Land Involved In Court Case Viewed By Jury
Jurors in a State Road Commission condemnation case viewed the Lester Glen White Road site owned by Katherine Foti after the court opened evidence. The 95 foot frontage on West Virginia 54 is part of a property once housing a grocery, restaurant, pool room and living quarters. The building has been demolished for road construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Katherine Foll
Lester-Glen White Road
Miss Foti
W. Va
SRC
Robert Carr
Joseph I. Luchini
Lester- Glen White
Tony Foti
Luchini
George Harash
Rufus McMillen
E. D. Terry
Pat Roach
Pauline Fitzwater
Thornton Wright
Donald Young
Rose Anderson
Claude Carper
Everett Godbey
E. B. Wray Jr
M. F. Anderson
Wilbert Harrah
Beckley Girl Earns Oberlin Bachelor of Music Degree
Miss Annetta Y. Monroe daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Monroe of F Street received her bachelor of music degree at Oberlin College Ohio in ceremonies today. A music education major she was active in the Musical Union and church choir and studied a year at Mozarteum Salzburg. She previously led high school bands and glee clubs and served as president of student council and future teachers of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annetta Y. Monroe
Howard Monroe
F Street
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Monroe
Musical Union
Church
Mozarteum
Salzburg
Austria
Stratton High School
Beckley Choral Society
Youth Fellowship of Central Baptist Church
Student Council
Future Teachers of America
Public affairs urged by Vance and Webb in UPI quotes
United Press International quotes from Cyrus R. Vance at Virginia Military Institute urging graduates to know public affairs. James Webb warns NASA space program cuts could cost America leadership and its image as a democratic symbol to the free world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Lexington
Army
Cyrus R. Vance
Virginia Military Institute
Newark
Del
NASA
James Webb
U.S
America
West Berlin Greets Kennedy Visit Hopes for Brief Stay
Visiting West Berlin Mayor Willie Brandt says residents would be glad to see President Kennedy during his Berlin trip later this month. He adds many would be happy if the president could stay even one hour.
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New York
West Berlin
Willie Brandt
Kennedy
Berlin
United States
Honolulu President Kennedy Calls U S Moral Crisis
President Kennedy speaks on racial tension in the United States stating a moment of moral and constitutional crisis. He urges unity and action to address civil rights and equality amid national tensions.
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Honolulu
Kennedy
United States
Hearing Postponed In Rhodell Police Brutality Case
A hearing set for Saturday at 10 a.m. before Magistrate J. K. Cole on alleged brutality by three Rhodell officers against Clarence Jackson of Rhodell was postponed due to the absence of two witnesses.
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J. K. Cole
Rhodell
Rhodell Area
Clarence Jackson
Colonaid Pills Claim Quick Constipation Relief
A sensational ad claims Colonaid uses a unique colonic nerve stimulant with bulking action to relieve constipation overnight. It targets tense nerves that block bowel impulses and promises gentle restoration of regularity. Introductory size 43s.
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Colonaid
Buck urges practical ideals to keep American leadership
Nobel laureate Pearl S Buck told Bethany College graduates that the United States must apply its ideals of equality integrity and respect for others to retain world leadership. She warned that without this, America could fade like ancient civilizations and noted whites are a minority globally.
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Bethany
UPI
Pearl S. Buck
Bethany College
America
Miss Buck
Profumo Scandal Rocks British Government in 1963
The Sunday paper alleges Profumo pursued a scantily clad Miss Keeler at Lord Astor's Celveden estate on their first meeting. The exposure last Wednesday destabilized Macmillan's Conservative government, prompting urgent meetings with Deputy PM Butler and Chief Whip Martin. A Commons debate is set for next Monday after Whitsun. The focus shifts to security implications of the Profumo Keeler Ivanov triangle.
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Profumo
Miss Keeler
Lord Astor
Celveden
Macmillan
Scotland
R. A. Butler
Martin
House of Commons
Integration Crisis Dominates Racial Developments
Across the nation, racial events unfold from Alabama to Rhode Island. Alabama braces as 800 police maintain order on the eve of two Negro enrollments at the University of Alabama. Charleston protests by over 200 singing Negroes along sidewalks. In Jackson, Mississippi, churches deny access to several Negroes while a Catholic church admits worshippers. Powhatan County’s school closures confront federal review. President Kennedy endorses civil rights progress at the Mayors Conference. Senator Smathers predicts Senate action to override a Southern filibuster. Governor Bryant defends lawful Negro demonstrations. Rhode Island warns America’s racial troubles embarrass allies abroad.
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United Press International
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Charleston
D.C
Jackson
Miss
Alexandria
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Powhatan County
Honolulu
Kennedy
National Conference of Mayors
Washington
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Senate
Miami
Farris Bryant
Kingston
R. I
Dean Rusk
University of Rhode Island
America
Beckley teen ordered to appear for speeding charge
Carl Edward Steve, 17, Beckley, must appear in City Police Court on June 17 after a speeding citation issued at 10 15 p m by City Police. Lionel Cote, 27, Indiana, posted 107 cash bond after a drunk driving arrest at 3 30 p m by City Police.
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Carl Edward Steve
Beckley
Lionel Cote
Indiana
Obituaries for Adkins and Kennedy Leave Raleigh County
Funeral services for Harold E. Adkins of Mabscott will be held at Mount View Primitive Baptist Church at 2 p m Tuesday. Burial follows in Mount View Cemetery. Adkins, 40, died in a Sunday automobile crash near Scarbro. He was a WWII veteran, long-time Raleigh County resident, and husband to Mary Virginia Thompson. Surviving relatives include his wife, children, siblings, and a grandchild. Final rites for Dr Carl Lemley Kennedy, 58, Montgomery dentist, were set for today at Montgomery Presbyterian Church with burial in Montgomery Memorial Park. Kennedy died early Saturday morning in a Morgantown hospital.
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Harold E. Adkins
Mabscott
Mount View Primitive Baptist Church
J. J. Bowling
Mount View
Scarbro
Oak Hill
Glen Morgan
Nora Wyatt
Washington, D. C
Everett Adkins
Raleigh County
Skelton Wrecking Co
Beckley
Mary Virginia Thompson
Harold E. Adkins Jr
Theodore Garrison
Jess Stanley
Ronald Wood
Frank Prince
Cleveland Worley
Bruno Barney
J. W. Richardson
Carl Lemley Kennedy
Montgomery
Montgomery Presbyterian Church
O. H. Lyon
Montgomery Memorial Park
Kennedy
Morgantown
Valurius Lilly 85 dies in Miami after Ellison roots
Valurius Lilly 85 of Miami Florida formerly of Ellison died at 4 a m today at his home Born April 7 1878 in Ellison he was the son of the late Josiah Lilly A retired farmer he lived in Miami ten years and belonged to the Primitive Baptist Church in Miami He is survived by his wife Lola Clark Lilly three daughters Blanche Hamilton Erma Keffer Eva Lilly four sons Virgil Joe Herbert Samuel a brother Eli Lilly two sisters 15 grandchildren The body is being returned to Caffee Funeral Home for completion of arrangements.
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Valurius Lilly
Miami Fla
Ellison
Josiah Lilly
Miami
Primitive Baptist Church
Lola Clark Lilly
Blanche Hamilton
Erma Keffer
Coal City
Eva Lilly
Virgil
Joe
Charleston
Herbert
Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel
United States Army
Eli Lilly
Beckley
Alice Lilly
Jumping Branch
Virginia Pettry
Beaver
Final rites planned for Roscoe Clay in Terry church
Final rites for Roscoe Clay aged 53 of Terry were set for 1 p.m. today at Terry Christian Church with Rev. Gene Hall leading. Burial followed at Terry Community Church Cemetery. He died Saturday at 6 p.m. at home from an apparent heart attack. Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Roscoe Clay
Terry
Terry Christian Church
Gene Hall
Terry i
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Miss Lova Snuffer Final Rites Held
Final rites for Miss Lova Snuffer, 77, of 501 Neville Street, were planned at 2 p.m. today at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Reverend L A Garton presiding, burial in Sutphin Cemetery at Crab Orchard after a long illness. She died at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in a local hospital.
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Lova Snuffer
Neville St
Melton
L. A. Garten
Sutphin
Crab Orchard
Final rites for six month old Jeanene Pannell
The six month old Jeanene A Pannell daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Pan nell of Beckley were to be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after funeral services at Me Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. She died June 3 in Guam where her father serves in the Air Force.
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Jeanene A. Pannell
Raymond Pannell
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
David Smith
Greenwood Memorial Park
Guam
Air Force
Christine Giffin Funeral Held After Tragic Death
Christine Giffin 29 of San Mateo formerly of Beck ley shot herself at home Saturday night and will have funeral services in San Mateo on Wednesday Relatives report survivors include husband Arthur mother Char lene Jones Hinton brother Junior Mason Jones San Flamito two sisters Mary Ellen Ogrich Cleveland Ohio and Margaret Kirby San Diego Calif maternal grandparents E C Harvey Coal City This obituary notes the suicide and family survivors in multiple locations.
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San Mataeo
Calif
Christine Giffin
San Mateo
Beckley
Arthur
Charlene Jones
Hinton
Junior Mason Jones
San Flamito
Mary Ellen Ogrich
Cleveland
Ohio
Margaret Kirby
San Diego
E. C. Harvey
Coal City
Frank Caldwell Final Rites Held in Maryland
Frank B Caldwell 77 of Leonardtown Maryland formerly of Harvey will have services at 2 PM Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill Rev C E Eastman officiating Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He died Friday Survivors include four daughters Cora Jones Red Star Betty Ashton New York City Pearl Spencer Clayton Delaware Mabel Ingle Dover Delaware and a son Lawrence Caldwell Lexington Park Delaware The body remains at the funeral home for viewing after 3 PM today.
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Frank B. Caldwell
Leonardtown
Harvey
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. E. Eastman
High Lawn Memorial Park
Caldwell
Cora Jones
Red Star
Betty Ashton
New York City
N. Y
Pearl Spencer
Clayton, del
Mabel Ingle
Dover
Del
Lawrence Caldwell
Lexington Park
Final rites for Cosby Cole in Spanishburg and Princeton
Cosby Cole of Spanishburg was to have final rites at 2 p m today at Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with Rev. Cleve Young officiating. Burial was to follow at Massey Cemetery Spanishburg. Cole died Saturday in a Princeton hospital.
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Cosby Cole
Spanishburg
Princeton
Cleve Young
Massey
Cole
Notable Deaths Reported in Three Countries
Mrs W H Kester of East Main Street died at home at 10 40 am after a long illness. The body is at Caffee Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements. In LAS ARENAS Spain Jose Felix de Sequerica 72 Spain’s chief UN delegate died Sunday at home after a long illness. In Paris French painter Jacques Villon 87 died Sunday in his Pu teaux studio. Villon real name Gaston Duchamp famed for Soldiers Marching The Bridge of Beaugency and Portrait of Marcel Duchamp.
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William H. Kester
East Main Street
Las Arenas
Spain
UPI
Jose Felix de Sequerica
United Nations
PARIS
Jacques Villon
Puteaux
Villon
Gaston Duchamp
Beaugency
Marcel Duchamp
Parker L. McGrew Final Rites Held for 74 in Minden
Final rites for Parker L. McGrew, 74, of Minden, were planned at 2 p.m. today at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill with Rev. William B. Pittman officiating. Burial was to follow at Huse Memorial Park in Fayetteville.
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Parker L. McGrew
Minden
Tyree
Oak Hill
William B. Pittman
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Xavier von Erdberg dies former Ardennes commissioner
Xavier von Erdberg who served as civilian agricultural commissioner for the Department of the Ardennes during the Nazi occupation died Saturday at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He was 62 and had retired to Lawrenceville New Jersey after World War II where he practiced experimental farming.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Xavier von Erdberg
Department of the Ardennes
University of Pennsylvania
Lawrenceville
N.J
Turner Post Bond On Two Charges In Beckley
Bill Turner of East Park Beckley waived to the grand jury and posted two $1,000 bonds on drink and moonshine charges. Multiple defendants faced fines or waivers today in Raleigh County and route 21 police citations. Incentives include dismissals on radio theft charges and various traffic offenses.
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Bill Turner
East Park
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Raleigh
Betty Ellis
Eccles
Joe Rodriguez
Hazel Roark
Shady Spring
Rodriguez
Grand
Scottie Meadows
William R. Ward
Rural Acres Drive
Ronnel Workman
Glen White
John R. Houghton
Gainesville
Burke
Luther Underwood
Coal City
Keith Richard Borland
Cleveland
Ohio
Beverly Waddell
Granvil Stokley
Stamford
Valley Drive
Ronald Richmond
Fireco
Kennedy pushes partial arms control and nuclear test ban
President Kennedy said continued Geneva talks aim for a partial disarmament treaty and progress toward a comprehensive ban. He argued a test ban would curb the arms race, boost security, and reduce nuclear spread while urging mayors to advance civil rights peacefully amid a constitutional crisis.
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Kennedy
America
Geneva
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Woman Employed To Oversee Little Beaver Park Bathhouse
Park officials announce a woman has been hired to oversee the ladies bathhouse at Little Beaver Park. J. W. Foster, park board chairman, said the change comes after users requested female staff. The new attendant began Saturday and is on duty, though her name could not be confirmed at press time.
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Little Beaver Park
J. W. Foster
Park Board
Jack McVey
Foster
McVey
Fidelis Class to Meet at First Baptist Church
A Fidelis Class gathering is scheduled for 7 30 p m Thursday at the First Baptist Church. The meeting will discuss church activities and member plans.
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First Baptist Church
Two-Vehicle Crash Causes $125 In Damages
Police report a two car collision at South Heber and McCreery streets with about 125 damage. A garbage truck driven by 21-year-old George B. Childs backed into Gilmore C. Thornton's 1955 model car. no injuries or arrests reported.
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South Heber
McCreery Streets
George B. Childs
Klaus St
Gilmore C. Thornton
Wildwood Ave
Sixty Men Laid Off At Stanaford Mine
Sixty workers at The New River Co stake Stanaford mine were laid off, officially described as temporary with no stated reason. Company president W A Haslam could not be reached for comment, previously denying closure talks and asserting continued operation.
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Stanaford
New River Co
W. A. Haslam
Haslam
Apportionment Petition Challenges County Delegates System
An apportionment petition alleges the new law keeps historic discrimination against Kanawha and other counties. The constitution requires combining counties with low population ratios into delegate districts with a single representative, but the Legislature still allows each county to have at least one House delegate regardless of size.
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Kanawha
Wallace vows restraint as Alabama crisis tests constitution
Governor Wallace declares he will arrest agitators who incite violence and urges calm as he dispatches National Guardsmen to Tuscaloosa to preserve order. He says the guard’s mission is to maintain peace and to uphold a pledge to block integration at the University of Alabama without delaying the Negroes’ entrance.
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University of Alabama
Wallace
Alabama
Kenneday
Tuscaloosa
Primatene Tablets Offer Prescription-Free Asthma Relief
Asthma formula most prescribed by doctors is now sold without prescription in many states. Primatene tablets open bronchial tubes, loosen congestion, and relieve nervous tension, delivering quick relief from attacks and hours of freedom from spasms. Get Primatene at any drugstore.
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New York
N. Y
Half of Grand Jury AWOL From Raleigh County Court
Only eight of sixteen Raleigh County Grand Jurors answered for the June term as Judge Harry L. McCreery appointed jury commissioners to find substitutes. Foreman Charles S. Lewis led the panel. others present included W. F. Watts, Chick O’Neal, Glenn Ray Neal, Dorsey Turner, Charles Claypool, C. W. Rollyson, Robert Erwin, Lloyd Cooper, John McKay, Douglas Hall, Mrs. William Barnard, Odi Casali, Mrs. Howard Starr, Mason Beckett and Harry Ellis. The judge warned jurors of responsibility for the 53 presentments by Prosecuting Attorney Sparacino and Assistant Canterbury, noting at least 12 jurors must concur for indictments.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Alex George
Matthew Corey
Charles 5S. Lewis
W. F. Watts
Chick O'Neal
Glenn Ray Neal
Dorsey Turner
Charles Claypool
C. W. Rollyson
Robert Erwin
Lloyd
Anthony J. Sparacino
Thomas Canterbury
Wilkins Praises Demonstrations at Independence Hall Rally
Roy Wilkins of the NAACP told about 3,000 at Independence Hall that anti-bias demonstrations are the greatest revolution of the 20th century. He urged blacks to press for freedom and recounted NAACP bail aid for Jackson Mississippi protests while criticizing Black Muslims and Congress on civil rights.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Roy Wilkins
Independence Hall
Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Valley Forge
Crispus Attucks
Korea
Boston
Jackson
Miss
Clarksdale
New York
Wcbs TV
Congress
Surgeons Examine Siamese Twin Girls in Pittsburgh
Surgeons at Children's Hospital continued examinations of Siamese twin girls born Friday in Tarentum, weighing 11 pounds 12 ounces total, to decide if separation is possible. Their condition remains satisfactory. Outcomes depend on whether the twins share skin and cartilage or vital organs such as the heart or lungs.
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Theresa Temoshekno
Tarentum
John
Eng
Chang
Siam
Four Divorces Granted by Raleigh County Court
Judge Norman Knapp signed four divorces this past week. Alma Bailey won a divorce from Everett Alexander Bailey and custody of two children. Mary Frances Blake divorced from Earl W Herbert Blake and had her maiden name restored to Mary Frances Taylor. Anna Mae Lafferty divorced from Everette Harmon Lafferty with custody of three adopted children declared not at issue. Amelia Bertha Ward granted a divorce from Benny Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Alma Bailey
Everett Alexander Bailey
Mary Frances Blake
Earl W Herbert Blake
Mary Frances Taylor
Anna Mae Lafferty
Everette Harmon Lafferty
Amelia Bertha Ward
Benny Ward
West Virginia Law Graduate Admitted to Raleigh Courts
Edmundson James K. Edmundson Jr a June graduate of West Virginia University College of Law was admitted to practice before the Raleigh County Criminal Court on motion by Prosecuting Attorney A J Sparacino. He had earlier been admitted to the Circuit Court on a motion by his father James K Edmundson of Beckley. Judges Harry L McCreery and Norman Knapp welcomed him to their courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Edmundson Jr
West Virginia University College of Law
Raleigh County
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Glens
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A&p
McGrew
Carl Kennedy
Caffee Funeral Home
Miss Lova Snuffer
Jeanene Panell
Frank Caldwell
W. H. Kester
Beckley Loan Co
Turner
Paul E. Mann Sr
Robert Lewis
Albert Tenson
East Beckley
Little Beaver
Es Akle
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