Snow, crashes and flight cancellations amid West Virginia storm
A Beckley police crash injures a driver and ties up Booth Avenue area as slippery roads are blamed. Piedmont Airlines cancels Raleigh County Memorial Airport flights due to fog and blowing snow. Knoxville reports 10 inches of fresh snow with more expected, and West Virginia braces for the same storm. Local Greyhound bus service may be disrupted as snow blankets routes.
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Commission
Snow disrupts travel as 8.75 inches accumulate in region
Officials report fast moving traffic amid new snowfall on secondary roads with hazardous conditions. West Virginia Water Service adds 1.5 inches in 24 hours, total 8.75 inches since last Thursday. Wyoming County roads near full clearance by Tuesday night. chains advised, cinder crews active.
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West Virginia
Wyoming
State Road Commission
Holden Elementary Holds Classes Amid Trapped Relatives
Relatives of trapped boys and girls were among the witnesses as Holden Elementary School continued classes on Tuesday despite alarming news. A fifth grade teacher Mrs. Udell Mays said there was nothing they could do to help.
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Wyoming Becomes First State to Grant Women Vote
In 1869 Wyoming pioneers equal suffrage by granting women voting rights, establishing the first state endorsement of women’s suffrage in the United States.
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Wyoming
Study claims slow driving pace saves lives and money
In Tampa the Peninsula Motor Club reports figures on driving danger. It says the average motorist receives a speeding ticket every 15 years and a parking ticket every 2.8 years. It projects 16 400 000 miles to a fatal crash, with one reckless driving ticket per 69.5 years and one drunken driving arrest per 436 years.
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State Auditor Edgar Sims Stays In Critical Condition
Charleston 78 year old State Auditor Edgar B. Sims remained in critical condition with double pneumonia. He has been a patient at Charleston Memorial Hospital since Sunday night with condition unchanged.
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Edgar B. Sims
Charleston Memorial Hospital
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Deaths and Funerals in Local Area
Arthur Lowery 69 of 437 City Ave died at home after a heart attack. Survived by wife Violet Madeline Lowery and eight grandchildren. service and arrangements pending. Carster W. Bibbs obituary announced for Rising Sun Baptist Church service. Hubert Gentry 67 former Virginian Railway brakeman dies in Portsmouth after liver kidney illness. burial plans in Mullens with arrangements incomplete.
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Ohio
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Germany
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Detroit
Johnson City
Tenn
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Robertson and Faglesong
Final rites and obituaries in West Virginia area
Reports list multiple funeral services including Cornelius John Humphrey 6 Lanark to be buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens after death in Beckley hospital. Other notices include ARNS Bibbs 56, George Cabell 31 Mill Street in Greenwood Park and Arthur J. Snider 65 Athens funeral at Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
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Piney View
Carl Johnson
Bue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Humphrey
Beckley Hospital
United Mine Workers Union
Layland
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Mildred Mann
Wallace and Wallace
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Canaday St
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Mill St
Henrietta Clark
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wright and Anderson
Final rites for Mrs Ruth Bibb in Keyser Bryant chapel
Mrs Ruth M Bibb of 110 Edgell Street will have funeral services at 2 PM Thursday in the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Alvin J Cook officiating. Burial is in Sunset Memorial Park. She died at home Monday morning from a heart attack. Pallbearers are Glen Evans Samuel Evans Mark Slack Grant Slack Donald Foose and Lionel Calfee.
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Ruth M. Bibb
Edgell St
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Bibb
Glen Evans
Samuel Evans
Mark Slack
Grant Slack
Donald Foose
Lionel Calfee
Deaths: John T Rickman 87 Mullens and Albert Frye 75
John Terry Rickman 87 dies at his Mullens home after three weeks illness. Born April 22 1872 in Pulaski County Virginia he was a son of John and Nancy Rickman and widow Augusta Shinault Rickman. He was a retired carman for the Virginian Railway now Norfolk and Western. Funeral services for Albert Frye 75 Lyburn will be at noon Thursday at the residence with Foley Cemetery on Dingess Run as the burial site. Frye died Sunday in a Man hospital after a long illness and was a former Ligburn Mines Inc. employee.
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Dentist Dr. William Sperow Dies After Illness
Dr. William H. Sperow, a prominent Bluefield dentist who practiced here for 40 years, died Tuesday at a local hospital after a two day illness. He was 77. He came to Bluefield in 1920 from McDowell County. Survivors include his wife.
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Bluefield
Sperow
McDowell County
Earnest Hairston Funeral Arrangements Noted
Earnest Hairston of Stotesbury died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. The body lies at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home as arrangements are completed.
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Stotesbury
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
West Virginia Turnpike police arrest Winston-Salem driver
Earl E. Brammer of Winston-Salem North Carolina was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 9 30 p m Tuesday on a charge of driving while drunk after being arrested on the West Virginia Turnpike by Turnpike State Police.
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Raleigh County
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West Virginia Turnpike
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Suit Settled Before Defense Witnesses Heard
Settlement of the suit by Om er Acord against Joseph Lewis Price reached this morning before any defense witnesses were presented. The case sought damages for injuries from a January 8, 1959 automobile accident near Arnett. Attorneys had called seven witnesses. the jury was excused as a settlement of 7500 dollars was announced.
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Joseph Lewis Price
Arnett
Acord
Harold B. Gunday
Charleston
Students Aid Custodian In Snow Covered School Walk
A block long walk in front of Morton Reaves Elementary School was partially cleared by the custodian with help from students. City and School Maintenance Department declined aid due to legal duties and staffing limits. Superintendent Trail notes jailers could be hired at 23.5 cents a day if snow persists.
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William C. Reid
Sherman C. Trail
Register
Landslide win in 23rd NY district special election
In a special election State Sen. Jacob H. Gilbert Democrat won a landslide over Republican Simon M. Koenig for the U S representative seat in New York's 23rd District. Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr. was slightly injured in a car crash en route to the Capitol. An Eastern Airlines DC6 skidded off a St Louis runway but no injuries.
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Simon M. Koenig
U. S
New York
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Eastern Airlines
St. Louis Municipal
Luxurious Conditions Prevail At Bald Knob Ski Slopes
Bald Knob Ski Slopes report two inches of fresh snow creating luxurious conditions. Skiing under lights will continue until 10 p.m. A.M. manager Tom Minter notes clear, cold weather with 17 degree temperatures at 11 a.m.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Fractured ankle at Lewis Chevrolet leaves man in hospital
Dominic Sovino, 201 James Sr., suffered a fractured ankle Tuesday when a sheet of steel fell on his foot at Lewis Chevrolet Co. He is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital.
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James Sr
Lewis Chevrolet Co
Beckley Hospital
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