Train Death Case Opens In Court
In U.S. District Court a $25,000 wrongful death suit against Norfolk and Western Railway opens. Catherine Pate Beckley, administratrix, alleges negligence after Elton Stanley Pate was killed when his Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. truck was struck near Sophia on January 29. The trial examines whether the engineer sounded a warning and whether brakes were applied in time as witnesses dispute sight lines and signals.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
U.S
Catherine Pate
Beckley
Elton Stanley Pate
N&w
Sophia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Pate
Luchini
Telephone Company
Mann
Kermit O. Boley
Patrick C. Thompson
William H. Cruser
D. Frank Cavenall
Joe E. Connor
Cledith Blevins
Marvin Lacy
Joseph C. Frye
Carl FE. Toney
Albert Rucker
Harry Douglas Mitchell
W. W. Boone
Roy Thomas Kincaid
Damon Naylor
US accuses USSR of Berlin talks dodge
The United States accuses the Soviet Union of dodging responsibility in Berlin and distorting the situation in West Berlin. Washington says the note rejects four power talks and is unresponsive, compiling charges against the United States Britain France and West Germany.
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U.S
Ussr
Berlin
Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
Germany
State Department
Britain
France
Berlin Wall
West Germany
Soviet Union
Federal Republic
West Berlin
Commodities Distribution At Local Churches Announced
Commodities will be distributed at Princewick Missionary Baptist Church Friday 8 to 4 and Saturday 8 to 12 noon with Herbert Dancy as agent. Eccles Local Union distribution Saturday 9 to 4 and Monday 9 to 4 with Berry Lewis as agent.
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Princewick Missionary Baptist Church
Herbert Dancy
Eccles
Berry Lewis
West Virginia contracts rise in July amid livestock study plans
Dodge Corp. reports July contracts in WV totaled 21.87 million, up 16 percent from July 1961. Dr. Gerald C. Anderson of WVU veterinary science will visit New Zealand next week to study forage production for Appalachian livestock. A televised debate on liquor-by-the-drink amendment airs on WCHS TV next Thursday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST and 10:30 to 11 p.m.
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Dodge Corp
West Virginia
Gerald C. Anderson
West Virginia University Department of Animal and Veterinary Science
New Zealand
Appalachian
Wchs-Tv
Joy Rider Fined for Driving Governor's Car
Franklin Tate, 22, fined 39 in Municipal Court for driving an automobile without a license and drunkenness. The car was the governor's limousine, taken without authorization by a mansion employee and found abandoned downtown. Two policemen identified Tate with two women en route to a dance he did not reach. The mansion employee was fired. Tate's method of taking the car remains unclear.
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Charleston
UPI
Franklin Tate
Tate
Beclay man wins $6500 verdict against Columbus driver
In Beckley Federal Court jurors ruled in favor of Alfred Wright of Beckley against Dewey Lincoln Marshall of Columbus Ohio. After four hours deliberation the court awarded Wright $6500 for injuries from a July 1 1961 accident on South Fayette Street as he walked home from work. Wright who was manager waiter and cook at the Pioneer Hotel near his home remains unable to return to full duties. Dr M M Ralston testified Wright has recovered to 75 to 90 percent of pre accident work ability. Elsie Hill Wrights sister testified he was delirious for days after the crash due to a mild concussion.
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Alfred Wright
Beckley
Dewey Lincoln Marshall
Columbus
Ohio
U.S. District Court
South Fayette Street
Wright
Marshall
Pioneer Hotel
M. M. Ralston
Elsie Hill
East Beckleyan Waives To Action Of Grand Jury
Ronald Smith of East Beckley waived to the action of the grand jury and was released on his own recognizance after arraignment before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on a bastardy charge. He was arrested on a warrant by Revella Kidd also of East Beckley who claims he fathered a child born December 25 1960. LEWS E. WOLD 17 of Beckley was cited for speeding and must appear at 7 30 p.m. Monday. James Redden of Lanark jailed for drunk and illegal parking by State Police. Willie B. Green with no address jailed for being absent without leave from the U S Marine Corps. JOSEPH B. STONE of Sophia released to a constable on an assault and battery charge. William Collins of East Beckley posted $500 to appear September 17 on a non support charge for the two children. Raymond Ara no address paid a $10 fine for driving without a license. KERMIT K. GAREN Route 3 Beckley paid a $5 fine for hazardous driving. Delorese J. Holliday Northwood Drive Beckley paid $5 for illegal passing. Leonard Pennington Raleigh pled guilty to hazardous driving and paid $5 fine and costs. He was arrested by State Police.
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Ronald Smith
East Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Revella Kidd
Lews E. Wold
Beckley
James Redden
Lanark
Willie B. Green
United States Marine Corps
Joseph B. Stone
Sophia
William Collins
Rodriguez
Betty Collins Fisher
Raymond Ara
Kermit K. Garen
Route 3
W. A. Burke
Delorese J. Holliday
Northwood Drive
Burke
Leonard Pennington
Raleigh
Soblen Unconscious After Barbiturate Incident on Flight
Soblen, being flown toward the United States, is unconscious after a barbiturate drug incident. A spokesman said the hospital had not identified the drug. Previously, Soblen pried to avoid return by slashing his wrist and stabbing himself aboard an El Al flight, then received treatment in London.
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Soblen
United States
Israel
el al Airlines
London
Hillingdon
Kremlin plan aims to foothold Latin America progression
Kremlin moves seen as a staged approach to establish a foothold in Latin America with Soviet risks judged small if Moscow stays uncommitted to automatic action. Russia could back out or withdraw if outcomes falter, easing potential escalation.
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Kremlin
Latin America
Russia
Piney Oaks PTA Session Scheduled for 7 P.M Today
Mrs Annie Scott president urges all parents to attend the Piney Oaks Parent Teacher Association meeting at 7 p m tonight with the first session set to begin promptly.
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Piney Oaks
Parent- Teacher Association
Annie Scott
Funeral set for George Milburn Cummings at Dry Pond
Funeral services for 77 year old George Milburn Cummings of Oak Hill will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Dry Pond Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Hubert Morgan presiding. Burial follows at Orchard Cemetery. Cummings died Wednesday morning in an Oak Hill hospital after a long illness. He was a retired worker for Mary Francis Coal Co. at Ingram Branch, born Wyco August 1, 1885, to Hugh T and Ettie Underwood Cummings. Survivors include three brothers W. L. of Lindside, Charles and Basil of Oak Hill, and sisters Miss Bessie Cummings and Miss 7 Cummings, both of Oak Hill. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to the residence today at 4 p.m. and placed in the church one hour before the service.
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George Milburn Cummings
Oak Hill
Dry Pond Primitive Baptist
Hubert Morgan
Orchard
Cummings
Mary Francis Coal Co
Ingram Branch
Wyco
Hugh T
Ettie Underwood Cummings
W. L
Lindside
Charles
Basil
Bessie Cummings
Miss 7 Cummings
Oak
Tyree
Rites for Mrs Martha Egnor McKinney 61 of Soak Creek
Mrs Martha Eg nor McKinney 61 of Soak Creek dies after cancer at home. Final rites held at Sophia Methodist Church with Rev L R Mason Jr and Rev Dewey Wilson in charge. Burial at Hot Coal Cemetery. Survivors include husband Arthur and children Carl Mary and sister Ethel Michael. Body to Evans Funeral Home Oceana until 11 am Friday.
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Martha Egnor McKinney
Soak Creek
Sophia Methodist Church
L. R. Mason Jr
Dewey Wilson
Hot Coal
O. B. Sturgill
Romey Hampton
Clinton Shumate
Edgar Rupe
Carl Neff
Leighton Farley
Williams
Perry
Elizabeth Huffman Hudson
Arthur
Carl
Mary Martin
Blair
Ethel Michael
Maine
Ray Hudson
Ashtabula
Ohio
Russell
Links Grove
Evans ‘Funeral Home
Oceana
Mrs Mary Ross obituary and funeral plans
Mrs Mary Elizab et h Ross 75 Glen Jean died at 9 am today in an Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness. Born Oct 5 1886 she was a Methodist. Husband John Ross died in 1937. Survived by three brothers a sister three sons two daughters and two Oak Hill relatives. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Mary Elizabeth Ross
Glen Jean
Oak Hill
Methodist Church
John Ross
John Thurbon
Minden
George Thurbon
Crab Orchard
R. E. Thurbon
R. E. Murrey
East Beckley
W. E
Hilltop
G. V
Beckley
John F
Margaret Dove
Logan
W. J. Whitlock
Tyree Funeral Home
Funeral services for Leroy Woods in Mount Hope
Funeral services for Leroy Woods 63 of Mount Hope will be held at 1 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church Mount Hope with Rev Winston A Leonard presiding Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery He died in a local hospital at 9 35 a m Wednesday The body will lie at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home until one hour before the service after 5 p m Friday
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Leroy Woods
Mount Hope
First Baptist Church of
Winston A. Leonard
Trent and Durgan
Final rites for Mrs Myrtle Lively in Kopperston
Mrs Myrtle Lively 65 of Kopperston will have funeral services at Ballangee Methodist Church at 2 p m Friday. Burial follows at Community Cemetery. She died at 1 a m Wednesday at home after a heart attack. Born in Summers County in December.
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Myrtle ‘Lively
Kopperston
Ballangee Methodist Church
Lively
Summers County
Dec
Funeral services for Mrs Blanche Jackson in Gap Mills
Mrs Blanche Jackson aged 99 of 12 Ringleben Street will be laid to rest at 1 p m Saturday in Brown Chapel Gap Mills with Rev C A Johnson officiating Burial follows in the family cemetery at Gap Mills She died Monday evening in a local hospital after a long illness The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor will transport to the church one hour before services Home to be opened after 9 a m Friday
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Blanche Jackson
Ringleben St
Brown
Gap Mills
C. A. Johnson
Ritchie and Johnson
School Boycotts Mark Opening Day Across Cities
Across several states, voluntary and protest actions kept hundreds of students home as schools opened. In Englewood a picket line kept half the pupils from classes while Negro leaders vowed further boycotts. Other actions occurred in Portsmouth Ohio Millsboro Delaware and Montclair New Jersey as districts seek desegregation and reassignments to balance race in schools.
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Englewood
Leroy McCloud
Lincoln School
Portsmouth
Ohio
Millsboro
Del
Montclair
N.J
Hospitals cut visiting hours in Keswick area
A group of Keswick area hospitals cut visiting hours after patient complaints that relatives staying long times made patients ill. In Madison Wisconsin police seek a hit and run rider after a sheriff noted a dent on a parked car with a note about a brown horse and a young rider.
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Keswick
England
UPI
Madison, Wis
James Shhroeder
Estes Murder Tie Ruled Out
Washington officials ruled out any link between the Billie Sol Estes case and the death of Henry Marshall a Texas Agriculture Department official found shot dead in Franklin Texas on June 3 1961. Senate investigators recalled Estes lawyer John Dennison for more questioning as officials contend Marshall was likely murdered by cattle rustlers while Dennison argued the long cotton allotment sales were legal if Marshall approved.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Henry Marshall
Marshall
Texas
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Estes
Pecos
Tex
John Dennison
Dennison
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Franklin, Tex
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Khrushchev invites Udall for surprise Berlin U2 talks
Premier Nikita Khrushchev invites U S Interior Secretary Stewart Udall to a sudden Moscow meeting at his Black Sea retreat for a possible discussion of Berlin tensions and the U2 incident. Western observers expect Khrushchev to comment on the U2 affair and Soviet U S strains.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
U.S
Stewart Udall
Berlin
Khrushchev
Udall
Black Sea
Sochi
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
West Berlin
Kennedy Warns on Cuban Arms as Latin Ambassadors Meet
President Kennedy told Latin American diplomats the United States would take any necessary steps to block Cuban aggression in the Western Hemisphere. Senators and ambassadors debated whether Soviet arms in Cuba are defensive and if Russia could deploy missiles, with some warning immediate action if offensive weapons arrive.
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Cuba
Kennedy
United States
Fernando Berckemeyer
Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Frank J. Lausche
D-Ohio
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Rusk-McNamara
U.S
Thurmond
State Department
Lausche
Sen
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Senate
Now You Know Train Sets 1934 Speed Record
United Press International reports one of the fastest rail runs in U S history occurred in 1934 when a Union Pacific train averaged 120 miles per hour over a nine mile Nebraska stretch.
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United Press International
United States
Union Pacific
Nebraska
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MacArthur
MacArthur, W. Va
Ballard
Strietmann
Doggii
Ours
Sars Lux
Jersey
Maxwell House
S &H
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