Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Airman Walter M. Suttle Jr. completes basic training at Lackland Texas and heads to Keesler Mississippi for technical training as a communications specialist. Marine Private Daniel Duff finishes four weeks at Camp Lejeune training for combat and small unit tactics. Lt. Lawrence A. Mitchell completes combat air crew training at Castle Air Force Base and transfers to Offutt Nebraska to support ICBM and jet bomber alert. Sgt. Claude F. Maynard Jr. earns Staff Sergeant rank on Army recruiting duty in Charleston. Specialist Four Charles J. Young participates in Exercise Golden Arrow in Germany with the 8th Infantry Division. Specialist Four Robert L. Clyburn and unit hold maintenance classes for VII Corps weapons and vehicles in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Suttle Jr
Walker M. Suttle
Rt. 1
Oak Hill
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Suttle
Air Training Command School
Keesler Afb
Miss
Collins High School
Daniel Duff
James Duff
Sullivan
First Infantry Training Regiment
Marine Air Base
Camp Lejeune
Lawrence A. Mitchell
William L. Mitchell
Beckley
Castle Afb
Calif
Mitchell
Strategic Air Command
TAC
Offutt Afb
Neb
SAC
West Virginia University
Claude F. Maynard Jr
Jan Cox
Mabscott
Army
Charleston
Maynard
Navy
Pacific
Germany
France
Set. Maynard
Claude Maynard
Crab Orchard
8Th Infantry Division
Young
Fort Jackson, Wn
Robert L. Clyburn
Charley E. Clyburn
75Th Artillery
VII Corps
Clyburn
Coast Guard Officer Earns H-16 Course Certificate
Coast Guard Petty Officer Third Class Thomas E Bias earned his graduation certificate after completing the Air Force maintenance familiarization course for H-16 Albatross at Eglin AFB Florida. The twin engine amphibious craft serves in search and rescue with the Air Force and Coast Guard. Bias is assigned to Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco and is a Collins High School alumnus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Thomas E. Bias
Charles L. Bias
Oak Hill
Air Force
Eglin Afb
Fila
Bias
San Francisco
Collins High School
Air Force honor guard members participate in Inauguration Day
Airman Second Class Robert M. Roach of Oceana and Staff Sergeant James M. Moore of Beckley joined Washington DC Inauguration Day ceremonies. Roach, with the Air Force Honor Guard, serves in public ceremonies and Arlington funerals. Moore performed with the Air Force Academy Band in the Inaugural Parade. Both are graduates of local high schools. Roach is married to Martha Altizer, and Moore to Polly James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Roach
Philip M. Roach
Oceana
Air Force
Oceana High School
Martha
Charley Altizer
Newhall
James M. Moore
Seaman Recruit Marcus Bedwell Begins Navy Training
Seaman Recruit Marcus N. Bedwell aged 17 of Coal City has started nine weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. The program covers naval orientation history organization seamanship ordnance gunnery military drill first aid and survival with tests and interviews guiding future Navy assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus N. Bedwell
USN
Vilas F. Bedwell
Coal City
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Navy
Marine private acts as father for a day at Iwakuni event
Marine Private First Class James Wheeler of Prosperity joined 666 Japanese orphans for the annual Christmas party at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Japan. Each child was paired with a Marine father, enjoyed a Christmas dinner then a show with Santa Claus who distributed gifts. The event, nicknamed operation Happy Face, began in 1956 with 100 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wheeler
James $. Wheeler
First
Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Iwakuni
Japan
Airwing
Private Gwinn completes armor training at Fort Knox
Private Charles W. Gwinn, son of Mr and Mrs Cecil W Gwinn of Lester, finished eight weeks of advanced individual armor training at Fort Knox. The 18 year old entered the Army last August and completed basic training there. He attended Sophia High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Trap Hill High School
Ford Motor Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Albert D. Young
Glen Daniel
Charles W. Gwinn
Cecil W. Gwinn
Lester
Army Training Center
Fort Knox
Gwinn
Sophia High School
Coal and mineral output from Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties
In 1963 Raleigh, Wyoming, and Fayette Counties led West Virginia’s mineral industry with coal values over 30 million dollars each. The trio expanded underground mining, added new mines, and boosted production in coal and sand stone. Major producers included Winding Gulf Coals, Itmann Coal, Island Creek, and Ranger Fuel Corp. The aggregate 1963 county values were Raleigh 40,606,716. Wyoming 66,511,297. Fayette 24,252,827.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wyoming
Fayette
West Virginia
Raleigh, Fayette
Raleigh County
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc
Slab Fork Coal Co
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Armco Steel Corp
Oglebay-Norton Co
Raleigh Stone Co
Sullivan
Glen Morgan
Table Rock
Beckley
Beaver Block Co
Beaver
Wyoming County
Itmann Coal Co
Island Creek Coal Co
Nell Jean Coal Co., Inc
Consolidation Coal Co
National Steel Corp
Tolers Sand Co
Clear Fork
Fayette County
Ranger Fuel Corp
Allied Chemical Corp
The
New River Co
Clifftop Smokeless Coal Co
Milburn Colliery Co
Sparks Coal Co
Ames Mining Co
Mary Frances Coal Co
Riverton Coal Co
Fayette Counties
Forty five arraigned in criminal court trial dates set
Trial dates were set for 20 of 23 arraigned in criminal court. Three guilty pleas led to Feb 16 sentences for Harold Robinson Edward Mann and Edward Leroy Mann. Other defendants faced varied charges from embezzlement to murder with many trials scheduled Jan 22 to Feb 8 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. MccCreery
Harold Robinson
Edward Mann
Edward Leroy Mann
Raymond Daniel
Robert Lee
Betty Jo Suttle
Ray Clinton Washington
Otis Redden
James Richard Whitt
George Thomas Todd
Harold E. Robinson
Kenneth Ferrel
Lustere Welch
Harvey Flack
Ferrel
Kanawha
James Edward Marshall
Lemuel Richardson
Orville D. Rickson
Gene Edward Bryant
Godfrey Jones
Junior Wesley Bennett
Gene Durham
Clarence Lawson
Tracy L. Maynor
James W. Carter
Roy Smith
William Harold Breckenridge
Patty Fekete
Richard Young
Kenneth Hale
Orpha Hart
James Lilly
Robert Allen Linkous
Jimmy Paul Sampson
Wilbert F. Monroe
Charles William Mock
Frank Neal Mock
Buddy Lee
Jo Ann Gwynn
Isaac Jackson Winston
Tom Canterbury
Lord Mowbray Converts Yorkshire Mansion for Luxury Apts
London reporting that Lord Mowbray, 69, premier baron of England and scion of a once wealthy family, will turn his Yorkshire mansion into luxury apartments citing economic hardship. He admits to cooking himself at home because he can no longer afford a cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Lord Mowbray
England
Yorkshire
West Virginia History Group Sets Feb 2 Honey in the Rock Plans
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association's board will meet at 8 p.m. on February 2 in the Raleigh County Bank penthouse to outline plans for the 1965 production Honey in the Rock. Okey Patteson, president of Raleigh County Bank, also heads the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Raleigh County Bank
Library Drive Totals Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty Two
Raleigh County Library Bookmobile Emergency Fund climbs toward six thousand five hundred to keep both facilities open until July 1. Contributors listed include Herman Qwynn R. F. Parker Rosemary Alvis and multiple local donors. send checks to Carroll D. Simpkins, Box 1028, Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Richard Starr
James K. Edmundson
Randey L. Webb
Carroll D. Simpkins
Beckley
Herman Qwynn
R. F. Parker
C. Hi. Loflin
D.ds
Rosemary Alvis
A. W. Haelig
M.D
Alex D. George
M. H. Maye
W. C. Reid
W. H. Perry
Motor Car Supply
A. S. Cappellari
Fernwood Garden Club
C. P. Vogal Jr
Democrats Laud Governor's Speech To Legislature
West Virginia leaders split along party lines over Gov. Hulett Smith's address to the Legislature. Democrats praised education road building and government reorganization as well drawn and straightforward, while Republicans urged specifics on finances and questioned the omission of Welfare details and a potential tax path. Senate and House leaders called the address strong and aimed at practical goals for the next four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
Hulett Smith
House
George Seibert
Seibert
Ohio County
Welfare Department
Senate
John E. Carrigan
R-Marshall
Carrigan
Executive Branch
Constitutional Revision Commission
Howard Carson
D-Fayette
Carson
Smith
West Virginia
H. Laban White
Clarksburg
Jubilee Singers Set To Appear In Beckley
The Gospel Jubilee Singers of Charleston will present a music program at St. Luke Church of God on Booker Street in Beckley at 7 30 p m Saturday. The group appears weekly on WOAY TV and WCHS TV. Elder W R Parnell invites the public to attend the service. The event is sponsored by Bishop D E Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gospel Jubilee Singers of
Charleston
St. Luke Church of God (Apostolic
Booker St
Woay-Tv
Wchs-Tv
W. R. Parnell
D. E. Smith
Ebenezer Baptist Church Meeting Postponed
The Ebenezer Baptist Church annual business meeting set for 7:30 p.m. today is postponed to January 27. Pastor Rev. Corey O. Mitchell announced the delay because he is in Philadelphia to conduct funeral services for Charles Miller, the stepfather of Mrs. Mitchell. The Mitchells expect to return to Beckley Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey O. Mitchell
Mitchell
Philadelphia
Charles Miller
Miller
Mitchells
Beckley
Yates Completes Ford Co Course
C H Yates of Jim Fox Lincoln Mercury Inc. is certified as a graduate of the Ford Motor Company Atlanta Marketing Institute sales management course. Certification announced by L C Brock director of the Ford Institute. Courses train dealers staff and Ford personnel with expert instructors using group simulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Yates
Jim Fox
Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
Ford Motor Company
Atlanta Marketing Institute
L. C. Brock
Ford Institute
School of Automotive Business Administration
Brock
Georgia Jury Deliberations On Teenager In Copeland Case
In Sumerville Georgia a circuit court jury prepares to begin deliberations over 18 year old Woodrow Whitman and 20 year old Roy Chatterton accused of murdering Lafay ette textile executive Billy Copeland during a two week crime spree through the South. Whitman testified denying a confession while admitting he struck the fatal blow after being urged by Chatterton who earlier told police they bound Copeland and left him in a shack. Detectives say the pair, described as whisky drinking pill popping hitchhikers, took pills and liquor during the spree and looted Copeland’s wallet. The two faced murder charges with Chatterton to be tried later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerville
UPI
West Virginia
Billy Copeland
Younster
Woodrow Whitman
Copeland
Lafayette
Whitman
Roy Dale Chatterton
Huntington
W. Va
Chatterton
Billy Fields
Chatham County Police Department
Bobby Lee Cook
Butch
Robert Coker
Fields
Chatham
Beckley Lions Endorse I-64 Northern Route
Beckley Lions endorsed a Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce resolution asking the State Road Commission to study a northern I-64 route around Beckley rather than a southern one for the highway approaching the West Virginia Turnpike. Lion President Melvin Tolle led the discussion at a Tuesday meeting and urged many members to attend the Meadow Bridge public hearing on January 26 at 10 a.m. A sizable Lions contingent is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington D. C
Tolle
Steve Lindsay
al Schlag
John Fisher
Vic Roberts
West Virginia State Lions
Hirma King
Cross Lanes
Sophia Lions Club
Larry Cavendish
Farmers of America
Price Caffee Jr
A. R
Sam) Tucker
N. D
Beckley Police Solve Car Theft
Beckley police arrested a 16 year old youth five months after an auto theft. The car was stolen from Day and Nite Wrecking Co. and crashed into a Moss Garage pickup, driving it into a garage wall and causing about 2500 dollars in damage. The youth was booked at Raleigh County Jail awaiting arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Day and Nite Wrecking Co
Moss Garage
Poice
Raleigh
Bald Knob Ski Slopes Open With Excellent Conditions
Ralph Jackson, co manager of Bald Knob Ski Slopes, says the slopes will open at 7 p m tonight and conditions are excellent. Many people have taken advantage of the top notch conditions this week, the first extended open period this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bald Knob
Ralph Jackson
Jackson
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Arnett
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Viet Nam
Ranger
Seventh Fleet
Far East
U. S
United States
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Cathleen
Bamburg
Fort Jackson
S. C
W. M. Suttle Daniel Duff
Ules
Ide
East
Midwest
Mike Hickey
Ind
Indiana
Cer
J. E. Lewis
Janet Henry
Governor's Talk
Jubilee
Ebenezer
Yates
Ford Co
Georgia
Beckley Lions
Basil Anderson
C. C. Stowers
Nicholas
C. B. Shingleton Jr
Mercer
D. W. Bryson
McDowell
T. L. VanStavern
Greenbrier
R. L. Webb
Clark Kessel
Clay
Summers
H. E. Melton Jr
Braxton
Sothen
Paul O. Burdette
Modern Woodmen OF America
Rock Island, Illinois
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