Telephone Snafu Remains Mystery
The Raleigh Register city editor overheard a private business call between two Beckley and Hinton car dealers when no dial tone was present. A moisture induced cable fault possibly caused the eavesdropped exchange. officials say such freaks occur and will be checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Hinton
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Register
BNC
Fred Filler
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
McDowell Man’s Moonshine Case Sent To Mercer
Roy Harmon of McDowell County has pleaded guilty to operating a moonshine still possessing 145 gallons of mash and four gallons of moonshine. Judge John A. Field Jr ordered the case transferred to Federal Court in Bluefield after consultation with Beckley attorney Jack Mann. Also named were Calvin Junior Legg and Carl Lee Wilson charged with breaking and entering a Kanawha County post office, represented later by James Henderson after transfer to Kanawha County Jail for counsel. A related suit against Norfolk & Western Railway over a fatal train track collision near Sophia is expected to begin in Federal Court in Raleigh County Courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Harmon
McDowell County
Bluefield
John A. Field Jr
Harmon
Jack Mann
Beckley
James Henderson
Calvin Junior Legg
Carl Lee Wilson
Kanawha County
Judge Field
Raleigh County
Norfolk & Western Railway
Sophia
Elton S. Pate
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Helen Leadshusky
Raleigh
Sophia Town
Joseph
Buddy) Stone
Charleston
United States
Bob Miller
U. S
Calvin Minor Legg
C. J. McQuade
Harold Daniels
Saxton
L. McCreery
Charles F. Dilsworth
Tams
W. A. Burke
John Lewis Minor
Old Eccles Road
Burke
Joseph Earl Lewis
Minor
Alfred E. Braxton
Harry Martin
Rondell W. Wills
Jackson M. Pruitt
Romancelos Tunstalle
Lillybrook
Thelma Tunstalle
Tunstalle
Bob Waddell
Skelton
Joe Rodriguez
Eileen Tenant
Rodriguez
Mariner-2 voyage tests Venus flyby plans
The Mariner-2 mission continues toward Venus after a 223000 mile off course correction from Cape Canaveral data. JPL fired the midcourse motor from 1,492,500 miles out to adjust heading and the craft is set to approach Venus December 14 in a bid to study the planet’s cloud cover and potential signs of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Solar System
Cape Canaveral
Fla
JPL
Venus
Mariner-2
Mariner
United States
School bus plan for Beaver and Blue Jay students
The Beaver system announced a transport plan for primary pupils from Beaver to Blue Jay and older students from Blue Jay to Beaver. It includes assemblies and supervision at both schools and aims to maximize Blue Jay facilities for younger children while improving education for older students. Sherman Akers will be principal of the combined schools with Carl Okes as assistant principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver
Blue Jay
Sherman Akers
Carl Okes
Plue Jay
Doan’s Pills Offer Fast Relief for Backache and Irritation
Nagging backache headaches and muscular pains disrupt sleep and leave you tired. Doan’s Pills promise quick relief via pain suppression bladder irritation relief and mild diuretic action to aid kidney function. Large size available. relief for restless nights is emphasized with strong sales tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Njoy
Doan
Two Sophians Held In Jail
Local jail reports list multiple arrests and detentions in Sophia Town and surrounding areas. Helen Leadshusky and Joseph Stone are jailed by Sophia Town Police for drunkenness and assault warrants, with several others charged or processed for breaking and entering post offices, speeding, and other offenses.
Soblen Spying Case Hints at Move by Air
After Home Office decision Soblen may be transported by American or British Air Force plane. Solomon Kaufman, Soblen’s London lawyer, said no further action in Britain is possible and that efforts will seek a case review by President Kennedy in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Kaufman
Soblen
London
Home Office
United States
Kennedy
State Democrats Begin Registration Drive
Democratic state headquarters announced Operation Registration a statewide voter registration drive with a door to door canvass September 17 to 27 led by Andrew J. Houvouras of Huntington. County chairs will work with the county Democratic executive committee to register voters before the October 6 deadline. Houvouras said the effort aims for the largest voter show of strength on election day in an off year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Andrew J. Houvouras
Huntington
Democratic Executive Committee
Houvouras
Mrs Brown and Justice sworn into WV posts
Mrs Virginia Mae Brown was sworn in as the first woman on West Virginia Public Service Commission. Harlan Justice succeeds her as State Insurance Commissioner, filling an unexpired term. Justice, formerly deputy insurance commissioner, will earn about 12000 dollars annually with a 3000 dollar raise. The ceremony drew PSC officials and Brown's husband. Barron lauded both appointees for ready handling of increased duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Virginia Mae Brown
Public Service Commission
Harlan Justice
Brown
Joe Burdett
Myron R. Renick
Justice
Logan
W. W. Barron
Auditor
PSC
Joseph Hodgson
Hillis Townsend
Renick
Barron
Curtis Trent
Huntington
Marshall
West Virginia
Townsend
Kennedy outlines Cuban missile warning and Soviet aid
President Kennedy described Soviet support for Cuba's anti aircraft missile operation, noting extensive radar and electronic gear but no evidence of a Cuban based Russian combat force or offensive missiles. He cited 10 new shipments en route and estimated Troops in Cuba nearer 5,000. Senate leaders signaled alignment with the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Cuba
U.S
Guantanamo
Russia
Stern
Congress
Castro
Kenneth B. Keating
White House
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
GOP Says Seats May Remain Open Without Strong Candidacy
A GOP official indicated not all seats may be filled unless capable aggressive candidates run a good race. The executive committee plans to name all candidates except one for state senate. A special committee led by Ross P. Daniel Jr. handles the vacancy, with no meeting set yet, and the seat to be filled before the September 22 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Senate
Ross P. Daniel Jr
Daniel
Stock Averages at Noon Dow Jones Down Broad Decline
The noon stock averages show Dow Jones Industrial down 1.51 to 600.94, Rails 20 at 122.37 off 0.05, Utilities 15 at 120.83 down 0.16, and the overall 65-stock index at 509.61, with volume reaching 1,060,000 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones
Indus
Funeral for James Blake Cooper 75 in Skinfork church
Funeral services for James Blake Cooper 75 of Clear Fork will be held at 11 am Thursday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Skinfork led by Rev. Harry L Stevens. Burial in Cooper Cemetery Windom. Cooper died Tuesday after a short illness. He retired in 1955 from Bitter Coal Co Wyoming. He is survived by wife Margaret King Cooper a son James E Organ Cave two daughters Louise Wilson Union Edith Lester Wyco a brother Rush Cooper Pineville a sister Carrie Wright Anderson Ind and 13 grandchildren. The body remains at Mc Dougal's Robertson and Fogle Pineville until funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Blake Cooper
Clear Fork
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Skinfork
Harry L. Stevens
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Rockview
Cooper Cemetery
Windom
Cooper
Bitter Coal Co
Wyoming
Rush
Nancy McCarty Cooper
Wyoming County
Cooper Memorial Church
Margaret King Cooper
James E
Organ Cave
Louise Wilson
Union
Edith Lester
Wyco
Rush Cooper
Pineville
Carrie Wright
Anderson, Ind
McDougal’s
Robertson and Fogle, Song Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Liddie Brezack in Raleigh
Funeral services for Mrs Liddie Brezack 61 of Raleigh will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev Jim Franklin presiding Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park She died Tuesday afternoon in a local hospital shortly after her husband John 70 died Sunday morning at their home from a heart attack Survivors include two daughters Frances Keith and Loretta Hancock two brothers Verdie Wills and the Rev Willis Wills four sisters Liza Casebolt Lillie King Lena Adkins and Ludie Hatcher seven more relatives and church affiliations are listed Friends may call at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 6 p m today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liddie Mae Wills Brezack
Raleigh
Memorial Baptist Church
Jim Franklin
Sunset Memorial Park
John
Brezack
Madams Creek
Summers County
Henry
Sara Adeline Stewart Wills
George
Frances) Keith
Crescent Rd
J. Frank
Loretta) Hancock
Hancock St
Verdie Wills
Hinton
Willis Wills
Liza Casebolt
Lillie King
Lena Adkins
Charleston
Ludie Hatcher
Beckley
Pythian Sisters
Royal Neighbors
John Waid
James Perry
Claude Hatcher
Lloyd Pomykata
Roy Hancock
J. S. Larrick
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mrs McKinney 58 Dies at Home of Cancer
Martha Egnor McKinney 58 of Soak Creek died at her home at 10 20 a m today from cancer. She was a cook at Sophia Elementary School for about four years until illness last fall. Survived by husband Heaford McKinney. mother Salina Egnor. daughters Ethel Darnell Ruth Cook and Lynn Williams. six sons Bob Pete David Harold Heaford Jr and Earl. Body at Williams Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Egnor McKinney
Soak Creek
Sophia Elementary School
Pauline McKinney Armstrong
Helen McKinney
Heaford McKinney
Sophia
Salina Egnor
Woodrow
Ethel) Darnell
Russell
Ruth) Cook
Lynn
Beryl) Williams
Texas
Bob
Pete
Air Force
Montana
David
Harold
Washington, D. C
Heaford Jr
Beckley
Earl
Williams Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Holliday at Princewick chapel
Mrs Rhoda Burton Holliday 88 of Princewick died at 6 p m Saturday. Funeral services were to be conducted at 1 30 p m today at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel by Rev C H Costlow. Burial would follow in the family cemetery at Princewick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Burton Holliday
Princewick
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
C. H. Costlow
Leroy Woods Dies at 63 in Mount Hope
Leroy Woods aged 63 of Mount Hope died in a local hospital at 9 35 a m today. The body is at the Trent and Durgan Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Woods
Mount Hope
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Final rites for Mrs Theda Kay Hobbs Hardy in Oak Hill
Mrs Theda Kay Hobbs Hardy of Columbus Ohio dies at home from kidney ailment. She was a registered nurse wife of Dr Robert C Hardy. Survived by parents Carl Hobbs and Mrs Louise Burnett. burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Services in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev C S Donnelly officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theda Kay Hobbs Hardy
Columbus
Ohio
Tyree
Oak Hill
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Louise Burnett
Washington, D. C
Dennis Dorsey Funeral Services Held in Summersville
Dennis Dorsey 52, a Nicholas County schoolteacher from Summersville, will have funeral services at Memorial Methodist Church in Summersville at 2 p.m. Thursday, with burial in Groves Cemetery. Dorsey died by suicide Monday on McKees Creek Road, shooting himself with a .22 rifle. Howard White Funeral Home of Summersville handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis D. Dorsey
Nicholas County
Summersville
Memorial Methodist
Riker A. Bennett
Bruce Cooper
Groves
Dorsey
McKees Creek
Howard White
Infants Graveside Rites Held for Clay Baby
Infant son of Billy B and Joan Clay of Slaty Fork Pocahontas County died at birth in Elkins hospital. Graveside service was planned at 11 a.m. today near the Soulsville Church with Rev C V Shannon presiding, body staying at Henry and Soulsville Clay home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy B
Joan Clay
Slaty Fork
Pocahontas County
Souisville Church
C. V. Shannon
Elkins
Henry Clay
Soulsville
Eighteen Named to Raleigh County Cancer Board
Eighteen persons were named as directors of the Raleigh County Unit of the American Cancer Society after the West Virginia Division did not renew the unit’s charter. Beckley residents led the slate, while others from Slab Fork Mabscott Shady Spring and Coal City joined. The new group aims to organize a formal chapter with a public education focus. The unit office operates weekdays from 9 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
American Cancer Society
Paul Copeland
Douglas Bowers
Robert L. Amick
Jack Clemens
Kyle Cook
Warren D. Elliot
Charles W. Merritt
W. B. Lilly
William Cramer
John W. Whitlock
Paul L. Loflin
Virgil Sarrett
Jack Vermeeren
Beckley
Kenneth Bays
Slab Fork
W. O. Bowyer
Prosperity
Paris Richards
Mabscott
A. G. Wilcox
Shady Spring
Carson Booth
Coal City
West Virginia
Bob Daniels
The
Cancer Society
Final rites set for John R. McKinney of Herndon
John R. McKinney 56 of Herndon was killed in a state fall at Larry Coal Co. mine near Arista about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Funeral at 1 p.m. Friday at Herndon Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Ronald Adkins. Burial in Lusk Cemetery. Survivors include wife Violet, son Frankie, daughters Irene Wanda Beverly, several siblings and stepmother. Burial details and caller information provided by Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robert McKinney
Herndon
Herndon Free Will Baptist Church
Ronald Adkins
Lusk
Herndon Heights
McKinney
Larry Coal Co
Arista
James Alfred
Paradine McKinney
Violet Shell McKinney
Frankie
Irene
Wanda
Beverly
James McKinney
Oak Hill
Lucille Engas
Mayberry
Mary Lusk
Anawalt
Minah Moore
Johnson City
Tenn
Orpha Reese
Boston
Mass
Rosa
Fire department responds to electrical fire at repair garage
Beckley Fire Department answered a call to Moss's Electric Repair Garage at 501 S Fayette St at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday reporting wiring on fire. A spokesman said insulation overheated and could have ignited, but no fire was burning when units arrived and no damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Moss
S. Fayette St
Beckley Driver Charged After Collision on Route 16
John K. Schulte aged 20 of Beckley was charged with failure to yield the right of way after his car collided with a vehicle driven by James Brown 26 of Crab Orchard as Brown made a U turn on Route 16 MacArthur at 5 pm Tuesday. No injuries reported and damages estimated at 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Schulte
Beckley
James Brown
Crab Orchard
MacArthur
Memorial Building two-car crash causes $200 damage
At 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, Herbert F. Brown aged 70 of 229 Grove Ave backed from a driveway at the Memorial Building and hit Naomi Ruth Cole aged 44 of Beaver on the right side of her car. No charges were filed and no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Building
Herbert F. Brown
Grove Ave
Naomi Ruth Cole
Beaver
Retail Sales Rise to Record July High in U.S.
The Commerce Department reported retail sales climbed 3 percent in July reaching a record high. Total sales neared $19.7 billion, about $231 million above prior estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Big Eight Tour Planning Underway With Broad Involvement
A large planning group will shape a five day Big Eight bus tour covering eight counties. Key figures include Hulett Smith, Randy Webb, Robert Hamilton, Charles Andreas and C T Shackelford. A dry run by Andreas will time stops while meals and lodging are arranged. Representatives from Raleigh County will join to highlight industrial, agricultural and tourist potentials. A September meeting will set the final tour schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Commerce
Hulett Smith
Big Eight Association
West Virginia Industrial Association
Rondey Webb
Beckley-Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Robert Hamilton
Charles E. Andreas
C. T. Shackel
Ford
Andreas
West Virginia Industrial Development Association
Shackelford
Carl Harris
Amere Gas
Walter Bennet
C & P Telephone
W.va
Bennett
Charleston
Raleigh County
Charles Hodel
Frank Barksdale
Car Victim's Damage Case In Federal Court
In a morning Federal Court trial, Alfred Wright sues Dewey Lincoln Marshall over a July 1 accident on South Fayette Street. Marshall admits liability. jurors will decide damages for Wright's injuries and lost earnings, including hospital bills and glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Lincoln Marshall
South Fayette Street
Alfred Wright
John A. Field Jr
Marshall
Wright
W. A. Thornhill
David Kennedy
William File
Don Hodson
Thornhill
Field
Pioneer Hotel
Pioneer
File
Vernon J. Schulte
Jean Adam ¥ Keifer
Rowena Farrell Hensley
Merle H. Wood
Fanny R. Prince
French Turner
Arnold E. Dotson
Wilfred Wooddell
Leoa J. Bailey
Grover Cleveland Phipps
Marie Backus Fox
Khrushchev visit rejected by Ohio senator cornfield plowing remark
Ohio Senator Stephen M Young warned Khrushchev not to visit his home state for any plowing contest unless the Soviet premier would be plowed under. Also reported were a fatal fire at George Washington Motor Lodge, a Senate committee vote to raise first class mail by a cent, border breaches by young refugees in East Berlin, and other state briefs including a failed Rockwell Nazi charter in Virginia and a $310,500 SBA loan for Elkview garment expansion, plus education funding plans in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Senate Today
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Ohio
Khrushchev
George Washington Motor Lodge
Valley Forge
Senate Post Office Committee
East Berlin
West Berlin
Alvin C. York
Jamestown
Tenn
Virginia Corporation Commission
Virginia
George Lincoln Rockwell
American Nazi Party
Charleston
Spencer State Hospital
Elkins
Small Business Administration
Rex M. Smith
West Virginia
Treasury tax reform aims at equal treatment and revenue protection
The Treasury focuses on rate reduction and revenue loss, seeking equal tax treatment for taxpayers. It intensively scrutinizes capital gains, depletion allowances and stock options while still considering removing the $50 exclusion and the 4 percent credit for dividend income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Crash near Youngstown claims oilmen and others
A twin-engine Lockheed Lodestar crashed about 1,000 yards from state Route 18 near Diamond, killing at least 13 and injuring others. Fire burned fuel as 200 officials and spectators searched the soggy field under floodlights, while wreckage and bodies lay scattered across a cratered site about 30 by 15 feet deep seven feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio 18
FAA
Youngstown
Blaine Berkstresser
Ashland Oil
Kentucky
Ohio Highway Patrol
Clayton G. Maxwell
Lafayette Ave
Buffalo
N.Y
Frontier Oil
Lake Milton
Ashland
Cleveland
Diamond
Portage - Mahoning County
Two Die In Separate West Virginia Crashes
United Press International reports two traffic deaths in eastern West Virginia on Tuesday raising the year toll to 289. Harold Lee Hinton, 25, of Shenandoah Junction, died when his car left W V 9 north of Charles Town, damaging fencing. Calvin Hinton, 19, and William Housden were injured. Housden in critical condition. Georgia Arnold Gift, 46, of Takoma Park, Md, formerly Keyser, died in a head on on U S 50 west of Keyser. Harold Gift, her husband and former Keyser police chief, was injured. Lon L. Skinner was also seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Harold Lee Hinton
Shenandoah Junction
Jefferson County
W. Va. 9
Charles Town
Calvin Hinton
William Housden
Housden
Georgia Arnold Gift
Takoma Park
Keyser
Mineral County
U. S. 50
Harold Gift
Lon L. Skinner
Court Grants 3 Continuances
Charleston based United Press International reports the State Supreme Court opens its term by granting continuances in three cases. A Printing Litho Inc Elkins petition delays six days pending state printing contract bid disputes with Curtis Wilson and Mathews Printing Co Charleston. Huntington charter election case and Dr Joseph H Sheppe orthodontist licensing appeal also continued as arguments. Eighteen other cases to be argued later this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Litho, Inc
Elkins
Curtis Wilson
Wilson
Mathews Printing Co
Litho
Huntington
Joseph H. Sheppe
State Board of Dental Examiners
High Court
Ben Bella declares end to Algeria crisis in Algiers
Ben Bella announced victory over dissident military leaders on Tuesday night and said the Political Bureau would resume tasks in Algiers. He told about 4,000 cheering Algerians in Forum that the crisis is finished and this day marks a new day of independence. The crisis began August 25 when Military District Four seized Algiers and ended when the vice premier returned to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kabylia
Ben Bella
Algiers
County Health Officer To Attend Conference
Raleigh County Health Officer Ross P. Daniel will attend a one day conference of health officers from West Virginia in Charleston on Thursday. State Health Director N. H. Dyer will moderate and discuss key health department projects with division and bureau directors. Speakers include Dr Jane Freeman on immunization programs and Dr William S Herold on the birth defects register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Ross P. Daniel
West Virginia
Charleston
N. H. Dyer
Health Department
Dyer
Jane Freeman
Maternal and Child Health
J. Roy Monroe
State Hygenic Laboratory
William S. Herold
Division of Maternal and Child Health
Hamilton Elected To State Office
The Beckley Raleigh Chamber of Commerce and manager Robert Hamilton were honored at the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce meeting in White Sulphur Springs when Hamilton was elected vice president of the state organization of Chamber of Commerce Managers. Other officers elected were Pat Murphy of Logan as president and Dan Paul of Bluefield as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Robert Hamilton
West Virginia
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McDowell
Mercer
Rip van Winkle
Sophians
James B. Cooper
Liddie Brezack
Mrs
Martha McKinney
Rhoda Holliday
Theda Hardy
Clay
John R. McKinney
Dillon
United Press International
Algeria
Hamilton
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