Oscar Night Promises Glamour Amid Triangle Rumors
Hollywood readies for the two hour NBC telecast at 10 30 p m with over 100 stars. Debbie Reynolds will not attend as Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher loom large, while a near sweep of top categories leaves the winners wide open and Gigi still the favorite for Best Picture.
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Hollywood
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth
Nbc-Tv
Fisher
Las Vegas
Sammy Cahn
Rosalind Russell
Shirley MacLaine
Susan Hayward
Deborah
Burl Ives
Lee J. Cobb
Martha Hyer
Wendy Hiller
Pioneer Road Contractor Dies at 87 in Mullens
Franklin Provinzano, a pioneer Wyoming County road builder and former mine worker, died about 5 a.m. at his Mullens residence at 87. Italian native who founded Middletown, he built roads linking Wyoming to Raleigh County and extending from Stephenson to Herndon via Basin, later worked 32 years at East Gulf mine. Survived by wife Pauline and five children, services at St. John’s Mullens, burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
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Mullens
RNS
Frank Provinzano
Wyoming
Italy
Provinzano
United States
Middletown
Stephenson
Raleigh County
Amigo
Herndon
Basin
East Gulf
C. H.mead Coal Co
Pauline
Milton Bielamowicz
Dominic Cataffo
William Bondurant
Bluefield
Pitt Watts Jr
Orange
Eugene Horvath
St. John’s Catholic Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Crab Orchard Driver Ordered to Appear in Court
Donald W. Shirkey of Crab Orchard 21 was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court after a 11 05 p m Sunday stop for invalid registration no license and no registration card. Robert Junior Downing 32 of Beckley cited at 12 15 a m today for speeding and ordered to appear in City Police Court tonight.
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Donald W. Shirkey
Crab Orchard
Beckley
Robert Junior Downing
West Virginia Weather Forecast Overview East Frost Tonight
Clear with scattered frost mainly in the east. Tonight lows around the 30s in the west and near 40s in the east. Tuesday warms with more clouds and a chance of showers by night. Extended outlook shows near normal temps in the north around 50 and south near 52, with warm days Tuesday and Wednesday and a cool spell midweek. Showers total about 0.1 to 0.2 inch Tuesday night. Beckley highs around 68 to 73, Oak Hill around 41 to 52, river conditions include normal Greenbrier stage and muddy Bluestone Reservoir with five gates open.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Scessoees
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Gratifying Dip In Unemployment Hint by Ike
President Eisenhower hinted unemployment for the month ending March 15 showed a gratifying decline after a White House meeting with Labor Secretary Mitchell. Press Secretary Hagerty said the official figures due Tuesday would be "pretty good" and of great interest to Americans, with February's unemployment at 4,749,000, up 25,000 from January.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Labor
Mitchell
James C. Hagerty
Labor and Commerce Departments
Hagerty
Graham Attracts Crowd of 17 000 at Wellington Meeting
In cloudy chilly weather about 17000 attended evangelist Billy Graham at Athletic Park Wellington. Fifteen hundred made decisions for Christ as organizers ran out of lit erature. Notables included two Cabinet ministers and Archbishop Reginald Owen. Graham left quickly after the service and was reported unwell. Prime Minister Walter Nash and about 45000 others attended the opening rally Sunday night.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Billy Graham
Athletic Park
Christ
Reginald H. Owen
Graham
Walter Nash
Auckland
Clean-Up Opens Week Long Event At Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson high school starts a week of Clean Up Religious Emphasis and Courtesy Week led by Harold Casali as general chairman with Mrs Wayne Reynolds as faculty sponsor. Theme Why is Religion Important to Youth. Activities include class room clean up today panel discussions Tuesday devotional Wednesday home room directed by Student Council Thursday courtesy day and Friday summary by House of Representatives.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Harold Casali
Wayne Reynolds
Duke James
Claudius Newman
Linda Bower
John Beukema
House of Representatives
Driver Charged In Road Mishap Near Mullens
Itmann man Richard A. Marsh was cited for reckless driving after a pickup sideswiped a car between South Mullens and Itmann. The Lillys of Rhodell owned the damaged vehicle valued at about $500. Marsh reportedly left the scene and did not attend a scheduled hearing.
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Wendell W. Cook
Marsh
Rhodell
B. W. Lilly
Lilly
Cook
Itmann
Wyoming General Hospital
W. E. Moore
Sophia
Maryland Prison Break Fugitives 14 Still At Large
Maryland authorities press a massive manhunt after a mass escape from Patuxent Institution. About 300 officers including state police National Guard Marines Civil Defense and volunteers search for 14 inmates at large from a 331 inmate facility near Baltimore.
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Jessups
Patuxent Institution
Patuxent
Maryland
Calvert County
James W. Curran
Corbin
Baltimore
Harold M. Boslow
National Guard
Soviet Says U S Out To Wreck Talks In Berlin Air Corridor
In Moscow the Soviet Union accused the United States of deliberately violating altitude rules in the West Berlin air corridor to wreck upcoming East West talks. US officials denied intent, noting a C130 flew at 20 000 feet. The note claimed Washington aimed to hamper negotiators in Geneva starting May 11. The US argued there is no legal ceiling in the corridor and that planes may fly at high levels to supply allies. The Soviets warned they reserve air space above 10 000 feet for jet patrols. Follow the lines...
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
West Berlin
State Department
U.S
Washington
Mosco
Germany
Berlin
Izvestia
Door To Door Drive Seeks Cancer Funds in Raleigh County
A Raleigh County drive led by the Woman's Club gathers donations to raise 10000 for cancer research and treatment. Funds will be split with 60 percent aiding West Virginia, 40 percent locally through the Raleigh County Cancer Center in Beckley. Center officials warn it faces closure if funds are not raised by January 31. Local unions and companies contributed a welcome $300.
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SPON
Woman's Club of
Bec
House House
United States
Westginia
Leigh County
Rale County
Nce
Cen
Isador@ Weinkley
People of
Raleigh County
Tied
Mine Workers of America
Ab Fork
Slab Fork Coal Colny
Slab Fork Company
Pinball Case Ends With Device Destruction
Court ordered the destruction of a pinball machine used for gambling. McCreery stated a fine was paid earlier and the seized money was to be applied toward costs, with remaining funds to Raleigh County and the Raleigh treasury.
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Fee
McCreery
Raleigh Coun
Forestry Great States Meeting Sets Lumber Jacks Show Plans
The Rural Movement Council will host a Forestry Great States Meeting in Memorial Building Room 10 on April 20 at 1 30 p m to finalize plans for the annual Woodland Show for Lumber Jacks at the Four H lake. Co A Lucas district forester of the state Conservation Commission is general chairman. Don Cuppett of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals in Charleston leads industrial displays and product dealers outreach. The show is co sponsored by the Rural Development Council and the West Virginia Forest Council.
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The
Rural Movement Council
Memorial Building
Four-H Lake
A. Lucas
State Conservation Commission
Lucas
Register
Don Cuppett
Carbide
Carbon Chemicals
Charleston
Beckley Ministers Hear Fire Chief Otis Lyons
Beckley Fire Chief Otis Lyons spoke at the Beckley Ministerial Association meeting in the Beckley Presbyterian Church. He outlined resuscitation methods for smoke or carbon monoxide victims. The group endorsed National Library Week and named Rev. W. M. Freeman to attend the United Fund meeting on April 13. The ministers also thanked taxi owner Ray Farrow for providing free Easter Sunday church transport.
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Beckley
Otis Lyons
Beckley Ministerial Association
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Lyons
National Library Week
W. M. Freeman
United Fund
Ray Farrow
Jury To Decide Amount Of Money In Suit Verdict
In Raleigh County Circuit Court the jury will determine the monetary award in a suit by Todd's Grocery and Hardware Inc. against Chauncey and Mary Woods of Woods Coal Co Lanark. The plaintiffs seek 367 dollars but the case, appealed from a justice court, must stay at 300 dollars. Todd testified about renting a bulldozer to the Woods for mining work and a smaller machine getting stuck in mud. Defendants' counsel argued 80 dollars already paid covers the work, leaving 80 as the appropriate payment after deducting time for pulling the stuck machine.
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Chauncey and
Mary Woods
Woods Coal Co
Todd's Grocery and Hardware, Inc
Beckley
C. Berkley Lilly
Grocery Company
T. G. Todd
Snipe Alana Corporation
The
Woods
Todd
Justice of the Peace Court
Woodses
Lanark
Ned Ragland
New Robot With Television Eyes Unveiled at Nuclear Congress
In Cleveland at the fifth Nuclear Congress Hughes Aircraft Co. unveiled the Robot Mark I mobot with forklift like chassis and TV cameras. Dr John W Clark of Hughes Culver City described it as a first of a new family of remote control handling machines for hot labs and nuclear research with potential in ocean and moon sampling missions. Also featured was a nuclear heat conversion generator built for the Atomic Energy Commission by the Martin Co.
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Cleveland
Hughes Aircraft Co
John W. Clark
Hughes’ Nuclear Electronics Department
Culver City
Clark
Atomic Energy Commission
Martin Co
Korean Boy Wounded in Army Fallout
The U S 8th Army says three American soldiers were held after a fight with two Koreans left a four year old boy wounded. Suspects Sgt Edward S Haskins Specialist 4 Thomas Singleton and Cpl William A McCoy are identified with hometowns Freeman West Virginia Sumter South Carolina and Milwaukee Wisconsin. The child was treated and released at a military dispensary.
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Seoul
U. S. 8Th Army Today
Army
Edward S. Haskins
Freeman
W. Va
Thomas Singleton
Sumter
S. C
William A. McCoy
Milwaukee
Wis
Kidnaped Boy Slaying Triggers Milwauke e Area Manhunt
A 6 year old boy Ben Wagner was kidnapped on the way to a store and found stabbed to death in a roadside ditch near Grafton Wisconsin. The autopsy showed five stab wounds and no sexual molestation. Father Louis Wagner identified the boy as his son. A playmate reported a stranger luring Ben into a car. Witness Milton Geiger said he chased a car with a waving boy inside but lost it on a side road.
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Grafton
Wis
Ben Wagner
Milwaukee
Ben
L. J. van Hecke
Louis Wagner
Wagner
Christ Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Milton Geiger
Geiger
John W Evans Dies While Florida Vacation
John W. Evans, 205 Fairview Ave., died Sunday in West Palm Beach while vacationing with his family. The body will be returned to Beckley Tuesday evening. funeral arrangements are incomplete. Evans, co owner of Ward Evans Motor Co., was born in Soulsville, Wyoming County. He moved to Raleigh County in 1903 and attended local schools. Survivors include his wife Cora L Snyder and a daughter and son, Mrs Elouise Crook and John W Evans Jr., both of Beckley. He was active in transportation and auto business, organizing Gulf Transportation Co., now part of Consolidated Bus Lines, and Bluefield Beckley Transit Co., now a subsidiary of Atlantic Greyhound Lines. He also worked with Beckley Auto Wrecking Co. and previously supervised transportation for the Raleigh County Board of Education for five years. The family is en route to Beckley.
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John W. Evans
Fairview Ave
West Palm Beach
Fla
Beckley
Evans
Ward- Evans Motor Co
Soulsville
Wyoming County
Anna and
Paradine Evans
Raleigh County
Cora L. Snyder
Pax Man Injured In 60-Foot Fall
John Guy Brunk, 4 Pax, fell sixty feet from a cliff onto the West Virginia Turnpike. He is in critical condition at Beckley Hospital after being spotted by a motorist near Milepost 54 and rushed from Melton Mortuary. Authorities say he appeared to have fallen before daybreak and was found at daylight.
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John Guy Brunk
Pax
Beckley Hospital
West Virginia
Turnpike Division
Brunk
Beckley
Melton Mortuary
Mock Pleads Guilty In Raleigh Court Jail Term
George Mock Jr. pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court to an attempt to commit a felony after being charged with three counts of breaking and entering. He was sentenced to two months in the county jail for breaking into the Pagoda Shopping Center and stealing electric razors and watches.
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George Mock Jr
Raleigh
Mock
Pagoda
Peelish Attends Safety Meeting at Jacksons Mill
Victor Peelish head of the Woodrow Wilson High School Driver Education program attended the 11th annual West Virginia Driver and Safety Education Association conference at Jacksons Mill. He joined a two day panel on improving classroom instruction with Nellie Cundiff Harry Holton Andreck and Kenneth Hall as fellow panelists. Other speakers included Col Hazen Fair Roy W Walker Col H Lipscomb Mrs Florence Colvin Dr Charles Hawkins and Lt T A Welty from various public safety and education agencies.
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Victor Peelish
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia
Driver and Safety Education Association
Jackson's Mill
Peelish
Nellie Cundiff
Hinton
Harry Holton
Madison
Andreck
Webster Springs
Kenneth Hall
Grantsville
Col. Hazen Fair
Department of Public Safety
Roy W. Walker
H. J. Lipscomb
Baltimore
Florence Colvin
Logan High School
Charles C. Hawkins
West Virginia State College
T. A. Welty
Accident Prevention Bureau
Beckley Skies Prominent celestial events and planetary times
The Sun sets at 6 52 and rises 6 03 a m Tuesday The Moon rises 5 46 a m Tuesday New Moon tonight Spica in southeast at 10 09 p m Venus sets 9 16 p m Mars high in west 8 5 p m Jupiter low in southeast 12 21 a m Saturn low in southeast 2 44 a m
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
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