Defense chief says U.S. intel based on facts not guesses
Secretary Gates told a House panel that revised U S assessments of Soviet capabilities rely on actual knowledge, not on guessing Soviet intentions. He argued improved intelligence provides a clearer picture of the intercontinental missile program and strength, while stressing multiple defense options beyond missiles.
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Thomas S. Gates Jr
U. S
Soviet Union
Gates
House Committee On Science and Astronautics
United States
Gales
Seats Cost $10 At Murder Trial
Los Angeles AP reports seats for the Finch murder trial fetch up to $10 as pensioners queue before dawn. Early birds sell their spots, later buyers bid for remaining places outside the county courthouse. Spectators say they read the case like a book while a rush forms once doors open.
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Los Angeles
Finch
Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Times
Jerry Hulse
New County
Sheppard Dies After Long Illness in North Carolina
Galveston native Sheppard, 67, of High Point North Carolina, died at the Veterans Administration Hospital on Monday after a four and one half year illness. The body remains at Trent Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Sheppard
High Point
N. C
Veterans Administration Hospital
Trent Funeral Home
Fire squad responds to seizure at Ward-Evans Motor Co
Beckley Fire Department rescue squad answered a call at Ward-Evans Motor Co on South Oakwood Avenue at 10 40 a m Monday. A company employee suffered a seizure at work but was treated by a doctor and later declared all right.
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Beckley
Second Waives On B E Charge In WV Break In
A Stotesbury man, the second charged in a December 1959 Winding Gulf break in, waived prelim hearing before Magistrate W A Burke. Robert Matthews Jr was remanded to Raleigh County Jail on 3000 bond and will face Grand Jury action for breaking and entering. Roy Clay alias Roy Goode and Roy Palmer also faced 3000 bond. The trio allegedly stole miners lamps and tools from Zeni Williams McKinney Construction Co. Clay waived hearing Saturday night after returning from New Mexico. authorities kept identical bonds to deter flight.
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Stotesbury
Winding Gulf
W. A. Burke
Robert Matthews Jr
Raleigh
Grand
Roy Clay
Roy Goode
Roy Palmer
Zeni - Williams - McKinney Construction Co
Clay
Burke
New Mexico
iClay
Matthews
Election Control Bill Is Doomed
Washington AP reports a bill to curb election expenditures faces likely death in a House committee pigeonhole despite Senate approval. The measure would extend funding disclosures and spending traces for federal campaigns, including presidential races, while sparing primary nominations from stricter rules. House opposition centers on primaries as a state issue, with hearings possible but no strong trajectory to passage.
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Washington
Senate
House Committee
House
House Administration Committee
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Senate House Conference Committee
Congress
Ee Senate
Death of J R Coleman Victim in Charleston Hospital
John Roy Coleman 69 of 923 Sixth St Charleston died at 6 am in a Charleston hospital. He moved from Beckley in 1941, attended Nazarene Church, born Dothan to James W. and Choice Pegram Coleman. Survived by wife Lucinda Janney Coleman, three daughters Eva Wiggins Martinsville VA Marie Simpson Mariett Evelyn Rakes Beckley, three sisters Nora Arnold Allie Anderson Belle, and Mattie Stover Belle, four brothers George N Oak Hill Herbert O N Rupert L Oscar Beckley, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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John Roy Coleman
Sixth St
Charleston
Beckley
The
Nazarene Church
Dothan
James W
Choice Pegram Coleman
Lucinda Janney Coleman
Eva Wiggins
Martinsville
Marie Simpson
Marriet
Almost Shot MacArthur in Night Patrol
An autobiographical fragment recalls a tense nocturnal encounter near MacArthur’s compound during a wartime patrol. The narrator prepares to shoot an apparent infiltration figure, then pauses as a softer voice reveals Mrs. MacArthur nearby, and General Indominus MacArthur arrives to defuse the moment.
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Manila
Corregidor
Ind
Liquor and budget cuts shape new program debate
Underwood defends STEP plan and urges funding to eight million for parks forests and natural assets plus four and a half million for secondary roads. Democrats argue the governor aims too high as lawmakers split on unemployment and deadline pressure forms a cadence for possible special session.
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Underwood
Uneasy Peace In Democrat Ranks
Capitol lights stayed on as the legislature prepared bills. Senate President Ralph Bean backed plans to limit state park spending and fund county school building with matching money. Bean criticized Governor Underwood for Republican tactics and warned of a Senate House clash. The plan suggests passage of a Democratic program, sidelining the governor's tax agenda.
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Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Bean
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House
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Pauley
Capitol
Ralph Bean
West Virginia
Hall Rites Set At Shady Spring
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Hall, 50, Crab Orchard, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Union Church Shady Spring with Rev Clarence Herrin officiating. She died Monday at a Minden nursing home after a long illness. Born Shady Spring June 9 1909 she was daughter of the late John and Virgie Massey Howery. Surviving are husband Kennis Hall. The body will be moved from Caffee Funeral Home to the residence of her niece Mrs Sue Francisco 208 Klaus St at 4 30 p m today. Burial will be in Skaggs Cemetery Shady Spring.
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Union Church
Shady Spring
Clarence Herrin
Hall
Crab Orchard
Minden
John
Virgie Massey Howery
Kennis Hall
Caffee
Sue Francisco
Klaus St
Mrs Branham Succumbs At 79 In Mullens
Mrs Elzada Branham 79 died about 1 a m at the Mullens home of her son Lon with whom she lived Cause heart ailment and complications Born July 17 1800 at Poe Nicholas County daughter of Dr P A Brown and Ellen Dorsey Surviving are three daughters and four other sons Lane Itmann 28 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren Funeral 10 a m Thursday at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens Burial Branham Cemetery Pond Gap
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Elzada Branham
Lon
Poe
Nicholas County
Dr. P. A
Ellen Dorsey Brown
Lane
Itmann
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Branham
Pond Gap
Goode Car In Wyo Accident In Pineville
Gilbert Goode president of the Wyoming County Board of Education drove his car into a Godfrey L. Cabot gas truck at 10 am near the Pineville Grade School. No injuries reported. The truck driver Harry Haymaker said the truck was not damaged much.
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ANS
Gilbert Goode
Wyoming County Board of Education
Godfrey L. Cabot
Crawley-Worrell
Harry Haymaker
Haymaker
Goode
Register
Two Building Permits Issued In Beckley Week
City of Beckley issued two permits last week. Herbert E. Snuffer, 225 Westwood Drive, authorized to build a five room brick veneer house with bath, basement, forced air heat, plastered rooms on Lot 20 Knob Hill Addition for about 11 500. permit fee 26.25. Phillips Williams Construction Co received permit to remodel Embee’s storefront with estimated cost 10 000. permit fee 22.60.
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Beckley
Herbert E. Snuffer
Westwood Drive
Knob Hill
Snuffer
Phillips-Williams Construction Co
Embees
Deer Deputy Resigns to Join UMW District 17
Alfred N. Smith Jr. of Morgantown resigns as deputy deer commissioner effective March 1 to become an attorney for United Mine Workers District 17 with offices in Charleston. Smith has served about 21 years in his current post and is a WVU Law School graduate who previously worked as an FTC attorney in Cleveland.
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Alfred N. Smith Jr
Morgantown
United Mine Workers District 17
R. D. Platt
Smith
West Virginia University Law School
Cleveland
Federal Trade Commission
Humphrey says West Virginia primary hinges on opponent
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey states he will enter the West Virginia Democratic presidential primary only if an opponent appears. He clarifies he would file if any other serious candidate joins, noting the May 10 primary's nonbinding delegates and likely high campaign costs. Filing is due by February 6.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
West Virginia
Kennedy
Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
House of Delegates
Beckley City Council Meets Tonight at City Hall
A regular Beckley City Council meeting is held at 7 30 p m today in the council chambers of City Hall.
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Family Narrowly Escapes Fire At East Gulf Home
Rhode Island area report shows the Orville Perdue family nearly losing their East Gulf home to a fire two weeks prior and again facing danger Monday when an oil stove used in place of a burned range flashed up. Neighbors doused the blaze with water and blankets, burning two people’s hands and singeing hair. Perdue hurried home to find his wife and nine children safe as most possessions were lost in the first blaze. The second fire damaged paint and walls in a three room building rented from his brother until spring.
McDowell Miner Dies In Accident
Curtis Robertson forty four of Panther McDowell County died en route to Welch hospital after injuries at Island Creek Coal Co Coal Mountain mine Wyoming County he was World War II veteran and Panther Church of God member survived by wife Goldie two sisters four brothers service set at Panther residence burial Trap Fork Cemetery Saeger Funeral Home arrangements moved to Panther residence.
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Pineville
ANS
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
Coal Mountain
Island Creek Coal Co
Wyoming County
Curtis Robertson
Panther
John Henry
Martha Bailey Roberts
Panther Church of God
Goldie
Stella Bell
Crumpler
Elsie Bethel
Detroit
Joe
Kentucky
Willie
Roanoke
Walton
Amos
Ohio
Martin Cline
Roland Goebel
Trap Fork
Fanning Funeral
Saeger
Infant's Rites Today for Seven Day Old Cook Son
Graveside rites for Larry Gene Cook seven day old son of Mr and Mrs Kermit Edward Cook Arnett were to be conducted at 230 pm today in the Cook Cemetery Arnett with Rev Virgil Cook presiding Survivors include twin brother Harry Dean and two other brothers Kermit Edward Jr and Winifred Robert a stepsister Annabelle at home and grandparents Delphia Cook Arnett and Mr and Mrs Howard Lambert Eccles
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Kermit Edward Cook
Arnett
Cook Cemetery
Virgil Cook
Harry Dean
Kermit Edward Jr
Winifred Robert
Annabelle
Delphia Cook Arnett
Howord Lambert
Eccles
Diana Barrymore Dies in East Side Home Death
New York actress Diana Barrymore, 38, was found dead in her East Side apartment with a natural death suspected after a maid discovered her nude body. Doctors cited a heart attack but refused to sign the death certificate. police opened an inquiry as relatives and colleagues mourned the screen and stage star of the Barrymore clan.
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East Side
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England
Chicago
Garden District
Tennessee Williams
London
Williams
Bellevue Hospital
Viola Rubber
John Barrymore Jr
Delores Barrymore
Delores Costello Barrymore
Thomas
WWHS Student Hurt In Wreck
A Woodrow Wilson High School student was treated and released from Beckley Hospital after a one car crash on White Oak Mountain Monday night. Buster Williams Jr. suffered a severe hand cut and was the driver. six WWHS students were injured overall. The car, a 1951 model, overturned after hitting ice on the mountain while returning from the Beckley Hinton basketball game. Other passengers were David Gwinn Darr ell Gregg Donnie Crews Carl Lewis and Charlie Thompson.
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Beckley Hospital
White Oak Mountain
Buster Williams Jr
Beckley-Hinton
David Gwinn
Darrell Gregg
Donnie Crews
Carl Lewis
Charlie Thompson
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