Humble new coadjutor appointed for West Virginia diocese
Bishop Joseph J. Hodges 49 was named by Pope John to assist Archbishop John J. Swint in Wheeling West Virginia. Born Harpers Ferry and raised in Martinsburg he is noted for humility and flexibility from trailer preaching to pulpit. He enjoys swimming and a 6000 volume library.
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West Virginia
Joseph J. Hodges
John
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Richmond
Holy Father
Hodges
John J. Swint
W. Va
St. Joseph’s High School
St. Charles College
Catonville
Rome
American College
Sacred Heart Church
Danville
St. Andrews Church
Roanoke
Joseph H. Hodges
John XXIII
John Swint
Wheeling
W.va
Cancer Crusade Total Reaches $4,181
The Raleigh County Cancer Crusade has collected $4,181 to date in the 1961 fund drive. Chairman Isadore Wein reports the sum includes $78 from Tag Day Saturday in downtown Beckley. The goal for this year is $10,000.
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Raleigh County Cancer Crusade
Isadore Wein
Beckley
Powellton Man Accused Slayer Faces Preliminary Hearing
A Powellton man, MAXFORD ROGERS, 32, is charged with murder in the death of 17-year-old Joseph White of Boomer. The shooting occurred early Sunday near Montgomery after Rogers and White left a night club. The preliminary hearing is set for 4 p.m. today before Magistrate C. R. Bess.
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Montgomery
ANS
Powellton
Boomer
Maxford Rogers
W. R. Workman
James Kegler
Joseph White
Rogers
White
C. R. Bess
Ag Workers Council Planned Here Today
Don Williams of Beckley agriculture stabilization and conservation field man will attend the Agricultural Workers Council meeting at 3 30 p m today in room 10 Memorial Building He will discuss the Ellender Cooley Bill the Agricultural Act of 1961 and promote understanding of its provisions and scope
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Williams
Beckley
Agricultural Workers Council
Williams
Trial of Two Damage Suits Opens Today
Trial opens over damages from an early morning crash. Tony Pauletto, alleged driver, and Robert Young are accused of borrowing a car causing $1,196.39 to two parked vehicles. Witness Byron Segle testified Pauletto was intoxicated. City police aided Pauletto’s return home as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Diciaccio
L. C. Lawrence Electric Co., Inc
Tony Pauletto
Skelton
Robert Young
Cora Street
Sprague Hill
Rural Acres Drive
Valley Drive
Young
Maxine Abbott
Paulette
Joseph Luchini
Pauletto
Oasis
Owls Club
Oak Hill
Gatewod
Byron Segle
Steve Peelish
Segle
Pre Entrance Exams For PN Course Tuesday
Practical nursing program admissions will hold pre entrance examinations at the Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday. A three dollar fee will be charged per person. Director William Connoley urged interested applicants planning to begin classes in September to take the test.
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Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Tuesay
William Connoley
Funeral services planned for Mrs Virginia H Turner of Baltimore
Mrs Virginia H Turner of Baltimore Md dies after a heart attack while en route to a hospital. She was visiting her son the Rev W J Carter of 800 F St. Her body to be moved from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to Charles G Cooper Funeral Home in Baltimore.
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Virginia H. Turner
Baltimore
Mrs Anna Peck Dies After Long Illness in Lanark
Mrs Anna Peck of Lanark died in a local hospital at 8 45 p m Sunday after a long illness. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Anna Peck
Lanark
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Walter Ennis 74 Beckley accountant dies at home
Walter Irving Ennis 74 of 1511 Harper Rd Beckley an accountant died at 12 30 am today after a heart attack. Born January 3 1887 in Fayette County he was son of the late William and Hulda Ennis. He lived in Raleigh County for 50 years and was member of The Methodist Temple Charleston Masonic Lodge and Beni Kedem Shrine. Survived by wife Edith Dunlap Ennis foster daughter Margaret Heflin Birmingham Michigan two brothers Andrew Noel and two sisters Annie Gwinn and Lutie Goddard all Meadow Bridge. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at The Methodist Temple Rev J B F Yoak in charge. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Body to be moved from Caffee Funeral Home to church one hour before services.
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Walter Irving Ennis
Harper Rd
Beckley
Fayette County
William and
Hulda Kincaid Ennis
Raleigh County
Methodist Temple
Charleston
Margaret Heflin
Birmingham
Mich
Andrew
Marian
Noel
Meadow Bridge
Annie Gwinn
Lewie Goddard
J. B. F. Yoak
Sunset Memorial Park
Caffee Funeral Home
Mrs. Ida Sylvia Eads Final Rites Planned
Mrs. Ida Sylvia Wills Eads 61 of Page dies after heart attack Saturday. Final rites set for 2 p m Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with H N Dague Fayetteville in charge. Burial in Kincaid Cemetery. Body remains at funeral home.
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Ida Sylvia Wills Eads
Page
Tyree
Oak Hill
H. N. Dague
Fayetteville
Kincaid
West Virginia honors Barron and others with degrees
Barron and former atomic energy chief Lewis Strauss receive honorary degrees in a West Virginia ceremony. President Kennedy canceled his address due to a summit. Wheeling Steel’s William Steele and North American Aviation’s James Kindelberger also honored as about 1,400 degrees were awarded including the state's first doctor of dental surgery degrees. Barron urged focus on adult education and job opportunities to lift the state’s image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barron
Atomic Energy
Lewis Strauss
Charleston
Kennedy
Wheeling Steel Corp
William A. Steele
James H. Kindelberger
North American Aviation Inc
Wheeling
Mountain
West Virginia
Colson Named Acting WVU President Amid Uncertain Return
Earlier this year College of Law Dean Clyde L. Colson was named acting president as WVU faced leadership questions. Colson says he does not want the role permanently. Stahr suggests WVU should not wait indefinitely for his return and expects a permanent replacement to be chosen before 1964. Evans cites Underwood as strongest obstacle, given his Republican Party leadership.
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College of Law
Clyde L. Colson
Colson
Stahr
WVU
Washington
Evans
Underwood
West Virginia
Kennedy Meets Macmillan Signals Quiet Détente Progress
President and Mrs Kennedy were to act as godparents at the Radziwill christening of Anna Christina. They planned a dinner with Queen Elizabeth II before Kennedy left for New York. The core agenda was a private briefing to Macmillan, with informed sources suggesting the Khrushchev talks had opened channels for future useful contacts, though no major détente resulted.
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Radziwill
Anna Christina
Queen Elizabeth II
New York
Macmillan
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Police kill two fugitives in armed confrontation
An armed forces communique reports Diaz and De La Maza were found after a telephoned tip. On challenge they fired on police with a revolver and a submachine gun. Police returned fire, killing Diaz outright and fatally wounding De La Maza, who died in hospital minutes later.
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Armed Forces
Diaz
de la Maza
Regional groups urged to revive distressed areas policy
Washington based private study group urges fast tax write offs and creation of federally chartered regional development corporations to revive distressed regions. Proposes early warning system for unemployment, funded by federal state local and private sources. Recommends Fed Reserve district corporations with initial $50 million, Congress or Fed earnings funding. Federal Reserve Board cautions against scope beyond banking regulation.
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Washington
UPI
Regional Development Corporation
Committee For Economic Development
Federal Reserve Development Corporations
Federal Reserve Banks
Congress
Honey In The Rock Rehearsals Begin in Beckley
Cast members of Honey in the Rock arrive at Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium in Beckley welcomed by Mayor Cecil L. Miller and WV Historical Drama Association president Charles Hodel. KINGDON BROWN reviews the project and Kermit Hunter discusses the play. Rehearsals run 10 to 12, 2 to 5, and 8 to 10 with dancers in the Memorial Building actors in the high school and singers at the Presbyterian Church. After this week evening rehearsals may move to Grandview State Park amphitheater with extras and crowd scenes starting later.
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Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Cecil L. Miller
Charles Hodel
The
West Virginia Historical Drama
Kingdon Brown
Kermit Hunter
Reginald Meyer
G. Dean Goodsell
Memorial Building
Presbyterian Church
Grandview State Park
Prison singing group member escapes Buckhannon
A member of the West Virginia Penitentiary singing group disappeared after a Buckhannon church engagement. Robert Craft, 24, of Sutton, serving 2 to 10 years for forgery, is missing. Earlier, two singers fled Charleston events. At Moundsville an honor camp prisoner, Louis E. Wynn, 40, of Beech Bottom, walked away while serving 1 to 10 years for breaking and entering.
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Buckhannon
UPS
West Virginia
Charleston
Robert Craft
Sutton
Kanawha County
Moundsville
Louis E. Wynn
Beech Bottom
Brooke County
Summit mood cited by Khrushchev aide
Vienna report quotes Mikhail Kharlamov saying Khrushchev is gratified and that it has been a good beginning. In New Brunswick Dr. Harry C. Bredemeier predicts lunar development will spark housing and school debates on public versus private, integration, and reading methods for lunar settlers. In Caracas Adlai Stevenson welcomes the cordial reception, noting the familiar welcome from last year.
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U. S
United Press International
Vienna
Mikhail Kharlamov
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
New Brunswick
N. J
Harry C. Bredemeier
Caracas
Venezuela
Adlai Stevenson
Frances Gore dies after short illness in Raleigh General
Mrs Frances Gore 25 Glen Jean died at Raleigh General Hospital at 5 am after a short illness. Born Feb 6 1936 Glen Jean she was a Glen Jean Baptist Church member. Survived by husband Herbert Gore mother Elvira Pryor Glen Jean a son Timothy and a daughter Louellen at home a brother Clay Pryor New York four sisters Delores Keys Philip Delaney Jane Palmer New York City and grandfather Edward Hayes Glen Jean. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending.
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Frances Gore
Glen Jean
Raleigh General Hospital
Phillip Delaney
Jane Palmer
New York City
N.Y
Edward Hayes
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Parisi Mrs Agatina Parisi Requiem Mass Tuesday
Mrs Agatina Parisi 79 of Mabscott will have a Requiem Mass at 9 am Tuesday at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church with Rev Sylvester W Staud as celebrant. Burial is in Mount Calvary Addition to Sunset Memorial Park. Rosary at 7 pm tonight at Melton Mortuary Chapel. Pallbearers: Carl Eskins Leo Williams Lloyd Cox Bud Sisk Richard Daniel Steve Machumis.
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Agatina
Parisi
Westley St
Mabscott
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Sylvester W. Staud
Mount Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Melton Mortuary
Carl Eskins
Leo Williams
Lloyd Cox
Bud Sisk
Richard Daniel
Steve Machumis
Lawmakers discuss county relief fund use for federal match
Carson and Singleton considered Bar ron's request to authorize the state advisory board of the Public Assistance Department to requisition county relief funds for federal matching. They noted the measure would merely permit counties to use relief funds to match federal money for foster home care, and projected the special session lasting one or two days.
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Carson
Barron
State Advisory Board
The
Public Assistance Department
Singleton
Nina and Jackie Share Window Moment at Vienna Palace
Vienna premier's wife Nina, warmly greeted by crowds, attends a concert with David Oistrakh and the Vienna Philharmonic. Later at Pallavicini Palace, Nina and Jacqueline Kennedy meet, share a window moment with cheers echoing outside, the two first ladies standing hand in hand.
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Nina
David Oistrakh
Vienna Philharmonic
Mrs. Kennedy
Pallavicini Palace
Jackie
Adolf Schaerf
Schaerf
Russia
America
Remanded In Liew Of Fine In Local Assault Case
Lester Gore of East Park was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a 14.50 fine on assault and battery charges by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez, jailed at 10 48 p m Sunday after arrest by county constables. Roosevelt Duff of Sullivan faces forgery and improper auto registration charges, jailed awaiting hearing after 9 10 p m Sunday arrest by State Police. Donny Ray Crawford of Cool Ridge released after paying 58 50 fine for drunk driving, arrested by State Police. Clyde Canterbury of Beaver posted two 500 bonds for leaving scene of an accident and drunk driving. released and to appear June 10 before Magistrate Mays after Sunday arrest by State Police.
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Lester Gore
East Park
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Roosevelt Duff
Sullivan
Donny Ray Crawford
Cool Ridge
History Disregarded In Philippi Battle Reenactment
In Philippi West Virginia a Civil War reenactment drew about 400 Federals and 200 Confederates from several states who fought for nearly an hour to drive the enemy from town amid rain and thunder. The event featured authentic uniforms blank rounds and a pageant atmosphere with participants from Ohio Michigan Maryland Virginia Washington DC Pennsylvania and Morgantown. Notable spectators included Phil Porterfield a descendant of Confederate leaders and James H. Hanger’s heir at the scene.
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Philippi
UPI
College Hill
Ohio
Michigan
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
D. C
Pennsylvania
Morgantown
W. Va
Phil Porterfield
Charles Town
Col
George A. Porterfield
James H. Hanger
Judge Knapp Orders Tubercular Contempt Custody
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp held Joe Bika in contempt for refusing to stay at Pinecrest Sanitarium for TB patients. Bika, once residing in Prosperity, is now unlocated. Other orders: Mullins Construction suit against Albert Whebey and John M. McCarus continued. Gray Lumber suit against Costellos and others dismissed as edness paid.
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Joe Bika
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Bika
Sheriff's Office
Mullins Construction Co
Albert Whebey
John M. McCarus
Gray Lumber Co
Sandy and
Marie Costello
John Costello Jr
Frank
Betty Jane Costello
G. Lester Hash
Charles T. Ross Jr
Edness
Bowling gift presented to retiring Shady Spring driver
Oscar Bowling, a retiring school bus driver from Shady Spring, received a gift from Shady Spring High School bus drivers and principal John W. Saunders during Wednesday morning ceremonies, correcting a previous misstatement that the Raleigh County School Bus Drivers Association gave the gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Bowling
Shady Spring
Shady Spring High School
John W. Saunders
Raleigh County School Bus Drivers Association
Raleigh Register
West Virginia group seeks job protection for peacetime vets
The West Virginia Department of Disabled American Veterans urged Congress to extend wartime veterans job security to present servicemen. A state convention resolution calls for guarantees of return to civilian jobs with seniority intact. Delegates elected John L. Eberly Jr. of Charleston as state commander, succeeding Robert R. Elmore of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
UPI
West Virginia
Department of Disabled American Veterasn
Congress
John L. Eberly Jr
Charleston
Robert R. Elmore
Beckley
Food Distribution Set For Bethel Tabernacle June Days
Commodities will be distributed at Bethel Tabernacle on Bibb Avenue from 9 a m to 2 p m. Tuesday and Wednesday. These two days are the only distribution days for the month of June.
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Bethel Tabernacle
Bibb Avenue
Five Seek Employment at Beckley Office
Five persons filed job applications at the Beckley Employment Security office on Friday. The list includes two sales clerks, one truck driver helper, one cashier and one instruction laborer.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Tax Break For Self Employed Eyed By House
The House may pass a retirement tax relief bill for self employed. it allows deferral of income tax on up to 10 percent of earnings to a yearly limit of 2500 dollars. Administration opposes the measure but bipartisan support aims to push it through by a two thirds vote with no amendments.
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Washington
UPI
House
Treasury
House Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
Douglas Dillon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Miller and Javits clash over 1964 GOP ticket
Sun day that the New York governor and the Arizona senator would form a fine presidential ticket for the Republicans in the 1964 elections. Sen Jacob Javits criticized Miller's suggestion during a television interview. Meanwhile 21000 AFL CIO electrical workers ratified a three year contract with 10 RCA plants averting a strike. Police said 52 people were killed and more than 70 injured in Zanzibar election riots as British African troops patrolled the streets.
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William E. Miller
New York
Arizona
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Rockefeler
Miller
International Union of Electrical Workers
AFL - Cio
Radio Corporation of America
Zanzibar
Kenya
Tangayika
West Virginia 1961 commencements mark close of season
State brief reports commence ceremonies at West Virginia University and Davis Elkins College Wheeling Bethany and West Virginia Tech. Lewis Bates shotgun death after 12 hour party at Hogsett Mason County. James Jones charged with murder. motive unknown. About 150 delegates prepare for 40th WV Vocational Agriculture conference in Ripley. WV traffic accidents total 130 fatalities year to date versus 129 in 1960.
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West Virginia
West Virginia University
Davis & Elkins Colege
Wheeling
Bethany
West Virginia Tech
Lewis D. Bates
State Penitentiary
Hogsett
Mason County
James E. Jones
Bates
Ripley
Beckley Farm Market Auction Described As Fair
Port er Lewis, market manager, said the Beckley Farmers Market Thursday sale was fair. Two hundred cases of eggs were received, prices ranged extra large 38 cents, large mostly 35, medium around 30, small about 24. Strawberries expected for Thursday, and broken lots buyers invited for Friday.
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Beckley
Porter Lewis
Fris Lewis
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Cancer Crusade
Wein
Ag Workers Council
W. A. Wysocki
James M. Henderson
Clifford
Mrs
Ida Sylvia Eads
Federal Reserve Board
Mrs. Agatina Parisi
Knapp
Saunders
Ralph J. Cordiner
General Electric Co
Senate
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