Quotes From United Press International
Reno attorney William Woodburn says Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller likely filed for divorce in Nevada declaring she is in Nevada. Sacramento zoo director A A Spence explains a 200 pound bear born two cubs seems male because you do not pry into personal affairs. Moscow radio commentator Yakov Viktorov doubts that US Russia differences block cooperation noting past wartime fruitful results. Dallas Morning News mentions ex general Edwin A Walker may seek Texas governor nomination calling him a political novice yet drawing large crowds with pro American speeches across Texas.
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United Press International
Reno
Nev
William Woodburn
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nevada
Sacramento
Calif
A. A. Spence
Jack
Moscow
Yakov Viktorov
United States
Russia
Placen
Dallas
Tex
Dallas Morning News
Edwin A. Walker
Texas
Walker
Police Exams Set Feb 14 Beckley Vacancy
Civil Service examinations will be given February 14 to fill the Beckley City Police force vacancy left by Edward Easley who resigned January 21. Applicants must be Beckley residents for three years prior to the test date, cannot be over 35, and must pass a full physical exam.
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Beckley
Edward Easley
Bernard Crawford
State Chamber Opposes Bond Speculation in WV Investments
The State Chamber contends that government bonds yield more stability and that West Virginians should avoid the risk of speculating for an extra half percent in interest. A recent survey found prime corporate bonds yielding only slightly above government bonds, about one-half of one percent more.
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Monument Guaranty Plan
Sears Monument Co offers a written guarantee with every monument under a convenient payment plan. Located on Harper Road contact Ph. 253-6480 for details.
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Sears
Sears Monument CO
Harper Road
Senate budget bill eliminates care for aged
Charleston UPI The Senate Finance Committee disclosed Thursday it cut funds for the Medical Assistance for the Aged MAA program from the budget bill and will report to the floor next week A $1.3 million item was redirected to other health services including hospital grants public assistance medical care and local health services If the MAA cut stands the program could be discontinued by March Welfare Director W Bernard Smith had sought 2 65 million but was reduced to 1 3 million by the Board of Public Works
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Charleston
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
State Health Department
W. Bernard Smith
Board of Public Works
Pope to Send Observers to Historic Church Council
The Pope will dispatch observers to a historic council, the first since 1870 and the 21st in church history, aimed at rallying Christendom against modern perils including militant atheism. He urged unity and peace rooted in Christ's teaching, noting anxious Christians seeking reconciliation.
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Canterbury
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Road Deaths 17 near Morgantown
A traffic toll rises to 17 with multiple fatalities in separate crashes. Glen H. Wright, 37, died from injuries after a Randolph County wreck, and John C. Sperrow, 30, was killed in Berkeley County. John W. Gore, 23, and Nancy Gore, 24, of Powellton, perished on U S 60 near Charleston, with three women injured. Virginia Curry, Marmet, died in an icy U S 119 collision.
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Morgantown
Glen H. Wright
Randolph County
John C. Sperrow
Berkeley County
U. S. 60
Charleston
John W. Gore
Nancy
Powellton
Fayette County
Virginia Curry
U. S. 119
Two Candidates in Raleigh County Race Include Cook and Green
The piece profiles candidates Cook and Green for a local election. Cook, a 1952 Board of Education veteran and 1958 hopeful, is a 22 year miner born in Slab Fork and married to Madeline Street with three children. Green, vice president of the Young Democratic Club in Raleigh County, ran in 1960 and lost by ten votes. he lives at 205 Garfield St with his wife Betty Aliff, runs an insurance business, and has one child. He was born August 7, 1929 and holds degrees from Beckley College and other institutions. Green belongs to several fraternal orders and the Episcopal Church.
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Cook
Sophia
Board of Education
Madeline Street
Slab Fork
Wiliam F
Janie Farley Cook
Mullens
Mabscott
Green
Young Democratic Club
Raleigh
Garfield St
Betty June Aliff
John H
Emma Kathleen Green
Mabscott and Institute
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Morris Harvey College
Patient Charged in Three Deaths at Huntington State Hospital
West Virginia inmate Linda Miller aged 19 was charged with three counts of murder after confessing to strangling Blair Kessell 29 of Romney area Troy Barnett 18 of Logan and Harmon L Sampson 32 of Cameron. Bodies found in a hospital ward with autopsies confirming suffocation and one confirmed strangulation. Miller received murder warrants at the hospital and was taken to police headquarters for fingerprinting before transfer potential to Weston State Hospital.
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Huntington
UPI
West Virginia
Cabell County
Russell Dunbar
Linda Miller
Logan
Blair Kessell
Romney
Troy Barnett
Harmon L. Sampson
Cameron
Marshall County
Huntington State Hospital
Miller
Sampson
Wyco in Good Condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital
Sam Wyco remains in good condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after being admitted Monday for treatment of asthma and a heart condition.
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Wyco
Good’ Rhodell
Rns
Sam Wyco
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Burdiss Burdiss: County Court Candidate and Educator
Burdiss, former principal of Burdiss Wick Elementary and Affinity Elementary, Graduate of Stoco High School, miner at Lillybrook Coal Co. for two years. He holds a BS in education from Concord College via Morris Harvey and West Virginia University. If elected, he says duties on the County Court would not require a leave of absence from the school system. He aims to attract industry to the county and is married to Margaret Sutphin with one daughter Nikki de France. Born October 26 1916, son of George F Burdiss and the late Bertha Burgess Burdiss. member of Raleigh County Elementary Principals Association.
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Wick
Affinity
Stoco
Lillybrook Coal Co
Killarney
Morris Harvey College
West Virginia University
Concord College
Burdiss
Board of Education
Margaret Sutphin
Herndon
Nikki de France
Dayton
Ohio
George F. Burdiss
Coal City
Bertha Burgess Burdiss
Raleigh County Elementary Principals Association
Pipeline sales tax extension and racing tax passed
The legislature advanced a package of five revenue bills to balance the budget, including a one year extension of the 6 percent horse racing tax with relief for Wheeling Downs and a 3 percent coal pipeline privilege tax. Both chambers moved these measures toward final passage as a constitutional amendment for sheriffs’ term limits and airport authority creation also progressed.
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Wheeling Downs
Senate
House
West Virginia
Wheeling- Ohio County
Polynesians View Slimness as Beauty Standard
The article notes that Polynesian culture values stoutness as an ideal of female beauty, signaling health and fertility. It discusses social attitudes toward body size and beauty norms within island communities.
Pa Bible Reading Law Struck Down by Federal Court
Federal appeals court ruled Pennsylvania public school Bible readings unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The decision held the revised law still established religion, despite a provision allowing pupil exemptions with parental consent. The Abington Township case stems from Edward and Mrs. Schempp and dates to 1958.
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Harrisburg
UPI
David Stahl
Justice Department
U. S. Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Abington School Board
John Biggs Jr
U. S. Court of Appeals
Edward L. Schempp
Abington Township
U. S. District Court
High
General Assembly of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Ten Seek Work Registered at Employment Office
Ten persons registered for employment on Wednesday at the Department of Employment Security offices. They include a kitchen helper, a maid, a trailer truck driver, a bulldozer operator, an electrician, two truck drivers, two construction laborers, and a mine foreman.
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Department of Employment Security
Reserve Seats Still Available For Game
Tom Minter director of the Raleigh County Armory says a few reserve seat tickets remain for tonight’s basketball game between Woodrow Wilson and South Charleston at the new Armory-Field House on the 1921 By-Pass. General admission seats are plentiful at the gate. A large crowd is expected as this is the Armory’s first game. Woodrow Wilson carries a 12 game winning streak.
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Tom Minter
Raleigh County Armory
Field House
The
Register
Woodrow Wilson
South Charleston
Minter
Armory
Fayette Commissioner Substitute For Riffe
Court action in Raleigh County is being handled by Claude R Hill Jr of Fayetteville. Hill was appointed last summer by Judge John Field to serve as U S Commissioner in the absence of W A Riffe who convalesces after surgery.
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Raleigh County
U.S
Claude R. Hill Jr
Fayetteville
Hill
John Field
West Virginia
U. S
W. A. Riffe
W A Riffe Recuperating After Surgery
United States Commissioner W A Riffe of 112 N Heber Sr is recovering from surgery at Pine Lodge Nursing Home.
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W. A. Riffe
N. Heber Sr
United States
Pine Lodge
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Wilfie Eagle Carte
Mrs Eagle Carte 60 Lookout died Wednesday after long illness in Hinton Hospital. Survived by three daughters Eula Jordan Lester Wanda Adkins Crickmer and Pansy Carte Ansted. six sons Otis Lookout McAlpin George James Cincinnati Ohio Olin Madison Wis Samuel Jr Navy Portsmouth Va. two sisters Texie Pinelle East Beckley Geneva McClelland Snow Hill. three brothers Henry East Rainelle Wilfred Ansted Wilson Eagle Hilton Village. 21 grandchildren. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle.
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Wilfie Eagle Carte
Lookout
Hinton Hospital
Eula Jordan
Lester
Wanda Adkins
Crickmer
Pansy Carte
Ansted
Otis
McAlpin
George
James
Cincinnati
Ohio
Olin
Madison
Wis
Samuel Jr
Portsmouth
Navy
Texie Pinelle
East Beckley
Geneva McClelland
Snow Hill
Henry
East Rainelle
Wilfred
Wilson Eagle
Hilton Village
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Final rites for Glen Elmore Pennington held in Princeton
Glen Elmore Pennington 58 of Princeton died Wednesday night at a Princeton hospital from a heart condition. Funeral services were set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Kee Street Methodist Church with Rev. William Trowbridge and Rev. Dwight Dickenson officiating. Burial followed at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pennington, a lineman for Appalachian Power Co. and member of Kee Street Methodist Church and the Loyal Order of Moose, was born January 31 1904 in Ashe County North Carolina. He was survived by two sons Charles and Arnold Pennington of Beckley plus other relatives including siblings and 12 grandchildren. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton directing.
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Glen Elmore Pennington
Princeton
Kee Street Methodist Church
William Trowbridge
Dwight Dickenson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Pennington
Appalachian Power Co
Loyal Order of Moose
Miss Raye Maynor Dies After Illness at Mount Hope
Miss Raye Maynor 50 of Route 1 Mount Hope died at 2 a.m. after long illness. She was daughter of the late Charles and wife and a member of Citts ville Methodist Church. Survived by three brothers Hobart Cecil Azel and a sister Mrs Georgia Tolbert. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Citts ville Methodist Church Rev Gravely and Rev Tyree officiating. Burial in family cemetery Route 1 Mount Hope. Pallbearers are first cousins. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to church an hour before service. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Saturday.
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Raye Maynor
Route 1
Mount Hope
Charles Maynor
Cittsville
Paul Gravely
Roy Tyree
Tyree
Final rites for M. H. Lusk in Mullens church
M. H. Lusk 65 of DeLand Florida and formerly Mullens will be buried at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley after funeral services at First Baptist Church Mullens conducted by Rev W R Nelson. He died in DeLand after a short illness.
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M. H. Lusk
DeLand
Fla
Mullens
First Baptist
Powell Lusk
Sam Foglesong
Final rites for Paul Madison Hall observed in Oak Hill
Paul Madison Hall 44 formerly of Page Baltimore Md died Tuesday en route to a Baltimore hospital from a heart attack. Born April 10 1917 in Page he was the son of John Henry Hall and Evelina Coleman Hall Sanner. He belonged to Page Baptist Church and worked at Mount Royal Esso in Baltimore. Surviving are his wife Iris a son Paul Malcom Hall of Baltimore and two daughters Mrs Carol.
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Paul Madison Hall
Baltimore
Page
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Hall
John Henry Hall
Evelina Coleman Hall Sanner
Page Baptist Church
Mount Royal
Esso
Iris
Paul Malcom Hall
Carol
Final rites for Clinton D. Skaggs
Four year old Clinton D. Skaggs son of Mr and Mrs Clinton D Skaggs of Ansted was to be laid to rest in McVey Cemetery Shade Creek after a service at Ansted Free Will Baptist Church at 2 pm led by Rev Billy Sams. Survivors include sisters Sandra Jean and Margaret Ann both at home and grandparents Madge Skaggs of Ansted and Luther Hatfield and wife of Scarbro.
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Clinton D
Butch)Skaggs
Clinton D. Skaggs
Ansted
Free Will Baptist Church
Billy Sams
McVey
Shade Creek
Sandra Jean
Margaret Ann
Madge Skaggs
Luthier Hatfield
Scarbro
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza Bailey 89 Oceana
Mrs Eliza Bailey 89 of Oceana died Thursday in the home of her daughter at Oceana after a fall left her with a broken hip. She was born February 19 1872 at McGraws and lived in Oceana 68 years. Burial is in Cook Cemetery West Oceana following 2 p m Sunday services at First Baptist Church Oceana led by Rev Wayne Rollins. Survivors include son Onnie Mullens daughter Nora Chambers of Oceana nine grandchildren four great grandchildren two great great grandchildren. She was a charter member of the Oceana First Baptist Church and Baptist Missionary Society. Bodies remain at Evans Funeral Home and will be taken to the church an hour before services.
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Eliza Bailey
Oceana
First Baptist Church
Wayne Rollins
Cook Cemetery
West Oceana
Bailey
Binnie B. Hankins
Hankins
Mullens
McGraws
Green
Fanny Brooks Farmer
Perry Bailey
Onnie of
Nora Chambers
Funeral plans set for Anderson B. Shrewsberry 84
Anderson B. Shrewsberry 84 of the old Princeton Athens Road will be honored at a 3 p.m. Saturday service at the First Methodist Church where he was a member. Dr. R. S. McClung and Rev. L. B. Rowe will conduct. Burial follows at Oakwood Cemetery. He died at 5:30 a.m. Thursday at home after a long illness. He formerly operated a general store. Born August 31, 1877, in Raleigh County, son of the late Martin and Mahalia Hubbard Shrewsberry. Survivors include a son Lokie Shrewsberry Beckley and a half brother George Shrewsberry Ghent. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton handling arrangements.
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Anderson B. Shrewsberry
Princeton-Athens Road
First Methodist Church
R. S. McClung
L. B. Rowe
Oakwood
Athens Road
Raleigh County
Martin and
Mahalia Hubbard Shrewsberry
Lokie Shrewsberry
Beckley
George Shrewsberry
Ghent
Princeton
Fayette Leads Area In Welfare Cases
Fayette County led the tri county area in December 1961 welfare cases with 2695, followed by Raleigh 2528 and Wyoming 1498, per the West Virginia Department of Welfare report.
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Fayette
Fayette County
Tri-County
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Raleigh
Wyoming County
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