Beckley Man Hurt As Wreck Kills 2
A Beckley man was injured when a road sweeper was rear ended by a 1954 car driven by Alfonso Rhodes of Johnstown New York. Rhodes and his wife Sarah Rhodes were killed. The driver of the sweeper was not at fault. The crash occurred on the Turnpike 17.5 miles north of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Johnstown
N. Y
Douglas Marshall
Grant St
Alfonso B. Rhodes
Johns
New York
West Virginia
Mountain State
Princeton
Aviation politics rapped by Stark in West Virginia
Charleston. Former West Virginia Aeronautics Commission chairman W H Stark says he and other commissioners were not told Gov Barron planned to name E L Nichols of Ripley as director. Downs was appointed director effective June 1 on Hanifin's recommendation, Stark ousted amid the move. Curtis Trent says Downs' appointment upset the governor who planned to name Nichols. Stark criticizes the political fraying of aviation development in the state. David P Williams of St Albans was named by Barron to replace Stark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
West Virginia Aeronautics Commission
Commission
W. W. Barron
E. L. Nichols
Ripley
W. H. Stark
Huntington
Barron
Stark
James A. Downs
Morgantown
Downs
Direcor
Steve Hanifin
Hinton
Curtis Trent
Nichols
West Virginia
David P. Williams
St. Albans
President Kennedy Heads to Palm Beach for Quiet Florida Weekend
President Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy depart rainy Washington for a long weekend in Florida. They attend Ascension Thursday services at St Matthew's Cathedral after a cabinet meeting. Rain delays departure as the couple heads to Andrews AFB for the flight to Palm Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Florida Sun
Palm Beach
St. Matthew’s Cathedral
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Kennedys
Offices Entered at New Raleigh Road
United Mine Workers buildings on New Raleigh Road were entered Tuesday night. No items reported missing though several desks in retirement and medical offices were rifled after glass in the back door was broken. $253 was stolen from a desk drawer on April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers of America
New Raleigh Road
Beckley State
UVMA
Lady Bird Johnson Promotes Cross Culture Ties Abroad
Mrs. Johnson travels internationally to foster friendships between Americans and foreign diplomatic spouses. She studies languages, meets villages in Africa, and plans a reception on June 9 at the Supreme Court chamber to entertain publishers wives. Johnson may attend briefly, and she coordinates a guest list with ambassador spouses and Capitol Hill leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Africa
Johnson
United Press International
Supreme Court
Capitol
Alan B. Shepard
Navy
Lady Bird
State Got Back More Than If Paid In Taxes
West Virginia paid $52 million in 1960 taxes to the federal government and received $98.7 million in grants, a return of about $1.53 for each dollar paid. A UPI survey using Treasury figures shows 16 states paid more to the Treasury than they received, with New Jersey leading at $2.14 returned per dollar, while Alaska returned only 16 cents per dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Bid Fund Inc
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Department
Highway Fund
Treasury
New Jersey
Alaska
West Virginia Travel Clinic Opens in Davis
Senator Stuart Symington will address the second annual West Virginia Travel Clinic at Blackwater Falls State Park tonight with Jennings Randolph serving as toastmaster. Delegates from about 26 state groups opened the two day clinic to discuss plans to boost Virginia's travel share. Friday speakers include Senator Byrd and Representative Staggers. Norman Laughlin said a resolutions committee will present travel problem study results. Other out of state speakers include Carl J. Johnson Jack Metz G R Covell Gilbert Love and R M Hutcheson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley O. Staggers
D- W. Va
Norman Laughlin
Fairmont
West Virginia
Carl J. Johnson
Interstate Commission On
Potomac River Basin
Washington, D. C
Jack Metz
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Richmond
Experts Analyze Sahara Flight Crash Causes
Experts in Paris and Algiers examined the Sahara Desert crash that killed Alan Lukens’s pregnant wife, three children, and his mother in Bangui. They found no distress signal and the wreckage spread across a wide area, with two likely causes: sabotage or a sudden fire from fuel leakage or an electrical short circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara Desert
Alan Lukens
U.S
Bangui
Central African Republic
Paris
Algiers
Lao security official shot dead in dawn Car assassination
Ekarat, a High National Security Ministry official and ally of Gen Nosavan, was killed by at least 11 bullets while driving through a downtown intersection around 1 a.m. Police said he died instantly. Reports blamed the Pathet Lao for the assassination and the killers fled in another car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ekarat
National Security Ministry
Nosavan
Pathet Lao
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Clau dine Doss Patterson
Funeral services for Mrs Clau dine Doss Patterson 68 of Beckley Road Princeton will be at 2 p m Friday at First Church of God Straley Avenue Princeton with Rev A W Campbell and Rev Leonard Repass in charge Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens She died Wednesday evening in a Princeton hospital after a stroke born June 1 1892 in Pulaski Va Her husband Tyler G Patterson preceded her in death Survivors include six daughters Mabel Colliers Ethel Blankenship Pauline Graves Lucille Workman Edith Acord Thelma Crotty 17 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren Body to be moved from Bailey Funeral Home to the daughter Mrs Blankenships home at 3 p m today and placed in the church one hour before the funeral
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudine Doss Patterson
Beckley Road
Church of God
Straley Avenue
Princeton
A. W. Campbell
Leonard Repass
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Patterson
Pulaski
Tyler G. Patterson
Mabel Colliers
Ethel Blankenship
Pauline Graves
Little Rock
Ark
Lucille Workman
Cabin Creek
Edith Acord
Corinne
Thelma Crotty
Kegley
Bailey Funeral Home
Blankenship
Final rites for George Edwin Cap Shelor obituary
George Edwin Cap Shelor 80 of Lillybrook and Beckley died after a heart attack. Funeral services 2:30 p m Friday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He was born November 5 1880 Meadows of Va and survived by wife Lillie E Helms, two daughters Mrs Troy Farrell and Mrs James W Patton, a son Randolph, four sisters and four brothers. He was a retired chief electrician of Lillybrook Coal Co and a member of Stone Masonic Lodge 890 F and A M Stone ye. Graveside rites by Beckley Masonic Lodge 95 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edwin
Cap) Shelor
Sunset Drive
Melton Mortuary
Alvin Cone
Sunset Memorial Park
Shelor
Beckley
Meadows of Va
James
Victoria Blackard
Lillie E. Helms
Lillybrook Coal Co
Lillybrook
Stone Masonic Lodge
A. M
Stone, Y
Troy Farrell
Logan
James W. Patton
Randolph
Chicago
Maude Shirley
Jess DeHart
Clarence Cooper
Rosie Vernon
Spray
N. C
Earnest
Claude
Roanoke
Ellis
Galax
Harry
Fairmont
Mortua
Final rites set for Walter Ray Crawford
Walter Ray Crawford 61 of Coal City will be buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens after services at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home Chapel. He died in Lillybrook Coal Co No 3 mine near Coal City when a motor trapped him between a motor and overhead beams, causing a fatal fire. A 47 year veteran and longtime Lillybrook employee, he is survived by his wife, three daughters, a son, a stepson, two sisters, two brothers, a half brother, and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ray
Rusty) Crawford
Coal City
Keyser - Bryant
R. H. Todd
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Crawford
Lillybrook Coal Co
Jim Patterson
Lillybrook Company
Summers County
Price
Alice Bair Crawford
Beckley Moose Lodge
United Mine Workers of America
Lillybrook
Ocie Dunford Crawford
Juanita Crawford
New York
Clara Barker
Hawthorne
Calif
Delilah Meadows
San Jose
Vadis
MacArthur
Lottie Wilson
Charleston
Tom
John
John Collins
Piketon
Ohio
Final rites for Mrs Rosa Adkins in Hinton
Mrs Rosa Adkins 78 of Hinton died Wednesday after a two day illness in a local hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday in Ronald Meadows Parlors with burial in Cooper Cemetery at Sandstone. Born April 23 1883 in Summers County she lived in Hinton 40 years and was predeceased by parents Aaron Cooper and his wife. Survivors include husband Pearlie L Adkins three sons Lundy Basil and Russell all of Hinton a daughter Mildred Chewning of Hinton three brothers Homer James and Clarence Cooper and three sisters Emry Johnson Charles Jackson and Norma Bennett plus eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Adkins
Hinton
Ronald Meadows
Cooper Cemetery
Sandstone
Adkins
Summers County
Brooks
Aaron Cooper
Pearlie L. Adkins
Lundy
Basil
Russell
Mildred Chewning
Homer
Meadow Bridge
James
Clarence Cooper
Emry Johnson
Charles Jackson
Raleigh
Norma Bennett
Weston
Final rites for John Keenan Alvis set at 2 p m
John Keenan Alvis 80 Princeton Pisgah Road died Wednesday in a Princeton hospital after a long illness. He was a retired farmer born November 7 1880 at Athens son of John H. and Josephine Hale Alvis. Funeral at George W Seaver Memorial Chapel with Rev Richard Crickard in charge burial in Alvis Cemetery Pisgah Road. He leaves wife Cora Martin Alvis two sons Eugene H Rock Hill S C and Clarence Pisgah Road three daughters Mrs William Hodges Falls Church Va Mrs Joe McComas Flat Top and Mrs Clayton Moye Spanishburg a sister Mrs Bessie Oxley Athens and five funeral home cortes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keenan Alvis
Princeton - Pisgah Road
George W. Seaver
Richard Crickard
Alvis
Pisgah Road
Princeton
Suny
Pisgah
Athens
Smales Rites Held for Henry L Smales of Clifton Forge
Funeral services for Henry Lawrance Smales 70 of Clifton Forge were conducted Monday with Rev A Irvin Orndoff in charge. Burial at Fletcher's Chapel Cemetery Callaghan Va Smales a retired C and O Railway express agent born August 29 1890 in Edmond died early Saturday in Clifton Forge hospital Survived by Ida Pearl Smales a son Hubert F Smales six sisters and two brothers Also a veteran of World War I and member of Central Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge RNS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lawrence Smales
Clifton Forge
A. Irvin Orndoff
Fletcher's Chapel
Callaghan
Smales
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Express
Edmond
Frank
Edna Cavendish Smales
Central Methodist Church
Jeter Andrew L. Jeter graveside rites held today
Andrew L. Jeter 57 of Charleston formerly Mount Hope died Tuesday at work as a general manager with General Life Insurance Co. in Charleston where employed 17 years. Services were to be held today at 4 30 p m at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill with Rev Shirley Donnelly presiding. He was a member of Masonic Lodge Richmond Va Charleston Scottish Rite Beni Kedem Shrine and Baptist Temple. Surviving are daughter Helen Edwards Jeter his mother Mrs Florence Jeter Mount Hope two sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew L. Jeter
Charleston
Mount Hope
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Shirley Donnelly
Simpson-Chandler Funeral Home
John Wilkes
Tein
General Life Insurance Co
Masonic Lodge
Richmond
Charleson Scottish Rite
Beni Kedem Shrine
The
Baptist Temple
Helen Edwards Jeter
T. R. Shock
Florence Jeter
W. R. Malson
San Bernadino
Calif
H. R. Bottoms
Norfolk
Henry
Glendale
Robert R. Jeter
W N Smith V N Smith Welch Death at Beckley Memorial
W N Smith V N Smith Welch dies after long illness at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Body to be moved from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to O J Douglas Mortuary Welch for final arrangements today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. N. Smith
Welch
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
James H Grose Funeral Service for 69 Year Old Man
Funeral services for James Henry Grose of 203 Foote Street will be held at 1 p m Saturday in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Dr J W Witherspoon presiding. Burial is in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Grose died at 6 10 p m Wednesday in the Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital Clifton Forge Virginia after a long illness. He retired as a Chesapeake and Ohio firearm in 1953 after 38 years of service. Born July 3, 1891 in Covington Virginia he was the son of the late Samuel and Sarah Briers Grose. A World War I veteran, he was a member of the Methodist church and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Julia Grose, two sons Billy and James, a sister Mrs Eva Good, and two grandchildren are named. the body will remain at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry Grose
Foote St
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
J. W. Witherspoon
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Grose
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital
Clifton Forge
Chesapeake and Ohio
Covington
Samuel
Sarah Briers Grose
Methodist Church
Brotherhood of Railroad
Julia Grose
Billy
James
Air Force
Greensville
S. C
Eva Good
Cormee
Grover C. Tabor Dies at Home in Morning Hours
Grover Cleveland Tabor, known as Bolt, died at his home at 3 30 a m today. The body is at the Melton Mortuary awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland Tabor
Bolt
Melton Mortuary
Roy A Shackelford Dies After Heart Attack
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today for Roy A. Shackelford who died at his home Tuesday morning from a heart attack. Survivors include a brother John and a sister Mrs Alfred Baker both of Lexington Kentucky. Shackelford was past president of the Beckley Rotary Club and a member of the Beckley Elks Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Shackelford
John
Alfred Baker
Lexington
Shackelford
Beckley
Bowles Funeral Arrangements for Annie M Bowles
Funeral arrangements are complete for Annie M Bowles 76 of Mount Hope who died at her home after a short illness at 430 pm Wednesday. The body is at the Trent Fu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie M. Bowles
Mount Hope
Trent Funeral Home
Airport field denied for non aviation use says official
Alloy argued the county field should serve aviation operations only and rejected drag races and other activities. A twin engined Beech with five aboard diverted to the field April 28 after losing an engine en route to Cleveland. Pilot Morrison from Monroe did not radio ahead and landed with one engine. A later fog landing by an aero commander from Madison, Wisconsin, was guided by Charleston radio and unnoticed by local staff until near the runway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alloy
Monroe
N. C
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley
County Field
Charleston
Radio Control Center
Indianapolis
Ind
Alley
Madison
Wis
Legislature may call special session over liquor profits
Officials are optimistic though a deficit may force action. Gore says no stash or session is planned and the Board of Public Works could freeze transfers in the final weeks of the fiscal year to cover any anticipated shortfall.
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Gore
Board of Public Works
Commodities Distributed at Lester First Church of God
Claude Webb of Lester announces commodities will be given out at the Lester First Church of God from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday and Saturday. Recipients should bring their own containers and those picking up for others must bring a written note.
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Lester First Church of God
Claude Webb
Lester
Webb
Three Charlestonians Receive WVU Awards
Three Charleston residents Hodges Koontz and Young are the first recipients of West Virginia University’s Order of Vandalia. They will receive illuminated scrolls and bronze medals Sunday at a University Field House ceremony. Hodges, WVU Board of Governors president, Alumni Association leader, and Foundation member, is the son of the university’s eighth president. Koontz, a former Democratic National Committeeman, helped launch WVU’s first board of governors in 1927 and served 17 years. Young, past Alumni Association and Emeritus Club president, founder of the Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund, and former West Virginia secretary of state, rounds out the trio.
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Morgantown
UPI
Charleston
WVU Foundation Inc
Koontz
West Virginia
WVU
Young
Alumni Associaton
Emeritus Club
Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund
WestVirginia
14-year-old pirate steals yacht in 10 hour Long Island chase
A 14-year-old boy escaped a Connecticut detention home, stole a $30,000 cabin cruiser, and led Coast Guard, Navy, state troopers and local police on a 10 hour pursuit across Long Island Sound. He boarded a yacht, fueled it, and eventually beached off Old Field Point before being arrested. He claimed nautical skill from his father’s boat and said the stunt was deliberate to get away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson, N.Y
UPI
Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Coast Guard
Navy
Connecticut
Suffolk
Nassau Counties
Long Island Sound
John McFadden
Waterbury
Conn
New Haven
Milford
McFadden
Housatonic
William Tuttle
Coast Guard
New London
Old Field Point
Long Island
Here
Two Oak Hill Youths Admit Vandalizing School Windows
Two boys aged 11 and 12 admitted throwing rocks and breaking three East Oak Hill Elementary windows. Principal James Murphy said one set of parents will cover about $20 in damages. others are to be contacted. Police investigate air rifle damage. youths deny gun involvement. Cooperation of parents will decide on juvenile petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK Hill
ANS
East Oak Hill
James Murphy
Murphy
Paint Creek Men Held In Fayette
Two Paint Creek men William Jackson Stover and Winifred Wyatt Winston waived preliminary hearings on charges of possessing stolen goods. They are held in Fayette County Jail in default $2,000 bond each. State Police took them into custody for possessing articles valued around $1,000 missing from the Paint Creek Camp of F. L. Thomas near Blue Ole, Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Paint Creek
William Jackson Stover
Winifred Wyatt Winston
Fayette County
F. L. Thomas
IRS to not expand centers as data tech grows
Caplin said no plan to add processing centers or move regional offices after pilot results. He supported automatic data processing but noted the huge annual 400 million documents require careful safeguards. Slack favored delaying the proposal, seeking a better fit with another federal agency and community employment benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caplin
IRS
Slack
Internal Revenue Service
Newsman Edward V McCarthy Receives Firemen’s Honor
New York UPI reporter Edward V McCarthy was presented with an award by the New York Uniformed Firemen's Association for his story Portrait of a Fire. He received a plaque and a $100 bond for his detailed account of the Hell's 100 Acres tragedy that killed three firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Edward V. McCarthy
Cholera Outbreak in Calcutta Kills 123 in Three Weeks
A spreading cholera outbreak in Calcutta has claimed 123 lives over the past three weeks, health authorities reported today. The number reflects a near-epidemic level warning for the city and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
India
Upi
Five Year-Old Tieche Recovering From Broken Arm
Albert Updyke Tieche five years old son of Mr and Mrs Albert Tieche Dry Hill Road is in good condition at Beckley Hospital after suffering a broken arm from a log fall near his home Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Updyke Tieche
Albert Tieche
Dry Hill Road
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh director undergoes emergency surgery
Verlin H. Walker attendance director for Raleigh County Schools is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after an emergency appendectomy Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verlin H. Walker
Mankin Ave
Raleigh County Schools
Raleigh General Hospital
Survivor of the Holocaust Recalls Youth in War Crimes Experiments
Marc Berkowitz recounts a journey from Czechoslovakia to Birkenau and Auschwitz where he and his twin sister were exploited as twins by Dr. Josef Mengele. He recalls mothers’ death, a death march, and later serving with Russians who urged killing captors before choosing peace. He rejects vengeance, urging an end to killing worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slatinsky Dolls
Czechoslovakia
Berkowitz
Poland
Birgenau
Josef Mengele
Mengele
Adolf Eichmann
Auschwitz
Marc Berkowitz
Eichmann
New York
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Quotes and Reactions From War Era Figures
United Press International reports quotes from Al Wedemeyer on Cuba as a last resort stating war breeds hatred. Marc Berkowitz recalls Auschwitz survival lines about killing captors. Somerset Maugham arrives for a British literary honor and jokes about gossip. John McFadden, 14, flees with a stolen cabin cruiser asking where the Atlantic Ocean is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pat
United Press International
Los Angeles
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Cuba
Port Jefferson
N.Y
John McFadden
Atlantic Ocean
Mother's Day candy energy estimates stun readers
CHICAGO UPI reports the Chocolate and Confectionery industry estimates 96 million pounds of candy will be bought for Mother's Day gifts. The energy equivalent is enough to wash 768 billion dishes, iron 12.8 billion shirts, or darn 9.6 billion socks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
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Wreck Kills 2
Fla
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City Ave
Neville ST
Mrs
Claudine Patterson
George E. Cap’ Shelor
W. A
Rusty’ Crawford
John K. Alvis
Henry L. Smales
W. N. Smith
Beckley Loan Company
J. W. Walters
Mgr
Neville Sr
James H. Grose
Grover C. Tabor
Charlestonians
Buccaneer
Fayette
London
Somerset Maugham
Britain
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