Senate approves farm money bill amid soil bank revival
The Senate passed a $3,668,972,157 farm bill after a 13 hour session, sending it back to the House. The vote followed close tests of specific issues as the administration’s soil bank payments for 1958 crops and related programs were renewed.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lyndon B. Johnon
D-Tex
Sénate
Lausche
Ohio
Russell
Gram
Strong
Two Week Raleigh County Criminal Court Docket Set
A two week term of Raleigh County Criminal Court was set today with a docket drawn up. Cases run Monday to Friday June 17 to June 28 excluding West Virginia Day June 20, listing numerous defendants charged with crimes including grand larceny, breaking and entering, arson, murder, and drunken driving across multiple days with many names and charges.
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Raleigh County
Matthew Browning
John Aaron Flannery
Pete Douglas Jackson
Carl Wilson Smith
Micky Ransom Smith
Richard Haven Thompson
Alll
Ralph Pendry
Cecil Fleming
Charles’ Givens
Kermit Johnson
James Ashby Wheeler
Robert Anderson
James Herbert Blankenchip
Lacy Edwin Short
Thonas Edward Neal
Crolden Richmond
Loyd James Worley
Herbert Thomas
Billy Richard Wagner
Clifford Blankenship
Harry Gowman
William Brown
Douglas Carlos Blevins
Sammy Ray] Donelow
James’ Kincaid
Foster N. Thompson
Glenville Williams
Albert Webb
Lewis J. Quesnberry
Ray Pedro Tilley
Vernal
Midkiff
Bobby Richmond
Nash Richmond
Cecil Bowles
Russell Cox
Alex Michael
James B. Smith
Garland Howard
Junior Howard
Walter Howard
James Leonant Webb
Agnes Lucas
Manuel Lopez
Wheeler Vaughn
Harry Williams
Martha Anni Crider
Lloyd Gaylen Davis
Tracy Minnick
Edgar Yost
Arthur C. Morris
Pellry
JL. K. Painter
Otha Robertson
Emerson Stover
Robertson
Wil
Raymond Liam
Freddie Honaker
Lawrence Coots
Pauruy
James Radford
Ralph Cooneay
Franklin Smith
Petit
Calvin Larceny
Kenneth Long
Ray Lilly
George N. Logan
James D. Mann
Raymond Coots
Ralph Freeland
Tommy Joe Sweeney
Edgell Wendell Spears
Robert Wright
Louis Balasky
William Bane Snow
Dominic Stanick
Willie Howell
Man Slaughter
Maurice Summers
Robert Cooner
Lacy Cadle
Paul M. Tolliver
James Spencer
Helen Spencer
Bee T
Virgil Adkins
Harvey C. Cooper
Fayz Corey
Claude Griffith
Rudolph Meadows
Horace Darlow Setliff
Radio Announcer Admits Hoax In WWNR Shooting Scare
Russ Cooke, WWNR radio announcer, confessed to state police that no one shot at him and he fired the shots himself. Station managers denounce the hoax as a cruel fabrication and Cooke is fired. Police say the case is closed with no further action expected.
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WIWNR
Russ Cook
Fine
C. L. Walker
Company D
Ste
Cook
WWNR
Richard H. Booth
Cooke
Grandson of educator among trio charged in Clinton kidnap plot
Three men including Thomas D. Jacobs, 59, Jobie Shelton, 24, and William T. Hill, 60, are held on conspiracy to kidnap the 4 year old son of a Clinton banker. Arrests followed four months of surveillance. A ransom note for 350000 was found on Shelton.
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Columbia
5.C
South Carolina
Clinton
Thomas D. Jacobs
Jobie Shelton
Wiliam T. Hill
Jacobs
Thomas P. Jacobs
Presbyterian College
Shelton
Hill
J. P. Strom
State Law Enforcement Division
Strom
Robert M. Vance Tr
Vance
Slab Fork Celebrates Birthday Saturday
Slab Fork Coal Co marks middle years of progress and a 50 year outlook with a 30th anniversary program on Saturday for stockholders and employees. Austin Canerton notes charter date March 9 1807 and first coal carload shipped November 30 1907. The firm projects 1 million tons annually for the next 50 years.
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Slay Fork Coal’ Co
Austin Canerton
Slab Fork
Beaver Coal Corp
Caperton
Defense Drops Case in Raleigh County Suit
In a surprise move the defense rested its case without presenting evidence on the third day of a $20,000 Raleigh County Circuit Court suit. Hon. M Hannah Terry administratrix for the estate of Benjamin A Terry sues Beckley Furniture Store and Garrison defendants over an accident June 27, 1955 when a refrigerator being delivered fell on Terry wounding him.
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Raleigh County
M. Hannah Terry
Benjamin A. Terry
W. C.garrison
J. E. Garrison
Mackie Garrison
Beckley Furniture
Neville St
Terry
Prison Officials To Meet June 19
Charleston report says Theodore T. Dorman calls a June 19 meeting of state prison officials. Wardens of the West Virginia Penitentiary Moundsville and the Medium Security Prison Huttonsville plus the State Prison for Women Peace Springs will attend along with three Board of Probation and Parole members. Dorman seeks better conditions and understanding between boards and wardens as the Board of Control dissolves July 1. Gov. Underwood confirms Dorman will become commissioner of public institutions.
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Charleston
Board of Control
Commissioner of Public Institutions
Theodore T. Dorman
West Virginia
Moundsville
Huttonsville
Peace
Springs
Dorman
Board of Probation and Parole
Dorma
Underwood
Department of Mental Health
Car taken on demo found near Shady Spring
Grady Whitlock Ford, Inc. reported a car taken during a demonstration. State Police found the car near Shady Spring Tuesday night out of gas. Salesman Woody Kinzer said the thief kept the keys and the car was brought in by Beckley Wrecking Co. Kinzer joked they will fill the tank next time.
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Grady Whitlock
Ford, Inc
Woody Kinzer
Whitlock
Shady Spring
Kinzer
Beckley Wrecking C O
Platt Announces More Taverns Lose Licenses
Charleston report says Logan County tavern JGkey Adkins as Three Way Inn in Mount Gay had license revoked after gambling allegations with $500 bond forfeited. Two licenses suspended 60 days each for gaming or late jukebox. three Madison Boone County taverns saw 20 day suspensions for liquor sales and related violations.
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Charleston
Logan County
Roy D
Platt
Jgkey Adkins
Three Way
Innin
Mount Gay
Adkins
Carl W. Hull
Mountain View
Bartow
Pocahontas County
Eva Paynter
Eva's Drive Inn
Davin
Madison
Boone County
Mary K. Hartless
Bennie’s Place
Schuler
Court House
Garnet G. Cooper
Royal couple plans five day U S visit in October
Washington reports Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip plan a five day visit to the United States in October. White House press secretary James Hagerty said the couple would be in the U S from October 16 to 21 with travel details still undisclosed.
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Washington
Britain
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
America
White House
James €. Hagerty
United States
Beckley Skies Preview of Evening Star and Planets
The Sun and Moon rise times are listed for Thursday with the Moon in last quarter at 5 22 a m. Regulus is the prominent star in the west at 9 35 p m. Venus appears late in July low in the western sky after sunset near Regulus.
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Regulus
Venus
Jimmy Dorsey Dies in New York Hospital at 53
Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey died today in Doctors Hospital New York at age 53 after about a month of hospitalization. The exact cause of death was not released immediately.
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York
Jimmy Dorsey
Doctors Hospital
Dorsey
Atlas Missile Test Fails at Cape Canaveral Flight
Crowds watched as an Atlas intercontinental missile lifted two miles, then exploded at Cape Canaveral. Air Force officials said the missile blew up after launch and provided limited detail on the mishap. Information emphasized that valuable data from the test was gained for ongoing flight testing.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla. A
Air Force
Defense
Air Force Department
Atlas
Moscow
Atlantic
Guilty Pleas Heard in Fireco Petit Larceny Case
Richard Meadows and Sterling Wills of Fireco pled guilty to petit larceny in Magistrate Cotton White's office. They were fined $25, given fees, and sentenced to 19 days in Raleigh City Jail.
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Cotton White
Richard Meadows
Sterling Wills
Fireco
Raleigh Carty
Construction resumes on hangar at Memorial Airport
R L Davis engineer for the hangar project at Memorial Airport announced that work on the new hangar has resumed after a delay caused by a steel shortage and scarcity of steel workers.
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R. L. Davis
Memorial Airport
Man in Critical Condition After Sunday Car Crash
Hiram Blewsin of Beaver is listed in critical condition at Bockley Hospital after being struck by an automobile on the road to Memorial Airport while preparing to attend church services Sunday. The accident occurred on the road to the airport.
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Hiram Blewins
Beaver
Bockley Hospital
Memorial Airport
Weather Outlook with Showers and Clouds
Scattered showers and considerable cloudiness tonight with lows 38 to 41 northeast and 62 to 63 west and south. Thursday mostly cloudy with scattered showers likely in west and central portions and cooler conditions.
Girard Decision Awaited Over Japanese Trial Rights
A federal judge in Washington weighed if William S. Girard can be tried in Japan without violating his constitutional rights. Judge McGarraghy signaled a ruling next week as Girard, a 21 year old specialist in the U S Army, faces potential transfer to Japanese court for a death in an alleged accident in Okinawa. Secretary Dulles said the United States made the decision to hand Girard to a Japanese court.
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Washington
Wiliam S. Girard
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Girard
U.S
McGarraghy
Dulles
Girardo
Secretary of Defense
Andare Neera
Nein High
Raleigh County
William S
Deen
Bellepoint
New River
Bluestone
U. S. Army
Girard Appeal Sought In Beckley For Trial Location
A petition drive in Ottawa Illinois urges that Girard be tried in the United States rather than by a U S Army court martial. Citizens push for Beckley West Virginia officials to decide, citing international furor and U S obligations as the case unfolds.
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Girard
A. K. Twe
Minter
U.S
Oliver Gasch
Ottawa
McGarraghy
Man Charged In Miller Death Declared Sane
Elmer David Bruner 39, an odd jobs worker, was found sane by Huntington psychiatrists Dr. R W Hibbard and Dr C G Polan. He faces murder charges in Ruby H Miller 58 is killed with a hammer during a May 27 intrusion. trial set for June 26.
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Huntington
Elmer David Bruner
Ruby H. Miller
R. W. Hibbard
C.G. Polan
Common Pleas
John W. Daniel
Bruner
I Cabell County Grand Jury
Mrs
Mayflower II Reaches Provincetown Harbor in Rough Seas
The Mayflower II replica arrives at Provincetown after a 53 day voyage from Plymouth England. Skipper Alan Villiers guides the 180 ton ship through 40 knot gusts as crowds watch from the dunes.
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Provincetown
Mass
Provincetown Harbor
Plymouth
England
Alan Villiers
Wil
Point
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Pilgrims
Yankton
West Indies
Gulf Stream
Wyoming County Plans to Curb Traffic Violations
Wyoming County officials announced new road law rules to curb speeding and reckless driving. A meeting attended by Circuit Judge Robert M. Worrell, Prosecutor Robert Bailey, Sheriff Bert Short and deputies led to plans endorsed by the county justices of the peace. Offenders face 100 dollar fines and 30 days in jail, with license surrender options and specific appeal provisions. In Charleston, Gov. Underwood trimmed Republican holdovers, leaving five major Democratic appointments.
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Pineville
W. Va
Wyoming
Robert M. Worrell
Robert Bailey
Bert Short
Short
Bailey
Bond Posted For Wayne Ransom In DWI Case
Wayne Ransom of Mount View posted a $57.50 bond in Magistrate J E May's office on a driving while intoxicated charge. He is scheduled for a hearing in May's office Monday at 10 a.m.
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Wayne Ransom
Mount View
J. E. May
May
Bias Estimates Raise In July Liquor Prices
West Virginia liquor prices are expected to rise next month to fund the Korean veterans bonus bonds. Chairman E Gaujot Bias says increases will vary, averaging about 15 cents per fifth and 10 cents per quart, with higher priced liquors rising more. The 1957 Legislature designated liquor as the sole source to pay off the bonds.
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Charleston
Turncoat Will Leave Red China On Saturday
Hong Kong reports U.S. soldier Andrew Fortuna of Ionia Michigan will depart Red China on Saturday. Fortuna was among 21 U.S. soldiers who refused repatriation after the 1959 Korean War ceasefire, with several later returning to the United States and one dying in Red China. The Defense Department discharges were issued in 1954 and the Supreme Court ruled they could not be prosecuted for wartime actions. Fortuna cited poverty in Detroit and Marxist philosophy as influencing his views. He is expected to return to the United States shortly after arrival in Hong Kong.
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Hong ‘Kong
U.S
Andrew Fortuna
Ionia
Mich
Red China
Fortuna
United States
Samuel David Hawkins
Oblahoma City
Hong Kong
Defense Department
Supreme Court
Detroit
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