Lawyer Ives Judge Sparks Inexcusable Conduct in Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court heard Maurice Walker a Na oma bus driver sue Pete Bonds and Hazel Johnson over a wreck on August 5 1961 as witnesses described contentious cross examination by attorney Ashworth prompting Judge Norman Knapp to call Ashworths line of questioning inexcusable and irregular The judge warned jurors to treat Walker service records as if not said and the trial proceeded with other witnesses including Dr Edward Gliserman and Walker relatives The defense prepared to call witnesses later in the day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Calvin Walker
Naoma
Raleigh County
Ashworth
Knapp
Fletcher Mann
Walker
The
National Guard
Mann
Peachtree Creek
Edward Gliserman
Montreal
Inlaw
Carson Dickens
Charles Reedy
Albert Canterbury
Tommy Stump
Nixon recounts crises and Cuban policy clash with Kennedy
Nixon writes of crises from 1952 to 1959 including Eisenhower’s heart attack and Khrushchev talks. He says Kennedy had him at a terrible disadvantage on Cuba, choosing to protect a covert operation instead of publicly backing intervention. He explains he could only attack Kennedy’s proposal to aid rebels, not reveal the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
United States
Cuba
Peppy tonic promises boost for feeling old at 40 to 70
Advert says Ostrex Tonic Tablets restore pep and younger feeling by correcting iron deficiency. It offers an 8 day get acquainted size and an Economy size nearly four times as many tablets, advertised as saving $1.47. Available at all druggists.
Ski Slopes Defendant In Suit Asking $935
Beconta Inc of New York City sues Bald Knob Ski Slopes Inc in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office for 935 dollars for sporting goods sold and delivered. Plaintiff seeks interest from Jan 1 1962 and costs. Samuel Solins of Welch represents Beconta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bald Knob
New Ouster Suits Confuse Logan Hearing
A Logan County hearing on ouster charges against Sheriff Okey Justice was set as new suits were filed against County Clerk Luther Mounts and Justice of the Peace John C. Barber. Accusations allege improper deputy salaries and fraudulent expense claims, including a notary linked statement while Justice’s deputy was ill. Barber posted $1,000 bond after a bribe demand tied to a charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
UPI
Logan County
Okey Justice
Chambers
Justice
C. C. Chambers
Barber
Cecil Cox
Cox
Huntington
Sylvia Dave Vance
Beckley Police Probe Break In At Arnold's Food Market
Beckley police investigate a Monday overnight break in at Arnold's Food Market 705 North Kanawha Street. Entry was gained through a back window. nothing reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Arnold's Food Market
Kanawha Street
Princess Grace to Act in Hitchcock Film Marnie
Princess Grace of Monaco will return to Hollywood in late summer to star in a Hitchcock thriller based on Winston Grahame's novel Marnie. She will be accompanied by Prince Rainier and their children Princess Caroline and Prince Albert. Palace spokesman Emile Cornet says the decision was long in discussion and not spontaneous.
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Hollywood
UPI
Grace of
Monaco
Alfred Hitchcock
Marnie
Winston Grahame
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Princess Caroline
Prince Albert Alexander
Grace
Royal Palace
Monte Carlo
Emile Cornet
Palace
Hitchcock
Cornet
Princess Grace
Welfare Law Gains Power to Probe Pension Plans
The 1958 welfare and pension act required registration and reporting but lacked enforcement. By 1959 about 150,000 plans with an estimated $8 billion were reported, while current value tops $60 billion. The law now grants investigators access to books, mandatory reports, bonding, and criminal penalties up to three years and $10,000 for embezzlement or kickbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Department
Landrum-Griffin
Storm death toll and protest speech ban headline roundup
The report notes a 32 17 land toll and 15 at sea from the East Coast storm The American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell is denied an invitation to speak at the University of Pittsburgh Mrs Carney Love of Palo Alto wins a 334000 California damage award over a chloromycetin prescription by Dr John Wolf and Parke Davis The case signals potential appeals The state briefs include WVU professor Kermit Cook's Mountaineers Committee chair appointment and Gov Barron approval Bethany College to award Elvis J Stahl Jr the Army secretary an honorary doctor of public administration on honors day March 29
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
University of Pittsburgh
Carney Love
Palo Alto
Calif
John Wolf
Redding
Parke Davis Pharmaceutical Co
Wolf
Parke Davis
California
Kermit A. Cook
West Virginia University
Wyoming County
West Virginia Centennial Commission
W. W. Barron
Bethany College
Elvis J. Stahl Jr
Army
Stahr
Beckley Chamber Tourism Dept Plans Projects at Meeting
An organizational session of the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce Tourism Department convened at the Beckley Winn Hotel. Chairman Fred K. Filler said the gathering aimed to discuss department projects and committee operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Beckley-Winn
Fred K. Filler
Assault Charge Dropped in Beckley Court
A Beckley assault warrant against Freddie Brown, 19, was dropped by plaintiff Ronald Scott, 19, in Beckley Police Court. Brown was arrested after allegedly attacking Scott on Neville Street. Court costs were paid by Brown. additional notes report multiple pled guilty and jail detentions for moonshine possession, revoked license, uncas ed shotgun, petit larceny, and forgery cases in Beckley and Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Brown
Beckley
Ronald Scott
Brown
Scott
Neville Street
Lacy Harvey
Samuel Jennings
Odd
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Harvey
Raleigh
Ralph Cooney
East Beckley
Alfonso Collins
Cooney
Collins
Harold Daniels
Fairdale
Cohen Drug Co
Daniels
Carl Daniels
West halts servicemen protests at Fort Polk
United Press International reports Maj. Gen. Harley B. West orders a stop to demonstrations by dissatisfied servicemen seeking out of the Army. He says the activity has discredited the Army post and division and harms good order and discipline. The remarks appear in a tense wartime security climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
FT. Polk
Harley B. West
Deaths in Wilmington Somerville and Taipei
Funeral services are set for Mary A. Griggs 76 in Somerville N J after her death in Wilmington. Chi Jushan 86 a noted Chinese opera scholar died after a heart attack in Taipei. Samuel J Joseph 72 a retired Bronx County Court Judge died Sunday after a long illness with services planned Wednesday.
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Taipei
UPI
Chi Jushan
New York
Bronx County Court
Samuel J. Joseph
Funeral services for William Livesay held in Lewisburg
Funeral services for William Oate Livesay 79 of Lewisburg were to be conducted at 11 a.m. at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Raymond Crocker presiding. Burial followed in Salem Cemetery Organ Cave. Livesay died Sunday night in a Ronceverte hospital after a long illness. he was brother of Mrs. Cuma Morand of Red Star.
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William Oate Livesay
Lewisburg
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Raymond, Crocker
Salem
Organ Cave
Livesay
Cuma Morand
Red Star
Ronceverte
Benjamin F. Goff Dies at 67 in Hinton of Heart Attack
Funeral arrangements are in complete for Benjamin F. Goff 67 of the Big Creek Section who died Monday morning on Second Ave Hinton of a heart attack He was born Sept 22 in Summers County son of late David and Allie Cook Goff A former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway worker he retired from the State Road Commission in 1955 He was a member of the Freedom Baptist Church His body is at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors with calling hours at any time Pallbearers are named He is survived by a brother James L Pounding Mills Va three sisters and nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren Also noted are funeral plans for Hugo V Miller 68 of Dover Ohio brother in law of Charles Hodel Maxwell with services set for Wednesday in Dover Miller died Sunday after a heart condition. His survivor is his wife Helen Hodel Miller. They had frequented Beckley.
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Benjamin F. Goff
Big Creek
Second Ave
Hinton
Goff
Rosa Jamison
Minden
Summers County
David
Allie Cook Goff
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
State Road Commission
Freedom Baptist Church
Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors
RNS
Chesapeake
Ohio
James L
Mills
Mattie Altizer
Lettie Ringstaff
Dawson Springs
Mary Mulkey
Greensville
S.C
James G. Smith
William D. Griffith
Lawrence E. Pruitt
Roy G. Pruitt
William A. Toner
Delano Mce-Graw
William R. Hedges
Donald L. Hatcher
Hugo V. Miller
Dover
Charles Hodel
Maxwell
Miller
Helen Hodel Miller
Beckley
Funeral services for Jess Poffenbarger in Charleston
Funeral services for Jess Poffenbarger of Charleston are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Methodist Church in Charleston with Dr. Alfred E. Bennett presiding. Burial follows at Cunningham Memorial Park. Poffenbarger, a former Postal Inspector for Raleigh County, died Sunday at The Greenbrier Hotel. The body is at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Poffenbarger
Charleston
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Alfred FE. Bennett
Cunningham Memorial Park
Poffenbarger
Greenbrier
Raleigh County
Barlow-Bonsall
Death of John Kelley 66 in Beckley VA Hospital
John Kelley 66 of Hilltop died at 4 02 p m Monday after a long illness in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital born Cunard August 24 1895 son of the late John and Lillie Carlin Kelley a retired C and O Railway brakeman at Thurmond member of Thurmond Union Church Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen veteran of World War I surviving wife Florence two sons James D and John Jr both of Milford Conn a daughter Marguerite Nicely Thurmond three sisters Lillian Kelley Kathleen Adams Fayetteville Ruth Fitzgerald of Trenton and 10 grandchildren body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
John
Lillie Carlin Kelley
Thurmond
Lillian Kelley
Kathleen Adams
Trenton
N. J
Ruth Fitzgerald
Fayetteville
Tyree Furnal
Oak Hill
Mrs Mattie Wilson Dead On Arrival In Beckley
Mrs Mattie Wilson of Gregory Street was dead on arrival at Beckley Memorial Hospital around 10 am after a long illness. Beckley Rescue Squad responded to her home earlier. The body is at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Wilson
Gregory Street
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Beckley
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Ringstaff Rites to Be Held in Keyser Funeral Home
John William Ringstaff, 82, of 232 Clyde St., died Monday night after a heart attack. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Keyser-Bryant Chapel with Rev. J. B. F. Yoak presiding. Interment in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Ella Conley Ringstaff, two sons Ralph B. Ringstaff of Narrows and Roy L. Ringstaff of Rock Hill, three daughters Lois Hedges of Hubbard, Hazel Hatcher of Sophia, and Margie Hurt of Richland. former Norfolk and Western brakeman born in Baptist Valley, Va. He lived in Richlands, Va., before moving to Beckley in 1944. Member of Methodist Temple, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Richland Lodge 318 A F & A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Ringstaff
Clyde St
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
J. B. F. Yoak
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Ringstaff
Baptist Valley
John W
Susan Rae Ringstaff
Richlands
Beckley
Norfolk and Western Railway
Methodist Temple
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Free and Accepted Masons
Richland
Ella Conley Ringstaff
Ralph B
Narrows
Roy L. Rock Hill
S.C
Clarence E
Lois) Hedges
Hubbard
Ohio
R. Earl
Hazel) Hatcher
Sophia
George C
Margie) Hurt
Edward Ellis Burks dies after five month illness
Edward Ellis Burks 74 of Beckley died at 6 15 am today in the Christian Nursing Home Fayetteville after a five month illness. He was a retired Norfolk and Western Railroad employee born November 11 1887 in Alleghany County Virginia and a member of First Baptist Church Bluefield. Survived by a son Sidney M Eliason California two daughters Ella Penney Portsmouth Virginia and Inez Atkinson Beckley a sister Ellie Downey Lomoor Virginia and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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Edward Ellis Burks
Beckley
Christian Nursing Home
Fayetteville
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Burks
Alleghaney County
First Baptist Church
Bluefield
Mabel Burks
Ellis FE
Elizabeth McDowell Simpson Burks
Sidney M
Rev Tomas M Johnson dies at 89 in Mullens
The Rev Tomas Mack Johnson 89 of Mullens died at 10 p m Monday at his home from heart attack. He was a retired Church of God minister and former outside mine employee born July 10 1872 in Virginia. Survived by three sons Luther Mullens Walter Bellcamp Md Coleman Fort Worth three daughters Virgie Sharader Marie Bickford Ruth Hugh a sister Josie Owens and a brother Lee plus 52 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Funeral services set for 11 am Thursday at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Rev John J Bailey in charge Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Body will remain at the funeral home. (RNS)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomas Mack Johnson
Mullens
Church of God
Virginia
Sarah Ellen Overbay Johnson
Luther
Walter
Bellcamp
Coleman
Fort Worth
Tex
Virgie Sharader
Florida
Marie Bickford
Charleston
Ruth Hugh
Josie Owens
Algona
Lee
Pennsylvania
Sam Foglesong
John J. Bailey
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Funeral Home
Community plan boosts trout stocking and fundraising drive
Capt Raymond Eye of the Fourth District DNR says if roads permit, three truck loads of trout will be stocked in Glade Creek before the trout season. Civitan Club launches active solicitation this week as district leaders call for funds. LaRoy Gorman of Raleigh County Bank and John I. McCulloch of Bank of Raleigh each present $200 checks to the club treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Raymond Eye
Department of Natural Resources
Glade Creek
LaRoy Gorman
Raleigh County Bank
Dr. F. Edwards
John I. McCulloch
Bank of Raleigh
Crab Orchard Man Charged in Drug Store Break-in
Norvell Maynard of Crab Orchard, 23, detained at Raleigh County Jail after being charged with breaking and entering Thompson Drug Store in Crab Orchard last Thursday. He confessed to stealing a cash box containing about $2,088, with $1,854 accounted for. About $1,538 was recovered from the Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren parsonage steps. Additional arrests expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norvell Maynard
Crab Orchard
Raleigh
Thompson Drug Store
Maynard
Beckley State Police
Church of the Brethren
George Recuperating After Heart Surgery in Boston
George Recup erating at home after heart surgery on Feb 1 in Boston. Ted George of Georges Fashions at 117 Lilly Street is said to be recovering nicely per a family member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
T. D
Ted) George
Lilly St
Georges’ Fashions
Boston, Mass
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Nixon
Congressional Investigations of Labor and Management Practices
Rambler
Barewart Rambler Company
Valley Drive
Jennings
Acme Super Market
L & B Super Market
A & P Tea Co
Kiddie and Junior Shop
Claude Walker
Joe Rodriguez
Sam Daniel Clark
Sprague
David Lilly
Rodriguez
London
the Daily Mirror
Jerusalem
Israel
Arye Nir
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Huntsville
Donald Ray Wilson
Wilmington
Del
UPID
Somerville
N.J
Mary A. Griggs
Wellesley College
Massachusetts
William 0. Livesay
John Kelley
Hilltop
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Mrs. Mattie Wilson
John W. Ringstaff
Father & Son
W. Main St
Tomas M. Johnson
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