Mullens Chamber Opposed To Dam in Wyoming County
The Mullens Chamber of Commerce opposes the proposed Justice Dam in Wyoming County. President W. A. Davis says the chamber favors small county dams and an Army Corps survey to assess flood walls. Telegrams were sent to Washington and regional officials outlining the stance and calling for support for smaller dams as a cost effective flood-control alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Chamber
Army Corps of Engineers
Wyoming
Washington, D.C
Raleigh
Huntington
W. W. Barron
Logan
Chamber of Commerce
Davis
Flood update on Tucker County towns and river crests
The report details expected record floods along the Cheat River towns Rowlesburg and Parsons with water levels near 16 to 17 feet at Parsons and 14 to 15 feet at Rowlesburg. Morgantown and Fairmont were spared by the Tygart Dam while broader Ohio River crests hover above flood stage in Pt. Pleasant Huntington and Ashland with further rises forecast in New Martinsville and Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 32
U. S. 19
Clarksburg
Rowlesburg
Parsons
Cheat River
Tucker County
James Heath
Pittsburgh
U. S. Weather Bureau
Morgantown
Monongahela
West Fork
Tygart
Grafton
Fairmont
Tug
Gawandotte
Ohio River
Pt. Pleasant
Huntington
Ashland
New Martinsville
Marietta
Ohio
Elk
Kanawha
Gauley
Greenbrier
Science Fair Winners To Be Named Tonight
Nine judges have selected Raleigh County entrants for the Regional Science Fair at Concord College, March 28 30. Thirty one schools and one homebound student entered the county fair which began Tuesday at Sophia High School and ends tonight at 9 pm when winners are announced. Judges include L F Pomykata C T Shackleford John Hindsley Kenneth Gross Mrs Ernest J Berger Miss Virginia McCormick David L Banks Lawrence Pruitt and Issac A Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Concord College
Sophia High School
L. F. Pomykata
Appalachian Power Co
C. T. Shackleford
Rural Development Council
John Hindsley
Gulf Oil Corp
Kenneth Gross
Shady Spring
Ernest J. Berger
Morris Harvey College
Virginia McCormick
Mullens Officials to Attend Flood Prevention Meet
Mullens City Commissioners meeting is postponed as some officials plan to attend a Pineville flood prevention meeting. A Mullens 7:30 p.m. session will host two Area Redevelopment Administration staffers, James Frego and W H Hawthorne, to discuss federal matching funds for city improvements. Claude Cook of MADC invites public attendance.
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Mullens
ANS
W. F. Staats
Pineville
Mullens City Hall
Area Redevelopment Administration
WVU Education Enrollment Up
West Virginia University reports 818 undergrad education majors this semester, up over last year. Dean Boggs notes 725 last semester, with 511 pursuing secondary certification and 307 in elementary education, plus 346 in the graduate education program, up 276 from a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Barl R. Boggs
College of Education
Murder Trial Set for April First in Glen White
The court schedules the murder trial of William Thomas Brown for April 1 in Glen White. Brown, 15, was indicted for the fatal stabbing of 20 year old William Lambert. He is free on a $5,000 bond along with a docket of felony and misdemeanor cases set for March 25 through April 5 including breaking and entering, grand larceny, maiming, and drunk driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas Brown
Glen White
William Lambert
Brown
Robert E. Bare
James Harris Daniel
Billy Lee Williams
Dewey Mac
Arthur Garten Jr
Kenneth Edward Jones
William Thomas Shatzer
Edward Thomas Shatzer
Clifford Taggart
Dorsey Ray Blankenship
Edgar Gilliam
Harry Smith Jr
Marvin Richard Davis
Charles Lee Kirk
Herbert Lee Foley
Aaron Henry Thomas
Allen Spencer Dunbar
Willard E. Lilly
H. B. Snider
Freddy Brown
Floyd Guy Wyatt
Bill Walk
James Burton
Carl Dewey Meadows
Tina Farmer
Minnie Lea Suttles
Dale Haga
L. H. Keaton
Leonard Critchley
William Hairston Jr
John H. Kelley Jr
Carlos Duane Clay
James Edward Miner
Kelsey D. Spence
Woodrow Rutherford
Benny N. Ball
Lonnie Queen
Jess L. Rhodes
Samuel Eskew Ward Jr
Edward D. Tucker
Lorene Forren
Walter Hardin
Major Lilly
Paul Burleson
Jesse Phillip Griffith
Carson Light
Pearlie Mills
Earl Bennett
Robert Cosby
Roy French
Douglas Marshall
Dewey Lincoln Marshall
Rush Roark
Barron Named to Space and Nuclear Energy Committee
Charleston dispatch notes Gov. W. W. Barron appointed to the Southern Governors Conference Committee on Nuclear Energy and Space. Govs. Faubus Harrison Jr. and Tawes join Barron. The 1956–centennial event will meet at White Sulphur Springs Aug. 18–21 at the Greenbrier resort, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
Southern Governors Conference
W. W. Barron
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Virginia
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
Barron
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Greenbrier
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
Alphabet is the only multi syllable word built solely from letter names. A doctor says women sit down too much and that kids get home from school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Beveridge Final Rites Set for British Social Reformer
Lord Beveridge 84, iconic social scientist and architect of Britain’s welfare state, will be buried Thursday in Birtley. A Oxford triple first holder and wartime statistician, he helped shape postwar social insurance. his 1942 report spurred broad welfare reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPS
Lord Beveridge
Birtley
Beveridge
Oxford
Willie’ Beveridge
Edward Caird
Britain
Caird
Tunstalle Waives Murder Hearing
Tunstalle 33 of Lil lybrook waives to the grand jury on a murder charge at a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. He had been treated for a gunshot wound and is charged in the shotgun death of Hudson Woodie at the victim home. Bond amount not set at noon. Two Rhodell men jailed on assault charges were Sherley McBride and Lake Maxwell and later released to await hearings. J A Burchett of Cool Ridge was sent to prison for a manslaughter sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romancelos Tunstalle
Lillybrook
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Tunstalle
Beckley Hospital
Hudson Woodie
Rhodell
Sherley McBride
Lake Maxwell
J. K. Cole
J. A. Burchett
Cool Ridge
West Virginia
News Probe Scrutiny of Government Information Handling
Rep Porter Hardy sarcastically questions Sylvester effectiveness as Cuba crisis coverage fuels debate. Pentagon officials defend access to news, while Reston argues for broader flow from Vietnam. Subcommittee plans to probe state and defense agencies, noting improved official availability today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
Moss
James B. Reston
Washington
New York Times
South Viet Nam
State
Defense Departments
Reston
White House
State Department
Pentagon
Final rites set for Mrs. Nettie Lambert Keaton in Mullens
Mrs. Nettie Lambert Keaton 75 of Tralee dies after a stroke at a Bluefield hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with Rev Tom Eldreth officiating. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Survived by three daughters a son a brother and 19 grandchildren. Pallbearers named Elmer Skeens Frankie Skeens D O Cox Paul Martin Granville Wyatt Richard Turnmire J E Otto Glen Mooney William Tully Nick Thompson Kermit Locke Stanley Burress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Lambert Keaton
Tralee
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Tom Eldreth
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Lan Keaton
Betty Skeens
R. S. Collinsworth
Essie Kemp
Everett Keaton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Vincent Lambert
Clearfield
Elmer Skeens
Frankie Skeens
D. O. Cox
Paul Martin
Granville Wyatt
Richard Turnmire
J. E. Otto
Glen Mooney
William Tully
Nick Thompson
Kermit Locke
Stanley Burress
Funeral set for Mrs. Nelle K. Reuter at Keyser-Bryant
Funeral services for 85 year old Mrs. Nelle K. Reuter of 203 Mankin Ave. will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Glenn W. Stewart and Rev. George Porter. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. She died Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. after a short illness. Born March 30 1877 in Marietta Ohio she was daughter of Emil and Margaret Barnes Kruthoffer. Her husband Otto C. Reuter preceded her in death about 20 years ago. Surviving are daughter Dorothy Paterson Mount Hope son Otto K. Reuter Martinsburg sister Valerie Fehrenbatch Beckley and brother Emil Kruthoffer Detroit Michigan. The body will remain at the Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle K. Reuter
Mankin Ave
Keyser-Bryant
Glenn W. Stewart
George Porter
High‘lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Marietta
Ohio
Emil
Margaret Barnes Kruthoffer
Otto C. Reuter
Methodist Temple
Okey L
Dorothy) Patteson
Mount Hope
Otto K. Reuter
Martinsburg
Valerie Fehrenbatch
Beckley
Emil Kruthoffer
Detroit
Mich
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Thomas A Brown funeral set for Norfolk death
Thomas A Brown 29 formerly of Beckley died in Norfolk Virginia when an accidental shooting occurred near his sister’s home. He worked as a supply clerk at Norfolk General Hospital and served in the Army in Germany. He leaves parents George and wife in Charlottesville a sister Annie Cross and four brothers. Funeral at Welcome Baptist Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Brown
Beckley
Norfolk
Brown
Raleigh General Hospital
Norfolk General Hospital
Welcome Baptist Church
Stratton High School
Germany
George Brown
Charlottesville
Helen
Annie Cross
Burk
Columbus
Arthur
George Jr
Archie Johnson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Trent-Durgan Funeral Home
Young Elizabeth Meadows dies after illness in Tucson
Elizabeth Meadows six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Meadows of Tucson Arizona and Crab Orchard died at home Tuesday night after a long illness. Survivors include sister Cheryl Lynn paternal grandmother Mrs J P Meadows and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Thomas R Cook all of Crab Orchard. Grandparents will attend services in Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Carol Meadows
Franklin D. Meadows
Tucson, Ariz
Crab Orchard
Cheryl Lynn
J. P. Meadows
Thomas R. Cook
Tucson
Judge Knapp Defends Handling of Estate Funds
Judge Knapp says his part of the case did not mishandle estate funds and that the plaintiff failed to exhaust other avenues for appeal by not appearing at county court to move the case onto the active calendar.
Classes Resume Today At Mullens Grade School
Mullens Grade School reopened with normal operations under Principal Elbert Cook. Bus service continues with two South Mullens routes consolidated onto one large bus at 8 20 a m. First through third graders must bring their own supplies due to flood losses. hot lunch is back in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Elbert Cook
Cook
Mullens Run
Barbara Stefancic Stefancic Funeral Arrangements Announced
Barbara Bolk ovich Stefancic 74 of Mullens died at Mullens hospital at 3 15 a m Born October 15 1888 in Yugoslavia she is survived by husband Frank four sons Andy Steve George Paul and two daughters Ed Hess James Mos rie Nolan Checksnyder John Marcin Andrew Manchak and 16 grandchildren The body is at Sam Fogeson Funeral Home Mullens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bolkovich Stefancic
Corinne
Mullens Hospital
Yugoslavia
Frank
Andy
Steve
Mullens
George
East McKeesport
Paul
Macon
Ed Hess
Bud
James Mosrie
Washington, D. C
Nolan Checksnyder
Philadelphia
John Marcin
Andrew Manchak
Wood River
Ill
Sam Fogesong
Funeral services for Orville H. Workman
Orville Howard Workman 31 of Sabine is dead after a state fall at Itmann Mine Pocahontas Fuel Co The Korean War veteran and United Mine Workers local 9690 member died Tuesday He leaves a wife two sons a daughter and multiple siblings Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Workman Creek Church with burial in Taylor Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Howard Workman
Sabine
Workman Creek
Stellie Parsons
Taylor
Workmans Creek
Itmann
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Clear Creek
Benjamin Workman
Ollie Cantley Workman
United Mine Workers of America
Mary Taylor Workman
Timothy Orville
Benjamin Joe
Nancy Karen
Basil
Sherman
Marlinton
Herman
Craigsville
Clinton
Marietta
Ohio
Manuel Ethel Marquis
Contract Awarded for Clarksburg Expressway Section
A $1,062,989 contract for nearly a mile of the Clarksburg Expressway was awarded to Tri-State Stone Corp., Kenova, Wayne. The bid was among three submitted for U. S. 50 section and approved by the Federal-Aid Urban Project and U S Bureau of Public Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Clarksburg
Tri-State Stone Corp
Kenova
Wayne County
State Road Commission
Tri-State
U. S. 50
Federal-Aid Urban Project
U. S. Bureau of
Sledding Death Case in Raleigh County Court
The trial over the December 25 1961 sledding accident that killed David Williams continued in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Witnesses described icy conditions at Hartley Avenue and Graham Street and the involvement of a car driven by Edward Lyons. Benny Ray Williams father of the deceased testified about the incident and Williams history in Ohio and jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. (Slim) Thompson
David Williams
Lawrence Lyons
Edward
Raleigh
Benny Ray Williams
Williams
Edward Lyons
Williams Boy
Hartley Avenue
Graham Street
Beckley
Thomas Durrett
W. A. Thornhill
David T. Kennedy
Durrett
Howard Brown
Hartley Ave
Hartley
Graham St
Ohio
Raleigh County
Leonard Lyons
Thornhill
Lyons
James Collins
Lynch and Henderson
Dan Barker
Fred Merchant
Elva Hairston
John FE. Hoffman
Duke Williams
John L. Phillips Jr
James E. Thompson
W. L. Duxbury
Basil Dew
Bessie Wolf
James C. Justice
Henry L. Walker
Sam David Fondale
Declaration backs tighter Cuba travel controls and Latin America aid
The statement calls for stricter travel limits to and from Cuba and enhanced sea and air surveillance within territorial waters with cooperation from oceans states. It advocates rapid intelligence exchange on Communist subversion and emphasizes advancing the Alliance for Progress to curb discontent and Communist agitation in Latin America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Prisoner Admits 3 More Break-ins Across Counties
John F. Kopee Jr. of Prosperity, remanded to Raleigh County Jail on $2,000 bond, confessed to breaking into Dearing Brothers Inc store and, earlier, the Prosperity Post Office, Town Terrace Lanes Bowling Alley, Appalachian Bible Institute. Curtis Small is held in Fayetteville jail on $5,000 bond for related charges. Kopee is also a parole violator wanted in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kopee Jr
Prosperity
Raleigh County
Grand Jry
Dearing Brothers Inc
Prosperity Post
Town Terrace Lanes
Oak Hill
Kopec
Curtis Small
Fayetteville
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
New Jersey
Roadwork Contract Details Revealed by SRC
The SRC says the public roads project includes grading and draining about a quarter mile and paving over half a mile. The contract targets improvements before award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SRC
New Purchaser For Hospitals
Charles D. Maroudas of West Virginia has been named purchasing director for the Miners Memorial Hospital Association, guiding equipment and supply purchases for the hospital chain in West Virginia Kentucky and Virginia. He will assume April 8 in Williamson WV after serving as assistant since July 1960.
Drivers Fined For Violations
A list of drivers paying fines or facing penalties after state police stops. Lloyd Cave paid 50 dollars for reckless driving. Angelo Albanese 5 dollars for crossing lane. Darrell Weikle 5 dollars for defective exhaust. Earl Evans fined for defective muffler. A peace warrant against Clinton Claypool withdrawn. Ronald Dyer posted 500 dollars bond on a bad child support claim. Abraham Adkins pleaded guilty to drunken driving with 50 dollar fine and 24 hour jail, license suspended six months. Marvin Meadows 5 dollars for driving left of center at a railroad crossing. William Brown 25 dollars for reckless driving. Carl Dennis West to appear March 25 for driving without license and defective lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell W. Weikle
Beckley
Burke
Earl Evans
Worley Rd
Clinton Claypool
David Claypool
Joe Rodriguez
Ronald Dyer
Sour Street
Rodriguez
Eloise Kidd
Seventh St
Dyer
Abraham L. Adkins
Jumping Branch
Berg
Oak Mountain
Marvin Meadows
Cool Ridge
U.S
William Brown
Stamford
U. S
Carl Dennis West
Raleigh
Two Accidents Occur Within City Limits
Beckley City Police investigated two unrelated accidents Tuesday. The first at 2:35 p.m. involved a 1968 vehicle owned by Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home driven by Jeffrey G. Hippert and a 1957 car driven by Mary R. Allen on West New Ville Street. Damages were about 75 dollars with no injuries or charges. The second incident around 8:30 p.m. involved a car owned by Gertrude Washington that rolled from Rice Street and hit a utility pole causing minor damage. no injuries and no charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Jeffrey G. Hippert
College Ave
Mary R. Allen
Beckley
West New Ville Street
Gertrude Washington
Stamford
Rice Street
Appalachian Power Co
Kentucky Firm Lowest Marshall Dorm Bidder
Secretary H. K. Baer said Southeastern Construction Co of Charleston was the apparent low bidder for the Marshall University dormitory project with a bid of 710000 dollars. Seven firms were named apparent low bidders for related trades, totaling 1038544 dollars, with all bids to be reviewed at the board meeting on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
H. K. Baer
State Board of Education
Southeastern Construction Co
Marshall University
Baer
Thursay
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Doan
WVU
Elliot Bowling
Billy Cabell
Arnett Maynor
Daniel Price
John Burleson
Thornton R. Lawson
Ira Richard McGinnis
Robert Brown Jr
Roger Evans
Carl Lester
Albert Thomas Brown
Arthur Walton
Samuel Eskew Ward
Robert Eugene Bolen
Wesley Theodore Meadows
Don Hardin
John Fox
James H. Meadows Jr
Fred Meredith
Jeff Walker
Peace Warranet
Douglas N. Marshall
Theodore Honaker
Space
Mac
Harold Macmillan
Winston Churchill
Board of Trade
News Probe
Porter Hardy
D-Va
Nettie Keaton
Elizabeth Meadows
Knapp
Mullens School
Barbara Stefancic
Orville Workman
Kennedy
Charles D. Maroudas
Lloyd Cave
South Fayette Street
W. A. Burke
Angelo Albanese
Kentucky
Marshall
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