Dumping To Stop At Sabine Site
A Wyoming County Court session heard a delegation urge removal of the Sabine dump as unsanitary and near schools. A Belt Mountain site was proposed, with signs posted at Sabine and planning for new dumps in Wyco Stephenson and Skin Fork. The court also funded litter barrels, discussed a possible airport authority, and approved several judicial replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Ulvert Canada
Wyoming County Court
Sabine
Belt Mountain
Howard Cook
Wyco - Stephenson
Skin Fork
Robert Pack
Wyoming County Sanitarian
Premier Coal Co
Jack Feller
Public Institution
Feller
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Mullens
Mullens Chamber
Wyoming County
Oceana
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
New York Chicago
St. Louis
Mack Toler
Clear Fork
Johnny Harper
Ira Jackson
Baisleysville
Glen Morgan
Cancer Drive in Beckley Totals $2223.37 So Far
Bank deposits for the American Cancer Society Crusade in Raleigh County reach 2223.37, per treasurer Mrs. John C. Ward. The Woman's Club of Beckley house to house adds 1396.69, with other areas at 626.68. Additional receipts are expected to push the drive toward 10000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society Crusade
Raleigh County
John C. Ward
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Ward
Struck Airline Nears Contract Deal Despite Classifications
Struck Airline and National reached agreement on most contract points but disputed job classifications. National operates 65 daily flights from Miami serving the Eastern Seaboard and westward routes to New Orleans and Houston. The carrier won the southern transcontinental route between Florida and California and plans to launch service on June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Miami
Seaboard
New Orleans
Houston
Florida
California
Mason Harvey Hospitalized In Raleigh General Admission
E Mason Harvey of 204 Summers Street is listed in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being admitted this morning for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Harvey
Summers St
Raleigh General Hospital
Cuba readies action against private schools after revolution
Fidel Castro signaled imminent public plans to seize property from school owners deemed counterrevolutionary while indemnifying supporters. He said students in affected schools would stay and not pay tuition, with 250 parochial schools serving about 130,000 of Cuba’s 200,000 privately taught pupils. He accused the church of failing to back the revolution and called for a nonsectarian stance to earn government respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
Cuba
U.S
Vote on Compromise Minimum Wage Bill in Congress
Administration faces a tight House vote to pass a $1.25 minimum wage compromise after Senate approval. Conference committee cut coverage for laundry, auto dealers, and transit workers, drawing sharp criticism from Sen. Goldwater and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Congress
Senate
House i
Kennedy
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.y
Barry Goldwater
R - Ariz
Reed House Burns At Winding Gulf
Sophia firefighters were called to Winding Gulf at 11 10 p m Monday as the Reed residence of Jonas Reed burned. They could not save the home and details of the blaze were not available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Winding Gulf
Sophia
Jonas Reed
Willard Harbison booked on mortgaged property charge
Willard Harbison of Beckley was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 2:26 a m by a constable on a charge of disposing of mortgaged property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Harbison
Beckley
Raleigh
Deaths and Funerals James Walker Beckley relocation
Funeral arrangements are in progress for James Walker of Buffalo New York formerly of Beckley who died unexpectedly Sunday night at his home. Walker and his wife had driven from New York to Beckley to visit a sick relative and died after returning home. The body will be returned to Trent Funeral Home for Mae Kidd of Somerset Kentucky and Mrs Marie Spicer of Inglewood California. There are 21 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. The body is at Smith Mortuary Long Beach California pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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James Walker
Buffalo
N. Y
Beckley
Walker
New York
Trent Funeral Home
Mae Kidd
Somerset
Marie Spicer
Inglewood
Calif
Smith Mar
Long Beach
Amigo Miner Dewey McVey Dies En Route to Hospital
Dewey McVey 59 of Amigo dies while being transported to Beckley hospital at 10 p m Monday after a long illness. A lifelong resident and retired miner, his body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey McVey
Amigo
Beckley Hospital
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mullens
Albert Cope dies at 66 in Mount Hope
Albert Cope 66 of Mount Hope died at home Monday night after a heart attack. Born March 21, 1895 in Fayette County, he was a retired Eastern Gas and Fuel miner with over 40 years of service. Surviving include his wife Eva, siblings Henry Clyde Anna Jennie Mack, a son Robert Jesse, and two grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope.
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Albert Cope
Mount Hope
Fayette County
William Cope
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
United Mine Workers of America Union
Eccles
Eva Cope
Henry
Clyde
Sun
Anna Cope
Jennie Cope Carter
Mack Dawson
Boomer
Robert Jesse
Toldeo
Ohio
Tyree Funeral Home
City Told to Follow Sewer Rule in Water Line Case
In Charleston, the Public Service Commission ruled that St. Albans must adhere to a rule requiring developers to reimburse city costs for water main installations when new subdivisions are built. Family Homes Inc. had challenged the city’s offer to pay only 25 percent of sewer fees over ten years. The PSC said the city must abide by the rule since the developer objected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Family Homes Inc
Water and Sewer Department of
St. Albans
Family Homes
PSC
Roy Williams obituary in Cypress California and Beckley roots
Roy Williams, 72, Cypress California, formerly of Beckley, died at home after months of illness from a heart attack and stroke. A retired coal miner from Lillybrook Coal Co, he was born July 28, 1889 in Kentucky and belonged to the Baptist church. Survived by wife Adalee Spicer Williams of Cypress, a son Roy Jr. of Westminster, six daughters in California and Daniels, four brothers in Indiana and Kentucky, and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Williams
Cypress
Calif
Beckley
California
Lillybrook Coal Co
Kentucky
The
Baptist Church
Adalee Spicer Williams
Roy Jr
Westminster
Garvin Rubin
Anaheim
Melvin Bowling
Long Beach
Martha Parrott
Harold Mandeville
Mary Alice Bowling
John Pate
Daniels
Robert
Stanaford
Albert
Sivers
Indianapolis
Ind
Nath
Lexington
Laos Inquiry Talk Sparks Cautious Confidence
Mansfield argued for a limited inquiry rather than a full investigation into the Cuban invasion aftermath. He said the United States had not written off Laos and expressed confidence that the President would reach the right conclusions as officials kept their thinking private and newsmen cautioned against speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
United States
Laos
Senate
GE Executive Convicted in Anti Trust Case
GE official Ginn and 44 executives faced criminal anti trust violations. Ginn earned 135000 yearly, received 30 day jail term and 12500 fine for conspiracies on transformers and turbine generators. Kefauver subcommittee to probe Paxton and Cordiner knowledge. GE denies charges. Philadelphia grand jury and Justice Department pursue deeper price fixing plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginn
J. Cullen Ganey
Ganey
Kefauver
Robert Paxton
Ralph J. Cordiner
Tennessee Democrat
Pittsfield
Raymond W. Smith
Philadelphia
Justice Department
Fayette Raleigh Picnic Slated Joint event planned by county councils
A summer picnic by the Raleigh County Agricultural Workers Council and the Fayette County USDA Council was approved at a Raleigh Council meeting. C T Shackelford presided and named a planning committee including Frank Patton Harry Headley Carl Lucas Franklin Lilly James Robinson Odell Jessup and others. The RDC scholarship for Camp Caesar was also discussed with the committee having met but not revealing its pick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Agricultural Workers Council
Fayette County
Usda Council
Raleigh Council
C. T. Shackelford
Fayette Organization
Shackelford
Frank Patton
FHA
Harry Headley
SCS
Carl Lucas
Conservation Commission
Franklin Lilly
King Hussein to wed Mouna in personal, quiet ceremony
King Hussein, nearly 26, revealed his engagement to Mouna, saying the match is his personal choice with no political aim. He noted no date yet for the wedding and planned a discreet ceremony. Dina, his first wife, was divorced after their 1956 daughter birth failed to yield a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hussein
Mouna
Dina
Cairo
Kentucky Man Jailed For Failure To Pay
Oscar Cole of Catlettsburg Kentucky was booked at the Raleigh County Jail at 12 05 p m today by a constable on a charge of not paying a bill for board and lodging A 15 year old MacArthur boy was jailed at 11 30 a m by a truant officer on a charge of being truant from school
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Cole
Catlettsburg
Raleigh
MacArthur
Coal Co Reports 1500 2000 Loss at Garden Grounds Tipple
Beckley state police investigate theft of 1200 to 1500 dollars worth of rubber belting from the Charleston Coal Co. mine tipple at Garden Grounds. J. W. Massey of the company identifies the missing belting as taken sometime Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley State
Charleston Coal Co
Garden Grounds
J. W. Massey
Court backs mergers among major railroads in a reshaping
Court approves or reviews the proposed consolidation moves involving the Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central or the Western Pacific with Southern Pacific or Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, along with Lehigh Valley by Pennsylvania Railroad. Concurrent talks show Northern Pacific and Great Northern seeking a merger as Seaboard Airline merges with Atlantic Coast Line, and Norfolk Western linked with Nickel Plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Western Pacific
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Seaboard Airline
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk and Western
New York, Chicago and
Princewick Mt Hope Drivers Arrested
Howard McKinney, 26, Princewick, is to appear in Beckley Police Court Thursday night to answer a charge of driving a vehicle with improper registration. He was cited by City Police at 3 30 a m today. Mount Hope man Jimmy Ray DeHart, 35, was arrested at 3 35 a m today and ordered to appear in Police Court May 16 on a charge of speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard McKinney
Princewick
Beckley
Mount Hope
Jimmy Ray DeHart
Beckley Chamber Board Plans Spring Dinner Meeting
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce executive board met at noon in the Elks Club to discuss the annual Spring Dinner, as announced by Managing Director Floyd M Sayre Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Elks Club
Chamber
Floyd M. Sayre Jr
Tax Picture Looking Up
West Virginia Tax Commissioner C Howard Hardesty expressed optimism about the tax outlook as consumer sales tax receipts lag estimates. He noted potential offset by gross sales tax gains, with consumer tax revenue near 35 million and gross sales tax around 53 million, aided by stricter collection and delinquent return enforcement.
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Charleston
UPI
C. Howard Hardesty
West Virginia
Hardesty
Major Congo Clash Looms Over Katanga Adviser Removal
United Nations seeks to oust Katanga's Belgian advisers as President Kasavubu demands their removal and Tshombe remains under guard. Congo leaders push to place Katanga under Leopoldville control, while a conference on a confederation of Congo states continues at Coquilhatville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
UPI
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Goldefroid Munongo
Joseph Ka‘Savubu
Kasavubu
Congo
Coquilhatville
Tshombe
Leopoldville
Hunt For Girls Slayer Widens In Michigan and beyond
The search for 16 year old James Scott Stephens accused in the slayings of two girls broadens to Illinois and Indiana. Authorities still suspect the Macatawa Dunes area near Lake Michigan as the scene where Carol Gee aged 11 and Margaret age 12 were found shot multiple times. A note to his mother claims the killing was accidental, but officials disagree, noting the trail of cartridges and the girls’ bodies marked by wildflowers. Stephens lived near Jenison Park and was known to shoot in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland, Mich
UPI
James Scott Stephens
Illinois
Indiana
Stephens
Macatawa Dunes
Lake Michigan
Carol Gee
Margaret
Monny Stephens
Carol
Jenison Park
Nick Flowers
1960 Election Cartoonist Honored for Interference Row
Tex papers clash over clerical interference in the 1960 Puerto Rico gubernatorial race. Carey Orr of the Chicago Tribune cited for long editoria l cartoon career with The Friendly Tiger captioned October 8, 1960. Assassination photo by Yasushi Nagao receives press recognition. Included are notable works in fiction drama history biography poetry and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
Cartons
Carey Orr
The
Chicago Tribune
Editoria
Ly Tiger
Yasushi Nagao
Mainichi
Tokyo
Inejiro Asanuma
United Press International
David Donald
Phyllis McGinley
American Heritage
Walter Piston
Henley Suffered Heart Attack in Sullivan Road Resident
Dan L. Henley, 62, of Sullivan Road, is hospitalized at Beckley Memorial in fair condition after a heart attack suffered last Tuesday. The incident prompted ongoing medical treatment and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan L. Henley
Sullivan Road
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Corps Corps proposed by Keating to spur U.S. travel
Sen. Kenneth B. Keating proposes a private volunteer corps to promote travel in the United States, merging East and West with a “corps corps” to host foreign visitors and bridge the “tourist gap” between New York City, Denver and beyond. He envisions eventual government involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace Corps
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
United States
Keating
Congressional Record
John A. Carroll
Colorado
New York
New York City
Denver
Rusk Quietens Senate Critics on Cuban Crisis
Secretary of State Rusk testified that US policy on Cuba has no intent for armed intervention and that Cuban refugees led and carried out the invasion with substantial U.S. aid. Senate Foreign Relations discussed CIA actions and liaison with the State Department as Allen Dulles prepared to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
State Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Allen S. Dulles
Dulles
Subcommittee On
Latin America
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Morse
CIA
State Department
Rusk
Kennedy
Cuba
44 Arrested On Game Laws
District Conservation Commission officers have arrested 44 persons for game law violations since April 24 per Ramon Eye district officer. Four arrests were reported April 24. Two Saeger men David C Shortridge and Otis Lee Clevenger paid fines of 10 dollars plus costs for fishing without a license. In Fayette County Elmer L Gillian and Leo Manuel Bickford Beckwith were fined 10 dollars and costs for withholding information on a game law violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Conservation Commission
Raymond Eye
Eye
Saeger
David C. Shortridge
Otis Lee Clevenger
Okey Stafford
Fayette County
Elmer L. Gillian
Leo Manuel Bickford
Beckwith
Dye New State UPI President
J Knox Dye editor of the Pt Pleasant Register was chosen as president of the West Virginia United Press International Editors at their fifth annual spring meeting. Sutton Sharp of Parkersburg Sentinel was elected vice president and J Richard Toren of Charleston was named secretary. The association includes 23 daily WV papers served by UPI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPI
United Press International Editors
West Virginia
J. Knox Dye
Pt. Pleasant Register
Sutton Sharp
Parkersburg Sentinel
J. Richard Toren
Charleston
Dye
Bill Evans
Fairmont Times
Commodity Point Moved At Sprague
Persons who pick up commodities at Sprague Warehouse must move to the Goodwill Baptist Church near the old tipple for deliveries. Distributions start Thursday May 11 with more parking. Those not on DPA may apply for commodities at the Raleigh County Courthouse Criminal Courtroom between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague
New Goodwill Baptist Church
Six Scouts Approved To Receive Awards
The Boy Scout Advancement Board for District 3 in the Appalachian Council approved awards for six boys Monday night. Richard Culberto of Glen White Scout Troop earned a Life Scout award, while Glen White Scouts Donald Shawver, Raymond Hopkins, Frankie Miller, and Donald Pruitt received Star Scout awards. Earl Woods received a merit badge. Board members were R. L. Amick Earl O Snider and James Prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Advancement Board
District 3
Appalachian Council
Richard Culberto
Glen White Scout
Glen White
Donald Shawver
Raymond Hopkins
Frankie Miller
Donald Pruitt
Earl Woods
Advancement Board
R. L. Amick
Earl O Snider
James Prince
Lester Station Robbed in Small Night-Time Theft
Beckley State Police report a theft at Wayne's Pure Oil Station in Lester Sunday night. Owner Winfield Wayne found the break in Monday morning after entry was gained by kicking in the front door. A small amount of candy cakes and cigars was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Lester
Beckley
Winfield Wayne
Shortening News docketed for June term in Kanawha County
The June term of Kanawha County Intermediate Court has a tentative docket for a third trial. Circuit Judge Charles M. Ferguson ruled that Howard Chambers cannot serve as sheriff of Mingo County due to prior service as deputy. Chambers has 60 days to appeal to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha County
Scientist Wells Testifies at Eichmann Trial
Wells recounts escape from a Nazi camp, time in a death brigade, and exhuming a mass grave of 182 prisoners. He described recaptures under a new name and repeated near death experiences while Adolf Eichmann listened in a bulletproof box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Adolf Eichmann
Griffith Awarded Default Judgment
A default judgment for 1191.36 was awarded C. O. Griffith in Raleigh County Circuit Court by Judge Norman Knapp on Monday. Defendants Robert and Blanche Vines of Ghent faced the suit on a promissory note. Other orders dismissed or continued include Dewey Marks vs Raleigh Junk Co and Pearl Reed vs Robert Lee Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Griffith
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Robert
Blanche Vines
Ghent
Dewey Marks
Raleigh Junk Co
Williamson Co
Sanford
Maggie Meadows
Pearl Reed
Robert Lee Stewart
Default Judgments Awarded In Two Raleigh County Cases
Default judgments were awarded in two cases by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp. A. W. Pettry and Son and Bluefield Supply Co. received judgments against Dixie Florence Bailey J E Bailey and Roy Welch for 2870.23. Crab Orchard Coals Inc. was defendant in the Bluefield Supply action and was awarded 483.76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Pettry
W. A. Pettry and Son
Bluefield Supply Co
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp Monay
Pettry
Dixie Florence Bailey
J. E. Bailey
Roy Welch
Crab Orchard Coals, Inc
Bluefield Supply
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Harvey
Beckleyan
Khmon Cleaners
Westphone
Clifford
Dirginia
GE President
Fayette, Raleigh
Coal Co
Mt. Hope
Tex. Paper
Corps
Solon
Michael Posner Washington
Dye New State
UPI President
Commodity Point
Constance Lou Sayre
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins
Buckham
Bruce A. Meridith
West Virginia University
Robert L. Davies
National Rifle Association
Meridith
Benwood
Davies
Morgantown
West
Israel
Griffith
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