Prosecutor Predicts Extended October Term for Raleigh County Court
Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Sparacino warned the October Raleigh County Criminal Court term will be longer than usual due to the number of serious cases on the docket. Five murder trials are set, including James Arthur Burdette in the Richard Meadows death at Ghent, Brenda Pettry for murder of her husband June 5, and Vance Hill for the Besoco murder. The schedule lists numerous defendants across Oct 8 to Oct 30 with trials for murder, rape, maiming, burglary, and other charges, plus two murder appeal cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Anthony J. Sparacino
James Arthur Burdette
Ghent
Richard Meadows
Cool Ridge
Brenda Joyce Pettry
Sycamore Creek
Bobby Lee Pettry
Vance Hill
Besoco
Lewis Hughes
Rush Roark
Shady Spring
Boyd Gordon Lilly
White Oak
Wilbert Ray Plumley
Grandview State Park
Robert Bare
Crab Orchard
Winnie Mae Batey
Robert E. Bare
Galen Ray Crawford
Herbert Nelson Hedgecock
Quinton Maynor
Earl H. Lubich
Willie White
Joe A. Belton
Leonard Critchly
William Hairston
John Kelly
D. L. Marshall
Dewey L. Marshall
Jack Belcher
Oscar Dunbar
Tass dispatch notes Schirra launch from Cape Canaveral
The Soviet Tass News Agency reported Walter Schirra Jr. launched from Cape Canaveral at 8 15 a.m. EDT. Tass said the launch occurred 32 minutes earlier and projected six Earth orbits if conditions remained favorable.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
New York
Walter Schirra Jr
Cape Canaveral
Schirra
Ralph Barnett Suffers Arm Injury At Local Shop
Ralph Barnett of Route 1 Mount Hope was treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for injuries to his right arm sustained while working at Lewis Chevrolet.
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Ralph Barnett
Route 1
Mount Hope
Beckley Hospital
Lewis Chevrolet
Schirra Reports Sigma 7 Flight a Public Space Milestone
Mercury astronaut Wally Schirra described Sigma 7 as flying beautifully with the craft in a near perfect liftoff and countdown. The six orbit flight aimed to prove readiness for longer missions ahead of 1970 lunar plans, televised across two continents and relayed by Telstar to 26 European countries.
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Sigma 7
Schirra
Telstar
Europe
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Pacific
America
Project Mercury
Atlas
Wally Schirra Faces Mercury Test and Personal Resolve
The profile recalls Wally Schirra's cautious stance on risk, his two week hesitation to join NASA's Mercury program, and his rugged, candid persona. It notes his Sidewinder incident, father's influence, and his future role as part of America's first space team amid the era's clichés.
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Earth
Schirra
Russia
Mercury
America
Wally Schirra
Extradition fight fronts federal prisoner in transit
Mrs Phyllis Knost of California jailed during transit from Alderson Federal Prison for Women to Corona California fighting extradition to the west coast. California parole agent Geraldine Gregor meets deputies at Raleigh County Airport and helps escort Knost toward Beckley for extradition. Also reports multiple local court actions including fines and bonds for offenses ranging from reckless driving to non support and drunkenness.
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Phyllis Knost
California
Alderson Federal
Corona
Calif
Geraldine Gregor
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Helen Hume
Faye Lusk
Hinton
Beckley
Edsel Fitzpatrick
Beaver
Joe Rodriguez
Troy Elgin Hodge
Colcord
James Samples
Pemberton
Carl Armstong
Stanaford
Russell Cattell
Maple Fork
Rodriguez
Stanley Applegate
Ghent
W. A. Burke
James Floyd [Uarrell Jr
Filltop
Nora Louise Harrall
Edward R. Bishop
Midway
John Bott
Nolo Contendre
Burke
Margaret Jones
Swiss Urged To Send MRA Representatives
BERNE Switzerland President Paul Chaudet received General Sugita and nine Kerala State Parliament Members led by P C Cherian along with Major Tshatshi to urge official Swiss representation at the opening of the new Moral Re-Armament Assembly Center in Odawara Japan this month Cherian cited unity among Kerala democratic forces and credited Moral Re Armament with the victory and the fall of the Communist government in the Kerala elections
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Berne
Switzerland
Paul Chaudet
Sugita
Kerala
P. C. Cherian
Congress Party
Tshatshi
MRA
Odawara
Japan
Cherian
Mr. Chaudet
Caux
Courthouse To Close For Riffe Services
Raleigh County Courthouse offices will close for one hour at 2 p.m. Thursday for the funeral of W. A. Riffe, former Beckley attorney and ex judge of the Criminal Court, per a County Court order issued at Tuesday’s meeting.
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Raleigh County
W. A. Riffe
Beckley
Criminal Court
Funeral services planned for former Oak Hill resident
Funeral services and burial for Dallas Foy Boothe 50 Tacoma Wash will be held there. Boothe died in a Tacoma hospital Tuesday from lung cancer born Kingston Feb 3 1912 son of late Thomas L Boothe and Hazel Sanger Boothe Scarbro surviving are two sons Thomas and Mark and a daughter Sandra all of Tacoma two brothers Thomas Charleston and Vincent Pittsburgh Pa two sisters Mrs Helen Breza Chesapeake City Md and Mrs Melba Withrow Scarbro (RNS)
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Oak Hill
Dallas Foy Boothe
Tacoma
Wash
Boothe
Kingston
Thomas L. Boothe
Hazel Sanger Boothe
Scarbro
Thomas
Mark
Sandra
Charleston
Vincent
Pittsburgh
Helen Breza
Chesapeake City
Melba Withrow
Graveside rites for Wint Riffe set at Sunset Memorial Park
W. A. Wint Riffe, 74, Beckley, died Tuesday in the Elks National Home Bedford Virginia. Graveside services scheduled for 2 p m Thursday at Sunset Memorial Park with Rev Shirley Donnelly presiding. Pallbearers to be Beckley Elks Lodge 1452 members. Survivors include wife Macy Blankenship Walls five sons Gene Clifford Dale Ron Roger all of Simon a daughter Donna Sue at home three brothers two sisters and other relatives. The body remains at Caf fee Funeral Home until service hour. RNS
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W. A.wint
Riffe
Beckley
Sunset Memorial Park
Shirley Donnelly
Elks National Home
Bedford
Beckley Elks Lodge
Caffee Funeral
David
Elizabeth Justice Walls
Macy Blankenship Walls
Gene
Clifford
Dale
Ron
Roger
Simon
Donna Sue
Joe
Rush
Linda
Pineville
Ocie Toler
Ina Morrell
Clear Fork
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Final rites for James Hansen Gillespie in White Sulphur Springs
James Hansford Gillespie 62 of Mount Hope died Monday at home. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday at Shanklin Funeral Home Chapel White Sulphur Springs. Rev Rex Anderson Rev Francis Gunn Rev W F Hodges to conduct. Burial End of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville with military rites. Body remains at funeral home. pallbearers listed.
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James Hansford Gillespie
Mount Hope
Shanklin
White Sulphur Springs
Rex Anderson
Francis D. Gunn
W. F. Hodges
Carson Turner
Charles Turner
Don Perry
James White
James Hilton
Warren Foster
Funeral services for Mrs Myrtie L Sims
Mrs Myrtie L Sims 61 of Oak Hill dies after short illness. Funeral at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill Rev Norman Foster presiding. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Born Stanardsville Va May 15 1901 Brethren Church member. Survived by husband James Sims Charles Town Md daughter Norma Lee Johnson Charles Town Md sister Carrie Lamb Hood Va and two grandchildren.
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Myrtie L. Sims
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
Norman Foster
High Lawn Memorial Park
Sims
Stanardsville
The
Brethren Church
James Sims
Charles Town
Norma Lee Johnson
Carrie Lamb
Hood, Va
Infant Ronald F Treadway Graveside Rites Planned Today
Ronald Franklin Treadway infant son of Roy Craige and Mrs Treadway of Sprague was born Monday at 5 30 p m and died Tuesday in a local hospital. Rites were to be conducted at 2 p m today at Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor with Rev William Pittman of Fayetteville in charge followed by burial in Caffee Cemetery. Survivors include two sisters Alice Faye and Elizabeth Faith and three brothers Dennis Wayne Roy Jr and Thomas Dewey all at home. Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home.
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Ronald Franklin Treadway
Roy Craige Treadway
Sprague
Calfee
Mount Tabor
William Pittman
Fayetteville
Alice Faye
Elizabeth Faith
Dennis Wayne
Roy Jr
Thomas Dewey
Calfee Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Maggie Owenby in East Rainelle
Mrs Maggie Lou Owenby 71 of Lawn dies in a Hinton hospital from complications. Funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in Nickell Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle with Rev Jay Holliday officiating. Burial Rainelle Cemetery. Survived by son Allen Blair Beckley and sister Mrs Hassie Shafer Mabscott. Member Morris Fork Baptist Church born Lawn Jan 26 1892, daughter of Zack and Rebecca Campbell.
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Maggie Lou Owenby
Lawn
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Jay Holliday
Rainelle
Owenby
Hinton Hospital
Allen Blair
Beckley
Hassie Shafer
Mabscott
Morris
Funeral services for Oma Walls in Simon
Oma Walls, 62, of Simon, will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Reedy Methodist Church in Simon with Rev. Leslie Shipp presiding. Burial follows in the family cemetery. Walls died at 7:30 p.m. Monday in a Man hospital following a stroke. He was born in Simon on May 10, 1900.
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Oma Walls
Simon
Reedy Methodist Church
Leslie Shipp
Walls
Man
Adair in Critical Condition at Beckley VA Hospital
Adair, former principal of Sprague Elementary School, is listed in critical condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a heart attack at his home on 503 S Kanawha St. His retirement led to the school being renamed in his honor. his family has been summoned to his bedside.
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Brooks Adair
Sprague
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Adair
S. Kanawha St
Fireco driver jailed after unpaid fine in Raleigh County
Jackie Shuck of Fireco was jailed at noon today in Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a $10 fine and costs for driving a vehicle with defective equipment. State Police arrested Shuck after she failed to pay the fine following a guilty verdict by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez.
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Jackie Shuck
Fireco
Raleigh
Shuck
Joe Rodriguez
Mullens City Policeman Joe Hayden Resigns
Mullens City Policeman Joe Hayden submitted his resignation effective immediately at a Mullens City Commissioners meeting. The mayor said the decision was accepted reluctantly. Hayden ran Joe's Drive Inn and a Black Eagle mining operation.
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Mullens
RNS
Joe Hayden
W. F. Staats
Hayden
Staats
Black Eagle
Meredith Becomes First Negro Student at University
Mississippi reported Tuesday after two days of classes that Meredith, the first African American student in the university’s 114 year history, felt lonely amid ongoing security moves. Authorities planned troop reductions to protect his safety, transferring two battle groups to Millington Tennessee and one to Columbus, Mississippi.
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Meredith
Jackson
U. S. Naval Air Station
Millington
Tenn
Columbus
Miss
Beckleyan Injured In Mercer Accident
Charles A. Lawson 20 of Beckley is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a car crash near Kellysville Princeton. He was with an unidentified soldier when the car struck a bank skidded into a creek and overturned.
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Charles A. Lawson
Beckley
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Kellysville
Princeton
State Purchasing Errors Admitted by WV Legislature
Charleston report cites errors in the State Purchasing Department including noncompetitive bids and favoritism. Joint committees approve subcommittee findings, urge better information exchange, record-keeping, and continued study by the 1963 Legislature.
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Charleston
UPI
State Purchasing Department
Joint Committee On Government and Finance and
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
W. W. Barron
House
Legislative
C. H. Koontz
Koontz
Barron
Subcommittee
Beckley Drivers Jailed By Police
William Carlton Richmond aged 23 of 208 French St was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 3 25 a m on charges of possessing a concealed weapon improper registration no city operator s license and no state operator s license He was arrested by City Police. James A Veters 28 of 208 French St was jailed at 4 30 a m today by City Police on charges of improper registration no city operator s license and no state operator s license He is ordered to appear in City Police Court Oct 11 Two Beckleyans were cited by City Police at 2 30 a m today on red light violations They are David Clyde Bowling 19 of 116 Wildwood Ave Beckley and Samuel Glasco 39 Beckley
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William Carlton Richmond
Beckleyans
David Clyde Bowling
Wildwood Ave
Samuel Glasco
Beckley
Accident Trial Now Under Way
Trial of a suit over a motor cycle and automobile crash nearly two years old opened in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Gray D. Smith sues William E. Covey and Bryce B. Covey after the Anthony Creek Road collision on deer season opening day in Greenbrier County. C Berkley Lilly represents Smith. Mann and Mann defend the Coveys. The motorcycle, tagged smoking prohibition near the vehicle, will be offered as evidence.
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Raleigh County
Gray D. Smith
William E. Covey
Bryce B. Covey
Surveyor
Anthony Creek
Greenbrier County
Coveys
C. Berkley Lilly
Smith
Beating Case Outline Atwell Family Trial Details
The testimony describes extensive injuries on a child and an afternoon drinking party before the fatal beating. Atwell allegedly shoved his wife causing her to cry, with the couple’s acquaintances Shir ley Brewster and Jack Cohn present. Meadows testified arrest followed after his initial statements about a cliff and subsequent denial. Prosecutors plan further witness calls as trial resumes with jurors seated.
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Fred Deal
Billy Jewell
Atwell
Meadows
Stacy
Theodosia) Lester
Indian Creek
Atwells
Shirley Brewster
Jack Cohn
Ralph Hannah
Jack Musick
Walter Richardson
John Claypool
Hydrith Frazier
Walker Granted Clarity for Defense in Proceedings
Watts testified that Walker was able to understand the proceedings and assist in his own defense. He said he spoke with Walker at length and found him clear lucid undisturbed and in complete possession of all mental faculties.
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Watts
Walker
Family of Astronauts Await News Ahead of Flight
Neighbors and relatives of Navy wife Mrs Schirra gather near the home of astronaut Wally Schirra as reporters and camera crews line the street. His wife and mother-in-law, veteran of WWII and Korea, wait for news amid a rope barrier and vigil atmosphere created by a predicted fighter bomber mission.
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Suzanne
Mediterranean
Schirra
Korea
Virgil I. Grissom
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Earl Duncan
Albert Brown
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Richard Foley
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Henry Thomas Jr
Emil J. Kirk
Lester Hoskins
Walter William Chapman
Marcell Terry
Roy Robertson
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Paul Harless
Bob Ellison
Catherine Hayes
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Emory Paul Bell
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Er Jr
H. B. Snide
William Hairston Jr
Marion Hosea
James Lilly
Edward Tucker
Henry Shannon
Charles Hill
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M. M. Gladwell
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Arnett Maynor
Edgar Massie
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Clyde Preston
Sam Clark
James Miller
Cecil A. Waddell
Jess Rhodes
Ardith Wayne Lawson
Wendell H. Stover
Robert Lane
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Earl Franklin Smithson
William Sheridan Price
Mack William Mack
Robert James Howard
Robert Lee Craft
Si Herbert Blevins
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John H. Glenn Jr
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Rose & Quesenberry
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Quesenberry
Amos E. Quesenberry
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Ibe
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Coe
W. A
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James H. Gillespie
Mrs. Myrtie Sims
Ronald F. Treadway
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