Hunter Found Dead In Auto Near Alum Creek
Charleston AP reports Henry Linville, 50, of Alum Creek, was found dead in his car by a hunting companion. Water stood six inches above the floorboard as Linville did not return from a walk toward the vehicle near a stream 13 miles southwest of Charleston. State Trooper A R Bruce said the men hunted yesterday and the body was discovered after Linville failed to return.
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Charleston
Henry Linville
Here
A. R. Bruce
Linville
Woman Dies In Head-On Crash Near Ravenswood
In Ravenswood area on West Virginia 2 a head on collision late last night killed Lula McGlothlin in her seventies. Her companion, Mrs. Roger Underwood of Ravenswood, suffered severe head injuries. The other driver escaped injury. The crash happened near Mrs. McGlothlin's home.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
Lula McGlothlin
Parkersburg
Roger Underwood
Veterans Day Observed Across West Virginia
West Virginia marked Veterans Day with speeches memorials and parades as Major Holiman warned of maintaining both conventional and nuclear forces. Elvis J. Stahr WVU president spoke at Welch urging focus on future challenges beyond bombs.
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Holiman
West Virginia
American Legion
Elvis J. Stahr
West Virginia University
Welch
Veterans Day events mark observance in West Virginia
Maj. Gen. Albert M. Kuhfield urged that brainpower and talent among West Virginia youth must be trained and developed to meet abundance of opportunities and challenges. Parades occurred in Charleston, Parkersburg, and Fairmont, with Elkins holding a sidewalk memorial. High school football teams closed seasons with Veterans Day games.
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West Virginia
Wales
Stahr
Albert M. Kuhfield
U.S. Air Force
Charleston
Parkersburg
Fairmont
Elkins
Irregularities in votes spark possible Nixon Kennedy outcome
Based on unofficial returns, observers saw a remote chance the final result could flip. Either Nixon might win or the decision could go to the House of Representatives if neither candidate secured victory, amid irregular vote patterns.
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Nixon
House of Representatives
Kennedy
West Virginia Dietetic Association Holds Beckley Convention
The West Virginia Dietetic Association convenes at Beckley Hotel for its annual meeting with Mrs Katherine Spencer presiding. Dr Albert Kistin discusses Diet and Coronary Heart Disease and Dr Thomas Christie covers History of Tuberculosis. A banquet features Rev Shirley Donnelly on History of Early West Virginia as Saturday sessions focus on association business with dietitians expected from Morgantown Fairmont Parkersburg Huntington and Charleston.
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West Virginia Dietetic Association
Hos
Beckley Hotel
Katherine Spencer
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Albert Kistin
Thomas’ Christie
Christie
Shirley Donnelly
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Donnelly
West Virginia
Morgantown
Fairmont
Parkersburg
Huntington
Charleston
Electoral College votes and pledges overview
The excerpt notes a need for a majority of 269 electoral votes and mentions 26 of 537 votes not legally pledged to any candidate. It outlines the distribution and status of pledged versus unpledged votes in the Electoral College.
Deaths and Funerals Reach Across State Lines
Funeral services are planned for Enich Baskus 68 at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev Bill Painter officiating. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill follows a heart attack death. Also listed are services for Russell Estep 49 Oceana at Freewill Baptist Church Oceana with burial at Cook Cemetery Cyclone Estep died at Kopperston mine while employed by Eastern Gas and Fuel. He is survived by wife Donna Workman Estep three sons Paul James Carmie two sisters and his parents. Funeral home notes: Evans in Oceana and Ritchie Johnson Funeral Parlor arrangements to remain until service.
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Oak Hill
Tyree
Bill Painter
High Lawn Memorial Park
Russell Estep
Oceana
Freewill Baptist Church
Kimball
Cook
Estep
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Kopperston
Hamlin
A. J
Lula White Estep
Midkiff
Donna Workman Estep
Paul
Monroeville
Ind
James
Carmie
Hatcher
Norma Belcher
Evans Funeral Home
Final rites set for Eugenia Walker at St Mathews Church
Eugenia Walker 58 of 249 Smoot Street will receive final rites at 2 p.m. Saturday at St Mathews A M E Church with Elder J E Farrio. Burial follows in Greenwood Memorial Park. She died at home after a heart attack in New York. Survived by son William of Brooklyn New York and brother Richard Williams of Dayton Ohio with one niece Elenore Williams of? until one hour prior to services.
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Smoot St
St. Mathews A. M. E
J. E. Farrio
Greenwood Memorial Park
N. Y
William
Brooklyn
Richard Williams
Dayton
Ohio
Elenore Williams
Ritchie and Johnson
Funeral for George W. Blake in Marlinton Chapel
Funeral services for George W. Blake 62 Marlinton were held at the Marvin Chapel Methodist Church near Mill Point at 2 p m. Burial followed at Cemetery at Mill Point. Blake died 11:30 a m Monday in a Marlinton hospital from a heart condition. A retired farmer born Hillsboro December 7 1897 he was survived by wife Nancy L. Blake four sons Jesse Adam Pearley all of Marlinton and David of Woodbridge Va four daughters Mary Boren Baltimore Md Polly Wiseman Frankfort Germany Annabelle Perkins Violet Brown of pockidh three brothers Charles Rupert Richard Grandville Blake Jr and two sisters Lula Blankenship Woodbridge Va Rosie Lane Mill Point and 10 grandchildren. Smith Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Marlinton
Marvin Chapel
Mill Point
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Hillsboro
Grandville M
Elizabeth Tharp Blake
Nancy L. Blake
Jesse
Adam
Pearley
David
Woodbridge
Mary Boren
Baltimore
Polly Wiseman
Frankfort
Germany
Annabelle Perkins
Violet Brown
Pockidh
Charles
Rupert
Richard
Clover Lick
Grandville Blake Jr
Lula Blankenship
Rosie Lane
Smith Funeral Home
Two Death Notices From Beckley Area Obituaries
Mrs. Mary Gilbert 58 of G Street died at 1 30 p m after a long illness. Beckley Rescue Squad found her dead at home. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Mrs Alma McCreery Payne 408 S Kanawha Street died Thursday at 6 25 p m after a three week illness. Funeral Saturday 2 p m at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel. Burial Suncrest Memorial Park. Survived by daughter Mrs L L Scherer and son E M Payne Jr with five grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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G. Street
Beckley Rescue Squad
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Alma McCreery Payne
S. Kanawha St
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
J. W. Witherspoon
Sunste Memorial Park
Payne
Beckley
J. W
Kathryn Lacey McCreery
E. M. Payne Co
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Robert Yaple
Albert Holmes
Clayton Howery
W. H. File Jr
E. P. Donahue
E. B. Wray Jr
Local Man Killed in Wilmington Factory Accident
William Emery Ross 22 of Wilmington formerly Glen Jean was fatally injured Tuesday in a Wilmington factory accident. Funeral services 1 30 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church Glen Jean by Rev J W Carter burial at Greenwood Survivors include wife Barbara Jean son Emery W and daughter Wendy Terese both at home mother Christine Ross Glen Jean brothers Samuel and Richard
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William Emery Ross
Wilmington
Del
Glen Jean
First Baptist Church
Postal Workers urged to heed bomb threat notice
Department officials anticipate postal employees’ heightened attention due to publicity about the Nixon incident. C. C. Garner postal in charge notes rising reports of bombs allegedly on planes and within the Postal Service. Garner asks postmasters to ensure continuing personal compliance by all postal employees.
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C. C. Garner
Postal i R
Postal Service
Garner
South Viet Nam Faces Communist Threat and Government Split
The article notes mounting Communist danger in South Viet Nam, with the army divided and a broadcast claiming the government was seized to re-establish security. Nestled beside neutralist Cambodia and Laos, South Viet Nam sits at the heart of Western defense in Southeast Asia, supported by U.S. aid funds for its 120,000-strong army. No immediate U.S. Embassy comment from Saigon.
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Cambodia
Laos
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Berpaceea Ier
U.S
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EGFA Distributes Camp Summary for 836 Children
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates plans to mail a colorful pictorial booklet to 836 employee children in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. Two weeks of camp at Camp Thomas E. Lightfoot in Hinton and Camp Washington Carver near Beckley are featured with photos and captions. The 26th year of operation highlights activities for 18,901 attendees since inception.
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Pittsburgh
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Eg&f
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Hinton
W. Va
Washington Carver
Beckley
Virgil M. Beckett
State School Enrollment Declines Across Counties
State figures show first grade losses of 8,000 pupils from last year as age rules tighten by November 1. Total public school teachers 17,360, down by 12. Kanawha County falls to 58,374 students, Cabell 21,240, Logan 18,184, Wood 639, Hancock 7,905 with minor changes in other districts.
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Kanawha
Cabell County
Logan
Wood
Iey
Hancock
Hutchison III T. V. Admitted to Raleigh General Hospital
Hutchison III T. V. Hutchison of 2010 Harper Road was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Thursday for treatment. He is in satisfactory condition.
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T. V. Hutchison
Harper Road
Raleigh General Hospital
Roundtable Attracts 100 Scout Leaders
Wallace Noble district scout executive led a roundtable for committeemen and district members while Alan Sussman led the explorer group. A general assembly followed with plans for future programs. literature for Cub-O-Rama and Scout-O-Rama was distributed. Plans for the next round table on December 1 in the Greenbrier Dairy Building were announced.
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Ing
Wallace Noble
Alan Sussman
Kennedy Plans Johnson Role After Victory in 1960 Race
Kennedy says he will break vacation to fly to Johnson City for a conference with Rhee and has spoken with Johnson by phone since the election. Sources say Johnson could assume big assignments as vice president, with an influence similar to or greater than Nixon’s in the Eisenhower era. Kennedy also intends to meet Eisenhower, respond to Khrushchev, and resign his Senate seat in December to allow Furcolo to appoint a successor as he argues for a close, cooperative Congress to advance his program.
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Johnson City
Johnson
Nixon
Eisenhower
Washington
Khrushchev
Addison
Robert Kennedy
Senate
Massachusetts
Foster Furcolo
Furcolo
Congress
Mabscott Man Arrested For Drunk Driving
Earl Breckenridge, 54, of Mabscott, was arrested by City Police and jailed in Raleigh County Jail today on a drunk driving charge.
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Earl Breckenridge
Mabscott
Raleigh
Listed 'Satisfactory' Mrs. Fred Mitchell in Raleigh General
Mrs. Fred Mitchell of Hinton is listed as satisfactory after a stay at Raleigh General Hospital following surgery.
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Fred Mitchell
Hinton
Raleigh General Hospital
Shortening The News Sparks Fatal Philadelphia Fire
A four year old boy playing with matches caused a Philadelphia house fire that killed three children. Oscar De Giamberardino, 79, retired admiral of the US Navy, died Thursday. State briefs note coal production in West Virginia for 1961 near, as a tax audit reveals a $20,000 shortage in books. A Pocahontas County railroad study group postpones its next meeting from Sunday to November 20.
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Philadelphia
Oscar de Giamberardino
Oe Navy
West Virginia Coal Association
State Tax Commission
Pocahontas County
De Gaulle Algerian Republic Hint Sparks Riot Clash
Militants among Algeria's French settlers grow angry after De Gaulle's broadcast promising own government and laws. In Algiers a crowd of about 1000 clashed with security forces during an Armistice Eve wreath ceremony, injuring several as police used clubs.
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de Gaulle
Delouvrier
Algeria
France
Ma- Paris
Unemployment and Factory Payrolls See October Rise and Decline
The October data show a 63 cent rise to 91.48 for tory workers, with hourly earnings up to 2.31. The idle total may climb to about 5,250,000 by January or February if unemployment persists, according to Wolfbein. Factory payrolls fell 165,000, driven by steel, clothing, and machinery cuts, while farm employment dropped over 300,000 as expected.
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Tory
Wol
Wolfbein
Kennedy Extends Lead in National Vote Amid Late Returns
Trickle late returns reduce JFKs popular vote edge to 278277 from nearly 70 million ballots. Kennedy holds 50.2 percent with 33,567,212 to Nixons 33,288,935. electoral votes show Kennedy at 200 and California still undecided by absentee counts. Nixon leads in Alaska by a narrow margin with some remote polling places unreported.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Alaska
Prisoners Strike in Colombian Jail Over Conjugal Visit Ban
About one thousand inmates in Medellin join a hunger strike to protest a ban on conjugal visits from wives and sweethearts. La Ladera Prison officials denounce the visits as immoral as the protest unfolds in Colombia.
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Medellin
Colombia
la Ladera
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