Air Force Eyeing Recovery of Discoverer II Capsule
Air Force planes at Vandenberg may try to snatch the Discoverer II nose cone from the air as it descends by parachute after launch. Vanguard III failed to reach orbit from Cape Canaveral, and its second stage did not ignite, leaving officials puzzled about the malfunction. If the recovery succeeds, Hawaii based planes will seize the parachute and reel the capsule aboard. otherwise Navy ships would lift it from the sea. The capsule carries life support and environmental instruments for future satellites. Discoverer I completed a 17 day orbit before burning up, with no recovery attempted. The Discoverer II mission marked the second successful orbit in the program.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Cane Canaveral
Fla
Evaded Convicts Sought Links to Clarksburg Disappearance
Escaped inmates James L. Davis and Johnny Hall were questioned about possible ties to the disappearance of two Clarksburg women, but state police found no link. The men admitted thefts across West Virginia and Virginia, were recaptured, and remain in Kanawha County jail as authorities seek the missing women’s whereabouts. The investigation spanned Cheat Mountain to Gauley Bridge, with searches aided by new equipment and public tips.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Virginia
James L. Davis
Beckley
Johnny Hall
Dille
Nicholas County
Kanawha
Gauley Bridge
Widen
Sutton
West Fork
U. S. 19
Weston
Hope Natural Gas Co
Jury Impaneled In Mine Operators Damage Suit
Raleigh County Circuit Court seated a jury to hear a damage suit between two coal mine operators. The case involves Burley and Lillian Grose of Shady Spring against Willis and Henry Privett over a July 16, 1958 collision of two coal trucks near Pluto Road. Witnesses described the accident and road conditions as trial began.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Wagner
Burley
Lillian Grose
Shady Spring
Lillian Coal Co
Pluto Road
Willis
Henry Privett
Father and Son
Pluto
Raleigh
J. W. Persinger
Grose
Joseph Shrewsbury
Dan
Iels
Shrewsbury
Privett
United Fund to Elect Officers at April 20 Meeting
Officers of the United Fund will be elected at a meeting scheduled April 20 in the Circuit Court room. The by-laws adopted require the organizational meeting held Monday to establish the election framework and officer duties.
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United Fund
Circuit Court Room
Five Holdout Mines Sign UMW Pact in West Virginia
On the first day of the northern West Virginia mine strike, five holdout mines joined the United Mine Workers. About 98 percent of UMW District 31 workers remain employed. The signings, led by Joseph Serdich of Fairmont, include Golden Coal Co and four others with small workforces. Overall, 15 holdout mines remain, total labor strength a bit over 10. The 69 day notice for contract acceptance requested a $2 daily wage increase.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
UMW District 31
Joseph Serdich
Fairmont
District 31
Monongalia County
Golden Coal Co
Prospero Coal Co
Monar Coal Co
Cyphert Coal Co
Lynch Coal Co
Serdich
April Snow Sparks Road Cinders and Crop Caution
The sun melted most winter scenes but frost was expected tonight as April snow and low temperatures linger. H. B. Thomas, Raleigh County ag agent, said fruit buds in peaches and apples show limited damage so far but a real freeze could hurt later. State Road crews used cinders on Beckley area highways from 2:30 to 8 a.m. to combat slick conditions amid minor accidents and warnings of possible crop damage from late frosts.
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H. B. Thomas
Raleigh County
Thomas
State Road Commission
Beckley
Minor Scott
White Oak Mountain
Flat Top Mountain
Rural Acres Drive
Harper Hill
Shady Springs
County Residents Asked To Support Clean-Up Week
Raleigh County Sanitarian Bev erly Hume urged county residents to participate in Community Clean-Up Week the first week in May. She highlighted health benefits and the need to eliminate trash dumps to curb disease from flies rats and mosquitoes. The Beckley Optimist Club Fire Department and Chamber of Commerce sponsor the drive to clear debris along highways.
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Raleigh County
Beverly Hume
Hume
Beckley Optimist Club
Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
Raleigh
Hame
Glen Daniel Man Succumbs At 54
Charles Evan Shepard aged 34 of Glen Daniel died at 4 15 a m today at a local hospital from a heart attack suffered Sunday He was general mine foreman for Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co and a member of Coal Marsh Baptist Church He was born October 30 1904 in Bluefield Virginia He is survived by wife Margie two sons Jack and Billy Dayton Ohio one daughter Marie Walker Fairdale two brothers Lee Coburn Va Lonnie White Top Va one sister Bessie Mabe Woodlawn Va and three grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Thursday at Coal Marsh Baptist Church Glen Daniel with Revs M H Dinsmore and Orville Lamb officiating Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park Pallbearers are Kelly Barrett Clay Bogle Hershey Phillips Freddy Bonham Lloyd Smiley Rev Duff Harvey and Bob Fury Body to be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to residence at 4 pm Wednesday.
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Charles Evan Shepard
Glen Daniel
Shepard
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co
Glen Rogers
Coal Marsh Baptist Church
Bluefield
John R
Betty Shepard
Margie Shepard
Jack
Billy
Dayton
Ohio
Marie Walker
Fairdale
Lee
Coburn
Lonnie
White Top
Bessie Mabe
Woodlawn
M. H. Dinsmore
Orville Lamb
Mrs Hollinger Rites Incomplete
Funeral arrangements remain incomplete for Mrs Lottie Ona Hollinger 62 of 308 Barber Street who died in a local hospital at 5 p m Monday after a long illness Survivors include husband Harry Hollinger one sister Mrs Later Owens of New London NC and one stepson Harry Jr of Cadiz Ohio The body was taken to the oe and Johnson Funeral Par
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Lottie Ona Hollinger
Barber St
Harry Hollinger
Later Owens
New London
N. C
Harry Jr
Cadiz
Ohio
Oe and Johnson
Store Break-In Defendant Given Jail Sentence
Walter Richard French of Beckley pleaded guilty to an attempt to commit a felony in Raleigh County Court for a break in at Beckley Berman's Jewelry Store. The court sentenced him to one year in Raleigh County Jail and fined 50 dollars. Credit for time served was limited to time since the current term began.
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Walter Richard French
Beckley
Raleigh County
Beckley Berman
Leo Bridi
French
McCreery
Raleigh
Bridi
MccCreery
Area Man Jailed In Lieu Of Bond In Cool Ridge
Dewey McKay Crook of Cool Ridge is jailed in Raleigh County on a $500 bond after an arraignment before Magistrate J. E. Mays on breaking and entering charges. He waived a preliminary hearing and will face the next Raleigh County Grand Jury. State Police arrested him at 7:50 p.m. for allegedly stealing about $20 in merchandise and tools from a storage building owned by a Cool Ridge resident. Also jailed Monday were three men for parole violations: Joe A. McGraw Huntington Dalley E. Chaney West Hamblin and George Washington Brown Cyclone were moved to the State Penitentiary at Moundsville.
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Dewey McKay Crook
Cool Ridge
Raleigh
J. E. Mays
Crook
Raleigh County
Mays
Moundsville
Joe A. McGraw
Huntington
Dalley E. Chaney
West Hamblin
George Washington Brown
Cyclone
Beckleyan Fined and Jailed on Petit Larceny Charge
Maxwell Allen of Beckley was fined 20 dollars plus costs and given 30 days in Raleigh County Jail after arraignment before Magistrate W A Burke on petit larceny. Allen was arrested by City Police and jailed at 7 p m Monday. Howard and Shirley Stanley await arraignment on charges of selling goods with intent to defraud in a warrant issued last October by Magistrate Cotton White for selling an unpaid television set. The Stanleys were arrested by McDowell County authorities and returned to Raleigh County by a deputy sheriff.
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Maxwell Allen
Beckley
Raleigh
W. A Burke
Allen
Howard
Shirley Stanley
Cotton White
Halstead Refrigeration Company
Stanley
McDowell County
Navy Recruiter To Show Film At Club Meeting
Beckley Optimist Club will host a film by Chief Boatswain Mate E. G. Akers of the Naval Recruiting Station Beckley at 6 30 p m Thursday at El Chico. Attending will be Dr Vic Yarborough Charleston third district Optimist International governor and W A Horne Ashland Ky lieutenant governor of the district. John Jackson, president, urges all members to attend.
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E. G. Akers
Naval
Beckley
Beckley Optimist Club
el Chico
Vic Yarborough
Charleston
Optimist International
W. A. Horne
Ashland
John Jackson
New Trial Denied for Beckley Drunk-Driving Defendant
Douglas Neal Marshall of 123 Grant St was convicted of drunken driving in Raleigh County and denied a new trial by Judge Harry L. McCreery. Marshall sought delays for appeal and argued lack of counsel at arrest, while counsel argued breathalyzer evidence should not be used without state authorization. A 60-day jail term and six month license revocation were imposed, with a 30-day stay to allow an appeal and access to needed materials in Charleston.
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Douglas Neal Marshall
Grant St
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Beckley
Brown H. Payne
Marshall
McCreery
Payne
Clay S. Crouse
Raleigh
Circuit Court
Charleston
Wreck Victim Bowden Funeral Arrangements Incomplete
Irus Mark Bowden 67 of Princewick was killed Monday in Lebanon Virginia when his car left a curve and struck a tree. He was born April 27 1892 in Monroe County, a retired miner last employed at Lillybrook Coal. Survivors include wife Lola and several daughters and sons in Ohio Ohio and Maryland. The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Irus
Mark Bowden
Princewick
Lebanon
Monroe County
William and
Sarah Bowden
Lillybrook Coal Company
Lola
Helen Bower
Pauline Meadows
Columbus
Ohio
Francis Lewis
Pennington Gap
Ira
Chester
Iras Jr
Benny
Tracy
Baltimore
Jack
Statennd
N. Y
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Stratton High Teachers Given Scholarships
The National Science Foundation approved scholarships for three Stratton High instructors for summer study in mathematics and science. Roy J. Dawson will study mathematics and nuclear physics at the University of Kansas. Vance S. Bland will study at Case Institute of Technology. Charles R. Jones will study at the Cleveland school.
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The
National Science Foundation
Stratton High School
Roy J. Dawson
Marshall College
University of Arkansas
University of Texas
University of Kansas
Vance S. Bland
Case Institute of Technology
Cleveland School
Charles R. Jones
Two Beckleyans Notified Of Relative's Death
Mrs. Roy Fairchild of 214 Russell Street learned of her uncle Jennings W Summers death in Charleston Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Summers, a lifelong Nicholas County resident, was a brother of S H Summers of the same address. Survivors include his wife Laura three daughters and six sons. One sister Mrs Anna M Simms of Huntington also survives.
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Roy Fairchild
Russell St
Jennings W. Summers
Summersville
Summers
S. H. Summers
Fairchild
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Nicholas County
Laura
Anna M. Simms
Huntington
Council Meets Tonight in Beckley City Hall Session
Beck ley City Council holds a regular meeting at 7 30 p m tonight in City Hall. Rudimentary agenda items include routine business matters to be discussed by council members.
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Beckley City
City Hall
West Virginia Weather Report Frost Tonight And Warm Wednesday
Fair conditions prevail with frost tonight and lows around 28 to 34 degrees. Warmth returns Wednesday with regional readings and river stages noted as above normal but falling. Weather across Beckley Oak Hill and nearby points shows highs yesterday in the upper 30s and mid 40s with continuing mild conditions and small changes in precipitation.
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Beckley High
Cémataw
OAK Hill High
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Russian Jets Harass U S Plane Over Berlin Corridor
In Berlin Air Corridor two Soviet jet fighters harassed a U S Air Force Stratocruiser returning from a cargo flight to Berlin. The jets cruised about 100 feet from the wing tips, then exchanged positions before flying away after a few minutes. The incident prompted protests at the four power air safety center in Berlin.
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BOM
Germany
Amercan
Berlin
Four Power Air Safety Center
Regional Development Conference to Convene in Raleigh County
About 100 people have booked to attend the Second Regional Area Development Conference on Industrial and Community Development at the Raleigh County Vocational School on Friday. William B. Connoley invites all interested, with reservations via CL 3-9589. Congressman John M. Slack will speak on The Time For Pioneering as part of an all-day program sponsored by Appalachian Power Co Beckley Area Rural Development Council and the Raleigh County Vocational School in cooperation with 17 area chambers of commerce.
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Raleigh County
William B. Connoley
Connoley
John M. Slack
Appalachian Power Co
Beckley Area Rural Development Council
Raleigh County Vocational School
Area Chambers of Commerce
Missing Lochgelly youths last seen near Oak Hill
State Police report two Lochgelly boys William Thomas Jr. fourteen and Howard Hamontree fifteen have been missing since April 8. They were last seen in Bluefield after being picked up near the Top Hat drive-in. Thomas had called in to say he would miss school due to skipping. Residents are asked to contact state police or the boys’ parents with any information.
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Oak Hill
ANS
William Thomas Jr
William Thomas
Howard Hamontree
Claude Hamontree
Top Hat
Bluefield
Thomas
Georgia
Eyes
Hamontree
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