Governor Making Pitch In California Tour Reaches Downey
West Virginia Governor Cecil H. Underwood promotes industrial expansion in California. He planned stops at Aerojet-General Corp. aircraft plants in Downey Covina and Azusa as part of courting new industries for his state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downey
Calif
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underwood
California
Aerojet-General Corp
Downey, Covlava
Azusa
Navy
Dan Kimball
Aerojet General Corp
Pasadena
Aerojet Azusa Management Club
Aerojet Sacramento Management Club
Sacramento
Underwood
Edmund Brown
Goodwin J. Knight
Iffy Skating Fate At Little Beaver Park Lake
Ice safety and future use of Little Beaver Park Lake discussed as officials weigh draining the lake to aid flood control. If drained no skating. if kept open, snow removal and ice marking with help from local clubs considered while road access remains blocked by snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Beaver Park Lake
Walter A. Duncan
Raleigh County Park Board
The
Register
Rod and Gun Club
Beckley Fire Department
AA Join Chamber In Membership Drive Now On
Beckley Chamber of Commerce has 44 new members in two weeks of a mail campaign and a Monday breakfast kickoff. Total membership rises to 369 with 27 from mail invites and 17 from the kickoff event. Several firms joined as groups, including Beckley News Co and Greyhound Bus Lines, boosting individual memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Hotel
Paul Feigley
D. D. Ashworth
K. D. Bowers
Robert L. Davis
M. M. Ralston
D. E. Neal
B. B. Richmond
Hugh Burdette
J. Q. Hutchinson
James H. Miller
Clifford D. Reiber
Chamber
Beckley News Co
Atkinson Distributors
Peerless Packing Co
Black Diamond Distributors
Greyhound Bus Lines
Feigley
Two AWOL Service Charges Hit Monday Afternoon
Two servicemen were booked Monday afternoon for AWOL from their branches. Betting A Lavis, claimed from Fort Knox Kentucky in the U S Air Force, jailed 3 30 p m. Kenneth L Greer, also at Fort Knox, jailed 7 50 p m. by military authorities. he serves in the Army. A woman jailed 9 40 p m. as a runaway from Huntington State Hospital. Edward H Miles, Fayetteville motorist, jailed 5 20 p m. for reckless driving. fined 90 dollars and costs. Lilly released after bond posted. arrested 11 35 p m. Sunday for driving while drunk.
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A. Lavis
Fort Knox
Heig
U. S. Air Force
Kenneth L. Greer
Huntington State Hospital
Fayetteville
Edward H. Miles
Raleigh County
Miles
Cotton White
William Price Lilly
Mabscott
James Sparacino
Skiers Don Shorts At Bald Knob Today
Bald Knob Ski Slopes run a suntan friendly day with skiers in Bermuda shorts. Manager Tom Minter says conditions are excellent as 36 degree temperatures keep snow loss minimal and slope activity continues.
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Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Barron Refutes Claim He Owes State Money
Atty. Gen. W. W. Barron rebutted a 1946 50 audit that alleged he and others owed $4761 while deputy commissioner of forfeited lands in Randolph County. He said the findings were not pursued and officials agreed there was no claim. Barron cited court orders and statutory explanations for the larger sums.
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Charleston (Ap
W. W. Barron
Tax Department
Randolph County
Barron
Charleston Gazette
Auditor’s Office
Attorney General's Office
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Legislative
C. H. Koontz
Three Orders Entered Today in Raleigh County Court
Three orders were entered this morning in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office under Judge Norman Knapp. Lewis-Hubbard Corp. won a default judgment of 1516.25 against W. C. Lucas. The Suit by George Vanney against Tom Hargis was continued to the next term. Superior Sterling Co. secured a judgment of 1713.89 with a $1000 credit against C. S. Tom Glover doing business as Racoal Service Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Lewis - Hubbard Corp
W. C. Lucas
George Vanney
Shady Spring Trading Post
Tom Hargis
Superior Sterling Co
C. S
Tom Glover
Racoal Service Co
West Virginia terrain eyed for underground missile bases
Defense officials discuss placing Atlas Titan and Minuteman missiles near existing installations to cut costs. Proposals highlight West Virginia terrain as well protected, with bases near populated regions and potential expansion toward the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant
Slack
West Virginia
United States
Atlas
Titan
Missis- Bryant
Mid-Atlantic
FAA Grounds Pilots Over 60
NEW YORK AP Com mercial airline pilots 60 years of age or older were grounded by a Federal Aviation Agency order. The ban took effect at midnight after Judge Alexander Bicks denied a motion for a preliminary injunction by the Air Line Pilots Assn. Forty seven pilots were affected immediately. FAA Administrator E. R. Quesada said flying passengers at 500 mph would be a safety hazard.
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New York
Federal Aviation Agency
Alexander Bicks
Air Line Pilots Assn
FAA
E. R. Quesada
Withholding Tax Repeal Proposed by DAR Chapter
The Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution proposed repeal of the federal withholding tax as a first step toward wiping out the federal income tax. Other resolutions urged US withdrawal from the United Nations, limits on World Court trials, cuts in foreign aid, and stricter anti communism training for the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Texas Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
United Nations
World Court
Funeral services for Dewey Moran scheduled
Funeral services for Dewey Moran Bud Moran will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bud Methodist Church led by Elder Joe Wood and Rev. John Rinehart. Moran 51 former Barkers Ridge District constable died Monday in Mullens hospital after pneumonia and heart trouble followed by a stroke. Burial in Moran Cemetery Long Branch. Survivors include wife Faye two sons Donald and Elmer two daughters Gerald Payley Naomi Moran two brothers Herman Woodrow two sisters Mrs Dan Sands Mrs Alec Goode and four grandchildren. Body to Moran home this evening from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home. He also survived by third wife Minnie Arbogast and her two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Moran
Bud
Bud Methodist Church
Joe Wood
John Rinehart
Moran Cemetery
Long Branch
Moran
Barkers Ridge
Mullens Hospital
Herndon
Pocahontas Co
Columbus
Ohio
Dan Sands
Chicago
Alec Goode
Maben
Robertson and Foglesong
Samuel McDaniels Final Rites Held for 84 Year Old Miner
Samuel McDaniels 84 of Urg died Saturday in a local hospital after a long illness. Final rites at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. G. C. Gilbert. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Born Amherst Virginia January 18 1876, a retired coal miner. Survivors include son Samuel McDaniels Jr. of Scarbro and a niece Ruth Carter of Ury, with whom he made his home.
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Samuel McDaniels
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
G. C. Gilbert
Greenwood Memorial Park
McDaniels
Amherst
Samuel McDaniels Jr
Scarbro
Ruth Carter
Ury
Final Rites for Mrs. Garnet G Harvey
Mrs. Garnet G Harvey 69 of 105 Bishop St died Monday after a heart attack. Funeral services 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church Rev A H Wilson in charge. Burial in Wildwood Cemetery. Survivors include son Eugene R Harvey of Beckley brother Claude Hollingsworth of Atlanta and three grandchildren. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home until one hour before services.
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Garnet G. Harvey
Bishop St
Wedrtesday
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Wildwood Cemetery
Clyde Shorter Rites Held At Akers Baptist Church
Funeral services for Clyde Shorter 61 of Lester will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Akers Baptist Church Maple Meadow with Rev. Dewey Acord officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Shorter died Monday at his home after a heart attack. He was born June 26 1898 in Mercer County and survived by wife Hattie Grimmett Shorter three daughters two sons a sister and three brothers and 17 grandchildren. Pallbearers are Glenn Shumate Dee Snuffer Eugene O'Neil Darrell Richardson Ward Cozart and Corbett Holt.
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Clyde Shorter
Lester
Akers Baptist Church
Maple Meadow
Dewey Acord
Sunset Memorial Park
Shorter
Mercer County
Hattie Grimmett Shorter
Ruby Tolliver
Alma
Darrell Richardson
Ward Cozart
Corbett Holt
Harvey Griffith dies on business trip in Norton
Harvey Lee Griffith 46 of Cedar Bluff Va died Monday apparently of a heart attack while on a business trip to Norton Va He was a safety engineer for Bituminous Casualty Co Survivors include son Roy Allen of Beckley The body is at Richlands Va funeral home
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Harvey Lee Griffith
Cedar Bluff
Norton
Bituminous Casulty Co
Roy Allen
Beckley
Richlands
William H Ward dies at 58 in Clifton Forge
William Harless Ward 58 longtime Chesapeake and Ohio Railway foreman born February 8 1902 died after a short illness in Clifton Forge Virginia. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at Wallace and Wallace Chapel East Rainelle with ministers L L McDaniel and J H Quesenberry. Burial Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville. He was a Springdale Baptist Church member and son of Noah and Cordelia Adkins Ward. He was brother of Eldridge Ward Beckley West Virginia.
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William Harless Ward
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
L. L. McDaniel
J. H. Quesenberry
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Ward
Eldridge Ward
Beckley
Clifton Forge
Springdale
Meadow Bridge
Noah and
Cordelia Adkins Ward
RNS
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza Ann Crouch McHone
Mrs Eliza Ann Crouch McHone 77 of Dry Creek dies after long illness. Funeral at Birchton Community Church with Rev Fred Steele, burial Rhonda Cemetery. Survived by five sons Lonnie Carnie Charles Paris Monroe, two daughters Annie Bowen Garnet Walls, four brothers Maniley Daniel King Brady, 42 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Valley Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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Eliza Ann Crouch McHone
Dry Creek
Birchton
Freddie Steele
Rhonda
McHone
Church of God Church
Garnet Walls
Maniley
McGraws
Daniel
Princeton
King
Lamar
Brady Tilley
Ravencliff
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Funeral services planned for Rev. R. A. Fraley
Rev. R A Fraley of Valley Head dies after a two year illness at home. Funeral set for 10 am Thursday at Valley Head Methodist Church with burial in Morgantown. Born 1871 in Wayne County, he served 45 years in the West Virginia Conference and led churches near Beckley and Raleigh. He married three times. first wife Martha Ross survived by two daughters Lilly Cyrus and Meda Snecker, second wife Willia Bias died about 30 years ago, and surviving children include Virgil Amick Shirley Ross William Underwood Rayburn Fraley and Harry.
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Valley Head Methodist Church
Morgantown
Wayne County
West Virginia
Beckley
Raleigh Community Church
Martha Ross
Lilly Cyrus
Wayne
Meda Snecker
Elkwater
Willia Bias
Virgil Amick
Summersville
Shirley Ross
Buffalo
N. Y
William Underwood
Mabscott
Rayburn Fraley
Harry
Shots Heard and Body Found Near Delray
The body of Mrs. Audra Didawick was found near a rural mailbox at Delray, about 12 miles southeast of Romney. Her husband Ira Didawick, 62, was found with a gunshot wound to the head at a creek edge and is in critical condition at Hampshire County Memorial Hospital. A coroner’s jury was to meet today with Justice of the Peace A. L. Russell.
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Romney
W. Va
Delray
Hampshire
Hampshire County Memorial Hospital
Sate
Audra Didawick
Ira Didawick
Justice of the Peace
A. L. Russell
Lemon Quits Race For JP Nomination
Frank Lemon a deputy sheriff and resident of 404 Valley Drive withdrew from the justice of the peace race in Town District after filing on February 6. He did not provide a definite reason for his withdrawal.
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Justice of the Peace
Frank Lemon
Valley Drive
Lemon
Judge Grants Stay to Permit Venable Appeal Verdict
Eugene Venable, convicted of murder in 1958, gets a 90 day stay of execution to appeal to the State Supreme Court. Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp cited inability to bear record expenses and raised grounds including a forced confession, improper record of Dickerson’s prior murder, juror race identification, a felon juror issue, and attack on Venable's character by the prosecutor. Venable had previously been convicted of voluntary manslaughter and was moved from Raleigh County Jail to the state penitentiary at Moundsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Venable
Beckley
Vernon Dickers
State Supreme Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
Venable
McAlpin
Gregory St
Dickerson
Citi
Zen
Raleigh County
Moundsville
Quints Parents Wed In Mexico
Paula Guerrero Mungia and Gilberto Diaz wed in Cuernavaca hospital after the birth of quintuplets. Four infants survive in incubators. two boys and three girls born last Tuesday with one boy dying soon after birth. The couple had not married for 10 years due to money troubles. a religious ceremony is planned. Doctors say the babies may remain in hospital about five months.
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Cuernavaca
Mexico
Paula Guerrero Mungia
Gilberto Diaz
Diaz
Paula
Diza
Shortening The News Stirs Audiences in Florida
A West addressed Negro and White audience in St Petersburg amid a telephone bomb threat. A Long Island landmark Hotel Nautilus was destroyed by fire with estimated damages over five million dollars. Billy Graham to preach four times in Israel this weekend. Search continues in Charleston for six young Negroes who beat and robbed a white service station attendant and slashed him with crude KKK initials. Two million Koreans voted amid tension and fraud charges. State briefs note West Virginia bank debits up 5.1 percent from 1958 with several cities at record highs and others at losses. A U S firm’s rate case seeks about 4.2 million yearly, and a two year basic nursing course was approved at Marshall College. A county school board faces potential expulsions for scholastic rating failures per an attorney general opinion.
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West
St. Petersburg
Fla
Long Island
Billy Graham
Israel
Charleston
D. C
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Huntington
Parkersburg
South Charleston
Williamson
Beckley
Bluefield
United Fuel Gas Co
Public Service Commission
Marshall College
State Board of Education
Attorney General's Office
Marshall County
Everett G. Cox
Marshall School Board
Route line study outlines Weston to Beckey corridor
The piece notes continued state focus on a Pennsylvania line extending to Weston. It mentions a second agreement reached last month between the SRC and engineers for an aerial study and a preliminary report to locate the proposed new line from Weston south to Beckey.
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Pennsylvania
Weston
SRC
Beckey
McDowell County Man Faces Still Charge
Raymond M. Comer of Eckman was booked at Raleigh County Jail at noon on a charge of possession of a moonshine still. He was arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal.
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Raymond M. Comer, Eckman
Raleigh
U.S
Commodities Distribution Planned at Mabscott Town Hall
Commodities will be distributed at Mabscott Town Hall from 9 am to 5 pm on Thursday and Friday. Residents are urged to bring their own containers.
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Mabscott Town Hall
Stalled Truck Causes Wreck in Beckley Area
An early morning crash on Rt 21 near Beckley caused about 1000 dollars in damages. Nelson Allen of Beckley, driver of a 1958 truck that ran out of gas, was arrested for blocking traffic and must appear before Magistrate W A Burke. Loren Neal of Fayetteville escaped injury though his 1960 car was badly damaged after swerving to avoid the stalled vehicle.
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Beckley
Nelson Allen
Rt 21
Loren Neal
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Neal
Allen
W. A. Burke
Miners Trapped in West Virginia Mine as Rescue Efforts Continue
Rescue teams maintained contact with trapped miners for hours before the line failed. Three refuge rooms off the main passageway offer potential shelter from fumes. Area 3 deeper in the Holden mine No 22 is the last likely refuge. air appeared safer there as rescuers moved in with gas masks. Officials caution the situation remains dire with improvisations and uncertain survival odds.
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T. N. Camicia
Area 3
Reiners
Elk Creek
J. L. Hamilton
Holden
Kentucky
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Washington
Springhill
Nova Scotia
Crawford L. Wilson
Wilson
Lingo
Mewsmen
Board holds second bid opening for science building
The State Board of Education held a second bid opening for the science classroom building at West Liberty State College financed from a 1959 capital improvement fund. Plans were revised after prior bids were rejected as over budget, with bids for electrical, heating and plumbing accepted. The two day session also covered Cabell County teacher pension concerns with officials alleging overpayment and underpayment in the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty State College
State Board of Education
Council of State College
Cabell County
Cabell
Cabell Board of Education
E. W. Taylor
Cabell Assn
Taylor
West Virginia
Miner W Wiley Denies Mining Discrimination
Co. W Wiley a 49 year veteran coal miner says mining hires by qualifications, not race, citing past unions and local sentiment. He asserts there was no discrimination then or now, based on his experience in Stanaford Raleigh Slab Fork Willis Branch mines and his union organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Wiley
Mool St
Stanaford
Raleigh
Slab Fork
Willis Branch
Western plan on disarmament rejected by Soviets
Previous disarmament talks involved the United States Britain France Canada and the Soviet Union. The Western plan was submitted to the Communists on Monday night. The Soviets expressed hope for results but again criticized Western insistence on preconditions and controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Soviet Union
Pass policies ease as Soviet commander holds changes
ADN reported Voronzov told Western reps the Soviet government will make no changes to passes for now to avoid worsening great power relations ahead of the summit. Western missions in Potsdam halted travel for medical treatment after passes issued Jan. 29. In response the United States and Britain restricted Soviet missions in West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ADN
Voronzov
Potsdam
Wes Berlin
United States
Britain
West Germany
Kelly Meeting Plans Broad County Tour Before May Primary
The Kanawha countian and former director of finance for the Department of Agriculture for 11 years announces plans to visit all other counties in the state ahead of the May 10 primary election, pitching experience as qualification for state treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Te Department of Agriculture
Ladies Aid Society Meeting in Coal City Home
The Ladies Aid Society of Coal City Community Church meets at 7 30 p m today in the Coal City home of Mrs H C Whitley to discuss church activities and plan forthcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of
Coal City
H. C. Whitley
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Knight
Capitol
Mabscott Police
Whiting
Larry Hurd
Defense Dept
Richmond
Wesley
Minnie Arbogast
Loar Funeral Home
Elkins
Ruth Smith
F. St
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Mrs. Garnet Harvey
William H. Ward
Eliza A. McHone
R. A. Fraley
Valley Head
Yul Brynner
Gina Lollobrigidai
Solomon
Sheba
United Artists
Jules Verne
Pat Boone
Cinamea Secore
James Maso
Quints
McDowell County
Kelly
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