Fire destroys West Virginia University's Mechanical Hall
A major blaze gutted Mechanical Hall at West Virginia University Morgantown destroying the engineering departments. Repairs will cost well over 1 million with the building insured for 470000. Fire officials credited the crew with confining the flames and noted no injuries.
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University
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Mechanical
The
Electrical
Aeronautical Engineering
Trial Docket Set For Criminal Court Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Criminal Court two week docket was set with juries to hear trials from Monday to Friday starting June 18. The list names defendants charged with offenses from grand larceny to murder, arson, assault and battery, drunken driving, and related crimes, scheduled on June 18 through June 29 with multiple entries each day.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harold Adkins
Cecil Ray Robinette
Freddie Snnner
George Mack Jr
Hugh Pettry
Robert Anderson
John Thomas Callette
James Davis Jr
Cecil Ray Markham
Jake Shannon
Thomas Andrew Brown
Charles Perdue
Hamilton B. Adcock
Haywood Brooks
Alex Michael
Foster Thompson
Sampson Williams
Paul Dunn
Johnny F. Mize
Ray Pedro Tilly
Roscoe Elmore
Tom Shrewbury
Ray Williams
Howard Jarrell
Hobart Meadows
Fred Burgess
Charles Givens
Wheeler Vaughn
James Durham Elliott
Glenville Williams
David S. Blount
Eugene Venable
William A. Baungartner
James T. Massey
Willie Howell
Percy H. Wright
Harry Ingale
Booker Smith
Noah Levi Gadd
Jess Price
Butler Price
Eugene Maynor
Conrt
Clifford F. Meadows
Henry Everett Cadle
Maurice Summers
Herbert Blevins
Howard Clay
W. C. Peake
Richard Poole
W. L. Phillips
Henry Akers
Marvin Akers
James A. Akers
Ira Sapp
Lacy Cadle
Eleo Lumber Co
Atalee Worley
John Nicholas Geillis
Todd's Grocery and Hardware Co
Virgil Bradshaw
Fred Barton
Douglas
Imogean Fortner
L. C. Vaught
Maxwell Allen
Robert Cooper
L. K. Painter
James W. Bragg
Frank Laslo
Piedmont Seeks Higher 1956 Assessment On Taxes
Piedmont Aviation Inc asks the Board of Public Works to raise its tentative 1956 assessment to 25,000, arguing the 1955 value was 25,000 and that earnings were small during development. American Airlines seeks 210,000 final, down from 250,000 tentative, citing service decline. Capital Airlines requests a reduction from 190,000 to 165,000, with no change from 1955 final.
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Charleston
Piedmont Aviation Inc
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Piedmont
Reasonab
American Airlines Inc
American
Capital Airlines
Auto, Truck Crash Kills Three Near Ravenswood
A head on collision between a passenger car and a bread truck on State Rt. 2 near Ravenswood left Mrs. J. S. Townsend Jr. and her 19 month old son dead, along with Tom Gavin, driver of the bread truck. Maj Townsend and the Townsends’ teenage daughter were injured. Gavin cremated in the fire. Firefighters from Ravenswood battled the blaze eight miles south of town. Townsend's family had been visiting relatives in Parkersburg and were returning to Texas.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
J. S. Townsend Jr
Tom Gavin
Maj
Townsend
U. S. Air Force
Texas
Gavin
Holsum Baking Co
Middleport
Ohio
Townsends
Parkersburg
Camden Clark Memorial Hospital
National Convention Attracts 7 City Lions
Seven Beckley Lions Club members will attend the 39th International Convention in Miami and Miami Beach June 27 to 30. Delegates named include Ollie W. Brown J. S. Larrick Price Caffee Jr John W. Saunders C. H. Graham E R Parsons Dr K K Rand and A G Kinzer. I Dabney Jackson chairs West Virginia Breakfast June 28 at the Saxony Hotel. Edwin D. Hutchinson will head West Virginia headquarters and visitors will receive souvenir glass. A bus caravan from Northern West Virginia will stop at the Glass House on the West Virginia Turnpike. At Beckley Lions meeting last night three songs were performed by Loretta Haddad with piano by Mrs H U Sloan.
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Beckley Lions Club
Miami
Miami Beach
Fla
Ollie W. Brown
J. S. Larrick
Price Caffee Jr
John W. Saunders
C. H. Graham
E. R. Parsons
K. K. Rand
A. G. Kinzer
I. Dabney Jackson
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Saxony
Edwin D. Hutchinson
Charleston
Glass House
West Virginia Turnpike
Beckley Lions
Loretta Haddad
Beckley Hosts Chessie Fare Festival for Low Fares
Beckley was chosen by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for the first Chessie Fare Festival. The eight day event begins Friday June 22 with reduced round trip fares from Beckley to major points and from Hinton. Families benefit as children travel round trip for less than half the usual one way fare with a new age limit of five for accompanied children.
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Beckley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hinton
Fire hits Stockholm Olympic equestrian stables
Fire swept through the Olympic equestrian stables in Stockholm Sweden tonight endangering a renowned collection of prize horses and assets. Fire crews battled flames as spectators watched, with officials confirming the loss of horses and property and investigations ongoing.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oak Hill Paving Contract Approved for 18 Streets
Oak Hill City Council awarded the paving contract for 18 streets to A A and B M Bostic Rupert contractors. The bid was revised from 201,085.15 on 22 streets to 168,923.65 after four streets were dropped. Preparatory work starts soon with sidewalks and curbs under the contractors’ sublet to Waugh Construction Co.
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Oak Hill
RNS
A. A
B. M. Bostic
Rupert Contractors
Rupert
Titlow Ave
Woods Ave
Hunter St
Orville Rich
Bud Hill
Pine
Highland Ave
Main
Oak Hill Hospital
the Woods
Country Club Road
Blackburn St
East Martin
Perry Lane
School St
Jones
Central
Wickline St
Lee
River
Oak Ave
Bank
Blake
Lewis St
Kelly Ave
Lewis Grey St
Virginia
St. Clair
Elmore St
Riner
Oyler
Church St
Summerlee
Chestnut Ave
Whitley
Richards
West Central Ave
Sin
Central Ave
Blake St
Oak
Bibb
Okey L. Patteson
Blackburn- Patteson Real Estate Co
Mount Hope
Minden
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Patteson
Palmer Rites Slated Graveside Services for John Palme
Graveside services for John Palme 75 Welch will be conducted at Greenwood Memorial Park at 1 p.m. Friday. Palme died at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the McKendree Home for Aged and Infirmed. He had no known survivors.
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John Palme
Welch
Greenwood Memorial Park
Palmer
McKendree
Maple Fork Man Freed After Bad Check Charge Withdrawn
Kenneth Hale of Maple Fork was released from Raleigh County Jail after the bad check charge was withdrawn. Hale had been jailed May 29 and waived preliminary hearing to the Grand Jury. The complainant failed to appear before the jury, and today withdrew the warrant.
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Kenneth Hale
Maple Fork
Raleigh
Hale
Partnership Formed To Export Coal Via New Shipping Venture
Washington reports an unprecedented coalition of coal industry railroads and the United Mine Workers forming a 50 million dollar corporation, American Coal Shipping Inc. to buy ships and expand coal exports. C&O president Walter J. Tuohy praised John L. Lewis for proposing the idea four years ago and said final agreement was reached recently. The group plans immediate entry into ocean shipping, with options to build, acquire, or repurpose vessels.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union Today
Walter J. Tuohy
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
American Coal Shipping, Inc
Tuohy
National Coal Assa
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
King
C&o
Affinity Man Cleared by Jury in Beclley Murder Case
James Minnick 26 of Affinity was freed after a grand jury returned a no true bill on May 19 charged with murdering Mack Sheridan 23 Beckley. The indictment cited a shotgun blast through a door as Sheridan attempted to break into Minnick’s home.
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James Minnick
Affinity
Raleigh
Minnick
Mack Phillip Sheridan
Beckley
Sheridan
Inspectors Pass State Tests in Beckley Session
Seventeen Raleigh Countians passed examinations Tuesday night to serve as inspector mechanics in the State Compulsory Motor Vehicle Inspection program set to start July 1. Two failed. tests were at Woodrow Wilson High School with Beckley Detachment State Police supervising. This is the third test session. 86 passed in prior sessions.
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Raleigh
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Detachment
Sterling B. Hopkins
Kyle L. Allen Jr
Fred Miller
Loren L. Layne
Curtis Koontz
Mackie
0. Cole
Richard D. Lowe
Robert V. Poole
James Jones
Beckley
Okey L. Duckler
Beaver
Floyd F. Colley
Mount Hope
Bobbie Grimmett
Mabscott
William A. McHone Jr
Crab Orchard
John Skaggs
Shady Spring
Charles Palmer
Winfred G. Harvey
Jumping Branch
Buddy Gwinn
Ghent
Beckleyan and ex Beckleyan vie for Girls State Governorship
Beckley and ex Beckley residents compete in the general election for Girls State governor at Rhoden Dron with polls open from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sue Smith of Beckley and Nancy Erskine of South Charleston are the two main candidates with Beckley ties. The slate includes other nominees for state offices from both Federalists and Nationalists, with numerous local connections and duties noted.
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Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
E. E. Erskine
Glen Daniel
Sue
R. H. Smith
West C St
Beckley Woman’s Club
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Carolyn Smith
Packersburg
Carolyn Wiley
Charleston
Martha Yeager
Sally Taylor
Alley
Becky Sharp
Wheeling
Kay Moss
Lewisburg
Marsha Kerr
Morgantown
Barbara Hess
Crab Orchard
Saralee Minnis
Weirton
Jenny Rupe
Sophia
Supreme Court
Shirley Church
Pineville
Becky Holden
Salem
Jane Norman
Vienna
Emily Pancake
Romney
Marc Soros
Parkersburg
Linda Fleming
Linda Hughey
Mary Marshall
Logan
Thalia Thralls
Fairmont
Nan Whitlock
Beckley
Eisenhower Signs Bills During Illness At White House
President Eisenhower, though unwell after an intestinal operation, met staff for 25 minutes, signed 27 bills and other documents, arranged a meeting with West German Chancellor Adenauer, dictated notes to his secretary, and sent messages to Congress and private groups. He noted progress in a morning medical bulletin as plans for a visit to Adenauer at Walter Reed were announced.
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Washington F
Eisenhower
White House
Walter Reed Hospital
Konrad Adenauer
Ann Whitman
Ruiz Cortines
James C. Hagerty
Interior Department
Muskogee
Oklo
Great Britain
New Zealand
Dominican Republic
Congress
Public Health Service
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Outerbridge Horsey
Tokyo
Senate
House
Weather forecast shows warm, unsettled pattern ahead
Fair and warm tonight with low 64 to 70, mountain areas 58 to 64. Thursday partly cloudy and warm with scattered storms likely by afternoon or night. Temperatures to run five to ten degrees above normal into Monday, cooler by Friday to Sunday. Isolated storms become more general Friday and Saturday with total rainfall 0.1 to 0.2 inch. Normal highs around 71 to 72. Observations note yesterday highs near 86 and cool nights, with rivers near normal stages and Bluestone Reservoir at normal.
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Cisatean
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
New
Bluestone Reservoir
Quick Recovery from Doldrums Shows Coal Industry Entering Golden Years
Washington P I reports that the coal industry may be entering its golden years as President L C Campbell cited renewed hope from higher production and rising demand. He noted output rose from 392 million tons in 1954 to 470 million in 1955 with projections to 500 to 520 million tons this year. Campbell praised lack of nationwide strikes and urged adequate returns for plant upgrades. Tom Pickett echoed that coal’s reserves and growing energy needs will expand its share in power, steel, industry, and chemicals.
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Washington
L. C. Campbell
National Coal Assny Convention
Campbell
Tation
Tom Pickett
Association
Pickett
Beckley Skies Tonight Moon Bright Planets Amidst The Twins
The Sun sets at 7:48 p.m. and rises at 5:01 a.m. Thursday. The Moon sets at 11:31 p.m. with First Quarter on June 15. Prominent Stars include The Twins, set at 9:49 p.m. Venus sets at 8:19 p.m. Jupiter lies north of the Moon, Saturn appears in the south at 10:39 p.m., and Mars rises at 12:32 a.m.
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Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Park Personnel Named Today
The appointment of life guards attendants and other personnel at Little Beaver Park was announced today by Frank Bowman park director. Don Warden Beckley is head life guard in charge of David Reitz Larry Cole and Dick Lilly. Attendants include Ray Redden Sam Brindle Tommy Redden Buddy Mahoney Giles O Nea l. Restaurant staff are Dick Powers Prosperity Mary Brogan and Goldie Meadows Crow.
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Little Beaver Park
Frank Bowman
Don Warden
Beckley
David Reitz
Larry Cole
Dick Lilly
Shady Spring
Ray Redden
Sam Brindle
Tommy Redden
Beaver
Buddy Mahoney
Giles O'Neal
Raleigh County Park Board
Dick Powers
Prosperity
Mary Brogan
Goldie Meadows
Crow
Transfer to State Mental Hospital Post Arrest
A Spencer Beckley woman was admitted Tuesday to the State Mental Hospital at Spencer. She was escorted to the institution by Fay Lusk matron at the Raleigh County Jail and Deputy Boyd Hutchinson.
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Beckley
State Mental Hospital
Spencer
Fay Lusk
Raleigh County
Boyd Hutchinson
Second Leader Sought After Rebels Execute Chief
Authorities in Buenos Aires press forward the hunt for a second top rebel leader after capturing and swiftly executing their fallen chief in the weekend uprising.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
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WVU
Stewart
Cletis Pride
Bureau of Information
Pride
University Armory
6Urburban Star City
Westover
Granville
Mount Morris
Harry Peckenpaugh
Peckenpaugh
Science Hall
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
Mid-Orning
Ing
Mathew Brown
Douglas Carlos Blevins
Bobby Gene Thompson
Jack Price
Benny
Jeanette Edris Barrager Bartley McDonnell
Winthrop Rockefeller
Hayden Lake
Seattle, Wash
New York
Winrocks
Norrilton
Ark
United States
Charles C. Parlin
American Bible Society
Bible House
City Lions
Chessie Fare Festival
Presstime Bulletin
Affinity Man
Beckleyan
Sue Smith
Agriculture
Beckley Skies
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