Beckley Farmers Day Opens with Parades and Prizes
Beckley marks its first Farmers Day with a 1 pm parade, 60 plus parade units and floats, Dairy Princess and various Miss title contests, hundreds of prizes valued over 1500 dollars, gift certificates, and free milk. Activities run at the Recreation Building from 1 to 9 pm, culminating in prize awards and a barbecue for 750 attendees.
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Beckley
Recreation Building
Valley Drive
Recreation
Kitty Halstead
Oak Hill
West Virginia
Miss Civitan
Miss Lion
Miss Kiwanis
Miss Rotary
Miss Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Miss Junior Chamber of Commerce
Marion Essary
Raleigh County
R. F. Hicks
E. F. Eager
William M. Shanklin
Farmers’ Day
John W. Smith
C. T. Shackleford
Rural Development Council
Edgar F. Dickson
Ronceverte
Dickson
Legislators Weigh Special Session On Turnpike Extensions
Charleston legislators hear progress reports on West Virginia Turnpike extensions from two study teams with potential for a summer special session. Senate President Bean says a decision will come by June 15 to 25, with data from interim committees aiding a formal presentation.
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Charleston
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
West Virginia
Bean
House
W. E. Flannery
Legislative
Flannery
Joint Committee On Government and
Londo Brown
West Virginia University
Council of College and University Presidents
Bruton
John E. Brewton
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Rebuilding Route 50 Proposed by Staggers
Rep Staggers urged rebuilding U S 50 from Gore Virginia to Parkersburg West Virginia to boost interstate traffic capacity and create jobs He pressed for allocating extra highway miles to U S 50 and noted Crozet highway plans to aid West Virginia economy and employment opportunities.
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Washington
U. S. 50
Rep
Staggers
D-Wva
West Virginia
C. D. Curtiss
Gore
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harpers Ferry
Charleston
Senate
Curtiss
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Price Calfee Jr. to Lead Beckley Lions Club
Price Calfee Jr. will become Beckley Lions Club president on July 1, succeeding Jay Wood. Nominated by the club’s committee, Calfee edged out W. B. Connoley after no floor nominations were made. Other officer candidates include Harvey Pauley, Randey Webb, W. E. Mitchell, Ross Phipps, J. J. Lamb, O. C. Drake, H. D. Butterworth, W. J. Tully, L. T. Tully, Charles A. McDaniel, E. C. Dean Jr., J. L. Driggs, Robert Long, W. W. Vines, and board nominees Dr. W. B. Lilly, Rev. C. A. Hillman, Carl C. Drewry, and Dr. Frank West. The group praised the recent state convention as the best in 34 years and honored Kermit Locke and President Wood.
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Price Calfee Jr
Beckley Lions Club
Lion
Jay Wood
Calfee
W. B. Connoley
Connoley
Caffee
Harvey F. Pauley
Randey Webb
W. E. Mitchell
Ross Phipps
J. J. Lamb
O. C. Drake
H. D. Butterworth
W. J. Tully
L. T. Tully
Charles A. McDaniel
E. C. Dean Jr
J. L. Driggs
Robert Long
W. W. Vines
Jack A. Mann
Methodists Open 18th Conference in West Virginia
Buckhannon WV. The 18th annual West Virginia Conference opens amid debates on integration finance and welfare. Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke will preside and announce pastoral assignments as the gathering considers a plan to allow integration by affiliate churches along with white conferences contingent on two-thirds local approval.
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Buckhannon
W.va
West Virginia
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh
Central Jurisdiction
Fencing Ordered For Waste Pools
State Labor Commissioner Charles J F Sattler ordered fencing of all industrial waste pools and ponds after a Nitro drowning tragedy. He instructed inspectors to mandate immediate fencing at all sites where such pools exist to prevent further loss of life especially of children.
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Charleston
Charles J. F. Sattler
Brenda Walters
Nitro
Sattler
West Virginia Group Seeks Allocation for Highway Plan
A West Virginia committee aims to boost state share in an interstate highway project. It will meet with eight West Virginia members of Congress and the U S Bureau of Public Roads in Washington next week to push federal allocations for a north south route through the state.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Washington
Congress
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Hiram Bingham Dies at 80 in Washington
Former Republican senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut died today after a long illness. He was 80 years old and had pursued multiple careers beyond politics.
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Washington
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Core Borings Taken by SRC On City Project
A State Road Commission crew advances Valley Drive extension toward Mabscott with a large drill in South Oakwood Ave to core bore the area and determine foundation type for upcoming bridges and structures. Route staking is complete. main work is in the boring stage.
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Valley Drive
Mabscott
State Road Commission
South Oakwood Ave
Charleston Src
Wreck Trial Opens in Raleigh County Court
The Raleigh County Circuit Court began the case of Frank John Laslo versus Walter Griffith over a car-truck wreck at Piney View last year. Jurors not serving on the trial were excused until 9 a.m. Monday, a court spokesman said.
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Raleigh County
Frank John Laslo
Walter Griffith
Piney View
Mindszenty jailed again by Hungarian authorities
Il Quotidiano reports Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungary’s Roman Catholic primate, has been jailed again by Hungarian Communist authorities. The Italian newspaper cites a reliable source for its information.
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Rome
Italian Catholic Action
Josef Cardinal Mind- Szenty
Hungary
Il Quotidiano
Beckley City Still In The Black At Eleven Months
Beckley city finances show receipts to May 30 totaling 283 017 21 with disbursements 246 842 65, keeping us in the black for the year though five budget items run red. Red items include water for city buildings 11 00. fuel 26 97. premiums for official bonds 94 73. compensation premiums 7 61. refunding of erroneous payments 636 78, with June expenses looming yet officials believe a balance may be reached by June 30 as total estimated receipts and disbursements for the year run 322 643 10.
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Beckley
Win
Lowen Rites Incomplete Funeral Arrangements Pending Relative
Funeral arrangements for Albert Lowen 58 Beckley are incomplete pending arrival from Pomona California. Lowen died 8 12 p m Tuesday at the Cleveland Clinic after earlier admission. A former Triangle Poolroom owner he belonged to St Nicholas Orthodox Church. His mother and four brothers live in Lebanon. In addition to the California cousin his only US kin are three cousins Mrs N A Thabet Victor Lowen Beverly Lowen Abe Lowen Charleston.
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Albert Lowen
Beckley
Pomona
Calif
Rose and Quesenberry
Lowen
Cleveland Clinic
Triangle Poolroom
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Lebanon
California
United States
N. A. Thabet
Wilson St
Victor Lowen
Beverly St
Abe Lowen
Charleston
Oak Hill Council Hears Bid Totals for 21 Streets
City Council in Oak Hill heard bids from A. A. and B. M. Bostic Construction Co. and Acme Construction Co. for 21 streets. Bostic bid 201,985.15 dollars while Acme bid 273,066.70 dollars. Council set one week to calculate per lineal foot costs and will reconvene next Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. to report costs to property owners. The panel also approved continued fire protection for two houses now owned by Blackburn-Patteson Real Estate Co. and formerly by New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. An ordinance granting Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. a 25 year franchise was read and will be advertised for four weeks before council action.
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Oak Hill
RNS
A. A
B. M. Bostic Construction Co
Rupert
Acme Construction Co
Beckley
Minden
New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Blackburn — Patteson Real Estate Co
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
E van Hall Named Police Chief at St. Albans
Evan Hall of Beckley and Mabscott previously led Beckley and Mabscott police, now appointed head of St. Albans Police. Recommended by Mayor Funk and confirmed by council after a month without a chief. Hall served 22 years in the State Police and is a World War I veteran from Mingo County, aged 54.
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Evan Hall
Beckley
Beckley and Mabscott
St. Albans
Hall
Gregory L. Funk
S. Albans
Elmer L. Davis
Mabscott
State
Williamson
Barboursville
Point Pleasant
Wheeling
Petersburg
Mingo County
Engineers Corps
Stevenson Wins In California Cementing Nomination Bid
Adlai E. Stevenson swept California securing 62 percent of the Democratic vote and 68 convention votes, widening his lead over Sen. Estes Kefauver. With California, Montana, and South Dakota primaries counted, Stevenson held 259 delegates to Kefauver's 166. other candidates totaled 226 with 370 uncommitted.
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San
California Atty. Gen. Brown backs Stevenson Truman ticket
California Attorney General Edmund G Brown, head of the state delegation to the Democratic nominating convention, suggests a 1952 ticket with President Adlai Stevenson and Vice President Harry Truman. Brown said Truman might return to Washington and could accept the idea as Stevenson claimed victory in California.
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Los Angeles
California
Edmund G. Brown
Adlai Stevenson
Harry Truman
Truman
Washington
Stevenson
Bryson to Speak at Beckley Kiwanis Luncheon
D. W. Bryson superintendent of Raleigh County schools will address Beckley Kiwanis Club at a luncheon Friday. The event will be held at El Chico with program chairman John Q. Hutchinson coordinating.
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D. W. Bryson
Raleigh County
Beckley Kiwanis Club
el Chico
John Q. Hutchinson
Mount Hope Jail Escapee Arrested
Mount Hope resident William Woolridge, who escaped Mount Hope City Jail on May 25 by prying a jail cell lock, was recaptured May 28 in Piney View on a bus. He also faces a charge of stealing gas from a truck at Keystone Garage and a new count for breaking jail.
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Mount Hope City
William Woolridge
Price
Keystone
Kilsyth Grocer Posts Bond for Jail Release
Everett Campbell, 45, Kilsyth grocer, posted a $1,000 bond and was released from Fayette County Jail on a malicious wounding charge. He allegedly wounded Clarence Woodrow Duncan Jr., 13, with a pistol, injuring the abdomen. Duncan was listed in satisfactory condition at Oak Hill Hospital. A hearing is set for Monday before Magistrate R. C. Godsey.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Everett Campbell
Kilsyth Grocer
Fayette County
Campbell
Clarence Woodrow Duncan Jr
Kilsyth
Young Duncan
Oak Hill Hospital
R. C. Godsey
Moundsville Escapee Held in County Jail
Edgar Bell, an escapee from the Medium Security Prison at Moundsville, is held in Raleigh County Jail awaiting return. State Police lodged him at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday after apprehending him in McDowell County and transferring him to the county jail for return to the prison.
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Moundsville
Raleigh
Edgar Bell
Bell
McDowell County
Gubernatorial Race Narrow in Mountaineer Boys State Election
In a Mountaineer Boys State general election, Nationalists beat Federalists 218 to 120 for governor as John Frye of Huntington defeats Earland Lilly of Crab Orchard. Balloting ran 9:15 PM to near midnight with three statewide machines and paper ballots elsewhere.
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Jackson's Mill
W.va
Board of Public Works
State Supreme Court
John Frye
Huntington
Earland Lilly
Crab Orchard
House of Dele
Gates
Senate
Mike Hall
Fairmont
Freddy Pharr
Bramwell
Robert Ryland
Wheeling
Gene Houchins
Fayetteville
Dick Yates
Beckley
John Hickel
Parkersburg
No Break In Sight for 2 Week-Old Walkout Up to Management
FAIRMONI Northern West Virginia two weeks into a wildcat strike idling all major operations in Harrison Monongalia and Marion counties with about 9 000 miners. United Mine Workers locals met in Marion County Courthouse to urge a management response on roof bolting crew assignments at Williams No 98 and Owings No 32 mines. Officials cited an earlier April 24 May 4 agreement as a benchmark but offered no further comments pending a potential John L Lewis George Love level decision.
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Fairmoni
West Virginia
Wildcat
United Mine Workers Union
Marion County
William Fetty
Williams No. 98
Consolidation Coal Co
W.va
Higginbotham
State Mines Department
Williams
Owings No. 32
National Union Headquarters
John L. Lewis
George Love
Lewis
UMW
Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Consolidation
Christopher Coal Co
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Larry Martin
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Frve
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Parkersburg High School
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Charles Vickers
Kenny Skeen
Orel J. Skeen
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