Long to sue Time for damages over articles
Louisiana Governor Earl K Long announced he would file suit against Time Inc for more than two million dollars over alleged slander in Time and Life magazines. He visits his Winfield farm, rejects doctors’ advice, and plans an extensive tour. James Hoffa proposed a nationwide trucker contract amid Senate scrutiny of remarks about Negro drivers. A 1980 Chicago meeting will draft details. The National Safety Council warns 39,800 traffic deaths projected this year, 2,800 more than 1958.
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Earl K. Long
Moonday
Time, Inc
Time
Life
Long
Winfield
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Senate Brobers
Detroit
Chicago
National Safety Council
Five Hospitalized After 2-Car Crash on Little Beaver Park Road
A 9:30 p.m. Thursday collision on Little Beaver Park road involving 13 people in two cars sent five to Raleigh General Hospital. Drivers were Roger Cochran and Eugene Pendry. passengers include Jo Ann Cochran, Peggy Stafford, Kaye Anderson, Kitty Bowling, Tommy Cochran, Judy Frazier, Charles Bell, Adda Bell Milam, David Miller, George Vitsos, and John L. Lewis. Pendry, Vitsos, and Judy Frazier listed in satisfactory or treated status. others remain hospitalized or under observation. Damage estimated at $500. investigation ongoing by State Police.
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Little Beaver Park
Raleigh General Hospital
Roger Cochran
Beaver
Eugene Pendry
Helen
Cochran
Jo Ann Cochran
Peggy Stafford
Beckley
Kaye Anderson
Kitty Bowling
Tommy Cochran
Judy Frazier
Pendry
Charles Bell
Ghent
Etta Bell Milam
David Miller
Crab Orchard
George Vitsos
John L. Lewis
Vitsos
Etta Milam
Miller
Two Board Members Impeachment Sought in Logan County
A petition filed in circuit court seeks impeachment of Logan County Board of Education President Joe D Blair and Board President L F Workman. Blair, head of Earl ing Water Works and Buffalo Creek Water Co., is a stockholder in Man Water Works. petitioners say his utility ties conflict with duties. Hearing set before Judge C C Chambers July 28.
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Logan (Ap
Logan County Board of Education
Joe D Blair
Blair
Earling Water Works
Buffalo Creek Water Co
Man Water Works
Logan County
L. F. Workman
C. C. Chambers
Patteson Seen Likely To Be Bank President
Okey A. Patteson former Governor of West Virginia was expected to be elected president of Raleigh County Bank at a 1:30 p.m. board meeting today unofficially learned Mount Hope realtor had been asked to take the post and had accepted. Wade retired July 1 and the bank had no president since then.
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Okey A. Patteson
West Virginia
Raleigh County Bank
Mount Hope Realtor
Patteson
D. C. Wade
Financial Institution
Grover C. Hedrick
Wade
Bank
Drought Threatens Raleigh County Crops and Livestock
Local farmers report widespread crop damage asJune rain failed and July remains dry. H B Thomas warns of heavy losses if soaking rain does not arrive in days. Cattle pastures and potatoes suffer. milk production at James Dairy declines without rain. June rainfall 1.86 inches, July under 0.68 inch.
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Raleigh County
H. B. Thomas
Noah Crotty
Pluto
James Dairy
Prosperity
Register
Thomas
Veterans Administration Engineering Division
Tax Books Ruckus Remains Unsettled
Raleigh County officials dispute real estate and personal property assessments as the Assessor Ira Whitlock and deputy take extended leave while the County Court acts as Board of Review. Boley claims books are ready on request though the grand totals and Beckley city property book remain unsettled, with August 4 deadlines looming for levy estimates and valuation totals.
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Raleigh County
John Boley
Ira Whitlock
Whitlock
Florida
Earl Frazier
Boley
A. J. Lilly
The
Post-Herald Today
John C. Ward
É Pene
State Tax Commissioner’s Office
Ward
Trap Hill
Beckley
Save Face Plan To Be Advanced At Big 4 Meet
Western Allies draft a plan to freeze Berlin tensions for years and convene a Big Four summit. It includes equal East and West German representation on a subcommittee toward reunification, and a commission to outline end of Berlin occupation and a Central Europe security framework. Khrushchev’s willingness remains uncertain.
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Geneva
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
East
West Germany
Europe
Khrushchev
Big Four
Germany
Bingo Register Inquiry Ends Lottery Bingo at Sprague Carnival
The Register reports a bingo inquiry during a Sprague carnival show that sparked questions on legality. State Police and local officials debated whether bingo constitutes a lottery and ordered the game shut after officers found it active.
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the Register
Sprague
Bngo
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Beckley
Attorney General's Office
K. J. Neely
J. N. White
Neely
West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Fair and cooler tonight with lows 55 to 60 inches. Saturday brings more fair weather. Extended readings indicate temperatures near normal but cooler weekend into Tuesday and Wednesday with showers possible totaling about half an inch. Beckley and Oak Hill highs expected around mid 60s to upper 80s with cool nights, river conditions show Greenbrier low and clear and Bluestone reservoir normal and clear with gates at 1.7 to 1.8 feet.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Bogart
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Navigators observe Summer Triangle guiding stars
In Beckley, sunset at 7:49 p.m. and moonset at 10:35 p.m. Tonight the First Quarter moon occurs on July 13. The Summer Triangle rises high in the eastern sky with Vega Altair and Deneb as the three brightest stars.
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Vega
Altair
Deneb
Logan Woman Dies Of Burns In Home Accident
Mrs. Harry Enyart, 28, died in a Logan hospital after turpentine on a neighbor’s stove caught fire during a visit to Switzer. She reportedly fell into flames when the bottle shattered. She leaves a husband and four children aged four to eight, including six year old twins.
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Logan
Harry Enwart
Switzer
Hoffa faces probe over race remarks in Detroit
Senate rackets probes seeks more information on James R. Hoffa alleged threat that it might not be healthy for Negro truck drivers to haul freight into Detroit. Hoffa, international president of the Teamsters, has denied racial discrimination and said the union opposes it. The panel plans to hear a California resident who worked in Youngstown during 1954-55. Maxwell testified Hoffa warned about Negro drivers entering Local 299's Detroit jurisdiction.
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Senate
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Union
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Youngstown
Ohio
George S. Maxwell
Cleveland
Maxwell
Ohio Northern Truck Lines
DuPont Gives Raise at Belle Plant Across the Board
DuPont plant manager Fred Otto announced a 10 cents per hour raise for all hourly workers at the Belle facility, effective Monday. The last general increase was on November 3 raising rates from seven to nine cents per hour. About 3,000 people are employed at the plant.
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Charleston
Fred Otto
DuPont
Belle
Religious Strike in Polish Showpiece Town Sparks Unrest
In Krasnik Fabryczny Poland Communists face unease two weeks after a religious riot. Officials say up to 20 arrests while locals claim about 300 detained. A crowd of Catholics gathered at a shrine, vandalism and clashes with police followed, the confrontation seen as among Europe's notable Communist-era outbreaks.
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Krasnik
Lublin
Marx
Chhildren
Guide Retrieves Climber's Body on the Eiger
Grindlewald Switzerland AP report of Adolf Juans two year mission to rescue Stefano Longhi from the north face of Mt Eiger. Using ski planes winches and steel cables 15 Swiss guides descended to recover the preserved Italian climber who died Aug 3 1957.
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Adolf Juan
Stefano Longhi
Mt. Eiger
Longhi
Eer
Claudio Corti
Eiger
Corti
Rrescuers
Grindelwald
Mack-Whiteside Jury Dismissed in Conspiracy Case
The Mack- Whiteside jury was discharged after over thirty hours of deliberation without a verdict. U S District Judge Burnita S Matthews released the panel following a foreman note stating the jury was 11 to 1. The defendants, Mack a former FCC member and Whiteside a Miami lawyer, faced charges of conspiring to fix the Miami TV Channel 10 award to Public Service Television Inc.
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Washington (Ap
Richard A. Mack- Thurman A. Whiteside
U. S
Burnita S. Matthews
Robert A Burner
Mack
Federal Communications Commission
Whiteside
Miami
Miami TV
Public Service Television, Inc
Jailed trio faces hearings on assault and property charges
Beckley Police booked Willie Evans also known as Willie Eastman on an assault warrant at 11 45 p m Thursday. Antonio Street resident Frank Underwood is jailed on a destroy ing personal property charge awaiting a hearing. Robert Edward King of Green Valley was released after posting bond for a July 17 non support hearing.
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Beckley
Willie Evans
Antonio
Raleigh
Evans
Willie Eastman
Frank Underwood
Whitesville
Robert Edward King
Green Valley
Sherwood Glutz Probes Carnival Bingo Legality
Sherwood Glutz asks the Prosecuting Attorney whether a street carnival bingo game was lawful. He notes the inquiry as a test of legality and uses playful tones while seeking official clarification on the matter.
Governors Shadowed by Soviet Photographers on Tour
Charleston AP reports Gov. Underwood and nine U S governors toured the Soviet Union visiting Moscow Leningrad Kiev and nearby areas They noted photographers closely followed them and questioned whether some were secret police The trip was cut short for Underwood and Gov Stratton of Illinois with others remaining in Russia They observed limited policing ample cultural events cheap livestock and general contentment among citizens but warned of potential future discontent among youth The trip highlighted Soviet life from food to religion and private enterprise impressions while underscoring the presence of photographers everywhere.
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Underwood
U. S
Soviet Union
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Russia
Ussr
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Lenin
Stalin
Red Square
America
Amerikanski
Orthodox Cathedral
Othey
Minster
LeRoy Collins
Florida
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Marshal Dillon
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R. Conrad Cooper
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Calif
Deborah Kerr
Tony Bartley
Hollywood
Harold Hect
Beckley Skies
George I. Bender
John L. McClellan
Bend
Cleveland Teamster
William Presser
Louis Triscaro
Congressional Committee
Switzerland
Mack-Whiteside
Sherwood Glutz
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