Kennedy to seek rights for coal slurry pipelines
President Kennedy plans to urge Congress to grant pipeline builders the right of eminent domain to condemn land for interstate coal slurry lines. The move aims to ease construction, lower costs, and boost the coal industry against imported fuels, with a $100 million line planned from Fairmont Morgantown to East Coast markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPT
Kennedy
Congress
Marling J. Ankeny
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Ankeny
Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
Mountain State
Consolidation Coal Co
Texas Eastern
West Virginia Kerr-Mills program defended by SMA
The State Medical Association argues Kerr-Mills can work anywhere when properly administered. Dr. D. E. Greenwitch of Wheeling criticizes political contention over medical care for the aged, noting West Virginia’s MAA funds and procedures show the program is succeeding despite claims of insolvency and pressure from proponents of a universal social security approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Medical Association
Kerr-Mills
West Virginia
D. E. Greenwitch
Wheeling
Greenwitch
MAA
State Welfare Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Greeneltch
W. Bernard Smith
Algiers Violence as Algerian revolt nears peace
Reports from Oran and Algiers describe escalating clashes between Moslems and Europeans as the Algerian revolt presses toward a cease-fire. European casualties and arson followed the hatchet killings of a European mother and her two children near the Mers-el-Kebir base. Rebels within Moslem ranks also executed a man near Algiers new city perimeter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran
Mers-el-Kebir
Algiers
National Liberation Front
FLN
Welfare Dept. Received Half of Federal Funds
State Auditor Denzil Gainer said half of the $47.2 million in federal funds collected in the first half of the 1961-62 fiscal year went to the State Department of Welfare. Total state revenues reached $110.1 million, with $67.7 million for the general fund. Disbursements through Dec. 31 totaled $66.6 million for the general fund, $54.2 million for roads, $22.9 million for Welfare, and $15.8 million for special funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Denzil Gainer
State Department of Welfare
Gainer
General Revenue Fund
General Fund
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Sears Monument Guarantee
Sears Monument offers a written guarantee with every monument and a convenient payment plan. Harner Road location at phone 253-6480 promotes decades of leadership since 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Sears Monument Co
Harner Road
Guilty verdict seals death sentence for young shooter
Ridgeland jury convicts 19 year old Lewis Bostick of fatally shooting Sheriff Clarence W. Floyd. State briefs note Warden Lane will meet Gov Barron to discuss funds to upgrade Cass logging railroad for tourism. Democrats from 14 states open Midwest Conference at White Sulphur Springs amid election focus. Area Redevelopment Administration approves Monroe County economic plan, 23rd in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeland
S. C
Lewis Bostick
Jasper County
Clarence W. Floyd
Natural Resources
Warden Lane
W. W. Barron
Cass
West Virginia
Dakotas
White Sulphur Springs
Area Redevelopment Administration
Monroe County
Crash Natus Corp and Highroads official in Navarrone crash links
A charter air disaster with 87 passengers and eight crew members aboard a combination first class flight ends in Jamaica Bay. Captain James T. S. Heist, 56, logged 18,300 hours, as investigators search wreckage and await fingerprints and dental records to identify the mutilated remains. President Kennedy urges a swift solution amid speculation of a control failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natus Corp
New York Stock Exchange
Irving Rubine
New York
Highroads Productions
Navarrone
John Dieckman
Costa Mesa
Calif
James T. S. Heist
Boeing
Jamaica Bay
Kennedy
U.S
CAB
Alan S. Boyrd
Deaths And Funerals for Ramplewicz and Brown
Funeral arrangements are underway for Valentine Ramplewicz 72 of Chicago formerly of Oak Hill who died Wednesday morning after a brief illness born February 10 1890 in Warsaw Poland. survivors include two sons four daughters and several grandchildren. The body goes to Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. Also noted is Jackson Brown a Beaver resident and WWI veteran a retired miner with multiple stepchildren and stepdaughters. his body remains at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine Ramplewicz
Chicago
Ill
Oak Hill
Warsaw
Poland
St. Peters and Pauls Catholic Church
Scarbro
Edward L
Richwood
Leonard Ramplewicz
Lexington
Victoria Handerson
Rockville
Wanda Polling
Gallipolis
Ohio
Nina Pertoff
Rose Garrone
Cincinnati
Tyree Funeral Home
Jackson Brown
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Eccles
UMWA
Julian Martin Brown
Beaver
Charles
Lewis Allen
Washington
Mae Boyd
Sprague
Faye Hooper
Martinsville
James McKee dies during hospital examination at Beckley
James McKee 57 of New Richmond died at 3 p m Thursday while being examined at Beckley hospital. Born June 7 1904 in Wayne he was a miner who retired in 1957 due to ill health. Survived by wife Ruby Burton McKee a daughter Drema Thompson New Richmond two brothers Waymon Akron Ohio and Emmett Catlettsburg Ky two sisters Elizabeth Meredith Catlettsburg and Viola Staley Huntington a half sister Birdie Hatten Pritchard funeral 1 p m at New Richmond Chapel with Revs Silas Burke Garland Phillips in charge burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. The body will be taken from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to the residence at 3 p m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKee
New Richmond
Beckley Hospital
Wayne
Robert E
Lettie Craft McKee
Ruby Burton McKee
Drema Thompson
Waymon
Akron
Ohio
Emmett
Catlettsburg
Elizabeth Meredith
Viola Staley Huntington
Birdie Hatten
Pritchard
New Richmond Chapel
Silas Burke
Garland Phillips
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Williams
Mrs. Lillian Williams 61 of Price Hill dies in a Charleston nursing home after a long illness. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Free Will Baptist Church in Bradley with Rev. Robert Dean officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope, in charge. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Williams
Price Hill
Charleston
Free Will Baptist Church
Bradley
Robert Dean
Oak Grove
Tyree
Mount Hope
Final rites for Mrs Naomi Basham aged 91
Mrs Naomi Basham of Odd dies at 5 p m at a son's home Bruce Lanark age 91 funeral at 2 p m Saturday Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton Rev Wiley Cullop presiding burial in family cemetery at Flat Top survivors include three stepdaughters Cora Boyd Eliza Stovall both of Mullens Rosa Tabor Glenwood Park and several grand and great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Basham
Odd
Bruce
Lanark
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Wiley Cullop
Flat Top
Cora Boyd
Eliza Stovall
Mullens
Rosa Tabor
Glenwood Park
Final rites held for four-year-old Paul Handforth
Paul Handforth four years old son of John Walter and Lottie Bodach Handforth of Prosperity died suddenly after a recent scarlet fever. Funeral at Melton Mortuary Chapel 10 a.m. Saturday with Father Sylvester W. Staud. Burial in Mount Calvary Addition Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Autopsy findings pending. pathologist and physician say results in a few days. Friends may visit at Melton Mortuary after 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Handforth
John Walter
Lottie S. Bodach Handforth
Melton Mortuary
Sylvester W. Staud
Mount Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Rufus Leo Brown Rites Set in Beaver
Funeral services for Rufus Leo Brown 73 Beaver will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Howard Dickinson officiating. Burial follows in Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Brown died at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born at Cabin Creek November 17 1889 he was a son of the late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Leo Brown
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace
Howard Dickinson
Mount Tabor
Brown
Cabin Creek
New York Greeted Glenn With Massive ticker tape Parade
Four million New Yorkers packed streets for astronaut John Glenn as he rode an 18 mile parade route through a sea of cheering crowds. Steelworkers on buildings held signs praising Glenn while crowds climbed bus tops and window sills to glimpse the space hero. The night included a private dinner, a Broadway show, and a tearful greeting at the Waldorf Astoria Empire Room where singer Dolores Gray thanked him for his return. Glenn and his family appeared relaxed and hopeful after a long day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Space
Robert Morse
Waldorf-Astoria
Empire Room
Dolores Gray
New York
Masse, Shielboth Masse Killed in Idlewild Plane Crash
Peter F. Masse and his wife Mrs Alice M Shielboth Masse of Freeport L I and their immediate family survive a crash that killed all aboard Thursday morning en route from Freeport to California. Masse was a Boston New York coal executive, led Sprague organization since 1936 and became president in 1960. he held directorships with Sprague Steamship and several coal companies and belonged to major coal associations. Their son Peter F Masse resides in Absarokee Montana and three daughters in Freeport Bay Shore and Arlington, with twenty grandchildren among survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter F. Masse
Alice M. Shielboth Masse
Freeport
L. I
N. Y
Idlewild
N.Y
C. H. Sprague and Sea Co
Boston
New York
Masse
Brooklyn
Sprague Organization
Sprague Steamship Company
C. H. Sprague and Son Canada Limited
New River Company
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
National Coal Association
The
Coal Export Association of the
United States
New York Coal Trade Golf Association
California
Peter F
Absarokee
Mont
Raymond Regan
L.I
Thomas McGerry
Bay Shore
Lester Minon
Arlington
Requiem Mass for Edward Costy in Hughson Calif
Edward Costy 31 of Hughson California former Summerlee was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno after a funeral in Hughson He was found dead February 22 from poison spray exposure while operating a tractor He belonged to Hughson Council Knights of Columbus and St Anthony's Church Survivors include his wife Jean five children Debra Donna Dora Anna John all at home his father Stanley of Summerlee a brother Stanley and sister Anna May Insko of Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Costy
Hughson
Calif
Summerlee
Golden Gate National Cemetery
San Bruno
Costy
Hughson Council
Knights of Columbus
St. Anthony’s Church
Jean Keffer Costy
Mount Hope
Debra
Donna
Dora
Anna
John
Stanley Costy
Anna May Insko
Ohio
Mrs Ruby Gearheart Evans Rites Held in Princeton
Mrs Ruby Gearheart Evans 52 of Princeton died Wednesday after a long illness in Princeton Memorial Hospital. Final rites were to be conducted at 2 p m today in Seaver Memorial Chapel with Rev Douglas Williams in charge. Burial followed in Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens. She was a lifelong Princeton resident, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Will Gearheart, and a member of Speedway Methodist Church. Surviving sister Mrs Nellie Keaton of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Gearheart Evans
Princeton
Seaver Memorial
Douglas Williams
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Evans
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Will T. Gearheart
Speedway Methodist Church
Nellie Keaton, Beckley
Terry Halstead Rites Set In Kincaid For 20-Year-Old
Funeral services for Terry Lee Halstead 20 of Kincaid will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Kincaid Church of God with Reverends Lillian Childers and Norman Foster presiding. Burial follows in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. He died today at his home after a long illness born April 10 1941 to Otis and Drucilla Halstead. He is survived by his parents grandparents two brothers Henry Allen and David and a sister Ann Kay Halstead all of Kincaid. The body lies at the Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill until one hour before the service and viewing starts after 5 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Lee Halstead
Kincaid
Kincaid Church of God
Lillian Childers
Norman Foster
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Halstead
Otis
Drucilla Halstead
L. A. Halstead
Mount Lookout
Henry Hiser
Henry Allen
David
Miss An Kay Halstead
Hugh B. Miller Dies at 66 in Beckley VA Hospital
Hugh B. Miller of Lindside died at 7 40 am today in the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a three month illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the local undertaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh B. Miller
Lindside
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Funeral for James Preston Stanley in Oak Hill
Funeral services for James Preston Stanley 85 of Beckley Rt 3 who died Wednesday at a daughter's home Mrs Roy Bradley will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev William Green presiding. Burial follows in Hilltop Cemetery Hilltop. Friends may call at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill after 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Preston Stanley
Beckley
Roy Bailey. Bradley
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Hill
William Green
Hilltop
Tyree
Pettus School Fire Probed After Arson Claim
A Pettus Elementary School fire caused about 1000 dollars in damage and prompted a State Fire Marshal investigation. The blaze started around 5 30 p m in a wooden filing cabinet and ceiling areas, with arson suspected. The fourth and fifth grade rooms suffered damage. 35 students used the affected area, while total enrollment is 125. No occupants were inside when found, and a boy nearby reported the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettus
Whitesville
Or. Stump Jr
John W. Saunders
Judge Signs Contempt and Divorce Orders This Week
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp ordered Ulysses Lilly to appear Saturday to explain contempt. James Lester Wilson must appear April 7 to justify not being jailed for $480 owed to Miriam Thelma Wilson. A suit by Randal Cochran for Tommy James and K R James was continued. Divorces granted: Corthia Greer from William Greer with custody of two. Darlene Hessler from George Hessler Jr.. Monroe Hill from Daisy Warren Hill. Doris Lilly from Carlos Lilly with custody for two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman ‘Knapp
Ulysses Lilly
James Lester Wilson
Miriam Thelma Wilson
Randal Larry Cochran
Robert F. Cochran
Tommy James
K. R. James
Corthia Greer
William Max Greer Jr
Darlene Adele Hessler
George W. Hessler Jr
Monroe Hill
Daisy Warren Hill
Daisy Adams
Doris Mae Lilly
Carlos H. Lilly
Fire damages idle tipple at Glen Rogers
An idle tipple at Glen Rogers burned about 11 a.m. today when workers dismantled mining equipment. Firemen said a blow torch spark ignited coal dust inside the structure. Pineville Fire Department brought the blaze under control quickly. No damage estimate was provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Pineville
Cigarette Sales Rise While Other Tobaccos Fall
Greensboro IRS district director J. E. Wall reported that total cigarette production in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1961 reached 518 billion, up from 506 billion in 1960. Cigar output declined from 6.9 to 6.6 billion, and other tobacco production dropped from 176,059,482 to 173,703,774 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
UPT
Internal Revenue Service
J. E. Wall
IRS
Now You Know By United Press International
United Press International notes that seventy five percent of Cambodia's land area is virgin forest, underscoring the extent of undeveloped forest cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Cambodia
Higgins Heads Cancer Crusade in Beckley
James C. Higgins of Beckley will chair the Cancer Crusade beginning April 1, with Mrs. Carlyle S. Bolen as co chair. A board meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in Beckley Newspapers Corp building on Prince Street will plan activities. Higgins is a Notre Dame graduate CPA and active in church and service groups. Mrs Bolen leads the Woman's Club Community Service and coordinates house to house solicitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Higgins
Beckley
Crusade For Cancer
Raleigh County Cancer Society
I. R. Wein
Higgins
Cochairman
Carlyle S. Bolen
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Prince Street
Wein
Professional Park
Stamford Road
University of Notre Dame
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
the Elks
Bolen
Woman's Club of
Woman'’s Club
D. Crawford Lynn
Methodist Temple
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Flowering Hills Garden Club
Barron Seeks Flood Aid After WV Report Delay
Gov. W. W. Barron awaits a U S Engineers damage report before deciding on federal aid for West Virginia flood recovery. Barron, Sen. Byrd and officials toured Huntington Wayne Logan and Pineville by helicopter, as the Ohio River receded from a crest of 55.9 feet. Damages exceed 1 million dollars along 12 Pole Creek, with 75 percent of Huntington to Wayne residents displaced. Barron and Byrd pressed for timely flood control, citing a proposed Guyandotte River dam at Justice costing 60.5 million dollars to provide full protection for Logan and Man counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
W. W. Barron
U. S
West Virginia
Barron
Robert C. Byrd
Huntington
Wayne
Logan
Pineville
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
12- Pole Valley
12-Pole Creek
Byrd
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Guyandotte River
Justice
Wyoming County
Guyandotte Basin
Logan and
Man
Senate probes Atlas Titan missile site cost rise
Senate Preparedness subcommittee summoned Air Force officials to explain a $225 million increase in missile site cost estimates from $1.04 billion to $1.27 billion over six months. The session urged by Subcommittee Chairman John C. Stennis aims to locate why costs climbed, amid concurrent investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPT
Senate
Air Force
Subcommittee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Eugene M. Zuckert
Thomas D. Morris
Preparedness
Farm
Allen Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
Kennedy
Thomas N. Curtis
R-Mo
GOP
Beckley Man Executes Bond and Other City Deals
Beckley man Marcell Terry was released on a $500 property bond after a 10 25 p m arrest at the R V A Club on a concealed weapon and drunkenness charge. Officers found a .32 caliber pistol. Robert N Daniels of Glen Daniel posted a $108 cash bond on a drunk driving charge. Both must appear in police Court Monday night. Orpha Holston posted $500 appearance bond on a gaming device charge after a hearing March 10 set by Magistrate W A Burke. Beckley state police seized a pinball machine at Holston’s Truck Stop, owned by C R Music Service of Beckley. Larry Curtis Garcia of Beckley, 16, posted $20 bond for speeding and must appear in Police Court Thursday. Eccles resident Henry Burrell jailed for improper registration at 12 50 a m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcell Terry
Beckley
Raleigh
R.V.A. Club
South Fayette Street
Terry
Robert N. Daniels
Glen Daniel
Orpha Holston
Holston
Ghent
W. A. Burke
C&r Music Service
Larry Curtis Garcia
Eccles
Henry Burrell
1962 Off To Better Start In West Virginia
West Virginia shows a stronger January than January 1961 in 16 of 18 business categories per the State Chamber of Commerce. Coal production up 8.7 percent, electric power up 8 percent, auto sales up 23 percent, and gains in railroad car loadings, building permits, and bank debits. December-to-January comparisons affected by seasonality include retail sales down 54 percent and unemployment up 31.2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Earle L. Elmore
Lindbergh Parade Sparks Four Million Night of Fanfare
Lindbergh's Broadway parade stirs New York women as officials estimate crowds above four million. Donahue notes adulation driven by his youth and single status, while Glenn’s marriage adds a counterpoint. Sanitation reports 3,474 tons of scrap paper by Thursday with expectations to rise, surpassing past confetti records from MacArthur and wartime celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Broadway
New York
Donahue
Glenn
Sanitation Department
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Bomb Test Ban Talk Aimed at Soviet Agreement
After weeks of scientific study of Russian tests, the White House said the President would speak tonight on all major networks and global Voice of America facilities. The topic is nuclear testing and disarmament. Allied leaders Macmillan and de Gaulle were believed aware of the general nature of the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Voice of America
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Rue
Commodities distributed at Harvey post office site
Commodities will be distributed in Harvey Fayette County from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Monday. Ercil Ayers, agent, states the post office serves as the distribution point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Fayette County
Ercil Ayers
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SMA
Smith
Algeria
Welfare Dept
Neville St
Kodak Film
Alka Seltzer
Waterloo, Iowa
Waterloo Hospital
Robert Cold
Nellie Kirk
Kirk
Charles Harris
William Crawford
Beaver Methodist Church
Georgie Johnson
N. J
Helen Harris
Fred E. Crawford
Hinton
Lake Crawford
Glenn Thursday
Glenns
Mrs
Peter Masse
Ruby Evans
Neville ST. Dial
James P. Stanley
Pettus School
Cancer Crusade
Bond
Soviet Union
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