Dean Says U S Could Withstand Two Nuclear Attacks
U S Ambassador Arthur H. Dean told a Geneva disarmament conference the United States could withstand the first and second strike capabilities of the Soviet Union. He argued the U S draft treaty would eliminate all first and second strike weapons in its second stage. Dean outlined the loan plan’s second stage as routine work resumed.
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Geneva
UPD
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Soviet Union
Dean
Parrish Son Born in Beckley Memorial Hospital
The Parrish family announces the birth of a son at Beckley Memorial Hospital. The infant weighed four pounds four ounces and is named Rory Tyrone. Parents are Meera Wate and Simeon Warren. address 729 S Fayette St. Grandparents are Hazel Carson of Dayton Ohio and Thomas Parrish of Brooks Street.
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Ley
Wee Sem
Beckleyemorial Hospital
Rory Tyrone
Meera Wate
Simeon Warren
S. Fayette St
Hazel Carson
Dayton
Ohio
Thomas Parrish
Brooks Street
Committee Considers Subpoena for Estes in Washington Hearing
Rep. Florence Dwyer says Estes may be summoned to the next House Government Operations subcommittee hearing. Chair L H Fountain has promised Texas Atty Gen Will Wilson and others but has not decided on Estes. Testimony stretched over seven and a half hours with no conclusion.
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Florence P. Dwyer
Rn.j
House Government Operations
Velted Press International
Dwyer
Estes
Texas
Will Wilson
L. H. Fountain
D-N.c
Mabscott Man Jailed on Breaking and Entering Charge
Lewis Foster of Mabscott was confined at Raleigh County Jail at 12 30 p m today on a charge of breaking and entering. He was arrested by a constable and a sheriff s deputy. He reportedly entered a Mabscott house Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Foster
Mabscott
Raleigh
Talks On Tax Cut Premature Says Officials
The Kennedy administration watches the volatile stock market while noting that the economy shows signs of recovery and growth. Walter Heller of the Council of Economic Advisers addresses Congress Democrats, arguing economic indicators were rising as prices fluctuated. Commerce Secretary Hodges suggests possible tax cuts this year, though no concrete plan is offered.
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Kennedy
Walter Heller
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Heller
Commerce
Hodges
Congress
Democrational Lead
E. Gus
State Checks Dispute Here State Checks Dispute Here
A dispute between management and former employees of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Beckley is under investigation by Charleston representatives of Employment Security. Statements were taken in Beckley concerning actions by employees and management that could affect unemployment eligibility. Seven former drivers and plant workers refused to return to the Stamford Road plant, while picket lines formed. the seven strikers may face a six week penalty period before benefits.
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Pepsi- Cola Bottling Co
Beckley, Inc
Charleston
Beckley
H. P. Hunnicut
Stamford Road
Teamsters Local
Pepsi-Cola Co
Lighter Side Continued From Page One
In a candid reminiscence, Tompkins recalls unorthodox spy habits. He avoided cloaks and daggers, preferring plain methods such as diary notes and copies of daily reports. He notes headquarters doubted informants but asserts his straightforward approach proved effective.
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Inj
Tompkins
Deaths and Funerals in Area Obituaries
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices spanning Doris Mabel Foster John Bonar and other local residents. Details include birthplaces, dates, family relations, church affiliations, funeral arrangements, burial sites, and sources.
Eve Breck's Hall Plans Display Quarters In City
Eve Breck outlines plans for a city hall display building at the 1921 By-Pass containing 10 rooms in the MacLean addition with a one year renewal option. Nearby work repairs a damaged glass storefront while Lucas General Tire invites residents to enter a sweepstakes for three Ford Falcon Sports Futuras with $1,000 cash and three week vacations. Free entry blanks available at 810 Neville St. Entries due by July 5 with drawings July 20.
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Hall
Howard Hall
MacLean
Op Mac Thios
Lucas General Tire
Kelly Tires
Neville St
Mannington baritone joins Honey chorus at Davis and Elkins College
Jarrett Raymond Bumgardner of Mannington a 1961 Mannington High School graduate now 19 has been added to the chorus of Honey in the Rock as a baritone soloist with the Davis and Elkins College A Capella Choir. He also attended Warwood High School Wheeling spent one semester at Davis and Elkins and is now a part time student at Fairmont State College. He began singing in elementary school and continued in high school as a chorus glee club and band member and also belonged to the Thespian Troop.
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Honey
Raymond Bumgardner
Mannington
Davis and Elkins College
Band
Thespian Troop
First open ocean marine biology lab erected offshore Bermuda
A oceanographic research platform built in 190 feet of water, located 30 miles southeast of Bermuda, marks the first laboratory ever erected in the open ocean to study marine life and biological forms.
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Bermuda
Court Reverses Sheriff Verdict In State Supreme Ruling
The State Supreme Court reversed a $4,000 judgment against National Surety Corp awarded to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office for a 1958 burglary. It held the insurer not liable since outer safe doors were unlocked, though the cash drawer remained locked. The decision, written by Judge Leslie Given, found theft occurred during a lunch-hour break-in.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
National Surety Corp
Putnam County
Leslie Given
Opha E. Stone
Stone
National Surety
High
Wall Street Firms Margin Sales for Small Accounts Clearing
Wall Streeters describe the buying as small and institutional trying bargain prices. A mass of bargain hunters sent in orders to buy collapsed stocks. Eldom Grimm of Walston & Co. notes renewed market support and recalls long-dormant contacts.
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Mes
Eldom Grimm
Walston & Co
Probers Confident on Bomb Cause of Jet Crash
Federal officials released most wreckage to insurers as CAB Chairman Alan Boyd testified the crash near Unionville Missouri on May 22 will have a determined cause. FBI evidence suggests a kill-for-profit plot and the jet carried 45 lives.
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Centerville
Iowa
FBI
Edward E. Slattery Jr
Continental
Final rites set for Stanley Bolensky 80 Oak Hill
Stanley Bolensky 80 of Oak Hill will have final rites at 11 a.m. Friday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Eugene Klug presiding. Burial in Hilltop Cemetery. He died after a heart attack at home Tuesday night. A retired coal miner born in Poland he belonged to St. Peter and Paul Church Scarbro. No survivors. Body at funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Doris Mabel Foster
Willis Branch
Fayette County
Tyree
Roy Tyree
Buri
Pax Community
Pax
Foster
Oak Hill
Lizzie Bowyer Donell
Lee Donell
Donell
Long Branch
Lena Marstiller
Ravenna
Ohio
Nora Williams
Kent
Freda Roberts
Streetsboro
Carl Brown
Atwater
Opal Penny
Hammersville
Mount Hope
John Bonar
Beckley
Glen Rogers
Eugene King
High Lawn Memorial Park
Bonar
Beckley Hospital
Lithuania
Raleigh- Wyoming Coal Co
Stanley Bolensky
Eugene Klug
Hilltop Cemetery
Bolensky
Poland
St. Peter and Paul Catholic
Scarbro
Solon Questions Air Force Lab Location Bid
Rep. Harry R. Sheppard questions the Air Force plan to spend 10 million dollars on an electro gas dynamics lab at Wright Patterson in Dayton Ohio. He suggests Arnold Engineering Development Center near Manchester as a more economical alternative. The hearing, held May 2, reviewed military construction appropriations and was released today. The lab would study extreme temperatures on space vehicle reentry.
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Subcommittee
Administration
Ened Electro-Gas Dynamics Laboratory
Quotes and Tax Talks Shape Estes Case Memory
Washington reports Carl Miller testifying about Billie Sol Estes philosophy as he was transferred by the Agriculture Department. He says you win by losing, you multiply by dividing and you increase by diminishing. Madison coverage notes Wisconsin's Motor Vehicle Commissioner James Karns urging safe driving during Memorial Day.
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U.S
Washington
Carl Miller
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
James Karns
Notable Deaths in Sweden and Britain and U.S. Obituary
United Press International reports death notices from multiple regions. Crawford, 66, died of a heart attack in Stockholm after a rising career at Swedish Ball Bearing Co and Volvo. Winnick, 59, died in London after bringing American panel games to British TV. Dr. Martin L. Krieger, 45, a plastic surgery expert and author, died in Los Angeles after a long illness. A Hunter Jarreau, 86, publisher and GM of Alexandria Daily Town Talk, died in Baptist Hospital Alexandria.
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United Press International
Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Swedish Ball Bearing Co
Volvo
London
Jae Winnick
Winnick
Los Angeles
Martin L. Krieger
Krieger
Heidelberg
Alexandria, la
UPT
A. Hunter Jarreau
Alexandria Daily Town Talk
Baptist Hospital
Peace Corps Tests Scheduled June 9
A new round of Peace Corps placement tests will be given at 8:30 a.m. Saturday June 9 in Civil Service Commission testing centers nationwide. Local centers include the Federal Office Building Bluefield and the Federal Building 500 Quarrier St Charleston. Applicants must be American citizens 18 or older with no upper age limit. Married couples without dependent children may apply if both qualify.
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Peace Corps
Civil Service Commission
Federal
Bluefield
Quarrier St
Charleston
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Industrial Effort Viewed By CC Members
CC members assess a broad industrial effort detailing projects, timelines, and funding steps. Key figures from local government and business sectors weigh potential economic impact and community benefits in a concise briefing.
Charleston Chamber Hosts Slides On Industrial Opportunities
Slides depicting industrial opportunities were shown by Ernie Berger, commercial supervisor of the Charleston office of the Potomac and Company. Paul M. Peabody, chairman of the chamber utilities and accommodations committee, said the program was a Charleston Chamber event aimed at intriguing Beckley area interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Berger
Charleston
the and Potomac A Co
Paul M. Peabody
Beckley
Boy’s body found after Tragedy at flooded mine shaft
A boy drowned in a flooded shaft at a Kulpmont mine where rescue workers and a priest aided by independent miners, brakemen and truckers, with state and federal inspectors, searched. The owner said the mine had been closed two years and would reopen soon with more men planned.
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Arenes
Brakermen and
Trucker’s Association
Samarom
Kulpmont
Fragmentary note on place name origins
A truncated passage explains that in Anglo-Saxon, the word meaning home or dwelling extends to imply a town or place. It references terms like ghæm and Dillingham and hints at linguistic roots of place names.
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Asion
Gham
Dillingham
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Johnstown Road
Beckley, W. VA
GOD
Tomchins
G.E. Dryer
Tracy
Muniz Television
Moran Avenue
Mullens, W. V
Mrs
Helen Crookshanks
Clifty
O. C. Landrum
Ier Tk & Tts
Tocol
Hico
Kessler Memorial Presbyterian Church
Kaopsa
Thomas Funeral Home
Ansted
Doris Foster
Eve Breck
Leah
Wall
Solon
Air Force Lab
the Complete Variety Store
de Thorp
W. Main ST
Crawford
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