Mountain State Folk Festival Co directs Shackelford and Gainer
Shackelford named co director of the Mountain State Folk Festival with Dr. Patrick W. Gainer as originator. Steering committee meeting in Beckley Hotel approved the chairmanship sharing. Festival runs June 29 to July 1 alongside Honey in the Rock and Old Fashioned Bargain Days. Margaret Pantalone will bring Granny Harmon to the Saturday program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Shackelford
Beckley
Beckley Business Bureau
Margaret Pantalone
Logan County
West Virginia Folklore Association
Granny Harmon
Dr. Gainer
Ethel Keyser
American Association of University Women
Nancy Boyd
Sam Harper
Raleigh County Farm Women’s Council
Ralph C. Schrader
Duke Williams
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Paul Phipps
Woman's Club of
Claude Hatcher
Women and local election results dominate spa county vote
Sparacino lost to Waybright by four votes as Women continued on page. The slate on Spa ncin o's Citizens ticket retained incumbents including Gravely Lane Sisk Davis Marcinko and Gunter with several defeated on the Independent ticket. Mayor results across towns vary with East Bank electing Elizabeth S Howard Kanawha County first and youngest woman mayor. Numerous towns including Moundsville Richwood White Sulphur Marlinton Summersville Lewisburg East Rainelle Alderson Rupert Dunbar Whitesville Clendenin Sutton Barboursville Princeton Madison Delbarton Man Wayne Ravenswood War Matewan Buckhannon Ripley Harrisville West Union Middlebourne Grantsville Keyser Ridgeley Farmington Worthington Monongah Fairview and others show mixed outcomes and write-in results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparacino
H. V Waybright
Spancino
Citizens
Johnny Gravely
Recorder
L. W. Lane
Buford Sisk
Fred Davis
Frank Marcinko
Paul Gunter
Carl Allen
Cecil Swim
Ronda King
Tom Crawford
Casey C. Jones
Russel H. Nickel
Lester
Charles Eugene Cook
Angeline Morehead
Robert Gray
James Lewis
Hary Thomas
Victor Birchfield
Claude Webb
Lewis
Thomas
H. V. Ora
East Bank
Elizabeth S. Howard
Kanawha County
Moundsville
Richwood
L.W. Talbott
Marlinton
Guy Faulknier
Summersville
William S. Bryant
Lewisburg
William S. Coleman
East Rainelle
Claude Morton
Alderson
Elvin Keadle
Rupert — Clemon Knapp
James Greer
Rainelle
R. H. Bowman
James R. Gwinn
Dunbar
Dale Long
Whitesvile
Harry J. Johnston
H. S. Morgan
Clendenin
John D. Kennedy
J. M. Clendenin
Davis
Millard Golightly
Sutton
Pierson Butcher
Barboursville
Boyd Hash
Princeton
Gilbert
James H. Harless
Hendricks
Tom Hedrick
Hamilton
Marion W. Bilby
Milton
Samp Roberts
Raymond L. Doddridge
Madison
Harry G. Shaffer
Delbarton
W. W. Curry
Man
Paul Schwab
Wayne
W. F. Toney
Ravenswood
P. O. Millio
Paul Boydoh
Fairview
Chester Baker
News Briefs Cover World Figures And State Developments
Adlai Stevenson arrived in Argentina with meetings with President Frondizi and other leaders. Steel price pressure looms as talks consider delaying a fall rise with wage hikes ahead. Iron Age recalls J Harold Ryan, aging cofounder of Storer Broadcasting. Stravinsky invited back to the USSR for his 80th birthday in 1962. Eichmann trial witness describes cannibalism at a death camp. State briefs note Naval Plant plans at South Charleston and a new $50 million plastics plant by Union Carbide at Institute. Two escapees recaptured in Waynesburg, PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Radziwill
Adlai Stevenson
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
U. S
Roy R. Rubottom
Adolfo Mugica
Iron Age Magazine
J. Harold Ryan
Storer Broadcasting Co
West Virginia
Miami
National Association of Broadcasters
Igor Stravinsky
West Los Angeles
Soviet Union
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
Union Carbide Chemicals Co
Institute
Edward Mahood
Gay
Lewis Ball
Thacker
Hopemont Sanitarium
Waynesburg
Castro proposes prisoner swap amid April invasion debate
Castro discussed exchanging Cuban invaders for patriotic prisoners held by the United States and allies. He named no prisoners but cited potential talks with Franco, Somoza, Ydigoras, and Munoz Marin. He criticized opponents as hypocritical after offering to trade inmates for machines.
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United States
Castro
Francisco
the Hook) Molina
New York
Francisco) Franco
Spain
Luis A
Somoza
Nicaragua
Miguel
Ydigoras
Guatemala
Willis
Munoz Marin
Puerto Rico
Kennedy Khrushchev talks and Nixon welfare critique
United Press International reports President Kennedy meeting with Khrushchev produced no major decisions or concessions. Nixon complains about welfare spending amid defense needs. Khrushchev jokes about Mikoyan’s age and women. Kennedy warns tough enforcement to maintain civil rights order in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Pat
United Press International
Washington
Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
Anaheim
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Robert F. Kennedy
South
Airport stations and a path toward a Peace Corps site
A discussion notes that no options are ruled out and promise to maintain contact with developments. The speaker stresses an effort to include this proposal in the final site determination from potential locations. The plan is labeled as the first concrete, practical proposal of its kind and is expected to gain serious consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Corps Training Division
Slack
Geneva location named for new headquarter base in Laos
The new headquarters was set in a valley south of a base camp near Nhot Mou in Laos. Observers saw the main base loss as a prestige blow to the West amid Laos crisis, while the Padong region southeast of Xieng Khouang remains a defense stronghold for pro Western forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nhot Mou
Padong
Xieng Khouang
Laos
Grandview SRC to patch park route before drama opening
Sawyers said the SRC will immediately patch machine patching and clean the right of way along the park route to avoid traffic disruption at the drama opening. He indicated about six and a half miles at the Grandview Park end need pavement work and that post drama the SRC will plan major improvements for the 1962 opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SRC
Sawyers
Grandview Park
Kennedy Signals No Planned Summit with Khrushchev
President Kennedy said in a Vienna speech there are no plans for future summit meetings with Khrushchev. British diplomats had urged speculation as Kennedy stopped in London. He spoke after a White House conference with congressional leaders and later addressed the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis and attended a Big Brothers dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Vienna
London
White House
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Big Brothers
United Press International Editors and Publishers
Settlement Reached In Raleigh County Auto Suit
Victoria Lafon and her mother Emma Laon sued Robert Wooten after a Mabscott Hill collision. A $2,000 award plus court costs was approved in Raleigh County Circuit Court under Judge Norman Knapp. D. D. Ashworth led Lafon’s defense with Ned Ragland as attorney as a 24 person panel waited for jury selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Lafon
Robert Wooten
Raleigh County
D. D. Ashworth
Ned Ragland
Miss Lafon
Norman Knapp
Mabscott Hill
Emma Mae Laon
Bread price unrest in 18th century Turkey leads to hangings
A fragment notes that during 18th century Turkey bread prices provoked public punishment, with people hanging bakers or others accused of price gouging as a form of collective justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Turkey
GE and Westinghouse Refuse Antitrust Data Subpoenaed
Washington The GE and Westinghouse firms refused to hand over detailed profit and loss statements and price-change reports covering five years arguing the data would reveal confidential and secret competitive information. Senator Kefauver pressed for the documents, noting the inquiry into pricing policies in the electrical industry and GE's and Westinghouse's market power. The companies face a subpoena as the antitrust subcommittee widens its look at industry practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
General Electric Co
Senate
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Subcommittee
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Westinghouse
Gerhard A. Gesell
Gesell
Kefauver
Senate to Vote on Kennedy Housing Bill
The Senate planned to vote today on amendments to Kennedy's $6.1 billion housing program. conservatives called it extravagant while supporters said it broadens urban renewal, dormitory construction, FHA mortgages, and public housing. Final action unlikely before Thursday as many amendments remain, with focus on 40-year no-down payment mortgages and 25-year loans for home improvements. Also, the Interior Department funding bill of $822,649,850 for the fiscal year starting July 1 was under expected Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Kennedy
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Interior
Interior Department
Rescued From Ledge After Two-Day Stranding
Lee Frick aged 60 is recovering in a Martinsburg hospital after two days on a narrow quarry ledge near a bottomless 30-foot pit filled with water. Firemen rescued him with a rope after friends began a search when he could not attract help. He fell onto the ledge following a fall from a cliff and was exposed to the elements and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
UPI
Lee Frick
Frick
Car Hits Webb's Florist in Town Parking Lot
A car rolled from an adjacent lot and struck Webb's Florist at 115 North Nawha Street around 11 p.m. Tuesday causing minor damage. The vehicle owner was Jerry E. Link of Forrest Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb's Florist
North Nawha St
Jerry E. Link
Forrest Road
WVU Forms Four Member Search Committee for President
West Virginia University’s Board of Governors named Forrest Kirkpatrick A C Spurr Charles Wise Jr and William G Thompson to a four man committee to begin the president search after Elvis J Stahr Jr said he cannot return for several years Stahr has a leave of absence to serve as Secretary of the Army and no candidates have been discussed The committee rejection of Cecil H Underwood as front runner was noted though he denied active candidacy and said he knew little about the process
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
K. Douglas Bowers
Forrest H. Kirkpatrick
A. C. Spurr
Wheeling
Charles C. Wise Jr
Charleston
William G. Thompson
Montgomery
Kirkpatrick
Stahr
Army
Bowers
Cecil H.underwood
Underwood
Island Creek Coal Co
Huntington
Post
Ihe
Washington
National Coal Association
Parkersburg to Open WVU Branch in September
Parkersburg will host a WVU two year branch opening this September to offer freshman courses in English French history political science mathematics and chemistry. The campus will be self supporting with tuition of 20 per semester hour and credits will transfer to other colleges. The site is 3108 Emerson Avenue in a former public school loaned by Wood County Board of Education. Science labs will use facilities at Parkersburg High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
UPI
West Virginia University
WVU
College
Emerson Avenue
Wood County Board of Education
Parkersburg High
Beckley Youth Arrested for Trespassing
A 16-year-old Beckley youth was arrested by City Police at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday on a charge of trespassing. He was ordered to appear in Juvenile Court on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Lewisburg Girl Chosen June Dairy Princess
Sandra W. VanMetre of Lewisburg named June Dairy Princess at a noon luncheon in El Chico. Strawberry and custard pie winners named. judges included Dr. W. H. Conkle. 4H top honors went to Rhett Summers and Mike Renchich with Pocahontas berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra W. VanMetre
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
James VanMetre
Church St
el Chico
W. C. McMahan
Fred Hurt
Ann Ballange
W. H. Conkle
West Virginia University Extension Service
Rhett Summers
Bluefield
Mike Renchich
Gray Humphrey
Maxwell Hill
Future Farmers of America
Ronald Bennet
Abraham
Samuel Bennett
Abrraham
Douglas Wilson
Glen Daniel
James Foley
Cool Ridge
Founder of Analytic Psychology Carl Jung Dies at 85
Carl Gustav Jung world famed psychologist and founder of analytic psychology died peacefully in his sleep at his villa on Lake Lucerne. He sparked terms like extrovert and introvert and rivaled Freud and Adler as a leading figure in psychology. Funeral services are planned for Friday in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuessnacht
Switzerland
UPI
Carl Gustav Jung
Lake Lucerne
Kesswil
Jung
United Press International
Freud
Adler Jung
Sigmund Freud
Alfred Adler
Paul Jung
Emilie Freiswerk Jung
Basel
University of Zurich
Paris
International Psychoanalytic Society
Emma Rauschenbusch
Schaffhausen
Mme. Jung
Final rites set for Mrs Anna Peck in Lanark
Deaths and Funerals notice for Mrs Anna Peck of Lanark, to be buried at Stanaford Cemetery after services at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Stanaford at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev H E Davis to officiate. Survivors include husband Willie Peck, two sons Jerry and Aurhus, four daughters, siblings, 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Body to be moved from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to residence today at 5:30 p.m. and to church an hour before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Peck
Lanark
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Stanaford
H. E. Davis
Peck
Willie Peck
Jerry
North Beckley
Aurhus
New York City
Ruth Jones
Rosetta
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Mrs Mary Pritchard dies after two week illness in Detroit
Mrs Mary Emma Pritchard 79 a Detroit resident formerly of Princewick died in Detroit at 5 am Monday after a two week illness Born October 23 1881 in Pennsylvania she lived in Princewick 40 years before moving to Detroit Her husband Enoch Pritchard died March 22 1951 Survivors include daughter Mrs J O Hale two sons the Rev Frank Pritchard Sgt James Pritchard a sister Mrs Rose Cray six grandchildren and one great grandchild The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Emma Pritchard
Detroit
Mich
Princewick
Pennsylvania
Pritchard
Temple Baptist Church
Enoch Pritchard
J. O. Hale
Frank Pritchard
James Pritchard
Greenville
S. C
Rose Cray
St. Albans
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Funeral to be held for Betty Kennedy of Beckley
Betty Kennedy 41 of 609 Woodlawn Ave Beckley died 3 45 am at Beckley Hospital after long illness Born Mount Hope Feb 11 1920 daughter of Frank and Carrie Perry Smith Beckley She is survived by a daughter Carolyn A Dar nell Beckley Funeral services 2 pm Thursday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Dr James W Witherspoon in charge Burial Sunset Memorial Park Body to remain at the mortuary Pallbearers Ernest Quesenberry George Warren Hodel William Mabe James Perry Tom Keyser Ned Ragland W A Thornhill III Roy A Lucas Earl Warden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Smith Kennedy
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley Hospital
Mount Hope
Frank
Carrie Perry Smith
Beckley
First Presbyterian Church
Carolyn A. Darnell
Melton Mortuary
James W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Ernest Quesenberry
George Warren Hodel
William Mabe
James Perry
Tom Keyser
Ned Ragland
W. A. Thornhill III
Roy A. Lucas
Earl Warden
Rites Set for Lualzo Osborne of Craig at Baptist Church
Lualzo A. Osborne 74 a Craig farmer and lifelong resident dies at home after a long illness. Services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Sewell Valley Baptist Church East Rainelle with Rev E W Parks officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by wife Burnice, daughter Edith, son Lowell all at home, three sisters H E Tincher Victor J T Johnson Hinton R E Richardson South Charleston and brother G W Osborne Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lualzo A. Osborne
Craig
Sewell Valley Baptist Church
East Rainelle
E. W. Parks
Osborne
Jesse
Alice Surbaugh Osborne
Burnice
Floyd Washburn Dies of Heart Attack in Alabama
Floyd Washburn, 62, of Birmingham Alabama and formerly of Sophia, died Tuesday at his home after a heart attack. He is survived by a brother John Washburn of Sophia. Funeral will be conducted at Hopewell Alabama on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Washburn
Birmingham
Ala
Sophia
John
Hopewell
Widow dies from gunshot wounds in Beckley linked case
Mrs Alta Reed 43 died Saturday morning from gunshot injuries allegedly inflicted by her husband Harry Reed 53. Three hours later Reed shot himself in the stomach. He is under police guard at a Huntington hospital in satisfactory condition. Funeral attended by relatives including Mrs August Leach of Ellison Avenue and Mrs James Hatcher of East Prince Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Leach
Ellison Avenue
C. C. Ballard
Alta Reed
Huntington
James Hatcher
East Prince Street
Reed
Harry. Reed
Rites Held For Mrs Cathana Jarrell Of Crab Orchard
Mrs Cathana Jarrell 80 of Crab Orchard died Tuesday after an extended illness. Funeral services Thursday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev Cameron Lilly and Rev L A Garten officiating. Burial in Mount Tabor Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Sne den Petty of Prosperity and Jeff Pettry of Oak Hill, two daughters Mrs Basil Willis of Crab Orchard and Mrs J Q Treadway of Eccles, and six sisters. Born May 28 1880 at Bolt to Joseph and Fanny Mila Daniel both deceased. She was a member of Breckenridge Baptist Church at Bolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathana Jarrell
Crab Orchard
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Cameron Lilly
L. A. Garten
Mount Tabor
Joseph
Fanny Mila Daniel
Sneden Petty
Prosperity
Jeff Pettry
Oak Hill
Basil Willis
J. Q. Treadway
Eccles
Susie Harvey
Bolt
Etta McGraw
Beckley
Cinda Walker
Final rites for Mrs Frances Gore set for Glen Jean
Mrs Frances Gore 25 of Glen Jean will have funeral services at 2 30 p m Thursday at First Baptist Church Glen Jean conducted by Rev Samuel Williams Jr She died in Raleigh Hospital at 5 am Monday Minor details follow in local obituary notes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Gore
Glen Jean
First Baptist Church
Samuel Williams Jr
Earl Wiliam Martin Final Rites Held for Oak Hill Resident
Earl Wiliam Martin 45 of Oak Hill will receive final rites at 2 p m Thursday in the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev J H Carson presiding. Burial is in Huse Memorial Park. He died in a Huntington hospital Tuesday morning after a long illness. A World War II veteran and contractor, he was a member of American Legion LaFayette Post 149 Fayetteville. Survived by wife Jane Haynes Martin a daughter Janet Carol his mother Emma Martin Route 2 Fayetteville a brother Robert Martin Mahwah NJ and three sisters Ethel Bailes Rye NY Zella Lezon Richmond VA and Laura Jean Wood Fayetteville. The body will remain at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wiliam Martin
Oak Hill
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
J. H. Carson
Huse Memorial Park
Martin
Huntington Hospital
American Legion
LaFayette
Fayettevile
Jane Haynes Martin
Brickner Plans Third English Channel Swim Attempt
Gus Brickner a 49 year old steel worker from Charleroi Pa says he will attempt a third swim of the English Channel. He will leave for France July 12 and try the 22 mile crossing in early August. His previous attempt ended 400 yards from shore last year due to currents and cramps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
Gus Brickner
Charleroi
Brickner
France
New Richmond Miner Injured In Mine Accident
Willie Mullins of New Richmond was admitted to Wyoming General Hospital Mullens for a head wound and minor injuries from a mine accident at the Tralee Mine of the Semet Solvay Division Allied Chemical Corp A piece of slate fell on him around 7 p.m He is listed in good condition by hospital attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Willie Mullins
New Richmond
Wyoming General Hospital
Tralee
Semet - Solvay
Allied Chemical Corp
Representative Raps Cuban Cigar Imports
Rep Bradford Morse Republican Massachusetts says the United States imports Cuban made cigars at 4.5 million dollars annually, funding Castro's treasury. He urges the Tariff Commission to curb this subsidy of a totalitarian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Bradford Morse
R-Mass
Morse
Cuba
Castro
Tariff Commission
Woodrow Wilson High Announces Summer Classes Start
Registration for summer school at Woodrow Wilson High School opens at 9 am. Principal C. G. Peregoy says students should report to the school by 9 am Thursday to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
Peregoy
West Virginia University Gets NIH Grant for Microbiology
West Virginia University received a 26436 dollar National Institutes of Health grant for year two of a planned five year graduate training program in microbiology. The grant supports expanded research and education efforts at the university's science facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
National Institutes of Health
West East talks amid Laos Berlin and disarmament concerns
A concise record of post visit reflections noting strengthened alliance with Britain, private talks with Prime Minister Macmillan, and shared resolve to keep Western standards. It cites Laos cease fire prospects, Berlin access credit, and disarmament hopes challenged by Khrushchev with warnings not to abandon the draft treaty.
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Britain
England
Macmillan
Laos
Berlin
Germany
Khrushchev
Western Europe
West Berlin
Geneva
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Moscow
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Andy Williams
Meadow Bridge
Hubert Turner
Bernard L.thomas
Harold Hedrick
Ella Mae Turner
J. B. Thomas
Cam Thompson
Robert Davis
P. H. Sheets
Green Bank
W. R. Daniels
Cabell Heights
W. E. Harvey
Mary William
Frank Wiseman
Cittsville
Burton Royal
Thomas Young
Walter G. Cooper
Sandra Vanmetre
Psychologist Carl Jung
Analytic Psychology
Mrs
Benton
Ohio
Pearl Hurt
Ravencliff
Elizabeth Pettry
Jocie Smith
George Daniel
Glen View
Mary Pritchard
Betty Kennedy
Lualzo Osborne
Mrs. Cathana Jarrell
Earl W. Martin
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