Philippines Relations Deteriorating U.S. Bases Endangered?
President Diosdado Macapagal warns that worsening U S Philippine ties could threaten American rights to key bases in the Philippines while he efforts to halt the decline. He discusses Congress war damage payment delays, base dependencies, and future negotiations with UPI in Manila.
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United States
Philippines
Macapagal
UPI
Pacific
Frank Tremaine
Manila
Diosdado Macapagal
United Press International
U. S
Congress
Man jailed over unpaid taxi fare fraud warrant
Walter Crawford of Crab Orchard was confined to Raleigh County Jail at 5 15 p m Thursday on a fraud warrant after refusing to pay a taxi fare to Yellow Cab Inc of Beckley The arrest followed a warrant obtained by the taxi firm Robert H Berry 20 of 201 Mills St released after posting 500 bond on possession of stolen property Berry admitted acting as a transportation agent in a theft at a playground restroom valued at 125 with proceeds about 13 a warrant for the other suspect was issued James W Holt Jr Sullivan and Arnold Lee Maiola Lanark were released to military authorities at 11 10 p m Thursday charged with being AWOL
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Walter Crawford
Crab Orchard
Raleigh
Crawford
Yellow Cab Inc
Beckley
Robert H. Berry
Mills St
Joe Rodriguez
Berry
F. Street
James W. Holt Jr
Sullivan
Arnold Lee Maiola
Lanark
Bowyer jailed for five dollar fine in Beckley court
Maple Fork man Jackie Del ano Bowyer, 26, remained in Raleigh County Jail after failing to pay a $5 fine in Beckley Police Court for making unnecessary noise with a car. He was released after paying the fine. In other court action Jackie L. Greer, 31, of Helen, forfeited $16.50 bond on a trespassing charge. Drunkenness bonds forfeited totaled $34.50.
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Jackie Delano Bowyer
Raleigh
Beckley
Bowyer
Jackie L. Greer
Helen
Slate Fall Basis Of Suit On Left Finger Loss
William Isaac McGee sues B W Jenkins of Resaco and William White of East Gulf in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeking 2500 for the loss of the first joint of his left hand after a Jan 5 mine fall at the J W Coal Co mine in Killarney. Ned H Ragland represents the plaintiff alleging the company failed to carry Workmen’s Compensation or other insurance.
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William Isaac McGee
Raleigh
B. W. Jenkins
Resaco
William White
East Gulf
Killarney
J. W. Coal Co
Ned H. Ragland
Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Spellers Enjoy Fame and Fun Ahead of NYC Tour
Nancy, top speller escorted from The Register to Washington, receives more mail and telegrams than others and enjoys a packed schedule. She tours to New York City for Ed Sullivan show, attends a champions banquet, shops for gifts, and prepares to board the C&O train Saturday evening. Local veterans praise Southern West Virginia spellers for making friends and brightening the National Bee.
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New York City
Register
Washington
Nancy
C&o
Prince
The
National Bee
Senate leader praises modified ban on aid to Communist states
Senate President welcomed the revision to the aid ban and said Congress would not slam shut doors on those in Communist countries pursuing independence from Russia. Rep. Bob Casey, D-Tex., who opposed an aid ban last year, plans to reintroduce it on the House floor, arguing that tax dollars should not fund enemies of our way of life.
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Senate
Congress
Russia
Bob Casey
D-Tex
House
Casey
Pugh Appointed Jury Commissioner
E N Pugh of 109 Hill Park Drive was named by Judge Harry L McCreery to a four year term as Raleigh County Criminal Court jury commissioner. He will succeed William N Turner whose term expired June 1. Pugh works as a teller at the Bank of Raleigh.
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E. N. Pugh
Hill Park Drive
Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County Criminal Court
William N. Tuuner
Teenage trio captured after suspected SC robbery attempt
In Hamilton Georgia a 25 man posse tracked and captured three West Virginia teens, including a 17 year old girl, linked to car theft and an attempted Rock Hill South Carolina robbery. Fleck and Sayer Fleck, both 17, and Ronald Lee Hundley, 18, from Charleston were found after a deputy halted them on highway 27 near Cataula and they fled on foot.
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Hamilton, Ga
UPI
West
FBI
Rock Hill
S. C
Harris County
Highway 27
Cataula
Hamilton
Harris
Sam Jones
Graney Defends Officials Amid Inquiry
In remarks during tenure as commissioner, Graney lauds the legal department heads as able, conscientious, and honest. He argues it is unfair to suspect these people, asserting that 99 of 100 or possibly all are innocent.
West Virginia Day at Seattle Fair Proclaimed
Washington Gov Rosellini proclaims June 20 West Virginia Day at the Seattle World's Fair marking the Mountain State’s 99th birthday. West Virginia officials plan to present WVU musicians Herman Godes the American Arts Trio and a 100 member All State Band during the event.
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Charleston
Judge Issues Capias for William Green in Raleigh Court
Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery ordered a capias for William Green Thursday. Green is charged with being $1,100 in arrears in maintenance payments for his illegitimate children. Other orders dismissed cases against Don Lee Miller for operating his car to the left of the highway Norman Edward Crook reckless driving Ronald D. Elder obstructing an officer Wendell Stover appeal from intoxication Ha worth A. Jones appeal from failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
William Green
Green
Don Lee Miller
Norman Edward Crook
Ronald D. Elder
Wendell Stover
Haworth A. Jones
Funeral services for Lon Gibson in Oak Hill
Lon Gibson 67 of Oak Hill will have funeral services at 1 p m Saturday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill led by Rev C S Donnelly. Burial will be in Hilltop Cemetery. He died 11:35 p m Thursday at a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Born February 1 1894 in Acme, there are no survivors. Body remains at the funeral home.
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Lon Gibson
Oak Hill
Tyree
Bowman Funeral for Kathy Bowman Two-Year-Old Drowns
Funeral arrangements are set for Kathy Ar bella Bowman two at Nazarene Church Seth at 2 p m Saturday with Rev Ed Porter presiding Burial at Ferrell Cemetery Seth Body recovered from Big Coal River after falling in Wednesday night Survivors include brother Danny Ray and sisters Tressa and Darlene all at home Body to be moved from Valley Funeral Home Whitesac to home at 5 p m today Grandsons to pall bearers
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Kathy Arbella Bowman
Eloise Mae Bowman
Bloomingrose
Nazarene Church
Seth
Ed Porter
Ferrell
Big
Coal River
Danny Ray
Tressa
Darlene
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesacs
Mrs. Dorothy Arthur Rites Set at New Hope Church
Mrs. Dorothy Arthur, 58, of Massey Street, will be laid to rest at Greenwood Memorial Park after funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Henry DuBois. She died at 8 p.m. Wednesday from a heart attack at home. body remains at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlors until service time.
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Dorothy Arthur
Massey Street
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry DuBois
Greenwood Memorial Park
Final rites set for Lester Gray at Crab Orchard church
Lester Gray 50 of Crab Orchard died after a heart attack. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p m in Crab Orchard Baptist Church with Rev C S Donnelly officiating. Burial site to be announced. He was born July 9 1911 in Patrick County Virginia and formerly ran Gray's Market. Survivors include wife Sue Williams Gray daughter Ann Williams Gray four brothers and four sisters. Pallbearers are Thomas Lee Gray Allen Gray Noel Gray Posey Rhodes Hollis Rhodes and Cecil Edmonds.
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Lester Gray
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
C. S. Donnelly
Gray
Beckley Rescue
Patrick County
John and
Finetta Ayers Gray
Gray’s Market
Sue Williams Gray
Ann Williams Gray
W. E
Posey E
Francisco
N.C
Sandy
Summerfield
N. C
E. C
Ashboro
Final rites for Bradford F McMillion in Summersville
Bradford Frank lin McMillion 33 formerly of Gilboa dies in Columbus after brief illness. Service at White Funeral Home Chapel Summersville with Rev Bruce Cooper. Burial Grose Cemetery Gilboa. Survivors include sister Kitty Bryant Oak Hill. (RNS)
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Bradford Franklin McMillion
Columbus
Ohio
Gilboa
White Funeral Home
Summersville
Bruce Cooper
Grose
McMillion
Kitty Bryant
Oak Hill
Funeral rites for Aubrey Russell Kountz in Sarton
Aubrey Russell Kountz aged 73 of Sarton died Wednesday in a Pearisburg Virginia hospital. Funeral at Mount Hermon Baptist Church Sarton at 2 p m with Rev D C Craft. Burial in churchyard. Survivors include three sons three daughters five brothers two sisters and eight grandchildren. Broyles Funeral Home Union in charge.
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Aubrey Russell Kountz
Sarton
Mount Hermon Baptist Church
D. C. Craft
Ry. Kountz
Pearisburg
Lillydale
Monroe County
Robert Lee
Josephine McNeer Kountz
Ethel Agnes Kountz
Jesse
William
Jack Kountz
Links Grove
Mable Kountz
Zenith
Josephine Barker
Sinks Grove
Virgie Hammonds
Kyle
Beaver
Edgar
Sam
Fred
Salt Sulphur Springs
Robert Kountz
Baltimore
Mrs Victoria Ward Rites Held In New Brighton
Funeral services for Mrs Victoria Ward 74 of New Brighton Pa formerly of Sprague are set for 2 30 p m Saturday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev T M Waldron. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Mrs Ward died at her home Wednesday after a month long illness. born Tatwell Va Aug 29 1887 she was daughter of the late James Ward and lived in New Brighton seven years. Survivors include two foster daughters Mrs John Frazier Summersville and Mrs John Barnai New Brighton and a brother Chester Ward Pemberton funeral home.
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Victoria Ward
New Brighton
Sprague
Caffee Funeral Home
T. M. Waldron
Sunset Memorial Park
James Ward
John Frazier
Summersville
John Barnabi
Chester Ward
Pemberton
Funeral for Mrs. Zula Mae Duncan in Coal City
Mrs. Zula Mae Duncan 75 of Coal City dies after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday in Coal City Church of God with Rev. James Hebb officiating. Burial in Coal City Cemetery. Born January 21, 1887 in Craig County Virginia, daughter of William and Louetta Keffer. Survived by six sons including Byrd.
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Zula Mae Duncan
Coal City
Marine Defector Returning Home
A former U S Marine Lee Harvey Oswald 23 once vowed never to return to the United States was reportedly on his way home with his Soviet wife and child Oswald left the Soviet Union within the past 10 days and is en route to the United States He was the third American in two months to return to the United States from Russia Others include Robert E Webster of Zelienople Pa and Philadelphia railroad worker David Johnson and his family Oswald came to the Soviet Union in October 1959 after discharge from the Marine Corps He may have been a student in Minsk and is believed to have retained U S citizenship unlike Webster who renounced his citizenship
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
United States
Lee Harvey Oswald
Fort Worth
Tex
Soviet Union
Oswald
Robert E. Webster
Zelienople
Philadelphia
David Johnson
Russia
U.S. Marine Corps
Minsk
Webster
State Tax Calendar Year 1961 and 1962 Withholding Debits
Tax figures show a balance due of 500000 for 1961 after underpayment. First quarter 1962 withholding totals 3.3 million with payments due by April 30. Estimated declarations for the period ending April 15, 1962, amount 500000 for nonwage income, and 500000 for the period ending June 15. Total 21.3 million with about 1 million deductible.
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Lantz
Missing doctor hunted after girl's dismemberment in New Rochelle
Three nations joined in a search for Dr. Harvey N. Lothringer a 41 year old obstetrician gynecologist connected to the death of Barbara Sorfamento 19 a New Rochelle College sophomore. Parts of a female body were found in a sewer near his home and a teeth match confirmed identity. His hunting lodge near Montreal and a sister in Mexico City were noted as possible hideouts as officials traced the case across 17 states. The parents paid 500 for an abortion and reported the girl missing the next day while police recovered clothing fragments at the doctor s 13 room home which also functioned as his office.
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New York
UPI
Susof
Harvey N. Lothringer
Princeton
Bar
Bara Soframento
New Rochelle
N.Y
Lothringer
Montreal
Que
Mexico City
Dominick Soframento
Pelham
Suits Dismissed and Divorce Granted in Raleigh Court
Two suits were dismissed and a divorce granted in orders by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp this week. The estate sale suit brought by Anna Bair was dismissed on the plaintiff’s motion, with Billie Sue Bair as administratrix of J A Bair’s estate among the defendants. Also dismissed was the Richard D. Brown Agency suit against Mae Katherine and L E Grant. A divorce was granted to Jean Elizabeth Rogers from Holroyd Elvin Rogers with custody of three children awarded to the plaintiff.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Anna B. Bair
Billie Sue Bair
J. A. Bair
Richard and
Mary Nancy Bair
Richard D. Brown
Mae Katherine
L. E. Grant
Jean Elizabeth Rogers
Holroyd
Elvin Rogers
Additional Jurors Called for Raleigh County Circuit Court
Forty five more jurors have been summoned for the May term of Raleigh County Circuit Court supplementing the original list. The summons were issued to numerous Beckley area residents and others from Glen White Midway Crab Orchard Slab Fork and surrounding communities including Mrs P L Raines Mrs A S Cappellari Waynie C Gates Miss Mary Zuchick Alfred Palmer and many more.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
P. L. Raines
P. M. Bailey
A. S. Cappellari
Wayie C. Gates
Mary Zuchick
Cam Thompson
Alfred Palmer
W. C. Rogers
E. M. Moye
Charles Earehart Jr
Colvin Askew
J. E. Floyd
John C.ashworth
Malcolm Shumate
Mary Carpenter
Claude M. Gallaher
Hubert Jackson
Walter Parks
John E. Hoffman
P.M. Garrison
Harriett Davenport
Beckley
Gladys Lester
Glen White
Annie Lilly
Odd
Fred X. Williams
Sophia
John Lane
Glade Creek
Carl J. Oakes
Beaver
Crooked thefts and odd notices across towns
In Richmond a 60 year old reports the theft of a 20 dollar crock from his porch while a 69 year old says two antique crooks were stolen from her home. In Indianapolis a street project tears up Victoria Street after paving it last week for a sewer line. In Westhampton a tennis pro advises 15 minutes of twisting before playing to loosen muscles. In London a motor bike sign mocks drivers and in Fareham a pub owner seeks his parrot Polly who calls cops and roosts in a tree. In Sparta a jail matron reports her car stolen outside her workplace.
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Richmond, Va
UPI
Robert V. Perkins
Kathryn Gravins
Fareham, England
Walter Wareham
Wareham
Polly
State Buys New Plane In Charleston
State Purchasing Department awards a 14984 contract to Kanawha Aviation Charleston for a Cessna 182 to be used by the West Virginia Aeronautics Commission.
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Charleston
UPI
State Purchasing Department
Kanawha Aviation, Inc
West Virginia Aeronautics Commission
Witnesses Sought After 1961 Buick Accident on First Ave
Bill Wilbur drove a 1961 Buick involved in a collision on January 1 1961 at 315 pm on First Avenue between Beckley National Bank and First Baptist Church. A man and a boy were injured, with bystanders and a lady who went to Raleigh General Hospital seeing the event. witnesses asked to call Floyd M Sayre or Robert B Sayre at 2537393.
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Bill Wilbur
First Avenue
Beckley National Bank
First Baptist Church
Raleigh General Hospital
Wilbur Cor
Shortening The News Across Regions and Record Breaks
A 22 hour 38 minute acceleration beats a 1960 10 078 mile mark by a B52G while South Korean forces block a student march to the U S Embassy in Seoul. A 17 year old boy in Secaucus N J dies of bronchial pneumonia after his crippled father refuses hospitalization. State brief notes cover church conference fundraising progress, state bid advertising for autos, a Benedum Foundation grant to Salem College, Huntington street and fire improvements, union carbide institute plant election results, and a Public Works budget release for remaining weeks of the year.
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Greenland
Alaska
California
Florida
National
U.S
Seoul
Secaucus
N.J
Fred G. Holloway
Board of Hospitals and Homes
West Virginia Council of Churches
West Virginia
Paul G. Benedum
Benedum Foundation
Salem College
North Central Association
John Durkin
Robert M. Hoisington
Huntington
Union Carbide
Institute
NLRB
Oil, Chemicals and Atomic Workers International Union
District 50
United Mine Workers
Board of Public Works
Lighter Side Quips Highlight Massachusetts Democratic Mood
The remark captures a wry take on Massachusetts Democrats appearing to be in control while savoring the moment. It reflects a pundit’s view that the party benefits from power even as it faced current challenges.
Building Sold in Beckley for 55000 at 214 Main St
Ted George Alex George and Louis George, Beckley businessmen, today completed negotiations to purchase the building at 214 Main St occupied by Rahall's Outlet for 55000. Plans for the building are definite at the moment according to Ted George. The building was owned by Matthew Corey of the Corey Vending Machine Co and has been in his family since 1918.
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Ted
Alex
Louis George
Beckley
Main St
Rahall's
Ted George
Matthew Corey
Corey Vending Machine Co
Foreclosures Rise as Mortgage Defaults Reach Peak
Washington officials warned of a rising number of home foreclosures. In 1961 mortgages were foreclosed on 73,074 non-farm properties, the highest total since 1940, with most cases involving private houses.
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Washington
UPI
US warns airspace near Christmas Island for test
United States authorities warned aircraft to stay out of a 600 by 800 mile danger area near Christmas Island to prepare for a new nuclear test. Informed sources said the area would be dangerous to all aircraft at all altitudes beginning at 5:15 a.m. EDT today.
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Tokyo
UPI
United States
Christmas Island
U.S
Now You Know by United Press International
The largest land snakes, mainly boa constrictors and pythons, can devour up to 400 times their daily caloric needs and have been known to endure without food for more than a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Bea
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