Choral Society Names Director For Messiah
Mrs. Ralph Conrad of Beckley was chosen to direct the choral society's Messiah program at a Monday meeting. A Webster Springs and Glenville State College alumna, she held leadership roles in national music groups, taught music across three states, and conducted choirs in Laurel and other cities. She and husband Ralph Conrad, a sales manager, have two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Conrad
Beckley
Choral Society
Carl Holbert Sr
Summersville
Webster Springs
Conrad
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Prince Georges County
Charles Town
Portsmouth
Laurel
Baltimore
Southern Baptist Jubilee Convention
Atlantic City
N. J
Laure
United States
Manhattan
N.Y
Buryl Red
American Antenna Research Inc
Marco, Inc
North Vance Drive
American Antennae
May Beth
Cheryl
Court approves Reservation Street paving in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Court approved paving for Reservation Street after a petition with about 62 percent owner signers. Six signerscovering 800 of 1400 feet were represented by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Tom Canterbury. Final road specifications await Raleigh County Planning and Zoning. bids will be advertised soon.
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Reservation Street
Raleigh County Court
Tom Canterbury
H. G. Farmer
Sunset Drive
Raleigh County Planning and Zoning Committee
Canterbury
Space Flight Hails Sunrise as Step Toward Moon Travel
Soviet space scientists celebrate the Sunrise voyage as a milestone toward lunar missions. Tass promises a powerful new launch method and a large ship, with Western estimates pegging the rocket far more powerful than the Gemini program, widening the gap with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Yuri Gagarin
United States
Webb
Two Car Crash Causes $350 Damage at Busy Intersection
At a busy city intersection Monday a two car collision caused $350 in damage. Peggy Mae Penn, 29, of Mabscott, was cited for failure to yield the right of way. No injuries were reported as her 1954 car struck a 1961 station wagon driven by A Williams of 200 Summers Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Mae Penn
Mabscott
Penn
Fourth Street
A. Williams
Summers Street
Smolen abducted at doorstep by teenage gunmen
Smolen was kidnapped from his doorstep by two teenage gunmen and held overnight. He was found wandering on Los Samanes Street at 10:45 p.m. with a blindfold and later driven to the embassy in a convoy of police cars. He spoke to newsmen after a medical check and briefing with officials.
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Smolen
Mariam
Smolens
Sandra Lynn
Chandler
Arizona State University
Los Samanes
Ignacio Iribarren Borges
Interior
Police
Gonzalo Barrios
Defense
Ramon F. Gomez
Tommy Gunners
Investment Counselor To Speak At Church Banquet
Wade Rubick a legal and investment counselor for the United Christian Missionary Society will speak at the Elders and Deacons Banquet at First Christian Church tonight. Rubick recently returned from a tour of Africa and the Middle East. He is an Indianapolis Third Christian Church elder, Kansas City native, taught a young adults class 12 years, and held roles with the Christian Church Commission and Council of Churches. He practiced law in Kansas City and was a Missouri attorney general assistant. He has been active in civic affairs.
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Wade Rubick
United Christian Missionary Society of the Christian Churches
First Christian Church
Rubick
Africa
Middle East
Third Christian Church
Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas City
Christian Church Commission
Council of Churches
State of
Missouri
Air Force enlistment of William Lamont Cruise
William Lamont Cruise of Arlington Virginia enlisted in the Air Force this week at the Recruiting Main Station in Beckley. He is the son of Gaither and Cornelia Cruise.
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William Lamont Cruise
Arlington, Va
Gaither and
Cornelia Cruise
Air Force
Beckley
West Virginia Leaders Expand Economy and Parks
Barron announced emergency action and an upgraded aid system with a new Department of Commerce. He noted a $25 million state park upgrade program in cooperation with the federal government to boost tourism. Barron, head of the Conference of Appalachian Governors, stressed poverty pockets remain but are not worse than other states and may be less severe.
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Istration
Department of Commerce
West Virginia
Barron
Conference of Appalachian Governors
Bennett Fined After Beating Incident at Bus Terminal
Hartsell Bennett of Lanark was fined $5 by Magister Joe Rodriguez for unlawfully assaulting Frank Torres of Beckley at the bus terminal Saturday morning, per a warrant issued in Rodriguez’s office.
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Bennett
Hartsell Bennett
Lanark
Joe Rodriguez
Frank Torres
Beckley
Rodriguez
Deaths and Funerals A: Campbell and Bailey services listed
Funeral services are set for Mrs. De lores Campbell 60 of 608 Myers Ave at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel at 2 30 p m Wednesday with Rev B L Mossin officiating Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She died Monday at 5 a m at the home of Mr and Mrs Lee Quesenberry in Paints ville Ohio She died of a heart attack Final rites for Kirt Bailey 90 of Cyclone will be at 1 p m Wednesday at Bright Prospect Baptist Church with Rev Kenny Harvey Burial in Brown Cemetery He died Monday in a Man Hospital of pneumonia Born Feb 7 1874 at Cyclone son of Loud en Bailey and Emmalie Bailey Survivors include three sons Oat Ambherstdale Roy Hatcher and Wannie Cyclone and four daughters Sarah Toler Bald Knob Iona Osborne Cora Osborne and Lessie Bostic Cyclone The body to be taken to son Wannie Cyclone home at 6 p m today from Evans Funeral Home Oceana RNS
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Delores Campbell
Myers Ave
Rose and
Kirt Bailey
Bright Prospect Baptist Church
Kenny Harvey
Brown Cemetery
Cyclone
Bailey
Louden
Emmalie Bailey
Emma Dickens Bailey
Oat
Ambherstdale
Roy
Hatcher
Wannie
Sarah Toler
Bald Knob
Iona Osborne
Cora Osborne
Lessie Bostic
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Mary Jane Sigmon
Princeton
Bailey Funeral Home
Roger McCormick
Tilley
Arista
Sigmon
Bluefield
Edward Howerton
Herndon
Joe Ross
Tralee
Lamar
Frances Catherine Martin
Williams Street
Cleveland
Ohio
First Christian Church
Beckley Social Security Administration Office
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Beckley
Thomas Keaton
Zula Myles Keaton
Sharon
Funeral set for Clifford Mack Waldron in Kincaid
Clifford Mack Waldron 53 of Kincaid dies in Beckley hospital after a restaurant operator career. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Page Baptist Church with Rev James H Casto. burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Survived by wife Agnes Fayetteville two sons Paul Lawrence and Herbert Lee both of Fayetteville Rt 2 brother William Cincinnati half sister Opal Quen Quesenberry Kincaid. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill after 3 p.m. today with military rites at cemetery by Guthrie AFB personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Mack Waldron
Kincaid
Baptist Church
Page
V. James H. Casto
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Waldron
Beckley Hospital
American Legion
LaFayette Post
Fayetteville
Alum Creek
Mose Washington
Elizabeth Kincaid Waldron
Agnes
William
Cincinnati
Ohio
Opal Quen Quesenberry
Paul Lawrence
Herbert Lee
Rt. 2
Tyree
Guthrie Air Force Base
Nancy Morley Funeral Arrangements Documented
Mrs Nancy Morley 78 of 10th Street and East died at her residence at 2 am Monday after a short illness. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home.
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Nancy Motley
10Th Street
East Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Final rites for William Pres ton Wilson held at Pineville church
William Pres ton Wilson 59 of Pineville dies after a Welch hospital stay. Funeral service 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pineville Presbyterian Church with Revs Norman Morgan and R J Chenoweth Jr officiating. Burial in Beaver Cemetery Baileysville. Survived by mother Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Wilson and sisters Klara and Elizabeth. Wilson served as magistrate for Center District since 1949 after his father’s death. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home until funeral time.
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William Preston Wilson
Pineville
Pineville Presbyterian Church
Norman Morgan
R. J. Chenoweth Jr
Beaver Cemetery
Baileysville
Wilson
Welch Hospital
Pocahontas
Margaret Elizabeth Wilson
William B. Wilson
Mrs Carline Brown 63 of Mullens Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Carline Brown 63 Mullens died at 2 10 a m in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. Born February 11 1901 in Sprott Alabama she was a daughter of the late Dock and Eula Pryor. Survived by husband Ben J Brown five sons six daughters three brothers two sisters and 29 grandchildren. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Carline Pryor Brown
Mullens
Mullens Hospital
Sprott
Ala
Dock
Eula Williams Pryor
Ben J. Brown
Robertson and Foglesong
Mrs. Emmory Clemmons Funeral Services Held in Wakefield
Funeral services for Mrs. Emmory Peake Clemmons of Wakefield Ohio are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wakefield. She died Monday morning en route to a hospital from an apparent heart attack. Survivors include her husband Emmory two sons Everett and Randy of Columbus two daughters Eleanor Cutlip of Wakefield and Eva Hughes of Florida eight grandchildren and a great grandchild. She was a sister of Boston Green of Naoma and daughter of Tolbert Green and the late Ella Ferrell Green. Bowyer Funeral Home of Waverly Ohio is in charge of arrangements.
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Emmory (Peake) Clemmons
Wakefield
Ohio
Boston Green
Raleigh
Naoma
Lakewood
Esmond
Dora Green
Bandytown
Bethel
Babe
Denny
London
Robert
Buck) Green
Dayton
Ashby Cook
Wharton
Cloda Clemmons
Emmory
Everett
Randy
Columbus
Eleanor Cutlip
Eva Hughes
Florida
Clemmons
Tolbert Green
Ella Ferrell Green
Mrs Martha Ferguson Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Mrs Martha Ferguson Brenton died at 1 30 p m Monday in a Welch hospital Pineville funeral arrangements are incomplete RNS
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Martha Ferguson
Brenton
Welch Hospital
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Shady Spring youths arrested for robbery at service station
Three Shady Spring juveniles were arrested and lodged in the Raleigh County Jail at 3 p.m. Monday on breaking and entering charges. State police officers connected them with the Tate's Service Station burglary in Shady Spring.
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Shady Spring
Raleigh
Tate
Criminal Court Term Opened in Raleigh County
The October term of Crim inal Court convened in the Raleigh County Court House. Six cases were heard by Judge Harry McCreery with two guilty pleas for burglary, one guilty plea for grand larceny, one case held open, one remanded to Justice Court, and one continued. Freddie Florentz pled guilty and was bond released for sentencing Oct. 17. Morris Hope pled guilty and remanded for sentencing Nov. 5. Roy Smith Jr. pled guilty to grand larceny for stealing a 1959 model car and received one year in jail with credit for time served. Joe Kulscar remanded to Justice Court for delinquency and maiming. Harold E. Robinson’s bad check charge held open pending payment. John Henry Phipps’ armed robbery case continued. Attorney Ker mit Locke requested release. defendant to obtain new counsel. Jury released to Oct. 15 at 9:30 a.m.
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Raleigh County Court House
Harry McCreery
Justice Court
Freddie Florentz
Eula Stanley
Beckley
Morris Hope
O.A. Pierce
Roy Smith Jr
Daniel Warren
Joe Kulscar
Harold E. Robinson
John Henry Phipps
Kermit Locke
Hale Jailed on Forgery and Burglary Charges
Kenneth Hale of Price Hill was returned from Charlotte North Carolina by state police to answer forgery and entering without breaking charges. He was booked at Raleigh County Jail and remanded on $1,500 bond per charge after waiving grand jury action. Hale is accused of forging 21 checks in the area and entering Price Hill School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hale
Price Hill
Charlotte
N. C
D. V. Lilly
T. D. Hercules
Hale
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Governors of Colored People Debate Civil Rights Plan
Sanders argues repeal of the Civil Rights Act unlikely for Johnson or Goldwater. Louisiana Governor McKeithen notes Goldwater’s weakening lead as he avoids the civil rights issue. Wallace seeks a constitutional convention via state legislatures to amend the U S Constitution to shield state education policy from federal laws and court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Barry Goldwater
President Johnson
Louisiana
John McKeithen
Goldwater
Arizona
Wallace
U. S
Congress
Traffic Toll Rises as WV FataIities Hit 345
The West Virginia traffic fatality count reached 345 today, up from 320 a year ago. In the Northern Panhandle, two separate crashes claimed lives: Mrs. Laura Van Haun of Cleveland, 66, and Judy Tharp, 20, of New Martinsville. Van Haun died in a four vehicle wreck on U S 40 in Wheeling. Tharp perished when her car struck a bridge abutment near Nathum in Marshall County. Several others were injured.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Panhandle
Laura van Haun
Cleveland
Judy Tharp
New Martinsville
Haun
U. S. 40
Wheeling
Miss Tharp
Nathum
Marshall County
Sidewalk Built Between BNC and Leeds After Obstruction
The hazardous condition at Beckley Newspaper Corporation Building adjacent to Leeds parking lot was corrected by adding a sidewalk. Editor Emile Hodel requested removal of the obstruction, presenting photos of a wall and post blocking the passage and causing pedestrians to enter the street at the Sept. 22 City Council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Newspaper Corporation
Leed
Post Herald
Emile Hodel
Hodel
Rummage Sale Planned by Beaver Baptist Women
The Women's Mission Society of the Beaver Baptist Church schedules a rummage sale for October 16 and 17 at Beaver Drug Store to raise funds for finishing the new fire house and community building.
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The
Women’s Mission Society of the Baptist Church At
Beaver
Beaver Drug Store
Welfare Dept to spruce up former bakery building
Charleston Kanawha City project allocates about 25000 to renovate the former Conlon Baking Co. building. The State Welfare Department leases the site for 78000 with federal funds covering about one third of the cost.
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Charleston
UPI
State Welfare Department
Conlon Baking Co
Kanawha City
Johnson ends 9,998-mile tour with Boise crowds
President Johnson returned to the White House hoarse after a weeklong campaign through 14 states on a peace and prosperity platform. He drew large crowds, estimated at 1.5 million since Monday, and hinted at Texas campaigning this weekend while denouncing Goldwater indirectly. Goldwater countered from Topeka and Des Moines, accusing Johnson of political timidity amid talk of near space and military space dominance.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Boise
Idaho
New Jersey
Texas
Goldwater
Philippines
Diosdado Macapagal
San Francisco
State House
Topeka
Kan
Des Moines
Iowa
Milwaukee
Wis
Soviet Union
Humphrey assails Goldwater in New England tour speech
UPI reports Senator Hubert H. Humphrey charging that in foreign and domestic policy the Goldwater faction seeks catastrophe. He blasted race riots, poverty and nuclear bravado, saying their view is defeatist and distrustful of government. He spoke at Smith College during a one day New England swing, with stops planned in Rutland Concord Lewiston Auburn and New Haven.
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Northampton
Mass
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Goldwater
Smith College
Smith
New England
Rhode Island
Humphrey
Rutland
Concord
N.H
Lewiston - Auburn
Maine
New Haven
Conn
Minnesota
Goldwater Demands Major Re-Direct of Space Efforts
UPI dispatch from Topeka reports Senator Barry Goldwater urging a major re direction of United States space efforts after reporting Soviet multi passenger orbital flight news. He attacked President Johnson as a part time leader distracted by politics while crises burn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
U.S
Johnson
Miller to resume campaign tour after rest in Pa
Republican vice presidential hopeful William E. Miller planned to resume campaigning in Pennsylvania after a two day rest for a severe head cold. He was set to speak in Scranton Wilkes-Barre Reading and Philadelphia before flying to Richmond Indiana for the night. Mrs Miller defended him against criticism of his attacks on Democrats saying he speaks forcefully but relies on a solid research staff. Miller had spent the weekend at his Washington home receiving treatment for a high fever from the cold and cut short a trip to Ohio.
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Washington
UPI
William E. Miller
Pennsylvania
New York
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Reading
Philadelphia
Richmond
Ind
Citizens For Goldwater-Miller Organization
Bill
Miller
Ohio
United Mine Workers Endorse Candidates
United Mine Workers District 17 endorsed Democrats for President Vice President Senate and House. The list for Raleigh County includes H Dale Covey Lewis N McManus and Mrs W W Withrow for House of Delegates. Fayette County endorsements name Howard Carson for State Senate Robert K Holliday T E Myles and Earl M Vickers for House of Delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers District 17
Senate
House Representatives
UMW
Raleigh County
House of Delegates
H. Dale Covey
Lewis N. McManus
W. W. Withrow
Fayette County
Howard Carson
State Senate
Robert K. Holliday
T. E. Myles
Earl M. Vickers
Case Settled In Auto Collision Suit Tidbit
The suit by James Finley Tolliver against Nancy Ellen Shumate Everette Shumate and J R Tolliver for 20000 was settled today. The Dec 31 1963 crash occurred near Suratts Store at Stover when a truck carrying Tolliver collided with a car owned by Shumate. Tolliver says he suffered mental and physical anguish and will continue to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Finley Tolliver
Nancy Ellen Shumate
Everette Shumate
J. R. Tolliver
Surrat’s
Stover
Tolliver
Glen Daniel
Arnett
Miss Shumate
Street to Opened at City Park Parking Lot Entrance
Elmer Warden Street Commissioner says the entrance to the city park parking lot adjacent Motor Car Supply will reopen today. A retaining wall was built after soil pressure shifted the area, during which time the former two lane exit was used as both entrance and exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Warden
Stree
Candidate Slated for Stops in Sophia and Slab Fork
Cecil H. Underwood, gubernatorial candidate, will visit Raleigh County with brief appearances in Sophia at 9 a.m. and Slab Fork at 9 30 a.m. on Thursday. He plans a stop in each town during the campaign swing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil H. Underwood
Sophia
Slab Fork
Raleigh County
Galloway Freed After Bond Posting in Assault Case
Percy Galloway of G Street was released from Raleigh County Jail at 3 30 p m Monday after posting bond on a felonious assault charge.
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Galloway
Percy Galloway
G Street
Raleigh
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National Bible Week
Zuly
Family Weekly
Breekley
Raleigh & Register
Cruise
Main ST
SUEDE
Mary Sigmon
Mrs
Frances Martin
Clifford Waldron
Nancy Morley
Richmond's
Richmon Cleaners
William Wilson
Mrs. Carline Brown
Mrs. Emmory Clemmons
BNC
Leeds
Menedel
Air Force 1
Andrews Air Force Base
Denver
United Mine Workers
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