Five Murder Trials Docketed in Raleigh County Court
Five murder trials are docketed for the January term of Raleigh County Criminal Court. Defendants include Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr., Brenda Joyce Pettry, Allen Grant, James Arthur Burchette, and Vance Hill. Trials set between Jan 23 and Jan 31 with related bond details and prior releases noted.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr
Brenda Joyce Pettry
Allen Grant
James Arthur Burcette
Vance Hill
White Oak
Rush D. Roark
Wilbur Ray Plumiey
Lilly
Raleigh County
Mrs. Pettry
Sycamore Creek
Grant
West Wickham
Percy Hurt
East Park
Hurt
Raleigh
Burchette
G. Ghent
Richard Meadows
Cool Ridge
Hill
Besoco
Lewis Hughes
Alma Neal
Hughes
Bare
Roark
Norman Knapp
Robert E. Bare
Earl Franklin Smithson
William Sheidon
Prn
Granville Bragg
Robert Evans
Wendell Stover
Charles Clifford Unnoe
Edgar Gilliam
George Botman
Julia Bailey
George Nutter
H. B. Snider
Floyd Guy Wyatt
Mack William Mack
Jerry Garfield
Rufus Vaughn
James Arthur Burchette
Robert K. Burleson
Roy Hampton French
Aaron Henry Thomas
Jerry Belcher
James Burton
Freddy Brown
Ronald Elder
L H. Keaton
Raymond Stewart
Fletcher David Hayes Parker
Waiter William Chapman
Emil Jefferson Kirk
Rush Dean Roark
Edward Thomas Shatzer
Four Indicted In Miss Riots Over Meredith Enrollment
A federal grand jury indicted four men from the Mobile Alabama area on charges of obstructing U S marshals during the Meredith enrollment at the University of Mississippi. The two indictments allege willful interference with federal officers and attempts to prevent marshals from carrying out a court order. The defendants are Melvin Bruce of Decatur Georgia Philip Lloyd Myles Richard H Hinton and Kline Lamar May all seen in rioting after Meredith’s campus admission last September 30.
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Oxford. Miss
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
Ash Industry forms with plans for Beckley textile plant
Ash Industry Inc backed by NRIC leadership promises a half million dollar textile plant in Beckley using NKIC assets. A. David Abrams is president, with Mort Harvey and Fred Lief as sales managers. Project depends on Area Redevelopment loan and NKIC trustee approval, with 200 to 250 jobs planned and a staggered production schedule across Oak Hill and Mount Hope facilities.
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Ash Industry, Inc
Beckley
Harrison O. Ash
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kanawha Industrial Corp
Oak Hill
Ash
N Kic
Kley
A. David Abrams
NRIC
Area Redevelopment Administration
Mort Harvey
Laredo
Texas
Fred Lief
New York City
Raleigh County
John H. Gorman
C. R. Hill Jr
Hill
Charm Lamp
Mount Hope
Patteson
Richard Brooks
van Nuys
Calif
Charm
New River Co
Charles E. Mahan
Fayetteville
C. R. Hill
R. R. Thomas Jr
Okey L. Patteson
P. C. Graney
J. A. Blackburn
Abrams
Denver L. Morgan
Charleston
Brooks
Charles S. O'Connor
Miami Beach
Fla
Graney
Blackburn
Thomas Jr
Hill Jr
Graney Jr
Larrick Seeks City Office Amid Beckley Ties
Larrick, treasurer and GM of Beckley Ice and Feed Co since 1950, pledges cooperation with the city executive officer to serve Beckley. He has held local leadership roles in the Chamber of Commerce, West Virginia associations, the Elks, and Lions Club, and is active in The Methodist Temple. He was born November 28, 1911 in Middletown Virginia, married Mary Holliday, with two children, and resides at 215 Fairview Ave.
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Beckley
Larrick
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Prince St
West Virginia Hardware Association
West Virginia Feed Dealers Association
Beckley- Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
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
First American settlers used log cabins after 1638
United press overview notes that early settlers did not live in log cabins. The log cabin appears only after 1638 when Scandinavians settled along the Delaware, per the Concise Dictionary of American History.
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United Press International
America
Delaware
Concise
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Leona Bragg Whitby
Mrs Leona Alice Bragg 78 Whitby died at 5 30 am at home after long illness Born Nov 22 1885 Summers County a daughter of the late Richard and Eliza Buck She was a Church of God Whitby member Survived by husband Pete Bragg four sons and one daughter and many grandchildren Great grandchildren The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Leona Alice Bragg
Whitby
Summers County
Richard
Eliza Buck
Church of God At
Pete Bragg
Cecil
Sullivan
Letis
Glen Morgan
Everett Bragg
Moundsville
Oakley
Elton
Mrs Nannie E Hughes Dies After Illness At 66 In Fayetteville
Mrs Nannie E Hughes 66 of Fayetteville died at Montgomery hospital at 6 15 a m today after a long illness. The body lies at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
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Nannie E. Hughes
Fayetteville
Montgomery
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Funeral Mass for John Horvath Held at St Francis de Sales
John Horvath 77 of Beckley will have a Mass at 9 a.m. Thursday in St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church officiated by Father Sylvester W. Staud. Burial follows at Mount Calvary Section, Sunset Memorial Park. Rosary is tonight at 7:30 at Webb and Neal Funeral Chapel. Horvath died Monday at 7 p.m. after a heart attack. Pallbearers: George Buffa, Steve Fekete, Lewis Oswald, Frank Nagy, Albert Kovach, Steve Hajas.
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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 Rites Planned for Danese Miner
Funeral arrangements are announced for Shirl Addison Lewis 70 of Danese who died Tuesday at the home of his daughter Mrs Belle Jones. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Edna Shuck Fayetteville a brother Raymond Lewis Glen Jean and other relatives. He was a lifelong Danese resident and a retired miner born June 2 1892 at Landisburg son of the late William and Lilly Shuck Lewis.
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Shirl Addison Lewis
Danese
Belle Jones
Edna Shuck
Fayetteville
Raymond Lewis
Glen Jean
Lawton
Landisburg
William and Lilly Shuck Lewis
Porter M Jarvis final rites set at Sinks Grove church
Porter Mathew Jarvis 77 a retired farmer of Sinks Grove dies Tuesday at a Ron ceverte hospital after a long illness. Final rites are Thursday at 2 p m in the Baptist Church venerating Rev Page Neal Rev D C Craft and Rev Denver Lively with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife Ethel Lemmons Jarvis a brother William of Links Grove and a sister Mattie Doss of Oak Hill.
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Porter Mathew Jarvis
Sinks Grove
Page Neal
D. C. Craft
Denver Lively
Jarvis
Ronceverte
Ethel Lemmons Jarvis
William
Links Grove
Mattie Doss
Oak Hill
William P. Sarver Dies in Crab Orchard at 65
William Paul Sarver 65 of Crab Orchard died at 3 a.m. in a local hospital after a long illness. Born August 6 1897 in Wyoming County he was a retired Gulf Mining Co. coal miner who worked 40 years and retired twelve years ago. A Raleigh County resident for 40 years he belonged to the Brethren Church of Crab Orchard. He is survived by five sons including Robert C. of Augusta Georgia and Theodore T. of New-
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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
Theodore T
New
Coal River Park Trails Estimated to Cost $7.2 Million
National Park Service estimates $7.2 million for initial five year facilities including parking sanitation and power at Coal River Park. About $3 million would be needed to acquire the necessary lands or interests in lands.
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National Park Service
Byrd
Britain to cut farm price transition to EC by Dec 1969
Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath told the market council Britain would reduce the transitional period for aligning farm prices with the European Community. The six market members have agreed to bring their agriculture prices in line by December 21, 1969.
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Privy Seal
Edward Heath
Britain
Market Council
No Ice Skating At New River Park
Beckley Recreation director Frank Rodriguez says New River Park ice rink will not reopen until Saturday after leveling with sand. If cold weather holds, the rink should be ready for skating weekend as officials note Little Beaver Lake has melted ice on the north end but other areas remain suitable.
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New River Park
Frank Rodriguez
Beckley Recreation
Ohio Prisoner Waives Hearing on Car Theft Charge
William Paul Hadmes, 18, of Canal Fulton, waives to the Federal Grand Jury in Charleston on interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle charge. A 16-year-old Massillon youth is jailed on the same charge after a 1962 car owned by Joseph Martin Jr. was stolen near Necomerstown and later wrecked near Black Knight Country Club.
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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
Nellie Mae Glover Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Nellie Mae Glover 69 of 302 South Central Street 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 services.
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Nellie Mae Glover
S. Central St
Benton
Webb and Neal Funeral
Drake Funeral Home
Obituary notices from Beckley London New York Nashville Bronxville
Sidney Davis 91 of Lester dies at Beckley hospital after admission Tuesday. Quesenberry Funeral Home handling arrangements. Morgan Philips 60 ex Labour secretary dies in Westminster Hospital. Robert M. Feemster 51 Dow Jones board chairman dies in Fort Pierce plane crash. body to be shipped to New York. Dr. Frederick Taylor Wilson 81 noted lecturer and author on US presidents dies. Carleton Pearl 54 Columbia Univ engineering director dies of heart attack. funeral today in Bronxville.
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Sidney Davis
Lester
Beckley Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
New York
UPI
Robert M. Feemster
Dow Jones & Co
Fort Pierce
Fla
Nashville, Tenn
Bronxville, N.Y
Carleton Pearl
Columbia University
Quirked Run of Small-town Legal Oddities
In Jerusalem Yitzhakul spent a night in jail after volunteering for a police lineup and being chosen as one of three bus station suspects. Levi was freed next morning when neighbors confirmed he was home at the time of the robbery. In Spencer a dentist Dr. Howell reported missing hub caps later found on his car, with no law violation. In London Ivy Sage won a divorce citing cruelty after stating her husband left home after a quarrel and took the stove.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Yitzhakul
Levi
Spencer
N.C
A. E. Howell
London
Ivy Sage
West Virginia towns share $416000 in APW water grants
Three WV communities Fairfax? Fairmont, St. Albans, and West Milford receive a total $416,000 in Accelerated Public Works grants for water facility construction. Sen. Randolph and Sen. Byrd announced the allocations of $199,260 for Fairmont, $148,000 for St. Albans, and $69,000 for West Milford. The Soil Conservation Service will help prepare a 5730 acre Webster County watershed work plan.
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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
West Los Angeles Death of Dr Henry J Olson
West Los Angeles physician Dr Henry J Olson 68 father of actress Nancy Olson died Tuesday after a brief illness. Nancy Olson mourns the loss of her father at his Los Angeles home where he practiced medicine for decades. funeral arrangements were pending.
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West Los Angeles
UPID
Henry J. Olson
Nancy Olson
Mack Gates, 86, longtime prosecutor dies in Huntsville
Mack E. Gates, 86, who attracted nationwide notice as special prosecutor in 1935 over the death sentences of Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer, died Monday in Huntsville.
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Huntsville
Tex
UPI
Mack E. Gates
Raymond Hamilton
Joe Palmer
Aspirin Price Disparity Questioned by Senate Hearing
AMA confirms aspirin is aspirin and identical in quality across brands. Sen. Pat McNamara notes a wide price gap, with brand-name pills costing up to 342 times cheaper generics. Oliver Field says all aspirin must meet standards, urging consumers to buy cheaper options.
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Washington
API
American Medical Association
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
AMA
Oliver Field
Department of Investigation
Khrushchev Stresses German Peace Treaty Frontiers
Khrushchev urged a German peace treaty, warning it affects socialist and nonaligned nations and could enable progress toward disarmament. He said he would not alter Oder Neisse frontiers and favored turning West Berlin into a free city under UN, not NATO, protection. He rejected China’s bid for a Communist party meeting and called to halt polemics while urging Berlin settlement.
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East Berlin
Khrushchev
Russia
Europe
Oder-Neisse Froncoe
Germany
Poan
West Berlin
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Berlin
Red China
China
Peking
Albania
Wu Hsiu-chuan
China-Russia
Red
National Liberation Struggle
West
U.N
Deaf Blind Chorus To Sing Here June 5
A 35 member choral group from the State School for the Deaf and Blind at Romney will visit Beckley June 5 as a Raleigh County Centennial event. The choir travels by bus and will tour the state, arriving after a Charleston performance on June 4. A Beckley sponsoring group is needed to provide food and lodging. concert location is to be decided.
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State School For the Deaf and Blind
Romney
Beckley
Raleigh County
George Chambers
Charleston
Chambers
Several Involved in Fights Face Fines
Lewis Brewer Sophia Waddell and Ron nie Waddell Skelton paid 30 in fines in Magistrate Joe Rodriguez s court for fighting in a public place and destruction of property. Each faced 5 for fighting and 10 for destruction. Brewer and Waddell were arrested on a warrant by Byron Spawn owner Oasis near Bradley for a Jan 11 incident. Other fines: Frank Cook 25 for reckless driving. Ray Allan Ahlbrand 5 for speeding. Ronald D McGinnis 5 for defective equipment. Emile E Anderson 5 for illegal passing. All cited by State Police in January and December.
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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 salary funds and attache system plan
Lawmakers discussed funding for teacher pay raises and questioned sources in the general revenue budget. The House approved a resolution for about 150000 to staff about 170 legislative workers and moved forward studies on a new attache system.
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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
House Judiciary Committee
Marion County Criminal Court
House Leader Urges Study After Admission of Error
The majority leader urged the House to acknowledge its misstep in adopting the system and to begin a study that could lead to a new framework before the next session.
Fire Marshal Orders Thomas School Closed
State Fire Marshal B. E. Wright ordered the closure of the Thomas grade and junior high school in Tucker County owner unsafe for use after November inspection found structural defects and a later engineer condemnation cut off the only safe fire exit. Students will attend Davis schools pending new arrangements.
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Charleston
UPS
B. E. Wright
Thomas
Tucker County
Wright
Davis
Delinquent Parking Tickets Due Jan 23
Police Chief M E Tyree warns all overdue parking tickets must be paid by Wednesday January 23. Statements were mailed January 10 for December tickets and all overdue tickets from prior months are also due, with warrants arrests and names to follow.
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M. E. Tyree
First Aid For Mrs Halovic After Fainting In Beckley
Mrs Margaret Halovic 50 of Calloway Heights received first aid after fainting on North Fayette Street across from Nick s Diner. Beckley Rescue Squad administered aid and she is reported in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital today. The incident occurred Tuesday around 1 p m.
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Margaret Halovic
Calloway Heights
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
North Fayette Street
Nick's
Shortening The News Shortening The News make
Three of the four attended the inaugural ceremony and voiced a big No to presidential Possibilities. Yves Montand traveled to New York en route to Washington to sing at the White House on Jan 18 by invitation. Byrd remains at Berryville recuperating from a virus. An explosion and fire in a Nova Iguazu powder factory killed seven and injured 11. Virginia tolls show 1962 fatalities at 972, third worst in state history. Earl Mathews of Marmet released on parole. Kenneth Burnopp, 22, killed in Bluefield accident. Virgil Smith, 46, held on counterfeit coin charges.
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Yves Montand
New York
Paris
Washington
White House
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Berryville
Congress
Nova Iguazu
Brazil
Virginia
C. W. Woodson
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 by West Virginia Legislature
Interims committees push 34 House bills and nine Senate measures in Charleston. Proposals cover extending sales and insurance taxes for a year, phasing tax rates, delaying school entry for five-year-olds, raising compulsory schooling age to 17, expanding public funds investments, and creating a post mortem examinations commission.
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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
Cabell
Ona
Mental Hygiene Commission
Hospital Files Suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Beckley Hospital Inc sues Delmer Dick ens of Dry Creek for 518.42 plus interest from Nov 14 1962 for hospital services to Sandra Dickens from Dec 30 1961 and Georgia Kay Dick ens between June 29 1961 and July 5 1961. Sayre and Sayre represents the plaintiff.
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Beckley Hospital Inc
Delmer Dickens
Dry Creek
Raleigh County
Sandra Dickens
Georgia Kay Dickens
Sayre and Sayre
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Jess L. Rhodes
Cecil Allen Waddell
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Robert Cosby
Ira Clayton Lilly
William Franklin Edmonds
Richard A. Foley
John H. Kelley Jr
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Edward D. Tucker
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Dewey Lincoln Marshall
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Earl Bennett
Romancelos Tunstalle
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Theodore Honaker
Leonard Critchley
Robert Brown Jr
Roger Halliwell
James Pryor
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Porter M. Jarvis
William P. Sarver
Coal River Park
United Press International London
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