District Spelling Bees Crown Winners Across Four Districts
In Raleigh and Fayette Counties four district spelling bees announced winners. Beckley Junior High hosted Town District 6th Grade with Shirley Anne Richmond winning after correct spellings of first words and then dancing. Trap Hill District 6th Grade winner Jeletta McGhee and runner-up Judy Hicks were named, with 16 contestants from multiple schools. Marsh Fork District 8th Grade winner Rosalee Farley and runner-up Virginia Cornett were proclaimed, plus 6th Grade Lois Jean Meadows and runner-up Jo ann Boggess. Quinnimont District in Fayette County saw Layland and Layland High sweep eight titles. 8th Grade winner Geraldine Woolwine and runner-up Betty Ingles led. Sixth grade winners included Lois Jean Meadows and runner-up Joann Boggess. Quinnimont district also noted Layland students’ success.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Tri-County
Beckley
A. R. Tucker
Shirley Anne Richmond
Institute School
Andy Lucas
Prosperity School
Andy
Prosperity
Barrie Lilly
Shirley
Institute
George A. Richmond
Millicon Ave
Cecil D. Cooke
Trap Hill
Trap Hill High School
Jeletta McGhee
Eccles Elementary
H. B. McGhee
Mabscott
Judy Hicks
James Hicks
Harper
Judy
Cooke
Shumate
Metalton
Eccles
Lester
Glen Daniel
McDonald
Sanders
Beckley Junior High
Naoma
Virginia
Miss Meador
Lois Jean
Geraldine Woolwine
Robert Woolwine
Layland
Betty Ingles
Beecher Ingles
Quinnimont
Shirley Richmond
Sth
George Richmond
Beckley Newspapers
Bill Erskine Dies in Charleston Rites Set
William I. Bill Erskine 42 died after a short illness in a Charleston hospital. Former operating manager for Standard Oil Virginia and West Virginia division based in Richmond since February he kept a Charleston home. Survived by wife Wanda three daughters Nancy Lydia Kathryn a brother E E Erskine Jr and his parents E E and wife. He was active in Rotary Elks Press Club Black Knight Country Club and the West Virginia Petroleum Association. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Simpson Chandler Funeral Home Charleston with burial Sunset Memorial Park Charleston.
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William I
Bill” Erskine
Beckley
Charleston
Erskine
Virginia and
West Virginia
Standard Oil Co
Richmond
Esso
Oil Company
Bluefield
Hinton
Wanda Cook Erskine
Nancy Cook
Lydia Nye
Kathryn Harrison
E. E. Erskine Jr
Princeton
E. E. Erskine
Glen Daniel
Rotary Club
Elks Lodgepool Press Club
All of
Severance Tax Sponsorship Denied
Milton J. Ferguson of Wayne denounced a rival governor candidate for falsely claiming he sponsored a severance tax bill in 1953. Ferguson said the bill was killed before he became State Tax Commissioner on March 2 and that he was not in Charleston when the bill was an active issue.
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Ferguson
Charleston
Britain’s War Dead Honored by Russians
Soviet Premier Bulgarin and party chief Khrushchev, on a 10 day visit, laid a wreath at Britain’s national war memorial in London. The leaders met Prime Minister Anthony Eden during a day of public engagement and sightseeing amid their talks.
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London
Bulgarin
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Britain
Anthony Eden
Four Utah Miners Trapped After Mine Roof Cave-In
Four Kaiser Steel No. 2 mine workers are buried in a cave-in at Sunnyside Utah after the roof collapsed as six men worked in a mountain tunnel. Two escaped earlier, and rescuers search the choked passage from the main slope.
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Sunnyside
Utah
Kaiser Steel Corporation
Senator Laird Seeks New Industries for West Virginia
Senator Blair Laird D West Virginia urged attracting more industry to his state highlighting vast coal reserves sufficient for over three centuries at current production. He noted WV leads east of the Mississippi in natural gas, has petroleum, limestone, clay and shale, plus waterway access for coal transport and invited firms to relocate to the Mountaineer state. He said many postwar companies have already settled there and pledged to welcome visitors to showcase opportunities.
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Washington
Sen
Laird
Wva
West Virginia
Tipple
Mississippi River
Mountaineer
Icardi Acquitted in World War II Murder Case
Former Army Lt Aldo L Icardi was acquitted of perjury charges over alleged denial of complicity in the 1944 murder of Maj William V Holohan behind enemy lines in Italy. Judge Richmond B Keech granted the motion to void the indictment after the jury was sworn. no government appeal is possible.
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Washington
Army
Aldo L. Icardi
William V. Holohan
Italy
U. S. Dist
Richmond B. Keech
Six Democrats and two Republicans seek state treasurer post
Six Democrats compete for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer to follow William H. Ansel Jr. who seeks attorney general. The Republican race is narrow with two candidates Theodore T. Dorman and George T. Martin. Ansel leaves a $7,500 job to run.
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William H. Ansel Jr
A. Carl Carey
Charleston
Woodrow Wilson Cook
Man
Denzil L. Gainer
Grannsville
Henry Clay Grusendorf
Keyser
Joseph P. Seccuro
Fairmont
Orel J. Skeen
Beckley Miner Fatally Injured at Eccles No 6 Mine
Lewis Moss, 61, of Smoot Street, was killed in a fall at 10 a.m. today at the Eccles No 6 mine operated by Eastern Gas Fuel Associates. No other miners were injured. An investigation will follow. The body was sent to Melten's Mortuary pending a doctor’s report this afternoon.
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Lewis Moss
Smoot St
Eccles No
Eastern Gas Act Fuel Associates
Moss
Melten
McCullough Rites Planned Friday
Funeral services for Miss Dorothy McCullough 42 Beckley will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Methodist Church conducted by Rev. C. A. Hillman. Body to be taken to Pittsburgh for burial. She died Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the National Institutes of Health Bethesda after heart surgery. Body at Calfee Funeral Home.
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Dorothy McCullough
Beckley
First Methodist Church
C. A. Hillman
Pittsburgh
Miss McCullough
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Calfee Funeral Home
In Laws Call Him Ray At Monaco Nuptials
The Monaco royal wedding story notes that Prince Rainier III is known by many titles and by his bride Grace Kellys family as Ray. The contrast highlights public formal address versus private nickname within the royal circle.
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Monte Carlo
Prince Rainer III of
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Ray
Prince Rainier
City Clean Up Parade Set This Afternoon
City agencies launch Clean Up Fix Up Paint Up Week with a 4 30 p m parade today weather permitting Fire Chief Bernard Martin and Beck ley Beautiful Committee chair Guy Amato say city officials will participate The parade will tour the city core with a fire truck a police cruiser and Woodrow Wilson High School band members included
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Bernard Martin
Guy Amato
Beckley Beautiful Committee
Woodrow Wilson High School
New Ammonia Plant Wrecked by Blast at Marcus Hook
A thunderous midnight blast wrecked Sun Oil Co. ammonia plant at Marcus Hook, injuring eight and causing about three million dollars in damage. Flames rose 200 feet, shock waves rattled for 20 miles, and four buildings plus a 75 foot steel structure were destroyed on the three acre site. Debris scattered, metal pieces flew up to 100 feet. the main refinery remained undamaged and kept operating.
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Marcus Hook
Sun Oil Co
School buses looted at Raleigh County Bus Garage
Beckley police investigate break-ins at the Raleigh County School Bus Garage on Second Ave. Thieves took several fire extinguishers and a number of first aid kits from multiple buses late Wednesday night.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Second Ave
Hinton Man Jailed on Indecent Exposure Charges
James E. Anderson of Hinton was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 1:20 am by Beckley Police on indecent exposure and drunkenness charges. Police said he is not the man previously linked to similar incidents in Beckley and nearby areas.
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James E. Anderson
Hinton
Raleigh
Beckley
Anderson
Cease-Fire Pact In Effect for Israel and Egypt
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold announced an unconditional cease-fire between Israel and Egypt. The deadline passed two weeks ago, with the agreement taking effect at 6 p.m. last night. The statement was issued from Cairo, Jerusalem, and U.N. headquarters in New York.
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Jerusalem
Dag Hammarskjold
Egypt
Israel
U.N
U.N. Palestine Truce Commission
Cairo
New York
Soviet Engineer Outlines Vast Trans Arctic Dam Plan
A Moscow radio broadcast quoted a Soviet engineer proposing a 45 mile dam across the Bering Straits linking Asia and North America. The project would use atomic powered pumps to create a Gulf Stream like warmth, open Arctic rivers for international waterways, and may enable London Washington rail links and a Channel tunnel concept.
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London
Bering Straits
Asia
America
Moscow
Washington
Peiping
Paris
English Channel
Arctic Ocean
Pacific
North America
Europe
Continents
Siberian
Register Straw Vote Names Ferguson and Underwood Winners
The Register straw vote winners for governor are Milton J. Ferguson and Cecil H. Underwood on the Democratic and Republican tickets respectively. In the U S Senate race William C. Marland and Chapman Revercomb led the nominations, with 871 counted votes from over 1,200 cast. 400 ballots were discarded in an apparent effort to pad totals, ending the straw vote with the current tallies.
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Milton J .Ferguson
Cecil H. Underwood
Register
U. S
William C. Marland
Chapman Revercomb
Joe F. Burdett
Milton J. Ferguson
Robert H. Mollohan
Albert D. Willer
J. Howard Myers
John G .Fox
Wiliam C. Marland
Byron B. Randolph
Joseph Arcuri
Walter G. Crichton Jr
John T. Copenhaver
Millard A. Holliday
Philip H. Hill
Tom Sweeney
Esta C. Wilson
al J. Carey
Citizens Committee Inspects Raleigh County Jail
A Citizens Committee from Beckleyans conducted a jail inspection at Raleigh County Jail. Alex George and Dr. W B Pete Lilly led the tour with William Snyder, appointed earlier by Judge Norman Knapp. Snyder was absent, the inspectors will review the report before submission to Judge Knapp and Sheriff John C. Ward.
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Raleigh County
Citizens’ Committee
Beckleyans
Alex George
W. B
Pete”’ Lilly
William Snyder
Norman Knapp
George
Snyder
Knapp
Beckley Skies Moon and Planets Chart Tonight
The Sun sets at 7 05 p m and rises at 5 41 a m Friday The Moon is due south at 8 22 p m forms a triangle with Jupiter and Regulus Moonset Friday 2 56 a m Full Moon April 24 Jupiter begins moving eastward among Leo this week
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Jupiter
Regulus
Leo
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Barbara Bucklin
Whitby
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Barbara Bennett
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Patty Kidd
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Gayle Burnette
Jane Armstrong
Rita Meadows
Bobby
Bill Erskine
William I. Erskine
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Klondike Gold Fields
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Icardi
Vialeigh
Beckley, West Virginia
Henry C. Grusendorf
GOP
Board of Public Works
State Sinking Fund Commission
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Geological and Economic Survey Commission
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George T. Martin
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