Nat King Cole Recovering After Lung Operation
Nat King Cole recovered from a three hour operation to remove a cancerous left lung. Doctors reported his condition very good and said there is no reason he cannot sing again, though engagements are canceled for months. A spokesman noted cobalt treatments reduced the tumor size and expressed hope for a full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Nat King Cole
St. John’s Hospital
Cole
Cobalt
Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Lessie L Phipps 1887 195? services posted
Funeral services for Mrs. Lessie Lee Phipps 77 of Harper Road will be at Mount Tabor Baptist Church at 2 30 p m Thursday with Rev Albert Ostrander officiating Burial will follow at Mount Tabor Cemetery She died at home Tuesday after a long illness Born Crab Orchard March 27 1887 she was a lifelong Raleigh County resident and Mount Tabor member Surviving daughters Wanda Reid Dellmeda Phipps Revell Holdren sons James Carl Edward and Denny Phipps sisters Melia Riffe Della Campbell Lettie Evans Mary Scott brother Ira Snuffer eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Pallbearers are listed and nieces will serve as flower bearers Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill The body is at Caffee Funeral Home then at home 3 p m today Rosaries at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill for Mrs Rostron who died in Westlake Ohio Tuesday Burial plans and survivors follow general obituary format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lessie Lee Phipps
Harper Road
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Albert Ostrander
Mount Tabor
Crab Orchard
Sparrel
Susan Davis Snuffer
Raleigh County
Snider Phipps
John
Wanda) Reid
Dellmeda Phipps
Ronald
Revell) Holdren
James Carl Phipps
Edward Phipps
Denny Phipps
Melia Riffe
Della Campbell
Lettie Evans
Pemberton
Mary Scott
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ira Snuffer
Coal City
Caffee Funeral
Tracy Hylton
Paul Phipps
Lewis Davis
Weldon Campbell
James McVey
Boyd Stanley
Hubert West
Frankie Stanley
Ronald Snuffer
Jennings Scott
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Rostron
Thomas
Westlake
Sts. Peter and Paul
Scarbro
Rosary Altar Society
Farnworth
England
Squire
Maggie) McClung
Alice Jennings
Tyree
Funeral rites for Clifton Grant
Clifton Grant 64 of East Beckley died Sunday after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral rites are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. James Ely officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor and will be taken to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Grant
East Beckley
New Hope Baptist Church
James Ely
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Final rites for Mrs Joyce Lopez in Whipple and Carteret
Mrs Joyce Lopez 31 of Carteret New Jersey and Whipple will have funeral services at her mother Mrs Cora Aranda Whipple Friday at 2 p.m. Reverend Lawrence Gibson will preside. Burial is in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. She died Monday in an Elizabeth hospital from childbirth complications. She worked at Glass Co Carteret. Born Mount Hope December 20 1933 she was the daughter of Mrs Aranda and the late Jesse Aranda. Survivors include her husband Manuel four sons Manuel Jr Dana J Perry and a infant son three brothers Theodore Eugene and Victor and two sisters Gloria Lopez and Janet Peacotty. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill to Mrs Aranda's home Thursday at 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Lopez
Carteret
N. J
Whipple
Cora Quick Aranda
Mount Hope
Aranda
Jesse Aranda
Manuel
Manuel Jr
Dana J
Perry
Theodore
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene
Navarre
Victor
Scarbro
Gloria Lopez
Janet Peacotty
Tyree
Oak Hill
Services for Mrs DeReba Dorff in Oak Hill
Mrs DeReba Dorff died Tuesday morning after an illness at her home. Services will be 2 30 p m Thursday at St Andrews Episcopal Church Oak Hill with Rev David Heil officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Survived by George and Mrs Fabry Bellaire Ohio parents husband J W Dorff II Cincinnati a son Nancy Dorff Newark Delaware two brothers Arthur and Harry Fabry Los Angeles. Body moved from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville to residence this morning and will be in church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeReba Pant
Oak Hill
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
David E. Heil
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Ohio
J. W. Dorff II
J. W. II
Cincinnati
Nancy Dorff
Newark
Del
Arthur
Harry Fabry
Los Angeles
Calif
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Requiem Mass for Mrs Julia Rostron at Scarbro Church
Mrs Julia Ann Rostron aged 85 of Oak Hill will have a requiem mass at 9 a.m. Friday in Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro with the Rev Leo Werner as celebrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ann Rostron
Oak Hill
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Scarbro
Leo Werner
Dust Storm Sweeps West Virginia Statewide
A dust storm moved across West Virginia on Monday blowing from the southern plains. Eyes stung and a gray film covered streets, homes, and vehicles in Wheeling Parkersburg Huntington Clarksburg and Charleston. Light rain mixed with dust in some areas leaving muddy patches as winds around a deep low-pressure system carried dust to up to 9000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
West Virginia
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Huntington
Clarksburg
Charleston
Integration threats loom in Jackson protest call
Negro leaders led by Charles Evers threaten a massive Jackson protest Friday over the shooting of Ollie Shelby by Deputy Sheriff O E Sanderford while Shelby was booked. The plan follows broader 1964 65 era civil rights actions across the South with desegregation pushes and arrests in Selma Meridian and Memo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
South
Selma
Ala
Presbyterian Church
Memphis
Meridian
Mississippi
James Edward Jordan
Atlanta
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Medgar Evers
Ollie W. Shelby
O. E. Sanderford
Shelby
Neal Hollingsworth
Elsew
Mobile
Justice Rtment
Dallas County
Mississani
University of Mississippi
Hanover
N.H
Malcolm X
Freedom Democratic Party
Detroit
Michigan Civil Rights Commission
Dearborn
NAACP
WV Budget Antennae to Be Completed by 1966 Start
West Virginia fiscal year 1966 budget details show HEW as largest spender at 279,025,000 with Social Security benefits dominating 204,064,000. Veterans Administration allocates 78,032,760 for servicemen programs. highway aid 53,809,644. Agriculture loan program 48,315,729. public works 45,498,000. Other state costs include Treasury operations 11,767,000, Labor 7,765,253, coal research 6,945,000, post office projects 5,200,000, Mines safety 3,749,000, Justice 2,735,800, Forest Service labs 1,396,300 and various federal agencies totaling hundreds of thousands to under 12 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Veterans Administration
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Computer Center
Martinsburg
U. S. Savings Bond Office
Parkersburg
U. S. Department of Labor
Office of Coal Research
Bureau of Mines
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
U. S. Department of Justice
U. S. Forest Service Research Laboratories
Federal Courts
National Fish Hatcheries
U. S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
National Park Service
U. S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Small Business Administration
Department of the Interior
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Retaliation for the Karpovich affair at UN spying case
The article notes Karpovich faced accusations of spying for the United States while at the United Nations in New York in 1959. Alleged accomplices are American Robert N. Thompson, 29, and Russian diplomat Fyodor Kudashkin, who has returned to the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karpovich
United States
United Nations
New York
Robert N. Thompson
Fyodr Kudashkian
Soviet Union
Cadets Ordered To Keep Silent Secrecy at Air Force Academy
secrecy surrounds the Air Force Academy cheating probe with 35 resignations in nine days and a forecast near 100 before completion. Cadets and those who resigned face possible court martial and dishonorable discharge if they discuss the matter, with parents uncertain about individual outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Force Academy
Colo
UPI
West Point
Denver Post
Air Force
Clean Water Code Adopted by State Board
Charleston officials report the State Water Resources Board adopted a 10 page code establishing minimum clean water requirements for cities and industries. The code, introduced at a public hearing Tuesday with coal and chemical industry reps, will become law after 60 days and align with the 1964 anti-pollution bill. Chief Bern Wright presented the code and said it will be sent to the Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Water Resources Board
Coal and Chemical Industries
Bern Wright
Water Resources Division
State Department of Natural Resources
Secretary of State
President leaves hospital in good shape after homecoming
White House Press Secretary George E. Reedy announced thePresident departed the hospital in very good condition with full clearance from his doctors. He noted the White House physician Admiral George G. Burkley and Dr Wilbur J. Gould advised on his ear, nose and throat care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
George E. Reedy
Reedy
Bear Adm
George G. Burkley
Wilbur J. Gould
New York City
Grissom Misses Out On Confederate Colonelcy
MERCEDES Texas UPI Astronaut Virgil J Gus Grissom could have become a Confederate Air Force colonel but canceled due to Gemini thirteen schedule. Brig Gen Robert L Scott Jr was to administer the oath but cannot attend. Grissom plans to swear in by proxy via recorded tape. The CAF preserves World War II fighter planes and honors veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes, Tex
UPI
Virgil J
Gus) Grissom
Air Force
Confederate Air Force
CAF
McAllen Civic Center
Grissom
Robert L. Scott Jr
Coup by Vietnam generals forms advisory council
A 20 member council of religious representatives, locals and armed forces to advise the new regime emerged after a coup led by Khanh. Elections are to be held and a national congress convened by March 21, amid Buddhist unrest and a tense Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khanh
National Congress
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Thailand
Laos
Tylor
Tan Son Nhut
Armed Forces Council
Alexis Johnson
Huong
Pham van Dong
UPI
Phan Khac Sun
Taylor
Washington
High National Council
Suu
Churchill Funeral Procession at Westminster Hall
The procession followed Lady Churchill and family as the coffin arrived at Westminster Hall. Guards carried the coffin to a 10 foot high catafalque draped in black with the Knights of the Garter insignia, candles burned, and armed service guards stood at the corners. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Duke of Norfolk greeted the family at the hall door, and a prayer was offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of the Order of the Garter
Churchill
Order of Chivalry
Armed Services
Westminster Hall
Lady Churchill
Canterbury
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Marshal
England
Episcopal bishop of Texas elected presiding bishop
The Texas Episcopal bishop was chosen as presiding bishop last summer succeeding ill retirements. At a news conference before installation he pledged a forthright stand on race relations. He warned defending Negro rights may affect church finances and parish tensions but declared it an inescapable duty to oppose racial injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Arthur C. Lichtenberger
Hines
Viet Nam crisis and civil rights clashes noted
Quotes from Saigon official Pham Van Dong on deposed civilian leaders. Charles Evers threatens large protest over fatal shooting of a Black youth. Detroit Mayor Hubbard defends posting offensive clippings amid rights inquiries. Soviet envoy Fedorenko criticizes Stevenson on UN debt debate and US obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Pham van Dong
Viet Nam
Detroit
Orville Hubbard
Dearborn
Civil Rights Commission
Baker Case Flares Anew in Congressional Scrutiny
Washington Republicans charge Rep. Emanuel Celler's law firm received a 2500 retainer from Sweetwater Development connected to a Wrightsville Beach salt water plant contract worth 1.03 million. Celler calls Williams' claims confused and insists the 10 000 fee covered legal work on supermarket lease options in New York and New Jersey. Williams plans a 3 p.m. EST news conference to present his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Bobby Baker
Emanuel D. Celler
New York
Baker
Celler
John J.illiams
R-Del
Senate
Williams
Senate Democrats
Sweetwater Development Co
Dallas
Tex
Interior Department
Wrightsville Beach
N.C
Sweetwater
Murchison Financial
Senate Rules Committee
House Judiciary Committee
New Jersey
Ernest C. Tucker
Weisman, Celler, Allan
North Carolina
Bills Target Mileage, Retirement, and Divorce Rules
Bills proposing higher sheriff mileage from 7 to 10 cents adjust retirements for public workers and officials. A measure aims to place justices of the peace and constables under the retirement system. Another bill tightens divorce grounds for mental incompetence after long institutional confinement. A proposal seeks restrictions on dangerous chemical use on vegetation along highways. A revision seeks to liberalize teacher retirement provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell. Dewey Mentz
Harry Pauly
D-Mcdowell
Kidd
Del
William Slonaker
Dampshire
Sen
C. H. McKown
Dwayne
Georgia To Honor King In Major Atlanta Tribute
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr will be honored as a Citizen of Atlanta in the largest public tribute yet for a Negro in Georgia’s capital. Mayor Ivanen Jr will lead about 1500 attendees, white and Negro Southerners from Atlanta, as King receives the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. King travels from Selma Alabama to prepare for his address of about 15 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
Ivanen Jr
King
Selma
Ala
Coffee Hearing Opens on U S Participation in Coffee Agreement
Senate Finance Committee opens hearings with Undersecretary of State George Ball on U S participation in the international coffee agreement. Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield sponsored the bill to implement the pact, calling it vital to stabilize the coffee market and aid Latin American economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate Finance Committee
George Ball
U.S
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Congress Eyes Revitalizing Alliance for Progress Abroad
The article notes a bill authorizing U.S. participation in the Alliance for Progress was passed by both houses but not approved in its final form. It records swift administration pressure during the new session and outlines related congressional moves on Appalachia redevelopment, drug control hearings, and elderly hospital care funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance For Progress
U.S
House
Senate
Mansfield
Appalachia
Senate Public Works Committee
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Mont
House Commerce Committee
House Ways & Means Committee
Health, Education and Welfare
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Stevenson speech praised by West at UN
Western diplomats praised U S Ambassador Adlai E Stevenson for urging payment of the United Nations 60 million dollar debt. The Russians called the speech words without meaning and insisted the U N be allowed to enforce voting rights. The General Assembly prepared tributes to Churchill and a flight by Assembly President Quaison-Lackey to Churchill's funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
U.N
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
General Assembly
United States
N. Y
UP1
Adlai E. Stevenson
Winston Churchill
Assembly
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Churchill
Russia
Stevenson
The
United
No Contest Pleas Entered In Court In Raleigh County
Charles Alderman pleaded nolo contendere to incest in Raleigh County Criminal Court and awaits judgment on February 16 before Judge Harry L. McCreery. Alderman, represented by George L. Ballard, changed from a January 19 not guilty plea as trial was due today. Clema Gladden also pleaded nolo contendere to concealing merchandise, fined $50 and costs by Judge McCreery with Warren A. Thornhill as counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Alderman
Raleigh County
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Alderman
George L. Ballard
Clema Gladden
Nolo Contendere
McCreery
Warren A. Thornhill
1959 Soviet Census Reports Population Rise
The 1959 Soviet census, the first since 1939, records a population of 208,826,000, an increase of 38,226,000 or about 9.5 percent, according to the World Almanac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Ohio sales tax debate straddles revenue loss and reform
The legislature weighs new sales tax changes in Ohio to raise funds while offsetting revenue declines. Stanley cites Northern Panhandle ads showing cross river shopping tax savings. AFL-CIO opposes the levy as regressive. supports revert to 2 percent or food drug exemption. Reeder argues $3.2 million more needed for schools. WVEA backs current tax. Joe Wilan urges starting levy at 11 cents. Del Adams touts food drug exemption aiding low incomes. border counties may offset losses. Tax Commissioner Battle warns exemption would cost $15 million yearly. 1961 added 1 percent for relief remains expiring 1965 unless extended or made permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Stanley
Panhandle
Afl-Cio
Reeder
WVEA
Charleston
Joe Wilan
Del
Jack Adams
Border Counties
G. Thomas Battle
House
Senate
High Chamber
West Virginia Water Development Commission
Hulett C. Smith
Winston Churchill
Hearing Set Feb 5 On Stephenson Confession
In Huntington a Cabell County hearing will decide if Ernest Stevenson s confession in the 1960 Louise Davis knife slaying was voluntary. A prior death sentence was overturned, and the court must determine whether Stevenson will be retried or released, with prosecutors insisting action proceed before Jan 15 per higher court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Russell Dunbar
Dunbar
Johnson seeks end to 25 percent gold reserve rule
Washington reports President Johnson will ask Congress to remove the 25 percent gold reserve requirement on Federal Reserve Bank deposits. Senate Banking Chair Willis Robertson said he will introduce the measure as hearings begin. The administration favors broader action but the Gold Reserve law may be trimmed rather than fully repealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CED
Robertson
Congress
Federal Reserve
Feder Reserve
Mission Meeting to Be Held by St Matthew’s A M E Church
The Missionary Society of St Matthew's A M E Church on Mills Street will host the area mission meeting starting at 10 a m Thursday. Mrs J M Miller president invites all mission circles to send representatives. The Rev W H Harris is pastor of the host church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Society of St. Matthew's A.M. E
Mills Street
Area Mission
J. M. Miller
W. H. Harris
Cochran jailed on peace warrant in Raleigh County
Dallas Cochran of MacArthur was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 8 a m by sheriff deputies on a peace warrant issued by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. Cochran's wife had the warrant issued after a reported threat by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochran
Dallas Cochran
MacArthur
Raleigh
Sheriff's Deputies
Joe Rodriguez
Bandit Stole $1.50 From Dairy Farm Office
A dashingly hurried thief armed with a 2 by 4 club robbed a dairy farm and sales office in San Pedro California. Wayne Mauder 19 told police a second man threatened him with a large club and demanded $2. The bandit tore one bill in half and left the other half on the counter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
UPI
Wayne Mauder
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Adlai
France
Stephenson
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