Raleigh Empire Coal Company Pleads No Contest To Charge
The June term of Criminal Court ended with a no contest plea in a stream pollution case. David R. Allen, a Navy member, was sentenced to 60 days jail with two years probation and a $250 fine for failing to stop after an accident. His license may be revoked per DMV, and he must surrender it. The Raleigh Empire Coal Co pleaded no contest to a second stream pollution offense, facing a $200 to $500 fine. a third offense action is pending. Other cases included embezzlement, arson, and salvage-yard charges with various dispositions and continuances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolo Contendre
David R. Allen
U S. Navy
Ned Ragland Jr
Allen
Ragland
Navy
Harry L. McCreery
West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Raleigh Empire Coal Co
Anthony J. Sparacino
State Department of Natural Resources
Taylor Short
Taylor
Atty. C. Berkley Lilly
Audrey Simms
Lester Town Recorder
William T. Blakely
Lilly
John Radford
Radford
Mullenax Trial Continues Amid Emotional Testimony
In KINGWOOD UPI Von da Jean Mullenax wept in court as her murder trial unfolds over the death of husband Ray Mullenax. Defense witnesses included a child welfare worker and two teachers while prosecutors highlighted a 1965 letter. Court recess followed, with psychiatric tests results awaited and a jury expected by Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwood
UPI
Vonda Jean Mullenax
Garrett
Ray
Mullenax
West Virginia University Hospital
Burglary Attempt Told Implicates Two Youths
Beckley Police investigate an attempted burglary at 317 Ellison Avenue after Robert M. Williams reported a break-in within the last month. Neighbor Mrs. O. B. Craighead saw two youths prying the door with a crowbar. Williams said he was not notified earlier while away in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Ellison Avenue
Robert M. Williams
North Charleston
Williams
O. B. Craighead
Ellison Ave
Charleston
South Oakwood Ave
Lester
Wynona Lee Cooney
Thomas O'Dell
Prosperity
Mother of Five Gets Relief from Piles in Minutes
Mrs E Macchia of Gary claims 5 children left her with hemorrhoids and credits Preparation H with immediate relief. The ad touts the ointment and suppositories as shrinking and healing inflamed tissues without surgery, claiming swift pain and burning relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother of Five
Gary
Indiana
E. Macchia
Gemini 10 mission schedule tight for two day delays
Gemini 10 prepared for a swift Atlas Agena and Titan 2 launch with a one-in-four risk of weather delays. Young and Collins, both 35, pursue a 467 mile altitude target with two Agena rendezvous, 14 experiments, and outside workloads. They kept to a grueling routine, even fishing briefly at Merritt Island while awaiting liftoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Collins
Agena
Collns
Merritt Island
Moonport
Space Agency
Donald K. Slayton
Virgil Grissom
Air Force
Parkersburg Teen Drowns in Ohio River Tragedy
A South Parkersburg girl Donna Moore, 17, and would be rescuer Denver Abbott, 38, drowned at Belleville Lock No 20 on the Ohio River after Moore stepped off a ledge into 15 feet of water while her friend, who cannot swim, was aided by Abbott. The lockmaster, Charlie Workman, reported Abbott revived the friend but both youths disappeared underwater.
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Parkersburg
UPI
South Parkersburg
Ohio River
Belleville Lock No
Here
Charlie Workman
Donna Moore
Workman
Miss Moore
Denver Abbott
Abbott
Skydiver Deems Sustains Injuries After Parachute Malfunction
Morgantown skydiver Alvy Joe Deems, 31, was in satisfactory condition at University Hospital after a Sunday noon jump from 4500 feet. Main chute lines fouled and reserve did not fully deploy, sending him to East Oak Cemetery near the club’s target. He suffered two broken legs and is a Morgantown Skydiving Club member and veteran jumper.
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Morgantown
API
Kingwood
University Hospital
Alvy
Joe) Deems
Deems
East Oak Cemetery
Speck capture marked by irony in Chicago case
Police staked out at a maritime union hall near the murdered girls’ home and spoke with Speck by phone hours after discovery. They lured him with a ship berth to New Orleans but he sensed danger, slipping from stakeouts through Skid Row weekend. A nurse at Cook County helped save his life during surgery. Speck’s path led police to questions about murders in Monmouth, the nation’s capital, and Sydney. For Chicago, his capture left a bitter emptiness and homicide chief Flanagan spoke of fatigue and disbelief.
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Maritime Union
Speck
New Orleans
Cook County
Corazon Amarao
Monmouth
Dallas
Ince
Sydney
Australa
Chicago
Francis Flanagan
Flanagan
Governor Smith Launches Government To People Tour
West Virginia Governor Hulett C. Smith starts a government-to-the-people program in Welch with 27 state department representatives. The tour aims to let citizens from Logan Wyoming Mercer Fayette Raleigh Summers Mingo and Wayne counties meet officials face to face and discuss state issues.
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Charleston
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Welch
Smith
Logan
Wyoming
Mercer
Fayette
Raleight
Summers
Mingo
Wayne Counties
Deaths And Funerals Hattie Straus 55
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Hattie Straus of Charleston formerly Crab Orchard are set for 2 p m Wednesday at Barlow Funeral Home on Virginia Street. Burial will be in Baltimore. She was killed in an early Sunday morning automobile crash at Cedar Grove. Survivors include two sisters Etta Mae Farris Beckley and Nichol Lily Crab Orchard and she had two children. The body was moved from Cedar Grove Funeral Home to Barlow Funeral Home today and remains there until service.
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Hattie Straus
Charleston
Crab Orchard
Barlow Funeral Home
Virginia St
Baltimore
Straus
Cedar Grove
Etta Mae Farris
Beckley
Nichol Lilly
Barlow
Funeral services held for Norman Edward Buckland
Norman Edward Buckland 83 of White Sulphur Springs dies after long illness. Services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Shanklin Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Douglas N. Shepherd officiating. Burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. Survived by sisters Effie Allen of Coal City and Esta Bailey of Pineville. Born Summers County September 29, 1882, son of Richard Pembrook and Eliza Cox Buckland. Emmanuel Methodist Church member and retired carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Edward Buckland
White Sulphur Springs
Shanklin
Douglas N. Shepherd
Hillcrest Cemetery
Buckland
Effie Allen
Coal City
Esta Bailey
Pineville
Summers County
Richard Pembrook
Eliza Cox Buckland
Emmanuel Methodist Church
Funeral services for Ordie J Vest
Ordie J Vest 68 of Grandview Road died at 1205 AM Saturday at home after a long illness. Funeral services were held today at 2 PM at the Rose and Quessenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial followed in Blue Jay Cemetery.
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Ordie J. Vest
Grandview Road
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ernest Barley
Blue Jay
Vest
Harry Criste Sessions dies after long illness at 74
Harry Criste Sessions 74 of 114 Lee St. died at 5 30 a m after a long illness in a local hospital. He retired in January 1957 after 24 years with Appalachian Electric Power Co where he was power sales engineer senior in Beckley District. A World War I Navy veteran, he was active in Kiwanis and local civic groups. Survivors include wife Lydia Ruffner Sessions two daughters two sisters and three brothers. Funeral arrangements are pending at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Harry Criste Sessions
Lee St
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Beckley
AEP
The
Power Company
Virginia Electric Co
West Virginia Water Service Commission
Society of Professional Engineers
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Lydia Ruffner Sessions
Samuel Dixon Smiley
Aiken
S. C
Elliott T. Saunders
New York City
C. D. Chapman
Geneva
Ill
Howell
Belleview
Ala
J. B
Hibert
Herndon
California
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Marines Strike Oil Depots In North Viet Nam Actions
US forces conducting air operations over North Viet Nam reported 108 missions Sunday in the southern Panhandle area near the DMZ. Two planes were lost but three crewmen were rescued. 35 fires and 51 secondary explosions were observed after targeting the Baden oil storage facility.
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Air Force
Panhandle
Baden
Dong Hoi
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Guam
Jack D. Spaulding
Fairfax
2Nd Battalion
1St Marine Regiment
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Tarwell T. Shepard Jr
Mobile
Ala
John F. Kennedy
Princeton
Shepard
Robert P. Bones
Ontario
Ore
Bernard J. Brooke
Akron
Ohio
Kenneth F. Keller
Oklahoma City
Okla
Donald E. Griffin
Guthrie
Rolfe E. Nymo
Strum
Wis
Seven Die In Weekend West Virginia Crashes
United Press International reports seven people died in West Virginia weekend crashes. Johnny Pritchard, 19, of Dehue dies in Huntington hospital from injuries in a Wednes day motorcycle collision near Logan. Two Charleston women die when their car plunges off an embankment onto railroad tracks near Montgomery. Other victims include Carl Metheny, 79, retired minister from Moore, and George Jennings, 55, of Parsons, in a head on crash near Parsons. Phil Hancock, 49, of Gallagher, killed by hit and run on U S 61 at Paints Creek. James Wetzel, 21, of Middlebourne dies when his car hits a tree on W V 23 near Middlebourne. Leon Horn, 22, of Rodfield fatally injured in a single car crash near Roderfield.
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West Virginia
Johnny Pritchard
Dehue
Logan County
Huntington
W. Va. 10
Logan
Charleston
U. S. 60
Montgomery
Hazel Wade
Hattie Stroud
U. S. 219
Par
Carl A. Metheny
Tucker County
Moore
George Jennings
Parsons
Phil F. Hancock
Gallagher
Kanawha County
U. S. 61
Paints Creek
James Wetzel
Middlebourne
W. Va
Middleborne
Leon Horn
Roderfield
McDowell County
Probation and Parole Board Gets New Members
Secretary of State Robert Bailey swore in J. Kenneth Shaver of Wheeling as the boards third Republican member, replacing J. Holt Byrne. Verl W. Snyder of Huttonsville was sworn in as Gov. Hulett C. Smith's new administrative assistant after work with the U.S. Office of Education and the State Department of Education. Both officers will serve at the governor's pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Robert Bailey
Board of Probation and Parole
Hulett C. Smith
J. Kenneth Shaver
Wheeling
Parole Board
J. Holt Byrne
Verl W. Snyder
Huttonsville
Smith
U. S. Office of Education
State Department of Education
Nationally Known Educator Calls Student Teaching a Farce
Jackson's Mill is hosting the Administrative Leadership Conference where Dr. Roy A. Edelfelt labels student teaching a farce and urges an internship residency concept from medicine. He advocates in service training during school hours with pay and nonpartisan effort by educational groups to push reforms. Drummond of Peabody College to speak Tuesday. conference ends Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson’s Mill
UPI
Roy A. Edelfelt
National Commission of Teacher Education
Edelfelt
West Virginia
State Education Department
William Drummond
Department of Education
Peabody College
Nashville, Tenn
Little Chance For Settlement In Air Strike
In Washington and Dallas the air strike drags on with talks failing to make progress. Flights face cancellations and delays as mechanics are overloaded and equipment is pulled for repairs. IAM spokesman Joseph Ramsey accuses airlines of hardline stances while carriers defend positions. Northwest Airlines faces a separate complaint over alleged military charter moves. Major airports show bookings four days to July, with 150,000 daily passengers from Northwest United Eastern National and Trans World still affected.
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Washington
UPS
Dallas
New York
Chicago
International Association of Machinists
IAM
William J. Curtin
Joseph W. Ramsey
Ramsey
Labor Department
Northwest Airlines
Northwest
United
Eastern
National
Trans World
Kennedy father of JFK shown improving after heart seizure
Hyannis Port Mass United Press International Joseph P Kennedy 78 a longtime U S ambassador to Great Britain suffered a weekend heart seizure his condition was listed as improved after a night by Boston heart specialist Dr Russell S Boles Jr Kennedy who is invalid since a 1961 stroke was attended by Dr Robert D Watt and Rev William Thomson in the Kennedy residence His sons Senators Robert F Kennedy and Edward M Kennedy and daughter Mrs Sargent Shriver were present at the time of the attack
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Upi
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Boston
Russell S. Boles Jr
U.S
Great Britain
Robert D. Watt
William Thomson
Boles
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Sargent Shriver
Kennedy Wirtz Will Speak At Convention
Washington delegates prepare for the 33rd annual American Newspaper Guild convention with speakers Sen Edward Kennedy Labor Secretary Wirtz and AFL CIO President Meany. More than 220 delegates are expected. the Guild represents about 35 000 editorial and commercial staff across newspapers magazines and wire services in the U S Canada and Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
W. Willard Wirtz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
American Newspaper Guild
United States
Canada
Puerto Rico
Speck identified as killer after Chicago nurse massacre
Dick Speck, sought in Dallas for burglary, lived on Chicago's South Side while seeking seafaring work. Detectives traced him through docks, flop houses, and a Shipyard Inn hangout, then matched FBI prints to Speck at his murder house. A nurse identified him, and a hospital doctor confirmed the tattoo, leading to his arrest and transfer to Bridewell amid a police cordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Park
Dick Speck
Chile
Speck
Chicago
New Orleans
Mariner’s
Shipyard Inn
Corazon Amarao
FBI
Washington
Geneva talks unlikely as Moscow quotes Viet Nam stance
Moscow Pravda says the Soviets oppose reopening Geneva as a Viet Nam peace parley site while U S armed forces stay in Vietnam. In Chicago, Homicide Cmdr Flanagan recalls his reaction to nurse killer Richard Speck being found, saying he grew tired and questioned why police were called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
U.S
Chicago
Francis Flanagan
Richard Speck
Secretary Rusk warns Hanoi on prisoners treatment
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned North Viet Nam against barbaric actions toward captured American fliers. He said any such move would mark a very serious development and noted the United States would press Hanoi to treat prisoners as the world expects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Nematoda Titled as World’s Most Destructive Pests
Nematoda destroy an estimated 10 percent of global food production making them the world's most damaging plant pests according to recent studies. The statement emphasizes their impact on crops and food security worldwide.
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Raleigh Empire Coal Company
Neil Reed
Reed
Ray Mullenax
Melvin Snyder
Richard L. Wiseman
Jarrell St
Temple St
Wiseman
Beckley Municipal Court
Johnstown Road
Alvin Pryor
Earl Adkins
W. A
Gene) Burke
Harry C. Sessions
Raleigh County
Raleigh
W. C. Lilly
Shady Spring
William Chewning
Hinton
W.A. Burke
Arnold C. Broyles
Soulsville
Joe Rodriguez
Joe Frank Barber
Eccles
Louis Gall
Trap Hill
Laddie M. Radford
Burke
Delvin D. Lilly
Charles C. Dodd, Jr
Richmond
Gemini
Skydiver
Welch Bound
Mrs
Norman Buckland
Ordie
J. West
Harry
Probation and Parole Board
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy, Wirtz
West Madison
Starr
B. Brian
Starr Hotel
Hunt
Leroy Smith
Cook County Hospital
Kathy O’connor
Bridewell
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