City Police Calendar Highlights January Petit Larceny Cases
Beckley Police Department reports January totals with 79 drunks, five petit larceny cases across five charged individuals, four breaking and entering charges, one grand larceny arrest, and 19 other cases. Two bicycles stolen, 5484 traffic tickets written, 402 to city, plus breakdowns of speeding reckless driving drunk driving and other violations. Police cruisers answered 193 calls, escorted 11 funerals, covered 14,515 miles and used 962.8 gallons of gasoline.
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Beckley
Deaths And Funerals Homer Calvert 71 Thayer
Homer Edward Calvert aged 71 of Thayer died at home after an extended illness. Born May 18, 1888 in Fayetteville Route 1 he was survived by his wife Vernia Mae and four brothers Lucian Emmitt Harry and Frank, a sister Grace Lego, five sons Tracy Lee Hubert E Herbert Raymond and James, two daughters Bertha Richmond and Naomi Lyons, and 19 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial will follow in Calvert Cemetery Fayetteville Route 1.
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Homer Edward Calvert
Thayer
Fayetteville
Charles Calvert
Vernia Mae Calvert
Harry
Frank
Lucian
Oak Hill
Emmitt
Red Star
Grace Lego
Cleveland
Ohio
Tracy Lee
Hubert E
Herbert
Raymond
Route 1
James
Bertha Richmond
Hinton
Naomi Lyons
Tyree
Funeral set for O. L. Slaughter in Sullivan
O L Slaughter 66 of Sullivan dies Sunday at Wyoming General Hospital Funeral services are at 11 a m Saturday at First Baptist Church Sullivan with Rev W P Strickland in charge Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park Survivors include wife Lucille three sons Cather Lee Sullivan Wilbur and James Cleveland Ruth Dial and Mrs Jean Jackson Cleveland a brother Booker T address unknown a sister Mrs Eva Mae Wooley Sullivan 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Body to be moved from Trent Funeral Home to church at 10 30 a m
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O. L. Slaughter
Sullivan
First Baptist Church
Sulvan
W. P. Strick-land
Greenwood Memorial Park
Slaughter
Wyoming General Hosp
Lucille Slaughter
Cather Lee
Wilbur
James
Cleveland
Ohio
Ruth Dial
Jean Jackson
Booker T
Eva Mae Wooley
Trent Funeral
Kenneth Allen infant death and Deck Davis funeral notices
In Quantico Virginia Kenneth James Allen seven month old son of Mr and Mrs Earl W Allen died at 5 am Tuesday in a Naval hospital. Surviving are parents one brother Richard Earl and grandparents Mr and Mrs Elbert Allen Fairdale and Mr and Mrs French E Daniel Saxon. The body is at Calfee Funeral Home pending arrangements. Deck Davis 65 Mount Hope Route 1 died Tuesday at 1 45 pm in Oak Hill Hospital after an extended illness. He was a Maple Fork Baptist Church member and an employee of Bill Jones Ford Oak Hill. Davis a World War I veteran leaves wife Madge two sons Ted and Ivan Mount Hope Route 1 one daughter Mrs Marguerite Miller Longacre two brothers Hess and Price Davis three sisters Mrs Mattie Davis Statesville NC Mrs Louisa Bailey Mabscott and Miss Stella Davis Bluefield and three grandchildren. The funeral is at Maple Fork Baptist Church Thursday at 2 pm led by Revs Billy Painter and Donald Lowe. Burial Mount Tabor Cemetery Mount Tabor. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope to the church one hour before service. Pallbearers are Harmon Willie Louis Davis Clarence Williams Carl Stover and Tracy Lee Bailey. (RNS)
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Deck Davis
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Maple Fork
Mattie Davis
Statesville
N. C
Louisa Bailey
Mabscott
Stella Davis
Bluefield
Maple Fork Baptist Church
Billy Painter
Donald Lowe
Mount Tabor
Tyree
Harmon
Willie
Louis Davis
Clarence Willaims
Carl Stover
Tracy Lee Bailey
West Virginia Hopeful Urges Unity to Solve State Dilemmas
A Raleigh County voter expresses resolve that West Virginians can overcome legislature discord and hardship. The speaker pledges faith in collective effort, rejects a pessimistic portrayal, and vows dedication to cooperative problem solving despite mounting challenges.
Last Rites for Homer Lee McCoy at Oak Hill Church
Homer Lee McCoy 43 of Oak Hill died at Fire Creek Coal mine Royal from a heart attack. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Methodist Church with burial at High Lawn Memorial. He was a tipple foreman, WWII veteran, survived by wife Lucille, daughter Beverly Jean, sister Frances Phillips. Body at Tyree Funeral Home.
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Homer Lee McCoy
Oak Hill Methodist Church
C. Cene
High Lawn Memorial
Tay McCoy
Bluff St
Oak Hill
Fire Creek Coal Co
Royal
Gatewood
Carolyn Sue Smith Funeral Service Notice
Carolyn Sue Smith 12 daughter of Otis and Mrs Otis Smith dies after long illness in Beckley hospital. Funeral at Price Hill Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev Ernest Barley. Burial in Price Hill Cemetery. Survived by five brothers Billy Richard Galen Otis Jr Carlos and four sisters Deloris Savanah Martha and Linda. Body to Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope then to church an hour before service.
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Carolyn Sue Smith
Otis Smith
Price Hill Baptist Church
Ernest Barley
Price Hill
Beckley Hospital
Billy
Richard
Galen
Otis Jr
Carlos
Deloris
Savanah
Martha
Linda
Tyree
Mount Hope
Bomb injures home as police lock down Negro pupil incident
Police Chief Gene Smith led the investigation into an explosion at the Walls home late Tuesday night. A bomb ripped a wall square, bricks flew 100 feet, and windows shattered as officers stationed at integrated high schools and other homes searched for leads with FBI agent J J Casper joining the scene. Carlotta Walls and her daughters, Laujanna and Tina, were awakened by the blast while Walls was elsewhere.
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Gene Smith
R. E. Glasscock
J. J. Casper
FBI
Smith
Carl Jackson
Walls
Carlotta
Funeral services set for Mrs Mary Ella Setliff
Mrs Mary Ella Setliff 65 of Shady Spring will be funeralized at 2 0 p m Friday at Shady Spring Community Church with Rev F C Calhoun and Rev Oscar Lilly presiding Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park She died at 2 13 a m today after pneumonia and long illness She was a Primitive Baptist Church member born December 27 1894 in Patrick County Virginia Survived by husband Edgar Lee Setliff five sons Damon Beckley Cervera Fairfax Va Edgar E Dale and Darlow all of Shady Spring one daughter Madonna Ferguson of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio one brother Louis Cox Martinsville Va four sisters Clara Hensley Josie Wickham Nellie Harter and Lucy Parker five grandchildren The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the residence at 3 p m Thursday and to the church an hour before services Pallbearers named.
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Mary Ella Setliff
Shady Spring
F. C. Calhoun
Oscar Lilly
Sunset Memorial Park
Setliff
Primitive Baptist Church
Jumping Branch
Patrick County
Daniel Lee
Mary Bryant Cox
Edgar Lee Setliff
Damon
Beckley
Cervera
Fairfax
Edgar E
Dale
Darlow
Madonna Ferguson
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Louis Cox
Martinsville
Clara Hensley
Josie Wickham
Spray
N. C
Nellie Harter
Lucy Parker
Leaksville
WN. C
Rose and Quesenberry
Clyde Oney
Floyd Thornton
C. C. Payne
John Fix
Willard Elam
William Burge
Carl Cook
Buster Williams Jr
Mrs. Ruby Buckland Dies in Weston Hospital
Mrs. Ruby Buckland of Callaway Heights died Tuesday night in a Weston hospital. The body will be returned to Calfee's Funeral Home for completion of arrangements.
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Ruby Buckland
Callaway Heights
Weston Hospital
Calfee
Divorcee Kills Loan Collector in New Jersey
Alyce Anderson, 34, a divorcee from Hopatcong, killed loan officer Charles Attard of Caldwell when he came to collect a debt. Attard’s body was found smeared with blood in the driveway of the police chief, and Anderson was arrested on the charge, with details pending.
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Hopatoong
N. J
Charles Attard
Caldwell
Alyce Anderson
Lester Injured In Mine Mishap
Wyoming report states Joe Lester of Hanover was injured at Island Creek Coal Co mine near Welch during a rock roll incident shortly before 6 p m He was rushed to Stevens Clinic Welch for emergency back surgery and hospital officials say his condition is satisfactory This incident occurred at the Wyoming mine of Island Creek Coal Co and the ambulance driver described the rock rolling onto the miner
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Wyoming
RNS
Joe Lester
Hanover
Island Creek Coal Co
Lester
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Candidates Ruled Ineligible For May Primary
James R. Chambers Bolt and George Honaker Saxon failed to file proper Certificate of Announcement forms with notary signatures for the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk. C Harold Hanks ruled them ineligible for the May 10 primary. Chambers sought House of Delegates. Honaker requested Board of Education but filed no fee.
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James R. Chambers
Bolt
George Honaker
Saxon
Raleigh County
C. Harold Hanks
Chambers
Honaker
West Virginia
Circuit Clerk
House of Delegates
Board of Education
Woman in purse gun shooting of Attard after loan inquiry
Mrs. Anderson told police she fired once at Attard on Monday night as he chased her into her bedroom then dragged the 130‑pound man to his car and dumped the body in Chief William Taylor’s driveway. Attard, 40, had visited her home over a $500 loan owed to a finance company.
Sentences Meted Out Judge Accepts Guilty Pleas
Judge Harry L McCreery accepted eight guilty pleas in Raleigh County Criminal Court this morning. Garlands sentence to the state penitentiary ranges from one to ten years for breaking and entering with jail time credited. Tounes received one to ten years. Collins and Stoots were ordered to one to ten but later to one to two years in the forestry camp. Clay and Cook drew five years for armed robbery. Cook remained on bond. Walter Evans got nine months jail and a $50 fine for attempting a felony with credit for time served. Roy Goode received one to ten years with jail credit.
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Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County Criminal Court
John Robert Garland
Leonard Tounes
Defense Council
Tounes
Alfred Lee Collins
Phillip Stoots
McCreery
Davis
Collins and Stoots
James Arthur Clay
Hardy B. Cook
Clay
Cook
Walter Evans
Raleigh
Roy Goode
Khrushchev Opens Asia Tour From Moscow
Premier Khrushchev leaves Moscow with a Soviet delegation for India and three other Asian nations to bolster prestige amid U N relations. The trip includes India Burma Indonesia and Afghanistan with talks likely on Sino Indian frontier tensions and Tibet.
Slack Warns of Missile Base Site Vulnerabilities
Slack discusses terrain and valley features near possible base sites for Minuteman missiles. He notes valleys almost ringed by mountains often over 500 feet high, within 500 miles of much of the U S population. He mentions hardened underground sites could be neutralized by a nuclear strike within half a mile and mobile Minuteman deployment by railcars, with West Virginia advantages and unused mine tunnels in valleys.
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Ous
United States
Slack
Shack
Minutemen
Minuteman
West Virginia
Beckleyan Jailed On Numbers Count
Alex Pemberton Jr., 41, Beckley, was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 7:50 p m Tuesday after arrest by City Police on a numbers warrant issued by Magistrate Cotton White. Eddie Zoltz, Prosperity, released from jail today served time on destruction of personal property.
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Alex Pemberton Jr
Beckley
Raleigh
Cotton White
Eddie Zoltz
Prosperity
Wallace Tries Head Battering in Jail Incident
An inmate Wallace, 113 Riley St Beckley, slashed his throat with a pen knife Tuesday then battered his head against cell bars. He received two head wounds sewn by Dr Belton at Raleigh General Hospital and was returned to jail. Jailer Fred Aaron said Wallace likely hid the knife on booking at 10 13 am. He remains jailed on an inebriate warrant without a hearing. his wife had spoken with him before the act.
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Raleigh County
Howard Wallace
Riley St. Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
A. D. Belton
Fred Aaron
Wallace
Aaron
West Virginia Crime Probe Stalemate Between House Senate
A conference committee worked to resolve a deadlock over a proposed 10 member West Virginia Crime Commission to probe crime gambling and related activity. The House and Senate clashed over secret testimony rules and prior inter immittee service, with voting motions and rhetoric reflecting strong offense against racketeers and political gamesmanship. The dispute affects timing with a May 15 delay proposed by the House ignored by the Senate.
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Charleston
Senate House
West Virginia
House
Senate
del. Hobart Booth Jr
D-Fayette
Booth
Two School Officials To Attend Convention
Superintendent of Schools Sherman C. Trail and Assistant Superintendent Mason Anderson will attend the annual convention of the American Association of School Administrators in Atlantic City from Saturday through Wednesday. Trail, as 1960 membership chairman for West Virginia, has been invited by President Martin Essex to be his platform guest at the Monday session in the Atlantic City Auditorium ballroom.
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Sherman C. Trail
Mason Anderson
American Association of School Administrators
Atlantic City
Trail
West Virginia
Martin Essex
House Stumbles Toward Adjournment On Budget Path
The House advances its budget items while adding surplus and fighting Senate amends. A Senate plan to bar press access to a Crime Commission was killed 86 to 11. House aims to finish the 54th legislature on time, with conference of House and Senate committees to iron out differences. The chamber also passed a referendum severance tax bill but faces procedural hurdles and a fragile, critical session verdict.
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House
Senate
Hobart Booth
D-Fayette
Wyoming Junior College Bill Introduced
Senator Ward Wylie introduces legislation authorizing Wyoming County's board of education to establish and run a junior college to be named Wyoming Junior College. The bill faces a tough path as the Senate may not concur with House plans. The public fairness of hearings and press access are noted amid Senate disagreements.
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Charleston
Ward Wylie
Wyoming
Wyoming County
Board of Education
Wyoming Junior College
Senate
House
Ralph Bean
Nuckols
Wylie
Testimony in Area Church Case Continues in Fayetteville
Fayetteville reporters describe Mrs. J C Lillie Taylor former clerk at Bell Creek Missionary Baptist Church as the lone witness in injunction proceedings brought by church members to regain administration of Dixie church. Plaintiffs seek to show long Baptist associations dates back to 1852 while defense probes the churchs formal budget and office eligibility rules adopted 1954 55. The case involves pastor Rev Fred Dillon whose first sermon was Oct 24 1959 and questions of church affiliations and membership criteria.
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Hopewell Baptist Association
West Virginia Baptist Convention
American Baptist Association
Taylor
Jane W. Vencll
Vencill
Vencll
Wilson
O. T. Sizemore
B. D. Simpson
State Briefs Highlight Health, Jobs and Elections
Health director N H Dyer notes a waning influenza like disease outbreak across the state. New jobless claims totaled 3 338 last week vs 3 600 prior week per Employment Security report. Charles E Hamilton Jr promoted to staff assistant to Union Carbide South Charleston plant manager R C Hieronymus. H E Matics of Cairo receives Democratic nomination certificate for State Senate from the 3rd District postmarked Cairo last Saturday at 2 pm.
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N. H. Dyer
Charles E. Hamilton Jr
R. C. Hieronymus
South Charleston
Union Carbide Chemicals Co
C&O Truck Damage After Elk Refining Tie-Up
Damages were estimated at 225 dollars to a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway truck when a wheel on an Elk Refining Co. Keystone truck loosened and struck the C&O vehicle on Harper Road near Beckley. Three C&O employees, S. A. Harford, Frank Adkins, and a Mr. Martin, were uninjured, as was the tanker driver. The Elk truck also lost a wheel while heading toward Beckley. Separately a C&O diesel engine derailed at Eccles around 9:45 pm. no injuries and 150-dollar engine damage.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Elk Refining Co
C&o
S. A. Harford
Frank Adkins
Martin
ELK Refining
Keystone
Harper Road
Beckley
Eccles
Cc. R. McCoomas
C&o Raleigh
McComas
Ghent Youth Missing. 15 May Be Heading to Chicago or California
A 15 year old Ghent boy, James Bowen, was reported missing by Argell Griffith. Last seen at midnight Tuesday, he is 5'5" and 113 pounds, wearing black trousers a green shirt and a brown jacket. Griffith suspects he may have run away toward California or Chicago to pursue boxing, and asks for tips from anyone with information.
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California
Chicago
Ill
Argell Griffith
Ghent
Griffith
James Bowen
Ee Ane Ae
Finan Defends Service as Not Immoral to Rep Moss
Record Plugger Finan told Rep John Moss that paying labels for his services did not seem immoral since he believed he was providing a service, and that all record firms dropped him when he was fired.
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Finan
John Moss
D-Calif
Minor In Hospital After Mine Injury
William Minor was admitted to Beckley Hospital at noon today for a fractured ankle following an accident at the Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates mine. Attendants expect surgery to repair the injury. Helen is not clearly connected in the record.
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William Minor
Helen
Beckley Hospital
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Rescue Squad Responds After Store Illness in Beckley
The Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad treated Betsy Sorrell of 127 Rhodes St at the Piece Goods Shop after she became ill. She was taken to Raleigh General Hospital for examination at presstime.
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Beckley Fire Department
Betsy Sorrell
Rhodes St
Raleigh General Hospital
Sea Petri battered in 40 foot sea near San Francisco
The Petri, outbound to Houston with a four man crew and one passenger, rode a 40 foot wave that overwhelmed its power and fouled the ballast. Attempts to tow from Sea Wolf and Sea Cloud failed until Taney’s Captain Hellmer shot a line to haul the vessel. Spectators watched in rain as the Petri struggled to raise anchors near Triburon with bar pilot aboard. The Petri Wine Co. owned vessel is controlled by the Petri family and United Vintners Inc.
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Sea Wolf
Petri
Sea Cloud
W. F. Hellmer
Taney
San Francisco Bay
Hif
W. J. Fowler
Triburon
Calif
John Joblin
Houston
Floyd L. Webb
Alameda
Petri Wine Co
United Vintners, Inc
Petri, Family
Storms and snow sweep across multiple states with record highs
A violent storm walloped California and Texas with fierce winds and coastal waves. Snow blanketed the Midwest while highways closed and motorists were stranded across the Dakotas and Nebraska. A severe windstorm hit Dermott Arkansas, killing two trapping them in a truck cab as gusts reached 115 mph near Oklahoma City. Cold waves spread through Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and the Dakotas with 20 to 30 degree readings in the snow belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Texas
Arkansas
Iowa
Pacific
Oregon
Angelo Petri
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Midwest
Dakotas
Lower
Michigan
South Dakota
Nebraska
Ilinois
Lower Michigan
el Paso
Dallas
Guadalupe Mountains
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Dalas
Fort Worth
Dermott
Oklahoma
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
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Kenneth James Allen
Earl W. Allen
Quantico
Naval Hospital
Richard Earl
West
C. Berkley Lilly
Beckley, W.va
Pol
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India
Khrushchev
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Tashkent
Hindu Kush
Himalaya
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Tewm
Julia
Andrei Gromyko
Nikolai Mikhailov
George Zhukov
Semyon A. Shachkov
Pavel Satukov
Pravda
Burma
Indonesia
Afghanistan
Soviet Union
China
Tibet
Nehru
Beckleyan
del. W. E. Chilton III
D-Kanawha
Chilton
Del
Dorsel E. Smith
Dputnam
George A. Rairden
R Mason
Ewes
Commission
House Rules Committee
Area Church
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