Canvass Confirms Levy for Lake Start in September
Final unofficial returns show 60.89 percent in favor of a $565000 lake project in Trap Hill District with 5343 votes for and 3435 against after 113 of 114 precincts. If official canvass confirms the levy, construction will begin with dam work and land acquisition planned, using local labor and keeping costs in Raleigh County.
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Madam’s Creek
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Trap Hill
Levy
G. H. Farmer
The
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Eisenhower meets GOP leaders on civil rights push
President Eisenhower conferred with GOP congressional leaders this morning to discuss ways and means to pass civil rights legislation before adjournment. Lt Gen Bernard A Schriever testified as the House Space Committee opened an inquiry into Atlas missile readiness. The $3.1865 billion foreign aid bill faced a new cutting drive. expected to move to the Senate in largely its current form. In Brooklyn, four adults and a newborn girl, all Black, perished in two tenement fires.
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Brooklyn
Perfect Alibi Clears Suspect in $350 Hold Up
Arthur Camper, 42, said by a grocer to be one of two men who held up the store for 350 dollars two weeks earlier, had a perfect alibi. He was in jail awaiting sentencing for auto theft and was cleared Monday of any connection with the holdup.
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New York
Arthur Camper
West Virginia Weather Outlook with Scattered Showers
Weather forecast for West Virginia calls for considerable cloudiness warm humid conditions today and Wednesday with scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs reach 80s to low 90s in mountains and valleys, lows in the 60s to near 70, river and reservoir levels noted as normal with Bluestone Reservoir gates open.
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Eecadeeeuss
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Esaaces
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Court Promises RDC Aid Amid Budget Overdraft Risk
Raleigh County Court faced with possible budget overdraft heard a Beckley driven plea for Rural Development Council funding. RDC supporters urged continued financial support, citing agriculture as a key solution and noting the program’s growth and pilot status. Court planned a Friday meeting with RDC representatives to seek a workable arrangement.
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Rural Development Council
Beckley
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ADC
Aluminum Strike Threatens Amid Steel Deadlock
NEW YORK AP A major aluminum strike threat looms as two week old steel talks stay deadlocked. David J. McDonald president of the United Steelworkers foresees no aluminum contract before Friday midnight. He says no contract no work applies to both aluminum and steel. Copper industry faces possible strike as Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union mulls action next month amid expiring contracts. Finnegan of FMCS noted an exchange of views with no major shifts seen in the steel dispute.
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New York
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
McDonald
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Wife Held In Cabell Murder
A 73 year old German native was found slain in his downtown Huntington apartment. He had been shot and hacked with an ax. Police charged his wife Dora Keck Schweitzer, 50, with the murder. Autopsy planned. A cook across the street reported shots and a scream.
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A. T. Bryant
Bryant
Mullens Police Chief in Fair Condition After Heart Attack
Mullens Police Chief Wendell W. Cook is listed in fair condition at Wyoming General Hospital after being admitted Monday following a heart attack at his residence. He is reported to be responding to treatment and spent a good night under care.
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Mullens
Tax Compromise Sought In Raleigh County Tax Dispute
The Raleigh County Board of Review and Equalization, New River Coal Co and Beaver Coal Corp discussed a possible compromise to avoid court action over proposed land assessments. Board members debated figures, with Deputy Assessor John Boley listing about 107000 in New River increases and Beaver increases around 157000, while Beaver counsel pressed for fairness and cited Supreme Court cases on equalization. Ward signaled readiness to pursue resolutions next time.
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New River Co
C. E. Mahan
John C. Ward
H. G. Farmer
Mahan
Io Mahan
Ward
Beaver Coal Corp
Board of Review
New River
John Boley
Beaver
L. L. Scherer
Scherer
Board of Equalization
Lou
John
Supreme Court
Hawaii Holds First Election
Honolulu AP reports Hawaii conducts its first state election with votes cast for two U.S. senators one representative a governor and a 76 member state Legislature polls close at 10 30 p m EST Republicans concede underdog position but hope to influence results Democrats benefited from a strong June primary and have dominated Hawaii elections since 1954 officials predicted a record turnout possibly 9 percent of 183099 registrants
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Hilo
U.S
Congress
Hawaii
Fame seekers face breakfast of failure, warns Glutz
Sherwood Glutz cautions that men chasing fame often fail at the start as hunger and bad luck bite hard. He quips that striving stars who believe they are ready may stumble on a banana peel and fall short of the Hall of Fame.
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Hall of Fame
Seven Prisoners Break Newport Ky Jail
Seven inmates escaped from Newport City Jail early today. Five of the fugitives face federal charges, two are local prisoners. Names given include Demphus Lewis and Howard D. Glenn as dangerous and under year-long sentences. Police set roadblocks on four bridges to Cincinnati and outbound highways as traffic was halted.
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Newport City
Demphus Lewis
Howard D. Glenn
Joseph Dinardo
Elbert Wellman
Lawrence Adams
Carl H
Senate approves coal research program plan
Washington AP reports the Senate passed a bill authorizing two million dollars in the first year for a new Coal Research and Development Commission to aid the coal mining industry. The measure would create the agency and return to the House for handling of Senate amendments.
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Senate
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House
Neighbor’s Weed Sign Angers Local Resident in San Pedro
An overgrown front lawn in San Pedro features a blunt message directed at a neighbor. The sign reads I will clear the weeds when I’m good and ready, Kelly, and was displayed today, reflecting local tensions over yard upkeep and privacy.
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San Pedro
Calif
Kelly
Exhibit Brain Breaks Down At U S Exhibition
In Moscow AP reports an electronic question and answer machine at the U S exhibition jammed by dust. Powdery grit from thousands of visitors on the concrete floor fouled the device. The director said the machine will be shut temporarily until a better floor is laid. He plans asphalt work over 30000 square feet of concrete.
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Moscow
U. S
United States
McDowell Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Mamie Johnson McDowell 74 of 310 Sunset Drive will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. Marys Methodist Church with Revs. Lester Penney and L L Reckart officiating. She died today at 6 a m after months of illness. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery Bluefield. The body will be removed to the residence at 4 p m Wednesday and taken to the church an hour before services. She was born February 17 1885 in Mount Airy North Carolina daughter of the late Jeff and Sally Snow Johnson. She was a Methodist. Her husband Hubert McDowell died in 1950. Surviving are four sons Virgil Welch Eugene Columbus Ohio Howard Roanoke Carny Bluefield four daughters Mrs J E Scott Mrs R A Gilmore Maybeury Mrs Lula Miller Parkersburg and Mrs M E Hawes Welch two brothers W J Johnson Kernersville North Carolina E C Johnson Princeton a half brother Leon Johnson Texas and three sisters Mrs Nellie Falwell Rochester New York Mrs Annie Atkins Miami Florida three half sisters Mrs Blum Ashburn and Mrs Biell Mahone Mount Cocoa Florida 31 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Charles Nowlin Dick Richardson John Bradley McDowell and Charles Scott.
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Sunset Drive
St. Mary's ‘Methodist Church
Lester Penney
L. L. Reckart
R. A. Gilmore
Maybeury
Lula Miller
Parkersburg
M. E. Hawes
Welch
W. J. Johnson
Kernersville
N. C
E. C. Johnson
Princeton
Leon Johnson
Texas
Nellie Falwell
Rochester
N. Y
Annie Atkins
Miami
Fla
Blum Ashburn
Biell Mahone
Mount Cocoa
Charles Nowlin
Dick Richardson
John ‘Bradley McDowell
Charles Scott
Judge Eddy Denies Political Influence in Drunken Driving Case
Morgantown report states Circuit Judge Don J. Eddy reiterated in a four page letter that no political influence was used in the A. C. McDaniel drunken driving case. Eddy explained after denying the appeal that officers justified their actions and blood tests were unnecessary with a guilty plea. The governor had demanded a retraction following a wife’s complaint and a July plea in Monongalia County Circuit Court.
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A. C. McDaniel
Clarksburg
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Monongalia County
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Department of Public Safety
Cleaning Plant Owner Dies
The Rev. Lee Roy Robinson, 63, owner of the Lee Roy dry cleaning plant on South Fayette St, died at 11:45 P.M. Monday in a local hospital after a short illness. He was a World War I veteran. Survivors include his wife Grace B. Robinson. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
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Lee Roy
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Grace B. Robinson
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Beckley Cafe Owner Cleon Sarandon Dies at 66
Beckley cafe owner Cleon Sarandon died of a heart attack at 7:30 am at his home 317 Woodlawn Ave. He recently returned from a Florida vacation and had worked Monday. Born Sept. 14 1900 in Constantinople he came to the US in 1921 and operated several eateries with his brothers. Surviving relatives include wife Olga three daughters a sister and two brothers. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Turkey
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Eudoxia Sarandon
United States
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Chris
Neville St
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Mount Hope
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Eatwell
Heber
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
the Elks
Scottish Rite Masons
Nixon greeted by 20000 in Novosibirsk on Siberian tour
Vice President Richard Nixon arrived in Novosibirsk amid throngs of about 20,000 Russians cheering him on a goodwill visit. He noted Novosibirsk as a closed city and urged openness, while aides weighed Khrushchev’s possible U.S. trip and a potential summit site. Nixon planned a tour of the Siberian Academy of Sciences and met workers and students as Soviet officials discussed future diplomacy.
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France
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Hyman Rickover
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