Parolee charged in purse theft at Beckley beauty shop
A 22 year old parolee from West Virginia Penitentiary was arrested and charged with grand larceny for the January 17 theft of a purse containing 2852 dollars from Zella artesie beauty shop on Neville Street Beckley. He waived preliminary hearing and remains jailed on 5000 dollar bond with a parole violation hold.
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Zella
Artieste
Neville Street
Jackie
Lee Higgins
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh
Higgins
Moundsville
Raleigh County
Rison
Souis
St. Louis
Mountain State
S. Louis
Missouri
Tom Wooten
C. L. Walker
Begin
Charleston
Portsmouth
Ohio
Zella Taylor
U. S
Candy makers urge liquor flavored chocolates legal sale
UPI report shows the National Union of Retail Confectioners asking the government to permit sales of liqueur flavored chocolates, arguing the alcohol content stays under six percent and poses little drunkenness risk. Separately, a Missouri assessor's routine notice arrives with a $20,000 home valuation. the payer sends exactly $20,000 by mail. In England, 500 green roof tiles must be removed to match 13,500 red tiles. Omro police chief reports his car’s revolving red light was stolen from in front of the youth center.
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Tastier Candy London
UPI
National Union of Retail Confectioners
ST. Louis, Mo
Francis H. Kennedy
Shippey
England
Robert Morris
OMRO
Wis
Richard Dehn
Omro Youth Center
MacArthur Teen-Ager Released To Father
A 16 year old MacArthur boy released from Juvenile Detention Quarters to his father by Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L McCreery. The judge had placed the case with Child Welfare authorities after finding the boy had attended school regularly and behaved well since last summer. He claimed he bought the electric train. He must report to the judge on the next juvenile day.
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MacArthur
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Arrests After Mullens Fight Over Dogs
Joe Ashley forfeited a $20 bond for failing to appear at 10 a.m. before City Court Judge Clyde Newsome. His nephew Claude Ashley, 45, of South Mullens, remained in pend ing status. The fight began at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday following an argument over dogs. Claude required ten stitches after Joe allegedly struck him with a tile. Policeman Lloyd Reynolds witnessed the melee. Claude was taken to Wyoming General Hospital for treatment.
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Newsome
Lloyd Reynolds
Joe Ashley
Starlen Keaster Injured by Snowball in Beckley Hospital
Starlen Keaster ten year old daughter of Mrs Starlen Keaster of Tams is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after an injury to her left eye from a snowball on Sunday. The 1946 Boston Red Sox were the last American League club to move from the second division to the pennant.
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Starlen Keaster
Tams
Beckley Hospital
Boston Red Sox
Wall Street Charter predicts 1961 market upturn
Investors Research Co. expects a sustained stock market rise in 1961 with a possible true business boom. Durables demand, auto sales, home building, and capital spending lag behind early fifties levels, but a durable goods upswing could spark a broad upturn. Abraham & Co. flags Ferro Corp. cyclical stock for growth potential in glass fiber and porcelain enamel. Hirsch & Co. backs Ark ansas Louisiana Gas and Dow Chemical for long term gains. Clark Equipment seen as speculative play on faster economy.
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New York
UPI
Investors Research Co
Abraham & Co
Ferro [Corp
West Virginia lawmakers weigh bills and committee actions
Senate members expect strong support for reporting a bill to the floor with 19 votes if all 32 senators attend. A commercial feed law revamp would tax distributors 20 cents per ton for sampling costs. A fair trade bill to curb below suggested retail prices lingers at second reading. House redistricting would adjust delegates per county based on the 1960 census.
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State Department of Agriculture
Senate
West
House
Del
Callie Tsapis
McDowell County
Fayette
Logan
Hancock County
Kanawha
Wood
Hancock
West Virginia
Barron To Bare Cleanest Plans For West Virginia
Gov W W Barron pledged to announce plans this week to make West Virginia the cleanest state in the nation It is the third phase of his program to curb unemployment He conducted a pre legislative conference with business industry education and labor leaders seeking advice for the legislature The second step was a temporary rise in the sales tax to fund employment for about 5000 jobless workers over seven months Barron called the cleanup campaign one of the greatest things to happen in the state and said it would spur industrial development
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
Avalanches Strike Alps Killing and Missing Workers
Avalanches hit Gran Paradiso in Asosta Valley 13 320 foot summit burying a tunnel cabin. Two dead and two missing. An Ital Ian army patrol is struck by a snowslide at Corrara. A 55 year old man buried in Chandolin Switzerland. Rescue drops supplies to Grande Dixence workers as fears grow of a repeat of the 1951 snow disaster with many fatalities.
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Gran Paradiso
Asosta Valley
Rochemolles
Corrara
Italian Alps
Chandolin
Switzerland
Grande Dixence
Rohrer Scheduled for Surgery at Jewish Hospital
A. L. Rohrer, 69, of 1557 Harper Road, Louisville, was expected to undergo surgery today at the Jewish Hospital after several weeks of illness and a weeklong admission for treatment prior to the operation.
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A. L. Rohrer
Harper Rd
Louisville
Rohrer
Coal Production Up In West Virginia Says UPI
Washington UPI The National Coal Association reports West Virginia mines produced about 120 million tons of coal last year, a small rise from 1959. President Stephen F Dunn blames inequitable policies that keep coal at a disadvantage in fuels markets and notes oil imports and natural gas have diverted coal from Atlantic markets, hurting West Virginia’s economy amid automation in the coalfields.
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Washington
UPI
National Coal Association
West Virginia
Stephen F. Dunn
Atlantic Seaboard
Dunn
West Virginia House to consider redistricting measure
The House of Delegates redistricting committee is expected to act favorably this week on a bill changing representation in six counties while keeping total delegates at 100. McDowell Fayette and Logan lose seats. Kanawha Wood and Hancock gain seats. congressional districts realignments follow. Final floor vote planned by February 14.
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Charleston
UPS
House of Delegates
West Virginia
del. Callie Tsapis
D-Hancock
McDowell County
Fayette
Logan
Kanawha
House
Wood
Hancock
D. R. Frazier
D-Nicholas
House of Representatives
Frazier
Eye Named County Forester in Beckley District
John L Eye has been appointed county forester succeeding the resigned David Yoas. He will oversee forest management on private woodlands and the five county tree planting program in the Beckley area. Previously Eye led forest management in the STEP program across three State Forests in District Four. Replacement for that post is not named.
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John L. Eye
David ‘Yoas
Eye
Beckley
JFK Urges Buy American Weapons To Strengthen Economy
President Kennedy spoke on the balance of payments showing a $3.8 billion deficit last year and emphasized US procurement abroad to save dollars. He noted foreign purchases total near $1 billion annually and warned against panic while highlighting a $17.5 billion gold reserve as backing for the dollar.
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United States
U.S
Kennedy
Free World
United Poets
Cuba Seizes Incidence Amid Strike and Kennedy Aid Pledge
Cuba moves to halt a planned school strike led by the Catholic Student Directorate aiming to mark the first anniversary of the Soviet Exposition incident in Havana. The episode coincides with President Kennedy's pledge of aid to Cuban exiles and rising tensions over anti government actions.
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Kennedy
Catholic
Havana
Small Boy Blamed For Sunday Alarm
The Beckley Fire Department responded to 305 Virginia St on Sunday afternoon after a young boy set a fire in Mrs. Albertine Meadows home. Mrs. Meadows put out the blaze before firefighters arrived, Fire Chief Cecil P. Connor said. The boy, under school age, lit papers in a basement doorway and another youth reported the incident. Call came in at 1:45 PM.
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Beckley
Virginia St
Cecil P. Connor
Albertine Meadows
Deaths and Funerals Erastus E Sweeney
Erastus E Sweeney 89 died at his daughter Mrs W L Green Beaver at 3 30 am after a short illness He retired from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co in 1936 after 22 years service and was a member of the Railroad Brotherhood of Maintenance and Weight Employees Born May 14 1871 in Lee Summit Mo He was a farmer prior to rail work and later cared for his granddaughter A Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church Beckley member Survivors include another daughter Mrs G V Martin Beaver two sisters Mrs Nannie Campbell and Mrs Emma McKinney Beckley a half brother W G Sweeney 98 Gardner seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting arrangements
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Erastus Bee Sweeney
W. L. Green
Beaver
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Railroad Brotherhood of Maintenance and Weight Employees
Lee Summit
Jackson County
W. J
Isabelle Peters Sweeney
Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church
Beckley
Green
G. V. Martin
Nannie Campbell
Emma McKinney
W. G. Sweeney
Gardner
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Charlie Robinson 63 Funeral in New Salem Church
Funeral services for Charlie Robinson 63 of Tams will be at 2 p m Wednesday at New Salem Baptist Church Tams with Rev Elmer Day officiating Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park He died Saturday at home and had suffered silicosis forcing his retirement from Winding Gulf Coals Co in 1957 Surviving wife Maude and son Paul of New Jersey Funeral home transfer from Ritchie and Johnson Parlor to church one hour before services
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Charlie Robinson
Tams
New Salem Baptist Church
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Maude Robinson
Beckley Hospital
Robinson
Gulf Coals Co
Paul
New Jersey
Ritchie and Johnson
Final rites for Mrs Ella D Stover in Oak Hill
Mrs Ella D Stover 76 of Wilmington Del formerly of Scarbro dies after long illness Funeral Tuesday at Tyree Chapel Oak Hill Rev Freddie Steele to officiate Burial Winston Cemetery Scarbro Survived by four sons eight daughters 42 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren and a son Sgt Thomas Stover killed 1944 World War I.
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Ella D. Stover
Wilmington
Del
Scarbro
Tyree
Noah Stover
Loraine
Ohio
Dewey Stover
Rayford
Margaret Lively
Mary Figgs
Louella Mikulcik
Evelyn Scarbro
Annie Steele
Galena
Myrithe Winston
Marietta
Stella Workman
Clear Creek
Nettie Smith
Sgt
Thomas Stover
RNS
Lacy G Thomas dies aged 67 in Beckley Virginia
Lacy G Thomas a retired local miner died at his home in Sprague Beckley Sunday morning of heart trouble linked to silicosis He was born September 17 1893 in Smith County Virginia and is survived by his wife four sons four daughters a brother two sisters 25 grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the Sprague Church of God with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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G. Thomas
MacArthur
Beckley
Thomas
Maude Thorne Thomas
Gilmer
Orville
Sprague
Dennis
Glen Morgan
Edward
Dayton
Ohio
Veitrice Green
Princeton
Thelma Hatcher
Columbus
Alma Ransom
Lily Pittman
Blue Jay
Bruce Thomas F
Arnold Midkiff
Harold Reed
J. L
Carl Lambert
John Jiiden
Claude Stump
Funeral services for William Dunman
William Dunman 56 of Arlington Virginia formerly Mullens dies en route to Arlington hospital after a heart attack at his home. Services set for 11 a m Thursday at Seger Mortuary Princeton with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include his family members from Mullens and Arlington.
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William Dunman
Arlington
Mullens
Seager Mortuary
Princeton
Oakwood Cemetery
Dunman
Arlington, Va
Martha Miller 74 Sophia died after long illness
Mrs Martha Rosetta Miller 74 of Sophia died at her son Weldon Miller 301 Bailey Ave at 5 50 p m Sunday after a long illness Born Crab Orchard May 15 1886 daughter of the late John Howard Rowe A member Crab Orchard United Brethren Church lived in Raleigh County Survivors include her son two daughters five sisters one brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren The body is at Calfee Funeral Home
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Martha Rosetta Miller
Sophia
Weldon Miller
Bailey Ave
Crab Orchard
John Howard Rowe
Ernest Hicks
Lauderville
Ohio
Lewis Rowe
B. D. Phillips
Mabscott
Opal Scurlock
John McVey
G. D. Underwood
Beckley
Henry Cook
Tams
Hattie Smith
Calfee Funeral Home
Final rites for Oliver Fountain Prim
Oliver Fountain Prim 67 of Raleigh died after a long illness in a Charlottesville Virginia hospital Friday night. Final rites will be held at St Johns Baptist Church in Raleigh at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. H E Davis officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Mattie and children Buford Prim and Dera Mae Peaks plus six sisters and two brothers. Body to be taken from Trent Funeral Home to the church one hour before services.
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Oliver Fountain Prim
Raleigh
St. Johns Baptist Church
H. E. Davis
Greenwood Memorial Park
Prim
Charlottesville
Mattie Prim
Buford
Arno
Dera Mae Peaks
Chicago
Martha Smith
Kellie Buchanan
Mary Hardin
Katherine Dodson
Nashville
Tenn
Malinda Perkins
Fairmont
Susie Easley
Brentwood
Julius Prim
Hampton
Ohio
Buford Prim
Trent Funeral Home
Final rites for 87 year old Mount Hope resident Bowles
William N. Bowles 87 of Mount Hope died Saturday night at home after a long illness. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church Mount Hope with Rev Eddie Lowe officiating. Burial in Rotan Cemetery Fayetteville. Graveside rites by King Hiram Abiff Masonic Lodge No. 25 Beckley. Trent Funeral Home Beckley will transport to the church one hour prior to services.
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William N. Bowles
Mount Hope
First Baptist Church
Eisenhower Panel Aims to Head Off Rail Strike
Mitchell reports a federal tri partite commission pressed by labor and management seeks a peaceful settlement to the diesel crew size dispute. The group will study removing firemen from locomotives and revise pay rules affecting about 200000 railroad workers with findings due to President Kennedy by December 1.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Tri-Partite Commission
Eisenhower
Auto Parts Service Owner Recovering After Heart Attack
O A O'Dell owner of Colonial Apartments Auto Parts Service Neville Street is listed in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a heart attack at his home Friday and ongoing treatment.
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O. A. O'Dell
Colonial Apartments
Neville St
Raleigh General Hospital
Three Beckley men charged with felonious assault
Cornelius Bonham James Bonham and Allen Thurman waived preliminary hearings before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez and were remanded to Raleigh County Jail in 500 bond each. They allegedly beat Bill Richmond 21 and James Childress at two Beckley sites Saturday. Richmond suffered broken ribs and bruises while Childress had head injuries. Richmond was released from Raleigh General Hospital and Childress was listed satisfactory. Police arrested them at 1:05 am Sunday after disputes earlier in the day over a girl led to the fights.
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Cornelius Bonham
James Bonham
Allen Thurman
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh County
Beckleyans
Bill Richmond
Calloway Heights
James Childress
Richmond
Prince Street
Childress
Skelton
Raleigh General Hospital
Cildress
Storm disrupts flights and freezes Boston area
A late Sunday storm disrupted air travel at Idlewild and stranded hundreds of airline employees and travelers over the weekend. Boston Logan Airport aims to resume full service by noon as utilities report about 250000 without power and 40000 without heat. The storm dumped 14.4 inches, raising the season total to 530 inches. Ice and cold caused hydrant clearances, parking bans with fines, and outages across New England, while the Cape Cod Canal closed and coastal areas battled ice and isolated communities.
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Logan
Idlewild
New England
Quincy
Mass
Squantum Yacht Club
Maine
Hutchinson
Pratt
Kan
St. Joseph
Kansas City Co
Ft. Riley
Emporia
Concordia
Wichita
Salina
Far West
Beckley Teen-Ager Charged With Burglary
A 15 year old Valley Drive youth faces a Raleigh County Juvenile Court hearing for burglary. Beckley Police arrested him at 10 a m Sunday for allegedly entering a home on Orchard Avenue in January. He was released to his parents to appear in court Saturday.
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Valley Drive
Raleigh County
Beckley
Orchard Avenue
Notable Deaths Across Cities Highlight 1920s 30s stars and editors
Anna May Wong a Los Angeles born film star of the 1920s 30s died of a heart attack while on the comeback path in Santa Monica California. Stewart Johnson a New Yorker magazine editor died in New York Presbyterian Hospital. Emil H Flindt former big band leader who wrote The Waltz You Saved for Me died in Clinton Iowa. Freida Mandel mother of playwright Loring Mandel died in Chicago. John Pierce Herrick former New York state publisher and founder of the New York State Oil Producers Association died in Los Angeles.
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Calif
UPI
Anna May Wong
Los Angeles
New York
Stewart Johnson
New Yorker
Presbyterian Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
Emil H. Flindt
Wayne King
Flindt
Veterans Pe Hospital
Hines
Chicago
Freida Mandel
Loring Mandel
John Pierce Herrick
New York State
New York State Oil Producers Association
Herrick
Saturday Raid Ends In Arrest For Whisky Sale
City Police arrested Orbra Maynor, 45, at 210 1-2 N Heber St on charges of sale of tax-paid whisky and possession for re sale after a raid. Officers seized three fifths and two pints of tax-paid whisky. Jimmie R. Allen was jailed for reckless driving. George Botman posted a $500 bond and faced a charge of sale and possession of tax-paid whisky for re sale. He appeared before Magistrate W A Burke.
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Orbra Maynor
N. Heber St
Maynor
Jimmie R. Allen
Beckley
Mabscott
George Botman
Sophia
W. A. Burke
Burke
Ministers Hear of RC Campaign Becket Meeting
Col. Robert Thomson chairman of the 1961 Red Cross Fund Drive spoke at the Beckley Area Ministerial Association meeting in the Presbyterian Church. He announced the March campaign and Red Cross Sunday and Sabbath observance on March 4-5. Thomson is visiting county areas and selecting co chairmen whose names will be announced later.
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Robert Thomson
Red Cross Fund
Beckley Area
Westinghouse as an alternative to planned economies
A speaker calls Westinghouse a vast part of the economic system offered to uncommitted countries as an alternative to planned economies. The defendants are accused of mocking this system while blaming corporate defenders guiding policy. The speaker questions whether those in charge are unaware of such a wide conspiracy involving money and material.
Car Pusher Hurt In Weekend Accident
Ivan Curtis Thompson of 110 Travelers Lane was treated at Beckley Hospital Sunday for a back injury after pushing a car.
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Ivan Curtis Thompson
Travelers Lane
Beckley Hospital
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