Plaintiff Asks To Reduce Damage Bid In Gas Explosion Case
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp reduced the wrongful death suit demand from 25000 to 10000 in the case against Willis Gas and Water Works and associated defendants over a fatal gas stove explosion. The surviving plaintiffs include Thomas Wiley administrator for Adeline Wiley, Elizabeth Henry, her son Joseph, and other related parties in a broader docket of five divorces and several default judgments. The hearing follows a jury deadlock last April in the connected suits, with trials and orders spanning custody awards and civil recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
George W. Willis
Willis Gas and Water Works
Harry Franklin Stoots
Cora Frances Stoots
Rosie Lillian Stoots
Thomas Wiley
Adeline
Willis
Elizabeth Henry
Joseph
Stoots
Henry
Circuit Court
Judge Knapp
Geraldine Canaday Mullins
Silas Crockett Mullins
Mamie E. Hayden
Mack W. Hayden
Barbara Ann Burton Marlin
Roger Baker Marlin
Ruth Baker Evans
Joseph Edward Evans
Calvin Harold Blankenship
Norma Jean (Witt) Blankenship
Sophia Finance Co
Holroyd J
Anola Cunningham
Joseph R
Betty L
Beneficial Finance Co
Burhl E
Thelma L. Stroths
Lawsuit Arises From Traffic Mishap In Raleigh County
A $50,000 personal injury suit filed by Peggy Lee Brewer against Kenneth Eugene Adkins opened in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Brewer accuses Adkins of negligent driving on Sept 27, 1963, while Brewer was a guest passenger, causing a collision with a tree and other objects. She seeks compensatory damages for physical and mental pain and medical costs. Ned H. Ragland represents Brewer with opposing counsel William H. File Jr. and E. M. Payne III. Jurors named include Brady Wills and multiple others, with additional jurors excused until 9 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Eugene Adkins
MacArthur
Raleigh
Peggy Lee Brewer
Circuit Clerk's Office
Cal
Ned H. Ragland
William H. File Jr
E. M. Payne
Brady Wills
Sam Leslie
George Piper
Ann Perry
Harold Eye
Katherine Brubeck
Frannie W. Meadows
Mae Douglas
Phyllis Horton
Robert Cunningham
Jack Hutchens
Alma Walker
Judge Declares Mistrial In Jury Tampering Case
US District Court Judge Frank Gray Jr. declared a mistrial in the Hoffa jury tampering case involving three Huntington West Virginia men Her man A Frazier Alfred Nelson Paden and Albert Cole. The mistrial followed disclosure that a juror once worked as a Hoffa defense investigator. The defendants had pleaded innocent as prosecutors rested after four days of testimony.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Frank Gray Jr
West Virginia
James R. Hoffa
Gray
Herman A. Frazier
Alfred Nelson Paden
Albert Cole
Huntington
W.va
Hoffa
Charles Schaffer
Schaffer
O. A. Beecham
Z. T. Osborn Jr
Frazier
Paden
Cole
Shaffer
Boreman Named U.S. Commissioner for Northern District of W.Va
Herbert S. Boreman Jr. of Parkersburg, son of a 4th Circuit judge, was named U S commissioner for the Northern District of West Virginia. Judge Charles F. Paul assigned him to a four year term succeeding Daniel B. Douglass. Boreman’s father is a former federal judge now on the Court of Appeals in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
UPI
Herbert S. Boreman Jr
U.S
West Virginia
Boreman
Charles F. Paul
Wheeling
Daniel B. Douglass
Court of Appeals
Richmond
Court Rejects Petitions of 8 Prison Inmates
The West Virginia Supreme Court denied habeas corpus petitions from eight Moundsville Penitentiary inmates and rejected requests for trial transcripts. Among the inmates named are Lawrence Moss and Vincent Horner, with sentences ranging from murder to life terms for armed robbery, plus others for forgery and grand larceny. A mandamus denial left two inmates without access to transcripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Moundsville Penitentiary
Lawrence Moss
Kanawha
Vincent Horner
Boone
George J. Moore Jr
Cabell
Robert H. Robertson
Jefferson
Robert L. Kaiser
Edward Bibb
Ohio
Osby W. Cales Fayette
Wesley W. Cummings Clay
James R. Kincaid
Raleigh County
Harold White
Wood County
Yom Kippur Services Set Today At Temple Beckley
Temple Beth El hosts public Yom Kippur services led by Acting Rabbi I R Wein with Kol Nidre by soloist Martha Amorine. Temple choir with Sadie Wonder accompanist. memorial service at 3 p m. Shofer signals year 5725 as 24 hour fast begins. Beckley Jewish merchants close Wednesday.
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Temple Beth el
Beckley
I. R. Wein
Wein
Martha Amorine
Rosh Hashanah
Monay
National Forests Pay 11 WV Counties From Timber Revenues
Eleven West Virginia counties receive 1964 fiscal year payments totaling 137059 dollars from Monongahela and George Washington National Forests. Forest Supervisor Oliver said 25 percent of income comes from multiple-use management with timber sales, grazing, fees, and mineral leases. Pocahontas County leads with 44394 dollars. other payments include Grant 2264, Greenbrier 15852, Hampshire 210, Hardy 3949, Nicholas 3754, Pendleton 13531, Preston 623, Randolph 27310, Tucker 14900, Webster 10366.
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Elkins
UPI
West Virginia
Monongahela
George Washington
E. M. Oliver
Monongahela Forest
Virginia
Pocahontas County
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hardy
Nicholas
Pendleton
Preston
Randolph
Tucker
Webster
Two Disease Cases Reported In Raleigh County
A state health report shows Raleigh County had two disease cases for the week ending September 5, one Hepatitis and one Tuberculosis. Other counties counted cases of German measles, influenza like illness, whooping cough, and gastroenteritis, with Fayette County recording a Tuberculosis and Influenza like illness totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Local Post Office Receipts Increase
A. Fray Lilly Beckley Post Master reports postal receipts for the four weeks ending Sept 11 rose to 22 934 from 20 666 last year, an 11 percent gain. Mail handled grew to 1 843 000 from 1 817 000, up 14 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fray Lilly Beckley
Employment Is Sought By 56 Positions Listed
Applications for fifty six jobs have been received at the Employment Security Office. The posts include four waitresses three sales clerks two roof bolters three dump truck drivers two construction equipment mechanics two route men three welders arc and various clerical and skilled trades roles such as stenographer secretary teletype operator machinist foreman truck driver and supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employment Security Office
Vo Tech Nursing Course Nationally Accredited in West Virginia
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center holds the only nationally accredited practical nursing program in the state in addition to state approval. Eight state accredited schools exist, including Charleston Huntington Morgantown Beckley and others. The program is nationally accredited and the sole vocational school in the state with such status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Ida Carper
Register
Busine
Monay
Elkins
Martinsburg
Bluefield
Carper
County Headquarters To Be Opened By Goldwater Caravan
Raleigh County Young Republicans named Posey Clay Price Oak Grove chairman of a caravan committee to organize cars for a Goldwater rally at the Charleston Civic Center Friday. The group plans to staff county headquarters daily during the campaign and coordinate a Kanawha Airport greeting for Goldwater. Local and regional Republicans, including Clyde B. Pinson, will run caravans from Kentucky Wayne Cabell and Putnam counties with Beckley College students aiding in banners and placards. The caravan will travel single file and reconvene at Daniel Boone Roadside Park by 6 30 p.m. Contact Price at 252 6033 for transportation or rides.
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Goldwater
Raleigh County
YRC
Harold “Hank” Holt
Posey Clay Price
Oak Grove
Charleston
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Clyde B. Pinson
Huntington
San Francisco
Do. R. Hill Jr
Oak Hill
Pinson
11Th
Kanawha
Kentucky
Wayne
Cabell
Putnam
Price
Beckley College
West Virginia Turnpike
Daniel Boone
Holt
Underwood to Attend Series of Campaign Coffees
State Republican Women arrange a series of Wednesday coffees for Cecil H Underwood in Raleigh, Wyoming, and Mercer counties starting at 9 a.m. The former governor will speak informally and answer questions about the GOP platform as volunteers host events in Anderson, Midway, Sophia, Stotesbury, Rhodell, Mullens, Herndon, and Pete rs town seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil H Underwood
Raleigh
Wyoming
Underwood
I Braxton Anderson
Highland Dr
Anderson
Pendleton L. Raines
C. V. Lucas
Natalie M. Austin
Republican Platform Committee
State
Women's Crusade
Volney Hildreth
Huntington
Raleigh County
C. T
Ted” Kessinger
Kessinger
GOP
Peggy
County Crusade
Hildreth
Midway
Willie Mae Cole
Gertrude Campbell
Sophia
James F. Zeigler
Stotesbury
Lena Sanders
Rhodell
Mullens
C. V. Stewart
Circle Drive
Elmer Murphy
Herndon
Mercer County
Peterstown
W. H
Polly) Underwood
Guy Hunt
Mary R. Scott
Patton Heads 4 H Leaders In Raleigh County
New officers of the Raleigh County 4 H Leaders Association were elected at a pot luck dinner meeting at the 4 H Camp. Officers include Frank Patton president Mrs Joseph H Jones vice president Mrs Dale Covey secretary and Kenneth Gross treasurer. Joseph H Jones named to the camp committee replacing Mrs J L Keefer. National 4 H Club Week announced to begin Sept 26 with Pinewearer's Association planning exhibits radio broadcasts and newspaper features. A chicken barbecue at the 4 H Camp Saturday from 5 to 7 p m tickets from Donita Neff Miss Jones Prosperity or Mrs Carl Bailey Beckley S and H Green Stamp Store. Guests included Oscar Flutchinson WVU Appalachian Center Beckley and Larry Cavendish Raleigh County Farm Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Frank Patton
Joseph H. Jones
Dale Covey
Kenneth Gross
J. L. Keefer
William Clark
Pinewearer’s Association
Pinnearer’s Association
Donita Neff
Midway
Carl Bailey
S and H Green Stamp
Beckley
Oscar Flutchinson
West Virginia University Area Appalachian Center
Larry Cavendish
Nursing Assistant GS-2 Opening at Beckley VA Hospital
The Civil Service Commission announces a nursing assistant GS-2 examination for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Beckley. A written test will determine ratings. For full application details contact examiner in charge G. Z. Kincaid at Room 101, Beckley Post Office Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley
G. Z. Kincaid
Beckley Post Office
Safe way to smoke without inhaling touted by Columbia doctors
Columbia University researchers told physicians that inhaled smoke damages lungs and described a five step method to smoke without inhaling. The plan claims to keep harmful substances out of the lungs but may be unacceptable to smokers accustomed to deep inhalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
New York City
American Thoracic Society
National Tuberculosis Association
Columbia
Columbia Group
YMCA Begins Art Courses Registration Now Open
The Beckley-Raleigh County YMCA offers 10 lesson art courses in the Memorial Building with Mrs. Holt Kester teaching. Registrations start today for beginners at 10 am with an advanced class on Wednesday, and a teen-age session for students is set for Tuesday afternoon. Public access requires a $1 fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County
Memorial Building
Harry Culp Jr
Holt Kester
Beckley
Culp
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Beckley Fire Department
James Geary, Jr
Clendenin
John Michael Nucholls
Gary
Joseph Ross Laughery
Danny Marshall Young
Warren Carroll Garretson
Bellens
Orangeburg
N. Y
Gordon
CAI Eps Ks
Gordon's
A. Otter
Mise
Mea
Temple Oven
Sadie Wonder
Amy
Temple Choir
National Forests
Ogre
Domino
G. C. Murphy
W. Main St
Vo Tech
Goldwater Caravan Group
Patton
Veterans Hospital
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Johnson
Florida
YMCA
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