Balloonists Prepare 3000 Mile Canary Island Atlantic Flight
Four Britons under Prince Philip’s patronage plan a two week 3000 mile balloon crossing from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Barbados. Lead by Arnold Beaupre Eiloart, the crew includes his son Timothy Mudie and Colin Mudie with Rosemary Mudie piloting. The craft The Small World is a 46 foot balloon with a plastic gondola and lifeboat, drifting at about 1000 feet.
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Santa Cruze DE Tenerife
Canary Islands
Arnold Beaupre Eiloart
Timothy
Cambridge University
Colin Mudie
Rosemary Mudie
Mudie
Rosemary
Cook
Warden Leads Rescue as Arizona Prison Riot Ends
Warden Frank Eyman directed about 25 lawmen in storming Arizona State Prison to free two guards held by 46 insurgent inmates. An inmate, Moises Adams, was shot in the back. he is in poor but hopeful condition. About 300 officers and volunteers ringed the walls to prevent further breakout. the riot ended around 11 p.m. with hostages freed and knives confiscated.
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Florence, Ariz
Arizona State Prison
Frank Eyman
Moises Adams
Calvin Hunt
Arizona
Winthrop
Maine
Scott Wright
Ardmore
Okla
Wright
Eyman
Hunt
Two Women Hitchhike World Tour With Songs Across Continents
Dutch travelers Bobby Van Der Man and Jos de Lange Wendels recount nine years of hitchhiking through 57 countries since June 9 1949. Trading rides for folk songs they funded travel with guitars while meeting figures from Schweitzer to Tito. They describe peril and hunger, stay with a Maryland family, plan New York stop, and dream of writing a diary based travel book.
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Aberdeen
Bobby van der Man
Jos de Lange Wendels
Amsterdam
Europe
Middle East
Africa
South America
United States
Maryland
William Shoup
Shoup
Turkey
New York City
Bobby
Jos
Holland
Princess Grace Disrupts New York Ball With Exit
Princess Grace of Monaco abruptly left the Hotel Astor grand ballroom amid a milling crowd of spectators and guards after stepping on her white satin slipper. She returned later to preside at prize drawings but danced no more, smiling through the event as photographers flashed. The gala, a $100-a-plate Imperial Ball, supported the Hospitalized Veterans Service and Musicians Emergency Fund with more than 1,000 guests and performances by Eddie Albert and others.
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New York
Grace of
Monaco
Prince Rainer III
Royal Box
Philadelphia
Hotel Astor
Serge Obolensky
Rainier
Princess Grace
Maggie Rouff
Veterans Service of the Musicians Emergency Fund
Eddie Albert
Vert Zorine
Hermione Gingold
Patrice Munsel
Gypsy Rose Lee
Nancy Walker
Cross Suit Argued Over Ice Covered Cittsville Road Crash
Hearing opened in the cross-suit between Harold Evans and Paul Logan stemming from a February 10 auto crash on Cittsville Road. Each accuses the other of fault on the icy curve. Evans seeks damages to his car 626.84 and Logan a total loss valued at 375. Logan says his back wheel dropped off the road and his front end hit Evans. Trooper Herrald testified on tire tracks showing Logan’s car veered across the road toward the collision.
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Harold D Evans
Paul Lee Logan
Cittsville
Evans
Logan
David D. Ashworth
Willis Water Works
Fletcher Mann
George Willis
Water Company
L. A. Herrald
Beckley
Ashworth
Herrald
Willie Robinson Dies at 66 in Midway
Willie Robinson aged 66 of Midway died at his residence on Thursday night at 9 p m. The body will lie in state at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
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Willie Robinson
Midway
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Ex-Con Kills Himself During Police Siege
Ex-convict Stanley Robinson 27, held six captives during a 10 hour siege in Prineville Oregon. After tear gas and pleas to surrender, he killed himself as officers moved in. Police had evacuated nearby homes and engaged in days long negotiations with psychologists present.
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Prineville
Ore
Stanley Robinson
Robinson
Vern Boyer
Marine Corps
Boyer
Boyer Was Sent Prisoner 30 Minutes, Along With Robinsons
Lowell Hertzel
Hertzel
Wade Scott
State Prison
Dorothy
Suit Filed With Circuit Clerk In Raleigh County
A $50,000 suit was filed Thursday in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk office naming Dennis James Keffer as plaintiff and Charles Elvin Covelier and Nellie J. Covelier as defendants. G Berk Lynch and James M. Henderson represent the plaintiff. Details on the suit were not available. Another suit was filed Wednesday by Virginia Electric Inc. against Sherrill D. Irwin doing business as Western Auto Associates Store with L L Scherer, K D Bowers, and W H File as attorneys.
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Raleigh County
Dennis James Keffer
Charles Elvin Covelier
Nellie J. Covelier
G. Berk Lynch
James M. Henderson
Virginia Electric, Inc
Sherill D. Irwin
Western Auto Associates
L. L. Scherer
K. D. Bowers
W. H. File
Corporation
Charter Presented Today by Beckley Kiwanis Club
The Beckley Kiwanis Club set aside today for the official presentation of the Inter "K" Club of Beckley College. The meeting was held at Fl Chico at Incon.
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Beckley Kiwanis Club
Beckley College
Fl Chico
Incon
Federal Funds To Help Rebuild Clinton School
A $45,510 federal grant will aid rebuilding Clinton High School in Clinton Tennessee after a dynamiting on October 5. The Anderson County School Board qualified for aid due to anticipated enrollment growth from federal installations at Oak Ridge, with estimated rebuilding costs around $250,000. The grant draws from a $50 million fund approved by Congress for the year ending June 30.
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Oak Ridge
Clinton
Anderson Board
Congress
Six Drivers Lose DPA Blind Aid
CHARLESTON AP Six persons have been dropped from Department of Public Assistance rolls after an investigation found they held drivers licenses while receiving aid to the blind grants. The six, among 20 investigated, included three who owned cars and drove them. Monthly grants totaled 346 with individuals receiving 22 to 86 dollars monthly. four also got aid to dependent children.
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Charleston
Department of Public Assistance
DPA
Thomas R. Egbert
Egbert
Dulles Faces Big Problems After Return to Washington
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrives in Washington amid a crowded agenda. He seeks proposals to the Soviet Union on East West talks and unification of Germany while stressing the need to maintain limited war capabilities to deter limited Soviet probes in Berlin. He warns that Soviet rulers threaten West Berlin and notes upcoming talks with Britain and France on coordinating Western policy and the Berlin issue.
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John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Germany
Dulles
San Francisco
United States
Berlin
California
Mexico City
U.S
Cain
Moscow
Poland
Iraq
Ar Ee
Britain
France
Charles de Gaulle
State Department
J W Griffiths Succumbs At 62
James W. Griffiths aged 62 of 707 S Oakwood Ave died at 2 15 am at his home after a heart attack. Born in England January 8 1897 he was the son of the late Abraham and Ella Griffiths. A Beckley resident for 25 years he worked for National Mine Service Co and was a World War I veteran and Methodist. Survived by wife Anna Stewart Griffiths two sons Charles L Beckley and Dr J S Griffiths Fort Lyon Colorado four sisters Mrs George Stavey Meadville Pa Mrs Ellen Eckhardt Belle Vernon Pa Miss Phylis Griffiths and Mrs Rachel Thompson Scarbro five grandchildren. The body remains at Coffee Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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James W. Griffiths
S. Oakwood Ave
Erigland
Abraham and
Ella Jones Griffiths
Beckley
National Mine Service Co
Methodist Church
Anna Stewart Griffiths
Charles L., Beckley
J. S. Griffiths
Fort Lyon
Colo
George Stavey
Meadsville
Ellen Eckhardt
Belle Vernon
Phylis Griffiths
Rachel Thompson
Scarbro
Caffee Funeral Home
Mass Funeral in Chicago for 27 Fire Victims
Thousands attended a mass funeral at Northwest Armory for 27 children who died in Our Lady of the Angels school fire. Archbishop Mey er led a requiem high Mass with Cardinal Spellman present as caskets—white, bronzed, and varied in size—were paraded to the altar amid tears, family tributes, and cold conditions outside.
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Chicago
5Th Army
Our Lady of the Angels
TB Association Seeks Volunteer Typists in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association seeks volunteer typists for its offices. Executive director Mrs C C Lewis says 10 000 Christmas Seal reminders must be mailed by next Friday and urgent help is needed. Volunteers may work mornings afternoons or both.
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Raleigh County
Besoco Motorist Fined On Drunkenness Charge
Edward Ellis Ferguson of Besoco was released from Raleigh County Jail after paying a $50 fine and costs to Magistrate J. E. Mays on driving while drunk. Police arrested him at 8:10 p.m. Thursday. the moonshine possession charge was withdrawn. Donald Workman of Artie is held for arraignment on an assault and battery charge.
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Edward Ellis Ferguson
Besoco
Raleigh
J. E. Mays
Ferguson
Donald Workman
Artie
Army Moonshot May Come This Weekend
New York AP reports the Army aims to launch its Juno I rocket this weekend in a bid to reach lunar surface and possibly enter an orbit around the sun. With a 1 in 2 chance of escaping Earth's gravity, the 30-pound craft could venture for millions of years, contingent on engines firing and accurate lunar targeting.
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New York
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Moon
Lunar
Khrushchev’s Italian tailor to present Eisenhower vicuna coat
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s Italian tailor, Angelo Litrico, plans to gift President Eisenhower a vicuna overcoat after tailoring for Khrushchev. He will attend the International Association of Clothing Designers meeting in Chicago, then visit Washington. The U.S. Embassy says the tailor acted independently and gifts normally go through the embassy with White House approval. The tailor says the garments were ordered and paid for by the Soviet Embassy in Italy.
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Rome
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Angelo Litrico
Khrushchev
United States
International Assn. of Clothing Designers
Chicago
Washington
U.S
Litrico
White House
Vieuna
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Adams
Goldfine
Italy
Motorist Freed On $500 Bond
Opie Lewis Tyree of Dry Hill was released from Raleigh County Jail at 9 a m after posting a 500 property bond for a Beckley Police Court appearance Monday night. He was arrested by City Police at 1 a m on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Sheriff’s deputies jailed Ernest Blevins of Crab Orchard at 11 p m Thursday on an assault charge. Coleman Adkins of Mabscott and Cecil Louis Fain of Sprague were released after posting bonds for Mabscott Police Court appearances. Adkins is charged with resisting arrest and drunkenness while Fain is charged with drunk driving. Delores Slater and Willie Moe Strickland, federal prisoners with no addresses listed, were held overnight en route to Lexington, Kentucky.
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Opie Lewis Tyree
Dry Hill
Raleigh
Beckley
Tyree
Ernest Blevins
Crab Orchard
Coleman Adkins
Mabscott
Cecil Louis Fain
Sprague
Adkins
Fain
Delores Slater
Willie Moe Strickland
Lexington
Picket Lines Idle Anjean Miners In Labor Dispute
About 300 miners at 43 leases in Anjean are idle due to picket lines. Union says workers are dissatisfied with wages, with some mines paying as low as $8 daily while workers seek contract wages. Picket lines at Brown's Creek four miles south prevent entry to the mines.
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Anjean
ANS
Brown's Creek
Lightning Spares Woman as Bus Stop Scene Unfolds
A young woman waits at a city bus stop when a flash of lightning streaks the sky around 50 minutes after midnight this morning. She ducks her head, sighs with relief, and hears a confirming thunderclap.
Split Deepens Over Civil Rights At Credentials Hearing
Washington AP North South Democratic rift on civil rights widens at a National Committee credentials hearing. Camille Gravel Jr enduring as Louisiana member faces ouster by state party leaders backing Jett Talbot. Gravel argues the state panel cannot remove him. civil rights and party rules hinge on the dispute.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Butler
National Committee
Camille F. Gravel Jr
Jett M. Talbot
Louisiana
Gravel
Committeman Gravel
Louisiana State Committee
National Party
Talbot
W. M. Shaw
Homer
National
Beckley man dies after highway crash in Sioux City
Harold L. Saul, 31, of Beckley West Virginia, died at a Sioux City hospital about midnight after his car ran off a highway in the city’s south end. He was alone and had recently been assigned to the Sioux City Air Base.
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Sioux City
Towa
Harold L. Saul
Beckley
W. Va
Saul
Sioux City Air Base
Joy Company raises mine equipment prices
PITTSBURGH one five percent increase in prices for Joy Manufacturing Co. mining equipment including loading and cutting machines continuous miners shuttle cars and mine fans. Joy attributed the rise to higher labor and material costs and noted its status as a leading producer.
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Pittsburgh
Joy Manufacturing Co
Joy
West Virginia forecast for cold spell and snowfall
The West Virginia weather bulletin warns of flurries and windy conditions with a much colder setup tonight through Wednesday. Temperatures will run 8 to 10 degrees below normal, with ongoing cold through the weekend, and a potential 1/4 inch of precipitation. Snow flurries are possible Monday or Tuesday across the state, with normal highs around 38 to 41. Local towns Beckley and Oak Hill report lows in the mid 30s to 40s and limited precipitation recorded tonight.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Beckley High
Oak Hill High
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