Ex-State Girl and Snake Farmer Dies From Cobra Bite
Irene Raub 11 of LaPlace died at Charity Hospital after being bitten on the finger by a non native cobra at a snake farm she owned with her uncle C C McClung. A Navy jet trainer carrying serum and a cobra expert was en route from Miami but turned back after word of her death. Raub had handled snakes since childhood and toured carnivals with her family. She leaves parents, a sister Ruth Artrip, and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Irene Raub
Charity Hospital
Navy
Miami
Fla
Mise Raub
C. C. McClung
United States
H. EU Waats
Haast
Miss Raub
George Raub
Huntington
W. Va
Ruth Artrip
Life Sentence Meted in Jonben Case
Sampson Williams, 20, of Jonben, was sentenced to life imprisonment after a defense motion to set aside a first degree murder verdict was denied by Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McGreery. Judge McGreery granted a 60 day stay of execution to allow Williams time to appeal to the State Supreme Court. The circuit jury had returned the verdict with a mercy recommendation on June 20 after a two day trial. Williams remains jailed pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson Williams
Jonben
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McGreery
McCreery
Wiliams
State Supreme Court
Today
Williams
Raleigh
Supreme Court
Missing Juvenile Found at Rainelle
Emmett Henry Cadle twelve year old son of Mr and Mrs John Cadle Amigo is scheduled for arraignment Saturday in Raleigh County Juvenile Court on a juvenile warrant. He was reported missing since Tuesday night and located Thursday night in Rainelle by deputies and is held in Raleigh County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Henry Cadle
John Cadle
Raleigh County
Sheriff's Office
Rainelle
Sheriff’s
Parents Will Meet Kidnaper's Demands
Westbury New York father Morris Weinberger reports a phone call from a kidnapper claiming the month old Peter Weinberger is alive. He says he is prepared to meet the ransom while police continue to monitor the case and no money has yet been exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbury
N.Y
Peter Weinberger
Morris Weinberger
Weinberger
New York City
Ramsem
Huntington Mayor's Office Used for Party
Huntington Mayor George Theurer reports his office door locked after a party used the room during Independence Day celebrations. He found a smashed calendar, scattered books, and empty alcohol bottles in the office. he was away entertaining out of town guests when the incident occurred. City officials were in the office on business Tuesday night, Theurer said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
George Theurer
Theurer
Wales and West Virginia Democrats Vote On School Aid Bill
Six Democratic members Bailey Surnside Byrd Kee Mollohan and Slaggers from Wales and West Virginia opposed the antisegregation Powell amendment and backed the federal school construction bill which would provide 1.6 billion in grants over five years. The House killed the measure amid confusion and a dispute over aid to segregated schools, a conflict likely to influence the fall election campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginry
House of Representatives
Bailey
Surnside
Byrd
Kee
Mollohan
Slaggers
Powell
House
Senate
Government Freezes Steel for Defense Amid Deadlock
The United States orders a temporary freeze on selected steel products to support defense needs as contract talks stall. Officials say the move, issued by the Commerce Department, will last until further notice and aims to keep aircraft, missiles, and related defense items flowing while mediators work toward a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh UK
National Union of the Federal Mediation Defense
Orrolled Onder
Commerce Department
USW
David J.mcdonald
Industry
McDonald
Atomic Energy
Finnegan
Sessions Commission
Defense
Joseph H. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Represent
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Arson Charge Filed Against Edwight Man
Leroy Lindsay of Edwight appeared before Magistrate T N Thurman and was arraigned on arson charges after being granted a $2500 property bond and released pending the Raleigh County Grand Jury. He was arrested in Huntington on a warrant by P R Wilson and charged with burning a two story frame house owned by Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Lindsay
Edwight
Raleigh County Grand Jury
T. N. Thurman
Lindsay
Huntington
P. R. Wilson
Raleigh- 1 Wyoming Mining Co
Congressmen Seek To Fix Blame For School Bill Defeat
Congressmen from both parties sought to shift blame after the House vote 224 to 18 against federal education aid. The Democratic bill would allocate funds by state school age population, while Southern Democrats criticized an anti segregation amendment. An added amendment by Rep Powell to deny aid to noncompliant states passed 225 to 192 before the bill was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republic
House
Eisenhower
Papiateea
Rep
Powell
DNY
Supreme Court
Senate
Rabbi Shinedling Resigns Moves to New Mexico
Rabbi Abraham I. Shinedling of Temple Beth El Beckley resigns to retire from active rabbinate and move his family to Albuquerque NM for literary work and Jewish history research. He will publish a volume in 1957 and continues as research worker with the American Jewish Archives. He arrived in Beckley in 1950 after earlier service in Selma and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham I. Shinedling
Temple Beth
Shmedling
American Jewish Archives
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Ion
Beckley
Ahavath Sholom
I Bluefield
Itnt
Beth el
Wein
Edward Laymens
Beth el Temple
Comnea
Dur Gram
House Appropriations Cuts Foreign Aid By Bill
The House Appropriations Committee voted to strike about 1.405 billion dollars from Eisenhower era foreign aid, a 28 percent cut focused on arms aid to free world nations. The action trims the five billion budget, with committee members calling for a thorough overseas aid review due to vagueness and insufficient country needs data.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Nestly
Free World
U. S
Suugite
U.S
GOP Committeeman Ruling Could Reshape Party Ranks
A West Virginia Supreme Court ruling this week affects the Fourth District's State Democratic Executive Committee representation. The decision questions the one man one woman rule from any county and could alter certified winners from the May 8 primary. Counties involved include Wayne and Cabell, with Mrs. H. E. Neely and Mrs. Evelyn P. Metree among the top female contenders, and Herbert E. Millies noted among likely winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Sta
Democratic Executive Committee
State Supreme Court
D. Pitt O’ Brien
Wayne
Cabell
Althe
Poese Sa
W. T. Lovey
Ins
Verve Onne Coomimpec
O'Srien
Attorney General's Office
O'Brien
Wwaah Gelling
Tom T. Baker
R. L. Crown
H. E. Neely
Evelyn P. Metree
Cadell County
Neely
Metree
Crown
Herbert E. Millies
Cabey
Gazetter Editor Frank Knight Dies in Charleston
Frank A. Knight 48 longtime managing editor of the Charleston Gazette died suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage. He collapsed at home about 7:20 am and died at St Francis Hospital. Knight led AP and promotion activities and served six terms as Kanawha County Democratic delegate. Survived by wife Orpha and two sons Frank Jr. and Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Frank A
Knight
Charleston Gazette
St. Francis Hospital
Associated Press
Robert L. Smith
Chicago
Qanton
Wittenburg
Springfied
Ohio
House of Delegates
Kanawha
Old West Virginia State Newspaper Council
West Virginia Association of the
The
Gazette
Orpha Knight
Frank A. Knight Jr
South Charleston
Thomas Arbert Knight
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Impersonation Robbery Probed by State Police
Three suspects were being questioned at State Police headquarters at noon on armed robbery and impersonating police officers. Elmer Mitchell, 20, of Springfield, reported a night assault after stopping near Cherry Creek to nap, saying two men posed as officers, ta lked of a justice of the peace, and stole $1 before urging him to leave the county. Police said they pursued the case immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Mitchell
Springfield
Mitchell
North Carolina
Cherry Creek
GM Monopoly Charged In Bus Manufacture
The Justice Department asked the Federal District Court at Detroit to order General Motors Corp to scale down its bus manufacturing. It charged GM with monopolizing transit and intercity bus production and sale and with conspiring with four bus operators to maintain the monopoly. Attorney General Brownell announced the planned action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Atty
Brownell
General Motors
Beckley Woman Transferred From Jail to Spencer Mental Hospital
A Beckley woman was moved from Raleigh County Jail to the State Mental Hospital at Spencer today. Accompanying her were Deputy Sheriff H. H. Hutchinson and jail matron Mrs. Fay Laus k.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
State Mental Hospital
Spencer
H. H. Hutchinson
Fay iLausk
Akron Driver Fined for Excess Speed on West Virginia Turnpike
Gordon P. Newberry of Akron Ohio pleaded guilty to driving 75 mph in a 4 mile zone on the West Virginia Turnpike. Magistrate T N Thurman fined him ten dollars plus costs Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon P. Newberry
Akron,o
T. N. Thurman
Presstime Bulletin item for Goose AFB area
Brief item from Lake Charles La noting a location about six miles northeast of Goose Air Force Base in Labrador.
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Lake Charles
Goose Air Force Base
Labrador
Raleigh Cash Firm Closes After 19 Years in Beckley
Raleigh Cash Grocery at 604 Central Ave Beckley ends operation. Owned by E D Armstrong and his son E D Armstrong Jr the wholesale and retail grocery started on Third Ave in 1994. Armstrong active in local groups plans travel to Nova Scotia Newfoundland and Canada while son will move to Texas. About 10 workers seek new employment.
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Raleigh Cash
Central Ave
Beckley
E. D. Armstrong
E. D. Armstrong Jr
Third Ave
0.C. Drake
Drake
Me. Cutcheon and
Drake Motor Co. Inc
Armstrong
Danville
Univer
Canada
E. D. Jr
Texas
Four Glen Daniel youths face arraignment on destruction charges
Four Glen Daniel youths are to appear for arraignment Saturday before Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery on destruction of property. They were picked up by state police and jailed Wednesday after failing to report to court. They allegedly destroyed a double newspaper mail box on Glen White Road on Sunday June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Daniel
Raleigh County Juvenile Court
Harry L. McCreery
iState
Raleigh County
Glen White Road
iJudge McCreery
Unaided Mother Delivers Twins in California Cottage
Betty Jordan 25 delivers twin daughters alone in her San Jose home. She called for aid after one infant showed breathing trouble. physician reports both babies fine. Jordan’s husband serves in North Africa, name withheld. Babies taken to O'Connor Hospital Nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Betty Jordan
Three Polio Clinics Planned in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Health Department schedules three Salk polio clinics for the coming week to provide first and second injections. Attendees needing the second dose should return to the same clinic. On July 10 at Freewill Baptist Church Coal City at 10 a.m. On July 11 at Sophia Methodist Church at 10 a.m. On July 13 at Clear Fork High School Ameagle at 10:30 a.m.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Health Department
Freewill Baptist Church
Coal City
Sophia Methodist Church
Clear Fork High School
Ameagle
Worker Killed in Route 5 Crash Near Glenville
Phillips, 54, a Buckhannon resident and State Road Commission equipment division employee, died when his car skidded on a wet road surface and collided with an oncoming vehicle on Route 5 south of Glenville. Survived by his wife. State Trooper M. White investigated.
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Glenville
W. Va
Phillips
State Road Commission
Buckhanfon
M. White
Rt. Seis
South Avenville
Buckshannon
Evening Sky Summary for Beckley and Nearby
The Sun sets 7 50 p m Saturday and 7 30 p m Saturday with sunrises at 5 09 a m and 5 10 a m. The Moon rises 4 32 a m on Saturday with New Moon at 11 37 p m. Prominent stars Arcturus high southwest at 8 49 p m and Altair southeast at 9 29 p m. Jupiter is visible in the west Friday night, Mars rises 11 32 p m Friday in the south before sunrise Saturday, Saturn sets around 3 a m Saturday, and Venus rises around 1 03 a m Saturday.
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Arcturus
Altair
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Eisenhower Talks Politics Amid Gettysburg Visit
President Eisenhower spoke about personal and general politics with two aides during a Gettysburg stop. Press secretary James Hagerty refused to reveal any decision on a possible run for a second term, noting it was a personal matter. Hagerty hinted a news conference at Gettysburg could be possible but would not discuss timing. Adams had planned to join from Washington, but bad weather canceled his trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Hagerty
Jrun
Eisenhower Farm
Adams
Washington
Injured Girl Survives After Canyon Crash and Rescue
Jean Margetts of Sunnyvale California and her fiancé James B Hixon Jr of Salt Lake City were in a crash in Parleys Canyon east of Salt Lake City. Hixon was killed as Margetts survived after nine days trapped in a wrecked car with no skull fracture detected by X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Jean Margetts
Sunnyvale
Calif
Parleys Canyon
Here
James B. Hixon ,Jr
Lawrence Margetts
Jean
Parking Meter Receipts Totals for Week Ending Thursday
The City Recorder's Office reports $580 in receipts from meters in the Municipal Parking Lot for the week ending Thursday, totaling 4080.32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder’s
Weather outlook for West Virginia with variable clouds and showers
Considerable cloudiness and showers across extreme western areas tonight with low 60s to mid 60s. Saturday partly cloudy and cooler, then extended through Wednesday with near normal temperatures, a warming trend next week, and scattered thunder chances Monday and Tuesday.
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Por Vons
WVA
Beckley High
Teres Nam
OAK Brill
Tam Tegay
Bellepolet
Greenbrier
Blueztone Reservoir
Suige
Lear
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N. Y
Morrie Weimberger
Wales
United Steelworkers
New Mexico
A. J. Shinedling
Paterson
N. J
Rabii Shindling
West Virginia
Selma
Ala
Congregat
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Federal
Reformatory For Women
Alderson
Beckley Ministerial Association
Beckeley B'nai B'rith Lodge 1360
Rabbi Abraram Swinedling
Caney
GOP
Demos
Ther KH
Frank Knight
Raleigh Cash Firm
O'Connor Hospital
SRC
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Ike
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