Workmans Post Bond In Traffic Accident Case
Garland and Kenneth Workman, 24 and 18, of Urbana Ohio, posted $500 bonds each before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on traffic violation charges from a 5:30 am Saturday accident on North Heber Street. Garland faces permitting a drunk to drive while Kenneth is charged with drunk driving. Kenneth was released from Raleigh County Jail after a 30 day sentence for destruction of property tied to the same incident, suspended for good cause.
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Garland Workman
Kenneth
Urbana
Ohio
Joe Rodriguez
North Heber Street
Garland
Raleigh County
Samuel Austin
Sand Branch
Rodriguez
Dearing Brothers
Prosperity
Cherge
James Curtis Pryor
Beckley
Pryor
Lester Pennington
Walnut Sr
JKs Jet Again Chalks Record
Washington reports President Kennedys Air Force One set a Moscow to Washington speed record of 9 hours 53 minutes 52 seconds, cutting nearly three hours from the previous Russian mark. The trip followed a Sunday leg Washington to Moscow in 8 38 42, with Col James B Swindal piloting. Air Force One faced headwinds on return and rain on landing, yet exceeded the 1959 Khru shchev run by a Russian TU114.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Air Force No. 1
Moscow
James B. Swindal
Andrews Air Force Base
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Atomic Energy Commission
Glenn T. Seaborg
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper
Warning to Voters on Absentee Ballots May 28 Election
Recorder Walter Humphreys urges City residents to complete the affidavit on the back of the absentee ballot envelope for the May 28 election. Votes will be invalid if the affidavit is not properly filled out at the Recorder's offices.
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Walter Humphreys
Recorder’s
Humphreys
Society to Meet at First Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet tonight from 7 to 7 30 p m in Friendship Hall due to evangelistic services at the First Methodist Church. After a brief business session, attendees will join the service led by Evangelist Joele.
Congress Moves Toward Gold Backed Currency Proposal
Washington lawmakers poised to approve Kennedy 1961 plan to back $1 and $2 bills with gold reserves replacing silver. Treasury would replace silver-backed notes with Federal Reserve notes as silver demand rises. Mint Director Eva Adams urged against minting new commemorative coins, citing potential pressure for more issues.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
White House
Kennedy
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Eva Adams
Mint
Congress
House Banking
Sam Rayburn
Abraham Lincoln
Whipping Appeal Delays Delaware Court Case
A 20 lash sentence from last year for probation violation in an auto theft case against Franklin W. Cannon Jr. of Dover is on hold as Cannon appeals to the U S Supreme Court. The Delaware Supreme Court rejected the defense claim that the whipping violates the Eighth Amendment and urged legislative change. Judge Lynch specified no opinion on the appeal’s merits, noting he had already upheld the Delaware law when sentencing.
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Franklin W. Cannon Jr
Dover
Del
Cannon
U. S. Supreme Court
Delaware Supreme Court
Lynch
Turkey Brings Down Revolt Led by Talat Aydemir
Ankara and Istanbul were the focus as forces loyal to President Cemal Gursel crushed a seven hour coup led by former Col Talat Aydemir. The conflict left at least seven dead and 28 wounded with rebels seizing Ankara radio before government troops regained control. No U.S. service members were reported injured amid the unrest and Gursel warned the uprising was quelled. Aydemir, a former West Point commander, was reportedly arrested in Ankara after another attempted coup in under two years.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Cemal Gursel
Gursel
Talat Aydemir
Russia
NATO
CENTO
Aydemir
U.S
Istanbul
West Point
Adnan Menderes
Ismet Inonu
President awards NASA Distinguished Service Medal to Shepard Glenn Cooper
The President presented the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to Shepard, John Glenn, and Gordon Cooper in person. The citation praised outstanding contribution to space technology and noted their orbital flight research expanded knowledge in space science.
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NASA
Shepard
Glenn
Cooper
Court decision on sit ins frees hundreds of demonstrators
The court avoided ruling on narrower grounds, freeing hundreds of 1960 61 sit in participants in cities with similar segregation laws. The decision, from Greenville Birmingham Durham New Orleans, bars discrimination where local ordinances exist but leaves others unresolved. Justice Harlan dissented, arguing protections for individual freedom and private choice despite public segregation ordinances. The Montgomery County case on privately operated Glen Echo Park will be re argued next term.
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Greenville
S.C
Birmingham
Ala
Durham
N.C
New Orleans
Justice Harlan
John M. Harlan
Harlan
Glen Echo Amusement Park
Montgomery County
Beckley Woman In Critical Condition After Attack
Mrs Eve lyn Williams suffered an attack in North Beckley and received emergency treatment at Beckley Memorial Hospital where she remains in critical condition. The Beckley Rescue Squad responded to the 1:40 a m call today.
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Beckley
North Beckley
Evelyn Williams
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Funeral services for Flora Jane Robinson White
Funeral services for Flora Jane Robinson White 72 of 111 Meadows Court will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Melton Mortuary Funeral Home with Rev Van in charge. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She died Monday night after a stroke at her home Sunday. Born in Glade Springs Va she was daughter of Samuel and Stella Burke Robinson. A Beckley resident 20 years, she previously lived 24 years in Winding Gulf. She married Jimmerson Cooper White on September 7 1916 who survives. Also surviving are daughter Frances Travis of Sophia two sons Carlton Cotton White and Cooper White both of Beckley a brother D P Robinson Cambridge Tl a sister Mrs W J Ann Miller Atkinson Il and five grandchildren. Body remains at Melton Mortuary with calling after 5 p.m. today. Pallbearers listed.
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Flora Jane Robinson White
Meadows Court
Melton
Reece Aiere van
Sunset Memorial Park
Glade Springs
Samuel and
Stella Burke Robinson
Kewanee Business College
Kewanee
Methodist Temple
Beckley
Winding Gulf
Jimmerson Cooper White
L. M. (Frances) Travis
Sophia
Carlton (Cotton) White
Wheat price forecast shapes farm policy vote
Wheat at $2 a bushel is cited if controls pass, while a rejection could drop prices to $1.10 and raise surpluses. Shuman urges a federal control vote, Farm Bureau leaders argue against it, saying farmers decide future agriculture and voice their support for the 1964 wheat program designed to balance production with demand and curb government surplus stocks.
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Shuman
Congress
Farm Bureau
Funeral for Melanie Caponiti Held in Midway
Funeral services were held for Melanie Kay Caponiti, six, of Midway, who died after being struck by a car on U.S. 1921 in Le Spring. Born December 8, 1956 in Beckley, she was a first grade student at Midway Elementary. Survivors include her parents, two sisters Montaree and Mitzi, a brother John, and grandparents from Beckley and Shady Spring. Burial followed at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
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Melanie Kay Caponiti
John Caponiti
Midway
Caffee Funeral Home
Dewey Wilson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
U.S
le Spring
Beckley
Midway Elementary School
Ben F. Ennis Jr
Northwestern Ave
Montaree
Mitzi
John
Obert Whitt
Shady Spring
Natale Caponiti
William Whitt
Sophia
Josephine Masticeni
Jimmy Clark
Douglas Shupe
Eric Murphy
Bobby Underwood
Obituary notices for Hobert Graham and Isaac Christian
Funeral services for Hobert Eugene Graham 17 of Crab Orchard set for 2 p m Wednesday at MacArthur Church of God with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He died in a one car crash on Pemberton Mountain Saturday. Friends may call at Williams Funeral Home in Sophia after 5 p m today. Pallbearers named. Funeral services for Isaac Dave ton Christian 82 of Camp Creek set for 2 p m Thursday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with burial in Mount Tabor Cemetery. He died Monday night after a long illness. Survivors listed. Webb and Neal Funeral Home to transport to church one hour prior. grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
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Hobert Eugene Graham
Crab Orchhard
MacArthur Church of God
Beulah Pack
Sunset Memorial Park
Pemberton Mountain
Williams Funeral
Sophia
Donnie Richardson
Gary Thompson
David Tucker
Bobby Lane
MacArea Blankenship
Wayne Sulivan
Isaac Daveton Christian
Camp Creek
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Earnest Boyd
Mount Tabor
A. J
Margaret Williams Christian
Christian-Collier Co
Mahan
Eccles
Spanishburg
Grant terms require free lake facilities and staged funding
The grant requires open lake facilities at no charge except nominal user fees, with Raleigh County relying on a special levy. On site labor must start within 120 days, and offer acceptance must occur within 15 days or the application is withdrawn. Funds go to a separate depository account with rigid federal audits. Disbursements: 25 percent at contract award, 50 percent at halfway, 15 percent at final inspection, 10 percent after completion and audit, subject to adjustment.
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Raleigh County
Correction clarifies Griff ith misidentified as W K Toney employee
A Raleigh Register line under a county court photo caused confusion by implying Michael Griffith worked for W K Toney. Griffith had left Commodity Warehouse on May 15, was discharged, and plans to return to mining as an electrician.
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Raleigh Register
Michael Griffith
W.K. Toney
Griffith
Longtime Potomac State Dean Kirkland McKee Dies
Kirkland McKee, dean of Potomac State College since 1936, died Monday night at West Virginia University Medical Center in Morgantown after a recent admission and surgery. A university and Shepherd and Davis & Elkins alum, he is survived by his wife Beatrice Hall McKee of Monongah. An active Boy Scout and longtime church elder, McKee also served in World War II as executive officer and director of training at the Air Technical Service Command Training School in Georgia.
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Keyser
UPI
Kirkland McKee
Potomac State College
West Virginia University Medical Center
Morgantown
McKee
University
Shepherd and
Davis & Elkins Colleges
Beatrice Hall McKee
Monongah
Marion County
Presbyterian Church
Air Technical Service Command Training School
Georgia
Naperville Woman Lydia Stephenson Dies at 85
Lydia B. Stephenson 85 widow of Dr E Byrne Stephenson former president of the West Virginia State Board of Control died Monday in a Naperville hospital. She was Clay County native and mother of Eston B. Stephenson Naperville assistant West Virginia Attorney General for 12 years and now counsel for the U S Atomic Energy Commission.
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Naperville, Ill
UPI
Lydia B. Stephenson
E. Byrne Stephenson
Old West Virginia State Board of Control
Clay County
Eston B. Stephenson
Naperville
West Virginia
U. S Atomic Energy Commission
Miners' Safety Efforts Backed by Udall Task Force
Udall stressed that keeping machines in proper condition is vital to safety, warning it can create dangerous conditions. John M. Kelly said a Bureau of Mines task force of technicians will soon visit coal mining areas to obtain firsthand safety information. not a fishing expedition, but a serious inquiry.
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Commission
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Civil Rights Commission
Javits
Senate
Constitutional Rights
House
Congress
Udall
John M. Kelly
Bureau of Mines
Tariff Negotiations Put Pressure on GATT Conference
American special trade envoy Christian Herter pressed take it or leave it proposals at the GATT session, arguing tariffs must be cut evenly on all products. The conference outcome hinged on whether the United States would compromise. He spoke with President Kennedy by telephone before acting.
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Christian Herter
Kennedy
GATT
Powers Retires Rumors Linger On Mercury Control Voice
An Air Force officer and public affairs director for the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Powers has served on Project Mercury about four years and will be retirement eligible in 1964. A NASA spokesman noted the typical duty is three years while denying official confirmation.
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Powers
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mercury Control
Manned Spacecraft ‘Center
Houston
Milton Leonard Richard Milton Funeral Rites Held in Fayetteville
Leonard Richard Milton 84 a Fayetteville resident died at 12 05 am while visiting his stepson Shirley Duncan after a long illness Born July 25 1878 in Roanoke Va he was a retired coal miner and Oak Grove Christian Church member His wife Martha Pendleton Milton preceded him in death Survivors include son Gilbert Milton Fayetteville daughter Marie Blackburn Richmond step daughter Bertha Smith Fayetteville two additional step sons Everly Duncan Kimberly and Rufus Duncan Fayetteville plus 7 grandchildren and 15 step grandchildren Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home directed arrangements with services at MacArthur Church of God in Fayetteville conducted by Rev Otis Clyburn with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
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Leonard Richard Milton
Fayetteville
MacArthur Church of God
Otis Clyburn
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Shirley Duncan
MacArthur
Roanoke
Oak Grove
Spangler 87 died. longtime Norfolk and Western conductor
William Harvey Spangler 87 of Bluefield and Charleston died at 2 30 p m Monday at his daughter's home Mrs Ruby Wider Charleston after illness since January He was born August 2 1875 in Floyd County Virginia son of the late Dr Eden Spangler and Eva Reed Spangler A Calvary Baptist Church Bluefield member for 60 years he lived with his daughter about a month Surviving are four sons Roy Mullens Ray George and another in Ashland Ky three daughters Mrs Russell Cooper Mrs Eva Gross and Mrs Helen Stuart 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren Funeral 2 30 p m Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church Bluefield Burial Monte Vista Cemetery Bluefield RNS
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William Harvey Spangler
Dora
Fla
Norfolk and Western Railway
Ruby Wider
Charleston
Floyd County
Eden Spangler
Eva Reed Spangler
Calvary Baptist Church
Bluefield
Roy
Mullens
Ray
Highlands
N. J
George
Ashland
Russell Cooper
Eva Gross
Richlands
Wash
Helen Stuart
Ravenswood
Bluesfield
Monte Vista
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Workmans Post
Frankie Eubanks
Robert Parrish
Harry L. McCreery
Haywood Davis
Moon Street
David Wuchevich
Harper Heights
W. A. Burke
Delores Adams
Wuchevich
Howard Eugene Adams
Benjamin H. James
Stamford
Nolo Contendre
Burke
Ivory Owens
Paul C. Balon
Johnstown Road
Jet
Pichmon FD
Mrs. Williams Ili
J.C. White
Melanie K. Caponiti
Rosie Jennings
Rosie M. Jennings
Clear Fork
Laurel Branch Baptist Church
Veatrice Staton
Laurel Branch
Jennings
Clear Creek
Coy
Barbara Cook
Joseph
Maye Mays
Beckey
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Berta Barcus
Sam Foglesong
Virgil Conant
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Barcus
Mullens Hospital
Goodwill, Va
Harrison Pennington
America Jane Ashley
Daugh
Ters
Shields Cline
Dexter Bailey
Garth Stump
Rock
Sidney McCauley
Ocean Port
Pearl Taylor
Crab Orchard
Rosa Kennedy
Bryan Pennington
Rapid City
Ill
Charlie Pennington
Newport News
Frank Pennington
Portland
Ore
Woodrow Ramsey
Ramsey Brothers and
Brown
David A. Harper
Leslie E. Prutton
B. C. Hooper
Montgomery
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Ramsey
Nicholas County
Louise
Walter
Eva Secondo
Oak Hill
Alice Marshall
Irene Swor
Ethel Adock
Gauley Bridge
Nell Hambrick
Belva
Jeanette Rucker
Bentree
Ford
Charlton Heights
Brooks
Dan
Fred
Kanawha City
Withrow
Sherrell B. Withrow
Bitsberg
Germany
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
J. Edwin Stanfield
Huse Memorial Park
Guthrie Air Force Base
South Charleston
LaFayette Post No
American Legion
Garten
Edward Withrow
Nettie Evans Withrow
Fayetteville High School
Bilsberg
Hannah Buckland
Hannah Jane Buckland
Nimitz Street
Cranberry Community
Earnest Bailey
Kenneth Brown
R. F. Koontz, Jr
Lansing
Eliza
Jake Gill
Cranberry
James Allen Buckland
Wilson H. Hamilton
Jack Peterson
Mallory
Vernie DePriest
Richmond
William F. Watts
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Rufus Creed
Robert Koontz Sr
Robert Koontz Jr
Charles Morris
Jackie Stover
Clarence Morris
Hobert E. Graham
Isaac D. Christian
Carter Brand
Mary Carter
S. Kanawha St
Terminix
Lydia Stephenson
Shorty
Leonard R. Milton
William H. Spangler
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