Logan County Court President Dies by Own Action
Ira J. Cook aged about 43 president of the Logan County Court died by self inflicted gunshot at his mother’s home in Man. The death occurred before 9 a.m. Cook, who lived in South Man, entered the house, refused breakfast, then turned the TV up and shot himself in the head. Survived by wife Katherine and four children. Body at McNeely Funeral Home pending arrangements. Logan City Police investigating.
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RNS
Ira J. Cook
Logan County Court
Claude Joyce
Joyce
Cook
South Man
I. C. Cook
Katherine
Mary Alen
Alice
Randy
Logan
Wyoming
McNeely Funeral Home
Man
Logan City
Police Testify First In Riddick Drunk Driving Trial
In Raleigh County Court Carl Riddick faced prosecution as the first police witness testified to his near loss of balance and slurred speech after a 1:30 a.m. arrest. Patrolman Fred Burdiss described a pole impact, signs of intoxication, and paint marks, while a passenger Marion Ferguson was allowed to go home.
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Carl Riddick
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Fred Burdiss
Riddick
City Avenue
Burdiss
Marion Ferguson
Slab Fork
Luchini
Ferguson
Tito Plans Cuba Visit Amid Castro Invitation
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP Tito will visit Cuba when work permits allow, announced by Cuban Foreign Minister Raul Roa on Tuesday. Fidel Castro invited the Yugoslav president to travel to Havana, signaling a thaw in relations and potential talks on regional issues.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Raul Roa
Shady Spring Pair Jailed For Murder
Mrs Goldie Mae Lambert and Rush Roark, Shady Spring residents, were booked at Raleigh County Jail at 1 45 a m after Cleveland arrests on murder warrants. They denied involvement in the shotgun slaying of Homer Richmond whose body was found Friday off Pluto Road. Lambert previously acquitted in a past self defense shooting. Roark indicted for obstructing an officer and disturbing the peace with trials set for January.
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Goldie Mae Lambert
Rush Roark
Homer Richmond
Raleigh
Shady Spring
Cleveland
Ohio
K. J. Néely
Zina French
Roark
Jan
Watts Doubts Committee Visit Value
William F. Watts president of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce questions the value of a planned visit by a House Committee. He says emphasis should be on immediate relief for the hungry and job seekers, highlights the Beckley Business Development Corporation, and calls for coordinated state and local efforts without portraying the area as distressed. He stresses Chamber leadership and self-reliance.
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Raleigh County
William F. Watts
Beckley
Watts
Chamber
Beckley Business Development Corporation
BBDC
Beckley youths cited in separate traffic cases
Sophia Driver Cited By Police John Fredrick Lavis 17 and Sophia will appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night to answer a red light charge. He was arrested at 9 0 p m Tuesday. Also ordered to appear Monday night is Johnny Allen Smith 19 Beckley charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene after his car hit a fence on Harper Road.
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John Fredrick Lavis
Sophia
Beckley
Johnny Allen Smith
Smith
Harper Road
Petit Jurors Excused Until Thursday A.M.
Raleigh County Criminal Court jurors for the current term were excused until 9 a.m. Thursday except those serving in the Carl Riddick trial.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Carl Riddick
Noted County Doctor George P. Daniel Dies
Prominent Raleigh County physician George P. Daniel dies after a lifetime in medicine and business. Early in his career he rode by horseback to treat patients on kitchen tables before a hospital existed. He helped form the Trap Hill Telephone Co. and served Odd Fellows for over 50 years. He had two sons and several grandchildren who also became doctors. Rites set for 2 p.m. Friday at Caffee Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Raleigh
Wyoming
Dr. Daniel
Raleigh County
Theodore Roosevelt
Marsh Fork
Hinton
Glen Daniel
Trap Hill
Daniel
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Odd Fellows Lodge
Lodge
Nettie May Callaway
George W. Callaway
Doff D
Ross P
Beckley
Duff D. Jr
John Morton Daniel
Wichita
Kan
Richard
Philadelphia
Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
BBDC Group To Meet Today
The committee in charge of soliciting subscribers to stock in the Beckley Business Development Corporation was to meet at 12:15 p.m. today in the Beckley Hotel. The luncheon meeting would discuss progress in selling stock and related matters.
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Beckley Business Development Corporation
Beckley Hotel
Hired Killer Blames Finch and Tregoff in Court
Los Angeles AP report shows Jack Cody, a jail parolee, testifying in a dramatic trial. Cody describes Carvele Tregoff and Dr. R Bernard Finch as arranging the murder of Barbara Jean Finch, with Cody admitting a down payment and intent to kill but never completing the act.
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John P. Cody
Los Angeles
Minnesota
Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Finch
Cody
Carvle Tregofff
Jack Cody
Minneapolis
Carole
Jack
R. Bernard Finch
Bernie
Bernie Finch
Finch
Rich West Covina
Miss Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
Judge to Trade Robes for Army Duty in Virginia
Ra leigh County Circuit Court judge Norman Knapp will serve two weeks on active duty as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve. A World War II veteran, he has spent 2th year in Reserve service since 1958 and will study supply management at Fort Lee logistics school. He has prior active duty, including the South Pacific theater, and was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel in 1958.
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Norman Knapp
Raleigh County
Free
Pearl Harbor
Jurist
South Pacific
Camp Breckenridge
West Virginia Reserve Regiment
Fort Lee
Stolen Car Believed Found Near Stephenson
A car stolen from Vaughn's Gulf Station in East Pineville was found abandoned beside State Route 16 in Stephenson. Clerk David Blankenship alerted Mullens Police, who notified the State Police. The vehicle, owned by Heather Vaughn, showed no signs of wreckage and appeared parked. Stolen from the station were two tires, an inner tube, cigarette cartons, aspirin, and Tums. it is unknown if other items were inside the car.
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Stephenson
RNS
Vaughn
Gulf Station
East Pineville
David Blankenship
Page Coal and Coke Co
Mullens Police
State
Heather Vaughn
Two Plead Guilty In Court Today
Two men pleaded guilty to indictments this morning and were ordered to return February 10 for sentencing by Judge Harry L. McCreery. Willis Crews admitted assault and battery in the shooting of Betty Lou Elliott while Leonard L. Townes pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Stratton High School, where five pieces of office equipment were stolen. Both men were allowed to remain on their present bonds.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Willis Crews
Betty Lou Elliott
Leonard L. Townes
Stratton High School
Benefits Loss Snag Trips Up Legislature
Legislature debates steps to implement the benefits loss program with recommendations from MORELAND and Underwood. Bills would spell out unemployment participant procedures and project assignments while executive action may set mechanics. Senate and House calendars were light with a 2:00 p.m. start and a closed-door committee session to discuss agenda scope.
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Moreland
Underwood
Senate
House
Senate approves primary curbs under federal spending laws
In a surprise 50-39 vote the Senate extended federal campaign spending controls to primaries caucuses and nomination conventions. The measure revises the 1925 Corrupt Practices Act to require detailed reporting and higher spending limits, applying to committees that influence federal elections and spend over 1000 annually.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Hennings
Kenneth B. Keating
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Johnson
Underwood’s Bid Refused in Federal Food Aid Talks
West Virginia officials led by Governor in Washington pressed for faster food distribution from warehouses to hungry residents. Underwood urged stepped up coal research funding and forest service work, noting Eisenhower budget includes more coal research money and WVU could gain more coal program roles. Waggy highlighted transport from warehouses as West Virginia’s main hurdle.
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Partment of Agriculture Food Distribution Division
Benson
Underwood
Washington
McClellan
William Waggy
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Monongahela National Forest
Interior
Fred Seaton
Department of Interior
Eisenhower
WVII
National Forest
U. S. Forest Service
West Virginia Turnpike slum cleanup urged by Kyle McCormick
Former Princeton editor Kyle McCormick urged cleaning up blighted coal town eyesores along the West Virginia Turnpike. He urged painting, tearing down abandoned houses and tipples, and criticized poverty sights hindering tourism and industry. He asked to speak before the Turnpike Commission as he seeks support from civic groups.
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Princeton
Department of Archives and History
West Virginia Turnpike
McCormick
West Virginia
Kyle
Cit
Indianapolis
Ind
Turnpe Commission
Southern West Virginia Coal Operators Association
League of Women Voters
J. Thomas
Godbey
Logan
Logan County
House
Ralph J. Bean
Senate
Hulett Smith
Wally Barron
Pauley
More Of Lane's Plans Unfolded
Charleston AP reports conservation chief Warden Lane outlines a $19 million program to clean streams, restore mined land, create jobs, and boost tourism in West Virginia. The plan covers parks and forests, deer stocking, land improvements, marsh development for waterfowl, and migratory bird habitat work to attract visitors.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Warden Lane
Lane
Randolph Seeks New School Aid for West Virginia
Washington AP West Virginia would receive about 17.5 million dollars in federal school aid under a Senate amendment backed by Senator Randolph. The plan, linked to school construction, would raise authorization from 500 million to 1.146 billion and allow funds for construction or teachers’ salaries. The amendment floors a flexible, indefinite aid period with a 1.66 to 3.33 percent annual spending increase, exempting shrinking states from the matching clamp after two years.
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Washington
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
D-Wva
Senate
Randolph
Sen
Joseph S. Clark
County Roads Generally Clear After Snowfall
State Road Commission crews rested briefly as county roads reopened though morning snow fell. Three cinder crews worked from 6:30 a.m. to noon, with one sent to Flat Top at noon. Chains unnecessary. motorists urged to use caution on icy patches. Beckley State Police reported mostly clear roads with few slick spots. West Virginia Turnpike mostly clear with ice limited to higher sections and no chains needed.
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State Road Commission
SRC
Flat Top
Beckley
West Virginia Turnpike
Record Breaking Prosperity Seen
President Eisenhower’s 1962 budget forecast anticipates a seven to eight billion dollar surplus from rising economic activity. He urged steady debt reduction and price adjustments tied to productivity, while resisting government tampering with private wage and price decisions. He stressed wage gains must align with productivity, keep inflation in check, and called for labor management disputes to settle promptly.
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Eisenhower
U. S
Congress
Ike Starts 8th Year In Office Pushing Peace
Ike begins his eighth year in the White House focusing on world peace as his top goal. Friends say he enjoyed the second term more, rejects a third term due to ineligibility, and aims to avoid a lame duck role while pushing controversial programs. At 69, he nears records as oldest president, with Oct 3 marking potential pass of Jackson’s age record.
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Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Andrew Jackson
Wind disrupts Bald Knob ski runs forces closure
Blowing winds hindered coverage of Bald Knob Ski Slories prompting manager Tom Minter to announce no skiing today. He expects improved conditions with snow fences to bank snowfall and plans skiing Thursday.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Minter
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