State pageant picks include Miss Universe and Teen Queen
Miss West Virginia title goes to Little Miss West Virginia and 17 year old Jean Caseino of Vine Street wins baton twirling and will compete next winter in the National Twirling Tournament at St Paul Minn Barbara Matis of Oceana named State Teen Queen while Wilda Sue Estep of Elkview chosen to represent the state in the Miss Universe Contest July 17 27 at Long Beach California See story Page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Barbara Mathis
Wilda Sue Estep
Elkview
Long Beach
Calif
Charleston
West Virginia
Cheryl Cardi
Jean Caseino
Cheryl
Carl V. Cardi
North Kanawha
Iowa Housewife Chosen New Mrs America Starts Busy Reign
Des Moines housewife Margaret Priebe 36 won Mrs America and begins a year of travel and duties. Her husband L Clarke Priebe and parents will care for four children as she handles public appearances, cooking, and duties of the title. Priebe plans to pose for photographers while managing home and duties with a cooperative husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Des Moines
Iowa
America
Margaret Priebe
L. Clarke Priebe
Priebes
Air Force Reserve
Union Park Methodist Church
New York
Margaret
Gregory
Douglas
Karen Jane
Mrs. Priebe
4 Whites Get Life For Rape
In Tallahassee Florida AP reports four white youths convicted of raping a Black coed received life prison sentences from Circuit Judge W May Walker. The life terms are the maximum under the verdict and mercy recommendation. The four are William Ted Collingsworth 23 a telephone company lineman David Ervin Beagles 18 a high school senior Patrick Gene Scarborough 20 an Air Force man and Ollie Stoutamire 16 a high school dropout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee
Fla
W. May Walker
William
Ted) Collingsworth
David Ervin Beagles
Patrick
Gene) Scarborough
Air Force
Ollie Stoutamire
Final Services Set For Adams Wednesday
Funeral services for William Booker Adams 67 Princewick will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Princewick Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Wade Webb and Rev. C H Costlow officiating. Burial will follow in Coal City Cemetery. The body will be moved to the residence Tuesday at 3 p.m. Pallbearers named are Clarence Fitzpatrick Tarney Meyers H D McKinney Andrew Crews Harold Akers and Harry Ingale. Adams died after a heart attack at his home Friday at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Booker Adams
Princewick
Princewick Missionary Baptist Church
Wade Webb
C. H. Costlow
Coal City
Clarence Fitzpatrick
Tarney Meyers
H. D. McKinney
Andrew Crews
Harold Akers
Harry Ingale
Adams
Death of John St. Clair Burgess at 49 in Fayetteville
John St. Clair Burgess, 49, of 109 Franchesa Street Fayetteville, died at 1:50 a.m. Monday in a local hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on June 8 and the body will be taken to Dodd and Payne Funeral Home for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John St. Clair Burgess
Franchesa St
Fayetteville
Dodd and Payne Funeral Home
West Virginia Weather Forecast For Today And Tonight
Cloudy and warm with showers and scattered thunder storms tonight and Tuesday. Highs range from 65 to 90 with mountains at 78 to 85 and lows from 55 to 68. River conditions at Bellepoint show Greenbrier normal and clear and Bluestone Reservoir normal and clear with 1.3 gates open and gauge at 1.83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley High
TJ G.I
Ciahcumenale
Oak Hill
Bev Villas
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Evening Sky Signals and Planet Watch in Beckley
Beckley skies show sunset today and sunrise tomorrow with a 5 02 a m start. Moon rises at 9 24 p m under Last Quarter on June 27 and Altair shines high in the southeast at 12 25 a m. Visible planets Saturn rests low in the southeast at 2 28 p m, Jupiter due south at 9 47 p m, while Venus and Mars set at 0 08 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altair
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Five Jailings Reported In Raleigh County
Officers jailed Greg Curtis of Sprague for assault and battery at 8 40 a m in Raleigh County Jail. Arlie Gunnee of Bolt jailed at 11 35 p m Sunday for drunk driving and defective equipment. Clyde Goss of Bolt jailed at 11 15 p m for interfering with an officer being drunk and using profanity. Franklin Rice and Randolph Prather of Sand Branch held awaiting arraignment after Sunday arrests. Rice charged with non support and Prather with passing bad checks after returning from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg Curtis
Sprague
Raleigh
Sheriff's
Arlie D. Gunnee
Bolt
Clyde Goss
Franklin Rice
Randolph Prather
Sand Branca
Rice
Prather
Chicago
Whipple Resident Dies in Oak Hill Hospital
OAK HILL RNS Jess Andra about 60 Whipple died Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital. The body is at the Tyree Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Jess Andra
Whipple
Tyree
Fishing Derby Prizes Ready
Gene Keatley announces the Sixth Annual Fishing Derby at Little Beaver Lake next Sunday with 60 prizes from Rod and Gun Club. Prizes include fishing tackle and Derby Queen and King cups for the largest fish. Derby runs 2 to 5 pm. entrants must be under 16 in two person teams with an adult partner. any fish species may win if sizable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Keatley
Little Beaver Lake
Rod and Gun Club
Keatley
Two Jailed On Car Theft Count
Raleigh County men Billy Harold Howerton and Garland Ward were jailed on grand larceny charges after State Police chased them on foot from a stolen car at Stamford. They were arraigned before Magistrate Cotton White, remanded on $1,000 bonds, and face Raleigh County Grand Jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Stamford
Billy Harold Howerton
Pemberton
Garland Ward
Soak Creek
Cotton White
Greenbrier
Steel Deadlock Stull Continues
Steel negotiators have 10 days left to settle a new labor contract with the United Steelworkers. The industry believes it can outlast a strike, while executives expect to avoid pressure seen in past years. USW President David J. McDonald shows no sign of disruption from UAW or Teamsters. If McDonald signals for a strike at midnight June 30, membership response would be 100 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moody
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
USW
David J. McDonald
United Auto Workers
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
McDonald
Notable Obituaries and World Briefs From Wire Dispatches
The theatrical world bids farewell to Ethel Barrymore with a Beverly Hills requiem and burial at Calvary Cemetery beside brothers John and Lionel. About 300 mourners attended Rosary rites as the news also covers a Mt. Hood crevasse tragedy, Dirksen criticizing party censure of Strauss vote, a Toluca theater stampede, Kovacs Adams child birth, Hariman visa denial, Grand Canyon airliner deaths damages, a Houston child death case, and Greta Thyssen and George R Starr wed in Montauk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Barrymore
Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly Hills
Calvary Cemetery
John
Lionel
Miss Barrymore
Mt. Hood
Ore
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
GOP
Lewis L. Strauss
Young Republicans
Denver
Margaret Chase Smith
Rmaine
William Langer
RND
Dirksen
Toluca
Mexico
Ernie Kovacs
Edie Adams
Army Engineer Dies in Huntington
William O. Fullerton aged 44 a project planning specialist in the Huntington district office of the Army Corps of Engineers and a leader in the Seabee Naval Reserve program died of a heart attack at his home last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
William O. Fullerton
Huntington District
Army
Coas of Engineers
Seabee Naval Reserve
Death Toll Increases In Charleston Traffic Fatalities
Charleston AP reports traffic fatalities from State Police totals show 35 for the month and 194 for the year, compared with 18 and 144 for the same period in 1958. Authorities note continuing concerns over road safety and trend differences between years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Hear-See tape recorder could put home movies on TV
RCA develops Hear-See home tape recording system attachable to a regular television set. It would allow recording and playback of TV programs and home movies on magnetic tape, with a $500 ballpark price. Tapes store for years without quality loss and a hand camera unit might cost about $100, enabling home movie capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Radio Corp. of America
Pines
RCA
Compromise Urged In Steel Negotiations
New York AP reports government hints at a compromise in the steel industry. The plan combines welfare style worker benefits with a modest wage increase as informal negotiations resume. Four-man teams from United Steelworkers of America and the 12 largest steel companies met after a weekend recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Steelworkers of America
Steel wage talks threaten strike as USW pushes for gains
The United Steelworkers demand sizable wage increases amid an industry stance for a wage freeze and higher prices. Officials report a strike is now openly anticipated, with union leaders rallying support from allied unions and noting government pressure on price rises. John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers and Walter Reuther's faction pledge backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
USW
New York
Indy
Washington
Eiesnhower
McDonald
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Walter Reuther
William Guy waives hearing in forgery case
William Guy of Land Branch waived a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Cotton White and was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in a $1,500 bond. He faces action of the next County Grand Jury on a forgery charge after deputies arrested him and jailed him at 1 40 p.m. Sunday on the identified charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Guy
Land Branch
Cotton White
Raleigh
Guy
Cat ownership dispute in Wyoming countyraised by Sherwood Glutz
Sherwood Glutz complains about who holds ownership of a winged cat in a Wyoming county. He laments past injuries and urges the animal be given to a young kind person in Timbuctoo to avoid catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timbuctoo
Anglers Dead Or Missing After Canadian Storm
In Escuminac New Brunswick AP reports at least 3 fishermen dead or missing after a weekend storm battered the Gulf of St Lawrence. Royal Canadian Air Force planes spotted 22 derelict boats along a 30 mile coast with no signs of life. The storm, worst in 30 years, affected 530 salmon boats and caused extensive damage to boats nets and lobster pots, hitting the local industry hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escuminac
N. B
Northumberland Strait
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Royal Canadian Air Force
Point Escuminac
Richibucto
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
State Jaycee Admits Hoax
Forest McAfee a Buckhannon West Virginia Jaycee and National Junior Chamber of Commerce delegate told police the kidnapping and robbery tale in Buffalo and near this village was a hoax. Police chief John P. Barbus said he planned no further action and McAtee offered no reason for the false report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springville
N. Y
West Virginia
John P. Barbus
Erie County
Forest McAfee
Buckhannon
W. Va
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Buteric = ory
Barbus
McAtee
Buffalo
Adam Settle 86 Dies After Long Illness
ROBSON RNS Adam Settle 86 Robson Fayette County died Sunday in Beckley VA Hospital after a long illness He was a retired miner and a veteran of the Spanish American War He belonged to the Robson Church of Christ Surviving are a daughter Irene Settle four sons Gordon Ernest Elbert Emory a sister Rose Stephenson 22 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren The body is at Combs Mortuary Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robson
Adam Settle
Fayette County
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Robson Church of Christ
Irene Settle
Gordon
Ernest
Elbert
Cleveland
Emory
Sprinfield
Ohio
Rose Stephenson
Combs Mortuary
Montgomery
Charles Johnson Dies at 69 in Local Hospital
Charles Johnson aged 69 of 110 Grant Street died in a local hospital at 7 20 p m Sunday. The body is held for autopsy at the hospital and will be released today. Johnson was admitted to the hospital May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Johnson
Grant St
Johnson
Indictment Alleges Large-Scale Payment to Union Officials
The indictment accuses Beck of taking 200000 dollars, and names Roy Fruehauf, president of Fruehauf Trailer, and Burge Seymour, president of Associated Transport and its Brown Equipment subsidiary, in connection with the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Roy Fruehauf
Fruehauf
Burge Seymour
Associated Transport
Brown Equipment
Herter to address nation on futile Geneva talks
Secretary of State Christian A Herter reports to President Eisenhower on the deadlocked Geneva foreign ministers talks. He will speak to the nation on NBC CBS ABC and radio networks about efforts to reach agreement with the Soviet Union on Berlin and broader East West tensions. He warned that the Soviet aim is to absorb West Berlin and keep Germany divided under influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Geneva
Herter
Soviet Union
Berlin
NBC
CBS
Abc-Tv
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
West Berlin
Germany
East Germany
Two Hurt In Ravencliff Wreck Near Post Office
Shirley Lozier of Sophia was treated by a doctor after the 1957 car she drove wrecked at about 9 am near the Ravencliff Post Office. Passenger Mrs Steve Causey of Tams Mountain suffered a nose injury but received no treatment. The vehicle rolled over, down an embankment, and landed on its top in a break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravencliff
RNS
Shirley Lozier
Sophia
Oceana
Steve Causey
Tams Mountain
All-Female Jury Awards Plaintiff $5,000 Damages
An all female Raleigh County jury awarded Thelma Smith $5,000 in a $15,000 damages suit against Donald L. Tinsley. The accident occurred at 2 a.m. December 25, 1958, when Tinsley’s car was hit by Rodney Christian, leaving Smith hospitalized 14 days. Tinsley defaulted after failing to appear. The forementioned jurors included Snow Dillon and Daisy Harvey as the first all female panel in Raleigh County Circuit Court. In other actions, Dodson Brothers Exterminating Co. sued Mr. and Mrs. W. Brammer for $244.80 over termite treatment, and Judge Norman Knapp thanked jurors at the June term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Raleigh County
George FE
Thelma) Smith
Donald L. Tinsley
Rodney Christian
Tinsley
Christian
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Helen Christian
Snow Dillon
Daisy Harvey
E. P. Roach
Jean Isom
James Allen
Bertha Holloway
Dora Ward
W. A. Burke
Hazel Peters
Nathan Lilly
Wanda Redden
Dodson Brothers Exterminating ,Co
W. ‘W. Brammer
Beaver
Exterminating
Oppie L. Hedrick
Brammers
Florida
Norman Knapp
U. S
Dodson Brothers
Frolicking Teens Outdo Druids at Stonehenge
AMESBURY England AP about 2000 youths and college students celebrated the start of summer around Stonehenge outdrawing Mormon Ancient Order of Druids in a moonlit pagan revel. Police kept order as revelers, some shirtless, danced and sang while Druids marched in with banners. No arrests reported and dawn clouds blocked the sunrise over the Heel Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesbury
England
Order of Druids
Britain
Stonehenge
Dixlieland
Amesbur
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South America
Beckley Skies
Associated Press
China
W. Averill Harriman
Cate
Grand Canyon
Los Angeles
Carl J. Snyder
Chrysler Corp
Donald F. Keh
Theodore M. Kubiniec
Houston
Tex
Leroy Joseph Rideaux
Rideaux
Greta Thyssen
George R. Starr
Montauk
John Barbour
Sherwood Glutz
Jaycee
Dave Beck
Roy Fruchauf
Teamsters Union
Ancient Stonehenge
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