Wyoming Wreck Kills 2
Two men are dead and several injured after a truck crash about seven miles from Mullens. The deceased are George Cabell and Elbert Walker. Hospitalized are Jesse Willard Jarrell and Robert Snyder Jr. Treated and released were Steve Soltes Danny Pack and Jamnes Lavender. Coroner Sam Foglesong said Cabell and Walker likely suffered fatal skull and neck injuries.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
Steve Soltes
Tams
Danny Pack
Crab Orchard
Jamnes Lavender
Route 2
Beckley
Wyoming County
Sam Foglesong
Area Still Snowbound Across West Virginia Regions
Snow and high winds keep roads blocked and schools closed across Raleigh, Fayette, and Wyoming counties. Beckley reports 13 inches total with 4 inches in the last day. Flat Top area 27 inches. Route 21 near Ghent and other roads remain slick and blocked. SRC borrows equipment to clear paths.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Ghent
Cool Ridge
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
State Road Commission
Shady Spring
Flat Top
SRC
Wyoming County State Road Commission
Wyoming County
Barkers Ridge
Mercer County
Raleigh County Src
Dunns
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Arthur Lilly
Mercer County State Road
West Virginia Weather Forecast Summary
Snow flurries, cold and windy with highs in the 20s. Night lows around 18. Saturday cloudy with more flurries in the northwest. Temperatures tonight to be 8 to 12 degrees below normals with a slow warming trend next week. River and lake levels normal. precipitation totals around .1 to .2 inches midweek.
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W. Va
Beckley High
Oak Hill
Ioubaeia Ae
Snowed In Navajo Tribe Gets Airlift Aid
A helicopter from Kirtland Air Force Base reaches snowbound Navajo families across the 16 million acre reservation. More than 70 families are cut off for weeks. Indians descend a rope ladder to assess needs as supplies are dropped to hogans and mud huts where landing is impossible.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Air Force
John McPhee
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuqerque
N. M
White Cone
Crystal
McPhee
Accused Prof Back At LSU After Murder Charge
Dr. George H. Mickey, dean of the Graduate School at LSU, returns to campus denying the murder charge against him of a woman professor. After nearly three weeks, a deadlocked grand jury recessed without indictment, leaving the case open for potential future action and ongoing investigation by officers.
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Baton Rouge
George H. Mickey
Louisiana State University
Eskimos Reach Pittsburgh After Snowbound Drive
Three Eskimos finally arrived in Pittsburgh after being stalled by drifting snow near Wheeling West Virginia. They were en route to the Buhl Planetarium Eskimo show, and one commented on modern transportation saying weather feels like summer back home.
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Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W. Va
Buhl Planetarium
Route 40
Winter Storm Brings At Least Sixty Five Deaths Across East
The Northeastern states endure a brutal blizzard with mountain drifts and subfreezing temps. New York City logged 14.2 inches of snow at 7 am with 21 degrees, while Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia reported multiple fatalities. Schools closed and transit crippled as thousands stranded.
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New York
Virginia
New England
Weather Bureau
New York City
Queens
Suffolk County
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Washington
Philadelphia
Idlewild
New Jersey
Weather Won't Stop Smith Rally At Raleigh County Courthouse
Wintry weather won't halt the Citizens For Smith rally at the Raleigh County Courthouse in Beckley. John K McCulloch, treasurer of the Citizens-For-Smith organization backing Hulett C Smith for governor, says the event will begin at 7:30 with Judge R D Bailey as a speaker and music by Roy Lilly and his band. Refreshments served by Raleigh County Democratic Women. speakers will include Smith briefly and other prominent Democrats from across the state.
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Citizens For Smith
Raleigh County
Sulit Y Wlimail
John K. Mcculloch
State
Citizens-For-Smith Organization
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Smith
McCulloch
R. D. Bailey
Wyoming County
Bailey
Librium hailed as mood calmer pill at California symposium
A University of Southern California symposium of 400 physicians heard that Librium described as methaminodiazepoxide helps relieve angina pain and epileptic seizures, reduces anger, sharpens judgment, and raises work drive. Since market debut a year ago it has treated over 20 000 patients by more than 2 000 doctors with minor side effects.
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University of Southern California
United States
S. P. Wise
Baylor University
Houston
Boston
San Diego
San Diego Zoo
Johnson Leads in West Virginia Poll Says Sheriff
Sherwood Glutz reports in West Virginia that Lyndon Johnson is favored in a Democratic poll. Byrds supporters plan a convention in a small venue, described with humorous exaggeration.
Michigan Governor Not To Seek Re-Election
Detroit Detroit RP Gov. G Mennen Williams who has led Michigan for 12 years announces he will not seek another term He says he will work for world peace and hopes to serve in public office where he can be effective The Democrat nicknamed Soapy spoke to a radio TV audience Thursday night
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Detroit
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
WV Senate Leader Offered Coin Toss to Decide Governor Nominee
West Virginia Senate President Ralph J. Bean proposed a coin flip to settle which candidate, Bean or House Speaker Harry R. Pauley, would withdraw from the Democratic governor race on February 23 in a Charleston hotel. Pauley refused to gamble, and Bean later withdrew, citing lack of campaign funds. the unusual meeting was described by Charleston Daily Mail reporter Bob Mellace and a Register investigation confirmed the tale.
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Ralph J. Bean
West Virginia Senate
House
Harry R. Pauley
Pauley
Bean
Charleston
Bob Mellace
Charleston Daily Mail
Register
West Virginia
Mellace
C. Arthur Blankenship
Lyle Smith
Huntington
Melace
Eisenhower to Speak on Latin America After Rest Break
President Eisenhower, fatigued from 12 days of touring, plans a talk on Latin American affairs at Dorado Beach. He arrived at Ramey Air Force Base after an engine issue delayed the flight from Buenos Aires. He will address the Caribbean section of the American Assembly and may golf before returning to base.
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Ramey Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
United States
Amazon
Dutch Surinam
Guiana
Buenos Aires
Caribbean
American Assembly
Dorado Beach
Laurence Rockefeller
Strategic Air Command
Buses Scheduled for Woodrow Wilson Tourney Trip
Buses to Fayetteville for the sectional tournament will depart Woodrow Wilson High School at 4 45 p m this evening according to Principal C G Peregoy.
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Woodrow Wilson
Fayetteville
C. G. Peregoy
Man Allowed to Scream Near Cemetery in California
Robert Canning, 19, granted permission by the Santa Barbara sheriff to scream near a cemetery for 10 to 15 minutes several times daily. He seeks a film role if his screams meet expectations. The deputy sheriff imposed one condition daylight hours only.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Robert Canning
Canning
James Webster
Byrd Myles Corrects Ballot Report In WV Poll
Fayetteville leader T. E. Myles admits honest mistake after Byrd challenged his earlier denial of participating in a private presidential poll. Myles says he voted for Stuart Symington and Adlai Stevenson, not Lyndon Johnson, once he recalled the ballot. The Register notes its surveys found few WV Democrats voting for Johnson and many not receiving ballots.
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T. E. Myles
Fayetteville
West Virginia
House of Delegates
the Register
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
Myles
Fayette County
Byrd
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Stuart Symington
Adlai Stevenson
Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy
Byrd Seeks 400000 for Coal and Oil Research
Senator Robert C. Byrd requests 150000 for oil secondary recovery research in the 1961 budget and notes declining crude production in the Pennsylvania grade area. Funds would go to the Bureau of Mines to support coal and oil research amid job losses and reduced refining activity.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
Bureau of Mines
Carl Hayden
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Byrd
Pennsylvania
Taxpayers Will Get Credit For Conscience Payments
The IRS said anonymous conscience fund payments will be credited if taxpayers are later identified. Records preserve every payment, with envelopes photographed and currency serial numbers logged to deter double counting and ensure credit to the correct account.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Conscience Fund
IRS
Sam
New England
United States
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Chicago
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Earlene
Allen Creek
Winding Gulf Coal Co
Clyde Perry
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Bradley
Jarrell
Soltes
Lavender
James Fairchild
Stanley Epling
LSU
Eskimos
W.va
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Tion
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Los Angeles
Sherwood Glutz
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Lyndon Johnon
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