Rockefeller weighs 1960 bid amid Nixon polls and fall timing
Rockefeller, at the 51st annual Governors Conference, says he will not decide on a presidential bid until fall unless polls show Nixon cannot beat a Democratic nominee. He notes Nixon’s strong standing after a Soviet visit and declines to commit, though letters urging him to run flood in. Meanwhile Eisenhower and Khrushchev plan reciprocal visits this fall with Europe trips beforehand to foster peace.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New York
Rockefeller
San Juan
Thomas E. Dewey
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Univer
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Moscow
McClelland Named Head of Old Age Insurance Bureau
McClelland, until Saturday district supervisor of the Beckley Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, becomes supervisor of the Charleston Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance. The bureau, part of HEW, handles disability grant eligibility under Social Security and delegates this to state agencies. George Mickel, a counselor in the Beckley office, is temporarily in charge.
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Co. A. McClelland
Beckley Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Charleston
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
West Virginia
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
George Mickel
Beckley
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Point Rain Potential
Sunny today in West Virginia with highs 75 to 80 east and near 86 to 86 west. Tonight fair with lows in the 50s east to around 60 west. Tuesday turns warmer and more humid with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Extended forecast shows temps 3 to 6 degrees above normal through Friday, overall dry start with a chance of 1 to 2 inches rainfall later in the week. Beckley and Oak Hill observed highs around 81 and 77 yesterday with mild overnight lows, river conditions Greenbrier and Bluestone reservoirs normal and clear, gates partly open.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Cecreses
Ceccassseer
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Youth Conservation Corps Backers Meet With Humphrey
Backers of the Youth Conservation Corps discuss a proposal to create a 50 000 member program for youths aged 16 to 21 to work in public forests and parks in Washington. Sen. Humphrey leads the initiative with Sen. Murray and Sen. Randolph as subcommittee chairs and co sponsors. Sen. Byrd is also a sponsor. the bill heads to the Senate for debate this week likely Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Youth Conservation Corps
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Sen
Jennings Randolph
D-Wva
Robert C. Byrd
Wva
U.S. Senate
Prisoner admits stabbing rival in state pen
William K Burchett a Marshall County prisoner serving time for breaking and entering confessed Sunday night to fatally stabbing Bobby Lee Pennington 25 during a dominoes game in the Moundsville state penitentiary after authorities grilled about 100 inmates. Pennington was in for unarmed robbery in Kanawha County.
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William K. Burchett
Marshall County
Bobby Lee Pennington
Moundsville
Pennington
Kanawha County
Cape Canaveral
Jack R. Slehofer
Tacoma
Wash
Cascades
Coast Guard
Slehofer
Seattle
Beckley Skies Sunset and Moon Phases Noted
The report notes today sunset in Beckley and sunrise tomorrow at 5 30 a m with a new moon at 9 34 a m. Prominent star Altair rises high in the southeast around 9 39 p m and is described as much hotter than the Sun, white like Vega and Sirius, presently the fourth brightest star in the sky.
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Altair
Vega
Sirius
Tuesday Meeting Of The Dry Hill Prosperity Coun Try Life Association
The Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Association will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Community Building A fair committee meeting will be held in conjunction with the CLA meeting Walter James president urges all committee chairmen to attend.
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Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Association
CLA
Walter James
City traffic plan rejected at park exit site
The notice claims traffic sites at the city park exit on Prince Street were turned down. It critiques the plan as ineffective, noting problems with entry disruption and safety concerns, and mocks the proposal as unfit for implementation.
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Prince Street
Nixon greeted by rousing Warsaw crowds
Vice President Richard M Nixon was enthusiastically welcomed by about 5 000 Poles at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw with cries of live 100 years and bouquets showered on his open car during a three day Polish visit following his Moscow trip. He met government leaders and spoke of inviting Khrushchev to the United States to clear up misconceptions about Americans. He then visited Aleksandr Sawadski and Czeslaw Wycech, and prepared for a schedule including a housing development visit, a Warsaw University talk, and a tour of the Jewish ghetto razed by the Nazis before departing for Washington.
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Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Russia
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Yalta
Crimea
Warsaw
Poland
Richard M. Nixon
Worstey
Nixon
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Adam Rapacki
Oscar Lange
United Nations
Josef Winiewicz
Washington
Babice
Myslewicki Palace
America
Voice of America
U. S
Jacob Beam
University of Warsaw
Rickover dismisses visit to Ricki birthplace
Vice Adm. Hyman Rickover touring with Vice President Richard M. Nixon in Poland showed no interest in visiting his birthplace Ricki, about 50 miles southeast of Warsaw. When asked if he planned a visit, he answered What for.
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Warsaw
Hyman Rickover
Richard M. Nixon
Ricki
West Virginia Governor Sees Outside Aid For Road Funds
Gov. Cecil H. Underwood told the Governors Conference in San Juan that WV may soon seek outside highway funds. He has not decided on asking the legislature to alter revenue policy for construction. He also aims for a strong resolution opposing cuts to Interstate Highway System funds.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Underwood
Governors Organization
Congress
Copperhead Killed In Glen White Kitchen Incident
Mrs Joyce Hopkins spotted a 30 inch copperhead under a kitchen cabinet on Glen White road while canning beans. The snake coiled to strike and was killed by Glen White resident Guy Pittman with a garden gig after it crawled under the refrigerator. The Hopkins family wonders how the venomous reptile entered.
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Joyce Hopkins
Glen White Road
Two Survive After Alaskan Glacier Ordeal
A single flare sparked rescue for two men marooned seven days on Gilman Glacier in Glacier Bay National Monument Alaska. Geophysicist Robert Baldwin died in the crash. survivors Robert Sheldon from Spokane and Melvin Guerrera, a Petroleum Helicopters pilot, were treated in Juneau. A second body was to be recovered by helicopter.
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Juneau
Alaska
Rugged
Glacier Bay National Monument
Gilman Glacier
Robert Baldwin
Ridgefield, Conn
Newmont Exploration Co.,Ltd
New York City
Robert Sheldon
Melvin Guerrera
Joseph O. Rude
Juneau's
St. Anne's Hospital
Tarr Inlet
Coast Guard
Leonard Daniel
New Orleans
Juneau Harbor
Glacier
Jerash
U. S. Coast Guard
Big Four Talks Likely To Break Up Wednesday
Geneva AP reports allied officials expect the Berlin crisis talks to end without agreement on Wednesday as Khrushchev’s visit to the United States looms. Western negotiators fear no rapid breakthrough, while optimism grows for a Khrushchev Eisenhower summit to bridge gaps on the German issue.
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Geneva
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
C A Tucks Davis Dies In Florida
Clarence A. Tuck Davis known as Tuck, about 86, died Sunday night in Miami Springs Florida after a heart attack at his daughter's home. A Beckley barber for around 50 years he retired four years ago after his wife died. He lived with his daughter Mrs T Self in Florida since then. Born in Richmonddale Ohio he once owned a livery stable barber shop and pool room in Raleigh before moving to Beckley. Surviving are two sons Wheeler Davis of Chillicothe Ohio and Clarence Davis of Cincinnati. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Chillicothe and the body returned there.
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Clarence A. “Tuck” Davis
Miami Springs
Fla
Davis
Beckley
T. Self
Florida
Raleigh County
Raleigh
Richmondale
Ohio
Wheeler Davis
Chillicothe
Clarence Davis
Cincinnati
Tele Funeral Home
Attack Claims Mrs. Hoskins
Mrs. Martha Brown Hoskins of Sprague 83 died at 7 30 a m today at her residence of a heart attack. She lived in Sprague four years and was born in Knoxville Tennessee. Surviving are two sons Earl Byrge Shady Spring and William Byrge Killarney four daughters Mrs Bernard Jordan Montgomery Mrs Pete Lings Indianapolis Ind Mrs Delphie Wooten Lick Branch Ky and Miss Marie Burge Hazard Ky 38 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The body is at the Rose and Quesenderry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Martha Brown Hoskins
Sprague
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Shady Springs
Knoxville
Tenn
William Hoskins
Earl Byrge
Shady Spring
William Byrge
Killarney
Bernard Jordan
Montgomery
Pete Lings
Indianapolis
Ind
Delphie Wooten
Lick Branch
Marie Burge
Hazard
Rose and Quesenderry Funeral Home
Troopers Seek Missing Man Noah Kincaid
State Police investigate the disappearance of 65 year old Noah L. Kincaid of Stanaford reported missing by sister Mrs. Goldie Pritt. Last seen Saturday, he wears a tan shirt brown pants and brown oxfords. He is six feet one inch tall weighs about 225 pounds with blue eyes grey hair and tattoos on both forearms. He has a missing left thumb and may wear glasses. Police seek any sightings and ask to contact state authorities.
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Stanaford
Goldie Pritt
Kincaid
Re-enlisted Trooper Mozingo Assigned to Co D Beckley
New Co D Trooper Robert L. Mozingo of Wellsburg was re enlisted in the State Police today and sent to Co D with headquarters at Beckley for further assignment. Mozingo previously served from March 1951 to February 1959 and was stationed at Petersburg when he resigned.
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Traoper
Robert L. Mozingo
Wellsburg
State Police
Co. D
Beckley
Mozingo
Petersburg
Nixon eyes Khrushchev visit around Sept fifteen
AP reports Vice President Nixon said Khrushchev’s U S visit is likely around September fifteen with talks on a possible Big Four summit depending on concrete results. Eisenhower announced an exchange of visits and sought to thaw tensions, noting plans for Khrushchev to visit this country and return the visit later.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Krush
Tremors Shake Georgia and South Carolina
An earthquake shook parts of Georgia and South Carolina early today with no injuries or major damage. It was felt from Columbia, South Carolina to Brunswick, Georgia about 200 miles away. Police reported awakening to a shaking building and two tremors in succession. In Augusta a home rattled as beds shook, while Savannah felt minor tremors in downtown offices and stronger sensations in rural areas.
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Associated Press
Georgia
South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Brunswick
Otis Hillyer
Augusta
Savannah
Reunited 12-Year-Old Held in Raleigh Jail
A 12-year-old boy held in protective custody at Raleigh County Jail for 13 days with no charges was reunited with his mother after reporters discovered him. Judge McCreery cited lack of placement options and Baltimore welfare involvement. Local child welfare workers declined to comment citing confidentiality.
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Raleigh
Harry L. McCreery
Register
Baltimore
McCreery
Roy Smithson
Mary McClure
RMI School
Beckley
Department of Public Assistance
Mary Winston
Grover Greer
Crab Orchard
Marion Bragg
Sullivan Road
Child Welfare Division
Virgil Keaton
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