Youth denies taking part in Scarbro doctor killings
Fayetteville report on 17 year old Roger Belcher denying involvement in the May 17 1961 killings of Dr Archer Wingrove and Mrs Georgia Boyles. He testified to police questions and disputed statements attributed to him and described interrogation after March 1962 arrest as coercive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Roger Belcher
Scarbro
Oak Hill
Belcher
Arnold Vance
Archer Wingrove
Georgia Boyles
I. P. Richardson
G. L. Swartz
Swartz
Swart
A. m
Larry Walters
Larry
Walters
Dr. Wingrove
Charleston Gazette
Guilty Plea Entered in Raleigh County Case
Robert K. Burleson pleaded guilty to an attempt to break and enter in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Judge Harry L. MccCreery accepted the plea and set February 14 to pass judgment. Burleson remains on a $500 bond for the January 12 Johnny Dollar Super Market break in on Eisenhower Drive. Counsel for the defendant is Paul J. Fourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Burleson
Raleigh County
Harry L. MccCreery
Burleson
Eisenhower Drive
Paul J. Fourney
Labor Disputes Settled As Dockworkers and Machinists Return
Longshoremen in the South Atlantic ended their walkout with a new contract granting a 39 cent hourly raise. IAM approved a 28.3 cent per hour blanket raise over three years for Lockheed California and Missile Space divisions, avoiding a union shop. Boeing and M onon Railroad workers remained on duty under court orders as transit and newspaper strikes dragged on in New York Cleveland and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lockheed
Boeing
Monon
New York
Cleveland
Philadelphia
South Atlantic
Maine
Texas
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Labor Department
Taft-Hartley
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed California Co
Missiles and Space Division
Cape Canaveral
Honolulu
William J. Lindberg
Kennedy
Robert Wagner
Ralph Locher
Cleveland Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Brotherhood of Railroad
Monon Railroad
Chicago
Louisville
Florida East Coast Railway
Florida
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Michael J. Quill
The
Transport Workers Union
Horace Stern
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Cold Wave Toll and Snow Wreckage Across States
Severe winter grip continues as plows battle 12 foot piles in Watertown while Buffalo and Rochester report heavy snow. A nine year old boy hospitalizes after a tunnel collapse. a marina roof caves in, wrecking twenty boats. Death toll climbs with hundreds dead nationwide from weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Buffalo
N.Y
Rochester
Michael McCabe
Hamburg
Lake Ontario
Hendderson Harbor
New Jersey
New York City
Sanders
New York
Idlewild
LaGuardia
Burial Insurance Sold by Mail Ad
An advertisement promotes a life insurance policy offering up to $1,000 for individuals aged 40 to 90 with no medical exam. It is sold by mail, claims no agent will call, and invites readers to send name address and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co. Dept. 3 507 in Fort Worth Texas for free information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept
West Rosedale
Fort Worth
Texas
West Virginia sculpture wins at Art Prize show
Art Prize exhibit in New York and Huntington Galleries showcases 63 works themed to West Virginia. Sweeney selects pieces by focusing on composition and materials, naming Wayne Husted’s Glass Blower as top WV sculpture. Frith Scholder wins best non WV painting with Bands of Land, Earl Cunningham top out-of-state sculpture with Black Water. Governor Barron calls the exhibit a cultural milestone, and winners tour the state this summer aboard the Centennial Train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeney
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Huntington Galleries
Harold Talbot
Hinton men sign confessions in B and E case
Two Hinton men Patrick Connor and Richard Williams admitted to breaking into the D. C. Fitzgerald Inc. store in Hinton on January 22. They face a hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday before Magistrate J. E. Holt. Seven guns taken from the store remain unfound. Zelma Breckenridge and Cordillia Fullen, previously charged in connection with the case, were released after charges were dropped. Connor and Williams were jailed. Williams later questioned, then returned to Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Joe Rodriguez
D. C
Cordillia Fullen
Connor
Williams
Rodriguez
Raleigh
Beckley
William Fugate
Charleston
Robbie Mae Jones
Claude R. Clark
W. A. Burke
Clark
George L. Fuson
Rt. 3
Burke
David Akers
Forest E. Connor
Fort Knox
Final rites for Posey G. Smith in Hinton
Death notice for Posey G. Smith age 70 of Oak Hill with funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor Hinton Elder L B Hylton and Elder W E Branch presiding burial Restwood Memorial Estates. Born Floyd County Va May 20 1892 he lived in Oak Hill 13 years retired from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. Machinist 1961. Survived by wife Pearl Ballengee Smith son Robert L. Smith five sisters five brothers and five grandchildren. Pallbearers named Duncan Wood Neely Ellison Valentine Browning Ward. (RNS)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey G. Smith
Anderson St
Oak Hill
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
L. B. Hylton
W. E. Branch
Restwood Memorial Estates
Smith
Floyd County
Robert W
Sue Akers Smith
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Thurmond
Primitive Baptist Church and Order of Railway
Pearl Ballengee Smith
Robert L. Smith
Harley
Elizabeth
N. J
Letcher Smith
McLenny, Fla
A. C. Sweeney
Kimball
P. J. Rakes
Floyd, Va
Lemued Radford
Roanoke
G. W. Aldredge
L. P. Hackler
Oe Ky
Patricia Trump dies after heart surgery in Charleston
Miss Patricia Ann Trump 21 of McGraws died Sunday in a Charleston hospital after major heart surgery the prior Thursday. Survivors include her mother Mrs. Gillie Trump of McGraws five brothers Ted Harold Ernie Jerry and Terry all at home two sisters Mrs George Owens of McGraws and Oole at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs Sherman McMillion of McGraws and Mrs Halsey Atwell of Forest Hill. The body is at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Ann Trump
McGraws
Charleston
Gillie Trump
Ted
Falls Church
Harold
Ernie
Jerry
Terry
George Owens
Oole
Sherman McMillion
Halsey
Nikati) Atwell
Forest Hill
Sam Foglesong
Alderman Rites Set In Glen Rogers Church
Final rites for William W. Alderman, 63, Glen Rogers, will be held at 1 p m Wednesday at the Glen Rogers Community Church with Rev Orville A Lamb presiding. Burial follows at Pine Grove Cemetery Ravenclyff. Survived by wife Blanche five daughters and a son ten grandchildren and extended family.
Requiem Mass for David Dwyer in Oak Hill
David Dwyer 82 a retired miner dies at a sister's home in Oak Hill. Mass at Sts Peter and Paul Scarbro Tuesday 9 AM with Rev Leo Werner celebrant. Burial High Lawn Oak Hill. Survived by two sisters Mrs James Howard and Miss Margaret Dwyer. Rosary tonight at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dwyer
Oak Hill
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Scarbro
Leo Werner
High Lawn Memorial Park
Dwyer
Susan Cocoran
Highland Ave
Farnsworth Balton
England
Mrs Martha Wooten Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Martha Wooten, 38, of North Beckley, died Saturday night in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. The body lies at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Wooten
North Beckley
Huntington Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
U S Space Efforts Highlight 1962 Accomplishments
A U S report notes similar space success to failure ratios for the United States and another nation. It lists U S feats in 1962 including three astronauts in orbit a Venus probe active satellites and data from defense launches. It also mentions moon landing plans before 1970 and future exploration in space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sian
U. S
United States
Moon
Russia
Bus Terminal Aid Recovers to Board Bus
Beckley Rescue Squad answered 8 55 a m call at the Beckley Bus Terminal. Richard Meadows 38 of Hinton became ill. He received emergency treatment and recovered enough to travel to Hinton on the bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Luad
Richard Meadows
Hinton
Funeral set for Ernest R. Clower in Gatewood
Ernest R. Clower 82, Gatewood, dies after long illness. Funeral at 2 30 p m Tuesday at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren, Gatewood, with Rev. Walker Shanks officiating. Burial in Pleasant View Cemetery. Survivors include six brothers and two sisters. Body at Thomas Funeral Home, Oak Hill, after 5 p m today. taken to church one hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R. Clower
Gatewood
Pleasant View Church of
E. L. Clower
Lewis B
Bridgewater
Henry B
Oak Hill
T. M
J. H
Aberdeen
William D
Huntington
Larra Clower
Pearl Clower
Trenton
N. J
Thomas Funeral Home
Ross Tagliente Final Rites Held for Local Educator
Final rites for Ross Tagliente 47 Racine were to be held at 1 p m today at Armstrong Funeral Home Chapel Whitesville Rev Rex Workman in charge Burial followed at Memory Gardens Madison Tagliente a Com fort Grade School principal died Saturday in a Charleston hospital after a short illness He was World War II veteran and a Brushton Methodist Church member Also a Mason O Dell Lodge 115 Madison He taught in Boone County Schools 23 years and led Nellis Ridgeview and Racine Grade Schools Survived by wife Hattie two daughters Bobbie and Renne a son Jack a Marshall University student a brother Joe and a sister Mrs Julia Payne Ashford RNS)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Tagliente
Racine
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Rex Workman
Memory Gardens
Madison
Tagliente
Comfort Grade
Charleston
Brushton Methodist Church
Free and Accepted Masons
O'Dell Lodge No
Boone County
Nellis
Ridgeview
Hattie Tagliente
Bobbie
Renne
Jack
Marshall University
Huntington
Joe
Julia Payne
Ashford
Infant Beezalue Hannah Jr. Graveside Rites Held
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Beezalue Hannah Jr. of Lanark died at birth Sunday at 4 50 p m. in a local hospital. Graveside services were to be held at 2 p m today in Stamford Cemetery. Surviving are three brothers David Keith and Brent and three sisters Drema Diane and Bobby. Grandmothers are Mrs Lucy Hannah and Mrs Willie Bell Dobbs of Stamford. Wright and Anderson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beezalue Hannah Jr
Lanark
Stamford
David
Keith
Brent
Drema
Diane
Bobby
Lucy Hannah
Willie Bell Dobbs
Wright and
Final rites for Walter Hagler at Glen Jean Baptist Church
Walter Hagler age 4 of Red Star will have funeral services at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Glen Jean Baptist Church with Rev. Ozie Morgan officiating. Burial follows at Hilltop Cemetery. He died at his home after a long illness. Survived by widow Hattie Hagler, three daughters Mary Elizabeth Willie Mabel, three sons Lewis of Delaware and Frank and Joseph, five grandchildren. Body to be moved from Trent and Durgan Funeral Home to residence at 6 p.m. today and to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hagler
Red Star
Glen Jean Baptist Church
Ozie Morgan
Hattie Hagler
Mary Elizabeth
Willie
Mabel
Lewis
Delaware
Frank
Joseph
Trent and Durgan
Pallbearers to Funeral for O A Rhodes Stamford Roots
Pallbearers for the funeral of O A Rhodes 63 Brandon Florida, formerly Stamford, include W R Henkle T T Prince W N Johnson W W McClure Noel Griffith and A B Karney. Joint services for Rhodes and his wife Mrs O A Virginia Thayer Rhodes are set for 8 pm Tuesday at the Stamford Missionary Baptist Church after a Thursday train car collision in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Rhodes
Brandon
Fla
Stamford
W. R. Henkle
T. T. Prince
W. N. Johnson
W. W. McClure
Noel Griffith
A. B. Karney
Rhodes
O. A
Virginia
Thayer Rhodes
Stamford Missionary Baptist Church
Florida
Davis Rites Held for Baileysville Resident at 80
Mrs. I W Davis 80 of Baileysville died Sunday at 3 20 p m in a Welch hospital. A lifelong Baileysville Methodist member born Aug 25 1882 at Baileysville she was daughter of the late William C Shannon and Arminta Cook Shannon. Surviving Ray and Rodney E two sons both Mullens two daughters Mrs Lloyd Shields Baileysville and Mrs Oscar Trent Cleveland Ohio a brother Rod Shannon Mullens a sister Mrs Warren Cook Baileysville nine grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and a great great grand child. Funeral 11 a m Wednesday at Baileysville Methodist Church Rev Frederick Dillon Hatcher in charge. Burial Rod Shannon Cemetery Baileysville. Body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens placed in church an hour before service.
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William W. Alderman
Glen Rogers
Orville A. Lamb
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Alderman
Beckley Hospital
Chapel
George Alderman
David Camp
U. S. Navy
Blanche Alderman
George
Mary) Clay
Washington, D. C
Scott
Jean) Humphrey
Mary_ Alderman
Alexan
Carmen
Betty) Bailey
Fardae
Arnold
Phe ) Sizemore
Rantoul
Warren Alderman
San Antonio
Tex
Bessie Shrader
Rocky Gap
Emma Hare
Bland, Va
May Alderman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleo Vin
Virginia Davis
Pulaski
Florence Perry
Minnehaha Springs
Lucille
Tennessee
Chester
Clear Creek
Peyton
Troy
Mich
Woodrow
Davidson
Clayton
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
I. W. Davis
Baileysville
Welch Hospital
Mullens
Warren Cook
Baileysville Methodist Church
Frederick Dillon, Hatcher
Rod Shannon
Sam Foglesong
Common Market debate strains over Britain entry
Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg urge Britain to join and discuss blocking associate membership for France’s colonial imports and Algerian trade. Germany and Italy seek compromise as British press attacks De Gaulle. Heath says talks must continue to build a stable Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Britain
France
de Gaulle
Germany
Italy
Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Times
Donald Heath
The
Daily Herald
America
Herald
Heath
Europe
Two Cars Stolen In Beckley Area
Beck ley City and State Police seek two vehicles stolen Saturday night in Beck ley. A chocolate brown 1959 Buick four door sedan with plate 186-180 was taken from the garage at William E. Lytton’s Crab Orchard home. A 1955 Plymouth station wagon with plate 311-529 was taken from Mrs. Margaret Lynch of Sprague. Both cars bear West Virginia registrations. Citizens advised to notify police if seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
William E. Lytton
Crab Orchard
Margaret Lynch
Sprague
West Virginia
Deep Freeze Hits Martinsburg Area As Cold Ridge Grips State
Overnight cold wave driv es Martinsburg to 6 with lows plunging to 9 below in Charleston and 11 below in Huntington. Roads remain hazardous. primary routes plowed but many secondary lanes closed. Snow depths vary across counties from 1 to 16 inches. High winds and near-blizzard snow force ski festival cancellation at Blackwater Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Charleston
Huntington
Logan County
Kanawha
Putnam
Jackson
SRC
Elkins
Weston
Berkeley
Grant
Jefferson
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Bluefield
Capital
Ohio River
Blackwater Falls State Park
Davis
Tucker County
Legislature to fix lawmakers salaries by statute
West Virginia lawmakers seek to change constitutional salary rules via statute. Regular 60 day sessions occur in odd years with 30 day budget sessions on even years, called by the governor to cover specific items. A two thirds vote is required for non budget items during budget sessions. The introduced bill also revises the state personal income tax, shifting to a tiered rate from 1.2 percent to 9.409 percent based on income, while preserving federal tax linkage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
West Virginia
Jurors Report Delay Ordered By Raleigh County Court
Jurors scheduled to report at 9 30 a m Wednesday must report at 9 3 a m Thursday as announced by Judge Harry L McCreery in Raleigh County Criminal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Pineville Raid Leads to Four Arrests
Pineville Detachment of State Police conducted raids Saturday night resulting in the arrests of two men and two women. Scheduled for Feb 2 before Magistrate Jack Pizzino are Michael Bodnar owner of Tea Room Tavern Glen Fork, Glen Rogers, Anita Petroff an employee, and Sylvia Urst proprietor of Sylvia's Miner's Inn Oceana. Charges include illegal sale and possession of tax paid whisky and aiding and abetting. Algie Lambert, renter adjacent to the inn, cited for illegal possession and aiding, abetting and resale of alcoholic liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Jack Pizzino
Glen Fork
Michael Bodnar
Tea Room Tavern
Glen Rogers
Anita Petroff
Bodnar
Sylvia Urst
Sylvia
Oceana
Pizzino
Algie Lambert
Two Die In West Virginia Fires Including Fairmont Temple
A weekend string of fires in West Virginia killed two people and destroyed the historic Baptist Temple in Fairmont built in 1908. Robert Jenkins McClellan, 66, died in a Logan one room home fire believed started by coal embers. June McBride, 75, died from burns after clothing ignited. Additional blazes damaged Jepco Tire Service in Wheeling and a Huberta Coal garage in Follawsbee while Curt Trent’s Charleston home burned Sunday morning with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Fairmont
Robert Jenkins McClellan
Logan
June McBride
Odl
Jepco Tire Service Company
Wheeling
Huberta Coal Co
Follawsbee
Charleston
Curt Trent
W. W. Barron
Trent
Sunday Law Tightening Bills Move Through WV Legislature
A Sunday closing bill backed by the West Virginia Retailers Association faces House passage, with an identical Senate bill for stronger enforcement. Other measures seek to overhaul chiropractic licensing, create auto rental return penalties, exempt young livestock from tax assessments, set hunting fines and require a $5 permit for field trials and hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
W. T. Brotherston
George H. Seibert
West Virginia Retailers Association
Senate
del. J. E. Watson
D Marion
Del
T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
Edward Knight
D-Kanawha
Department of Natural Resources
Gantt arrives on campus amid tense law and order stance
Clemson faced a sparse campus as Gantt arrived between semesters. Ed wards criticized the environment, noting little hostile mail while the event drew a Negro lawyer Matthew J. Perry and his father Christopher Gantt to accompany him onto the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Clemson
Gantt
Matthew J. Perry
Charleston
Christopher Gantt
State Tax Help Arrives in Raleigh County Courtroom
A State Tax Department Income Tax Division representative will assist area taxpayers with West Virginia returns in Raleigh County Courtroom on February 1 4 5 21 March 15 21 22 and April 10 11. Office hours are 8 30 a m to noon and 2 30 p m to 4 30 p m daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Department
Income Tax Division
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Polio Clinic Slated At Soak Creek Tuesday
The Raleigh County Health Department schedules a polio vaccine clinic at Soak Creek Elementary School Sophia at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The event is sponsored by the school's Parent Teacher Association with a nominal charge for the vaccine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Department
Soak Creek
Sophia
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