Senate weighs huge housing bill replacing vetoed one
The Senate considers a new 1.05 billion housing bill to replace President Eisenhower's vetoed measure. Talks resume between steel industry representatives and United Steelworkers in New York with no progress toward a new contract. AFL CIO leaders meet at Forest Park Pa to plan strategy amid labor bill defeat. Two young sisters and the pilot killed in a cornfield crash near Indiana Pa. Rockefeller undecided about wedding reporters attending in Logn e Norway. Federal contempt hearings open in Lexington Ky for United Mine Workers District 39 and members. State briefs note resignations, accidents, and city council and public service actions. Other items report drowning, a civil war veteran in Houston, actress Ursula Thiess’s birth, and Lawrence Wien purchasing Desert Inn.
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Senate
Eisenhower
White House
Steel
United Steelworkers of America
New York
Forest Park
AFL - Cio Executive Council
Indiana
William E. Gess
Hillsdale
Reba Westover
Barbara Ann
Daryl Westover
North Spangler
Logne
Norway
Steven Rockefeller
Anna Marie Rasmussen
Anne Marie
Lexington
United Mine Workers Union
Eastern Kentucky
John A. Field Jr
U. S
West Virginia
Martha Burns
Keesler
W. Va
Columbus
Ohio
Dorothy Dixon
Charleston
John T. Conenhaver
Public Service Commission
Phillip O. North
West Virginia Water Service Co
Canadian Pacific
West Virginia Weather Outlook With Scattered Storms
Partly cloudy and warm in West Virginia through Tuesday with scattered thunderstorms. Highs 85 to 92, lows 65 to 70. Extended outlook shows temperatures 4 to 5 degrees above normal, with more showers Tuesday through Thursday and drier, cooler conditions Friday and Saturday. Total rainfall around 1.2 inches. Beckley and Oak Hill temperatures listed for today with highs near 87 and 90 respectively.
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W. Va
Beckley
C.ccsecers
Oak Hill
Aes Case
Ad. Togay
Sccccccsecsee
Ernest Smith Admitted for Emergency Treatment at Beckley
Ernest Smith of McAlpin was admitted to Beckley Hospital around 4 p.m. Sunday for emergency care. His condition is described as fairly good.
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Ernest Smith, McAlpin
Beckley Hospital
Raul Castro
Santiago
Caracas
OAS
Caribbean
Latin America
Debre Says France Demands Allied Backing in Algeria
Premier Michel Debre pledges France will not be pushed around by allies over Algeria and will press for full backing in the war there. He spoke in L Ile Bouchard ahead of a planned Paris talks with President Eisenhower and de Gaulle.
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L'Ile Bouchard
France
Michel Debre
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Debre
Loire Valley
de Gaulle
United States
Britain
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Khrushchev
Eisenhower-Khrushchev
Paris
London
Bonn
Moscow
U. S
Nike Asp rocket first test lights Eastern skies
The United States launched the Nike-Asp rocket from Wallops Island Virginia at 5 18 a m creating a yellow orange vapor trail visible along the eastern seaboard. NASA aims to map wind direction and diffusion in the upper atmosphere with data collected by Geophysics Corp of America and by NASA cameras on the ground. The flame color came from burning sodium at about 50 miles up.
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Washington
United States
Seaboard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallops Island
Virginia
NASA
New York
Geophysics Corp. of America
Space Agency
Head On Crash Kills 11 In Mo
COLUMBIA Mo AP two cars crashed head on killing 11 people eight injured in the two vehicles Six adults and five children died One car owned by G W Eddy White Hall Ill and the other by LeRoy Thompson 31 Richmond Mo Eddy died Thompson hurt Friends said Thompson wife Jessie 33 and eight children were headed to St Louis on vacation The crash happened on a straight road in clear weather A witness said one car veered onto the shoulder then struck the other head on
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Columbia
Reading
G. W. Eddy
White Hall
Ill
LeRoy Thompson
Richmond
Eddy
Thompson
Jessie
St. Louis
Missouri Highway Patrol
Virginian VP Dies Rites Set Tuesday
Dinguid C. King 67 vice president and general manager of the Virginian Railway died Sunday in a Norfolk hospital. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at H. D. Oliver Funeral Home. Joined the Virginian in 1911 after coal-haul start, first VP promoted from within. Survived by wife Irene Lawrence King sister Mrs O T Kitinger Rockymount Va and brother Emmutt V. King Roanoke.
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Norfolk, Va
Dinguid C. King
Virginian Railway
H. D. Oliver
King
Norfolk
The
Virginian
West Virginia
Irene Lawrence King
O. T. Kitinger
Rockymount
Emmutt V. King
Roanoke
Boy in Eccles Dragged by Horse Hurt in Accident
Eccles seven year old Willis Ray Hendrick remained in much improved condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after head injuries from being dragged about 100 yards when his foot caught in a horse bridle. He was admitted at 5 30 p m Saturday for treatment and observation.
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Willis Ray Hendrick
Eccles
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Bolivar Shagnasty Plans Fan Club After Tuber Harvest
Sherwood Glutz reports Bolivar Shagnasty plans a fan club once taters are dug and corn shucked. Glutz recalls his horse-trading uncle warned of the day, but gave no location.
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Bolivar
Eccles
Mabscott Road To Be Built By New Method
Alfred Hawes of Princeton, District 10 road engineer, announces Mabscott-Cabell Crossing road will use cement stabilization, first in the district. The SRC project costs about $8,000 per mile with rapid surfacing and immediate use by cars, aiming for durable rural secondary roads. A second machine adds concrete, then the road is cured and compacted.
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Mabscott-Cabell Crossing
Alfred Hawes
Princeton
District 10
The
Register
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Bragg
Pear
Richmond
Ghent
Odd
Hawes
State Road Commission
SRC
Kanawha
Putnam County
Gov Underwood Seeks New Industry After Talks
Charleston AP Gov Underwood called a Fort Worth conference series with Convair Aircraft Corp officials exploratory and said further meetings with aircraft and related industry representatives could be arranged to attract new enterprises to West Virginia. He believes several regions, including sheltered areas, may hold missile industry potential.
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Charleston
Underwood
Convair Aircraft Corp
Fort Worth
Texas
West Virginia
Beckley Sky Almanac Sunset Sunrise and Moon Details
Local sky report for Beckley notes sunset today and sunrise tomorrow at 5:42 a.m. Moonrise at 6:35 p.m. Full Moon occurs Tuesday morning. Prominent stars Arcturus sets at 11:35 p.m. Capella is low in the northeast until 12:53 a.m. Visible planets Saturn lies due south at 8:45 p.m. Jupiter appears low in the southwest at 9:04 p.m.
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Arcturus
Capella
Saturn
Jupiter
Dramatic Flight With Serum May Save Man Bit By Cobra
In St Joseph Missouri an Indian cobra bite on William White 32 led to a 1300 mile serum flight from Miami by Coast Guard and Air Force. Serum arrived six hours after bite and was injected, doctors noting mixed symptoms but White improving. Local reptile garden owner and family present.
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Man
Cobra
ST. Joseph
Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Air Force
William White
William H. Haast
Miami Serpentorium
White
Reptile Garden
C. C. DuMont
Ruby
Joy
Robin
John Flinchpaugh
Flinchpaugh
John Wells Dies At 77 At Sophia Residence
John Wells aged 77 died at 9 30 this morning at the home of his daughter Mrs Walter Mills after a lengthy illness. He worked for the Norfolk and Western Railway Co until his death and was born in Lawrence County Ohio. Survivors include a brother Tom Wells of Newcastle Ohio a sister Mrs Maude Fish of Paint Creek a son George Wells of California and the Sophia daughter. The body will remain at the Williams and Craven Funeral Home until arrangements are completed.
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John Wells
Sophia
Walter Mills
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Wells
Lawrence County
Ohio
Tom Wells
Newcastle
Maude Fish
Paint Creek
George Wells
California
Williams and Craven Funeral
Baby Born Aboard Delta Flight From St Louis
A Delta airliner departed St Louis with 44 passengers and arrived in Memphis with 45 including Suz anne Ector born at 9,000 feet over Missouri. The eight pound four ounce girl and mother Mrs Hugh Ector of Argenta BC Canada are reported well in a Memphis hospital. The mother said she was shocked and doctors had said the baby was due in ten days.
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Memphis, Tenn
Delta
St. Louis
Suzanne Ector
Missouri
Hugh Ector
Argenta
B. C
Canada
Memphis
State Road Deaths Rise in Charleston Traffic Toll
Charleston AP reports 1959 state highway fatalities to date total 2, with August deaths at 22, up from 19 in the same period last year, reflecting a higher year-to-date toll compared with 1958.
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Charleston
Moore Funeral Set Thursday for Alice M Moore
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Myrtle Moore of Dearborn Michigan who died in Beckley after a heart attack will be held Thursday in Lapeer Michigan. She is survived by her mother Mrs. Mary E Moyer a son Carl and two sisters Mrs. Vivian Elmy and Mrs. Agnes Young all of Michigan.
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Alice Myrtle Moore
Dearborn
Mich
Beckley
Lapeer
Moore
Keyser-Bryant
Mary E. Moyer
Dryden
Carl
Detroit
Vivian Elmy
Agnes Young
Flint, Mich
Passerby Saves Deaf Mutes' Tot From Fiery Death
In Olmsted Falls, a passerby named James Pfaff and his wife rescued a 3 year old boy from a burning home. Pfaff reentered the smoke filled room after his wife interpreted a hint from the deaf mute parents. The child was pulled from a crib as the father escaped with burns. The boy was treated for smoke inhalation and Pfaff received minor injuries.
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Passerby
Tot
Cleveland
James Pfaff
Pfaff
Susan
John Biven
Olmsted Falls
Scott
Southwest Community Hospital
Chicago
Epps Dies At Dry Hill Home At 70
Haley Luther Epps 70 died at 2 20 a m at his Dry Hill home from a heart attack. A retired coal miner and United Mine Workers member he was born January 9 1889. Survived by wife Betty Jane South Epps mother Eliza Agens Epps Halifax Va three daughters two sisters and three brothers. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Haley Luther Epps
Dry Hill
Epps
United Mine Workers of America
Coalwood
Betty Jane South Epps
Eliza Agens Epps
Halifax
Okey Goins
Cleveland
Ohio
James Gilkerson
Two-Car collision causes $300 damage at Beaver
A 4:50 p. m. Sunday crash at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport road and Route 21 caused an estimated $300 in damages. Drivers Clayton Arnold Terry of Midway and Edgar Roy Richards of Sophia were identified. Richards was cited for failure to have his vehicle under control. Traffic was congested due to the wreck and a separate three-car collision nearby at Daniels.
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Raleigh County Memorial Airport Road
Route 21
Clayton Arnold Terry
Midway
Edgar Roy Richards
Sophia
Richards
Daniels
Army Skindiver Victim of Sharks
In Panama City Florida Navy divers recovered skindiving Army lieutenant Lt James C Neal from Gulf of Mexico reputedly attacked by sharks during a pleasure cruise. The Navy Mine Defense Laboratory reported flippers mask and weights found along with fragments of under shirt and trunks. Gary Seymour, 21, Panama City, said two sharks attacked him nearby while Neal disappeared Saturday and he barely escaped.
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Panama City
Fla
Navy
James C. Neal
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Naval Mine Defense Laboratory
Neal
Gary Seymour
Seymour
Stockholders To Meet For New River Live Stock Market
A meeting of stockholders and promoters of the New River Live Stock Market Inc. will be held at 7 30 p.m. today in the County Courtroom of the Courthouse. A date for opening the market will be set and a progress report on building construction will be provided.
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New River Livestock Market Inc
Fleet Admiral Halsey Dies at 76 in New York
Pacific war hero William F. Halsey, 76, died of a heart attack at his FISHERS ISLAND home. President Eisenhower called him a great natural leader and personal friend. Survived by wife, son William F. Halsey II, and daughter Mrs Preston L. Smruance. burial planned at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Fishers Island
N.Y
Eisenhower
Fleet
William F
Bull) Halsey
Halsey
Pacific
Gettysburg
Chester W. Nimitz
Berkeley
Calif
Nimitz
Secretary of the Navy
William B Franke
Washington
Navy
3Rd Fleet
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Leyte Gulf
Winston Churchill
Tokyo Bay
Missouri
William F. Halsey II
Preston L. Smruance
Arlington National Cemetery
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Los Angeles
Charles Crabtree
Paul L. Crabtree
Ken Hechler
D-Wva
Charleston Gazette
Walter Williams
Houston
Tex
Ursula Thiess
Santa Monica
Robert Taylor
Tessa
Terrence
Alice Perry Grew
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Commodore Matthew Perry
Beverly, Mass
Lawrence A. Wien
Wilbur Clark
Las Vegas
Nev
Eccles Boy
Sherwood Glutz
Mabscott Road
Gov. Says
Beckley Skies
Sas
Latssua
Grandview State
Park
Harry L. Moore
James F. Danter
Dale E. Leavitt
Sutton
West Virginia National Guard
Dr. DuMont
Chile
Fidel Castro
Raul
Castro
Havana
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Reegime
Inter- American Peace Committee
Organization of American iStates
Panama
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Honduras
Trujillo
Cuba
Venezuela
Uruguay
el Salvador
Mexico
H.L. Epps
Beaver
Admiral Halsey
Douglas MacArthur
Adm
Arleigh Burke
U.S. Navy
Elizabeth
W. F. Halsey
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