Kilsyth Teenager Charged With Mount Hope Incident
Walter Houston Gilkerson, a 16 year old white boy from Kilsyth, is held on $2,000 bond after a warrant tied to a Mount Hope incident involving a 13 year old Black girl on Mount Hope Elementary School grounds. Gilkerson waived to grand jury after a preliminary hearing. two white male witnesses are named but not charged. Police plan lie detector tests as investigations continue.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Kilsyth
Fayette County
Mount Ope
Walter Houston
Buddy” Gilkerson
Beckley
Gilkerson
Grand Jury
Myri O'Dell
Oak Hill
Tevestiontine
Tom Twaddle
P. L. Elmore
Sgt
I. P. Richardson
State Po
Eccles Driver Freed From Jail
Eccles driver Eccles Acord was released from Raleigh County Jail at 12 05 a m after serving five days and giving a pint of blood following a reckless driving conviction. Police action list includes Edna Justice who paid five dollars and costs on illegal passing charges. James W Shearer paid ten dollars in the West Virginia Turnpike illegal passing case. Jessie Marcum was moved from local jail to the Lewisburg penitentiary. John E Barker of Chicago was cited for driving left of center and speeding. Hallis McNulty released on bond after arson charge. May Harper arrested for shoplifting groceries. Marshall Sutphin committed on absence without leave. A Firecoman released from jail and sent to Huntington State Hospital. Don A Morris charged with speeding and improper registration.
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Denver Acord
Eccles
Raleigh
Edna K. Justice
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
James W. Shearer
Marlinton
West Virginia
Jessie Marcum
Keystone
Lewisburg
Mor B. Smoken
John E. Barker
Chicago
Ill
Hallis McNulty
Sprague
McNulty
Walbert French
May Harper
East Park
Kroger
Valley Drive
Marshall Sutphin
Mount Hope-Pax Road
Huntington State Hospital
Don A. Morris
Broadway St
Sixth Bluefield cop arrested in burglary probe
PRINCETON UPI A sixth Bluefield policeman was arrested on the eve of an arraignment for five other officers charged with burglary. Mercer County Prosecutor William O Bivens identified the new arrest as Patrolman Ted. Earlier arrests included Capt. Charles Cregger 38 Lt. Charles A Fox 49 Sgt Eugene Ke 36 and Patrolman Robert All. They had been released under bonds of 2000 pending arraignment. More arrests depended on ongoing interviews as the grand jury meets Monday.
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Princeton
UPI
Bluefield
Mercer County
William O. Bivens
Newoe Ees
Ted
Charles Cregger
Charles A. Fox
Eugene Ke
Robert All
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Belcher
Bivens
Iive
Grand
Coal City and Glen White B E Reports Received
Beckley State Police investigate a midnight breaking at Coal City Super Market where $75 in meats, five or six hams, and about $30 in coins were stolen after forcing the back door. Damaged soft drink machines and two windows also noted with no arrests. Police are also probing Glen White Elementary School break in Wednesday night via a broken restroom window. about 10 windows damaged, $30 damage.
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Beckley
Coal City
Bunce Tilson
Tilson
Glen White
City Driver Permits Attract Rush To Beckley Hall
A steady stream of applicants flocked to Beckley City Hall to beat the Saturday deadline for Brahe on Bhgy Hermits ey. Police Chief M. E. Tyree says over 2,000 residents still lack their 1962 63 licenses and warned tighter checks will begin Sunday on unlicensed motorists.
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Beckley City Hall
Brahe
Bhgy Hermitsey
M. E. Ty‘ree
Tyree
Goats Trigger Alarm at Ardmore Iron Works
Police rushed to the OK Metal and Irons Works after a burglar alarm. They found the front door plate glass window shattered and two billy goats inside, said to have attacked after seeing their reflections in the window.
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Ardmore, Okla
UPI
OK Metal and Irons Works
Indicted school supply firms face price fixing charges
Eight firms and 11 individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of fixing prices on public school supplies across six states. The cases cover sales from 1942 to 1960 of items such as paper pens pencils and notebooks in Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania and 38 New York counties, plus bid rigging and customer allocation in Maryland and Virginia. Indicted defendants include J L Hammett Co Kurtz Bros Garrett Buchanan Co and others with co-conspirators named but not charged in separate indictments. Conviction could cost up to one year in prison and a 50000 fine per defendant and per corporate participant.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York State
Maryland
Virginia
Justice Department
Federal District Court
J. L. Hammett Co
Cambridge
Mass
William B. Shepard
Union
N.J
Kurtz Bros
Eastern Division Inc
Berwyn
Paoli
Ira P. Romberger
New York
Clearfield
Robert M. ‘Kurtz
Garrett‘Buchanan Co
Maurice C. Huff
Norman J. Thompson
Rockville Center
N.Y
Walter E. Haggerty
Hammett Co
L. B. Herr and Sons
Lancaster
Carl Gordon
Pecham Little Cand Co., Inc
Jersey City
Roberts and Meek, Inc
Harrsburg
Robert M. Camp Hill
Robert M. Comfort
Harrisburg
Peckham and Little Co
Bardeen’s Inc
Syracuse
Webster Paper and Supply Co., Inc
Albany
N .Y
A & C Co
Baltimore
James G. Schmidt
Honey in the Rock referenced in gorge development report
The Checci plan cites Honey in the Rock as a tourism success symbol across Raleigh Fayette Summers and Mercer counties. The report suggests ARA funding could bolster this nonprofit’s finances to aid access roads parking and landscape work near the amphitheatre while private money remains crucial for lodges. J. R. Carr declined comment and other group members include Charles Hodel and W A Thornhill.
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Checci
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Mercer
ARA
West Virginia
Hamilton
Raleigh County Committee
J. R. Carr
The
Gorge Development Group
Charles Hodel
W. A. Thornhill
Tops in Fashion Must for Women’s Clothing Care
Meticulous care of clothing, shoes, and accessories is a fashion essential for every woman, highlighting careful maintenance and styling practices to extend wardrobe life and boost appearance.
Deaths and Funerals for Harris and Arthur
Funeral services for Wesley G. Harris 84 will be 2 p.m. Saturday in Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with two reverends presiding. Burial at Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Harris died at 6:25 a.m. at his home 213 Ridge Avenue after an extended illness born January 2 1878 in Patrick County Virginia a retired carpenter and builder and Primitive Baptist Church member. He was last survivor of a 13 member family and lived in Raleigh County 60 years. Survivors include his wife Cora Via Harris four daughters Gladys Angle Nova Elkins Ellen Ferguson Alta Jobe four sons Aubrey G Homer Elzie 21 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Also notes on the Arthur family with Elizabeth Ann wife two sons Pershing Canton Ohio Bernard Fayetteville four daughters Ethel Chase Mildred Picklesimer Opal Heslop Ruby Rhodes a brother Douglas Arthur Fayetteville four sisters Nina Lawson Myrtle Myles Hallie Willis and Terry Calloway 24 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren. The body will remain at the funeral home. (RNS)
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Wesley G. Harris
Calfee Funeral Home
Leslie A. Garten
Frank McKinster
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Harris
Ridge Avenue
Patrick County
Primitive Baptist Church
Raleigh County
Cora Via Harris
R. A
Gladys) Angle
E. E
Nova) Elkins
Beckley
J. H
Ellen) Ferrguson
Richwood
J. A
Alta
Douglas Arthur
Fayetteville
Nina Lawson
Myrtle Myles
Hallie Willis
Terry Calloway
Prosperity
John Burns rites set for Saturday in Meadow Grove Baptist
John Walter Burns 84 of Springdale will lie in state at Meadow Grove Baptist Church Dawson from 10 a m Saturday for funeral services led by Rev Homer Quesenberry. Burial follows at Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville. Born March 14 1878 near Lewisburg he was a farmer and son of the late Mike and Eliza Hess Burns. Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle handles arrangements.
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John Walter Burns
Springdale
Meadows Grove Baptist Church
Homer Quesenberry
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Burns
James W. Burns
Mount Hope
Meadow Grove
Dawson
Lewisburg
Mike and
Eliza Hess Burns
William A Kirk final rites in Whitesville church
William Alfred Kirk 89 of Whitesville dies after long illness. Final rites set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Dorothy Assembly of God Church with Rev. Victor Gillian. Burial in Colcords Odd Fellows Cemetery. Survivors include wife Phoebe two sons two daughters 19 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Body at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alfred Kirk
Whitesville
Dorothy Assembly of God
Victor Gillian
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Colcord
Kirk
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Dorothy
Knights Pythias Lodge
Seth
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Phebe
John
Walter
Charleston
Anna Peters
Leevale
Maude Goins
Wilmington
Calif
Elizabeth Fiorentino
Dayton
Ohio
Valley Funeral Home
Final rites for Fred Everett Arthur conducted in Fayetteville
Final rites for Fred Everett Arthur 82 of Fayetteville Route 2 were planned for 2 p m Saturday at the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Mark Goodin presiding. Burial followed at Huse Memorial Park. Arthur died Thursday morning in an Oak Hill hospital after a short illness. He was born July 18 1880 in Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Everett Arthur
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Mark Goodin
Huse Memorial Park
Arthur
Oak Hill
Fayette
Freeman Hearing Highlights Ties With Washington
Freeman told reporters he has great confidence in Under secretary Charles Murphy as the tes inquiry unfolds. He conceded some errors in relations with Estes but said the department did not lose money or grant special benefits to the west Texas financier. Freeman read a 50 page statement as questioning was deferred to today.
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Clellen
McClellan
Freeman
Washington
Charles Murphy
Tes
Department
Estes
West Texas
Trade Bill Wins Strong Democratic Backing In Congress
The measure expands free trade and aids import sensitive firms with federal help for job losses. Unemployment subsidies could reach 61 dollars weekly for up to 52 weeks, and up to 78 weeks in some cases. Republicans pitched a year extension to Kennedy’s tariff plan but the substitute failed 253 to 171. Final climate vote was 298 to 125 against, with 127 of 43 Republicans and 210 of 44 Democrats supporting the procedural move.
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Kennedy
Mrs Pearl L Smith Funeral Services Held Today
Mrs Pearl L Smith 63 of Beckley Road died Monday in a Beckley hospital. A Brookneal Va native and longtime Princeton resident, she leaves sister Bertha Simms Beckley. Final rites at Mount Calvary Baptist Church with Rev T M Stevens and Rev C K Hooper, burial in Restlawn Memorial Estates. Lugo's Funeral Home Bluefield in charge.
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Pearl L. Smith
Beckley Road
Beckley Hospital
Brookneal
Princeton
Bertha Simms
Beckley
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
T. M. Stevens
C. K. Hooper
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Lugo
Bluefield
Suit Dismissed In Roadside lien case in Town District
A Raleigh County Circuit Court judge signed an order dismissing a suit by Investment Securities Inc against Park Homes Inc over a paving liens matter in Town District. Attorneys Ashworth and Ashworth said the debt had been oncore and moved for dismissal.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Investment Securities, Inc
Park Homes, Inc
Ashworth and
Ashworth
Oncore
Now You Know By United Press International
The Julian calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 B C served as the time and measurement basis for the Western world until 1582 when the Gregorian calendar took effect, a shift that redefined dates and years globally.
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United Press International
Julius Caesar
B. C
Accessory Draws Year's Jail Term in Pagoda Case
Roy Eugene Mills of Cleveland was sentenced in Raleigh County Criminal Court to one year in jail and a $50 fine as an accessory before the fact in the May 20 Pagoda Shopping Center break in. Mills pled guilty to attempted felony. accomplices Pellegrini and Stepp testified. The Pagoda owner M. V. McCollum put repairs at $879.
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Roy Eugene Mills
Cleveland
Ohio
Raleigh County
Pagoda
Mills
Joseph Pellegrini
John Stepp
Beckley
M. V. McCollum
Harry L. McCreery
Joseph Luchini
Stepp
Emmett Gaines
Catherine Hayes
Nathaniel Reynolds
Herbert Johnson
A. J. Sparacino
Harless Vance
Grandview
Vance
Grandview State Park
Michael Robertson
Mabscott
McCreery
Kennedy mission to Mexico shapes talks amid Latin policy tension
Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy arrive in Mexico City for a brief diplomatic mission their children Caroline and John Jr remaining at Middleburg Virginia. Lopez Mateos signals independent foreign policy complicating efforts while most activities emphasize ceremonial events including speeches a folklore festival housing projects and a Mass at Guadalupe Basilica prior to a Sunday return to Washington
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Aies
Mexic City
Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Middleburg
White House
Latin America
Venezuela
Colombia
Brazil
Mexico
Kennedys
Lopez Mateos
Procpa
Federal District
Washington
Basilica of Guadalupe
Miguel Dario Miranda
Silicosis Research Expansion At Beckley Health Center
About 40 persons would be employed for the program with key professionals drawn from within the PHS and established medical centers. A 1961 X ray survey of over 5 000 coal miners showed evidence of pneumoconiosis and massive fibrosis, underscoring the need to learn more about lung changes to prevent disability. Dr Goldberg noted much is known but more must be learned. Mrs Lewis praised the project for extending services to the area and boosting Beckley as a leading state health center. The tuberculosis worker’s clinic listed 50 silicosis cases in the past year, plus several related conditions including silicosis with active tuberculosis and silicosis with fibrosis.
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PHS
Byrd
Goldberg
Lewis
Beckley
Let God Take Over Doctors Urged To Let Cancer Patients Die
Mayo Clinic endocrinologist Dr Edward H Rynearson urged physicians at an American Medical Association ethics symposium to stop prolonging the life of incurably ill cancer patients who suffer severe pain and to let them die when all treatment is exhausted. He described removing aggressive intervention as the kindest option and said adults, not children, in such conditions should be allowed relief from excruciating pain even if it means death. He warned against keeping patients alive indefinitely with tubes and restrictive care, calling the scene a cocoon of oxygen near a shroud.
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Chicago
UPI
Mayo Clinic
Edward H. Rynearson
Dee City
Minnesota
American Medical Association
Rynearson
Damage suit drags on in Raleigh County court
Second day of trial in Beckley suit by J W Kes singer against William Wilbur over injuries to Kes singer and grandson after Jan 9 1960 collision at Second and Neville Streets. Wilbur says glare from sun and a tinted windshield contributed. police witness notes no crosswalk marks. Jurors empaneled twice, notices illness of one potential juror.
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J. W. Kessinger
Beckley
William Wilbur
Raleigh
Isinger
Wilbur
Second and
Neville Streets
William Sanders
Princeton
Neville
Second Street
Kessinger
Sanders
W. H. File
Bays Buick Co
Short News Roundup From scattered U.S. items
Short items report on graves moved near Kinzua Dam, a Pennsylvania jail visit by a condemned robber, a Tennessee House bid by an Illinois Central carman, a Beaufort death-penalty reversal for a white man in a rape of a Black woman, and a women’s clubs federation presidential change. State briefs note minimum wage limits on West Virginia municipal housing projects, a centennial fund push, a penitentiary chaplain appointment, a welfare director’s fatal car crash, retiring Army Secretary Stahr’s post, Union Carbide union vote, tax use tax politics, and a long-term fish and game license in the Sutton Reservoir area.
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Nicholas C. Pettine
Franklin County
Brown
Carman
Illinois Central Railroad
Tennessee House of Representatives
Shelby
Memphis
Beaufort
S. C
Fred G.davis
South Carolina
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Dexter Otis Arnold
Concord
N. H
E. Lee Ozbirn
Oklahoma City
State Attorney General's
West Virginia
State Penitentiary
Barron
Chauncey Browning Jr
Robert S. Doyle
Jefferson County
State Welfare Department
U.S. 11
W. Va. 51
Charles Town
Army
Elvis J. Stahr
Ft. Myer
Indiana Univars
Union Carbide
Institute
C. Howard Hardesty
Congress
Sutton Reservoir
State Department of Natural Resources
Breakings and Enterings Hit Beckley Stores and Church
A series of break ins hit Beckley targets with the C and G Grocery at 624 S Fayette St robbed Wednesday night and The Methodist Temple on South Kanawha Street had a daylit typewriter theft Tuesday. Merchandise valued at 92 dollars disappeared after entry via pried window screen and broken glass. Items stolen included cigarettes batteries hair products vitamins chewing gum bacon hams canned goods biscuits frozen foods aspirin coins stamps and cash. A church typewriter valued at 125 dollars was taken during daylight hours while workers were inside. Clifford Taggart 37 was jailed on possession of numbers slips and bonds totalling 500 dollars set for grand jury. Mary Spencer forfeited 50 dollars on shoplifting and Don A. Morris forfeited 35 dollars on improper registration and speeding. Drunkenness bonds total 141 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
C and G
S. Fayette St
Methodist Temple
South Kanawha Street
Clifford Taggart
Raleigh County
City
Mary Spencer
East Park
Don A. Morris
First man makes dean's list in home economics at UCONN
Robert Flomm, a married senior at the University of Connecticut, became the first man to make the dean's list in home economics, demonstrating strong academic performance at home economics studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Make Way Girls Stores
Conn
UPI
Robert Flomm
University of Connecticut
Treasure Chest Days Set At Fayetteville
Fayetteville hosts Treasure Chest days planned by the Fayetteville Development Council with free movies at the Fayette Theater from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., twilight fireworks, a 2 p.m. baseball game between Fayetteville and Mullens at Town Park, and a 4:30 p.m. band concert on the Courthouse lawn by Fayetteville High School. Free parking is offered all day.
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Fayetteville
RNS
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Main St
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White
B&e
John Burns
William A. Kirk
Fred E. Arthur
Vent-A
Universal Corporation
S. Kanawhe St
Fred Burdiss
Burdiss
Harriett Davenport
R. E. Adkins Jr
William G. Arrington
Lee Burleson
Jack Clemons
Mary Carpenter
Otis Gautier
C. F. Hale
A. F. Janney
Kinzua Dam
Warren
National Postronic
Bank of Raleigh Main
Kanawha Streets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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