Workshop Set On Registration Reminders For Voters
The Area Labor Council AFL mails reminders that Oct 6 is the last day to register or change registration. Miss Elizabeth Bowling chairs the Women’s Activities Division and will host a 7 o’clock workshop at the Labor Hall instead of the regular meeting. Members will prepare letters and update union registration cards, followed by a social hour encouraging women to participate.
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Labor Council
Miss Bowling
Teacher Change at Pine Oaks Elementary School
Pine Oaks Elementary will replace Joe A. Jones with Marion Brooks as instructor starting today. Superintendent John Anders notes Jones resigned last Wednesday. Annie Bland will become principal, with Brooks continuing to teach at the school. Enrollment has fallen this year due to residents moving away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe A. Jones
Pine Oaks
Marion Brooks
John Anders
Saunders
Jones
Brooks
East Killigan
Annie Bland
Congo Plan Outlined For Federated Congo Union
United Nations plan, backed by the United States Britain and Belgium, proposes a federal Congo with Katanga led by Tshombe retaining local police and taxes while Leopoldville Premier Adoula holds national authority. The scheme calls for equal revenue sharing within 10 days and a 90 day deadline to unify armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
United States
Britain
Belgium
Katanga
Robert V. A. Gardiner
U.N
Tshombe
Congo
Thant
Wyoming Court Authorizes Purchases in Pineville
The Wyoming County Court at its regular Pineville meeting approved three purchases a two way radio for a deputy car a typing desk for the circuit clerk office and a record book for the school land commissioner. A notary bond of 500 was approved for R F Beavers with Pauline Beavers as surety and a minister bond was approved for Mike Lewallen for the Missionary Baptist Church.
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Pineville
ANS
Wyoming Couty Court
R. F. Beavers
Pauline Beavers
Mike Lewallen
Missionary Baptist Church
Look Sharp You Beauties in Miss America Week
Atlantic City N J Mayhem as 54 contestants endure grueling drills and runway practice in Miss America week. Rehearsals for talent and swimsuit sections run long, with five hours of walking ending at 11 p.m. EDT. The second day of training continues amid upcoming telecast and a three hour torchlight Boardwalk parade slated for late night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
Firemen Answer 14 Calls In Aug
The Beckley Fire Department answered 24 calls in August. Included in the services were 20 first aid calls including recovery of a body from New River at Terry on August 24 and a false alarm to Skelton the same day. Fire calls accounted for the other four trips for a total damage of $3,400.
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Beckley
New River
Terry
Skelton
Pipeline blast ignites fire at Ashland refinery
Explosion in the hot-oil area of Ashland Oil Co No 1 refinery at Leech near Catlettsburg Kentucky caused a flash fire. No injuries were reported and workers contained the blaze in about 30 minutes. Damage estimate not yet set. spokesman said unit should return to service in four to five days.
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Huntington
UPI
Ashland Oil Co
Leech
Catlettsburg
Here
Parachutist dies in midair collision near San Jose
An amateur parachutist died after another chutist cut through his canopy 2500 feet above. Paul Baux, 25, Berkeley, died at San Jose Hospital. James Nicholson, 37, San Jose, was injured and in fair condition. Witnesses said both were with the Golden Gate Skydivers Club and appeared to be passing a baton when the crash occurred.
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San Jose
Calif
UPI
Paul Baux
Berkeley
James Nicholson
Golden Gate Skydivers Club
Four Pentecostal Leaders Jailed in Georgia
Four leaders of a Pentecostal group in Georgia were jailed for prohibiting sect members from joining the Soviet army or listening to the radio. One leader got five years, three received four years each for their criminal activities, according to Dawn of the Fast.
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Moscow
UPT
Georgia
Dawn of the Fast
GOP Leader Sees Republican Victory in House
Washington UPI reports House GOP Leader Charles A. Halleck says there is no question Republicans will win control of the House in the fall elections. Halleck, on a TV program with Rep Harold C Ostertag, asserts more Republicans in Congress will "get this country going again."
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Washington
UPI
House
Charles A. Halleck
Ind
Halleck
Harold C. Ostertag
R-N.y
Congress
Stock Averages at Noon Dow Mixed On Gains and Losses
The noon stock report shows Dow Jones at 608.89 down 0.29, Rails at 123.19 down 0.56, Utilities up 0.86 to 121.69, and 65 Stocks at 211.79 up 0.11. Volume reached 1,230,000 shares by noon.
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Dow-Jones
Indus
Two Execute Bonds To City Following Fight
Two men from Beckley were bound over to the city on fighting and weapon charges after posting bonds. Toney Jackson and William Jackson signed $52 and $19 bonds respectively as they were arrested Saturday on South Fayette Street. Multiple other local court actions followed including fines for reckless driving and improper registration. A separate assault case involving E. E. Bibb Jr. was postponed, while a hit and run charge against Bob Williams was dismissed with costs paid. Whitesville police arrested 28 drivers in a seven hour period ending Sunday morning.
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Toney Jackson
Beckley
William Jackson
South Fayette Street
Leonard Pike
Mount Hope
Joe Rodriguez
Harris A. Lusk
MacArthur
William A. Sowder
Long Branch
Rodriguez
E. E. Bibb Jr
William K. Lewis
Ne Oe Co
Lewis
Bibb
Bob Williams
Teel Road
Don Hardin
Hardin
Williams
Bob Waddell
Skelton
James E. Burton
Clifford Martin
Martin
Burton
W. A. Burke
Dean Daniels
Arnett
L. G. Daniels
Whitesville
Cather Sarrett
Daniels
M. P. Morris
Sarrett
Morris
Montreal
Ben Bella launches drive toward Algiers as battles rage
Casualties total eight killed and several dozen wounded as Ben Bella backed forces seize Boghari Ain El Hadjel Sidi Aissa Champlain and Tietat Des Mouait. He vows to press on toward Algiers with 55 000 ALN troops and four Wilayas behind him. Opposing Willayas Four and Three field about 20 000 fighters. Boghari 80 miles south of Algiers falls to Ben Bellist lines. 400 defenders retreat.
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Boghari
Ain el Hadjel
Sidi Aissa
Champlain
Tietat Des Mouait
Political Bureau
Ahmed Ben Bella
Algiers
Ben Bella
Oran
National Liberation Army
ALN
Willaya
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Eugene Ray
Mrs Eugene Ray of Buffalo New York formerly Beckley died at 7 p m Monday at her home after a long illness She fell at home Friday and suffered head injuries Survivors include one son Cecil L Duffey Monticello Ga two daughters Mrs J W Walker Princeton and Mrs G H Duckworth Buffalo N Y five sisters including Ruby Burroughs MacArthur Mrs Selma Holloway Helen Mrs E E Hamilton Mrs Grace Heane and Mrs C D McCall all of Georgia The body will be flown to Monticello Ga Wednesday from Buffalo where funeral services will be held Thursday
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Eugene Ray
Buffalo
N.Y
Beckley
Cecil L. Duffey
Monticello
J. W. Walker
Princeton
G. H. Duckworth
N. Y
Ini Ruby Burroughs
MacArthur
Selma Holloway
Helen
E. E. Hamilton
Grace Heane
C. D. McCall
Georgia
Infant Janet Taugh Graveside Rites Set in Cyclone
Graveside rites for Janet Carol Taugh infant daughter of Robert and India Brown Taugh will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Toler Cemetery in Cyclone. The 16 day old died Monday afternoon in a Welch hospital. Survivors include three sisters Patricia Peggy and Pamela and a brother Jerry all at home. maternal grandmother Mrs Blanche Brown of Cyclone. paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Orville Taugh of Spencer. Body at Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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Janet Carol Taugh
Robert
India Brown Taugh
Toler
Cyclone
Welch Hospital
Patricia
Peggy
Pamela
Jerry
Blanche Brown
Orville Taugh
Spencer
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Final rites for Mrs. Bessie Scott at Pineville church
Mrs. Bessie Scott 48 of Pineville dies from injuries after being struck by two cars on Route 16 near the Pinacle Drive In. Funeral at Cook Memorial Baptist Church in Pineville with Rev. Carl Grose officiating. Burial in Centerville Cemetery. Survivors include husband Walter M. Scott son Walter D. Tolliver daughter Carolyn Phillips a brother two sisters and two grandchildren. Body to be moved from Douglas Mortuary Welch to her home at 2 30 p m today.
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Bessie Scott
Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Carl Grose
Tazewell
Centerville
Scott
Mullens Hospital
Pinacle Drive-In
Walter M. Scott
Walter D. Tolliver
Carolyn Phillips
Andrew Smith
Laura Morgan
Indian Creek l
Martha Cook
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Mrs Blanche Jackson Funeral Arrangements Noted
Mrs Blanche Jackson of Beckley dies after long illness in local hospital. Born August 12 1887 at Gap Mills she belonged to High Mount Baptist Church Paint Bank Virginia. Survived by husband Samuel W Beckley a son Paul Gap Mills a daughter Annie Watson New York City two grandchildren two great grandchildren. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Blanche Jack
Ringleben Street
Gap Mills
High Mount Baptist Church
Paint Bank
Samuel W
Beckley
Paul
Annie Watson
New York City
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Dennis Dorsey, former Summersville reporter, commits suicide
Dennis Dorsey 51 of Summersville killed himself with a .22 rifle bullet at about 3 p.m. Monday near his car on McKees Creek Road. He was born March 3, 1910, son of Theodore and Alice Dorsey. Survived by wife Dixie, son Dudley of Silver Springs MD, brother Alta Dorsey of Warren OH, three sisters, and two grandchildren. Body at Howard White Funeral Home.
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Dennis Dixon Dorsey
Summersville
McKees Creek
Dorsey
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Gad
Theodore
Alice Hannah Dorsey
Dixie Rader Dorsey
Dudley Dorsey
Silver Springs
Alta Dorsey
Warren
Ohio
Margaret Creig
Hookersville
Minnie Grose
Lockwood
Mamie Fitzwater
Saint Albans
Howard White Funeral Home
Funeral services for Hiram Mal Poteet held at Rose and Quesenberry
Funeral services for Hiram Mal Poteet 78 of 523 Orchard Ave. will be conducted at 3 p m Wednesday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Ray Hanson in charge Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens He died Monday at 8 40 p m after a long illness Born February 22 1884 in Oak Hill he was a son of the late Mr and Mrs George Poteet A retired miner he worked 32 years for Peabody Coal Co Ameagle and was a Baptist Church member Survivors include his wife
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Hiram Mal Poteet
Orchard Ave
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Ray Hanson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Oak Hill
George Poteet
Peabody Coal Co
Ameagle
The
Baptist Church
Milam Infant Graveside Rites Held At Sunset Memorial Park
The infant daughter of Lacy and Dorothy Millsaps Milam of Helen died at birth at Mullens hospital. Graveside rites were set for 2 p.m. at Sunset Memorial Park with parents, three brothers, grandparents, and Williams Funeral Home arranging. Other obituaries note Morton Rubinow, Kurt Volk, A Hughes Wilson Jr, Msgr James A Bullin, Dr C O Boynton, David Sulzberger, William Wilkerson, Nan Burke, William Rice, J Beaton Van Nuys, Col William Blair, and Ralph Gore dying in New York Hollywood Stamford Camden Bel Air Pasadena Fair Haven Long Branch.
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Sunset Memorial Park
Lacy
Dorothy Millsaps Milam
Helen
Mullens Hospital
Ray Jr
William
Danny
Hulda Milam
Fayetteville
Ernest Millsaps
Williams Funeral Home
Berlin Communists Face New Border Controls After Refugee Death
Western Allies ordered Russians to reroute convoys and stop using Checkpoint Charlie for war memorial trips. Soviets must now cross into the British sector via Sandkrug Bridge or Brandenburg Gate. The move underscores Allied control of West Berlin after East Berlin authority shifted ten days earlier.
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Wall
Friedrichstrasse
War Memorial
Sandkrug Bridge
Brandenburg Gate
Brandenburg
Sandkrug
West Berlin
East Berlin
Air Safety Center
West
Building collapse in Nile delta kills nine, leaves twenty missing
CATRO (UPI) Nine workers died and 20 are missing, believed buried under debris of an unfinished five story apartment building in the Nile delta. An Interior Ministry statement said 19 men were injured in the collapse Monday afternoon.
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CATRO
UPI
Nile Delta
Interior Ministry
Railway Seeks Judgment on Worker Ability in Beckley
A hearing in Beckley before U S District Judge John Field considers Norfolk and Western Railway motion for summary judgment in Lawrence Stoots’s bid to be reinstated as a section laborer. Stoots, injured in 1957, argues for seniority while the railway contends he cannot physically return. The case hinges on whether Stoots has exhausted reinstatement avenues and if medical reports prove incapacity. Judge Field also admitted Fred Lokant and approved Helene Wagner’s naturalization oath in court.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Lawrence Stoots
Beckley
U. S. District Court
John Field
Stoots
Fletcher Mann
Mann
Jack Mann
Fred Lokant
Oceana
Field
Earthquake Relief Efforts Expand in Ghazvin Region
Premier announces Gen Hejazi will direct 4500 troops for relief in Ghazvin after a major quake. Medical students nationwide volunteer. US envoy apologizes for an AFTS-TV quake hoax that caused panic and prompted closure of the station. Tehran tremor causes widespread destruction with death toll estimates ranging from 10,000 to over 20,000.
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Hejazi
U.S
Julius C. Holmes
Alam
Holmes
Armed Forces
Afts-Tv
Tranian
Tehran
Alamo
Labor Survey Slated in Eastern Counties
West Virginia Employment Security Department will launch a labor force survey in 10 eastern counties within two weeks. Berkeley Jefferson Morgan Grant Mineral Hampshire Hardy Pendleton Randolph Tucker are included. Data aims to aid job training planning and economic projects. Employers will detail anticipated hiring needs for the next two to five years.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Don’t Kick A Cop In Charleston Police Jail Disruption
Two Charleston men aged 25 and 29 learned that assaulting a officer won’t free a friend. They went to police headquarters to secure release, one man grabbed a second officer by the neck but both were subdued. They were booked for drunkenness and resisting arrest.
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Charleston
UPI
Charles Harding
Charles H. Farmer
Rickover Recounts Threat to Use Sailors as Radiation Guinea Pigs
Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover testified in closed doors that a superior once asked him to reduce radiation shielding on nuclear ships, suggesting military units tolerate higher casualties. Rickover refused, warning that lowering protection risks sailors and their genetic future, and criticizing the idea of learning to live with radiation.
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Washington
UPI
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Rickover
Plumber Held In Sex Slaying On New Jersey Beach
A 23-year-old Philadelphia plumber was held on a serious charge in the sex slaying of Sandra Hall. The 22-year-old bookkeeper’s battered body was found on a southern New Jersey beach after a struggle. Police say he confessed to breaking her wrist and striking her, then drowning her.
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Elton
Wilmington
Del
Iior
T Top
Troy Meadows
Louise Lilly
North Wildwood
Thomas R. Clements
Berlin
N.J
Philadelphia
Clements
Miss Hall
James Bush
Linda Rosen
New York City
Short News Digest Mentions Global, Religion, and Local Notes
Tass reports river power station visit near Stavropol and a boat ride on a reservoir. Pope John XXIII inspected preparations for the ecumenical council and prayed at St. Pius X's tomb. Alcoholics Anonymous reports 9 305 active groups, doubling in a decade. A 30 pound llama named Miss Labor Day is born at York Beach Animal Forest Park. Kennedy returns to Washington from Newport. State Bar president-elect is C Howard Hardesty. Bluefield bakery Mansure Textile Co building damaged by fire causing 20000 dollars in losses. Faith Callahan 11 dies in a two car crash near Carmichaels Pennsylvania. five others injured.
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John XXIII
St.Peter’s Basilica
Ecumenical Council
St. Pius X
Alcoholics Anonymous
United States
Canada
Animal Forest Park
York Beach
Labor Day
Kennedy
Washington
Newport
R. I
C. Howard Hardesty
Fairmont
George G. Bailey Wheeling
State Bar Association
White Sulphur Springs
Mansure Textile Co
Bluefield
Faith Callahan
Moundsville
Carmichaels
Centennial Sporting Events Discussed
West Virginia Centennial Commission sports committee met to plan 42 events and promotions for 1963. The session coincided with WVU football training, with about 25 attendees at Cedar Lakes area meeting last May and WVU Athletic Director Red Brown serving as chairman. Brown highlighted WVU’s September 21 Navy game in Morgantown as a key highlight.
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Jackson's Mill
UPI
West Virginia Centennial Commission
West Virginia University
Cedar Lakes
FFA
Ripley
WVU
Robert N
Red) Brown
Navy
Morgantown
Three New Permits Issued By Recorder
City records show three residents securing construction permits at City Hall. Virgil A. Sarrett of 113 Edgel St. received a permit to add a 16 by 28 foot room and brick veneer the house for 7000 dollars, with a 15 dollar permit fee. John W. Underwood of 307 Meyers Ave. was approved to enlarge and enclose the entire porch for 500 dollars, with a 10 dollar fee. Robert W. Wilkes Jr. of 104 Cannady St. allowed to build a cement block garage for 500 dollars, with a 10 dollar fee. Eight city residents were granted permits totaling 58200 dollars for August building and repairs.
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Virgil A. Sarrett
Edgel St
John W. Underwood
Meyers Ave
Robert W. Wilkes Jr
Cannady St
Farm Strike Faces Test from NFO Campaign
CORNING Iowa (UPI) The first real test of the National Farmers Organization plan to lift prices by keeping grain and livestock off markets begins today. The seven year old group aims to force higher, stable prices via a moratorium on shipments to terminals and direct delivery to packing plants and country stations.
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Corning
Iowa
UPI
National Farmers Organization
NFO
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
Packers and Stockyards Act
Soviet protest over U2 flight prompts UN action threat
Tass quoted Moscow demanding immediate measures to stop future airspace violations and warning it may raise the issue at the United Nations General Assembly. The note linked the incident to the May 1960 Powers mission and condemned by Kennedy era critics as a provocative act by the United States.
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Tass
Washington
U.N. General Assembly
Francis Gary Powers
Sverdlovsk
Siberia
Eisenhower
Kennedy
United States
U.S
Hote
Elder Newsman Beans Dies After 65-Year Career
Robert T. Beans, Wheeling’s elder newspaperman, died at 80 after a long illness. A reporter since 1896, he led the Wheeling Register, Telegraph, and Intelligencer as city editor 1931–1949 and Ohio state editor until retirement. He wrote a weekly gardening column. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs. Thomas Colson, Barnesville, Ohio, and two grandchildren. Funeral services set for Thursday.
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Wheeling
UPI
Robert T. Beans
Wheelings
Beans
Old Wheeling Register
Old Telegraph
The
Intelligencer
Ohio State
Thomas Colson
Barnesville
Ohio
50 Tri State Deaths From Labor Day Week End
United Press International reports highway accidents killed 50 people over Labor Day weekend across Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Pennsylvania and Ohio each recorded two deaths while West Virginia tallied ten.
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United Press International
Tri-State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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