Stream Pollution Case Heard Today
Testimony began at a hearing on stream pollution charges against Pocahontas Fuel Co. by the State Board of Natural Resources in the Wyoming County Courthouse. Officials reported water samples from the Itmann plant were unsatisfactory except for two days, and the board will decide within 30 days after further testimony today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Consolidation Coal Co
State Board of Natural Resources
Natural Resource Department
Bern Wright
Water Resource Division
Wyoming County
Board of Natural Resources
Guyantette
Itmann
Houston Wood
George Mullens
Joseph M. Crockett
State Board
J. Paul England
House of Delegates
Thant Interim Secretary General Nomination Debated
The United States and Russia proposed an interim secretary general with an international assistant team. A five-member directorate would be formed after Security Council approval and General Assembly confirmation. Gromyko and Thant discussed deputy counts five or more, while Thant remains a candidate acceptable to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Security Council
General Assembly
Thant
Beav er Woman Admitted for Observation at Beckley Hospital
Mrs. Zadie Teter Ritchie of Beav er, mother of Dr. Eva Teter, Beav er, is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after admission on Wednesday for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zadie Teter Ritchie
Beaver
Eva Teter, Beaver
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Can I Help You Hear Better Ad Essence
An advertisement for Fy State Hearing Aid Center Beckley West Virginia offers hearing tests with precise equipment, personalized advice on hearing aids, and the option to try, fit, repair, and supply batteries. Home visits available without obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
Beckley
W. Va
Education TV Authority Plan From State Committee
A state committee proposes that the Education Department draft legislation to create a TV authority and conduct a survey. It would be mandatory before federal aid for educational TV and urges TV teaching methods in college teacher training. It also recommends conservation courses with college credits at TV stations statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nion Department
Education Department
TV Authority
Natural Resources Department
Colleges
JK Program By Custom Seeks Legislative Push
A speaker is expected to use his waste powers to push the majority party’s legislative program. The job pays $45,000 a year, same as the vice presidency. In Washington social protocol it ranks third behind the vice president, yet its powers are second only to those of the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fleming Suits Begin In Raleigh County Court
In Raleigh County Circuit Court today Rob ert M. Fleming and Mrs. Fleming sue J C Penney Co claiming Mrs Fleming injured when her shoe heel caught in a floor opening at the Penney store on Oct 11 1959. The couple seeks 1000 for injuries and 125 for medical care and shoe costs. Attorneys Ashworths represent the Flemings. Scherer Bowers File and Hudson defend for Penney Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Fleming
News Briefs Chronicle Kennedy Signings and Honors
Shortening The News reports President Kennedy signed eight bills on Thursday bringing his total to 685 signed and eight vetoed. Jacqueline Kennedy accepted a Caroline album from the National Symphony Orchestra. State officials announced William K. Bragg as assistant chief of the reclamation division and Rev. Charles E. Brandt named interim superintendent of the Wheeling District. A Mineral County girl was crowned Queen Silvia XXV at the Mountain State Forest Festival. Governor Barron praised Taylor County for cleanliness. Boone and Randolph counties join in meeting standards with lit lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Congress
Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline
National Symphony Orchestra
Howard Mitchell
William K. Bragg
Buckhannon
Reclamation
State Department For Natural Resources
Charles E. Brandt
Romney
Wheeling
West Virginia
R. ‘Talmadge Malory
West Virginia National Guard
Mineral County
Silvia
Barron
CD Unit Still Without Quarters
Raleigh County Civil Defense remains without a dedicated space as leaders push for promised quarters. A recent meeting with CD Director Paul Fourney and County Commissioner John Ward failed to secure a room in the Raleigh County Courthouse basement. The Welfare Department has not relinquished space promised to CD, prompting ongoing court action and a plan to relocate once the DPW moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Civil Defense Unit
Paul Fourney
John Ward
County CD
Raleigh ‘County
County Health Department
Beckley
State Department of Welfare
Andrew Cox
Welfare Department
CD Department
Cox
W. Bernard Smith
DPW
Charleston
H. G. Farmer
Fourney
Civil Defense Office
Cochran Named Assistant Industrial Director in WV Commerce
Hazlett A Cochran longtime Wheeling journalist was appointed assistant industrial director of the West Virginia Department of Commerce. He will coordinate public relations for the agency’s divisions after a year with Martin Co in Orlando. Cochran, 35, is a 1949 West Liberty State College graduate with prior roles at Wheeling News Register and Wheeling Intelligencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Martin Co
Orlando
Fla
Cochran
Wheeling News-Register
Wheeling Intelligencer
The
News-Register
Florida
West Liberty State College
Parents Fined For Truancy In Beckley Case
Two Beckley parents paid $5 fines plus costs in a hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez for keeping their children out of school. Mrs Maude Puckett was arrested on a Raleigh County Board of Education warrant for a 15-year-old daughter and Mrs B E Harvey faced a similar charge for her 15-year-old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Maude Puckett
Raleigh County Board of Education
B. E. Harvey
East Gulf Men Jailed For Moonshine Still Operation
Otho Shrewsbury aged 46 and Chester Page aged 39, both of East Gulf, were jailed by Alcohol Tobacco Tax Division agents on moonshine charges. They waived to the grand jury before U S Commissioner W A Riffe and posted $1,000 bond each. A 110 gallon still, 15 gallons of moonshine, and 100 gallons of mash were destroyed and seized. The arrests occurred at 3 p.m. on Riffe's Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Shrewsbury
Chester Page
East Gulf
Alcohol Tobacco Tax Division
U. S. Treasury Department
U. S
W. A. Riffe
Riffe
Rayburn condition worsens delaying return to Washington
Speaker Rayburn, sidelined by severe back pain, has left Washington on Aug 31 and is under care in Baylor. Doctors report limited prospects for return as President Kennedy prays for his health. Vice President Johnson remains at Johnson City, Texas, with no plans to visit.
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Rayburn
Washington
Congress
Baylor
W. H
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Rayrn
West Virginia Briefs recap three fatalities and local actions
A two car crash near Abingdon Virginia claimed the life of George Lark, a St. Albans resident, following the deaths of his wife Clara Belle and her father William Clemons. WV regulators approved a $3,500 annual rate increase for Mingto Public Service Co. in Chattaroy, affecting 180 customers. Miles C. Stanley will lecture on automation at Concord College, with later talks through January. Negotiations continue over a Natrium plant strike, with no progress reported. Vernon Alden named president of Ohio University. WV traffic toll rises to 265 after a Charleston boy’s death, surpassing last year. Six WV doctors inducted as fellows of the American College of Surgeons. Huntington’s Dean Thompson elected Marshall University freshman class president.
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Abingdon
UPI
Here
St. Albans
W. Va
George Lark
Clara Belle
William D. Clemons
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Mingto Public Service Co
Chattaroy
Lobata
Bradshaw
West Virginia
Michael Jackson
Gromyko may outline Berlin talks terms at Moscow congress
Talks would be arranged if worthwhile after the White House meeting. Gromyko plans to return to Moscow early next week for the Oct 17 opening of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party where he may reveal his decision on terms for negotiating the Berlin crisis with the West.
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White House
Gromyko
Moscow
Berlin
Bragg Kin Charged On Two Counts
Frank and Jess Bragg and Roger Bragg, all from Alabama, were released on $500 appearance bonds after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. They face petit larceny and trespassing charges for allegedly entering private property near Abraham, cutting timber, and selling it. They are to return next Friday for further hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Jess Bragg
Roger Bragg
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Alabama
Abraham
Rodriguez
Albert Ellis
Scott Ave
Beckley
Bernard Harless
Robert L. Albert
Cabell Heights
Westwood Drive
A. P. Phillips
MacArthur
Jerry Rice
Rice
Ernest L. Sanders
Bill Turner
W. A. Burke
Ty Criminal Court
Kenneth R. Meadows
Near White Oak
Nolo
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Sam Rayburn Bid to Speakership and Legacy
Profile of Sam Rayburn from his rise in 1912 through becoming Speaker in 1940 and his long tenure, charting his political toughness and strategic style. Noted moments include his tears at a 1955 dinner, his avoidance of disliked legislation, and his famous bald pate as a recognizable symbol of his public image.
Berlin Crisis Tensions Rise Over Allied Display of Strength
Western allies in divided Berlin push to show force as U S troops remain on alert for Communist moves. An Army spokesman states orders under security rules while border patrols stay largely on foot amid heightened tensions following the East Berlin blockade actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lice
Berlin
East Berlin
Deaths and Funerals Steven Sarver services Saturday
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday for Steven Ronald Sarver, year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sarver, 1315 Elm Ave., Bownemont section of Charleston, formerly of Beckley. The child, born Sept. 26, 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio, was found dead at his Charleston home Wednesday night with a fractured skull listed as the cause of death by the Kanawha County coroner. He is survived by one sister, Diana Leah Sarver. paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sarver of Crab Orchard and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Settle of Skelton. Burial will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The body will remain at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Ronald Sarver
William Sarver
Elm Ave
Bownemont
Charleston
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Kanawha County
Cleveland
Ohio
Diana Leah Sarver
W. H. Sarver
Crab Orchard
C. E. Settle
Skelton
Obituary notices for Eunice White and Eunice Lilly
Funeral services for Mrs Eunice Brown White 80 of Beckley will be at Ebenezer Baptist Church with burial at Highlawn Cemetery Huntington. She died at her daughter's home after a long illness. Survivors include her daughter, a brother Solomon Brown and sister Goldie Paige. The body will be taken from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlour to the church an hour before services. Mrs Eunice Panny Lilly 4 of Blue Jay died at home after a long illness. She was born April 9 1915 at Crow daughter of Mannie and Almira Johnson. She was a member of Blue Jay Methodist Church. Survivors include husband Walter Lilly four sons two daughters three brothers two sisters and five grandchildren. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
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Eunice Brown White
Beckley
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey
Mitchell
Highlawn
Huntington
White
Thomas Evans
Westmoreland St
Institute
Taylor
Eunice Brown
Solomon Brown
Goldie Paige
Charleston
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Eunice Panny Lilly
Blue Jay
Crow
Mannie and
Almira Pittman Johnson
Guy
Otis Johnson
Dallas
Beaver
J. L. Fitzpatrick
Basil Hatcher
Rose and
Sandra Harmon 16 Dies After Heart Ailment Surgery
Sandra Kay Harmon 16 daughter of Mrs. Eth Her father died last December. She died Thursday evening at the National Institute of Health Bethesda Md after two heart surgeries in eight weeks. A homebound student until last year she attended Woodrow Wilson High School as a sophomore. She belonged to Calloway Heights Community Church. Surviving: mother, brother Rodney at home, maternal grandmother Mrs. W. L. Fink Beckley. Body to Melton Mortuary for funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Kay Harmon
Eth
Sandra Kay
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Woodrow Wilson High School
Calloway Heights
Rodney
W. L. Fink
Beckley
Melton Mortuary
W C Hamilton dies at 63 in Charleston VA Hospital
W C Hamilton, 63, of 908 Richards Street Charleston, died at 4 30 am today at the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after admission Monday for treatment. The body lies at Hardin and Hardin Funeral Home in Charleston awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Hamilton
Richards St
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Hardin and Hardin Funeral Home
Sublett Rites Held For David Charles Sublett
David Charles Sublett 74 of Scarbro Route 1 died after a long illness in a Beckley hospital. Funeral services were held at Long Branch Methodist Church with Rev Roy Tyree officiating. Burial followed in Ray Humphrey Cemetery Long Branch. He was born August 7 1887 in Bland County Virginia and was a retired Sennet Solvay Coal Co Kingston employee. Surviving are wife Gypsie Sparks Sublett and sisters Ella Rider and Lucille Woolyard of Roanoke Virginia. The body remained at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope after six p m with friends welcome and will be taken to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Charles Sublett
Scarbro
Route 1
Long Branch Methodist Church
Roy Tyree
Ray Humphrey
Long Branch
Sublett
Beckley Hospital
Sennet-t Solvay Coal Co
Kingston
Methodist
Long Brafich
Bland County
Gypsie Sparks Sublett
Ella Rider
Lucille Woolyard
Roanoke
Tyree
Mount Hope
Final rites for Mrs Laura El mira Ballard conducted
Mrs Laura El mira Ballard 92 of 110 Vance Dr died at home Thursday after a long illness. Services at 9 a.m. Sunday in Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Elmer S son officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by four daughters, nine grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren. Pallbearers to be grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Elmira Ballard
Vance Dr
Keyser-Bryant
Elmer S. Son
Sunset Memorial Park
Ballard
Union
William and
Almira Ballard Porterfield
B. D. Ballard
Claude Ballard
Beckley
Border tensions rise after tanks withdraw
The report notes near border skirmishes intensifying as East Berlin soldiers faced blast-muzzled snouts and aggressive Communist actions. Three gunfire incidents and six further clashes are mentioned, marking a tense post-tank withdrawal period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Berlin
Calloway Rites Held For Silas Maceo Mount Zion Leader
Funeral services for Silas Maceo Calloway at Mount Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Edward Abram in charge. Burial will follow at Pierce Cemetery in Fayetteville after his death at home Wednesday morning following a long illness.
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Silas Maceo
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Edward Abram
Pierce Cemetery
Fayetteville
Calloway
Ritchie and Johnson
Funeral arrangements for Harry H Hash 67
Funeral services are set for Harry H Hash of Bradley 67 who died Thursday at home from a heart attack. A retired miner and UMWA member last employed at Milburn he was born November 13 1893 in Virginia son of the late Mr and Mrs William Hash. He leaves his wife four stepchildren 22 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. The body lies in Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope.
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Harry H. Hash
Bradley
UMWA
Milburn
Hash
Church of God
Virginia
William Hash
Edward Williams
Centerville
Lawrence Williams
ee _liams
Hammond
Bill Williams
Burnwell
Ruth Woodson
Hilltop
Evelyn Yourkvich
Cotas Burgess
Maple Fork
Tyree
Mount Hope
Final rites set for Isaac W. Rucker 62 Hilltop resident
Isaac W. Rucker of Hilltop died Thursday at Oak Hill Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held 2 p m Saturday at Hilltop Methodist Church with Rev. R J Chenoweth and Rev Homer Elkins officiating. Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park in Oak Hill. He was born Sept 21 1899 in Pedler Mills Va and was a member of Hilltop Methodist Church and Warren Lodge No 109 AF and AM Thurmond. Survived by five brothers Lewis Monroe Va Warner Pedler Mills Va Warren Houston Tex Cecil Charleston and James Rucker Sacramento Calif and three sisters Mrs Ruth Paris Washington DC Mrs Frank H Bazler Columns Ohio and Mrs Vivian M Shuman Hill Top. Body at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill. friends may call today and view at church one hour prior to services.
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Isaac W. Rucker
Hilltop
Hilltop Methodist Church
R. J. Chenoweth
Homer Elkins
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Rucker
Oak Hill Hospital
Hill Top
Warren Lodge
Thurmond
Pedler Mills
Grace Garvin Rucker
Lewis
Monroe
Warner
Warren
Houston
Texas
Cecil
Charleston
James Rucker
Sacramento
Calif
Mes
Ruth Paris
Washington, D
Frank H. Bazler
Columns Ohio
Vivian M. Shuman
Thomas Funeral Home
Final rites for Nora Pear Neal in Summersville
Mrs. Nora Pear Neal aged 77 of Poe died Wednesday evening in a Charleston hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p m today at Waters Funeral Home Chapel in Summersville with Rev Clyde Bernal presiding. She was a Bethel Methodist Church member. Survivors include husband Edward R Neal two daughters Mrs Mary Fitzwater of South Point Ohio and Mrs Gwendolen Bailes of Poe four sons Clyde Wayne Leo and Harry all of Poe a sister Mrs Maude Fitzwater of Oak Hill a brother H Backus of Poe 30 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Pear Neal
Poe
Waters Funeral Home
Summersville
Clyde Te i Bernal Remsen
Foe Inca
Neal
Charleston
Bethel Methodist Church
Edward R. Neal
Mary Fitzwater
South Point
Ohio
Gwendolen Bailes
Clyde
Wayne
Leo
Harry
Maude Fitzwater
Oak Hill
H. Backus
Mrs Hazel Perkins Dies After Long Illness at Beckley Hospital
Mrs Hazel Perkins of Rhodell died at 4:45 a.m. in Beckley Memorial Hospital after a long illness attributed to cancer. The body is at Melton Mortuary pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Perkins, Rhodell
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Melton Mortuary
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A Thant
U.N
Burma
Fleming
Penney’s
Krogers
S&h
Eppy
S&h Green
Commerce
Chemical Workers Union
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Natrium
New Martinsvile
C. U
Athens, Ohio
Vernon R. Alden
Harvard University
Ohio University
Alden
John C. Baker
Chicago
UPS
American College of Surgeons
Carl J. Roncaglione
Shen K. Wang
Barrackville
Ralph J. Holloway
South Charleston
Dean Thompson
Boys State
Marshall University
Mike Carroll
Nitro
Brenda Hubbard
Williamson
Dick Cottrill
Francis Fabi
Monaca
BRAND
Sam
Ture
House of Representatives
William ‘B Bankhead
House
Capitol Hill
Mrs
Eunice White
Eunice Lilly
David
Laura Ballard
Silas M. Calloway
Harry M. Hash
Nora P. Neal
Hazel Perkins
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