British and New Zealand Forces Arrive In Thailand
British jets and New Zealand transports arrived in Bangkok from Singapore to join U S troops defending Thailand against communism. Six Hunter fighters and three Bristol transports with 50 New Zealand airmen plus future arrivals mark SEATO backing. In Laos, US demands resignation of Gen Phoumi Nosavan cited as first step toward settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene McLoughlin
United Press International
New Zealand
Bangkok
Singapore
United States
Thailand
Britain
20Th
Royal Air Force
Don Muang
Bristol
Royal New Zealand
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
SEATO
U.S
Vientiane
Laos
Phoumi Nosavan
Washin
Australia
Kora
Here
Stephen Weir
James Richardson
Lower morning temp 33 at Drum
The morning reading from the U S Weather Bureau shows a low of 33 degrees at Drum. No other details provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Drum
Revisions Weighed In Adoption Laws
The subcommittee of the Legislature evaluates adoption law revisions for the 1963 session. Attendees include Robert K. Kelly of the State Bar Association and judges Richardson Whaley and Hall. Topics cover age limits for adopters, residency requirements, and safeguards for finality. Seeing possible use of court action when adoption is denied for nonfly ages or economic status, the panel aims to draft recommendations by June 28–29 before agency review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Gainer
D-Nicholas
Del
Jack R. Nuzum
Randolph
Robert K. Kelly
Charleston
State Bar Association
K. K. Hall
Madison
Herbert W. Richardson
George H. Whaley
Wood County
Richardson
Pennsylvania
State Welfare Department
Kelly
Space suit and haze observations during spaceflight report
Astronaut notes haze layer twice the horizon height and thickness, reducing star visibility and affecting photometer readings. He reports severe suit temperature discomfort and calls it practically uncontrollable. A loose washer floats in zero gravity and must be retrieved before continuing from the Bermuda tracking station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Woomera
Australia
Carpenter
Bermuda
Shortening The News: West Virginia mourns, protest planned
A West Virginia man, Clifford Walton, 33, among 45 killed in Continental Airlines jetliner crash near Centerville, Iowa. Charleston Huntington Logan officials plan formal protest against United Fuel Gas Co. rate hike of 2.48 million dollars. Gov. Barron dedicates underground mushroom farm near Moundsville praising Indian Knob Mushroom Farms for state diversification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Clifford Walton
Gilmer County
Continental Airlines
Centerville
Iowa
Charleston
South Charleston
Huntington
Logan
United Fuel Gas Co
W. W. Barron
Moundsville
Lauding
Indian Knob Mushroom Farms Inc
Carpenter flight draws world reaction and mixed praise
Following Commander Carpenter's spaceflight, international broadcasts track progress and rescue efforts across Europe and the Middle East. Yuri Gagarin, touring Japan, questions the feat's significance, noting the capsule's heat, off-target landing, and distances compared with Titov and himself, while promising to send congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
British Broadcasting Corp
Swedish State Radio
Carpenter
American Forces
Germany
Europe
Middle East
Radio Free Europe
Russia
Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Japan
Gherman Tutov
Earth
Titov
Cmdr
Jouhaud Plans New Trial After Salan Conviction
Paris reports lawyers for Edmond Jouhaud plan a new trial to save the ex general from the death penalty. The Salan verdict heightens government alarm over OAS violence in Algeria and risks destabilizing Moslem security and French forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
Edmond Jouhaud
de Gaulle
Algeria
Raoul Salan
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Salan
Jouhaud
Criminal Court
Charles de Gaulle
Louis Joxe
Examinations and terms in Humphrey nickel contract
A GAO review outlines the contract terms aimed at expanding domestic nickel supply for national emergency. Hanna could recover 440000 in prior costs, prove a ferronickel process at no cost to firms, and become the main domestic ore nickel producer. The deal allows acquiring a $22 million smelter for salvage value, selling ore to the government at $6 per ton with high pre tax profits, and operating with minimal loss risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey
GAO
Hanna
35 Hour Week Promoted at Parkersburg Labor Convention
At the opening of the 16th annual convention of the 35 Hour Week Sheet Metal Workers union in Parkersburg, Joseph Handley urged reaffiliation with the Teamsters in West Virginia. Eugene A. Carter attended as a speaker, while Miles Stanley criticized state public services and aging care. About 80 delegates attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheet Metal Workers Union of
Parkersburg
Joseph Handley
Teamsters
West Virginia
Eugene A. Carter
Charleston
Teamsters Joint Council No. 84
Miles Stanley
West
N-KIC stock sale reaches $28 155 amid radio drive
Stock solicitation by radio to raise 100000 for New Kanawha Industrial Corp. reached 28155 at noon today. Harrison O. Ash, president, set a midnight Saturday deadline to determine the gains and propose a By-pass property for a textile division of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Kanawha Industrial Corp
N-Kic
Harrison O. Ash
Hospital Files Suits for Unpaid Charges
Beckley Hospital Inc files five suits Thursday to recover unpaid charges. Defendants and claim amounts include Cecil L and Elsie Ruth Prince Mabscott 1124.65 Howard Nowell and Mary Maxine Mitchell 212 Antonio Sr 1259.48 John and Ollie Lafferty Glen Daniel 998.14 William Franklin and Sandra Edmonds Bradley 631.43 Charley Albert and Melva Ayers Fireco 409.74.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital, Inc
Cecil L
Elsie Ruth Prince
Mabscott
Howard Nowell
Mary Maxine Mitchell
Antonio Sr
John
Ollie Lafferty
Glen Daniel
William Franklin
Sandra Edmonds
Bradley
Charley
Albert
Melva Ayers
Fireco
Miss Joyce Chambers Wins Sears Award at Woodrow Wilson
Miss Joyce Ann Chambers a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School wins the Sears Roebuck Foundation award for outstanding student in Distributive Education The $50 US savings bond will be presented at a 730 p m recognition assembly at the high school auditorium The 17 year old daughter of Mrs Willie Mae Chambers Valley Drive is one of 18 students completing the course and plans to continue working after graduation The employer G C Murphy Co rates her highly proficient as a trainee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Ann Chambers
Woodrow Wilson High School
Sears, Roebuck Foundation
Betty S. Jarrell
Astronaut Carpenter Rescued After Orbit Flight
The Navy P2V tracked the Aurora seven signal to a spot in the Atlantic about 250 miles beyond the planned recovery area. Astronaut Gordon Carpenter waited in a raft for hours as helicopters, planes, and the carrier Intrepid converged. President Kennedy spoke by phone and Carpenter apologized for not aiming better on reentry. Glenn welcomed him ashore and debriefing began, with Williams identifying a longer trajectory and radar radio overshoot as factors in the recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Capenter
Carpenter
Intrepid
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Kennedy
Bahamian Island
John A. Powers
Glenn
Earth
Mercury Project
Walter Williams
Williams
Ocean
Armadillos Across Kraho Tribe Roles
Kraho Indians of Brazil keep young armadillos as pets while harvesting meat from older armadillos for the tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Deaths and Funerals in Raleigh County area
John Amos Myers 66 of Crab Orchard died on arrival at a local hospital. Born February 3 1896 in Severville Tenn he was a retired Lilly brook Coal Co miner and WWII veteran. Survivors include wife Mary Emily two stepdaughters a stepson two brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements pending at Caffee Funeral Home. Also funeral services for Rev Elsie Mae Lewis 42 of Metalton will be held Sunday at St John’s Baptist Church Raleigh with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. She was dead on arrival at a local hospital and her death cause was not disclosed. She was daughter of the late Hence D Williams and Rebecca Williams. Survivors include husband John Lewis three sisters and two brothers. Family will receive friends at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Saturday and at the church one hour before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Amos Myers
Crab Orchard
Severville
Tenn
George Myers
Townsend
Martha Law Myers
Lillybrook Coal Co
Myers
Raleigh County
Church of the Brethren
United Mine Workers of America
Lillybrook
Mary Emily Myers
Edward
Hazel) Snuffer
Dry Hill Road
Morris
Evelyn) Imboden
Beckley
Marvin Ferguson
Jacksonville
Fla
Frank
Middleburg
Lee
Maryville
Elsie Mae Lewis
Metalton
St. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
Jim Bailey
Greenwood Memorial Park
Rebecca Davidson Williams
John Lewis
Nonnie Day
Selma
Ala
la Belle Moss
Mamie L. Holland
Birmingham
Shepard Williams
Bethlehem
Damon Hunter
Sweeney William Green 99 Funeral in Princeton
William Green Sweeney 99 of Gardner dies and funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Primitive Baptist Church in Princeton with Elder I W Kilby officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial. He was a retired farmer and Camp Creek Primitive Baptist member. Survivors include two Beckley sisters Nannie Campbell and Emma McKinney plus multiple grandchildren and great descendants. Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Green Sweeney
Gardner
Primitive Baptist Church
Princeton
I. W. Kilby
Resthaven Memorial
Camp Creek
Beckley
Funeral services set for Henry Watkins in Dempsey First Baptist
Henry Watkins 66 mine inspector for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates died in Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch N J after a heart attack. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Dempsey First Baptist Church with Rev Harmon Gray and Rev C R Brooks. burial Dempsey Community Cemetery. Survived by wife Evie Mae Fitzpatrick Watkins two sons two daughters sister eight grandchildren one great grandchild. Body to be moved from Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville to ae at 5 p.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watkins
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
New Jersey
Watkins
Fayetteville
Route 2
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch
N. J
Joseph
Sarah Watkins
Searles
Ala
First Baptist Church
Dempsey
Beckley Moose Lodge
Rock Hill
S. C
Arbutus Kusnirak
Perth Amboy
Wilma Rogers Alouf
Arlington
Marian McNally
Washington, D. C
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
More Bogus Money Found in Beckley
Counterfeit twenty dollar bills surfaced at Beckley over three days. An assistant at Beckley National Bank found one in a deposit, while Garnishee collector E M Bowling received another. Two more bogus bills were found at the bank on Tuesday and Wednesday, totaling four. Officials at Raleigh County Bank and Bank of Raleigh report no counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley National Bank
E. M. (Buzzy) Bowling
Raleigh County Bank
Bank of Raleigh
Patient Undergoing Treatment At Beckley Hospital
Vernard Alfred of the Whitesville area was in emergency treatment at Beckley Hospital at noon today for injuries suffered while loading steel on a truck. No details of the accident could be learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernard Alfred
Whitesville
Beckley Hospital
Shoplifters Nabbed at Sands Supermarket Beaver
Beckley State Police arrested two shoplifters shortly after noon today at Sands Supermarket in Beaver. Officers were en route to a magistrate's office with the pair at presstime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Sands
Beaver
Wreck Damages $35 In Traffic Mishap on Kanawha St
A minor collision on North Kanawha Street at 1 40 p m caused 35 in damage with no injuries or charges. Drivers were Fred C Crews 21 of 708 1 2 North Kanawha St and Charles L Haydon 21 of Sprague. Crews turning into a driveway was struck on the right rear by Haydon's truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Kanawha St
Fred C. Crews
Charles L. Haydon
Sprague
Crews
Haydon
Money in Circulation in the U S for June 30 1961
The Face value of money in circulation in the United States on June 30 1961 totaled 32 404 684 555 dollars according to the 1962 Britannica Book of the Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Final rites set for Dyer at Stamford Cemetery
Harry Leslia Dyer 713 S Fayette St will have funeral services 11 30 a m Saturday at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Chapel with Rev John W Gowen in charge Burial will be in Stamford Cemetery He died after a long illness in a local hospital He was a World War II veteran There are no known survivors The body remains at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Leslia Dyer
S. Fayette St
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
John W. Gowen
Stamford
Dyer
Newspaper editor Gus Kenton dies at 77
Kansas City United Press International reports Gus Kenton longtime managing editor of the St. Louis Star and chief copy editor of the Los Angeles Times died Thursday after a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Gus Kenton
Old
State Plant To Make M-14 Rifle Components
A Harrington & Richardson spokesman said a new West Virginia ordnance plant in Elm Grove will handle overflow from Worcester operations. The Wheeling plant will start with 100 workers, rising to 300+. The firm plans $1 million in machine tools, while the federal government funds retraining for 135 area residents. Hennan predicted the site will meet defense contract needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPI
Harrington & Richardson Co
New West Virginia
Elm Grove
Donald C. Hennan
Worcester
Mass
Harrington & Richardson
Defense Department
Hennan
Ordnance Plant
Court Approves Suit Compromise In Haddad case
In Raleigh County Circuit Court a payment of 8160 was made to George R Haddad in a suit against Massachusetts Protective Association for permanent injuries from a January 5 1959 fall at his home. The judge approved cancellation of Haddads insurance policy as of payment date and a directed verdict of 3500 in Haddads favor. Other orders include a 95380 default in a Lilly v Smallwood suit and several divorces and name restorations with child custody in various cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Haddad
Massachusetts Protective Association
Raleigh County
Haddad
Norman Kn
C. Berkley Lilly
Cecil Smallwood
Jessie Willard Jarrell
Robert Snyder
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Marion Geneva Connor
Hilary Connor
Marion Geneva Richmond
James Edgar Blaylock
Elsie Matics Blaylock
Emmit Lee Burleson
Martha Burleson
Anna Henries
William R. Henries
Barbara Ann Shumaker
Clyde Douglas Shumaker
Lettie V. Webb
Oley J. Webb
Joyce Loretta Brown
William Russell Brown
Frances L. Pack
Frances L. Bragg
Orville Wiley Pack
Margaret Alice Moore
Hugh B. Moore
Callaway
Charles Franklin Meador
Laura Frances Meador
Joseph William Bissett
Gladys Ryan Bissett
Larry Dean Stover
Emma Lorene Stover
Shirley Lilly Buchanan
Lewis C. Buchanan
Lilly
Centennial Body To Report Today On Budget
The West Virginia Centennial Commission subcommittee, led by Senate President Howard Carson, was set to report on whether the $1 million centennial budget suffices for next year’s birthday events. Bernard A. Jacobson questioned the plan’s soundness while Ketchum Inc. was hired to lead a statewide drive for $500,000 in contributions, with $400,000 already allocated by the Legislature. The statewide campaign launches on June 20, the state’s 99th birthday, as commission members plan a Blennerhassett Island visit and consider selling the island to Mrs. Fred S. Peterson of Parkersburg for tourist use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburgern
West Virginia Centennial Commission
Senate
Howard Carson
Fayeteville
Commission
Charleston
Bernard A. Jacobson
Jacobson
Ketchum Inc
Pittsburgh
Blennerhassett Island
Parkersburg
Fred S. Peterson
Graham youth charged in minister's death and car theft
Graham, 17, picked up by Rev Julius Keaton, 70, Aug 11 during a dating engagement. He admitted beating the minister at Oak Hill, stole the car to South Carolina, and hid the body. Arrest followed Sept 14 when the car was found. minister's body found days later. Pending mental examinations at Weston State Hospital delayed trial. Graham attempted escape and was recaptured four hours after escaping on April 3 with spectators including his mother and Sheriff Hill present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Keaton
Graham
Oak Hill
South Carolina
Weston State Hospital
Weston
Don D. Hill
Chesterfield
S. C
Patrick
Student Finds 380 In Telephone Booth
GLEN DANIEL RNS A Glen Daniel boy is $5 richer after finding a purse containing money near Ellen's Drive-In. The 13-year-old Douglas Martin, son of Mr and Mrs cere Martin, turned the find over to restaurant owner Jack Cooper who notified his owner Betty Sue. The booth by Fairdale Elementary bus stop, and the student did the right thing by handing the purse to the proprietors around 9 o'clock last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Daniel
Douglas Martin
Cere Martin
Atelene
Ellen
Jack Cooper
Betty Sue
Martin
Fairdale Elementary
Now You Know By United Press International
An UPI brief describes astronaut Arpenters space capsule as signaling a new dawn with dawn light and a reddened sky just before sunrise, reflecting on early space exploration imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Arpenter
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Milwaukee
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Rogers
Paul Dudley White
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White Plains
N.Y
Charles R. Gulick
Harvard University
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Hawaii
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Saddle River
N.J
UPD
Bernard Powers
Exbrook
Bay Head
Paul F. Hay
New York
W. C.on & Co
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Clinton
Edith Root Grant
Ulysses S. Grant III
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Colorado River Board
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