Memorials for Emma V Cooper and others in Raleigh area
Funeral services were held in Huntington for Emma Viola Cooper 72 formerly of Beckley who died Monday Born September 1 1887 in Pomeroy Ohio she married Green Cooper in 1905 and lived in Beckley and Eccles before moving away in 1915 or 1916 Survivors include two sons L F Cooper in Huntington and W W Cooper in Hawaii three daughters Mary Childers of McDowell County Edith Beavers and Freda Tanner both of Huntington eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Services were at High Lawn Methodist Church with Rev William Albright and burial in Chapel Memorial Gardens Also noted were services for Carrie Weir of Chicago formerly of Oceana with survivors son Lionel and daughter Virginia Browning plus a grandson Donnie Weir Funeral for Hattie Smith of Price Hill 52 will be at Price Hill Baptist Church with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Garden Survivors include husband Ernest mother Susie Webb of McGraws two brothers William of McGraws and Warren of Fayetteville two sisters Beulah Ward Edna Walker Charlene and Dreama Smith ten grandchildren and pallbearers listed Isaac Buckland 44 former Raleigh County deputy sheriff died in Westminster California after a heart attack Survived by wife Maxine Meadows Buckland daughter Marcell and three sons Wesley Isaac Jr and Stevie all at home plus father R H Buckland and siblings three sisters and three brothers Funeral planned in Westminster with sister Mrs Cox attending
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Mary Ann Nutter
Brooklyn
Cunard
Ray Luphold
Ira Nutter
Robert
Roy
Dewey
Harold
Ralph
Bertham Fitzwater
Jodie
Evelena, Harrah
Ruby Nutter
Dodd-Payne Funeral
Fayetteville
Huntington
Emma Viola Cooper
Beckley
Pomeroy
Ohio
Green Cooper
Beckley and
Eccles
L. F. Cooper
W. W
Navy
Hawaii
Mary Childers
McDowell County
Edith Beavers
Freda Tanner
Highlawn Methodist Church
William Albright
Chapel Memorial Gardens
Carrie Weir
Chicago
Ill
Oceana
Hattie Smith
Price Hill
Price Hill Baptist Church
Ernest Barley
Bill Berry
Blue Ridge Memorial Garden
Smith
Raleigh County
Ernest
Susie Webb Lof McGraws
William of
McGraw
Warren
Otis Smith
Rosie Litchfield
Meadow Bridge
Page
Arlington
Dewitt
Alexandria
Billy
David
Washington, D. C
Bobby
U. S
Germany
Harry
Dennis
Beulah Ward
Edna Walker
Piney View
Charlene
Dreama Smith
Lelan
Cecil Cooper
Kenny Evans
Homer St. Clair
Eddie Thorne
Clifford Cox
Tyree
Mount Hope
Isaac Buckland
Westminster
Calif
Okey Mills
Johnard
J. P. Meadows
Crab Orchard
Maxine Meadows Buckland
Marcell
Wesley
Isaac Jr
Stevie
Chinook Ave
R.H. Buckland
Hinton
Elsie Morgan
Radford
Marie Pack
Middleland
Tex
Ada Cox
Gorden
Plainfield
N. J
Sam
Elkhart
Ind
Mrs Gaile Bair Injured By Hot Grease
Beckley resident Mrs Gaile Bair is reported in good condition at Beckley Hospital undergoing treatment and skin grafting for burns to her left hand suffered after she turned over a pan of hot grease.
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Gaile Bair
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Liberia Flag Features Eleven Stripes and One Star
The flag of Liberia displays eleven red and white stripes and a single blue field with a white star. The design echoes American colonial influence and symbolizes the nation’s founding values and heritage.
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Liberia
Afric
Police Charge Juvenile Trio in Beckley Burglary Case
Three Beckley youths aged nine and eight were arrested by City Police for entering without breaking and larceny. They allegedly entered the Day and Night Garage on Prince Street, stole money from a desk drawer, and are to appear before Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Beckley
Prince Street
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Khrushchev Sees U S Election Message Delayed
Khrushchev answered a question at his Austria news conference on Nixon era politics and the Democratic convention. He defended his remarks about West Germany and Adenauer saying it was his duty to answer questions. He added the United States should prepare for its presidential elections without outside messages.
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Khrushchev
Adenauer
Austria
Julius Raab
United States
West Germany
Italy
Raab
Los Angeles
Picketing at Bank Job Pauses for Elevator Work
Settlement seen as President Okey Patteson absent from bank briefly while an associate refuses to reveal if workers crossed the picket line. In Princeton Edwards said work was halted except elevator construction. We are picketing contractors not the bank, he declared. permission given for elevator work. After Meadows meeting, Edwards and Ashworth will host allbank-job contractors at 2 p.m.
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Okey Patteson
The
Register
Princeton
Edwards
Meadows
Ashworth
Bradley Man Jailed For Assault and Battery
Leon Hudson of Bradley was booked at the Raleigh County jail at 12:51 a.m. on assault and battery. A separate warrant against John Henry Miller of Beckley was withdrawn before Magistrate W. A. Burke as the plaintiff chose not to prosecute. Walter Howard of Raleigh was lodged in jail at 2:30 p.m. Thursday by State Police on a charge of petit larceny.
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Leon Hudson
Bradley
Raleigh
Raleigh County
John Henry Miller
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Walter Howard
Goveror Underwood Defends Dismissal Of Starkey
Gov. Underwood defended his dismissal of Hopemont Sanitarium superintendent Dr. A. L. Starkey citing indifference and obstruction. He said complaints from patients and locals showed neglect of patient welfare and that Starkey refused to cooperate with investigators. Starkey had led Hopemont for 25 years and was replaced by Dr. Charles E. Smith of Terra Alta.
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Hopemont
Terra Alta
Starkey
West Virginia
News in Brief from 1960s Era Headlines
Metropolitan Opera baritone Lawrence Tibbett in poor condition after Roosevelt Hospital surgery in New York. Nixon and Perry to discuss GOP platform in Washington. Senate Democrats poised for convention quorum. 51% plan to attend. Jean Simmons files for divorce from Stewart Granger in Nogales. Hulan Jack trial ends deadlocked. accuses taking $4400 apartment remodel. Divers recover bodies of crewmen from a sunken blimp. 11 a.m. update. Air Force ends Arctic reconnaissance search for six missing crew. Eight inches of rain trigger landslides along Japan’s western seacoast. 14 feared dead. Ginger Rogers falls into orchestra pit during Rhode Island show. unhurt. Soviet rocket hits 8000 miles in Pacific test. Uncle Sam costume is heckled on Jack Paar show. Labor Department reviews unions under Landrum-Griffin Act. Ford shuts production at Cleveland area plant due to labor trouble.
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Metropolitan Opera
Roosevelt Hospital
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Charles H. Percy
Republican Resolutions Committee
Washington
Senate
Jean Simmons
Nogales
Ariz
Stewart Granger
Hollywood
Tracy
Manhattan
Hulan E. Jack
Jack
Sidney J. Ungar
Ungar
New Jersey
U. S. Air Force
Arctic Sea
Japan
Ginger Rogers
Warwick
R. I
Central Pacific
Jack Paar
Uncle Sam
Congo Gains Independence and Belgian Military Moves
The Republic of Congo won independence from Belgium on June 30 amid unrest as soldiers demand pay and white officers’ dismissal. About 700 Americans are in Congo with no reported injuries. In Brussels, Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens lists two Belgian battalions, totaling around 600 men, to depart for Congo bases at Kamina, Ki tona, and Banane, joining an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 white Belgian soldiers already there.
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Republic of Congo
Belgium
State Department
Brussels
Gaston Eyskens
Congo
Kamina
Katanga
Kitona
Banane
Congo River
West Virginia TB Directors Meet at Pinecrest Sanitarium
A West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association board meeting will be July 17 at Pinecrest Sanitarium. Dr. Ralph H. Nestmann will preside with Dr. H S Edwards away on vacation. E S Pugh Jr. hosts, Mrs. C C Lewis represents the local TB unit, and a hospital tour is planned for 11 a m with luncheon at 12 30 p m and the meeting to follow.
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West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Ralph H. Nestmann
H. S. Edwards
Edwards
E. S
West Virginia University
Rabid Foxes Spur Call for Rabies Legislation in Legislature
State officials urged new laws to aid farmers facing rabies losses from foxes. Agriculture Commissioner John T. Johnson and State Veterinarian T. C. Green cited 44 confirmed fox rabies cases last year, with 21 in Roane County, and proposed indemnity procedures and cow appraisal for confirmed cases, noting no current appropriation to send suspected animals to the lab.
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John T. Johnson
T. C. Green
C. C. Sutton
Wallback
Clay County
Sutton
Johnson
Green
Sven
Convention Sidelights From the Kennedy Johnson Era
Los Angeles AP preview notes the Democratic convention scene at the Biltmore Hotel with light bar business and mixed drink trends. Kennedy loyalists prize The Strategy of Peace while Symington leads delegate buttons. protests target Gov Brown as Cubs banners hang in the lobby amid Florida troopers escorting Gov. Le.
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Bob Thomas
Los Angeles
Biltmore
Payola
John F. Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
Kennedy
Stu Symington
Missouri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stevenson
CBS
National League
Florida
California
Gov. le
Mexican PRI Leader Remarks Stir U S Concerns
Congressional PRI figure Sanchez Piedras said Mexico must prevail in the continent to seek peace and reciprocal friendship. The statement risks drawing U S scrutiny as the embassy seeks clarifications on official policy. Mexico’s sugar industry faces tension over quotas linked to 1960 Cuban policy.
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Orty
Sea
Fidel Cas
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
Congress
Lopez Mateos
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Man Believed Hiding In Woods Near White Oak
Beckley State Police seek information on Jackie Lee Fortner 18 of White Oak sought for a Virginia auto theft last month. The recovered vehicle was found June 30 and Fortner, last seen Thursday, is believed in the White Oak Shady Spring Daniels area. Call State Police CL 3 8311 with tips.
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Beckley
Jackie Lee Fortner
White Oak
Virginia
Fortner
Shady Spring - Daniels
Marion
Chamber Directors Hold Luncheon Meet Beckley Leaders
Beckley chamber directors and state board members gather for a 12 30 p m luncheon at the Beckley Hotel. Attendees include E E Bibb S Austin Caperton Charles Hodel R D Watts William F Watts Floyd M Sayre Jr and Okey L Patteson.
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Beckley
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Hotel
E. E. Bibb
S. Austin Caperton
Charles Hodel
R. D. Watts
William F. Watts
Beckley Chamber
Floyd M. Sayre Jr
Okey L. Patteson
Annual Drive Set For New Hope Choir
The No. 1 Choir plans its annual drive at New Hope Baptist Church East Beckley Sunday at 2 30 p m Rev Henry DuBois to deliver the sermon with Nos 1 2 and its A candlelight service at 7 30 p m inviting public attendance The program includes music and a community gathering.
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New Hope Baptist Church
East Beckley
Henry DuBois
Delegates at Biltmore booth push cartoon campaign cues
Roy Collins notes state law while a trooper comments on rough LA traffic. Disneyland runs a booth at the Biltmore as delegates choose campaign lines. Buttons show 2% inch size. Pledges link to Tinkerbell Mickey Mouse or Goofy.
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Roy Collins
Los Angeles
Disneyland
The
Biltmore
Tinkerbell
Mickey Mouse
Goofy
Lyndon Johnson
Italian Parliament Gripped by Reggio Emilia Violence
In Rome Tambroni accused the Communist party of planned actions aimed at subverting order while leftists blamed fascists for demonstrations. Interior Minister Spataro faced disruptions as he cited Communist use of fascists as a pretext. Earlier, a bomb damaged the car of Carlo Levi near Via Nazionale.
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Rome
Reggio Emilia
Tambroni
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Party
Giusppe Spataro
Carlo Levi
Christ
Eboli
Via Nazionale
Kennedy Backers Debate and Convention Intrigue
Kennedy backers report continued campaign tensions as Johnson criticizes bid pacing and delegates grow wary. Rumors swirl that Truman may attend the Los Angeles convention to aid Johnson, though Truman favors Symington and declined a Missouri delegate role. Johnson supporters discuss pulling Missouri Senator Symington in his favor, while both camps press for last minute withdrawals and alignments.
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Los Angeles
Johnson
San Francisco
Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Symington
Missouri
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Deaths of Noted Figures Across Three Cities
Burlington Dr Hugh H Bennett 79 longtime U S Soil Conservation Service chief dies in Geneva Hans Wilsdorf 80 founder and chairman of Rolex Watch dies in Switzerland Pittsburgh Paul F Jones 55 first Black Pittsburgh city council member dies of heart attack on eve of D N C delegation duties
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Burlington
N.C
Hugh H. Bennett
U.S. Bureau of Soils
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Geneva
Switzerland
Hans Wilsdorf
Rolex Watch Co
Pittsburgh
Paul F. Jones
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania
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