West Virginia considering prison move and Hopemont closure
A legislative study committee opens talks on moving the Moundsville penitentiary to a site near the state’s center and closing Hopemont Sanitarium to consolidate TB care at Pinecrest in Beckley. Officials warn the Moundsville foundation is deteriorating and costly renovations may be impractical.
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Thomas F. Stafford
the Gazette
West Virginia
Moundsville
Panhandle
Board OF Control
Theodore T. Dorman
Walso
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Hopemont
William B. Rossman
Rossman
West
Virginia
University, Medical School
Monongalia
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Statehouse
Gun Duel at Hay Wagon Roadblock Ends in Slaying
Elkíns reporter details a dramatic pursuit on U S 33 as state trooper W A Steffick halted a 1956 station wagon. Moore or McKown fired, Moore was killed, woman companion Macel Dennison was questioned. The pair faced break in and forgery accusations and copper wire theft with other smuggling.
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Moore
John’. McKown
Suites
Gassaway
W. A. Steffick
Sutton
Roush
Elkins
Bob Jones
Co. C
Steffick
U.S. 33
Here
Kentucky
Maxwell
McKown
Harman
Wort Ads-Di.6-0611 Display Ads Di 6-0651 All Others-DI 2
Classified line listing appears to catalog advertising display numbers and contact lines. It lists Wort Ads and Display Ads with district or designation codes and references to all other categories. The fragment suggests an internal reference table for ad placements rather than a news item.
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Wort
Senate Civil Rights Battle Hints At Year-End Action
In Washington on June 18 the Senate moved to accelerate debate on civil rights legislation, with Senate Republican leader Knowland attempting to bypass the Judiciary Committee by routing the House bill directly to the Senate floor. Southern Democrats and Russell opposed the move, calling it a dangerous precedent and accusing supporters of using a smokescreen to force school integration.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen. Knowland
Rcalif
Knowland
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Douglas Dep
Russell
Orrow
Seco
GOP
Doug]las
Six French Soldiers Die In Mountain Plane Crash
Six French soldiers were killed when a military aircraft crashed into a mountain near Bouinane, about 20 miles south of Algiers. Initial reports from the French News Agency listed 60 dead but were later corrected to six.
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Algiers
Bouinane
Here
Paris
United Mine Workers Rise From West Virginia Camps
A brief history traces the United Mine Workers from early mining camps through strife to a powerful modern labor union. Leader John L. Lewis is highlighted as a central figure in this West Virginia industrial chapter. This summary references The Gazette’s State Magazine Section special edition.
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United Mine Workers
West Virginia
John L. Lewis
the Gazette
State Magazine
Eisenhower backs pause on tests amid Soviet proposal
President Eisenhower signals openness to a temporary halt on atomic and hydrogen tests for two or three years while an international inspection system is built. He praises Harold Stassen for London talks and rejects claims of overreach, stressing any pause must be verifiable and tied to broader disarmament steps.
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Eisenhower
U. S
London
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
Stassen
America
Konrad Adenuser
John Foster-Dulles
Senesavei
State Airman Transferred To US
ATHENS Greece June 19 U S Airman Marion Musilli has been secretly transferred back to American custody while facing a manslaughter charge in the traffic death of Gen Stephanos Saraphis Prosecutor Constantine Christopoulos ordered the move Musilli had been held in a makeshift cell since May 31 the day Saraphis was killed Greek police protected the scene to avoid demonstrations The transfer under an armed forces accord does not change his status and he remains in U S Air Force custody until trial or further disposition
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Athens
Greece
U.S
Marion Musilli
Stephanos Saraphis
Constantine Christopoulos
Musilli
U.S. Air Force
Saraphis
Musil
Benwaed
W. Vs
Moscow
Aristides
Klapeas
United’ States
Smile breaks as Mrs Smith is released from prison
Mrs Beauty Slee p Smith, daughter of a general, leaves federal prison nine days after a Supreme Court ruling overturned her life sentence for murdering her colonel husband. Attorney Brig. Gen. Adam Richmond (ret.) accompanies her, as reporters await at the Federal Reformatory for Women.
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Beauty Sleep Smith
Supreme Court
Martal
Japan
Ceck
Niger Oor Peodan
Adam Richmond
Federal ‘Reformatory For Women
Maes Sadie
Gen.Richmond
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Evan Moody
Evenwood
Stadiun
Liv
Renware Atlantic
ERPOO
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Gazette
Eelalee
the Gazetteer Seseae
Gle
Coonskin Park
W. Washington St
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Nobusuke
Kishi
Koichiro Asakai
United States
Douglas MacArthur II
den Seagle
Alderson
Gen. and
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Weakeington
Frank Wa
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