Pay Hike and fringe benefits set for Beckley plant
Wage increases, shift premiums and fringe benefits for Beckley Manufacturing Corp. workers are outlined by arbitrator G Allan Cash Jr with rises from 12 1/2 to 22 1/2 cents per hour, retroactive to May 1962 and phased over 18 months to two years. Lilly and Caseino discuss incentive plan changes, hospital insurance, and a two year agreement expiring April 30 1964, while negotiations continue on final contract terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Manufacturing Corp
G. Allan Cash Jr
Philadelphia
Willey Lilly
The
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Labor Hall
Valley Drive
Lilly
Sam Caseino
Caseino
Newark
N. J
Beckley
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Washington, D. C
Building Owner Testifies For Self In Court
Isaac McKinney of Beckley testified in a Raleigh County Circuit Court condemnation suit brought by the State Road Commission. McKinney, a Bank of Raleigh cashier and trust officer, said he owns land on South Oakwood Avenue where the Armour Company building stood and that rents, expenses, and appraisal experience support a favorable value for the property. Real estate brokers John C. Ward and Everette Shrewsbury offered appraisals ranging from 70,400 to 80,000 with land, building, and equipment allocations. Ward valued land at 15,000 with 40,000 for the building and 25,000 for equipment. Shrewsbury estimated land 19,400 building 25,000 refrigeration 26,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac McKinney
Maplewood Lane
Beckley
State of
West Virginia
State Road Commission
McKinney
Raleigh County
Bank of Raleigh
Oakwood Avenue
Armour Company
Ward
Everette Shrewsbury
Lilly St
Beckley Real
Lilly Land Co
Homeseeker Land Co
Veterans Administration
Future Homemakers of America
Shrewsbury
Miners campaign widens in Kentucky and Virginia
United Mine Workers picket lines spread across four eastern Kentucky counties and Hazard and Floyd County in Kentucky, with 110 demonstrators including women drivers. Three non union miners were arrested in Pike County for trespassing near Virgin ramps, while a dynamite blast occurred at a small West Virginia mine. The action aims to secure UMW contracts and 40 cent per ton royalties for the Welfare and Retirement Fund. union officials say they neither sanction nor condone the picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
UMW Memorial
Pike County
Virgin
Charles Trivette
Independent Coal Operators Association
Irvin Pruitt
Mohawk
West Virginia
Accords Aim to Ease Cuba Sanctions Faces Rejection
The narrative describes efforts to review Cuba's stag gering economy and curb mismanagement, with indications that any move to ease U.S. and hemispheric sanctions would be rejected. Key figures and institutions discussed include the island's administration and U.S. policy makers. The piece notes the difficulty of implementing reforms amid entrenched opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
U.S
Youthful Look Promised by Ostrex Tonic Tablets
Advertising copy urges wives to appeal to husbands by using Ostrex Tonic Tablets to counter fatigue and aged appearance caused by iron deficiency. Claiming to revive energy and beauty, it touts an 8 day trial bottle available at drug stores.
Storm delays refloat as posts strain Outer Banks ferries
The Coast Guard reported the light ship Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras off station due to heavy seas while the cutter Cherokee stood by. Inlet at Hatteras widened by about 250 feet after last March storm, a temporary bridge became impassable. Ferry service on the Outer Banks was canceled and several areas lost telephone service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
North Carolina
Jetliner navies join search for missing airliner
Rescue efforts expanded as jetliners and naval destroyers comb the coast and desert flats near Lima after a Cuban delegation and Varig crew of 17 vanished en route from Rio. Reports say pilot warned of emergency landing though Lima had no alert. crashes across four continents in five days underscore peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Lima
Rio
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Quarry Street Fire Presents Quick Beckley Fire Response
Beckley Fire Department sent two engines to 111 Quarry Street at press time. No further details were available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Quarry St
Patrick Reed 62 Dies. Funeral Thursday at Packsville Church
Funeral services for Patrick McClellan Reed, 62, of Marfork, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Freewill Baptist Church at Packsville. Burial follows at Granny's Creek Cemetery in Clay County. A longtime miner and timberman in Coal River, he died Sunday afternoon in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include two brothers S. S. Reed of Crab Orchard and George Reed of Marfork, and a sister Mrs. Bertha Hughes of Orgas. The body lies at Valley Funeral Home in Whitesville and will be moved to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick McClellan Reed
Marfork
Freewill Baptist Church
Packsville
Granny’s Creek
Clay County
Reed
Huntington
Coal River
S. S. Reed
Crab Orchard
George Reed
Bertha Hughes
Orgas
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Atwell Death in Beckley Hospital
Mrs. Betty Atwell aged 59 of Fanrock dies at 1 25 am in a Beckley hospital after a lifelong Wyoming County residence. She leaves three sons Ernest Harold and John Atwell and five daughters including Mary Ellen Johnson Avon Dale Florence Swick and Bessie Bailey. Funeral arrangements and body return details noted with several siblings and grandchildren listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sizemore Atwell
Fannock
Beckley
Wyoming County
George Sizemore
Wolf Pen
Lois Ford Sizemore
Ernest
Harold
John Atwell
Fanrock
Mary Ellen Johnson
Avondale
Florence Swick
Welch
Bessie Bailey
Thedsie Lester
Elizabeth Atwell
Tom Sizemore
Ohio
Nellie Gary
Sophia
Edna French
Lillie Bishop
Velva Franklin
Sylvia Franklin
Mary Sizemore
McDougel’s
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Final rites for Ernest Powell held at New Hope Church
Ernest Powell aged 54 of 219 Smoot Ave dies from a gunshot wound. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Wednesday at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev Henry DuBois and Rev J L Ely officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Surviving relatives include a half brother Artes Hairston of Isabon and three half sisters. The body lies at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home until hour before services. pallbearers are Beckley Memorial Hospital male nurse aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Powell
Smoot Ave
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry DuBois
J. L. Ely
Greenwood Memorial Park
Atral Hairston
Isabon
Wright and Anderson
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Final rites for Romeo Bennett held in Fayetteville
Romeo Bennett, 74, of Fayetteville, will be buried at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill after funeral services at 2 p m in Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Rev C S Donnelly to officiate with LaFayette Masonic Lodge 57 conducting graveside rites. Bennett died Monday in a Beck ley hospital. The body remains at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeo Bennett
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
LaFayette Masonic Lodge
Bennett
Beckley
USDA Finds Bovines Sweat Clues and Hybrid Wheat Link
Washington UPI reports two USDA press releases on science. Dairy expert J R Weldy notes cow evaporation is key to heat adaptation and suggests genetics may pass this trait. Separately agronomists announce discovery of fertility restoration genes enabling practical hybrid wheat seed production for higher yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
USDA
J.R. Weldy
Agricultural Research Service
Weldy
Departmental
Secretary Left Million Dollar Charity Beneficiary of Davis Estate
Miami, UPI. The will of Arthur Vining Davis probate Monday by Dade County Judge Frank Blanton leaves his longtime secretary Evelyn Mitchell a $1 million bequest and the entire 42 acre “Journeys End” estate. Davis, 95, died Nov. 17. The bulk of his $400 million aluminum fortune goes to charitable, religious and educational trusts with 100 shares split between banks to fund nationwide causes. Several relatives receive smaller bequests while Mitchell gains a lifetime income from part of the estate. The document leaves open possible distributions to the University of Miami and Carnegie Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
UPI
Arthur Vining Davis
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Dade County
Frank Blanton
Davis
Evelyn Mitchell
First National Bank of Miami
Mellon National Bank and Trust Co
Pittsburgh
United States
Dorothy A. Given
New York
William Given
Edward K. Davis
Miss Mitchell
University of Miami
Carnegie Institute
Beamon Rites for Charley O Beamon Detroit Miner
Final rites for Charley Oscar Beamon 63 of Detroit formerly Rhodell set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Church of God with Rev Clyde Holland presiding burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beamon died Saturday in a Detroit hospital after a month long illness attributed to lung cancer Born February 6 1899 in Ash County North Carolina he was a retired coal miner and had lived in Rhodels 36 years before moving to Detroit in 1954 Survivors include his wife Nannie Beamon Detroit three sons C O Jr William and Darrell all of Detroit four daughters Evelyn and Janie both of Detroit Mrs Ernest Gladys Prit...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Oscar Beamon
Detroit
Mich
Rhodell
Church of God
Clyde Holland
Sunset Memorial Park
Beamon
Ash County
N.C
Riley and
Jane Beamon
Rhodesl
Nannie Beamon
C. O. Jr
William
Darrell
Evelyn Beamon
Janie Beamon
Ernest
Gladys) Prit
Whistling Swan Blamed for Fatal plane crash
Government investigators in Washington said a migrating whistling swan weighing 11 to 14 pounds struck the tail of a United Air Lines Viscount last Friday near Ellicott City Maryland, ripping an eight inch hole in the stabilizer and causing the plane to break up in flight killing all 17 aboard. CAB spokesman George A. Van Epps noted in flight separations of major tail components render an aircraft uncontrollable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
United Air Lines
Ellicott City
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
George A. van Epps
Telstar Fault Sought by Bell Lab Engineers
Bell Telephone Co engineers in Murray Hill work to fix a malfunction in Telstar the private sector satellite has not responded to ground commands since last week. The fault appeared at an Andover Maine earth station and has not affected telemetry. The last successful command was on orbit 1242 last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Hill
N.J
UPID
Bell Telephone Co
Telstar Communications
Andover
Maine
Telstar
Marsh Fork Magistrate Qualifies For Office
Bonding of Thomas Laverty as newly elected justice of the peace for the Marsh Fork District was recorded in proceedings of the Raleigh County Court today. The court also approved the notary public application of Margaret K Burdiss, Coal City. ALL MEMBERS of the court were present at the morning meeting including Andy Lilly, who has returned from his vacation in Rot Springs, Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Laverty
Marsh Fork
Raleigh
Margaret K. Burdiss
Coal City
Andy Lilly
Rot Springs
Ark
Artie Men Sentenced For Petit Larceny
Two Artie residents Tex Bailey and Larry Williams began 10 day sentences in Raleigh County Jail for petit larceny after stealing 5-6 gallons of gasoline and a tire from Johnny Burgess in Artie on Nov 19. Each received a $10 fine and costs. arrested by Deputy Sheriff Joe Asbury at Clear Creek. Tom McGrady of Beckley posted a $108 cash bond for reckless driving and no registration card charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie
Raleigh
Tex Bailey
Larry Williams
William Stanley
Johnny Burgess
Joe Asbury
Clear Creek
Tom McGrady
Beckley
Precinct Workers Can Claim Checks
Precinct workers may collect their checks at the Raleigh County Clerk's office. C O Smith announces pickup option for all precinct staff. The notice specifies where to obtain payments and the official handling contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Clerk’s Office
C. O
Five East Germans Escape to West Berlin in Fog
Five East Germans fled to West Berlin under cover of fog and darkness as border guards fired bullets and flares to stop the escape. The number of known escapes rose to 21 since Saturday, with details on injuries or arrests unclear due to defense fog.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Gift Buying Possible Wednesday Afternoons
Beckley retail stores observing Christmas shopping hours will remain open Wednesday afternoons until Jan 2. Evening openings start Dec 14 with 9 p.m. hours through Dec 24 when closing time shifts to 6 p.m. The hours were agreed by the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce Mercantile Board and observed by most members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Retail
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce Mercantile Board
Driver Jailed For Drunkenness And Traffic Fines
A series of traffic offenses and related court actions are outlined. Dempsey Pittman and Glen White posted bonds to appear in magistrate court for drunk driving. Multiple drivers faced fines for speeding defective equipment illegal passing and other violations in Magistrate Burke and Rodriguez courts. Thomas Tyree released on own recognizance to face grand jury on four breaking and entering charges.
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Dempsey Pittman
Glen White
W. A. Burke
Burke
Nora J. Fink
Ghent
W. E. Underwood
Shady Spring
Johnny B. Attilli
Sophia
Ernest D. Basham
Princewick
Thomas J. Houck
Midway
James Paul Basham
Cool Ridge
Meryl McKay Hall
Mullins
N. A. Pennington Jr
Crow
John Allen
Beckley
Jimmie Pat Swift
Rodriguez
Kent Tyree
Pax
Weldon M. Nesmith
Naoma
Thomas Tyree
Grand
John’s Amoco
Ray's Market
Crisis meeting over Cuba missiles praised by President
From Ft Stewart to Key West leaders met at the height of the Cuban crisis after discovery of long range missiles in Cuba. The President decorated surveillance teams and praised the high caliber and cooperation of officers and men. he noted the alert remains strong until Russians leave Cuba and that the state of alert has since eased for involved units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Stewart
Key West
Fla
Boyles
Cuba
White House
Keyrock Driver Forfeits Bond In Reckless Driving Case
Danny D Pendry of Keyrock forfeited a $58 cash bond at Monday’s Police Court on reckless driving. Eighteen others forfeited bonds totaling $336. two had no operator’s license. Names, charges and bond amounts reflect a busy session with varied offenses including intoxication and defective equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny D. Pendry
Keyrock
George Tex Bailey
Artie
John Turner
Court St
Charleston
Charles Patterson
Oak Ridge Dr
Eric Tyree
Larry N. Hedrick
Beckley
William S. Wilkinson
Ronnie Norris Richards
Larry A. Wolf
Mabscott
David Stanley
Stamford
South Kanawha Street
Earl Ward
Eugene R. Scott
Jerry Lee Perkins
Southwick Sworn to Lead Kennedy Public Works Program
Former Washington newsman Paul Southwick, 42, of West Newton Massachusetts now living in Chevy Chase Maryland, sworn in as deputy administrator for public works of the Area Redevelopment Administration by Administrator William L. Batt Jr. The ceremony was attended by his wife and three children. Southwick previously covered news for UPI in Washington from 1950 to 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
Paul Southwick
Kennedy
Southwick
West Newton
Mass
Chevy Chase
Area Redevelopment Administration
ARA
William L. Batt Jr
Batt
United Press International
India Eyes No War Alliance Despite U S Aid
The article notes Pakistan’s uproar over Western arms to India as tensions rise. It reports a U S signed cotton aid of 46.6 million dollars to India to keep textile mills operating and mentions leaders Nehru and Shastri discussing possible air strikes against China if needed while stressing India’s non aligned stance. Top U S and British fact-finders return to New Delhi after Assam and NEFA inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pakistan
India
U. S
J. Kenneth Galbraith
United States
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nehru
New Delhi
Assam
NEFA
Damages From Two City Auto Accidents
Approximately 210 in damages resulted from two city auto accidents investigated by City Police Monday. A 1961 model car driven by W H Roles 47 of 107 Center St sideswiped Elsie Hills 905 S Fayette St parked car. Damages totaled 60 with no charges filed. A second two car crash on Valley Drive South at 8 am involved Orman Meadows 38 Beckley and Ruby Wilkies 51 104 Ellison Ave. Meadows 1960 car struck by Wilkies 1962 car at an angle. damages estimated 150 with no charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Roles
Center St
Elsie Hill
S. Fayette St
Hill
Church Street
Valley Drive South
Orman B. Meadows
Beckley
Ruby Wilkies
Ellison Ave
Meadows
Wilities
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