Nazi Questioning Of Jewish Boy Probed
Arlington officials weigh action after George Lincoln Rockwell's Ameri can Nazis abducted a 13 year old Jewish boy Ricky Lee on July 8 as he walked home from a high school dance. Board members questioned arrests of all participants and urged accountability for abduction, with leaders describing the group as a nuisance but noting implications for local law.
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Arlington, Va
UPI
George Lincoln Rockwell
Arlington County
Ricky Lee
Rockwell
Raul
Potomac River
Washington
Kaul
A. T. Lundberg
Discrimination Bill Introduced by Powell Targets Apprenticeships
Washington UPI Charman Adam Clayton Powell of the House Labor Committee unveiled a bill preventing the Labor Department from approving or funding any apprentice training program that practices discrimination. Powell, a New York Democrat, has criticized organized labor for racial bars and warned he will withhold committee support until such barriers are removed. He notes Negroes and other minority groups face token enrollment in building, graphic arts, and service trades and are virtually excluded from transportation and metal crafts.
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Washington
UPI
Charman Adam Clayton Powell
House Labor Committee
Organized Labor
New York Democrat
Labor Department
Powell
Inece
City Seeks Federal Money for Elderly Housing Project
City Seeks guidance on steps to obtain federal funds for a housing authority project aimed at building elderly housing. Council members submitted candidate names to the mayor, who plans to appoint the authority at the next session. Officials warn that motives must be non selfish to ensure project success. development could involve over $2 million in federal money with no city cost.
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Zent
Principal doubts student confession after school incident
The boy confessed to an act linked to anger at school. Principal Troy Duran dismissed the claim, saying he believed Benson was a crackpot and did not accept the explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Duran
Benson
Freak Accident Kills Girl Two in Mabscott Ward
Rita Carol Garten two year old Mabscott girl died at Beckley Hospital at 3 p m Monday two hours after a car fell on her while her father Charles Garten a mechanic worked on the vehicle Her mother held the brake pedal The child crawled under the car to watch and was crushed The father was not injured.
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Mabscott
Beckley Hospital
Rita Carol Garten
Charles Garten
Garten
Cav e In Cave-In Traps Residents as Sewer Tunnel Fails
Emergency crews fought to rescue buried residents after an old 1880 brick structure collapsed. Cranes lifted debris while a subterranean creek under a 15 foot diameter sewer may have caused ground failure. About 100 homes evacuated and 50 more utilities shut off. Red Cross cared for 500 displaced at two school shelters.
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Samuel S. Baxter
The
Red Cross
No Go O Clock EDT Delays Redstone Launch
United Press International reported favorable morning weather for Wednesday then late day clouds caused a 24 hour postponement after a no go decision. Grissom, Glenn Jr., Shepard and others prepared for the mission as crowds gathered at Cape Canaveral beaches and tour groups arrived for the spectacle. Doctors pronounced Grissom in perfect health.
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United Press International
Cape Canaveral
Federal Space Agency
Grissom
John H
Bombing, racial tension flare in Chicago neighbors
A homemade bomb damaged a white man and Negro wife home in Chicago as clashes erupted in the Southwest Side. Police used dog patrols to disperse roving groups of Negro and white youths after a week of threats and injuries. A Negro student was killed nearby. two teens were knifed, with several suspects questioned and released. Federal aid was deemed unnecessary as local authorities kept order.
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Chicago
UPSC
Louis Bracko
Peggy Ann
Harrison High School
Hood
Ronald Kwasny
Cook County Hospital
Kwasny
Washington
Justice Department
Alabama
MacDonald Gallion
Montgomery
Ala
Bluefield Court Receives Grand Jury Charge From U S Judge
United States District Court in Raleigh County opened with Judge John A Field Jr charging a 23 member jury. Foreman Phil McDaniel II and deputy Blanche Wood were named. Jurors warned to focus on crimes involving mail fraud, embezzlement by mail, obscenity, cross state liquor tax evasion, and other federal offenses. Judgments were entered in income tax matters against three pairs, including Kenneth M. Asbury for 222.09, Charles E. and Gloria Brown for 875.19, and John R. and May Rose for 1772.74. The panel may hear cases involving moonshine, military service refusals, impersonating a US officer, and mail fraud schemes. Mrs. Aliff described illness and psychiatric treatment at the Veterans Hospital in Salem, Va, in defense of an absce material matter.
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Bluefield
United States District Court of
West Virginia
John A. Field Jr
Blanche Wood
Beckley
Raleigh County
Field
United States
Funeral Services Held for George Aulda Clay at 1 P.M.
Funeral services for George Aulda Clay 81 of Glen Daniel formerly of Beckley will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Rose and Cameron Chapel. He died in a Huntington hospital at 9 45 a.m. after several months of illness. A Raleigh County native born February 18 1880 he was the son of the late James and Lodosca Cantley. His wife Susie Craig preceded him in death in 1949. He served as Mattsville postmaster operated a mercantile business taught school and owned a barber shop in Beckley for 30 years. He was a member of Clay Chapel Methodist Church in Cameron. Surviving are two sons Aulda Clay of Zanesville Ohio Herbert Clay of Cleveland Ohio one daughter Lettie Webb of Glen Daniel and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers Vestal Gunoe Addie Gunnoe John Clay. The body will remain at the funeral home.
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George Aulda Clay
Glen Daniel
Beckley
Rose and
Cameron
Clay
Huntington Hospital
Raleigh
James and
Lodosca Cantley
Susie Craig
Mattsville
Raleigh County
Clay Chapel
Aulda Clay
Zanesville
Ohio
Herbert Clay
Cleveland
Lettie Webb
Vestal Gunnoe
Addie Gunnoe
John Clay
Final rites for R W Jack Lucas in Marmet
R W Jack Lucas 65 of Marmet dies after a long illness. Funeral at Hernshaw Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 p m with Rev James Dew officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park South Charleston. Survived by wife Alice a daughter Gladys Looney Pineville a brother Ollie Lucas High Point NC and one grandchild. Burial arrangements at Leonard Johnson Marmet and Tyree Oak Hill.
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R. W
Jack) Lucas
Marmet
Hernshaw Methodist Church
James Dew
Sunset Memorial Park
South Charleston
Lucas
Beckley Hospital
United Mine Workers of America
Alice
Gladys Looney
Pineville
Ollie Lucas
High Point
N. C
Leonard Johnson
Funeral services for Rita Garten in Harper Heights
Rita Carol Garten two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Garten died at Beckley Hospital from head injuries after a car fell on her while her father worked on the vehicle in the garage. Born June 19 1959 in Baltimore Md she is survived by parents two brothers Charles Jr and Jimmy Dale and three sisters Opal Louise Peggy Sue and Lisa Gail paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs James Garten Harper Heights and maternal grandmother Mrs Magnolia Rice Sullivan. The body will be taken from Caffee Funeral Home to the paternal grandparents home at 10 am Wednesday for the services. Pallbearers include Kermit Garten Billy Ray Garten Erskine Garten Danny Alderman Marshall Ferguson and Charles Gibson.
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Rita Carol Garten
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley Hospital
Baltimore
Charles Robert, Jr
Jimmy Dale
Opal Louise
Peggy Sue J
Lisa Gail
James Garten
Harper Heights
Magnolia Rice
Sullivan
Garten
Kermit Garten
Billy Ray Garten
Erskine Garten
Danny Alderman
Marshall Ferguson
Charles Gibson
Rites Set for Chester Jones 57 of Slab Fork
Final rites for Chester Jones 57 of Slab Fork will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Slab Fork Baptist Church with Rev J W Gowen officiating burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Sunday morning at home after a long illness survived by wife Nellie Jones of Cleveland Ohio three daughters Josephine Jones Danville Virginia Carrie Mae Deering Beckley Liz Brown New York City one son Elisha Jones Slab Fork and 14 grandchildren. Body will be taken from Trent and Durgan Funeral Home to church one hour before services.
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Chester Jones
Slab Fork
Slab Fork Baptist Church
J. W. Gowen
Greenwood Memorial Park
Jones
Nellie Jones
Cleveland
Ohio
Josephine Jones
Danville
Carrie Mae Deering
Beckley
Liz Brown
New York City
Elisha Jones
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Dave T Matthews dies after seven year illness
Dave T Matthews 59 of 219 Tees Road Beckley died at 12 25 pm Monday in a local hospital after a seven year illness cause listed as heart attack Born July 6 1902 in Fairfield Rockbridge County Virginia he was son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Pinkie Hinkle Matthews He belonged to Cranberry Local Union No 5822 UMWA and lived in Beckley 20 years Surviving wife Margaret Taylor married June 2 1931 daughter Mrs Gerald Brown of Valrico Florida two sisters Mrs Justus Campbell and Mrs Vermont O Connell both of Fairfield Virginia and four grandsons The body is at Melton Mortuary
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Dave T. Matthews
Tees Road
Beckley
Fairfield
Rockbridge County
Thomas Jefferson
Pinkie Hinkle Matthews
Matthews
Cranberry
UMWA
Margaret Taylor
Gerald Brown
Valrico
Fla
Justus Campbell
Vermont O'Connell
Melton Mortuary
Final rites set for Mrs. Ella Schultz at Beckley funeral home
Mrs. Ella Schultz of Beckley aged 61 will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Cafe Funeral Home Chapel led by Rev. Robert Thompson. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Survivors include sisters Ada Catterson and Margaret Young of Beckley and Martha Reese of Garden Grove, California.
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Ella ‘Schultz
Roiner St
Beckley
Caffee Funeral Home
Robert Thompson
Sunset Memorial Park
Schultz
Ada Catterson
Margaret Young
Martha Reese
Garsden Grove
Calif
David Ramsey Rites Set At New Hope Church
Funeral services for David Ramsey aged 36 of 700 Patch Street East will be held at 2 PM Thursday at New Hope Baptist Church with pastors C M Ellis W J Carter and Henry Dubois officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Ramsey died at Lakin State Hospital Saturday evening. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home will receive callers until an hour before services.
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David
Patch St
East Oott
New Hope Baptist Church
C. M. Ellis
W. J. Carter
Henry Dubois
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ramsey
Lakin State Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Samuel J Troutman Dies After Heart Attack In Daniels
Samuel J Troutman 50 of Oak Hill died Sunday in his car after a heart attack in Daniels. He was WV Chemical Corp. executive and general manager at Scarbro, a WWII veteran, former Albuquerque resident, and member of St Timothy Lutheran Church. Funeral services in Washington, Pa., with burial in Oakland Hill. His son Samuel Troutman Jr. is stationed in Germany. daughter Karen Sue Troutman in Albuquerque. brother J W Troutman and sister Mrs Mary Weaver in Washington, Pa.
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Samuel Jackson Troutman
Oak Hill
Washington
Germany
Troutman
West Virginia Chemical Corp
Scarbro
Daniels
Albuquerque
N. M
St. Timothy
Hawthorne
S. J. Troutman
Samuel Troutman Jr
Kareen Sue Troutman
J. W. Troutman
Mary Weaver
Washington, Pa
Thomas Funeral Home
Graham P. Cowieson
Sore Toe Blamed For Fall In Oak Hill
Eight-year-old Alan Sullivan fractured both arms and suffered a badly cut face after dropping from a bridge over Loup Creek while using crutches for a sore left toe. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sullivan of Fayetteville Rt. 2, he remains hospitalized with injuries not limited to the toe.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Alan Sullivan
Alan
Loup Creek
Paul Sullivan
Fayetteville, Rt. 2
Mrs Obie Kincaid funeral held in Kincaid church
Funeral services for Mrs Obie Josephine Kincaid 44 of Kincaid were at 2 p m Wednesday in the Kincaid Methodist Church with Rev C D Walker and Rev Lillian Childers of Kincaid presiding Burial was in Kincaid Cemetery Mrs Kincaid died Sunday evening in Beckley hospital after a long illness She was a member of the Methodist Church
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Obie Josephine Kincaid
Kincaid
Kincaid Methodist Church
C. D. Walker
Lillian Childers
Two Miners Injured In Unrelated Accidents
In Oak Hill two coal miners were treated for separate injuries. Joseph C. Robinson, 53, of Fayetteville Rt. 1, had the little finger amputated and underwent surgery to save his ring finger after his hand was struck by a fan blade while he tightened a grease seal on a power plant. Theodore J. Sobieski, 59, of Oak Hill, is hospitalized with chest injuries from operating a machine for the D and W Coal Co.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Joseph C. Robinson
Fayetteville Rt
D & W Coal
Lake Reservation Plans Seek Outdoor Recreation Expansion
Lake continues on page one with government support from Gov. Barron as Dr. Lane outlines future funding for a large reservation offering camping and trailer sites for tourists, horseback riding, and diverse outdoor activities as funds become available.
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Barron
Lane
Blind Mattie to Move to New Three Room House
Plans are under way to relocate Martha Jane Willis known as Blind Mattie a woman blind since six into a new three room house on Sullivan Road near Amigo Raleigh County Deputy Sheriff Wesley Thompson coordinates furniture and household items since she owns nothing ready to move donations or money can be sent to Coal City to aid in furnishing and hauling gifts for the move.
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Martha Jane Willis
Mattie
Gobbler’s Knob
Amigo
Sullivan Road
Sidney Milam
Howard Smith
Helen
Raleigh County
Wesley Thompson
Thompson
Coal City
Bowers Named Head of Travel Development Division
Hulett C. Smith new West Virginia commerce chief fills three top posts naming Robert R. Bowers of St. Albans as head of the travel development division. The $9,000 a year job follows Ward Jr. being named planning division chief. Bowers, a 714 year veteran of state service, led education and information at the conservation commission.
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Ward
Bowers
The
Conservation Commission
Department of Natural Resources
Commission
Division of
Education and Information
Prison Terms Set in Raleigh County Court
Judge Harry L. McCreery sentenced John Fortner to one to ten years for forgery. Mike Stover received a one to ten year sentence for breaking and entering but the term was suspended. others including Robert Daniel Charles Daniel Lowell Atha were sent to Forestry Camp for one to two years. Quency Atha and Roy Lee Harper got one to ten years for breaking and entering. both placed on probation. Benjamin Brown received six months for petit larceny. James Earl Dalton got 48 hours and a $100 fine for DUI. license revoked six months. Fayette County defendants Ernest Taylor Paul Bragg and John Raines were placed on probation after six months jail terms. James Williams was denied probation from ten months for petit larceny. Albert Williams, indicted with him, got six months probation for a year.
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Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
John Fortner
Moundsville
Mike Stover
Davis
Robert Daniel
Charles Daniel
Lowell Atha
Quency Atha
Roy Lee Harper
Atha
Harper
Benjamin Brown
James Earl Dalton
Ernest Taylor
Paul Bragg
John Raines
Fayette County
Pai
James Williams
Albert Williams
Raleigh County Health Budget Omitted From Review List
Raleigh County was left off a state list showing counties to receive Health Department funds this week though it qualifies for aid. Dr. N H Dyer said the office was too busy to review all counties and the list is incomplete. The county will receive 15187 this year, up 4687 from last year, per Mrs Elinor Hurt.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Health Department
N. H. Dyer
Health Department
Dyer
Elinor Hurt
Raleigh County Board of Health
Berlin Notes Intensify Western Plan On German Question
The United States along with Britain and France issued a coordinated note pressuring Khrushchev over Berlin and Germany. It rebutted separate peace treaties and warned that access rights to Berlin cannot be revoked. The notes, refusing Soviet terms for a peace conference, keep negotiations open if Khrushchev seeks further discussion amid six weeks of allied deliberations following Vienna.
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Khrushchev
United States
Europe
Germany
Kennedy
East Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Berlin
U.S
City
Vienna
Suit Dismissed In Federal Court Over Mining Dispute
Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co. sued Wyoming Pocahontas Coal and Coke Co. in U S District Court but the case was dismissed this morning. The defense firm entered a petition in bankruptcy as part of the proceedings. Floyd Sayre of Beck ey reported the event.
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Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co
Wyoming Pocahontas Coal and Coke Co
United States District Court
Floyd Sayre
Beckey
City tackles evasions in gross sales tax loss
Mayor Cecil L. Miller appointed a committee to investigate evasions and avoidances of the city gross sales tax. City Recorder W. L. Humphrey reported that requiring contractor names on building permits helps tax collection, but many claim to build for themselves to dodge taxes. The city attorney distinguished avoidance from evasion, and a motion named Chambers, Larrick, and Porter to work with officials to study tax evasions and amendments, amid debate over permit requirements and work done without permits.
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Cecil L. Miller
W. L. Humphrey
Recorder
Humphrey
Truman L. Sayre
Ance
George B. Chambers
Miller
Chambers
J. S. Larrick
G. C. Porter
Hope Still Held For Cave Rescue
Two Indiana University graduate students, Ralph Moreland Jr. and Thomas F. Arnold, both 25, remain trapped in an uncharted cave 2,000 feet underground after a Sunday cloudburst. Rescuers penetrate flooded passages while skindivers report a narrow, high-water route with scant air as they search for a safe chamber where the men might reach air and stand.
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Orleans
Ind
UPI
Hope
Indiana
Ralph Moreland Jr
Knox
Thomas F. Arnold
Peru
Indiana University
Moreland
Don Standeford
Bloomington
National Speleological Society
Arnold
Standeford
Delinquent Bills On Town Agenda
Rhode Island town Rhodell faces its first all woman council meeting. Delinquent water bills will be discussed to ensure prompt payment or service loss. A playground picture site and hauling trash discussion are planned. Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Huester Walker, Tommy Creek, to speak. Citizens urged to attend.
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Rhodell
RNS
Huester Walker
Tommy Creek
Markets Meet in Bonn Aims for European Unity
West Germany France Italy Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg gathered in Bonn for a political conference progressing toward European unity with Britain potentially joining the common market. Two million Argentine workers struck to pressure the government over rising living costs. In state briefs, A L Henderson 44 Dry Branch was killed at Carbon Fuel Co. building while repairing a motor. Clarksburg City Manager Orville Over resigned to become Battle Creek city manager. Mrs Ethel Ball 62 Fairmont and Estella Marlin 55 Kodiak died in a weathered highway crash near Grafton with a tractor trailer.
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West Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Bonn
Britain
A. L. Henderson
Dry Branch
Carbon Fuel Co
Carbon
Clarksburg
Orville Over
Battle Creek
Mich
Ethel Ball
Fairmont
Estella Marlin
Kodiak
Alaska
Grafton
Dr. Ward Wylie Named to National Advisory Committee
Mullens West Virginia physician and state senator Dr Ward Wylie has been appointed by President Kennedy to the National Advisory Committee on the selection of Physicians Dentists and Allied Specialists. The panel advises the Selective Service System on order of doctors for armed forces.
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Mullens
ANS
Ward Wylie
Kennedy
Wylie
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Ralph R. Raul
David E
Falknor
McCreery Street Realty Building
Piedmont
Atlle
Piedmont Airlines
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
George A. Clay
Smithers
Ira
Biddie Lanham Mooney
Marine Kincaid
Virgil
Leslie
Jerry
Allen
Charleston
Lonnie
Marines
Dana
Navy
Florida
Marine Kincaid Jr
Air Force
Philippines
Susie Kincaid
Faye Murray
Page
Tyree
Ella Schultz
David Ramsey
Samuel J. Troutman
Mrs. Obie Kincaid
Morgantown
West Virginia University
University of Michigan and
Richmond Professional Institute
Kremlin
London
Dr. Wylie
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