Kennedy hints at new nuclear tests if security threatened
President Kennedy said the United States would be reluctant to conduct another nuclear test series unless forced by security threats or new Soviet tests. He spoke during a televised news conference to Europe via Telstar, addressing Berlin, the arms race, the balance of payments, taxes, and his legislative program. He emphasized that a new test would be avoided if possible and outlined positions on Berlin, Rusk in Geneva, and electoral stakes in November.
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Alvin Spivak
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
United States
Berlin
Europe
Telstar
Russia
Congress
U.S
Dean Rusk
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
County Court Discusses Voting Precinct Changes
Raleigh County Court Commissioners met to discuss five voting precinct changes affecting magisterial district boundaries in three cases. Proposals include merging Royal with Terry, Sullivan precincts, moving Fitzpatrick from Shady Spring to Town, and combining Affinity with Pemberton plus Farley Hill and Winding Gulf. Constable Frazier Treadway resigned. M. P. Morris appointed to fill vacancy. Elizabeth Ann Stacey named notary public.
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Raleigh County Court Commissioners
Royal
Terry
Woods’ Store
Shady Spring
Town
Sullivan
Fitzpatrick
MacArthur
Affinity
Pemberton
Afinity
Farley Hill
Winding Gulf
John C. Ward
A. J. Lilly
H. G. Farmer
Egeria
Odd
Frazier Treadway
Clear Fork
M. P. Morris
Elizabeth Ann Stacey
Beckley
Suit Seeks Judgment In Duncan Shooting
A $20 000 suit filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeks judgment for the fatal May 27 1961 shooting of Freddie Duncan in MacArthur. Plaintiff Paul ine Duncan accuses Robert Bare and Opal Bare of MacArthur with aiding and abetting in the shooting. Bare was convicted of voluntary manslaughter Oct 25 1961 and a new bond set at 7500. Also named are numerous defendants in a separate deed compliance suit demanding lifelong care for Mrs G A Cooper related property on Tommies Creek Slab Fork District with terms of a 1908 deed and 1957 transfer to Stella Pearl Cooper Cole. The complaint seeks $75 weekly for a home nurse and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Duncan
MacArthur
Raleigh
Freddie Duncan
Robert
Opal Bare
Bare
Duncan
Opal
Mrs. Cooper
Sayre
Mrs. Cole
James H. Cole
Odd
B. W. Lilly
Rhodell
Iris Marie Walker
Arthur Perdue
Wanda Jean Walker
Clyde Adams
Epperly
Nora Lee Walker
Carlton Perdue
Midway
Robert Reedy
Gracie Cooper Shrewsbury
Princeton
Cora Macil Cooper
W. Bryan Wood
John Lioyd
Frances Cooper
Adney Earl
Myra Cooper
Shay Spring
Girl 10 to be released after Sprague bicycle crash
Mary Ellen Shannon, 10, of Sprague, was struck by a moving truck at about 12:05 p.m. Sunday while bicycling north on the berm near the Hey-U Club. She is the daughter of Mrs. Pearl Shannon and is being released today from Beckley Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Shannon
Sprague
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Berm
Hey-U Club
Pearl Shannon
Sask Doctors Strike Settled in Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Canada. A compromise between the Saskatchewan government and striking doctors ends a two day walkout that halted routine medical services for about one million residents. The deal loosens some objections to the prepaid medical care plan while keeping the act on the books. Private health insurance may participate, allowing direct premiums to insurers with government reimbursement. House to amend the medical care act will be called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Sam Landa
Medical Care Insurance Commission
Woodrow S. Lloyd
H.D. Dalgleish
Lloyd’s
Lloyd
Wreck Damages Hilltop Vehicles. No Injuries
A three vehicle rear end collision at Hilltop this morning caused only slight damages with no injuries. Deputy Sheriff Pete Withrow said the crash happened at 10 am when one car stopped and two others struck it from behind between Top Hat Drive In and the H and M Market, with one vehicle being a Department of Mines truck.
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Hilltop
RNS
Pete Withrow
Top Hat
Department of Mines
Final Rites for Thomas Boone in Pineville Ky
Death notices profile Thomas Boone 77 once a Fayetteville bookkeeper dying after six months illness from a stroke. Service in Lewisburg Wallace and Wallace with Masonic graveside rites at End of the Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. Survivors include three sons and two sisters. Burial in Mercer County.
Final rites for Jesse Walter Flint held in Russellville
Jesse Walter Flint, 56, of Russellville, died at home Sunday evening from a heart attack. He was a coal miner and Cemetery Hill Methodist Church member. Born November 20, 1905 in Fayette County, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mary Huffman Wallace. Burial will be in Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville. Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle is in charge of arrangements.
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Jesse Walter Flint
Russellville
Cemetery Hill Methodist Church
Wesley Pennington
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Flint
Stella Hern
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Thomas and
Mary Huffman Wallace
Obituary of Dupy P. Ferguson of Skelton
Dupy P. Ferguson, 69, of Skelton died early this morning in a local hospital after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
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Dupy P. Ferguson
Skelton
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
William H. Jackson Funeral Rites Set in Thurmond
William H. Jackson 68 of Thurmond dies after short illness in local hospital. Born September 1 1893 in Louisa County Virginia he was a Mond resident and member. Survived by Susie Jackson two sons Thomas Virginia and Robert at home five daughters Susie Flynn Beckley Marie Loretta Kay and Karen all at home. Funeral at First Baptist Church Thurmond Thursday at 1 p.m. with Rev A L Simms Meadow Haven Memorial Gardens. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlour until hour before services at church.
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Vinson
Sebert
Burl
Spanishbury
Arminta Shrewsbury
Oak Hill
T. A. Honaker
Mercer County
Hill Top Missionary Baptist Church
Dott
John and
Elizabeth Basham Shrewsbury
Margaret Frances Godfrey Shrewsbury
Funeral Home
RNS
James H. Hairston
Page
First ‘Baptist Church
Greenstown
Henry Robinson
Meadow Haven Memorial Gardens
Martinsville
First Baptist Church of
Sallie Hairston
Robert
Mary L. Wilson
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
William H.jackson
Thurmond
First Baptist Church
Susie Flynn
Beckley
Marie
Loretta
Kay
Karen
Funeral services for Eunis Cales in Hinton
Eunis Carl Gum Cales 59 of 202 Pleasant St Hinton died in a Clifton Forge Virginia hospital after a two year illness. He was a retired barber and 24 year fireman for Chesapeake and Ohio. He belonged to Hinton Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge. Burial at Greenbrier Burial Park with Masonic pallbearers.
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Eunis Carl
Gum) Cales
Pleasant St
Hinton
I. E. Cregar
Greenbrier
Cales
Clifton Forge
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
George P. Shrewsbury Funeral Set in Princeton
Funeral services for 84 year old George P. Shrewsbury of Matoaka will be held at the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel in Princeton with the Rev. Ivan Meadows presiding. Burial will follow in Shrewsbury Cemetery at Dott. Shrewsbury died at 10 30 a m Monday in a Bluefield hospital after-
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George P. Shrewsbury
Matoaka
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Ivan Meadows
Shrewsbury
Dott
Bluefield
Mrs. Ola Shawver Rites Held in Fayetteville Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Ola Shawver 68 of Lansing were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel in Fayetteville with Rev. Charles S. Thompson officiating. Burial followed at Montgomery Memorial Park Low. She died Monday in a Fayetteville nursing home after a long illness born February 16 1900s Edmond daughter of Ealy and Ellen Blizzard Gill. A retired Fayette County teacher she is survived by a foster son Joseph C. Kirby of Norfolk Virginia, one brother Eldridge Gill of Ansted and two sisters Nan and Maye Gill of Lansing.
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Ola Shawver
Lansing
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Charles S. Thompson
Montey, Memorial Park
Lowe
Shawver
Edmond
Ealy
Ellen Blizzard Gill
Fayette County
Joseph C. Kirby
Norfolk, Va
Eldredge Gill
Ansted
Nan
Maye Gill
Miner Beckelhimer Electrocuted in Slab Fork Mine No. 8
Woodrow Wilson Beckelhimer 43 of MacArthur died Monday after an electr ic accident at Slab Fork Mine No 8 at about 1 15 pm. He was reportedly operating a roof bolter when the fatal mishap occurred. His body was found immediately and mine inspectors pursue the cause. This is the mine’s second death this year. He worked at Slab Fork 11 years and leaves a large family including his wife Billie, three children Kathy Jewell and Woodrow Jr and seven sisters and three brothers. Funeral arrangements at Caffee Funeral Home pending.
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Funcal
Woodrow Wilson Beckelhimer
MacArthur
Slab Fork
Beckelhimer
William Beckelhimer
Pemberton
Billie Childers Beckelhimer
Kathy
Jewell
Woodrow Jr
Basil
Tennessee
Jack
New Castle
Del
Paul
Louisiana
Edna Ramsey
Dora Keith
Mildred West
Lara Smith
Charleston
Joann Swingle
Jackson
Ohio
Pauline Mentz
Florida
Juanita Polk
Arizona
Caffee Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Stella B Cook in Jesse
Mrs Stella B Cook aged 71 of West Hamlin and formerly Jesse will be laid to rest at 2 PM Thursday at Guyan Dotte Baptist Church Jesse with Rev Ted Cook and Rev Harry Stevens in charge. She died Monday at a daughter’s home Luther Sloan West Hamlin. Born August 3 1891 at Oceana she was daughter of the late Joseph Barber and Martha Walker Barber. Survived by four sons Sefton Deer Lodge Mont Farley Jesse Callie W Jessup Md Eugene Pineville a brother Frank Barber and a sister Mrs Lockie Cook Matheny. 29
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Stella B. Cook
West Hamlin
Jesse
Guyandotte Baptist Church
Ted Cook
Tazewell
Harry Stevens
Pineville
Cook Cemetery
Cook
Luther Sloan
Oceana
Joseph Barber
Martha Walker Barber
Sefton
Deer Lodge
Mont
Farley
Callie W
Jessup
Eugene
Frank Barber
Lockie Cook
Matheny
Telecast recaps 18 nation space disarmament event
Telstar relay to Paris Brittany and New York followed Europe’s first 18 minute broadcast showing Americana across New York United Nations Kennedy press conference Niagara Falls Chicago Stratford Ont Mount Rushmore to San Francisco Then three hours later Europe showcased its landmarks Big Ben Arctic Circle Lapland Champs Elysee Arc de Triomphe Westminster Parliament Parliament London Yugoslavia Vatican Sistine Chapel Magna Carta Louvre Winged Victory and more
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Paris
Brittany
New York
Geneva
Ocean
Americana
North American
United Nations
Kennedy
Washington
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Stratford
Ont
Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
Western Plains
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
Europe
London
Arctic Circle
Lapland
Marlos Skaltje
Champs Elysee
Arc de Triomphe
Houses of Parliament
Westminister Bridge
Thames
Yugoslavia
National Museum
Miroslav
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
British Museum
Louvre
Samothrace
Brown hanged at Iowa State Penitentiary using special rope
Brown described as very penit ent resigned to his fate was hanged with a $28 50 double noosed rope inside Iowa State Penitentiary He was the 35th execution in Iowa and the 28th at the penitentiary. His body was given to Mary Lou Brown widow of Bedford Ind for funeral as Sheriff Roy D Wichael the official executioner pulled the lever though he opposed capital punishment.
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Brown
Iowa State Penitentiary
Iowa
Mary Lou Brown
Bedford
Ind
Pottawattamie
Roy D. Wichael
Wichael
Youngster Released After Beckley Hospital Stay
Lowell Thomas age 12 of 107 Frontier Street was discharged from Beckley Hospital Monday after a bicycle accident at the Mabscott underpass Saturday night. He suffered head and neck cuts and a dislocated left shoulder.
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Lowell Thomas
Frontier St
Beckley Hospital
Mabscott
Thomas
Hail Storm Ravages Beckley Area and Surrounding Towns
A severe hail storm caused extensive damage across Beckley and nearby towns. Glass dealers and insurance adjusters report heavy demand for repairs while many businesses and homes suffer broken windows and roof leaks. Power and telecommunications crews worked through the night to restore service as streets faced debris and rising water.
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First Christian Church
Fisher
Webb
Harper Road
Crescent Road
Alex Breckenridge
Beckley Glass Co., Inc
Grandview State Park
Beckley
D. E. Warden
Warden
R &T
State Road Commission
Spruce Mountain
Bill Daniels
Harper
Daniels
Buick
Raleigh County Health Center
W. C. McMahon
Appalachian Power Co
Valley Drive
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone .Co
Crab Orchard
Glen Daniel
Fred K. Filler
Huntington
Logan
Princeton-Bluefield
U. S. Weather Bureau
Charleston
Williamson
Welch
Oak Hill
Virginia
Lebanon
Frederick
Loudoun
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Randolph cites technicality on WV medicare funding defeat
Randolph argued the West Virginia welfare amendment was needed to resolve intra HEW legal disputes over the public works plan linked to federal aid to dependent children. He said the plan, approved in 1961, was later deemed illegal by auditors, prompting a retroactive amendment cleared through the Senate Finance Committee.
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West Virginia
Randolph
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Pearson
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Bernard Smith
Wilbur Cohen
Robert M. Hall
Kerr
Abraham Ribicoff
Morgantown
W. Va
Senate
Stabbing at Eccles Leaves Man in Hospital
Cook Improved Kampton Kernie Cook of Garfield N J is in improved condition at Beckley Hospital after a late Saturday stab wound to the chest from a tavern brawl at Eccles. Larry Gene Bradley Paris Junior Bailey and Benjamin Bailey, all of Eccles or Glen Rogers, face felonious assault and conspiracy charges. bonds set at 500 each. Benjamin Bailey later held on charge in Wyoming County for resisting arrest and a past incident of breaking guard and disorderly conduct. Police say the four drank at the Blue Room before the fight that led to the knifing.
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Kampton Kernie Cook
Garfield
N. J
Beckley Hospital
Oceana
Eccles
Larry Gene Bradley
Paris Junior Bailey
Benjamin Bailey
Glen Rogers
Joe Rodriguez
Wyoming
Beckley
Cook
Man Electrocuted While Investigating Car Crash
Hubert L. Crites, 48, of Barbour County, died after touching downed high-tension wires while investigating a Sunday automobile accident near his farm. The car occupants were not seriously hurt. Claude Worley, principal of Marsh Fork High, is listed in fair condition after surgery at Raleigh General Hospital.
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Worley
Raleigh General Hospital
Claude Worley
Marsh Fork High School
Wilson Jailed on AWOL Charge
James K. Wilson of Camp Creek was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 10 50 p m Monday by a deputy sheriff on a charge of being absent without leave from the armed services.
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Wilson
James K. Wilson
Camp Creek
Raleigh
Armed Services
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