Judges to Honor Three From Area at Wheeling Meeting
Memorials to former Raleigh County and Wyoming County judges set for the annual Judicial Association gathering at Oglebay Park Wheeling October 25 26. Judge Knapp will report on Civil Procedure rule changes and Judge McCreery will honor A D Preston and Riffe with reflections on their careers and character.
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Raleigh County
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Wyoming County
Judicial Association
Wheeling
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
A. D. Preston
Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
W. A. Riffe
Charles W. Ferguson
Wayne
R. D. Bailey
Pineville
Knapp
Preston
McCreery
Our
New Orleans
Riffe
Raleigh
Criminal Court
United States
Oglebay Park
Gerald C. Snyder
Waukegan
Til
Walter E. Craig
Phoenix
Ariz
American Bar Association
State Bar
Oglebay
Sophia Drivers Pay $25 Fines
Sophia residents faced small fines before Magistrates for a range of traffic related offenses. Carson Gillenwater and Norman Grise, both in their 30s, were cited by State Police on Route 16 Monday for reckless driving. Several others including CHESLEY C. WALKER JR., Edward Luddreth, and Vivian Farruggia paid fines for expired registration, defective equipment, and double line passing respectively. Dorothy Farruggia and Joe Haley were fined for speeding in a school zone and making unnecessary noise after State Police citations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Joe Rodriguez
Carson Gillenwater
Norman R. Grise
Chesley C. Walker Jr
Rodriguez
Edward Luddreth
Crab Orchard
Vivian M. Farruggia
Besoco
Dorothy Farruggia
Rhodell
W. A. Burke
Joe Haley
Meredith Draws Critics Over Oxford Troop Probe
Meredith defended his role in desegregation amid riots in Oxford where troops patrolled downtown. Officials said Negro soldiers were used elsewhere and faced jeers as a soldier was struck by a bottle during disturbances October 1. He rejected claims of being chosen to integrate the school, citing better educational opportunities as his priority and thanking supporters.
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Oxford
Meredith
Shopper Stricken At Montgomery Ward Store
Montgomery Ward staff called the Beckley Rescue Squad at 11:25 a.m. to aid Mrs. Margaret Holovic, 50, of Calloway Heights who became ill while shopping. She received first aid and was taken to her home.
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Beckley
Montgomery Ward
Margaret Holovic
Calloway Heights
WVU Seeks Increase For Salaries And Equipment
West Virginia University requests about 506000 for salary increases and 219000 for 27 new positions, aiming for an annual raise just under 10 percent to raise the university's 12 percent gap with the national average. It seeks 735000 for equipment plus 202000 more, saying inventory of modern scientific and teaching gear is depleted aside from the Medical Center. Capital requests include 200000 for land, 25 million for phase three of the West Virginia Center for Appalachian Studies and Development on the Evansdale Campus, and 125000 to finish central shop facilities.
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West Virginia Center For Appalachian Studies
Evansdale
Wife Held After Alleged Attack on 66 Year Old Man
Gladys Shumate, 66, is jailed in Raleigh County on a charge of assault after allegedly injuring her husband Fair Bane Shumate at their 102 Spring Street home around 3 a m Monday. He is in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital with a head laceration. Bond set at 500 dollars, and she has waived action by the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bane Shumate
Spring St
Raleigh General Hospital
Gladys
Beckleyan Jailed on Peace Warrant Today
John Henry Miller of 123 Mills Street was jailed at 7 50 a m today on a peace warrant by a constable. A Bolt resident was released at 7 35 a m to custody of deputies to be taken to a Chillicothe Ohio mental hospital.
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John Henry Miller
Mills St
Chillicothe
Ohio
Congress cap on aid trimmed then restored to 3.929 billion
Congress voted a 4.7 billion aid program but the House reduced the funding to 3.63 billion. Senate restoration narrowed the gap and after conferees failed earlier, the House and Senate settled on a 3.929 billion compromise.
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Congress
House
Senate
Church unity urged by Cardinal Cushing in UPI quote
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL reports Cardinal Cushing of Boston believes the Christian church will eventually be reunified, saying in a future timeframe there will be one flock and one pastor. In Oxford Mississippi, University of Mississippi students deride federal action over James Meredith, shouting Kennedy is a coon keeper.
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United Press International
Vatican City
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Oxford, Miss
University of Mississippi
James Meredith
Kennedy
Eisenhower backs Nixon for California governor
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower endorses Richard M. Nixon for California governor, saying he has full faith in the man and would be proud to have Nixon as governor regardless of where he lived in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
United States
Richard Nixon
Jewel Thieves Net Huge Haul In London Gem Heist
London police and Interpol pursue a gang that robbed Waters Blott Peake and Co. of jewels valued between 300000 and 600000 pounds. Dressed as workmen, the thieves used cupboards and a skeleton key to reach safes containing an 84000 dollar necklace and jewels of foreign and titled British and royal affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Scotland Yard
Interpol
Waters, Blott, Peake and Co
Richard Steel
Stevenson urges Cuba to honor inter-American system
United Nations commentary by Adlai Stevenson criticizes Cuban President Osvaldo Corticos. He says if Cuba wants normal relations in the hemisphere it must return to inter-American concepts and obligations, end subservience to the Soviet Union, and stop intervening in neighbor nations with an alien doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.S
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
Osvaldo Corticos
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Piedmont reinstates Raleigh air flight to Roanoke
Piedmont Airlines will resume daily flights from Raleigh County Memorial Airport to Roanoke Virginia starting October 28. The service, which also includes a Cincinnati Huntington and Charleston to Bluefield Roanoke route, leaves Beckley at 8:48 p m daily. The reinstated flight, plus the Washington D C Louisville service, restores traffic after last spring cuts.
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Piedmont Airlines
Raleigh County Memorial
Roanoke
Cincinnati
Ohio
Huntington
Charleston
Bluefield
Beckley
Washington, D. C
Louisville
Piedmont
Beckley Squad Responds to Prosperity Fiancee Shock Death
The Beckley Rescue Squad answered a 1:30 p m call in Prosperity after the death of Matthew Kopec in a mine accident earlier in the day. His fiancée, Mrs Ellen Webb, was in a state of shock and received emergency treatment before she was treated and released from Beckley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Ellen Webb
Matthew Kopec
Beckley Hospital
Silent Church Council Gathers 225 American Prelates
The Vatican council draws near as 225 American prelates join the gathering. Cardinal Spellman arrives midweek, while no Russian Orthodox observer was invited. Pope John XXIII seeks to modernize the church amid broad Catholic participation and non Catholic observers.
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U.S
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Moscow
Willebrands
Vatican
Russia
John XXIII
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Hungary
East Germany
John
Unity Outlook From Ecumenical Council
Vatican City reports say Roman Catholics and Protestants attending the Ecumenical Council foresee eventual church reunion, not as a direct outcome of the meeting. Cardinal Cushing and Dr Frederic Grant of Union Theological Seminary anticipate near-future unity, with a long process to a single church and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
UPI
Ecumenical Council
Richard J. Cardinal Cushing
Poston
Frederic Grant
New York City
Union Theological Seminary
Grant
Cardinal Cushing
America
Change in plans halts prisoner move to Marysville jail
Marysville California UPT reports a halt in plans to relocate Yuba County prisoners to the new jail. Officers say the jail doors do not lock, prompting the stoppage and a delay in transfer operations.
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Marysville, Calif
UPT
Yuba County
Death notices for Matthew Kopec of Prosperity
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Melton Mortuary Chapel for Matthew Kopec, 40, of Prosperity, who died at about 9:30 a.m. Monday when slate fell on him at the Lynn Jean coal mine in Royal. He is buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He worked as a coal miner for about 20 years and was hired by Lynn Jean Coal Co. Aug. 24. He leaves a father, John Kopec of Prosperity, four sisters and three brothers.
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Matthew Kopec
Melton
Earnest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Lynn Jean
Royal
Paul Moye
Jack
Kopec
Linden
John Kopec
Prosperity
Mary Kopec
Lynn Jean Coal Co
Caroline Shelton
Albana Baboo
Virginia Groskey
Elizabeth
N. J
Stella Bair
Knoxville
Julius
Dorothy
Chester
Johnny
Melton Mortuary Chapel
Earnest Bailey
Okey Whittington
Percy Catlett
Ray Bandy
Thomas Kincaid
Eddie Zoltz
Earnest Foster
Melton Mortuary
John N. Shumate Rites Planned at Crab Orchard Church
Funeral services for John Newton Shumate 82 of Maple Mead ow will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Crab Orchard Baptist Church with Rev Shir ley Donnelly officiating. Burial follows at Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. He died Monday evening after an extended illness. A lifelong Raleigh County resident born December 10 1879 he taught in Raleigh County schools for 34 years. Survived by two daughters six sons 22 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and one sister. Pallbearers named.
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John Newton Shumate
Maple Meadow
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Shirley Donnelly
Mount Tabor
Wyoming County
Jack
Shumate
Raleigh County
Akers Baptist Church
Lester Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Modern Woodmen of America
Edith Kessel
Beckley
Dorothy Waugh
Mabscott
Sherman
Ghent
Syble
Cleveland
Ohio
Glen
Lester
Kilmer
Wilford
Isaac Howery
Daniels
Caffee Funeral Home
Glen P. Daniel
Winford Daniel
Randolph Trump
Archie Milam
Ward Cozart
John L. Martin
Quadros Losing Ground in Sao Paulo Governor Race
Rio de Janeiro dispatch notes mounting returns in Sunday's election suggest ex-President Janio Quadros faces a solid defeat in the Sao Paulo gubernatorial race. Adhemar de Barros leads with 127,987 votes to Quadros' 114,032 and Bonifacio's 89,030, with de Barros expanding his edge as Bonificio backs Carvalho Pinto's old machine.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Janio Quadros
Sao Paulo
Adhemar de Barros
Quadros
Jose Bonifacio
de Barros
United States
Bonifacio
Carvalho Pinto
105 Join AF From West Va
Approximately 150 West Virginia youths joined the United States Air Force in September, including 27 from the Beckley area. Figures from the 3502nd U S Air Force Recruiting Group at Olmsted Air Force Base show 104 processed through Beckley Main Station with three entering commissioned officer programs. The group covers Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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West Virginia
Beckley
United States Air Force
3502Nd
U. S. Air Force
Olmsted Air Force Base
Charles McNeil
3502Nd Group
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Kentucky
New Jersey
Virginia
District of Columbia
Final rites set for 5 month old Gary W August Jr
Gary Wayne August Jr., 5 months old, son of Mr and Mrs G W August of Charleston formerly Stickney, died Monday after a short illness in a Charleston hospital. Services Wed at 1 p m Stickney Community Church with Rev Wade Webb. Burial Birchton Cemetery. Survived by grandparents Willie August of Stickney Luther Crum of Eunice. Body at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville, taken to church one hour before funeral.
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Gary Wayne August Jr
G. W. August
Charleston
Stickney
Wade Webb
Stickney Community Church
Birchton
Willie August
Luther Crum
Eunice
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Funeral services set for Mrs. Sara Bailey in Twilight
Mrs. Sara Bailey 83 of Twilight dies after illness. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at Freewill Baptist Church Twilight with Rev Ernest Bailey officiating. Burial in Bailey Mountain family cemetery. Survivors: three sons Marshall Montreal Arnold Naoma Willard Twilight. daughter Mrs Paulina Williams Twilight. sisters Mrs Ida Bonds Rock Creek Mrs Nancy Green Bim. half sister Mrs Macie Cook Twilight. 17 grandchildren 24 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren. Body from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville to Williams home Twilight at 4 p m today.
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Sara Bailey
Twilight
Freewill Baptist Church
Ernest Bailey
Bailey Mountain
Bailey
Marshall
Montreal
Arnold
Naoma
Willard
Paulina Williams
Ida Bonds
Rock Creek
Nancy Green
Bim
Macie Cook
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
Williams
Ida Yeager Montley Yeager Rites Held At Primitive Baptist
Funeral services for Ida Mae Montley Yeager 56 of 224 Eighth Street East Park set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Primitive Baptist Church East Park with Elder Ed Wallace presiding. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Died Sunday at home after long illness. Born March 5 1906 daughter of Samuel and Nancy Montley. Survived by son William Jr four daughters Lauresa Yeager Fannie Dorton Lillie Mae Fuller Newark New Jersey Mabel Neal Portsmouth Oregon five brothers Eli James Samuel Montley Beckley Albert Willie Montley Newark NJ 17 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the home of brother Samuel Montley at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Ida Mae Montley Yeager
Eighth St
East Park
Primitive Baptist Church
10Th Street
Ed Wallace
Greenwood Memorial Park
Samuel
Nancy Montley
William Jr
Lauresa Yeager
Fannie Dorton
Lillie Mae Fuller
Newark
N. J
Mabel Neal
Portsmouth
Ore
Eli
James
Samuel Montley
Beckley
Albert
Willie Montley
Ritchie and Johnson
Wiley Sizemore 64 Dies in Beckley After Illness
Wiley Jack Sizemore 64 of Black Eagle WV died at 8 45 p m Monday in a Beckley hospital after a brief illness He was a WWI veteran and a carpenter He was treasurer and clerk of Mount Carmel Regular Baptist Church at Maben Surviving wife three daughters a step son two stepdaughters two brothers three sisters 10 grandchildren and a stepgrandchild Funeral at Mount Carmel Church Thursday at 11 a m Burial in Tolliver Cemetery lifted by Tolliver family burial arrangements at McDougal Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens Friends may call after 5 p m today at the funeral home
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Wiley Jack Sizemore
Black Eagle
Beckley
Wyoming County
Mount Carmel Regular Baptist Church
Maben
Rebecca Tolliver Sizemore
Maxine Canada
Pierpoint
Aileen Tedder
Wilkesboro
N.C
Helen Burton
Baltimore
Benny Sizemore
Itmann
Scottie Shouse
Cleveland
Ohio
Charlotte
Enoch
Johnny
McGraws
Sarah Woods
Corinne
Reva Meadows
Slab Fork
Renda Wood
Prosperity
Mount Carmel
Clifford Green
Leonard McKinney
Tolliver Cemetery
Bowers Ridge
McDougal
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs Gore 87 Dies In Mullens After Illness At Home
Margaret Ulla Gore 87 of Mullens died at 6 a m today at her home. Born Jesse October 26 1874 she was daughter of John Allen Workman and Mary Cook Workman. Survived by daughter Marian Vanover stepson Fred L Gore two stepdaughters Dess Morris W Jones Ira Lewis. 14 grandchildren 19 great grandchildren. Service Thursday 2 pm First Methodist Church Mullens Rev Virgil Conant. burial Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Matheny Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Margaret Ulla Gore
Frantz Ave
Mullens
Jesse
John Allen
Mary Margaret Cook Workman
John Edward
Ken) Gore
Marian Vanover
Fred L. Gore
Coppers Cove
Tex
Bobby Lee Trump Funeral Arrangements Finalized
Bobby Lee Trump 31 of McGraws died suddenly at 9 a m today from a heart attack. Born February 14, 1931 in McGraws, he is survived by his wife Elsie Farmer Trump a son Rickey Lee his father John Trump and his mother Arminda Shinault Trump both of Cleveland and a brother Virgil Gene of Cleveland. Funeral service at Sam Foglemon Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Lee Trump
McGraws
Elsie Farmer Trump
Rickey Lee
John Trump
Arminda Shinault Trump
Cleveland
Ohio
Virgil Gene
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Final rites for Walter H. McDaniels held in East Rainelle
Walter H. McDaniels 54 of Layland died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle with Rev Elmer Pomeroy officiating. Burial Layland Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mattie, daughter Maria Bowles Crab Orchard, son Howard Jr. of Layton, sisters Mary Osborne Quinwood Nora Tread Charmee Bertha Mullins Allegheny Va., brother Richard Charleston, half sister Hazel McDaniels Chicago, five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Howard McDaniels
Layland
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Elmer Pomeroy
McDaniels
Beckley Hospital
Paint Bank
John and
Kate Elmore McDaniels
Mattie McDaniels
Maria Bowles
Crab Orchard
Howard Jr
Lawton
Mary Osborne
Quinwood
Nora Tread
Charmee
Bertha Mullins
Allegheny
Richard
Charleston
Hazel McDaniels
Chicago, Ill
Arthur
Junior
Jacksonville
Fla
Henry
Sophia
Albert
St. Clair Shores, Mich
Obed Crutchfield Rites Pending Burial Arrangements
Obed Crutchfield, 74, of Winona died in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness. A retired miner and Winona Baptist Church member, he will be at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor while arrangements are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obed Crutchfield
Winona
Montgomery
Mrs Ella Letchoe Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Ella Letchoe, 72, of Rhodell, died in a Mullens hospital at 3 a m today after a long illness. She is survived by relatives in the region. Funeral arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Letchoe
Rhodell
Mullens Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
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Brazil
West Va
Gary W. August Jr
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Penney’s
Penney's
Margaret Gore
Walter H. McDaniels
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