Kentucky Miners Squabble Over Distribution Of Gifts
In Hazard Kentucky a nine member committee organizes relief aid for flood distressed coal region amid dissension over who should receive most gifts. Aware of publicity, organizers vow aid to all needy families, regardless of picket status, with screening to prioritize truly destitute households. A Flying Boxcar plans to deliver thousands of toys shoes and flour while a warehouse is arranged to receive donations and coordinate distribution.
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Hazard, Ky
UPI
Herald
Louise Hatmaker
Train Hits Truck in Florida. 3 Dead, 40 Hurt
The Seaboard Air Line Silver Star crashed into a fully loaded orange truck at a crossing near Okeechobee. Three people died including two crewmen and the truck driver. about 40 injured, 22 seriously. Engineer E D Emerson survived, crewman William Bell and baggage master H O Slaughter killed. Train carried 160 passengers and 22 crew, left Miami at 4:25 p.m. bound for New York.
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Okeechobee, Fla
UPI
Seaboard Air Line
Silver Star
Okeechobee General Hospital
E. D. Emerson
Emerson
Richmond
William Bell
Tampa
H. O. Slaughter
Fort Pierce
Miami
New York
Two Drivers Cleared After Johnstown Road Crash
No charges were filed following a two car collision on Johnstown Road at 7 24 p m Thursday. A 1960 model car driven by Toney Tipane 29 Mab scott collided head on with a 1960 model car driven by Carol Jacobowski 1 of Scarbro causing about 500 in damage. No injuries were reported.
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Johnstown Road
Toney Tipane
Mabscott
Carol Jacobowski
Scarbro
Court Rules Iowa Can't Close 2 Amish Schools
A district court judge in Independence Iowa ruled the state lacks power to shut two Amish private schools near Oelwein though teachers lack formal qualifications. Judge Peter Van Metre said the state can only enforce compulsory attendance laws and require instruction meeting minimum standards, not close private schools. The ruling emphasizes parents may be compelled to ensure schooling while schools may operate within free speech and choose their curriculum within bounds.
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Independence. Iowa
UPI
State of
Iowa
Peter van Metre
Buchanan County
Oelwein
van Metre
Polaris missiles in submarines details continue
Polaris has been operational in nuclear powered submarines for two years. Each submarine carries 16 missiles. There are nine submarines at sea. Missiles launch from submerged tubes by compressed air and ignite about 80 feet above water. Guidance keeps the missile on course. First six submarines carry 1,200 nautical mile range rockets. The remaining three carry 1,500 nautical mile range missiles and a 2,500 mile version is under development.
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Listic
Polaris
Blaze Destroys Top Floor of Charleston Building
Firefighters work to determine the cause after a Thursday blaze in Charleston's business district. The two story structure on Captiol Street housed the Peppermint Lounge on the upper floor and Mountaineer Restaurant plus Maynard's Pet and Garden Supplies on the ground floor. Property damage estimated at 65 000 to 75 000 dollars with no injuries reported.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Mountaineer
Maynard’s
No Skating Today at Two Parks in Beckley
No ice skating at New River Park today and skating there is doubtful for Saturday. Frank Rodriguez, Beckley Recreation director, cites uncertain conditions. Possibility of skating at Little Beaver Park could not be learned at presstime.
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New River Park
Frank Rodriguez
Beckley Recreation
Little Beaver Park
Deaths Mrs Elsie Neighbors 70 of Harlem Heights
Mrs Elsie Neighbors a retired Fayette County school teacher died at 12 30 a m today while visiting her daughter Mrs Pauline Wilson in Baltimore Maryland She was a Bluefield State graduate who taught about 23 years Survivors include another daughter Mrs Patty Wilson Beckley and two sons Dennis Greenstown and Buster Baltimore The body is being returned to Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor for arrangements.
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Elsie Neighbors
Harlem Heights
Pauline Wilson
Baltimore
Bluefield
Rites for Mrs Ruby Webb and Orval Ramsey Set Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Janet Webb 67 of Glace will be at 2 p m Saturday at the Glace Baptist Church with Rev Paul Peterson officiating Burial will be in Dowdy Cemetery Glace She died Thursday at her home after a long illness She was born April 12 1895 in Roane County daughter of Samuel J and Sarah Fox Kelly A member of Seventh Day Adventist Church Lewisburg The Shanklin Funeral Home White Sulphur Springs is in charge Final rites for Orval Daphen Ramsey 47 of Edmond will be at 2 p m Saturday at the Jeanette Baptist Church with Rev Bert Jones Burial will be in Nuttal Cemetery Edmond Ramsey died Thursday in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness He was a coal miner and a member of Jeanette Baptist Church Born Jan 30 1915 in Edmond he was a son of George Ramsey and Mary Stroud Ramsey He is survived by wife Bessie daughter Reta Faye four sons Eddie George Tommy and Orval Jr four sisters Ophelia Shrout Kilsyth Eva Ellison Volas Campbell Lola Seacrist Edmond four brothers Elmer Beckley Jake Edmond Joe Sedalia Mo and Lovell Pinkneyville Ill The body will remain at Wallace Funeral Chapel East Rainelle and be taken to the church one hour prior to the funeral
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Ruby Janet Webb
Glace
Paul Peterson
Webb
Jack Webb
Fayetteville
Roane County
Samuel J
Sarah Fox Kelly
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Lewisburg
Shanklin Funeral Home
White Sulphur Springs
Orval Daphen Ramsey
Edmond
Jeanette Baptist Church
Bert Jones
Nuttal
Ramsey
Montgomery
George Ramsey
Mary Stroud Ramsey
Bessie Ramsey
Reta Faye
Eddie
George
Tommy
Orval Jr
Ophelia Shrout
Kilsyth
Eva Ellison
Volas Campbell
Lola Seacrist
Elmer
Beckley
Jake
Joe
Sedalia
Lovell
Pinkneyville
Ill
Wallace and Wallace Funeral
East Rainelle
Miner-turned-cabinet maker Leslie Hale dies at 51
Leslie Hale, 51, of Jacksonville Florida formerly Coal City died at 12 30 am in a Jacksonville hospital from a long heart illness. He worked in Lillybrook mines while in Coal City then moved about seven years ago to Jackson ville for cabinet making. Survivors include wife Carrie and ten children Eugene Kenneth Finley Jimmy Perry all of Jacksonville a brother Elmer Hale MacArthur and sister Artutis Williams Artie. Funeral services will be held Monday in Jacksonville.
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Leslie Hale
Jacksonville
Fla
Coal City
Lillybrook
Carrie Hale
Faye
Joyce
Eugene
Kenneth
Finley
Jimmy
Perry
Elmer Hale
MacArthur
Artutis Williams
Artie
Charles M Adkins Funeral Obituary in West Virginia
Funeral services for Charles Madison Adkins 67 of Winona will be at 2 p m Sunday at Brackens Creek Methodist Church Russellville Rev Wesley Pennington to officiate Burial in church cemetery Adkins died Thursday in Oak Hill hospital after a long illness He was a retired coal miner Born June 25 1895 in Roane County son of the late John Wesley and Claire Deel Adkins Survivors include seven daughters Elsie Ross Opal Ewing Joan Hunt Loretta Adkins and Alice Jeanne and Ellen all at home four sons Charles Albert Harry and Wayne all in state or at home two sisters Lillie Ramsey and Dixie Treadway and four brothers Adam Elliott George and Woodrow The body will be taken from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel in East Rainelle to the home at 5 p m Saturday and
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Charles Madison Adkins
Winona
Brackens Creek Methodist Church
Russellville
Wesley Pennington
Adkins
Oak Hill
Roane County
John Wesley
Claire Deel Adkins
Elsie Ross
Opal Ewing
Powellton
Joan Hunt
Cleveland
Ohio
Loretta Adkins
Washington, D. C
Alice
Jeanne
Ellen
Charles
Albert
Ansted
Harry
Wayne
Lillie Ramsey
Victor
Dixie Treadway
Edmond
Adam
Elliott
Hico
George
Quinwood
Woodrow
Meadow Bridge
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Euchler Infant Final Rites Held In Peterstown
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Euchler of Peterstown died at birth in a Pearlsburg Virginia hospital. Funeral arrangements were by Broyles Funeral Home with services in Peterstown Cemetery conducted by Rev. Charles Potts. Meanwhile U S Air Force Lt Gordon P Darling of Springfield Mass died in Okinawa after a tanker crash that killed eight others near Kadena Airbase.
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William Euchler
Peterstown
Sophia
Charles Potts
Pearlsburg
Broyles
Naha
Okinawa
UPI
U. S. Air Force
Gordon P. Darling
Springfield
Mass
Kadena
Funeral services for Robert E. King in Chicago
Funeral services are set for Saturday for Robert E. King aged 63, general passenger traffic manager of the Rock Island Lines. He died at his room in suburban Glencoe on Thursday.
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Chicago
UPI
Robert E. King
Rock Island Lines
Glencoe
Sawyer, Baldwinsville police justice, dies at 69
George Patrick Sawyer aged 69 and serving as the Baldwinsville police justice in Onondaga County died Thursday night at his home. He presided in the village and was a longtime local official.
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Baldwinsville
N.Y
UPI
George Patrick Sawyer
Onondaga County
Winter Crackup Brightens Some, Hurts Others
The line captures a winter mood where a hearty laugh for some masks a harsher outcome for others, noting how a joke can heal spirits yet sting or injure someone who bears the cost of the moment.
Kennedy Macmillan hold final talks in Nassau
Leaders review Western defenses and East West relations during a two day conference. Prime Ministers Kennedy and Macmillan plan separate country visits with Diefenbaker joining for talks, while Skybolt is scrapped and Britain seeks a substitute.
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Britain
Skybolt
Kennedy
Nassau
Macmillan
India
Hopes For Snow In Pennsylvania And Holiday Travel
Commissioner Frank McCartney expects snow will cut highway fatalities through safer driving while Iowa official Carl Pesch warns drinkers will be removed from cars. San Francisco carriers add holiday sections amid rising travel. An AA member in Erie plans to sponsor 28 underprivileged families, reflecting a shift from drinking to Christmas spirit.
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Pennsylvania
Frank McCartney
Iowa
Carl Pesch
Bethlehem Church
Chicago
South Side
Wartburg College
Waverly
San Francisco
Alcoholics Anonymous
Erie
Mine violence claim over royalty payments surfaces in Charleston
UMW District 17 President Raymond O. Lewis said in Charleston Thursday that the Dot son shooting was provoked by mine officials who allegedly brandishing firearms.
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Pute
UMW District 17
Raymond O. Lewis
Charleston
Dotson
Beclleyan Posts Bond For Sam Wilson On Fighting Charge
Beckley resident Sam Wilson, 20, was released from Raleigh County Jail after posting a $19 bond to the city. He had been arrested and jailed at 10 p m Thursday by City Police on a fighting charge. George William Price of Clarksburg was jailed today at 3 45 a m on a parole violation.
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Sam Wilson
Beckley
Raleigh County
George William Price
Clarksburg
One of the saddest things about long arguments
A reflective remark on how prolonged marital disputes erode intimacy and harmony, noting that ongoing quarrels become a quiet drain on couples' daily lives and emotional connection.
Suit Filed Over 1950 Pickup Car Collision
Fred die Morris sues Ethel Marie McClure and George Daniels in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office alleging McClure drove from a side road into the Blair vehicle on June 23 injuring Morris. He cites intoxication and negligence by McClure and Daniels and seeks a jury trial. Morrison, represented by Kermit A. Locke, claims $500 medical costs and permanent injuries.
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Freddie Morris
Ethel Marie McClure
George Daniels
Raleigh
Morris
Sherman Blair
Harper
George Daniel
Blair
Tito's Vacation Ends as Train Heads Home From Moscow
Yugoslav President Tito ended his Soviet visit and prepared to return home after talks with Premier Khrushchev. Khrushchev pledged continued Soviet aid and cooperation as Tito crossed into Hungary and planned a brief stop in Budapest on the way to Belgrade. The meeting emphasized tighter Soviet Yugoslav relations despite Chinese objections and aimed at possible Comecon cooperation without full membership.
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Moscow
UPI
Tito
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Kiev
Hungary
Budapest
Belgrade
Comecon
Western powers refuse nuclear test moratorium pledge
Geneva based report says Western powers will not join any controlled moratorium on nuclear testing during the Christmas recess of the disarmament conference. The 17 nation talks recessed until Jan. 15. US and Britain will not match a possible unilateral Russian halt after year’s start. Russia hints at such a declaration.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
United States
Britain
Deaf youth regains hearing after Christmas heroism
Jerry Bush a 20 year old deaf mute from San Rafael California saved a four year old from drowning. Hearing aid distributor Arnold Ormsbee read of the act and fitted Jerry with a device. When a door slammed Jerry spoke his first word and repeated up as the volume was turned up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Rafael
Calif
UPI
Jerry Bush
Jerry
Arnold Ormsbee
Ormsbee
Forfeitures Arrive At Beckley Police Court
Six defendants in Beckley forfeited bonds totaling 122 dollars during Thursday night proceedings. Rebert Sloan posted five dollars for blocking a traffic lane and Tom E. McGrady forfeited fifty seven dollars on reckless driving and no registration card charges. Kenneth G. Anderson posted five dollars for a red light violation. Three others forfeited fifty five dollars on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Rebert Sloan
Tom E. McGrady
Kenneth G. Anderson
Beaver
Loan Fund Set Up At WVU Memorial Fund Named
Morgantown UPI reports a former Wheeling attorney, the late Charles McCamb, willed 1000 to establish a Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Loan Fund at West Virginia University.
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Morgantown
UPI
Wheeling
Charles McCamb
West Virginia University
Robbery at Ramey’s Amoco Station on 2nd Street
Beckley police investigate a breaking and entering at Ramey’s Amoco on 2nd Street between midnight and 6 a.m. Thursday. Thieves broke a rear window to enter and stole about $45 in currency.
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Beckley City
Ramey
Amoco
2Nd Street
Peace Corps Director Sees International Movement Growing
Washington reports that Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver says fifteen other nations have chosen to launch programs like his agency. He asserts the effort is expanding beyond the United States as a global phenomenon.
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Washington
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
Beckleyans To Serve Princeton Scouts
The Order of the Arrow Hytone Lodge Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts of America plans a 6:30 p m banquet Thursday at the Town and Country Restaurant for installation of officers James Snider lodge chief James Bowling Jr vice chief Danny McCoy secretary and Kenny Coleman Princeton treasurer Also to be discussed are committee reports lodge business Anyone wanting to attend should notify Albert Allen Jr by Saturday.
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Order of the Arrow
Hytone Lodge
Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts of America
Princeton
Beckley
Princeton Turnpike
James Snider
James Bowling Jr
Danny McCoy
Retary
Kenny Coleman
Albert Allen Jr
Chamber Dues Raised To Match Program
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce will raise annual dues to 40 dollars with 15 dollars for associates. The move, proposed by E. D. Armstrong, aims to align dues with planned activities. A 10 member contact group will cultivate new members. 1963 structure was approved. Appalachian Power seeks support for the Upper New River Project, two dams in Grayson County Virginia, with a chamber committee to review.
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Robert Hamilton
E. D. Armstrong
Hamilton
West Virginia
Beckley
James McCabe
Jack Lloyd
Appalachian Power Co
Appalachian
Upper New River
Lloyd
Chamber
New River
Grayson County
Gary Demands Clean Sweep in Gary City Hall
Gary Indiana UA Citizens Association urges full housecleaning of the city administration naming Mayor John Visclosky and councilmen George Ferhat Alois Wozniak and Terry Gray for resignation. The group also seeks removal of officials tied to former mayor George Chacharis graft case and tax evasion charges.
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Gary, Ind
UPI
Glen Park
Visclosky
Chacharis
Eisenhower Made Chairman of Freedoms Foundation
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower was named chairman of the Freedoms Foundation board at the group's Valley Forge headquarters. He praised the organization as a noble effort and expressed honor in joining members to broaden support for its work honoring individuals, schools and groups for advancing freedom and the American way.
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Valley Forge
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Freedoms Foundation
Eisenhower
Foundation
The
Former U N Minister To Teach At Bethany College
Dr Hsieh Ren Wei long time Nationalist China's minister to the United Nations will join Bethany College as professor of physics and public affairs starting February 1. He designed a micro film reader for China in World War II and served as dean at the University of Nanking for 16 years. He earned his PhD in physics at the University of Chicago in 1928 and created an electric battery invention and China s early audio visual education program. Wei produced the first color motion picture of a total solar eclipse in 1936 in Hokkaido Japan.
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China
Wei
Hokaido
Japan
Suits Dismissed Against Mingo City Officials
Williamson Mayor John H. Brown city clerk Sara Linkous councilman Glen Barrett and former water superintendent Ted Layne had indictments for payroll padding and embezzlement of 1375 dollars dismissed by Mingo County Circuit Court Judge Ferguson at the prosecutor’s request.
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Williamson
UPI
John H. Brown
Mingo County
C. W. Ferguson
Mark Russell
Brown
Sara E. Linkous
Glen T. Barrett
Ted Layne
DAV Chapter 18 Holds Christmas Party for Members
Disabled American Veterans Chapter 18 and its Auxiliary hosted a Christmas gathering for members and families in the Greenbrier Dairy Social Room Thursday night. Commander O. P. Shade reported more than 100 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 18
Greenbrier Dairy
O. P. Shade
Pack 7 Christmas Party Demonstrates Tree Handling
Cub Scout Pack 7 and parents held a Christmas party Thursday night at First Christian Church. Fred C. Roberts, math instructor at Woodrow Wilson High School, led the program for about 100 attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Fred C. Roberts
Woodrow Wilson High School
Winter Weather Forecast From Charleston SRC
Winter Weather Bureau in Charleston reports at least four more inches of snow in Charleston and the Northern Panhandle on the first day of winter. SRC notes up to five inches fell overnight in Brooke Hancock Marshall Ohio Tyler and Wetzel counties with two to eight inches in Barbour Braxton Gilmer Lewis and Upshur counties. Motorists urged to use chains in northern rural areas as rain in the southwest turns to sleet and more snow is forecast east and north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SRC
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Randolph
Tucker
Princeton
Parkersburg
Marion
Monongalia
Preston
World Assembly Actions Endorse Thant Term and Costs Rule
The assembly in Hungary urged continued conciliation and aid for Palestine. Its three main measures elected Thant as secretary general for a full term through November 1966, accepted a World Court advisory opinion that peacekeeping cost assessments are binding on all members, and scheduled an international trade conference to accelerate development in poorer nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Palestine
Thant
World Court
Lighter Side Grundy and the Oxford Dictionary Claim
The author cites the Oxford dictionary as an authority on nursery rhymes, claiming it has gathered almost everything known about them. He argues that its verification of his assertion about Grundy’s demise warrants recognition as genius-for-a-day, despite others' disagreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Oxford Dictionary
Drivers Pay Fines in Magistrate Burke Court
Two drivers paid a total of 10 in fines to Magistrate W A Gene Burke. David K Plumley of Mount Hope paid 5 fine and costs on improper passing cited December 15 by State Police. Carlos E Stover of MacArthur paid 5 fine and costs on defective equipment cited November 29 by State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A
Gene) Burke
David K. Plumley
Mount Hope
Carlos E. Stover
MacArthur
Better to Be Fired By Your Own Ambition Than Others
A reflective adage contrasts firing for personal drive versus being dismissed due to someone else’s anger. It emphasizes self-motivation and responsibility in career outcomes. The saying urges individuals to pursue internal goals rather than be shaped by external hostility.
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W. P. Nolan
Weekly
Hazard Herald
Chamber of Commerce
Plane
California
Hollywood
United Mine Workers Union Welfare and Retirement Fund
Capital Fire Project
Mrs. Elsie Neighbors
Ruby J. Webb
Charles M. Adkins
Euchler Infant
TOY
3Rd Avenue
John Diefenbaker
Palm Beach
London
Beckleyan
Daniels
Ethel McClure
Kermit A. Locke
Ramey Station
Beckleyans
Gary
U.N
Bethany
Mingo City
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