Farrar Rites Set for 53 Year Old William Farrar
Funeral services for William Kenneth Farrar of 115 Mercer St. will be held at The Methodist Temple at 3 9 m Thursday with Rev. J B F Yoak Jr. officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens with Beckley Masonic Lodge rites at the graveside. Farrar, a C and O Railway claims clerk for 32 years, died Tuesday at 4:20 p.m. He was born January 27, 1906 in Hinton and survived by his wife Mary Edith Meridith, two sons Ralph M Farrar of Marietta Georgia and William K Farrar Jr of Acworth Georgia, two brothers Rob and Eddie Farrar of Lewisburg, and two grandchildren.
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William Kenneth Farrar
Mercer St
Methodist Temple
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Melton Mortuary
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Beckley Masonic Lodge No. 95
Temple
Howe St
Farrar
Hinton
Jesse
Florida Patterson Farrar
C & O Railway Co
Beckley
Ralph M
Marietta
William K. Farrar Jr
Acworth
Rob
Eddie Farrar
Lewisburg
Russell Simms
Kyle Fink
Lewis Gravely
I. H. Fink
Tom Venters
D. O. Means
Roy Lucas
Harey Huffman
Gulf Mines resumes work after seven day walkout
About 500 men returned to three Red Parrot Coal Co. mines at Prenter Keith Boone and Mammoth Kanawha counties. The dispute spread to the Raleigh County mine. UMWA District 17 said the strike ended after the company restored some helpers removed from loading and cutting machines. East Gulf mine had been idle two days last week and two days this week due to picket lines.
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Red Parrot Coal Co
East Gulf Mine
Red Parrot
Prenter and
Keith
Boone County
Mammoth
Kanawha County
Raleigh County
North American Coal and Dock Co
Umwa District 17
East Gulf
West Virginia Weather Outlook and River Conditions
Mostly sunny and hot through Thursday with scattered afternoon storms. Highs in the 90s, mountains in 80s. tonight lows 60s east, 70s west. Extended: temperatures 7 to 19 degrees above normal, little change daily, scattered thundershowers, precipitation 0.1 to 0.5 inch. Greenbrier River low and clear, Bluestone river clear and normal with gauges at 1.6 ft.
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W. Va
Celestial Brightness Compares Saturn and Procyon After Sunset
The article notes Saturn now shines about as brightly as Procyon in the southern sky after sunset. It also mentions Antares appears dimmer between Saturn and Jupiter, with moonrise at 11:58 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow at 5:49 a.m. Weather-like mood commentary appears as a personal aside.
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Saturn
Procyon
Antares
Jupiter
Coexistence Treaty Dead as China Wages Cold War on India
Indian Express cites Beijing declaring cold war after Tibet revolt and burying the 1954 treaty. China expanding influence, obstructing Indian trade while India aligns with the West. Statesman reports Bhutan tensions with China at Yatung, with claimed detentions of Bhutanese routes and premier-level involvement.
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New Delhi
India
China
Indian Express
Bombay
Madras
Tibet
Express Delhi
Peiping
the Express
United States
Asia
Uncle Sam
Seato
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
The
Statesman
Calcutta
Bhutan
Nehru
McDowell First Wyoming 3rd In Coal Production
McDowell County led West Virginia coal output for January through June 1959 with 8 949 278 tons, as state total reached 58 332 153 tons. Logan County ranked second for the six months at 8 337 370 tons, while Wyoming County was third with 5 115 847 tons. Island Creek Coal Co was the leading commercial producer with 6 364 824 tons, operating in four top counties including Logan and McDowell. Other top counties and firms listed include Marion Anawha Monongalia Raleigh Mingo Boone Harrison and companies such as Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Pocahontas Fuel Co and Consolidation Coal Co.
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Charleston
McDowell County
West Virginia
Department of Mines
Logan
McDowell
Wyoming County
Island Creek Coal Co
Mingo
Wyoming
Marion
Anawha
Monongalia
Raleigh
Boone
Harrison
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Consolidation Coal Co
Christopher Co. Co
Consolidation Coal
United States Steel Corp
Mountaineer Coal Co
Bethlehem Mines Corp
Valley Camp Coal
Raleigh Hill robbery eyed by state troopers
State Police investigate break in at Welds Pure Oil on Raleigh Hill. Thieves forced entry between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. today, stealing an undetermined sum from vending machines and tearing the public telephone from the wall. Station owned by Fontaine Veid on Sullivan Road.
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Weld
Pure Oil
Raleigh Hill
Fontaine Veid
Sullivan Road
Sherwood Glutz Says Auction Anecdote
A neighbor tells of a man going to an auction and meeting the auctioneer’s daughter who smiled and nodded. He later learns she bought a span of mules a bootjack three plows and ten banty chickens.
Magistrate Fines 2 Cents in Speed Case
In CLATHE Kansas Ronald Gardner aged 30 pleaded guilty to driving 52 mph in a 50 mph zone. Magistrate William S. Allen said he did not want to see another similar case and fined Gardner 2 cents, noting his view of the case. Gardner left a paycheck with the county clerk as security since he had no money for the fine.
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Clathe
Kan
Ronald Gardner
William S. Allen
Gardner
Eisenhower embarks on unity tour to Europe
President Eisenhower flies from Andrews to Bonn on a 10 day mission to bolster Western alliance unity and reassure allies about a hard line against Soviet threats. He will meet Adenauer Macmillan and de Gaulle, with NATO and other officials, aiming to solidify postwar cohesion and readiness for crisis.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
West Virginia critiques Lillys aide idea in psychiatry
West Virginia's new mental health director noted national peers question Dr. Richard J. Lilly's push for psychiatric aides in state hospitals. At a Southern Regional Council meeting, opponents including Dr. M A Tarumianz, Dr. Mary K. Carl, and Miss Annie Laurie Crawford urged reliance on professional nurses. Lilly argued for trained aides as warm, spontaneous helpers serving as "house parents" in hospitals.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
Richard J. Lilly
Southern Regional Council On Mental
M. A. Tarumianz
Delaware
Mary K. Carl
University of Maryland
Annie Laurie Crawford
Florida Board of Health
Lilly
Beckley Day Fair Discusses Aide Training In Mental Hospitals
Dr Tarumianz criticizes superficial training and hires aides as budget substitutes. Dr Lilly argues aides and nurses both vital in mental hospitals. Miss Crawford notes aides reduce reliance on punitive treatment. proposal for a dedicated training center at a southern state university gains support from Dr Harder.
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Tarumiani
Lilly
Council
William P. Harder
Southern State University
Seattle auto man pledges scrap to save USS West Virginia
Seattle wrecker A W Bert Trudeau leads 105 locals in a scrap drive to raise tonnage to rescue the battle wagon from the Bremerton yard. He offered equal scrap from New York firm Union Metals and Alloys Co, while pledges include 25 old cars, rusty tools, and lumber mill remnants. The exact weight and cost remain unknown.
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Seattle
West Virginia
A. W
Bert) Trudeau
Pearl
Trudeau
Union Metals and Alloys Co
New York
Four County Youths Jailed In Kanawha
Raleigh County youths linked to a Monday night spree in South Charleston face charges of destruction of property and petit larceny after allegedly robbing at least 18 soft drink vending machines. Three Beckley men identified as John May Ronald Hensley and Rodney O'Dell, plus Michael Russell of Glen Morgan, were jailed. officers recovered rolls of coins and tea rolls in their car and said May had keys to some machines. They are to be arraigned next Monday in Municipal Court.
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Raleigh County
South Charleston
Beckley
John Thomas May
John St
Ronald Gene Hensley
Harper Road
Rodney O'Dell
Orchard Ave
Michael Russell
Glen Morgan
Springill
C. L. Huffman
K. L. Jarrett
M.V. Grandin
Mays
Segregationist Wins In Mississippis Democratic Runoff
Jackson AP reports Ross Barnett a 61 year old lawyer and militant segregationist won Mississippi Democratic runoff against Lt. Gov Carroll Gartin. Unofficial returns from 1 77 percent of precincts gave Barnett 217842 votes to 18170. Barnett led in 63 of 82 counties as he backed segregation and praised Faubus tactics.
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Jackson
Miss
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Barnett
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
I Carroll Gartin
Gartin
Deaths Log From New England and California Leaders
STOCKBRIDGE MASS AP Mary Barstow Rockwell 51 wife of artist Norman Rockwell died co She was born Wheat on Ill NORTHAMPTON MASS AP Ernst E Mensel 68 president and general manager of Hampton Co textile manufacturers died Monday He also was a director and treasurer of Hampton Spinning Mills MIAMI BEACH FLA AP Judge James Alger Fee 70 member of U S Court of Appeals in San Francisco died in a Miami Beach Hospital Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack He attended the American Bar Assn convention SAN FRANCISCO AP Charles R Blyth 76 founder and head of Blyth Co investment firm died Tuesday night A native of Ashtabula Ohio he was a director of Crown Zellerbach Corp Pacific Gas Transmission Co Hewlett Packard Co and Sanford Research Institute
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Stockbridge, Mass
Mary Barstow Rockwell
Norman Rockwell
Wheaton, Ill
Northampton
Mass
Ernst E. Mensel
Hampton Co
Hampton Spinning Mills
Miami Beach
Fila
James Alger Fee
U. S. Court of Appeals
San Francisco
American Bar Assn.y
Charles R. Blyth
Blyth & Co
Ashtabula
Ohio
Crown Zellerbach Corp
Pacific Gas Transmission Co
Hewlett-Packard Co
Sanford Research Institute
Nicolina Castagna Charged Over False Pretenses Money
Nicolina Castagna, 89, of New Brunswick, faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after police found a cruise ticket and 2000 sewn in her bloomers. The Middlesex County Welfare Department pressed charges as she has been on relief since 1944. An additional 1500 was found elsewhere. She was arraigned and held on $10,000 bail awaiting grand jury.
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New Brunswick
N. J. AP
Nicolina Castagna
Middlesex County Welfare Department
Beav er man released after bond on reckless driving charge
John Wayne Underwood of Beav er was released from Raleigh County Jail at 6 a.m. after posting bond in Beckley on a reckless driving charge. He was arrested by City Police and booked at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday.
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John Wayne Underwood
Beaver
Raleigh
Beckley
Underwood
Language Seminar Begins Friday At Beckley Building
Beckley Newspapers sponsors a foreign language seminar in the new Beckley Newspapers Building Library on Prince St starting at 10 a.m. Friday. Dr. Victor J. Lemke, Prof German. Emile Frere, French instructor. and Miss Mary Shirey, romance languages teacher, lead the session to aid elementary school teachers. Fifteen are registered. limited enrollments may be accepted per George Warren Hodel.
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Beckley Newspapers
Prince St
Victor J. Lemke
Emile Frere
Mary Shirey
George Warren Hodel
Arm airmanship debate at Legion convention in Minneapolis
A proposal to arm American aircraft patrolling near Communist territory is before the American Legion convention in Minneapolis after approval by the National Security Committee. Laos reports rising Communist rebel threats but seeks no aid from UN or SEATO. An Air Force sergeant from Norfolk is the will beneficiary of a crippled widow and heir to a possible $40 million Alaskan mine claim. A one eyed ex convict, Harry Pope, is arrested near Lubbock after being added to the FBI's 10 most wanted list. State briefs cover polio totals, sanitation seminars, jobless claims, and aging hearings. John Hunt Jr, forestry expert en route to Yale, is found shot to death in Idaho. Martin J. Kulik, Chicago, sentenced for check theft.
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American Legion
Minneapolis
National Security Committee
Laos
United Nations
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
AIR Force
Thomas L. Howlett
Norfolk
Harry Raymond Pope
FBI
Lubbock
Tex
Pope
Phoenix
Ariz
John Hunt JR
Bellingham
Wash
Yale University
Idaho
Hunt
Martin J. Kucik
Chicago
Relative Of Area Residents Dies
Amos Wines 31 of Meadowbrook New York died from injuries in a Saturday night automobile crash. Funeral services set for Friday 1 p.m. at Talcott Baptist Church with Rev. C. C. Logan presiding. Burial in Talcott Cemetery. Survives mother Mrs. Clara Wines two sisters Margaret Gray and Mrs. Catherine Stevens six brothers Charles Clyde Alga Sylvester and Thomas all of Meadowbrook Lawrence Talcott and grandfather Jim Blakely. Body to be moved to the mother’s Talcott home Thursday afternoon for viewing.
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Amos Wines
Meadowbrook
N.Y
Talcott Baptist Church
Talcott
C. C. Logan
Talcott Cemetery
Clara Wines
Margaret Gray
Mount Hope
Catherine Stevens
East Beckley
Charles
Beckley
Clyde
Canton
Ohio
Alga
Sylvester
Thomas
Lawrence
Jim Blakely
Ritchie and Johnson
Rogers proposes exchanges of visits between American and Soviet lawyers
Miami Beach Florida AP Atty Gen William P Rogers proposed an exchange of visits between American and Soviet lawyers in a speech to the American Bar Association. He said such exchanges would dramatize the contrast between a free system of government and a regimented Communist system.
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Miami Beach
Fla
William P. Rogers
American Bar Assn
Beckley Resident's Father Dies During Visit
Lloyd T. Kellam aged 83 of Melbourne Florida, father of a Beckley resident, died unexpectedly at 11 30 am while visiting his son Joe Kellam in Montgomery. He had recently seen his daughter Mrs H E Melton Jr in Beckley and was a former Cannelton resident. The body will be taken to Melton Mortuary for funeral arrangements.
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Lloyd T. Kellam
Melbourne
Fla
Beckley
Joe Kellam
Montgomery
Kellam
H. E. Melton Jr
Cannelton
Melton Mortuary
Twin Girls Born Aboard Airliner
A Pan American World Airways flight from London to New York diverted to Gander to land for a laboring mother, Mrs William B Stivers. Twin girls were born aboard the plane with a doctor passenger and two stewardesses assisting. The infants and mother, both healthy, were taken to Gander hospital.
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New York
Atlantic
William B. ‘Stivers
Bethlehem
U. S
England
Pan American World Airways
London
Gander
Mld
Roland A. Bell
Massapequa
N. Y
Clarence Ing
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Ellen Mandzik
Yolanda Sisto
Manhattan
U.S. offers to sell exhibit items to Soviets in Moscow
The United States proposes selling about 1,800 American-made items displayed in Moscow to the Soviet Union as a goodwill gesture and potential business save on shipping costs. The list includes a $200,000 color video unit and a mid-priced prefabricated house seen as superior to many American homes.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Frederick H. Mueller
Uncle Sam
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
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E. Gulf Mine
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Yatung
Sikkim
Sherwood Glutz
Pentagon
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Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
France
Fernando Castiella
Spain
Antonio Segni
Italy
Joseph M. A. H. Luns
Paul-Henry Spaak
NATO
Khrushchev
White House
State Department
Christian A. Herter
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Livingston T. Merchant
John N. Irwin II
Elizabeth II
Balmoral Castle
Scottish Highlands
Castle Gates
Scotland
Balmoral
Macmillan
Royal
Quai d’Orsay
Dr. Lilly
Tarumianz
Carl
Miss Crawford
Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagle Band
Ginger Evans
Rosemary Dick
Louise Breck
Doris Buckles
Aida
USS
Kanawha
Oak
Nicolina
District of Columbia
West Virginia University Medical Center
State Health Department
Economic Development Agency
Monongaleha
State Department of Employment Security
Senate Subcommittee On
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Washinton
U.S
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