Eisenhower Sees No Big Progress at Geneva Talks
President Eisenhower said Geneva foreign ministers talks seem at an impasse with no brighter prospects for a summit. He would attend a heads of government meeting if reasonable progress is made, not limited to the Berlin issue, and urged that US Britain France and Russia ministers have authority to act, avoiding a setback to diplomacy.
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Mn Ashington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Weather alerts and world events in hurried 1960s dispatches
Hurricane Beulah offshore with 65 mph winds threatens Texas coast from Corpus Christi southward as it moves ashore about six mph. Nixon to tour Siberian cities during goodwill trip. Somoza reports invasions from Honduras and Costa Rica. A Chicago fire kills five children. Atlanta faces desegregation deadline. Autopsy for Mrs. Jane Myers in West Virginia. Havana prison riot seeks amnesty amid Castro tensions. A Nevada UFO sighting and LA smog crackdown noted. Queen Elizabeth to join Eisenhower Seaway dedication. coal leaders urge troops. UAM elects M Burt. Hoover spotlight. Cuban exile hijacking to Miami shocks region.
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Weather Bureau
Texas
Corpus Christi
Beulah
Luis Somoza
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica
Chicago
Atlanta
M. L. Hobbs
W.V.U
Jane Myers
Westover
West Virginia
Principe
Havana
Fidel Castro
Phillip Youkan
Paterson
N. J
West Virginia Weather Report and River Conditions
Partly cloudy in most areas with highs in the 80s west and 70s east. Tonight and Thursday calm with lows around 50 and fair skies. Beckley: high 71, low 48. Oak Hill: high 74. Bellepoint river gauge shows Greenbrier normal and clear. Bluestone Reservoir normal and clear with 1.3 gates open and gauge at 1.87.
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Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Liberace Wins Libel Suit Against Mirror
London AP Liberace wins libel judgment in UK high court over a 1956 Mirror column and its implication of his sexuality. The jury awarded 8000 pounds after 12 jurors found the phrasing unfair and untrue. Liberace testified he is not a homosexual.
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London
Liberace
London Daily Mirror
Mirror
William N. Connor
Connor
Beck and two trucking firm presidents indicted
Former Teamster Union President Dave Beck was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of accepting 200000 from two trucking firms' presidents. The executives Roy Fruehauf of Detroit and Burge Seymour of New York were also indicted.
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New York
Teamster Union
Dave Beck
Roy Fruehauf
Birmingham
Mich
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Detroit
Burge Seymour
Litchfield County
Conn
Associated Transport, Inc
Thrift vs spending says Sherwood Glutz
Sherwood Glutz complains that many people spend freely buying on credit or layaway plans while neglecting thrift and rainy day savings. He argues individuals imitate government spending and warns against living beyond means.
New Beckley Post Office Planned On North Kanawha
The Post Office Department selected a site at the southwest corner of North Kanawha and Croft Streets for Beckley's new post office. The 21,065 square foot building will sit on about 54,000 square feet with ample parking and a loading platform under the Commercial Leasing Program. Construction will be by a private bidder who leases to the department. the current Neville Street site will revert to GSA if unused.
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North Kanawha Street
Beckley
A. Fray Lilly
Arthur E. Summerfield
North Kanawha and
Croft Streets
Beaver Coal Corp
Ashton Fire Estate
Frances W. File
Frances File Banks
William S. Banks
Kanawha Street
Jess
Croft St
Summerfield
Post Office Department
New Beckley
Fray Lilly
East Beckley
Neville Street
Woodlawn Avenue
General Services Administration
GSA
Fletcher Mann
Washington, D. C
Mann
Fear Defense Outlined In Murder Trial
Joseph Luchini told Raleigh County jurors that Goldie Lambert acted from fear for herself and her child when she shot her father Golden Richmond on March 28 with the same rifle he had used to threaten them. The state contends the murder was deliberate and without justification, while Lambert’s defense seeks to prove fear and prior abuse. Junior Lambert, the defendant’s husband, was killed three years earlier in a Wyoming County tavern.
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Joseph Luchini
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Luchini
Goldie Lambert
Golden Richmond
Sparacino
Beckley Man Jailed On Drunk Driving Charge
Clarence Glover, 52, of Fairview Avenue, was jailed on a drunk driving charge and fined $50 plus costs in Magistrate W. A. Burke's court Tuesday. The warrant charged reckless driving, a charge that had been reduced.
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Clarence Glover
Fairview Avenue
W. A. Burke
County Court To Sit As Board Of Equalization And Review
The Raleigh County Court will begin sitting as a Board of Equalization and Review on July 2 for 25 days. The board will examine county tax books for 1959 and hear complaints on taxation from individuals or businesses with no adjournment longer than three days.
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Raleigh
Maxey Arrested for Invalid Inspection Sticker Charge
Ted C. Maxey of MacArthur was arrested by City Police this morning and charged with operating a motor vehicle bearing an invalid inspection sticker. He was ordered into police court for a hearing Thursday night.
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Ted C. Maxey
MacArthur
Maxey
Hanshaw Faces Forgery Action in Pineville
Hanshaw 37, of Guyan, returned from Grand Rapids to Wyoming County to face forgery charges. He is booked at Pineville jail after transfer by Deputies Gibson and Riffe. The case involves forging a 1195 dollar check to Pine Chevrolet Co using another man with the same name. Authorities seek the car as part of the investigation.
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Pineville
ANS
William Euell Hanshaw
Guyan
Wyoming County
Grand Rapids
Mich
James Gibson
Ballard Riffe
Hanshaw
Wyoming
Michigan
Pine Chevrolet Co
Euell Hanshaw
Coal Mountain
Bert Short
Justice Area
Man
Toney Bond Posted After Non-Support Case
Willard Jessie Toney of Prosperity was released on bond from Raleigh County Jail after a non support warrant. He was ordered to pay 30 dollars a month for wife and child at a Tuesday magistrate hearing. The case was appealed to Circuit Court with an appeal bond posted before release.
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Willard Jessie Toney
Prosperity
Raleigh County
Cotton White
Circuit Court
New Drug Shown To Aid Mental Patients
Dr Nathan Thal of Western State Hospital reports a beta phenylethylhydrazine sulphate drug helping 144 of 180 patients with low mood recover rapidly and be discharged within six weeks. None relapsed and 36 more improved enough to avoid electric shock therapy.
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Seattle
Wash
Nathan Thal
Western State Hospital
Steilacoom
Thal
New York Academy of Science
Coyle Brothers Captured After Mass Manhunt Ends Tragedy
Massachusetts pursuit ends as William Coyle is killed by police near a woods hideout half a mile from a liquor store hold up. John Coyle, 24, is captured unharmed. The brothers fled Philadelphia after a December market robbery and kidnapping hostage William Sedgwick. Police say they were also wanted for Officer Kane’s murder. Sedgwick escaped when the men fled as police closed in. A posse of up to 400 law officers roamed the woods since Monday morning.
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Mass
Coyle Brothers
Massachusetts
St. Luke's Hospital
William Coyle
John
Philadelphia
William Sedgwick
Sedgwick
FBI
Walter Schmidt
Union City
N. J
Victoria Canova
Canova House
John Lacasse
New Bedford
Young Coyle
Paul Keating
Lacasse
Cape Cod
James F. Kane
Coyles
Kane
Davis Under Bond After Peace Warrant Hearing
Norman Davis was arrested Tuesday on a peace warrant signed by Bernice Gregory. He appeared before Magistrate W. A. Burke this morning and was held on bond for six months.
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Norman Davis
Bernice Gregory
W. A. Burke
Memorial Building Controversy in Raleigh County Center
The Memorial Building run by Raleigh County taxpayers faces a dispute over a private dance studio run by Mrs Emma Beard who has occupied space for 23 years. County official Albert Hazelwood said management is the building’s affair while the court referred the issue to the Memorial Building Board of Directors to decide if Mrs Beard may remain beyond four years.
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Raleigh County Memorial
Albert Hazelwood
Emma S&s. Beard
Thas
Memorial Building Board of Directors
Marshal Johnston
Johnston
Hazelwood
Beard
Memorial Building
Girl Testifies Against Jaques Campaign Literature Trial
A Moore aide Keith H Jaques is on trial in U S District Court for publishing unsigned campaign literature. Alice Dunn a Moore office receptionist testified she heard Jaques call pamphlets a good idea in discussions with Arch A Moore Jr Dunn said Jaques opposed their use in Moore s 1956 race against Mollohan in West Virginia s 1st District.
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Jaques
Moore
U. S. District Court
Alice Dunn
Robert H. Mollohan
West Virginia
Vandals Strike Five Establishments on Route 3
Five businesses on State Route 3 were damaged Tuesday night in a vandalism incident. Unknown suspects smashed tavern and grocery windows, hurled stones and bottles, with no loot. Deputy Edgar Jarrell could not confirm all sites due to radio issues. two more deputies were sent to assist near Coal River.
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Raleigh County Sherriff's
Edgar Jarrell
Glen Daniel
Lutheer Jones Grocery
Edgar Jars
Jarrell
Sheriff's Office
Coal River
Troopers W A Wood and J E Durst Transferred
Charleston AP State Trooper W A Wood, recently re enlisted, is assigned to Co C at Elkins. Trooper J E Durst moves from Berkeley Springs detachment in Co C to Co B headquarters at South Charleston, per State Police Superintendent Hazen Fair.
County Offices To Close In West Virginia Saturday
County offices in Raleigh County will close Saturday in observance of West Virginia. The notice affects courthouses and related county services as officials announce the one day closure.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
State Police Plan Clampdown on Traffic Violators
West Virginia State Police will intensify road patrols and enforce traffic laws after a Charleston meeting on rising fatalities. Capt. H. R. Shields said every available officer will target flagrant violations to cut deaths, with 187 people killed this year, up from 136 last year.
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West Virginia
Shields
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