United States Among 14 Nations Push Cuba Debate
At Punta del Este a bloc of fourteen nations including the United States urged the Inter American Conference to convene a full dress plenary to consider a resolution to oust Cuba. Rusk redirected talks to redraw the motion to broaden ant-Castro support while maintaining unity among non Cuban members. Haiti shifted to a tougher stand as Mexico Bolivia and Chile held firm against hard action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punta del Este
UPI
United States
Inter- American Conference
Cuba
Marcos Falcon Briceno
Venezuela
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Colombia
Jose Caicedo Castilla
Uruguay
Homero Martinez Montero
Organization of American States
Castro
U.S
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Guatemala
Haiti
Dra
Mexico
Bolivia
Raleigh County Board of Education candidate Walker profile
Walker, a Raleigh County resident born 1905 in Egeria, announced his bid for county office with a history in the school board since 1958 and prior runs for the Court. He favors accessible county services, opposes admission fees at parks, supports expanded book mobile service, landfill expansion, and seizing new industries for Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Daniel
Walker
Board of Education
Egeria
George and
Josie Walker
Raleigh County
Nada Mae Meadows
Raleigh
Fire department responds to Hub Store transformer fire
Beckley Fire Department was called to The Hub Store on Heber Street at noon today when a transformer burned out. A spokesman said no damages were done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Heber Street
Racing Tax Bill Survives Battle
West Virginia legislators advanced measures to extend the 6 percent racing tax with relief for Wheeling Downs harness track after a Senate clash. Sen. Martin tried to strip harness relief, arguing relief favors a recreational activity, but the amendment failed 16-15. Majority Leader Moreland said lowering tax on the first $50,000 daily take aids a new industry to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Senate
House
Wheeling Downs
Clarence E.martin Jr
Berkeley
Martin
Harrison County
Panhandle
Detroit
William A. Moreland
Coordinator tours Grandview facilities
George Ott Romney, coordinator for the New River Gorge Project, toured Cliffside Amphitheater and Grandview State Park in Washington with promotion director Mary Scott on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ott Romney
Washington, D. C
Cliffside Amphitheater
Grandview State Park
Mary Scott
UMWA Official Arrested By FBI In Exetor Bank Scandal
Washington FBI agents arrested August J. Lippi president of United Mine Workers District 1 on charges tied to a 397,984 embezzlement at the First National Bank of Exeter Pennsylvania where he is board chairman. Earlier, bank cashier George J. Daileda was charged with making false entries to cover shortages over 16 years. Daileda posted 25,000 bail after waiving a hearing. The complaint alleges Lippi aided Daileda in the fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
IPI
August J. Lippi
United Mine Workers District 1
FBI
First National Bank of
Exeter
George J. Daileda
Daileda
U.S
John Mulhall
Pittston
Lippi
Bernard J. Brown
Shoup supports limited speech changes by officers
Shoup testified that most subordinates saw few substantive speech changes and that most edits were not unreasonable. He said senior officers can judge what is appropriate to say publicly, while noting a reviewing agency helps avoid inadvertent harm amid a changing delicate international situation.
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Shoup
Titan I ends 47-shot Atlas series with dazzling sky show
Cape Canaveral reports a spectacular Titan I test as a dummy warhead was launched 5,000 miles down the Atlantic. The 47-shot Atlas series closes with a mostly successful record of 34 successes and 4 failures, while Titan II readiness builds for a March debut.
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Cape Canaveral
Aps
United States
Atlantic Test Range
Atlantic Missile Testing Center
Aves Coast
Atlantic
Titan IT
Bland Elected better services
The Day Long meeting served as an organizational session. Board terms are staggered in five member groups for one two and three years. F Ray Power head Vocational Rehabilitation Division was elected chairman Howard Caplan is vice chairman and Harley B. Reger secretary treasurer. The agenda outlined Governor's Commission on the Handicapped background and purposes. Discussed responsibilities and later suggested activities.
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F. Ray Power
Howard Caplan
Clarksburg
Harley B. Reger
West Virginia Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Governor’s Commission
Ghent Man 34 Waives Hearing On Murder Charge
Roy Ardo Meadows of Ghent waived to the grand jury in a preliminary hearing for murder in the Monday shotgun killing of Donald Pack also of Ghent. The men fought earlier in the day and again when Pack entered Meadows home to look for him. Pack, 40, father of 10, was shot in a back room with a .16 gauge shotgun from about six feet. Meadows also faces charges of operating a moonshine still.
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Roy Ardo Meadows
Ghent
Donald Pack
Joe Rodriguez
Beckley
Meadows
Pack
Park
West Virginia
Deaths and Funerals in Regional Notices
Funeral services for Andy Stewart 76 of Matheny will be at Matheny Methodist Church with burial in Stewart Cemetery. Survivors include five sons Alfred, Perry, Coy, Kyle, Jess, and two daughters Grace Workman and Sadie Stewart. Final rites for Junious Bell 95 of Beckley were at St Matthews AME Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. A Verona Italy mobile accident victim, Minnie James Stanley, wife of L W Stanley, includes Charles Edward and Catherine Lynn as immediate family. graveside rites to be conducted by the 78th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron with services at Caffee Funeral Home and church one hour prior.
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Andy Stewart
Matheny
Matheny Methodist Church
Ted Cook
Boissevane
Stewart Cemetery
John
Evelyn Cook Stewart
Ladie Stewart
Kyle
Alfred
Perry
Coy
Jess
Grace Workman
Jesse
Sadie Stewart
Evans
Oceana
Beckley
St. Matthews Ame Church
East Beckley
W. J. Carter
J. H. Easley
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Caffee
78Rd Aircraft Control ‘and Warning Squadron
Charleston
Paul Mitchem
Don Windon
Clyde Crews
Bob Francisco
Danny Windon
J. C. Francisco
Samuel E Johnson Dies in Mullens After Illness
Samuel Eugene Johnson of Mullens dies Monday night at St. Luke's Hospital Bluefield. Body remains at Sam Fogleson Funeral Home Mullens awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Samuel Eugene Johnson
Mullens
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Sam Foglesong
Funeral Services for Elton Stan ley Pate Held at Sophia First Baptist
Funeral services for Elton Stanley Pate 34 of 315 Canterberry Drive were conducted at 2 p m Wednesday at Sophia First Baptist Church with Rev Dewey Wilson and Rev H A McClung in charge Burial followed at Hot Coal Cemetery Pate an employee of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co was killed Monday when a Norfolk and Western train struck his truck at a crossing He was born October 16 1928 in McAlpin and was the son of Mrs Bell Goodman Pate and the late Earl Stanley Pate Surviving are his wife Catherine Louise Mahone Pate a son Raymond Eugene and a daughter Kathy Ann at home a sister Mrs Robert Cantley Cleveland Ohio and maternal grandmother Mrs Martha Goodman Funeral home calling after 5 p m today Pallbearers were Ray Burns Claude Akers Russell Runyon James Harvey Donald Bolin and Harold Joe Via.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton Stanley Pate
Canterberry Dr
Sophia First Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
H. A. McClung
Hot Coal
Pate
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Norfolk and Western Railway
Sophia
McAlpin
Bell Goodman Pate
Crab Orchard
Earl Stanley Pate
Sophia First Baptist
Martha Goodman
Williams Funeral
Ray Burns
Claude Akers
Russell Runyon
James Harvey
Donald Bolin
Harold Joe Via
Funeral services incomplete for Donald Pack 40 Ghent
Donald Pack of Ghent is killed by a shotgun blast to the back about 6 15 p m Monday in the home of Roy Ardo Meadows Ghent He was born Streeter son of Ralph and Mrs Pack Streeter A WWII veteran and coal miner he survived by his wife Myrtle Lilly Pack five sons four daughters and four sisters and six brothers The body was moved to Ronald Meadows Funeral Home Hinton for completion of arrangements
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Donald Pack
Ghent
Roy Ardo Meadows
Streeter
Ralph Pack
Myrtle Lilly Pack
Clayton
Oran
Harold
Roger
Retha
Beatrice
Brenda
Reva
Dallas Harris
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry
Ronald Meadows Funeral
Hinton
James V Slater Dies in Beckley VA Hospital
James V Slater of Route 5 Charleston aged 66 died at 6 50 a m in the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital today. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Slater
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Low Meadows dies. rites in Bluestone Baptist Church
Lon Meadows 69 of Jumping Branch died Monday at Hinton Hospital from a heart attack. Final rites set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bluestone Baptist Church with Reverends Sam Smith and Dewey Wilson officiating. Burial in family cemetery near Jumping Branch. Survivors include wife Teva Crook Meadows two sons Ray and Rueh Meadows a brother Roscoe Meadows two sisters Annie Cooper and Luda Farley and 12 grandchildren. Funeral at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton at 4 p.m. today with burial at the church an hour later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Meadows
Bluestone Baptist Church
Jumping Branch
Sam Smith
Dewey Wilson
Meadows
Hinton Hospital
Raleigh County
Rufus
Sarah McComb Mea
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Teva Crook Meadows
Ray
Flat Woods
Rueh
Roscoe Meadows
Nimitz
Annie Cooper
Luda Farley
Odd
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Funeral set for Mrs Estie Allen in Harper
Mrs Estie Allen 76 of Harper died after a long illness in Beckley Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Kenneth Hilling presiding. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. She was born near Alderson May 24 1886 to Morris Edgar and Alice Huggins Bryant. She lived in Harper 12 years, previously in Beckley. Survived by daughter Gem Clyburn of Harper brother Edgar Bryant Lake Worth Florida sister Josie Ferguson Patriot Ohio four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her husband Shannon Allen preceded her in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estie Allen
Harper
Melton Mortuary
Kenneth Hilling
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Allen
Beckley Hospital
Alderson
Morris Edgar
Alice Huggins Bryant
Beckley
Shannon Allen
P. A
Gem) Clyburn
Edgar Bryant
Lake Worth
Fla
Josie Ferguson
Patriot
Ohio
Charles W. Stanley Final Rites Planned
Charles W. Stanley 27 of Meyers Avenue will have funeral services at 2 p m Thursday at Maxwell Hill Baptist Church with Rev. D E Mead and Rev C E Walker officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Stanley was killed in an auto accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Stanley
Meyers Avenue
Maxwell Hill Baptist Church
D. E. Mead
C. E. Walker
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Stanley
Final rites for John C R Taylor in Halifax church
John Charles Randolph Taylor 87 former general manager of Loup Creek Colliery Co Page Halifax death announced funeral set for St Johns Episcopal Church Halifax with services to be conducted this morning Burials and further rites to follow as details available from family and local obituary notices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Charles Randolph Taylor
Halifax
Loup Creek Colliery Co
Page
St. Johns Episcopal Church
Tax package moves in Senate amid debate over sales tax
The Senate advanced a nine point five million dollar sales tax measure as part of a thirteen point five million dollar tax package including a use tax and a one million dollar insurance premium tax. Opponents urged fuller committee review while supporters argued manufacturers should pay their fair share. A separate racing tax and a plan granting eminent domain to coal pipeline builders faced other key actions with House and Senate moves advancing toward end-of-week decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherton
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Hans Mee- Court
D-Webster
Jack Johnson
R-Mason
McCourt
W. W. Barron
Barron
House Judiciary Committee
Navy Announces Two Enlistment Programs In Beckley
The Navy Recruiting Sub-station in Beckley unveiled two enlistment options. New three year enlistments are offered and former Navy personnel honorably discharged for over three months may re-enlist for two or three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Beckley
John H Williams final rites in Lochgelly church
Final rites for John H Williams of Lochgelly were to be held at 1 p m Wednesday at Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten with Rev Edward Abrams officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor reported the home arrival at 5 p m today and will handle arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Williams
Lochgelly
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Garten
Edward Abrams
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Supreme Violinist Fritz Kreisler Dies
Austrian born Fritz Kreisler, praised as supreme among violinists of our time, died at 86 in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital New York. He had been hospitalized since January 13 for an undisclosed ailment. Funeral services will be held at the Church of St John the Evangelist.
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New York
UPI
Fritz Kreisler
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Lester Services Now In Progress At St. Matthew AME
Dr. William Ricks presiding elder of AME churches in Charleston is guest speaker for a stewardship program at St. Matthew AME Church Lester. Rev. J. E. Washington the pastor invites the public to attend services conducted at 7 p m daily this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ricks
Charleston
AME
St. Matthew Ame
Lester
J. E. Washington
Ice Jam Breaks Up on the Mississippi River at Cairo
The Mississippi River ice jam, the worst in 44 years, begins to break up creating floes up to 15 feet high and threatening pilings along the river banks. Tow boats stranded for two weeks hope to push through the ice as barges break loose upriver and are reassembled downstream near Island No. 2.
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Cairo
Ill
UPI
Dog Tooth Bend
Ohio River
Mississippi
Island No. 2
Ohio
Kentucky
Coast
Beckleyan Held On Theft Count
Beckley man Carl Dewey Meadows 36 waived to grand jury on a grand larceny charge in Fayette County and returned to Raleigh County Jail to serve a 30 day non support sentence. Arrested by Oak Hill and Beckley State Police, he had a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Frank Simms in Fayetteville with bond set at 500 dollars. The theft involved a chain saw from Troitino Brothers Construction Co while employed there for East End Bridge work in Oak Hill. If he completes the non support term, he may be free to await Fayette grand jury action once bond posted.
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Fayetteville
Beckley
Carl Dewey Meadows
Fayette County
Raleigh
Meadows
Oak Hill
Frank Simms
Troitino Brothers Construction Co
East End
Fayette Grand Jury
Beaver Driver Posts Bond For Drunkenness
Tra C. Lilly of Beaver posted a 500 dollar bond before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez today on a drunken driving charge and was released. Beckley State Police jailed Claude Ballard at 11:30 a.m. on a capias pro fine. Johnny Cook was jailed at 9:50 a.m. on hit and run and improper registration. John Warner of New Haven Conn and Fernando Moreno of New York were released Monday at 7:30 a.m. and moved to Lexington, Ky after spending the night in county jail. A fire at L. W. Boyden’s residence at 507 Bostic Ave. caused a chimney flare with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tra C. Lilly
Beaver
Joe Rodriguez
Beckley
Claude Ballard
Capias Pro
Johnny Cook
John Warner
New Haven Conn
Fernando Moreno
New York City
Lexington
Kennedy plan to reorganize housing agencies faces opposition
President Kennedy defends a proposal to form a new cabinet department uniting housing and related programs while retaining FHA and the federal housing commissioner. The plan, blocked in the Rules Committee 96 to 0, would not add new functions but consolidate existing housing, urban renewal, and community facilities efforts to boost urban development.
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Kennedy
Weaver
Rules Committee
House
Senate
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Office
Federal Housing Commissioner
Federal National Mortgage Association
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UMWA
Atlas
Miami
Virginia
Wilmington
N.C
Bristol
Tenn.Va
Bland
Junious Bell
Verona
Italy
Minnie James Stanley
Charles Edward
Catherine Lynn
L. W. Stanley
French Blackburn
Fort Hill
Samuel E. Johnson
Elton
Ceme- Taylor
Charlottesville
First Volunteer Infantry
Ansted
William M. Page Lodge
Kanawha Valley Mining Institute
Southern Coal Operators Association
RNS
Mrs
Allt Er
Salt Lake City
Utah
Omarves
Equitable Life & Casualty Insurance Co
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
John C. R. Taylor
Law
William
Bashalee Williams Law
Plumley Ave
Kenneth
Larry
Leatham
Drema Huff
Ed William
Beckleyan
Beckley Fire Department
L. W. Boyden
Bostic Ave
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