Deaths and funerals in Alliance and Detroit
Final rites for Victor Ralph Phillips 15 son of Ralph and Mrs Phillips Alliance Ohio were to be conducted there today after a tractor accident. Survivors include parents a brother Robert and two sisters Sharon and Bernice all Alliance with grandparents and uncles and aunts in Crab Orchard and Daniels areas. Mrs Helen Lena Leeber Trapani Detroit formerly Beckley died in a Detroit hospital after a five year illness. She and husband Mike moved to Beckley 17 years ago. Surviving relatives include six sisters and four brothers from Beckley Detroit and New York City. Funeral services will be held in a Detroit Catholic church Friday morning.
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Victor Ralph Phillips
Ralph Phillips
Alliance
Ohio
Robert
Sharon
Bernice
O. R. Bucklin
Daniels
Crab Orchard
Helen Lena Leeber Trapani
Detroit
Mich
Beckley
Mike Trapani
Emerson Little
M. Leeber
Mabscott
D. Cataline
Albert Laso
C. Carravaggio
Louise Leeber
James Leeber
A. P. Leeber
Eugene Leeber
Victor S. Leeber
New York City
Mrs Garnet Brammer Dies After Heart Attack In Logan
Mrs Garnet Vella Brammer 39 of Chapmanville formerly Mabscott died in a Logan hospital at 12 45 a m after a heart attack Born Feb 14 1922 at Beckley she was a daughter of the late Join Ellison and Mae Lilly Ellison She and family moved to Chapmanville four years ago Survived by husband Ronald Brammer three sons Howard David and Lloyd and daughter Connie all at home six brothers Emory Ellison Charles Ellison Bobby Ellison John Ellison Billy Ellison and Joe Ellison two sisters Christine Thompson and Mary Wickline The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnet Vella Brammer
Chapmanville
Mabscott
Logan
Beckley
Join and
Mae Lilly Ellison
Ronald Brammer
Valley Bell
Howard
David
Lloyd
Connie
Emory H. Ellison
Detroit
Mich
Charles Elison
Bradley
Bobby Gene Ellison
Mrs Lillie Matherly Dies After Fractured Hip
Mrs Lillie Matherly aged 84 of Beav er died at Raleigh General Hospital from complications of a fractured hip suffered May 2. The body remains at Webb and Neal Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Matherly
Beaver
Raleigh General Hospital
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Stratton High Home Economists Attend Philadelphia Funeral
Mrs. Georgia Jackson and Mrs. Elizabeth Merritt depart Stratton as attendances for the funeral of Mrs. Georgia Jackson in Philadelphia, Pa. The Stratton High home economics instructor travels for family rites and to support relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Merritt
Stratton High School
Philadelphia
Georgia Jackson
Fayette Schools Open Aug 29 1961 62 Calendar Adopted
Fayette County Board of Education adopts a 190 day school calendar for 1961 62 with 182 teaching days starting Tuesday August 29. The term exceeds NCAs 176 day goal and State Legislature asks by two days. Holidays include Labor Day Thanksgiving New Year Primary Election. Schools end June 1 1962 with make up on June 4.
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ANS
Fayette County Board of Education
North Central Association
West Virginia Education Association
Dodd Attacks Private Fundraising For Cuban Rebels
Senator Dodd told prepared remarks that private groups must not interfere with foreign policy. He urged the State Department to remind leaders the administration and Congress decide U S policy and whether to fund the Cuban rebels via a private drive soliciting money for tractors to secure Castro’s release. Congressional leaders said Kennedy ordered the government to stay hands off the private fund raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Reuther
Milton Eisenhower
Dodd
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
State Department
Congress
Citizens Committee
Fidel Castro
Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
Department
White House
Kennedy
Junta Continues as President Heads to Europe
Gen Chang sought visas for himself and three associates and collected travel funds from the Foreign Ministry, totaling $11,000, as he began packing. The U.S. Embassy referred the visa to Washington since the purpose was to visit the President of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Gen. Chang
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Washington
United States
Seaboy Lapard Seaboy C. Lapard Dies at 75 in Jonben
Seaboy C. Lapard, 75, of Jonben, died at his home Tuesday night after a heart attack. Neal Funeral Home currently handles arrangements.
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Seaboy C. Lapard
Jonben
Webb and Neal Funeral
Voice of America seeks funds to expand Africa broadcasts
Washington API The Voice of America asked Congress for funds to broaden radio coverage in Africa to counter Soviet activity, which officials noted rose 80 percent in 1960. Henry Loomis USIA said Africa’s audience is about 20 million and growing with turmoil. VOA plans seven hours weekly in French, 14 hours in English, and 45 more hours for other regions in Africa. The communist bloc broadcasts 84 hours weekly across sub Sahara Africa.
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Washington
API
Voice of America
Congress
Africa
House Appropriations Committee
Henry Loomis
Broadcasting Service
U.S. Information Agency
USIA
Voice
sub-Sahara
State Plans To Use Children's Aid In EEP
West Virginia officials discuss using federal aid to dependent children funds to hire workers under the Emergency Employment Program. Public Assistance Director W. Bernard Smith and Gov. W. W. Barron raised the plan with Welfare Secretary Abraham Ribicoff, who questioned legality. If allowed, employable but jobless fathers would work in EEP and receive a share of the federal state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
West Virginia
W. Bernard Smith
Asst
Wilbur Cohen
Smith
W. W. Barron
Abraham Ribicoff
Morgantown
Ribicoff
Draft Board Personnel To Attend Conference
Draft Board No 18 will be closed all day Friday to enable the office personnel to attend the annual Selective Service Clerks Conference in Charleston. They are Miss Alma Smith, clerk, and Mrs Shirley Covey, assistant clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Clerks
Charleston
Alma Smith
Shirley Covey
Miner Hurt in Pocahontas Fuel Co Mine Accident
William McCroskey, 29, of Jenkin Jones, was treated and X-rayed at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens for cuts and scalp bruises after an accident at the Pocahontas Fuel Co mine at Itmann at 5 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
William McCroskey
Jenkin Jones
Wyoming General Hospital
Pocahontas
Driver Pays Fine in Reckless Driving Case
Silas M. Preston of Lewisburg pleaded nolo contendere before Magistrate J. E. Mays at Beaver on Tuesday and was fined 25 dollars plus costs for reckless driving. He was cited by State Police on May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas M. Preston
Lewisburg
Nolo Contendre
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Kesslar Named HS Principal
Fayetteville RNS reports Holly Kessler named principal of Gauley Bridge High School. M. B. Cavendish named successor at Ansted High School, moving from Layland Junior High to White Sulphur Springs High. Truslow Waldo resigns after 18 years. Kingston Elementary/Junior High vacancy remains open. board awaits resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Waymon Riley
Wirt County
Salvation Army Nears Goal At Luncheon Report
The Salvation Army drive needs 684 dollars to reach a 9000 dollar goal. Report from today’s luncheon in El Chico says workers will contact people with cards out to raise the remaining balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
el Chico
Air Force Globemaster crew aids wounded after Yakima fire action
UPI photographer Harold Garb describes harrowing rescue as airborne crew members land in fog near Yakima. Lt. Luther and crew pull two men from flames, others transported to Madigan and local hospital. Globemaster, a $1.7 million, four engine transport, carried seven crew and 15 airmen returning from Lava Plains exercise. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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William Luther
Oakland
Cal
Robert Michelsen
Kent
Wash
Lawrence Seckley
Samuel Mehling
Luther
Madigan
Globemaster
Fort Sill
Okla
Yakima
63Rd
Donaldson Air Force Base
S.C
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft
Bus Collision Injures 42 Near Camp Lejeune
A bus carrying 47 workers to Camp Lejeune collided with a car on U S 258 twenty miles south of Kinston, overturning and injuring 42. Two people were listed in critical condition. Injured passengers were pulled from the bus through a shattered windshield.
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Kinston
N. C
UPI
Camp Lejeune
Here
U. S. 258
Three Men Released From County Jail After Short Terms
Clarence Chapman of Mount Hope was freed from Raleigh County Jail after 12 days for drunken driving. Lonnie Bowman of Arnett and Harry F. Cook of Glen Daniel also completed 10 day sentences on similar charges and were released Monday.
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Clarence Chapman
Mount Hope
Raleigh ‘County
Lonnie Bowman
Arnett
Harry F. Cook
Glen Daniel
New Orleans Nazi Protesters Face Police Over Signs
A busload of American Nazi party members entered New Orleans and faced police anger over hate signs. Captain Troxclair ordered the group to cover all signs or risk staying in the parish, later allowing lodging after compensating with paper and removing front and rear signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
APD
CORE
NAACP
Otto Preminger
Volkswagon
T. H. Troxclair
Troxclair
Fuehrer
George Lincoln Rockwell
Arlington
Reeser Retires June 1 From United Fuel Post
Warren M Reeser will retire June 1 as manager of distribution for United Fuel Gas Co Huntington District after 48 years with Columbia Gas System. He was honored at a Huntington dinner and has held key posts across the Tri-State area, with deep roots from Schuylkill County to Marshall University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Mintzer Reeser
United Fuel Gas Co
Huntington
Reeser
Columbia Gas System Companies
Frederick
Charleston
Schuylkell County
Mintz
Connellsville
Johnstown
Cincinnati
Marshall University
J. W.” Reeser
40Th Infantry
Spencer
United Fuel
Huntington Development and Gas Co
Columbia Gas Construction Co
Lewisburg
White Sulphur Springs
Ronceverte
Princeton
Athens
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Beckley
Tri-State
Ashland
Ironton
Columbia Gas of Kentucky, Inc
Ohio Valley Gas Co
Cabell
Putnam
Wayne
Logan
Lincoln
Mingo Countes
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Huntington Rotary Club
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
American Red Cross
Huntington Industrial Corporation
Huntington American Legion
Huntington Athletic Club
Guyan Golf and Country Club
Guyandot Club
Elks
Huntington Advertising Club
Sons of the American Revolution
Mary E. Loomis
Mary Elizabeth Emmons
Warren Bechtel Reeser
Eleventh Ave
News Briefs From Times on War and Policy
Short items report steel orders rising for next year and a posthumous medal for Dr. Dooley. The Army to draft 6,000 in July after a two month pause. Eichmann trial documents link Nazi crimes to Lidice massacre. West Virginia coal output rises 27 thousand tons in April. Pleasants County jail case reversed on release claim. Traffic deaths in West Virginia reach 121 this year, vs 117 last year.
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Tom Campbell
Iron Age Magazine
Senate
White House
Thomas A. Dooley III
Laos
Army
Defense Department
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
West Virginia
Smokeless Operators Association
State Supreme Court
Pleasants County
Pleasants
Sam White
St. Marys
Tyler County
Colored Money Plan Before Treasury Dept
Treasury officials weigh a plan to color code U S currency by denomination to reduce miscounts and embarrassments at cash registers. Elizabeth Rudel Smith champions red for 5, blue for 10, yellow for 20 while 1 dollar stays green. Skeptics warn of confusion during a transition and resist changing a long functioning system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Down Washington
UPI
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
U.S
Elizabeth Rudel Smith
United States
Soldier Found Shot To Death In Augusta
In Augusta Georgia a Ft Gordon soldier Sp Wallace D Koslow 21 Pulaski Virginia was found shot to death near a public telephone booth early today. Police report powder burns on his chest suggest possible self harm but the gun’s position and holes in the booth glass imply other factors. The body lay about eight feet from the booth and the operator attempted to summon help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koslow
Explosive youth job plan spurs conservation and training
Labor leaders discuss teen employment in rural and urban public works programs with on the job training subsidies. Conant warns 26 million youngsters will enter the labor market this decade, up 40 percent from 1950s levels, calling it social dynamite without bold measures. About 350 officials planned to issue recommendations on schooling placement and federal state roles. The National Committee for Children and Youth sponsors the three day meeting with Ford Foundation support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Department
Conant
Ghent Driver Held As Drunk In Raleigh County Jail
Orie Hatcher of Ghent is jailed after a State Police arrest for drunken driving at 9 45 p m Tuesday. His car was found over an embankment on West Virginia 3 near Harper. Two car passengers are also jailed on drunkenness charges. Clyde Fink of Crab Orchard is jailed on felonious assault charges after booking Monday night. Earl Duncan of Coal City posted bond and was released after drunken driving arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orie Hatcher
Ghent
Raleigh
W.va
Harper
Clyde Fink
Crab Orchard
Earl Duncan
Coal City
W. A. Burke
Freedom Riders Reach Selma and Head Toward Meridian
The Freedom Riders traveled through Selma Alabama on Route 30 on their southern integration journey led by Rev Martin Luther King Jr Their caravan continued to Demopolis Meridian and the Mississippi border where patrols were mobilized Commodore T B Birdsong coordinated units in Meridian The group comprised ten Negroes including two girls and one white youth Paul Dietrich from Washington DC rode with the group saying he felt anxious After reaching Montgomery the bus carried one white student James Zwerg from Appleton Wisconsin who was beaten by a mob there.
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Ala
Selma
Martin Luther King Jr
Demopolis
Mississippi
Meridian
Mississippi State Highway Patrol
T. B. Birdson
Lauderdale County
Birdsong
Freedom Group
Paul Dietrich
Washington, D.C
Montgomery
James Zwerg
Appleton
Wis
Oxford Guns Too Noisy During 1812 Overture
Oxford Dean threatens expulsion if any volley is fired while the 1812 Overture is performed next month. He says drums will suffice and enforces a ban on gunfire. The note contrasts Tchaikovsky and church policy amid a concert dispute.
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Oxford
England
UPI
Tchaikovsky
C. A. Simpson
Simpson
Clean Up Plan Outlined by Big Eight Members
A planning luncheon June 1 with State Coordinator Mike Rush will refine a clean up contest in the Big Eight Development Association area. Governor Barron will issue invitations after a preliminary meeting with President Okey L. Patteson and others at Black Knight Country Club. The Big Eight, chartered May 11, 1959, seeks county planning commissions and community development across Fayette Greenbrier Nicholas Monroe Mercer Raleigh Summers and Wyoming counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Eight Development Association
Mike Rush
Association
W. W. Barron
Bush
Okey L. Patteson
Jack Lloyd
C. T. Shackelford
Black Knight Country Club
Fayette
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Monroe
Mercer
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Patteson
Appalachian Power Co
Rural Development Council
Chambers of Commerce
Meany Urges End to Union Conflicts at PA AFL-CIO Meet
AFL CIO President George Meany told 2,000 delegates in Philadelphia that jurisdictional disputes and interunion rivalries distract from national needs. He condemned work stoppages on defense projects and urged renewed organizing to reach 1.35 million jobs yearly, noting 60 percent of Pennsylvania workers remain nonunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPS
Aflcio
George Meany
Pennsylvania
Afl-Cio
Meany
Quotes from leaders and figures span race riots to foreign policy
Lyndon B Johnson says Asia freedom will require a long costly struggle. John Lewis, beaten in Birmingham riots, speaks of not fearing death but ready to pay the price. Senator Dodd denounces Cuban prisoner swap for tractors. Brendan Behan jokes about porpoises at Marineland outdoing him in swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pat
United Press International
Hamilton
Bermuda
Lyndon B. Johnson
Asia
Montgomery
Ala
John Lewis
Freedom Riders
Wheelchair Rolls Into River Rescue Hatched by Hero
In Parkerburg, a paraplegic fishing day nearly turned fatal when a wheelchair toppled eight feet into Little Tygart Creek. Barnes Beckwith, attending his brother Arthur in a wheelchair, leapt in to pull Austin Modesitt to safety as a companion helped keep his head above water. Modesitt ended up face-down in about five feet of water before being brought ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
UPS
Little Tygart Creek
Austin Modesitt
Modesitt
Barnes Beckwith
Arthur
Armory Dedication Honors Huntington Colonel in West Virginia
A $457 718 West Virginia National Guard armory in Welch will be dedicated Tuesday in memory of Col. William E. Eubank who led the 150th Infantry for over two decades. Died October 1950. Attending will be Maj. Gen. William E. Eubank Jr., deputy commander of the 2nd U. S. Air Force and son of the Huntington resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
API
West Virginia National Guard
150Th Infantry
State Guard
William E. Eubank
Huntington
William E. Eubank Jr
2Nd U. S. Air Force
West Virginia Briefs: Appointments and Local Developments
Gov. Barron named Dr. Wirt Curry to the State Board of Dental Examiners for an unexpired term ending June 30, 1962, succeeding Dr. Charles Price who resigned. Flint Construction Co. quoted the low bid of 7659 dollars for a farmer's market receiving station at Gassaway. A hunter found a skeleton near Moundsville, matching clothes of missing man Lee Magers, 57, from Calis. International Nickel plans a 1.5 million dollar office building at its Huntington plant, in addition to 2.5 to 3 million dollars of other work. Former state police officer Harry H. Burke named District 4 officer of the Probation and Parole Board, based in Parkersburg. Earl D. Kiser, 65, longtime Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Development Department official, died in Huntington. In Welch, details of an experimental food stamp program to start June 1 in McDowell County were explained to about 200 businessmen. An unsuccessful jail escape in Charleston led to suspensions and demotions of three officers, including Captain E. D. Smith and Sgt. Ernest Greenleaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
W.W. W. Barron
Wirt W. Curry
Holden
Logan County
West Virginia
Khrushchev: From Fury to Jester in Vienna Talks
A Paris press review contrasts Khrushchev’s explosive anger with his jokey persona seen at a Moscow trade fair. It notes Pravda’s cautious stance on possible Kennedy-Khrushchev talks and warns against a condescending tone, predicting Khrushchev may choose diplomacy over bluster in Vienna. The piece highlights how Moscow reporters observe his mood shifts and readiness to puncture serious questions with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrush
Moscow
Vienna
Pravda
United States
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Truck Wreck on West Virginia Turnpike Dispatches No Injuries
Robert G. Newell of Douglas, Georgia, drove a tractor-trailer loaded with frozen chickens that left the West Virginia Turnpike near Milepost 14. He told police he lost control after leaving the pavement, tipping the truck onto its side in a ditch. Damages were about $1,000 with no injuries and no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Newell
Douglas
West Virginia Turnpike
Speeding Charge Stuns Oceana Man on South Kanawha Street
Eugene Paisel of Oceana was arrested by City Police on South Kanawha Street at 5 45 pm Tuesday for speeding. He posted a 20 dollar bond and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Paisel
Oceana
South Kanawha St
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Seattle
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Warren ‘Mintz
Tional Cemetery
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Dillon
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
Hollywood Standard London
The
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Brighton
Hollywood Standard
the Express
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Huile DE Peanuts
London
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Hollywood
Trish
Brendan Behan
Marineland
Armory
Moundsville
Lee Magers
Calis
Burke
Harry H. Burke
West Virginia Probation and Parole Board
C&co
Earl D. Kiser
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Coal Development Department
C&o
E. D. Smith
Ernest Greenleaf
Pike
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