Disabled Miners to Meet Saturday in Area
Two groups of disabled miners who lost hospital cards and benefits after a trustees ruling plan Saturday meetings in the Glen Morgan and Affinity Union Hall venues. One group aims to 100 paid members to start hospitalization at $10 monthly, the other led by Samuel Goddard plans to press at the UMWA convention in Cincinnati with local union support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund
Disabled Miners Association
Glen Morgan Recreation Center
A. D. Cuckler
Glen Morgan
Beckley Hospital
Duckler
Samuel Goddard
Rainelle
Affinity Union Hall
Goddard
Washington
Trustees of the
Welfare and Retirement Board
White House
Congress
Welfare and Retirement Fund
U.M.W.A
Cincinnati
U.M.W
Affinity
Moore Shoots Man in Tavern After Pool Dispute
Moore walked into a tavern armed with a shotgun and shot Shrewsbury in the right eye, dying instantly. Adkins and Tom disarmed him as he tried to reload. Moore surrendered at the jail claiming a pretense of a fatal argument over a pool game and stating he would wind up there anyway. The shooting occurred in the tavern front room with the pool room in a side area. State Police found the shotgun in the slain man’s brother’s possession upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adkins
Moore
Tom
Shrewsbury
Khrushchev Visits Possible UN Meeting as World Tension Rises
The article weighs Khrushchev’s late term possible private talks on world problems. Motives include pressuring Red China with East European support for coexistence, stopping at the United Nations en route to Cuba, and delivering another provocative speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red China
Khrushchev
China
U.N
United Nations
Cuba
Fidel Conve
Kennedy pushes wage standardization bid in speech
In a prepared Manchester speech, Senator Kennedy urged national wage standards and expanded unemployment benefits. He urged raising the minimum from 1.00 to 1.25 dollars and extending coverage to four million workers, but the bid failed. He travelled from Washington to Maine then Alaska for campaign events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Sen
Manchester
N.H
Kennedy
New England
Congress
Washington
Senate
Maine
Portland
Alaska
Talking Guitar Catches Police Calls in Doncaster
Brian Seniog, a draftsman in Doncaster, reports his electric guitar suddenly spoke with police calls and a Royal Air Force plane message. He says a wiring quirk in the guitar amplifier turned it into an occasional radio receiver on certain frequencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doncaster
England
Brian Seniog
Royal Air Force
Seniog
Widow Granted Judgment In Cab Stock Suit
The Raleigh County Circuit Court ruled that Marie Rose Carter of Beckley may recover a judgment from Fletcher Harris Carter and Union Day and Nite Cab Co. Carter must surrender stock certificates to the cab company. The suit arose from the will of Russell Homer Carter, Fletcher Carter’s brother, with stock bequeathed to Fletcher and an income of $100 per month to Mrs. Carter unless she remarries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Marie Rose Carter
Beckley
Fletcher Harris Carter
Union Day and Nite Cab Co
Carter
Cab
Russell Homer Carter
Deaths And Funerals Glennie Benson Johnson
Glennie Benson Johnson, 41, of Mammoth, died at 7:50 a.m. today in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital where he had been a patient since December 1959. The body will be taken to George Cook Funeral Home, Cedar Grove, for completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glennie Benson Johnson
Mammoth
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
George Cook
Cedar Grove
Final rites for Lester A Gill held at Rose Quesenberry
Funeral services were set for Lester Allen Gill age 49 of Midway at 2 30 p m today in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Chapel. Surviving relatives include three half sisters Anna Gill and Mary Gill of Columbus Ohio and Marie Thompson of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Allen Gill
Midway
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Anna Gill
Mary Gill
Columbus
Ohio
Marie Thompson
Beckley
Funeral Services for Mrs Janie Hill Set in Detroit
Mrs Janie Hill 85 formerly of North Fork died Monday in a Detroit hospital after a long illness. Final rites for Billy B Williams 38 of 1705 Maxwell Hill will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Sprague Church of God Rev G L Stilwell to officiate. Burial in Prosperity Cemetery. Williams died Thursday at a Beckley restaurant. He was born August 14 1922 in Prosperity and was a WWII U S Army veteran with service in France Germany North Africa and Sicily. The body remains at Caffee Funeral Home until 2 p m Friday when moved to Maxwell Hill home. Survivors include his mother seven brothers Eddie of Prosperity Baren and Bob Dry Hill Dan and Ray of Ohio Teddy Sprague Mack New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy B. Williams
Maxwell Hill
Sprague Church of God
G. L. Stilwell
Prosperity Cemetery
Williams
Beckley
Prosperity
Maggie Williams
Maxwell Hill Road
Curtis Williams
U. S
France
Germany
North Africa
Sicily
Caffee
Eddie
Baren
Bob
Dry Hill
Dan
Ray
Ohio
Teddy
Sprague
Mack
New York
Congressional Record of the 86th Congress 1960 Actions Summary
The 86th Congress approved over 82 billion dollars in peacetime appropriations. Major actions included Hawaii statehood, a broad labor law, and a civil rights bill. Kennedy pushed a minimum wage bill, a medical care plan for the aged, and expanded federal aid for states. House opposition blocked wage, medical care, and housing measures while FHA loan extensions passed at year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Eisenhower
Congress
Kennedy
Washington
Los Angeles
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Three Charges Jail Man Following Fight
Benny Webb of Raleigh was booked at Raleigh County Jail on felonious assault, being drunk and resisting arrest. He stabbed Jimmy Martin, who was hospitalized for a abdominal wound and later jailed for drunkenness. The fight happened at the Webb home Thursday evening as both men were intoxicated. Police cited no motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Webb
Raleigh
Webb
Jimmy Martin
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Rorrer Rites Pending For Beckley Man In Accident
George B. Rorrer 82 of Route 3 Beckley died from injuries suffered in a two car crash on Harper Road about 8 30 am Thursday March 20 1878 the son of John and Jane Rorrer. Survivors include two sons Sidon and Theman both of Beckley three daughters Mabel Phipps Roy Beckelhimer and Edward Phipps all of Beckley two sisters Mrs R D Holt and Mrs Charles Dillon. Body at Caffee Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Rorrer
Route 3
Beckley
Harper Road
John
Jane Rorrer
Sidon
Theman
Mabel Phipps
Roy Beckelhimer
Harper
Edward Phipps
R. D. Holt
Harper Heights
Charles Dillon
Naoma
Caffee Funeral Home
Ex-Con Held In Kidnap Slaying
In Benton Illinois FBI agents arrested Joseph Harry Milani 33 near Herrin on a federal complaint charging assault with intent to murder John Bryant 20 fiance of slain waitress Mary Lily Ellen Roberts 17. Milani held on 50000 bond after arraignment at 230 am. Roberts body found in well at an abandoned farmhouse near Herrin wounded Bryant identified Milani as the gunman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton, Ill
FBI
Joseph Harry Milani
Herrin
Ill
John Bryant
Mary Lily Ellen Roberts
U.S
Everett Lewis
Milani
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Miss Roberts
Carbondale
Bryant
Funeral incomplete for Willard F Shrewsbury Jr
Willard Franklin Shrewsbury Jr 42 of Crab Orchard was killed by a blast from a 12 gauge shotgun at the Crab Orchard Grill where he operated The date of birth July 10 1918 was given He was survived by his wife Hope Blevins Shrewsbury five children one daughter and three sons at home Willard III serving with the Navy in Philadelphia five brothers and one sister with the body at Calfee Fu
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Franklin Sh Jr
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Grill
Vanwood
W. F. Shrewsbury
Hope Blevins Shrewsbury
Diana Rae
Charles Thomas
Denny Lee
Willard Franklin III
Navy
Philadelphia
Corey
Dublin
Harold
Chula Vista
Calif
Thomas
Beckley
Dennis
Huntington
Gene
Mabscott
Virginia Shrewsbury
Calfee Funeral Home
John Ervin Jeffries dies after heart attack mowing lawn
John Ervin Jeffries 68 of Fayetteville dies Thursday afternoon after a heart attack while mowing a neighbor’s lawn. A retired Carbide Metals Co. employee in Alvo. Survived by son William E. Jeffries and daughter Alice Crawford, both of Fayetteville, and brothers Noten Caldwell Millard Marlinton Benjamin Diamond. Body at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home. Arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ervin Jeffries
Fayetteville
Carbide Metals Co
al- Vo
William E. Jeffries
Alice Crawford
Noten
Caldwell
Millard
Marlinton
Benjamin
Diamond
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Last Shot Triggerman Of World War II Dies
POCATELLA Idaho AP a man known locally as the gunner who fired the last shot in World War II died after falling from a scaffold at the Atomic Energy Commission national reactor testing station north of Pocatello Minshew a twin gun crew member aboard the USS Concord participated in the final salvo on Aug 12 1945 the gun is preserved at the Philadelphia naval yard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatella
Kanawha County Trio Jailed For Shine
Three Kanawha County men Bonnie Thomas Frederick A. Thomas and Ronald Thomas all of Sissonville were booked at Raleigh County Jail at 12 20 a m today on a charge of possession of moonshine by agents of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit and a deputy sheriff. They were transferred to Huntington State Hospital from the jail this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha County
Raleigh County
Moon Arena
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
U. S. Treasury Department
Bonnie Thomas
Frederick A. Thomas
Ronald Thomas
Sissonville
Huntington State Hospital
Salvation Army to Host Sunday Musical by Melody Masters
The Melody Masters Quartet from Beckley will present a concert at the Salvation Army Citadel on Fayette Street at 11 a.m. The group includes Keith Brown, Floyd Canter bury, Kerman Canter bury, Evan Canter bury, and pianist J. D. Lilly. Admission is free and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Masters
Beckley
Salvation Army
Wheeling Man Killed In Wreck
A Wheeling man in his 20s, Richard Vance, was killed when a car descended a steep hill on 22nd Street after brakes failed. Passenger William Straub, 32, tried to brake and steer but hit the accelerator. Straub survived and owned a local nightclub. Driver Betty Mae Coss, 18, was cited for driving without an operator's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Richard Vance
22Nd Street
Betty Mae Coss
Waverly
William Straub
Straub
The
Pink
Health Dept to Close Saturday for Labor Day Weekend
The Raleigh County Health Department will be closed Saturday to grant employees an extra half day during the Labor Day weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Transfer Sends Gunnery Sgt Burgess to Bluefield Station
Gunnery Sgt Harold Burgess, a Marine recruiter at Beckley Station for 17 months, is transferred to Bluefield where he will serve as non commissioned officer in charge. He plans to move his family to Bluefield next week. Pirates rookie outfielder Joe Christopher went 23 at bats before his first major league hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Burgess
Beckley Station
Bluefield
Joe Christopher
Pirates
Mrs Marlina Brown Rites Set At Glen Fork Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Marlina Brown 86 of Glen Fork will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church with Rev. Wiley Brooks officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Glen Fork. She died Wednesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born October 29, 1873 at Bolt she was the daughter of the late and Louisa Richmond. Her husband Howard Brown died five years ago. Survivors include two sons Ora Brown of Glen Fork and Grady Brown of Springdale, two brothers Allen and Anderson Atkins both of Glen Fork, and four sisters Matilda Brown Lana Brown both of Glen Fork and Lida Snuffer Roxie Snuffer both of Glen Daniel. The body will be at the funeral home in Oceana at 4 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlina Brown
Glen Fork
Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church
Wiley Brooks
Glen Ork
Welch Hospital
Bolt
Louisa Richmond
Howard Brown
Ora Brown
Grady Brown
Springdale
Allen
Anderson Atkins
Matilda Brown
Lana Brown
Lida Snuffer
Roxie Snuffer
Glen Daniel
Rn Funeral
Oceana
RNS
Picket Ends as Wipperman Subcontractor Wins Wage Deal
After a meeting AFL-CIO says Vip permanent loses contract at Pine Lodge Nursing Home job. Carpenters gain 23 cents an hour to 2.75, laborers at 1.50. Wipperman Construction Co. subcontracts finish, with electrical plumbing and roofing to be awarded to firms adhering to the new contract. Officials could not confirm union statements. A picket remained on the Pine Lodge Nursing Home site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afl-Cio Group
Vipperman
Wipperman Construction Co
Pine Lodge
State Commerce Considers Chamber Reorganization
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce weighs a sweeping reorganization to boost industry and tourism. The plan, approved by the board, would create an industrial expansion committee and realign several existing panels to revitalize the economy. The group hopes to avoid conflicts with local chambers and state agencies while pursuing broad development goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee ‘of Commerce
Wget Ri Poe
Chamber
Induscomm
Forestry
Earle Elmore
West Virginia
Industrial Relations Committee
General Assembly
Walter Thurmond
Charleston
Southern Coal Producers Association
W.W. Barron
Kingsford Charcoal Co
Parsons
Tucker County
Thurmond
New Celbenin Offers Hope Against Penicillin Resistant Staph
A Beecham spokesman reported tests showing Celbenin effectively targets penicillin resistant staphylococci. The drug, developed mainly by three British scientists Frank Doyle George Rolinson and David M Brown, is to be produced and distributed worldwide once a dedicated factory is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecham
Frank Doyle
George Rolinson
David M. Brown
United States
Four Divorces and One Annulment Granted in Raleigh Court
Three divorces and an annulment were granted by Raleigh County Circuit Court. Debtors include Frank Hickman from Queen Brown Hickman and Diana B. Bryant formerly Diana B. Powers, plus Thelma Faye Soltes from Robert R. Soltes with custody of one child. Neta Kay McMillion Smith was granted an annulment from Mickey Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Frank Hickman
Queen Brown Hickman
Diana B. Bryant
Douglas Terrel Bryant
Diana B. Powers
Thelma Faye Soltes
Robert R. Soltes
Neta Kay McMillion Smith
Mickey Smith
Settlement Of Estate Basis For Today’s Suit
A Raleigh County suit on behalf of Vincenzo Angelueti Pietro Madalina Lucrezia and Ersilia Angeleti versus Peter Faini of Beckley and Belle Jarrell of Indial seeks 6716.81 from Faini as administrator of Amedeo Angeleti’s estate and Jarrell as bond surety. Plaintiffs claim 6101.31 cash shown in estate appraisement was withheld and charge breach of duty for delayed inheritance tax payments resulting in a 307.75 penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincinzo
Pietro
Marco
Madalina
Lucrezia
Ersilia Angeleti
Peter Faini
Beckley
Belle Jarrell
Indial
Raleigh
Faini
Amedeo Angeletti
Mrs. Jarrell
Rudolph L. DiTrapano
Cabin Creek
Monkey Sambo Causes Stir At Salt Lake Drive-In Zoo
A 30-pound rhesus named Sambo escaped his cage at a Salt Lake City drive-in theater zoo and headed toward a nearby liquor store. Clerks chased him with a broom as police were called. Sambo climbed a 7-foot display, snarled at workers, then leaped away. Evan Holladay later trapped him with a noose and he was returned to his cage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sambo
A. B Winger
Winger
Evan Holladay
Parachutist's First Jump Nearly Fatal in Wires
Glenn Reese of Wheeling West Virginia made his first parachute jump with the Pittsburgh Parachute Club. His chute tangled in 23 000 volt high tension wires and he slipped free to safety. A Duquesne Light spokesman said touching ground would have electrocuted him. He landed about a mile from Conway Airport and is expected to try again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom, Pa
Glenn Reese
Wheeling
W. Va
Reese
Duquesne Light
Pittsburgh
Parachute Club
Conway
Louis Walden
Harper Road Paving Begins
Acme Construction Co. began paving Harper Road with patching and leveling finished today. The State Road Commission awarded the contract and paving from Neville Street and Oakwood Avenue to the Harper Road limits will start Tuesday. The project will use about 1,300 tons of black topping and finish next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Construction Co
Harper Road
State Road Commission
Neville Street
Oakwood Avenue
Randolph Raps AMA President in West Virginia Row
Sen. Jennings Randolph accused AMA President Dr. E Vincent Askey of distorting a speech quoted in Los Angeles. Randolph denied targeting the AMA and said he did not disparage the medical profession while praising efforts to obtain federal Hill-Burton funds for hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Jennings Randolph
D-Wva
American Medical Association
White Sulphur Springs
Randolph
E. Vincent Askey
Los Angeles
West Virginia State Medical Association
Askey
AMA
Denver
Colo
F. C. Hodges
Huntington
West
West Virginia
Missing Girl Eludes Police Found Safe
A 12 year old Calloway Heights girl fled a Beckley Memorial Hospital treatment room Wednesday evening. She eluded police in the hospital woods and later appeared at a relative’s Sullivan Road home. She was brought to the hospital after taking a few sleeping pills and returned home not ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calloway Heights
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Sullivan Road
Norma Pegram
Raleigh County
Pegrams
British Soviet Satellite Plan Suggested by Scientist
Cardiff Wales AP Patrick Moore a British astronomer proposed Britain build a large earth satellite and ask the Soviet Union to launch it. He said Soviets can launch bigger objects and are skilled at guiding rockets while British instrumentation is among the best in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardiff
Wales
Britain
Patrick Moore
British Assny For
Hugo Black, Supreme Court Justice from Alabama
Hugo L Black of Alabama serves as senior justice on the United States Supreme Court and was appointed in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
United States Supreme Court
Stamp Collectors and Local Loafing Venues in Beckley Area
Long list of businesses and social clubs across Beckley and Wyoming County from Aug 1960 including Stamp Collectors and numerous eateries, lounges, drive inns, and Moose and Legion posts. Names many venues by street address and town, with Fayette and Raleigh counties noted for wagering and liquor dealer listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Michael Farah
Third Ave
Montgomery
Eddie Gonano
Ed's Place
B. Ferry St
Raleigh
Grady Quicksey
S. Fayette St
Beckley
Defolia Scott
Pioneer Hotel
Paul O. Stanley
Sportsman Pool Room
Heber St
James Williams
Wyoming County
Boone County
Loyal Order of Moose
Whitesville
Mildred Bailey
Glen Jean
Vinet V. Drew
Ritz
Gaines St
Order of Eagles
Kanawha Aerie
Fourth Ave
Robert Grant
Loyal Order of Moose Inc
Oak Hill
Main St
Suellen Novicki
Hilltop
Owl's Club
Smithers
White Oak Country Club Inc
Raleigh County
Shelton F. Bell
Prince St
B. P. C. Elks Lodge
Barwood
Heber
Black Knight Country Club Inc
Mary Virginia Burnett
Silver Moon
Eccles
Betty Lou Canterbury
the Ritz
MacArthur
Roy Carter
Skyline Club
James Roy Clemens
Regular Veterans Association
Woodlawn
Frank Hensley
Harper Road
McCreery
Harriett Marshall
Mabscott
Willa Paige
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Club Society
Amy Booth
Amy's Drive Inn
Crab Orchard
Basil
Thelma Duckler
Basil's Place
Meningitis and Dog Bite Reports From Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Health Department lists three aseptic meningitis cases and two dog bite incidents for the week ending Saturday. Meningitis came from Clear Creek Klaus St Tolley Drive areas, while dog bites were reported in Ameagle and Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Department
Clear Creek
Klaus St
Tolley Drive
Ameagle
Sophia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
JFK
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Family Weekly
Grandma Moses
Phillippe Halsman
Allyn Rice
Glennie B. Johnson
Janie Hill
Detroit
Mich
North Fork
N. T. Adams
Mrs
Paige
State CC
Randolph Raps
Stamp Collectors
McCreery St
S. L. Lozier
Lozier
Herbert O. Meador
Charles Maynard
Charlie's Place
Rhodell
Billy O’niel
Columbia Grill
Prince Lunch
Mose Ramesh
Ramey’s Grill
Neville St
Gene Reed
Reed's Keystone
Joe S. Richards
Duffy's Tavern
Stamford
Gussie Shutko
the Wheel
Daniels
Jennie Solonka
Spinning Wheel
Cranberry
Elouise Spaun
Oasis
Paul O
Union Cafe
Myrne Hodges
Myrna’s Drive
Jesse C. Spence
Twin Oak's Club
American Legion
Mullens
Fannie Coker
Fannie’s Drive
Allen Junction
Rebecca Ellison
Ellison’s Place
Bud
C. E. Kirk
Eatwell Cafe
First St
Loyal Order
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