Blue Laws Persist After Supreme Court Ruling
WASHINGTON UPI Opponents predict tougher enforcement of Sunday closing laws as blue laws gain new life nationwide after the Court upheld several state bans. The Adventist and Jewish groups warn cities will revive old statutes while merchants seek seven day operations, sparking ongoing constitutional debate.
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Charlotte G. Moulton
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
General Conference of
Seventh Day Adventists
Alaska
Warren Majority
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Massachusetts
Earl Warren
William O. Douglas
Warren
Congress
Final Rites For Dameron In Covington Church
Final rites for Sidney Bryan Dameron 75 of Covington will be held at Dameron Methodist Church Route 3 Covington at 2 PM Wednesday with Rev Charlie Snead officiating. Burial in Dameron Cemetery. Dameron a retired C and O Railway engineer died at home Monday. Survived by wife Katie daughter Carroll Cole sister Ella Countz foster sister Ella Dameron and two grandsons. Arritt Funeral Home in Covington in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Bryan Dameron
Covington
Dameron Methodist Church
Route 3
Charlie Snead
Dameron
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Allegheny County
George
Sally Graham Cameron
C&o Railway
Methodist
Hinton
Katie Dameron
Carroll C. Cole
Nimitz
Ella Countz
Ella Dameron
Arritt
Bristol youth Rodney Powers drowns during fishing trip
Rodney Powers 18 of Bristol New Hampshire son of a Fayetteville resident drowned on a Bristol fishing expedition last week. He was staying with his grandmother and set to graduate high school in two weeks. Friends heard him call for help but mistook it for play and did not intervene. He leaves a brother Arthur Powers a half sister Charlotte Neal and two half brothers Roy Jr. and David Neal.
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Rodney Powers
Bristol
N. H
Fayetteville
Roy Neal
Powers
Rodney
Arthur Powers
Charlotte Neal
Roy Jr
David Neal
Rites Held for Mrs Gracie Meadows in Hinton
Final rites for Mrs Gracie Mae Meadows 40 of spellepoint were set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton with Rev H P Hackney in charge. She died Monday at 3 35 a.m. at her home born September 15 1920 she was a daughter of Mrs Cronie Gillee and the late Oscar ill. Surviving are her husband Fred six sons six daughters a sister and two stepchildren with several in Hinton and Detroit plus Beckley and Hinton addresses.
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Gracie Mae Meadows
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
H. P. Hackney
Meadows
Cronie Gill Tee
Oscar
Fred
Fred L. Jr
Frank
Jackie Jesse
Charles
Nellie Martin
Cronie Mae
Martha Ann
Goldie Faye
Onie Gill
John Meadows
Detroit
Mich
Fred E. Meadows
Katherine Jolly
Beckley
Hazel Lilly
Clarence Mason Funeral Rites Held in Reedy Church
Clarence Mason 52 of Washington D C died May 26 from injuries at a Maryland construction site. Funeral service scheduled at Reedy Methodist Church with Rev Lloyd Ferguson officiating. Burial in Long Branch Cemetery Simon. born Sept 9 1909 in Tennessee, son of Charles Lincoln Mason and Pearl Thomas Mason. Surviving are Grace Carter Mason and brothers Roy Georgia and Clyde Mason Washington DC. Body moved from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to father in law Wes Carter Simon. Graveside rites at 2 p m today.
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Clarence Mason
Washington, D. C
Reedy
Lloyd Ferguson
Long Branch
Simon
Mason
Washington
Maryland
Tennessee
Charles Lincoln
Pearl Thomas Mason
Grace Carter Mason
Roy
Georgia
Clyde Mason
Evans
Oceana
Wes Carter
Funeral services for Gordon Gravely in Shady Spring
Funeral services for Gordon Jackson Gravely 85 of Shady Spring will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Shady Spring Community Church with Rev Sam Bell and Rev Harvey Todd officiating. Burial follows in Canaday Cemetery Glen White Gravely died at 530 p m Monday in a local hospital after a long illness Born in Raleigh County August.
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Gordon Jackson Gravely
Shady Spring
Sam Bell
Harvey Todd
Canaday
Glen White
Gravely
Raleigh County
Aug
Requiem High Mass for Mrs. Mary Sotak at Sprague Church
Mrs. Mary Sotak 74 of Sprague dies after year long illness in Raleigh General Hospital. Requiem high mass at St. Francis de Sales Church to be celebrated by Rev. Raymond Radzieta at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Rosary tonight at 8 p.m. Williams Funeral Home to handle arrangements. pallbearers named Pete Syro Albert Kovach Louis Oswald John Voloski Mike Vargo O W Dunn Joe Barazosky Mike Salago.
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Mary Sotak
Sprague
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Raymond Radzieta
Sunset Memorial Park
Sotak
Tams
Raleigh General Hospital
Williams
Sophia
Pete Syro
Albert Kovach
Louis Oswald
John Voloski
Mike Vargo
O. W. Dunn
Joe Barazosky
Mike Salago
Alfred L Shumate 71 dies after long illness in Beckley
Alfred Lee Shumate 71 of Lillybrook died at 5 15 a m today in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. A retired Lillybrook Coal Co foreman, he worked 30 years. Born Franklin County Virginia on November 6 1889, he is survived by five daughters Nellie Davis Violet Maxey Margaret Brazeal Martha Hollowell Frances Whitt three sons James B Berlin R Alfred L Jr two sisters Faye Bowden Myrtle Brenaman one brother U S Cleve land and seventeen grandchildren. The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Alfred Lee’ Shumate
Lillybrook
Beckley
Lillybrook Coal Co
Shumate
Franklin County
Isabelle Cheetham Shumate
Nellie Davis
Violet Maxey
Roanoke
Margaret Brazeal
Walnut Creek
Calif
Martha Hollowell
Annandale
Frances Whitt
James B
Boulder Creek
Berlin R
Hayward
Alfred L. Jr
Painesville
Ohio
Faye Bowden
Berlin
N. J
Myrtle Br
Final rites for Mrs. Lurendia Edmonds held in Beckley
Mrs Lurendia Edmonds 305 Hunter Street died at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a short illness. Services were at Central Baptist Church with Revs W J Coger and S A Abram Jr. burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Survived by husband Flood Edmonds eight daughters two sons one sister and a large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at Durgan Funeral Home.
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Lurendia Edmonds
Hunter St
Central Baptist Church
W. J. Coger
S. A. Abram Jr
Greenwood Memorial Park
Edmonds
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Reb. Flood Edmonds
Ollie Dolley
Hazel Shelston
Beckley
Lurendra Williams
St. Albans
N. Y
Beatrice Menifee
Naomi Cook
New York City
Ella Greenidge
Brooklyn
Stalker Thornton
Long Branch
N. J
Carter Kauffan
Trenton
Alphonso
Newark
Flood Jr
Maggie Wills
Baltimore, Md
Durgan Funneral Home
Record crowd at Kumbh Mela in Allahabad shocks observers
The February 3 1954 gathering at Allahabad for the Kumbh Mela set a new attendance benchmark with an estimated 4.5 million people. The vast assembly drew pilgrims from across India and neighboring regions to participate in the Hindu festival.
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Allahabad
India
Martial Law Ends In Alabama Nationwide Turmoil Eases
Alabama Governor Patterson lifts martial law after National Guardsmen restore order amid mob violence sparked by Freedom Riders. New Orleans to Jackson riders depart amid possible arrests. hearings continue on federal injunction against state officials over bus travel. Jailings and transfers of riders follow.
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Donald F. Martin Montgomery
Ala
UPI
John Patterson
Alabama
Patterson
Freedom Riders
Montgomery
New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Mother and Six Children Die in Jersey City Fire
A mother Vivian Lattimore 28 and six children died when trapped on the third floor of a three story Jersey City building. An expectant mother Patti Francis leaped with her infant Kenneth to escape as 13 others were injured. Fire started in an unoccupied first floor unit. Three other Lattimore children survived. Injured were taken to Jersey City Medical Center.
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Jersey City
N.J
UPI
Patti Francis
Kenneth
Vivian Lattimore
Marie
Carney
Vivian
Dorothy
Bessie
Alfonso
Lattimore
Jersey City Medical Center
Register continued: a pleasant visit to national labs and space history
Jerry writes about a trip visiting an FBI blood stain lab and an inside rifle range demo. He recalls a Smithsonian visit to the Polaris missile and the space capsule from Able and Baker, plus aviation history like the Spirit of St. Louis, and mentions buying a microscope.
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Jerry
FBI
Smithsonian Institution
Able
Baker
Outer Space
Spirit of
Family group from Pont St. Esprit in Paris visit
Two journalists driving paintings to Paris are hospitalized as the Bouvier family arrives in Paris. Danielle and Marcel Bouvier, part of the relatives’ group for welcoming Mrs. Kennedy in Pont St. Esprit, are less seriously hurt. Pauline Bouvier Souquet and her husband Raymond arrive with children Mireille 12 and Jacques 3.
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Franche Hospital
Paris
Danielle
Marcel Bouvier
Pont St. Esprit
Kennedy
Pauline Bouvier Souquet
Raymond
Mireille
Jacques
Kennedy family travel plans for return to White House
The Kennedy children stay at the White House as parents abroad. Mrs. Kennedy will fly on the Caroline from Washington National Airport to Idlewild Airport New York to join President Kennedy for the flight to Paris. The planned tour back to the White House includes a helicopter return and Maud Shaw accompanying the baby.
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White House
Washington
Maud Shaw
Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Caroline
Washington National
Idlewild Airport
New York
Paris
Food Stamp Pilot Starts in Welch West Virginia
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman opened the Welch office as the first of seven sites for a food stamp pilot. About 250,000 people could participate with an estimated $4 million monthly cost. nationwide decision due in six months.
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Joseph D. Hutman
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Welch
W.va
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Alderson Muncy
Paynesville
Freeman
Welch Food Stamp Office
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
Howard P. Davis
Davis
United Press International
Club Manager Waives Hearing on Second Liquor Charge
Fayetteville, RNL. Lawrence Navicki waived preliminary hearing on a second offense charge of illegal liquor possession, a felony, and posted $1,000 bond pending Fayette County grand jury action. Navicki, arrested March 24, paid $100 fine and costs for a first offense misdemeanor. Warrants, by Oak Hill State Police Trooper D. B. McCoy, allege illegal liquor sale Friday and illegal possession after a raid Saturday night at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Club in Oak Hill where Navicki is manager.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Lawrence Navicki
Fayette County
Grand Jury
Navicki
Novicki
Oak Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
D. B. McCoy
Indian Mills Man Remains Seriously Ill at VA Hospital
Sam Raines of Indian Mills is seriously ill at the Beck ley Veterans Administration Hospital. Re admitted May 14 after major surgery at Oteen Hospital in North Carolina. He is a brother of H. T. Christian of Hedrick Street.
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Sam Raines
Indian Mills
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Oteen Hospital
North Carolina
H. T. Christian
Hedrick Street
Legion Conducts Memorial Service
The American Legion Memorial Day service at the Legion Cemetery honored fallen service members with wreaths. Rev Howard Jim Franklin delivered the address, urging renewed patriotism and freedoms, with remarks by Albert Hazlewood and Mrs H L Hendrickson. The ceremony proceeded without the usual parade due to school in session.
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American Legion
Gion
Albert F. Hazelwood
Legion Auxiliary
A. F. Bryson
Howard
Jim” Franklin
Legionnaire
Kermit Locke
Legionnaires
Raleigh County
Kermit A. Locke
Paul Thompson
Albert F. Hazlewood
H. L. Hendrickson
Franklin
Memorial Baptist Church
Jaycees Cancel Beauty Contest
The 1961 Miss Beckley pageant, a preliminary to Miss America, will not be held. After a Monday meeting the Jaycees cited lack of participation and state laws making continuation impossible. Pageant chairman Mike Eckler asked to thank the entrants and supporting merchants.
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Com- Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Mike Eckler
Lawrence Electric Defendant In Suit
Lawrence Electric Co. Inc is named as defendant in a suit for 519.36 filed by Gallant and Wein Corp of Welch in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk office Monday. A separate suit for 1127.77 was filed by H H Metheny as trustee for Charleston Truck and Trailer Co against L E Grant for purchases from Aug 6 1960 through Apr 19.
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Lawrence Electric Co., Inc
Gallant and Wein Corp
Welch
Raleigh County
Sprague Concern
H. H. Metheny
Charleston Truck and Trailer Co
L. E. Grant
Cabell Heights Man Charged With Assault
Jess Cook of Cabell Heights is jailed in Raleigh County Jail awaiting a hearing on assault and battery. Frankie F. Hatcher of Crab Orchard was jailed on drunk driving after his car hit Raymond Delph’s car on South Oakwood Avenue causing about 1500 dollars in damages. John Henry Mercer of Glen White was jailed on a non support charge by stables.
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Jess Cook
Cabell Heights
Raleigh
John Henry Mercer
Glen White
Frankie F. Hatcher
Crab Orchard
Hatcher
Raymond Delph
Mankin Ave
Oakwood Avenue
Delph
British nixed 1944 plan to bomb Nazi death camps
World Jewish leaders urged allies to bomb concentration camps to save Jews. British officials cited technical difficulties and refused. Evidence disclosed at Eichmann trial shows Chaim Weizmann and Moshe Shertok pressed Eden for the plan. Witness Joe Brand testified he was jailed in Cairo after being seized in Aleppo. Eichmann remained quiet as testimony proceeded.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Jerusalem
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Anthony Eden
Chaim Weizmann
World Zionist Organization
Moshe Shertok
Jewish Agency In
Palestine
Richard Law
Joe Brand
Cairo
Brand
Aleppo
Syria
Budapest
Istanbul
Jewish Agency
Robert Servatius
ICC to Rule Soon on Bus Segregation Standards
Washington United Press International reports Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue clear regulations ending confusion over interstate bus travel laws. Kennedy argued the act should be color blind and enforce equal rights for Black passengers amid Freedom Riders protests in Alabama and Mississippi. The ICC, likely to hold a public hearing, must decide whether to adopt new rules.
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Hinds County
Attorney General
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Kennedy
Freedom Riders
Alabama
Mississippi
United Press International
Bride Of A Week Dies Of Leukemia
Nancy Forgong Twomey, 17, died in Redlands Community Hospital after a hospital wedding to childhood sweetheart Dwight Twomey of San Jose. The ceremony was held in the hospital chapel with nurses in attendance. The family said she was never told of her leukemia and would not leave the hospital. Nancy hoped to join her husband at their Long Beach home before her death.
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Redlands
Calif
UPI
Redlands Community Hospital
Nancy Forcong Twomey
Dwight Twomey
San Jose
Nancy
Long Beach
Pax Commodities Distribution At Pax City Hall
Pax Commodities will be distributed at Pax City Hall Thursday from noon to five and Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sid Lively, agent, says families must come in person to sign for their allotment and bring containers.
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Pax City Hall
Sid Lively
Lively
Bird of Paradox Returns to Aviary After Seven Years
In Iestock England a talking budgerigar known as Joey escaped seven years ago. It finally returned to its aviary on Sunday but has lost its voice and now needs speech lessons.
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Iestock
England
UPI
Joey
Methodist District Honors Rev Cameron Rural Minister of the Year
Rev C C Cameron of Canvas, Beckley District, is named Rural Minister of the Year by the Methodist Rural Fellowship. The formal announcement will be at the annual banquet in Jenkins Hall Buckhannon with Bishop Fred G Holloway as guest speaker. Cameron has served six rural churches and is in his 13th year as full time supply pastor. he previously won Rural Minister of the Year for the state conference in 1960.
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Beckley
C. C. Cameron
Canvas
Methodist Rural Fellowship
Jenkins Hall
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Fred G. Hooloway
West Virginia Episcopal Area
W. E. Richards
Reedsville
Meade Gutshall
Parsons
George McCune
Ripley
Cameron
The
Methodist Church
Actor Jeff Chandler Improves But Remains Critical
Actor Jeff Chandler showed some improvement today but remained in critical condition after undergoing his third surgery this month at a Culver City California hospital. A US spokesman said the Laos peace conference in Geneva will proceed despite Soviet delays as Washington seeks a breakthrough. Charles de Gaulle and John Kennedy anticipated to push for US Britain France policy unity in talks starting Wednesday. A tentative pledge was made to end strikes at US missile bases after RCA photographers unions settled at Cape Canaveral. talks between France and Algerian rebels slowed over political guarantees for 1.1 million European settlers in Algeria.
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Jeff Chandler
Culver City
Calif
United States
Geneva
Charles de Gaulle
Kennedy
Britain
de Gaulle
U.S
Radio Corporation of America
Cape Canaveral
Fla
France
Algeria
Eviantes-Bains
Cuban invasion vote blamed on Ambassador Steven son
U S Senator Russell B Long charges Ambassador Adlai Stevenson influenced the decision to stage the ill fated Cuba invasion as Castro regime faces shortages and sabotage warnings from Havana Radio. A Madrid court convicts 32 Spanish farm workers for anti Franco plots while West Virginia rate cases progress and Welch buys groceries under the new food stamp program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Long
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
Havana Radio
Madrid
Public Service Commission
United Fuel Gas Co
State Supreme Court
United Fuel
West Virginia
Welch
Kennedy Birthday Speech Frames Europe Talks Amid War Worries
Kennedy, 44, spoke to about 5000 New England Democrats who pooled 100 dollars each to aid the party deficit as a birthday gift and offered credit for his upcoming Europe meeting. He cited Garri son’s call to action and warned of miscalculation risks that shaped wars from Vienna to Korea.
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New England
Kennedy
Europe
William Lloyd Garrison
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Vienna
Boston Armory
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Frankfurther
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Josie Webb
Rock Creek
Rebecca
Willie August
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Scarbro
Henry L
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Beckley Institute
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Sylvia Schools
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Bessie Cooper
Hollywood
Lena R. Skaggs
Willard Upchurch
Coal City
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Russell Bair
Rockford Cochran
Walter Cochran
L. A. Gravley
Jessie Gravley
L. J. Bibb
Kenna Skaggs
Mrs
Gracie Meadows
Susan Gilbert
Susan Ann Gilbert
Joe Gilbert
Harper Heights
Slab Fork
O. C. Moore
G. C. Gilbert
James Smith
Wright-Anderson
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