Beaver Brakeman Hurt As Six Cars Derail
Six cars of a 99 car Chesapeake and Ohio train derailed about 9:27 a.m. Sunday at mile post 7 on Piney Creek six miles from Raleigh. J. L. Ransom, a brakeman, was treated at Raleigh General Hospital for possible chest injuries. Cause cited as an emergency stop following a rock slide blocking the tracks.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Mile Post
Piney Creek
Raleigh
Hinton
J. L. Ransom. Beaver
Ransom
Raleigh General Hospital
One Jailed Two Held for Grand Jury in City Court
In Berkley Police Court Judge C Berkley Lilly fined and jailed suspects tied to moonshine cases. Ira B Ellison of Camp Creek was jailed for moonshine with a $100 fine and $5 costs after guilty plea. Two others held for Raleigh County Grand Jury include Ellison on related charges and an operator’s license case continued to March 10. Several defendants pled guilty to moonshine, drunken driving, or speeding with fines ranging from $20 to $750 and costs. additional bonds and forfeitures were posted. Courthouse notes list multiple delinquent fines and upcoming payment deadlines.
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Berkley
C. Berkley Lilly
Raleigh County
Ira B. Ellison
Camp Creek
Ellison
Lilly
Ernest Fox
Beckley
Emerson Whiting
Mabscott
Whiting
Fred Toney
Toney
Samuel W. St. Clair
Sprague
George E. Wood
Wood
Cecil W. Lilly
Crab Orchard
Donnie Ray Estep
County Civil Defense outlines atomic fallout safety plan
Harold Sopher and Paul Raleigh, county Civil Defense directors, detail shelter and decontamination steps for residual radiation. Emphasizing protection by distance and dense materials, they urge accessible home shielding, stockpiled food and water, and careful clothing decontamination to reduce beta radiation exposure.
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Harold Sopher
Paul
Raleigh County Civil Defense
Carelessness Sparks Woods Fire Campaign Restart
The season for fire danger in forests begins today and lasts through March and April. Forester Carl A. Lucas notes ongoing risk from dry grass burning. landowners pledged last year to refrain from burning on their premises to protect forest growth.
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Carl A. Lucas
Forest Fire Prevention Pledge Signed By Landowners
A citizen pledge urges landowners to refrain from burning land this spring to protect timber wildlife and topsoil. The notice asks signatories to name and address themselves and commit to not burning off on their lands.
WVU Area Men Receive Army Reserve Commissions
Twenty one members of West Virginia University's first semester 1954-55 graduating class have been commissioned as second lieutenants in the Army Reserve. Col. Douglas G. Gilbert announced the ROTC graduates completed advanced courses and bachelor work. Newly commissioned officers will be ordered to duty before June 30 and proceed to branch schools for basic instruction.
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West Virginia
Denver H. Hatcher
Freddy C. Worrells
Beckley
Verlin K. Luther
Colcord
Camp Hale
Colo
8Th Infantry Division
Army
61St Regiment
Fort Carson
Hatcher
Lilly E
West Virginia University
U. S. Army
Douglas G. Gilbert
Division of Military Science & Tactics
R.O.T.C
Col
Gilbert
Baby Doll Reunited After Long Walk
Four year old Jacoline Jean Dyer was found on South Kanawha Street around 3 p.m. by a group of children and turned in at City Police Headquarters. Police returned her to her parents, Eldred and Mrs. Dyer, of 139 Sour Street East Park after questioning.
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Jacqueline Jean Dyer
Eldred Dyer
Sour St
East Park
City
Kanawha Street
Assault Warrant Hearing For Robert Miller
Robert Miller of City Avenue is ordered to appear before Magistrate J P Meadows for a hearing on an assault warrant issued by City Police.
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Robert Miller
City Avenue
J. P. Meadows
Engineers Name Clifton Nolen Rogers and Neal from Three Cities
Corps of Engineers lists Charles Clifton Nolen of Charmco Benny Bernard Rogers of Beckley and James William Neal of Slab Fork among personnel connected to project duties.
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Corps of Engineers
Charles Clifton Nolen
Charmco
Benny Bernard Rogers
Beckley
James William Neal
Slab Fork
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Edith
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jess C. Worrells
Temple St
Luther
Charles C. Luther
Clear Fork High School
Pettry Coal Corporation
Beaver
Lewis
Neville ST
Beckley Theatre Block
Civil Defense Unit
Conservation Commission of
W. Va
Beckley, W. Va
Mr. Lucas
Lucas
Cresent Road
St. Joseph
St.Joseph Aspirin
Clude
Adv
Piedmont
New York
Washington
Richmond
Mase
Hrtines
Ralph Sides
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