Kennedy Party Welcomes Pablo Casals at White House Gala
President and Mrs Kennedy hosted a glamorous White House party for Gov. Luis Munoz Marin with cellist Pablo Casals performing an hour long after dinner concert. Casals, 84, played The Song of the Bird and other works to an audience including top composers and critics. The event featured a formal reception, state dinner, and a post dinner program in the east ballroom attended by 153 guests.
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Frederick M. Winship
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
White House
Pablo Casals
Casals
Goffriller
Theodore Roosevelt
Alice Longworth
Queen Victoria
Maria Christina
Spain
Luis Munoz-Marin
Puerto Rico
Munoz-Marin
United States
Franco
Air Force
Great White East
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Alexander Schneider
$40,600 Award To Be Appealed
A $40,600 award to Joe and Emily D Antonio of Rhodell for property on South Oakwood Avenue used in a State Route 16 extension will be appealed to the State Supreme Court of Appeals. Judge Norman Knapp refused a motion to set aside the verdict and to grant a new trial, ordering the defendants to recover the sum from the State Road Commission with interest from Aug. 7, 1959. The judge granted a 90 day stay of execution pending the appeal, with the D Antonios represented by Joseph Luchini. Other orders include a $332.50 judgment against Okey L Collins and Pearl Collins. a suit by Radio Advertising Bureau against Joseph L Smith Inc dismissed for lack of plaintiff appearance. and a suit by Richmond Cleaners against Hotel President Inc settled and dismissed.
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Joe
Emily D’antonio
Rhodell
Oakwood Avenue
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Defendents
State Road Commission
State Supreme Court
D’antonio
Joseph Luchini
Okey L
Pearl Collins
E. A. Hall
Glen White Co
Knapp
Radio Advertising Bureau
Joseph L. Smith, Inc
Richmond Cleaners
Hotel
President, Inc
Five Americans Missing After Bahama Ketch Sinks in Squall
The U S Coast Guard resumes search for five missing aboard the 60 foot ketch Blue Bell after a Bahamas squall set the rigging ablaze. Only survivor Julian Harvey of Fort Lauderdale and a one year old girl corpse have been found drifting at sea. The missing include Harvey s wife Mary Dene and the Dupersaults of Green Bay Wis. Harold Pegg owner of the charter boat identified the couple as Dr and Mrs Arthur Dupersault. The Nov 8 cruise from Fort Lauderdale was to end in Florida this week.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Harvey
Mary Dene
Coast Guard
Harold S. Pegg
Hollywood
Fla
Arthur Dupersault
Green Bay
Wis
Dupersault
Pegg
Prisoner Hart Nears Break Again At State Jail
Hart attempted a second escape two hours after the first as guards swarmed the yard. He reached a 20 foot partition between the main prison and the psychiatric division before guards closed in. Warden Ross Randolph said Hart admitted planting shoes and eyeglasses near the wall and details the rest of the plan. No other convicts involved. If charged, Hart will face attempted escape counts.
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Hart
Ross Randolph
Randolph
Two-Car Collision Causes Minor Injury on East Prince Street
A two car wreck at 12 30 p m Monday on East Prince Street caused about 300 in damages and one possible neck injury. Lloyd Carper, 37, 102 Hartley Street, complained after his car was struck by Elizabeth Perry, 31, of Stirrat Logan County. Carper was stopped near the White Stick Street intersection. no charges were filed against Perry and Carper was not hospitalized.
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East Prince Street
Beckley
Lloyd Carper
Hartley St
Elizabeth Perry
Stirrat
Logan County
Carper
Whitestick Street
Logan
Philippines elections marked by record violence this year
Elections in the Philippines have long carried violence, but this year is noted as the roughest since independence in 1946, highlighting persistent political unrest and security concerns across the country.
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Philippines
United States
State study time sought for Wyoming County college
The State Board of Education asked for more time to study a proposed branch college in Wyoming County. A letter from president J. C. Jeffries Jr. was read to the Pineville board by Superintendent Robert E. Kuhn. Kuhn said state college board would handle any employment if the college becomes a reality. The board also discussed future playground improvements at Road Branch School.
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Pineville
RNS
State Board of Education
Wyoming County
J. C. Jeffries Jr
Wyoming County Board of Education
Robert E. Kuhn
Kuhn
State College Board
Road Branch School
One Deadly Greyhound Crash Near Montreal
A Greyhound express bus with 25 passengers from New York City to Montreal swerved on a rain slick highway and struck a tree after an oncoming car with bright lights. All 24 aboard were hurt or shaken. the most seriously injured was Mrs. Theodore Algiers of Montreal with a fractured leg. The driver said he swerved to avoid the bright headlights and the bus hit a soft shoulder.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
UPI
New York City
Montreal
Greyhound
Ann Arbor
Mich
Theodore Algiers
Champlain Valley
George W. Ganss
Brooklyn
Kennedy Foresees U S Support for Korean Junta Chief
President Kennedy prepared to pledge enthusiastic U S backing for Park Chung Hee head of Korea's military government after a May coup. Park, arriving in Washington, planned meetings with Secretary Rusk and AID head Fowler Hamilton, plus lunch with Kennedy and talks with the President. Vice President Johnson welcomed Park, praising the reform program and the junta's energy.
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Kennedy
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Park
United States
Juveniles Charged In Theft Of Articles
Two juveniles ages 15 and 17 were apprehended by the Oak Hill State Police after thefts from Paul Goode of Rt. 61. Missing items included two tires a tool chest a hand saw a bicycle motor oil a drill an electric solder kit a table radio and a bicycle pump. A juvenile petition was issued and they were released to their parents pending a juvenile court hearing.
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Oak Hill
ANS
State Police
Paul Goode
Goode
Commodities Ready At Three Points
Commodities will be distributed this week at three points. Stotesbury mine office on Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Raleigh Union Hall on Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lillybrook Union Hall on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Stotesbury Mine
Raleigh Union Hall
Lillybrook Union Hall
Fire truck at Beckley trash dump on fire
Beckley Fire Department received a call around 12 17 p m that one city truck was on fire at the city trash dump. A fire truck was dispatched to the scene with few details available at press time.
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Beckley
Deaths and Funerals Anderson area select names
Charles Lucas Glenn Daniel French Lucas Beckley Ad en Lucas Layland 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Preceded in death by daughter Marie Haley in 1947. Services 2 p m Thursday Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Jim Franklin and Rev Virgil Cook. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Mrs Gilbert died Sunday afternoon in Montgomery hospital after long illness. Final rites Dorothy Mae Montgomery 22 121 Morris Ave 2 p m Thursday New Hope Baptist Church Rev Henry DuBois and Rev Elmer Day officiating. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Body remains Wright and Anderson Funeral Home until services.
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Charles Lucas
Glenn Daniel
French Lucas
Beckley
Aden Lucas
Layland
Marie Haley
Melton Mortuary
Jim Franklin
Virgil Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Highown Memorial Park
Gilbert
Montgomery
Dorothy Mae Montgomery
Morris Ave
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry DuBois
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Rites Planned for Mrs Nancy Hale at Matoaka Church
Mrs Nancy Hale 75 of Bluefield Mercer County will receive final rites at 1 pm Wednesday at Matoaka Methodist Church with Rev Ralph Thompson officiating. Burial in Grandview Memorial Gardens Bluefield. Died Monday after long illness. Born 1886 in Washington County Va she was daughter of William and Mary Frye. Survives husband Robert Hale three daughters Gertrude Bowling Princeton Ruby Stevenson Waverly Ohio Elizabeth Keaton Pineville three sons Charles Princeton Lee Ernest Hale a sister Ella Elswick Marion 20 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren Grandsons will pallbear. Body from Bailey Funeral Home Princeton to residence at 5 pm today.
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Nancy Jane
Nan) Hale
Old
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Matoaka Methodist Church
Ralph Thompson
Grandview Memorial Gardens
Hale
Mercer County
Virginia
Hiawatha Methodist Church
Robert Hale
Gertrude Bowling
Princeton
Ruby Stevenson
Waverly
Ohio
Elizabeth Keaton
Pineville
Charles
Lee
Ernest Hale
Hiawatha
Ella Elswick
Marion
Bailey Funeral Home
William O White Funeral in Oceana for 76 Year Old
Funeral services for William Orville White 76 of Oceana will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Freewill Baptist Church Oceana with Rev. Kimber Blankenship and Rev. Stellie Parsons in charge. Burial follows at Forest Lawn Cemetery Pecks Mill. He died Monday night at home of heart attack. Born Nashville Tenn August 29 1885. Survived by wife Lula Ramsey White five daughters Dorothy Jones Cleveland Ohio Oweta Snodgrass Marmet Bertie Lukas Flint Freda Waddell Flint and Coachelia White at home and sister Maggie Robertson Norton Va. Body to be moved from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to residence at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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William Orville White
Oceana
Freewill Baptist Church
Kimbel Blankenship
Stellie Parsons
Matheny
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Pecks Mill
White
Nashville
Tenn
Lula Ramsey White
Dorothy Jones
Cleveland
Ohio
Oweta Snodgrass
Marmet
Bertie Lukas
Flint
Mich
Freda Waddell
Coachelia White
Maggie Robertson
Norton
Evans Funeral
Elmer V White Rites Set For 75 Year Old Miner
Elmer Vinton White 75 of Princeton died Monday at a Beckley hospital where he had been admitted Saturday. A retired miner formerly with Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates at Helen, he was born December 1 1885 in Narrows Virginia. Survivors include Mary Sue White three sons Emmitt Fayetteville Hansel Tams and Randall White Helen two daughters Evelyn Newell Clarksburg Pearl England Glen Jean a stepson Norvell Tuggle Beckley a stepdaughter Paul Lambert Princeton a brother George White Pearlsburg Virginia two half brothers Henry and Gilbert White Narrows Virginia two half sisters Nannie Jackson Gettysburg Pennsylvania Lula Marshall Lindside thirteen grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton.
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Elmer Vinton White
Princeton
Beckley
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Helen
United Mine Workers of America
The
Baptist Church
Narrows
Henry
Jenny White
Mary Sue White
Emmitt
Fayetteville
Hansel
Tams
Randall White
Evelyn Newell
Clarksburg
Pearl England
Glen Jean
Norvell Tuggle
Paul Lambert
George White
Pearlsburg
Gilbert White
Nannie Jackson
Gettysburg
Lula Marshall
Lindside
Memorial
Final rites for John L. Lilly in Montgomery
John L. Lilly 88 a lifelong Fayette County resident dies after a short illness in a Montgomery hospital. Final rites were set for 10 a m at Don Combs Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Montgomery Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Johanna Lilly, three daughters, nine sons, four brothers, two sisters, 15 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
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John L. Lilly
Montgomery
Don Combs
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Lilly
Fayette County
Jo‘hanna Lilly
Marguerite Bailey
Dry Ridge
Joellen Lilly
Patricia Winden
Columbus
Ronald
Warsaw
Ind
Otho
Roy
Detroit, Mich
Kermit
Fayetteville
Lonnie Lilly
Baltimore
Bill
Renzo
Tallison
Hinton
Mike Lilly
Dunn, N. C
Martha Wimmer
Pearl Garten
Piney View
Death of Grover C. Guyer in White Sulphur Springs
Grover C. Guyer, 68, of White Sulphur Springs, died at 7 10 p m Monday in Beckley VA Hospital after a month long illness. The body is at Shanklin Funeral Home White Sulphur Springs pending arrangements.
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Grover C. Guyer
White Sulphur Springs
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Shanklin Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Mrs. Elsie Cavendish Gilbert
Mrs. Elsie Roberta Cavendish Gilbert aged 72 of Oak Hill will receive funeral services at 2 PM in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. R. J. Chenoweth officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Roberta Cavendish Gilbert
Oak Hill
M. Wohenter
Tyreen Funeral Home
R. J. Chenoweth
Ada Bird Rites Pending in Lynchburg
Funeral services are planned for Mrs. Ada Bird, 90, of 1001 Scott Ave. She died after a short illness in a local hospital at 1 45 am on Monday. The body will be removed from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to Hutchinson Funeral in Lynchburg at 5 pm today.
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Ada Bird
Scott Ave
Lynchburg
Miller Funeral for Mrs Elvin L Miller in Maysville Ky
Funeral services were held in Maysville Kentucky for Mrs Elvin L Miller who died Sunday while traveling to attend a cousin's funeral. Survivors include a nephew Mayor Cecil L Miller and sister in law Mrs L E Miller both of Beckley West Virginia.
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Maysville
Elvin L. Miller
Washington, D. C
Cecil L. Miller
L. E. Miller
Beckley
Theodore R. Chambers Funeral Services Set
Theodore R. Chambers, 54, of 323 Lincoln St., will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Franklin and Rev. C. W. Walker officiating. Burial follows at Miller Cemetery in Rock Creek. Pallbearers include Jimmy Prince, Jess Hatcher, Carlos Crews, J. R. Van Meter, Roncie Holloway, Aubrey Meadows, Adam Kosnosky, and B. O. O'Dell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore R. Chambers
Lincoln St
Memorial Baptist Church
Jim Franklin
C. W. Walker
Miller Cemetery
Rock Creek
Caffee
Jimmy Prince
Jess Hatcher
Carlos Crews
J. R. van Meter
Roncie Holloway
Aubrey Meadows
Adam Kosnosky
B. O. O'Dell
Final rites for Barry Wendell set for Wednesday
Barry Eugene Wendell five year old Terry resident died after being accidentally shot by his brother Jack Raymond. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Terry Community Church with Rev Gene Hall. Burial follows at Layland Cemetery. Survivors include his mother Frankie Walker two half sisters Brenda Kay Walker and Connie Sue Wendell his father Ray Wendell a sister and his maternal grandmother Erma Ayers. The body will be taken to his grandmother's home at 5 p.m. today.
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Barry Eugene Wendell
Terry
Jack Raymond
Terry Community Church
Gene Hall
Layland Cemetery
Frankie Walker
Brenda Kay Walker
Jackson
Miss
Ray Wendell
Moundsville
Connie Sue
Erma Ayers
Warwick Hotel Fire Evacuates 200 in Newport News
Smoke choked sections of the 225 room Warwick Hotel in Newport News early today. Three firemen were overcome, and damage reached about 500000. State briefs note Interstate 77 and Interstate 64 openings with planned dedications by officials. A Charleston Transit Co strike meeting was set for Wednesday. A hardware store was robbed of 120 by a lone bandit wearing goggles and a black raincoat, fleeing in a 1955 Chevrolet with Florida plates.
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Warwick
Newport News
Kenna
Fairplain
Jackson County
Huntington
Charleston
W. W. Barron
Ken Hechler
Burl Sawyers
Charleston Transit Co
Florida
Bogus ten dollar note advice across multiple cities
The article reiterates steps if a counterfeit note is suspected. Compare with a genuine bill, do not return it to the passer, delay them, and notify authorities such as the U S Secret Service or local police. If the passer leaves, record their description and license plate if present. It lists cities with counterfeit ten dollar bills including New Haven Stamford Boston Newark Miami Chicago Los Angeles Pittsburgh Philadelphia Scranton Syracuse Baltimore Providence Omaha Cleveland Youngstown Fort Wayne Charlotte Asheville Raleigh Mount Fairmont Goldsboro Wilmington and other towns.
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U.S. Secret Service
New Haven
Stamford
SBA Conference Set Here Thursday
The Small Business Administration joins 24 agencies for a Beckley conference to advise local businessmen on financing marketing federal contracts and management. The 9 to 3 session at the Beckley Winn Hotel aims to bring Uncle Sam to small operators with no speeches or exhibits. Clarence Moore SBA regional director will be among main counselors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rnto
Small Business Administration
Beckley
Business and Industrial Counselling
Beckley - Winn
Raymond Depaulo
Area Development Corporation
Beckley and Charleston
Tracy Star
Clarence P. Moore
Richmond, Va
Fayette Trio Arrested Here
Three Meadow Bridge women Norma Jean Gwinn Mary Fury and Joyce Dimples Bland were held on shoplifting charges after allegedly taking items from J C Penney Top Value Montgomery Ward Beckley Ice and Feed and other stores totaling about 75 to 100 dollars. Bland posted 150 bond while Gwinn and Fury each posted 100 bond. The arrests occurred Monday near Jon Valley Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Meadow Bridge
Norma Jean Gwinn
Mary Fury
Joyce Dimples Bland
Joyce Bland
J. C. Penney Co
Beckley Ice & Feed Co
Montgomery Ward
Jon Valley Drive
Coal-town museum idea eyed for Stotesbury tour hub
The Department of Commerce probes establishing the nation's first coal-town museum at Stotesbury once a boom town of 2000, now a town of about 70 families. Planned are tours of old mines and houses turned into exhibits spanning coal development from turn of the century to now.
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Department of Commerce
Stotesbury
Long Chain Charlie Stops in Beckley Prison Bus
The West Virginia Penitentiary bus known as Long Chain Charlie halted overnight in Beckley Monday but did not pick up passengers at Raleigh County air. It stopped in Fayetteville Monday, took on six prisoners, and brought them to Beckley for overnight before transfer today. Prison-bound are Kenneth Taylor Robert L Ryan Meredith Smith Elmer L Gilliam James Osler Jr and Benny Boner. They left the county jail at 10 30 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Chain Charlie
West Virginia Penitentiary
Beckley
Raleigh County
Fayetteville
State Penitentiary
Kenneth Taylor
Robert L. Ryan
Meredith Smith
Elmer L. Gilliam
James Osler Jr
Benny Boner
Slab Fork Officer To Command Reservists
First Lt. Durwood A. McKinney of Slab Fork will assume command Wednesday of Beckley U S Army Reserve Company C 4th Battle Group 18th Infantry 83rd Division The mining engineer for Slab Fork Coal Co takes over from Major Robert H Woollard of Fayetteville Woollard promoted from captain to major Sept 20 will be assistant post engineer in the 2389th USAG a reserve unit stationed in Beckley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durwood A. McKinney
Slab Fork
Beckley
U.S. Army Reserve Co. C
4Th Battle Group
18Th Infantry
Slab Fork Coal Co
Robert H. Woollard
Fayetteville
Woollard
USA
Rider Thrown From Horse Hospitalized in Beckley
Mrs. Mack Thompson of 135 Jefferson St. is expected to be released today from Beckley Memorial Hospital after treatment since Sunday for injuries from a horse incident near the hospital. Her husband says the horse shied while she rode her daughter's horse, causing scratches and bruises but no broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Thompson
Jefferson St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Larry Lilly in Critical Condition After Fright Friday Wreck
Larry W. Lilly a 16 year old Sha dy Spring resident remains in critical condition at Bluefield Sanitarium from a Friday night wreck. Doctors expressed optimism he would awaken in four or five days and recover after suffering a severe cerebral contusion and a large fracture of the skull in the frontal region. The physician noted he is not paralyzed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry W. Lilly
Ted Lilly
Shady Spring
Bluefield Sanitarium
Lilly
Larry
Skelton Driver Turns Self In After Sideswipe Crash
Walter Lee McManamay of Skelton turned himself in at the Beckley State Police headquarters about 30 minutes after leaving the Rural Acres Drive scene. He paid a $25 fine and court costs before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez and was charged with leaving the scene. The other driver, James Davis of Gauley Bridge, was not hurt. damages were about $200. Witnesses and pursuing cars aided the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lee McManamay
Skelton
Beckley
Rural Acres Drive
Joe Rodriguez
MecManamay
James Davis
Gauley Bridge
McManamay
Beckley Pair Charged With Petit Larceny
Two Beckley men Paul Lohman 20 and Raymond Schreiber 21 both of Temple Street were arrested by City Police at 11 15 a m and charged with petit larceny They are ordered to appear in Police Court Monday Details were not available Also MRS O C Hendricks 50 of Oak Hill arrested at Willis Hotel on Heber Street for drunkenness and disturbing the peace Kerby Tolly of Lester jailed on a peace warrant James Tyree 54 of Harper cited for driving without a chauffeur license at 9 30 a m Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Paul Lohman
Raymond Schreiber
Temple Street
O. C. Hendricks
Oak Hill
Willis Hotel
Heber St
Kerby
Tolly
Lester
James Tyree
Harper
Bonn Swearing In Marred by Socialist Walkout
Chancellor Adenauer and his new cabinet were sworn in in Bonn amid a walkout by Socialists protesting the order of business. Speaker Gerstenmaier rejected the demand to deliver the policy declaration immediately, and the cabinet was sworn in after the oaths. Adenauer postponed the declaration until after his talks with President Kennedy in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adenauer
Washington
Kennedy
Gersteinmaier
Two Workmen Injured at Work in West Virginia
Two men were treated and released at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens for work injuries. Raymond Boothe of Peterstown suffered a head wound when a tree limb fell while timbering at Itmann for his brother David. Dasil McKinney, 41, Bud, was treated for a knee injury at the Slab Fork Coal Co mine at Alpoca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNIS
Wyoming General Hospital
Shell Kills Soldier At Fort Benning Training
A 9 millimeter shell exploded inside a tank during a Monday training at Fort Benning GA killing David F. Bentley 24 Riverside CA and injuring Pvt. Robert F. Steiner Medina OH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Benning, Ga
UPD
David F. Bentley
Riverside
Calif
Robert F. Steiner
Medina
Ohio
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Dorothy Montgomery
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Mrs. Elvin Miller
Barry E. Wendell
SBA
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Bonn