Heiress and Chauffeur Seek Marriage in Carolina
American heiress Gamble Benedict and her Romanian-born chauffeur Andre Porumbeanu filed for a South Carolina marriage license after fleeing New York, where a warrant for Benedict’s arrest as a ward of the court had been issued. The license is subject to a 24 hour waiting period.
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Paris
Carolina
Gamble Benedict
Andre Porumbeanu
South Carolina
New York
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Remington Typewriter
New York City
Brooklyn
Miss Benedict
France
Porumbeanu
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Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Perumbeanu
Miguel Gomez Guerra
Allen
Long Island
Helma
Gigi
Katherine Benedict
Gamble
Douglas
Porucheanu
State Supreme Court
Andre
East Gulf Man Executes Bond For Murder Case
An East Gulf man, charged with murdering his common law wife, posted a $5,000 bond and was released from Raleigh County Jail at 3 15 p m Tuesday to await Grand Jury appearance. Criminal Court Judge Harry L McCreery had set the bond. Harry Griffin was arrested at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after arriving by ambulance with the dying Beatrice Yancy Hairston. The woman died at the hospital from a shotgun wound to the chest.
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Raleigh
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Harry Griffin
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Beatrice Yancy Hairston
Bookmobile Route Set For Thursday
The Raleigh County Bookmobile will stop at Shady Spring General Store at 9.9 to 9.30 a.m. Cool Ridge Post Office 9:40 to 10:10 a.m. Ghent Post Office 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. Odd Post Office 11 to 11:30 a.m. Resaco Company Store 11:45 to 12:16 p.m. Lillybrook Company Store 12:30 to 1 p.m. Shumate's Grocery Coal City 1:45 to 2:15 p.m. Pemberton Post Office 2:20 to 2:50 p.m. Midway Post Office 3:30 p.m.
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Raleigh County
Shady Spring
Cool Ridge
Ofico
Ghent
Odd
Resaco Company
Lillybrook Company
Shumate’s
Coal City
Pemberton
Midway
Charge Dismissed When License Found
A charge of selling beer without a city beer license was dismissed against J. T. White 85 South Fayette Street Tuesday after he produced his license at City Police Headquarters White operator of the Chicken Box on South Fayette Street was cited on the charge after being unable to show his license while police were in his establishment He said he had been painting inside and misplaced the license
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J. T. White
South Fayette Steet
White
South Fayette Street
Trio Pleads Guilty and Placed On Probation
Three men Kerr Deck and Gideon pleaded guilty to an attempted felony in Raleigh County Criminal Court. They were sentenced to one year in jail fined fifty dollars for breaking and entering Wilkes Distributing Co on Eisenhower Drive and placed on probation.
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Raleigh County
James Franklin Kerr
Gray Kerth Deck
Phillip Gideon
Wilkes Distributing Co
Eisenhower Drive
Beckley Merchants Extend Wednesday Hours Ahead of Easter
Beckley merchants will keep stores open this afternoon and next Wednesday in accordance with their policy of two Wednesday afternoon openings before Easter Sunday. The Beckley Business Bureau announced the plan.
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Beckley
Beckley Business Bureau
Banquet Planned at North Lester Elementary Thursday
A banquet will be served at North Lester Elementary School after a 5 p.m. program Thursday. The Parent Teacher Association will organize the dinner.
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North Lester
Parent- Teacher Association
Shortening The News lawn event and other items
The news brief covers the lawn event on April 18 after Easter, a Geneva diplomacy push on the disarmament talks, the death of Peter Llewellyn Davies, former West Virginia governor Alma Morgan, a grant for Bluefield and McMechen development, final arguments in a murder trial in Wayne, Wendell W. Bowyer’s new duties in the State Tax Department, and two conditions set by State Road Commissioner Graney for a Huntington bridge loan.
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Alma Morgan
E. F. Morgan
West Virginia
Morgantown
Bluefield
McMechen
W. Va
West Virginia Economic Development Agency
Ohio
Rebecca Ellison In Satisfactory Condition After Fall Injury
Rebecca Ellison in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after a fall Tuesday caused a left knee injury. Sophia is not cited as a separate subject in this report.
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Rebecca Ellison
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Deaths and Funerals Emmet Roy Long 1918 1960
Funeral services for Emmet Roy Long 42 of Keyrock will be held Friday at 2 p m in the Church of God Jackson Hill by Rev Stellie Parsons Brenton Burial will be in Perdue Cemetery near Pineville Long died Monday night after a two year illness He worked as a miner for Marianna Smokeless Coal Co Born at Rockview in 1918 he was a son of Walter Long Mullens and Mrs Lackie Farley Long Holmes He is survived by his wife Lillie Simpson Long one son Richard and five daughters Pansy Juanita Linda Bonnie and Lorene all of Rockview The body will be taken to his residence Thursday from Robertson and Fogle Funeral Home Pineville Casper Payne Chatham Va and two sisters Miss Donnie Payne Providence R I and Mrs Lena Plumbar Philadelphia Pa also survive The body will remain at Trent Funeral Home until services.
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Emmet Roy Long
Keyrock
Church of God
Jackson Hill
Stellie Parsons
Brenton
Perdue
Pineville
Long
Mullens Hospital
Marianna Smokeless Coal Co
Marianna
Rockview
Final rites for Jacob T Miller 84 Lanark
Funeral services for Jacob T Miller of Lanark will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the Church of Christ Stanaford with Fred M Cline in charge. Burial will be in Stanaford Cemetery. Miller died Tuesday at his daughter's home Gladys Basham of Lanark where he resided. Born in Craigsville Virginia December 5 1875 he was a retired coal miner last with E. E. Stanley Coal Co. at Lanark. He belonged to United Mine Workers Local 7086 Raleigh and the Church of Christ Stanaford. Survived by wife Hattie Miller preceded in death January 3. also a brother Walter Miller Haynes City Florida two daughters Daisy Miller East Beckley and Florence Pruitt Piney View. three sons Willie F Miller Piney View Roy Miller Mabscott and Charlie Miller Chicago Illinois. 36 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren. Webb and Neal Funeral Home in charge until the hour.
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Lanark
Church of Christ, Stanaford
Fred M. Cline
Stanaford
Miller
Gladys Basham
Craigsville
E. E. Stanely Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Raleigh
Church of Christ
Hattie Miller
Basham
Walter Miller
Haynes City
Fla
Daisy Miller
East Beckley
Florence Pruitt
Piney View
Willie F. Miller
Roy Miller
Mabscott
Charlie Miller
Chicago
Iil
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Requiem Mass for Rosa Quintier Polinski Held
Mrs Rosa Quintier Polinski 80 of Kessinger Street dies after short illness in local hospital. Rev Father Joseph Mascioli to celebrate Requiem High Mass at St Francis de Sales Church Friday 10 am. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by two sons Fred Crab Orchard and Tom Tucson, a daughter Rosa Tassitano Beckley, 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Rosary at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Thursday 7 pm. Pallbearers listed.
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Joseph Mascioli
Rosa Quintier Polinski
Kessinger St
St. Francis de Sales
Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral services for Mrs Dona Martin
Mrs Dona Martin 72 of Harper Heights will be laid to rest Thursday at 2 p m at the Church of God Harper Heights with Elder J C Richardson presiding Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park She died Sunday in a Huntington hospital She was a member of Harper Heights Church of God Survivors include two brothers Welch Payne Roanoke Va and
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Dona Martin
Harper Heights
Church of God
J. C. Richardson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Bank Begins Major Interior Renovation at Beckley Branch
Marble will replace lobby tile and install new terrazzo floors with work by Tonelli and Cipolat and Martina Tile Co. Substantial changes shift tellers to the left, create two new mezzanines housing a trust department and extra offices. The president’s office moves to the right rear with an adjoining executive space, a note department replaces the former office, and an elliptical ceiling tops the banking area. Local sub-contractors and Meadows Lumber Co. will supervise, with steel orders placed today and a six month completion target barring banking disruption.
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Tonelli and Cipolat
Martina Tile Co
Trust Department
Law
Thornhill and
Thornhill
John Lucy
American Furniture and Fixture Co
Meadows
Beckley
Meadows Lumber Co
American Glass and Mirror Co
Sam Foley
Akers Electric Service
Fayetteville
K.T. Ford
Nash Campbell
Cecil Nichols
Summersville
Nichols
Bank
Salem
Earthen Signals to Galactic Neighbors Could Reach Other Worlds
Drake and colleagues discuss using hydrogen line frequencies to listen for intelligent alien broadcasts and possibly reply with a confirming signal. The plan envisions pulsed or coded messages, simple universal facts, and eventual exchange of TV pictures, delaying contact until more capable equipment arrives. They consider risks, hoping aliens are benevolent and advance in radio science.
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Drake
Wisconsin primary echoes Kennedy Humphrey clash
Kennedy and Humphrey fought a hard Wisconsin campaign with cross state stops and outside help. Nixon drew third place as Mor ton hailed the outcome. Kennedy noted his Wisconsin win tested him against a rival and amid religious sensitivities, while both men prepared for West Virginia.
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Lacrosse
Kennedy
Vicory
Wisconsin
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Racine
Kenosha
Afl-Cio
Humphrey
Nixon
Washington
GOP Naional
Thruston Morton
New Hampshire
Harvard
House Debates on Vinson Committee Measure Defeated
Chairman Carl Vinson led a committee defeat by 24 to 10. Hebert hailed a victory though the panel added language declaring influence peddling unlawful. A substitute bill by Kilday passed 25 to 8 replacing an earlier version and fixed retirement pay forfeiture at two years regardless of selling duration.
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Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Hebert
Kilday
Oak Hill Man Released Today
Phillip C. Gatehouse of 316 Thompson Ave Oak Hill was released from Raleigh County Jail at 7 40 a m after posting a $5 bond on illegal parking and drunkenness charges. Two federal prisoners were moved from Raleigh County Jail to Kanawa County Jail by a U S Deputy Marshal James C Ellison Camden on Gauley charged with interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle and Frederick H Bigelow Keystone charged with forgery.
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Thompson Ave
Oak Hill
Raleigh
Kanawa
U.S
James C. Ellison
Camden - On - Gauley
Frederick H. Bigelow
Keystone
Not Leaving Board as President Resigns Seat Still Held
Pineville resident Gilbert Goode did not resign from the Wyoming County Board of Education on Monday. He relinquished the board presidency to C. F. Mundy of Mullens but remains a board member.
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Pineville
BNL
Gilbert Goode
Wyoming County Board of Education
C. F. Mundy
Mullens
Barron and Smith face West Virginia governor race clash
Hulett C. Smith accuses W W Barron of backing by the old statehouse machine and special interests while Barron’s campaign manager cites broad support from former statehouse workers, beer and liquor interests, coin machine operators, ministers, labor, bankers, doctors, farmers and others. Harry Pauley withdraws, saying he cannot win, as Democrat leadership faces internal strain amid calls for better roads, forest work, and job programs. Republican candidates Barron and Revercomb push pro industry, infrastructure plans to spur jobs and development in interior counties.
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Smith
Barron
Pauley
Hulett Smith
Democratic Executive Committee
McDowell
Senate
Ralph Bean
West
Charleston
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
California bill on vehicle smog devices by county districts
California lawmakers passed a measure requiring gasoline vehicles and commercial trucks to install emissions devices, with implementation deadlines set by each county or air pollution control district. Exemption and cost details remain uncertain, with estimates broadly ranging from seventy to two hundred dollars. The bill includes a state board funding of 399,069 to contract private labs for testing. Senator Richard Richards of Los Angeles praised it as a major step in cleaning the air.
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Department of Public Health
Los Angeles
Richard Richards
Kentucky native helps honor West Virginia veterans bonus program
A Kentucky native who trained at Greenbrier High School and worked as a nurse in Charleston attended a ceremony where Director C. S. Collier Jr of the Veterans Affairs Department spoke. He noted the event marks the conclusion of West Virginia's 89.5 million dollar veterans bonus program, citing that since 1952 about 320,000 checks have been issued to veterans and survivors for World Wars I and II and Korea.
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Kentucky
Greenbrier High School
Ronceverte
Charleston
C. S. Collier Jr
Veterans Affairs Department
Underwood
West Virginia
Korea
Kennedy visit rally to draw large turnout at courthouse
DON HODSON Raleigh County Kennedy for President Club chairman expects a large turnout for the rally in the courthouse. He is well pleased with volunteer support to make Senator Kennedy's visit a success.
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Don Hodson
Raleigh County
Senator Kennedy
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