96 Pound Woman Heads Moonshine Ring In Raleigh County
Federal agent praised the slight Mary Elizabeth Bolen 96 pounds for allegedly operating a moonshine still east of Rhodell Raleigh County to support her five children. Judge Ben Moore denied dismissal and accepted a guilty plea on four counts while delaying sentencing for Lawrence P. Sizemore Jr. of Landgraff who faced a six count indictment after his trial yesterday.
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Bluefield
Raleigh
William Ludy
Mary Elizabeth Bolen
Suil
Ben Moore
Joe Santers Jr
Bolen
Moore
Ludy T
Rhodell
McDowell County
Lawrence P. Sizemore Jr
Landgraff
Two Men Held In Kidnapping Case In New York
Two New Englanders, Robert Burns and William Cleary of Waltham Mass, were arrested in New York on charges of abducting and robbing John Degnan Jr., a 27 year old aeronautical engineer, after he escaped on a New York street. Degnan's statements prompted FBI interviews over possible federal kidnapping charges. The men face additional counts of assault robbery and possession of illegal weapons, with Degnan claiming a $47 robbery and a watch.
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New York
Cambridge
Mass
John T. Degpan
Playdome
Degnan
Robert D. Burns
William J. Cleary
Waltham
FBI
The
New York Trust Co
Pfeifer Estate Leaves Charleston Widow Assets Over Two Hundred Thousand
Mrs Berenyce S Pfeifer of Charleston died last November leaving an estate valued at 214 766. Principal asset 124 612 in corporate stock including Schwab May Co 25 050. Real estate 17 000 and other assets 63 659. sole beneficiary son Philip W Pieiter UI of Charleston.
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Berenyce S. Pfeifer
Charleston
Schwabe- May Co
Philip W. Pieiter UI
Weather report notes week’s above normal temperatures
The stele’s average weekly temperature ended June 15 at 72 degrees, three degrees above normal, per the Federal State Crop Reporting Service. West Virginia rainfall averaged 0.61 inches below normal at 0.48 inches. The service called last week fairly good for farm operations.
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Federal
West Virginia
Bank Bandits Get 10 Years In Clarksburg
Two Weston men received 10 year prison terms for the Harrison County Bank at Lost Creek robbery. Murray Dean Sayre and Kennard Leon Stutler pleaded guilty to the September losses. Federal Judge Harry Watkins also sentenced Wilbert L. Whitehair to 20 months for probation violation. Two Bluefield brothers, Fred D. and William H. Leckie, received three years probation for income tax evasion with back taxes and fines. Sayre and Stutler’s convictions marked their first offenses.
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Clarksburg
Weston
Harry &. Watkins
Wilbert L. Whitehair
Mill Point
Whitehair
Bluefield
Fred D
William H. Leckie
Fred Leckie
William Leckie
Sayre
Stutler
Watkins
City Playgrounds Open After Rain
Charleston playgrounds reopened after rain with many events planned. An electric kiddie ride debuted in 1956 at Legion Field and moves to Glenwood tonight for hundreds of children. Higley School movie showings drew large crowds, with follow up at Big Ley Avenue playfield. Tiskelwah opened with a school auditorium dance, 7:00 PM. A summer pet show is set for Robins playground with 700 entries expected. Reynolds Street playground offers a treasure hunt tonight near Brown Street Bridge. Picnics at Chandler’s School and Capitol. Lullepage Terrace children visit Chandler’s. Washington Manor Joseph Street hosts the closing dance. Volleyball matches feature teams from Chandler’s, Dr., and Robins today.
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Charleston
Legion Field
Glenwood
Higley School
Bigley Avenue
Tiskelwah
Robins Playground
Katheryn Finch
Jim Taylor
Washington Manor-Joseph St
Chandler’s
Dr. and Robins
Weather Here and Elsewhere June 20 1956 forecast
Forecaster notes scattered showers and cloudiness across states. Highs near 80s, lows in 50s to 60s with showers likely in West Virginia Maryland Virginia Ohio Kentucky and nearby cities. readings from noon to 7 pm include warmer conditions and scattered thundershowers in several areas.
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Charleston
Washington
West Virginia
Asheville
Maryland
Ness
Virginia
Ohio
Louisville
Kentucky
Easl
Sir Paul
New Orleans
Hieheal
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
St. Louis
Seattle
Girl, 14, Hurt Obituary Notices BALDOVEN
Obituary notices appear for Baldoven and Butler families from Payette and Madison counties. Details list survivors including spouses, children, and grandchildren, with service and burial plans at Danville and Miller cemeteries. Bodies remain at local mortuaries until services at Danville Baptist Church and St Paul AMOE Church. The Gazette notes it does not charge for death notices.
14 year old girl guns down in Baltimore chase
A shotgun wielding 14 year old girl Norma Ruth ran through Baltimore streets in a 15 minute gun battle with about a dozen officers. She fired at least three blasts at two policemen and was wounded in the ankle by a pursuer. She was captured after another officer shot at her and she collapsed. She is said to be under psychiatric treatment.
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Baltimore
INS
Norma Ruth
Norma
Thomas Matthews
Cugden’s
Rev
Hob
Bilal
Fisher Cemetery
Cunningham Mortuary
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Funerals Held for Eight Residents in Local Churches
Obsequies conducted across multiple churches for Edward ASBURY 74 Deborah DAVIS 77 Ernest LIGHT 67 John MOLLER 67 Emory RODGERS 17 Hazel TOTH 24 Albert UNDERWOOD date and locations note burial sites at Cunatingham Memorial Park Rucker Cemetery Tichwood Cemetery Montcomers Memorial Park London Lockwood and Summersville details include church names Rev. Hobson D Fisher Rev. Hom Farnes Rev. Cuier Rucker Rev. Herbert Pennington Jr Bishop Bruce Carter and Rev. Stacy Grosscup with bodies at various mortuaries and graveside rites in Monroec County and surrounding areas.
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Asbury
Edward
Kirk c. Titlepayre Terrace
Lone and Fisher Mortuary
C. M. Pendleton
Hobson D. Fisher
Cunatingham Memorial Park
St. Albans
Davis
A Deux Leraine
Jordan Light Baptist Church
Elkview
Homfarnes
Cuier Rucker
Rucker
Ernest W
Tichwoods
Calvary
Moller
John Henry Jacks
Venable Ave
S. B
Ehapel
First Presbyterian Church
George H. Vick
Gutset Memorial Park
Rodgers
Emory Eart
Sinks Grove
Pitkaway Methodist Church
Monroe County
Stacy Grosscup
Salon
Organ
Cave
Toth
Hazel Blinkenship
Gulf Beach Boulevard
Baptist Church
Lockwood
Bruce Carter
Montcomers Memorial Park
London
Underwood
Albert Williams
Summersville
LO .m
John’s Church
Leogard Kellerman
Groves Cemetery
Former City Athlete Ex Gazette Worker Dies
Huntington June 18 Sterrett O Neale 63 longtime newspaper advertising and public relations figure died Tuesday eight years after a stroke He was native of Charleston an all around athlete at Charleston High School Morris Harvey College He worked for The Charleston Gazette The New Orleans Times Picayune and Minnesota publicity director roles Survived by son Sterrett Jr and two daughters Funeral services set for Wednesday at Huntington mortuary
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Huntington
Jm — Sterrett O. Neale
Lessie Sheets Neale
Charleston
Charleston High Schoo
Morris Harvey College
Negie
Clarksburg
Bluefield
Chicago
Detroit
New
Andrew Edmison
Neale
Sterrett Dr
Wsaz, Inc
C. S. Barrett
Haworth
N. d
Hun
Unglon Mortuary
Blaze Leaves 23 Homeless In Wyoming County
Fire in a Wyoming County mining community destroyed two five room frame houses and damaged two more leaving 23 people homeless. Volunteers and Mullens firemen from five miles away saved nearby properties. No injuries reported. Curtis Hale of Gulf Mining Co owner, said damages not yet estimated.
Tot Drinks Kerosene. Child Taken To Hospital
A 20 month old Boone County child named Danny Randall Kinder was admitted to Boiarsky Memorial Hospital after swallowing a cup of kerosene. Attendants identified him. his parents, Journey Kinder of Brushton, said the child grabbed the liquid from a cup near a kerosene stove while the mother was momentarily away.
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Boone County
Boiarsky Memorial Hospital
Danny Randall Kinder
Joarney Kinder
Brushton
Aide Quizzed On Proposed TV Station
An Ohio Valley Broadcasting officer testifies before an attorney for Clarksburg Publishing Co. about a proposed television station in Clarksburg West Virginia. Clinton discusses a $14300 reimbursement agreement contingent on a permit grant now in litigation.
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Washington
Ohio Valley Broadcasting
Clarksburg Publishing Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
George H. Clinton
Parkersburg
Clarksburg Broadcasting Corp
Clarksburg Broadcasting
West
FCC
Clarksburg Publishing
Benedict’ P. Cattone
Martha Albee
Clinton
Joynes
Sky
Hill
Franklin Rhodes
Sip Fotrove
St. Francis Hashilly
Onio Valley Broadcasting
the News Publishing Co
Wheeling
West Virginia
WPAR
Wpar-Fm
WBLK
Ohio Valley
Wstv Inc
Steubenville
Ohio
Descedants Left By Mrs Cora Parsons Of Roane Dead At 81
Mrs Cora McClothlin Parsons longtime Left Hand Roane County resident died at home at 81. She left 118 descendants. Survivors include daughter Johony and son James McClethlin, four daughters, three sisters, a brother, 48 grandchildren and 75 great grandchildren. Funeral set at Bethel Baptist Church Amma with burial at McCurrie Cemetery Left Hand.
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Rose
Cora Alice Kelfer
Richwood
Nicholas County
McClung
First Baptist Church
Rich
Beulah_ Gainer
Steubenville
Ohio
Geraldine Deskina
Fairlea
Shirley June
Arsil J
Ernest Ls
Gauley Mills
Geraid
Bergeon
Larry
Anna Roach
Fenwick
Virginia Clay
Camden-on-Gauley
Stella Springston
Upper Glade
Dorothy Cochran
Peach ‘Eek
Clayton and
Rows Hedger
Cowen
Charles Hedger
Forest Hedger
Collier
Cora McClothlin -Parsons
Left Hand
Roane County
George and
Delilah Bullard
Band
Johony
James McClethlin
Belle
Martha Booth
Clen- Genin
Charity,Moore
Ovapa
Nora Hess
McCurrie
Hess and
Harper Mortuary
Clendenin
Wheeling Steel Echoes Big 3 On Wage Offer
Wheeling Steel said it is making the same offer in substance as the Big Three steel firms in current contract talks. L H Brown, assistant vice president and representative at New York talks, telegraphed Paul Ruser of District 23 that Wheeling will discuss the offer and other provisions when and where mutually agreed. District 23 has about 12,000 members, most of them Wheeling Steel employees.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Steel
United Steelworkers
Steel Fian
L. H. Brown
New York
Paul Ruser
Nsw
District 23
Brown
Rusen
Wheeling Steel Corp
U. Ss. Steel
Beth- Ishem Steel
Republic Stes
Tragedy Victims Williams Family Service Today
Services to be held at 2 p.m. today for Charles M Williams 42 and his two daughters Sharon 4 and Linda Sue 7 at a Methodist Church conducted by Dr W W Pharriat with burial at Hilltop Memorial Cemetery Williams formerly of Mt Hope died in Cleveland apartment fire cause unknown Bodies at Tyree Mat t uacy Mt Hope Cemetery pending arrangements
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Danis Boone
St. Francis Hospital
Persinger
Phala Graves
Spencer
Sparke Chapel Methodist Church
Lawrence Dorser
Fey. Guetan Lege
Wil
McGlung
Canvas
Waters Mortuary
Summersville
Torriory
Sneodon
John Laird
Mount Hone Presbyterian Church
W. W. Pharr
Mindlant Memorial Park
Oak HI
Sheddon
Price Hill
Raleigh County
New River Coal Co
Mt. Hope
Charles M. Williams
Sharon
Linda Sue
W.W. Pharriat
Hilltop Memorial
Williams
Mt. Hope, i
Cleveland
Tyree -Mattuacy i
Senate panel probes Farmers Home contract cancellation
A Senate committee today examined the cancellation of a Farmers Home Administration loan insurance contract with Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. Witnesses testified that the move raised rates and reduced coverage. Floyd Hee recalled McLeaish after a 1954 drought meeting with Eisenhower, while Mrs. Carter described a Montana dinner where McLeaish and Carl Hansen allegedly became intoxicated and a kissing spree occurred.
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Senate Committee
A. Farmers ‘Home
MacLeaish
Floyd Hee
Farmers Home Administration
Colorado
McLeaish
Eisenhower
Carter
Carl O. Hansen
Montana
Houston
Tex
Allan Shivers
Texas
Sheemar Adams
Peon Tisue
Service Set Today For Mrs. Bessie Bias
A funeral service for Mrs. Bessie P. Bias 68 of Charleston will be held at 2 p m today at Cunningham Fortuacy Chapel. She died of a heart attack Friday in Hollywood Florida while visiting. Rev Earl G Hissom will officiate and burial will be in Graceland Memorial Park on Davis Creek. Mrs Bias son Lt Dallas Bias chief of Charleston city detectives was with her at the time of death.
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Cunningham
Abel Walter
Sutton
Clauge
Frametown
Charles
Lee Tyo
Clare Hell
Servia
Marple
Taisnage Duncan
Sugar Creek
Syonor
William Pster
Montgomery
C&o
Handley
Sewell Methodist Church
Brotherhood of Radisway Trastmen
Telys Valley
Putnamy
Morligomery
Carl
Boonie
Crow
Gatewood
India
Calif
B. C. Hooper
Rontramery
H.W. Ware
Montegomtry Memorial Park
London
Mr. Rhodes
Cunningham Mortuary Chapel
Charles Scragg
Bellegrove
Jackson County
Haynes
Russell
Slip Hill
Mortuary Chapel
Charles Scrag
Nona Graham
St Clair Cemetery
Sissonwyitle’ Rd
Bessie P. Bias
Charleston
Hollywood
Fla
Earl G. Hissom
Graceland Memorial “Park
Davis Creek
Bias
Dallas Bias
Etty Detectives
Obstacles Face Contingent Charge Fight in Charleston
A disputed plan to impose a business gross sales fee faced voter rejection in a special referendum. City leaders, lawyers, and a mayoral appoined citizens committee see the move as a tax in disguise, risking legal challenges and deepening rifts among city planners. The issue looms over Charleston’s budget delays and the next fiscal year’s tax outlook.
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Huntington
Vistoner Joseph
Soto
Bates
Yaver
Colline
Charleston
West Virginia Debt Case Becomes Landmark Verdict
A long disputed pre-war debt case in West Virginia ended with a verdict totaling 19 million dollars. The decision touched on about three million dollars spent on public improvements, sparking debate over legality and fulfillment. The misquoted line quotes a local retort about Santa Claus. It notes the 93rd anniversary of West Virginia’s statehood and mentions Charleston workers enjoying a holiday while the country grapples with the Virginia split.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Lincsla
Charleston
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Central Plains
Baldoven
Rema
Deenewater
Payette County
Laird Memorial Hospital
Danville
Connecticut
Ruby Finks
Deepwater
Drenwater Baptist Church
English
Miller
Dangill
Hunter and Hunter Mortuary
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Tre Gazette
Cottrill
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Charleston General Hospital
Daushver
Homer Cottirill
Jack Benony
Roper Dean
Jimisy Dou
Slater
Ernestine
Floyd Cottrill
Caesar Neake
Mary Mullins
Tad
Somorrow
A. G. Wo
Putney
Campbells Creek
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James Tilden
Syblal
Lula May
John
Toshy
John Raymond
Chartie
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Rand
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Wilbur
Pinch
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Frank
U.S. Army
Ft. Jackson
Jerry
Sand Run Gospel Tabernacle
Nuch Young
Sand Run
Sher
Panial Dennis
Steenville
Ene' Maherwo
Eva Smith
RFD
Elxview
Della Siston
Gissonvel
Fisher
Memorial
Tillie Lucas
Hazel, Lucas
Elk Chimney
Massey Methodist
W. E. Shimm
A. Bennadt
Seafler
Hig Chimmel
Albert Myers and Son Mortuary
Tone
Florence Adkins
Uneida
Boone Courts
Isstolehe
L E. Stone
Omer
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Charies
East Liverpool
Onia
Raye Billuys
Calumbiana
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Matthews
Roof RT Local
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Ashless
Francis Hagpigal
Loree Xistern
Budie Yeager
Prenter
Anna Bowles Air Arts
Bessie Jude
Williams Mountain
Tive Beathera
Della
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Mal
Taps
Willtams Mountain
Bravehall
Edear O Prenter
Church At Christ
Simpson- Changler Mortuary
Gazette
Blaze
Cora Parsons
Roane
Pad Li
Kanawha County
Greenlee Chapel
Rhodes
Ife
Goff P. Lilly
Leslie
Tyler Mountain
Bennie
Kanawha
Allen
Chilli«eathe
Mes
Virgie Wandling
Nellie, Wheeter
Glenda Nottingham
Goldie -Holmes
Edward Rhodes
Kentuck
Joh Franklin Rhodes
Martha Alice
Lula) Haynes
SUIP_HILL
Bessie Bias
Monument CO
Virginia St
Ontgomery
Emorial Park
Montgomery,w. We
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