Talks Open Despite Arab-Israeli Violence 140 Killed In Ambush
Algerian clash near Djuerf claims 140 dead 60 rebels bodies found 60 reportedly fled. UN chief Hammarskjold launches Palestine peace mission meeting Burns then Cairo and Damascus. Jordan and Syria vow united action against Israeli threats as Gaza firefights intensify amid U.S. support signals.
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Djuerf
Tel Aviv
Israel
Dag Hammarskjold
Palestine
Hammarskjold
Lydda
E. L. M. Burns
U.N. Palestine Truce Commission
Burns
Cairo
Tel Aiv
Foreign Office
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.N
Damascus
Syria
Hussein
Jordan
Concord College housing project approved amid bond plan
The State Board of Education awarded contracts for a 24 family housing project at Concord College and for renovations to the State Rehabilitation Center at Institute. H B Agsten Jr Inc won the Concord bid at 101 993, and Bowers and Chilton Inc won the Institute bid at 20 980. The board authorized a 131 000 bond package with federal housing aid and set up sale of revenue bonds. The Athens campus facility will house married students and their families in six motel type units.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
Concord College
Institute
H. B. Agsten Jr., Inc
Concord
South Charleston
Bowers and Chilton, Inc
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Virgil Stewart
Washington
Paize Wooldridge
Bluefield
Athens
Probation Granted in Raleigh County Sentences
Two Raleigh Countians faced penitentiary terms at Moundsville but received probation instead. Carl Elmer Rasnick 19 Skelton pled guilty and was placed on two years probation after Judge Harry L. McCreery noted a clean record and participation by the defense. Grady Massie 41 Pineknob had a probation motion granted after a defense claim he was not a partner, though his brother Lewis and others serve penitentiary terms for the theft involved.
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Raleigh
Moundsville
Carl Elmer Rasnick
Skelton
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Rasnick
McCreery
Grady Massie
Massie
Lewis
State Penitentiary
Sergeant Admits Discipline March At Parris Island Tragedy
Marine sergeant Matthew C. McKeon admitted ordering a night march to teach discipline for 75 recruits who were fed into a tidal stream, five drowned and one missing. Officials said the march was unscheduled and beyond authority. The incident prompted a closed inquiry at the Marine recruit depot headquarters.
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Parris Island
Matthew C. McKeon
Worcester
Mass
Marine
Jeremiah Collins
Newark
Randolph Pate
Marine Corps
McKeon
Pate
Joseph C. Burger
Mollohan Campaign Plans Beckley Sunday Reception
A reception for gubernatorial candidate Robert H. Mollohan will be held Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 at the Beckley Hotel. Attending are Mollohan and spouse, the Smiths of Beckley, and Hulett Smith with Arrangements by Nancy Richards Beckley, secretary for the Raleigh County Mollohan group.
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Robert H. Mollohan
Beckley
Randey Webb
Raleigh County
Webb
Robert Mollohan
Fairmont
Hulett C. Smith
Joe L. Smith
Hulett Smith
Mollohan
Nancy Richards Beckley
County Mollohan
Dulles Briefs Congress On Middle East Tensions
Secretary of State Dulles and 14 congressional leaders reviewed the Middle East crisis including possible U S troop use. House GOP Leader Martin said no authority request was contemplated at this time, amid reports of fighting between Israeli and Egyptian groups in Palestine. Eisenhower stayed in close touch from Augusta, Georgia, noting commitments within constitutional means to oppose aggression.
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Gaza Strip
Fedayeen
East Judean
Lachish
Jordan
Eisenhower
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Middle East
White House
Augusta
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U.S
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Washington
Dulles
House Gop
Martin
Mass
State Department
Palestine
Senate
House
Knowland
Calif
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D-Tex
Johnson
Texas
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Illinois
GOP
Arends
Connecticut Critics West Virginia Visit As Waste Of Time
Gov Ribicoff labeled Gov Marland’s planned trip to Hartford to discuss West Virginia industrial expansion a waste of time. Marland said he would meet Connecticut officials April 20 for a private luncheon with industrialists to discuss opportunities for locating branch plants. He invited Ribicoff and Sidney Edwards, but both declined.
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Hartford
Conn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
West Virginia
Connecticut
Ribicoff
William C. Marland
Council Action Slated On Engineer's Invoice
Beckley City Council will decide today at 7:30 p m on the invoice submitted by former City Engineer Dennis Leary after his March 24 resignation. The agenda also covers the council’s visit to the James Lilly property on Mercer Street and a request for a West Avenue street light with Fire Chief Bernard Martin set to propose a recommendation.
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Dennis Leary
Beckley
Leary
James Lilly
Mercer St
Bernard Martin
West Ave
Three Demos Seek Nomination For Circuit Clerk's Position
Three Democrats bid for the Circuit Court clerk nomination in the May 8 primary. Republican Ezra M. Easy Ashworth is unopposed in Beckley. Incumbent Van Hunter faces C Harold Hanks and Marie Ames Harvell, Beckley residents, in the Democratic race. Hunter has held the post since 1928. Hanks seeks a second bid after a 1952 sheriff run. Harvell has served Beckley as recorder treasurer and sought the clerk nomination in 1950.
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Ezra M
Ashworth
Beckley
van Hunter
C. Harold Hanks
Marie Ames Harvell
Area Students Win Merit Certificates
Five area high school seniors are named in the National Merit Scholarship Corp. list of 4,300 top seniors earning certificates of merit. The 504 scholarships will be announced May 7, each worth about $6,000 total for four years. Named top qualifiers include James Bair Sidney T. Shmedling Steve Vermillion Beckley Woodrow Wilson Martha Ashley Gauley Bridge and Charles B. Bird Princeton.
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National Merit Scholarship Corporation
NIMSC
James Bair
Sidney T. Shmedling
Steve T. Vermillion
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High
Spellers Alerted Eliminations Set This Week
Spelling Bees begin across Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties with eliminations edging toward district and county contests and a tri county crown in May. Officials list words to remove from lists and announce district and town contests with districts scheduling April 18 19 in Beckley and Stoco High School Coal City.
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Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Register
Associations of Principals
Faye Cooper
S. W. Moye
Slab Fork
Stoco
Coal City
Mary Abbott
Winnie Daniel
Letha Simms
Adina Sanger
Shirley Meador
Sadie Wonder
Hope Cooper
Arlene Chambers
Wyoming County
Elbert L Cook
Barkers Ridge
Herndon High School
A. R. “Sam” Tucker
Beckley Junior High School
Basil Anderson
Mabscott
B. F. Moye
Prosperity
Haven C. Clay
Crab Orchard
Dearest Mother Prize Seeks Beckley Area Entrants
Beckley Business Bureau clarifies rules for the Dearest Mother program. Entrants must have a mother who is a resident of the Beckley trading area covering about five counties. entrants may live anywhere. The winner earns a three day, all expense paid trip to New York City for the mother and one guest.
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New York
Beckley
Froman Johnson
Charleston
BBB
New York City
West Virginia
The
Business Bureau
Johnson
Evening star guide from Beckley Sun page
The Sun will set at 6 57 p m and rise at 5 4 a m on Wednesday The Moon is a new phase at 9 39 p m Mars rises at 2 44 a m and moves into Capricornus Bright Mars outshines Altair but remains dimmer than Vega as observed above Altair and Vega in the sky
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Mars
Capricornus
Altair
Vega
West Virginia Weather Update With Rain and Snow Melt
Occasional rain mixed with melting snow in extreme north tonight. Low 38 to 45. Wednesday cloudy and windy with rain ending by afternoon, colder at night. Five day outlook shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with warmer Friday, colder weekend, rain midweek and again Saturday, total precipitation half to one inch. River levels near Bellepoint and reservoirs vary near normal to slightly muddy conditions.
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West Virginia
Registered slate for U S Senator race listed names
The register shows a straw ballot with candidates including Joe F Burdett Milton J Ferguson Robert H Mollohan Albert D Willer J Howard Myers and others such as Philip H Hill Chapman Revercout Tom Sweeney Esta C Wilson A J Carey John G Fox William C Marl Byron B Randolph Joseph Arcuri Walter G Crichton Jr.
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Joe F. Burdett Milton J. Ferguson
Robert H. Mollohan
Albert D. Willer J. Howard Myers
Philip H. Hill
Chapman
Tom Sweeney
Esta C. Wilson
A. J. Carey
John G. Fox
William C. Marl and
Byron B. Randolph
Joseph Arcuri
Walter G. Crichton Jr
Murder Victim's Husband Dies In Logan Hospital
Solomon Reed, 65, husband of Mrs. Sarah Reed, the slain March 1953 apartment robbery victim, died yesterday in a Logan hospital. Reed, a retired coal miner, had stayed with a United Mine Workers district officer during the crime. Four of six men linked to the robbery are serving life terms. the sixth is in a mental hospital. Loveless, twice convicted, faced death, then life imprisonment with a new appeal pending.
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Logan
Solomon Reed
Melvin Loveless
Logan Hospital
Reed
Sarah Reed
Loveless
Charleston
United Mine Workers District
Prisoners Hear Sentence in Fayette Court
Donald Ray Long of Beckley and Albert Darrell Barker of Cleveland were sentenced by Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. in Fayette County Circuit Court to 10 years in the State Penitentiary at Moundsville for armed robbery of a Beard's Fork service station. The two had pleaded guilty in Raleigh County to the Nov. 15 robbery and will be returned to Moundsville after disposition in Fayette.
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Raleigh County
Fayette County
Beard’s Fork
Donald Ray Long
Beckley
Albert Darrell Barker
Cleveland
Charles L. Garvin Jr
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Kaye
Daniels
Unidentified Man Jailed for Moonshine
An unidentified man was lodged in Raleigh County Jail by Beckley Police on charges of possession of moonshine and intoxication. He had no identification and was too intoxicated to provide his name. authorities planned to question him later today.
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Raleigh County
Beckley
Little Jack Little Dies in Hollywood Home
Hollywood Fla. composer and dance band figure Little Jack Little, 56, was found dead in bed with investigators considering poison. Assistant Medical Examiner Jack Mickley cited recent ailments and low spirits. completion of the autopsy will be released through county solicitor or state attorney. A maid found the body at his residence.
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Hollywood
Fla
Little Jack Little
Asst
Jack Mickley
Little
Mickley
Stolen Car Found Near Beckley After Theft
Beckley police recovered an automobile stolen from Beckley Junction about 10 am Monday. The car, found abandoned near Ury, was returned to owner Aubrey Hatcher of 404 East Prince Street. The gas tank was empty and one tire flat when found. investigation continues.
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Beckley Junction
Ury
Beckley
Aubrey Hatcher
E. Prince St
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