Mullens Youth Dies In Wreck
A Mullens High School student, Ray Roach, died in a wreck. He was born in 1943 at Mullens, son of Ray and Mary Ellen Roach. Survived by sister Jean, brother David, and paternal grandparents Lon and Mrs Roach. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home. arrangements incomplete.
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Mullens High School
Martha
Ray
Mullens
Mary Ellen Roach
Jean
Roanoke
David
Lon Roach
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Bowling Files For Constable Nomination In Beckley
Buzzy Bowling, 28, Beckley, filed today in the Circuit Clerk's office for the Democratic nomination for constable in Town District. He is a Beckley Vending Service associate with deep party activity since 1940 and lists military, fraternal, and civic affiliations. The field includes Freddy Thorne, deputy sheriff, as the first candidate. two constables will be elected with incumbent Thompson out. Rodriguez has not announced.
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Constable
Buzzy Bowling
Beckley
City Ave
Curley” Bowling
Pontiac
Mich
Vivian Bayes Bowling
Beckley Vending
Baptist Church
Moose Lodge
Fraternal Order of Eagles
West Virginia Sheriffs Association
Twin Oaks Country Club
Young Democratic Clubs
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Company F
West Virginia National Guard
Bowling
Freddy Thorne
C. A
Slim’ Thompson
Joe Rodriguez
Knee Injury Sends Mrs. Charlotte Smith to Hospital
Mrs. Charlotte Smith aged 23 of Bluefield was treated at Raleigh General Hospital after a fall on Neville Street caused a knee injury. She was released after treatment.
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Charlotte Smith
Bluefield
Raleigh General Hospital
Neville Street
Beckley Firms Report Busy Monday in 1960
Bankers and merchants in Beckley report record Monday activity as Beckley National Bank and Bank of Raleigh see their biggest volume days since moving into new facilities. Local stores W T Grant Cole’s Super Market and G C Murphy also post unusually strong sales, with observers noting effects of a Sunday clearance ad and early year momentum.
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Elmer Davis
Beckley National Bank
Neville St
E. S. Pugh
Bank of Raleigh
Eldon Larson
W. T. Grant Co
The
Register
AL Cole
Cole's
Super Market
J. W. Kern
G. C. Murphy
Beckley
First GOP Candidate Seeks Constable Post
The first Republican to file for any office in the May 10 primary is Robert Lee Plumley Abraham. Plumley is a candidate for constable in Richmond District. John C. Pallares of 117 Forrest Ave filed a certificate for constable in Town District on the Democratic ticket.
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Robert Lee Plumley
Abraham
Plumley
Richmond
John C. Pallares
Forrest Ave
Two Sentenced To State Pen In Fayette County Court
In Fayette County Circuit Court two men, Robert Ryan and James Lester Boyd of Canmelton, were sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary for breaking and entering the Polka Dot Drive In Alley last year. They asked for probation from Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. On opening day, three others were given one year in county jail for unlawful wounding, grand larceny, and petit larceny. Multiple defendants were placed on probation or pled guilty to grand larceny with probation requests, and a capias was issued for Ray Penn, believed to be in Kanawha Jail.
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State
Fayette County
Alley
Robert Ryan
James Lester Boyd
Canmelton
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Conrad Moore
Howard Blankenship
Horace Shelton
Clifford Adkins
Boomer
Robert Winston
Robert Lee Duncan
Thomas Saunders
Paul Holiday
Herbert Holiday
Garvin
Ray Penn
Kanawha
Rail Disaster In Fog Crashes Train Car Pierces Coach
Eyewitness reports a fog bound derailment where a railroad rail pierced a coach killing three passengers including a Roman Catholic priest. The wreck left a coach atop a factory roof and another coach buried among tangled cars as rescuers worked through dense fog with many injured and around a thousand aboard.
Wriston Injured at Oak Hill Coal Mine
Glenn Winston of Route 1 Scarbro was cut and bruised in a slate fall at 4 p.m. Monday while timbering a room in a mine operated by F. H. Coal Co. His injuries are not serious.
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Wriston
Oak Hill
RNS
Glenn Winston
Scarbro
F. H. Coal Co
Mrs Dixon 81 Taken By Death
Mrs Dixon 81 died. Funeral services for Mrs Painter in charge. Burial will take place in Coal City Community Cemetery. Born January 1 1879 in Carroll County Virginia she was the daughter of the late Anderson and Mary Bowman and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church Coal City. Survivors include son Dudley Justice Crab Orchard two daughters Mrs Maude Fink San Antonio Texas and Mrs Margaret Smith Maynor 16 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. The body will remain at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home and be taken to the church one hour before the services.
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Painter
Coal City
Carroll County
Anderson
Mary Bowman
Freewill Baptist Church
Dudley Justice
Crab Orchard
Maude Fink
San .Antonio
Tex
Margaret Smith
Maynor
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Court Reorganizes at Oak Hill in Fayette
The Fayette Court held its reorganizational meeting with Orval Kessler re elected president and Dr C W Stallard elected purchasing agent. The court also approved registrars named by Republican and Democratic executive committees for the upcoming primary elections.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette Court
Orval Kessler
C.W. Stallard
Beckley Rotary Hosts British Bishop at Intercity Meeting
The Beckley Hotel hosts a Friday Intercity Rotary Club dinner honoring Right Rev. Thomas H. Cashmore, Lord Bishop of Dunwich, during a month of U S tours. Clergy and Rotary clubs from Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Whitesville, Alderson, Hinton, Pineville, Oceana, Mullens attend. Cashmore, ex-Rotary leader in England and Ireland, will address the gathering after introductions by E. E. Bibb. he travels with his wife through major U S cities, visiting Bluefield, Huntington, Bluefield, and Beckley as part of a four nation swing.
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Beckley
Thomas H. Cashmore
Dunwich
Church of England
St. Edmundebury
Ipswich
England
Joseph Fazio
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Whitesville
Alderson
Hinton
Pineville
Oceana
Mullens
Casmore
E. E. Bibb
Bibb
Cashmore
Rotary International Assembly
Lake Placid
N. Y
Mexico City
United States
Bluefield
Huntington
Ireland
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Canton
Akron
Columbus
Youngstown
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wis
Los Angeles
Calif
Fazio
Frank G. McKenzie
Bis- International
Calcutta
St. James Church
Holmfirth
Yorkshire
Brighouse
Wakefield
Diocese of
Champney
Rites Set for Tolley in Glen Daniel
Final rites for Ellis Callihill Tolley 62 Glen Daniel set for 2 p m Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Virgil Harvey in charge Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Tolley died en route to a local hospital Monday after a heart attack Survivors include his wife Brook Lilly Tolley a son Latelle a daughter Fern Rob inette a sister Mrs Herbert Mankin and three grandchildren The body will remain at the funeral home Pallbearers listed as William Lively Charles Lively James Lively Neil Shumate Jun ion Shumate and Claude Worley
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Ellis Callihill Tolley
Glen Daniel
Jin
Virgil Harvey
Sunset Memorial Park
Tolley
William and
Laura Worley Tolley
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Brook Lilly Tolley
Latelle
Fern Robinette
Herbert Mankin
William Lively
Charles Lively
James Lively
Neil Shumate
Junion Shumate
Claude Worley
Kessler Seeks Re-Election To Fayette County Court
Orval Kessler, re-elected Fayette County Court president, filed the Democratic candidacy for renomination to the county court seat he has held for six years. He previously served as Fayette County Deputy Assessor for 18 years, and he is married with four children.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Orval Kessler
Victor
Fayette County
Kessler
Settlement Advances in Labor Pact Amid Wage Policy Board
Secretaries described the pact as feasible while a joint committee will study it. The 30 month contract totals about 40 cents an hour with fringe benefits now and 7 cent raises in late 1960 and late 1961. The union won pension improvements and a limited cost of living escalator. Companies will cover full medical and hospital insurance costs.
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Mitchell
McDonald
Fayette Grand Jurors Drawn in Fayette County Court
Fayetteville reports eight persons were chosen today by special commissioners to fill the 16 grand jurors for the session. Names include J. W. Ayres Sherman Ruggles Wilma Bibb Ruth Clark G. R. King and Minnie Lee of Fayetteville with foreman Pete Tarmgaard of Glen Ferris and other earlier called jurors listed.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
C. R. Cottle
Barbara Kirk
Mary Anderson
Maplewood
Leo Jackson
Oak Hill
Ralph Kessler
Hiro
James Lafferty
Willis Branch
Erskine McGhee
Goodie Phillips
Montgomery
Charles Summers
Gauley Bridge
Pete Tarmgaard
Glen Ferris
Foreman
J. W. Ayres
Sherman Ruggles
Wilma Bibb
O. A
Ee Ruth Clark
G. R. King Boone
Minnie Lee
Featherbedding Fight Sparks Rail Labor Clash
The industry cites an engineer on the New York to Washington run who covers 450 miles in under eight hours and earns 4% days pay under a 100-mile pay rule. Unions fear modernization would cost a billion dollars annually, while labor argues that management featherbedding and excessive executive pay drive cuts. Automation spreads across industries, with railroads spending 14 billion on modernization since WWI. 500,000 rail jobs vanished in a decade, fueling a broader fight over pay rules and labor-saving tech.
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New York - Washington
Guy L. Brown
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Chicago
Assn. of American Railroads
U. S
G. E. Leighty
Railway Labor Executives Assn
AFL - Cio
George Meany
Meany
Dristan Decongestant Tablets Promise Quick Sinus Drainage
New York announces a tablet that claims to drain clogged sinus cavities rapidly without discomfort. The product works systemically via the bloodstream, shrinking swollen sinus doors to relieve pressure and congestion. Sold without prescription at 98 cents for 24 tablets with a money back guarantee.
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New York
N. Y
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