Trial of Parker in Raleigh County Rapes Case Enters Day Two
In Raleigh County Criminal Court the State's case against 15 year old Fletcher David Hayes Parker of Sylvia Street for raping 19 year old Judith White resumes. Two witnesses testified as prosecutors prepare jury instructions for the afternoon session while the accuser tearfully described the assault near Sylvia Elementary School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher David Hayes Parker
Sylvia Street
Judith White
Myers Ave
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Anthony J. Sparacino
Parker
Sylvia
Funeral set for L. Steele Trotter Charleston attorney
Funeral services will be held Friday for L. Steele Trotter 67 a prominent Charleston attorney and12 year member of the old State Board of Control Died Wednesday of cancer after an eight month illness He will be buried in Morgantown Trotter son of former WVU President Frank Trotter and a Republican appointed to the board in 1945 served until 1957 when replaced He held a Harvard Law degree 1929 and later served as federal regional referee for the Social Security Appeals Board Surviving is his widow Mary Collier of Elkins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
L. Steele Trotter
Old State Board of Control
Morgantown
Trotter
West Virginia University
Frank Trotter
Buckhannon
Clarence Meadows
Public Institutions Department
WVU
Weston
East Bank
Harvard Law School
Navy
Haymond Maxwell
State Supreme Court
Social Securities Appeals Board
Washington
Mary Collier
Elkins
SAC to cut operations at European bomber bases next fiscal year
Bomber Port Lyautey Morocco hosts a Navy port airfield ordnance facility and cargo terminal. Beyond leaving African bases the Strategic Air Command will cut operations at European bases during the fiscal year starting next July. Specific bomber bases were not learned but England and Spain likely would be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Lyautey
Morocco
Strategic Air Command
England
Spain
Capitol Hill hiker group ends trek with park sights and smiles
Norman G. Cornish chronicles a line of hikers led by young women including Patricia Hughes and Mrs. Mary McCassie as they travel from Great Falls toward Washington. The group earns a cheer on the Capitol steps with Rep. Gallagher greeting them as they push through a chilly, strenuous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Great Falls
Washington
Park Service
U.S. Capitol
Capitol
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D-N.j
Patricia Hughes
Mary McCassie
Mary
Patricia
Shia Green
New York City
Charles S. Joelson
Alice Schneider
Cincinnati
Ohio
Donald Clancy
Robio
Salinger
Pierre
Norman G. Cornish
County Master Plan Approved by Raleigh County Court
The county and State Department of Commerce will develop a county wide master plan at no cost. Consulting engineer Leslie Gates will guide the project expected to span months and map future county developments using existing facilities. James D. Lilly urged adoption of the plan as Anthony J Sparacino evaluates its legality. A Coal City public hearing for a Public Service district is set for March 12 at 1 30 p m. K R James was appointed to fill a Crab Orchard MacArthur district vacancy after R L Webb resigned due to residency rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Commerce
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Anthony J Sparacino
City of
Beckley
Leslie Gates
James D. Lilly
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Coal City
R. James
Crab Orchard
R. L. Webb
Crab Orchard-MacArthur
Webb
Basil K. Wilcox
Mose Pitzer
Cooks Training Course Delayed Opens Feb 25
The 48 week program under the Manpower Development and Training Act at Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center will start Monday February 25. Eight Beckley area residents will join 20 trainees with the rest from Parkersburg Wheeling and Fairmont. Applicants number eight selected late next week final selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Beckley Area
Beckley
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Fairmont
Center
Raleigh County Board of Education
South Fayette Street
Kennedy urges action to aid youth and children
The President criticizes rising juvenile delinquency and calls for government action across federal state and local levels. He notes many youths are out of school and out of work, with infant mortality still higher than other nations. He argues aiding children now strengthens the nation later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Kennedy
Award to a nonlow bidder prompts standardization red tape
A government body awards a contract to a responsible bidder other than the lowest, highlighting bureaucratic standardization and procurement delays. The decision draws scrutiny over process, possible favoritism, and the impact on project timelines and costs.
Windle dies after heart attack in Beckley
J G Windle Jr 50 Mabscott coal operator died at 7 30 am in a local hospital after suffering a heart attack in the Beckley post office parking lot. Born March 31 1912 he owned G and J Coal Co Whitby and Windlebrook Coal Co Affinity. Survivors include his wife daughter three sons and a sister. Funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Windle Jr
Mabscott
Beckley Post Office
Thacker Mines
James G. Windle
Huntington
Mr. Windle
G. and J. Coal Co
Whitby
Windlebrook Coal Co
Affinity
Huntington High School
Marshall University
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Mabscott Lions Ube
Gertrude Young Windle
Trudge Windle
Ravenswood
Final rites for Corbit Isaac Lucas in Beckley Junction
Corbit Isaac Lucas 67 of Beckley Junction will be laid to rest Sunday at 1 p m in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. L A Garten and Rev E W Powers officiating. Burial follows at Mt View family cemetery after a short illness. He died Wednesday at 7 a m. The body remains at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Lucas
Beckley Junction
Rose and Quesenberry
L. A. Garten
E. W. Powers
Mt. View
Gabe Waugh Dies After Long Illness at 74
Gabe Waugh 74 of Winona died in a local hospital after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabe Waugh
Winona
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Conway E Boone 65 Dies in Miami Hospital
Conway E Boone 65 of Matoaka died Tuesday at a Miami Florida hospital while wintering in Florida. He was retired chief electrician for the Lamar Colliers Co. and is survived by brother Ray E Boone of Pineville. Born June 1897 in Alleghany Springs Virginia to Benjamin F and Lillian Atkinson Boone. The body is being brought to Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway Edward Boone
Matoaka
Miami, Fla
Boone
Lamar Colliers Co
Florida
Ray E. Boone
Pineville
Alleghany Springs
Benjamin F
Lillian Atkinson Boone
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Funeral set for Mrs Virginia Lilly in Mt View
Mrs Virginia E Lilly 76 of Midway dies at her daughter’s home. Funeral services are 2 p m Friday at Bethel Church of Mt View with Rev John Rinehart Rev Okey Cox and Rev Hershey Lane officiating. Burial in Mt View family cemetery. Body to be removed from Williams Funeral Home to Midway today. Pallbearers named Roy Lester William Ray Lester Earnest French Walter Mills Leverne Blevins Clinton Sizemore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia E
Virgo) Lilly
Midway
Bethel Church
Mt. View
John Rinehart
Okey Cox
Hershey Lane
Vessie Walker
Williams
Roy Lester
William Ray Lester
Earnest French
Walter Mills
Leverne Blevins
Clinton Sizemore
Harold Boland 64 Dies After Six Month Illness in Hinton
Harold Boland of Hinton dies at 3 15 a m Wednesday in a Hinton hospital after a six month illness. Born February 18 1898 in Buena Vista Ohio he was a son of the late John and Ida Cooper Boland. He lived much of his life in Summers County was a yard conductor for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and a former Summers County jailer. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Gospel Tabernacle at Jumping Branch. Survived by Paul Boland Oak Hill. Body at Ronald Mead ow Funeral Parlors in Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula Marie Coffman
Prince
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Coffman
Alex
Loma Privett
Fayetteville
Harley Coffman
Harold
Leroy
Darrell
Sherman
Ernest
Macil Roark
Lancaster
Ohio
Wade Privett
Columbus
Robert Privett
Keyser Bryant
Harold Boland
Hinton
Buena Vista
John
Ida Cooper Boland
Summers County
Boland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Brotherhood of Railway
Gospel Tabernacle
Jumping Branch
Paul Boland
Ronald Meadow Funeral
Cleveland Press Strike Ends as Union Accepts Offer
Cleveland News reports the Cleveland Press guild unit votes 134 to 92 to accept management’s terms ending an 11 week strike over union security. Rehire of Noel Wical and others is assured and the agreement retroactive to November 1 when the previous contract expired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPS
Cleveland Press
Scripps- Howard
Noel Wical
Press Guild
Norristown Mayor John Hoffman Dies at 68
John H. Hoffman 68 a Norristown mayor elected January 8 died Wednesday in Montgomery Hospital after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
UPI
John H. Hoffman
Montgomery Hospital
Final rites set for Warren Shrewsbury 87
Warren Shrewsbury of Camp Creek died Tuesday in a Huntington hospital at age 87. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel, Princeton, with Rev. I. E. Meadows officiating. Burial follows at Shrewsbury Cemetery near Herndon. He was born March 6, 1875 in Raleigh County, a retired farmer, and survived by two sons, four daughters, two brothers, five sisters, 21 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren. his wife preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Shrewsbury
Camp Creek
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
I. E. Meadows
Shrewsbury
Herndon
Huntington Hospital
Raleigh County
John
Elizabeth Basham
Leeton
Clifford
Lessie Widdle
Robert Holt
Bluefield
Lawrence McKinney
New Richmond
Harry Hager
Oak Hill
T. A
Spanishburg
P. W. Shrewsbury
Dott
Minnie Shrewsbury
Osie’ Honaker
Crab Orchard
Icie Bailey
Crumpler
Zora Mitchum
Grace Black
Moorehead
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice L Merrill Bickford
Mrs. Alice L Merrill Bickford 38 of 712 Alle gan St Saugatuck Michigan died Monday after a long illness. Funeral today at 2 p m in Dykstra Chapel Holland with cremation at Mt Hope Chicago. Survived by husband Harold Merrill and mother Mrs Arthur Merrill Augusta Maine. Three sisters and a brother also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice L. Merrill Bickford
Allegan St
Saugatuck
Mich
Dykstra
Holland
Clarence Hanscom
Mt. Hope
Chicago
Holland Hospital
Nassau College
Springvale
Bickford
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhodes Island
West Virginia
Harold Bickford
Arthur S. Merrill
Augusta
John D. O'Neil
Bristol
Conn
Earl E. Mason
Funeral services for Garfield Bundrant
Garfield Bundrant 69 of Waymart Pa former Fayetteville resident dies Sunday in Waymart hospital. Born 1894 in Appomattox Va he was son of the late Peter and Leuvenia Bundrant. Burial in Pierce Cemetery Fayetteville. Survived by several nieces and nephews. Services 1 p.m. Saturday Mt Zion Baptist Church Gar ten with Rev Edward Abram Beckley. Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville to church at noon Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Bundrant
Waymart
Fayetteville
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Garten
Edward Abram
Beckley
Pierce Cemetery
Bundrant
Appomatox
Peter and
Leuvenia Bundrant
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
West Virginians weigh DST and a busy House agenda
West Virginia senators prepared to adopt a daylight saving plan from April to September and to start it upon passage. The House approved liquor sales, snake-handling limits, nursing home licensing, and polio immunization bills, while authorizing Marshall University bonds and a two year income tax refile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Beigel
Charleston
RNS
State Senate
West
House
State Health Department
Senate
West Virginia
Marshall University
State Natural Resources Department
del. James Jones
R-Calhoun
W. T. Brotherton Jr
D-Kanawha
Brotherton
Robert Holliday
D-Fayette
Scrabble Creek
Gauley Bridge
Fayette County
del. T. E. Myles
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Natural Resources Department
Two Vehicle Crashes Investigated by City Police
Two wrecks with four cars were investigated over a 17 hour period. No injuries or arrests were reported. At 8:45 a.m. a 1961 car driven by Thomas Adkins collided with a 1962 car driven by Collier Guvetts on Valley Drive. Claude Fitzpatrick backed from his driveway in a 1956 car and hit another vehicle driven by Garnett Webb on Sixth Street. the crash occurred at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Adkins
Ford St
Collier B. Guvetts
Crab Orchard
Valley Drive
Claude Fitzpatrick
E. Prince Street
Garnett Webb
Sixth Street
Redden Guilty Of Non-Support
A not guilty plea to non support of his wife and child by Marcus Redden 311 Bailey Ave was overruled in Magistrate Joe Rodriguez s court. Redden ordered to pay 75 per month starting March 1 and to cover court costs followed by additional local fines for others cited by State Police including Bernard Gill Clarence Cottle Woodrow Smith and James Minor with varying fines and charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Redden
Bailey Ave
Joe Rodriguez
Redden
Bernard R. Gill
MancArthur
Rodriguez
W. Va
Woodrow W. Smith
McGuire
Air Force Base
Clarence A. Cottle
S. Kanawha Sr
A. S
James Edward Minor
Sprague
U. S. 21
Embezzler Sought in Local 3 Union Funds Case
U S marshals take custody of a suspect accused of embezzling 6784 dollars from Local 3 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters as Joiners of America. Lawyer G C Donald Robertson offers help to state welfare in fraud prosecutions. A Charleston Huntington hike craze prompts a council race challenge and early walking trek from Charleston City Hall to Huntington. Two Huntington radio staffers plan a midnight walk from Patrick Street Bridge to downtown Huntington taking 11 to 12 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United ‘Brotherhood of Carpenters
Joiners of America
Atty
G C. Donald Robertson
W. Bernard Smith
Charleston
Patrick Street
Huntington
Two West Virginians Held On Shotgun Count
In Chattanooga Tennessee four people were charged with illegal possession of sawed off shotguns and each held on 5000 bonds. John Adkinson 26 of Market Doddridge County WV Dana Collins 18 Charleston WV Hobart Bonine 32 Akron OH Ronald Collins 25 Tampa FL were taken into custody at a motel and linked to an Andersonville NC burglary. Sheriff James Turner said the four likely planned robberies in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andersonville
N. C
Collins
Adkinson
Boniie
Hamilton County
James Turner
Lords plea cites eight year jail for sack theft
In London Lord Stoneham urged milder prison terms in the Lords while noting a recent eight year sentence for stealing an empty sack worth 28 cents. New Hampshire budget to be unveiled compares to a reporter’s salary. Nasburg receives a formaldehyde preserved sheepeye Valentine from girlfriend Gould. Twin births occur in England within hours in different cities. An estimated five million Americans suffer hay fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Lord Stoneham
House of Lords
Communists seize Venezuelan freighter bound for Houston
Venezuelan government says armed Communist factions hijacked the freighter Anzoategui about 380 miles north of Venezuela en route to Houston to pick up machinery. Crew safe. ship carrying fuel for 12 days and food for 5. intercept requests made to US and Latin American nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Eee
UPI
Houston
Tex
United States
Anzoategui
Communist National Liberation Forces
FALN
Caribbean Sea
Venezuela
la Guaira
Curacao
Carlos Andres Perez
Cuba
United States Navy
Caribbean
Perez
Betancourt
Merchants Plan Reorganization for Beckley Chamber Group
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce mercantile committee prepares to launch with a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Beckley Hotel ballroom next Thursday. A 1968 chairman is expected, with a goal of at least 50 business firm representatives from the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Merchants
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Mercantile Committee
Paul M. Peabody
Chamber
Beckley Hotel
Peabody
W. C. McMahan
Mercantile Group
Earle E. Bibb Sr
H. M
Mike) Eckler
West Virginia
Assn
Beckley
Raleigh County Central House
Eckler
Bank of Raleigh
T. E. Simmons
E. D. Terry
Leno Russo
Harry Lewin
John Kearn
Charles Hodel
E. E. Bibb Jr
Trapped Miner Finks Rescue Drama Near Railroad
Digger workers freed the trapped man as his brother Lawrence frantically cleared dirt with his bare hands about 100 feet from the Chicago and North Western Railway. After multiple cave-ins trains halted until vibrations subsided. More than 100 rescuers including 25 prison inmates joined a large tunnel dig and a plywood shoring, while a priest gave last rites and the trapped miner spoke of rosary beads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Fink
Chicago and North Western
Three men enlist in Air Force from Beckley station
Three men enlisted at the Beckley Recruiting Station for the Air Force and were sent to Lackland AFB Texas for basic training. They are James Albert Dowdy of Pulaski Virginia Robert Lawrence Collins of Leckie and Michael Clayton Farmer of Spencer with parents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Beckley
Lackland Afb
Tex
James Albert Dowdy
Albert Dowdy
Pulaski
Robert Lawrence Collins
John Collins
Leckie
Michael Clayton Farmer
Betty Farmer
Spencer
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I. B. Anderson
Raleigh General Hospital
Miss White
Board of Control
Rome
York
Strietmann Gears
Strietmann Peanut Cluster
Ibs
Ransom
MET
Beaver, W. VA
J. G. Windle
Mrs
Corbit
I. Lucas
Conway E. Boone
Virginia Lilly
Cleveland News
Lquality Shop
The
Smart Shop For Women Main Street
Coats
Alice Bickford
Okehs
Valentine—Randye Smith
Olumbus, Miss
Concord
N. H
Boston
Eric W. Nasburg
Woodmere
N. Y
Babson Institute
Wellesley
U.S
Merchants Plan
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