Somoza seeks proof rebels got aid from Latin governments
President Luis Somoza demanded evidence for the OAS that the young socialites who attempted to topple his regime received substantial help from other Latin American governments. After a triumphal parade through Managua, officials warned of possible future invasion attempts as exiles were captured or surrendered. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro led the holdouts, who faced treason trials with up to nine years in prison.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Organization of American States
Somoza'e Sideae
Cannad
VIVES
GMCS
Ovuyyeu
Wy UN
OAS
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
la Prensa
Somoza
Anastasio Somoza
Cuba
Venezuela
Honduras
Chamorro
Anastasio
License Theft Probe Continues at Coal City Station
Sheriff Mills and State Police pursue a lead in the theft of 30 auto license applications and cash from Amoco Service Station in Coal City. Some suspects have fled the state. 30 motorists must replace missing tax receipts and plates, with a $25 reward offered by owner John D. McDermott.
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Okey A. Mills
West Virginia
Amoco
Coal City
Mills
John D. McDermott
Watermelon Case Jury Impaneled in Raleigh County Circuit
A Raleigh County circuit court jury was impaneled at 9:35 a m to hear a dispute between Cross Country Truck Service of Florida and I D Lilly of Beckley over a truckload of watermelons valued at 796 35. Lilly claims the driver was hired by another party and asserts no liability, while the trucking firm sues for the amount. The driver Ernest Morgan allegedly diverted to Florida on the second trip instead of South Carolina.
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Raleigh County
Cross Country Truck Service
Florida
I. D. Lilly, Beckley
Lewis Terminal
Lilly
Ernest Morgan
South Carolina
Morgan
Trooper Wood Re-Enlisted in State Police at Charleston
Former trooper W A Wood of Charleston was re enlisted today in the State Police. Wood resigned in September 1955 after more than seven years of service. He was stationed at Clarksburg for six to twelve years and with the Turnpike division for about one year.
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Charleston
W. A. Wood
Wood
Clarksburg
Turnpike Division
West Virginia Weather Forecast Saturday Outlook Warm and Sunny
West Virginia enjoys mostly sunny and cool conditions today with high temperatures in the 65 to 70 range in the mountains and upper 70s elsewhere. Tonight will be fair with lows around 47 to 53 in the west and 40s in the east. The extended forecast shows near normal temperatures through Saturday, showers likely Thursday or Friday totaling 1 to 4 inches, and notably warm later in the week. BECKLEY highs near 67 yesterday and 65 today, Oak Hill near 70 yesterday and 52 today. River conditions at Bellepoint show Greenbrier normal and cloudy, Bluestone Reservoir normal and clear with gates open.
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W. Va
Beckley
Mae
Oak Hill
Yesteray
Yu Tam
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Venus Passes Mars Toward Regulus In Evening Sky
Evening sky shows Venus moving away from Mars toward the star Regulus. The near full Moon rises tonight with moonset tomorrow, and sunrise is expected around sunrise time. Brief notes mention a future alignment events as Venus nears Regulus.
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Venus
Mars
Regulus
Mrs Bolen 82 Dies At Beaver
Nettie Hornsby Shrewsberry Bolen aged 82 died at 6 45 am today at her sister Arminta Wood s home after a long illness She was a member of the Odd Missionary Baptist Church Born May 1 1877 in Kanawha County daughter of the late Madison Hornsby and Katherine Crawford Hornsby Her husband Jess Bolen preceded her in death Surviving are two stepsons Howard Shrewsberry Beckley Luther Shrewsberry Niagara Falls NY a stepdaughter Roxie Dobbins Charleston a brother Ruben Hornsby Odd three sisters Arminta Wood Frances Hornsby and Alice Massey Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at the Odd Missionary Baptist Church Burial will be in Hanna Lilly Cemetery at Odd The body will remain at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
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Nettie Hornsby Shrewsberry Bolen
Beaver
Arminta Wood
Odd Missionary Baptist Church
Kanawha County
Madison Hornsby
Katherine Crawford Hornsby
Jess Bolen
Howard Shrewsberry
Beckley
Luther Shrewsberry
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Roxie Dobbins
Charleston
Ruben Hornsby
Odd
Frances Hornsby
Alice Massey
Cool Ridge
Hanna Lilly
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
West Warns Soviet Retreat Urges Berlin Action At Geneva
At Geneva, with the Big Four in six weeks of talks, Western leaders pressure the Soviet Union to retreat on Berlin. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd notes talks must end if Gromyko offers no new ideas. Herter and Couve de Murville plan strategy sessions to keep Western front intact.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Geneva
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Lloyd
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
West Berlin
Shelve Gromyko
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Min
Britain
Christian A Herter
52 Jurors Show Up Four Guilty Pleas Entered
A total of 52 of the 110 petit jurors summoned for the June term of Raleigh County Criminal Court reported at 9 a.m. to day for the first session to find all cases appearing on today s docket settled without the use of jury services. The deputy circuit clerk Roy Bowden only called the names of 59 of the original list of 110. The remainder had either been excused by the Court prior to today or were not found by the deputies serving the summonses. JUDGE Harry L. McCreery ex-
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Roy Bowden
Harry L. McCreery
Infant Has Its Day in Court ends with sobbing child removed
Judge Harry L. McCreery halted proceedings to remove an infant in arms from the courtroom. Bailiff Carlos Martin escorted the young mother and her child from the chamber as the scene drew to a close.
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Harry L. McCreery
Carlos Martin
Guilty Pleas In Raleigh County Court Actions
Jurors who appeared were told of four guilty pleas. Leonard Owen Combs admitted breaking and entering Stovers Grocery in Trap Hill District and stealing 340 dollars worth of goods. Sentencing postponed to July 7 with bond intact. Jackie L Davis and Maurice V Davis pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods from Stovers. Earl Douglas Morton and Dewey McKay Crook pled guilty to breaking into a tool shed in Shady Spring District, about 15 dollars in goods taken. Morton remanded. Crook released on bond. sentencing July 7. Alfred DeWeese pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer and received 12 months in jail. another charge drunk in public left open.
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Leonard Owen Combs
Stovers
Trap Hill
McCreery
Jackie L. Davis
Maurice V. Davis
Stovers Grocery
Earl Douglas Morton
Dewey McKay Crook
Shady Spring
Morton
Raleigh
Crook
Alfred Deweese
DeWeese
U S Britain and USSR Agree on Nuclear Explosion Study
In Geneva the United States Britain and the Soviet Union announced a three power scientific study to detect high altitude nuclear explosions.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Stork Has Competition in Mass Flight to Alaska
In Great Falls Montana an Air Force of forty small planes carried around 120 physicians and their families from the Flying Physicians Assn on a mass flight to Alaska. The event showcased the doctors mobility and aviation skills.
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Great Falls
Mont
Alaska
Raleigh County Democrats plan two rallies this fall
Raleigh County chair Okey A Mills says two Democratic gatherings may occur, a wiener roast on Aug 22 at the Four-H camp with speakers and music, and a September banquet with a nationally known speaker, modeled after Fayette County events. The governor race wild-card list grows with Staggers Skeens Barron Smith Bean Amos Slack among potential candidates.
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Raleigh County
Okey A. Mills
Democratic Executive Committee
Mills
Fayette County
Harley O. Staggers
Oral Skeens
W. W. Barron
Hulett Smith
Beckley
Ralph J. Bean
Senate
John E. Amos
John M. Slack
Miss Europe title awarded in Meaux amid pageant cheers
Sophie Destrade wins Miss Europe in Meaux with runners up Eve Dortant Miss Belgium and Karin Gaber Miss Germany flanking her. Sophia aged 17 received the kiss on each cheek as part of the victory celebration.
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Sophie Destrade
France
Meaux
Eve Dortant
Belgium
Karin Gaber
Miss
Germany
Sophia
Mystery Shrouds Man In Hospital
Eugene Rhodes, found on a Bradley lawn, is admitted to Raleigh General Hospital on June 7. He cites Virginia as his address, claims work for Richwood Lumber, and says he has two children, Blanche and Harry. Police seek his family as staff age estimates vary from 39 to 75.
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Eugene Rhodes
Raleigh General Hospital
Helen Huzoski
Bradley
Richwood
Newport News
Norfolk
Shiner's Wife Shoots Officer
In Williamson a small town policeman Raymond Perkins was shot during an arrest. Mrs Dollie Miller Moore wife of Wayne Moore fired six shots, hitting Perkins and wounding Moore in the shoulder. Perkins lingered with chest abdomen and pelvic injuries and paralysis. Both were hospitalized. charges awaiting recovery.
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Williamson
Ernest Hatfield
Matewan
Raymond Perkins
Dollie Miller Moore
Wayne Moore
Perkins
Williamson Memorial Hospital
Moore
Hatfield
Deputy Finds Mine Cache and Seeks Owner
Raleigh County sheriff Okey A. Mills holds 16 cases of blasting caps found by Deputy James Farley in an abandoned Big Stick mine at Lillybrook. The caps are guarded due to their danger, and the sheriff seeks the rightful owner.
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Okey A. Mills
Raleigh
Big Stick
James Farley
Lillybrook
Weather joke over kids skating on farm ponds
Sherwood Glutz says the report of winter's return is false. He argues the weather will warm up and there is no truth to signs of cold coming back for kids skating on farm ponds. He urges keeping the fire burning tonight.
Indiana prosecutor resigns amid Gary rackets probe
Gary Indiana deputy prosecutor Holovachka resigns after assailing a Senate committee probe linking him to organized crime. He denies taking money from hoodlums while calling the inquiry vicious. Prosecutor Floyd Vance fires three investigators as irate citizens demand accountability.
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Gary
Ind
Metro
Holovachka
Lake County
Indiana
Senate
Floyd Vance
Walter Conroy
James Dent
Michael Kampo
Conroy
Kampo
Chicago
John McClellan
D—Ark
Gary Post- Tribune
Women’s Citizens Committee
McClellan
Steven Sohacki
George Webourn
Kennedy
Hammond
Ten Americans rescued from burning ship 400 miles off Atlantic
Fire raced through a British vessel laying cable leaving Ocean Layer burning hours after rescue. Ten Americans including an AT&T employee were among 9.8 saved on the German freighter Flavia. The disaster occurred offshore and details of the rescue followed into the morning.
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American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Flavia
Atlantic
Sterling Baker
Alice
Jackson
Mich
Doreen
Bruce
Shark Kills Diver At California Beach
At La Jolla California a white shark killed skindiver Robert Pamperin 33 as several beachgoers watched from about 50 yards away. Lifeguards and a Coast Guard helicopter searched the water for 40 minutes but found nothing. Pamperin, an ex lifeguard from San Diego, was last seen under water as the shark attacked. witnesses described a 12 foot white shark with jagged teeth. The incident follows recent shark activity in the region and past local fatalities from white sharks.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Husky Robert Pamperin
San Diego
Pamperin
Carolyn
Coast Guard
Albert Kogler
San Francisco
Monterey Bay
Husband Slays Nine Day Bride in Honeymoon Cottage
In St. Petersburg Florida a 9 day marriage ended in murder as Herman Plump, 74, allegedly killed Margaret Plump with a 20 inch iron bar after a dispute over finances. Detectives say she taunted him about supporting her. he later confessed to beating her.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Margaret Plump
Herman
Harry T. Dietrich
Plump
Dietrich
Yonkers
N. Y
Morris Stover Dies at 77 in Charleston Hospital
Morris Stover age 77 of Star Route Dorothy died in a local hospital at 8 50 a m today. The body is at the Keller Funeral Home in Charleston pending completion of arrangements.
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Morris Stover
Dorothy
Keller Funeral Home
Charleston
Raleigh Register marks 79th birthday in printed item
An 11-year-old visitor, Charles Jonathan Hodel, notes The Raleigh Register’s 79th birthday by reading a framed Vol. 1 No. 1 Raleigh County Index from June 15 1880 at the office. His “birthday scoop” highlights the historic predecesor of the current paper in Raleigh Court House West Virginia.
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Raleigh Register
Charles Jonathan Hodel
John Hodel
Charles Hodel
Raleigh County Index
The
Register
Raleigh Court House
W. Va
Young Hodel
Four Whites Found Guilty in Rape Case Verdict
In Tallahassee the jury convicted four white youths of the mass rape of a Black coed. They will face sentencing in about 30 days with pre trial and probation options possible. The foreman said no death penalty due to lack of brutality evidence. Defendants are David Ervin Beagles 18 William Ted Collinsworth 23 Patrick Gene Scarborough 20 Ollie Stoutamire 16.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Railford State Prison
Railford
W. May Walker
Walker
Florida
David Ervin Beagles
Willion
Ted) Collinsworth
Patrick
Gene) Scarborough
Ollie Stoutamire
Eight Escape Auto Crash Unhurt Near Rebel Canteen
Eight Ravencliff residents, three women and five children, escaped unharmed after their car failed to negotiate a curve near the Rebel Canteen in West Mullens. The vehicle struck a mailbox, toppled it into a embankment, then plowed into a railing on a bridge before ending with a front wheel hanging. Driver Bessie Wesley blamed brake failure. patrolman Billy Cook found brakes required pumping. Wesley noted this was her first mishap since learning to drive in September while taking her daughter, Mrs. Margie Blankenship, to Wyoming General Hospital for prenatal care. Damages included a broken headlight, bent bumper, and damaged mailbox. no charges filed.
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Mullens
Aus
Ravencliff
West Mullens
Bessie Wesley
Billy Cook
Wesley
Margie Blankenship
Wyoming General Hospital
Beckley Motorist Licenses Still Required This Year
Capt Tyree warns Beckley drivers that operator licenses must be bought by July 1 despite campaign promises to repeal the $2 annual permit. About 2,000 licenses sold. city expects revenue from last year around $14,000. Dog licenses also slow. only one Beckley resident has bought a dog permit.
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Tyree
City Recorder's Office
Emery J. Smith
City Hall
Beckleyan
Charles H. Carson
Fairview Apartments
Register
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Augusta
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Joe Reynolds
Hofer
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Underwood
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West Virginia Wesleyan College
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