Hurricane Gracie Slams Into S C Causing Heavy Damages
Hurricane Gracie battered the South Carolina coast with 140 mph winds and heavy rainfall. One man died in Beaufort as floods threatened dozen rivers and coastal towns.
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Gracie
S.C
Robert McHugh
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Savannah
Myrtle Beach
Beaufort
Weather Bureau
Orangeburg
Columbia
Charlotte
N.C
Red China preps welcome for Khrushchev Peiping visit
Peiping expresses delight at Khrushchev's U S tour and readies a welcome for him in Peiping. The AP report notes official Chinese approval of his U S trip and aims to ease tensions, with Khrushchev seeking guidance from Mao and potential urging China toward restraint on Asia frontier disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Red China
Nikita Khrushchev
Peiping
Comrad
China
Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Chinese Communist Party
United States
Bus Brake Failure Kills Fifteen in Ecuador Crash
Fifteen people were killed Tuesday when a bus plunged off a steep Andean road near Pujili after brake failure. Authorities described the incident as a deadly highway accident with numerous injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Ecuador
Pujili
Hickman Seeks Dalton Seat In Roanoke GOP Staging
Julian Hickman a 48 year old Harrisonburg attorney confirms he is a candidate for judge elect Ted Dalton's seat. The pick will be made at a Republican Central Committee meeting in Roanoke on October 10. Hickman is the fifth announced candidate joining Lester Parsons Albert Hinkley Livingston Dillon Bentley Hite and others.
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Roanoke
Julian Hickman
Harrisonburg
Ted Dalton
Republican National Committee
Dalton
GOP Central Committee
Hickman
Senate
U. S
Joan Paul
GOP
Lester Parson
Norfolk
Col
Albert S. Hinkley
Orlean
J. Livingston Dillon
Pearisburg
Bentley Hite
Christiansburg
Wet Snowstorm Sweeps Rockies
A heavy wet storm swept from the Rockies across eastern slopes crippling travel and power from Cheyenne to Pueblo. Denver and Colorado Springs lost heat and light as more than 12 inches of snow fell, trees cracked, lines broke starting fires, and highways closed. A search for four Denver-area teens was halted by the storm, while Pueblo journalist Cecil F. Osborne was found alive after a cold, exhausted night in the snow.
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Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Savannah
Wilmington
Brunswick
Cape May
N.J
Chesapeake Bay
Georgia
South Carolina
Charleston
Red Cross
Civil Defense
National Guardsmen
Cindy
Charlotte
N.C
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountains
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Kansas
Denver Area
Denver-area
Mountain
Coast Guard
Lowry Air Force Base
Civil Air Patrol
Harold Brumbaugh
Cecil F. Osborne
Pueblo Star- Journal
Area Taverns Lose Permits For 60 Days
Charleston AP report says Beer Commissioner R D Pratt suspended licenses for 60 days effective Saturday midnight. Bernard Belcher of LaVilla Tavern Bluefield Route 3 cited for illegal sale and possession of liquor on licensed premises, and J A Carter of El Rancho Bluefield Route 2 cited for sale and consumption after hours.
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Charleston
R. D. Pratt
Bernard Belcher
LaVilla Tavern
Bluefield
J. A. Carter
el Rancho
Eisenhower May Invoke Taft-Hartley Over Steel Strike
President Eisenhower moves toward invoking Taft Hartley to end the 77 day steel strike unless talks with steelmakers led by R. Conrad Cooper and U S Steel’s Roger M Blough and the United Steelworkers headed by David J McDonald break the impasse. The action could trigger an 80 day cooling off period and affect 500 000 steel workers and 200 000 dependent jobs. Eisenhower plans separate talks with both sides after Monday criticism of the deadlock.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Steelworkers of America
New York
Institute of Appliance Manufacturers
Manwhile
R. Conrad Cooper
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
White House
Congress
Nikita Khrushchev
Death claims Donald Nelson
Donald M. Nelson, 70, a wartime production chief who helped mobilize industry for World War II, died after a cerebral hemorrhage at Good Samaritan Hospital following a month of treatment. Born in Hannibal Missouri, he led the War Production Board during Pearl Harbor and later served as Roosevelt and Truman envoy to foreign governments. Funeral arrangements were set at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills.
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Los Angeles
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lena Peters
Greta Peck
Gregory Peck
Beverly Hills
Hannibal Mo
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
War Production Board
WPB
Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Forest Lawn
Hollywood Hills Park
Lashmeet coal miner shot to death in roadside incident
A 29 year old Mercer County coal miner, Ralph Cordell of Rock near Lashmeet, was shot once in the stomach on Reese Harman Road and died at Bluefield Sanitarium. Investigating officers include State Police, Sheriff White, and Constable Mills. No weapon found. watch fragment noted. relatives questioned as funeral arrangements are pending.
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Mercer County
Lashmeet
Ralph Cordell
Reese Harman Road
Rock
Nea Lashmeet
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pocahontas Fuel
Dees
Jimmy Mills
R. L. Mozingo
Clyde White
N. Allen Dyer
Wee
Mills
Bailey Funeral Home
Cordell
Ruey Cordell
Route 1
Bobby
Joe
Jack Cordell
Janes Cordell
U. S. Army
Washington, D. C
Alice
Shirley Cordell
Pauline Buckner
Ruby Hamps
Bailey Funeral Home of
Princes
Eisenhower to seek relief from cold in California
President Eisenhower plans an eight day golf vacation in Southern California at the La Quinta home of George FE Allen to shake a stubborn cold. He will depart mid afternoon for Palm Springs landing by early evening.
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Washington
Eisenhower
California
George FE. Allen
la Quinta
Gettysburg
Air Force
Palm Springs
Europe
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Recall Petition Denied In Bluefield Board Vote
The Bluefield City Board unanimously denied a recall petition against Mayor T Courtney Tanner and four directors. The board ordered the petition and evidence sent to the City Attorney for presentation to the Mercer County prosecutor and grand jury convening October 5 in Princeton.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Mercer County Grand Jury
Princeton
Maxine Holm
T. Courtney Tanner
Henry Goforth
L. ¢. Fowlkes
Joe Eaton
L. C. Fowlkes
Bluefield
W. Va
Sail Board
Switzerland Trip Dreams for Daily Telegraph Junior Reporter
Sunset News Observer reports a newspaperboy chosen for a national Junior Reporters contest. The plan includes a Swiss National Tour itinerary from Zurich to Geneva, electric trains, a Jungfraujoch ascent, and a transatlantic flight aboard a luxury Swiss airliner. The boy seeks public support to win the trip.
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Switzerland
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News Observer
Atlantic
Swissair
Zurich
Lugano
Berne
Lausanne
Geneva
Jungfraujoch
Alps
46 Dead 72 Missing in Brazil State Flood
In Rio Grande do Sul a southern Brazil state 46 people were confirmed dead and 72 others reported missing after Sunday's floods. State authorities warned the toll could rise. A landslide in Sobradinho killed an entire family of 17.
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Brazil
Porto Alegre
Rio Grande Do Sul
Sobradinho
State Polio Cases Rise to 133 In Week
Polio cases reported to the State Health Department rose to 133 last week from 122 on the same date in 1958. Ten new cases were recorded, including six in Kanawha County and one each in Barbour Fayette Nicholas and Preston.
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Charleston
State Health Department
Kanawha County
Barbour, Fayette
Nicholas
Preston
Three Killed in Bristol Area Wreck Involving Apple Truck
A three vehicle crash west of Bristol Tennessee killed George E. Eaton Jr his pregnant wife Mary and their four year old daughter. Two other children 9 year old Charles Edward and 15 month Mary Ruth are in critical condition at Bristol Memorial Hospital. Parsons of Candor North Carolina faced manslaughter and reckless driving charges.
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Bristol, Tenn
U.S LW
Bristol
George E. Eaton Jr
Bristol - Blountville
Eaton
Mary
Charles Edward
Ané
Mary Ruth
Bristol Memorial Hospital
W. V. Parsons
Candor
N.C
Parsons
New Orleans
Bristol Life Saving
Tennessee
Girls Elect Top Posts At Drum Junior High
In Peekskill New York Drum Junior High School installed a girl president and female officers including vice president secretary treasurer tax collector court clerk and police chief. Principal Joe Donly credited the girls with superior leadership as enrollment sits evenly split between 670 students.
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Peekskill
N.Y
Gals
Drum Junior High School
Joe Donly
Death of 2 Year-Old in Dentist Chair Under Investigation
In Memphis Tennessee an autopsy was performed on Harold Bitch a two year old boy who died in a dentist chair as a dentist prepared to give a pain killing drug before tooth extraction. Pathologists said results would take about two weeks to be announced. The child died at City Hospital after collapsing last Saturday.
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City of
Bluefield
Memphis, Tenn
Harold Bitch
City Hospital
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Hannah
Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
U.S
Bermuda
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Bowyer Motors
Charleston D. C
UPI Telephoto
Nancy Petch
As & T
Radio Peiping
Moscow
Berlin
Tass
West Berlin
Germany
India
House of Delegates
By Fred S. Hoffman
Donald Nelson
Lashmeet Miner
Ike
Perdue
C. C
Ossie) Perdue
Citizens For Better Government
City Board of Directors
Grand
Maxine Ip. Holm
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