Supreme Court Sets Aside $85,000 Penn Line Verdict
Beckley three car crashes blamed on icy streets injuring two people. An $85,000 Raleigh County verdict against Penn Line Service Inc. and J W Hosey was set aside by the West Virginia Supreme Court in Flora Robinsons suit after finding the truck parked legally under a street light. Damages from additional fender benders totaled modest sums with no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Penn Line Service, Inc
J. W. Hosey
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
Raleigh County
Flora Robinson
Penn Line
Valley Drive
Beckley
Hosey
Thornton G. Berry Jr
James L. Collier
Church St
Queenberry Bus Lines
Arthur ‘‘Moon
Mullens
Raleigh General Hospital
Ellen Allen
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Archie Allen
Garten
Fayette County
James Earl Burd
Roanoke
Burd
Allen Ve
Bookmobile Routes Planned for Thursday and Friday
The regional Bookmobile schedule shows visits on Thursday at Na oma Rock Creek Ar nett Glen Daniel Fairdale Bolt Surveyor and Eccles with times from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Weather permitting, Amy Fisher, librarian, said. Friday stops include Clear Creek Ameagle Dorothy Leevale Pettus Eunice and Montreal at various post offices and stores. Monday's schedule to be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Fisher
Naoma
Rock Creek
Methodist Church
Arnett
Glen Daniel
Fairdale
Bolt
Farmer's
Surveyor
Eccles
Clear Creek
Church
Ameagle
Butch’s
Dorothy
Leevale-Pettus
Barrett's
Eunice
Montreal
Goode Arrested In New Mexico
Roy Goode of Cabin Creek is returned from New Mexico to Raleigh County for breaking and entering. He waived extradition and faces charges for allegedly breaking into a shed at Zeni McKinney Williams in Shady Spring and taking equipment valued at 241 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Goode
Raleigh County
New Mexico
Cabin Creek
J. N. White
Edgar Jarrell
Goode
Shady
Zeni-McKinney-Williams
Morgantown
Queen returns to London in heels after holiday visit
In royal news the Queen expected to have her third child late this month or early next. She returned to London from her Christmas holiday wearing three inch heels. Alaska delegates will not pledge to any presidential candidate at the Democratic national convention. John Nance Garner joined Lyndon Johnson for President as honorary chair of a county club. Billy Graham departed New York for Africa to preach. Three teens in Duval County Florida held for swastika vandalism at a Jacksonville temple. State briefs report a 17 year old body found in the Ohio River and a Maryland fatal car crash near Gorman. Weirton Steel and the Independent Steelworkers Union reached a retroactive contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alaska
John Nance Garner
Washington
Billy Graham
New York
Africa
Duval County
Fla
Jacksonville
Ohio River
Huntington
James Tackett
Jerome James Donnellon
Clarksburg
Gorman
Weirton Steel Co
Independent Steelworkers Union
Body Of Beckleyans' Kinswoman Recovered
Wreckage of a missing airplane in Southern California has been found. Miss Justine Sayre, 31, formerly of Charleston, was identified among the victims along with the pilot and a second female passenger, both from Escondido. The plane had been missing since November 1 between Las Vegas and San Diego. Sayre worked for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. in Charleston. The body will be returned to Charleston for burial.
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Beckley
California
Justine Sayre
Charleston
Af Escondido
Calif
Las Vegas
San Diego
Snow Closes Highways Across Several West Virginia Counties
Winter storm blankets counties from Tucker to the Eastern Panhandle. Roads are icy and hazardous with 2 to 6 inches of snow. cinders and chains advised. Crews clear highways after 8:30 p.m. Monday as state police urge caution and reduced travel.
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Scott
SRC
Beckley
Raleigh
Tucker
Randolph
Pocahontas
State Road Commission
Bureau of Highway Information
Tucker County
Pendleton County
Mercer County
West Virginia
Charleston
Princeton
Panhandle
Brooke
Hancock
Marshall
Ohio
Tyler
Wetzel
Barbour
Braxton
Doddridge
Harrison
Mason
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
Jury verdict clears Buttrick in Kentucky case
A Fayetteville jury found Clarence Buttrick not guilty on a charge of receiving stolen goods. Two men testified they sold 280 pounds of copper wire stolen from Mary Francis Coal Co to Buttrick, but jurors said the prosecution failed to prove knowledge of theft. The court reconvenes at 9 a.m.. another case pending involves Charles Pete Hannigan, but the trial was continued to April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Clarence Buttrick
Whipple
Fayette Circuit Court
Mary Francis Coal Co
Buttrick
Charles Pete Hannigan
Smithers
Defendant Cannot Recall Details Of City Murder
William S. Hines testified in his trial for the March 22 fatal shooting of Bruce Winston Jr. He said he left before Winston fell and later discarded the gun in the woods, denying some police statements. The hearing revealed alcohol influence and a scuffle for the gun, with the judge overruling defense objections as evidence motions continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Hines
Bruce Winston Jr
Hines
Winston
Bill
Earl Ballenge
Anthony J. Sparacino
Harry L. McCreery
Joseph Laichini
Willie Green
Green
German Hopes
Scott Ave
Luchini
Egypt Accepts Additional Aid From Soviets
Egypt’s public works minister says Britain Austria West Germany Italy and Japan offered to help build the second stage of the high dam project. Eisenhower said the U S weighs World Bank aid but would not back a Soviet-guaranteed first stage. If financing for stage two is settled other nations may join. the dam’s first phase lasts about four years with six more for the granite dam, year by year.
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Moussa Arafa
Britain
Austria
West Germany
Italy
Japan
Eisenhower
United States
World Bank
Egypt
J Frisk Files For Re Election
John Frisk of Oak Hill filed his candidacy for re election in the May primary as a member of the Democratic Executive Committee from Fayetteville District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
John Frisk
Oak Hill
Democratic Executive Committee
Shooting victim in good condition after hand wound
George Goff of Lester is in good condition at Beckley Hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand. He told State Police he was shot by Arthur Richardson, who has not yet been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Goff
Lester
Beckley Hospital
Arthur Richardson
Richardson
Duel Arrest in Cleveland Murder Case
Roark retrieved a shotgun from a car and later shot Richmond in the living room as Mrs. Lambert followed. They wrapped the body in a trunk, buried it in a shallow grave spotted by authorities, and planned a closed funeral set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sunset Memorial Park. Richmond is survived by three brothers Virgil Howard and Ruel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mrs. Lambert
Roark
Cleveland
West Side
Clinton Avenue
K. J. Neely
West Virginia House Eyes Beckley Welch Sessions
The West Virginia House weighs holding sessions in Welch at the McDowell County Courthouse and Beckley in the Memorial Building with Speaker Pauley seeking guidance from leaders and the Parliamentarian Oshel Parsons. The session plan includes social events and possible field trips to coal regions to gauge public opinion on automation and tax plans.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Beckley and
Welch
Pauley
Oshel Parsons
Welch and
McDowell County
Memorial Building
Governor’s Mansion
Public Works Plan Faces Legislative Scrutiny and Food Stamp Proposal
A state legislative review focuses on a Public Works program costing up to 6.3 million dollars, with 4.7 million slated for nine forests. Separately, a labor-backed food stamp plan would let about 35,000 unemployed without cash aid access staples via stamps exchanged at grocers, costing an estimated 3 to 4 million annually. Senate and House calendars show limited floor action as closed sessions consider budget scope and judicial circuit realignment, with eight-year terms for judges looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles C. Stanley
West Virginia Labor Federation
AFL- Bo
Stanley
Department of Public Assistance
Senate
House
Underwood
Mason
Putnam
Bean
Republicans Warn Against Budget Surplus Threats
Republicans vow to defend the budget balance and the 4.134 billion surplus forecast by Eisenhower. Sen. Mansfield says the president aims to set up his successor, as the fiscal year ends in six months. Humphrey accuses seven years of stunted growth, Bridges defends funding while Halleck warns against added spending.
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Eisenhower
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Milwaukee
Wis
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Charles Halleck
Indiana
House
Lawson Funeral Rites Thursday for George Lawson
Funeral services for George Lawson 76 of 100 Dock St occur at Central Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Thursday with Rev. S A Abram and Rev H E Davis officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He was a retired coal miner born in Charlotte County Virginia, survived by a large family including six sons and five daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lawson
Dock St
Central Baptist Church
S. A. Abram
H. E. Davis
Greenwood Memorial Park
William and
Celia Lawson
Charlotte County
Henrietta V. Lawson
Robert
Jeremiah
George Jr
Washington, D. C
Charley
Tams
Sgt. Lawson
Air Force
Lajas Island
Steve Lawson
Sara Haskins
Mae Celia Thomas
Dulicina Lawson
Beckley
Nannie Meadows
Detroit
Mich
Lillian Givens
Alexandria
Anna Woodson
Mary Lawshee
Whitby
Maude Robinson
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Teacher Mrs Pearl Smith Hurt In Beckley Fall
Mrs Pearl Smith a Shady Spring Elementary School teacher was admitted to Beckley Hospital at 9 15 p m Monday in fair condition after a fall on her stairway at home suffering head and hip injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Smith
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Smith
Shady Spring
Relatives Wait Tearfully For News Of Plane Tragedy
Relatives and friends waited nervously as Capital officials broke the news of a plane disaster. James Riddelle and Strafford Moss were among those affected, with Mrs Ida Hunter learning her mother-in-law Ida Hunter was among the dead at 1 15 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Riddelle
Capital
Strafford Moss
D. A. Hunter
Inlaw
Ida Hunter
T. C. Roger
50 Die In Va. Plane Disaster
A Viscount airliner crashed 30 miles southeast of Richmond in Sandy Gut marshland after circling in fog and rain. Captain James B Fornasero aged 50 and crew member Henry Cullom Jr., 36, perished along with 50 of the passengers aboard the Washington to Norfolk flight.
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Richmond
Virginia
National Airlines
Bolivia
N. C
Piedmont Airlines
Blue Ridge
Waynesboro
Norfolk
James B. Fornasero
Henry Cullom Jr
Diane Margaret O'Donnell
Brigitte Fried Helene Jordt
Fornasero
Cullom
Denny Shook
Sammy Adams
Adams
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John J. Smith Jr
Railroad Avenue
Mary Louise Soentgen
S. Oakwood Ave
Beckleyans
GC MurpHy Co
Murphy
Gamble Benedict
Andrei Porumbeanu
Paris
Andrei
Remington Typewriter
Copyright News Syndicate Co., Inc
J. Frisk
MR. Radow
President
Grandview State Park
Julius Singleton
Nell Walker
D-Fayette
Finance Committee
Harry R. Pauley
Harry
Democratic Organization
Lawson
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