Kennedy victory seals electoral college beyond recounts
In Texas Judge Ben Cathwick rejected a recount attempt as 24 Texas electoral votes were certified for Kennedy by the State Board of Canvassers after ruling ballots voided on technical grounds. Illinois also dismissed Nixon suits against Cook County and Chicago boards, while Kennedy led by 8,849 votes there. The Electoral College meets December 19 to make the win official.
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Nedy
Texas
U. S. Dist
Ben Cathwick
State Board of Canvassers
Austin
Kennedy
Illinois
Thomas E. Kluczynski
Cook County
Chicago
Nixon
Georges Dapples
Kluczynski
National Electoral College
Speculation on Defense Secretary Picks Weighs Candidates
Rumors place George S. McGovern or Fred V. Heinkel in contention for defense secretary as Kennedy and Meany weigh possible appointees. Other names include Robert S. McNamara Ford president, Paul Nitze policy planner, and Roswell Gilpatric former undersecretary of the Air Force.
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George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Fred V. Heinkel
The
Missouri Farmers Association
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Paul H. Nitze
State Department
Truman
Roswell Gilpatric
Air Force
Strike Continues Amid Weather At Itmann Mine
Itmann and Pocahontas Fuel Company workers continue a two week strike despite cold and sub zero temperatures. About 247 laid off December 3 with 41 more earlier. picket lines form at mine entrances as Local Union 9690 seeks seniority corrections and contract grievance procedures. Peter Ferretti, company president, says no talks while a strike persists and that the union’s actions delay settlements. He cites market conditions as the reason for workforce reduction.
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Ecene
Itmann Se Pocahontas Fuel Co
Consolidation Coal ‘Co
United Mine Workers Union
Peter Ferretti
Register
Mullens Today
Police Radio Snafu Sparks City Sheriff Mixup
Police operations were disrupted as city and sheriff radio systems mixed, producing garbled messages. The city announced steps to remedy the confusion shortly before noon, noting the fault affected broadcasts and required fixes.
Thieves Enter Drive In and Take 35 Cents
Sherry thieves broke into Henrys Drive-in on Valley Drive late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. Police report the haul was only 35 cents and a fifth of sherry wine. Entry was gained by a broken window. operators found no cash besides the tiny theft.
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Henry’s
Valley Drive
Plane crash claims first ANG fatality in four years
Maj. Gen. William Blake reported the plane's right engine failed at about 16 000 feet, causing a descent that led to a crash into a snow covered field fifty miles west of Richmond after clipping a power line. Abshire and Peters walked to a nearby farmhouse. Acknowledges a prior ANG fatality occurred March 10, 1957 near Martinsburg airport with two pilots killed.
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William Blake
Richmond
Abshire
Peters
Air National Guard
Martinsburg
New Officials Named for Coal City and Vicinity
Cotton White takes office as assessor in January and names deputies Steve Carpenter of Coal City and Frank Bolash of 308 White St as his associates. Lorena Wallace will transfer with him. a third deputy for the courthouse remains to be named. Three deputies will be retained: John Ellis of Bradley, W. S. Brubeck of Sprague, and Mrs Frances Mullins of Beaver. Deputy appointments include Lorraine Lilly Blue Jay Shady Spring District, Woolley Pluto Richmond by Henderson Eccles Noap Hill, Ernest Large Naoma Marsh Fork, Azel Stover Colcord Clear Fork, and Romey Thompson Coal City Slab Fork. Justices of the Peace taking oath today are Joe Rodriguez Bradley, Madison Lowry Sophia, Lewis A Gall Jr Glen Daniel, J. E Lefty Mays Beaver, and William N Stanley. Constables sworn in include Charles L Howell Naoma, Edgar Monroe Buzzy Bowling Beckley, Harry Thomas Milam Surveyor, Charles S Cole Beaver, and Frederick M Thorne Bradley.
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Edgar Jarrell
Pine Knob
Wesley Thompson
Coal City
Zina French
Daniels
Jack Thomas
Church St
Harless W. Stover
Crab Orchard
Flynn Canaday
Lester
Virgil Keaton
Kenneth Larabee
Bradley
Elijah Craig
Mason Fink
Pemberton
Cotton White
Steve Carpenter
Frank Bolash
Whitestick St
Lorena Wallace
White
John Ellis
W. S. Brubeck
Sprague
Frances Mullins
Beaver
Alow
Lorraine Lilly
Blue Jay
Shady Spring
W.oooley
Pluto
Richmond
Henderson
Eccles
Noap Hill
Ernest Large
Naoma
Marsh Fork
Azel Stover
Colcord
Clear Fork
Romey Thompson
Sheriff-Elect Fights Court Over Bonding and Prison Labor
Pineville report says Wyoming County Sheriff-Elect Lelan Phillips refuses to accept two Court decisions from the Dec 6 1960 meeting He contests the choice of the Murphy Insurance Agency for deputy bonds and the use of prison labor for a courthouse annex project asserting the sheriff alone may appoint bond agents and guards for prisoners, not the Court.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Lelan Phillips
Phillips
Murphy Insurance Agency
Wyoming County Insurance Agency
Asa Hurst
Laos crisis threatens Thai border with Mekong
Quinim warned he would shell Thai territory across the Mekong if Phoumi moved against him. Worldwide capitals watched Laos developments as the United States France and Britain called for top level talks on what was viewed as Soviet intervention. Red China papers urged action against what they termed US aggression in Laos.
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Quinim
Mekong River
Phoumi
Washington
United States
France
Britain
Laos
Red China
Congo Council Deal Seeks Powers for UN Chief
Guinea and Morocco Corea edge toward a resolution giving Ham Marskjo ld expanded authority to restore Congo order. Backed by Tunisia the draft calls disarming illegal armies withdrawing Belgian forces freeing imprisoned leaders and resuming Congo Parliament sessions. Efforts aim to satisfy Soviet and Western powers as rival US Argentina Italy Britain plans linger.
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Corea
Hammarskjold
Congo
Tunisia
Soviet Union
United States
Argentina
Italy
Britain
Deaths and Funerals: W H Combs 82 Hanover service Thursday
Funeral services for W H Combs 82 of Crab Orchard will be held in Hanover Virginia on Thursday. He died at 8 30 a m Monday in Miamisburg Ohio at the home of a daughter where he was visiting after a short illness. Surviving are his wife Maude Combs Crab Orchard one daughter Mrs Garnie of Miamisburg Ohio one son Dean Wayne Indiana and one son John Melbourne Florida.
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W. H. ‘Combs
Hanover
Combs
Miamisburg
Ohio
Maude Combs
Crab Orchard
Garnie
Dean
Wayne
Ind
Cee John
Melbourne
Fla
Mrs. Ethel Scott Dies After Long Illness at 75
Funeral services are incomplete for Mrs. Ethel Scott 75 of 1035 S Fayette St who died in a local hospital at 1 30 p m Monday after a long illness Survivors include son Brines Scott of Beckley and daughter Mrs Gilda Marcy of Lester The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Tony Milano Eula Hatfield and G P Mooney assist in arrangements.
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Ethel Scott
S. Fayette St
Brines Scott
Beckley
Gilda Marcy
Lester
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral for Charles J C Vanover in Scarbro
Funeral services for Charles JC Vanover will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in his Scarbro home with Rev Mont Carr officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Vanover age 77 died Sunday afternoon at Oak Hill Hospital after a brief illness. Body to be removed from Tyree Funeral Home to his home this afternoon for viewing.
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Charles JC. Vanover
Scarbro
Mont Carr
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Vanover
Lucy Cynthia Boyko Funeral Rites Held for 10 Year Old
Funeral services for Lucy Cynthia Boyko 10 daughter of Lucy and William Boyko Prosperity will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev D L Scott in charge Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park The child died Monday afternoon after a brief illness Born January 16 1950 in Weston she was a member of Prosperity Tabernacle and a student at Prosperity Elementary School Survivors include her parents two brothers Billy and Willis R and one sister Carrie all at home The body will remain at the funeral home.
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Lucy Cynthia Boyko
Lucy
William Boyko
Prosperity
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
D. L. Scott
Sunset Memorial Park
Weston
The
Prosperity Tabernacle
Prosperity Elementary
Billy
Willis R
Carrie
Final rites for Barbara Hunt observed in Beckley
Barbara Hunt 13 daughter of Mrs. Mabel Turner of 214 Westmorland Street will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel. She died Sunday morning at 5 15 in a local hospital after a long illness. Survivors include her mother two brothers John and Clarence a sister Doris paternal grandfather Frank Hunt Beckley and maternal grandmother Mrs. Marie Jackson Beckley.
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Barbara Hunt
Mabel Turner
Westmorland St
S’hursday
Ritchie and Johnson
R. A. Lewis
Greenwood Memorial Park
John
Clarence
Doris
Frank Hunt
Beckley
Marie Jackson
Funeral arrangements for Reed and Clement incomplete
Funeral plans for Frank David Reed 65 of Gatewood who died Monday in a Beckley hospital remain incomplete. He was a retired miner and a Knights of Pythias member with a large family including wife Iva May Reed, children Carl Earl and five daughters. Also listed are many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Reed’s body is at Dodd Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Also pending are arrangements for Hester Ettie Clement 84 of Oak Hill who died Sunday in Richwood Hospital from a heart condition. She was a Methodist and is survived by four sons, three daughters, a half brother, a sister, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her body is at Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean.
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Frank David Reed
Gatewood
Reed
Beckley Hospital
Oak Hill Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Iva May Reed
Carl
Cleveland
Ohio
Earl Reed
Chicago
Ill
Marvin Woodrum
Jack Henderson
Silver Springs
Alma Campbell
Hester Ettie ‘Clement
Oak Hill
Richwood
Methodist Church
James
D. D
Beckley
Thomas
E. L. Clement
San Manuel
Ariz
Annie Vandall
Bradley
John Rufus Hawks dies at 84 in Calloway Heights
John Rufus Hawks 84 of Calloway Heights died at 9 30 p m Monday in a local hospital. He was a retired coal miner and a member of the Church of God United Mine Workers Local 7086. Born September 15 1876 in Goodwill Virginia he was the son of Eli and Nancy Burchett Hawks. Surviving are his wife Hattie Ellison Hawks three sons E D Hawks J E Hawks and Fred Hawks two daughters Mrs J F Moxley and Mrs W E Arndt a brother Joe Hawks and a sister Mrs Joe Smith 15 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev G L Stilwell and Rev Anthony Garges. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Floyd Kirk
Sophia
Williams Funeral Home
Dewey Wilson
L. H. Sturgill
Hot Coal
Kirk
McAlain Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Fred
Marion
H. C. Woods
Oscar Atwood
Mount Hope
Henry Smith
Tom Bowman
Perry Haga
Toy Lusk
Johnny Milano
John Rufus Hawks
Calloway Heights
Church of God, United Mine Workers of America
New River Co
Skelton
Goodwill
Eli
Nancy Burchett Hawks
Hattie Ellison Hawks
E. D
Beckley
J. E
Hollywood
Fla
J. F. Moxley
W. E. Arndt
Joe Hawks
Joe Smith
Stamford
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
G. L. Stilwell
Anthony Garges
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Smiley Injured as School Bus Hood Falls on Worker
Henry Smiley, 54, of Glen Daniel, was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for neck and shoulder injuries after the hood of a school bus fell on him while he was working in the engine compartment.
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Henry Smiley
Glen Daniel
Beckley Hospital
Byrd To Tour Water Projects Near Morgantown
Sen Robert Byrd D West Virginia leads a 10 day tour of water projects in the Fairmont area with Army engineers and a Senate Appropriations Committee member. The itinerary includes Lock 15 Hildebrand Lock Morgantown Dam 8 Maxwell Dam Dam 4 and Pittsburgh as part of planned surveys for future West Virginia improvements.
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Fairmont
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
West Virginia
Byrd
Army Engineers
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hildebrand
Morgantown
Maxwell
Pittsburgh
West
Weather and school bus woes across the region amid storms
Snow and icy roads disrupted travel and school operations as buses faced delays and counties reported major weather conditions. Power outages affected Coal City and MacAlpin, while record low temperatures challenged Charleston and Parkersburg. Officials urged winter tires and chains as conditions improved later in the day.
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Blue Jay
Shady Spring
Sullivan
Beaver Eleey
Bailey Ave
Raleigh
Shafer
Bald Knob
Coal City
MacAlpin
John Gates
Appalachian Power Co
Grandview
Gates
Charleston
Parkersburg
Parkersbug
Morgantown
Wheeling
Huntington
Chapmanville
Martinsburg
Elkins
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Berkeley
Jefferson
Morgan
Taylor
Ohio Valley-Kanawha
Sigma Delta Chi
National Journalism Fraternity
Jackson's Mill
Logan County
Youngsters Urged to Stay Off Woodrow Wilson Rink
Frank Rodriguez city recreation director urges youngsters to avoid the water filled ice rink on the Woodrow Wilson High School practice field until the ice freezes solid. The rink might be ready for skating soon if not walked on while soft, with sub zero temperatures forecast tonight.
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Frank Rodriguez
Woodrow Wilson High School
Discoverer XVIII radiation lower than XVII on flight
Air Force scientists report Discoverer XVIII nose cone exposure to radiation far less than Discoverer XVII during a spaceflight. Detailed results on radiation levels and effects on seven human tissue types and other specimens in the capsule are due in two weeks. Sixteen.
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Air Force
Space
Kennedy reshuffles to woo middle ground in cabinet
Nixon fears Kennedy aims to placate Republicans by elevating Dean Rusk and moving Adlai Stevenson to the United Nations while installing Chester Bowles and G. Mennen Williams in key posts. Republicans see the moves as preventing GOP attacks and pre emptying moderate political space.
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Heve
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Teir
Adlai F. Stevenson
United Nations
Chester Bowles
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
U. N
Stevenson
Bowles
Williams
Dillon
Court Votes 3 Day Christmas Holiday
Newly elected county officials and assistants were sworn in at Raleigh County Court. Court approved office closures for a three day Christmas holiday from Dec 23 to 27 and a three day New Year break from Dec 30 to Jan 3 1961. County employees to be paid early for Christmas. A snow plow truck bought from the state for 325 dollars. Four notaries public approved: Harold H Smith William I Ward Elizabeth Walker Irma S Huettner. Court recessed to 1 30 p m.
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Raleigh
Harold H. Smith
William I. Ward
Elizabeth Walker
Irma S. Huettner
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