Bill Would Offer Churchill Honorary U.S. Citizenship
UPI dispatch from London reports supporters of Sir Winston Churchill believe he would accept honorary U.S. citizenship if offered. The 88 year old statesman, praised for his American ties, is referenced in a Congressional resolution led by Sen. Stephen Young with sponsors Lausche and Kefauver. Churchill already holds numerous U.S. honors and is cited as the most honored man in history with awards from cities and universities and foreign decorations.
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UPI
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United States
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New York
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Sen
Stephen Young
Ohio
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American Congress
Young
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Senate
Churchill
Sir Winston
Jacksonville
Fla
Philadelphia
Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Company
Alexandria
Harvard
Westminster
New York University
Rochester
Cuba
France insists on blocking Britain’s European Market bid
In Brussels French diplomats acting for President de Gaulle pressed to cut off Britain’s bid to join the European Common Market. Negotiations were near collapse as France opposed Britain. Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville met the other five members in a decisive session, with France showing no sign of yielding.
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Brussels
UPS
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
West Virginia Senate discusses election law recodification and parking study
The state Senate considered a resolution to study the statehouse parking problem and discussed a 1957 transfer tax ruling later struck down by the state supreme court. Senators planned weekend talks with county officials on suggested changes to election law recodification. Sen Jack Johnson asked about attach limits. Senate President Carson and Clerk Myers confirmed two attaches per senator.
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State Supreme Court
House
Senate
West Virginia
Jack Johnson
R-Mason
Howard W. Carson
D-Fayette
J. Howard Myers
Statehouse
Deaths and Funerals for Mrs Carrie Gwynn Mabscott
Funeral services for 79 year old Mrs Carrie Amanda Gwynn of Mabscott will be held 2 30 p m Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott with Rev Norman Harless and Rev Gerald Morgan officiating Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park She died in a local hospital at 318 am after a long illness Born March 15 1883 in Colton Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Edward and Amanda Neubert She married Albert William Gwynn in 1906 He was a Mabscott merchant until his death May 5 1949 She lived in Mabscott 55 years and belonged to Calvary Baptist Church for 41 years Also a member of Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge Survivors include four sons Charles G Mabscott Paul E Coal City Roy V Maxwell Hill and Donald V Mabscott four grandchildren The body remains at Melton Mortuary with calling after 5 pm Saturday and will be moved to the church an hour before services Graveside rites by Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge follow.
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Carrie Amanda Gwynn
Mabscott
Calvary Baptist Church of
Norman Harless
Gerald Morgan
Sunset Memorial Park
Colton
Edward
Amanda Brickner Neubert
Albert William Gwynn
Calvary Baptist Church
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge
Charles G
Paul E
Coal City
Roy V
Maxwell Hill
Donald V
Melton Mortuary
Ralph Cook
Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
D. D. Elwell
Harry Stevens
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Cook
Charlottesville
E. B. Cook
India Cook
Varney Cline Post No
American Legion
Rockcastle Sportsmen's Club
Appalachian Power Co
Lucille Guier Cook
Cathy
Barbe
Orville
Mullens
Raymont
Union
McCaleb R. M. Funeral Services Set in Virginia
R M McCaleb of Elliston Virginia, formerly Eccles, died Thursday morning in a Roanoke hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday in LaFayette Virginia with burial in a Roanoke cemetery. His wife Ida Ross is a patient at Greenlawn Nursing Home in Radford. The couple operated a movie theater in Eccles for many years before relocating to Virginia.
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R. M. McCaleb
Elliston
Eccles
LaFayette
Roanoke
McCaleb
Ida Ross
Greenlawn
Radford
Virginia
Funeral rites set for Crookshank in Pemberton
John A Crookshank 64 of Pemberton dies at home from heart attack. Funeral 11 a m Monday at Pemberton Methodist Church with Rev Armor Sayre. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving wife Lena plus four sons and six daughters. He was a retired coal miner and longtime Raleigh County resident. The body at Williams Funeral Home Sophia after 3 p m Sunday.
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John Alfred Crookshank
Pemberton
Pemberton Methodist Church
Armor Sayre
Sunset Memorial Park
Greenbrier County
George and
Mary Hawkins Crookshank
Lillybrook Coal Co
al Affinity
Sidney Davis Funeral Services Set for Lester Neighbor
Funeral services for Sidney Davis age 91 of Lester are scheduled for 2 30 p m Saturday at the First Church of God in Lester with Rev Cleve Young and Rev S D Wolford officiating. Burial will be in Webb Cemetery at Maple Meadow. Davis died in a local hospital around noon Wednesday after a long illness. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home handles arrangements until the service at the church.
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Sidney Davis
Lester
Church of God
Cleve Young
S. D. Wolford
Webb
Maple Meadow
Rose and Quesenberry
Walter Zamiela rites set at Scarbro church
Requiem mass for Walter Zamiela 66 of Summerlee will be sung at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro with Rev. Leo Werner as celebrant Burial is in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He died in an Oak Hill hospital Thursday after a long illness He was born in Poland January 29 1896 a retired employee of The New River Coal Co Survivors include his wife Rose Francis Zamiela three sons Stanley Frank Johnny a daughter Helen Fox a sister Helen Szcczykutowicz and six grandchildren Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Walter Zamiela
Poland
New River Coal Co
Summerlee
Rose Francis Zamiela
Stanley
Franklin, N. C
Frank
Charleston
Johnny
Cleveland
Ohio
Helen Fox
Helen Szcczykutowicz
Buffalo
N. Y
Rosary
Tyree
Oak Hill
Final rites set for 18 month old Michael D. Bandy
The 18 month old Michael Dale Bandy son of Guy and Barbara Douglas Bandy of Chesapeake City Md formerly of Fayette County will be laid to rest at 11 a m Saturday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill Rev C S Donnelly to officiate The child died Wednesday in Chesapeake City after a short illness Survivors include a brother Stephen and a sister Barbara paternal grandparents Wilburn Bandy Oak Hill and maternal grandparents William J Douglas Scarbro Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p m today
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Michael Dale Bandy
Guy
Barbara Douglas Bandy
Chesapeake City
Fayette County
C. S. Donnelly
Tyree
Barbara
Wilburn Bandy
Oak Hill
William J. Douglas
Scarbro
Obituaries for Roy Vance and Blaze Mislen
Roy Vance 62 of Crab Orchard died at home after months of illness. Blaze Mislen 68 a retired miner of Calloway Heights died in a local hospital after a long illness. Funeral for Mislen set 2:30 p m Saturday at St Nicholas Orthodox Church. entombment Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Funeral home handling Vance arrangements.
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Roy Vance
Crab Orchard
Rose and Quensenberry Funeral Home
Blaze Mislen
Calloway Heights
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
George Simon
Sunset Memorial Park
Tolliver Rites Planned for Mrs Clytie Tolliver
Funeral arrangements are complete for Mrs Clytie Belle Tolliver 54 of Matoaka who died at home after a long illness attributed to cancer. Born August 6 1908 at Flat Top she was a daughter of the late.
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Clytie Belle Tolliver
Matoaka
Flat Top
Embezzlement Warrant Withdrawn Costs Paid
An embezzlement warrant against Aubry Hatcher 47 of 107 Grove Ave Beckley was withdrawn at a hearing before Magistrate W A Burke. Court costs were paid for Hatcher's Raleigh County Jail release after arrest on a warrant by Robert W Foster for renting a floor polisher and spawing it. A false pretense warrant against Maynor T Fountain Beckley was also withdrawn. Alfie L Smith Beckley is due before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez for a misdemeanor charge after posting a $500 property bond on Jan 5.
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Aubry Hatcher
Grove Ave
Foster Hardware Inc
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Hatcher
Raleigh County
Robert W. Foster
Burke
Maynor T. Fountain
Jesse Fountain
Alfie L. Smith
Joe Rodriguez
Kennedy Budget Draft Triggers Fiscal Deficit Talk
The 1964 budget shows a deficit potentially rising from four to seven billion dollars and possibly reaching ten billion, prompting warnings that surpassing ten billion could cause severe political backlash. The president’s release prompts debate over fiscal strain and future policy.
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Kennedy
County Republicans Plan Charleston Meeting for National Committee Post
Raleigh County representatives on the State Republican Executive Committee will attend a February 9 gathering in Charleston to choose a successor to the late Walter Hallanan as national committee man. Mrs Reginald Meyers and Opipie L Hedrick will be present. state Chairman Howard V Corcoran may also be a candidate.
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Raleigh
Republican Executive Committee
Charleston
Walter Hallanan
Reginald Meyers
Opipie L. Hedrick
Howard V. Corcoran
Suit Filed Over $16 770 19 With Mitchell Coal Co
A $16 770 19 suit has been filed against Orville T. Carr and others doing business as Mitchell Coal Co by George P. Clay and others doing business as Clay Coal Co in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office. The suit states contracts made in December 1961 were terminated Aug 1 1962 and the full amount became due that date. PLAINTIFF seeks the amount and trial by jury at the February term. Counsel for plaintiff is Clay S Crouse.
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Orville T. Carr
Mitchell Coal Co
George P. Clay
Clay Coal Co
Raleigh County
Clay S Crouse
Rescue Squad respond to First Ave medical call
Beckley Rescue Squad answered a call to 201 First Ave at 5 55 p m Thursday as Fred Hodges suffered an attack. He received emergency treatment and was taken to a local hospital for examination and later released.
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Beckley
First Ave
Fred Hodges
Clemson Leaders Predict Peaceful Admission of Gantt
Clemson College officials and student leaders say they expect no violence if Negro Harry Gantt is admitted under a federal court order for the next semester starting Jan 28. They note past Mississippi riots as a caution but expect maturity from Clemson students. Roy Wilkins of the NAACP disputes Mississippi violence as a benchmark. The college seeks a delay in complying with the Fourth Circuit ruling.
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S.C
UPI
Harvey Gantt
Clemson College
Bill Henriz
Bill Schachte
James H. Meredith
Uni
Mississippi
Uncle Sam
Schachte
Charleston
Gantt
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wilkins
Ole Miss
R. C. Edwards
South Carolina Hills
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kennedy Inaugural Gala Aims At One Million Net
Democrats expect about 1 million dollars gross from nights two anniversary celebration for Kennedy's inauguration. Net profits could top 800 thousand to cover debts as national leaders attend a three day event. A dinner for 400 to 500 guests precedes a 6 000 seat show at the National Guard Armory featuring Richard Adler talent slate with Gene Kelly and Kirk Douglas hosting.
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UPI
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National Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bedford Wynn
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Spain
Gene Kelly
Kirk Douglas
George Burns
Carol Channing
Carol Burnett
Hot Foot Plutonium Shipment Traced Across Terminals
Four trucks moved a radioactive cargo labeled hot foot. A Brookhaven arrival revealed a leak during loading. A Jersey City trailer showed slight contamination and was cleaned by AEC safety crews. Routes were checked and a trailer carried cargo to Jersey City then Pittsburgh and reloaded for New Haven and Boston. Minor contamination found in Boston. Clothing of drivers yielded a 200 cpm radioactive count.
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Pittsburgh
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Boston
Legislature Hearings Highlight Rural Representation Clash
Lawmakers from small counties pressed to keep at least one delegate per county amid re districting talks. West Virginia bills on corporate prepaid medical plans and foreign doctors licensing drew introductions with possible amendments. Senate leaders signaled support if public interest and safeguards are maintained.
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Del
James Michael
Tucker
Tucker County
Monroe Arbogast
Clay
Daniel Mace
D-Wirt
Supreme Court
del. J. F. Deem
R-Ritchie
West Virginia
Moreland
Medical Association
West
D-Fayette
Merritt to Head Raleigh County Health Center Council
Dr Merritt active in many medical and civic groups including the American College of Surgeons and the Beckley Rotary He serves on medical and legislative committees and lives at 1518 Harper Road His political duties include a 10 year term ending June 30 1963 while Porter retires from Council after long service following a heart attack in Raleigh General Hospital
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Raleigh County Health Center
Local Cancer Association
County Medical Society
Merritt
West Virginia Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
The
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
International College of Surgeons
South Eastern Surgeons Association
Southern Medical Association
American Medical Association
Beckley Rotary Club
Black Knight Country Club
Elks Lodge
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Raleigh County Bank
W. H. Cunningham
Raleigh County Horsemen’s Association
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Boyle
Miss
Dr. Merritt
Mary Martha Presley
University of Virginia
Medical Corps
United States Army
Harper Road
Porter
State Senate
Noel Christian
House of Delegates
Senate
Jack Nuckols
Raleigh General Hospital
Governors seeks swift action on regional recreation project
Barron said after the application is reviewed by the Area Redevelopment Administration in Washington it will move to the Community Facilities Administration in Philadelphia. He noted both agencies have promised swift action on the request.
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Barron
Area Redevelopment Administration
Washington
Community Facilities Administration
Philadelphia
Judge Signs Three Orders Involving Custody Divorce
Judge Norman Knapp signed three orders granting custody of an infant to Richard Sanchez and Anna Sanchez and a divorce for Isaiah Lawson from Cora Lawson. In Hale v Hale, Frank Hale and Ronald E Hale as plaintiff seek $4500 for injuries against Barbara McDaniel and Thomas McDaniel.
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Norman Knapp
Richard Sanchez
Anna Sanchez
Ronald E. Hale
Frank Hale
Barbara McDaniel
Thomas McDaniel
Isaiah Lawson
Cora Lawson
Four Forfeit Bonds In Beckley Police Court
Beckley city police court forfeitures totaled 25 dollars. Leonard O Meadows 22 forfeited a 5 dollar bond on a red light violation after a 3 40 p m incident. Willis Crews forfeited a 15 dollar bond for failure to keep his vehicle under control. Vandall Scott forfeited a 5 dollar bond for permitting a dog to run loose. One person forfeited a 19 dollar bond on an intoxication charge.
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Beckley
Leonard O. Meadows
Forrest
Willis Crews
Vandall Scott
Two Drivers Charged in Weekend City Police Violations
Leonard C Meadows 22 of Loren Avenue cited for red light violation at 3 40 p m Thursday. James Motley 48 of 8th Street ordered to appear in City Police court Monday night on charges of speeding no state operator's license and no city operator's license. He was arrested by City Police at 8 p m Thursday.
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Leonard C. Meadows
Loren Avenue
James Motley
8Th Street
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