Withrow And Harmon Head Committees
Speaker JuliusSingleton announced House of Delegates committee chairs. Notable leaders include Agriculture William B. Shoanaker, Banking Nell Walker, Claims Edward D. Knight Jr., Elections Hugh Kincaid, Finance Ivor Boiarsky, Forestry William McCoy, Health Elizabeth Drewery, Labor Rene Zabeau, Military Wade Garrett, Mining Cecil Mitchell, Penal Institutions Herb Schupbach, Railroads Clarence Christian, Redistricting D R Frazer, Roads Herb Morford, Rules Julius Singleton, Temperance Roy Lee Harmon, Veterans Affairs Y J Rife, Enrolled Bills Jackie Withrow.
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Charleston
UPI
House of Delegates
Julius Singleton
William B. Shoanaker
Hampshire
Nell Walker
D-Fayette
Edward D. Knight Jr
D-Kanawha
Callie Tsapis
D-Han
Ivor Boiarsky
William McCoy
D-Pendleton
Joseph R. Gilmore
D-Tucker
Elizabeth Drewery
D-Mcdowell
Humane
Clarence E. Creek
D-Pleasants
Pat Board
Laban White
D-Harrison
Rene Zabeau
Wade Garrett
Cecil Mitchell
Dmingo
Herb Schupbach
D-Wetzel
Clarence Christian
D-Mercer
D. R. Frazer
D-Nicholas
Herb Morford
D-Calhoun
D-Monongalia
Roy Lee Harmon
D-Raleigh
Y. J. Rife
D-Wayne
Jackie Withrow
Raleigh
Unemployment Rises To 4.4 Million In December
The Labor Department reports December unemployment climbed to over 4.4 million, a postwar high. November saw 4,031,000 jobless, and the number of employed workers fell by about one million in December.
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Labor Department
Extension Granted in Dunn Manslaughter Appeal
Paul Campbell Dunn of Lester receives until March 1 to file exceptions in his appeal from a manslaughter conviction. Dunn shot Mrs. Clara Winston in her Lester home. appeal trial was set for Tuesday Jan 31. Judge Harry L. McCreery signed the extension order after motion by counsel Joseph Luchni.
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Paul Campbell Dunn
Lester
Raleigh County
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Sears Plan
Sears Monument Co announces a written guarantee with every monument and offers a convenient payment plan. Located on Harper Road contact CL 3.6480 for details and pricing.
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Sears
Sears Monument CO
Harper Road
Jets Seen Over Raleigh County Said To Follow Air Force Routes
Port Manager Herbert Alley of Raleigh County Memorial Airport says jet planes have been flying over day and night on Air Force maneuver routes since July 31. He notes vapor trails appear only in clear weather and that jets often fly at 14 000 to 15 000 feet with Lexington as a common bomber target.
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Herbert Alley
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
AIR Force
Alti
Green Valley
Charles‘ton
Gordonville
Grantsville
Morgantown
Gallipolis
Louisville
Beckley
Charleston
Rainelle
Alloy
Lexington
New York
Raleigh Delegates Set Committee Roles For 55th Legislature
Labor split tees and C Berkley Lilly placed on the Judiciary Committee. Withrow chairs enrolled bills elections health humane institutions mining roads. Porter finances counties districts municipalities military affairs mining roads veterans. Harmon chairs temperance forestry conservation health labor and industry mining veterans affairs. A one day or day and a half session is likely next week due to Inauguration Day and Kennedy's ceremony. Despite short week, many important bills are expected to be introduced as the 55th Legislature works toward an March adjournment.
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Tee
C. Berkley Lilly
Raleigh
Withrow
Lilly
Porter
Harmon
Temperance
Capitol Dome
Washington
Kennedy
Itmann Woman Hurt In Wreck
Mrs. Ruby England a 40 year old Itmann resident was admitted to Wyoming General Hospital with injuries from a car accident at Corinne around 7 p.m. She was moved to Charleston Memorial Hospital in fair condition with injuries to her liver pelvis and ribs. A hospital attendant described the car going over a hill into a river and said Herbert Kirk of Corinne pulled Mrs. England from the wrecked vehicle.
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Itmann
Ruby England
Wyoming General Hospital
Corinne
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Herbert Kirk
Driver Pleads Guilty To Counts in Beckley Court
An East Beckley man Lee Richie aged 43 pleaded guilty in Beckley Police Court to being drunk and leaving the scene of an accident. He was fined 43 dollars. Stella Swaggerty 61 forfeited 200 dollar bond for possession and sale of tax paid whisky. Charles W Leibfield 19 forfeited a five dollar bond for going the wrong way on a one way street. Two others forfeited bonds totaling 34.50 on charges of being drunk.
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East Beckley
Beckley
Lee Richie
Deegans
Stella Swaggerty
E.main St
Charles W. Leibfield
Temple St
Faculty Urges Reinstatement Of 2 Negroes
ATHENS GA UPI faculty civic and religious groups urged that two Negro students Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes be allowed to return to class at the University of Georgia until federal and state investigations into the riot that led to their suspension are completed. About 400 of 600 faculty met, signing a resolution demanding their reinstatement and safety measures for students and faculty amid tensions.
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Athens, Ga
UPI
University of Georgia
Macon
Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes
Atlanta
Miss Hunter
William A. Bootle
Bootle
Khrushchev blames Podgorny for crop failures
Khrushchev leveled accusations of bad management at Ukrainian First Secretary Nikolai Podgorny over crop failures. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter denied bail for Bernard Goldfine as he fights tax evasion charges, pending a January 25 hearing. Rick Nelson and Jack Lemmon named best dressed at Hollywood awards. State brief items note delays in the Hazen H. Fair trial, Underwood joining Island Creek Coal, a flood dam meeting, and a Preston County mine explosion probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Ukrainian First Communist Party
Nikolai Podgorny
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Bernard Goldfine
U. S
Men's Apparel Club
Hollywood
Hazen H. Fair
Island Creek Coal Co
Cecil H. Underwood
Roane County
Kanawha
Preston
Wirt County
State Mines Department
Preston County
Ski Resort Delays Opening Awaiting Cold Snap
Bald Knob Slopes will not offer skiing until temperatures permit snowmaking. Manager Tom Minter said snow production will start once a weather break appears and forecasts show several cold days ahead.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Rebecca Comer 98
Mrs Rebecca Ann Comer 98 died at 12 10 am at the Midway home of a Sam E Comer after a brief illness. She was born June 10 1862 in Davis Creek. Survived by daughters Mrs Otella Bruce Nelsonville Ohio and Mrs Mintie Pickens Deep Water, son W A Deep Water, 23 grandchildren 54 great grandchildren 18 great great grandchildren. Body at B C Hooper Funeral Home Montgomery.
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Rebecca Ann Comer
Midway
Sam E. Comer
Davis Creek
Otella Bruce
Nelsonville
Ohio
Mintie ‘Pickens
Deep Water
W. A
B. C. Hooper Funeral Home
Montgomery
Final rites for three Raleigh County residents announced
Mrs. J L Meador 88 of 1302 S Kanawha St will have funeral services at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel at 11 am Saturday with Rev E W Powers officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She died Thursday morning after a long illness. Pallbearers named. Also final rites for Lucille Dickerson 52 of Garten at Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten at 2 pm Saturday with Rev Shirley Scaggs in charge. Burial in Pierce Cemetery Fayetteville. Survivors listed. Funeral arrangements at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville. Incurable lymphoma claimed Beckley dentist Dr Malcolm Walter Shumate 123 Austin Ave died Thursday morning at University Hospital Charlottesville Va. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday First Christian Church Beckley with Rev A H Wilson. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Body to church from Caffee Funeral Home one hour prior. Pallbearers named. Survivors listed.
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J. L. Meador
S. Kanawha St
Caffee Funeral Home
E. W. Powers
Sunset Memorial Park
Meador
Cal‘fee Funeral Home
F. A. Barker
Joe G. Lilly Jr
James W. Hutchinson
Don D. Lilly
L. W. Thorne l
David Mullins
Lucille ‘Dickerson
Garten
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Shirley Scaggs
Pierce Cemetery
Fay‘etteville
Dickerson
Henry
Peyton F. Franklin
Charles F. Franklin
Lynchburg
Ruth Harris
Lilly Gilbert
Suffolk
Mary Scott
Walker’s Ford
Joe Parrish
Sanger
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Beckley
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Malcolm Walter Shumate
Austin Ave
Raleigh County
Harvey Milton
Victoria Watts Shumate
Stover
First Christian Church
New River Dental Society
Black Knight Country Club
Kiwanis Club
Moose Lodge
Winnie M. Shumate
Vicki
R. W. Chambers
Fred H. Stafford
Co Fla
Final Rites for W H Level 82 Oak Hill Resident
W H Level known as Squire Level dies at Oak Hospital after brief illness. Born Organ Cave in 1879 he ran Levels Meat Market in Oak Hill and served as elder of First Presbyterian Church and charter Oak Hill Rotary member. Survived by wife Mayme Boone Level and sister Clara Boone Organ Cave. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church Oak Hill with Thomas Funeral Home handling. Elders to pallbear.
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W. H. Level
Oak Hill
First Presbyterian Church
R. P. Robertson
Salem Cemetery
Organ Cave
Level
Oak Hospital
Robert
Jo Anna Hogshead Level
Presbyterian Church
Final rites set for Cecil Smith 50 of Garten
Cecil Smith aged 50 of Garten will have final rites at Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten at 3:30 p.m. Saturday with Rev J P Mathews in charge. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Wolf Creek. He died at home Monday after a brief illness. Survived by Catherine Smith two sons Earl in the Army and Ken ny of Baltimore Md two daughters Flora Foster and Elain both of Rochester N Y his parents Mr and Mrs William Smith of Garten a brother Dallas of Garten and four sisters Gladys Tinsley Rocky Mountain Va Syrena James Garten Ida Hoover Beckley and Mary Calloway Garten Funeral by Ritchie and Johnson. Miss Melanie Cook 19 of Carthage N C died in a Carthage hospital at 10 p.m. Thursday after a two car crash near her home. The Cook family moved to North Carolina about nine years ago. Funeral services will be held at Summer Hill Baptist Church in Carthage. No time or date announced.
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Cecil Smith
Garten
Mount Zion Baptist Church
J. P. Mathews
Wolf Creek
Smith
Catherine Smith
Earl
Kenny Smith
Baltimore
Flora Foster
Elain Smith
Rochester
N. Y
William Smith
Dallas Smith
Gladys Tinsley
Rocky Mountain
Syrena James
Ida Hoover
Beckley
Mary Calloway
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Melanie Cook
Arnold Cook
Carthage
N.C
Sophia
Cook
North Carolina
Summer Hill Baptist Church
Funeral rites set for Clifford Underwood 57
Clifford Underwood of MacArthur dies from self inflicted gunshot wounds at 4 30 a m Friday two funeral services are planned with Rev Otis Clyburn and Rev Thomas W Waldron officiating at the Assembly of God Church Valley Drive Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the church one hour before services Final arrangements listed for Albert Sanford Stone 69 Mount Hope who dies in a Beckley hospital at 1 20 p m Thursday and is buried in Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He was a World War I veteran and member of the American Legion Survivors include his wife Elizabeth two sisters two sons and six grandchildren Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope to convey remains to church one hour before service.
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Clifford
Underwood
MacArthur
Assembly of God
Valley Drive
Otis Clyburn
Thomas W. Waldron
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry
Albert Sanford
Stone
Mount Hope
Ana
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Ray Hansen
Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Beckley Hospital
New River Co
American Legion
Fayetteville
Elizabeth
Dora Long
Mattie Snow
Greensboro
N. C
Sanford
Madison, Tenn
James B. Stone
Saint Albans
Tyree
Multiple Funeral Rites Planned in Beckley Area
Funeral services are scheduled for several local residents. Mrs. Maude Stith, 69, Cunard, will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after services at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Mrs. Cleora Olive Yancey, 76, Madam's Creek, dies of a heart attack with service at Martha's Chapel Church. Mrs. Doris Mae Young, 32, Cleveland, Ohio, funeral at New Hope Baptist Church, burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Mrs. May Maggie Foster, 78, Beckley, services at Central Baptist Church with local Masonic and Queen Esther Court participants. Trent Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Doris Mae Young
Cleveland
Ohio
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry Bubois
Greenwood Memorial Park
Funeral announced for John Tucker of Harlem Heights
John Tucker 65 of Harlem Heights died at home after a long illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Harlem Heights with Rev. Walter Harris officiating. Survived by wife Mamie Tucker, stepson Willie Megee of Harlem Heights, and three others. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tucker
Harlem Heights
First Baptist Church
Walter Harris
Mamie Tucker
Willie Megee
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Miners Strike at Stanaford Ends Soon
About 100 workers from The New River Co. mine at Stanaford walked off the job Tuesday over the discharge of a coworker. District 29 leader George Titler of the United Mine Workers said the strike, supported by pickets at Lochgelly, Garden Grounds and Oakwood in Fayette County, should be settled before Monday.
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New River Co
Stanaford
George Titler
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
Titler
Lochgelly
Garden Grounds
Oakwood
Fayette County
Mabscott Men Waive Hearings In Robbery Case
Two Mabscott men Algie Robertson and James S Sheppard waived preliminary hearings before Magistrate Joeez and will face the Raleigh County Grand Jury. They were remanded to county jail on 5000 bonds each for allegedly entering James Gregory’s home at 212 Earle St to steal a wallet containing 600 to 700 dollars, about 300 recovered. A Crab Orchard boy, 13, was jailed for contempt of court at 3 20 p m Thursday.
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Mabscott
Joeez
Raleigh County
Algie Robertson
James S. Sheppard
County
James Gregory
Earle St
Gregory
Public Aid Program Spends $31 026 on Aged Care
Charleston UPI The State Department of Public Assistance reports 31 026 dollars spent on 614 cases under the new medical aid program for the aged. The tally covers 244 medical aid, 183 drug, and 119 hospital cases last month with 29 686 dollars for 557 cases in the prior month and 1 340 dollars for 57 in November. There were no October applicants when the program was approved in a special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Department of Public Assistance
DPA
Merger Talks Rise as C&O and B&O Plan Tie Up
The C&O and B&O announce a coordinated merger aim with up to 5000 coal cars and 100 diesel locomotives shared, creating the nation’s second largest rail carrier after the Pennsylvania. The plan keeps a major Baltimore office and preserves B&O pension coverage, while faces Justice Department scrutiny and ICC approval.
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C&o
B&o
Baltimore
Justice Department
New York Central
the Central
Stock Exchange
The
Central
Bill to create agency for state records preservation
A bill proposes a state agency to manage and preserve essential government records and urges local and county governments to protect records in case of enemy attack. Singleton also sponsors two education bills to change county board elections and redefine county school superintendent qualifications by state action.
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Singleton
County Board of Education
State Board of Education
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Melvin Wood
Charles Faull
Eddie Laymen
Amerigo Cappellari
Malcolm Shumate
W. H. ‘Squire
Miss Melanie Cook
Clifford Underwood
Albert
Mrs. Maude Stith
Maude Stith
Cunard
Pleasant Valley
Baptist Church
Minden
R. F
Frank Robinson
Wilmington
Delacy Stith
Russel Stith
Columbus
Sarah Blackston
Clayton
Del
Ruth Blands
Ritchie and Johnson
Mr. Cleora Yancey
Cleora Olive Yancey
Madam’s Creek
Martha’s Chapel Church
W. M. Wills
C. C. Chapman
West
Hinton
Peter
Martha Cochran Bennett
Steve
Ray Workman
Scarbro
Cecil
Simon Bennett
Roxie West
Minnie Yancey
Doris Young
Mary Foster
May Maggie Foster
Hunter St
Central Baptist Church
S. A. Abram
W. M. Freeman
Beckley Lodge
York
Pocket Savings
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Jack Frost
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