Legislature Barron Strength May Be Tested This Week
Charleston reports the legislature faces a test as Senate leaders push to extend the 3 percent sales tax while House and Senate finance panels delay a tax cut. Passage targets include a use tax and a $1.7 million cigarette tax extension to support the school fund. Bills enlarge state aid distribution, raise income tax, and advance pipeline legislation amid sessions and committee actions.
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Charleston
UPI
Senate
House
General School Fund
del. Nell Walker
D-Fayette
Enabling Seating Bill Introduced in Legislature
A package of bills introduced in the Legislature includes an enabling bill for a constitutional amendment to guarantee each county a House of Delegates seat and a bill exempting home mixed beverages from the soft drink tax. The amendment, proposed by House Judiciary Chair H. Laban White, would legalize current apportionment methods and affect county delegations based on the 1960 census, with specific shifts for McDowell, Kanawha, Fayette, Logan, Wood, and Hancock counties. Also filed were tax classification standardization bills and a coin operated laundry decal exemption.
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Charleston
UPI
House of Delegates
House Judiciary
H. Laban White
D-Harrison
House
C. Donald Robertson
White
McDowell County
Kanawha
Fayette
Logan
Wood
Hancock
del. J. C. Cruikshank
D-Clay
Senate
Tax Department
Stolen 1954 Chevrolet Recovered in Mount Hope
Beckley State Police recovered a 1954 Chevrolet stolen from Mabscott resident Robert Webb. The theft occurred on December 16. No arrests have been made.
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Beckley State Police
Mount Hope
Robert Webb
Mabscott
US Latin delegates clash over approaches to Castro ostracism
Latin American delegates criticized U S emphasis on hard politics while favoring diplomacy and legal niceties. They noted Congress must approve Kennedy era aid and warned U S leaders to respect regional legalism and domestic legislative priorities.
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United States
U.S
Congress
Kennedy
Kennedy comments on bill and policy at press conf
President Kennedy discussed the congressional bill and policy questions during a Washington news conference with 334 reporters present. He endorsed executive control over public policy statements by high ranking officials, urged careful reevaluation of a postal pay ban on overseas mail, and defended two State Department officials amid questions of security risks. He also noted a New York electrical workers contract failing to meet productivity and price standards.
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U.S
Kennedy
Senate
State Department
New York Electrical Workers Union
England Family Ties Highlight Local Educator Profile
England son of B Bland England a Hanover Elementary School teacher and the late Mrs England. graduate of Baileysville High School Concord College and West Virginia University. He earned a MA in political science from Marshall College. Former coach at Baileysville Junior High. Married to Irene Cline with daughter Lana Sue 15 a Pineville High School sophomore.
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B. Bland Engand
Hanover
England
Baileysville High School
Concord College
West Virginia University
Marshall College
Baileysville Junior High School
Irene Cline
Lana Sue
Pineville High School
Williams on Trial for Drunk Driving in Raleigh County
In Raleigh County Criminal Court a jury opens a trial of Robert Nagle Williams on three DUI charges after his not guilty plea. Prosecutor Sparacino says Williams, with Walter Shrewsbury who had passed out, was stopped near Pancake House on North Kanawha Street around 10 p.m. May 6. Two officers testified to the arrest and a bottle labeled Mr. Boston Sloe Gin found in the car. Defense counsel Fo rney and Smith reserve opening statements until Williams’s case. Jurors and an alternate are named.
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Robert Nagle Williams
Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
Williams
North
Kanawha Street
Walter Shrewsbury
Barney Segle
Boston Sloe
Earl Ballengee
Sparacino
Paul Fourney
H. Harold Smith
Sandy Camper
Robert P. McLean
C. W. Rawley
Versie Crouse
Robert O. Stewart
B. B. Corker
Warren Burrell
Russell Boggs
Bertha Ward
Virgil French
James W. Bachus
Michael Guerino
Perry Futterman
Kennedy defends Wieland and Miller in queries
President Kennedy dismissed questions about Wieland and Miller as reporters pressed on their duties. Lincoln White noted they reserve legal rights. Senator Johnston urged a Senate subcommittee investigation, linking Wieland to past Cuba security hearings and a reorganization of the State Department Security Office.
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State Department
Lincoln White
Wieland
Miller
McClendon
Olin D. Johnston
D-S.c
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Johnston
Castro
Cuba
Security Office
Two Cars Damaged In Rock Slide On West Virginia Turnpike
Two cars were slightly damaged in a rock slide on the West Virginia Turnpike near mile post 18 around 6 30 p m Wednesday no injuries were reported Beckley Wrecking Co reported a 1962 model car and a 1957 model ran over rocks and damaged the undersides of the vehicles
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West Virginia Turnpike
Milepost
Beckley Wrecking Co
Pike
Now You Know By United Press International
Abolitionist John Brown, leader of the 1859 Harpers Ferry raid, was believed to descend from Peter Brown who crossed to America on the Mayflower.
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United Press International
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Peter Brown
America
Joint Lilly rites for mother and infant in Coal City
Joint funeral services for Mrs Hilda Magalene Lilly of Coal City and her infant son, who died at birth, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel. Burial follows in Cole Cemetery. The bodies are at the funeral home.
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Hilda Magalene Lilly
Coal City
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Cole Cemetery
Funeral Home
Queery Infant Dies at Birth in Mullens Wyomings General
Infant son of Delbert and Arlene Queery of Otsego died at 4 am today at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. Survived by one brother Doby and three sisters Elaine Dreama and Sheila. Graveside rites Saturday at Buckle Cemetery Craigsville. Body staying at Sam Fogelsong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Delbert
Arlene Queery
Otsego
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Doby
Elaine
Dreama
Sheila
Buckle
Craigsville
Sam Foglesong
Dying in brief: Lhote and notable figures pass away
French cubist painter Andre Lhote, 76, dies after a stroke. A D Dennie Lewis, 72, brother of John L. Lewis and UMW District 50 president, dies after long illness. Marguerite E. Jones, 73, retired Hunter College chair, funeral today. Thomas B. Gilchrist, 76, former guardian of Gloria Vanderbilt, dies. Tom Shirley, 62, radio and TV actor famed for Love of Life, dies.
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Washington
UPI
A. D. Dennie Lewis
United Mines Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW District 50
Bronxville, N.Y
Thomas B. Gilchrist
Gloria M. Vanderbilt
New York
Tom Shirley
Local Veterans Office Receives $65 for Circus Tickets
The Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs reports $65 raised to buy circus tickets for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital to attend the Raleigh County Armory event on February 9 to 11. The donation includes a $5 check from Whitesville American Legion Post No. 75.
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Beckley Office
West Virginia
Shady Spring Man Held For Grand Larceny
A Shady Spring man named Granville Bragg, 22, is held in Raleigh County Jail on grand larceny charges after state police arrested him at 7 10 p m Wednesday for allegedly stealing a power lawn mower worth 200 from Thomas Lilly of Nimitz on December 15. Henry D Burrell of Eccles was jailed at 7 37 p m by a constable on a bad check warrant. Two Beckley juveniles aged 11 and 12 were arrested at 7 30 p m Wednesday for breaking and entering, allegedly taking toys and junk from Rufus Lilly s shed at 214 Bibb Ave. The value of the goods was not known and the youths were released to their parents.
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Granville Bragg
Raleigh
Braggs
Thomas Lilly
Nimitz
Henry D. Burrell
Eccles
East Beckley
Beckley
Rufus Lilly
Bibb Ave
Curtain Callers Challenge $276 Tax Claim
The Curtain Callers protest a state claim of $276 in back sales taxes plus penalties. At a pre-reading workshop, the board authorized a petition for reassessment, contending the state’s demand is in error. The group refused a second Easter play at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens pending board approval of payment terms. A financial report showed all bills paid except a $750 note and $300 in receivables. About 50 people attended the workshop after the meeting.
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Board of Directors
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Fall Results in $40,000 Suit
Eliza Bryant files a 40000 dollar suit in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office naming Irene Trump of 203 Marion Street as defendant. Bryant, while an invited guest at the defendant’s home on May 6, 1961, slipped on a rug and broke her right hip. She demands a jury trial alleging careless and negligent home maintenance.
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Eliza Bryant
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Irene Trump
Marion St
Kinzer Led Officials Work and Military Service Record
Kinzer served as referee and member of Southern and National Boards of Approved Basketball Officials. He joined the Marine Corps in 1942, rising to Captain in the South Pacific. A Kiwanis International member, he helped form the Land O Hills Kiwanis Club and works as a salesman for Grady Whitlock Ford. Mrs. Kinzer teaches music and art in Raleigh County schools.
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Presbyterian Church
Blue Laws Challenged in West Virginia Indictment
Attorneys for Tri State Distributors Inc. asked to quash the indictment charging a Heck’s discount store in Huntington with violating West Virginia Sunday closing laws. Judge Ernest E Winters set February 9 for a hearing on the motion alleging the blue law is discriminatory vague and unconstitutional.
School Levy Defeated In Ritchie County Vote
Harrisville voters defeated a county school levy in a special election. Unofficial returns show 1,807 in favor and 1,246 opposed, just under the 60 percent needed for approval.
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Harrisville
UPI
Ritchies County
West Virginia briefs cover river basin needs and staffing
UPI reports Senator Jennings Randolph will speak at the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin meeting on river management and waste disposal. Clinton W. Dickerson Sr. becomes Southern West Virginia assistant U.S. attorney, the second Black person to hold the post. Wheeling’s assistant city manager John Hey resigns effective Feb. 17, after serving since July 1960. West Virginia Education Department distributes a Civil Defense guidebook to 3,000 schools detailing evacuation and protection procedures.
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Washington
UPI
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Interstate Commission On
Potomac River Basin
Charleston
Clinton W. Dickerson Sr
U. S
West Virginia
Dickerson
Virginia
Howard University Law School
State Workmen's Compensation Commission
Wheeling
John Hey
Hey
Vipperman Firm Sues Back In Cross Complaint
Vipperman Construction Co files cross suit in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office seeking 10000 damages against Electronic Specialty Co of Charleston. It contests a 1341.52 claim by L C Lawrence Electric Co of Sprague on Bowl Wick Lanes, alleges a fraudulent lien scheme, seeks a jury trial, and says Lawrence Electric is insolvent and that Sprague firm was paid in full and has not worked for Vipperman since 1960.
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Vipperman Construction Co
Electronic Specialty Co. of
Charleston
Raleigh County
Charleston Concern
L. C. Lawrence Electrics Co
Sprague
Vipperman
Wipperman
Robert J. Ashworth
J. C. Higgins
L. C. Lawrence Electric Co
Sprague Concern
Statehouse lauds Roush staff appointment and WV prominence
The Statehouse hailed Roush as a top West Virginia investigator and said he would join the staff with the title of investigator. Wright called him a leading figure in the field. Separately, promotions included J. R. Hogg to Lieutenant and transfer to Co. B, L. R. Craft to first sergeant, Ev an Moody to sergeant, and R. E. Stanley from head of the accident prevention bureau to sergeant.
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Roush
Wright
Alson
West Virginia
J. R. Hogg
Elkins
Co. B
South Charleston
L. R. Craft
Webster Springs
Cpl
Evan Moody
R. E. Stanley
Payroll Padding Trial Continues In Williamson
The payroll padding case against councilman Glenn T. Barrett resumes before Mingo County Circuit Court Judge C. W. Ferguson. Barrett and three co defendants were indicted on two counts of embezzlement over alleged padding of 1375 dollars for kickbacks to campaign funds. Layne testified that Brown and Barrett planned the scheme prior to the May election, and former water works staff received overtime with portions funneled to the political fund.
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Layne
Brown
Barrett
Henry T. Hammond
Hammond
Supreme Court
Joe Dillon
Roy Nowlin
Dillon
Nowlin
Palm Beach trip eyed to check recovery progress
The Kennedy family planned a 4 14 p m flight to Palm Beach Florida to assess how much recovery the father has made after a stroke five weeks earlier Defense Secretary McNamara warned of possible future crises requiring reservists for immediate call ups while aiming to limit such drills through reform of U S reserve forces State briefs report traffic toll rising to 17 with two deaths in West Virginia a bill to raise income tax rates and notes West Virginia Ordnance Co will produce rifle components Funeral services set for Wayne County Sheriff James C Wilson who died in Kentucky two days ago
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Nedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U. S
Eather
Linda Lloyd
Reader
W. Va
Clarksburg
Esther Jeffrey
Parkersburg
Del
Nell Walker
D-Fayette
West Virginia Ordnance Co
Paul Paquereau
Wayne
Wayne County
James C. Wilson
Shoals
Louisa
Stacy enters race for Ninth District Senate seat
Fred Stacy, native of Grundy Virginia and son of the late S. M. Stacy, announces his candidacy for the Ninth District Senate seat representing Raleigh and Wyoming counties. A World War II veteran, he owns Stacy Insurance Agency in Beckley and has deep local civic ties including Masons and Eastern Star memberships. He is married to Emma Jane Holley with two children and is active at Memorial Baptist Church.
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Raleigh
Wyoming
Grundy
S. M. Stacy
Ted Stacy
House of Delegates
Stacy
Stacy Insurance Agency
Beckley
South Pacific
U. S. Army
Buchannon County
Concord College
Beckley College
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Emma Jane Holley
Betty Jean
Donnie Matthew
Raleigh Heights
Memorial Baptist Church
Beckley Lodge
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Royal Arch Masons
Bluefield Commandry
Knights Templar
Beni Kedem
Princeton
Order of the Eastern Star
Greater Beckley
Order of Odd Fellows
Kefauver Warns Common Market Antitrust May Slow Growth
Sen Estes Kefauver warned that European Common Market antitrust policies could provoke trade wars that slow American economic growth. He said the market is tightening rules at home while allowing cartel arrangements in export trade, complicating U.S. policy on a college scholarship measure.
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Common Market
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
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