Bomb blast hits Negro student home in Little Rock
A home made bomb shook the residence of Carlotta Walls 16 and her family in a Negro neighborhood near Central High School. No injuries reported as police linked the blast to racial integration tensions following federal enforcement. Dynmite used in earlier Labor Day bombings damaged city offices. five men were arrested with sentences ranging from three to five years.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Carlotta Walls
Central High School
Cartelyou
Dents
Werner Knoop
Gann Nalley
Maryland family seeks Eddie Atkins to join as son
Peggy Kessinger reports a Maryland family invites Eddie Atkins to join their household as more than a year, offering room, meals, dental and hospital care, wages, and a chance to grow up with their son. The Stotesbury postmaster and The Register seek contact to determine Eddie's interest or refer another boy.
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Register
Eddie Adkins
Saturday Evening Post
Blake Raines
Maryland
Vision
Eddie Atkins
Riverside
W. Va
Cumberland
Keyser
Stotesbury
Baker
Fireworks Plant Blows Up Killing Two In Havre De Grace
A Havre de Grace fireworks plant exploded, killing owner James A. Fabrizio 35 and Nellie Stansbury 62. The blast injured three housewives. 63 workers escaped. Fire damaged 10 acres, seven buildings, and nearby homes, with damages pegged around 500000. Police and fire officials pursued cause.
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Havre DE Grace
Havve de Grace Fireworks Co
James A. Fabrizio
Maryland
Nellie Stansbury
William Bullock
Boone Countian Dies In Blaze
Whitesville is shaken by an early morning fire that killed 79 year old Ansel Toney of Fostersville Boone County. Fire crews arrived at 6 a.m. after a neighbor reported the frame two room house ablaze. Investigators believe a coal stove toppled while he attempted to add coal sparked the blaze and a stove cap lifter was found in his hand.
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Whitesville
BNS
Ansel Toney
Fostersville
Boone County
Toney
Kidnapping Feared As Coors Vanishes In Colorado
Adolph Coors III, 44, wealthy brewer and Coors Porcelain chairman, disappeared from his car on a rural road near Golden. Blood and items found along a creek. FBI readiness noted. Sheriff's deputies, aircraft, and ground searchers scoured the foothills west of Denver for clues to his fate and potential kidnapping.
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Colo
Adolph Coors III
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Art Wermuth
Coors
FBI
Foothills
Adolph Coors Co
Lew Hawley
Slack Suggests Missile Base Sites In State
Rep. John M. Slack Jr. urged the Defense Department to study West Virginia natural resources as missile base sites. He argued the state's valleys offer natural protection against a direct hit, making them viable for Atlas and Titan bases, and criticized overlooking Atlantic Coast states in base selection.
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Slack
Washington
Defense Department
West Virginia
John M. Slack Jr
D-Wva
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Atlas
Atlantic
Mountain
Weather storms sweep nation causing eleven deaths
The Associated Press reports violent winter storms disrupted wide areas from the Southwest to the Northeast. Rain, snow, sleet, hail, tornadoes, and extreme temperatures contributed to at least 11 fatalities nationwide as storms moved across regions Thursday.
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Associated Press
Southwest
West
South
Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
Southern
Gulf Region
West Virginia Weather Warns of Snow Flurries and Cold Snap
Warm and windy conditions with showers and thunderstorms give way to a much colder northward shift tonight through Thursday. Snow flurries are possible tonight across western zones with lows 25 to 30 west and 30 to 35 east. Snow flurries continue Thursday as temperatures dip, with extended forecasts showing below normal readings through the weekend and a chance of precipitation Sunday or Monday totaling up to .7 inch in the North.
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W. Va
Beckley
Adrift Off Golden Gate Ship Battles Pacific Gate
A 520-foot tanker Petri carrying seven million gallons of bulk wine ran aground off the San Francisco coast as a Pacific storm lashed the vessel. Coast Guard cutters and tugs aided a complex rescue and attempted tow operations while crews evacuated fourteen sailors amid towering waves near the Golden Gate.
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San Francisco
Angelo Petri
Pacific
Golden Gate
Fleishhacker Zoo
Coast Guard
Edward A. Lehn Jr
San Mateo
Calif
Petri
Strong Winds and Cold Air Move Through West Virginia
Weather forecast from the Huntington bureau predicts thunderstorms with strong winds 30 to 40 mph and possible higher in severe activity. Much colder air will enter western parts tonight and spread statewide by tomorrow morning. Rain tonight will turn to snow flurries with continued flurries tomorrow. lows 25 to 35 degrees.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Huntington
Weather Bureau
Bank of Raleigh Plans Move to New Building
Beckley’s oldest bank will open in a new two story facility at North Kanawha and Main streets on Feb 23. Moving from Main and South Fayette, the complex includes eight tellers stations, vaults, a large note booth, cashier offices, trust and consumer credit departments, year round air conditioning, an extendable elevator, a pavilion for drive up service, and rooms for civic groups. The Debo Corporation handles moving with guarded precautions. Established 1899 with capital $15,000, current capital $550,000 and deposits near $11 million.
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Beckley
Bank of Raleigh
North Kanawha and
Main Streets
Debo Corporation
Trust Department
Consumer Credit Department
Alderson
Defeated Union Candidate Slain in Chicago Case
Police investigate the slaying of Herman Posner a 73 year old former reform candidate for president of the Moving Picture Machine Operators Union found behind his West Side home. Posner had opposed corruption and reportedly aimed to reform the union. The Chicago Tribune has posted a $25000 reward for information leading to the killer's capture.
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Chicago
Herman Posner
Moving Picture Machine Operators
Union
West Side
Senate
Posner
The
Chicago Tribune
Coal Production Up Last Week in West Virginia Fields
Coal production rose last week in southern West Virginia and neighboring Virginia areas, totaling 475 375 tons. This beats 458 146 tons the prior week and 466 311 tons for the same week in 1959, while miner work days averaged 4 2. U S Steel mines at Gary West Virginia ran a five day week and are not included in the association totals.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Virginia
U. S. Steel Corp
Gary
W. Va
Allied Disarmament Negotiators Gather
Allied disarmament negotiators from Britain France Italy Canada and the United States met in Washington to shape proposals for mid March talks in Geneva with the Soviet bloc. Secret sessions opened amid doubts of a swift agreement on key issues.
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Geneva
Britain
France
Italy
Canada
United States
House Stumbles Toward Finish Passes Budget
In Charleston the House of Delegates, after a long day, took its first look at the budget and passed the bill the same day. The voluminous appropriation, over one hundred million dollars, moved from amendment stage to approval amid a flurry of activity and few substantive changes.
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Roy Lee Harmon
Charleston
House of Delegates
lawmakers’ windy speeches flood river of words
A colorful critique likens the legislature to a polluted river if all speeches were dumped in Kannawhay. The speaker jokes that the air would stink and the whole crowd would founder from the flood of empty rhetoric.
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Charleston
Kannawhay
Senate May Probe Leaks Behind Closed Doors
Senate hints at a probe into leaked intelligence figures linked to Defense Department data shown to Congress by a columnist. President Eisenhower heads to Cape Canaveral for a missile facilities inspection amid Washington defense controversy. Also noted are a veto forecast on a 900 million dollar anti poll tax bill, Mikoyan's Cuba tour with Castro, Jerry Lewis paying 800 for a barber, and other brief items including Nimitz’s death and Cardinal Stepinac’s passing.
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Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Il
Joseph Alsop
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Cape Canaveral
Washington
House
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Jerry Lewis
Lewis
Miami
Fla
Arthur Fredman
Hollywood
Atlantic
Navy
Otto Nimitz
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Kerrville
Tex
Alojzije Cardinal
Stepinac
Tito
Krasic
Record Plugger Admits 15000 In Side Pay
Washington AP payola probe hears former Cleveland KYW disc jockeys describe side payments and on air plug fees. Joseph Finan testifies he received about 15500 from 15 firms in 1958 59 plus KYW salary and teen record hops. Wesley Hopkins denies taking under the table payments as subcommittee reviews payola practices.
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Washington
Joseph Finan
Wesley Hopkins
New Witness
Cleveland
KYW
Hopkins
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
Finan
Coach Confesses Murdering Wife in Oklahoma
CORDELL Oklahoma AP—Jim Davis 21 a Colony High School athletic director confessed to beating and slaying his wife 20 in Colony last Friday night with a baseball bat and a paring knife He coached a basketball game that same evening and was charged after his oral statement was recorded Officers said a girl from Colony was questioned and the couple s 18 month old daughter was found asleep in the apartment near the dead mother
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Cordell
Okla
Jim Davis
Colony
E. N. Sasseen
Oklahoma
Davis
Colony High School
Street Scene Boy Resists Visit Then Relents at Doctor
On Main Street a sick boy initially resists going to a doctor's office, his ankles and legs bound with rope as adults carry him. After a short struggle he agrees to enter under his own power and the rope is removed. Inside, a new confrontation unfolds before the doctor finally treats him.
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