$286 Million Would Extend Turnpike to Pennsylvania Line
West Virginia contemplates extending the Turnpike 185.7 miles from Charleston to the Pennsylvania line at a cost of 286 million dollars. Interim Committee hearings featured Wilbur Smith and Associates and J. E. Greiner Co. reports with bids to consider bond financing and possible special legislative session for a July vote.
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Pennsylvania
Charleston
Pennsylvania Line
Princeton
Wilbur Smith and Associates
New Haven
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Pocahontas County
Here
Enoch R. Needles
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Burl A. Sawyers
House
W. E. Flannery
Logan
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
Moorefield
House Rules Committee
Senate Rules
William Jasper
Greenbrier County
Jurors Praised as Best Yet by Raleigh Court Judge
Judge Harry L. McCreery discharged about 60 jurors at end of June term praising them as punctual and patient. Two juries issued verdicts including murder in the first degree with mercy recommendation and an armed robbery acquittal. Two Wide Mouth residents cleared of four grand larceny counts after charges nolle. William Columbus Peake pled guilty to one count and awaits judgment July 3. Court adjourned until Friday morning.
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Raleigh County
Widemount
Richard Poole
William Lee Phil
William Columbus Peake
Widemouth
Church drive totals $737 aid Sophia Friendship Church
The Rev. Arley Mitcham reported $737 collected at noon for the "Male of Dollars" drive to finish Sophia Friendship Baptist Church. The drive continues through Saturday with donations mailed to Mitcham at Box 1121, Sophia.
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Arley Mitcham
Sophia Fiendship Baptist Church
Mr. Mitcham
Sophia
Beckleyan Sees Car Stolen From Street
Marion C. Brown reports his 1950 model car stolen from S Fayette Street. Police alert state authorities after the vehicle, seen leaving Beckley, is headed away. The incident occurred about 12 20 p m today as Brown left his car to get coffee.
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Beckleyan
S. Fayette St
Marion C. Brown
Grant St
Education Program Slated on Roof Falls
Charleston coal operators United Mine Workers and government mines personnel launch an education program on roof falls. Roof falls cause most WV mine fatalities this year, with 79 total deaths countywide. Mines Chief Julius Olzer says management must lead with union and government aid to teach and apply safety practices to prevent most fatal roof falls.
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Charleston
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Julius C. Olzer
Olzer
Weather outlook for Beckley and Oak Hill
Clearing and cooler forecast with lows in the 50s. Friday bright with high between 75 and 82. Yesterday's Oak Hill high and last night's low uncertain, with a 71 reading at 7 am.
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Beckley High
CORR
Oan Ak Oak Hill
Beckley Skies Evening celestial timings and planets
The Sun sets 7:51 p.m. and rises 6:05 a.m. Friday. The Moon rises 10:49 p.m. with Last Quarter Sunday. Prominent stars Spica and Arcturus marked in the southwest and high above Spica. Jupiter is visible in the west at 8:52 p.m. Mars rises at 11:54 p.m. below the Moon, Saturn sets at 2:14 a.m.
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Spica
Arcturus
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Driver Pays Fine for Improper Registration Charge
James Clyde Collins of Clear Creek was released after paying a $25 fine plus costs on conviction for driving with improper registration. He was arraigned before Magistrate T. N. Thurman after arrest by State Police on the West Virginia Turnpike at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday.
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James Clyde Collins
Clear Creek
Collins
T. N. Thurman
West Virginia
State Candidates To Attend GOP Regional Meet
Three Republican candidates for state offices in the November election plan to attend a Beckley regional meeting of Republican women on Friday. Attending will be A. Field Jr. of Charleston, candidate for attorney general G. I. Millhouse, and B. S. Steve Millhouse of Charleston who seeks to unseat Congressman Robert Byrd, along with Holt Byrne of Beckley running for secretary of state. Reservations are from several counties and Mrs. Frederick P. Becker of Fairmont will lead the event. The luncheon begins at 1 and the meeting ends around 4 30.
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Beckley
Joh A. Field Jr
Charleston
G. I. Millhouse
B. S
Steve” Millhouse
Robert C. Byrd
Congress
Holt Byrne
Republicisette
Grenbrier
Raleigh
Nicholas
Summers
McDowell
Wyoming
Frederick P. Becker
Fairmont
West Virginia
Federation of Republican Women's’ Clubs
Ted Kessinger
Raleigh County
GOP
President Eisenhower Gains Weight After Hospital Stay
President Eisenhower shows weight gain for the first time since surgery. An 8:15 a.m. bulletin notes a good night’s rest and stable vitals with a one pound increase bringing his weight to 163 pounds. He has continued recovery at his Gettysburg farm after leaving Walter Reed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
Army
James C. Hagerty
Two Vehicle Crashes Prompt City Police Probe
City police investigated two wrecks at press time. A four car collision occurred around 10 55 a m at Neville Street and Oakwood Avenue. A second incident at 12 15 p m involved a vehicle that left the scene and struck a parked car on East Main Street. No injuries were treated or admitted.
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Neville St
Oakwood Ave
East Main St
Beckley Ranked High In Buying Power In Sales Management Study
Beckley shows strong income and spending, with retail volume at 37.84 million dollars, 21 percent above the national average. Local earnings per family average 5641 dollars, higher than the U.S. figure, while a large share of buying activity comes from surrounding areas. The quality index for Beckley is 121, indicating above average purchasing power.
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Register
New York
United States
Beckley
Ume
Bluestone park projects eyed by Bluestone Development Assn
Bluestone Development Association meeting in Hinton adopted major park plans including paving park roads raising Bluestone reservoir water level by up to 40 feet. Becktley Bluefield Hinton Welch Narrows and Rich Creek officials backed cabins fishing lodge and expanded facilities with a rail of 1,500 state supervised acres. A resolution to WV and VA lawmakers urged faster funding and a fix for weekend traffic hazards.
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Bluestone Park
Bluestone Development Association
Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
Bluefield
Hinton
Welch
Narrows
Rich Creek
Bluestone
Troy Gattrell
Chamber
H. E. Neeley
U.S. Corps Engineers
West Virginia
of Virginia
State Conservation Commission
Dodd Marstensen
William P. Huddleston
W. P. Gawthrop
William Horsetter
Charles Hodel
I. Wilbur Bays
G. E. Keatley
Ben H. Wonder
W. L. Davis
J. Clair Begong
Paul J. Carr
Steel Firms Begin Banking Furnaces
New York The nation’s steel industry began banking furnaces as major companies and the United Steelworkers of America rejected each other’s proposals to delay a Saturday midnight strike of 650,000 workers. Talks continued as cooling operations started in plants nationwide and negotiations were expected to resume today.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Portal
US. Steel
Gar
David J. McDonald
Wheeling Steel Expects Walkout
Wheeling Steel plans to start banking furnaces tomorrow as a walkout looms before the contract with United Steelworkers expires at midnight Saturday. A company spokesman said preparations for an early shutdown are on schedule while district representative Paul Rosen returns to New York to confer with top officials. In his absence, Steelworkers officials meet management to plan an orderly shutdown.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Steel
United Steelworkers
Paul Rosen
New York City
Congress Passes Cancer Research Bill With 48 Percent Increase
Congress approved a large funding bill allocating 2.366 billion dollars to the Labor Department and HEW for the next fiscal year, with the National Cancer Institute receiving 48.432 million dollars. The House and Senate backed the measure by voice vote, matching a higher Senate total than the President’s request. Representative Fogarty urged adoption, citing a leukemia case as a life worth.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Labor Department
Department For Health, Education and Welfare
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Tional Cancer Institute
Rep
Fogarty
Dri
Two Women Die In Preston County Fire
In Bowsburg Preston County two women were burned to death when a one story frame home burned early today. Identified were Mrs. Beulah Gibson sixty and her daughter Mrs Alma Pulliam nineteen. A fourteen month old child of Mrs Pulliam escaped injury at a friend’s home. Mrs Gibson’s son was at work at a cement plant. Fire Chief Robert Goff said the blaze was found about 1 30 a m by Tom McMillen a railroad engineer. Charred bodies were recovered after the flames subsided.
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Bowlesburg
W. Va
Preston County
Beulah Gibson
Alma Pulliam
Gibson
Rowlesbury Cement
Robert Goff
Tom McMillen
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Goff
NAACP Speaker Lists Weapons in Civil Rights Push
In San Francisco the NAACP urged direct political action and passive resistance as tools to win civil rights. Clarence Mitchell said Black voters hold sway in 60 House races and 16 Senate contests, with direction able to tip outcomes. Roy Reuther proposed a coalition of NAACP unions and churches to influence votes in the current Congress.
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San Francisco
National
Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
Roy Reuther
Reuther Brothers
United Auto’ Workers
House
Senate
Congress
Prisoner Hospitalized After Hunger Strike in Beckley Jail
A Beckley inmate who had been on a three day hunger strike was admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital around 11 a.m. The Raleigh County Jail prisoner, reportedly a retired miner, is to appear Friday before the County Mental Hygiene Board after his hospitalization following the refusal to eat and drink. Head Jailer Flynn Canday ordered transfer following the concern raised by Sheriff’s Office officials.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Beckley
County Mental Hygiene Board
Sheriff's Office
Flynn Canady
Mabscott Man Dies at 64 in Local Hospital
Mabscott resident Luther Perkins aged 64 died in a local hospital early today. The body rests at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
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Luther Perkins
Mabscott
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Parkers Receipts Total $432.87 in Municipal Lot
City Recorder's Office reports weekly receipts from meters in the Municipal Parking Lot totaled 432.87 dollars for the period ending today.
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City Recorder
Senate Controversy Kicked Off by Book
Washington sources describe Robert J. Donovan's Eisenhower inside story alleging a January 13 White House meeting foreshadowed a second term. The book cites 12 associates including Brownell, Hall, Dulles, Lodge, Sherman Adams, Wilton Persons, Hagerity, Pyle, Stephens, Summers, Humphrey, Sumnerfield, and Milton Eisenhower.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Robert J
Donovan
Senate
Atty
Brownell
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Dulles
U. N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sherman Adams
Wilton B. Persons
James C. Hagerty
Howard Pyle
Tom Stephens
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Summerfield
Milton Eisenhower
Mullens Woman Elizabeth Richmond Dies in Sleep
Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Richmond 64 a longtime Mullens restaurateur was found dead in her Wyoming Apartments home likely from natural sleep. Daughter Mrs. R W McNamara said she returned at 7:45 a m after taking neighbors to camp and discovered the body after another resident forced entry. Surviving children include Alva James, James, two daughters, and eight grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending at Robertson and Foglesong.
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Greenbrier River
Caperton
Fayette County
Richmond
Miles
Elizabeth Ormandy
Mullens Chapter
Women of the Moose
James
Gap Mills
George Pallitt
Logan
Harry Swim
Princewick
W. L. Dodd
Cleveland
C. R. Eddy
Lookout
Miley Ormandy
Sophia
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Driver Jailed Following Wreck in Mullens
Richard Kidd of South Mullens was jailed on a drunk driving charge after his car rammed a parked vehicle near Guyandotte Ave and Poplar St around 5 30 p m Wednesday. Patrolman Billy Cook arrested him at his home on a warrant. Kidd had a revoked license not restored. He said his foot hit the accelerator as he braked to turn. Damages were not estimated.
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Mullens
RNS
South Mullens
Richard Kidd
Guyandotte Ave
Poplar St
Billy Cook
Kidd
Ray Hall
Wendell W. Cook
Beckley
Edwight Clinic Held For Salk Vaccinations
A Salk polio clinic at Edwight Elementary School is conducted by the Raleigh County Health Department with Dr. J. D. Lee as clinician. Wednesday's Crab Orchard clinic reports 210 injections, by age group from under one year to prenatal and undetermined. Dr. R. C. Mitchell also served as clinician.
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Edwight
Raleigh County Health Department
J. D. Lee
Crab Orchard
R. C. Mitchell
Scientist to Address Beckley Kiwanis Club
John Gorman of the U S Soil Conservation Service will speak at the Beckley Kiwanis Friday luncheon at El Chico. Eugene Eager is the program chairman for the event.
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Beckley Kiwanis Club
John Gorman
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Beckley
el Chico
Eugene Eager
How Drunk Is Drunk Entry In Raleigh Jail Record
A man was placed in Raleigh County Jail by City Police at 8 55 p m Wednesday after a committment slip listed the entry drunk a plenty.
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Raleigh County
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