Underworld Boss Costello Loses Citizenship in Deportation Bid
Frank Costello, a famed underworld figure once called the prime minister of crime, has his U.S. citizenship revoked by U.S. District Judge Archie Dawson. The 68 year old is serving a five year tax evasion sentence and faces possible deportation to Italy after a long legal fight over denaturalization. The case cites earlier wiretap issues and aligns with government efforts to strip him of citizenship obtained by fraud. Costello rose to notoriety during Kefauver crime hearings where his voice spoke for him.
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New York
Frank Costello
U.S
Archie 0. Dawson
Costello
Dawson
Italy
Costello Long
U. S. Senate
Estes Kefauver
D’tenn
Rudolph Halley
Food Prices Lift Living Costs in January
Washington report shows the cost of living rose one tenth of one percent in January, remaining below the November 1958 peak. Rising food prices offset a small drop in other items, with the index at 123.8 percent of the 1947-49 average. Ewan Clague noted nine months of price stability since April 1958, and earnings rose to record January levels despite stagnant wages for many workers.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
Laurence Housman Dies at 93 British Writer and Artist
Laurence Housman, 93, renowned British poet author and artist, died today in Butleigh England. His literary career spanned 58 years from The Writings of William Blake in 1893 to Old Testament Plays in 1951.
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Laurence Housman
Butleigh
England
Housman
William Blake
Hoaxers Arrested as Charleston Bomb Scare Wave Tapers
Police in the Charleston area arrested a 15 and a 16 year old after they confessed to placing calls that emptied three high schools. Two Dunbar boys were also picked up after friends implicated them and later released pending a judge’s conference. An 8 year old Huntington girl was named as responsible for a separate elementary school hoax and will be detained after she recovers.
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Charleston
Dunbar
Herbert Richardson
Huntington
Cabell County
Capital
Richardson
Wisgee
Nuckols Co-Sponsors Measure on Small Loan Changes
Charleston AP report notes two bills on small loan rates. Sen Lyle A. Smith and Sen Jack A. Nuckols seek to create a Division of Consumer Finance within the Department of Banking, raising the loan maximum to 600 dollars and adjusting rate caps. House sponsors D AURORA and Hill propose lower rates. Senate earlier approved a separate pay-for-prisoner work bill and sent a Raleigh County funding measure to the House.
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Charleston
Lyle A. Smith
D-Cabell
Jack A. Nuckols
Raleigh
Consumer Finance
Department of Banking
House
Senate
Bald Knob Ski Slope Opens for Weekend
Bald Knob Ski Slopes Inc near Flat Top will open tonight through Sunday for weekend skiers. The 500 foot lower slope is usable and the snow-making machine began Wednesday night. A Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ski train to Prince Station was canceled and rescheduled to Feb 27 to bring skiers from Washington DC Norfolk Newport News Richmond and Charlottesville, VA.
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Bald Knob
RDC Appropriation Bill Wins House Approval
House approves Local Bill No. 395 enabling Raleigh County Court to decide whether to appropriate and extend funds to the Beckley Area Rural Development Council. The measure is permissive, not mandatory, and awaits further action.
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Raleigh County
Roy Lee Harmon
0. D. Hall
House of Delegates
Raleigh
Beckley Area
West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Fair and continued cold tonight with lows around 8. Saturday brings partial cloudiness and a gradual warmup. Beckley yesterday high 4 and low 8 last night. Oak Hill records show high yesterday.
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Beckley High
Evceeseneas
Oak Hill High
Railroads Reach Agreement on N and W Virginian Merger
Norfolk and Western and the Virginian announce a stock exchange basis for merger after years of consideration. The plan envisions a tax free exchange of 0.55 N and W shares for each Virginian share, with N and W insurance of 6 percent preferred stock. Combined assets reach about 930 million dollars with potential savings of roughly one million dollars monthly. The deal aims to improve and maintain service across existing communities while seeking ICC approval. The N and W network spans from Norfolk to Cincinnati and Columbus, with branches to Hagerstown, Bristol, and Winston-Salem and Durham.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk & Western
Virginia Railways
Southwest
Virginia
West Virginia
Stuart T. Saunders
N&w
Frank D. Beale
Virginian
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
The
Norfolk and Western
Rairoads
Virginian Common
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio
Hagerstown
Bristol
Winston-Salem
Durham, N. C
Severance Tax Fails to Clear House Vote Again
In Charleston AP report, a bid by Del. Louis G. Craig to bring the severance tax issue to the full House failed for the second day, 51-42. Del. Neil W. Walker sponsored a tax on coal and natural resources, but the measure was tabled by the House Finance Committee and later blocked on discharge motions. The day included a tally on shifting county school board elections from the primary to the general election and passage of a bill increasing penalties for obscene literature, with second offenses becoming felonies.
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Charleston
House
Del
Louis G. Craig
Senate
Door Left Open To Direct Negotiations With Russia
London AP reports Soviet reception of Western notes on a Big Four foreign ministers conference for Germany remained chilly yet left room for direct talks. Macmillan in Commons outlined firm but flexible Allied policy, denying NATO dissolution and planning to press for direct Soviet discussions during ten day Moscow/Bonn/Paris mission, aiming to test concessions without commitments.
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London
Germany
Moscow Radio
Kremlin
Berlin
West
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
U.S
Dulles
Iets
House of Commons
Bonn
Paris
Washington
Macmillan
Moscow
Amies
Commons
Deed Advances Beckley Tape Plant Plan
A deed filed in Raleigh County sets steps toward a tape recording plant on Eisenhower Drive. Clarence and Margaret Pantoplus transfer half interest in Lot 39 to John C Hartong who owns a patent for a Mhour recorder. Hartong plans Magneday Electronic Corporation capital stock equal to transferred shares. The quit-claim allows reversion if development fails. Hartong has discussed funding with Beckley Chamber committee, SBA, and a major insurer.
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Raleigh County
Eisenhower Drive
Clarence
Margaret Pantoclus
N. Eisenhower Drive
Park Heights
John C Hartong
Hartong
Pantoplus
Magneday Electronic Corporation
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Small Business Administration
Embalmers Board Faces Inquiry in West Virginia
Charleston House of Delegates approves a resolution to form a committee to study and investigate the West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. A bid to widen undertaker advertising fails in the House. Senate hearing on the companion bill set for Tuesday amid reports of possible improper lobbying.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Beck Convicted of Tax Evasion Spends Night in Jail
Dave Beck Sr the former head of the Teamsters was found guilty on four counts of income tax evasion totaling 240 067 for 1953 and two counts of filing false returns. He faces up to five years and 10 000 dollars fine per count with sentencing set for Feb 27 and an appeal bond hearing in Seattle. Beck appeared shaken as the verdict was read and questioned why he must remain in jail.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dave Beck Sr
Fonmer
Teamsters Union
U.S. Dist
George Boldt
Seattle
Beck
Coal strike talks open in Brussels amid job fears
BRUSSELS AP Mine owners and union chiefs met to begin talks on settling a coal strike that idled 100,000 workers. Miners support 6,500 colleagues facing job losses due to government plans to close antiquated mines.
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Brussels
Hearings Set Saturday For Two Juveniles
Two juveniles ordered to appear Saturday before Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery after Beckley Police arrests. An 18-year-old Harper Heights youth cited at 11:30 a.m. Thursday for shoplifting at G. C. Murphy Co. Main Street and W. T. Grant Co. Neville Street. A 16-year-old Harper Heights juvenile charged at 4:15 p.m. Thursday with petit larceny. Both released to parents awaiting Saturday hearings.
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Raleigh County Juvenile Court
Harry L. McCreery
Beckley
Harper Heights
G. C. Murphy Co
Main Street
W. T. Grant Co
Neville Street
Lodged In Jail For Trespassing In Raleigh County
Thomas Mack Gum of 106 Highland Street was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 2:45 a m today by Beckley Police on a charge of trespassing.
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Thomas Mack Gum
Highland Street
Raleigh County
Beckley Police
Raleigh County Board of Education January payroll figures
The Raleigh County Board of Education reports January payroll totals for over 1,100 employees. Gross pay amounts to 991,243.93 dollars while net pay is 295,093.06 dollars.
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Raleigh County
Driver Plunges Car Into Ditch Near Radford’s Market
Gerry Fitzgerald of Beaver was driving when the vehicle veered off the highway at Daniels near Rad ford's Market and ran into a ditch early today.
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Gerry Fitzgerald
Beaver
Daniels
Radford’s
Revival Of WPA Urged By House In Resolution
West Virginia House of Delegates backed a resolution urging Congress to reactivate the Works Progress Administration or take other action. The measure, by Cahill and Booth, aims to show lawmakers that most West Virginians want work and to fund relief, amid unemployment in two hard hit counties. The session also saw a clash over the severance tax bill as Mrs. Nell Walker sought to discharge the Finance Committee, but Chairman Julius Singleton moved to table. The party rift widened as Republicans pressed for action while Democrats remained split. Speaker Pauley hosted a delegate dinner, with plans for a March 4 event at the Ruffner Hotel announced by Paul Vennari.
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Charleston
Dan Cahil
Cahill
Humane Institutions Committee
the Register
Washington
House of Delegates
West
House
Nell Walker
House Finance Committee
Julius Singleton
Walker
Fayette
H. P. Given
D-Webster
Texas
Singleton
Finance Committee
Missing Plane Hunt Pushed From Parkersburg to Akron
Roy Hinson 38, flying a single engine Cessna from Stewart Airport toward Akron, disappeared after a flight to a B. F. Goodrich school on airplane de icing gear. Ground and air search focused near Wood County and Stewart airports as weather hampered operations. Major Glen Sprouse CAP stated intensified efforts with 15 planes from West Virginia and CAP teams across the river.
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Parkersburg
Houston
Texas
Wood County
Glen Sprouse
Civil Air Patrol
Charleston
Stewart
Ohio River
Roy H. Hinson
Akron
Ohio
Roy Epperly
CAP
West Virginia
Ohio Cap
CAP Contract Talks Resume
Charleston reports the Communications Workers of America and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co held meetings after the union learned members’ reaction to a new wage offer. The company has offered weekly raises from 2 to 4 dollars, following an initial 1.50 to 4 dollar range. Federal Mediator Joseph C. Wright had intervened as talks stalled.
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Charleston
Communication Workers of America
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C&p
Washington
Joseph C. Wright
Beckley Local 2007 backs bargaining committee
Beckley Local 2007 voted Thursday to stand behind the bargaining committee. President John F. Higginbotham said they did not take a strike vote as Local 2003 did in Parkersburg.
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Beckley
John F. Higginbotham
Parkersburg
C&P Terms Set for First Sunday After Acceptance
The C&P spokesman said new terms would take effect the first Sunday after acceptance by the union. Oscar L. Davis, state OWA director, said meetings with the union’s 11 West Virginia locals aimed to inform members about the bargaining situation. They were held one day after the area local decided independently it would.
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C&p
Oscar L. Davis
OWA
West Virginia
National Labor Board orders election at Beckley Betsy Ross plant
The National Labor Relations Board today orders an election to determine whether Betsy Ross Bakeries workers at the Beckley plant will be represented by a union. The vote is scheduled for February 24.
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Cincinnati
National Labor Relations Re Today
Argue
Tion
Beckley
Betsy Ross Bakeries
Airliner Near Miss With Air Force Plane Over Kentucky
Capital Airlines Constellation nearly collided with a USAF C123 over southeastern Kentucky at 8000 feet. The two craft executed opposite climbs and descents within 400 feet. one hostess was hurled to the floor, a doctor stood by during Atlanta landing, 32 passengers aboard Capital 981 en route Buffalo to Atlanta with stops.
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Capital Airlines
Charleston
Kentucky
Constellation
Indianapolis
Capital
Air Force
Atlanta
Cassell
Capital 981
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Kanawha
Laundry And Dry Cleaning Group To Hold Convention In Beckley
Members of the West Virginia Launderers and Dry Cleaners Association will hold their annual state convention in Beckley June 9 and 2. Lonnie L. Sweeney of Beckley named to the arrangements committee. The convention site and dates were fixed at an executive committee meeting at the Richmond Cleaners recreation room. Attending were President A. E. Deck of Rainelle. Paul M. Divers, Don R. Cole, C. W. Barker, John Schmidt of Charleston. James A. Parker of Huntington. E. B. Judy of Richwood. W. S. Hendricks. Jess P. Richmond. Ray A. Richmond. and Sweeney, all of Beckley.
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West Virginia
Tee
Richmond Cleaners
A. E. Deck
Rainelle
Paul M. Divers
Don R. Cole
C. W. Barker
John Schmidt
Charleston
James A. Parker
Huntington
E. B. Judy
Richwood
W. S. Hendricks
Field
Jess P. Richmond
Ray A. Richmond
Sweeney
Beckley
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Monongalia
Craig
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Houghton R. Abbot
D-Kanawha
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Richard H. Bowman
Dgreenbrier
J. R. Campbell
W. E. Chilton
Dkanawha
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Paul H. Kidd
Dgilmer
E. D. Knight Jr
Dkanawwha
Richard Whetsell
R Preston
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Hollywood
Francis X. Bushman
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Embalmers Board
Dave Beck
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