Jersey Towns Evacuated as Troops Patrol Storm Wreckage
Atlantic City dispatch details six New Jersey coastal towns evacuated after the worst storm in 25 years. National Guardsmen faced shoot on sight orders in Avalon amid looting fears as residents fled by helicopter and boat. Navy helicopters aided rescue. Local officials report extensive damage, disease risk, and disrupted electricity with mass insurance inspections pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
New Jersey
Avalon
Townsends Inlet
Sea Isle City
Strathmere
Harvey Cedars
Barnegat Light
Long Beach Island
Navy
New England
Virginia
State Plant Wins $64 Million Army Carrier Contract
The Army plans a $64 million award for M-13 personnel carriers to Food Machinery Corp in South Charleston West Virginia, creating about 1250 jobs. The split contract includes FMC San Jose and the Charleston plant. The formal announcement comes from the Army procurement office in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Procurement Office
Washington
FMC
San Jose
Calif
South Charleston
West Virginia
Two Men Jailed For Non-Support In Raleigh County
Two area men Kelley E. Gwinn of Meadow Bridge and Barney W. Roark of Resoco were jailed at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday in Raleigh County Jail on non-support charges after arrests by deputy sheriffs. A 17-year-old was arrested by Beckley City Police at 3:20 p.m. for tampering with an automobile, pilfering a car on First Avenue, with a Police Court appearance set for March 15. Janice DeGregory of Prosperity was cited for a red light violation by City Police at 12:50 p.m., with a Police Court date of March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Kelley E. Gwinn
Meadow Bridge
Barney W. Roark
Resoco
Beckley City
First Avenue
Janice DeGregory
Prosperity
Family Safe After Evacuation From Chin Coteague Island
A Huffman family from Beckley and Pineville evacuated from Chin Coteague Island off Virginia by helicopter and moved to a Virginia Naval station. Charles B. Huffman his wife and six sons were rescued. three brothers and two sisters in Beckley joined by relatives in the area. The family learned of safe and sound status and reunions at the naval station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chincoteague Island
Virginia
Charles B. Huffman
Beckley
Huffman
Robert L. Huffman
Eugene C. Huffman
Robert Milam
Belva Huffman
Fred L. Huffman
Pineville
Naval Station
AF Plane Falls: 14 Die in Normandy Crash
A U S Air Force C130 crash near Alencon in Normandy killed all 14 aboard, including 12 Air Force and two Army personnel. The aircraft was part of a paratroop drop mission with six planes. wreckage found about 80 miles from Evreux base. Names were not released.
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Evreux
France
UPI
Ecrouves
Alencon
Normandy
U.S. Air Force
Paris
Air Force
U.S. Army
Army
US Air Force
322Nd Air Division
Lighter Side on House Size Hearings and Fellow Perceptions
The column discusses proposed House size changes with Hosmer backing further hearings and suggesting 200 as a starting point. The observer notes public sentiment leans toward enlargement, doubts self-interest would derail support for beneficial bills, and questions whether politicians would risk unemployment by opposing reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Hosmer
Service and repair plan offered by Appalachian
A service program covers all repairs and maintenance including full replacement of parts and tank at no extra cost for the life of a purchase agreement up to 12 years. The offer is pitched by Appalachian and invites contacting a Modern Electric Living dealer, a plumber, or Appalachian Power Company for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian
Bobo Rockefeller halts engagement to Charles Mapes Jr
In New York UPI report reprints Bobo Rockefeller, once the Cinderella bride of Winthrop Rockefeller, calling off her engagement to Reno hotelman Charles Mapes Jr. While sailing to Europe on March 2 she learned Mapes had boarded the same boat. A spokesman said she was embarrassed and determined it would be inadvisable to marry.
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New York
UPI
Bobo Rockefeller
Charles Mapes Jr
Winthrop Rockefeller
Paris
Mapes
Reno
Europe
Ay Bobo
Bobo
Morton Bass
Coast Guard Measures and Looting Crackdown After Giant Clean-Up
U S Weather Bureau Raleigh warned damage rivaling Hurricane Hazel. Guards barring looters held line from Avalon New Jersey to shattered coastlines. Florida faced surprise swells from a distant storm beyond the new moon. Officials expected multi‑million damage with one hotel estimated near 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Raleigh
N.C
Avalon
N.J
Florida
Carillon
Deaths and Funerals Feature Local Residents
Funeral services for William Jennings Bryan Sauls 64 of Packsville will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Packsville Baptist Church with Rev. Wade Webb officiating. Burial is in Miller Cemetery Rock Creek. Sauls died Thursday morning after a long illness from a heart condition. He was a retired mine foreman at Armco Steel Corp mine in Montreal. Survivors include his wife Edna four sons Jennings E. and Jay B of Stickney William III stationed with the Air Force in Nelsonville Ohio and James of Cleveland Ohio five daughters Yvonne of Charleston Melba Thelma Kathryn and Marleen all at home a brother Ernest of Bolt four sisters Mrs Augusta Wheeler Mrs Grace Plogger Mrs Verna Miller and Mrs Priscilla Pettry and 11 grandchildren. The body remains at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville and will be moved to the church one hour before services. The piece also notes a 1929 reference and a prior spouse context.
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William Jennings Bryan Sauls
Packsville
William
Air Force
Nelsonsville
Ohio
James
Cleveland
Yvonne
Charleston
Melba
Thelma
Kathryn
Marleen
Ernest
Bolt
Augusta Wheeler
Sylvester
Grace Plogger
Bandytown
Verna Miller
Beckley
Priscilla Pettry
Glen Daniel
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Funeral services for Dr Charles H Laws
Funeral services for Dr Charles H Laws 78 of Hinton who died Wednesday morning at Beckley Memorial Hospital will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Second Baptist Church with Rev F D Terry and Rev R J Watson presiding Burial will be in Hilltop Cemetery E M Meadows Funeral Home of Hinton is in charge of arrangements Also listed is the passing of James R Cook 94 of Glen Daniel who died Thursday in a local hospital Survivors include wife Martha Price Cook three sons Eugene Carl and Claude four daughters Fay Webb Violet Cooper Gay Flint and Mae Carper one sister Edgar Stover 17 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren Burial will be in Cook Cemetery with services at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p m Saturday Reverend James Godbey officiating Pallbearers are Weir Covey Jack Shumate Everette Shumate Ben Ferguson Carl Chambers Roy Chambers Ed Graft Kyle Cook Willie Hall Dawson Lucas Herbert Lucas Eddie Flint and George Hall
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Charles H. Laws
Hinton
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Second Baptist Church
F. D. Terry
R. J. Watson
Hilltop
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
James R. Cook
Glen Daniel
Cameron
Thomas
Polly Cook
Raleigh County
Church of ‘Christ
Stover
Clinton
Fay) Webb
James
Violet) Cooper
Pearlie
Gay) Flint
Charleston
W. H
Mae) Carper
Beckley
Edgar Stover
Calfee Funeral Home
James Godbey
Cook Cemetery
Weir Covey
Jack Shumate
Everette Shumate
Ben Ferguson
Carl Chambers
Roy Chambers
Ed Graft
Kyle Cook
Willie Hall
Dawson Lucas
Herbert Lucas
Eddie Flint
George Hall
Funeral services for Mrs Lil lian Brunk Cole
Mrs Lillian Brunk Cole 84 of Mount Hope dies after long illness at Hilltop Nursing Home. Born Blacksburg Va Dec 14 1877 she is survived by three sons two daughters two brothers three sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Saturday Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope with burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Friends may call after 4 pm today.
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Lillian Brunk Cole
Mount Hope
Tyree
Hubert
Howard
Beckley
George Cole
Columbus
Ohio
Madeline Coleman
Fayetteville
Eulah Wright
Route 1
Hattie Rhodes
Bradley
Tom
Scarbro
Roy Brunk
Jacksonville
Fla
Fanny Dunkley
Maggie Shepherd
Clara Blake
Margaret Armstrong final rites set for 94 in Oak Hill
Margaret Armstrong aged 94 died at 1 45 p m Thursday in the Andrew S Rowan Memorial Home Sweet Springs She lived at Calloway Heights Beckley until six years ago She observed her 94th birthday Monday in Sweet Springs where she was the oldest resident Survivors include her son George Armstrong Oak Hill a copy editor for the Charleston Daily Mail a sister Mrs Laura Haught of Sweet Springs and four grandchildren Graveside rites will be at 2 p m Saturday in Highland Cemetery Cameron Marshall County She was born March 5 1868 in Wheeling and taught school in Marion County and at Union Elementary before marriage Her husband George A Armstrong died in 1941 in Wheeling)
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Margaret Armstrong
Oak Hill
Beckley
Andrew S. Rowan
Sweet Springs
R. J. Chenoweth
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Tyree
Armstrong
Calloway Heights
Morgantown
George A. Armstrong
Wheeling
Logan
Wheeling Female Academy
Marion County
Union Elementary School
Wheeling Independent School System
Highland Cemetery
Cameron
Marshall County
Mary L Oliver Rites Set At New Hope Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Mary L Oliver age 67 of 521 Sylvia Street will be held at 2 p m Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev Henry DuBois officiating Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park The body will be moved from Ritchie and Johnston Funeral Parlor to the church one hour before services
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Mary L. Oliver
Sylvia St
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry DuBois
Greenwood Memorial Park
Vernon W. Carter Funeral Rites Set in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Vernon W. Carter, a former Oak Hill resident who died in New Orleans, will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill. The Rev. C. S. Donnelly will officiate. Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park. The body arrives Saturday morning and friends may call after 4 p.m.
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Oak Hill
New Orleans
Vernon W. Carter
Tyree
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Final rites set for Ralph L. Taylor of Oak Hill
Ralph Leroy Taylor 69 of Route 1 Oak Hill dies in Beckley hospital from a heart attack while a World War I veteran and retired chicken farm operator. services Saturday at 1 p m with Rev. Marion Dodds. burial at High Lawn Memorial. Military rites by Guthrie Air Force Station Charleston. Survivors include wife Ocie. brother Alpha Taylor of Mount Gilead Ohio. stepson Michael Linkswiler of Oak Hill. four stepdaughters Frances Marine Fayetteville Route 1 Lucille Notch Emma Goff Oak Hill Edith Shock Dunbar. 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body remains at funeral home after 4 p m today.
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Ralph Leroy Taylor
Oak Hill
Tyree
Marion Dodds
High Lawn Memorial Park
Taylor
Beckley
Ocie
Alpha Taylor
Mount Gileed
Ohio
Michael Linkswiler
Frances Marine
Fayetteville
Route 1
Lucille Notch
Emma Goff
Edith Shock
Dunbar
Final rites for James Edward Asbury in Dry Creek
James Edward Asbury 77 of Dry Creek died at home after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Saturday at the Free Will Baptist Church in Dry Creek with Rev Elmer Wood officiating. Burial will follow in Cooper Cemetery at Dry Creek. He was a retired coal miner. Survivors include a daughter Pauline Alderman of Dry Creek five sons Carl and Wil liard of Rock Creek Warren and Norval of Dry Creek and Quenton of Apache Junction Arizona two sisters Letha Burnette of Edwight and Nora Milam of Logan County 22 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Asbury
Dry Creek
Free Will Baptist Church
Elmer Wood
Cooper Cemetery
Asbury
Pauline Alderman
Carl
Wiliiard
Rock Creek
Warren
Norval
Quenton
Apache Junction
Ariz
Letha Burnette
Edwight
Nora Milam
Logan Country
Funeral services for Mrs Nealie Crisp at Shady Spring
Mrs Nealie Crisp 81 of Fairdale will have funeral services at 2 p m Sunday in Community Church Shady Spring with Rev F C Calhoun in charge Burial will be in Odd Cemetery She died Thursday at her home after a 14 month illness of a heart attack Born in Elliott County Ky June 17 1880 she was a daughter of the late Tom and Margaret Farrand and moved to Raleigh County
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Nealie iCrisp
Fairdale
Shady Spring
F. C. Calhoun
Crisp
Elliott County
Tom
Margaret Farrand
Raleigh Coun
Final rites for Charles E. Rogers held in Quinwood
Charles Elias Rogers 72 of Quinwood died at home from a heart attack. Funeral services were conducted at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle by Rev Harry Zickafoose and Rev Vesey Pennington. Burial followed in Bethel Cemetery Corliss. He was born November 1 1889 in Honeydew son of Andrew and Nancy Downey Rogers. Survived by a brother Hugh Rogers Layland he was a retired farmer a World War I veteran and member of Sewell Valley American Legion Post No 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Elias Rogers
Quinwood
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Harry Zickafoose
Vesey Pennington
Bethel Cemetery
Corliss
Rogers
Hugh Rogers
Layland
Sewell Valley American Legion
Honeydew
Andrew
Nancy Downey Rogers
Pallbearers named for Miss Zone Sherrard funeral
Pallbearers Wal ter Duncan W H File Jr John Henry Davis Delbert Barr Milton Epstein and Ernie Otto were listed for Miss Zone Sherrard of 108 Freeman Street. The service was to be held at 2 p m today in the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Zone Sherrard
Freeman St
Walter Duncan
W. H. File Jr
John Henry Davis
Delbert Barr
Milton Epstein
Ernie Otto
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Berlin Talks Worth Continuing Are Hopes High
Secretary of State Dean Rusk seeks next week to decide if continuing Berlin talks with the Russians makes sense. Readouts from Moscow reveal two main ideas behind the exploratory talks: international access authority for West Berlin traffic and a simplified version of the All Berlin reunification plan, both tested to gauge Russian interest in easing tensions.
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Donal May Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Kennedy
Izvestia
State Department
West Berlin
Helmstedt Autobahn
East
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Soviet Warn Allies on Berlin Beyond East German Ties
Pravda’s blunt statement says any Berlin deal must be with Moscow and the Russians alone for control of lifelines to the Western outpost. It marks the Kremlin’s clearest stance since Khrushchev’s Moscow talks with Walter Ulbricht last week. They discussed a German peace treaty and normalization of West Berlin.
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Pravda
Kremlin
Berlin
Germany
Khrushchev
Moscow
Walter Ulbricht
West Berlin
Fayette Peeping Tom Nabbed After 2 Years
In Oak Hill the two year manhunt ended with the arrest of Robert Glen Lykins for indecent exposure and immoral exhibition after he was caught peeping into a dancing studio. Patrolman Watters chased but snow slowed him. a warrant followed. Lykins to appear before Police Judge Goode for sentencing with potential fines and jail time.
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Oak Hill
ANS
East Oak Hill
Robert Glen Lykins
Patrick D. Watters
Lykins
Watters
E. N. Goode
Beckleyan Forfeits $200 In Police Court
Mary Frances Moore of Beckley forfeited bonds totaling $200 in Beckley Police Court Thursday night. She was charged with a of taxpaid whisky and possession of taxpaid whisky for re sale. In other court action Marcel Terry, Beckley, forfeited $118 bond on charge of carrying a concealed weapon and drunkenness. Two persons charged with drunkenness forfeited $33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Moore
Beckley
Marcel Terry
Runaway 1958 Car Strikes Auto on Prince Street
A 1958 model car owned by Charles Cozart of Beckley broke from its parking spot on Prince Street at 5 45 p m Thursday and collided with the rear of a vehicle stopped at a traffic light at Valley Drive The driver was Donald Harden of Beckley. Damages were estimated at 65 according to Beckley City Police Harden was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cozart
Beckley
Prince Street
Valley Drive
Donald Harden
Harden
First Stop Paris Jackie's Tour Begins Tonight
Jacqueline Kennedy starts a 20 day 15000 mile goodwill tour to Paris Rome India and Pakistan with sister Lee Radziwill. The First Lady travels without the President, funded by herself, with Secret Service escort and aides. The party departs at 7 30 p m EST aboard Pan American World Airways. Rome arrival is scheduled for 11 10 am Rome time on Saturday.
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New York
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
Italy
India
Pakistan
President Kennedy
Carlyle
Washington
Princess Lee Radziwill
Williams Says W. Va. Troops Not Complaining
Charleston dispatch reports West Virginia National Guardsmen were not among Polk Louisiana soldiers protesting active duty. Major General Harley B. West planned a policy statement as Sen. John Stennis prepared to investigate training equipment concerns.
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Charleston
UPI
Adj
Williams
West Virginia
Polk
49Th Armored Division
Fort Polk
3664Th Ordnance Company
Pt. Pleasant
49Th
Berlin
Harley B. West
West
John Stennis
D-Miss
Willis
Wrecked Ship Gem Rescue Near Cape Hatteras
Thirty three crewmen and one stowaway were rescued from the Libert ian tanker Gem after it split in two in a storm off Cape Hatteras. The first officer was killed launching a lifeboat. Survivors from bow and stern sections were picked up by the cruise ship Victoria and Navy destroyers including USS Stribling. One man had an injured foot. The Stribling was set to dock at Mayport, Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
UPS
Navy
Cape Hatteras
Victoria
West Indies
Noa
John Glenn
Atlantic
Mayport
Fla
Taxi Rates Increase Here
Public Service Commission approved a near 25 percent fare rise for Beckley area taxis including Yellow Cab White Star Radio Cab Mabscott Checker Mabscott Crab Orchard Beaver. First half mile remains free and each extra quarter mile costs 10 cents. Drivers gain higher pay under a new union contract, adding about $2.60 daily per driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Yellow Cab
White Star Taxi
Radio Cab Co
Beckley
Checker Cab
Mabscott
Crab Orchard Cab Co
Beaver Taxi Co
C. Ray Farrow
Farrow
PSC
Oxygen Administered to Mack Maples in Beckley Rescue
Emergency oxygen was administered to Mack Maples at 217 Reservoir Road by the Beckley Rescue Squad at 7 25 p m Thursday. A local physician attended him and hospitalization was not required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Maples
Reservior Road
Beckley Rescue
State Spending Above Average
The Southern Regional Education Board reports Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia spend more of their state revenue on higher education than the national average. By 1970 the group predicts 16 Southern states will need 2.9 billion dollars annually for about 1.7 million students. State support rose from 381 million in 1959 60 to 448 million in 1961 62, an 18 percent rise, while most Southern states still trail national levels except Georgia Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina and Virginia near the average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPI
Southern Regional Educational Board
SREB
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Georgia
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
German Mine Blast Kills 30 at Sachsen Mine
A methane explosion ripped through the Sachsen coal mine in Heessen Germany at 6 15 am trapping 756 miners underground. Officials report 30 miners dead and 8 injured while most escaped. The blast followed dynamiting and recalls a Feb 7 Luisenthal disaster that claimed 298 lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heessen
Germany
UPI
West Germany
Johann Weber
Sachsen
Luisenthal
Voelklinger
Volunteers Needed By Tourist Groups
The Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce tourism department seeks volunteers to serve on two committees. One will focus on Raleigh County historical restoration, the other on plans for a game farm like Upshur County’s French Creek. Any individual or group with interest may volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Fred K. Filler
Raleigh County
French Creek
Upshur County
Robert F. Hamilton
C-C
Raleigh
Hamilton
Warden Lane
Department of Natural Resources
Filler
State Seed Delivery Delayed By Purchase Rules
Charleston WV The State Department of Agriculture delays free vegetable seed distribution to the needy due to a Purchasing Department regulation. Assistant agriculture commissioner Gus R Douglass said bids will be invited March 16 with distribution likely in the last week of March. The 22 000 seed kits cost about 35000 funded from a 1962 appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
State Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
State
Gus R. Douglass
Douglass
Agriculture Department
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Jersey
Kenneth Chipman
Long Beach
Haddon Heights
B. Thomas Waldman
Ocean City
Family
Neville Street
Lia
Appalachian Power Company
William J. Sauls
Webb and Neal
Earl Humphrey
Okey Combs
Dannish Egich
Tom Miller
Clay Blaylock
Dillard Smith
Conner Smith
Ed Smith
Armstrong Funeral Home
Willard
Lillian Cole
Guthrie Air Force Station
James E. Asbury
Mrs. Nealie Crisp
Charles E. Rogers
Miss Zone
Sherrard
Rusk
Gener
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Lord Home
Gromyko
Grom
U.S
Lewes E. Thompson
Thompson
Dance Eagles Club
Vagabonds
Fayette
East End
Beckleyan
Prince St
Jackie
Ralph Villers
W. Va
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