Hawes Gets 10 Years For Welch Hospital Fraud
Welch, UPI report Milton C. Hawes a 35 year old welch plumber was sentenced to 10 years after a quick guilty verdict on forging checks to obtain state funds for Welch Emergency Hospital. His alleged accomplice Lucille Fallin 38 former financial aide at the hospital pled guilty and faces sentencing. They allegedly bilked the state of about 14500 by paying Hawes for unperformed work and charging materials to the hospital.
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WELCH
UPI
Milton C. Hawes
Lucille Fallin
Hawes
Fallin
Man Trapped in Hospital Says Water and Broth Lift Spirits
A man trapped at General Hospital was reportedly kept alert and jovial after receiving a cup of water and a bowl of hot broth. Kelly stated he has no plans for boxcar trips in the future.
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General Hospital
Khrushchev claims higher living standard no truth
United Press International reports Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges rebutting Khrushchev's claim that Russia will have the world's highest standard of living in 20 years. The statement is far from the truth, Hodges says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
United Press International
Garden City
N.Y
Commerce
Luther Hodges
Khrushchev
Russia
Rubble Probed For Blast Cause At Helene Curtis Plant
Chicago firemen examined the rubble of Building J at the Helene Curtis cosmetics plant after an explosion injured at least 250 people. Building commissioner George L. Ramsey said investigators hoped to determine the blast’s cause in the long 1½ story structure, as they search for which product or ingredient triggered the disaster.
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Chicago
UPS
Milady
Building J
Helene Curtis Cosmetics
George L. Ramsey
Traffic Detour Planned for Mabscott to Crab Orchard Project
Traffic on the Beckley to Crab Orchard route will be detoured under the Mab scott underpass to pave a 375 foot unpaved section of the new highway. Leo Vecellio of Vecellio and Grogan said the unfinished strip was added to the Mabscott MacArthur project by mutual agreement with the State Road Commission. The work will close the road behind Beckley Hospital near Colony Drug and is expected to finish in about three weeks, opening access to Crab Orchard Sophia and other Rt 16 communities.
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Beckley
Crab Orchard
Mabscott
Leo Vecellio
Vecellio & Grogan
Vecellio
Oakwood Avenue
Beckley Hospital
Colony Drug
Sophia
Rt. 16
Driver Waives To Grand Jury in Homicide Charge
Miss Anna Gay Chapman 20 Huntington faces grand jury action on a negligent homicide charge after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. The Sept 30 death of Hobart Williams 74 Beckley occurred when he was struck by her car on Valley Drive. He posted a $500 appearance bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gay Chapman
Huntington
Joe Rodriguez
Hobart Williams
Beckley
Valley Drive
Tax plan debate on replacing gross sales tax with corporate income tax
Stanley notes the plan would yield about 15 million dollars yearly and the subcommittee will advise the interim Committee on Government and Finance at its next meeting on replacing all or part of the gross sales tax with a corporate income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Interim Committee On Government & Finance
Court names Beckley officials in school case
Court Farmer and John C Ward representing County Court Carl G Jarrell and Virgil A Sarrett Board of Education and Mayor Cecil L Miller and G C Porter City of Beckley are involved in the matter.
Mix-Up in Court Over Beckley Car Crash Suit
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp ruled for Crew Coal Co on its $42.22 claim from an automobile collision at Pinecrest Sanitarium. He reversed a lower court, awarding the Christians $272 in cross suits and ordering them to pay court costs.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Knapp
Final rites set for Daniel Dewey Brunty at Oak Hill
Deaths and Funerals notices report Daniel Dewey Brunty a 43 year old Oak Hill man died Tuesday of a heart attack at Glen Brooke Coal Co mechanic shop in Chelyan. Services slated for 2 p m at Calvary Baptist Church Oak Hill with Rev Harold Huffman in charge. Burial at Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Oak Tyree Funeral Home overseeing arrangements.
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Daniel Dewey Brunty
Oak Hill
Glen Brooke Coal Co
Chelyan
Harold Huffman
Calvary Baptist Church
Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Tyree Funeral Home
Beloved Nellie Motley Funeral in Chatham
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Catherine Bennett Motley 90 of Chatham Va were held at 11 a m Saturday at the Christian Church Chatham of which she was a member Burial followed at Sheva Christian Church Cemetery She was daughter in law to the late and grandmother to Mrs Gladys Bennett Crosier wife of Rev Joseph A Crosier pastor of the First Baptist Church Fayetteville She is survived by 10 children 24 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren died October 12 at Memorial Hospital Danville Va after two weeks illness.
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Nellie Catherine Bennett Motley
Chatham
Christian Church
Sheva Christian Church
Motley
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Gladys Bennett Crosier
Joseph A. Crosier
First Baptist Church
Fayetteville
Mrs Vicie Sweeney dies in Ohio hospital after long illness
Mrs. Vicie Sweeney 63 former Beckley resident died at 10 a m Tuesday in a Portsmouth Ohio hospital after a long illness. She was born September 14 1898 in Tazewell Virginia. Survivors include two daughters Nellie Hazelbaker Mc Dermott Ohio and Elizabeth Ashburn Martinsville Virginia and one son Specialist 2 Jack W Greener with the U S Army at Fort Sheridan Illinois.
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Vicie Sweeney
Beckley
Portsmouth
Ohio
Tazewell
Nellie Hazelbaker
McDermott
Elizabeth Ashburn
Martinsville
Jack W. Greener
U. S. Army
Fort Sheridan
Mrs Margie Stover Rites Held In Clear Creek Church
Funeral services for Mrs Margie Marie Stover 51 of Clear Creek were conducted at 2:30 p m today at Clear Creek Presbyterian Church with Rev Ernest Barley presiding. Burial followed in the family cemetery at Clear Creek. She died Sunday in a Beckley hospital from a heart condition. Valley Funeral Home of Whitesville arranged services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Marie Stover
Clear Creek
Clear Creek Presbyterian Church
Ernest Barley
Final rites for Dr William Hickman in Covington
Dr William Hickman died at 2 30 p m Tuesday at his home after hospital discharge. Final rites are scheduled at Allison and Rose Funeral Home 1021 Madison Street Covington at 11 a m. Survived by daughter Mrs R D Bailey Jr Pineville.
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William Hickman
Covington
Allison and Rose
Madison Street
Hickman
R. D. Bailey Jr
Pineville
Final rites for Herbert and Sarah Harper set Friday
Herbert F Harpers and his wife Sarah French Harper will have funeral services at 2 p m Friday at Harper Methodist Church with Rev C D Walker presiding. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Park. The couple’s deaths are noted in this obituary item.
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Herbert French Harper
Harper Methodist Church
C. D. Walker
Sunset Memorial Park
Death of Robert L. Richmond in explosion aftermath
Relatives in Glen Daniel mourn Robert Lee Richmond 24 once of Glen Daniel and Chicago who died from injuries in an explosion at his workplace. Body to reach Wagner Funeral Home Bluefield Friday, then to Glen Daniel Methodist Church for 2 p m service. Rev Brock of Chicago to officiate with burial in Richmond Cemetery Baltimore. Survived by wife and three children in Chicago, four brothers Nash Cleveland Ohio James Earl and Warren of Glen Daniel, and sister Mrs Virginia Danzig of Chicago.
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Glen Daniel
Robert Lee Richmond
Chicago
Wagner
Bluefield
Glen Daniel Methodist Church
Brock
Richmond Cemetery
Balt
Nash
Cleveland
Ohio
James
Earl and Warren
Virginia Danzig
Ansted Boy 14 Severely Hurt in Hunting Accident
Robert Lee McGraw, 14, of Ansted Fayette County was seriously hurt in a non fatal hunting accident Tuesday. Cleo Crist Jr., 15, of Ansted shot him while handling or placing a shotgun in a vehicle. McGraw was treated at Oak Hill Hospital after about 100 shots struck his body, including six in the head. Crist is held by the Fayette County juvenile court. Investigator A L Payne of the Department of Natural Resources led the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee McGraw
Ansted
Fayette County
McGraw
Cleo Crist, Jr
Raymond Eye
Oak Hill Hospital
Crist
A. L. Payne
Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement
Driver Charged After Wreck at Shady Spring Intersections
A Charleston driver, William E. Yates, 77, was charged with driving to the left of the center line after a car truck collision at 10:40 a m today at the Routes 19 21 and 3 intersections in Shady Spring. The car, owned by Lillian Coal Co and driven by James N Young, 45, Jumping Branch, struck the truck. Damages were estimated at 100 dollars. no injuries were reported.
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Charleston
Shady Spring
William E. Yates
Lillian Coal Co
James N. Young
Jumping Branch
Clothes Line Thieves Warned In Swindon
Swindon police superintendent J A Rossiter urged housewives to avoid airing wash from dusk to dawn to curb clothes line thefts, noting that only the most ardent thieves target lines during the daytime.
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Swindon
England
UPI
J. A. Rossiter
State Products Label Sought
Charleston West Virginia State Labor Commissioner Lawrence Barker urges out-of-state food processors to label products that use West Virginia apples. He cites Pennsylvania and Virginia plants not indicating WV origins in items like apple sauce and juice and says he will study potential legal options to require origin labeling.
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Charleston
UPI
Lawrence Barker
West Virginia
Barker
Panhandle
Hunter and Worker Suffer Minor Injuries in Beckley
A Lester squirrel hunter Joseph Redestine, 33, was treated and released from Beckley Hospital at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday after being shot while hunting, with wounds to face and nose. Louis DiLorenzo, 40, Beckley, admitted at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after catching his arm in a belt line at Raleigh Empire Coal Co.
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Lester Squirrel
Joseph Redestine
Beckley Hospital
Louis Dilorenzo
Beckley
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Raleigh Empire Coal Co
State Revenue Drops Again
Charleston report notes tax receipts from gross and consumer sales taxes running about 3 percent below estimates in both categories. Liquor revenues also down. A 3 percent cut is in effect with agencies ordered to hold funds in reserve against the year’s $147.46 million appropriation.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
Truman E. Gore
Motorist Faces Three Charges in Beckley Court
Dr. Eustiquio A. Delgrado age 40 of Beckley is ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court tonight on charges of driving with improper registration and lacking city or state operator's licenses. He was cited by City Police at 9 50 am today. Kenneth E. Jones of Dorothy was jailed at 2 30 pm Wednesday on grand larceny by a deputy sheriff. Jones waived to the grand jury in a preliminary hearing before Magistrate L G Daniel of Whitesville and is held in county jail in lieu of bond.
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Eustiquio A. Delgrado
Beckley
Kenneth E. Jones
Dorothy
Jones
L. G. Daniel
Whites‘ville
Los Angeles ADA President Leads 102nd Convention
Short news items cover LA man named president of the American Dental Association at Philadelphia closing ceremonies. Also notes on Nasser forming an all Egyptian cabinet, UN procedure deadlock, Bobby Driscoll in rehab, Hoffa arraignment, Rayburn cancer caveat, Midas satellite delay, Laos coalition chance, air helicopter altitude record, West Virginia tax challenge, public works hires, and a bus drivers strike warning.
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Los Angeles
American Dental Association
Philadelphia
Gamal Abdel Nassar
Syria
United Arab Republic
United States
Russia
U. N
United Nations
Bobby Driscoll
Chino State Hospital
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Orlando
Fla
Baylor University Medical Center
Sam Rayburn
Midas
Point Arguello
Calif
Savang Vathana
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Air Force
Francis M. Cartney
Bloomfield
Conn
Beckley Leaders React to North-South Route Change
Beckley figures including George B. Chambers President Gene Morehouse Vecellio of Vecellio Grogan and local contractors welcome the revised Interstate 79 path stating it will aid Beckley yet fall short of full potential if the North-South route had kept its original plan They call the Turnpike connection via routes 64 and 77 a boon to the area and credit engineering surveys for the change.
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Beckley
George B. Chambers
Gene Morehouse
Leo Vecellio
Vecellio & Grogan
Kennedy stance on China in UN echoed in unread speech
Press Secretary read a Kennedy statement affirming the Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese government and opposing entry of the Chinese Communists into the United Nations. Sources said this reiterated policy with no change implied.
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Outer Mongolia
U.N
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
United States
Republic of China
China
United Nations
Dry Leader Seeks Unity and Funds in Liquor Campaign
Charleston dispatch reports Rev L E Crowson of Logan led West Virginia temperance forces urging tighter organization and funding for the 1962 liquor by the drink fight. He warned the anti whisky camp must match proponents with zeal effort and dollars. He noted pamphlets prepared and pledged $100 toward the campaign.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
L. E. Crowson
Logan
State Temperance League
West Virginia Wins NS Highway Inclusion Effort
NS Highway lawyers avoided dollar figures, noting the project will run into hundreds of millions. State Attorney General Robertson estimated about 300 million dollars upon completion. President Kennedy intervened for West Virginia, despite internal opposition. Initial steps underway on a segment near Weston under the 50 50 federal aid plan. Recruitment of engineers and staff will begin immediately. Barron credited a Democratic team effort with support from Sen. Jennings Randolph, Sen. Robert Byrd, and Representatives Staggers Bailey Hechler Slack and Mrs. Elizabeth Kee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Donald Robertson
Robertson
Kennedy
West Virginia
Weston
Barron
Congress
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Harley O. Staggers
Cleveland M. Bailey
Ken Hechler
John
Jurists Association Plans Panel on New Rules
The Jurists Association opens with a panel discussion on Practice Under the New Rules moderated by Judge Frank S. Haymond with A G Stone, Brooks B. Cullaghan, and judges Hereford McClure plus WVU law professor Mora Lugar presenting views on Article VII revision and judicial selection. A governor call may push Article VII revision into the 1962 Legislature. Thirty four of 52 members attend. 18 prosecutors attend and plan to stay for the State Bar meeting through Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sc. Haymond
Fee
Supreme Court of Appeals
A. G. Stone
Charleston
Brooks B. Callaghan
Richwood
Sixth Judicial Circuit
John W. Hereford
Huntington
First Judicial Circuit
James i. McClure
Mara E. Lugar
West Virginia University
Morgan‘town
Browning
Robert T. Donley
Morgantown
William J. Thompson
Donald F. Black
Parkersburg
K. K. Hall
Madison
Oliver D. Kessel
Ripley
Judicial Association
State Bar
Berlin border escapes amid barbed wire siege
Berlin reports say three youths escaped to the West through border barbed wire while a man sought asylum. Communists allegedly evicted residents along the frontier as West Berlin and American war games continued, drawing East German ridicule of tanks and gear.
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West Berlin
U.S
ADN
Plans for Capitol Building Drawn by Dr William Thornton
The original Capitol in Washington DC was sketched by Dr William Thornton a West Indies physician in 1798, shaping the architectural start of the national complex.
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United Press International
Capitol Building
Washington, D.C
William Thornton
West Indies
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Christian
Jack A. Mann
Daniel D. Brunty
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Caffee
James Short
James Ratliffe
Walter Brown
Hampton Brown
James Brown
Frank Brown
Buster Wilson
Walter Patton
Kelly Becklehimer
L. J. Cooper
Mondo Simmons
John Harper
Ashley Canaday
Nellie Motley
Mrs
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Herbert F. Harpers
Ansted Boy
Hunter
Weirton
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State Welfare Dept
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JFK
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