Train Bus Collision Kills 11 In Mendota California
Eleven farm laborers die when a Southern Pacific train hits a bus in dense fog in Mendota California. Nine die at the scene, one in hospital en route, another after arrival. Names include Roosevelt Crutchfield and Thomas Davis among others. The truck crossing lacked automatic signals, locals say.
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California
Mendota
Calif
UPD
Southern Pacific
Fres A
Men
Fresno
Bakersfield
Speech Review Highlights U S Defense Purpose
Sylvester urged using the full spectrum of national power to defend the free world and explained the defense establishment's role in safeguarding the free way of life. He cited cuts in intelligence disclosures, missile firings, and weapons testing as recent achievements, noting the security review priority. The Interior Department counts 38 whooping cranes in the world's last flock.
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United States
Sylvester
U.S. Defense Establishment
Interior Department
McDowell Man Arrested For Boy's Hit-Run
Roy Mitchem, 20, of Eckman, is jailed in Pineville for questioning in a hit and run that struck ten year old Jerry Morgan as he rode his bicycle near his home ten miles south of Pineville at 5 p m on January 19. Jerry suffered multiple fractures and a concussion and is listed as in good condition at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch. Investigators traced the 1951 car via Indian Creek and Davy Way. Mitchem admits ownership but says driver was Ronny Bandy who reportedly left the state. The sheriff notes the car top was cut off and sold the day after the crash. the vehicle is on a used car lot in Northfork.
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Pineville
RNS
McDowell County
Roy Mitchem
Eckman
Wyoming
Jerry Morgan
Herbert Morgan
Jerry
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
Indian Creek
Davy Way
McDowell Couny
Mitchem
Ronny Bandy
Bandy
Northfork
Firemen Report Busy January
Beckley Fire Department logged 34 calls in January averaging over one per day. Twenty one first aid calls and ten fires formed the bulk, with two smoke checks conducted. The largest blaze struck January 11 a two story frame house at 216 N Fayette St and was destroyed.
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Beckley
N. Fayette St
Gallo Gang Rescues Children From Fire After Lunch
The Gallos moved from their headquarters when they saw smoke, led by Larry in Crazy Joe’s absence. They entered the apartment, found Evelyn Biaz on fire, and formed a human chain to carry her and seven children to safety through heavy smoke. The rescuers helped Evelyn and the younger siblings, including Frank, Cedes, Yolanda, Emelio, and Juan.
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Kid Blast
Gallos
Larry
Crazy Joe Gallo
Punchy
Anthony
Tony Shots
Abbatemarco
John
Lupo) Commarato
Alfonso Serantonia
Leonard Dello
SSC Supervisors Meet In City Today
District Board of Supervisors met this morning in the Soil Conservation Service offices in the TABOR Building. A regular meeting discussed routine matters on projects underway and completed, plus costs and the annual district high school essay contest development.
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District Board of Supervisors
Soil Conservation Service
Tabor
Bargain Days Set By Beckley Business Bureau
Phil Payne named president leading Beckley Business Bureau after election by the Board of Directors. About 30 members approved March 2 3 and 5 as the first bargain days with two more dates to be set later. Monthly meetings will be held in the G C Murphy Co conference room. Officers elected include Larry George vice president E D Terry treasurer and Ruth Lewis secretary. Board members listed from local firms and shops.
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Phil Payne
E. M. Payne Co
Beckley Business Bureau
Payne
Rmembers
G. C. Murphy Co
Larry George
George's Fashions
E. D. Terry
Neville Maytag and Furniture Co
Ruth Lewis
J. W. Kern
Joe Lilly
Lilly’s
One Hospitalized By Pike Wreck West Virginia Turnpike
Keith Birthesel of Charleston is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital for injuries to the left side of his face and chest after a 1954 car wreck near Milepost 25 on the West Virginia Turnpike around 5 p.m. Grant M Scruggs of Cleveland wrecked his 1956 car near Milepost 46 around 9:15 a.m. with no injuries reported. A Beckley Wrecking Co spokesman said the car was destroyed when it ran into a ditch. cause is unknown.
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Beckley Hospital
Keith Birthesel
Bell Drive
Charleston
Turnpike Commission
Grant M. Scruggs
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley Wrecking Co
Rusk Triumph Order Sparks Regional Castigation
After the conference, angry Argentine generals demand Foreign Minister Miguel A. Carcano resignation for Argentina’s abstention. La Prensa denounces his explanation as weak and indecisive. In Ecuador the Social Christian party expels FM Francisco Acosta Yepez for abstaining on Cuba exclusion. Brazilian papers report Communist-led railway unions planning a February 10 strike against Inter American action targeting Castro.
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Miguel A. Carcano
Buenos Aires
la Prensa
Carcano
Argentina
Ecuador
Social Christian Party
Francisco Acosta Yepez
Cuba
Diario Carioca
O Globo
Castro
Guilty Conscience Causes Numbers Arrest
Clifford Taggart, 36, of Beckley, was arrested by City Police at 9 30 p m for possession of numbers slips. He allegedly dumped slips on South Fayette Street and was jailed, then released on $500 property bond to appear in Police Court Monday. G W Childress of Beckley faced a separate charge for permitting a dog to run loose and posted a $5 bond for Police Court.
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Clifford Taggart
Beckley
Taggart
South Fayette Street
G. W. Childress
Beckley Man On Probation Given Two Year Term
Robert Robinson of Beckley was placed on two years probation from a one to ten year Raleigh County penitentiary sentence in Criminal Court this morning. Judge Harry L. McCreery granted probation upon counsel's plea. George Ballard cited the man’s good record and said he is father of five and now holds a responsible job. Conditions require $1,000 restitution and payment of prosecution costs. Robinson had pleaded guilty to embezzlement earlier, bilking El Chico where he worked to stock a grocery he operated, and signed a negotiable instrument agreeing to $30 per month.
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Robert Robinson
Beckley
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
George Ballard
Robinson
el Chico
Mothers Will March Again in March of Dimes Drive
Local and area mothers will march again this week for the March of Dimes drive. General chairman Mrs R Francis Parker said bad weather and illness extended the campaign. She reported 1869 dollars received last night and urged contributions through Mrs Parker or the Bank of Raleigh.
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R. Francis Parker
Child 2 Not Hurt By Bleaching Solution
A two year old boy drank a small amount of bleaching solution and was rushed to a doctor. After vomiting the child recovered with no apparent after effects. Parents Mr and Mrs Norman Southern of 361 Makin Ave reported the incident occurred about 1 10 p m Wednesday and the child became ill and short of breath.
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Norman Southern
Mankin Ave
Johnny Southern
Southern
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Rose Reed 79 Daniels
Funeral services for Mrs Rose Etla Reed 79 of Daniels will be at 11 a m Saturday at Pilgrimage Holiness Church Daniels with Rev S D Smith in charge Burial in Blue Jay Cemetery She died Wednesday at a local hospital after a long illness Surviving are daughter Ella Mae Smith three sons Fred Thurman Wayne two dozen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to Mrs Smiths home Friday Pallbearers listed here.
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Rose Etla Reed
Daniels
S. D. Smith
Blue Jay
Reed
Ella Mae Smith
Missionary Baptist Church
Terry Lions
Fred
Cherry Creek
Thurman
Ee Wayne
Rose and Quesenberry
Smith
John Mabes
Dewey Rakes
Hershel Rakes
Basil Lilly
Earland Phillips
Ray Elliott
Funeral notices for Samuel E Johnson and Malinda Shrewsbury
Samuel Eu gene Johnson 70 Mullens funeral in Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens with Rev Virgil Conant burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley died 4 30 am Tuesday in Bluefield hospital death from heart condition Final rites for Mrs Malinda Shrewsbury 87 Camp Creek at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton with Rev Ivan Meadows and Rev Leslie Duncan burial Shrewsbury Cemetery near Covel died 3 15 pm Wednesday in Princeton hospital from pneumonia lived Camp Creek 50 years member of Baptist Church Survivors include husband Gordon Shrewsbury two sons Leeton Clifford five daughters Lessie Weddell Edith Holt Nora McKinney Nellie Ragar Dottie Shrewsbury two brothers Samuel of Spartansburg Okey Shrewsbury Bluefield three sisters Chlorie Wimmer Bluefield Laura Lusk Bud Nancy Huffman Lashmeet
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Samuel Eugene Johnson
Mullens
Sam Foglesong
Virgil Conant
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Johnson
Bluefield
Malinda Shrewsbury
Camp Creek
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Ivan Meadows
Leslie Duncan
Shrewsbury
Covel
The
Baptist Church
Dott
Riley
Olive Shrewsbury
Gordon Shrewsbury
Leeton
Clifford
Lessie Weddell
Edith Holt
Nora McKinney
New Richmond
Nellie Ragar
Oak Hill
Dottie Shrewsbury
Samuel
Spanishburg
Okey Shrewsbury
Chlorie Wimmer
Laura Lusk
Bud
Nancy Huffman
Lashmeet
Shockey Funeral to Be Held in Fayetteville
Funeral services for Hoten Joe Shockey 63 of Route 2 Fayetteville will be at 2 p m Friday in the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev Shirley Donnelly Oak Hill officiating Burial will follow in View Cemetery Gatewood He died Wednesday at his home of a heart attack He was a retired state road employee WWII veteran and member of LaFayette Post 149 American Legion Survivors include wife Pauline two daughters Kathleen Noble Coshocton Ohio and Jerry McDaniel Rockville Md two brothers Kenneth Lansing Eldridge Shockey Oak Hill a half brother Charles Shockey Fayetteville three sisters Ocle Cnger Charleston Vida Comer Dobson N C and Jeanette Dooley Fayetteville and five grandchildren The body will remain at the funeral home.
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Hoten Joe
Shockey
Route 2
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Shirley Donnelly
Oak Hill
Es View
Gatewood
State Road
LaFayette Post No
American Legion
Pauline Shockey
Kathleen Noble
Coshocton
Ohio
Jerry McDaniel
Rockville
Kenneth
Lansing
Eldridge Shockey
Charles Shockey
Ocle Creger
Charleston
Vida Comer
Dobson
N. C
Jeanette Dooley
Obituary: Mrs Cora Marie Gardner at Piney View
Mrs Cora Marie Gardner 79 of Piney View died at Welch Emergency Hospital at 6 30 am after a short illness. Born March 26 1882 at Backus Mountain she belonged to Piney View Bible Church. She is survived by son Harless Gardner Arlington VA daughter Mary Jackson Piney View a brother Wilfred Ward Mount Hope four sisters Ophelia Reynolds Backus Mountain Macil Adkins Piney View Stella Meadows Pluto Beatrice Bowles Grundy VA ten grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Funeral at Oak Grove Church Backus Mountain 2 pm Saturday Rev Carl Johnson will officiate. Burial Harrah Cemetery Backus Mountain. The body remains at home until the funeral hour. Pallbearers Bill Bonner Douglas Jackson O Dell Lewis Tommy Jackson Carlos Jackson Dallas Jackson.
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Cora Marie Gardner
Piney View
Welch Emergency Hospital
Backus Mountain
Wilfred Ward
Mount Hope
Ophelia Reynolds
Macil Adkins
Stella Meadows
Pluto
Beatrice Bowles
Grundy
Oak Grove
Carl Johnson
Harrah
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Bill Bonner
Douglas Jackson
O'Dell Lewis
Tommy Jackson
Carlos Jackson
Dallas Jackson
T L Crane Dies at 79 in Beckley Hospital
T L Crane of Orient Hill died at 8 35 p m in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. His body was moved to Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle pending arrangement completion.
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T. L. Crane
Orient Hill
Beckley Veterte Administration
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Funeral Rites For Rev S H Hazzard And Mrs Lena Berry
Funeral services for Rev S H Hazzard of Bristol Tennessee will be at 2 30 p m Friday in Bristol. He died at 4 a m Wednesday at 540 Woodlawn Ave Bristol and was presiding elder for the Tennessee and Kentucky Region of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Survivors include nephews Carl Hazzard Mullens Roosevelt Hazzard Superior. Funeral services for Mrs Lena Berry 44 of Leavittsburg Ohio formerly of Layland will be at 2 p m Sunday at Nickell Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle. Burial in Layland Cemetery. She died at 1 15 a m Wednesday in Warren Ohio after a long illness. Born December 16 1870 at Lawton she was daughter of the late William and Mrs Osborne. Arlie two brothers Theodore Quinwood and the Rev Jess Osborne. a sister Mrs Howard McDaniels of Layland. and three sons James William and Jess and a daughter Mrs Rita Phillips, all at home.
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S.H. Hazzard
Bristol
Tenn
Mr. Hazzard
Bluefield
Jenkin Jones
Woodlawn Ave
Tenessee and
Kentucky
African Methodist Episcopal ‘Zion Church
Carl Hazzard
Mullens
Roosevelt Hazzard
Superior
Lena
Rns) Berry
Leavittsburg
Ohio
Layland
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Berry
Warren
Lawton
William Osborne
Arlie
Theodore
Quinwood
Jess Osborne
Howard McDaniels
James
William
Jess
Rita Phillips
Funeral services for Donald C. Pack in Ghent
Donald Oren Pack 39 died from a shotgun wound Monday at home of Roy Meadows Ghent. Rites at Rhonda Ann Memorial Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Rev Willie E. Harvey to officiate. Burial in William West Cemetery near Streeter. Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors in Hinton handling arrangements.
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Ghent
Streeter
Donald Oren Pack
Rhonda Ann Memorial Baptist Church
Willie E. Harvey
William West Cemetery
Pack
Roy Ardo Meadows
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Dunkley Rites Set for Alvin T Dunkley at Keyser Bryant
Funeral services for Alvin T Dunkley age 47 of 100 Edwards Street will be held in the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Daniel M Dorsey officiating. Entombment will be in Sunset Mausoleum not Sunset Memorial Park as previously announced. Dunkley died at 9 30 am Tuesday in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a two month illness death attributed to a heart attack.
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Alvin T. Dunkley
Edwards St
Keyser Bryant
Funeral services set for Edward J. MacFarland
Edward Jay MacFarland longtime Beckley Newspapers Corp librarian died after a prolonged illness. Funeral services will be at 1 30 p m Friday in Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Joseph A Rickards officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Hillsboro Pocahontas County.
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Edward Jay MacFarland
Caffee Funeral Home
Joseph A. Rickards
Oak Grove
Hillsboro
Pocahontas County
MacFarland
Beckley Newspapers Corp
M H Lusk of Mullens dies in Florida hospital
M H Lusk 65 of DeLand Florida died at 10 45 p m Wednesday after a brief illness in a DeLand hospital He was born October 2 1896 near Herndon Wyoming County a World War I veteran He helped found Peoples Bank of Mullens and served as executive vice president and cashier until 1952 He is survived by a son William D Mullens NC two daughters Mrs Ralph Hickok DeLand and Mrs James Kirkland Fort Lauderdale Fla a brother Paris F Alabama a sister Mrs Harvey Baldwin Princeton and eight grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 1 p m Sunday at the Mullens First Baptist Church with Rev W R Nelson in charge Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley The body will arrive at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens at 8 p m Saturday.
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Wyoming County
Herndon
Tollison Lusk
Bank of Wyoming
Mullens
Peoples Bank of
Ralph Hickok
Deland
James Kirkland
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Paris F
Alabama
Harvey Baldwin
Princeton
First Baptist Church
W. R. Nelson
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Sam Foglesong
West Virginia House Votes on Tax Relief and Employment Plan
Revenue Bills seek tax relief for harness tracks and a study of possible cuts for new industry. A minority resolution sponsored by George Seibert would reallocate 2.5 million from Gov. Barron’s discretionary funds to state agencies. Administration aims to revive an Emergency Employment Program funded by ADC money, replacing the federal program with 1 dollar jobs. The measure, tabled in Finance, mirrors a Senate version. Also, the House amended and passed a county clerk salary bill 95 to 1, and approved road waivers and redevelopment of industrial land despite not being in blighted areas.
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House
George Seibert
Ohio
W. W. Barron
State Road Commission
Natural Resources Department
Department of Mental Health
Public Works
West Virginia
Senate
Finance Committee
House Finance Committee
Vipperman Improves After Stroke Flight to Beckley
M. T. Vipperman, a senior member of the Beckley construction family, was flown from Florida after a mild stroke and is recuperating at his daughter Mrs. M. M. Powers home at 208 Jennings St. He spent 10 days in a Florida hospital and was on a Punta Gorda fishing cruise when stricken. His daughter says his condition today is much improved.
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M. T. Vipperman
Florida
M. M. Powers
Jennings St
Vipperman
Beckley Construction
Punta Gorda
Commodities Ready Distribution at Stamford Union Hall
Commodities will be distributed at Stamford Union Hall from 9 am to 5 pm Monday. Cather Gill serves as the distributing agent.
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Stamford Union Hall
Cather Gill
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William Zehndner
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Rose E. Reed
Samuel E. Johnson
Malinda Shrewsberry
Hoten
J. Shockey
Cora M. Gardner
S. H. Hazzard
Lena Berry
Donald C. Pack
Edward J. MacFarland
M. H. Lusk
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