Copter Survey Made To Study Line Problem
Helicopters used by Appalachian Power Co to inspect a 1700 foot span over New River Gorge near Thurmond. W C McMahan and Fred O Helm assess how to cut away two static lines that fell into conductors while keeping power on for customers. Inspection from the helicopter will guide which direction to draw the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Power Co
APC
W. C. McMahan
Fred O. Helm
New River Gorge
Thurmond
Beary Mountain
Power Company
Two Divorces Granted and Land Sale Ordered by Judge Knapp
Two divorces were granted Frances Nola Shuck from Wilson Shuck and Ethelene McCutcheon McClure from Harold McClure with custody of two children each. The case Golden Wood v G C Hatcher was discontinued. Snyder v Jarrell seeks appeal from a refused Raleigh County judgment. Pearl K Mead v Sara Mead Thomason grants sale of land at Whitestick with special commissioners appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Knapp
Frances Nola Shuck
Wilson Shuck
Ethelene McCutcheon McClure
Harold McClure
Golden Wood
G. C. Hatcher
West Virginia
Robert Snyder
Jesse Willard Jarrell
Snyder
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Pearl K. Mead
Sara Mead Thomason
Whitestick
News freedom warned against government control warns rulers
Representatives of three national newspaper organizations urge safeguards against using news as a weapon. They warn against government overreach beyond necessary military information and stress that reports should reflect what happened rather than serve a political目的.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Byrd urges cutting federal spending before tax cuts
New York Senator and former Senate finance chair Byrd argues that sharp reductions in federal expenditures should come before any major reduction in tax rates. In Moscow, Foreign Minister Gromyko proposes Western troops in West Berlin be non NATO, replacing the NATO flag with the U.N. flag and giving the U.N. organization defined commitments and functions there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
NATO
U.N
Denver assistant chief recalls rescue of coed from tub incident
Assistant Fire Chief John De Jong recounts five firemen freeing Linda Jane Hinchman after they sawed through a bathtub faucet to release her big toe. He says the team did their job and got out quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
John de Jong
Linda Jane Hinchman
Bolt Local 1132 Sets Special Meeting
Bolt Local 1132 of Bolt Mining Co. calls a special meeting at United Workers Headquarters at 2 p.m. Saturday. President L B Aliff says local business and the Bolt Burial Fund will be on the agenda and emphasizes the importance for men employed in the last half of 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolt
Bolt Mining Co
L. B. Aliff
United Workers
Aliff
Bolt Burial Fund
Trap Hill District Men Lodged In Jail
Eddie Burleson Glen Daniel and Chester Miller Stover were lodged in the Raleigh County Jail by a constable Thursday evening Burleson for trespassing Miller for an unpaid fine Lonnie Messer 26 and Ira Nichols addresses unknown jailed at 1 pm Thursday by a federal marshal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Burleson
Glen Daniel
Chester Miller
Stover
Raleigh County
Burleson
Miller
Lonnie Messer
Ira Nichols
Two-Vehicle Crash Near Redden Ridge Causes $500 Damages
State Police reported a two car collision near Redden Ridge at 12 50 p m Thursday causing about $500 in damages. Edsel Fitzwater 23 of Grandview swerved left on a curve while braking and hit Cloyd Buskirk 62 of Beaver driving a 1956 model. No injuries or charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redden Ridge
Edsel Fitzwater
Grandview
Cloyd C. Buskirk
Beaver
Civil War Exhibit Set For APC Auditorium in Beckley
Civil War Centennial Exhibit from the U S Army likely will show at the Appalachian Power Company auditorium Beckley June 26 29. Sgt Garry L Wamsley led a tour with County Centennial Committee Chairman George B Chambers seeking space after Beckley National Bank refused its lobby. The exhibit built at Kennedy request is a 20 minute film slide projectors dioramas with Brady photos and audio and has won the Silver Medallion from the National Civil War Centennial Committee. Beckley is slated second city after Charleston and before Bluefield in WV tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Power Co
U. S. Army
Beckley
Garry L. Wamsley
George B. Chambers
Beckley National Bank
Army
Elmer L. Davis
Chambers
Charleston
W. C. McMahan
APC
Beary Mountain
Sgt. Wamsley
Kennedy
Bruce Catton
Fort Moultrie
Appomattox
Matthew Brady
Grant
Lee
Smithsonian Institution
West Virginia
Bluefield
Sgt
Reverend J P Matthews 85 Garten Dies After Long Illness
Funeral plans are in progress for the Rev J P Matthews 85 of Garten who died at home Thursday after a long illness. He served 33 years as pastor of Hansford Baptist Church and 12 years at Cedar Grove Baptist Church before retiring four years ago. Survivors include four sons Tytus Waverly Phillip and Russell all of Garten three daughters Viola Ratliff James and Crider ofBrooklyn N Y a foster daughter Mary Holmes of Roanoke Va 29 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Matthews
Garten
Hansford Baptist Church
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Tytus
Waverly
Phillip
Russell
Viola Ratliff
Helen James
Mable Crider
Brooklyn, N.Y
Mary Holmes
Roanoke
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral services for J S Hines in Mullens
Funeral services for J S Hines 69 of Mullens were held at 1 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev Virgil Conant in charge. Burial followed at Shannon Cemetery in Baileysville. Hines a retired power shovel operator died Tuesday night at his home after a long illness. Pallbearers listed. Sam Foglesong Funeral Home of Mullens oversaw arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Hines
Mullens
First Methodist
Virgil Conant
Shannon Cemetery
Baileysville
Hines
Sam Foglesong
Mrs Roxie Lowe Funeral Rites Held In Red Sulphur Springs
Mrs Roxie Humphreys Lowe 67 of Red Sulphur Springs dies after decade long illness in Pearlsburg Virginia. Funeral services conducted at Red Sulphur Springs Community Church with Rev O F Surface and Rev Lawrence Harrison officiating. Burial follows in church cemetery. Broyles Funeral Home of Peterstown handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie Humphreys Lowe
Red Sulphur Springs
O. F. Surface
Lawrence Harrison
Lowe
Cyrus Humphreys
Beckley
Pearlsburg
Broyles
Peterstown
Neil Clark 93 funeral held in Blytheville church
Funeral services for Neil Clark 93 of Blytheville Ark were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at West End Baptist Church Blytheville with burial in Sandy Ridge Cemetery Survivors include two sons Willie Clark and Henry Clark Beckley two daughters Amanda Branch Chicago and Rosa Avirette Detroit and a brother Henry Clark New Orleans Also listed is Neil Clark Jr. in Evansville Ind and other relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Clark
Blytheville
Ark
West End Baptist Church
Sandy Ridge
Willie Clark
Henry Clark
Beckley
Neil Clark Jr
Evansville
Ind
Amanda Branch
Chicago
Ill
Rosa Avirette
Detroit
Mich
New Orleans
Final rites for Oscar Simms at Shiloh Baptist Church
Oscar Simms 72 of Harper Heights dies at a local hospital after a recent illness. Funeral services conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev. G C Gilbert and Rev. W M Jones officiating. Burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Survived by wife Bertha five daughters including Drends Simms Annie Hickman Emo gene Walker Mary Eanes Denita Simms three stepsons Garfield Cratcher Pete Enmond Bradley two brothers Frank Simms Joseph Simms. Body to be moved from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Simms
Harper Heights
Shiloh Baptist Church
G. C. Gilbert
W M. Jones
Greenwood Memorial Park
Bertha Simms
Drends Simms
Annie Hickman
Emogene Walker
Newark
N. J
Mary Eanes
Beckley
Denita Simms
Garfield Cratcher
Philadelphia
Pete and
Enmond Bradley
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Simms
Joseph Simms
Wright and Anderson
Levi Lilly Funeral Services in Besoco
Levi Lilly 70 of Besoco died unexpectedly Thursday. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Besoco Methodist Church with Rev. Sammy Bales officiating. Burial in Jenny Cole Cemetery at Josephine. Survived by six sons Kyle Ray Sterling Edward Landy Estil Willard Lee Clyde Eugene Charles Leonard Sadie Tyree a sister Fannie Farley 52 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Body to be moved from McDougal's Robertson and Fogleman Funeral Home to Kyle Lilly's home at 6 p.m. today, then to the church one hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Lilly
Besoco
Besoco Methodist Church
Sammy Bales
Jenny Cole
Josephine
Kyle Ray
Sterling Edward
Landy Estil
Coal City
Willard Lee
Clyde Eugene
Odd
Charles Leonard
Lillybrook
Sadie Tyree
Rhodesl
Fannie Farley
Princewick
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Kyle
Gas Co Denied Hike Rehearing by West Virginia PSC
The West Virginia Public Works Commission denied United Fuel Gas Co. a rehearing on its 2.5 million rate increase. The PSC vote was 2 to 1 in Charleston. UFG plans to appeal to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Public Works Commission
United Fuel Gas Co
UFG
State Supreme Court
PSC
Relay mission tests TV relay via Nutley ground station
Relay will test solar powered storage batteries and eight sided satellite in Nutley New Jersey. Engineers aim to receive then relay signals back to earth during orbit tests from Andover Maine to Pleumeut Badou France. If successful a 1 1 nation Christmas program may air next Wednesday with live television to millions.
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Nutley
N.J
Earth
Relay
Atlantic
Andover
Maine
Goonhilly Downs
England
Pleumeut- Badou
France
Brothers Face Hearings On Double B and B Counts
Two Beckleyans William Straley Miller 19 and James K. Miller 17 were jailed on double counts of breaking and entering Lillys Texaco Station. Entry was by breaking a washroom window. Cigarettes coins $35 stolen. Younger brother also admits to two earlier break ins at the same station and Lanark Teen Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyans
Joe Rodriguez
Lilly
Texaco
William Straley Miller
James K. Miller
Raleigh County
Miller
Lanark
Funeral set for Mrs. Sallie Thomas at Oak Hill
Mrs. Sallie Thomas 97 of Oak Hill will have funeral services at 1 p.m. Sunday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. C S Donnelly officiating. Burial follows at Hilltop Cemetery. She died Thursday in a Fayetteville nursing home after a long illness born July 15 1865 in Fayette County. Survived by two half brothers Kenneth Lochgelly and Dennis Blake Raleigh County a son Marvin Richards Oak Hill and 13 grandchildren. The body lies at the funeral home for calling after 4 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Thomas
Oak Hill
Tyree
Kenneth
Lochgelly
Dennis Blake
Raleigh County
Marvin Richards
Funeral services for Mathias Crook in Jumping Branch
Funeral services for Mathias Matt Crook 79 of Jumping Branch will be at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Roscoe Meadows and Rev T M Waldron presiding Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park He died Thursday night after a long illness He was born March 8 1883 in Jumping Branch son of Cyrus and Amanda Crook Survivors include wife Lot tie five sons Walter Matt Jr and Frank in Beckley Eugene and Dallas in Jumping Branch four daughters Mary Campbell Katherine Pack Thelma Buckland Eva Mae Hobbs two brothers T A Crook Elmer Crook a sister Mrs Richard Dobbs 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren The body will lie at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 4 p m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathias
Matt) Crook
Jumping Branch
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Roscoe Meadows
T. M. Waldron
Sunset Memorial Park
Cyrus
Amanda Woolwine Crook
Summers County
Crook
Bluestone Baptist Church
Lottie
Walter
Matt Jr
Frank
Beckley
Eugene
Dallas
Mary Campbell
Miami, Fla
Katherine Pack
Norfolk
Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Thelma Buckland of Bellepoint, and Mrs. Eva Mae Hobbs
T. A. Crook
Blue Jay
Elmer Crook
Richard Dobbs
Hinton
Witnesses Describe Accident From Defense Stand
In Raleigh County Circuit Court two eyewitnesses testified for the defendant in a suit by Mrs. Lottie Mann against Mrs. Cleo Andrews. Ruth Canterbury Daniels and James Fox placed the vehicle at 30 to 35 mph as it struck Mann on April 6 near Beaver, noting rain and Mann’s umbrella but saying the car did not swerve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Andrews
Lottie Mann
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Ruth Canterbury
Daniels
Andrews
Mrs. Mann
Purity Baking Co
Rakes Grocery
Canterbury
Rakes
Fox
Weather Death Toll Rises Across Midwest and New York
Snowbound West Virginia and Michigan faced heavy accumulations with blizzards. Michigan National Guardsmen aided by horse drawn transport. a Brooklyn warehouse blaze hit in 17 degree cold. Across Texas Rio Grande Valley saw cold rains while New York Erie County reported up to 15 inches. Weather-related carnage topped 191 lives, with Ohio and Michigan also hit. The forecast warned of continued snow from the Great Lakes to the Appalachians with local heavy squalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan National Guardsmen
Brooklyn
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Florida
Ohio
Michigan
New York
Erie County
Watertown
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Mariner 2 Heads to Venus as Flight Path Adjusted
Mariner 2 launched from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas Agena B on August 27. The mission team adjusted course midflight to aim at Venus, likening the navigation to a moving clay pigeon on a spinning carousel. Scientists expect weeks of data analysis to determine Venus habitability versus extreme desert conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
Mariner 2
Earth
Dure
Mariner
Harper Heights men jailed for shoplifting
Two Harper Heights men, Alfred Lee Collins 20 and John ny Rodgers 21, were fined 10 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in the Raleigh County Jail after arraignment before Magistrate W A Burke on a shoplifting charge. A dress valued at 2 99 was allegedly stolen from W T Grant Co on Neville St by the pair. Lawrence Bryant of Lanark posted 500 bond to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez for release on a peace warrant and is to appear Saturday on the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Heights
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Alfred Lee Collins
Johnny Rodgers
W. T. Grant Co
Neville St. Lawrence Bryant
Lanark
Joe Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Smoke flavorings allowed in processing certain meat products
Federal regulations now permit the use of smoke flavorings and artificial smoke flavorings in the processing of certain federally inspected meat products. The change expands approved methods for flavoring while maintaining safety and labeling standards across the industry.
Janitor in Chicago Faces Social Register Mix Up
Chicago society was surprised to learn Walter J. Watson a 49 year old janitor at the U S courthouse was mistakenly listed in the 1963 Chicago Social Register under a different address and name. Watson plans to alert the Social Register Association in New York to correct the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Chicago Society
Chicago Social Register
Walter J. Watson
S. Princeton
Watson
U.S
Social Register Association
Winnetka
New York
Register
South Side
Watsa
Alice Mae
Fire damages Mabscott house blaze started by blow torch
Fire gutted parts of the Mabscott home of Mr and Mrs Frank Miller in Mabscott on Thursday about 1 30 pm when a blow torch thawed frozen water pipes. The house owned by Frank Alderson suffered $2000 in total damages with no insurance on furniture. The fire damaged the bathroom kitchen attic and blew out windows. A Mabscott Fire Department spokesman urged calling a professional plumber for frozen pipes rather than using blow torches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miller
Mabscott
Frank Alderson
Mabscott Fire Department
Two Men Cleared in 680,540-Pound Steel Theft Case
Federal Judge John A. Field Jr. found Robert L. Sweeney and William F. Westfall not guilty of conspiring to defraud the government after the defense rested. The men, tried without a jury, had been accused of stealing floor plates from the old Naval Ordnance plant in South Charleston in February 1961. Evidence showed plates were removed under Sweeney's direction and sold to Midwest Raleigh Steel, with proceeds split. Armco Steel had rejected $15,000 in shipping charges, and Navy orders still demanded clearance of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
John A. Field Jr
Robert L. Sweeney
Bingham Street
Pittsburgh
William F. Westfall
Arlington
Field
H. P. Foley Co
Westfall
Foley
Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
Armco Steel Co
Houston
Texas
Sweeney
Midwest-Raleigh Steel Co
Armco
Navy
Bankers Consider Local Vehicle Tag Sales Plan
Nuckols promotes direct tagging by his department with banks handling a small service fee. He argues no new building is needed and sales of other vehicle tags would stay with the Motor Vehicles Department. Banks may charge for handling plates while courts lack facilities to issue licenses. Local banks offer convenient locations and parking, aiding public access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuckols
Bankers Association
Attorney General's
Motor Vehicles Department
Stephenson Firm Pays Employes At New Site
Stephenson firm resumes payroll at a temporary office on Route 16 in Stephenson after a Wednesday morning fire destroyed the original payroll, store, and engineering office. The store department operates temporarily at Blankenship Grocery. Fire damage estimate not yet fixed.
Beauties Gather For Centennial Queen Contest
Fifty five contestants from West Virginia counties begin the 1963 Centennial Queen pageant race with 15 finalists to be chosen tonight and five to ride the state float in the Rose Bowl parade. Finalists will be interviewed by judges and meet Gov. Barron. finalists and semi finalists participate in personal interviews and attend a formal auditorium judging event with entertainers and MCs. Betsy Ross of Buckhannon, 21, leads a field of 55 diverse contestants from WV colleges and towns including Martinsburg, Huntington, Charleston, Clarksburg, and Wheeling, with heights ranging from 4 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny J. Seiler
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Pasadena
Calif
W. W. Barron
West Virginia State College
Fannin Belcher
Margo Coley
the Greenbrier
Mary Harriet
Charleston Catholic High School
Weston State Hospital
John Crawford
Jim Comstock
Richwood Hillbilly
Jennie Smith
John Reed King
Pittsburgh
Ernie Saunders
WCHS
Betsy Ross
Buckhannon
West Virginia University
Linda Ilse Gutekunst
Martinsburg
Susan King
New Martinsville
Fairmont State College
Marshall University
Glenville State College
West Virginia Wesleyan
Alderson - Broaddus
Davis & Elkins
West Virginia Tech
West Liberty
Salem College
Barbara N. Post
Lora Kaye Kincaid
Maysel
Sue Ellen Davis
Salem
Marilyn Beth Caldwell
Montgomery
Jennie Jorene Butcher
Glenville
Betty Lou Mitchell
Petersburg
Cynthia Parcel] Neal
East Rainelle
Betty Jeanne Pancake
Romney
Myrna Kay McLegin
Moorefield
Nancy Grace Conwell
Clarksburg
Dee Ann Moore
Ravenswood
Ruth Ann Teets
Charles Town
Sandra Lee Ross
Clendenin
Myla Jeanette White
Weston
Marie Bess
Huntington
Linda Jeffries Burns
Sharples
Bobbie Jean Spry
Welch
Beverly Anne Lloyd
Rivesville
Geraldine Alice Henry
Moundsville
Donna Sturgeon
Ashton
Peggy Catherine Tucker
Bluefield
Sue Ellen Fike
New Creek
Joyce Roselle Hoke
Kermit
Martha Harris
Morgantown
Betty Sue Leach
Union
Joyce Ann Knutts
Berkeley Springs
Mary Jo Brown
Summersville
Mary Jane Fox
Wheeling
Lois Bare Lambert
Franklin
Barbara Ann Broadwater
St. Marys
Patricia Matthews Hevener
Arbovale
Beverly Ruth Payne
Barbara Ann Walker
Kenova
Bonnie Lou Burrell
Cowen
Susan A. King
Sharon Bumgarner
Elizabeth
Victoria Dale Cross
Williamstown
Doris Jean Schoolcraft
Pineville
Forfeitures in Beckley City Police Court
Five individuals forfeited bonds totaling 102 dollars in Beckley City Police Court on Thursday night. Richard Newsome aged 29 from Beckley forfeited 32 dollars on charges of intoxication and destruction of property. Donald Akers aged 24 from Beckley forfeited 15 dollars for failure to keep his vehicle under control. Three others forfeited a total of 55 dollars on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Newsome
Beckley
Donald Akers
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G. E. Lockabill
S. R. Camper
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Milburn Rinehart
Mrs
Roxie Lowe
Neville St
Mrs. Sallie Thomas
Mathias Crook
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mabscott House
Stephenson
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