Eisenhower Welcomed in Rome Despite Rainy Start
President Eisenhower arrived in Rome for a 22 000 mile mission of peace amid overcast skies and rain delaying landing. Communists in banners joined Italians in greeting with praise for the American leader as he prepared talks with Gronchi Segni and other officials on peace with justice.
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Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Dwight Eisenhower
Eeters
Ciampino
Italy
Giovanni Gronchi
Antonio Segni
Gronchi
Urbano Ciocetti
Atlantic
Washington
Appian Way
Quirinal Palace
Barbara
Spirits Exhibition Mine Survey Nears Completion
Engineers from the New River Company completed a survey of the old mine at New River Park to map its depths and connections for the City Recreation Board. Findings suggest coal and possible other uses with an estimated 700 feet depth and five passages from intake to return. James Kessinger said final transport method remains undecided, with rubber-tired conveyance likely.
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New River Co
Bill Aurednick
Wallace Craft
Kenneth Bobbett
New River Park
Beckley
New River Company
City Recreation Board
James Kessinger
Beckley Recreation Board
Kessinger
Eisenhower's Pilot Draper Leads 600 mph Jet Tour
Col William G Draper, Eisenhower's personal pilot since 1950, commands the 600 mile per hour jet on the 19 day 22 370 mile trip. He and eight crew members trained at airports along the itinerary to study terrain and weather facilities. The president travels as a passenger while Draper remains in charge in the air.
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Washington
Bill Draper
Silver Springs
Eisenhower
Col
William G. Draper
Europe
Draper
NATO
Air Force
Miami
India
William Thomas
Vincent Puglisi
Brooklyn
Thomas
Drajer
West Virginia Weather Forecast and Temperature Outlook
Fair tonight with lows 25 to 32 east and 32 to 40 west. Saturday looks cloudy with showers. Temperatures through Wednesday about 3 degrees below normal, turning colder by Sunday with readings below normal by Tuesday. Precipitation total around half an inch tomorrow and Monday. Beckley high 38, low 28. Oak Hill high 38, low 20. River conditions reflect normal and clearing gauges.
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Beckley High
Togoy
Cssssecces
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Bluestone Lake
Raleigh Farm Census Moves Ahead In Raleigh County
Floyd Sayre Jr. reports the Raleigh County farm census is ahead of schedule with figures not to be released for months. Edgar L. Bryan of the Census Bureau praises farmer cooperation and aims to finish canvassing within 10 days to keep costs down and ensure prompt results. Sayre urges remaining farmers to complete questionnaires for census takers.
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Raleigh
Floyd Sayre Jr
Edgar L. Bryan
Census Bureau
Pittsburgh
Sayre
Duncan Sister Rosetta Duncan Dies From Car Crash Injuries
Chicago aap Rosetta Duncan 58 partner of the Duncan Sisters a famed vaudeville comedy team died from injuries from an auto mobile crash occurred Tuesday.
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Chicago
Rosetta Duncan
Duncan Sisters
Sherwood Glutz Describes Poverty and Hunger
Sherwood Glutz claims people are starving due to unemployment and poverty. He notes women starve themselves to attract male attention and mentions his uncle Nat preferring a heavier figure over nerves, illustrating harsh attitudes toward hunger and body image.
Mays and wife plan move to New York after housing issues
Willie Mays and his wife decide to make New York their permanent home after housing troubles in the San Francisco area. The Giants center fielder sold a Miraloma Drive house to a corporation executive for an undisclosed price. the home, bought for 37500 in 1957 in an all white neighborhood, drew neighbor protests. One incident involved a bottle tossed at the house after a Giants loss, with a note referencing his race. After 1959 season the couple searched for homes on the peninsula south of San Francisco but failed.
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San Francisco
Willie Mays
New York
San Francisco Giants
Miraloma Drive
baseball _ star
Giants
Mays
Noted neurosurgeon Dr Frederick W. Schreiber dead at 62
Detroit AP reports Dr. Frederick W. Schreiber 62 head of neurosurgery at Harper Hospital died Thursday of a heart attack. Also noted Brazilian historian and historian director Gustavo Dodi Baroso 71 died Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.
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Frederick W. Schreiber
Harper Hospital
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Gustavo Dodi Baroso
The
Historical Museum
Mrs Seth E Thomas Jr Dies in Tucson
Mrs Seth E Thomas Jr wife of the Seth Thomas clock company heir and widow of the founder's son died in Tucson on Wednesday.
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Tucson
Ariz
Seth E. Thomas Jr
Seth Thomas Clock Manufacturing
Candies Founder Andrew Kanelos Dies at 65 in Chicago
Andrew G. Kanelos founder and president of Andes Candies Inc ages 65 died Thursday in Chicago from a heart attack. The chain operated about 50 shops in the area.
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Chicago
Andrew G. Kanelos
Andes Candies, Inc
Astronomer Dr. John A. Anderson Dies at 83
Dr. John A. Anderson, 83, noted astronomer, died Wednesday in Altadena California. He supervised construction of the world's largest telescope and served as executive officer of the Observatory Council at the California Institute of Technology from 1928 to 1948.
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Altadena
Calif
John A. Anderson
Anderson
Observatory Council
California Institute of Technology
Teenager Robert Murphy seeks forgiveness after subway escape
In New York AP report Robert Murphy, a teenager who fled for two days through subway tunnels, pleaded for his foster mother’s forgiveness after an attempted rifle attack left her in critical condition. He cried aloud, and Marie Murphy responded I forgive you Bobby.
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NEW York
Robert Murphy
Robert
Bobby
Marie Murphy
Brooklyn Teen Confesses to Killing Mother in Diner Dishes Trigger
A 39 year old Brooklyn woman was shot in her home last Tuesday night. Her 16 year old son later confessed after reporting he planned the killing following a dispute over dishes and clothing. He surrendered to police with his father and uncle present.
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Brooklyn
Murphy
Robert
Benson's Condition Good After Gall Bladder Surgery
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson underwent gallbladder removal surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital. His condition afterward was reported good.
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Washington (Ap
Ezra Taft Benson
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Car crash near Hagerstown kills State Man
Pickford P. Price, 26, of Martinsburg West Virginia, died in a collision on U S 40 five miles east of Hagerstown. The car driver Zane L. Metz er, 26, of Hagerstown, had internal injuries. Truck driver George Cmos, 29, of Oliver Pennsylvania, suffered chest injuries.
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Pickford P. Price
Route 4
Martinsburg
W. Va
U. S. 40
Here
Zane L. Metzer
George Cmos
Oliver
Fraud Charged in Beckley Unemployment Claim
Andrew Garland of Beckley was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Jack Thomas and arraigned before Magistrate W A Burke on fraud charges. Garland posted a $1000 appearance bond and is accused of drawing more than $400 in unemployment benefits while employed.
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Andrew Garland
Beckley
Jack Thomas
W. A. Burke
Garland
State Resources Hearing Monday on West Virginia Conservation
The House-Senate Interim Committee on Natural Resources will hear an array of interested parties in Charleston on Monday and Tuesday. The panel studies conservation in West Virginia to report to the 1961 Legislature and the Governor, exploring merging the Conservation Commission and allied agencies into a Department of Natural Resources. The session starts at 10 a.m. in the Senate Judiciary Room, with E. L. Elmore, acting managing director of the State Chamber of commerce, first up Monday morning.
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West Virginia
House-Senate
Charleston
Conservation Commission
Department of Natural Resources
Senate Judiciary
State Capitol
E. L. Elmore
State Chamber of Ree
Mass funeral planned after Malpasset flood in Frejus France
Rescue teams search through muck for victims after the Malpasset Dam disaster near Frejus. Officials report 200 dead with about 100 missing, 65 injured, and 30 still hospitalized as 5 000 troops and helicopters aid survivors. A mass funeral is arranged to free crowded hospitals.
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Malpasset Dam
Reyran
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Mediterranean
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Frejus Hospital
St. Raphael
Puget-Sur-Argens
Georges Galichon
Bearings Inc wins state road oil seal contract in Charleston
CHARLESTON AP Bear ings Inc of Charleston wins a one year state road commission contract to supply oil seals and various types of ball and other bearings for road projects.
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Ap) — Bearings Inc. of
State Road Commission
Shotgun Death of Island Creek Stores Official at Holden Club
Robert S. Flint 60 of Huntington, general manager of Island Creek Stores Co., was killed by a shotgun blast in his Holden clubhouse room. The inquest follows discovery at 3 a.m. after a muffled 8:45 p.m. report. Flint, a Bowden native and Davis & Elkins graduate, had led Island Creek Stores since 1941 and left a widow and daughter.
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Bowden
Randolph County
Davis & Elkins College
Anderson-Newcomb Co
Hagen-Ratliff Wholesale Co
Huntington
Island Creek Stores
Island Creek Coal Co
Ex Governor Keith Neville Dies in Nebraska Hospital
Keith Neville, 75, former Nebraska governor and Democrat, died in a hospital in North Platte. He served as governor from 1917 to 1919 and was a prominent Democratic figure in state politics.
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North Platte, Neb
Keith Neville
Nebraska
Neville
Deer Killed in Closed Area. Three Men Jailed
Deputy Sheriff Ed Jarro and County Forester W. W. Covey report three men Bill Farley Paul Honaker and Delmer Honaker arrested after two illegally taken deer. Delmer Honaker jailed for intoxication and illegal kill while Farley charged as accessory and Paul Honaker with slaying a deer.
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Bill Farley
Paul Honaker
Delmer Honaker
Arnett
Raleigh
Farley
Honaker
Ed Jarre
W. W. Covey
Delmer Honaket
Pine Branch
Cove Creek
Marsh Fork
Nicholas County
US sends monkey nicknamed Sam aloft in capsule
In a test off Washington the United States launched a space capsule carrying a monkey nicknamed Sam. The capsule separated from its rocket and parachuted into the Atlantic about 200 miles offshore. A Navy plane located the capsule and a destroyer rushed to recover it.
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Washington
United States
Sam
Atlantic Oceana
Governors Debate Federal Road Plan At White Sulphur Springs
About 35 state representatives debated how to secure more federal highway funds at the National Governors Conference. California urged turning all gas and auto revenues to roads, while Connecticut Governor Ribicoff urged practical steps and a new revenue source to replace cuts. The group discussed proposed interstate projects and the fed cut to highway allotments, with 16 governors in attendance and no clear plan to restore funding.
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National Governors Conference
Eisenhower
California
Council of State Governments
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Governors’ Roads Committee
Lars
Congress
Six Area Boys on All State Team
Six area scholastic football players earned spots on the Class AA All State teams named by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. The six area grid stars are listed on Page 8 with full details and selections across the three teams.
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West Virginia Sports Writers Association
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Joseph F. Finnegan
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Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Robert M. Ferguson
U. S
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