Grand Jurors Consider 63 Cases at Raleigh County Court
A Raleigh County grand jury of 16 men heard 63 cases at the Criminal Court convening. Foreman Woodyard led deliberations with most jurors present. two were replaced by Earl O. Snyder and George E. Harvey. One murder case involved Allen Grant for the Oct. 27 death of Percy Hurt, with Grant jailed on a $5,000 bond. Other charges spanned involuntary manslaughter, armed and unarmed robbery, rape, grand larceny, breaking and entering, attempted breaking, maiming, assault, weapon offenses, hit and run, forgery, bad checks, buying stolen goods, tax paid whisky sales, drunk driving, intoxication, reckless driving, speeding, resisting arrest, littering, parking, and tailing to follow too closely. Petit jurors report Monday, Jan. 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vonda Stover
Thomas Lewis Tyree
James Kendall Miller
Aaron Henry Thomas
Robert K. Burleson
Herbert Banks
Freddy Brown
George Botman
Charles Franklin Moore
Eldridge Parrish
Marvin Dick Breckenridge
Dwight Carter
Frank Richmond
Raymond Stewart
Gladys Shumate
Edgar Gilliam
R B. May
Andrew C. Moten
Fay Hubbard
Robert Evans
Billy M. O'Neal
Fred Barker
Julia Bailey
Frank Dereno Tonelli
Harry D. Bryant
Floyd Guy Wyatt
Kessler Adkins
Victor Burgess
Lonnie Queen
Woodrow Carter
Four Car Crashes Reported in Beckley Area
Beckley police investigated four unrelated crashes Sunday totaling 875 in damages with three injuries. David Lilly 22 of Odd in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after his 1956 car went off an icy highway embankment near Josephine around 11 p.m. Damage about 150. James Ellis 58 of Eccles charged with reckless driving after colliding with a bank. minor injuries treated and released. car damage about 125. Pearl ie R Egnor 56 of Sophia charged with failure to yield resulting from a two car crash on East Main Street. Dona vin III 22 of Baltimore, Md. and wife Sue Ellen 21 treated and released. Valley Drive crash at 6 p.m. left Ted Harmon 61 of Sprague cited for failure to yield after his 1951 car hit a 1962 car driven by Fredrick A. Godin. no injuries. damages about 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Area
David Lilly
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Josephine
James Ellis
Eccles
Ellis
Pearlie R. Egnor
Sophia
East Main Street
Beckley City
Egnor
Matthew W. Donavin III
Baltimore
Donavin
Sue Ellen
Beckley Hospital
Valley Drive
Ted Harmon
Sprague
Harmon
Fredrick A. Godin
Dixon Ave
Storm Moves Through New England With Cold Temperatures
Storm warnings prevail as Weather Bureau notes colder temperatures will reduce danger. Snow falls from northern Rockies and Northern Plains to Great Lakes with light rain and snow flurries in Virginia and North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Plains
Great Lakes
Virginia
North Carolina
Wall Collapse After Fire at St Elizabeths School
A fire at St Elizabeth's School in Philadelphia Saturday night left the building in ruins and six firefighters injured. A wall collapsed moments after a fire official ordered personnel away from the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elizabeth’s School
Philadelphia
Dropouts On Agenda For PTA Discussion
The Lincoln School Parent Teacher Association will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the school. Guest speaker will be James B Deck Sophia who will speak on High School Dropouts. All parents are urged to send by Ralph Lawson pres ent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
James B. Deck
Sophia
Ralph Lawson
Coup in Togo claims Olympio as forces seize capital
Reports from Lome say Antoine Meatchi, opposition leader, named president as army arrests ministers and borders close. Exile broadcast cites Meatchi in Accra as political refugee. authorities deny outside intervention while residents stay indoors amid declared calm. France notes internal coup with no foreign involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lome
Antoine Meatchi
Olympio
Meatchi
Accra
Togo
Lagos
Radio Nigeria
Colonial Infantry
Dahomey
Paris
France
UN Drive On Kolwezi Seen By PETER LYNCH
The United Nations builds for a final assault on Kolwezi in Katanga with an attack possible within a week if Tshombe resists. U.N. officials plan to present a surrender appeal while Tshombe warns of destroying mining and hydroelectric assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
United Nations
Kolwezi
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Tshombe
Union Miniere
Congo
Jadotville
India
Katanga National Bank
Andre van Roeys
Tshombe Tshombe
Northern Rhodesia
Godefroid Munongo
Evariste Kimba
Jean Baptiste Kibwe
Kennedy outlines tax cuts as core program for 1964 agenda
President Kennedy warns world tensions from Berlin to Vietnam persist while urging rapid tax relief and reform. He proposes changes to broaden the base, curb preferences, and shift corporate payments to a current schedule, aiming for a balanced budget and full employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Congress
Defense
Ninth Grade Glen White Student Charged After Fatal Stabbing
Brown, a Glen White ninth grade student, allegedly stabbed Lambert through the heart with a pocketknife after an incident at home. Dr. Ross P. Daniel, Raleigh County coroner, said Lambert died immediately from a single stab wound. Police reported Brown signed a confession at the scene and has a prior auto theft record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Register
Lambert
Ross P. Daniel
Raleigh
Junee
William Brown
Glen White
Glen White School
Deaths and Funerals in Mullens and Sophia
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Kemp 75 of Alpeca died at Mullens hospital from a heart ailment. She is survived by husband J. A. Kemp, a son James of Toledo, Ohio, four daughters and numerous relatives. Funeral services Wednesday at the Bud Methodist Church with burial in Jackson Cemetery. Also final rites for William M. Basham 74 of Sophia at Sofia Freewill Baptist Church. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Basham, a former contractor, died after a long illness in a local hospital. Survived by three sons, four daughters, two steps, and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Burial arrangements and pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Elizabeth Kemp
Alpeca
Mullens Hospital
McDowell County
Bob Stanley
Clendain Holiness Church
J. A. Kemp
James
Toledo
Ohio
Esther Martin
Mullens
Violet Maynard
Marie Black
Sophia
Shade Stanley
Warrensville
N. C
Jonah Stanley
Glade Springs
Methodist
Bud
Eugene Smith
Paul Lusk
Jackson Cemetery
New Richmond
Sam Foglesong
Maynard
Ada Black Carte Dies at 84 in Clifftop
Mrs Ada Black Carte 84 of Clifftop died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. She was a Cliff top Baptist Church member and Eastern Star at Lookout. Survivors include husband Lee four daughters two sons two sisters a brother ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada_ Black Carte
Clifftop
Beckley
Robert
Ray
Nancy Belcher 90 dies. funeral in Sun Hill Methodist Church
Mrs. Nancy Belcher aged 90 of Pineville died at a Welch hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Sun Hill Methodist Church with burial at Long Branch Cemetery. She leaves three sons, one daughter, a brother, 34 grandchildren and 55 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Belcher
Pineville
Sun Hill Methodist Church
Oleg Toler
Long Branch
Simon
Belcher
Welch Hospital
Mercer County
Will Goodman
Church of God
Wyoming County
Alex
Ola
Arnold
Havace
Perlie Trent
Lawn
Accoville
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Final rites for Raleigh miner King Columbus Jones
King Columbus Jones of Raleigh will be conducted at 2 p m Wednesday at St Johns Baptist Church with Rev H F E Davis in charge Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park He died Friday morning in a local hospital after a long illness He was a retired miner and a member of local 6860 UMWA Survivors include one son Owai ian W Jones of Roanoke Va three daughters Mrs Rebecca Lempkin of Martinsville Va Mrs Henrietta Mayo of Raleigh and Mrs Inez Musgrove of Hempill one sister Mrs Annie Dobson of Raleigh and two grand BUENOS AIRES Ramon Gomez de la Serna 74 died Saturday night THE HAGUE Dr Leonardus Gerard Kortenhorst 78 president of Holland s lower house for the past 15 years died Sunday PASSAIC N J Funeral services for Don H Drukker 90 publisher of the Passaic Clifton Herald News will be held here today He died Friday at his winter home in Lake Wales Fla after a lengthy illness WAUSAU Wis Patrick T Stone 73 US district judge for western Wisconsin since 1933 died at his home Sunday of cancer CHICAGO Services were scheduled today for Carlton H Thole 34 executive director of the Chicago Newspaper Guild and mayor of suburban Palos Hills since 1958 He died Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M
Mickey) Basham
Sophia
Sophia Freewill Baptist Church
Wade Webb
Leo Kendrick
G. E. Pauley
Sunset Memorial Park
Herndon
John A
Amanda Basham
Carl
Estel
Ronald
Leon
Crab Orchard
French Williams
Daryl Williams
Anita Lyles
Bunker Hill
Ind
Ilene Barr
Aretta Harvey
MacArthur
Sadie Basham
Sarasota
Fla
Georgie Barr
G. K
Richmond
Issac
Princeton
Hobart
I. M. (Mac
Birdie Shrewsbury
Spanishburg
Rebecca Lusk
Lessie Harmon
Williams Funeral
Paul Hurley
Cleve Young
Jack Stovall
Fred Walker
Curtis Hunt
Vernon Sturgill
Troy Martin
Dale Wickline
King Columbus Jones
Raleigh
St. Johns Baptist Church
H. FE. Davis
Greenwood Memorial Park
6860
UMWA
Stephenson
Owaiian W. Jones
Roanoke
Rebecca Lempkin
Martinsville
Henrietta Mayo
Inez Musgrove
Hempfill
Annie Dobson
Wright
Passaic, N.J
UPI
Don H. Drukker
Passaic- Clifton
Chicago
Carlton H. Thole
Chicago Newspaper Guild
Palos Hills
Funeral for Dr J A Fitzgerald in Austin
Dr J A Fitzgerald of Austin Texas died after a long illness at his home. He was dean of the School of Commerce at the University of Texas and dean emeritus. Survivors include a daughter, two grandchildren, a brother in Bakersfield California, two half sisters in Virginia and Princeton. Funeral services were held at Cook Funeral Home in Austin Park Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Anderson Fitzgerald
Austin
Tex
T. H. Fitzgerald
Beckley
Mary Anderson Lewis
Joseph S. Lewis
Oak Hill
Fitzgerald
School of Commerce
University of Texas
Byron E. Short
Boyce R. Fitzgerald
Bakersfield
Calif
Pollard Staley
Scottsville
Ronald Paulson
Princeton
Cook Funeral Home
Austin Park
Fayetteville
Death of Willie E. Brown in Fayetteville
Willie Edward Brown 58 of Washington Heights Fayetteville died at his home at 6 a m after a short illness. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Edward Brown
Washington Heights
Fayetteville
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Emma Woods Zolar Weeds 57 Dies in I Maben Home
Mrs Emma Woods Zolar Weeds aged 57 died at 6 a m today in the Maben home of her daughter Mrs John Schoolfield. The body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Zolar Weeds
Maben
I'Maben
John Schoolfield
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Death of 20 year old in stabbing incident reported
Carl William Lambert aged 20, Glen White, died on arrival at a local hospital at 6 p.m. Sunday from a stab wound. The body lies at Rose and Quesenberg Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl William Lambert
Glen White
Rose and Quesenberg
Final rites for Mrs Rosa Brown in Garten
Mrs Rosa Brown 76 died Sunday at her daughter Mrs Marcella Tufts home in Garten. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kaymoor Community Church with Rev J Edwin Stainfield. Burial at Huse Memorial. Survived by four sons Ishmael Irland both of St Albans Dewey of Charleston Jay in Korea a daughter Ethel Ramey South Charleston a sister Lizzie Pack Louisa Ky 21 grandchildren six great grandchildren. Funeral director Dodd Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Brown
Garten
St. Albans
Kaymoor
J. Edwin Stainfield
Burila
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Brown
Marcella Tufts
Ishmael
Irland
Dewey
Charleston
Jay
Korea
Ethel Ramey
South Charleston
Lizzie Pack
Louisa
Dodd-Payne Funeral
Ohio Pair Jailed Here on Auto Larceny Charges
William Paul Holmes 18 of Fulton Ohio and a 46 year old Massillon Ohio juvenile were booked at Raleigh County Jail for auto larceny by City Police. Roy Franklin Biggs Beckley was jailed for no operators license. Lewis Brewer Sophia jailed for fighting in public and destruction of property. Danny Mills Covington Kentucky jailed for auto larceny. Cecil James Rowe Ft. Knox Kentucky and Hugh A. Thomas Ft. Gordon Georgia jailed for absent without official leave. Cornelius Jones Beckley released after five days and a $10 fine. Frank C. Crook Beckley released after reckless driving arrest. A Beckley universe released to his father after breaking and entering arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Paul Holmes
Fulton
Ohio
Massillon
Raleigh County
Roy Franklin Biggs
Beckley
Lewis Brewer
Sophia
Danny Mills
Covington
Cecil James Rowe
Ft. Knox
Hugh A. Thomas
Ft. Gordon
United States Army
Cornelius Jones
Jones
Joe Rodriguez
Rose Neal
Frank C. Crook
Beckley Universe
Freedom Lift Returns 89 Cuban Refugees to Miami
Eighty-nine evacuees, including 65 Cuban-Americans and 23 Cuban refugees, plus one Mexican, flown from Havana to Miami on a Pan American plane. The group, many once supporters of Fidel Castro, expressed joy at returning to the United States while some voiced regret over previously backing the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
UPI
U.S
Havana
Cuba
Pan American Airways
Fidel Castro
Adalina Sanchez
Giraldo Fernandez
Fernandez
Legislature debates committee substitute and tax bills
The House floor will see a committee substitute largely drafted in committee. The Senate has no apportionment bill on its calendar and the Redistricting Committee has not scheduled a meeting. No chamber has bills ready for action, but a Senate vote is planned on a resolution to ratify a constitutional amendment barring poll taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
U. S
John FE. Carrigan
R-Marshall
Carrigan
House Finance Committee
del. D. P. Given
D-Webster
Paul Kaufman
D-Kanawha
Interfaith Meeting on Prejudice Begins
About 800 Protestant Catholic and Jewish leaders gather at Edgewater Beach Hotel for a four day National Conference on Religion and Race. Goals include examining church responsibility for a segregation free society and pressing religious groups to act against discrimination. The event is backed by the National Council of Churches the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Synagogue Council of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
America
Edgewater Beach
Conscience of America
U.S
National Council of Churches
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Synagogue Council of America
Soldier Rescued After 3 Day Ordeal At Sea
Spec 5 Gregory S. Morrison a 21 year old armor specialist from Oakland Calif survived three days adrift in a 14 foot open boat in gale winds and towering seas. Spotted by a Canadian warship near Santa Catalina to San Clemente islands Morrison was rescued by the Royal Canadian Navy Beacon Hill and later transferred to a US Coast Guard cutter. He improvised an anchor using a live bait tank and a bucket kept awake to point the bow into the wind and rode out the storm with no food or water Reports say his engine failed when a shark and driftwood damaged the boat and forced him to rely on sea conditions for survival. Morrison described keeping watch to avoid being swamped and noted the soup aboard aided his endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Beach
Calif
UPI
Gregory S. Morrison
Oakland
Coast Guard
Morrison
Beacon Hill
Santa Catalina
San Clemente Islands
Youth Waives on B E Count in Raleigh County
Charles Clifford Underwood 17 waived to the grand jury and remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a 2000 bond on a breaking and entering charge. He was arrested by City Police for forcefully breaking into the Southern West Virginia Automobile Association on South Kanawha Street Jan 7 and taking about 100 dollars from a petty cash box. Carl Lester Eccles waived to the grand jury and posted 500 bond on a non support charge. Ronald D Eldon Beckley paid 5 dollars and costs on speeding. Rondell Willis Crab Orchard paid 5 dollars on a hazardous driving charge. Aaron C Baldwin Mount Hope paid 5 dollars on an expired inspection sticker. Edward F Carmen Jr Crab Orchard paid 5 dollars on a hazardous driving charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clifford Underwood
Raleigh County
Joe Rodriguez
Southern West Virginia Automobile Association
South Kanawha Streeet
Carl Lester
Eccles
W. A. Burke
Ronald D. Eldon
Beckley
Burke
Rondell Willis
Crab Orchard
Aaron C. Baldwin
Mount Hope
Edward F. Carmen Jr
Crab
WV Legislature Debuts 29 Bills Including Education Pack
West Virginia lawmakers introduced a bundle of 29 measures led by an eight bill package to advance Gov. Barron education proposals. Highlights include sterilization bills, raising the teen driving age with junior licenses, and shifting Kanawha County JPs to a salary system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Kanawha County
House
Julius W. Singleton
Morgantown
W. R. Wilson
Fairmont
Senate
Howard W. Carson
Fayetteville
C. H. McKown
Wayne
Kanawha
Jps
Judge Signs Four Orders In County Court
A default judgment was entered in favor of Carolina Maid Products Co. Inc. for 443.88 against Campbell B. Slemp. Divorces were granted Mildred Boyden from Lester Boyden with custody of four children and Goldie Ruth Smith from Ernest William Smith with custody of three children. The case Lottie Mann vs Clea Andrews was settled as compromised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rasleigh County
Norman Knapp
Carolina Maid Products Co. Inc
Campbell B. Slemp
Scott Ave
Beckley
Mildred Boyden
Lester Boyden
Goldie Ruth Smith
Ernest William Smith
Lottie Mann
Clea Andrews
Russian Made Surgical Device Promises Faster Operations
Dr. Charles L. Sacks of Hahnemann Medical College returned from a three month Soviet study trip with eight surgical instruments. He used a hairlike stapling device in Moscow to seal blood vessels, trimming operation times from hours to under two hours for esophagus tumors and from 20 30 minutes to 2 3 minutes for stomach surgeries. The devices reduce complications and were provided under a Soviet Health Ministry invitation and a U S Public Health Service grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
Charles L. Sacks
Hahnermann Medical College
Soviet Union
Russia
Sacks
Scientific Research Institute
Moscow
Ministry of Health
U. S. Public Health Service
Allen Interviews Centennial Queens on KDKA TV
A taped Steve Allen Playhouse telecast features Mrs. W. W. Barron and five Centennial Queen finalists discussing West Virginia’s 100th birthday and state events. The program airs at 11 15 p m with the West Virginia segment around 11 40 p m. The film was shot during the Tournament of Roses Parade weekend in Pasadena California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Kdka-Tv
Barron
Allen
Slight Improvement Noted In Bus Victim
George Thomas Tommy Bunch a 15 year old Trap Hill High School freshman was struck by a school bus Thursday morning at Fairdale and has shown slight improvement according to a Beckley Hospital spokesman He is unconscious after the head injury and is the son of Mr and Mrs Claude Bunch of Maple Meadow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thomas
Tommy) Bunch
Trap Hill High School
Fairdale
Beckley Hospital
Claude Bunch
Maple Meadow
Crabtree Returns To Washington In West Virginia Talks
Gov. Barron’s liaison Paul Crabtree heads back to Washington today after months coordinating West Virginia Accelerated Public Works Program applications. He resumes liaison duties between the statehouse and the U.S. delegation as about 40 million dollars of projects await approval. Ruth Maley will oversee local public works in Crabtree’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Paul Crabtree
Washington
Crabtree
Statehouse
West Virginia
Ruth Maley
Firemen Respond to Two Alarms in Beckley
Beckley Fire Department answered two alarms Sunday. At 5:45 p.m. firefighters visited a vacant house at 240 S Heber St being razed by Troitino Brothers and found no damage from a fire believed started by children in the basement. At 10:50 a.m. a call to 424 Beaver Ave was a false alarm with unknown caller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
S. Heber St
Troitino Brothers
Beaver Ave
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
H. C. Avis
Ray Green
Robert Thompson
E. D. Armstrong
Earl O. Snyder
George E. Harvey
Leo Townsend
Sam Hoye
A. R. Braun
G. H. Moss
John T. Bostick
S. W. Woodyard
Carl K
PTA
Peter Lynch
West Berlin
South Viet Nam
South China Seas
White House
Ichmon Cleaners
Margaret Kemp
W. M
Mrs
Ada Carte
King. Jones
Buenos Aires
Ramon Gomez de la Serna
the Hague
Leonardus Gerard Kortenhorst
Holland
Wausau, Wis
Patrick T. Stone
Wisconsin
J. A. Fitzgerald
Willie E. Brown
Emma Woods
Mrs. Rosa Brown
Louis Cassels
Centennial Queens
Mr. Crabtree
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