Wyoming Historian Moran Publishes County History Series
Drury D. Moran, lifelong Wyoming County resident and official historian, writes a weekly series on county history, folklore, and humorous stories. Born January 27, 1880 at Pinnacle Creek, Moran has taught, served in the military, held public office, and has lived in Mullens for 55 years as the oldest local resident.
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Drury D. Moran
Wyoming County
Moran
Pinnacle Creek
Barkers
Eisenhower Urges Strong Labor Law Reform
President Eisenhower condemned Congress for not enacting a comprehensive labor reform. He called for a new law to end racketeering in labor management and criticized the Senate bill as ineffective. He urged support for a House substitute measure amid coming battles on the legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Autlcilmid
House
Senate
House Labor Committee
Weather and Labor Debate Highlight West Virginia Note
West Virginia faces cloudy skies with showers and scattered thunderstorms today and Saturday cooler with more showers east. Extended temps run two to five degrees below normal through next Wednesday. rain totals reach a half to three quarters of an inch. In labor news AFL-CIO President Meany criticized Eisenhower backed bills as harmful to unions while Kennedy and Ervin defended anti racketeering measures. Senate debates focus on Landrum Griffin and related proposals amid party lines and calls for equal air time.
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W. Va
Beckley
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Eisenhower
Eisehnower
Meany
John F. Shelley
Calif
Senate
House
Senate House
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Sam J Ervin Jr
DNC
Sen
McClellan
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Stewart L. Udall
D-Aziz
Kennedy
House Committee
Landrum-Griffin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Rep
Griffin
Shortened News: Khrushchev Visit and Capitol Action
Secretary of Defense McElroy offered to show Khrushchev U.S. bases during his visit starting Sept 15, but the Soviet ambassador indicated disinterest. Congress approved 2,683,029,000 for the Atomic Energy Commission for the current fiscal year, pending presidential action. Eisenhower departs for Gettysburg, then returns for rest before international conferences. Zsa Zsa Gabor cites burglars and servant trouble driving her out of Hollywood and plans a New York move. Penny Bjorkland, the Pony-tailed killer, gets life for murder in San Francisco. Idaho Falls reports botulism deaths linked to home canned beets. Chicago disperses crowd near a West Side building with 150 policemen. Oklahoma City beer bust after discovery of a cache of 6 percent beer. State briefs note indictments for dog killings, crane accident fatalities, and hospitalizations from a switch engine wreck.
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Neil H. McElroy
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Mikhail Menshikov
Khrushchev
House
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Washington
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Hollywood
Rubi
Porfirio Rubirosa
New York
Rosemarie
Penny) Bjorkland
San Francisco
August Norry
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Kenneth Nelson
Wanda
Aaron Gruwell
Naomi
West Side
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Queen Elizabeth Expecting Again
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth II will have a baby early next year. Buckingham Palace confirms the pregnancy after weeks of speculation. The Queen, with Prince Philip and her two children, recently returned from a lengthy tour and vacation at Balmoral Castle.
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London
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Prince Charles
Princess Ann
Prince Philip
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Evening Sky Forecast for Beckley Tonight
Beckley skies show sunset at 7 28 p m and moonset at 9 13 a m with first quarter on Aug 1. The triangle of Vega Deneb and Altair rises high in the east while the Milky Way spans from Cassiopeia to Sagittarius and Scorpio across the sky.
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Vega
Deneb
Altair
Cassiopeia
Sagittarius
Scorpio
May Open New Era In Research 142-Pound Paddlewheel Satellite
A Thor Able rocket launched from Cape Canaveral carried a 142 pound paddlewheel satellite into space. If it orbits Explorer VI would carry a flying laboratory to study the earth radiation belts and power its transmitters with solar energy. The craft aimed for a highly elliptical 23 000 mile to 160 mile orbit with an expected one orbit every 12 hours.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Earth
Nixon to discuss Soviet tour on NBC Sunday night
Vice President Richard M. Nixon will appear on NBC television to discuss his recent tour of the Soviet Union and Warsaw. The nationwide program airs from 7 to 7 30 p.m. EDT, Sunday.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Warsaw
NBC
New Junkyard Cars Prompt Speedometer Prank
In a playful note Sherwood Glutz says people want faster cars. A speedometer that registers past 80 mph would trigger a mechanical cuckoo to pop out and sing Nearer My God To Thee on the hill, as speeds rise in jest.
Flavored Cigarettes May Soon Be Rule
In Los Angeles AP reports George Weissman of Phillip Morris indicates a flavor revolution in cigarettes with tests of cinnamon chocolate and new-mown hay flavors. He notes 40,000 housewives nationwide are trying flavored smokes though no rollout date is announced.
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Los Angeles
George Weissman
Phillip Morris
Weissman
Dynamite Truck Explodes in Oregon Town Tragedy
An early morning dynamite truck explosion in Roseburg near the Gerretsen Building Supply Co caused eight deaths and 52 injuries. The blast leveled six blocks of warehouses and businesses, with debris over a six-block radius. Fire raged for hours, a crater formed at the truck site, and the National Guard was mobilized to curb looting. Interventions included doctors and blood plasma flown from Grants Pass and evacuation of the six-story Umpqua Hotel and its guests.
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Roseburg
Ore
Grants Pass
Pacific Powder Co
Tenino, Wash
Gerretsen Building Supply Co
George Rutherford
Chehalis
Wash
Umpqua
Dick Smith
Roy McFarland
Portland
National Guard
County Budget Sent To Charleston
Raleigh County sends its 1959-60 levy estimates to the State Tax Commissioner in Charleston, though Board of Education estimates are not yet ready. The document lists Class I and IV valuations with proposed levies by lake, airport, health center, and general county levy, and notes publication in The Raleigh Register.
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Raleigh
Charleston
Board of Education
General County
Raleigh Register
Stevens Branch
Lake Levy
Oak Hill Woman Mary Dodson Dies After Accident
Oak Hill, July 27 to hospital after automobile crash in Mossy left Mary Elizabeth Dodson deceased at 67. She had fractured hip and died at 12:30 a.m. today following the injury while en route home from Cleveland, Ohio where she had been visiting.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Mary Elizabeth Dodson
Mossy
Two Petitions for Admission to Pinecrest Sanitarium Filed
Two petitions for admittance to tubercular institutions were filed today with the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office by the West Virginia Department of Health. The petitions named Joe Bika and Marion Hosea of Beckley and sought their commitment to Pinecrest Sanitarium under state law.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Department of Health
Joe Bika
Marion Hosea
Beckley
Pincecrest Sanitarium
Prowler Call Ends With Forgotten Eggs
Boston police answered a call from Gussie Simmons who feared a prowler in her kitchen. Officers found two hard boiled eggs rattling in a dry, red hot pan after she forgot they were on the stove.
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Boston
Gussie Simmons
Beckley Armory Receives $200000 Under Army Construction Plan
Washington reports a House Appropriations Committee proposal would fund 200000 for Beckley Armory with additional sums for East Rainelle Princeton and Ronceverte. Total military construction money exceeds 1.28 billion dollars for the coming year, with West Virginia allocations for Navy Radio Research Sugar Grove and various Army units including National Guard and Reserve posts in Beckley Buckhannon East Rainelle Ripley Fairmont Weirton.
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West Virginia — Navy
Sugar Grove
Army National Guard
Keyser
Princeton
Ronceverte
Beckley
Buckhannon
Former Child Star Margaret O'Brien Announces Saturday Wedding
HOLLYWOOD AP Former child star Margaret O'Brien, now 21, will marry Harold Robert Allen Jr., 24, in St Martin of Tours Church. They met four years ago and plan a Hawaii honeymoon after the ceremony. Margaret plans to continue acting. Harold studies commercial art.
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Hollywood
Margaret O’brien
Margaret
Harold Robert Allen Jr
St. Martin of Tours
Hawaii
Harold
Harold R. Allen
Gladys O’brien
James Cagney
Mickey Rooney
Canterville
St. Louis
Mueller Confirmed as Commerce Secretary by Senate
Washington AP reports the Senate unanimously confirmed Frederick H. Mueller to be secretary of commerce by voice vote on Thursday.
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Washington
Senate
Frederick H. Mueller
Io Commerce
Kauai Devastated By Hurricane Dot Movie Island
A powerful hurricane named Dot ravaged Kauai with 75 mph winds and torrential rain. Homes were demolished or damaged, communications and power were knocked out, water supplies cut, and roads flooded. Officials warned of widespread destruction to sugar and pineapple plantations as they prepared for a full daylight assessment.
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Honolulu
Kauai
Weather Bureau
Hawaii
NATO IV Chain Of Command A Cooperative Enterprise
NATO runs as a cooperative enterprise with nine major commands under a 15 nation Political Council veto. Individual nations retain control of troops and air forces in peacetime, making direct NATO command limited. Intelligence reliance on separate national services hampers unified operations. no organic NATO intelligence arm.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Iceland
United States
United Kingdom
France
NATO
NATO Supreme Command
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Wyoming
Register
Ike
Smems
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Charleston Humane Assn
Lucinda Toney
Ray Fulton
Chesapeake
Ohio
Huntington
Ohio River
Island Creek
Clarksburg
Kathryn G., McGahan
State
American Legion Auxiliary
Beckley Skies
U.S
Rym A
Sherwood Glutz
Sunny
Valley Drive
Trottino Brothers
Oakwood Avenue
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Oregon
Pinecrest
Vegas
Beckley Armory
Margareet
Mueller
BEM Price
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