City and County Officials Meet With State Group
Representatives of the West Virginia department of Commerce were to meet at noon today with city and county officials to discuss community betterment and the use of existing funds for facilities. Mayor Cecil L. Miller and a County Court member were among 12 to 15 local leaders attending. The meeting would cover the Aid to Dependent Children program and potential avenues for more assistance under the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Department of Commerce
N. Joe Rahalla
Dept. Commerce
Cecil L. Miller
Driver Waives Drunk Hearing in Beckley Court
Dillard H Foster 311 N Vance waived to the grand jury today in a drunk driving case before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. Foster was remanded to jail on $500 bond after Beckley State Police jailed him at 5:51 p.m. Sunday. SAM Berillo 45 of Beckley also waived to the grand jury on resisting arrest and drunkenness. bond set at $600 on each charge. He was arrested by Beckley City Police at 4:30 p.m. Sunday after being released from jail earlier that morning. CHARLES HUGHES of East Beckley pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined. Police arrested him at 9:15 p.m. Sunday. Larry Allen Ransom 21 of Beaver was arrested on Eisenhower Drive at 10:20 p.m. Sunday for reckless driving and will appear in Police Court Thursday. Shirley Blankenship 19 of Skelton was arrested for speeding at 11:10 p.m. Sunday and will appear in court Thursday. ROGER WORLEY of Glen Morgan is jailed on assault and battery charges. held by State Police since 7:25 p.m. Sunday. Jail roster stood at 78 at 11 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard H. Foster
N. Vance Dr
Joe Rodriguez
Foster
Beckley
Sam Berillo
Grand Jury
Rodriguez
Berillo
Charles Hughes
East Beckley
Larry Allen Ransom
Beaver
Eisenhower
Shirley Blankenship
Skelton
Roger Worley
Glen Morgan
Tax Computer Dedication Highlighted by Governor
The dedication of a national tax computer center featured remarks by Gov. W. W. Barron calling the facility a functional unit of government and a monument to cooperation among government, business, labor and science. Mortimer M. Caplin predicted tax returns will be checked there by 1966 with regional centers coding data on punch cards and tapes sent to the National Computer Center for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Mortimer M. Caplin
Martinsburg
National Computer Center
W. W. Barron
Barron
Driver jailed for drunk driving charge in Beckley
Euel Bragg of Shady Spring was jailed at 12 10 p m today by Beckley State Police. He is charged with drunk driving.
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Euel Bragg
Shady Spring
Beckley
Actress Diana Dors Escapes Fire Tragedy At Party
London reports actress Diana Dors was recovering from shock after a Guy Fawkes party at Thames Island hosted by John Kennedy turned deadly as a fire killed three. Dors, eight months pregnant, escaped by diving through a closed kitchen window as firecrackers ignited an umbrella stand. Her manager said she was physically fine but emotionally shattered.
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London
API
Diana Dors
Guy Fawkes
John Heymen
Miss Dors
Thames Island
John Kennedy
Tommy Steele
Parliament
Death notices across several cities
Burlington New Jersey Richard P Hughes 84 father of Richard J Hughes Democratic gubernatorial candidate died Sunday of a heart attack. Vicksburg Mississippi Louis P Cashman Sr 74 publisher of the Vicksburg Post and Delta Broadcasting President died Sunday funeral services scheduled. South Stralsbury VI F Cecil Baker 72 past president of American Potash and Chemical Co died Sunday. Oakland California Rear Adm Sherman S Kennedy 73 U S N died Sunday. Clark New Jersey Louis V Hunter 49 prominent Canada based WWII correspondent died Sunday.
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Burlington, NJ
UPI
Richard P. Hughes
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Candi- Haag
Vicksburg, Miss
Louis P. Cashman Sr
Vicksburg Post
Delta Broadcasting Co
Cashman
South Shaftsbury, VI
F. Cecil Baker
The
American Potash and Chemical Co
Now You Know By United Press International
The piece notes that the specific gravity of the planet Saturn is less than that of water.
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United Press International
Saturn
Massive VOA Sunday Punch Broadcasts Reported
Washington reports say the Voice of America and Radio Liberty mounted an eight hour Sunday program in eight languages to tell the Russian people about world revulsion at nuclear testing. Using up to 52 transmitters and a million watt Munich signal, they faced heavy Soviet jamming yet reached space and hoped listeners would spread the word.
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John A. Goldsmith
Washington
UPI
Voice of America
VOA
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Russia
The
Voice
Moscow
Suny
U.S
Iron Curtain
Munich
Radio Liberty
Soviet Union
Europe
Far East
Ceylon
Time Division Data Link lets jets intercept targets automatically
At Andrews AFB Maryland the Air Force Systems Command unveiled Time Division Data Link also nicknamed Tiddle an electronic system that can issue attack orders to hundreds of manned fighters instantly. It uses a ground computer to calculate intercept commands and can feed signals to automatic pilots. Maj Hollie A Wilkes notes pilots retain final authority for identification and decision making and can recall a mission if needed.
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Maj
Hollie A. Wilkes
Electronic Systems Division
Wilkes
Second Toy Day Set November 19 in Sophia
Sophia volunteer firemen to repair and paint toys for their annual Christmas Tree party. Albert Veneri leads the toy effort, with about 100 pieces donated on Sunday. a second drive is planned on November 19 due to the large party. Toys left over from last year and those from Sunday will be used, with Town Hall serving as drop-off from 1 to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Pinson
Deaths and Funerals Final rites for Robert L Blankenship
Final rites for Robert L Blankenship 39 of Clear Fork will be at 11 a m Tuesday at Sun Hill Methodist Church with Rev. Jesse Cline officiating. Burial in family cemetery at Clear Fork. Died Saturday at home from heart condition. Born May 1 1922 in Clear Fork to Rosa Vannatter Blankenship and the late Albert D Blankenship. Survived by wife Maggie Walker Blankenship five sons Roger Richard Ronald Donald and Ralph six daughters Rosalie Diane Gloria and Teresa all at home three brothers Buster Finley Edwin and three sisters Ruby Cole Evelyn Lester Opal Tilley. Body taken to Finley Blankenship's home at 6 p m today from Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
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Robert L. Blankenship
Clear Fork
Sun Hill Methodist Church
Jesse Cline
Blankenship
Rosa Vannatter Blankenship
Albert D. Blankenship
Maggie Walker Blankenship
Roger
Richard
Ronald
Donald
Ralph
Rosalie
Diane
Gloria
Teresa
Buster
Baileysville
Finley
Edwin Blankenship
Oceana
Ruby Cole
Evelyn Lester
Opal Tilley
Evans
Nannie Crutchfield Obituary in Sophia WV Church Service
Nannie Crutchfield 82 of Sophia died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Sophia Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Wade Webb and Rev. French Williams officiating. Burial will be in McKinney Cemetery. She was born December 3, 1878 in Washington County Virginia and is survived by five daughters, four sons, three brothers, 35 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren, and 34 great great grandchildren. The body will lie at Williams Funeral Home in Sophia. pallbearers include Troy Martin, Vernon Sturgill, and others.
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Sophia
Beckley
Nannie Crutchfield
Sophia Free Will Baptist Church
Wade Webb
French Williams
McKinney Cemetery
Washington County
George Riffe
Preston Crutchfield
Crutchfield
Bessie Whitley
Myrtle Polk
Rosa DeBoard
Saltville
Virginia Walters
Washington, D. C
Lucille Williamson
Norfolk
Oakford Crutchfield
Bill Crutchfield
Ruby, S. C
John Crutchfield
Charles Crutchfield
Slab Fork
Joe Riffe
Bristol
John Riffe
Charles Riffe
Tenn
Williams Funeral Home
Troy Marstin
Vernon Sturgill
Fred Walker
al Janey
O. B. Sturgill
Jack Stovall
Graveside rites for infant Sherry Ann Parks set
Graveside services for Sherry Ann Parks, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Johnny Parks of Cleveland Ohio formerly Beckley, will be held at Sunset Memorial Park at 1 p.m. Tuesday with Rev James Goode of Cleveland presiding. The infant died at birth Saturday afternoon in a Cleveland hospital. Keyser Bryant Funeral Home will remain open until services.
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Sherry Ann Parks
Johnny Parks
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley
Sunset Memorial Park
James Goode
Keyser-Bryant Funeral
William Gareth Brooks Funeral Details Announced
William Gareth Brooks, 54, of Route 2 Fayetteville died Saturday at home. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Doggett Chapel Methodist Church in Dempsey with Rev. H. R. Winston officiating. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. Body remains at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville and will be taken to church one hour before the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gareth Brooks
Fayetteville
Doggett Chapel Methodist Church
Dempsey
H. R. Winston
Huse Memorial Park
Dodd- Payne Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs Phoebe Farley in Princeton home
Funeral services for Mrs Phoebe Alice Farley 90 of Princeton will be held at 2 30 p m Tuesday at her home with Elder I W Kilby and Elder Thomas Jenkins officiating Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park She died Sunday at 11 a m at her Princeton Athens Road home after a long illness She was a member of the Princeton Primitive Baptist Church Her husband Clownie Farley died in 1954 Born March 13 1871 at Odd she was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James A Brammer Survivors include four sons Victor Claude Samuel Ben C Farley four daughters Shelly O Dell Estel Miller Hobart Thomas three sisters Easter Farley Eva Meadow and Rachel Meadows The body will be taken from Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton to her home at 4 p m today
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Phoebe Alice Farley
Princeton
I. W. Kilby
Thomas Jenkins
Resthaven Memorial Park
James A. Brammer
Victor
Claude
Samuel
Columbus
Ohio
Ben C. Farley
Matoaka
Shelby O’dell
Estel Bailey
Samuel Miller
Herndon
Hobart Thomas
Prosperity
Easter Farley
Eva Meadow
Rachel Meadows
Ghent
Bailey Funeral Home
Charleston Man Thomas Morris Dies at 63
Thomas Morris, 63, of Charleston, died at 8 40 a.m. today in the Beckley Veterans Affairs hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Thomas Morris
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Linda McManus Funeral Services Held for 20 Year Old
Linda Lee McManus 20 of Carlisle formerly Beckley dies in a two car wreck on the West Virginia Turnpike 12 miles south of Charleston. She taught near Ripley and is survived by her parents a sister Suetta and grandmother Mrs Mattie McManus. Funeral at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Linda Lee McManus
Carlisle
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
H. A. McClung
Otis McNeil
Sunset Memorial Park
Miss McManus
West Virginia
Charleston
Arlie Otto Dolin
Roanoke
Ripley
Cranberry
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Presbyterian Church
Scarbro
Suetta
Mattie McManus
Skelton
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Final rites for William B Craver in Charleston church
William B Craver 67 died early Saturday in a Charleston hospital. Final rites conducted at 10 30 a m today at Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by brother James R Beckley and sisters Miss Virginia Craver and Mrs Douglas Dalton of Mount Hope. He was vice president of Kanawha Manufacturing Co.
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William B. Craver
Deming Dr
Charleston
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Craver
Kanawha Manufacturing Co
James R., Beckley
Virginia Craver
Douglas Dalton
Mount Hope
WVU Leader Miller Career Summary and MSU Roles
West Virginia University President Force’s Air Transport Command era is noted. Miller earned a master’s and doctorate in sociology and anthropology from Michigan State, joined MSU faculty in 1947, and rose from assistant to full professor by 1953. He led MSU cooperative extension from 1954 to 1959, then became vice president for off campus education and provost in 1959. He is married to Catherine Spiker with two children.
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Air Transport Command
Miller
Michigan State
Catherine Spiker
Harrisville
Paula
Thomas
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Program
Ritchie
Nicholas
Air Force
Michigan State Cooperative Extension Service
AF Quota Five Lower For Now
The Beckley Air Force Main Recruiting Station met October’s 48 enlistment quota in the first three weeks but signed no one in the last week. November’s quota is 43. A waiting list is being set in the administration career field due to many applications. Electronics and engineering fields need personnel. Preference goes to higher education levels, says S. Sgt. McNeal.
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Air Force
Beckley
Charles McNeil
McNeal
Midway Driver Pleads Reckless Driving in WV Incident
James Odham of Midway paid a $50 fine plus costs after a wreck at Skelton in Beckley. He was jailed on the reckless driving charge by Beckley State Police and released from Raleigh County Jail at 11:45 p.m. Sunday. Odham and two 15 year old passengers Roger Hinkel and Lawrence Gibson were treated and released from Beckley Memorial Hospital after the one car crash that sent the vehicle into a pile of junk cars, with about $600 in damages.
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James Odham
Midway
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Odham
Beckley
Skelton
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Roger Hinkel
Lawrence Gibson
Sun
Skelton Wrecking Co
Cloud On Title Basis Of Suit At McKinley School Property
The Raleigh County Board of Education conveyed McKinley Elementary School land to Iceland Billy Nichols on May 9. A suit filed in the Circuit Clerk's office seeks to establish true boundary lines against W. W. Setliff who is alleged to have moved the line 20 feet, asserting claim to a half acre improved by Nichols. Lina Lilly had conveyed title to both the Board and Setliff.
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McKinley Elementary
Raleigh County Board of Education
Iceland
Billy Nichols
Circuit Clerk’s Office
W. W. Setliff
Nichols
D. D. Ashworth
Setliff
Lina Lilly
Board of Education
Miner Dies in West Virginia Strip Mine Accident
Fred Duckworth about 55 of Jerryville Webster County was killed in a weekend accident at a strip mining operation near his home. Meet opens Huntington five day conference rehab of mentally ill with about 40 professionals from West Virginia and nearby states. Contracts awarded in September for future construction in West Virginia totaled 9.1 million, down from 1960. Dodge reports nine month total 159.8 million, up 1 percent from last year.
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Webster Spring
UPI
Fred Duckworth
Jerryville
Webster County
MEET
Huntington
UPD
West Virginia
Huntington State Hospital
Federal Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Pittsburgh
F. W. Dodge Corp
Multiple Fatalities From West Virginia Traffic Accidents
Several people died after traffic crashes in West Virginia and nearby areas. John K. Bennett, 50, of Belpre Ohio, died in a Parkersburg hospital from injuries suffered in a crash near Slate Wood County. Billy Joe Hall, 17, of Wharton Boone County, was killed when his car wrecked near Van Boone County. Don Chafin 23 Newtown Mingo County and Roger Ferguson 17 Kenova Wayne County died in separate accidents Saturday. Chafin fell from a vehicle on U S 52 near Williamson while Ferguson’s car crashed into a railroad signal near his home on West Virginia 75. Herbert R. Brown 53 Herndon Heights Wyoming County died when his truck wrecked on a dirt road near his home Friday night.
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John K. Bennett
Belpre
Ohio
Parkersburg
Slate
Wood County
Billy Joe Hall
Wharton
Boone County
Van
Don Chafin
Newtown
Mingo County
Roger Ferguson
Kenova
Wayne County
Chafin
U. S. 52
Williamson
Ferguson
W. Va
Herbert R. Brown
Herndon Heights
Wyoming County
Neutron bomb quote stirs US defense debate
Los Angeles Representative Craig Hosmer says neutron bombs could deter war if both superpowers share them, arguing they would be less inhumane than current weapons. Riverside reports a Highway 101 crash scene with a patrolman requesting all ambulances. New York hears Jawaharlal Nehru call nuclear testing evil, labeling the tests and hydrogen bombs as evil things.
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U.S. Pat
United Press International
Los Angeles
Craig Hosmer
R-Calif
New York
Jawarharlal Nehru
It's An Al Wind Average $287 More Pay For 79 Workers
The snowstorm battered the Appalachian Power Co leaving $300,000 in damages in southern West Virginia and Beckley District. 79 Beckley District hourly workers received an average extra $287.63 for overtime during and after the storm as APC restored service to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Power Co
APC
Beckley
John Gates
Gates
West Virginia
Film Industry Urged to Correct U S Image Abroad
Hollywood faces a push from Edward R. Murrow to create travelog epics showing true American life and culture. He argues current light entertainment misleads global audiences, depicting a fantasy of Indians at war and opulent frontier life. Murrow urged producers to portray Americans realistic daily life and values.
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Hollywood
UPI
Edward R. Murrow
U. S. Information Agency
USIA
Chicago
Mississippi
America
Murrow
Kidnap Case Leads to Adoption Hearing Shutdown
Hart investigated a kidnapping case tied to Brenda at the Nebraska Children's Home Society Orphanage. A man claiming to be her father was jailed for vagrancy, and Hart shifted focus to Jack Wilbanks, uncovering false leads. Wilbanks disappeared from Omaha. Hart wrote to Peter Kiewit and Sons Construction Co. Oklahoma records led to Brenda’s paternal grandfather’s contact in Durant, Oklahoma, triggering FBI involvement and a reunion with Brenda’s mother Mrs. Sax in Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wito
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
Hart
Jack Wilbanks
Brenda
Wilbanks
Jim Wilbanks
Durant
Okla
FBI
Petit Jurors Report Wednesday In Raleigh County Court
Petit jurors told to report for duty Tuesday are ordered to report at 10 a.m. Wednesday by Judge Harry L. McCreery. He said Prosecuting Attorney A. J. Sparacino informed him all matters on the docket for today and Tuesday can be disposed of without jurors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
A. J. Sparacino
Nehru presses for nuclear moratorium and inspections
Nehru voiced impatience with Khrushchev's reasons citing Western aggression and U S test resumption fears. He proposed another world moratorium on nuclear tests while powers seek a test ban treaty and favored inspections during any agreement. If inspections are impossible he would back an uninspected moratorium.
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Khrushchev
U.S
Nehru
Eastern Berlin border clash ends with fence dismantling
West Berlin police report a tear gas battle lasting about ninety minutes as 140 Communist police in armored carriers arrived. Water cannons, steel helmets, and submachine guns were used. About three quarters of caneenomet grenades failed to detonate, with no border hole created. Fourteen residents escaped to the West, while 27 were caught attempting to flee.
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West Berlin
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