Fairdale Man Dies in Apparent Suicide
Jim Allen, 33, of Fairdale, died at his home about 9 a m today from self inflicted gunshot wounds to the face. His body was found by his wife Leola Allen in a bedroom after she returned from a neighbor's home. An empty 12 gauge shell was near the body. Police are investigating. the body is at Caffee Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Jim Allen
Fairdale
Leola Allen
Dillard
Allen
Cody Daniels
Cold Wave Grips East as Florida Fears Freeze
A severe cold wave spreads from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic with subzero readings across the Midwest and Plains. A United Press International count reports 64 weather related deaths in five days, while Florida braces for freezing temps and recalls 1945's disaster as Chicago hits 9 below zero and Los Angeles basks in 82 degrees.
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Insead
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Florida
United Press International
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
North Dakota
Alabama
New York State
Penn- Florida
Coast
Texas
Plains
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Chicago
O'Hare International
International
Minn
Grantsburg
Wis
Bradford
Ill
Mason City
Town
Minneapolis
England
New York
Pennsylvania
Tense US Soviet relations blamed on Eisenhower Nixon
The speaker states that relations between the United States and the Soviet Union have worsened recently. They attribute the blame to the Eisenhower Nixon administration, asserting the fault lies with U.S. policy rather than Soviet actions.
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United States
U.S.S.R
Living Costs Climb Slightly as Food Index Edges Up
The Labor Department reports food prices rose from October to November for the first time since 1951, lifting the overall food price index to 121.1 while the general index reached 127.3 in October. It would cost $12.73 to buy 1947-49 goods priced at $10 today. Officials cite seasonal factors and higher service costs, rejecting creeping inflation as the cause.
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Labor Department
Salvation Army Beckley aims for $5500 goal this season
Major Mary McVicker of the Beckley Salvation Army Citadel says the Christmas Cheer fund is $1486 short of its $5500 target. The Civitan Club raised 238.40 at the booth, bringing this year's total to 4013.10 after a $1164 letter appeal, with a $840 bookkeeping error noted earlier. Becckley Junior Chamber of Commerce currently manning the booth, Kiwanis to take over Saturday.
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Mary McVicker
Beckley
Civitan Club
SA Citadel
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Mass in Vatican for diplomatic corps and other Catholic rites
Pope John XX will lead midnight Mass in the Pauline Chapel for the diplomatic corps and the cathedral will mark Jesus birth with a private Mass in the Pope's chapel. Kennedy cake causes union tensions in Boston as Montillo plans a 550 pound centerpiece from a non union shop. House Judiciary chief Emanuel Celler proposes more revenue agents to enforce liquor tax laws amid moonshine crime. An 85 year old Ky woman in Lawrence County entered hospital with a fractured hip after a night in an unheated home. Donald K. Fry named assistant to president of Carolina Power and Light in Raleigh. Public assistance paid out 3 246 177 in relief checks. Supreme Court Judge Harlan M. Calhoun and James Lee Thompson sworn in to new positions in Putnam and Mason counties.
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Pauline Chapel
Jesus Christ
CIA
Kennedy
Boston
Ernest J. Montillo
Quincy
Montillo
Emauel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Lawrence County
Huntington
Louvina Barnett
Louisa
Donald K. Fry
Princeton
Carolina Power & Light Co
Supreme
Frank C. Haymond
Supreme Court
Harlan M. Calhoun
James Lee Thompson
29Th
Putnam
Mason Counties
Heart Surgery Patient Dies After Televised Op
In Charleston a 13 year old girl, Joan Cadle of Glenwood Elementary, died from a rare bleeding complication after open heart surgery televised Friday and Sunday on WCHS TV. Surgeons cited post transfusion risks and noted the operation began well but she deteriorated on day three. Funeral services are planned for Saturday at Otterbein Church in Jackson County.
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UPS
Joan Cadle
Glenwood
Otterbein
Jackson County
Wchs TV
Joan
Morris O'Dell
O'Dell
Parke Cadle
Christmas tape thefts plague Winston-Salem supermarkets
A Winston-Salem detective bureau spokesman says Scotch tape thefts are a common call from supermarkets this month. He suggests tape may be used to wrap stolen items as gifts, highlighting a growing shoplifting issue in area stores.
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Winston-Salem, N.C
UPI
Detective Bureau
Inferno Nightclub in Chicago Catches Fire Again
Inferno, a former Chicago nightclub, caught fire on Thursday marking its third blaze this year. The venue had been shuttered since March after previous fires.
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Chicago
UPI
Four Hardy Tars Stay With Pine Ridge's Stern Section
NORFOLK VA UP I four daring seamen from the tug Curb aided John Richart of Wilmington Del after Pine Ridge broke up the stern stayed upright and salvageable while eight others including Capt Clark Snyder apparently drowned aboard the bow. Navy Coast Guard and merchant ships searched through the night as helicopters plucked survivors from the perilous stern section.
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Norfolk
UPI
Curb
John Richart
Wilmington
Del
Clark Snyder
Merrit Chapman and Scott
New York
Coast Guard
Cape Hatteras
Navy
Snyder
Pine Ridge
Valley Forge
Paul Guetzow
Chicago
Eaton
Richart
Kurt Carlsen
Flying Enterprise
Edith Richart
Carlsen
English
Caroline Agog Over Christmas at Kennedy Family Home
In Palm Beach the Kennedy clan prepares for Christmas before the White House tenure. Caroline Kennedy watches for stockings while baby John Jr. is due Christmas Day. A 26 foot tree from the West Palm Beach Optimist Club arrives for the large living room. Mrs Kennedy will supervise trimming when she arrives after New Year.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
John F. Kennedy
White House
Atlantic Ocean
Caroline Kennedy
Py Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr
Santa Claus
West Palm Beach
Caroline
Seven Apply for Jobs at Beckley Employment Office
Seven persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Thursday. They were: one purchasing agent, one road roller operator, two truck drivers, one machinist, one power shovel operator and one coal cutting machineman.
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Beckley
BNC Employees Aid Indigent Families This Year
Santa Claus received a helping hand from the Beckley Newspaper Corp. employees again this year. They donated money to buy food for needy families, packed the food, and made deliveries Thursday night to area households.
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Santa Claus
Beckley Newspaper Corp
Funeral arrangements for Norman C. Crouch of Santa Monica
Norman C. Crouch, 27, of Santa Monica formerly of Spanishburg, died in a car crash near Indio, California, early Thursday. Born February 15, 1983, he was the son of Willie and Flossie Keys Crouch of Spanishburg, a Spanishburg High School graduate and Korean War veteran, who worked as an insurance agent in Santa Monica. Survivors include daughter Shirley and two sons Craig and Mitchell, all of Santa Monica. His body will be brought to Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton.
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Norman C
Santa Monica
Calif
Burg
Crouch
Indico
Rock
Willie
Flossie Keys Crouch
Spanishburg
Shirley
Craig
Mitchell
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Hess Frank Wessel death notice in Midway area
Frank Wessel Hess 77 of Midway died at Raleigh General Hospital at 6 20 am after a 10 year illness. He retired from coal mining in 1948 after 46 years in the mines. Survivors include wife Winnie Hess one son Basil Eric Pa two daughters Zela Freeland and Steve Soltes Beckley and Betty Craddock Midway a brother Harry and sister Elizabeth Quick Ronceverte. Funeral in Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia with Rev Wade Webb to officiate. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers Walter Taylor Joe Chandler Lloyd Graham Glen Paisley Claude Pate John Carter Marley Nooncaster Vernon Riddle.
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Frank Wessel Hess
Midway
Raleigh General Hospital
Hess
Affinity
United Mine Workers of America
Lewisburg
John
Rebecca Hess
McAlpin Baptist Church
Winnie Hess
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Walter Taylor
Joe Chandler
Lloyd Graham
Glen Paisley
Claude Pate
John Carter
Marley Nooncaster
Vernon Riddle
Funeral services for Mrs Amelia B Bell in Arnett
Funeral services for Mrs Amelia Bertha Bell 65 of Arnett will be at 2 p m Saturday in the Arnett Chapel with Rev Wade Webb officiating. Burial at Massey Branch Cemetery Arnett. She died Thursday after noon in Beckley hospital after a long illness. Survivors include husband Jess two sons Jess Jr and Marvin both of Arnett seven daughters and numerous grandchildren. Means will be taken from Armstro Funeral Home in Wiese to the home at 4 p m. Pallbearers listed. Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill handled arrangements.
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Amelia Bertha Bell
Arnett
Wade Webb
Massey Branch
Bell
Beckley
Jess
Jess Jr
Marvin
Ethel Combs
Mildred Cook
Edna Clay
Newton Falls
Ohio
Beulah Morris
Chicago
Ill
Mary Thompson
Cleveland
Winnie Combs
Elizabethtown
Alice McMillion
Glenn Daniel
Sam Massey
Elizah Cook
Susie Underwood
Armstro Funeral Home
Wiese
Denver McCormick
Wannie Brown
Junior
Tommy
Arthur Milam
Warren Webb
Funeral service for Mrs. Sarah L Meadows
Mrs. Sarah L Meadows 73 of Camp Creek will be buried at Jennings Cemetery after services at Stovall Ridge Baptist Church near Camp Creek Saturday at 2 p m. She died Thursday at 5 30 a m at her daughter’s home. Born April 16 1887 in Window she was a daughter of John W Brown and the late Mrs Brown. Survivors include six daughters Grace Roberts Ethel Meadows Virginia Meadows of Princeton Elbert Meadows June Meadows two sons the Rev Ivan Meadows and Roosevelt Meadows 49 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. The body will be taken from Princeton to the home at Camp Creek today and to the church before services.
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Sarah Lou Meadows
Camp Creek
Stovall Ridge Baptist Church
Wiley Cullop
Arlie Davis
Jennings Cemetery
Mrs. Minerva Lilly Dead at 79 in Jonben
Mrs. Minerva Lilly aged 79 died at 7 a.m. today at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Minerva Lilly
Jonben
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Tragedy Strikes Goodwin Family in Glen White
Harold Edward Goodwin, 15, died at 7 30 p m after a long illness at a local hospital. He is survived by his mother Mrs Helen Marie Goodwin three sisters Carleen Aileen Jeane Gale and brothers Ronald Wayne and Ellis Grady all at home. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p m Saturday in the Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Ellis Grady Goodwin
Glen White
Harold Edward
Harold
Helen Marie Goodwin
Carleen
Aileen
Jeane Gale
Ronald Wayne
Ellis Grady
Webb and Neal
Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral Home
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Lee Magdalene Light
Mrs. Lee Magdalene Light of Wriston, 67, died in Oak Hill Hospital at 8:12 am. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Saturday at Wriston Church of God with Rev. Norman Foster officiating. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill. She was born January 20, 1893 in Wriston and was a Church of God member. Survived by husband William Alfred Light and five sons Leonard, Wriston. Glen, Pineville. and three others.
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Lee
Magdalene Light
Wriston
Wriston Church
City Driver Jailed on Drunkenness Count
Seldon Gardner Linkous of Raleigh County was booked at 12:25 a.m. on a charge of driving while drunk by State Police. Thomas A. Makra of Oregon, Ohio, was jailed at 3:50 p.m. Thursday by an FBI agent and charged with being absent without leave from the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Seldon Gardner Linkous
Piney Ave
Raleigh
Oregon
Ohio
Thomas A. Makra
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Marine Corps
Truman and MacArthur clash over atomic bombs in Korea
The exchange centers on whether the atomic bomb should have been used in the Korean War. Truman defends bombing Japan, says arms could have ended the Korea conflict, while MacArthur denies advocating atom bombs and criticizes public history.
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Washington
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38Th Parallel
Japan
Chicago Sun-Times
Irv Kupcinet
Wbbm-Tv
Kupcinet
China
Russia
House of Representatives
Joe Martin
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lpart
Fire Destroys Coal City Home
The Eu gene Rubin family home in Coal City was destroyed by a fire around 11 a.m. Loss is estimated at $8,500 with most of the damage from a poor local water supply. Neighbors and fire crews worked to prevent spread to nearby houses. insurance partially covers the damage.
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Coal City
Eugene Rubin
Rubin
Sophian Fire Department
Beckley Fire Department
Beckley
Stotesbury Miner Injured in Blast at Wharton Mine
George Burke Niday, 28, of Stotesbury, is listed in very good condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after suffering burns Thursday in an Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates mine blast at Wharton. Three other miners were burned. Curtis Edwart Vint, 43, of Barrett, and Robert C. Poore, 33, of Bim, were hospitalized in Charleston. The fourth victim remained unidentified.
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George Burke Niday
Stotesbury
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Wharton
Curtis Edwart Vint
Barrett
Robert C. Poore
Bim
Charleston
Phone Listed For Donations for Kirk Family
A Raleigh Red Cross spokesman urged donations of money or clothing for the Charles Kirk family of Shady Spring after a Wednesday fire. They lost belongings and are staying with Mrs. Fred Thomas Glen Morgan while seeking housing. contact CL 2-4385 for pickup.
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Raleigh Red Cross
Charles Kirk
Shady Spring
Fred Thomas Glen Morgan
Kirk
Thomas
Ten Die In Two Fires In Midwest Deaths in Hartford City and Chicago
Two fires in the Midwest killed ten people, including a mother and four children in Hartford City Indiana and another mother and four children in Chicago. Names include Myrtle Brown 32 and Agnes Coleman 39 with several children. fires caused by gasoline explosions or heat suffocation. Fathers were at work. victims died from intense heat, not burns.
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Midwest
Hartford City
Ind
Chicago
Myrtle Brown
Samuel
John
Rosemary
Debra
Agnes Coleman
Marsha
Myron
Tammy
Jimmy
Gloria
Ronnie
Albert Jr
Indianapolis
Central Opposes C and O and B&O Merger Drive
NYC Plans Court said merger of the two other rail roads would be detrimental to the public interest to Central and to the B&O. The Central will use every effort to defeat this grab of power. We intend to fight before the Interstate Commerce Commission and if necessary through the courts. C&O and B&O merger would be the nation’s second largest railroad and require ICC approval. Central could challenge ICC action in court. C&O President Walter Touhy announced a 30 day period from Jan 3 to Feb 2 for other B&O shareholders to accept the offer, predicting more acceptances by Feb 2.
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B&o
Interstate Commerce Commission
C&o
ICC
Walter Touhy
Touhy
Cub Scouts and Church Society Offer Christmas Treats
About 30 shut ins in the East Park area will receive fruit and candy baskets from Cub Scout Pack 50 and Welcome Baptist Church at Christmas. The annual event is co sponsored by the scouts and the church Missionary Society.
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East Park
Cub Scout
Welcome Baptist Church
The
Scouts
the Missionary Society of the Church
Harper Man Injured In Thursday Night Fight
Herbert Harper, 67, is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after being admitted Thursday night following a fight. State Police report he was injured around 11 10 p m. Thursday.
Breaks Leg In Fall On East Prince Street
Mrs. Ella Booth of 220 East Prince Street is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital with a broken right leg from a fall on East Prince Street Wednesday evening.
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Ella Booth
East Prince St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
East Prince Street
Pigs Stolen as Young Driver Detained in Durand
In Durand Wisconsin police stopped 18 year old Orville Easland driving a new convertible after discovering a load of pigs had been stolen from a local farmer. Easland was jailed while investigators check the case.
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Durand
Wis
UPI
Orville Easland
Lake Central names manager as W V service awaits CAB approval
Lake Central Airlines, awaiting final Civil Aeronautics Board clearance to operate in West Virginia, names William Hughes of Columbus as resident manager for the Charleston ticket office. Hughes previously assisted at Columbus station. The CAB had awarded routes to five West Virginia cities but suspended pending study of Piedmont competing fares. Lake Central released flight schedules for Elkins, Bridgeport, Morgantown, Wheeling, and Charleston.
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Charleston
API
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lake Central Airlines
William Hughes
Columbus
Ohio
Lake Central
CAB
West Virginia
American
Capital Airlines
Perand
Piedmont Airines
Elkins
Bridgeport
Morgantown
Wheeling
Hike In Needy Aid Sets Jan 1
Needy West Virginians on DPA rolls will receive extra flour and lard after January 1. The State Public Assistance Office said 100000 pounds of flour and 60000 pounds of lard will be added monthly for about 300 indigent recipients. Flour allotments rise to 30, 40, and 50 pounds for two, four, and six person families. Lard increases provide 2 pounds for a single person and one additional pound per family member for families of two or more.
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Charleston
UPI
West
Byrd
Washington
DPA
Perry
LBJ Decision Looms On Resigning Senate Seat
Vice President elect Lyndon B. Johnson faces a timing dilemma on resigning his Senate seat before Inauguration Day. Options include resigning now for Blakley’s quick appointment, resigning after the January swearing in, or declining the new term. Kennedy previously resigned his seat, leading to an appointment for Benjamin A. Smith II. Johnson’s choice affects Blakley’s seniority and pay for Johnson staff.
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Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
William Blakley
John F. Kennedy
Benjamin A. Smith II
Gloucester
Mass
Kennedy
Harvard
Johnson
Blakley
Major McVicker Home From Raleigh General Hospital
Major McVicker of the Army Citadel was released from Raleigh General Hospital on Thursday after receiving treatment since Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McVicker
Beckley
Salvation Army
Raleigh General Hospital
Miner Injured at Maben Mine in Winding Gulf
Raleigh County miner Louis Blevins was treated for a smashed finger after an accident at the Maben mine operated by Winding Gulf Coals Inc in Mullens this morning.
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Maben
Louis Blevins
Raleigh County
Mullens
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc
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