Court begins deliberations in Clinton integration case
Jurors in Knoxville hear evidence in the Clinton case as the first major Southern jury to decide an integrated school dispute since the Supreme Court ruling. Verdicts loom with 11 defendants, including Kasper, facing possible six years in jail and fines.
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Knosville
Tenn
LI Clintlon
Daou
Reyald Ton
Supreme Court
Clintons
le Ford Jr
Clinton
Matntane
Tee l Meek
Marine Officer Tells Of Stealing $36,000
Capt George Henry Willers of the 1st Marine Division disbursing office told authorities he absconded with 36000 in government funds at Camp Pendleton and was found with a loaded .45 automatic. He described his motive as hoping to gamble and pay bills. Willers, 38, lives in Oceanside with his wife and children.
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Las Vegas
New
Clark County
FBI
George Henry Willers
Marine Corps’ 1St Division
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Willers
Walt Swindells
San Diego
PBI
Wilters
Oceanside
End Desert War Forces Lift as Rebels Rally Support
British warplanes were reported to stage a show of force against rebels in Oman and Muscat as a four day desert war intensified. Rebels control 5000 square miles. oil rights could shift to U S companies or Britain depending on who wins. President Eisenhower indicated uncertainty over a $1 2 billion school aid bill while Congress debates the measure and possible White House support.
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London
Oman
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Muscat
Washington
House
Joseph Martin
Eisenhower
Martin
Congress
Massachusetts
White House
Mittee
RAF
Little Sultanate
Arabian Peninsula
Sultan Said bin Taimur
Aden
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Britain
Buraimi
Three Men Rob Kayola Daniels Gas Station
Three armed men held up the Daniels gas station early today, tying the attendant Ashley Boone with belt and towel, cutting telephone lines, and taking about $25 from the cash drawer. Boone escaped and flagged a motorist who called State Police.
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Daniels Gas
Daniels
Ashley Boone
Beaver
Boone
Auditor Still Checking On JPs in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Sheriff Okey A. Mills said a State Tax Commission auditor is reviewing magistrates' accounts. The audit, ongoing for several months and periodic, has found several large discrepancies that were all settled. Mills plans to release monthly reports from all justices of the peace.
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Raleigh
Okey A. Mills
State Tax Commissioner's Office
Mells
Justices of the Peace
Tunisia to Dethrone Aged Ruler Sidi Al Amin
Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly is expected to depose ruler Sidi Mohammed Al Amin at a special session after a six hour Neo Destour meeting led by Premier Habib Bourguiba. The move aims to establish a republic in Tunisia.
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Tunis
Sidi Mohammed al Amin
Republic of
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Neo-Destour
Wreck Victim Listed As Fair In Hospital
George L. Kincaid of Maltens is listed in fair condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a single vehicle crash near Grandsview at 3 a.m. Sunday. Police say his 1957 car left the road and traveled about 170 yards into a swamp. Kincaid has possible multiple fractures. Passenger Gladys Bare of Cabin Creek was not injured. The vehicle was demolished.
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George L. Kincaid
Beckley Veterans Administraion Hospital
Kincaid
Grandsview
Jas
Gladys Bare
Cabin Creek
Civil Cases Face Federal Court in Raleigh Session
Civil cases reconvened at 10 a.m. in Raleigh County Courthouse with Judge Ben Moore presiding. The first docketed case is Lois M. Minter v The Life Insurance Company of Virginia over a $10,000 death benefit for George Turner Mitchell.
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Southern District Federal Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Ben Moore
Sesson
Lois M. Minter
The
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
George Turner Mitchell
Senate brinkmanship over voting rights bill showdown looms
A coalition led by Sen Knowland fights to keep the civil rights bill from losing enforcement powers. Anderson and Aiken push to strip House provisions aimed at expanding the attorney general’s authority to sue to enforce equal rights, signaling a possible Senate vote clash amid mounting support.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Knowland
Rcalif
SenatorsAnderson
D-Nm
Aiken
R VT
Icker
Ohio
Hiss
Uruy
House
Anderson-Al- Knowland
Ken
City Council to discuss annexation budget and recreation levy
City officials plan a 7 30 p m session to debate annexation issues and the 1957 58 city budget amid proposals for the consolidation election and fire department funding The agenda includes a tax levy for recreation and a list of poll workers and committee recommendations with visitors from the League of Women Voters present.
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W. A. Thorn
Bernard Martin
Chnical Recreation Levy
Ccent
Miltee
le Coun
Beskley
League of Women Voters
Althe Recreation Levy
Sith
Ma Martin
Council
Ear- League
Graham Defends New York Crusade Against the Devil
Billy Graham says the Devil is angry at New York's rising spiritual tide and will strike unexpectedly. He tightens strategy for the last three weeks of his Madison Square Garden crusade and resumes with a round of golf before tonight's Garden event. The article also notes Cairo’s grand revolution anniversary and Soviet show of arms during regional tensions.
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New York
Billy Graham
Graham
Madison Square Garden
Cairo
Nasser
Madison
Ganien
Farouk
Ings
Republic Square
Egypt
Weather Outlook Shifts to Showers Then Clearing
Showers and thunderstorms move through today with cooler air tonight. Lows reach the 60s, with upper North Carolina areas cooler. Wednesday brings clearing skies and a notably cooler day, while Beckley and nearby stations report yesterday's highs and tonight's readings. Precipitation totals show light rain in Bellepoint area as rivers and reservoirs begin normal stages.
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Upper
Sos
Beckley High
Jesse
Bluestone
Yoir
Atomic Test Off Again Amid Violations Claims
Atomic test at the site near Lincoln Mine 35 miles northeast of the test area was postponed 24 hours amid reports of Syria violations and border tensions. Israel hosted a mission to the United Nations Mixed Arms Commission as winds and radioactive concerns affected the plan.
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New
Atomic Energy Com
Airliner Dips To Dodge Unidentified Object Over Amarillo
A Trans World airliner en route from Chicago to Tucson dipped about 500 feet to avoid an unidentified object at night near Amarillo Texas. Passengers Dorothy Rekow and Mary Clark sustained injuries while the four engined Constellation continued to Tucson after landing. The pilot reported sighting approaching lights on a collision course but did not identify the object.
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Amarillo
Tex
Weenan
Dorothy Rekow
Tucson
Ariz
Mary Clark
North
Ivan Borsum
TWA
Dams
Mass
Chicago
Borsum
Brillharts Go Into Seclusion After Release
Eunice Sally Brillhart, freed from Alderson Federal Prison after three years for the slayings of three of her four children, arrives at her in laws in Columbus with husband Sgt. Robert Brillhart. They refuse photos and plan to reunite with their surviving daughter Diane and move to Sandia Air Force Base in New Mexico.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert W. Brilhart
Eunice
Sally} Brillhart
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Wade Brillhart
Diane
Sandia Air Force Base
N. M
Sgt.Brillhart
Man Returned From Chicago
Thurman Downey of Beckley is jailed in Raleigh County after returning from Chicago this morning. He was booked at 1 a.m. by State Police and a deputy. Downey faces grand larceny charges for allegedly taking a refrigerator gas range and roto-broiler valued at 432 dollars from Leeta Pee of Beckley. He will be held for a preliminary hearing after extradition was pursued through authorities.
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Thurman Downey
Boys To Be Arraigned In Stotesbury Break-In
Two Stotesbury youths are in the Raleigh County Jail awaiting arraignment in Juvenile Court. State Police arrested them about 1:30 a.m. on a breaking and entering charge after reportedly entering a store in Stotesbury.
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Stotesbury
Raleigh
Stolesbury
House votes for across the board postal pay raise
The House approved a bill granting a 546 dollar annual pay raise for 518000 postal workers. A presidential veto is anticipated if the Senate passes the measure, which would lift annual government costs by about 48 million dollars.
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Washington
House
Across the Board
Senateales
Wreckage Identified Near Italian Alps After Missing Navy Plane
US Navy PV2 patrol bomber vanished Friday after leaving Casablanca bound for Treviso. Wreckage spotted on San Martino Mountains near Trento with 11 aboard. no survivors reported. Rescue teams, aided by spotter planes, faced rugged terrain and bad weather as searches resumed. A sister plane crash near Turin killed 9 of 10 aboard.
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Milan
San Martino
Trento
Air Reseate Conttol Center
Ramstein
Germany
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Treviso
Casablanca
Morocco
Turin
General Service Pv2
Transport Command
Helio
Stanaford PTA presses for new school building
The Stanaford Elementary PTA, in a meeting attended by about 30, urged continuing work on a new school building. They opposed major delays and called for action while noting ongoing repairs in the present building. A delegation will address the Board of Education, as bids for gas and oil for buses, calendar plans, and personnel changes are on the agenda.
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Stanaford Elementary
Board of Education
Fed
PTA
Sherman C. Trail
British Groups Fail To Prevent Execution
Durham England 22 year old laborer John Wilson Vickers hanged for murder despite efforts by parliamentary and religious groups to block Britain’s first execution since August 1955.
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Durham
England
Britain
John Wilson Vickers
Carliste
Altair Shines as Britons Debate Hangings and Law
A report notes Altair high in the southeast sky then southwest by dawn. The article details the Durham Jail execution of Vickers for killing Jane Duckett during a robbery, the first under Britain’s new homicide law, and a Labour led push to review the case without success. Home Secretary Butler rejects reprieve and a prayer meeting opposes resumption of hanging in London.
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Durham
Jane Duckett
Vickers
Sydney Silverman
House of Lords
Richard A- Butler
London
Britain
Navy Man Held On AWOL Charge
A U S Navy member Billy H. Smith was jailed in Raleigh County at 10 10 p m Monday on an absence without leave charge and held pending return to naval authorities Carl H Hill of Nitro was jailed at 9 25 p m Monday by Beckley Police on a driving while drunk charge
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Billy H. Smith
Wee
Raleigan County
U.S. Navy
Naval Air
Carl H. Hill
Beckley
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