Analysis Expectations At Geneva From K C Thaler
Geneva talks open with minimal aims as Western powers and the Communists seek confidence building steps. Major differences on disarmament, test bans, and verification complicate prospects for breakthroughs, with France and Red China absent and Moscow pursuing stalemate while avoiding direct clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C. Thaler
Geneva
UPI
France
Red China
China
Peiping
Russia
Ussr
Moscow
Runaway Girl Patricia Fekete Sought After
A 14-year-old Crab Orchard girl, Patricia Fekete, missing since 1 am Sunday from her grandmother’s home. Her grandmother, Mrs Steve Fekete, reports possible sighting with a Crab Orchard boy near midnight Saturday and that they planned to run away to Norfolk Virginia. State Police ask for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Fekete
Patricia Fekete
Norfolk
Barron citation names WVU agriculture leaders and state officials
The article lists individuals including Dean Ernest J. Nesius of West Virginia University College of Agriculture, Sherill D. McMillan State Vocational Education Director Clement Bassett State Employment Security Director State Labor Commissioner Lawrence Barker and State Vocational Realization Director F Ray Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciation
Ernest J. Nesius
West Virginia University College of Agriculture
Sherill D. McMillen
Clement Bassett
Lawrence Barker
F. Ray Power
Two Women Arrested For Peddling Dope
Margaret Crouch and her daughter Margaret Marie Kinder were arrested by Charleston police for sale and possession of narcotics. They posted $1,000 bond each and face trial Thursday. Police confiscated 11 morphine tablets, 400 barbiturates, 500 unidentified tablets, and a quantity of unidentified powdered drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Margaret Crouch
Margaret Marie Kinder
Doctored Psoriasis Cure Promised by GHP Products
A Pittsburgh reader recounts a thirty year battle with psoriasis eased within two weeks by GHP ointment and tablets, with complete skin clearance in six weeks. The notice promotes a 24 day trial plan from Canam Co, Department 279, Rockport Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Canam Co
Rockport
Mass
McCormack Denies Plan To Expand House Seats
Speaker John McCormack faced backlash as he shelved a bill to raise the House from 435 to 438 seats. Despite support from many lawmakers, objections over redistricting and constitutional concerns led McCormack to abandon the measure, risking gains for Massachusetts and other states in the census reshuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Eleazer Washington
UPI
John McCormack
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Alaska
Hawaii
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Walter
Charles A. Halleck
Ind
Halleck
Ivor D. Fenton
Fenton
George M. Rhodes
Bell-Ans Promises Quick Relief for Acid Comfort
Certified tests claim Bell-Ans neutralizes three times as much stomach acidity in one minute as leading tablets. Advertises 35 cents at druggists and free samples by mailing to Bell Ans, Orangeburg NY. Contains promotional health claim and consumer offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell-Ans
BELL
ANS
Orangeburg
N. Y
Indiana Driver Faces 2 Charges After Accident
Franklin D. Wood of Indianapolis posted two $500 bonds after a Sunday hit and run and drunken driving charges. Arrested by Beckley State Police following a two car wreck at Midway after Taylor pursued him. Wood released from Raleigh County Jail. Other locals cited for drunken driving and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Wood
Indianapolis
Ind
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh
Wood
Beckley
Midway
Don Taylor
Crab Orchard
Taylor
Paul Pomeroy
Stamaford
W. A. Burke
Burke
Donald E. Gwinn
Rodriguez
Orville Andrew Keel
Keel
John Burner Hartman
Harper Road
Marion C. Brown
Grant St
William H. Callison
Sunrise Ave
Walter Terry
Sophia
Robert Frost
Washington
D. C
Frost
Roger Haley
Police Raid Five Places In West Virginia
West Virginia authorities swept into five establishments across three counties this weekend, arresting about two dozen and seizing five slot machines along with whisky and wine. In Charleston, Cen tenial Club and Engineers Club faced arrests of William C. Haynes 30 and Robert Pickhart 27 for illegal possession and sale of whisky, with about 45 bottles seized. In Wetzel County the Owls Club and Amvets at Hundred and Veterans of World War II at Littleton were raided, five slot machines and whisky seized, operators fined 900 dollars. A Sunday raid on a former Huntington hotel led Mollie Robinson 83 to face liquor sale and possession charges. wine was seized and she was released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Charleston
Wetzel County
Huntington
William C. Haynes
Engineers Club
Robert Pickhart
Haynes
Pickhart
Owls Club
Amvets
Hundred
Littleton
Ballrecess
Mollie Robinson
WVU Votes To Leave Student Association
West Virginia University students voted 1752 to 799 to disaffiliate from the National Student Association. The referendum followed a heated campaign over NSA benefits, during the annual student election in Morgantown. Ralph J. Bean Jr. Moorefield won the student body presidency over Tom Hart amid a record turnout near 3,000 voters, about 45 percent of the student body.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
National Student Association
NSA
WVU
Ralph J. Bean Jr
Moorefield
State Senate
Tom Hart
Deaths And Funerals Clair Walker 57 Jacksonville Fla
Funeral services for Clair W. Walker 57 of Jacksonville Florida formerly of Maben and Otsego are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Richmond Community Church Burial will be in Walker Cemetery at Rockview He was World War II veteran and a disabled miner member of United Mine Workers Local 6195 Survivors include son William of Glen Fork three daughters Kathleen Church Susie and Sally Walker two sisters Mrs Tom Brooks and Mrs George Meadows and one grandchild The body will be taken from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to the home of his daughter Mrs Brooks Glen Fork at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair W. Walker
Jacksonville
Fla
Maben
Otsego
New Richmond Community Church
Walker
Rockview
United Mine Workers of America
William J
Aliie Cook Walker
William
Glen Fork
Kathleen Church
Susie
Sally Walker
Tom Brooks
George Meadows
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Brooks
William Smith Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
William Smith 91 Garten died at his home after a long illness at 4 30 a m Sunday Born May 28 1870 in Franklin County Virginia Survivors include wife Nora Smith a son Dallas four daughters Serena James Mary Callaway Ida Hoover and Gladys Tinsley 29 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren Body at Ritchie Johnson Funeral Parlor Death attributed to a heart attack Another obituary follows for a woman named Morgan Hatfield with survivors Milty Virgil Clarence Gaston Athaleen Orphelia Shirley Azzie Powell Kelly Alec Lee Nora Belcher Pansy Kennedy and Millie Morgan, body moved from Evans Funeral Home to her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Garten
Smith
Franklin County
Nora Smith
Dallas
Serena James
Mary Callaway
Garden
Ida Hoover
Beckley
Gladys Tinsley
Rocky Mount
Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Parlor
Simon
Milty
Emma Walker Morgan
Albert Hatfield
Virgil
Clarence
Gaston
Athaleen Cline
Orphelia Cline
Shirley Carver
Guyan
Azzie
Powell
Kelly
Alec Morgan
Lee Morgan
Funeral for Kelley Scarbro at Mattsville Church
Funeral services for 16 year old Kelley Scarbro of Sand Lick will be held at 2 p m Tuesday in Mattsville Community Church with Rev. James Godby officiating. Burial follows in the family cemetery at Sand Lick. He died Sunday night after a three day illness from non contagious meningitis. Surviving are his parents McKinnley and Mae Webb Scarbro two half sisters Sarah Hill and Lettie Baldwin Mabscott four half brothers George Webb Connie Webb Donnie Daniel Sand Lick and Charlie Webb Beckley. Melton Mortuary arranged church departure one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Scarbro
McKinnley
Mae Webb Scarbro
Sand Lick
Mattsville
James Godbey
Sarah Hill
Lettie Baldwin
Mabscott
George Webb
Connie Webb
Donnie Daniel
Charlie Webb
Beckley
Melton
William R Scruggs 56 dies in Hinton after illness
William R Scruggs aged 56 died at 3 10 am in Hinton Hospital after a year long illness. Born October 29 1905 in Sewell Fayette County he was a yardmaster for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at death. Survived by son William R Jr Beckley, aunt Grace Scruggs Glen Morgan and several half siblings. widow Thelma Man Scruggs died 1943. Funeral Wednesday 11 am Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton Rev H A Thompson and Dr H P Hackney. Burial Riverview Cemetery Ce ntre. Body at funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Scruggs
Hinton
Sewell
Fayette County
William L
Selina Jane Cross Scruggs
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
First Presbyterian Church
North Augusta
S. C
Thelma Man Scruggs
Ronald Meadows
H. A. Thompson
H. P. Hackney
Riverview
Ronceverte
Funeral services for Mrs. Luisa Hatfield held at home
Funeral services for 60 year old Mrs. Luisa Hatfield of Simon will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in her home with Reverends Donnie Inging and Lloyd Ferguson in charge. Burial will be in Morgan Cemetery at Simon. Mrs. Hatfield died Saturday in local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luisa Hatfield
Simon
Donnie Browning
Lloyd Ferguson
Morgan Cemetery
Endorser Seeks Payment Of Note Against Vandalls
W. E. Wilson filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office Saturday a suit against S. W. and Berchie Vandall seeking judgment of 999.53. Wilson, as endorser of a promissory note, claims he was required to pay Raleigh County Bank when the defendants failed to pay and asks for the amount plus interest since March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. and
Berchie Vandall
Raleigh County
W. E. Wilson
Wilson
Raleigh
Babies Die In Unnamed County Weekend Toll At Home
Four infant deaths were reported over a weekend in Binghamton and surrounding areas. The four additional infant victims included Randy Allen Mower aged 3 days, Kathryn Fleming aged 8 months, Glenn Stewart Jones aged 8 months, Lisa Marie Beale aged 7 days, and George McPeak aged 7 days. They were all children of local residents, with their families listed as Mower, Fleming, Jones, Beale, and McPeak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Walker
Binghamton
Walker
Randy Allen Mower
John F. Mower
Corbettsville
Kathryn Fleming
Gerald Fleming
Port Dickinson
Glenn Stewart Jones
Glenn Jones
Lisa Marie Beale
Frank Beale
George Mce Peek
Gerard McPeak
Mrs Kennedy Sees Indian Welcoming Crowd in Delhi
Mrs Kennedy tours a bustling scene with peasants and merchants gathered behind 50 bullock carts as turbaned villagers hug babies. A camel perched performer claps while a snake charmer waves a flute. Princess Lee Radziwill and Ambassador Galbraith follow in a separate car as dense crowds delay Mrs Kennedy’s arrival home.
Final rites set for Steve Taraczkozy in Milford Ohio
Steve Taraczkozy aged 63 or 61? final rites will be held at 9 30 a m Tuesday at St Andrew s Catholic Church Milford He died Saturday morning in Milford Born August 20 1902 in Budapest Hungary he was a World Wars veteran and former owner of Steve s Shoe Show in Beckley and later a Milford shoe shop Survived by his mother Elizabeth Taraczkozy wife Rachel Massey Taraczkozy four sisters and three brothers From Beckley to Milford obituary notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Taraczkozy
Milford
Ohio
Beckley
St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Taraczkozy
Budapest
Hungary
Elizabeth Taraczkozy
William Taraczkozy
Steve
McCreery Street
Rachel Massey Taraczkozy
Ghent
Baylor
Glen
Fourteen Apply for Work at Beckley Employment Office
Fourteen applicants sought jobs at the Beckley area of Employment Security on Friday. The positions listed include one sales clerk, one general office clerk, one waitress, one window trimmer, one service station attendant, one truck driver, one porter, two dump truck drivers, one dishwasher, and four construction laborers. Seventeen individuals were placed in local employment by the Beckley office last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Deaths mix of notable figures across cities
LISBON Admiral Manuel Carlos Quintao Meireles 81 former opposition candidate for president and foreign minister died Sunday night at Navy Hospital. SANTA MONICA Edward Sobol 70 longtime producer of the Lawrence Welk show since 1955 died Saturday after a lengthy illness with funeral Tuesday. LONDON Sir Philip Gibbs 84 prominent novelist and journalist died Sunday. knighted in 1920 for WWI war correspondence author of Now It Can Be Told and The Middle of the Road. BEDFORD Mrs. Alice B Tawes 92 mother of Maryland Governor J Millard Tawes died Sunday night after a stroke at Bedford Memorial Hospital. INDIANAPOLIS Stephen Noland 74 former editor of the Indianapolis News died weekend at a VA hospital after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
UPI
Manuel Carlos Quintao Meireles
Navy
Santa Monica
Calif
UPD
Edward Sobol
Lawrence Welk
London
Philip Gibbs
Philip
Bedford
Alice B. Tawes
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Bedford Memorial Hospital
Tawes
Indianapolis
Ind
Stephen Noland
The
Indianapolis News
Veterans Administration Hospital
Ex-Sophia Man Given 6 Month Jail Term
I D C formerly of Sophia was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on carrying a concealed weapon. He paid a 54.50 dollar fine and 9.50 dollars for drunkenness. He was arrested in a MacArthur tavern at 11 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Frost
Washington, I D. C
Sophia
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
MacArthur Tavern
Brilliant Youth Kills 4 To Stop Their Worrying
A 17 year old New Hampshire student, John W. McGrath, is to be arraigned for the slayings of his father Francis L. 40, mother Willemena Alice 42, and brothers Peter and Charles 5. Police say he claimed he killed them “so they would not have anything to worry about.” The case may move to Superior Court with possible commitment to a mental hospital for observation. He appeared at Concord State Hospital wearing bloodstained clothes and a cartridge belt after the shootings, telling staff and a nearby officer what happened.
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Newport
N.H
UPI
John W. McGrath
Francis L
Willemena Alice
Peter
Charles
William Maynard
John Fairbanks
Concord State (Mental) Hospital
Gerhardt Northmann
Child Guidance Clinic
Northmann
McGrath
East Concord
Arnold Paradis
State Adventists Retain Officers
West Virginia Conference of Seventh-day Adventists re elected its entire officer slate for a second two year term at the 52nd biennial constituency convention in Parkersburg. Arthur J. Potter will serve a third two year term as president. Others re elected include Walter H. Smith Jay H. Lantry Ernest T. Gackenheimer and Leonard Bierlein all from Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
UPI
West Virginia Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists
Conference
Arthur J. Potter
Walter H. Smith
Book and Bible House
Jay H. Lantry
Ernest T. Gackenheimer
Home Missionary
Air Force C119 crash kills two children in Louisiana
Six crewmen bailed out safely after engine trouble but the C119 crashed into a Kenilworth home late Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Lou bet Levron and two of their three children Kirby age 10 and Chris age 18 months were killed. Janice 7 was in serious condition at St Bernard General Hospital in nearby New Orleans. Authorities search for Mrs Rachel Workman missing since fatally shooting a 17 year old boy at Nine Mile Creek Lincoln County. Ronnie R Adkins died from gunshot wounds Saturday. Woman, age 70 to 90, remains missing. State Conservation Education Council met in Charleston with Gov W W Barron and Walter Gumbell of Monongahela Power Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenilworth
Loubet Levron
Kirby
Chris
Janice
St. Bernard General Hospital
New Orleans
Rachel Workman
Nine-Mile Creek
Lincoln County
Ronnie R. Adkins
State Conservation Education Council
Charleston
W. W. Barron
Walter Gumbell
Fairmont
Monongahela Power Co
Road Littering Charged To Two
Three convictions under conservation laws were reported today by Capt. Raymond Eye, district enforcement officer. Sylvester Ferguson, 45, War, arrested in McDowell County for fishing with no license and fined $20. Lorraine Wickline, 39, Pears burg, Va., charged with highway littering and fined $20. William M. Courts, 71, Mount Hope, fined $20 for highway littering in Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Eye
Department of Natural Resources
Sylvester Ferguson
War
McDowell County
Pete Beavers
Jim Bridgeman
Lorraine Wickline
Pearlsburg
Wyoming County
S. E. Eppling
Ward Sheppard
Pineville
William M. Courts
Mount Hope
Raleigh
Raymond Thomas
Joe Rodriguez
Beckley
Penns Suffer Flue Trouble In Two Fires
Beckley West Virginia news item reports Penn family of Skelton faced two flue fires. First incident on January 11 caused about $1,000 damages. second on a Sunday at 9 a.m. incurred $25 in damage. Fire department responded both times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hann Penn
Skelton
Beckley
Penn
Study of Miners' Diseases Planned
Washington officials say the Public Health Service will submit a plan to a Senate appropriations subcommittee on health education and welfare for studying coal miners lung diseases. Senator Byrd requested the study, aiming to gauge scope by Congressional funding and explore prevention and functional impairment measures beyond chest X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Public Health Service
Senate ‘Appropriations Subcommittee On Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Great Britain
West Germany
Bledsoe Buys Beckley Drug Co Assets at Auction
S. M. Bledsoe won the overall estate bid of 3650 dollars after Beckley Drug Co bankruptcy proceedings. The building lease is held by Dr. W. H. Cunningham who has leased to another, forcing Bledsoe to relocate. Local attorney John Ashworth conducted the sale with bids on separate items including a Willys truck and stock, with the appraised estate valued higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Bledsoe
Beckley Drug Store
Main Street
Beckley Drug Co
W. H. Cunningham
Bledsoe
John Ashworth
Willys
Beckley Armory Co
15 year old boy sent to Pruntytown for car theft
A Raleigh County Juvenile Court judge ordered a 15 year old to the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown after he stole a second car following a period living with his aunt in the northern part of the state. The courtroom also heard a truancy charge against another 15 year old as several juveniles appeared for judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Price Awaiting Heart Surgery Delayed by Storms
Wallace Price of 110 Ewart Ave in Richmond is under observation at University Hospital Richmond Medical Center awaiting heart surgery. The procedure was set for Tuesday but was postponed due to last week's Virginia storms causing power failures and disrupted hospital schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Price
Ewart Ave
University Hospital
Richmond Medical Center
Richmond
Price
Virginia
Beckley Choral Society sets late May spring concert
The Beckley Choral Society announced its final concert of the year for late May led by vice president Douglas Gilmer. The Sunday show drew about 300 at The Playhouse and featured the Charleston String Quartet, with 25 guests at a Beckley-Winn Hotel dinner. Members include van der Hoevin, Wilkstrom, Wiant, Lambros. piano by Mrs. George Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Choral Society
Douglas Gilmer
Charleston String Quartet
Beckley-Winn Hotel
William R. van der Hoevin
Thomas Wilkstrom
Nelle T. Wiant
John Lambros
George Wilson of
Beckley
Juveniles Apprehended By City Police Today
Two juveniles, a boy and a girl, were apprehended around noon today by City Police on various charges and questioned at presstime. They are expected to be ordered to appear Saturday before Juvenile Court Judge H. L. McCreery. Full details of their violations were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. McCreery
Hit and run charge against Mills dropped after witness failure
Mercer County magistrate hearing for Dillard H Mills of Lake Bottom was canceled when a key witness did not appear. The charge related to a February 13 collision with Betty Blankenship in Basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covel
RNS
Dillard H. Mills
Lake Bottom
Mercer Countty
Ray Webb
Deerfeld
Mills
Betty Blankenship
Basin
Counseling Institute Set At Virginia University
Virginia University announced a counseling and guidance training institute for 30 high school counselors running from June 18 to August 17. The program aims to enhance student guidance skills and professional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counseling Institute
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
McNamara May Hold Off On Nike Zeus
Defense Secretary McNamara leans against producing the Nike Zeus anti-missile system despite strong Army push and promising Pacific test results. He cites serious system weaknesses and doubts about achieving absolute defense against ICBMs, signaling no production or deployment plan at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Corddry
Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Army
McNamara
Defense Department
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Congress
U.S
Kwajalein Island
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Tax chief warns tidy ledgers may dodge audit
New York State Tax Commissioner Joseph Murphy warned taxpayers that neat legible figures may reduce scrutiny though he did not guarantee exemption. The comment appeared in a broader UPI roundup noting tax agents target poor penmanship and unclear data during reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
New York State
Joseph Murphy
Murphy
Berlin radar corridor under Soviet jamming attempt
Berlin communications report possible Soviet jamming as Russians on Saturday tried to jam the Western radar that guides aircraft into West Berlin through the corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Berlin
Nautch dance feature described as arm gestures only
The Nautch is explained as an Indian ballet performed by Nautch girls who do not move their feet. The dance relies on swaying and graceful arm gesturing to express the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Nautch
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Hampstead
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