1956 Banner Year For State Tourists
West Virginia publicity chief Andrey Buckman predicts 1956 will be a banner year for tourism. He cites 47 000 inquiries processed, plans for centennial 1963 coordination, and new year round attractions at Cacapon and Blackwater Falls parks. He notes Green Bank radio astronomy center as a draw and reports over two million tourist parties spent in the state last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va. i
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Andrey V. Buckman
Buckman
Cacapon
Blackwater Falls
Virginia
Green Bank
Pocahontas County
Ruckman
Ambassador Douglas Moffat Dies in Australia
Ambassador Douglas Moffat died of an embolism at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney after a month of illness. A Cravath law partner since 1913, he was appointed U.S. envoy to Australia last February and had arrived in April. Survived by wife Gertrude Mali and two children. Yale 1903 and Harvard Law 1907 graduate.
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Sydney
Australia
Douglas M. Moffat
St. Vincent's Hospital
New York Corporation Law Firn
Cravath, Swane and Moore
Moffat
Eisenhower
New York Transit Authority
Manila
U.S
Cairo
Canberra
Amns Peaslee
Harold Stassen
Queensland
Brisbane
Stanhope, Nal
Gertrude Mali
Yale University
Harvard Law School
British and French Move on Cyprus Amid Suez Tensions
British and French plans for Cyprus as a temporary joint base unfold as Eden takes a short holiday. French troop movements reportedly en route while Cyprus faces EOKA attacks and calls for renewed negotiations. The Suez Committee in Cairo weighs an international canal control proposal amid regional tensions.
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London
Eden
Cyprus
Wiltshire
Parlia
Port of Limasse
Britain
France
Suez Canal
Middle Eastern
Nasser
Egypt
Tne
Paris
EOKA
Greece
Unis
Makarios
Kitium
North Atlantic
Lliance
East Mediterranean
French Defense Ministry
Aule
Brest
Marseille
Ar Iromanches
Toulon
Algeria
Middle East
Mediterranean
Menzies Committee
Cairo
Soviet Union
V. K Krishna Menon
India
Menon
Nehru
Saudi Arabia
U.S
E. D. Kisseley
Russia
Beckley Man Succeeds in West Virginia Young Republicans
Jack Mann, 32, of Beckley, becomes president of the Young Republican League of Virginia after Cleo S. Jones resigns to run for Congress in the Sixth District. Mann has led the League as vice president for two and a half years and will serve until year end before Fred O. Blue takes over. He is a West Virginia University and WVU College of Law graduate, partner at Mann and Mann, and active in the Elks Lions clubs and First Baptist Church. His wife currently heads the Raleigh County Republican Women's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Beckleyan
Young Republican League of Virginia
T Ford Mann
Fletcher W. Mann
Beckley
Cleo S. Jones
Cam ‘Paizn
Sxth
Mann
League
Fred O. Blue
Bluefield
West Virginia University
West Virginia University College of Law
Awinn of
Police Guard Schools to Prevent Violence Over Integration
Police and deputies guarded Mansfield Texas and Clinton Tennessee schools to prevent racial tension from erupting over integration. In Mansfield a Negro effigy hung from a flagpole prompted 50 guards and four deputy cars, while Clinton high school entrances were manned for 12 Negro pupils entering. Kasper, blamed for stirring unrest, was absent but planned a White Citizens Council. A federal judge ordered Kasper and others to refrain from interfering with peaceful integration, with further hearings planned. in Birmingham Autherine Lucy Foster faced continued legal action after her expulsion following a mob incident at Tuscaloosa.
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Texas
Tennessee
Associated Press
Mansfield
Tex
Clinton
Tentu
Fort Worth
John Kasper
Washington, D. C
Nelero
Birmingham
Ala
Autherine Lucy Foster
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
H. Hobart Grooms
Deep South College
Foster
Arthur D. Shores
Olin Revere aluminum venture to boost Ohio plant plan
Olin Mathieson Chemical and Revere Copper form Olin Revere Metals Corp a 50 50 joint venture to build an aluminum plant in Ohio with 180000 ton capacity and a 231 million dollar reduction facility at Clarinton. West Virginia gains power units at Cresap and construction personnel support from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Mathieson Chemical Corp
Revere Copper and Brass Inc
Otio
Olin Revere, Metals Corp
Clarinton
Ohio
New Martinsville
West Virginia
Cresap
Marshall County
Olin Revere
Ohio Power Co
Clarington
Ohio Power
Gov. Marland
New York
Marland
Olin Mathieson
Tsion
Jlts
Walter F
Byrd Deflects On Panhandle Project Linked To Vinson
Charleston Congressman Cleve Bailey said a 20 million dollar defense installation tied to the United States guided missile program would be built east of Keysser in the Eastern Panhandle. Rep Byrd countered that Vinson’s referenced project was a Navy Department matter and he cannot share further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Cleveland M. Bailey
Keysser
Panhandle
Bailey
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Robert C. Byrd
Sophia
Navy Department
Byrd
Baley
Jimmy Conrad Souder Arrested on Circuit Court Attachment
Jimmy Conrad Souder was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 9 40 a m by a deputy sheriff on an attachment issued by the Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Conrad Souder
Raleigh
Divorces and Annulment Granted by Raleigh County Court
Six divorce decrees and an annulment were finalized in orders signed by Circuit Court Judge Nonnar Nap. Included are Barbara Jo Hunt under 21 suing by mother against Harold L Hunt and Jo Ann Harris Minovich under 21 suing by mother Eunice Fleener against Paige Mujo vich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Nonnar “Nap
Barbara Jo Hunt
Louise M. Terry
Harold L. Hunt
Barbara Jo Terry
Virgie Robinson
Cleve Robinson
William Wilton
Lena Wilson
Jo Ann Harris Minvich
Eunice Fleener
Paige Muo Jvich
Josephine Canaday Farrow
Trucks Side-Swipe On Mt Hope Curve
A sharp curve and wet roads caused two trucks to side-swipe on Mt Hope at 7 13 a m in front of the Mountainair Hotel. An Esso truck driven by Glen Ferris and an air product truck driven by William Holbrook caused traffic detours while the blockage was cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moven Mnnte
RNS
Mt. Hope
Esso
Mountainair Hotel
City Hall
Mount Hope
Oval Webb
Glen Ferris
William Holbrook
Huntington
Buckland Fund Reaches $864 for Beckt Daugher Education
The Carl Dale Buckland Memorial Fund total rose to 864.66 by noon today, started Monday by the Beckley Gideons Camp to finance education for the four year old daughter of a Beckley policeman killed Sunday morning. Donations may be sent to the fund at Beckley National Bank. Maxwell Allen was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 9 am today on a bastardy warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Dale Buckland Memorial Fund
Beckley Gideons Camp
Beckley
jCarl Dal
Buckland Memorial Fund
Elmer Davis
Beckley National Bank
Maxwell Allen
Raleigh
Six Missing After Alaska Plane Crash Survivors Reported
Six are still missing and seven survived after a crash near Unimak Island Alaska involving two amphibian planes one a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC6B bound for Tokyo from Vancouver and an Alaska search is underway hampered by severe weather naval officials said the crash occurred at 9 58 p m with 22 aboard including eight crew members and casualties including injuries.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Tokyo
Van
Adak
Naval Station
Hunt
Scouver
Clark
Kodiak Naval Station
Cold Bay
Unimak Island
Two Early Morning Accidents Reported
City police reported two accidents early today with one person injured and total damages of 800 dollars. The first at Church and Fayette streets involved Alvin Johnson and Mrs Winifred Hongker Erwin with 300 dollars in damages. The second on Harper Road injured Thomas G Prather and involved Warren Patton with 300 dollars in damages.
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Church and
Fayette Sts
Alvin Johnson
Piney View
Winifred Hongker Erwin
Mankin Ave
Harper Road
Thomas G. Prather
Rt. 1
Beckley
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Prather
Warren Patton
Dans
Kodiak
Canadian Pacific
Cold Bay
Unimax Island
Alaska Peninsula
Clark
Elmendorfer Force Base
Anchorage
McDowell County Schools Open Desegregated
McDowell County schools in West Virginia begin the year desegregated with Superintendent George Bryson noting voluntary transfers to more accessible schools. About 24 500 public students exist this year, including roughly 5 500 African Americans. No compulsory changes ordered. no transfer requests were received before the 1954 55 term. The NAACP suit against the board was settled in pre trial conferences with Federal Judge Ben Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryson
National Assn. For the Advancement Fo Colored People
Integrall
Ben Moore
Pre Trial Conference in Pike Case In Ra Neveh Circuit Court
In Ra Neveh County Circuit Court a pre trial conference was held in the John C. Ward sheriff Ira Whitlock assessor versus West Virginia Turnpike case. Tax dispute involved Glass House Restaurant Esso Station and related land. Turnpike attorney Lee Kenna filed reply to the respondents’ complaint.
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John C. Ward
Ira Whitlock
West Virginia Turnpike
Ra- Neveh
Glass House
Esso
Lee Kenna
Turnpike Attorney
Turnpike
Uncle Joe Lilly dies at 76 in Dunns area
Funeral services for Josiah M. Uncle Joe Lilly aged 76 are pending at Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church. Lilly died Wednesday in a local hospital after a short illness. A schoolteacher for 20 years in Mercer McDowell and Summers counties he also farmed and was a church member. He was born May 8 1838 and lived his life on his farm in Ghent where his Lilly Cemetery is located. He is survived by his wife Nellie Mae Myers Lilly seven sons and one daughter, sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Burial will be in Lilly Cemetery Ghent with nephews as pallbearers. Burial details await arrangements at the funeral home.
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Josiah M
Joe” Lilly
Dunns
Flat Top Missionary Baptist Church
U.S. Navy
Lilly
Mercer
McDowell
Summiers
Missionary Baptist Church
Danns
John E. Lilly
Lilly Reunion
Nellie Mae Myers Lilly
James
Baltimore Md
Orlie
Ghent
Chaucer
Fla Top
Josiah
Gilbert
Edwin
Mount Hope man missing since Tuesday
Mount Hope officials report Henry Wheeler age 60, missing from his home since Tuesday morning. His wife Mazie Wheeler reports him as ill and possibly unable to identify himself. He planned to ride a bus to Beckley then visit relatives in Stanford. search efforts continue.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mazie Wheeler
Okey L. Patteson
Mount Hope City Hall
Henry Wheeler
Beckley
Social Security Office
Stanford
Russell
Wheeler
Wheelers
DuBois
Patteson
George Penn
Egyptian Embassy ordered expelled by Britain
London reports that Britain orders the Egyptian Embassy staff to leave the country in retaliation for President Nasser's expulsion of two British diplomats from Cairo.
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London
Britain
Knight
Nasser
Cairo
McDowell Man Dies of Fractured Skull
Charles Taylor of Yukon McDowell County died in a local hospital Wednesday after admission for a fractured skull. Police report no information on how the injury occurred and are investigating the case.
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Welcha
Charles Taylor
Yukon
McDowell County
Taylor
Surfer Joe Smith Jr Hospitalized After Lake Crash
Joseph Smith Jr owner of WJLS radio is hospitalized after a late night crash near Flat Top Lake. His great Dane leapt onto his lap causing loss of vehicle control and the car plunged over an embankment. He was admitted to Beckley Hospital with cuts and bruises.
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Joe Smith Jr
WJLS
Flat Top Lake
Smith
Beckley Hospital
Epic Drama Tour Now a Certainty
West Virginia Historical Drama Association officials say the three part outdoor drama tour is now certain with 23 reservations received and up to 33 total. The trip covers Gatlinburg Tennessee and Cherokee and Boone North Carolina this weekend, costing $27.50 per person with a Beckley departure at 8 30 a m Saturday.
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West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Julian Williams
Association
Williams
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Cherokee
Boone
N. C
Beckley
Shumate Rites Not Set for Mrs Lia Shumate
Funeral services for Mrs. Lia Shumate of Lillycreek are incomplete. She died in a Huntington hospital on Wednesday night. The body is at Keyser Funeral Home awaiting completion of arrangements. C J McQuade, Beckley Veterans Hospital patient, remains reported about the same.
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Lia
Hell Shumate
Lillycreek
Ins
Shumate
Huntington
Keyser Feneral
C. J
Needy" McQuade
Register
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Egypt Advertises For Canal Pilots
The Egyptian government posted ads in New York seeking canal pilots to guide ships through Suez. Wages top 148 Egyptian pounds monthly plus extra pay per ship piloted. basic dollars range from about 231 to 1,429 for pilots with dependents. Applications directed to the Egyptian Embassy in Washington and consulates in New York and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Suez Canal
Egypt
Suez Canal Co
New York Journal of Commerce
Washington
San Francisco
Street Scene Reports Officer Leaving Legion Club
A Mullica city policeman exits the American Legion Club while a money counting machine sits nearby, suggesting activity linked to a financial transaction or routine audit at the club scene.
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American Legion Club
Mullens
Weather Summary for West Virginia Regions
Cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered afternoon and evening showers. Lows range 38 to 64, with variable winds. Beckley area reports 7 am temperatures and today’s readings ahead. nearby rivers and reservoirs show below normal stages with clear conditions at Bluestone and Greenbrier regions.
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West Beckley High
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Night Sky Notes and Planetary Signs for Friday
Beckley forecast shows the sun setting at 6 37 with the moon rising after midnight. Visible planets Saturn in the southwest at 8 25 pm and Mars in the southeast near Antares with Venus in the east early morning.
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Sasurn
Saturn
Antares
Mars
Venus
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J. FE. Small
Poylar St. Mullens
Bluestone Dam
Nhad
James Swinburn
Swinburn
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iran
Suez Committee
Robert G. Menzies
Jack Mann
Young Gop
Aly
Joe Owen
Clinton High
Panhandle Project
Souder
Mt. Hope Curve
Buckland Fund
Beckleyan
Mr. Hope
West Weather
Beckley Skies
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