Berserk man shoots wife daughter two sons then kills self
WEAVERVILLE NC AP Wayne R Franks 30 sat with his in laws on the Holcombe porch and opened fire killing Diane Franks 5 and the two boys Junior 4 and Johnny 3 and Mrs Holcombe 55. He shot himself and died later. Holcombe wounded sought help. Diane was stabbed in the heart prior to the shootings. Mrs Franks was away in Virginia.
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Weaverville
N.C
Wayne R. Franks
Jerome Holcombe
Holcombe
Holcombes
Franks
Ted Gibson
Diane Franks
Virginia
Forgery Charges' Tabbed Politics By Schoonover
Charleston AP West Virginia Crime Commission ends Clay County payroll probe after Orval Schoonover calls it politics. Handwriting expert linked 13 checks forgeries totaling 1300 dollars to Schoonover. he denies wrongdoing beyond endorsing checks on request. Evidence will be sent to county law enforcement for action.
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Charleston
West Virginia Crime Commission
State Road Commission
Clay County
Orval Q. Schoonover
Schoonover
F. Dean Nichols
Commission
Road Commission
Homer Russell Phillips
Shortening The News From Wire Dispatches
Eisenhower summons GOP Senate leaders to White House breakfast as campaign dynamics shift. Delta rocket problems delay a balloon satellite launch. Cuba sets mining institute possibly signaling nationalization risk. Antarctica treaty debate frames Soviet threat concerns. US demands Cuba stop anti American propaganda mailing. Francisco Pignatari freed in Mexico City for lack of adultery proof. North Korea defector Chung Nak Hyun commissioned as first lieutenant. Harry Kemp dies at 78. his ashes split between Peaked Hill Bar and Greenwich Village. Constitution Party taps Charles Sullivan as presidential candidate with tax abolition plank. Missing Okinawan fishing boat and Coast Guard cutter Ironwood return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
GOP
Senate
White House
U. S
Earth
National Institute of Mining
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Antarctic
Soviet Union
United States
Francisco
Baby) Pignatari
Mexico City
Ira von
Harry Kemp
Provincetown
Mass
Eugene O'Neill
Peaked Hill
Greenwich Village
New York City
14Th Street
Houston Avenue
Kemp
Constitution Party
Charles Sullivan
Clarksdale
Miss
U. S. Coast Guard
Ironwood
Weather outlook for West Virginia with warm humid trend
Continued on page W. Va. Weather shows variable cloudiness with a high of 78 to 85. Scattered showers or thunderstorms are expected south this afternoon and may spread north tonight. Low tonight 65 to 70. Wednesday remains cloudy and warm with humid air and more scattered thunderstorms. New gauge shows 1.95 ft.
Wife Freed In Hammer Slaying Of Wm. H. Taft
Pasadena judge acquits socialite Martha Ann Taft in the hammer slaying of her husband William H. Taft. The five minute trial found overdose tranquilizer left her unconscious and not responsible for actions. A note blamed the act on being out of her mind and a series of quarrels preceded the murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Martha Ann Taft
William H. Taft
Missile Firm
Taft
Superior Court
H. Burton Noble
Thomas Haley
Five Break Out Of Kanawha Jail In Downpour
Five prisoners escaped Kanawha County jail during a heavy downpour. One man, William Arnold Phillips, 25, was recaptured by a police lieutenant on a midmorning patrol. At large: Isaac R. Justis, 25, Banner Elk NC. Okey C. Price, 23, Michigan. Odery Reed, 26, Sissonville WV. Walter McCormick, 33, Tad WV. Escape aided by rusted steel partition. two left by roof four stories up.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
William Arnold Phillips
South Charleston
Isaac R. Justis
Banner Elk
N. C
Okey C. Price
Michigan
Odery Reed
Sissonville
West Virginia
Walter McCormick
Tad
W. Va
Justis
Phillips
New Bill Would Merge Several State Agencies
West Virginia moves toward a Department of Natural Resources merging the Conservation Commission and allied agencies. The measure, in early drafting for the 1961 session, hinges on public sentiment from sportsmen clubs and conservationists. Interim committee votes in favor after over a year of study and state visits. Dr. Dadisman to draft the bill by Oct 1.
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Roy Lee Harmon
West Virginia
Department of Natural Resources
Conservation Commission
Conservation Department
Natural Resources
Committee On Natural Resources
House of Delegates
Stanley Dadisman
West Virginia Law School
Dadisman
Jack Shipman
Pineville
Water Resources Commission
Division of Reclamation
Public Lands Corporation
New Tax Reats Estimate Pulls In Half Million
Charleston AP reports West Virginia's property transfer tax exceeded estimates in its first year on the books. The 1959 law created a $1.10 per $500 transfer tax with a $100 exemption, aimed to boost general fund revenue by about $400,000. Through June 30, 1960 receipts reached $491,351. Each county reports late remittances as clerks adjust under a 1960 change directing monthly transfers to the Auditor. Tax receipts surprised officials who expected far less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Office of
McGuire's
Kanawha
Statesman or politician amid Washington politics
Sherwood Glutz rails at Washington lawmakers accusing both Republicans and Democrats of self serving politicking. He argues true statesmanship seeks the next generation while politicians chase the next election.
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Washington
Fire from trolley arc blamed for Holden WV mine tragedy
Federal investigators say an electric arc from a locomotive trolley pole ignited dry timber in the Island Creek Coal Co mine No. 22 at Holden West Virginia, causing a March 8 fire that killed 18 miners by asphyxiation and carbon monoxide poisoning. The final report urges two escape routes per section and regular fire drills plus training for underground workers.
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Washington
West Virginia
Island Creek Coal Co
Holden
W. Va
Bureau of Mines
Powers Pleads Guilty, Tass Says In Moscow Trial
Tass reports Francis Gary Powers has pleaded guilty to spying for the United States. The U2 pilot faces a trial set for August 17 in Moscow after his May 1 crash near Sverdlovsk. Indictment says he entered Soviet airspace to gather strategic defense data.
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London
Tass
Francis Gary Powers
Russia
Tace Eaid
State Security Committee
Roman Rudenko
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
U. S
Sverdlovsk
Moscow
Powers
U. S.S.R
Pound
Incirlik
Parents Seek Clemency as Powers Faces Soviet Trial
In Washington, Francis Gary Powers's father and mother travel toward Moscow for his August 17 espionage trial. Experts reportedly say Powers has faced 10 to 15 days of solitary confinement. Soviet jurist L N Smirnov calls brainwashing claims rubbish and promises a fair trial.
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Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Oliver Powers
Pound
Moscow
Soviet Union
Capt. Powers
L. N. Smirnov
London
Smirnov
Soviet Supreme Court
Powers
Military College of the
Supreme Soviet
Milledgeville
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Earl's Pearls in Quaint Adage on Marriage
A humorous quip asserts marriage as not a 50 50 proposition. A survey is cited claiming one woman in three has crooked stocking seams. The report notes it is being checked by three men in four.
Ex for more laughs see Earl Wilson column
A brief tease notes Earl Wilson's humor column continues on Page 4 with more laughs and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wilson
Army Coup Overthrows Pro Western Laos Leader
A neutralist military committee seized Vientiane today and claimed control while urging troops to avoid bloodshed and to expel foreigners. The move challenges the pro Western government, with U S aid and advisers totaling millions supporting Laos since 1955 as tensions rise over the capital’s fate. Premier Tiao Somsanith’s status remains unclear amid circulating reports of officials’ displacement.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Laos
Vientiane
Revolutionary Committee
U. S
United States
Tiao Somsanith
Thailand
Miners Day Welcomers Named for Beckley Event
Mayor Cecil L. Miller joins John E. Kashner Crawford L. Wilson A J Walker and George J Titler to welcome visitors to Beckley Miners Day on Aug 20 An all day program includes a beauty contest talent show and Young Miner of the Year title Parade highlights daytime activities The first aid meet at Woodrow Wilson High School Stadium begins at 7 p m and marks the fifth district meet in Beckley with winners advancing to state and national contests Joshua Smith announces the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Miller
John E. Kashner
Crawford L. Wilson
A. J. Walker
George J. Titler
Beckley
Kashner
Walker
Smokeless Coal Operator's Association
Titler
United Mine Workers of America
Wilson
State Department of Mines
Smith
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Ex-State youth slays landlady in New Jersey
An 18 year old boarder, Robert Lee Carter of Hillsdale West Virginia, is charged with murdering landlady Mrs. Bertha McCormick in North Bergen New Jersey. Police say he beat her with a hammer and bottle after she refused to lend him her car. He confessed after hours of questioning.
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North Bergen
N. J
Robert Lee Carter
West Virginia
Bertha McCormick
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
Carter
Hillsdale
Monroe County
W. Va
McCormick
Herter warns Soviets during election period
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told reporters the United States would act with speed force and unity to counter any new Red threat or world crisis. He said the warning aimed to dispel beliefs of paralysis during a presidential election and to avert dangerous miscalculation by the Soviet government.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
United States
Herter
Two County Men Attempt death by own action
Two elderly Raleigh Countians were in serious condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after unrelated self harm attempts Monday night and today. Adam Matulevich a 78 year old retired miner had threatened suicide all week and reportedly shot himself twice in the face with a .22 rifle in his North Fayette Street room. Louie Gall a 65 year old Glen Daniel man was found wounded after a store fire at Gall's Grocery and later said he shot himself, with police noting family trouble.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
CvVenminig
Adam Matulevich
S. A. Ford
Matulevich
Glen Daniel
Louie Gall
Gall
Young Gall
Japs Plan Sitdown On Gunnery Range
Tokyo residents near Mt. Fuji plan a Wednesday sitdown to block a U S Marine artillery practice with live ammunition. Four hundred Marines proceed with firing prep as residents and leftist backers gather at the target area. The Navy says firing will not start until the area is deemed safely cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Mt. Fuji
U. S
Oshino Village
U. S. Navy
Tuohy Sees B and O Accepting C and O Merger Offer
Baltimore and Ohio stockholders are expected to accept Chesapeake and Ohio Railway president Walter J. Tuohy's merger proposal. He cited enthusiasm seen locally and abroad, including talks in Switzerland with bankers holding about 20 percent of B&O stock. The New York Central has made a rival merger offer.
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Baltimore, Md
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Walter J. Tuohy
London
Tuohy
Switzerland
B&o
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
B&O’s
Jailed Witness Sues County For Million
Elliott Fletcher, 35, of Miami, jailed 81 days as a material witness to a Slaying he reported, sues Dade County officials for more than a million dollars. He seeks punitive damages of one million and over five thousand for lost wages, arguing false imprisonment while the accused remained free on bond.
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Miami, Fla
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Wm. H. Taft
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Glenwood Park
Princeton
Christie Bell
Betty Johnson Huntington
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Urals
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C&o
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