Around The Town: Beckley Citizens Debate Annexation
In Beckley a crowd surveys plans for Mabscott annexation, with Everett Traynham backing pro expansion and locals like Withee Johnson and Grace Meill offering cautious or pessimistic views. The piece blends street scenes, coffeehouse talk, and civic worries as residents weigh roads, governance, and town growth. Public safety advice follows from Acting Police Chief M B Tyree urging greater nighttime caution.
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Tom Harris
Willie
Arlington
Ashe
Columbia Grill
Heber Street
Beckley
Say
Everett Traynham
Mabscott
Prietors
Linto Woolworth
Johnson
Emporium
Eisenhower
Wilcil Graham
Baghdad
Graham
The
West Virginia roads to open all state sections promised by Gov Underwood
Governor Cecil Underwood told Bluefield Chamber of Commerce that roads will open all sections of West Virginia for development. He tied highway expansion to education funding and warned a imbalanced road program could drive taxes up and scare industry from the state. The plan includes routes along U S 40 through Wheeling U S 60 through Huntington Charleston and White Sulphur Springs and U S 11 through Martinsburg with a network of primary and secondary roads to access industrial and farm areas.
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Cecil Underwood
Bluefield
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Underwood
Virginia
Wheeling
Huntington
Charleston
White Sulphur Springs
S. 11
Martinsburg
French Students Riot In Algiers Riot disrupts Algiers after dance hall bombing
French students rampaged through Algiers Tuesday smashing shop windows and attacking Moslems in retaliation for Sunday’s dance hall bombing that killed eight French and wounded 83. A general strike shut shops and banks by noon as paratroops and military helicopters observed. Six hundred mourners later escorted Carmen Ramos’s funeral as the crowd sang the Marseillaise and proclaimed Algeria is French.
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Algiers
Stedent
Veterans
Carmen Ramos
Algeria
Pioneer 4-H Club Sets Thursday Community Demonstrations
The Pioneer 4-H Club of Old Eccles' Road will present a program at a community gathering Thursday in the Community Building. Rita Minor Jimmy Cox and Barbara Cook will demonstrate while other club members give talks. First and second place awards will go to families who have shown the most improvements during the cleanup drive.
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Pioneer 4-H Club
Eccles’ Road
Rita Minor
Jimmy Cox
Barbara Cook
President’s Brother Misses First Johns Hopkins Commencement
Dr Milton S Eisenhower brother of President Eisenhower at Johns Hopkins Hospital with a kidney infection. He was admitted Sunday with illness starting Saturday. Condition listed as satisfactory though length of stay unknown.
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Baltimore
Milton S. Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins University
Eisenhower
Eisenhowet
Military men in News At Home and Overseas promoted and serving
A list of soldiers including Kenneth B. Willis 23 of Mount Hope promoted to private first class in Germany with the 7th Medical Ambulance Company. Others named are Pfc Wayne Woodson Beckley, M Sgt Bruno Panetta Beckley, Pvt Arthur G Knox, Pvt Freddie R Blevins Beckley, Pvt Donzie L Edwards Beckley, and Pvt Ep l L Edwards Jr. stationed in Germany or Korea with assignments and training histories.
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H7ih Medical Ambulance Company
Kenneth B. Willis
Beulah M. Willis
Mount ,Hope
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Huntington
Far East
Fort Leonardwood
Arthur G
Fort Crockett
Knox, Ky
Pu. Artis R
Ho- Whitehead
Jace G. Crockett
Andrew Smith
Earl S
East Beckley
Stratton High
East School
Crockett
Fort Knox
Stratton High School
Beckley
Panetta
Jercises
11Th Transportation Battalion
Fort Eustis
Freddie R. Blevins
Bessie Blevins
Laren Ave
566Th
Fort Campbell
Pvt
Donzie L. Edwards
Robert A. Edwards
MacArth
L. Edwards Jr
Pic
Beckley Junior High School
Gr n ny Gladys Cherry Honored at President Hotel
Working as desk clerk at the President Hotel Gladys Cherry is described as a granny eight times over. She lives with her daughter and mother Boyd, has four children and eight grandchildren, and moved to Beckley seven years ago. She formerly worked at the Hotel Olds in Lansing and the Hotel Astor in New York. Her duties include switchboard, desk, and cashier responsibilities.
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Gladys Cherry
President Hotel
Don Boyd
Crescent St
Ritchie Carper
Meadows Apartments
Larry Dixon
Ben West
Lansing
Mich
Laura West
Donnie
Norrie Boyd
Stevie Carper
Betty Sharry
Cathy
Larry
Becky Jo Dixon
Cherry
Boyd
Beckley
Michigan
Olds
New York
N. Y
Compensation Allowance For Dependent Increases
Veterans with service connected disabilities of 50 percent and more saw increased dependents allowances after a VA family status survey. Of 262,340 veterans surveyed, 240,121 had no change, 13,576 gained higher dependents, 8,642 (3.3 percent) had their allowances reduced, and 2,685 reductions came from fewer dependents. Noted: 42,000 veterans were not sent questionnaires.
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Harry W. Stewart
Veterans Administration
Webesite
Brianne
Soviet Leaders Toast Finnish Birthday With Light Banter
Bulganin celebrated his 62nd birthday in Finland with a capitalistic drink, a scotch and soda, in a city dinner hosted with Khrushchev. Khrushchev hailed him as the new born Finn, and Suurinen spoke of friendship as the pair wrapped up their Finland tour amid security guards blocking newsmen.
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Lahti
Finland
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Baolganin
Khrushchev
V. J. Suiselainen
Soviet Union
Jerry Lewis hosts second NBC hour after split from Martin
NBC carries Jerry Lewis on Saturday night with a second one hour show featuring family members in a comic sketch. NBC reportedly seeks couples for Bride and Groom set to return July 1. Patti Page debuts on Steel Hour on CBS TV in a dramatic performance titled Upbeat.
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Pylibaig
Jerry Lewis
Dean Martin
Nbc-Tv
NBC
Patti Page
Steel’ Hour
Cbs-Tv
Two Schools Of Thought On Beckley City Expansion
Proponents argue consolidation of Mabscott and annexation of four outlying areas will spur growth, attract industry, and broaden tax bases. Opponents warn of higher taxes, more infrastructure costs, and disruptive effects on services. council to vote on resolution and scheduling a county election.
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Suguss
Beckley
Tan Nan
Mabscott
Harper Road
Beaver- Raleigh
Sprague - Calloway Heights
Maxwell Hill
Crease
Thhose
Agenin
Raleigh County Court
Beclky man posted bond in moonshine case
Charley Barber, 58, of Plumley Avenue is to appear Thursday night in Beckley Police Court on a possession of moonshine charge. He was released on an appearance bond after being arrested Monday at 10 a.m. by Beckley Police and Treasury agents.
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Charley Barber
Plumley Ave
Beckley
Barber
Treasury Department
Fort Laramie Skirmish Threads Through reenactment of Cavalry Patrol
In a rough narrative set near Fort Laramie Wyoming, First Lieutenant Temple Jace and Captain Nathan Kincaid lead troops during a Cheyenne engagement. Field reports describe a fractured advance with infantry aid expected, and Emil Schwabacker commands his troop amid shifting weather, scouting, and a planned confrontation with Spotted Tail’s forces as Sergeant Finnegan endures harsh conditions and keeps morale intact.
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Eleuendar
Fort Lara
Wyoming
Reain
Temple Jace
Leavyn
Kenrlella
Vermont
Paleor Witch
Reyna Finnegan
A. Com
Laramie
Jocelyn
Aan
Jun
Emil
Jess
Nathan Kincaid
O Schwabacker
Fort Laramie
Fark
Sabackur
Tait
Fort Connor
Emil, Schwabacher
Notable Hollywood Journeyman Shows Wide-World Grit
At 33 Pat Hingle embodies a lifelong grind from gas station attendant to newspaper boy, farm hand, chauffeur, pant presser, cannery worker, truck driver, shoe salesman and theater usher. His grandfather’s adage that work follows opportunity underpins a career built on varied, persistent industry.
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Bybor Thomas Hollywood
Pat Hingle
Pat
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