Welfare Chief Critic Says Smith Lacks Sense for Job
West Virginia lawmakers split on W. Bernard Smith heading the State Welfare Department after Gov Barron proposed an auditor. Senator Cahill urged replacement, while House Speaker Singleton supported the auditor to monitor funds and budgeting. Other leaders favored closer scrutiny and a possible permanent welfare panel to handle ongoing issues.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
State Welfare Department
W. Bernard Smith
Dan Cahill
D-Logan
Smith
Cahill
Julius W. Singleton
Morgantown
Barron’s
Senate
Hans McCourt
D-Webster
Welfare
Barron
Crash Victim Still Serious After One-Car Hinton Crash
A one car crash near Hinton at 3 am left several youths injured. Lacy Emil Thompson, 17, remains in serious condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after transfer from Hinton Hospital. Wesley Oran Thompson, 17, suffers a cerebral concussion and scalp lacerations and is listed serious and unconscious. Leroy Shrewbury, 17, treated in Hinton for chest injuries, is in fair condition. Wesley Harvey, 17, brother of a youth killed, and Lonnie Lee Harvey, 21, treated and released from Beckley V A Hospital. Roy Ralph Russell, 21, of Eubank Kentucky, is jailed in Summers County on two negligent homicide charges.
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Hinton
Bluefield
Lacy Emil Thompson
Wesley Oran Thompson
Leroy Shrewbury
Everett Shrewsbury
Hinton Hospital
Wesley Harvey
Lonnie Lee Harvey
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Roy Ralph Russell
Eubank
Summers County
Wreck Kills Teenager in Fairmont on U S 19
A Marion County teen, Joseph E. Arnett 19 of Rivesville, was killed when his convertible struck a truck on U S 19 north of Rivesville. The truck was driven by Eugene E. Feathers 26 of Clarksburg, who was treated and released.
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Fairmont
UPI
Marion County
U. S. 19
Rivesville
Joseph E. Arnett
Arnett
Eugene E. Feathers
Clarksburg
Fairmont General Hospital
Feathers
Lawmakers Spar Over Welfare Budget and Rule Suspend
Legislators questioned Welfare Department finances as Nard Smith defended the department’s funding. The 1963 allocation left only 600000 of 1200000 to run to June 30, while suspending the three-reading rule drew GOP opposition. Senate vote 28 to 9 and House 75 to 22 failed to reach four-fifths.
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Nard Smith
House
Smith
Department
Board of Public Works
del. Carmine Cann
D-Harrison
Barron
Senate
Shake-Up Atop U.S. Navy As McDonald Takes Europe Command
Observers note a sudden decision to overhaul the high command. Admiral McDonald, promoted to four stars on April 1, assumed command in chief of U.S. naval forces in Europe after leading the Mediterranean's 6th Fleet, replacing Anderson who had headed the fleet for about 22 months. White House sources say Kennedy may offer Anderson a diplomatic post or another military assignment. Anderson did not reveal a firm decision, saying he would discuss options with Kennedy personally.
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Donald
McDonald
London
U.S. Naval Forces
Europe
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Anderson
White House
Kennedy
Circular levy defeat raises threat of fines and jail
The article reports that circulators of anonymous circulars attacking a $400000 levy election face a $1000 fine or a year in jail under state law. Sheriff Thompson said investigations require sworn warrants naming the authors, with police ready to act, and State Police Captain Randall noted no complaint exists.
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Raleigh
C. A. ‘Slim
Thompson
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Office
G. F. Randall
State Police
Capt. Randall
Thompson In A First Aid Call At 189 Morris St
At 11 a.m. a call to 189 Morris Street reported Howard Thompson having trouble breathing. He was transported to Raleigh General Hospital, examined, and released the same day.
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Thompson
Morris St
Howard Thompson
Raleigh General Hospital
Elder Willie E. Harvey Dies at 82 in Glen Morgan
Elder Willie E. Harvey 82 died at 2 30 a m at his home near Glen Morgan after a long illness born March 24 1881 in Summers County son of the late Dowell and Margaret Lilly Harvey lifer of Summers and Raleigh counties he served as Primitive Baptist elder 41 years inactive 7 years surviving wife Mrs W F E Harvey a son Carlos W nine daughters two brothers and two sisters body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton awaiting arrangements
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Willie E. Harvey
Glen Morgan
Summers County
Dowell
Margaret Lilly Harvey
Summers
Raleigh
Primitive Baptist Church
W. FE. Harvey
Carlos W
Henrietta Lilly
Midway
Dick Lilly
Jumping Branch
Carrie Cochran
Sophia
Lataska Bennett
Wilda Martin
Medina
Ohio
Eloway Davis
Akron
Georgia Harvey
Nitro
Cleo Peters
Stow
Wilma Moore
Hampton Harvey
Streeter
Dora Hatcher
Hinton
Della Farley
White Oak
Ronald Meadows
Menifee Jude funeral planned after mine death in Lynco
Funeral arrangements are completed for Menifee Jude 30 killed instantly in a Crozer Coal and Land mine accident at the Lynco mine. Born Ragland Kentucky Sept 15 1982 he was the son of Nathan and Ethel Jude. Surviving his wife Betty Dials Jude four children and siblings with services at Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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Menifee Jude
Crozer Coal and Land Company
Lynco
Jude
Ragland
Nathan
Ethel Hoosier Jude
Betty Dials Jude
Davin
Bobby
Terri
Dena
Kenneth
Ethel Jude
Goff
Clyde
Clarence
Ambhersdale
Raymond
Germany
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
William R. Harler Pallbearers Named for Service
William R. Harler of 601 N Oakwood Ave 77 will have pallbearers A F Bryson John Hoffman Lacy B Lilly Boyd Stanley Carmen Feazelle and J J Lamb. Services are at 2 pm Wednesday at the First Christian Church with Dr Walter H Griswold in charge. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Body taken from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to church one hour prior to services.
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Pallbeaerrs
William R. Harler
N. Oakwood Ave
A. F. Bryson
John Hoffman
Lacy B. Lilly
Boyd Stanley
Carmen Feazelle
J. J. Lamb
First Christian Church
Walter H. Griswold
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser-Bryant
Final rites for G Frank Wheeler in Talcott
G Frank Wheeler 74 of Talcott will be honored in a 2 PM Wednesday service at Free dom Baptist Church Towley s Creek with Rev E C Wheeler and Rev Robert Seals officiating. Burial follows at Pisgah Cemetery. He died Monday in a Hinton hospital after a long illness. Born May 5 1889 he lived on the family homestead and was a World War I veteran. Survived by wife Maude Wheeler one brother W V Wheeler of Beckley and one sister Mrs Maude Bell of Roanoke Va. Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors of Hinton is handling arrangements.
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G. Frank Wheeler
Talcott
Freedom Baptist Church
E. C. Wheeler
Robert Seals
Pisgah
Wheeler
Hinton
Andrew
Virginia Wykle Wheeler
Towley’s Creek
Maude Wheeler
W. V. Wheeler
Beckley
Maude Bell
Roanoke
Ronald Meadows
Mrs Nancey Meadows Dies at 94 in Mullens Hospital
Nancy Meadows, 94, of Josephine, died at 11 30 a m today in a Mullens hospital. The body lies in state at the Sam Fogle song Funeral Home in Mullens.
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Nancy Meadows
Josephine
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
Funeral services for Celia Frances Blevins held Wednesday
Funeral services for Celia Frances Blevins, 85, of MacArthur, are set for 2 30 p.m. Wednesday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends S D Smith and L A Garten officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park after death in a local hospital.
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Celia Frances Blevins
MacArthur
Caffee Funeral Home
Eight Orders Signed By Circuit Judge
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp signed eight orders. Universal CIT Credit Corp. vs Calvin Persinger orders plaintiff to recover 673.35 plus interest and costs from defendant. Earnest Hensley must pay 366.68 plus interest and costs. Elizabeth M. Gibson vs O L Hedrick continued to 10 a.m. May 23. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. vs C M McKinney and Earl Haynes vs William R Prince dismissed. Elk Refining Co. to recover 767.98 from Donald H. Wickline and others with 6 percent interest from Jan. 3 and costs. Alma Trent Flippin granted leave to bring in C H Flippin as third party defendant in action against Alfred T. Benton and Louise R. Benton. Ellen L. Lilly granted divorce from Jake F. Lilly with custody of two children.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Universal Cit Credit Corp
Calvin Persinger
Earnest Hensley
Elizabeth M. Gibson
O. L. Hedrick
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
C. M. McKinney
Earl Haynes
William R. Prince
Elk Refining Co
Donald H. Wickline
Alma Trent Flippin
C. H. Flippin
Alfred T. Benton
Louise R. Benton
James W. Ward Dies in Cary at 75
James William Ward 75, of Cary North Carolina and formerly of Sullivan, died at 5 p.m. Monday in a Cary hospital. The body is being returned to Caffee Funeral Home for completion of arrangements.
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James William Ward
Cary
N. C
Sullivan
Caffee Funeral Home
Poole Rites Set for Buster F. Poole at McAlpin Church
Funeral services for Buster F. Poole 63 of 204 F Street will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Elizabeth Baptist Church McAlpin with Rev W M Jones leading assisted by Rev Nelson Staples and Rev H J Hunt Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park He died in a local hospital Monday morning Born June 29 1899 in Chilhowie Va he was a retired miner and member of Amigo local 5961 Deacon of Elizabeth Baptist Church McAlpin Survived by wife Lucille Poole a son Charles at home a daughter Pauline Ross of McAlpin his mother Mrs Nora Mitchell of Newport Ky nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren The body remains at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
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Buster F. Poole
F. St
Elizabeth Baptist Church
McAlpin
W. M. Jones
Nelson Staples
H. J. Hunt
Greenwood Memorial Park
Chilhowie
Union
Amigo
Lucille Polle
Charles
Pauline Ross
Nora Mitchell
Newport
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Final rites for John W Calhoun in Mullens funeral home
Final rites for John W Calhoun aged 56 of 731 Circle Drive Mullens were to be conducted at 2 p.m. today at McDougal's Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Rev. T K Morrison in charge. Burial would follow at Sunset Memorial Park near Beckley. Calhoun died Sunday afternoon at his home after a heart attack.
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John W. Calhoun
Circle Drive
Mullens
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
T. K. Morrison
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Calhoun
Posthumous Pulitzer Prizes Highlight 1963 Awards
New York reporters and writers receive top honors as Chicago Daily News earns a gold medal for a public health series on birth control. Posthumous prizes go to William Faulkner for The Reivers and William Carlos Williams for Pictures from Breughel. drama prize remains unawarded amid resignations over Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. reporting prizes honor World Telegram & Sun staff for 1962 plane crash coverage. editorial prize to Ira Harkey for Meredith era Mississippi crisis.
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New York
UPI
Chicago Daily News
The
Daily News
William Faulkner
Yoknapatawpha
Mississippi
William Carlos Williams
Rutherford
N.J
Breughel
John Mason Brown
John Gassner
Albee
New York World Telegram & Sun
Sylvan Fox
Anthony Shannon
William Longgood
American Airlines
New York’s
John M. Glenn
Ira H. Harkey
Pescagoula (Miss
Bandleader Ted Weems Dies at 62 in Tulsa
Tulsa report states bandleader Wilfred Theodore Weems died Monday night in a Tulsa hospital from a lung ailment. He was 62 and had been treated for emphysema for over seven weeks. Weems rose to fame in the 1930s and 40s with hits such as Heartaches and The Martins and the Coys and helped launch Perry Como.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Ted Weems
Martins
the Coys
Perry Como
Weems
Wilfred Theodore Weems
Pitcairn
Timms orders hearings into mine gas blast probe
Three investigative teams have surveyed the mine’s general conditions electrical system and rock dusting. Management personnel and workers connected to that area will testify their reports will be used in Timms official disaster report. Timms aims to complete the report about two weeks after hearings end. He will remain in post until the investigation finishes.
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Timms
Legislature to be asked for welfare funds continuation
Welfare funding proposals call for at least 1 million dollars to sustain programs through June 30. Smith, speaking after advisory committee discussion, says final decision rests with him under law. He backs congressional action to allow states to repurpose welfare funds for family needs and notes WV's job picture has improved, especially for high school graduates. He expects a drop in Work and Training caseload due to retraining efforts. He trusts the welfare commissioner to manage without special qualifications.
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Smith
Department
Congress
West Virginia
Reckless Driving Fines Litany of Route 21 Offenses
A Beclley led list details Virg il Williams paying an eight dollar fine for reckless driving on Route 21. Other drivers from Beckley and surrounding towns face fines for speeding noisy mufflers improper passing defective equipment or no operator license. Several cases involve warrants, jail time, or bonds including a nonsupport charge for Clarence Worley.
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Burke
Genevieve Harvey
Oak Hill
Alvin Kincaid
Crab Orchard
Fayette
Beulah Kincaid
Lucille Meador
Odd
Rodriguez
Ezra L. Meador
Larry Wayne Painter
Beckley
W. Va
Wanda L. Stover
Long Branch
U. S
Thomas Jasper Allen
Hinton
U.S
Nosratollah Sedssat
George G. Ellison
Mount Hope
Bernard la Bombard
Robert L. Cridelle
Piney View
Don Haynes
Alabama
James E. Perdue
Bloomingrose
Robert T. Tolliver
W. A. Burke
Gary P. Angle
Midway
Carmen Dangelo
Glen Jean
Orlin Noel Riffe
Clarence Worley
Coal City
Earlene
Caribbean War Threat Subides
Government workers in the Dominican Republic held a general strike as the immediate war threat with Haiti eased. The strike, led by the Government Workers Federation, protests mass firings tied to economic reform and gains momentum amid OAS mediation efforts. Refugees and Haitian Foreign Minister Chalmers left for New York aboard a chartered plane for UN Security Council talks.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
UPI
Haiti
Organization of American States
Government Workers Federation
Juan Bosch
Bosch
New York
Rene Chalmers
United Nations Security Council
Spies Plead Guilty in Moscow Trial of Wynne and Penkovsky
In Moscow a British businessman and a Soviet scientist pleaded guilty to spying for the United States and Britain. The trial of Greville Wynne and Oleg Penkovsky opens as diplomats are named in the indictment. Penkovsky testified he passed secrets to a British diplomat’s wife and to her children with four films of stolen secrets hidden in candy. Conviction could carry the death penalty.
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Moscow
UPS
United States
Britain
Greville Wynne
Oleg Penkovsky
Penkovsky
Catholics End Demonstrations in Bus Plan Standoff
Catholic parents in Jefferson City called off public school enrollments for free parochial bus transportation but warned of stronger action later. A committee said they had made their grievance known and sent students back to parochial schools, with mass enrollments planned next fall unless buses are provided.
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Jefferson City
UPI
County Court May Hire Outside Legal Counsel
Charleston reports state law allows county courts to hire outside counsel to aid the prosecutor in tax assessment cases. An Asst. Atty. Gen. wrote that counties may use funds to pay reasonable fees when appeals go to the circuit court, noting counties seek help due to large revenue involved.
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Charleston
UPI
G. Thomas Battle
Claude A. Joyce
Joyce
Beckley Fire Responds to Gas Fire at Service Station
Beckley Fire Department answered two calls today. At 8:15 a.m. crews went to 106 Woodlawn Ave where gas fumes from a hot water heater were believed to have ignited at O. H. and James Meadows Service Station, causing about $25 in damages. At 2:07 p.m. firefighters were sent to Avon Terrace to extinguish a grass fire with no damage. cause undetermined.
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Beckley
Woodlawn Ave
O. H
James Meadows
Avon Terrace
Aviatrix On 3rd Leg of Trans-Pacific Hop
Betty Miller, a California house wife, aimed to become the first woman to fly the Pacific solo. Starting April 30 from California, she planned a leg from Canton Island to Nandi Airport Fiji 1,270 miles away, then Fiji to Brisbane Australia. The route mirrored Amelia Earhart’s earlier path.
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Canton Island
Jail Terms Finished By Four Men Today
Four prisoners were released from jail at 6 a.m. today after serving sentences on destruction of property and profanity. They were Gene Miller Fairdale and Cledith Taylor Billy Miller and Roger Taylor, all of Arnett. Joseph Stone, no address, was released to Magistrate Madison Lowry, Sophia, for a hearing on a drunk and disorderly conduct offense.
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Gene Miller
Fairdale
Cledith Taylor
Billy Miller
Roger Taylor
Arnett
Joseph Stone
Madison Lowry
Sophia
Beckley Post Office Receipts Rise 20 Percent in Four Weeks
Receipts for the Beckley Post Office for the four week period ending April 27 rose 20.2 percent from the prior year to 25311. Mail volume grew 5 percent. I E Rorrer, assistant postmaster, noted the department handled 1879000 pieces this year versus 1,700,000 last year.
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Beckley
I. E. Rorrer
Borter
Beclky Rescue Squad Rescues Drunk Caller at 303 Bibb Ave
Police were called after an intoxicated man was found at 303 Bibb Avenue at 11:40 p m Monday. The Beckley Rescue Squad provided aid before transfer to authorities.
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Beckley
Oae Wai
Bibb Avenue
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Welfare Department
George H. Seibert
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Seibert
John Carrigan
R- Marshall
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William A. Moreland
Monongalia
W. E. Harvey
Sparta
Felix Pierce
Blevins Cash
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C. Robert Blevins
Chester Blevins
Cleo Canaday
Earl Ratliff
Curtis Mills
Charles Wood
Louie Rakes
Edward McCormick
Joe Ramsey
Nancey Meadows
Mrs
Celia Blevins
Ellen L. Lilly
Jake F. Lilly
Plaintiff
James W. Ward
John W.calhoun
Swverson
Commercial Credit Plan, Incorporated of
Credit Life
Valley Drive
Virgil Williams
Lusby Thomas
Cloverdale
Raymond Smith
Slab Fork
Wynne
Budapest
Kremlin
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