Longtime West Virginia Official Hutchinson Dies at 87
Former Raleigh County official and state senator Hutchinson died after a life in law, politics, and ministry. A 32nd degree Mason and Becktown Kiwanis member, he served as city treasurer in 1909 and prosecuting attorney in 1912, later entering the State Senate in 1928. He leaves wife Leslia Loving, three daughters, a son, six grandchildren, and a packed list of affiliations. His funeral is set for 2:00 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Raleigh
State Senate
First Baptist Church
Hutchinson
Elks Lodge
Shrine
West Virginia
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Leslia L. Loving
Margaret Loving
E. H. Phillips
Citadel
Charleston
S. C
Grace Quincy
Eugene D. Thoenen
Bloomsburg
Blanche Hutchinson
West Virginia University
Morgantown
John Gray Hutchinson
Gloucester
Mass
Caffee
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Final rites for Mrs Ethel Frasure in Oak Hill and Harrisville
Mrs Ethel Mable Frasure aged 77 of Oak Hill died Monday after a long illness. Funeral services with Rev R W Chenoweth and Rev Clifford Philips will be held at Oak Hill Methodist Church at 8 p m today and at 1 p m Wednesday at the Harrisville Methodist Church. Burial follows in Odd Fellows Cemetery Harrisville. Survivors include daughters E L Clark Madison and W P Davis Oak Hill a son Dr W W Frasure Pittsburgh brothers E H Powell Weirton H G Powell Salem six grandchildren and one great grandchild. (RNS)
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Ethel Mable Frasure
Oak Hill
Harrisville
Thomas
R. W. Chenoweth
Chenoweth
Clifford Philips
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Requiem Mass for Dominick Stanek Held at St Francis
Dominick Stanek 80 of 304 I Street died Sunday night in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. A Requiem high Mass will be sung at 10 am Wednesday at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church with Rev Raymond Radizeta celebrant. Burial in Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home arrangements, Rosary said at 8 pm today.
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Dominick Stanek
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Raymond Radzieta
Stanek
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry
Arthur Teck O'Dell Funeral Rites Held in Bruce
Funeral services for Arthur Teck O'Dell 67 of Bruce were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Dixon Chapel Methodist Church with ministers Ezra Bennett Herbert Parker and Cameron O'Dell officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. O'Dell died Monday morning in a Charleston hospital after a short illness.
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Arthur Teck O'Dell
Bruce
Dixon Chapel Methodist Church
Ezra Bennett
Herbert Parker
Cameron O'Dell
O'Dell
Charleston
Funeral services for Roosevelt D Pannell
Funeral services for Roosevelt D Pannell three month old son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Pannell of Tommy Creek will be held at 1 p m Wednesday at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Elder David Smith officiating Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park The child died in Wyoming General Hospital Sunday night Surviving are the parents one brother Raymond Jr paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Kelly Parnell Beckley and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs William Street Tommy Creek The body will remain at the funeral parlor until the hour of the services
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Roosevelt D. Pannell
Raymond Paninell
Tommy Creek
Ritchie and Johnson
David Smith
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wyoming General Hospital
Raymond Jr
Kelly Parnell
Beckley
Funeral Held For Joe Price Of Greenstown
Joe Price of Greenstown died in a Minden nursing home Monday night after a long illness. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Joe Price
Greenstown
Minden
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
SRC To Hold Firm To Road Contract
Charleston UP I The State Road Commission will hold the bonded St Marys construction firm responsible to complete the Interstate 81 segment in Berkeley County. W A Wilson & Sons withdrew from a 3 03 mile section near Martinsburg after partial completion delaying about 7 5 miles of the Martinsburg area project. The firm was awarded the contract June 10 1958 for 1 87 million dollars, the second largest bid.
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W. A. Wilson & Sons Construction Co
Martinsburg
SRC
St.Marys
Van Meter Addresses Hinton Kiwanis Meeting
J R Van Meter principal of Beckley Junior High School spoke to the Hinton Kiwanis Club Monday night in his official role as lieutenant governor of West Virginia Kiwanis District Eight.
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J. R. van Meter
Beckley Junior High School
Hinton Kiwanis Club
West Virginia
Kiwanis District Eight
Two Men Hurt in Separate Accidents at Beckley Hospital
Two large men were treated at Beckley Hospital on Monday for hand injuries from unrelated incidents. Charles E. Lane Jr of Crab Orchard, an Acme Super Market employee, suffered a cut to his right hand while cutting cabbage. Don Ferguson of Glen Daniel injured the fingers of his right hand when it was caught between a half-header and the top of a fork coal mine in Slab Fork.
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Beckley Hospital
Charles E. Lane Jr
Crab Orchard
Acme Super Market
Don Ferguson
Glen Daniel
A. Fork Coal Co
Slab Ork
Randolph Raps GOP Changes In Road Report
Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia assailed what he called the Eisenhower administration’s high priests of finance for altering a federal roads bureau report before Congress. He said the final cost allocation study failed to spur highway construction under the federal state partnership and warned Senate Public Works Committee investigation may follow.
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Houston
Tex
UPI
Jennings Randolph
Eisenhower
Federal Roads Bureau
Congress
Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
Bituminous Concrete Association
Baby Dies In Fayette Fire
In Fayetteville a two year old, Joseph Wesley Moody, died when a coal stove overheated and ignited a fire that destroyed his grandparents home in the Backus Mountain area. The blaze is linked to the ongoing cold spell which has caused at least 18 deaths in West Virginia. Several other grandchildren and Shelvy Jean Moody escaped unharmed.
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Fayetteville
UPI
Joseph Wesley Moody
Backus Mountain
West Virginia
Everett Moody
Shelvy Jean Moody
Kennedy urges fitness to boost national strength
UPI reports President Kennedy linking physical fitness to mental acuity as a national goal. In New Orleans John Thompson resists an eviction tied to his son’s boycott of an all white school. In New York Pedro Miranda hails U.S. political asylum for 75 Cuban refugees, expressing optimism for the future.
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U.S
United Press International
Washington
Kennedy
New Orleans
John Thompson
New York
Pedro Miranda
America
Mine Bill Among Many Measures in State Legislature
The bill package includes changing payment terms for mines, cutting prompt payment discounts, and raising late payment penalties. Other proposals include forming area development corps, raising bond limits for collection agencies, expanding municipal public works definitions, requiring property upkeep near primary roads, changing county school board nominations to primary elections, placing TV antenna companies under PSC control, and a temporary 25 percent gross sales tax exemption for new in state investments.
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Sen
Riley
Ohio
West Virginia
Sen. Davis
D- Kanawha
Sen. Riley
del. Peters
D-Kanawha
County School Board of Education
Dels
West
England
Wyoming
Public Service Commission
Del
D-Wyoming
Public hearings set on full crew bill and liquor referendum
Wylie Refuses of the day in the House of Delegates Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. Clarence C. Christian Jr. chairman of the House Railroad Committee announced a public hearing on the full crew bill Thursday to bar firemen on diesel locomotives from automation. The Temperance Committee met to prep for a Thursday 7 30 pm hearing on a statewide liquor by the drink referendum with 45 minutes per side and rules to keep debate on whether the people should decide at the next election. Also discussed were a study of alcohol and alcoholism. C Berkley Lilly who is laid up with mumps is expected back in a week. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs Hoppy Reed of Beckley. The severance tax bill sponsored by Marshal West Wyoming and the writer is said to be under consideration by the House Finance Committee with claims the measure would raise 7 5 million, far below a rival upper-house bill at 30 million plus.
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House of Delegates
Clarence C. Christian Jr
Dmercer
House Railroad Committee
House Temperance Committee
House
C. Berkley Lilly
Raleigh
Beckley
Tempos
Wall Street Outlook Mixed As Market Rises
Standard & Poor's outlook notes near continuous market gains since October face profit taking but says the drop would improve the internal posture. The economy is viewed as entering another growth phase, potentially starting a boom in the so called golden sixties.
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New York
UPI
Standard & Poor
A.W. Zelemek
Business and Investment Service
E.F. Hutton & Co
Coastal States Gas
Control Data
Diebold, Duffy-Mott
Falstaff Brewing
Great Western Financial
Harcourt, Brace & Co
Jostens ‘‘A
Nuclear Chicago
Pennsalt Chemicals
Senate sends measures to floor in West Virginia polity row
State leaders push recording liens on motor vehicle titles and clarify dental boards duties. A two year liquor by the drink study heads temperance agenda. House and Senate judiciary panels advance bills on blind voters access, Supreme Court librarian salary, and election contest grounds. A G I Bill extension for service members is urged.
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Board of Examiners
C. H. Koontz
Senate
Senate Education and Judiciary Committees
del. David Solomon
D-Monongalia
Congress
G. I
Armed Services
Senate Judiciary
House Judiciary Committee
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Kennedy faces last minute pressure in rules dispute
Both sides claim immense last minute pressure as Kennedy weighs the rules fight. NAM and U S Chamber of Commerce allegedly led a flurry of letters opposing change, while Smith Halleck backers accuse administration spokesmen of tempting Republicans and threatening Democrats with patronage. Kennedy cites the issue as critical in the State of the Union.
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Kennedy
National Association of Manufacturers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Smith-Halleck
Congress
Hhim
U S Admiral Galvao May Seek Recife Port for Santa Maria
U S Admiral Galvao faces Brazilian responses as the Santa Maria nears Brazilian waters with over 600 passengers aboard. Brazilian officials warned of impounding if the ship enters port while the government clarifies policy amid a transition. The U S Navy readies destroyers as a last resort to transfer passengers at sea if negotiations fail.
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Henrique Galvao
Santa Maria
Recife
Brazil
Galvao
Rio de Janeiro
Afonso Arinos
United Press International
Portugal
Janor
U.S. Navy
Galvay
Smith
Cmdr
Charles Rainey
Assessor Attends County Officials Meeting in Charleston
Raleigh County Assessor Cotton White returned to his office Monday after attending the County Officials Association meeting in Charleston Thursday and Friday. White said the chief discussion among assessors focused on tax equalization. Richard Shelton of the State Tax Department presided.
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Raleigh
Cotton White
County Officials Association
Charleston
White
Richard Shelton
State Tax Department
Kennedy Moves To Congress On Space And Administration Nominations
President Kennedy plans to send several messages to Congress this week while Rayburn signals priority for aid to distressed areas. Kennedy names James E. Webb to head NASA and pledges more appointments, including minority officials, as he challenges Soviet Mars Venus probes.
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House
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Salinger
James E. Webb
Truman Administration
Mars
Venus
Webb
Senate
Robert C. Weaver
New York City
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Frank Reeves
Washington
White House
Reeves
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
T. Keith Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Sweetheart Dance Meeting Call for Les Petite Club
Members pledges and contestants are asked to meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the New Pioneer Hotel on South Fayette Street for the Sweetheart dance event planning.
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Les Petitte Club
New Pioneer Hotel
South Fayette Street
Dalcroze Eurhythmics Praised by Dimitri Mitropolous
Dimitri Mitropolous calls Dalcroze Eurhythmics one of the most outstanding methods for teaching children music. He says its application in this country would bless musical education and advance appreciation.
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Dimitri Mitropolous
Kennedy's eventful first ten days in office
President Kennedy marks a busy start with Russia release of RB47 fliers, settlement of New York harbor tug strike, first live TV news conference, inaugural address, State of the Union outline, and naming James Webb NASA chief, signaling a high profile early tenure.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Secret Service
Russia
Remov
United States
Soviet Union
Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
Goldberg
Congress
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Suit filed in Raleigh County seeks 7299 dollars
Betty Z Hawkins files for judgment of 7299 against Shumates Virgil D and Marlowe Cooke Shumate. Note secured 4500 by deed of trust on Hawkins property later used to secure 6000 due Raleigh County Bank. Property sold at public auction to satisfy second note leaving 1715.76 balance, requested to apply to the 4500.
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Raleigh County
Betty Z. Hawkins
Virgil D
Marlowe Cooke
Shumate
Shumates
Couple welcomes third child amid court and crime news
Rolando Lopez, 25, a convict who escaped to attend his stepson's funeral, was acquitted of escape charges by a San Bernardino Superior Court jury. John Thompson defies his landlady's eviction order to stay in his New Orleans apartment after the birth of his son Greg ory. A separate report notes a Havana court seeking the death penalty for two Cuban brothers accused of betraying government secrets. Boston transit halts due to a wildcat strike affecting 75,000 riders. New U S currency notes bearing Smith and Dillon signatures issued. State briefs cover NSF grants to Bethany College and Green Bank, a West Virginia business downturn, and a $75,000 restraint in New Castle, Ind. Governor Lawrence to speak at Charleston Chamber dinner.
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Rolando R. Lopez
San Bernardino
Calif
John N. Thompson
Thompson
Gregory
McDonogh School
New Orleans
Havana
William Freeman
U. S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Boston
Elizabeth Rudel Smith
United States
Douglas Dillon
Treasury
National Science Foundation
Bethlany College
National Badio Astronomy Observatory
Green Bank
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
New Castle
Ind
William Ellsworth Spencer
Gary
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Wounding Indictment Brings Guilty Plea
Herbert Nelson Hedgecock of Harper Road pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court to unlawful wounding. He and Gene Autry Byrd were indicted for assaulting Herbert Harper at La Rendezvous on December 22. A capias was issued for Byrd as the court delayed judgment to March term. Hedgecock remains on bond.
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Herbert Nelson Hedgecock
Harper Road
Raleigh County
Gene Autry Byrd
Herbert Harper
la Rendezvous
Byrd
McCreery
Hedgecock
Out Of State Youths Held In Federal Transit Case
Out Of State man Bud L Carter 17 Winston Salem NC was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 10 45 am on interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle He was jailed by U S Deputy Marshal Morris Imboden At the same time Imboden picked up Richard Mielicke no address listed in jail on a similar charge and David Ferrell Red Star charged with possession of a moonshine still The three were taken to Huntington in transit to the federal penitentiary at Lewisburg Pa
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Bud L. Carter
Winston-Salem
N. C
Raleigh
U. S
Morris Imboden
Imboden
Richard Mielicke
David Ferrell
Red Star
Huntington
Lewisburg
Nurse Joins Raleigh County Health Department
Mrs. Lillian Monroe of 511 Johnstown Road will join the Raleigh County Health Department Wednesday, expanding the staff to five public health nurses. This marks her second tour of duty with the department. She previously served August 1958 to May 1959, later worked in Florida, and has since done private duty nursing under Dr. W. W. McKinney.
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Lillian Monroe
Johnstown Road
Raleigh County Health Department
Monroe
Health Department
Florida
W. W. McKinney
Raleigh General Hospital School of Nursing
Letters Oppose Whisky Over-The-Bar Sale In Counties
Legislators from two senators and groups including teenagers from Richwood and residents from Keyser urged against over the bar whisky sales. They argued revenues fall short of covering social costs from broken homes to crime and highway deaths. A Kermit Methodist pastor supported representative government and called for voters to decide at the 1962 general election whether to allow local whisky sales, even as municipalities in wet counties would also vote.
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First Methodist Church
Richwood
Keyser
Charles A. Millar
Dmineral
Harold A. LaParl
Kermit Methodist Church
West Virginia Tax Plan Aims For $17.5 Million
Provisions credit residents of Pennsylvania Virginia and Kentucky but favor the state of residence. The bill mirrors New York law and covers estates trusts partnerships nonresidents interstate commerce and foreign income. It would authorize a tax table for WV taxpayers to compute state tax from adjusted gross income used on the federal form. Barron argues income tax funds a pay as you go road program a $3 million industrial loan fund and a new State Department of Commerce to spur development.
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Vania
Virginia
Kentucky
N. Y
New York
West Virginia
State Road Commission
State Department of Commerce
Beckleyan Hospitalized After Acute Heart Attack
Nora Kerrigan, 70, of 216 Westwood Dr, was admitted to Beckley Hospital at about 7 40 a m after an acute heart attack at her home at 7 10 a m Rescue Squad aided her at the scene and she was reported resting as well as could be expected after morning treatment Her daughter Kathryn Kerrigan chief of nursing at Beckley VA Hospital noted prior minor heart trouble but this was her first major attack.
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Nora Kerrigan
Westwood Dr
Beckley Hospital
Kathryn Kerrigan
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Miss Kerrigan
Beckley
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