Five Arrested By City Police In Beckley Area
City police report five arrests over the past two days. Simeon Edward Warren Jr. 22 of Washington DC was arrested at 1 35 a m today for speeding. Lewis Rollins 19 of 1703 South Kanawha St and a 16 year old H Street youth were charged with tampering with an auto. They were lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 10 45 p m and released today. Rollins posted a property bond and the 16 year old must appear in Juvenile Court. Martin E Griffin 19 Johns town Road was arrested at 12 30 a m today for assault, accused of shooting Michael Walker of Orchard Avenue with a BB gun. Walker sustained a leg wound. Griffin is a Beckley College student. Gary Wayne Ford 16 Shady Springs faced a charge of failure to have his vehicle under control by city police Monday. Paul Ray Lomax 21 Beckley was also involved.
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Simeon Edward Warren Jr
Washington, D. C
Lewis Rollins
South Kanawha St
Raleigh County
Rollins
Martin E. Griffin
Johnstown Road
Griffin
Michael Walker
Orchard Avenue
Walker
Beckley College
Gary Wayne Ford
Shady Springs
Paul Ray Lomax
Beckley
Durban hotel note misread leads to arrest for drunk driving
A Durban dog owner who quoted a hotel manager’s pledge to his pet was arrested by city police and booked into Raleigh County Jail at 1:55 a m on a drunk driving charge. The manager’s humorous reply about the dog’s behavior preceded the unexpected arrest.
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Durban
South Africa
UPI
Raleigh County
Memorial Gravesite For JFK Approved
A model of the Arlington National Cemetery JFK gravesite design by architect John C. Warnecke was unveiled at the National Gallery of Art. Construction is slated to begin in fall 1965, costing about 2 million dollars, with the grave site to hold President Kennedy, his two infants, and feature an eternal flame, marble terrace, and surrounding magnolia trees.
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Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
National Gallery of Art
Arlington National Cemetery
John C. Warnecke
Kennedy
Custis- Lee
Arlington
Warnecke
Potomac River
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
White man held in kidnaping of Negro girl
Topeka Kansas authorities charged 45 year old William Frederick Zimmer a railroad engineer with kidnaping 7 year old Gladys Johnson who vanished four days earlier. About 200 men including Forbes Air Force Base personnel searched a rain soaked northeast Kansas area after a report of a white man seen with the girl.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Gladys Johnson
Kansas
William Frederick Zimmer
Kansas City
Here
Guillory
Shawnee County
Gladys
Albert Michaels
Elmer
Donnette
State Court Upholds Suspension of Officer
The West Virginia State Supreme Court affirmed a Mason County ruling suspending Pt. Pleasant policeman Stephen L. Miller. Miller was suspended May 24, 1963, by Mayor Virgil Sidus for criticizing city government, political activities, and living outside the city. He appealed, was reinstated, then the suspension was upheld again by the circuit court on residency grounds.
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Mill
State Supreme Court
Civil Service Commission
Four men enlist in the Air Force at Beckley station
Four men enlisted in the Air Force today at the Recruiting Main Station in Beckley. They are Gary Arthur Kent of Parkersburg son of Edgar and Ruth Kent William David Hunt of Ewing Virginia son of John and Teresa Hunt Ronald Davis of Tockland Virginia son of Paul and Lucy Davis and Roger Deel of Grundy Virginia son of Edgar and Carsie Deel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Beckley
Gary Arthur Kent
Parkersburg
Edgar
Ruth Kent
William David Hunt
Ewing
John
Teresa Hunt
Ronald Davis
Tockland
Paul and
Lucy Davis
Roger Deel
Grundy
Carsie Deel
Word Awaited On Fate Of U S Missionary
UPI reports US officials awaited word on the fate of American missionary Dr. Paul Carlson condemned by Congo rebels as a white mercenary in Stanleyville. Rebel capture of the city could collapse the rebel drive and risk more executions of foreigners. About 560 foreigners, including 63 Americans, are held as prisoners of war.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
UPI
U. S
Stanleyville
Paul Carlson
Carlson
United States
Belgium
Joseph Kasavubu
Beckley Man Escapes From Police Custody
William H. Baker twenty one of 100 Curtis Street broke guard while under arrest at City Hall Monday night. He faced charges of tampering with an auto no city operator license and expired temporary registration after an arrest on Bair Street. He tore a screen from the interrogation room window to escape then returned to the police department. Additional charges of destruction of property and breaking guard were added when he was booked at Raleigh County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Baker
Curtis Street
Baker
Bair Street
William Teubert
Raleigh
Fayetteville man Gilbert fined for traffic violation
A Fayetteville man, Bynum Gilbert, paid a $5 fine to Magistrate W. A. Burke today on a traffic violation charge. Gilbert was arrested for pulling onto the highway in the face of approaching traffic.
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Gilbert
Fayetteville
Bynum Gilbert
W. A. Burke
House Asked To Investigate Minutemen
Rep. Charles S. Joelson urged the House Committee on Un-American Activities to probe the right wing Minutemen for training guerrillas and threatening government policy by violence. He cited reports of 1 million members in guerrilla bands, each home weapon ownership, and 500 rounds yearly, calling it un-American and demanding a 1965 investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Charles S. Joelson
D-N. J
House Committee On Un-American Activities Today
The
Minutemen
Joelson
Edwin E. Willis
Dsa
Willis
U S withholds UN pledge in funding dispute
The United States withheld its annual pledge to U.N. aid funds and Britain’s pledge followed, aiming to pressure the Soviet Union over arrearages. Ninety-two countries pledged 71.7 million for development and technical aid, leaving the fund short of its 150 million goal amid a Security Council session on Israeli Syrian clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
UPI
United States
U.N
Thant
Britain
Security Council
Soviet Union
Congo
Middle East
General Assembly
West Allis strikes negotiate three year Allis-Chalmers pact
Negotiations continued over a proposed three year contract covering nearly 11 000 Allis Chalmers workers with a 5 3 percent wage rise and improved cost of living holiday vacation and insurance benefits. Six unions set a 6 am Monday strike deadline and warned rail traffic could be disrupted. A federal mediator said talks with carriers aimed to resolve the rail dispute as unions push for higher wage increases. On the West Coast about 21000 pulp and paper workers struck Oregon Washington and California with no progress reported. Hoffa voiced support for strikers and praised union solidarity.
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West Allis
Wis
Allis - Chalmers
Oregon
Washington
California
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Teamster
William Perrin
Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers
Hoffa
Physicians Warned About Two Drugs
Washington reports that FDA and AMA warned physicians that aminopyrine and dipyrone cause fatal agranulocytosis in some patients. FDA announced labeling changes restricting uses after study by AMA and a medical expert panel.
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Washington
Upi
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
American Medical Association
AMA
Deaths and Funerals Notice for William Hairston and Others
Funeral services for William Hairston 76 of 216 Saunders Avenue are set for 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include a widow a son a daughter a brother three sisters four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Final rites for Mrs America Meade 75 of Amigo will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel in Mullens with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. She died Monday in a Mullens hospital and is survived by a son two daughters nine grandchildren and other relatives. The body will remain at the funeral home for calling hours this afternoon. The death notices also list a case from Landisburg with multiple children grandchildren and great grandchildren and arrangements handled by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Ansted.
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William Hairston
Saunders Avenue
Ritchie and Johnson
James Bly
Greenwood Memorial Park
Hairston
Beatrice Hairston
James
Ruth Goff
Beckley
Clem
Glen Rogers
Ella Watkins
War
Glenna Mills
Sarah Millener
Akron
Ohio
America Meade
Amigo
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Sunset Memorial Park
Meade
Mullens Hospital
Henry
Harts Creek
Jim
Nancy Browning
Neal
Norma Herold
Mansfield
Evie Zeboskey
Black Eagle
Tilda Payne
Columbus
Landisburg
Maggie Nutter
Bethany
Georgia Welsh
North Bend
Ana Carte
Mount Lookout
Alfred
Racine
Lonza
Bloomingrose
Don
Newport
Louil
Mores Hill
Ind
Susan Holcomb
Coal City
Wallace
Funeral services set for Mrs. Lil ly Helms Shelor
Mrs. Lilly H Shelor 78 of 302 Sunset Dr dies at home after long illness. Born Feb 25 1886 in Patrick County Va she lived in Lillybrook 17 years before moving to Beckley ten years ago. She married George Edwin Shelor in 1904 who died in 1961. Survived by two daughters a son three sisters and three brothers and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at Melton Mortuary with burial Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call after 4 pm today.
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Lilly Helms Shelor
Sunset Dr
Melton Mortuary
Garren Howington
Sunset Memorial Park
Patrick County
Benjamin
Annie Laurie Helms
Lillybrook
Beckley
Union Church of
Omar
George Edwin Shelor
Richards services for seven-day-old Henry Allen Richards
Henry Allen Richards infant son of Luther Henry and Wilma Jean Richards of Minden died Sunday night in a Montgomery hospital. Services were held at 2 p.m. today at the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in Morton Cemetery Bentree. Survived by sister Diane Lynn.
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Henry Allen Richards
Luther Henry
Wilma Jean Richards
Minden
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Morton
Bentree
Montgomery Hospital
Diane Lynn
Widow Mary F. Moore Dies After Brief Illness in Richmond
Mrs. Mary Faulkner Moore, 57, of Richmond Virginia, died Sunday at home after a brief illness. She is mother of Mrs. David T. Kennedy of Maxwell Hill and also survived by Van Moore of Greenville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. services will be held at a New Bern North Carolina funeral home.
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Mary Faulkner Moore
Richmond
David T. Kennedy
Maxwell Hill
A A. van Moore
Greenville
New Bern
N. C
James Crowder Rites Planned for West Wickham Miner
James Crowder 78 of West Wickham died at 11 a m Monday in a local hospital after a long illness He was a retired miner and member of the First Baptist Church West Wickham Funeral arrangements are in progress with the body at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Survivors include Mrs Lizzy Crowder and five stepsons James Cuttingham Patterson NJ William and Frank and Russel of St Albans and Donald of Pennsylvania.
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James Crowder
West Wickham
First Baptist Church
Lizzy Crowder
James Cuttingham
Patterson, N. J
William
Frank
Russel
St. Albans
Donald
Pennsylvania
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Final rites for Mrs Maggie McClung in Mount Lookout
Mrs Maggie Critchley McClung 87 of Winona dies in North Bend Ohio from heart condition. Rites set for 1 p m Wednesday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Mount Lookout with Rev Bill Serist in charge. Burial in Bloomingrose Cemetery.
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Maggie Critchley McClung
Winona
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Mount Lookout
Bill Secrist
Bloomingrose Cemetery
McClung
North Bend
Ohio
School Aid Debate Divides Catholics and Backers
The cardinal argues the proposition would affirm parental rights to choose schooling without drawing funds from the public treasury for religious schools. Backers say the appeal rests on taxpayers' rights, not church favor, to send children to schools of their choice.
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Catholic Church
Johnson suitor woos Taylors in Texas meeting
A secretary to a congressman pursues Miss Taylor, revealing his life and ambitions. He meets her father Thomas Jefferson Taylor, who quips about bringing home many suitors. The romance deepens as Johnson sees her nearly every day before her final capitulation.
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Sation
Johnson
Richard M. Kleberg Sr
D-Tex
Washington
Thomas Jefferson Taylor
Miss Taylor
Funeral services set for naturalist Donald Peattie
Santa Barbara authorities announce funeral services in Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel for Donald Culross Peattie 66 well known author and naturalist who died Monday at home after a lengthy illness honoring his literary career and contributions to nature writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Donald Culross Peattie
Peattie
MLF Faces New Hurdle as NATO Seeks Veto Power
Paris reports a Western plan for a multilateral nuclear force encounters a fresh obstacle as NATO chief Manlio Brosio suggests full political and military control by the alliance. A veto could empower any of NATO's 15 members, including France, over use of the force. Talks include the United States Britain West Germany Italy Belgium Greece and Turkey with the US currently holding weapon-use control.
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Paris
UPI
United States
France
Charles de Gaulle
Manlio Brosio
Italy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
NATO Alliance
de Gaulle
MLF
Britain
West Germany
Belgium
Then
Greece
Turey
Weather outlook hints at more rain before fire danger eases
A 30 day mid November to mid December outlook from the Weather Bureau calls for above normal temperatures and precipitation. Nationally drought appears to ease as cold rain and snow sweep northern New England while snow packed Colorado faces traveler warnings. Two days of rain threaten floods in Kansas with up to 7.75 inches in some areas. Limestone Maine reports eight inches of snow as winter begins to bite. The New England snow front travels southeast to Tennessee and Texas while Arkansas River and Cottonwood flood stages rise. Walnut River stands four feet above flood stage in Augusta.
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Weather Bureau
New England
Rockies
Kansas
Limestone
Maine
Tennessee
Texas
Arkansas River
Arkansas City
Cottonwood
Emporia
Walnut River
Augusta
Miller posts bond after grand jury action
Howard Miller of Piney View waived to the grand jury and posted bond to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez today. Miller is charged with breaking and entering the Club 16 at Sprague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Howard Miller
Piney View
Joe Rodriguez
Sprague
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