Cars Wreck Alike In Same Place An Hour Apart
A station wagon skidded on ice near Garden Ground in Mount Hope and rolled over, injuring driver Fred Segle of 661 W Jackson St Painesville Ohio who is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital. An hour later a black and white Chevrolet struck the same patch, overturned, landing on the first car. police plan an investigation.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Fred Segle
W. Jackson St. Painesville
Ohio
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Deaths and Funerals in Beckley Area
Obituaries record deaths at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital including Jess Willard Miller 41 of Charleston and Albert Brooks 68 of Washington D C. Final rites for Grover Cleveland Maynor Jr 47 of Cittsville set at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Knights of Pythias Cemetery Pax after burns from a house trailer fire. Funeral arrangements completed for Daniel Harrison Childs 69 of Tampa formerly East Beckley with services at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Jess Willard Miller
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Fiddler and Frame Funeral Home
Belle
Albert Brooks
Washington, D. C
Trent Funeral Home
Grover Cleveland Maynor Jr
Cittsville
Tyree Funeral Home
E. C. Farmer
Mount Hope
Knights of Pythias
Pax
Maynor
Maben
Final rites for Troy C Blankenship in Princeton
Final rites are set for Troy C Blankenship 50 of Princeton at 1 p.m. at the Pentecostal Byrdvale Road. He died at 5 30 a.m. Monday in a Beckley hospital. A World War II veteran and retired miner, he was born July 12 1910 in Ingleside, son of the late Ann and Ann Swim Blankenip. Survivors include a daughter Aloma Jean Blankenship of Pulaski Virginia a brother Luther of Princeton and three sisters Leona Kennedy Pineville E C Jones Princeton and Virgie Keatley Princeton.
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Troy C. Blankenship
Princeton
Byrdvale Road
Blankenship
Beckley Hospital
Ingleside
Ann
Ann Swim Blankenip
Aloma Jean Blankenship
Pulaski, Va
Luther
Leona Kennedy
Pineville
E. C. Jones
Virgie Keatley
Final rites for Mrs Lillian Moseley held in Huntington
Mrs Lillian Susan Moseley 74 of Middlesboro Ky formerly of Huntington died Monday in a Middlesboro hospital after a short illness. Funeral at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Huntington at 11 am Thursday with Rev Woodrow W Clark officiating. Burial in Woodmere Cemetery Huntington. She was born January 11 1886 at Corliss daughter of the late Will and Lillian Amick. Her husband Capt H A Moseley preceded her in death. Survived by a son William of Decatur Ga five grandchildren and four siblings. The body was moved from Caywood Funeral Home Middlesboro to Bee Mortuary Huntington. Friends may call after 6 pm Wednesday.
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Lillian Susan Moseley
Middlesboro
Huntington
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Woodrow W. Clark
Woodmere Cemetery
Capt
H. A.am
William
Decatur
Doyle White
Lorn Amick
Arizona
Andy Amick
White Sulphur Springs
Ronald Amick
California
W. S. Hawk
Charleslton
Caywood Funeral Home
Bee Mortuary
Final rites for Mrs. Hattie Van Willis observed in Keyser
Mrs. Hattie Van Willis 88 of 400 S Kanawha St died Monday in a Fayetteville nursing home. Funeral tomorrow at 10 in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev J W Witherspoon officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Ashland Kentucky. Survivors include three daughters, one son, ten grandchildren, fourteen great grandchildren, one great great grandchild. Pallbearers listed.
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Hattie van Willis
S. Kanawha St
Keyser - Bryant
J. W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Ashland
Willis
Fayetteville
Salyersville
Benjamin F
Nancy Jane Caudill
First Methodist Church
Catlettsburg
Beckley
Joseph S. Willis
C. C. Lewis
Daniels
Hal M. Scott
Cecil T. Bartlett
Eskdale
Edwin J. Willis
Mrs Mertie Welch Died At Home In Michigan
Mrs Mertie Welch 41 of Detroit Michigan formerly Lanark died Saturday at home. Born March 20 1919 in Lanark she was daughter of Sebert and Florence Webb. Survived by husband Lawrence Welch two sons Raymond in Korea and Robert of Detroit daughter Patty Lofting of Detroit two brothers Grover Mabscott and Vernon Newport Mich five sisters Dorothy Quesenberry Lanark Mary Webb Washington DC Pauline Nellie and Emiline, Lanark. Calfee Funeral Home.
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Mertie Welch
Detroit
Mich
Lanark
Sebert
Florence Caroll Webb
Bethel Church At
MacArthur
Michigan
Lawrence Welch
Raymond
U. S. Air Force
Korea
Robert
Patty Lofting
Grover
Mabscott and
Vernon
Newport
Dorothy Quesenberry
Mary Webb
Washington, D. C
Pauline
Nellie
Emilean
Calfee Funeral Home
Norman Crouch Funeral Services Announced
Norman Cordell Crouch, 27, died December 20 in an automobile accident. Funeral services are announced with details to be provided by the family, honoring his life and recalling his affiliations.
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Norman Cordell Crouch
Area of United States since 1790 to today
The area of the United States was 888,811 square miles in 1790 after the Revolutionary War and has grown to 3,628,130 square miles today, including territories.
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United States
Territories
Icy Roads Spark Two Wyoming County Car Wrecks
In Wyoming County Route 16 ice caused two crashes within miles. Dee Ferrell driving a 1956 convertible veered as skidding vehicles approached. An hour later Thurman Horton’s two ton garbage truck struck a car that had run out of gas, no injuries reported. The Genell car suffered left side damage and broken rear glass. the truck escaped damage.
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Corinne
Thurman Horton
Allen Junction
Thelma Genell
Morgan
Mullens
Genell
Corinne and
Lester Man Jailed For Felonious Assault
A Lester man named Percy Hurt is jailed on a felonious assault charge after a stabbing at the Curb Inn in Lester. The victim oriri or admitted, Washington, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital. Deputy Sheriff Craig and Deputy Thomas pursued Hurt, who admitted to stabbing.
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Lester
Beckley
Raleigh
Percy Hurt
Jack Thomas
Washington
Craig
Curb Inn
Percy
Thomas
Hurt
Belgium Strikers Crippling Crisis Deepens
Belgian police urged non strikers in Wallonia to join the walkout. Government called up reservists and ordered NATO forces in West Germany to ship home technicians. Paratroops and police guarded stations and utilities as Parliament debated measures after Congo’s end and the ensuing economic crisis.
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Wallonia
Belgium
NATO
West Germany
Congo
Motorists Arrested In Beckley Police Court Case
Douglas Lee Kiser 18 Beckley will appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night to answer speeding charges after arrest by City Police at 8 p m Monday. Major George 66 South Fayette Street jailed 6 25 p m Monday on a capias pro fine. Two men arrested by State Police at 2 10 a m today booked at county jail. Larry E Bucchi Josephine charged with driving while drunk and Charles E Smith Abraham charged with permitting a drunk Bucchi to drive.
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Douglas Lee Kiser
Beckley
South Fayette Street
Major George
Larry E. Bucchi
Josephine
Charles E. Smith
Abraham
Bucchi
Kennedy Named Top 1960 Newsmaker in AP Poll
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was chosen by Associated Press editors across the nation as the 1960 Newsmaker of the Year, the youngest president-elect in U.S. history and the first Catholic leader. Khrushchev headed foreign affairs with a busy year including a summit and the U-2 incident. Pope John XXIII won the religion category, while George Romney and Wernher Von Braun led in business and science respectively. Floyd Patterson claimed the sports honor for his Johansson knockout as Casey Stengel earned recognition for Yankees’ pennant.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Associated Press
Virginia
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Los Angeles
Richard Nixon
White House
Khrushchev
Billy Graham
Pope
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Graham
Christ
Africa
George Romney
American Motors
Romney
United States
Jimmy Eyee
United States Senate
al Death
Clark’ Gable
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johansson
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
AP Newsmaker Poll Winners For 10 Years
AP list highlights figures across entertainment literature and politics as top newsmakers over the past decade. Names include Gable Drury Van Doren Pasternak Cliburn Pasternak Todd Cozzens Presley Churchill Kelly Wouk Gobel Hemingway Godfrey Churchill Monroe Hemingway Lanza Hyerdahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP Newsmaker
Engineer Given 'Go-Ahead' On Augers For Dam
Engineer Bob Davis of the Stephen's Branch Dam project secured court authorization to obtain augers from the state for soil tests and to drill the dam center line to locate water tables and leaks. Tests will take two to three weeks. court agreed to cover necessary equipment deposits. Six newly elected Raleigh County officials were sworn in during the morning session.
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Bob Davis
Stephen's Branch Dam
Raleigh
Davis
J. E. Mays
Shady Spring
J. K. Cole
Slab Fork
Joseph Groval
Marsh Fork
R. L. Plumley
Lake White
Eleanor Hurt
C. O. Smith
Richmond
Norfolk to House MacArthur Papers
Gen Douglas MacArthur will donate his personal papers and war reminders to Norfolk Virginia, the city where his parents wed. He accepts the honor of making Norfolk the perpetual home for his career records and asks to be buried there with his wife. The couple will rest on the courthouse block, to be landscaped and renamed MacArthur Square.
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Norfolk
UPI
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
MacArthur Square
County Legislators Urged To Modernize State's Statute Books
The Raleigh County Court urges West Virginia legislators to modernize old laws including raising pay for Board of Education members from 360 to a salary aligned with other county officials. Court also seeks to shift jail costs from fine money to state funds and raises in circuit court jury costs, delinquent property publication fees, and a modern juvenile law to address county needs.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
Board of Education
Keep Spirits Up Poke Clerks Told in WV memo
West Virginia Liquor Commission head Morris Shawkey urged staff to maintain morale amid a shift in administrations. He warned many employees may be replaced after Gov elect W. W. Barron takes office but asked for smooth transition and cordial cooperation with new staff and invites.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Morris Shawkey
Shawkey
W. W. Barron
Space program finances in State Department view
The note discusses the space program from the financial viewpoint within the State Department, reflecting on the perspective of the undersecretary for state and his current role.
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State Department
State
Congo Rift Deepens as Mobutu Plans Parliament Overhaul
Mobutu warned the Congo's commissioners they could be kept in office permanently while signaling a shift toward a government with a parliamentary majority. Neo allies, including Abako and Kalonji’s Nacional Movement wing, urged the commissioners to join the new regime and resist armed opposition.
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Mobutu
Congo
Neo
Tho
Abako
National Union Party
Albert Kalonji
National Congolese Movement
Publisher With Senate Appointment Offer Refused
Gov J J Hickey offered the U S Senate seat to McCraken after Republican Keith Thomson died of a heart attack on December 9. McCraken declined saying he wished to live in Wyoming and loved newspapering more than any other pursuit. Hickey said he would re sign and accept the appointment himself from his successor, Dem ne Secretary of State Jack aye.
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Senate
J. J. Hickey
McCraken
Keith Thomson
Hickey
Demne
Jackaye McCraken
Wyoming
Landis Study Sparks Regulatory Reform Debate
Kennedy press secretary Pierre Salinger said the report would form the basis of legislative recommendations. Landis proposed steps needing congressional action likely to trigger battles on Capitol Hill. Senator John A. Carroll lauded the study as a masterful analysis of regulatory deficiencies involving the FCC, Interstate Commerce Commission, FPC, FTC, Civil Aeronautics Board, SEC, and NLRB.
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John A. Carroll
Dcolo
Senate Judiciary
Landis
Tragic incident ends with self-inflicted gunshot
A police alert after a stalled car led a state trooper to Moser who drew a revolver and shot himself twice in the head. Three people were slain and four maimed as officers investigate. A Christmas wreath in Moser's window bears the message Peace on earth.
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Moser
Kennedy urged to halt Kinzua dam plans in Seneca lands
The Liberties Union asks President elect Kennedy to stop the Kinzua dam project citing treaty concerns with the Seneca Nation and possible flooding of reservation lands in southwest New York. Police report a 1400 pound safe with 4102 dollars missing from Warwood liquor store. Marion County coroner rules out suicide by Jane Wisenthaler 36 of Mannington. Robert L. McCausland named European representative for the National Recreation Association committee on international services. formerly directed American Youth Activities for the Air Force in Wiesbaden Germany.
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Liberties Union
John F. Kennedy
Kinzua, Pa
New York State
George Washington
Warwood
Jane Wisenthaler
Mannington
Marion County
Charles H Koon
Robert L. McCausland
Wheeling
Committee For International Services
National Recreation Association
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Germany
Deaths reported in New York and Pittsburgh notices
Gus M Bellanca 74 ion designer died from Jeu mia Monday. He designed the first craft to fly the Atlantic with a passenger. Margaret Wood White Newton 67 portraitist of D Roosevelt died Monday. Monsignor Thomas J Quigley 55 educator author died Monday night at St Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh.
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New York
UPI
Gus M. Bellanca
Ion
Margaret Wood White Newton
D. Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Thomas J. Quigley
St. Francis Hospital
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Grover (. Maynor Jr
Daniel H. Childs
Daniel Harrison Childs
Tampa
Fla
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Jordan Mines
Mines
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Church of God and
United Mine Workers of America
Jessie Gibson Childs
Daniel Jr
Crab Orchard
Bobby
Mildred White
J. L. Lamb
Miami
Fila
Manuel
Charles C. Webb
Welch
Douglas Funeral Home
Webb
American Armature Co
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Phoebe Webb
Velva Belcher Webb
Charles Jr
Saeger
William Stover
Portland
Ore
Marie Eggers
Kissemmee
Betty Dennis
Seattle
Wash
Isobel Goode
Cal Webb Jr
Indio
Calif
Earl Jenkins
Lonnie McKinney
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Lonnie D. Maynor
Jarrell St
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Roy Tyree
A. H. Wilson
Cirtsville
Eoie
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Norma Shelton
Wellsboro
Ladd Maynor
Annie Aoe
Tyree
Troy
C. Blankenship
Lillian Moseley
Hattie V. Willis
Norman
Crouch
Wecile
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FRANK
Eitasto Tang
United Artists
GJ. Bly House
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Pope John XxII
Nikita Khrushchev
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LABOR
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Hoffa
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Reuther
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Ford Durkin
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C. E. Wilson Murray
MacArthur Dulles Theiler Co
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Murray
John XXIII
Patterson John XXIII
Johansson John XXIII Stengel
Graham Burdette
Graham Larsen
Graham Padres
Graham Bannister
Sheen Stengel
Sheen Marciano
None Durocher
Congo Rift
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Securities and Exchange Commission
National Labor Relations Board
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