Funeral services for Mrs Clara Walker held at New Hope
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Walker 61 of Skelton will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Hope Baptist Church with Revs Henry DuBois and Elmer Day officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Saturday at 7:50 a.m. after a long illness. Survived by daughter Claudia Robinson Summerlee and sister Hite Wilson Anawalt. Born Greensboro Alabama Feb 22 1900. The body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Walker
Skelton
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry DuBois
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Claudia Robinson
Summerlee
Hite Wilson
Anawalt
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Final rites set for Mrs Mary J Moore of Allen Junction
Mary Jane Moore 62 of Allen Junction dies after long illness in Mullens hospital. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. at Welton Chapel with burial in Wildwood Cemetery Beckley. Survived by husband Walter Moore a son Ivan four daughters. including Frances Price Doris McGee Betty Lane and Shirley Heath. a brother Donzie Cox and half sister Ann Hawks. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Moore
Allen Junction
Welton Chapel
Wildwood
Beckley
Basin
Jap Tucker
Sam Foglesong
Ellison
Summers County
al Lilly
Beaver
Missionary Baptist Church
IB. A. Farley
Ivan
Glen Morgan
Frances Price
Baltimore
Doris McGee
Glenn Morgan
Betty Lane
Nimlitz
Shirley Heath
Stow
Ohio
Donzie Cox
Marmet
Ann Hawks
Beckey
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
James Lowery
Buster A. DeHart
Mack Hart
William Seco
Gene Robinson
Elwood Lilly
Mrs Sarah Ray Dies at 46 in Paynesville Hospital
Mrs Sarah Ray aged 46 of Paynesville died in a local hospital at 9 15 a m today. The body remains at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Ray
Paynesville
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Mrs Wavie Farley Rites Held In Glen Morgan
Mrs Wavie Ari zona Farley aged 58 of Glen Morgan dies after a nine month illness in a local hospital. Final rites were set for 2 p m Tuesday at Daniels Missionary Baptist Church with Rev William Nunn and Rev Donald Lowe officiating. Burial followed at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wavie
Arizona Farley
Glen Morgan
Daniels Missionary Baptist Church
William Nunn
Donald Lowe
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Arsenal Yacht Linked to U.S. Arrests Disclosed
The 47 foot two masted schooner bought in California around May 23 carried machine guns grenades pistols and ammunition with an armored stern. Mexico authorities boarded the yacht in Ensenada harbor after FBI contact as part of an arrest linked to a factor in the letter. Brous was the owner. his wife confirmed the arsenal purchases from war surplus stores. News came via U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
FBI
William Anderson
Washington
Chicago Tribune
Mexico
Ensenada Harbor
Brous
California
U.S. Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Wahington
D.C
Congressional Briefs on Tests Quackery Crime and Banking
Rep Chet Holifield urged preparation for possible resumption of nuclear tests as he cautioned Moscow to be notified. Senate judiciary panel planned a public hearing on Kennedy's crime curb proposal. Rep Fogarty blamed quack nutrition and drug firms for 800 million yearly fraud. Rep Patman condemned a money and credit report as a 2 million boondoggle and warned removal of deposit rate ceilings would hurt savings institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Chet Holifield
D - Calif
Joint Atomic Committee
United States
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Robert F. Kennedy
John E. Fogarty
D-R.i
Wright Patman
Dtex
Commission On Money and Credit
House Banking Committee
Courthouse Offices To Mark West Va Day
Courthouse offices except the Board of Education office will close Tuesday for West Virginia Day. Beckley banks will close for the state holiday along with liquor stores statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark West Va
Board of Education
West Virginia
Beckley
Doggy Clinics To Be Held In Slab Fork District
Anti rabies clinics by the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office target Slab Fork District this week with sessions at multiple local stores and residences in Slab Fork Princewick Lillybrook Epperly Hill Coal City Stotesbury and surrounding areas from Tuesday to Friday with varied morning and afternoon slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slab Fork Dist
Raleigh County Sheriff's Office
Slab Fork
Resaco Company
Josephine
E. S. Mills
Odd
Ray Crawford
Lillybrook
Lucas
Princewick
Oley Griffith
Epperly Hill
Hodges
Coal City
McAlpin Company
Stotesbury Company
Eccles Road
Tams Company
Ury
Helen Company
Slab Fork Tipple
Hotchkiss
$20,000 Suit Instituted Here
A $20,000 suit filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court against Gray Lumber Co and Frank Perkins seeks damages for injuries from an October 5 1960 automobile collision on Route 19 21 between Beckley and Mt Hope and loss of earning power for plaintiff Gladys Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
Turner
Raleigh
Gray Lumber Co
Frank Perkins
Beckley
Mt. Hope
Shooting Victim Improves After Gunshot Injuries
Obie Bennett, 32, of Freezeland Mountain near Hinton, is reported in satisfactory condition at the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. He is being treated for gunshot wounds to the abdomen chest and right arm allegedly inflicted by his 14 year old daughter on June 7 at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obie Bennett
Freezeland Mountain
Hinton
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Stevenson Begins Last Leg Of Tour In Ecuador
UPI reported Adlai Stevenson extended his South American visit, greeted warmly in Guayaquil and Quito with chants of viva Stevenson and down with communism. He planned a man-to-man talk with President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra amid past tensions over embassies and Khrushchev praise, and adjusted his schedule to stay longer in Ecuador before moving on to Bogota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis L. McCarthy
Quito
Ecuador
UPI
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Viva Stevenson
Guayaquil
Stevnson
U.S
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Stevenson
Ibarra
Bogota
Colombia
South America
Kennedy
Peru
U.S. State Department
Organization of American States
Khrushchev
Manuel Araujo Hidalgo
Moscow
Latin America
Tbarra
State Department
Shortening The News Continues From Page One
State brief reports Moslem women in Tunisia buy birth control devices after legalization. John Morgan of New Martinsville faces trial in Wheeling for reckless driving linked to a jet wreck at Wheeling Ohio County Airport last September. Parkersburg candidates vie to replace Glen Evans after his resignation amid misappropriation allegations at the street department. Ada Craft, 40, dies when her truck overturns on a private Welch road. state road toll remains 141 for the year, unchanged from 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morgan
New Martinsville
Wheeling
Wheeling - Ohio County
Glen O. Evans
Parkersburg
Evans
Dean T. Jackson
Ada Craft
Welch
Hymn Singing Ex Solon Dies in Ohio Home
Former U S Senator George H. Bender 64 known for hymn singing at campaign events died of an apparent heart attack at his Chagrin Falls home. Once a perennial candidate his comeback bid followed a 1958 Hoffa backed union cleanup post. His daughter found him after a failed telephone attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
UPI
U.S
George H. Bender
Ohio
Chagrin Falls
Bender
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Congress
Ernest Stevenson
Two Men Held On B E Counts At General Store
OAK HILL two men were charged with breaking and entering and theft of cigarettes from the General Department Store on Central Avenue. Edward A Legg is held to the grand jury with $1000 bond, Robert Arthur released on $500 bond as accessory. Legg was caught carrying four cartons from the rear door. 69 cartons were found in a store truck. Arthur admitted prior knowledge and faces accessory before the fact charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
General Department
Central Avenue
Edward A. Legg
Robert Arthur
Sgt
Cris Stamey
Legg
Stamey
Pat Watters
Arthur
Three Men Plead Guilty In Raleigh Court
In Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L McCreery set a 10 a m sentencing for July 19. Gene Antry Byrd 22 pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and was jailed. Bruce Williams 52 and Herbert Honaker 31 pleaded guilty to grand larceny and allowed to stand on bonds for copper wire trolley wire and mine brass valued at 502.40 stolen from the Oglebay Norton mine at Eunice in February. Jurors were excused until 9 a m Wednesday and no court will sit on West Virginia Day Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Gene Antry Byrd
Harper
Herbert Harper
Bruce Williams
Pettus
Herbert Honaker
Ameagle
Oglebay Norton
Eunice
West Virginia
Commodities Distribution Planned at Mabscott Town Hall
Commodities will be distributed at Mabscott Town Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Richard Basham, agent, notes that persons picking up commodities for another must bring a signed statement from that person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott Town Hall
Richard Basham
Pastor Wilson with Beckley Ministry Highlights and Roles
The Beckley pastor represented Ohio and West Virginia on the National Board of Review of the Disciples of Christ and served on multiple church committees and societies. Highlights from 19 years in Beckley include 1,179 new members, 704 by baptism, 475 by transfer, and a Sunday School rise from 229 to 506 weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
West Virginia
Ohio
Disciples of Christ
Disciples
International Convention
United Christian Missionary Society
Brotherhood Commission On Finance
International Convention of the Church
Denver
Colo
Free of Trustees of Bethany Colege
Wilson
Beckley
Hal M. Scott
J. R. Beaty
Beckley Ministerial Association
Beckley Lions Club
Concord College
Capsule landing by Air Force divers on Guam heightens Discoverer mission
Skindivers S Sgts. Ray E. McClure William V Vargas and Leote M Vigare of the 79th Air Force Rescue Squadron on Guam recovered a kettle shaped capsule with a 20 man raft. The capsule carried samples of metals and instruments to study cosmic radiation and micro meteorites. Recovery marked the fifth success for Discoverer project after earlier capsules were retrieved from the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Ray E. McClure
Mt. Sterling
William V. Vargas
Honolulu
Leote M. Vigare
79Th Air Force Rescue Squadron
Guam
McClure
S. Mayville
Vargas
Ena Road
Radford
Discoverer Project
Pacific
Verdicts Seen Today In 9 Suits Against Willis
Nine Harper Heights residents sued George W. Willis of Willis Water and Gas Works for water shortages after he failed to comply with a Public Service Commission order. Attorney Clay S. Crouse said Leary began work in 1958 and the survey showed fixes. Willis attorney J W Maxwell argued the claims were exaggerated with meters showing disputed water deliveries. Jurors were to resume deliberations after lunch with a Wednesday restart. court observed West Virginia Day on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Heights
George W. Willis
Willis Water and Gas Works
Norman Knapp
Willis
Public Service Commission
Clay S. Crouse
Dennis Leary
Crouse
Leary
J. W. Maxwell
Tommy Joyce
Maxwell
Joyce
West Virginia
Officers Seek Girl Attacker in Fayetteville
Fayette County officers continue the search for a man who entered a home and attacked 20 year old Carol Sue Vickers, daughter of Carl and Mrs. Vickers of Abbott Addition in Fayetteville. She said the intruder, about six feet tall and 200 pounds, wearing blue jeans and a dark jacket, held a sharp instrument and cut her shirt, then fled after she fainted. She described a speech impediment as a distinct clue for investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County
Fayette
Carol Sue Vickers
Carl Vickers
Abbott Addition
Pearlie Elmore
Miss Vickers
Disarmament Talks Between U.S. Reds Halted Since June
The United States and its allies accuse the Soviet Union of bad faith after Russia walked out of the 10 nation Geneva conference on June 27, halting disarmament talks. The U.S. side says Western moves were stalling whereas Moscow blames the West for delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Wheels Stolen From Car Lot In Beckley Area
Beckley state police probe theft at Earehart Rambler car lot on Valley Drive. Ten wheels and tires with hub caps were taken. A 1949 convertible had its top ripped off and a second car lost a radio aerial. Footprints showed entry via the back seat. Loss value not estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley State
Earehart Rambler
Valley Drive
C. H. Earehart
Ed Blakely in satisfactory condition at Beckley VA Hospital
Ed Blakely of Bluefield remains in satisfactory condition after cerebral hemorrhage treatment at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. He has been undergoing care since May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Blakely
Bluefield
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Not Waving Alma Mater Pennant Rickover Raps Naval Academy
Adm Hyman G Rickover ridicules Navy service academies saying drastic action is needed and proposes abolishing them if reforms fail He criticizes training for a regimented midshipmen corps and focus on trivia over professional officer preparation citing Annapolis class of 1922 and concerns about today and tomorrow’s Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Hyman G. Rickover
Naval Academy
House
Army
Rickover
Annapolis
Navy
Brigade of Midshipmen
Plane Victims Misidentified in Lewistown Crash
Investigators identified four men killed when a light plane crashed near Lewistown to correct earlier misidentifications. Victims were Melvin K. Sweetapple of Mentor Ohio owner and pilot, Russell Cox of Alliance Ohio, Byron Gore of York Pa, and Samuel Tibrea of Paris Ohio. Gore had recent legal trouble but was cleared. Authorities from Civil Aeronautics Board and FAA led the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
UPI
Here
Ralph Morgan
Mifflin County
Melvin K. Sweetapple
Mentor Ohio
Russell Cox
Alliance
Ohio
Byron Gore
York
Samuel Tibrea
Paris
Tibrea
Samuel Murray
Warren, C
Sweetapple
William Adams
Concord
Gore
Cleveland
Gettysburg
Father's Day Outing Turns Into Near Riot
NEW YORK UP I It was to be a gay Father's Day outing the 10th annual Le Douze Club cruise up the Hudson to Bear Mountain Park but 4000 people 1000 with bogus tickets caused a near riot. Police intervened and 150 officers broke up the mob. The Hudson Belle canceled the cruise and returned to Jersey City. Refunds of valid ticket holders are to be arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
le Douze Club
Harlem Special Club
Hudson River
Bear Mountain Park
Tthe
Hudson Belle
Law
National Maritime Union
NMU
Seafarers International Union
Jersey City
Missing Mabscott Man Sought In Fayette Co
Oak Hill officers and Fayette County deputies are asked to search for Fred Bryant, 38, reported missing by his Mabscott mother. Bryant, 5 feet 8½ inches, 150 pounds with a dark complexion and short brown hair, left Mabscott for Beckley Thursday and called from a Oak Hill laundromat Sunday night saying he felt ill. He was last seen wearing a tan sport shirt and gray slacks. Police have not located him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Fred Bryant
O. D. Burdett
Mabscott
Bryant
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Speech Hearing Clinic Still Registering Pupils
Applicants are still registering at the Raleigh County Speech and Hearing Clinic this week and may continue to do so. Miss Carolyn Wetzel urged those who have not registered to call for an appointment at CL 3-8612. Adults as well as children are welcome. A total of 80 were registered for the beginning of classes today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Carolyn Wetzel
Wetzel
Kennedy returns to White House after Middleburg weekend
President Kennedy arrived by helicopter from Middleburg Virginia at 9:58 a.m. EDT and walked on crutches into the White House. He will undergo another ultra sonic radiation treatment today to decide if further therapy is needed. The weekend recovery shows steady improvement while his back strain remains under medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleburg
Glen Ora
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Andrew T. Hatcher
White House
Women's National Press Club
Washington
Air Safety Seeks Visual Aids for Attitude Approach
Since 1949 a string of 13 fatal crashes with 222 passengers and 39 crew deaths could have been prevented by attitude visual aids during approaches. Poor approaches, often in bad weather, cause undershoot or overshoot and misjudgments over water. ICAO plans world adoption of British designed lights, effective next Oct 1 unless two thirds object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAO
Laotian Premier Phouma Seeks Support Amid Communist Ties
Phouma tours world capitals to drum up backing for premier role while Communist countries recognize him as Laos leader. He was ousted by the Laotian parliament last December and has since aligned with Communists, though he pursued a middle course at the Geneva peace conference last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phouma
Laos
Geneva
Four of State's Six Mental Hospitals Unionized
The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO issued union charters to four of West Virginia's six mental hospitals. Readings from the Sunday Gazette Mail cite Huntington and Spencer institutions as charter sites with plans for a West Virginia Council of Public Employees to unite local unions under a central body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employee
Afl-Cio
Sunday Gazette Mail
Huntington
Spencer
Ed Dailey
West Virginia
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Myer Bogarad
Weirton
The
State Medical Association
Mrs
Mary Moore
Mrs. Wavie Farley
Clifford
Virginia
Tunisia
Tunis
Solon
Rigmar Trengereid
Bergen
Norway
Reds
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
Fayette Co
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