Churches Challenge: Help Negroes Locate In All White Areas
Chicago reports delegates from 70 Protestant Jewish and Catholic groups urged churches to aid Negro families in buying homes in all white neighborhoods. They pressed religious bodies to use purchasing power to fight job discrimination in contracts and to support voter registration drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
U. S
America
Franklin H. Littell
Chicago Theological Seminary
Will D. Campbell
Department of Racial and Cultural Relations
National Council of Churches
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Campbell
University of Mississippi
West Virginia teachers seek pay hike and policy changes
WVEA outlines five bills to raise teacher salaries and expand authority for student teachers, allow sick leave pay at illness time, and extend credentials. The $10 million increase parallels a 1961 raise, aiming to boost WV salaries from 42nd nationwide. Reeder notes uncertain funding sources but strong legislative support for school needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder
West Virginia
WVEA
Barron
Tax Cut and Growth Drive Tops Kennedy’s 1963 Agenda
The text states that tax relief to spur growth and cut unemployment is the primary goal of Kennedy’s abbreviated 1963 program. It notes that backers have abandoned hopes for federal aid to public schools and that Congress will likely delay until its 2nd session next year to decide on a medical care program for the aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
88Th Congress
Kennedy
Town and Trap Hill Commissioners Appointed for Land Valuation
Judges appoint commissioners to determine just compensation for landowners in Trap Hill and Town Districts as State Road Commission seeks to condemn land for public use. Proceedings target Peggy Bailey Rufus Bailey Katherine Foll and others in Trap Hill and Town Districts including J H Henderson and Earl A Hall and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trap Hill
Norman Knapp
State Road Commission
Peggy Bailey
Rufus Bailey
Katherine Foll
Charles N. Covey
Town
J. H. Henderson
Earl A. Hall
Icy Road Triggers One Car Crash at Maxwell Hill
State Police said icy road conditions caused a single vehicle crash on Maxwell Hill. A 1956 model car driven by Mrs. Mary E Kale slid off the road at Tench Park Addition and struck a telephone pole. No injuries reported. damages estimated at 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill
Mary E. Kale
Tench Park
Defense Outlay Trends With Planned Budget Adjustments
The military budget shows a $48.3 billion outlay with differences between appropriations and expenditures. Despite calls for more funds, the plan trims military manpower and reduces shipbuilding by about $60 million from last year as obsolescence efforts are deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNamara
Kennedy
Stolen Vehicle Wrecked Near Black Knights Club
FBI probing alleged interstate car theft in Ohio youths. William Homes, 18, of Fulton and a 16-year-old Massillon juvenile were jailed in Raleigh County after a 1962 model car wrecked near the Black Knights Country Club during a chase. The teens traded tire for gas at a service station in Oak Hill before police learned of the theft.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ohio
William Paul
Homes
Fulton
Oak Hill
Beckley
Final rites set for Aden Webb 67 Stickney
Death notice for Aden Hansford Webb of Stickney 67 a retired carpenter and World War I veteran died in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Arnett Chapel with Rev Rex Sandifer. Burial in Arnett Cemetery. Survives two daughters two sisters and seven grandchildren. Body to be moved to the residence this evening and to church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden Hansford Webb
Stickney
Arnett Chapel
Rex Sandifer
Arnett
Webb
Beckley Hospital
Maxine Bradley
Covington
Geraldine Landy
Essie Eppling
Florida
Brooks Jones
Akron
Ohio
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Final rites for Carl Lambert Glen White youth
Carl William Lambert 20 of Glen White died from a stabbing. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Glen White Community Church with Rev. F C Calhoun officiating. Burial in Hot Coal Cemetery. Born June 15 1942 in Hot Coal son of Carl and Ruth Lambert. Survivors include brothers Roger and Gregory and sister Karen Ruth. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until services. Pallbearers named.
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Carl William Lambert
Glen White
F. C. Calhoun
Hot Coal
Carl
Ruth Chamberlain Lambert
Roger G
Cuba
Gregory
Hcene
Karen Ruth Lambert
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Charles Wood
Ronnie Miller
Earl Wood
Ulysses Williams
Bobby Fink
Perry O'Neal
Funeral services set for George Susky of Lochgelly
George Susky, 76, of Lochgelly, dies after a short illness. Funeral 1 p.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. T. D. Cochran. burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Born March 15, 1886 in Czechoslovakia, retired from The New River Coal Co. Survivors: son Willahm Seward Alaska. four daughters Mildred Cania Silver Springs Maryland Helen Smith Charlton Heights Quick Lochgelly Sophia Ohman Washington DC. 11 grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Wednesday. callers welcome. Also survived by brothers Wayne and Samuel Jr. Patterson New Jersey and four sisters.
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George Susky
Lochgelly
Tyree
Oak Hill
T. D. Cochran
High Lawn Memorial Park
Czechoslovakia
New River Coal Co
Wilhalm
Seward
Alaska
Mildred Cania
Silver Springs
Helen Smith
Charlton Heights
Quick
Sophia Ohman
Washington, D. C
Mary S Kohne Rites Held in Divide for 66
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary S Kohne 66 Divide Colorado formerly of Beckley were held at 1 p m in Divide with Dr John H Skeen officiating Burial followed in Memorial Gardens Divide She died in a Colorado hospital Wednesday She lived on Harper Road Beckley 1922 to 1945 Born July 5 1895 Harrisonburg Virginia moved to Divide in 1948 Survived by husband Floyd E Kohne Divide three sons Lawrence and Olen Kohne both of Colorado Springs Warren Kohne Kaukauna Wisconsin two daughters Juanita Miller Casper Wyoming and Joyce Bayer Colorado Springs two sisters Carrie Clatterbuck Harrisonburg VA and Roxie Palmer Miami Florida a brother Grover Emswiller Lewistown Montana 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Kohne
Divide
Colo
Beckley
John H. Skeen
Memorial Gardens
Colorado
Harper Road
Harrisonburg
Floyd E. Kohne
Lawrence J. Kohne
Olen T. Kohne
Colorado Springs
Warren G. Kohne
Kaukauna
Wis
Juanita Miller
Casper
Wyo
Joyce Bayer
Carrie Clatterbuck
Roxie Palmer
Miami
Fla
Grover Emswiller
Lewistown
Mont
City strike over fare hike pits union against company
The walkout decries a profit motive and calls a city fare increase a pathway to higher wages. The Philadelphia transit union rejects concessions and no-layoff terms as contract talks stall. Federal mediators schedule a session as picket lines form at car barns. Two thousand march or protest actions noted.
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Quill
Five AWOL Soldiers Moved to Fort Knox by MPs
Five men claimed AWOL from the Army were arrested by Military Police at Raleigh County Jail at 8 a.m. and transported to Fort Knox. The named soldiers are Paul D. Pennington Yvon Magineau Rockford Perry Cecil Rowe and Hugh Thomas. Addresses not known.
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Raleigh County
Fort Knox
Paul D. Pennington
Yvon Magineau
Rockford Perry
Cecil Rowe
Hugh Thomas
East German Leader Ulbricht Presses For East West Talks
At the East German party congress Ulbricht urged compromise and confirmed prior talks aimed at direct negotiations with West Germany. He linked interruptions to Caribbean developments and cited Bonn offers as immorally conditioned on Berlin. Khrushchev opened the debate with praise for peaceful coexistence amid Cold War strains.
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West
East Germany
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Berlin Wall
Ulbricht
Moscow
Peking
Khrushchev
East Berlin
Werner
Caribbean
Bonn
Soviet Union
Red China
Hawks Graveside Rites for Mrs Gertrude Hawks
Mrs Gertrude Reed Hawks 40 formerly of Herndon Indianapolis was killed in an automobile crash. Graveside rites were to be held at Sunset Memorial Park at 2 30 p m with Rev R E Fuller in charge. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Reed of Herndon who survive.
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Gertrude Reed Hawks
Indianapolis
Ind
Herndon
Wwere
Sunset Memorial Park
R. E. Fuller
Hawks
Ralph Reed
Final rites for Willie Edward Brown held in Fayetteville
Willie Edward Brown 58 of Washington Heights Fayetteville died at home after a short illness. Final rites set for 2 p m Wednesday at Second Baptist Church Fayetteville with Rev F C Dorces in charge burial at Greenwood Memorial Park He was born April 18 1904 in Bedford County Virginia son of Samuel and Mary Brown and worked for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway He belonged to Hiram Abiff Masonic Lodge 20 and the Second Baptist Church Survivors include wife Gladys and two brothers Robert of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Edward Brown
Washington Heights
Fayetteville
Second Baptist Church
F. C. Dorces
Greenwood Memorial Park
Bedford County
Samuel and
Mary Brown
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hiram Abiff Masonic Lodge
Gladys
Robert
Missing Soldier Lang Believed Lost At Waikiki Beach
William Land 24 of Hopkinsville Ky a Schofield Barracks soldier is missing and presumed lost in a surfing accident at Waikiki Beach West Virginia Democrats reiterate plan for Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner in Charleston with date TBD Kanawha County constable Paul J Erwin 43 shot dead at his St Albans home after illness Morgantown attorney Franklin M Brand 82 former mayor of Westover dies after heart attack
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William Land
Hopkinsville
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
West Virginia
Charleston
Paul J. Erwin
Kanawha County
St. Albans
Morgantown
Franklin M. Brand
Westover
Beer Permit Suspended For Garten Tavern
Charleston UPI state beer commissioner Grover T. Davis revoked licenses of Blue Star Restaurant and Bar Corinth Preston County and Ed's Place South Charleston for liquor and minor sales. He suspended Smith's Tavern Garten Fayette County for 30 days for possession and sale of liquor.
Suttle service to be held for Agnes Suttle in Oak Hill
Funeral for Agnes Suttle 77 of Whipple set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev. Joe Seacrist officiating. Burial in Sanger Cemetery. She died after a long illness in an Oak Hill hospital. Survived by seven sons Norman Mount Hope Frand Walker Oak Hill Carl James Robert Suttle Harrisonburg Va three daughters Bessie Marcum Mount Hope Othenia Kincaid Mount Hope Hattie Bryant Ansted 37 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. The body remains at the funeral home where friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Agnes Suttle
Whipple
Tyree
Othenia Kincaid
Mount Hope
Hattie Bryant
Ansted
Funeral arrangements completed for John Horvath 77 Beckley
John Horvath of Beckley 77 died in a local hospital at 7 p m Monday after a heart attack. Born June 5 1885 in Hungary he lived in Beckley about 43 years. A retired miner he worked 30 years with C H Mead Coal Co a member of Local Union 6109 and St Francis de Sales Church. Survived by son Carl Detroit five daughters Helen Hornung Elizabeth Hynes Mary Lawzon Anna Palmer 17 grandchildren. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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John Horvath
Beckley
Hungary
C. H. Mead Coal Co
Union 6109
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Pearl Horvath
Carl
Detroit
Mich
Helen Hornung
Grosse Pointe Shores
Elizabeth Hynes
Fraser
Mary Lawzon
Saint Clair Shores
Anna Palmer
Norfolk
Webb and Neal Funeral
Final rites set for Theodore Smith 64 Jumping Branch
Theodore Smith 64 of Jumping Branch will be laid to rest Wednesday at Blue Stone Baptist Church in Jumping Branch where he was a member. Rev. William Fox to officiate. Burial follows at Crews Cemetery near Nimitz. Smith died Sunday at a Bluefield hospital after a six week illness. He was born Oct 25 1898 in Summers County a son of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith and spent most of his life farming there. He is survived by son Alfred Smith of Jumping Branch one brother Edward Smith of Beckley and two sisters Fannie Covey and Dorothy Holdren both of Glen Daniel. Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors of Hinton in charge.
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Theodore Smith
Bluestone Baptist Church
Jumping Branch
William Fox
Crews Cemetery
Nimitz
Smith
Bluefield
Summers County
Thomas Smith
Alfred Smith
Edward Smith
Beckley
Fan‘nie Covey
Dorothy Holdren
Glen Daniel
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Fire department saves home on South Fayette Street blaze
Beckley firefighters responded to a 7:35 a.m. alarm at 786% S Fayette St to quell a fire likely from an overheated flue. Damages were limited to the ceiling and attic. No injuries reported.
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Beckley Fire Department
Mary Stevens
Eleven Forfeit Bonds In City Police Court
Eleven persons forfeited a total of 248 in bonds on various charges in City Police Court Monday night. Roy A. Robertson of Beckley forfeited 55 on reckless driving. Thomas Bailey of 102 Fulton Ave. 5 on running a caution light. Pearlie R. Egnor 56 of Sophia 15 on failure to yield. E. Dale Hensley of Montgomery 5 on red light. Three others for speeding 20 each: James W. Via 100 Hawthorne St. Gussie Fred Bolen address unknown Charles D. Bolen Glen White. Florence Ward 56 of Scarbro 55 on shoplifting two packs hose from Montgom ery Ward store on Neville Street. Three more forfeited 53 on intoxication charges.
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Roy A. Robertson
Beckley
Thomas Bailey
Fulton Ave
Pearlie R. Egnor
Sophia
E. Dale Hensley
Montgomery
James W. Via
Hawthorne St
Gussie Fred Bolen
Charles D. Bolen
Glen White
Florence Ward
Scarbro
Montgomery Ward
Neville Street
Feast of Fools Described in Medieval Burlesque Festivals
United Press International reports that The Feast of Fools named for medieval burlesque and quasi religious festivals, as described in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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United Press International
Britannica
West Virginia letter calls for wage reform and job creation
A 1963 letter from West Virginia writers urges using an extra million to create new industries and jobs rather than boosting salaries for officials. It proposes cutting relief recipients from lists, boosting non taxed bank funds, and directing higher pay to low wage workers when possible. The piece critiques state leadership and upholds a right to work with a $2 minimum wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DPA
Board of Public Works
ADCU
Mount Hope Trucker Charged In Accident
A Mount Hope man, Charles L. Shuck, 25, was charged with a red light violation after a two-truck crash on South Oakwood Avenue at 12 01 p.m. Monday. He rammed a 1952 truck driven by Charles E. Cassity, 25, of Crab Orchard, who was turning left. Damages were about 500 dollars and no injuries were reported. Shuck must appear in City Police Court next Monday.
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Mount Hope
South Oakwood Avenue
Charles L. Shuck
Charles E. Cassity
Crab Orchard
Shuck
Legislature Debates Education Health And Road Reform Measures
The House and Senate considered bills to extend unemployment benefits to State Road Commission workers, create a seven member nursing home licensing board, and study employing public works program workers on road projects. Senate bills aim to modernize road laws and allow relocation costs, while vaccination for polio smallpox and diphtheria becomes mandatory for schoolchildren. The judiciary committees advanced corrective road and trust fund legislation. House proposals include constitutional amendments on gubernatorial succession and a seven member expansion of the State Supreme Court, plus reorganization of local courts. Finance and redistricting panels prepare for reapportionment hearings and potential sales tax extension.
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House
State Road Commission
State ‘Nursing Home
Senate
SRC
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Julius W. Singleton
D-Monongalia
Singleton
Constitutional Revision Commission
Board of Public Works
State Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Watson
D-Marion
Watson
Ivor Boiarsky
D-Kanawha
House Finance Committee
Boiarsky
Katanga Seccession Crisis Updates From Congo
Reports state Tshombe announced Katanga’s secession end to the United Nations and seeks safe passage to Elisabethville to implement an accord. A crowd attacked the British Embassy in Leopoldville, while U.N. forces prepare to assault Kolwezi the last Katanga stronghold.
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Katanga
Tshombe
Leopoldville
Capite
U.N
Elisabeth
John Ure
Salisbury
Rhodesia
United Nations
Thant
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Elisabethville
Godefroid Munongo
Kolwezi
Union Miniere
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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
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