Red Cross Drives $22,500 Goal in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Red Cross opens its annual drive seeking $22,500. First day collections hit $1,393 with Woolworth as initial donor. Beckley Women’s Club and Slab Fork miners and company employees contribute as volunteers canvass Beckley districts through March 10. Local captains cover numerous blocks and streets in a wide outreach.
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Red Cross
Raleigh
F. W. Woolworth Co
Beckley Women's Club
T. C. Moorefield
Orchard
Vine
Porter
Wood
Spring
Lonnie Price
Vance
By Pass
Kiser
Kinzer
Porter, Marshall, Brammer
Lionell
Tom Keyser
College
Lee Granville
Park
Franklin
Woodlawn
Clark
W. A. Thornhill
Ann
Queen
Springdale
King
Lewis and Bishop
Raymond Skiles
Quarry
Fulton
Wilkes
Ellison
Pike
North
C. S. Lewis Jr
Beckley
Lilly
Virginia
Central
West Fourth
South Oakwood
Neville
Colony Drug
Orchard Court
J. E. Sharp
Mab
Rouseman Provides Urgent Ambulance Help and Funeral Notes
James Elkins of Beckley Newspapers Corp aided a woman fallen near Eccles and transported her to Beckley Hospital where her condition was listed as very good. Earlier he used his car to take a pressroom employee to X-rays after a paper coil fell on his foot. Separate notices report Sen. Harley Kilgore buried with military honors at Arlington while Gov. Marland contemplates interim appointment and legal questions about the 1958 term's remainder and May 8 primary nominations.
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James Elkins
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Beckley
Eccles
Elkins
Laraine
Grossmann
Johns S
Beckley Hospital
Ed Bartlett
U. S
Harley Martin Kilgore
First Baptist Church
Ors
Arlington National
Kilgore
Alvin Cook
Fort Myer
Shirtown
Yan Thanwatler
Caok
Dan
Virginia
Charles
Cook
Sen. Kilgore
West Virginia
Sen
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
Marland
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Washington
Florida Everglades
Polio Cases Reported in Raleigh County Children
The West Virginia State Health Department reports two poliomyelitis cases in Raleigh County children along with one tuberculosis case and other illnesses. Linda Mitchem, five, from Mabscott, and Eddie Adkins, eight months, from Shady Spring, were treated at Marmet Hospital. The weekly tally lists diphtheria five cases, tuberculosis five, gonorrhea five, and syphilis four in the county.
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West
Wyoming
Ginia State Health Department
Raleigh County
State Department
Linda Gail Mitchem
Basil Mitchem
Mabscott
Marmet Hospital
Eddie NeallAdking
William R. Adkins
Raleigh
Fayette
Charleston Cab Firms Sign 2-Year Contract
Ten Charleston cab firms and Local 173 of the Teamsters Union tentatively agree on a two year contract for about 200 taxi drivers. The wage increases five cents an hour for experienced workers at City Taxi Co Checker White Cab Inc Town Tops Inc and Skyline Cab Inc. Negotiations had run since February first. The old contract would have expired at midnight Wednesday.
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S LU
Charlesten Cab Companies
The
Teamsters Union
City Taxi Co
Checker White Cab Inc
Town Tops Inc
Skyline Cab Inc
Second Army Commander Retires After Three Wars
Lt. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, 60, veteran of three wars and commander of the 2nd Army at Fort Meade since August 1953, retires from active duty. The 2nd Army oversees troops in Maryland Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania Delaware Ohio Kentucky and the District of Columbia.
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FT. Meade, Md
Floyd L. Parks
2Nd Army
Parks
Louisville
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Belaware
Ohio
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Democratic National Committee forms Natural Resources division
The Democratic National Committee announces a new Natural Resources division led by George H. R. Taylor of Boise Idaho. National Chairman Paul M Butler stated the committee will organize the unit to focus on resource issues and policy.
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Division of Natural Resources
Orientation Night by Beckley Jaycees Slated
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce will host orientation at 6 30 p m Monday in the Richmond Recreation Room to acquaint new members with Jaycee activities. A regular business session will hear reports from the nominating committee City Pack and by laws revision. Ted Kessinger will review past experiences of the chapter. The program will include a discussion on Eisenhower administration resource management.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Jaycees
Ted Kessinger
The
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Beckley Place
Nathan
Fairlawn
Bellevue Lane
Freeman
Marie Meadows
Meadow
Pine
McClure
Ford
Mercer
Edgewood
Junction
Cross and Crescent
Guy Potts
Kanatwha
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Riley and Grove
A. D. Belton
J Fayette
South Church
Helen Jones
East Beckley
W. N. Page
South Kanawha
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Lancaster
Highland
West C. Thornton
Maplewood Lane
Austin
Laurel Terrace
Roosevelt and
Miller
Anthony Sparacino
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Garfield
Lincoln
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Russell
Lance Powers
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Earhart
Bostick
Paul Loflin
Upper
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Country Club
Prince Army Camp
John J. Burchyski
Herkimer
N. Y
Edward Demo
San River
Mont
E. W. Lawler
Rouseman
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Don Snelly
Albee & Ucah
Atty
John G. Fox
Charleston Cab
Denver
Susan Ellis
Milton Ellis
Susan
Demos Form Committee On Natural Resources
Democratic National Committee
Paul M. Butler
Bill Bower
Universal
Fayette Street
Industrial Broke Co
Sun Market
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Stoyman Winsop
Jonathen
Ryle
Shen
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