Truck Driver 39 Confesses Slaying 19 After Car Bump Duel
In Baxley Georgia Wilton Edwards a 39 year old truck driver admitted killing 19 year old Nicholas Cascario after a highway bumping duel on U S 1. Edwards and his nephew Robert Edwards 19 were charged with murder and held for the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxley
UPI
Pennsylvania
Wilton Edwards
Nicholas Cascario
Bangor
Appling County
J. B
Red) Carter
Edwards
Robert Edwards
Cascario
U.S. 1
Here
Fiorot
Amicus
Fioret
Top 10 1963 Platter: Khrushchev Repositions Forces And Other Jests
A 1963 forecast highlights Khrushchev pulling Russian weapons from East Europe after Cuba style bravado, Meyak jokes fade with Kennedy, postal rate protests rise with a misprint stamp, Mona Lisa displays a frown, and a space coupe aircraft allure emerges in Moscow. A Saint Dane dog interrupts the Orange Bowl while the Kennedys relax in Hyannis Port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oy Washington
National Art Gallery
Moscow
Soviet Union
Three Day Services At AME Church
The Raleigh First Chapel AME Church opens a three night series at 7 p m with Rev Samuel Hairston and Mrs Virginia Glenn in charge The Morning Star Holiness Church directs the Wednesday service with music by the church gospel chorus Thursday features Rev S F Yancy Friday emphasizes gospel music Worship is led by Mrs Lillian Carter and Mrs Ruth Abram
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh First Chapel Ame Church
Samuel Hairston
Virginia Glenn
Morning Star Holiness Church
Church Gospel Chorus
S. F. Yancy
Lillian Carter
Ruth Abram
Vandalism Light During Beckley Holiday Week
Beckley police report unusually light Christmas vandalism with two property destruction cases from Dec 22 to 29. A 70 light bulbs theft from a Dexter Ave tree occurred Dec 28–29 and a northern pine on Dorcas Ave Dec 22 was chopped and stolen, valued at 15 dollars. investigations ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
J. W. Evans
Dexter Ave
Loren Savage
Dorcas Avenue
Five family killed as plane crashes on Florida key
Dr Edward Hess, 43, pilot, his wife Barbara, 42, and three of their four children Bonnie 18 Frank 18 and 10 perished when a single engine Cessna bound for Orlando from Marathon crashed after takeoff on a wooded area 250 yards from the landing strip. FAA confirmed a filed flight plan. The family vacationing at a local motel near the fishing resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathoon
Fla
UPI
Florida Key
Edward Hess
Barbara
Bonnie
Frank
Forestville
Florida Highway Patrol
Federal Aviation Agency
Hess
Orlando
Florida
Safecrackers fail at Chicago donut plant
Chicago police said would be safecrackers tried to break into a donut plant using an electric drill sledge hammer screwdriver and can opener but were unsuccessful. Owner Willard Bickford noted the safe was not locked and a paper with the combination lay atop it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Willard Bickford
Snowbound in Devon and Cornwall Trains Stalled
Europe in a deep freeze left Devon and Cornwall towns cut off. Helicopters plucked sick and food deliveries reached the snowbound, while 71 bus passengers were rescued from a cafe near Evershot after 72 hours stranded. Elderly and children were airlifted out and others saved by tractors and bulldozers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devon
Cornwall
Evershot
Dorset
Thefts From Machines Charged To Juveniles
Three Beckley juveniles aged 15 to 17 were arrested by Beckley Police and charged with breaking into nine vending machines mainly at service stations and a Shady Spring gift shop. They admitted stealing 35 dollars in change and 10 cases of pop bottles from a Spanishburg market, with estimated machine damage of 150 to 250 dollars. They were released to their parents and scheduled for Juvenile Court before Judge Harry L. McCreery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
Beckley
Spanishburg
Thirty Teens Escape Detention Home in New Year Breakout
Thirty delinquent girls at the Youth House for Girls staged an overnight escape after attacking a supervisor who tried to quiet them. By 3 am police had rounded up 22 of the fugitives under 16. eight remained missing as some returned due to cold. The disturbance began after midnight as staff attempted to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Frank Sawchuk
Sawchuk
Strong B&O Seen By Tuohy
C&O President Walter Tuohy hailed the ICC decision allowing C&O to acquire stock control of the B&O as advancing sound transportation. He said the move should boost jobs, modernize the B&O, and improve earning capacity, noting C&O’s strong finances and Kennedy era rail merger support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
C&o
B&o
Walter Tuohy
ICC
Tuohy
Kennedy
Congress
spacemen pledge space cooperation with US and world science
Soviet spacemen in Pravda say they are ready to work with American explorers to advance space conquest and broaden cooperation for world science for mankind. Khrushchev notes differences in the communist world but promises unity against outside interference. Goldwater denounces UN policy in Katanga and questions gains from Africa-Asian bloc support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Moscow
Pravda
Nikita Khrushchev
Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
United Nations
Katanga
Fire damages apartment sparked by child with match and sparklers
Firefighters responded to a blaze at 115 Tenth St late Monday night in an Emma Adkins occupied unit in a building owned by Sam Ward. Investigators deemed damage very light as Namage reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth St
Beckley Fire Department
Emma Adkins
Sam Ward Namage
Coroner Quits Wheeling Post After Fire Verdict Dispute
Ohio County Coroner Joseph A. O’Kane resigned, citing disagreement with Prosecutor Goodwin’s ruling that a Wheeling fire was accidental. The County Board accepted the resignation with regrets. a replacement awaits. Jury found only Duane Beckett died from the Elm Grove blaze. others’ deaths remain undetermined. State Fire Marshal Wright said arson or foul play found no evidence but could reopen if new facts emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPI
Ohio
Joseph A. O’kane
Thomas A. Goodwin
O’kane
County Board of Commissioners
Duane Beckett
Elm Grove
June Beckett
Joseph
Michelle
Goodwin
B. E. Wright
Wright
Sixth Accidental Deaths in West Virginia Weekend Toll Rises
At least six accidental deaths were recorded in West Virginia during a 102 hour New Year weekend ending tonight. Four traffic fatalities and two Jackson County brothers died in a Ripley fire. A Clarksburg area teen, George Sutton Jr., 15, died in a head on crash on U S 50 near Clarksburg. Haz el H Warner, 27, of Bristol Harrison County, and three others were injured. The 1962 highway death toll rose to 425 versus 372 in all of 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
West Virginia
Jackson County
Floyde Bayer
Claude Bayer
Ripley
George Sutton Jr
Clarksburg
U. S. 50
Hazel H. Warner
Bristol
Harrison County
Thomas Haskins
Jack Grimm
Raymond White
N W Closes Pier Four At Lambert's Point
Norfolk and Western Railway closes Pier Four after 48 years to prepare for dismantling. The site is replaced by the 25 million Pier Six, a fully automated coal loading facility that speeds loading and reflects a shift from hand to machine operations since 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
UPI
Norfolk & Western Railway
Lambert's Point
Pocahontas
Fatal crashes in St Regis and Bladensburg claim six and five
A Greyhound bus skidded on an icy highway at St. Regis Montana and plunged into the St. Regis River, killing six. In nearby Bladensburg Virginia, five children died in a fire tied to a Washington suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Greyhound
St. Regis
Mont
Bladensturg
Washington, D.C
U.S. Seeks Salvage of Skybolt Know-How after Cancelation
The administration seeks to recover technical know-how and salvage funds from the Skybolt project which employed 16,000 workers and cost 353.2 million dollars. The Air Force must present a final phase out plan by next Monday, outlining how to preserve knowledge for possible future uses and minimize waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Air Force
Defense Department
Department
Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
London
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Cape Canavera
Fla
United States
Rose Parade to Open With Pickering Fanfare and 52 Mile Route
The Rose Parade will begin at 11 45 a m EST and run about five hours along a 52 mile route. Grand marshal Dr William H Pickering of Caltechs Jet Propulsion Laboratory highlighted space and Americas exploration role. Queen Nancy Davis leads the first float with six princesses while 21 bands and 225 equestrian units perform, including the Wisconsin marching band ahead of the Rose Bowl clash with USC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Caltech
Pickering
Nancy Davis
Pat Bunch
Vicki Mann
Diane Meyer
Diane Naismith
Susan Shearer
Marianna Wood
University of Wisconsin
Badgers
University of Southern California
USC Trojan
Pocatello High School Indian
Pocatello
Idaho
Ben Davis High School
Boone
Town
Treadwell High School
Memphis
Tenn
Vinson Ae
Huntington
W. Va
Pa tricia homicide under investigation after strangling
Police say strangler coffee cups found in Patricia's apartment indicate a visitor before her death. Investigators search for several men from her dating history and verify names from an address book. Her body was found by a janitor after Patricia failed to appear for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia
New England Blizzard Strikes Prompt Emergency Measures
Gov. Reed declared a state of emergency as snow plows and police aided by Air Force helicopters searched for stranded motorists twelve hours after the storm ended. Hundreds of abandoned cars blocked roads as power lines remained down and Bangor endured fifty foot drifts. The blizzard affected northern New Hampshire and Vermont, while southern New England faced bitter arctic cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Reed
Air Force
Bangor
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Brunk Dunkley 87
Mrs Hannah Frances Dunkley of Bibb Ave died at a local nursing home at 4 30 am Born April 19 1876 in Pulaski Virginia she was a long time Beckley resident and First Christian Church member Survivors include daughter Mrs Mac Meador Beckley and sons Harry Beckley Everett Hope Arnett Detroit plus numerous relatives The body remains at Melton Mortuary awaiting a son’s arrival
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Hannah Frances (Fannie) Brunk Dunkley
Bibb Ave
Pulaski
John
Margaret Clemens Brunk
J. W. Dunkley
Olof
Beckley
First Christian Church
Mac Meador
Harry
Everett
Hope
Arnett
Detroit
Mich
Hattie Tyree
Maggie Sheppard
Clara Blake
Pax
Flossie Morgan
Grants Pass
Oregon
Tom Brunk
Scarbro
Roy Brunk
Jacksonville
Fla
Melton Mortuary
Boone Ray Ralph Boone Funeral Service Held at Organ Cave
Funeral services for Ray Ralph Boone 56 of Organ Cave were set for 2 p m Wednesday at Salem Presbyterian Church Organ Cave with Rev J W Rowe Jr and Rev J G Morrison presiding Burial followed at Salem Cemetery Boone a lifelong Organ Cave resident taught at Greenbrier County schools 37 years retired 1961 Also employed by Miller Ford Sales Alderson and Greenbrier Valley Egg Market Ronceverte Survivors include wife Margaret Rodgers Boone twin sons Roger A a Marshall University student and Lt Daniel R Boone stationed at Fort Jackson S C daughter Peggy Stallings Arlington Va one brother Blanchard Fayetteville four sisters Louise Scott Eileen Weikle Sue Miller Ruth Rutherford and one grandchild Shanklin Funeral Home White Sulphur Springs in charge RNS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Ralph Boone
Organ Cave
Salem Presbyterian Church
J.W. Rowe Jr
J. G. Morrison
Salem Cemetery
George Woodson
Sheila Hoylman Boone
Greenbrier
Final rites for David L. Darling in Oak Hill
Funeral services for 64 year old David Lawrence Darling will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev C D Walker officiating Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity He died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness A retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway brakeman he was a World War I veteran and held multiple Masonic affiliations Survivors include his wife four sons a daughter two brothers four sisters and nine grandchildren The body will lie at the funeral home after 2 p m Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence Darling
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. D. Walker
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Darling
Beckley Hospital
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hinton
Methodist Church
Free and Accepted Masons
Lawton
Charleston
Order of the Eastern Star
Thurmond
Brotherhood of
Raleigh
Sewell
Tom
Molly Amick Darling
Elvira Darling
David L. Jr
Huntington
Thomas
Harvey
Jerry
Rockland
Calif
Ted
Roseville
Mildred Kimberline
Rice
Pratt
Tom Darling
Glen Morgan
Mary Blevins
Lizzie Seymour
Grace Wade
Houston
Texas
Irene Darling
New York City
N. Y
Final rites set for Mrs Rebecca T Duncan in Ravencliff
Rebecca T Duncan 69 of Ravencliff died en route by train to Texas after months of illness. Funeral will be at Oak Grove Church of God of Prophesy with Rev Dean Bailey in charge. burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. She left a large Kentucky family and five sons and two daughters. Body arriving Thursday to Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca T. Duncan
Ravencliff
Oak Grove Church
Valley Daniels
George Duncan
Corpus Christi
Tex
Wyoming County
Jesse
William and
Eliza Tolliver
Harley
Wilmington
Del
Joseph Seth
Navy
Norfolk
George
Paul and
Thomas
Johnson
Aransas Pass
Hugh Tolliver
Sabine
Floyd Tolliver
Glen Daniel
Mary Tilley
McGraws
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Obituary of Molly A Blake former Beckley resident
Molly A. Blake 73 of Glendora California died after a long illness. She lived in Beckley from 1912 to 1956 and belonged to MacArthur Missionary Baptist Church. Survived by three sons Harold W Charlie Keyless and three daughters Islet Keener Velva Harold and Willa Harding. 27 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Thursday at White Memorial Glendora with final services at Melton Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly A. Blake
Glendora
Calif
Beckley
California
MacArthur Missionary Baptist Church
Namon
Harold W
Charlie
Keyless
Los Angeles
Islet Keener
Call
Reverend C. H. Rawlings 96 Dies at Home in Lester
The Rev C H Rawlings 96 a retired minister and long time pastor of churches in West Virginia and Kentucky died at his home in Lester at 8 30 a m He belonged to the New River Association and the West Virginia Baptist Convention He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Harper Heights Arrangements are pending at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Rawlings
Lester
First Baptist Church of
Harper Heights
New River Association
West Virginia
Kentucky
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Trent and Durgan
Deboard Rites Pending for George Lester Deboard
George Lester Deboard 71 died at 4 45 a m at his home after a long illness. Born August 25 1891 in North Carolina he was a retired coal miner and member of local union 6003 Lillybrook UMWA. Survived by Chessie Virginia Deboard two sons Ralph and Robert two daughters Esther Perry Cypress Calif and Doris Minor Miami Fla three brothers Benjamin Bill both Indore and Dewey Pee Wee Valley Ky one sister Mrs S P Robertson Phoenix Ariz and five grandchildren. Body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lester Deboard
Besoco
North Carolina
Lillybrook
United Mine Workers of America
Chessie Virginia Deboard
Ralph
Robert
Resoca
Esther Perry
Cypress
Calif
Doris Minor
Miami
Fla
Benjamin
Bill
Indore
Dewey
Pee Wee Valley
S. P. Robertson
Phoenix
Ariz
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites for Samuel R. Moore held in Madison
Samuel R. Moore 66 of Cornstalk died Friday in a Ron ceverte hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. today in Madison with Rev. Ern Breedlove in charge. Burial would be in Jarvis Cemetery at Rock Creek. He was a retired miner. Survived by Sybil Moore, three sons Robert and Roger in Korea, Richard of Morristown Tenn., a daughter Joyce at home, four brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Moore
Madison
Ern Breedlove
Jarvis
Rock Creek
Moore
Ronceverte
Sybil Moore
Robert
Roger
Korea
Richard
Morristown
Tenn
Joyce
Mart
Beckley
Jim
Webbsville
Argillite
Hez
Columbus
Ohio
Martha Thompson
Funeral services for Elvra Skaggs Mann held in Albany
Elvra Skaggs Mann 15 died Sunday in Albany after a three year illness. She was former Seminole postmaster and lifelong Monroe and Nicholas Counties resident. Her husband John A. Mann died December 17, 1962. She attended Rose Chapel Baptist Church at Seminole and moved to Georgia 12 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Elvra Skaggs Mann
Mason Darlington
Glen Morgan
John A. Mann
Beckley Hospital
Skaggs
Seminole
Monroe
Nicholas Counties
Georgia
Rose Chapel Baptist Church
Six Million Dollar Suit Filed Against UMW and Miners
A wave of legal actions totaling about six million dollars targets the United Mine Workers of America and striking miners in southeast Tennessee. Plaintiffs include Tennessee Products and Chemical Corp and about 30 workers from 10 to 12 coal firms. The suits claim unfair labor practices and breach of contracts with TVA amid a 600 to 700 miner stoppage. The UMW denies authorization of the walkout and efforts to resume work continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Grundy Mining Co
Tennessee Products
Tennessee
UMW International
District 19
Howard Madewell
Jasper
Reels Cove
Pocket
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
UMW
Sewanee Coal Manufacturers Association
SCMA
Juveniles Cited In Lootings In Beckley and Fayetteville
Three Beckley juveniles ages 15 to 17 face two breaking and entering charges and an accessory charge in connection with thefts at Stover's Appliance Center in Glen Daniel and another store in Fayetteville. They admitted taking radios and records totaling about 400 dollars. A fourth teen traveled to Mount Airy, North Carolina to sell radios. All items were recovered and the youths were released to their parents pending court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Harry L. McCreery
Stover
Glen Daniel
Fayetteville
Mount Airy
N. C
South Kanawha Street
Glen Danjie
Kennedy Named Man of the Year by London Mirror
The London Daily Mirror designated President Kennedy Man of the Year noting a growth from lamb to lion in leadership. Dock strike stalemate continued with East and Gulf coast shipping disrupted and New York Cleveland newspaper strikes ongoing. U S Airbase Azores lease expired midnight with troops remaining under temporary terms. Georgia Governor Vandiver to be general counsel for the Georgia Railroad Association after leaving office January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Daily Mirror
Kennedy
Khrushchev
John Fitgerrald Kennedy
Homa
Alabama
President Kennedy
East
Gulf
New York
Cleveland
U. S
Azores
Ernest Vandiver
Georgia
Georgia Railroad Association
Five finalists aboard Huntington band float named
The five finalists were Sandra Ross Kanawha County Dee Ann Moore Jackson County Betty Catherine Tucker Mercer County Barbara Ann Broadwater Pleasants County Nancy Grace Conwell Harrison County. Mrs W W Barron and Mrs Violet Snedegar Elkins accompanied the group. They attended the Rose Bowl game and will appear on Steve Allen show taped for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Sandra Ross
Kanawha County
Dee Ann Moore
Jackson County
Betty Catherine Tucker
Mercer County
Barbara Ann Broadwater
Pleasants County
Nancy Grace Conwell
Harerison
W. W. Barron
Violet Snedegar
Elkins
Steve Allen
Goldwater Criticizes U.S. Policy in Congo Crisis
Goldwater condemned U S support for the United Nations action in Katanga and warned that bitterness over the crackdown on Tshombe will hinder regional unification. He called Tshombe the Congo's only pro Western leader and said the move would long affect stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwater
U.S
United Nations
Katanega
Congo
Tshombe
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UPT
East Germany
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Cuba
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Barrel of Monkeys
Meyak
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Weather Bureau
Spain
J. Edward Day
Hollywood
Hyannis Port
AME
Louise
David
Keatleys
the Sportsman
Prince Street
Cradley Heath
England
Rawn Jones
Portland
Ore
Paul H. Clanton
Europe
Wheeling Post
N&w
Skybolt
Hannah F. B. Dunkley
Thomas Eee Baptist Church
Alban
Paul Skaggs
Baltimore
David L. Darling
H. Rawlings
San Marino
Alfred Walker
Southern California
Larchmont
N.Y
Harry Mace Wooten
Plainville, Conn
Alfred Hepworth
Santa Fe, N.M
Brian Boru Dunne
H. L. Mencken
Canaan, Conn
Johanna de Ross
Emil
Holland Tunnel
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