Non-Candidates Stay In Spotlight In 1960 Race
The Associated Press reports Adlai Stevenson and Nelson Rockefeller deny presidential bids yet remain central. Stevenson rejects a Democratic draft while signaling readiness to serve. Rockefeller says Nixon should be the nominee but may back him if defense and foreign policy differ. Lyndon Johnson accuses Ike admin of drift and urges a world peace program. Symington courts Florida delegates as Smathers votes first ballot, with Kennedy and Bible speaking for Johnson and Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Stevenson
Eleanor Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Libertyville
Ill
Rockefeller
NBC
Meet the Press
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Florida
Johnson
United States
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Orlando
Young Rhodell girl treated for copperhead bite in Wyoming General
Cynthia Kay Perdue ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Perdue Rhodell is in good condition at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after a copperhead bite to her right foot while retrieving a ball from a flower bed in Tommy Creek Hollow. Her father split the wound and applied turpentine before transport. The family had killed a second small reptile at the same spot within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Kay Perdue
Herbert Perdue
Rhodell
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Tommy Creek Hollow
Cynthia
Perdue
Trio Named To Grand Jury For Raleigh County Court
Jury Commissioners John Kushner and Don T. Jarrell named three persons to the Grand Jury this morning to replace three who failed to appear. Mrs. W. C. Barnard, Rev. T. M. Waldron, and E. M. Payne III substitute for Lee Mee Cormick, Helen Earsel Lytton, Tams, and Claude F. Akers of Crab Orchard for the June term of Raleigh County Criminal Court. Two charges added to presentments involve Kenneth Jones for breaking and entering and Franklin D. Jack for involuntary manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kushner
Don T. Jarrell
W. C. Barnard
T. M. Waldron
E. M. Payne
Lee MeeCormick
Helen
Earsel Lytton
Tams
Claude F. Akers
Raleigh County
Commodities Ready New Ruling In Effect On Distribution
Commodities will be distributed all day Tuesday at the home of Paris Shrewsberry on the Odd Ghent Road. Mrs. Warren Shrewsberry said everyone must apply in person and those who do not collect will be cut from the list. Bring containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Shrewsberry
Ghent
Warren Shrewsberry
Tombstone fall kills Swiss girl at grandfather grave
Marie Claude Grossrieder aged nine died after a tombstone toppled onto her at a cemetery in COMDIDIER Switzerland. Her younger sister was present but unharmed. Police and cemetery staff investigated the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comdidier
Switzerland
Marie-Claude Grossrieder
Marie-Claude
Guard Not Liable For Road Damage In Line Of Duty
Charleston AP report: Oak Hill asks if city must compensate for Bibb Street damage from National Guard tanks. AG Assistant Williams says officer liable if outside authority. if within duties, affected parties may claim state compensation through normal channels. State Road Commissioner Graney confirms no authority to repair since street not part of state system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
National Guard
Attorney General's
Asst
Atty
Williams
Oak Hill
William E. Blake
Bibb Street
Patrick C. Graney
Beckleyan Fined On Two Charges
Cleveland Tackett of Beckley was fined 10 dollars plus costs for driving without a license and fined 50 dollars plus costs with a six month jail term for a concealed weapons charge after appearing before Magistrate Cotton White. Tackett was arrested by City Police Saturday and a .22 caliber pistol was found in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Leftists Backing Eisenhower Visit in Japan Sparks Tension
Japanese leftists press for neutral course amid anti-Eisenhower protests over the U.S. security treaty. Socialists undecided on approach during the visit, while Communist students threaten disruption. Democratic Socialists join government welcome. Police fear mass arrests due to postwar limits on crowd searches, with leaders to be arrested after last Friday’s assault on the presidential entourage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Nobusuke Kishi
Eisenhower
Zengakuren
Democratic Socialist Party
U.S
Suehiro Nishio
Democratic Socialists
Kishi
Asanuma
Osamu Mitsui
Tokyo
Hagerty
Thomas Stephens
Douglas MacArthur
Beckley Ex-Police Chief Harry Stern Recovering in Hospital
Former Beckley police chief Harry Stern, 116 Wilson Sr., is in poor condition at Beckley Hospital after recent surgery. He was admitted May 27 for treatment following the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stern
Wilson Sr
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
Eisenhower Heads to Asia Tour From Alaska Visit
President Eisenhower arrives in Anchorage for the first Alaska stop in 14 years. Thousands greet him as he tours the city and wildlife exhibit before a 23,000 mile Far East trip aboard the St Paul. He sails from Manila Bay toward Formosa then Tokyo via Okinawa with stops planned in Korea and Hawaii.
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Philippines
St. Paul
Manila Bay
Formosa
Tokyo
Okinawa
Korea
America
Hawaii
Anchorage
Alaska
Republican Women's Club
William A. Egan
Far East
Eisenhower
49Th
Arctic
Asia
Army
John Eisenhower
Washington
Ingrid Bergman Wins Annulment From Rossellini in Rome
An Italian court granted Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini an annulment of their Mexican proxy marriage. The ruling clears the way for Rossellini to marry Sonali Das Gupta, while Bergman, age 42, remains married to Lars Schmidt and custody of Bergman and Rossellini’s three children is pending final court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rosselini
Orlando Falco
Sonali Das Gupta
Rossellini
Italy
Miss Bergman
Lars Schmidt
Paris
Engineer Makes Trans Atlantic 1 Engine Flight
ATLANTA AP An electronics engineer, Carl Olsson, 38, flew a solo single engine airplane from Wilmington North Carolina to Stockholm Sweden returning with his family after stops in Bermuda the Azores Lisbon and Geneva. He started May 26 and landed June 3. He originally planned to fly to New York then ship it but costs persuaded him to keep the aircraft. Olsson born in Eskilstuna Sweden owns Chronix Corp in Stockholm and plans to return there with his family in July for business and education reasons. He came to the United States in 1955 to work for Lockheed in Marietta Georgia before starting his own electronics firm in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Sweden
Carl Olsson
Y. Olsson
Stockholm
Wilmington
N.C
Bermuda
Azores
Lisbon
Geneva
Olsson
New York
Eskilstuna
Chronix Corp
United States
Marietta, Ga
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Beaver Driver Fined After Hit and Run Collision
Larry Goodson of Beaver was fined $50 for hit-and-run reckless driving after crashing into Sgt. H. D. Gibbs’s parked state police car at 304 N. Oakwood Ave. The driver could not pay the fine and was jailed. In other news, James Leroy Gilley of Widemouth, Md., was killed at Dock's Skating Rink by a shot fired by his father-in-law George Rutledge. Rutledge is jailed in Princeton on murder charges. Funeral arrangements for Gilley set for Bailey Funeral Chapel, Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Goodson
Beaver
W. A. Burke
Goodson
Sgt
H. D. Gibbs
Gibbs
Oakwood Ave
Beckley
Beckley Memorial Airport
James Leroy
Gilley
Baltimore
Widemouth
Matoaka
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Princeton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
George Rutledge
Dock’s
Bluefield
Rutledge
Rink
Ed Guthrie
Clyde Elmore
Cliff Harvey
Mercer County
Loyal Order of the Moose No
Alvin G. Gilley
Joyce Gilley
Kathy
Tammy
Debby
Richard
Robert
John
Fay Testino
Bailey Funeral Home
Truman Criticizes Big City Press Over Party Nominee
Former President Truman says metropolitan newspapers aim to nominate the Democrats' weakest candidate. He declined to name a target on ABC TV during a College News Conference in East Lansing Michigan. He urged prayers for President Eisenhower's safe return from his Far Eastern trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Big City
New York
Harry S. Truman
Stuart Syminga
Abc-Tv
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State University
Eisenhower
Funeral for Mount Hope Dentist C G Anderson at Tyree Chapel
Death notices for 79 year old Mount Hope dentist C G Anderson detail funeral arrangements at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Highlawn Memorial Park. He died at Lynchburg General Hospital. Survived by son Rex, son John, daughter Mrs G F Scott, and a brother, five grandchildren. He held multiple hospital and lodge memberships.
Final rites planned for Billy Bert Legg 30
Final rites for Billy Bert Legg 30 of Quinwood will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Mount Lookout with Rev. Robert G. Osley officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Legg died Friday from a self inflicted gunshot wound in Huntington. He was a Huntington restaurant cook and Korean War veteran. Born May 26, 1930 in Mount Lookout he was a son of Charles Jack Legg and Catheryn Taylor Legg of Monroe. Surviving are his wife Addie three sons Keith Billy Jr and Brian at home two brothers Charles stationed with the Air Force Vacaville California and grandmother Mrs Pansy Legg of Mount Lookout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Bert Legg
Quinwood
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Mount Lookout
Robert G. Osley
Legg
Huntington
Charles
Jack
Catheryn Taylor Legg
Monroe
Addie
Keith
Billy Jr
Brian
Air Force
Vacaville
Calif
Pansy Legg
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
James W Smith Jr funeral set for Carlisle man
Funeral service for James William Smith Jr., 49, Carlisle, will be held at Memorial Baptist Church Beckley at 2:30 Tuesday with Rev. C E Walker officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Smith died Sunday at Oak Hill Hospital after a short illness. He was an inside mine foreman at Oakwood Mine, New River Coal Co. Born Terra Haute Indiana May 21 1911. Survived by wife Bernice Nolan Smith of Carlisle, four brothers Charles B Glen Jean Harry Osage Carol Fort Pierce Fla Arthur Beckley, four sisters Lily Williams Sprague Bertha Holmes Belle Margaret Keaton Beckley Lorene Scarbrough Wilmington Del, two sons Jackie Lee Beckley James Robert Smith Washington DC. Body to Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill then church. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James William Smith Jr
Carlisle
Memorial Baptist Church
Beckley
C. E. Walker
Sunset Memorial Park
Smith
Oak Hill Hospital
Oakwood
New River Coal Co
Terra Haute
Ind
Bernice Nolan Smith
Charles B
Glen Jean
Harry
Osage
Carol
Fort Pierce
Fla
Arthur Smith
Lilly Williams
Sprague
Burtha Holmes
Belle
Margaret Keaton
Lorene Scarbrough
Wilmington
Del
Jackie Lee
James Robert Smith
Washington, D. C
Grocery Store Leveled By Fire in Shady Spring
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Lockhart's Grocery in Shady Spring at about 11:15 p.m. Monday. No one was inside. building and stock owned by Jim Lockhart were a total loss. Insurance adjuster says inventory and investigation ongoing to determine total loss.
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Lockhart
Shady Spring
Jim Lockhart
Cleveland Driver Fined For Drinking
Margaret B. Crosier of Cleveland Ohio was fined 50 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. She was arrested by Turnpike State Police and jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 9 p m Sunday after the court appearance before Magistrate W A Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret B. Crosier
Cleveland
W. A. Burke
Turnpike
Raleigh
Stewardess Spots Flasks On Board Pressures Passengers
Flight crew acted after a stewardess Anne Marie Castonguay of Woodside New York noticed about eight to ten flasks on board. She asked passengers to surrender them, telling them it was government regulation. One passenger volunteered a flask, and she estimated about 50 could have boarded with flasks unseen.
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Anne Marie Castonguay
Woodside
N.Y
Argentine Rebellion Among Peronists Sparks Open Challenge
The Peronists condemn Frondizi for courting votes from former dictator Juan D. Peron’s supporters in the 1958 elections. This marks the first open rebellion since June 1956 when a small pro-Peron military and civilian faction rose against President Pedro Aramburu’s provisional government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frondizi
Juan D. Peron
Pedro Aramburu
Martin Redmanski Sophia Lodged on Charge in Raleigh Jail
Martin Redmanski Sophia was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 12:45 a.m. on a charge noted as driving. Arrest was made by Constables Perry Haga and Troy Lusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Redmanski
Sophia
Raleigh County
Perry Haga
Troy Lusk
Funeral held for AP writer Ernest A. Agnew in Evanston
Ernest A. Agnew 56, Associated Press writer and veteran reporter, died Sunday in Chicago from a heart ailment. Services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Evanston Chapel with private burial. Survived by wife Joyce, three children, a brother and sister, and his father, all named in the Rome. Agnew had filed a Riverside Illinois slaying story and had wartime AP service in Lisbon and London. Born in Glen Jean, he grew up in Charleston, worked for the Charleston Daily Mail before joining AP in the 1930s.
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Evanston
Ill
Ernest A. Agnew
Associated Press
Chicago
Sherman Ave
Starved Rock
Riverside
Agnew
Lisbon
London
Glen Jean
Fayette County
Charleston
Charleston Daily Mail
Joyce
Peter
William
Sarah
James P. Agnew
LaGrange
John B. Jerrill
Ernest A. Ag
William J Daniel Rites Set in Arnett for 84
Funeral services for William Jesse Daniel 84 of Arnett will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Arnett Chapel with Rev. Virgil Cook and Rev. Wade Webb officiating. Burial in Miller Cemetery Rock Creek. Born Saxon December 17 1875 he died Sunday night in a local hospital. Survived by son Carl Princeton three daughters Ocie Shumate Beckley Lillian Pettry Springfield Ohio Anne Corns Arnett three brothers D C Daniel Clayton NM Fred H Mosquero NM Blaine L Whitesville two sisters Sylvia Daniel Emma Hurst 12 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren one great great grandchild. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to residence 5 p.m. Tuesday church 1 hour before service. Pallbearers Dilly Pettry Harold Pettry Kermit Hohmaker Joe Altizer John J Soml ers Glen Daniel.
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James Lark Crawford
Ghent
Ghent Freewill Baptist Church
J. S. Bowling
Kenna Lilly
Crawford Cemetery
Crawford
John
Ann Crawford
Ethel Lilly Crawford
Asia Crawford
Johnny Crawford
Cool Ridge
Clara Baumgardner
Johnson City
Tenn
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Howard
Dee
Charles
Ray
Carl
Bill Crawford
William Jesse Daniel
Arnett
Virgil Cook
Wade Webb
Miller
Rock Creek
Daniel
Saxon
Lewis and
Sarah Ballard Daniel
Arnett Hardware and Supply
Workman Community Church
Princeton
Ocie Shumate
Beckley
Lillian Pettry
Springfield
Ohio
Anne Corns
D. C. Daniel
Clay‘ton
N. M
Fred H
Mosquero
Blaine L. Whitesville
Sylvia Daniel
Emma Hurst
Rose and Quesenberry
Dilly Pettry
Harold Pettry
Kermit Homaker
Joe Altizer
John J. Somlers
Glen Daniel
Funeral notices for Mrs Laura Mankin and William Hank
Funeral services are incom plete for Mrs Laura Hutchinson Mankin 93 of Roanoke formerly of Beck ley and for William C Hank 84 of Hinton. Mankin died Sunday after an extended illness and had a daughter and sister surviving plus a granddaughter and two great great grandsons. Hank died Sunday at a daughter's home after several years illness. he left a son and foster sister among survivors. Graveside rites will be at Alderson cemetery and the Hinton Masonic Lodge will pallbear.
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Laura Hutchinson Mankin
Grandon Rd
Roanoke
Beckley
Beckley First Christian Church
Eva L. Meade
E. W. Faulkner
Caffee Funeral Home
William C. Hank
Hinton
Ronald Meadows
J. Townley Davis
H. P. Hackney
Alderson
Hank
Elliott O'Brien
Buena Vista
Monroe County
Wilbur F. Hank
Baptist Church
Grace McLaughlin
Colman Hanks
Sybil ‘Simms
Bellepoint
Final rites for Cecil Ray Jones observed in Cranberry
Cecil Ray Jones 51 of Baltimore formerly Cranberry dies in auto mobile crash near Bel Air with companion Mark Spangler Hudson Sr. Jones survived by wife Alice, mother Patty Johnson, four brothers and three children. Service Tuesday at Cranberry Community Church. Burial at Prosperity Cemetery. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home until service hour.
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Mark Spangler Hudson
Fireco
Baltimore
Cecil Ray Jones
Cranberry
Hudson
Tivoly Ave
Wilbur H
Maria Garten Hudson
Reba Ann Gray Hudson
Betty Ann
Janet Faye
Mark Spangler Jr
Caffee Funeral Home
Cranberry Community
Ernest Barley
Prosperity
Jones
Mark Spangler Hudson Sr
Bel Air
The
New River Co
Alice Jones
Patty Johnson
Huntington
Russell
Eli
Scarbro
Forrest
Ohio
Bob
Philadelphia
Cloyed Jones
Cecil Ray
Ardena
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Funeral services for Clifford G Benton Jr in Atlanta
Clifford Gordon Benton Jr. of Atlanta was fatally injured in a tractor trailer crash on the West Virginia Turnpike Sunday afternoon. Funeral services will be held in Atlanta with the body sent from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home by train tonight. Benton is survived by his wife and two children. He worked as a driver for Weathers Brothers Transfer Co. of Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Gordon Benton Jr
Atlanta
West Virginia Turnpike
Heart Attack Grants Tragic Highway Crash Near Winston-Salem
George Honaker 53 of Arnett died after a heart attack Sunday while driving on a 25 near Winston-Salem. The car veered off and hit a parked vehicle, injuring Paul Pulliam of Rural Hall and Mrs. Honaker who suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Honaker
Arnett
Winston-Salem
Paul Pulliam
Hall
Pulliam
Juvenile booked for shoplifting by Beckley Police
A fireco juvenile was booked at Raleigh County Jail at noon today on a shoplifting charge after arrest by Beckley City Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fireco
Raleigh County
Beckley City
Forged Signing Alleged in Suit Over Property
Delbert Moss testifies in Circuit Court that his wife’s signature on a note for a three acre Raleigh area property purchase is forged. Dowdy’s lawyer questions Moss’ claim as photo copy of a note dated November 3, 1958 from Farmers and Merchants Bank of Rich Creek, Virginia was presented as evidence. Moss says Dowdy sold him the lease to three acres owned by Beaver Coal Co and promised a deed after $650 payment. Dowdy says he offered only a lease and advertised for sale. Moss improved the tract by clearing, digging a well, building a washhouse and enclosing a porch. Dowdy testified before lunch break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Moss
H. A. Dowdy
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Dowdy
Moss
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Rich Creek
Raleigh
S. Kanawha St
Beaver Coal Co
Medical men open at AMA convention in Miami Beach
The 109th annual American Medical Association convention opens in Miami Beach with national health insurance for the aged as a leading topic. Other items note train collision near Naples injuring two motormen and six passengers, Eastern Air Lines seeking court relief to resume flights after a wildcat strike, and writers resuming work after a 22 week strike. A Turkish military committee drafts a provisional constitution. George Chandler becomes SAG president. Valdivia experiences more earthquakes. Nasser meets Tito in Pula. State briefs report officials elected in West Virginia postmasters association, a top educator attacking farm policy, university chancellor Hardin urging against slowdown, and a proposal to give hunting licenses to writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Naples
Italy
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
Fla
Adnan Menderes
Turkey
George Chandler
Screen Actors Guild
Ronald Reagan
Valdivia
Chile
Gaimal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Pula
Tito
West Virginia Assn
W. E. Swearingen
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Marshall Kirk
Red Jacket
National Plant Food Institute
White Sulphur Springs
Clifford M. Hardin
University of Nebraska
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
State Park
Izaak Walton League
Randolph County
Education Vital States Workshop Summary
The board serves to assess higher education needs in the region and develop plans and programs. It acts as a research facility on problems in higher education and informs states and institutions with findings and recommendations. Education aims to align with societal needs, not in a vacuum. Delegates included 75 board members and the Legislative Advisory Council from 16 southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underwood
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George Smathers
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sen. Allen Bible
D\Nev
Tombstone
American Assembly
Columbia University
Advertising Council
Ertising Executives Association
Beckleyan
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
Bell-Ans
Bell Ars
Orangebourg
W. Y
James Leroy Gilley
Ruth Hagg
Sen. Kennedy
C. G. Anderson
Mount Hope
Tyree
Anderson
MacDonald Chapter
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Knights of Templar
Beni Kedem
Beckley Moose Lodge
Pilgrim of the Moose
Sewell
New River Dental Society
West Virginia Dental Society
American Denital Association
Maplewood
John R. Anderson
D. W. Anderson
East Mount Kisco
N. Y
Rex B. Anderson
Alley
G. F. Scott
Lynchburg
RNS
Snew
Imogene Agnew
Shafik Mickel
Toledo
Pete Corey
First Ave
Corey
Romsa Mickel
Toldeo
Mrs
Violet Atkinson
Violet Pate Atkinson
Minden
Glen Morgan
Woodrow Jones
Prince Cemetery
Atkinson
George and
Della Hall’ Pate
Church of Jesus Christ of
Hoton Atkinson
Annie Harrag
Richwood
Juanita Mann
Maple Fork
Charles Pate
Lacy Pate
William Pate
Jesse Pate
James W. Smith Jr
James L. Crawford
Earnest A. Agnew
Laura Mankin
Clifford G. Benton
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