Four Rob Bank After Weekend Hiding in Newton
Four Halloween masked gunmen robbed the Garden City Trust Co. in Chestnut Hill Newton Massachusetts taking as much as fifty thousand dollars. They held four employees at gunpoint until the time clock opened the vault and escaped in bank treasurer John Bayer’s car. No injuries were reported.
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Newton
Mass
UPI
Chestnut Hill
Boston
Garden City Trust Co
John Bayer
Bayer
John McWilliams
John Naughton
Timothy Reilly
Massachusetts
Berlin Crisis Deepens As Communists Build Wall
Berlin authorities report Communist efforts to fortify a wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate with trenches and steel bars as anti-tank measures. American tanks once stood at Friedrichstrasse crossings. Allied traffic remained open into East Berlin amid the tense standoff.
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Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
East Berlin
Monkey Trial Conviction Then Communist Registry Threat
The Tenn state case recalls the 1925 monkey trial. The U S Communist Party must register as a tool of the Lovest Union by midnight tonight or face government legal action. A Japanese cargo ship sank after collision. three of 34 crewmen reported missing. Springs Mills plans a 21 story office building in mid Manhattan. Interstate 64 first section opens to traffic with governor and road commissioner present. West Virginia college branch discussions planned by presidents. Robert Baker, 26, recaptured in Ohio to face jail breaking in Kingwood.
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U.S. Communist Party
Lovest
Justice Department
Antonio Segni
U. N
Thant
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Congo
Shemanogeki Straits
Springs Mills, Inc
Manhattan
Huntington
Barboursville
W. W. Barron
Burl Sawyers
West Virginia
West Virginia Association of College and University
Charleston
Robert Baker
Preston County Memorial Hospital
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Kingwood
Man Waives Hearing On Moonshine Operation
Leonard Lilly of Lillybrook waived to the grand jury at a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner W A Riffe on operating a moonshine still. He was arrested at 120 a m Sunday by Beckley State Police on an assault and battery warrant and possession of moonshine with ALCOHOL and Tobacco Tax agents aiding. A 55 gallon still and two barrels of mash were found and destroyed Sunday night with Beckley police assistance. Lilly bond set at 500 dollars and he remained in jail in lieu of bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Lilly
Lillybrook
U. S
W. A. Riffe
Lilly
Beckley
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
Mullens Man Hurt In Wreck Near Pineville
Joseph Taylor a 42 year old Mullens man was hospitalized at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch after a car wreck on the Pineville Mullens Road about 1 a m Sunday. He suffered chest injuries and a forehead cut four inches. First aid at the scene was by Cpl Roy Stover Pineville State Police. The 1961 automobile was extensively damaged after leaving the road hitting a ditch and two guardrails. Chief Deputy Fred Deal and Deputy Bud Pendry helped in the investigation.
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Pineville
RNS
Joseph Taylor
Mullens
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Taylor
Roy Stover
State Police
Fred Deal
Bud Pendry
Boat tragedy on Blue Belle details emerge from survivor
Terry Jo Harvey describes blood on deck and a struggle with Harvey aboard the 60 foot yacht. She recounts hearing hammering and a possible rifle, the captain pushing her downstairs, the mast slanting, the ship sinking, and Harvey's final actions as he disappeared in the darkness while she escaped on a life float.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
Harvey
Terry Jo
Mercy Hospital
Mary Dene
Rene
Terry
Soft Drink Machine Traps Beckley Boy
An 11 year old Beckley boy had his hand stuck in a vending machine at Beckley Memorial Building for about 20 minutes Sunday. Beckley Rescue Squad and a Beckley Coca Cola Bottling Co. man freed him after they were called at 4 45 p m. The boy was not seriously hurt, only seared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Beckley Memorial Building
Pen Bostic
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Mary Agnes Christman
Funeral services for Mary Agnes Christman 74 of Zanesville Ohio formerly Beckley will be at 1 30 p m Wednesday in Bolin Bryant Funeral Home Chapel Zanesville Burial will be in a Zanesville cemetery She died at 1 30 a m Sunday after a long illness Born Sept 9 1887 in Fayette County daughter of the late Frank and Harriett Samples Survivors include her husband John Christman a daughter Mrs Roy Hollingsworth Stanaford a brother James Samples Benton Harbor Mich three sisters Mrs Ethel McGuffin Oak Hill Mrs Maggie Biggs Beckley and Mrs Voneda Thomas South Zanesville 11 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Agnes Christman
Zanesville
Ohio
Beckley
Bolin-Bryant Funeral Home
Christman
Fayette County
Frank
Harriett Small Samples
John Christman
Roy Hollingsworth
Stanaford
James Samples
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ethel McGuffin
Oak Hill
Maggie Biggs
Voneda Thomas
South Zanesville
James E Bailey funeral services announced in Baileysville
Funeral services for James Elmer Bailey 55 of Baileysville will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Baileysville Gospel Tabernacle with Rev. Edgar Beverley presiding Burial follows at Rod Shannon Cemetery Bailey a disabled miner of 10 years member of Baileysville Methodist Church survivors include wife Ida Bailey parents O V Bailey three sons Wendell Ray Howard Lee Benny Clyde and nine grandchildren. The body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel in Pineville. Friends may call until 3 p.m. today and it will be taken to the home at 4 p.m. and to the church one half hour prior to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Elmer Bailey
Baileysville
Davis Infant Graveside Rites Held Today
Day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Davis Jr. died at 3:15 a.m. Sunday. Graveside rites were held at 11 a.m. in Mount Tabor Cemetery with Rev. A. J. Coffey officiating. Survivors include one brother William Perry and maternal grandparents H. L. Clarke of Beckley and the Davis grandparents of Beckley. Body remained at Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home until the service.
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Robert L. Davis Jr
Second Ave
Mount Tabor
A. J. Coffey
William Perry
H. L. Clarke
Beckley
Robert L. Davis
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Final rites for Lacy McKinney in Mullens church
Lacy McKinney 59 of Stephenson dies after short illness in Beckley hospital. Funeral at Lusk Avenue Church of God Mullens at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev James E Parrott officiating. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Survivors include a son Dale and three daughters. seven brothers and seven sisters. Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens handling arrangements.
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Lacy McKinney
Stephenson
Lusk Avenue Church of God
Mullens
James E. Parrott
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
McKinney
Beckley Hospital
Basin
Robert N
Florina Lilly McKinney
Lusk Avenue
Bryson
Herndon
Gale
Gid
Avon McKinney
Tom Laxton
Andrew Carle
Coal City
E. L. Whitt
Powellton
Kinley Mullens
Northfork
John Burnette
East Beckley
Linnie Blevins
Wilmington
Ohio
Riley Akers
Funeral services for Paul Kennemur in Jasper GA
Paul Kennemur aged 62 of Jasper Georgia will have funeral services at Jasper Methodist Church on Wednesday. He died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Jasper at 6 10 a m Sunday after a long illness. Surviving him is brother DeWitt Daniels.
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Paul Kennemur
Jasper
Jasper Methodist
Kennemur
Veterans Administration Hospital
DeWitt
Daniels
Final rites set for Mrs Edith Hendrix at Naoma church
Edith Hendrix 71 of Pineknob will have funeral services at 2 p m Tuesday at Freewill Baptist Church Naoma. Burial follows at Adkins Cemetery. She died Sunday at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband Jim Hendrix a son Virgil Turner Cornwell NY three stepsons Dewey and Hubert Turner Beckley and Chester Hendrix Lorain Ohio three stepdaughters Florence Hughes Charleston Bertha Jarrell Naoma Estie Williams Ghent three sisters Wayie Pettry Sadie Canterbury Ocie Cook Naoma three brothers Mead Victor Mont Allen Naoma The body to be moved from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville to church at 5:30 p m today.
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Edith Hendrix
Freewill Baptist Church
Naoma
Adkins
Funeral services for Roby Miller in White Top Church
Funeral services for Roby Winfield Miller 80 of Crab Orchard will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at White Top Church White Top Virginia with burial in the family cemetery. He died at 7:45 a.m. after a weeklong illness pneumonia was the cause. Born December 10 1880 in Ash County North Carolina he was a retired farmer survived by three sons J B and C R Falls Church Va and J W Manassas Va four daughters Grace Jackson Ola Brewer Ann Grimes Edith Jones a sister Mae Yates 13 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to Damascus Va Wednesday at 3 a.m.
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Roby Winfield Miller
Crab Orchard
White Top
Miller
Ash County
N. C
Wells
Matilda Phipps Miller
Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Damascus
Mrs Elsie Moore rites incomplete in Huntington
Mrs Elsie Moore of Huntington died at Pinecrest Sanitarium at 6 30 p m Sunday. The body was moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to McClain Funeral Home in Huntington this morning.
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Elsie Moore
Huntington
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
McClain Funeral Home
William Whitlow obituary at 94 in Lookout
William Whitlow, 94, of Lookout, died at 6 30 a m today at Raleigh General Hospital. Funeral and service details not provided.
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William Whitlow
Lookout
Raleigh General Hospital
Charles L McClung dies at 70 in Beckley VA Hospital
Charles L. McClung, also known as Charles Lester McClung, age 70, of Crawley, died at 7 18 a m Sunday in the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The body lies at Wallace and Bebage Funeral Home in East Rain e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lester McClung
Crawley
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Wallace and Bebage Funeral Home
East Raine
Wallace obituary notice for Betty Mae Wallace
Mrs. Betty Mae Wallace, 59, of Glen White, died at 10 20 am in a local hospital. The body is at Trent Durham Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Mae Wallace
Glen White
Trent-Durgan Funeral Home
Henry Hylton Dies at 79 in Mullens Hospital
Henry Hylton, 79, of Corinne, died at 1 52 today at Wyoming General Hospital in Mullens. The body remains at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Henry Hylton
Corinne
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
World Council of Churches Assembly Opens in Asia
Leaders from 175 Christian denominations gathered for a three week World Council of Churches assembly the first held in Asia since 1954. The Missionary Council renamed the Division of World Mission and Evangelism, a 115 member commission will oversee work. WCC secretary general noted Russian Orthodox Church integration as a major ecumenical milestone. Five Roman Catholic observers attended though the church remains outside the WCC.
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Missionary Council
WCC
Asia
Evanston
Division of
World Mission and Evangelism
W. A. Wiser’t Hooft
Ecumenical Movement
World Council
Beckley Youth Jailed on Leaving Scene Charge
Beckley City Police jailed Edward Mann age 19 of Smoot Street at 11 45 a m today on a warrant from Magistrate Joe Rodriguez charging him with leaving the scene of an accident details were not available.
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Edward Mann
Smoot St
Beckley City
Joe Rodriguez
Tools Stolen From Buck's Body Shop In Beckley
Tools valued at 250 dollars were stolen from Buck's Body Shop on Mac Arthur overnight Saturday. Beckley State Police are investigating the incident as shop owner George B. Gill reports the theft.
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Buck
MacArthur
Beckley
George B. Gill
Sunny
Settlement Granted in Auto Crash. Divorce Decree Also Issued
Raleigh Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp approved a 1500 settlement for Pete Condia Jr. of Arnett, involved as a passenger in a Cameron crash March 26, 1961, where the driver Harold Harris Jr. died. Guardian Elsie Condia petitioned for the settlement. Harris denies liability. Warren A. Thornhill III served as guardian ad litem. A decree signed by the judge awarded a divorce to Albert Roels from Arcie Roels.
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Pete Condia Jr
Arnett
Raleigh
Norman Knapp
Elsie Condia
Cameron
Condia
Harold Harris
Harold Harris Jr
Warren A. Thornhill III
Apps Guardian Ad Litem
Conia
Albert Roels
Arcie Roels
Rockefeller dash to South Pacific continues after New Guinea incident
Governor Rockefeller and his daughter Mary left San Francisco for Tokyo as rescuers search Dutch New Guinea coast after their rafted boat lost power. Young Rockefeller swam 15 miles toward shore with gas can buoyancy while Michael remained with the craft awaiting aid.
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Defense Department
Rockefeller
Mary
San Francisco
Tokyo
South Pacific
New Guinea
Wassink
Young Rockefeller
Dutch New Guinea
Eilanden
Prahu
Michael
Katanga Crisis Report Reveals Air Rescue to Congo
Reports from the Congo say a Norwegian sighted a tent near wreckage as a British RAF rescue team sails from Nairobi to the site. Gizenga supporters allegedly challenge Provincial President Miuho in Bukavu while Gizenga, a vice premier, has not visited Leopoldville for weeks.
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Katanga
Royal Air Force
Nairobi
Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Kivu
Gizenga
Bukavu
Costermansville
Jean Miuho
Oriental
Cyrilla Adoula
Leopoldville
Two Men Hurt In Pike Wreck In West Virginia Turnpike
Two North Carolina men were injured in a wreck on the West Virginia Turnpike around 6 45 a m Sunday. Ira Grogan 41 of Winston Salem NC is treated for a fractured jaw after a tractor trailer crashed through guard rails near Milepost 19 at Flat Top and landed on U S 19 21. James Cox 30 of King NC was admitted for unspecified injuries. A Beckley Wrecking Co spokesman said the Hen nis Co truck carried machinery and school supplies. Workmen salvaged much cargo Sunday evening. Damages to trailer and cargo were not yet known.
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North Carolina
Raleigh General Hospital
Ira Grogan
Winston-Salem
N. C
U. S. 19
James Cox
King, N. C
Beckley Wrecking Co
Hennis Co
Virginia Driver Draws $100 Fine
Aubrey L. Coleman of Bassett Virginia was charged with drunk driving in a hearing before Magistrate W. A. Burke. He was returned to jail in lieu of a $100 fine. Coleman was arrested by Beck’s City Police at 8:45 p.m. Friday.
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Aubrey L. Coleman
Bassett
W. A. Burke
Coleman
Becks City
Balaguer family supports Balaguer amid Caribbean crisis
The Balaguer Trujillo family on the island voiced unusual support for Balaguer as he held the presidency under the Trujillo regime. US action bolstered his position with 15 warships offshore and 12 jets over the capital. Secretary Rusk warned the Trujillos cannot regain control. The consulate saw the situation as controlled with no evacuation plans for 1,500 Americans. Crowds gathered at the harbor while anti-government violence left two youths wounded. The Dominican Republic remained unsettled with military rivalries strong.
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Balaguer
U.S
Dominican
Dean Rusk
United States
Trujillos
Caribbean
Hunger Strike Spurs Prisoner Transfer Talks in Algeria and France
The three ranking prisoners, fasting to demand transfer to a private clinic with extra-territorial rights, press for government action as Ben Bella and others remain in a Garches hospital. In Algeria, guerrilla violence continues with grenades injuring 22 people near Constantine and Tiaret, one seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeria
International Red Cross
Ben Bella
Garches
Here
Constantine
Tiaret
Oran
French Quarter Roped Off After Jackson Square Blast
In New Orleans police closed a two block section of the French Quarter after a military detonating device packing lethal force exploded in Jackson Square. Detonators found nearby raised fears of further blasts, though no arrests or injuries were reported. Munitions experts advised blocking the area.
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New Orleans
UPI
French Quarter
Jackson Square
Woman Overcome By Fumes In Car
Beckley Rescue Squad rushed to Raleigh at 11 55 a m Saturday where Mrs Lina Gorrell was overcome by fumes in the car she rode in Her daughter was not affected The woman was taken to Beckley Memorial Hospital where she remains a patient
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Beckley
Raleigh
Lina Gorrell
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