Local Baptists Set Rochester NY Convention Theme
Rochester June 27 local Baptists will attend a New York convention with Dr Samuel H Miller of Harvard Divinity School delivering lectures. Mission addresses will be given by Rev Oscar Rodriguez of the Puerto Rico Baptist Convention and Rev Dr Edwin A Bell, AB Foreign Societies representative. The theme The Things That Make For Peace will guide lectures as about 10,000 Baptists are expected.
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Eens
Ace
Rochester
N. Y
Alvin Feet
Es. A. Argenbright
Samuel H. Miller
Harvard Divinity School
Cambridge
Mass
Oscar Rodriguez
Puerto Rico Baptist Convention
AB Convention
Edwin A. Bell
Europe
Castro hints at meeting with Eisenhower over Cuba crisis
Castro told reporters in Caney that heavy troop concentrations in the eastern Cuban mountains aim to train militiamen to pursue insurgents and guard against possible invasion landings. He cited Dominican Republic threats and noted Eisenhower and Herter have spoken against Cuba. Castro may give up direct command of Beaton hunt. no success in capturing Beaton and followers yet.
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Sierra Maestra
Caney
Ney Gotiea
Castro
Dominican Republic
Eisenhower
Herter
Bate
Manuel Beaton
Beaton
De Gaulle faces rioting as farm crisis sparks discontent
De Gaulle’s decision to skip an emergency assembly inflames a farm crisis dispute. Farmers fear rising costs outpace income while riots erupt in two locales during his Britain visit. He arrives in Ottawa tonight and will tour Canada before meeting Eisenhower in the U.S. for pre summit talks.
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de Galle
Britain
de Gaulle
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Eisenhower
Final rites set for multiple Beckley area mourners
Death notices record funeral services for Mrs. Elnora Mason 58 at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include two sons James and Jimmy, a brother John Brooks, a sister Callie Berry and two daughters in law. Additional rites listed for Rufus F. Jones 55 at New Hope Baptist Church. Leslie H. Pugh 52 at Webb and Neal Funeral Home with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. and Eagle Mine veteran James Brown details.
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Elnora Mason
Ritchie and Johnson
G. W. Favor
Greenwood Memorial Park
James
Jimmy
Washington, D. C
John Brooks
New York
N. Y
Callie Berry
Mary Saunders
Vin
Rufus F. Jones
Bair St
New Hope Baptist Church
Henry Selshi
Lonnie
Detroit
Mich
Fred
Youngstown
Ohio
Alfred
Birm
Ala
Pearl Chapman
Alberta Gilbert
East Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Leslie H. Pugh
Chillicothe
Webb and Neal
Alvin J. Cook
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Pugh
Beckley
Veterans Administration Hospital
Edward Snuffer
William R. Shumate
George Ray Pugh
Paul McGraw
Oe McGraw
Orville Moraw
Eagle Mine
Charlottesville
Mary
Jane Brown
Mullens
United Mine Workers of America
Chester
Chicago
Ill
David
Painesville
Harmon Fine
Near Lashmeet
John W. Haga
Portsmouth
Mabel Fix Among Survivors in Funeral Plan
Mrs. Mabel Fix is survived by two daughters Mrs. Mabel Lee Bolen of Coal City and Mrs. Eu Sanders who is at P liege Pa. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the home of her sister Mrs. Opal Shumate Ghent at 2 p.m. Thursday and to the church one hour before the services. Pallbearers are Melton Kiddy Harry Hilton Bill Bowers Mason Elliott Willard Lafferty Elmer Meadows and Elden Bennett.
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Mabel Lee Bolen
Coal City
EU Sanders
Pliege
Rose and Quesenberry
Opal Shumate
Ghent
Melton Kiddy
Harry Hilton
Bill Bowers
Mason Elliott
Willard Lafferty
Elmer Meadows
Elden Bennett
Barron Campaign Schedule in Raleigh County Tuesday
Democratic governor hopeful W. W. Barron will stump Raleigh County Tuesday with stops at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital Beckley Building greens at 9 a m lunch at Elks Club 12 to 2 p m Memorial Hospital 2 p m Beckley Manufacturing Co 3 p m Bradley 3 30 p m Beaver 4 p m Shady Spring 4 15 p m Crab Orchard 7 30 p m Memorial Building rally.
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W. W
Wally) Barron
Stump
Raleigh County
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Bair Building
Greens
Beckley Streets
Elks Club
My Memorial Hospital
Beckley Manufacturing Co
Bradley
Beaver
Shady Spring
Memorial Building
Niagara Falls Crest Cracking Sparks Rockslide Fears
Large cracks at the crest of the American Falls raise fears of a third rockslide near Niagara Falls. Observers warn a section about football field in size could crumble, following earlier slides in 1954.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
American Falls
Easter Holiday Penne to Penne Leader Jails
Most ANC leaders are jailed while thousands of strike pamphlets flood Johannesburg signaling a functioning underground network. The pamphlets indicate organized dissent and ongoing resistance despite confinement.
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ANC
Johannesburg
May 10 Primary dinner invites state and county candidates
Mrs. Ted Kessinger will host the event as mistress of ceremonies for the May 10 primary dinner. Mrs. Harold Hedrick announced that all state and county candidates were invited. Reservations are due by Saturday and tickets are sold at Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio 115 Hedrick at Clifford 2-1184.
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Ted Kessinger
Harold Hedrick
Acee Ee SS Ee
Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio
Hedrick
Clifford
City Rec Director's Son Hurt In Fall
Charles Edward Rodriguez three and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Frank Rodriguez 105 Catlett St was returned from the Bluefield Sanitarium Saturday and is undergoing treatment at home for head injuries from a fall about two weeks ago He was reported feeling better.
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Charles Edward Rodriguez
Frank Rodriguez
Catlett St
Bluefield
1956 Slide Destroys Power Station Killing One Man
A 120,000-ton slide in 1956 toppled a power station, devastating the facility and killing one worker. The disaster disrupted energy supply and prompted investigations into the slide's cause and safety measures.
May primary names, train death, and local incidents
A stream of brief items reports Moundsville unrest over court names for a May 10 primary. Cameron man Jearld Oliver, 21, killed when hit by a Baltimore and Ohio freight while asleep on tracks. Columbus man Donald Stafford, 28, to have a hearing on a domestic charge. Mud Fork man Willie Messer, 36, killed in a pistol struggle at a Breeden store.
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Moundsville
Suoanne Siem Wie Chad
Mingo County
Ap- Sohneneat
Jearld C.oliver
Cameron
Baltimore and Ohio
Donald Stafford
Columbus
Ohio
Willie Messer
Mud Fork
Breeden
Shields Given filled vacancy after Walker discharge
Captain C L Walker was discharged for alleged improper political activities. Shields was placed in charge eight days short of a year after taking command of Company May 1959, succeeding Captain S C Ballard. Beckley residents noted in Glen Avenue home with wife and daughter kept in Frostburg.
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C. L. Walker
Walker
Criminal Identification Bureau
Beckley
Co. May
Capt
S. C. Ballard
Eesie Dines Ginemare
Glenn Ave
Wreck Injures Three as Driver Charged After Collision
A vehicle struck a utility pole along the highway, snapping it in two and injuring three people. Roy J. Pendry, brother of the driver, received treatment at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Pendry was charged by State Police with failing to have the vehicle under control and was arraigned before Magistrate J. E. Mays in Beaver, paying a fine.
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Peg Annai
Howard Stump
Roy J. Pendry
Oe We
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Pendry
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Area Conservationist Plans Tuesday Meeting for Six Counties
Floyd Rothlisberger, area conservationist, will hold a meeting in Huntington Tuesday for the six counties of the Guyan district Boone, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Wayne and Cabell. Attendees include council personnel from Logan office and state Soil Conservation Service staff from Morgan. Mrs. Georgia Hypes released the information in Rothlisberger absence on leave in Washington, D. C. visiting his three siblings, one an SCS employee.
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Floyd Rothlisberger
Huntington
Guyan
Boone
Lincoln
Logan
Mingo
Wayne
Cabell oTksandtn
Soil Conservation Service
Morgan
Georgia Hypes
Rothlisberger
Raleigh Reports 10 Forest Fires This Week
Carl Lucas reports weekly and year to date forest fire totals by county and area. Fayette shows eight fires over 58 acres costing 38 dollars, Greenbrier two fires eight acres cost eight, Mercer nine fires 1000 acres cost 82, Monroe one fire two acres cost five, McDowell 22 fires 475 acres cost 283, Raleigh ten fires 65 acres cost 30, Summers none, Wyoming 26 fires 313 acres cost omitted. Week total 87 fires 567 dollars. year total 100 fires 2018 acres cost 5656.80 with fires caused by accident Deliberate setting or violations. Lucas urges citizens to prevent fires.
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Carl Lucas
Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
McDowell
Raleigh
Wyvcannaan
Lucas
State Man House Scene in Delaware County Car Wreck
State Man house appeared undisturbed as a wrecked car was traced to a suspect who fled on foot. A massive manhunt in Newcomerstown area involved over 50 patrolmen deputies and volunteers, aided by airplane and unmarked cars. Watts family links cited to Pittman Co and Huntington W Va prior work, with planned move after spring term.
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Fender
Newcomerstown
Here
Tuscarawas County
Watts
Ee Ee
West Virginia
Pittman, Co
Tren
Huntington
W. Va
Rittman
Kennedy Dominates WV Campaign As Democrats Rally
Kennedy campaigns three days in West Virginia with Humphrey backers accusing him of bigotry over religion as he seeks Catholic votes. Senate figures Mansfield Byrd Symington urge not to gang up on Kennedy while Nixon backers rate Rockefeller’s GOP chances. campaign terrain includes reactions to civil rights bill and party unity concerns.
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Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
West Virginia
Humphrey
South
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
Eisen
Mike Mansfield
D- Ont
Kennedy
Mansfield
Johnson
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Washington
Massachusetts
Marshall West
William Jacobs
Matt Reese
West Virginians
Sen. Kennedy
Revercomb Attacks Underwood Favoring Neely Nomination
West Virginia politics heat up as Revercomb denounces Governor Underwood for backing Harold E. Neely for governor. He accuses the governor of bossism and hand picking a successor while noting Underwood would run with either Revercomb or his opponent. Revercomb questions the GOP unity and party integrity amid this stand. Separately, Rev. L. E. Crowson warns about Barron ties to ethics and liquor control and urges scrutiny of Barron’s record before any Democratic nomination for governor.
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Marland
Revercomb
Harold E. Neely
Department Meads
Statehouse
Neely
Esterday
Underwood
Legislative Commission of the
West Virginia Temperance League
W.W. Barron
L. E. Crowson
Logan
Barron
Democratic Party
West Virginia
Tornadoes and Snow Sweep Through Central U S
Cold wave snow blanketed towns in Nebraska and Michigan while tornadoes roared Saturday night from Oklahoma to Iowa. Six twisters in Oklahoma injured at least 15 as gale force winds shattered glass and poles. A Tulsa infant died from lightning, and a Waterloo truck crushed a car passenger. Tracr Iowa saw 50 mph winds lift freight cars, and a rail derailment followed. An Ottawa Kansas twister damaged six farms and Mississippi floodwaters claimed four. a fatal crash occurred near Chester Illinois in windy rain.
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Ts Bluff
North Platte
Nebraska
Pellston
Traverse City
Mich
Oklahoma
Iowa
Tulsa
Waterloo
Tracr
Ottawa
Kan
Hayti
Chester
Ill
Restitution For Thefts Wins Two Men Probation
Two men convicted of breaking and entering receive probation after agreeing to restitution plans. James Marshall Ward of Crab Orchard and James Russell Richardson of Mabscott must have portions of wages or disability checks withheld until the thefts are repaid. Victims Carmen Stover and Aleta Plank indicate willingness to accept installments.
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James Marshall Ward
Crab
Maxwell Hill
Ward
Carmen Stover
Aleta Plank
Message from space: pi as greeting to earthlings
Astronomers at Green Bank expect weeks to analyze the first tape from space, nine years in transit, as they ponder if an alien hello would be a universal signal. A newsroom quip about pi plus E underscores cautious curiosity.
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I Green Bank
Jin
Spring Feeder Sale Today At Local Market
Beckley Livestock Market hosts its Spring Feeder Sale and a miscellaneous items auction this afternoon alongside the regular Monday livestock auction. Market operator Lewis Stuart urges farmers to bring livestock to attract buyers who attend only when a sufficient supply is present.
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Beckley
Lewis Stuart
Assailant Sought After Beating In Coal City
Beckley state police continue their search for James Wilson Sullivan accused of beating Vernie Pigg and his wife Maxine with a rock at about 7 p.m. Saturday. The attack followed a family dispute over a charge against Wilson. Both victims are in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital with head injuries.
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Beckley State
James Wilson
Sullivan
Vernie Pigg
Maxine
Coal City
Wilson
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