Four Similar Murders Prompt Mass Murder Theory
Scotland Yard and Derbyshire police probe four 18 month killings with Ripper like traits. Victims George Stobbs 48 William Elliott 60 Norman Rickard 38 and Alan Vigar 23 tied to locked rooms or wardrobes. Investigators note similarities and study London cases for a possible common killer.
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Robert Musel
London
UPI
Jack the Ripper
Scotland Yard
County Constabulary
Derbyshire
Clod Hall Lane
Baslow
Derby
Rickar
Alan Vigar
Derbyshire Constabulary
Britain
Rickard
Stockpile Probe Opens Behind Closed Doors
Washington reporters note a Senate armed services subcommittee will meet behind closed doors to begin a probe of the United States stockpile of strategic materials. Led by Senator Stuart Symington, the inquiry aims to verify alleged excess stockpile capacity of about 3.4 billion beyond emergency needs as President Kennedy's request funds a $30,000 study.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Armed Services
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Francis Case
Rl.d
Kennedy
Senate
Subcommittee
Richmond C. Coburn
St. Louis
Farm
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Senate Agriculture Committee
Shuman
Fog Delays Hit New York Airports Briefly
Fog at Idlewild and LaGuardia caused travel delays of up to 30 minutes early today. Officials expected conditions to improve as the day progressed.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Idlewild
LaGuardia
Were You Born Before 1911 Life Insurance Ad
An old line life insurance ad targets readers born before 1911. It offers $1,000 term coverage for ages 50 to 80 with no medical exam, no agent contact, and asks for name, address, and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co., Dept. L-1088, 1418 West Rosedale, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept. L
West Rosedale
Fort Worth 4
Texas
Beaver Driver Jailed On Three Road Charges
Bobby Gilkerson of Beaver was jailed at 12 50 a m by State Police on improper license no inspection sticker and no tail lights. John K Allen 16 Raleigh is ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Monday for speeding after a 6 p m citation on South Kanawha Street. James L Wilson released from custody at 10 20 a m on circuit court order. Wilson held on an attachment. Les Garner Byrd Lillybrook released after posting a 500 bond on a contributing to the delinquency of a minor charge. Magistrate W A Burke jailed Byrd at 10 p m Thursday.
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Bobby Gilkerson
Beaver
Raleigh
Sullivan
James L. Wilson
Norman Knapp
Wilson
Les Garner Byrd
Lillybrook
W. A. Burke
John K. Allen
Beckley
South Kanawha Street
Blizzard Traffic Crash Backs Up Wyoming Highways
Five trucks in a blizzard collision on U S 287 injuring seven people. U S 14 blocked near Cody as a truck two autos and a police car collided. Blizzard conditions cut visibility to under 50 yards at Casper and Powell. Cody reports snow falling at about one and a half inches per hour.
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U.S. 287
U.S. 14
Cody
Wyo
Casper
Powell
Two Suffer Injuries in Separate Accidents
Two area residents were treated at Beckley Hospital on Thursday for injuries from unrelated incidents. Mrs Arbutus Minor of Route 2 Beckley sustained injuries to her right thumb and little finger while at work for Beckley Manufacturing Co. Edgar Paul Jenkins of Eccles injured his back operating a loading machine at Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Coal mine in Eccles.
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Beckley Hospital
Arbutus Minor
Route 2
Beckley
Little Finger
Beckley Manufacturing Co
Edgar Paul Jenkins
Eccles
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Khrushchev pressure on summit over disarmament tests
The United States rejects Khrushchev’s bid for a Geneva summit arguing that disarmament is vital and should be handled at high level only after a full study of Soviet air tests. Kennedy authorized a public rejection while warning against premature talks as Moscow hints at possible attendance despite Hanoi.
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Britain
Kennedy
Khrushchev
U.S
State Department
Moscow
Kremlin
Macmillan
Geneva
Federal Agency To Guarantee Pensions Sought
WILLIAM J. EATON MIAMI BEACH AFL leaders propose a new federal pension guarantee agency funded by premiums to protect workers retirement benefits amid company failures. Walter P. Reuther cites FDIC as model and urges full insured and partial protection for retirees and nearretirees. Rail unions oppose merger plans, citing job security and service risks as Pennsylvania and NYC Systems face consolidation.
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William J. Eaton
Miami Beach
UPD
Aflcig
Executive Council
The
Labor Federation
Walter P. Reuther
Auto Workers
U.S
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Pennsylvania
New York
James M. Symes
NYC
Alfred E. Perlman
Miami
Perlman
Symes
Pennsy Central
Chesapeake & Ohio-Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Glenn and crewman prove man can pilot moon ships
The astronaut John Glenn turns his orbiting craft around in space and reports that pilots will navigate future moon missions. He observes a ring around Earth and notes clouds useful to weather study. Glenn suggests stripping automation to let astronauts handle critical functions and jokes that the next flyer should go up simply to look around.
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Glenn
United States
Donald
Deke) Slayton
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
The highest and lowest points in the continental United States lie in California with Mount Whitney at 14 495 feet and Death Valley at 282 feet below sea level, separated by 83 miles.
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United Press International
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
California
Mount Whitney
Death Valley
Monument leadership since 1911 Sears plan promise
Monument Co. presents a written guarantee with every monument under the Convenient Payment Plan. Located on Harper Road, contact Sears Monument Co. at 253-6480 for details on their financing and workmanship guarantees.
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Sears
Sears Monument CO
Harper Road
Air Pollution Seen Critical in 10000 U.S. Communities
AMA magazine warns air pollution is widespread affecting 10,000 communities. The piece cites Los Angeles smog New York smaze and El Paso smast while urging stronger control programs and notes state and personal contributions to pollution. It references the 1960 New Orleans asthma epidemic and the 1948 Donora killer fog with lasting health impacts.
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Chicago
API
U.S
American Medical Association
Los Angeles
New York
el Paso
Tex
Jack Kaplan
California
Kapan
Pittsburgh
Kaplan
New Orleans
Dorsey outlines ADCU county allocations and progress
Dorsey, working with the State Road Commission and limited Department of Natural Resources contact, reports ADCU supervision of 273 Raleigh County men with varying multi-agency allocations. Counties list Boone 213 Fayette 455 Mercer 428 Greenbrier 193 Summers 253 Monroe 53 and others. Projects range six to eleven per county, including sewers debris clearance street work retaining walls bleachers and school grounds landscaping funded by the program and federal matching funds. The 1962 Legislature has funded EEP to continue while ADCU expires June 30 absent a Congress extension requested by the President.
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Ing
State Road Commission
Department of Natural Resources
Dorsey
ADCU
Raleigh
Board of Education
City of Beckley
Mabscott
Sophia
Boone
Fayette
Mercer
Greenbrier
Summers
Monroe
Congress
NKIC contract talks target large Action Flex order
NKIC expects a threefold return on a contract under negotiation for Action Flex. The first half, awarded January 24 to produce 63,365 rocket launching tubes, mirrors a February 28 set aside for labor surplus areas including Fayette County. Ash credits Senators Byrd and Jennings Randolph, Rep Kee, Gov Barron, and Commerce Commissioner Smith for progress. New Kanawha seeks stock to fund Crown Overall Co and a plant at the 1921 By-Pass site for various products, with 2 million in stock sales aiming to employ 2,500 by 1963. Plant work in Minden for lamp assembly should start within 60 days. Opalite Co plans glass production under N KIC. Kelly urged local backing, noting no interviews outside the Oak Hill employment office.
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Kelly
Action Flex Co
Action Flex
Fayette County
Harrison O. Ash
N Kic
Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Elizabeth Kee
W. W. Barron
Hulett C. Smith
New Kanawha
Crown Overall Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Stamford Road
Progressive Securities Co
Opalite Co
West Virginia
Beckleyan Aided Atlas Booster Orbit Achievement
J. C. Dunn of Beckley helped place the first American astronaut into earth orbit. He worked on the Atlas booster as a launch crew inspector for a California firm, focusing on electric systems checkout and missile launch readiness under pressure.
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J. C. Dunn
Beckley
Dunn
California
Glenn Triumph Triggers Global Parade For Space Hero
Col Glenn's spaceflight sparks mass celebrations from Cocoa Beach to Washington New York and Perth. President Kennedy greets him at Cape launch site as crowds cheer and schools close. A wave of invitations pours in from cities worldwide as Europe’s papers praise the astronaut.
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Johnson
Glenn
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchhev
Cape
NASA
Washington
New York
Cocoa Beach
Florida
Miami
Palm Beach
Air Force
Marine Corp
Glenns
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grissom
Perth
Australia
Free World
Europe
Legal wrangle over tax law exemptions in West Virginia
Robertson Tanner challenges two sections of the law granting exemptions under federal income tax rules as unconstitutional under the state constitution. The Legislature allegedly failed to declare an urgency when suspending rules. Opposing counsel in Parkersburg discuss certifying issues for appeal, but Tanner’s side seeks all nine issues, risking a lengthy process. Robertson cites efforts to obtain an early Supreme Court decision, possibly by April 15, though a prompt ruling may be unlikely.
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Tanner
West Virginia
Legisature
Parkersburg
Black
Supreme Court
High Court
Robertson
Funeral services set for Elmer Arthur Walker 53
Death notices state Elmer Arthur Walker of Portsmouth Virginia died at 10 20 p m Thursday in a Portsmouth hospital age 53 He was formerly of Layland Burial in Green Lawn Memorial Park Bethany Baptist Church in Portsmouth to host rites Survivors include his father Clayburn Walker of Shady Spring wife Vivian Stewart Walker and children Charlotte Francis Geraldine Lamarr Flora Harvester Elmer A Jr Roy Lee Howard Channing Walker six brothers Major R R Basil Willard Alvin David Quentin and three sisters Lena Gwinn Myrtle Ballanger Lora Walker all of Meadow Bridge
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Elmer Arthur Walker
Portsmouth
Layland
Bethany Baptist Church
Green Lawn Memorial Park
Clayburn Walker
Shady Spring
Vivian Stewart Walker
Charlotte W. Francis
Charleston
S. C
Geraldine Lamarr
Flora Harvester
Norfolk
Elmer A. Jr
Roy Lee
Fort Dix
N. J
Howard
Channing Walker
R. R
Korea
Basil
Crickmer
Willard
Miami
Fla
Alvin
David
Meadow Bridge
Quentin Walker
Newport News
Funeral services for Arlington Stover set for Saturday
Arlington Stover 59 known as Artie dies after a long illness in a Beckley hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Workman's Creek Community Church with Rev. Roy Tyree. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Survivors include Lena his wife two sons Arlie and Chester three daughters, four sisters, three brothers, and ten grandchildren. The body will lay in state at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville before being moved to the church one hour before services.
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Arlington Stover
Artie
Workman's
Creek
Roy Tyree
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Stover
Beckley Hospital
Coal River
Lena
Arlie
Chester
Avon
Ohio
Jewel White
Clinton
Betty Weaver
Breckenridge
Mich
Martha Stover
Harlow
Wilbur
Clear Creek
Omega
Beckley
George, Jr
Shelby
Mansfield
Seibert
Pittsburgh
Lessie Jarrett
Pratt
Lula Williams
Edith Workman
Workman’s Creek
Blanche Williams
Freida Neal
Ocie Stover
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Rites for Mount Hope resident Ollie Miller set Sunday
Final rites for Mrs. Ollie Miller, 70, Mount Hope, will be held at 2 p m Sunday at First Baptist Church Mount Hope with Rev W A Leonard in charge. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Wednesday in a Montgomery hospital. Survivors include one daughter Louise Marcum of Buffalo New York two brothers John Fitzgerald of New York and Harry of Mount Hope two sisters Mrs Mary Etta Norris of Chicago and Mrs Ida Epps of Chicago. The body will be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home to the church one hour before services. Also noted is the death of Glen Evans 34 formerly of Beaver and a Shady Spring High football player in Chicago Illinois. He served in the Army and Navy and leaves a mother four brothers and four sisters. Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of the body at Melton Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Milller
Mount Hope
First Baptist Church
W. A. Leon‘ard
Greenwood Memorial Park
Miller
Montgomery Hospital
Louise Marcum
Buffalo
N. Y
John Fitzgerald
New York
Harry
Mary Etta Norris
Chicago
Ill
Ida Epps
Ritchie and Johnson
Glen Evans
Beaver
Shady Spring
Veterans Administration Hospital
Hines
Myrtle Evans
Dexter Ave
Edward E. Evans
Shady Spring High School
Navy
Keith
Mason
Beckley
James
Arora
Ind
Joe
Baltimore
Gladys Webb
Williamson
Marie Johnson
Regina Slayton
Judy Evans
Melton Mortuary
Requiem Mass for Ernest Bolton Set in Kilsyth
Ernest Raymond Bolton of Mount Hope died at his home Thursday morning after a heart attack. A Requiem High Mass will be sung at St. Anthony’s Church Kilsyth at 9 30 Saturday replacing an earlier Monday date. Body lies at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope with Rosary tonight at seven led by Rev Eugene Klug. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers named Nick Zeminick Dorsey Renick Painter Gallagher Holtill
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Ernest Raymond Bolton
Mount Hope
St. Anthony'satholic
Kilsyth
Bolton
Tyree
Eugene Klug
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Obituary: Mrs Helen Brooks of Mullens Dies
Mrs Helen Elizabeth Brooks 56 of Mullens died at 1 50 am in Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after a long illness born March 31 1905 in Whipple daughter of the late Arthur P and Mary Ethel Burdiss She was a member of First Methodist Church Mullens Coal City Chapter 136 Order of Eastern Star White Shrine Mount Hope Survived by husband John R Brooks son John B Mullens daughter Patty McNeish Beckley brothers Charles A Burdiss Columbus Arthur Patrick Burdiss Cincinnati John Bernard Burdiss Rhodell sisters Marie Smith Mullens Nellie Vance Prosperity Martha Boles Watkinsville Ga Juanita Burdiss Prosperity and six grandchildren Funeral at 2 pm Sunday at First Methodist Church Rev Virgil Conant in charge body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens until funeral time
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Helen Elizabeth Brooks
Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Whipple
Arthur P
Mary Ethel Burdiss
First Methodist Church
Coal City
Order of Eastern Star
White Shrine
Mount Hope
John R. Brooks
John B
Thomas
Patty) McNeish
Beckley
Charles A. Burdiss
Columbus
Ohio
Arthur Patrick Burdiss
Cincinnati
John Bernard Burdiss
Rhodell
Robert
Marie) Smith
Elbert
Nellie) Vance
Prosperity
John
Martha) Boles
Watkinsville
Juanita Burdiss
Virgil Conant
Sam Foglesong
Dana Emerson Neff Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Dana Emerson Neff of Powellton, formerly of Victor, were held Wednesday at Elkridge Community Church. Burial followed in Terry Cemetery at Victor. He was a brother of Loretta Neff of Beckley and died Monday at home after a long illness. A disabled employee of a Bartlett tree firm, he was conveyed by B. C. Hooper Funeral Home of Montgomery.
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Dana Emerson Neff
Powellton
Victor
Elkridge
Terry
Loretta Neff
Beckley
Bartlett Tree
B. C. Hooper Funeral Home
Montgomery
Funeral rites set for Ida Withrow Workman Withrow
Mrs Ida Withrow Workman Withrow 73 Oceana died at 2 30 a m at home after heart attack born June 17 1888 near Pineville daughter of Levi and Eva Hash surviving sons Earl Lester Roy C Workman Jr Beckley and Maxel Workman Hagerstown six daughters Dewey Bowles Glen Rogers Mrs Frank Wilson Bluefield Va Mrs Roy Elam Mullens Mrs Claude Franklin Maben Mrs George Kardish Charleston S C and Mrs Jack Taylor Maben two brothers Coy Hash Centralia Wash Willis Hash Ghent four sisters twin Vida Weaver and Chester Wikes Pineville Mrs A B Church Bud and Mrs Tom Wilson Princeton 11 am Sunday Oceana Free Will Baptist Church Rev Kimball Blankenshin in charge burial Sunset Memorial Park body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Chapel Mullens at 6 pm today will be taken to residence at 4 pm Saturday.
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Ida Workman Withrow
Oceana
Pineville
Levi
Eva Walker Hash
Ernest Withrow
Earl Workman
Lester
Roy C. Workman Jr
Beckley
Maxel Workman
Hagerstown
Dewey Bowles
Frank Wilson
Glen Rogers
Roy Elam
Bluefield
Claude Franklin
Mullens
George Kardish
Charleston
S. C
Jack Taylor
Maben
Coy Hash
Centralia
Wash
Willis Hash
Ghent
Vida Weaver
Chester Wikes
A. B. Church
Bud
Tom Wilson
Princeton
Oceana Free Will Baptist Church
Kimball Blankenshin
Sunset Memorial Park
Sam Foglesong
Mrs Shanklin Rites Held In Snowville Church
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Mae Shanklin 76 of Pulaski Va formerly of Raleigh County were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Snowville Christian Church. Burial followed in Westview Cemetery Radford Va. She died Thursday at a Pulaski hospital after a long illness. Her husband Roy Evans Shanklin preceded her. Survived by son John W Radford and three daughters Mrs James Hilton and Mrs Paul C Rupp both of Pulaski and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Mae Shanklin
Pulaski
Raleigh County
Snowville
Mayor Proclaims Weights Week in Beckley
Mayor Cecil L. Miller signs a proclamation designating March 17 as National Weights and Measures Week. Robert D. Williams of Prosperity, WV inspector for the Department of Labor, seeks observance across Raleigh and Boone counties. The proclamation stresses honest weights and measures as essential to the economy and daily life and urges citizens to recognize the economic contributions of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Miller
Beckley
Robert D. Williams
Prosperity
West Virginia
Kennedy visit to Berlin displays wall shadowed by troops
In East Berlin the Kennedys toured the city and the wall in separate motorcades joining at the Brandenburg Gate. They saw guards atop a British tower overlooking the wall described as the wall of shame. Earlier, a line of goose-stepping Soviet troops marched into West Berlin near the gate for a memorial ceremony. Police reported hearing gunfire about 50 yards behind the wall.
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Ethel Kennedy
Bernauer Strasse
Kennedy
Wall
East Berlin
Ethel
Brandenburg Gate
Wall of Shame
West Berlin
Berlin
Russia
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