Dutch ship radio operator to testify in Lynn Kauffman case
William van Rie, 31, charged in the Lynn Kauffman death aboard the freighter Utrecht, planned to call witnesses from the communications field before taking the stand. Prosecution claims a torrid affair ended with Kauffman overboard. defense hints she may have leapt to her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Willem van Rie
Utrecht
Lynn Kauffman
van Rie
Singapore
Lynn
Gadong
John F. McAuliffe
Labertus van Dorp
Eisenhower Arrives in Rio for Talks on Hemisphere Security
Eisenhower lands in Rio de Janeiro and is greeted with a hero’s welcome as Brazilian and U.S. leaders plan to discuss refining Organization of American States procedures to bolster hemisphere security and human rights. The streets fill with crowds and military bands as the visit showcases diplomatic resolve amid celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Eisenhower
Avenida Rio Branco
Brazil
Kubitschek
Rio
Foreign Ministry
Brasilia
U. S
Organization of American States
Thursday Route For Bookmobile
The Raleigh County Bookmobile will stop at Cool Ridge Post Office Ghent Post Office Resaco Company Store Lillybrook Company Store ee Store Shumete's Grocery Coal City Pemberton Post Office and the Midway Post Office on Thursday with listed time windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Cool Ridge
Ghent
Resaco Company
Lillybrook Company
Shumete’s
Coal City
Pemberton
Midway
Mrs Reed In Critical Condition After Stroke
Betty Reed age 83 of Sullivan Road is in critical condition at Beckley Hospital after a stroke. Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad rendered first aid at her home before transporting her to the hospital early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Reed
Sullivan Road
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
Bomb Cause Pinpointed in North Carolina Plane Crash
Government sleuths say a dynamite bomb caused the January North Carolina crash that killed 34 people. The blast occurred near Julian Frank who carried life insurance. conspiracy hints persist as CAB and FBI continue investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Carolina
Julian Frank
Westport, Conn
James R. Durfee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
CAB
FBI
Frank
Kure Beach
N. C
Bolivia
Durfee
U S May Urge Plebiscite on German Unity
The United States may urge the Soviet Union to let Germans decide Germanys future by plebiscite. Voters would choose between a united Germany with one peace treaty or a divided Germany with separate treaties. Herter favors proposing this to Khrushchev at the Paris summit starting May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Christian A. Herter
Moscow
East Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Herter
Khrushchev
Paris
Tax refunds sought by railroads over West Virginia taxes
The Norfolk and Western petitions sought 84 514 for 1951 194. They argue nonspecific transportation activities were taxed. In 1958 former Tax Commissioner Field denied petitions the tax computation requires total net income from all sources. Railroads requested declaratory judgments to settle unlawful tax collection. Taxes consist of 0.5 percent assessment based on property value and a 4 percent net income tax. Refund rights allow suit within three years of payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western
John A. Field Jr
Tax Department
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Segregation Violence Flare in Chattanooga Store Clash
In Chattanooga Tennessee Negro and white youths clashed at a downtown S H Kress store during a sit in over lunch counter seating. Police Chief Ed Brown mobilized 20 officers and 40 auxiliaries to quell the melee arresting 11 whites and one Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Ed Brown
Brown
Chattanooga
Dulice
Eames Va
Greensboro
N. C
Winston Salem
F. W. Woolworth Co
Hartsog Class Slated Tonight Initiation at Beckley Elks
E. R. Hartsog Class of Beckley Elks Lodge No. 1452 to be initiated at 8 pm tonight at the Beckley Elks Lodge. A public buffet dinner for all members is set for 5 30 p m preceding the initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Hartsog
Beckley Elks Lodge No
Beckley Elks Lodge
Beckley to Host Area Crusade Meet by Cancer Society
Beckley will host an American Cancer Society Area Crusade meeting Thursday to train local Unit Crusade workers for April activities. The all day session at the Beckley Hotel opens at 10 am with 1959 results, 1960 outlook, and organizing instructions. Press radio and TV support will be covered at 2 pm before a 3 pm close. Attendees include Isadore R. Wein and Dr. Harry Cooper along with local Cancer Board members. Other meetings are slated for Parkersburg Clarksburg Romney and Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Cancer Society
Beckley
K. Douglas Bowers
State Cancer Crusade
West Virginia
Boone, Clay, Fayette
Greenbrier
Lincoln
McDowell
Mingo
Monroe
Nicholas
Summers
Wyoming
Beckley Hotel
Beckleyans
Isadore R. Wein
West Virginia Cancer Board
Harry Cooper
John C. Ward
Fred Hurt
A. G. Wilcox
James G. Windle, Jr
Raleigh County
Cancer Center
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Romney
Elkins
Finch Prosecutor Says Carole Had Death Kit Handy
Los Angeles prosecutors argued in final remarks that Carole Tregoff carried a so called murder kit to assist Dr. R Bernard Finch in the July killing of his wife Barbara Jean Finch at the West Covina estate The district attorney told the jury Finch aimed to silence the maid Marie Anne Lidholm as a star witness and described an attache case found near the home containing a hammer a knife bullets a clothesline a rubber sheet sleeping drugs and hypodermics as part of the alleged plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Finch
Carole Tregoff
R. Bernard Finch
Society
Clifford Crail
Miss Tregoff
Barbara Jean
West Covina
Slim
Marie Anne Lidholm
Crail
Carole
Mrs. Finch
Advertisers Tour Beckley Newspaper Plant with New Press
More contract advertisers visited the Beckley News Pressing Company for lunch and a tour of the plant housing a new printing press and a new range. Box lunches were provided by The Beckley Hotel in the BNC Printing Building conference room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Beckley Hotel
BNC
Grady L. Whitlock
C. S. Lewis Jr
Charles Earehart
Charles Earehart Jr
Lee Burleson
Harry Comer
Russ Parsons
C. F. Cook
Ike Brown
Arthur Goldstein
J. E. Williams
Conrad Stowers
R. L. Trump
Jack Bazzarre
O. D. Janney
M. W. Powers
Fred Roschi
Robert L. Price
Jack Silverberg
Bob Eichorn
Delaware Man Jailed on Probation Violation Charge
Aubrey Eugene Elkins of New Castle Delaware was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 8 56 a m today by a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent on a probation violation charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Aubrey Eugene Elkins
New Castle
Del
Raleigh
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Layne Waives Robbery Count in Prelim Hearing
Layne Leonard Layne 23 Mabscott waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate Cotton White on robbery by force charges. He was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a 2500 bond connected with a beating and robbery of Florida truck driver Raymond Forbey Jr. Two Beckleyans were released on 2000 bonds after joint charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frelon Leonard Layne
Mabscott
Cotton White
Layne
Florida
Raleigh
Beckleyans
Linda Calvin Sarrett Jr
Richard Meadows
White
Raymond Forbey Jr
Sarrett
Meadows
Forbey
Beckleyan Released After Posting Bond
A Beckleyan was released from Raleigh County Jail at 9:25 am after posting a $1 bond before Magistrate W. A. Burke. Willie Branch, 40, 504 Broad way St., remanded in lieu of bond after pleading guilty to using profanity before Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Beckleyan
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Willie Branch
Broadway St
Burke
Prince Street
Junior C. Crawford
Ghent
Phillip David Stoots
Eccles
Stoots
Acton R. Bragg
Grand
Bragg
White
National Association Raleigh County Branch Meeting Set
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Raleigh County Branch will meet at 7 20 p m Thursday at Central Street Baptist Church. Rev H E Davis president urges all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Raleigh County
Central Street Baptist Church
H. E. Davis
Senators Discuss Adding Dried Beans to Commodities
Senators Byrd Randolph and others met with Agriculture Secretary Benson in Washington to explore adding dried beans to surplus foods under the Domestic Distribution Program. Benson said action hinges on Feb 29 availability and noted no surplus beans are on hand while the world market remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Senator Cooper
Kentucky
Morton
Clark
Scott
Pennsylvania
Clarence L. Miller
Martin D. Garber
Department
Miles Horst
Benson
George Goddard
National Dried Bean Council
Byrd
Randolph
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Three men linked to Lassiter murder in Detroit
Thursday reports allege Hicks pled to first degree murder in the Lassiter killing. Lassiter died after a business flight return, beaten and shot near Willow Run Airport. Prosecution ties Hicks to arranging the crime for a $500 fee plus content from the body. The estate values at about 107000 with $100000 plus in assets for Nelle Lassiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks
Lassiter
Willow Run
Watson
Jones
Whaley
Lassiters
Detroit
Murray
Henry Rhodes
Rhodes
Couunle
Oakland County
Nelle
Smoking Motor Triggers Morning Fire Alarm at Prince Street
Fire crews answered 11 05 a m call to a Prince Street apartment over Snow Thornton Florists where a smoking washing machine motor caused the alarm. Firemen reported no structural damage beyond the motor. Mrs Enperly occupies the flat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Prince Street
Isners vanish with Rosemary from Parsons West Virginia
Mr and Mrs Forrest Isner of Parsons West Virginia and their foster child Rosemary disappeared nine days ago after their court battle over Rosemary’s custody. They were visiting a daughter in Annadale Virginia and planned to return in a few days. West Virginia DPA officials noted no law was broken if it was a simple trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Forrest Isner
Parsons
W. Va
Rosemary
Philip Buhler II
Annadale
West Virginia
DPA
Thomas R. Egbert
Isners
Isner
Amour Leather Co
Final Rites for Lillard Miles Hopkins
Lillard Miles Hopkins 66 of 117 Huffman St died Tuesday night after a heart attack. Funeral services set for Friday at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Charles E Walker and Rev. H A McClung officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Betty and son Leon of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillard Miles Hopkins
Huffman St
Memorial Baptist Church
Charles E. Walker
H. A. McClung
Sunset Memorial Park
Hopkins
Beckley Fire Department
Maybeury
McDowell County
John
Texas Hopkins
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Betty Hopkins
Leon and
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry
Sumner Infant Claude La Follette Sumner Jr. Graveside Rites
Gravesides rites for Claude La Follette Sumner Jr. day-old infant son of Claude and Della Dominick Sumner Lester will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday at Webb Cemetery with the Rev. Virgil Cook in charge. The infant died at 8 a.m. today in a local hospital. Surviving are two sisters, Sharon and Claudette, both at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude la Follette Sumner Jr
Claude
Della Dominick Sumner
Lester
Webb Cemetery
Virgil Cook
Sharon
Claudette
Two Local Obituaries From Beckley Area
Minnie Mae Bryant 76 of Sun died at Caldwell Nursing Home Minden after a long illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Cecil Perry. brother Carsie Ellison and siblings in Wellsburg and Apopka. two grandchildren. Julie Rose Huffman 34 of Baltimore formerly Beckley died in Baltimore after a short illness. Born May 22 1926 in Beckley to James M Huffman and Leola Cooper Huffman. Survived by brothers James Piney View and Herbert Baltimore. sisters Nell Butner Baltimore and Frances Williamson Piney View. Funeral arrangements in progress at Rose Quesenberry and related services and pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Mae Bryant
Sun
Caldwell
Minden
Cecil Perry
Carsie Ellison
Wellsburg
Aubrey Wood
Noma Wood
Apopka
Fla
Tyree
Oak Hill
Julie Rose Huffman
Baltimore
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Oscar Lilly
Lewis Meadows
Wildwood Cemetery
Miss Huffman
James M
Leola Cooper Huffman
James
Piney View
Herbert
Elizabeth J Moore 67 dies after heart attack in Raleigh County
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Moore aged 67 of 105 Roosevelt Street died at 2 30 pm Tuesday at home after a heart attack. Born April 4 1893 she was daughter of William J and Georgia Wirt Jones. Survivors include six daughters two sons one sister two brothers and 22 grandchildren. Body at Calfee Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth J. Moore
Roosevelt Sr
William J
Georgia Wirt Jones
Moore
Raleigh County
Cranberry Community Church
Ruby Teek
Elsie Greer
Pontiac
Mich
Beulah Dixon
Virginia Beach
Loraine Marks
Betty Fragile
Beckley
Evelyn Brizendine
Detroit
Ernest
Skelton
Charlie
Beaver
Ray
C. L. McClure
MacArthur
Henry Jones
Orlando
Fla
Jones
Cleveland
Ohio
Calfee Funeral Home
Funeral services for John C Handy held near Lindside
John Cleveland Handy 72 died Sunday at the Andrew S Rowan Home Sweet Springs. Funeral 1:30 p.m. today at the Church of the Brethren near Lindside conducted by Rev Raymond Boothe and Rev O F Surface. Burial in Chambers Cemetery near Lindside. Survived by sister Mrs Mary Lilly Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cleveland Handy
Church of the Brethren
Lindside
Raymond Boothe
O. F. Surface
Chambers Cemetery
Handy
Monroe County
Andrew S. Rowan
Sweet Springs
John and
Rebecca Midkiff Handy
Mary Lilly
Oak Hill
Shortening News Abolishes Latin Entrant Knowledge Rule
Tuesday night the news brief notes abolishing the requirement that entrants know Latin. Pentagon officials report a satellite mystery solved, likely part of a Discoverer rocket that failed to return. Valentino neighbors protest two 54 foot radio towers on his Hollywood estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Department
Earth
Rudy Vallee
Hollywood
Toshiaki Tanaka
Mississippi
Senate Temperance Committee
Pentagon
Dixie Church Case In Recess
A Fayette County Circuit Court hearing on injunctions to decide which faction administers Bell Creek Missionary Baptist Church Dixie is in recess and will resume Thursday. Cross examination of plaintiff James W. Vencill continues after Rev. Waldo Jackson spoke on Baptist church theory and current literature. Plaintiffs claim the church has changed to a non Baptist interdenominational form and funds are allegedly used to support non Baptist institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Bell Creek
Union
Harriet Smart Sizemore
Rupert Bowen dies after influenza and pneumonia
Rupert Bowen age 56 of Colcord died in a Beckley hospital shortly before noon Tuesday after a brief illness. He had suffered influenza for about 10 days with pneumonia developing Monday. Survivors include son Denver Bowen of Colcord brother William of Cleveland Ohio and sisters Ruby Richards of Colcord and Barnett Burns of York Pennsylvania. Body at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Bowen
Colcord
Beckley
Denver Bowen
William
Cleveland
Ohio
Ruby Richards
Barnett Burns
York
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Randolph Hits Administration and Inflation Bill Tactics
Senator Jennings Randolph testifies before a Senate subcommittee in support of amendments to the Federal Full Employment Act. He argues for annual national goals on employment production and purchasing power, and for empowered public hearings on price and wage increases to curb inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jennings Randolph
D-Wva
Senate Banking and Currency
Randolph
United States
Prisoner Flees After DPA Appointment Exit
A prisoner outruns Lemon after leaving the DPA office where he had arranged a later interview for his wife. The escape disrupted the 9 a.m. appointment as Lemon waited outside to return him to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DPA
Ury
Lemon
Boy Fleshman Undergoes Tonsillectomy At Beckley Memorial
Robbie Fleshman six son of Mr and Mrs Robert C Fleshman Jr of Green Valley Addition underwent a tonsillectomy today at Beckley Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbie Fleshman
Robert C. Fleshman Jr
Green Valley Addition
Beckley Memorial Hospital
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Ike
Reed
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Robert Vernon Spears
Dallas
Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
Navy
Gulf
U.S
Tennessee
Hartsog
Meet of Cancer Society
Beckleyan
NAACP
Rosemary, Isners
D. C
Claude L. Sumner Jr
St. Marys
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
Howard R. Doss
State Penitentiary
Oregon
Dixie Church
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