Cuban Pirates Captured After Bahama Escape and Murder
Cuban officers detained two American men, Table Jr. and William Lees, accused of killing a ship captain during a boat escape from Nassau to Cuba. The Muriel III ran aground near Isabela de Sagua after being spotted by Angus Boatwright’s crew. Barbara Fisher, Table’s wife, remained on Elbow Cay. Coast Guard planes tracked the fugitives. the British Embassy sought their arrest. Barbara says the trio eloped from San Antonio to Nuevo Laredo last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Bahaman Island
Ns Table Jr
Illiam Lees
Muriel III
Isabela de Sagua
Table
Lees
Barbara Fisher
San Antonio
Tex
Key West
Elbow Cay
Bahamas
Angus Boatwright
Kent Hokanson
Muriel
Boatwright
Hokanson
Barbara Table
Coast Guard
Nassau
United States
Cuba
Barbara
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Torrance
Calif
Beverly
Beverly Table
Four Miners Hurt In Slate Fall At M and R Mine
Four Stanaford miners were injured in a slate fall at the M and R Coal Co. Mine in Stanaford about 4 pm Monday. William Cumbo, 37, Oak Hill, back injury, and Wiley Ewing, 42, Grandview, pelvic injury, admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Frank Bednar ski, 44, Lanark, treated for an injured hand, and Okey Hanks, 53, Lanark, injuries to knee chest and shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. and R. Coal Co
Stanaford
Beckley Memorial Hospital
William Cumbo
Oak Hill
Wiley Ewing
Grandview
Frank Bednarski
Lanark
Okey Hanks
Nehru hints talks on border with China may continue
Nehru says continuation of talks depends on developments after official visits and reports. He and Chou Enlai field questions on Ladakh as a target for China and the unredefined 2600 mile border with Tibetan areas. A joint communique says negotiators will meet alternately in Peiping and New Delhi through September to study documents and maps. China adheres to the McMahon line though Peiping calls it "completely unacceptable."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chou
Peiping
Nehru
New Delhi
India
Tibet
Short News Snippets From Around the World
The report notes a range of brief items including a fatal crib smothering in Malone New York where a cat allegedly suffocated infant John E Sturgeon. It cites mass clashes in Tokyo with 100 injured as baton wielding police clashed with leftist students. Nixon on Today urged openness to the vice presidency while avoiding New York Governor Rockefeller’s political plans. A Polaris missile test claimed a 1150 mile flight. A divorce case involving Westbrook Pegler and his wife in Tucson was dismissed after reconciliation. A five day strike at Vandenberg ended, with workers returning for national security. Blanche Thebom arrived in Bucharest as the first American opera star since the Communist takeover. State Crime Commission moves to await May primary before hearings. Henry L Ash to head Salem College political science after leaving office. David Day named to the U S Chamber board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Sturgeon
Malone
N. Y
Tokyo
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Agen
Westbrook Pegler
Tucson
Ariz
Pegler
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Iron and Electrical Workers Union
Metropolitian Opera
Blanche Thebom
Bucharest
Romania
State Crime Commission
Henry L. Ash
Underwood
Salem College
Salem
K. Duane Hurley
David Day
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Smith vows leadership for West Virginia governorship
Smith pledges to deliver a responsive government and citizenry, stating West Virginia must have leadership now. He claims the ability to provide that leadership and promises untiring effort after election. After meeting Logan County supporters, he heads to the Kanawha Valley to greet workers at industrial plants. Wright Smith joins a public panel at Charleston Civic Center hosted by the Kanawha County Young Democrats Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Smith
Logan County
Kanawha Valley
Wright Smith
Charleston
Civic Center
Kanawha County
Young Democrats Club
Unopposed Nixon and Kennedy in Indiana Primary
In Indiana Nixon runs unopposed as Kennedy draws large crowds and student chants. Humphrey contrasts wealth with his own finances while Symington tours, predicting second-ballot gains. The Indiana delegation will cast its 34 votes for Kennedy on the first ballot with no major opposition in the May 3 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Humphrey
Democratic Party,”” Humphrey
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Indiana
South Bend
Police Arrest Elusive Gambler
A sixth man, who eluded State Police at Duffy's Tavern, was arrested on a gambling charge and will appear before Magistrate Cotton White this week. Five others were arrested in the raid with $60.20 found on a table. bonds were forfeited, and two state troopers from Beckley joined the operation. Names of the sixth man are being withheld pending court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy’s Tavern
Stanaford
Cotton White
White
Joe
Richards
Calloway Heights
Leo Lawrence Lewis
Pete Patrosky
Lanark
First Suit Alleges FBI Harassment in Tennessee Voting Case
A suit charged the FBI with harassment amid a dispute over a white Democratic primary in Fayette County. A new state elections commission may be named May 2 when the State Board of Elections meets in Nashville. Fayette County, with under 30,000 residents, has a Black population of two to one over whites. about 350 Negroes are believed registered. The suit, filed in November, targets 19 county Democratic party officials, accusing them of organizing the primary to exclude Black voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
State Board of Elections
Nashville
Fayette County
A Ata
Democrate Party
Ike and DeGaulle Back Paris Summit Plan
Ike and DeGaulle show strong agreement on no-summit strategy. They expect full support from British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan as he joins Khrushchev at the Paris conference starting May 16. DeGaulle’s associates report his satisfaction with Eisenhower talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev
Paris
DE Gaulle
Eisenhower
Demonstrators clash in Seoul as police station torched
A crowd of students confronted police and burned a station, prompting officers to fire as the march dispersed through a back door. Six students were killed and 36 wounded, with the Health Ministry reporting 15 demonstrators killed or seriously harmed and 173 injured in Seoul today. The ministry did not detail how casualties occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Ministry
Seoul
Loyalty oaths and media figures in early broadcast history
State Newsman with the history of loyalty oaths features Harry W. Ernst education editor of the Charleston Gazette and the Rev. Charles H. Drake Berea College instructor. They reference Ely board of National Telefilm Associates owners of WNT TV stations airing the daily Play of the Week with top actors. Edward P. Morgan, seven years a network commentator, under AFL and AFL-CIO sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Ernst
Charleston
W.va
Charles H. Drake
Berea
Ely Board of National Telefilm Associates
WNT
New Jersey
Edward P. Morgan
American Federation of Labor
Afl-Cio
Deaths and Funerals The Rev R B Robertson
Follows notice of F Hunter 66 former Oak Hill man dying after a short illness in Cleveland Ohio. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial at High Lawn Memorial Park. Hunter member of Bruce Thistle Lodge 312 Edinburgh Scotland Sterling Rock Chapter 2 RAM Sterling and Beckley Elks. Body to remain at Dunbar funeral home. He leaves three half brothers Abraham Nathan William Payne of Page a half sister Mrs Georgia ie Balding of Oak Hill 42 grandchildren and 55 great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill one hour prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Robertson
Ieibanie
F. Hunter
Oak Hill
Tyree
High Lawn Memorial Park
Hunter
Charles Holt
Cleveland
Ohio
Bruce Thistle Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons
Edinburgh
Scotland
Sterling Rock
RAM
Sterling
Beckley Elks Lodge
Funeral Home
RNS
Dunbar
Abraham
Nathan
William Payne
Page
Georgia Ie Balding
Tyree Funeral Home
Oak Hil
Rinehart Funeral Rites Set for Mrs Lottie Virginia Rinehart
Mrs. Lottie Virginia Rinehart dies after short illness at Oak Hill Hospital. Born December 16 1877 at Page she was widow of John Rinehart and a Kincaid Methodist Church member. Surviving seven sons Dallas Sophia Roy Kincaid Walter Cleveland Ohio David Coal Fork Glen Belle Edward War Luther Scarabro and five daughters Ida Arthur Emma Nickell Vesta Moses Ethel Gibson Vada Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kincaid Methodist Church
Lottie Virginia Rinehart
Oak Hill Hospital
Page
John Rinehart
Dallas
Sophia
Roy
Kincaid
Walter
Cleveland
Ohio
David
Coal Fork
Glen
Belle
Edward
War
Luther
Scarabro
Ida Arthur
Emma Nickell
Vesta Moses
Oak Hill
Ethel Gibson
South Charleston
Vada Patterson
Boone Countian To Get Hearing
A former Boone County resident named Calvin Sublett will get a habeas corpus hearing in Charleston on May 17 after a U S Supreme Court order. The case involves his release from the State Penitentiary at Moundsville and centers on prior California and Ohio arrests tied to a 1947 forgery conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
U. S. Supreme Court
Boone County
Moundsville
State Supreme Court
Calvin Sublett
U. S. Court
Sublett
D. E. Adams
Veteran's Administration
Aspinwall
California
Los Angeles
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Funeral services for Irene Bell Gilkerson in Beaver
Funeral services for Irene Bell Gilkerson 81 will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. A H Wilson presiding. Burial follows at Kincaid Cemetery on Grandview Road. Mrs Gilkerson born June 20 1878 in Boone County was a Raleigh County resident 60 years and a Christian Church member. Survived by husband Bruce died 1936 two daughters J H Pickett Beckley and L B Smith Indianapolis four sons W B Beckley Avery Beaver B M Beaver and Wyatt Beckley one brother Ben Nelson Crow and 15 grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Bell Gilkerson
Beaver
Johnstown Road
Clyde Hawley
A. H. Wilson
Kincaidee
Grandview Roa
Gilkerson
Boone County
V. B
Victoria Woodrum Nelson
Raleigh County
Christian Church
Bruce Gilkerson
J. H. Pickett
Beckley
L. B. Smith
Indianapolis
Ind
W. B
Avery
B. M
Wyatt
Ben Nelson
Crow
Thomas McBride Funeral Services Held at Shady Spring
Thomas McBride 79 died at 4 55 a m Monday at his daughter Mrs Gil bert Mills home in Flat Top He will be buried in the family cemetery at Ellison The Rev S D Smith will conduct services at Shady Spring Missionary Baptist Church Pallbearers are Charles Shaffer Joe Pilkington Ray ee Clyde Harris and Junior Pack Body moved from Caffee Funeral Home to Spurgeon McBride White Oak today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McBride
Gilbert Mills
S. D. Smith
Shady Spring Missionary Baptist Church
Ellison
Spurgeon
White Oak
Charles Shaffer
Joe Pilkington
Rayee Clyde Harris
Junior Pack
Final rites for Mrs Mary Ann White
MrsMary Ann White 411 S Fayette St. will receive funeral at 2 p m Wednesday at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev H J Hunt. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Thursday at Mrs M L Lawson s home. Survived by son Willie J Chicago Ill. two foster sons Robert Robinson Itmann and Joseph Robinson Chicago. three grandchildren. Body remains at the funeral home until the hour of funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann White
S. Fayette St
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
H. J. Hunt
Greenwood Memorial Park
Five motorists pay sticker fines in West Virginia
West Virginia State Police conducted a sticker check on vehicles, yielding five motorists fined before Magistrates since Friday. Palmer Farley, Frank Tonelli, Charles R. Riling Sr., Grady Nichols, and Jack Ferguson paid fines ranging from five to ten dollars plus costs. James P. Daniel appeared before Magistrate Cotton White for speeding on U.S. Route 21 at 55 mph in a 40 mph zone, paying ten dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ley
Wyren
W.A. Burke
Palmer Farley
West C. Street
Beckley
Frank Tonelli
Calloway Heights
Charles R. Riling Sr
Pineville
Grady Nichols
Ansted
Jack Ferguson
Cotton White
White
James P. Daniel
U. S. Rt
Candidate's Wife Feted In Fayetteville
Fayetteville Democratic Woman's Club hosts a noon bridge luncheon in honor of Mrs. Wally Barron. Chairwoman Mrs. H W Carson led preparations for an open tea from 3 30 to 4 30 p m. Barron husband seeks Democratic nomination for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Democratic Woman's Club of
Wally Barron
H. W. Carson
Court to rule on union dues and officer salaries
In Charleston the West Virginia Supreme Court heard a test case from Local Lodge No. 806 Machinists at Mullens. W. C. Mutter Sr. and nine members challenge a Mercer County ruling awarding John W. Munsey of Princeton 1360 dollars plus interest for back salary and expenses while he served as district lodge president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Supreme Court
W. C. Mutter Sr
International Assn
Mullens
Mercer County
John W. Munsey
Princeton
Munsey
Kuykendall trip probe widens over interstate pipelines
FPC Chairman Kuykendall discussed the trip with Rep. Oren Harris before the investigation into contacts by Thomas G. Corcoran. The inquiry expands to cover commission dealings with all interstate pipeline systems and flight trips tied to industry events and appearances from 1953 to 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuykendall
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Thomas G
Tommy the Cork
Shreveport
Corp
Seaborn L. Digby
Independent Natural Gas Assn
Houston
National Assn. of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
San Francisco
Lake project eyed as 382 acres chosen for site
The court options 382 acres at $10 per acre from Western Pocahontas Corp Gib son Lands on Stevens Branch Trap Hill District. The acreage covers about two thirds of the 2,100 acres needed for the lake. The option price was $1. G. C. Farmer says the court moves quickly to build the lake under the law. The Mines Department will report Thursday on its survey. An engineer will meet Crab Orchard Coal and Land Co. officials tonight to finalize land details. Court recessed at 11 30 a m until 1 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee Ree
Crab Orchard Coal and Land Co
Voting supplies ready by May 5 for May 10 primary
Raleigh circuit court clerk C Harold Hanks says ballots and allot boxes for election officials will be distributed May 5 6 and 7 Notices to officials are in the mail to allow time to procure substitutes If needed tally sheets and ballot boxes are to be picked up in the county clerk s office Ballots are kept in the circuit clerk s office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
C. Harold Hanks
Hanks
Circuit Clerk
Refurbished Chamber Awaits Tonight's Meet
Beckley Mayor Cecil L. Miller and the City Council prepare for tonight's meeting in a freshly painted council chamber with rearranged furniture. Police Chief M. E. Tyree notes the cleanup and repainting, as bids for three new police cruisers will be opened at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Cecil L. Miller
City Os
Ing. Oe
Bsharah Seeks Supreme Court Review of 23000 Judgment
Phillip Bsharah of Beckley asked the West Virginia Supreme Court to review a $23,000 Kanawha County verdict from an auto collision on U S 60 east of Charleston on January 16, 1957. The verdict favored Clarence Edward Wilburn of Gedon Fayette County, driver of a jeep involved in the rear end crash. Bsharah contends no evidence of negligence supported the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Phillip Bsharah
Beckley
Supreme Court
Kanawha
U. S. 60
Clarence Edward Wilburn
Graydon
Fayette County
Wilburn
Bsharah
Commodities at Lester Church Distribution Schedule
Commodities will be distributed at the First Church of God in Lester from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
First Church of God
Kennedy Supporters Receive Second Warning
Police Chief Millard Tyree issued a second warning to Kennedy supporters after brochures were found on car windshields in Beckley during a candidate visit. He said a prior warning was given and noted other Beckley candidates and firms have been warned for similar distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Tyree
Beckley
Tyree
County Forests Safe At Noon
No new forest or trash fires were reported at press time per the district forester. Wyoming County led with four fires on Big Branch of the Guyandot River Maben and Mill Branch of Baker's Creek, bringing total fires since Jan 1 to 57. Raleigh Fayette McDowell counties each reported single incidents including Harper Heights Metalt Dogwood Rich Creek Bradshaw Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Wyoming County
Big Branch
Guyandot River
Maben
Mill Branch
Baker’s Creek
Raleigh County
Harper Heights
iMetalt
Fayette County
Dogwood
Rich Creek
McDowell
Bradshaw Creek
Driver Injured In Truck Wreck Near Beckley
Staunton resident Charles Goode sustained minor injuries when a tractor-trailer tipped on White Oak Mountain area at 7 10 am. He was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital and released. Damages to the trailer were estimated at 2000 dollars. Police said Goode was alone in the Smith Transfer truck bound for Shady Spring when the load shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miami
Redondo Beach
Arkansas
Chou Border
Ladakh
Sinkiang
Open Air Theatre
Stamford Rd
Bing Crosby
Debbie Reynolds
Nixon
Peete
Warner Bros. Techn Color
Gambler
Ike, DeGaulle
John F. Hunter
Mrs
Lottie Rinehart
Boone Countian
High Court
FPC
Edison Electric Institute
Atlantic City
Mountain Air Drive-In
Glen Jens
Tony Curtis
Sidney Poitier
George Nader
Maggie Smith
Dr. In
Pat Wayne
Yvonne Craig
Gary Merrill
Nancy Davis
Saerts
Angie Dichines
Greyhound
Crane
Pittsburgh
West Palm Beach
Yananta
Fansas City
Greyhound Terminal
Prince St. Beckley
W. Va
Mptico City
Boston
Minneapou
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!