No Bandwagons Rolling After Demo Fireworks
Washington AP reports Democratic leaders in major party blocs held off on commitments after a weekend parade of presidential hopefuls. Truman discouraged any clear endorsements while Sen. Symington and others tested support. Kennedy Humphrey and Johnson drew equal applause from Chicago insiders as Illinois awaits its July convention decision.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Los Angles
Truman
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
New York
Carmine de Sapio
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Richard Daley
Chicago
Col
Jacob Arvey
Illinois
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Johnson
Daley
Eva Marie Saint uses four letter word at Screen Producers Guild dinner
Eva Marie Saint, the screen’s “nice girl,” shocked Hollywood insiders at the Screen Producers Guild annual dinner by muttering a four letter word on stage while the industry honored Jack L. Warner with the Milestone Award. The gala praised Ben Hur, Twilight Zone, and The End of Summer as top productions, with Yale’s Ralph Shaw accepting the collegiate award.
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Screen Producers Guild
Jack L. Warner
Warner Bros
Guild
Jack Benny
Miss Saint
Jesse L. Lasky
Benny
George Jessel
George Burns
Ralph S.han
Yale University Maker Film
Warner
Red Cross Aids McDowell Fire Victims In Upland
Fire in a row of three houses in Upland left one house standing as crews used a 600 gallon truck tank and dammed a creek to fight the blaze. Salvation Army and Red Cross workers moved families to temporary homes, with L. T. Titsworth and Mae Chesne planning disaster aid and rehabilitation for about 300 residents.
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Salvation Army
Red Cross Field
L. T. Titsworth
Charleston
Mae Chesne
Alexandria
Titsworth
Beclky Firemen extinguish grease fire at home
Beckley Fire Department responded to a grease fire at 7 30 p m Sunday at the home of Mrs Margaret Heath 202 Jennings St The skillet of burning grease was the cause and the fire was out before firefighters reached the scene
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Beckley Fire Department
Margaret Heath
Jennings St
Knee Injury Suffered by Charleston Boy at Bald Knob
Herbert James III a 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs Herbert James Jr of Charleston was treated and released at Beckley Hospital Sunday for a knee injury sustained while skiing at Bald Knob Ski Slopes.
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Herbert James III
Herbert James Jr
Charleston
Beckley Hospital
Bald Knob
Cooper funeral arrangements in Fayetteville
Moses Cooper, 59, of Fayetteville, died Sunday in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness. Funeral plans remain incomplete. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor in Beckley.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Moses Cooper
Montgomery
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Beckley
State Supervisor Visits Raleigh County Schools
State Supervisor of Instruction and Curriculum visits with Raleigh County Assistant Superintendent William C. Reid to tour county schools today and Tuesday, examining instruction and curriculum across the district.
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C. C. Carter
Raleigh County
Willam C. Reid
Mrs Mayse 84 Taken By Death In Harper Heights
Mrs Etta Virginia Mayse 94 of Harper Heights died at 6 30 am today after a long illness. Born Longdale Virginia May 31 1875 she was a Presbyterian. Survivors include husband Harry H Mayse two sons Harry Jr Beckley and Leonard Harper Heights three daughters Lottie Darby Beckley Ruth Graham Rand and Mary Binkowski Toledo Ohio one sister Florence Niceley Longdale 12 grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral 2 30 pm Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel Rev S D Wolford. Burial Mount Tabor Cemetery. Body remains at funeral home.
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Etta Vinginia Mayse
Harper Heights
Longdale
James and
Mary Paxton Akers
Presbyterian Church
Harry H. Mayse
Harry Jr
Beckley
Leonard
Lottie Darby
Ruth Graham
Rand
Mary Binkowski
Toledo
Ohio
Florence Niceley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
S. D. Wolford
Mount Tabor
Mrs Willie Banks Rites Incomplete
Glen Fork memorial service for Mrs Willie Banks 67 of Glen Fork remains incomplete after her death Sunday in a Beckley hospital following a long illness. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Beckley Funeral Parlor.
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Willie Banks
Consumer spending shifts as tight money bites prices
Consumers spend more but financing costs rise and lending tightens. Home builders face harder mortgage access and higher payments. Auto, appliance, and service sectors adjust to costlier financing and stricter credit, while pay later options raise total interest. The trend favors larger homes and cautious debt.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Ing Goodby
Top 10 TV broadcasts of 1959 chosen by CBS president
CBS president Dr Frank Stanton asked TV and radio writers to name the ten best television broadcasts of 1959 focusing on shows since last September. Cynthia Lowry lists memorable one offs and the top series appears across Crime-adventure Perry Mason Westerns Wagon Train situation comedy Hennesey anthology Startime panel shows To Tell the Truth sports World Series comedy Jack Benny documentary Conquest musical variety Dinah Shore and interview Jack Paar with several one shot programs noted.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Frank Stanton
CBS
Lawrence Welk
Kathryn Murray
Dick Clark
Dr. Stanton
Sammy
Belafonte
Frank Sinatra
Bing Crosby
Jabal Deeks
Lowell Thomas
Brendan Behan
Hennesey
Jack Benny
Dinah Shore
Jack Paar
Negroes May Visit Convention Cities
A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, says he will call for marches on the political conventions of both major parties. He asserts the Negro people must stand up and demand freedom now as concrete grievances become a global moral missile.
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New York
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Abandoned Boy To Be Buried
Graveside rites for the infant boy found in a public ladies restroom at the G. C. Murphy Co store will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sunset Memorial Park. The Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home handles arrangements as city and state police investigate the mysterious death, believed to have occurred about 48 hours before discovery. The baby, wrapped in newspapers and placed in two brown paper bags, lived about 10 minutes before dying of asphyxiation.
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G. C. Murphy Co
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser - Bryant Funeral Home
Mrs G Chafin Taken By Death
Mrs Goldie Chafin 61 of Scarbro Route 1 died after extended illness in an Oak Hill hospital. Born Henrietta Kentucky November 20 1898 she was daughter of James and Henrietta Skaggs. Survived by husband Charles Freeman Chafin son Charles Jr two brothers sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral at Fairview Methodist East Kingston Wednesday 2 PM conducted by Rev C D Walker. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Tyree Funeral Home in charge.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Goldie Chafin
Scarbro
Henrietta
James
Henrietta Watkins Skaggs
Fairview Methodist Church
East Kingston
Charles Freeman Chafin
Charles Jr
Johnson City
Tenn
Virgil Skaggs
Clarence
Ely
Nev
Skaggs Akers
Walter Pratt
Parkersburg
C. D. Walker
Kincaid
Highlawn Memorial Park
Tyree
University Must Offer Attractive Salaries Says Stahr
West Virginia University President Elvis J. Stahr Jr told the House Finance Committee that WVU lags in salaries for top faculty and urged a 2.49 million dollar increase for 1960-61 to 9.59 million. He noted the gain would mainly raise present positions by 20 percent to close the gap with land grant peers and offset weaker fringe benefits.
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Charleston
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
West Virginia University
House
WVU
Stahr
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Fred Lorenzen to switch from USAC to NASCAR in 1960
Fred Lorenzen, 25, of Elmhurst Illinois and USAC national stock car champion for the past two years, will switch to the NASCAR circuit for his 1960 competition season.
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Fred Lorenzen
Elmhurst
Ill
Farmer Yankus finds happiness in Australia after wheat fight
Stanley Yankus, the Michigan farmer who challenged federal wheat quotas, left Dowagiac to start anew in Adelaide. He says Australia offers freedom from union violence and plans to live there permanently with his wife Mildred and three children. He works for Pope Products Ltd. earning 36 dollars weekly and has built a home.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Stanley Yankus
Australia
Michigan
United States
Dowagiac
Yankus
Adelaide
Benton Harbor News Palladium
U. S
Congress
Pope Products Ltd
Mildred
Russell
Dennis
Karen
Pope Products
America
Ansted Woman Injured In Beckley Hospital Car Crash
A Beckley area ambulance rear ended a Prosperity car at noon near Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Passenger Mrs Alma Taylor, refused admission earlier due to full rooms, was injured and taken to hospital along with another likely victim. State Police investigate. ambulance driver unnamed.
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Ansted
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Thomas
Concord Extension Classes Open at Beckley Junior High
Concord College extension classes will open at Beckley Junior High School at 6 30 p m Wednesday per Dean David Kirby. Courses offered include History 302 Europe since 1815 American literature and fundamental social problems with three semester hours credit each if 12 or more students enroll in each subject.
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Concord College
Beckley Junior High School
David Kirby
Europe
Anna Dott Lilly Fatally Stricken Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Anna Dott Lilly 60 of Beckley will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at The Methodist Temple with Rev. J B F Yoak officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Lilly died at home from a heart attack today after Beckley rescue squad found her dead. Born January 9, 1900 in Glen Daniel she had lived in Beckley 15 years and was active in The Methodist Temple Lane ton Chapter of the Eastern Star. Survived by husband Zion B Lilly a son C Berkley four daughters Estelle Wells Clara Patterson Elizabeth Wells Rose Mary Murphy one brother George W Shumater Jr seven sisters and 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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Anna Dott Lilly
Clyde St
Methodist Temple
J. B. F. Yoak
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Lilly
Beckley
George and
Arminta Sweeney Shumate
Laneton Chanter
Order of the Eastern Star
Zion B. Lilly
C. Berkley
Estelle Wells
Clara Patterson
Pontiac
Mich
Elizabeth Wells
Rose Mary Murphy
Dearborn
George W. Shumater Jr
Charleston
Juanita Hardman
Charles
C. L. Heatherlin
Hura
William H. Sheff
Parkersburg
Pearl Lilly
A. D. Powers
Coral Gables
Calif
Nettie Bowden
Cleveland
Ohio
Bessie Shufflebanger
Mullens
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Cars Collide On West Virginia Turnpike Damages Estimated
A two car collision on the West Virginia Turnpike near milepost 55 caused about 200 dollars in damage to one automobile which was towed into Beckley by Beckley Wrecking Co. The driver, Robert L. Stewart of Princeton, was uninjured. A second car was involved but moved before the wrecker arrived. no injuries were reported.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Beckley Wrecking Co
Robert L. Stewart
Princeton
Ban on Cigarettes Would Hit Economy and Tobacco Sector
A hypothetical nationwide cigarette ban would erase a seven billion dollar industry and cut federal, state, and local tax revenue by billions. It would devastate farm families and workers in tobacco marketing and processing, cost subsidies, and threaten thousands of retail outlets and vending machines.
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Agriculture Department
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