Man Slays Estranged Wife and Three Daughters
In Cleveland a man killed his estranged wife Mrs Phillip Alabise and her three young daughters Connie Laurie and Sheri at the east side apartment. He wounded his sister in law Mrs Joseph Bergoc then surrendered to police after a stand by with a pistol. Detectives said the shootings fulfilled a threat he made about killing his family before his sixth wedding anniversary.
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Cleveland
UPI
Phillip Alabise
Connie
Laurie
Sheri
Euclid-Glenville Hospital
Alabise
Joseph Bergoc
Bergoc
Carl Roberts
Davenport
Carr Escapes After Hearing Jail Sentence
Local law officers search for Frank Carr aged about 25 of Pluto Road who broke and ran from Constable Lake White during a hearing Tuesday night. Carr was jailed after a petit larceny charge and a 15 day sentence with a $25 fine imposed by Magistrate J P Mays. He escaped while officers sought papers, following a prior arrest in a stolen car battery case.
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Frank Carr
Pluto Road
Carr
Lake White
Beaver
White
J. P. Mays
Mays
Mass Driver Killed In Route 60 Wreck Near Rainelle
A Massachusetts woman died and five others injured in a head on collision on Route 60 near Rainelle about 11 30 a m. The Massachusetts auto struck a Ronceverte car about a mile east of Big Bend. Four injured were taken to Montgomery hospital and one from the Ronceverte vehicle to Greenbrier Valley Hospital Ronceverte for treatment. State Police are investigating.
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Massachusetts
Rainelle
Massachusetts Auto
Ronceverte
Big Bend
Montgomery
Greenbrier Valley
Monument Leadership Since 1911 Gives Written Guarantee
Sears Monument Co offers a written guarantee with every monument and a convenient payment plan. Located on Harper Road with contact CL 3-6480.
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Sears
Sears Monument Co
Harper Road
Flu Bug On Loose Again
West Virginia health officials warn of a worsening flu outbreak as influenza like illness rises. State Health Director N H Dyer notes November and December are peak months and vaccine shortages threaten protection for the elderly pregnant women and chronically ill. Doctors report 1101 cases last week and 14555 this year. Dyer urges rest fruit and vegetables and to contact physicians about vaccine as supplies remain tight.
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N. H. Dyer
Dyer
U. S. Public Health Service
West Virginia
Public Health Service
NLRB Refuses Injunction In Oil Co. Strike
The National Labor Relations Board refused an injunction against Teamsters Local 175 over picketing at Meadows Oil Co. Union officials say James Meadows took Elk Refining Co. and refused to hire or discuss employment with four longtime Elk employees. Three workers remain on the picket line as of the latest reports.
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Teamsters Local 175
Meadows Oil Co
National Labor Relations Board
Teamsters
Kermit Harris
NLRB
Meadows
Harris
James Meadows
Elk Refining Co
No handicaps for Chicago police motorized force
UPI reports Police Superintendent Orlando Wilson said flat feet can no longer be considered a handicap to applicants as the Chicago Police Department shifts to a motorized force. Separate items note Dressdown Day protests in Wisconsin, yawning linked to suggestion, and a chimpanzee artist named Beauty selling forty finger paintings in New York with zoo officials cautioning travel due to pneumonia risk.
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Chicago
UPI
Orlando Wilson
Arthur Grollman
J Journal
The
American Association
New York
East Side
Beauty
Cincinnati Zoo
Florid nudist camp to hold Halloween party for 500
DELRAY FL A UPI report says a Florida nudist camp will host a Halloween party this weekend drawing about 500 attendees for a convention. No costumes will be permitted at the event.
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Delray, Fla
UPI
Two Sisters and Grandparents Hurt In Wreck
A head on collision about 5 30 p m Wednesday between Oceana and Baileysville left eight year old Jeanette Cook unconscious but improving at Stevens Welch Clinic. Her sister Pamela 10 Thelma Barrett 44 and husband Guy 48 were hospitalized with injuries. Danny Blankenship Kopper City owned car did not require hospitalization. Passengers Bobby Toler Oceana and George Edens Kopper City were identified. No charges yet filed.
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Pineville
RNS
Stevens , Welch
Ggt
Oceana
Baileysville
Wyoming
Jeanette Cook
Eugene Cook
Pamela
Thelma Barrett
Guy
Barrett
Clear Fork
Danny Blankenship
Kopper City
Bobby Toler
George Edens
Kopperston
Fred Deal
Marvin Martin
Nuclear tests and war warnings echo in world cites
United Press International reports Khrushchev says Soviet tests aim to spare mankind from nuclear horror. Clark predicts a Pacific ICBM live-fire test. A British spokesperson cites security concerns near East Berlin. Dr Bennett notes a moral shift from deterrence to possible war, amid U.S. attitudes.
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U.S
United Press International
Moscow
Nikita S.khrushchev
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Soviet Union
Honolulu
John E .Clark
United States
Pacific
Washington
John C. Bennett
Parents And Teachers Blamed For Drop Outs
Phares Reeder of the West Virginia Education Association cites parents and teachers as responsible for the high dropout rate in West Virginia schools. He condemns pressuring children to meet social status standards and urges programs aligned with actual abilities. He warns against stigmatizing workers in menial jobs and calls for education of parents and society about the value of all productive work.
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Huntington
UPI
Phares Reeder
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia
WVEA
Reeder
Tensions Rise as Allied Forces Face East Berlin border
U.S. and British troops tightened border patrols around East Berlin as tanks from both sides gathered at key crossing points. Five Patton tanks and armored carriers moved to Friedrichstrasse while British antitank guns were placed near the Brandenburg Gate. Eyewitnesses described heavy ammunition and fortified positions as Allied forces prepared to escort civilians past East German police amid Soviet tank presence.
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Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
East Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
U.S
United States
East Germany
Fallout shelter delay hovers over Marshall University
The West Virginia State Board of Education wrapped a two day session after reviewing 1962 63 budget requests for eight state colleges and Marshall University amid delays in constructing a Marshall fallout shelter President Stewart H Smith said the federal government would not cover the full cost and asked the university to relocate utilities at a 10 000 expense while the project stalls due to planning revisions and new federal demands Civil Defense officials warned against appealing to Washington and a board member labeled it a back handed threat urging continued congressional pressure to honor the promised funding.
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Charleston
Smith
Battle Creek
Mich
Washington
Lacy Rice
Rice
Congress
Three Arrested on B E Count at Glen Morgan
Beckley state police arrested three youths Thursday in connection with the breaking and entering of Charlie's Teen Town at Glen Morgan. Charles Douglas Hornsby 18 of Pluto Road was arraigned before Magistrate W A Burke on breaking and entering and petit larceny, waived to the grand jury on the breaking and entering charge, bond set at 500 dollars, sentenced to 20 days in jail and fined 15 dollars on petit larceny. Two juveniles facing Juvenile Court hearings confessed to stealing candy cigars gum and cigarets from the Glen Morgan shop and gasoline after breaking a gas pump on Noah Crotty's farm at Pluto last summer.
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Beckley
Glen Morgan
Charles Douglas Hornsby
Pluto Road
W. A. Burke
Hornsby
Harry L. McCreery
Noah Crotty
Pluto
Driver Charged After 2 Car Wreck In City
Dixie Lee Hancock twenty of Maxwell Hill Road was charged with operating a vehicle with defective equipment by Beckley City Police after a two car accident at the North Kanawha and Prince streets corner at 9 30 a m. Damages were about 350 dollars when she rammed the rear of a car driven by Oner Williams aged forty eight of Skelton. No one was ...
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Dixie Lee Hancock
Maxwell Hill Road
Beckley City
North
Kanawha and
Prince Streets
Oner Williams
Skelton
Two Guilty Pleas Heard In Court
In Raleigh County Court this morning Emery Martin of Mill Creek Fayette County pleaded guilty to an attempt to commit a felony for the theft of 25 tons of coal from The New River Co Garden Grounds and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Roy A Biggs paid 10 dollars fines and 28 dollars costs for intoxication and 50 dollars plus 25 dollars costs for obstructing an officer. Defendant's counsel Kermit A Locke was allowed to enter his plea to prevent loss of a day’s work and also represented Martin.
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Raleigh
Emery Martin
Mill Creek
Fayette County
New River Co
Garden Grounds
Roy A. Biggs
Kermit A. Locke
Locke
Martin
Protest in London over U S troop actions at border
A London protester said the government was seriously concerned about events there and denied that Britain was upset by the U S action at border checkpoints between the Western and Eastern sectors. The arrival of Russian tanks was seen as a response to U S action.
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Man
London
Britain
U.S
Gunshot wound patient at Beckley VA Hospital
Francis Wilson Nicewander of Beaver is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after being admitted September 30 for treatment of a gunshot wound to his right shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Wilson Nicewander
Beaver
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Final rites for Mrs Leola Ivory set in Summerlee church
Mrs Leola Ivory 50 of Lochgelly will have final rites at 1 p m Sunday at Hill crest Baptist Church Summerlee with Revs H C Craig and Frank Robinson officiating. Burial follows in Summerlee Cemetery after service. Ivory died Wednesday morning in a local hospital. The body leaves Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor one hour before the service for burial in Cook Graham Cemetery Baileysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola Ivory
Lochgelly
Hillcrest Baptist Church
Summerlee
H. C. Craig
Frank Robinson
Ivory
Ritchie and Johnson
Mrs Rose Bradley Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Bradley of Mullens will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Mullens Presbyterian Church with the Rev. William R. Nelson and others officiating. Burial details were not provided in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Bradley
Mullens
Mullens Presbyterian Church
William R. Nelson
Deaths of Henry Godby and Vernor L Martin
Henry R Godby 61 of Crab Orchard died at Beckley Hospital. Survived by his mother Mrs Sarah Godby wife Mrs Willie Gunter Godby daughter Mrs James Price sister Mrs Pearl Chambers and brothers Emmett and Kinley. Final rites for Vernor L Martin 62 of Mount Hope will be at Weirwood Church with burial in Humphrey Cemetery after long illness. Martin born Dec 22 1898 in Fayette County. survived by sisters Mrs Virgie Green Mrs Mollie Wagener and Mrs Emma Prett. Funeral details at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. callers welcome after 5 pm today.
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Henry Raymond Godby
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hos
Sarah Godby
Oakee
Oliver Any
Crabb Orchard
Willie Gunter Godby
James Price
Beckley
Pearl Chambers
Oak Grove
Emmett
Baltimore
Kinley
Huntington
Melton Mortuary
Eng
Vernor
L. Martin
Route 1
Mount Hope
Weirwood
Ernest Barley
Bradley
Humphrey
Willis Branch
Martin
Fayette County
Virgie Green
Mollie Wagener
Emma Prett
Fayetteville
Tyree
Urban Renewal Grant Awarded Fayetteville
The Urban Renewal Commission awarded Fayetteville a 75 percent grant of 5,340 dollars to fund an 18 month growth and development plan. Vogt-Ivers Consulting Engineers of Charleston will provide studies on traffic population land use and capital improvements with the city funding the remaining 25 percent.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Urban Renewal Commission
West Virginia Commerce Department
C. R. Hill Jr
Planning Commission For
Hill
Vogt-Ivers
Charleston
Princeton
Milk strike turns deadly in New York city
A young Israeli mother Rita Weinshall, 25, and her infant Eliezer were killed when a bus struck them during a shopping trip for scarce milk. Milk deliveries have halted for three days, leaving 10 million New Yorkers without fresh milk as talks resume without a deadlock.
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New York
UPS
Israel
Rita Weinshall
Eliezer
Long Island
Lutherans To Observe Reformation Festival
The Festival of Reformation will be observed at St Luke Lutheran Church at the 11 am service Sunday. Confirmation for three youths and reception for two adults will be conducted by Rev Charles L Delaney Jr pastor of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Charles L. Delaney Jr
Khrushchev defends stance amid party strife and nuclear tests
In a speech at the 22nd Communist party congress Khrushchev denied factional involvement, stressing 58 years of party loyalty. He warned the West over Berlin and defended continued 50 megaton nuclear tests as a deterrent, saying missiles safeguard peace and warn aggressors. Nkrumah urged restraint, forwarding his letter to Ikeda and Haile Selassie and Linus Pauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Voroshilov
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Big Three
NATO
Russia
Berlin
Nkrumah
Hayato Ikeda
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Linus Pauling
Kohrushchev
Cleve Keesee Dies After Illness at 76 in North Fork
Cleve Keesee, 76, of North Fork, died at 2 55 a m in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a two year illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleve Keesee
North Fork
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Mrs Mattie Hall dies after brain tumor surgery in Nashville
Mrs Mattie Hall 57 of Kennedy Avenue Nashville Tenn died at St Thomas Hospital at 5 am after brain tumor surgery Thursday Surviving husband James C Hall a daughter Mrs Paul C Charleston and Wayne M Hall Nashville a sister Miss Lucy Carr Nashville two brothers B D Carr Nashville and C S Carr Gallatin nine grandchildren Funeral services set for 11 am Saturday at Gallatin Road Baptist Church with Rev W W Harrison in charge body to be returned to Bartlett Funeral Home Charleston for further services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Moss Hall
Kennedy Avenue
Nashville
Tenn
St. Thomas Hospital
James C. Hall
Paul C
Charleston
Wayne M
Lucy Carr
B. D. Carr
C. S&s. Carr
Gallatin
Gallatin Road Baptist Church
W. W. Harrison
Bartlett Funeral Home
Beckley Felon Escapes Custody
Beckley police and state authorities issued alerts for James Thomas Cantrell a 29 year old Beckley man who escaped from Martinsburg after being working as a trusty at the state police headquarters. Cantrell who had faced a life sentence for the August 9 1956 murder of Glenna Lewis reportedly fled in a 1958 Volkswagen. Police describe Cantrell as a white male about 5 11 and 185 pounds with hazel eyes wearing an Army field jacket black trousers and black shoes. Investigators say both West Virginia and Virginia officers are actively searching and ask the public to contact Beckley police or state police if they have information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
James Thomas Cantrell
Martinsburg
Cantrell
Glenna Lewis
C. C. Oliver
W. Va
Els
Beckley Junction
West Virginia
Virginia
Wickham Undergoes Surgery in Beckley Hospital
Mrs T H Wickham of North Kanawha Street is in satisfactory condition after a three and a half hour surgery this morning at Beckley Hospital. details note the successful operation and current status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Wickham
Kanawha Street
Beckley Hospital
Hanging Gardens of Babylon Built for Nebuchadnezzar Queen
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders, were said to be built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C. for his queen, according to ancient accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
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