Vacation tragedy on Route 99 ends in slaying and assault
Joseph and Irene Vilek of Fontana vacationing along U S Route 99 were attacked as they slept on a boat deck near Bakersfield. He was killed by two bullets, and Irene Vilek was beaten and subjected to attempted rape before surviving the assault. A manhunt is under way as authorities warn travelers of similar dangers.
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Bakersfield, Calif
UPI
Joseph
Irene Vilek
Fontana
Calif
Yilek
Oklahoma
J. B. Welch
U.S. 66
Seligman, Ariz
Sheriff's Deputies
Vilek
Etiwanda Steel
Yosemite
Pilkington
Los Angeles
Drivers Charged After Three Vehicle Wreck on Rt 19
State Police report a three vehicle collision on Rt 19 near Beckley Open Air Theater around 10:20 p.m. Sunday. William Brown 20 of Stanaford attempted to pass a truck, struck its bumper, sending his car into Edward Brown 25 of Stanaford. The parked truck owner Mack Thompson 38 of Beckley was charged with pe on highway and William Brown cited for failure to the right of center. Ann Manley, a passenger, sustained facial and chin cuts.
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Beckley
Beckley Open Air Theater
William Brown
Stanaford
Edward Brown
Mack Thompson
Rt. 1
Thompson
Hem
Curtain Callers Plan Evening Meetings At The Play House
The Curtain Callers board will meet at The Play House at 7 tonight ahead of the organization’s 8 p m regular session. Guest speaker will be David Weiss, set designer for Honey in the Rock.
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Playhouse
David Weiss
Beckley Unit May Be Called to Meet West Berlin Threat
Beckley unit Beckley Company C is among outfits likely to mobilize to meet the Soviet threat to West Berlin. Company C has four officers and about 70 enlisted men led by Capt. Robert H. Woollard Fayetteville Compton Beckley 1st Lt. Durwood McKinney Slab Fork and 1st Lt. John Wilcox Mullens. First sergeant Okey Mills says no official mobilization report has reached them. Maj. George Haertel says Kennedy announced the 83rd Division would be ready for instant duty within two weeks to two months if alerted.
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Iion
Beckley
West Berlin
Robert H. Woollard
Fayetteville
George Haertel
Army
20Th Corps
Kennedy
83Rd
Teen held after threatening family with shotgun in Charleston
A 19 year old Carl Staats was arrested Sunday night for intoxication destruction of property and resisting arrest after terrorizing a Charleston family with a 12 gauge shotgun. He pounded the door broke a window and threatened to fire. Staats was captured about 15 minutes later and held without bond.
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Charleston
UPI
Carl Staats
William Moore
Yea Moore
Staats
Moore
TV Repairman Falls From Antenna Injures Worker
Robert Floyd of Edgewood Drive an employee of John W Eye was injured when a television fell during antenna work for F E Bryant in Skelton. He was carried from the roof by rescue squads to Beckley Hospital with injuries to his lips and likely other injuries.
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Robert Floyd
Edgewood Drive
John W. Eye
Beckley Hospital
Floyd
F. E. Bryant
Skelton
Beckley
A B Scholarships Go To Mt Hope Stratton Grads
Two local women receive A B scholarships for the 1961 62 freshman class at Alderson Broaddus College. Miss Mary Ellen Moore daughter of Mrs Dora McCornick Beckley and another regional student join about 40 scholars. Miss Garvin is a Benedum Scholar. the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation funds the program in West Virginia based on high school record character and leadership.
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Hope
Mary Ellen Moore
Dora! McCornick
Hunter Street
Beckley
Garvin
Claude, Worthington Benedum Foundation
Alderson - Broaddus College
West Virginia
Miss Moore
Stratton High School
New Manager Named At Hotel Haaron Beckley
Virginia native Hall is named manager of the Beckley hotel leased by First Beckley Corp. He previously led the Fairmont Hotel for a decade and later ran the Martha Washington Inn and Calhoun properties in Anderson and Abingdon. Hall, his wife, and daughter Susan Lacy reside at the hotel while focusing on improved dining room service for Beckley patrons.
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Haaron Veteran Hotel Oo
Estirginia
Virginia
South Carolina
Beckley Centry
First Beckley Corporation
Clifton Forge
Hall
Fairmont
Martha Washington Inn
Abingdon
John C. Calhoun Hotel
Calhoun Motor Lodge
Anderson, S.C
Beckley
Western NATO Talks Ahead on Berlin Crisis
Western foreign ministers consider a planned August meeting in Paris to shape allied strategy on Berlin. NATO notes reaffirm four power responsibility, reject unilateral Soviet moves, and tie Berlin to broader German unification and postwar frontiers.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
U.S
NATO Council
Russia
East Germany
Moscow
Ber
Europe
Nuckols to turn title of car to Bureau
Robertson faced question of whether the state may relinquish title to property after loss of eligibility for free gas and tag privileges. Nuckols noted 173 plates have been distributed free, with 55 county sheriffs and 437 deputies currently eligible.
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Robertson
Deaths and Funerals Highlights Local Obituaries
Final rites were held for Anna Marie Peck at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. J. W. Witherspoon in charge. She died after a long illness due to cancer. Pallbearers were named and Sunset Memorial Park was the burial site. Also noted were the deaths of Tony Mohar of Green Valley and Sam Troutman of Oak Hill, with details of funerals, survivors, and burial plans.
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Anna Marie Peck
E. Main St
Beckley
Caffee Funeral Home
J. W. Witherspoon
Peck Clinic
Montgomery
Robert F. Cornett
C. O. Boitnot
Homer Farley
Fred Roschi
William F. Patton
John J. Flanagan
Sunset Memorial Park
Requiem for Mike Ignatowich in Scarbro Church
The 81 year old Mike Ignatowich of Scarbro died Saturday at Oak Hill Hospital after a long illness. A Requiem Mass will be held Tuesday at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Scarbro. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. He was a retiree of The New River Co. and a member of Sts Peter and Paul Church and Oak Hill Moose Lodge No 1664. He was born in Poland on March 25, 1880. Survivors include his wife Natalie and three daughters Mary R Anna M and Mrs Bala cek, all of Washington DC, and five grandchildren. Rosary tonight at Tyree Funeral Home.
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Mike (Wingrove
Ignatowich
Scarbro
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Eugene Klug
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
New River Co
Summerlee
Poland
Nattalie Ignatowich
Mary R
Anna M. Ignatowich
Balacek
Washington, D. C
Tyree
Mrs Marian Whitney Services Held in Virginia Beach
Mrs Marian Whitney, formerly of Oak Hill, died while visiting her parents in Virginia Beach. Services were held Sunday afternoon. She is survived by her husband Lt D D Whitney Jr of Jacksonville Florida. They were members of Oak Hill Baptist Church.
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Virginia Beach
Oak Hill
Marian Todd Whitney
Final rites set for Overton Lilly near Brooks
Otho Lilly 66 died Sunday after a long illness at his home near Brooks. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at Greenbrier Primitive Baptist Church Hilldale. Elder A L Neely to conduct. Burial in Restwood Memorial Estates. Survived by wife Mary Harvey Lilly a son O D Lilly Jr of Roanoke two daughters and several grandchildren and stepchildren. Born Flat Top March 11 1895 he taught schools in Summers Mercer and Raleigh counties before retiring in 1945.
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Overton
Otho Lilly
Brooks
Greenbrier Primitive Baptist Church
Hilldale
A. L Neely
Restwood Memorial Estates
Flat Top
Lenzie
Regina Lilly
Hinton
Mercer
Raleigh
Stella Cole Lilly
Mary Harvey Lilly
O. D. ‘Lilly Jr
Roanoke
Mary Tabor
Marie
Atheleen Berry
Madams Creek
Mary Myers
Beckley
Pansy Lilly
Camp Creek
Marie Lilly
Beaver
Willie
Theodore Lilly
Charleston
Chester Jones dies after long illness in Slab Fork
Chester Jones, 57, of Slab Fork, died Sunday morning at his son's home Eliza Jones after a long illness. The body is in the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home awaiting services.
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Chester Jones
Slab Fork
Eliza Jones
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Death Notice for Jim Brazosky of Hasbrouck Heights
Jim Brazosky, 60, of 15 Madison Ave Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey, and formerly of Beckley, died at his home Saturday night after suffering a heart attack. Brazosky was a Beckley resident for many years and was reared in the area.
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Jim Brazosky
Madison Ave
Hasbrouck Heights
N. J
Beckley
Brazosky
Art Theft at Annoncad Museum Strikes 57 Paintings
Thieves entered the Annoncad Museum over the weekend and stole 57 paintings valued at 2 million dollars, including works by Matisse Bonnard Utrillo Derain Van Dongen Dufy Signac Vuillard Vlaeminck and Matisse Gypsy. The collection began in 1955 from Georges Grammont. The thieves breached multiple doors and left no fingerprints, while police from Paris and Marseilles investigate.
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Annoncad Museum
Iick
Matisse
Bonnard
Utrillo
Derain
van Dongen
Dufy
Signac
Vuillard
Vlaminck
Gypsy
Case Raffles Police
Georges Grammont
Paris
Marseilles
Soviet Laos Talks Collapse Ends Kennedy Hope
Washington reports that Khrushchev has rejected Western proposals at Geneva except for moving talks to another room. The aim remains a neutral Laos with international guarantees and an ICC but the Communists refuse broad access. U.S. officials view the stance as a bid to stronger terms and to pressure the West into concessions.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Vienna
Nikita
Khrushchev
Geneva
Laos
Nyet
International Control Commission
ICC
Com
United States
New York Times to Review Honey Platform at Grandview State Park
Milton Estrow of the New York Times will attend Summers County’s Tuesday performance of Honey in the Rock at Grandview State Park to review the show. Reporter Funk planned to visit but is tied to a book project. Cast members toured Hinton sharing impressions as forecasts predict clear weather for the evening and past shows drew 301 Saturday and 181 Sunday attendees.
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Summers County
New York Times
Milton Estrow
Lewis Funk
First Times
West Virginia
Grandview State Park
Funk
Honey
Eugene Scott
Grandview
Powder Puff Derby winner Frances S Bera again tops cross country
Frances S Bera 36 Long Beach California wartime parachute corps veteran wins the Powder Puff Derby for the fifth time in 11 tries. Polaris submarine John Marshall launched at Newport News. Congo parliamentary session date set for July 15 with uncertain start. Eddie Cantor Golden Jubilee Salute planned in Hollywood. Eisenhower to serve as honorary chairman of Council for Economic Growth and Security. Monterrey amusement park wheel collapse kills six injures 38. Congress resumes work on 4.8 billion foreign aid. Kennedy pushes support. Thunderstorm hits Tulsa with 75 mph winds. one dead another injured on USS Topeka in Hong Kong. Bourguiba announces restrictions on French base at Bizerte. Funeral for John J. Foster in Huntington. WV traffic deaths rise to 171. Dr. George Williams found dead. John E. Jenkins dies at home.
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Frances S. Bera
Petite Burnette
Long Beach
Calif
Women’s Parachute Corps
United States
John Marshall
Newport News
Eddie Cantor
Hollywood
Eisenhower
Nongovernmental Council For Economic Growth and Security
Monterrey
Mexico
House
Senate
Kennedy
Tulsa
Okla
Topeka
Hong Kong
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Tuberculosis Ties to Advanced Silicosis Studied In Becketts
Britain based research links tuberculosis with advanced silicosis and may cause it in altered form. A hospital study finds 8 percent of over 100 advanced silicosis patients previously had unsuspected TB. Isoniazid prophylaxis effectiveness remains to be seen. The program provides six 200-pill bottles for two months at a time. Participants take three daily for 52 weeks with no other TB drugs. Pills are destroyed if unused. Records, X rays, and yearly reports are sent to the Public Health Service. Dr Thomas Mahan and Mrs Walter James oversee radiology and clinic work with Dry Hill Prosperity County Life Group volunteers.
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Britain
Public Health Service
The
Thomas Mahan
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Walter James
County Association
Lewis
James
General Mar Enjoys First View of Honey in the Rock
General Kingdon Brown, general manager of Honey in the Rock, called the Civil War drama a fine play after seeing it Sunday. Brown had fallen ill a week before opening and home in Pittsburgh, but returned to Beckley to oversee promotion and production of the heart stirring West Virginia Civil War origin tale.
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Kingdon Brown
Brown
Pittsburgh
Beckley Sunday
Beckley Newspapers
Prince Street
West Virginia
Luxury State Cars Question For BPW Meeting
Charleston UPI The State Board of Public Works faces a session on whether all state employees and officials except elected ones should drive only cars on a approved list. The budget talk includes which officials may use which cars amid debate over a prior rule restricting luxury vehicles to elected officials.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
BPW
Boyd Horner
Horner
Crab Orchard Driver Waives Drunk Hearing
Kellis D Bonham of Crab Orchard waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate W A Burke today and posted a $500 bond for release on a driving while drunk charge. Arrested by State Police Saturday, he is to appear before the Raleigh County Grand Jury.
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Kellis D. Bonham
Crab Orchard
W. A. Burke
Raleigh County
Pax Man Stabbed During Gang Fight
Dennis Bailey 35 nicknamed Pax suffered a minor stab wound in a gang fight at Pax Sunday. He was treated and released from Raleigh General Hospital after transport by his brother. Bailey refused to press charges and said he does not know who stabbed him.
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Pax Man
Dennis Bailey
Pax
Raleigh General Hospital
Bailey
Quotes From Leaders Highlight Civil Rights and World Affairs
United Press International dispatch quotes Adam Clayton Powell at NAACP convention urging equal access and work behind lunch counters. Debates U S veto power over Soviet aligned UN governance while Dean Rusk cautions on a three man directorate. Kennedy marks Captive Nations Week urging renewed support for independence. Bourguiba praises volunteers at Bizerte and vows no restraint until French troops depart.
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U.S
United Press International
Philadelphia
Adam Clayton Powell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
United Nations
Soviet Union
Driver Unhurt In Truck Wreck On Fitzpatrick Road
LaRue Jarvis of Charleston escaped serious injury when his West Virginia Motor Delivery meat truck overturned on a hill on Fitzpatrick Road. He stayed in the cab, climbed out, called Crab Orchard for help, and reported minor right arm pain. Weir Covey of the Department of Natural Resources watched the scene.
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West Virginia
Fitzpatrick Road
LaRue Jarvis
Charleston
Jarvis
Crab Orchard
Register
Weir Covey
Department of Natural Resources
Weston man in hospital for trial sanity evaluation
Isaac Pugh Jr. indicted in Raleigh County for theft of an automobile was ordered examined at Weston State Hospital to determine fitness for trial. Judge Harry L. McCreery signed the orders Friday. Joseph Kulesar pleaded guilty to unlawful sale of alcoholic liquor and was fined $50 and costs.
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Isaac Pugh Jr
Raleigh County
Notable Deaths Across States Reported by UPI
Nisswa Minnesota Paul H Cunningham 71 former Republican congressman from Iowa died of an apparent heart attack at his summer home. New York Richard A Medina 68 retired coffee merchant and brother of Federal Judge Harold R Medina died after a long illness. Glen Cove New York Edwin R Williams 58 vice president of Chase Manhattan Bank died Sunday night of a continued hemorrhage. Hollywood Louis H Bring 54 former musical director for Jimmy Durante and Al Jolson died Saturday after a five year cancer battle.
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Nisswa, Minn
UPI
Paul H.cunningham
Iowa
New York
Richard A. Medina
Harold R. Medina
Glen Cove
N.Y
Edwin R. Williams
Chase Manhattan Bank
Hollywood
Louis H. Bring
Jimmy Durante
al Jolson
Bring
Shakeup Likely Reroutes State Dept Top Posts
Shakeup rumors place McGeorge Bundy, special assistant for national security, as Bowles’s possible replacement in the No 2 State Department post. The note suggests a senior administration reshuffle affecting foreign policy leadership.
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McGeorge Bundy
Bowles
State Department
Coal Bids Too High Readvertised by WVU
Charleston WV. The State Purchasing Department will readvertise a contract to supply West Virginia University and its Medical Center with 44 000 tons of coal. Bids were rejected because the low bidder Pettite Coal Co Morgantown ceased operations. Seven bidders submitted offers but not all met the full order.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia University
Boyd Horner
Pettite Coal Co
Morsgantown
Hornor
Accident Victim Fair Carol Farley Aids Hospital Stay
A 15 year old from Lester is in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a one car crash last Thursday on the Maben Lester road. Roy Hamm Jr. a 17 year old from Lester died in the crash and Claude O Neal 17 the driver is listed in good condition.
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Carol Farley
Lester
Raleigh General Hospital
Roy Hamm Jr
Claude O'Neal
Brand new furniture rooms listed for sale after marriage decision
In Kansas City a classified ad offers three rooms of brand new furniture for sale with a bold note We decided not to marry. In Los Angeles two men left a dice game after a shotgun rig, police report says the odds favored them. In Dayton pedestrians should watch for missing manhole covers as five have been stolen in two days.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles
Dayton
Ohio
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Mt. Hope
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Big
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Green Valley
Red Rock
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Louis Mohar
Williams
Sophia
Dewey Wilson
Funeral Home
Tony Weiss
John Trevison
Eddie Dworick
E. W. Hatfield
Hubert Mitchem
Marvin Dolinger
Tams
Mary
Alice
Jim Jr
New Jersey
Joe
Frank
John
Cleveland
Elizabeth Heggbell
Julie Sammt
Margaret Pempus
Louie
Sam Troutman
Troutman
West Virginia Chemical Corp
Thomas Funeral Home
Mike Ignatowich
Mrs
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Lilly
N. Y. Times
Bender
West Virginia Turnpike
Four-Mile Creek
Huntington
John J. Foster
Island Creek Coal Ce
Cecil H. Underwood
George Williams
Martinsburg Veterans Hospital
Lafayette
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