Beckley Exhibition Mine opens as 25,000 visitors eyed
Mayor Cecil L. Miller led the official opening of the Beckley Exhibition Mine at New River Park predicting at least 25,000 visitors this season. The event drew Beckley leaders, City Attorney Truman Sayre, and Sylvia School pupils, with safety upgrades and new additions including a widened face, roof bolts, a larger concession stand, a summer shed, and two coal miner mannequins for display.
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Beckley
Sylvia
Cecil L. Miller
Exhibition Mine
New River Park
John W. Smith
Elmer Warden
West Virginia Department of Mines
Driver Cited After Mishap Near Crab Orchard
Britton Gambrell and Glen White must appear before Mag istrate Joe Rodriguez on charges of reckless driving after a one car crash near Crab Orchard at 11 15 p m Wednesday. Gambrell, driving a 1957 car owned by his father, lost control and struck a utility pole, clipping it three feet from the ground. Three passengers were treated and released at Beckley hospital. Bobby Fink 16, Raymond Hopkins 15, Robert Taylor 16 all from Crab Orchard. Glen White resident also suffered a broken right arm. The car was demolished.
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Britton Gambrell
Glen White
Joe Rodriguez
Crab Orchard
Gambrell
Thomas Gambrell
Beckley Hospital
Bobby Fink
Raymond Hopkins
Robert Taylor
Labor Deputy Visits London seeks US allies
Labor deputy leader George Brown flew to the United States to meet Kennedy administration members. At 48 he follows Harold Wilson’s Washington visit two months earlier, with both trips aimed at proving the Labor party would be a loyal ally if it gains power.
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London
UPI
George Brown
Labor Party
United States
Kennedy
Brown
Harold Wilson
Washington
Bracero Debate Tightens With New Support and Fatigue
Roybal and Cohelan led a camp of newcomers to sway wavering congressmen on extending the bracero program. Lawmakers weary of repeated promises that this would be the last year pressed for action as border and midwestern states objected to higher costs from stricter labor limits.
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Roybal
D-Calif
Cohelan
Final rites set for Don Canterbury of Pine Knob
Don Canterbury 51 of Pine Knob died Tuesday morning in Beckley hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in New Hope Baptist Church Pine Knob with Rev Clyde McNeely Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Dickens Cemetery Pine Knob. The body lies at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville and will proceed to the church after 4 p.m. today. He was a retired timberman and Advent Christian Church member. He was born June 3 1886 Scarbro Route 1. He is survived by brother Alvie Charleston and sister Vonda Romine Scarbro Route 1.
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Don Canterbury
Pine Knob
Beckley
New Hope Baptist Church
Clyde McNeely Jr
Dickens
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Ypital
Advent Christian Church
Scarbro
Route 1
Alvie
Charleston
Voneda Romine
Tyree
Oak Hill
Final rites for Everett Tilbern Stover set in Scarbro church
Funeral services for 76 year old Everett Tilbern Stover of Scarbro will be held Friday at 2 p m at the Advent Christian Church in Scarbro Route 1 with Rev Nathan Butler in charge Burial will follow in Rinehart Cemetery Scalbro Route 1 Stover died in an Oak Hill hospital after injuries from a car crash Wednesday in Fanrock He was born Oct 1 1957 in Welch a son of Shirley Brewer and is survived by a brother Kirby and a sister Tammy both at home and maternal grandmother Mrs Sarah Brewster The body will be taken to the residence at 4 p m Friday by McDougal Robertson and Fogle Funeral Home in Pineville
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Everett Tilbern Stover
Scarbro
Advent Christian
Marty Dean Brewster
Brewster Chapel
Indian Creek
J. Morgan
Brewster
Welch Hospital
Fanrock
Welch
Shirley Brewster
India
Kirby
Tammy
Sarah Brewster
McDougal
Robertson and Fogle
Pineville
Laos Premier presses terms for meeting amid Laos talks
VIENTIANE UPI Prime Minister Prince Souvanna Phouma demanded that Laotian Communist leader Prince Souphanouvong meet on Souvanna’s terms or fault the Pathet Lao with provoking the collapse of peace talks. He attacked neutralists led by Feuane and noted pressure by Red China and Hanoi on Souphanouvong to take a tougher line. Souk Vongsak carried a British Soviet cease fire appeal to Khang Khay with ICC presence, signaling a possible overnight stay at Souphanouvong headquarters as efforts to sustain the fragile peace continue.
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Vientiane
UPI
Prince Souvanna Phouma
Prince Souphanouvong
Souvanna
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Feuane
Deuane
Kong le
Plain of Jars
Souk Vongsak
Khang Khay
Souk
International Control Commission
ICC
Red China
Red
Peking
Hanoi
Souvanna Phouma
Muong Phanh
James Davis 65 Died Visiting Daughter in Cleveland
James Davis aged 65 of 114 Meadows Street died early today while visiting at his daughter s home in Cleveland Ohio The body is being returned to the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor for completion of arrangements.
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Ben Johnson
Midway
Fayette County
Montgomery
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
James Davis
Meadows St
Cleveland
Ohio
Mrs Emma Thomas Dies After Long Illness in Martinsville
Mrs Emma Thomas of Martinsville Virginia and formerly of Mount Hope died at 1 a.m. today at her home after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Wright and Anderson Funeral Home.
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Emma Thomas
Martinsville
Mount Hope
Wright and Anderson
Jetliner Burns at Newark Airport. No Passengers Onboard
An American Airlines Convair 990 parked at Newark Airport burst into flames early today with no passengers aboard. Fire crews battled the blaze as investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board began examining possible causes. Flight 966 from Chicago had landed at Newark after weather diverted it from Idlewild. The plane's value is reported between $ million and $5 million.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
American Airlines
New York Authority
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chicago
Idlewild
New York City
American
Catholic educators oppose JFK school aid plan
Catholic educators told a Senate subcommittee that President Kennedy’s education proposals would discriminate against non public school children and harm parochial schools. They said Catholic schools educate about 6 million students to state standards, effectively subsidizing public schools by about 2.5 billion annually.
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Washington
UPS
Kennedy
Senate
Frederick G. Hochwalt
National Catholic Welfare Conference
John B. McDowell
Pittsburgh
Bernard J. Powers
South Hills Cannee
Mt. Lebanon
Hochwalt
Catholic Welfare Conference
Congress
McDowell
Driver Released on WV Turnpike Drunk Driving Charge
John Marvin Hays of Richmond Indiana was freed from Raleigh County Jail after a mandatory 24 hour sentence for driving while drunk on the West Virginia Turnpike. He paid $50 fine plus costs in Magistrate Rodriguez court. Robert Levon McCollum of Charlotte North Carolina paid $10 and costs in the same court for traveling 75 mph in a 60 mph zone on the Turnpike Wednesday.
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John Marvin Hays
Richmond
Ind
Raleigh
Rodriguez
Robert Levon McCollum
Charlotte
N.C
Beckley Mayor-Elect outlines city appointments and promises
Mayor-Elect Smith says the new City Council will handle all appointments including the police chief, vows no outside political backing, and notes Sayre the city attorney will not be re-appointed. He praises a unified all-Democratic council, pledges openness and no secret meetings, and promises public disclosure of council actions.
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Gibbs
Smith
Truman Sayre
Sayre
Beckley
Yes Office
Skeleton remains found in creek linked to Mrs Bailey death
Skeleton the skull and the other near her, neither determined as the cause of death. It was unclear whether burial, fall, or flood washed mud over the body. Mrs Bailey, last seen Sept 1 leaving The Wheel restaurant where she once worked as a waitress, had reportedly been in nervous distress. A local pathologist will study the remains to determine the cause of death as state police continue the investigation. The remains are at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry
Kennedy Signs Debt Hike Bill
President Kennedy signed a temporary debt limit increase to 307 billion dollars to cover bills through June 30, with a further rise to 309 billion for July and August. Treasury expects another bump perhaps to 320 billion. the May 24 debt stood at about 303.8 billion, marking the ninth debt ceiling increase in eight years.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
Kennedy
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Senate
Pope May Be Dying As Vatican Reports Mixed Signs
An aging pope with a stomach tumor and several ailments may be dying amid reports of hemorrhage cessation. Vatican officials privately acknowledge uncertainty while ceremonial leaders prepare for a funeral and a conclave of cardinals to elect a new leader for Roman Catholics. Latest Vatican notices say improvements are noted, with transfusions continuing and nourishment delivered intravenously after ten days without solid food.
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Vatican
Institute schedules Buckhannon science teachers
Fifty eight teachers from 17 states and the District of Columbia will attend West Virginia Wesleyan College’s annual Institute for General Science Teachers from June 17 to July 26. Ohio leads with 12 teachers, followed by West Virginia with 10 and Pennsylvania with seven.
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Institute
Buckhannon
UPI
District of Columbia
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Five-Man Panel to Study Northern Panhandle Pollution
Charleston UPS reports a five member advisory council named by the West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission will study air pollution issues in the Northern Panhandle. The panel includes Robert Carney of Wheeling, Andrew Cheon of Moundsville, and R. R. Jewell, Robert Levenson, and Fred Tucker, all of Wheeling.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia Air Pollution Control Commission
Panhandle
Robert Carney
Wheeling
Andrew Cheon
Moundsville
R. R. Jewell
Robert Levenson
Fred Tucker
Social Security Tax Extension To 5400 Asked
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills proposes extending the Social Security tax base to the first 5400 in annual earnings to boost fund soundness. The plan would add 21.75 yearly for employees earning up to 5400 and 32.40 for self-employed, with employers matching.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways & Means Committee
Mills
Kennedy
Revival Services Set At Glen Morgan Union Church
Rev. Jack Maddy announces revival starting June 2 at 7 p m at Glen Morgan Union Church. Assisting pastors Rev. J W Berry and Rev. Alton Meadows will lead a program of special singing and the public is invited.
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Jack Maddy
Glen Morgan Union Church
Maddy
J. W. Berry
Alton Meadows
Erskine Held On Multiple Charges
D H Erskine age 64 of Sixth Street is held in Raleigh County Jail on several charges after a 6 20 p m collision. Police say he drove drunk left the scene with no state or city license and defective equipment while colliding with Mary C Wrights 1968 model parked car on Seventh Street as his 1951 model turned off Scott Avenue. Other blotter items include Charles Haywood 16 cited for improper registration and no state license. Naoma Holliday 25 cited for illegal turn. Arnold J Massie Beckley to appear on dog ordinance violation. Elsie Evans 38 cited for driving without license. Chester E Surbaugh 28 Piney View charged with defective equipment and no license. He to appear June 6.
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D. H. Erskine
Sixth Street
Raleigh County
Erskine
Mary C. Wright
South Fayette Street
Seventh Street
Scott Avenue
Charles Haywood
Naoma Holliday
Beckley
Arnold J
Massie
Edward P. Stansbury
Elsie Evans
Chester E. Surbaugh
Piney View
Rail negotiators give up holiday to avert nationwide strike
Washington UPI reports railroads and five unions canceled holiday work in hopes of averting a national strike. Key issue remains elimination of fireman duties on diesel locomotives with unions seeking job security and benefits. Deadline set by a 60 day cooling off period expires June 13, with possible extension only on progress toward agreement. Negotiators will focus on other work rules after mutual suspension of the fireman dispute.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
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