Major Electronics Firms Indicted For Price Fixing
A federal grand jury in Dayton Ohio indicted 13 major electronics companies and nine individuals on charges of fixing prices for military and commercial parts worth 21.48 million dollars. Indictments cover film resistors circuit components and TV deflection parts dating 1955 to last year with potential fines up to 50 thousand dollars per count or a year in prison for individuals. Investigators say the probe, prompted by prior 1960 actions, will continue after testimony from 40 witnesses.
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Dayton
Ohio
UPI
U. S
T.V
Allan Bradley Company
Milwaukee
William W. Garstang
Aerovox Cor
Valparaiso
Ind
John Bouwmeester
Stackpole Carbon Company
St. Marys
Aerovox Corp
International Resistance Co
Philadelphia
Electra Manufacturing Co
Independence
Kans
Clarostate Manufacturing Co., Inc
Dover
N. H
Texas Instruments Inc
Dagstrom
Washington
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Otsego Miners Injured At Work
Two Orlebay Norton Coal Co. miners at Otsego were treated at Wyoming General Hospital for injuries from separate incidents at the mine. Bernard Ellis, 35, suffer fractured pelvis and right leg after a rock fall and is listed in good condition. Howard Lafferty, 30, sustained cuts to the forearm and abdomen and was released after treatment.
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Mullens
ANS
Orlebay-Norton Coal Co
Otsego
Wyoming General Hospital
Bernard Ellis
Howard Lafferty
Death Dealing of Hawaii and Cold Wave Reach U S
Cold wave causes deaths as freezing grips Mobile Alabama with 11 degrees and spreads to Alabama and other states. Ice jam floods roads in Montana while gas storage leak forces 500 residents to flee Risco Missouri. Schools and public buildings open to shelter the cold as low temperatures set records across multiple states.
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Hawaii
Mobile
Ala
Albuquerque
N.M
Risco
Montana
Madison River
Ohio
Arkansas
Florida Panhandle
Indiana
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Alabama
Five Air National Guard Officers Die In Crash Near Pittsburgh
Five Air National Guard officers perished when their C47 crashed during a routine night flight near Pittsburgh. Captain Charles N. Griffin from Brownsville led the flight but reported engine trouble before the crash into a Snowden Township farm field. The dead include Maj. Ivan Allen and Maj. Frank Conally of Pittsburgh, Maj. Leroy Smith of Coraopolis, and Lt. David Sloan of Washington.
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Pittsburgh
APS
Air National Guard
Greater Pittsburgh
Charles N. Griffin
Brownsville
Allegheny County
Snowden
Snowden Twp
South Park Fairgrounds
Griffin
Ivan Allen
Frank Conally
Leroy Smith
Coraopolis
David Sloan
Washington, Pa
Two Dead and One Missing After Plant Explosion
A feed mill blast in St. Louis killed two men, left one missing, and sent 23 others to critical condition. A total of 37 people were injured as a five alarm fire demolished the mill before being brought under control early today.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Judge Rules Against Motion in Insurance Verdict
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp denied a motion to set aside the jury verdict favoring Prudential Insurance Co. of America in the Slayton case. The week also saw a divorce granted to Mary C Barney Johnson from William S Johnson. A State Road Commission condemnation suit against Josephine Thewes was dismissed as settled. In magistrate court appeal, Danny Hanks and James Bednash were held liable for 35.53 to R F Allen.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Earl H. Slayton
Mary C. Barney Johnson
William S. Johnson
State Road Commission
Josephine Thewes
Danny Hanks
James Bednash
R. F. Allen
Kennedy outlines liberalized trade and defense program
President Kennedy urges liberalized trade and a robust defense plan including 300 Polaris and Minuteman missiles and two new Army divisions. He states Berlin talks may occur but fighting could happen if necessary, Laos settlement could curb aggression in Viet Nam, and continued Communist pressure in Viet Nam will be resisted.
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Berlin
Russia
Kremlin
Viet Nam
Shortening The News and Fined for Manslaughter Conviction
A jur y found Dr Weiner caused the deaths of 12 hepatitis patients via hypodermic needles and fined him 12000 In other state briefs President Kennedy and Secretary McNamara will receive honorary Berkeley degrees in March The Yugoslav earthquakes caused landslides and gaps in communications with fatalities reported Premier Boun Oum will meet Laotian leaders in Geneva West Virginia briefs note Calvert named publicity director and 12 industrial deaths last month Eight mining deaths are included Area Redevelopment Administration approves Wirt County program Senator Paul R Moore seeks renomination Five Marshall University students face possible expulsion after giant firecracker explosions in a new dormitory investigation of a telephone station blast continues
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Weiner
Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
University of California
Berkeley
Yugoslavia
Prince Boun Oum
Geneva
Vientian
Lloyd B. Calvert
Charleston
West Virginia Centennial Commission
State Commerce Department
Workmen’s Compensation Commission
W. W. Barron
Area Redevelopment Administration
Wirt County
ARA
West Virginia
Paul R. Moore
Ravenswood
Marshall University
David Kirk
County Women Encouraged To Aid Chamber
John W. Saunders told 27 women from Raleigh County clubs that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the state. The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce met to seek women’s support for 1962 projects. President Randey Webb said to join the Chamber and that one woman would join the board. Robert Hamilton outlined projects and women’s input. Other speakers included Mayor Cecil L. Miller and James E. McCabe.
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John W. Saunders
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County
Randey Webb
Robert Hamilton
Raleigh Couny
Cecil L. Miller
James E. McCabe
Lester Commodity Recertification Set
Commodities will be distributed at the Lester First Church of God from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday with Claude Webb in charge. Representatives from the Sprague Warehouse will be at the site to assist attendees.
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Lester First Church of God
Claude Webb
Sprague
Alphabetic showdown at House speaker election
Washington report humorously notes Representative Halleck would favor a shorter alphabet to improve his chances in a speaker contest against John McCormack. McCormack won 248 to 166 with both candidates voting present. The piece mocks the outcome and jokes about alphabetical timing and Greek relocation. It ends with a generic commodity notice about heads of households collecting items with Social Security numbers.
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Washington
UPI
Charles A. Halleck
House of Representatives
Halleck
Indiana
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
GOP
Greece
McCormack
House Burns On Fayette Street
A frame house at 216 Fayette Street burned while firefighters from Beckley battled the blaze. Ernest A. Scott and occupant Fonda Burchfield were listed in the City Directory. Fire crews used three engines and a rescue truck pouring water through windows to curb the fire, which likely started in the basement and spread upward. No injuries were reported and a firefighter entered the smoke-filled upper level to check for occupants. Cause was not immediately determined.
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Fayvette St
Ernest A. Scott
Fonda Burchfield
Beckley Fire Department
Welch Family In Amigo Wreck
A Welch family returning from a Layland funeral escaped serious injury when their car slid off an ice covered highway at Amigo and overturned near a bridge on West Virginia 16. Granville Phillips, 42, driver, and his mother in law, 78 year old Mrs Ben Marcum, were treated at Grace Hospital Welch with minor injuries. Linda Phillips was released after examination.
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Mullens
ANS
Welch
Layland
Amigo
Funeral Home
W. Va
Granville Phillips
Grace
Gore in Congress Seeks Tax Change on DuPont GM Split
Senator Gore accuses DuPont and General Motors of a broad letter campaign to sway stockholders over a proposed tax strategy. The plan would classify the distribution of 63 million GM shares as a return of capital, deferring taxes until shares are sold, cutting immediate tax bills for most DuPont holders.
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Gore
DuPont
General Motors
Douglas
Congress
Chicago
Final Rites for Alma Mae Cody Held in Pleasant View
Mrs. Alma Mae Cody 61 of Fayetteville died Tuesday after a brief illness. Final rites are at 2 p.m. Friday at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren with Rev. Enos Griffith and Rev. E. L. Clower officiating. Burial follows at Pleasant View Cemetery. The body lies at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home and will be moved to her daughter Gertrude Tygrett's home today and to the church an hour before services.
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Alma Mae Cody
Pleasant View
Route 1
Fayetteville
Final rites set for Burns at Rhoderfield church
William A Burns 72 of Rhoderfield dies after a heart attack Tuesday. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at Primitive Baptist Church Rhoderfield with Rev Stellie Parsons officiating. Survivors include wife Carrie Gooden Burns son M Sgt Lacy Burns three daughters six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body to be taken to home from Fanning Funeral Home Welch.
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William Albert Burns
Primitive Baptist Church
Rhoderfield
Stellie Parsons
Burns
Manassas
Carrie Gooden Burns
Sgt
Lacy Burns
Fort Knox
C. B. Givens
Oceana
Jim Rose
Joe Salter
Gilbert
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Edmond Wooten Rites Held in Brooklyn
Funeral services for Edmond Wooten 69 of Brooklyn formerly of Beckley and Minden were held Monday at Chester A. Smith Funeral Home Chapel Brooklyn. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery. Wooten died in a Brooklyn hospital January 4 after a short illness. He lived in Beckley and Minden about 35 years before moving to New York two years ago. He was a member and Sunday school superintendent of the Minden Methodist Church. Surviving are Ida Martin Wooten three brothers Marian New Mexico Clyde New York and George Brooklyn two daughters Mrs Beat Rice Childrenn Chicago Illinois and Mrs Ruth Kelly New York and two sisters Mrs Margaret Nolan Beckley and Mrs Frank Hollingshead Odd.
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Charley Jared Hagans
McClure St
Cameron Methodist Church
Cameron
Rymer Davis
Hagans
Alfred Palmer
Beckley Fire Department
Walter
Maggie Dunlevy Hagans
Masonic Lodge of
Knights Templar
The
Shrine
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Palmer
Rose and Quesenberry
Antil
Edmond Wooten
Brooklyn
N. Y
Beckley and
Minden
Chester A. Smith
Evergreen
Wooten
New York
Ida Martin Wooten
Marian
New Mexico
Clyde
George
Beatrice Childrenn
Chicago
Ruth Kelly
Margaret Nolan
Beckley
Frank (Jeston) Hollingshead
Odd
Five Arrested in Hubcap Theft Ring at Mullens
Five boys from Rhodell and Wyco were nabbed Tuesday night in Wyco for stealing hubcaps from a car on Guyandotte Avenue in Mullens. Kenney Waters of Wyco and Larry W. Murphy of Rhodell, both 18, were fined 10 dollars and 50 cents each by Magistrate Ray Webb. The other three youths, aged 15 and 16, are slated to appear in Wyoming County Juvenile Court in Pineville on January 20.
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Mullens
RNS
Governor Barron urges sales tax extension to fund budget
Barron endorsed extending the 3 percent consumer sales tax to help finance a $141.3 million general revenue budget for 1962 63 and urged lifting the State Police force by 70 officers, expanding vocational education for 16 and 17 year olds, and liberalizing investment policies. Democratic leaders broadly praised the address while Republicans criticized it as insufficient on the budget. The governor’s stance drew mixed reactions across the Legislature, with Senate leaders praising candor and Democrats arguing it commits taxes.
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Barron
State Board of Public Works
Senate
House
George H. Seibert
Wheeling
Howard Carson
Fayetteville
William A. Moreland
Morgantown
John E. Carrigan
Sherrard
Marshall County
Byrd backs Beckley man for marshal post
Ward informed Senator Byrd of his intent to relinquish the marshal post. On December 4 1961 Byrd recommended C J McQuade of Beckley with Jennings Randolph concurring and Kennedy endorsing. The letter included reasons and a bio sheet. FBI began a routine qualification probe after the endorsement. Byrd said he had no knowledge of FBI or DOJ findings.
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Byrd
Ward
Sen
Gen
Kennedy
Jennings Randolph
C. J. McQuade
Beckley
Sen. Byrd
McQuade
Attorney
FBI
Department of Justice
Air Force honors SAC bomber crew with Distinguished Flying Cross
After the jet bomber taxied to a halt trailing a yellow brake parachute an Air Force band played Stars And Stripes Forever. Maj. Gen. David Wade commander of the 16th Air Force presented the crew with Distinguished Flying Cross and praised the flight as a real fine.
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SAC
Air Force
John Philip Sousa
David Wade
16Th Air Force
Clyde P. Evely
Petersburg
Stratton Instructor Undergoes Surgery Today
Stratton High School instructor Robert Redd and husband of Lillian Redd, Register area news editor, had surgery today at Bluefield Sanitarium for a slipped disc. He remained in surgery at press time.
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Robert Redd
Stratton
Lillian Redd
Register Area News
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ice Skating and Sled Riding at New River Park Today
Ice skating and sled riding offered at New River Park from 4 to 10 p m today. Recreation director Robert Harding notes the activities are open to the public and suitable for families.
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New River Park
Robert Harding
Elmer G McGuire Funeral Set In Springdale
Funeral services for Elmer Gene McGuire will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Church of Christ in Springdale with Rev. Clifton Inman officiating. Burial follows in Hanshew Cemetery. McGuire, 30, of Hinton, died Tuesday evening at home from a self inflicted knife wound to the heart. He is survived by a brother, Dewey McGuire of Coal City. The body remains at FE. M. Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton until the funeral.
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Elmer Gene McGuire
Church of Christ
Springdale
Clifton Inman
Hanshew
McGuire
Hinton
Dewey McGuire
Coal City
FE. M. Meadows
Funeral Rites Planned for Mullens Man at Eaton Funeral Home
Charlie Smith, 57, Mullens, died at 4 30 a.m. today in Wyoming General Hospital after an extended illness. The body will be taken today from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens to the Eaton Funeral Home, Mocksville, North Carolina.
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Charlie Smith
Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Robertson and Foglesong
Eaton Funeral Home
Mocksville
N. C
Fayette Delegate Not Going To Run Again
Fayette County Democrat Nell W. Walker of Winona announced she will not seek reelection to the House of Delegates after 24 years. She also served as state banking commissioner under Gov. Marland in 1955, totaling 26 years in public office. The Bank of Winona official, the oldest delegate by service, has been involved in public life for decades.
Landslide strikes Huaraz city in Peru 1941 disaster
In the White Range of the Peruvian Andes the Huaraz Valley suffered a devastating landslide on December 13, 1941. A mud and rock flow 150 feet high and half a mile wide buried the residential area, with Peru noted for recurring earthquakes and landslides and earlier disasters in 1940 and 1946.
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Huaraz
Peru
Lima
el Callao
Coldest Night Records Low Temps Across West Virginia
The 18 at Flat Top registered the state's coldest reading last night while Martinsburg posted five degrees above zero as the warmest. Readings may rise to the mid-20s by tomorrow afternoon, with ongoing frigid conditions for several days. Some highways had icy spots but main roads remained clear and chains were not required.
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Martinsburg
Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Elkins
Wheeling
Morgantown
Bluefield
State Road Commission
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