Register Farm Writer To Attend Conference
John S. Phillips farm writer of The Raleigh Register will represent farm people at the farm education conference at Jackson's Mill Saturday. Paul Watson president of the West Virginia Education Association lists panelists including J. O. Knapp extension director WVU Phares E. Reeder executive secretary WVEA Virgil R. Rohrbough state superintendent of schools Bob Phillips Farm Bureau Eston Feaster president Fairmont State College Griffin Boggess poultryman and dairyman Lumberport and Paul Watson Preston County Schools superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Phillips
Raleigh Register
Jackson's Mill
Paul Watson
West Virginia Education Association
J. O. Knapp
West Virginia University
Phares E. Reeder
WVEA
Virgil R. Rohrbough
Bob Phillips
Bible Salesman Trial Continues At City College
Los Angeles City College student Miss Thoeren was killed as police say Clemmons, a Bible salesman, admitted making unwanted advances and claiming he wanted to stop her screaming. Autopsy found no rape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles City College
Clemmons
Democratic Platform Details Minimum Wage and Modernization
The platform calls for raising the minimum wage from $1.00 to $1.25, extending coverage to millions more workers, and broadening labor and social programs. It outlines agriculture price supports and foreign distribution, expanded housing aid targeting two million new homes annually, expanded medical care funding via the social security tax, federal aid for school construction, and urban, civil rights, and fiscal policy measures including a balanced budget except in emergencies. The plan also supports industrial automation and increased taxes if needed to fund expanding domestic and global obligations.
New Polio Vaccine Ready From Merck Sharp & Dohme
Merck Sharp & Dohme announced the new antipolio vaccine is ready for use. The killed-virus type and 120,000 doses have been released by the U S Public Health Service. High risk areas in the South and Southwest will get priority on orders.
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New York
Merck Sharp & Dohme
U. S. Public Health Service
Southwest
Mystery Cloaks Pineville Man's Death At Welch
The Rev. Charles Benjamin Dale Taylor 57 of Pineville died about 3 30 am in a Welch hospital after illness. Officials check if he fell or jumped from a window at Stevens Clinic Hospital. Hospital officials cited family for details while authorities planned a 1 pm meeting at the hospital to review the case. Taylor a Primitive Baptist pastor at Welch had been ill for months and had run a small mine near Pineville. Surviving relatives include his wife three sons three daughters and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Friday at the Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home chapel with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Pineville
Rns
Charles Benjamin Dale Taylor
Welch
Stevens Clinic
McDowell County
Taylor
Primitive Baptist Church
Itmann
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Damascus
Lee
Jane Taylor
Ollie Sexton Taylor
Ted
Glen Burnie
Earnest
Gene
Ruby Aliff
Ruby Morgan
Betty Beavers
Clyde
Charleston
John
Switchback
Pennsylvania
Viola Farmer
Cincinnati
Ethel Sexton
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Beckley
Woodlawn
South Fails To Nip Aiming For Rapid Growth
The piece reports Democratic plans criticizing GOP and pledging 5 percent annual growth with no inflation. It outlines a civil rights plank calling for federal injunction power to enforce voting education and employment equality, ending federal aid to segregated housing and aiming by 1963 to begin desegregation in every school district.
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GOP
Radar-absorbent material pioneer Halpern dies at 61
Dr Halpern, 61, once a theoretical physicist at MIT in 1941, developed radar absorbing coatings used by ships planes and ground installations. Navy adopted the idea. a patent fight ended in a settlement last year. He now consults at the Atomic Energy Commission Radiation Laboratory in Livermore California and lives in Pacific Palisades.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy
Dr. Halpern
Atomic Energy Commission
Radiation Laboratory
Livermore
Calif
Pacific Palisades
Sleeping Malady Strikes Second Cleveland Girl
Bernadette Frantantonio 3 and Venita Frantantonio 5 of Cleveland Heights lie asleep in Mount Sinai Hospital with neurological tests ongoing. Doctors seek clues on whether the cases are related as a testified mystery, following Bernadette’s recent return from Columbia Presbyterian Institute after two weeks of examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
Bernadette Frantantonio
Venita Frantantonio
Mount Sinai Hospital
Bernadette
Vincent N. Frantantonio
Cleveland Heights
Venita
Lillian Frantantonio
US protest over Soviet actions frames plane downing debate
The US identified Capt. Willard G. Palm of Oak Ridge Tennessee among the missing crew and condemned the Soviet government for delaying reporting the incident. The note offered a joint search and examination of aircraft remains while Eisenhower called the affair a deliberate reckless attempt to incite an international incident. US leaders view Khrushchev as pursuing a risky effort to paint the US as an aggressor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard G. Palm
Oak Ridge
Tenn
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Eisenhower
Newport
R.I
Khrushchev
Insurance Firm Named In Suit In Raleigh Court
A suit for 1644 dollars names John R. Fix as plaintiff and Nationwide Mutual Co. as defendant filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office. Fix, of 205 Hull St., says he carried a policy on his car involved in an April 1960 Putnam County crash. Ashworth and Ashworth represent him. Travelers Insurance Co. seeks 534.92 from Ada P. Redden of Skelton, alleging the defendant signed a note to them, with counsel Scherer Bowers File Hodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Fix
Nationwide Mutual Co
Raleigh County
Fix
Hull St
Putnam County
Ashworth and
Ashworth
Travelers Insurance Company
Ada P. Redden
Skelton
Work Begins On New River Road Near Raleigh County
Work has started on Raleigh County Secondary Rt. 26 the New River Road beginning at the Rt. 3 intersection and extending two miles north. The project will include preparing and applying an all weather surface and is expected to be completed by the last of the month.
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Raleigh County
New River Road
Street Work Listing From Beckley City Council
Beckley Street Commissioner D E Warden presented a June report on completed projects and July plans. Highlights include pump houses on Bibb Avenue, New River Park paving, street flushing, lot cleaning, red dog street grading, First Avenue Neville Street cross drain, Prince Street drain and basin, parking sign posts, mine reopening at New River Park, stump clearing, ditch and drain cleaning, sewer line repairs, and 380 miles swept. July actions include Bibb Street sewer installation and painting of meter and sign poles.
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Beckley Street
D. E. Warden
City Council
Bibb Avenue
New River Park
First Avenue
Neville Street
Prince Street
Bibb Street
Pickets clash over declined contract with West Virginia AFL CIO
Myers pledged to discuss with George Titler of United Mine Workers District 29 after a spokesman for contractors offered no comment. Titler denied any meeting or involvement, accusing AFL CIO of using his name and raiding union boundaries.
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Southern West Virginia Building and Construction Trade Council
Afl-Cio
Myers
The
Register
George J. Titler
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
Titler
Kennedy Faces Ballot Battle in Democratic Nominating Fight
A group of officials and observers weigh Kennedy against Stevenson and Johnson. They expect Kennedy to win on the first or second ballot. if not, Stevenson would be the nominee or Kennedy as running mate. Some doubt Kennedy's path, noting Stevenson or Symington could emerge.
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House of Delegates
Ken
Kennedy
Stevenson
Elinor Hart
Raleigh County Democratic Executive Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Khrushchev
Paul Babich
State Senate
George J. Titler
United Mine Workers of America
Johnson
Symington
Yost Transferred to Capitol Police Headquarters
Trooper R E Yost of the Oak Hill State Police Detachment has been moved to Department Headquarters in Charleston per State Police Superintendent Hazen Fair. Yost and his family have lived in Oak Hill. his first assignment with the force was in Oak Hill. He will join the Criminal Identification Bureau in Charleston.
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R. E. Yost
Oak Hill
Charleston
Hazen Fair
Yost
Criminal Identification Bureau
Charleson
Department
Shortening The News items span US and world events
The clip surveys varied items from U S demonstrations in Mexico City to FDA regulation on high folic acid vitamin sales. It notes Buddy Adler’s death from lung cancer and Harold MacMillan seeking Eisenhower’s assurance on British consultation before US missions. Also covers Richard Webb probation, Mt Pich rescue, Sinatra and Martin stock bid for Cal Neva, Sputnik IV’s dwindling life, a soldier’s return from Czechoslovakia, Ruth Roman divorce suit, and WV state briefs on education contracts, levy approvals, hospital expansion, embezzlement hearings, and faculty appointments.
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U. S
Mexico City
Food and Drug Administration
E. Maurice
Buddy) Adler
20Th Centtury - Fox Studios
Hollywood
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Britain
Midnight
Richard Webb
Webb
Mt. Pich
India
Ecuador
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Cal-Neva
Lake Tahoe
Nev
Cal- Neva
Air Force
California
Pfc
Andrew A. Bellrichard
San Jose
U. S Army
Czechoslovakia
Ruth Roman
Santa Monica
Bud Moss
Music Corp. of America
Mortimer Hall
Demo Delegates To Be Selected In Raleigh County
Letters sent Tuesday by Okey Mills chairman of the Raleigh County Democratic Executive Committee urge district chairmen to set convention dates to choose delegates and alternates for the August 12 state convention at the Charleston Civic Center. Mills will schedule the Town District convention. other districts will select 28 delegates and 28 alternates for the state gathering.
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Okey Mills
Raleigh County
Democratic Executive Committee
Mills
Charleston
Charleston TV Station Sold to Delaware Firm
The Tierney Co announced the sale of Charleston stations WCHS-TV and WCHS radio to CBT Inc a Rollins Broadcasting subsidiary of Wilmington Del subject to FCC approval The sale price was not disclosed but understood to be about three million dollars
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Charleston
Wchs-Tv
WCHS
Tierney Co
Delaware
Federal Communications Commission
C-B-T, Inc
Rollins Broadcasting, Inc
Wilmington
Del
Armory Ground Breaking Set
Ground breaking ceremonies for the National Guard Armory and Civic Center on the 1921 By-Pass will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. The $1,240,896 project will be placed on former Pinecrest Sanitarium grounds. Wipperman Construction Co. of Beckley won the main contract for $893,752 with Summersville Plumbing and Heating at $280,350 and Schoolfield and Harvey of Charleston handling electrical work for $66,794. Col J Henry Francis and other officials from National Guard, Army Reserve, Raleigh County Court, Board of Education, and Beckley will attend.
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National Guard
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Okeh
Wipperman Construction Co
Beckley
Summersville Plumbing and Heating
Schoolfield and Harvey
Charleston
Col
J. Henry Francis
Army Reserve
Raleigh County
Board of Education
City of Beckley
Lumber Trucks Robbery Ties Station Break-in Across Town
Beckley state police are investigating a Tuesday night break-in at the MacArthur Amoco station and thefts from Gray Lumber Co. trucks in Crab Orchard. Tools including a hammer pliers screwdriver and pipe wrench were stolen. Stolen cigars wallets and about $50 in cash were found near the broken window with a tarpaulin bundle. Police believe the same suspects entered both sites, possibly crawling through a window with the tarpaulin and dropping items back at the station before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
MacArthur
Gray Lumber Co
MacArthur Amoco
Convention Chaos Delights Crowd as Eleanor Seizes Spotlight
At a tense convention scene Frank Church, Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford stirred the crowd with Khrushchev buttons while Gov. Leroy Collins struggled to command order. Eleanor Roosevelt drew a roaring reception and Adlai Stevenson then received a lengthy ovation after delivering a sharp quip about the nomination.
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Frank Sinatra
Peter Lawford
Khrushchev
Frank Church
Idaho
Tiffany's
Leroy Collins
Florida
Eleanor Roosevelt
Collins
Adlair Stevenson
Adlai
Platform Adopted in Smooth Convention Clash
The convention scene tightens as Kennedy camp bets on a first or second ballot win with Ribicoff backing. Johnson supporters push for Stevenson and Symington to block Kennedy reaching 761 votes, while AP tallies show Kennedy at 743 after California joins. Stevenson holds 31.
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Kennedy
Johnson
Massachusetts
Senate
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Robert G. Baker
Senate Democrats
Ribicoff
Stevenson
Baker
California
Symington
Associated Press
Edmund G Brown
Pallbearers Named for Mrs. Mary Ann McClure Funeral
Deaths and Funerals notice lists pallbearers Robert McClure Eugene McClure Forrest McClure Clyde McClure Billy Bob McClure and Russell Miles for the service of Mrs. Mary Ann McClure of Shady Spring. The service is set for 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel.
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Mary Ann McClure
Shady Spring
Robert McClure
Eugene McClure
Forrest McClure
Clyde McClure
Billy Bob McClure
Russell Miles
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Peace Chapel
Mrs Lena Hall 73 Scarbro Dies After Illness
Lena M Hall 73 Scarbro died at home at 1 am after an extended illness She was a Methodist Church member born October 15 1886 in Bedford County Virginia Survivors include three sisters Hessie Burgess Hilltop Lillie Burgess Sanger and Donie Treadway Cleveland Ohio A sister Ella Sue Warner Fayetteville and arrangements by Dodd Payne Funeral Home Oak Hill RNS
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Lena M. Hall
Scarbro
Methodist Church
Harvey
Bedford County
Hessie Burgess
Hilltop
Lillie Burgess
Sanger
Donie Treadway
Cleveland
Ohio
Tyree
Oak Hill
Richmond Man Dies After Long Illness at 63
Clayton Nobels of Richmond Virginia died at 7 45 p m Tuesday in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital where he had been a patient since November 1955 The body is at Walter Manning Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Clayton Nobels
Richmond
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Walter Manning
Mrs Mattie Hall Dies At 61 In Harper Heights
Mrs. Mattie Hall of Harper Heights died Tuesday at 5 p.m. while working on her lawn. Funeral arrangements are in progress, with body at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Mattie Hall
Harper Heights
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Aubrey L Bailey Rites Set In Oak Hill Church
Funeral services for Aubrey L Bailey 52 of Washington Avenue Oak Hill will be held Friday at 2 pm in the Presbyterian Church Oak Hill with Rev R P Robertson officiating Burial will be in Bailey Cemetery Prosperity He died Tuesday night in a Beckley hospital after a long illness Bailey a retired coal miner was born in Prosperity Sept 21 1907 He was a member of Oak Hill Presbyterian Church Survivors include his wife three daughters two being Mrs Betty Sheiler and Mrs Shirley Cox and Linda Bailey four sisters two half sisters and six grandchildren The body will be taken from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill to the church one hour before services
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Aubrey L. Bailey
Washington, Avenue
Oak Hill
Presbyterian Church
R. P. Robertson
Bailey Cemetery
Prosperity
Bailey
Beckley Hospital
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
Julia Bailey
Betty Sheiler
Kincaid
Shirley Cox
East Gary
Ind
Linda Bailey
Nelson Lively
Charles Hickey
Sacramento
Calif
Ruby Stone
Charleston
Zell Garand
Dunbar
Virginia Miller
Garnet Gillen
Lebanon
Ohio
Tyree
Final rites set for Opie K. Thompson in Scarbro church
Opie Kenton Thompson 51 of Scarbro will be laid to rest Thursday at 2 p.m. at White Oak Presbyterian Church Scarbro with Rev Adil dis M McNeill officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Cemetery. He died Tuesday at a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. An elder of White Oak Church he led the Men’s Fellowship of Carlisle and Scarbro churches. He was a tipple foreman for New River Coal Co Garden Ground. Survived by his mother Mrs C S Thompson Scarbro wife Mary McClain Thompson one son William K with the Army in Puerto Rico one daughter Janet Thompson Greensboro N C and three brothers Oris Scarbro Alfred Lorraine Ohio Homer Dunbar and Mrs Nathan Lewis Racine and Mrs S W McClain Greensboro N C.
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Opie Kenton Thompson
Scarbro
White Oak Presbyterian Church
Adil Dis M. McNeill
High Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Bluefield
Carlisle
New River
Racine
S. W. McClain
Greensboro
N. C
Tyree
Oak Hill
Funeral for Miss Elizabeth Jackson Warner in Fayetteville
Miss Elizabeth Jackson Warner died Tuesday after a brief illness at her Fayetteville home. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p m in Fayetteville Presbyterian Church with Rev J Edwin Stanfield and Rev Charles McNutt officiating. Burial followed at Huse Memorial Park. Born October 16 1863 in Beckwith she was daughter of Calvin S Warner and Jane Dickinson Warner and formerly hosted at the Warner Log Cabin Tea Room. She is survived by a brother William Clyde Warner of Fayetteville.
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Elizabeth Jackson Warner
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
J. Edwin Stanfield
Charles McNutt
Huse Memorial Park
Miss Warner
Beckwith
Calvin S
Jane Dickinson Warner
Stevenson Era Backers Rally Behind Nominee
State Minority timistic recalls Stevenson runs in 1952 and 1936, affirming loyalty and predicting his next presidency. Former Rep. Robert H. Mollohan welcomes the reception but says he would not make Stevenson his first choice, cautioning against overconfidence in the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Robert H. Mollohan
Illinois
Slayer Kills Two Patrolmen After Arrest Malpractice
An accused slayer in Franklin Township drove off with bail money after police, Officers George Dunham and John Lebed, arrested him for driving with a revoked license. The two officers were found slain in his apartment, each with a .32 caliber bullet in the temple. The murder weapon and Lebed’s .38 revolver were missing. Ballistics link the same gun to four killings at Dr Francis Clarke’s estate on January 26, including Clarke’s invalid wife, a companion, a maid, and a Newark cab driver.
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Franklin Township
George Dunham
John Lebed
Lebed
Dolan
Francis Clarke
Clarke
Newark
Cranberry Commodities Distribution This Friday
Cranberry commodities will be ready Friday at the Cranberry Commodity House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burl Hargrove and Vin Thompson urge eligible residents to bring containers for beans.
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Cranberry Commodities
Cranberry Commodity House
Burl Hargrove
Vin Thompson
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West Virginia University Teaching Hospital
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