Democrats Name Three Candidates For West Virginia Speaker
The Democratic contest for speaker of the House of Delegates in the 59th Legislature narrowed to Harry R. Pauley T. E. Myles and W. T. Brotherton Jr. Brotherton emerged as the coalition choice after a day of room conferences. Some candidates dropped out. Saunders died since the November election, and Walker and Chilton were absent or ill.
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House of Delegates
Del
Harry R. Pauley
McDowell
del. T. E. Myles
Fayette
W.T. Brotherton Jr
Kanawha
Myles
Brotherton
del. J. E. Watson
Mallon
del. H. Laban White Jr
Harrison
Julius W. Singleton Jr
Monongalia
Singleton
Daniel D. Cahill
Logan
House
Seaker
Senate
Pauley
W. E. Flannery
D-Logan
Irvine Saunders
Welch
Dowell County
Underwood
Saunders
Neil W. Walker
del. W. E. Chilton
D-Kanawha
Walker
Chilton
Europe
Old House
Flannery
Valley Drive Project Bridge Contracts To Be Let Dec 30
The State Road Commission will let contracts December 30 for two bridges in the Valley Drive extension project. Early next year further contracts likely will cover grading and draining on the east and west ends. A SRC spokesman cited weather as the main factor affecting completion while officials were at a highway meeting in San Francisco.
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State Road Commission
Valley Drive
Cova Street
Fourth Street
Burgess Street
SRC
P. C. Graney
San Francisco
Highway Commissioners
Ten escape from Harrison County Jail in Clarksburg
Ten prisoners escaped by sawing two steel bars on a first floor window at Harrison County Jail. Four were recaptured by morning. eight inmates were felons bound for Moundsville State Penitentiary. Suspected trustee aided the break. several road blocks netted Aldine Arbogast and Anderson quickly, with others still at large at midmorning.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County
Rex Bumgardner
Bumgardner
David Aldine
Norris
Gerald Anderson
Ralph Stonebreaker
Haywood
Robert J. Arbogast
Stonewood
Hayward Chipps
William Chipps
Salem
James Hopkins
Anmoore
Charles M. Henderson
Blaine Wine
Carmen Leroy Davis
Reynoldsville
Wine
Davis
Aldine
Arbogast
Anderson
Stonebreaker
W.va. 20
Folsom
Wetzel County
Rev Rowland Heads Ministers in Beck ley association
The Rev Sidney J Rowland was elected president of the Beck ley Ministerial Association at its meeting in the local Presbyterian Church. Other officers chosen were the Rev H A McClung as vice president the Rev J B Dryfield as secretary and the Rev A W Wood as assistant secretary. They will take office January 1. A motion naming Sunday as Christmas Seal Sunday was approved along with prayers for efforts to relieve disease. Eddie Zopp spoke on Keeping Christ in Christmas and urged public emphasis. a Christmas chairman was approved for next year's officers and Zopp named to chair a committee to push Christmastide outreach in the three weeks remaining before Christmas.
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Sidney J. Rowland
Beckley Ministerial Association
H. A. McClung
J. B. Dryfield
A. W. Wood
Eddie Zopp
Commission On Christian Social Relations and Economic Activities
First Methodist Church
Zopp
Surveyor Man Freed On Bond
William J. Worley a Raleigh County surveyor was released on a $500 bond after being jailed on an assault and battery charge. He is to appear before Magistrate Hugh Brooks at 7 p.m. today. Worley was jailed Sunday evening following a deputy sheriff arrest.
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William J. Worley
Raleigh
Hugh Brooks
Worley
Wiley Moon Jr
Mead
Beckley
Foster N. Thompson
Philadelphia
Thompson
John King
Amigo
Funeral arrangements for Wilburt Franklin Monroe Jr.
Funeral plans for 16 year old Wilburt Franklin Monroe Jr. of Smith Street remain incomplete. He died Sunday afternoon in a local hospital. The body rests at the J Jechie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Wilburt Franklin Monroe Jr
Smith Street
J. Jechie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Man Dies In Fire After Auto Wrecks
Lloyd A. Highlander age 29 dies in a car crash north of Russellville after Skidding on ice at 8 am. Vehicle crossed railroad tracks and a bridge, rolled, then caught fire and burned beyond recognition. He was en route to deer hunt. survived by wife and two children.
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Russellville
RNS
Lloyd A. Highlander
Burke Cassell
Rainelle
Highlander
Crawford Motor Co
Lookout
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Simpson Dies Aged 62 In London After Long Illness
Ernest Simpson, 62, ex husband of Wallis Warfield Simpson and second husband of the Duchess of Windsor, died in London Sunday after a long illness. A successful shipping broker, he kept out of the limelight after his 1937 divorce and rejected offers to publish memoirs. His fourth wife Avril Leveson-Gower was with him at Middlesex Hospital.
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Ernest Simpson
Edward VIII
London
Simpson
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Avril Leveson-Gower
Middlesex Hospital
Teen-Aged Slayer Denies Triple Slaying
In Houston, Nearvel Moon, 18, is charged in a triple killing after admitting a robbery that netted 40 dollars. His father insists the youth was obedient and innocent, saying he never spanked him more than once or twice. Moon claimed self defense as gunfire erupted during the confrontation.
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Houston, Tex
Nearvel Moon
West Berlin faces anxiety amid looming Berlin crisis
Western allies fear loss of morale and economy in Berlin as Cold War pressure tightens. West Berliners, led by Mayor Willy Brandt, show resilience but doubt allied resolve. Reports say East Germany warns against future airlifts and some firms cancel orders while capital shifts abroad. Local leaders vow swift action and expanded government purchases to shore up confidence.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Reds
West
U.S
State Dulles
Washington
Moscow
West Berlin
Ern
Brandt
Cold snap hits West Virginia with 8 degree low
The Associated Press reports West Virginia recorded an overnight low of 8 degrees. Weather forecasts predict near 40 degree high today and no precipitation through Wednesday. No snow, sleet, or rain expected in the near term.
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West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Four die by self in South St. Louis apartment
Four relatives despondent over poor health apparently killed themselves in a South St. Louis apartment. Arthur Forrester 62 a cookie company salesman, his wife Lucille 65, Mrs Mary Conkling 86 and Blanche Conkling 66 were found by Tilton Conkling. Notes signed by all four referenced keys to a basement locker and car title.
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ST. Louis, Mo
South St. Louis
Arthur Forrester
Lucille
Forrester
Mary Conkling
Blanche Conkling
Mom
Tilton Conkling
Unemployed man tries to steal Air Force jet at Hanscom
Donald L. Lutman 35 of Bound Brook New Jersey was arrested at Hanscom Air Force Base Bedford after pulling a lever that tore the cockpit canopy from a T33 jet trainer He told FBI agents he wanted to fly to India to be at the bedside of Hindu religious leader Thakur Lutman said he became a follower during World War I service in India with the American Field Service
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Boston
India
Donald L. Lutman
Bound Brook
Hanscom Air Force Base
Bedford
FBI
Lutman
Thakur
Air Force
Packers take Randy Duncan first in NFL draft
Philadelphia bulletin reports the Green Bay Packers selected Iowa quarterback Randy Duncan as the No 1 overall pick in the NFL draft, highlighting the top selection in today’s proceedings.
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Philadelphia
Green Bay Packers
Iowa
Randy Duncan
Eisenhower to hold defense and space age talks
President Eisenhower, nearing vacation end in Augusta, called Wednesday Washington meetings on defense and space age problems. He will return Tuesday and meet the National Aeronautics and Space Council and the National Security Council, presiding Thursday at a second Security Council session.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Augusta National Golf Club
Capital
National Aeronautics and Space Council
National Security Council
Security Council
West Berlin
United States
U.S
Britain
France
Dulles
Berlin
James C. Hagerty
White House
Space Council
National Aeronautics and Space Adminis
Leeber Case Follows Pattern in School Board Proceeding
Court proceedings to remove Board of Education member A P Leeb er continued following the pattern of a February ruling by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp. Judge Knapp sustained the demurrer except for the part challenging the charge that Le eber unlawfully voted to hire his wife as a teacher. Ashworth has until Dec 20 to answer the ruling. hearing date to be set by the court. Covey, former board president, was dropped as a defendant after resigning.
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Board of Education
A. P. Leeber
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Knapp
Robert J. Ashworth
Leeber
Ashworth
Police Receive Car Theft Report
Dr. Ross E. Newman reported to Beckley City Police the theft of his sister Elva Newman’s 1955 Plymouth sedan from in front of his Beckley residence. The Newmans had borrowed the car from Miss Elva Newman Mullens and had left Beckley by train Thursday to attend the Army Navy game in Philadelphia. They learned upon return that the car was missing. it had not yet been located. Attending the game were Dr. Newman, his wife, daughter Chippy, and son Eldridge.
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Ross E. Newman
Queen St
Beckley City
Beckley
Newman
Elva Newman
Mullens
Philadelphia
Dr Newman
Dr. Newman
Chippy
Eldridge
McCoy Child Succumbs and Rites Planned
The six month old Rebecca Delores McCoy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bobby McCoy of Lego, died early Monday at home. Born June 3 1958 in Lego, she leaves one brother Bob McCoy Jr, maternal grandmother Mrs Mary Reddy and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Paul McCoy. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at Resaco Methodist Church with Rev G R Black. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Body at Caffee Funeral Home until 4 pm Tuesday then moved to paternal grandparents residence.
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Rebecca Delores McCoy
Bobby McCoy
Lego
Bobby McCoy Jr
Mary Reddy
Paul McCoy
Resaco Methodist Church
G. R. Black
Coal City
Sunset Memorial Park
Caffee Funeral Home
Car Collision on Neville Street Damages Estimated at 150
At 8 45 p m Sunday two cars collided at Neville Street and South Heber Street. Drivers were William T Moss 61 Glen White and Patricia George 20 of 113 Virginia Street. Damages were estimated at 150 dollars.
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Neville Street
South Heber St
William T. Moss
Glen White
Patricia George
Virginia St
Bruner Loses Final Bid To Dodge Chair
Charleston Elmer David Bruner failed in a last attempt to stay his execution set for December 12. He sought a habeas corpus writ from the State Supreme Court, claiming improper confinement and illegal evidence from a warehouse locker search without a warrant. The high court unanimously refused, as Bruner’s 1957 murder conviction for Mrs. Ruby Miller stands. His lawyers had also asked Gov. Underwood for clemency, with no decision announced.
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Charleston
Elmer David Bruner
Bruner
State Supreme Court
State Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Cabell County
Right Wing Sweep Gives France a New Assembly Majority
In Paris the right wing backing Premier Charles de Gaulle gained strong control of the new French National Assembly. The Communist party won 22.9 percent of the vote but only 10 of 149 seats. UNR leader Jacques Soustelle’s bloc scored 32.1 percent and 188 of 465 seats, with independents and peasants bringing the rightist total to a clear majority.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
France
Jacques Duclos
Center
Edgar Faure
Socialist Disarmament
UNR
Givens Stabbed By Jail Inmate
Lindy Givens of Cool Ridge, serving 5 to 18 years for second degree murder in the Pace death, was stabbed in the Raleigh County Jail. He suffered a left arm wound and a left hip laceration, with the incident likely on November 20 after a jail shake-down uncovered weapons. Sheriff Mills said the assailant is unknown and weapons were flushed down a drain. a relative indicated possible action.
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Raleigh County
Lindy Givens
Cool Ridge
Thomas Pace
Fireco
A. D. Belton
Okey Mills
Mills
Givens
Famed Explorer Hubert Wilkins Found Dead in Framingham
Sir Hubert Wilkins, renowned polar explorer and Arctic authority, was discovered dead in his Framingham hotel room at age 70. He served as a geographer with the Army's Quartermaster Research and Development Center and spent summers in Arctic regions, famed for pioneering polar flight and deep cold research. His Nautilus Arctic cruise and polar under ice experiments are highlighted in his storied career.
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Framingham
Mass
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert
Natick
Army
Quartermaster Research and Development Center
Arctic
Quartermaster Corps
Wilkins
Alaska
Europe
Polar
Spitabergen
Pole
Gunshot Victim to Question by Police in Shady Spring
State Police plan to question Boyd Lilly of Shady Spring at the Veterans Administration Hospital after a gunshot wound. A hospital spokesman described Lilly as not seriously injured, with admission Sunday night and expected release today.
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Boyd Lilly
Shady Spring
Veterans Administration Hospital
Lilly
Weather outlook shows mild night and cooler north and west
Mostly cloudy conditions persist with a low near 20 to 30 degrees. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and a turn to somewhat colder temperatures in the western and northern portions.
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Ralph J. Bean
Hardy
John E. Carrigan
Marshall
George H. Seibert Jr
Ohio
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Rev. Rowland
Man
W. V. Moon
Nearvel
Houston
Here
Bertram J. Appleton
Steven
Lee Hanson
Gail Gillaspy
Moon
Appleton
Pan
THE
Associated Press
Air Force Base
Ike
Tration
Ballistic Missile Agency
H. Dale Covey
Covey
McCoy
Oak Hill
Enn
Ebenee
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