Court To Rule On RR Job Security
Washington unions ask the Supreme Court to rule on the Erie-Lackawanna merger terms that may affect thousands of railroad workers. The case tests the 1940 Transportation Act employment protection rule, with potential implications for several ICC approved or proposed consolidations and about 4,000 job relocations over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
ICC
Norfolk & Western
Virginian
Erie-Lackawanna
Supreme Court
Erie- Lackawanna
Detroit
High Court
Hotel Manager Stricken Amid Strike at Beckley
Beckley hotel faces a week-long walkout by 16 Local Union 14443 District 50 UMWA members demanding higher wages. Manager James Thompson fell ill and planned a Bluefield medical exam, while one union member refused to join picketing and worked with supervisors. Reid P. Davis and Fred Box attended a national conference in Washington and expect to return by weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
James Thompson
Thompson
Bluefield
District
United Mine Workers of America
Aghout
Reid P. Davis
District 50
Fred Box
Washington, D. C
Initials cause mistaken identity in Raleigh court suit
Lawson Craddk filed a case in Raleigh County Circuit Court on February 14. The defendant is misidentified due to a middle initial mix up, confusing Jack D Bailey of Beckley with Jack K Bailey of Jack's Trading Post in Shady Spring.
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Raleigh County
Lawson Cradk
Jack D. Bailey
Route 1
Beckley
Jack K. Bailey
Jack
Shady Spring
Slain cafe employee identified at White Front
Walter Phillips, 57, a longtime worker at the White Front Restaurant in Wheeling, was found dead in the kitchen shortly after 5 am. Police believe an intruder forced entry and stabbed him during a burglary attempt after the restaurant closed. An autopsy was ordered to confirm the cause of death. Phillips resided in a room on the building's second floor. He was last seen heading to his room at 2 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPI
Walter Phillips
White Front
Phillips
Star Phillips
Faulty Wiring Triggers Fire At Farley Hill Home
A blaze at the Farley Hill residence of Mr. and Mrs. Toby Pegram was blamed on faulty attic wiring. The Sophia Fire Department responded at 1:30 p.m. Monday and found the fire under control on arrival. Attic damage was estimated between 500 and 1000 dollars.
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Sophia
RNS
Farley Hill
Toby Pegram
Sophia Fire Department
Quotes From Around The Nation In Brief News Snips
In Las Vegas Mrs H Herbert Myers notes her husband was killed in a Brussels plane crash on Feb 14 and cannot identify robbery suspects. In Washington Abraham Ribicoff speaks on JFK school aid bill urging not to block education from any side. In San Juan two vacationing career girls joke they will endure the airline strike, eating hamburgers until rescued. In New York John Galm of the Central Park Zoo says Lilly the 650 pound hippo found a buyer with a circus as there is no room in the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
United Press International
Las Vegas
Nev
H. Herbert Myers
Myers
Brussels
Belgium
Washington
Abraham Ribicoff
Kennedy
New York
John Galm
Central Park Zoo
Lilly
JFK Outline Plans For Social and Government Reforms
President outlines education and medical aid for the aged under Social Security, college and medical education funding, health facilities bill, agency reorganization powers, OECD treaty approval, 59 new federal judges, travel office setup, Trade with Iron Curtain amendments, and conference with Spaak, Rusk, and European affairs experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Paul-Henri Spaak
The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Man hospital case linked to shooting and pellet wounds
In hospital he did but again returned. Green told the sheriff he fired through the door. Phillips said Byrd lay in the gutter by the house. Fred Deal arrived, was taken to the hospital. X rays showed pellets lodged in the lower stomach requiring surgery. Pellets in his chest were just under the skin surface.
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Green
Phillips
Byrd
Fred Deal
Cae
Miner Hurts Hand At Winding Gulf Coal Mine
Earl Caudill of Coal City sustained injuries to his right hand when it was caught in a conveyor belt at the Winding Gulf Coals Co mine in Riffes Branch during a Monday shift. He received treatment at Beckley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Caudill
Coal City
Gulf Coals Co
Riffes
Beckley Hospital
Work Speeded On Jobless Pay Legislation
WASHINGTON UPI The House Ways and Means Committee met behind closed doors to finalize Kennedy administration emergency legislation speeding extra unemployment benefits for about three million workers whose benefits expire or have run out. The plan would fund 950 million dollars for extended compensation and 350 million for federal state aid to unemployed families. Employers would fund through higher taxes with a possible temporary increase in the 3.1 percent federal payroll tax. The measure seeks to aid the economy and unemployed workers, with debate over start dates and financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Ways & Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Kennedy
Congress
Organized Labor
Deputy Named Prior To Trial
FAYETTEVILLE RNS Deputies named for trial security were brief and provisional Mrs Leona Mills was named as deputy sheriff to guard women jurors a move by Judge Garvin Jr The indictment against Calvin Linkenhaker was declared incorrect and dismissed a new indictment will be issued later Mrs Hazel Danese was approved as sheriff's clerk temporarily and Mrs Wright a Sewell Mountain Democrats committeewoman has been resolving jail records without formal approval amid unspecified temporary employment duration
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Calvin Linkenhaker
Stallard
Hazel
Danese
Wright
Sewell Mountain District
Stolen Auto Found Wrecked In Raleigh
A 1959 model car stolen from R. E. Ribble Mount Hope between 5 p m Jan 21 and 10 a m Jan 22 was found wrecked on a dirt road between Maple Fork and Sand Branch Saturday afternoon. Beckley State Police said the car hit a tree and had three wheels and other parts missing as investigation continues.
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R. E. Ribble
Mount Hope
Maple Fork
Sand Branch
Beckley State
Ribble
Ohio Woman Stabbed in Fight at Sprague Club
Mrs. Brenda Fekete, about 20, of 2033 E. 83rd St., Cleveland, is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a stab wound in a club fight at Sprague. State Police say the incident occurred in front of the Hey You Club shortly after midnight Monday, when she and an unidentified woman argued inside then fought outside. the other woman allegedly used a knife and slashed the lower stomach. Investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Fekete
83Rd St
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Sprague
Hey You Club
Fekete
Rock Camp Man Held In Brother's Murder
James Knight of Rock Camp is held on murder charges in the shotgun death of his brother Charles Lee Knight. Charles was found dead at noon Sunday in the brother's home in Rock Camp.
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Brother
Funeral services incomplete for Edgar Guy Rogers
Edgar Guy Rogers 78 of Mount Hope died Monday evening after a long illness. Born August 25, 1882, he was a retired farmer and Long Branch Methodist Church member. Survived by wife Gusta Bailey Rogers four sons two stepsons four stepdaughters one foster daughter three grandchildren and several siblings. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Beckley. Body to be moved to the home at 4 p.m. today from Douglas Mortuary Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Guy Rogers
Mount Hope
Forest Hill
E. E
Molly Foster Rogers
Long Branch
Charles E. Lewis Dies at 62 in Mullens Funeral Set
Charles Edgar Lewis 62 of Circle Drive Mullens died at 2 a.m. Monday of a heart attack. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. J. S. Bratton officiating. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluefield. Bodys at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens, taken to church one hour prior. Pallbearers named A. A. Caldwell W. A. Delp W. F. Moore W. H. Thompson E. V. White and W. G. Goad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Edgar Lewis
Circle Drive
Mullens
First Presbyterian Church
J. S. Bratton
Rge
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Robertson and Foglesong
A. A. Caldwell
W. A. Delp
W. F. Moore
W. H. Thompson
E. V. White
W. G. Goad
Mrs John Heeley Dies After Stroke In Monongahela
Mrs John S Heeley 82 of 110 Beaver Ave died about 5 am in Monongahela Pa after a month in hospital for a stroke and complications. She had lived with daughter Mrs Mabel Sickle in Monongahela and son in law Mr Connoley and wife left for Monongahela today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Heeley
W. B. Connoley
Beaver Ave
Monongahela
Mabel Sickle
Three New Suits Instituted Today
Three suits filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk today include Time Finance Co. of Bluefield Va seeking $995.07 against Bobby Ray and Molly Hatfield on a $600 note dated Sept 1956, Sanford and Maggie Meadows of Coal City defend against Williamson Co. for $700.38 plus $16.10 interest on a home improvement note dated Nov 30 1958. George Vanney of Shady Spring suing for $500 for trailer damages from a June accident near Bud Route 10, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. and Citizens Insurance Co. insured the loss, with defendants allegedly refusing payment.
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Raleigh County
Time Finance Co
Bluefield
Bobby Ray
Molly Hatfield
Coal City
Sanford
Maggie Meadows
Williamson Co
Frank
George Vanney
Shady Spring Trading Post
Bud
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co
Citizens Insurance Co
New Jersey
Final rites for Mrs Minnie Lockhart Green named
Mrs Minnie Lockhart Green 65 of Welch Welch Road will have funeral services at North Welch Church of God at 1 p m Wednesday with Rev Leon Nunley and Rev Argel Payne officiating. Burial follows in the Key stone Mountain family cemetery. She died Monday morning in a Welch hospital. Survivors include her stepmother Emma Lockhart of Welch four sons Luther Ikes Fork John Westville N J Mason Clover Pa Calvin Welch two daughters Ballard Bennett Shawnee Lake and Clarence Stewart Welch a brother W R Lockhart Robert Lockhart of Welch and a half brother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lockhart Green
Pineville
Welch Road
North Welch
Luther
Ikes Fork
John
Westville
N. J
Mason
Clover, Pa
Calvin
Welch
Ballard Bennett
Shawnee Lake
Clarence Stewart
W. R. Lockhart
Robert Lockhart
Salem Va
Beckley Police Court dates set for local offenses
Kanawha motorist Donald L Palmer 21 of Falling Rock faces Beckley Police Court on Thursday for defective equipment. He was cited at 4 30 p m Monday. Francis Wagner 53 of Beckley arrested Monday and jailed for drunkenness and possession of a lottery device. Edward O Drumheller of Beckley cited for running a red light Monday at 7 35 a m and ordered to police court Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Palmer
Falling Rock
Kanawha
Beckley
Francis Wagner
Raleigh County
Edward O. Drumheller
Deaths In Saskatoon And London Concert Songwriter
SASKATOON Sask. Mrs Mary Florence Diefenbaker 88 mother of Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker died Monday night at University of Saskatchewan Hospital She had been wheelchair bound after a stroke and was on the critical list since last November Prime Minister Diefenbaker returning from Washington and flies to Saskatoon with his wife London UPI Douglas Farber 71 songwriter of Lambeth Walk The Bells of St Marys Limehouse Blues and movie songs for Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire died in a hospital Sunday He reportedly composed Lambeth Walk in seven minutes
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Saskatoon
Sask
UPI
Mary Florence Diefenbaker
John Diefenbaker
University of Saskatchewan
Diefenbaker
Kennedy
Washington
London
Douglas Farber
Furber
Percy Grainger dies at 78 in White Plains Hospital
White Plains New York Percy Grainger a composer conductor and concert pianist died Monday in White Plains Hospital He was 78 years old Grainger conducted and wrote many compositions often inspired by folk music he heard on his walking tours and hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains, N.Y
UPD
Percy Grainger
White Plains Hospital
Grainger
Air Travel Disrupted by Nationwide Airline Strike
Raleigh County travelers face connections problems as six major carriers strike. Piedmont Airlines states it is not affected while American Airlines furloughs West Virginia staff. Embargoes on air freight and express shipments hit Beckley and C&O Railway reports slight booking uptick as demand shifts with the walkout.
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Raleigh County Memorial
Piedmont Airlines
Raleigh County
Columbus
Cincinnati
Washington, D. C
Chicago
United Press International
American Airlines
West Virginia
Charleston
Parkersburg
Elkins
Beckley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Don W. Bender
Emery Walker Injured At Winding Gulf Coals Mine
Emery Walker of Josephine is in Beckley Hospital in fair condition after injuring his right hand when it was caught between timbers at the Winding Gulf Coals Co mine East Gulf on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Walker
Josephine
Beckley Hospital
Winding Gulf Coals Co
East Gulf
DPA to Close Beckley Office on Washington Birthday
The Beckley office of the Department of Public Assistance will be closed all day Wednesday in observance of George Washington's birthday anniversary per county director Mrs. Hattie M. Gregory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Department of Public Assistance
George Washington
Hattie M. Gregory
Kennedy food stamp plan tests face two month delay
President Kennedy announced a pilot food stamp program for six distressed areas in January. Agriculture Department officials say printing stamps, deciding test formats, and coordinating with states and grocers will take about two months, delaying free food distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Brenner
Washington
Kennedy
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Kentucky
Minnesota
Detroit
Congress
Congressional
Trump Selected To Manage State Store At Lester
Ward Trump, a life long Democrat and former teacher with 11 years in Bolt, begins training to take over as manager of the Lester State Liquor Store. He previously worked at Glen Rogers for Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co and has served as county committeeman. He is 62, married to Zada Shumate with three sons Ward Jr Randall and Fred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Trump
Bolt
East Beckley No
Lester
Trump
Glen Rogers
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co
K. M. Jarrell
Zada Shumate
Ward Jr
Randall
Maple Meadow
Fred
Inridge Baptist Chi
House Debates Human Rights Commission and Various Bills
The House debated a watered down Human Rights Commission bill after hours of session and defeated a study plan for Marshall College. It passed a strikebreaker ban 94 to 5 and a 1966 election date shift 85 to 15. Proposals to empower probation officers to carry guns failed 67 to 33, and county building code authority lost 55 to 43. The Senate met 50 minutes approving four local bills 31 to 1. Gov signature awaited on hospital fund transfer and courthouse repair bill authorizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Human Rights Commission
Marshall College
House
Marshall
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Senate
Hampshire
Memorial Hospital Fund
Barron
Lewis, Hardy
Grant
Juvenile Trio Held For Haystack Fires
Three Ameagle youths a 17 year old girl and two boys ages 15 and 16 were jailed in Raleigh County on arson charges for burning three haystacks at Clear Creek on February 13. They confessed but offered no motive. Haystacks owned by Lee Maynard and Lark Workman in Clear Creek were destroyed. Franklin N. Martin of Pemberton was jailed on a peace warrant by a constable and deputy sheriff.
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Raleigh
Clear Creek
Lee Maynard
Larkin Workman
Franklin N. Martin
Pemberton
Magistrates deny deposit offer in wife case
England magistrates refused James Cleary's offer to leave his wife as a deposit while he went to borrow money from his brother-in-law to pay a fine. In Alabama, James E. Williams faced four counts of robbery and asked for delay to seek a jury trial, then vanished after leaving the courthouse. In Atlanta, Mayor Hartsfield pursued the White House over an illegible signature on a letter, with Pierre Salinger stating the signer was John F Kennedy.
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England
UPI
James Cleary
Mobile
Ala
James E. Williams
Williams
Atlanta
William B. Hartsfield
White House
Pierre Salinger
John F. Kennedy
Salinger
Lope de Vega’s prolific output noted in brief
The Spanish playwright Lope de Vega, born 1562 and died 1635, produced a vast body of work estimated at 470 plays across his career, reflecting his significant impact on the Spanish Golden Age theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lope de Vega
Court actions reshape public funds and transportation merger
Courts froze Erie Delaware Lackawanna and Western jobs during a merger review, protecting workers until resolution. A 9-0 decision overturned civil antitrust rulings against 24 eastern railroads alleged to crush long-haul trucking in the Northeast. Other rulings included reinstating an indictment against a political-appointed figure, denaturalization actions, and debates over revoking citizenship for wartime absences. A Teamster boss denied a hearing after contempt of Congress conviction.
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Erie Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Philadelphia
Eastern
Jonghaul
Justice Depres
Sidney Sugerman
New York
Ieemer
King of the Underworld
Justice Department
Gaetano
Three Finger Brown
Lucchese
Newark
N.J
William Presser
Ohio
Congress
Senate
Peace mission to curb Congo Army clashes in Equatorial Province
Chief U.N. forces head McKeown flew toward Equatorial Province to meet Maj. Gen. Mobutu and later Gen. Lundula as part of a bid to create a buffer zone between rival Congolese factions. Reports say Lundula may have seized power from Gizenga while Ileo’s government seeks possible talks with Stanleyville leftists amid rising unrest in Kivu and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strong N McKeown
Equatorial
Joseph Mobutu
Leopoldville
Mobutu
Stanleyville
Oriental
McKeown
Army
Victor Lundula
Lundula
Antoine Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Joseph Ileo
U.N
Lepoldville
Ileo
Jean Omonombe
Kivu
Lumumba
Trouble Looms In Congress For School Aid Bill
Kennedy's 5.6 billion federal school aid proposal faces early hurdles in both chambers. Key fights include withholding aid from schools resisting integration and state discretion over teachers salaries. Hearings start midweek with Bailey and Morse guiding the process as the bill eyes Senate action by March 20. Other items note ambassador nominations and aviation chief appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Supreme Court
Cleveland M. Bailey
Dw.va
House
Health, Education and Welfare
Abraham Ribicoff
Bailey
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Senate
Ribicoff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James P. Gavin
France
David K. E. Bruce
Great Britain
Charles Baldwin
Malaya
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Najeeb E. Halaby
Federal Aviation Agency
Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Sam Rayburn
Smith
Man in Space Charts Deep Space and Moon Mission Plans
The United States outlines a ten year space program aiming to orbit briefly, land instruments on the Moon, launch observatories, place satellites around Mars and Venus, and send men around the Moon. Russia lags in public plans but may have had manned orbit early. Scientists warn space is active with radiation and particles as missions target Mars and Venus, with hope of finding life on Mars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
United States
Mars
Venus
Russia
Moon
Speaker Scheduled by Raleigh County Horsemen
Don Galloway formerly of Morristown Tenn opened a walking horse training stable at the Farmer's Market. Skelton will speak at a Raleigh County Horseman's Association meeting at 7 30 p m today in the Richmond Recreation Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Galloway
Morristown
Tenn
Farmer's Market
Skelton
Raleigh County Horseman’s Association
Richmond Recreation Room
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Valley Drive
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James Walls
Roderfield
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Joe Sinnett
Red Sulphur Springs
Lillian Healey
Orville Taylor
Fincastle
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John 5. Heeley
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DPA
Agriculture Dept
Congo
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