Whisky Issue Chances Slim Charleston Debates Liquor By The Drink
West Virginia lawmakers weigh chances of passing liquor by the drink this session amid mounting petitions and vocal support on both sides. Fresh senators and delegates shape expectations as a House hearing looms and possible Senate action remains unclear. If approved, local option votes and 1963 legislative changes are needed before any sales, with municipalities choosing wet or dry status by local elections.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
House
Senate
State Crime Commission
Wheeling
House Temperance Committee
Roy Lee Harmon
D-Raleigh
Senate Temperance Committee
O. Roy Parker
D-Monroe
Dels
J. E
Ned) Watson
Marion
Chester R. Hubbard
Ohio
Arch Riley
O. G. Hedrick
Watson
Hedrick
Fliers Arrive After Snowstorm During Atlantic Flight Incident
A pair of reconnaissance crew fliers reached Goose Bay Labrador after a snowstorm blanketed Washington. They appeared tired and excited but in good condition. Their wives, Connie McKone and Gail Olmstead, arrived as the storm hit and anxiously awaited the airport reunion. The White House barred interviews with the crews, citing U.S. Soviet relations. Maj. Willard G. Palm was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. other crew members were not accounted for.
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Washington Area
Goose Bay
Labrador
Atlantic
Connie McKone
Gail Olmstead
White House
Willard G. Palm
Arlington National Cemetery
Pierre Salinger
Hijacked Santa Maria continues with port transfer plan
Dennison urged Galvao to offload passengers at a South American port of his choice and proposed Belem as the transfer site. He suggested a U.S. Navy ship meet the vessel off the port to aid in transfer if needed and asked for guidance from Washington on assuring onward passage without U.S. interference. He sent the messages to the Joint Chiefs for advice.
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Dennison
Galvao
Belem
Atlantic
United States Navy
Dennion
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
U.S
Storm Hinders Michael Sosnak and crew on Baldwin flight
Report lists Lt Farnum as co pilot and multiple crew members across states including Minn Sutton Mass Lexington Tenn Clinton Conn in the storm path. Mentions aviation roles such as navigator flight engineer radioman and techs with hometowns noted.
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Michael Sosnak
Baldwin
Long Island
Farnum
Ran. Minn
R.B. Gibson
Sutton
Mass
D.C. Dunlap
Lexington
D.R. Smith
Dougherty
Town
Clinton, S.C
A. Clark
Hartford, Conn
Kennedy Seeks Freer Debate As Cabinet Debuts
President Kennedy plans a frank cabinet session after holding his first formal meeting. He invited two recovering RB47 crewmen and their wives to Andrews Air Force Base for a 4 p.m. White House chat and arranged to receive Edward Foley and Dr. James Fisk for inaugural and disarmament discussions.
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Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
R. McKone
Freeman Olmstead
White House
Edward Foley
James B. Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Fisk
Raid Charges End With Fines Paid Today
John Tanner and Ramona Wilson were arrested during a State Police raid on the Continental Club, 1921 By-Pass, months ago. They pleaded guilty to whisky charges and were fined this week by Magistrate W A Burke, each remanded from Grand Jury action. Tanner paid 100 dollars plus costs, the woman 50 dollars plus costs.
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John Tanner
Ramona Wilson
Beckley
Continental Club
W. A. Burke
Tanner
Two Men Report For Induction Feb. 8
Two area men notified to report for Armed Forces induction at Beckley Recruiting Main Station February 8. Kenneth Ray Duff of Winding Gulf and James Arthur Sheppard of Sprague named.
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Beckley
Kenneth Ray Duff
Winding Gulf
James Arthur Sheppard
Sprague
Skater Patrick O Neal Injured In Beckley Incident
Patrick O Neal aged 17 of Beckley was treated at Raleigh General Hospital Thursday night for injuries to his left knee sustained while ice skating.
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Patrick O'Neal
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
West Virginia considers liquor sales and tax measures
Charleston reports two major items: a constitutional amendment to legalize liquor-by-the-drink via a county license, needing two-thirds support for 1962 voter consideration, and a new 3 percent consumer sales tax plan on cars, with trade-in credits removed. The income tax bill was delayed. A driver’s license age increase to 16 or 17 with parental consent was debated. Senate held closed sessions on gubernatorial nominations, and a House resolution asks for a northern interstate highway inclusion with a PSC critique by Sen Tompas.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Pr Iity
House
Senate
Barron
Joseph Handlan
Wood
William Moreland
Monongalia
Rules Committee
Moreland
William Tompas
Hancock
Public Service Commission
PSC
Commission
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Panhandle
Ohio River
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
John Slack
D-W. Va
Congress
Embezzlers Named In Bank Case Across States
Spinster and her friend admit shock as Bank of Shinnston depositors are told funds remain insured. Hawker says embezzlement occurred over years by trusted female employees, with Geiger at Sheldon, Iowa stealing over 2 million. All cases involve stock purchases and help for others. no confirmed accomplices.
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Hawker
Bank of Shinnston
FDIC
Stevens
Miss Fortney
Burnice Geiger
Sheldon
Iowa
Geiger
Sheldon National Shinnston Bank
Peregoy Undergoes Surgery in Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs. G. C. Peregoy of 308 Park Ave. is in satisfactory condition after surgery at Raleigh General Hospital this morning. She was admitted to the hospital on Thursday.
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G. C. Peregoy
Park Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Graveside rites for infant Brenda Lee Sweeney
Graveside funeral services for Brenda Lee Sweeney five day old daughter of Charles and Bonnie Sweeney Willis Branch will be held at 2 p m Saturday in the Sweeney Family Cemetery at Sweeneysburg following a death from pneumonia at Oak Hill Hospital. Also surviving are the paternal grandparents Edna Sweeney Route 1 Beckley and Theodore Shamblin Willis Branch. The body remains at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill until 1 p.m. Saturday. George Willis Canterbury 70 Dorothy died at 6 50 a m today in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a two day illness. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Brenda Lee Sweeney
Charles
Bonnie Lin Sweeney
Willis Branch
Sweeney Family
Sweeneysburg
Oak Hill Hospital
Edna Sweeney
Route 1
Beckley
Theodore Shamblin
Tyree
Oak Hill
George Willis Canterbury
Dorothy
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Obituary: Grover St Clair of Glen White Dies in Beckley
Grover St Clair Sr. of Glen White, a retired coal miner born August 24 1889 in Alleghany Virginia, died at Becklia Memorial Hospital at 3 a.m. after a long illness. He was married to Ruby Walker St Clair and survived by four daughters H L Ballou C R Brown Jr F D O Neal Iverson Snuffer nine grandchildren and three sons G C Br Beckley James Glen White Harrison Salem VA. The body is at the Webb and Neal Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Cleveland
Henry Waddell funeral services Sunday in Lewisville
Funeral services for Henry WaW Waddell will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at St. John's Methodist Church in Lewisville North Carolina. Burial follows at Shady Grove Cemetery. Waddell died at 12:45 a.m after a long illness. Survivors include wife Jessie Waddell five brothers Charles from North Carolina Robert and Ross of Roanoke Virginia Jack and Rush of Lecksville North Carolina and sister Chartie Eanes of Lecksville. The body will be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home to Lecksville Sunday morning. Rev C D Walker of Kincaid Methodist Church will conduct the service. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill.
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Henry Waw
St. John's Methodist Church
Lewisville
N. C
Shady Grove
Waddell
Jessie Waddell
Charles
Robert
Ross
Roanoke
Jack
Rush
Lecksville
Chartie Eanes
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Kincaid Methodist Church
C. D. Walker
High Lawn Memorials Park
Oak Hill
Lopez
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Beards Fork
United Mine Workers of America
Orense
Spain
Dollie Mae Lopez
Ramon Perez, Kincaid
Manuel
Argentina
Tyree
Final rites for Edwin E. Ruff
Edwin E. Ruff, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Ruff of Route 1 Mount Hope, will have funeral services Sunday at Packs Branch Baptist Church at 1 pm. Rev Alexander Pishner and Rev Sam Williams will officiate. Burial follows in Marstelle Cemetery Route 1 Mount Hope. He died Thursday morning after a short illness. he belonged to Missionary Baptist Church. He leaves five brothers and several sisters and relatives in Lewisburg Richmond and Mount Hope. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to the boy's home at noon Saturday.
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Edwin E. Ruff
Fred Ruff
Route 1
Mount ‘Hope
Packs Branch
Baptist
Alexander Pishner
Sam Williams
Marstelle
Mount Hope
Missionary Baptist Church
Jimmy
Lloyd
David
Henry
Donald Ruff
Hilda
Wilda
Dreama
Arlene McCoy
Lewisburg
Bethelene Fitzpatrick
Martha Ruff
Richmond
Tyree
Batton Fatally Struck En Route To Funeral Arrangements
Floyd S. Batton 55 husband of former Beckley resident Josephine Pack died after a truck struck him as he walked along a highway in Mobile Alabama. He had run out of gas while traveling from Tampa to Mobile to arrange funeral plans for his mother who died December 20. Batton a World War II veteran was buried in the U S National Cemetery in Mobile after Episcopal services. His wife Edith Batton remained in Alabama after his death and was treated for shock and influenza.
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Tampa
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Floyd S. Batton
Josephine Pack
General Hospital
Florida
Batton
Alabama
Alabama Highway Department
U. S. National Cemetery
Funeral Home
Edith D. Batton
Glen Jean
Funeral services for Juan Perez Lopez in Kincaid
Funeral services for 62 year old Juan Perez Lopez of Kincaid will be held at 2 p m Sunday in the local church with burial to follow. The obituary notes his surviving family and ties to the community.
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Juan Perez Lopez
Kincaid
Grand jury to hear Sheldon Bank embezzlement case
U S District Attorney F E Van Alstine said the entire matter of the Sheldon Bank scandal would be submitted to a grand jury Monday. Depositors mixed, balances up to 10000 covered by FDIC as they moved funds to rival Security State Bank. Ray Youngers, 35, noted $1104.18 received and predicted the scandal would heighten banking vigilance. A depositor questioned public sympathy for Mrs Geiger, noting people could be on someone else’s money too.
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U.S. Dist. Atty. F
Willis Granted Right To New Trial In Order
The Supreme Court of Appeals reversed a Raleigh County Circuit Court ruling in Elisha Carter of Eccles v Willis Water Works, granting Willis a new trial. Carter had won $3850 by directed verdict in April 1959. The case was one of 18 suits against George Willis and the water works for inadequate water supply.
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Supreme Court of Appeals
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Elisha Carter
Eccles
Willis Water Works
Willis
Carter
George Willis
Harper Road
L. L. Scherer
Notable deaths across the United States in brief notices
Walter F. Brown 91 former postmaster general under Hoover helped expand air mail service in Washington. Charles H. Barnwell 92 dean of University of Alabama 1914 to 1921 died after a long illness in Tuscaloosa. Benjamin F. James 75 former Republican U.S. House member died in Bryn Mawr. John Ulinski 59 executive director Niagara Frontier Port Authority and long time Democratic leader died in New York. Frank Lacy 62 former Bowling Proprietors Association of America president died of cancer in Albany California.
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United Press International
Toledo, Ohio
UPI
Walter F. Brown
Hoover
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Charles H. Barnwell
University of Alabama
Bryn Mawr
Benjamin F. James
House of Representatives
Ee N.Y
John Ulinski
Niagara Frontier Port Authority
Albany, Calif
Frank Lacy
Bowling Proprietors Association of America
Collins Talent Show Postponed By Weather
The Collins High School annual talent show, set for Monday night, is postponed due to bad weather and conflicting activities. Sponsor Mrs. John Scott said the new date will be announced later in the week.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Collins High School
John Scott
Second Largest Shinnston Bank Shortage Revealed
The Bank of Shinnston disclosed a nearly 250000 shortage, potentially the second largest in West Virginia history. A 1954 Fairmont case involved a $520000 shortage and cashier John W. Meredith served prison time for false entries to cover it.
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Shinnston
UPI
Bank of Shinnston
Fairmont
John W. Meredith
Bank of Fairmont
Mixing Cinders A Big Job For SRC Employes
State Road Commission employees are mixing cinders to treat county highways. About 600 tons of the mixture have been spread on primary and secondary roads since the snow and cold snap began a week ago, using sandstone, sawdust, rock salt, and calcium chloride. Primary roads are open, some secondary routes blocked in Flat Top. Cinders crews continue with new snow. Also noted: Raleigh County Memorial Airport scraping runways, Purity Baking truck aiding bookmobile, Beckley Optimist meeting postponed, Flat Top reports 17 inches snow on ground with 6 degrees at 6:30 am, skating rink in excellent condition with 80 to 100 skaters Thursday night.
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State Road Commission
Minor Scott
SRC
Shady Spring High School
Scott
Raleigh County Memorial
Piedmont Airlines
Ghent
Mildred Totten
Purity Baking Co
Beckley Optimist Club
Flat Top
Paroled Juvenile Jailed After Jury Room Theft
A Lester juvenile on parole from the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 10:30 a.m. after spending the night in a truck at Ward-Evans Motor Co. Deputies were summoned. the youth was nearly frozen. He is suspected of stealing a hat, coat, gloves and lighter from the Criminal Court jury room Thursday. The clothing was recovered and returned to juror Carl Godbey of Mercer Street.
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Lester
Virginia Industrial School For
Pruntytown
Raleigh
Ward - Evans Motor Co
Motor Company
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Carl Godbey
Mercer Street
Rohrer Undergoes Surgery in Kentucky Hospital
A. L. Rohrer of 1557 Harper Road was taken to a Louisville hospital Thursday night and was expected to undergo surgery. A family member said he had been ill for several weeks.
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A. L. Rohrer
Harper Rd
Louisville, Ky
Rohrer
Roaring 20s Dance Set At Mullens High
Mullens Rebel Rec hosts a Roaring 20s dance Saturday from 7 30 p m to 11 p m by the Senior High Prizes award winners in a Charleston contest and for best 20s costumes.
School Official Back Assistant Rale
County School Superintendent Dewey Bone of Dry Creek returned to his Board of Education office today for the first time since he was confined to Raleigh General Hospital January 18. Bone was released from the hospital Wednesday.
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Rale
Dewey Bone
Dry Creek
Board of Education
Raleigh General Hospital
Bone
Plenty Of Space Here To Store Commodities
A. J. O Neal says input from callers confirms surplus foods are not yet in. The Beckley warehouse serves Raleigh Fayette Greenbrier Pocahontas and part of Monroe counties. DPA reports Welch Charleston Logan Mingo Keyser and county efforts can expand storage and transport. The Norfolk & Western line may provide space and seven National Guard trucks could begin deliveries next week.
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A. J. O'Neal
O’neal
Beckley
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Keyser
Fairmont
Kimall
Perry
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bluefield
Williamson
West Virginia National Guard
Guilty Plea Entered In Narcotics Case
Fred Stanley of Beckley pled guilty to an attempt to commit a felony in a Raleigh County case charging possession of narcotics. Judge McCreery placed him on three years probation. a 12 month jail sentence was suspended. he received a $50 fine and costs. Charles Andrew Jones got two years probation for receiving stolen goods with a one year jail term suspended. State moved to dismiss Paul Morton’s non support indictment.
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Fred Stanley
Beckley
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Stanley
Charles Andrew Jones
Paul Morton
Train Hits Car Injuring Pocahontas Official
Thurman Bolen 52 from Pocahontas Va is listed in good condition at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after his car was struck at a crossing near the Itmann tipple by a Norfolk and Western coal train Thursday evening. Passenger Charles Porterfield was uninjured. The Pocahontas Fuel Co chief coal inspector is being treated as the train company investigates the accident.
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Itmann
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Thurman Bolen
Norfolk and Western
Charles Porterfield
Pocahontas
Bolen
Pocahontas Fuel Co
West Virginia committee debates conservation department merger
Crime Commission ed meeting notes praise for interim group and warns one anti pollution amendment could ruin the measure creating a Department of Natural Resources to consolidate conservation and allied agencies. References Humphrey visit and West Virginia aid plans plus legislature travels, snowbound members, and potential U.S. Attorney contender Milton Ferguson.
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House
Senate
Conservation Commission
Department of Natural Resources
West Virginia
Thompson father son hurt in two car crash near Shady Spring
James E. Thompson and his son Carl Edward Thompson of Flat Top are listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after a Thursday morning two car collision near Shady Spring. दोनों कारें involved in the crash.
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James E. Thompson
Carl Edward Thompson
Flat Top
Beckley Hospital
Shady Spring
Churchill Returns to Parliament After Back Injury Ovation
Brief notes from the era cover Churchill’s Thursday return to the British Parliament after a back injury from a fall last November, drawing a standing ovation. Other items note Congo tensions over Lumumba, a carrier collision off Cape Hatteras with no casualties, and Laos diplomacy as well as crime investigation powers and West Virginia state brief updates.
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Winston Churchill
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Essex
Murray
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Twenty Seek Jobs at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Twenty persons filed application for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Thursday. They were: one clerk typist, one secretary, one general office clerk, one houseman, one maid, two coil winders, one routeman, one porter, one carpenter, two service station attendants, one concrete mixer operator, one spot welder, one plumber, one truck driver, one mine fire boss, one mine motor man and two coal loaders.
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Beckley
Judgment Awarded in Bank of Mount Hope Case
In Raleigh County Circuit Court on Thursday a judgment of 362.38 was awarded to the Bank of Mount Hope. Defendants James E Skeens and Janet Skeens signed a promissory note central to the case.
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Bank of Mount Hope
Raleigh County
James E
Janet Skeens
Ned Hawkins Receives Treatment in Beckley Hospital
Ned Hawkins assistant clerk at the Beckley office of Selective Service, located at 205 Virginia Street, is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after admission on January 6 for treatment.
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Ned Hawkins
Virginia St
Beckley
No Thanks Oxford Coed Declines Nudity Pose
Norma Shepherd a 20 year old Oxford coed refused to pose unclothed for an artistic tableau saying the premises have limited electricity and it gets too cold. The remark reflects a plain spoken reaction to an unusual request reported by UPI.
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Oxford
England
UPI
Earliest loon ascent achieved in Paris in 1783
On November 21 1783 J F P de Rozier and the Marquis D Arlandas made the first loon ascent in Paris reaching about 3000 feet in a 20 minute flight indicating early aviation achievements by aviation pioneers.
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United Press International
Paris
J. F. P. de Rozier
Marquis D’arlandas
Stolen police station wagon in Jerseyville
The Jerseyville Police Department reported that a station wagon parked in front of the police building was stolen on Wednesday. No suspects or further details were provided.
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Jerseyville, Ill
UPI
Police Department
Record NYSE trading peak on Black Tuesday
On October 29 1929 the New York Stock Exchange saw a remarkable trading volume of 16 410 030 shares marking the day of the famous crash that began the market downturn.
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New York Stock Exchange
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