Panel Favors Substantial Tax Cut For 1963
A blue ribbon panel of 175 business leaders labor officials and officials agrees with the administration that a substantial and permanent tax cut is needed early in 1963. The conference suggested tax relief could narrow the gap between potential job growth and current output while debating tax cut size and the balance between reform and reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPIC
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Dillon
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Walter W. Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Wolfe pays speeding fine in Princeton court
Thomas F. Wolfe of Princeton paid a 10 dollar fine plus costs to Magistrate W. A. Burke on a speeding charge. He was cited by State Police Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Wolfe
Princeton
W. A. Burke
Quotes From UPI On War Disputes And Race Progress
United Press International wires report Soviet Communist Party history stating that ideological and political disputes should not be settled by war. Sol Hurok notes that singing dancing and talking prevent world trouble. Brooks Hays says violence reflects ill considered minorities, not the majority, in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Columbia
S.C
Brooks Hays
South
Sagan Says Intelligent Life May Exist On One Million Planets
Astronomist Carl E. Sagan told the American Rocket Society that intelligent life could exist on about one million other planets. He called the subject exciting but noted serious uncertainties in the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Carl E. Sagan
American Rocket Society
Driver Fined For Recklessness
Omar Dowdy of Beckley pleaded no contest to reckless driving in Beckley City Police Court and was fined 157 dollars after a guilty verdict by Police Judge Edward Stansbury. Police Court collections from fines and forfeitures totaled 282 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Dowdy
Beckley
Edward Stansbury
Allen Ray Flemming
Margaret Jones
Talk Is Costly In Traffic Jam Case
Richard A. Campagnone, 18, of Providence was fined 20 dollars after stopping to talk to a girl caused a traffic jam. He was charged with obstructing traffic for the stoppage in the road Thursday in UPI report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, R.I
UPI
Richard A. Campagnone
Roark Bond Hearing Set in Raleigh County
Joseph Luchini seeks a habeas corpus writ to set bond for Rush Dean Roark pending appeal of a one to five year manslaughter sentence from Criminal Court Nov 1. Hearing is scheduled for 10 a m Saturday in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office. Orders include six divorces four dismissals one postponement and one continuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Luchini
Rush Dean Roark
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Luchini
Roark
Peggy F. McCutcheon
Walter C. McCutcheon
Aline Baskin
Henry Baskin
Maude G. Vaught
Rufus Vaught
Joseph E. Stewart
Betty Joyce Stewart
Annette Morton
D. P. Morton
Hobart A. Sardenell
Ethel Sardenell
Theodore Brown
Ethel C. Brown
William K. Ward
J. W. Walters
William C. Sizemore
Wanda Sizemore
Clay Coal Mining Co
Orville
David Williams
Edward A. Lyons
Leonard Lyons
Adenauer and Kennedy Narrow Bay of Berlin Crisis Divide
Adenauer after talks with Kennedy and Rusk issued a communique claiming full agreement but privately questioned Khrushchev’s likely reaction to Cuba. They endorsed updated contingency plans for Berlin, agreeing no new proposals unless Khrushchev signals negotiation willingness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Adenauer
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Khrushchev
U.S
Berlin
Wind Up Meeting Ends Three Day Kentucky Committees
CHARLESTON UPI The Legislature's two main interim committees wind up a three day meeting with discussions on educational broadcasting reclamation of worked out strip mines and companion bills to an earlier election law study. The committees rejected a motion to table further discussion on a proposed corporate net income tax and continued consideration of that bill and another tax measure until the Dec 10-11 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Funeral services for Johnny Edward Davis at Coal Mountain Church
Funeral services for 39 year old Johnny Edward Davis of Coal Mountain will be held Sunday at 1 p m at Coal Mountain Methodist Church with Rev Rice Browning of Gilbert in charge. Burial follows in Hatfield Cemetery on Coal Mountain. Davis died at 9 30 a m today at a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was the son of the late Dolph and Florence Davis a World War II veteran and member of Coal Mountain Freewill Baptist Church and United Mine Workers Local at Coal Mountain. Survivors include his wife Elva Rebecca Miller Davis a daughter Jo Elaine five brothers and five sisters. The body will be taken from McDougal's Robertson and Fogle song Funeral Home in Pineville to the church one hour before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Edward Davis
Coal Mountain
Coal Mountain Methodist Church
Rice Browning
Gilbert
Hatfield Cemetery
Davis
Beckley
Dolph
Florence Hatfield Davis
Coal Mountain Freewill Baptist Church
United
William J Barrett Final Rites for 83-Year-Old Barrett
Final rites for William Judson Barrett 83 of Fairdale are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Coal Marsh Baptist Church with Rev. M H Dinsmore and Rev. Orville Lamb officiating. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died at his home Thursday after a long illness. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the home of his son Kelly Barrett in Glen Daniel Saturday afternoon. Pallbearers include Bobby Furey Robert Fanning Gerald Hawley Robert McMillion Carl Alvin Clay and Claudie Walker. Barrett had lived at Harper Heights for 10 years and worked 20 years for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates at Eccles before retiring in 1951. he belonged to Local 5770 at Eccles. No known survivors. The body will remain at Melton Mortuary after 4 p.m. today for viewing with pallbearers Eugene Shuman Hubert Lawson Johnny Bullock Walter Bays Robert Cormack and Charlie Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Judson Barrett
Fairdale
Coal Marsh Baptist Chuch
M. H. Dinsmore
Orville Lamb
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Rose and Quesenberry
Kelly Barrett
Glen Daniel
Bobby Furey
Robert Fanning
Gerald Hawley
Robert McMillion
Carl Alvin Clay
Claudie Walker J
Harper Heights
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles
Melton Mortuary
Eugene Shuman
Hubert Lawson
Johnny Bullock
Walter Bays
Robert Cormack
Charlie Harris
Toney Funeral Arrangements For Luther H Toney
Luther Harrison Toney 51 of Graydon died at home from cancer. Retired miner and Good Hope Baptist Church member born July 13 1911 in Fayette County. Survived by wife Magmie two sons Luther Eugene in Africa and Ronald Lee Graydon a daughter Nila Jones Covington Ky a brother William Ansted and four sisters Anna Hall Lansing Bertha Elk ins Glen Jean Nellie Withrow Ansted Ethel Fine Oak Hill. Body at Thomas Funeral Home Ansted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Harrison Toney
Graydon
Good Hope Baptist Church
Fayette County
Joe Edward
Annabelle Bennett Toney
Magmie Toney
Luther Eugene
Africa
Ronald Lee
Nila Jones
Covington
William Toney
Ansted
Anna Hall
Lansing
Bertha Elkins
Glen Jean
Nellie Withrow
Ethel Fine
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
Granny Barker dies after long illness in Eccles
Hannah Jane Barker known as Granny, 74, of Eccles, died at her daughter’s home in Eccles at 7:25 am. Born October 10, 1888 in Dryden Virginia, she was the daughter of Robert and Susie Music. Husband John Barker preceded her in death in 1953. Survived by five Eccles sons Carl Charles Jim Marvin and Joe. sister Emily Penley of Dayton Ohio. brother Ernest of Kansas City Missouri. 29 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Body at Melton Mortuary pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Jane
Granny) Barker
Eccles
Barney
Theda) White
Dryden
Robert
Susie Miles Music
John
Carl
Charles
Jim
Marvin
Joe
Emily Penley
Dayton
Ohio
Ernest
Kansas City
Melton Mortuary
Mrs Mattie J Cooper Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Mattie J Cooper 402 F St died at 9 30 a m after a long illness. Born Boones Mill Virginia she was the daughter of John and Rosa Jimson and a Beckley Church of Christ member. Survived by son Denver Philadelphia three daughters Dula Day Freeman Martha Wright and Helen Jones Beckley a brother Edison Jimson McDowell ten grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Body at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Mattie J. Cooper
F St
Boones Mill
John and
Rosa Jimson
Beckley Church of Christ
F Street
Denver
Philadelphia
Dula Day
Freeman
Martha Wright
Helen Jones
Beckley
Edison Jimson
McDowell
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Beecher Berry Funeral, Gunshot Death Reported in Summers County
Funeral services for Beecher Berry, 31, of Madams Creek, are set for 2 p.m. Sunday with Elder Owen Harvey in charge. Burial will be in Richmond Cemetery on Sewell Mountain near Hinton. Berry died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the Route 20 bridge, ruled suicide by the Summers County coroner. He was born March 30, 1931 in Raleigh County, son of Stella Berry and the late Wayman Berry, and lived in Raleigh and Summers counties all his life. He worked for New River Lumber Co. Surviving relatives include two brothers and five sisters. The body will lie at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton. In New York, Dr. Emanuel Gamoran, 66, long-time Jewish education leader and author, died of a heart attack. He directed Reform Judaism’s Commission on Jewish Education for 36 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher
Berry
Hinton
Owen Harvey
Richmond Cemetery
Sewell Mountain
Route 20
New River Bridge
Summers County
Raleigh County
Stella Berry
Madams Creek
Wayman Berry
Raleigh
Summers Counties
New River Lumber Co
Zelma Berry
Melvin
Kester
Washington, D. C
Priscilla Bennett
Bellepoint
Connie Lane
Lena Bennett
Carrie Berry
Corrine Berry
Chalmer Richmond
Brooks
Arlie McGinnis
Huntington
Audrey Simms
Charleston
Ivaline Dean
Cordington
Ohio
Arlie Quillen
California
Ronald Meadows
Funeral services for Gust Vosos in Harper Heights
Gust Vosos, 76, of Harper Heights, will be honored with funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday in Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Carl Johnson presiding. Burial follows in Mt. Tabor Cemetery. He died at 8:15 p.m. Thursday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born May 22, 1886 in Crete, Greece, he came to the United States in 1914 from Crete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gust Vosos
Harper Heights
Melton Mortuary
Carl Johnson
Davis
Mt. Tabor
Welch
Crete
Greece
United States
Henry Kimball Union dies after long illness in Harrison
Henry Kimball Union 73 a retired corporation lawyer and former executive vice president of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation died Thursday in Harrison following a long illness. He had a notable career in corporate law and served in leadership roles within the foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
N.Y
UPI
Henry Kimball Union
The
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Houston leader Herman Brown dies at 70
Herman Brown founder and president of Brown and Root Construction Co. and longtime associate of Vice President Lyndon Johnson died Thursday of a heart attack at age 70 in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
Herman Brown
Brown and Root Construction Co
Lyndon Johnson
Handwriting Expert Cassidy Who Helped Hauptmann Conviction Dies
Harry E. Cassidy aged 73, a handwriting expert who aided in the 1930s Lindbergh kidnapping Hauptmann case, died Thursday in Richmond Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
UPI
Harry E. Cassidy
Bruno Hauptmann
Major Fire Sweeps Compass No. 1 Mine
A major fire at Clinchfield Coal Co. Compass No. 1 mine near Philippi escaped serious injuries for three miners. The blaze, likely from an electric arc, began Tuesday and spread to all 10 entries, with five entries sealed off by Wednesday as the fire was brought under control. The mine employs 110 workers and only three were in the shaft when it started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippi
UPS
Compass
Clinchfield Coal Co
Hoover Recovers After Corrective Surgery at GWU Hospital
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, age 67, is recuperating after corrective surgery at George Washington University Hospital. He entered the hospital last Monday and is described as recovering.
Cancer Films Draw Large Turnout in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Unit of the American Cancer Society reports two cancer awareness films drew a full house at the Beckley Open Air Theater. Executive secretary Mrs. Jack Clemens said the event sparked interest from other groups to borrow the films and prompted a viewer to seek cancer symptoms after watching. A planned spring screening will cover lung, rectal, and colon cancer detection and the seven cancer danger signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Open Air Theater
Jack Clemens
Raleigh County
American Cancer Society
W. B
Pete) Lilly
Clemens
Albert Tieche
Robert Daniels
ASC
Jail Breakers Back In Custody
Martinsburg reports three prisoners who escaped Berkeley County jail at gunpoint were recaptured. George W. Courtney 36 accused of murder and Morgan County robbery, Harvey E. Hess 22 and Richard L. Stotler 20 surrendered or were arrested after a day on the run. Courtney led the escape using a pistol to unlock his cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
UPI
Berkeley County
Jennie Harms
George W. Courtney
Maryland
Morgan County
Harvey E. Hess
Richard L. Stotler
Courtney
Hess
Kearneysville
Here
Hagerstown
Berkeley Springs
U. S
Jennie Harmison
William J. Chessman
Pennsylvania
Soviet Leaders’ Cuba Deal Faces Removal Demand
Officials said IL28 twin jet bombers in Cuba must be removed before Kennedy would deem Khrushchev’s pledge fulfilled. The Soviet leader was told his offer to pull the bombers only after the U.S. lifts the blockade and meets other conditions was rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Kennedy
Khrushchev
United States
Ambassador Menon Offers Service To New Defense Minister
Retired Indian official Menon sent a telegram to successor Defense Minister Y B Chavan saying, Such services as you ask of me as a private citizen are always at your disposal, after being accused of mishandling India's defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Y. B. Chavan
Menon
Chaven
Won't Pay For Meal Artie Man Arrested
Pete Williams, Artie, was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 6 40 p m Thursday on a charge of ordering food at a restaurant and refusing to pay for it. A Beckley man was taken to Huntington State Hospital on a lunacy charge. Carl Martin, 25, 216 1 2 College Ave., jailed on no licenses. Edward Hungate booked on road law violations. D E Wright jailed on a trespassing warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Williams
Artie
Raleigh County
Ohio
Morris B. Imboden
Beckley
Huntington State Hospital
Carl Martin
College Ave
D. E. Wright
Joe Rodriguez
Kessinger St
Edward Hungate
Coal City
Ky Man Kills Woman and Self in Kanawha County
Lexington contractor William A. Holmes 34 shot Bren da Miller 21 in her home in Kanawha Two-Mile area north of Charleston then died in a hospital. Miller had worked as a bookkeeper for Holmes who faced divorce days earlier and was building a project in Sissonville. The killings followed an argument. Miller’s brother heard the shots and alerted police.
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Charleston
UPI
Lexington, Ky
Brenda Miller
Kanawha
Here
William A. Holmes
Castro Breaks With U N On Cuban Missile Crisis
Castro delivered a five point peace proposal through Thant calling for U S withdrawal from Guantanamo and demanding inspection of missiles. The move followed Lettfer Kennedy pledge and the first Castro U N communication since rebuffing Thant’s mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
U.N
Cuba
Castro
U.S
Guantanamo Naval Base
Thant
Carlos Lechuga
Adlai E. Stevenson
Washington
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Havana
Escapee Brought Back On Crutches
The last of five men who escaped from Ohio County jail last Friday was brought back to Wheeling on crutches. Michael Kyle, 19, Wheeling, was returned from Canton where he had been hospitalized since Saturday with a broken ankle after leaping 15 feet from a jail window. Donnie Ratcliff had driven him in a stolen car to Canton. Ratcliff used the name Myles. Canton authorities learned his identity Thursday at the request of Wheeling police. The other three escapees surrendered voluntarily, while Ratcliff was captured Monday. Kyle waited at the hospital for Ratcliff, unaware of the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
UPI
Ohio County
Michael Kyle
Canton
Ohio
Donnie Ratcliff
Myles
Ratcliff
Kyle
Rescue ships abandon search for crew as gale forces hinder effort
A 20 by 30 mile sea area around a burning freighter remains hazardous with 60 mph winds. Coast Guard reports two rescue freighters pulled back at 3:28 am EST with seven survivors aboard and heading west. The rescue submarine Torsk stays to scour for missing seamen while seas subside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Torsk
Police Chase Ends In Arrests and Suspects Sought
A police chase near Hunter Street and Wildwood Cemetery ended with two men jailed on stolen property charges. Eugene E. Price 23 and Edward Leroy Mann 20 were held after two companions, Aaron Hayes 18 and his juvenile brother, remained at large. Hayes had escaped from City Hall previously. Federal agents investigated theft and interstate transport of a 1956 model car from Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Street
Wildwood Cemetery
Raleigh
Eugene E. Price
Edward Leroy Mann
Plumley Avenue
Aaron Hayes
Aaron Thomas
Beckley
Price
Mann
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pennsylvania
City Hall
U S Eyes Multilateral NATO Nuclear Force
UPI reports Under Secretary George W. Ball said the United States would seriously consider a NATO medium range nuclear missile force if other NATO nations desire it. He noted no urgent need from a strictly military view, signaling a policy shift toward a jointly coordinated deterrent, aligning with General Norstad’s long advocated idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
George W. Ball
Ball
U.S
Lauris Norstad
Special Services Set At Lester Church
The Rev G E Fagons of St Matthews AME will speak at 3 p m Sunday at First Baptist Lester as North Lester PTA conducts special exercises for American Education Week. St Matthews choir performs with seventh and eighth graders led by Mrs W J Jones singing The Battle Hymn The Lord s Prayer and The Star Spangled Banner. Eugene Turner reads scripture. PTA president Mrs Doris Cooney gives welcome with Wynona Cooney serving as mistress of ceremonies. Benediction closes. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Fagons
St. Matthews Ame
First Baptist Church
Eugene Turner
PTA
Doris Cooney
Wynona Cooney
Crab Orchard Winner Returns Prize Money
Mrs Ray Vance of Crab Orchard returned her $2 cash prize to the Raleigh County Centennial Committee fund. The hidden alarm clock contest rewards weekly winners as part of a drive to raise $25,000 through Main and Neville Street booths and merchant donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Centennial Committee
Ray Vance
Crab Orchard
Centennial Fund
Neville Street
Beckley
Raleigh County
State warns firewood vendors over cord delivery
Charleston. State Labor Commissioner Lawrence Barker warned fire wood vendors that advertising a cord at a fixed price requires delivery of a full cord or face legal action. He noted a cord is four by four by eight feet, equaling 128 cubic feet, and violations risk fines from 10 to 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Lawrence Barker
Barker
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Sol Hurok
Bolshoi Ballet
Turkey
General Electric
Valley Drive
John Edward Davis
William J. Barrett
Luther H. Toney
Hannah ‘Granny’ Barker
New York
Emanuel Gamoran
Gamoran
Commission On Jewish Education of
Reform Judaism
Kiser
Paramount Presenty
Ae Agn Ed
Debbie Reynolds
Tony Randall
Hoover
MGM Presents
Hayward - Finch
Diane
Li Ent
Susack
Delores Faith
Kathleen Freeman
Johnny Cash
Pamela Mason
Lester
Dr. In
BRAVE
Kirk Douglas
Gena Rowlands
Eastman Color
Peter Cushing
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