Fulton Aids Moon Goals In Space Panel Debate
In Washington Rep James G Fulton of Pennsylvania challenges space program experts with layman views and odd proposals like two dimensional tomatoes and a mountain start for a moon flight. He insists a sled could speed a capsule to launch, while officials debate feasibility on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
James G. Fulton
Pennsylvania
House Space Committee
Fulton
D. Brainerd Holmes
Manned Space Flight
Holmes
Earth
Burglary Trial Set For Youth Hyatt Jr. Arraignment Planned
Bill Henry Hyatt Jr., 16, of Mac Arthur, was to be arraigned before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on two burglary counts. Police said he admitted breaking into Grace Snead’s home at 162 Randolph St using a knife to cut a screen door and gain entry. No theft occurred. He also confessed to stealing $110 from Edward Jennings on March 11 with a skeleton key.
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Bill Henry Hyatt Jr
MacArthur
Joe Rodriguez
Harry L. McCreery
Grace Snead
Randolph St
Edward Jennings
Burgess Street
Jennings
Secretary of State To Attend Beckley Cotillion Event
Secretary of State Joe Burdett will be a special guest at the Crippled Children's Cotillion in Beckley. The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority sponsors the event at the Beckley Hotel ballroom with dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Statesmen provide the music.
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Joe Burdett
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Beckley
Beckley Hotel
Robert Young
Drivers Appear For Hearings On Multiple Charges
Larry Hill of Allen Junction paid a 25 dollar fine and costs for reckless driving and a 10 dollar fine and costs for no operator license after a February 27 arrest on Route 16. A B Carrington Jr of Crescent Red paid 5 dollars and costs on speeding cited on Routes 19 21. G Worley of Minden paid 5 dollars and costs for expired inspection sticker cited March 8 on Routes 19 21. William E Bush of Stotesbury posted 500 dollar property bond after waiving to grand jury on a failure to control vehicle from a March 9 Route 16 crash. Loretta Mitchell of Shady Spring paid 5 dollars and costs for defective equipment cited on U S 19 21 Sunday. Edward Gray of 204 First St paid 10 dollars and costs for speeding after arrest on U S 21.
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Larry Hill
Allen Junction
Joe Rodriguez
A. B. Carrington Jr
Crescent Red
Rodriguez
G. Worley
Minden
U. S
Edward Gray
First St
U. S. 21
US ready to aid Latin governments against Communist subversion
Assistant Secretary of State Edwin M. Martin testified before a House subcommittee that the United States could send military help to any Latin American nation threatened by a Communist takeover if requested. He cited the Punta Del Este agreement of 1961 and said policy supports assisting governments that seek aid.
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Russia
Fidel Castro
Edwin M. Martin
United States
Martin
House Foreign Affairs
Hemisphere
Armistead Selden
D-Ala
State Department
U.S
Punta del Este
Bonds Forfeited In Police Court
James Burton of Beckley forfeited 150 in bonds for possession of non tax paid whiskey and operating a gambling establishment on Morris Street, in City Police Court. Charles Giles also forfeited 15 on gambling, Everett Fraley of Slab Fork 15 on driving with four front seat passengers, and three others forfeited 57 on intoxication charges.
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James Burton
Beckley
Morris Street
Charles Giles Beckley
Everett Fraley
Slab Fork
Final rites for Mrs. Tennessee Cline observed at Coal Mountain
Funeral services for Mrs. Tennessee Cline 68 of Guyan will be held 11 a m Saturday at Missionary Baptist Church Coal Mountain with Rev Grat Hatfield in charge Burial at Hatfield Cemetery She died Monday evening in Welch hospital Born Guyan July 15 18% daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Joseph Toler Survivors include her husband Toy Cline four sons two daughters a brother and a sister The body was to be taken from Evans Funeral home in Oceana to the residence at 11 a m today The body will remain at Webb and Neal Funeral Home for viewing
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Tennessee Cline
Guyan
Missionary Baptist Church
Coal Mountain
Grat Hatfield
Hatfield
Cline
Welch Hospital
Joseph Toler
Toy Cline
Raymond
Robert
French
Oceana
John
High Point
N. C
Macie Toler
Davin
Bessie Harper
Guvan
Bruce Toler
Princeton
Ada Smoot
Evans
Willie Willaims
Whipple
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church of
Carlisle
J. A. Higginbotham
Greenwood Memorial Park
Demopolis
Ala
John Williams
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Gussie Williams
Ruby Mae Green
Lillian P. Charlie
Pittsburgh
Gulfport
Miss
James
Harlem Heights
Betty Kelly
Cleveland
Ohio
Rosa McDowell
Birmingham
Ritchie and Johnson
Atlee P Swab Funeral Service Held in Columbus
Funeral services for Atlee P. Swab 67 of Columbus Ohio were set for 10 a m Monday at Woodyard Funeral Home Chapel. Swab died Thursday morning after a long illness in a Columbus hospital. He was district manager for Berger Manufacturing Co a division of Republic Steel and covered about four states. He retired January 1 and was active in the Methodist Church Masonic Lodge and Moose Lodge. Survivors include his wife Mariah Stover a sister in law Mrs Robert Davidson and a niece Mrs Robert McKinney.
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Atlee P. Swab
Columbus
Ohio
Woodyard
Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Moose Lodge
Mariah Stover
Beckley
Robert Davidson
Valley Drive
Robert McKinney
Maplewood Lane
Final rites for Mrs Pearl Whitt in Princeton
Mrs Pearl Whitt 64 of Princeton dies after a stroke in Bluefield hospital. Funeral at 1 p m Saturday at Guyan Dotte Baptist Church Herndon with Elder H A Lane and Elder E C Belcher officiating. Burial in Bennett Cemetery. She formerly lived in Mullens and has resided in Princeton seven years. Born Jan 22 1898 in Braxton County she was daughter of the late Emory and Mary Bennett. Survivors include husband John F Whitt four sons two daughters four brothers two sisters and 14 grandchildren. Body at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton. Pallbearers named from Bennett and Whitt families.
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Princeton
Guyandotte Baptist Church
Herndon
H. A. Lane
E. C. Belcher
Bennett Cemetery
Whitt
Bluefield
Mullens
Braxton County
Emory
Mary Green Bennett
John F. Whitt
Herbert
Emanuel
Herndon Heights
Earl
Howard Whitt
Cleveland
Ohio
Mabel Lane
Richmond
Thelma Sizemore
MacArthur
John
Ballard
Lashmeet
Mack
Cincinnati
Virgil H. Dillon Funeral Held for Arlington Man
Virgil H. Dillon, 55, of Arlington Virginia formerly Lashmeet, died in a two car crash near Warrington Virginia Tuesday. Funeral services were to be held at 11 a.m. today at the Pierceton Funeral Home Chapel Falls Church Virginia led by Elder I W Kilby. Dillon was president of Dillon Land Co. Survivors include his son W H Dillon Jr four daughters two brothers two sisters and several relatives in Beckley Lashmeet Princeton and Fairfax. He also leaves a nephew and a cousin in Beckley and Lashmeet.
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Virgil H. Dillon
Arlington
Lashmeet
Pierceton Funeral Home
Falls Church
I. W. Kilby
Warrington
Dillon
Dillon Land Co
W. H. Dillon Jr
Nola
Nancy
Peggy Rambert
Baltimore
Jean Helby
Fairfax
Carl
Cliffton
Roma Thompson
Princeton
Eleva Kester
Arlie Hurst
Final rites for Phillip Sizemore held in Oak Hill
Phillip Sizemore, 85, of Oak Hill, died Monday after a long illness. Funeral services were rescheduled and will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill, with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call this afternoon at the funeral home.
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Phillip Sizemore
Oak Hill
Tyree
High Lawn Memorial Park
Sizemore
Funeral services set for Harry Austin Wilson in MacArthur
Harry Austin Wilson 52 of MacArthur dies from injuries after a Wyco mine accident. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Webb and Neal Chapel with Rev. Sammy Smith and Rev. Shirley Donnelly officiating. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Born June 1 1910 in Links Grove, Monroe County. Survived by wife Nancy Merle Phillips Wilson, mother Mrs Lora Wilson, four sisters and four brothers.
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Harry Austin Wilson
MacArthur
Webb and Neal
Sammy Smith
Shirley Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Wyco
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
J. E. Calvert
Wilson
Mullens Hospital
Links Grove
Monroe County
Lora Wilson
Johnstown Road
Cosby P. Wilson
Amigo
Affinity
Nancy Merle Phillips Wilson
Marie Korbel
Burlington
Maude Epperly
Beckley
Myrtle O'Dell
Ohio
Pauline Gravely
Cabell Heights
Hubert
Midway
Dennis
Glen View
Russell
Robert
Thompson and Swanner tied to Cuba flight with passenger
The flier continues on page one detailing anti Castro activity. Thompson allegedly carried a State Department warning about future trips. A passenger named Frank Florini accompanied part of the flight from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas and said he was not picked up as scheduled the next day.
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State Department
Florida
Swanner
Cuba
Frank Florini
Florini
Fort Lauderdale
Bahamas
Food Arrives For Mullens Flood Victims
Mullens residents affected by floods can pick up food at the Red Cross headquarters on Guyan Dotte Avenue. Clyde Newsome, city clerk, said three tons of commodities arrived Thursday and more supplies will be provided via the Welfare Department as needed.
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Mullens
ANS
Red Cross
Guyandotte Avenue
Clyde Newsome
Newsome
Department of Welfare
Beckley Rescue Squad Responds to Piney Ave Medical Call
At 11:05 a.m. today Dennis Willis, 54, suffered an attack at 106 Piney Ave. Rescue Squad administered emergency care and he was transported to Raleigh General Hospital for examination and release.
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Beckley
Piney Ave
Dennis Willis
Raleigh General Hospital
Final Arguments Begin In Moran V Acme Construction Trial
Raleigh County jurors hear closing arguments in a 1961 auto collision case involving Jose Perez Moran and Acme Construction. Plaintiff claims Moran attempted to pass a truck on Route 21 while defendant asserts contributory negligence and duty issues. Moran suffered head and knee injuries with multiple cuts.
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Raleigh County
Jose Perez Moran
Acme Construction Co
Anthony J. Sparacino
Plaintiff
Moran
U.S.21
Sparacino
Melvin Ray) Rice
Rice
J. E. Parsons
Beckley State Police
Truman Syre
Sayre
U. S. 19
Sprague
Mitchell
Girl battered by aunt and father, sister claims
Frances Jean Carr suffered facial injuries and rope marks after an aunt kicked her and her father beat her with a stick. Richard Carr, an unemployed steel worker and widower, allegedly admitted the assault to deputies. Frances Jean’s sister Donna Ainsley plans legal steps to secure custody post hospitalization. Jeanette Carr is identified as the wife of Richard Carr and Francis Carr’s brother.
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Carr
Frances Jean
Donna Ainsley
Cortland
Ainsley
Jeanette Carr
Richard Carr
Francis Carr
Prosperity House Destroyed By Fire
Fire of undermined origin destroyed a four room frame house owned by F. D. Haga in Prosperity about 12 15 a m today. Beckley Fire Department said the blaze had a head start before arrival and the building appeared broken into before the fire began. Valued at 4000 dollars, Haga could not be located to learn about insurance.
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F. D. Haga
Beckley Fire Department
Haga
Space plans discussed during Seattle Houston visits
McNamara spoke at Houston airport about Dyna-Soar costs and the Seattle Houston trip to tour the Manned Spacecraft Center. He described digesting Thursday briefings after secret sessions in Seattle and Houston with Boeing. Manning Wright, 58, Beckley, must appear in City Police Court Thursday night for speeding after a 10:15 p.m. citation.
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Seattle
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Boeing
McNamara
Washington
Manning Wright
Beckley
Early flights, sax lessons, and changing reputations in town
Sherwood Glutz muses on the first airplane’s speed changing life in a community where a young saxophonist learns his craft. He notes humor shifts from laughter to a dubious reputation as speed reshapes society.
Surveying Flood Damage Along Guyan River Track Line
Peake and Ohio Railway crews began surveying flood damage across West Virginia and Kentucky. An official stated every inch of track bed from the Guyan to Logan and beyond will need inspection. In Parkersburg, Larry Richards won the grand champion ham at the 16th Little Kanawha Regional Ham and Bacon sale, paying $217.50 for a 15 pound ham.
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Peake & Ohio Railway
West Virginia
Kentucky
Guyandotte
Logan
Larry Richards
Harrisville
Parkersburg
Unions Call Resumption of Rail Talks
Five operating unions urge meaningful rail negotiations to prevent shifting responsibility to outside bodies. They note railroad reps walked out 80 minutes after resuming talks and warn they may strike over modernizing work rules. The unions expect presidential action for 90 days via a fact finding board, while Wirtz says the dispute must be settled by the parties.
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UPI
Congress
Brotherhoods
Kennedy
W. Willard Wirtz
Washington
White House
Pierre Salinger
Palm Beach
Fla
Costa Rica
EEP Cutback Said Possible
Charleston State Welfare Department may cut back public works programs or relief checks due to only half the requested funds available for the rest of the fiscal year. A deficiency appropriation of 627.3 million covers about three and a half months, risking stopping Aid to Dependent Children for the Unemployed from April to July.
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Charleston
UPS
State Welfare Department
Legisature
Tension Mounts In Argentina Amid Peron Backlash Rumors
Buenos Aires reports rising tension as rumors spread of a naval move to head off a political comeback by supporters of ousted ex president Juan D. Peron. The undeclared action suggests heightened military involvement in the ongoing Peronist crisis.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Trial Without Jury Asked By Gamblers
U S District Judge Charles Paul was asked to grant 18 men arrested on gambling charges a trial without a jury after a FBI raid on the Jockey Club near Chester. The defendants waived jury trial and the judge would decide after considering the motion to dismiss the indictments.
Break-in Probe at Dearing Store in Prosperity
Beckley State Police investigate a breaking and entering at the Dearing Store in Prosperity. The burglary occurred Thursday night. authorities released few details at presstime.
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Beckley
Dearing
Prosperity
Youth Detained After Custody Promise Broken
A 16 year old Beckley youth who failed to meet terms of a Raleigh County Juvenile Court custody agreement is in jail again. He was arrested on a court order issued by Judge Harry L. McCreery at 12 15 p m Thursday. Previously charged with breaking and entering and truancy, he had been released to his parents who promised to move with him to another state. He had been living in Washington DC with a sister but returned to Beckley this week. Douglas Arthur Gray, Surveyor, was released from jail at 12 10 a m today after serving a sentence for invalid inspection sticker on Feb 16.
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Beckley
Raleigh County Juvenile Court
Harry L. McCreery
Thursaday
Washington, D. C
Douglas Arthur Gray
Murder Charge Follows Fatal Shooting in Lillybrook Home
Romanceles Tunstalle, 39, of Lillybrook, charged with murder in the shotgun slaying of Hudson Woodson, 56, at Woodson's Lillybrook home. Tunstalle remains in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital with a gunshot wound to the left hip after a 90 minute shootout. state police obtained an arrest warrant Wednesday.
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Romanceles
Tunstalle
Lillybrook
Hudson Woodson
Early Brook
Beckley Hospital
Woodson
Gasoline fumes trigger explosion at Texaco station
Gas from draining flood damaged car exploded at Texaco Service Station on Moran Ave. Firefighters from Mullens responded at 9:45 a.m. and controlled the fire in 15 minutes. The car owned by George Nolley was being drained in the grease and wash rooms which were damaged.
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Mullens
RNS
Texaco
Moran Ave
De Laurentiis signs Soraya for film debut
Movie producer Dino De Laurentiis announced that Soraya the former empress of Iran has signed to a movie contract. He praised her natural acting ability and warmth and predicted a new star on screen.
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United Press International
Rome
Dino de Laurentiis
Soraya
Iran
GM Faces More Legal Battles Across Separate Cases
GM contends in ongoing federal actions over its diesel locomotive, bus and road machinery markets while a New York grand jury probes GM’s dominance in car sales. A Los Angeles criminal case was dismissed but civil suits proceed, and government attorneys warn of broader antitrust actions.
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UPI
General Motors
Los Angeles
U.S
Thurmond Clarke
New York
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