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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1956

Page

6

TENSION IN PORT SAID Egyptians March By British Guns

About 2,500 Egyptian civilians marched through Port Said in mourning for war dead despite British riot squads. Flags and anti-British signs appeared as British and French troops withdraw toward the UN buffer zone. Withdrawal pace quickened with plans to pull out in two to three weeks. 4,350 British troops were slated to depart by tomorrow. Indian UN troops moved to expand the buffer zone as Canadian air force planes ferried Indian troops from Italy to Egypt. A Hague Arab delegation urged humanitarian aid for Port Said’s homeless and war victims, proposing orphan sponsorship or a hospital fund.

Port Said Egypt Alakan Lee Arith Suez Arab Town U.N E] Cap U. N Wo-Man’s Land Suez Canal Italy Beirut Lebanon Hague Egypt Society of Graduates Abdel Moneim El-Sawi United States Canada Scandinavian

Arabs Plead For Dignity Amid Baghdad Pact Fallout

Arabs reject British backing in current politics and seek U S direction. Baghdad Pact linked Britain Iraq Turkey Iran and Pakistan, seen as colonialist by Egypt Syria and Jordan. In Iraq, critics warn it could mean three more years of trouble despite reliance on its defense against Soviet influence.

Pege i Traqis Nuri Britain Israel Iraq Egypt Syria Russia United States Middle East Jordan Turkey Iran Pakistan

Neely Seen Consigned From Page 1 Fractured Hip Update

Neely suffered a left hip fracture but is progressing well and sits in a wheelchair briefly. Doctors expect ambulatory ability in two to three months, allowing him to perform Senate duties on the floor during rehabilitation. The Nov.

Senate Neely Scialica

State Fair Names Clay Girl Queen

Mary Ellen ODell 16 of Ovapa Clay County was chosen Miss State Fair at the West Virginia Association of Fairs meeting in Lewisburg. The blonde junior at Clay High weighed 120 pounds with 36 24 36 measurements and was crowned by Harl Morrison of Sutton. Runner up was Peggy Copley of Matewan, third Joan Bensky of Grafton, with Aon Heart and Marilyn Harper also contestants.

West Virginia Lewisburg Mary Ellen Odell Ovapa Clay County Ruffner Hotel Clay High School Harl Morrison Sutton Peggy Copley Matewan Magnolia Fair Joan Bensky Taylor County Fair Grafton Aon Heart Summers County Marilyn Harper Pocahontas County Fair Marlington Howard McElroy The Music Corp. of America New York Henry Hamid GAC Hamid Inc Frohman Johnson Charleston Gazette Lois Amick

Monroe Man Hurt In Belle Crash

A Monroe County man, Charles Franklin Sams of Sweet Springs, suffered a fractured nose and mouth lacerations when his car skidded into an utility pole near Belle. He was admitted to Charleston General Hospital for observation in good condition. He was transported by Fidler and Frame mortuary ambulance. state police from Chelyan investigated.

Monroe County Charleston General Hospital Belle Charles Franklin Sams Sweet Springs Charleston Sams Chelyan

Miner Fractures Pelvis in Boone County Slate Fall

Robert Green, 25, of Bim, suffered a fractured pelvis in a slate fall at the Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Mine 2 in Wharton yesterday. He was transported by Hunter and Hunter mortuary ambulance to Charleston Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition.

Boone County Wharton Robert Green Bim Charleston Memorial Hospital Hunter and Hunter Mortuary Madison Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates

Funeral notices list multiple local burials and burial sites

The notices record funerals for Vernon A Bothins 75 of 1342 Lummers St at pm, George A Campbell 75 of Charleston at 3 pm, Rebecca Sisson Ferrell 60 of 325 Twenty first St Dunbar at 2 pm, Wade Haval Godrey 46 of 40 Oakwood Rd at 11 am, John Ramone 77 of Cedar Grove at pm, Thomas Hope Haradur 74 of Bunington at 2 30 pm, Sarah Gennie Hardin 37, George T Wall 74 of 1582 Les Bt at 1 30 pm, Louisa Catherine Willard 85 of 1420 Seventh Ave at 11 am, with burial by local mortuaries in Spring Hill Cemetery Battes Cemetery Montgomery Memorial Park and other local plots.

Bothins Vernon A Lummers St Cunningham Mortuary Earl G. Hissam Sherman Batkins Coopers Creek Campbell George A Charleston Barlow-Bonsall Mortuary Paul A. Chesney Spring Hill Ferrell Rebecca Sisson Twenty-first St. Dunbar Humphreys Church Sisson Cemetery Godrey Wade Haval Oakwood Rd Long and Fisher Bruce Youte Hobson Fisher Miller Kenna Ramone John Cedar Grove Cook Mortuary Rey Montgomery Memorial Park London W. St. Albans Abney Street Church of God Wade Austin Ralph McCormick Cunningham Memorial Park Hardin Sarah Gennie Willard Louisa Catherine Seventh Ave Emmanuel Baptist Church William G. Farmar Battes Cematery

Mild weather across mid Atlantic to Texas persists

Mild conditions prevail today over the Middle and South Atlantic States as a colder air mass moves into the Northeast. Rain and scattered showers spread from Southern New England southwest to Texas, confined mainly to areas near the illustrated front, per UP Telemap.

Middle South Atlantic New England Texas Telemap

Weather Around the Nation Saturday December 4 3368

Weather reports across cities show cloudy mild and warm with showers and occasional rain. Temperatures range from the 40s to 60s in Maryland Virginia Ohio Kentucky and Pennsylvania with a mix of humidities and scattered showers statewide.

Charleston West Virginia Washington Weather Bureau Deeree Ohio Denver Jacksonville Pennsylvania Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Kentucky St. Paul New Orleans New York Philadelphia Pittaburen Richmond St. Louis San Francisco Seattle

Obituary notices for multiple West Virginia residents

Obituaries list many local deaths with names ages and towns across Ashford Pine Grove Dunbar and Charleston. Notables include Bethona LLEN of Ashford lone survivors five sons two daughters and several sisters. James Otis Armstrong of Richwood died on deer hunting trip with service at Simons mortuary and burial Mountain View Memorial Park. Other notices, locations and funeral details follow for dozens of individuals including Mrs Ruby Florence Bright Mrs Mary A Clevenger Quincy A Cutlip and John W Layne with churches cemeteries and mortuary arrangements noted. The column also records service times and burial plans for each, with locations in Kanawha Greenbrier Nicholas Raleigh and surrounding counties.

Armstrong James Otis Simons Mortuary Chapel Highwood L. H. Powers Mountain View Memorial Park Margaret Haskins Arlington Nore Lanegille Norfolk W. E. and Price Richwood Delcle Bummers Barracksville Bulah Pigier Philadelphia J. C. Bright William FP. Marehall Samuel G. Coram Dunbar J.W. Florence Parkersburg H. C. Fiorence Reller Mortuary Dunber

Dulles To Aid In Nato Talk

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles departs for Paris to attend the Atlantic Pact conference and discuss a possible January Big Three summit. He will represent the United States at the NATO foreign ministers council and outline a new U S foreign policy amid efforts to mend the alliance after Egypt. French sources say a meeting of the American British and French leaders is agreed in principle, pending Eisenhower’s scheduling.

Washington UINS John Foster Dulles Paris Eisenhower Augusta Egypt U. S North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council

Lili Gentle Wins Pay Rise to Support Polio Sister

Hollywood scene reports film starlet Lili Gentle 16 of Birmingham Alabama won court approval for a 50 dollar weekly raise to 250 dollars. She said the raise would help bring her iron lung sister Janet 24 to Hollywood so she can care for her. Both sisters contracted polio in 1946 with Lili later landing a Hollywood contract after coffee commercials.

Hollywood INS Lili Gentle Birmingham Ala Orlando H. Rhodes Lili Janet

New Pastor Named for Mt Zion Church in South Charleston

Rev. E. Johnson has accepted the pastorate of Mt Zion Baptist Church in South Charleston. He is current district missionary of the Mt Olivet Baptist Association and pastor of Mt Zion Baptist Church in Gallagher. Johnson will begin duties January 9.

E. Johnson Mt. Zion‘ Baptist Church South Charleston Mt. Olivet

Worker Injured at Libbey-Owens-Ford Plant

James Gillespie aged 23 of 2005 Hutchinson Street suffered a partial severing of two tendons in his right thumb in an accident at the Libbey-Owens-Ford plant in Kana City. He received treatment at Charleston Memorial Hospital and was discharged.

James Gillespie Hutchinson St Libbey-Owens-Ford Kana Charleston Memorial Hospital

Fights Erupt in Hungary Over Kadar Response

Protests spread as workers councils resist arrests and government actions. A factory walkout defied Soviet tanks while writers Vis and Tamassy visited Kadar to warn that ongoing arrests could spark a national tragedy. Miners in Borsod, Yatabanya, and Pecs held daily strikes amid reduced output.

Peter, Veres Aron Tamassy Kadar Ka‘dar Budapest Radio Borsod Yatabanya Pecs Hungary

Frigid Air Nips West Two Dead in Wyoming Crash

Frigid air swept northern New Mexico and Colorado with subzero temps and heavy snow. Two Hartville, Wyoming family members died in a crash near Cheyenne as a snowplow and car collided. Snow and ice blamed for slick highways across Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado with localized 14 inch totals in Elk Springs, Colorado.

Denver New Mexico Rocky Mountain States Colorado Wyoming Elk Springs Rabbits Ar Pass Montana Cut Bank Glasgow Canadian Havre Great Falls Helena Butte Billings Cheyenne Aramie Wyo Laramie Rawlins Hartville

Blest Be The Tie Ends Voting Impasse

In Pineville Wyoming County two candidates tied 904 votes each for justice of the peace in Barker's Ridge. Democrat Grant Taylor of Alten Junction was certified re elected after Republican Basil McKinney of Bud agreed to step aside with Taylor paying recount costs. Both rejected a coin flip and chose not to pursue court action due to expense and potential Supreme Court rulings.

Pineville Wyoming County Grant Taylor Alten Junction Barker Ing Taylor McKinney Supreme Court

Two Tots Die Mother Burned In Alpena Fire

In Alpena Michigan a fire destroyed a home killing Leo Gagnon four and Eve lyn Gagnon eighteen months. Their mother Patricia Gagnon twenty nine was critically burned after rushing back into flames to reach her children. Fire Captain Edward Hatch pulled a third child Gilbert Gagnon seven from the burning house as firefighters aided the wounded mother and carried her out. The father Thomas Gagnon was away at work when the blaze began.

Alpena Mich INS Edward Hatch Gilbert Gagnon Leo Gagnon Evelyn Patricia Gagnon Alpena General Hospital Lawrence Madison Madison

Mrs Dora Pinnel Dies at 93 in Ripley

Mrs Dora F Pinnel aged 93, lifelong Jackson County resident, died after a four week illness at her Ripley home. Survived by five sons, a daughter, a brother, five sisters, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Service 2 pm tomorrow at Pleasant Hill Church, Rev Robert Fuqua. burial in church cemetery. Body at Parsons Mortuary, to be moved to the church an hour before service.

Llen Bethona Ashford Harold Charleston Josh Eaton Marion Preston Alvie Ridgeview Andy Foca Wwe Laura Runyon Rosa Nichols Lory Mary Vanc de Linde Madison Margaret Coon Laurel City Susan Miller Roxie Albright Jeffrey Lcry Pine Grove Baptist Church Rex Workman Pine Grove Hunter and Hunter Mortuary Baier Lillie Florence Carrall Ct Emmanuel Baptist Church William Farmar Cunningham Memorial Park Snodgrass Clevenger Mary A.—2 Willamsburg Greenorier County Raleigh George Clevenger Albou Ernest Harper Gilbert Arnie Morrigan Norfolk Jamies Bilson Frank Rudd Williamshore Fred Dixon Rainelle Lewis Stiliner Miastondry Baptist Church Trout Calvin Lewis McDillion Friars Hill Wallace Carl Cottrell Wisters Nola Bell Dailey Mosgrove Smithers Kenneth Sherrod Montgomery Memorial Park London B. C. Hoonor Methodist Church Fannie Bessie Gray Dunmore Newtom J Cutlip Westfield Wallace and Wallace Cass Harper Myrtle F Marlinson Methodist Church Lowell Lesa A. C. Bryant Mountain View Huntersville Pocahontas County Jane ‘Iess J. C Evaleinh Herring Jackson Keene Wraiie Farrell Strange Creek Andy Brown Strange ‘Creek Ble Union Church Dikie Clay County Donald Flora Ann Ada Brown Percy Shinnston Erleen Clarksburg Sterling Arfesico New Mexico Opal Kent Alice Margaret—éi Evans Red Mason County Andrew Beadle Rfd D. Kerr Buste Haslett Lyle Beattie Charlenton Laura Bshint Freeport Ohio Jasper J. King Nelson Kathy Therton Ute New York City Parsons Henry Hamilton Abon Leatherwood Charles F. Scrags Leatherwood Creek Lessie Carney Albert Myers and Son Marinery Elkview Roberts Rita Boone County Madison Baptist Church H. Bidon Waltz Madison Memorial Park Melvin Hatinival Monk Pete) Roberts Parkersburg Hazel Crim Winfield Rd Josephine Fiorentino Daybon Chesser Miller Skygusly Fairy Miller Gauley Bridge Gertie Smarr J. A. Covert Arch C. Griffith Singleton Mire Martha Dane Gem Braxton County W. Ghaver la Frank Flodie Lee Song Everett Davey Craigsville Howard Broukert Mortuary Flatwyoors Bratton County Arden’ Dean Bingleton Wheslen James Dunbar Ave Dunbar Kanawha County AFL Gathorer’s Union Deaste Twa Allah Ruby Watson Hamilton Grace Arthur Clark Wheeler John Geary Gravige Memorial Park Wilson Virginia Wilehire Bervine Chelyan Chelyan ‘Methodist Church J. 8. Watkins Marmet Charleston General Hospital Dora F Pinnel Jackson County Ripley Pleasant Hill J. M. Bibbee J. J. Frey H. E. Lewis Buffalo C. P. Davis Robert Fuqua Church Parsons Mortanary

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