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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1956

Page

11

Trial turns as widow breaks under the jury’s gaze

Anna Larkin collapses in court after Michael Beaumont accuses her of killing a cat and framing Mrs Beaumont. The judge directs a not guilty verdict as Meg Beaumont prepares to leave Seattle with Matilda while Michael and Inez plan a different future.

Anna Michael Dan Farmer Ann Don Farmer Kemp Beaumont Inez Mrs. Beaumont Cox Meg Beaumont Meg Jezebel Dan Harcourt Anna Larkins Jason Judge Harcourt Tim O’beirn Inez Smith Seattle Matilda Victoria

Tito Soviet To Cooperate On Equal Basis

Moscow and Yugoslavia agreed to cooperate on a basis of equality. Zhukov said Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union would fight shoulder to shoulder in any future war. The leaders signed two communiques during Tito’s Kremlin visit. They backed admitting Communist China to the UN, unification of Germany by negotiation, and handing Formosa to Red China.

Moscow Yugoslavia Communist Party Georgi Zhukov Tito Zhukov Eisenhower Kremlin Russia China United Nations Germany Formosa Red

Lightning Kills Scout At Camp Mulhearn Near Chester

A lightning bolt struck a tree at Camp Mulhearn, a Catholic retreat near Chester Heights, killing 11 year old Joseph Simpson of Stonehurst and injuring seven others among about 2000 scouts gathered after dawn. The bolt set a tent on fire as campers spent a warm spring night outdoors.

Chester Here Mulhearn Chester Heights Joseph Simpson Stonehurst

Dental Council Formed in Kana County

Charleston reports the Kana County Dental Council was organized Monday to promote dental health education and provide dental treatment at clinics for deserving children.

Charleston Kanawha County Dental Council

Windshield design eyed as safety threat by eye specialist

Dr Dupont Guerry of the Medical College of Virginia urged warning against wrap around wind shields calling them a visual hazard of first magnitude. He argued they distort vision, increase glare and cause fatigue possibly leading to accidents as physicians at the AMA meeting discussed highway safety measures.

Alton L. Blakeslee Associated Press Chicago Dupont Guerry Medical College of Virginia Richmond Guerry American Medical Assn Seward Miller Public Health Service Washington, D.C Ross McFarland Harvard School of Public Health Boston McFarland Harold Elliott McGill University Montreal Jacob Kulowski Saint Joseph Fletcher D. Woodward Charwttesville Woodward

Birds of Korea Link to Europe for Land Species

Korea shares water bird species with western North America, but land birds in Korea are related to European species. The observation highlights distinct biogeographic ties for different avian groups in the region.

Korea Western North America Europe

Great-Great-Grandsons Rob 91-Year-Old Kin

State Police report a 91-year-old woman, Mrs. Sue Emma Hopkins, was beaten and robbed at her Charleston area home by two great great grandsons from Dayton Ohio, Oswald Webb and Cleophis Webb. They forcibly took money between and 100 dollars, broke her false teeth, and left her injured. A hearing was scheduled for Wednesday on unarmed robbery charges.

Laing Lawrence Craft Sue Emma Hopkins Oswald Webb Cleophis Webb Dayton Ohio Webb Hopkins

Reporter Tom Irby Testifies About His Own Trial Record

In Dallas federal court Judge T Whitfield Davidson hears veteran court reporter Tom Irby, after 43 years of service, address the accuracy of his reporting in a contested trial. Curiously Irby testifies while recording his own testimony, creating an unusual courtroom moment.

Dallas Tex Tom Irby T. Whitfield Davidson Irby

Leckies Ordered To Pay Back Tax and Fines

Federal judge handed 10 year prison terms to Murray Dean Sayre and Kennard Leon Stutler for the 15 163 robbery of the Harrison County Bank at Lost Creek last September. Sayre from Holbrook Arizona and Stutler from Orlando Florida pleaded guilty. Also three year probation for Bluefield brothers Fred D Leckie and William H Leckie on income tax evasion charges, with back taxes and $10,000 fines each.

Clarksburg Murray Dean Sayre Kennard Leon Stutler Weston Harrison County Lost Creek Harry E. Watkin Sayre Stutler Orlando Fla Holbrook, Ariz Watkins Bluefield Fred D William H. Leckie Fred Leckie William Leckie

Retired C and O Workers Honored in Huntington

Almost 600 retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employees in the Huntington area were honored Wednesday at a downtown theater reunion. They viewed the film The Great Locomotive Chase about a Civil War Union Secret Service mission to cut Confederate railway lines.

Huntington Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

Tuberculosis Death Toll Hidden by Modern Rates

If the United States still suffered the 1900 tuberculosis death rate, about 300,000 more Americans would die from the disease each year than currently do.

United States

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