Witnesses Testify Recruits Wandered From March Route
Parris Island testimony recounts Platoon 71 march through a marsh at Ribbon Creek. Survivors describe panic after a cry for help and an order to move forward. Witnesses note lack of formation and scattered formation as 74 men waded through muck leading to drownings.
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Parris Island
S.C
Hector Osvalo Serantes
New York City
Buenos Aires
S.sgt
Matthew of
MeXann
Alof Ribbon Creek
Charles B. Sevier
Jacksonville
Ollowed
McKeon
Maren
Howell Funeral Rises Thursday
Funeral services for Joseph Luther Howell, 72, of 300 Saunders Ave, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Church of God on S Oakwood Ave. The Rev. Herbert Sutter will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Raul Campbell. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Howell died in Raleigh General Hospital after a fall from a scaffold at work. The body will be moved from Webb and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the residence at 5 p.m. today. Pallbearers are Jack Wheeler, Arnold Holdren, Earl Farley, Roy Barber, Bill Davenport, and Eugene Cannady.
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Joseph Luther Howell
Saunders Ave
Church of God
S. Oakwood
Herbert Sutter
Raul. Campbell
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Howell
Raleigh General Hospital
Webb
Jack Wheeler
Arnold Holdren
Earl Farley
Roy Barber
Bill Davenport
Eugene Cannady
Floor Repair Closes County Health Office
The Raleigh County Health Department Office in the Courthouse is temporarily closed for floor installation. Regular inoculations may be given on Thursday if repairs are completed, authorities report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health’ Department
Chicago Polio Battle Expands Across West Side
Chicago reports 18 new polio cases raising 1956 total to 3 the highest in the nation. Eight deaths recorded as near West Side tightens as LaSalle Street to North Avenue area becomes a front line amid diverse housing as officials seek why the high incidence persists.
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Chicago
Loop
LaSalle Street
2Nd Street
Kostner Street
North Avenue
Prisoner Carolyn Goff in Fair Condition at Raleigh General
Carolyn Goff, Naoma, is reported in fair condition today at Raleigh General Hospital after being brought from Raleigh County Jail around noon Tuesday. Jail spokesman said she would be X-rayed today. She was lodged last Saturday on a parole violation charge.
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Carolyn Goff
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh County
Volunteers Needed to Staffing Beckley Levy Election
Beckley city scrambled to fill a volunteer force for the moved up special levy election set for the 7th. James Kessinger chairs the committee and must finalize helpers by Friday, with no pay, to avoid delaying 1956 tax tickets and October discount. Call Kessinger at 22111 or Emery Smith at 5261 to offer a day’s service.
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Beckley
James Kessinger
Levy
Kessinger
Emery Smith
City Recorder
Jordan and Israeli Troops Exchange Fire Across Line
Across the demarcation line west of Jerusalem Israeli and Jordanian forces traded fire as tension mounted. UN observers rushed to the scene after an urgent Jordanian request, while Jordanian officials reported casualties among villagers and observers. Egyptian forces also reported Israeli patrol fire at Gaza with no casualties.
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Amman
Jordan
Jerusalem
United Nations
Jor
Danian
Indi l
Expro
Jordan National Guards
Mevaseret Yerusha- Jayim
E.L.M. Burns
USN
Palestine
Isral
Mt. Scopus
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Hammarskjold
Geneva
Gaza
Escape Returns Youths to Charleston Charge
Two youths, Jerry B Smith aged 18 of St Albans and Delano Griffy 19 of Sylvester Boone County, who fled a state forestry camp for youthful offenders last week, were brought back to Charleston and will be arraigned before Judge William J. Thompson. They had been sentenced to the honor camp in May on breaking and entering charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
William J. Thompson
Kanawha County
Jerry B Smith
St. Albans
Delano Griffy
Sylvester
Boone County
Parsons
Truck Victim Dies in West Virginia Crossing Accident
Janice Pauline Brown age 12 of Pounding Mill Virginia died in a Princeton hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a tractor trailer while crossing a city street. Police said the accident occurred Monday. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs George Brown a sister and two brothers of Pounding Mill.
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Princeton
W.va
Janice Pauline Brown
Pounding Mall
Tazewell County
George Brown
Poundving Mill
Stassen Claims Hall Foreclosing Vote Choice
Harold Stassen accuses GOP Chairman Leonard Hall of trying to foreclose delegate choice for the Republican ticket. He says Hall pressured Nixon’s position and that his push to replace Nixon came with Herter’s nominating speech plan. Stassen cites Byrnes and other congressmen backing his challenge amid party opposition.
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Stassen
Hall
Washington
Harold E
Jletter
Cast
White House
Nixon
Lickel
GOP
Leonard Hall
Eisenhower
Rep. Byrnes
Gav. Cristian Herter
Massachusetts
Asic Urol Lic Yup
Monongalia Official May Succeed Morris
Charleston reports strong consideration of Albert M. Morgan of Morgantown as the new U S Attorney for Northern West Virginia to replace John R. Morris who resigns Aug 1 to join a Parkersburg law firm. Morgan, 44, son of former governor Ephraim Morgan, is Monongalia County prosecutor and Republican nominee for reelection.
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Charleston
Albert M. Morgan
Morgantown
U. S. Atty
West Virginia
Associated Press
Republican National Committee
Morgan
John R. Morris
Clarksburg
Walter S. Hallanan
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Justice Department
Morris
Parkersburg
McClure, Davis and McDougle
Howard Caplan
Fairmont
Ephraim Morgan
Monongalia County
AEP Wins Safety Award For 1953 Record
Appalachian Electric Power Co won the Edison Electric Institute Accident Frequency Reduction Award for reducing its accident rate in 1953 compared with the prior three years. Beckley District employees shared in the honor as the company reported two million safe manhours in 1956 without a disabling injury, a first in its history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Thhe Edison Electric Institute
Beckley
Walso S. LaFon
Appalachian
Gosely
Beckley Council Sets Special Meeting to Approve Recreation Levy
Beckley City Council schedules a special meeting for 7 30 p m Friday to approve the levy election planned for August to raise recreation funds. The session will also appoint election workers for the upcoming vote.
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Beckley City
Lnoins Election
Vid
Nick Gagalis Stricken In Beckley Hospital Admission
Nick Gagalis of 510 N Oakwood Ave is reported in poor condition at Beckley Hospital after a heart attack. He was admitted around 1 30 a m and transported by the Beckley Fire Department First Aid Squad summoned to his home at about 1 20 a m.
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Nick Gagalis
Oakwood Ave
Beckley Hospital
Gagalis
Beckley
Charleston Bride Drowns in Biloxi River
Mrs Devokra June Coleman wife of Airman McRaymond L Coleman of Charleston W Va drowned in the Tehouchabouffa River five miles north of Biloxi Mississippi Witnesses said the non swimmer stepped into a deep spot Her mother in law said she had finished her junior year at Stonewall Jackson High School and planned to return to Charleston to finish schooling
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Biloxi
Miss
Keesler Afb Aire
Tehouchabouffa River
Devokra June Coleman
Raymond L. Coleman
East Division St
Charleston
W. Va
Ruby Coleman
Stonewall Jackson High School
Station Wagon Wreck Damages Estimated At 200 To 250
Dr. Lloyd Dunbar of Piney View overturned a station wagon near Cherry Creek around 8215 p.m. Tuesday. State Police said he was returning from Flat Top when the vehicle ran off the pavement and overturned while trying to rejoin the highway.
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Lloyd Dunbar
Piney View
Cherry Creek
Jailed on Capias for Capias Charge in Raleigh County
Ray Wykle was lodged in the Raleigh County Jail at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday by sheriff's deputies on a Capias. His address is listed as unknown.
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Ray Wykle
Raleigh
Sheriff's
Harry Cain Quits Post on Board
Washington reports Harry P. Cain, longtime critic of federal employee security, resigns from the Subversive Activities Control Board effective Aug. 9 as his three year term ends. President Eisenhower accepts the resignation in a White House statement praising Cain’s conscientious service and noting a successor will be named soon.
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Washington
Harry P. Cain
Subversive Activities Control Board
Cain
White House
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Manin Aten
Mollish Taken by Death in Raleigh County
John Anthony Mollish 48 of Raleigh died at home at 11 55 p m Tuesday after a year long illness He was born October 1 197 in Poland to the late Anthony Mollish and Hattie Bellas Mollish He had lived in Raleigh County 40 years a member of St Francis de Sales Church and United Mine Workers Local 6005 Surviving are five sisters and two brothers The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements
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John Anthony Mollish
Raleigh
Poland
Anthony Mollish
Hattie Bellas Mollish
Raleigh County
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
United Mine Workers
G. W. Wise
James Bennett
Beckley
James Maddox
Chicago
Paul Novak
M. F. Hoff
Evansville
Ind
Anthony
Frank Mollish
U. S. Army
Germany
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Early meeting set by Beckley Recreation Board
The Beckley Recreation Board has scheduled an August meeting for July 30 as the special levy election is set for August 7. Notices of the meeting will be sent from City Hall today.
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Beckley Recreation Board
German Visitor Arrives in Beckley for Nine-Week Stay
German guest Relmet Schoenfeld arrives in Beckley to observe local coal mining operations and labor relations during a nine week stay hosted by the Beckley Civic Club. He is welcomed by Larry Ciccaretti and Merri Weie, with Raj Prasad previously hosted by the club.
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Beckley
Beckley Civitas Cluir
Relmet Schoenfeld
Cemter
Berta
Germany
Larry Ciccaretti
Qett
Merri KR. Weie
Schoenfeld
Scherefeld
Willist
Beckley Civam
Raj Prasad
Fedia
Governor Marks Life for Bridge
Gov Marland helped start a four million dollar Ohio River bridge at New Martinsville by driving a gold painted steel post. The toll bridge will connect New Martinsville to Hannibal, Ohio, funded by federal dollars and West Virginia bonds. About 500 people attended as officials praised the project for boosting industry, recreation, and culture.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Marland
Ohio River
W.va
West Virginia
Robert Bruce
Martinsville Chamber of Compene
Lego Child Injured In Truck Collision
Paula Ann Rose three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul A Rose was admitted to Wyoming General Hospital Mulfens after being struck by a truck about 4 pm Tuesday near her home State Police said the driver William Buford Meader Ellison Summers County has been charged with hazardous driving Police said an investigation showed Meader was traveling too fast
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Paula Ann Rose
Paula Rose
Lego
Wyoming General Hospital
Mulfens
William Buford Meader
Ellison
Summers County
Meader
Massive-armed suspect hunted after savage sunbathing attack
Chicago area police seek a man with massive arms in a brutal attack on a sunbathing woman named Margaret Gallagher. Witnesses, including hospital superintendent Arthur Beasley who spotted the assailant, described a swift abduction from a beach area. The victim was found dead with a halter around her neck.
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Margaret Gallagher
Chicago
Arthur K. Besley
Beasley
Phere
Slayer Believed Alive Despite Death by Own Action
A West Virginia Maryland border case shows 44 year old Wilson Cole sought by a combined state and county police posse in the slaying of Lena Lewis at a Deep Creek area farm store. An apparent death note was found but authorities believe Cole is alive. Lewis was beaten and shot, with bruises and rope marks noted. The case links to the elder Cole and his son Willard Cole, with Willard and his wife Alice witnessing parts of the events. The chase has grown to about 25 members, as investigators piece together the sequence from witnesses and Maryland State Police. The note claimed burial at his father’s place, and authorities deem it poorly written.
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Kingwood
W.va
Wilson Cole
Lena Lewis
Maryland
James T. Dailey
Cole
Dailey
Willard Cole
Alice
Lewis
Maryland One
U. S. 219
Oakland
Deep Creek
Terra Alta
Rowlesburg
Preston County
Alice Cole
Young Cole
Dad's Place
West Virginia Weather Update With Varied Conditions
The region expects showers tonight with a low around 60s, followed by Thursday's partly cloudy and warm conditions with a chance of showers in the south. Through Monday temperatures average about three degrees below normal. A mix of warm, less humid conditions tomorrow, then cooler, humid weather Friday and Saturday, and cool, dry weather Sunday and Monday. Friday night and Saturday may bring storms totaling 0.5 to 0.75 inches. Normal highs and lows hover near 73 degrees in northern and southern portions. Reports note rainfall of 1.63 inches recently. Prominent star Fomalhaut near Greenbrier highlighted with astronomical notes on sky conditions.
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S. C
Matthew McKeen
John Margareft
Forest Hills
N. Y
McKeen
Melvin Barber
New York
Pvt
Eugene W. Edvin
Bridgeport, Conn
Serantes
Keeding
United States
Carl Leslie Whitmore Jr
Newport
Board of Health
Jerudah
Israel-Jordan
David Ben-Gurion
U. N
Herter
San Francisco
AEP
Capias
Harry Cain
John A. Mollish
Recreation Board
Shies
Wight
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
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