Ruling Awaited In Pistol Death Of Area Officer
Captain Roy B. Gentry 37 died from a pistol shot at McKeller's hunting lodge on Fort Bragg. Preliminary findings suggest accidental death while investigating a 45 caliber pistol near the body. the Corps CID continues evidence review. Gentry, from Glen Rogers, served in World War II and Korea, earned the Silver Star and Bronze Star, and was survived by wife Kathleen and two sons.
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Ft. Wnc
Roy B. Gentry
Public Information Office
Xviii Corps
Post
Gentry
McKeller
Ft. Bragg Post
Glen Rogers
James Gentry
Glen Rogers High School
Iceland
Europe
Kathleen Shumann
Ravencliff
Roy Jr
Henry
Barron Seeks Higher Pay for Department Heads
Governor's director of the Department of Mental Health earns 20000 a year as lawmakers debate salaries for major elected officials. Road Commissioner and deputy earn 14000, with talk of raising top department heads to 10000 to 12000 and current averages at 8000 to 10000.
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Department of Mental Health
Fire kills six children in Sun frame shack blaze
In Sun, Louisiana, a fire swept through a frame shack Tuesday night killing six Negro children. Warren and Mrs. Bolds saved four other children by tossing them from a window. Local authorities investigate the tragedy and relief efforts begin.
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Sun
Warren Bolds
Whitton Plans highway for West Virginia growth
Gov elect Barron proposed a north south highway and a scenic Allegheny Mountain route in the eastern state. The State Road Commission surveys Morgantown to Beckley while federal allocations may delay construction of the Morgantown to Clarksburg segment.
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West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Allegheny Mountain Range
State Road Commission
Morgantown
Beckley
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Bertram D. Tallamy
Federal Bureau of Roads
Local obituary for Galen Harmon at Calfee Funeral Home
Galen Harmon, known as Tasker Galen Harmon, age 204, residing at Haw in a local hospital, is reported dead. The body rests at Calfee Funeral Home pending completion of final arrangements.
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Ae Galen Harmon
Hawaiee
Calfee
Ig Ay
Darling Receives $900 Judgment in Circuit Court
A judgment for $900 was awarded to Thomas W. Darling in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Judge Norman Napp signed the orders Tuesday. Madelyn Coleman is the defendant. A separate suit by America Lockhart doing business as Skaggs Grocery against Muriel Meadows was settled by a compromise of $50.
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Thomas W. Darling
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Napp
Madelyn Coleman
America Lockhart
Skaggs Grocery
Muriel Meadows
Court of Serefeady
Cos
Harper Man Arrests After December Fight in Harper
State Police arrested Nelson Hedgecock after a December 22 brawl in Harper in which Herbert Harper and Gene Byrd were allegedly the attackers while all were intoxicated. Harper initially refused charges but later obtained warrants for both suspects. Byrd remained at large.
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Harper
Nelson Hedgecock
Nedgecock
Gene Byrd
Herbert Harper
Hedgecock
Byrd
Stabbing leads to drunken driving charges in local case
Lester Man Posts Bend er waiving before Ashington listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after a Monday night stabbing. Larry Bucchi Josephine and Charles Smith Alexandri posted bonds of 57 dollars each for appearances before Magistrate Burke at 10 am Saturday. Bucchi faces driving while intoxicated and Smith charged with permitting a drunk to drive.
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Ashington
Beckley Hospital
Larry Bucchi
Josephine
Charles Smith
Alexandri
Burke
Sat- Bucchi
Smith
Bucchi
Frelon Ball in Hospital for Dislocated Shoulder
Frelon Ball aged 69 of Skelton is in satisfactory condition at the hospital after a fall caused a dislocated right shoulder. He was admitted at 9 30 p m Tuesday.
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Frelon Ball
Skelton
Speeding Charge Put to Beckley Youth
Harmon Lindsey Lushbaugh 18 was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night to answer a speeding charge. He was arrested by city police at 10 50 p m.
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Speeder
Harmon Lindsey Lushbaugh
Opin Beckley
Deaths to services for Capt Roy Gentry in Ravencliff
Deaths services for Captain Roy B. Gentry 37 formerly of Glen Rogers set for 2 p m at Pine Grove Baptist Church Ravencliff with Revs Herbert Perry and Cameron Lilly presiding Burial in Sunset Memorial Park He died Christmas Eve in an apparent hunting lodge accident at Fort Bragg NC assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division Command and Control Battalion Survivors include wife Kathleen two sons Roy Jr and Henry at home Fayetteville NC four brothers Robert Detroit Hubert Pittsburgh Ruben Glen Rogers and Captain Paul Gentry stationed Beulah Morgan Janet Pizzino and Ruth Justice Baltimore MD Body arrives Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home at 6 35 p m today
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Roy B. Gentry
Glen Rogers
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Herbert Perry
Cameron Lilly
Sunset Memorial Park
Gentry
U. S. Army
Fort Bragg
N. C
82Nd Airborne Division
Kathleen Gentry
Roy Jr
Henry
Fayetteville
Robert
Detroit
Mich
Hubert
Pittsburgh
Ruben
Paul Gentry
Ters
Beulah Morgan
Janet Pizzino
Ruth Justice
Baltimore
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites set for Mrs Mertie Welch 41 Detroit
Final rites for Mrs. Mertie Welch of Detroit Michigan age 41 will be held at 2 p m Thursday in the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev C W Jones in charge Burial will be in Stamford Cemetery The body will lie in state at the funeral home Pallbearers are Leslie Hunter Raymond Hunter Roscoe Bailey Walter Rogar Renee Bobbett and Elick Freeman
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Mertie Welch
Detroit
Mich
Caffee Funeral Home
C. W. Jones
Stamford
Mabscott
Caffee
Leslie Hunter
Raymond Hunter
Roscoe Bailey
Walter Rogar
Renee Bobbett
Elick Freeman
Final rites for Mrs. Martha Hodge in Mount Hope
Mrs. Martha Hodge 84 of Route 1 Mount Hope dies after long illness in Oak Hill Hospital. Funeral at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope at 1 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Ernest Barley in charge. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Surviving: brother J. M. Hodge Rupert two sons Elbert and Tillman Mount Hope eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Body remaining at funeral home.
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Route 1
Mount Hope
Tyree
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Hodge
Oak Hill Hospital
Fayette County
Freewill Baptist Church
J. M
Funeral services for Carl Browning in Oceana
Carl Browning 53 of Matheny is mourned with funeral services at Freewill Baptist Church in Oceana conducted by Rev Stellie Parsons. Burial will follow at Rockview Browning Cemetery. He died in Mullens hospital after a long illness. Born January 25 1907 he was the son of Jane Halsey Browning and the late Richard Browning. Survived by wife Drema Mathey Browning six sons James Reeves Junction Mich Carl Charleston Harold Abilene Texas Roy Mason Mich Donald Hershel at home and two daughters Annabelle Loretta at home four brothers and four sisters. The body to be taken to Evans Funeral Home in Oceana to the home of his brother Claire.
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Hatcher
Freewill Baptist Church
Oceana
Stellie Parsons
Rockview
Browning Cemetery
Browning
Mullens Hospital
Jane Halsey Browning
Matheny
Richard Browning
Drema Mathey Browning
James
Reeves Junction
Mich
Carl
Charleston
Harold
Abilene
Texas
Roy
Mason
Donald
Hershel
Annabelle
Loretta
Harry
Claire
Virgil Browning
Earl Browning
Tams
Pearl Goode
Mabscott
Thelma Cook
Gladys Browning
Princeton
Belle Browning
Ton Evans
Lester W. Peters
Wayn Pa
Winding Gulf
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Bury
W. J. Miller
G. Warren Smucker
Greene County Memorial Park
Mount Clifton
William W
Mary Ellen Will Peters
Waynesburg
Peters
Farmington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Rivesville
Summersville
Gulf
Elizabeth Whitmire Peters
Lester W. Jr
Fairfax
John W
Denver
Colo
Richard A. Peters
Youngsville
Robert L. Peters
Houston
Tex
Virginia Peters
Silver Springs
Jeannette
Death of Dunbar resident John J. Donegan
John J. Donegan of Dunbar, a former Beckley resident, died at his home after suffering a heart attack. He had been a patient in a Charleston hospital recovering from a broken hip. Survivors include his wife, a sister Anna Newland of Beckley, two step brothers J. W. Gilmore and J. R. Gilmore, and two nieces. He was a member of the King Catholic Church in Dunbar, the Holy Name Society, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and Knights of Columbus. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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John J. Donegan
Dunbar
Beckley
Gan
Charleston
Donegan
Anna Newland
J. W. Gilmore
J. R. Gilmore
Rev Beard dies after long illness at 62
The Rev D L Beard 62 pastor of the Presbyterian Church White Sulphur Springs died at 2 45 p m Tuesday after a 10 month illness. He was brother in law of Fred X Williams Sophia. Body to be taken from Williams Funeral Home Sophia to Shanklin Funeral Home White Sulphur Springs at 5 p m today. Funeral services to be held 11 a m Thursday in White Sulphur Springs Indian Church with Rev A Shifflet and Rev James W Bright in charge. Burial Massey Creek Cemetery Mount Solon Va.
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Presbyterian Church
White Under Springs
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Beard
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
Williams
Shanklin
White Sulphur Springs
White Sulphur Springs Rnian
A. Shifflet
James W. Bright
Massey Creek
Mount Solon
Ernest D. Ross Dies at 75 in Raleigh County
Ernest D Ross 75 of Daniels died in a hospital at 3 30 p m Tuesday Born in November 1885 to E S and Sarah Lilly Ross He was a lifelong Raleigh County resident a former school teacher and a State Road Commission employee The body is at Caffee Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Daniels
Esas
Eeee D
Sarah Lilly Ross
Raleigh County
State Road Commission
Caffee
Final rites for William A. Jackson set in Oak Hill
William Andrew Jackson 69 of Page died at Oak Hill Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. C. S. Donnelly officiating. Burial follows at Montgomery Memorial Park. He was a retired employee of Eastern Gas and Fuel Co. at Beards.
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William Andrew Jackson
Page
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. S. Donnelly
Montgomery Memorial Park
Wreck Leaves 18-Year-Old Hospitalized in Beckley
Robert E. Young, 18, Mabscott, is listed in fair condition at Beckley Hospital after a head on collision on Sophia Glen White Road Tuesday night. The 1953 model car driven by Young and Gerald D. Pack collided with Irvin Theodore Claytor’s pickup. Police have not determined who was driving. Damages estimated at 700 dollars.
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Robert E. Young
Mabscott
Beckley Hospital
Sophia-Glen White Road
Young
Gerald D. Pack
MacArthur
Irvin Theodore Claytor
Lester
Luckert Named Air Force Secretary A Navy Lt JG Link
The article traces the career of Zuckert from World War II service as a Navy lieutenant to assistant to Symington at the Surplus Property Administration, then to roles at the War Department and Air Force. It notes his later legal practice in Washington and a three year stint at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Air Force
J.g
Symington
Zuckert
War Department
Missourian
Air
Washington
New York City
Harvard Business School
McNamara
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kennedy Plans Remarks On Evening TV Broadcasts
Salinger stated plans not fully accurate and noted that some press conferences may have evening hours and be available for live television if networks want to televise them. He added that other press conferences could be broadcast if networks file a prior request.
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Salinger
Births and relatives of late Fork Jackson family details
Fork Jackson born Lindside November 20 1891. Mary Ethel Jackson reports a son Charles W. Jackson of Oak Hill a daughter Mrs Juanita Stout of Battle Creek Michigan a half brother Emmett Meredith of Wyco a half sister Mrs Lon Honaker of Tazewell Virginia and two grandchildren. The body will remain at the funeral home.
Flight from Vientiane fuels 76hour Laotian fight story
Thai Defense Minister Gen Thanom Kittikachorn said Kong Le fled toward Hanoi after a furious 76hour battle at Vientiane. The Pathet Lao admitted over 100 of Kong Le's troops were killed by pro Western Laotian forces since the battle, with Kong Le accompanied by his family.
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Vientiane
Bangkok
Thanom Kittikachorn
Kong le
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Kittikachorn
Pathet Lao
County Clerk’s Office To Be Open Saturday
Raleigh County Clerk’s offices will observe 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday for year end. Clerk C C Smith Jr said the hours help those recording deeds or other instruments on the last day of 1960. Other courthouse offices will be closed.
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Raleigh County
C. C. (Smitty) Smith Jr
Smith
Kennedy plans rapid aid aims to boost unemployed areas
The draft 3 point plan to attract industry retrain workers and raise federal funds was trimmed to 251 million by the House before President Eisenhower veto. Kennedy, during his campaign, vowed swift help for areas with lingering unemployment and now places such aid among his top proposals. Some task force members press for action on Inauguration Day or within days after taking office.
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House
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Arsonist in Cabin Siege Ends With Escape
Johnson escaped from a cabin siege after Webb summoned reinforcements. Officers surrounded the cabin but took cover 200 yards away to avoid harm to Johnson's wife and children aged 2 to 14. The standoff began about 5 p.m. EST and ended around 8 p.m. when officers charged the house and found Johnson gone. State police sought a warrant for malicious shooting and wounding.
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Johnson
Webb
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