Shooting Victim Jailed After Beating Allegation
James C. Washington, 46, of 807 S Fayette St, is hospitalized in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after a gunshot wound to the scrotum. Deputy says Miss Nannie Pryor, who lives on Grant Street, admitted shooting him with a .22 pistol following alleged assault. Pryor has not been charged and police consider the investigation incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Washington
S. Fayette St
Beckley Hospital
Washington
Nannie Pryor
Grant Street
Miss Pryor
Beckley City
Pryor
Health Department Orders Flood Contaminated Food Destroyed
Health officials require destruction of water soaked and sewage contaminated foods after floods. Retailers warehouses and transport firms must cooperate. local health departments may request inventories and deny sales to salvage firms. Meats and perishables in non sealed containers, cereals bakery goods and other contaminated items must be destroyed before reopening with health department approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Health Department
Hume
Food and Drug
President Kennedy considers major disaster designation for Southern counties
In a telegram, Barron asked that major-disaster status apply to Boone Cabell Greenbrier Lincoln Logan McDowell Mercer Mingo Raleigh Wayne and Wyoming Counties after flash floods swept northern towns. Eight counties later declared SBA disaster areas for recovery. The Williamson flood crest neared predictions while damage spread to outlying areas leaving about 1,000 homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Barron
Boone
Cabell
Greenbrier
Lincoln
Logan
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Raleigh
Wayne
Wyoming
Ugh
Small Business Administration
Williamson
Third Avenue
City Hall
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Columbus
Ohio
American Red Cross Disaster Emergency Office
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Red Cross
New Coronamp tablets promise relief for constipated nerves
A wartime style ad claims tense nerves block bowel impulses causing constipation and introduces CoLonalp as a colon stimulant and bulking remedy. The ad promises overnight relief and urges readers to try an introductory 43 cent size with clinical proof and doctor recommendations.
Flood Wrecks Marsh Fork Area Bridges and Schools Closures
Flooding along Marsh Fork washed away a bridge and left Arnett roads under water while a rockslide was cleared. Residents evacuated Monday night as Raleigh County schools closed, with nine schools still shuttered Tuesday including Marsh Fork Junior and Senior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnett
Marsh Fork
Register
Elkins
Raleigh County
Amigo
East Helen
Fireco
Whitby
Bacontown
East Killivan
Slate dump work under way after railroad slide incident
England arrived to confer with officials as engineers and the superintendent oversee cleanup at the slate dump. A slide caused slate to wash into the river, and cleanup work continues along the railroad site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Handyman Held In Strangling Slaying Case
Roy Smith a 35 year old drifter with a scarred face and a police record was charged with the murder by strangling Mrs Bessie Goldberg 62 of Belmont. Cambridge authorities planned to arraign him today. He denied a confession after ten hours of questioning. Mrs Goldberg was found dead at her 30000 dollar home by her husband Israel Monday. Smith said he was hired to help clean up the Dutch Colonial house for a party that evening and did not reveal a motive or ties to other unsolved killings in the Boston area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPS
Belmont
Donald E. Robinson
Roy Smith
Cambridge
Bessie Goldberg
Smith
Robinson
Memphis, Tenn
The
Khrushchev Promises Cuban Withdrawal Amid Cuban Crisis
Pravda reports that Soviet troops in Cuba were prepared to fight alongside Cuban forces during the crisis and that a withdrawal began in mid March after Khrushchev pledged to remove several thousand by then. Kremlin had 17,000 at one time, with 5,000 in combat units, though exact current totals and future plans were not specified. The 90 mile distance from Florida sparked congressional pressure for a U.S. response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
Pravda
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Two-Vehicle Crash Near Prince Street Interchange
A two car collision at the Prince Street intersection near the Municipal Parking Lot just before noon caused $95 in damages. No injuries or arrests were reported. Vehicles were a 1957 model driven by Robert L. Harding age 44 of Eisenhower Drive and a 1956 model driven by Mario Marcuzzi age 55 of Mabscott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princes Street
Robert L. Harding
Eisenhower
Mario Marcuzzi
Mabscott
Final Rites Set for James Loudermilk Clintonville Farmer
James Perry Loudermilk 68 of Clintonville will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Clintonville Church of Christ led by Rev. Lowell Smith. Burial follows in the family cemetery. He died Tuesday at his home from a heart condition. Surviving is sister Mrs Emma Plumley Abraham. A WWI veteran and retired farmer, he was born in Clintonville April 30, 1890s. The body lies at Nickell Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Perry Loudermilk
Clintonville
Infant Wayne Helmick Dies in Japan While Father Serves
Wayne A Helmick infant son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Ray Helmick died Monday in Statrek Japan where his father is stationed with the Air Force. Born Feb 28 the child is survived by a sister Debra Lynn and extended family including Curtis and Helmick grandparents. Funeral planned in Memorial Cemetery California with body held at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullins prior to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Allen Helmick
Gerald Ray Helmick
Statrek
Japan
Air Force
Debra Lynn
Charles G. Curtis
Sprague
Glenn Helmick
Arlington
Kay Curtis
Memorial Cemetery
California
Final rites for Raymond B Scott in Oak Hill
Raymond B Scott 45 of Oak Hill died in a Beckley hospital at 9 a m Tuesday from a heart condition. He was a dispatcher for Oak Hill Taxi Co and WWII veteran, born December 1 1917 at Summerlee. Survivors include his wife Versa Scott a son Dennis and four daughters Myrna Marie Darlene and Janna, sister Letha Stacy of Longview Texas. Funeral Friday 4 p m at Summerlee Baptist Church with Rev C S Donnelly officiating. Burial in Bays Cemetery Summerlee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Brugh Scott
Oak Hill
Tyree
C. S. Donnelly
Oe Bays
Summeree
Scott
Beckley Hospital
Oak Hill Taxi Co
Summerlee Baptist Church
Final rites planned for Mrs Mollie A Adkins in Fayetteville
Mrs Mollie Ann Adkins 78 of Graydon died Monday after a long illness. Services were set for 3 30 p m in the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev Charles S Thompson officiating. Burial Bays Cemetery Summerlee. Survivors include husband Allen Hill Top daughters Mrs Gladys Tall Owings Mills Md and Mrs Pauline Adkins Graydon two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Ann Adkins
Graydon
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
Charles S. Thompson
Bays
Summerlee
Adkins
Raleigh County
Allen
Hill Top
Gladys Tall
Owings Mills
Pauline Adkins
Arrie J. Stinnett Rites Held in Fayetteville Church
Funeral services for Arrie J. Stinnett 67 of Fayetteville were conducted at 2 p.m. at Fayetteville Second Baptist Church with Rev. Luther Fletcher officiating. Burial followed at Pierce Cemetery. Stinnett, a World War I veteran and stone mason's helper native to Amherst County Virginia, died Sunday after a short illness. Survived by wife Emily Stinnett. Dodd-Payne Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrie J. Stinnett
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Second Baptist Church
Luther Fletcher
Pierce
Stinnett
Amherst County
Emily Stinnett
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Final rites for Edwin F Saunders in Fayetteville
Edwin F Saunders 66 of Fayetteville dies after a short illness in Montgomery hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Fayetteville Second Baptist Church with Rev. Clarg Dorcas presiding. Burial in Saunders Cemetery. Survived by Martha Saunders and six sons Henry Edwin Jr Charles Percy Clarence John. two daughters Roberta Betsie. stepchildren Eugene Booker Martha Bertha Booker. siblings William John Cecilia Mary Lou Nettie. many relatives. Dodd Payne Funeral Home handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin F. Saunders
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Second Baptist Church
Clarg Dorcas
Saunders
Montgomery
United Mine Workers of America
Martha Saunders
Henry
Edwin Jr
Charles
Percy
Clarence
John
Daughers
Roberta
Bessie
Eugene Booker
Martha
Bertha Booker
William
Rand
Cecilia Lewis
Mary Lou Brown
Columbus
Ohio
Nettie Monroe
St. Albans
Dodd
James C. Nugen Funeral Arrangements Announced
James C. Nugen 66 of Fayetteville died Monday in Garten after a heart attack. He was born May 17 1896 in Fayette County a barber and Beckley Christian Church member. Survived by two sons James C Jr and Staff Sgt William J Nugen in England a daughter Wanda Mae Mento of Ansonia Conn a brother John and a sister Bertha Davis all of Fayetteville and six grandchildren. Body at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Nugen
Fayetteville
Garten
Fayette County
James S
Margaret Harrah Nugen
Beckley Christian Church
James C. Jr
William J. Nugen
Air Force
England
Wanda Mae Mento
Ansonia
Deadline Bills Claims Measure Dies With Session
Charleston agencies faced automatic rejection as a bill authorizing about 44000 in state claims died at session end. Atty. Gen. Robertson said the claims must wait for next year while debates over a Road Commission burn claim and other departments details stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Atty
Donald Robertson
Robertson
Sen
Wardlie
Wyoming
State Road Commission
del. J. Paul England
Wylie
England
Tax Department
Public Institutions
Racing Commission
Finance and Administration and
Mental Health
Final rites for Mrs. Rachel Elizabeth Daffron
Mrs. Rachel Elizabeth Daffron 93 of MacArthur will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at MacArthur Church of God led by Rev. Otis Clyburn and Rev. French D. Williams. Burial follows at Coal City Cemetery. She died Monday night after a long illness in a local hospital. Pallbearers named: Herbert Buskirk James Kuhn Millard Blevins Marvin Rosco Ben Wooten Carlos Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Elizabeth Daffron
MacArthur
MacArthur Church of God
Otis Clyburn
French D. Williams
Coal City
Herbert Buskirk
James Kuhn
Millard Blevins
Marvin Rosco
Ben Wooten
Carlos Lilly
Rites set for Emmett Eastridge
Final rites for Emmett F East ridge 63 of Bud will be held Thursday at 1 p m in Mullens Church of God with Rev Oliver Sizemore and Rev James Parrott presiding. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton follows. He was found dead Tuesday afternoon in his basement while pumping water and is believed to have died of a heart attack. He was born January 6 1900 Creston New York son of the late Creed and Laura Patrick East ridge and a retired miner. He had been a member of Allen Junction Church of God eight years and is survived by wife Bessie three sons Emmett F Jr of Martinsville VA Kermit of Largo FL and Jim of Martinsville VA and two daughters Mrs Mildred Snyder of Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett F. Eastridge
Bud
Mullens Church of God
Oliver Sizemore
James Parrott
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Eastridge
Creston
N. Y
Creed
Laura Patrick Eastridge
Allen Junction Church of God
Bessie Eastridge
Emmett F. Jr
Martinsville
Kermit
Largo
Fla
Jim
Mildred Snyder
Mul
Youths Charged In Company Store Break-In
Five youths from Minden and Gatewood were taken into custody by Fayette County deputies and charged with breaking and entering the old company store building at Minden Saturday night. Dufour Bennett posted $500 bonds after waiving to action of the Grand Jury. others await hearings. The group is accused of entering the Lester Helms property and stealing about $100 in merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Minden
Gatewood
Fayette County
Fugitive From Jail Sentenced In Raleigh County
George Nutter of Cleveland Ohio was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail for escaping from a jail work crew. He had walked away Saturday from the courthouse lawn while serving a year for petit larceny and was recaptured on Valley Drive after a constable spotted him on a railroad trestle. The other brief cases include Clifford S Ragle found guilty of failure to yield right of way and fined 10 dollars and costs, and several defendants pleading guilty or being fined for speeding, non support, and improper registration. William Hairston Ralph Mullins Clinton Manning and others appear in the jail and court notices from Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nutter
Cleveland
Ohio
Raleigh County
Joe Rodriguez
Nutter
Court House Lawn
Valley Drive
Clifford S. Ragle
Noto
Rodriguez
Route 16
Harry Carson Kincaid
W. A. Burke
Kincaid
Betty Jane Kincaid
William Hairston
Fayetteville
Burke
Ralph H. Mullins
Cool Ridge
Thomas Dewey Treadway
Stotesbury
Freddie Young
Hinton
Young
Harry L. McCreery
Edison’s 1901 Nickel-Iron Storage Battery Legacy
Thomas A. Edison developed the nickel iron storage battery in 1901 and the design continues to influence wide use today. The invention established a durable, long lasting energy storage approach that shaped early electrical storage technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
Mullens Reeling From Devastating Flood Damage
Floods in Mullens cause estimated damages of up to three fourths of a million dollars. Businesses and homes suffer. several gas stations and the Wyoming Theater suffer damage but some reopen. Mullens Elementary School is heavily wrecked with water four feet high, losing textbooks and records. Officials and volunteers, including the Red Cross and Civil Defense, assess losses as engineers inspect wrecked areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Stover
Corinne
Corinne Water Works
Corinne Bridge
Ford
Chevrolet
Ter
Pete Cassineli
Mullens
Elbert Cook
Cook
Wyoming County Board of Education
George Nolley
Wyoming County
Clifford Pauley
Luther Johnson
Corps of Engineers
Red Cross
Civil Defense Unit
House Probe of News Industry Under Way
Rep. Emanuel Celler opened a House Judiciary antitrust inquiry into the news industry aiming to protect and possibly expand free press by examining cross ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations. The hearings will assess costs, television impact, and whether current practices hinder competition, with witnesses from the industry and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Sawislak
Washington
UPI
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Celler
The
House
Judiciary Committee
Antitrust Subcommittee
Newton N. Minow
Federal Communications Commission
Subcommittee
Peter
Rodino Jr
N.J
Byron Rogers
Colo
Harold Donohue
Bond Denied On Rape Charge Held in Fayette County
Arthur William Jenkins, 27, of Piney View, waived to the Fayette County Grand Jury after a preliminary hearing in Fayetteville on rape and felonious assault charges. He was denied bond and remanded to jail. He, with Lawrence Lewis Mitchell and Roscoe Carlos Jackson, is accused of assaulting one 16 year old and raping another at Garden Grounds Thursday night. Mitchell and Jackson are being brought from New York, where authorities arrested them on related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Arthur William Jenkins
Piney View
Fayette County
Jenkins
Asault
Garden Grounds
Lawrence Lewis Mitchell
Stamford
Roscoe Carlos Jackson
New York
Shortening The News Rest and recharge its batteries
President Kennedy will meet with the National Security Council late today. Actor Robert Wagner plans to marry Marion Donen when his divorce from Natalie Wood is final April 28. Iron Age Magazine says steel orders run ahead of shipments and backlogs assure more output. Flu-like cases in West Virginia decline to 19 536 for the week ended March 9. Rex M Smith notes budget boosts for education with $92.5 million in the 1963 Legislature. The State Supreme Court rules a fraternal restaurant club must pay gross sales tax like any business, upholding a Logan County decision against the Aracama Chief Logan Veterans post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
National Security Council
Robert Wagner
Marion Donen
Natalie Wood
West Virginia
State Health Department
Rex M. Smith
Smith
State Supreme Court
Logan County
State Tax Department
Aracama
Logan Veterans of Foreign Wars
Logan
Floods and storms unleash havoc across the South
About 200 people were stranded by creeks in Hindman Kentucky and to be reached today by helicopters with food and clothing. Flood waters left thousands homeless in Virginia and West Virginia while a train was swept into a river near Pikesville. A state of emergency was declared in Logan West Virginia as the Guyandotte River surged. Violent storms and tornadoes battered the region with fatalities and widespread damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindman
Hogan Billiter
Pikesville
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Alabama
Carolinas
Georgia
Logan
W. Va
H. H. Cudden
Guyandotte River
Cudden
United Press International
Southland
Nebraska
Iowa
Indianapolis
Ind
Ohio
Fellowship Meet Of First Assembly Of God Church
The Men’s Fellowship of the First Assembly of God Church will meet at 7 30 p m Saturday. Newly elected president C K Pendleton will lead with Bill Hickman as vice president and James Vandal as secretary treasurer. Committees for various activities will be appointed and discussion will cover assisting with the scouting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Assembly of God Church
C. K. Pendleton
Bill Hickman
James Vandall
Governor Signs Bill Reallocates Kanawha County Delegates
Referring to Robertson's opinion the governor said signing the bill was not meant to abridge the high regard for Robertson's view but is only an opinion not a binding verdict. The House would add three Kanawha County seats and shift delegates among six other counties while Fayette Logan and McDowell lose one each and Cabell Wood Hancock Berkeley Mercer and Ohio gain one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertson
Kanawha
Fayette
Logan
McDowell
Cabell, Wood, Hancock
Berkeley
Mercer
Ohio Counies
Breathing difficulties sent Katherine Rodriguez to Beckley hospital
Katherine Rodriguez 20 of Crab Orchard was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital Tuesday evening after a breathing problem at the O K Drive In. Beckley Rescue Squad responded at 5 30 P M and gave emergency care before transporting her to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Rodriguez
Crab Orchard
Beckley Memorial Hospital
O.K
Beckley
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Ray Barcel
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Woodlawn Ave
Beckley Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
James Loudermilk
Wayne A. Helmick
Jens
Marjorie Whitt
Beechwood
Elvin Bolen
Elmer Bolen
Niceville
John Bolen
Jacksonville
Freda Hill
Sophia
Lou Withrow
Pineville
Betty Phillips
Helen Bouldin
Winterhaven
Dave Eastridge
Clyda Hamm
O'Dell Ford
Washington, D. C
Worley Sexton
Bristol
Tenn
Sam Foglesong
Raymond B. Scott
Mrs
Mollie A. Adkins
Rachel Daffron
Emmett Eastridge
Wyoming Theater
Bond
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