Closet murder shocks Morgantown area
Morgantown AP report: coal miner Lewis Hinton 36 shot his wife Joan 26 then killed himself after locking two teenage babysitters in a bedroom closet. The bodies were found about 8:30 a.m. in a Westover home across the Monongahela River amid marital turmoil.
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Morgantown
Lewis Hinton
Joan
Ing
Joseph Greco
Hinton
Westover
Monongahela River
Greco
Mary Shank
Mary Williams
Hame
Shank and Williams
Hintons
Wilson Wilson Waives To Grand Jury
James Lester Wilson, jailed in Raleigh County, waived preliminary hearing on felonious assault charges before Magistrate W A Burke. Remanded on 5000 dollar bond. Alleged April 16 beating of Vernie and Pigg. fled to New Mexico, returned by State Police and deputy. Also jailed: Estil Dangerfield for parole violation. Lester Lilly of Flat Top convicted of reckless driving and no contest to negligent homicide after deadly Flat Top crash killing David Meadows.
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James Lester Wilson
Raleigh
New Mexico
W. A. Burke
Vernie Pigg
Wilson
J. E. Parsons
Wes Thompson
Estil G. Dangerfield
U. S
Lester Lee Lilly
Flat Top
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Lilly
David Meadows
Camp Creek
Three-Vehicle Crash Damages Set At $700
A three car crash at Prince Street and North Oakwood Avenue Thursday evening caused $700 in damages and left one driver slightly injured. William N. Pritt of Oak Hill was treated and released at Beckley Hospital for head and right thigh injuries. Police report Luther L. Copeland of Mount Nebo failed to yield at Valley Drive, hitting Pritt, who then struck Fred P. Blevins of Midway. no charges were filed.
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Prince Street
Oakwood Avenue
William N. Pritt
Oak Hill
Beckley Hospital
Luther L. Copeland
Mount Nebo
Valley Drive
Pritt
Fred P. Blevins
Midway
Teachers Assigned To Glade Creek Stamford
Raleigh County Board of Education approved personnel actions on Tuesday including transfers. Ruth Lilly moves from the closed Tilden to Glade Creek as a teacher and Leslie Dunn Ellison shifts from Lilly ps2 to Stanford as a teacher.
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Glade Creek
Stamford
Raleigh
Fire Destroys Recorder's Shed
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a tool shed on the property of City Recorder Emery J. Smith this morning. Beckley Fire Department responded at 10:45 a.m. the roof collapsed before they could save the structure or its contents. The 12 by 20 foot shed with an eight foot ceiling contained lawn mowers, fishing gear, hoses, rakes, cabinets, tables, roofing, brushes, and other items lost. Firemen returned to the station at 11:25 a.m.
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Emery J. Smith
Beckley
Smith
Barefoot Burglar to See Psychiatrist in Virginia
BLUEFIELD AP Edward Lee Fielder 18 known as the barefoot burglar could not have committed several crimes he described because he was in a Richmond Virginia correctional institution at the time Police Captain Charles Cregger said He will not press the breaking and entering charge but will seek psychiatric treatment for him instead
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Bluefield (Ap
Edward Lee Fielder
Richmond
Charles Cregger
Cregger
Bluefield
Public Works Provision Dropped on Ohio River Project
Washington AP reports a Senate House conference compromise eliminates a 500000 dollar for a locks and dam on the Ohio River near Belleville West Virginia. The four billion dollar bill includes 250000 for planning. The bundle supports 50+ new starts not in Eisenhower’s budget as last year’s veto was overridden.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ohio River
Belleville
W. Va
Eisenhower
Congress
West Virginia University Pushes Medical Center Growth
WVU President Elvis J. Stahr Jr. urged state physicians and leaders to back expanded University Hospital funding and four medical schools. He framed WVU’s mission as research and brainpower training, stressing nonpartisan, statewide value and the need for planning, leadership, and trained manpower to unlock the state’s potential.
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University Hospital
WVU
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
West Virginia
United States
Deaths in Westport and New York claim notable figures
Raymond Abrashkin 49, writer known as Ray Ashley, died after a long illness in Weston Connecticut. He co wrote and produced The Little Fugitive which won Venice Film Festival prize in 1953. Dr Laura Hibbard Loomis 77, retired Wellesley English professor, died in New York. She authored books with husband Roger Loomis, and taught at Wellesley 1916 to 1943.
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Weston
Conn
Raymond Abrashkin
Ray Ashley
New York
Laura Hibbard Loomis
Wellesley College
Roger Sherman Loomis
Columbia University
Wellesley
State Leader Visits Extension Agencies
L. A. Toney, state leader for West Virginia University Agricultural extension service, is spending the day in Beckley for discussions of the extension program. Consultations on camps, 4H Clubs, agriculture, and home economics are being held with Assistant Superintendent W. C. Reid, Stratton High School Principal Thomas Evans, Stratton Vo-Ag Instructor Simeon Warren, and Homemakers advisor Mrs. Adline Wiley.
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L. A. Toney
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service
Beckley
W. C. Reid
Stratton High School
Thomas Evans
Stratton Vo-Ag
Simeon Warren
Bry
Adline Wiley
Harper Heights
Final Rites and Obituaries for Local Residents
Final rites for Boris L. Ferrell a two year old son of Mr and Mrs Walker Ferrell were held at New Hope Baptist Church Whipple with Rev C M Ellis in charge burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Miss Julia Mae McDowell age 20 of Broadway St died in a local hospital survivors include her parents one son one daughter two sisters three brothers and grandparents. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Funeral for Daniel Canterberry born 1891 Wyoming County son of Solomon and Cindy Canterberry Daniel. Survived by wife Anna Jane Elkins Daniel two daughters two sons two brothers and seven grandchildren. Bodies to church from Trent Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed.
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Boris L. Ferrell
Walker Ferrell
Philadelphia
Carlisle
New Hope Baptist Church
Whip‘ple
C. M. Ellis
Greenwood Memorial Park
United States Naval Hospital
Reginald
Angelia
Silas Ferrell
Peach Jackson
Trent Funeral Home
Julia Mae McDowell
Broadway St
Welcome Baptist Church
jEast Park
W. A. Tressenwriter
Miss McDowell
James Duvall
Anthony Quincy
Tanya Anita McDowell
Patricia Ann McDowell
East Park
Robert, Aundra
Steven English
James McDowell
Layland
Wyoming County
Solomon and
Cindy Canterberry Daniel
Anna Jane Elkins Daniel
Harold Jerew
Annapolis
Henry Elmer
Baltimore
Dwight
Glen Daniel
Charles
Thurman and
Okey
Saxon
Melton Mortuary
Wenford Daniel
Quenford Daniel
Judge Hearst
Roy Milam
Ee Daniel
Kim Danie
Funeral notices for Palmer and Wurst list deaths and survivors
David H Palmer 38 of New Richmond dies after a heart attack en route to Beckley. Funeral Saturday in New Richmond with burial in Boyd Cemetery near Narrows Virginia. Survivors include wife Athaleen Worley Palmer son Eddie Lee sister Mrs Charles Cash half brother Harold Dean stepmother Lessie Palmer. Also Gus Wurst 70 of Clearwater Florida dies after a heart condition. survivors include wife Elizabeth Wurst three sons Dr H B Wurst Dr Ronald Wurst Alfred one sister Elizabeth Porter and nine grandchildren. Cremation ceremonies Saturday. Also note: an opera star earns about 100000 yearly from performances and recordings.
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David H. Palmer
New Richmond
Garland Phillips
Boyd Cemetery
Narrows
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
United Insurance Co
Virginia Railway
Giles County
Coe
Leoline Jennelle Palmer
Athaleen Worley Palmer
Eddie Lee
Charles Cash
Harold Dean
Chicago
Ill
Lessie Palmer
Robertson and
Foglesong Funeral Home
RNS
Gus Wurst
Clearwater
Fla
Elizabeth Wurst
H. B. Wurst
Bradley
Ronald Wurst
Jacksonville
Flo
Alfred
Des Moines
Iowa
Elizabeth Porter
Oregon
Wurst
Southern Hills Hospital
South Charleston
Florida
Kinzer Rites Planned at The Methodist Temple
The Rev. J. B. F. Yoak and the Rev. Glenn Stewart will conduct services at 2 p.m. Saturday in The Methodist Temple for Charles Edward Kinzer 87 of 802 S Kanawha St who died Thursday morning Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens Pallbearers are Grady Allen Charles Hughes Albert Minter Harvey Pauley D O Means Kyle Cook Kermit Locke Berkley Lilly Cy Humphrey Body to be removed to the home at 4 p.m. today from Bailey Funeral Home Princeton
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J. B. F. Yoak
Glenn Stewart
Methodist Temple
Charles Edward Kinzer
S. Kanawha St
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Grady Allen
Charles Hughes
Albert Minter
Harvey Pauley
D. O. Means
Kyle Cook
Kermit Locke
Berkley Lilly
Cy Humphrey
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Posey Daniel Funeral Services Set for Saxon
Funeral services for Posey Daniel, 68, of Saxon, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cove Creek Community Church with Rev. Mike Potega and Rev. Doff Harvey officiating. Burial follows in Cove Creek Cemetery. Daniel died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday in a local hospital.
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Posey Daniel
Saxon
Cove Creek
Mike Potega
Doff Harvey
Daniel I
Kennedy Eyes Beckley For Economic Parley
Kennedy aides weigh Beckley or Charleston in West Virginia for a conference on depressed rural areas. Don Hodson says Kennedy favors Beckley but Charleston offers larger facilities, with the state Democratic committee likely backing the event and a pledge to return.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Charleston
Don Hodson
Raleigh
Kennedy
Hodson
Ka‘nawha
Island of
Democratic Executive Committee
Hudson
Fire Destroys Coal Mine Tipple Near Logan
A late night blaze destroyed a dismantled coal mine tipple near Logan, with damages pegged at 50,000 dollars. The mine, west of town, was last operated by Cherry Hill Coal Corp of Cleveland. It is the same mine that shipped Logan field coal on Thanksgiving Day 1904, though the tipple was not in operation then. The Gay Coal and Coke Co first ran the mine, selling it to Cherry Hill three years ago. Cherry Hill operated it until January 1959 before closing.
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LOGAN
Here
Cherry Hill Coal Corp
Cleveland
Logan Field
Gay Coal and Coke Co
Insurance Firm Wins Judgment in Raleigh County
In Raleigh County Circuit Court, Travelers Insurance Co. was awarded 534.92 against Ada P. Redden. Ralph Waddell and others sued Crab Orchard Mine Welfare Fund. fund must supply meeting records from March 18 1959 March 28 1959 and June 6 1959. D B Shumate of Reservoir Road received a pistol carry permit.
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Raleigh County
Travelers Insurance Co
Ada P. Redden
Ralph Waddell
Crab Orchard Mine Welfare Fund
Waddell
D. B. Shumate
Reservoir Road
Local Woman Sees Moral Re Armament Rally on Mackinac
Mrs Basil C Minter returns from Mackinac Island where she attended the Moral Re Armament Summit Strategy Conference with visitors from around the world. Mackinac Island serves as the North American headquarters for RMA which aims to counter Soviet communism with four principles: honesty purity unselfishness and love. Minter, a skilled speaker, hopes to address local civic groups about lessons learned during her stay.
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Mackinac Island
Michigan
Basil C. Minter
Ellison Ave
North American
RMA
Soviet Russia
Minter
Bailey killed by dynamite blast in his garage
GRAFTON AP Rosemont Millard Fillmore Bailey 61 a State Road Commission employee was killed Thursday night by a dynamite explosion in his garage Taylor County Prosecutor Richard Board ruled death by own action Bailey set off the blast Neither the car nor the garage was damaged He left his mother and five sisters.
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Grafton
Rosemont
Taylor County
Richard Board
Millard Fillmore Bailey
State Road Commission
Board
Bailey
Civil Defense Seeks Painters for County Work
The county has paint but no painters for a needed defense project. The group will complete the job as soon as possible and adopted the Attorney General's ruling on water fluoridation, received today in the office of Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Spara.
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Anthony J. Spara
Thursalin
NAACP Meeting Friday in East Beckley Church
The Raleigh County branch of the NAACP will meet at 7 30 p m today in the Central Baptist Church East Beckley. The session aims to discuss civil rights and community progress with members urged to attend.
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NAACP
Raleigh County
National Association For the Advancement of Coljored People
Central Baptist Church
East Beckley
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International
Burton
Young's Incorporated
Lenoir House
Bassett
Basic Witz
Hooker
Johnson- Carper
Recorder
Valiant
Eemo
Earland Dale
Plymouth Fury
Julia McDowell
Metropolitan Opera
Posey
Daniel
John F. Kennedy
Civil Defense
Neville Maytag
Sealy
Neville Maytag & Furniture Co
Neville Street
Valley Bell
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