Eisenhower Eyes Western Unity in Europe Trip
President Eisenhower outlined trip aims to pledge Western unity against any aggression and to pursue peace with honor and justice. He spoke ahead of meetings in Bonn London and Paris with Adenauer Macmillan and de Gaulle, and ahead of talks with Khrushchev in Washington.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
America
West Germany
Britain
France
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Germany
Court Delays Lake Engineer Decision
Progress on Raleigh County’s Stevens Branch lake and recreation project remains uncertain as the County Court postponed action on the Park Board’s engineer recommendation. A 1:30 p.m. meeting with Ferguson-Gates Engineering Co. was set to review Gates’ contract after protests and a law reading on who may be hired.
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Raleigh County
Stevens Branch
Park Board
Special
Ferguson-Gates Engineering Co
Gates
Willard Hoskins
Hoskins
H. G. Farmer
Farmer
John C. Ward
A. J
Andy) Lilly
Anthony J. Sparacino
Wealthy Widow Slayer Suspect Nabbed at Airport
Larry Lord Motherwell, 43, long sought by the FBI in the disappearance of Pearl Ida Putney, 72, was arrested at a Atlanta airport while posing as Craig DuBar Foster. He denied murder links, said he lived in Atlanta since July, and planned a Cleveland job as a salesman. The Putney case spans 1958 to 1959 with a decayed skeleton found in California and a child death in Maryland. The FBI previously sought him for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder.
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Motherwell
FBI
Pearl Ida Putney
Washington, D. C
J. Edgar Hoover
Craig DuBar Foster
Cleveland
Ohio
Atlanta
Erwell
Putney
Albert H. Putney
State Department
Marysville
Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Josephine
Washington
East Gulf Miners Still Out Today in Strike at Coast Mine
Pickets halt work at East Gulf mine of North American Coal and Dock Co for two weeks with three shifts lost as UMWA District 29 officials seek to end the stand. Picket line blocks access to bathhouse. miners say they wish to work but won’t cross the line amid wider strike actions linked to Keith and Prenter mines. District 17 officials are in Washington, D. C., amid the dispute.
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East Gulf
North American Coal and Dock Co
Umwa District 29
Larkin Philpott
H. T. Gibson
Philpott
District 17
Prenter
Keith
UMWA
Washington, D. C
East Gulf Mine
District 29
Weather: Warm and partly sunny with isolated storms
West Virginia region expected to be hot with mainly sunny skies today and widely scattered afternoon thundershowers. Highs near the upper 80s in the mountains and lower 90s elsewhere. Fair tonight with valley fog and NWS temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. Wednesday remains hot with a chance of late day storms. Beckley tops around 89 yesterday with a low near 65. Oak Hill reported 92 yesterday and a low near 71.
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Beckley High
Bogoy
Moan Mao
Oak Hill High
Ices
Moon and planets align as Jupiter rivals Sirius
The sky shows a near moonless evening with Moonrise at 11:16 p.m. and Last Quarter due tomorrow at 3:03 a.m. The Moon is 251100 miles from Earth tonight in apogee. Jupiter shines in the southwest about as bright as Sirius, the brightest star.
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Jupiter
Sirius
Notable Deaths Across the United States
In Dallas Harry E Hinshaw 71 retired GM of the Chicago Burling ton and Quincy Railroad died Sunday. Kalamazoo Harold Sharpsteen 66 a bridge expert and former newspaperman died after a long illness. Chicago Charles H Morse 86 retired president and chairman of Fairbanks Morse Co died. New York Eugene W Leake 82 former New Jersey congressman died Sunday. Nantucket Tiffany Thayer 57 novelist of Thirteen Men died Sunday.
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Dallas, Tex
Harry E. Hinshaw
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Dallas
Kalamazoo, Mich
Harold Sharpsteen
Kalamazoo Gazette
Chicago
Charles H.morse
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
NEW York
Eugene W. Leake
New Jersey
Nantucket
Mass
Tiffany Thayer
Remains Unconscious of Stroke for Nelson, Former War Board Chairman
Donald M. Nelson, 70, former chairman of the War Production Board in World War II, remained unconscious in Los Angeles today after a stroke suffered Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Donald M. Nelson
U.S. War Production Board
Quake Strikes Montana Resort Area Killing Nine
One week after the earthquakes in southwest Montana, 39 people remain unaccounted for as rescuers seek survivors near Rock Creek downstream from Hebgen Dam. A riverine flood threat prompts Army Engineers from Omaha to assess options for damming or channeling the rock slide forming Quake Lake.
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West
Yellowstone
Mont
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Rock Creek
Ihebgen Dam
ARMY
Omaha
Neb
Madison River Canyon
Ennis
Polio Epidemic Strikes Mammoth Town Near Charleston
A polio outbreak in Mammoth, Kanawha County, with nine local cases and a total of 29 in the county this year, prompts health officials to consider a free Salk vaccination clinic. Fourteen cases reported in Kanawha so far this year? Wait.
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Charleston
Mammoth
Page Seckford
Kanawha
Srunning
Tragic climbs on Profile Mountain end in death
Two young climbers Alfred Whipple Jr. and Sidney Crouch died after 28 hours trapped on Profile Mountain in New Hampshire. Rescue reached them too late as they endured 38 degree cold rain and fog with 300 mile per hour winds. The victims were Brown University sophomore Whipple, 20, and Export Pa Bible Institute student Crouch, 21.
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Profile Mountain
New Hampshire
Alfred Whipple Jr
Brown University
Sidney Crouch
Export Pa. Bible Institute
Francois Duvalier
Port Au Prince
Vatican
Francois Poirier
Negro Caribbean Republic
Baltimore & Ohio
Toledo
Weirton Man Heads Photogs Association
A Weirton man Tea Warner was named president of the West Virginia Professional Photographers Association for 1959 60 at the organization 26th annual convention in Beckley Hotel. Officers elected include Lonnie Safford secretary Charles Leith treasurer and Richard Cress board members Opal Corey and Joe Blackwood. Governor Cecil H Underwood appeared and was made an honorary member with a photographer membership list and trophy presented to the governor.
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Weirton
Tea Warner
West Virginia Professional Photographers Association
Beckley Hotel
Lonnie Safford
Point Pleasant
Charles Carr
Charles Leith
Huntington
Richard Cress
Wheeling
Opal Corey
Beckley
Joe Blackwood
Philippi
Bernard Fella
Bethle
Joe Barta
Cecil H. Underwood
Youths report meeting bear near Coal City
Curtis Mays 13 and several friends near Coal City claim they encountered a black bear at 11 30 am while walking to a train tunnel. The boy said the bear stood about six feet tall and chased the group up a hill before disappearing near a house owned by Ray Smith. Curtis and some companions lost shoes and carried a dog out of the woods as Curtis’s father went in later to try to shoot the animal.
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Curtis Mays
Coal City
Freddy Carter
Pemberton
Danny Staton
Jerry Hood
Curtis
Register
Ray Smith
Carter
David
Charleston Man Robert F. Robinson Dies at 71
Robert F. Robinson, 71, of Charleston, died at 3:25 a.m. Monday in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after several weeks illness. He was admitted July 9. The body lies at Preston Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Robert F. Robinson
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Preston Funeral Home
Laos Crisis Spurs U N Involvement Possibility
Washington AP report cites Secretary of State Christian Herter telling lawmakers the United Nations may play a part in Laos action soon. The 75 minute briefing described Laos as a very dangerous situation, with Herter saying information is insufficient to fully understand events. Defense officials also briefed on Laos as concern grows across agencies.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Congress
United Nations
Laos
Sen. J. Willianmy Fulbright
D-Ark
Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Fulbright
Department
Department of Defense
Nehru Warns Commies Over Bhutan and Sikkim
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that India would defend Bhutan and Sikkim from any invasion by Communist China. He warned that any infringement of the two protectorates would violate India's obligation to protect them. He noted anxiety after Tibet’s revolt and said Bhutan’s Prime Minister Jigme Dorji would visit New Delhi soon for talks.
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Nehru
China
India
Bhutan
Sikkim
Tibet
Peiping
Sikkin
Jigme Dorji
New Delhi
Committee Pressed To Approve Gas Tax
Washington AP reports pressure on the House Ways and Means Committee to approve a compromise one cent per gallon gas tax hike for one year to fund the interstate highway program. Speaker Rayburn pushed for a 12 month period while Eisenhower asked for five years. The plan would shift funds from general revenues to cover deficits and avoid halting highway construction.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
Eisenhower
Congress
Committee
Labor Control Debated in Senate House Conference
Washington AP reports Senate and House conferees begin lively debate on two contentious provisions of the labor control bill after reaching accord on three Taft Hartley measures. Secondary boycotts and organizational picketing are the main sticking points as both chambers seek compromise.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Speeding driver blamed for wreck ends in brush
Local man Sherwood Glutz recalls a jalopy crash after a fast driving unidentified motorist in a convertible forced him off the road. He claims the other driver acted as if he owned the road and that the law was not enforced.
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Feller
Substitute Housing Bill Gets Approval
Washington AP reports the House Banking Committee approved a new billion dollar housing substitute by a 19 4 vote without hearings or changes. The measure replaces the earlier 1 375 million bill vetoed by President Eisenhower and is seen as ensuring a housing bill before Congress adjourns.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
F Brady Dies In VA Hospital
Stephen Francis Brady aged 69 of Beckley formerly Hanesville Virginia died at 11 10 am Monday in the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after several months illness He was a World War I veteran and taxi driver Surviving is a stepdaughter ee Seigal of Washington DC The body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until Thursday and will be shipped to Washington DC for services and burial in Arlington National Cemetery
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Stephen Francis Brady
Beckley
Hanesville
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Brady
Virginia
Ee Seigal
Washington
Rose and Quesenberry
Washington, D. C
Arlington National Cemetery
VA Patient Succumbs in Beckley Hospital
Howard S. Marr, 62, of Charleston, died at 10:45 pm Monday in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. He was admitted on August 21. The body is at Elk Funeral Home, Charleston.
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Howard S. Marr
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Elk Funeral Home
Beckley Ex-Postmaster Admitted for Observation
J. T. Hollandsworth, 39 N. Kanawha Street, a former Beckley postmaster, was admitted Sunday to Beckley Memorial Hospital for observation and treatment.
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J. T. Hollandsworth
N. ‘Kanawha St
Beckley
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Letcher Thompson Dies After Lingering Illness
Letcher Thompson aged 209 Laurel Terrace died in a local hospital late Monday night after a lingering illness. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Letcher Thompson
Laurel Terrace
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
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