Eisenhower seeks large flexible foreign aid plan
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve about 4.85 billion dollars in foreign aid with 1.646 billion for military help in the Middle East and Asia. He called for long term commitments up to ten years and warned of continued risk of aggression while arguing the program is essential to global security and economic strength.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Middle East
Asia
Eigenhower
Senate
Ing
Southeast
Free World
Lars
Wold
Tokyo
Dulles
United States
Honolulu
South Asia
Far East
Pluto man admits fight in murder of Horace Ellison
State Police say Noah Levi Gadd admitted fighting Ellison with a stick before the body was found on Pinch Creek Road near Pluto. Gadd, 58, is jailed in Raleigh County on murder charges and faces arraignment later this week before Magistrate Ted Kessinger. Ellison, a Pluto farmer, was found in a snow filled ditch Saturday night. autopsy cites two severe head blows from a heavy instrument.
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Noah Levi Gadd
Pluto
Horace Benton Ellison
Gadd
Raleigh
Houd
Ted Kessinger
Glade Creek
Ellison
Pinch Creek Road
Glen
Ellison Will
Pluto Baptist Church
Everett W. Powers
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
J.S. Grewal
Plute
Balizh County
Horace Benton
Eli- Lee
Plato
Winter storms slam the northeast killing 95 across 11 states
A double weekend snow siege crippled New York and the Northeast with up to a foot of snow. Trains stalled, roads iced, and 3,000 motorists abandoned their cars as LaGuardia and subways faced disruption. Deaths totaled 95 across 11 states with heavy snow in New England and the Mid-Atlantic.
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New York
Yale
la Guardia
Queens
Long Island
South Atlan
Thc
Rocky
West Mountain
Virginia
Middle Atlantic
Florida
Croasdown
New England
North England
Row
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Washington
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Lincoln Downs
Lincoln
R.T
Boston
Tommy Tibbs
Denis
Pat) Brady
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Ohio
Maine
Maryland
New Hampshire
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
New York Rites Set for Humorist Fred Aten
Funeral services are set for Fred Aten 61 veteran humorist and entertainer in radio television and film. An Solamn Requiem Mass will be sung at St Malachys Church in Manhattan with burial at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Westchester. Allen died of occlusive coronary heart disease after years of heart trouble.
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New York
Fred Aten
Manhattan
Allen
St. Malachy
Theater
Gate of Heaven Catholic
Westchester County
Portland Hoffa
John Daly
Fred
Daly
Steve Allen
Milton Helpeen
Pathologist Coroner Accepts N Y Post
Dr J. Grewal Raleigh County coroner and Beckley pathologist will leave Beckley about April 25 to take a hospital job in Binghamton New York. He earlier lived in Binghamton for three years and designed the hospital laboratory where he will work. The hospital opened recently with 250 beds. He became coroner in January succeeding Dr B B Richmond. He has served at the Beckley VA Hospital Raleigh General Hospital Beckley Medical Arts Diagnostic Clinic and Wyoming General Hospital Mullene. May begins his new position.
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Grewal
Beckley
Raleigh County
Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton Hospital
B. B. Richmond
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Medical Arts Diagnostic Clinic
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullene
Beckley Boy Gifts to Patty Davis Fund
A Beckley boy's birthday gift was donated to the Patty Davis Fund to cover treatment costs for Patty Davis a 7 year old undergoing care at Boston Children’s Hospital for leukemia and related illnesses. Donations totaled 9 by noon with $2 from Mike Murphy son of Mrs Judith Murphy Travelers Lane Beckley.
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Beckley
Patty Davis
Isaac McKinney
Bank of Raleigh
McKinney
Mike Murphy
Judith Murphy
Travelers Lane
Mike
Robert L. Davis
Harper Road
Patty
Boston
Boston Children’s Hospital
Stewart Child Taken by Death
Wayne Paul Stewart three died in a local hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in New York City June 10 1952, son of Paul and Beatrice Stewart. Survived by paternal grandparents Wayne Stewart Prosperity and maternal grandparents Anthony Aboate New York City. Body to be moved from Keyser Funeral Home to Lexington Funeral Home New York City for arrangements.
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Wayne Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart
East 2Nd Street
New York City
Paul
Beatrice Abbate Stewart
Wayne Stewart
Anthony Aboate
Keyser
Lexington
Icy Roads Prompt Chains Across Area
Police reported no accidents from the icy conditions as chains were sought at service stations. State crews salted and spread sawdust through the night while Raleigh County officials kept main roads passable by noon. Piedmont Airlines noted all nights landed on schedule except the first moving flight failed to land due to a low ceiling.
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State Road Commission
Raleigh
Piedmont Airlines
Third Polio Suspect Admitted to Hospital
Raleigh County reports its third poliomyelitis suspect of the year admitted to Mariner Hospital. The patient is one month old James Michael Wheeler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thamer Wheeler of Crab Orchard. The infant has been ill about six weeks and cannot move his legs or one arm. The Wheelers also have two other children Imogene Darlene and Roger Dale.
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Raleigh County
Mariner Hospital
de. S. A. Ford
James Michael Wheeler
Thamer Wheeler
Special Council Meeting Planned Tuesday
Written notices announce a City Council meeting at 7 39 p m on Tuesday to consider ways and means of raising additional revenue. Three options will be discussed: raising Gross Sales Tax adoption of a special fire service fee or a special levy.
Bobo Rockefeller Prefers Privacy in California Visit
Bobo Rockefeller says residents treat her the same whether she is Bobo Olson or Bobo Rockefeller and she enjoys the privacy California offers. She plans to stay in southern California before returning to New York. The former Winthrop Rockefeller wife and her 7-year old son had been visiting for a month. Bobo Olson is noted as a prize fighter.
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Los Angeles
Bobo OL
Bobo Rockefeller
Calfornia
New York
Winthrop Rockefeller
Bobo Olson
Tentative Compromise Seen In Westinghouse Strike Talks
Washington reports indicate two union groups needed to approve any settlement for the Westinghouse strike were called to meet today as word spread that a tentative compromise had stalled.
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Washington
Westinghouse
Popular Woman Burned to Death at Vienna Home
Mrs Helen Cochran Bowser a socially prominent wife of an oil and gas businessman was found dead in a smoldering sofa in the Bowser residence near Parkersburg. coroner said third and fourth degree burns likely caused death. autopsy planned. Fire chief noted the blaze caused little damage beyond the living room furniture as Bowser and two daughters escaped. husband Owen Bowser saved another two.
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Vienna
W.va
Helen Cochran Bowser
Richard W. Corbitt
Wood County
Parkersburg
Lawrence A. Stanley
Vienna Volunteer Fire Department
Bowser
Parkersburg Country Club
Stanley
Owen P. Bowser
Jaundice Proves Fatal for Author J Bromfield dies in Ohio
Pulitzer Prize winning author and columnist Louis Bromfield died at University Hospital Columbus at age 59 from jaundice infection and liver and kidney failure. He founded Malabar Farm near Mansfield Ohio after a 1938 return, wrote This is Your Country, won the 1926 Pulitzer for Early Autumn, and is survived by three daughters.
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Columbus
Ohio
Louis Bromfield
University Hospital
Bromfield
Mansfield
Malabar Farm
India
Bromfields
Presa
Congressional
New York City
Assa
Associated Press
Thhe Bookman
Time Magazine
Hope Bromfield Stevens
Leesburg
Anne Bromfield
Ellen Bromfield Carson Gel
Parking Meters Bring In Just Under One Thousand
Beckley street meters yielded 389.33 for the week ending Friday. Municipal lot meters added to reach a weekly total of 908.32 in receipts, recorded by the City Recorder's Office.
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Beckley
City Recorder's
Half of Grand Jury Reports for Duty
Eight Raleigh Countians were summoned to serve on the Grand Jury today but half failed to appear. Jury Commissioners William Snyder and Robert Foster named Randolph Cook Robert R Brown John Henry Davis John Gorsica William Smith Jan Campbell and R A Shackelford all of Beckley. Fred Roschi serves as jury foreman while Randolph Cook is the clerk. The jury began work about 10 am and will hear 41 presentments with the docket slated for completion this afternoon.
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Raleigh
William Snyder
Robert Foster
Randolph Cook
Robert R. Brown
John Henry Davis
John Gorsica
William Smith
Jan Campbell
R. A. Shackelford
Beckley
Fred Roschi
Coal City Man Reports- Judge Calls Substitute
A Coal City man, Austin Privett, faced icy roads and a broken tire while heading to Raleigh County Grand Jury. The substitute was summoned as the judge excused Privett after a mouth injury from a slipping jack. Dulles backs flexible foreign policy on Asia trip.
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Coal City
Raleigh County
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Austin Privett
Beckley
Privett
Safety Patrolmen Meet Wednesday At Beckley Junior High
Area school safety patrols are urged to attend a 1 p.m. meeting Wednesday at Beckley Junior High School. Lonnie Price, safety patrol director, says films of patrol activities and Washington trips will be shown. Don McClaugherty of the state AAA will speak. schools from Mount Hope Oak Hill and Slab Fork plan to send students.
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Beckley Junior High
Lonnie Price
Safety Patrol
Price
Washington
Don McClaugherty
American Automobile Association
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Slab Fork
District Meet Slated By Churches of God
The Beckley District Churches of God plan a fellowship meeting at 7:30 p.m. today at Page Church of God. Speaker will be Rev. W G Spangier of Gatewood Church of God. The Beckley District includes Beckley Macarthur Bradley Prince Pax Massey Gatewood Oak Hill and Page. Rev. M A Gifford of Beckley will be in charge.
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Beckley District
Churches of God
Page Church of God
W.G. Spangier
Gatewood
Student Swallows Tack at School Reported OK
Janet Daniel seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lacy Daniel Prosperity is a second grader at Prosperity Elementary. She swallowed a thumb tack today at Beckley Memorial Hospital where she is described as in good condition after the incident at school Thursday.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
Janet Daniel
Lacy Daniel
Prosperity
Prosperity Elementary
Jonben Man Dies After Lengthy Illness at 82
Thomas Lee Farley 82 of Jonben died at 1 a.m. in a local hospital after a prolonged illness that drew Raleigh County aid. Beckley Welding Co wrote off large sums for oxygen he required, while a local sorority lent oxygen equipment. Surviving are his wife Winnie Bolen Farley eight sons and five daughters two stepsons and two stepdaughters several siblings and nineteen grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Jonben Community Church with burial at Joe Lily Cemetery Ellison Ridge.
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Thomas Lee Farley
Jonben
Raleigh Countians
Farley
Beckley
Beckley Welding Co
Farleys
Pipestem
Blick
Parline Belcher Farley
Fireco Methodist Church
Winnie Bolen Farley
Junior
Gene
Thomas
U.S. Marines
Parris Island
Clinton
Denny
Mount View
Eugene
Ghent
Walter
Fireco
Arlie
Hinton
Elizabeth
Emmie Mae
Betty Lou
Nellie Walllace
Mary Bolen
Raymond Hall
Mussolin
Ohio
Jennings
Guilliams Infant Dies in New York
Christine Guilliams seven month old infant died at 9 am in a Palmyria hospital New York born in Stamaford formerly of Stamaford and Palmyria parents Brooksy Foster and Lewis Guilliams are listed as guardians alongside Dillard and Beckley Foster the body will be returned to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home for arrangements pending.
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Christine Guilliams
Robert Gulliams
Palmyria
N.Y
Stamaford
Brooksy Foster
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Lewis Guilliams
Stanaford
Dillard Foster
Beckley
County Airman's Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Airman 2 C. James Edward Walker will be held at Mabscott Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Elders J Bolling Eli Lilly and Thomas Jenkins presiding. Walker died in a Florida hospital Saturday from injuries in an automobile accident. The damage was estimated at 100 dollars and his body arrived from Prince at 6 a.m. Officials identified the drivers as Raymond Lilly of Cool Ridge and Walker of Mabscott. Burial will be in Suncrest Memorial Park.
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James Edward Walker
Mabscott Methodist Church
J. Bolling
Eli Lilly
Thomas Jenkins
Walker
Florida
Prince
Quezenberry
Welcb
Prince St
Scott Ave
Beckley
Claude
Raymond Lilly
Cool Ridge
Mabscott
Ted Anderson
East Park
Sune Iget
Fayette Wyoming Schools to Receive Spelling Bee Lists
The complete official word list for the Tri-County Spelling Bee has been printed and mailed to Fayette and Wyoming schools. Additional copies will go to schools outside the circuit as the official list becomes available to teachers and pupils at 10 cents per copy. Distribution in Raleigh County begins Saturday morning, March 21, with previous years' practice of school principals or teachers determining needs by polling students.
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Fayette
Wyoming
Register
Wocuilee
Bution
Geneva Bowles
Board of Education
Piseville
Faysette County
Raleigh County
Word Listy
Mtudent
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Chicago
West Virginia
Bluestone Reservoir
Beckley High
Stewart
Bobo
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Fred M. Cochran
Clermont, Fla
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