West Virginia budget boost to avert food aid cut
DPA Chief Thomas R. Egbert outlined a revised commodity distribution budget rising to 302,460 dollars for 1959 60 to prevent a USDA funded cut off of surplus foods for about 273 000 West Virginians. The plan adds warehouses staff drivers and clerks to tighten eligibility and support distribution while school lunch and state institutions remain unaffected.
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Charleston
Thomas R. Egbert
Department of Public Assistance
West Virginia
Egbert
Board of Public Works
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
General Revenue Fund
Underwood
Florida Snow And Cold Across the South
The Associated Press reports a deep cold snap spreading from Montana to the Atlantic with snow and freezing temperatures across the South. In Florida it was a cool start with 50s while Virginia and North Carolina saw heavy snow and hazardous driving. Five deaths in Norfolk area fires and many Virginia schools closed reflect the harsh conditions.
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Associated Press
Dixie
Southland
Florida
Carolinas
Virginia
Elizabeth City
N.C
Quonset Point
R.I
Nantucket
Mass
Presque Isle
Maine
Norfolk
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Montana
Atlantic
New England
Oswego
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Weather Bureau
Church Services Honor Pastor on 14th Ebenezer Anniversary
The Ebenezer Baptist Church observes the 14th anniversary of Rev. Corey Mitchell’s pastorate with a 3 p.m. testimonial service Sunday. Talks come from church auxiliaries, music by the Men's Chorus, and a Marilyn Warren solo. Charlies L. Griffin will MC, followed by a social hour. Co chairs Warren and Jeffries Hill urge all area churches to attend.
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Corey
Mitchell
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Marilyn Warren
Charlies L. Griffin
E. Warren
Jeffries Hill
Warren
Salvation Army Beckley Fund Trails Goals This Christmas
Major Mary McVicker said the Beckley Citadel needs about one thousand dollars and that 1,000 fundraising letters went to residents in three counties with little response. Appeals for 767 Christmas baskets arrive mainly from Fayette and Wyoming counties, Raleigh contributions lagging.
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Salvation Army
Beckley
Mary McVicker
Fayette
Wyoming
Raleigh
Chamber Predicts Steady 1959 U S Business Growth
The U S Chamber of Commerce foresees improved conditions in 1959 with a 5 percent rise in jobs income and production. optimism tempered by higher labor costs strikes and limited industrial expansion. Dr Emerson B Schmidt cites a gradual rise to about 475 billion dollars in national output next year.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Emerson B. Schmidt
Schmidt
Life At South Pole Parallels Space Trip
At McMurdo Sound Antarctica polar year leaders and crew of nine scientists and eight Navy men faced extreme isolation and bitter cold. They were selected by psychologists, kept diaries, and reported no fights or near misses. Group censure kept behavior in check as they documented daily life for study at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.
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Mcmurdo Sound
Antarctica
South Pole
Palle Mogensen
Pole
Earth
Space
Navy
Mogensen
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Coty Smith Day Planned at Woodrow Wilson High
Coty Smith Day will be observed at Woodrow Wilson High School Tuesday. Beckley Coty, then a WWHS sophomore, has TB detected by X ray and remains a Pinecrest patient. She attends classes via Homebound and will return after discharge. Christmas seals will be sold at the school by the Woman's Club of Beckley with Mrs. C C Lewis assisting.
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Coty Smith
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Coty
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Woodrow Wilson
Pinecrest
Woman's Club of
Beckley
C. C. Lewis
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Princewick Motorist Jailed In lieu Of Fine
Hubert McKinney of Princewick was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 10:54 p.m. Thursday on charges of driving while drunk no operator's card and failing to stop when signaled. He was arraigned before Magistrate Cotton White and fined 10 dollars and costs for being drunk. The other three charges were withdrawn as he wasn’t driving when arrested.
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Hubert McKinney
Princewick
Raleigh
McKinney
Cotton White
Legislative Bid Seen To Limit Beer Sales To Liquor Stores
In Charleston AP report on West Virginia actions the Temperance League chairs two committees to push legislative limits on alcohol. Led by Rev Crowson and Rev Niles the group plans to work with churches PTAs and civic clubs to oppose liquor by the drink and back state liquor monopoly restrictions.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Temperance League of
L. E. Crowson
Logan
League
Crowson
Nighbert Memorial Methodist Church
Stanley D. Niles
Niles
Joe B. Overmyer
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
Temperance League
Christian Life
Council of Churches
Ptas
Two Students Killed When NYC Train Hits Ontario Bus
A New York Central passenger train running 30 minutes late sliced a rural Essex Ontario school bus in half at an unprotected grade crossing. Two boys, David Purvis and Paul Bossey, were killed. Ten students aboard the Holy Names Parochial School bus survived with minor injuries. The train was en route from New York City to Detroit around 8 a.m.
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Essex
Ontario
New York Central
Detroit
Province of
Holy Names Parochial School
David Purvis
Paul Bossey
Albert Slacht
Essex Professional Center
Roger Rivest
Julie Bena
Jeannie Bena
Georgette Rivest
Raymond King
Windsor
D. W. Clare
Bossey
Collin Markland
New York City
Pinball Machines To Be Removed From Beckley Establishments
Beckley police report removal orders target pinball machines deemed gaming devices illegal under Raleigh County court ruling. Rainbow Grill operator Fayz Corey found guilty in a November misdemeanor case. $100 fine imposed. Destruction order carried out by police after raid in Rainbow Grill.
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Beckley
M. F E. Tyree
Police Department
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Fayz Corey
Rainbow Grill
Corey
McCreery
George Tanner Succumbs At 79
George W. Tanner 79 of MacArthur died in a local hospital at 4 15 am after several weeks of illness Born April 3 1879 in North Carolina he lived in Raleigh County 47 years A retired coal miner last with New River Co Mount Hope He is survived by three sons J C Don France Whipple two daughters Mrs Core Smith Mount Hope and Mrs Neda McCloud Dayton O one sister Mrs Lida Proffitt Johnson City Tenn 25 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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George W. Tanner
MacArthur
North Carolina
Raleigh
New River Co
Mount Hope
Sarah Spivey Tanner
J. C
Don
Oakvale
France
Oak Hill Woman Ester OBrien Dies at 71
Ester K. O’Brien 71 was found dead in her Oak Hill son Paul’s residence Thursday at 7 am. Cause of death pending. Born April 12 1886 in Greenbrier County. Survived by son Paul and others including two more sons and two daughters, 17 grandchildren and one great grandson. Funeral Sunday at Milburn Community Church at 2 pm. Burial Montgomery Memorial Park London. Body at Thomas Funeral Home then moved to Paul O’Brien’s residence.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Ester K. O'Brien
Paul
O’brien
Greenbrier County
John Lane
Portsmouth
Ella Tackett
John D. West
Hammond
Ind
Ray West
Lucasville
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Thomas
Duke Team Flies To Morgantown
Duke basketball loyalists aboard a chartered plane left Raleigh Durham Airport after 11 am and were due to land in Morgantown about two hours later to face the West Virginia Mountaineers in the rescheduled 8 pm game, postponed by a snowstorm.
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Morgantown
Duke
West Virginia Mountaineers
Blue Devils
Durham
West Virginia
Raleigh- Durham
Russell Opposes Move To Reduce Armed Services
Washington AP Senator Richard Russell chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee says the administration is wrong to order manpower cuts and doubts Congress can stop them. He vows early next year hearings on the plan and asks if top military leaders deem it safe. He calls the reductions penny wise and pound foolish and laments limited congressional action. Secretary McElroy announced last month a directive to cut manpower to levels Eisenhower set.
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Washington
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
White House
Neil H. McElroy
Eisenhower
Sale Of Trees To Benefit Fund
The Salvation Army on S Fayette St begins selling 200 to 300 Christmas trees donated by Ray Pauley of Anchor Coal Sales and Edward Gregory. Proceeds go to the Army Christmas basket fund. Trees go on sale at 9 am with further sales at Citadel on Dec 19 20 and possible Dec 22 23. Signs were prepared by Cole Sign Co.
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Salvation Army
S. Fayette St
Raleigh County
Army
Co. Raymond
Ray” Pauley
Anchor Coal
Neville St
S. Fayette
Cole Sign Company
Rites Incomplete For Levi Holmon 87 In Ec cles
Funeral arrangements stay incomplete for Levi Holmon of Ec cles who died at 5 a m Thursday at his son Henry Holmon s home after a long illness. The body lies at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Levi Holmon
Eccles
Henry Holmon
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Britons Launch Balloon Crossing Atlantic From Tenerife
A four member Briton crew led by Arnol Beaupre Eiloart lifts off from Santa Cruz de Tenerife aboard the Small World balloon bound for Barbados. The team includes Eiloart, his son Timothy, pilot Colin Mudie, and Rose Powis. The voyage aims to study weather and wind currents, with a 10 day to three week expected duration and supplies for three months.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Canary Islands
Arnol Beaupre Eiloart
Timothy
Cambridge
Colin Mudie
Rosepow
Barbados
British West Indies
Eiloart
Atlantic
Prince Philip
Britain
Elizabeth II
Soviet Urges Berlin Summit Talks but Rejects Reunification
The Tass statement in Moscow urged a summit on causes of tension including Berlin but ruled out German reunification. It warned that Western force to access Berlin would be met with Soviet force and could trigger nuclear war. Tass reiterated opposition to free elections in Germany and proposed a heads of state meeting only with equal representation to discuss ripened questions easing tensions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Berlin
Tass
Kremlin
Germany
SRC List Skips Bridge Projects
The State Road Commission plans a December bid setting for 11 projects totaling over 14 million dollars, with 10 Federal Aid projects including five Interstate projects. Only one project in Southern West Virginia is Cabell County, Arlington Boulevard 29th Street overpass on U S Route 6.
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Valley Drive
Charleston
State Road Commission
Register
SRC
West Virginia
Cabell County
Arlington Boulevard
29Th Street
U. S
Bartley Resident Gels House Seat
Fred E. Counts of Bartley West Virginia was appointed by Governor Underwood to a vacancy in the House of Delegates. The move fills a seat created by the death of Irvine Saunders Welch Democrat who had been elected to the House in November.
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Bartley
Gels House
Charleston
Fred E. Counts
McDowell County
Underwood
House of Delegates
Counts
Irvine Saunders
Welch
Singing Rally at First Baptist Church Saturday
A singing rally will be held Saturday at 7 30 p m at the First Baptist Church Bradley featuring quartets trios duets and choirs performing throughout the evening.
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First Baptist Church
Bradley
West Virginia Weather Outlook In Early Friday Snow Likely
Mostly cloudy and cold with light snow or flurries possible today and tonight. Highs near 25 to 33 degrees, lows 0 to 10 above. Saturday stays cloudy and cold. Beckley record shows a high 30, low 16. Oak Hill readings incomplete due to OCR errors.
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Beckley
Shideiac Aed Oak Hill
Eieis
President Eisenhower Dulles to Confer on Unity Efforts
Washington AP President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles plan a key conference on Allied unity amid Soviet pressure on West Berlin. Dulles, released from Walter Reed, will meet before departing for Paris to resolve a Britain West Germany split over how to respond to the Soviet proposal to make West Berlin a free city and end Western occupation.
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Dulles
Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
West Berlin
Walter Reed
Paris
Berlin
Britain
West Germany
Mrs Fitzgerald Taken By Death
Elizabeth Boggess McNulty Fitzgerald 85 of Lilly Heights Ad dition died at her son's residence at 6 25 am after months of illness Born in Virginia September 21 1873 she was daughter of Lorenza and Mattie Bog gess Her first husband Daniel McNulty died 1908 second Finley Fitzgerald died in March Survived by son Hallis McNulty Beckley brother Charley Boggess Robson sister Virginia Goodwin Beaver 29 grandchildren 55 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren Funeral 2 pm Sunday at Sprague Free Will Baptist Church Rev T M Hampton and Rev Robert Sanger Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until one hour before service Grandsons pallbearers.
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Elizabeth Boggess McNulty Fitzgerald
Lilly Heights
Lacy McNulty
Virginia
Lorenza and
Mattie Smith Boggess
Daniel McNulty
Finley Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Christian Church
Hallis McNulty
Beckley
Charley Boggess
Robson
Virginia Goodwin
Beaver
Sprague Free Will Baptist Church
T. M. Hampton
Robert Sanger
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Oak Hill
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Clubs Can Book RDC Presentation on earthen fills as water dams
The Rural Roads Commission presents a slide show to civic clubs explaining a plan to use earthen fills on new highways as impoundments for water. It shows sites along existing routes for recreation, flood control, and beautification to gain support for inclusion in Interstate and state highway plans. C. T. Shackelford, RDC manager, said Fayetteville Rotary Club received the presentation Thursday night.
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Rural Roads Commission
Rural Development Council
C. T. Shackelford
RDC
Fayetteville
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