Slab Fork miners’ deaths touch three widows in Beckley
Three widows Mrs Herbert Cline Mrs Walter Moore and Mrs Sam Sawyer waited over 16 hours outside Slab Fork No 1 mine as meth ane gas exploded trapping their husbands. Bodies were recovered at 3 15 pm by a seven man team and transported to funeral homes. Cline is survived by a son five daughters two sisters and a grandchild. Funeral set for Saturday at Max wel Hill Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Slab Fork Coal Company
Herbert Cline
Walter Moore
Sam Sawyer
Moores
Sawyers
Cline
Okey A. Mills
Moore and Sawyers
Rose and Quesenberry
Ritchie and Johnson
Davy
William Harrison Cline
Addie McCoy Cline
Beckley Moose Lodge
Slab Fork
Herbert Edward
Justine
Shirley
Sharon
Patty
Sheila
Ernestine Extine
Columbus
Mary Ann Cline
Baltimore
Maxwell Hill
J. W. Nunn
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley Moose ‘Lodge
Moore
Ritchie Johnson
SAC Bases In Spain Begin Full Operation
The U S Strategic Air Command declares its new Spain bases at Torrejon and Valenzuela fully active with four air bases and related facilities funded by taxpayers. SAC 16th Air Force says B47 jet bombers at these bases carry nuclear weapons, part of Operation Reflex to keep bombers ready on 5 minute notice.
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Madao
Spain
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Kremlin
U. S
SAC
16Th Air Force
Torrejon
Valenzuela
United States
Atlantic
Florida
Sleeping Man Slain Wife Held in Ripley West Virginia
Roy Kay, 40, of Parchment Road near Ripley, was shot in his sleep with a .22 rifle while his wife Aretta Kay, 37, mother of six and pregnant, was arrested in the county jail in a hysterical condition. Authorities said a prior quarrel preceded the Wednesday night slaying.
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Ripley
W. Va
Jackson
W. C. Chancey
Roy Kay
Parchment Road
Aretta Kay
Kay
Chancey
ESP Show to Debut on ABC Television Tonight
AP report describes ABCs new show ESP extra sensory perception where five cards from a 52 card deck are read by blindfolded contestants. Home viewers may submit card sequences for a chance at 100000, with six daily trials to screen subjects and select top scorers for the program.
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Abc-Tv
George Wolf
Wolf
Shirley Booth Seeks Warm Connection In The Matchmaker
Shirley Booth explains acting as a private tête-à-tête with one audience member and treats the camera as a person. She promotes The Matchmaker's through-the-screen concept and a key heart-searching soliloquy, while reflecting on her shift to cinema comedy after Come Back, Little Sheba. St Bernard dogs note a legend linked to St Bernard de Menthon who founded a shelter in the 11th century.
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William Glover
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Shirley Booth
Shirley
Tim
Hollywood
Miss Booth
Don Hartman
Anthony Perkins
Paul Ford
Shirley MacLaine
Hartman
St. Bernard de Menthon
Beclccy Jail Spells Mixed Court Actions and Fines
Jailed in lieu of 1000 bond Herbert Brooks of East Park remanded to Raleigh County Jail after waiving to the Grand Jury on a felonious assault charge. Jesse Smith of Shady Spring sentenced to 60 days in jail and 75 dollars in fines for driving while drunk and without license.
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Herbert. Brooks
East Park
Raleigh
Brooks
Cotton White
Jesse Smith
Shady Spring
Robert J. Marsh
Glen White
Burke
Robert Dale Lane
MacArthur
Beckley
Lane
Herman Brown
Harry Alvin Rose
Oak
Search Continues For Missing Man In Garden Grounds
The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office continues a search for Preston Ayers, 39, missing since Monday from the Garden Grounds area near Terry. Ayers is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall with brown hair and medium build. The disappearance was first reported Wednesday afternoon. Residents are asked to notify the sheriff if they have any information.
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Raleigh County
Garden Grounds
Terry
Okey A. Mills
Preston Ayers
Ayers
Mills
Sheriff's Office
Pre Trial Conferences Scheduled for July Term in WV Court
Pre trial conferences for the July term of the United States District Court Southern District of West Virginia are set for 11 am in the Raleigh County Circuit Court office of Judge Norman Knapp. Judge Ben Moore will conduct the conferences and the docket for the term will be set at this time.
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United States District Court
Southern District of
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Ben Moore
Date Of Noahs Flood Mystery Amid Typhoon On Iwo Jima
AP reports conflicting notes on Noahs flood dating with archaeologists in Uruk and Baghdad arguing over when Gilgamesh lived and when the flood occurred. Typhoon Viola nears Iwo Jima as 500 sailors brace for 50 mph winds.
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Viola
Pacific
Baghdad
Lenzen
Jish
Iraq
Uruk
Montreal
Great Auxiliary Bible Society
Independence
Gill
Warry S. ‘Truman
Gemish
Hein Fe
Rich Lenzen
Saye
Gilgemish
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Slab Fork No. 1
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Faye Hasenauer
Menlo Park Terrace
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Prince St. PR
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Locas General Tire
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