Mullens Council Airs Complaints About Coal Dust
Mullens residents protested excessive coal dust from nearby mines, naming Otsego Mine of Brule Smokeless as a major offender, with Maben and Itmann also contributing. Itmann was noted as working to reduce pollution. Otsego blamed for underused dust control. Mayor to raise issue at March 8 Charleston mayoral meeting and seek legal mandates to force dust mitigation.
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Mullens
ANS
Pep
Otsego
Brule
Maben
Itmann
Woodrow Cook
Winding Gulf Coal Co
Theompany
Cook
Charleston
W. W. Barron
Troop 5
Gary Parrish
Richard Burcham
Charles E. Allen
Pearl C. Allen
City of Mullens
South Mullens
Poplar Street
Pete Andrews
Woodlawn Street
Clyde Newsome
Broadway Street
Court Decision Call Moves To Dissolve Board
The court did not mention supervision though Williams proposed sending a representative to verify credentials if needed. Letts dissolved the board and said records including complaints from dissidents would go to O'Donoghue. He would act as issues arose, while dissidents sought to delay action pending charges of Hoffa misusing union funds in a Florida real estate deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Letts
O’donoghue
Hoffa
Florida
Dean's list honors at Bluefield State College
Naomi Morgan and Louis Redd were among Beckley area students on the dean's list at the end of the first semester at Bluefield State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Morgan
Louis Redd
Beckley
Bluefield State College
Deaths and Funerals for Donald Byrd
Final rites for Donald Byrd of Skin Fork will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Cooper Memorial Church in Marianna with Rev. Silas Burkes and Rev. Lowell Cook officiating. Burial will be in Clay Cemetery at Pineville. Byrd, born December 1, 1930, died Monday night from gunshot wounds after an incident with Charley Green of Mullensville. Green was freed on a $10,000 murder bond. Surviving are five sisters and two brothers. Body moved from Evans Funeral Home to his parents’ home today.
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Donald Byrd
Cooper Memorial Church
Marianna
Silas Burkes
Kimball
Lowell Cook
Clay
Pineville
Byrd
Wyoming General Hospital
Charley Green
Mullensville
Green
Walton
Rosa Briniger Byrd
Elsie Cooper
Dayton
Ohio
Susy Howell
Princeton
Cecilia Willard
Jaeger
Geneva Workman
Titusville
Fla
Juanita Lawson
Cocoa Beach
Oather
North Kenova
Curtis Byrd
Spences
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Laura Pearl Williams Funeral Services
Laura Pearl Williams dies after heart attack and funeral arrangements are announced. Robson Church of Christ will host services at 2 p.m. Thursday, with Rev. Herman Williams officiating and burial at Settle Cemetery in Robson. Survivors include two sons Russell and Richard Mullins of Long Branch, brothers Doris and Sherman Mullins of Long Branch and Jeff Mullins of Clear Creek, a sister Mrs. Clara Winston of Long Branch, and five grandchildren. Don Combs Funeral Home of Montgomery to Sherman Settle residence by 4 p.m. today and transport to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Pearl Williams
Robson
Robson Church of Christ
Herman Williams
Settle Cemetery
Russell
Richard Mullins
Long Branch
Doris
Sherman
Jeff
Clear Creek
Clara Winston
Don Combs
Montgomery
Sherman Settle
Mrs Faye Wiley Dies in Bethesda Leukemia Claimed
Mrs Faye Elizabeth Wiley 46 of Stamford Road died at midnight Tuesday at the National Institute of Health Bethesda Md after a long illness Leukemia was given as the cause She was born January 12 1915 in Independence Virginia She was a daughter of the late Charles and Ann Fine Edwards She was a member of Mount Tab or Church Survivors include her husband Dennis Wiley a foster daughter Lora Gene four brothers William L Edwards Tampa Woodrow Pineville Charles Montana and Joe New York City and one sister Mrs Robert Lester Mullens The body will arrive at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Thursday morning for arrangements
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Faye Elizabeth Wiley
Stamford Road
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Independence
Charles
Ann Fine Edwards
Mount Taborig Tog Church
Dennis Wiley
Lora Gene
William L. Edwards
Tampa
Fla
Woodrow
Pineville
Montana
Joe
New York City
Robert Lester
Final rites for Miss Irene Finks at Glen Jean Church
Miss Irene Finks 48 of Wingrove Hill will receive funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday at Glen Jean Baptist Church with Rev. J. W. Carter of Beckley presiding. Burial follows at Hilltop Cemetery. She died in an Oak Hill hospital Tuesday morning as a Catholic, born April 1, 1913 in Glen Jean. Surviving: father Tinsley Finks of Wingrove Hill. Body to be moved from Collins Funeral Home to the Wingrove Hill home Friday evening.
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Irene Finks
Wingrove Hill
Glen Jean Baptist Church
J. W. Carter
Beckley
Hilltop
Miss Finks
Oak Hill
Glen Jean
Tinsley Finks
Collins
Pullsonetti Augustine Pullsonetti Dies in New York City
Augustine Pullsonetti, about 70, of New York City, died Monday at 4 p.m. after a heart ailment. Funeral is set for Thursday at 9 a.m. in New York. Survivors include wife Alexandria, two sons Pete and Gegi, daughter Deana Grandelli, and four grandchildren. A former Mount Hope resident, he worked for McKell Coal and Coke Co. at Kilsyth and as a taxi driver in Glen Jean. he was brother-in-law of Domicea of Mount Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexandria
Pete
Gegi
Deana Grandelli
New York City
Pullsonetti
Mount Hope
McKell Coal and Coke Co
Kilsyth
Glen Jean
Domicea of
RNS
Betty Hall Schwartz Rites Held for Local WWII Vet
Betty Hall Schwartz 40 longtime Beckley area native died Monday after a long illness in Browns Mills New Jersey She was the daughter of Horace and the later Charleston Halls and widow of Leo A World War II veteran she served in the Women's Army Corps at Fort Dix N J Services were set at Collins Funeral Home Pemberton with burial in Browns Mills.
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Betty Hall Schwartz
Beckley
Browns Mills
N. J
Horace Hall
Virginia St
Chapell Road
Charleston
Women's Army Corps
Fort Dix
Leo
Collins Funeral Home
Pemberton
Browns Iis
Lawmakers Clash Over Amended Loans Bill
In a tense session the majority voiced support while D. P. Given called the amended Small Loans bill a "hodgepodge" and said lawyers should learn elsewhere. He joked Webster County’s best coonhound couldn’t trace the bill.
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Speaker
D. P. Given
D-Webster
Webster County
Del. Withrow Urges Duty Over Votes On Whisky Issue
Del Withrow warns against withholding the right to vote on any matter and urges supporters and opponents to act with a clear conscience. He says legislators serve the people, not for votes, and urges opponents to work to defeat this lanes proposal at the proper place.
Lawmakers push tax relief and salary raises in new bills
Lawmakers introduce measures including lowering the gross sales tax for contractors from 2.6 to 2 percent and extending exemptions for industrial loan corporations and credit unions. Bills seek salary hikes for the state mines director and labor commissioner, plus higher personal and real property tax exemptions. Other proposals aim to raise circuit court judge salaries and grant the State Road Commission power to regulate interstate highway advertising within 660 feet.
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Dels
Carmine Cann
D - Harrison
Donnie Lee Hill
Dboone
Zabeau
Del
Mino D’aurora
D Brooke
Wade H. Garrett
House
Julius Singleton
D-Monongalia
Senate
Howard Carson
D-Fayette
Singleton
D-Harrison
D’aurora
D-Brooke
Circuit Court
State Road Commission
del. Peters
D-Kanawha
Farland kinship, ambassador to Panama, noted in brief
The scholarship fund was created last year by the wife of Joseph S. Farland, a Morgan town native who is U. S. Ambassador to Panama. Road and farm equipment at the Huttonsville Medium Security Prison were listed today as being in a bad state of repair by the House of Delegates Penal and Correctional Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Farland
Morgantown
U. S
Panama
Huttonsville
House of Delegates Penal and Correctional Committee
Rosemary Hotopp Joins Road Commissioner Staff
CHARLESTON UP I Back in familiar quarters today Mrs Rosemary F Hotopp assumed the role of secretary receptionist for newly appointed Road Commissioner Burl A Sawyers. Hotopp previously served as executive secretary to Governor William C Marland and earlier as secretary to former Tax Commissioner Milton F Ferguson, making her familiar to Statehouse visitors from 1954 through 1957.
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Charleston
UPI
Rosemary F. Hotopp
Burl A. Sawyers
School's Name To Be Changed To Honor Adair
Leigh County schools plan name changes to honor retiring Sprague Elementary principal Brooks Adair after PTA signatories noted his long years of service. The board heard other delegations seeking modernization of Ameagle and Dorothy Colcord schools and discussed fire safety and custodian wages in the next budget.
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Leigh County
Dorothy, Colcord
Ameagle
Dorothy
Colcord
Strip Mine
Costas
Karontonis Grocery
White
Sherman Co
Trail More
Prince Lilly
Coal City
Lilly
President discusses employment and policy aims at press conference
President Kennedy says he will issue an executive order to strengthen employment opportunities for all Americans in and out of government while studying housing and education proposals in civil rights. He praises G Mennen Williams as doing well on an African tour and expresses satisfaction with his mission. In a 30 minute question session with 398 newsmen at the State Department Building he covered Adenauer Eisenhower’s rank gold outflow mortgage rates and the peace corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Mennen Williams
State Department
Kennedy
Aghout
Adenauer
Eisenhower
West Virginia Armories Get $1.37 Million Approval
The House Armed Services Committee backed roughly 1.37 million dollars for six West Virginia National Guard armories. The amounts were added to a military construction authorization bill, which still requires full funding by Congress before work begins. The proposed allocations include Kingwood 170000, St. Albans 190000, Huntington 250000, Fairmont 210000, Bluefield 225000, and Point Pleasant 34000.
Beckley faces postponed decision on master plan proposal
City officials postponed voting on a Baker firm proposal to draft Beckley’s comprehensive master plan. The plan aims to guide future growth, annexation timing, school siting cooperation, and highway development while stressing public involvement and regional funding considerations.
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Baker
Pribble
Council
PIC
Jas
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Beckley
West Virginia House okays motor tax hike and more bills
Marshall U House approved a 50 percent rise in the motor vehicle privilege tax from 2 percent to 3 percent to raise about 2 million for the State Road Fund and matching federal grants. Also extended a 1 percent surcharge on insurance premiums to fund general revenue. Other actions included campus security hires, driver education permits, insured motorist protections, and coal mine permit rules.
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House
Senate
General Revenue Fund
W. W. Barron
West Virginia University
Thomas J. McDonnell
Wheeling
West Virginia
State Department of Mines
Proposed alignments for West Virginia five-district map
UPI reports three redistricting bills in the West Virginia Legislature proposed to create five districts from six. Sen Carson Jasper plan lists district by district counties including Barbour Berkeley Jefferson Monongalia Harrison and others. Frazer Dell Solomon Nuzum plan divides counties. Dell Nuzum maps feature five districts with varied county groupings across state.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Carson
D-Fayette
Jasper
D-Greenbrier
Braxton
Brooke
Clay
Doddridge
Gilmer
Hancock
Harrison
Lewis
Marshall
Nicholas
Ohio
Wetzel
Barbour
Berkeley
Grant
Hampshire
Hardy
Jefferson
Marion
Mineral
Monongalia
Morgan
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Preston
Randolph
Taylor
Tucker
Upshur
Webster
Boone
Calhoun
Kanawha
Logan
Wirt
Cabell
Jackson
Lincoln
Mason
Mingo
Pleasants
Putnam
Ritchie
Tyler
Wayne
Wood
Fayette Greenbrier
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
del. Frazer
D - Nicholas
Redistricting Decision Pushed to January Session
The article explains that lawmakers delayed action on redistricting to allow current members of Congress time to prepare for the 1962 elections. If the session opens Saturday, committee action in both chambers could occur by Monday. A bill from committee could be read first time and meet the six legislative days needed for enactment before the session ends March 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Astronaut Shrinks and Ages Slower in Flight
NASA scientists say a Project Mercury astronaut would contract slightly along the motion line and age a tiny amount slower while orbiting Earth. At 18,000 mph, capsule length shortens about two one millionths of an inch. time slows by one microsecond per hour.
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Bill Wilks
Los Angeles
UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
Thompson Captured End Of New York Manhunt
Thompson, dubbed a top target after the Googie Kicciourius case, was arrested in Philadelphia after a nationwide alert. He broke down during fingerprinting, admitted the crime, and a mob of about 1000 gathered outside the police station, demanding justice.
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Thompson
New York
New Jersey
Max Pesko
Pesko
John Andrews
Philadelphia
Googie
Eager Reader Forces Delay in Beckley Library Lock
Herbert Brown, janitor at Memorial Building, found the street-level deposit box unlocked and about half full after the library opened late. Librarian Mrs. C. H. Graham could not determine how many books, if any, were missing, noting the box was ajar but may reflect a slow night. The Raleigh County library was open until 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Beckley
Raleigh County Library
Herbert Brown
Memorial Building
City
South Kanawha Street
C. H. Graham
Graham
Mechanical Trades Ordinance amendment delayed till July
City Attorney Sayre reported that a special committee recommended no immediate amendment to the Mechanical Trades Ordinance. The council will revisit the measure at the first June meeting for possible changes to take effect July 1 as the new fiscal year begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman L. Sayre
Cecil L. Miller
Ciy
Sayre
City Recorder
Flood Threat In Safe Subsides Near Huntington West Virginia
Rivers in West Virginia ran beyond banks in low areas though major flood threat eased. Ohio River reached old stages at several spots, though many have flood walls. Farming lands near streams flooded yearly. A wet snow added up to four inches around Parsons and three inches near Clarksburg and Kingwood but mostly melted. Road closures occurred on three secondary roads in Cabell and Putnam counties. Officials expect no significant rain or snow before Friday, aiding runoff. U S Engineers aimed to drain an estimated 200 billion gallons backed up in Pittsburgh area by dam releases.
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Huntington
Ups
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
Parsons
Clarksburg
Kingwood
Road Commission
Cabell County
Putnam County
Weather Bureau
U. S
Pittsburgh
Succession Bill Approved by West Virginia Legislature
West Virginia House Judiciary Committee approved a constitutional amendment to allow governors to serve consecutive terms and shift budget prep to the governor rather than the Public Works Board. The plan was amended to drop a provision allowing governor appointments of elective state officers. Senate committees backed related measures on sheriffs succession and a minimum wage bill for tipped workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Julius Singleton
D - Monongalia
Harry L. Buch
Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
West Virginia
Sens
Howard Carson
Dayette
John E. Carrigan
Marshall
Senate Labor Committee
Pennsylvanian Hurt In Wreck
William Bradford, 35, of Aliquippa Pennsylvania, is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a car he drove struck a utility pole. He suffered a head injury in the early morning accident and neither state nor city police investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bradford
Station St
Aliquippa
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Bradford
East Park Pair Jailed On Lottery Charges
Two East Park men Eli Williams and Dewey McDowell were ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Monday night to answer charges of Possession of lottery apparatus. Williams, 62, and McDowell, 48, both of Broadway Street, were arrested by City Police at 10 25 a m today. Each is accused of having number slips in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Park
Beckley
Eli Williams
Dewey McDowell
Broadway Street
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A. Pullsonetti
Augustine Pullsonetti
Withrow
Iea
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L. E. Ward
Jim Riley
EDA
L. W. Pribble
Planning and Zoning Commission
J. S. Larrick
Noel Christian
Ward
Washington
George B. Chambers
Board of Education
Chambers
Marshall 'U
Man IN Space
Bowery
Edith Kiccorius
Kiccorius
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