Floods Sweep Rio Grande Drowning 13 People
Extreme flooding on the Rio Grande caused thousands to flee as tributaries swelled. Thirteen deaths were confirmed with at least five missing in Grona and nearby towns. Citysaxa Ozona and Del Rio area faced rising waters, with 12 000 homeless in Ciudad Acuna and relief efforts coordinated by the Red Cross and authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Ciudad Acuna
del Rio
American Red Cross
Pentagon
State Depertencne
Mexico
Eduardo Chavez
Mexico City
Texas
Ciudad Acunas
Pecos
Devil’s
Ozona
Johnson
State Civil Defense Office
Austin
Max Westerman
State
Red Cross
Mexican Red Cross
Weather overview United States and regions June 2 1958
The page reports general weather notes for multiple states and cities including Washington Maryland Atlanta Chicago Ohio Denver Los Angeles Louisville New York and Philadelphia. Temperatures varying from cool to warm with partly cloudy to fair conditions and occasional warmer trends are noted for Tuesday.
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Bikk
Wehny Armen
Ashevilleigh Tow
Maryland
Boston
Chicago
Ohio
Denver
Bennsylvania
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Annessee
Louisville
Hipherts Aid
New England
Atlantic
South Atlantic
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Churchill and Wood Call for Peace Talks on Indochina Crisis
In a joint statement Churchill and Wood say an Indochina settlement is crucial. They warn that failure to agree at Geneva could worsen the international crisis and vow to push a collective defense plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Air Force
Southern Pacific Streamliner
Sunset Limited
Langtry
Tex
Little West Texas
Roy Bean
Pecos
Red Cross
Big Bend
F. Eisenhower
Churchill M. Wood Jr
Churchill
Indochina
Russia
Crecy
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Mrs Minnie Smith Dies in Cincinnati
Mrs Minnie Williams Smith dies of a heart attack in Cincinnati after illness. A Charleston West Virginia resident for years, she lived in Cincinnati the past two years and was a noted Bible teacher at Elizabeth Memorial Methodist Church. Survived by three brothers and two sisters, services and burial will be held locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Minnie Wiliams Smith
U. S
Smith Ia
Laura Gibson
Margaret Brockmyer
George Williams
Man
W. Va
Walter Williams
Puritan Mines
Mingo County
Joseph Willams
Winter Park
Fla
Byrd Leading Dean in renomination race described as safe win
The report notes Byrd leading in a renomination bid with a commanding lead and near certainty of victory. It also mentions Rep Samuel N Friedel likely to clinch reelection for the Democrats amid expectations of a close contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wivus Page
Lane
Wos
Samual N. Friedel
OAS Group Sets July 7 Conferences
The Western Hemisphere group plans a July 7 meeting under the Rio de Janeiro Mutual Assistance Pact to discuss threats to peace. Nine Latin American signers urged action amid Communist influence in Guatemala and the ongoing civil conflict. The Inter-American Peace Committee plans a fact finding mission to Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua with access to officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
U. S
Rio de Janeiro
Western Hemisphere
Guatemala
State Department
Lincoln White
Inter-American Peace Committee
OAS
Washington
Honduras
Nicaragua
Liberation” Movement
Carlos Enrique Disz
Jacobo Arbenz
Peace Committee
Obituaries Gather in West Virginia Community Listings
Obituaries published for multiple local residents, noting deaths in Huntington, Richwood, Hamlin, St Albans and Lookout. Included are survivors, prior occupations such as Electro Metallurgical Corp. and Cherry River Boom Lumber Co., church and lodge affiliations, and funeral arrangements at local mortuaries with services in Huntington Presbyterian Church, Richwood Presbyterian, Durbin Methodist, and other area churches.
Services Held for Homer W. Shaffer and Margaret Ann Jones
Joint funeral services were held for Homer W. Shaffer 38 and his niece Margaret Ann Jones 13 who died in a two car crash on Whittington Hill Saturday night. The service at United Gospel Mission Church was led by Rev. O G McKinney and Rev Hobson Fisher with burial in Mt Moriah and Holley Hunt cemeteries. Surviving are Shaffer’s mother two sons two daughters two sisters and Jones’s mother and siblings including Eugene and Audra among others. The bodies were at Cunningham mortuary prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manrahan
Charles Fatrick
Richwood Presbyterian Church
Charles Rithmier
Harvey H. Orr
Mountain View Memorial Park
Richwood
White and Cothter
Camden
Cauley Lodge
Amg&ap
Buste Hanrahan
Oscar J. Johnson
Charleston
John Adams
Charles P. Hanrahan Jr
Robinsville
N. C
James W. Hanrahan
Roanoke
Cks
Ninna Nide
Hamlin
By. Marys Hospital
Huntington
Bay Church
Herman B
Navy
Windham Bay
Henry Nide
Griffthsville
Hamlin Bay
Rex Sandster
L. J. Priestley
Fnon
Salt Rock
Moontz
Ally
Cecil William—éé
RFD
St. Alans
Ilness
Gummers County
Rehoboth
Allen Willams
Nitro
Charles KH
Price
Myrtle Creek
Ore
Clyde Graves
Stevensville
Mont
Grace Smith
Mise Myrtle Lilly
Buckley
Allen-Caldorph Mortuary
St. Albans
Homer W. Shaffer
Margaret Ann Jones
Whittington Hill
Florida St
O. G. McKinney
Hobson Fisher
United Gospel Mission Church
Mt. Moriah
Mr. Shaffer
Holley-Hunt
Shaffer
Virginia Combs Shaffer
Ronnie
Donald
Julie
Carolyn
Dorothy Perry
Pocatalico
Mamie Jones
Margaret Ann
Mamie Shaffer Jones
Eugene
Hubert Ray
Audra
Ruby Jones
Sissonville
P. S.jones
Virginia Shaffer
Cunningham ‘Mortuary
Four Putnam County youths charged in string of burglaries
Police report a gang of four men and a 14 year old juvenile confessed to 13 burglaries across Putnam Mason and Jackson counties since last summer with possible more. Over 600 dollars in stolen goods were recovered from homes stores and camps including Charleston area properties. The four adults Willie Edward Williams 21 Orville Lee Williams 19 Donnie Carol Kessell 23 and a 17 year old plus the 14 year old were held for grand jury action after a preliminary hearing in Winfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Putnam County
L. R. Craft
Cpl. C. ©. Stewart
Nitro Detachment
Putnam
Mason
Sackson
Willie Edward Williams
Orville Lee Williams
Donnie Carol Kessell
Painter’s Fork
Buffalo
Charleston
Justice of the Peace
Henry Hodges
Fay
W. W. Wick
Pt. Pleasant
Twins Weigh In Identically At St Albans Birth
A boy and a girl, each weighing six pounds two ounces, were born last night at Thomas Memorial Bospits. Mother Ines Peters, 27, delivered by Dr. Roger Harshbarger of St. Albans. Father James Peters, residence RFD 2 Box 333, St. Albans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Memorial Bospits
Ines Peters
Roger Harshbarger
St. Alvans
James Peters
RFD
Box 333
St. Albans
South Charleston election previews city levy and annexation
Charleston residents face a special election on a continuing levy for year round city operations without tax increase. The ballot also includes annexation of Country Club Acres Goshorn Addition and Richmond Heights, with further annexations possible only if petitions are submitted by residents.
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Londeree
South Charleston
Country Club Acres
Goshorn Addition
Richmond Heights
Funerals of Iarris Jesse Huntington and others
Funeral notices list Jesse Iarris of Huntington to be held at 2 p m in Wolf Valley Church with Rev Ronnie Hargue officiating and burial at Ferrel Centenary. Also announced are surveys and burial details for Golden L 67 of Tunnell Hill, Mamie W MWeolung of Williamsburg, Benton Eugene WEBS of St Albans, and Dr Joseph L Smery with Rev J B Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iarris
Jesse
Huntington
Wolf Valley Church
Vieurs
Ronnie Hargue
Ferrel Centetary
Golden L
Tunnell Hill
Acm
Everest Harvey
Cunninghem Memorial Park
Mweolung
Mes
Mamie W
Willaimsburg
Willamsburg Methodist Church
Ts B Fava
Webs
Benton Eugene
Flier Ave
Bt. Albans
Bartlett Mortuary Chapel
Joseph L Smery
J. B. Myers
Bunest Memorial
Judge Rules Pegler Libelled Quentin Reynolds
In New York a federal judge ruled that Westbrook Pegler clearly libelled Quentin Reynolds in a 1949 column. The jury began deliberations after a seven week trial. Reynolds sought 500000 in damages. The case involves Hearst Corp and Hearst Consolidated Publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Quentin Reynolds
Westbrook Pegler
Hearst
Edward Weißfeld
Pegler
Reynolds
Weinfeld
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Probers Detail Capital Law Ties in Shirley Duke Case
McKenna testified that Investors Diversified Services of Minneapolis coordinated stock powers for the Shirley-Duke project and is controlled by the Alleghany Corp. Robert R. Young, a financier tied to a New York Central stake, was cited. Du Pont family members appeared as stockholders in windfall cases involving Clifton Park Manor mortgage loans totaling 5.98 million dollars and a 7.425 million dollar capital base with 549,375 in dividends paid on Oct 31 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Partment
Capehart
McKenna
Investors Syndicate
Investors Diversified Services of
Minneapolis
Investors Diversified Services
Alleghany Corp
Robert R. Young
New York Central
du Pont
Pierre S. du Pont HI
Nicholas Z. du Pont
Lamont du Pont Copeland
Clifton Park Manor
New Castle County
Del
NcKenna
Lewis Gardens
Lewis Roads
Henrico County
Franklin A. Trice
Richmond
Trice
Attempted Bribery Indicts Jurors In Rape Case Probe
A long list of indictments follows a failure to indict in various cases. Among those named are Charles Sates Jr charged in a murder matter, Clarence Pauley and Ezra Eskew indicted for rape, and numerous others facing auto theft burglary grand larceny and related offenses. The report details a wide range of charges from manslaughter to fraud and seduction with no true bills issued in some murder cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Monroe
Christopher St
Richard ‘Reed
Broad
Charles Bidney Sales Jr
Earl KH
Newman
Ylvia Drake
Howard Lee Asbury
Kermit Cortland Arthur
Charles Eugene Triplett
Bercy Lee Galloway
Joe Jones
Paul J. Martin
Clarence Edward Halstead
Donald Ray Templeton
Burgary
E. A.alker
James Edward Hopson
William Franklin Carter
Donald Blankenship
Raymond Terry
Arthur Jackson Halley
Howard L. Honaker
Frank Reese Blizzard
James Edward Jones
James Lew Null
John Preston Pullen
Alvin Cook
Minage
Jett
Samuel C. J. McCallister
Lewis Napoleon Gibson
Burnet Lee Dodgen
Collina Simms Walker
Robert Thomas
Ambrose Douglas
James Hill Brannum
James Thorn Bennett
George King
John Cha
Robert Dean Chapman
Harold Gene
Harley Edens
Elsworth D. Pauley
C. L. Jett
Dey Edward Townsend
Harry , Lacy
Denver Hill
Joseph Edward Copenhaver
Dell Netson
Cleo Asbury
William E. Fox
William Ernest Cooper
Menac H, Giles
John B. Chilton
Luther Clinton Snodgrass
Homer Price
R. Lee Skeens
Lyle Pauley
David Byers
William Jenkins
Robert Dolin
Walter Carr
Robert D. Johnson
Clarence Pauley
Harlese Blankenship Sr
Junior Blankenship
Robert Lee Wright
Wesley Louis Butts
Charles Lee Pettry
Luther
Robert Burgess
Darrell Gibson
Woodroe Morris
Torny
James Preston Allen
Clifton Haynes
Steelworkers likely to accept U S Steel offer in wage talks
Secret session of the CIO United Steelworkers committee signaled strong likelihood the U S Steel Co offer would be accepted and avert a Wednesday strike. The proposal totals about eight cents per hour plus pension and insurance improvements. wage packages vary by plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Cio-United Steelworkers
U. 8 S. Steel Co
Belknap
Gassaway
Thomas Memorial
David
McDonald
Pitts- Braxton
A. P. Burgh
William Penn
Armstrong
Thomas Meage
Carr
River Road
Basic Steel
Growl Industry
U. S
Jer C. Belknap
Sutton ‘Steel
State Senate
Bartlett Mor
U. S. Steel
Fer
Smoking risks rise with cigarette use says Hammond
The article reports Hammond citing higher death rates from all causes heart disease cancer and lung cancer among smokers. It notes a two to fivefold increase in cancer deaths for heavy smokers and a 456 percent rise in smoking in the general population since 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
THE
Cancer Society
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Armas
Diaz
Elege
Guatemala City
Jacobo Ardenz
Argentina
San Salvador
Arbene
Armed Forces
Cestiane
Liberation
Communist Party
Cometa
Congress
Jose Luis Morales’ Melgar
Col
Rogelio Cruz Wer
Civil Guard
J. Antonio Savaria
Mai Jaime Rosenberg
Cruz Wer
Rosenberg
Arbens
Carlos Castillo Armas
Zaapa
Antel-Red
Zacapa
Arbenz
Whiting Willauer
Willauer
Bill Quick
Superior
Wis
Jorge Hernandez
Chiquimala
Acapa
Jutiapa-Ipala- Jilotepeque
Chiquimula
Reds
Minnie Smith
Byrd
Dean the
the Gazette
Electro~ Metallurgical Corp
Alloy
Smithers Church of Christ and
Coal Valley Lodge
AFSAM
Viola Cottrell
Smithers
Statera
Misa Vane Cottrell
Goldie Halsey
Charles Morton
Herahall
Carl
Harry
Fayetteville
B. C. Hooper Mortuary
Woodmere
Thomas Mortuacy
Osk Hill
Skaggs
Edgar—Zergice
Joe E. Brown
Wallace and Wallace Mortuary Chapel
East Rainelle
Edgar Skeggs
Baltimore
Lookout
Fayette County
Fridsyn
Madeline Chapman
Eileen Skaggs
Henry Jr
Warren
Carliss
Grace Rigly
Parkersburg
Aubrey Mick
Weeton
St. Albans First Presbyterian Church
Frederick 2. Woodward
Joseph L. Emery
Cunningtam Memories Pak
Bartleto
Homer Shaffer
Margaret Jones
U.S
Rules Pegler
FHA
New York City
Philadelphia
Prem
Charles Sidney Sates Jr
Rand
Jerry Johnson
Sale
Theakin Hospital
Bradford Wiseman
RFDI
Ottmer Harrison
Washington St. W
Chesapeake
Ezra Eskew
Auley
Awaive
William G Harper
Joseph BR. Ge Ieen
Edgar Wayne Naylor
Larry Withrow
Steelmen
Meadams Monument Co
Alderson Street
Chorienia
Evesines
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