White House Admits Gift From Goldfine To Eisenhower
The White House confirmed Bernard Goldfine gave President Eisenhower expensive vicuna material in 1936 and later notes. Press secretary Hagerty disputed Pearson claims about a three quarter length vicuna coat and said Eisenhower never owned such coats. He described the Pearson piece as false and stated Adams also denies certain gifts and meetings with Goldfine.
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Washington
White House
Bernard Goldfine
Eisenhower
James
Hagertyn
Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Congressional Committee
Goldfine
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Hisenhower
Sein
Adams
Wolds
Talbott
Sons
Tom Gellloe
Pear- Pearson
Hag
Boston
Harold Talbott
Ellerly
Liel
Air Force
Talsenhower
Doomed Slayer Strain Evident On Death Row Companions
Huntington AP report recalls Elmer Bruner noting changing attitudes of Eugene Linger and Larryce Fudge on death row at Moundsville. Bruner cites Linger’s calm, dancing demeanor, Fudge’s growing strain, and Gov. Underwood ordering a mental reevaluation. Bruner reads to cope. he awaits Supreme Court review after a 1957 murder conviction.
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Huntington (Ap
Huntington
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Huntington Herald Dispatch
David Scheen
Linger
Death Row
Weston
Fudge
Inez Booth
Underwood
Fonmer High School
Bruner
Ruby H. Miller
Supreme Court
Final well child clinic set for Saturday in Dry Hill Prosperity
Dr Bruce Hogg says the final well child clinic before the new school term will begin at 10 am Saturday in the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Building. He urges all parents to ensure preschool and polio immunizations for their children.
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Bruce Hogg
Hogg
Adams Defends Ties With Industrialist Goldfine
In prepared testimony Sherman Adams denies using his official position to aid Bernard Goldfine. He recounts gifts including a rug and a coat from the textile magnate and asserts he never let personal ties affect government conduct. Adams notes hotel bills paid by Goldfine amid FTC scrutiny of Goldfine firms.
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Adams
Goldfine
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Boston
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Subcommittee
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
New Hampshire
Humber
Transfer Tax Held Unconstitutional in State Supreme Court
Charleston AP The state Supreme Court ruled the 1937 transfer tax act unconstitutional. The unanimous decision blocks counties from using a tax on recording deeds and mortgages to fund schools. The case arose from the Winters purchase in Curry District, with Putnam and ten other counties affected.
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Charleston
Court
Chauncey Browning
Boards of Education
Supreme Court
Putnam County Board of Education
Curry
W. W. Winter
Mary Etta Winter
A. M
Brown
Winters
Putnam
Boone, Hancock
Marshall Mineral
Mingo
Ohio
Tucker, Webster and
Wood
State School Board Rebukes Cardwell Plea Over Coach Renewal
The West Virginia State Board of Education met in Charleston for a two day session and heard an appeal from the State College alumni association after Dr. Wid Wallace declined to rehire veteran coach Mark H. Cardwell for the next academic year. Wallace cited a scholarship policy mixup while Cardwell blamed a residency rule change not shared with him. The board also considered probation for Athletic Director Charles C. Hawkins and approved extending college teaching through high school faculties to address a statewide teacher shortage.
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Cardwell
Charles C. Hawkins
Wallace
Board of Education
Treasury Spokesman Projects Larger 1959 Deficit
Treasury Under Secretary Fred C. Scribner Jr. told the National Food Plant Institute convention that the 1959 deficit will be larger than this year as expenditures near 73 billion dollars and revenue around 70 billion. He noted a drop in gross national production and personal income but said government measures aim to cushion the decline without harming free enterprise.
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White Sulphur Springs
Treasury Department
Fred C. Scribner Jr
National Food Plant Institute
Scribner
Conservation Official Receives National Award for Education Efforts
Robert R Bowers chief of the Conservation Commission Education Division is honored with a bronze plaque citation and a cash award by Conservation Director Warden M Lane. The 1958 award recognizes his work on Living Learning Loving West Virginia and its use in 36 states, three foreign countries, and four Canadian provinces.
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Charleston
Robert R Bowers
The
Conservation Commission
West Virginia
Bowers
Warden M. Lane
American Motors
Morgantown
Canada
Virginia Game Commission
West Virginia Conservation Magazine
Commission
Direcor
M. Lane
C. O. Handley
Planning Commission Approves Two Zoning Proposals
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved two matters in a public hearing with no protests. Advent Christian Church received a waiver of five-foot yard requirements for a new addition. Frank R. Withrow obtained permission to enlarge his garage. Jay Ballard was granted a 12 month temporary permit to move his office on a used car lot.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Advent Christian Church
Frank R. Withrow
Johnstown Rd
Jay Ballard
County's Young Demos Slated To Meet Tonight
The Young Democratic Club of Raleigh County will meet at 8 p.m. in the Circuit Courtroom of the Courthouse. President Colton White says Candidates Night will be observed and all candidates present will have a chance to speak.
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Young Democratic Club
Raleigh County
Colton White
Beaver man ordered to court after police arrest
Julious C. Adkins of Beaver must appear in Becktex Police Court Thursday night after arrest at 11 p m Monday by city police on charges of speeding no operator s license and no registration card.
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Julious C. Adkins
Beaver
Becktex
Widow Marchand appointed to fill Senate vacancy
Governor Underwood appointed Mrs. Mary C. Marchand of Morgantown to complete her late husband Don K. Marchand’s term in the 14th Senatorial District, which includes Monongalia and Marion Counties. The appointment from three nominees ends this year with no renomination filed. Other names were Thomas J.C. Little and Ralph R. Rude.
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Charleston
Guv. Underwood
Mary C. Marchand
Morgantown
State Senate
Don K. Marchand
Marchand
Monongalia
Marion
Mth
Democratic Committee
Thomas J.C. Little
Ralph R. Rude
Trade-Business Chiefs Oppose Inflation As Employment
A Senate Finance inquiry prompts trade and business leaders to oppose inflation as a tool for maintaining full employment. They warn creeping inflation hurts pensions, fixed incomes, and bonds, urging government action only to curb excessive inflation. Industry officials cite wage-price spirals harming many groups.
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Washington
Trade and Business Association
William T. Fairey
Asso. of American Railroads
Fairey
Senate
Timately
Tom Pickett
National Coal Assn
Milter Lightner
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Becke yan Given Testimony Continues Prison Sentence In Road Death Suit
Ernest Morgan, of Oak Hill, testified in Raleigh County Circuit Court as a second day witness in a $25 000 collision suit. He said he drove a car owned by Caroll Pennington when Raymond Mills crashed at Raleigh Hill on April 14 1957 killing Mills. Jeanette Brammer nine and her guardian Ethel Hatcher sue for injuries from being a passenger. Pennington Mills and Wilson are named defendants. The jury visited the accident scene around 3 pm. Morgan claimed he left Beckley Hospital to report to police not to drink. Attorneys for plaintiff are Ashworth and Turner. Morgan and Pennington are represented by File Scherer Fletcher Mann and Jack Mann.
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Ernest Morgan
Oak Hill
Raleigh County
Morgan
Caroll C. Pennington
Cleveland, C
Raymond Mills
Raleigh Hill
Mills
Crab
Ethel Hatcher
Pennington
T. R. Wilson
Marie Mills
Beckley Hospital
D. D. Ashworth
Thomas Turner
Morgan and Pennington
William File
LL Scherer
Fletcher Mann
Jack Mann
Wilson
Calloway Heights Youth Taken To Pruntytown
A 14 year old Calloway Heights juvenile was taken from the Raleigh County Jail at 12 10 p m by a deputy sheriff to the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown. The youth was sentenced by Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L McCreery until he is 21 years old. He may be released sooner by school authorities. He is charged with breaking into a house in Wyoming County and was described as constantly deserting his home.
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Calloway Heights
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Puckett and Seigler Plea Guilty in Raleigh Court
In Raleigh County Criminal Court David Eugene Puckett of 414 1 2 Bailey Ave. pleaded guilty to grand larceny arising from the April 29 robbery at Jarretr's Motor Sales Beckley totaling 1295. Freddie Joe Seigler of Rhodell admitted breaking and entering tied to the April 10 Craghead's Grocery theft of 118.05. Evans of Beckley pled guilty to bastardy and was ordered to support the child’s mother. court adjourned to 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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David Eugene Puckett
Bailey Ave
Moundsville
Raleigh County
Puckett
Jarretr
Beckley
Harald Smith
Freddie Joe Seigier
Rhodes
Seigier
Craghead
Rhodell
Raleigh
Seigler
Kermit J. Locke
Albert Evans
Antonio Ave
Evans
Harry L. McCreery
Two Miners Hurt In Slate Fall At Mine
Mullens West Virginia two miners Homer Johnson 50 Iroquois loading machine operator and Harlen Cline 31 Hanover were injured in a slate fall at the Tralee Mine of the Semel Solvay Corp on the third shift. Johnson suffered chest and back injuries and was taken to Beckley hospital while Cline sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and was transported to Welch hospital. Both were expected to be idle for the day after the accident occurred about one hour before shift ends at 8 am.
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Mullens
RNS
Tralee
Semel-Solvay Corp
Homer Johnson
Iroquois
Harlen Cline
Hanover
Johnson
Beckley
Cline
Welch
Naval Observatory Set in West Virginia
The Navy will build a 60 million dollar electronic radio observatory on a 1 300 acre Sugar Grove site in Pendleton County West Virginia about 25 miles west of Harrisonburg Va. The Naval Radio Research Observatory will serve the military and scientific community and aid studies of outer space and earth data.
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Washington
Navy
West Virginia
Sugar Grove
Pendleton County
Harrisonburg
Naval Radio Research Observatory
Outer Space
Earth
Sens
Chapman Revercomb
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Navy Observatory
West Weather Pleasant With Mild Temps Across Regions
Weather summary notes mostly sunny and pleasant with highs in the 70s and 60s in mountains. Nights cool with lows ranging from the upper 30s to mid 40s. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and a few scattered afternoon showers. Rivers and reservoirs show normal stages with Bluestone Milky gauge at 2.8 and gates open.
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Beckley High
Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Forest Fire Prevention Conference Transportation Plan
The Rural Development County forestry commission in Raleigh County will arrange transportation for attendees of the Governor's Forest Fire Prevention Conference at White Sulphur Springs July 6 5. RDC manager Charles T Shackelford said forestry members will assist to boost attendance and interest. Call CL 43 1230 to request transport. The conference opens Sunday July 6 with registration at The Greenbrier.
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Rural Development County
Bil
Forestry Commission
Raleigh County
White Sulphur Springs
Charles T. Shackelford
RDC
Shackelford
Greenbrier
Beckley Skies and Visible Planets Evening Sky
The Sun sets 7 49 p m and rises 3 02 a m on Wednesday The Moon sets 8 02 p m with first quarter on June 24 Prominent Star Ailair is low in the east at 11 p m Visible planets Saturn sits low in the southeast at 8 98 p m Jupiter appears in the southwest at 10 30 p m Mars is low in the east at 1 33 a m Vem us rises 3 21 a m
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Ailair
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Vemus
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