Embezzler’s 2 Million Theft Shocks Iowa Town
In Sheldon Iowa the daughter of the bank president admits stealing 2 126859 10 from the Sheldon National Bank over years. FDIC auditors move in as residents grapple with how such a trusted couple and bank could lose trust and money. The town of 4251 wonders what was done with the funds and when restitution will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Smothers
Fred Mohn
Bob Hoig
UPI
Sheldon
Iowa
Sheldon National Bank
Burnice Iverson Geiger
Mrs. Geiger
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
E. L. Cox Jr
Midwest
Thomas Lutman
First Congregational Church
Geiger
Sioux City
Norfolk
Wallace
Four Corners
3Rd Ave
9Th St
Byrd Pushes Bill To Aid Distressed Areas
Sen Robert Byrd testifies for S-1 to aid distressed areas hit by unemployment. He cites 100 areas with substantial and persistent joblessness and argues migration worsens social capital loss. Byrd says the bill will foster new plants and jobs, boosting national economic growth. He advised Kennedy task force on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking and Committee
Robert Cea
D-W.va
Byrd
Senate
Kennedy
Senate Currency and Banking Committee
West Virginia
Stahr Praised By Committee For Army Secretary Nomination
Elvis J. Stahr Jr. sailed through a friendly Senate Armed Services hearing for secretary of the Army under Kennedy, saying he would serve as long as asked and would divest two small steel holdings. He stressed personal sacrifice in taking the $20,000-a-year post versus a $30,000 university salary. Stahr, a WWII veteran and Rhodes scholar, faced praise from Russell, Symington, Stennis, Byrd, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
West Virgina University
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Kennedy
Stahr
Morgantown
W. Va
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev Warns West Berlin Stakes and Peace Pacts
Khrushchev pledges Soviet support for national rebellions including Algeria and Vietnam as Western powers face vulnerability in West Berlin. He vows to press measures toward a separate peace with East Germany and warns the occupation regime in Berlin will end, linking West Berlin to Europe’s heart. The note recalls Bulganin’s visit amid prior Egypt invasion events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Khrushchev
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
East Germany
Germany
West
Berlin
Europe
Egypt
Mier Nikolai Bulganin
Fireco man indicted for attempted rape pleads to assault
Twenty five year old Billy Joe Adkins of Fireco pleaded guilty to assault and battery in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Judge Harry L. McCreery set February 7 for sentencing after the plea on the alleged Sept 9 offense against a nine year old. Other defendants faced calendar actions including two Beckley men who pleaded no contest to unlawful possession and sale of liquor with sentencing set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Joe Adkins
Fireco
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Frank Edmond Hensley
Percy Edward Mullins
Beckley
Eee
Led
Ley
Maiming
Hattie Richmond
Eisenhower Sees Strong Economy Amid Inflation Control
President Eisenhower asserts that American economy shows strength with inflation under control and a path to sound growth. He cites gains in output, jobs, and productive capacity, while noting unemployment rose in December and 5.5 million jobless in January. Timothy Saulnier contests Kennedy advisers' recovery claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Eisenhower
Raymond J. Saulnier
Council of Economic Advisers
Saulnier
Kennedy
Suez Crisis Voices and Soviet Warnings
British statesmen spoke frankly about settling scores with Egypt after its nationalization of the Suez Canal. Khrushchev recalled telling the British that if they started a war they would lose and Russia would not stay neutral. During the crisis Moscow threatened to send volunteers to assist Egyptian forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Egypt
Suez Canal
Khrushchev
Russia
Shortening The News Day After Mild Heart Attack
After a mild heart attack Monday following Gov. Barron’s inauguration, officials report. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway completed talks to buy the government owned former Sylvania electrical plant at Huntington. West Virginia was mistakenly reported excluded from a military construction list. the Defense Department sought 198000 dollars for a Morgantown National Guard armory and 64000 dollars for a Huntington Army Reserve center. Coleman Nichols of Welch named general field supervisor for the State Liquor Commission by Clarence Elmore. New State Police Supt Burchett met with captains and lieutenants to discuss department problems and future plans. Bodies of two men killed in an explosion and refinery fire at St. Marys were recovered. Clyde Rouse found in debris, Carolston Roby, 44, identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Barron
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Sylvania Electrical Products
Huntington
West Virginia
Congress
Defense Department
National Guard
Morgantown
Coleman Nichols
Welch
State Liquor Commission
Clarence Elmore
W. E. Burchett
St. Mary’s
Clyde Rouse
Carolston Roby
State budgetary plan calls for broad wage and tax changes
Barron outlines a multi category package including a teacher pay hike, road funding, and new agencies. He proposes 1.5 million for teacher raises, 3 million for an Industrial Development Authority, 8.3 million for roads with 50-50 federal matching, and 500 thousand for unemployment retraining while urging strict budgeting and non political administration. He also backs a civil service expansion and a state Human Rights Commission to foster racial and cultural understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Commission
State Department of Commerce
Economic Development Agency
Industrial and Publicity Commission
Publicity Department of Conservation Commission
IDA
Pennsylvania
Barron
Tax Commissioner
Atty General Announces First Assistant and Aides
Charleston West Virginia UPI State Atty Gen C Donald Robertson named William Lockhart of Logan as his first assistant. Phillip J Grazziani of Elkins and Benjamin F Yancy of Bluefield were named new assistants, both former House of Delegates members with Robertson. Several aides Mr Robertson will retain include George Howard Mitchell and Charles Robertson announced further appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
George Howard Mitchell
Charles‘ton
Virginia Mae Brown
Putnam County
Bernard Smith
Logan
Henry C. Bias
Charles Robertson
John Camp
Westover
Monongalia County
Inaugural Schedule Highlights Washington Events
A rundown of major inaugural events lists receptions for Vice President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson and Congressional Medal of Honor winners, a military review at Uline Arena, a breakfast for governors, Sinatra and Nat King Cole appearances, Kennedy’s inauguration with a concert and gala, plus the oath at noon and an inaugural parade and balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Uline Arena
Frank Sinatra
Constitution Hall
John F. Kennedy
Sinatra
Ethel Merman
Ella Fitzgerald
Kennedy
Capitol
White House
Air Force
Washington Monument
Winding Gulf Men Arrested
Two Winding Gulf men were booked at the Raleigh County Jail on different charges. Willie Brooks as of 11:15 p.m. Tuesday faces fel assault on Mrs. Eaves after she says he struck her with a poker iron during a dispute at her home. Roosevelt Duff, jailed at 12:39 a.m. heute, is charged with petit larceny for allegedly stealing a battery from Roy Bradley in Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bradley
Sullivan
West Virginia Gov Barron Presses Tax Reform and Road Plan
Governor Barron urged tax reform including a state income tax as fairer, warned against sentiment-led taxes, and proposed a road program with at least 8.345 million for a pay-as-you-go North-South highway. He pressed education funding with 1.5 million for public schools and 2 million for colleges and the University amid limited revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Commission
Deaths and Funerals in Pine Knob and Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Alice Pettry 64 Pine Knob set for 11 am Thursday at Union Pine Knob with Rev Tyree. Burial Bealey Cemetery Pine Knob. Surviving daughters Jessie Elkins Esta Pettry. sons Byrd Boyd Billy Bobbie all Pine Knob. sisters Bessie Workman Lara Cook Orpha Webb Sylvia Webb Flora Allen Naoma Thelma Miller. brothers Aubrey Bealey Hubert Oscar Pine Knob Mount Hope. Body from Armstrong Whitesville to home at 4 pm today. John Zeb Hager 68 Beckley route 1 died 7:20 am at Raleigh General after long illness. Former employee of Biggs Johnston Withrow Inc. Survivor wife Nannie Pack Hager father Samuel B Hager route 1 Beckley. four sons Otho Beckley route 1 Norvil Fred Detroit Mich Jack Lansing Mich. stepson Clarence Webb Portsmouth Ohio. three daughters Edith Sweeney Laura Hodge Peggy Morris Arlington Va. brother Levi Beaver. two sisters D E Wipperm an Beckley Bruce Thomas Beckley. and 16 escere. Body at Rose and Sambar Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Matilda Alice Pettry
Pine Knob
Union of
Tyree
Bealey
Pettry
Glover
Bessie Workman
Lara Cook
Orpha Webb
Sylvia Webb
Flora Allen
Naoma
Thelma Miller
Beckley
Aubrey Bealey
Hubert
Oscar
Mount Hope
Armstrong Funeral
Whitesville
John
Zeb
Hager
John Vance
Zeb) Hager
Raleigh General Hospital
Biggs - Johnston- Withrow Inc
Maynor Freewill Baptist Church
Nannie Pack Hager
Samuel B. Hager
Otho
Norvil
Fred
Detroit
Mich
Jack
Lansing
Clarence Webb
Portsmouth
Ohio
Edith Sweeney
Laura Hodge
Peggy Morris
Arlington
Levi
Beaver
D. E. Wipperman
Bruce Thomas
Escere
Rose and Sambar Funeral Home
John B. Parsons final rites set for Friday
John Britton Parsons 55 of 204 E Street will receive 2 30 p m Friday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Everett R Shaffer officiating Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens He died at 9 05 am Tuesday in a local hospital after a heart attack The body remains at the funeral home Survivors include three sons Glen Ferris Carlton Paul and Thomas of Beaver three daughters Mrs Merle Riner Raleigh Mrs Sereta Snead Niagara Falls NY and Mrs Hila Kowalczyk Hartford Conn three brothers Toy Hico and Son and Pierce Ramsey and two sisters Miss Annie Cole Lanark and Mrs Clara Guilliams Stamford The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Britton Parsons
E St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Everett R. Shaffer
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Parsons
Raleigh Cleaners and Laundry
Glen Ferris
Carlton
Paul
Thomas
Beaver
Merle Riner
Raleigh
Sereta Snead
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Hila Kowalczyk
Hartford
Final rites for Mrs Nannie Hinchee Kanode in Pembroke
Mrs Nannie Hinchee Kanode 74 of Pembroke Va dies after long illness in daughter Ardaliah Crawford's home. Funeral at Pembroke Christian Church with Rev Robert G Parrish, burial White Cemetery. Survived by daughter Ruth Marshall six sisters three grandchildren two great grandchildren. husband Charles W Kanode died 1944. Born Craig County Oct 16 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Hinchee Kanode
Pembroke
Pembroke Christian Church
Robert G. Parrish
White Cemetery
Kanode
Ardaliah Crawford
Craig County
George H
Prudence Sarver Hinchee
Charles W. Kanode
Ruth Marshall
Homer Crusenberry
Corinne
Noah Rakes
Harvey
Harry Bailey
Daniels
Louise Cales
Radford
Frank Bailey
Gold Bond
Arthur Link
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Miller in Brenton
Mrs Ida Mabel Miller 36 of Brenton will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Friday at the Gospel Mission Brenton with Rev Stellie Parsons of Oceana officiating Burial will be in Cook Cemetery Brenton She died at 1 20 a m today at Welch Emergency Hospital Elkton Ky born December 31 1924 in Elkton a daughter of Dee Roy and Clara Winkler West of Brenton Surviving are her husband Ward Miller four sons Chester R Floyd B Douglas F and Ward Dale two daughters Marsha and Mabel Gail all at home a brother Bernard West Kegley and four sisters Mrs Virginia Monroe Weston Mrs Mary Toms Clear Fork Mrs Caspereta Griffith Oceana and Miss Julia D West The body will be taken from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the home of her parents at 5 p m Thursday RNS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mabel Miller
Brenton
Gospel Mission
Stellie Parsons
Oceana
Cook
Miller
Welch Emergency
Elkton
Dee Roy
Clara Winkler West
Ward Miller
Chester R
Floyd B
Douglas F
Ward Dale
Marsha
Mabel Gail
Bernard West
Kegley
Virginia Monroe
Weston
Mary Toms
Clear Fork
Caspereta Griffith
Julia D. West
Robertson and Foglesong
Death notice for John Hyman of Scarbro at 73
John Hyman, 73, of Scarbro, died at home at 8 30 p m Tuesday after a heart attack. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hyman
Scarbro
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza L Jones Pemberton
Mrs Eliza L Jones 87 of Pemberton dies after a short illness in a local hospital. Born in Ohio January 24 1873 she lived in Raleigh County 46 years and was a member of Missionary Baptist Church and True Blue Rebecca Lodge Sophie. Survived by two daughters four sons 22 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren. Funeral at Pemberton Baptist Church 2 p.m. Thursday with burial in Pemberton Cemetery. The body remains at Calfee Funeral Home until one hour before services. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza L. Jones
Pemberton
Pemberton Baptist Church
S. G. Brooks
Jones
Ohio
Raleigh County
Missionary Baptist Church of
True Blue
Rebecca Lodge
Sophia
William P. Jones
Aken Miller
Earl Fink
Dewey Jones
Fred Jones
Ghent
Harry “Pete
Jacksonville
Fla
Jack Jones
Abingdon
Calfee
Baptist Church
Thomas S. Lester Funeral Set At Hanover Home
Funeral services for Thomas S. Lester 82 of 214 Hedrick St will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at his old home on Cub Creek Hanover. Burial follows in the family cemetery. He died Tuesday in a Welch hospital from a blood clot in the leg. He was a son of the late Pleasant and Christina Lester. Survived by three sisters Mrs. Virginia Lockhart Mrs. Daisy Trent and Mrs. Fiona Lockhart and two brothers I K Lester and Dewey Lester. He lived with his niece Mrs. Joe B Ashworth for years. Also surviving nieces and nephews include Grat Lockhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas S. Lester
Hedrick
I. K. Lester
North Spring
Dewey Lester
Saeger
Joe B. Ashworth
Hedrick St
Grat Lockhart
Carl F Cole dies after long illness at 74
Carl F. Cole 74 of 311 Ellison Ave died at 1 45 am in a local hospital after a six year illness He was a retired coal miner with Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Eccles and a member of United Mine Workers Local 5770 Eccles Born Sept 6 1882 in Raleigh County he was the son of the late Ballard and Virginia Bailey Cole He belonged to the Warden Church of Christ Surviving are Ora Patrick Cole five sons Hubert Winchester Va John H
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Fountain Cole
Ellison Ave
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles
United Mine Workers of America
Raleigh County
Ballard
Virginia Bailey Cole
Warden Church of Christ
Ora Patrick Cole
Hubert
Winchester
John H
Dignified Crab Orchard Matron Dies at 78
Mrs Roxie L Gray aged 78 of Crab Orchard passed away at 3 30 a m in Beckley Hospital after a long illness. She is survived by family and friends and funeral arrangements will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie L. Gray
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
West Virginia House Redistricting Proposals Reach 1960 Reapportionment
Tax Measures propose a revised 1960 census based plan keeping 100 delegates but adding one seat to Hancock and Wood counties and two to Kanawha. McDowell would lose two, Fayette and Logan one each. Other bills expand non resident motorist action definitions, adjust justice and constable fees, seek 18 year voting age via constitutional amendment, and study a Potomac River bridge between Green Springs West Virginia and Oldtown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
Hancock
Wood Counties
Kanawha County
McDowell County
Fayette and Logan
del. Myles
D-Fayette
del. Wells
D-Mercer
West Virginia
Dels
D. P. Given
D-Webster
Kenneth W. Metz
D-Jefferson
Leach Chamber
Del
William D. Slonaker
D-Hampshire
Road Commission
Potomac River
Green Springs
W. Va
Oldtown
Cumber
Mental Health Group Will Convene Tonight
The State Mental Health Association legislative program will be presented to the Raleigh County Association at a dinner meeting at 6 30 p m today in the Beckley Hotel. Mrs Virgil A Sarrett president announced the program on legislation to be presented by Mrs Paul R Copeland and Paul Reid who attended the state meeting recently. A business meeting will follow the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Mental Health Association
Raleigh County Association
Beckley Hotel
Virgil A. Sarrett
Paul R. Copeland
Paul Reid
Senator Ward Wylie’s Mother Ill at Home in Mullens
Mrs A P Wylie mother of Dr Ward Wylie Mullens and state senator is confined to a son Claude Wylie Gap Mills Monroe County due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
A. P. Wylie
Claude Wylie
Gap Mills
Monroe County
Ward Wylie
State Senate
Eisenhower bids farewell urges calm in Cold War
President Eisenhower in a radio TV farewell from the White House urged the nation to gird for a long struggle against Communism while steadfastly seeking peace at the conference table. He warned against a military scientific industrial elite gaining unwarranted influence and noted the immense postwar arms establishment, expressing disappointment at not securing disarmament. He wished Kennedy Godspeed and prayed for global peace and mutual respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
White House
Russia
Kennedy
Taxing Severance Revenue and Hunting Pistol Permit Bill
A severance tax proposal would raise about 45 million dollars annually with most funds directed to general revenue and 20 percent to the Natural Resources Department. Gov. Barron calls a noon joint session as lawmakers anticipate a flood of bills including liquor by the drink and a proposed bill taxing lawyers and physicians. Hunter safety and pistol carry rules surface in a bill by Dels Cruikshank to allow un loaded .22 pistols with long barrels in a case during travel to hunting areas, plus a sheriff permit process requiring age 18, clean record, and status checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Department
General Revenue
D. P. Given
D-Webster
Cecil Mitchell
D-Mingo
J. C. Cruikshank
D-Clay
Cruikshank
Hepatitis and Other Cases Reported in County Health Summary
Fayette County reports two infectious hepatitis cases and one syphilis case for the week ending Jan. 14 to the State Health Department. Wyoming County notes one new tuberculosis case in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
State Department of Health Disease Control
Wyoming County
Police Probe Robbery at Crab Orchard Inn
Beckley State Police investigate a Tuesday night robbery at The Miners Inn in Crab Orchard. Owner Gallo Matolo says two unidentified young men, possibly teens, attacked him with a rock from behind at about 9 p.m. and robbed $6 before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Crab Orchard
Gallo Matolo
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