Local Leader Bailey Funeral Details Announced
Longtime Wyoming County political figure Bailey dies at Pineville age 87. He served as circuit judge, prosecuting attorney, state senator and Wyom ing County Democratic chair. Funeral set for Thursday at First Methodist Church Pineville with graveside rites by Pineville AF and AM lodge.
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Baileysville
John Ball
Valpariso University
Indiana
Mingo
Wyoming
Pineville
Circuit Court
State Board of Education
Democratic Party
Bailey
Wyoming County
First Methodist Church
Bluefield
Logan
Charleston
Blue Lodge
Beckley Elks Lodge
American, West Virginia, and
Wyoming County Bar Association
Sue Bailey
Robert D. Bailey Jr
Frances Bailey
W. C. Bailey
Goldie A. Cook
R. J. Chenoweth Jr
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
AF & AM
Robertson and Foglesong
Multiple Funeral Services Held for West Virginia Residents
Obituaries report funeral services for Nellie Ratliff 67 of Oak Hill and Dr. Travis Parsons 61 of Glen Morgan. Ratliff's services at First Brethren Church Oak Hill note heart attack death in Beckley hospital with extensive survivor list. Parsons burial at Pine Hill Cemetery Ripley follows cerebr al hemorrhage. Also listed are Rose Mae Bradley Mullens Effie Reed Beckley and Agnes Anderson Moore Hampton Va Beckley connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis I. C. Parsons
Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel
C. S Donnelly
Pine Hill Cemetery
Ripley
Parsons
Final rites for Oliver Lloyd Davis held Thursday
Oliver Lloyd Davis 27 died from gunshot wounds in Oak Hill Hospital Saturday night. Born December 19 1934 in Chattanooga Tenn he was the son of Ben Tillman and Mrs Tillman of Glen Jean. A Korean War veteran he belonged to Second Baptist Church in Chattanooga. funeral services conducted by Rev Russell Smith at Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean with burial in Sun Cemetery.
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Effie Reed
Glen Ave
Memorial Baptist Church
Jim Franklin
Sunset Memorial Park
Lee
Nancy Skages Elam
Methodist Church
Charles Farthing
Beckley
Miralda Reed
Hileah
Fla
Oliver Lloyd Davis
Sun
Collins Funeral
Glen Jean
Russell Smith
Davis
Oak Hill Hospital
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ben Tillman
Second Baptist Church In
Final rites for Tom Foster 83 in Pax Advent Church
Tom Foster 83 dies after long illness in Long Branch home of daughter Ruth Humphrey. Retired miner born December 2 1876 in Patrick County Virginia. Service at Pax Advent Church with burial in Knights of Pythias Cemetery followed by visitation at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. Survivors include six sons three daughters two brothers 40 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren.
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Tom Foster
Rose and Quesenberry
Pax Advent Church
Enoch Moore
John Janey
Knights of Pythias
Pax
Foster
Ruth Humphrey
Long Branch
Patrick County
Dillard
Elmer
Elkton
Mds
Lee
Wilmington
Del
Sherman
Long “Branch
Roy
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ervin Foster
Baltimore, Md
Mary Foster
Willis “Branch
Vesta Sweeney
Beckley
Rose Bud Logan
Oak Hill
Bill
Maben
Doc Foster
Crumpler
Infant Harbin Graveside Rites Planned in Beckley
Graveside rites were scheduled for 2 p.m. today in Wright and Anderson Cemetery Beckley for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Harbin of 141 Moor Street The infant died Tuesday at a local hospital.
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Samuel Harbin
Moor St
Wright and Anderson
Beckley
Funeral services set for Elwyn L. Clay of Oceana
Elwyn L. Clay 49 of Oceana dies of a heart attack Monday at home. Funeral services at 10 a.m. Thursday at Clear Fork Valley Baptist Church in Oceana with Rev. Gilbert Dodson. burial in Dalton Cemetery Warfield Kentucky. Survived by wife Esther, two sons Elwyn Jr.Padés City and James Pikeville. three daughters Geneva Hensley Deland Florida Sue Schultz St Paul Minnesota and Judith Ann Clay at home. three sisters Ruby Moore Audrey Sammons Edith Callahan. three grandchildren. Evans Funeral Home of Oceana to transport to church one hour before services.
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Elwyn
Lee Clay
Oceana
Clear Fork Valley Baptist Church
Gilbert Dodson
Dalton
Warfield
Clay
Dingess
Mingo County
Henry and
Sou
Verna Neece Clay
Esther Dalton Clay
Elwyn Jr
Padés
City
James Clay
Pikeville
Geneva Hensley
Deland,Fla
Sue Schultz
St. Paul
Edith Callahan
Washington, D. C
Evans Funeral Home
Infant Patricia Bolen Funeral Incomplete At Beckley
Patricia Bolen eight month old daughter of Ronald C. Bolen and wife is believed to have died from asphyxiation at home on Glen White Road. Her Navy father serves aboard the USS Franklin D Roosevelt with Mayport base in Jacksonville Florida. Surviving are two sisters Cynthia Sue and Eva Diana, maternal grandparents Roy and Mrs Tucker Logan, paternal grandmother Ruth Bolen Chicago. Body at Calfee Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Bolen
Ronald C. Bolen
Glen White Road
U.S. Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mayport Naval Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Beckley
Cynthia Sue
Eva Diana
Roy Tucker
Logan
Killarney
Ruth Bolen
Chicago
Calfee Funeral Home
Troops land in Cherbourg as reinforcement continues
American forces reported 11 400 troops landed at Cherbourg France on Tuesday as U S units push to reinforce Western Europe. Wheeling Steel earnings for the first three quarters totaled 3767000, under half the 1960 nine month figure. Novamont Corp plans a 10 million plastic plant dedication at Neal Wayne County with Gov Barron and Montecatini officials. An injunction was issued to stop a threatened strike at Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Clarksburg by Judge Earl Kyle.
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Wheeling Steel Corp
Novamont Corp
Neal
Wayne County
Novamont
Montecatini
Milan
Italy
Harrison County
Earl Kyle
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Clarksburg
FM Broadcasting Discovery Credited to Edwin Howard
The short wave system of broadcasting without static known as frequency modulation was discovered by Edwin Howard.
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Edwin Howard
Insurance Suit Given To Jury In Winner Case
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury heard Dr. Joe H. Winner seek 3892.90 plus interest from Continental Casualty Insurance in a dispute over master policy disability benefits. Evidence showed Winner paid premiums for a policy covering total disability at 165 weekly for up to five years, with payments dating from 1960 through filing. The defendant had already paid 1932.87 in benefits. Judge Norman Knapp commended the term's jurors for their efficient service.
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Raleigh County
Joe H. Winner
Sigmund St
Continental Casualty Insurance. Co
Scherer
American Optometric Society
Winner
Lynch
James Bair
James Allen
W. W. Chapman
Wanda Phlegar
Calvin Leegan
K. T. Ford
Ronald Meador
Christabelle Calfe Fee
Norman Knapp
Ihench
Two Fayette Men Waive Hearings in Separate Shootings
In Fayette County two men waived preliminary hearings on shooting charges. Jack Robbins 39 pleaded not guilty to murder for the fatal shooting of Oliver Davis 35 in Sun. A second case involves Cribin Wallace 42 fined and released on two counts of unlawful wounding after a weapon went off during a fight at his Sky Blue Inn. Arch Reid and David Austin were wounded. Austin is in Beckley Hospital in fair condition.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Jack Robbins
Sun
Oliver Davis
Fred O'Boyle
Robbins
Davis
O’boyle
Oak Hill
Earl Dempsey
Mount Hope
Sky Blue Inn
Crbin Wallace
Myrl O'Dell
Wallace
Archie Reid
David Austin
Reid
Austin
Beckley Hospital
Kaymoor
City Considers Bank Building as City Hall Site
At last night’s meeting the council discussed proposals from bank officials in a letter to Davis. Mayor Miller said no decision has been made but the city could adapt the bank building to serve as a city hall.
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Davis
Miller
Breaks Arm of Six Year Old Jumping From Swing
Harry James Duncan six year old son of Mr and Mrs Harry Duncan 359 Mankin Ave was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital Sunday for a fractured arm suffered when he jumped from a swing.
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Harry James Duncan
Harry Duncan
Mankin Ave
Beckley Memorial Hospital
GOP holdover holds steady in Barron administration
Warden M. Lane, a Republican appointee and Natural Resources Director, says he enjoys strong cooperation under Governor Barron after being kept on from Underwood's administration. Lane notes limited GOP turnover, aims to stay in post for six more years, and contrasts Barron’s leadership with Underwood’s, while dismissing talk of his department as a dumping ground.
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Carter B. MC David
United Press International
Charleston
UPI
M. Lane
Cecil H. Underwood
W. W. Barron
Lane
Barron
Old Conservation Commission
Statehouse
Cecil Underwood
Gover
Underwood
Lake
Leonard J. Timms
Beckley Driver Held Reckless
Bernard W. Childers 18 of Beckley ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Monday to answer reckless driving charges after being cited at 10 45 p m Tuesday on South Kanawha Street. Walter Louis Pannell 22 of Maben jailed on speeding and no state operator license charges and ordered to appear in police court Monday. Douglas Hornsby of Pluto jailed at 8 55 p m Tuesday on trespassing and hunting on posted property. Eddie Zoltz and Frank Durham of Beckley released on bonds after fighting in public. Harold Adkins of Shady Spring released after posting cash bond on an assault charge brought by his wife.
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Bernard W. Childers
Beckley
South Kanawha St
Walter Louis Pannell
Maben
Douglas Hornsby
Pluto
Eddie Zoltz
Frank Durham
Zoltz
Durham
Harold Adkins
Shady Spring
J. E. Mays
Eisenhower calls Peace Corps a juvenile experiment
Former President Eisenhower characterizes the Peace Corps as a juvenile experiment meant to spend money. He cites post card evidence from Margery Michelmore in Nigeria describing primitive living conditions, which sparked a Nigerian student protest. Michelmore was reassigned by the Peace Corps.
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Little
Eisenhower
Peace Corps
Margery Michelmore
Nigeria
Michelmore
Mother Continues From Page One Rescues Two Children
Police said Reed knocked, found four unconscious in a three room house and entered after opening the door with a key. Amore Gas Utilities checked for carbon monoxide and found none. Vernell Green and Lawrence Belcher helped move the victims to the front and administered artificial respiration until ambulances arrived.
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Reed
Amore Gas Utilities
Vernell Green
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Lawrence Belcher
Veterans Administration Hospital
Lester
Red
Green
Jury to Weigh Murder Trial Evidence Today
Jurors in the Robert Earl Bare case are to begin deliberations after lunch on the May 27 fatal shooting of Fred Duncan in Crab Orchard. Luchini argues accidental shooting with a belt gun from Bare’s wife. the judge allowed context on Duncan’s threats. Five verdict options include first degree murder, second degree murder, and voluntary manslaughter.
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Robert Earl Bare
MacArthur
Fred. M. Duncan
Bare
Joseph Luchini
Duncan
Harry L McCreery
Luchini
Fred Dunican
Thomas Canterbury
Canterbury
Miner’s Inn
Crab Orchard
Peel
Thero
Ae Bare
Berlin Standoff Shows Western Rights on Border
In Berlin the Americans and Reds faced off as 10 tanks and two armored personnel carriers held reserve on the Western side while an escorted American car crossed into the Eastern sector for three minutes. Five tanks advanced to the border line in combat dress, signaling Western resolve amid the display of force.
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Berlin
Bloody Trail as Wife Vanishes in Lincoln Mass
Martin Risch a Fitchburg Paper Co executive returned from New York to find his wife Joan 31 missing from their Lincoln home after a bloodstained scene in the kitchen. Neighbors and police noted no eyewitnesses but a blood trail suggests she was forced out the back and taken in a waiting car. The couple has two young children and no sign of marital trouble was found.
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Lincoln
Mass
UPID
Martin Risch
Paper Company
New York
Joan
Douglas
Lillian
Tiger
Risch
Boston
Fitchburg Paper Co
Garten Building Bought for Industrial Use in Garten
R M Lavinder of Lavinder’s Beckley announces purchase of the New River Pocahontas Company store at Garten. The two story brick building includes a basement and 15 000 square feet of floor space ready to be converted into an industrial plant. He is negotiating with an unidentified buyer for a quick sale to be used as an undisclosed production facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Lavinder
Lavinder’s
Beckley
Kanaiwha Street
New River Pocahontas Company
Garten
Lavinder
Missiles expand reach and space effort in Cold War race
The piece notes operational Atlas missiles at bases in California Wyoming Nebraska Washington and Kansas with Titan II and Minute Man projects underway. It highlights 1 465 jet bombers of SAC including B47 and B52 fleets and air launched Skybolt missiles. Space military focus includes X15 Dyna Soar and man in space plans while Washington expands missile defense and mobilizes underground hardened sites.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Warren Afb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Offutt Afb
Omaha
Neb
Fairchild Afb
Spokane
Wash
Forbes Afb
Topeka
Kans
Lowry Afb
Denver
Colo
Strategic Air Command
Cape Canaveral
U.S
Russia
Air Force
Robert White
Jman
Space Administration
Soviet Union
Gilpatric
Pacific
America
Slack Arrives Late to Becket Area Post Office Visit
Congressman John Slack was about 45 minutes late for his 10 a.m. appearance at the Crab Orchard Post Office and planned to visit the Sophia Post Office this afternoon and the Beckley postal facility Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A small crowd gathered but dispersed as the delay continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Slack
Crab Orchard
Beckley
Slack
Sophia
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Ivan W. Ratliff
Mary Alice Everton
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Charles
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Ind
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Wyoming General Hospital
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Woodlawn Avenue
W. VA
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