Orders Entered In Four Suits In Raleigh Court
Four suits heard by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp with three divorces granted. James P. Crook awarded 310.02 from American Casualty Co. of Reading Pa for September 1960 White Oak auto crash that injured Trooper Herreld and Constable Rodriguez. son Norman Edward Crook awarded nothing. Sutton vs White Star Taxi Co. et al. cross claims dismissed. Taylor defendants not liable. Cross claims against Taylor and son to be tried separately. Stoke cases against Schlenker and Scenic State Electric, Inc. dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
James P. Crook
White Oak
American Casualty Co
Reading
Norman Edward Crook
Crook
L. A. Herreld
Joe Rodriguez
Nancy Holt Sutton
White Star Taxi Co
Vandall Holliday
Wiley H. Taylor
Dennis R. Taylor
Taylors
White Star
Taylor
Sutton
Michael
Rosa Stoke
Marvin M. Schlenker
Scenic State Electric, Inc
Grady Whitlock
Damages Sought From Landlord in Two Raleigh Suits
In Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office two suits seek damages and sums due. Rolla Williams landlord to Kathryn Jolly allegedly demanded rent in loud terms at an employer store, causing nervous shock and reputational harm. Jolly seeks $3,000 with jury trial. Fuller sues for $2,670.91 on a $3,000 note signed by Violet M. Cole on August 1, 1959. Thornhill, Thornhill & Kennedy represent Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Rolla Williams
Kathryn Jolly
Violet M. Cole
Daniels
Thornhill, Thornhill and
Kennedy
Fuller
Sophia Street Bids Opened For West Street Paving
Tower Construction Co. submitted the apparent low bid of 10682.92 for paving West Street in Sophia, with Acme Construction Co. bidding 11122.50. Bids were opened at 10 a.m. in a county court special session today. County Chairman Okey Mills submitted the Democratic precinct officers for approval while the Republican list remained due by noon. The courthouse will close for the funeral of former Criminal Court Judge W. A. Riffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tower Construction Co
West Street
Sophia
Acme Construction Co
Okey Mills
W. A. Riffe
Breakfast Food Smokes Taken From Patton's Market
Beckley City Police investigate a Monday night break in at Patton's Market through a side glass door. Thieves stole 15 pounds of bacon, several quarts of milk, 20 dozen eggs, 50 cartons of assorted cigarettes, 2 boxes of candy bars, and about 12 model airplanes and cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Injuries Reported After Household Accident
Two people were treated at Beckley Hospital Thursday evening. Joann Davis age 4 daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Davis 306 Ellison Ave suffered injuries to her right arm when it was caught in a washing machine. Ralph Hill Colcord was treated for cuts to his left foot suffered on an ax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Joann Davis
Herman Davis
Ellison Ave
Ralph Hill
Shortening The News Items From Page One And More
Myers Tobacco Co faces trial over $1 250 000 charges of lung cancer from smoking Chesterfield cigarettes as jury selection begins in Pittsburgh federal court. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen released after abdominal ailment treatment. Railroads plan central committee to handle labor relations, superseding regional groups. Rev Columba J Devlin to be inaugurated Oct 14 as third president of College of Steubenville. Jordan expresses regret at border police sergeant death after exchange of fire with Israeli forces. State Road Commissioner Sawyers announces higher truck gross loads on US 60 and US 21 north of Charleston. Damages estimated at $110 000 after four hour fire destroys the Smoke House restaurant in Logan. Leo Casey, 56, former U S marshal from Fairmont, dies in Hamilton Hospital. 15th Rural Health Conference to be held in Morgantown with over 100 attendees from farm and rural groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Columba J. Devlin
St. Francis College
Loretta
College of Steubenville
Ohio
Jordan
Burl Sawyers
U. S. 60
U. S. 21
Charleston
Smoke House
Logan
Leo Casey
Columbus
U. S
Fairmont
Hamilton
Harley O. Staggers
West Virginia
Jackson’s Mill
Morgantown
Train Hits Car Injuring Driver in Wyoming County
Mullens Wyoming County report states Dan Delbert Daniel 33 Wayland Ky is in good condition at Wyoming General Hospital after a car train collision at 8 10 p m at the Norfolk and Western crossing in Maben. He suffered cuts to his chin and forehead and said he did not see the train as he approached. The train was moving slowly with empty coal cars to the Maben tipple. His 1956 model car was a total loss.
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Mullens
RNS
Dan Delbert Daniel
Wayland
Wyoming General Hospital
Wyoming County
Daniel
Norfolk and Western
Maben
S. E. Eppling
Nixon Brown exchange quotes highlight 1960s campaign bets
United Press International quotes Richard M. Nixon and Edmund G. Brown in a California gubernatorial race exchange. Nixon says he has made mistakes but is an honest man while Brown stands firm. The Daily Mirror remarks on James Meredith's courage in Oxford, Mississippi amid segregation pressures. Rep. Frank J. Becker pushes for a Cuba sea blockade with a warning against appeasement.
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United Press International
San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
California
Edmund G. Brown
London
The
Daily Mirror
Mississippi
James Meredith
Oxford
70 Miners Working In Newly Opened Pits
About 70 new jobs are available in Raleigh Wyom ing and Nicholas counties from recently issued mining permits announced by the Beckley office of the West Virginia Department of Mines. Raleigh County permits list Triangle Coal Co Mine No 2 employing 12, CC&L Coal Co Mine No 3 employing 10, and Garrison Coal Co Mine No 5 employing 3. Wyoming County Little Joe Coal Co Mine No 6 employed count not available. Nicholas County Leaney Coal Co Mine No 5 employing 30 and WW Coal Co Mine No 2 employing 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wyoming
Nicholas Counties
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
Raleigh County
Triangle Coal Co
Cc&l Coal Co
Garrison Coal Co
Wyoming County
Little Joe Coal Co
Nicholas County
Leaney Coal Co
W W Coal Co
Beckley Hospital Patient Miss Crickmer Undergoes Surgery
Miss Lucille Crickmer of 114 Beckley Ave is listed as improving at Beckley Hospital where she has been a patient since September 17. She underwent surgery on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Crickmer
Beckley Ave
Beckley Hospital
Deaths and Funerals in Beckley and Mabscott
The death notices include the passing of James Riffe a longtime lawyer and ex Elks member with ties to Beckley and Mabscott as well as a Mabscott mayor James Kirk and his family details. Riffe lived in Beckley since the late 1920s and was associated with Williams and Riffe. Kirk 87 died after a two month illness and is survived by his wife Bertha and son James plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Graveside rites and funeral home arrangements are noted.
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Effie Legg
Tolleytown
Azel
Wade Hampton Riffe
Marshall College
Cumberland, Tenn. School of
Riffe
Bedford
Beckley Elks Lodge
James Bloom Kirk
Mabscott
Melton
Norman Harless
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Rainelle
George Newton
Octavia Keeney Kirk
Bertha Pugh
James
Kirk Transfer
Calvary Baptist Church
Knights of Pythias
Beckley
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Whitestick Lodge
Basil Anderson
L. N. Breckenridge
S. H., Fink
Clyde Crowley
Paul Gunter
Elgin M. Hall
Hume Vogt
J. H. Holt
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Whitestick Lodge No
James H Gillespie Funeral Arrangements Announced
James Hansford Gillespie aged 62 of Mount Hope and formerly of White Sulphur Springs died Monday afternoon at his home after a heart attack. He was a World War II veteran and member of Watcoat Methodist Church. Survived by wife Frances, two stepdaughters, four brothers, three sisters, and seven stepgrandchildren. Body at Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs.
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James Hansford Gillespie
Mount Hope
White Sulphur Springs
Watcoat Methodist Church
Frances Gillespie
Don Williams
Phil Groanwal
Lewisville
Minn
Daniel
Harry
Ashtabula
Ohio
Joseph
Kingsville
Paul Gillespie
Frankford
Bonnie Richardson
Mary Tincher
East Rainelle
Florence Tincher
Rainelle
Shanklin Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Martha Jane Scott observed at Beards Fork
Mrs Martha Jane Scott 85 of Beards Fork dies after a long illness in Hilltop nursing home. Funeral at Kincaid Church of God with Rev Clarence Bowen. Burial in McKinney Cemetery Beards Fork. Survived by four sons Chester Everett Joseph R Quillie, a daughter Ethel Haskett, a brother Grant Legg, two sisters Celia Cavender and Delia Comer, 25 grandchildren 42 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill after 4 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Jane Scott
Beards Fork
Kincaid Church of God
Clarence Bowen
McKinney
Scott
Tyree
Final rites for Miss Charline Woodson in North Beckley
Miss Charline Amelia Woodson age 18 of Sprague dies at home Sunday morning. Final rites set for 2 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church North Beckley with Rev C D B Toler and Rev Elmer Day. Greenwood Memorial Park. Body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charline Amelia Woodson
Sprague
First Baptist Church
North Beckley
C. Db. Toler
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Berger
Ollie
Rhodell
Amigo Baptist Church
Amigo
W. M. Freesman
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Woodson Woodson
Charline
G. D. Toler
Aregustine Clay Funeral Services Scheduled
Aregustine Clay 80 of Harper Heights will have funeral services at 1 p m Thursday at Shiloh Baptist Church Harper Heights with Rev. G C Gilbert in charge. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Friday at 5 15 p m after a long illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Gussie Kelly Newark N J. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlorman to transport to the church one hour before services.
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Aregustine Clay
Harper Heights
Shiloh Baptist Church
G. C. Gilbert
Greenwood Memorial Park
Gussie Kelly
Newark
N. J
Ritchie and Johnson
Mrs Carrie Brooks Rites Set In Mount Tabor Church
Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Brooks 85 of Green Sulphur Springs formerly Oak Grove will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev Albert L Ostrander in charge Burial will follow at Mount Tabor Cemetery She died Monday night after a long illness Surviving sons Harland and Clarence at home Raymond of Crab Orchard five grandchildren and four great grandchildren Also listed are her husband Christopher C Brooks deceased in 1952 Funeral home Rose and Quesenberry handled arrangements up to an hour before service
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Carrie Brooks
Green Sulphur Springs
Oak Grove
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Albert L. Ostrander
Mount Tabor
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Wyoming County
Christopher C. Brooks
Harland
Clarence
Raymond
Crab Orchard
Rose and Quesenberry
Brooks Brooks
Carrie
W. Va
South Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Irwin Amick Funeral Service Planned at Pleasant Hill
Funeral services for Irwin Starling Amick, 78, East Rainelle, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church in Runa with Rev. Leslie Pennington officiating. Burial follows in Dorsey Cemetery. Amick, a retired railroad employee, died Sunday evening in a Ronceverte hospital after a long illness. Surviving is a brother.
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Irwin Starling Amick
East Rainelle
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
Runa
Leslie Pennington
Dorsey
Amick
Ronceverte
Driver Appears On Drunkenness Charge
Gerald Edward Roberts of Gad was remanded to jail in lieu of a $50 fine and costs on a drunk driving charge, with a 24 hour jail term and six month license revocation issued by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez after a State Police arrest on the 1921 By Pass. Other locals faced minor counts from speeding to petty larceny including Mabscott youths convicted on five counts of petit larceny for stealing bicycles valued at $114.95 and released to Juvenile Court jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Edward Roberts
Gad
Joe Rodriguez
Roberts
Harry D. Bryant
Mabscott
Rodriguez
Valley Drive
Edward Lowe
Oak Hill
Charles Justice
Thompson Drug Co
Lowe
Justice
Raleigh
Firecomen
Donald Eugene Hensley
Roger Dean Adkins
Kenneth Earl Asbury
Hensley
Everett CC. Mathews
Stotesbury
Azel R. Evans
Bostic Ave
Eccles
Jackie Lee Harvey
Robert Acord Jr
Harvey
Acord
Wickham
Old Eccles Road
H. H. Hutchinson
Boyd Hutchinson
Venns Broyles
Beckley
Lillian Lilly
Cool Ridge
George A. Lewis
Jenkin Jones
Eddie Eastman
Everett C. Boyden
W. A. Burke
Jack Cooke
Reservoir Road
Hershel R. Hylton
Fireco
Russell Cottell
Maple Fork
Mine the New River Park site of the mine
Arriving in town Monday evening for the work from Baltimore were Wallace Kendall project director Richard Campbell producer director James Linhart production assistant and script man Tom Grieves sound technician and Walter Sniadacht lighting technician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Park
Baltimore
Wallace Kendall
Richard Campbell
James Linhart
Tom Grieves
Walter Sniadacht
Two First Aid Calls Reported by Beckley Rescue Squad
Beckley Rescue Squad processed two medical calls Monday. At 5 a.m. they aided James A. Crawford, 73, at 318 Ewart Ave after respiratory trouble and transported him to Beckley Memorial Hospital. his condition was not available. At 5:55 p.m. they responded to G C Murphy on Main Street where Golden Pettry, 63, of Arnett reportedly became ill. he did not require further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
James A. Crawford
Ewart Ave
Beckley Memorial Hospital
G. C. Murphy Co
Main Street
Golden Pettry
Arnett
Firmen
Amick Rites Planned for Emerson Amick in Oak Hill
Emerson Amick a retired railroader from Oak Hill died December 6, 1883, at Runa. He was the son of the late Samuel and Martha Dorsey Amick. Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainele arranged the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Amick
Oak Hill
Runa
Samuel and
Martha Dorsey Amick
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainele
Final rites for Asa Shanley in Wright and Anderson chapel
Asa Shanley aged 53 of 109 Mool Ave dies after a long illness Friday noon. Final rites set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Chapel with Elder W. A. Tres enwriter in charge. Burial to follow. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Shanley
Mool Ave
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
W. A. Tresenwriter
Greenwood Memorial Park
Bitter campaign charges push California governor race toward finish
In San Francisco Brown and Nixon heatedly sparred in their only joint event. The debate centered on a Hughes Tool loan to Nixon's brother and whether Nixon endorses Birch Society candidates. Brown demanded proof of misconduct while Nixon defended his integrity and challenged Brown to present evidence.
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San Francisco
UPI
Edmund G. Brown
Richard M. Nixon
California
United Press International
Nixon
Hughes Tool Co
Donald
John Birch Society
Brown
House UN - American Activities Committee
Ity
The
Tool Company
Chartered Plane Crashes Killing Eight Near Santa Maria
A chartered De Havilland Dove ferrying rocket and missile personnel from Los Angeles to Vandenberg AFB crashed on approach to Santa Maria Municipal Airport. Eight died, seven believed to be Martin Aircraft Co. technicians from Denver. The wreckage blocked by trees in a field, rescue crews removed the bodies. sheriff called it the county's second worst air disaster.
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Santa Maria
Calif
UPID
Los Angeles
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Sheriff’s Office
Martin Aircraft Co
Denver
Vandenberg
Santa Maria Municipal
Santa Barbara
James Webster
Center Airlines
de Haviland
Military rollout surrounds Oxford as troops seize weapons
Authorities in Oxford seize a growing arsenal of guns, knives and improvised weapons. About 70 of over 200 arrests remain in custody, many for rebellion. Lt. Gen. Hamilton Howze arrives with 2,600 paratroopers from the 101st and 82nd Airborne to take command alongside federalized Mississippi Guard and U S marshals. Army units hold positions in Columbus and standby forces near Memphis amid rumors of segregationist convoys from Alabama.
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Hamilton Howze
Fort Bragg
N.C
Oxford
Columbus
Miss
Alabama
Birmingham
Memphis
Tenn
Here
Raleigh County Board Pressure on Segregated School Attendance
A Raleigh County attorney claims the board through its superintendent and assistant superintendent encourages and in some cases enforces attendance at segregated and all Negro schools for pupils seeking the nearest school to their homes. The attorney says students cannot attend any school of their choice in the county. The board must file an answer by October 15, and no trial date will be set until the judge reviews briefs from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Castro Declares Haiti and Nearby Nations Subversion Front
Cuban base spillover aims at Haiti, Dominican Republic, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela. Venezuelan loyalists clash with Red guerrillas who seized a village 7 miles south of Caracas. Four killed and many wounded in western Venezuela as refugees report regular airdrops of men and weapons into border jungles.
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Haiti
Dominican Republic
Panama
Colombia
Venezuela
Caracas
Reds
Too Old To Be Needled At Polio Clinic
Cameron Texas. Mrs Jesse Ramirez 70 asked Milam County officials on Monday if she could take Type 1 Sabin anti polio vaccine home for her 115 year old mother. The officials questioned the motive as the old woman was described as aged and frail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Tex
UPI
Jesse Ramirez
Milam County
Student Hurts Back In Fall At Stratton High
Ella May Spinks, 17, daughter of Mrs. Odella Spinks of 201 Mills Ave., is in good condition at Beckley Hospital after injuring her back when she fell about 35 feet from a rope in a Stratton High School gym class. Principal Thomas Evans said she enjoyed rope climbing and had been warned against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella May Spinks
Odella Spinks
Mills Ave
Beckley Hospital
Stratton High School
Thomas Evans
Sym
Space Shot Faces Possible Daisy Threat to Landing Area
Space Shot risked disruption as storm Daisy threatened the emergency landing zone at end of orbit two, about 375 miles southeast of Bermuda. Forecasts labeled Wednesday as marginal with only partial clouding over Cape Canaveral during the two hour launch window, not expected to be prohibitive. Atlantic and Pacific weather reported good elsewhere.
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Daisy
Bermuda
Wedneser
Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
WVU Center to be Led by Paul Miller. Mental Health Chief Named
Barron, at WVU, announced directing a new center by WVU President Paul A. Miller. He also said Dr. Mildred Mitchell-Bateman would become permanent head of the State Mental Health Department, succeeding the late Dr. Charles Zeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Southern Regional Education Board
WVU
Paul A. Miller
Barron
Mildred Mitchell-Bateman
Charles Zeller
C&O Earnings Show Increase
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway reports September net income of 3.879 million, 47 cents a share, up from 3.281 million and 40 cents a year ago. Nine month earnings total 23.662 million and 2.87 a share, versus 18.363 million and 2.23. September gross revenues 28.917 million, up from 25.613 million. nine months 253.668 million vs 228.005 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
Self-serve policy starts at State Penitentiary cafeteria
In Columbia South Carolina a new self-service policy in the State Penitentiary cafeteria is expected to save the state about 12000 dollars annually. Inmates now serve themselves and must eat all they take, replacing the prior system where food was served and leftovers could be discarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia, S. C
UPI
State Penitentiary
Notice of Sale Temporary Notes Mount Hope WV 1962
The Housing Authority of Mount Hope West Virginia invites sealed proposals for 145000 temporary notes, 10th Series, to finance low rent housing. Proposals due October 16 1962 at City Hall 1 PM EDT. Notes dated November 7 1962 payable November 8 1963 with interest per annum as fixed by accepted proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority
City of
Mount Hope
West Virginia
City Hall
E.D.S.T
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Sophia Street
Patton’s
Washington
Frank J. Becker
R-N.y
Cuba
West Virginia Centennial Fund., Inc
Kanawha B
Shiloh School
Marsh Fork Road
W. A. “Wint’ Riffe
Dan Covey
Covey
James B. Kirk
James H. Gillespie
Mrs
Martha Scott
Charline Woodson
Aregustine
Irwin
Hughes
Thomas W. Braden
Oceanside
Blade-Tribune
State Board of Education
Preston Robinson
Deseret News and Telegram
Salt Lake City
Donald Nixon
Howard Hughes
Secur
Hughes Company
Meredith
Space
Kirk Kirk
James Bloom
Mons
Melton Mortuary
Doch Odoc
Si Webb & Neal
R. H. Neal
Mgr
Vance Drive
ODOC
Hopkins
Valley Drive South
Toyland
Beckley Area
New
Raleigh Rd
Town & Country Drive-In
Lillian Vance
Dial
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