Deputy Injured Stopping Runaway Car in Raleigh County
Deputy Sheriff Jack N. Thomas of Raleigh County sustained minor injuries Thursday afternoon while directing traffic for the funeral on Church Street. A driverless car began moving after the driver stepped onto the highway, and Thomas was struck as he attempted to stop it. He was X-rayed at Beckley Hospital and returned for a later checkup.
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Raleigh County
Jack N. Thomas
Church Street
J. S. Butts
Thomas
Beckley Hospital
Kennedy taps Johnson on ticket in Democratic rally
The Kennedy Johnson ticket gains momentum as Johnson accepts the running mate spot after a tense convention. Kennedy aims to calm liberal critics while Johnson pledges loyal service to party and country, signaling a united front for the fall campaign.
Beckley Contractors Trial Details Emerge At Meeting
Beckley Contractors is the general contractor for a Princeton project. Edwards could not be reached at his Princeton office. A local union member says one worker was expelled at a meeting after questions about the contract were raised, identifying Randolph Zeigler of the electrical workers union as the ousted participant.
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Man Construction Co
Edwards
Princeton
Randolph Zeigler
Electrical Workers Union
Deaths and Funerals Carlson Blackwell Jr infant burial today
Graveside rites for Carl Blackwell Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs Carl Blackwell were to be held at 2 30 p m today. The infant died Thursday in Mullens hospital. Surviving are parents one brother Sidney and two sisters Nancy and Susan all at home. Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Final rites for Roxie Belle Shrewsbury 79 will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She died Thursday night at home. She was born Feb 10 1881 at Dunns to Henry and Elizabeth Dove. Her husband Harve Shrewsbury died in 1930. Survivors include one son Harold Shrewsbury two daughters Daisy Grimes and Katie Rose fifteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Body will remain at funeral home.
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Mullens Hospital
Sidney
Nancy
Susan
Roxie Belle Shrewsbury
Bible Ave
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Alfred Pittman
Leslie Rogers
Sunset Memorial Park
Shrewsbury
Dunns
Henry
Elizabeth Dove
Harve Shrewsbury
Harold Shrewsbury
Beckley
Daisy Grimes
Mabscott
Katie Rose
Fitzpatrick
Requiem Mass for Henry A Conway Held Monday
Henry A Conway 65 died unexpectedly at his home 124 Meadows Court Thursday night. A Requiem Mass will be sung at 9 30 a m Monday at St Francis de Sales Church with burial at Sunset Memorial. Rosary will be recited Sunday at the home. He served in WWI with the 80th Division and later ran a hardware business in Beckley. He was active in St Francis de Sales Church Elks Lodge American Legion and Rural Development Council. He left a wife Carlisle and siblings Mary Margaret Eleanor Florence Theresa. The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home and will be moved to the residence Saturday.
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Henry A. Conway
Meadows Court
Paul Helsley
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Conway
Beckley
Coalburg
Kanawha County
James
Jenny Diamond Conway
Raleigh County
Argonne Forest
Raleigh Hardware Co
Neville St
Elks Lodge
American Legion
United Commercial Travelers
Rural Development Council
Country Life
Terrance
Patrick
Francis
Carlisle Conway
Mary
Margaret
Eleanor
Florence C. Higgins
Theresa Evendell
Logan
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
James Gil lespie Aaron 62 Oak Grove Funeral Service
Funeral services for James Gil lespie Aaron 62 of Oak Grove will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Oak Grove Christian Church conducted by Revs C S Donnelly and Clarence Herrin. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Aaron helped assemble the first airplanes used by American forces in World War I and died Thursday night after an eight week illness. He was born September 1897 in Oak Grove. Survivors include brother Fred and three sisters Mrs Martha Ann Lilly Mrs Leslie Mays of Beckley and Mrs B H Mott of Huntington. The body will be taken from Melton Mortuary to the church an hour before the service. Pallbearers are Charles Miller Doyl Miller Earl Hurt Darrell Dawson Garland Lane and W R Daniels.
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James Gillespie Aaron
Oak Grove
Oak Grove Christian Church
C. S. Donnelly
Clarence Herrin
Aaron
William T
Anna Statia Godby Aaron
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Fred
Beckley
Martha Ann Lilly
Lessie Mays
B. H. Mott
Huntington
Melton
Charles Miller
Doyl Miller
Earl Hurt
Darrell Dawson
Garland Lane
W. R. Daniels
John E Patterson Funeral Services Held for 83
Funeral services for John Ed ward Patterson 83 of Beelick Knob were conducted at 2 p m Saturday at Meadow Bridge Methodist Church with Rev. Homer Elkins and Rev. Victor Tenny presiding. Burial followed in Patterson Cemetery at Meadow Bridge. Patterson died at his home Wednesday after a long illness. A retired miner and member of Meadow Bridge Methodist Church and Odd Fellows Lodge, he was born December 25 1876 in Springdale. Survived by two sons Summers and Ira four daughters Mae Broyles Emma Fitzwater Hallie Harmon Elsie Fleshman a brother Morris Patterson a sister Debra Malcomb 38 grandchildren 62 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
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John Edward Patterson
Beelick Knob
Meadow Bridge Methodist Church
Homer Elkins
Victor Tenny
Patterson
Meadow Bridge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Springdale
John Henry
Katherine Gwinn Patterson
Rebecca Burns Patterson
Ira
Summers Patterson
Mount Hope
Mae Broyles
Beckley
Emma Fitzwater
Hallie Harmon
Elsie Fleshman
Elton
Morris Patterson
Debra Malcomb
Hines
Funeral services set for Mrs Kate Adkins at Meadow Bridge
Mrs Kate Martha Adkins 69 of Meadow Bridge dies after long illness in Beckley hospital. Service 1 p.m. Sunday at home with Rev Ernest Barley and Rev W Queen. Burial Pea Ridge Cemetery Oak Hill. Survived by husband Will Adkins five sons four daughters four brothers 28 grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Nickell Funeral Home East Rainelle handling arrangements.
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Kate Martha Adkins
Meadow Bridge
Ernest Barley
W. Queen
Pea Ridge
Oak Hill
Adkins
Beckley Hospital
Springdale
Ledrow
Mary Bolt Fleshman
Will Adkins
Nell
James
Henry
New Holland
Roscoe Adkins
Lawton
Jacob Harrah
Lucinda Avancina
Thayer
Georgia Johnson
Kanawha
Ohio
Josie Townsend
Hartford City
Ind
Mary Johnson
Lansing
Jim Fleshman
Prince
Harry
Robert Fleshman
Minden
Lawrence Fleshman
Terry
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Funeral rites for Capt Edith May Houseknecht to be held
Funeral services for Capt Edith May Houseknecht 40 of Fort Leonard Wood Miss will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Shirley Donnelly in charge Burial will follow at Hilltop Cemetery She died early Thursday at her mother Mrs Edith Houseknecht 320 Burgess Street
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Edith May Houseknecht
Fort Leonard Wood
Miss
Caffee Funeral Home
Shirley Donnelly
Hilltop Cemetery
Capt
Houseknecht
Edith Houseknecht
Burgess St
Mary D Shipley 65 Dies at Beckley VA Hospital
Mrs. Mary Dawson Shipley, 65, of Glen Morgan, died at 3 a m today at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital where she was admitted Thursday. A former member of the Woman's Army Corps, the body is at Caffee Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Mary Dawson Shipley
Glen Morgan
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Shipley
Woman's Army Corps
Caffee Funeral
States on Westminster roof from Pembrokeshire era
Pembrokeshire states were used on the original roof of the British House of Commons before it was destroyed in World War II, linking regional symbols to the Parliament building’s wartime history.
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Pembrokeshire
South Wales
House of Commons
Eisenhower administration may report 1960 budget surplus
Washington AP says the Eisenhower administration could announce a fiscal 1960 budget surplus ranging from three quarters of a billion to one billion dollars, far above January's 200 million forecast but well below earlier four billion projections. Near final figures for the year ending June 30 are due in the Treasury's June statement.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
France Bonn Sign Agreement on Indemnity to French Prisoners
France and West Germany signed a 400 million mark indemnity accord for French men imprisoned in Nazi camps. Payments of about 94 million dollars will be delivered in three installments from April 1961 to April 1963, distributed by the French government. Negotiations began in 1958 and the accord acknowledges Germany's moral responsibility alongside physical harms.
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Paris
France
West Germany
Germany
Congo Crisis Mentioned in Telegrams About Belgian Troop Move
Tass reports that on July 14 Kasa Vubu and Lumumba told Khru shchev that Belgian troops had occupied Congolese state territory and that the president and premier face danger. They warned intervention from the Soviet Union could be sought if Western aggression continues against the Congo Republic.
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Belgium
Tass
Kasavubu
Lumumba
Khrushchev
Congo Republic
Beckley Youth Rescued by Oxygen Demonstrator
A demonstrator oxygen resuscitator used at Little Beaver Park helped save 13 year old Lewis Kiser after he fell into deep lake water. Lifeguard Willie Joe Chandler pulled him from the lake and artificial respiration restarted breathing. oxygen therapy followed and he recovered quickly. The Beckley Welding Co provided the unit, with a second unit purchased by Raleigh County Court for Little Beaver and Fitzpatrick parks.
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Little Beaver Park
Raleigh
Beckley
Lewis Kiser
Edgewood Drive
Willie Joe Chandler
Lakeside
James K. Lowry
Beckley Welding Co
Little Beaver
Fitzpatrick
Annual Training Set For Special Forces
West Virginia Special Forces units 101st Beckley and 102nd Huntington begin two weeks of summer training at Fort Bragg North Carolina. An advance party of officers Maj Dale Leavitt Lt Joe Anania and nine enlisted left Beckley. rest depart Saturday for the site. Training covers communications demolitions and field tactics with parachute jumps and guerilla exercises including three days of raids. The group returns to Beckley July 30.
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West Virginia
101St
Beckley
102Nd
Huntington
Fort Bragg
N. C
Dale Leavitt
Sutton
Joe Anania
Charleston
Army
William
F. Watts
Charles A. Muth
Johnson’s Senate Rise and Enduring Political Fire
Johnson retained his House seat, ran for the Senate against Gov. Coke Stevenson in a split race with no majority. The runoff was one of Texas’ most torrid, Johnson winning by 87 votes from a million cast. He married Claudia Taylor in 1934. she hailed from a wealthy family with radio and TV interests. His 1948 election, age 40, led to 1953 as Senate majority leader, then a 1955 heart attack. Doctors prescribed rest, but he recovered and continued fighting.
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Johnson
House
Senate
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Texas
Claudia Taylor
Kennedy Accepting Nomination Plans Mentioned
The passage notes Kennedy will formally accept the nomination. Byrd and his wife plan to travel home by auto while Wylie intends to fly. Alfred F. Chapman of Wheeling stays for the acceptance ceremony and has an afternoon meeting with Kennedy to discuss the West Virginia campaign for November.
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Kennedy
Byrd
Wylie
Alfred F. Chapman
Wheeling
West Virginia
Chapman
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Johnson Accepts No 2 Spot on Ticket After Decision
The report notes LBJ accepting the No 2 position while Sen Stuart Symington Sen Harry M Jackson and Gov Orville Freeman were considered. News reached Johnson by phone and was made public shortly after 4 p.m. indicating his agreement to join as vice presidential nominee.
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Stuart Symington
Missouri
Harry M. Jackson
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Johnson
Texan
Man suffers foot injury after heavy grease container drops
Luther Steele, 36, of 406 Prince Street, was treated for injuries to his left foot at Beckley Hospital on Thursday after a 120 pound container of grease slipped and fell on his foot.
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Luther Steele
Prince St
Beckley Hospital
News Briefs From The Nation And World Of The Day
United States ships medical supplies and clothing to Guatemala for the Guatemala City asylum fire survivors in which over 200 died. A parachute tests reach 100000 feet at Eglin Air Force Base. Navy parachutist John Derby dies when his chute fails over the Santa Clara River. Martial law in Seoul ends at midnight in Korea. A house in a mixed race area near Chattanooga is blasted with no injuries. A Polaris missile test successful at Cape Canaveral. State Police confirm Earl H. Mathews confession in State Motor Vehicle theft. West Virginia Bankers Association opens its Charleston convention. Gov Underwood to review National Guard units at Camp Dawson. Delegates to the Republican National Convention form a Draft Rockefeller Committee in West Virginia.
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Johnson
Rayburn
Kennedy
Americans For Democratic Action
Butler
Democratic Advisory Council
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Robert R. Nathan
District of Columbia
ADA
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Freeman
California
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
LeRoy Collins
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Texas
United States
Jack Kennedy
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
NAVY
John Derby
Redding
Calif
Santa Clara River
Syngman Rhee
Seoll
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cape Canaveral
Underwood
West
Two Service Stations Report B and E to Police
Beckley state police are investigating break ins at two Harper Road service stations. Callaway's Gulf Servicenter was entered through a wash room window but nothing was missing except a set of car keys. Details of a Keystone station entry were not available at 12 30 p m today.
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Beckley State
Harper Road
Callaway
Charles Callaway
Keystone
Herter and Khrushchev clash over Cold War moves
The article notes Herter’s warning of a Bolshevik doctrine and Soviet use of mil itary power to aid Communist movements worldwide. It reports continued US-Soviet and US-UK talks on air base coordination in Britain, the RB47 incident, and Eisenhower's stance in the UN Security Council amid summits’ fallout. It also states Khrushchev’s post-summit aim to erode US leadership, undermine bases, and weaken NATO and allied alliances.
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United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Geneva
State Department
Washington
Moscow
Khrushchev
U. S
Harold Macmillan
Commons
U. N. Security Council
Eisenhower
Security Council
Free World
NATO
Redwing male displays scarlet patch on wing
The redwing is an American blackbird with males showing a scarlet patch on the wing.
Congo Crisis Deepens As Lumumba Kasavubu Return
Lumumba and Kasavubu arrived at Leopoldville airport tired and unaccompanied. A crowd of Belgian workers and soldiers rocked their bus, a U.S. official intervened, and the convoy sped away. Speculation grows of a split in Lumumba’s government between moderates led by Bomboko and extremists seeking full break with Belgium. Lumumba cut off diplomacy with Brussels, a move later deemed invalid. Refugees flood Brussels and Salisbury as searches for missing Europeans widen. Belgian paratroopers prepare to enter Kimpese as chaos allegations surface, with claims of Communist orchestration.
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Lumumba
Kasavubu
U.S
Leopoldville
Justin Bomboko
Bomboko
Brussels
Belgium
Congo
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Joseph Palmer
Kimpese
Prospector Opens Laundry in Oakland for “Eating Money”
In 1851 a disappointed gold seeker in Oakland California started a laundry to make “eating money.” His clean shirt campaign drew customers and a fortune he failed to find in gold, illustrating a shift from prospecting to practical enterprise in the era.
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Oakland
Calif
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John E. Patterson
Kate M. Adkins
Philco
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Mary D. Shipley
Bonn
Oxygen
Thomas A. Edison
Neville Maytag
Sealy
Neville Maytag & Furniture Co
Neville Street
Beckley, W. Va
B&e
Herter
U.N
Krogers
Travis Parsons
Frank Watkins
Mac
Kolynos
Carton
Eastman Film
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