Candidates file expense report after reminder
Additional reports on candidates expenses in this year’s primary election have been filed in the county clerk’s office after publication of those who failed to comply with the statute. Democrats filing late include Sparacino, Herndon, Belcher, Belcher, Weeks, Short, Payne, and Reitz with various totals. Republicans include Stover and Jones with small sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Sparacino
Beckley
Carl “Ted’’ Herndon
Robert L. Belcher
Rhodell
Slab Fork
Mary F. Belcher
Tommy Weeks
Piney View
William Ezra Short
Dorothy
Clear Fork
E. M
Ned” Payne
House of Delegates
Ann M. Reitz
Republican Party
Hobart Alfred Stover
Clear Creek
Justice of the Peace
Carl W. Jones
Maxwell Hill
Riots and National Guard in New York City area
Riots continued with Molotov cocktails tossed from public housing and a nearby building. Fire Warning Shots and police rifle fire targeted attackers on rooftops as 1,200 to 1,300 National Guardsmen were mobilized by Governor Rockefeller. Additional incidents occurred in Brooklyn and Harlem with injuries and continued civil unrest. Elsewhere, desegregation court actions and a tear gas grenade incident were reported in Mississippi and Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rochester
Brooklyn
Bedford - Stuyvesant
New York City
Harlem
Birmingham
Ala
Gadsden Hutsville
Madison County
Bates
Miss
Panola County
Earl Hubbard
Britain backs early Laos peace talks amid shifting Cold War ties
British sources report a plan for a limited Laos conference to set conditions for a broader 1962 Geneva agreement revival. The move signals Britain and United States backing a Polish ICC lead plan with Russia, Laos factions, and ICC members India, Canada and Poland, as Moscow’s influence wanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Canada
India
Britain
Russia
International Control Commission
Butler
Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Karol Thaler
UPI
London
Pathet Laos
Laos
Moscow
China
United States
Geneva
ICC
Beagles Him and Her Storm White House Walk
President Johnson and his beagles Him and Her curious public walked the White House lawn with about 200 visitors. The dogs reacted hostilely to a Scottish terrier Mister Smith, sparking playful remarks from John Cochran and light banter from Mrs. Johnson and the President. Mister Smith growled, Him howled, and the First Lady praised Her for calm behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Johnsons
Mister Smith
John Cochran
Indiana
Cochran
Mrs. Johnson
Officers Stage Liquor Raids
Two area men were arrested after state police raided a private home and Jimmies Drive Inn in Rhodell. James Johnson, owner of Jimmies Drive Inn, faced charges including illegal sale of tax paid liquor and beer, and possession of liquor. Sixty two arrests were reported in other raid details including 22 drunk patrons. Botman, an 80 year old Sophia resident, was charged with illegal sale of tax paid liquor and possession of liquor and ordered to appear before Magistrate Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
Jimmie’s Drive Inn
Rhodell
Raleigh
Johnson
W. A
Gene) Burke
George Botman
Sophia
Botman
Burke
Traffic Fatalities Continue Climb in West Virginia
United Press International reports the West Virginia highway fatality toll rose to 246 for the year, with two more deaths on weekend roads. James L. Graver, 23, of Hancock Maryland, died in a crash near Martinsburg when his car hit a tractor trailer. Harriet Howell, 77, of Morgantown, perished when her car left Secondary 45 and plunged down an embankment. Friday mining accidents killed Aaron Edwards of Verdunville in a roof fall at Raleigh Eagle Coal Co. No. 2 mine in Ethel Logan County and Gary Bailey, 22, of Rock Mercer County, crushed to death at Ashland Mining Corp. near Ashland McDowell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
West Virginia
James L. Graver
Hancock
Martinsburg
Harriet Howell
Morgantown
Aaron Edwards
Verdunville
Raleigh Eagle Coal Co
Ethel
Logan County
Gary Bailey
Rock
Mercer County
Ashland Mining Corp
Ash‘land
McDowell County
Federal Court Session Opens in Beckley Remodel
The Southern District U S Court convenes in the remodeled Woodlawn and Neville building in Beckley for the first session. Pre trial conferences proceed today, Grand Jury meets tomorrow, dedication ceremonies Wednesday feature Sen Robert Byrd Rep John Slack and state Supreme Court justices including Frank Haymond Fred Caplan and Thornton Berry Jr Judge John A Field Jr will preside on the bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court For
Southern District
Federal
Beckley
Federal Court
Woodlawn Avenue
Neville Street
Robert C. Byrd
John M. Slack
State Supreme Court
Frank C. Haymond
Fred H. Caplan
Thornton G. Berry Jr
Southern District Court
John A. Field Jr
Piney View Man Admits Accident To State Police
Clyde Quesenberry of Conway was struck in the Fifth Wheel parking lot on Harper Road. Lee McDaniels of Piney View admitted the incident to state police but faces no charges because the mishap occurred on private property. Quesenberry sustained back injuries broken ribs a broken clavicle head injuries facial cuts and a puncture wound. condition listed as satisfactory at Appalachian Regional Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Quesenberry
Conway
Harper Road
Lee McDaniels
Piney View
McDaniels
McDaniel
Quesenberry
Appalachian Regional
Strengthening American Special Forces in Vietnam
A U S military spokesman said Vietnamese government forces killed 36 Viet Cong guerrillas in a major Phu Yen Province offensive near Tuy Hoa, with one capture. A white paper accuses Communist China of increasing aid, arms, and funds to South Vietnam, listing 75 mm recoilless guns, 90 mm anti-tank bazookas, and related arms with Chinese markings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iour
U. S
Republic of
Viet Nam
China
South
Peking
Bailey Pleads Guilty To Driving While Drunk
Jackie Bailey pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined $50 plus costs and ordered to serve a 24 hour mandatory jail sentence by Magistrate W A Burke. Bailey was arrested Saturday night on State Route 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Bailey
W. A
Gene) Burke
Deaths and Funerals: Almond, Johnson, Farmer notices
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie Belle Almond 64 of Fitzpatrick Road will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Hollywood Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Also listed are funeral services for Dewey Winfred Johnson 66 of Mount Hope at Tyree Funeral Home and incomplete arrangements for Mrs Nancy Myrtle Farmer 78 Red Star. Survivors and locations include Alabama and Maryland connections, with service details and timelines.
Mrs Mary Barela 75 Dies in MacArthur Home
Mrs Mary Barela 75 died at 9 05 p m Sunday at the residence of her son Richard Barela Jr MacArthur with whom she resided She was born in Spain and a member of St Francis de Sales Church Her husband Richard died in 1957 Surviving sons Henry Charlie both of New York City Sam Joe both of Beckley Manuel Los Angeles Sunday West Palm Beach Fla two daughters Mrs Nellie Burke Houston Tex Miss Mary Barela four grandchildren Private services and burial will be held at 9 am Tuesday The body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home with callers after 6 pm today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Barela
MacArthur
Richard Barela Jr
Spain
St. Francis de Sales Church
Richard
Henry
Charlie
New York City
Sam
Joe
Beckley
Manuel
Los Angeles
Calif
Sunday
West Palm Beach
Fla
Bragg Services Set for Taylor L. Bragg in Oak Hill
Taylor Lee Bragg 56 of Hilltop died of a heart attack at home. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. C. D. Walker. Burial Short Cemetery Prosperity. Born Harper December 11 1907 he was son of Delia Short Bragg and the late William G. Bragg. Survived by brother Nelson R. Bragg Mount Hope and sister Maude Wilson Baltimore. Friends may call after 11 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Lee Bragg
Hilltop
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. D. Walker
Short
Prosperity
Bragg
Harper
Delia ‘Short Bragg
William G. Bragg
Nelson Rk, Bragg
Mount Hope
Maude Wilson
Baltimore
Shannon II Funeral Arrangements for 21 Year Old Airman
Funeral arrangements are complete for Sp. 4 Bernard K. Shannon II, 21, killed by injuries from an automobile accident. He died Sunday at a Miami area hospital while stationed at Homestead Air Force Base. Born January 5, 1943 in Beckley, he was the son of Bernard K. and Ernestine Barnes Shannon. Surviving are sister Robin of Mullens and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Shannon and Mrs. Nan Barnes of Mullens. The body returns to Sam Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard K
Butch) Shannon II
Miami
Fla
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida
Beckley
Ernestine Barnes Shannon
Robin
R. B. Shannon
Nan Barnes
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
Rns
Services for Lisa Gay Toler Held at Sun Hill Church
Lisa Gay Toler seven month old daughter of Aaron and Coride Lee Toler of Clearfork died Sunday morning in a Welch hospital. Born December 11 1963 she is survived by three sisters Shirley Ann Drema Lee and Rachel Ann Toler at home, three half sisters Eunice Toler Cleveland Ohio Imogene Lissle Lorain Ohio and Alice Craft Simon, two half brothers Bobby Belton Chicago IL and Peter Lee Toler Lorain Ohio. Burial will be in Toler Cemetery with Rev Lloyd Ferguson and Rev Oley Toler in charge at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sun Hill Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa Gay Toler
Aaron
Coride Lee Toler
Clearfork
Sun Hill Methodist Church
Lloyd Ferguson
Oley Toler
Toler
Welch Hospital
Shirley Ann
Drema Lee
Rachel Ann Toler
Eunice Toler
Cleveland
Ohio
Imogene Lissle
Lorain
Alice Craft
Simon
Bobby Belton
Chicago
Peter Lee Toler
Bolen 86 Found Dead at Home in Rhodell
Joseph B Bolen 86 of Rhodell died at his home from natural causes. Born February 11 1878 in Killarney he was a son of Jackson and Emaline Bolen. Survived by four daughters Roxana Bailey Sadie Deweese Elizabeth Asbury Lena Sanders a brother Irvin Bolen and a sister Relda McKinney. Body at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Benjamin Bolen
Rhodell
Killarney
Jackson and
Emaline Lilly Bolen
Mary Elizabeth Blevins Bolen
Roxana Bailey
Maple Meadow
Sadie Deweese
Beckley
Elizabeth Asbury
Fireco
Lena Sanders
Bailey infant rites held in Brown Cemetery
Graveside services were conducted at 1 p.m. for Lotty Herman Bailey two month old son of Jason and Jean Workman Bailey in Brown Cemetery Cyclone. Born May 28 at Logan the infant died after a short illness. Survivors include grandparents Jay Bailey and Frank Workman both of Cyclone. Evans Funeral Home in Oceana handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotty Herman Bailey
Jason
Jean Workman Bailey
Brown Cemetery
Logan
Jay Bailey
Frank Workman
Cyclone
Evans
Oceana
Byrd cites social security impact on West Virginia economy
Senator Byrd argues that steady Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance payments support local commerce. He notes 242,436 West Virginians receive benefits totaling 14.63 million dollars monthly, with the largest state payment of 1.72 million going to Kanawha County as of December 31, 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Man Murders Wife Then Kills Himself Near Nolan
WILLIAMSON UP I A 26 year old furniture factory worker Clarence Bostic shot his wife Polly Elizabeth Brown Bostic 21 twice with a .38 pistol at her mother's home in Nolan seven miles north of here. He then killed himself and died minutes later in a local hospital. A witness reported the incident describing a murder death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
UPI
Clarence Bostic
Polly Elizabeth Brown Bostic
Bostic
Nolan
Here
Elijah Webb 82 Dies. Funeral Set at Rose and Quesenberry
Elijah Webb of Daniels died Sunday in a local hospital after a heart attack. Funeral services are 3 30 p m Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev L A Garten officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He was born Sept 23 1881 in North Carolina, a retired coal miner and Baptist. Survivors include wife Annie Campbell Webb, son Glenn, two daughters Edna Claytor and Hazel Richmond, a sister Rinda Overby, 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 1 p m Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Winfred Johnson
Mount Hope
Tyree
L. A. Garten
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Johnson
Beckley Hospital
New River Co
Skelton
Grandview
Winfred Lee
Daisy Bivens Johnson
Lorene Figgatt Johnson
Payne
Ohio
Beulah Lyons
Charleston
Sharon Ayers
Melvin
Durbin
Winfred L
MacArthur
Anita Capps
Baltimore
Elijah Webb
Daniels
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
North Carolina
Lee
Mary Palmer Webb
The
Baptist Church
Annie Campbell Webb
Glenn
Alvin
Edna) Claytor
Hobart
Hazel) Richmond
Rinda Overby
Salem
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
OAS Votes Sanction Cuba. Four Nations Oppose
The Organization of American States approved a resolution demanding Cuba sever diplomatic ties and halt trade with the island. Bolivia Chile Mexico and Uruguay were the only Latin American members to vote no, while others backed the embargo and a pledge to resist Castro's regime. The measure, voiced by Mann and echoed by Secretary Rusk, aims to unite the hemisphere against communist subversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mann
Castro
Johnson
Latin America
Dean Rusk
ABC
OAS
Cuba
Hemisphere
Rusk
Bolivia
Chile
Mexico
Uruguay
Free World
U.S
Ranger 7 Moon Probe Readies After Ranger 6 Failure
Ranger 7 undergoes extensive modifications to prevent known trouble spots though cause of Ranger 6 failure remains undetermined. JPL’s H M Schurmeier cites a probable short circuit from camera system accidentally turned on for 77 seconds during launch. The two remaining Rangers in the 262 million program are slated for launches in early 1965. Ranger 7 will begin snapping photos about 1,120 miles above the moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Schurmeier
Ranger
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Schurmeier
William Pickering
Body moved to federal lab after Skokie hospital exam
A girl's body was sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation laboratory in Washington for tests along with other fragmentary evidence. The body was taken to a Skokie hospital for examination and was later interred in a cemetery in suburban Des Plaines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory
Washington
Skokie Hospital
Subuurban Des Plaines
Leaders Ponder Ways To Police Senate Ethics
Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield called a conference of all Democratic senators to discuss legislation for the Senate to police itself on ethics and conflict of interest. He planned talks with Republican Leader Dirksen before the meeting as lawmakers consider a public disclosure of outside financial interests amid the Bobby Baker case and a new six member bipartisan special committee to investigate misconduct by senators and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Senate
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Rules Committee
Cooper
Special Committee
Cooper Committee
Baker
Johnson
Six Day California Fire Brought Under Control
In Cajon Pass of the San Bernardino National Forest, a six day fire burned over 17 000 acres of watershed and timber. Three dwellings 10 small outbuildings and utility and railroad lines were damaged or destroyed by a carelessly discarded cigarette. One major injury was reported Russell Wright of the Cleveland National Forest suffered burns over 30 percent of his body but remained in good condition at San Bernardino Hospital. At the peak over 1 200 firefighters and heavy equipment fought the blaze which was controlled Sunday morning threatening several small communities at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
St. Bernardino’s Hospital
Hoffa Case Highlights Honest Unionism and Sentences
The jury verdict affirms trust duties of union pension funds and praises prosecutors Bittman and Smith. Hoffa supporters vow appeals, aiming to delay jail. Earlier, a Chattanooga jury convicted him of jury tampering. he faces up to twenty years and a large fine on fraud if appeals fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
William Bittman
Charles Z. Smith
United States
Hoffa
Chattanooga
Tenn
Two Released From Raleigh County Jail
Keith Crews of Tommys Creek was discharged from Raleigh County Jail at 7:15 p m after serving time on a shoplifting charge tied to thefts at Pie Way Shoe Mart. Ernest Meadows of Beckley was released at 3:30 a m Sunday after posting bond to Magistrate Paul Epperly of Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Crews
Tommys Creek
Raleigh
Crews
Pie Way Shoe Mart
Ernest Meadows
Beckley
Paul Epperly
Beaver
Sammy Page Sets eel eating world record in 50 minutes
Sammy Page, 52, of South Ockendon England claimed a world record by eating 26 bowls of eels in 50 minutes. The prior record stood at 25 bowls in an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ockendon
England
UPI
Sammy Page
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dodge Boys
Dodge
Duncan-Catron Motor Company, Inc
Prince Street
Bailey
Jennie Almond
Jennie Belle Almond
Fitzpatrick Road
Hollywood Baptist Church
S. D. Smith
Sunset Memorial Park
Almond
Etta Sheets
Abney
William Sheets
Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church
Levi
Bill
L. G
Teddy
Blacksburg
Fred
Robert
Bremerton
Wash
Don
5. C
Michael
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Paul
Margaret) Jenkins
Bluefield
Carol) Bailey
Peggy Jo Almond
S. C
W. L. Martin
Whitby
Curtis Blevins
Denny Farley
Dunbar
Nora Thompson
Staten Island
N. Y
Herbert Sheets
Dayton
Keyser- Bryant Funeral
Naman Toler
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Dewey W. Johnson
Mrs
Nancy Farmer
Nancy Myrtle Farmer
Red Star
John Wesley Lesher
Roane County
John, Henry
Elizabeth Nicholas
William A
Henry D
Stella Rakes
Sun
Alma Whitecotton
Leona Throckmorton
Roanoke
Georgia Brock
Scarbro
Della
Beatrice Paddy
Edgewater
Bernard Shannon II
Orm
Oe Fire
Sli! Aex A
Palichion, Power Company
Iinvestor-Owned
Joseph B. Bolen
Scotty Bailey
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!