Prutton Urges WV Focus on Smaller High Tech Plants
West Virginia should target smaller plants using newer technologies in fields like radar electronics and guided missile assembly. Dr Carl F Prutton urged expanding industrial research and training via WVU, promoting statewide retraining incentives, and better integration of state agencies to advance economic development.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Carl F. Prutton
Prutton
Underwood
Don Crislip
State Industrial and Publicity Commission
West
West Virginia University
Stae
Crislip
Economic Development Agency
Morgantown
New York City
the Herald Tribune
Veteran finds dead wife boyfriend and two children
In Wahiawa Hawaii a veteran soldier returned home to discover his Japanese born wife Tomoko Katori Tatsuno 25 and two daughters Margie 14 months Ann 4 months dead along with her former boyfriend Jack Warden 35 of Atlanta. Police describe three murders and a possible suicide in the studio apartment.
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Honolulu
Asst
Leon Straus
Tomoko Katori Tatsuno
Margie
Ann
Jack Warden
Atlanta
Wahiawa
Albert Tatsuno
Warden
Alaska votes shift as capital proposal trails in SE Alaska
With 70 of 298 precincts, the capital move tally shows 2,987 yes and 8,854 no, heavily from 50 southeastern precincts at 247 yes to 8,199 no. Senator E L Bartlett unopposed leads re election with 5,008 votes. Ralph J Rivers dominates Democratic nomination for Bartletts seat with 4,580 to 692 over David N Boyer. In the GOP House race, Jack Ryan holds a large lead over William C Haugaard and R L Rettig with 1,115 to 468 and 539 respectively.
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Alaska
E. L. Bartlett
Ralph J. Rivers
Bartlett
Lawrence Brayton
Fairbanks
Lee L. MacKinley
Palmer
Rivers
Kenai
David N. Boyer
Jack Ryan
William C. Haugaard
Sitka
R. L. Rettig
Anchorage
Ryan
Rettig
Haugaard
Uzbeki Letter Stumps San Francisco Mayor
In San Francisco Mayor George Christopher received an untranslated Uzbeki letter from Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan. He could not read it and declined translation by UC staff, prompting a bid from Columbia’s Professor Carl Menges at 75 dollars. The exchange highlights the low value placed on scholars in American society.
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San Francisco
George Christopher
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Soviet Union
Christopher
Army Language School
Monterey
Calif
University of California
Carl Menges
Columbia University
University of Washington
Menges
Joe Allen
Goddard Plans Washington Picket After Welfare Fund Setback
Goddard, under a physician's care for slope arthritis, says he will return to Washington with three disabled miners to picket the White House unless funds are provided. Trustees of the U M W A Welfare and Retirement Fund ordered hospital cards withheld after a Glen Morgan meeting to cover expenses for him and another man to attend a Washington conference. He hopes funds will be secured after a Saturday meeting to enable the trip.
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U.M. W. A. Welfare and Retirement Fund
Goddard
Glen Morgan
Welfare and Retirement Fund
Washington
White House
Goddrd
Laos Rebels Rally While U S Helps Army
Laos faces pressure from Pathet Lao rebels as communist threats persist. A rebel broadcast urged foreigners to carry on with work while promising to respect foreign property. Hong Kong sources name Kong Le, a U S trained paratroop captain, as leader. There are 753 Americans in Laos, 261 with the U S military aid program. The United States backs Laos budget and army amid shifting alignments.
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Pathet Lao
Laos
U.S
Hong Kong
Kong le
United States
Ft. Benning
Cut Diet In Half Surgery Report by Wanda Lunsford
Miss Wanda R. Lunsford of Cornell University describes a half diet surgery in which side incisions joined animals by skin and muscle to exchange blood and fluids. Typically a young rat paired with an old one. dying twins were dissected to study aging. Elasticity in tail tendons measured aging rate along with bone density.
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Wanda R. Lunsford
Cornell University
Dr Scott’s bank robbery ends with capture
Los Angeles police arrest a gaunt gunman who demanded cash at a savings and loan. He received ten dollars and wrote a receipt “Dr Scott.” Dr Gordon Elmer Scott, 61, former Beverly Hills chiropractor, says he wanted to be caught to gain federal prison medical care for cancer and cirrhosis, pledges cooperation, and may face probation with promised treatment resources.
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Los Angeles
Marjorie Sances
Tor
Beverly Hills
Scott
Cuba Bishoprow Faces anti church protest in Havana
An anti church demonstration outside Havana cathedral turns violent as youths armed with bars attack worshippers during a high Mass for Cuban priests. Police fire into the air to disperse the crowd while church leaders seek talks with the presidency amid reported detentions.
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Cuba
Manuel Cardinal Arteaga
Eligio Sardinas
Castro
Revolutionary Army
Diaz
Luis Buch
Dorticos
Eisenhower on Nixon-Lodge ticket and civil rights stance
President Eisenhower voiced belief the Nixon Lodge ticket could perform well in the South and said he would promote it nationally yet avoids partisan speeches. He asserted final bill decisions are his own though he keeps Nixon informed and noted January civil rights proposals he had previously named. He warned Latin American policy against communism and discussed Latin aid, Congress sessions, and Soviet peace talk without advancing a special session.
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Eisenhower
South
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Cuba
Gov
Rockefeller
Laos
Europe
Khrushchev
East Germany
Rookie Trooper Assigned To Beckley Unit
The Beckley Detachment in West Virginia gains Allen C. Bartlett a 23 year old Wallace High School graduate as a new trooper while J Sharp transfers to Princeton. Five new troopers join Company D as 19 recruits start 12 week school next month. Billy Vira joins Shinnston Company A and additional moves shift personnel across Welch Logan and Prince ton detachments with Neely staying in Beckley to cover sergeant duties.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Paul E. Gyke
Clarksburg
Welch
Jimmie G. Watson
Moundsville
Logan
Nutter Fort
Harrison County
Princeton
Billy Vira
Charleston
Neely
Corporal Neely
Two Arrested For Car Theft In Raleigh County Jail
Two MacArthur men, Roger Haley and Roger Howington, were booked at Raleigh County Jail at 12:45 a.m. on car theft charges after arrest by a deputy sheriff. Wendell Meador of White Oak waived preliminary hearing to the grand jury. Meador was arrested Monday and posted a $500 property bond. Henry Miller of Glen Jean was released after a peace warrant was withdrawn and costs paid.
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MacArthur
Raleigh
Roger Haley
Roger Howington
Wendell Meador
White Oak
Cotton White
Meador
White
Henry Miller
Glen Jean
Open Classes Conclude Speech and Hearing Clinic
The Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children will hold open classes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Thursday at the Memorial Building under director Mrs Viola St Clair. Parents and teachers are urged to attend as therapy and treatment demonstrations accompany the final two days of the eight week clinic. A farewell party for the students runs Friday from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children
Memorial Building
Viola St. Clair
Katanga Invasion Sparks regional power shift and reaction
Relentless clashes over Congo governance draw in Lumumba opponents and regional leaders. Tshombe seeks a federation of six autonomous provinces while Kalondji proclaims Kasai independence to align with Katanga. Belgium signals troop withdrawal and reduces NATO commitments as Brussels frets over UN actions.
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Lumumba
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Sekou Toure
Guinea
Congo
U.N
Jean van den Bosch
Baron van Bosch
Brazzaville
Tshombe
Congo Republic
Albert Kalondji
Kasai
Elisabethville
Kalondji
Brussels
Gaston Eyskens
Belgium
Security Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
Ruanda-Urundi
Crime Hearing Testimony To Be Submitted To Kanawha Grand Jury
Kanawha County prosecutor Charles M. Walker will submit the Crime Commission transcript on Road Commission payroll practices in Clay County to the Intermediate Court grand jury on Sept. 26 to consider possible false swearing. Endorsements on payroll checks implicated Orval Q. Schoonover. a handwriting expert said 13 checks bore his writing. The commission has moved on to other matters and kept details private.
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Charleston
West Virginia Crime Commission
Charles M. Walker
Kanawha County
Commission On Road Commission
Clay County
Intermediate Court
Grand Jury
Road Commission
Walker
F. Dean Nichols
Orval Q. Schoonover
Schoonover
Nichols
Kanawha
Clay
Fayette
Crime Commission
Funeral services for Albert Hagy Hare held in Mullens
Albert Hagy Hare 74 died 8 45 p m Monday in Huntington Hospital after a long illness pneumonia was the cause. Funeral services set for 10 a m Thursday at Robert son and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Masons in charge graveside at family cemetery West Jefferson N C. Burial in West Jefferson with survivors including wife Juanita two sons two daughters and grandson Darrell Lawson of Alexandria Virginia. Hare born May 3 1886 Ashe County N C. He was a retired Virginian Railway car inspector and a member of Mul lens First Baptist Church Mullens Masonic Lodge Beni Kedem Shrine Charleston and Mullens Moose Lodge.
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Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mullens
West Jefferson N.C
Free and Accepted
Hare
Guyandotte Ave
South Mullens
Huntington
Ashe County
N. C
Mullens First Baptist Church
Mullens Masonic Lodge
Charleston
Mullens Moose Lodge
Juanita
Darrell Lawson
Alexandria
Roy Morgan Davy Veterans Hospital Death
Roy Morgan, 39, of Davy, died at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a week of illness. He is survived by his mother Mabel Rhodes of Davy. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to Fanning Funeral Home in Welch for arrangements.
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Roy Morgan
Davy
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Mabel Rhodes
Rose and Quesenberry
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Agnes Shrewsbury funeral set in Lashmeet church
Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes Shrewsbury 72 Lashmeet will be at 2 p m Thursday at the Lashmeet Church with Elder C D Cadle and Elder Eli Lilly in charge. Burial will be in Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor. She died Tuesday at Bluefield hospital from a stroke. Surviving are two sons Cletis Walkertown and Jerry Lorain Ohio four daughters Isabelle Shuck Beckley Mamie Crizer Charleston Ruth Wart Lashmeet Marie Keston Greensboro three brothers Esley Thompson Lashmeet Darius Crumpler and Burley Thompson Pinoak.
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Agnes Shrewsbury
Pinoak
James A
Virginia Bailey Thompson
Cletis
Walkertown
Jerry
Lorain
Ohio
Isabelle Shuck
Beckley
Mamie Crizer
Charleston
Ruth Wart
Lashmeet
Marie Keston
Greensboro
N. C
Esley Thompson
Darius
Crumpler
Burley Thompson
Plans Laid For in September Theater Project
Revised theater plans and a new script of Honey in the Rock by Dr. Kermit Hunter were reviewed. Eugene Eager and Mrs Archie Ellenbogen were named liaison to David Weiss the design consultant. Weiss will be technical lighting director and stage manager after rehearsals begin. Treasurer W M Shanklin pressed for full pledge payments amounting to about 80000 dollars from local supporters. Hunter Weiss and John Lipard architect to attend September meeting. Present included Harry E Anderson J A Blackburn James B Kessinger Mrs Otto Shanklin J E Shrewsbury Dr Eva Teter Hammer M F Barksdale Floyd Sayre Jr Miss Richardson association secretary and President Charley Hodel.
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Kermit Hunter
Eugene Eager
Archie Ellenbogen
Association
David Weiss
Weiss
W. M. Shanklin
Hunter, Weiss
John Lippard
Harry E. Anderson
J. A. Blackburn
James B. Kessinger
Man Treated for Gas Poisoning at Raleigh General
A man identified as Eddie Gun noe, address unknown, was undergoing treatment at Raleigh General Hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. No further details were available at press time.
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Eddie Gunnoe
Raleigh General Hopital
Presstime
UN Defies Boycott Continues Negotiations at Geneva
The article notes a walkout by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin at Geneva claiming Western refusal to negotiate on Soviet disarmament proposals left the Soviet Union with no choice but to break off. Some neutral members feared another heated debate as the Disarmament Commission session could span a week, per Padilla Nervo.
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Minist
Valerian A. Zorin
Geneva
Soviet Union
U.N
Padilla Nervo
Settlement Approved In Ohio Car Accident Case
Raleigh County Circuit Judge Norman Knapp approved a $2500 settlement Tuesday in a suit filed by Ida Opal Bowyer for her four year old daughter Ruth Ann Bowyer. The case against Martin Drumm stemmed from a 1959 accident in Zanesville Ohio when the child was struck by Drumms car.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Ida Opal Bowyer
Ruth Ann Bowyer
Nuckols sue Harvey over taxes on theater sale
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Tuesday Mr and Mrs Jack A Nuckols seek 10347.44 from Eugene R Harvey public accountant. They allege Harvey sold their Carb Orchard Drive In Theater stake in 1953 with no tax liability disclosed and refused to repay a liability paid January 11 1960 plus interest and costs.
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Jack A. Nuckols
Raleigh County
Eugene R. Harvey
Harvey
Nuckols
United States
Democrats Cool To Eisenhower Civil Rights Push
Democratic leaders including John F Kennedy and Henry M Jackson criticized Eisenhower proposals as eleventh hour moves aimed at blocking federal aid education housing medical care and a decent wage. They warned that Republicans may veto civil rights gains and leave defense funding frozen while Defense funds remain. Democrats intend to press for civil rights and social programs despite GOP resistance and possible presidential vetoes.
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Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Dirksen
Government Contracts Commission
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Johnson
Jackson
Congress
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Defense Appropriations
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Pentagon
Antarctic Pact Ratification Faces Senate Showdown
Washington AP reports the Antarctic Treaty with the Soviet Union and ten nations faces a tight Senate vote. Opponents led by Sen. Clair Engle seek delay to Jan 25 as Byrd and Russell challenge the pact, while Fulbright argues the treaty ensures peaceful science and international inspections binding the USSR.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
D Mont
Engle
Sen. Byrd
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
U.S
Antarctica
Byrd
United States
Russia
Fulbright
Senate
V J Day Program Planned for Beckley Saturday
Frank Albanese announced Beckley will host a V J Day celebration with public speaking at Raleigh County Courthouse at 9 a m and fireworks at New River Park that night. Mayor Cecil L Miller and Sheriff Okey Mills headline, with Kermit Locke and American Legion reps. The U S Army Recruiting Station will display a Littlejohn missile and Sophia High School Band will play. The event is funded by donations and Albanese oversees the display. $95 remains to cover fireworks.
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Frank Albanese
Beckley
Raleigh County
New River Park
Cecil L. Miller
Kermit Locke
Okey Mills
American Legion
U. S. Army
Littlejohn
Sophia High School
Albanese
States
Itate
Lions Hear Speaker on Beckley Economic Program
Beckley Lions Club heard John Gales of Appalachian Power Co outline a four step community economic development plan for Beckley Organize survey analyze and take action He urged broad local coalition including Chamber of Commerce government local industry banks Realtors utilities employment schools religious leaders transportation media and press to gather data and promote the town to industry
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John Gales
Appalachian Power Co
Beckley
Gates
Chamber of Commerce
Firemen Burn Grants Building In City Property Mishap
A small frame building the volunteer fire department built on city property was destroyed by fire Monday night. It was planned for a burn during a Tri-State Association of Volunteer Firemen convention on August 26, drawing chuckles from locals despite the loss.
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Grants
N. M
Tri-State Assn. of
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