11 Year-Old Survives Bahamas Yacht Sinking Ordeal
An 11-year-old girl named Terry Jo Duperrault, adrift on a small liferaft after the Blue Bell sank in a Bahamas squall, was rescued around 11:15 a.m. Thursday. Coast Guard search efforts continued for her parents Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Duperrault and siblings, while Julian Harvey, the skipper’s wife, and a body previously believed to be Terry Jo’s sister were among the survivors and missing. Terry Jo remained in serious condition at Mercy Hospital in Miami, with doctors hopeful she would recover.
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Frank Eidge
MIAMI
UPI
Bahamas
Coast Guard
Terry Jo Duperrault
Blue Bell
Travis
Terry Jo
Arthur Duperrault
Green Bay
Wis
Brian
Mary Dene Harvey
Julian Harvey
Fort Lauderdale
Harvey
Rene
Theo
Mercy Hospital
Franklin Verdon
Dr. Verdon
Senate probes service rights over nonjudicial discharges
A Senate Constitutional Rights subcommittee opens an inquiry into the Defense Department practice of issuing other-than-honorably discharges on suspicion of wrongdoing. The investigation notes 14,494 such administrative discharges in the year ending June 30 and 124,538 service members appeared before military courts, with 57,166 Army and 46,281 Navy courts-martial totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Senate
Defense Department
Court of Military Appeals
Army
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Not Grounds For Divorce Not Grounds For Divorce
In Newcastle upon Tyne England a judge ruled that a businessman who wandered around without trousers in an office with his shoeless secretary was careless but not adulterous. He rejected J Hamblin's petition to divorce Olive Hamblin, who he claimed had an affair with Olive's boss Norman Gilbertson. The judge said Gilbertson was careless but no impropriety or preparation occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle-On-Tyne
England
UPI
J. Hamblin
Olive
Norman Gilbertson
Gilbertson
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Promises with Sears Monument Co
Sears Monument Co offers a written guarantee with every monument and a convenient payment plan. Located on Harper Road, phone CL 3.6480, the firm emphasizes its long standing leadership since 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Sears Monument Co
Harper Road
Seal Campaign Forges Ahead in Raleigh County Drive
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports $2,246.90 raised so far in the 1961 Christmas Seal Campaign, up from last year’s early total though more letters were returned. Executive director Mrs. C. C. Lewis notes 853 letters returned to date, with 350 containing no money, and $232.50 collected today in the fifth day, toward a $12,000 goal, an increase of $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
C. C. Lewis
Shoplifting Charge Goes To Grand Jury
Edward Ivan Greene of Beckley waived to the grand jury on a shoplifting charge before Magistrate W A Burke Thursday. He was released on a $500 bond at 8 50 p m. Verna Mae Cozart of Crab Orchard jailed 4 30 p m Thursday on child neglect. JOSEPH W TH unlisted address was committed at 5 30 a m today to Naval authorities on an AWOL charge. Maria Victoria Gonzalez Rivera of San Juan Puerto Rico lodged in county jail overnight en route to Alderson Federal Reformatory for Women in custody of U S Marshal John C Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ivan Greene
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Verna Mae Cozart
Crab Orchard
Joseph W
Maria Victoria Gonzalez-Rivera
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
U.S. Marshall
John C. Ward
Service Tonight at Bakers Chapel Church Features Charleston Guests
Elder George Moon of Bakers Chapel Church on East Park hosts a 7 30 program with Bishop Jessie Haynes and his people from Charleston as special guests at the church tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moon
Bakers Chapel Church
Ninth Street
East Park
Jessie Haynes
People of
Charleston
Five Years Added To Prison Term For Rice
Franklin Rice, 49, of White Oak, received an additional five years to his one ten year sentence after pleading guilty to breaking and entering in Raleigh County Criminal Court. He had been indicted for arson and burglary at James Elbert Ransom’s Cool Ridge home. Prosecutor’s information cited a prior unlawful wounding conviction. Rice was captured after eluding troopers, later held in jail with credit for time served. Other defendants received similar sentences. Nugent and Pugh pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and grand larceny respectively with time served credited. Linfield Vorhees Hunt Jr was fined and released on capias pro fine for extenuating circumstances after admitting to theft and an attempted felony.
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State Penitentiary
Franklin Rice
Raleigh County
Rice
White Oak
Cool Ridge
James Elbert Ransom
Anthony J. Sparacino
Lawrence Roark
Huttonsville
Ned H. Ragland
Norman Knapp
Beaver
Kermit A. Lock
Clarence Nugent
Kermit A.locke
Pugh
Brown N. Payne
Linfield Vorhees
Jake’’ Hunt Jr
Capias Pro
Big Eagle Coal Co
Clay S. Crouse
Hunt
Foolish thugs grab bag from bank messenger on sidewalk
A tall slim man snatched a bag from W. J. Harris, 73, on a Miami sidewalk after depositing several thousand dollars at a bank. He jumped into a car with three men and sped away, Harris told police there was nothing valuable in the bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
UPI
W. J. Harris
Harris
Missing Beckley Woman Found Walking Temple Street
An 85 year old Beckley woman, Betty Thompson of 139 Morris Ave, was reported missing at 5 30 am. She was found about 8 am walking along Temple Street by city patrolmen. Officers said she was unharmed and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Betty Thompson
Morris Ave
Temple St
Deaths And Funerals Final rites for Ohio visitor
Final rites are held for Nikert Lee Long 25 of Ohio who died at 1 a.m. at the home of his wife Elsie Stidham Long in Franklin. Cause listed as heart condition. Long, a clerk at Franklin Sand and Gravel Co., had come with his wife to support her father ill at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. He was born May 2 1936 in Richmond Kentucky. Survived by wife, one child Deborah at home, and half brother Harold Cole Eau Gallie Florida. Body to be taken to Franklin from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Bud
Franklin
Nikert Lee Long
Dewey Stidham
Long
Elsie Stidham ‘Long
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Richmond
Gilbert Long
Opal Vaughn Cole
Eau Gallie
Fla
Franklin Sand and Gravel Co
Deborah
Harold Cole
Sam Foglesong
Baumgartner Rites Set for Oak Hill Official
Final rites for Gus A Baumgartner 70 Oak Hill city councilman will be held 3 p.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Baptist Church with Revs Randolph Johnson and C S Donnelly officiating. Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park. He died at 8 a.m. Thursday in Oak Hill Hospital after a short illness. Body at Tyree Funeral Home, to be taken to church an hour before service.
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Gus A. Baumgartner
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Baumgartner
Tyree
Atlee Wills Rites Set for Sophia Resident
Atlee B Wills with two sons John Robert Vitsos of Chicago and George Vitsos in Munich Germany, a daughter Mrs Robert French Beckley, a step daughter Miss Anna Lee Gunther of Helen, and one grandchild. Pallbearers Taft Galli more H D Poore Johnny Poore Ray Gibson E B Blevins Charles Flanagan. Body to be moved from Williams Funeral Home Sophia to church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Lyons Vitsos
John Robert Vitsos
Chicago
George Vitsos
U. S. Army
Munich
Germany
Robert French
Beckley
Anna Lee Gunther
Helen
Taft Gallimore
H. D. Poore
Johnny Poore
Ray Gibson
E. B. Blevins
Charles Flanagan
Williams Funeral
Sophia
Funeral notices mix tragedy and farewells in regional column
In Phoenix Arizona Mrs Josie Elizabeth Crysel Orfield formerly of Raleigh County dies in a traffic crash. Survived by husband Milt and ten grandchildren, body at Grimshaws Funeral Home in Phoenix pending arrangements. Also final rites for Atlee B Wills of Peterstown set for Saturday at Peterstown Baptist Church with burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Wills died en route to Pearisburg hospital from a heart attack. He was a retired rural mail carrier and member of Modern Woodmen of America and Peterstown Baptist Church. Survivors include wife four sons a daughter a brother and three granddaughters. Funeral chapel in Peterstown arranging services. (RNS)
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Josie Elizabeth Crysel Orfield
Phoenix
Ariz
Raleigh County
Todd
N.C
Will
Dora Crysel
Odd
Resaco
Crab Orchard
Arizona
Milt Orfield
Atlee B. Wills
Peterstown
Peterstown Baptist Church
Charles C. Jack
Wills
Pearisburg
Henry
Agnes Ballard Wills
Linnside
Modern Woodmen of America
Virginia Frizzell
Buffalo
N. Y
Brody Wills
Beckley
Annie Rose
Nitro
Hallie Canterbury
Ballard
Omie Crotty
William S. Broyles
Lucy Bennett 72 Funeral in Bluestone Baptist Church
Mrs. Lucy Bennett of Jumping Branch dies after a year long illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Bluestone Baptist Church in Jumping Branch with Rev. Owen Lilly and Rev. Sam Smith officiating. Burial follows in the Farley family cemetery near Jumping Branch. She was born March 8, 1889 in Jumping Branch and leaves husband Joseph C. Bennett two brothers D. C. Farley of Princeton and O. L. Farley of Abraham and four sisters Ada Adkins Handley Fred Crawford Hinton Etta Pack and Mrs Thomas McLaughlin Jumping Branch. The body remains at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton.
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Lucy Bennett
Abraham
Bluestone Baptist Church
Owen Lilly
Sam Smith
Farley Family
Jumping Branch
Bennett
Hershel Dobbins
Erastus B
Celina Thompson Farley
Summers
Raleigh
Joseph C. Bennett
D. C
Princeton
O. L. Farley
Ada Adkins
Handley
Fred Crawford
Hinton
Etta Pack
Thomas McLaughlin
Ronald Meadows Funeral
Rufus J Harvey Funeral Arrangements Listed
Rufus Jackson Harvey 72 of Princeton died Thursday at a Princeton hospital. Born August 23 1889 he was a former miner with Pocahontas Fuel Co. and a World War I veteran. Survived by two sons one daughter a brother and one grandchild. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory.
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Rufus Jackson
Jack) Harvey
Princeton
Flat Top
Jacob
Nancy Meadows Harvey
Lucy Shrader Harvey
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Amanote
United Mine Workers of America
Welch
Kee Street
Old Guards
Howard
Jon
Pauline Harvey
Henry Harvey
Pax
Memorial Funeral Directory
RNS
Final rites for Mrs Amanda Kennemur in Jasper Methodist Church
Mrs Amanda Kennemur ninety one of Jasper Georgia died Wednesday at her home after a long illness. Final rites were to be conducted at two o clock this afternoon in the Jasper Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Kennemur
Jasper
Jasper Methodist Church
Deaths in Multiple Cities Prompt Funeral Notices
Death notices report funeral services for Helen Judson Parks 78 in Bedford Village New York widow of Peter H Dominick congressman. In Alabama William T Bright nearly 101 buried at Coldwater Baptist Cemetery. In Greensboro Leslie Moss Kendall 63 wife of editor H W Kendall of the Greensboro Daily News dies. In Pomona John Fine 25 son of one of the Three Stooges dies from a car crash injuries.
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Bedford Village
N.Y
UPI
Helen Judson Parks
Peter H. Dominick
R-Colo
St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Coldwater
Ala
William T. Bright
Baptist Church
Greensboro, N.C
UPD
Leslie Moss Kendall
H. W. Kendall
The
Greensboro Daily News
Kendall
Pomona
Calif
John Fine
Three Stooges
Larry
Kansas City
Death Notice of Two Day-Old Mettie M Flanagan
Mettie Marie Flanagan two day old daughter of Robert and Sheryl Ramsey Flanagan of Washington DC formerly Beckley died at 9 a m Thursday in Doctors Hospital Washington Survived by paternal grandmother Mrs Ann Thompson Beckley maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Ramsey Washington DC The body will be returned to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mettie Marie Flanagan
Robert and
Sheryl Ramsey Flanagan
Washington, D. C
Beckley
Doctor’s Hospital
Washington
Frank Ramsey
Ann Thompson
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Building permit issued for addition at 104 Wilson St
City Recorder issued a building permit to B. C. Thabet of 104 Wilson St for an addition valued at 1000 dollars to the existing building at the same address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Thabet
Wilson St
City Recorder
Steve Vitsos Funeral Services Held in Helen
Steve Vitsos 79 of Helen dies at home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Saturday at Helen Community Church with Rev. Cleve Young and Rev. Dewey Wilson officiating. Burial follows in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Born January 19 1882 in Athens Greece he was a retired coal miner and worked about 30 years for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. He retired in 1954 and was a member of UMWA Local Union No 5767 of Helen.
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Steve Vitsos
Helen
Helen Community
Cleve Young
Dewey Wilson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Vitsos
Athens
Greece
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
UMWA
Mrs W R Minner Improving After Hospital Surgery
Mrs W R Minner is reported improving at her home following discharge from Charleston General Hospital where she underwent major surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Minner
Charleston General Hospital
Commodities to be distributed at Bethel Tabernacle
Commodities are to be distributed on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Bethel Tabernacle on Bibb Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Tabernacle
Bibb Avenue
Fall Injury Sends Mrs Howard to Beckley Hospital
Mrs Johnnie Howard of Sullivan was treated at Beckley Hospital after injuring her left knee in a fall at Raleigh County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Howard
Sullivan
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh County
Operating Room Tech Training Considered at Center
area hospital administrators discussed offering an operating room technician course at Raleigh County Vocational and Technical Center. a lunch and tour showcased culinary arts and practical nursing programs while a workshop for supervising instructors was planned. attendees included staff from Beckley Memorial, Oak Hill, Beckley Hospital, Raleigh General, Bluefield, Charleston, Hinton, Welch and Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
George Osman
Steve J. Soltis
Beckley Memorial Hospital
William Fitzgerald
Thomas H. Mason
Oak Hill
L. B. Carper Jr
Beckley Hospital
Carl C. Drewry
Raleigh General Hospital
James L. Foster
Bluefield
William B. Huff
Charleston
H. J. Edmonds
Hinton
Joseph Perry
Welch
R. A. Lawrence
Princeton
City Hall search widens as offers for Bays Buick site rise
Bays Buick owner seeks sale to city for possible City Hall location but mayor says none of the options including Blakely Building West Neville Street and Leo Vecellio property South Kanawha Street fit due to access or location. He notes federal redevelopment funds may help but cannot be relied on and emphasizes keeping open to good offers while pursuing urban renewal and a comprehensive plan for future needs.
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Bays Buick
Blakely
West Neville Street
Leo Vecellio
Kanawha Street
Area Redevelopment Administration
Miller
Kennedy voices at 100th anniversary university convocation
President Kennedy spoke to an estimated 11,000 at the university centennial ceremony, urging against easy solutions amid Cold War tensions. He warned extremists divided into appeasers who would surrender and war advocates who misread negotiations, stressing steadfast resolve and freedom.
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University
Kennedy
Seattle
Washington
West Virginia Centennial seen as economic catalyst plan
Governors and officials outlined Centennial goals at a dinner, urging private funding and creation of a West Virginia Investment Corporation to finance motels and restaurants. Officials stressed broader cultural programs, local dramas, and a statewide exhibit train, with $539,000 still to raise and county chairs to collect contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barron
West Virginia
Centennial Commission
Bernard Jacobson
Charleston
Stern
How Beria Died Rumors Shape 1953 Kremlin Death Tale
Western diplomats once again debate Beria's demise after December 1953. A Warsaw dispatch cited by the London Daily Express attributes Beria’s death to Marshal Moskalenko’s gunfire at a Kremlin meeting, amid Khrushchev’s confrontation and pistol theft. The tale mentions Molotov and Malenkov as witnesses, allegedly told by Khrushchev at the 22nd party congress.
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London
UPI
Lavrenti Beria
Presidium
Anastas Mikoyan
Kyril Moskalenko
Dour Beria
Kremlin
Stalin
Beria
Daily Express
V.M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Moskalenko
Khrushchev
Rayburn to be buried after Kennedy visit in Bonham Texas
President Kennedy will fly to Perrin Air Force Base near Sherman Texas and ride by helicopter to Bonham for Rayburn's funeral with services at 1 50 p m and burial at Willow Wild Cemetery Rayburn joined Primitive Baptist Church in Tioga and will be laid to rest beside his sister Miss Lu Rayburn Attending figures include Lyndon Johnson Truman Eisenhower and Hoover who sent condolences and joined the private mourning at the Bonham home Rayburn died after a six month cancer battle in a local hospital and refused hospital care to stay near friends and neighbors who supported his work on Kennedy's New Frontier program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Perrin Air Force Base
Sherman
Tex
Bonham
H. G. Ball
The
Primitive Baptist Church of
Tioga
Rayburn
Willow Wild Cemetery
Lucinda
Miss Lu
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Joe A. Risser
Sam
Man Dies In Fire In South Charleston Cottage
An elderly man named Harry Jenny, about 85, died in a Thursday night fire at a small frame cottage in South Charleston. His twin brother John was hospitalized with burns. The blaze was likely caused by a kerosene lantern tipping over in an attic sleeping area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
UPI
Harry Jenny
John
Crosby and Barbara Crosby Expecting First Child in May
Gary Crosby son of Bing Crosby and his wife Barbara announce they will welcome their first child in May. In other news a bill banning cigarette and tobacco as an incitement to vice moves toward law in Italy. A Canadian steamer tows a crippled yacht and four occupants to safety on Lake Erie. Federal mediators seek a settlement in a 44 day old Ohio Valley Bus Co strike as drivers reject a wage offer. The decomposed body of 81-year-old Charles Lannum, missing five months, was found in a tree near Wellsburg. A dog dug up a human skull in Clarksburg. WVU pathology identifies it and the investigation ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Crosby
Bing
Barbara
Italy
House of Deputies
Senate
Lake Erie
Howard Steele
Motor Coach Employee Union
Ohio Valley Bus Co
Charles Lannum
Wellsburg
Lannum
Clarksburg
West Virginia University
Pathology Department
Opening worship under a giant Indian Shamiana tent
A Sunday service will be held under a 4000 seat Indian Shamiana with Burma's Rev. Bay Hymin delivering the opening sermon. Assisting are Rev. Christian Baeta of Ghana and five World Council of Churches presidents including Metropolitan Johanon Mar Thoma and Archbishop Iakovos. East Germany's Bishop Gottfried Noth will give one principal address at the first general session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Bay Hymin
Christian Baeta
Ghana
World Council of Churches
Johanon Mar Thoma
India
Henry Knox Sherrill
United States
Dibelius
Germany
S. A. Barbieri
Iakovos
North
South America
East Germany
Gottfried Noth
Dresden
Noth
Two First Aid Calls to Beckley Rescue Squad
The Beckley Rescue Squad answered two emergencies early today. At 12:20 a.m. they were called to the home of Frances Raines, 76, of Sprague. She is listed improving at Beckley Memorial Hospital for observation. Robert Cosby, 38, of 124 Booker St, is in satisfactory condition at the Veterans Administration Hospital after being admitted at about 9:45 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Frances Raines
Sprague
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Josie C. Orfield
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Mettie M. Flannagan
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E. Earle Bibb
A. David Abrams
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