Kennedy urges UN bond issue to save peacekeeping fund
President Kennedy sent a last minute plea to the House to approve about 100 million dollars in United Nations bonds. He warned the UN needs full American support to grow as a peacekeeping institution. The plan, one day from a House vote, would see the U.S. buy half of a 200 million bond issue to steady UN finances strained by Congo and Gaza Strip costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
House
U.S
United Nations
World Organization
John McCormack
United States
U.N
Congo
Gaza Strip
Lighter Side Keeps Humor Amid Economic Equations
Kerr and Proxmire spar over algebraic expressions used to illustrate economic ideas. Kerr quips about AT equations while Proxmire credits his sharp wit, joking about Senate record clarity and accessibility. The exchange blends humor with policy discussion on economic concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr
Proxmire
Senate
Oklahoma
Kefauver Seeks Steel Cost Data in Antitrust Probe
The analysis notes foreign producers could set prices to lure business from U.S. firms. Kefauver demanded exact cost data as part of a broad antitrust probe into the steel industry. Eight other companies agreed to provide the data under protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Kefauver
West Virginia News Briefs From 1962 Debates And Accidents
The article reports on the approval of Thur good Marshall for a federal court judgeship buzz, a Charleston radio TV debate between Rep John M Slack Jr and Mal G Guthrie with date pending, and F Witcher McCullough Jr named to head the Democratic speakers bureau for 1962. It notes the Citizens Committee for Defeat of the Liquor Amendment bought time for a TV debate, while West Virginias for Moderation did not participate. Dwight Wadsworth died age 17 after a TV antenna touched a high tension line in Tyler County. The State Workmen's Compensation Department tallies 22 on the job deaths in August, 11 in coal mining, up from 17 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurgood Marshall
John M. Slack Jr
D-W.va
Mal G. Guthrie
Charleston
F. Witcher McCullough Jr
Citizens Committee For
West
Dwight Wadsworth
Alvy
Tyler County
State Workmen’s Compensation Department
West Virginia
Welfare cases reveal hidden workers and the man in the house rule
Investigators report that several welfare cases involved mothers with dependent children receiving benefits while men lived with them. One mother refused work to maintain benefits, another received funds while employed part time, and a third claimed no resources. In nearly a third of cases the men were living in the home, sometimes hiding to avoid detection, illustrating evasion of welfare rules.
Independent Cancer Unit Organizes Here
An independent Raleigh County cancer unit voted to withdraw from the West Virginia Division of the American Cancer Society and to operate independently with State Cancer Control for one year. Plans include establishing an office and form ing an education committee, electing a board, affiliating with the United Fund, and continuing patient care with state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Cancer Control
Raleigh County
Board of
West Virginia
American Cancer Society
I. R. Wein
Wein
State Department of Health
Pup
Charleston
United Fund
John C. Ward
Decidiens
W. Va
Division, Inc
Division J
R. G. Broaddus
Paul Loflin
Harry Cooper
Roger Wilcox
Deaths and Funerals Highlights Local Notables
Funeral services are set for E C Lilly 57 Rhodell with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Lilly owned Mead East Gulf Waco and Iroquois Water Works and once served as Rhodell recorder. Survivors include wife Martha Lilly daughters Joyce Danley Rhodell and Janice Williams Charleston five grandchildren and siblings. Other notices list Mattie Maxwell 88 Beckley death. Emmett Adkins 69 Keyrock funeral. William Harvey Armentrout 68 Beckley death with family survivors and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C
Cliff) Lilly
Rhodell
Rhodell Methodist Church
Frank E. Perry
Samuel Meadows
Sunset Memorial Park
Ina
Mead, East Gulf
Waco
Iroquois Water Works
Recorder
Spanishburg
B. W. Lilly
Laura Gunther Lilly
Martha Meadows Lilly
Joyce Danley Rhodell
Janice Williams
Charleston
Macie Roark
Mead
Gertie May
Chicago
Ill
Ruby Augustine
Williams
Sophia
Emmett Adkins
Keyrock
Coon Fork Baptist Church
Coon Fork
Denver Mangus
Silas Burks
Privett
Adkins
Jasper
Herbert Pendry
McDougal’s
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Pineville
Goard Funeral Arrangements For George William Goard
George William Goard, 67, of Page, died in a local hospital at 6 p.m. Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Johnson Funeral Parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George William Goard
Page
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Mrs Versie Adkins 66 Streeter dies after long illness
Mrs Versie Okes Adkins 66 of Streeter died at 6 p m Tuesday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Born May 14 1896 at Flat Top she was a former school teacher daughter of Mrs Luther W Okes and the late Mr Okes. Survived by her mother five sons Luther Charleston Claron Belmer Clyde Basil Jr four brothers three sisters and other relatives. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Maxwell
Seventh Street
East Park
Rogersville
Tenn
William
Betty Watterson
Central Street Baptist Church
Ada Walton
Beatrice Hairston
Beckley
Wallace
Earnest Campbell
Cal Watterson
Henry Watterson
Kingsport
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
William Harvey Armentrout
Campbell St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Charles L. Delaney Jr
Wildwood Cemetery
George and
Josephine Shifflette Armentrout
Versie Okes Adkins
Streeter
Bluefield
Flat Top
Luther W. Okes
Okes
Basil G. Adkins
Luther
Charleston
Claron
Belmer
Akron
Ohio
Clyde
Waverley
Basil Jr
Teddy
Okey
Ripley
Joseph
Princeton
Lillie M. Cole
C. R. Chappell
Clarice Cline
War Eagle
Ronald Meadlows Funeral Home
Three Suits Filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk Office
Three suits totaling 13335.63 filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk today. Elk Refining Co. seeks 7257.87 from Kenneth E. and Launa M. re promissory note. Beckley Lincoln Mercury sues Warren Farrow for 4943. A third suit has Truman Mine Supply claiming 1134.76 from Clay Coal Mining Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Elk Refining Co
Kenneth E
Launa M
Beckley Lincoln Mercury
Warren Farrow
Shady Spring
Truman Mine Supply
Clay Coal Mining Co
Glen Daniel
Cuba freighters hit as Havana tightens contacts
An attack damaged two ships, one Cuban and one British freighter, with no reported casualties or serious damage. Havana was cut off from foreign communications for several hours, and UPI cables filed up to ten hours earlier only began arriving at 5:07 p.m. local time.
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Havana
Caprice
Free World
UPI
Moonshine Trial Opens As Witness Denies Knowledge
A key witness in a moonshine case testified in federal court in Beckley that neither his brother William Carter nor passenger Charles Martin knew of the five gallons of liquor in his car. Okley Carter pleaded guilty to possession and transport, saying he planned to drink part with friends. Agents testified a 1956 car on Route 52 toward Bluefield, Virginia, was seen twice and searched, yielding the whisky. Jurors named include W Noise Kinder, Webster Deeds, James Prater, Grover Phipps, Arnold Dotson, and others.
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Beckley
Okley Robert Carter
William Leonard Carter
Charles Raymond Martin
Okley Carter
Brewster
U. S
Harry Camper
ATT
James W. Prater
Grover Cleveland Phipps
Arnold E. Dotson
Mamie Fox
Opal Hoffman
Ernest Richards
William Harler
Vernon J. Shulte
A. V. Wauhop
John S. Harmon
City Moves to Verify Petition Signatures
The city reported 129 signatures were duplicates or forgeries while 217 signatures remained to be checked. Officials said many names appeared more than once, signers lived outside city limits, minors signed, or the names were forgeries.
Two AWOLS Released To Military Police
Two military men were released from Raleigh County Jail to Military Police on charges of absent without leave. Bobby L. Smith of Fort Knox Kentucky and Douglas G. Winters of Rhodell United States Marine Corps were freed at 9 a m today after being jailed Tuesday on AWOL charges. Additional inmates included Harry Edward Collier jailed for forging a money order and Virgil White released on a non support charge. Paul Cooper LEE LUCAS Carl Lee Wilson and Calvin Legg were freed on various charges while Russell Jarvis and Marshall Bland await federal trials.
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Raleigh
Bobby L. Smith
Fort Knox
Douglas G. Winters
Rhodell
United State Marine Corps
Harry Edward Collier
Kimball
United States
C. J. McQuade
Virgil White
Naoma
Kanawha County
Paul Cooper
Lee Lucas
Arnett
Louis Gall Jr
Carl Lee Wilson
Calvin Junior Legg
Charleston
Gordon D. Coen
Ainge
Russell Leon Jarvis
Marshall L. Bland
Jarvis
Bland
U. S
Mount Hope Man Waives Hearing On Theft Count
Mount Hope man Noel Jimmy James appeared before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez and waived to the grand jury on a theft charge after posting a $500 property bond. The day’s docket included several traffic and non support fines across Beckley and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Noel Jimmy James
Joe Rodriguez
O. B
Curley Meadows
Curley’s
Silver Dollar Junk Co
Rodriguez
Bill Miles
Meadows
Beckley National Bank
Douglas F. Wineberger
Robert Lee Huffman
Beckley
Gloria Huffman
Roscoe E. Leadingham
Harold Dean Hicks
Beaver
Paul Bailey
Calloway Heights
Vance Drive
Ralph W. Waddell Jr
Merrell Holbert
Dorothey Lueders
New Canaan
Conn
W. A. Burke
West Virginia Turnpike
E. E. Bibb Jr
William K. Lewis
Bibb
William File
Aranone
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Byrd
Cliff’ Lilly
Hoover Saunders
Walter Gentry
Bill Almond
Lacy Meadows
Charles Farruggia
P. G. McConnell
Mrs. Mattie Maxwell
William H. Armentrout
George W. Goard
Mrs
Versie Adkins
Cuba
Weg UU Dungarees
Tammie Ghaac
Remington
Congo Wall
Cut -Briggs & Stratton Motor
LONGS
Jake’s
Laura Lee Rogers
Besoco
Alderson
John Field
James Washington
Frelon L. Layne Jr
Mabscott
Burke
James QC
Smith
McAlpin
Irene Smith
Arnold C. Bush
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