Mayflower II voyage to carry Bibles to America
Becketly plans to send 76 Mayflower Edition Bibles aboard the ship modeled on the original Mayflower. Six top-quality Bibles go to the six New England governors, with the remainder distributed across the United States as a goodwill gesture from Britain.
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Kitty Thompson
Institute
Bradley
Eds
Abi
Beckley
James E. Tawney
Chris
Tawney
America
Tian
McCreery St
Loistore
Atl
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Emma
Mayflower II Arrival Is Pure Speculation in 1960
Mayflower II remains about 200 miles off Plymouth with arrival uncertain. Captain Alan Villiers reports poor sailing winds and potential days of delay, while Mayflower II and Mayflower I progress slowly between Nantucket and Provincetown as Plymouth prepares for a commemorative stopover.
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Mayflower
Provincetown
Mass
Plymouth
Alan Villiers
Nantucket
Villier
Cape Cod
Ronald ‘Forth
Weather Bureau
Boston
Capt
Samuel Penn
Boston Weather Bureau
I Weather Bureau
Forth
U S Presses Allies for Quick Open Skies Decision
Washington reports say disarmament chief Harold Stassen urged NATO experts to assess a European open skies test zone for early disarmament talks with the Soviet Union. Stassen plans talks in London and aims to mainline a European option as discussions focus on Arctic and European zones amid West German elections.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Russia
Harold Stalsen
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Stassen
Dulles
London
Arctic
President Eisenhower Returns to Office After Illness
President Eisenhower returns to his White House desk after a stomach upset. He appears in good spirits, says he may sign a few papers, and jokes about needing a few steaks as he resumes duties. He had been confined to bed and received a medical update noting virtual recovery but no engagements planned for the day.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Tao Abaabe
City Council Sets Short 7:30 PM Session
The council plans a brief meeting this evening with four Planning and Zoning Commission items. All requests seek waivers of side yard requirements for Janica Gibson, J R Simmerman, James W Dixon Jr, and Harry Harvey. The Rev. O F Haynes of Church of the Nazirene will give the invocation.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Janica Gibson
Westwood Drive
J. R. Simmerman
Franklin Ave
James W. Dixon Jr
Johnstown Road
Harry Harvey
Footest
O. F. Haynes
Church of the Nazirene
Weather roundup for Virginia and Beckley area
Considerable cloudiness and warmer humid conditions with scattered showers tonight and Wednesday. Nighttime lows in the 60s, with temperatures easing into the 60s in Beckley and surrounding areas. River levels at Bellepoint and Greenbrier, New River, and Bluestone reported as normal or muddy or milky depending on local readings.
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Beckley High
OAK Bill High
Srecesaes
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New River
Chicago Funds Scandal Prompts Auditor Questions
Auditors report a potential million dollar shortfall in Cook County treasurer records as the foreclosure system comes under scrutiny. State’s Attorney Benjamin Adjamowski calls it a developing scandal that may exceed earlier concerns tied to missing funds and past Hodge era cases.
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Chicago
Cook County
Atty. Benjamin
Adjamowski
Heribert C. Paschen
Hodge
Orville Hodge
Ilinois
Rocky Ford
Colo
Vroman
Sylvester Licano
Jack Lee
KENZ
la Junta
Lee
Yroman
Santa Fe Freight
Beckley Skies Extend Contracts in Wage Mediation
The Associated Press reports U S mediation extended the contract between the AP and the Commercial Telegraphers Union to midnight Wednesday June 12 after a wage dispute. Commissioner Walter Maggiolo said the extension follows a federal service summons to resolve the issue and a new meeting was set at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
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New York
Walter Maggiolo
ILS, Mediation and Conciliation Service
Associated Press
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Federal Service
Maggiolo
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Quarleston Governor Underwood In Car Crash Near Bluefield
Governor Underwood and his party escaped unharmed after their car collided with another on U S 24 two miles north of Bluefield. They were returning from a chamber of commerce banquet in Bluefield where the governor had spoken.
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Quarleston
Underwood
U.S. 24
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Bluebed
State Board awards college construction contracts in West Virginia
The State Board of Education approved bids for major renovations at West Virginia Tech in Montgomery and West Liberty State College near Wheeling. H. B. Agsten Jr. won the Old Main project at Tech with a base bid of 117,340 dollars, with two alternates totaling 35,060 and 1,300 dollars. Additional contracts went to Luchetti Construction Co. and others for related facilities and renovations.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
West Virginia Tech
Montgomery
West Liberty State College
Wheeling
Tech
West Liberty
Board of Education
H. B. Agsten Jr
Old Main
Agsten
Auston
Luchetti Construction Co
Reno- Wheeling
Glenville State College
West Virginia
Danal West Liberty
Institute
A. H. Miner, Inc
Hagerstown
Standard Tile Co
Staunton
Miner
McMurran
Rey
Wilds
Shepherd State Co Ja Veterans Administration
Eye
Standard
School For the
Rata
Fairmont State
Shepherd
Glenville State
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Army weighs Camp Prince plan with WV lawmakers
Secretary Wilbur Brucker discussed an Army proposal to station part of the 100th Engineer Co. at Camp Prince in April 1958 and move a new unit there in July 1958 while keeping the camp operational as a testing ground. Congressmen Revercomb and Byrd urged retention and economic benefits, with possible reassignment to Ft. Belvoir if needed.
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Army
Camp Prince
Wilbur Brucker
Chapman Revercomb
Robert C. Byrd
Hugh MM. Milton
West Virginia
Brucker
100Th Engineer Co
Prince
Revercomb
Byrd
Fy. Belvoir
Ft. Belvoir
Secretary of the Army
KKK Leader Resigns Amid Turmoil Over Marriage
Eldon Lee Edwards of Atlanta announced the resignation of Alvin Horn of Talladega, a 45 year old father of six, amid uproar over his marriage to a teenager. Edwards said Horn quit to remove turmoil from the Klan and his family as he seeks a successor.
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Allanta
Alabama
Ku Klus Klan
Alvin Horn
Talladega
Klan
Eldon Lee Edwards
Atlanta
Imperial Wizard
A. S. Klans
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Horn
Boys Drownings In Ohio River Recovered Later
The body of Exugene Brumfield, 12, was recovered at Ceredo after he and fellow swimmer Robert Hazeleit drowned in the Ohio River last Sunday. Hazeleit’s body was found Sunday night, hours after the boys disappeared while swimming.
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Huntington
Exugene Brumfield
Ohio River
Ceredo
Robert Hazeleit
Audrey Woods Escapes from State Prison
Audrey Mae Woods, serving one to five years for voluntary manslaughter at Peace Springs, escaped about 10 p.m. Monday. A prison spokesman suspects she may head toward Webster County, with relatives in Dunbar Hilton Village and Warwick Virginia. She is 5 feet 2 inches, 131 pounds, with olive skin brown eyes and long brown hair braided on top. She bears a three quarter moon scar on her right wrist a scar near her left thumb and a brown birthmark on her right leg. Officials say she may seek work as a waitress.
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Audrey Mae Woods
Peace Springs
Girard Fiancee Visits Victim’s Family in Japan
Haru Sueyama the fiancee of US soldier William Girard knelt at the door of Mrs. Sakai’s two room home in Somagawa Japan to beg forgiveness. She told Sakai’s husband and daughter that Girard asked her to convey his regrets after the shooting blamed on him.
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Somagahara
Japan
William Girard
Haru
Candy) Sueyama
Naxa Sakai
Ottawa
Girard
Tam
Sakai
Candy
Kayoko
Alsa
Yoriko
Canadian election ends Liberal era as Conservatives win minority
Canada’s Conservatives capture a plurality in the House of Commons with about 110 seats, defeating the Liberal government led by Louis St Laurent. John Diefenbaker promises a change agenda while Liberal cabinet members lose seats. liberal leaders assess resignation and coalition options as the new era begins.
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Toronto
Canada
Liberals
John Dief
Socialist Ccf
Cooperaenbaker
Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit Party
Indanandante
House of Commons
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
Anw
Pic
Diefenbaker
Vin J
Cent Massey
CCF
Celal Credit Party
Tories
Pot
The
St Laurent
Lester B. Pearson
Walter Harris
Pearson
St. Laurent
C. D. Howe
Defense
Ralph Compney
Paul Hellyer
James McCann
Robert Winters
Milton Gregg
Stuart Garson
Hughes Lapointe
Early Bird Worm Debate Sparks West Virginia Local Notes
Around the Town items note Burke Williams of Prosperity joking that the early worm may win if money rules, while Rev Worth May calls a sale of property at 30 percent value, and historian Harlow Warren offers a quip on fire and death. W B Connoley leads in West Virginia trade education, Nick and Jim Kour ey run Tip-Top Ice Cream on Neville Street, Sparrow bathes in a Main Street puddle, June brides feel the cold, Long Belanch may host a new Eet River Mining carload mine, and W O Sydnor Jr departs for Bluefield for a C C of C dinner. Thoughtful Thirty closes with Mayer Minter’s adage on thinking, speaking, and writing.
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Burke Williams
Prosperity
West Virginia
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