Stotesbury State Groups Plan Wednesday Meeting
A public meeting to boost activities in establishing Stotesbury as the nation’s first coal town museum will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the mine office. State Senator G. C. Porter and other officials will outline plans, with Willing Workers Club leader Mrs. Sam Leslie inviting former residents to attend.
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Stotesbury
Sam Leslie
Willing Workers Club
G. C. Porter
Robert Hamilton
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Robert Bowers
State Department of Commerce
W. W
Jackie “Withrow
Raleigh
House of Delegates
Sullivan Man Bonds Out on Felony Charge
Francis Jacob Holt of Sullivan waived to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W A Burke. Holt posted a $1,000 appearance bond and was released, linked to a shooting that injured Francis Wilson Nicewander of Beaver. Nicewander remains in serious condition at Beckley V A Hospital with shotgun wounds to the shoulder. The shooting occurred through a kitchen door at Bessie Martin’s home in Sullivan as Nicewander and Albert Myers attempted a break in.
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Francis Jacob Holt
Sullivan
W. A. Burke
Holt
Francis Wilson Nicewander
Beaver
Nicewander
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Bessie Martin
Albert Myers
Robert Hall
Lester
Raleigh County
Beckley State Police
Colony Drug
Harold Saunders
Pearisburg
Saunders
Collier Construction Co
Curtis Medley
Burke
John Kopec
Prosperity
Hopee
Joseph Clark
East Beckley
Buzzy Bowling
Clark
Grace Oakes
Max Stapleton
Charles Town
Sheriff's Deputies
Mrs Gussie Saks Admitted To Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs. Gussie Saks of 423 Woodlawn Avenue is listed in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being admitted Monday for treatment.
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Gussie Saks
Woodlawn Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Ghost Bumps Family Out
In Stamford England Herbert Taylor Grace and son Martin lived in a frame house for five years. Two years ago son Martin began hearing bumps in the night as an eerie atmosphere spread. A town councillor wept upon visiting and a village officer found gas reports that the gas board could not locate. The Taylors moved out and left the 35 year old house to its ghosts and new tenants the council can invite.
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Stamford
England
UPI
Herbert Taylor
Grace
Martin
Syrian premier cites arrest of Serraj in treason case
The premier said former UAW Vice President Lt. Col. Abdul Hammid Serraj was arrested Monday and may be tried for subversion. He defended deporting Egyptians for safety, noting about 2,000 crossed from Syria to Lebanon. Three Serraj bodyguard members were wounded or killed during the assault.
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UAW
Abdel Hammid Serraj
Board of Inquiry
Al-Kuzbari
Syria
Lebanon
Serraj
Ngyolt
Peace marchers reach Moscow after 8000 mile trek
A tired band of peace marchers reached Moscow today after traveling from San Francisco through six countries. The 29 travelers crossed the city limits and headed to Red Square for a demonstration with Soviet help. Police watched as they handed out Russian pamphlets advocating general disarmament and refusal of military service and taxes.
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Moscow
UPI
San Francisco
Red Square
Sneaker Sam Fate Reveals Medical Mystery On Campus
Sneaker Sam remains hospitalized as Baylor physicians withhold details. An attending surgeon, a friend of Sam, reports his weight loss and worsening condition. Tests are planned with results expected in a few days, while officials refrain from a diagnosis.
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Rayburn
Unemployment rate held near seven percent in steady recovery
Unemployment continued from page one estimates place jobless at 4 542 000 with Americans holding 68 539 000 jobs. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate stayed just below 7 percent of the labor force despite the broader recovery. Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges projected the rate would fall in the waning months of the year and reach 4.5 percent by year end 1962.
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Commerce
Luther Hodges
First Interior Secretary Thomas Ewing Named by Taylor Era
United Press International notes Thomas Ewing, the first secretary of the Interior under Congress and President Zachary Taylor, appointed in 1849 to establish the department.
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United Press International
Department of the Interior
Congress
Zachary Taylor
Thomas Ewing
Jury Returns Three Murder Indictments in Raleigh County
Grand Jury for Raleigh County Criminal Court returned 97 indictments at the October term. Kate Durham, 49, of Madeline, is charged with the fatal shooting of Virgil Graham, 45. Donald Ray Bledsoe, 22, of Pettus, and Calvin Cotton, 30, of Beckley face murder counts. Cotton attributed stabbing death of Ethel Harris, 30, Lincoln Street. Petit jurors set for Oct. 9. Other indictments include grand larceny, burglary, forgery, rape, armed robbery, drunk driving, and numerous counts of embezzlement, arson, and contributing to the delinquency of minors. Several defendants named with multiple counts. no true bills for several listed charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Kate Durham
Madeline
Virgil Graham
Donald Ray Bledsoe
Pettus
Calvin Cotton
Beckley
Bledsoe
Archie Branch
Ethel Harris
Lincoln St
Cotton
Thomas Franklin Ball
Juanita Young
Jeannie Donell
Arless B. Lilly
James Donnell
Linfield Voorheis
Jake” Hunt Jr
Ira Thomas Alexander Hargis
Perry Robert Taylor Jr
Emery Martin
Kenneth Eugene McEachern
Danny Jacob Puckett
Richard Sidney Sullivan
Jack Webber
Tommy Ball
Artie Curry
Donald Ray Shrewsbury
Bill Richard O’neal
Fabian Larry Simmons Jr
Chalmers Lambert
Franklin Rice
Jessie Evester Lambert
Roger Lee Thompson
Mack William Mack
Stanley Sebert Hatcher
Charles Donald Bell
James Wesley Hylton Jr
Betty Jane Ward
Billy Keith Evans
Peggy Harris
Pat Newbourne
Jennings H. Walker
Billy Gene Elkins
Barney Bivens
Paul A. Pachuta
Quinton Maynor
Bobby Hatfield
Willie Brooks
Galen Ray Crawford
John Henry Phipps
Ronald Lee Sutton
Thomas Ashby Sutton
Percy E. Mullens
Walter Hardin
William Franklin Edmonds
James Boyd Griffith
Wilbur James Winston Jr
Earl Duncan
Robert N. Williams
Dewey Lincoln Marshall
Jeannie Donnell
Jerry Texas Rice
Roy Edward Redden
James Wesley Hylton J
Both Neighbors Found Guilty on All Counts
Magistate Joe Rodriguez found Mankin Avenue residents Antoinette Olff and Beulah Minton guilty on all counts. Olff was fined $1 for public intoxication and ordered to keep peace for 60 days. Minton received 60 days of peace. Trial featured insanity in public charges against Olff. hearing paused to Monday. Minton was represented by Oppie Hedrick. Olff by Joseph Luchini.
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Mankin Avenue
Magistate
Joe Rodriguez
Antoinette Olff
Mankin Ave
Beulah Minton
Olff
Rodriguez
Minton
Oppie L. Hedrick
Joseph Luchini
Final rites for Mrs Mary Gibson 67 at Toney Fork Church
Mrs Gibson 67 of Clear Fork dies Sunday at Wyoming General Hospital. Born March 22, 1894, she was daughter of William and Lou Emma Brunty. Husband Albert Gibson died ten years ago. Survived by four sons Walter, William, Junior, Preston. four daughters Lettie Mayo, Winnie McNeely, Georgia Osborne, Inas Gibson. Buried at Toler Cemetery Cyclone. service Wednesday 11 a.m. at Toney Fork Baptist Church. Body at Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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Mary Gibson
Clear Fork
Toney Fork Baptist Church
Sanford Osborne
Toler
Cyclone
Junior
Mullens
Preston Gibson
Lettie Maynor
Winnie McNeely
William Mountain
Georgia Osborne
Branch
Inas Gibson
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Floyd Jones Jr. dies in Cleveland sleep at 36
Floyd Jones Jr. 36 of Baileysville died in his sleep in Cleveland Ohio at 12 40 am after going to Cl where he expected to be employed He was an Army World War II veteran son of the late Floyd and Mary Jane Wright Jones Survived by three sons Eugene Rodney and Larry of Pineville three brothers Gene Matney Southboro Sea John Matney in South Carolina and Pete Rice Roanoke Va three sisters Mrs Arthur St Clair Baileysville Mrs Ooie Centers Charleston and Miss Lorene Matney Portmouth Va Body returned to Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens for arrangements Funeral services time pending arrival of his children
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Floyd Jones Jr
Baileysville
Cleveland
Ohio
Floyd
Mary Jane Wright Jones
Eugene
Rodney
Larry
Pineville
Gene Matney
Southboro
Sea
John Matney
South Carolina
Pete Rice
Roanoke
Arthur St. Clair
Ooie Centers
Charleston
Lorene Matney
Portsmouth
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs Linnie Stowmile Final Rites Planned in Stanaford
Mrs Linnie Stowmile 54 of Stanaford dies after long illness. Funeral at Mount Vernon Baptist Church with Rev H E Davis in charge. Burial in Pierce Cemetery Fayetteville. Survivors include husband Sodick Stowmile two sons Bill Philadelphia and Larry New York City five daughters Nannie Green Chicago Gloria Moore Columbus Brenda Donna and Blanda at home two brothers Alex Jones Falkey Wood Fayetteville one sister Gladys Cunningham Fayetteville and six grandchildren. Body to be taken from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to church an hour before services.
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Stowmile
Stanaford
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
H. E. Davis
Pierce
Fayetteville
Nuttall
Sylvester Jones
Sodick Stowmile
Bill
Philadelphia
Penn
Larry
New York City
Nannie Green
Chicago
Ill
Gloria Moore
Columbus
Ohio
Brenda
Donna
Blanda
Alex Jones
Falkey Wood
Gladys Cunningham
Ritchie and Johnson
Plumley Rites Held For Calvin W Plumley 75
Calvin W Plumley of Shady Spring died at his home at 9 15 a m after a long illness. A retired farmer born October 27 1885 in Raleigh County he was a member of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church. Survived by wife Elsie Kincaid Plumley six sons Dallas Brady Otis Mitchell Beckley Odell aed Lind sey serving in Georgia five daughters Mae Adkins Prosperity Lo ra Browning Blue Jay Cleo Plumley Fort Knox Ky Mertie Kidd St Albans Leota Crommiller Norfolk Va 25 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Calvin Wesley Plumley
Shady Spring
Plumley
Raleigh County
Jackson
Minerva Richmond Plumley
New Salem
Funeral services for Mrs Rebecca Harmon 102
Mrs Rebecca Harmon age 102 died Sunday at her daughter’s Washington DC home. Funeral services were held at Beeson Church at 2:30 PM with burial in the church cemetery. She was a daughter of James and an early resident of Bluff Mountain area near Mercer Raleigh counties. Survived by sister Mollie Folden Arista.
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Rebecca McCann Harmon
Egeria
Virginia Taylor
Washington, D. C
Beeson Church
Church
Harmon
James McCann
Bluff Mountain
Mercer
Wyoming
Raleigh
Missionary Baptist Church
Mollie Folden
Arista
Mrs Lucille Love Dies After Long Illness in Beckley
Mrs Lucille Love formerly of Maben died at 10 30 pm Monday in Beckley Memorial Hospital after a long illness. The body is at Trent Durgan Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Lucille Love
Lester
Maben
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Trent-Durgan Funeral Home
Nelson Harrah 68 died in Beckley VA hospital
Nelson W Harrah 68 of Alderson died at 545 am today in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness. Born Asbury Feb 11 1893 he was a son of the late Charles Nixon and Georgia Ann Hughart Harrah. He founded the Home Office Supply Co Welch and ran it 35 years then operated the Greenbrier Gas and Appliance Co Alderson for 14 years. He was a Mason Elks Legion VFW and Eastern Star member and a charter member of the 40land 8 Inn. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Georgia Alice Clark Canton NY and Mrs Mary Ann Locke San Francisco Calif. two sons Nelson W Jr Lake Tahoe Calif and William B Washington DC. two sisters Mrs Lora Livesay Detroit and Mrs Hubert Paul H Detroit plus Olin D Baltimore and Elliott B Clintonville. Masonic services will be conducted in Dinguid Memorial Chapel Rivermont Ave Lynchburg with burial at Spring Hill Cemetery Lynchburg. The body will be taken to the...
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Nelson Winfree Harrah
Alderson
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Asbury
Charles Nixon
Georgia Ann Hughart Harrah
Harrah
Greenbrier
Massie Business College
Richmond
Lynchburg
Home Office Supply Co
Welch
Greenbrier Gas and Appliance Co
San Antonio
Benevolent Order of Elks Lodge
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
McDowell Lodge
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Order of Easter Star
McDowell County
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Elizabeth Barksdale Harrah
Georgia Alice Clark
Canton
N. Y
Mary Ann Locke
San Francisco
Calif
Nelson W. Jr
Lake Tahoe
William B
Washington, D.C
Lora Livesay
Detroit
Mich
Hubert Paul H
Olin D
Baltimore
Delayed Air Tourists Stranded at Shannon Airport
A President Airlines DC6B remains grounded at Shannon as FAA inspectors order engine checks. 98 Chicago travelers, including a club linked to President Kennedy, wait for departure after a five day delay while at Gatwick 88 Americans wait for a likely Los Angeles flight.
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Shannon
Ireland
API
President Airlines
Los Angeles
New York
Acme Construction Strike Heads Into Second Day
Union and company representatives failed to reach an accord in a Monday meeting. The Acme Construction Co strike moves into its second day as 33 Skelton plant workers walk out. District 50, United Mine Workers of America, represents the employees.
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Acme Construction Co
Skelton
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Thieves Break Into Three Gas Stations in Beckley Area
State Police investigate a triple break in at Gulf Service Valley Drive North Kanawha Street Sunoco Eccles and Strickland's Ashland Station overnight Sunday Thieves stole about 15 dollars in cigarets and candy from Strickland's.
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Beckley State
Gulf Service
Valley Drive
North
Kanawha Street
Sunoco
Strickland
Ashland
Eccles
Strickland’s
Doctor Injured in Car Crash Receives Treatment
Dr Hee Tong Lee of Pinecrest Sanitarium is listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital after injuries to his right leg and shoulder from a Monday evening automobile accident.
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Hee Tong Lee
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley Hospital
Beckley Man Survives Suicide Attempt, Burned Bed Fire
A 42-year-old Beckley man, Raymond T. Griffith of 236 Clyde St., attempted self harm with knife wounds. Neighbors found smoke from his apartment at about 10 a.m., two men carried him to the porch, gas jets were burning and his mattress was on fire, causing $50 in damages. Griffith is hospitalized at Beckley Veterans Hospital in satisfactory condition undergoing treatment for self-inflicted injuries.
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Beckley
Raymond T. Griffith
Clyde St
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Griffith
Jurors Hear Medical Testimony in Branson Suit
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Branson seeks 100000 for injuries from a September 1 1960 rear collision on South Fayette Street. Dr M M Ralsten demonstrated a 50 percent head motion limitation using attorney Lynch as a model and linked nerve damage to specific vertebrae. Dr William F Hillier Jr said Branson aged 36 would suffer ongoing pain and age prematurely. Other Branson witnesses included his wife Faye, L M Goss of Provident Insurance and barber Ralph Hartsog.
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William R. Branson
Catlett Sr
Charles S. Lewis Jr
Lewis Chevrolet Co
Raleigh County
Branson
South Fayette Street
Lewis
Beaver Avenue
M. M. Ralsten
Beckley
G. Berk Lynch
Lynch
William F. Hillier Jr
Bluefield
Hillier
Fred Richmond
De Gaulle and Berlin Debates Shape Kennedy Era Reactions
In a Paris memo UPI chief Joseph Grigg outlines De Gaulle resisting Western duress and Russian overtures, Adenauer opposing Berlin concession and Soviet troop roles, with Kennedy navigating fragile diplomacy as if threading a football field while evading own teammates.
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John Birch Society
de Gaulle
Kennedy
Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
UPI
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Adenauer
Wellington Long
UPI Nists
West Berlin
United States
Russia
Williams dies after store shooting in Hinton
In a gun battle near a store the victim Williams was struck by three bullets. He died at 1 50 am in Hinton Hospital. Aimes and Patrolman Willey suffered cuts from flying glass but were treated and released. Williams had left home after a family argument around 4 pm Monday.
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Aimes
William
Willey
Hinton Hospital
J. W. Stokes
Williams
Stokes
Tommy
Goldie Williams
Temple St
Hinton
Army
Somerset Maugham Ends Exile Plans on French Riviera Return
British author Somerset Maugham, 87, says he will end 33 years of self imposed exile on the French Riviera. He describes his England return as an old man coming home to roost. Surgeons at the 47th annual Clinical Congress reveal a method to prevent blood clots during surgery using a negative electrical charge with a small battery and a stainless steel tube inserted into a vessel. A State Brief notes a miner killed at the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co. mine after stepping into moving coal cars. The State Road Commission outlines tentative opening dates for Interstate 77 sections from White Chapel to Kenna and from Charleston to Parkersburg.
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Somerset Maugham
French
Riviera
England
University of Rochester
Symour S. Schwartz
American College of Surgeons
Public Service Ission
Fairmont
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co
Sandfork
State Road Commission
White Chapel
Kenna
Charleston
Parkersburg
Smolsky Listed As Improving In Navy Hospital
Matt Smolsky yeoman second class nineteen thirty, thirty, serving with the U S Navy is improving in Vanderbilt Hospital Nashville Tenn where he is undergoing treatment for a hemorrhage suffered en route from Washington DC to Guam his father Anthony of Fairlawn Ave returned from Nashville this morning and reports doctors optimistic about his recovery his wife Anise Justice Coal City and their children Matt Jr and Lisa Kaye are with him at the hospital
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Matt Smolsky
U. S. Navy
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
Tenn
Washington, D. C
Guam
Anthony Ary
Fairlawn Ave
Smolsky
Anise Justice
Coal City
Matt Jr
Lisa Kaye
Tax Numbers scheme aims to curb tax cheating nationwide
Congressional tax experts say a new numbering system will curb cheating by making taxpayers consistent year to year and linking returns with informational filings. The measure, backed by the Kennedy administration, passed Congress with little debate and takes effect after 1961 returns. It will apply to 1962 income and attach reports from employers brokers and banks paying sizable amounts, cross referenced with spouses and business partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Kennedy
Congress
Savings and Loans
Reluctant Photographer Accepts Honor With Conditions
The article notes that the man of the title accepted the honor with great pleasure only after stipulating service to the nation. Earlier reports suggested he was hesitant to accept a title without such service requirements.
Beckley Man in Fair Condition After First Aid Call
Alan Bonds of 211 1-2 Fourth Street was listed in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a Beckley Rescue Squad response. He was admitted about 11 30 a m for observation and transported by ambulance from his residence at 11 15 a m.
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Alan Bonds
Fourth St
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Rescue
Bonds
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