Gems Discarded During High Speed Chase
In Wytheville Virginia state and county officers search the rural area near town for part of a $50 000 stolen jewel haul scattered along a road after a chase at speeds to 115 mph. Two suspects, Robert Eugene Lewis and Ernest Baylor Stanger, were captured while residents aided the search for gems scattered by two men fleeing a car near Bluefield and Wytheville.
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Wytheville
Bluefield
W. Va
Wythe County
Buford Shockley
Shockley
Robert Eugene Lewis
Bell Ave
Mattoon
Ernest Baylor Stanger
Brookfield Road
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Farthing
Tom Daniels
Stanger and
Lewis
Farthing
Highway 21
Speedwell
Here
Stanger
Harry L. Hennings
Spring Mill Lane
Atlanta
West Virginia
Virginia
Hennings
Pinecrest Bill to be Reconsidered by Legislature
Public Institutions Commissioner Hodgson said Pinecrest and Hopemont tuberculosis sanitariums will not die in the legislative process. The bill would expand use for chronic lung diseases, but the House version limited it to care of chronically ill. Hodgson noted the state has up to 400 beds and plans to present more data next year to keep the issue alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Institutions
Joseph E. Hodgson
Pinecrest
Hopemont
House of Delegates
Senate Public Buildings and Humane Institutions Committee
Hodgson
Powers Estate Sees Flurry of Activity Amid U2 Rumors
Neighbors report recent surge of activity at the Powers estate after a weekend spread of visitors and rumors. The house, built in 1929 and once owned by the Ashford family, changed hands to Bruce Naylor and later to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Todd before a government sale about a dozen years ago for about 65 000 dollars. A man claiming to work for Uncle Sam declined to confirm Powers’ presence, while a U2 pilot was said not to be there on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Powers
Ashford
Bruce Naylor
Gene Tunney
Charles Todd
Easton
PPG Begins $1 Million Barium Plant Construction
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co starts a new highly automatic $1 million barium chemical plant in Pittsburgh with completion aimed for next December. Joseph A. Neubauer, PPG vice president, says peak construction will employ about 400 workers.
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Natrium
UPI
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Joseph A. Neubauer
PPG
Deaths and Funerals for Thurman Brooks and Richard Vecellio
Funeral services for Thurman Brooks 82 of Fairdale will be at 1 p m Friday at Coal Marsh Baptist Church Glen Daniel burial in Farmer Cemetery Bolt Brooks died Wednesday morning at Hill Top Nursing Home He was a retired lumber operator and longtime Fairdale resident Survivors include his wife three daughters six sons a sister four brothers and many grandchildren The body remains at Caffee Funeral Home until the funeral A former Beckley man Richard Vecellio 25 of Vero Beach died unexpectedly in Florida of an apparent lung hemorrhage He was WVU educated in recreation administration and the first WVU intern to serve in Vero Beach He was a member of St Francis de Sales Catholic Church Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Dennie Dinsmore
Thurman Brooks
Fairdale
Coal Marsh Baptist Church
Glen Daniel
Farmer
Bolt
Brooks
Hill Top
Oak Hill
Wyoming County
Frank and
Etta Farmer Brooks
Raleigh County
Coy
Baltimore
Roy
U. S. Army
Germany
Ollie Rhodes
Allen Junction
Kemper
Windon
Clare
Dee
James
Glen Morrison
Grandpa
Calfe Funeral Home
Raymond McGrady
S. W. Moye
Seibert Snuffer
Lioyd Sweeney
Bill Underwood
Jack Brooks
Beckley
Richard Vecellio
Vero Beach
Fila
Floyd Vecellio
Russell St
West Virginia University
Orlando Memorial Hospital
Vecellio
Woodrow Wilson High School
Johns Hopkins Hospital
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Floyd Jr
Caffee Funeral
Ruel Richmond Dies in New York Natural Causes
Ruel Richmond formerly of Shady Spring was buried in New York City Cemetery on February 9 after dying January 30 from natural causes. A spokesman for NYC chief medical examiner confirmed the Beekman Downtown Hospital death. Final rites for Wallace Moffett Bennett were set for 2 p.m. today at Big Island Methodist Church with burial at Rockbridge Memorial Park. Bennett, 64, of Big Island, Virginia, died at home. Survivors include wife Irene Honaker Bennett, two sons Robert and Albert, eight brothers, five sisters, and four grandchildren. The body rests at Amole Funeral Home in Buena Vista, Virginia. Funeral services for Herbert Mills, 45, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in his Sundial home after a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Armstrong Funeral Home in Whitesville will transport his body to his home at 2 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruel Richmond
Shady Spring
New York City
Beekman
Wallace Moffett Bennett
Big Island
Edgar Honaker
Caldwell
Opha
Paintsville
Harold
New Ellenton
S. C
Olen
Covington
Lawrence
Ralph
Elden
Mount Hope
Clyde
Lewisburg
Earl Bennett
Lowmoor
Amole Funeral Home
Buena Vista
Herbert Mills
Sundial
Mills
Armstrong Funeral
Whitesville
Eugene Jackson Rites Planned in Pace Chapel
Funeral services for Eugene Jackson 54 will be held at 2 30 p m Friday in Rose and Quesenberry Pace Chapel with Dr Walter Griswold in charge. Burial follows at Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. He died at home about 10 30 a m Wednesday after a heart attack born September 6 1907 in Wyoming County last employed by Purity Baking Co Surviving are his mother Mrs Donida Murphy Jackson and one brother ae Jackson of Long Beach Calif.
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Eugene Jackson
Bec St
Walter Griswold
Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Jackson
Wyoming County
Purity Baking Co
Donida Murphy Jackson
Ae Jackson
Long Beach, Alif
Albert Ruggles Dies. Rites Held in Fayetteville
Albert Ruggles 71 a Fayetteville resident and retired miner died Tuesday at Oak Hill Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 2 p m today at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Basile Entzminger presiding. Burial followed at Huse Memorial Park. Surviving: Laura Ruggles two sons Claude and Sherman two daughters Mrs David Bocook and Mrs Elza Mitchell a brother Leonard Ruggles five grandchildren and one great grandchild. He belonged to Local Union No 5875 United Mine Workers of America. The body remained at the funeral home.
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Albert Ruggles
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Basile Entzminger
Huse Memorial Park
Ruggles
Oak Hill Hospital
United Mine Workers of America
Laura Ruggles
Claude
Hurricane
Sherman
David Bocook
Elza Mitchell
Leonard Ruggles
Russell, Ky
Funeral services for Mrs Kate Bair Phillips
Mrs Kate Bair Phillips 75 of 300 4th St died Wednesday afternoon after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p m Friday Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev Albert L Ostrander in charge. Burial Beaver Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Wanda Phillips and Mrs Ray Loflin Beckley one brother Robert L Bair Beckley four grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Body to church one hour prior to services. Pallbearers listed.
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Kate Bair Phillips
4Th St
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Albert L. Ostrander
Beaver Cemetery
Phillips
Shady Spring
John T
Ellen Brammer Bair
Raleigh County
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Kings Daughters
L. B. Phillips
Wanda Phillips
Ray Loflin
Beckley
Robert L. Bair
Caffee
R. C. Prince
O. A. Phillips
C. C. Harris
J. R. Bair
G. W. Prince
J H. Davis
Weather delays Glenn spaceflight and wiseman in hospital
Space scheduling remains fluid as Glenn faces possible pre orbit abort due to weather. Recovery fleet can operate three to four days without supplies while Atlantic landing zones show clearer conditions for later orbits. Wiseman, Meadow Bridge native and Woodrow Wilson High School coach’s brother, is listed in critical condition at Raleigh General Hospital after admission Monday.
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Glenn
Farflung
Atlantic
Wiseman
Loren Wiseman
Meadow Bridge
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lawrence Wiseman
Raleigh General Hospital
Jury Deliberations Begin In Grace Morris Abortion Case
Fayetteville reports jury began deliberations at 11 45 a m in the abortion trial of Grace Morris 61 of Lovers Leap. Morris did not testify after defense case concluded. Indicted for illegal operation on Judith Turley last year she and two men face murder charges linked to Bullard death with trials set for May term.
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Fayetteville
API
Fayette County
Grace Morris
Lovers Leap
Six Pass Test For Patrolmen In Beckley
Six of nineteen applicants passed a civil service exam Wednesday night earning eligibility for Beckley City Police. Francis Ballard William Bow man Sidney Falin Elbert Gilbreath Jr. William Nasby and William Radford, all of Beckley, will be investigated for the vacancy created by Patrolman Edward Easley’s January resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Copper Wire Detonators Stolen At Pemberton
Beckley State Police investigate the theft of 20 cases of copper wire detonators from Lilly Ice and Bottling Works in Pemberton. Entry used a drill to bore out a locked powder magazine. value estimated at $1,995. No arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Ice and Bottling
Pemberton
Beckley
Two cars collide at intersection causing damages
Beckley City Police logged a minor crash at North Oakwood Ave and Prince St at 6 a.m. today. Drivers Cleaches Gray Mills, 25, of Mac Arthur, and A. B. Carver, 35, of Crab Orchard, reported about $125 in damages when Carver's 1980 vehicle struck Mills' 1954 model. No injuries and no charges filed.
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Beckley City
North Oakwood Ave
Prince St
Cleaches Gray Mills
MacArthur
A. B. Carver
Crab Orchard
Carver
Mills
Funeral services for Lowell Phillips in Flat Top
Lowell Phillips, 52, of Flat Top, died Tuesday at Princeton Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Flat Top Baptist Church, with burial at Phillips Cemetery in Cool Ridge. Bailey Funeral Home of Princeton is handling arrangements.
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Lowell Phillips
Flat Top
Flat Top Baptist Church
Phillips
Cool Ridge
Princeton Hospital
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Funeral services for James Thomas Trail in Beaver
James Thomas Trail, 83, of Beaver, dies at home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Friday at Fairview Free Will Baptist Church in Flat Top, with Revs. Garland Howington and Leslie A. Lilly officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Webb and Neal Funeral Home will host visitation one hour before the service. Pallbearers are C R Fink, L H Webb, W G Foster, John Rakes, John Taylor, and James St Clair.
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James Thomas Trail
Beaver
Fairview Free Will Baptist Church
Flat Top
Garland Howington
Leslie A. Lilly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Trail
Webb and Neal
C. R. Fink
L. H. Webb
W. G. Foster
John Rakes
John Taylor
James St. Clair
Mrs Melba Duncan Funeral Rites Held in Oak Hill
Mrs Melba B Duncan 55 of Seabrook Md formerly Oak Hill dies after long illness in Cheverly hospital. Retired college instructor born Jan 24 1907 in Oak Hill daughter of J Burgess Blake and Cora Blake. Services in Oak Hill Baptist Church at 2 pm Saturday with Rev Randolph Johnson and Rev C S Donnelly. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Body at Tyree Funeral Home until hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melba B. Duncan
Seabrook
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Cora Burgess Blake
Tyree
RNS
Italy and North America Lead in Bermuda Bowl Bridge
In New York Italy and North America held leads midway through the Bermuda Bowl, with Italy topping Great Britain 256 to 161 and North America ahead of Argentina 271 to 138 after 96 hands. Italy seeks a fifth title as two notable hands yielded 670 and 760 points for Italian pairs.
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New York
API
Italy
Great Britain
North America
Argentina
North American
Holmberg's Widowed Ex-Wife Remarries in California
Dorothy Ripley Holmberg, formerly married to a professor, divorced in Burlingame in 1958 and wed electronics technician Gordon Babcock two years ago. Their 1 month old son is with them as Holmberg’s other three children reside with the couple. Babcock said Ripley was not surprised by the discovery he may still be alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Hansen
Kingston Man Jailed Upon Hospital Release
Roy D. Shaw of Kingston was arrested by Beckley City Police and confined to the Raleigh County Jail at 9:50 am today on a peace warrant taken out by Miss Elsie Greene of Beckley. Shaw had been treated at Beckley Hospital for pistol and shotgun wounds after an alleged break in at Miss Greene’s Beaver apartment on January 23. Miss Greene and her sister-in-law, Mrs Ouida Greene, of Beaver, are charged with felonious assault and were released on $500 bond each after waiving to the grand jury. Charges of breaking and entering and petit larceny against Larry Gene Bradley and Gene Byrd, both of Eccles, were dropped when complainant David Burrell failed to appear for hearing. Burrell will be charged with court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy D. Shaw
Kingston
Beckley
Raleigh
Elsie Greene
Shaw
Beckley Hospital
Miss Greene
Ouida Greene
Beaver
Snuffer Building
N. Fayette St
Larry Gene Bradley
Gene Byrd
Eccles
David Burrell
L. A. Gall Jr
Burrell
Conoral Congo murder probe links rifle shot to window
Investigators doubt a pistol caused a death, citing a shot from about 30 feet while Stogner lay in bed. A possible 9 millimeter rifle is mentioned. Footprint cast and house searches follow as Congolese and U.N. police assist after the U.S. Embassy waived immunity. Godley denies political motive.
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Stogner
U.S
U.N
Godley
Stegner
Cuba's INRA Powers and New Rebel Leaders
The Cuba government grants INRA unlimited agricultural power with no appeal. Rodriguez, in his late 40s, leads Cuba's current generation of leaders, while Castro and aides are in their early 30s. The Hoy publisher shifted to communism in the mid-1930s and later served three years as a minister without portfolio under Batista before joining Castro’s rebels in eastern Cuba prior to the uprising.
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Cuba
INRA
Rodriguez
Castro
Hoy
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Discharged Worker Attacks Virginia Restaurant Manager
Natalie Austin manager of Interstate Hosts West Virginia operation was assaulted by a discharged male employee after she discharged him. He shoved her against a wall and beat her, causing multiple contusions and shock. She spent three days in Raleigh General Hospital and was released Tuesday evening. The attacker, not identified, had worked 7 12 years and fled. no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie Austin
West Virg 9
Austin
Raleigh General Hospital
A. A. Bliss
State Educator Warns of Expanding Federal Power
East Liverpool Ohio UPI Dr Perry Gresham president of Bethany College warned at the East Liverpool Chamber of Commerce dinner that federal power is concentrating too rapidly. He said checks and balances seem less effective and Americans must build countervailing power to prevent a total public sector and loss of individual liberty.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Notable 1960s Headlines Mixed Across Events
Brief notices report Army Secretary Elvis Stahr’s hospitalization for a respiratory infection delaying a Alaska trip. Alabama A&M College president asked to take leave after student racial demonstrations. De Gaulle and Adenauer meet to discuss European unity. A B58 Hustler bomber crashes near Marlow Oklahoma. three crew escape with two injuries. Barbara Crosby improves in California hospital after pregnancy complications. A northeast blizzard dumps heavy snow and disrupts life with fatalities. West Virginia Air National Guard edge for Aeronautics Commission post. Body of 15-year-old James Plumley returned to Charleston after fatal auto crash. 14-year-old Richard Christy in hospital in Statesville.
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Alabama State Board of Endcation
Alabama A. & M. College For
France
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Baden-Baden
Marlow
Okla
Barbara Crosby
Lindsay Crosby
Burbank
Calif
Connecticut
New York
Charleston
West Virginia Air National Guard
Everett L. Parrish
James A. Downs
Morgantown
State Aeronautics Commission
James L. Plumley
North Carolina
Richard J. Christy
Statesville
N. C
Gov Inks State School Aid Bill In West Virginia
Charleston uproots legislative action as Gov. W. W. Barron signs a school aid reform to speed county support with enrollment gains, plus a 3 percent tax on coal pipe lines, insurer access for benefits, and a new airport authority. A November referendum sets terms for sheriffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
W. W. Barron
Barron
West Virginia University Board of Governors
State Board of Education
Wheeling-Ohio County
Kump Defeats Rivals to Become Governor in 1928
Former judge Kump resigns from the bench to run for governor in 1928 and wins the Democratic nomination and later the general election over Republican Tom C. Townsend. In office he tames a precarious state deficit by 1935, while pursuing farming, banking, and law. World War I captain, he married Edna Scott in 1907 and had six children, including Elizabeth L. who died in office. Surviving children include Cyrus S. Kump, Benjamin F. Kump, Frances Irvine Woodell, Margaret R. Roberts, and Marvy Gamble Kump. Burial at Beverly follows funeral services at Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom C. Townsend
Edna Scott
Elizabeth L
Kump
Cyrus S
Benjamin F. Kump
Riverside
Calif
Air Force
Frances Irvine Woodell
Orlando
Flo
Margaret R. Roberts
Fikins
Marvy Gamble Kump
Air Force High School
Chateaurox
France
Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church
George M. Ogilvie
Beverly
Study to evaluate third Ohio River bridge at Huntington
West Virginia and Ohio highway departments will jointly conduct a preliminary study to assess the feasibility of a third Ohio River bridge in Huntington. The agreement was reached at a meeting with Ohio Director Everett Preston and WV aide Vincent Johnkoski. Huntington has one bridge to Chesapeake and another proposed one mile east of town.
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Huntington
UPI
West Virginia
Ohio
Everett Preston
Vincent Johnkoski
Chesapeake
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Family Weekly
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Melba Duncan
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