Raleigh County 1964 Law Enforcement Review Highlights 17 Highway Deaths
The Raleigh County annual law enforcement review lists 17 highway deaths in 1964 across May through December, seven murders, four safe robberies, a discovered skeleton, and other crimes including thefts, stabbings, arson, and vandalism. Notable incidents include safe robberies at Pagoda Center, S and S Super Market, and K and K Music Co, plus seven murders with multiple cases linked to disputes, self defense, and a skeleton found at King Street field. Local cases involve N Joe Rahall’s home burglary, Beckley and Oakley Bailey linked homicide claims, and investigations by state police and Beckley police.
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Raleigh
N. Joe Rahall
Woodlawn Ave
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pagodaing
Harper Road
S and S
Beaver
K and K Music Co
Eisenhower Drive
Yeggs
John Holovic
Calloway Heights
Sweet Willie’ Brooks
Antonio Avenue
Herbert Brooks
Prillerman Avenue
Brooks
Reecie Bryant
Stotesbury
Raleigh County
William Lee
Con
Edward Snyder
S. Fayette St
Beckley
Oscar E. Lee Jr
Plumley Ave
Oakley Bailey
Orpha Hart
Bobby Arthur
Bere Ave
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Lewis Lesure
Armed Forces Enlistments Announced in Beckley Area
The Recruiting Main Station in Beckley reports eight Army enlistments two re enrollments and one WAC enlistment with new Army Air Force enrollments. Names include Elmer S Saunders Lester Goff Charles Buzzard William Baldridge Thomas Spears John Hitt Darrell Guill Jim mie Waldron and six Air Force recruits to begin basic at Lackland AFB Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Army Corps
Army
Air Force
Elmer S. Saunders
Lester
Joe
Geneva Saunders
Howard Ray Goff
Charleston
Ralph
Juanita Goff
Europe
Charles Wesley Buzzard
South Charleston
Herbert
Betty Buzzard
William Lewis Baldridge
James
Mary Baldridge
Thomas Lonzo Spears
Rand
Howard
Gladys Spears
John Richard Hitt
Richwood
Henry
Army Air Defense
Darrell Eugene Guill
Princeton
Margie Guill
Jimmie Everett Waldron
Narrows
Everette
Sybil Waldron
Fort Knox
Lloyd Earl Johnson
Rupert
Boyd
Eliza Johnson
502Nd
Adjutant General Administrative Company
Fort Hood
Tex
Mason Paul Grim
Epperly
Robert Lee Grim
Grim
Fort Benning
Jessie Ann Saunders
Joseph and
Freda Saunders
Turtle Creek
WAC
Fort McClellan
Ala
Howard W. Testerman Jr
Kingsport
Tenn
Catherine Testerman
Robert L. Newman
Pennington Gap
Leon
Hazel Newman
James M. Meadows
St. Albans
Hazel Meadows
Carl G. Henderson
Saltville
King and
Lucille Henderson
Joseph D. Shorter
Helen E. Shorter
Daniel M. Colley
Saltville, Va
Marvin and
Lavelle Colley
Lackland Afb
Beckley Youth Held in Car Tampering Case
Beckley police cited a 15 year old, cited for tampering with an automobile, and Arnold H. Acord, 21, of Slab Fork, cited for speeding. The youth is to appear in Pope court on January 9 and Acord on January 4.
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Beckley
Beckley City
Arnold H. Acord
Pope
Acord
Two-Vehicle Collision on Prince Street Causes Damages
A two vehicle crash on Prince Street this morning caused 150 in damage. A 1964 model car driven by C. P. Castilow 32 of Crescent Road collided with a 1957 model truck driven by John W. Hall of Charleston. No charges were filed by city police.
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Prince Street
C. P. Castilow
Crescent Road
John W. Hall
Charleston
Pilot Praised for Beet Field Belly Landing in 47 aboard
A United Air Lines twin engine plane made an emergency belly landing in a muddy beet field near Saugus California with 47 aboard. Captain William M Wade and co pilot J J Campbell saved lives amid no fire and minor injuries to two passengers. The Civil Aeronautics Board will investigate the loss of engine power from both engines.
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Saugus
Calif
UPI
United Air Lines
San Francisco
William M. Wade
Los Angeles
J. J. Campbell
Douglas McKay
Toledo
Ohio
Santa Clarita Hospital
Wade
Los Angeles International Airport
Stockton
Modesto
Fresno
Newhall Land and Farming Co
Law Partnership Planned Here in Raleigh County
Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J Sparacino and Roy A Cunningham plan a general practice law partnership to be official soon. Offices will be in the Raleigh County Bank building. Both are longtime lawyers active in the Raleigh County and American Bar Associations. Sparacino has led the county bar association. Cunningham is a lawyer with a Louisville Law degree.
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Anthony J. Sparacino
Roy A. Cunningham
Lan
Raleigh County Bank
Sparacino
Cunningham
Thomas Canterbury
C. Berkley Lilly
Raleigh County
West Virginia
American Bar Associations
County Bar Association
University of Louisville College of Law
Catholic University of America
West Virginia University
Drogue chute deploys at twenty one thousand feet
In space language a drogues is a small parachute that unfurls automatically at 21,000 feet to stabilize the space capsule.
Quiet New Year's Eve Planned For Leo The Lion
Leo the two year old lion sits calm at home in Sautter's garage den as Abington Township moves to enforce a wild animal ban. Sautter fights the ordinance with Yellin and Mailman, arguing Leo will appeal up to the Supreme Court if needed. Leo, 317 pounds, is cared for with raw meat and vitamins, has a shuffling gait, and was neutered at U Penn Vet Hospital to reduce his wild nature.
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Russ
Green Willow Grove
UPI
Leo
King of Beasts
Howard Sautter
Sautter
Abington
Beagles
Yellin and Mailman
U. S. Supreme Court
Hubert Yollin
Bert Lahr
University of Pennsylvania
West Virginia Ramps Up Anti Smoking Education Effort
West Virginia officials press a nationwide anti smoking push a year after the Surgeon General report. Dr. N H Dyer notes a lag between findings and action while schools and interagency groups expand youth education and seek federal support. A Washington meeting January 11, 1965, will review educational research programs.
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U.S. Public Health Service
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
West Virginia
State Department of Education
State Department of Health
Association of States and Territorial Health Officers
Washington, D.C
Public Health Service
Cancer Control Program of
The
Yuriko Cherry Tsutsumida
M.P.H
Otr
Surgeon General
Congress
Washington, D. C
Livestock Sale Totals at New River Market
Sales at the New River Live stock Market Wednesday totaled 2470.56 dollars, up 918.95 from last week. Breakdown includes pigs by the head 6.50 to 11.50 dollars, sows and baby pigs by the head 56, cows by the head 67.50, cows and calves by the head 117 to 143, real calves per hundred 19.50 to 27.50, with cannery and hog categories to 140 dollars per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River
Beckley Mayor warns on overdue sanitary bills
Beckley Mayor John Wesley Smith announced that the Sanitary Board will discontinue sewer service to all nonpaying residents by January 5. He said letters have been sent to each overdue accounts holder notifying them of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
John Wesley Smith
Sanitary Board
Smith
Helicopter Army Battles California Floods in Rescue Efforts
In northern California a helicopter corps ferries supplies to flooded Siskiyou and Humboldt counties as 500 people remain stranded. Weather hampers rescues near the Oregon border by Klamath National Forest pilots amid 12 days of storms that have killed at least 41 and caused about 700 million dollars in damage across five states.
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San Francisco
APS
California
Siskiyou
Humboldt
California-Oregon
Civil Defense
Siskiyou County
Somes Bar
Fork of Salmon
Sawyers Bar
Cecilville
Klamath
Salmon
Joe Thornton
Klamath National Forest
Gene Hinman
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Nevada
Fair Billy Short Injured In Raleigh County Truck Accident
Short, a Raleigh County School System bus driver, is listed in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a truck he was working on reportedly fell on him around 5 30 p m Wednesday. He was admitted with injuries described as non life threatening.
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Short ‘Fair
Billy Short
Epperly
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh County
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Raleigh Co
Armed Force
Civil Aeronautics Board
Wake Island
Appalach
Hytone Lodge No
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
J. D. Dixon Jr
Layad
Lian Council
Jim Bowling
Ralph Amick
Bill Elkin
Larry Jessup
Pat MeeGann
Larry Townley
Phil’s Drive-In
al Ellison
R. L. Amick
Seneca
E. M. Strar
Shady Spring
Leo the Lion
T.V
GO Modern
Woodmen
America
Ltar Talib
Modern
Woodmen of America
Rock Island
Illinois
Paul Burdette
Virginia
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