Tories Rally As Critics Clamor For Mac's Scalp
London reports show loyal supporters backing Prime Minister Harold Macmillan amid calls for his resignation over the Profumo scandal. Cabinet tensions persist as possible rebels and ministers like Enoch Powell and Edward Boyle face scrutiny. Macmillan schedules no further meetings before Monday's showdown with the Labour party in the Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Profumo
Mac
Lord Hailsham
John Profumo
Enoch Powell
Sir Edward Boyle
Macmillan
Labor Party
House of Commons
Commons
Christine Keeler
Hailsham
Valerie Hobson
Miss Keeler
Eugene Ivanov
Ivanov
Moscow
Gilpatric to testify on X22 contract decision
Roswell L. Gilpatric deputy defense secretary is slated to testify before Senate investigators. Officials seek the reasons behind his recommendation against Navy input in the 17 million X22 vertical takeoff aircraft contract award to Bell Aerosystems over Douglas Aircraft. The session aims to conclude the initial Senate preparedness subcommittee review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Aerosystems Co
Douglas Aircraft Co
New Refugees Say Soviets In Control In Cuba
A group of 107 diplomatic refugees arrived from Havana with few possessions and many Cuban cigars, claiming Cuba is under Russian control. They reported a bloody clash in Matanzas Province and warned of Soviet penetration of Castro's government as a Pan Am flight to Miami brought more exiles.
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Miami
Havana
Cuba
Matanzas
Fidel Castro
Wright Injured In Traffic Mishap At Rural Acres Drive Intersection
Ershel Wright, 31, of Harper Heights, a paraplegic driving a pickup, was injured when his vehicle was struck by a car at the Rural Acres Drive Sprague Hill intersection at 1 15 p m Thursday. He was admitted to Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital in satisfactory condition with leg injuries. No other details available.
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Rural Acres Drive
Sprague Hill
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Ershel Wright
Harper Heights
Beckley man posts bond over grand larceny charge
Pryor Posts Bond James Pryor Beckley execut ed a $1000 bond to Circuit Court Clerk C Harold Hanks at 415 p m Thursday for his release from Raleigh County Jail to await action of the grand jury July 8 on a charge of grand larceny He is charged with stealing an automobile A 17 year old Beckley juvenile girl was transported from the Raleigh County Jail this morning to the West Virginia Industrial School for Girls Salem She is charged with being incorrigible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pryor
Beckley
C. Harold Hanks
Raleigh County
West Virginia Industrial School For Girls
Salem
Reckless driving fine for David K. Stanley on Route 19
David K. Stanley of Lanark paid a 25 dollar fine and costs to Magistrate W. A. Burke on Thursday for reckless driving on Route 19 dated May 1. Louise E. Crook of Cool Ridge paid a 5 dollar fine and costs to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez for passing at an intersection on Routes 19 21 on June 2.
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David K. Stanley
Lanark
W. A. Burke
Louise E. Crook
Cool Ridge
Joe Rodriguez
Tax Extension Voted By House
The House approved a one year extension of federal taxes on corporations and items such as cars liquor beer and cigarettes. The bill, urged by President Kennedy, moves to the Senate with a July deadline. It must be signed within 17 days to avoid revenue loss when current law expires. The temporary increases first levied in 1951 to fund the Korean War now yield about $4.2 billion annually.
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Navy
Defense Department
Harold Brown
Gilpatric
Bell
Douglas
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Medgar Evers
Clarence Mitchell
Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
House Judiciary
Mississippi
Meridian
Miss
Mitchell
Evers
Kennedy
FBI
House
J. Edgar Hoover
Harlan Fiske Stone
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Full
Judiciary Committee
UPI
Lad Sentenced To Industrial School For Boys
A 15-year-old Beckley boy was sentenced to the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown by Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery. He is held in the County Jail awaiting transport. The judge cited failure of the child welfare system to place him with relatives or in foster care. He was sentenced as incorrigible for deserting foster homes disobedience and theft.
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Beckley
West Virginia Industrial School
Pruntytown
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Department of Child Welfare
Beaver Lions to Install Officers on June 27
Beaver Lions Club president W. W. Brammer announces a Ladies Night on June 27 with installation of new officers Harold Ward will be president William Walker will be secretary and J. D. Robinson will be treasurer at the meeting in Beaver.
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W. W. Brammer
The
Beaver Lions Club
Harold Ward
William Walker
J. D. Robinson
Stratton High Band Auditions for Centennial Parade
C L Griffin director of Stratton High School Band requests all band members report to the band room at 3 p.m. Monday June 17 to prepare for the Centennial Parade.
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C. L. Griffin
Stratton High School
Funeral services set for Thomas Birchfield in Hotchkiss
Thomas Birchfield 79 of Hotchkiss dies at home from a heart attack after a four year illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hotchkiss Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Acord and Rev. Dewey Wilson. burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He was a retired miner and farmer, former Slab Fork Coal Co. employee, and charter member of local union 16108. Survivors include Rosa Belle Birchfield, two sons Herbert and Homer, two daughters Hazel Fraley and Lettie Adams, a brother Steve, a sister Linda McKinney, 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. The body to be moved from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to the residence today and to the church one hour prior to services. Pallbearers named.
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Thomas Birchfield
Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss Baptist Church
Dewey Acord
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Abner
Mary Jane
Kellysville
Steve
Lester
Linda McKinney
Ansted
Webb and Neal
J. L. Cook Jr
Harless Cook
Paul Cook
Walter Keaton
Frank Keaton
Robert Ward
Obituary notices for Gladwell and Wyde funeral services
Funeral services are set for Albert Wesley Gladwell 77 of Trout at First Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Snedegar. burial in Mc Million Cemetery at Friars Hill. Gladwell, a lifelong Trout resident and retired farmer, died in a Ronceverte hospital after a short illness. survivor includes daughter Mrs. Reta Kirk of Beckley. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Also, Requiem High Mass for Mike Wyde 75 of Midway at St Frances de Sales Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Wyde died at home of an apparent heart attack. rosary recited at Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Sophia. Survivors include three sons Frank, Nick, Louis and four daughters. pallbearers listed.
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Albert Wesley Gladwell
Trout
First Baptist Church
Roy Snedegar
McMillion
Friars Hill
Gladwell
Ronceverte Hospital
Reta Kirk
Beckley
Church of the Living God
Mike Wyde
Midway
St. Frances de Sales
Sylvester W. Staud
Sunset Memorial Park
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Hungary
UMWA
Affinity
Mary Wyde
Frank
Huntington
Nick
Detroit
Mich
Louis
Kent
Ohio
Joe
Mary) Kenney
Irene Coblentz
San Jose
Calif
Jess
Betty) Kendrick
Shady Spring
Theresa Fike
Evansville
Ind
John Shupe
John Sorrell
James Walker
R. B. Proffitt
Arthur Shrewsbury
Hobson Tucker
James A. Pierce Obituary in Montcalm Pentecostal Church
James A. Pierce 83 of Goodwill dies in a Bluefield hospital. Final rites set for 2 p m Saturday at Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church, with Rev. Ted Cook presiding. Burial in Taylor Cemetery. Son of Jim and Martha Ball Pierce, born in Grayson County Virginia. Cravens Funeral Home Montcalm in charge.
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James A. Pierce
Goodwill
Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church
Ted Cook
Taylor Cemetery
Pierce
James Pierce
Beckley
Bluefield
Grayson County
Jim
Martha Ball Pierce
Cravens Funeral Home
I Montcalm
Death of Lanark Man Thomas Knighton at 78
Thomas Knighton, 78, of Lanark, died in a local hospital at 10 40 p m Thursday after a short illness. Survived by wife Georgia Knighton Lanark son Arthur St Albans daughter Rosa Knighton Detroit Mich and four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Body at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Thomas Knighton
Lanark
Georgia Knighton
Arthur
St. Albans
Rosa Knighton
Detroit
Mich
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Soviet cosmonaut launches in fifth spaceflight
Demonstrations erupt in Moscow after the launch as the Soviet Union marks its fifth manned space flight. Khrushchev and party leaders praise the mission while Western observers note propaganda value and potential for a second flight.
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Communist Party
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Nikita Khrushchev
Downtow
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Bykovsky
Harold Wilson
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Gwinn Admitted To Raleigh General For Observation
A. R. Gwinn, bookkeeper for the Raleigh County Board of Education, of 220 Ellison Ave., is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being admitted at 9 30 p m Thursday for observation.
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A. R. Gwinn
Ellison Ave
Raleigh County Board of Education
Raleigh General Hospital
Kennedy Seeks Civil Rights Drive with AFL CIO push
The five point program urged by Kennedy to AFL CIO leaders aims at a top level committee to attack job discrimination in 30 to 40 northern and southern cities, bi racial councils with union support, a voter registration drive for 1964, more responsible positions for Negroes in unions, and backing Kennedy welfare legislation. He plans a Monday meeting with congressional leaders to discuss civil rights proposals as Dirksen cites a four point administration plan including desegregation of public accommodations school integration suits voting rights guarantees and Civil Rights Commission extension.
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Kennedy
Aflcio
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Civil Rights Commission
Mrs Anna Zilinski Funeral Held in Clio
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Anna Zilinski 79 of Clio Michigan formerly of Odd. She died Saturday in a Montrose rest home. Born in Tarnopol Poland July 3 1883 she was daughter of the late Ostop and Anna Vloch. Surviving are two daughters three sons 24 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Burial followed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Anna Zilinski
Clio
Mich
Odd
Benjamin
Woodlawn
Zilinski
Montrose
Tarnopol
Poland
Ostop
Anna Vloch
Kuba Zilinski
Mary Frystock
Lillybrook
Anna Stanychny
Chicago
Ill
Michael
Stephan
Charley
Mrs. Sara Medley Funeral Service Held in East Gulf
Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Lizzie Medley 68 of East Gulf were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Tabernacle Baptist Church East Gulf with Rev. S. L. McClure officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Tuesday night in a Mullens hospital. Born February 2 1895 in Pittsville Virginia she was the daughter of the late Jud Johnson and his wife. She was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Survivors include four sons Williams Medley East Gulf Hubert Harper Heights Stance Mead Timothy Chicago Ill two daughters Christebell Winston New York City and Dorothy Bristol Allen Junction five grandchildren and a great grandchild. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlors handled arrangements until one hour before services when it was moved to the church.
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Sara
Lizzie) Medley
East Gulf
Tabernacle Baptist Church of
S. L. McClure
Greenwood Memorial Park
Mullens Hospital
Pittsville
Jud Johnson
Williams Medley
Hubert
Harper Heights
Stance
Mead
Timothy
Chicago
Ill
Christebell Winston
New York City
Dorothy Bristol
Allen Junction
Ritchie and Johnson
John Price Funeral Set In Beckley Chapel
John Price 66 of Beckley dies in a local hospital Thursday morning after a long illness. Funeral services are at 2 p m Saturday at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors: daughters Irene Curley of Cleveland Ohio and Lillian Belle of Birminghamport Alabama. sons Jimmy of Chicago Illinois and Frank of Detroit Michigan. sister Ella Mae Cooper of Flint Michigan. brother Alex of Birminghamport. Friends may call after 8 p m today at the funeral home.
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John Price
Beckley
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Greenwood Memorial Park
Irene Curley
Cleveland
Ohio
Lillian Belle
Birmingport
Ala
Jimmy
Chicago
Frank
Detroit
Mich
Ella Mae Cooper
Flint
Alex
Spelling Bee at Mayflower Linked to Washington History Visit
Nancy, amid a spelling bee event at the Mayflower, toured Washington landmarks with George and Martha Washington’s tomb and the restored estate. She rode a Potomac steamer, glimpsing sights in Washington and Virginia, and met Senator Randolph who invited her to his office. Johnson and Truman attended a celebration of the Truman Committee anniversary as spellers awaited autographs and post cards were exchanged. Johnson left early, leaving spellers to sing Happy Birthday as Truman stayed.
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George
Martha Washington
Washington Estate
Washington
Nancy
Potomac River
Virginia
U. S
Potomac
Europe
Johnson
Truman
Randolph
Hodel
Alan
Afro-Asian Dues Renew UN Money Crisis
U.N. negotiations on the world body’s financial crisis stretch into a fifth week as Afro-Asian demands for lower peacekeeping dues push talks back to square one. France’s position looms over Congo charges while Western nations weigh a shared formula to cover a $100 million deficit amid private committee sessions.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPD
U.N
France
General Assembly
Congo
Gaza Strip
Portugal
South Africa
World Organization
Judge Field To Arrive June 21
United States District Court Judge John A. Field Jr. is expected in Beckley June 21 22 for pretrial conferences. The Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery offices will host the Federal Court sessions and July term in Beckley. Delays in door frame shipments for the former Post Office remodeling push use of County Courthouse facilities.
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United States District Court
John A. Field Jr
Beckley
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Federal Court
Machinist Sends Five Dollar Lenin Wreath, Seeks Thanks
William Super, a 64 year old retired machinist and masseur from Minneapolis, sent $5 to Moscow for a wreath to Lenin's tomb and says he has not received a thank you. He emphasizes he is for peace not communism and that five dollars is a sacrifice. Pravda reprinted his note and a photo of the wreath. Americans in Moscow say the wreath cost $50 and that he was used for propaganda.
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Minneapolis
UPI
William Super
Kremlin
Lenin
Super
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Samans Foundation Fund Totals $1,710
The Beverly Samans Memorial Scholarship Foundation reports $1,710 on deposit. Trustee I R Wein says checks from Philadelphia have arrived and funds enable scholarships for at least three years. A perpetual fund is likely. a constitution and bylaws will be set soon. Scholarships in music will aid a deserving student from southern West Virginia, with the first award planned for 1964.
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Beverly Samans
I. R. Wein
Philadelphia
Miss Samans
Wein
Irene Fink
William Critser
West Virginia
Jury Deliberations in 1962 Traffic Death Case Begin
Jurors in a Circuit Court trial over the highway death of Robert Eugene Smith on November 5, 1962, hear final arguments as Le thia Smith of Coal City sues Israel Miller of Beckley. Judge Norman Knapp outlines negligence standards and a $10,000 cap for wrongful death.
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Robert Eugene Smith
Lethia Smith
Coal City
Rael Miller
Beckley
Smith
Route 16
Norman Knapp
G. Berk Lynch
of Lynch and Henderson
Miller
W. H. File Jr
Donald D. Hodson
Scherer, Bowers, File and
Hudson
Carl Hungate
File
Knapp
Painter Held In 2 Slayings
Ashland painter Arthur Bryson Rice 21 was jailed in Boyd County awaiting preliminary hearings on murder charges for the March 14 1962 double slayings of 20 year old Donald Howard and his 17 year old bride Brenda Lou in a car near Ashland. An autopsy showed the bride was alive when found and died about an hour later. Investigators tied a 22 caliber rifle to Rice and to casings at the scene and noted he owned a 1951 car matching a vehicle seen nearby.
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Ashland, Ky
UPI
Ashland
Boyd County
Catlettsburg
Kenova
W. Va
Arthur Bryson Rice
Donald Howard
Brenda Lou
Howard
Rice
Board of Inquiry
France approves Franco German friendship pact in Assembly
The French National Assembly voted 325 to 107 to approve the Franco German friendship treaty, a keystone in President Charles de Gaulle’s plan for a stronger France. The pact calls for close cooperation in politics, economy, and culture, and was signed last January by De Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. West Germany’s parliament has also endorsed the treaty.
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Paris
UPI
French National Assembly
Senate
Charles de Gaulle
France
West Germany
de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Three Californians Arrested on Flight Prosecution Charges
Three men from San Jose were booked at Raleigh County Jail at 11:40 a.m. today on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution charges. They are Christopher Frederick Barone Ronald Wayne Van Auken and Ronnie Lee Smith. They told an FBI agent they will waive extradition to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Christopher Frederick Barone
Ronald Wayne van Auken
Ronnie Lee Smith
San Jose
Federal Bureau of Investigation
California
No Float Planned For Raleigh Centennial Parade
Mrs. H Dale Covey of the Trap Hill Country Life Group says the group will not have a float in the Raleigh County Centennial Parade on June 22. She cites a full summer schedule making float construction impractical. The decision was made at a Thursday night Trap Hill High School meeting. The next gathering is set for June 25 at 7 30 p m at the high school.
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H. Dale Covey
Trap Hill Country Life Group
Raleigh County
CLG
Trap Hill High School
Pala Leonard Layne Held for Forgery in Mabscott
Mabscott resident Pala Leonard Layne waived to the grand jury before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez at 11 30 a m today and remanded to Raleigh County Jail on a 1000 bond for forgery after state police arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Layne
Mabscott
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh
West Virginia Clerks Convene in Parkersburg
Raleigh County Clerk Smitty Smith and Circuit Clerk Harold Hanks attend the 26th annual convention of the West Virginia Association of County and Circuit Clerks in Parkersburg with about 160 participants. The meeting opened heavily and will conclude today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
C. O. ‘Smitty’ Smith
C. Harold Hanks
Parkersburg
West Virginia Association of County and Circuit Clerks
Budget Fight Grants FBI Full Request as Others Are Cut
The House appropriations panel denied 570 new positions across agencies, while approving the FBI’s full $147 million request plus 550 new employees. Director Hoover led the agency’s testimony with two aides, unlike others who sent large delegations. Civil Rights Commission also received its requested funding, USIA kept its Voice of America expansion, though overall cuts reduced its total by $44 million.
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State Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
House
Civil Rights Commission
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
U. S. Information Agency
USIA
Latin America
Africa
Voice of America
Alabama Guard Deployments and Class Start Pose Questions
Alabama guardsmen in Huntsville resume civilian jobs unless in summer training or among 1,200 stationed here. Army Secretary Cyrus Vance in Washington authorized their return after federalization by President Kennedy. He described his first class as rough, framing continued national interest in the Alabama situation.
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Huntsville
Alabama
Army
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Alabama Guardsmen
Kennedy
Eisenhower Reaffirms No Candidate Discussion Session
President Eisenhower led a combined session of three groups stating there would be no discussion of candidates. The move appears aimed at quelling GOP fears that the committee was created to block Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona from securing the presidential nomination.
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Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
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