Kennedy clashes with Sokyo leaders in Tokyo debate
In Tokyo Attorney General Robert F Kennedy challenged Sokyo union leaders led by Akira Iwai over imperialism and US policy. He pressed Iwai to visit the United States this spring and defended American trade actions while noting differences in radical critique. The round table session grew heated at times but ended friendly with Kennedy touring factories and meeting workers.
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Charles R. Smith
Tokyo
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Sokyo Labor Federation
United States
Kennedy
Akira Iwai
Sohyo
Iwai
Europe
Socialist Party
Cuba
Laos
Tibet
Hungary
China
Soviet Union
Labor
Arthur Goldberg
Steelworkers
President
J. P. Morgan
Rockefellers
Walter Reuther
Marx
Rockefeller
U.S. Communist Party
Okinawa
Legislature Reapportionment Approved in Senate and House
The reapportionment resolution passed the Senate 32 to 0 and the House 87 to 6, with provisions to realign the House after each census and to extend sessions if needed. The session also saw approval of a one year pilot job training program for high school dropouts and various budget and regulatory measures including mine safety and local road funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
House of Delegates
Charleston
Wheeling Downs
Candidate Married to Helen Lew Father of Three Children
A candidate described as a Protestant and member of the Moose Lodge in Beckley is identified as the father of three children and married to the former Helen Lew of Josephine.
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Helen Lewis
Josephine
The
Moose Lodge
Beckley
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Sears Monument Guarantee
Sears Monument Co offers a written guarantee with every monument and a convenient payment plan. Located on Harper Road, contact Ph. 253-6480 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Sears Monument CO
Harper Road
President Kennedy Seeks Cabinet Plan With Weaver
The House Government Operations Committee backed a cabinet level department led by Robert Weaver, a Negro, in a 17-9 vote behind closed doors. Reported party alignment suggested most Democrats and Republicans split, with expected floor defeat from GOP and southern Democrats if the pattern holds.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Robert Weaver
House Government Operations Committee
Becket Beckley hearing continued for Mrs Wheeler
In Beckley Police Court Thursday night the hearing on a charge of driving with improper registration against Mrs Betty Wheeler of Beckley was continued until February 15 so she could enlist legal aid. Two others charged with drunkenness forfeited bonds totaling 35.75.
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Betty Wheeler
Beckley
Edward P. Stansbury
State Industry To Be Credited
Sen. Jennings Randolph reports that West Virginia will be credited for apples from Byrd’s plant in Inwood Berkeley County and labeled as products of the Famous Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia. Labor officials note Byrd previously labeled them as Winchester Virginia. Byrd owns West Virginia orchards, the state's largest single holding.
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Charleston
Byrd
Winchester
Randolph
West Virginia
100 Year Old Grave Unearthed Near Nitro West Virginia
A road crew near Nitro uncovering a casket from an old grave sparked a search for relatives to grant permission to move the remains. The well preserved body wore a suit, white shirt, and bow tie, and the grave lies near the Kanawha River with linked railroad tracks and an old cemetery boundary. Gatens Funeral Home noted the grave was uncharted and outside the old cemetery, complicating transfers under required consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Nitro
Kanawha River
New York Central Railroad
Gatens Funeral Home
Gatens
McGinn Returns to Work After Heart Attack
Edward A. McGinn assistant director of Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital resumed duties this week following recovery at his Kingston Ohio home from a heart attack suffered October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward A. McGinn
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Kingston, Ohio
Probers Question Marines in Censorship Inquiry
Senate subcommittee aides quizzed Marines on topics deemed complete nonsense, including dialectical materialism and a pacifist versus subversive organization. Critics like Mansfield and Douglas raised concerns, while Thurmond backed the probe. Kennedy’s executive privilege blocks some testimony as Stennis and the panel plan further hearings next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
E. L. Bartlett
Senate
Alaska Democrat
Mike Mansfield
Paul H. Douglas
Strom Thur
Mond
D-S.c
Pentagon
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Bartlett
Charles A. Byrne
Kennedy
Thurmond
Defense Department
Stennis
State Department
Tiros Transmits Striking Photos
Washington reports that Weather Bureau images from Tiros IV show satellites can aid tracking ice movement in northern sea lanes. Launched from Cape Canaveral, it orbits 450 to 525 miles high and sent pictures of clouds snow and ice in the Great Lakes Gulf of St Lawrence area. Thirteen U.S. and Canadian aircraft followed to compare results for ice reconnaissance potential.
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Washington
UPI
Weather Bureau
Tiros IV
America
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Great Lakes
Gulf of St. Lawrence
U.S
Tiros
Budget Conferees Struggle Over 2.6 Million Gap in 141.3 Million BPW Budget
Budget negotiators remain about 2 million apart midweek with the BPW plan at 141.3 million. House and Senate differ on Welfare, Commerce, Mental Health, and reappraisal funding while debates over Emergency Employment, school aid, and a testing program shape last-minute bargaining. The Medical Assistance for the Aged program also moves toward House approval after Senate reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
BPW
Welfare Department
House
Senate
Argentina Severs Ties With Castro Regime Under Pressure
Argentina, upset by Latin American count abstaining from ostracism of Castro regime at Punta del Este, cuts relations and meets Cuban refugee leaders’ cautious approval. Cuban embassy hints at external influence behind the move, via a midnight statement.
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Argentina
Punta del Este
Transcript notes Air Agencies report on tragedy oversight
The report criticizes the Air Agencies for unclear findings and cites that Imperial’s certificate was not revoked for about two months. It suggests the tragedy could have been prevented and quotes Rep. James E. Van Zandt from Pennsylvania among the group’s members.
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Imperial
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
Secret Service notes counterfeit bills reach California
T men notes have turned up as far away as California. With five sets of master engraved plates used to make the bills still in circulation, counterfeiters can plague the Secret Service, banks and stores as they have since the phony money appeared late last October. The Secret Service had no public warnings about the bills several months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Secret Service
Marines jailed for ten charges in Beckley theft case
Richard Carter 19 and Barry Maddy 18 pleaded guilty to five counts of destruction of property and four of petit larceny, receiving fines totaling 205 dollars and 210 days in jail. Carter confessed after a polygraph, admitting breaks into soda machines across North Carolina and West Virginia between Jan 27 and 28, with about 50 dollars seized locally.
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Richard Carter
Beaver
Barry Maddy
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Carter
Beckley State
North Carolina
Gulf Station
Turnpike
Raleigh County
Texaco
North Kanawha Street
Sheriff's
Mine Disaster Death Toll At German Coal Mine
Relatives and workers kept a vigil outside the Luisenthal coal mine as rescue efforts continued after a gas explosion. The Saarland Mines Commission reported at least 283 dead, with unconfirmed reports of 24 more bodies, aiming for 307 in what would be Germany's worst disaster in 16 years. About 100 escaped unharmed and 81 were injured, many critically.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
UPI
Luisenthal
Saarland Mines Commission
Here
Commission
Carl Hugo
News Briefs From The Pacific To California Floods
Ian's Christmas Island plans a New York visit to meet Kennedy and other leaders. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn faces an inquiry over a 1953 fine, with limited income cited. California floods kill one, drown a boy, and force evacuations as heavy rains hit Los Angeles area. Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers to meet in Morgantown. AFL-CIO leader Stanely ill in Charleston hospital. Byrd seeks funds for watershed and estuary lab at Parsons. Cabell County Republican Lincoln Day dinner features Sen Hruska. Davis reports good ski conditions ahead of Winter Carnival.
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Ian
Christmas Island
Pacific Ocean
New York
Kennedy
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Moscow
Iron Curtain
California
Los Angeles
Governor’s Council of Economic Advisers
Morgantown
Afl-Cio
Miles C. Stanley
Charleston
Statehouse
Robert C. Byrd
Parsons
Senate
Injuries Reported In Beckley Hospital Incidents
Two area residents were treated at Beckley Hospital on Thursday for unrelated injuries. Billie Jo Lanham, 19, of Bob received a cut on her left hand from broken glass. Robert Powers, of Sophia, injured his right eye while working with a wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Billie Jo Lanham
Bob
Robert Powers
Sophia
William Vannoy Admitted for Treatment at Raleigh General
William Vannoy of 114 Hill Street is listed in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being admitted Wednesday for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vannoy III
William Vannoy
Hill St
Raleigh General Hospital
Deaths And Funerals Huffman Family Roster
Mr and Mrs Huffman lived at 708 North Kanawha St for years before moving to Oak Hill about 12 years ago Survivors include his wife Julia Wire Huffman Oak Hill two daughters Belva Huffman and Margaret Milam Beckley four sons Fred L Pineville Eugene C and Robert Lee Beckley and Charles B Chincoteague Va two brothers Charles T Blodgett Ore and Frank B Orlando Fla a sister Bertha Hendry Bulls Gap Tenn 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren Funeral services to be held 2 pm Sunday at The Methodist Temple with Rev JB Yoak and Rev J M Helm officiating Entombment Sunset Mausoleum Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home
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Huffman
North Kanawha St
Oak Hill
Julia Wire Huffman
Belva Huffman
Robert
Margaret) Milam
Beckley
Fred L
Pineville
Eugene C
Robert Lee
Charles B
Chincoteague
Charles T
Final rites for John Henry Fix in Ghent Baptist Church
John Henry Fix 61 of 205 Hull St. will be buried in Ashworth Cemetery after funeral services at 2 p m Sunday in Ghent Baptist Church with Rev W C Combs officiating. He was found dead in his basement apartment Wednesday night from natural causes. Service details include transfer of the body to his sister in law’s home Saturday morning and to the church an hour before services. Fix lived in Raleigh County since 1932 and worked for the Raleigh County Board of Education and Godbered and Godderd Co. of Detroit. He is survived by a son Billy, two brothers George and Frank, two sisters Kath leen Shuck and Pauline Thompson, and one grandchild. Nephews to serve as pallbearers.
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John Henry Fix
Hull St
Ghent Baptist Church
W. C. Combs
Ashworth Cemetery
Fix
Rose and Quesenberry
Sherman Shumate
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Board of Education
Godderd and Godderd Co
Detroit
Mich
Masie Alley
Beckley
Billy
Bristol
George
Frank
Mabscott
Kathleen Shuck
Croydon
Pauline Thompson
Melton Mortuary
Combs Infant Graveside Rites Held at Milam Cemetery
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Freddie A. Combs of Fairdale was laid to rest at Milam Cemetery Saxton after dying three hours after birth in a Beckley hospital Wednesday night. Survivors include two brothers Wayne and Michael two sisters Debra Ann and Patricia and grandparents F. R. Combs of Saxton and Wendy Birchfield of Beckley. Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie A. Combs
Fairdale
Milam
Saxton
Virgil Cook
Beckley
Wayne
Michael
Debra Ann
Patricia
F. R. Combs
Wendy Birchfield
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Miss Emily Jeffries Funeral Services In Fayetteville
Funeral services for Miss Emily Jane Jeffries will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev. J. A. Crosier presiding. Burial follows in Coal Run Cemetery Cunard. Miss Jeffries 86 of Gatewood died Thursday in an Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness. Born July 18 1875 at Gatewood she was a daughter of the late William H and Jane Rodes Jeffries. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving is a brother Charles S Jeffries of Fayetteville Route 1. The body will remain at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Jane Jeffries
Dodd- Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
J. A. Crosier
Coal Run
Cunard
Miss Jeffries
Gatewood
Oak Hill
William H
Jane Rodes Jeffries
The
Baptist Church
Charles S. Jeffries
Weeks Funeral Arrangements for George Thompson Weeks
George Thompson Weeks 78 of Oak Hill died Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. Retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employee born in Floyd County Virginia in 1883. Survived by six daughters, two sons, two sisters, a brother, 19 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
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George Thompson
Tom) Weeks
Beckley
Weeks
Oak Hill
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Floyd County
Gibson
Rosie Ballenger Weeks
Margaret Ensminger
Bridgeport
Ohio
Lois Summers
Batavia
Mildred Kern
New York City
Virginia Beard
North Olmstead
Doris Beard
Detroit
Mich
Macle Legg
George W
Roanoke
Jennings W. Weeks
Louisville
Cynthia Markles
India Turner
W. C. Weeks
Willis
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Basil A Thompson dies after long illness in Charlottesville
Basil Alvin Thompson 58 of Crow died at 8 p m Thursday in University of Virginia Hospital Virginia. A lumber grader for Odie r Meadows and Bill Pack Lumber Co Nimitz he was born Oct 4 1903 in Crow son of the late Pat and Lelia Thompson. He was a member of Crow Christian Church. Survived by wife Anna two daughters Doris McCallahan Elkins Betty Ingram Alabama a son Basil Elkins two step daughters Grace Lilly Wortland Ky and Mrs Harry Cline bell Charleston a half sister Elizabeth Bower Sophia a half brother Woodrow Collins Union and seven grandchildren. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Basil Alvin Thompson
Crow
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Odier Meadows and Bill Pack Lumber Co
Nimitz
Pat
Lelia Thompson
Crow Christian Church
Anna Thompson
Doris McCallahan
Elkins
Betty Ingram
Alabama
Basil
Grace Lilly
Wortland
Harry Clinebell
Charleston
Elizabeth Bower
Sophia
Woodrow Collins
Unjon
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
William Washington rites set at Wright and Anderson Chapel
William Washington of 315 Broadway Street will be laid to rest Sunday in the Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Arch ie Johnson presiding. Burial is planned at Greenwood Memorial Park. Washington died in a local hospital at 10 15 a.m. Thursday after a long illness. Surviving relatives include Louise Washington a stepsister Mrs Ruth Smith Glen White ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The body will remain at the funeral home.
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William Vouete Ton
Broadway St
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Archie Johnson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Washington
Louise Washington
Ruth Smith
Glen White
Funeral services for Arthur Dick Alley set for Sunday
Arthur John Alley 48 of 323 City Ave will have funeral services at 2 p m Sunday at MacArthur Church of God with Rev Otis Clyburn and Rev W J Blair in charge. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. He died Thursday in a local hospital at 4 am after a six year illness. Born Clifftop August 14 1913 he was the son of John Williams and Sarah Buckland Alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Dick) John Alley
City Ave
MacArthur Church ‘of God
Otis Clyburn
W. J. Blair
Sunset Memorial Park
Alley
Clifftop
John Williams and
Sarah Buckland Alley
Sam J Weaver Funeral Service Details
Pallbearers for the funeral of Sam J. Weaver of Sophia are Carl Mounts Quincy Polk Ed Rupe Fred Walker Romy Hampton and Guy Hunt. The service is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Free Will Baptist Church in Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam J. Weaver
Sophia
Carl Mounts
Quincy Polk
Ed Rupe
Fred Walker
Romy Hampton
Guy Hunt
Free Will Baptist Church
Polyester tires on market soon in premium line
DETROIT AP A Goodyear official said polyester fiber tires will hit U.S. markets late this year with a premium line using polyester cord. Industry sources expect dealer availability this fall as cord sources shift from nylon rayon and cotton, with large increases in polyester use planned into 1965.
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Detroit
UPS
Fred J. Kovac
Goodyear
Point Pleasant
W.va
Cartersville
Federal Job Prompted Zabeau Resignation in West Virginia
DEL Rene V. Zabeau of Clarksburg announced his resignation from the House of Delegates representing Harrison County effective midnight. The Democrat said he left to take a federal government post but declined to specify the job, noting a Commerce Department announcement in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
del. Rene V. Zabeau
Clarksburg
House of Delegates
Harrison County
Zabeau
U.S. Department of Commerce
Be cking City Police report minor collision at Graham and Johnstown
A 6 30 a m wreck at the Graham Street and Johnstown Road intersection caused 150 dollars in damages with no injuries. Beckley police say John H Stinson 35 of Beckley driver of a Thrifty Dairy truck struck Gernard F Dillon 43 of Beckley as Dillon tried to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Street
Johnstown Road
Beckley
John H. Stinson
Gernard F. Dillon
Dillon
Gas fumes trap pair in Pikeview Drive building
Dorothy Keiling was treated and released from Beckley Hospital after inhaling gas in a tightly closed Pikeview Drive building near her home around midnight. Beckley Rescue Squad responded at 11:25 p.m. and her husband was exposed but did not seek medical care. Firemen reported no venting caused the fumes.
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Dorothy Keiling
Beckley Hospital
Pikeview Drive
Beckley
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