Republicans Fill Vacancy On Ticket Tuesday Night
David Morris of Beaver was named the Republican candidate for constable in Shady Spring District for the November ballot at a GOP executive committee meeting on Tuesday. Committee officials discussed delegates to the state convention, revised by laws, barbecue ticket sales for Cecil H. Underwood, and potential vacancies to be filled at the July 21 meeting.
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David Morris
Beaver
Shady Spring
GOP
Main Street
William Mustard
Mar
Grandview State Park
Cecil H. Underwood
Executive Committee
Kessinger
World News Briefs From Wire Dispatches
Irving Kipnis accuses defendant George Burris of seeking 115000 dollars to aid a 1.5 million loan from the Teamsters pension fund. West Germany bars Moscow Bolshoi Ballet visas over Communist ties and refusal to perform in West Berlin. New York Central buys 226 center-flow hopper cars for 3.5 million dollars. U S industrial production rises in May due to more business equipment and steel output. Dr. William E Shoupp installed as president of the American Nuclear Society. About 400 women at Lock Haven Garment Co end a six day wildcat strike over working conditions and profanity toward workers. Eva Ferchow testifies Eichmann killed millions but did not win promotion to colonel. Valentine Ryskov jailed five years for selling erotic anti Semitic anti Communist literature.
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Irving Kipnis
Miami Beach
Pension Fund
George Burris
New York
West Germany
Moscow
Bolshoi Ballet
West Berlin
Interior Ministry
Germany
New York Central Railroad
Federal Reserve Board
U. S
William E. Shoupp
West Stem Electric Corp
American Nuclear Society
Lock Haven Garment Co
Pennsylvania
Eva Ferchow
Adolph Eichmann
Johnson nominates Bal lingall for Cabin Creek postmaster
President Johnson sent to the Senate for endorsement the appointment of John S. Ballingall as postmaster at Cabin Creek in Kanawha County. The State Supreme Court granted hearings to two Moundsville Penitentiary inmates and approved the appeal of a Cabell County constable convicted of slander and false imprisonment. The sixth class of the Military Academy of the West Virginia National Guard will be commissioned Saturday as part of Preston County Armory dedication ceremonies at Camp Dawson. An assistant of religion at Columbia Union College will address the West Virginia Seventh-day Adventists conference at Parkersburg today.
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Johnson
Senate
John S. Ballingall
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
State Supreme Court
Moundsville
Cabell County
Military Academy of
The
West Virginia National Guard
Preston County
Camp Dawson
Columbia Union College
Conference of West Virginia Seventh-day Adventists
Parkersburg
West Union seeks authority for sewage system and rates
Doddridge County West Union asks Public Service Commission to authorize a new sewage disposal system and to set a minimum charge of $2 monthly. Three West Virginia students including Charles Preston Miller III of Oak Hill attended a governor's mansion luncheon. A four engine DC-7 cargo plane is slated to depart for Baltimore after a near crash at Charleston Airport. In Cleveland, President Johnson pledges to cooperate with labor and business to craft a national manpower policy while urging full employment and growth. he contrasts with Eisenhower’s charges and presses for government and private programs to train and place workers.
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Doddridge County
West Union
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Charles Preston Miller
Oak Hill
Charles P. Miller Jr
Governor's Mansion
Baltimore
Charleston
Cleveland
UPI
Johnson
The
Communications Workers of America
AFLC10
Ihe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
America
White House
Fighting Continent From Page One (Continued)
Guerrilla forces faced unexpectedly stubborn resistance as American officers noted a turning point thanks to unexpected aggression. Casualties exceeded fifty on the Viet Cong side, with thirteen corpses left behind as evidence that they could not retrieve all their dead. Government forces reported fifteen killed and thirty four wounded.
FCC Upholds Sale of Station in West Virginia
The FCC affirmed the sale of WBOY-TV Channel 12 Clarksburg West Virginia to Northern West Virginia Television Broadcasting Co a Fortnightly Corp subsidiary. It refused reconsideration petitions from subscribers and the Clarksburg Publishing Co noting no pre grant denial was filed and petitions failed to raise substantial issues. Commissioners Bartley Ford concurred Loevinger dissented?
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Washington
Wboy-Tv
Wjpb-Tv
Chanel 4
Weston
W. Va
Clarksburg Publishing Co
FCC
Robert T. Bartley
Frederick W. Ford
Lee Loevinger
Integration Mississippi to preserve segregation
Mobile leaders threatened to sue in federal court over Mobile school board approval of only two Negro girls to transfer to Murphy High School next fall. The board said those girls were the only Negroes meeting transfer requirements. In Los Angeles Rev. William DuBay pressed for McIntyre removal over alleged leadership shortfalls on racial discrimination, meeting with a high church official. outcome remains unknown.
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Mississippi
Mobile
Ala
Mobile School Board
Murphy High School
Los Angeles
William H. DuBay
James Cardinal McIntyre
Civil rights bill gains House approval in vote of 290 to 130
Washington UPI reports the civil rights measure passed the House on Feb 10 by 290 to 130 and moves to the Senate. Eight days of debate produced 8,919,720 words spoken. The bill aims to end racial discrimination in voting, education, employment, unions, privately owned lodgings, dining, amusements and federal fund use.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Private adoption market in Buffalo exposed by policewoman
Theresa L. Heath of New York describes a large private placement market in Buffalo approved by doctors and lawyers. She testifies of sales in New York reaching $3800 for babies of prostitutes and teens and of buying a baby for $3000 in Montreal while investigating a black market ring at authorities' request.
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Buffalo
Theresa L. Heath
New York
Montreal
Canada
Final rites for Mrs Emma E Davis at Maple Valley Church
Mrs Emma E Davis dies Tuesday and is mourned by husband Price Davis and 4 children. Funeral at Maple Valley Baptist with Rev L A Garten and Rev C H Painter officiating, burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers are Sunday School men. She taught the girls class 33 years since 1910. survivors include three sons, a daughter, three sisters, a brother, and 10 grandchildren. Body from Tyree Funeral Home to church an hour before service. calling hours at the funeral home today.
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Emma E
Maple Valley Baptist Church
L. A. Garten
Mabscott
C. H. Painter
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Davis
Price Davis
Harmon
Route 1
Mount Hope
Frances Gallagher
Walter Ferguson Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Walter McDonough Ferguson eight of Mullens died at 6 30 p m Tuesday after a long illness Born May 25 188 at New Bo he was a son of Riley and Mary Ferguson He ran Ferguson's Grocery ten years earlier and worked at Piggly Wiggly in Mullens He was a member of Trinity Methodist Bluefield a lifelong Mercer Wyoming Counties resident Survivors include wife Lessie Walker Ferguson two sons Walter M Jr of Miami Florida and William Riley Ferguson of Lakeland Florida brother Ernest G Ferguson of Bluefield sister Mrs Lewis Lilly of Sophia and seven grandchildren The body is at Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens The body is at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements Services for Valentine W Acord 65 at Fork will be Rollins charge Burial in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Matheny Acord died Tuesday evening in Mullens Born March 28 1899 at Oceana a son of Hiram and Josephine Acord Surviving wife Mrs Margie Wright Acord of Clear Fork five sons Hiram Glen Fork Raymond Man Clint Oceana Charlies Hunt and Dean Mallory six daughters Mrs Robert Hatfield Cleveland Ohio Mrs Earl Morgan Man Mrs Alvin Morgan Clear Fork Carrie Emma Irene all at home two brothers French Oceana Watt Hatcher Mallory and 15 grandchildren The body will be taken from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to church one hour before service
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Walter McDonough Ferguson
Mullens
New Bo
Riley
Mary Ferguson
Ferguson's Grocery
Piggly Wiggly
Trinity Methodist Church
Bluefield
Mercer
Wyoming
Valentine W. Acord
Fork
Rollins
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Acord
Mullens Hospital
Oceana
Hiram
Josephine Acord
Margie Wright Acord
Clear Fork
Glen Fork
Raymond
Man
Clint
Charlies
Hunt
Dean
Mallory
Robert Hatfield
Cleveland
Ohio
Earl Morgan
Alvin Morgan
Carrie
Emma
Irene
French
Gardetto Committal Services Set For Scotch Plains Man
Bernard Gardetto 56 formerly of Beckley W Va and Spencer W V died after a short illness in a New York hospital. Committal services will be in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum at 10 a m Friday officiated by Father Thomas L Kerrington. Rosary at Caffee Funeral Home 8 p m Thursday. Body arrives Thursday. He left a widow and was survived by a daughter Lucille Sears Spencer a brother A L Grimmett Hopewell two sisters Mrs J R Grimmett Hinton and Mrs Edna Riffe Greenwood and 13 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Bernard Gardetto
Scotch Plains
N. J
Beckley
Sunset Memorial Park
Thomas L. Kerrington
Caffee
New York
Sharon
Ashland
Lucille Sears
Spencer
A. L. Grimmett
Hopewell
J. R. Grimmett
Hinton
Edna Riffe
Greenwood
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Miller Caty Wiley D. funeral service details
Wiley D. Miller Caty will lie in state at Webb and Neal Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today. A funeral service led by Rev. Donald Lowe will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Webb and Neal Chapel. Burial follows at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Oak Hill. death occurred Tuesday morning after a two month illness in a local hospital.
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Caty
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Donald Lowe
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Oak Hill
Charles Moore 71 Dies at Home in Beckley
Charles M. Moore 71 of Eisenhower Drive died at 2:05 a.m. today at home of an apparent heart attack. Born Sept. 4, 1893, he was a retired miner formerly with New River Coal Co. and a member of United Mine Workers Local 7086 and the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survived by six sons Owen Charles Jr Garnet and Dewey Beckley Roy Miami Fla Bernard Lexington Park Md. two daughters Mrs I J Martin Blue Jay and Mrs Bill Spicer Kansas City Mo. brothers William Grayson Ky Bryant Watt Dave Frank Indiana. sisters Mrs Elizabeth Enyert Ashville Ky Mrs Lucinda Felty Rush Ky and Miss Ada Moore Grayson Ky. and 13 more relatives.
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Charles Morrison Moore
Eisenhower Drive
Wesley
Amelia Boyd Moore
New River Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Owen
Charles Jr
Garnet
Dewey
Beckley
Roy
Miami
Fla
Bernard
Lexington Park
I. J
Guthrie) Martin
Blue Jay
Bill
Ruby) Spicer
Kansas City
Missouri
William
Grayson
Bryant
Watt
Dave
Rush
Frank
Indiana
Elizabeth Enyert
Ashville
Lucinda Felty
Booth Jailed On Peace Warrant In Raleigh County
Carson Booth of Coal City was jailed in Raleigh County on a peace warrant obtained by his wife after a family dispute. A 15 year old Arnett youth faced petit larceny charges, arrested by Deputy Edgar Jarrell. Raymond Richardson of Sophia was released after paying fines for a drunk driving offense. L T Bennett of Jumping Branch served jail time on a check warrant and was released today.
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Carson Booth
Coal City
Raleigh
W. A
Gene) Burke
Arnett
Edgar Jarrell
Raymond Richardson
Sophia
L. T. Bennett
Mrs. Emily Sears Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Emily Sears of Shady Spring died at 2:45 a.m. today after a long illness. Born October 17, 1881, in Summers County, she was a daughter of the late William J. and Elizabeth Buckland Grimmett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Sears
Shady Spring
Summers County
William J
Elizabeth Buckland Grimmett
Japan Earthquake Strikes Tokyo Area Amid Mains Damage
A major earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 7.7, rupturing water mains and causing fear of epidemics. The U S Embassy reported 91 Americans in the quake zone with no casualties yet. a Red Cross ship arrived today with eight medical personnel. The 1923 quake killed 143000 in Tokyo and Yokohama. today’s quake ranks just below that devastation.
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Epstomic
Red Cross
U.S
Tokyo
Yokohama
Japan
Floods inundate Omaha suburb as rescues continue
Floodwaters and artillery like hail hit Omaha and surrounding Millard area. Boats ferried residents from rooftops while traffic on major arteries halted. About five feet of water covered Union Pacific tracks and passengers were moved by chartered buses to Valley, Nebraska. Judy Vanderpool recalled fearing for her life as the storm raged overnight.
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Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Valley
Neb
Millard
Local Girls Run In Girls State Election Chaos
Rhododendron Girl's State holds general election today with polls opening at 2 p.m. Nationalist and Federalist candidates compete for governor and other offices. Notable contenders include Yvonne Snyder of St Marys and Lloydette Humphrey of Beckley for governor, and Barbara Nell McCoy for State Supreme Court.
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Yvonne Snyder
St. Marys
Pleasants County
Lloydette Humphrey
Beckley
Hatfield
A McCoy
Farmer
Barbara Nell McCoy
Williamson
State Supreme Court
Patricia Ann Hatfield
Fairmont
Nancy Farmer
St. Albans
Ann Jarack
Morgantown
Mary
K. Stuart
Lost Creek
Hardy County
Sallie Hamm
Bluefield
Inex Swartz
Parsons
Cynthia Cannon
South Charleston
Sarah Brunetti
Clarksburg
Etta Lee Orr
Bridgeport
Faimont
Judy Ergott
Sue Ellen Doty
Donita Neff
Midway
Barbour County
Dorothy Ann Post
Nutter Fork
Harrison County
Sue Sernella
Barbara Farell
Huntington
Linda Gillespie
Dunbar
Linda McCones
Cameron
Linda Ritter
Parkersburg
Mary Young
Mannington
Mrs Rose Reed Miller Dies at 77 in Local Hospital
Mrs Rose Reed Miller 77 of Neville Street died at 8 45 a m today in a local hospital after a long illness. The funeral and burial plans will be announced by the family.
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Rose Reed Miller
Neville Street
Rose and
Funeral for Rev George Lewis at Page Tabernacle Baptist
Funeral services for the Rev. George Joe Lewis 49 of Page will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the Page Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev E T charge. Burial in Meadow Haven Cemetery. A World War II veteran and disabled miner, he died Sunday after a long illness. Survived by wife Emma, five daughters Claudette Saunders Precilla Saunders Roshell Lewis Lucinda Lewis Hazel Lewis, a son William, a brother John T. Lewis, half brother Paul Nash, a sister Evelyn Harris. Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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George Joe Lewis
Page
Page Tabernacle Baptist Church of
E. T
Meadow Haven
Page Tabernacle Baptist Church
Emma Lewis
Claudette Saunders
Precilla Saunders
Washington, D. C
Roshell Lewis
Lucinda Lewis
Hazel Lewis
William
John T. Lewis
Columbus
Ohio
Paul Nash
Philadelphia
Evelyn Harris
Baltimore
MD. Johnson Funeral Parlor
Tug Boat Crew To Be Charged
In New Orleans the state police captain said negligent homicide charges would be filed against Clifford Milley the tug’s mate who was at the wheel when a tug slammed into the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway sending a bus through the lake two people died and the driver survived.
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New Orleans
UPI
Lake Pontchartrain
Vincent Eberer Jr
Clifford Milley
Scranton Seeks Shifts in Minnesota Delegates for Goldwater
Scranton warned of a threat he called fanatic during a Tuesday night stop in Minneapolis. He faced stiff security at the airport as he pressed aides on wooing Minnesota’s 26 delegates where 10 were uncommitted and eight pledged to Judd on the first ballot. Three Judd delegates and one uncommitted shifted support to Scranton, who dismissed Goldwater’s lead and vowed to keep campaigning to sway delegates next week.
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Minneapolis - St. Paul International
Scranton
Goldwater
Minnesota
Walter Judd
R-Minn
Judd
Pennsylvania
First Birth Control Clinic Opens July 10 in Kanawha
Charleston West Virginia. The first birth control clinic in the state will open July 10 at the Kanawha Charleston Health Department Chelyan office. Director Page Seckford said it will provide information and materials for indigent mothers seeking family spacing. Patients will receive pelvic examinations and cervical cancer tests, plus instruction on contraception.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Kanawha - Charleston
Chelyan
Page Seckford
Seckford
Hinkle Released From Sanitarium After Head Injury
John Hinkle city editor of the Beckley Post-Herald was discharged from the Bluefield Sanitarium Tuesday after treatment for a head injury. He had been admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital Friday and later transferred to the Bluefield hospital.
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John Hinkle
Beckley Post-Herald
Bluefield
Congress Fast Tracks 962 Million Anti-Poverty Plan
Hearings opened in both House and Senate on the 962 million anti poverty program. Labor Secretary Wirtz and Peace Corps Director Shriver led off before Senate poverty subcommittee as three days of inquiry begin. The measure aims to cut poverty nationwide by expanding education health services and job training for all ages. In the House, Rules Committee continued review after Education and Labor approved it, awaiting floor vote clearance.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver Jr
Brothers Sentenced to Forestry Camp for Larceny
Two Beckelhimer brothers aged 17 and 18 pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court to grand larceny for breaking into the Tams Bathhouse at a mine and stealing an engagement ring a wedding band and car keys valued at 140 dollars on June 6 They were ordered confined from one to two years at the State Forestry Camp for Boys at Davis instead of a 10 year sentence in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville.
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Raleigh County
Davis
Moundsville
Charlies Ray
Walter Lee Beckelhimer
Tams
Paul J. Fourney
Craig Amison
Amison
Kermit A. Locke
Gunter
de J. Sparacino
Alonzo Bowers
Beckley YMCA Proposal Sparks Memorial Building Debate
Memorial Building Board members and local officials clash over housing a YMCA in the building. Veterans groups cite benefits from Veterans Administration offices and free county services, while opponents express concerns about space, TB clinic needs, and safeguarding existing programs. Court plans a June 27 vote on next steps.
Four Families Get In Hassle
A warrant issued by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez through Joyce Lamb of Old Eccles Road brought four families to his court. Linda Doris and Harvey Howard allegedly threatened Joyce Lamb and were accused of intent to cause harm. Harvey Howard, father of the girls, defended them as the case went to testimony under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Rodriguez
Joyce Lamb
Old Eccles Road
de Seater
Linda
Doris
Harvey Howard
Howard
Howards
Raleigh
Rodriguez
Mink Store Theft Reported at Rahall's Ladies Shop
Rahall's Ladies Shop basement mink display valued at 499 dollars was reported stolen during business hours on June 9. A clerk missed the theft when arriving for duty the morning of June 10, and the store filed a complaint with city police.
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Rahall’s
Beckley Man Discharged After Dog Bite Incident
Allen Saunders was discharged from the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after treatment for bites to both hands from a dog on Raleigh Sullivan Road. A spokesman at the Animal Shelter said Saunders could not identify the dog involved in the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Allen Saunders
Raleigh-Sullivan Road
Animal Shelter
Two-Car Crash on Valley Drive Causes $600 Damage
State police report a two car collision on Valley Drive at Sprague Tuesday causing $600 in property damage. David M. Fuller 22 of Long Branch was charged with failure to have vehicle under control after his 1959 car rear ended a 1962 car driven by his sister Ruby Leach 25. Louise Fuller a passenger in the Leach car sustained injuries to her left arm and leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Drive
Sprague
David M. Fuller
Long Branch
Fuller
Ruby Leach
Louise Fuller
David Fuller
Ohio woman awarded in Charleston federal case
Clara Taylor of Ohio, represented by Beckley lawyer Brown H. Payne, received $8,000 in the U S Federal Court for the Southern District at Charleston. The Fayette County automobile crash left her as a car passenger driven by Robert Penn of Raleigh County, who allegedly lost control. Taylor had sued Penn for $40,000 in injuries.
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U. S
Charleston
Clara Taylor
Ohio
Beckley
Brown H. Payne
Fayette County
Tyler
Robert Penn
Raleigh County
Penn
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Civil Rights Log
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Walter Ferguson
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Booth
Judy Vanderpool
West Omaha
Jackson’s Mill
Neville St
Mrs
Rose Miller
George Lewis
Hinkle
House Education and Labor Committee
YMCA
Elmore
Veterans Administration
White Elephant
Kermit Locke
Memorial Building Board
American Legion Post 32
Civil Defense
Deiny Council
Locke
United States
W. H. Sheffield
Westwood Drive
Ang
Haregg
W. H. McGinnis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
I Am Agee Ymca
Beck
Larkin Philpott
Raleigh County and Health Tuberculosis Assn
R. L. Webb
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