Cuban Settlement US and Soviet Agree To Disagree
The United States and the Soviet Union reached a compromise on the Cuban crisis, without Cuban input, agreeing to remove Soviet missiles and bombers without on site inspections and lifting the blockade. No invasion pledge or formal inspection guarantees were secured, and Castro demanded his five points including Guantanamo. The joint statement to Thant signals a de facto end to Security Council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce W. Munn
United Nations
N.Y
UPI
United States
Russia
U.S
Cuba
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Castro
Guantanamo Naval Base
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Council
West Virginia Coal Oil and Gas Production Rise in 1962
West Virginia crude oil output climbed 25 percent in 1962 from 2.76 million to about 3.47 million barrels while bituminous coal rose five percent to 118.9 million tons and natural gas output grew to 215 billion cubic feet. The total value of mineral fuels reached about 717.9 million dollars, with cement salt and sand and gravel a noted boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
U. S. Bureau of Mines and State Geological and Economic Survey
Paul H. Price
McAllister Placed Under $5,000 Bond
Fayetteville news reports Henry L. McAllister aged 41 waived to Fayette County Grand Jury on a morals charge after a preliminary hearing. He posted a $5,000 bond and was released from Fayette County Jail after FBI arrest in Knoxville and return to Fayette County on a warrant alleging sodomy with Oak Hill juveniles. McAllister, a Burlington North Carolina resident, is a publishing firm salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Henry L. McAllister
Fayette County
Grand Jury
Frank Simms
McAllister
FBI
Knoxville
Tenn
Fayette
Burlington, N. C
Oak Hill
Bell-ans Promises Quick Breath Freshness and Acid Neutralizing Relief
An old style advertisement claims Bell-ans tablets neutralize mouth and stomach acidity with a pleasant flavor. It promotes quick breath freshening without harmful drugs and offers 35 cents at druggists and a free sample by mailing to Bell-ans Orangeburg NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell-ans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Snow Soaks Beckley Area With Half Inch of Snow
The Beckley area recorded about a half inch of snow with temperatures from 29 in the city to 33 at Flat Top by 8 a m. Roads were slick across the region but primary and secondary routes were cindered in good condition by 9 a m. City streets remained slippery while crews worked to treat slick spots. The West Virginia Turnpike reported its toll road in good condition and patrolling for slick spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Robert Sweetney
Raleigh
State Road Commission
Beckley Commission
West Virginia Turnpike Maintenance Department
Brazil backs American plan in Sunday referendum
Rio de Janeiro reports a 4 to 1 vote in favor of restoring the American plan granting formal authority to President Joao Goulart. Final tallies show 2,120,133 for the American plan and 516,813 for the European plan. complete results awaited midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
API
Joao Goulart
Janio Quadros
Goulart
Viet Cong Store Weapons After Saigon Defeat
U S military advisers in Saigon report Viet Cong guerrillas are stockpiling American made weapons seized in victories over government forces. A new guerrilla attack 140 miles north of Saigon leaves 26 soldiers dead 27 wounded and 20 missing after a heavy two day campaign. state briefs: Baskerville to a new nine year term on the state Board of Education and Virginia Core named to the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund board. A C O Railway spokesman says chemicals from a damaged tank car did not contaminate New River drinking water near Hawk s Nest State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Saigon
W. W. Barron
Samuel J. Baskerville
Charleston
State Board of Education
Virginia Core
Huntington
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Fund
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
New River
Hawk's Nest State Park
McKinney to be Sentenced on Non Support Charge
Jesse McKinney of Coal City will be sentenced today by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on a non support charge. McKinney pleaded guilty in Rodriguezs court Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse McKinney
Coal City
Joe Rodriguez
McKinney
Rodriguez
William E. Mahaffey
Sand Branch
W. A. Burke
Charles F. Smith
Scarbro
Burke
Smith
Oscar Atwood
Mount Hope
Mine Probe Continues as Robena Workers Idle
Baron accuses lax safety rules at Robena complex during hearings near Garards Fort as about 1,000 miners remain idle awaiting assurances of improved procedures. Harrisburg confirms Robena workers will keep unemployment benefits after defying back-to-work orders issued January 2 by U S Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron
Garards Fort
Robena Complex
Harrisburg
State Department of Labor and Industry
Robena
US Steel
Trial unfolds in Raleigh County circuit court over 1959 Bradford fire
On day two Judge Norman Knapp hears the case of Joyce and Launda Bradford against Appalachian Power Co. Witnesses including Iva Scarbro and Wilson Scarbro describe transformer and service issues near the Bradford home. Other electricians and the Bradford family note fuse and wiring details while contesting responsibility for the fatal blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Garrett, Joyce
Launda Bradford
Rock Creek
Appalachian Power Co
Norman Knapp
L. L. Scherer
William H. File
Dave Ashworth
Roy Cunningham
Wilson Scarbro
Scarbro
Emmett McGinnis
Bradford
Appalachian Co
Irvin Bradford
Princess Dorothy Coal Co
Congress battle over House rules committee size
The opening House session centers on whether the rules committee should hold 15 members or revert to 12. Defections and party line disputes loom as both parties weigh control amid the 87th Congress. GOP Leader Halleck expects Republicans to restrict McCormack’s votes, aiming to repeat a past outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rules Committee
Smith
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Ind
McCormack
Sam Rayburn
Halleck
Navy releases absconder from Raleigh jail
David Lee Butcher was released from Raleigh County Jail at 1 48 p m Monday into Navy custody after being jailed on a charge of being absent without leave A Pluto Road juvenile was jailed at 2 45 p m Monday by State Police on a parole violation charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lee Butcher
Raleigh
Navy
Pluto Road
Perry Ingles Undergoes Surgery After Mining Injury
Perry Ingles aged 47 of Oak Hill underwent surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital for a right hand injury suffered while removing timbers from a chain line at Ames Mining Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Ingles
Oak Hill
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Ames Mining Co
Deaths and Funerals in Local Notices
Funeral services for Mrs. Beulah Childers 49 of Kopperston will be held at 11 a m Wednesday at the Church of God in the Name of the Lord Jesus in Matheny with burial at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. She died Sunday while visiting her parents in Columbus Ohio. Survivors include her husband Clyde two sons James and Eugene two brothers Everett and Clyde Litteral and a sister Pearl Smith. Eva Poff's relatives include son Harry Powellton daughter Mildred Phipps and brother Milton Poff. Final rites for Elmer A Suiter 56 of Princeton are set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at the First Post Church with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Suiter died Sunday night after hospital admission from a heart attack. He was a State Road Commission employee for 25 years and lived in Princeton 31 years. He is survived by wife Gertrude Cline Suiter two sons Marvin and William three grandchildren and siblings Bessie Wolfe Lula Allen, Herbert, George, and Ulysses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Childers
Kopperston
Church of God
Lord Jesus
Matheny
Keenan Abshire
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Childers
John
Lydia Litteral
Columbus
Ohio
Rawl
Clyde
James
St. Mary’s
Eugene
Chicago
Ill
Everett
Clyde Litteral
Pearl Smith
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Elmer A. Suiter
Princeton
First Post
Jimmy Jones
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Sutter
Bluefield
First Baptist Church
State Road Commission
Beckley
Lula Bowling Suiter
Huntington
Frank Suiter
Gertrude Cline Suiter
Marvin
William
Lewisburg
Bessie Wolfe
Sophia
Lula Allen
Herbert
George
Ulysses
Washington, D. C
Final rites for Roy V. Snider in Princeton
Roy Virgil Snider 47 of Princeton dies Monday at a cousin’s home. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory with Rev. W L Jenkins. Burial Resthaven Memorial Park. Snider, a city employee for 22 years, was born May 4 1915 in Speedway. Survived by two half sisters and three half brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Virgil Snider
Princeton
W. L. Jenkins
Resthaven Memorial Park
Snider
Marguerite Hebb
Speedway
William J. Snider
Nannie Belle Burton Snider
Marietta Belle
Pauline Zeigler
Beckley
Frank
Coal City
Elzie
New York City
N. Y
James Carter
Pemberton
Mrs Teaster 79 Dies After Month-Long Illness
Mrs Nancy Ann Teaster 79 mother of two area men died at 8 am in a Bald Knob Arkansas hospital after a month of illness. She had lived in Bald Knob with a son Robert and previously in Lochgelly and Tams. Survivors include sons Starlen Stotesbury Ernest in Crab Orchard Roy in Rockford Illinois a daughter Helen Mason and 26 grandchildren 5 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are complete Starlen Teaster plans to leave at 5 pm today to attend services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Ann Teaster
Bald Knob
Ark
Lochgelly
Tams
Robert
Joe
N. C
Starlen
Stotesbury
Ernest
Crab Orchard
Roy
Rockford
Ill
Johnny Teaster
Helen Mason
Bradford
Payne Morris
Starlen Teaster
Mrs. E. P. Bailey Final Rites Held in Florida
Final rites for Mrs. E P Bailey 79 of New Smyrna Beach Florida formerly of Beckley were held at 11 a m Friday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Reese Burns and Rev John Lares officiating Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park She died in a Daytona Florida hospital at 3 a m Saturday Friends may call after 1 p m Thursday Pallbearers were Earl E Bailey Claude Bailey Jr Samuel Thomson Emmett Hurt Jr Roland Hurt John E Mellen Ray Gravely David Lares and S Earl Snead
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P
Frances) Bailey
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant
Reese Burns
John Lares
Sunset Memorial Park
Daytona, Fla
Earl E. Bailey
Claude Bailey Jr
Samuel Thomson
Emmett Hurt Jr
Roland Hurt
John E. Mellen
Ray Gravely
David and
Jeo Lares
S. Earl Snead
Saunders Rites Set After East Beckley Death
John W. Saunders of East Beckley died at 11 20 am today in a local hospital. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Saunders
East Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral Services Held for Norman E. Poff in Fayetteville
Norman E. Poff 77 of Fayetteville died Monday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Born June 29, 1885 in Robson, he was a retired miner and a member of Local 5875 UMW and the Methodist Church. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Dodd-Payne Chapel with burial at Huse Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman E. Poff
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
C. S. Thompson
Huse Memorial Park
Poff
Beckley Hospital
Robson
Marshal
Ellen Underwood Poft
UMW
Methodist Church
James Charles McNeal Dies After Long Illness at 60
James Charles McNeal age 60 of Thayer died in a local hospital at 5 30 p m Monday after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are with Johnson Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Charles McNeal
Thayer
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Augusta Exec William M Ritter Dies at 43
William M Ritter 43 vice president of Georgia Pacific southern division in Augusta died Monday. Former president of Red Jacket Coal Corp in Red Jacket Mingo County and president of W M Ritter Lumber Co. Survived by father Ernest E Ritter Huntington wife Jean E Ritter daughter Mary Breece Ritter and three sons William M II John Ernest and David W all at home 2801 Hillcrest Ave Augusta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Ritter
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Southern Division
Augusta
Ritter
Red Jacket Coal Corp
Red Jacket
Mingo County
David W
Hillcrest Ave
Final rites for Raymond G McDaniel held at East Rainelle
Raymond G McDaniel 62 of Meadow Bridge died Monday morning at Meadow Bridge. Born Beary August 22 1900 he was a son of Frank and Rebecca Jones McDaniel. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday Nickell Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle with Rev R A Persinger in charge. Burial Layland Cemetery. He was a disabled coal miner. Survived by Otie Lilly McDaniel three sons Raymond White Sulphur Springs Gerald California Basil Meadow Bridge a daughter Emma Jean Wickline Meadow Bridge two brothers Albert Fireco and Glenn Bob White two sisters Amy Greer Fireco Myrtle Bertram Sprague and nine grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Gerald McDaniel
Meadow Bridge
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
R. A. Persinger
Layland
McDaniel
Beary
Frank
Rebecca Jones McDaniel
Otie Lilly Mc
Park Board Members and Notary Appointments Noted
Park Board 1963 members Mrs W W Withrow Sophia and J W Foster Slab Fork to serve until December 31 1964 M A Johnson Beckley and Lawrence Pruitt Beckley to expire December 31 1965 Other action includes approval of Gene H Church Crab Orchard as a notary public Court recessed until 1 p m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Withrow
Sophia
J. W. Foster
Slab Fork
M. A. Johnson
Beckley
Lawrence Pruitt
Gene H. Church
Crab Orchard
Breakings Enterings Reported To Police
State Police investigate two breakings and enterings in the Beckley area. The Beckley Insulation Co. on the 1921 By-Pass reports entry by a broken back window and cash around 177 dollars plus about 800 in checks taken. Virgil's Place at Shady Spring shows a Sunday night entry via a side window with about 95 dollars in change from a bowling machine and jukebox. damage noted to the bowling machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Insulation Co
Virgil
Shady Spring
Virgil Richmond
Beckley Rescue Squad Handles Two First Aid Calls
Beckley Rescue Squad answered two first aid calls within 13 hours. Robert Neff, 83, of 304 Fourth Street, is reported in fair condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a 5:55 a.m. call today. A separate 4:25 p.m. call to G C Murphy Co store on Main Street for John Price, 85, of Beckley, who reportedly fainted, sent him home with relatives. THURSDAY MEET SET A meeting of the Harper Heights Parent-Teacher Association will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Robert Neff
Fourth St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
G. C. Murphy Co
Main Street
John Price
Price
Harper Heights
Parent - Teacher Association
Disposalism theory aims to shift focus from owning to discarding
Washington writer Dick West outlines a humorous theory called disposalism arguing that economies move toward getting rid of goods rather than acquiring them. He notes excess surplus, waste disposal issues, and Christmas trash as examples, joking that he is too busy hauling away the garbage to finish the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Legislature approves revisions to state welfare and investment laws
Proposals from a subcommittee aim to revise welfare programs and let the State Road Commission borrow from state funds for highway projects. An investment bill would create a five member board to oversee public funds and allow investments in corporate bonds meeting net worth and other criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ments
State Road Commission
SRC
Burl A. Sawyers
Mental Health Department
Mildred Mitchell- Bateman
Alcoholics Division
Extra Personnel Authorized For National Guard
The Army unveiled a reorganization plan increasing National Guard divisions to about 15 000 men per unit from 13 700 with more drill berths for civilian soldiers in high priority divisions. Guard units will receive ROAD missions and Europe bound divisions may convert to mechanized setups with three tank battalions and seven mechanized battalions. Staff reorganization aims for completion before this summer’s training camps pending governor approval. High priority divisions expected in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, Minnesota and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
API
National Guard
Army
National Governors Conference
Europe
Asia
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
North Carolina
Minnesota
Tennessee
Tshombe’s Belgium trip tied to Katanga crisis
Tshombe arrived in Belgium with his wife and children amid talks on his plans in Kolwezi. U.N. moves in Katanga hinge on Bunche’s return as Swedish troops reach Kaniama and a local chief pledges support, signaling possible U.N. control over much of Katanga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tshombe
Kolwezi
United Nations
Rhodesias
U.N
Jadotville
U. N
Ralph Bunche
Elisabethville
Katanga
Bunche
Leopoldville
Kaniama
Kamina Air Base
RAF Jets and U S Denials Strain Transatlantic Talks
Thompson cites Air Ministry lines crossed as both sides deny reports. Chapman Pincher notes U S pressure to save face in Washington and appease Whitehall. Express editorial questions Britain's nuclear force power and ally vulnerability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Ministry
Atlantic
Thompson
Chapman Pincher
The
Express
U. S
Washington
Whitehall
Pentagon
Pincher
the Express
Britain
Passenger Injured In Two Car Collision In Beckley
A Beckley woman suffered a knee injury when a 1956 car driven by John Cook collided at Worley Road and Allen Avenue with a 1955 car driven by Thomas Bostick at 10 30 a m. Mrs Cook, a passenger, received treatment at Beckley Hospital. No charges were filed against either driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Worley Road
Allen Avenue
Sarah Cook
Beckley Hospital
John Cook
Thomas Bostick
PTA Meeting Today at Sprague Elementary School
The Sprague Consolidated Parent Teacher Association meets at 4 p.m. today at Sprague Elementary School. Parents are urged to attend, said president Mrs. Lucinda Goode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Sprague Consolidated Parent-Teacher Association
Sprague
Lucinda Goode
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Dacron
Penney
Brazil
Congress
Mrs. Beulah Childers
Eva Poff
Harry
Powellton
Mildred Phipps
Atlanta
Milton Poff
Paradise
Calif
E. P. Bailey
Universal Corporation
S. Kanawha ST
Raymond G. McDaniel
Park Board
By Dick West
Belgium
Rome
RAF Jets
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