Stubborn FDA official blocked dangerous drug sale
Dr Frances Oldham Kelsey of the FDA faced criticism yet refused to approve thalidomide for U S sale. Her stand, later linked to preventing thousands of birth defects, drew praise from officials amid a global rise in phocomelia cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Leon Burnett Washington
UPI
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Winton B. Rankin
Rankin
Kilsey
Washington Post
Contergan
West Germany
Britain
Portugal
Canada
William S Merrell Co
Cincinnati
Kelsey
Germany
Premature Baby Risk Higher For Smoking Mothers
The U S Public Health Service reports that smoking during pregnancy raises the risk of premature birth and smaller birth size. Preliminary findings from a four year study covering over 23 000 expectant mothers and 17 children suggest cautious optimism for future research. The project, led by 15 medical centers and coordinated by the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, studies birth defects and pregnancy events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Public Health Service
The
Health Service
National Institute of Neurological Diseases
Driver Charged After One-Car Wreck at Intersection
Beckley City Police investigate a 12:10 a.m. one car crash at 1921 By-Pass and Mondorff Avenue. Jerry Richmond, 17, is charged with failing to have his vehicle under control after demolishing a 1953 car owned by Evelyn M. Richmond of 111 Booth Avenue. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Mondorff Avenue
Jerry Richmond
Evelyn M. Richmond
Booth Ave
Byrd challenges oil import bids and quotas
Senator Byrd demanded questions be answered on why oil importing firms bid to supply oil after exhausting import tickets. He argued there is no real oil shortage and the GSA should secure needed oil at or below past prices, condemning claims that import quotas force federal plants in Washington to shut down as deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
GSA
Washington
Minor Blaze Destroys Car Carburetor in Beckley
Beckley Fire Department put out a minor fire in a car owned by Warren Wright at Beaver and South Kanawha streets around 6 45 a m Sunday. Firefighters reported only slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Warren Wright
Beaver and
South Kanawha
Accidents Claim Several Lives Across States
The report lists multiple fatal crashes: in San Diego California a Saturday collision with a tree on U S 101. in El Cajon a Friday chase ends in three deaths among San Diego and Los Angeles residents. in Cleburne Texas a Sunday police pursuit results in three deaths and two injuries. northwest of Denver Colorado a 20 day bride among three killed with two injured. near Woodbine Iowa three men killed in a one car crash. The victims include residents from Los Angeles, San Diego, Colorado, and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 101
San Diego
Calif
Los Angeles
el Cajon
Cleburne
Tex
Denver
Colo
Woodbine
Iowa
RDC To Meet For Becketley Rural Development Council
E. E. Bibb will assume duties as president of the Beckley Area Rural Development Council at the group meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Raleigh County Courthouse County Court room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Bibb
Beckley Area Rural Development Council
Raleigh County
Four Hospitalized In Pike Wreck Near West Virginia Turnpike
Four out of state occupants are listed as in good condition at Beckley Hospital after a two vehicle crash on the West Virginia Turnpike milepost 24 at 1 10 a m. Ethel Ball of Belmont North Carolina driver of a 1956 car allegedly fell asleep and hit the rear of a 1956 car driven by Alton Biggerstaff of Belford Heights Ohio. She suffers chest and left hand injuries. Alma Biggerstaff wife of Alton has left knee and right hip injuries. Their children Mary Ann eight and Alton five are under observation. Damages to both cars are estimated at 800 dollars. No charges filed against either driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
West Virginia
Ethel Ball
Belmont
N. C
Alton Biggerstaff
Belford Heights
Ohio
Algerian Rift Widens Over Ben Bella Split Talks
Former premier Ferhat Abbas and exiled Army chief Col Boumedienne arrived in Tlemcen for talks with Ben Bella dissidents. Ben Khedda ousted leaders earlier, moderates vs radicals threaten to split the nationalist movement as district leaders rally to Ben Bella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
API
Ferhat Abbas
Col
Houari Boumedienne
Tlemcen
Mohammed Ben Bella
Boumedienne
Ben Youseff Ben Khedda
Abbas
Ben Khedda
Ben Bella
Annual Family Picnic Slated In Fayetteville
The Fayetteville Presbyterian Church will hold its annual family picnic in the church picnic area Tuesday at 6 p.m. Each family should bring a dessert plus a salad or vegetable dish. Men will provide and cook the meat while women supply bread, soft drinks and coffee. Members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Five Car Crash Injures Twenty Near Zanesville Ohio
Twenty persons were injured Sunday in a five car collision on Ohio 77, five miles south of Zanesville. Four ambulances transported the injured to two Zanesville hospitals. Three were reported seriously injured: Mrs. Lota Evans, 56, of Gaysport, Muskingum County. Mrs. Louise Henry, 56, of Columbus. and Morris Ankrom, 47, of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville, Ohio
UPI
Ohio
Here
Zanesville
Lota Evans
Gaysport
Muskingum County
Louise Henry
Columbus
Morris Ankrom
Arrest of Calvin Logan for possession of numbers slips
Calvin Logan of Beckley was arrested by City Police at the corner of Prince and Kanawha streets at 11 25 a m today on charges of possession of numbers slips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Logan
Beckley
Prince and
Kanawha Streets
Planning Units Meeting Today in Beckley and Raleigh
Two new planning groups convene today. The Citizens Planning and Advisory Group to the Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission meets at 3 p.m. in the Raleigh County Bank conference room. The Raleigh County Planning Commission meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Raleigh County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred LaBastille
Citizens Planning and
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission
Raleigh County Bank
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Planning Commission
Animals ride tests radiation on Canada space trek
A 39 hour 25 mile high test deployed two of three capsules on a 300 foot diameter balloon. The capsules released at 6 30 p m EDT Sunday. Hay maker guided to the landing site 43 miles north of Prince Albert by radio beacon as scientists tracked the 1920 mile journey from Goose Bay Labrador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Haymaker
Prince Albert
Goose Bay
Labrador
West Virginia Briefs Highlight UN Committee Headship
Gov. Barron names Mrs. Howard Meadows of Bluefield chair of the West Virginia United Nations Committee for 1962 noting her leadership of UN Day observances last year. Other items include ARA job growth, FFA convention at Jackson’s Mill, a West Virginia Orthodox priest ordination, queen selection for the Black Walnut Festival, and a Small Business Advisory Council meeting in Wheeling with Philadelphia officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Howard Meadows
Bluefield
West Virginia
Committee For the
United Nations
Barron
Spencer
Caroline Ann Scherr
Ripley
Miss Scherr
Ripley High School
West Virginia University
Tona Lee Renforth
Parkersburg
Carolyn Burris
Pt. Pleasant
Wheeling
Small Business Advisory Council
A. F. Chapman
Philadelphia
Miss Universe 1962 Norma Nolan Keeps Private Life
Norma Nolan, 24, of Argentina, crowned Miss Universe 1962, says she is happy yet exhausted after the win and prefers not to discuss personal life such as a possible Italian boyfriend. She plans rest first and a modeling career later, after a day of events from beach photography to coronation ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
UPI
Norma Nolan
Argentina
Norma
Oe Atres
Possien
Nolan
Soviets Reject Berlin Four Power Talks Proposal
The Soviet Union rejected U S Britain and France four power Berlin talks to ease the Berlin crisis and accused the United States of backing hostile Berlin organizers. Moscow warned the Western plan cannot be discussed at quad-party or any level and urged an end to East German guards violence along the Berlin Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Russia
U.S
Berlin Wall
German Democratic Republic
Flooded Streets Reported In City After Rain
Rain storms Saturday night and Sunday morning hit Beckley causing street flooding and drain blockages. City officials including Street Commissioner D E Warden and Mayor Cecil L Miller cited roof and storm drain runoff into the sewer as a possible ordinance violation. Officials began cleaning damaged areas from Ewart Avenue to Sprague and Bibb Avenue as conditions were addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
D. E. Warden
City Hall
Ewart Avenue
Sprague
Hillside
Bibb Avenue
Cecil L. Miller
Sheriff Killers Nabbed After Interstate 70 Hitchhike Shooting
First degree murder warrants were filed against two suspects accused of killing Sheriff Alfred Claycamp, 37, and wounding Sheriff Chet McAtee. The officers stopped the hitchhikers on Interstate 70 as they returned to the county seat. The youths, Bloomer and Nixon girl, were armed and fought as McAtee exchanged gunfire with them. McAtee was reported holding his own. Bloomer, once in Youngstown, Ohio, had traveled with a custom wheat harvesting outfit. The Nixon girl is the daughter of Mark and unnamed Wilsonville parents, the eldest of 11 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Claycamp
Claycamp
Chet McAtee
McAtee
McAfee
Bloomer
Youngstown
Ohio
Nixon
Mark Nixon
Wilsonville
Mount Hope boy treated after go cart injury
Robert Lee Morgan age 16, son of Mrs Mary Morgan of Route 1 Mount Hope, received treatment Sunday afternoon at Beckley Memorial Hospital for a cut to his left foot incurred while riding a go cart. He was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Morgan
Mary Morgan
Route 1
Mount Hope
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Science shrinks piles without surgery claims new treatment
New healing substance Bio-DyneS named Preparation H reportedly shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows reduction alongside pain relief as sufferers declare piles no longer a problem. Available as suppository or ointment from drug counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N. Y
Tornadoes and floods sweep multiple states in weekend storms
Severe weather tore through Ponca City near Oklahoma, with funnel clouds spotted over Bismarck North Carolina and widespread rains causing floods and damages across Iowa Kentucky Texas and New Jersey. Iowa City and Marshalltown reported substantial rainfall and dike damage while several towns evacuated and roads flooded. Officials estimated losses above 250000 with disaster-area appeals sought for northern New Jersey counties and grasshopper swarms reached up to 100 per square yard in southern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Ohio
Bismarck
N.C
Wright
Kan
Elizabethville
Loraine
Tex
Iowa
Marshalltown
Kentucky
Iowa City
Rantoul
Ill
Wichita Falls
Cincinnati
Columbus
Charleston
W. Va
McAlester
Okla
Fort Worth
New Jersey
Ocean County
William B. Widnall
R-N.j
University of Virginia Finds Faulkner Era Typewriter Reuse
In Charlottesville librarian John Cook Wylie returns a typewriter once used by novelist William Faulkner to the University of Virginia Library. He notes the device’s prose quality remains, though he jokes that it has deteriorated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
John Cook Wylie
William Faulkner
University of Virginia Library
IRS Y1 1961 revenue total hits 4.4 billion dollars
The Internal Revenue collections for fiscal year 1961 reached 4.4 billion dollars. About half came from personal income and employment taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Internal Revenue
Final rites for Mrs Elizabeth Gaskins Pendleton planned
Mrs Elizabeth Gaskins Pendleton of Markham Virginia mother of Robert Gaskins of Beckley West Virginia will have funeral services at 2 p m Wednesday at Beulah Baptist Church Markham following a long illness. The body lies in state at Joynes Funeral Parlor Warrenton Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Gaskins Pendleton
Markham
Robert Gaskins
Beckley
Beulah Baptist Church
Pendleton
Joynes Funeral Parlor
Warrenton
Mathew Perry Dies at 78 in Colcord After Stroke
Mathew Perry 78 of Colcord died at home after a stroke. A retired carpenter who lived his life in Colcord, he was a member of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church. He is survived by his wife Rosa Perry, three sons Basil Normal and Clyde, two daughters Madeline Lyons and Cora Mae Phelps, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body is at Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathew Perry
Colcord
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church
Rosa Perry
Basil
Normal
Clyde
Bradley
Madeline Lyons
Jacksonville
Fla
Cora Mae Phelps
Wharton
the Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Rns
Hale Rites Incomplete For Jacob I Hale 74
Jacob I Hale 74 of 112 Mulberry St died in a local hospital after a long illness. Born July 21 1887 he belonged to St Matthew AME Church. Surviving are wife Josephine Hale one son Nathanial Hale Amigo three daughters Virginia Persinger Philadelphia Pa Margaret White Charleston a daughter Bertha Hale unknown address one brother James Hale Northfork two sisters Mary Akers Virginia and Sarah Hickman McAlpin. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob I. Hale
Mulberry St
St. Matthew A. M. E. Church
Josephine Hale
Nathanial Hale
Amigo
Virginia Persinger
Philadelphia
Margaret White
Charleston
Bertha Hale
James Hale
Northfork
Mary Akers
Virginia
Sarah Hickman
McAlpin
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Severino Della Mea Dies After Heart Attack at 67
Severino Della Mea 67 of Glen Jean died at Oak Hill hospital at 3 a m after a heart attack. A retired Glen Jean merchant, he belonged to Saint Peter and Paul Church Scarbro Holy Name Society and Oak Hill Moose Lodge 1664. Born October 18 1894 in Chiusafort Udine Italy he is survived by wife Katerina a son in Orlando Fla a daughter Elsie two brothers and two grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severino
Sam) Della Mea
Glen Jean
Oak Hill
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Scarbro
Holy Name Society of the Church
Orlando
Fla
Elsie Della Mea
Leonard
Beckley
Mattia
Uruguay
South America
Gelindo
Novara
Italy
Tyree Funeral Home
James H. McGraw Dies at 74 After Long Illness
James H. McGraw 74 of McGraws died at 10 30 p m Sunday in a Mul lens hospital after a long illness. Born July 21 1887 at McGraws he was a son of the late W H and Paulina McGinnis McGraw. He had been a member of the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H
Fud) McGraw
McGraws
Mullens Hospital
W. H. and
Paulina McGinnis McGraw
Tuesday Meeting Set By Women's Division
The Women s Activities Division of the Beckley Area Labor Council will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the labor hall on Valley Drive Miss Elizabeth Bowling chairman Members will discuss a new project to be undertaken soon Membership cards are printed and will be distributed to members for sale A committee will report on a recent leak the WAD conducted to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Activities
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Labor Hall
Valley Drive
Elizabeth Bowling
Cook to Seek Hearing Over Welfare Job Loss
CALVIN COOK of Charleston will request an informal hearing before the State Civil Service Commission after his termination as supervisor of public assistance. The layoff followed the 1961 reorganization that folded the old Public Assistance Department into Welfare, with Cook moving to the medical care program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Calvin Cook
State Welfare Department
State Civil Services Commission
Cook
Public Assistance Department
Department of Welfare
W. Bernard Smith
Division of Social Services
New Yorkers View Honey in the Rock Sunday Night
A Travelcade Tours group from New York viewed Honey in the Rock Sunday night, the first of several touring parties from the city to visit West Virginia this summer. The visits total 40 days and include Honey in the Rock among many attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelcade
New York
West Virginia
Travelcade Tours
Kinzer Admitted To Beckley Hospital After Heart Incident
D W Woody Kinzer of Beckley Raleigh County House of Delegates member was admitted July 11 to Beckley hospital after apparently suffering a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
D. W
Woody” Kinzer
Beckley
Raleigh County
House of Delegates
Freddie Thorne Under Observation at Raleigh General Hospital
Town district constable Freddie Thorne is listed in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital where he is under observation and receiving treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Thorne
Raleigh General Hospital
Local and national obituaries note deaths of prominent figures
A Hinton native Herbert E McCormack 63 died at his Roanoke Virginia home after a long illness. He was superintendent of systems operations for Appalachian Power Co and previously chief systems operator in Charleston, moving to Roanoke in 1948. Ernest F Lundeen 70 of Los Alamitos California chairman of the Material Advisory Board in Washington died in Scottdale Pennsylvania. Henry Maggiolo 57 commissioner of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service died in New York. Leroy M Edwards 77 prominent Southern California attorney and former Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce president dies. funeral Wednesday. Francesco Panaleo Gabrieli 74 Italian constitutional judge dies at home in Rome. Dick Dickson 65 longtime motion picture theater executive dies. funeral Wednesday in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Herbert E. McCormack
Roanoke
McCormack
Appalachian Power Co
Charleston
Greensburg, Pa
UPI
Ernest F. Lundeen
Los Alamitos
Calif
Washington, D.C
Scottdale Sunday
Beverly Hills
Leroy M. Edwards
Southern California
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood
Motion Picture Theater
Dick Dickson
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Viet Nam area hosts heavy guerrilla presence near Ban Me Thuot
South Viet Nam reports one of the strongest Communist guerrilla concentrations around Ban Me Thuot as a transport failure triggers an air sea search after the missing plane did not arrive on schedule and could not be located at other airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Me Thuot
South Viet Nam
Crab Orchard driver faces police court in Beckley
Michiel Durham, 17, Crab Orchard, posted bond for 31.50 on improper license charges and no operator's license. He must appear in Beckley Police Court at 7:30 p.m. today. John H. Hoskins, no address, paid 5 in magisterial court on unlicensed operation. Billie Lively, 21, Crab Orchard, arrested for reckless driving with license revoked. bonds totaling 106.50 posted. Henny Lewis Davis of Statesville was jailed for reckless driving. Robert C. Hargis of Jonben jailed for absence without leave from the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michiel Durham
Crab Orchard
Beckley
John H. Hoskins
Joe Rodriguez
Billie Lively
Valley Drive
Henny Lewis Davis
Statesville
N. C
Robert C. Hargis
Jonben
Marine Corps
Educational Conference Representatives Named
Eight West Virginia legislators were named Sunday to represent the state at the 11th annual legislative Work Conference on Southern Regional Education. The group includes Senators Bowers Barnett Holden McKown Floyd England Schupback and Wilson and Representatives England and others. The August Biloxi meeting will discuss long-range higher education needs and goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Biloxi
Miss
W. W. Barron
Theodore M. Bowers
New Martinsville
R. E. Barnett
Bluefield
Walter Holden
Clarksburg
C. H. McKown
Wayne
Dell
Noah E. Floyd
Mingo
J. Paul England
Wyoming
Herbert Schupback
D Wetzel
W. R. Wilson
Marion
Commission On Goals
South
First Aid Responds to Infant Seizure at Green Valley
Beckley Rescue Squad arrived at Clarence Farmer’s home early Sunday after his 11 month old son suffered a seizure. The child recovered before aid arrived. Separately, at Town and Country Drive-In Route 21, employee Mary Ann Adkins, 32, fainted and was taken to Raleigh General Hospital for examination and release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Rescue Squad
Clarence Farmer
Green Valley
Beckley
Town and Country
Mary Ann Adkins
Raleigh General Hospital
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Widukind Lenz
Hamburg
Lenz
West
F. Ellis Kelsey
RDC
Summer Comfort Richmond
RichMoon Cleaners Laundry
Pike Wreck
Beckleyan
W.va
WVA Ffa
Jackson’s Mill
Future Farmers of America
George S. Corey
Morris Harvey College
Antony Bashir
Antiochian Church
North America
Miss Universe
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
H. Ladd Plumley
Fresno
Billy Graham
National Council of Churches
Roy G. Ross
National Council
Elizabeth Pendleton
Milam Methodist Church
Mary Wills McGraw
Keith
Darrell
Paul
Pineville
Kenton
St. Albans
Arlie
Ravenswood
Leon
Nitro
Harry
Ravencliff
Conway
U. S.navy
Key West
Elbert Cook
Mal Jens
Harold Harris
Dry Creek
Junior Dickerson
Odd
Walter
Fulton Brown
Ott Brown
Sam Foglemre
Mullens
Severino Della Mea
James H. McGraw
New Yorkers
Kinzer
Thorne
Henry Maggiolo
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Rome
Francesco Panaleo Gabrieli
Viet Nam
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