Jurors Hear Youth Deny Involvement In Murders
Fayetteville RNS reports 17 year old Rog er Belcher denies any connection to the double killings of Dr. Archer Wingrove and Mrs. Georgia Boyles. Evidence includes signed statements after hours of questioning and testimony about a weapon location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Roger Lelcher
Scarbro
Oak Hill
Belcher
Arnold Vance
Archer Wingrove
Georgia Boyles
I. P. Richardson
G. L. Swartz
Guilty Plea Entered Today in Raleigh County Case
Robert K. Burleson pled guilty to an attempt to break and enter in Raleigh County Criminal Court this morning. Judge Harry L. McCreery set Feb 14 to pass judgment and kept Burleson on a $500 bond. Burleson is charged with the Jan 12 break in at Johnny Dollar Super Market on Eisenhower Drive. Counsel for defendant is Paul J. Fourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Burleson
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Burleson
Eisenhower Drive
Paul J. Fourney
Severe winter toll as snow grips multiple states
The cold wave brings 8 to 12 foot snow piles in Water Town and 70 inches on the ground. Buffalo 23 inches Rochester 13. Michael McCabe Hamburg hospitalized after a snow tunnel collapse. Henderson Harbor marina roof collapses, 20 boats destroyed. Four feet in some areas. 260 deaths nationwide from weather mishaps. Rochester Minnesota endures 17th straight day below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Buffalo
N.Y
Rochester
Michael McCabe
Hamburg
Lake Ontario
Hendderson Harbor
New Jersey
New York City
Indiana
Illinois
New England
Ohio
Michigan
Texas
Minnesota
New York
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Missouri
Iowa
Alabama
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Duluth
Minn
Burial Insurance Sold by Mail Adverts Fort Worth Texas
A mail order life insurance ad offers a $1,000 to cover funeral costs for ages 40 to 90 with no medical exam. It claims no agent will call and invites readers to tear out the ad and mail name, address, and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co., Dept. 3507, 1418 West Rosedale, Fort Worth, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legal Reserve Life
Central Security Life Insurance Co
West Rosedale
Fort Worth
Texas
Longshoremen End South Atlantic Walkout With New Contract
The South Atlantic dock workers signed a 39 cent hourly raise after 80 days of strike action that idled more than 100,000 maritime workers and drew mediation from the Labor Department. The deal follows broader labor unrest across the industry and settlements in related disputes.
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
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed California Co
Missiles and Space Division
Cape Canaveral
Honolulu
William J. Lindberg
Kennedy
Robert Wagner
West Virginia Theme Shown In Art Prize Exhibit
Art Prize selections featured West Virginia imagery with Wayne Husted’s Glass Blower receiving high regard from juror Sweeney. Tucson’s Frith Scholder won best non West Virginia painting for Bands of Land, while Earl Cunningham of Dayton, Ohio topped out of state sculpture with Black Water. Gov Barron called the Huntington Galleries show a magnificent cultural testimonial. The 68 exhibits run through February 24 with winners touring the state on the Centennial Train this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeney
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Huntington Galleries
Harold Talbot
Hinton men sign confessions in Jan B and E case
Two Hinton men Patrick Leonard Connor and Richard Anthony Williams admitted to a January 22 breaking and entering at D. D. Fitzgerald Inc. Store in Hinton. They and accompanying suspects faced hearings. seven guns remain missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
B&e
Joe Rodriguez
D. D. Fitzgerald Inc
Patrick
Leon Connor
Richard Anthony Williams
Summers County
J. E. Holt
Beckley
Zelma Breckenridge
Cordillia Fullen
Connor
Williams
Rodriguez
Raleigh
David Akers
Forest E. Connor
Fort Knox
Final rites set for Posey G. Smith 70 in Oak Hill
Posey G. Smith aged 70 of 102 Anderson St Oak Hill will rest at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor in Hinton with Elder L B Hylton and Elder W E Branch officiating. Burial follows at Restwood Memorial Estates Hinton. Smith died Sunday afternoon after a long illness. Born May 20 1892 in Floyd County Va he was a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway machinist employed in Thurmond. He lived in Oak Hill 13 years and was a Primitive Baptist and member of the Order of Railway Machinists. Survivors include wife Pearl Ballengee Smith a son Robert L. Smith brothers Harley and Letcher Smith sisters A C Sweeney P J Rakes Lemued Radford G W Aldredge L P Hackler and five grandchildren pallbearers named.
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
Elizabeth, N. J
L. P. Hackler
Russell, Ky
Bruce Duncan
Paul Wood
van Neely
Charles Ellison
D. R. Valentine
Charles Browning
Ellsworth Ward
Miss Patricia Trump Dies After Heart Surgery
Patricia Ann Trump 21 of McGraws died early Sunday in a Charleston hospital following major heart surgery Thursday. The second heart operation since 1959. Survived by mother Mrs Gillie Trump, five brothers Ted Harold Ernie Jerry Terry, two sisters Mrs George Owens Cole, and grandparents Mr and Mrs Sherman McMillion and Mrs Halsey Atwell. Body 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
Cole
Sherman McMillion
Halsey
Nikati) Atwell
Forest
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Rns
William W Alderman Final Rites Held in Glen Rogers
Final rites for William W Alderman 63 of Glen Rogers were to be conducted at 1 p m Wednesday at Glen Rogers Community Church with Rev Orville A Lamb officiating. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery Rav enclave. The World War II Navy veteran died Sunday at a Beckley hospital after two years of ill health. Survived by wife Blanche five daughters a son seven sisters four brothers and ten grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Margaret Alderman
Alexandria
Carmen
Betty) Bailey
Fairdale
Arnold
Phylis) Sizemore
Rantoul
Sgt
Warren Alderman
San Antonio
Tex
Bessie Shrader
Rocky Gap
Emma Hare
Bland
May Alderman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleo Vin
Virginia Davis
Pulaski
Florence Perry
Minnehaha
Requiem Mass for David Dwyer in Oak Hill
David Dwyer 82 of Oak Hill will lie in state at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel with Rosary tonight. A Mass at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro will be celebrated Tuesday at 9 AM by Rev Leo Werner. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. He died at a sister’s home in Oak Hill. Survivors include two sisters Mrs James Howard Oak Hill and Miss Margaret Dwyer England. Born December 25 1880 in Farnsworth Bolton England.
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
James Howard
Margaret Dwyer
Thomas
Martha Wooten dies after long illness in Huntington hospital
Mrs. Martha Wooten, 38, of North Beckley, died Saturday night in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. The body is 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 Program Aims For Moon Landing By 1970
The report notes U S space efforts in 1962 showing more than half of space shots succeeding. It highlights three astronaut orbits Venus probe satellite communications and data from defense launches while signaling plans to reach the moon before 1970 and to expand space exploration beyond. It also details military space aims including satellite warning systems and Dyna Soar development. International cooperation rose with two satellites and 21 sounding rockets launched with other nations yielding 61 cooperative agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
United States
Russia
Beckley Bus Terminal Medical Help For Ill Passenger
Richard Meadows of Hinton, 38, fell ill at Beckley Bus Terminal at 8 55 a m today. He received emergency treatment and recovered enough to board his bus and continue to Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Luad
Richard Meadows
Hinton
Funeral services set for Ernest R. Clower in Gatewood
Ernest R. Clower 82 a Gatewood retiree died Sunday after a long illness in Oak Hill hospital. Services will be held Tuesday at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren with Rev. Walker Shanks presiding and burial in Pleasant View Cemetery. He was born April 14, 1880 in Terry Fork Floyd County Virginia. Survivors include six brothers and two sisters. The body lies at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill and may be viewed after 5 p.m. today, transfer to the church one hour before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R. ‘Clower
Gatewood
Pleasant View
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
Final rites for Ross Tagliente held in Whitesville
Ross Tagliente was 47 and a Racine educator and former principal at Com fort Grade School. He died Saturday in a Charleston hospital after a short illness. He served in World War II and belonged to Brushton Methodist Church and O’Dell Lodge 115. He taught 23 years in Boone County Schools and led Nellis Ridgeview and Racine Grade Schools. He is survived by his wife Hattie two daughters Bobbie and Renne a son Jack and siblings Joe and Mrs. puke Pern.
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Ross Tagliente
Racine
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Rex Workman
Memory Gardens
Madison
Tagliente
Comfort
Charleston
Brushton Methodist Church
Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons
O'Dell Lodge No
Boone County
Nellis
Ridgeview
Hattie Tagliente
Bobbie
Renne
Jack
Marshall University
Huntington
Joe
Puke
Pern
Ashford
Infant son of Beezalue Hannah Jr. dies at birth
Graveside rites for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Beezalue Hannah Jr Lanark were to be held at 2 p m today at Stamford Cemetery. The child died at birth at 4 50 p m Sunday in a local hospital. Surviving are three brothers David Keith and Brent and three sisters Drema Diane and Bobby all at home and grandmothers Mrs Lucy Hannah and Mrs Willie Bell Dobbs Stamford. Wright and Anderson Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beezalue Hannah Jr
Lanark
Stamford
David
Keith
Brent
Drema
Diane
Bobby
Lucy Hannah
Willie Bell Dobbs
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Final rites for Walter Hagler held in Red Star
Walter Hagler 54 of Red Star died at his home Thursday at 10 00 p m after a long illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at Glen Jean Baptist Church at 1 p m with Rev Ozie Morgan in charge. Burial will be in Hilltop Cemetery. Survived by wife Hattie three daughters Mary Elizabeth Willie Mabel all at home three sons Lewis of Delaware Frank and Joseph both of Red Star five grandchildren. Body will move from Trent and Durgan Funeral Home to his residence at 6 p m today and to the church one 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
Death of Four-Day-Old Boyden at 1:30 A.M.
Leslie Garfield Boyden, four day old son of Mr and Mrs Chester Boyden of 510 Sylvia Street, died at 1:30 this morning. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Garfield Boyden
Chester Boyden
Sylvia St
Wright and ‘Anderson Funeral Home
Rhodes Couple Pallbearers Named For O A Rhodes Funeral
O A Rhodes 63 of Brandon Florida and his wife Mrs O A Thayer Rhodes are to be buried after joint services at Stamford Missionary Baptist Church. Pallbearers for Rhodes include Henkle Prince Johnson McClure Griffith Karney. Separately I W Davis 80 of Baileysville dies in Welch hospital after illness. Funeral for Mrs Davis set at Baileysville Methodist Church with burial at Rod Shannon Cemetery.
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
Common Market talks split Britain entry stance
Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg urged Britain to join the Common Market and argued obstacles could be overcome. Germany and Italy sought compromise while British papers attacked De Gaulle’s stance as a double cross and urged Heath to press on for a stable Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Britain
France
de Gaulle
Germany
Italy
Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Times
Donald Heath
Daily Herald
America
Herald
Heath
Europe
Two Cars Stolen In Beckley Area
Two automobiles were stolen Saturday night in Beckley. A 1959 Buick four door sedan, chocolate brown, license 186-180, was taken from William E. Lytton in Crab Orchard. A 1955 Plymouth station wagon, license 311-529, was taken from Mrs. Margaret Lynch in Sprague. Both vehicles have West Virginia registrations. Police seek sightings and urge notifications to State or City Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
William E. Lytton
Crab Orchard
Margaret Lynch
Sprague
West Virginia
Bitter cold grips state with record low in Charleston
Martinsburg tops hot spots with 6 as cold ridge drives temperatures 5 to 7 degrees lower at 5 to 6 am. Charleston hits minus 9, a new date record, while Huntington plummets to 11 below. Roads remain hazardous though main routes plowed. many counties close schools. Snow depths vary across regions from 1 to 16 inches. Tow boats face ice on the Ohio River. Alpine Ski Festival at Blackwater Falls canceled amid near blizzard conditions.
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
Lawmakers Target Pay Raises and Budget Sessions
West Virginia lawmakers propose fixing salaries by statute and outline 60 day odd year sessions with 30 day even year budgets called by the governor. A two thirds vote is required for nonbudget items during the 30 day sessions. Budget and tax changes are debated to adjust personal income tax rates and federal alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hans McCourt
Webster
West Virginia
Jurors Report Change For Raleigh County Court
Raleigh County Criminal Court jurors scheduled to report at 9 30 a m Wednesday must report at 9 30 a m Thursday Judge Harry L McCreery announced today and notified the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Pineville Raid Sees Four Arrested On Whisky Charges
Pineville Detachment of State Police arrested two men and two women after weekend raids. Charged are Michael Bodnar owner of Tea Room Tavern Glen Rogers Anita Petroff an employee Sylvia Urst proprietor of Sylvia's Miner's Inn Oceana and Algie Lambert who rents nearby building. Court dates set February 2 before Magistrate Jack Pizzino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Jack Pizzino
Glen Fork
Michael Bodnar
Tea Room Tavern
Glen Rogers
Anita Petroff
Bodnar
Two Die in West Virginia Weekend Fires
A weekend spate of fires in West Virginia killed two people. Robert Jenkins McClellan, 66, perished in a Logan one room home fire around 6 am. June McBride, 75, died from burns after clothes ignited at her home Saturday night. The Baptist Temple in Fairmont, built 1908, was destroyed by blaze started in a rear store. Other fires damaged Jepco Tire Service in Wheeling and Huberta Coal truck garage in Follansbee. Curt Trent's Charleston home burned Sunday morning. no injuries, damage about 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Fairmont
Robert Jenkins McClellan
Oo Logan
June McBride
Jepco Tire Service Company
Wheeling
Huberta Coal Co
Follansbee
Charleston
Curt Trent
W. W. Barron
Trent
Sunday Closing Bill Receives Bipartisan Support in House
A Sunday closing bill backed by the West Virginia Retailers Association and sponsored by House leaders moves in the House. An identical Senate bill aims to tighten enforcement of existing Sunday laws. Other new measures cover chiropractic licensing, vehicle rental return deadlines, tax exemptions for young livestock, hunting lag penalties, and required permits for field trials and hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
W. T. Brotherton
George H. Seibert
West Virginia Retailers Association
Senate
del. J. E. Watson
Marion
Del
T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
Edward Knight
D-Kanawha
Department of Natural Resources
Gantt arrives on campus amid tense security
Clemson students are scarce as Gantt returns with Negro lawyer Matthew J. Perry and his father Christopher Gantt. Ed wards says he keeps costs low and receives little hostile mail. The campus empties before the arrival of the visiting figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Clemson
Gantt
Matthew J. Perry
Charleston
Christopher Gantt
State Tax Assistance Offered Here 2 Weeks
A representative from the State Tax Department will be in the Raleigh County Courthouse on February 1 4 5 21 March 15 21 22 and April 10 11 to help taxpayers prepare West Virginia returns. The sessions run from 8 30 a m to noon and from 2 30 p m to 4 30 p m each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Department
Income Tax Division
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Polio Clinic Set At Soak Creek Tuesday
The Raleigh County Health Department will run a polio vaccine clinic at Soak Creek Elementary School in Sophia at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The event is sponsored by the school's Parent Teacher Association and a nominal charge will be made for the vaccine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Department
Soak Creek
Sophia
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Wingrove
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Painter
Vance
William
Idlewild
LaGuardia
United Press International
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Cleveland Press
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Chicago
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Florida East Coast Railway
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Michael J. Quill
The
Transport Workers Union
Horace Stern
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Es AE “Oninarate Power Company
Miss Patricia Trump
J. W. Walters
Neville St
Ernest R. Clower
Leslie G. Boyden
I. W. Davis
Baileysville
Welch Hospital
Warren Cook
Baileysville Methodist Church
Frederick Dillon
Hatcher
Rod Shannon
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