Campaigning Teachers Denied School Leaves
Wyom ing County Board of Education refused to rescind an order denying teachers permission to take time off from teaching to campaign for an election. The board noted past leaves but preferred keeping teaching strength. Other actions included selling Shufflebarger School site for $200, approving a $4,770 health budget share, and approving art book adoptions.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Charles Bowers
Horace McGraw
Robert Kuhn
Don D. Cook
Two Indictments Nolled In Court
In Raleigh County Criminal Court last week two drunken driving indictments were nolled and the defendants pled guilty to reckless driving. Amon Arias Shrewsbury paid 75 dollars and 20 cents costs while George St. Clair was fined 100 dollars plus 29 dollars and 50 cents costs. Isaac Pugh received credit for five additional months time served before pleading guilty to auto theft and was sentenced to one to 10 years in the state penitentiary. Pugh was arrested May 14, 1961, with time credited from Oct. 10. A capias was issued for Lowell Garland Lane for failure to pay support.
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Raleigh County
Amon Arias
Shrewsbury
George St. Clair
Isaac Pugh
State Penitentiary
Pugh
Capias
Lowell Garland Lane
Court Reverses Commission Hearings on Gambling Scandals
The Legislature created a commission led by J. C. Cruikshank and Clarence E. Martin to probe gambling in Clay County and the Northern Panhandle, with hearings in Charleston Wheeling and Greenbrier County. Gov Underwood denounced the proceedings as unfounded. The 1961 final report proposed tighter gambling device definitions, a roving prosecuting attorney, and reforms to state police promotions and demotions, none of which were enacted.
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Sion
Given
del. J. C. Cruikshank
D-Clay
House
Senate
Cruikshank
Sen
Clarence E. Martin
Berkeley
Charleston
Clay County
Wheeling
Panhandle
Greenbrier
Cecil H. Underwood
First Aid Call After Fainting At Home
Emergency oxygen was administered to Rosalee Alderson, 76, of 131 E Main St, at 2 05 p m Monday by Beckley Rescue Squad. Firemen said she had fainted and she was not hospitalized.
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Rosalee Alderson
E. Main St
Beckley Rescue
Beckleyan Posts Bond on Shoplifting Charge
Katherine Hayes of Beckley was released on a $500 appearance bond after arrest on a Kroger warrant for allegedly leaving the store with a ham. Calvin Grimmett of East Beckley is jailed on assault and drunkenness charges. Charles Hodges, 16, Coal City, cited for speeding and unnecessary noise and ordered to appear in Police Court Thursday.
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Katherine Hayes
Beckley
Raleigh County
Joe Rodriguez
Kroger Baking Co
Calvin Grimmett
East Beckley
L. H. Grimmett
Charles EF. Hodges
Coal City
Beckley City
Missina Girl Found In Nearby Basement
Patricia Fekete a 14 year old from Crab Orchard was missing since Saturday night and located today in a neighbor's basement. Mrs Fekete reported the girl asleep in a basement corner and said she had been dating the teenage boy who lived there. Juvenile Court Judge Harry L McCreery released her to her grandmother until the mother in Norfolk Virginia can be contacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Fekete
Steve Fekete
Patricia
Harry L. McCreery
Norfolk
Cash Register Stolen Found In City Alley
Beckley city police investigate break in at Rameys Grill 321 Neville St. Overnight Sunday a cash register was taken from the restaurant to a back alley and broken open. The register reportedly contained between 10 and 15 dollars. No arrests have been made.
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Beckley City
Ramey’s Grill
Neville St
Commodities Distribution Heads to Mabscott and Shady Spring
Commodities will be distributed at Mabscott Town Hall from 9 a m to 4 p m Friday and Saturday with I W Basham in charge. At the home of Percy Fountain Shady Spring from 9 a m to 4 p m Friday and Saturday and at the Local Union Hall Kilsyth from 9 a m to 4 p m Wednesday and Thursday with Jack Rhodes, agent. A Sprague Warehouse representative will be at the latter two sites to rectify each recipient. All applicants should bring their Social Security number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott Town Hall
I. W. Basham
Percy Fountain
Shady Spring
Union Hall
Kilsyth
Jack Rhodes
Sprague
Cuban ration limits set for meat dairy and staples
The plan divides food shares by age and type. Adults receive limited meat and fish, with specific weekly and monthly caps on pork beef chicken and seafood. Milk allowances vary by age, with children given a quart daily and elders a fifth of a quart daily. Butter is limited to two ounces monthly and potatoes or yucca to thirty pounds.
Lighter Side features lawmaker trips insignia idea
The column proposes marking each junket by a silhouette of an airline stewardess on a field of counterpart funds, suggesting an insignia to denote travel. It critiques the idea as a graphic, satirical take on travel spending and fiscal optics.
Equality Asked In Employment On County Lake
Prosecuting Attorney Anthony Sparacino will be consulted on the legality of requiring an equitable percentage of Negro workers for Stephen's Lake project. A Raleigh County Park Board delegation from the Beckley Civic Club sought the stipulation in bids for dam construction. W. H. Nelson led the six member group, arguing the share should be population based. The board approved the lake name Stephen's Lake and calls for park directors for Little Beaver and Fitzpatrick parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Sparacino
Stephen's Lake Project
Beckley Civic Club
W. W. Withrow
Lawrence Pruett
W. H. Nelson
Raleigh County Park Board
Park Board
Fitzpatrick Park
Nelson
Stephen's Lake
Stephen's Branch Lake
Stephen's Dam
Little Beaver
Fitzpatrick Parks
Hopkins
Wilkinson To Address W Va Fitness Meeting
Gov. W. W. Barron said Bud Wilkinson Oklahoma football coach and chairman of the Presidents Conference on Physical Fitness will speak at the statewide Governor's Conference on Youth Fitness in Charleston on April 25. Barron noted the council aims to promote physical mental moral and spiritual fitness for youths and announced two new council members Charles A. Baxter of Concord College and Mrs. Edgar Fleming of St. Marys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Aday
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Barron
Wilkinson
Charles A. Baxter
Athens
Concord College
Edgar Fleming
St. Marys
Turnpike Traffic Up In West Virginia Toll Totals Rise
West Virginia Turnpike statistics show 126334 vehicles paid 258668 in tolls last month, up from 113563 vehicles and 232808 the year before. For January and February, the commission collected 530335 from 255790 vehicles versus 481920 from 233150 in 1961.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia Turnpike
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Commission
Federal flood relief eyed for Raleigh County
Raleigh County Court heard that individuals corporations and institutional boards may seek federal aid after last week’s floods as Raleigh County joins 14 other southern West Virginia counties declared a disaster area by President Kennedy. Officials noted SBA loans offer 3 percent 20 year terms for homes businesses and churches with no dollar limit while highway utility and property repairs may be funded through the Office of Emergency Planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia
John Kennedy
John Ward
Ward
Robert C. Byrd
D.w.va
Office of Emergency Planning
Small Business Administration
Harold Evans
John A. Evans
Cornelius Bonham
Beckley
Bonham
Raleigh
Tragic error linked to infant deaths at Binghamton hospital
Grief stricken parents unite after seven infants die from salt poisoning in a hospital where formulas were mixed with salt instead of sugar. Four more newborns remain critical with others under observation as investigations continue into the nurse suspected to have altered the formula container.
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Bruce Agnew
Binghamton
N.Y
Binghamton General Hospital
John H. Ford Jr
Lillie Mae Colvin
Broome County
Vincent Maddi
Maddi
Health Department
Lilli Mae Colvin
Flood sweeps away stock in contraband whisky
In Charleston Indiana Mr and Mrs Alvin Bushman told arresting officers last week that floodwaters swept away their entire stock of contraband whisky. In England Sydney Bunning, a camera shop proprietor, threatened to display photos of necking commuters unless they stayed clear of his front window. Jackson Mississippi Rep Gladstone Jones mocked House tricks after a resolution praised Lambert High School basketball team for winning a state title. Chicago September declared Measure Your Mattress Month by bedding manufacturers. Milwaukee bartender Earl Thompson fined $100 for keeping rat poison in an old whisky bottle.
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Charleston
Ind
UPI
Alvin Bushman
Chesterfield
England
Sydney Bunning
House OF Resolutions
Jackson, Miss
Gladstone Jones
House
Jones
Lambert High
Milwaukee, Wis
Earl Thompson
Quotes on Hospital Deaths and Public Figures Stir Debate
In Binghamton a nurse denies claims she salted formula for seven infants who died at a hospital, expressing sympathy for grieving parents. In London Cambridge Boat Club secretary Anthony Collier notes that a female coxswain would complicate team dynamics. In Munich opera star Maria Callas says fame attracts scrutiny of private life. In Pound, Francis Gary Powers recalls his 21 months in a Soviet prison and expected execution before the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Collier
Cambridge University Boat Club
Munich
Germany
Maria Callas
Notable Deaths Across Several Cities Lead News mourners
Bruce Rae a 69 year old New York Times reporter and editor of 52 years died of a stroke in New York. Dr Clemmens D Sommer 69 art historian UNC professor for 23 years funeral services set in Chapel Hill. Vyacheslav Ragozin 53 long time Moscow chess grandmaster died at home. Andrew B Newcombe 51 AA sales manager in New York died at local hospital. Kenneth L Seaman 75 retired New York hotel executive died at home. Frank London Brown 34 Negro author of Trumbull Park died of leukemia after hospital admission.
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NEW York
UPI
Bruce Rae
New York Times
Chapel Hill
N.C
UPD
Clemmens D. Sommer
University of North Carolina
Greenwich, Conn
Andrew B. Newcombe
New York Area
American Airlines
Kenneth L. Seaman
Chicago
Frank London Brown
Aliens In United States Must Register Each January
In January of each year aliens in the United States must register, providing their addresses. The requirement applies to all non citizens residing in the country and is enforced by immigration authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
End of Seven-Year Algerian War Hints at Cease Fire
French press agency sources predict a cease-fire within hours to enable an interim French sovereignty governed administration in Algeria prior to full independence. Key dispute centers on post cease-fire security and the right wing OAS campaign, with rebels seeking security control while France worries of wide scale Arab retaliation.
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Algeria
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Kennedy warns aid failures invite chaos and tyranny
In a pointed address, Kennedy argues foreign aid can bring only chaos and tyranny if recipient nations cannot meet basic needs or defend against internal threats. He cautions that armies and atomic capabilities are useless without stable, responsive governments at home.
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Kennedy
Juveniles To Appear in Court Saturday
Two Beckley juveniles aged 14 and 12 will appear before Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery on Saturday to face breaking and entering charges. They are accused of stealing a tape recorder and four canceled checks from WJLS Radio Station, with the recorder valued at about $100. A check was cashed at a local business and the item was recovered Monday morning on the roof of Smith's Grocery. The youths have prior trouble, the boy with earlier breakings and entering charges and the girl with earlier ransacking charges on North Kanawha Street.
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Beckley
Harry L. McCreery
WJLS
Kanawha Street
State Police To Report Radioactivity In Attack Scenario
State Police at Company D Headquarters Beckley will measure radioactivity in this area. Troopers completed a civil defense course last summer. A total of 70 fallout detection units will be turned over Tuesday to the West Virginia State Police by Civil Defense Director William Matthews, supplied by the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company D
Beckley
West Virginia
William Matthews
Jackie Kennedy Visits Nehru at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Jackie Kennedy and sister Princess Lee Radziwill arrive by motorcade as government workers line streets. A luncheon features crimson clothed servers and an orchestra. Mrs Kennedy chats with Nehru and Rajendra Prasad, then visits wards at All India Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Radziwill
Prasad
Secretariat
Mrs. Kennedy
Nehru
Radhakrishnan
WVHS Club Charters Bus To Morgantown
At least one and possibly two buses will depart Beckley at 7 30 a m Friday carrying Woodrow Wilson High School students to Morgantown for the West Virginia High School Basketball Tournament. Booster Club aims to charter a second bus by Wednesday to support the Flying Eagles in their Friday night game against South Charleston High School. The return trip leaves Morgantown for Beckley at 7 a m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Morgantown
West Virginia
Pauline Alderman
Flying Eagles
South Charleston High School
Hit and Run Reported at Neville Street Intersection
City police investigate a midnight hit and run at Neville Street and Valley Drive. A 1962 model car driven by Steve Bair of Beck ley was struck by an unidentified vehicle that fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Street
Valley Drive
Steve Bair
Beckley
Lilly Sells Two Beaver Buildings
Lilly Hardware Inc. building at Beaver sold this morning by A J Lilly to Lonnie Queen for 16000. Queen had operated the business since 1951. Helen’s Pretti Parlor building sold to Mrs Helen Keaton for 6500. Both properties lie on Route 19 21 Beaver. Queen plans no immediate changes. Keaton expects stability at her shop.
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Lilly Hardware Inc
Beaver
A. J
Andy” Lilly
Lonnie Queen
Queen
Lilly
Helen
Helen Keaton
Keaton
Deaths and Funerals John W Wellman Jr
John W Wellman Jr age 36 of 209 Shelton Ave Charleston died at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital at 1 50 am today. Body at Preston Funeral Home Charleston pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Wellman Jr
Shelton Ave
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Preston Funeral Home
DeWeese Infant Dies of Pneumonia in Cleveland
Michael Anthony DeWeese 16 months died Saturday in Cleveland from pneumonia. Survived by Mr and Mrs Frank DeWeese and grandfather French DeWeese Sophia. Body at Hex Funeral Home Milton Cabell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Anthony DeWeese
Frank DeWeese
Cleveland
Ohio
French de- Weese
Sophia
Hex Funeral Home
Milton
Cabell County
Roy Crum Funeral services in Rhodell Methodist Church
Funeral services for Roy Crum 55 of Rhodell will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Rhodell Methodist Church with Rev Sam Meadows officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Crum died Monday morning of a heart attack while working for Triangle Coal Co near Arista. Born September 29 1906 in Carlisle he was the son of the late William and Nora Crum. He was a member of UMWA of Amigo. Survivors include his wife Ann Barron Crum one son Billy Crum student at West Virginia University one sister Mrs Perry Hinkle of Sun and five brothers Luther Auburn Ala Lee Detroit Mich Emmit Mabscott Emory Cleveland Ohio Jim Glen Morgan. The body lies at Sam Fogle song Funeral Home Mullens after 3 p m today.
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Roy Crum
Rhodell
Rhodell Methodist Church
Sam Meadows
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Crum
Triangle Coal Co
Arista
Carlisle
William
Nora Crum
UMWA
Amigo
Ann Barron Crum
Billy Crum
West Virginia University
Perry Hinkle
Sun
Luther
Auburn
Ala
Lee
Detroit, Mich
Emmitt
Mabscott
Emory
Cleveland
Ohio
Jim
Glen Morgan
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Final rites for Clair W Walker in New Richmond Church
Clair W Walker of Jacksonville Florida and formerly of Maben and Otsego dies in a Jacksonville hospital. Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at New Richmond Community Church with burial in Walker Cemetery at Rockview. Wife Bonnie May Walker survives. Body remains at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Clair W. Walker
Jacksonville
Fla
Maben and
Otsego
New Richmond
Walker
Rockview
Bonnie May Walker
Glen Fork
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs Katherine Smith Dies in Okinawa Funeral at Arlington
Mrs Katherine L Smith wife of Lt Col George A Smith formerly of Beckley died March 3 in Okinawa where the family resided during his assignment. She is survived by her parents her husband a son James and a daughter Kay. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery chapel with burial there. The officer's mother Mrs Malcolm Smith cannot attend due to illness confined at her Beckley home.
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Katherine L. Smith
George A. Smith
Beckley
Okinawa
Pennsylvania
James
Kay
Arlington National Cemetery
Malcolm Smith
Chamber Directors To Hear Tom Minter
Tom Minter manager of the Raleigh County Armory will address Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce directors at noon Thursday. He will discuss armory internal affairs and how the Chamber can assist its operation. Hamilton said the armory’s success is vital to Raleigh County and the Chamber will aid efforts. Meeting at Beckley-Winn Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Minter
Raleigh County
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Minter
Civic Auditorium
Robert F. Hamilton
Beckley-Winn Hotel
Daniels Car Wreck Reported in Daniels
A wrecked car believed to be from a two car collision at Daniels around 1 a.m. today was towed to Duncan-Catron Motor Co. body shop this morning by a Day and Night Garage wrecker. The vehicle belonged to Averil E. Long of Daniels. Details of the accident were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Duncan-Catron Motor Co
Averil E. Long
Food distribution schedule for Ghent and Odd residents
From 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m today residents of Ghent and Odd may pick up commodities at Paris Shrews berry home on Ghent road. Additional supplies will be handed out at Bethel Tabernacle Bibb Avenue from 9 a m to 2 p m today and Wednesday with Jack Tennett directing distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghent
Odd
Paris Shrewsberry
Ghent Road
Bethel Tabernacle
Bibb Avenue
Jack Tennett
Eden's Condition Good after Chest Lesion Surgery
Former British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, 64, rested comfortably after surgery to remove a chest lesion. The operation at Lahey Clinic was his third major procedure here in nine years, following earlier operations in 1953 and 1957. The hospital did not specify the ailment. Eden’s condition was reported as good by Dr. Herbert Sladens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Anthony Eden
Eden
Herbert Sladens
Lahey Clinic
Now You Know by United Press International
A light year defines an astronomical unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one year, about six trillion miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Britannica says electricity industry uses most copper production
The major portion of the world's copper production is used by electrical industries, Britannica notes. This reflects copper's vital role in wiring and electrical systems globally.
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Herndon Mountain
James Colbird
Board of Education
Colbird
Rennie Hatfield
Ben Dunman Glee Club
Oceana Future Homemakers of America
Conley High School
Gilbert
Glen
Wyoming
Brenton
Stephenson
T.M
Beckleyan
Missina
Malley Boll
THERM
Good Housekeeping
Tia
Valley Bell Milkman
Commercial Credit Plan Incorporated of
Oakwood Avenue
National Association of Bedding Manufacturers
Moscow
Vyacheslav Ragozin
Sinatra Martin Davis
Lawford Bishop
Tag Moe
Wwe
Jackie
WVHS
Troy Donahue
Connie Stevens
Dorothy McGuire
Lloyd Nolan
Connie
Gove
Dfite Daves
Susan Slade
Michael A. DeWeese
Mrs
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