Democrats Lead In Michigan Education Ballot Races
Detroit's large vote helped Democrats hold leads in most statewide contests while Republicans challenged in three of 12 partisan races. George Edwards and John Voelker led in nonpartisan supreme court races, and the state faced a looming 110 million dollar general fund deficit. Detroit expected a record turnout, with school bond issues and a 7.5 mill tax approved in the city.
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Michigan
Supreme Court
Edwards
Harvard
Voelker
William Baldwin
Maurice Cole
George Edwards
John D. Voelker
G. Mennen Williams
Frederick C. Matthaei
University of Michigan Board of Regents
Frank Merriman
Deckerville Farmer
State Board of Agriculture
Michigan State University
Ben D Burdick
Detroit
Wayne State University Board of Governors
Agriculture Board
New Wayne University Board
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Motor City
Baldwin
Cole
Big March Jobs Gain Cuts U.S. Unemployment
The March report shows unemployment fall by 387,000 to 4,362,000 and employment rise by 1,106,000 to 63,828,000, marking the largest February to March drop since 1950 and the biggest rise since 1951, with the seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropping from 6.1% to 5.8%. Seymour Wolfbein noted the improvement despite seasonal factors.
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Washington
Seymour Wolfbein
Labor Department Employment Statistics Bureau
Soviet Help Said Form Pro Red Foreign Legion In Iraq
Cairo reports say Soviet armed Kurdish tribesmen moved through the Suez Canal to Iraq, fueling speculation that Moscow aids Iraqi Premier Kassem in forming a pro communist foreign legion. Ships Gruzia Niki lai Brigof and Elia Teknikof reportedly carried troops and arms to Basra. observers say Kurdish citizens of the Soviet Union may lead units opposing Arab nationalists in Baghdad.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Iraq
Soviet Union
Abdel Karim Kassem
Persian Gulf
Basra
Iran
Turkey
Port Said
Kurd
Nasser
Kassem
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
U.A.R
Baghdad
Middle East
Elia Teknikof
Wyco Man Jailed On Liquor Store Break-In Charge
Kenneth Miles Clark of Wyco was remanded to Raleigh County Jail on a $1000 bond after waiving preliminary hearing on breaking and entering linked to a Rhodell State Liquor Store break-in discovered Saturday. About 13 bottles were stolen. Clark booked 10:57 p.m. Monday.
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Kenneth Miles Clark
Wyco
Raleigh
Cotton White
Clark
Rhodell
Marian Lee Tucker
Oceana
W. A. Burke
Turnpike
James Ballard
Mabscott
Paul Larkin
Tommy Jarrell Bennett
Beckley
Mary Bolen
Chamber Pledges Help for Beckley Clean-Up Week
Harry Anderson Beckley Chamber of Commerce managing director pledged chamber support for Clean-Up Week set for the first week in May. The campaign is sponsored by the Beckley Optimist Club with the Beckley Beautiful Committee and the local Fire Department coordinating efforts.
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Harry Anderson
Beckley
West Virginia Weather and River Conditions Report
Increasing cloudiness with scattered showers and thunder tonight, lows 45 to 55. Wednesday cooler with rain ending. Beckley highs near 60, lows around 55, today mid 60s. Oak Hill highs about 60, lows near 29, river at Bellepoint normal stage with muddy conditions. Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage with nine gates open and gauge 3.8 ft.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Lower Raleigh Heights Voting Rights Assured By Council Action
City council met to secure Lower Raleigh Heights residents’ right to vote in the Beckley April 21 primary and to validate Cecil Miller as a Republican mayoral candidate against Curly Allen. The ordinance shifts voters to Precinct 15 Sylvia School, seeks clerkly transfer of elector records, and may prompt a friendly suit if not complied with. precedent from 1943 supports aligning municipal precincts with county lines where feasible.
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City Council
Lower
Raleigh Heights
Beckley
Cecil Miller
House of Delegates
Curly Allen
Miller
C. O. Smith
Warren Thornhill III
Sylvia
Smith
A. K. Minter
Raleigh
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Wedding Fever Sweeps Tokyo Ahead of Crown Prince Wedding
Tokyo greets Friday wedding of Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko Shoda with celebratory banners and lights. A man swam the moat in front of the Imperial Palace with a placard praising the couple, saying he wished to congratulate the crown prince and the commoner fiancée.
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Imperial Palace
Crown Prince
Michiko
Hisashi Ando
Shoda
Ando
Akihito
Michiko Shoda
Tokyo
Eisenhower Heads to Augusta for Golf Vacation
President Eisenhower departed Washington by the presidential plane Columbine III at 10:51 a.m. with Mrs. Eisenhower, bound for a golf vacation in Augusta, Georgia. He presented at the door a painting of a columbine, Jade’s state flower, as they boarded.
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Eisenhower
Columbine III
Fishower
Columbine
Defendants Plea Draws Laughter in Court
In Raleigh County Criminal Courtroom ROY LEE VEST and John Scott Day faced a breaking and entering indictment for Coal City Cafe thefts totaling 410 dollars. Laughter rose when one said not guilty. They pleaded guilty after a brief conference with Judge Harry L. McCreery. sentencing delayed to 10 a.m. Monday with bonds remaining.
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Raleigh County
Roy Lee Vest
John Scott Day
Harry L. McCreery
Coal City
Jack Mann
Courthouse Sidewalk Repairs Begin In Raleigh County
Sidewalks along the Fayette Street side of the Raleigh County Courthouse begin repair work today. County Commissioner A. J. Lilly says the project continues last year’s effort and all deteriorated spots around the courthouse will be repaired before completion.
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Fayette Street
Raleigh County
A. J. Lilly
Lilly
Parkersburg and Logan Hold Key West Virginia Elections
Parkersburg and Logan led a busy West Virginia election day with Logan seeking a fifth term for Mayor Litz McGuire amid opposition support for Rev. John R. Browning. Parkersburg voters faced a nonpartisan mayoral race with former Police Chief Clarence W. Hulbert and principal Gorda L. Wilson, plus four city council seats. Brooke County voters considered approving about 187000 in annual school funding, potentially raising average home taxes by about 10 dollars if a 60 percent margin was reached.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
Logan
West Virginia
Wellsburg
Brook County
Litz McGuire
McGuire
John R. Browning
Frank F. Gore Jr
Clarence W. Hulbert
Gorda L. Wilson
Brooke County
Brooke
Frank Basil
Adenauer to Run for President of West Germany
Bonn AP Konrad Adenauer agreed to run for the presidency of West Germany a move that will end his active political career next July when Theodor Heuss term ends. Eugen Gerstenmaier announced the nomination by the Christian Democrats who have yet to name a successor as chancellor. The president’s post is largely ceremonial and Ludwig Erhard is seen as likely successor to the chancellor role.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Bundestag
Gerstenmaier
Christian Democrats
Adenauer
Theodor Heuss
Heuss
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Major Problems Face UMW Board
Washington AP reports the United Mine Workers International Executive Board faces two crises. A 7,000 member strike across six Eastern Kentucky counties turns violent, prompting calls for outside aid to restore order. In Pennsylvania’s anthracite region, a federal indictment targets a junior UMW official, Dominic J. Alaimo, on bribery charges linked to Knox Coal Co. He has been removed from pit committee duties as the case proceeds. The Justice Department ties him to a gangland event in Anvalachia New York.
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Washington
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers Union International Executive Board
UMW
Scranton
Dominic J. Alaimo
Knox Coal Co
Justice Department
Alaimo
Anvalachia
N. Y
Logan County Miner Killed In Accident
Logan County, AP report from Logan says coal miner James Fouch of Garrett's Fork was killed when rock fell at the W. & E. Coal Co. mine on Mill Creek. Survivor Paul L. Ball, injured with a back wound, warned a coworker to run but the man headed the wrong way and died.
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Logan
Paul L. Ball
W. & E. Coal Co
Mill Creek
Ball
James Fouch
Garrett
Big Creek
Fouch
Coal Operators Await Meeting With Underwood
Gov. Underwood will meet next week with four small coal operators associations in Charleston to discuss their objections to the United Mine Workers contract. More than 20,000 small operators’ employees may lose jobs if payrolls cannot meet the new terms. The groups seek a compromise and urged state leaders to aid a joint effort with the union.
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Charleston
Underwood
United Mine Workers
UMW
Bruce Gabbert
Monongahela Coal Operators Assn
Morgantown
Central
West Virginia
Gabbert
Gov. Underwood
County To Ask Aid On Landfills
The Raleigh County Court voted to seek help from the State Road Commission to establish sanitary landfills across the county. Commissioner John C. Ward will confer with Minor Scott to discuss access roads to landfills off main roads. Mrs. J. R. DePaulo requested county land at Little Beaver Park for a Girl Scout Camp, with Commissioner A. J. Lilly to coordinate.
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Raleigh
State Road Commission
John C. Ward
Minor Scott
SRC
Ward
Scott
J. R. DePaulo
Raleigh County
Girl Scout Council
Little Beaver Park
A. J. Lilly
DePaulo
Bridgeport Woman Named Mother of Year in West Virginia
Mrs Marguerite Johnson White of Bridgeport named West Virginia Mother of the Year by the Mothers Committee. She is mother to four sons and four daughters, born in 1895 in Bridgeport, noted for a family with leadership and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Marguerite Johnson White
Bridgeport
West Virginia
Mothers Committee
White
Burial of James Wood in Rocky Mount Virginia
The body of 74 year old James Wood of East Beckley was moved from Durgan Funeral Home to Carrington Funeral Home in Rocky Mount Virginia. Burial took place in Rocky Mount on Monday.
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James Wood
East Beckley
Durgan
Carrington
Rocky Mount
MacArthur Woman On Trial In Ritz Shooting Case
Betty J. Rice of Mac Arthur faces felonious wounding charges in Raleigh County Court over a November 23 1958 shooting at The Ritz Mabscott Hill. Prosecutor Sparacino says Rice fired at four attackers after defending her brother while defense argues Rice fired to scare off assailants and may have only struck the ground. Paul St Clair Mullens testified he was wounded while walking nearby and Trooper Garrett testified as the case opened.
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Betty J. Rice
MacArthur
Paul St. Clair
Mullens
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Anthony J. Sparacino
Miss Rice
Ritz
Mabscott Hill
Joe Luchini
Luchini
St. Clair
Brazil Club
State Police
W. M. Garrett
$1 476 Collected For Cancer Fund in Raleigh County
Funds for the 1959 Crusade for Cancer in Raleigh County rose by 1476.51 after a Monday bank deposit following a house to house canvass in Beckley and surrounding areas. Treasurer Mrs John Ward said many workers had not finished canvassing and some could not deliver to the Moose Club tally site. Areas still to report include Crab Orchard and Mabscott. The center’s operation is at risk without the drive. Letters went to 12 000 county residents and contributions total 909.65 to date.
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Raleigh
Beckley
John Ward
Crusade
Moose Club
Crab Orchard
Mabscott
Susan Hayward and David Niven Win Top Oscars
Susan Hayward and David Niven won the Academy Awards for acting, sharing top honors with the film Gigi which captured best picture and nine nominations. Burl Ives and Wendy Hiller won supporting acting awards. the broadcast featured many stars and was notably brief.
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Hollywood
Susan Hayward
David Niven
Gigi
Burl Ives
Wendy Hiller
Ingrid Berman
Eddie Fisher
Miss Hayward
Barbara Graham
Bob Hope
Hope
Niven
Pugh To Head Lake Association
Emmett Pugh Jr. was elected president of the Flat Top Lake Association at a Monday meeting in the Raleigh County Courthouse Circuit Courtroom. J. G. Lilly became vice president and Ross Irle was re-elected secretary treasurer. Five new board members were named Brooks Adair Robert J. Ashworth I Wilbur Bays J G Lilly and Lonnie Queen. About 105 attended as the 1959 60 budget was discussed and IRS and Federal excise tax cases were reviewed pending Federal Court outcomes.
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Emmett Pugh Jr
Lancaster Ave
Flat Top Lake Association
Raleigh County
J. G. Lilly
Ross Irle
Brooks Adair
Robert J. Ashworth
I. Wilbur Bays
Lonnie Queen
Flat Top Lake
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Supreme Court Asked To Void Leeber Ouster From Board
Counsel for A P Leeber petitions the Supreme Court to overturn a Raleigh County circuit court order removing Leeber from the Raleigh County Board of Education for voting to hire his wife as a teacher. The prior order, later set aside, removed Leeber and Covey for approving the superintendent’s employment list including their wives. Covey resigned, but Leeber faced a renewed removal ruling last month.
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Supreme Court
Leeber
A. P. Leeber
Circuit
Raleigh County Board of Education
Raleigh Circuit Court
R. C. Swim
Raleigh
H. Dale Covey
Covey
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Prohibition Party
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Pro-Red Foreign Legion
United Arab Republic
Black Sea
Odessa
Far East
Liam Carter
Carter
Solet
Chamber
Augusta
UMW Board
Logan County
Virginia
Pugh To Head Lake
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