Myles Criticizes Prison Private Enterprises in State Penitentiary
Fayetteville reports say T B Myles, co chair of the legislative committee on government and finance, blasted the state penitentiary for inmates running private businesses inside the facility. He cited inmate barber shops, TV sales, cleaning and tailoring, and a dentist lab as examples, urging immediate action to end such operations amid fears of riots.
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Fayetteville
RNS
T.B. Myles
Dfayette
State
Warren Donivan Adams
Myles
Legislative Joint Committee of Government and Finance
Minstithns
Cochairman
Moundsville
Harold&, Neely
Four-Point Tourist Plan Gets Beckley Backing
A Beclky meeting of about 40 citizens approved a B'nai B'rith proposed four point tourist program to boost Raleigh County's economy. The plan aims to develop Shaft Mine tours Grandview ocean blue stone earth garden ideas and two day visit packages coordinated with local groups. Ben H. Wender led the explanation with support from Chamber of Commerce leaders who pledged assistance and urged rapid organization.
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C.J. McQuade
the Register
Raleigh County
Beckley
Binal B'rith Lodge
Temple Beth-E
B'nai B'rith
Ben H. Wender
North Carolina
Grandview
Bluestone
Hinton
Summers County
West Virginia
Wender
Stours
Harry FE. Anderson
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence T. Forbes
The
Chamber of Commerce
E. E. Bibb
Isadore’ Wein
Charles Hedel l
Beckley -Newspapers
Anderson
Virginia
Dave Abrams
Wender and Barksdale
West Virginia Weather Looms For Weeks Of Warmth Then Cooling
West Virginia forecasters predict a five day trend toward normal temperatures with a cool Thursday and likely Friday. Showers and thundershowers may drop a quarter inch this weekend. Beckley and Oak Hill observe variable highs and lows with recent precipitation noted.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Sunrise and Moon Phases Noted for Beckley Skywatch
An imperfect sky note lists sunrise and moonrise times with a new moon on June 7 and positions of prominent stars. It records the Tins setting at 9:57 p.m Regulus Vega and Avectures as visible guidance for a night sky in Becli.
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Regulus
Vega
Raleigh County Issues Fox Control Budget And Bounty
The Raleigh County Court allocated 200 dollars for next year's anti fox campaign. A tagged fox will be released in each of seven districts to stimulate fox killing with an eight dollar bounty per captured fox. The Fox Control Committee has 130 dollars for prizes in the fox catching contest.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Counts Fox Control Committee
Hodel Accepts Navy Invitation For Second Caribbean Cruise
Charles Hodel publisher of Beckley Newspapers will join civilians and Naval Academy midshipmen on the U S S Ranger for a practice voyage from Norfolk Virginia. He sails June 20 from Norfolk with arrivals in Trinidad and Rio de Janeiro in July and returns to Washington July 15.
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Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspaper
S Corp
U. S. Navy
U.L.S
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Washington, D
Hodel
Naval Academy
Aniapolis
New Jersey
Long Beach
Calif
Panama Canal
South American
Cuba
Norfolk
Bradley Man Sentenced for Reckless Driving and Weapon Charge
Donald Lee Bryant of Bradley was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail and fined 85 dollars after arraignment before Magistrate Cotton White. He faced charges of reckless driving, no operator license, and possessing a concealed weapon. Separate arrests included Martina L Howell jailed for drunkenness and resisting arrest, a Princeton youth held on runaway charges, and Herbert Richmond jailed on a peace warrant.
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Bradley
Raleigh
Cotton White
Donald Lee Bryant
Beckley
Aeneas
Martina L. Howell
Saunders Ave
Princeton
Herbert Richmond
Former Resident Henry C Shuck Dies in California
Beckley District Appalachian Power Co reports the death of Henry C Buck Shuck a former Oak Hill district line foreman and retired employee He died in a California hospital after weeks with a heart condition Born in Pleasureville Kentucky he worked for Kentucky Power Co before joining Appalachian in Beckley in 1931 retiring in 1954 He is survived by son Richard Grandia Hills California and sister Mrs Marie Gillam Los Angeles Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 pm.
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Beckley
Appalachian Power Co
Henry C. (Buck) Shuck
California
Oak Hill
Shuck
Appalachian
Pleasureville
Kentuckey Power Co
Beotley
Richard
Granda Hills
Calif
Marie Gillam
Los Angeles
Law witness links Boston industrialist to White House aide expenses
Investigators testified that Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine paid nearly $2,000 in hotel bills for White House aide Sherman Adams over four years. They yielded limited records and postponed further access to Goldfine’s papers to next week.
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Washington
Boston
White House
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Washington Register spelling champ tours capital at national bee
Jean Waycaster of The Register represents West Virginia as one of four girls in the 31st National Spelling Bee with 68 contestants. She mingles with competitors from Houston Lowell Washington DC and others while facing questions about her paper’s home region. Roger Cunningham from Kenova, age 10, is the youngest participant sponsored by Huntington Herald Dispatch.
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Mee
Jean Waycaster
Pert Lacy Spir
Houston
Tex
Lowell
Mass
Washington, D.C
Register
Jean
West Virginia
Raleigh Register
Raleigh
N.C
West
Eisenhower Trade Bill Approved by House in Five Year Renewal
The House passed and sent to the Senate a five year renewal of the reciprocal trade program. The vote was 317 to 3, rejecting efforts to shorten the term or curb presidential trade authority. Jean and companions toured Washington landmarks and shopped, while she shopped for souvenirs and new shoes before attending a mixer and square dance at the hotel.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Swim Classes Begin for 140 Beginners Thursday
Beginning swim classes start Thursday at 10 a.m. for 140 persons eight years old and up who enrolled today. Mrs Harvey, chairman of water safety for the Raleigh County chapter of the American Red Cross, announced re-registration will be accepted up to that time.
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Ih. H. Harvey
Teller
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Jean Eliminated In Sixth Round In National Spelling Bee
Washington report says Jean Waycaster, the Register's Tri County speller from Sophia, was eliminated in the sixth round on the word hebetate meaning to make dull. She was the 26th contestant to spell and ranked 43rd among 68 entrants.
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Washington
Hebetate
Jean Waycaster
Register
Sophia
Jean
Governor weighs special session to secure federal aid
Gov Underwood met with the advisory council of the Department of Employment Security to discuss calling a special session of the Legislature to take advantage of expanded federal unemployment aid. The move aims to ensure quick access to funds for jobless residents.
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Charleston
Underwood
Department of Employment Security
Dating Showgirl Star Twin Follows Brother’s Path
Philip Crosby, 23, is dating chorus girl Sandra Drum mong, 20, as his twin Dennis Crosby wed Las Vegas showgirl Pat Sheehan last month. The report also notes other brief items including a Senate candidate shot in South Carolina and various cultural notes.
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Philip Crosby
Dennis
Las Vegas
Pat Sheehan
Philip
Sandra Drummong
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Claims
Pittsburgh
South Carolina
Paul A. Wallace
Marlboro County
Abductor Raymond C Carpenter Committed to Weston State Hospital
The Pocahontas Circuit Court ordered Raymond C Carpenter to Weston State Hospital after finding him mentally incompetent in the abduction case involving 15 year old Patricia Ellen Lantz. His wife received a suspended sentence with probation to be set later. The brief proceeding began at 10 a.m. and concluded at 10:06 a.m.
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Marlinton
Pocahontas
Raymond C. Carpenter
Patricia Ellen Lantz
Frank
Weston State Hospital
Carpenter
Lakin Hospital
Tornado Rips El Dorado Area Killing 13
A tornado wrecked 40 square blocks of a new El Dorado residential district late Tuesday. At least 13 people died and 49 were injured. National Guard search teams led by Lt. Col. W A Goodmin worked to recover more bodies, while Kansas Turnpike patrols could not account for occupants of three cars swept from the toll highway edge.
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EL Dorado, Kan
el Dorado
W. AW. Goodmin
National Guard
Kansas Turnpike Highway Patrol
Lloyd S. Vincent
Trusty Runaways Prompt Raleigh County Park Search
Deputies search for two jail trusties who walked off Tuesday while on duty at Little Beaver Park. Carving sentences on drunken convictions, they were supervised by Kendal Rige, park director, according to Sheriff Oxey Mills.
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Raleigh
Okey Mills
Roger Hylton
Hylton
Hinton
Raleigh County
Little Beaver Park
Tiemen
Bill Rono
Beckley
Clyde Davis
Mabscott
Kendal Rige
Oxey Mills
Litle Reaver
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