Governor Barron calls sounding board on WV future plans
Governor Barron addressed about 350 citizens in Charleston at a nonpartisan pre legislative conference as a sounding board for anticipating future West Virginia problems. He urged cooperation with public desires and ideas for 1962 legislation, noting possible new laws to support fresh proposals and existing beliefs. Mentioned items include extending the 3 percent sales tax, state medical care for the aged, public programs, and funding decisions for Police vocational education and state investments. Republican leaders Cavigan and Seibert boycotted, urging focus on the budget and emergency measures only. Lagging revenues threaten 1962-63 finances if the sales tax extension is not enacted. Board of Public Works hearings urged departments to plan without across the board raises. budget requests exceed current recommendations by about 14 million, excluding new construction.
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Charleston
UPI
W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
Senate
John E. Carrigan
Sherrard
Marshall County
House
George H. Seibert
Wheeling
Board of Public Works
Truman Gore
Gore
United For Progress theme launched by Beckley Chamber
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce unveiled the United for Progress theme at a Raleigh County women’s clubs coffee in the Beckley Winn Hotel Ballroom. Robert Hamilton urged leveraging women’s talent to broaden the chamber’s scope. Gene Morehouse Randey Webb Cecil Miller Jim McCabe and John Saunders spoke as the initiative drew enthusiastic support.
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Beckley - Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
United For Progress
Beckley-Winn
Chamber
Raleigh County
Robert Hamilton
Gene Morehouse
Randey Webb
Cecil L. Miller
Jim McCabe
John W. Saunders
Hamilton
Panama Severs Cuba Relations
Panama cut diplomatic ties with Cuba, becoming the second of 22 New World nations to do so within a week and the 13th in under three years. The move followed Fidel Castro’s late night remarks accusing Colombia and Panama of treachery.
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Panama City
UPI
Panama
Cuba
Coal City B&E Probed By Police
Reshaw State Police reported a break in at Tommy's Place in Coal City early today. Thieves forced entry, damaged a juke box and a shuffleboard machine, and took an undetermined amount of money during the incident. Investigators are pursuing leads.
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Reshaw
Tommy
Coal City
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Guaranty With Payment Plan
Sears Monument Co offers a written guarantee with every monument and a convenient payment plan. Located on Harper Road, contact CL 3-6480 for details.
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Sears
Sears Monument CO
Harper Road
Kennedy plans first Latin America trip for Alliance progress
The White House prepared for President Kennedy to visit Latin America with stops in Venezuela and Colombia as a goodwill gesture. Advance teams were told to expect military and naval personnel to line procession routes during the trip tied to the Alliance for Progress program expanding U. S. aid and guidance on self help.
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White House
Kennedy
Caracas
South America
Puerto Rico
Alliance For Progress
U. S
Venezuela
Colombia
Latin America
Methodists Plan To Include Negro Churches In West Virginia
Officials of the West Virginia Methodist Conference met in Charleston to advance plans for admitting Negro Methodist churches in eastern and southern West Virginia into the conference. About 30 churches in the area are involved as the Baltimore, East Tennessee and local communities move toward integration of church structure. A Tri Conference Committee on Race was formed to oversee a long range educational program and a two day workshop set for March 16 to 18.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Methodist Conference
West Virginia
Baltimore
East Tennessee
Fred G. Holloway
Charles Golden
Edgar Love
State Conference
Board of
Christian and Social Concerns
L. E. Crowson
Logan
A. C. Howe
Parkersburg
William G.,moore
Crowson
Seven Rescued After Amphibious Plane Crashes Near Nassau
A tug from Nassau towed the sinking PBY to Green Cay after it crashed 65 miles south of Nassau. All seven aboard were unhurt and believed from the Asheville Hickory area. The plane was en route from Caracas to Nassau when an engine failed.
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Miami
UPS
Bahamas
Miami Coast Guard
Maggie
Nassau
Green Cay
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Search and Rescue Office
Shuford Mills
Hickory
N.C
Alex Shuford
Stephenson PO Open After Fire
Stephenson post office remains open with Mrs. Betty Mitchem as postmaster after a Thursday blaze. Fire damaged the building ($600) and forced a temporary closure. quarters are set in an adjacent empty house. Fire Chief Clyde Newsome reports attic containment by Mullens Fire Department at 11 a.m. A. A. Mitchem owns the damaged building in Indiana. Knights Set Meet Oak Hill.
Final rites for Samuel H Webb at Ebenezer Baptist Church
Samuel H Webb of 738 S Fayette St dies after short illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev Corey O Mitchell officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Webb a UMWA Local 6109 member and King Hiram Abiff Masons Lodge 25 member. Survivors include wife Virginia R Webb a son Samuel in Spain two daughters Patricia Ann Webb in Washington DC a brother Johnnie and two sisters. Masonic rites Saturday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with lodge pallbearers. Body to church one hour before service.
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Samuel H. Webb
S. Fayette St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey O. Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Webb
Rocky Mount
United Mine Workers of America
Eastgulf
King Hiram Abiff Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Lodge
Beckley
Virginia R. Webb
Samuel
Spain
Patricia Ann Webb
Washington, D. C
Johnnie
Montgomery
Kate Mahan
Bluefield
Mary Wright
Ritchie and Johnson
Hallie Jones 78 Dies After Long Illness At Daughter’s Home
Mrs Hallie Myrtle Jones age 78 died at her daughter Mrs Dessie Richardson’s home in Eccles at 9 am after a long illness Born in Cabin Creek on March 24 1883 she was the daughter of the late Ben and Nettie Johnson Harris.
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Hallie Myrtle Jones
Dessie Richardson, Eccles
Cabin Creek
Ben and
Nettie Johnson Har
Kennedy names Roosevelt to lead equality commission
President Kennedy appoints Eleanor Roosevelt to head a 26 member commission to study means of ensuring women gain equal rights. Separate items note Berlin battle group transfers, union contracts for musicians, Crosby family plans, and other national briefs.
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Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt
U. S. Army
Berlin
West
American Federation of Musicians
Arthur Goldberg
Metropolitan Opera Association
Graveside rites for infant daughter in Stotesbury
Bobbie Jean Matthews infant daughter of Robert and Eddie Jean Treadway Matthews of Stotesbury died of asphyxiation in her bed early Thursday morning. Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. today in Oak Grove Cemetery with Rev. Bill Pittmann officiating. Williams Funeral Home arranged the services.
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Bobbie Jean Matthews
Robert
Eddie Jean Treadway Matthews
Stotesbury
Oak Grove
Bill Pittmann
Williams Funeral Home
Final rites for Cecil Davis in Inez Ky
Cecil Davis 55 of Charleston died Tuesday en route to a Charleston hospital after a heart attack. Born 1906 in Lovely Ky he was son of the late N T and Ella Harmon Davis. His wife died in 1935 and son Rodney was killed on the West Virginia Turnpike in 1953. Funeral in Inez was set for today at 1 p m.
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Cecil Davis
Charleston
Inez
M. Davis
Mabel Littoral
Oceana
Lovely
N. T
Ella Harmon Davis
Rodney
West Virginia
John L Jackson Funeral Rites In Ghent For Beckley Native
Funeral services for John Les ter Jackson 48 of Asheville N C formerly Beckley will be at 2 30 p m Sunday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev S D Smith officiating Burial will be in Tom Lilly Cemetery Ghent He died after a heart attack Thursday Jackson a member of First Baptist Church Asheville was a representative of Investor s Diversified Corp Born July 23 1913 at Edmonds he was a son of Mrs Annie Eddy Jackson of Charleston and the late James Jackson Surviving are his wife Erdine Griffith Jackson two daughters Carole and Nancy six brothers William of St Marys Ohio Edward and Thomas Ernest Herbert and Jack all of Charleston and one sister Mrs Charles Grover of St Albans Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday afternoon
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John Lester Jackson
Asheville
N. C
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace
Edmonds
Annie Eddy Jackson
Charleston
James Jackson
Erdine Griffith Jackson
Carole
Nancy
William
St. Mary’s
Ohio
Edward
Huntington
Thomas
Ernest
Herbert
Jack
Charles Grover
St. Albans
Feds Raid 150 Gambling Dens Across Nation
Federal agents and U S marshals swept 22 cities seizing 7 cars and 37000 dollars as 128 people were charged with evading federal gambling taxes. Raids targeted New York Detroit Baltimore Pittsburgh San Francisco Los Angeles Houston Macon Nashville Indianapolis Cincinnati and more. If convicted, defendants face up to one year in prison and a 10000 dollar fine.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
Detroit
New York
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Houston
Macon
Nashville
Tenn
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
U S 19 Route Relocation Talks Underway
Weston to Charleston corridor plans progress with U S 19 improvement funded by 50 50 federal state match and independent of I 79 location. Commissioner Sawyers cites hearings plans and potential relocation studies while noting timing and industrial traffic gains as key factors.
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Weston
Charleston
Weston - Mt. Morris
U. S. 19
Weston-to- Charleston
Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Sawyers
U. S
Kennedy to aid South Viet Nam to fight communists
President Kennedy promised more U S aid to South Viet Nam after Diem urged help against intensified communist attacks. The plan includes training, equipment shipments, and flood relief, with no immediate move to deploy U S combat troops. Rangers and airmen training continue as 400 additional Air Force personnel and helicopters arrive for surveillance and communications support.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
South Viet Nam
Diem
White House
United States
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Eichmann Receives Death Sentence In Israel Trial
The Jerusalem court sentenced Adolf Eichmann to death on all counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Judge Landau delivered the verdict noting Eichmann’s inner identification with orders. appeals and potential mercy to the Israeli president remain possible.
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Eichmann
Supreme Court
Israel
Kneset
Yitzhak Raveh
Benjamin Halevi
Landau
Adolf Eichmann
Top European News of 1961 Gagarin Leads Poll
European editors polling by SPI list Yuri Gagarin as the year’s top news story for 1961. Close behind are Hammarskjold’s crash death, the Soviet megaton blast, the Berlin wall erection, Kennedy’s inauguration and Vienna talks with Khrushchev, Eichmann trial, de Stalinization drive, Congo crisis, and the Bay of Pigs invasion.
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London
UPI
Weurope
SPI
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
Hammarskjold
Berlin
Kennedy
Vienna
Khrushchev
Eichmann
The
Congo
Greeley Mourns Loss In Train School Crash
A deadly train collision near Greeley claimed multiple children from Delta Elementary as rescue crews towed bodies to the Armory. Father Joe Brantner rushed to find his kids Kathy and Mark among the dead, while a community mourned the 135 students preparing for a Christmas program.
County Driver Jailed As Drunk
D. E. Wipperman, 56, of Sweeneysburg, released from Raleigh County Jail after posting 121.50 bond on drunk driving and no operator's license charges. Arrested by City Police on South Fayette Street at 5 a.m. today. Also noted Prosperity man Herbert Toney paid 25 fine and costs after reckless driving charge and two Maple Fork 14-year-olds arrested for shoplifting after being caught with knives and ammunition taken from Murphy Co. on Main Street.
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D. E. Wipperman
Sweeneysburg
Raleigh
Beckley
South Fayette St
Herbert Toney
Joe Rodriguez
Maple Fork
G. C. Murphy Co
Main Street
Macmillan Wins Confidence Vote Over Congo Cease Fire
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan won a large confidence vote in the House of Commons on aiming for a Congo cease fire and unity in the Congo. He said Britain and the United States share the same long term goals. A Labor amendment condemning government policy was defeated 320 to 226 with 11 abstentions. Macmillan cited a hopeful reply from Thant on cease fire efforts as MPs cheered.
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London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Katanga
Britain
United States
Congo
Kennedy
Washington
House of Commons
Laborites
Macmillan
Commons
United Nations
Thant
Rusk warns NATO of red threat across regions
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NATO allies the Communist drive in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Latin America could threaten the West as Berlin. He noted the U.S. is liberalizing trade and urged other nations to follow, while private talks warned Berlin may worsen before improving.
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Paris
UPI
Dean Rusk
America
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Berlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Rusk
Council
Ber
Raleigh County Seal Campaign Climbs Past Six Thousand
Raleigh County's Christmas Seal Campaign total now stands at 6,892.49 thanks to donor contributions. Ed C. Lewis, executive head of the County Tuberculosis and Health Association, notes the figure compares with 6,496.70 raised by this time last year.
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Raleigh County
NYC Replacing Bridge After Rail Tragedy
TRAF FIC on the New York Central area resumes next Wednesday as crews install a new bridge over the Poca River. The old span was toppled a month earlier when a freight derailment struck the structure, sending a double diesel unit into the river and killing two crewmen.
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Charleston
UPI
New York Central Area
Poca River
U.N. Momentum Holds Amid Narrow U.S. Cease-Fire Stance
The United Nations operation runs at peak momentum in hopes of talks that may not start. The State Department on Wednesday refused to back a cease-fire until the UN achieves minimum objectives of free movement and security for its negotiating mission. A high source reaffirmed the U.S. position late Thursday night.
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U.N
State Department
U.S
Sculptor J Lober 69 dies after brief illness
Deaths from New York to Beverly Hills report sculptor J Lober aged 69, famed for his George M Cohan statue in Duffy Square. Other obituaries include Mrs Lucy Garrick of Thomasville who died after 100th birthday congrats, Navy Captain Earle Kincaid veteran and author, and oil shale expert Herbert Linden aged 76.
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New York
UPI
J. Lober
George M. Cohan
Duffy Square
Thursph
Thomasville
Ala
Lucy E. Garrick
Eisenhower
Garrick
Beverly Hills, Calif
Herbert E. Linden
Late shopping hours begin tonight in retail districts
Beckley area stores announce extended evening hours starting tonight through December 22. Today and Saturday open until 9 p.m., then every evening next week until Saturday when closing time is 6 p.m. This schedule aims to help shoppers finish purchases before Christmas.
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Beckley
Ghent man improves after appendectomy at Raas General
Virgil French is reported improving at Raas General Hospital after undergoing an appendectomy Tuesday.
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Ghent
RNS
Virgil French
Raas General Hospital
Tuesay
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West Virginia Human Rights Commission
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