Underwood Blames Opponent as Indictments Spark Reaction
Kanawha County grand jury indictments over flood relief funds from 1962 drew swift reactions. Hulett Smith hailed the report absolving the Commerce Department and federal government, while Cecil Underwood challenged Smith and pressed for audits. Indicted were Ruth Maley, Alex Dandy, James V Brown, Virginia Mae Brown's husband, Emil Belich, Harry Lacy, and John Stanton, with Dryden praising the flood work as within time limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulett Smith
Commerce Department
Cecil Nderwood
Smith
Underwood
State Department of Commerce
Ruth Maley
Charleston
Alex Dandy
James V. Brown
Interstate Commerce
Virginia Mae Brown
Emil Belich
Harry Lacy
Tors
John Stanton
Brown
Washington
W. W. Barron
State Commerce Department
Department of Commerce
Kanawha County
Grand Jury
Barron
Franklin B. Dryden
Office of Emergency Planning
Dryden
Governor's Office
Prom
Federal Authorities Plan No Prosecution
In Washington a Justice Department spokesman said the federal agency will not prosecute anyone over Kanawha County flood relief funds from 1961. The FBI investigated and will aid state authorities, with a Kanawha County grand jury having indicted four people tied to the $1 million in relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Kanawha County
FBI
Grand Jury
Morris Trial Nears Climax
The Morris trial in Beckley continues in Criminal Court after prosecutors and defense rest their summations. The case involves a July speeding ticket on Harper Road and hinges on discrepancies from police court testimony and statements by a Post-Herald reporter and arresting officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri
E. Bedford Morris
Beckley Post-Herald
Morris
Harper Road
Paul Fourney
William Teubert
Sidney Falen
John McKinney
Post-Herald
McKinney
Anthony J. Sparacino
Maplewood Couple Injured In Wreck
An elderly Maplewood pair was injured when their car overturned twice after leaving Route 61 five miles from Mount Hope this morning. Dotridge Treadway, 81, with cuts and bruises, is in fair condition. Pearl Effie Treadway, 68, has a head injury and is listed critical awaiting surgery at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maplewood
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Mount Hope
Dotridge Treadway
Pearl Effie Treadway
Route
Treadway
Hard Drinking Apt To Get You Trapped
A Raleigh County call reported a man trapped in a car at Farley Hill. State police found Raymond Bowling of Stotesbury beside the road, said to be trapped by drinking. He was booked at Raleigh County Jail on a drunkenness charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Three Drivers Cited in Beckley Police Speed Check
Three persons faced traffic charges Thursday in Beckley. William G. Dancy, 29, Beckley, arrested with radar at 4 p.m. on speeding. Ross, 17, Route 2 Beckley, stopped at 2:15 p.m. for speed. Archie T. Webster Jr., 24, Glen White, arrested at 2:45 p.m. on no city driver’s license and improper use of a traffic lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Dancy
Beckley
Waleeteven Ross
Route 2, Beckley
Archie T. Webster Jr
Glen White
Blood donors urged for Beckley Hospital need
Mrs. Gladys Godby of Mettal ton is reported to be in need of blood at Beckley Hospital. Any type will be accepted. Donors should report to the hospital promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Godby
Mettalton
Beckley Hospital
Dr Hankey to Speak at St Luke Lutheran Anniversary
Dr William C Hankey president of the Western Pennsylvania West Virginia Synod Lutheran Churches in America will speak at St Luke Lutheran Church Maxwell Hill for the churchs fifth charter anniversary at an 11 am worship service next Sunday A reception will follow He is a Pennsylvania native and holder of degrees from Thiel College and Lutheran Theological Seminary Philadelphia He has held posts including president of the Pittsburgh Synod pastor at Apollo and Army chaplain with a long pastorate prior to 1942 He is married to Phyllis Shaw of Knox Pa with two children Benjamin F and Elizabeth Ann
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Maxwell Hill
Charles Delaney Jr
William C. Hankey
Western Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod
Lutheran Churches In America
Pennsylvania
Hankey
Thiel College
Greenville
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Synod
USCA
First Lutheran Church
Apollo
U.S. Army
Phyllis Shaw
Knox, Pa
Maxwell Hill Home Damaged By Fire
A newly built home owned and occupied by the Jack Keaton family on Maxwell Hill was damaged by a fire. Damage was estimated at 5000 to 6000 dollars. Beckley Fire Department arrived around 12 30 a.m. Firemen said a bathroom ceiling light sparked and caused the blaze to spread across the roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Keaton
Maxwell Hill
Beckley Fire Department
September Tide at Curtain Callers Two More Nights
Daphne Du Maurier play September Tide presented by Curtain Callers with 8:15 curtain time tonight and Saturday. Starring Mrs Muriel Hodel Bob Cunningham and Patty Anderson the production has drawn enthusiastic responses from Beckley audiences since Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphne du Maurier
Muriel Hodel
Bob Cuningham
Patty Anderson
Beckley
Beckley Firms Report 100 Per Cent UF Participation
Three more Beckley firms have achieved full employee participation in the United Fund 1965 drive. The Raleigh County Circuit Court Prudential Insurance and E M Payne Co. reported 100 per cent pledges. UF workers met at noon for progress reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
United Fund
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Prudential Insurance
E. M. Payne Co
Game station location moved in Raleigh County WV
David D. Gilpin of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources announced a change in the Raleigh County game checking station location. The new site is Ray's Bait Shop in Shady Spring replacing Boggs' Tackle Shop in Glen Morgan. Stations aid bow and gun hunters in checking turkeys deer and bear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David D. Gilpin
West Virginia
Foley Fined for Drunk Driving on Turnpike
Herbert Foley of East Beckley received a $61.50 fine and a 24 hour jail sentence after a drunk driving charge. Carlos W. Milam of Ravenswood was fined $10 on the West Virginia Turnpike in the same Thursday sessions, both by Magistrate W A Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Foley
East Beckley
W. A
Gene) Burke
Ravenswood
Carlos W. Milam
West Virginia
Burke
Unitarian Fellowship Plans Beckley Sunday Meeting
The New River Unitarian Fellowship meets at 341 Prince St Beckley with Sunday School at 10 30 a m and church at 11 a m Speaker is Howard McKinney The regional meeting and dinner will be held at the Church of the Unitarian Fellowship 1638 Charleston St Huntington West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Unitarian Fellowship
Prince St
Beckley
Howard McKinney
Church of the Unitarian Fellowship
Charleston St
Huntington
Red China blasts test sparks US threat claim
Red China observers concluded a device likely exploded in Sinkiang near the Soviet border. The government said China built a nuclear bomb to deter US nuclear blackmail and threats. An NCNA broadcast noted a strong quake recorded near Mongolia to the Kurile Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinkiang
Soviet Union
Red China
United States
New China News
China
Peking
Mrs Maley Granted Leave Of Absence
Charleston UPI reports Ruth G Maley a planning and research division coordinator in the State Commerce Commission has been granted an indefinite leave of absence to clear her name amid Kanawha County grand jury indictments over federal flood relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Kanawha County
Collison
Ruth G. Maley
Maley
Department
Britain Sees Labor Victory in Narrow House Majority
The Labor Party wins power with a slim edge as counting shows 301 Conservative seats and 5 Liberal seats, forcing caution on postwar policy. Prime Minister Wilson vows no basic foreign policy changes, upholding NATO and UN ties while dropping Britain’s independent nuclear arsenal. The new Commons convenes Nov 3, with continued questions over the durability of the small majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Labor
Wilson
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
Britain
NATO
U.S
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Sir Auth Eden
Harold Macmillan
Douglas-Home
Macmillan
Earl of Home
Funeral services for Alvin C. Adkins set Sunday
Alvin Cleveland Adkins 27 of 108 Quarry Street will have funeral services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Fireco Methodist Church with Rev. Billy Waddell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. He was electrocuted accidentally at 4 a.m. Thursday near Atlanta, Georgia. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to his sister Mrs. Phyllis Lowe's home at 318 Mankin Ave. Saturday and then to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Cleveland Adkins
Quarry Street
Fireco Methodist Church
Billy Waddell
Sunset Memorial Ark
Atlanta
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Phyllis Lowe
Mankin Ave
Mrs Irene Lemons Rites Set In Peterstown Church
Mrs Irene Lemons 980 Peterstown formerly of Alderson died at 4 a m after seven months illness Born March 23 1884 at Wolf Creek she was daughter of the late John and Nancy Hedrick A resident of Peterstown 12 years she was member of Peterstown Baptist Church Surviving husband W D Lemons a son Roy Lewisburg five daughters Mrs Margaret Cook Mrs Hazel Smith Miss Louise Lemons Mrs Lucy Smithson Mrs Virginia Surgeon a brother Fred Hedrick Sinks Grove 13 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p m Sunday in Peterstown Baptist Church with Rev Charles Jack in charge Burial will be Fletcher Addition Cemetery Alderson Broyles Funeral Home in Peterstown to the residence at 2 p m Saturday and will be placed in the church one hour before service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Lemons
Peterstown
Alderson
Wolf Creek
John and
Nancy Lemons Hedrick
Louise Lemons
Lucy Smithson
Virginia Surgeon
Fred Hedrick
Sinks Grove
Peterstown Baptist Church
Charles Jack
Fletcher Addition
Broyles
Rites For Mrs Elizabeth Bonds Held In Pineknob Church
Funeral services for Elizabeth Bonds 77 of Pineknob were held at New Hope Freewill Baptist Church with Rev Roy Tyree presiding. Burial followed at Dickens Cemetery. She died after a long illness and leaves four sons two daughters two brothers a sister 32 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Valley Funeral Home arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Bonds
Pineknob
New Hope Freewill Baptist Church
Roy Tyree
Dickens Cemetery
Lawrence
Fairdale
Pete
Kopperston
Wayman
Charleston
Robert
Miami
Martha Reed
Sundial
Bettie Hazeldine
Lovella Bonds
Bilton Dickens
Raffie Dickens
Grace Seazelle
Mount Hope
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
J B Evans longtime miner dies at Hill Top
J B Evans 65 of Hill Top died at his residence at 7 a m after a long illness. He was a retired miner and Pleasant Valley Baptist Church member. Born June 1 1899 in Draper Virginia he was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Henry Evans. Survived by his widow Cornelia Evans four sons Willie Minden Jordan Brooklyn N Y Clarence Piedmont N Y Gilbert Long Island N Y three daughters Juanita Austin Brooklyn N Y Clara Lee Yonkers N Y Amelia Evans Hill Top two brothers W B Evans Hill Top John H Evans Pulaski Va two sisters Mrs Josephine Tucker Price Hill Mrs Mary Pickett East Gulf 15 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Evans
Hill Top
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Carlisle
Draper
Henry Evans
Cornelia Evans
Willie
Minden
Jordan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clarence
Piedmont
Gilbert
Long Island
Juanita Austin
Clara Lee
Yonkers
Amelia Evans
W. B. Evans
John H. Evans
Pulaski
Josephine Tucker
Price Hill
Mary Pickett
East Gulf
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Mrs Annie Bair Funeral Rites Planned in Prosperity
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Belle Bair 72 of Prosperity will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Elgie O Preist of Gauley Bridge officiating. Burial follows in Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. She died Thursday at 1 50 a.m. after a long illness. Born Thurmond March 10 1892 she was a daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Kincaid and Martha Jane Smith. Survivors include seven sons George J and Joseph R of Prosperity James H of Daniels Kenneth L of Beckley Simon P of Stanford and David E and Andrew S of Cleveland Ohio four daughters Ella M Wiedensall of Beckley Lillian A Tait of Cleveland Ohio Martha E Hinte of Newark Del and Virginia R Merrix of Bradley 51 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be five grandsons Richard Bair James Dayton Bair David E Bair Charles D Bair and James Wiedensall and Johnny Slayton. The body will remain at Webb and Neal Funeral Home where friends may call after noon Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Belle Bair
Webb and Neal
Elgie O. Preist
Gauley Bridge
Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Bair
Thurmond
Andrew Jackson Kincaid
Martha Jane Smith
George J
Joseph R
Prosperity
James H
Daniels
Kenneth L
Beckley
Simon P
Stanford
David E
Andrew S
Cleveland
Ohio
Ella M. Wiedensall
Lillian A. Tait
Martha E. Hinte
Newark
Del
Virginia R. Merrix
Services for Emmett McKinley Davis in Oak Hill
Emmett McKinley Davis 66 of Scarbro dies Thursday from heart attack. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill Rev William Johnson presiding. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Survived by wife Nora Stone Davis son Carlos Oak Hill daughters Juanita Ellison Mount Hope Delores Janiszewski Fairfax Va Ramona Ford Montgomery brothers Elmer Oak Hill Frank Wilmington Del. Five grandchildren. Calls after 5 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett McKinley Davis
Scarbro
Tyree
Oak Hill
William Johnson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Davis
New River Co
Whipple
Elgood
George
Melissa Harvey Davis
Nora Stone Davis
Carlos
Norville
Juanita) Ellison
Mount Hope
Edmundy
Delores) Janiszewski
Fairfax
James
Ramona) Ford
Montgomery
Elmer
Frank
Wilmington
Dela
Khrushchev Ousted in Bloodless Kremlin Shuffle
Soviet leaders react with shock as Khrushchev is reportedly removed after 11 years in power. Brezhnev and Kosygin rise, casting doubt on the reasons and signaling a quiet, orderly transition without tanks or mass demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Kremln
Tass
Josef Stalin
Mikhail Kalinin
Cole Porter Fact Card: Life and Legacy
Henry Burke and Eric Lindsay recall Porter as a decisive figure who chose his cremation per his will. Musgrove notes Porter’s enduring pain from 1938 onward, including leg fractures, osteomyelitis, and an amputation in 1958 followed by life as a recluse. Born June 9, 1893 near Peru Indiana, Porter rose with hits like Love for Sale and You’re the Top, shaping Broadway’s witty gay lyric style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Burke
Eric Lindsay
Porter
Burke
Musgrove
George Gershwin
Irvn Berlin
Jerome Kern
Richa Rodgers
Larry Hart
Oscar
Peru
Ind
Daddy
Alez
Paris
Miss Otis
Auto strike at GM reaches twenty second day with no deal
Douglas Fraser, AMC union director, and Edward Cushman, a GM vice president, announced at a joint press conference that the parties failed to reach a broad agreement. They said the national contract was nearly settled but unresolved non economic issues and local plant disputes remain. Workers in Grand Rapids Michigan and Kenosha Milwaukee Wisconsin walked out at 12 01 a m. American Motors employs Wisconsin plants and Michigan appliance makers. Cushman said progress was made on the key stumbling block but details await final polishing of language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fraser
AMC
Edward L. Cushman
UAW
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Wis
American Motors
Wisconsin
Michigan
Cushman
Vatican Bishops Start Mass Reforms To Take Effect 1965
Instructions approved by Pope Paul VI call for sweeping changes to the Roman Catholic Mass to shorten and increase participation. Reforms, patterned after the council decree, take effect Lent began March 7, 1965. Changes include shorter prayers, public readings, facing the congregation, new prayers after the Creed, and communion rules at Easter and Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
UPI
Ecumenical Council
Paul VI
Funeral for G. J. Dickerson Held in Huntington
G. J. Dickerson 210 Sixth Ave Huntington died in a Huntington hospital after a 24 hour illness. A Methodist Church member and Kiwanis Club founder of Dickerson Lumber Company in 1918 he retired in 1961. Surviving are two sons Albert and G J Jr Huntington a daughter Mrs John Gavigan Ashland Ky two brothers J E Dickerson Beckley W R Dickerson Fayetteville two sisters Mrs W H Boone Wheeling and Ida Dickerson Huntington and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Dickerson
Sixth Ave
Huntington
Methodist Church and Kiwanis Club
Dickerson
Charles Hardy Funeral Arrangements in Cincinnati
Charles Hardy 52 of Cincinnati Ohio died Tuesday after a long illness in a Cincinnati hospital. He was born in Meadow View Virginia and was preceded in death by his wife. Survivors include son Clifford of Cincinnati brother John of East Beckley two sisters Lucille Poole of East Beckley and Pauline Hicks of Grand Rapids. The body is returned to Wright and Anderson Funeral Home for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hardy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Meadow View
Clifford
John
East Beckley
Lucille Poole
Pauline Hicks
Grand Rapids
Mich
Wright and Anderson Funeral
Jenkins resigns after morals arrests amid White House turmoil
President Johnson announced the resignation of long time aide Jenkins after disclosures of two morals arrests in 1959 and 1964. Jenkins, 46, is now in Washington Hospital for extreme fatigue with a security impact potential. GOP leaders urged Johnson to explain, suggesting a cover up of Jenkins’ past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Johnson
Washington
GOP
Barry M. Goldwater
Miller
Republican National
Dean Burch
Richard M. Nixon
Burch
White House
Campaign schedules clash in Midwest with Goldwater Humphrey
United Press International reports top candidates campaign across the Midwest. Goldwater and Humphrey planned events in Iowa and South Dakota, including Sioux City Rivercade and Sioux Falls corn picking contest, while Johnson and Miller made regional stops. Humphrey charged Goldwater would “get rid of the farmers,” amid farm policy tensions and Ohio hopes for electoral votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Midwest
Iowa
South Dakota
Barry M. Goldwater
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
S.C
Johnson
Cincinnati
Dayton
Ohio
William E. Miller
Duluth
St. Cloud
Minn
Racine
Milwaukee
Wis
California
Goldwater
Arizona
Walter Jenkins
Houston
Tex
Jenkins
Head
FBI
Goldwater Humphrey
Congress
Stephen M. Young
Young
Robert Taft Jr
Distribution Set for Shady Spring Commodities
Distribution will be made at Shady Spring from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs Jo Ann Arthur home will be the distribution point. Recipients should bring containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
Jo Ann Arthur
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