Planes land safely after wing damage over Stapleton Airfield
Spinning propeller damaged the wing of a United Airlines DC 6 but the two aircraft landed without injuries. Pentagon says five military family separations overseas will be reduced by returning service members and by fewer dependents abroad. A five story brick basement collapsed in a demolition zone in New York with no injuries. A big Air Force tanker crashed on landing at Loring Base Maine killing one crewman and injuring 16. A livestock truck hit a tree on US 66 near Farmsville Illinois killing over 70 hogs calves and sheep. driver unharmed. State briefs note a new Moundsville post office project starting around January 1. Robert Runnerstrom named managing director of WBOY stations in Clarksburg.
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United Airlines
Stapleton Airfield
Denver
Pentagon
U. S
Pene
New York
Air Force
Loring Air Force Base
Maine
U. S. 66
Farmsville
Ill
Cuba Reds Raise America Continues On Page One
The United States charged that thousands of tons of Soviet arms were shipped to Castro. Across Central America, reports spoke of plots in Salvador and Bolivia while Guatemala and Nicaragua faced renewed turmoil. In Bolivia peasants clashed with police near La Paz and Cochabamba after communications were severed. about people were killed in clashes last Monday. U S Ambassador Carl Strom was stoned at Cochabamba as disturbances grew. In El Salvador, a military junta said it foiled a revolutionary plot with four army colonels reportedly placed under house arrest. Guatemala's President Ydigoras welcomed rebels driven toward Honduras after battles for control. he accused Castro of using dirty gold to buy officers. Bombs exploded in Guatemala City with no casualties. a suspected bomber was captured. Costa Rica found documents linking Nicaragua’s revolt to Castro and communism and expelled a Cuban and several Nicaraguans. Nicaragua’s Somoza blamed the Cuban government for uprisings as insurgents captured Jinotepe and Diriamba before national guardsmen drove them out toward Costa Rica. the Costa Rican national guard commander was killed in a border clash.
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Salvador
Bolivia
Guatemala
Nicaragua
la Ro
la Paz
Cochabamba
Victor Paz Estenssoro
U.S
Carl Strom
Santa Cruz
Laaz
el Salvador
Santa Tola
San Salvador
Miguel Ydigoras
Puerto Barrios
Caribbean
Honduras
Ydigoras
Castro
Congress
Manuel Orellana Portilla
Cuba
Costa Rica
Luis Somoza
Jinotepe
Diriamba
World War I Vets File Discharges With County
Nine men filed discharge records at the Raleigh County Clerk office including two veterans separated 42 years, Robert Williams honorably discharged Dec 19 1918 at Camp Zachary Taylor and Harrison Meadows discharged Dec 30 1918 at Camp Eagle Pass. Other filers list Sgt William Conrad Janney Navy 1956 Merle Jarrell Packsville Navy 1960 Jackie Ray Johnson Coal City Air Force Oct 28 James Henry Robinson Beckley Navy Oct 27 James Herndon Porter Epperly Navy Nov 4 Turner W Paris Dry Creek Army Nov 1945 Norman Price Rogers Army Nov 1 945. In court Ala Brewer won a default judgment of 1190 against James Frank Tyree Raleigh County Circuit Court orders signed today. A Homer Tucker suit against Don H Jarrell was stricken as settled.
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Raleigh County
Robert Williams
Camp Zachary Taylor
Harrison Meadows
Camp Eagle Pass
Tex
William Conrad Janney
Merle Gene Jarrell
Packsville
Navy
Jackie Ray Johnson
Coal City
Air Force
James Henry Robinson
Beckley
James Herndon Porter
Epperly
Turner W. Paris
Dry Creek
Army
Norman Price
Rogers
Ala Brewer
James Frank Tyree
Raleigh
Homer Tucker
Don H. Jarrell
West Virginia Publications Get State Economic Atlas
The State Economic Development Agency approved three new publications at a Charleston meeting. A printable planning brochure, a West Virginia Industrial Directory, and the West Virginia Economic Atlas will be ready in a few days. The atlas includes county population shifts, income, railroads, airports, highways, waterways, power facilities, rainfall, and county magisterial districts. The industrial directory lists 600 plus firms employing 25 or more. Over 100 requests for copies have been received.
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Charleston
State Economic Development Agency
L. E. Ward Jr
West Virginia
Chambers of Commerce
Ward
Recess Controversy and Police Actions Over Integration
Critics in the legislature and Gov Davis sought to oust the New Orleans school board or revoke its powers citing violations of state law in implementing a federal court order on desegregation. Police actions halted demonstrations, arresting 32 African Americans Thursday night including juveniles. White teens faced continued hearings. four Black individuals were sentenced for Wednesday disturbances with fines and short jail terms.
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New Orleans
Jimmie H. Davis
Divorces Decrees Signed in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Decrees awarded today to Dorothy Moore Tolliver and Roland Floyd Tolliver with custody split, Grace Moore and James G Moore with three children in plaintiff custody, Ruth Virginia Whitaker and Vester Whitaker with one child to plaintiff, General E Reynolds and Shirley Ann Allen Reynolds, and Annette Ross and Clyde Ross.
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Raleigh County
Dorothy Moore Tolliver
Roland Floyd Tolliver
Grace Moore
James G. Moore
General E. Reynolds
Shirley Ann Allen Reynolds
Ruth Virginia Whitakeree
Vester W. Whitaker
Annette Ross
Clyde Ross
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Julia Mitchell 77 Kilsyth
Mrs Julia Anna Mitchell 77 Kilsyth died about 9 p m at her home Born in Summers County Aug 10 she was a member of Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church Surviving are one brother Pearl Cox Hinton two sisters Mrs Minnie Angel and Mrs Grace Nichols three sons Master Sgt A C Mitchell U S Air Force Bellepoint H B Little Rock Ark three sisters Mrs Myrtle Meadows Rt 1 Beckley Mrs Virginia Brown Salisbury N C and Mrs Marie Walters Fayetteville N C 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope Arrangements incomplete pending the arrival of her son from Germany.
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Julia Anna Mitchell
Kilsyth
Summers County
Kilsyth Freewill
Pearl Cox
Hinton
Minnie Angel
Grace Nichols
A. C. Mitchell
U. S. Aircar
Bellepoint
H. B
Little Rock
Ark
Funeral arrangements for Ben White 77 Oak Hill
Ben White 77 of Oak Hill died after a six week illness at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital around 8 p.m. Thursday. Survivors include daughter Mary Derzen of Durham North Carolina and three sons Harv of Maplewood Junior of Cabin Creek and J D of Long Beach California. His body will be moved to the home of daughter-in-law Mary Tincher Salem Road Oak Hill at 5 p.m. Saturday. He was a Methodist and lived with his son J Edward Willis who now resides in Beckley. Born Kanawha County April 6 1865. Also surviving are three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The body will remain at the funeral home for calling Saturday afternoon.
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Ben White
Oak Hill
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Mary Derzen
Durham
N.C
Harv
Maplewood
Cabin Creek
J. D
Long Beach
Calif
Keyser - Bryant
Mary Tincher
Salem Road
Methodist Church
J. Edward Willis
Ansted
Beckley
Kanawha County
Mrs. Katie J. Willis Funeral Services Set
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie J. Willis 95 formerly of Ansted will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Ansted with the Rev. Guy Vaughn officiating Burial will be in Westlake Cemetery Ansted Mrs Willis died at Hill Top Nursing Home Thursday after a long illness.
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Katie J. Willis
Ansted
Thomas Funeral Home
Guy Vaughn
Westlake Cemetery
Willis
Hill Top
One Man Crime Boss Cuffed After Rampage and Jail Break
Firman, once taunting cops as dumb and invincible, confessed to five killings of people in a spree that included at least two armed robberies and several burglaries. He escaped jail, freed a crony and returned to prison for life, facing at least 35 years behind bars. He doubted any good behavior time.
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Firman
Eccles Man Jailed On Non-Support Charge
Roscoe Morrison of Eccles was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 11 a.m. on a non-support charge. Arrested by L. D. Kessler, Morrison is also held on a fugitive warrant from Kentucky after a deputy sheriff took him into custody at 10:55 p.m. Thursday.
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Roscoe Junior Morrison
Eccles
Raleigh
A L. D. Kessler
Wi Abner
Roscoe
Kentuc
Food to Be Distributed at First Church of God Lester
Commodities will be distributed from 9 30 a m until 2 p m today and Saturday at the First Church of God in Lester. Every lone is asked to bring his own containers.
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Church of God
Lester
Everylone
Wynn funeral services announced for John Posey Wynn
Funeral services for John Posey Wynn aged 83 of Pemberton will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Chapel with Rev. Walter Tolliver presiding. Burial is set at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Wynn died at 8 30 a m Wednesday in a Richmond Virginia hospital after a long illness.
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John Posey Wynn
Pemberton
Keyser-Bryant
Walter Tolliver
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Wynn
Richmond, Va
Bennett dies after two week illness at VA hospital
Lyndell Bennett 46 of 1012 N Oakwood Ave died at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital about 7 a m after a two week illness. Services and arrangements are pending with a Mount Hope funeral home.
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Lyndell Bennett
N. Oakwood Ave
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Tyree
Mount Hope
Kennedy Gels ag rp from the Republicans 'on.
Kennedy and Johnson plan to cooperate in the coming months after Kennedy says Johnson's talent will make him effective as vice president. They will meet again after Johnson returns from a NATO conference in Paris. Eisenhower warns Castro and Soviets to refrain from meddling in Latin America as Kennedy accuses the administration of communist penetration. At the LBJ Ranch they confer for two hours and later hunted white tail deer together in cold, wet weather.
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Kennedy
Sen. Johnson
Johnson
NATO
Paris
Eisenhower
U.S
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Richard M. Nixon
Lbj Ranch
Hodel Returns From Florida Newspaper Meeting
George Warren Hodel general manager of Beckley Newspapers Corp returned from Boca Raton Florida where he attended the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association annual meeting. He served as a director for West Virginia and joined a panel on new production methods at the session with about 700 attendees from fourteen states.
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George Warren Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Boca Raton
Fla
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Hodel
Association For
West Virginia
Graney Urges No Firings Over Political Affiliation
Charleston AP reports State Road Commission officials urged staff to work conscientiously during the remaining days of the Underwood administration and to avoid punitive actions over past voting. Commissioner Patrick C. Graney said the guiding principle is to use road funds for all West Virginians regardless of party and to preserve the agency’s record of accomplishment.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Underwood
Patrick C. Graney
Graney
SRC
West
Laos neutralist government seeks deals with Communists
Negotiations show Souvanna Phouma’s neutralist regime seeking peace with Pathet Lao and acceptance of ties to North Viet Nam and Red China. The Pathet Lao, led by Souvanna Vong, demands coalitions and diplomacy while defections threaten the government. General Phoumi Nosavan, opposed to communism, rallies forces near Luang Prabang and rebuffs joining the cabinet.
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North Viet Nam
Red China
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Souvanna Vong
Red Prince
Phoumi Nosavana
Luang Prabang
Phoumi
Vientiane
Meter valued at 795 dollars stolen from WJLS radio station
State and city police were notified that a field intensity meter valued at 795 dollars disappeared from Radio Station WJLS along with the room key. The meter, missing since last week, could not contact Station Manager Gene Morehouse.
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WJLS
Gene Morehouse
Lawyers Seen as Possible Successors to Col Hazen Fair
Lawyers named as likely successors to Col Hazen Fair include R W Boyles W E Burchett and H Clare Hess with Boyles from Harrison County Burchett now in Huntington and Hess from Mannington A candidate list also mentions W B Van Horn of Hamlin and Stephen Popp of McDowell County with Charles E Evans Barboursville as other possible finance appointees Burchett Hess and Evans hold or held state posts while Van Horn has distant ties to public assistance and budgeting fields In other news Nellie Farruggia doing business as J and F Cash Grocery sues Raleigh County for 85407 in unpaid invoices and rent
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Col. Hazen H. Fair
Barron
R. W. Boyles
W. E. Burchett
H. Clare Hess
Boyles
Southern West Virginia Automobile Club
Popp
Charleston
Charles E. Evans
Barboursville
Grocer
Nellie Farruggia
J and F Cash Grocery
Raleigh County
Kennedy Nixon Vote Totals Hint Narrow Path to Victory
Kennedy leads Nixon by 184 647 as 1 549 precincts remain and absentee ballots still to be counted Most states delay splinter party results until canvass Absentees could widen Nixon margin in California Despite potential shortfall Kennedy still secures 300 electoral votes, 31 above the 269 threshold, to win if no majority in national vote conclusion remains uncertain with final tallies next month.
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Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
California
Harry S. Truman
Morton
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