Talks With Chou Continue As Soviets Press Coexistence
Moscow reports say talks with Chinese premier Chou Enlai and Soviet leader Brezhnev will continue through the week. Pravda asserts peaceful coexistence with non Soviet states, while Beijing denounces it as capitulation. Chou seeks private talks in Peking early next year and delays to a December party meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Growald
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
China
Peking
Pravda
Communist Party
Cou En-lai
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Chou-Brezhnev
Chou
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Movement
Brezhnev
Khrushchev's Political Shadow Fades in Moscow
Moscow reports indicate Khrushchev’s ouster has not sparked requests for details as visiting bloc leaders meet Brezhnev and Kosygin. Only Western European Communist parties voice concern, while others show apathy toward Khrushchev's fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
Europe
New Attention Given To Cuba's Missile Sites
Washington reports renewed focus on Cuba’s SAM sites after Fidel Castro disclosed Cuban control of the Soviet missiles. US officials note Russia reduced forces in Cuba and seek an agreement not to fire on U2s without consultation. Reconnaissance flights will continue to monitor missile reintroduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Cuba
Russia
U.S
Fidel Castro
State Department
Castro
USS
United States
Fires scorch vast forest areas with arson suspected
Forests began burning by Sunday or earlier with no reported residential threats and no deaths or injuries. Officials estimate over 50,000 acres charred in ten days, with up to 30 percent attributed to deliberate setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Department
County Court to consider drastic steps over treasury crisis
Commissioner Rondey Webb warned Raleigh county faces a perilous treasury as utility tax cuts last year nearly nullified all county revenue. He suggested a $166,000 Beckley Water Co. reduction could drop county taxes from $812,000 and said drastic measures would be taken Saturday morning at the County Court. other court members were unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rondey Webb
Webb
Beckley Water Co
Raleigh
White
Annual YMCA Dinner Planned for November 20
Plans are underway for the annual YMCA dinner at 6 30 p m November 20 at YMCA headquarters. The Ladies of the Methodist Temple will serve the meal and a program for children is planned. Tickets cost 225 for adults and 175 for children, with sales ending at noon November 17. Call Mary C. Smith or Dorothy Smith or YMCA headquarters to buy tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Ladies of the Methodist Temple
Mary C. Smith
Dorothy Smith
Robbery Probed At OK Tavern On Harper Road West Virginia
State police investigate theft of 400 dollars from the OK tavern near the turnpike bridge on Harper Road Rt 3. Entry was through a pried front door. Cash register, pinball and jukebox items plus a .22 rifle were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnpike Bridge
Harper Road
W. Va
Will contest filed over Lasca Hutchinson Flake estate
L A Flake sues to set aside Lasca Hutchinson Flake will in circuit clerk's office. Judith Dew and the Hutchinson children are named heirs to real estate valued at $30,000. Flake claims dower rights after the death of Mrs Flake on September 30 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Clerk’s Office
L. A. Flake
Judith Murphy Dew
Earl Hutchinson Jr
Thomas Hutchinson
William Hutchinson
Lasca Hutchinson Flake
Mercenary Leader Killed In Congo Rebel War
UPI reports Maj Michael Hoare says his British mercenaries killed Nicholas Olenga supreme military commander of the Communist backed rebels in eastern Congo. Hoare claims Olenga drowned in the Lualaba River while fleeing Kin du after a fight, with body not recovered. Rebel town Opala falls toward Stanleyville as white hostages remain missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Michael Hoare
Nicholas Olenga
Congo
Stanleyville
Opala
Martin Bormann Jr
Hoare
Olenga
Kindu
Lualaba
Job Corps centers to expand with new camps in West Virginia
The plan calls for construction of 15 family camping units at Camp Anthony, 20 camping and picnicking units plus a utility building at Blue Bend, a Visitor Information Service Amphitheater and other facilities on Sherwood Screaton and Slab Camp areas, plus an overlook on Gun Powder Ridge. The program would start after governor approval, possibly in six months, bringing the number of centers to 42 nationwide. Participants are out-of-school youths lacking basic education and job skills, who must volunteer, live in small groups with counselors, and follow strict discipline. Each trainee earns an allowance of 50 dollars monthly, with 25 dollars eligible to a dependent. government matches that amount. Trainees receive 30 dollars pocket money monthly plus room, board, and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Anthony
Blue Bend
Sherwood Screaton
Slab Camp
Gun Powder Ridge
West Virginia
Steelworkers Abel draws McDonald into wary stance
Abel’s announcement stirs unease as district directors pick sides and steel executives fear hard bargaining by both leaders. They worry a rigid stance could hollow out the Human Relations Committee, which McDonald and Abel chair. The HRC helped seal the last two contracts without strikes. The meeting comes on the anniversary of Philip Murray’s death, founder of USW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel
McDonald
Human Relations Committee
HRC
Philip Murray
USW
Murray
House Rules Committee
Vital
Ways & Means Committee
District of Columbia Committee
Revival Underway at Church of God Bolt
The Church of God at Bolt hosts a revival led by evangelist Dassie Pope this week with nightly special music. Rev. Clinton Thompson, pastor, invites the public to attend each evening through week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God At
Bolt
Dassie Pope
Clinton Thompson
Deaths and Funerals in Sophia Area
Last rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday for a former Sophia resident who died Saturday from injuries in a three car crash near Glen Burnie Maryland. Billie E Hicks 29 Fort Meade Maryland formerly of Sophia taught PE at Fort Meade and served in the Marines. Final rites for Marion J Jack Hinton 85 Jumping Branch will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Billie E. Hicks
Fort Meade
Soak Creek Gospel Tabernacle
Okey Cox
Wesley Grose
Sunset Memorial Park
Hicks
Glen Burnie
Ritchie
Annapolis
Slab Fork
Amos Hicks
Sophia High School
Beckley College
Concord College
Marine Corps
John Grubb
Leonard Moore
Marvin Rupe
Lawrence Sizemore
Randall Horton
Wessie Walker
James A Stover 87 Service Held at Workman Creek Church
James A Stover of Route 1 Beckley aged 87 died at 1 30 a m today after a two month illness. Services set for 2 p m Thursday at Workmans Creek Methodist Church with Rev Roy Tyree officiating. Burial in family cemetery Route 1 Beckley. Survived by wife Maude two sons Buel and Donnelly two daughters Mrs Maxie Hutchison and Mrs Bessie Stover 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons. The Tyree Funeral Home will transport remains to his son Donnellys residence at 3 p m Wednesday and body will lie in church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion J
Jack) Hinton
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
William Fox
Madams Creek
J. W. Stokes
Summers County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Bluestone Baptist Church
Jumping Branch
J. I
Thomas M. Crews
Beckley
Fred Crews
Crab Orchard
Eva Lilly
Lake Park
Fila
James A. Stover
Route 1
Workman’s Creek Methodist Church
Roy Tyree
Stover
Raleigh County
Maude Stover
Buel
Donnelly
Maxie Hutchison
Bessie Stover
Funeral services for Mrs Alice Wallington
Funeral services for Mrs Alice Wallington 89 of 608 Meyers Avenue will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev. B L Moss in charge. Interment follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. She died Monday at 10 50 a.m. after a long illness. Born August 1 1875 in Clear Creek she was a daughter of the late Henry W and Almira Dunbar. She was a member of the Ba Church. Survived by a son Ott Carter Beckley a daughter Leona Belton of Danville Va a sister Mary Deming of West Palm Beach Fla a granddaughter and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers include Cather Dunbar Cleo Dunbar Irsan Dunbar Eric Dunbar Lonnie Williams Leslie Dunbar and Forest Deming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wallington
Meyers Avenue
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace
B. L. Moss
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Wallington
Clear Creek
Henry W
Almira Dunbar
Delores Campbell
Danville
Ott Carter
Beckley
Henry
Leona) Belton
Mary Deming
West Palm Beach
Fla
Cather Dunbar
Cleo Dunbar
Irsan Dunbar
Eric Dunbar
Lonnie Williams
Leslie Dunbar
Forest Deming
Obituary: Eugene T. McClure Dies at 61 in Grandview
Eugene Theodore McClure age 61 of 100 Lauren Ave. died at home at 9 p m Monday of an apparent heart attack. He was born February 4 1903 in Grandview a coal worker and member of Grandview Christian Church. Survived by widow Madeline Trump McClure daughter Mavis Kelsey Akron Ohio brothers F L McClure Piney View R B McClure Grandview sisters Verna Armstrong Huntington Ida Belle Miles Elizabeth Ransom Grandview and three grandchildren. Funeral 3 30 p m Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Walter Griswold. burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers Paul Clyde Billy Bob Wesley Carper Van Carper Clinton Warden. honorary pallbearers Men's Bible Class First Christian Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Theodore McClure
Lauren Ave
Grandview Christian Church
Grandview
E. B
Connie Hunt McClure
Madeline Trump McClure
R. G
Mavis) Kelsey
Akron
Ohio
F. L. McClure
Piney View
R. B. McClure
Verna Armstrong
Huntington
Ida Belle Miles
Elizabeth Ransom
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
Walter Griswold
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Paul McClure
Clyde McClure
Billy Bob McClure
Wesley Carper
van Carper
Clinton Warden
First Christian Church
Beckley
Pendry Rites Pending for Pineville Resident Grover Pendry
Grover Bryan Pendry 66 of Pineville died at 10:30 p m Monday en route to a doctor’s office. Death attributed to a heart condition. Born December 18 1897 in Keyrock he was a son of Rev Morgan Pendry and Flora C Pendry. His wife Winnie Clay Pendry survives. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Bryan Pendry
Pineville
Keyrock
Morgan Pendry
Flora C. Pendry
Winnie Clay Pendry
Doddrill of Beckley to be laid to rest in Bluefield
Mrs. Jonnie Lucille Doddrill, 57, of Nokesville Virginia and formerly Beckley, will be buried at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Jimmy Jones presiding. She died Sunday evening at her son Teddy Roy Shrewsbury’s home in Nokesville after a long illness. She was born July 26 1907 and was preceded in death by a son. The body will arrive at Memorial Funeral Directory in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonnie Lucille Doddrill
Nokesville
Beckley
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Jimmy Jones
Prince Pierre de Polignac Dies at 69 in Paris Hospital
Paris UPI reports Prince Pierre de Polignac father of Prince Rainier of Monaco died today in an American hospital at age 69. Rainier was at his bedside while Grace Kelly, Rainier's wife, was in Monaco and reportedly expecting a child in February.
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Paris
UPI
Prince Pierre de Polignac
Prince Rainier of
Monaco
Rainier
Grace Kelly
Pioneer Gen Paul Gerard Dies at 87 in Paris
Paris reports former French military aviator General Paul Gerard died Monday at age 87. He helped establish the French air force and served in early aviation leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
Paul Gerard
Pasadena business leader Downs dies at 53
George W. Downs, 53, president of Research Instrument Corp. of Pasadena and a CALTECH faculty member, died Monday of an apparent heart attack. He was husband of concert pianist Rosalyn Tureck. Funeral arrangements were pending in Pasadena today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Danbury Artist Thomas M Cleland Dies at 84
Thomas M Cleland an 84 year old Danbury based artist illustrator and book designer died Monday at his home in Danbury UPI reported He was known for his contributions to literature and visual design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury, Conn
UPI
Thomas M. Cleland
Montagu Porch, Churchill Stepfather, Dies at 87
Montagu Porch, stepfather of Sir Winston Churchill, died at 87 in Glastonbury England. He served as a soldier, archaeologist and colonial officer, marrying Churchill’s widowed mother Lady Randolph Churchill in 1918. She was 20 years his senior and died three years after their marriage. His second wife died shortly before World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glastonbury
Missing 18 year old Gene Autry Farley reported
Gene Autry Farley 18 of Resoco was reported missing to state police after not returning from a first day on a new job with Mr. T Doughnut Company. Sister Garnet Jennings said he left Beckley with driver Morris Trimble to sell doughnuts in Caldwell. Trimble searched the area then learned a boy matching Farley’s description was seen hitchhiking toward Ronceverte around noon. Farley is 5 feet 8 inches, 140 pounds, brown eyes, black hair, blue-red checked shirt, blue slacks, black shoes. he has never left home before without a family member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Autry Farley
Resoco
Farley
Garnet Jennings
Odd
Mr. T Doughnut Company
Beckley
Morris Trimble
Caldwell
Trimble
Ronceverte
Juveniles Transferred to State Industrial School
Three Cirtsville juveniles and one Shady Spring truant were moved from Raleigh County Jail at 2 a m to the State Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown. The Cirtsville youths faced sentencing linked to a breaking and entering at the Cirtsville Teen Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cirtsville
Shady Spring
Raleigh
State Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Demos Plan Blow Against Conservative Coalition
Democratic leaders laid plans to safeguard their new House majority against a revival of the conservative coalition that once held power, signaling coordinated efforts to counter a potential challenge to their control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demos Plan
Blow
Washington
UPI
Conservatives Fight To Delay GOP Shakeup
Conservative leaders urged a calm period amid GOP moderates push for a leadership change after the crushing defeat. Sen. Carl Curtis and Sen. Hickenlooper warned against rash moves, while Gov. Smylie pressed for Dean Burch’s replacement as national chairman. A mixed push aims to preserve party unity and review policy at a possible interim convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas S. Ludington
Washington
UPI
GOP
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Barry M. Goldwater
San Francisco
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Senate
Dean Burch
Goldwater
Smylie
J. Caleb Boggs
Del
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Boggs
Everett M. Dirksen
Nixon Sees High Center Path for GOP Unity After Turbulent Nomination
The article outlines Nixon's view that the Republican Party must avoid extremes of left and right and adopt a centrist strategy. He labels ultra liberals like Rockefeller and Javits as outsiders and positions Scranton Romney Percy as center contenders while endorsing a Eisenhower-Nixon formula to keep the party unified and win again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. Rockefeller
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Jacob K. Javits
N.Y
Senate
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
San Francisco
Michigan
George W. Romney
Charlies H. Percy
Chicago
Illinois
GOP
Rockefeller
Republican Party
Johnson
Five Beckley fire calls include three false alarms
Beckley Fire Department and Rescue Squad answered five calls Monday. Two real incidents involved a 14 year old epileptic seizure on Neeley Street at 10 30 p m and 61 year old Eugene McClure pronounced dead on arrival after a call to 100 Laren Avenue. The squad also handled three false alarms on F Street Neville Street and Harper Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Neeley Street
Richard McDaniel
Laren Avenue
Eugene McClure
F Street
Neville Street
Harper Road
Smog Hazard Alert Urges Caution Across West Virginia
Charleston physician I E Buff warns smoky air poses real danger to people with respiratory or heart disease. He urges staying indoors for those with asthma chronic bronchitis emphysema sinus or colds as polluted air can trigger aggravated sinusitis throat irritation and minor nasal issues with delayed complications seen weeks after exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
I. E
Buff
Citizens Advisory Committee
West Virginia
West
Charleston General Hospital
Strikes Face Protracted Talks Across UAW Plants
Spokesmen said production would not resume until local issues are settled and a national contract is signed and ratified. The strike involves 5 000 UAW members at Mack truck plants across four Eastern states. Separately 6 000 workers at Detroit tool and the companies walked off the job after failing to reach a new contract. In Oklahoma 79 cities saw teachers cutting classes in protest over failed school referenda, while Louisville teachers stayed home in protest but were to return today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAW
Mack Truck
Seaboard
Detroit Tool
Automotive Indus
Oklahoma Cities
Louisville
Mudslide tears through hillside home trapping residents
Miss Miller described a rapid mudslide that filled one side of the house before walls split and mud poured out. She climbed steep cliffs to safety, flagging a truck for help, while her husband Miller stayed with her as rescuers found him clinging to a car. The pianist was taken to hospital in serious but not critical condition. eight other homes were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millers
Miller
Six Divorces Granted Here
Six divorce decrees were entered in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office today. They include Betty Lou McManamay from James Arthur McManamay with two children awarded to the mother, Billie Lee Chapman from Marjorie Chloe Chapman with four children awarded to the mother, and Shirley Larue Botkin Cameron from Curtis Cameron with the maid en name restored. Also listed are Betty Wheeling Lyons from Colin Kelly Lyons with maiden name restored, Carol Ann Porterfield Cook from William Frank Cook with maiden name restored, and Glida C. Meyers from Reginald S. Meyers with two children awarded to the mother. An additional order shows a default judgment in John Sexton and Company versus William A. Rutherford, owner of Bowl Wick Restaurant, for 390.50 plus interest and costs from Oct. 5 to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Betty Lou McManamay
James Arthur McManamay
Billie Lee Chapman
Marjorie Chloe Chapman
Shirley Larue Botkin Cameron
Curtis Cameron
Betty Wheeling Lyons
Colin Kelly Lyons
Carol Ann Porterfield Cook
William Frank Cook
Glida C. Meyers
Reginald S. Meyers
John Sexton
Air Force To Launch Secret OV-1 Piggyback Satellite
The Air Force plans to orbit secret experiments next month on a piggyback OV-1 satellite aboard an Atlas missile from Vandenberg Calif The 300 pound craft has its own propulsion and will be released into orbit before the Atlas continues to a Pacific re entry target The scheme aims to cut launch costs about 370000 per flight across six OV 1 launches and the satellite is designed to carry a wider range of experiments for the Air Force Office of Aerospace Research
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
UPS
Air Force
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Atlas
Pacific
Air Force Office of Aerospace Research
Man Accused Of Murder Free On $10,000 Bond
WILLIAMSON UP I A Min go County man Delano Thompson of Merrimac faces first degree murder charges after the Saturday stabbing of James Litten Jr. 38, a Merrimac resident and veteran of World War II Korea and Vietnam. Thompson was bound over to the January grand jury after being charged in connection with the fatal stabbing outside a Merrimac grocery store.
Man Takes DD Case To Supreme Court
Logan County man Thomas H. Reynolds appealed from a drunk driving conviction to the state Supreme Court. He was fined 50 dollars and had his license suspended for six months. Reynolds argued the arresting officer expressed an opinion on the ultimate issue for the jury. He also claimed he was not taken before a justice of the peace after his August arrest despite two magistrates being available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Logan County
State Supreme Court
Thomas H. Reynolds
Reynolds
Justice of the Peace
Miles Cited for Blocking a Traffic Lane
Beckley police cited Bill Miles of Beckley at 12 40 p m Monday charging him with blocking a traffic lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Bill Miles
Beckley
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Diai
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Posta
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N. Y
Job Corps
Marion Hinton
Eugene T. McClure
Grover
B. Pendry
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mrs
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Arene
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Barry Goldwater
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