Harmony In State Senate Looms Over WV Leadership
Senate President-elect Howard Carson faces a rift as Sen. Clarence E. Martin declines a third-term as majority leader. With Republicans possibly joining conservatives, passage of Barrow's program may stall. Carson considers judiciary and finance chair plans while exploring a split leadership.
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Carlo J. Salzano
United Press International
Charleston
Senate
Howard Carson
Fayetteville
West Virginia
Orecover
W.W. Barron
Clarence E. Martin
Berkeley
Martin
Carson
William Moreland
D-Monongalia
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
Sen
J. Horner Davis
D-Kanawha
Three Men Fined For Violations
District Conservation Officer Raymond Eye reports three violations this morning. James Albert Clark, 20, Lewisburg, arrested in Greenbrier County by Officer Frank Crigger for burning without a permit between 5 a m and 5 p m. Tried before Magistrate Harry Zimmerman, Clark fined $20. Julian Nagy, 27, Beckley, and Gazie Pachuta, 31, Beckley, arrested in Raleigh County by Officer Charles Bare for hunting without a license. Both tried before Magistrate J E Beaver and each fined $10. All fines paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Eye
James Albert Clark
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
Frank Crigger
Harry Zimmerman
Clark
Julian Nagy
Beckley
Gazie Pachuta
Raleigh County
Charles Bare
J. E. Beaver
Livestock Market Operators To Meet
Commissioner of Agriculture John T. Johnson has called the annual meeting of representatives of all livestock markets in the state for 9 a.m. Monday. He said a pro gram is arranged but details are not given. Operators usually hold a private meeting the night before to prepare topics for discussion with the commissioner. Officers of the Livestock Market Association have been elected at that prep meeting in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Johnson
Johnson
Livestock Market Association
Polio Clinic Planned at Mt Tabor Elementary School
A polio clinic will be held Monday at Mt Tabor Elementary School sponsored by the Homeroom Mothers. Hours are from 10 a.m. to noon and the shots will be administered at $1 each.
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Mt. Tabor
Becket Beckley youth ordered to appear on charge of no registration
Emory L. Treadway, 20, of Artie, was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night to face a charge of driving a vehicle with no registration card. He was arrested by City Police at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Emory L. Treadway
Artie
Beckley
Confusion in Mingo County as sheriff deputies debate term
State Tax Commissioner Don Carman urged the sheriff Howard Chambers and deputies to continue duties past December 31 until successors are qualified. A court challenge questions Chambers eligibility after serving as deputy in 1957. County offices stalled as sworn-in authority and deputy appointments faced delays amid arrests and refusals to act.
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Chambers
Carman
Circuit Court
Selma S. Roles
Arnold J. Starr
Starr
SEATO weighs diplomatic options over Laos crisis
SEATO preferred exploring all diplomatic channels before any military action. Secretary-general Pete Sarasin said intelligence on foreign Communist intervention was being circulated among members. The U.S. cited evidence of Russian planes airlifting North Vietnamese troops and supplies to aid rebels in Laos. The council did not discuss military action and will reconvene Friday. A 10-day SEATO logistics meeting opened with over 30 experts amid Laos’s crisis as rebels won new gains including Xieng Khouang.
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Thons
SEATO
Pete Sarasin
Thailand
United States
U.S. State Department
Laos
Sarasin
Xieng Khouang
Committee Planned To Assist Program In Sophia
A special committee will form Jan 10 to aid a program addressing low spirits in the area. Sponsored by the Community Council of Sophia, the meeting at Sophia Town Hall invites all interested persons and county organizations. Roles include assisting the Gulf Woman's Club with eyeglass collection and reviewing 1960 projects such as beautifying vacant lots and placing trash cans on Main Street.
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Community Council of
Sophia
Sophia Town Hall
Madison Lowry
Gulf Woman's Club
W. W. Withrow
Albert Veneri
Sophia Volunteer Fire Department
James B. Deck
Raleigh
Gulf Park
Rhodenda
Lowry
Withrow
Filibuster fight tests bipartisan push in Senate
The Senate opens the new session amid a bid by Humphy and Kuchel to curb debate with a simple majority rule change. Leaders Mansfield and Dirksen clash with Southern bloc leaders Russell and allies over whether to table or advance the measure, while House dynamics under the Make-up of the rules committee shape Kennedy's program prospects.
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Senate
Kennedy
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
House
Rayburn
Smith
Rules Committee
Night Hours Set Today For Skiers
A large crowd is expected at Bald Knob Ski Slopes today as Tom Minter reports skiing will run until 10 p.m. The ice rink is not ready yet while about two feet of artificial snow is prepared. Snow machines operated from 5 p.m. Sunday to 11 a.m. Monday and again from 5 p.m. Monday to midnight Tuesday. It was 26 degrees at 10 a.m.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Minter
Emergency Plan Being Studied
The first meeting of the County Emergency Planning Committee for Raleigh and Wyoming counties is today in Beckley at the Agricultural and Soil Conservation offices. Chairman Frank Patton heads a four member group including Franklin Lilly H B Thomas and Harry Headley, appointed by state chairman L L Lough. The panel will organize and define duties for continuity of essential functions in civil defense emergencies, with each department preparing emergency plans and defense mobilization under USDA guidance.
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Raleigh
Wyoming
Agricultural and Soil Conservation
Tabor
Beckley
Frank Patton
Franklin Lilly
H. B. Thomas
Harry Headley
L. L. Lough
Department
Usda Defense Policy Committee
Fire Destroys Lansing House
The Lansing home of the Clif ford Williams family burned Monday evening while the family was away. The Fayette County family lost all possessions and now stays with sister Mrs. Dove Duncan in Fayetteville. No fire department was called due to the isolated location. Duncan, 50, is unemployed and the family receives aid from the Department of Public Assistance.
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Lansing
Clifford Williams
Fayette County
Dove Duncan
Fayetteville
Duncan
Department of Public Assistance
Parkersburg mayor and four councilors seek Supreme Court rehearing
Parkersburg attorney says he will file with the State Supreme Court on Thursday a petition for rehearing of the Nov. 30 decision upholding an ouster order against Mayor C. W. Hulbert and three city council members. In other brief items, Wood County Court and Board of Education presidents were re-elected Malcolm B. Louden and Thomas L. Nash to new terms. Howard B. Thornburg was re-elected to a third consecutive term as Cabell County Board of Education president, starting a new 6-year term.
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Parkersburg
UPI
C. W. Hulbert
State Supreme Court
Wood County Court
Board of Education
Malcolm B. Louden
Thomas L. Nash
Thornburg
Huntington
Howard B. Thornburg
Cabell County
Mrs Jess Richmond Recovers After Flat Top Lake Fall
Mrs Jess Richmond of 100 Park Ave recuperates at home from two fractured ribs after a fall at her Flat Top Lake residence last Wednesday.
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Jess Richmond
Park Ave
Flat Top Lake
West Virginia to issue larger 1961 62 license plates
West Virginia will issue larger license numerals on 1961 62 plates while keeping the same size. Six hundred forty thousand steel plates ordered with reflectorized numerals. New plates will have white figures on a light purple or blue background, made at Moundsville Penitentiary.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
J. Marshall Holcomb
Holcomb
Moundsville Penitentiary
Servicemen Hurt In Wreck Near Deerfield
Specialist s Robert Green of Herndon and Airman 20 Delano Bishop of Wyco were injured when the car they rode in slid off a Deerfield road. Green, 23, suffers a lower spine fracture and remains in Wyoming General Hospital. Bishop was released after a brief observation. Green drove the 1956 car owned by his father Elgie Green. the vehicle is a total loss.
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Green
U S cuts Cuba ties as embassy staff flee
President Eisenhower announced action amid deteriorating relations with Cuba after Fidel Castro ordered a drastic reduction of U S personnel in Havana to 11. U S charges d affaires Daniel Braddock and embassy staff began leaving Cuba by boat and plane with Navy standby. Switzerland to handle diplomatic interests. Cuba to replace with Czechoslovakia in Washington. The State Department warned Americans to avoid travel to Cuba.
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U.S
Daniel M. Braddock
Little Rock
Ark
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
U.S. Navy
State Department
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Castro
United States
Havana
Eisenhower
Mundy Re-Elected President of Board
C F Mundy was re elected president of the Wyoming County Board of Education at a Tuesday night meeting. W L Haga and John Shufflebarger sworn in to six year terms. Board reviewed sold school property including a milling machine to Long Airdox Co Oak Hill for 800 and campus buildings to John N Paynter Cyclone for 90 and 30 respectively. One room school at Micajah sold to Carl Shrewsbury for 10 Fort Branch frame school sold to C L Cook for 150 Jesse School site sold to Mrs Powell Brooks Jesse for 76. Board unanimous to quit claim to land company property where buildings sold. Action to buy 350 feet at Huff Consolidated School for 3800 from bond funds for playground. 60 day leave of absence granted to J Paul England to serve as House of Delegates member. Attorney General to rule on school lunch funds legality. Oley Cook ex janitor back salary claim refused. Next meeting set for Feb 13.
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Pineville
RNS
C. F. Mundy
Wyoming County Board of Education
W. L. Haga
John Shufflebarger
Long-Airdox Co
Oak Hill
John N. Paynter
Cyclone
Paynter
Micajah
Carl Shrewsbury
Fort Branch
C. L. Cook
Jesse
Powell Brooks
Oley Cook
Pineville High School
Final rites for Robert Lee Stone in Eccles
Death notices report Robert Lee Stone age 34 of Eccles died after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Kenneth Hilling presiding. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Stone born February 8 1926 in Harper son of Cardner Fush and Stella Stoots Stone. Survived by wife Eleanor Rae Stone two daughters Betty Lee Stone and Glenna Kay Stone, siblings Mary Stone Ethel Stone Edna Masley and Jerome Stone. Pallbearers listed as James Pugh Sam Congemi George Kores Snowden Collins Bob Roberts and Fred Hobbs.
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Robert Lee Stone
Eccles
Melton
Kenneth W. Hilling
Sunset Memorial Park
Stone
Harper
Cardner Fush
Stella Stoots Stone
Spartansburg
N. C
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eleanor Rae Stone
Betty Lee Stone
Glenna Kay Stone
Madison
Mary Stone
Ethel Stone
Edna Masley
Chicago
Jerome Stone
Melton Mortuary
James Pugh
Sam Congemi
George Kores
Snowden Collins
Bob Roberts
Fred Hobbs
Final rites for Tyler Holliday held in Princewick
Funeral services for 65 year old Tyler C Holliday of Princewick were set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Rose and Queenberry Peace Chapel with Rev C H Costlow officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Holliday born May 5 1895 in Pocahontas Virginia was a farmer and member of Lanark Holiness Church. He died at 2 19 a m Tuesday in a Beckley hospital. He is survived by his mother Mrs Rhoda Burton Holliday of Princewick a brother Walter Holliday of Ft Lauderdale Florida and many relatives. The body lay in Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Tyler C. Holliday
Princewick
Rose and Queenberry Peace Chapel
C. H. Costlow
Sunset Memorial Park
Holliday
Beckley Hospital
Pocahontas
Stonewall J. Holliday
Rhoda Burton Holliday
Lanark Holiness Church
Walter
Ft. Lauderdale
Fila
Malinda Jane Wooten
Cleveland
Ohio
Minden
Tyree
Oak Hill
Okey Boothe
Gertrude McCoy
Andy
Howard Wooten
Richwood
Hazel Mitchell
Brownstown
Ind
Salina Rakes
Mabel Eppling
Kopperston
Cora Morton
Morton Beach
Mich
Ingram Funeral Arrangements Indicate Fayetteville Family Loss
Michael Blaine Ingram, year-old son of Ronald Blaine and Billie Racine Akers Ingram of Fayetteville, died Tuesday at Oak Hill Hospital. Survived by two brothers Samuel David and James Beverly and three sisters Beulah Racine Lenora Irene and Ronda Gay. Body at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
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Michael Blaine Ingram
Ronald Blaine
Billie Racine Akers Ingram
Fayetteville
Oak Hill Hospital
Samuel David
James Beverly
Beulah Racine
Lenora Irene
Ronda Gay
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Final rites set for Estel Boyd Lusk of Fanrock
Estel Boyd Lusk 84 of Fanrock died at 12 30 p m Monday at his home. Rites at 11 a m Thursday at Christian Nation Church Fanrock with Rev Wirt Hatfield of Baileysville officiating. Burial in Trace Fork family cemetery. Survived by brother Otis Lusk of Fannock and sister Mrs Ella Green of Charleston. Body to be taken from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville to the home today.
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Estel Boyd Lusk
Fanrock
Christian Nation
Wirt Hatfield
Baileysville
Trace Fork
Otis Lusk
Fannock
Ella Green
Charleston
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Final rites for Mrs Anna Thewes in Oak Hill
Mrs Anna Thewes 80 of Oak Hill died Tuesday after a brief illness at Oak Hill Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Dr John S Winters officiating. Burial followed at High Lawn Memorial Park.
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Anna Thewes
Oak Hill
Tyree
John S. Winters
High Lawn Memorial Park
Earl W. Clifton, War Veteran, Dies at 64 in Scarbro
Earl Webster Clifton of Scarbro, 64, died Tuesday morning at Oak Hill Hospital from a heart condition. A World War I veteran and retired mail carrier, he was born in Putnam County on April 7, 1896. Survivors include his mother.
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Earl Webster Clifton
Scarbro
Oak Hill Hospital
Putman County
Kennedy Aims for Cautious Cuba Crisis Readout
Kennedy considers an immediate public appraisal of Eisenhower’s Cuba actions but delays any approval until after thorough study and staff consultations with Rusk. Late today a New York conference with McNamara and a Washington meeting with Rusk were planned, and two appointments were announced: Charles Hitch as assistant secretary of defense comptroller and Cyrus Vance as general counsel of the Defense Department.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
Rusk
New York
McNamara
Washington
Cuba
Pierre Salinger
Charles J. Hitch
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Defense Department
Hitch
Cyrus Roberts Vance
J. Vincent Burke
Vance
Senate
Clarksburg
W.va
Wills House Lost In Fire
Sophia Fire Department responded to a 11 a.m. call at the home of Golden Wills on Farley Hill. The two story frame house was gutted despite efforts to save nearby homes. Occupants included Mr. and Mrs. Wills their two children and her mother. Only a few pieces of furniture were saved.
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Sophia
RNS
Sophia Fire Department
Golden Wills
Farley Hill
Wills
Pike Turnpike Traffic Shifts and 1960 Accident Notes
December 1959 traffic and revenue declined due to bad weather while 1960 saw overall increases in traffic. Most trucks originate or terminate in Cleveland area but many Great Lakes Southern routes bypass the state. Despite more accidents, fatalities dropped from 15 in 1959 to three in 1960. James Cassity of Mabscott injured at Amigo Smokeless Coal Co. Wyco mine and treated at Beckley Hospital.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Stahl
James Cassity
Mabscott
Amigo Smokless Coal Co
Wyco
Beckley Hospital
Former Beckley mayor Minter at Raleigh General Hospital
A. K. Minter of 108 Beaver Avenue, former Beckley mayor, is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital undergoing observation and treatment after being admitted Friday.
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A. K. Minter
Beaver Ave
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Services Tonight At Glorious Church East Park
Elder W A Tresenwriter will speak at 7 p m today at the Glorious Church East Park as announced by pastor Elder Robert Newson.
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W. A. Tresenwriter
the Glorious Church
East Park
Robert Newson
Beckleyan Held As Trespasser
Clarence Nugent Beckley was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 3 40 a m today on trespassing charges. A Beckley woman was transferred from the jail to Huntington State Hospital at 9 45 a m on a lunacy warrant. Carey Glenn Shupe a US Navy member was released to naval authorities at 6 45 a m after being jailed on desertion. Donald Bird Glen View and Ulysses Grant Williams Glen White forfeited bonds on assault and destruction charges tied to a tavern incident Monday night. Two Mabscott women Louisiana Sweatte and Carita Shepard will appear before Magistrate W A Burke at 10 a m Saturday on assault and battery counts. Edgar Kiser of Daniels jailed on a peace warrant. Swanson Alderman of Coal City jailed on a non support warrant.
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Clarence Nugent
Beckley
Raleigh
Huntington State Hospital
U. S. Navy
Carey Glenn Shupe
Donald Bird
Glen View
Ulysses Grant Williams
Glen White
J. E. Mays
Tony Foli
Lester-Glen White Road
Mabscott
Louisiana Sweatte
Carita Shepard
W. A. Burke
South Fayette Street
Burke
Edgar Kiser
Daniels
Swanson
Coal City
Cat Pokes Hood After Car Scan At Service Stop
Marian Pack reported her car no longer purrs as smoothly after a cat emerged from the hood at a service station. STATE BRIEFS Representative Cleve Bailey of West Virginia named chair of the House Subcommittee on Education, signaling alignment with Kennedy views. Governors invited to Jan. 16 inauguration of W. W. Barron as governor. UMW leader John L. Lewis attends. Cumberland & Allegheny Gas gains authority to raise rates for 16,000 Elkins area customers, about 40 percent below their request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Bailey
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Congress
House
Bailey
House Labor and Education Committee
Kennedy
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
W. W. Barron
Public Service Commission
Cumberland & Allegheny Gas Co
Elkins
Americans Begin Move To Exit Cuba After Deadline
A special plane will fly from Miami to pick up 76 embassy employees ordered to leave Cuba within 48 hours. A railroad car ferry with capacity for 100 passengers will depart Havana for West Palm Beach today and Friday. Pan American Airways will run extra Cuba flights for other Americans leaving. Braddock and 10 staffers not affected by the deadline will remain a day or two to help departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Moscow
Miami
Cuba
Havana
West Palm Beach
Pan American World Airways
Braddock
Mike Verdi Injured at Shoe Shop Treated at Hospital
Mike Verdi of People's Shoe Shop sustained painful injuries to one hand shortly before noon today. He was being treated at Raleigh General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Verdi
People’s Shoe Shop
Raleigh General Hospital
Glennis Walker Improves After Major Surgery
Mrs. Glennis Walker a teacher at Killarney Elementary School is reported improving at her home following a stay at Raleigh General Hospital where she underwent major surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cool Ridge
Glennis Walker
Raleigh General Hospital
Killarney Elementary
Inauguration Drys Protest Beer Sponsor
The National Temperance League opposes beer ads during Kennedy inauguration coverage. Bohmfalk sends open letter to Samuel Brightman protesting beer sponsorship and warns that wide radio TV audiences include children in schools. Rep Reuss presses Brightman to revoke the ruling but Brightman declines. No protests noted for deodorants girdles or brassieres.
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John F. Kennedy
Samuel C. Brightman
Bohmfalk
Henry S. Reuss
Milwaukee
Brightman
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Dayton
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Tyree Funneral
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