Sullivan Man Wanted For Robbery
Beckley State Police seek Carl Close 48, formerly of Sullivan, on a federal warrant for a $6,336 Roanoke bank robbery. Harold Close 37 has been arrested in Roanoke for a $21,078 Baltimore branch heist. The elder Close is sought for the Roanoke Colonial-American National Bank raid as well.
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Beckley
Sullivan
Roanoke
Wytheville
Carl Close
Raleigh County
Harold S. Close
Baltimore
Colonial-American National Bank
Failing Suicide Attempt Ties to Life Costs
SHERWOOD GLUTZ notes a man who tried to end his life with a razor, comparing it to the rising costs of aging and life insurance. He argues that a man who cannot complete suicide with a blade would fail at anything, reflecting on the futility of reckless self-harm.
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Red
Hisself
Negro and White Methodists May Merge in West Virginia
In Buckhannon, West Virginia, a West Virginia Methodist Conference spokesman predicted delegates will vote Friday on a resolution addressing the racial crisis. A Negro Conference representative urged unity through love, while Bishop Holloway cited technical and salary pension differences delaying a merger. The conference also chose six lay delegates for the 1964 general conference in Pittsburgh and heard Wesleyan College updates. Six retiring ministers were approved for retirement, and two new music ministers were consecrated.
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Buckhannon
UPI
West Virginia Methodist Conference
United States
West Virginia
Harry Coleman
Washington
Mountain State
Fred G. Holloway
Negro Methodist Churches
Pittsburgh
Wesleyan College
Stanley Martin
Myron Hymes
Wesleyan
Board of
Bishop Holloway
Revy Golven Jr
Bridgeport
Phyllis M. Ostenton
Not Finished Yet on Hot Line Talks Between U S and USSR
Soviet negotiator Semyon Tsarapkin said in Geneva that the hot line proposal linking Washington and the Kremlin is not finished. Reports indicate a draft agreement was completed by U S and Soviet experts and sent to capitals for approval, with Khrushchev’s final word still pending.
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Geneva
UPI
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Washington
Kremlin
U. S
Moscow
Kennedy
Tsarapkin
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Shahs Army Maintains Control After Riot Crackdown
Iran’s military governor Gen Nassiri says the shah’s troops crushed four days of religious rioting and will uphold shoot to kill orders to keep peace. He reports further clashes in Shiraz with 86 killed and 193 injured overall, as martial law remains for another month to let military courts try about 200 detainees.
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Tehran
Iran
API
Nematollah Nassiri
Nassiri
Shiraz
Nassim
Army Enlists Five Men From Beckley Station
Five men enlisted at the Recruiting Main Station Beckley and have been sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training. Richard Larry Moore from Dry Branch enters airborne. Thomas Briggs of Edgaton chooses administration. Wilford Lee Abner of Summersville goes to telephone outside plant repair. David Ralph Ham Ric from Dille joins communications center operations. William D. Adamson of Summersville also trains in communications center operations.
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Army
Beckley
Ft. Knox
Richard Larry Moore
Joseph Moore
Airborne
Thomas Briggs
Stanley Briggs
Edgaton
Wilford Lee Abner
Ezra Abner
Summersville
David Ralph Hamric
George Hamric
Dille
Communications Center
William D. Adamson
Maggie Summers
Cataclysm Warning If Famine Persists From Aid Gaps
Washington reports Swedish economist K Gunnar Myrdal warned at the World Food Congress that an economic and political cataclysm awaits if half the world remains underfed. He called on abundant grants or loans at long maturities, funded through international bodies, to transfer agricultural aid from surplus nations to underdeveloped ones and prevent food production restrictions.
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Washington
UPI
K. Gunnar Myrdal
Myrdal
Stockholm University
U.S
United States
Great Britain
Two Calls Answered By Beckley Rescue Squad
The Beckley Rescue Squad answered two unrelated calls this morning. At 7:30 a.m. Blanche Buchannan, 41, had breathing difficulties at 323 City Ave and was treated by a physician, not hospitalized. At 9 a.m. R. L. Foley, 69, suffered an apparent heart attack at 104 Garden Terrace, received emergency care, and was taken to Raleigh General Hospital where he was reported slightly improved at noon.
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Beckley
City Ave
Blanche Buchannan
Garden Terrace
R. L. Foley
Raleigh General Hospital
Navy Buddy Plan enlistments from Beckley station
Jerry Wayne Bowles and Roger Dale Harris enlisted under the Buddy Plan at the Navy Recruiting Sub Station Beckley. Both are from Stamford and were sent to Great Lakes Illinois for recruit training.
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U. S. Navy
Navy
Beckley
Jerry Wayne Bowles
Lonnie Bowles
Roger Dale Harris
Tom Harris
Stamford
Bowles
Harris
Great Lakes
Ill
World full of businesswomen beyond own ventures
The world holds many businesswomen who manage not only their own firms but also others interests. Their roles span leadership, mentorship, and corporate governance across industries.
Family Resists Officers Lands Trip In County Jail
A Cool Ridge family of three was lodged in Raleigh County Jail by Beckley State Police at 11 p.m. Thursday on charges of interfering with an officer. Mrs. Dorothy Flurnoy faces sale of tax paid whiskey possession of moonshine and interfering charges and faces a hearing before Magistrate Paul Epperly at 7 p.m. today. Her children Roger, 20, and Carol, 16, were remanded to jail on interfering charges with $50 fines and costs each. The girl reportedly threw rocks at officers as they tried to take her mother away.
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Cool Ridge
Raleigh
Beckley
Dorothy Flurnoy
Paul Epperly
Beaver
Roger
Carol
Joe Rodriguez
Harry L. McCreery
Flood Disaster Grants Made In West Virginia Areas
Federal disaster funds totaling 215 945 are allocated to West Virginia for March flood repairs. Beckley gets 5900 for sewer repair and slide removal, Mullens 41405 for debris clearance and pumping station and plant repairs, Center Public Service District 39865 for sewer repairs. Rand olph says many more grants are planned and processing will take up to a year.
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West Virginia
Office of Emergency Planning
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
John M. Slack Jr
Elizabeth Kee
Beckley
Mullens
Center Public Service District
Wyoming County
Logan
McDowell
Mingo
Randolph
Jobless Youth Seen as Explosive Social Problem
Washington reports rising teenage unemployment to nearly 18 percent in May, the highest since 1940, lifting the national jobless rate to 5.9 percent. 4,066,000 Americans sought work with teens accounting for 1.2 million jobless, prompting Labor Secretary Wirtz to urge broader training, better schooling, and an end to racial discrimination to tackle youth unemployment.
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Washington
UPS
W. Willard Wirtz
U.S
Wirtz
Harold Goldstein
Beckley College Sets Summer Term Schedule Here
Registration is under way for Beckley College summer school classes to begin Monday. About 300 students are expected to enroll for term one which runs until July 13. The second term starts July 15 and ends August 16, announced President D. K. Shroyer.
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Beckley College
D. K. Shroyer
Giving Up His Post
New York Representative William Miller announced he will resign as Republican national chairman when his term ends after the GOP convention next summer. He will not seek re election to Congress from New York 40th District when his current seventh term ends next fall. He says he leaves political posts to spend time with his wife and two daughters and to practice law in Buffalo.
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New York
UPI
William Miller
N.Y
Miller
Congress
40Th
Buffalo
Parking Space Offered For East Beckley NCH Banquet
Parking for the East Beckley Nursing and Convalescent Home fund banquet at The Methodist Temple will be available from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Beckley Junior High School lot and the South Kanawha Street Gulf station, per M. K. Austin, board member in charge of the project.
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East Beckley
Highway Snafu More Pitiable Than Criminal
West Virginia's two U S district attorneys concluded no criminal fraud was found in State Road Commission right of way acquisitions. They cited mismanagement and lax administration during 1958 to 1960, with training and administration lacking. They said the matter now rests with civil fraud investigators and praised changes under Burl A Sawyers.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
U. S
Northern
Robert Maxwell
Southern
Harry Camper
State Road Commission
Maxwell
Camper
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
FBI
Blatnik Committee
State Attorney General's Office
Rex Whitton
Burl A. Sawyers
Penalize Israel, For Agression, Arabs Demand
United Nations budget talks on peace keeping stalled as Arab states press for heavy penalties on aggressor nations. Afro Asian bloc caucused to push for most costs borne by those deemed responsible, challenging the plan backed by a 10 nation group. Soviet bloc opposes funding via General Assembly, favoring Security Council control. The plan envisages 85 underdeveloped countries paying 55 percent after an initial 5.5 million raised, with US and others covering the deficit.
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UPD
U.N
General Assembly
Middle East
Israel
Britain
France
Security Council
Congo
Soviet Union
Middle
United States
Boy Meets Kennedy Tries To Be Calm
Eleven year old Joey Renzi, blind since birth, meets President Kennedy during a West Coast tour. He asks to visit the White House, with a later invitation extended. The handshake is described with admiration as Joey reports the brief exchange and the president’s courteous reply.
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Boy
Kennedy
San Diego
Calif
UPI
Joey Renzi
Joey
West
White House
Joe
Secret Service
Mindszenty To Miss Conclave
Budapest Hungary UPI says Cardinal Mindszenty will not leave Hungary to attend the Vatican conclave to elect a new pope He is 71 and has lived in political asylum at the U S legation since the 1956 Hungarian uprising He will likely not participate in the June 19 election and may be joined by other cardinals though officials gave no confirmation
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Budapest
Hungary
UPI
Jeszef
Mindszenty
Vatican
U.S
John XXIII
Legation
Cardinal Mindszenty
Pope John
Local Jail Releases and Parole Actions Reported
Nary Is Released after 24-hour sentence and 50 dollar costs for drunk driving. Osley Denver Rose and Jeremiah Thomas, both from Hartley and 210 Hunter St., reinstated on parole and released after several days for parole violations. John Hairston of Beckley released after serving time for speeding and giving blood.
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John O. Nary
Mabscott
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Osley Denver Rose
Hartley
Jeremiah Thomas
Hunter St
Robert Dean
John Hairston
Beckley
Beckley Student Named Alpha Beta Nu Historian
Miss Sheila Ann Jackson daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles W Jackson of Clyde Street Beckley was elected historian of Alpha Beta Nu for the coming year at Alderson Broaddus College She completed her sophomore year in nursing education and has served on the Home Coming committee and the Special Events Committee of the Student Union Board.
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Shelia Ann Jackson
Charles W. Jackson
Clyde Street
Beckley
Alpha Beta Nu
Alderson-Broaddus College
Customs Bureau Collected 1.65 Billion in 1962
In fiscal 1962 the Bureau of Customs collected 1.65 billion dollars, reflecting the government's revenue from import duties and related fees. The figure underscores the scale of duties and tariff collections during that year.
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Bureau of Customs
Deaths and Funerals In Matewan and Sophia Area
The notice lists Benjamin Rush Goff of 111 Bible Ave as a long-time resident who died after a long illness. Final rites were planned at Regular Baptist Church with local ministers, with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his wife, son, and several siblings and in-laws from Sophia Lashmeet Coello Oceana and nearby towns. The body remained at Williams Funeral Home in Sophia pending arrangements.
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Sophia
Matewan High School
Johnny
Frank
Jancis) Galiti
Lashmeet
Albert
Ceda) Androvindo
Coello
Lil
Americo
Sylvia) Basconie
Oceana
Williams Funeral Home
Benjamin Rush Goff
Bible Ave
Johnstown Road
Johnny Atkinson
Everett R. Shafer
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Final rites for Cecil C. Hughes in Soak Creek group
Cecil C. Hughes 49 of Sophia died Wednesday in a local hospital after a month long illness. Final rites were scheduled for 2 p m today at the Soak Creek Gospel Tabernacle with Rev. Okey Cox in charge. burial in Williams Funeral Home. Survivors include a brother Sam Oak Hill and a sister Mrs Cora Wilshire Fayetteville with eight grandchildren. Friends may call Saturday afternoon. The death notice spans a separate line for Mintie Ly ons of Harvey with two services, a church burial in White Pines, Tenn, and survivors including two sisters and five step grandchildren. Burial set for White Pines Sunday morning.
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Cecil C. Hughes
Sophia
Soak Creek Gospel Tabernacle
Okey Cox
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Williams Funeral Home
June Sides
Grand Prairie
Tex
Sharon Lee Prater
Marion
Sam
Oak Hill
Cora Wilshire
Fayetteville
Mintie Lyons
Harvey
Wesley Methodist Church
Red Star
Alphonse Witten
White Pines
Tenn
David and
Sara Fawcett
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Nellie Mitchell
Washington, D. C
Ethel Morton
Wright and Anderson
Mrs Arlie Neal Funeral in Reidsville Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Arlie A Neal of Reidsville North Carolina and sister of Ernest Neal of East Park will be held Saturday in Reidsville. Mrs Neal died Tuesday in Neal left Beckley Thursday to attend the funeral accompanied by his aunt Mrs Imma Johnson of Charleston.
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Arlie A. Neal
Reidsville
N. C
Ernest Neal
East Park
Mary Fitzgerald 81 of Baileysville dies at home
Mary Fitzgerald 81 of Baileysville died at 1 10 p m Thursday at her home after a long illness She was born November 4 1881 in Pineville a daughter of the late Jim and Sis Farley She survived by her husband Raleigh a son James Brinegar Detroit Michigan two stepsons Dee Brinegar Rhodell and George Brinegar Simon two daughters Mrs John Brown Baileysville and Mrs Augusta Cecil Beckley 15 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday in the New Richmond Chapel with Rev Ronal Adkins and Rev Morgan Blankenship presiding Burial will be in Still Run Cemetery at Itmann Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens, calling after 2 pm Saturday Body will be in church one hour before service.
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Margaret Fitzgerald
Baileysville
Helen
Pineville
Jim
Sis Farley
Raleigh
James Brinegar
Detroit
Mich
Dee Brinegar
Rhodell
George Brinegar
Simon
John Brown
Augusta Cecil
Beckley
New Richmond Chapel
Ronal Adkins
Morgan Blankenship
Still Run
Itmann
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Final rites for Mrs Irene M Bailey at First Christian Church
Mrs Irene M Bailey 63 of 106 Johnstown Rd dies after long illness. Funeral Saturday 11 am in First Christian Church with Dr Walter Griswold and Dr James W Witherspoon. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Born Union April 1 1900 she was daughter of Bert C and Daisy Dean Martin. Survived by two daughters Dee Dee Wilburn and Diana Powers both Beckley and four grandchildren. Keyser Bryant Funeral Home, callers after noon today. Pallbearers listed.
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Irene M. Bailey
Johnstown Rd
First Christian Church
Walter H. Griswold
James W. Witherspoon
Win Sen
Sunset Memorial Park
Union
Bert C
Daisy Dean Martin
Judea of Beckley
E. W
Dee Dee) Wilburn
Diana Powers
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
J. W. Ward Jr
John W. Smith
W. A. Buchanan
Robert Yaple
John C. Ashworth
Russell Dunbar
Final rites for Dewey Prater in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Dewey Prater 61 of 613 Sugar St Marion Ohio are set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev C S Donnelly officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Prater died at home Wednesday 5:15 p.m. after a heart attack born June 6 1901 in Oak Hill son of James and Sarah Jane Carr Prater. He worked at an industrial plant in Marion. Survivors include his wife Olive Lewis Prater of Marion and three daughters Coletta Jean Morris Richmond Va Lawana
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Dewey Prater
Sugar St
Marion
Ohio
Oak Hill
Tyree
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Prater
James and
Sarah Jane Carr Prater
Olive Lewis Prater
Coletta Jean Morris
Richmond
Lawana
State Sues James And Robert Bonds
The State of West Virginia sues for Gracie Richmond seeking 500 dollars against James Bonds and Robert Bonds of Montreal in county circuit court. James Bonds was arrested April 24 on a non support warrant for failing to support his infant son. Robert Bonds was surety on the 500 bond. James Bonds failed to appear and forfeited the bond. Plaintiff seeks judgment for the amount. C Berkley Lilly is counsel.
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West Virginia
Gracie Richmond
James Bonds
Robert Bonds
Montreal
Ofice
C. Berkley Lilly
Alarm False At Beckley Hospital Artificial Fire Alert
Beckley firemen responded to a false alarm at Beckley Memorial Hospital at 3 p.m. Thursday. Earlier, they extinguished a minor car fire in a 1957 model car on the Municipal Parking Lot, causing about $25 damage to the vehicle owned by Pete Dietch.
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Beckley
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Pete Dietch
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