Big Eight To Plan Feeder Roads For Interstate
Big Eight plans a feeder road program for West Virginia’s southern counties starting next spring. About 40 people will attend the Beckley meeting to discuss proposals and county rural economic plans. James D. Little Jr of the State Department of Commerce will speak on industrial development prospects for the Big Eight region.
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Canon West Virginia
Bigight Association
Beckley-Winn Hoo
Okey L. Patteson
Big Eight
Raleigh
Summers
Nicholas
Fayette
Mercer
Monroe
Greenbrier
Wyoming
James D. Little Jr
State Department of Commerce
Charleston
Goblins Active Out In County Good In City
Beckley police and state workers spent Halloween night clearing debris and trees from area highways after reports of goblin activity. Capt. M. E. Tyree praised the smooth night, noting no vandalism and that children enjoyed the event.
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Beckley
State Road Commission
Raleigh County
M. E. Tyree
VOA Sunday Punch to Tell of Red Tests
VOA will assemble the largest radio signal effort in its history Sunday to inform the Communist bloc about Russia's nuclear tests and the worldwide revulsion. ARD Murrow announced the hour and said all facilities able to beam a signal behind the Iron Curtain will join the effort to expose Soviet duplicity and the atmospheric pollution from nuclear testing.
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Washington
UPI
Voice of America
VOA
Russia
Ard R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Coal City Driver Jailed and Fined
Paul E. Gillispie, 19, Coal City, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $50 by Magistrate W. A. Burke after reckless driving and destruction of property charges. Kate Mitchell of Lanark remained jailed for a $5 fine by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez after a trespassing warrant. Four soldiers, Kenneth R. Gillispie, George A. Basham, Jerry E. Perkins, and John E. Hawkins, were released to Army Military Police to face AWOL charges at Ft. Knox, Ky.
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Paul E. Gillispie
Coal City
W. A. Burke
Gillispie
Kate Mitchell
Lanark
Joe Rodriguez
Ft. Knox
Kenneth R. Gillispie
George A. Basham
Jerry E. Perkins
John E. Hawkins
Sour grapes fly over West Virginia Interstate mileage row
West Virginia Democratic chair Robert McDonough accuses Ohio Republican Rep. Gordon Scherer of sour grapes over a House probe into allocating 170 extra Interstate miles to West Virginia for a North South route. He cites political payoff claims tied to Kennedy’s primary win and contrasts GOP positions with Moore and Barron.
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Parkersburg
UPI
West Virginia
Robert P. McDonough
Ohio
McDonough
Gordon H. Scherer
House Committee
Scherer
Kennedy
Mountain
Arch A. Moore Jr
Army disavows Van Fleet remarks on Berlin firing Ste venson
Gen James A Van Fleet made private citizen remarks suggesting firing Adlai Stevenson and opposing fighting for Berlin. The Army disassociated and said he will serve as consultant on guerrilla warfare for 90 days next year without pay. Kennedy did not mention these limits at his recall announcement. Stevenson denied knowledge of Cuban invasion.
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Darrell Garwood Washington
UPI
James A. van Fleet
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Berlin
van Fleet
Kennedy
Army
Greece
Korea
White House
Jay Gildner
The
Tampa Tribune
Lakeland
Fla
Stevenson
West Germany
Defense Department
Khrushchev notes broader Soviet problems and blasts
Khrushchev said talks on economic political and military issues may run through the November 7 Revolution celebration. He joked scientists erred by a bigger than expected nuclear blast, with no punishment promised. Pravda said Stalin’s body was moved from the Red Square tomb to a Kremlin grave, Lenin’s name enlarged and the tomb reopened after repairs.
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Khrushchev
Communist Party
Pravda
Stalin
Red Square
Kremlin
Lenin
Lions Club Plans Pancake Supper For November 14
At a Lions Club meeting Cecil Cooke was named chairman for the pancake supper to be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on November 14. Tickets are available from any club member for this annual event. The discussion also referenced highway travel times and regional improvements benefiting Kanawha Valley Beckley and Summers Monroe Greenbrier counties.
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Sible
Kanawha Valley
Beckley
Monroe-Greenbrier
Lions Club
Cecil Cooke
MacArthur Motorist Charged In Accident
Beckley City Police charged Ha worth A. Jones 46 of MacArthur with failure to have his vehicle under control after a two car crash at South Fayette and F Streets at 3 10 p m. He struck Ray Kincannon 36 of 100 Mool St. Damages were about 100 dollars and no injuries were reported.
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Beckley City
Haworth A. Jones
MacArthur
Ray Kincannon
Two Coal City Couples Named In 598 Suit
Two Coal City couples are named defendants in a $598.87 suit filed on behalf of the Furst McNess Co. of Baltimore in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office. The action seeks payment for goods purchased under an agreement dated June 22, 1960, from Maggie and Sanford Maotows and W L and Dolly Bo n.
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Coal City
Furst McNess Co
Baltimore
Raleigh County
Pfeba
Maggie
Sanford Maotows
W. L
Dolly Bon
Mrs Wickham confines to Beckley Hospital after surgery
Mrs T H Wickham of 208 North Kanawha Street is reported in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital following recent surgery.
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T. H. Wickham
N. Kanawha Sr
Beckley Hospital
Deaths and Funerals James William Webb 94 Beck ley
Funeral arrangements are completed for James William Webb 94 of Beck ley route 1 who died at 8 40 am at his son's home Fred Webb Born April 28 1867 in Summers County he lived in Raleigh County most of his life and was a Freewill Baptist Church member at Mattsville Survived by four sons Lonnie Ghent Oley Glen Daniel Willis Masillon Ohio and Arvel Barrett three daughters Annie Wilson Ada Webb and Pauline Clause 31 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren and a sister Fannie Stewart Matheny Body at Melton Mortuary.
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James William Webb
Spruce
Beckley
Fred Webb
Summers County
Mat
Sarah Jones Webb
Raleigh County
Freewill Baptist Church
Mattsville
Lonnie
Ghent
Oley
Glen Daniel
Willis
Masillon
Ohio
Arvel
Barrett
Annie Wilson
Ada Webb
Harper
Pauline Clause
Texas
Fannie Stewart
Matheny
Melton Mortuary
Two Obituaries Highlight Beelick Knob and Beckley Figures
Joseph Thomas Fox 67 of Beelick Knob died Tuesday at Hinton Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner, lifelong Beelick Knob resident, and member of Mill Brook Baptist Church Crickmer. survived by wife Ora, six children, two sisters, 17 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. The body lies at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle. Lorenz E. Armstead 71 of 246 S Heber St Beckley died early Tuesday in Beckley Hospital after a short illness. A 1923 graduate of Gup ton Jones School of Embalming, he served on Ebenezer Baptist Church deacon board and was a Be ckl ey mortician. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Ebenezer Baptist with burial Greenwood Memorial Park. pallbearers from Blue House Masonic Lodge 27. Body at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home.
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Joseph Thomas Fox
Beelick Knob
Hinton Hospital
Fox
Millbrook Baptist Church
Crickmer
Ora
Thelma Kincaid
Martha Gwinn
Meadow Bridge
Dora Lee Walker
Shady Spring
Clyde
Cecil
Hinton
Johnny Fox
Rainelle
Merlie Sloan
Beckley
Ellie Crochran
Bristol
Tenn
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Lorenz E. Armstead
S. Heber St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey O. Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Armstead
Beckley Hospital
Gupton Jones School of Embalming
Nashville
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Blue House Masonic Lodge
Final rites for Elbert G. Koontz in Fayetteville
Elbert Gaines Koontz 72 of Fayetteville will have funeral services at 2 p m Friday at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville. Burial will be Hughes Memorial Park. He died 8 05 p m Tuesday at Beckley VA Hospital where he’d been a patient since May 19. A World War I veteran and Pilgrim Holiness Church member he is survived by wife Vesta two sons Raymond and Dana O both of Fayetteville one daughter Delma Hollingsworth Brooklyn one brother Festus O Fayetteville five sisters Ora Bary and Ona King Fayetteville Bertha Skaggs and Lessie Crist both of Ansted Myrtle Crist Oak Hill 12 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Elbert Gaines Koontz
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Hughes Memorial Park
Koontz
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Vesta Koontz
Raymond
Dana O
Delma Hollingsworth
Brooklyn
Festus O
Ora Bary
Ona King
Bertha Skaggs
Lessie Crist
Ansted
Myrtle Crist
Oak Hill
Final rites set for Winfield Scott Aliff at Pax
Winfield Scott Aliff 74 Pax dies in Beckley hospital after long illness. Funeral in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope at 2 p m Thursday with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial Pax Community Cemetery. Survivors include wife Virgie four sons Harley Carl Everett Harry two daughters Ruby and Cora Legg and others from Virginia and Ohio. He was a World War I veteran and Cranberry Community Church member.
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Winfield Scott Aliff
Pax
Tyree
Mount Hope
Ernest Barley
Aliff
Beckley
Cranberry Community Church
Virgie Aliff
Harley
Fort Belvoir
Carl
Cleveland
Ohio
Everett
Skelton
Harry Aliff
Columbus
Ruby Alford
Lacy Aliff
Cora Legg
Soci
Dane Beckleheimer
Minnie
Final rites for Mrs Willie Maude Craig held in Peterstown
Mrs Willie Maude Craig 76 of Peterstown died at home. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Cashmere Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Howard Spencer in charge. Burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Born March 23 1885 in Peterstown she was daughter of Will Henry Dunn and Alice Meadows Dunn. Survived by husband Arthur Craig three brothers I B and H C Peters town and I W Craig Mullens a sister Imogene Jackson Peterstown four grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
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Willie Maude Craig
Peterstown
Cashmere Missionary Baptist Church
Howard Spencer
Craig
Will Henry
Alice Meadows Dunn
Cashmere Missionary
Chattin Twins Sheila Mae and Shirley Rae Funeral
Funeral services were held Monday at Stubbs Funeral Home Waynesville for infant twins Sheila Mae and Shirley Rae Chattin, children of Charles Thomas and Wanda Patterson Chattin. Burial followed at Miami Valley Cemetery. The infants died shortly after birth Friday in a Waynesville hospital. Surviving relatives include grandparents John Patterson and Charles O Chattin and great grandmother Burl McKinney.
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Sheila Mae
Shirley Rae Chattin
Charles Thomas
Wanda Patterson Chattin
Waynesville
Ohio
Hinton
Stubbs
Miami Valley
John Patterson
Grassy Meadows
Charles O. Chattin
Burl McKinney
Beckley
Final rites for L. French Herald veteran official and dealer
L French Herald 72 a former U S marshal for Southern District West Virginia will be buried in Herald Cemetery Summersville after 10 30 a m funeral at White Funeral Home pet Rev Riker Bennett and Rev A F Gregory in charge He died Monday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness Survived by three sisters and three brothers.
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L. French Herald
Southern District
West Virginia
White
Summersville
Riker Bennett
A. F. Gregory
Herald
Muddlety
Herold
Beckley
Wheeler V Byrd Funeral at Arlington National Cemetery
Funeral services for Wheeler V Byrd at Arlington National Cemetery are set for Thursday. Byrd was killed instantly Monday night in a head on collision near his home, with survivors including two sisters Ollie Brown and N. H. A. Pierce, both of Beckey.
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Wheeler V. Arlington National Cemetery
Byrd
Ollie Brown
H. A. Pierce
Beckey
State Economy Behind 1960
Charleston WV United Press said the West Virginia economy must surge to reach 1960 levels by year end. Mountain State indicators lag in 13 of 20. September showed gains in 11 categories. Through three quarters natural gas, crude oil, power, life insurance, consumer taxes, post office receipts, and manufacturing wages rose.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPD
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Earl L. Elmore
Elmore
Deaths across continents reported in brief notices
In Bordeaux Jean Bion 41 Guatemalan consul died from injuries after a car accident. In La Jolla California funeral services for Harry Woodhead Convair Aircraft Corp president WWII native of England. In Geneva Frederic Donne GATT delegation chairman died after brief illness. In Birmingham Alabama attorney Henry Upton Sims 89 former American Bar Association president died at home.
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Bordeaux
France
UPI
Jean Bion
Geneva
Frederic Donne
Donne
GATT
Birmingham
Ala
Henry Uptom Sims
American Bar Association
Jurors Not Needed Until Friday Morning
Raleigh County Criminal Court jurors are ordered to report at 9 a.m. Friday. Judge Harry L. Mc Creery announced today that petit jurors will not be needed until then.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Miner Hurt in Pocahontas Fuel Co Mine Accident
Amon Thompson of Lashmeet was injured at about 7 30 a m in a Pocahontas Fuel Co mine accident at Itmann. He was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium for observation.
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Itmann
Amon Thompson
Lashmeet
Pocahontas
Tragedy in Anoka Halloween Parade Fatal Car Crash
A stolen car driven by Otto Erickson 76 slammed into a costumed Halloween parade in Anoka Minnesota killing two elderly women and injuring 23 including 18 children. Erickson died from an apparent heart attack just before the crash as bystanders and a town fire engine were nearby.
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Otto Erickson
Harry Laird
Coon Rapids
Minn
Georgia Dowdell
Main Street
Minneapolis
Erickson
Rayburn Returns Home to Bonham for Final Days
House Speaker Sam Rayburn, aged 79, is back in his hometown of Bonham Texas to spend his last days among friends and neighbors. He is in a small town hospital near his white colonial house, after leaving Baylor Medical Center per his wish to be near loved ones as cancer advances.
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Bonham, Tex
UPI
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Rayburn
Dallas
Baylor University Medical Center
Escaped West Virginia prisoners captured after manhunt
W Va. Briers report: Ray J. Larue and Charles Romeo, escapees from a Hope mont Sanitarium work detail, were captured. Wave of jail escapees included three Bluefield inmates who cut bars and fled via the roof. Also, Welch native Camper sworn in as McDowell County prosecutor. Federal Reserve notes a $6.07 million drop in Fifth District bank business loans, affecting West Virginia.
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Terra Alta
UPI
Hopemont Sanitarium
Ray J. Larue
Boone County
Charles Romeo
Huttonsville
Marshall On
Grant Coun
Bluefield
Howard Whitehead
Carl H. Adkins
Everrett J. Rose
Richmond, Va
Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
West Virginia
Ball To Serve Prison Term In Grand Larceny Case
Thomas Franklin Ball 38 of Skelton received a one to ten year sentence from Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery after a jury convicted him October 18 of stealing an automobile from Mrs. Cordin Gadd. The vehicle was found junked and unrecovered. Ball, credited with time served, was remanded to jail.
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Moundsville
Berlin patrols press on highway despite West Berlin stance
U S military patrols were to continue on the highway from West Berlin while American officials declined comment on a State Department announcement. At Friedrichstrasse checkpoint U S and Soviet tanks faced off for 16 hours last week, and the area was quiet for a third day.
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U. S
West Berlin
State Department
Washington
United States
Lucius D. Clay
Friedrichstrasse
U.S
Dyer warns on fallout risk and protective clothing
Dr Dyer argues public exposure to radioactive fallout from Soviet tests raises health and genetic concerns. He notes authorities disagree on injurious levels and urges wearing protective clothing when possible as fallout readings recently rose in West Virginia then fell.
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United States
Dyer
West Virginia
Missing Man Feared Foul Play After Parkersburg Stop
Dyer and a Parkersburg detective searched a Parkersburg residence where a woman who may know Reed was located. Fingerprints from the rear-view mirror and blood stained gauze with tape are being analyzed. Reed missing after failing to deposit on Friday. investigators weigh foul play.
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Parkersburg
Dyer
Beckley
Reed
CIB
E. J. Newman
Sgt
Fullmer
Charleston
Unemployment and factory jobs rise in uncertain year
Unemployment totaled 449,500 a gain of 1,000 from August but 13,000 less than September last year. Manufacturing industries gained 900 in employment to 125,700 while non-manufacturing employment rose by 100 to 323,800. Factory workers reached the year's high with an 8,500 gain since January.
UNICEF Callers To Be Around Tonight In Beckley
The Rev. Robert Mathews sponsor of the UNICEF drive said some solicitation of city streets will be conducted tonight. He appealed to those not contacted to send donations to the First Christian Church before Friday.
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Robert Mathews
Beckley Christian Youth Council
United Nations Children’s Emergency
Mathews
Unicef
First Christian Church
Now You Know By United Press International
The file notes that the worst U.S. train wreck death toll occurred on July 9, 1918 in Nashville Tennessee with 101 fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
U.S
Nashville
Tenn
Eight thousand four hundred eighteen families aided by ADC program
Charleston reports 8,418 families benefited from the expanded federal state welfare program since August with total payments of 623,881 in August 858,248 in September and 1.01 million in October. Logan County led with 696 recipients receiving 217,921 while McDowell totaled 178,813 for 529 people and Jefferson County received 3,350 for 10 people.
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Charleston
McDowell
Jefferson County
Senate Leader Warns of Radiation Bomb Threat
Discussion notes a proposed N bomb capable of destroying tanks and walls with radiation, possible test timeline of five years and a year for a first neutron bomb. Also reports Russia’s 27th and 28th atmospheric blasts, fallout estimates, and a predicted U.S. air test decision within days after AEC briefing. Weather forecasts place debris reaching Aleutians and western Alaska, with Siberian residents likely exposed to fallout.
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Russia
Arctic
Atomic Energy Commision
AEC
U.S
Albert Thomas
D-Tex
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
United States
Thomas
Central Intelligence
Weather Bureau
Aleutians
Alaska
Siberia
West Virginia News Briefs From Clarksburg And Charleston
Bruce W. Munn will speak at the West Virginia Press Association closing in Clarksburg. A corpse of Thomas Minesinger was found near his Pughtown home after a week missing, likely a heart attack. Sen Jennings Randolph to dedicate a Parkersburg social security office. Huntington officials held talks with Ohio Valley Bus Co and striking drivers with no progress. Mrs Delores Jones wounded her husband during a carload party dispute in Charleston. Alfred Jones, 39, was struck by four bullets. Interstate 77 section opened south of Ripley from White Chapel to Kenna. another 7 mile segment to open Nov 15. A train conductor was fined 37 dollars for blocking a Charleston crossing for 20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Press Association
Clarksburg
Bruce W. Munn
United Press International
United Nations Bureau
Thomas Minesinger
Pughtown
Hancock County
Jennings Randolph
Parkersburg
Huntington
Ohio Valley Bus Co
Delores Jones
Charleston
Alfred Jones
Ripley
White Chapel
Kanawha County
Kenna
Jackson County
Fourth WV hunting fatality reported near Ravenswood
In Ravenswood West Virginia a 37 year old man Gerald R Dillon was fatally shot in the back by his half brother Doyle Scarberry 17 as a 16 gauge shotgun accidentally discharged. The incident marks West Virginia s fourth hunting fatality of the fall season with one other hunter dying of gunshot wounds and two of heart attacks.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Here
Gerald R. Dillon
Doyle Scarberry
Dillon
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