Pentagon cracks down on wool maker in graft probe
Leon M. Levy president of Bonita defends himself amid court martial allegations and bribery denials. Levy claims he saved the government money by lowering bids, while accusing Colonel Vere Painter of betrayal over a docu ment about Army hat contracts.
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Yate
Leon M. Levy
Bonita
Levo
Marvin Rubin
Pentagon
Lev
Poland
U. S
Army
Marine Corps
Levy
Steel Wage Talks Hint Record Hike
Wage talks in Pittsburgh between CIO United Steelworkers and three major producers hint at a possible record pay raise in the steel industry. Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, US Steel, and other major producers hold sessions as the union seeks a substantial boost ahead of the June 30 strike deadline.
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Pittsburgh
INS
CIO United Steelworkers
Bethlehem Steel Co
Republic Steel
Pittburgh
United States Steel Corp
CIO United
Auto Workers
Ford
Iron Age Magazine
Steelworkers
USW
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland
Mrs Standish Rite Service Today for Mary Standish 75
Funeral service for Mary Elizabeth Standish is set for 2 p m today at Barlow Bonsall mortuary chapel. The obituary notes she died Tuesday night after a long illness at her home. Born in Bolton England June 7 1879 she was the daughter of William and Jane Morley Jones and resided at 1214 Bridge Rd. Dr Joseph Clare Hoffman will officiate.
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Barlow-Bonsall
Mary Elizabeth Standish
Joseph Clare Hoffman
Christ Church Methodist
Standish
England
Bridge Rd
William and
Jane Morley Jones
Bolton
Mrs Esther Walker dies at 74 in Lizemores
Esther Morton Walker 74 of Lizemores Clay County died in Charleston General Hospital at 9 a m yesterday after a long illness. She was the wife of Hiram Walker merchant and lifelong resident. Surviving include daughter Hazel Cochran sister Mary Ramsey brother S M Morton two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Service will be at 2 p m Saturday at Lizemores Methodist Church with Rev Carl Burrows officiating. Burial in family cemetery at Lizemores. Combs Brothers mortuary Gauley Bridge in charge. Body to be taken to granddaughter Audrey Flaugher home at Lizemores at 1 3 p m tomorrow.
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Esther Morton Walker
Lizemores
Clay County
Charleston General Hospital
Hiram Walker
Hazel Cochran
Mary Ramsey
Ben
Amick
John Ki
Clearco
Greenshrier County
Intel
Leola Amick
Fred
Lesle
D. W
Dettsvile
Charles
Loulba
Wyatt
East Rainelle
Mountain Bantat
Carl
Joe
Grown
PF. E. Ornidorff
Bure Jo
Wallace and Wallace Mortuary
Brown
William Elliott
Lewisburg
Veterans Administration
Richmond
Mary Virginia Crown
Carlos Ragland
Dersey City
N. J
James FH
Wille Ragland
Newark
N. d
Caraste la
Flinia Tastor
Lewtebure
Helen Coleman
Alderson
Juliatina Lewis
Fayettevsiie
William J. Boone
Ratceverte
Ms. Tabor Baptist Church
Stey
Petty
C., C. Logan
Lewisburg Cehirtery
Wallace and
Wale Jace
Hackney
Steven Jerry
Aira
James Hackney
Lockwood
Nicholas County
James
Patty Sue
Thelma Burgral
Cinco
Mary Francis Hackney
Putney
Sam Moore
Sims Cemetery
Awiss
White Mortuary
Gummeraville
Appeals court upholds sentences for 100 Mexico City rioters
A federal appeals court upholds prison terms of one year and fines of 100 pesos for 100 people who stormed a town hall during the presidential election campaign three years ago. The rioters were charged with attempted rebellion and disrupted the vote.
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Mexico City
Pocahontas Coal Field Production Reaches New Weekly High
Coal output from about 40 mines in the Pocahontas Field rose to 560 598 tons for the week ending June 4, the highest since November 1952. Total year to date is 11 318 469 tons, up from 9 478 077 a year ago. the field includes Bluefield area and parts of Virginia. A pianist singer Harold G Boggs from Port Clinton Ohio visits Bethel AME Church St Albans and Gaunt Chapel AME Zion Rand today and tomorrow.
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Bluefield
Pocahontas Field
W. Ambrose, Jr
Rev
W. W
Peters
Hanger
Pocahontas
Tazewell County
Harold G. Boggs
Port Clinton
Bethel Ame
St. Albans
Gaunt Chapel Ame Zion Church
Rand
Menon Accepts Bid To Talk With Ike
Indian diplomat Krishna Menon accepted an invitation to meet with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles. Hagerty announced Menon would visit the White House at 10 30 am EDT Tuesday for talks following earlier discussions with Chinese leaders.
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Washington
Krishna Menon
Sevelst
Eisenhower
Menon
Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Weather outlook for southern Plains to Northeast today
Cooler temperatures are forecast for the southern Plains and the Mississippi Valley while the Far West remains hot. A low pressure area over the lower Great Lakes will bring extensive cloudiness in the Northeast with rain across the Middle Atlantic States and southern New England. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will affect the southern Plains and the Great Basin region.
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Southern Plains
Mississippi Valley
Far West
Lower
Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Great Basin
Mrs Jeanette Mayes Dies at 80 in Charleston
Mrs Jeanette Craig Mayes 80 died yesterday morning at Charleston General Hospital after a long illness. She lived with daughter Mrs W D Johnson at 1003 Hunt Ave. Born July 7 1874 in Cannelton she was daughter of James Madisaty and Jenette Bays Craig and member of Craig Baptist Church at Alley. Survived by four sons H D Atlanta O A St Albans James M and Bob Charleston two daughters Mrs S C Woods Beckley and Mrs C E Nehoots Dearborn Mich 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Body at Wilson mortuary chapel.
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Jeanette Craig Mayes
Charleston General Hospital
W. D. Johnson
Hunt Ave
Cannelton
James Madisaty
Jenette Bays Craig
Craig Baptist Church
Alley
H. D
Atlanta, Ga
O. A
St. Albans
James M
Bob Mayrs
Charleston
5S. C. Woods
Beckley
C. E. Nehoots
Dearborn
Mich
Wilson Mortary Chapel
Obituary notices per mixed Western Gazette items
Obituaries report deaths of John Amick in Greenbrier County and several other residents with survivor details. The notices list spouses siblings and burial plans at local churches and cemeteries, with funeral arrangements handled by Wallace mortuary and others in East Rainelle Lewisburg St Albans Walton and Beckley areas.
Funerals for Brannesn Nellie Fears and Others
Funeral notices list Brannesn Josephine Janella-46 of 160 B St St Albans at First Baptist Church with Rev Joseph L Emery. Nellie Fears-70 of Clay County at Cine Mortuary with Rev Carl Matrix. Vonda Lee Buzzard-18 of Big Chimney at Roscoe Young home with Rev E L Huffman. Clare Sowger-10 of Webster Springs at McCoy Church with Rev Hance McCoy. Burial details follow in local cemeteries.
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Brannesn
Josephine Janella
St. St. Albans
First Baptist Church
St. Albans
Joseph L. Emery
Brannem
Last Bank
Buzzard
Vonda Lee
Big Chimney
Roscoe Young
Elkview
EL. Huffman
M. K
Beech Glen clergyman Clifford Emmett Mogsett rites noted
Clifford Emmett Mogsett 61 of Beech Glen Nicholas County died in early morning. Services to be held 10 a m at Bummersville Presbyterian Church with burial at End of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville. Funeral home in charge. Abertaen Jackson 31 of 509 Christopher Street to be mourned with service at Preston Mortuary Chapel. Burial at Spring Hill Cemetery. Raymond L. Organ 85 of McKee formerly Charteston to be buried at Sunad Memorial Park. Minerva Young 638 Alexabe tia Va formerly Oak Will. service at Tyree Atortuare chapel. Burial at Ighlawn Memorial Park Oak 11.
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Wogsett
Clifford Emmett
Beech Glen
Nicholas County
Bummersville
W. K. Kitch Jr
Clintonville
Mogsett
Bummersville Presbyterian Church
Ww,teh Jr
Comba Brothers Tortuary
Ganley Bridge
Jackson, Abertaen
Preston Mortuary Chapel
H.C. Head
Spring Him
Raymond L
McKee
Chartieston
YOCNG
Mra
Minerva
Alexabe Tia
Fornerly
Oak
Tyree Atortuare
Donnelly
Ighlawn Memorial Park
Oak 11
Interest Lag Blamed For Abandonment Of Evacuation Drill
Milwaukee civil defense officials canceled a planned June evacuation drill for eight northern suburbs after only 48 volunteer motorists joined. The plan aimed to mobilize about 1 000 cars to flee to Port Washington as part of a national Civil Defense exercise, but a resident survey showed 75 percent would not participate, representing about 45 000 people.
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Milwaukee
Treasury Reports Cash Position and Debt Subject to Limit
The cash position of the Treasury balances at 3,443,730,406.18 as of July 1 with draws this fiscal year totaling 39,303,698,028.20. The statement notes statutory debt subject to limit at 403,450,808.10 and other figures including allocations and withdrawals amounting to 89,449.33.
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Washington
Treasury
J. Balence
Eryas
Uiscal
End of British Rail Deadlock Seen Certain
Britain’s railway strike leaders met government bosses in London for talks aimed at breaking the nationwide walkout. Jim Baty, head of the 67,000 locomotive engineers and firemen, and Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport Commission, issued a joint statement signaling mutual goodwill, though wage differentials were not discussed. Sir Wilfred Neder, the government mediator, attended as preliminary “clear-the-air” talks. Baty said they would reconvene tomorrow for further discussions under the ministry.
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London
Britain
Jim Baty
Brian Robertson
Britis Transport Commission
Robertson
Baty
Ministry of Labor
Wilfred Neder
Bonn Favors Moscow Visit
Bonn pressure grows on Chancellor Adenauer to accept a Soviet invitation to Moscow. Coalition parties urge talks on diplomatic and trade relations while he plans to meet with Allied leaders first. Government says talks will follow a July Big Four meeting and must respect U S Britain and France agreements barring direct negotiations with Russia.
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Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Free Democrats
Adenauer
Kremlin
Shower
Paris
United States
Britain
France
Russia
The
East
Lack of eggheads deplored by ADA in Eisenhower admin
Americans for Democratic Action said there is a deplorable lack of eggheads in the Eisenhower administration. ADA official Robert B. Nathan told the House Antitrust subcommittee that brainy experts have been driven into exile by big business, with representatives of business infiltrating government agencies to serve private interests.
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Washington
jAmericans For Democratic Action
Eisenhower
Robert B. Nathan
ADA
House Antitrust Subcommittee
Ike Warns of Nuclear War Impact and Urges Reserve Bill
President Eisenhower warned the American people that nuclear war would strike every home and city, with communities on their own for a period. He urged approval of a reserve bill to provide trained personnel nationwide to support police and fire services during a crisis.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
United’ S States
United States
Cousins Piano Recital Highlighted at St Peter Church
St Albans pupils of Mrs Eart Cousins performed Sunday afternoon at St Peter Methodist Church. Student participants included Nancy Baughman Mary Anne Baughman Aileen Shortell Jimmy Ramsey Nancy Stevens Joan Maerits Kay Dawson Danny Caine George Harris Carol Knight Emile Mosley Joyce Turner Myra Cousins Donna Shamblin Glenna Holderby Blaine Stover Wanda Wilson Pamela Cavender Jean Ann Waybright Mary Lee Jarrett Mary Jover and Bunny Gillespie.
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Lelia
Kiefer
Eart
Cousins
St. Peter Methodist Church
Nancy ‘Baughman
Mary Anne Baughman
Aileen Shortell
Jimmy Ramsey
Nancy Stevens
Joanaaerits Kay Dawson
Danny Caine
George Harris
Carol ‘Knight
Emile Mosley
Joyce ‘Turner
Myra Cousins
Donna Shamblin
Glenna Holderby
Blaine Stover
Wanda Wilson
Pamela Cavender
Jean Ann Waybright
Mary Lee Jarrett
Mary Jover
Bunny Gillespie
Funeral set for Pfc. Othello Knapper Korean War victim
Pfc. Othello Knapper, 21, of St Albans, killed in action in Korea on Sept 22, 1950, will be honored at a 3 p.m. service tomorrow at Harden and Harden mortuary chapel. Rev. William Ricks will conduct, with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery. Survived by parents Mrs and Mrs T A Knapper and eight siblings in Cincinnati and St Albans.
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Harden and Harden Mortuary
Pfc
Othella Knapper
St. Albans
Korea
Sth
Pic
Knapper
St. Lukes Ame
William Ricks
Spring Hill
T. A. Knapper
St.Albans
Louise Hill
New York City
Lena Paine
Hazel Haynes
Cincinnati
Helen Knapper
Aubrey
Everette
Clarence
Dewey
Churchill returns to Commons amid cross-party cheers
In London during the swearing in of Britain’s new Parliament 80 year old Winston Churchill made his first appearance since resigning as prime minister. Clement Attlee joined in the cheers and crossed to Churchill’s seat to clasp his hand and lead him to take the oath out of turn. Attlee is reported to plan retirement as Labour leader in coming months.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
Woodford
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Labor Party
Mrs Emma Thacker of St Albans Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Emma Jane Kirk Thacker 78 of RFD 1 St Albans died at her son’s home after a long illness. She was a Lincoln County native who spent most of her life in Kanawha County and was a member of Rehoboth Baptist Church. Surviving: two sons W G Thacker and Ronsford Thacker, a daughter Clara Wick, a brother W H Kirk, a sister Susan Lory Sabine, 14 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p m tomorrow at Rehobeth Baptist Church with Rev J F Bailey and Rev Don Wisman. burial in Shepherd Cemetery under Alley-Cosidorply mortuary. The body was moved to the son’s home yesterday evening and will go to the church an hour before service.
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Guy Webb
Tornado
Merbert Webb
LeGrange
First Baptist Church
Prosperity
James Neal
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Keyser Mortuary
Emma Jane Kirk Thacker
RFD
St. Albans
W. G. Thacker
Lincoln County
Kanawha County
Rehoboth Baptist Church
Ronsford
Clara Wick
Scott Depot
W. H. Kirk
Susan Lory Sabine
Mt. Orb, O
Rehobeth Baptist Church
J. F. Bailey
Don Wisman
Alley-Cosidorply Mortuary
St. Albana
Shepherd Cemetery
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Webster Springs
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Rosedale
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Fairmont
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Greenbrier County
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Brekeley
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Chemical City
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Coal River Rd
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Columbia Theological Semary
Decatur
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Indian Creek
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Virginia Heights
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Reeves St
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Riverview Ave
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