Crowds Expected for Miners Memorial Hospital Dedication
Preparations advance for the dedication of 10 hospitals in the Miners Memorial Hospital Association at Beckley Memorial Hospital. An estimated crowd of 20 000 to 36 000 is anticipated despite rain threats. The Stam ford Road will be blocked noon to 3 pm Saturday at the 1921 By Pass intersection. John L. Lewis will present plaques to administrators and medical officers from all 10 hospitals located in Beckley and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miners Memorial Hospital Association
State Road Commission
Stamford
Beckley Memorial Hospital
United Mine Workers of America Retirement and Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
UMWA
Man
Williamson
W. Va
Harlan
Pikesville
McDowell
Middlesboro
Hazard
Whitesburg
Kyard Wise
Demos Expected To Wage Rough Tough Campaign
Washington presidential aides predicted a rough dirty campaign by the Democrats this year. Hagerty said they have no real issue and will attack everything, while Tobin urged using race-relations developments as ammunition. He urged countering with facts and cited Eisenhower as the greatest force for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Wilton B. Persons
Gabriel Hauge
Richard Tobin
Nixon
GOP Convention May Last Only Three Days
SAN FRANCISCO The Republican national convention may be shortened to three days in August to keep television audiences engaged. Party leaders plan a decision after a June 21 meeting of Chairman Leonard W. Hall and the arrangements committee. The renomination of Eisenhower and Nixon, plus platform adoption and routine business, could be compressed into a three day schedule at the Cow Palace opening August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Republican Party
Earl C. Behrens
San _ Francisco Chronicle
Behrens
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Chicago
Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Cow Palace
Weirton Loan Approved for Sewer System Plan
A $100,000 loan in Weirton West Virginia was approved today by the Community Facilities Administration to finance plans for a sewer system and sewage treatment plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington P
Weirtton
W. Va
Community Facilities Administration
Extended West Virginia forecast for coming days
Temperatures through Wednesday will average 2 to 4 degrees below normal with cooler conditions Saturday and a warm spell Sunday Monday and Tuesday followed by a cooler Wednesday. Showers Tuesday total less than one fifth inch. Normal highs are about 67 to 68 degrees for northern and southern West Virginia respectively. Local readings show high yesterday and low last night with 7 am today values and rainfall reportedly light.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Rev Donnelly Named VA Hospital Chaplain
The Rev. C Shirley Donnelly of Oak Hill becomes part time chaplain at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital effective today replacing Rev. Carden A Hillman who resigned to devote full time to First Methodist Church. Donnelly, a former Army chaplain and WV National Guard chaplain, will conduct his first service at 8:15 a m Sunday in the hospital chapel. He previously served as pastor at Crab Orchard Baptist Church since 1946 and Oak Hill Baptist Church for 21 years after moving to Oak Hill in 1922. He resides with his wife at Upson Downs estate Pea Ridge Road Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Shirley Donnelly
Oak Hill
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Carden A. Hillman
First Methodist Church
Niman
Paul R. Copeland
Donnelly
West Virginia National Guard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Wisconsin University
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Bagissi Cauca
Petersburg
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Army Reserve
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Upson Downs
Pea Ridge Road
Union Leaders Call Strikers To Meet Today
Union leaders scheduled a back-to-work meeting for striking miners in Northern West Virginia after a brief session failed to resolve the eight day dispute over roof bolting. About 500 miners heard UMW District 31 president Urbaniak urge action as 30 mines idled across Harrison Marion and Monongalia counties.
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Fairmont
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Harrison
Marion
Monongalia
Cecil J. Uebaniak
UMW District 31
Monongah Union Hall
Urbaniak
UN International
Oak Hill Restaurant Reports $150 Stolen
City police and sheriff’s deputy investigate a break in at Quick Lunch on Main St. Cash of $150 was taken from the register between 1 and 3 a.m. today. The thief gained entry through a rear window that was broken. The restaurant is owned by Red Brinson.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Buddy Crouch
Main St
Red Brinson
Car Theft Probed at Beckley Used Car Lot
Beckley police investigate the theft of a dark blue 1949 Mercury from the Mc Cutcheon Drake Motor Co used car lot on Second Ave. Reported this morning, the theft occurred sometime after noon Thursday.
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Beckley
McCutcheon — Drake Motor Co
Second Ave
Beckley Skies and Moon Phases Overview
The Sun sets and rises on Saturday and Sunday with times given. The Moon is at Last Quarter with specified rise times for Saturday and Sunday and New Moon on June 8. Venus begins moving westward among Gemini stars and will reappear as a morning star in July. visible as a thin crescent through a telescope, about 33 million miles from Earth.
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Venus
Earth
23 Beer Permits Revoked in State
Seventeen Wheeling tavern proprietors and six other licensees were the 23 people whose beer licenses were revoked effective June 10 after a city crackdown on illegal whisky possession. Beer Commissioner Burton Crow suspended one license for 15 days. Hard names and venues listed include in Wheeling and other communities with revocations for taverns and related clubs and establishments.
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Charleston
Wheeling
Burton Crow
Crow
D. Earl Riley
Flat Rock
Reedsville
Harry A. ‘Oliver
Amvets Post Club
Parkersburg
Chriss Kotromanis
Chriss Restaurant
Martinsburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Grafton
Daisy Olivia
City View
Mona Cline
Wyoming Echo
Mohawk
Eugene D. Rodd
Associated Union Crafts Club
Hazel N. van Lear
Caravan Inc
Paul Beatty
Zane Hotel Inc
Eugene F. Biagioli
Jim's Bar
Louis S. Cuffaro
Lou's Place
Frank Miller Jr
Ye Olde Alpha
Nancepe H. Saseen
Bananas Cottage
Daniel J. Phillips
Diamond Music Lounge
Alice V. Lynn
Hickory House
George Sivestes
Sip and Bite
Myron Laney
Club Jai Lai
Edward D. Humway
Island Billiards
Alberta J. Zavolia
Club DeVille Inc
Steve G. Rovnak
Steve’s Bar
William Zien
Rendezvous
Elsie D. Mattax
Route 40
Rain Postpones Opening Of Centennial Program
Grafton officials postponed the launch of the city centennial celebration from yesterday to today due to rain, delaying the planned public events and ceremonies and shifting the schedule for the first observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Driver Pays Fine in No Passing Zone Charge
Harry Pierce of Decota paid a $10 fine plus costs after arraignment before Magistrate J. P. Meadows on a charge of passing in a no passing zone. Pierce was arrested by State Police on the West Virginia Turnpike on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Pierce
Decota
J. P. Meadows
Pierce
West Virginia
Surgeons Cite Need for Resuscitation Teams
Cleveland surgeons argue many coronary death victims could be saved by trained emergency resuscitation teams. They note heartbeats restored outside OR via hand massage and electric shocks, with three recent save cases. Authors Beck Weckesser and Barry urge laypeople to learn resuscitation techniques.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Post Office Building Slated for Bluefield
Washington announces a new one story masonry post office in Bluefield West Virginia on Jefferson Street between North and South. The 20000 square foot interior will include a 13000 square foot parking area for trucks and patrons. Bids will be sought under lease purchase with a 20 year government lease then federal ownership.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Bluefield
W. Va
Jefferson Street
Four Men Killed In Denver B25 Crash
Four airmen died when a B25 crashed shortly after takeoff from Lowry Air Force Base in Denver on a Tacoma to Panama City flight. Four others were hospitalized in varying conditions, with one in critical and the rest listed as fair. The aircraft had stopped to refuel near Tacena on a McChord Field to Tindall AFB route when a propeller feathered and the plane struck a cemetery about a mile south of the runways.
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Denver
Lowry Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Panama City
Fla
McChord Field
Taccena
Tindall Air Force Base
Lowry
Trio Extradited From Pearlsburg To Face Larceny Charges
State Police left for Pearlsburg Virginia to pick up Raleigh County men Harold Adkins Cecil Ray Robinette and Freddie Snider and return them to face grand larceny charges. They waived extradition after arrest in Pearisburg while allegedly selling auto parts including batteries and radiators from Tate's Place in Shady Spring. Troopers K J Neely and L J Trupo accompanied the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearlsburg
Raleigh
Shady Spring
K. J. Neely
L. J. Trupo
Maryland Cars Meet In State Two Killed
Two Marylanders died in a head on crash seven miles west of Charles Town on U S 340 last night. Grayson Oliver Hooper and his daughter Marlene Patricia Hooper of Thurmont were killed. Six others were injured including James Archibald Jr Carolyn Archibald Enna Rice Hooper Ernest Lee Rice Estie May Rice and Allan Wayne Hooper with various injuries. State Police said Archibalds car westbound and Hoopers eastbound vehicles collided after Hooper car skidded on wet pavement. Both cars demolished and injured taken to Charles Town General Hospital. Hooper and his daughter died within minutes of the crash.
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Charles Town
W. Va
U. S
Here
Maryland
Grayson Oliver Hooper
Marlene Patricia Hooper
Thurmont
James Archibald, Jr
Baltimore
Carolyn Archibald
Enna. Rice Hooper
Ernest Lee Rice
Hooper
Estie May Rice
Ahen Wayne Hooper
Archibald
Charles Town General Hospital
New Plant Breaks Ground At Parkersburg For Atomic Era
Ground was broken for a Carborundum Metals Co. plant to produce zirconium and hafnium for atomic reactors. Located 10 miles south of Parkersburg at Washington Bottom on the Ohio River, the facility will exceed one million pounds of zirconium annually with production set for mid-1957. Attending were Gen. Clinton Robinson, Dr. R. C. Daizell, Gov. Marland, and other industrial and government officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Carborundum Metals Co
Washington
Ohio River
Gen
Clinton Robinson
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Carborundum Metals
Carborundum Corp
America
R. C. Daizell
Atomic Energy Commission
Gov. Marland
Wetzel County Man Suffers Fatal Injuries
Ray Barnette a 40 year old resident of Four Mile was killed when he fell from a trailer truck near Pine Grove on West Virginia Route 20. He died en route to a New Martinsville hospital leaving a widow and seven children.
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Pine Grove
W.va
Wetzel County
Ray Barnette
Martinsville
Barnette
Bramwell Boy Drowns After Jumping Into Reservoir
Fifteen year old Robert Grey Jr. of Bramwell, a non swimmer, drowned in the city reservoir after stopping on his way home from the last day of school. With two swimmers, he panicked and sank at 22 feet. a neighbor notified police. Skin-diver J C Fudge recovered the body in five minutes. The trio were returning with report cards.
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Bramwell
W.va
Robert Grey Jr
City
Mercer County
W. D. Foster
J.C. Fudge
International Officers Arrive in Beckley for Lions Meet
Humberto Valenzuela international president of the Lions Club and his wife from Santiago Chile arrived in Beckley today for the state Lions Clubs convention. Accompanying them was interpreter Don Torres of Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Humberto Valenzuela
Santiago
Chile
Beckley
Lions Clubs
Don Torres
Chicago
Ill
Jurors Excused Until Monday In Raleigh County Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court jurors were excused from further service until 9 a.m. Monday afterThursday session. In court today a divorce decree was finalized with James Henry Jackson divorcing Thearthur Burnett Jackson and Alma Pauline McKinney restored to her maiden name. A final decree granted in Oley Graham against Alma Pauline Graham-earlier in this term.
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Raleigh County Circuit
James Henry Jackson
Thearthur Burnett Jackson
Alma Pauline McKinney
Oley Graham
Alma Pauline Graham
Holliday Infant Dies Rites Slated Saturday
Donald Phillip Holliday three month old son of Mr and Mrs W D Holliday Crab Orchard died in a Bluefield hospital at 10 am Thursday Survivors include brother David and sisters Delores and Diane all at home Graveside rites set for 2 pm Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park conducted by Rev Shirley Donnelly Body at Webb and Quesenberry Funeral Home until funeral hour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Phillip Holliday
W. D. Holliday
Bluefield
David
Delores
Diane
Sunset Memorial Park
Shirley Donnelly
Webb and Quesenberry
Commoners Jailed for Less Criticism of Duke of Kent Debutante Revels
London reports detail a scandal over the young Duke of Kent hosting champagne showers from a Mayfair roof and Thames river party attire. Labor MPs urged punishment, but Home Office said no charges. Debutantes Felicity Drew Marika Hopkinson defend the merrymaking as political fuss and harmless fun.
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Labor Party
House of Commons
Thames River
Curzon Street
Mayfair
George Thomson
Dundee
Home Office
Debs
Thomson
Felicity Drew
Penelope
Felicity
Marika Hopkinson
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Demos
Weirton Loan
Rev
Oak Hill Restaurant
Beckley Skies
Claude S. Beck
Elden C. Weckesser
Frank M. Barry
Department of Surgery
Western Reserve University
University Hospitals
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Beck
West Virginia Lions
Donald P. Krisher
WM. L. Chambers
Jay Wood
Beckley Club
West Virginia Lions Convention
Memorial
International
International Third
Dudley L. Simms
Dunbar
William M. Caldwell
Ravenswood
William Lee Chambers
Harry Moats
Harrisville
F. R. Moffett
Clarksburg
Cecil Gates
Morgantown
Carl C. Bender
Weirton
Harry Brawley
Joseph W. Lawson
Princeton
W. R. Cooke
Recreation Building
Memorial Building
Simms
Beckley Hotel
Elks Club
el Chico
Valenzuela
Funcheon
WM. M. Caldwell
V-P
Jay Woods
Beckley Lions
Kermit Locke
Jodie Rice
Convention of West Virginia Lions
McCoy Brothers Orchestra
Mercer Reservoir
Holliday
Duke of Kent
London
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