Deaths and Funerals Edward L Hanner 49
Edward L Hanner aged 49 of 6308 Drexel Ave Chicago Illinois died at 3 am Sunday at his home after a heart attack. He was a son of Mrs Effie Hanner and the late E M Hanner. Survived by his wife Jessie Hanner three sons and eight daughters all at home two sisters and a brother. Funeral services in Chicago this week.
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Edward L. Hanner
Dréxel Ave
Chicago
Lillybrook
Effie Hanner
Canady St
M. Hanner
Jessie Hodge Hanner
Funeral services set for Gilbert C. Evans in Pineville
Gilbert Calvin Evans 25 of Wolf Pen dies from an electrical shock Sunday afternoon. Funeral services will be held 11 a m Wednesday at Fairview Baptist Church Pinacle Creek with Rev Ronald Adkins officiating. burial in church cemetery. Evans, lifelong Wyoming County resident, was an unemployed truck driver and son of Ezra and Dorothy Cofert Evans. He leaves seven brothers and six sisters, and survivors include relatives in Kentucky Ohio and Huntington. Friends may visit Mee Dougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville after 6 p m today. body to be taken to the residence at 5 p m Tuesday.
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Fairview Baptist Church
Pinnacle Creek
Gilbert Calvin Evans
Wolf Pen
Ronald Adkins
Herndon Heights
Wyoming County
Evans
Ezra
Dorothy Cozert Evans
Paul
Arthur
Keyrock
Billy
David
Herman
Okey
Herbert Pineville
Gladys
Amanda
Lula Bell
Bertha Whittaker
Vesta Carr
Pat Evans
Dayton
Ohio
Mee-Dougal-Robertson and
Foglesong
Pineville
Final rites for Elliot Black Wygal in Elk Knob Church
Elliot Black Wygal 83 of Hinton Route 1 died Sunday in Hinton Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Elk Knob Baptist Church with Rev. D. C. Craft and Rev. Earl Ward officiating. Burial will be in Elk Knob Cemetery. He was a retired C&O Railway pumper, a farmer, and brother of Creed Wygal of Fayetteville. E. M. Meadows Funeral Home of Hinton is in charge.
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Elliot Black Wygal
Hinton
Elk Knob Baptist Church
D. C. Craft
Earl Ward
Elk Knob
Wygal
Creed Wygal
Fayetteville
Blacksburg
James Franklin
Martha Martin Wygal
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
E. M. Meadows
Funeral arrangements for Sam McDonald 58 Huntington
Sam McDonald died after a long illness at Pinecrest Sanitarium. Funeral services are being arranged and the body rests at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Sam McDonald
Huntington
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Edward Gallagher 77 Dies After Illness at Home
Edward C Gallagher 77 of 1000 Woodlawn Ave Beckley died at his home at 1 30 am after a three week illness from a stroke three years past He was born August 5 1884 in Keeny s Creek Fayette County a son of the late James and Mary McLaughlin Gallagher He lived in Beckley since 1927 and worked 56 years as a conductor for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co retired in 1958 He was a member of St Francis de Sales Catholic Church Holy Name Society and the Order of Railway Conductors Survivors include his wife Catherine O Connell Gallagher two sons Edward C and Vincent C both of Beckley a daughter Catherine Gallagher at home and six grandchildren The body is at the Melton Mortuary pending arrangements.
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Edward Christopher Gallagher
Woodlawn Ave
Keeny's Creek
Fayette County
James and
Mary McLaughlin Gallagher
Beckley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Gallagher
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Holy Name Society of the Church
Order of
Railway Conductors
Catherine O'Connell Gallagher
Edward C
Vincent C
Catherine Gallagher
Melton Mortuary
James D. Bailey Dies in California After Cerebral Hemorrhage
James D. Bailey, in his early 30s, died in California Saturday night after a cerebral hemorrhage Thursday night while asleep. He was the husband of Martie Sanders Bailey of Beckley and an engineer, a George Washington University graduate, a California native. Surviving are his wife, four young sons, his mother, and a sister. Mrs. C. C. Sanders, formerly of Beckley, is in California with her daughter.
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James D. Bailey
California
Martie Sanders
Beckley
Bailey
George Washington University
Calvin
North Ridge
Calif
C. C. Sanders
Milton Tyree Funeral Services for Huntington Resident
Funeral services and burial are planned for Milton Tyree, 79, of Huntington. Tyree, a longtime local resident, passed away recently, and arrangements are being finalized with details forthcoming from the family and funeral home.
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Milton Tyree
Huntington
Sam Miller Rites Held For 83YearOld Beckley Man
Final rites for Sam Miller age 83 of 313 Massey Street were to be conducted at 2 p m today at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev Henry DuBois presiding. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. Miller died Thursday at 7 30 p m at the New Hope Baptist Church during services. He is survived by wife Mary of Beckley two daughters Ethel Morton of Beckley and Daisy Dobson of Columbus Ohio two sons Lee Miller of Beckley and George Miller of Long Island Virginia 29 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. Trent and Durgan Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Sam Miller
Massey St
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry DuBois
Greenwood Memorial Park
Miller
Mary Miller
Beckley
Ethel Morton
Daisy Dobson
Columbus
Ohio
Lee Miller
George Miller
Long Island
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Miller Inauguration at West Virginia University
Morgantown UPI reports Gov. W. W. Barron’s representative and five other speakers will greet Paul A. Miller at his April 11 inauguration as the 15th WVU president. Barron will miss the event on a trip to Japan. Eleven officials from universities colleges and academic societies will send representatives to the ceremony.
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Morgantown
UPI
W. W. Barron
Paul A. Miller
West Virginia University
Barron
Japan
Richard E. Duncan
W. W. Armentrout
Ralph J. Bean Jr
Moorefield
Alumni Association
Paul O. Summers
Lewisburg
Morris Harvey College
Leonard Riggleman
Miller
Forrest H. Kirkpatrick
Wheeling
University Board of Governors
Duncan
Jackie Travels Amid Sacred Ganges and Khyber Pass
The narrator recalls Jackie riding an elephant camel and a bay gelding named Sardar gifted by President Ayub. She toured India and Pakistan changing costumes several times daily, seldom repeating a dress.
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Ing Ghats
Ganges River
Khyber Pass
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Sardar
Ayub
Firemen Called To Trash Dump Fire
Beckley Fire Department responded to a Sunday trash dump blaze at 1 35 p m. The pile of rubbish caught fire and was brought under control soon after arrival with no injuries reported.
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Beckley
Guilty Plea Accepted In Court Today
A court docket lists one guilty plea with Turner of Beckley jailed until April 16 for shoplifting worth 3.62 dollars from Montgomery Ward. Juvenile Court will hear breaking and entering cases against Benny Bryant and Douglas Hornsby. Carr, an adult, is reportedly in a Richmond penitentiary. Several other cases, continuances, and remands involve non support, drunkenness, obstructing an officer, and maiming charges. Jurors were excused until 9 am Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Turner
Beckley
Turner
Montgomery Ward
Benny Bryant
Douglas Hornsby
Franklin Delno Roosevelt Carr
Hornsby
Richmond
Paul J. Fourney
Joseph Wade
Fourney
Charles Leon Agner
Sam Massey
Jack Barnett
John Henry Barnett
Frank F. Barnett
Marion Hosea
Robert James Howard
Mack William Mack
Harley McFay Lester Jr
Ronniie Gale Coomes
MacArthur Carlis Bishop
Wyoming County
Roy Lester
Roger Richards
Glen Richards
Nolle
Ronnie Waddell
Navy
Edward Ivan Greene
Don Lee Miller
Chester Barnett
Renowned explorer Auguste Piccard dies at 78 in Switzerland
LAUSANNE Switzerland UP I Prof Auguste Piccard famed for high altitude balloon flights to the edge of space and deep sea Bathyscaphe dives died after a heart attack Saturday night He was 78 A commander of the French Legion of Honor Piccard pioneered stratosphere research and later sea exploration with his son Jacques The US Navy bought an improved Bathyscaphe following his deep water success and a 1960 dive to seven miles in the Marianas Trench off Guam
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Lausanne
Switzerland
UPI
Auguste Piccard
Piccard
Legion of Honor
Jacques
Bay of Naples
Isle of Capri
United States Navy
Marianas Trench
Guam
Pacific
Jacques Piccard
US. Navy
Don Walsh
San Diego
Not Too Old to Get Life Insurance Over 50 Ad
An advertisement targets people over fifty, offering up to 1000 life insurance from Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance. No medical exam or agent calls, with a tear-out card to mail name, address, and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co., Fort Worth, Texas.
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OLD Line
Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
M-320
West Rosedale
Fort Worth 4
Texas
Deserter Keesee Flies to Havana For Asylum
UPI reports U S Army deserter Sgt Bobby J Keesee 28 from Amarillo Texas stole a light plane in New Mexico and flew solo to Havana Cuba to seek political asylum The Pentagon said Keesee has been AWOL since Jan 30 and is under investigation for passing bogus checks and forgery He reportedly left Fort Huachuca January 15 aiming for Guaymas Sonora Mexico The Cuban communique said he landed at Ciudad Libertad airport near Havana and asked for refuge He earlier rented a Piper Comanche in Albuquerque and briefly landed near Carlsbad before continuing to Marathon Florida Keys and then leaving without refueling
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Havana
UPI
Amarillo
Tex
New Mexico
United States
Bobby J. Keesee
Pentagon
Washington
Keesee
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Guaymas
Sonora
Mexico
Army
Ciudad Libertad
Liberty City
U. S. Army
Albuquerque
N. M
Rolfe Black
Carlsbad
Black
Border Patrol
Miami
Marathon
Florida Keys
FAA
Key West
Castro Shakes Cuban Cabinet With New Appointments
Premier Fidel Castro reshuffled Cuba's cabinet adding Manuel Luzardo as commerce minister replacing Maximo Berman and naming Celia Sanchez secretary of the presidency. Raul Curbelo becomes head of the air force and Faure Chomon moves to the embassy in Moscow. Castro and Raul were named first and second secretaries of the TRO board amid planned national party unification. Castro to address the nation Monday night on changes and Cuba's difficulties.
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Havana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Castro
Celia Sanchez
Manuel Luzardo
Maximo Berman
Miss Sanchez
Council of Ministers
Luis Busch
Supreme Court
Raul Curbelo
Revolutionary Air Force
Cmdr
Faure Chomon
Soviet Union
Raul
Armed Forces
The
Integrated Revolutionary Organizations
TRO
IRO
Cuba
United Socialist (Communist) Party
Land rental plan could boost seed farmers participation
Seed farmers may join the government land rental program paying farmers for not planting crops where surpluses exist. Hay acreage this year is projected at 672000 acres, up 4 percent but 6 percent below the 10 year average. Oats total 43000 acres, up 5 percent but 33 percent below average. Irish potato area about 8000 acres with a continued long term decline. Tobacco growers expect 2800 acres, up 100 from last year, the largest rise since 1954.
Shortening The News Inches Toward Strike Resolution
Shortening The News faces a possible halt as 400 striking workers may be replaced before Wednesday unless an agreement is reached with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union. Plant Manager William H. Stark signals hiring may begin soon.
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William H. Stark
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
U. S. District Court
Wheeling
Ohio County
Urban Renewal Administration
Oscar J. Vinson
Vince Aluminum Products Co
Huntington Hospital
Louisa, Ky
Fred M. Vinson
House Probers Cite Hoarding Aid Fund Waste
Washington based House Foreign Affairs Committee investigators report hoarding of funds, wasteful spending and lax administration in U S foreign aid programs in Korea, Turkey and South Vietnam. The probe cites misallocated money, delayed projects and lack of penalties for rule breaches as Kennedy seeks approval of about 4.9 billion dollars for the coming year. Specific findings include 5.3 million in Turkish military aid for an arsenal not used, 10 million set aside for a Korea generating plant not started, 300000 wasted in South Vietnam due to uncoordinated planning, and almost 11 million held in Vietnam for future highway use without a clear plan.
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Washington
API
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Korea
Turkey
South Viet Nam
Congress
U.S
Kennedy
United States
Viet Nam
Flames Destroy Dorothy House in Rock House
A four room frame dwelling owned by Southern Land Co. and occupied by Mrs Audrey Billingham and her six children was destroyed by fire about 9 a.m. The blaze started in the kitchen from an overheated stove pipe as the mother finished cooking and then reentered a bedroom. The Whitesville Fire Department could not save the structure. apart from a television set the family lost all clothing and furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Rock House
Audrey Billingham
Clear Fork High School
Whitesville
Whitesville Fire Department
Southern Land Co
Argentina election clash over Peronist influence
Argentina faces a political struggle as factions dispute Peronist influence in provincial elections. The military, which ousted Juan Perón in 1955, resists a return of Peronist power while exiled leader Perón resides in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peron
Peronistas
Spain
Raleigh official attends Chicago education meeting
William C. Reid assistant superintendent of Raleigh County schools left today to attend a week long school administrators meeting in Chicago Illinois He will return Friday from the North Central Association of High Schools and Colleges meeting.
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William C. Reid
Raleigh County
Chicago
Ill
North Central Assn. of
Curtis Magazines Plan Fewer Issues
Curtis Publishing will cut issues for The Saturday Evening Post Ladies Home Journal and American Home Mazines to save costs after heavy losses. The plan calls for 45 Post issues year unevenly and combined January and July issues. LHJ and American Home to 10 issues each including summer and winter combined editions. President Robert E MacNeal cited rising postage costs and ad revenue decline as factors. two new board members were proposed.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies Home Journal
American Home
Curtis Publishing
Curtis
Robert E. MacNeal
Ing
Robert Fucss
Fuoss
Post
MacNeal
R. McLean Stewart
Milton S. Gould
New York
Beckley reports three weekend break ins
Three Beckley businesses were entered by thieves over the weekend. Burleson Motor Co. on Woodlawn Avenue lost about $300 in cash between 10 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday after glass was broken in a basement door. A torch was not used to open the safe. Bays Buick Inc. at 113 First Ave. was also entered with a cutting torch moved but no safe opened. The Johnny Dollar Super Market on the By-Pass saw three failed attempts before a rear window was broken. about $50 in merchandise was taken and a file cabinet was smashed. Police said offices were ransacked and investigations continue with no arrests.
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Beckley
Burleson Motor Co
Woodlawn Avenue
Lee Burleson
Motor Company
Bays Buick Inc
First Ave
I. Wilbur Bays
Johnny Michael
Sophia Man 26 Jailed In Ind
A 26 year old man, formerly of Sophia, was arrested in Warsaw Indiana while applying for a marriage license. Leonard Lee Butterworth faces grand larceny charges for stealing a diamond engagement ring, diamond wedding band, solid gold wedding band, and a wristwatch from a Silver Lake home. Butterworth’s fiancée, who resides at Silver Lake, did not know of the theft. Records show prior offenses including breaking and entering and grand larceny with earlier periods in 1953 and 1954, and a 197 arrest involving the Boys Industrial School.
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Sophia
Warsaw
Ind
Leonard Lee Butterworth
Silver Lake
Benny Poe
Butterworth
Sam Holbrook
Beckley
Pruntytown
Pope Intercedes Over Algeria Fighting After Cease Fire
Pope John XXIII sent a letter appealing for peace in Algeria as OAS resistance persists amid French troop deployments in Algiers. The message urged concord and conscience to end the fratricidal fighting that has left hundreds dead or wounded since the cease fire was announced.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
OAS
Algiers
Pope
John XXIII
Leon Etienne Duval
Algeria
Central PTA to vote on new budget at meeting
Central Elementary School PTA members will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday to vote on the new budget. A classroom visitation at 7 p m precedes the business meeting. Principal Charles Akers will discuss new reading aids. Dr Robert Hyatt is PTA president.
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Central Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association
Charles Akers
Robert Hyatt
Amnesty Offered On Overdue Books At Raleigh County Library
Librarian Mrs. C. H. Graham announces amnesty on overdue fines through April. County residents are urged to search homes, locate forgotten books, and return them before National Library Week. Returning missing books allows patrons to start afresh and check out new titles once the outstanding item is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
C. H. Graham
Graham
Naked Justice in Hartford Jail Over Suit Theft
Sherwood Taylor 21 sat in a city jail cell in his underwear after arrest for breaking and entering and theft of the suit he wore. An unemployed tailor, he was booked after arguing with two patrolmen during a routine check. The suit, found to be stolen from a laundry last month, was confiscated as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
UPI
Sherwood Taylor
Taylor
James Clifton Confined for AWOL Charge in Beckley
James Clifton of Beckley was confined to Raleigh County Jail at 11 20 am today by police on an AWOL charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clifton, Beckley
Raleigh County
Ten West Virginians Win NSF Science Fellowships
Washington UPI reports ten West Virginians among 1 760 graduates awarded NSF fellowships for 1962 63 in sciences math and engineering. Names, hometowns, current colleges and chosen institutions include Armstrong Elm Grove University of Wisconsin and Billheimer Huntington MIT, with eight honorable mentions listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Curry
Williamson
West Virginia University
Stanford University
Carolyn M. Davies
Huntington
Marshall University
Ohio State University
John L. Detch
Lewisburg
William & Mary
Lester L. Hirst Jr
Morgantown
University of Maryland
Robert B. Holt
Charleston
Yale University
Howard B. Marcum
St. Albans
West Virginia State
Princeton University
West
Beckley Driver Bonded On Drunk Driving Charge
Horace B. Taylor 49 of Beckley posted a $500 property bond and was released from Raleigh County Jail at 9 48 a m after a drunk driving arrest by City Police at 2 35 a m He was jailed earlier today. Roger Rutledge of Princewick fined 25 and costs for reckless driving and jailed in lieu of payment after arrest at Coal City at 12 15 p m Sunday by a deputy sheriff. Helen Atkins of Beaver posted a $500 bond for drunk driving and was released at 9 15 a m Sunday awaiting hearing before Magistrate Burke Tuesday night. Harold Denver Brown of Soak Creek released after posting $500 bond on a peace warrant. Herman Perkins of Mabscott forfeited $23 bonds for drunkenness and illegal parking after failing to appear before Magistrate Burke. Roosevelt Duff of Sullivan posted $500 bond for release from jail after a non support arrest at 12 40 a m Sunday and must appear April 7. Charles Richard Dehart of Beckley released after serving sentence for drunk driving and suspended license violations. Greaffe A Pennington 53 of Beckley cited for reckless driving with appearance set April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace B. Taylor
Beckley
Raleigh
Princewick
Roger Rutledge
W. A. Burke
Coal City
Burke
Helen Atkins
Beaver
Harold Denver Brown
Soak Creek
Joe Rodriguez
Mabscott
Herman Perkins
Roosevelt Duff
Sullivan
Rodriguez
Charles Richard Dehart
Greaffe A. Pennington
Prince Street
Quotes From World News On Paret Frondizi Birch Truman
A roundup of UPI quotes on Benny Kid Paret's deathbed outlook from neurosurgeon Dr. Howard Dunbar, Navy Secretary Gaston Clement urging Frondizi’s resignation, former President Harry S. Truman blasting the John Birch Society, and actress Janet Leigh recounting her misfortune after a bathroom injury.
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U.S
Pat
United Press International
New York
Howard Dunbar
Benny
Kid) Paret
Buenos Aires
Gaston Clement
Arturo Frondizi
Buffalo
N.Y
Harry S. Truman
John Birch Society
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Pax
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Dennis
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Cincinnati
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Thelma Jefferson
Helen Wiswich
Edward (. Gallagher
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Hranarorey
Jackie
Eor W. Richmond
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St. Beckiey
Homer W. Smith
New York University School of Medicine
Los Angeles
Walter Hughes Butler Sr
E. W. Reynolds Co
Butler
Good Samaritan Hospital
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Argentina
Curtis Magazines
Sophia Man
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Naked Justice
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