TV Highlights Mix Weekly Photo Palette From NBC CBS and More
AP TV writer Cynthia Lowry outlines a varied week of TV offerings from philharmonic concert to Faulkner adaptation and rodeo. Highlights include Art Carney on NBC The Best of Anything Treasure Island with Hugh Griffith CBS Sunday Philharmonic Young People’s concerts NBC mystery Turn the Key Deftly Roy Rogers Houston Rodeo and Kate Smith Show with Jackie Gleason. Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour Debuts on ABC. Jack Paar returns to NBC. Tuesday Startime Swingin Singin Years stars listed. Wednesday Steel Hour Hadley drama. Thursday Peggy Lee Jack Carter on CBS.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
William Faulkner
Art Carney
NBC
CBS
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hugh Griffith
Long John Silver
New York Philharmonic
Peo
Ple
Julie Harris
Maximilian Scheel
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Houston
Jackie Gleason
Kate Smith
Playhouse 90
Richard Boone
Will Travel
Kim Stanley
Ted Mack
ABC
Jack Paar
Jo Stafford
Vaughn Monroe
Woody Herman
Charlie Barnet
Stan Kenton
Louis Jourdan
Steel Hour
Hadley
Peggy Lee
Jack Carter
Winter Storm Strikes Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions
A fierce wind driven storm blankets Massachusetts Rhode Island and southern Vermont with 6 to 12 inch accumulations. Four storm fatalities all from heart attacks occur as Boston Logan Airport closes. Snow depths reach 12 inches in parts of Connecticut and nearly two feet hit New Jersey. Temperatures plunge from the South to the Plains with teens to subzero readings across multiple states.
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Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New
Boston
Logan
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York City
South
Midwest
W. 1
Montana
Deep South
Canada
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Philip
S. D
Louisville
Jacksonville
Fla
Kentucky
Tennessee
Florida
Miami
Tallahassee
Daytona Beach
Tampa
Fort Myers
Mid-Continent
Oklahoma
Appalachians
Police Probe Store Break-In at Sprague Building
Beckley police investigate a Thursday night break in at D. W. Andersons Sons store Sprague the second Sprague break in two days pennies stolen from a cash register entry on 12 15 a m to discovered later. The Sprague Barber Shop in the same building was entered Wednesday night by breaking a front window and unlocking the door from inside. Thieves took radio tubes a razor and hair tonic.
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Beckley
D. W. Anderson’s Sons
Sprague
J. W. Anderson
Os Fanie
Anderson
T. A. Thurman
Perfect Conditions Report At Bald Knob Slopes
Bald Knob Ski Slopes enjoy ideal conditions with 14 inches fresh snow on a 31 inch base. Manager Tom Minter confirms enough snow to stay good for a week without new additions.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Minter
Dinner Postponed at AX Cafeteria
A spaghetti dinner planned for Saturday at the AX cafeteria has been postponed and will now be held from 3 to 6 PM at the same location.
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Tone
West Virginia Faces Heavy Snow Delays and Road Closures
Raleigh and Fayette counties endure major snow, closing Raleigh County Memorial Airport and several others. Roads blocked by drifts hamper travel, chains required on open routes, with two accidents on Johns town Road and Price Hill. Temperatures dip across the state as forecasts predict continued flurries and limited accumulation.
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Charleston
Raleigh County Memorial
West Virginia
Elkins
Martinsburg
Fayette
West Virginia Water Service Co
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Raleigh County
Johnstown
Beckley
William John Coleman
Hartley Ave
David Allison
Klaus St
Price Hill
George Leslie Cokie
Prosperity
Cecil G. Cooper
Mount Hope
Bluefield
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Huntington
Morgantown
Sleeping Pills Said Linked to Meadows Girls Illnesses
Teresa Lynn Meadows six and her sister Kim two were treated at Beckley Hospital after being found sleepy and limp in a car left by their parents at 223 Teel Road. The children were released Thursday evening.
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Teresa Lynn Meadows
Kim
Carl D. Meadows
Teel Road
Beckley Hospital
Tragic Wyoming Wreck Details Fatal Toll and Aftermath
Eyewitness accounts describe a high speed truck crash near private property as it failed to negotiate a downhill curve. Jarrell and Snyder were injured severely with multiple fractures. Snyder faced paralysis from a nerve injury. Rescue efforts freed Snyder after minutes under a heavy object. Cabell and Walker deaths referenced as bodies moved to local funeral homes.
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Snyder
Jarrell
Wyco
Ameagle
Joff
Walker
Washington
Keystone
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Cabell
Curtis
Beckley Hospital
Evelyn Cabell
Hanper Heights
Lugene Murphy
Logan
Sullivan Parker Cabell
Wright and Anderson
Explorers Plan Treasure Hunt
Marine explorers from Texas and skin divers plan a treasure hunt led by Pablo Bush Romero, head of the Club de Exploraciones y Deportes Acousticos de Mexico. A prior Mexican government expedition recovered 10,000 items from a sunken English merchant ship near the Yucatan.
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Houston, Tex
Texas
Pablo Bush Romero
Club de Exploraciones Y Deportes Acousticos de Mexico
Bush
Yucatan
Cuzumel
Headache May be Caused by Neck Tension Says Doctor
Los Angeles AP reported that Dr. Arnold P. Friedman of Columbia University told a medical student conference that headaches arise from changes in head and neck blood vessels and muscles. He noted pain can persist when neck or head muscles stay contracted due to long lasting tension from external stresses.
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Los Angeles
Arnold P. Friedman
Columbia University
Too Much Success Lucy And Desi To Be Divorced By James Bacon
AP report details Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz announcing divorce amid long marriage, joint custody plans, and separate living arrangements. Ball signs for a Broadway show. Arnaz plans amicable divorce with no contest. Vivian Vance comments on final Lucy episode and 210 shows produced.
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James Bacon
Hollywood (Ap
Lucille
Santa Monica
Vivian Vance
Lucy
Arnaz
Palm Springs
Miss Ball
Beverly Hills
Lucy Desiree
Desi IV
Desi
New York City
Byrd Defends Random Ballot Selection Amid WV Democrats
Byrd said ballots were drawn at random and defended the poll while claiming Johnson led. He admitted uncertainty Johnson would be the West Virginia Democratic choice and cautioned sentiment shifts make month to month results hard to interpret. He noted he could not contact all Democrats.
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Byrd
Johnson
West Virginia
Washington
Railway Sues Oil Rig Owners Over Fatal Collision
Santa Fe Railway files a two million dollar suit against Festener Oglesby brothers Trucking alleging negligence in a collision that killed 14. The tanker truck carrying 7 500 gallons of oil allegedly failed to stop at a crossing, while the railroad claims it followed safety rules.
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Santa Fe Railway
Ae Festener Oglesby Rothers
Cisco
California
Senate Extends Debate to Record 85 Hours
The Senate began a near nonstop session in Washington at 1:39 a.m. Eastern time to break the filibuster with 85 hours 23 minutes tying a 1954 record over the atomic energy bill on public versus private power. The stretch lasted since Monday noon, interrupted only by a 15 minute recess Wednesday morning.
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Washington
Senate
Story Hour Cancelled By Bad Weather At Library
The Story Hour at Raleigh County Public Library is canceled this week due to weather. It will resume next week.
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Raleigh County Public Library
Political maneuvering ends as Bean resigns
Bean considered a meeting to resolve the dispute and proposed a three on three discussion with Senators Smith Traubert and Martin. Pauley agreed to think it over and later favored direct talks between the principals. He stated he would run regardless of Bean’s actions, and Bean resigned on Tuesday night.
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Bean
Pauley
Smith, Traubert
Martin
Finch Murder Trial Deliberations Near Verdict
In Los Angeles the state argues Dr. R Bernard Finch staged a fake death scene after his wife Barbara Jean Finch was shot. Prosecutor Fred Whichello warns jurors the defense tears failed to prove a real tragedy. The case also involves Finch’s 23-year-old mistress Carole Tregoff as co defendant in murder and conspiracy.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Fred N. Whichello
Dr. Finch
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
Sinatra's Daughter Engaged to Young Singer
Nancy Sinatra is engaged to singer Tommy Sands. No wedding date set. Sands has bought a ring and plans to propose when Nancy returns from New York. Couple undecided whether to marry before or after his military service.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Nancy
Tommy
Nancy Sinatra
Sands
New York
Drunk Driver Released From Raleigh County Jail
Carmel Lawhorn of Skelton was released at 8 10 am after serving time on a driving while drunk charge. Wheeler Waugh of Beckley was jailed at 5 45 pm Thursday by a deputy sheriff on a breach of the peace charge.
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Carmel Lawhorn
Skelton
Raleigh
Wheeler Waugh
Beckley
Parish Motors Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Parish Motors Corp of Ravenswood filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S Southern District Court of Charleston as of today.
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Charleston
Parrish Motors Corp
Ravenswood
U. S. Southern District Court
Help Sought For Homeless Lucas Family
A Raleigh County family of three lost their home in a fire and now lacks clothing and furniture. The Red Cross offers aid and asks for donations of clothing or furniture, with a vacant nearby house offered by neighbor Hubert Herron. The family stays with neighbors and awaits weather for transport of offered furniture.
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Eccles
Roy Lucas
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Bair
Hubert Herron
Ernest Barley
Bradley
Lucas
Randolph Byrd Catnap Through Lengthy Debate
West Virginia's Sens. Jennings Randolph and Harry Byrd describe coping with the protracted civil rights debate in the Senate by napping between quorum calls. Both admit sleep is difficult yet stay philosophical as they push for limited debate and timely action.
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Randolph
Byrd
TV comic George De Witt quits Be Our Guest show
New York AP George De Witt says he will leave CBS TV show Be Our Guest after seven weeks. Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959, is dropped from the program amid plan for rotating singers. De Witt cites format disagreements and says Mobley was fired after his stance.
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New York
George de Witt
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann
de Witt
CBS
Pendhiece
Miss Mobley
Brandon
Trucks Remain Nation’s Road Workhorses at 10.75 Million
A survey by the Automobile Manufacturers Association shows the United States has about 10,750,000 trucks in operation on highways, underscoring the enduring role of trucks in the national transportation system.
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United States
Automobile Manufacturers
Assn
Deaths and Funerals Willie E Kincaid obituary
Funeral services incomplete for Willie Ernest Kincaid 49 Burlington North Carolina who died at 7 am Wednesday in a Burlington hospital after a heart attack He was born March 14 1911 at Beckley a son of the late Lewis and Mrs Kincaid Survivors include wife Irene Bennett Burlington one son Cletus W Traha NC one daughter Mrs Norman Russell Winston Salem NC two brothers Roy Slab Fork and Charley Shady Spring seven sisters Mrs Oscar Jones Mrs Essie Bennett Mrs Woodrow Bennett all Beckley Mrs Elsie Plumley Mrs Doris Plumley and Mrs Della Gardner all Shady Spring and Mrs Rhodie Kincaid Kentucky and two grandchildren
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Willie Ernest Kincaid
Burlington
N. C
Beckley
Lewis Kincaid
Irene Bennett
Cletus W
Traha
Norman Russell
Winston-Salem
Roy
Slab
Noted Beckley businessman Hugh Clyde Avis dies at 41
Hugh Clyde Avis died at his home on 108 Druid Ave after a heart attack at 11 p.m. Thursday. He was vice president of Greenbrierge Products Co and co owner of Beckley Tire and Rubber Co. An elder at Beckley Presbyterian Church he served on the Salvation Army advisory board and led the Dairy Commission Rural Development Council and Elks Lodge. Survived by wife Mary Elizabeth and two children, services Sunday at the Presbyterian Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Hugh Clyde Avis
Druid Ave
Beckley
Greenbrierge Products Co
Beckley Tire and Rubber Co
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Avis
Salvation Army
Dairy Commission
Beckle Area
Rural Development Council
Elks Lodge
Neibert
Logan County
Jim
Rose Perry Avis
Mary Elizabeth Avis
Betty Lee
Hugh Clyde Jr
Ralph Willis
Funeral plans for Mrs Lillie Ann Stover in Oak Hill
Funeral services for 83 year old Mrs Lillie Ann Stover of Scarbro Route 1 will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Ernest Barley officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include her son Alva Stover daughter Voneda Stover stepson Everett Stover three sisters eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Lillie Ann Stover
Tyree
Scarbro
Route 1
Everett Stover
Cora Kincaid
Pax
Florence Thompson
Albuquerque
N. M
Clara Coleman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Death notices for Arthur Lilly in Dunns area
Arthur Lilly 61 of Dunns died at his home at 5 25 p m Thursday after a heart attack. A farmer he belonged to Missionary Baptist Church Dunns born February 27 1699 at Dunns son of A L Lilly and the late Judith Lilly survived by his wife Cora Lilly two sons Robert and Ray both of Dunns two daughters Ruby Thompson Meadow Bridge and Leanne Oats Shady Spring one sister Mary J Starr Beckley one brother Bill Beckley three half brothers S B Clark MacArthur Wyatt Lilly and one half sister Lola Lilly Miami Fla and 12 grandchildren.
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Arthur Lilly
Dunns
Missionary Baptist Church
A. L. Lilly
Klaus St
Judith Lilly
Cora Lilly
Robert
Ray
Ruby Thompson
Meadow Bridge
Leanne Oats
Shady Spring
Mary J. Starr
Beckley
Bill
S. B. Clark
MacArthur
Wyatt Lilly
Lola Lilly
Miami
Fla
Clifford L Bonar Funeral Service Planned
Funeral services for Clifford Luther Bonar will be conducted at Mount Olive Baptist Church Lashmeet by Rev Cleve Young at 2 p m Saturday. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Body to remain at Searver Mortuary Princeton and be moved to the church one hour before services.
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Clifford Luther Bonar
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Lashmeet
Cleve Young
Church Hospital
Searver Mortuary
Princeton
Jesse F Webb Rites Set For Forest Hill Man
Funeral services for Jesse F Webb age 67 will be conducted at 2 p.m. Rev Maurice Hylton officiating at the cemetery Webb died after a several year illness in a Beckley hospital The body will be removed from Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton to the church one hour before services RNS
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Jesse F. Webb
Maurice Hylton
Webb
Forest Hill
Beckley
Ronald Meadows
Hinton
Milam Wade Webb and Willie August to Burial in Naoma Cemetery
Andrew Milam Wade Webb and the Rev Willie August mourn the death of Milam 50 of Naoma who died after a stroke December 26. He was an unemployed coal miner. Survivors include wife Orpha two sons Jessie Cleveland Ohio and Andrew Milam at home three daughters Nancy Margaret and Carol at home a brother Henry Birchton three sisters Letha Toliver Bernice Lanker Emma Cox Edwight. Body to be moved from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville to the home at 4 p m today. Pallbearers Elbert Cris Webb Haze Milton Joe Pettry Earl Jarrell cousins.
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Wade Webb
Willie August
Petty Cemetery
Naoma
Milam
Orpha
Jessie
Cleveland
Ohio
Andrew Milam
Nancy
Margaret
Carol
Henry
Birchton
Letha Toliver
Bernie Lonker
Emma Cox
Edwight
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Elbert
X Rays Given to 88 in Raleigh County Health Survey
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association provided X rays to 88 persons in February. Of the group 72 tested negative, five were primary inactive, one probably active, four inactive, one advanced inactive, and one moderately inactive. One case showed silicosis and one was suspected of a pulmonary disease.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Girl Scout Week Displays Planned in Pineville
In observance of Girl Scout Week, Girl Scouts of Pineville will display in Crews Store window on Main Street. The Brownies will display in the Fashion Shop window, also on Main Street.
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Pineville
RNS
Girl Scouts of
Crews
Main Street
Brownies
Raleigh County School Bus Bid Notice Sealed bids invited
The Raleigh County Board of Education seeks sealed bids by March 22 1960 at 730 P M for school bus chassis and bodies. Specifications available at the Raleigh County Courthouse Beckley WV. The board may reject all bids. Sherman C Trail Secretary.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Raleigh County
Beckley
West Virginia
Board of Education
Sherman C. Trail
Invitation to Bid on Education Vehicle Insurance in Beckley WV
The Raleigh County Board of Education invites bids for insurance on automotive vehicles owned by the district. Bid forms and required documents are available at the Office of the Raleigh County Board of Education in the Raleigh County Courthouse Beckley West Virginia. 3-4-FRL2-P-HRR
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Board of Education
Raleigh County
Beckley
West Virginia
Sherman C. Trail
Funeral notices for Reed Annasary and Frank Lively
Mrs. Annasary Reed age 82 of 210 Edgewood Drive died March 2 at home. Funeral March 4 at 3 p.m. at Methodist Temple with Rev J B F Yoak Jr. burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Frank Lively age 71 of 111 Forrest Avenue died March 3 at Welch Hospital. Funeral March 5 at 2 30 p.m. Mt Tabor Baptist Church burial Mt Tabor Cemetery. Both services arranged by Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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Reed Reed
Annasary
Edgewood Drive
Methodist Temple
J. B. F. Yoak, Jr
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Keyser-Bryant
Johnstown Road
Joe Hungate
David Lickliter
Oval Willams
Ronnie Williams
John W. Eye
Earl Fink
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Lively Lively
Frank
Forerest Avenue
Welch Hospital
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Albert Ostrander
Mt. Tabor Cemeery
Obituaries Include Two Virginia Women, 79 and 91
Lou Emma Brown age 79 of Lester dies at home March 2. Funeral March 5 at Upper Church of God Lester. burial Canaday Cemetery. Body to Rose Quesenberry Funeral Home March 4. Susan F King age 91 of Christiansburg dies March 1 at niece’s home Shady Springs. Funeral March 4 Wesley Chapel Church. burial Johnson Cemetery. Body moved from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to Richardson Funeral Home Christiansburg.
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Brown Brown
Lou Emma
Aliff
Lester
Upper Church of God
Henry H. Bailey
Canaday
Rose & Quesenberry
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Johnstown Road
Richardson Funeral Home
Christiansburg
Virginia
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
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Leroy Stone
Wyoming
George Cabell
RKO
Ceeienniamamina Peiamal
Myles
Railway
Finch
Sinatra
Jennings Randolph
Supreme Court
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Arlington
Willie E. Kincaid
Lillie Stover
Clifford L. Bonar
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