Mountain State Folk Festival and Bargain Days Planned
Beckley and Raleigh prepare for a three day Mountain State Folk Festival June 22 to 24. The event runs with the Old Fashioned Bargain Days June 20 to 26 and the Epic Drama premiere Honey in the Rock set for June 26. J C Kern, Beckley Business Bureau chair, predicts huge turnout aided by cross promoted events.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Beckley Business Bureau
J. C. Kern
The
Business Bureau
Bureau
Billion Deficit Seen By Dillon
Washington UPI report says the Kennedy administration projects a 1 billion deficit for the year ending June 30, reversing Eisenhower’s small surplus forecast. Treasury Secretary Dillon cites lower revenues and higher spending as the cause and notes no comment on 1961 prospects.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Dweight
D. Eisenhower
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Task forces study U S foreign policy across regions
A series of U S task forces review policy worldwide. Adolf A Berle leads the Latin America group while Dean Acheson heads the NATO strategy panel. Additional task forces may examine Africa the Far East and foreign aid.
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Adolf A. Berle
Dean Acheson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Africa
Far East
Lumumba Contingent Fights to Evade Capture in Congo
Reports say Lumumba’s men overpowered guards on the Kolwezi Dilolo railroad line near the Angola frontier and escaped in a waiting automobile after seizing rifles. If Lumumba evades capture in Katanga he may head toward Oriental or Kivu Provinces where Gizenga commands Lumumbist troops. Gizenga’s force has expanded in the north and east, clashing with Mobutu’s soldiers and Katanga forces led by Tshombe.
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Kolwezi
Dilolo
Portuguese Angola
Lumumba
Katanga
Oriental Province
Kivu
Antoine Gizenga
Gizenga
Lumumbist
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Moise Tshombe
Rev W J Carter Admitted To Beckley VA Hospital
The Rev. W. J. Carter of 800 F Street is a patient at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital with condition listed as good. He serves as pastor of the First Baptist Church of North Beckley and was admitted about a week ago.
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W. J. Carter
F St
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
First Baptist Church of
North Beckley
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Guaranteed Payment Plan
Sears Monument Co offers a written guarantee with every monument and a convenient payment plan. Located on Harper Road, contact CL 3-6480 for details.
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Sears
Sears Monument CO
Harper Road
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Fannie Gwinn 80 Meadow Creek
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mrs Fannie Alice Gwinn 80 of Meadow Creek who died at 11 am Thursday in a Hinton hospital after a two week stay. Survivors include six sons Bry an Bridgeport Ohio Virgil Beckley Hubert Cleveland Ohio Donnie Meadow Creek Clenton Barboursville Homer Hinton. six daughters Phyllis Haley Springfield Mo Edna Gavin Charleston Louise Bailey Cleveland Ohio Vera Cole Deep Water and Hazel Kingery Opal Morrison Huntington. a sister Rea Perry Lock bridge. 17 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Alice Gwinn
Meadow Creek
Hinton
Bryan
Bridgeport
Ohio
Virgil
Beckley
Hubert
Cleveland
Donnie
Clenton
Barboursville
Homer Gwinn
Phyllis Haley
Springfield
Edna Gavin
Charleston
Louise Bailey
Final rites for Mrs Ella Shumate in Oceana First Baptist Church
Final rites for Ella Shumate 90 of Oceana were to be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with Rev Wayne Rollins presiding. Burial followed in Cook Cemetery. She died Wednesday at Andrew Rowan Memorial Home in Sweet Springs. Evans Funeral Home in Oceana in charge. Survivors include husband, two sons, a daughter, three brothers, a sister and one grandchild. Body at Williams Funeral Home Sophia.
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Ella Shumate
Oceana
First Baptist Church
Wayne Rollins
Cook
Shumate
Andrew
Rowan
Sweet Springs
Evans Funeral
Hayes Lusk
Cyclone
Bright Prospect Baptist Church
Claude Bailey
Glen Fork
Kenney Harvey
Madison
Brown Cemetery
Lusk
Joseph
Mary Gibson Lusk
Orpha Brown Lusk
Kester
Shelley
Andrew Lusk
Dorothy Bailey
Elsie Bailey
Leander
Dee Lusk
Mahalda Workman
Jeanette Bailey
Wright Charles H funeral set at Welcome Baptist Church
Charles H. Wright age 70 of 122 Grant Street will lie in state before services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Welcome Baptist Church East Park with Rev. John Lockett and Rev. Archie Johnson officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Wright, a retired mechanic, died Thursday after a long illness in a local hospital. Born in Virginia September 4 1890 he was a son of the late Iles H. Wright and his wife. Surviving are daughter Eula. a daughter Lena Mrs Se lena Wright of Philadelphia. two sons Warren and Charles H. III both of Beckley. and eleven grandchildren. The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor will transport the body to the church at 12 30 p.m. Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Wright
Grant St
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
John Lockett
Archie Johnson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wright
Virginia
Iles H. Wright
Eula Wright
Selena Wright
Philadelphia
Warren
Charles H. III
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Final Rites Planned for Mrs Ollie Wiley Dawson Wickham
Mrs Ollie Wiley Dawson 77 of Wickham died at her son's home Thursday after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2 30 pm Saturday at Oak Grove Christian Church with Rev Leslie Garten and Rev Clarence Herron officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by sons Carl Dawson Wickham and William A Dawson Beckley and daughter Mrs James Shifflette Beckley, 13 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Active pallbearers are grandsons Jack Dawson Robert Dawson William E Arthur Guy Arthur Jess Arthur Marvin Dawson. Body at Melton Mortuary until one hour before services."}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Wiley Dawson
Wickham
Oak Grove Christian Church
Leslie A Garten
Clarence Herron
Oak Grove
Dawson
Carl Dawson
William F. Dawson
Speedway
Mercer County
John
Elvira Wiley
Marvin Dawson
Melton Mortuary
Mike Coskey Dies After Long Illness At Beckley Hospital
Mike Coskey, 58, of Midway, died at 8:15 a.m. today in Beckley Hospital after a long illness attributed to sili cosis. He retired from the Affinity mine in 1948 after losing most of his sight to cataracts and was a member of United Mine Workers Local 5876, Affinity.
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Mike Coskey
Midway
Beckley Hospital
Coskey
Affinity
United Mine Workers of America
Revered W A Stith Dies After Short Illness
The Rev W A Stith aged 69 of Cun ard died in a local hospital after a brief illness. He is mourned a year after the death of his wife Maude Stith who was buried on February 11 1960. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
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W. A. Stith
Cunard
Mr. Stith
Maude Stith
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Clarence D Walker Dies After Illness in Huntington Hospital
Clarence D. Walker longtime coal operator in Raleigh and Fayette counties died Thursday in a Huntington hospital. The Raleigh native and former operator was about per retirement. He was a native of Clifftop.
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Clarence D. Walker
Raleigh
Fayette
Huntington
Walker
Final Rites Planned for Robert Lee Hicks of Ramp
Robert Lee Hicks 64 of Ramp died at 6 30 p m Wednesday at home after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a m Saturday at FE M Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton with burial in the Hicks family cemetery near Ramp. He was the brother of Mrs Dewey Combs and Mrs C W Jones of Beckley.
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Robert Lee Hicks
Ramp
FE. M. Meadows
Hinton
Hicks
Dewey Combs
C. W. Jones
Beckley
Driver Faces Court Date After City Car Crash
Donald P Brown 19 of Moor Street is to appear in Beckley Police Court Monday night on a charge of failure to keep his vehicle under control. He drove a car that collided with Jeffries Hill 54 of 905 S Fayette St at 1120 am today at South Fayette and Maplewood Lane. Police estimated damages at 250 dollars. A second Mercer Street collision was under investigation at presstime.
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Donald P. Brown
Moor Street
Beckley
Jeffries Hill
S. Fayette St
South Fayette
Maplewood Lane
Out Of State Skiers Arrive For Weekend At Bald Knob
Bald Knob ski slopes attract enthusiasts from Michigan North Carolina and Kentucky along with locals. Manager Tom Minter notes no more student days due to poor response. Excellent weekend conditions forecast with all five slopes open and tows operating.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Michigan
North Carolina
Kentucky
Minter
Auto Makers To Lay Off 69 000
DETROIT (API) More than 69 000 auto workers face layoffs as the four largest firms announce production cutbacks. American Motors idled 20 300 workers this week with 4 100 not returning Monday. Ford and Chrysler plan 17 200 layoffs for one week. GM previously announced 46 500 one week layoffs. Chrysler will cut 11 000 at four Detroit area plants and one in Newark. Ford recalls 6 100 workers and about 6 200 remain laid off across multiple plants. GM will cut in Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac and Fisher Body plants plus 6 400 non automotive GM jobs in Buffalo.
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Detroit
API
American Motors
Monay
Kenosha
Wis
Milwaukee
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Detroit Area
Newlark
Del
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dearborn
Mich
Atlanta
Chester
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Wayne
Louisville
San Jose
Calif
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Fisher
Buffalo, N.Y
Spy ring case at Bow Street Court ends hearing
Five defendants pleaded innocent at Bow Street Court after a three day hearing in a spy case. Government outlined evidence and witnesses as to whether secrets reached Russia or were blocked. Capt G O Symonds testified that Dreadnought submarine photos were found with Miss Gee, suggesting high value to the enemy. Kroger Cohen identified as Lola Petka of Adams Mass. Details awaited trial.
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Bow Street Court
Russia
G. O. Symonds
Admiralty
Underwater Warfare Division
Britain
Symonds
Miss Gee
New York
Cam
Kroger-Cohen
Lola Petka
Adams, Mass
France and Russia clash over North Africa air incident
France says a Soviet plane violated international lanes and buzzed a French jet three times and fired twice at a civil airliner. Russia calls it a bandit attack while Tass accuses Paris of distorting facts. Paris orders an urgent probe as de Gaulle tutters cautious response.
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Thas
Algiers
Tass
France
Brezhnev
North African
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
Sheriff Jailed For Public Drunkenness In Louisville
Rev. Sheriff Haskel Woods, 45, a Baptist minister and Choctaw County sheriff since 1959, was fined 15 dollars and jailed 14 hours in Louisville on January 21 on public drunkenness charges disclosed by police.
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Louisville
Miss
UPI
Haskel Woods
Choctaw County
Information Ban Keeps Sputnik VII A Mystery
Washington reports say a Defense Department information ban hides the fate of Russia s Sputnik VII. Air Force sources indicate no tracking difficulty and say the ban creates an appearance of mystery regarding whereabouts. White House noted earlier the U S detected Sputnik before its launch.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Russia
Royal Observatory
Edinburgh
Scotland
L. J. Carter
British Interplanetary Society
White House
U.S
Defense
America
West Virginia lawmakers back tax bill amid Senate House clash
The legislature passed a tax bill backed by Barron with the measure becoming effective on passage and retroactive to Jan. 1. Withholdings start April 1 and revenues flow later. the bill faces final enactment by week’s end. Debates ranged from constitutional concerns to equity while DC voting rights gained House approval as part of broader agenda.
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Senate
House
Barron
West Virginia
State Tax Department
Jack Johnson
R-Mason
Del
Jack Miller
R-Wood
del. D. P. Given
D-Webster
House Finance
Ivor Boiarsky
District of Columbia
Maurice Boggs
D-Gilmer
Scoring Dates Set For Four Raleigh County Schools
Scoring dates for four Raleigh County Elementary Schools were announced by Assistant Superintendents Mason Anderson and Dewey Bone. Stamford is set for February 17, Blue Jay on February 24, and Helen and Amigo on March 6. Glen Daniel's date moved from Thursday to Wednesday, according to Bone.
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Raleigh County
Mason Anderson
Dewey Bone
Stamford
Blue Jay
Helen
Amigo
Glen Daniel
Bone
Beckley Trio Named To Yearbook Staff
Three Beckleyans are named to The KARUX yearbook staff at Mercersburg Academy Mercersburg Pa. Kenneth Martin Fink John Kinney Schulte and Robert M Wein are listed as members from Beckley with parent addresses 202 Foote St 101 Bishop St and 107 Queen St respectively.
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Beckleyans
Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg
Beckley
Kenneth Martin Fink
Sidney Fink
Foote St
John Kinney Schulte
G. L. Schulte
Bishop St
Robert M. Wein
Isadore Wein
Queen St
Indicted for Murder in West Virginia Father Shooting
A 14 year old Milton girl Carolyn Ann Smith was indicted on a murder charge by Cabell County grand jury for the January 4 fatal shooting of her father Avery G. Smith. She is among the youngest indicted for murder in West Virginia history.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPID
Milton
Cabell County Grand Jury
Avery G. Smith
Carol Ann Smith
West Virginia
Controversy Rages Over Proposed State Income Tax Bill
Senators condemned the bill as unconstitutional and redistributionary, while supporters argued it could create jobs. Criticism centered on federal overreach and harm to low income groups, with opponents calling the measure a backward step and a monster. Freshman Kaufman supported equity but lamented no corporate target.
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Supreme Court
Clarence E. Martin
Martin
J. Horner Davis
D-Kanawha
Dayton R. Stemple
R - Barbour
Joseph Handlan
R-Wood
Senate
John Carrigan
R-Marshall
Paul Kaufman
George Seibert
Ohio
Hutchinson Undergoes Eye Surgery Today
Paul Hutchinson of 114 West Fourth Street was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Thursday for eye surgery to remove a pocket of fluid behind the retina after recent cataract surgery. His case is described as a planned procedure by a business associate.
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Paul Hutchinson
West
Fourth St
the Colony Drug Co
Raleigh General Hospital
Telephone Employee Stricken At Work
Rescue squad from Beck ley Fire Department was summoned to Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co office on Valley Drive at 4 05 p m Thursday when an employee became ill Bill H Bair 42 of 215 Hargrove St suffered a convulsion and was taken home on the advice of his physician
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Beckley
Wealth in the White House since Washington
The piece argues wealth in the White House is historic, citing George Washington as among the richest presidents. It notes his land and act holdings funded heirs to about $530,000 at his death, a value that modern land estimates would place near $20 million. Encyclopedia Britannica
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John Kennedy
White House
George Washington
Washington Estate
Unemployment picture midyear cited by Labor Sec Arthur Goldberg
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg warns that about half of the nation s major industrial areas are now classified as low in spirits amid rising unemployment. The statement highlights a bleak outlook as job losses and factory curtailments ripple across cities.
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U. S
United Press International
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
Politically Socked Delegates Stir West Virginia House
The West Virginia House session opens with speakers praising infrastructure funding as the budget moves. Delegate D. P. Given gifts mineral water and delegate Cecil Noll plans a novel sock giveaway featuring donkey and elephant designs for Democrats and Republicans, amid female members needing women's sizing.
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House of Delegates
D. P
D-Webster
Webster County
House
Berkeley
Cecil S. Noll
Martinsburg
Noll
Nell
Charleston
Seating bill seeks to realign West Virginia House seats
Charleston reports another measure to realign House of Delegates seats by adding a second delegate to Hancock and Berkeley counties while reducing Fayette from four to three and dropping McDowell from five to four. Senate bills seek Public Service Commission raises and a fund for educational TV. Additional measures target federal grants for urban renewal and county school board election timing.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Hancock
Berkeley
del. Cecil Noll
House
Fayette County
McDowell County
Senate
Sen
Lloyd Jackson
D-Lincoln
Public Service Commission
Sen. McKown
D-Wayne
del. Singleton
D-Monongalia
del. Ashley
Roane
Beckleyan Held On Four Charges
Beckleyan Beckleyan Lowell Chafin age 23 of 108 Sixth Street Beckley was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 1205 a.m. by city police on auto larceny trespassing parole violation and drunkenness charges. He was arrested for trespassing after a resident on Hargrove Street reported someone peering through a window. The car he was driving had been stolen earlier from Billy Joe Skiles Crab Orchard and was recovered. He was charged with auto larceny.
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Lowell Chafin
Sixth St
Beckley
Raleigh County
Hargrove Street
Billy Joe Skiles
Crab Orchard
Rape Trial Update Delays in Yazoo City and GOP Dinner
Shortening The News reports Thursday in Yazoo City Mississippi a rape case involving a 5 year old Negro girl and white brothers. STATE BRIEFS note Thruston Morton will headline a March 7 Charleston GOP fund raising dinner to help pay debts from last year’s state campaign. Hazen Fair trial on false swearing continues as Kanawha Intermediate Court jury deliberates after brief recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
Miss
Thruston B. Morton
Charleston
Kentucky
Kanawha Intermediate Court
Hazen H. Fair
Motorists Charged Following Accident
A Thursday afternoon Valley Drive crash led to two motorists being charged. Charles Irle age 17 of 115 Beaver Ave was cited for failure to keep his vehicle under control while Ralph Williams age 21 of Akron Ohio was charged with driving without an Ohio state operator’s license. Williams posted a $10 bond and Irle must appear in Police Court Monday. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Drive
Charles Irle
Beaver Ave
Ralph Williams
Akron
Ohio
Williams
Irie
Second Charge Lodged Against Pemberton Man
Ross Edward Lambert of Pemberton was fined 30 dollars by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on reckless driving and assault and battery charges. He was arrested by State Police and booked at Raleigh County Jail, with Granville O'Dell Lilly and Ronald Edward Wilson filing additional assault charges. Lambert received 25 dollars and 10 days in jail for reckless driving, plus 5 dollars for assault and battery. Wilson paid 5 dollars. Both remained in jail in lieu of fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Edward Lambert
Pemberton
Joe Rodriguez
Lambert
Raleigh
Granville O'Dell Lilly
Ronald Edward Wilson
Wilson
School Lunch Program Audit Under Way
Philip Tomares of the United States Department of Agriculture is in Beckley for the annual audit and inspection of the school lunch program. He will review a representative number of schools participating, under the supervision of Mrs Mary M. Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Tomares
United States Department of Agriculture
Beckley
Mary M. Scott
Banks and Offices to Close Monday for Lincoln Birthday
Local banks and county offices will observe Lincoln's Birthday on Monday since the holiday falls on Sunday. The Circuit Clerk’s office County and Criminal Courts the Prosecuting Attorney’s office and the Health Department will be closed, while Board of Education offices and schools stay open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Clerk's
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Health Department
Board of Education
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Mrs. Fannie Gwinn
Mrs
Warsaw
Poland
Bessie Garrison Coskey
Mickey
D. C
Lloyd Lee
Montgomery
Phyllis Jean Parker
Paris
Victor
N.J
Charles
Walter
California
Katie Morgan
Williams Funeral
Sophia
Ollie Dawson
Magnavox
Magnapower
Jan Campbell
Main St
Mercer Street
Auto Makers
National Aeronautic and Space Adminisration
Ham
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Hutchinson
Encyclopedia Britannica
Stanford Smith
American Newspaper Publishers Association
East Orange
Harold L. Roth
Sparks
Nev
Oscar Cunningham
Capitol
Beckleyan
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