildings were saved. McGraw works in the Montcoal mines and was away milking cows. two children were in school. Furniture valued at about 10,000 dollars and some cash were burned. No insurance on the home or contents. cause undetermined but suspected overheated stove. The dairy herd remained unharmed.
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Harry McGraw
Beckley Junction
Beckley
Beckley City
McGraw
Montcoal
Beaver Coal Co
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Slim” Thompson
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Maine
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Trenton
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State Capitol
Vircinia
Rockefeller Foundation
Rusk
Detroit Free Press
Ford Motor Co
Robert S. McNamara
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Sherwood Glutz
N. Y
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U. N. Congo
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