Youth Murder Case Heads To Jury In Fayetteville
In Fayette County Circuit Court Roger Belcher 17 Scarbro faces trial for the May 1961 murders of Dr Archer Wingrove and Mrs Georgia Broyles.Closing arguments prepared after a mistrial motion and witness testimony from Trooper Swartz deputy Withrow and others continued as jurors work toward a verdict scheduled for this afternoon.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Roger Belcher
Scarbro
Belcher
Fayette County
Arnold Vance
Archer Wingrove
Georgia Broyles
Chicago
R. J. Thrift Jr
Gordon L. Swartz
Department of Public Safety
Swartz
Northern Panhandle
Wheeling
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
William Edward Vance
Vance
Arnold Lee
Thrift
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Garvin
L. O. Withrow
Withrow
Mount Hope
Glen Jean
Bridge Tavern
Anita Williams
Anita
Vance To Go To Dr. Wingrove
Syncom Shot Orbit and Stationary Sky View
The Syncom satellite travels with Earth's 24 hour rotation so it appears fixed in the sky. It would circle once per day if Earth stood still, but the rotation cancels the drift. To observers on Earth the satellite seems stationary and ready for duty.
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Earth
Proposals Trim Loans and Fellowships in Education Plan
The plan drops federal college scholarships, a Senate approved but House rejected idea, and adds 45 million to the existing 90 million NDEA loan fund. It also proposes funding 10,000 graduate fellowships annually, up from 1,500.
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Senate
House
West German Leaders Press Role as Honest Broker in Market Talks
Erhard and Schroeder, after talks with the United States, seek mediation between France and the other Common Market nations. France remains firm that Britain cannot join under current terms, while Britain ponders next moves as De Gaulle blocks entry.
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Erhard
Gerhard Schroeder
Washington
Schroeder
Maurice Couve de Murville
United States
France
Paul-Henri Spaak
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
London
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Atlantic
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Council of Ministers
Couve de Murville
Paris
de Gaulle
Kanawha redistricting plan faces warding off delay
Kanawha County lawmakers debate reapportionment as last year’s defeat blocks continuation of current district makeup. Kenna argues only legitimate delay points justify study, rejects resubmitting the plan. Support comes from Mrs. H. L. Wehrle. opponents include Lou Terry and rural county witnesses.
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Kenna
Kanawha
H. L. Wehrle
Charleston
West Virginia League of Women Voters
Lou Terry
Martinsburg
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Pocahontas
Doddridge
Lutelius Stout
House
Doddridge County
House of Delegates
William E. Blake
Blake
Sen
Jack Miller
R-Wood
Supreme Court
del. Ivor F. Boiarsky
D-Kanawha
State Briefs From The News
State Senate leader William Moreland attended sessions on crutches after a fall. The Wood County Court and State Road Commission debate maintenance of Parkersburg’s Juliana Street Bridge before the State Supreme Court. A $766,180 Accelerated Public Works grant funds street and storm sewer improvements in Moundsville. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway recalls 800 furloughed workers by Feb 1. A Huntington hospital reports 11 year old Henderson Adkins in satisfactory condition after a knife attack.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Raceland
Henderson Adkins
Ceredo
Huntington
Sen
William Moreland
Monongalia
State Senate
Wood County Court
State Road Commission
Juliana Street
Parkersburg
State Supreme Court
Moundsville
McCreery Estates Sued Over Estate Debts in Raleigh Circuit
The Bank of Raleigh as administrator for John Earl McCreery sues John D. McCreery and others acting as administrators of Sally Belle McCreery’s estate in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office. The suit claims Sally Belle McCreery as executrix paid all debts of John C. McCreery except 9899.88 owed to the plaintiff and seeks sale of real estate by a special commissioner to cover the debt. Scherer, Bowers, File and Hodson represents the plaintiff.
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Bank of Raleigh
John Earl McCreery
John D. McCreery
Sally Belle McCreery
Raleigh County
John C. McCreery
Scherer, Bowers, File
Funeral services for Brooks Adair 66 former Raleigh teacher
Funeral services for Brooks F. Adair 66 of 503 S Kanawha St will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Walter Griswold officiating. Interment follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Adair died Monday night after hospitalization since Sept 25 for a heart attack. Born May 2 1896 in Panther McDowell Co he earned a BA from Concord College and an MS from WVU. He taught at RMI Raleigh Cranberry Sprague Mt View and served as principal for three years at Sprague. The Sprague School was renamed Brooks Adair Elementary in his honor. Survivors include his wife retired teacher Ruby Adair a daughter Mrs Edsel T Jones of Winchester Ky two brothers and four sisters. Friends may call 7–9 p m Tuesday at the funeral home. Pallbearers listed.
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Brooks F. Adair
S. Kanawha St
Raleigh
Keyser-Bryant
Walter Griswold
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Mause
Panther
McDowell County
Adair
Harvey
Nancy Adair
Concord College
West Virginia University
Beckley
Ruthie Martin
RMI
Cranberry
Sprague
Mt. View
Edsel T. Jones
Winchester
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
The
Baptist Church
Edsel T
Robin) Jones
John Adair
Auburn
Jaeger
Mary Morgan
John C. (Close) Higginbotham
Sarasota
Fla
Joseph P
Elizabeth) Hatfield
Williamson
Merrell
Louise) Brammer
Toledo
Ohio
Hubert Jackson
K. D. Schwank
Drs J. M. Laing
Jasper Lilly
Huje Vogt
Jack Foster
Funeral notices for Gus Oiler and Emma Harris in multiple towns
Funeral services for Gus Oiler 72 of Dry Branch will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Midkiff Baptist Church with interment at Witcher Creek Cemetery. He died Sunday in Charleston from leukemia. Survivors include his wife Liddie Osler and several children and grandchildren. Services also for Emma Barrett Harris 96 will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with burial at Lohr Maplewood Cemetery in Erkins. She died Monday at her daughter’s home in Fayetteville.
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Gus Oiler
Dry Branch
Glen White
Midkiff Baptist Church
Witcher Creek
Charleston
Liddie Osler
Lilly Frye
May Short
Carthilage
N.C
Bonnie Hancock
Cecil Jones
Jacksonville
Fla
Sylvia Woolwine
Belle
William Osler
Cannelton
Ida Baker
Jody
Annie McGraw
Kanawaha Two Mile
Fidler and Frame Funeral Home
Rns
Emma Barrett Harris
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
C. S. Thompson
J. Edwin Stanfield
William Galbraith Smith
Washington, D. C
T. B. Johnson
National City
Calif
Lohr Funeral Home
Eirkins
Maplewood Cemetery
Funeral notes and celebrity obituaries from UPI dispatches
The report lists funeral arrangements for Gail Lynda Grant six month old daughter of Willie B and Priscilla Banks Grant of Wyco found dead from suffocation. Also noted are death notices for John Farrow at Beverly Hills Dr Jean Felix Piccard Andrew C Baird and Byron Chamberlain with brief career notes and locations.
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Gail Lynda Grant
Willie B
Priscilla Banks Grant
Wyco
Debbie
Willie Grant
Black Eagle
Richard Banks
Hempstead
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Rns
Miss Martha Wooten, 38, North Beckley, funeral set
Funeral services for Miss Martha Clark Wooten will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church of North Beckley with Rev. David Powell officiating. Burial follows in Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Saturday night in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. Born June 15, 1925 in Montgomery, she was the daughter of the late William Clark and Zelma Clark. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church at Hazy and had lived in Edwight 33 years. Survivors include five brothers William Ohio Samuel George Jefferson Franklin, all of North Beckley. two sisters Patricia Clark, North Beckley and Lillian Payne, Detroit. The body will be removed from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlour to the church one hour before services.
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Martha Clark Wooten
North Beckley
First Baptist Church
Edwight
William
Ohio
Samuel
George
Jefferson
Franklin
Patricia Clark
Lillian Payne
Detroit
Mich
Ritchie and Johnson
Forfeitures Totaled 152 in Police Court
A total of 152 in bonds was forfeited in City Police Court Monday night. Four people put up 75 for traffic violations including William Scott Beckley 25 for reckless driving, Robert Burnette McAlpin 25 for speeding and red light, Edward Christian Beckley 10 for operator license, and O R Board Beckley 15 for failure to yield. Three drunks forfeited 57. Paul Burleson 38 of Amigo appealed hazardous driving through counsel Paul J Fourney to Raleigh County Criminal Court. Original reckless driving charge reduced in Police Court Jan 21 after a two car crash with Betty Lou Burgess 23 of 319 Woodlawn Ave on Edgewood Drive Jan 15.
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William
Scott
Beckley
Robert Burnette
McAlpin
Edward Christian
O.R. Board
Paul Burleson
Amigo
Paul J. Fourney
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Burleson
Betty Lou Burgess
Woodlawn Ave
Edgewood Drive
Men Return To Hinton To Face Charges
Patrick Leon Connor and Richard Williams of Hinton were jailed on $2000 bonds after a hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on possession of stolen property. They waived to the grand jury and will face breaking and entering charges in Hinton for a theft at the D. D. Fitzgerald Inc. Store. Roy Franklin Biggs paid a $10 fine on no operator license charges arrested Jan. 13. Sylvester Rogers paid $10 on trespassing at Stratton High School. William Jackson, Piney View, was found not guilty of destruction of property. Russell D. Lilly of Sophia paid $5 on speeding. Three inmates were released from custody in Charleston: Woodrow W. Hicks, Thomas Ayers, and James E. Endicott, each with separate charges or warrants.
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Patrick Leon Connor
Richard Williams
Hinton
Joe Rodriguez
D. D. Fitzgerald Inc
Roy Franklin Biggs
Beckley
Rodriguez
Sylvester Rogers
W. A. Burke
Stratton High School
Thomas Evans
William Jackson
Piney View
Carl Gillam
Russell D. Lilly
Sophia
Lilly
U. S
Morris Imboden
Charleston
Woodrow W. Hicks
Thomas Ayers
Bluefield
James E. Endicott
Job
Three Charges After Barroom Shooting In Beckley
Carson Light and Harper Road are set for a 3 p.m. Wednesday hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on charges of shooting with intent to kill drunk in public and destruction of property. The shooting followed a barroom brawl at the Hickory Inn on Harper Road. Beckley State Police say the incident involved a shotgun blast at a tavern manager and damage to a 1962 model truck behind the business.
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Carson Light
Harper Road
Joe Rodriguez
Hickory Inn
Beckley
Light
Gerald Rohring
Noted Poet Frost Dies Two Years After Inauguration Appearance
The noted poet and symbol of international goodwill died less than two years after his frostbitten appearance at President Kennedy's 1961 inauguration. He read The Gift Outright from memory during the bitter cold ceremony. Frost and Interior Secretary Udall then spent 10 days in the Soviet Union in an exchange with Russia. After meeting Khrushchev at a Black Sea retreat, Frost said the premier believed the U.S. would not fight to protect itself. He described Khrushchev as a ruffian ready for a fight and warned that the future of the world hinges on U.S.-Russia relations.
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Frost
Kennedy
Stewart M. Udall
Soviet Union
Russia
Khrushchev
Black Sea
United States
Berlin
West Virginia tourism plan eyed for Raleigh County
Governor endorses the New River Gorge recreation scheme and related projects with a potential $12 million master plan. Key items include Bluestone tourism complex, Stevens Lake, and Coal River National Recreation Area aiming to draw thousands of visitors to Raleigh and neighboring counties.
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New River Gorge
Area Redevelopment Administration
Raleigh
Bluestone
Washington
Stevens Lake
Coal River National Recreation
Aspinall
Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Boone County
Raleigh County
Beckley
Nicholas County
ARA
Byrd Urges Institute Tied to State Colleges for Tech Growth
Byrd told Hodges he believes the Institute of Industrial Technology should be attached to existing state colleges or universities to tap their resources. He urged endorsement and active participation from both industry and education in the project from the outset.
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Byrd
Hodges
Institute of Industrial Technology
Three-Man Crew Lands With No Pilot After Heart Attack
Lester Peterson and two colleagues from American Bridge Co. in Cheyenne piloted a Cessna 180 after the pilot Edgar Van Keuren collapsed midflight. Peterson, inexperienced at flying, safely landed with radio guidance from Louis Domenico and a Cheyenne tower. Van Keuren died en route. The three men were en route to a Minuteman missile site near Cheyenne.
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James M. Shevis
Edgar van Keuren
Rapid City
S.D
Earth
Lam
Peterson
Pawlack
Les
American Bridge
Louis Domenico
Domenico
Cheyenne Air Service
van Keuren
Laramie County Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne
Final rites for Leslie Garfield Boyden 5 day old son
Leslie Garfield Boyden, 5 day old son of Mr and Mrs Chester Boyden of 510 Sylvia St, died at 1 30 am Monday in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 4 pm today at the family home with Rev J L Bly in charge. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include parents, one brother Ray Irvin and three sisters Veronica Sheila Jacqueline all at home and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs George C Boyden of Beckley. The body will be taken from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to the home at 3 pm.
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Leslie Garfield
Boyden
Chester Boyden
Sylvia St
J. L. Bly
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ray Irvin
Veronica
Shelia
Jacqueline
George C. Boyden
Beckley
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Southeast Asia Tension Mounts in Borneo Dispute
Southeast Asia tension rose as Indonesia, Britain, Malaya and the Philippines clash over Borneo. Indonesian forces inspect western Borneo while Britain holds the north with Sarawak and North Borneo and Brunei. Rebels threaten Brunei as Britain fields troops and Brunei oilfields are contested.
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Tokyo
API
Southeast Asia
Borneo
Indonesia
Britain
Malaya
Philippines
Achmad Jani
Pontianak
Radio Indonesia
England
Sarawak
North Borneo
Oilrich
Brunei
London
Singapore
Tengku
Prince) Abdul Rahman
Malaysia
Legislature considers limits on Sunday work and road bills
The debate covered four bills to shift road building duties back to counties and a plan to reapportion the House. Lee M. Kenna warned the county suit will press the case unless Senate reapportionment occurs. Rural voices urged protecting rural rights over urban needs.
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State Road Commission
House
Lee M. Kenna
Kanawha
Kenna
Senate
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Lautellus Sout
Doddridge County
Drivers Charged After Mead Collision
A two truck crash at Mead at 10 a m Monday caused about 900 damage. No injuries were reported. Thomas Allen Rose 17 of White Oak and Bernard Bradley 45 of Mead were cited for traffic violations. Rose was charged with driving to the left of the highway center and Bradley with failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Mead
Thomas Allen Rose
White Oak
Bernard Bradley
Rose
Bradley
Jurors Report Change for Raleigh County Court
Jurors in Raleigh County Criminal Court are postponed from Wednesday to report at 9 30 a m Thursday. The rescheduled session affects jurors serving in the county court calendar.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Driver Posts Bond in Drunken Driving Case
Kelsey D. Spence age 33 of Beckley posted a $500 property bond to Raleigh County Jail for release at 10 a.m. on a drunk driving charge and no registration card. He was arrested by City Police at 12:01 a.m. today for a hearing in Police Court Thursday night.
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Kelsey D. Spence
Beckley
Raleigh County
iPolice
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W. VA
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Houston, Tex
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Ley
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Pine Grove
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Emma Harris
Beverly Hills
UPI
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World
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Australia
Maureen O’sullivan
New York
Miss Sullivan
Minneapolis, Minn
Jean Felix Piccard
Andrew C. Baird
Wayne County
Memorial Hospital
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Tempe
Austin
Victoria
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Slack
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