Political factors swing axe on Raleigh County school staff
Six Raleigh County school principals supervisors and teachers with about a century of service were benched by the Board of Education after a contentious meeting. The removals followed a staff recommendation from Superintendent Bryson and involved Dorsey J. Beckley Junior High principal and four other educators, with political connections and prior feuds cited by observers. The board split 3-2 on the actions, with several members abstaining on specifics and no formal explanations given.
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Raleigh County
Board of Education
Dale Covey
A. P. Lee
Covey
Miss Cooper
Hodson
Tion
Dorsey
Beckley
Leeber
The
Register Today
Institute School
Concord
Cook
James Trail
McComas
Odd Elementary
Supt
Bryson
B. C. Callaway
Carl Jarrell
Jarrell
Callaway
Marion
Beckley Junior High School
Miss McComas
On-Again-Off-Again Strike Persists in Northern West Virginia
Northern West Virginia miners attend a courthouse neg in Fairmont as a three member UMW commission seeks to end an unauthorized wildcat strike that began May 24 over roofbolting crew assignments. About 7,000 to 9,000 idle at 30 mines. 2,000 returned briefly before key mines Shamay and Barrackville shut again. Williams No. 98 local voted down a back-to-work proposal 100 to 36.
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Fairmont
UMW
West Virginia
Tony
United Mine Workers International
John L. Lewis
Ihamay
Barrackville
Bethlehem Mines Corp
Marion County
Marion
Monongalia
Harrison
Shamay
Williams No. 98
Consolidation Coal Co
W.va
Harrison County
Cecil J. Urbaniak
UMW District 31
Washington
Consolidation
Jordan
Compass Coal Co
Barbour County
Dawson
Barnes-Dawson Coal Co
South Union Coal Co
Edna
Valley Camp Coal Co
Maiden
Rosedale Coal Co
Bunker and Louise
Trotter Coal Co
Monongala
Boys State Election Chooses Governor Nominees
At Mountaineer Boys State in Jackson's Mill West Virginia 346 high school boys cast ballots for governor naming Earl and Lilly Crab Orchard and John Frye Huntington as nominees in a heated primary. The event marked the 19th annual American Legion camp with paper ballots for Federalist and Nationalist tickets and three county posts to be voted by machines in the general election.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Mountaineer Boys State
Earl
Lilly
Crab Orchard
John Frye
Huntington
West Virginia
Thomas Earle Lilly
Logan
Frye
Bill Rose
St. Albans
Thomas Goode
Oak Hill
Mike Hall
Fairmont
Freddy Pharr
Bramwell
Sammy Lynch
South Charleston
Robert Ryland
Wheeling
Kenny Skeen
Moundsville
Robert Burk
Parkersburg
Gene Houchins
Fayetteville
Dick Yates
Beckley
Jim Brewer
Bluefield
John Hickel
Charles Vickers
Supreme Court
John McAteer
Edward Bunner
Dick Young
Larry Martin
Charleston
Gene Hague
Kenneth Braxton
Alan Klein
Marcus Farrell
Clarksburg
Dick Kiser
Sandy Pilevin
Weirton
Coun
Marland Promotes West Virginia Industry in Chicago
West Virginia Governor William C. Marland toured Chicago to entice industrial expansion, hosting a luncheon for 60 company reps and citing interest from about 231 firms. He outlined a five year campaign travel reaching 22 cities, 1,800 luncheon attendees, and 250 meetings, noting 30,000 coal workers displaced but adaptable. His itinerary then moved to Wisconsin cities Sheboygan and Appleton.
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Chicago
William C. Marland
West Virginia
Marland
New York
Seattle
West
Coal Tonnage at Virginia Railway Loads Decline
Virginian Railway coal loadings at Princeton last week totaled 6,547 cars, down from 7,027 the prior week. Daily figures show 1,513 Monday, 1,291 Wednesday, 1,294 Thursday, and 1,172 Friday amid midweek dip.
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Princeton
W. Va
Virginian Railway
Jurors Deliberating Mingo Murder Case
Williamson The Mingo Circuit Court jury resumed deliberations today in the murder case against Sam Dalton 48 charged in the shotgun slaying of his father in law Hiram Messer The trial went to the jury last night After deliberating 25 minutes the jurors were locked up for the night shortly before 11 p m
Like Father Like Son at Mountaineer Boys' State
Kenny Skeen of Moundsville won the Nationalist Party nomination for state treasurer in the Mountaineer Boys' State primary, defeating four opponents. His father, Orel J. Skeen, won the Democratic nomination for state treasurer in the statewide primary. The general election at Boys' State was held today, with the elder Skeen awaiting the November outcome.
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Jackson's Mill
W.va
Moundsville
Kenny Skeen
Mountaineer
Kenny
Orel J. Skeen
Skeen
Legislator Found Dead After Farmhouse Murders
ERSKINE Alberta RCMP report an Alberta legislator killed his wife four children and two men at a farm home then shot himself. The body of John E. Clark was found face down in a mudhole about 600 yards from the farmhouse. a .22 rifle lay at his feet. He wore only nightclothes.
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Erskine
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Alberta
John E. Clark
Turnpike Eyes Court Action Over Glass House Taxes
The West Virginia Turnpike Commission filed a demurrer in Raleigh County Circuit Court to the petition by Sheriff John C. Ward and Assessor Ira Whitlock seeking the Glass House property taxes. Interstate Company operates the Glassily and Standard Oil Co uses part of the Glass House. Judge Norman Knapp presides. Briefs due June 15, with argument set for June 27. Officials seek taxes on the building and property leased to the Turnpike Commission for the Glass House Restaurant.
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West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Raleigh County
John C. Ward
Ira Whitlock
Interstate Company
Glass Ily
Standard Oil Co
Glass House
Norman Knapp
Turnpike Commission
Sinking of Levin J. Marvel ends with negligent skipper
In Baltimore, U.S. District Judge R Dorsey Watkins finds skipper John Meckling negligent to endanger life and property over the August sinking that killed 14 aboard the Levin J Marvel near North Beach as Hurricane Connie approached. He received a suspended one year sentence and no fine. Meckling was acquitted on a harsher charge alleging loss of life and property.
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Baltimore
R. Dorsey Watkins
John Meckling
Meckling
Annapolis
Levin J. Marvel
Herring Bay
North Beach
State GOP Committee Plans June 16 Meeting
Charleston report says the Republican State Executive Committee will meet Saturday June 16 at 2 p.m. in the Kanawha Hotel to select new state officers and national committee representatives and to set the time and place of the GOP state convention. Chairman James O. Lakin may step down amid leadership tensions as speculation centers on John D. Hoblitzell Jr. for the chairman post. The meeting will consider nominating national committee posts and other business as needed.
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Charleston
Republican State Executive Committee
National Committee
James O. Lakin
Kanawha
S. Hallanan
Francis Ogden Stablefield
San Francisco
Lakin
Cecil J.underwood
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Parkersburg
Personal Income Reaches Record High in April
Washington reports April personal income at a new annual rate of 317 billion, up nearly two billion from March. Wages and salaries rose about a billion, driven mainly by manufacturing gains from higher hourly earnings and more factory jobs, with farm income also climbing to 14.6 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Anderson Won't Seek Demo Chairmanship
Harry Anderson, longtime Raleigh County Democratic leader, announces he will not seek reelection as county party chairman. He explains the burden of the role and his wish to devote time to county clerk duties. A meeting 10:30 a m Saturday will elect a new chair and officers, with female associate chair required.
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Harry Anderson
Raleigh County
Anderson
K. M. Jarrell
Tomato Plants Due At Market June 9
Beckley Farmers Market will have green mature tomato plants ready Saturday June 9 at 7 a.m. O. C. Hutchison reports 183000 plants ordered by area farmers for rebake houses in the southern markets. Harvest is set for August and September with no extra plants ordered.
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Beckley
O. C. Hutchison
Hutchison
Precinct Worker Complaint Over Pay Rates Heard
Raleigh County Court members heard O. R. Taylor of Beckley cite the pay discrepancy for Primary Election workers. He noted a 1951 law allowed up to 10 dollars daily, versus a 1950 law capping pay at 5 dollars. Officials discussed broader pay inequities between small and large precinct workers. Notary applications for Mentie M. Taylor Eunice J W Walters T E Duncan W H McGinnis Erma Vecellio Grogan were approved. The court planned 10:30 a.m. July 5 review of county assessor 1956 assessments and stated a 25 day session limit with 3 day adjournments.
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Raleigh
O. R. Taylor
Beckley
Taylor
Mentie M. Taylor
Eunice
J. W. Walters
T. E. Duncan
Bradley
W. H. McGinnis
Erma Vecellio Grogan
Beckley League of Women Voters
Underwood Urges Osteopaths to Vote
Charleston Cecil H. Underwood Republican nominee for governor urged members of the West Virginia Osteopathic Society to vote on election day. Speaking at the society's annual meeting he warned government has sought to remove itself from the electorate and urged citizens to dedicate a few minutes to cast their ballots.
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Charleston
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia Osteopathic Society
Underwood
$1,060 Check Issued in Tax Dispute Over Land Sales
The Raleigh County Circuit Clerk holds a cashier’s check for 1060.24 issued by the West Virginia Turnpike Commission to redeem tax‑sale land from Sheriff John C. Ward. The May 31 amended bill seeks to settle nonpayment issues on 1953 real property taxes, with 95 percent of lands bid by individuals.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
John C. Ward
Turnpike
Kilsyth Grocer Held for Shooting
Everette Campbell 45 Kilsyth was jailed in Fayette County on a malicious assault charge after shooting a 13 year old. The youth suffered a flesh wound and was treated at Oak Hill Hospital in satisfactory condition. Campbell was arrested by State Police in Oak Hill after an evening dispute at his Kilsyth grocery. He faces a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Virgil Lyons.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Everette Campbell
Kilsyth
Fayette County
W. R. Seal
Clarence Woodrow Duncan Jr
Everette
Campbell
Electrocution Ordered For Arsenic Deaths
In Montgomery Alabama a 49 year old waitress Rhonda Belle Martin was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of her fourth husband Claude C. Martin after admitting killing him and five other family members including three daughters her mother and another husband during a grisly ar senic poisoning spree unfolding in a single trial and sentencing event.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rhonda Belle Martin
Claude C. Martin
Mabscott Driver Jailed by Local Police
Mabscott resident Allen Grant was jailed at 10:55 p.m. Monday on a reckless driving charge reported by Mabscott Chief of Police Trenton Stover and Constable Cotton White.
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Allen Grant
Mabscott
Trenton Stover
Cotton White
West Virginia Weather Summary Mosty fair with fog
West Virginia outlook mostly fair tonight and Wednesday with early morning fog and little temperature change. Low temps around 42 to 46, highs near 73 yesterday. rivers at Bellepoint and Greenbrier near normal, with muddy to clear conditions and reservoirs at normal stage.
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Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Beckley Skies Evening Star and Planet Show
The Sun sets at 7 44 p m and rises at 5 02 a m. The Moon rises 3 01 a m Wednesday with New Moon Friday. Prominent star Arcturus shines high in the south at 9 41 p m. Visible planets Saturn rises in the southeast at 8 17 p m, Venus sets at 9 09 p m, Jupiter lies to the west at 10 04 p m, and Mars rises at 12 50 a.m.
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Arcturus
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Henry
Buzzy"’ Paschen Jr
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