Two Teen GIs Demand Execution for Seven Murders
SALT LAKE CITY UP I reports George York 18 and James Latham 19 confessed to seven slayings in a two state spree across five states. They seek to be tried together and face death penalties quickly, as Utah authorities consider jurisdiction amid Florida Illinois Kansas and Colorado requests. The arrest near Grantsville followed a warrant and detainment by Tooele County Sheriff Fay Gillette.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
George York
James Latham
Texas
Utah
Florida
Illinois
Kansas
Colorado
Salt Lake County
George Beckstead
Grantsville
Tooele County
Fay Gillette
Latham
York
Mauriceville
Tex
Jacksonville Fla
Gillette
Tractor Traders Reach Havana
Four American agricultural experts arrived in Havana to discuss Fidel Castro’s plan to exchange 1,214 captured invaders for 500 U.S. tractors. Spokesman Roy Rainer said the group would stay four days, depending on talks with Cuban officials and critics. A Phoenix press conference cited strong U.S. opposition labeling the deal as blackmail or tribute. A real estate broker briefly blocked the travelers at the airport, then was released after stating his aim to have the experts arrested for dealing with a foreign government.
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Cuba
UPI
Fidel Castro
Fernando Otero
Luis Crespo
Enrique Cabre
Institute of Agricultural Reform
Otero
Commission
Riviera
Roy Rainer
Eleanor Roosevelt
American Committee
Phoenix
Castro
United States
Douglas R. Voorhees
Voorhees
U.S
Oil portrait shot at Dallas engineering firm
Police in Dallas suspect a motive against the firm’s boss after a shotgun blast damaged a $3,500 oil portrait of the company president. No injuries were reported and no suspects were named.
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Dallas
Tex
UPI
Court Upholds Appeal By Cox
West Virginia Supreme Court rules to set aside a five year addition to burglar Franklin Roy Cox in 1959 case for failing to meet Habitual Criminal Act rules. The court found no written information on prior conviction and Cox was not properly cautioned. He remains bound by the 1 to 10 year term.
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Charleston
W.va
UPC
State Supreme Court
Franklin Roy Cox
Wyoming County
Cox
Gulf
Supreme Court
High Court
Traffic Warrants To Be Served In Beckley
Beckley Police will serve 12 warrants tomorrow to arrest individuals with delinquent city traffic fines. The department warns it will no longer tolerate the large unpaid ticket backlog.
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Beckley
Now You Know by United Press International
The world’s longest fence spans 3,437 miles and stands six feet high around sheep areas in Queensland to deter wild dingoes.
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United Press International
Sheepareas
Queensland
Australis
Senate drops pro home loan provision in housing bill
Senate action removes a provision allowing individuals to buy homes up to 15000 dollars with federally backed no down payment mortgages. Other items include a juvenile delinquency hearing for Hugh O Brian amid a Malibu Run episode review and CBS questioning. Humprey and Javits propose tax credits for firms paying full salaries to managers and technical staff serving in the Peace Corps pending a Treasury ruling.
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Senate
Hugh O'Brian
Wyatt Earp
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Peace Corps
Treasury Department
Missing Analyst At Ft Meade Reappears In Public Notice
Missing from last Tuesday, Covington drew FBI and Maryland state police attention after failing to appear. Cleared for access to classified material, he held a relatively low level post at Ft Meade. The security agency runs secret code work for the Defense Department. Its operations have rarely been detailed publicly. Last summer two of its mathematicians vanished and resurfaced in Russia. They were Bernon F. Mitchell and William H. Martin and remain in Russia as far as known here.
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Security Agency
FBI
Maryland State Police
Covington
Ft. Meade
Charlestown
W.va
Defense Department
Russia
Bernon F. Mitchell
William H. Martin
Western plan condemned by Chen on Laos neutrality
Reds strengthened position and backed by Poland to guarantee Laos neutrality. Chen called the Western plan dirty business and unthinkable, and humiliating. He urged conference backing of the Soviet plan granting Communists veto power over any international action on Laos' future.
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Poland
Chen
Laos
Victim in satisfactory condition after Russell Street crash
William J. Coleman of 222 Hartley Ave. remains in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital with internal injuries after his car struck a utility pole on Russell Street Sunday.
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William J. Coleman
Hartley Ave
Raleigh General Hopital
Russell Street
Final rites for Mrs Erma Fitzgerald at Red Star Church
Mrs. Erma Fitzgerald 48 of Alexandria Va formerly of Hilltop dies after long illness Buried at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Funeral services set for Wednesday at Red Star Baptist Church with Rev C E Walker and Rev Cecil Perry The survivor list includes husband Ralph Fitzgerald son Clarence E two daughters and several siblings Funeral home arrangements state Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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Erma Fitzgerald
Alexandria
Hilltop
Red Star Baptist Church
Red Star
C. E. Walker
Beckley
Cecil Perry
Sun
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Mine Workers of America Auxiliary
Ralph Fitzgerald
Clarence E
Martha Chichester
Nancy Robinson
Lawrence Cumbow
Summersville
William Cumbow Jr
Martin, Ky
Lucille Jones
Doris Humphrey
Mount Hope
Tyree
Humphrey
Harry M. Jarrett Dies at 71 in Beckley Hospital
Harry M. Jarrett, 71, of Davy, died at 2 45 a m today shortly after admission to Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The body is at Douglas Funeral Home in Welch.
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Harry M. Jarrett
Davy
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Douglas Funeral Home
Welch
Harvey Claytor Funeral Arrangements Announced
Harvey Claytor 71 of 118 Deegans Street died at home after a long illness. Born Floyd County Virginia November 20 1889, he is survived by his wife Mrs Fiarry Claytor six sons Cecil Beckley Carlton Ronald Harvey Jr Charles and Raymond all of Brooklyn New York and one daughter Mrs Iraola Lundey of Brooklyn New York.
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Harvey Claytor
Deegans St
Floyd County
Fiarry Claytor
Cecil
Beckley
Carlton
Wyco
Reginald
Detroit
Mich
Harvey Jr
Charles
Raymond
Brooklyn
N. Y
Iraola Lundey
James W Manning dies in Oak Hill nursing home
James W Manning 986, longtime East Rainelle resident, died at 3 45 a m today at Hill Top Nursing Home Oak Hill after a brief serious illness. Survivors include daughter Mrs Mabel Armstrong Stamford three sons Rev Manning Oak Hill Robert Buckhannon Edgar Cincinnati one sister Mrs J E Terry Denver Colo. Body at Nickell Funeral Home East Rainelle with services set for 2 pm Thursday. Other arrangements incomplete.
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James W. Manning
East Rainelle
Hill Top
Oak Hill
Manning
Mabel Armstrong
Stamford
Phil Manning
Robert
Buckhannon
Edgar Manning
Cincinnati
J. E. Terry
Denver
Colo
Nickell Funeral Home
Miner John Krawchak 72 Dies in Mullens
John F. Krawchak, 72, of Glen Rogers died Saturday at 5:55 p m in Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. A retired miner and UMWA Local 8045 member, he had no known survivors. Funeral services are at 11 a m Wednesday at Sam Foglesong Funeral Chapel Mullens, Rev. Virgil Conant presiding. Burial in Mount Tabor Cemetery Beckley. Pallbearers: Jack Bobko Tom Petrelek Charley Colski William Bovenich Ira Fletcher Louie Darban.
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John F. Krawchak
Glen Rogers
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
UMWA
Sam Foglesong
Moran Avenue
Virgil Conant
Mount Tabor
Beckley
Jack Bobko
Tom Petrelek
Charley Colski
William Bovenich
Ira Fletcher
Louie Darban
James C. Shea Dies at 56 in Beckley VA Hospital
James C. Shea 56 of 1720 Durst Street Charleston died at 9 55 am today in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. His body will be removed to Chandler Simpson Funeral Home for completion of arrangements.
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James C. Shea
Durst St
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Chandler - Simpson Funeral Home
Final rites for Delbert L. Jackson in West Wickham
Delbert L. Jackson 103 1 2 Mills St. will have funeral services Thursday at 12 30 p m in First Baptist Church West Wickham with Rev. Walter Harris officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Sunday morning in a local hospital after a heart attack. Survived by wife Dorothy Spradley Jackson a son Delbert Lee Beckley a brother Ernest L West Wickham three sisters Georgia Hairston West Wickham William Merchant Beckley and James Dews Cincinnati 14 nieces and nephews. Body to be moved from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to the church an hour before services.
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Delbert Lee Jackson
Mills St
First Baptist
West Wickham
William Merchant
Beckley
James Dews
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wright and Anderson
Mrs. Abbie Harrah Dies After Long Illness at 75
Mrs Abbie Gail Harrah 75 of Route 9 Beaver died in a Beckley hospital at 7 p m after a long illness Born August 15 1885 at Pluto she lived in Raleigh County all her life She was a member of Grandview Christian Church Her husband Thomas L Harrah died in 1927
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Abbie Gail Harrah
Route 9
Beaver
Beckley
Pluto
Raleigh County
Grandview Christian Church
Thomas L. Harrah
Ferrell Funeral services for Mrs Hat tie Cook Ferrell
Mrs Hat tie Cook Ferrell aged 84 formerly of Beckley dies in a Radford hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Seaver-Sanders Chapel Radford Va. Burial in Hickman Cemetery. She is survived by a daughter Mrs Henry Butterworth Beckley three sons Burnett Radford J W Leesburg Lloyd Springfield Ga four sisters Mrs George Dean Columbus Ohio Mrs Betty St Clair Blacksburg Va Mrs Lake Johnston Mrs Annie Austin Newport News Va and three brothers Baker Henry Burnett Cook all of Newport News.
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Hattie Cook Ferrell
Beckley
Seaver - Sanders
Radford
Hickman
Ferrell
Henry Butterworth
Burnett
J. W
Leesburg
Lloyd
Springfield
George Dean
Columbus
Ohio
Betty St. Clair
Blacksburg
Lake Johnston
Annie Austin
Newport News
Baker
Henry
Burnett Cook
Court appearance and pertinency ruling in Deutch case
The 1954 appearance before a House subcommittee on unAmerican activities featured Deutch refusing to name the person who invited him to join a party and withholding others connected with the party five years earlier in Cor nell. Justice Stewart in 1957 highlighted that government must prove the pertinence of questions at trial, noting Deutch’s case showed questions unrelated to Communist infiltration in Albany and labor.
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Deutch
House
Cornell
Supreme Court
Illinois
John T. Watkins
Watkins
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Albany, N.Y
Equalization Review Board Begins July 5
Raleigh County Court will sit as a board of equalization and review starting at 10 30 a m on July 5 in the county courthouse to review and equalize assessments for the year 1961. The court will not sit longer than 25 days and no adjournment will exceed three days.
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Raleigh
Man 34 Held For Kidnapping Girl Parents
In Oak Hill a 34 year old Mount Hope man, Samuel Doak Catlett, is charged with kidnapping Connie Parker's parents Rex and Eleanor Parker at gunpoint while seeking the whereabouts of his former fiancée. He pleaded guilty to weapon charges after a Monday hearing and received two brief jail terms.
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RNS
Mount Hope
Samuel Doak Catlett
Frank Simms
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Catlett
Connie Parker
Connie
Rex
Eleanor Parker
Parkers
Roxanna
Shirley Parsons
Parker
Woay-Tv
Bradley
Ernest Barley
Kincaid
W. F. Wiant
L. W. Withrow
Simms
West Virginia town elects first officials in 1872 incorporation
In the newly incorporated town about 75 voters chose their first city officials a mayor and a town council. State briefs note elections in Bluefield Williamson and Hinton and list changes in birth and death certificate fees to one dollar. Other items include Frank G. Sohn named manager of industrial development for Charleston Chamber of Commerce and Thomas C. Coleman Jr set to be acting dean at West Virginia University College of Commerce. The state reports cash balance of 47.1 million end of May and unemployment benefits approximating 2.5 million for May. Obituary notices cover professor Charles B Seibert of WVU Morgantown. A fatal electrocution near Huntington involves Fred Sparks helping with plumbing.
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Williamson
Hinton
State Health Department
Frank G. Sohn
Williamson Chamber of Commerce
Kaiser Aluminum
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Thomas C. Coleman Jr
West Virginia University College of Commerce
Raymond W. Coleman
John H. Kelly
State Dept. of Employment Security
West
Huntington
Sparks
Man Writes Own Obit Then Ends Life In Car
In Chattanooga Tennessee police found 31 year old John J Russell dead in his car. A paper obit addressed to the police and local papers lay beside him. The note says funeral arrangements incomplete pending relatives arrival. He died by carbon monoxide from the car motor.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
UPI
John J. Russell
Chattanooga News-Free Press
Chattanooga Times
Russell
Padded Cell Project Wins County Approval
The Raleigh County Court granted permission to pad a cell in the county jail, with the Mental Health Association funding all but plywood and employing inmates for the work. Sheriff C A Thompson led the committee to secure county funds, despite the overdrafted county budget.
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Igh County Association For Mental Health
Raleigh
Nathan Pickus
James K. Edmondson
C. A. Thompson
Barron proposes public works jobs in special session
Barron and the rules committees outline a plan to merge the federal ADC with the state EEP, creating about 18,000 public works jobs for unemployed fathers. A $7 million state appropriation could attract $19.3 million in federal money, totaling about $26.27 million, with most funds for salaries and related costs including 330 DPA positions and medical expenses for ADC applicants.
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Barron
EEP
Smith
DPA
Senate
William Moreland
Morgantown
Governing appointments loom as lawmakers weigh candidates
An incomplete committee has not yet agreed on three names for the Governor. Riffe claims he knows nothing of Cunningham being considered until he reads it in the Charleston newspaper. Cunningham, a former Raleigh County assistant prosecutor and Beckley lawyer, is noted as a local real estate broker who earned a Louisville law degree in 1950. The Ninth District Senate seat will be filled by a Raleigh County choice, with Ward Wylie holding the other seat. Gov Barron could announce late today to fill two vacancies before Wednesday’s legislative session, though not required.
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Cunningham
Riffe
Charleston
Raleigh County
Beckley
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G. C. Porter
House
Raleigh
Wyoming County
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Mullens
Senate
Barron
Local Committee Finishes Plans For Friday Meeting
Local arrange ment committee met to finalize plans for Friday's state wide meeting in Beckley on the Area Redevelopment Act. About 30 federal agencies will be represented and an estimated 1000 persons are expected. The session will begin at 9 30 a m at Woodrow Wilson High School with registration at the start.
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Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
Joe Rahall
J. A. Blackburn
Hulett C. Smith
Roy Cunningham
Ray DePaulo
Frank Barksdale
Okey Patteson
Charley Hodel
Paul Hutchinson
C. T. Shackelford
Luther Hodges
Commerce
William Batt
Byrd
Sen
Jennings Randolph
Gov. Barron
West Virginia
Patteson
Beckey
Employment gains in May lift total U S jobs
The department reported total employment rose by 1 million to 66.8 million in May, about 400,000 below a year earlier. Gains were seen across hard goods manufacturing with roughly half the month’s increase occurring in agriculture.
Four Persons Treated Following Accidents
Four people received medical treatment at Beckley Hospital after separate incidents on Monday. Dinah Arnold, 4, of Coal City, was treated for a dog bite to her left ear. John GiomPola, 14, of 309 Hill Street, injured his right arm after a fall while playing ball. Debra Mathena, 6, of Route 2 Beckley, cut her right cheek from a tractor fall. Melton Dunkley, Piney View, treated for injuries to his left foot after being struck by a board during the Grand View crash program.
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Beckley Hospital
Dinah Arnold
K. B. Arnold
Coal City
John Giompola
Nick Giampola
Hill St
Debra Mathena
Robert Mathena
Beckley
Melton Dunkley
Piney View
Grandview
Fire damages at Duncan-Catron Motor Co. on Prince Street
Beckley fire crews were summoned at 11:55 a.m. to a blaze in an auto repair shop on Prince Street. A car caught fire when the electrical system shorted. damage was estimated at $50 and the fire was extinguished before firefighters arrived. The owner's name was not available.
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Duncan-Catron Motor Co
Prince St
Beckley Fire Department
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