Architect Moses Opens Beckley Office in Local Bank Building
Donald L. Moses of Hancock and Moses in Charleston opens a full service Beckley office in Raleigh County Bank Building Room 211. The firm, not a branch, provides design, drawings, specifications, supervision, and related engineering for heating, air conditioning, electrical and structural work. Moses and partner Glenn Hancock are AIA members. Moses is DoD fallout shelter certified. The firm has notable projects including the Jewish Temple, St. Marks Church, armories, warehouses, schools, and the Orchard Manor housing project in Charleston. Moses plans to hire locals and move his family to Beckley in the fall.
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Beckley
Charleston
Raleigh County Bank
Donald L. Moses
Hancock and Moses
Moses
Glenn C. Hancock
American Institute of Architects
Department of Defense
Fort Belvoir
Hancock
B'nai Israel
Boulevard
Milton Horn
Chicago
Horn
St. Marks Methodist Church
Presbyterian
Charleston National Guard
Coonskin Park
Huntington Armory
Logan Armory
Morgantown
William J. Maier Jr
Columbus
Ohio
Tennessee and
Roane Streets
West Side
West Virginia Educational Association
Bureau of Mines
Mount Hope
Nitro
Orchard Manor
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Luke
Summersville
Elkins
Ruth Godbey
Marshall
Cincinnati
Carnegie Institute of Technology
West Virginia
The
AIA
Pope In Danger As Illness Deepens At Vatican
Reports from Rome say Pope John XXIII remains gravely ill after a six month relapse with hemorrhaging. He has received blood transfusions and limited nourishment, with Vatican officials appealing for prayers as doctors monitor a critical first 24 hours. Cancer rumors persist without confirmation.
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Vatican
Rome
Il Messaggero
John
Pope John
Everest Wash leads first American ascent milestone
Everest Wash, who on May 1 became the first American to conquer the peak. Unsoeld and Dr. Thomas F. Hornbein, 32, of San Diego, Calif. reached the summit three hours later by the previously unexplored west ridge. It was the first time one nation had placed two teams on the summit in a single day.
Tax table shows term life cost by age for employers
A Treasury table used for other taxes sets the minimum annual cost of $1,000 in term life insurance at $1.93 for a 25-year-old and $20.73 for a 60-year-old, to compute employer costs and value received for group term life coverage.
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The
Treasury
Woman Cleared in Negligent Homicide Case
Mrs. Smith of Shady Spring was cleared of a negligent homicide charge in Magistrate Joe Rodriguez's court over the May 20 death of Melanie Kay Caponiti of Midway after a child darted into the woman's car. The magistrate took the matter under advisement Saturday during a preliminary examination and ruled this morning.
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Minerva P. Smith
Shady Spring
Joe Rodriguez
Melanie Kay Caponiti
Midway
Col Thomson for Beckley Mayor Vows inclusive city service
Statement by Col Robert Thomson Jr at a Republican meeting in the circuit court room on May 24 1963 endorses the party platform and pledges nonpartisan enforcement of laws and council orders. He commits to appoint qualified individuals including colored citizens to city jobs and to devote full time to city affairs. Paid for by friends of Margaret Thomson.
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Col
Robert Thomson, JR
Circuit Court Room
Beckley
Friends
Tension on Rise in Harlem as Racial Strains Grow
Local leaders debate solutions to long standing discrimination while police report rising tension in Harlem and other Negro areas. Lowell argues laws fail to compel proactive inclusion and calls for white communities to acknowledge and act on the Negro problem. Deputy Commissioner Arm notes no major riots since 1943 but warns of a worsening climate.
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Lowell
New York
Harlem
Walter Arm
Arm
Birmingham
Ala
South
Navy man in fog hit rear of car near Norfolk
Pileup, discharged from the Navy at Norfolk, returned home when fog limited visibility. He recalled seeing flares ahead and slowing before something struck his car from the rear. He was uninjured. State Police Sgt. C J Greco said investigators must verify cause from troopers’ reports.
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Navy
Norfolk
C.J. Greco
Death of Jerry Wheeler 53 in Crab Orchard man dies en route to hospital
Jerry Edward Wheeler 53 of 214 Clyde St. dies at 8 a m after a long illness while being taken to a local hospital. He was a disabled coal miner formerly with Lilly Brook Coal Co. for 12 years. Survived by wife Tinkie, five sons Bus ter Lewis Jerry Edward Jr Kenneth Lynn Danny Mark Glen Edward, a daughter Myrtle Greer, three sisters, two half siblings, and seven grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Jerry Edward Wheeler
Clyde St
Virginia Bragg Wheeler
Crab Orchard
Charlie Williams Wheeler
Lillybrook Coal Co
Gospel Tabernacle
Tinkie Farmer Wheeler
Buster Lewis
Jerry Edward Jr
Arlington
Kenneth Lynn
Danny Mark
Glen Edward
el Monte
Calif
George
Myrtle) Greer
Stanford
Florence Wyckle
Donna Willioughby
Beckley
Hattie Green
Glen Dale
Clyde Wyckle
Cleveland
Ohio
Marie Dick
Webster
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Infant Phillip Pallares Graveside Rites Held Today
Phillip Hart Pallares infant son of Tony C. and Phyllis Wilson Pallares of 307 Mankin Ave died in a local hospital at 3:25 am Sunday. Graveside rites were to be conducted at 3 pm at Sunset Memorial Park with Dr. Kenneth L. Swank officiating. Survivors include maternal grandmother Mrs. Barbara Wilson of Beckley and paternal grandmother Mrs. Patricia Pallares of Beckley. Arrangements by Melton Mortuary. Body to be moved from Evans Funeral Home in Oceana to Flick Funeral Home in Tarentum.
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Phillip Hart Pallares
Tony C
Phyllis Wilson Pallares
Mankin Ave
Sunset Memorial Park
Kenneth L. Swank
Barbara Wilson
Beckley
Patricia Pallares
Melton Mortuary
Mrs Mary Greer 47 dies after heart attack in Coninwigo Md
Mrs Mary Greer 47 of Coninwingo Md formerly of Glen Rogers died Sunday morning at home after a heart attack. She was daughter of Eliza J Sweeney and the late Charlie Sweeney. Her husband Charley Greer preceded her in death. Survived by son Percy three daughters Stella Kennedy and Carl Martin all of Coninwingo two brothers Roy Glen Rogers and Arthur Sweeney Santa Anna Calif four sisters John Marrical Santa Anna Lee Icker Lila Icker Uniontown and K G Khorizon Pineville. Body to arrive Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Tuesday for arrangements.
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Mary Greer
Coninwingo, Md
Glen Rogers
Eliza J. Sweeney
Charlie Sweeney
Charley Greer
Percy
Arthur Sweeney
Santa Anna
Calif
John Marrical
Lee Icker
Lila Icker
Uniontown
K. G. Khorizon
Pineville
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites for Grover Cleveland Sims at Gauley Bridge
Grover Cleveland Sims 78 of Gauley Bridge dies Sunday in a Beckley nursing home. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday in Combs Funeral Home Chapel Gauley Bridge with Rev Hubert Clench officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Survived by wife Pearl, four brothers Ronald Smithers Herbert Roy Cuthbert, two sisters Mamie Swiss and J C O'Dell Beckley.
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Grover Cleveland Sims
Gauley Bridge
Combs Funeral Home
Hubert Clench
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Sims
Beckley
Jodie Baptist
Cuthbert Sims
Jodie
Mamie Sims
J. C. O'Dell
Funeral for Mrs. Alice E. Harvey in Tarentum Pa
Mrs. Alice E. Harvey 89 Kopperston will have funeral services at 11 a m Wednesday in Tarentum Pa. Burial follows in Mt Airy Cemetery. She died Saturday at her daughter Marian Harper’s home. Born October 16 1873 in Fawn Township Pa she was daughter of the late Robert and Sarah Jane Gibson. She was married to Milton Harvey. Surviving are a sister Nellie Mozena of Ecorse Mich.
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Alice E. Harvey
Kopperston
Tarentum
Mt. Airy
Harvey
Marian Harper
Robert
Sarah Jane Bradley Gibson
Fawn Township
Milton Harvey
Nellie Mozena
Ecorse
Beckenley club leader noted in coal era obituaries
Burmeister former West Virginia Coal Mining Institute president and longtime community leader dies. Survivors include wife Alma Belle Campbell and son Ray J. Burmeister Jr. Funeral arrangements and rites at Beckley Masonic Lodge. Also reports services for Evelyn Rumsey Lord and Elliott D. Coleman in separate notices.
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West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
National and West Virginia Coal Association
Burmeister
Beckley Rotary Club
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Black Knight Country Club
University Club of
Washington, D. C
Beckley Masonic Lodge
Beni Kedem Temple
Charleston
Lutheran Church of
Ashland
Ruth Woodsmall Former YWCA official dies at 80
Ruth Woodsmall aged 80, former general secretary of the World Young Women's Christian Association, died Saturday at St. George's Hospital. She held the post from 1935 to 1948.
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New York
UPI
Ruth F. Woodsmaill
World Young Women’s Christian Association
YCA
St. George's Hospital
Miss Woodsmall
State funeral for Commodore Paul Earl held in Montreal
Commodore Paul Earl aged 68 revenue minister for Quebec Province was honored in a state funeral today in Montreal after his death during a vacation in Ireland last week. The ceremony reflected his public service and ties to Canadian governance.
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Montreal
UPI
Paul Earl
Canada
Quebec
Ireland
Dennis J Oates Dies at 66 in Buffalo
Dennis J. Oates 66 retired international vice president of the Metal Polishers Union AFL-CIO died Saturday at Buffalo General Hospital. He led the union before retirement and was a longtime Buffalo, New York, resident.
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPI
Dennis J. Oates
Metal Polishers Union
Afl-Cio
Buffalo General Hospital
Springfield man dies after long illness
Springfield Illinois, UPI report Thomas Roberts aged 71 father of major league pitcher Robin Roberts died Sunday night at Springfield Hospital after a long illness.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Thomas Roberts
Robin Roberts
Springfield Hospital
Quirks Hold It Down in Lebanon
A compact roundup of odd hometown items. Rich ard Rounder, a school bus driver, patents an electric device that measures noise and flashes red when loudness thresholds are exceeded at work. In Kansas John Anderson III contemplates his son’s promotion ceremony, promising attendance. In Missouri Maggie McGee, 69, breaks her ankle trying to ride her granddaughter’s bicycle, humorously noting she may join a club to learn riding. In Illinois a swallow with singed wings finds aid at Mercy Ambulance Service and is taken to Glen Oak Zoo.
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Margaret Thomson
Colonel Thomson
Woodrow Wilson High School
First Baptist Church
Our Church
Beckley Woman's Club
Beckley Business and Professional Woman's Club
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
City of Beckley
Lebanon
Ind
UPI
Richard Rounder
Rounder
Peka
Kan
John Anderson III
John
Roosevelt Junior High School
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
Duenweg
Maggie McGee
Peoria
Ill
Mercy Ambulance Service
Glen Oak Zoo
Woman Stricken as Rescue Squad Answers Call
Beckley Rescue Squad responded to 203 Smoot Street at 12 15 a m Sunday to aid Dorothy White who suffered an attack. She was transported to Raleigh General Hospital where she received treatment and was released.
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Beckley
Smoot St
Dorothy White
Raleigh General Hospital
After a man drives a bargain to get a second hand car
A man takes a bargain on a used car and discovers the vehicle may not be as promised. The story explores buyer beware and the risks of second hand vehicle purchases.
District APC Manager Dies in Roanoke
William P. Booker 57 district manager of Appalachian Power Co. Roanoke died Sunday night in a local hospital. A Vivian West Virginia native, he joined the firm in 1928 at Williamson and became district manager here in 1951. A Lehigh University graduate and World War II Navy veteran, he was named Boss of the Year in 1960 by the Roanoke Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife Evelyn Woody Booker and four daughters.
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Roanoke, Va
UPI
William P. Booker
Appalachian Power Co
Booker
Vivian
W. Va
Williamson
Lehigh University
Roanoke Junior Chamber of Commerce
Evelyn Woody Booker
State Chamber Chief Buried
CLARKSBURG UP I Bur ial services were held for West Virginia Chamber of Commerce President Hardin R Harmer following the funeral today at First Methodist Church Harmer a four time chamber president and former state senator died last Friday of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Fairmont May 19 The Rev Joseph DeBardi officiated at the funeral assisted by the Rev G Wayne Burwell pastor of the First Methodist Church in Shinnston where Harmer was born The 63 year old Harmer named to the first of four consecutive terms as chamber president in 1959 would have completed his fourth term in August He was an attorney for Hope Natural Gas Co and a graduate of West Virginia University Survivors include the widow the former Virginia Gibbons of Morgantown a son James Harmer of Bridgeport a daughter Mrs Page Ann Thomas of Charleston S C and the mother Mrs Minnie Harmer of near Shinnston
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Clarksburg
UPI
West Virginia
Chamber
Hope Natural Gas Co
West Virginia University
Virginia Gibbons
Morgantown
James Harmer
Bridgeport
Page Ann Thomas
Charlston
S. C
Minnie Harmer
Near Shinnston
Sugar price surge triggers three congressional probes
Washington reports three investigations loom as soaring sugar prices perplex lawmakers. Senate Small Business Committee Chairman Sparkman launches a third inquiry while the Agriculture Department predicts foreign deliveries will burst the speculative bubble and stabilize prices. Small businesses face the heaviest burden as soft drink bottlers, bakers and confectioners rely on sugar. The department says there is no global shortage and U S supplies should cover demand.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Small Business Committee
Agriculture Department
Senate Finance Committee
House Banking
Sparkman
U. S
New York Times Publisher Dryfoos Dies at 50
Obituary for Orvil Eugen Dryfoos, president and publisher of the New York Times, who died Saturday from a heart ailment after long illness sparked by the 114 day newspaper strike. A Dartmouth graduate, he rose from cub reporter to publisher succeeding his father in law in 1961.
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New York
UPI
Orvil Eugene Dryfoos
The
New York Times
Dryfoos
Puerto Rico
Columbia Presbytterian Hospital
the Times
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Dartmouth College
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Marian Effie Sulzberger
Times
Police adopt gladiator shields for Bristol officers
Bristol police are equipped with lightweight glass fiber gladiator shields two feet by two feet to protect against stones daggers clubs and light caliber pistols. A police spokesman said the shields will help officers fend off attacks in tense confrontations and riots across the city.
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Bristol
England
UPI
Willie Fortner Gets Six Month Jail Term
Willie Fortner of Beckley was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail and fined 50 dollars plus costs on a concealed weapon charge. He waived to the grand jury on a breaking and entering charge for the Arlington Hotel at 208 Main St. He admitted entering the building and stealing a radio while carrying a .38 revolver at arrest.
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Willie Fortner
Beckley
Raleigh County
Arlington Hotel
Main St
Willie G. Fortner
Fortner
Henry Cook
Saxton
William F. Bowman
Billy Joe Harrison
Gilbert
Huttonsville
Orvil R. Gunnee
Actress Arlene Francis Injured in Long Island Crash
Actress Arlene Francis was in satisfactory condition at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after a head on collision on the Northern State Parkway near Lake Success Long Island. A nine year old girl and four others were injured and a woman in another car died at Meadowbrook Hospital.
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New York
API
Arlene Francis
Long Island
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Northern State Parkway
Lake Success
N.Y
Francis
Mineola
Meadowbrook Hospital
East Meadow
New York Hospital
Joseph Arcos
Brooklyn
Rose
Francis’ Auto
Arcos
Emmys Hallmark Hall of Fame and The Tunnel Win Big
The Tunnel, a live filmed documentary on Berlin wall escape, won best program and best documentary. Emmys awards night in New York Hollywood and Washington honored Carol Burnett Dick Van Dyke and The Defenders with multiple wins. David Brinkley earned two Emmys for News programs and commentary.
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Berlin
New York
Arthur Godfrey
Hollywood
Palladium
Joey Bishop
Sheraton Park Hotel
Washington, D.C
Chet Huntley
Carol Burnett
Carol
Carnegie Hall
Dick van Dyke
The
Defenders
Walt ‘Disney
David Brinkley
Journal
Huntley-Brinkley
Society Writer Retires From Martinsburg Journal
Martinsburg society editor Ruth B Willy retires after 42 years with the Martinsburg Journal. She joined in 1921 during editor Bernon B Garton era as Max Von Schlegell was owner. The paper later sold to H G Ogden of Wheeling in 1923 and remains under Ogden ownership. Willy wrote the daily Eastern Panhandle in the Past column, originally Martinsburg in the Past.
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Martinsburg
UPI
Ruth B. Willy
Martinsburg Journal
Miss Willy
Bernon B. Garton
Max von Schlegell
H. G. Ogden
Wheeling
Ogden
New Jersey lawmakers back blue tooth dental service reform
Trenton legislators voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill creating non profit dental service corporations and dental service plans modeled after Blue Cross. The measure allows formation of such entities to expand access to dental care under a Blue Cross style framework.
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Trenton
N.J
UPI
New Jersey
Blue Cross
Polar Bear Hibernation Habits Distinguished by Sex
The text explains that polar bears do not hibernate in the same way during winter. It notes that male bears do not follow typical hibernation patterns while females provide a safe den or receiving place for newborn cubs.
Senate Debates Mental Health Bill and Debt and Test Ban
The Senate opened debate on an 840 million mental health bill to fund community hospitals and staff training as a long term shift from state hospitals while funding begins around 1965. Elsewhere the Finance Committee debt ceiling bill and a bipartisan push for a Russia ban on atmospheric and underwater tests dominated limited sessions this week.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Kennedy
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Treasury
United States
Russia
Racial Justice Meeting and News Expansion in Atlas County
A racial group in Atlanta urges an end to segregation in public facilities and business. Negroes plan a Richmond meeting tonight to strategize antisegregation demonstrations against downtown theaters. The Montgomery Advertiser Journal will begin carrying news of interest to Negroes in all editions from today onward.
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Cil
Atlanta
Richmond
Montgomery Advertiser- Journal
Hoskins Posts Bond After Route 21 Crash
Howard A. Hoskins of Beckley posted a 50 cash bond to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez for his release on a drunk driving charge. The incident stemmed from a two car collision on Route 21 near Prosperity when Hoskins allegedly rammed his 1959 car into Pauline Tarazkozy’s 1957 vehicle as she passed another car. State Police jailed him at 10:15 p.m. Saturday. Estimated damage was about 100 dollars. no injuries were reported.
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Beckley
Jimmie James
Mount Hope l
Rhodell
Clarence Jackson
Helen
J. K. Cole
Clifford A. Bennett
Landisburg
Rodriguez
Walter Robertson Rice
Earl D. Canaday Jr
Coal City
Burke
Harold D. Hutchens
Magis
James T. Cook
Jefferson Street
Neal J. James
Mount Hope
Howard A. Hoskins
Joe Rodriguez
Route 21
Prosperity
Hoskins
Pauline Tarazkozy
Eccles
San Diego man given three years probation for mayhem
John Ira Bayles, 45, was placed on three years probation after pleading guilty to mayhem for biting off his former wife Helen Jenks's left ear during a money dispute. He must also pay restitution once the amount is determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
UPI
John Ira Bayles
Money Bayles
Helen Jenks
Red warning for sun worshipers on crowded beaches
A public advisory warns beachgoers about heat exposure and retaliation for prolonged sunbathing. Officials urge caution for those who overstay in the sun and remind visitors to seek shade and hydration.
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Eve Breck
D. L. Moses
Everest
Red Cross
Veterans Hospital
Pol. Adv
Jerry E. Wheeler
Phillip H. Pallares
Mrs
Grover. Sims
Alice Harvey
Tim Thompson
Tim
Prescription Delivery
Professional Pharmacy
Professional Park
Stamford Rd
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Terminix
R. J. Burmeister
Evelyn Rumsey Lord
Ferriday
Elliott D. Coleman
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
State Capitol
Coleman
Tensas Parish
APC
State Chamber
N. Y. Times
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