Car Taxi Wreck In Beckley Injures Passenger
Bennie Atterson of Beckley is listed in satisfactory condition at the Veterans Administration Hospital after an 8:45 AM two car collision at MacArthur. Be ckley State Police say Atterson was a passenger in a White Star Taxi driven by Denton Hawley 32 of Beckley. The taxi struck a vehicle driven by Louis Callopi 49 of MacArthur as he pulled onto the highway from the side of the road. Atterson suffered forehead cuts and a possible fractured right knee. Damages were estimated at $1,000. no charges filed pending investigation.
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Bennie Atterson
Beckley
Veterans Administration Hospital
MacArthur
Atterson
Denton Hawley
Louis Callopi
Oak Hill Couple Hurt In Accident
Oak Hill cou ple, injured in a one car crash at 1 30 p m Wednesday at Doth an, are hospital patients. Robert Mitchell in good condition and his wife in fair condition per hospital officials. The wreck happened when a rock slid into the road forcing a swerve and loss of control over an embankment. Mrs Mitchell is a secretary with the Board of Education at Collins High School. Mitchell works for The New River Supply Co.
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Oak Hill
Dothan
Oak Hill Hospital
Robert Mitchell
Mitchell
Board of Education
Collins High School
New River Supply Co
Back Injury Suffered Lifting Rock at Whitby Mine
Leonard Clark of Jonben is in Beckley Hospital in serious condition after sustaining a back injury while lifting a rock at the R and Coal Co mine Whitby on Wednesday.
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Leonard Clark
Jonben
Beckley Hospital
Whitby
Mrs C D Parsons Discharged After Minor Surgery
Mrs Ruth Parsons of Flat Top was discharged from Raleigh General Hospital after minor surgery performed Wednesday. She was at the Beckley office of the West Virginia Employment Service for a placement interview.
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C. D
Ruth) Parsons
Beckley
West Virginia Employment Service
Raleigh General Hospital
Ex-Convict Sentenced In Criminal Court In West Virginia Turnpike Case
Ex convict James Robert Donohue 31 of Baltimore was sentenced by Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery to 10 years for armed robbery and 1 to 10 years concurrent for attempted murder after a high speed chase on the West Virginia Turnpike. He was captured near Milepost 11 after his stolen car was rammed by a Beckley Police cruiser following the Harper Road Sunoco Station robbery at 2:15 AM. He received credit for jail time and faces other fines from prior charges. Robert Robinson of Beckley pleaded guilty to embezzlement tied to a store stock scheme. Other docket items included cases for drunkenness, unlawful liquor possession, forgery, and pending jury-free Friday sessions.
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West Virginia
Raleigh County
Donahue
Karl Miller
Radford
Sunoco
Harper Road
Beckley
Donohue
Leo Brici
Joe Rodriguez
Maryland House of Correction
Robert Robinson
Guil
el Chico
Robinson
Garfield Jennings
TCASE
Haworth A. Jones
Anthony J. Sparacino
Robert Matthews Jr
Everette Matthews
Quinton Mayner
Mack William Mack
McCreery
Boone County Blaze Kills 4 Victims in Rural Home
Four people including two children died in a rural Boone County fire near Emmons on the Boone County line. Victims are Albert Grayley 75 and housekeeper Martha Gillespie 32, plus children Sue Grayley 12 and Tommy Grayley 7. Boyd Grayley, staying with relatives, survived. Fire spotted about 5 am. bodies recovered around 7 am. Cause undetermined. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Racine
UPS
Boone County
Here
Albert Grayley
Martha Gillespie
Sue
Tommy
Boyd Grayley
Emmons
Kanawha County
Charleston
Wreck causes $60 damage on Valley Drive
Beckley State Police report a 1:15 p.m. Wednesday car truck collision on Valley Drive caused $60 damage. Drivers Ola Williams, 46, of Mount Hope and Nan Patton of Beckley were involved. Williams slowed for a left turn and was struck from the rear. No injuries and no charges.
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Valley Drive
Beckley
Ola Williams
Mount Hope
Nan Patton
Carter St
Williams
Kennedy Seeks 1963 Budget Boosts and Tax Cuts
President Kennedy presented a fiscal 1963 request with a forecast of record tax revenues and a higher spending level, warning of a potential deficit but predicting prosperity would cut unemployment. He proposed repealing the fare tax, cutting plane taxes, and a postal rate increase, while urging large federal aid for schools and tariff authority, with military outlays rising to about 48.3 billion. The budget assumes a Berlin crisis could release Guardsmen and reservists.
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Kennedy
Berlin
Bell
Congress
Anyoe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Judge Denies Move To Set Verdict Aside
A Raleigh County judge denied a motion to set aside a jury verdict in Joe Rodriguez versus Norman Edward Crook. Rodriguez, a justice of the peace, was awarded 7750 for injuries from a 1960 White Oak auto crash. Rodriguez was a passenger in a police cruiser. A separate suit by Helen Craighead Miller against Elma Agnes Amon was dismissed with no costs awarded. Another suit by Guy Johnson against George W Coats and Ruby Jo Coats was dismissed due to a paid 400 judgment. The Ford Motor Co was dismissed from James Estep versus Grady Whitlock Ford Inc. Divorces granted: Helen Blair Keaton from Kenneth Orville Keaton with custody of one child. Thelma Meadows from Carl D Meadows with custody of four children. Shelby Jean Farrish from Robert O Farrish, restoring maiden name Shelby Jean Braxton.
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Raleigh
Norman Knapp
Joe Rodriguez
Norman Edward Crook
Rodriguez
White Oak
Helen Craighead Miller
Elma Agnes Amon
Guy Johnson
George W
Ruby Jo Coats
Ford Motor Co
James A. Estep
Grady Whitlock
Ford, Inc
Helen
West Virginia Senate Advances Budget Scrutiny and Airport Bill
Minority Leader George Seibert moved for a committee-of-the-whole to interrogate Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith over a 13.5 million budget while questioning last year’s public works job projections. The Senate passed five bills, including coal research program continuation at West Virginia University and an airport authority measure for Wheeling Ohio County, though critics warned constitutional concerns may apply.
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Sion
George H. Seibert
Ohio
W. Bernard Smith
Seibert
Smith
Kennedy
West Virginia
House
W. T. Brotherton Jr
D-Kanawha
Senate
West Virginia University
State Tax Department
Wheeling- Ohio County
Brooke County
Clarence E. Martin Jr
Berkeley
Airport Authority
Aluminum in Postwar Homes Increases Through 1959
The average new home rose from about 80 pounds of aluminum in 1955 to roughly 150 pounds by 1959, reflecting growing material use in domestic construction and appliance industries during the period.
Deaths And Funerals of Magee Highlight Local Life
Magee, a World War II rationing board member and church deacon, belonged to Masonic orders, Beni Kedem Shrine, Elks, Black Knight Country Club and Rotary. Born Feb 11, 1898 in Mannington, he lived in Fayette County and Beckley before settling elsewhere. Survivors include wife Hazel Magee, daughter Mary Virginia McQueen, a brother Howard, two sisters Myrtle Magee and Mrs Godfrey McGinnis, and three grandchildren. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Elks
Black Knight Country Club
Rotary Club
Mannington
Fayette County
Beckley
Hazel Patton Magee
J. W
Mary Virginia) McQueen
Liberty
Howard
Wellsville
N. Y
Myrtle Magee
Godfrey McGinnis
Washington, D. C
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Rites Planned for Ralph E. Coberly at Calvary Baptist
Final rites for Ralph Everett Coberly 60 of Oak Hill will be held at 10 30 a m Friday at Calvary Baptist Oak Hill with two ministers presiding Graveside burial follows at Forest Lawn Logan Coberly died Wednesday in Oak Hill Hospital from a heart attack He was a trainmaster for C O Railroad at Thurmond member of Calvary Baptist Oak Hill Civitan Club and Masonic Lodge Logan Surviving wife Alice a daughter Betty Jane Howerton Logan father Cofer Coberly Huntington three sisters and four grandchildren Funeral home arrangements listed
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Ralph Everett Coberly
Country Club Road
Oak Hill
Calvary Baptist Church
Harold Huffman
Randolph Johnson
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Logan
Coberly
Oak Hill Hospital
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Thurmond
Huntington
Tyree
Emma Tolliver Rites Held At Sweet Springs
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Tolliver of Sweet Springs and formerly Fairdale were scheduled for 11 a.m. at Sweet Home Church. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Bob Fanning of Fairdale and several relatives in New York Washington D C Beckley and Roanoke. The body moved from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to the church an hour before services.
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Emma Tolliver
Sweet Springs
Fairdale
Sweet Home Church
Fellows Lodge
Daisy i Covington
John
Beckley
Alex
New York
Calvin
Washington, D. C
Mildred Lowell
Ida Edwards
Charlotte Johnson
Daisy Sorrell
Horace
Gretna
Huse
James
Bramwell
Willie
Wilmington
Del
Minnie Fullen
Essie Saunders
Roanoke
Neely Johnson
Wright
Two Winding Gulf Miners Hurt At Work
Two Winding Gulf Coal mine workers, Arlie Lambert of Sophia and Darrell Davis of East Gulf, were treated at Beckley Hospital on Wednesday for injuries from separate incidents at the mine. Lambert injured his left elbow on a coal cutting machine while Davis sustained a left ring finger injury on a machine jack.
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Winding Gulf
East Gulf
Beckley Hospital
Arlie Lambert
Sophia
Darrell Davis
Stolen 1953 Chevrolet Recovered in Coal City
Beckley State Police recovered a stolen 1953 Chevrolet found in a field at Coal City on Wednesday. Previously owned by E. E. Harry of 2901 Bluefield Ave the car was slightly damaged and missing a spare tire and battery.
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Beckley State Police
Coal City
E. E. Harry
Bluefield Ave
Final rites for John Covington conducted at church
John Covington 75 of 108 Cannaday Street will have funeral services at 2 p m Friday at Central Street Baptist Church with Rev Edward Abrams in charge. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Sunday evening at Hill Top Nursing Home after a long illness. He belonged to Local Union 5825 Layland and the Bishop Scott Knights of Pythias Lodge.
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John Covington
Cannaday St
Central Street Baptist Church
Edward Abrams
Greenwood Memorial Park
Covington
Hill Top
Union
Layland
Bishop Scott Knights of Pythias Lodge
Fire Victims Need Cookstove in Crow
The Delbert Moss family of Crow, eight children aged 15 to six months, lost their home in a Saturday fire. Red Cross executive director Mrs. T C Moorefield appeals for a coal burning cookstove and suggests calling the Red Cross office for pickup. Other furniture and clothing donations have begun arriving, but a stove is most urgently needed.
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Delbert Moss
T. C. Moorefield
I Am American Red Cross
Beck
Moss
Red Cross
Rusk to testify on U N bonds test of open hearings
Rusk, assistant secretary for African affairs, testifies in detail before the House Foreign Affairs Committee for three hours on Americas role in the United Nations. Chairman Gore says the subcommittee will decide later whether hearings stay open and if more of the closed session testimony should be public.
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Williams
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Rusk
House Foreign Affairs Committee
America
United Nations
Bradley D McGraw funeral services held for infant
Funeral services were scheduled in Fayetteville for Bradley Dean McGraw six month old son of Mr and Mrs Louis McGraw. The child died Tuesday in a Montgomery hospital from pneumonia. Surviving are brothers Byron and Bryant a sister Debra and grandparents Thomas McGraw Dryden Washington and Andrew Lewis Amissville Virginia.
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Bradley Dean McGraw
Louis McGraw
Dixie
Dodd- Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Ernest Barley
Huse Memorial Park
Montgomery
Byron
Bryant
Debra
Thomas McGraw
Dryden, Wash
Andrew Lewis
Amissville, Va
Final rites for Godfrey B. Price in Rock Creek
Godfrey Burton Price 67 of Rock Creek will have funeral services at 1 p.m. Saturday at his home with Rev. Robert Cahn presiding. Burial follows at Massey Cemetery. A World War I veteran and retired miner, he belonged to Local Union 6608 UMWA Monteal. Survived by brother David Price sister Mrs. Jack Denny and stepfather Gilbert Massey, all of Rock Creek. Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville to his home at 11 a.m. Friday.
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Godfrey Burton Price
Rock Creek
Robert Cahn
Massey
Price
Beckley Hospital
United Mine Workers of America
Monteoal
David Price
Jack Denny
Gilbert Massey
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Kremlin Contests Hold Implications For Berlin Policy
U S observers assess a power struggle between Khrushchev and Molotov after Pravda harshly attacked the veteran diplomat. Khrushchev’s perceived victory could influence Soviet Berlin policy and the handling of Southeast Asia tensions with Red China. The dispute pressures Laos and South Vietnam, as Chinese efforts to boost local Communist forces resist Western governments.
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Kremlin
Khrushchev
Washington
Red China
Albania
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov
Pravda
Communist Party
Berlin
Russia
Southeast Asia
Laos
Viet Nam
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R. H. Magee
Ralph E. Coberly
T. E. Pack
T. Edgar Pack
Southside Hinton
Second Avenue
Monroe County
John and Easter Swopes Pack
Southside
Pack
Second Baptist Church
Wylie Lodge No. 8
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Robert
Toledo
Earl
Edmond
Columbus
Robie Pleasants
Hinton
Bernice Anderson
Mabel Terry
Beckiey
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Rand
Oliver
Air Force
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Nathan
Otie Hamilton
Jamaica
Frances Mann
Talcott
Alma Sweeney
Mildred Johnson
Shirley Gilmer
Irma Holmes
Florence Adams
White ,Sulphur Springs
Bessie Anderson
Institute
Charles H. Pack
Pittsburgh
Burky Wilson
San Francisco
Calif
Mammie Tucker
Harlem Heights
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Gulf
Universal
U. S
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D-N. J
Bradley D. McGraw
Godfrey B. Price
U.S. Eyes
J. W. Walters
Mgr
Neville
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