Widowed mother suffers loss as child burns
A three year old from Shady Spring is in Raleigh General Hospital in critical condition with burns covering 85 percent of his body after a Thursday fire that destroyed his four room home. The boy was found near a clothes closet and is in care of his uncle who took the family in. Damages are estimated at 6 000 to 8 000 dollars.
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Shady Spring
Raleigh General Hospital
William Hatfield Jr
Beaver Volunteer Fire Department
Rainelle Hatfield
Sherman Walker
Virgie Bolen
Cting
Everett Bennett
Hatfield
Quirks and Crime Across the Globe in One Day
A Tokyo hotel mix up with English signs angers guests as Japanese men mistook a women’s room. Bangor readers get a seasonal Valentine. Lubbock merchants tag cars with meters expired. Scotland Yard warns of an oxygen crank in hospitals. Vincennes reports a curb service holdup with $200 stolen.
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Perth
Australia
UPI
Hearts OF Gold
Lubbock, Tex
West pushes for on site inspection rule before numbers
The West argues that the style and manner of an on site inspection must be determined prior to agreeing on numbers. Earlier neutral participants at the conference sided with the West in urging non stop nuclear test ban talks among the United States Britain and the Soviet Union.
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United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Freezing Heatwave's End Brings North Snow and Fatal Accidents
Temperatures plunged across the nation with subzero readings from the upper Midwest to the Great Lakes. International Falls Minnesota reported 14 below, while western Michigan and northern Indiana faced snow covered roads and warnings. Snow contributed to multiple fatalities in Ohio and Indiana, including a 10 month old girl, plus injuries in a three car crash and a truck pinning incident. Snow totals reached six inches in Michigan and a few inches in Kentucky and West Virginia as the cold spell extended into the Gulf states' northern edges.
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United Press International
Rockies
North Atlantic
Mercury
Upper Midwest
International Falls
Minn
Michigan
Indiana
Great Lakes
Ohio
Kiwanis Heights
Cleveland
Lee Side
Upper Peninsula
Pikeville
Charleston
W.va
Gulf States
Plea To Lessen Charge Heard In Court Today
Granville Bragg charged with grand larceny pleaded guilty to petit larceny in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Judge Harry L. McCreery accepted the plea and set Monday at 11 a.m. as sentencing date. Bragg was allowed to remain on his present bond. Court adjourned until 1 30 p.m. today.
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Granville Bragg
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Brags
Mullens Man In Critical Condition After Stroke
Mullens resident A. G. Backus aged 71 is listed in critical condition at Wyoming General Hospital after a stroke at his home Monday night. Backus, an employee of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, has been on sick leave since a December heart attack.
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Mullens
RNS
A. G. Backus
Wyoming General Hospital
Backus
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Sufaha
Beckleyan Held For Grand Jury Following B E
Harry Smith Jr. 24 of 308 Tees Rd remanded to Raleigh County Jail in 5 000 bond after prelim hearing on breaking and entering charge. He waived to the grand jury. $13 missing from Columbia Grill and $200 plus items taken from nearby pool room. watch and $179.80 recovered. Several other residents paid fines or faced hearings for traffic and related charges in Beckley.
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Harry Smith Jr
Tees Rd
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Smith
Columbia Grill
Grand
Johnny Dollar
Beckley National Bank
Charles Gullett
Princewick
James Owen Watts Jr
Poplar Forest
Rodriguez
Woodrow W. Smith
McGuire Air Force Base
Garner Lester Byrd
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Debra Suzette Byrd
Daniel Kincaid
Prosperity
Burke
West Virginia lawmakers urge JFK on residual oil policy
Five West Virginia congressmen led by Arch Moore press President Kennedy to consult before relaxing residual oil import controls. They warn relaxation could trigger greater unemployment in coal regions, urging the White House not to implement the recommendation from Edward McDermott and others.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Kennedy
Edward A. McDermott
Office of Emergency Planning
Congressional
White House
House of Representatives
Arch A. Moore
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
400000 Amerian troops in Europe to be reduced to 360000
Washington reports plan to bring home about 40000 of the 400000 American military personnel in Europe. Most overseas reduction slated over the next year with a full 10 percent cut expected within about two years. The move involves rear area troops and possibly combat units to ease dollar outflow and improve the U.S. balance of payments.
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Washington
UPIT
United States
Europe
U.S
Final rites for Gabe Waugh in Winona at church
Gabe Waugh 74 of Winona will be buried in Agree family Cemetery after funeral services at United Baptist Church conducted by Rev. A L Simms. A World War I veteran and former miner, he died Thursday after a long illness. He is survived by wife Bertha and brother Benny of Washington DC.
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Gabe Waugh
Winona
United Baptist Church of
A. L. Simms
Agree Family
Waugh
A.m
Amos County
William Waugh
Union
Bertha, Waugh
Benny
Washington, D. C
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Final rites set for James G. Windle Jr. in Mabscott
James G. Windle Jr. 50 of Mabscott will receive funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday in Melton Mortuary Chapel with Dr. James W. Witherspoon officiating. Entombment follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Windle died Thursday at a local hospital after a heart attack in the Beckley Post Office parking lot. Survivors include his wife Allie Shields Lester, a son Joe of Anderson Indiana, a daughter Arnold Rose Baileysville, three brothers Jim Fannock William Baileysville and Okie Beckley, five sisters Eva Morgan Brenton Ken Short Orlando Dwight Meadows Gusta Guy and Edna Adams Cincinnati, and four grandchildren. The body lies at McDougal's Robertson and Fogle song Funeral Home in Pineville, then to the auditorium an hour before the service.
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James G. Windle Jr
Mabscott
Melton Mortuary
James W. Witherspoon
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Beckley Post Office
Allie Shields Lester
Joe
Anderson
Ind
Arnold Rose
Baileysville
Jim
Fannock
William
Okie
Beckley
Eva Morgan
Brenton
Kent Short
Orlando, Fla
Dwight Meadows
Gusta Guy
Washington, D. C
Edna Adams
Cincinnati
Ohio
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Funeral services for Harold Boland in Hinton
Harold Boland 64 of Hinton died Wednesday in a Hinton hospital after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors with Rev. H. P. Hackney and Rev. Elmo Alderman officiating. Burial will be in Restwood Memorial Estates near Hinton.
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Harold Boland
Hinton
Ronald Meadows
H. P. Hackney
Elmo Alderman
Restwood Memorial Estates
Obituary Notices Joseph Conley Dies in Bluefield
Joseph Conley, 74, of Bluefield, died in a local hospital at 8 20 p m Thursday Born September 16 1888 in Johns town Pennsylvania he was a veteran of Edith Conley The body was taken to Merier Funeral Home Bluefield
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Joseph Conley
Bluefield
Johnstown
Edith Conley
Merier
Final rites for Jesse Lester in Baileysville
Jesse Lester 72 dies from injury while walking to Coal Mountain. Funeral planned 11 a.m. Sunday at Baileysville High School auditorium with Rev. Robert Newcomb and Rev. Edgar Beverly. Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Matheny. Born May 2 1891 in Wyoming son of George T. and Mary Lester. Member of First Baptist Church Baileysville and Pineville Masonic Lodge.
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Jesse Lester
Baileysville
Baileysville High School
Robert Newcomb
Edgar Beverly
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Lester
Welch
Coal Mountain
Wyoming
George T
Mary Lester
First Baptist Church
Pineville
Masonic Lodge
Food Service Instructor's Career Highlights and Vocational Course
The article profiles Lowe a veteran dietitian and food service instructor whose disaster era curriculum uses $60 000 worth of equipment from allied industries and aims to align with high school programs. He served in World War II Iwo Jima and Australia and retired in 1962 before joining the Vo Tech faculty. The course targets unemployed adults 25 and older who are heads of households with at least a ninth grade education.
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Vo-Tech
Cooks and Bakers School
Fort Benning
Fort
Brisbane
Australia
Ft. Bragg
Fort Knox
Patrick Henry
Roanoke
Department of Defense
First Cavalry Division
Camp Crawford
Japan
Iwo Jima
Fort Meade
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fort D’orleans
France
Oak Hill
Mrs Coffman and Son Die in Asian Flu Tragedy
Mrs Eula Marie Coffman aged 35 of Prince and her infant son died after premature delivery at an Oak Hill hospital. Funeral services are set for 11 a m Saturday in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Leslie Rogers officiating. Burial will be in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. The physician confirmed Asian flu as the cause. the pair are believed to be the first in the state this year. The bodies remain at the funeral home.
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Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Eula Marie Coffman
Prince
Leslie Rogers
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Massie rites set for Emma Massie in Oak Hill
Rites are scheduled for Emma Lina Massie 80 of Carlisle at 2 p m Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev William Johnson in charge Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She died Thursday at home of a daughter in Glen Jean after a long illness Surviving are four sons a daughter a brother 21 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren
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Carlisle
Tyree
Oak Hill
William Johnson
Scarbro
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Massie
George Eder
Glen Jean
Waynesboro
Sun _ Baptist Church
Sun
James
Charlie
Clyde
Carl
Detroit
Mich
Earl Dilley
Fayetteville
Route 1
John Fitzgerald
Norfolk
Kennedy weighs alternatives to UN Cuba farm aid stance
Kennedy critiques U.S. support for United Nations Cuba farm aid and opposes a pro Communist booklet circulated by another U.N. agency. He emphasizes resilience amid these international activities.
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United Nations
Cuba
U.N
Two Fights Probed and Three Injured in Beckley Incidents
Beckley police investigate a South Fayette Street brawl at 7 30 p m Thursday that left Roscoe Dubois with a dislocated shoulder and Warren N Burrell with knife wounds. An earlier knife fight on Prince Street at the Raleigh County Courthouse injured Frank Durham who identified his attacker Carl Janelle.
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Beckley City
South Fayette Street
Roscoe Dubois
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Warren N. Burrell
Moo
Raleigh General Hospital
Prince Street
Raleigh County
Frank Durham
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Durham
Carl Janelle
Speeches Center On Plan To Switch WV Tax System
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Charleston Miles Stanley of the State Federation of Labor AFL CIO urged replacing the gross sales tax with a corporate net income tax. Opponents led by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce warned of higher costs and slower industry growth, while Ferguson Carman Hamilton pressed for reform.
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UPI
Miles Stanley
State Federation of Labor
Afl-Cio
Stanley
Senate Finance Committee
Milton Ferguson
Donald C. Carman
James Lilly
William Tebay
Ohio Valley Home Builders Association
West Virginia Chamber
West Virginia
Elmore
Charles Hamilton
West Virginia Manufacturers Association
Barron
Ferguson
Carman
Almanac notes landmark dates and celestial events
The item lists February 15 in history with events from 1898 the Maine explosion and 1933 Roosevelt assassination attempt, plus 1942 Singapore fall and 1961 Congo peace plea. It mentions Susan B. Anthony born in 1820 and a thought attributed to G K Chesterton about wonder.
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United Press International
Venus
Susan B. Anthony
U.S
Maine
Havana Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miami
Singapore
U.N
Congo
A-1 at Lloyds grading ships in Lloyds Register
The Britannica notes that A-1 at Lloyds described top safety and quality in Lloyds Register for wooden vessels. It contrasts with A-OK from astronauts, showing how the phrase migrated from spaceflight to ship classification and signaling peak condition.
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Lloyd's
Lloyd’s Register
Flight disaster details emerge on Everglades crash
A federal official in Miami says the Northwest Orient jetliner that crashed in the Everglades with 43 aboard likely broke up in flight. It may take days or weeks to determine the cause. Also in state briefs a Huntington man faces embezzlement charges in IBEW funds. WVU president defends critics amid basketball and art program quips.
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Ernie Hepburn
Shirley Booth
Joanne Woodward
Federal Aviation
Miami
Everglades
Northwest Orient Airlines
Miles A. Sutherland
Huntington
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
System Council
No. 9
IBEW
WVU
Paul A. Miller
State University
George King
Joe Moss
West Virginia
Pair Of Young Shoppers Spend Big In Norwich
Two girls ages 8 and 10 went on a shopping spree spending hundreds with a merchant noticing their cash. Officers found items including a typewriter, tape recorder, luggage and clothing. The 10-year-old had spent 442 dollars and had 558 left. the mother said the daughter inherited 3000 dollars and withdrew 1000 for spending. Police did not identify the family.
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Norwich
Conn
UPI
Legislature Proposes Numerous Tax and Civil Service Bills
Charleston proposals include H B 446 to raise the tax commissioner's salary to 15000, H B 460 to lift the state labor commissioner pay to 12000, and H B 461 to curb air rifle use by under 18. Senate measures seek higher public service salaries, bond limits, and mining regulation.
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Charleston
England
Wyoming
Buck
Ohio
Brotherton
Kanawha
West Virginia
Nuclear Energy and Space Commission
Singleton
Monongalia
Seibert
Cann
D-Harrison
Vickers
D-Fayette
McCoy
D-Pendleton
Ghiz
D-Logan
Logan County
Tsapis
D-Hancock
D’aurora
D-Brooke
Senate
Tempos
S.B
Carrigan
R-Marshall
Martin
Berkeley
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Public Service Commissioners
Carson
State Office Building Commission
Medal of Honor winner faces desertion charge
Wilson Douglas Watson a 41 year old Medal of Honor recipient was arrested at Marked Tree and transported to Ft. Sill. He faces desertion charges for leaving Ft. Rucker in October while he served as a mess sergeant. Watson told jailer Robert Warren he was tired of the Army and that his records were messed up.
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Ft. Sill
Ft. Rucker
Robert Warren
Watson
Earle
Crittenden County
Warren
Army
Fire incident at Lester residence clean, slight damage
Mul lens Fire Department answered a call to the residence of Charles C. Lester and Helen at 7 15 a m. today. The fire was out upon arrival and started around a flue with slight damage per the report.
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Mullens
ANS
Charles C. Lester
Helen
First Aid Call For Breathing Difficulty At Klaus Street Home
Beckley Rescue Squad answered a first aid call at 1 10 p m Wednesday to the home of Mrs Juanita Pedesago 34 119 Klaus Street Oxygen was given to Mrs Pedesago who was suffering breathing difficulty
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Beckley
Jack
Juanita) Pedesago
Klaus Street
Pedesago
Truck Driver Charged After Midway Wreck
Beckley state police charged Herbert F. Brown 28 of Pemberton with an illegal right turn after a two vehicle crash on Route 29 near Midway at 9 am. Brown drove a Lilly Ice and Bottling Works truck and cut left before turning right. Joe E. Dolinger 28 of Coal City drove a car struck by Browns truck. Dolingers three year old daughter Connie Jean sustained minor injuries. Estimated vehicle damages about 700 dollars. A separate accident near North Kanawha Street resulted in 600 dollars in damages with no charges.
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Herbert F. Brown
Pemberton
Midway
Beckley
Brown
Lilly Ice and Bottling Works
Joe E. Dolinger
Coal City
S. Fayette St
QO. T. Duncan
Mother Drops Tots To Safety In Brooklyn Blaze
In a Brooklyn apartment fire a 22 year old mother Mrs Albert Hunter dropped her two year old Luther and three year old Cherita from a third story window to safety while clutching her infant Denovia. Both fallen children survived with non serious injuries and were kept for overnight observation.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Albert Hunter
Luther
Lovernight
Redistricting Rumors and the Push for Delegate Districts
Leaders avoid a hard stance on delegate districts to protect the governor’s revenue bill. Rural counties lose the consumer sales tax extension while debates hinge on constitutional reapportionment. Watson and Brotherton say they represent the Democratic majority and seek population-based House realignment, cautioning on federal court standards.
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Nuzum
Watson
House
W. T. Brotherton Jr
D- Kanawha
Brotherton
Mr. Watson
Robertson
United States
Fatal Highway Crash Raises State Toll to Thirty Six
A high speed wreck at toll plazas demolished the car and left total damages around 1400 dollars. Authorities note the deaths raise the year's highway fatality toll to 36, compared with 44 by this time last year. Mrs. Paul’s relation to the Freemans is not determined.
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Paul
Freemans
House considers amendable fund rule for sanitarium
Lawmakers discuss a proposed fund allowing 25 percent of patient income to be used to promote the sanitarium. Mrs. Withrow hinted at an amendment likely today on the House floor but did not reveal details.
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