Icy Roads Slow Travel In Region Causing Minor Crash
Snow and ice blanket the area with two to three inches on the ground. State Road Commission crews worked through the night. nine cinder crews cleared main routes. A two car collision on Valley Drive caused $600 damage. no injuries. Delores Francesa was cited for failing to yield. both drivers escaped harm. Chains urged at 8 A M though no longer needed at noon. snow treads favored over chains on icy roads.
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Beckley
State Road Commission
SRC
Richmond
Delores Francesa
Maple Avenue
Fayetteville
Sam Feazel
Maxwell Hill Road
Miss Francesa
Beckley State
NASA opens Explorer VII data to scientists worldwide
NASA announced that Explorer VII telemetry codes will be shared with qualified scientists from the Soviet Union and all nations. This 92 pound satellite, launched Oct. 13 from Cape Canaveral, reveals data on space radiation, weather, and atmospheric effects as it orbits at 345 to 670 miles.
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Washington
Soviet Union
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cane Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Explorer Vti
Space
Anti-Semitic vandalism spreads across Germany and Britain
Swastikas and anti Jewish abuse appeared overnight in multiple German towns including Scheinfeld Ansbach and Hanover as well as in Nienburg. Signs read Down with the Jews and Germany awake with Heil Hitler. Similar incidents were reported in Britain and France.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bavaria
Scheinfeld
Ansbach
Hanover
Nienburg
Britain
Frame
Mrs A Lyghtel Dies In Hospital
Avada Brash Lyghtel aged 64 died after a brief illness in a Detroit hospital. Survived by husband Edgar B. and siblings John, Thomas, William, Freda Ash, Maude Marshall, Valeria Roachi, plus son Robert and a grandson. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Avada Brash Lyghtel
Detroit
Mich
Edgar B
John Brash
Glen Jean
Thomas K
Hill
Robert
Thomas Funeral Home
Infant son rites incomplete for Mabscott couple
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Algia Robinson of Mabscott who died in a local hospital Wednesday evening. The body rests at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home.
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Algia Robinson
Mabscott
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Salvation Army Tops Annual Fund Goal in Beckley
Major Mary McVicker announced the Salvation Army surpassed its $5,500 goal by $349.29, with $4,060.24 in direct gifts and $1,789.29 from the letter appeal, totaling $5,849.29. The largest daily collection was $719.74 on Christmas Eve when Kiwanis Club ran the booth. Food baskets aided 586 families. 71 inmates were given treats. 406 families received clothing totaling 9,450 garments and 455 pairs of shoes. War Cry was distributed during hospital visits.
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Salvation Army
Mary McVicker
Kiwanis Club
War Cry
McVicker
Beckley
Amigo House Burns Today
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a four room frame house at Amigo about 11 15 a m today. The house occupied by Mr and Mrs Daniel Keffer and their three year old son. Firemen from Mullens and Rhodell were summoned but the structure was too far gone to save it. Their efforts prevented the nearby house of Mr and Mrs Johnny Kerzie from burning. Mrs Keffer was at work in the post office when the alarm sounded. Keffer's brother David 18 was at the house and saw flames rising behind the laundry stove.
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Amigo
Daniel Keffer
Mullens and Rhodell
Johnny Kerzie
Keffer
Amigo Company
Coal City
David
Three Highway Contracts Let In Charleston
Charleston(AP) Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney announced award of federal aid highway contracts with bids opened Dec 15. Cabell County Lee's Creek Bridge No 2119 on Interstate 4 to S S Burford Inc and Kyova Construction Co Huntington low bidders 156716. Cabell grading and draining Interstate 64 sections 9 to 60 38 plus .295 mile section 13 from U S to Interstate 64 to Robertson Fowler Co Huntington 1238579. Mason grading draining and traffic bound base on .279 mile Point Pleasant bypass on W V Bennie Snyder White Sulphur Springs 106496.
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Charleston
Patrick C. Graney
Cabell County
Lee’s Creek Road
S. S. (Joe) Burford, Inc
Kyova Construction Co
Huntington
Cabell
U.S
Robertson-Fowler Co
Mason
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Bennie Snyder
White Sulphur Springs
$5 000 Sought In Court Here
Shirley Lee Gwinn files a personal injury suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeking 3000 dollars against Marvin Eugene Harvey after Gwinn was hospitalized on December 12 for injuries allegedly caused by Harvey.
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Raleigh
Shirley Lee Gwinn
Marvin Eugene Harvey
Gwinn
Harvey
Sprague Youth Executes Bond in Breakin Case
Danny Raines, 16, of Sprague posted a $1,000 bond before Magistrate Cotton White and will face Grand Jury action on a breaking and entering charge. He was jailed December 26 by the State Police.
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Danny Raines
Sprague
Cotton White
Albert R. Brunker Dies Former Penn Trustee and Civic Leader
Albert R. Brunker 76 former president of Liquid Carbonic Co died Tuesday after a long illness in Chicago. He served as a University of Pennsylvania trustee and on the Philadelphia board of incorporators founded by his grandfather. Born in Philadelphia he was a prominent civic and political figure.
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Chicago
Albert R. Brunker
Liquid Carbonic Co
University of Pennsylvania
Incorporators Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Walter Johnston Roseville editor died at 48
Walter Christian Johnston, 48, managing editor of the Roseville Press-Tribune, died Tuesday. A former Virginia state editor for the Richmond News Leader, he also worked for newspapers in Hornell, New York, and Eureka, California. He was born in Richmond.
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Roseville
Calif
Walter Christian Johnston
Dailey Sr. Daniel J. Dailey Sr. Dies at 83 in New York
Daniel J. Dailey Sr. 83, father of musical comedy star Dan Dailey, died Wednesday. Born in Dowagiac, Michigan, he spent most of his adult life in New York City working in the hotel business.
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New York
Daniel J. Dailey
Dan Dailey
Dailey
Dowagiac, Mich
New York City
Maniac Sought In Sex Slaying Near Philadelphia
Police press an intensive manhunt after 16 year old Maryann Mitchell is found dead in a gully near Whitemarsh Township. Her skull is fractured and lipstick marks and coded initials are on her abdomen. Autopsy notes skull fracture as cause of death.
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Philadelphia
John J. Kelly
Maryann Mitchell
Manayunk
Whitemarsh Township
John L. Simpson
Montgomery County
Maryann
Eisenhower to deliver State of the Union in person
President Eisenhower will speak to Congress in person on January 7 as a new session opens. The budget message is due January 20 and the economic message two days later, following talks with Wilton Persons and Malcolm Moos to refine the draft during his Augusta vacation.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Wilton B. Persons
Malcolm Moos
Persons
Defective Wiring Blamed For Fire In Stamford Home
A fire blamed on defective wiring destroyed the three room frame home of Mrs. Juanita Moore in Stamford. Her children Janie nine and John seven perished? No, no lives stated. The home belonged to Mrs. George Jones of New York. Mrs. Moore valued furniture and clothing at about 1000 dollars. Only the clothing of Mrs. Moore and her children was saved. She appeals for donations of furniture and clothing to help rebuild.
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Juanita Moore
Janie
John
Stamford
George Jones
New York
Who Else But Nelse Buttons Stored For '64
Emanuel Ress, head of Empress Specialty Co., stores 100000 political buttons in Miami. They bear slogans for Nelson Rockefeller and other figures, though Rockefeller declined the GOP bid. Ress believes backers will buy or keep them, noting they store well for years.
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Nelse
Miami, Fla
Emanuel Ress
Rockefeller
Ress
Empress Specialty Co
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ross
Ski Slopes At Bald Knob Remain Closed
Bald Knob Ski Slopes spokesman says two inches of natural snow not enough for skiing with slopes closed for tonight. If temperatures fall, snow machines may operate to enable opening later.
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Bald Knob
Weather and travel update from Wyoming and Fayette counties
Low temperature reached 22 degrees at 8 a.m. with up to one inch of snow on the ground by noon. Wyoming County roads were clear except higher elevations cindered before morning traffic. Buses late by about ten minutes in Mullens, and Route 10 travel slower over Herndon Mountain. A coal train broke a knuckle pin near Elmore causing a temporary blockage. Fayette County roads slick with two inches of snow, SRC crews sanding through the night.
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Charlie Fields
Piedmont
Wyoming
State Road Commission
Price Bus Lines
Bluefield
Beckley
Mullens
Princeton
Wyoming County
Herndon Mountain
Chesapeake and Ohio
Stonecoal Yard
Peach Creek
Logan
Elmore
Bible Class Holds Christmas Party at Kilsyth Home
The Mary and Martha Sunday School Class held its annual Christmas party at Mr. and Mrs. Churchel Williams home in Kilsyth. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served to a long list of attendees including Mrs. Galen Smith Cheryl Lynn Miss Annaneil Bennett Miss Patricia Greer Mr. and Mrs. Darrell McNeely and son Rusty and many others. Decorations featured a Christmas motif.
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Harvey Bauer
Lena Rierson
Bill Bauer
Ray Perry
Ronny
George Arthur
George Jr
Nisha Kay
Barbara James
Della Coleman
Raph
Bobby Ann Arthur
Milton Kiddy
Wanda Collins
Vicky
Patricia McNeely
Helen Bennett
Churchel Williams
Drema
Caryn
Sherry
Huntington Youth 14 Killed by Companion
Richard Roberts, 14, was accidentally shot and killed by a companion who believed the rifle was empty near Chesapeake Ohio. Roy Lee Martin, 14, said he joked about shooting Roberts. Roberts is survived by parents Ear and unknown Roberts, and a brother and sister in Huntington.
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Huntington (Ap
Richard Roberts
Chesapeake
Ohio
Roy Lee Martin
Roberts
Ear Roberts
Huntington
Mass grave found near Wejherowo in forest
A mass grave of 143 women, victims of Nazis in World War II, was discovered in a forest near Wejherowo on the Baltic coast, according to Polish press reports.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wejherowo
Baltic
Laos cabinet resigns as army seizes control
Premier Phoui Sanikone's government resigns in Laos and the army takes charge. King Savang Vathana initially rejects the resignation before accepting it in a sharp note. The move aligns with a right wing reform group led by senior military officers amid alleged appeasement of Communists and electoral concerns.
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Vientiane
Laos
Phoui Sanikone
Savang Vathana
Phoui
Foster Waives Preliminary in Oak Hill Break‑In Case
Billy Foster, 18, of Sanger, waived a preliminary hearing on charges of breaking and entering the Oak Hill Finance Co. He awaits grand jury action and was remanded to Fayette County Jail in $500 bond. Foster and a 17 year old Fayetteville youth were jailed at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Foster admitted the break in. The juvenile’s hearing is not yet set.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Billy Foster
Sanger
Bey Lyons Bayo
Oak Hill Finance Co
Fayette County
Foster
Fayetteville
Pruntytown Industrial School
Nine Held in Havana Over Venezuelan Plane Incident
Cuban authorities report nine men held including two North Americans after landing in three Venezuelan planes at Camaguey. VOZ says they were rounded up on suspicion of conspiracy against Fidel Castro’s regime. four detainees are Venezuelans.
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Havana
Camaguey
VOZ
Fidel Castro
Train Collides With Car in Roscoe Leaving Four Dead
A fast moving passenger train struck a car at a crossing in Roscoe South Dakota early today killing four people. Among the dead is the survivor of a nine death highway crash on New Year’s Day two years ago.
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Roscoe
S. D
Midnight May Not Be End Of Decade
Washington AP report explains that New Year's Eve marks the end of the 1950s but not the decade by Roman counting. Astronomers note the century begins Jan 1 2001 due to no year zero. Diocletian Exiguus era choice, birth date estimates and a playful warning close the piece.
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Frank Carey Washington
Simone Gossner
Almanac Office
U.S. Naval Observatory
Christ
Dionysius Exiguus
Rome
Economy of 1950s Shook by War Recession and Growth
A SAM DAWSON analysis notes three economic shocks in the 1950s Korean War related spending a 1953 54 and 1957 58 recessions and a strong rebound. It compares 1950 GNP 28 billion to 1960s around 485 billion with rising personal income and a rising cost of living index from 102.8 to 125.6. The piece cites population growth from 150.7 million in 1950 to an expected 176.4 million in 1960.
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Sam Dawson
Business News
New York
U. S
Wife Cleared By Lie Box In Slaying Case
In Painesville Ohio authorities found no leads after a polygraph cleared Lois Clark 30 of complicity in the Christmas Eve killing of Charles R. Clark 35 a Boy Scout Leader and Sunday school superintendent. Earlier a lie detector indicated Floyd E Gene Hargrove 35 lied about shooting Clark after his alleged romance with Mrs Clark.
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Floyd Hargrove
Painesville
Ohio
Charles Clark
Lois
Charles R. Clark
Lake County
Edward R. Ostrander
Floyd E
Gene) Hargrove
Clark
Hargrove
Mrs. Watkins Taken By Death
Mrs. Mary Lillian Watkins died at 1:30 am at her mother in law’s Mullens home. Cancer caused her death. She had returned to Mullens on Nov 1 from Roanoke where she worked last year. Her husband Joe Watkins drowned Aug 11, 1956 in Fitzpatrick Park. Survived by brother Frank Roanoke. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home, arrangements incomplete.
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Mullens
RNS
Mary Lillian Watkins
Janice Glenn
Watkins
Roanoke
Joe Watkins
Fitzpatrick Park
Frank Roanoke
Robertson and Foglesong
TV Trouble Shooter Rescued After Snowbound Night
In Williams Arizona AP report George De Gele a 40 year old television trouble shooter weighed 245 pounds and bore severe frostbite on hands and limbs after spending Tuesday night trapped in 12 feet of snow on Bill Williams Mountain He was lifted to safety by a Luke Air Force Base helicopter and is recovering in a hospital praising being alive Brayer and Untereiner aided the rescue with Undersheriff Clark Cole assisting on the ascent.
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de Gele
Arizona
I. W. Brayer
Clark Cole
Brayer
Wendelin Untereiner
Williams
Untereiner
Three Month Old Boy Near Death From Rat Bites
In Pittsburgh a three month old infant, Richard Eadie, fights for life at St. John's Hospital after rats gnawed him in a crib. Wounds on his head and face required about 30 stitches. His mother Mrs Robert Eadie, 22, says she did not hear him cry in the night.
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Pittsburgh
St. John’s Hospital
Richard Eadie
Robert Eadie
Richard
1959 Labor Strife Seen Apt To Continue In '60
Washington AP reports 1959 labor tensions will likely persist into 1960 with major contract battles looming in aircraft electrical clothing telephone glass and airline industries. Steel and rail disputes may set the pace for wage and productivity battles as unions push for concessions amid employer cost pressures.
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Washington
Labor Department
Pire
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
James P. Mitchell
Boeing
Republic
Douglas
Lockheed
North American
Auto Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
Afl-Cio
Strange New Frontiers of the Sixties and the Era’s Shadow
A reflective overview of the 1960s noting progress and peril. It recalls space milestones and medical advances while highlighting social ills, political tensions, and shifting global conflicts shaping the decade. The piece frames the era as a mix of achievement and uncertainty guiding future history.
Parkerburg Proposes Council-Manager Charter
Parkerburg's charter board, formed in a late year special election, approved a council-manager charter 9 to 2. The board has 92 days to draft the new charter outlining council terms salaries representation and other administration details. A city manager would be hired by the council with the mayor elected from among council members. Huntington uses a council-manager system.
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Parkersburg
Huntington
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