Tax Delinquent Lands Certified For Sale In West Virginia
Raleigh County ranks second in the state with 129 tax delinquent properties listed for sale to satisfy 1958 taxes. Kanawha leads with 258, Harrison third with 109. Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Sparacino, deputy commissioner of forfeit and delinquent lands, will file chancery suits to sell for the school fund. each suit may contain up to 2 percent of items. Sales require court direction and approval before deed transfer, with proceeds to the sheriff. Redemptions are possible by petition to the circuit court before sale confirmation, typically with about 90 days between sales. No undeemed properties were listed in Calhoun, Clay, Jefferson, Hampshire, Mason, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton, and Wood counties.
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Raleigh County
Denzil Gainer
Kanawha County
Raleigh
Harrison
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Calhoun
Clay
Jefferson
Hampshire
Mason, Mineral
Morgan
Pendleton
Wood Counties
Fire Kills Five Small Children in Bridgeport Apartment
A Tuesday night blaze on the third floor of a six family tenement in Bridgeport killed five children aged 2 to 7. Carla May 7 suffocated while four others Daryl 3 Carlton Jr. 4 Priscilla 6 and Selma 2 died from burns. The victims were siblings of Carlton Muse and Carla May and their parents escaped but attempted to return. Fire officials traced the fire to a cabinet heater that exploded due to unadjusted oil flow.
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Bridgeport, Conn
UPI
Carlton Muse
Carla May
Priscilla
Carlton Jr
Daryl
Selma
Muse
Charleston Seeks 2 Loan Co Holdup Men
Kanawha County authorities search for two bandits who robbed two loan companies within a block. One, a man in his 60s wearing an army overcoat and waving a pistol with a fake bomb, hit Beneficial Finance in the morning. the other, a younger man, robbed Public Finance in the afternoon. Amounts taken were not immediately known.
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Charleston
UPI
Kanawha
Beneficial Finance Company
Public Finance Company
Courthouse Tree Decorated For Yale
The Fayette Main Street courthouse lawn pine tree was decorated today by County Jail inmates who placed ornaments. Lights will be added later to enhance the city’s holiday display.
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Fayette - Main Street
Now You Know By United Press International
John Marshall, U S chief justice from 1801 to 1835, was the father of 10 children.
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United Press International
John Marshall
U.S
Treasury Stops Selling Silver
Washington reports the Treasury halted silver sales as part of a plan to end government involvement in silver trading and move toward a free commodity market. President Kennedy urged Congress to repeal the law requiring Treasury to buy all newly mined silver. Producers welcome a higher price. consumers hope for a modest rise and eventual market freedom.
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Washington
UPS
Treasury
Kennedy
London
Congress
Oxygen Tent Cigarette Explosion Injures 15
A cigarette lit in an oxygen tent caused an explosion and fire injuring 15 people at Elmhurst General Hospital Queens. One patient Robert Hennessey 52 Avon N J in critical condition. Israel Ratner 79 New York also injured. Hospital staff extinguished the blaze before fire crews arrived.
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New York
UPD
Elmhurst General Hospital
Queens Borough
Robert Hennessey
Avon
N.J
Israel Ratner
Ees
Et Hospital Employes
Dental Council Forming At Raleigh County Meet Tonight
A meeting at the Centre at 7:30 p.m. aims to form a Dental Council to support the Raleigh County Health Center dental clinic. Dr. Gerald Guine will outline procedures, with Dr. Burdette and Dr. Farris leading the organizing effort. Plans include exams and X-rays for 1200 second grade pupils, parent notification and follow up, and possible treatment for those needing care. Fifteen to twenty attendees are expected from women’s groups and Parent-Teacher Associations.
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Raleigh County Health Center
Board of Health
Elinor Hurt
Gerald Guine
B. Hugh Burdette
James Farris
New River Dental Society
John W. Saunders
Civitans
Burdette
4-H Club Officers To Meet Saturday
4 H Club officers will gather Saturday at 11 a m for a training meeting at Morton Reeves Elementary School. Raleigh County home demonstration agent Mrs Gustine Elliot says officers from 30 clubs are expected to attend to learn their duties. more than 400 children are eligible.
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Morton Reeves Elementary School
Gustine Elliot
Raleigh County
Elliot
Last cavalry officer dies. Churchill sole survivor of charge
In Sudan 1898 Lt. Col. Sir Hugh Bateman Pro theroe-Smith, 89, died Tuesday leaving Sir Winston Churchill, 87, as the last surviving 21st Lancers officer who charged at Omdurman. The maneuver is noted as a near final cavalry assault in military history. Also reported deaths include Nathalie Gray Bernard of Winston-Salem, Perez Huff of Hollywood, and Sister Mary Vincent of Mobile.
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Flamouth
England
UPI
Hugh Bateman Protheroe-Smith
Sudan
Winston Churchill
21St Lancers
Omdurman
Deaths and Funerals Scott Family
Funeral services for Terry Scott seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore M Scott of Pottsville Pa and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs R E Scott 129 Whitestick Rd will be conducted Thursday in Ligonier Pa The child died Monday night at her home after an illness since birth Death attributed to a heart condition Other survivors include three sisters and a brother For 21 years he was a retired major in the Army Reserve Survivors include his wife Kathleen Dressler Loftus formerly of Hinton a son Harry Jr of Washington DC two daughters Mrs James Biller of Falls Church Va and Miss Mary Frances Loftus at home and three grandchildren
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Terry ‘Scott
Theodore M. Scott
Pottsville
R. E. Scott
Whitestick Rd
Ligonier
Kathleen Dressler Loftus
Hinton
Harry Jr
Washington, D. C
James Biller
Falls Church
Mary Frances Loftus
Mrs Sears Final Rites Held For Talcott Resident
Mrs. Sarah Sears Caro Sears, 71, of Talcott, died at Hinton Hospital after a long illness. Final rites were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors. Burial followed in the family cemetery near Hix. She was born February 11, 1890, in Summers County near Sandstone. Survivors include a stepson Clarence Sears and a sister Mrs Ida Shieler Beaver. Her husband John A. Sears died in 1943.
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Sarah Caroline Sears
Talcott
Ronald Meadows
Woodrow Beaver
Billy Apostolon
Hix
Sears
Hinton Hospital
Clarence Sears
Sophia
Ida Shieler
Beaver
Summers County
Sandstone
Jackson Jand Christine Jones Bennett
John A. Sears
Death Notice for George P. Hess of Richlands VA
George P. Hess, 65, of Richlands, Virginia, died at 4 20 a m today at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital where he was admitted August 9 for treatment. The body lies in state at the Farmers Funeral Home, Richlands.
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George P. Hess
Richlands
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Farmers Funeral Home
Meadows Infant Dies. Funeral Set At Webb and Neal
Chris David Meadows, day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Meadows of 500 Bailey Ave, died at 8:25 am Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 pm Thursday at the Webb and Neal Funeral Home with Rev. E R. Rose officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Surviving are the parents and paternal grandparents H. H. Meadows of Bartow, Florida, and maternal grandparents Mayo Miller of Beckley and 104 Railroad Ave. Beckley.
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Chris David Meadows
Frank E. Meadows
Bailey Ave
Webb and Neal Funeral
E. R. Rose
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
H. H. Meadows
Bartow
Fla
Mayo Miller
Railroad Ave
Beckley
Rites set for Harry C. Loftus of Washington
Final rites are scheduled for 52 year old Harry C. Loftus of Washington D C formerly of Beckley at 10 30 a m Friday in Washington He died at 1245 a m Tuesday at Mount Alto Veterans Administration Hospital Washington Born in Beckley June 26 1909 he graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1928 where he was active in sports especially basketball Employed at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington
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Harry C. Loftus
Washington
D. C
Beckley
Loftus
Mount Alto Veterans Administration Hospital
Woodrow Wilson High School
Naval Research Laboratory
Funeral services for Ira Merton Ford held in Falls Church
Ira Merton Ford of Beckley aged 55 died after a long illness at Falls Church. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Pearson Funeral Home in Falls Church Virginia with burial in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Ira Merton Ford
Beckley
Pearson Funeral Home
Falls Church
Arlington National Cemetery
Ford
A&P Supermarket in Charleston Destroyed by Fire
A two alarm blaze at the corner of Smith and Broad Streets in Charleston caused an estimated 250000 in damage to a large A&P store. About 50 firefighters battled the fire, an explosion knocked down three men inside, all with non fatal injuries. The one story glass brick building was a total loss and origin is undetermined.
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Charleston
UPI
A&p
Smith and
Broad Streets
Charles Clendenin
Tom Chapman
Jim McCracken
Clendenin
Twists and postcards and a hospital gift tease headlines
A collage of quirky briefs from UPI items includes a lost postcard warning Al Yancey dated 1913 found in Tulsa, a chiropractor blaming dancing the twist for pains, St Mary's Hospital gifting the tenth child on the house, and a student pilot in Norfolk encountering a mouse during her solo flight.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Sam
al Yancey
White
Knoxville, Tenn
St. Mary's Hospital
Charles O'Connors
St. Mary’s
Norfolk
Eng
Kathleen Wimpenny
Kennedy Interview Reaches Russian Audience in Izvestia
President Kennedy, able to share his views with Russians through Tuesday's Izvestia interview, emphasized a strategic chance to convey policies. Bowles praised Chester Bowles as his special representative for Africa, Asia and Latin America for more effective use of his talents beyond daily State Department work.
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Wng
Russia
Izvestia
Bowles
Chester Bowles
Africa
Asia
Latin America
State Department
Talks at Geneva Hit Deadlock Over Nuclear Ban
The United States and Britain fear further Geneva talks may be pointless as they await Soviet chief negotiator Tsarapkin's reply. Tsarapkin demands France join any treaty and calls for nuclear prohibitions without international controls. Dean calls the Soviet plan an unashamed propaganda move that dishonors past pledges.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Britain
Russia
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Joseph Godber
Semyon Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
France
Soviet Union
Dean
Kennedy Castro exchange highlights Cold War tensions
MOSCOW reports Kennedy defends U S Cuba policy while Castro is accused of breaking promises to allow free elections. Johnson challenges anti Soviet extremists seeking total victory. Rusk calls for international supervisory bodies to identify covert aggression. Churchill comments on aging leaders and deafness in Commons.
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United Press International
Moscow
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Philadelphia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Russia
Soviet Union
Brumidi Painting Depicts Cornwallis Officer Plea for Truce
A Brumidi work shows Cornwallis officer petitioning Washington for a two day truce rather than Washington receiving Cornwallis. Cornwallis did not surrender to Washington and General O Hara stood in for him at the ceremony while ill. The mural may soon adorn a restaurant wall, hoped to improve dining.
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George Washington
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Brumidi
Washington
O'Hara
Seal Sales Drive Totals 3839.85 for Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports $3,839.85 raised for the Christmas Seal campaign, compared with $3,675.15 last year. Executive director Mrs. C. C. Lewis notes more letters were returned this year, though the drive lags behind 1960 in proportion to responses. Senior Girl Scout Troop 675, led by adviser Mrs. B. K. Peter, helped post and sort mail alongside members including Barbara Lester and Catherine Luchini.
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Raleigh County
C. C. Lewis
County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Girl Scout Troop 675
B. K. Peter
Association
Barbara Lester
Catherine Luchini
Sandra Haga
Sharon Brash
Marilyn Oaks
Kay McAllister
Linda Harris
Opposition Strikes and Talks in Dominican Crisis
Opposition groups including the UCN press for a Junta government with Balaguer resigning while a mediator from PRD engages government talks. A chain-call campaign spreads among members to sustain the strike, radio broadcasts urge regional demonstrations, and Gen. Pedro Rodríguez Echavarría denies Communist influence.
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Balaguer
UCN
Fiallo
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
Dominican Lawyers’ Association
Radio Havana
Latin America
Juan Bosch
PRD
Congress
Kennedy and Tass clash over Berlin and Cuba remarks
Tass reports Kennedy refuses to recognize two German states and links Berlin to a Soviet split. U.S. officials cite Tass distortions on Cuba with Castro breaking promises on elections while Kennedy argues free elections in Cuba were violated.
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United States
Geneva
Berlin
Germany
Tass
Kennedy
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Space Capsule On Course For Three Orbits Over Atlantic
Space Shot regained contact with the capsule within ten minutes as the engine rockets shut off on time about five minutes after liftoff. The gray craft spun with its blunt end forward and, while over the Atlantic, signals were picked up by Bermuda and other stations and ships. It streaked at speeds exceeding seventeen thousand miles per hour on the first of three planned orbits.
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Bermuda
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Coal Research Bureau Urged At West Virginia University
A citizens group urged establishing a state coal research bureau at WVU to expand studies in gasification and coal fired power. The plan calls for initial $60,000 funding rising to $200,000 yearly, with a statutory advisory committee replacing the existing council.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia University
Scientific Advisory Council On
Wvu
J. W. Leonard
Leonard
Joseph Pittsglove Jr
Pittssburgh
Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia
West
Illinois
Sophia Man Executes Bond
The second of five men held in Raleigh County Jail for stealing $150 from three telephone booths in Sophia area was released Monday after posting two $1,000 bonds. Phillip Utt, 28, of Sophia, was freed on grand larceny charges. Also jailed were MARY NEELY of Bradley on an assault and battery charge and Edward Mann of Beckley released after serving time for leaving the scene of an accident. Two area men were released to Army MPs for AWOL charges: Roy Rogers Fortner of Daniels from Ft Carson and Kenner C Bailey Jr. from Ft Gordon.
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Raleigh
Sophia
Phillip Utt
W. A. Burke
Mary Neely
Bradley
Edward Mann
Beckley
Army Military Police
Roy Rogers Fortner
Daniels
Ft. Carson
Colo
Kenner C. Bailey Jr
Wyoming County
Ft. Gordon, Ga
Mistaken Katanga assault frees two hostages in Elisabethville
Katangese soldiers stopped three or four houses from Sheridan Smith home and assaulted two arriving guests. Urquhart bled from scalp and facial wounds. Officials called the event a mistake as U.N. and American forces patrolled the area and Smith, aided by Consul Louis Hoffacker, was saved from serious harm.
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Sheridan Smith
Urquhart
Norbert Muke
Katanga
U.N
Muke
U.S
Elisabethville
Louis Hoffacker
Smith
Six WV Counties Added to Flame of Pride Map
Six West Virginia counties Berkeley Calhoun Mason Putnam Upshur and Wirt qualified for Gov Barron s Flame of Pride board on statehouse lawns. The update brings the total counties with lit markers to 37 on the statewide map.
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Charleston
Upd
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Berkeley
Calhoun
Mason
Putnam
Upshur
Wirt
Detective Magazines Use Register Photos
Raleigh Register photos appear in two detective magazines on newstands True Police Cases and True Detective. Images depict the recent Huntington minister case and were taken by Ross Martin, Register reporter. The Battle of San Juan Hill is noted as a Civil War reference in the text.
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Raleigh Register
True Detective
Huntington
Ross Martin
Register
Coldest Weather Yet Hits State
The Weather Bureau reported a 14 degree reading at Flat Top in Mercer County, with Charleston 16 and Bluefield 16 to 18 in the coldest snap since last February. Highs ranged 28 to 40, with night lows 16 to 22, and a forecast of 6 to 8 degrees below normal for several days. Some flurries possible in high mountains, no snow expected.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Flat Top
Mercer County
Mercury
Charleston
Bluefield
Huntington
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Elkins
Morgantown
Martinsburg
Shortening The News Shortening The News celebration
Gov Barron met with legislative leaders and department heads to plan topics for the January session. A legislative subcommittee told a state civil service commission panel that agencies share blame for the system’s problems. In Weirton a Pittsburg man died and a local youth was seriously injured in a Tues night wreck. Republican leaders urged Barron to limit the 1962 63 state budget agenda.
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W. W. Barron
State Civil Service Commission
Pittsburg
Weirton
Peter E. Nicholas
Francis E. Howell
Barron
Drama Of Uncrowned King Still Continues Royal Residence Gates
London reports recount the Windsor drama as the Duke and Duchess visit Victoria Station and Claridge s amid royal gates barred. Edward VIII’s abdication and Mrs. Simpson era are recalled, with Seacourt and Broad works cited, noting miscalculations, public sentiment, and lingering affection for the prince.
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Duchess of Windsor
Harry Ferguson
London
UPI
Duke
Victoria Station
Princess Margaret
Buckingham Palace
Claridge’s
Edward VIII
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Winston-Salem, N.C
Nathalie Gray Bernard
Bowman Gray Jr
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Hollywood
Mobile, Ala
Mary Vincent
Ireland
Mobile-Birmingham
PSP
Appalachian
Hagrolerchion Power Company
Pavel
Terry Scott
Sarah Sears
Chris D. Meadows
A&p Blaze
Trenton
Lucian Ford
Hammonton
Dean Rusk
Commons
M.P
Dick West
Space
Coal Research Bureau Establishment
Sophia Man
Bond
Katangese
Hoffacker
Moishe Tshombe
Tshombe
San Juan Hill
Baltimore
The
Sunday Telegraph
Seacourt
Stanley Baldwin
Prince of Wales
George V
Windsor Castle
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