Beckley Chamber Proposes 3400 Budget For Projects
The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce proposes a 3400 budget for committee activities and projects this year. Economic development gets 2500 while the two week membership drive starts March 4 under H C Sheets. The plan details 19498 in usable income and allocations for wages rent utilities and more as chamber leaders urge prompt dues to accelerate recruitment and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County
H. C. Sheets
Chamber of Commerce Institute
Chamber
W. C. McMahan
Piney View Man Forfeits Bond in Local Court
Walter Griffith of Piney View forfeited a $50 bond in the Magistrate Joe Rodriguez court this morning on a charge of permitting an intoxicated person to operate his motor vehicle. Gene Mills of Jonben also forfeited a $25 bond on a reckless driving charge. Donald Meadows of Coal City waived to the grand jury after arrest on two breaking and entering charges with bonds set at $1,000 each. John Henry Lopez Jr. of Washington, D C posted a $55 bond for a March 4 police court appearance. Doris E Saunders of Beckley was cited for improper registration and no city operator s license and ordered to appear March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Mills
Jonben
Rodriguez
Donald Meadows
Coal City
Winding Gulf Coals
John Henry Lopez Jr
Washington, D. C
Doris E. Saunders
Beckley
Regulators to Hear Sportsmen and Landowners in Raleigh
Sportsmen, landowners and others interested in hunting and fishing regulations will meet the Department of Natural Resources Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Circuit Courtroom of the Raleigh County Courthouse. The meeting invites local residents to express views on rules being prepared for the next hunting season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Natural Resources
Raleigh County
Be lly Beckley Fire Rescue Responds to Overdose at 348 Ellison Ave
Beckley Fire Department rescue squad was summoned to 348 Ellison Avenue at 7 40 a m to aid Albert Caron who was unconscious. He was transported by Keyser Bryan ambulance to Beckley Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Beckley Fire Department
Ellison Avenue
Albert Caron
Caron
Beckley Hospital
Keyser Bryant
Driver Fined For Hazardous Driving in February
Belle driver James L. Cook of Bell cited by State Police for hazardous driving Feb 9 appeared before Magistrate Gene Burke and pleaded nolo contendere receiving a $5 fine plus costs. Thomas H. Thomas of Sprague cited Feb 22 for speeding and expired safety sticker. fined $5 plus costs on each charge. David Carl Francisco cited Feb 22 for speeding and fined $5 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Cook
Bell
Gene Burke
Nolo Contendre
Thomas H. Thomas
Sprague
Burke
David Carl Francisco
Winter Fire Losses Unusually Low in Beckley
Fire Chief Cecil P. Connor notes Beckley has seen unusually low fire losses this winter despite sub zero conditions. The only significant damage since October was about 500 dollars from two incidents. Early Sunday calls included a 2:30 a.m. blaze at 414 G Street from an upstairs gas heating stove with no damage estimate and a 12:15 p.m. fire at the corner of Third and Central Avenues damaging a 1957 Frank Rodriguez station wagon estimated at 150 dollars.
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Beckley
Cecil P. Connor
Connor
D. B.gore
Third and
Central Avenues
Frank Rodriguez
Pineville Driver Faces Hearing On Reckless Driving Charge
Pineville resident Carl R. Cline Jr. faces a reckless driving hearing after a Sunday collision on the Pineville Mullens Road that sent three Hoges to Wyoming General Hospital Mulllens. Mrs Hoge Mr Hoge and Jamie Hoge were treated and released. The wreck occurred at about 430 pm as the Hoges in a car struck Cline in their lane on a slick road. The hearing is set in Magistrate W Pres ton Wilson's Pineville office this afternoon.
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Pineville
Rns
Carl R. Cline Jr
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Robert Hoge
Jamie
Cline
Hoges
Drivers Charged After Wrecks
Two minor crashes were probed by State Police on Saturday. In the Raleigh County air port road collision a 1961 car driven by Victor H. Gilchirson, 31, Layland, hit a 1960 car driven by Jack Williams, 39, East Rainelle, with Williams charged for loss of vehicle control. The second crash on the By Pass near police HQ at 9:30 p.m. involved a 1959 car driven by James H. Justice, 65, Kopperston, and a 1955 car driven by Jerome Waugh, 42, Arlington, Va. Justice charged for entering a highway facing oncoming traffic. damages about $200.
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Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Victor H. Gilchirson
Layland
Jack Williams
East Rainelle
Williams
James H. Justice
Kopperston
Jerome Waugh
Arlington
Justice
Kennedy Denies Newsman's Camera Incident at Ski Lodge
UPI reports Senator Edward Kennedy denies a Vermont photographer’s claim that he seized his camera at Smugglers Notch and damaged film after he was photographed outside The Lodge. Kennedy’s spokesman says the story is distorted and the senator cooperated. William Loeb, publisher of the Vermont Sunday News, criticizes the Kennedys amid the dispute.
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Stowe
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Philip N. Lawson
Vermont Sunday News
Burlington
Massachusetts Democrat
Kennedy
Lawson
William Loeb
Kennedys
U. S
Teddy Kennedy
Maben Mine Section Closed Leaves 20 Job Losses
A section of the Maben mine operated by Winding Gulf Coals, Inc. was closed on Friday, forcing the layoff of 20 miners. A company spokesman could not say if the closure is permanent.
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MABEN
RNS
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc
Soldier Arrested at Ft. Knox Released to Military
Soldier Charles E. Hazlewood of Ft. Knox Kentucky was arrested by military police Sunday and jailed in Raleigh County before being released to military authorities at 8 am today.
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Charles E. Hazlewood
Ft. Knox
U.S
Cabbage and Sea Farming Highlight Smithsonian Outlook
Washington writer Dick West surveys cabbage as a major U.S. crop with 34 states growing it and 125 million tons produced annually. He notes five cabbage types and cites a USDA booklet for further details. He then reports Smithsonian seeding a future in hydroponic farming at sea as population grows. He also comments on weather proverbs and National Geographic findings about their factual basis.
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Washington
UPI
Los Angeles
United States
Savoy
U.S
Smithsonian Institution
National Geographic Society
Weather Bureau
Barron Signs School Age Bill Into Law in Charleston
Gov W W Barron signed a package of measures in Charleston this weekend. The school age bill removes State Board for Education authority over start age and sets a six year old first grade cutoff by November 1. The governor also signed bills on hospital licensing nursing home oversight and repealing the Labor Department bedding inspection law.
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Charleston
UPS
State Board For Education
W. W. Barron
Board of Education
Chilren
Barron
State Labor Department
Russia and China Ease Tensions With Warm Talks
In Moscow An drei Gromyko hosted Chinese Ambassador Pan T'su-li for a warm lunch as Beijing radio called talks cordial. In Peking Mao Tse-tung met Soviet Ambassador S. V. Shevervonenko for a cordial discussion. The moves followed Malinovsky’s rocket speech seen as signaling Moscow’s shift toward Beijing’s hard line toward the West.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
China
Andrei Gromyko
Pan T'su-li
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
S. V. Shevervonenko
Peking Radio
Rodion Malinovsky
Red China
Nitro Woman Fatally Burned In Home Explosion
Mrs Alma Grose, 57, died in a blast and fire that destroyed her brother Ray Owsley’s Nitro home. Owsley, about 52, was hospitalized at Thomas Memorial in South Charleston with burns to his back neck and arms. Investigators had not yet determined the cause.
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NITRO
UPI
Alma Grose
Ray Owsley
Thomas Memorial Hospital
South Charleston
West Virginia Forest Products Gets IDA Loan
Gov. Barron announced an IDA loan of 313600 to West Virginia Forest Products Co to back a particle board and plywood plant between Gassaway and Sutton. The project totals 2380000 with 350 plant jobs and 150 related positions expected.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
State Department of Commerce
Industrial Development Authority
IDA
West Virginia Forest Products Co
Area Redevelopment Administration
Gassaway
Sutton
Senate Eyes Early Action After Weeks of Gridlock
The Senate hopes to move past six weeks of organizational fights with two key votes to ratify new committee memberships and alignments. Mansfield aims to clear the way for committee work while liberal members press to enlarge three committees. He cites military pay raises and a youth conservation corps bill as top priorities, with Labor Committee hearings starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Mansfield
Youth Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Senate Labor Committee
Sentence Set Today For Attempted Rape In Raleigh Court
Fletcher David Hays Parker, 15, of Sylvia Street, found guilty of attempted rape and to be sentenced in Raleigh County Criminal Court at 1 30 p m. today. The verdict from February 14 carries a one to five year term in the State Penitentiary. Grandville Bragg received six months in Raleigh County Jail after pleading guilty to petit larceny on February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher David Hays Parker
Sylvia Street
Raleigh County
Grandville Bragg
Raleigh
Harry L. McCreery
Bragg
Juniors Attend Know Your State Government Day in Charleston
About 400 high school juniors arrived in Charleston for the 13th annual Know Your State Government Day. Gov. W. W. Barron was to address the group as panel members from the State Board of Public Works and State Supreme Court president Thornton G. Berry fielded questions. The students were to visit the Legislature while House and Senate were in session.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
State Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Thornton G. Berry
House
Senate
Veteran Newsman Krepps Dies After Long Career
Morgantown editor James Henry Krepps a veteran newspaperman and former secretary of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association was found dead in his apartment. He died of a heart attack authorities said after last being seen Feb 10 and two overdue Saturday deliveries raised concern. Krepps worked in Morgantown Huntington Pittsburgh Chicago Charleston and Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
VPI
James Henry Krepps
Morgantown Dominion News
Krepps
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Woman Faints At Beckley Store Prompting Ambulance Call
Rescue squad responds at G C Murphy Co store in midtown Beckley after a woman fainted. Margaret Harvie of Calloway Heights was taken to Raleigh General Hospital by ambulance.
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Beckley
G. C. Murphy Co
Margaret Harvie
Calloway Heights
Raleigh General Hospital
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Margaret Melkers 92
Mrs. Margaret Melkers 92 of Charleston and formerly of Fayette County died February 17 at her daughter's home after a short illness. Requiem High Mass was held at St Anthony's Church Charleston with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. She was born in Munich and moved to West Virginia in 1912 living in Sun Fayette County until 1940. Survived by two other Charleston daughters Frieda Aiello and Margaret S Bouchard a son J W of Clarksburg 12 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Rosary was recited Tuesday evening at Owen Barth Funeral Home Charleston.
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Margaret Melkers
Charleston
Fayette County
Mary Taylor
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Munich
Germany
Melkers
West Virginia
Sun
Frieda Aiello
Margaret S. Bouchard
J. W
Clarksburg
Owen-Barth
Final rites for Mark Hensley in Oak Hill
Final rites for month-old Mark Hensley son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hensley were to be held at 2 p m in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev J C Bybee in charge Burial followed at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He died Friday in a Washington hospital He was born in Manassas Virginia on January 19 Survivors include a brother Joseph and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Roscoe Swanigan of Manassas and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ernest Hensley of Fayetteville The body is at Sam Foglesgon Funeral Home Mullens pending arrangements
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Mark Hensley
Ernest Hensley
Washington, D. C
Oak Hill
Tyree
Joseph
Roscoe Swanigan
Manassas
Fayetteville
Final rites planned for Pvt Paul Harsanyi
Private Paul Harsanyi, 18, killed in a Saturday morning automobile accident at Corinne, will receive funeral services at noon Tuesday. The Rev. David G. Pollock and Rev. Harry Pilkington will conduct services at Mc Dougal's Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville, with his body to be taken to his Allen Junction residence today at 4 pm.
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Paul Harsanyi
Corinne
David G. Pollock
Harry Pilkington
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Allen Junction
Final rites for Mrs Mollie Waggoner at Mount Hope
Mrs Mollie Waggoner 65 Route 1 Mount Hope died Saturday at home after a heart attack. Final rites set for 2 p m Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev Alex Pischner officiating. Burial Humphrey Cemetery Willis Branch. Survivors: daughter Nora Elswick Route 1 Mount Hope two sons Thomas Jessup Md Earl Princeton two sisters Emma Pritt Crown Hill Virgie Green Willis Branch 15 grandchildren three great grandchildren. Body at funeral home after 4 p m today.
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Mollie Waggoner
Route 1
Mount Hope
Tyree
Alex Pischner
Humphrey
Willis Branch
Waggoner
Fayette
Nora Elswick
Thomas
Jessup
Earl
Princeton
Emma Pritt
Crown Hill
Virgie Green
Infant Brian Tankersley Rites Held in Prosperity
Final rites for 10 month old Brian Keith Tankersley of Prosperity were set for 3 p.m. at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial followed in Coal City Community Cemetery. The infant died at 8 30 p.m. Saturday after a four day illness diagnosed as Asian Flu, Raleigh County's first victim. He survived by two brothers Delmas and Randy and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Russell Goddard of Midway. The body remained at the funeral home.
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Brian Keith Tankersley
Clarence
Leola Goddard Tankersley
Keyser Bryant
Ernest Barley
Coal City
Raleigh County
Delmas
Randy
Russell Goddard
Midway
Stover Rites Set For 85 Year Old Glen White Resident
Funeral services for L. F. Frank Stover 85 of Glen White will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. M. Taylor and Rev. Walter Norman officiating. Burial follows in Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Stover died Sunday morning in a local hospital after a short illness. Born November 14 1877 in Clear Creek he was a lifelong Raleigh County resident and a retired timber man and farmer. He belonged to Coal Marsh Baptist Church. Surviving are three daughters Hestle Milam Myrtle Kingly and Blanch Burleson, three sons Ray Ross and Roy, 26 grandchildren 35 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Pallbearers include Dillard Williams Roscoe Williams Aze Cecil Macom Haress Hubert Nils Stover Kermit Emory Daniel Sherman Clay and C R Henderson.
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L. F
Frank) Stover
Glen White
Calfee Funeral Home
W. M. Taylor
Walter Norman
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Stover
Clear Creek
Burl
Leanza Williams Stover
Raleigh County
Coal Marsh Baptist Church
Mary Ann Stover
O. L. (Hestle) Milam
Beckley
C. E
Myrtle) Kingly
Fred (Blanch) Burleson
Glen Daniel
Ray
Saxton
Ross
Roy
Dillard
Roscoe Williams
Aze
Cecil
Macom
Haress
Hubert
Nils Stover
Kermit
Emory Daniel
Sherman Clay
C. R .Henderson
Mrs Ida Lane Dies in Beckley Hospital at 42
Mrs Ida Louise Lane 42 of Bud died at 7 30 am in Beckley hospital She was born January 22 1920 at Bud daughter of Will Dicker and the late Elizabeth Belcher Dickerson She is survived by husband Harvey Lane a son Norman Millsboro Delaware four daughters Ruth Burnett and Shirley plus others obituary details incomplete from reading
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Ida Louise Lane
Bud
Beckley Hospital
Will Dickerson
Elizabeth Belcher Dickerson
Harvey Lane
Norman
Millsboro
Del
Ruth Burnett
Shirley
Walter Brewer Rites Held for 58 Year Old Local Resident
Funeral services for Walter Allen Brewer age 58 of 215 N Heber Street were conducted at 2 p m today in the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Glen Stewart officiating. Burial followed at American Legion Cemetery. Brewer died Saturday in a local hospital at 2 20 p m Pallbearers named were Roy Cleve Richard and Bill Brewer Howard Bragg and Fred Ashworth
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Walter Allen Brewer
N. Heber St
Caffee Funeral Home
Glen Stewart
American Legion
Roy
Cleve
Richard
Bill Brewer
Howard Bragg
Fred Ashworth
William Tabor Funeral Arrangements Set
William Thomas Tabor 70 of Norton Virginia formerly Beckley died in Beckley. Born August 26 1892 in Pulaski Virginia he was a retired miner and former secretary of UMWA Local 6105. Survived by his wife Gertrude Poore Tabor three daughters three sons one brother and ten grandchildren. Body at Calfee Funeral Home.
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William Thomas Tabor
Norton
Beckley
Pulaski
Robert Lee
Flora Belle Corder Tabor
Winding Gulf Colleries
UMWA
Gertrude Poore Tabor
Howard (Maurine) Fenley
Damascus
Mildred Lou Tabor
Bernice Schilling
Charleston
Maurice
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas Lee
Key West
Fla
William Howard
California
Chester Tabor
Marmet
Calfee Funeral Home
French-born miner Albert Caron dies at 78 in Keyser
Albert Caron 78 of 331 Ellison Ave. died at home at 7:30 a.m. today after a heart attack. A native of France and retired miner, he had no known survivors. Service is at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Lee Brown officiating, followed by burial in Davis Cemetery after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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Albert Caron
Kearns
Ellison Ave
France
Keyser-Bryant
Robert Lee Brown
Davis Cemetery
Mount Tabor
Oak Hill man dies after long illness at 72
Herbert Lacy Wilkerson, 72, of Oak Hill, died Sunday evening in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lacy Wilkerson
Oak Hill
Beckley Hospital
Tyree
George F Workman 79 of Hemphill dies after short illness
George F Workman 79 of Hemphill died at 6 a m Sunday at home after a brief illness. He was a son of the late A B and Frances Sizemore Workman. Survived by six sons Hobart Itmann Roby Rock View Willis Keyrock Jack Eggleston Va Calvin Coolidge Baileysville and Wintford Pineville. four daughters Flossie Green Jesse Harriet Perdue Matheny Ollie Reed Covel and Annie Milam Oakvale Fla.. two sisters Pollie Perdue and Mary Mullins New Richwood. Body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Floyd Workman
Hemphill
A. B
Frances Sizemore Workman
Susie Mullins Workman
Hobart
Itmann
Roby
Rockview
Willis
Keyrock
Jack
Eggleston
Calvin Coolidge
Baileysville
Wintford
Pineville
Flossie Green
Jesse
Harriet Perdue
Matheny
Ollie Reed
Covel
Annie Milam
Oakvale
Fla
Pollie Perdue
Mary Mullins
New Richwood
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Rns
Funeral services held for Mrs Mary White Sink
Mrs. Mary White Sink, 76, Bud, died Friday in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were to be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Freewill Baptist Church in Herndon with Rev. Ronald Adkins presiding. Burial followed at Osborne Ridge Cemetery. She was preceded in death by husband Marion Sink in 1952. Sam Foglesong Funeral Home of Mullens arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary White Sink
Bud
Freewill Baptist Church
Herndon
Ronald Adkins
Osborne Ridge
U S Forces Stop Soviet Bus Convoy at Checkpoint Charlie
U S military police halted four busloads of Russian soldiers for 46 minutes at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin and then forced them to return to East Berlin. Western sources say the Russians also tried the Sandkrug Bridge to reach the War Memorial, while wreaths were carried to mark the Red Army's 45th founding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin
Red Army
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Walter Griffith
Joe Rodriguez
Belle
Winter
Beckley National Bank
Beckley National
Ance
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Teddy
Wyoming
Ki Jack Fred Novak Lemmon Astana
Risch
Robert Mitchum
Tures
Robert
Wis
Shirley Melanie
By Dick West
Russia
Miler Im
Wood Concern
Mrs
Swift
Oxford
Elizabeth
Debra
Will Dickerson Jr
James
Virginia Whitt
Herndon Heights
Sam Foglesgon
Mrs. Mollie Waggoner
Newa
L. F. (Frank) Stover
Ida Lane
William T. Tabor
H. L. Wilkerson
George F. Workman
Mrs. Mary Sink
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