Democratic Delegates Named For Convention
Raleigh County Democratic officials announce delegates for the August 8 state convention in Huntington to set a platform for November. Slab Fork elected 20 delegates led by Dr. T. G. McConnell and Ben Williams, plus several party members. Trap Hill chose eight delegates. Marsh Fork and Richmond District each named single or small slates. Local districts include Shady Spring and Clear Fork, with some lists pending.
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Democratic Party
Raleigh
Okey A. Mills
Huntington
Shady Spring
Mills
Clear Fork
Slab Fork
T. G. McConnell
H. C. McKinney
Ben Williams
Nancy Booth
Sam White
Pete Prince
Don Farley
W. W. Withrow
Edward J. Shafer
Margaret Burdiss
Charles T. Burdiss
J. Marion Cook
Bess Cole
John Brakefield
Robert Belcher
Victor Augustine
S. L. Wolfe
Nathaniel Payne
Alex Fralin
Robert Porter
Trap Hill
H. J. Oram
Wilbur Wright
Thomas Worley
Nettie Covey
Hubert Lawson
Louis A. Gall
Anna Egich
Margaret Covey
Marsh Fork
Robert Worley
Don Jarrell
Don
Daisy) Jarrell
Edgar Jarrell
Richmond
Kessler Plumley
Harlem Riots Escalate In Violent Weekend Clashs
Harlem faced a two night riot with 12 police among dozens injured and more than 100 arrests. One teen was shot in the abdomen during a burglary attempt and a 13 year old girl was hit by a stray bullet while on a fire escape. Emergency police duty extended citywide as CORE leader James Farmer urged federal help.
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Harlem
East Harlem
New York
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Wyoming
National Guard
Johnson
123Rd Street
Five Die In West Virginia Weekend Traffic Toll Rises
Five people died in West Virginia traffic accidents over the weekend, raising the 1964 highway fatality toll to 244. Causes included a single car rollover on W Va 4 near Gassa way, a high speed loss of control on W Va 20 near Quinwood, a car truck collision on W Va 17 near St Albans, and a Friday night wreck on W Va 61 near Oak Hill. Names include Charles R Moyers 20 Wilsie Braxton County Stockton H Franklin 45 Rainelle Greenbrier County Willard Casey 21 Apple Grove Mason Putnam counties and Mrs Jack Tilley 25 Fayette County.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Charles R. Moyers
Wilsie
Braxton County
W. Va. 4
Gassaway
Moyers
Stockton H. Franklin
Rainelle
Greenbrier County
W. Va
Nicholas County
Quinwood
Willard Casey
Apple Grove
Mason County
Putnam County
St. Albans
Kanawha County
Casey
John D. Coleman
Greensboro
N. C
Jack Tilley
Page Fayette County
Oak Hill
Smith Defends Goldwater At Republican Women’s Club Meet
Sen. Smith told about 4000 at a GOP women’s clubs convention that foreign policy cannot wait for elections. She rebutted Democratic charges that Goldwater is impulsive, saying hesitancy harms clear objectives and naming Communist aggression as a broader threat. She delivered the keynote at the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs convention endorsing her presidential bid.
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Sen. Smith
Goldwater
United States
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
GOP
Driving Across the Country With a 24-Year-Old Boy
A humorous column recounts a summer road trip of about 4,000 miles with a 24-year-old boy in the car. The writer notes torment from frequent seat changes, near-misses to the head, and the absurdity of highway misadventures. The piece intertwines travel trials with comic observations on gas, bathroom needs, and shoe-throwing on freeways.
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Washington
UPI
Medulla Oblongata
Woman Released After Bus Disturbance In Raleigh County
A Pittsburg woman traveling from Florida to Pittsburg by bus via Beckley was jailed in Raleigh County at 4 30 a m Sunday by order of Prosecutor Anthony Sparacino after a reported disturbance on the bus. She was released to relatives at 2 40 p m Sunday following their arrival after the jail call.
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Pittsburg
Florida
Beckley
Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
Woman Stricken at Main Street Store Miss Upchurch Faints
Beckley fire squad rushed to 103 Main Street at 8 55 a m today to aid Mary Upchurch 22 of Coal City who fainted while standing before the Piece Goods Shop. She was taken to Raleigh General Hospital by local ambulance and released after treatment.
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Beckley
Harris Is Jailed for Trespass and Auto Tampering
Raymond Hargis of Fireco was booked in Raleigh County Jail at 12 20 a m on trespassing and tampering with an auto. Glen Riley of Glen White faced reckless driving and was lodged at 10 20 p m Sunday. Robert Allen Linkous, 19, of Beckley was cited for improper temporary registration at 1 15 a m Sunday and must appear in Beckley Police Court on July 27.
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Raymond Hargis
Fireco
Raleigh
Glen Riley
Glen White
Robert Allen Linkous
Beckley
Linkous
Deaths and Funerals for John Lee Gray
Funeral services for John Lee Gray of Akron Ohio formerly of Sophia will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel Sophia with Rev Dewey Wilson officiating He will be buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Gray died at his Akron home at 701 a.m. Sunday Survivors include his mother Mrs Lucy Gray Akron six brothers Richard Jack Dave Carl and Don all of Akron Sam of Cleveland four sisters Mrs Virginia Ballard Columbus Ohio Mrs Eva Hyatt Miss Francis Gray and Mrs Ruby Blevins all of Akron Ohio The body is at Williams Funeral Home with calling after 5 p.m. Tuesday Cranberry Two sisters Mrs Elex McMichael and Mrs Hugh Murray both of Scotland one brother James Sharp Scotland three grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services will be conducted at the Presbyterian Church in Beckley at 2 p.m. Wednesday Rev Ray Hansom officiating Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens The body will remain at Webb and Neal Funeral Home with calling after 1 p.m. Tuesday
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John Lee Gray
Akron
Ohio
Sophia
Williams Funeral Home
Dewey Wilson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Gray
Lucy Gray
Richard
Jack
Dave
Carl
Don
Sam
Cleveland
Virginia Ballard
Columbus
Eva Hyatt
Francis Gray
Ruby Blevins
Ingram Services Held in Mullens and Crewe Churches
Thomas H. Ingram 74 of Mullens received funeral rites at noon at First Baptist Church Mullens with Rev. William R. Nelson and later at 1 p.m. at St. Mark's Methodist Church Crewe Va with Rev. A W Rice. Burial was in church cemetery. Burial in Pontiac Cemetery to follow. John Rufus Viar 50 of Fayetteville had services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Second Baptist Church Fayetteville with Rev. Carl Dorcas. Burial at Pierce Cemetery Fayetteville. Dodd-Payne Funeral Home carried arrangements.
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Thomas Harvey Ingram
Mullens
First Baptist Church
William R. Nelson
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Crewe
A. W. Rice
Ingram
Mullens Hospital
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
John Rufus Viar
Fayetteville
Second Baptist Church
Carl Dorcas
Pierce
Dodd-Payne Funeral
Funeral arrangements for Everett L McCarty 67 Crawley
Everett L McCarty of Crawley 67 died Sunday at home at 4 p.m. from cancer. Survived by brother Clyde McCarty of Minden. A calendar salesman born in Links Grove to John and Dora Kessinger McCarty. Body at Nickell Funeral Home East Rainelle.
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Everett Leslie McCarty
Crawley
Clyde McCarty
Minden
Links Grove
John and
Dora Kessinger McCarty
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Final rites for Robert Hamilton Gordon 84 Oak Hill
Robert Hamilton Gordon 84 of Oak Hill will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Randolph Johnson presiding. Burial follows at Mount Moriah Cemetery Philadelphia. Additional rites set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Oliver J Barr Funeral Home Philadelphia. He was a retired Pennsylvania Railroad Depot foreman and a former Philadelphia resident. Surviving: three sons Robert D Camdem N J Alexander B Philadelphia Andrew C Hawthorne N J a daughter Mrs Jack Burdette Oak Hill and stepson Albert Renshaw Philadelphia.
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Robert Hamilton Gordon
Oak Hill
Tyree
Randolph Johnson
Mount Moriah
Philadelphia
Oliver J. Barr
Pennsylvania Railroad
First Presbyterian Church
Robert
Rebecca Jane Hamilton Gordon
Robert D
Camden
N. J
Alexander B
Andrew C
Hawthorne
Jack
Margaret) Burdette
Albert Renshaw
Johnson rites set for 82 year old Scarbro man
Edward Johnson 82 of Scarbro will be laid to rest at 3:30 p.m. today in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Ernest Barley officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Johnson died Wednesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness.
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Edward Johnson
Scarbro
Tyree
Oak Hill
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Johnson
Beckley
Margaret Large Dies in New York City at Age 7
Margaret Large seven year old girl formerly of Ansted died Saturday afternoon in a New York hospital. The body is being returned to the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home for completion of funeral arrangements.
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Margaret Large
New York City
Ansted
New York
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Mrs Odessa Boyd Dies After Long Illness in McAlpin
Mrs Odessa Boyd 52 of McAlpin died at 2 40 am in a local hospital after an extended illness born April 17 1912 in Alabama She was a member of St Paul AME Church Survivors include husband Richard Boyd four sons Samuel Luther Wayne all of New Orleans James L with the U S Air Force three daughters Shirley Holland Hawaii Joan Boyd and Drema Bonita Boyd both at home and 16 grandchildren The body is at the Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Odessa Boyd
McAlphin
Alabama
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
Richard Boyd
Samuel
Luther
Wayne
New Orleans
James L
U. S. Air Force
Shirley Holland
Mrs Jessie Mitchell Dies After Prolonged Illness
Jessie Mitchell aged 75 of Piney Avenue died at 8:30 p m Sunday in a local nursing home after an extended illness. Born November 15 1888 in Sterling shire Scotland she moved to Raleigh County from Scotland in 1921 and lived in Cranberry until her husband William Mitchell died in 1958. She was a member of Beckley Presbyterian Church. Survivors include daughter Mrs Catherine Smith and son John Mitchell.
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Jessie S. Mitchell
Piney Avenue
Sterlingshire
Scotland
David and
Kate Johnstone Sharp
Raleigh County
Cranberry
William Mitchell
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Catherine Smith
John Mitchell
Blanche Robinson services for Mrs Blanche Ann Carlisle Robinson
Blanche Ann Carlisle Robinson 72 of Huntington and formerly of East Rainelle died Sunday in a Ronceverte hospital after a brief illness. Funeral 2 30 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church East Rainelle with Rev Henry O Loving. Burial End of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville. Survived by a son Basil Shady Spring. Born Hollywood Jan 30 1892, daughter of Christopher and Harriet Ripley Carlisle. Widower William W Robinson preceded her Aug 25 1950. Nickell Funeral Home East Rainelle in charge.
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Blanche Ann Carlisle Robinson
Huntington
East Rainelle
First Baptist Church
Henry O. Loving
Trail Cemetery
Clintonville
Christopher
Harriet Dean Ripley Carlisle
William W. Robinson
Nickell
Obituary of Napolean Hendrix Pontiac Carpenter and WWI veteran
Napolean Hendrix of Pontiac Michigan born Pine Knob died in a Dearborne Michigan hospital July 19 after an extended illness. Retired carpenter and World War I veteran he was a Baptist Church member. Survived by son Guy Hendrix Cleveland Ohio daughter Dorothy Ross Sunnymeade California brother Grady Hendrix Pontiac. Funeral held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at DeWitt C Davis Funeral Home Chapel Pontiac. Burial.
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Napolean (Poley) Hendrix
Pontiac
Mich
Sundial
Dearborne
Pine Knob
Baptist Church
Guy Hendrix
Cleveland
Ohio
Dorothy Ross
Sunny Meade
Calif
Grady Hendrix
DeWitt C. Davis
Congress Debates Johnson Poverty Aid and Social Security Rise
Congress considers Johnson’s 962 million war on poverty plan to revitalize Appalachia and a 5 percent Social Security increase. Goldwater and a Senate Labor Committee GOP minority expected to issue a critical report calling the program a stopgap. Senate action looms on a five year coffee price stabilization pact with mixed support.
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House
Johnson
Appalachian
Senate
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Senate Labor Committee
United States
Wallace calls for unity behind Goldwater at convention
Wallace urged southern conservatives to unite behind Goldwater and told reporters he would have information to share after the convention. He promised to speak again with the press once he has details to disclose.
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Goldwater
Wallace
Final rites held for Ira W. Dilley in Kenneth Square
Ira W. Dilley 65 of Kaplin Pennsylvania formerly Oak Hill died after a long illness in a Westchester hospital. Final rites were conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Worrell Funeral Home Kenneth Square. Burial followed at Longwood Cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs Elvery Roberts and brothers George and Earl all of Oak Hill.
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Ira W. Dilley
Kaplin
Oak Hill
Worrell
Kenneth Square
Longwood
Dilley
Westchester
Elvery Roberts
George and
Earl
Mrs Cortez Britt Dies In Chicago After Illness
Mrs Cortez Britt of Red Star Chicago Illinois died Sunday afternoon in a local hospital after an extended illness. She was a retired school teacher. Survived by sister Mrs M E Davis Red Star and brother Leon C James Chicago. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
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Cortez Britt
Chicago
Ill
Red Star
M. E. Davis
Leon C. James
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
State Police Nab Dragsters At Midnight Chase
Beckley police arrested three persons after drag racing on U S 1921 by pass near Skelton. Franklin Shirkey and Gary Walker drove 1964 high powered cars over 125 mph while Roger McGruffin served as flagman. All were arraigned and released on $108 bond each. McGruffin charged as accessory before the fact.
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Beckley State
U.S
U. S
W. Va
Skelton
Rural Acres Drive
W. A. Burke
Franklin A. Shirkey
Prosperity
Gary Walker
Beckley
Roger Lee McGruffin
FMC Accord Stalled Again
Charleston UPI reports a mass meeting to ratify a new contract for about 2000 FMC Corporation strikers was canceled after a union spokesman cited a snag in negotiations. Negotiations with federal mediators FMC officials and the UAW continue today, amid lingering issues despite Governor Barron noting a tentative agreement earlier.
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Charleston
UPI
FMC Corporation
Robert Bateman
United Auto Workers Union
FMC
UAW
W. W. Barron
South Charleston
Barron
Bateman
Steel Official Dies in Wheeling at 83
WHEELING Ohio Valley General Hospital reported the death Sunday evening of W Ackermann former vice president of Wheeling Steel Corp He was 83 and a noted steel industry authority who had served on multiple committees and boards At death he sat on the board of directors of Pipe Coupling Manufacturers Inc
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Wheeling
UPI
Ackermann
Wheeling Steel Corp
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Pipe Coupling Manufacturers Inc
Derailment in East Berlin Kills Three
Three passengers were killed and six injured when an East German passenger train derailed in East Berlin, according to ADN. The Sunday accident was reported by UPI.
Eckler resigns as Beckley Hotel manager
H M Mike Eckler resigns as resident manager of the Beckley Hotel effective August 1 after serving since April 1963. He plans to join a local business firm and focus on preparations for the Home and Sport Show for the Jaycees. Eckler previously ran an art studio and silk screen promotion business in Beckley and led the West Virginia Restaurant Association convention in 1963.
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H. M
Mike’’ Eckler
Beckley
Eckler
Jaycees
West Virginia Restaurant Association
Chamber of Commerce
The
Crime Increases Across West Virginia in 1963
Washington reports West Virginia crime rose about 9.5 percent in 1963, with 8,422 major offenses nationwide up 9 percent. Murders around 95 cases, car thefts at 1,316, burglaries 4,023, grand larceny 2,051, rape 74, armed robberies 260. Regional figures show Charleston and Kanawha County led in slayings, Huntington 11, Weirton five, Wheeling four.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Mountain State
West
Huntington
Weirton
Wheeling
Pistol Permit Granted to Caretta Myles in West Virginia
A West Virginia license to carry a revolver and other weapons was granted to Caretta Myles in a Raleigh County Circuit Court order signed by Judge Norman Knapp. The docket also includes five divorces, one annulment, seven dismissals, one default judgment, and a case transfer to Fayette County. Divorces granted include Betty Lou Sims, Joyce Ann James, Burbage Collins, Frances Lilly, and Virginia Mae Brown, with custody awards as stated. The Dickerson marriage was annulled and Workman restored. Several civil actions were dismissed, and the state obtained a $1,025.19 default judgment against Crysel Construction Corp. and others. Cecil Stewart ordered to recover $2,000 from taxi firms, and a separate case transferred due to Fayette County origin.
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West Virginia
Caretta Myles
Raleigh County
Crcuit Court
Norman Knapp
Fayette County Circuit Court
Betty Lou Simms
John Roe Simms
Joyce Ann James
Henry Junior James
Burbage Collins
Delories
Jean Thompson Collins
Frances Lilly
D. Dale Lilly
Virginia Mae Brown
Clarence Brown
Irene Judith Dickerson
Lowell Edwin Dickerson
Workman
Herbert C. Lambert
Trula Blaylock
Clay Blaylock
Jerry Brooks
Bays Buick Inc
Clarence Cash
Granville Farley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Mildred
Bus Car Crash Kills 32 Near Buenos Aires
A bus and an automobile collided about 100 miles south of Buenos Aires killing 32 people who were burned to death. Police reported the crash and it was not immediately known if any foreigners were among the victims.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Here
Jail Escapee Arrested After Raleigh County Breakout
Raleigh County Deputy Jack Thomas and Parole Officer Robert Dean traveled to Washington to retrieve Frank Cox, a jailed parole violation suspect. Cox escaped June 29 with five others using a blanket rope. another inmate remained at large. Lee Mitchell of Lenoir County also escaped earlier via a kitchen window and water hose. Mitchell had 30 days left at arrest.
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Raleigh
Jack Thomas
Robert Dean
Beckley
Washington
Raleigh County
Frank Cox
Bolt
Dean Howen
FBI
Cox
Lee Mitchell
Lenoir
North Carolina
Mitchell
Official Dies At White Sulphur Springs
North Carolina agriculture commissioner and former lieutenant governor Ballentine died Sunday night from a heart ailment while recovering from a mild heart attack. A World War II veteran and Wake Forest graduate, Ballentine served in the state senate and supported agricultural legislation. Gov. Sanford ordered flags at half staff. Ballentine had been elected lieutenant governor in 1944 and later reelected agriculture commissioner in 1952 1956 and 1960.
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UPS
L. Y
Ballentine
North Carolina
Wake Forest College
General Assembly
Raleigh
Terry Sanford
Sanford
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