Funeral services for Green Run held at Crab Baptist Church
Funeral services for Green Run Lilly were set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Crab Baptist Church with Rev. S. C. Donnelly and another minister officiating. Interment will follow in Beaver Cemetery. Lilly died at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a three week illness. His wife Bettie Lilly, 73, collapsed Monday while visiting him and is in satisfactory condition with high blood pressure. Lilly, a retired Raleigh Coal and Coke Co. employee, was born December 1, 1885 in Summers County and lived in Raleigh County for 40 years. He was a Crab Orchard Baptist Church member. Surviving: wife Bettie. daughter Mose Pitzer of MacArthur. sisters Sarah Ballard of Bellepoint, Lou Harvey and Ida Harvey of Hinton. two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body to be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the church one hour before service. Nephews will be pallbearers.
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Green
Crab Baptist Church
S. C. Donnelly
Beaver Cemetery
Lilly
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Bettie Lilly
Raleigh Coal and Coke Co
Raleigh
Summers County
Louise Uppton Lilly
Raleigh County
Crab Orchard
Rose and Quesenberry
Ruth Bare Hughes Rites Held in Charleston
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Bare Hughes 62 of Charleston were set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Allen H. Herr officiating. Burial followed in Wildwood Cemetery. She died at Christian Nursing Home Fayetteville after a short illness. Survivors include a sister Mrs. H. H. Evans Beckley a brother Robert A. Bare Epperly and numerous relatives. Pallbearers named.
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Ruth Bare Hughes
Charleston
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Allen H. Herr
Wildwood Cemetery
Perfecto Dacal Requiem High Mass in Detroit
Perfecto Dacal 64 of Detroit formerly of Beckley will receive a 10 a m Friday Requiem Mass at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church with Fr. Raymond Radzieta officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Dacal died Monday evening in a Detroit hospital after a short illness. He was a landscaper and Catholic. Survived by wife Sannie Detroit. son Perfecto Jr Beckley. daughters Mrs Francis Sanford Charleston and Mrs Doris Arbogast Victoria Va. Body to remain at home after arrival from Detroit. Rosary at 8 p m Thursday at Peate Chapel.
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Perfecto Dacal
Detroit
Mich
Beckley
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Raymond Radzieta
Sunset Memorial Park
Dacal
Manuel
Ruth Dacal
Spain
Sannie Dacal
Perfecto Jr
Francis ‘Sanford
Charleston
Doris Arbogast
Victoria
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peate Chapel
Final rites for Edgar G Rogers held in Mount Hope
Edgar Guy Rogers aged 78 of Mount Hope will receive final rites at 10 am Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev. C. E. Farmer officiating. Burial follows in Forest Hill Cemetery. He died Monday after a long illness. Born August 25 1882 in Forest Hill he was the son of E. E. and Molly Foster Rogers. A retired farmer and Long Branch Methodist Church member, he is survived by his wife Gusta Bailey Rogers four sons Edgar Rogers Jr of Lock Fort Ga Albert of Covington Va Sherman and Herman Rogers addresses unknown two stepsons four stepdaughters one foster daughter and three grandchildren.
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Edgar Guy Rogers
Mount Hope
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
C. E. Farmer
Forest Hill Cemetery
Rogers
Forest Hill
E. E
Molly Foster Rogers
Long Branch
Gusta Bailey Rogers
Edgar Rogers, Jr
Lock Forth
Albert
Covington
Sherman
Herman Rogers
Final rites for Alfred L. Wills in Little Bluestone Church
Alfred L. Wills 72 of Ronceverte formerly Jumping Branch dies after four month illness in Ronceverte hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Friday conducted by Elders Lilly Neely Morgan with burial in family cemetery. Born March 16 1888 in Summers County son of Robert and Mary Wills he lived mainly in Summers County as a carpenter and farmer and was a Primitive Baptist Church member. Survived by Mamie Wills of Ronceverte five sons Harlow Jumping Branch Jack Indianapolis Wilfred Shady Springs Wendell Bergo Bee Hillsdale a daughter Mrs Cecil Cochran of ...
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Alfred L. Wills
Ronceverte
Jumping Branch
Little Bluestone Baptist Church
Lowell Lilly
Arvil Neely
Hubert Morgan
Wills
Ronceverte Hospital
Summers County
Robert and
Mary Farley Wills
Little Bluestone
Derailment in North Dakota Injures 43
A defective journal box or track break caused the Northern Pacific Mainstreeter derailment in North Dakota Tuesday night injuring 43 people no one critically. State briefs report Thomas E Millsop elected chairman and chief executive of National Steel Corp succeeding George Humphrey who resigned but stayed as director and chair of the executive committee. A labor dispute halted the Summersville Dam project on the Gauley River in Nicholas County. Richard W. Laird named acting dean of the University School of Mines replacing the late G R Spindler. Russell Morgantown native and Public Service Commission Motor Carrier Department director resigns.
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North Dakota
Thomas E Millsop
Weirton
National Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Treasury
George Humphrey
Summersville
Gauley River
Nicholas County
Richard W. Laird
West Virginia University
University School of Mines
G. R. Spindler
Russell
Morgantown
Public Service Commission Motor Carrier Department
Floyd Golden funeral arrangements announced
Funeral plans for Floyd Golden are complete. Survived by granddaughters Jian Saunders and Mrs S B Tate II. The body lies in state at Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home in Shady Spring Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Golden
Serne
Jian Saunders
Westwood Dr
S. B. Tate II
Shady Spring
Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home
Madison
Speaker Sees Budget Change For Industrial Development
Speaker notes Governor Barron may modify money requests for the Industrial Development Corporation if needed. He doubts the proposed corporation can spend all requested funds and predicts possible tax relief for contractors. The House remains split over Marshall University’s status as debate shifts toward the governor’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singleton
Industrial Development Corporation
Barron
HOUSE
Marshall University
Twins Undergo Eye Surgery in Raleigh Hospital
Susan and Sally Glover, 11 year old twins and Crescent Elementary students, had eye muscle surgery Tuesday morning at Raleigh General Hospital. They are reported in good condition. Mrs C S Glover Jr of 218 Fairview Ave is their mother.
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Susan
Sally Winner
C. S.glover Jr
Fairview Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Crescent Elementary School
Was It Talent Or Burglary And Murder Chorus Girl
Philadelphia gossip recalls Lillian Reis rising from Hell's Kitchen to nightclub owner and defendant in a gangland murder case. Police tie her to a half-million dollar burglary involving Schuylkill County executives. she denies the crimes and claims a talent driven ascent.
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Russ Green
Philadelphia
UPI
Lillian Reis
Javits and Randolph Propose Juvenile Delinquency Crash Program
U.S. Senators Javits and Randolph introduced a five year 47 million dollar crash program to curb juvenile delinquency nationwide. The plan provides matching federal funds for local programs grants for social worker training research grants and a national advisory council. The first year would cost about seven million dollars with ten million annually in years two through five.
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Washington
Javits
Ing
Health
Wefare Department
National Advisory Council
Farm
Kennedy
National Grange
National Farmers Union
House Agriculture Subcommittee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
Britain Sees China Power Shift Undermining Soviet Grip
Britain believes the Soviet Union may lose control of Communist China within 10 to 15 years as Red China's strength grows. A famine crisis prompts aid appeals while Britain pushes for speedy UN admission for China as a step toward disarmament talks. Diplomatic sources note Moscow Beijing tensions and China’s expanding influence in Asia and beyond.
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Lenewan
Sovie Union
China
Peiping
Russia
Red China
Britain
United Nations
Lord ‘Home
Soviet Union
Moscow
India
Middle East
Africa
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Byrd Tours West Virginia Forestry Needs Meeting
Senator Byrd, a member of the appropriations subcommittee, presses for funding to aid West Virginia forestry. He requests support from the Secretary of Agriculture, the Senate Appropriations chairman, and the U. S. Forest Service. The trip includes stops in Madison, Logan, Williamson, Welch, Pineville and Bluefield with Beckley officials and lumber industry representatives invited.
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West Virginia
Byrd
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S. Forest Service
T. C. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
D. B. Kirby
Beckley
D. E. Huffman
Nallen
Bruce Moodespaugh
Cranberry
Thomas L. Gray
Crab Orchard
D. O. Means
Paul W. Feigley
The
Beaver Coal Co
Frank Halstead
New River Co
Carl Lucas
Francis S. Keiling
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Madison
Logan
Williamson
Welch
Pineville
Bluefield
Balloon crossing and early aerospace medical data noted
The passage cites early space age concepts with recorded astro medical data and French experiments as precursors to later aviation in Britain. It notes that in 1785, two years later, American Dr J Jeffries and French Jean Pierre Blanchard crossed the English Channel in a balloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Dr. J. Jeffries
Jean Pierre Blanchard
English Channel
Bill To Raise Troopers Pay Introduced In Legislature
CHARLESTON (UPI) A bill to raise State Police salaries by 25 a month was introduced by House Speaker Julius Singleton. Other measures include expanding the adjutant general staff, renaming the Welfare department, appointing an assistant adjutant general, and creating two deputy officers. senators backed sterilization bills for mental defectives and inmates. other actions cover school aid methods, license reductions, and terms for university and education boards.
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Charleston
UPI
House
Julius Singleton
State Adjutant General
State Department of Public Assistance
State Department of Welfare
Singleton
Army National Guard
Paul Moore
D - Jackson
J. C. Powell
R-Pleasants
State Board of Health
Senate
Clarence Martin
D-Berkeley
Dels. Gilmore
D-Tucker
Frazer
D-Nicholas
del. Singleton
D-Monongalia
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Carrigan
R-Marshall
Taylor
D-Mingo
State Board of Education
Dmingo
Carrigan and Parker
D-Monroe
Airlines vow to recall furloughed staff after strike
Airlines said they would begin recalling furloughed workers once the engineers strike ended, though service would take days to normalize. Safe From Discipline Goldberg said Pan American World Airways Eastern Air Lines American Airlines Trans World Airlines National Airlines in the Flying Tigers Cargo Air assured no discipline for strikers. Western Airlines had said it would fire engineers who refused to man flights and hire replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldberg
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
American Airlines
Trans World Airlines
National Airlines
Flying Tigers Cargo Air
Western Airlines
Three-Bill Debate Looms In State Legislature
The House faces a lengthy session as workmen’s compensation and jobless benefit liberalization bills head to public hearings. The Senate speeds floor work but will also hear the same two measures. Thursday night the Senate Judiciary Committee will hear the House approved fair trade bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Parolee to stand trial for small post office break ins
Alderson man Matthew Junior McCutcheon 32, a parolee from the West Virginia Penitentiary, was arrested by Beckley State Police and charged with the February 16 breaking and entering of the White Oak Post Office. He waived a preliminary hearing, held on a $1,000 bond, and confessed to similar break ins at Lerena Mercer County. Small sums of money and stamps were stolen in both incidents. He is also jailed on a parole violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderson
Beckley
White Oak
Matthew Junior McCutcheon
West Virginia
Joe
Lerena
Mercer County
In Police
Prisoner Walks Away From Jail in Raleigh County
Eddie Lowe of Monroe County walked from the Raleigh County Jail kitchen around 5:30 am after serving time for carrying a concealed weapon. He was jailed Oct 25, 1960, and was to be released March 2. Lowe disappeared while emptying garbage in the courthouse basement.
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Eddie Lowe
Monroe County
Raleigh
Virgil Keaton
Lowe
Donald Weddle
Sophia
Marion
Joe Rodriguez
Glen Daniel
Leonard Butterworth
Woman Posts Bond On Assault Charge Ann Lilly Manley
Beckley woman Ann Lilly Manley posted a 500 dollar bond before Magistrate W A Burke on felonious assault charges. She will face Raleigh County Grand Jury action for stabbing Mrs Brenda Treadway Fekete in front of the Hey You Club after a tavern argument. Fekete remained in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Lilly Manley
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Raleigh County
Brenda Treadway Fekete
Cleveland
Ohio
Hey You
Commodities at Beaver Distribution Next to Rakes Hardware
Commodities will be distributed in Beaver in the building next to Rakes Hardware from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Everyone is asked to bring containers.
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Beaver Commodities
Beaver
Rakes Hardware
Rainiest Place Mount Waikeale Hawaii Records High Rainfall
Mount Waikeale on Kauai island Hawaii records an average annual rainfall of 471.68 inches making it the rainiest location in the world.
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Mount Waikeale
Hawaii
Kauai
John Koski Named Second in SRC Under Sawyers in Charleston
Burl A Sawyers designated road commissioner design ate picks veteran West Virginia highway engineer John Koski as his successor on March 1 Koski who grew up with the road agency has served in admin istrative and engineering roles across the state He was administrative assistant to Sawyers during the prior term and has worked with Michael Baker Jr Inc in Charleston Koski is a native of Millburn New Jersey educated at Seton Hall and Davis Elkins colleges and has lived in West Virginia since 1931 He is married to Lillian W Heltzel of Elkins with one son and two grandchildren He has six years of highway railroad engineering work abroad and has practiced as a professional engineer in WV PA and KY
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Denver
Colo
New York
Jack Lynch
Lillian
Herman E. Seiferth
Reis Enterprise, Inc
Philadelphia
Charleston
Burl A. Sawyers
West Virginia
Patrick C. Graney
Johnkoski
Sawyers
Commission
Millburn
New Jersey
John Koski
Seton Hall
Davis-Elkins Colleges
Lillian W. Heltzel
Elkins
Bolivia
Ecuador
Brazil
F. H. McGraw
Quebec
North Shore and Labrador
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Michael Baker Jr
Dixie Catholics Desegregate Parochial Schools
United Press International reports Georgia and South Carolina dioceses announce parochial schools will desegregate. Catholic children of all colors will be admitted as soon as safe, but no later than public schools. Letter signed by Archbishops Hyland of Atlanta McDonald of Savannah Hallinan of Charleston was read at Sunday Masses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Georgia
South Carolina
Atlanta
Savannah
Charleston
S.C
South
Francis Hyland
Thomas McDonald
Paul J. Hallinan
Shooting Victim In Mullens Town Hit In Chest
Donald Byrd of Skin Fork was shot in the chest with a .12 gauge in Mullens ville during a shooting fracas. He underwent surgery at Wyoming General Hospital and remained listed in critical condition. Charley Green, who allegedly fired, faces felonious assault charges and is free on $1,000 bond awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Donald Byrd
Skin Fork
Mullensville
Wyoming General Hospital
Byrd
Charley Green
Green
Ancel Powers in satisfactory condition after mine injury
Ancel Powers aged 39 of Glen Fork is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital. He was admitted at 3 40 p m Tuesday for treatment of a back injury suffered in an Eastern Gas and Fuel Co mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancel Powers
Glen Fork
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Eastern Gas and Fuel Co
Piggyback Of LOFTI To Probe Submerged Radio Signals
LOFTI experiments test how very low frequency radio waves travel underwater using a 136 megacycle receiver and transmitter. The study aims to improve submarine communications beneath the sea by revealing how signals behave in sea water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOFTI
Ceiver
Congo Crisis: Peace Talks Stalled by Security Council Rift
16 Feared Slain had planned similar talks with Lundula before returning to Leopoldville to study the security council resolution on force to prevent civil war. Tshombe moderated his stance since Tuesday when he called the resolution a declaration of war on Katanga. The region was quiet, but renewed terrorism by undisciplined Congo troops raised concern for whites across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lundula
Leopoldville
Security Council
Congo
Tshombe
Katanga
Hotel Quits Banquet Field Strike Still On
Beckley Hotel ends all food service until further notice as 16 striking employees seek higher wages. Owner Hulett C. Smith says the hotel will operate normally without meals while the upstairs ballroom remains available for meetings and dances. Union Local 14443, District 50 UMWA says negotiations are at a standstill during a Washington conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hotel
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Atena
Washington, D.C
TV In Review by Fred Danzig headlines TV censorship
TV critic Fred Danzig surveys changing TV tides noting True magazine pieces by Mike Wallace on censorship and Worthington Miner critiques. He highlights mail box pressure shaping interview access, critique of advertiser driven mediocrity, and positions JFK as a TV star amid a season of low entertainment. Channel news and program notes follow with upcoming NBC CBS fare and circuit star Rosemary Clooney.
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Fred Danzig
New York
UPI
George Washington
Mike Wallace
True
Wallace
Nathan Leopold
al Ramrus
Ramrus
Network ‘Tv
John F. Kennedy
Worthington
Miner
Washington
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Nimitz
Willis
Ellison
Hanie Noble
Hinton
Roxie Pack
Florida
Rose Hatcher
MacArthur
Montie Greer
Meadow Bluff
Norah Fletcher
Perfecto
Edgar G. Rogers
Marshall College
W. V. U. Boosters
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Hell's Kitchen
Corp
Atlantic County
N. J
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Pottsville
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Schuylkill County
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Margate
John B. Rich
Europe
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Hells Kitchen
New York City
Lillian Reiskin
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Cold Water Flats
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Beckley Area
Man In Space
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SRC
Vincent J. John Koski
Dixie
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Burma
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