Charles Town Track Scratched From December Racing
The West Virginia Racing Commission failed to grant December dates for Charles Town Turf Club after debates over a 4 percent purse rule. Chairman John Ambrose faced criticism for perceived bias against enforcing the rule, while Commissioner Ralph LePore pressed for revenue-friendly dates that met purse requirements.
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Charles Town
West Virginia Racing Commission
Ralph LePore
Wheeling
Charles Town Turf Club
Commission
John Ambrose
Roy Grenam
Huntington
Ambrose
Turé
LePore
Racing Commission
Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Assn
Marland
John Manfuso
IBPA
Woman recounts husband’s erratic acts in Long Island kidnap case
Donna LaMarca 31, wife of accused kidnapper and presumed killer of baby Peter Wein, described him as irrational before the July case. The defense rests on insanity with psychiatrist Dr Thomas Cusack slated to testify, while state expert Dr Ernani dAngelo counters. The child’s body was found Aug 24 after his abduction from a Westbury patio. the couple’s finances and a $15,000 Plainview home figure in testimony.
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Cusack
LaMarcal
Long Island
LaMarca
Westbury
FBI
Little Peter
Cugack
Ernani d'Angelo
Queens General Hospital
New York
Father Son Hart in Crash
A motorist and his young son were injured in a car truck collision at Ohio Avenue and Roane Street. James McClure and his son Thomas were treated at Charleston Memorial Hospital for contusions sprains facial and thigh bruises and released. Officer R Roe reported damage about 1200 with no charges filed.
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Ohio Ave
Roane St. James McClure
Maryland Ave
Marmet
Charleston Memorial , Hospital
Thomas
R. Roe
Police Accident Prevention ‘Bureau
State Child Welfare Leader Charles Edwin Kenney Dies
Charles Edwin Kenney chief of West Virginia Department of Public Assistance Child Welfare Division died at his Charleston home. He served since 1938 and taught at Charleston High School from 1925 to 1930. He was a life member of First Presbyterian Church and held multiple welfare and education roles. Burial will be in Jones Cemetery Hunting. Flowers omitted per family request.
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Charles Edwin Kenney
Department of Public Assistance of
West Virginia
Virginia St
Kenney
Charleston
Terian Church
Phi Delta**Kap Ia
Westginia
National Assn
Secodary
Clib
Bs. Steeenney
Het
Knight
Simpson
Chandler Mortuary Chapel
George H
First Presbyterian Church
Local contest shows small canvassed lead after precinct totals
Unofficial canvass totals by the clerk place Chilton ahead of Barnett and Davis ahead of his Republican opponent, with a 95 vote margin and Pure incumbent at 146 votes.
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Bayinnes
Chilton
Barnett
Davis
Taras
West Virginia Senator Pushes Abolition of Racing Commission
State Sen. Clarence Marlin Jr of Berkeley says he will introduce a bill to abolish the State Racing Commission and reconstitute it to remove restrictive rules. He targets a regulation that raised purses at Charles Town Wheeling Downs and Waterford Park amid opposition to racing limits.
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Martinsburg
West Virginia
State Racing Commission
Clarence Marlin, Jr
Berkeley
Martin
Charles Town
Wheeling Downs
Waterford Park
Obituary notices from The Gazette list numerous deaths
The Gazette obituary page records multiple deaths from Clay and surrounding counties, detailing ages, residences, survivors, and service arrangements. Names include John Albert Bishop, Mable Bishop, Rickie Lynn Soyner, M. Elizabeth Craddock, and many others, with burial and church service notes and family ties across towns in West Virginia and nearby states.
Korea War Veteran dies at 26 in Charleston
Raymond Roy Green 26 a Korean War veteran died Thursday night at St Francis Hospital after a major operation. He lived at 336 Laidley Street and was born in Charleston. Survived by his wife Lillian and two sons Ray and Robert Lee, plus five sisters and three brothers all of Charleston. Service at Mount Calvary Baptist Church at 2 p m tomorrow with Rev J B Cremeans officiating. Burial in Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Racing Commission
Charles Town
Martin
Tod Tal
Namsey
Niles—Service
Rampy
Ilsey
Winone
Payette County
West
Gordia Ramsey
Eloise Myles
Onsted
Mich
Hazel Hall
Trouton
Ohio
Thomas
Johnny
Bernard
Roald
Eugene
Hubbard
Jackie
Youngstown
Obio
D James
Winona
Lula’ Milter
Berkley
Emmett
Larry, Ga
James
Lookout
Hobart
Julia’ Barneey
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Raymond Roy Green
St. Francis Hospital
Laidley St
Charleston
Bessie Green
Lillian Green
Ray
Robert Lee Green
Clyde Johnson
Delbert Westfall
Mary Redman
Leslie Bradshaw
Verna Jones
Frank
Clyde
Donnally St
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
J. B. Cremeans
Spring Hill Cemetery
Mishap Victim's Rite Scheduled for Sgt James McLane
Service will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Mountain Mission for Sgt James Sunny McLane 21 of Nellis who died Wednesday at the Marine Base in Clarksville Tennessee in an automobile accident. A Marine Corps detachment at South Charleston will conduct graveside military rites at Abi Thaxton Cemetery or Upper Creek. The body arrives at Cunningham mortuary at 10 32 p.m. today and will be taken to the church an hour before the service. Earl G Hissom and Rev Hobson DF Fisher will officiate.
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Songer
George
South Charleston
Forks of Coal Baptist Church
Earl Naylor
Curry Mortuary
Alum Creek
Eugene Songer
James Sunny McLane
Nellis
Marine
Clarksville
Tenn
Marine Corps
South
Charleston
Abi | Thaxton
Uppers Creek
Cunningham Mortuary
Lillie Belle Johnson Servier Slated Today
Lillie Belle Johnson Servier is slated for a 10 p m service today at Simpson Methodist Church for an illness of five weeks. Rev John Essex will officiate. Burial will be at Spring Hill Cemetery. The body is at Harden and Harden mortuary and will be taken to the church an hour before the service.
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Simpson'Methodist
St. Francis Hospital
John Essex
Spring Hill Cemetery
Harden and Harden
Weather Saturday Forecast From Charleston to Virginia
Saturday looks cloudy and cool from Charleston to Virginia. High near 41 and low around 26 in Charleston with possible snow in northern areas. Maryland expects partly cloudy skies with snow in the mountains. West Virginia and adjacent districts face light precipitation and cold night conditions.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Bahurdaz
Abia
Nort
Maryland
Virginia
Calder
Weather brief for three states with wind and temps
Readable fragments show Saturday snow flurries in Western Pennsylvania and mixed cloudy warmth in Tennessee and Kentucky. Wind from the southwest around 12 mph early Friday with low to mid 70s temperatures and varying humidity are noted.
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Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Rand
Clouey
Kentucky
Elmer Smith 63 Dies After Long Illness
Elmer R. Smith 63 former Chesapeake and Ohio employee died yesterday at his Handley home after a long illness. He was a carman at Handley yards, a World War I veteran, and active in American Legion Kanawha Valley Post 58 Fraternal orders and church groups. Surviving include wife Lillian and children Jane Clyde Lewis and five grandchildren. Funeral at Handley Baptist Church with military rites at Montgomery Memorial Park. Burial in Montgomery. Body at B C Hooper mortuary and view at home this afternoon.
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Elmer R. Smith
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Handley
Mr. Smith
Handley Yards
Montgomery
Kanawha Valley Post
American Legion
Kanawha
Charleston
Handley Baptist Church
Aerie
Order of Eagles
Carmen of America
Lillian G. Smith
Jane Clements
Burnwell
Clyde E
Lewis D
Little Rock
Ark
Adeline Burnett
Deepwater
Leona Edwards
Weirton
Annie Thomas
Berlin ‘Heights
Funeral notices list multiple Toledo and West Virginia burials
Several obituaries record funerals for Frank Anderson 60 and James Johnston 76 in Toledo and Quick City. Others include Charles Johnston 81 in Charleston and Richard Marshall 57 in Grantsville with service at local churches. A fire incident in El Paso ends with a thief waking fire station guards.
Mrs. Alice Friend Dies at 95 in Gassaway Braxton County
Mrs. Alice Rachél Friend, 95, of Gassaway Braxton County, died yesterday at the home of her son Calvin Friend after a short illness. She belonged to Spruce Grove Methodist. Survived by five sons, three daughters, 22 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Service at 10 a.m. Monday in Bartlett Mortuary chapel Gassaway by Rev. Harry Drake. Burial Sugar Creek Cemetery.
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Pax Church of Christ
Clifton Inman
Pax Community Cemetery
Tyree Mortuary
Mt. Hone
Hoke
Caroline
Sue
William ‘Kenny ‘Hoke
North Caldwell
Greenbrier County
Grace
A. B. Shifler
Vance Cemetery
Hoillywood
Shanklin Mortuary
White Sulphur Springs
Aino
Kenny
Clyde
Elater
Connie Jane
Jesse Hoke
Giage
Brady White
Hollywood
Alice Rachél~ Friend
Gassaway
Braxton County
Calvin Friend
Friend
Spruce Grove
Dora Wolfe
Josie Beail
Bartlett Mortuary Chapel
Harry Drake
Sugar Creek Cemetery
Blaze Destroys Putnam Landmark Home
A historic Putnam County dwelling known as the Yantz Hill place was destroyed by fire despite efforts of four fire departments. The exact extent of the loss was not determined as crews fought the blaze tonight in a landmark that dated back to the era of early settlement.
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Putnam County
Yantz Hill Place
Washington
U. 8
Ex Senator Cain Named In Divorce Action
Former U S Senator Harry P Cain of Washington is named co respondent in a divorce suit filed by Dr Earl E Madden of Redondo Beach California. Madden, 58, charges his wife Alice 45 was intimate with Cain in Los Angeles on June 25 and 27 1955. Cain denies the accusations and cites past addresses and a speech in California on June 27 as likely reasons for the claim. He says he never visited Mrs Madden's home and has met her only infrequently on political occasions.
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Los Angeles
INS
U.S
Harry P. Cain
Washington Republican
Earl E. Madden
Redondo ‘Beach
Alice
Cain
Dayton
Alice Madden
Federal Subversive Activities Control Board
Southern California
American Civil Liberties Union
State Payroll Raises Reported Across Two Agencies
The State Treasurer disclosed monthly pay raises effective in November for about 154 Workmen's Compensation Commission employees and an undetermined number in the Road Commission. Highlights include six physicians on the medical advisory board rising from 208 to 250 dollars, and various administrative staff increases from five to three hundred dollars.
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State Treasurer’s Office
Aft
Ewe Ee
Worken's Compensation ‘Commission
Road Commission
Workmen’s ‘Compensation
Cletus
B.” Hanley
Burl “A. Sawyers
Hubert Hall
Gainer
State Board ‘of Public Works
Toveaue
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Alsry
Tha
Commission
Russel Kessel
Howard A.swart
Robert Gibson
Samuel Biern Jr
J. Paul Aliff
John P. Brick
F Haltl
Richard D." Helionimus
William T. Brice
Oil Aid For Europe Allies Ordered By President
The United States plans full cooperation to ease oil shortages as Suez remains closed. The move aims to improve U S British French relations amid the Middle East crisis while Russia offers to sell all oil to some Western European nations. Oil firms such as American Independent Arabian American Oil Co Creole Petroleum Gulf Oil Corp Sinclair Oil Socony Mobil Standard Oil of California and others participate.
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United States
U. S
Britain
France
Egyptisraele
Russia
Soviet Union
Brit Flemming
Middle East
Suez Canal
Mpamies
Indepe
Se Oil Products Co
Oi ‘Oil Co
Creole Petroleum
Gulf Oil Corp
Sinclair
Socony Mobil Oil, Inc
Standard Oil Co
California
Standard Oil: Co
New Jersey
j_ Standard
Vacuum At & v
Texas
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Peter Wein
Plainview
Hart
Dakotas
Great Lakes
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the Gazette
John Albert
Mayzel
Clay County
Laird Memorial Hospital
Mable Bishop
Indore
Bill
Erie
Robinson
Inabelle Moore
Lenna Brannon
Maysel
Genevieve Bucklin
Clay
Bertha Brown
Bickmare
Clay Mortuary
Clas
Coleman
Momeo Frank
Wesley Methodist Church
Bennett
Cunningham Memorial Park
Bt. Albans
Greanbrier St
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Allen
Illis
Alex
Ellis
Dunbar
H.C. Head
Burlat
Spring Hill
Eilis
Little Mission Church
Bessie Miller Greathouse
Jasper R. Granthouse Jr
Barberton
Dell- Swisher
Denbon White
Thomas Polin
Reedy
Bertha. Hose
Ira’ May Philling
Spencer
Ira Greathouse
Reedyville
Elonza Lacy
Bservice
Barlow-Bonsall Mortuary
Kanawha Blvd
Kyle Hazelden
The
Baptist Temple
Sunset ‘Memorial Park
United Fuel Gas Co
Dennegen
Bessie
Ave
Airs
Martha Ercale
Lien Monroe
Rose
He’ Gibson
Tampa
Fla.t
Valentine Cobb
Wilson, Mortuary
Sorner
Lewis Corbet
Elk’ Two
John Bbeets
Wille Creek
Horner
Miner
Mule
Charleston Memorial
Cunningham Morcuary
Keyser
Howard’ Keyser
Culloden
A. Huntington
Mable Keyser
Mra
Hya Garretc
White Chanel Memorial
Gerdeng
Barboursville
Rev
Shel Sheltz
Anders
Nitro
West’ Virginia
Cat
Plexens
Ortin Heights
Landera
Ron Hunting
Tera Lope
Ines
Heras
Mera
Archie’ Larra Bee
Okey McDonald
Mitra
Oma 'Persinger
Gordon
Lyle
Rancie
Pees
Fredericktown
Poca
Ogex McDonald
Henrii
Tom A. Johnson
Pt. Pleasant
Pt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Robert Ray
Lont Oak
Mohr
Wheeler
John Edward
Hurricane
Thomas Me Morial Hospital
Mamie Wheeler
Lettie Cyrus
Bs. Albans
Korea
Ev. Earl
Hissom
Rev. Hobson
Fisher
McLane
Lillie Belle Johnson
Servier
Johnsay
Diber
Dana
Elmer Smith
Anderson
Toledo
Bartleté Mortuary
Joan Henson
Bering Hit
Cons
Wellford Methodist Church
Esmy Abbott
Yv. C
Myers
Board Cemetery
Sohnston
Charles
Degnan Mortuary
Ralph Leas
Sharan Cemetery
Cabin Creek
Johnston
James Albert
Homer Foster
Leven
Elkins
Ham
Heavener
Buckhannon
Marshall
Richard H
Grants
Grantsville
William, Ravers
Bethlehem Ethen “Tery
Omae
Boar‘ebro
Cmt
Ri Whipale
C. M. Ellis
Burtalin
Glen Jean Cemetery
EL Paso
Tex
William
Holmes
Alice Friend
Putnam Landmark
Lewis and Clark
Oregon
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Europe
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