Rosemary Isner Case Sparks WV Adoption Battle
In Parsons West Virginia a 12 year old girl Rosemary Isner clings to a doll as state welfare workers take her from her foster parents Forrest and Mrs Isner. The DPA claims a new home is being sought while locals debate the controversial custody dispute and Gov Underwood criticizes the foster parents.
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Parsons
W. Va
West Virginia
Rosemary
Allegheny Mountain
Forrest Isner
Isners
Annandale
Washington
Martha Kochenderfer
Linda
Isner
Cecil Underwood
DPA
Three killed and two injured in Turnpike crash
A crash on the ice covered Pennsylvania Turnpike twenty miles north of Pittsburgh killed three persons and injured two others. One injured person is in critical condition with multiple injuries including loss of a leg.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pittsburgh
Humphrey Campaign Opens WV Headquarters
Virginians say Humphrey could win in the General election and headquarters are opening this week at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston West Virginia.
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Humphrey
West Virginia
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Condemnation Suit Opened Over Route 16 Relocation
The State Road Commission filed a condemnation suit in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office to acquire 0.36 acre at Neville Street and South Oakwood Avenue for the Route 16 relocation. Defendants include R. J. Lucas Chris and Xenophon Sarandon and the estate of Cleon Sarandon. A hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. March 24.
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State Road Commision
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk
Neville St
South
Oakwood Ave
R. J. Lucas
Chris and
Xenophon Sarandon
Cleon Sarandon
Haga Motor Co
Beckley Newspapers Host Advertisers Preview Plant Additions
Contract advertisers for Beckley Newspapers were hosted today with a box lunch from The Beckley Hotel. They were toured through the new additions and editorial offices as part of an open house plan for the general public.
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Beckley Newspapers
Ape Sharp
Melvin Garten
Sadik Ramey
Max Wender
Ezra Price
Conrad Stowers
Gradyock
O. D. Janney
Carl Barber
O. A. Phillips Jr
Fred X. Williams
H. E. Melton Jr
Bob Crouch
Paul Fleener
Kermit Boggs
Beckley Hotel
BNC
Meeting Postponed at Sweeneysburg Baptist Church
A singing and fellowship meeting scheduled for Saturday night at Sweeneysburg Baptist Church was postponed due to illness among expected participants. A new date will be announced later.
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Sweeneysburg Baptist Church
Evangelistic Services Held at Collins Temple Baptist Church
Evangelistic services are conducted at 7 30 p m daily at Collins Temple Baptist Church Winding Gulf A service is planned for 2 30 p m Sunday with the program concluding Sunday night.
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Collins Temple Baptist Church
Winding Gulf
Beckley Civic League Special Meeting Tonight
The Beckley Civic League holds a special meeting at 7:00 p.m. today in the Central Baptist Church dining hall. President C. W. Wiley urges all members to attend.
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Beckley Civic League
Central Baptist Church
C. W. Wiley
Presbyterians Invite World Mission Speaker at Beckley Church
Dr. Gladys Smithwick of Europe and Africa will speak at Beckley Presbyterian Church after the World Missions Family Night dinner at 6 p.m. Sunday. The event supports missionaries in Africa, Brazil, Korea and Taiwan and marks the closing of the World Mission Season with nursery service for children.
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Gladys Smithwick
Europe
Belgian Congo
Africa
Beckley Presbyterian Church
World Missions
Beckley Church
Smithwick
Brazil
Korea
Taiwan
China
Oxford College
Medical College of Virginia
Tulane
Belgium
Badin
N. C
Richmond Va
Eisenhower's Latin America tour hits Buenos Aires
Eisenhower arrives in Buenos Aires amid mixed reception as four bombs rock downtown. Police link blasts to Peronist loyalists while pamphlets reading Ike out are scattered by leftist groups. A Boeing 707 salute greets the president before a helicopter lift to the city.
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Eisenhower
U. I
Buenos Aires
Stock Exchange
Diehard
Juan Peron
Arturo
Ike
Jury Declares Delinquency Top Wheeling Vice
Ohio County grand jury finds juvenile delinquency Wheeling’s main problem amid issues of prostitution gambling and illegal drinking They call for better enforcement of laws and greater cooperation among city county and state police plus more officers to curb juvenile crime and extend curfew to countywide areas
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Wheeling
Ohio County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Laborer admits brutal murder in Keystone home
Ralph Bow en, 34, Keystone laborer, told authorities he killed his common law wife Frances Bowen after her death was suspected when the baby stopped nursing. An autopsy blamed a brain blood clot from a severe beating. Bow en, jailed on $5,000 bond, said he hit her during an argument and moved her nude body into their home. Witnesses reported screams along a highway near Eckman to Keystone. Bow en said the couple lived together 14 years and had five children, with welfare history since 1956.
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Ralph Bowen
Keystone
Frances Bowen
Bowen
McDowell County
Harry Camper Jr
Camper
Eckman
Tragedy on Tracks Kills 5 Year Old Boy in Welch
A five year old boy, Roy Stratus Jr., wandered onto railroad tracks near his Big Sandy home and was killed by a passing Norfolk and Western Railway local train. He lived with his parents and siblings. his mother witnessed the incident and found him there after the train passed.
Funeral services set for John Gadomiski of Oak Hill
Funeral services for John Gadomiski, 70, Oak Hill, will be at 3 30 p m Sunday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Odis NecNeil and Rev Allen Gallimore. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. He died Thursday at Beckley Memorial Hospital. A retired coal miner he worked at Summerlee mines of New River Coal Co. He was a United Mine Workers Local 6048 member. Survived by wife Icy Jane Riley Gadomski six sons and one daughter all of Oak Hill and nearby towns. The body remains at the funeral home.
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John Gadomiski
Oak Hill
Tyree
Odis NecNeil
Scarbro
Allen Gallimore
High Lawn Memorial Park
Gadomiski
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Summerlee
New River Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Icy Jane Riley Gadomski
John Jr
White Sulphur Springs
Cecil Clyde
Charleston
Kenneth James
Edward Wayne
Jerry Lee
Charles
Mary Tolstick
Clarence C. Harvey Graveside Rites Planned
Clarence C. Harvey, 62, of Charleston, will be buried in Harvey Cemetery near Lewisburg at 1 p.m. Saturday after a brief illness. Rev. Q. R. Arbergast will lead. Survivors include five brothers John Harvey of Beckley and Dunns, six daughters and two sisters. The body lies at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
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Clarence C. Harvey
Charleston
Harvey
Lewisburg
Q. R. Arbergast
John Harvey
Beckley
Rites for William Minley in Mullens Church
Final rites were held for William Minley 1864 birth in Mississippi at Virginia Street Baptist Church Mullens at 1 30 p m Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery Beckley Minley a retired miner last worked at Harmco died at midnight Saturday in Welch hospital Surviving brother Aaron of Detroit Michigan Foglesong Funeral Home arranged services.
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William Minley
Virginia St
Mullens
Virginia Street Baptist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Beckley
Minley
Harmco
Welch Hospital
Mississippi
Aaron
Detroit
Mich
Foglesong Funeral Home
Funeral services for Ryan C Tully at Jeanette Baptist Church
Ryan C Tully will be buried after a funeral service at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jeanette Baptist Church Lookout with the Rev Bert Jones in charge. Tully a retired beekeeper died by suicide near Lookout Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. Survivors include his wife Hattie and 15 grandchildren. Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill is handling arrangements.
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Jeanette Baptist Church
Lookout
Bert Jones
High Lawn Cemetery
Laurel Lodge No
Tully
Hattie Tully
Marguerite Freeman
Charleston
Francis Holliday
Edmond
Alberta Teel
Louise Tully
Point Pleasant
Edward
Navy
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Donald
Oak Hill
Charles
Columbus
Ohio
Steven
Fort Lauderdale
Hubert
Rainelle
Emory
Walter
Mount Lookout
Ruth Deitz
Hico
Donna Davis
Newark
Thomas Funeral Home
Funeral services for Tony Fleshman in East Rainelle
Tony Fleshman formerly of Fayetteville died February 14 in Madrid Spain while stationed with the Navy. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle with Rev J Holliday in charge. Burial follows at End-of-the-Trail Cemetery Clintonville. Survived by a brother Perry Fleshman of Fayetteville. Body to be transported from Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville to East Rainelle at 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Tony
Fayetteville
East Rainelle
Rev. J. Holliday
Clintonville
Fleshman
Madrid
Spain
Navy
Perry Fleshman
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Final rites for Rupert Bowen held at Dorothy Assembly
Rupert Bowen aged 56 of Colcord died in a Beckley hospital Tuesday. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. today at the Dorothy Assembly of God with Rev. Ernest Edmonds in charge. Burial followed in Bowen Cemetery, Seth. Valley Funeral Home of Whitesville assisted.
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Rupert Bowen
Dorothy Assembly of God
Ernest Edmonds
Bowen
Seth
Beckley
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Obituary: William A Daniels Dies at 81 in Moundsville
William A Daniels age 81 died at 4 p.m. at the home of his son Claude in Moundsville. The body will be returned to Webb and Neal Funeral Home for arrangements.
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William Austin Daniels
Claude
Moundsville
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Funeral services for Dewey Eakin Held in Eccles
Dewey Eakin of Eccles and Springfield Ohio will be buried in Eccles Cemetery after funeral services at 1 p.m. Saturday at Shady Grove Baptist Church Eccles conducted by Rev R J Patterson. He died Wednesday at City Hospital Springfield. Survivors include his wife.
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Dewey Eakin
Springfield
Ohio
Eccles
Shady Grove Baptist Church
R. J. Patterson
Eakin
City Hospital
Rosetta Scarbrough 76 Funeral in Dothan Community Church
Mrs. Rosetta Rosa Scarbrough of Scarbro, born September 4 1883 in Dothan, dies after a heart attack. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Dothan Community Church with burial in Dothan. Survivors include husband William Leonard, brothers Hughie and Virgil, sisters Vionia Mitchell and Charlotte Aliff, and children Layton Ralph Alva Elmer Myrtle O’Boyle and Okie Rhodes. Tyree Funeral Home to transport to residence Saturday and to church an hour before services.
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Rosetta
Rosa) Scarbrough
Scarbro
Dothan
Virgil Scarbrough
Route 1
Vionia Mitchell
Logan
Charlotte Aliff
Layton
Ralph
Oak Hill
Alva
Lochgelly
Elmer
Sprague
Myrtle O’boyle
Okie Rhodes
Detroit
Mich
Tyree
Final rites for Edward Whitlock in Glen Jean
Edward Whitlock 74 of Thurmond died at home at 10 30 a m Wednesday and the funeral was to be held at Collins Funeral Home Chapel Glen Jean at 2 p m with Rev Carl Johnson presiding Burial was to follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity
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Edward Whitlock
Thurmond
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
Carl Johnson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Whitlock
Mrs. Hattie Susan Clark Dies at 70 in Camp Creek
Funeral arrangements are in complete for Mrs. Hattie Susan Clark 70 of Camp Creek who died in a Princeton hospital at 10 30 a m Thursday after a two week illness Born at Camp Creek June 1 1889 she was a daughter of Henry and Mary Meadows Her husband Henry Witten Clark preceded her in death Survivors include three sons William and Carl of Camp Creek and Gactor B Clark of
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Hattie Susan Clark
Camp Creek
Princeton
Henry
Mary Meadows
Henry Witten Clark
William
Carl
Gactor B. Clark
Eisenhower Grieves After Tragic Crash During South American Tour
President Eisenhower and President Kubitschek mourn the crash near Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio. Survivors are visited at Miguel Couto Hospital after the collision of a US Navy plane from Buenos Aires and a Real airliner from Vitoria.
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Eisenhower
Sao Paulo
Here
Kubitschek
Miguel Couto Hospital
Robert Hartman
Washington
Los Angeles Times
Hartman
Sonarman 2
C. Frederick E. Wilson
Dallas
Vitoria
Rio de Janeiro
Santos Dumont Airport
Galea
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Seashore Apartments
River replaces Scene From Hell in report on Alitalia crash
A spokesman in New York said the fatalities were the airline’s first passenger deaths since its 1947 founding. Alitalia sent officials and technicians from Rome to determine the crash cause.
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Alitalia
New York
Rome
West Virginia Senators defend highway aid shares
Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd defended the U S Bureau of Public Roads grant distribution after West Virginia faced a reduced share in 1960. They said WV has not been unlawfully treated and that backlog funds will be reapportioned, possibly in 1963, amid committee review led by Rep. John Blatnik.
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Charleston
West Virginia
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
State Road Commission
John Slack
D-Wva
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Washington
Ellis L. Armstrong
Bureau
Bureau of Public Roads
Slack
John Blatnik
D-Minn
Rudolph
Byrd
Blatnik
Randolph
Navy Band Tragedy Voices Grief After Rio Flight
Marjorie Albrecht mourns her husband Musician 2 C William F Albrecht as Chief Musician Jerome Rosenthal planned retirement. Lt Johann Fultz led the unit that flew to Rio where the Navy Band faced a devastating loss. The orchestra, famed for versatility and 128 members, toured widely from Washington to Buenos Aires aboard the Macon.
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Marjorie Albrecht
2. C
William F. Albrecht
Jerome Rosenthal
National Symphony Orchestra of Washington
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Frances
A. J. Desiderio
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Conservatory of Music
Johann J. Fultz
Rio
Navy
Washington
Buenos Aires
Macon
Attorneys Seek Writ in Abortion Case Before Raleigh Court
Attorneys for Dr. Robert James appeared before a Raleigh circuit judge to request a writ of prohibition. David S. Ashworth sought time to file the request for his client charged with performing an abortion. Dr. Howard intended to renew a $2000 bond for grand jury appearance at 2 p.m.
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Robert James
South Heber Sr
Raleigh Run
David S. Ashworth
Dr. Howard
Grand Jury
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