Raleigh County Court Moves On Ground Beautification Hearings
Raleigh County Court this morning approved beautification plans for the Raleigh Courthouse grounds and set a 1 30 p m hearing on a lease request by the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA for use of the Memorial Building. Other actions include appointing a Clear Fork District justice of the peace and a Raleigh County Board of Zoning Appeals member.
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Raleigh
Clear Fork
Raleigh County Board of Zoning Appeals
Raleigh County Court
Beckley- Raleigh County Ymca
Berger
Zachari Karantonis Jr
Dorothy
William Stanley
Karantonis
Charles T. Burdiss
A. J. Sparacino
M. K. Austin
South Fayette St
Piney Oaks
W. H. Nelson
Zoning Board of Appeals
Police Arrest Two Juveniles In Raleigh County
Police in Beckley Raleigh County arrest two 15 year old girls on delinquent runaway and shoplifting charges. Additional arrests include Harvey Howard MacArthur for peace warrant and Raymond Richmond Marsh Fork on drunk driving. Local court actions include fines for several offenders and courthouse landscaping plans with benches.
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Sprague
Raleigh County
Pemberton
Harvey Howard
MacArthur
Raymond Richmond
Marsh Fork
Jimmy St. Claire
Beckley
Burke
St. Claire
W. Va
George Ellison
Mount Hope
Ellison
U. S
William C. Covey
Covey
Tom D. James
James
Fire On Greyhound Bus Delays Turnpike Travel
A Greyhound bus en route from Beckley to Charleston caught fire on the West Virginia Turnpike when engine wiring ignited. No injuries or baggage damage reported. The bus departed Beckley at 10 25 a m and passengers were moved to another bus. arrival in Charleston was 20 minutes late.
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Greyhound
Beckley
Charleston
W. Va
Pike
Surratt Enlists in Navy for Recruit Training
Gary Paul Surratt of Shady Spring enlisted in the U S Navy at Beckley sub station and sails to Great Lakes Illinois for basic training joining his mother Mrs Jocke Bragg as his next of kin.
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Surratt
NAVY
Gary Paul Surratt
Shady Spring
Jocke Bragg
U. S. Navy
Beckley
Great Lakes
Iil
Senate rights debate winds toward final votes after long amendments
Humphrey predicted a final burst of post amendment speeches would span a couple of days as senators from both sides prepare closing remarks. The chamber spent hours Monday voting on fourteen amendments, more than any prior day, but the bipartisan substitute bill remained largely unchanged before the final roll call.
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Humphrey
Senate
Girl of the Golden West heroine bets life in poker
In Puccini opera the heroine stakes the life of her lover in a tense poker game. The scene centers on risk, loyalty, and dramatic confrontation within the Nevada mining town setting.
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Puccini
Winds Race Through Eastern Pennsylvania at 109 MPH
A violent electrical storm sped through eastern Pennsylvania with winds up to 109 miles per hour and heavy rain. One man drowned in the Ohio River as a storm lashed the region, with injuries in Westmoreland County and widespread power outages from Berks to Allentown. Tornado activity occurred in Ohio and New York areas, while northwest Oregon saw over an inch of rain.
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Pennsylvania
Ark
Great Lakes
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
West
Moreland County
Allentown
Berks County
Wharton
Ohio
Toledo
Cary
Elmira
N. Y
Des Moines
Iowa
Columbus
California
Baker
Oregon
Two Lives Lost in West Virginia Monday
Monday traffic accidents in West Virginia claim two lives a Parkersburg girl and a Texan, raising the 1964 toll to 204. Cathie Lynn Richardson, 12, was struck near Elkins while watching from a bridge. Bobbie J. Furgeson, 37, died when his station wagon left U S 220 and hit a guardrail south of Moorefield.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Wood County
Cathie Lynn Richardson
Robert Richardson
Parkersburg
Elkins
Bobbie J. Furgeson
la Porta
Tex
U. S. 220
Moorefield
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Robert S. Taylor
Beckley
Racial Tension Spurs Biracial Committee Talk in St Johns
St Johns County grand jury, recalled for a special session, nears a recommendation to form a biracial committee to address racial tension. In Oxford Ohio a domestic freedom corps begins training for a 300 to 350 person civil rights campaign in Mississippi this summer. In New York leaders from civil rights and community groups who opposed the school board's integration plan shift to support the proposal.
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St. Johns
St. Augustine
Oxford
Ohio
MissiSsippi
New York
New York Board of Education
Politicians Rushed Into Campaign Fracas Prompt Reactions
As presidential campaigns intensify, politicians face swift retorts and sharp criticism. The scene captures rapid commentary, public responses, and the friction between rival camps.
Smith urges better educated state government leaders
Hulett C. Smith, Democratic gubernatorial nominee from Beckley, told a Wheeling audience during the West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents summer conference that the state must have “a high standard of excellence” and better educated people in all government sectors. He said he would outline a constructive program for West Virginia and avoid political attacks. His Republican opponent, former Gov Cecil H. Underwood of Huntington, argued that government should be a balance wheel, while noting Underwood’s own background with Island Creek Coal.
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Wheeling
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
West Virginia
Smith
Cecil H. Underwood
Huntington
Underwood
Island Creek Coal
Education Foundation Inc
Charleston
Association
Coal industry seen booming with finance links and rising power demand
Delegates heard four investment bankers forecast growth for bituminous coal driven by expanding electric power use in the United States. Bretey predicted coal consumption could double in 15 years, rising to 550 million tons by 1980 from 210 million. Flint said coal financing will grow, Cross noted stock gains, and Spurdle urged long range planning.
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Canada
United States
Pierre R. Bretey
Hayden, Stone, & Co
John G. Flint
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Louis J. Cross
Hornblower & Weeks
John W. Spurdle
Dominick & Dominick
Case Against SRC Continues in Raleigh County Trial
Testimony in the State Road Commission case against Hildred and Jack A. Cremens continued in Raleigh County Circuit Court. A witness valued property before the taking at 1 and stated damage of 3 000 dollars. described the house as in fair condition at the time of the taking. Archie Ellenbogen testified the city value was 8 653 before and 5 950 after the taking. Jurors visited the premises as the trial began Monday. counsel were A David Ashworth for the Cremens and James L. Satterfield for the road commission. Judge Norman Knapp presides.
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State Road Commission
Hildred
Jack A. Cremens
Raleigh County
Cremens
SRC
Archie Ellenbogen
A. David Ashworth
James L. Satterfield
Road Commission
Norman Knapp
Priest DuBay cheered after Cardinal denies removal claim
At St Albert the Great in Comp ton Father DuBay said he was removed as assistant administrator last week though a cardinal spokesman denied stripping him of duties. He denied resigning. Pickets of about 14 Negro and Mexican-American Catholics protested in front of the chancery where Cardinal McIntyre has his office. Seminary classmate Father Halloran backed DuBay and said the cardinal has no open civil rights policy. Jesuit Father Dunne of Georgetown praised the courage of DuBay while avoiding judgment on his actions.
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Father DuBay
St. Albert the Great Church
Compton
Monay
Catholic Chancery
Cardinal McIntyre
Father Halloran
St. Mary’s Church
McIintyre
Father Dunne, Sr
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Father Dunne
Allies urged to equip with up-to-date weapons
Appearing beside Eisenhower on the panel were Clare Boothe Luce former ambassador to Italy Rep Peter H B Frelinghuysen former Secretary of Defense Thomas S Gates Dr William B Kintner from the University of Pennsylvania former National Security Council member Dr Walter H Judd former Minnesota congressman and Dr Robert Strausz Hope director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania
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Eisenhower
Clare Boothe Luce
U.S
Italy
Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
R N.J
Thomas S. Gates
William B. Kintner
University of Pennsylvania
National Security Council
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Robert Strausz- Hope
Foreign Policy Research Institute
The
University of Pensylvania
Air Force Enlists Seven Men at Beclay Recruiting Office
Seven men enlisted in the U S Air Force at the Beck ley Recruiting Office and were sent to Lackland AFB Texas for basic training. They are Silas Harrison Tucker Jaeger Joseph Harold Spence Verdunville son of Mr and Mrs William Spence Nelson Henry Todd Mayberry son of Mr and Mrs Julius Todd Robert Lee Swayne Jr Maybury Ansela Hampton Verdunville son of Jack Hampton and Sadie Meade John Ellison Freeman Switchback son of Mr and Mrs Paul Freeman and Jimmy Randall Mayfield Big Stone Gap Va son of Mr and Mrs Paul Mayfield.
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U. S. Air Force
Air Force Recruiting Office
Beckley
Lackland Afb
Tex
Silas Harrison Tucker
Jaeger
Joseph Harold Spence
Verdunville
William Spence
Nelson Henry Todd
Mayberry
Julius Todd
Robert Lee Swayne Jr
Maybury
Ansela Hampton
Jack Hampton
Sadie Meade
John Ellison Freeman
Paul Freeman
Jimmy Randall Mayfield
Big Stone Gap
Paul Mayfield
Scranton Gains Seen From Rockefeller Move as Delegates Align
Delegates remain uncommitted in many states with Goldwater leading but not yet pledged. Rockefeller’s support for Scranton reshapes calculations, with Texas and Montana expected to back Goldwater while Lodge backs Scranton. UPI projections put Goldwater at 667 votes to clinch the nomination with 12 over the needed 655.
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Goldwater
Rockefeller
Scranton
Rocky
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Deaths and Funerals Wiley D Miller 58 Prosperity
Wiley D Miller 58 of Prosperity died in a local hospital at 6 p m Monday after a two month illness He was born April 6 1906 in Prestonsburg Ky He was a member of Mossy Holiness Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge Survivors include his wife three sons three daughters a brother five sisters The body is at the Webb and Neal Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Wiley D. Miller
Prosperity
Prestonsburg
Mossy Holiness Church
Odd Fellows Lodge
Mary M. Miller
Jackie R. Miller
Boone A. Miller
Bridgewood
William H. Miller
Eccles
Stella Maxine Allen
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ruby Belle Thomas
Hawaii
Geneva Ruth Miller
Ceris Miller
Louisville
Bessie Smallwood
Opal Brewer
Middletown
Ohio
Janet West
Ella Belcher
Dayton
Anna Buford
Webb and Neal Funeral
Dobrich burial set after Spanishburg man’s heart attack
Lewis Dobrich of Spanishburg died Sunday night of a heart attack. Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Spanishburg Baptist Church with Rev. Roger McCormick in charge, burial in Bowling Cemetery. Bailey Funeral Home, Princeton, in charge. Surviving relatives include a large extended family, numerous grandchildren, and a sister Ada Dew. Pallbearers listed.
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Lewis Dobrich
Spanishburg
Concine
Spanishburg Baptist Church
Roger McCormick
Bowling Cemetery
Dobrich
Germany
Jane M. Dobrich
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Final rites for Mrs Ida J Walls in Cyclone
Mrs Ida J Walls 81 of Cyclone dies in Logan hospital. Funeral at Campus Church of God Cyclone with Rev Chelsey Noel. Burial Cook Cemetery Cyclone. Survivors include five sons William Frank Norman Guy and Joe Walls two daughters Elsie Cook and Elizabeth Perry two sisters Mary Miller Lena Green and 34 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren. Body at Evans Funeral Home Oceania awaiting the service.
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Ida J. Walls
Cyclone
Church of God
Chelsey Noel
Cook Cemetery
Walls
Logan Hospital
David
Sarah Ann Perry Cook
James G. Walls
William
Frank
Norman
Guy
Joe Walls
Chicago
Ill
Elsie Cook
Charleston
Elizabeth Perry
Mary Miller
Davin
Lena Green
Evans Funeral
Oceaaia
Gardetto Rites Set For Beckley Native in New York
Bernard Gardetto 36 formerly of Beckley died in New York at 12 30 am after a short illness on Nov 2 1908. He was sales manager for Raymond International Corp overseas in Li A member of the Catholic Church he served as a captain in World War II. Survived by wife Nora Elizabeth two daughters Marie Susan a sister Mrs Addella Perini and his mother in law Mrs Mary Janutolo. Body returned to Calfeen Home for arrangements.
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Bernard Alfred Gardetto
Scotch Plains
N. J
Beckley
New York
Kingbridge
Mass
Albert and
Addella Gardetto
Nora Elizabeth Gardetto
Marie
Susan
Addella Perini
Boston
Mary Janutolo
Clyde St
Calfeen
Funeral services for Bertha Noel in Glen Morgan
Mrs Bertha Virginia Noel 78 of Glen Morgan dies at home after a long illness. Funeral services set for 3 p m Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace with Rev Virgil Cook in charge. Entombment in Blue Ridge Mausoleum follows.
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Bertha Virginia Noel
Glen Morgan
Virgil Cook
Blue Ridge
Mrs Ettie Worley White Funeral Rites Planned
Mrs Ettie Worley White of Bolt dies at home after long illness at 4 05 p m She was born July 9 1881 in Bolt and was a longtime Bolt resident member of Bolt Methodist Church She married James P White on April 9 1900 and he preceded her in death Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Bolt Church of God officiated by Rev Norman Caldwell and Rev Thomas Snuffer Burial in Worley Cemetery.
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Ettie Worley White
Bolt
Bolt Church of God
Norman Caldwell
Thomas Snuffer
Worley
Harrison
Anna Wheeler Worley
Methodist Church
James P. White
Railroad (Continued From Page One TV)
The vast Santa Fe Railway was not affected. Trains halted briefly across Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana southeastern Nebraska Memphis Tennessee and Dupont. All lines on the move again this morning except the KATY line trains in Kansas and Missouri. A restraining order against the union was issued by District Judge Clarence Guittard in Dallas but applied only in Texas and did not affect strikers in other states.
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Santa Fe Railway
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Southeastern Nebrasa
Memphis, Tenn
Dupoth
Katy Line
Kansas
Missouri
KATY
Union
Dist
Clarence Guittard
Dallas
Mediation Sought to End MTA BRT Transit Dispute
Brown urged rapid action to restore service as Webb was named mediator and moved to convene talks with MTA and BRT officials. Negotiations had collapsed Sunday with little hope for an early settlement, but Webb aimed to resume by Wednesday.
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MTA
Brown
Webb
BRT
World News In Brief From Wire Dispatches
An army of 3000 Danish policemen guarded Premier Khru shchev on arrival in Copenhagen. Vauxhall Motors to sell 36.12 million dollars worth of trucks to Indonesia amid Sukarno's vow to crush Malaysia. Malaysia and Indonesia seek a peace formula for the nine month dispute. Viet Cong guerrillas reportedly step up operations after a lull in South Vietnam. Nixon says next two weeks will tell the story of Scranton’s GOP bid. Venezuelan government says patrol captured guerrilla leader Betkoff near Bocono. Pennsylvania prepares to close its case in the Robena mine disaster trial.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Copenhagen
Vauxhall Motors
Indonesia
Sukarno
Malaysia
Cuba
U. S
Richard M Nixon
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Teodoro Betkoff
Bocono
Caracas
Venezuela
Robena
Carmichaels
State Briefs Reflect Politician Alarm and Tragedy
A Pennsylvania Governor blasted the Appalachian Development Legislation as a bureaucratic octopus with its administrator a czar, a claim wrongly credited to another governor last week. In Maryland traffic deaths, two men were killed and a 24 year old William H Bowyer of Charles Town faces two manslaughter charges. The Institute of Life Insurance reports WV life insurance death payments rose 102 percent over the past decade.
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Pennsylvania
Scranton
Barron
William H. Bowyer
Charles Town
Maryland
Institute of Life Insurance
West Virginia
Primary election at Jackson's Mill for Girl's State race
A primary today selects Nationalist and Federalist candidates for the annual Rho dodendron Girl's State general election set for Wednesday. The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation granted West Virginia University Foundation 10000 dollars to support the 2nd Annual National Youth Science Camp in Pocahontas County. Former West Virginia Department of Natural Resources official Frank M. Johnson, formerly assistant chief of the Game Division, was killed in an automobile accident near Asheville Monday.
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Jackson’s Mill
Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Pittsburgh
West Virginia University Foundation, Inc
Pocahontas County
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Frank M. Johnson
Asheville
Lawrence M Morgan named Criminal Court Judge in McDowell County
Gov Barron appoints Lawrence M Morgan of Jaeger to McDowell County Criminal Court. West Virginia Motor Truck Association announces its annual Road to Charleston event set for June 27.
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Lawrence R. Morgan
Jaeger
W. W. Barron
McDowell County
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
Charleston
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Vocational Technical Center
E. J. Berger
Chamber
M. M. Ralston
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James E. Meador
Dean
Meador
Robert Belcher
Rhodell
J. K. Cole
Belcher
Burdiss
Eugene O'Neal
Mason Fink
State Bureau of Mines
Billy Sullivan
Sophia
F. C. Sinozich
Richard E. Daniel
Ethel Price Williams
William E. Bush
Stotesbury
Gerald Miller
Donald G. Carpenter
Betty Jo French
Daniels
Turnpike
Sherwood
Kyle Cleaners
Raleigh Cleaners & Laundry
Richmond Cleaners & Laundry
Stephen’s
Stephen's Lake
Robert L
Mabscott
Davis
Monongahela National Forest
Charles Hendrickson
Raymond G. Kirkpatrick
Hendrickson
Creat River
Furgeson
Garnett Jones
Baytown
Johnny Koontz
Carl Conrad
Petersburg
Glen Hannon
Rush Run
Virginia Electric & Power Co
VEPCO
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Grant County
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Byrd
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Preston
Lanchester
Hesper Thornton
Baltimore
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Merle Swedberg
Detroit
Icie Mae Johnson
Manchester
Myrtle Mae White
Emogene Ash
Bob
Ada Dew
Ira Worley
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F. H. Stanley Jr
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Anthony Acord
Hubert Clemens
Carl Payne
Arnold Bailey
Bernard Gardetto
Raymond International Corp
Bertha Noel
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