Arsenal of weapons tied to Ansted terror suspect
Officers examine four loaded guns used by Ronnie Hobbs in a hours long terror spree in an Ansted suburb last week. Deputy sheriffs Pete Withrow and O. B. Legg, with Sheriff A. H. , surveyed the .22 rifle a 20 gauge and 12 gauge shotgun and a 30-30 rifle found at Hobbs’s desk. Hobbs is accused of wounding Floyd Williams during a delivery run. Evidence will go to Fayette County grand jury for the July circuit term.
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Pete Withrow
Oo. B. Legg
A. H
Ronnie Hobbs
Ansted
Withrow
Hobbs
Floyd Wil
Liams
Stanard
Fayette County
SRC To Accept Bids On Oak Hill Highway July 26
Oak Hill council to accept sealed bids at 10 am July 26 for two projects linked to the Oak Hill Expressway relocation of the sanitary sewer on Main Street and Woodlawn Avenue and the construction of a U.S. 21 underpass bridge. Bid guarantees are $1,500 for the sewer project and $11,500 for the underpass project. The underpass contract includes three continuous steel I-beam spans and one simple beam span on a concrete sub-structure. Right of way for the detour is purchased and cleared.
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SRC
Oak Hill Highway
Charleston
State Road Commission
Main Street
Woodlawn Avenue
U.S. 21
Oak Hill Expressway
Oak Hill Council
I Killed, 7 Injured In Fayette Car Wreck
Marvin Dorsey 61 of Runa Nicholas County was killed in a head on collision on Route 60 near Ansted. Seven injured included Dorsey’s wife Eva Jane and children Ricky and Steven, sister Clara Clark, Archie Mitchell, Robert Jones, and Paul Carter. All patients at Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery. Funeral Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church in Runa with burial in Dorsey Cemetery.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Marvin ‘Buren Dorsey
Runa
Nicholas County
Ansted
Eva Jane Dorsey
Ricky
Steven Dorsey
Clara Clark
New Martinsville
Dorsey
Archie B. Mitchell
South Charleston
Robert Jones
Fairmont
Paul Carter
Clark
Carter
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
E. H. Pettrey
Pettrey
Wheeler Dixon
Arthur Payne
Princess Coal Co
Nettie
Lookout Masonic Lodge
Pleasant Hill
Marvin Jr
Florida
David
Kansas
Nina Lee Fannen
Dayton
Ohio
Lucian Dorsey
Athens
Alex
Buckhannon
Cora Evans
Orient Hill
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
Rumor Prom pts Nursery Plants Near St Louis
Frank Frisella, owner of a St Louis nursery, denied a false rumor that a planting area would be developed into a subdivision and that plants could be taken. He rushed to protect the site but 300 trees shrubs and other plants valued at 1600 dollars were missing.
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ST. Louis
Frank Frisella
Frisella
Fayetteville Lions Plan Short Important Special Meeting
Fayetteville Lions Club will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. at the Fayette County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium. Newly elected president George Vickers announced the Board of Directors gathering, urging full attendance. Regular meeting follows Wednesday at 6 p.m. with Charles Knotts promising an attractive program and pins for 1959-60 attendance. Clarence Thomas, formerly of Boomer Lions, has transferred to Fayetteville. Radio Free Europe marks its tenth anniversary.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville Lions Club
Fayette County
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
George Vickers
Vickers
Lion Charles Knotts
Clarence “Fats Thomas
Boomer, Lions Club
Colcord Couple Joins In Texas Treasure Hunt
Mr and Mrs D F Hamilton of Colcord and her sister Mrs Lester Baird of Dallas joined a Dallas treasure hunt for a $100000 prize. Daily clues circulated on radio while crowds mapped routes and dug parks then the hunt moved to the expressway causing traffic jams before the prize was found in a soft drink bottle by a Dallas youth on June 26. The Hamiltons also attended the Barber Shop Quartet Singing contest and a fall clothes style show during their Dallas trip.
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Colcord
RNS
D. F. Hamilton
Lester Baird
Dallas
Texas
Society For Preservation and Encouragement
America
Ming Mulligan Read In Church Rites
Miss Nancy Lee Mulligan daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Mulligan Longacre wed Erich Alfred Peter Illing son of Mrs Alfhild Illing Bonn Germany in Montgomery Methodist Church ceremony Saturday afternoon The Rev R J Matheny read the vows Bride wore white nylon taffeta gown with embroidered flowers seed pearls and chapel train Attendants wore mint green dresses and daisies Best man Ernest Schaefer Ushers were Mulligan brothers Reception followed at the church table centerpiece four tier cake The couple will reside Elmwood Park Illinois
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Fayetteville
Rns
Nancy Lee Mulligan
Joe Mulligan
Longacre
Erich Alfred Peter Illing
Montgomery Methodist Church
R. J. Matheny
Alfhild Iling
Bonn
Germany
Erich Christian Illing
Dale Vickers
Virginia Newby
Montgomery
Melvin F. Smith
Alexandria
Joetta Mulligan
Ernest Schaefer
Albany
N. Y
M. E. Mulligan
Hansford
Thomas E. Mulligan
A. F. Mulligan
William D. Mulligan
Smithers
Venice
Harold Gee
Gene
New Uniforms for Oak Hill Minor League Players
Oak Hill minor league ball players wear new uniforms. The Yan kees are sponsored by Steen-Miller Buick Pontiac and the Dodgers by Coalfield Land Companies. From the left in the first row are Ricky Farmer Brady Cricket O'Dell Bobby Veazey Charles Davis Roger Flint Rodney Quesenberry Johnny Sumner. In the rear Charles Webb William Davis Melvin Dove Wallace Thornburg David Davis John Blake Fred Waugh Jerry Staten. Dodgers lineup includes Beryl Lockett Wayne Dent Dixon Skippy and owner Landy Ray Ellison plus John Carter and rear Larry Wade Keith Shuck Mike Murphy Michael Brewer Gordon McClung Ralph Kirk Jr. Frank Ball.
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Oak Hill
Yankees
Steen-Miller
Buick-Pontiac
Dodgers
Coalfield Land
Ricky Farmer
Brady
Cricket” O'Dell
Bobby Veazey
Charles Davis
Roger Flint
Rodney
Ry Wade
Keith Shuck
Mike Murphy
Michael Brewer
Gordon McClung
Ralph Kirk Jr
Frank Ball
Scoleri Family to Attend Air National Guard Training
Pineville residents Mr and Mrs John H Scoleri and their son Cam will travel to Travis Air Force Base Savannah Georgia for two weeks of Air National Guard summer training. Captain Scoleri serves as Squadron Adjutant with the 130th Air Resupply Group in Charleston West Virginia. He began his service as a P51 pilot in World War II. They will also visit Jacksonville Florida before returning home.
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Pineville
Rns
John H. Scoleri
Cam
Travis Air Force Base
Savannah
Georgia
Air National Guard
Scoleri
130Th Air Resupply Group
West Virginia Air National Guard
Charleston
Jacksonville
Florida
Weekend Guests and Family News From Fayetteville
Fayetteville social column lists weekend visitors to local homes. Among hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Shackelford of West Maple Avenue with Clarence W. Deitz and family, and Kyle Strader. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Pat White and son Pat Wilson of Oak Hill, Eddie Greer of Columbus, Ohio, Eddie Whittaker visiting in New Castle, Delaware, and Howard Taylor returning to Washington, D. C. after Oak Ridge visits. Pvt. Richard Dale Taylor, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, will depart July 2 for Hawaii. Judge and Mrs. Charles L. Garvin Jr. and children vacation at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Charles T. Shackelford
West Maple Avenue
Clarence W. Deitz
Carolyn Sue
Bobby
East Bank
Kyle Strader
Ansted
Pat White
Pat Wilson
Oak Hill
Eddie Greer
Columbus
Ohio
Eddie Whittaker
W. L. Whittaker
Everett Wheatley
Steve
New Castle
Del
Howard Taylor
Washington, D. C
Clarence C. Taylor
Oak Ridge
Addison
AIC
Robert Julian Taylor
Air Force
Gwinn
Mich
Taylors
Pvt
Richard Dale
Fort Riley
Kan
Hawaii
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Judy
Charles III
Margaret Jane
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Shawneetown Plans Sesquicentennial By Ohio River
Historic Shawneetown Illinois prepares for its sesquicentennial next year while sharing with Washington D C the status of a city platted by the federal government. Congress created Shawneetown in 1810 to support a distributing post office for the frontier territory. The town sits on the Ohio River about 35 miles southwest of Evansville Indiana and for two decades served as a frontier crossroads across Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and Missouri.
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Shawneetown, Ill
Shawneetown
Washington, D. C
Congress
Frontier Territory
Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Grandparents Visit End Returns to Los Angeles
Mrs. Gregory and her daughters will fly back to Los Angeles next week. Her husband, George, is pursuing a masters degree in business and management at UCLA.
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Gregory
Los Angeles
George
U.C.L.A
Vada Gregory
California
Fred Sanders
Pax
Jennifer Lynn
Tamara Lea
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Oak Hill Express
Fayette
Wesley Pennington
Dorsey Cemetery
White Funeral
Summersville
Masonic Lodge
Lookout
Fayetteville Lions
Radio Free Europe
American Broadcasting Network
East Europe
University of Munich
University of Darmstadt
Canada
West Fullerton Ave
Elmwood Park
Ill
Timmy Hughes
Estel
Casper Doggone
Bassett
Bryant
Casper
Arkla-Server
Amere Gas Utilities Company
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