Eisenhower Urges Middle Road in Speech at Chicago Convention
President Eisenhower urged GOP candidates to follow a broad middle course, rejecting gutter extremes. He praised Lincoln and warned that intelligent explanation is needed to defend government plans, while praising the party’s strength and a broad national appeal. The speech preceded a Warm reception and a long, celebratory night as Nixon solidified the vice presidential bid and Rockefeller stepped aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Eisenhower
Abraham Tracate
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Lincoln
Republican Party
Morrison Hotel
Denver
Republican Ac
Convention
Chicago
White House
Mamie
Ike
Everett M. Dirksen
Blackstone
Britain
France
India
Korea
United States
Nixon
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Platform Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United Nations
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Robert A. Taft
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Herbert G. Klein
Local Firms Get Contracts For Road Jobs
The Acme Construction Co. Beckley received a 40223 dollar contract to improve the U.S. Rt. 19 and 21 intersection. Bids on ten other county projects were opened in Charleston by the State Road Commission. Troitino Brothers Inc. Beckley won 255990 for three continuous I-beam spans on U.S. 21 underpass 2259 and KYOVA Construction Co. Huntington 36260 for sewer relocation on the Oak Hill Expressway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Construction Co
Beckley
U.S. Rt. 19
State Road Commission
Charleston
Fayette County
Troitino Brothers Inc
U. S. 21
Oak Hill Expressway
Kyova Construction Co
Huntington
Wheeling Steel Earnings Drop
Wheeling Steel Corporation reported second quarter earnings of 2,609,000 dollars or 1.04 a share, down from 6,540,000 dollars or 2.91 a share a year earlier. First half results also fell from 11,011,000 dollars to 8,156,000 dollars, with production dropping to 485,000 tons from 534,000 tons in the prior year period due to weaker steel demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Chambers Hurt In Car Wreck At Clear Fork Golf Course
Charles Chambers of Oceana is in good condition at Beckley Hospital with chest and facial injuries after his 1957 car left the road and struck a bank while he was driving to Clear Fork Golf Course. The crash happened about 6 p.m. Tuesday. the car was totaled. Chambers owns Chambers Jewelry Store in Oceana and was admitted at 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Charles Chambers
Beckley Hospital
Chambers
Clear Fork
Wyoming County
Chamber
Halleck Attacks Democrats at Republican Convention
Rep. Charles A. Halleck assailed the Democratic party at the Republican convention in Chicago as belittling progress and failing farmers, while defending the GOP stance on Russia and Congress. He ridiculed Democratic leadership and recalled Truman and Kennedy as part of his critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles A. Halleck
Halleck
International Amphitheater
Eisenhower
House
GOP
America
Congress
Indiana
Farmer
Los Angeles
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Truman
Joseph Stalin
Joe
Final rites set for Rev. Charles Coleman at 60
Deaths and funerals report the Rev. Charles Coleman 60 of 200 I Street died after a long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Central Baptist Church led by Rev. S A Abram, with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. He pastored Little Rock Baptist Church in Thayer for four years and was a mine foreman at Clearco Mines. Survivors include wife Gwendolyn, daughters Leona McCalip Cleveland Ohio Annette Holland Detroit Michigan and Marsha Coleman at home son Thomas Lewis Coleman at home two brothers Sam and Burl Coleman and sister Quincie Freeze Birmingham Alabama. The body remains at Trent Funeral Home until one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Coleman
I St
Central Baptist Church
S. A. Abram
Greenwood Memorial Park
Coleman
Little Rock Baptist Church
Thayer
Gwendolyn Coleman
Leona McCalip
Cleveland
Ohio
Annette Holland
Detroit
Mich
Marsha Coleman
Thomas Lewis Coleman
Sam Coleman
Burl Coleman
Birmingham
Ala
Quincie Freeze
Trent Funeral Home
Final rites for Pfc Frank Norosky in Oak Hill
Pfc Frank Norosky 20 Oak Hill will have final rites at 2 p m Friday in Truce Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev R F Scaggs in charge Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Military rites by Columbus Army Depot and Oak Hill National Guard Survivors include parents Frank and Mrs Norosky Oak Hill brothers John J Washington D C David Carr Oak Hill sisters Victoria Ann Aleta Gay and Dinna Nell Norosky was a former Collins High School athlete and Golden Gloves champion He died July 20 in Kitzen Germany in a civilian automobile accident The body will be moved to his parents home at 3 p m today and return to the chapel an hour before services The family left for North Carolina today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Norosky
Oak Hill
Truce Funeral Home
R. F. Scaggs
High Lawn Memorial Park
Columbus Army Depot
Oak Hill National
David Carr
Victoria Ann
Aleta Gay
Dinna Nell
Norosky
Collins High
Kittenzer
Germany
Charles Dow Ferguson Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Charles Dow Ferguson age 57 of Jesse will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Jesse Baptist Church with Rev. Bert Brooks of Adrian Michigan presiding. Burial follows at Elkins Family Cemetery in Jesse. Ferguson died Sunday at Beckley VA Hospital. The body will be moved to his home in Pineville Thursday from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dow Ferguson
Jesse
Jesse Baptist Church
Bert Brooks
Adrian, Mich
Elkins Family
Ferguson
Funeral services for Kit Ratcliffe in Hampton
Kit Ratcliffe 65 of Hampton died Monday in a Welch hospital. Funeral services were set for 3 p.m. today at Hampton with burial in Hatfield Cemetery near Hampton. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Raymond Xaiber and a sister Mrs. Wesley Coyer, both of Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kit Ratcliffe
Hampton
Mingo Courte
Hatfield
Ratcliffe
Welch Hospital
Raymond Xlaiber
Wesley Coyer
Mullens
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Meade held Friday
Mrs Martha Meade 79 of Hill Top formerly Mount Hope died Tuesday in a Fayette County hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church Hill Top with Rev A W Wood officiating. Burial in Hill Top Cemetery. She lived with her niece Mrs Iola Hopper. Body to be taken from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Meade
Hill Top
Mount Hope
First Baptist Church
A. W. Wood
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Pavlor
Final rites for Claude E. Rayfield in Mullens
Claude Elmer Rayfield 73 died at his home Tuesday after months of illness. Rites at 2 p.m. Thursday in Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Rev. Virgil Conant. burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens near Princeton. Survivors: wife Julia Rayfield son J. V. Corinne daughter Mrs Frank Matherly Stotesbury, one brother and one sister in Maryland, four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Elmer Rayfield
Corinne Bottom
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Virgil Conant
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Rayfield
Cashville
H. A
Ella Rayfield
Julia Rayfield
J. V
Corinne
Frank Matherly
Stotesbury
Maryland
Infant dies. graveside rites held in Pax Cemetery
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy Woolwine Jr. of Pax died early Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after being born Monday. Graveside rites were to be held today at Pax Community Cemetery with Tyree Funeral Home of Mount Hope in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy Woolwine Jr
Pax
Beckley
Tyree
Mount Hope
Suddreth Family Mourns in Lenora Death of Walter Sud dreth
Walter Suddreth, aged 74, died prompting relatives Mr and Mrs J E Suddreth of Pleasant Hills to travel to Lenora North Carolina. The obituary notes the elder Suddreth was the father of the Walter Suddreth who was mourned by the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Suddreth
Pleasant Hills
Lenora
N. C
Walter Suddreth
Pope Announces Shorter Mass in Liturgical Reform
Pope John XXIII unveiled a major reform plan for the Roman Breviary and Mass with a new code to take effect January 1. The document called Motu Proprio promises a clearer order and shortened services, along with a new calendar, though specific changes were not disclosed. He urged ecumenical council discussion among Roman prelates on fundamental liturgical principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
John XXIII
John
Ecumenical Council
Lumumba seeks minister role to secure Congo funds
In Leopoldville Lumumba called for a minister to help restore essential Congo services and warned that 8 to 10 million dollars are urgently needed to meet August payrolls and prevent government collapse amid rising riots and disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Congo
UN Debates Soviet Aggression and Arctic Reconflight
The United Nations debated U S aggressive acts and a call to cease them. The U S delegate showed a Soviet TU16 bomber with electronic gear, claiming years of flights off Alaska. He cited six 1959 1960 flights and contrasted U S camera photography with Soviet weapons. Kuznetsov dismissed the evidence as theatrical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
United States
Lodge
Arctic
U.S
Alaskan
Soviet Union
Cape Cod
George Washington
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Vows Convention Praises Surplus and Missile Arsenal Growth
The speaker lauds a budgetary surplus and fiscal responsibility as a result of the Vows Convention of spenders. Eisenhower recalls inheriting a fledgling ballistic missile program and notes its expansion into a varied arsenal during his presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Miner Plans To Picket Over Welfare For Disabled Miners
The interview recounts Miner Goddard declaring he will lead a picket of about 25 disabled miners to the White House to protest welfare funds and pensions. He recalls confrontations with Josephine Roche and accuses trustees of concealing welfare expenditures while pledging to inform the public through the press. He blames cold hearted officials and vows to continue the fight with support from supporters and police protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goddard
West Virginia
Josephine Roche
the Register
Washington
George J.) Titler
White House
Warths Fate At Weston State Hospital
Warth was deemed mentally ill or insane when he fatally shot Linda Qualls, 12, and Penny Qualls, 13. Doctors described unconscious impulses and psychotic states, with brain-wave abnormalities noted after alcohol. The state argued he knew right from wrong and sought the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston State Hospital
Warth
Linda Qualls
Penny Qualls
Thelma V. Owen
C. A. Zeller
Weston
M. G. Stemmermann
Worth
Lillian Blevins
Lola Qualls
Linda
Beckleyan Completes Anesthesia Course At Duke Medical Center
Miss Carol Sunday of Beckley, 1007 S Oakwood Ave, will graduate Sunday as one of six registered nurses from Duke University Medical Center's 18 month post graduate anesthesia course. Directed by Miss Mary B Campbell, the program covers anatomy physiology, pharmacology, chemistry and related subjects with clinical instruction in administering anesthetic agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyan
Duke University Medical Center
Carol Sunday
S. Oakwood Ave
Beckley
Mary B. Campbell
Bank executive Elmer Davis in Raleigh General Hospital
Elmer Davis executive vice president of Beckley National Bank remains in good condition at Raleigh General Hospital after several days of treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Davis
Beckley National Bank
Raleigh General Hospital
State Makes Progress in Education Program For Bright Students
West Virginia moves toward a formal gifted education program as Evelyn Murray joins a southern regional leadership course at the University of Virginia. The program, funded by the Carnegie Corp, aims to train a key state official and expand advanced schooling for talented students across grade levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Evelyn Murray
State Education Department
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Murray
Virginia
Southern Regional Education Board
John JT. St. Clair
St. Clair
Carnegie Corp
New York City
Education
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
City Urges Doubling Health Funds and Sidewalk Repairs
Dr. S A Ford Raleigh County health officer asked the City Council to double its annual health appropriation from 2470 to support the department, noting 1959 60 expenditures of 42434 with city paying 5 percent and county 45 percent. A council member urged sidewalk repairs and a plan to notify owners, with action if not remedied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Ford
Raleigh
City Council
County Health Department
Elinor Hurt
County Health Board
Board of Education
Ford
Virginia Ward
East Beckley
Beckley Water Co
Rt. 16
D. E. Warden
Council
Whitestick Street
Warden
Two Oil Firms Get Contracts For Schools
Two oil firms Pure Oil Co and Elk Refining Co received school bus and Board of Education vehicle fuel contracts. Pure Oil will supply high and low octane gas and high detergent oil at 59 cents and 14.86 cents respectively while Elk Refining bids 54 cents regular oil and 15.89 cents high octane gas. Texaco bid 65 cents regular oil and 68 cents high detergent oil. A coal usage report shows a $26,153.05 saving for 1959-60 with more coal due to severe weather and diversified suppliers cutting haul costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Pure Oil Co
Elk Refining Co
Pure Oil
ELK Refining
Elk
O. A. Phillips
Everett Shafer
Shafer
Texaco Co
Earl Riner
Riner
Carl Jarrell
Sherman C. Trail
William B. Connoley
Hollywood
Blanche Lilly
Wayne Sisk
Crab Orchard
Bone
Star School
Clarence Lafferty
West Virginia Delegation Backs Underwood for VP Nomination
Neely said the West Virginia GOP backed Gov. Underwood for the vice presidential slot with the delegation voting unanimously. Nixon praised Underwood in a brief meeting with delegations from West Virginia Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia while Neely predicted Nelson Rockefeller will decline the bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood
Neely
West Virginia
GOP
Daniel L. Louchery
Nixon
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
County Man Jailed For Assault Battery
A Cabell Heights man Jess Cook was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday on an assault and battery charge. Arnett was found guilty of having mash in his possession and assault and battery, fined 100 dollars, and sentenced to 10 days in jail on the mash charge, with concurrent sentences. Shirley Lowery of Beckley was arrested for driving with improper registration and without a city operator license and ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabell Heights
Jess Cook
Raleigh
Norville Comes
Arnett
Omar Accord
Shirley Lowery
Beckley
Juvenile Trio Faces Hearing For Burglary
Three juveniles, a 13 year old boy and two girls ages 9 and 12, are scheduled for hearings in Raleigh County Juvenile Court after burglarizing two Maxwell Hill Road homes Monday. Police said the mother knew of the burglary attempt and tried to protect the children. The victims were Rosa Wheeler and Al Greever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Maxwell Hill Road
Rosa Wheeler
al Greever
Bell Ringers Drive Total Reaches 362.72 in Beckley
Mrs. Paul R. Copeland chair of the Woman's Club Mental Health Committee reports noon total of 362.72 collected for the Raleigh County Association for Mental Health from the Bell Ringers fund drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Copeland
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Bell Ringers Fund
Raleigh County ,Association For Mental Health
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philco
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Prince St
Oaly
Prince) Tax Inc
Prince
Tax Inc
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
Wheeling Steel
Pfc
Black Welder
Lenora Monnday
Mrs
Claude E. Rayfield
Woolwine Infant
Pope
Lumumba
UN Rejects
the Vows
Miner
St. Claire
G. C. Porter
Porter
Basile N. Meadows
Fayette Street
Raleigh County Bank
M. E. Tyree
Meadows
Bell Ringers Drive
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!