Frigid West Virginia Weather Sets Record Lows
The Associated Press reports White-breath cold gripped West Virginia with morning readings from 9 above in Martinsburg to 9 below at Flat Top. Sub-zero readings were forecast general by Tuesday, with lows near 12 below in some areas. Snow flurries occurred statewide, Preston County saw 4–5 inches, and motorists were urged to use chains in several counties.
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West Virginia
Martinsburg
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Huntington
Preston
Hancock
Barbour
Braxton
Upshur
Webster
Randolph
Tucker
U. S
Harry Heights
Country Club Hill
Cumberland Road
Mercer County
Arctic Belt
Hibbing
Minn
Lone Rock
Wis
Washin
Iowa
Bradford
Ill
New Castle
Ind
Lexington
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
New England
U.S
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Nevada
Dunsmuir
Calif
Rockies
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Appalachians
Montcalm youths sentenced in murder and burglary case
Dominick Zeoli, 72, was beaten to death after a burglary when Montcalm residents Williams, Lusk, and Faw attacked him on September 30. Williams and Lusk, both 19, drew five to 18 year penitentiary terms. Faw received one to 15 years for burglary and related actions. The trio’s sentences followed guilty pleas and a police-led investigation.
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State Penitentiary
Dominick Zeoli
Willam Claude Williams
Mercer County Criminal Court
Walter V. Ross
John Preston Faw
Lusk
Williams
Zeoli
Faw
Ross
Bluefield Sanitarium
Seargent FE. C. Guthrie
Clyde White
Alvin Hedrick
Auto industry returns to higher output after holidays
Detroit reports factories produced 95,249 cars last week, up from 104,907 the week before. This compares with 77,677 cars built in the same period a year earlier, as plants resume full production after two shortened weeks.
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Detroit
Balloonists Reach Land After Atlantic Balloon Voyage
Three men and a woman from Britain survive a 24 day Atlantic crossing in a 15 foot gondola lifeboat. They are rescued by Barbadian Captain Costa Brathwaite and brought to a Bridgetown hotel for rest and recovery. The group set out from the Canary Islands on December 12 pursuing a wind study with the Daily Mail backing.
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Barbados
Atlantic
Costa Brathwaite
Rosemary Mudie
British West Indies
London Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Arthur Cook
Mudie
Cook
Colin Mudie
Arnold Eiloart
Fiolart
Timothy
George W Seaver Dies In Georgia Funeral director
George W Seaver 53 a Princeton funeral director died Monday in Gainesville Georgia where he had been a patient after a Sunday heart attack He and his wife Mildred accompanied by their daughter Susan to Gainesville for her Brenau College studies He owned Seaver Mortuary with his son and planned new mortuary quarters in Princeton He is survived by wife son daughter four grandchildren a sister and other relatives Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 30 p m at First Methodist Church Princeton with burial at Rest Haven Cemetery.
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Princeton
Gainesville
Douglas
North Walker Streets
Charleston
First Methodist Church
Princeton - Athens Kiwanis Club
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Elks Lodge
Marion
A.M
Shrine Club
Beni Kedem Shrine Temple
Moose Lodge
Mildred Seaver
M. M. Brown
Seaver
Randolph-Macon College
Baylor Military School
Bluefield College
Cincinnati College of Embalming
First Methodist Church of
Resthaven Cemetery
Major Storm Lashes Nation
A powerful early winter storm sweeps the nation from the East to the West. Northwest winds up to 70 mph whip a polar surge into the Fast, bringing subzero readings in multiple states and causing ferry service disruptions, road closures, and a fatal toll of at least 41 across 13 states.
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Seaboard
California
New York City
Pennsylvania
New York
Florida
Gulf States
Texas
Rockies
Appalachians
Pope visits opera to see Murder in the Cathedral
Pope John XXII attended a concert version of Murder in the Cathedral at the Conciliazion Auditorium outside the Vatican walls. The Rome Opera House was reached by performers and orchestra meeting him en route. Performers wore white ties and tails for the performance.
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Rome
John XXII
Thomas A. Becket
Canterbury
Tiber
Refugees Flee East Germany for West Berlin in 10 Days
The Refugee Ministry reported that 3,428 refugees fled Communist East Germany for West Berlin and West Germany in the last 10 days of 1958.
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Bom
Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Martial Law Tightens as Urrutia Arrives in Havana
Provisional President Manuel Urrutia lands in Havana amid a split in Castro loyalists and a splinter group at the palace. Maj. Camilo Cienfuegos proclaims martial law in Havana province with a 9 PM to 5 AM curfew while Urrutia meets at Camp Colombia.
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Cuba
Manuel Urrutia
Urrutia
Camaguey
Fidel Castro
Castr
Maj
Camilo Cienfuegos
Castro
Camp
Colombia
Cienfuegos
Directorio Revolucionario
Coeburn Town Manager Named Princeton Leader
James W. Lord, 28, current Coeburn Virginia town manager, was chosen as Princeton West Virginia mayor manager. He will assume duties February 15 1959 succeeding A M Murphy who resigned last September 28. Lord has 18 months in Coeburn and prior engineering admin roles in Duluth Minnesota and North Tazewell Virginia. He belongs to ICMA AWWA and is a Korean War veteran. The Lords plan to move soon.
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James W. Lord
Coeburn
Wise County
Princeton
Mercer County
A. M. Murphy
Lord
Duluth
Minn
North Tazewell
International City Managers Association
American Water Works Association
Mikoyan and Dulles Discuss Berlin Through Talks
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan and U S Secretary of State John Dulles met for 95 minutes at the State Department to discuss Berlin and the German problem along with disarmament and trade. The talks were described as useful and friendly with Mikoyan planning a follow up meeting with President Eisenhower in two weeks.
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Washington
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Dulles
Berlin
State Department
Kremlin
East Berlin
Mikoyan
Humphrey
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Eisenhower
White House
Soviet Union
United States
Anastas Mikoyan
Mechta rocket loses voice on sunward voyage
Soviet rocket Mechta fades from radio contact during its 62nd hour aloft on a plunge toward a solar orbit. Officials say it may swing between the earth and the sun in about 450 days with a chance of passing near Earth but not guaranteed to return.
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Moscow
Space
Earth
Mars
Communist Party
Pravda
Lunik
Tass
Mechta
Solar System
Marion Town Engineer Dies in Virginia Home
The body of 57-year-old Donald L. Tuggle of Wytheville, town engineer for Marion, was found in his home and believed to have died of natural causes about a week earlier. Autopsy planned in Richmond after his December holiday trip with his wife to visit a daughter.
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Wythe County
Marion
C. B. Moore
Donald L. Tuggle
Wytheville
W. F E. Mann
Richmond
Tuggle
W. H. Miller
Defense Budget Sketch Draws Mixed Congressional Response
The Eisenhower administration outlined a 40.9 billion defense budget with a moon program goal amid Democratic calls for faster space and missile funding. Republicans offered little enthusiasm as Congress prepares to craft defense and foreign policy budgets, with little talk of civil rights or domestic issues.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Soviet Union
Johnson
Halleck Challenges Martin For GOP Post
Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana announced he will challenge Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts for the post of House Republican leader. The move signals a rebellion by younger Republicans aiming to topple Martin after his 20 years as floor leader as 153 GOP members meet to elect leaders for the 86th Congress. Halleck, 58, was named by insurgents unhappy with Martin’s leadership and his ability to push a Republican program in a Democratic House. He pledged to write a strong GOP record in the new Congress if elected.
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Lynda Johnson
D-Tex
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Eisenhower
Congress
Rayburn
Everett M. Dirksen
Bill
Dirksen
Washington
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Halleck
Martin
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