Byrd to Speak at Raleigh Weather Bureau Dedication
Sen Robert Byrd and Mrs Byrd will arrive at Raleigh County Memorial Airport for the dedication of a new 75000 weather bureau station nearing completion. A Lake Stephens levy vote will be cast during the visit and a program including music by Shady Spring Band and a 10:30 invocation will unfold with local officials and airport authorities introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Lake Stephens Levy
Raleigh County
Lewis
Saunders
Beckley
Cecil L. Miller
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
WC. McMahan
John C. Ward
Charles T. Burdiss
Rural Development Council
Charles Hodel
M. F. Barksdale
Earl Bibb
C. T. Shackelford
H. B
United States Weather Bureau
James McCloy
Leo J. Chimenz
Weather Bureau
Lewis Hayes
Airport Authority
H.G. Farmer
Raleigh
A. J. Lilly
Harry Gilbert
Paul Feigley
Hudnall to Face Hearing in Moonshine Case
Herbert T. Hudnall of Hernshaw faces a hearing before U S Commissioner Paul J Fourney this afternoon on transporting moonshine whisky. Agents and State Police halted his 1959 model car on the 1921 By Pass Tuesday evening, seizing 42 gallons of liquor and placing him in Raleigh County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert T. Hudnall
Hernshaw
U. S
Paul J. Fourney
Hudnall
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Internal Revenue Service
State Police
Raleigh
James Curtis Pryor
East Park
Paul Sparks
Boone County
Huttonsville
John Berry
Beckley
Brian K. Patterson
Meadow Bridge
New Mexico
Jerry Steen
Carl P. Clayton
Mount Hope
Rodriguez
Ake Claudio Gonzalez
Shirley A. Breedlove
Princeton
NAACP Charleston Plans Demonstrations Over Birmingham Actions
Officials of the Charleston NAACP branch meet tonight to discuss demonstrations protesting actions by Birmingham authorities against anti segregation demonstrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Birmingham
Ala
Welfare Department Spending Sparks Partisan Brawl
Legislature leaders spar over Smith's budgeting and welfare funding. Senators Tompas and Seibert defend him citing federal guidelines and constitutional limits. House rejected two GOP welfare bills as out of governor's call during Barron's special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tompas
Weirton
Smith
House
George Seibert
Wheeling
GOP
Welfare Department
Julius Singleton
W. W. Barron
Hhe
Welfare study panel named for 1963 64 session
The probe aims to get results before the 1963 64 fiscal year starts with a report to the 1964 Legislature. Singleton and Carson will appoint subcommittee members for the Government and Finance Committee and the Commission on Interstate Cooperation. The 10 member group includes Carson, Singleton, Deem, W T Brotherton, John Carrigan, Carroll Casto, William Moreland, Herbert Schupbach, Hans McCourt and Dallas Wolfe. Possible study areas cover state and national welfare issues, welfare operation mechanics at local level, liaison between welfare and agencies like the State Road Commission, and Congress's intent in welfare programs and state compliance requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singleton
Carson
Government and Finance Committee
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Deem
House
W. T. Brotherton
D-Kanawha
Senate
John Carrigan
R-Marshal
Del
Carroll Casto
Mason
William Moreland
Monongalia
Herbert Schupbach
Wetzel
Hans McCourt
D Webster
Dallas Wolfe
Preston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Public
Congress
Moonshine Raid Near Rhodell Seizes Large Distillery Output
Authorities raided a moonshine operation near Rhodell this morning and confiscated a large quantity of illicit spirits. IRS agents and State Police led the operation. officials could not be reached for verification at presstime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Internal Revenue Service
State Police
Rhodell
Final rites for Hezekiah Reed held at Mount Vernon Church
Hezekiah Reed 60 of Lanark died Sunday after a long illness. Retired miner born in Toms Creek Virginia, he was survived by his wife Betty and brothers Robie Woodrow Joseph of Martinsville and Alex Jr. of Elkin. Funeral at Mount Vernon Baptist Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezekiah Reed
Lanark
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Stanaford
H. E. Davis
Greenwood Memorial Park
Toms Creek
Alex and
Janie Johnson Reed
Betty
Robie
Woodrow
Joseph
Martinsville, Va
Alex Jr
Elkin
N. C
Ritchie and Johnson
Final rites for Arthur J. Phipps in Glen White
Arthur J. Phipps 73 of Glen White dies after long illness in a local hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Shady Grove Baptist Church with Rev. N C Lewis. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors: wife Kate, sons Arthur Jr Clarence Wampler, daughter Thelma Carter, six grandchildren, one great grandchild. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor after noon Thursday. body to church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Phipps
Glen White
Shady Grove Baptist Church
N. C. Lewis
Greenwood Memorial Park
Virginia
Kate Phipps
Arthur Jr
Clarence
Detroit
Mich
Wampler
Thelma Carter
Inwood
N. Y
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Funeral for Mrs Nancy Meadows in Resaco church
Mrs Nancy Meadows 9 of Josephine dies in Mullens hospital at 11 30 am Tuesday Born April 10 1869 at Killarney daughter of Jacob Hylton and Sara Jane Meadows Funeral at 2 pm Thursday in Resaco Methodist Church Rev Sam Meadows officiating Burial in Mooney Cemetery Rhodell Survivors include two daughters Ada Adkins Mead and Pearlie Cochran Sophia 22 grandchildren 100 great grandchildren 24 great great grandchildren Body to home of Everett Adkins Mead from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mulllens for viewing after 3 30 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Meadows
Josephine
Resaco Methodist Church
Sam Meadows
Mooney
Rhodell
Mullens Hospital
Killarney
Jacob Hylton
Sara Jane Meadows
Ada Adkins
Mead
Pearlie Cochran
Sophia
Everett Adkins
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Richmonds hold funeral for Harvey D Richmond
Funeral services for Harvey Dolphas Richmond 77 Beaver are at First Church of God Beckley with Rev. C P Conley in charge burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Survived by Etta Mae West Richmond seven sons three daughters and 18 grandchildren. Also final rites for Menifee Jude 30 Cyclone with burial in Beauty Ky at Crites Baptist Church. Jude killed at Lynco mine born Sept 15 1932 Ragland Ky son of Ethel Jude and Nathan Jude. Body to be moved from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to residence at 3 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Dolphas Richmond
Beaver
First Church of God of Beckley
C. P. Conley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Crow
Harvey Thompson
Liddie Wood Richmond
Beckley
Inge
Etta Mae West
Richmond
Lacy
Robert Lee
Jack
Harvey D. Jr
Oren Grey
William H
John Eugene
Blue Jay
Charles
Esta) Bacon
James
Wilma Lee) Bushey
Akron
Ohio
Nile
Eunice) Noble
D. R. Meadows
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Menifee Jude
Crites Baptist Church
Brook Spurlock
Beauty
Cemeery
Jude
Lynco
Crozier Coal and Land Co
Ragland
Ethel Hoosier Jude
Davin
Nathan Jude
Freeman Funeral Arrangements Announced for Rev William J Freeman
Rev William J Freeman 70 of Harper Heights died at home Tuesday after a long illness. Born Feb 2 1893 in Decatur Alabama he led St Johns Baptist Church Stotesbury First Baptist Amigo and served as President of the Beckley Ministerial and Deacons Union with 39 years in ministry. Survived by Willa Freeman three sons Sgt Charles Freeman Rev William Freeman Jr and Sgt Robert E Freeman four daughters grandchildren a great grandchild and a brother Samuel Freeman. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Freeman
Harper Heights
Decatur
Ala
Miles Freeman
St. John’s Baptist Church
Stotesbury
First Baptist Church of
Amigo
Beckley Ministerial and Deacons Union
East Gulf
Willa Freeman
Charles Freeman
U. S. Air Force
Amarillo
Tex
William Freeman Jr
Ronceverte
Robert E. Freeman
Germany
Annie Robinson
Beckley
Grace Green
Betty Knight
Lester
Peggy J. Richmond
Geneva
N.Y
Samuel Freeman
Chattanoga
Tenn
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Final Rites for Elder Willie E Harvey Near Jumping Branch
Elder Willie E Harvey 82 of Glen Morgan died after a long illness. Final rites set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church near Jumping Branch with several elders officiating. Burial in Crews Cemetery near Ninaitee from the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton. Grandsons to pallbear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie E. Harvey
Glen Morgan
Little Bluestone Primitive Baptist Church
Jumping Branch
A. L. Neely
Lowell Lilly
Owen Harvey
Eeay
Crews Cemetery
Ninaitee
Harvey
Wilma Moore
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Final rites for James William Ward 75 in Cary NC
James William Ward 75 of Cary North Carolina and formerly of Sullivan dies after an extended illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Tiden Community Church with Rev Conrad Cornelius officiating. Burial will follow at McVey Cemetery in Sullivan. Born October 27 1887 in Sullivan he was the son of the late Gilbert and Mary Fitzpatrick Ward. He was a retired miner and had lived in North Carolina for eight years. Annie Myrtle Ward of Cary ages details incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James William Ward
Cary
N.C
Sullivan
Tiden
Conrad Cornelius
McVey
Gilbert and
Mary Fitzpatrick Ward
North Carolina
Final rites set for Aubrey R. Roberts in Mount Hope
Aubrey R. Roberts 61 of Mount Hope to be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Hope Baptist Temple with Rev. R. A. Dias Jr. presiding. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in Prosperity. A Fayette County Board of Education former employee and temple deacon, he died Monday night in a Fayette hospital. Born July 21, 1901 in Fayette County, he leaves Edith Roberts of Mount Hope, daughter Sally Ogg of Indiana PA, mother Cora Roberts of Oak Hill, brothers Lonnie and Melvin, sisters Berthel Jones, Edith Burgess, Christine Suptic, Effie Fielder, and three grandchildren. The body lies at Tyree Funeral Home. pallbearers are from the temple Men’s Bible Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey R. Roberts
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
R. A. Dias Jr
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Roberts
Fayette Hospital
Fayette County
Effie Fielder
Beckley
Tyree Funeral Home
Temple
Award Given to James Scott for 15 Years Service
James Scott, revenue officer at the Beckley Bureau office, received a service award for 15 years. The pin was presented by Robert Hollandsworth, Beckley branch administrative designee, with Scott a Beckley native who has served locally for about eleven and a half years after starting in Welch and working across eight southern West Virginia counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Scott
Beckley
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Scott
Robert Hollandsworth
Internal Sea Service
Ofice
Welch
West Virginia
Carrier dispute over propaganda distribution in Beck ley
Amick checked with carrier boys in Beckley about the spread of false propaganda. He said the carriers did not distribute the material and accused opponents of the levy of using three of their own boys. Amick contacted a carrier at Helen at noon to learn who recruited him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Amick
Helen
Man Injured in Mabscott Tank Fall at Texaco Plant
In Good Condition Paris Bowman, 54, of 102 Comb St., is in good condition at Beckley Hospital after injuries from a fall from a 24 foot tank at Mabscott Tuesday. Beckley Rescue Squad responded to the Texaco Bulk Plant at 4 20 p.m. Rescuers said he apparently fell from the tank while working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Bowman
Comb St
Beckley Hospital
Mabscott
Beckley
Texaco
Moore Calls For Five Year Moratorium On Tariff Cuts
Rep Arch A Moore Jr of West Virginia urged a five year moratorium on tariff reductions in a House speech. He said the current U S trade policy harms labor and industry, noting applications for aid under the trade act have been denied and that higher wages abroad undermine American competitiveness. He argued a tariff freeze would restore confidence and jobs nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Arch A. Moore Jr
R-W. Va
House
U. S
Moore
West Virginia Republican
Oglebay Park Model Could Spread Across West Virginia
State Commerce Commissioner Hulett C. Smith urged that every major city could establish an Oglebay Park similar to Wheeling under a 1963 legislative act. Speaking at the West Virginia Travel Clinic, he noted tourism rising as a job source while manufacturing leads. The two day clinic featured panels and a banquet with about 100 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAVIS
UPI
Hulett C. Smith
Wheeling
West Virginia
Blackwater Lodge
Smith
Telstar 2 May Be Off Course
New US satellite Telstar 2 may be off course after launch from Cape Canaveral. Pleumeur Bodou tracking station reported delayed and weak transmissions while Andover officials said orbit is normal and early orbits are typically imperfect. AT&T noted the satellite operates perfectly but under marginal conditions due to its distance over Chile during the first test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
United States Communication i
Cape Ca
Maveral
Robert H. Gray
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Pleument
Bodou
France
U.S
Bell System
Andover
Maine
Pleumeur
Telstar
Pleumeur Bodou
American Telegaph and Telephone Co
At&t
Chile
Dola Hearing Bares Unsafe Conditions
A hearing into the Clinchfield Coal Co. Compass No. 2 mine blast that killed 22 at Dola continued with witnesses flagging unsafe ventilation practices and gear. Testimony cited torn cloth air directs, a misaligned ventilation plan, and cables spliced beyond legal limits, while others noted equipment shortages and a foreman who died in the blast was well versed in gas testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
UPI
Clinchfield Coal Co
Compass
Dola
Victor Shaver
Wadestown
Joy Manufacturing Co
Shaver
State Mines
Leonard J. Timms
W. R. Parks
U. S. Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers District 31
Cecil J. Urbaniak
George W. McCall
Clinchfield
Steve Povroznick
Povroznick
E. S. Buzzard
Robert Martney
James Lester
Owings
Hearing Held For Wender Cigarette Price Case
State Tax Commissioner G Thomas Battle held a one hour hearing on Morris Wender Oak Hill charged with selling cigarettes below the state minimum price. Battle may decide Thursday whether to revoke Wenders retail cigarette license. Wender was found guilty April 29 of five counts with fines of 100 dollars per count and costs pending appeal. Wender posted 2500 dollar bond and has had license suspensions for similar violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
G. Thomas Battle
Morris Wender
Oak Hill
Battle
Wender
Justice of the Peace
Frank Simms
Fayette County
Pat Hamilton
Justice the Peace
Spencer Fleets Give Up In N C
Two men escaped from Spencer State Hospital in West Virginia and were to be returned to the institution. Douglas Monroe, 24, surrendered at a service station after declaring himself a fugitive. William Hammack, 37, walked along a Winston-Salem road and was later captured. Hammack had been a West Virginia State Police trooper for 11 months before resigning in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem, N. C
UPI
Spencer
W. Va
Monroe
Hammack
Charleston
Florida
West Virginia
Haiti Seeks Landing for Plane Amid Duvalier Crisis
In Willemstad Curacao sources report Haiti asked Curacao authorities to allow a military plane to land off the Venezuelan coast to pick up passengers amid rumors that President Duvalier and aides contemplated leaving the troubled Haitian regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois’ Duvalier
Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuelan
Haiti
Duvalier
Negro Republic
Mill Is Burned At Scarbro Under Large Fire Loss
A Scarbro mill owned by D. B. Abshire of Hinton burned late Tuesday night with several thousand dollars in damage. The fire began about 11 30 p m and consumed the mill and stored lumber. Oak Hill Fire Department responded, cause undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarbro
BNS
Abshire
D. B. Abshire
Hinton
Oak Hill
Rahall And Thompson To Attend Demo Event
Beclley official Joe Rahall and Raleigh County Sheriff C A Slim Thompson will join West Virginia Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in the Charleston Civic Center. Senator Birch Bayh is the main speaker with Gov Barron to introduce him as the Centennial theme decor recalls West Virginia's beginnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Joe Rahall
Beckley
C. A. “Slim
Thompson
Raleigh County
Charleston Civic Center
West Virginia
Young Democratic Clubs
Rahall
Byrd
United States Weather Bureau
Stephens Lake Levy
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Senate
Senator Bayh
Jennings Randolph
Barron
Francis Taylor
Young Democrat Clubs of
Birmingham Faces Fresh Protests as King Seeks Settlement
King and other leaders pushed for negotiations in Birmingham amid ongoing demonstrations. Jackie Robinson planned a show of support, while a nationwide pilgrimage sequence was announced. SANE accused agitators of steering peaceful efforts astray as colleges and state bodies moved to address racial tensions across the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Birmingham
New York
Jackie Robinson
Martin Luther King
Washington
James Baldwin
San Francisco
Mobile
Ala
South
Montgomery
Georgia Board of Regents
Savannah State College
Alabama
North Carolina
Senate
Madison (Tenn
Jackson City
Hoover Files $50,000 Suit
Elbert L. Hoover of Eccles sues Tom Smith of Eccles in Raleigh County Circuit Court for $50,000 alleging a truck owned and driven by Smith in defective condition caused a crash on August 24, 1962. Hoover suffers brain injury, back damage, and ongoing pain. seeks judgment, costs, and a jury trial with counsel William C. Price and William Laird III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert L. Hoover
Eccles
Tom Smith
Raleigh County
William C. Price
William Laird III
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Peterstown
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Burke
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W. Va. Secat
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Emory
Hartford
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Telstar 2
Stantly
Martin Luther King Jr
Hoover
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