Breakthrough in Bluefield Discrimination Efforts Examined
The West Virginia State Human Rights Commission heard Bluefield area leader Rev. N W Looney report near zero breakthrough in eliminating Negro discrimination. The commission praised local efforts and said it would seek guidance to improve equal opportunity while considering public hearings statewide and centennial travel accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Human Rights Commission
N. W. Looney
Bluefield
Looney
Bluefield Area
State Commission
P. R. Higginbotham
State Board of Health
Mercer County Medical Society
Howard McKinney
Kanawha County
McKinney
West Virginia
Thomas W. Gavett
West Virginia University Institute of Industrial Relations
Mustering Out Plan Considered for Reservists
Washington reports the Defense Department weighs a plan to muster out most or all of about 156,000 reservists and National Guardsmen on active duty by early September. Army chief Gen. George H. Decker warns against commitments to early release until replacements are ready. For units at Ft. Lewis and Ft. Polk, release could come in August or September as two new regular combat divisions finish training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Department
Army
George H. Decker
Army Chief of Staff
Wisconsin
Texas Armored National Guard
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Ft. Polk
Mother's Shrine Efforts Praised in Grafton Church Project
Odonis S. Hunt president of the Upper Monongahela Valley Association praises Grafton citizens transforming Andrews Methodist Church into an international Mother's Day shrine. A March fund drive, begun at a banquet with Gov and Mrs Barron, seeks city block shrine funding. The first program dated May 10 1908, followed by state and national observances in 1910 and 1913 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Barron
Anna Reeves Jarvis
William E. Glasscock
Woodrow Wilson
Proposal Would Expand Penalties for Police Brutality
Marshall cites over 1000 complaints of mistreatment and coerced confessions in the period. Kennedy argues current federal law is vague and inadequate when brutality causes serious injury or death. A bill would raise penalties from 1000 dollars and one year to 5000 dollars and life imprisonment. The Civil Rights Commission urged such changes in 1961, noting brutality remains a national problem and disproportionately harms African Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Kennedy
Congress
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Administration of Justice
Khrushchev urges joint Soviet American space cooperation
Cooperation Committee to meet with American representatives to discuss practical problems of cooperation and to work out an international agreement for rescue aid in space emergencies. Tass cites Khrushchev noting equal opportunities in space exploration and readiness to share data on satellites, weather, lunar and planetary studies, and space medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tass
Khrushchev
U.S
Moon
Mars
Venus
Space
Argentina crisis eases as Frondizi cabinet plan seen
Argentina Readiness for cabinet of national union aims to calm Peronist labor unrest and military crisis. Despite threats of a general strike and army declaration of a military zone in central Buenos Aires, the city remained quiet with commerce normal and no major violence observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gram
Frondizi
National Union
Buenos Aires
Piedmont expands East Coast route with Virginia stops
The CAB authorizes Piedmont Airlines to add an East Coast corridor from Norfolk Virginia to Newport News Hampton Elizabeth City Kingston Jacksonville Wilmington and Myrtle Beach. Amer ican Airline may terminate Roanoke service. Piedmont gains Florence and Myrtle Beach while losing Morehead City Beaufort and Middlesboro Harlan segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Morehead City
Beaufort
Ohio
Middlesboro
Harlan
Curtailment of Aged Aid Seen by End of Year
West Virginia’s Welfare Department may cut medical assistance for the aged program before June 30 as funds dwindle. Welfare officials caution it is impossible to predict exact outcomes. February spending reached 450,000 with November at 1 million, and caseloads show a sharp drop from November to February. County figures include Kanawha with 2,838 active cases and Raleigh 1,506.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Smith
Charles McDermott
Department Comptroller
MAA
Department
McDermott
Hancock
Marshall
Ohio
Marion
Monongalia
Wood
Berkeley
Cabell
Lincoln
Mason
Boone
Kanawha
War Hero Sergeant’s Discharge Contract Dispute
A World War II era sergeant first class re enlisted for six years with a 703.20 bonus and later faced removal of his temporary sergeant rank due to illiteracy for report writing. He sought return to infantry or honorable discharge while recounting combat scenes in Korea where he earned the Silver Star after leading an attack, being wounded twice, and being carried from the battlefield. The case, under investigation by Assistant U.S. Attorney MacDougal Rice, questions whether the Army broke its contract by withdrawing the rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Smith
Netherlands
Army
U.S
MacDougal Rice
Rice
Sokkogaei
Korea
Dropout Causes and Training Plans From Local School Official
Deck cites three main dropout factors personality problems scholastic difficulty and desire to earn a living. He stresses hair and mannerism criticism as damaging to a pupil's self image. After questioning, decisions on rereentry or training are made. Some students may return next fall with July August training classes. Further results and legislative action will shape future efforts with a report due in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deck
Della Mae Ramsey Dies at 68 in Coal City
Mrs. Della Mae Ramsey 68 of Coal City died in a local hospital at 5 p.m. Tuesday after months of illness. Born May 9, 1892 in Tazewell County Virginia to William L. and Martha F. Akers, she was predeceased by her parents. She is survived by her husband Ora H. Ramsey of home, one son William Ramsey of Pemberton, two brothers Sherman Akers of Sophia and Coy Akers of Coal City, and two sisters Minnie Hatcher of Sophia and Etta Vance of Crab Orchard. The body remains at Williams Funeral Home pending arrangement completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Mae Ramsey
Coal City
Tazewell County
William L
Martha F. Akers
Ora H. Ramsey
William Ramsey
Pemberton
Sherman Akers
Sophia
Coy Akers
Minnie Hatcher
Edward Ellis Burks Funeral Services Thursday
Funeral services for Edward Ellis Burks will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Monta Vista Cemetery Bluefield on the Bluefield Princeton Road with Dr J W Witherspoon in charge. Burks 74 of Beckley died Tuesday morning at the Christian Nursing Home Fayetteville after a five month illness. He was a retired Norfolk and Western Railway employee born November 15 1887 in Alleghany County Virginia. He was a member of First Baptist Church Bluefield. His wife Mabel died in 1958. Survivors include a son Sidney M of El Cajon California two daughters Ella Penne of Portsmouth Ohio and Inez Atkinson Beckley a sister Ellie Downey Low Moor Virginia and five grandchildren. The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home where it will remain until the funeral hour. Pallbearers are F M Slade C P Kesner J C Harry F A Farley J E Farley and R L Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Slade
C. P. Kesner
J. C. Harry
F. A. Farley
J. E. Farley
R. L. Davis
Final rites for John Kelley in Oak Hill
John Kelley Age 66 of Hilltop died at 4 02 p m Monday in a Beckley hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday at the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Odis McNeill officiating. Burial will be at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Friends may call after 4 p m today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kelley
Hilltop
Beckley Hospital
Tyree
Boy 17 Held On Burglary Charge
A 17 year old Beckley boy was arrested by City Police at 2 50 am today charged with breaking and entering. He allegedly broke into the RVA Club at 327 S Fayette St overnight Feb 25 and about 25 dollars was taken from two cigarette machines and a desk. Investigators say possible further break ins are being looked into.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
RVA Club
S. Fayette St
Mack W. Hayden
Mead
Raleigh
U. S
W. A. Riffe
Hayden
Alcohol Tobacco Tax Division
U. S. Treasury Department
Norvell Maynard
Crab Orchard
W. A. Burke
Thompson Drug Store
Charles E. Hodges
Coal City
Beckley City
Ralph Cooney
Alfonso Collins
East Beckley
Cooney
Notable Deaths Across U S Cities Highlight Era Figures
A batch of obituaries recalls figures from science, the arts, and journalism. Dr Andrew Douglass, 94, famed dendrochronologist and University of Arizona mentor, dies in Tucson. Mary Cardwell Dawson, 60, organizer of the National Negro Opera Co., dies in Washington. John Tjnarda, 65, designer of the Lincoln Zephyr dream car, dies in Diamond Springs. Jack Wigle, 51, Perth Amboy Evening News Co. chief, dies in Lake Worth. John Budd Long, 68, founder of National Newspaper Week, funeral in Glendale. Anne Putnam, 94, heiress and art patroness, funeral in San Diego. Lyle E. Strickler, 50, Navy captain, funeral in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
UPI
Andrew Ellicott Douglass
University of Arizona
Douglass
Washington
Mary Cardwell Dawson
National Negro Opera Co
Placerville
Calif
John Tjnarda
Sierra Nevada Mountain
Diamond Springs
Here
Lake Worth, Fla
Jack Wigle
Perth Amboy
N.J
Evening News Co
Glendale
John Budd Long
National Newspaper Week
The
California Newspapers Publishers Association
Nehru bids farewell to Jacqueline Kennedy in India
United Press International reports in New Delhi that Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru bid farewell to Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy, saying they were delighted and that she should carry pleasant memories of India. In Dallas Rose Linkin of the Texas Fashion Creators Association explains women struggle with fit, noting shrinking waistlines despite hips staying similar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jacqueline Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Rose Linkin
Texas Fashion Creators Association
Final rites set for Alfred G Adkins in Abraham church
Alfred Grayson Adkins 82 of Crow died Tuesday at home after a heart attack. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at New Salem Baptist Church Abraham with burial in church cemetery. Survivors include his wife Gracie Radford Adkins a son Darius Adkins two stepchildren two stepdaughters and a brother. Body to be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to his residence at 3 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Grayson Adkins
New Salem Baptist Church
Abraham
Adkins
Crow
Raleigh
William and
Mary Richmond Adkins
Church of Christ At
Warden
Gracie Radford Adkins
Darius Adkins
Beaver
Norvill Smith
Pontiac, Mich
Earl Smith
Eda Bennett
Pluto
Madeline Worrell
Daniels
Jake Adkins
Rose and Quesenberry
Funeral arrangements pending for Mrs Mattie Wilson
Mrs Mattie Wilson of Gregory Street Beckley died en route to hospital after Beckley Fire Department rescue team arrived at her home Tuesday morning. The body remains at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home while arrangements are finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Wilson
Gregory Street
Beckley
Tuesay
Earl Meadows funeral attendance noted in Rocky Mount
Mrs. Charles J. Harvey and Mrs. William H. Gibson of Raleigh Counties attend the funeral of Earl Meadows in Rocky Mount North Carolina today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Harvey
Bibb Ave
William H. Gibson
Crow
Rocky Mount
N. C
Earl Meadows
Walter F Hess funeral set in Fayetteville
Walter Franklin Hess 68 of Fayetteville dies after a long illness in Beckley Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Revs Green Kitchen and Mark Goodin officiating. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. Survived by wife Nina Hess two sons Gary Belvidere Ill and Leslie Ansted four daughters Sonja Crowder Karen Stotts Melba McGraw and Geraldine Bartrum three brothers and six sisters 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Body remains at funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Franklin Hess
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Green Kitchen
Mark Goodin
Huse Memorial Park
Hess
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Ramsey
Winfield
Bertie McCutcheon Hess
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Nina Hess
Gary
Belvidere
Ill
Leslie
Ansted
Sonja Crowder
Karen Stotts
Charleston
Melba McGraw
Micanopy
Fla
Geraldine Bartrum
Bage, Ky
Howard
Palmerno
Dale
Columbus
Ohio
Don
Madge Skaggs
Elizabeth Billups
Edith Cole
Baltimore
Evelyn Hypes
Gauley Bridge
Helena Boles
Jodie
Grace Ramsey
Greensboro
N. C
History Course Revision Urged By U Professor
Dr. Kermit A. Cook of West Virginia University urged revision of history courses at a Region Seven meeting in Beckley. He stressed engaging students with social studies through problem based learning to boost interest. Panelists and principals discussed team teaching and patriotism in schools during the program led by Raleigh County and Monroe County education leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit A. Cook
West Virginia University
Beckley
Cook
Evelyn Murray
State Board of Education
Patricia Brock
Fayette County
Lorain C. Alley
Mercer County
Clyde Crosier
Monroe County
David Lee Acord
Wyoming County
Benjamin Bailey
G. Peregov
Woodrow Wilson High School
Fredrick Dinkler
Dorothy Elementary
Lambert Arrington
Bluefield High School
Haven Clay
Crab Orchard
Old
Raleigh County
John W. Saunders
C. E. Booth
Mistrial Declared In Raleigh County Damage Suit
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp declared a mistrial in the damage suit filed by Maurice Calvin Walker against Pete Bonds and Hazel Johnson. Walker, Naoma resident and school bus driver, claimed back injuries from a Peach Tree Creek Road collision on August 5 and related lost wages. Testimony shifted from painting a house to timber cutting and hauling work, prompting objections and the mistrial motion by defense counsel Fletcher Mann. Walker was represented by D. D. Ashworth and Leo Bridi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Calvin Walker
Pete Bonds
Hazel Johnson
Raleigh
Norman Knapp
Walker
Naoma
Peachtree Creek
Fletcher Mann
D. D. Ashworth
Leo Bridi
Grounding of Slayton noted in brief West news
Short item notes astronaut Donald K Slayton grounded for an old heart condition. State briefs report a Parkersburg man killed in a two car collision, 78 statewide highway deaths this year vs 60 last year. Officials named Dewey Kuhns president of county officials association and ARPA retraining programs approved in Ohio and Marshall counties. Unofficial returns put Dean Jackson and William Brown on April 3 mayoral ballot in Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald K. Slayton
West New Guinea
Washington
Joseph Ewing
Parkersburg
Moundsville
West Virginia Association of County Officials
Kanawha
Dewey E. S. Kuhns
Cabell County
Keith L. Arthur
Area Redevelopment Administration
Ohio
Marshall Counties
Dean T. Jackson
William G. Brown
Delay Ordered For New Trial Conferences in Beckley Suit
Opening statements in the lawsuit brought by Mrs Bonnie Kyle of Beckley against Dr H Darrell Darby were postponed in Raleigh County Circuit Court until 1 15 p m as jurors were excused for conferences that could yield a settlement. Kyle seeks damages for injuries after a treatment couch in the doctor s office allegedly collapsed under her. Darby operates in Huntington and attends Beckley Medical Arts one day weekly. Other jurors not hearing the case were ordered back at 9 am Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Kyle
Beckley
Darrell Darby
Raleigh County
Kyle
Darby
Huntington
Barron to Visit Japan shifts coal tour to May
Governor W. W. Barron, who planned a April 5 tour of coal washery plants in Raleigh and Wyoming Counties, has rescheduled for May 2 after accepting an invitation to Japan. No definite state plans for the trip exist. Paul J. England, Pineville, heads the Guyandotte Legislative committee overseeing the tour with the same May agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Barron
Raleigh
Wyoming
Japan
State Department
Capitol
Paul J. England
Pineville
Guyandotte
Manning Receives National Science Foundation Fellowship
Dix E Manning a math instructor at Shady Spring High School is awarded a mathematics fellowship by the National Science Foundation and will study at the University of Tennessee this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dix E. Manning
Shady Spring High School
National Science Foundation
University of Tennessee
Suit Filed Over $215.77 Labor Bond in Raleigh County
A suit filed in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office names Daniels Co. of Bluefield and Crysel Construction Co. of Beckley as defendants. Roy A. Cunningham represents R. D. Watts Insurance seeking $215.77 plus interest from October 1 to March 20 on a labor and material payment bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Watts Insurance
Daniels Co
Bluefield
Crysel Construction Co
Beckley
Raleigh County
Roy A. Cunningham
West Virginia counties declared flood disaster areas
The Small Business Administration on Tuesday designated Logan and Kanawha Counties in southern West Virginia as disaster areas due to recent floods. Senators Byrd and Jennings Randolph and Representative Slack announced that residents and business owners can obtain 3 percent loans to repair flood damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Small Business Administration
Logan
Kanawha
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
John Slack
D-W. Va
Relief Couple Bares Death Hoax In Benefit Scam
RIVERHEAD N Y UPI Rosemary Bachulis deep claimed her husband Peter Bachulis died of a coronary occlusion in 1953 and filed for Veterans Administration life insurance and other benefits. The death certificate named Dr John J Finneran of Poquott and was filed in Brookhaven Suffolk County. In fact Peter had changed his name to Peter R Sherry two years earlier. The couple were arrested and charged with bilking about 40000 in federal and county aid over nine years while they lived as a supposedly bereaved widow and five children. The ruse unraveled when welfare relief applications prompted investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverhead
N.Y
UPI
Rosemary Bachulis
Veterans Administration
Peter
John J. Finneran
Poquott
Peter R. Sherry
Suffolk County Pevenne
Sherry
Long Island Rail Road
Kennedy outlines coal pipeline plan and right of way need
President Kennedy promotes a coal pipeline to revive industry, lower costs, and aid regional economies. He cites right of way as essential to implement projects from West Virginia to the East Coast and potential Rocky Mountain, West Coast use, urging eminent domain powers for pipeline carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
West Virginia
Rocky Mountain
Bait Recipe and Weather Notes in Brief
In Anadarko Leon Roden shares a bait recipe using bread peanut butter banana sugar yeast water and brandy then jokes you must think bigger than the fish. In Los Angeles forecaster Emile Kurtz predicts spring rains begin after 6 30 p m Tuesday night. In Milwaukee the zoo reports foxes entering the grounds and traps are set to keep native wildlife out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anadarko
Okla
UPD
Leon Roden
Roden
Los Angeles
UPID
U.S. Weather Bureau
Emile Kurtz
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Rights Commission
Charlie
Doan
Boath
Racine
Kanawha River
Marmet
Miles H. Childress Jr
Gasco Food and Modern Living Institute
Beckley Memorial Auditorium
AMERE
CA Utilities and Company
Argentina
Spears Hospital
Spears Chiropractic Hospital
Dept
Dexter
Denver
Colorado
Della M. Ramsey
Edward Ellis Burks
Monta Vista
Bluefield-Prince
Boy
B&e
San Diego
Anne Putnam
Miss Putnam
Amy
Putnam Foundation
Navy
Lyle E. Strickler
Alfred G. Adkins
Mrs. Mattie Wilson
Walter F. Hess
Gov. Barron
Manning
Milwaukee, Wis
Milwaukee County Zoo
George Speidel
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