New Textile Plant Promised By Ash Industry Beckley
A new corporation named Ash Industry Inc plans a textile plant on Beckley’s 1921 By-Pass, purchasing assets from N KIC. Beckley leader A David Abrams is president. Mort Harvey and Fred Lief join as production and sales managers. The project hinges on an Area Development loan and trustee approval amid N KIC bankruptcy plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Industry, Inc
Beckley
Harrison O. Ash
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kanawha Industrial Corp
Oak Hill
Ash
N Kic
A. David Abrams
Area Redevelopment Administration
Mort Harvey
Laredo
Texas
Fred Lief
New York City
Raleigh County
N-Kic
John H. Gorman
C. R. Hill Jr
NRIC
Hill
Charm Lamp
Mount Hope
Patteson
Richard Brooks
van Nuys
Calif
New River Co
Hill Jr
Graney Jr
Five Murder Trials Docketed for Raleigh County Court
Five murder cases are set for the January term in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Defendants include Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr, Brenda Joyce Pettry, Allen Grant, James Arthur Burchette, and Rush Dean Roark. Trials list dates from January 23 to February 6 with bonds posted and prior jail releases noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr
Brenda Joyce Pettry
Allen Grant
James Arthur Burcette
Vance Hill
Lilly
White Oak
Rush D. Roark
Wilbur Ray Plumiey
Abraham
Grandview State Park
Raleigh County
Grant
West Wickham
Percy Hurt
East Park
Hurt
Raleigh
Burchette
Ghent
Richard Meadows
Cool Ridge
Besoco
Lewis Hughes
Alma Neal
Hughes
Hifi
Bare
Roark
Jerry Garfield
Rufus Vaughn
James Arthur Burchette
Robert K. Burleson
Roy Hampton French
Aaron Henry Thomas
Harold Francis Byrne
John Douglas Mangrum
Richard Alburn Woodward
Thomas Lewis Tyree
Arnold Fridley
Ronald Eads
Joey Eskridge
Kenneth Walter Fridley Jr
Frank Richmond
James Kendall Miller
William Straley Miller
Jerry Belcher
James Burton
Freddy Brown
Ronald Elder
Four Indicted In Miss Riots Over Meredith Enrollment
A federal grand jury indicted four men from Alabama on charges of willful interference with U S deputies and attempting to prevent marshals from carrying out a court order during the September riot at the University of Mississippi. The accused are Melvin Bruce of Decatur and Phillip Lloyd Myles Richard H Hinton and Kline Lamar May of the Mobile area. The indictments carry max penalties of 5000 dollars and three years, or 1000 dollars and one year, respectively. U S Attorney H M Ray said the interim grand jury report covers 14 men and 2 women. two others were not indicted, potentially including former Maj Gen Edwin Walker. Federal authorities arrested 11 during the rioting, which left two dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miss. I'Upi
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Melvin Bruce
Decatur
Phillip Lloyd Myles
Richard H. Hinton
Kline Lamar May
Mobile
Ala
U.S
Bruce
H. M. Ray
Edwin A. Walker
You Know First Settlers Lived In Log Cabins Later
The first settlers in America did not live in log cabins. The log cabin appeared no earlier than 1638, introduced by Scandinavian settlers along the Delaware, per the Concise Dictionary of American History.
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United Press International
America
Delaware
Concise
Beckley official Larrick profiles extensive civic service
Beckley business leader and treasurer of Beckley Ice and Feed Co. since 1950, Larrick has long guided local commerce groups and charitable drives. Born 1911 in Middletown, he lives at 215 Fairview Ave with wife Mary Holliday and two children, active in The Methodist Temple and Elks, Lions, Chamber groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckey Larrick
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Prince St
Beckley
West Virginia Hardware Association
West Virginia Feed Dealers Association
Beckley- Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Larrick
Methodist Temple
Drive For Funds
The
Elks Lodge
Beckley Lions Club
Middletown, Va
Mary Isobel Holliday
Middletown High School
National Business College
Roanoke
Fairview Ave
Deaths and Funerals In Whitby and Beckley Areas
Mrs. Leona Alice Bragg 78 Whitby died at home after a long illness. Survivors include husband Pete Bragg four sons and a daughter, along with many relatives. Funeral arrangements pending at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. Mass for John Horvath 77 Beckley set for St Francis de Sales Church after heart attack. Rosary tonight at Webb and Neal Funeral Chapel. Interment Mount Calvary. Pallbearers named.
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Leona Alice Bragg
Whitby
Daugher
Richard and
Eliza Buck
Church of God At
Pete Bragg
Cecil
Sullivan
Letis
Glen Morgan
Everett Bragg
Moundsville
Oakley
Elton
Sadie Keaton
Norman
White Sulphur Springs
Robert
Dewey
Hinton
Effie Allen
Coal City
Esta Bailey
Maynor
Mamie Buckland
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
John Horvath
Beckley
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Sylvester W. Staud
Mount Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Webb and Neal
Michael J. Lazy
Horvath
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
George Buffa
Steve Fekete
Lewis Oswald
Frank Nagy
Albert Kovach
Steve Hajas
Shirl A Lewis Funeral Arrangements Complete
Shirl Addison Lewis 70 of Danese died Tuesday at his daughter Mrs Belle Jones's home. Survivors include another daughter Mrs Edna Shuck of Fayetteville and brother Raymond Lewis of Glen Jean. A lifelong Danese resident and retired miner, he was born June 2 1892 in Landisburg, son of the late William and Lilly Shuck Lewis. He was a member of Laurel Lodge No 104 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons at Law ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirl Addison Lewis
Danese
Belle Jones
Edna Shuck
Fayetteville
Raymond Lewis
Glen Jean
Lawton
Landisburg
William and Lilly Shuck Lewis
Mrs Nannie Hughes Dies After Long Illness In Montgomery
Mrs Nannie E Hughes 66 of Fayetteville died in a Montgomery hospital at 6 15 am after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie E. Hughes
Fayetteville
Montgomery
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Nellie Mae Glover Dies at 69 in Benton Illinois
Nellie Mae Glover, 69, of 302 Central St Benton Illinois, died at 7 30 p m Tuesday in a local hospital after a long illness The body is being shipped from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to Drake Funeral Home in Benton for arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Mae Glover
Central St
Benton, Il
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Drake Funeral Home
Benton
Sidney Davis 91 Dies in Beckley Hospital
Sidney Davis age 91 of Lester died near noon today at a Beckley hospital where he was admitted Tuesday afternoon. Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting arrangements. London (UPI) Morgan Phillips 60 former British Labour Party secretary died Tuesday in Westminster Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Davis
Lester
Beckley Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
United Press International London
UPI
Morgan Phillips
Labor Party
Westminister Hospital
Dow Jones chairman Feemster dies in private plane crash
The body of 51 year old Robert M. Feemster, board chairman of Dow Jones & Co., was set to be shipped to New York from Fort Pierce Florida after his death in a private plane crash near Fort Pierce on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Robert M. Feemster
Dow Jones & Co
Fort Pierce
Fla
Porter M Jarvis Final Rites Held At Sinks Grove
Porter Mathew Jarvis 77 a retired farmer of Sinks Grove died Tuesday at 2 30 am at a Ron ceverte hospital after a long illness Funeral services will be at 2 pm Thursday in the Baptist Church of Sinks Grove where he was a member with Rev Page Neal Rev D C Craft and Rev Denver Lively in charge Burial followed in the church cemetery Surviving are his wife Ethel Lemmons Jarvis a brother William of Links Grove and a sister Mattie Doss of Oak Hill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Mathew Jarvis
Sinks Grove
Page Neal
D. C. Craft
Denver Lively
Jarvis
Ronceverte
Ethel Lemmons Jarvis
William
Links Grove
Mattie Doss
Oak Hill
Noted Scholar Dr Frederick Wilson Dies at 81
Nashville leader and author Dr Frederick Taylor Wilson, age 81, famed lecturer on presidents and the U.S. Constitution, died Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
Funeral services for Columbia engineer Carleton Pearl
Bronxville New York funeral services will be held today for Carleton Pearl 54 director of engineering development at Columbia University. He died at his home of a heart attack last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronxville, N.Y
UPI
Carleton Pearl
Columbia University
Dr Henry J Olson Dies at 68 Father of Nancy Olson
West Los Angeles UPI reports Dr Henry J Olson aged 68 died Tuesday. He was known as the father of actress Nancy Olson and associated with the medical community. The report notes his surviving relatives and his professional career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Los Angeles
UPI
Henry J. Olson
Nancy Olson
Obituary: William P. Sarver longtime Gulf miner dies at 65
William P. Sarver 65 of Crab Orchard died at 3 a.m. after a long illness in a local hospital. Born August 6, 1897 in Wyoming County, he was a retired coal miner who spent 40 years with Gulf Mining Co. in Crab Orchard and lived in Raleigh County for 40 years. He was a member of the Brethren Church of Crab Orchard. Survived by Gladys Rhodes Sarver and five sons including Robert C. and Theodore T. Details list his residence, family and church ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Paul Sarver
Crab Orchard
Wyoming County
Tolbert
Irene Sarver
Gulf Mining Co
Raleigh County
Brethren Church of
Gladys Rhodes Sarver
Robert C
U. S. Army
Augusta, Ga
Theodore T
New
Mack Gates, longtime special prosecutor, dies at 86
Huntsville Texas obituary: Mack E Gates, 86, once gained national attention as special prosecutor in 1935 in the Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer case. Gates died Monday, ending a notable legal career linked to high profile death sentence cases.
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Huntsville
Tex
UPI
Mack E. Gates
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Coal River Park Trails Cost and Land Acquisition figures
Byrd stated that the National Park Service estimates about 7.2 million dollars needed over five years to build physical facilities parking sanitation and power at Coal River Park. He added that around 3 million dollars would be required to acquire lands or interests in lands for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Service
Byrd
Britain ready to shorten farm price alignment period
Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath, Britain’s chief negotiator, told the market council that Britain was willing to reduce the transitional period for bringing its farm prices in line with those of the European Community. The six market members have agreed to align agriculture prices by December 21, 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Privy Seal
Edward Heath
Britain
Market Council
No Ice Skating At New River Park
Beckley Recreation director Frank Rodriguez said there will be no skating at New River Park ice rink until Saturday while the rink is leveled with sand to form a uniform ice surface. If cold weather continues, skating may be possible this weekend. Lake spokesman said ice melted on the north end of Little Beaver Lake in the past two days, but some areas remain fit for skating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Park
Frank Rodriguez
Beckley
Ohio Prisoner Waives Hearing In Vehicle Theft Case
William Paul Hadmes, 18, of Canal Fulton, waived to the action of the Federal Grand Jury in Charleston May 14 after arraignment before U S Commissioner Paul J Fourney on interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. A 16 year old Massillon juvenile allegedly helped steal the 1962 car owned by Joseph Martin Jr. of Neocomerstown and was arrested while the car, driven by Holmes, smashed over a hill near Black Knight Country Club. The juvenile remains in county jail pending federal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Paul Hadmes
Canal Fulton
Ohio
Charleston
U. S
Paul J. Fourney
Massillon
Joseph Martin Jr
Necomerstown
Beckley City
Holmes
Black Knight Country Club
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Quirks and Divorces Hit Odd City Headlines
In Jerusalem Yitzhak Levi faces jail after volunteering for a police lineup and being chosen as one of three suspects at a bus station robbery. he is freed when neighbors verify his alibi. In North Carolina a dentist says his car lacked hubcaps upon parking but had four shiny ones on return, with no law violation. In London Ivy Sage wins a divorce citing cruelty after her husband left home following a quarrel and took the stove.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Yitzhak Levi
Levi
S Ee N.C
E. Howell
London
Ivy Sage
West Virginia towns share $416000 APW grants
Three West Virginia communities receive a total of 416000 in Accelerated Public Works grants for water facilities. Fairmont gets 199260, St Albans 148000, and West Milford 69000. Soil Conservation Service to aid Webster County watershed plan covering 5730 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Community Facilities Administration
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Fairmont
St. Albans
West Milford
Soil Conservation Service
Webster County
AMA Confirms Aspirin Is Aspirin Amid Price Debate
The AMA stated aspirin is aspirin. a Senate hearing led by Sen. Pat McNamara examined price disparities. Oliver Field of the AMA said all aspirin must meet the same standards, urging consumers to buy cheaper brands despite brand names costing up to 42 times more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
API
American Medical Association
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
AMA
Oliver Field
Ama’s
Department of Investigation
Khrushchev De-Escalation Message in Berlin Speech
Khrushchev warned that a German peace treaty remains essential to end the cold war and urged settlement of Berlin issues. He rejected new NATO demands, offered UN supervised presence, and called for a halt to polemics while stressing no new deadlines.
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East Berlin
Khrushchev
West Berlin
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Berlin
Red
China
Red China
Peking
Albania
Deaf Blind Chorus Set to Sing in Beckley June 9
A 35 member choral group from the State School for the Deaf and Blind at Romney will perform in Beckley as a Centennial attraction. The choir travels in its own bus and will arrive after a Charleston concert on June 4. A Beckley sponsor is sought to provide food and lodging, with a venue yet to be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State School For the Deaf and Blind
Romney
Beckley
Raleigh County
George B. Chambers
Charleston
Chambers
Band of Songsters
Fines Levied After Public Fight and Property Destruction
Lewis Brewer Sophia Waddell and Ron nie Waddell were fined a total of 30 dollars in Magistrate Joe Rodriguez s court for fighting in a public place and destruction of property. Each paid 5 on fighting and 10 on destruction. Frank Cook Beckley paid 25 dollars for reckless driving. Ray Allan Ahlbrand Ronald D McGinnis and Emile E Anderson paid smaller fines for speeding defective equipment illegal passing respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Brewer
Sophia
Ronnie Waddell
Skelton
Joe Rodriguez
Byron Spawn
Bradley
Brewer
Waddell
Frank Cook
Beckley
Rodriguez
Ray Allan Ahlbrand
Ronald D. McGinnis
Emile E. Anderson
Hinton
Legislature debates revenue bill and attache system study
The House framed a revenue bill to fund salary increases while weighing sources. Members approved about 150000 for 170 attache positions this session and backed studies to create a new attache system, with a three member committee to report by the 50th day. Legislation also considers doubling Marion County Criminal Court judge terms to eight years and standardizing state time observance.
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Singleton
Boiarsky
WVEA
House
Del
Earl M. Vickers
D-Fayette
W. T. Brotherton Jr
D-Kanawha
George H. Seibert
Ohio
Vickers
Judiciary Committee
Dels
Kenneth Anvil
D-Barbour
Paul S. Moyers
D-Braxton
Marion County
Majority leader urges study for new system before next session
The majority leader urged the House to acknowledge its error in adopting the current system and to move toward a formal study that could yield a new framework prior to the next session. The proposal emphasizes revisiting the system design through a structured review.
Fire Marshal Orders Thomas School Closed
State Fire Marshal B. E. Wright ordered the Thomas grade and junior high school in Tucker County closed as unsafe. A November inspection found structural defects and a followup survey by a locally hired engineer condemned part of the two story brick building, cutting off the only safe fire exit. Students will attend nearby Davis until further arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
B. E. Wright
Thomas
Tucker County
Wright
Davis
Delinquent Parking Tickets Due Jan 23
Police Chief M. E. Ty ree warns all overdue tickets issued in December and prior months must be paid by January 23 or warrants, arrests, and name publication will follow. Statements were mailed January 10 and tickets due upon receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Tyree
First Aid Report of Mrs Margaret Halovic
Mrs Margaret Halovic fifty of Calloway Heights is reported in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after fainting on North Fayette Street near Nick's Diner. Beckley Rescue Squad administered first aid Tuesday around 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Halovic
Calloway Heights
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
North Fayette Street
Nick
Inaugural Guests Split From Presidential Plans
Three of the four attendees at the inaugural ceremony voice a strong No to presidential hopes saying they do not see enough of him now. Yves Montand travels from Paris to New York en route to Washington to sing at the White House on January 18 by invitation. Virginia’s Sen. Harry F. Byrd remains at his Berryville home recovering from a virus as Congress sits idle. A powder factory explosion in Nova Iguazu Brazil leaves seven dead and 11 injured. Virginia reports 1962 highway death toll at 972, the third worst behind 1941 and 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yves Montand
New York
Paris
Washington
White House
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Berryville
Congress
Nova Iguazu
Brazil
Virginia
C. W. Woodson
West Virginia State Briefs Roundup
Earl Mathews of Marmet, who led the state’s largest safecracking theft, was paroled from Barboursville State Hospital work detail. Kenneth E. Burnopp, 22, Bluefield, died from injuries in a weekend crash near Bluefield airport, influencing this year’s toll count. Virgil Smith, 46, Charleston, was arrested by the U S Secret Service for producing counterfeit 50-cent pieces and slugs found in area coin machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Mathews
Marmet
West Virginia
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Charleston
Barboursville State Hospital
Kenneth E. Burnopp
Bluefield
Virgil Smith
U. S. Secret Service
Bills Introduced In Charleston Legislature
Four bills from interims plus two school entry rules were introduced in both houses as 34 House and nine Senate measures appeared after 2 p.m. Also proposed shift of insurance tax progressions, a new alcoholism division, and loosening of public funds investments were among the package. The school bills set age and entry rules for five year olds and raise compulsory schooling to 17, with related studies on adoption laws and post mortem exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Senate
House of Delegates
House
Sen
R. E. Barnett
D-Mercer
Barnett
State Department of Mental Health
Mental Health Department
County Boards of Health
Legislaure
West Virginia
Hospital Files Suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Beckley Hospital Inc sues Demer Dick ens of Dry Creek for 518.42 plus interest from Nov 14 1962 for hospital services rendered to Sandra Dickens Dec 30 1961 and Georgia Kay Dick ens June 29 1961 to July 5 1961. Sayre and Sayre represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital Inc
Demer Dickens
Dry Creek
Raleigh County
Sandra Dickens
Georgia Kay Dickens
Sayre and
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Lonnie Queen
Guy Thompson
Edward D. Tucker
Bobby Lee Lilly
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Dewey Lincoln Marshall
Douglas N. Marshall
Earl Bennett
Romancelos Tunstalle
Percy E. Mullen
Arnett Maynor
Thornton R. Lawson
Theodore Honaker
Leonard Critchley
Robert Brown Jr
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James Pryor
Josephine Cantabury Shrewsbury
George Monney
Charlie Shepherd
Marion Mooney
Don Hardin
John Fox
Robert Lee Huffman
Daniel Price
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Edgar Gilliam
James H. Meadows Jr
Elliott Bowling
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Shirl A. Lewis
Porter M. Jarvis
William P. Sarver
Coal River Park
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