Hoop Mentor Leads West Virginia Ratings Pack
West Virginia Triple-A rankings show St. Albans led by basketball coach Al Nida taking the top spot after a 7-6 win over Logan. Mt. Hope tops Class AA, Winfield leads Class A, with all leaders at 5-0. Ratings from UPI were tentative pending cross-state results and future evaluations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
al Nida
Logan
Mount Hope
Mullens
Winfield
Buffalo
Wayne
West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission
Mt. Hope
Huntington
Pt. Pleasant
Fairmont East
East Bank
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Bluefield
Weirton
Summersville
Keyser
New Martinsville
Williamson
Hinton
Spencer
Beckley Stratton
Benwood
St. Marys
Marlinton
Williamstown
Rainelle
Meadow Bridge
Fairview
Middlebourne
Union
Harry's Leading Handicap Pack At Sky Lanes
Harry's Men's Shop leads Sky Lanes Handicap League at 10-2 as Beckley Mfg slips after three straight wins by 2607 to 2331. J Francis tops with 433 series while Olaf Olut posts 441 for the losers amid other league action including Beckley Lumber 2983 and town and country 3- game sweep. Dennis Taylor paces Business League with 53 series and 216 high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry’s Men’s Shop
Sky Lanes
Beckley Mfg
J. Francis
Olaf Olut
Oakwood Auto
Radfords Sunoco
Beckley Lumber
Lucas Gen. Tire
Town and Country
J. Caponiti
Angelo
Sunoco
Dennis Taylor
Hopkins
William Penn
Broughton
Eastern Gas & Fuel
William Pen
Wilcox Mig
Sophia Electric
Perdue
Electricians
Cassius Clay Seeks Ranking Opponent After Knockout
Louisville heavyweight Cassius Clay stops Alex Miteff in the sixth round of a 10 rounder and extends his win streak to nine. Promoter Bill King plans another nationally televised bout in December and has offered Ingemar Johansson $100,000 to fight Clay.
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Louisville
UPI
Cassius Clay
Tani Fins
Alex Miteff
Bill King
Clay
Ingemar Johanson
Dome design echoes grand cathedrals in Capitol plan
The Capitol Dome follows drawings by Thomas A. Walter, aiming for a beauty akin to St Peters and St Pauls. Future tech includes tiny radio transmitters for wildlife tracking on four month battery powered units, attached to rabbits and ducks with a lightweight harness.
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Capitol
Thomas A. Walter
St. Peter’s
St. Paul's
Horoscope signs notes and quirky musings from 1961
The text lists zodiac signs with date ranges and brief guidance for Aries through Pisces. It includes editorial errors and stray phrases, mentioning Field Enterprises, Inc. from 1961 and offering general advice on focus, harmony, and creativity.
Mets Get 30 Year Lease for Flushing Stadium
The New York Mets sign a 30 year lease with city officials for the Municipal Stadium at Flushing Meadow Park. The $19 million stadium won’t be ready for their debut season, so they will play at the Polo Grounds while construction finishes by next fall. The New York Titans also seek a 20 year lease for the venue.
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New York
UPI
National League Baseball
M. Donald Grant
New York Mets
Newbold Morris
Municipal
Mets
Polo Grounds
New York Giants
Flushing Meadow Park
New York Titans
Titans
Game Manager Establishes Area Inspection Stations
The Beckley District of the Department of Natural Resources sets official inspection stations for deer bow kills, turkey, and bear during open season. Stations include Raleigh County Boggs Tackle Shop Beaver and others across Greenbrier, Summers, Mercer, Monroe, and surrounding counties with some stations limited to turkeys and bears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Department of Natural Resources
David D. Gilpin
Raleigh County
Boggs Tackle
Beaver
Greenbrier
Whites
Alvon
Burr
Caldwell
Frankford
McCutcheon
Williamsburg
Monroe County
Hedricks Keystone
Union
Glace
Sweet Springs
Summers County
Riverside
Hinton
Mercer County
Douglas Sporting Goods
Princeton
Camp Creek State Forest
Huff ,Knob
Flat
Hugh O Brian exits Wyatt Earp after six-year run
Hollywood actor Hugh O'Brian states six years is enough for the Western horse opera The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. He notes a lucrative run with reruns abroad and outlines a five-part OK Corral finale filmed in slow motion before pursuing films, TV guest roles, and Broadway work.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood
UPD
Hugh O’brian
Wyatt
Miss Wyatt
Hugh
California
Florida
Nevada
iHe
Whispering Waters
Palm Springs
Earp
England
Australia
Germany
South America
ABC
O'Brian
McNally Sworn In as Mobile Mayor First GOP Leader Since Reconstruction
George E. McNally, 38, sworn in as Mobile mayor, the city's first Republican head since Reconstruction. In Van Nuys, Air Force Capt. James F. Patten, activated as chaplain of the California Air National Guard's 146th Transport Group, recalls the Berlin crisis. Dog tags bear the religion stamp No preference.
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Inesa
UPI
U.S
George E. McNally
Mobile
Gulf Port
van Nuys
Calif
Upid
Air Force
James F. Patten
Patten
California Air National Guard
146Th
Berlin
Death notices and funeral arrangements from various families
Walter W Redden age 55 of Crow dies body at Calfee Funeral Home services at Crow Christian Church burial Redden Cemetery. Ray William Moore age 47 Beckley dies body at Calfee Funeral Home services at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel burial Wildwood Cemetery. Richard Guthrey Dunbar age 77 Clear Creek services at Workmans Creek Methodist Church burial Dunbar Family Cemetery Melton Mortuary. Sandra Kay Harmon age 16 301 Rural Acres Drive services at Calloway Heights Community Church burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Melton Mortuary. James W Eggleston age 68 403 Maplewood Lane Fayetteville dies at nursing home services at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Arrangements by Ritchie Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Redden Redden
Walter W
Crow
Caffee Funeral Home
Crow Christian Church
Jim Lowe
George Rose
Redden
Calfee Funeral Home
Es ‘Moore
Imoore
Ray William
Beckley
E. W._ Powers
Wildwood
Dunbar ‘Dunbar
Richard Guthrey
Clear Creek
Harmon
Sandra Kay
Rural Acres Drive
Calloway Heights Community Church
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Melton Mortuary
Eggleston Eggleston
James W
Maplewood Lane
Fayetteville
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Rev. C. O. Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor, Inc
Bowles Bowles
Dolly
Pitey View
Carl O'Neal
Piney View Bible Church
Ernest Barley
Stanaford
Webb and Neal
Rome
Vance Drive
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Seligman High football player dies after heart blow
Seligman Arizona reports 18 year old Mike Ortiz died Saturday night after a blow to the heart during a game with Ash Fork. Ortiz was injured in the last quarter and died en route to Williams Hospital forty four miles away. Dr John Calley said mouth to mouth resuscitation lasted over thirty minutes but the youth never regained consciousness. Ortiz was injured while tackling a runner and appeared to swallow his tongue. The town had no physician available and a nurse rushed him to hospital. The game was not resumed.
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Seligman
Eine
Ash Ork
Mike Ortiz
D. C. Ortiz
Williams Hospital
John Calley
Ortiz
Paul Chamberlain
Ariz
UPI
Ingemar Johansson Plans Training for Lis on Possible European US Fight
Former heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson said today he is training regularly for a bout with Sonny Liston within the next eight months. He left open whether the match would be staged in Europe or the United States, citing his ongoing tax case in Miami Beach, Florida as a possible factor in deciding the venue.
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Ingo
Goteborg
Sweden
UPI
Ingemar Johansson
Sonny Liston
Philadelphia
Europe
United States
Miami Beach
Fla
East Berlin warning and Beckley sale notices in Raleigh County
A sign reading Entering East Berlin was displayed by a coffee-irked worker in Indianapolis. West Virginia bids will be accepted until October 26 1961 for Pinecrest Sanitarium coal contract. A Commissioners Sale in Beckley on October 30 1961 offers a Main Street lot at public auction. Also florists advertise wireless flowers and funeral directors services.
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East Berlin
Indianapolis
Ind
UPID
Matthew Welsh
Capitol Building
Charleston
West Virginia
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
W. Va
Boyde, Horner, JR
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Cleo Corey
Main Street
Court House
City of
T. E. Combs
Mike Corey
Albert Corey
West
Virginia
Said County
Clau .S. Crouse
W. H. File, JR
Local sales route offers steady earnings in Beckley area
An apprenticeship style ad seeks married high school graduates for sales routes in Beckley and Nicholas County. Earn from 90 to 150 per week with training and no layoffs. Requires honest bondable individuals willing to work long hours. Details via Box 411 Beckley W Va or by phone.
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CURB
My Brother's Drive Inn
Shady Spring
Buel Redden
New York
Fayetteville
Bon Bon Agency
Neville St
Beckley
W. Va
Electrolux Corporation
Temple Street
Bishop Street
Miullens
Pineville
Wenance
Nicholas County
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David Bauguess
Sophia
Son
Oceana
United Press International
Harry
Donald Meadows
Mike Gurrino
Kegler
Raleigh Co. Bank
Means‘ Lumber
Beckley National Bank
Raleigh Co. Bankers
Henry Bennett
Means Lumber
Dale Harrah
Melody Shop
Gloria Sweeney
Bill Klein
Loui Manning
Happies Keeler
George Stiffey
Wanda Thomson
Ad Barker
P.b's
Thelma Wills
iAstronauts
Hallean Wills
Astro-Guide
Aries
Taurus
Semini
Renee Wits
Leo
Sagittarius
Caprico
Aquarius S
Field Enterprises, Inc
Pontiac
Mich
Paul Bonfiglio
Oakland County Court
Wyatt Earp
Gels Gop
Means Lumber Co
Sisson St
Dial Floral CO
City Ave
Funeral Home Radio
Douglas Bryant
Jack McGuigan
Johnstown Rd
Williams Funeral Home
Webb & Neal ‘Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Ph. CL
R.A. Neal
Mer
A Monuments
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
Robert L Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Charles Logan
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Disho
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
W.va
Dial
Earl
ILDA
Vda
Brammer
Embees - Ph
S. Fayette St
Jimmy’s Beauty Shop
Sereres
South
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Southern Institute of Graphic: Arts
Nashville
Tennessee
South Street
Wright
Halstead’s
Green
Lewis Chevrolet Co
Beckley, W. Va
WARDS
Montgomery Ward
John W. Eye Television
Westinghouse
Philco
Gibson
Zenith
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St. Beckley
Jennings Radio & TV
MacArthur
W. C. Rogers
Temple St. Dee
Semple St
Sparks
Prince St
Yellow Cab
Frank Alderson
Firestone, Ce
Ashworth
Furniture
Willey
Brothers, Hinton
W .A
S. Eisenhower Dr
HERTZ
Charles House Motor Hotel
Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial CL
Call Home Modernization Co
Earwood St
FHA
Formica
Nickie
End Valley
Drive
American Glass & Mirror Co. Inc
Mt. Hope Rd
Sal
Alfred Smith
Branch
Raleigh
Sparks __TV & Appliance Company
Jim Green
Town and Country Drive Inn
AVON
Bostick Avenue
Brown
President
TWC
Trimble
Beck- Bs
Eee
Care Beckley
Beckley News- Papers Corp
United Finance Corp
Ir.l. Stinson
Myers Ave
Roy A. Jones
R. E. Bare
W. B. Jones
Crab Orcheard
Harold Hanks
Pikeview Drive
Chihuahua
Fotos & Co
Service
Vass
Piney View
Harris Grocery
Amnett
We Va
Radford
Michigan
McIntosh
Cortland
Stayman
Daniels
Paul Daily
Hines
N. Kanawha St
J. I. ‘Mills
Reg. Price
Best Furniture Co
SL. Fayette
Ioan
Foster Hardware, Inc
B . ‘Browning
Hotpoint
New
F.H.A
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
Richmond
W. T. Moses
Beckley Hotel
Peeeeee
World Book Childcraft
Delmas Ellins
Burgess Street
Beckley Maytag
Maytag
SPE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
G. L. Sweeney
Sears, Roebuck
bBank
Beckley -Newspapers Corp
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