Petit Jurors Ordered To Report On August 1
Petit jurors for the July term of U S District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Beckley, are ordered to report at 9 a m on Tuesday Aug 11. Jury Commissioners named many Raleigh and surrounding county residents to serve, listing names and addresses across Beckley and neighboring towns.
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U. S. District Court
West Virginia
Beckley
Virgil F. Frizzell
Raleigh
Basil Bennett
William Beverly
Church St
Opal Caffee
Pine St
I. D. Christian
Roy L. Dickerson
Orchard Court
Paul
Two Face Felony Charges For Protecting Selves
New York report details Arlene Del Fava a 27 year old secretary charged under the Sullivan Law for using a three inch pushbutton knife to thwart an attack nine days ago. The case highlights how self defense weapons can trigger felony charges under the model weapons statute. An 81 year old Queens grocer using a revolver to repel burglars is also cited, illustrating the legal peril of deadly force with listed weapons.
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New York
Miss del Fava
Queens
Frank L. Felicetti
Felicetti
Forfeitures in City Court Totaled 719 Dollars
Bond forfeitures reached 219 dollars in Beckley Police Court Monday night. Mildred A. Lewis forfeited 108 dollars on a drunk driving charge. Donald Lee Hess gave up 56 dollars on reckless driving. Dewey Johnson forfeited 20 dollars on speeding. Joseph W. Miller Jr. forfeited 20 dollars on speeding. Clarence Tanks forfeited 15 dollars on driving with an expired temp license.
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Beckley
Mildred A. Lewis
Piney Ave
Donald Lee Hess
Temple St
Dewey Johnson
W. Washington Ave
Charleston
Joseph W. Miller Jr
Kingston St
Clarence Tanks
Rhodell
Wickline Named Constable in Raleigh County
L. A. Smokey Wickline of Beaver was appointed constable in Shady Spring District by the Raleigh County Court to fill the unexpired term of Lake White who resigned. Wickline is the Democratic nominee for election to the post in November. The court also authorized Larry Franklin Stover of Prosperity and Patsy O Dell of Beckley as notaries public.
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L. A
Smokey” Wickline
Beaver
Shady Spring
Raleigh
Wickline
Lake White
Larry Franklin Stover
Prosperity
Patsy O'Dell
Beckley
Meeting Scheduled By Winding Gulf Union At Church
The Lynwood Baptist Church of Slab Fork will host a Winding Gulf Ministerial and Deacons Union meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, announced Rev. Russell Johnson, pastor.
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Lynwood Baptist Church of
Slab Fork
Winding Gulf
Ministerial and Deacons Union
Russell Johnson
Integration Desegregation Tensions Rise Across South
Disparate events unfold from Mississippi to Alabama as Moore linked to a missing man and arson at two churches near Natchez, while a Montgomery three judge panel orders Alabama officials to halt resistance to integration. FBI aid requested in Georgia night rider case. curfew in Mims Florida. Maddox civil rights suit intervention in Atlanta. Bill Russell warns of dangers after Mississippi trip.
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Adams County
Odell Anders
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Macon County
Athens
FBI
Mims
Fla
Atlanta
Justice Department
Lester Maddox
Boston
Bill Russell
Mississippi
Lodge Sees Growing Public Backing Against Goldwater
Lodge warned of a broad trend in public opinion in Scranton favoring his side and said polls and delegate letters show momentum. He stated he refuses to believe the convention will ignore public opinion and asserted it is getting stronger all the time.
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Barry Goldwater
Lodge
Scranton
State Revenue Up 2.8 Million As Economy Improves
Charleston report says General Revenue Fund shows a 2.8 million increase over 1963 64 estimates, with gross sales tax at 58.6 million up 1.8 million and consumer sales at 46,041,636 up 641,636. Other taxes also rise, including income tax and beer licenses, signaling economic recovery since 1950.
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Charleston
UPI
Truman Gore
General Revenue Fund
Gore
Saunders At Elks Meeting In New York Convention
Beckley Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Ray Hawley and Trustee chair John W. Saunders attend the 100th Grand Lodge Convention at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The report notes a record year for the Elks National Foundation with over $750,000 contributed and more than $400,000 given to scholarships and cerebral palsy research.
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Beckley Elks Lodge
Ray Hawley
John W. Saunders
Grand Lodge
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York City
Elks National Foundation
Byrd notes by next summer on charges in brief
Sen. Robert C. Byrd announces developments on a college student case in Amarillo Texas. Melvin Phillip Floyd, 23, of Spearman Texas, is accused of striking former President Eisenhower with a Goldwater for president placard. The assault charge was dropped at Eisenhower's request.
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Ginia
Robert C. Byrd
Amarillo
Tex
Eisenhower
Melvin Phillip Floyd
Spearman
Lady Sarah Audley fined for disorderly conduct at Heathrow
Lady Sarah Audley daughter of Sir Winston Churchill was fined 14 dollars on a charge of disorderly behavior at London Airport on June 28. A charge of intoxication was dropped. In Peru a court ruled bikini modeling is not grounds for divorce, dismissing Svetozar Bratzovicich's divorce petition. Robert E. Kresge resigns as West Virginia temperance chief to enter private business.
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Sarah Audley
Winston Churchill
London Airport
Superior Court
Lima
Peru
Svetozar Bratzovicich
Robert E. Kresge
West Virginia Temperance Organization
Deaths and funerals roll through Raleigh County scene
Final rites for Andrew Patterson, 50, of Sprague, set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at Shiloh Baptist Church with two ministers. burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Died Saturday night in a local hospital. Body to home from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor at 4 p m today. Also notes for Mrs Mary M Meadows, 61, Mabscott, died Monday noon after short illness. survivors listed including husband A R Meadows and 7+ grandchildren. Body at Caffee Funeral Home with calls after 4 p m today. Further notices include Mrs Mary Lucinda Godbey, 76, Beckley Route 1, service Wednesday Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. burial Caffee Cemetery Beckley. Also service details for Mrs Frances Salomon Murphy, 59, Hartford, and obituaries involving William J Kenney and Stephen Galatti.
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Andrew Patterson
Sprague
Shiloh Baptist Church
G. D. Teller
J. H. Wright
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Mary M. Meadows
Mabscott
Tazwell County
Raleigh County
Crab Orchard Missionary
Mary Lucinda Godbey
Route 1
Beckley
Tyree
Mount Hope
L. A. Garten
Caffee
Godbey
Edward Wilson
Walter
Cittsville
Maynard A Oliver services set for Maynard Oliver
Maynard A Skinner Oliver 71 of Hilltop will have 2 p m Wednesday services at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill led by Rev C S Donnelly Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity He died Sunday in a Clifton Forge Virginia hospital after a long illness He was a retired railway car man for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at Thurmond Born Gauley Bridge April 19 1893 He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America Survivors include wife Pearl two sons Linwood Oak Hill and Eugene Dukie Oliver Scarbro a daughter Edith Richardson Cleveland Ohio a sister Dallas Webb Gauley Bridge
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Maynard A. (Skinner) Oliver
Hilltop
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. S. Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Oliver
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Pearl
Linwood
Eugene
Dukie) Oliver
Scarbro
Edith Richardson
Cleveland
Ohio
Dallas Webb
Gauley Bridge
Viet Cong Use North Vietnam Veterans in South Viet Nam Attack
Vietnamese and U S officials debate whether regular North Vietnamese units participated in an ambush on a 16-vehicle convoy near Saigon, as South Vietnamese reports claim a major Viet Cong buildup using former North Vietnamese regulars. Three U S officers were killed near Zone D, 40 miles north of Saigon, as guerrillas overran part of the convoy on Highway 13 from Binh Long.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
South
Viet Nam
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People’s Army of Viet
Joseph W. Burkett
Patricia N. Burkett
Stephenville
Tex
Billy T. Hatfield
Mildred E. Hatfield
Fayetteville
N.C
Richard M. Sroka
Mary F. Sroka
Pueblo
Colo
Saigon
Mekong River Delta
Binh Long
Broad daylight nude beach incident at Lake George
Police report a woman seen nude on a Lake George beach prompted comment from officer Joseph Garcia who noted this occurred in daylight, a contrast to earlier incidents of naked youths at night. The account highlights a rare daytime exposure at Bolton Landing, N Y, as a local disturbance.
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N. Y
UPI
Lake George Beach
Joseph Garcia
Public schools may hold Saturday special classes in WV
Asst. Atty. Gen. Claude A Joyce ruled it is permissible for public schools to run special and vocational classes on Saturdays. The opinion notes the Saturday prohibition refers to the regular free school system and does not clearly address adult veteran or vocational programs under redevelopment and manpower acts.
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Charleston
UPI
Claude A. Joyce
Joyce
William W. Hamilton
Hamilton
West Virginia Board of Education
Moderates, Extremists Spar At Barry Goldwater Rally
A Salt Lake City crowd heard Mayor J. Bracken Lee defend conservative limits as Tom Anderson of Nashville blasted Democrats Republicans and figures like Eisenhower Stevenson and Eleanor Roosevelt. Anderson mocked Barry Goldwater but pledged the nation’s only chance for a constitutional president. The audience cheered both leaders, blurring lines between mainstream supporters and far outs as Goldwater heads toward November.
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Nashville, Tenn
Birth Society
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anderson
Barry Goldwater
Jemima
Bracken Lee
Courtney
Barry
Fire destroys McGraws home early morning
The five room frame house owned by Mr and Mrs Jim Bowers Jr McGraws burned in the early hours. Firefighters arrived to find the structure gutted and no one present at the time. The Mullens Fire Department reported there were no injuries.
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Home McGraws
RNS
Jim Bowers Jr
McGraws
Mullens
Grand Old Person Honors Hoover at GOP Convention
At the GOP gathering in Cow Palace, former President Herbert Hoover, 89, was hailed as the Grand Old Person of the Grand Old Party. Sen. Everett Dirksen announced the tribute as Hoover watched on television from New York and urged Republicans to adopt principles emphasizing world peace, defense, balanced budgets, private enterprise, fair profits and wages, and rejection of Marxist ideologies.
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Arnold B. Sawislak
San Francisco
UPI
Herbert Clark Hoover
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Dirksen
GOP
Cow Palace
Hoover
Illinois
New York
Republic
Moscow
Peking
Free World
Moore Rejects Anti Barry Maneuver
Rep Arch A Moore Jr of West Virginia rejected a proposal to be a favorite son candidate at the Republican National Convention. He spoke after meeting with Gov William Scranton and said he would not submit his name for consideration. The West Virginia delegation backed Goldwater and Rockefeller supporters, with polling planned before the first ballot. Moore defended the platform and noted his role in drafting coal industry aiding provisions.
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San Francisco
API
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moundsville
W. Va
Moore
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Scranton
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Congress
National Republican
Sen
Goldwater
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Francis J. Love
Wheeling
West Virginia
Thomas Ross
Scranton Denies Authorship of Goldwater Letter
San Francisco United Press International reports Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton disclaims authorship of a sharp letter sent in his name to presidential hopeful Barry Goldwater, stating I didn't write it or approve it, but I take full responsibility for it.
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United Press International
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Senator Barry Goldwater Says He Is A Pessimist
San Francisco report quotes Senator Barry Goldwater replying to a newsman’s suggestion that he may be the only GOP figure at the convention who questions his first ballot nomination. He adds that he is “always sort of a pessimist.”
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Eisenhower Prepares Party Loyalty Speech for GOP Convention
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower outlines in advance a convention speech urging party loyalty over personalities. He says he will stress the party and its needs since Lincoln era, signaling a focus on unity.
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San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Linco
Attorney Kessler vows to fight school transfer plan to Supreme Court
Bernard Kessler, attorney for parents who lost a suit to validate a school transfer plan aimed at improving racial balance, says the issue is unconstitutional and will be pursued to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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New York
Bernard Kessler
U.S. Supreme Court
Letter on Principles Sparks Copy Run Of Goldwater Charges
Scranton said the letter, prepared by his staff after discussion, reflected its principles and denied bawling out anyone for the language. Goldwater forces touted it, about 4,000 copies were printed for distribution, and backers believed the charges would backfire.
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Scranton
Goldwater
Peaceful Beat as Beckley Police Report Quiet Day
Beckley city police blotter shows no arrests from 2:30 a.m. Monday to noon today, a 21 12 hour period with officers reporting no charges. The silence reflects a calm surveillance day with no incidents requiring restraint or citation.
Cypriots Burn 11 RAF Boats in Kyrenia clash
In Kyrenia Mountains Cypriots exchanged heavy gunfire injuring a Turkish Cypriot. Unknown vandals burned eleven RAF Sailing Club boats valued around 5600 dollars beneath Greek Cypriot police barracks windows. Earlier incidents include a jeep attack on RAF boats and arrests of Turkish soldiers riding in a Swedish UN car.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
Kyrenia
Royal Air Force
RAF
U.N
RAF Sailing Club
Hatfield Denounces Bigots at Convention Stirring Applause
Convention coverage notes Governor Hatfield of Oregon blasting bigots linked to the John Birch Society the Ku Klux Klan and the Communist party. He also condemned the Johnson administration over unemployment poverty and foreign policy. Scranton faced defeats on seating rules and secret ballots as Goldwater’s bloc grows.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Newton I. Steers Jr
Maryland
Carl] T. Curtis
Nebraska
John V. Lindsay
New York
Scranton
George W. Lee
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Lee
Goldwater
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Graham Pays Fine in Defective Equipment Charge
William Graham of Crab Orchard paid a $5 fine to Magistrate Burke Monday after being cited on July 10 for defective automotive equipment on Route 16.
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Graham
William Graham
Crab Orchard
Burke
Postal strike backlog delays town letter updates
London officials report a weekend wild cat strike by 30,000 postmen caused mail pileups that may delay letters notifying workers of a Thursday strike. A post office official warned the backlog could clear by mid August under the current pace.
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London
UPI
Post Office
Miners Nominate Candidate in Bellaire Rally
The Miners Retirement Fund and contract talks resumed at first opportunity as Kochis nicknamed Cadillac announced his candidacy at a Bellaire mass meeting. A third miner candidate seeks a high post in the International, with Lowell Thornsberry of Wheelwright, Kentucky, running for secretary treasurer. Nomination periods span two weeks after miners return from annual conventions. Kochis has campaigned in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia and plans tours of Kentucky and other states.
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Kochis
Cadillac
Bellaire
International
Lowell Thornsberry
Wheelwright
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Funeral home name confusion sparks comment on identity
Foglesong or connected with it. He said use of the name by two funeral homes caused unnecessary confusion.
Hearing Sef For Man Who Nixed Jury Duty
Morgantown unit Monongalia Circuit Judge Don J. Eddy will hold a hearing today for John E. Everly who refused grand jury service claiming the reasons were his own. Everly said his Jehovah's Witness faith did not prevent service. Judge Eddy named J. Robert Goodwin as counsel after Everly’s chosen attorney declined to represent him.
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Morgantown
UPI
Monongalia
Don J. Eddy
John E. Everly
Everly
Eddy
Jehovah's Witnesses
J. Robert Goodwin
Michigan Teens Jailed as Runaways in Raleigh County
Two Michigan teenagers from Allen Park and Melvindale were lodged in the Raleigh County Jail at 12:25 p.m. Monday as runaways. State police found them in Crab Orchard visiting the boy’s relatives after a teletype request to detain the couple until parents could come for them.
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Michigan
Raleigh County
Allen Park
Melvindale
Crab Orchard
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