Smith is Elected To Democrat Chair
Smith named new Democratic chairman while Reelected Arthur B. Koontz as national committeeman. Esther Heil kept associate chair as Elmer L. Davis named treasurer aligning Mollohan strength. Bowling as secretary signals statehouse faction balance. Meeting at Daniel Boone Hotel formed a five member leadership bloc amid calls for harmony.
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Snecegar
Elkins
National Committee
Elking
Arthur B. Koontz
Charleston
John H. Bowling
White Sulphur Springs
Statehouse
Elmer L. Davis
Beckley
Back
Mollohan
Smith
Robert H. Molohan
Fairmont
Jeg L. Smith
Davis
Esther Heil
Wheeling
Mollohan Sore
New Democratic
Miss Heil
Bean
Ees
Farner
Okey L. Pitteson
Mt. Hope
A. 3. Barksdale Jr
Bluefield
Navy
Stewart H. Calhoun
Ar Keystone
McDowell County
Land Mary Hart Davission
Weston
Callie Tsapis
Chester
Reba D. Kinnaird
Wayne County
Irene Jones Eisner
Durbin
Pocahontas County
Daniel Boone
Clarksburg
Beckiey
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Jaycees
Snedegar
Hallanan Keeps Control in West Virginia GOP Rally
Hallanan and LaFollette backers split the state Republican delegation with Hallanan abstaining and voting for Mrs Stubblefield in the committeewomen race. The anti Hallanan faction failed to force press access and Bachmann presided as Mason nominated LaFollette. The new GOP State Executive Committee will meet next Saturday to pursue party unity and endorse yesterday's delegate actions. Hallanan pledged support for Eisenhower, Revercomb, Underwood, and a congressional majority.
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Charleston
Robert H. C. Kay
Francis J. Love
Wheeling
Hugh Ike 5
Snott Jr
Bluefield
Tom Sweeney
LaFollette
Kermit Mason
Morgantown
W. A. Ballard
Welch
Holt
U. S. Senate
Chapman Revercomb
James A. Rusmisell Sr
Buckhannon
Hallanan
Mason
Bachmann
GOP
Eisenhower
West Virginia
Ecil Underwood
Phone Call Ends Frantic Search For Two Girls
Two nine year old girls Connie Mooney and Anna Gilland vanished for hours prompting a search by parents, state and city police and neighbors. The children were found safe at their homes after one girl phoned her parents more than nine hours after they disappeared.
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Connie Mooney
Marion E. Mooney
Oakwood Rd
Anna Gilland
Sam Gilland
Ridge Rd
Mooney
West Virginia Delegation Assigns Convention Committees
The WV delegation announced committee assignments for the upcoming national convention in San Francisco beginning August 20. Revercomb and Mrs Holt head resolutions, Hil handles credentials, Shott oversees organization, Harmer rules, Doug Lass to notify the presidential nominee, and Chapman to notify the vice presidential nominee.
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Republican Party
Stubblefield
Alice Oats
Parkersburg
Missing Travelers Near City Park After Daylong Search
Fire and lunch at City ark provoked curiosity as adventurers in playsuits changed into blue jeans and shirts and disappeared around 10 am. They were seen on Bridge Rd in South Hills and vanished until Connie’s dusk call from a house near the park. Parents and neighbors scoured ravines south of the Kanawha River with dozens helping in the hunt. The travelers reportedly would stay closer to home for a while.
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City Ark
Mooney
Bridge Rd
South Hills
Leggett convicted in Joe King death
Emmett Earl Leggett, 19, was found guilty of first degree murder in the Christmas week strangulation of Joe King, 14, formerly of Charleston, West Virginia. The jury of men deliberated about two hours and 16 minutes. The verdict carries a mandatory death sentence though the form did not specify mercy, leaving Judge William J. Kirby to sentence Leggett to the electric chair. Defense attorney John Batley pleaded innocence and insanity.
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Little Rock
aArk
Emmett Earl Leggett
Joe King
Charleston
W. Va
William J. Kirby
Leggett
Atty
John Batley
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Esquire Sox
Wembley
Paris
McGregor Sport
Pappy
ARROW
Pares
Palm Leach
Sunbeam Sravers
Waymar
Dobes
Bass
Walter 5
Hallowan National
Francis Stubblefield
Empire Cleaners
Nona Meador
Mary McCay
Beatrice Senior
Dickinson St
Dial
Chevy
Chevrolet
G.W.W
G.C.W
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MacCorkle Ave
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South Charleston
Roger Dean Chevrolet
Kanawha Blvd
E. Charleston, W. Va
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