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Raleigh Register
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Glen Daniel
C. W. Walker Jr
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Fayetteville
Helen Morris
Pax
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Long Branch
Pineville
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Rhodell
Lacy Meadows
Besoco
Rock Creek
Maude Parolari
Whitesville
Sabine - McGraws
Ravencliff
Glen Fork
Bernard
Margie) Brooks
Mullens
Mount Hope Social Notes Highlight Local Residents
Mt Hope RNS reports Mrs Eloise Gast is confined at home with influenza. Mrs Lucy Howell hospitalized for observation and treatment at Oak Hill Hospital. Mrs Howell is the mother of Mrs B Butler. Mrs Lena Schneider of Beckley recuperating at home after Ra leigh General Hospital stay. former Mount Hope resident. Denver Chenoweth of Charleston visited Mamie Parker and brother Jake Titlow. Mr and Mrs Mike Bolen to spend weekend in Huntington visiting daughter Kitty Jo Bolen, Marshall University student.
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Mount Hope
Eloise Gast
Lucy Howell
Oak Hill Hospital
Howell
B. Butler
Lena Schneider
White Stick Road
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Denver Chenoweth
Charleston
Mamie Parker
Jake Titlow
Mike Bolen
Huntington
Kitty Jo Bolen
Marshall University
Mine blast kills Portuguese jeep crew on India coast
In Karwar India the pro Indian underground detonated a mine against a Portuguese army jeep at Paingane on the India coast, killing all three aboard. Two more Portuguese soldiers died in a road mining blast at Kanakoam.
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Karwar
India
UPI
Paingane
Portugal
India-coast
Kanakoam
Pinballs Banned By Mercer County
Mercer County joins West Virginia counties ban on multi-coin pinball machines. Prosecutor William O. Bivens orders removal by year end or police will confiscate, citing $500 to $600 per machine losses. Federal records used to enforce the edict. machines considered gaming devices under federal law requiring a $250 stamp. Cabell Raleigh and Wood Counties have followed Kanawha’s lead banning the devices.
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Princeton
UPI
Mercer County
West Virginia
William O. Bivens
Cabell
Raleigh
Wood Counties
Kanawha County
Civic Club Hosts Christmas Dinner in Mullens
The Women's Civic Club held a Christmas dinner at the Wyoming Hotel in Mullens with president Mrs. Jack Dick presiding. Rev. T. K. Morrison offered the invocation. Members heard reports, learned of Sub-Debts candle sales for funds, and discussed volunteering as chaperones for Rebel Rec. on Dec. 16 and January.
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Dave Lucas
West Virginia
Civic Club
Robert Staton
Surveys For Fallout Shelters Planned
Charleston firms Irving Bowman and Associates and Michael Baker Jr. plan a survey across 22 counties including Kanawha Lincoln Boone Fayette Mason Putnam Jackson Boane Clay Nicholas Braxton Calhoun Webster Randolph Pendleton Grant Hardy Mineral Hampshire Morgan Berkeley and Jefferson to locate possible public fallout shelter sites under President Kennedy's national program.
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UPS
Kennedy
Irving Bowman and
Laurel Branch School To Be Salvaged
Wyoming County Board of Education plans to salvage the one room Laurel Branch School in Clearfork District. Materials will be used to build new bus sheds and possibly repair footbridges. Civil Defense alert discussed. a committee will assess pupil care needs in emergencies with local officials and police chiefs.
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Pineville
BNS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Laurel Branch
Clearfork
Robert E. Kuhn
Russell Beavers
Wyoming County Civil Defense
Rennie Hatfield
Fairmont Man Dies of Heart Attack on Route 19
State police report Rom eo Tell McDonald, 48, of Ridgewood Road Fairmont West Virginia, died of a heart attack while stopped on Route 19 about eight miles south of Washington Pennsylvania. His car was found with him at the wheel by a passing motorist near Amity just across the West Virginia border.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Fairmont
W.va
Route 19
Here
Romeo Tell McDonald
Ridgewood Road
Amity
West Virginia
Oak Hill Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Oak Hill region residents share weekend visits with family. Mrs. J. S. Bowling visits Beckley. Mrs. Jane Hixon from Norfolk stays with Kenneth and Mrs. Mann. Rex Dee Adams of Oak Hill is elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Duke University. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Lawson of Scarbro visit Chicago for holidays.
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Oak Hill
Rns
J. S. Bowling
Beckley
Aubrey Halstead
Main Street
Jane Hixon
Norfolk
Kenneth Mann
Rex Dee Adams
Vera Adams Easton
Duke University
D. S. Lawson
Scarbro
James D. Lawson
Chicago
Ill
Worthy Matron Fefed By OES Oak Hill Visit
Oak Hill West Virginia hosts Evelyn R. Pownell grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star during her official visit. A banquet at Fountain Terrace Lanes followed by a special meeting at Masonic Hall featured Oak Hill Chapter No 107 officers and visitors from Coal City Beckley Fayetteville and Thurmond Chapters.
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RNS
Evelyn R. Pownell
Order of Eastern Star of
West Virginia
Fountain Terrace Lanes
Alice Burdgess
Masonic Hall
Burdgess
Grand Chapter
Juanita Legg
Amma Lee Mathews
Ethel Sammuels
Ruth Smith
Virginia Taylor
Coal City
Beckley
Fayetteville
Thurmond
Kee Seeks Re Nomination From West Virginia District
Rep Elizabeth Kee of West Virginia 5th District files for Democratic renomination to Congress. She has served since July 17 1951 after filling the late husband John Kee’s term and was the first woman elected to Congress from the state.
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Charleston
UPI
Elizabeth Kee
D-W. Va
Joe Burdette
Kee
John Kee
West Virginia
Mullens Group Protests Proposed Coal Pipeline
Mullens group protests Gov Barron approval of a coal pipeline from West Virginia to Eastern states. E S Elliott chaired the meeting at Moose Hall. The group warns 15 000 railroad jobs and $11 631 191 in state railroad taxes could be lost, and urges citizens to oppose the pipeline. Twenty four people attended, including officials from state, county and city governments, railroads, mines, unions and schools.
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Moose Hall
Moran Avenue
E. S. Elliott
Mullens
Gov. Barron
West Virginia
Two Still Jailed In Shooting At Brenton Fracas
In Wyoming County four men were involved after a Brenton shooting. Paul and Grover Dingess remain jailed on $2,000 bonds. Junior Dingess was fined and released. Ott W. Trent posted $2,500 bond after waiving grand jury action. The incident left a truck windshield shattered and involved a trespass and assault warrant.
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Pineville
RNS
Brenton
Wyoming County
Paul
Grover Dingess
West Hamlin
Lincoln County
Junior Dingess
Harry Straley
Baileysville
Ott W. Trent
Paul Dingess
Grand
W. P. Wilson
Lelan Phillips
Fred Deal
Gerald Meadows
Dingess
Junior
Trent
Logan Men Held in Interstate Car Theft Case
Logan County West Virginia men James Ward and Dennis Hap ney were bound over to a grand jury in Florence South Carolina on a charge of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. They admitted taking a stolen car from Columbus Ohio to Chesterfield County.
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Florence
S. C
Budget Hearings Set Today By Works Board
Charleston UPI report on the State Board of Public Works budget hearings. President-elect Paul A. Miller of WVU stresses higher education as key to West Virginia’s future while accompanying acting president Clyde Colson. Hearings today cover Bluefield State College and several state departments with continuation through Wednesday. Colson notes WVU’s budget cut realization and potential for more funds if available, and civil service head Van Horn seeks approval for a 143000 budget to buy equipment and hire staff.
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Charleston
UPI
Paul A. Miler
West Virginia University
Mountain State
West Virginia
Miller
Clyde L. Colson
Board of Public Works
WVU
BPW
Bluefield State College
State Tax Department
Natural Resources Department
Health Department
Welfare Department
Motor Vehicles Department
Colson
Truman Gore
Forrest H. Kirkpatrick
Ing
WVU Board of Governors
W. W.) Barron
W. B. van Horn
New State Civil Service Commission
Gore
van Horn
American Amnesia Victim Found After Bombay Disappearance
William White Jr., 27, of Philadelphia, vanished in Bombay on Oct 1 and was later found in a hospital with amnesia. He had arrived April 17, left his hotel with belongings and passport, and officials noted he may have adopted Indian dress and joined the Indian land reform movement.
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India
UPI
William Wilson White Jr
Philadelphia
U.S
Ay. White
West Springfield Ave
Young White
Baroda
Gujarat
White
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