Cuba Seizes Freeport Alphur Nickel Plant in Moa Bay
In Havana the Castro regime seized Freeport Alphur Company's 75 million dollar Moa Bay nickel and cobalt facility after a 25 percent gross tax halted operations. Moa Bay employed about 3,200 workers and was to produce 50 million pounds nickel and 40 million pounds cobalt annually. The action follows a broad nationalization drive affecting over 700 million dollars in other American properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Freeport Alphur Company
Cuba
Freeport
Moa Bay Mining Co
Osvaldo Corticos
New York
Freeport Company
Moa Bay Company
Moa Bay
Moaday
Nicaro
U.S
U.S. General Services Administration
Hearing Set August 23 For Tb Patient
Sheriff Mills reports a hearing on August 23 in the courthouse to return Low Mills Withrow to Pinecrest Sanitarium after he left. Withrow, a silicosis and tuberculosis patient, seeks oxygen at his own expense and may appear with counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low Mills Withrow
Beckley
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Okey Mills
Mills
Withrow
Health Department
Pair Jailed For Robbery and Assault
Alfred Walker of Stamford and Carlos Jackson of Piney View were jailed in Raleigh County with charges of armed robbery and felonious assault after a Sunday morning truck theft from Benny Williams of Beckley. Williams reported being beaten and robbed of about $200. State Police arrested them. arraignment and preliminary hearing were expected today, but they remained in jail before noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Walker
Stamford
Carlos Jackson
Piney View
Ray County
Benny Williams
Special Board Meet Scheduled Tuesday Raleigh County Board of Education
The Raleigh County Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Courthouse to approve the budget and levy for the current school year. Superintendent Sherman C. Trail said the state tax commissioner approved the levy with no exceptions and the state board of school finance approved the budget as submitted. Trail plans an adult education program expansion with county tuition courses and possible state reimbursement. Personnel items will be reviewed, and the Vocational Agriculture program at Stratton may be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Board of Education
Sherman C. Trail
Henry L. Ash
State Board of School Finance
Trail
Stratton
New Sophia Students To Report This Week
New students entering Sophia High School for the first time in September may enroll any morning this week between 9 and 12, per Principal Carl Neff. Pre-enrollment applies to students not enrolled as elementary pupils in the spring or who did not pre-enroll then, especially those moving to the area from out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia High School
Carl Neff
Hammarskjold Flees Elisabethville Heads to Kamina
Tear gas drives Hammarskjold from Elisabethville on Sunday as he flies toward Kamina en route to Leopoldville. In the Congo capital speculation grows that Lumumba may seek the Security Council chair again, following Hammarskjold s refusal to use U.N. troops to quell Katanga s defiance of central government authority. The Congo premier continues to ignore the Security Council injunction that U.N. forces stay out of internal political conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammarskjold
Elisabethville
Kamina
Leopoldville
Congo
Lumumba
Security Council
U.N
Katanga
Paul Bower in satisfactory condition after mine accident
Paul Bower of Sophia remains in satisfactory condition at Beck Leye Memorial Hospital where he is treated for back injuries from a mine accident last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bower
Sophia
Beckleye Memorial Hospital
Pike victim improved in Raleigh General Hospital care
Miss Mary Gray of Cleveland Ohio was injured in a Turnpike accident Friday and is slightly improved at Raleigh General Hospital where she receives treatment for jaw and mouth injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Mary Gray
Cleveland
Ohio
Raleigh General Hospital
Governor Underwood and GOP Chair Spar Over WV Platform
Charleston AP Two top West Virginia Republicans Gov Underwood and State GOP Chairman Daniel L Louchery clashed with Democrats at their Charleston convention. Underwood praised the Dem platform while noting it echoed his legislative program, and criticized Attorney General Barron for lack of legal opinions. Louchery called the platform a carbon copy of GOP aims and questioned Democrats inviting Pennsylvania Gov Lawrence to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Underwood
GOP
Daniel L. Louchery
Civic Center
Louchery
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
Moonshine Possession Hearing Sought After Arrestee Pleads Guilty
Loretta Fountain of Beckley was arrested Sunday night by city police on drunkenness and moonshine possession charges. She pleaded guilty to intoxication at arraignment before Magistrate Cotton White and requested a noon hearing on the possession charge. A ten day jail term and a $10 fine were imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Fountain
Beckley
Cotton White
Food Distribution Slated This Week
Commodities will be given out at the Newton Meadows place on Pluto Road Tuesday and Wednesday this week from 8 a m to 5 p m per Mrs Meadows. Persons calling for commodities should bring their own containers and those picking up for others must bring a signed note from those residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Meadows
Pluto Road
Joe L Smith Hospitalized at Beckley Hospital
Joe L Smith of 608 Woodlawn Ave is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after admission Friday for treatment and observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. Smith
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley Hospital
Eccles Man Jailed On Pistol Charge Bond Posted
Henry D Burrell of Eccles was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 1 39 p m Sunday on a pistol charge. He posted 500 bond today to appear before Magistrate Cotton White for an August 26 hearing and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Burrell, Eccles
Raleigh
Cotton White
Final rites for Mrs. Carrie Gravely in AmE Church
Mrs. Carrie Gravely aged 69 of 320 Bair Street will have funeral services at 1 p m Tuesday at St Matthews AME Church with Rev R A Lewis officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Friday evening in a local hospital. Survivors include 17 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The body rests at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor one hour before services. Pallbearers named M F Noel D O Means Roscoe Williams E D Terry Eugene Huffman G C Hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie ‘Gravely
Bair St
St. Matthews Ame
R. A. Lewis
Greenwood Memorial Park
Gravely
Ritchie and Johnson
Roscoe Williams
E D. Terry
Eugene Huffman
G. C. Hurt
Funeral for Mae Green Lookabill Held in Lexington
Mae Green Lookabill died August 7 in Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem of a liver ailment. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Jersey Baptist Church Lexington with burial at Camp Cemetery near Boone. She is survived by daughter Oprah Ann of Lexington and brother June Green of Boone. sister-in-law Mrs G E Lookabill of Wyco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Baptist Church
Lexington
N. C
Mae Green Lookabill
G. E. Lookabill
Wyco
Baptist Hospital
Winston - Salem
Lacy McClure Funeral Rites Set in Beckley
Funeral services for Lacy Carroll McClure 66 of MacArthur will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Beryl D. Long presiding. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Park. McClure died at 2 a.m. today after a long illness in a local hospital. A retired coal miner, he last worked for Gulf Smokeless Coal Co., Tams. He belonged to United Mine Workers Local 5952 Beckley Moose Lodge and Beckley Eagles Lodge. Born May 4, 1894 in Glade, he was a son of the late D. L. and Mary Smith McClure and longtime Raleigh County resident. Survivors include his wife Effie Jones McClure, a daughter Wanda Jones of Crab Orchard, a brother Burton of Shady Spring, and three grandchildren. The body will remain at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Carroll McClure
MacArthur
Caffee Funeral Home
Beryl D. Long
Sunset Memorial Park
McClure
Gulf Smokeless Coal Co
Tams
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley Moose
Shannon Harless Funeral Services in Beckley
Shannon Roscoe Harless died at 5 health complications and will be buried in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Melton Mortuary Chapel led by Rev. G W Woldford. Harless, 75, former carpenter, lived in Sprague since 1921 and left a wife Myrtle Doss. Surviving daughter is Evelyn Fea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon Roscoe Harless
Sprague
Melton Mortuary
G. W. Wolford
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Harless
Carpenter
Beckley Lumber Company
City Lumber and Supply
M. F. Noel
Means Lumber
Beckley
Waiteville
Floyd
Mary Farrow Harless
Myrtle Doss
First Christian Church
Evelyn Fea
Doctors Explain Venting Mother in Medical Case
Mount Sinai Hospital doctors report a mother who induced a medical mystery by overstaying care for Venita and other children. Coroner Gerber says the act was mental, not criminal, and the mother sought limelight rather than financial gain. Two younger siblings showed no sleeping symptoms. The testimony suggests possible cure and return to society as a happy person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret J. Spellacy
Joseph
James
Mount Sinai Hospital
Gerber
Funeral services for Larry O'Neal at Little Smyrna Church
Funeral services for 19 month-old Larry O'Neal were set for 2 p m today at Little Smyrna Baptist Church Bud with Rev Ott Tilley presiding Burial followed at Hickory Ridge Cemetery on Barkers Ridge The child was the son of Sgt Samuel O'Neal in Korea and Mrs Shirley Hayworth O Neal of Stephenson He died Wednesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness The body was taken Sunday to the Hayworth home on Barkers Ridge from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry O'Neal
Little Smyrna Baptist Church
Bud
Ott Tilley
Hickory Ridge
Barkers Ridge
Samuel O'Neal
Korea
Shirley Hayworth O'Neal
Stephenson
Beckley
Ed Hayworth
Robertson and Foglesong
Funeral services for Harold Bishop at grandparents' home
Harold Bishop, 37, of Sand Rock, was electrocuted around 9:30 a m Saturday when he touched a live wire connected to a water pump at the Matney Mine four miles southwest of Pineville. Funeral services were held at 1 30 p m today at his grandparents Mr and Mrs Gordon Ford in Brier Creek with Rev Sammy Addair Davy officiating and burial in Shields Cemetery on Brier Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bishop
Sand Rock
Gordon Ford
Brier Creek
Sammy Addair
Davy
Shields
Matney
Pineville
Area Conservationist To Attend State Meet
Floyd Rothlisberger Area Conservationist of the SCC will leave tomorrow for Morgantown to attend a meeting with other area conservationists. The meeting will convene Wednesday and continue through Friday. Afterward Mr and Mrs Rothlisberger with his brother J H Rothlisberger and his wife will tour New England for a week. Following the vacation Rothlisberger will attend the annual conference of the Soil Conservation Society of America in Guelph Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Rothlisberger
SCC
Morgantown
State Office
Rothlisberger
J. H. Rothlisberger
New England
The
Soil Conservation Society of America
Guelph
Canada
Kennedy Defends Civil Rights Push in Camden Speech
James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, criticizes Senator Kennedy as irresponsible after Kennedy says Democrats fail to improve their image with Black voters by tabling a Republican civil rights bill in the Senate during a Camden New Jersey address.
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Senate
Camden
N. J
James R. Hoffa
The
Teamsters Union
Kennedy
Six Generations Continued From Page One
Mrs. Harvey Brown of Willits, aged 39, and later Mrs. Iversen and her baby Charles Kinzer of 802 Kanawha Street were admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Sunday for treatment. Kinzer is listed in poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Brown
Charles Kinzer
Kanawha St
Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs Wickham in Satisfactory Condition at Beckley Hospital
Mrs Thomas H. Wickham of 208 North Kanawha Street is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after admission on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Wickham
N. Kanawha Sr
Beckley Hospital
Two Fayette men injured in unrelated weekend crashes
Oak Hill hospital treated Hershell Pennington twenty from Mabscott for a shoulder injury after the car passenger following U S 21 near Mount Hope left the roadway around 2 30 a m. Elbert Tatum twenty nine of Oak Hill sustained fractures to the left wrist deep cuts to the right leg and other injuries when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Frank Shipe of Oak Hill near Main Street and Woodlawn Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
Hershell Pennington
Mabscott
U. S. 21
Mount Hope
Pennington
David Lane
Beckley
Elbert Tatum
Frank Shipe
Fayette County
Tatum
Shipe
Woodlawn Ave
Shiner Gets $110, 6 Months for Moonshine Offense
Floyd Guy Wyatt of Jumping Branch faced a Saturday arrest by State Police on charges of second offense drunk driving improper registration possession of moonshine whiskey. Magistrate W A Burke sentenced him to six months in Raleigh County Jail with fines totaling 110 dollars and costs. jail time to begin immediately if fines remain unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Guy Wyatt
Ralleigh County
W. A. Burke
Burke
Neutralist New Laotian Premier Named by Rebels
In Vientiane Laos King Savang Vathana accepted the rebels demand and named Prince Souvanna Phouma, a leading neutralist, as premier after the resignation of pro Western Premier Somsanith. Rebel Capt Kong Le announced the plan to form a neutralist government and expel U S and French advisers. About 3000 cheered outside the rebels HQ as Somsanith and cabinet were promised safety.
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Vientiane
Laos
Savang Vathana
Vientiane Radio
Tiao Somsanith
Souvanna Phouma
National Assembly
Kong le
Lugan Prabang
Somsanith
Souvanna Phoma
U.S
Royal
United States
Doctor Not Called Tot Dies Of Poison
In Pasadena California a 21 month old girl Lorelle Christine Kay died after ingesting poison weed killer. Parents Ruth Kay and William Kay Christian Scientists delayed calling a doctor for prayers. Doctor arrived three hours after death. practitioner Lewis Hubner joined prayers and comforted family.
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Pasadena
Calif
Lorelle Christine Kay
Lorelle
Ruth Jean Kay
William
Lewis Hubner
Byrd and Randolph push coal research and health care talks
Senate remarks coalesce around coal industry collaboration with the Interior Department on a new research program led by National Coal Association and Bituminous Coal Research Inc. and a push by Senator Jennings Randolph for health insurance within Social Security to aid 16 million seniors this August, marking an anniversary of the 1935 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
Department of the Interior
Senate
Byrd
Department
Stephen F. Dunn
National Coal Association
Bituminous Coal Research Inc
Michael F. Widman
United Mine, Workers
Jennings Randolph
Randolph
United States
Ity
Two Million More Students Raise Education Outlook
The Office of Education reports two million more students this year than last in Washington. State briefs note public institutions commissioner Hubert A. Kelly resigns today after last month’s announced departure. Keith A. Dunlap of Lewisburg assumes duties tomorrow. A tractor trailer and car crash in downtown Charleston injures four, with damages around $25,000.
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Office of
Edication
Washington
Hubert A. Kelly
Keith A. Dunlap
Lewisburg
Charleston
Drunken Driving Fines Mississippi Man Fifty Dollars
Roger L. Cannon of Jackson was arrested by State Police on drunk driving charges and fined $50 with costs and a 24 hour jail sentence by Magistrate W. A. Burke. Enfield Dick of East Beckley posted bond and was released after drunk driving arrest.
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Roger L. Cannon
Jackson
Miss
W. A. Burke
Enfield Dick
East Beckley
Hector
Larew Avenue man cited after wreck
Jerry L. Rose of Larew Avenue was cited by City Police at 10 0 a.m. today for failing to yield the right of way after backing his car into a vehicle driven by Joe Wehage of 122 Reservoir Road on Larew Avenue near McCreery Street. Estimated damage totaled 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry L. Rose
Larew Avenue
McCreery St
Joe Wehage
Reservoir Road
Texas Girl Selected Miss High School for 1960
Pat Ayers, 16, a Corpus Christi Tex high school pupil, was named Miss High School of America for 1960 at Convention Hall defeating 15 other contestants. She stands 5 feet 7 inches, 120 pounds, with measurements 37-22-37. Runnerup was Ann McDaniel, 16, of Omaha Neb.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Pat Ayers
Corpus Christi
Martha Sutton 103 Dies In Kanawha County
Mrs Martha Alice Sutton aged 103 died Sunday at her Elkview home born in Charleston in 1857 when it was Virginia and lived in Kanawha County all her life Survivors include 19 grandchildren 45 great grandchildren and about 50 great great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkview
Martha Alice Sutton
Charleston
Virginia
Kanawha County
Beckley Man Waives Hearing on Felonious Assault Charge
Robert Given of Beckley waived arraignment before Magistrate Cotton White on a felonious assault charge, and the case was bound over to the grand jury. He was released on $500 bond after arrest by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Given
Beckley
Cotton White
Satisfactory condition for Gall and Daniels after self-inflicted wounds
Louie Gall and Glen Daniels were admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition after Gall inflicted gunshot wounds to his head last Monday. The incident is being treated as self harm and under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gall
Louie Gall
Glen Daniels
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Time To Order Tree Seedlings For Fall Planting Season
County Forester Da vid Yoas urges ordering now for fall planting from Oct 15 to Dec 15. Orders go through county technicians who advise on species from the State Forest Nursery, with min 500 seedlings, max 20,000 per fiscal year, costs 15 per 1000, except tulip poplar and black locust at 10 per 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Yoas
Beckley
Yoas
Conservation Commission
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Force
Convict Slain in Mendocino County Roadblock Shootout
Deputies in Mendocino County exchanged fire with an armed driver described as the von Arx car after convicts Slain stedt and Dick Huls flagged a vehicle down. The driver fled, fired twice, then vanished. Deputies returned fire nine times, striking Winn in the leg and head. he died an hour later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stedt
Dick Huls
Mendocino County
Winn
Evolution of Inter American Cooperation Through the Americas
A survey of Western Hemisphere diplomacy from 1923 to 1948 outlines treaties for dispute arbitration, non intervention, and collective defense. Key milestones include the Montevideo 1933 declaration, Panama 1939, Havana 1940, Rio 1942, and the 1948 Bogotá conference establishing the Organization of American States.
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Wng
Andrew Carnegie
Chile
Peru
Paraguay
Bolivia
Montevideo
Uruguay
United States
Panama
Havana
Rio de Janeiro
Ail
San Francisco
United Nations
U. N
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
NATO
SEATO
Bogota
Colombia
Organization of American States
Science shrinks piles without surgery in new treatment
New York report notes a new healing substance that can shrink hemorrhoids, stop itching, and relieve pain without surgery. Case after case showed gentle pain relief and actual shrinkage, with many sufferers achieving thorough reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N. Y
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City Ave
New Sophia
Bower
Schenley Distillers Co
N.Y.C
Schenley
Eccles
Tonemaster
Oak Hill, W. Va
Mrs. Carrie Gravely
Lacy
Shannon R. Harless
Kinzer
Bell-Ans
Bellans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Mrs, Wickham III
Michael Fink
Robert Fink
Fayette
Shiner
Texas
Miss High School
Beckleyan
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