Jubilant Alaska Celebrates Statehood Victory Across Territory
Jubilant Alaskans mark the Senate passage of statehood with street parades in Anchorage Fairbanks and Juneau. Celebrations include a replica Liberty Bell in Juneau and Wassail in Sitka as residents anticipate voting rights and a new governor.
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Juneau
Alaska
Wurau
United States
Washington
Arizona
Senate
Anland
New Mexico
Sue Bartlett
Congress
Henry M. Jack
Sen
Frankfield
Idaho
Thomas Kuchel
Calif
Boom Expected as U S Economy Heads to Unprecedented Peak
Frederick Mueller, assistant secretary of commerce, told Milwaukee Rotary Club the United States is on a path to the greatest period of economic activity the world has seen. He cited Commerce Department projections with no guesswork and said demand for goods and services will reach levels making prior peaks in 1994, 1956, and 1957 look small. He did not specify when the boom would start and attacked retailers of “non Sense” for trying to spur an economic tailspin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frederick K. Mueller
Commerce
United States
Mole Hills
Tevel
Mullens Woman Dies After Heart Attack at Home
Mrs. Nannie Blanch Pauley collapsed and died about 10 pm Monday at her Mullens Hill home. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Wyoming General Hospital. Survivors include her husband Howard and 16 grandchildren. Funeral at Mullens First Baptist Church with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home. Also notes changes at Beckley Chamber of Commerce and a listing of local park, amusements, and sports schedules.
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Nannie Blanch Pauley
Mullens Hill
Wyoming General Hospital
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Circle Drive
Pauley
Bland
James
Jerusha Hill
Cecil Robinson
Mullens First Baptist Church
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Beckley
Robertson and Foglesong
Property Bond Frees Motorist
A Beckley man, Douglas Ralph Cooper, was released from Raleigh County Jail at 3 a.m. today after posting a $500 property bond for his appearance before Magistrate Cotton White Saturday. He was booked at 8 p.m. Monday on a charge of driving while drunk. Raymond Leonard Burriss and David Allen King, both of Beckley, remain jailed awaiting arraignment on grand larceny charges stemming from the theft of a 1952 model automobile owned by Steward Shuck, Fireco, according to state police.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Cotton White
Douglas Ralph Cooper
Raymond Leonard Burriss
David Allen King
Camp Creek
Steward Shuck
Fireco
Fire destroys equipment at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
A storage garage at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens near Bradley lost about $20,000 in gear. Beckley Fire Department received the call at 12 15 am. A department spokesman said the loss included an air compressor a tractor three power mowers a lowering device and a hand mower. Cause is undetermined and investigators are on scene. Memorial Gardens manager Chester Roberts reported the blaze.
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Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Bradley
Beckley
Chester Roberts
Memorial Garders
Celestial Showcase Jupiter Saturn Dominate Evening Sky
Beckley skies feature sunset at 7 51 p m and moonrise at 8 01 p m with last quarter on July 8. Jupiter and Saturn, the two largest planets, stand out in the southern sky as the month’s main celestial highlight.
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Jupiter
Saturn
U S Will Not Yield To Rebels Over Captives
Secretary Dulles said the United States refuses to pay political blackmail for Americans held in East Germany and Cuban rebel areas. He urged seeking releases by other means and warned that military intervention in Lebanon would be a last resort. He favors UN-led regional efforts and doubts UN teams can seal the Syria border. Over 40 Americans have been kidnapped by Cuban rebels.
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United States
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U.S
Lebanon
U.N
Lebastion
Syria
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Aeat Ee
Sergei Striganov
Moscow
Kremlin
Red China
Geneva
Warsaw
Huntington Killer Set for Execution Tonight in West Virginia
Larry Paul Fudge, 26, condemned for the January brutal murder of Huntington’s Mrs. Inez Booth Sr., awaits the electric chair at the State Penitentiary in Moundsville. Gov. Cecil H. Underwood’s decision on commutation remains pending, with psychiatric reports ordered. Twenty five witnesses will observe the execution.
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Larry Paul Fudge
Cecil H. Underwood
Fudge
Huntington
Inez Booth
Morris Eads
Salvation Army
Coal Production Drops In Ohio in Early 1958
Ohio mines produced 7.6 million tons in the first four months of 1958, down from 8.2 million in the previous year’s first quarter. The Ohio Industrial Relations Department reported 1957 output at 37.5 million tons, mining employment at 10,400, and total payroll of 55.8 million dollars, with coal cost at 3.92 dollars per ton, up 3 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Industrial Relations Department
Rose eliminates MacKay in Wimbledon quarterfinals
Australia’s Mervyn Rose defeats Barry MacKay of Dayton Ohio 6 2 6 4 6 4 in a rain delayed Wimbledon quarterfinal. Rose, a left handed doubles specialist, dominates the match.
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England
Australia
Mervyn Rose
Barry MacKay
Dayton
Ohio
Rose
Underwood Erases Hope for Fudge Clemmency
Gov Underwood said no extenuating circumstances justify clemency for Larry Paul Fudge sentenced to die at 3 p m. He would keep the case open all day. A psychiatrist said Fudge had an IQ of 117 and he was an honor student. His first legal trouble came in 1952 with a 15 year federal extortion sentence.
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Fudge
Charleston
Gov. Underwood
Larry Paul Fudge
Govnor
Hearing Slated In Auto Crash
Ralph Louis Rowley of Beckley was released on a $130 bond for Beckley Police Court on Thursday night. He faces charges of driving while drunk and destruction of property after a crash on South Payette Street into a telephone pole. Power was not interrupted and the pole was replaced.
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Rowley
South Payette Street
Power Company
Demo Registration Leaves GOP Behind
New registration in Raleigh County shows 293 Democrats and 70 Republicans over five weeks from late May to June, with two Independents. The books close one month before the Primary. 21-year-olds since last election, precinct moves, and residency rules govern eligibility.
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Jone
Raleigh
School Owned Building Burns Near Richmond High
A fire destroyed a school owned building near Richmond High School that the Raleigh County Board of Education bought for fall use as an activities hall for groups like Future Farmers of America and 4 H Club. The cause and total damages remain undetermined. The property included 52 acres of land purchased from Erskine Richmond, a former Ohio teacher.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Roscoe Plumley
Richmond
James H. Redden
Plumley
Future Farmers For America
4-H Club
Erskine Richmond
Ohio
Beckley Driver Ordered to Appear in Police Court
Carlo Sprachey of Beckley was ordered to appear after arrest by City Police at 2 35 a m on a driving without a city operator license charge. Harold E Jones of Bradshaw posted 5 bond for appearance after arrest at 755 p m Monday for running a red light.
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Carlo Sprachey
Beckley
Harold E. Jones
Bradshaw
Weather Summary for Vinci and Nearby Areas
Mostly sunny and warm conditions reported with highs near 90 in Vinci and upper 70s to 80s elsewhere. Rivers at Bellepoint and Greenbrier show normal stage with Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage and two gates open. gauge 26 feet.
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Cous
Oak Hill
Murder Trial in Raleigh County Ends in Mistrial
A 19 year old Lindy Givens faced a one and a half day murder trial in Raleigh County Court for the Pace killing when juror separation after Monday’s dismissal prompted defense motion for mistrial. Judge McCreery noted the juror, Mrs. Gans, was escorted to her home for medicine, prejudicing the defense. The mistrial was declared and Givens will be retried in the October term. Dallas Moye is scheduled for trial then.
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J. Q. Hutchinson
Lindy Givens
Cool Ridge
Thomas Jefferson Pace
Fireco
Harry L. McCreery
Frank Gans
Anthony
J. Sparacino
Hutchinson
Sparacino
Givens
Raleigh
Lusk
Thorne
Pace
John Maxwell
H. Scruggs Jr
Scruggs
Rounsels
Dallas Moye
FBI chief defends force as democratic, refutes Gestapo claim
In a signed editorial in the July issue of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin J Edgar Hoover says American law enforcement has a magnificent record of achievement and denies charges of Gestapo methods. He calls Eaton's TV remarks vicious and untrue and emphasizes loyalty to freedom and justice.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
Cleveland
Cyrus §. Eaton
Adolf Hiller
Eaton
Ex-Mental Patient Kills Two Detectives in Rhode Island
In Pawtucket Rhode Island a 35 year old former mental patient Robert Genereux shot and killed two police detectives Lt. Thomas H. Truesdale and Detective Emil Newberg during a siege after refusing to surrender. Police used machine gun fire and tear gas to storm the house. Genereux was found cowering in a bedroom closet. A second death Newell F. Akers 68 Sullivan died in a local hospital earlier today.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Thomas H. Truesdale
Emil Newberg
Robert Genereux
Truesdale
Newberg
Genereux
Four Americans Kidnapped at Guara Sugar Plantation
Four more Americans were abducted today from a United Fruit Co sugar plantation at Guara on Oriente province. Dulles rejected claims the U S uses Guantanamo base to aid Cuban government forces amid ongoing hostage issues.
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Havana, Cuba
United Fruit Co
Guara
Oriente
Fire Chief Bernard Martin Takes Vacation Amid Retirement Question
Beckley Fire Chief Bernard Martin left for a vacation in Florida, leaving uncertainty about retirement. Council minutes show he was due retirement consideration in June, not December as he believed.
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Beckley
Bernard ‘Martin
Florida
Martin
Council
Speech Therapy Clinic Opens In Beckley
The Speech Therapy Clinic opened today at the Raleigh County Memorial Building as part of the 1958 Faster Seal Campaign. About 230 applicants gathered for screening led by Mrs. Celeste Dodd of Austin Texas, under the County Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Present were Society vice president K D Bowers treasurer J E Williams and president Tom Wayes as they discussed the six week venture.
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Mately
Celeste Dodd
Austin
Texas
County Society For Crippled Children
K. D. Bowers
J. E. Williams
Tom Wayes
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