Experts weigh TB bed use amid Pinecrest plan
Dr. Dyer, Dr. Dev eny and Mrs. Lewis debate Hodgson's proposal to expand pinecrest and Hopemont beds for tuberculosis and other chest diseases. They warn new patients require state funding, emphasize reserve beds for TB, and stress continued aggressive case finding to avoid overcrowding and preserve TB facilities.
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Hodgson
Dyer
Pinecrest
Hopemont
Edwards
H. S. Edwards
Lewis
Raleigh County
Deveny
W. Va
Kistin
W.va
Brothers visit helps families meet across state lines
In Barboursville John Fauchner accompanied Woolums for a cross state visit. The brothers, living in West Virginia and Kentucky, expressed they now want their families to know one another and visit more often.
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West Virginia
Kentucky
John Fauchner
Barboursville
Woolums
Two Men Jailed For Robbery In Piney View
The second of three suspects in the Piney View robbery of Frank Paugh Jr. was jailed at 11 am by constables. Pete Jackson and Billy Hanks, both of Piney View, allegedly beat and robbed Paugh, who said his billfold and papers were taken. Jackson faces robbery by force and felonious assault charges while Hanks is charged with robbery by force and assault and battery.
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Frank Paugh Jr
Piney View
Pete Jackson
Billy Hanks
Paugh
Jackson
Hanks
Buzzy Bowling
Beckley
Ermil H. Baker
Charleston
Samuel Spicher
Dubois
J. E. Mays
Damage Suit Drags On In Third Day Trial
In Raleigh County Circuit Court the damage suit of Ever ett E. Kelly of Sylvester against Carlton Cook of Dorothy enters its third day. Kelly claims injuries from an auto crash on Route 3 near Whitesville on August 14, 1960, alleging Cook's negligence. Kelly testified as a witness. Dean Lewis of Charleston cross examined him for Cook and the car owner.
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Everett E. Kelly
Sylvester
Raleid County
Harold H. Smith
Paul J. Fourney
Kelly
Carlton Cook
Dorothy
Marsh Fork
Cook
Route 3
Whitesville
Dean Lewis
Charleston
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Sears Guarantee Plan
Sears Monument Company offers a written guarantee with every monument and a convenient payment plan. Located on Harper Road call CL 3.6480 for details.
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Sears
Sears Monument Coo
Harper Road
Bedfast Man Shocked After House Fire
Bane Shumate, 102 Spring St., was reported to be suffering shock after a fire at 11:20 a.m. today. An ambulance was sent to take him to the hospital, with admission not yet learned. Firemen said the blaze started from a chair ignited possibly by a cigarette, and Mrs. Shumate tried to move the smoldering chair but it wedged in the doorway.
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Bane Shumate
Spring St
Shumate
Coal City Man Held As Escapee
John Berry of Coal City was returned to the Raleigh County Jail at 11 10 p m Thursday by a deputy sheriff and charged with escape. Berry was committed on a drunkenness charge and reportedly recently broke guard on a work detail at the courthouse. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Carr of Pluto Road was arrested in Hampton Virginia on breaking and entering charges and may face petit larceny upon return to Beckley. Suran Klioan of Daniels was returned to Beckley to face grand larceny charges for stealing 650 dollars in cash and merchandise including rifle pistol razor and luggage from Kyle Kinzer and Andrew Evans Jr. Carl Forgeson of Ellison was released from custody at 7 15 a m after serving on a board and lodging warrant. Two men were released at 9 30 a m to be taken to the State Mental Hospital in Huntington.
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John Berry
Coal City
Raleigh County
Berry
Hampton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Carr
Pluto Road
Beckley
Carr
Charlie
Glen Morgan
Suran Klioan
Daniels
Bluefield
Klioan
Kyle Kinzer
Charles Basham
Andrew Evans Jr
McAlpin
Carl Forgeson
Ellison
State Mental Hospital
Huntington
Sheriff's
Music Consultant Sets Jan 15 Raleigh County Education Meeting
Dr. Thomas Wilkstrom, music consultant for the West Virginia Department of Education, will spend January 15 in Beckley in conference with music teaching staff of the Raleigh County Board of Education. The talks will focus on Raleigh County music programs.
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Thomas Wilkstrom
West Virginia
Indiana Trucker Charged In Wreck At Hawk's Nest
An Indiana truck driver, Oliver Buckland of Kendellville, faces a charge of failure to keep to the right after a tractor-trailer sideswiped a car driven by Bernon White of Alley near Hawk's Nest Thursday afternoon. Trooper R. L. Bauer of the Oak Hill State Police Detachment said Buckland has five days to answer.
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OAK Hill
ANS
Indiana
Hawk’s Nest
Oliver Buckland
Kendellville
Ind
Bernon White
Alley
R. L. Bauer
State Police
Buckland
Kincaid Man Jailed For Disturbing Peace
Billy Foster of Kincaid was fined five dollars and costs and jailed after a morning hearing before Magistrate Myrl O'Dell in Oak Hill. Foster, a parolee from a federal prison, was arrested by Officer Fred O'Boyle on intoxication and disturbing the peace charges. Complainant was Charlie Casey of Kincaid.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Billy Foster
Kincaid
Myrl O'Dell
Deaths and Funerals of Eight-Year-Old Jerry Meadows
Jerry Eugene Meadows, 8, of Baltimore, Md., drowned after falling through ice on a pond near his McAlpin home on his way home from school. Survivors include his mother Alma Hall and three brothers, plus a half sister and grandparents. Born June 5, 1953, he will be buried at Sunset Memorial Park. arrangements incomplete.
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Jerry Eugene Meadows
Alma Hall
Baltimore
Howard Long
Sunset Memorial Park
Nancy Martin funeral arrangements announced
Mrs Nancy Ann Martin 84 died Thursday at Oak Hill Hospital after six weeks illness. Widowed Marine D. Martin died in 1936. Survived by five sons M H Dewey William George all of Glasgow. seven daughters E C Moore Shrewsbury Harold Skaggs Cedar Grove Marie Emboden Belle W E Harmon Daytona Beach Fla Mabel Maron Monrovia Calif Lester Young Glasgow and Dallas Williams Belle plus numerous grandchildren. Funeral home pending arrangements.
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Nancy Ann Martin
Oak Hill Hospital
Martin
Glasgow
Marine D. Martin
M. H
Oak Hill
Dewey
Vernon
William
George
E. C. Moore
Shrewsbury
Harold Skaggs
Cedar Grove
Marie Emboden
Route 1
Final rites for two area men planned Saturday
Final rites for Cecil Emerson Kidd 59 Prosperity will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Prosperity Church of Christ with burial in Prosperity Cemetery. He died at 6:20 a.m. Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. Pallbearers include John Morrison Carl Bailey Omer Wright and others. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the church an hour before services. Final rites for Basil Irl Hawley 48 Rhodell will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rhodell Methodist Church with burial in American Legion Cemetery Wildwood. He died at 12:50 a.m. Thursday at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after treatment since Dec. 19. He was born June 6, 1913 in Sophia, a son of Mrs. Lottie Hawley Conner and the late Luther Hawley. He served in World War II and re-enlisted for over 14 years of service. Surviving are his mother, stepfather O. C. Conner, a brother Alvy R. Hawley of Peoria, Ill., a sister Mrs. Vera Barron of Rhodell, and two stepsisters Mrs. Ethel Huffman Beckley and Mrs. Margaret Charles Pikeville Ky. The Caffee Funeral Home will bring the body to the church an hour before services. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today. The American Legion will provide graveside rites. Pallbearers include Lacy Meadows Charlie Farruggia Walter Whittaker Cecil Sizemore Ernest Barker Raleigh Shorter.
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Cecil Emerson Kidd
Prosperity
Prosperity Church of Christ
Freddy Dinkler
Kidd
Beckley Hospital
John Morrison
Carl Bailey
Omer Wright
George Shirey
Frank Dearing
Walter James
Tom Young
Willis Vandall
Rose and Quesenberry
Basil Irl Hawley
Rhodell
Rhodell Methodist Church
Samuel Meadows
American Legion
Wildwood
Hawley
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Sophia
Lottie Hawley Conner
Luther Hawley
Stoco High School
U. S. Army
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
O. C. Conner
Alvy R. Hawley
Peoria
Ill
Vera Barron
Ethel Huffman
Beckley
Margaret Charles
Pikeville
Lacy Meadows
Charlie Farruggia
Walter Whittaker
Cecil Sizemore
Ernest Barker
Raleigh Shorter
Obituary: Mrs. Annabelle Dorsey of Richwood Dies at 74
Mrs. Annabelle Dorsey 74 of Richwood died Thursday afternoon at Sacred Heart Hospital Richwood from a stroke. She is survived by husband E. D. Dorsey, brother Tracy Miller Snow Hill and sister Nora Miller Mount Hope. Body at Simons Funeral Home.
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Annabelle Dorsey
Richwood
Sacred Heart Hospital
Dorsey
E. D. Dorsey
Tracy Miller
Snow Hill
Nora Miller
Mount Hope
Simons Funeral Home
Condemnation Action Filed for 131 Acres in Raleigh County
Condemnation proceedings to obtain 131 acres for Stevens Branch Lake were filed in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office Wednesday against Woodrow and Mary E. Naff of Mount Tabor. The Naffs refused the offer. CRAB ORCHARD Planing Mill, Inc. sues Ernest L. Lilly of Beckley for 712.50 for goods delivered Oct 3, 1960, to July 8, 1961 as represented by Leo Bridi.
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Stevens Branch Lake
Raleigh County
Woodrow
Mary E. Naff
Mount Tabor
Naff
Engi Court
Act
Crab Orchard Planing Mill, Inc
Ernest L. Lilly
Beckley
Planing Mill
Leo Bridi
Daniel L Henley dies after six month illness in Glen Morgan
Daniel L. Henley 62 of Glen Morgan died at 9:30 a.m. in a local hospital after a six month illness from heart disease. A retired coal miner with Winding Gulf Collieries Eastgulf he was born March 11, 1899 in Virginia. Survived by wife Laura and six grandchildren, with son Jack in Miami, Fla and daughters Helen Keaton Cincinnati and Catherine Hayes Beaver. Funeral arrangements at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending.
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Daniel Leonard Henley
Glen Morgan
Winding Gulf Collieries Corp
Eastgulf
Henley
Virginia
Jefferson and
Polly Huff Henley
Elkhorn Methodist Church
United Mineworkers of America
Laura Henley
Funeral Services for Mrs. Pearl Washington
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Washington 70 of Booker Street are set for 2 p m Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church Rev C O Mitchell will lead burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park She died Wednesday in a local hospital after a long illness The body will be taken from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church one hour before services.
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Pearl Washington
Booker Street
Ebenezer Baptist Church
C. O. Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Roanoke Widow Teresa Cook Dies. Body To Return For Funeral
Mrs Teresa Cook formerly of Mullens died at her Roanoke Virginia home on Thursday night. The body will be transported by ambulance to the Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home today to complete funeral arrangements.
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Teresa Cook
Mullens
Roanoke
Robertson and Foglesong Fueral
Duke Miller Dies After Long Illness at 64
Duke Miller, 64, of Kingston, died at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery at 4 a.m. after a long illness. He was a retired timberman. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill pending final arrangements.
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Duke Miller
Kingston
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Tyree
Oak Hill
Adenauer Turns 86 and Stays Active in Politics
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer marks his 86th birthday amid a storied career revival begun at age 72 after decades in public life. The veteran leader, known as Der Alte, has outlasted critics and matched Hitler's early era tenure in later years.
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Bonn
UPI
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Adolf Hitler
der Alte
Hitler
Cologne
Final rites for Clyde C. Williams held at Mt Zion Bellepoint
Clyde Clayton Williams 69 of Scarbro died Wednesday after a long illness. Final rites were at 2 30 p m Sunday at Mt Zion Methodist Church Bellepoint with Rev Robert E Shields. Burial in Mt Zion Cemetery. Williams was a retired C&O Railway engineer born in Summers County near Hinton. He is survived by Anita Williams a son Clyde C Williams Jr of Dayton PA four daughters Wilma Albert Glenna Meadows Margie Walker Irene Robbins and a brother C Ray Williams. Funeral arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Clyde Clayton Williams
Scarbro
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Bellepoint
Robert E. Shields
Mt. Zion
Williams
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Summers County
Hinton
Anita Williams
Clyde C. Williams Jr
Dayton
Wilma J. Albert
Glenna R. Meadows
Long Beach
Calif
Margie Walker
Irene Robbins
Portsmouth
C. Ray Williams
Oak Hill
Tyree
Tynes
Marianna Truck Driver Injured In Accident
Donald Elkins a 28 year old truck driver from Marianna is hospitalized at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch with head injuries after his 1956 three-quarter ton stake body truck went over a hill on the Oceana Baileyville Road near Baileyville at 1 am. Deputy Gerald Meadows investigates the cause.
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Marianna
RNS
Donald Elkins
Scarbro Post Office Break-In Yields No Loss Found
The Scarbro Post Office was entered at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday when intruders broke the front door glass and crawled through the lobby to the workroom. Postmaster Ann Errington said nothing appeared missing. State Trooper C A Berkeley of the Oak Hill detachment is investigating.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Scarbro
Ann Errington
C. A. Berkeley
State Police
Notable Los Angeles Lawyer Jerry Giesler Dies at 75
Funeral services were held in Glendale for Hollywood attorney Jerry Giesler aged 75 who died Monday from a heart attack. In Newport Beach funeral plans are set for Braden Finch 59 a leading Orange County businessman regarded as Corona Del Mar’s mayoral figure. In Mississippi Mrs Hester P Matthews age 110 of Warren County and believed oldest resident died Thursday. In Lockport New York Joseph Pinna 44 editor of the Lockport Union Sun and Journal and head of radio WVSJ died of a heart attack Wednesday night.
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Glendale
Calif
Hollywood
Jerry Giesler
Newport Beach
Braden Finch
Orange County
Corona del Mar
Vicksburg
Miss
Hester P. Matthews
Warren County
Lockport
N.Y
Joseph Pinna
Lockport Union Sun and Journal
WVSJ
Dillard Adaway Remembered For Plant Love And People
Dillard Wallace Adaway, 62, known for his deep interest in people and a passion for plants, died unexpectedly. He was a longtime resident whose full obituary notes his advocacy for community growth and environmental care.
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Dillard Wallace Adaway
Jackson Family Slayer Receives Death Sentence
Melvin Davis Rees, a 32 year old Jazz guitarist, was sentenced to die by electric chair for the murder of Carroll Vernon Jackson and his family of four in Louisa County Virginia. The Spotsylvania Circuit Court judge denied a motion for a new trial and defense plans to appeal within 60 days.
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UPI
Melvin Davis Rees
Virginia
Rees
Carroll Vernon Jackson
Louisa County
Jackson
Mildred
Susan
Janet
John D. Butzner
Baltimore
Janet Jackson
Spotsylvania County
West Virginia Leaders Seek Federal Funds Boost
Surgeon General conference notes Dr. Dyer urging amended federal legislation on Hill Buron funds and higher WV allocations. Dr Paul A Miller to assume WVU presidency Jan 15. Commerce Department seeks ARA grant to train WV firms for federal contracts. No WV ski slopes ready unless heavy snow and cold snap arrive.
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U.S
Dyer
Hill-Burton Hospital
West Virginia
Paul A. Miller
West Virginia University
State Commerce Department
Area Redevelopment Administration
Commerce Department
Policy Hassle Seals East Berlin as Capital in East German State
Khrushchev solidifies East Berlin division and positions it as capital of a sovereign East German state. He strengthens the partition of Germany to buttress his central Europe dominance, while satellite leaders fear a strong united Germany.
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East Berlin
Khrushchev
Germany
Europe
Sukarno Receives Military Support For New Guinea Plan
Lt Col Busjiri opposite New Guinea coast claims 10,000 veterans under arms and the ability to mobilize 250,000 trained men on short notice. Sukarno has ordered formation of a theater command to coordinate operations if an attack on Dutch New Guinea is ordered.
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Busjiri
Sukarno
Dutch New Guinea
Kennedy Extends New Year Greeting to Adenauer
United Press International quotes President Kennedy congratulating Konrad Adenauer on his 86th birthday and expressing hopes for 1962. The message notes desire for good health and ongoing success in the chancellor’s work amid somber challenges and bright opportunities.
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United Press International
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Jarrell Creek Merchant: Marsh Fork's 1942 State Champion Coach
Jarrell Creek merchant taught in the county for a decade and led Marsh Fork High School to a state championship in 1942. He takes pride in guiding the team and its players to the title.
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Jarrell
Nebraska’s unicameral legislature noted
A concise report highlights Nebraska as home to the United States' only unicameral legislature, distinguishing its single chamber structure and distinctive legislative design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Nebraska
United States
World Fair grounds model at West Virginia Statehouse
Visitors to the Statehouse could view a scale model of the 1964 65 New York World's Fair grounds and buildings on the rotunda’s second floor through January 20. The model was secured by the State Commerce Department. Exam writers for mine inspector positions announced by the West Virginia Department of Mines.
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Charleston
UPI
Statehouse
State Commerce Department
Cosmos Sluggards Calendar A Weekend Year Idea
A writer notes ongoing calendar disputes citing Universal and 1898 Wooster College of Wooster calendars. To resolve confusion the author debuts Cosmos Sluggards Calendar with 146 weeks of 2.5 days each, starting Friday 7 p.m. and ending Monday 7 a.m. yielding many weekends and leaving leap day undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Ohio
Yanney
College of Wooster
Byrd urges study on Kanawha River Basin needs
Senator Byrd calls for a comprehensive Kanawha River Basin study to guide flood control water supply and pollution measures. He notes the 9 foot current channel, aging locks, and possible expansion to 12 feet, linking the project to broader Ohio River Basin work and funding. Byrd sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee overseeing public works funds.
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Byrd
Kanawha
Kanawha River
Ohio River
U.S. Army Engineers
Kanawha Basin
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dominican aid mission to discuss loans and relief programs
Dominican Republic to host a U S foreign aid mission departing Sunday for San Domingo to discuss possible financial aid under the alliance for progress and emergency programs such as unemployment relief literacy and immunization. The country will also share in a windfall allocation of U S sugar purchases, selling up to 421000 tons for about 45.5 million dollars rather than 19 million in the world market.
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Domingo
Alliance For Progress
White House
Dominican Republic
U.S
United States
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