Pedestrian Mall Idea Highlighted At Engineers Meet
T W Patterson of Virginia Tech spoke at a Beckley Hotel dinner meeting of the Appalachian Chapter WV Society of Professional Engineers. He described pedestrian malls as islands of shopping where pedestrians have full right of way and cited Northland Detroit Kalamazoo and Toledo experiments as examples.
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Appalachian Chapter
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
T. W. Patterson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Beckley Hotel
H. Louis Kirkpatrick
Mount Hope
Mason Wood
C. T. Shackleford
Beckley
Cecil H. Graham
Patterson
VPI
Northland
Detroit
Mich
Case Disposed Of In Fayette County
Fayetteville RNS Cases docketed Monday and Tuesday in Fayette County Circuit Court were disposed of without trial with juries excused until Friday. Four guilty pleas were accepted. a sodomy charge against Frederick Hannigan was postponed to Jan 18 due to a missing state witness. Wilmer Franco sued for contributing to delinquency of a minor failed to appear. pleas: C. E. Williams overweight truck fined 100 dollars plus costs. William Lee Holley grand larceny. Albert Difford Hayes breaking and entering. Ronald Beattie false pretense restitution to Bank of Mount Hope and eight months in jail with state departure.
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J. Zane Id
Frederick Hannigan
Witaesseb Page
Wilmer Franco
C. E. Williams
Willian Lee Holley
Albert Difford Hayes
Ronald Beattie
Bank of Mount Hope
Fire damages Fafoney home in Glover
The Wyoming County Fire Department battled a blaze at Mr and Mrs James Fafoney s home in Glover around 850 pm Monday. The fire started in the flue and caused about 300 dollars in damage to the flue area, with none of the household furnishings harmed. The house had recently been purchased and was undergoing remodeling.
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Marianna
RNS
Wyoming County Fire Department
James Fatonay
Glover
Jack Lambert
Paul Tilley
Fatoney’s
Dristan Decongestant Tablets Promised Fast Sinus Relief
A New York special reports a tablet claiming to drain sinus cavities quickly without discomfort. The drug works through the bloodstream to shrink swollen sinus doors, relieve pressure and congestion, and is sold for 98 cents a bottle of 24 without prescription with a money back guarantee.
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New York
N. Y
Beeking motorist found guilty of failure to yield right of way
A Beaver motorist Garnet Ratliff Jr. was found guilty of failure to yield the right of way in Beckley Police Court after pleading not guilty to reckless driving. Judge Edward P. Stansbury imposed a $15 fine plus costs. The driver had been involved in an intersection collision on City Avenue and Raleigh Avenue. A witness said Ratliff traveled fast and skid marks measured about 81 feet. Ratliff testified he was going about 35 mph and claimed the other driver did not stop. Other court actions included forfeitures for lottery slips moonshine drunk driving and lack of license racing penalties totaling $52 by nine people.
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Beaver
Beckley
Edward P. Stansbury
Stansbury
Garnet Ratliff Jr
Ratliff
City Avenue
Raleigh Avenue
R F. Calloway
Ross C. Cottle
Elgin Hall
Calloway
Harold Eagle
Hinton
Fletcher Rogers
James Burton
East Beckley
Leslie Puskas
Piney View
William Jackson Brogan
School Taxes Up To Half Potential
CHARLESTON AP report notes Virginia's 55 counties now collect about half of the non-utility tax potential for schools per a Tax Department appraisal. The statewide anticipated income of 16,964,488 on 1959 assessments equals 50.53 percent of a 33,569,910 potential. The survey excludes bonds and special levies.
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Charleston
Virginia
Tax Department
Officials Await Autopsy Report On Kin caid Death
Fayette County Prosecutor J Zane Summerfield said he will impanel a coroner s jury after autopsy results on Frank Kin caid 56 Kaymoor are received. Dr M G Hiesan estimated death about eight hours prior. Autopsy by Dr W A Laqueur will determine cause. Kin caid s survivors include nephew Edward Kaymoor and niece Mrs Pearl Harmon Beckley. Body at Dodd Payne Mortuary Fayetteville. Arrangements pending arrival of out of state relatives.
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Kaymoor
ANS
Fayette County
J. Zane Summerfield
Frank Kincaid
Virgil Lyons
Harry Kincaid
William R. Smith
M. G. Hiesan
Fayetteville
Kincaid
W. A. Laqueur
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Laqueur
W ¥. Kincaid
Edward
Pearl Harmon
Beckley
Dodd-Payne Mortuary
Driver Cited For Violation In Beckley Court Date
Harold Lloyd Boggess aged 33 of East Beckley faces Beckley Police Court Thursday night on a charge of driving a vehicle with improper registration. He was arrested at 2 15 a m today by City Police. Also booked at Raleigh County Jail at 2 10 a m today on a lunacy warrant was East Gulf man Denny Davis Artie, who had been released for medical treatment and will continue to serve time for breaking and entering. Sheriff's deputies report two more arrests Rob ert Meadows Odd jailed at 1 40 a m today for drunkenness and trespassing and Dean Miller Resaco jailed at 10 47 p m Monday on a bastardy warrant. Eugene Francis Harmon Crab Orchard jailed by State Police at 10 p m Monday for driving without a state license. An East Beckley man arrested Saturday on brandishing a knife and drunkenness appeared before Magistrate W A Burke Monday afternoon. Jeremiah Saunders paid a 19 dollar fine on the drunkenness charge and the weapon warrant was withdrawn.
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Harold Lloyd Boggess
East Beckley
Beckley
East Gulf
Raleigh
Denny Davis
Artie
Sheriff's Deputies
Robert Meadows
Odd
Dean Miller
Resaco
Eugene Francis Harmon
Crab Orchard
W. A. Burke
Jeremiah Saunders
Beckley Man Dies in Detroit. Kin Recalled for Services
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday for William Thabit who died Sunday in Detroit Michigan. He was a brother of Mrs James Koury and a nephew of Mrs Nick Rahall, both of Beckley. Other survivors include his wife two sons and two sisters all of Detroit. Thabit had visited Beckley several times.
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William Thabit
Detroit
Mich
James Koury
Nick Rahall
Beckley
Thabit
Piotrowski Files for Fayetteville Justice of the Peace
Piotrowski has filed for the position of justice of the peace in Fayetteville District, aiming to serve in the local judiciary and address district legal matters.
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Piotrowski
Justice of the Peace
Fayetteville
Johnson Stands Firm Against Policy Demands
Senate debate over party policy and loyalty pits Senator Johnson against reformers. Gore blasts veto threats while Smathers urges private talks. Mansfield defends openness as policy disagreements surface in closed conferences.
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Johnson
White House
George A. Smather
Florida
Democratic
Gas Rate Hike Petition Under PSC Scrutiny
United Fuel Gas Co seeks 4.2 million dollar annual hike for 119000 West Virginia customers. PSC hearing features cross examination by C H Workman and D A Puckett. Columbia Gas System affiliates also seek increases for Manufac tures Light & Heat and Amere Gas Utilities. Frank Crissman of Columbia testifies on money cost and earnings. Charleston Wheeling Beckley protesters participate.
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Charleston
United Fuel Gas Co
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
PFG
C. H. Workman
D. A. Puckett
UFG
Columbia Gas System
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co
Panhandle
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Raleigh
Mercer
Greenbrier
Wyoming
PSC
Frank Crissman
New York City
Columbia System
Columbia
Wheeling
Beckley
Truman Sayre
Cancellation of Sandburg talk at UNC shocks crowd
The World of Carl Sandburg program at the University of North Carolina was canceled after Cameron Mitchell’s illness. Sandburg, learning of the change from Fall Rock, N C, offered to perform free. He will still read poems, tell yarns, sing, and strum his guitar. Separately, Sen Hubert Humphrey warned that farm policy blame rests with the policy makers, not the hired man, during a Logan Utah speech.
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Carl Sandburg
Bette Davis
Cameron Mitchell
University of North Carolina
Mitchell
Sandburg
Fall Rock
N. C
Sen
Hubert H. Humphreys
D-Minn
Logan
Utah
Humphrey
Ezra Taft Benson
Beckley City Council Opens 1960 Session Tonight
The Beckley City Council holds its first meeting of 1960 at 7 30 tonight in the council chamber. Members will discuss initial agenda items as the new year begins.
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Beckley
Cuba Rejects U S Protest Over Property Seizures
Cuba rejected a U S protest to its courts over expropriation of American property in Cuba. Washington said the note affirmed compensation rules but criticized the method. The State Department did not comment further. Estimated Ameri can holdings reach five to six million dollars, with total U S investments about a billion. The note notes sugar policy link and cites upcoming broad expropriations after harvest.
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State Department
U. S
Cuba
Tro
Washington
Lake Property Matters Aired at County Court Session
The Stevens Branch Lake proposal dominated discussions with Woodrow Naff seeking permission to keep three or four acres above the lake site to build a home. Paul Halstead asked to cut timber or be paid for its water line but was told to leave timber above the line and maintain cleanliness to ease completion. The Park Board and Court planned to continue the issue in the afternoon session.
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Woodrow Naff
Snuffer
Park Board
Paul Halstead
Court
Indictments Plentiful in Raleigh County Grand Jury
The Raleigh County Grand Jury for the January term returned 65 indictments across 26 charges among 23 breaking and entering cases. Four no bills were issued, with names omitted in two cases and listed for others. Numerous individuals face charges from murder and drunken driving to larceny, forgery, and assault, including multiple co defendants and named associates.
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Raleigh County
David Wade Atwood
Robert Lee Ward
Cleveland Worley
Bobby Franklin Richmond
Ashrey Green Hye
Webb Baron Foster
William Roscoe Sayles
Henry Johnson Jr
Benny, Bunch
Roy Johnson
Roy Edward
Robert Elmer White
Densil Cleveland Fitzgarald
William Alexander Spence
Silas Gene Anderson
Alfred Lee Collins
Philip David Stoots
Layton Isaac Goode
William Kenna Blackshire
James P. Powell
Donald Delague
William Evan Diehl
Millard Allen Thurmond
James Bonham
Robert Lee Daniels
Freddie
Duke” Gunther
John Junior Peoples
David Davis
John Robert Garland
Leonard L. Townes
Lillian Coal Company, Inc
Hubert Berkley Akers
Odie Meador
Robert C
Arnett Landfill Contract Awarded to Carson Kelly and Glen White
Carson Kelly and Glen White were awarded the Arnett sanitary landfill contract by the County Court today. The 30 by 100 foot tract, leased from Thomas Farris, will be used for trash disposal in compliance with Raleigh County Board of Health regulations.
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Carson Kelly
Glen White
Arnett
Thomas Farris
Raleigh County Board of Health
Perine Files for State Agriculture Post in May Primary
Charles ton AP report says Huttonsville prison warden ard Perine of Mill Creek Randolph County will seek the Republican nomination for state agriculture commissioner in the May primary. At present Democrat John T. Johnson is the only candidate to file.
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Charleston
Howard Perine
Mill Creek
Randolph County
Perine
Huttonsville
John T. Johnson
GOP MEET SET OCEANA
The Wyoming County Young Republican group will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday in the county courthouse Pineville to elect new officers. Lloyd Blackburn urges all former members and those who would like to join to attend.
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GOP
SET Oceana
RNS
Wyoming County
Young Republican
Pineville
Lloyd Blackburn
Commitment to Hospital in Huntington Incident
An Itmann woman was transported to Huntington State Hospital for treatment Tuesday by Sheriff Deputies Bud Daniels Jesse and Strat Houck Mullens. The report notes the transfer followed an incident at Pineville with law enforcement involvement and the patient’s condition pending further assessment.
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Hospital
Pineville
RNS
Itmann
Huntington State Hospital
Bud Daniels
Jesse
Strat Houck
Mullens
Wom
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