Ohio Man Pleads Guilty To Robbery
Billy Junior Smith of Toledo pleads guilty to a $12,836.11 robbery of Stamford Supply Co. in Montreal on Oct. 7 before Raleigh County Judge Harry L. McCreery. Accomplice John Presley also pled guilty. third man George Edward Smith is in state prison. Presley sentenced to 1 to 10 years. probation denied. A second indictment covers a truck theft. Other court actions include an appeal withdrawal in a drunk driving case and trial preparations for a Fayette Street physician and a conspiracy case. Jurors discharged. court adjourned to 1:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Junior Smith
Toledo
Ohio
Stamford Supply Co
Montroal
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Smith
John Presley
Portsmouth
George Edward Smith
Moundsville
Anthony J. Sparacino
Billy Smith
E. Carl Meadows
Presley
Standard Firm
Earl Breckenridge
Mabscott
Sibbley Weatherford
Sparacino
R. J. Howard
Charlottesville
Fayette Street
Paris Preston Peters
Navy Seeks Release of 620 From Hijacked Santa Maria
In the Brazil coast area 60 miles northeast of Recife the captive Santa Maria drifts as U S Navy Admiral Allen Smith Jr plans to board the destroyer Gearing to negotiate safe passage for the 620 passengers and to press rebel leader Henrique Galvao for a port of entry. The case hinges on possible sea transfer to U S ships and the Portuguese threat to sink the liner if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recife
Brazil
UPI
Santa Maria
U.S
Navy
Adm
Allen Smith Jr
U.S. Navy
Caribbean Sea Frontier
Africa
Cmdr
Grover Jones
Smith
Henrique Galvao
Salvador
Quadros
Portugal
Juscelino Kubitschek
Galvao
Lisbon
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Child sustains head injury after fall at home
Cynthia Rainey two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Rainey of 616 Johnstown Rd suffered a head injury in a fall at their home Sunday She was treated at Beckley Hospital and is listed in stable condition or under observation according to hospital reports
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Rainey
Sam Rainey
Johnstown Rd
Beckley Hospital
Two Sunday Fires Destroy Crab Orchard Home and Lillybrook Church
The Crab Orchard residence of the Bill Durham family and the Lillybrook Church were destroyed by two fires Sunday. Damages reached about twenty thousand with losses including a home, furnishings, church structure, and food stores. Beclky Fire Capt Otis Lyons organized aid drives at Station No 2 Third Avenue to help the Durham family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillybrook
Bill Durham
Crabard
Beckley
Otis Lyons
Durhams
Lyons
No. 2
Third Avenue
Durham
Mrs.Durham
Sandra Kay
Jimmy
Rhonda
Dana
Rebecca
Black Eagle Coal Co
Wyoming County
Sophia Fire Department
Dan Pinson
John Stewart
Pinson
State Convict Hoax Alert In Bank Holdup
The page one continuation notes investigators checking all known former convicts including Spencer and Scott. The alert was later called off as a hoax. Sackett, victim of the Gary holdup, recalled feeling a pistol in his back Saturday and realizing the danger. He was the sole person in the bank at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Scott
Sackett
Gary
City Cruiser Damaged In Morning Accident
A City Police cruiser driven by Patrolman Thomas R. Wooten collided with a car driven by Edward N. Abram at 10 15 a.m. on South Kanawha Street near Myers Avenue. Damages were about 150 with no injuries. Abram, 26, of 111 Deegans Ave., was arrested for improper registration and no city operator license and ordered to appear in Police Court Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Wooten
Roosevelt Street
Edward N. Abram
Deegans Ave
South Kanawha Street
Myers Avenue
Abram
Gun Shop Theft Strikes Mac's Gun Shop in Flat Top
Raleigh and Mercer County State Police probe a Saturday night break in at Mac's Gun Shop Flat Top where 12 pistols valued at 550 to 600 dollars were stolen. Owner R J McConnell reports items including Germann lugers a 32 Savage automatic and several Smith and Wesson models. McConnell found the break in about 8 30 a m Sunday and notified state police. The intruder pried a rear door bar and exited through a broken rear window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Mercer County
Mac
R. J. McConnell
Russia
Smith & Wesson
McConnell
Polce
Eisenhower and Kennedy clash over military strategy and housing
Eisenhower argues the military, including ballistic missiles, is now sufficient to deter and destroy threats, while Kennedy calls for a complete reappraisal of strategy and acceleration of missile programs and defense airlift. They debate education and housing with notes on classroom shortages and substandard housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
U.S
Kennedy
U.S. Pushes Motion in Lias Deportation Case
The government aims to press a motion within about two weeks that could start Lias’s deportation trial this spring. Casey reported obtaining a deposition from a Greek Orthodox official deeming a birth certificate invalid, a pivotal point in the dispute over whether Lias was born in Wheeling, West Virginia or in Greece. The Immigration Service ordered him deported in 1955 as an undesirable alien, a ruling he appealed, earning a trial. Both sides have spent over two years filing pretrial documents to prepare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lias
Casey
Wheeling
W. Va
Greece
Iakovos
North
South America
U.S. Immigration Service
Money and Tools Stolen From Hancock Texaco Station
State Police report a break in at Hancock's Texaco on Rt 16 and Maxwell Hill Road. About $13 in cash and unknown small tools were taken after a window was broken and entered from inside. Frank Hancock cites $10 from a cigarette machine and $3 from the cash register. Theft occurred Sunday night. Beckley troopers continue the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Texaco
Rt. 16
Maxwell Hill Road
Frank Hancock
Beckley State
No Ice Skating Today at New River Park Rink
Recreation Director Frank Rodriguez announces that ice skating is not permitted today or tonight at the New River Park rink due to restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Park
Frank Rodriguez
Beckley natives rise through press ranks to UPI posts
Two former Beckley residents began their careers with the Register in 1944 and moved through Beckley Daily News and Raleigh Register before joining UPI in 1947. Barrett, a Woodrow Wilson alumnus, started at the Post-Herald in 1941, became Raleigh Register sports editor in 1943, served in the military, then returned as Post-Herald city editor in 1946. He later worked as a radio and TV newsman with Joe L. Smith in Beckley and Charleston, joining UPI in 1947. He is married to Melba Barrett, daughter of Frank and Mrs. Adams of 204 Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Register
Beckley Daily News
Logan Banner
UPI
J. W. Ferris
Crab Orchard
Barrett
Woodrow Wilson
Post-Herald
C. J. (Needy) McQuade
Raleigh Register
McQuade
Joe L. Smith
Beckley
Charleston
Melba Barrett
Frank Adams
Church Street
United Press International
West Virginia
Bill Barrett
Fred L. Ferris
Ferris
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia Hears On Whisky By Drink And State Income Tax
West Virginia lawmakers face two tough items this week whisky by the drink constitutional amendment and an income tax proposal from Gov. W W Barron Public hearings are set in both Senate and House on the whisky plan with dry and wet factions debating. The income tax bill will be studied in finance committees with hopes to move to the floor for a vote while GOP pressure grows on a higher sales tax with food and drug exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Barrett
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
W.W. Barron
Barron
Senate Temperance Committee
House
Senate
State Department of Commerce
Vegas Break-In At Moran Avenue Liquor Store
A break in at the W Va State Liquor Store on Moran Avenue was discovered this morning. A safe was robbed of an undetermined amount of cash. Police were investigating the robbery at presstime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
W. Va
Moran Avenue
Heart Victim Improves at Beckley Memorial Hospital
James A. Wilson, 87, of 311 Gregory Street, is improving at Beckley Memorial Hospital today after being admitted Sunday following oxygen treatment by Beckley Fire Department rescue squad for an apparent heart condition at his home in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Wilson
Gregory St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Beckley
Kennedy Castro messages on behalf of son held in Havana
State briefs report Mrs. Davis says President Kennedy and Fidel Castro received telegrams about Leonard Louis Schmidt 22 one of six Americans on trial in Havana He is not a counterrevolutionist The White House repaints offices in off white while Eisenhower preferred pale green is rejected A derailment near Smithfield Wetzel County clears by today An appeal by James Neal from a 1-to-5 year sentence for killing his 8-year-old son denied by the West Virginia Supreme Court Fairmont attorney John W Plattenburg 40 dies of apparent heart attack
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Leonard Louis Schmidt
Havana
Davis
Eisenhower
White House
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Smithfield
Wetzel County
James Neal
Charleston
Ons Supreme Court
John W. Plattenburg
Fairmont
Infectious Hepatitis Hits Wyoming School
Senior Sanitarian Robert Pack of the Wyoming County Health Department reports 25 cases of infectious hepatitis at Jesse Matheny School in Matheny over the past three months. Two new cases were reported last week. Eugene Powell of the State Bureau of Communicable Diseases attended Pineville to aid in outlining a control program. A 7 PM meeting at the school was scheduled with Dr. R. C. Hatfield, Mrs. Angie Matthews, and Pack to advise and answer questions. Pack and Matthews plan home visits to assist residents with disease prevention guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Robert Pack
Wyoming County Health Department
Jesse Matheny
Matheny
Eugene Powell
State Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Charleston
Health Department
Gram
R. C. Hatfield
Angie Matthews
Pack
Kennedy Warns of Economic Slack in 1961 Budget Plan
President Kennedy delivers a sobering address labeling the economy in recession with seven months of downturn and nine years of falling farm income. He urges quick congressional action, warns against idle hours, and calls for unified American efforts to demonstrate how a free economy can rebound, stressing urgency over optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Congress
Fatal carbon monoxide exposure near Oak Hill
State Weather reports a man found two people unconscious from vehicle exhaust gas at a Red Star Fayette County home near Oak Hill. Myrthy Wooten, 78, died from the fumes on Saturday and her son-in-law Joe Dover, 64, was overcome but, as of now, in good condition at an Oak Hill hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theiss
Myrthy Wooten
Red Star
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Joe Dover
Deaths And Funerals In Raleigh And Beckley Area
Final rites for Roxie Mae Altice 59 of Raleigh were set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at Rose and Ques enberry Peace Chapel with burial in Ben Madow s Cemetery Princewick She died at Rex Hospital after a long illness She was born Oct 12 1901 and belonged to the Holiness Church Survivors include four sons six daughters two brothers three sisters and many grandchildren Final rites for James Matthew Denny 51 of Prosperity were at Mabscott Methodist Church at 2 p m Tuesday Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens He suffered a heart attack at home He was a disabled miner Survived by his mother wife five daughters two sons and other relatives The body was taken to the church from Webb and Neal Funeral Home an hour before services Funeral services for Lillie Emma Meador 76 of Cool Ridge were at Old Log Church Pluto at 1 p m today Burial in family cemetery She died after an eight year illness Preceded in death by husband Thomas in 1948 She was a Pluto Methodist member Survivors include five sons two daughters one brother and many grandchildren Active pallbearers were listed The Webb and Neal Funeral Home arranged services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie Mae Altice
Raleigh
N. C
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ernest Barley
Ben Meadows
Princewick
Altice
Rex Hospital
Holiness Church
Ray
Fred
Edward
Aspires, Pa
Arthur
William Wilson
Crab Orchard
Woodrow Johnson
Oak Hill
Raymond Ayers
Aspires
James Ward
Arthur Blevins
William Peterson
Cleveland
Ohio
Willard Cole
Coal City
Ted Cole
Charleston
Nannie Mitchem
Bessie Meadows
Marie Ball
Wyco
James Matthew Denny
Mabscott Methodist Church
E. H. Fisher
Lester Tenney
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Denny
Pulaski
Margie Harrison Denny
Mabscott
R. B. Denny
Noka Bressler Denny
Francis Hinte
Dorothy Bostick
Shirley Riffe
Miss Dream
Diane
Robert
James
Baltimore
Eva Hawks
Rosco
Jesse
New York City
Samuel
Webb and Neal
Lillie Emma Meador
Cool Ridge
Pluto
W. W. Wills
A. H. Chapman
Meador
Thomas
Mary Woods Anderson
Summers County
Pluto Methodist Church
Merivale
Arnett
Rhonald
Ralph
Conrad
Charlotte
Phyllis Meadow
Willie Anderson
Nimitz
Noah Crotty
Edward Kingsley
Earl V. Richmond
Jesse Richmond
Frannie Meadows
James Meadows
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Clarence Orden Helmick
Dawson
Meadow Grove Baptist Church
J. H. Quesenberry
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
United Mine Workers of America
Ruby Jones Hedmick
Robert L
Vernon L
Leonard Wayne
Roy Warren
Arnold Keith
Vera Midkiff
Meadow Bluff
Helen Holland
Alexandria, Va
Dexter
Fayetteville
Clyde
Danese
Final rites for Graydon resident George Knapp
George Elbert Knapp 65 of Graydon will be laid to rest at Good Hope Cemetery Graydon after services at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Ansted with Rev C S Donnelly in charge. He died of a heart attack Saturday night while visiting his nephew Seth Hunt in Ansted. Knapp a WWI veteran and retired farmer was born April 28 1895 in Fayette County. Survivors include brothers N C Knapp Crab Orchard H L Knapp Melbourne Fla and sisters Mrs J M Hunt Victor and Miss Elsie Knapp Melbourne Fla. Burial arrangements and body at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elbert Knapp
Graydon
Thomas Funeral Home
Ansted
C. S. Donnelly
Good Hope
Knapp
Seth Hunt
Fayette County
Henry
Jane Skaggs Knapp
N. C. Knapp
Crab Orchard
H. L. Knapp
Melbourne
Fla
J. M. Hunt
Victor
Elsie Knapp
Funeral services for Mrs Myrtice Wooten in Oak Hill
Mrs Myrtice Wooten 78 of Red Star dies after gas heater fumes at home. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Henry Bailey. Burial Hilltop Cemetery Hilltop. Survived by husband? no. son-in-law Joe Dover 64 in hospital in satisfactory condition. daughter-in-law? not stated. Born Nashville Tenn Jan 7 1883. Member Church of God. Other survivors: son Joe Lee Addison Crab Orchard, 10 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtice Wooten
Red Star
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Henry Bailey
Hilltop
Wooten
Nashville
Tenn
Church of God
Joe Lee Addison
Crab Orchard
Final rites for Grady F Dickens in Mattsville Church
Grady Franklin Dickens 59 of Eccles will be buried in the family Sandlick cemetery after funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mattsville Church led by Rev. James Godby. He died Sunday night at home after a short illness. Survived by sisters Violet Loving and Bessie Roberts, both of Eccles. Melton Mortuary handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Franklin Dickens
Mattsville
Thomas J. Bailey
Violet Loving
Bessie Roberts
Eccles
Melton Mortuary
Pierson dies after long illness in Hendersonville
P M Pierson formerly of Beckley died at home Saturday after a five year illness. He was Beckley Hospital business manager for about 30 years before moving to Hendersonville five years ago. Survived by wife Inez, son Ted, daughter Margaret Sue, all of Hendersonville. brothers Will T of Plantersville and Dr Jack Pierson of Atlanta. sister Mrs E R Potts of Florence. Funeral to be held in Hendersonville with burial in Selma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Pierson
Hendersonville
IN. C
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Inez C. Pierson
Ted
Margaret Sue
Will T
Plantersville
Ala
Jack Pierson
Atlanta
Funeral Services For Eli Egich At St Nicholas Church
Funeral services for Eli Egich age 72 of Eccles will be held at 1 p m Tuesday at St Nicholas Orthodox Church with Father George Simon presiding Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park Egich died Saturday evening after a long illness Pallbearers named Dorvan Wilson E E Strickland Robert Cormack James Shunk Frank Grahovic and Chris Hinte orchestrate the service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Egich
Eccles
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
George Simon
Sunset Memorial Park
Egich
Dorvan Wilson
E. E. Strickland
Robert Cormack
James Shunk
Frank Grahovic
Chris Hinte
Funeral services set for Arthur H. O'Dell 67 Mount Nebo
Arthur H. O'Dell 67 of Mount Nebo died at 5 40 am today in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a coronary condition. Surviving son Hoy O'Dell is employed by Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. O'Dell
Mount Nebo
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Hoy O'Dell
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Death of Three Month Old Roosevelt D Pannell
Roosevelt D. Pannell three month old son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Pannell of Tommy Creek died in Mullens hospital at 5 30 p m Sunday. Body at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangement completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt D. Pannell
Raymond Pannell
Tommy Creek
Mullens Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Dowell Charleston Man Dies at VA Hospital
Wallis Bradford Dowell aged 54 from Charleston died at 7 10 a m at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital about two hours after admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallis Bradford Dowell
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Dominick Stanek Dies After Short Illness At 80
Dominick Stanek 80 of 304 1 St died in a local hospital at 9 pm Sunday after a brief illness. A retired coal miner born in Poland on August 4 1880 he was the son of the late Joseph and Marie Stanek. He belonged to St Francis de Sales Church. He is survived by Annie Burn Stanek three sons Michael Johnny and Charlie all of New York City two daughters Mrs Anna Dudek and Mrs Carrie Bunger both of Detroit and eight grandchildren. The body lies at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Stanek
Poland
Joseph
Marie Stanek
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Annie Burn Stanek
Michael
Johnny
Charlie
New York City
N. Y
Anna Dudek
Funeral services for Margaret Fleshman Reid in Columbus
Mrs Margaret Fleshman Reid 35 of Columbus Ohio formerly of Beckley died at 7 a.m. Saturday in a Columbus hospital. Funeral services were to be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Devo Funeral Home in Columbus with burial in a Columbus cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Fleshman Reid
Columbus
Ohio
Beckley
Devo Funeral Home
Reid
Two Burn Injuries Send Two People to Beckley Hospital
Burns suffered in unrelated accidents sent two persons to Beckley Hospital for treatment Sunday. Cheryl Donley year-old daughter of Basil and Mrs Donley burned her left leg and hip when she fell on a furnace. Jeanette Long of 204 Jennings Street was burned on her left arm by hot coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Cheryl Donley
Basil Donley
Jeanette Long
Jennings St
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U.S. To Press
Remeron Ie
Err
JO Meres Sera Technicolor
Pravyr
Warner Bros
Beckleyans
GOP
Vegas
Wyoming
Atrace Cnemascope
Susan Hayward
James Mason
Maker
COHEN
Kennedy Asks
Stern
Mrs
Roxie Mae
James M. Denny
Mrs. Lillie
Mrs. Mytice Wooten
Grady F. Dickens
Wallis Bradford
Dowell
Margaret Reid
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