Deaths and Funerals Charles M Thomas and Blanche Evans Daniel
Funeral services for Charles M. Thomas 74 of 110 Mulberry Buckley will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Central Baptist Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Saturday at 2:45 p.m. after a long illness. Final rites for Blanche Evans Daniel 65 of Harper will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Melton Mortuary Chapel. Burial will be in the Davis Addition Mt. Tabor Cemetery. She died Sunday at 10:10 a.m. in a local hospital after a long life. She was a retired Raleigh County teacher and longtime Harper resident. Survivors include a daughter and three sons, six grandchildren, and several relatives. Pallbearers listed. Funeral home hours Tuesday evening for visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Thomas
Mulberry, St
Buckley
Central Baptist Church
James Ely
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Blanche Evans Daniel
Harper
Melton
Sam Meadows
Carl Geissinger
Davis
Mt. Tabor
Cirtsville
John A
Celica Davis Evans
Morris Harvey College
Raleigh County
Eccles School
West Virginia Education Association
Harper Free Methodist Church
Herman H. Daniel
June Bunyan
Johnson City
N. Y
Jack D. Daniel
Princeton
John A. Daniel
Chloe Williams
Cittsville
Gertie Williams
Belle E. Smith
Rt. 1
Beckley
Madge Smith
Beaver
Mable Lester
Charleston
Harold Evans
Perry Evans
Mullens
Pierce Evans
Alex and
Elbert Evans
Leonard Clay
Winifred Burleson
Omer Stover
Tommy Worley
Cecil Cooke
David Scott Shrewsberry
James G
Carol Lambert Shrewsberry
Ghent
Paris Shrewsberry
Mark Allen
James Matthew
Gregory Paul
Charles Lambert
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Ethel Clowers
Mrs. Ethel Clowers 69 of Lakeland Florida formerly Mullens died today in a Lakeland hospital. She was a former Wyoming County Health Nurse. Survived by brother Basil Whitesville son Robert Spartanburg S C daughter Mrs Edwin Lane Princeton five The body to Seaver Funeral Home Princeton for burial in Resthaven Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Clowers
Lakeland
Fila
Mullens
Wyoming County
Basil
Whitesville
Robert
Spartanburg
S.C
Edwin Lane
Princeton
Seaver Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Obituary notices span three families in Kanawha Valley area
Funeral services set for Mrs. Gladys Whitley 65 of Stotesbury at McAlpin Baptist Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Also listed are final rites for Mrs. Anna Omechinski 75 of Mount Hope and graves for infant David Scott Shrewsberry of Ghent. Additional note on Todd Gray Foster missing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd Gray Foster
Stephen Foster
East
Kingston
Obituaries for Hattie McDowell and Enoch Moore
Hattie McDowell 86 dies after long illness at daughter’s home St Albans burial at Salem Cemetery. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday at Salem Church Organ Cave. survivors include multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Enoch Moore 59 Pax former mayor dies from gunshot wound. services 2 p.m. Tuesday Pax Advent Christian Church burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Moore
Pax
Pax Advent Christian Church
Homer Hizer
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Moore
Tyree
Mount Hope
Ransom Mrs Cora 87 to Be interred Beaver church services set
Mrs Cora Ransom 87 of Beaver will be buried at Sunset Memorial Park after services at Beaver Methodist Church at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev Virgil Cook and Rev William Dougherty. She died at 4 am in a local hospital after a long illness. Born May 9 1884 at Table Rock she was daughter of John W and Louise Johnson. Survived by two sons Charles Beaver and J Noel Omaha five daughters Mrs Watson Lilly Miss Susan Ransom Mrs Pearl Underwood Mrs Doris Dempsey and Mrs Cora Hall 14 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren. Friends may call at the home of her daughter Mrs Paris Hall in Glen Morgan at noon Tuesday. church visitation one hour prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Jane Ransom
Beaver
Beaver Methodist Church
Virgil Cook
William Dougherty
Sunset Memorial Park
Table Rock
John W
Louise Kidwell Johnson
Oppie Lee
Dale
Glen Morgan
Luther Johnson
Charleston
Pearl Stanley
Lanark
Paris Hall
Tank Branch Hill
Virginia Beach man dies in mobile home fire
Lee Ankrum, 76, of Virginia Beach Virginia formerly of Beckley died Saturday in a Virginia Beach hospital from injuries from a fire that consumed his mobile home. He worked for many years in local mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Ankrum
Virginia Beach
Beckley
Ankrum
National Guard moves into Chattanooga amid looting and riots
In Chattanooga Tennessee National Guard troops moved in to aid exhausted police after three nights of violence including sniping firebombing and looting. Gov Dunn ordered 1500 to 2000 troops to patrol the city as 20 man roller teams were deployed with limited live ammunition for danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Asst
van Nunally
National Guard
Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Dunn
Robert K. Walker
Four Kanawha men to be charged with Beckley theatre robbery
Beckley police said warrants will be issued for four men arrested April 24 in Georgia in connection with the April 20 armed robbery of the Beckley Theatre. Freddie Lee Counts and three others face armed robbery or accessory charges. two of the suspects are already serving prison terms in Georgia. A separate arrest involved Gloria F. Jones on possession of stolen property charges related to a Beulah Street television theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha County
Beckley Theatre
Beckley City
Georgia
Freddy Lee
Charleston
Elmer Doyle Lovejdy
Alfred Lee Kidd
Clarence R. Silman
Dunbark
Gwinnett County
Beckley
Kidd
Silman
Lovejoy
Assault Warrant Leads to Jail Time in Local Hearing
Daniel Webster 23 of 102 Canaday St remanded to jail in lieu of a 10 fine plus costs after a hearing before Town District Magistrate Lorena Wallace on an assault charge. Webster was arrested at 7 08 p m Sunday by City Police for allegedly striking his wife Margaret. William Acord of Stotesbury jailed earlier on peace and profanity warrants. James E Harris 66 of Beckley paid a 10 fine after being arrested on an assault warrant. Harris allegedly assaulted William Lester. Crab Orchard police reported a 1970 auto crash involving Treola Walker and others with $400 total damage. no injuries. Police logged several minor accidents and citations with various drivers and damages listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
Emma Burks
Rodriguez
Burks
Sullivan
Colony Esso
Warren
Esso
Daniel Webster
Canaday St
Lorena Wallace
Webster
Margaret
William Acord
Stotesbury
Beckley
James E. Harris
Stansbury St
Wallace
Harris
William Gene Lester
Crab Orchard
James V. Treola
Charleston
Treola
Allen Walker
Orchard Avenue
Lilly
Walker
Valley Drive North
Billy Francis Koontz
Cook Ave
Samuel Glenn Polk
Koontz
Polk
Valley Drive
Third Avenue
Paul H. McKain
Woodlawn Ave
Shelby C. Richmond
McKain
Redmond
New York Police Have Strong Leads in Officers Deaths
Harlem residents tipped police with numbers used for a special tip line aiding a large manhunt for the killings of Patrolman Waverly M. Jones and porter Joseph Iagentini in a Harlem housing project Friday night. Police Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy expressed optimism about an early solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPID
Harlem
Patrick V. Murphy
Murphy
Waverly M. Jones
Joseph A. Iagentini
McCarthy urges third party if peace talks fail
Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy addressed 27 000 in Minnesota calling for a new party and policy as a last resort to end the Vietnam War. He derided Nixon’s Vietnamization as changing the color of the corpses and urged immediate negotiations over a fixed timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Minneapolis
Minn
UPI
Eugene McCarthy
America
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Eisenhower
British Tourists Die in Rijeka Airport Crash in Yugoslavia
A Soviet built T134 airliner carrying mostly British vacationers crashed at Rijeka Airport on Krk Island. Fire crews could not reach those trapped in the blazing fuselage as 78 died, with five survivors including the pilot and crew. The crash prompted a national investigation and airport officials noted windy rain at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
UPI
Rijeka
Krk
Tanjug
Aviogene
Milan Markicevic
Stavan iMandic
Ivan Cavajada
Viktor Tomic
Ranko Sarajcic
UPI Bby
Ljubljana
Car Train Crash Claims Pax Woman on Rt 27
Mrs Ollie Mae Moss 54 died Sunday morning when a Norfolk and Western train collided with her station wagon at Lively Pax Four others were injured and listed in satisfactory condition at Oak Hill Hospital The engineer G E Robison of Beckley was identified and the accident under investigation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Pax
Ollie Mae Moss
Lively
Oak Hill Hospital
James Moss
Moss
Cittsville
Preston Kelly
Senator pushes action on strip mining and bridge load
Susman seeks meeting with State Highways Commissioner William Ritchie Jr. to discuss the single lane bridge load issue. He urges responsible operators while Hawley Coal Corp covers six surface mines on 509 acres with 42 reclaimed, and Soil Conservation Service overburdened. Susman plans to inspect Bologne Mining in Richmond District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susman
State Department of Highways
William S. Ritchie Jr
Hawley Coal Corp
Soil Conservation Service For Reclamation
Hawley
New York City
Martin Joseph
Larry Perlstein
L. A. Simmons
Keystone
DNR
Bologne Mining Co
Richmond
Weirton
Probers Cite Second Army Spy Network
Senate investigators say the Army ran a second covert spy network monitoring civilians, distinct from the Fort Holabird intelligence command system. The second network used tactical G-2 units in U S combat divisions based at domestic bases. Ervin plans to reopen hearings later this year to probe the other spy net.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Senate
Army
Congress
Petagon
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Detroit
Army Intelligence Command
Ft. Holabird
Subcommittee
Ervin
Whitfield Defendants in Raleigh Suit Over Note Balance
Household Finance Loan Corp names Ronald E Whitfield and Thelma Whitfield of Beckley as defendants in Raleigh County Circuit Court to recover 317.12 on a note dated September 24 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Finance Loan Corp
Ronald E
Thelma Whitfield
Beckley
Raleigh County
Ciricuit
Local residents jailed on drunken and reckless driving charges
A Beckley man Bob Gene Ellison age 34 of 130 Whitestick Road was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 1 10 a m on a drunken driving charge and released after posting 108 50 bond. Roger B Jones age 22 of 208 Klaus Street was jailed at 2 17 a m Sunday on a drunken driving charge and released after posting 108 50 bond. Kenneth Kerry Lewis age 35 of 227 Westwood Drive jailed at 1 a m today on a reckless driving charge and released after paying 39 in fine and costs to Magistrate Rodriguez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyan
Bob Gene Ellison
Whitestick Road
Raleigh
Ellison
Roger B. Jones
Klaus St
Kenneth Kerry Lewis
Westwood Drive
Rodriguez
Rierson Freed After Drunken Driving Arrest
Carl Rierson of Kilsyth posted an $80 bond and was released after arrest by State Police on drunken driving and license charges. He appeared before Magistrate Rodriguez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rierson
Kilsyth
Rierson
Rodriguez
Police fines in Glen White and Sabine spark minor court actions
Gary W Riley 16 of Glen White paid 15 in fines on charges of driving without an operator license failing to show a registration and driving without an inspection sticker after a Friday State Police arrest. John C Taylor 22 of Sabine paid 45 plus costs after a Saturday arrest by State Police on reckless driving and expired inspection charges following a three car crash with 500 damage in front of Henrys Drive In. Edmond Hayes Lilly 17 of shows further municipal actions pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay McGranahan
Route 9
Beaver
Beckley Municipal Court
Gary W. Riley
Glen White
Wallace
Riley
John C. Taylor
Sabine
Henry
Valley Drive North
Beckley
Edmond Hayes Lilly
Tornadoes Strike Four-State Area Killing One Resident
United Press International reports tornadoes from spring storms battered Texas Iowa Nebraska and Kansas Sunday night. James Carroll aged 47 died when a twister struck his Whitney mobile home. Dozens injured and about 30 buildings leveled in the 1588 resident town near Wacoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Texas
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
James Carroll
Whitney
Tex
Wacn
Drivers Charged In Crab Orchard Area Incidents
A list of local citations includes Robert Dale Milam a year old charged at 70 mph in a 55 mph zone. James P. Plumley ticketed for permitting an unlicensed person to drive. Alvin Marion 17 and James Hatcher 18 cited for reckless driving. John Tyrone Hall 21 cited for defective equipment and excessive noise. Fire department responded to a gas leak at 115 Ewart Ave and assisted by the gas company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Robert Dale Milam
Allen and
Mile
James P. Plumley
Charleston
Plumley
Alvin Michael Marion
Klaus St
James E. Hatcher
Beckeyan
John Tyrone Hall
I St
Hall
Beckley Fire Department
Ewart Ave
Rescue Calls Reported For Illness And Breathing Trouble
Rescue Squad and fire crews responded to multiple calls this week. Charlie Thomas, 73, was ill at 110 Mulberry Street and taken to Veterans Administration Hospital. Pete Fulford, 74, received aid at 215 Myers Avenue and remained at home. A 19 year old, James Henson, was taken home after a reported incident at Municipal Parking Lot. Mrs. is mentioned in relation to a Beckley Plaza Center store call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Mulberry St
Charlie Thomas
Veterans Administration Hospital
James Henson
Myers Ave
Pete Fulford
Fulford
D. C. Murphy Co
Beckley Plaza Center
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Mrs
Blanche Daniel
Gladys Whitley
McAlpin Baptist Church
John Larkin
N. C. Lewis
Eastern Star
Whitfield
Cary Jiles
Rochester
N.Y
Edna Richardson
Debra Ann
Sandra Kay Whitley
George Spencer
Columbus
Ohio
Junior Freeman
Will Henry
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Anna Omechinski
St. Anthony’s Catholic
Leo Werner
Beckley Hospital
Poland
St.,Anthony’s Catholic Church
Louie
Charles
Quinwood
Mantaka
Calif
Irene Hughes
Helen Miller
Janice Medvecky
Wiloughby
Margaret Wendolowski
Wickcliffe
David Shrewsberry
Todd Foster
Michael Foster
Scarbro
Clyde Gray
Sherman Foster
Tyree Funeral Home
Hattie McDowell
Hattie L. McDowell
Salem Church
Organ Cave
Larry Rogers
Salem Cemetery
W. W. Dingess
Washington Ave
St. Albans
Robert Price
C. L. McDowell
Richard
Pentecostal Holiness Church
L. T
Louise) McDaniel
Milboro
Ruth Cook
Minford
Joe
Mildred) Farris
Kirk Dolin
Lehigh Acres
Fla
William Wallace
Lewisburg
R. C. Adkins
Daniels
M. L. Humphreys
Hargrove Street
Rosewood Memorial Park
Cora Ransom
John
Betty Schulte
Beckley Cut
Neville Street
F.T.D. Florist
John H. McCulloch
Democratic
City of
Polaby
Gloria F. Jones
Joe Rodriguez
Lake Stepehns
Slab Fork
Billy H. Sullivan
Keith A. Mullins
Trap Hill
Charles Surratt
South Fayette Street
Beaver Avenue
Charles Lee Hicks
Pauline Serverino
Cova St
Franklin Delano Allen
City Ave
Probers
Second Army
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