Four Lost Children Found By Searchers
A nationwide weekend ends happily as four missing children are found. In Ohio a Strongville boy Donald Lutman Jr., 11, was found near a drive in theater after Friday disappearance. Virginia Lee Ford, 3, in Michigan, was found asleep in a weed field near her home. Brian Brehmeyer, 5, near Shelton Washington, was located with a beagle after 20 hours outside in 40 degree cold. Sammy Jennings, 7, found atop a rock pinnacle in Unaweep Canyon after an 18 hour search following a family picnic. Weather cooled to 29 degrees during Grand Junction search.
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Ohio
Strongville
Donald L. Lutman Jr
Colorado
Washington
Michigan
St. Joseph
Mich
Virginia Lee Ford
Brian Brehmeyer
Shelton
Wash
Brian
Herbert Brehmeyer
Grand Junction
Colo
Sammy Jennings
Unaweep Canyon
Rockefeller Push Signals Off-Beat Nomination Drive
The GOP National Committee race shows Rockefeller backers recruiting business and professional people as shifts toward Nixon, with California group Californians for Rockefeller forming and George Hinman positioned as a watchdog. Chairman Morton vows neutrality while pledging fairness to Nixon and Rockefeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
GOP
National Committee
Rockefeller
Willkie
Charles Lewsadder
Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
George L. Hinman
Sen
Thurston B Morton
Kentucky
Morton
Meade Alcorn
Chicago
Raleigh Resident Freed On Bond
Jerrell Melvin Mickey of Raleigh was freed from Raleigh County Jail after posting a $1,000 property bond to appear in Mabscott Police Court Tuesday night on charges of driving while drunk and possessing moonshine whisky. Bond was set at $500 per charge. Also, two Federal prisoners, James Pennington of Bluefield and Thomas Neal Syme of Grand Rapids, Mich., were moved from the jail today by a U. S. deputy marshal to Huntington after being booked Saturday. Eugene Gray of Mount Hope was jailed at 10:45 p.m. Sunday by Beckley Police for drunkenness and trespassing. John Thomas Adam, 30, of Beckley, posted a $20 bond for his appearance in City Police Court after a speeding citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerrell Melvin Mickey
Raleigh
Mabscott
James Pennington
Bluefield
Thomas Neal Syme
Grand Rapids
Mich
U. S
Huntington
Eugene Gray
Mount Hope
Beckley
John Thomas Adam
Fire Threat Eliminated in West Virginia District 4
A weekend mix of rain and snow eliminated the forest fire threat in District 4 of the West Virginia Conservation Commission. A conservation spokesman said no fires were reported Saturday, Sunday, or today.
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District 4
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Three Men Arrested in West Virginia Break-Ins
Beckley State Police jailed Clarence Crawford of Shady Spring and two others for break-ins in Raleigh Summers and Mercer counties. A White Oak Grocery and Post Office entry on Christmas Eve 1958 yielded about $3,000 in cash stamps and money orders. The safe was later found in Summers County. most contents recovered. Collins and Grimmett, Alderson residents, held and jailed in Summers and Lewisburg while under investigation for Summers Mercer entries. Postal inspector aided investigation.
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Hinton
Raleigh
Summers
Mercer
Clarence Crawford
Summers County
Shady Spring
White Oak
Beckley
Robert Lewis Collins
Billy Grimmett
Alderson
Collins
Grimmett
Lewisburg
United Fund Meeting Called In Raleigh County Courthouse
The United Fund organizational meeting is set for 7 30 p m today in the Circuit Courtroom of the Raleigh County Courthouse. Beckley Chamber of Commerce president M F Barksdale urges broad attendance, saying a unified fund could consolidate several annual drives into one effort.
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United Fund
Raleigh County
M. F. Barksdale
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Barksdale
Billy Graham Crusade Draws 50 000 In Sydney
In Sydney 50 000 attended the opening of Billy Graham's crusade as gates opened after hours of waiting. Traffic was clogged by thousands of cars and about 400 special buses. An official reported 3 036 people made Decisions for Christ, with church unity praised by the Rt. Rev. Ronald Kerle, co adjutor Anglican bishop of Sydney.
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Sydney
Australia
Billy Graham
Crusade
Ronald Kerle
T He Crusade
Beckley Student Wins Science Fair Trip
Harmon Lushbaugh a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School won a trip to the National Science Fair by placing first in the physical science division at the Region 3 Science Fair in Bluefield Friday night. His exhibit titled Development of Cathode Rays. The national fair will be conducted May 5 9 in Hartford Conn. The other Raleigh County entrant to place was Anthony Terzis a WWHS sophomore with Us ing a Radio Tube to Generate Xrays. Entrants hailed from Raleigh Dowell Mercer Wyoming and Summers counties.
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Harmon Lushbaugh
Woodrow Wilson High School
Bluefield
W. F. Lushbaugh
West C St
Hartford
Conn
Raleigh County
Anthony Terzis
WWHS
James Terzis
Westwood Dr
Raleigh
McDowell
Mercer
Wyoming
Summers Counties
Nye Back Home from Cuban Trial in Cuba Death Sentence
Alan Robert Nye returned to Whiting Indiana with his mother and stepfather after a Cuban tribunal suspended his death sentence for conspiring to kill Fidel Castro. Nye, who said he wants to forget Cuba, faced a firing squad if he returns. He described his 106 days in jail and expressed relief to be home.
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Chicago
Alan Robert Nye
Whiting
Ind
Cuba
Fidel Castro
US. Navy
Midway Airport
Havana
Nye
Joseph Lynch
Daniel Lynch
New Orleans
Dante
Nye May Face Charge In Burning Of Planes
FORT LAUDERDALE AP Nye May Face Charge In The Burning Of Three F351 fighter planes at Broward International Airport on Oct 9. Alan Robert Nye, a Cuban exile, allegedly admitted the arson while jailed in Havana. Broward Sheriff investigator Ben Grigsby would confer with prosecutors on arrest warrants.
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Nye
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Alan Robert Nye
Cuba
Havana
Broward International Airport
Ben Grigsby
Broward
Marital Counselors Meet in Raleigh Thursday
A Raleigh County marital counseling group will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Raleigh Coca Cola Bottling Works on South Oakwood Avenue. Dr W C Covey Jr will speak on marital problems faced by physicians. Public invited. those with marital concerns may call CL 3 783 to arrange. The panel includes social workers ministers and lawyers.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh Coca-Cola Bottling Works
South Oakwood Avenue
W. C. Covey Jr
Four men sail raft Cantata II toward South Sea Isles
CALLAO Peru AP Four men from three nations embarked westward on the raft Cantata II hoping wind and currents will carry them to the South Sea Isles. Skipper Edward Inglis 45 of Czechoslovakia is joined by Jose Matause 37 also Czech Joaquin Guerrero 37 of Argentina and Jaime Toled o 34 of Peru. The venture follows Thor Heyerdahls Kon Tiki crossing from Peru to the South Pacific.
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Callao
Peru
Pacific
South Sea Isles
Edward Inglis
Czechoslovakia
Jose Matause
Joaquin Guerrero
Argentina
Jaime Toledo
Thor Heyerdahl
South Pacific
Dragging Of River Fails To Turn Up Clarksburg Missing Women
Two convicts who escaped Huttonsville Medium Security Prison may have been near Sutton as missing women Mrs. Juanita Ferguson and Mrs. Virginia Conley stopped for coffee. James L. Davis and Johnny Hall, both jailed for grand larceny, led police to Gassaway area while Hall surrendered later in Summersville. Dragging by seven boats in snow failed to locate the Buick or car remains. authorities probe hours around 9 p.m. Wednesday, seeking discrepancies in the escapes and movements. Davis remains in Madison. Hall turned himself in. Lie detector tests were not planned at this time.
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Sutton
Clarksburg
Juanita Ferguson
Virginia Conley
Beckley
Huttonsville
Gassaway
James L. Davis
Boone County
Dell White
Johnny Hall
Dille
Nicholas County
Charleston
Hall
Summersville
J. F. Wynne
State Police
West Fork
U. S. 19
Weston
Ferguson
Conley
C. L. Walker
State Police Co. A
Walker
Davis
Houchins Named To State Council For Students
Beckley College Student Council president Leon Houchins was elected vice president of a new State Council at the State Student Governments conference at West Liberty College Wheeling The meeting also elected Bill Bartley host president of the State Council and formed a plan to unify colleges under a common constitution Joy Underwood Beckley College treasurer attended as a representative Houchins plans further study at Morris Harvey College after Beckley completes his AA degree in June
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Leon Houchins
Beckley College
West Liberty College
Wheeling
Joy Underwood
Bill Bartley
Bartley
State Council
Houchins
Circle K Club
C. L. Houchins
Hinton
Jimmy Gleason Dies After Year of Ill Health
Hollywood obituary notes actor Jimmy Gleason 72 known for dour long faced character roles in scores of films died Sunday night after a year of illness.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Gleason
Gleason
West Virginia Weather Report Highlights Cold Frost Tonight
Fair and cold with frost tonight in West Virginia, with low temperatures in the 25 to 32 degree range. Tuesday expected to be partly cloudy and warmer, with yesterday's high around 40 and a low near 32 as dawn breaks. River conditions at Bellepoint show Greenbrier above normal and rising, while Bluestone Reservoir remains above normal with 16 gates open and a gauge at 6.8 feet.
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Miners Strike In Northern West Virginia
In Morgantown AP reports 200 miners struck at 19 small coal mines not signed to the new United Mine Workers contract. Some mines had work as usual signs. two small mines signed for a $2 daily wage increase. District 31 estimates 260 union miners in the area with 4 to 8 men per mine.
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Morgantown
United Mine Workers
Bruce Gabbert
Monongahela Valley
UMW
Joseph L. Serdich
District 31
School Burglars Get Three Cents
MULLENS RNS Burglars who entered the Iroquois Stephen son School over the weekend found only three cents from a teacher’s desk. A broken key in the freezer and damaged office door showed failed entry to the deep freeze and office. Trooper Stanley Epling and Deputy Sheriff Verne Morgan investigated.
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Mullens
RNS
Iroquois-Stephenson
Paul Ritchie
Ritchie
Stanley Epling
Verne Morgan
Break-In Case Yields Mixed Sentences in Raleigh Court
Harper man Russell Miller was sentenced to 1 to 10 years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville after pleading guilty to breaking and entering the Eccles Junior High and Elementary School. Six men appeared before Judge Harry L. McCreery with four receiving probation and one, Alfred DeWeese, 44, Mabscott, jailed 90 days for obstructing an officer. Rob ert Rosmond pleaded nolo contendere to grand larceny and received 1 to 10 years plus three years probation. others from Glen Jean, Emory Jackson Williams, 20, John Edmund Williams, 20, and Daniel Rakes, 19, were placed on three years probation for attempting a felony tied to a Coffee’s Market break-in. The judge initially considered probation for Rosmond before granting it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Miller
Harper
Raleigh County
Moundsville
Harry L. McCreery
Eccles
Alfred DeWeese
Mabscott
DeWeese
Robert Rosmond
Nolo Contendre
Beckley
Kermit Locke
Rosmond
Locke
Pagoda
Glen Jean
Emory Jackson Williams
John Edmund Williams
Daniel Rakes
Coffee's Market
Stamford
McCreery
Anthony J. Sparacino
Shooting Victim Faces Surgery at Wyoming General Hospital
Leo Smith of Ury was wounded in the right arm at Maynard's Grill. He re entered Wyoming General Hospital at 10 55 a m Sunday and was to undergo surgery for bullet removal. Smith faced a warrant action and a hearing before Magistrate J K Cole. Maynard was arrested and charged with wounding after the shooting and posted 500 bond for a Thursday hearing.
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Leo Smith
Ury
Maynard's Grill
Wyoming General Hospital
Smith
Charles Maynard
J. K. Cole
Maynard
Wesley Thompson
Cole
Auto Catches Fire in 1954 Sedan in Mullens
Firefighters were called to Bud at 11 18 a.m. today after the interior of a 1954 sedan owned by Bob Fralin caught fire. The vehicle’s interior including cushions and glass was described as a loss.
Eisenhower Visits Hospital For Dulles Report
President Eisenhower visited the ailing John Foster Dulles at Walter Reed Army Hospital after arriving from Augusta on a golfing trip. An early decision on how long Dulles will stay in the Cabinet seemed likely as Allen W. Dulles and aides accompanied the secretary.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
Augusta
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Secretary of State
Walter Reed
State Department
Joseph N. Greene
Phyllis Bernau
Leonard Heaton
Wilton B. Persons
James C. Hagerty
Howard Snyder
Florida
Soviet Union
Polley
Vo Rehab Board Holds Meeting
The Vocational Rehabilitation division advisory board met at lunch in the Beckley Hotel Terrace Room. Guest speaker Carl Sullivan Jr. of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. discussed Kaiser's entrance into the aluminum business and West Virginia's industrial future. Beckley business leaders allied with area development were invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Beckley Hotel
Carl Sullivan Jr
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Ravenswood
Kaiser
West Virginia
Kaiser Company
Beckley
Break-In Investigated At Soak Creek School
State Police and Raleigh County deputies probe a Sunday night break-in at Soak Creek Elementary. Thieves shattered a door window but took nothing. a science project, a refrigerator, and a coin box in a nearby telephone booth were damaged or stolen.
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State Police
Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies
Soak Creek
State Elementary School Principals Association
Burglars Steal Safe At Hardy and Bailey Supermarket
In Cedar Grove West Virginia burglars entered via a back door of the Hardy and Bailey supermarket and removed a safe containing about $1,500. State police said the safe held $1,200 in cash and $300 in coins. The theft was discovered by J. R. Hardy during a routine check yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove
W. Va
Hardy and Bailey
J. R. Hardy
Golden Horseshoe Tests Set For Cranberry April 24
Eighth grade students excelling in West Virginia History at Cranberry Elementary School will take Golden Horseshoe tests at 9 30 a.m. Friday April 24 to select two finalists from each Raleigh County school. Transportation arrangements and pencils are requested. Results will be available by noon the next day. Raleigh County may send four high scorers to Charleston on May 15 for statewide awards alongside other counties. The award-origin story traces to pioneers and Sir Spotswood of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Cranberry Elementary School
Raleigh County
Mason Anderson
Superintendent of Schools
Charleston
Appalachian Mountains
J Spottswood
Virginia
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Associated Press
Aed
Oer
White
Madison
Morgan County
State Council For Students
Watts Hill
W. H. Allen
Tommy Mahan
Allen
Mahan
George W. Thompson Jr
Thompson
James McWhorter
Diana Dors
Dickie Dawson
Miss Dors
Dennis Hamilton
Dawson
Isen
Ie Iawete
bin Naval Oe
Oak Hill
Deen Senechnes
Vo Rehab Board
Cranberry School
Golden Horseshoe
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