Oak Hill Hears Plans for Recreation Center Proposal
Oak Hill Council discussed a proposed recreation center funded by self liquidating bonds estimated at 100000 to 150000 dollars. G Steele Callison and 20 youths from Collins High School outlined a 4000 to 5000 seat auditorium with banquet hall, skating rink, multiple pools, and extensive grounds with courts and playgrounds. Council agreed to pursue further discussions on the project.
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Oak Hill Council
Oak Hill
RNS
G. Steele Callison
American Legion
Callison
Collins High School
Mullens Sees Conventions for City Two Parties
City politics heat up as June 12 municipal nominations approach. Peoples Party led by Ray Tole meets at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall to pick nominees, while Citizens Party chaired by Paul Martin schedules the same hour and place. Mayor Woodrow W. Cook and Commissioner Gene Atkins held by Citizens, with W. F. Staats a Peoples Party member. Ballot commissioners to be named. City Clerk directed to verify precinct counts and arrange election supplies after redistricting creates two new precincts, now five voting stations. Voters face a three year levy renewal for permanent street, fire, and playground improvements. Police to handle playground access and hog-raising concerns. abandoned vehicles to be removed at owners' expense. Extension of Poplar Street dead end toward Guyandotte Ave authorized, with deeds for right-of-way to be executed.
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Mullens
RNS
Peoples Party
Ray Tole
Citizens Party
Paul Martin
Board of Commissioners
Woodrow W. Cook
Gene Atkins
W. F. Staats
Clyde Newsome
Mullens Hill
Moran Ave
Beckley Road
Wendell W. Cook
H. S. Burcham
Poplar St
Guyandotte Ave
Cook
West Virginia Weather Update
Patchy data shows temperatures from a high near 72 degrees and a low around 70 after a mild night. Readings for 7 am and 10 am indicate gradual warming with no significant precipitation noted.
Farm Roads and Taxes Dominate West Virginia Gubernatorial Campaign
West Virginia gubernatorial contenders weigh farming issues and roads with emphasis on rural voters. Myers pledges state action on secondary and rural roads with agricultural cooperation. Mollohan urges farm markets and road programs. Ferguson proposes an all purpose license tax and tax equalization with farm protections. Republican Underwood criticizes the administration’s legislative record. Senate candidates Fox and Revercomb discuss independence, highway plans, and wage-earner concerns.
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Milton J. Ferguson
Cecil H. Underwood
Charleston
John T. Copenhaver
Underwood
U. S. Senate
John G. Fox
Charleston Gazette
Byron Randolph
Fox
Independent Democratic Gazette
Randolph
al J. Carey
West Virginia
Sen
Chapman Revercomm
Senate
Philip H. Hill
Revercomb
Eisenhower
Raleigh County Talent Show winners named at Stoco High
Woodrow Wilson High School student Robert Winston won first in the fourth annual Raleigh County Talent Show at Stoco High School. Second place went to Katy Belle Pickett of Beckley Junior High, both performing vocal solos. Stephen Collins of Shady Spring High School finished third with an accordion piece.
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Robert Winston
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County
Stoco High School
Katybelle Pickett
Beckley Junior High School
Stephen Collins
Shady Spring High School
Parkersburg Selected For New Metal Plant
The AEC announced three plants to produce zirconium metal and hafnium oxide at Parkersburg West Virginia Ashtabula Ohio and Pensacola Florida with a combined output of 2 200 000 pounds annually for five years Carborundum Metals Co will build the Parkersburg plant and finance the project Production is set to begin late next year Governor Marland noted West Virginia s growing industrial potential during a campaign stop in Fairmont West Virginia
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Washington
West Virginia
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ashtabula
Ohio
Pensacola
Fla
Carborundum Metals Co
Celestial Updates for Beckley Watching Moon Mars Near Earth
The Sun sets at 7 16 p m and rises at 5 27 a m Thursday The Moon is at last quarter at 9 55 a m and rises 1 20 a m Thursday Mars nears Earth this month by over 20 million miles and grows brighter throughout the period
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Mars
Earth
Sylvania to Close Pt. Pleasant Plant
Huntington spokesman says Sylvania Electronics will close its Pt. Pleasant plant and cut the local 600 employee force by half effective June 1. Both plants work on Navy electronics contracts, much of it classified. Pt. Pleasant employment figures were not immediately available. The Pt. Pleasant operation has feeder status for Huntington, which after June 1 will have a skeleton workforce.
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Huntington
Sylvania Electronics Products, Inc
Pt. Pleasant
Campaign donations listed for Raleigh County candidates
Varied donations among 103 Raleigh County candidates filing receipts and expenditures. Notable gifts include J Marion Cook with 165 dollars and Munson printing help, A P Leebers 252.11, W H McGinnis 122.16, and many entries from county GOP and Democratic committees plus individual donors.
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Raleigh County
J. Marion Cook
Midway
Raleigh
C. D. Munson
Munson
Cook
Board of Education
A. P. Leeber
Beckley
Leeber
James Leeber Jr
C and L Cut Rate Co
W. H. McGinnis
W. W. Goldsmith
Mary Nan Goldsmith
Rev
R. H. Dean
B. P. Renfro
Paul J. Fourney
Republican Executive Committee
Harold H. Smith
GOP
State Truck Driver Dies in Ohio Wreck
Lawrence Sperry of Huntington West Virginia, a 46 year old truck driver, died in Ironton hospital after his vehicle overturned on Ohio 75 fourteen miles north of Ironton. He was pinned under the loaded sand and gravel truck for about ten minutes.
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Tronton
Ohio
Lawrence Sperry
Huntington
W. Va
Ironton
Sperry
Ohio 75
Here
Retired Coal Official George W. Dove Dies
George W. Dove 59 retired in November 1954 after 41 years in Southern West Virginia coal. He died in a Roanoke hospital following a third heart attack. Dove lived on a six acre farm near Cashmere Monroe County since retirement as superintendent of the Alpeca mine. Born February 23 1897 in Sycamore Va he worked from trapper boy to general superintendent with multiple mines before Navy service in World War I. Survived by wife Clara Keatley and five daughters, funeral plans incomplete.
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Dove
Cashmere
Monroe County
Gaston Coal Co
Slab Fork Coal Co
Sycamore
Slab Fork
Warriormine
McDowell County
H. E. Harmon Coal Co
U. S. Navy
Navy
Warriorn
Corinne
Wyoming County
Clara Keatley
Hinton
South Mullens
Alpeca
Clyde Mitcham
Stephenson
Kenny Ernst
Hollywood
Fla
Wesley Wall
Bud
Gale Anderson
Athens
Janie Dove
Lewis Gale Hospital
Roanoke
Peterstown
Bailey Protests Route 60 Relocation Plan
Congressman Bailey pledges further protests to the Bureau of Public Roads over the proposed relocation of U S 60 between White Sulphur Springs and Charleston West Virginia. He notes 200 million dollars of local investment along the route and warns businesses could lose value if the relocation proceeds. Bailey urges the Senate toll road compact provision be adopted in conference.
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Washington
West Virginia
Rep
Bailey
D-Wva
House
Bureau of Public Roads
White Sulphur Springs
Charleston
W. Va
Bureau
State Road Commission of
Senate
Conference
Voting Machines Arrive for Display in Beckley
Three voting machines arrived in Beckley for display ahead of Tuesday's primary election. Voters will cast separate ballots to decide if Raleigh County adopts voting machines. Displays will run 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday Friday and Saturday at the Raleigh County Courthouse Kroger Neville Street and The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co store. Demonstrations will be by Beckley League of Women Voters and Beckley Woman's Club members with loaned machines from Logan County.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Kroger
Neville St
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
S. Oakwood Ave
Ers
League
Methodists Tangle Over Segregation at General Conference
In Minneapolis delegates of the United Methodist Church clash over racial segregation amid a tense General Conference session. A resolution by Atty. Charles Parlin seeks to disavow segregated administration, while critics call for stronger action. Sparks fly as leaders cite faith and equality, with stirring pleas from Rev. W. Sproule Boyd and Rev. Kelly L. Jackson urging unity under Christ.
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Minneapolis
Charles Parlin
Englewood
N.J
W. Sproule Boyd
Johnstown
William S. Evans
Paducah
Kelly L. Jackson
Baltimore
Jesus Christ
Beckley Couple Jailed After Police Chase
A Beckley couple Will Patrick and Ida Patrick were jailed in Raleigh County after a county police chase from City Ave to Glen Daniel. Will Patrick faces charges of failing to stop when signaled destruction of property reckless driving and transporting moonshine whiskey. Ida Patrick is charged with destruction of property. The patrol car was hit during the pursuit causing about 45 dollars in damage.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Glen Daniel
Will Patrick
Ida
Patrick
City Ave
Jail Population Drops in Raleigh County May
Deputy Sheriff H. H. Hutchinson reports Raleigh County Jail held 62 inmates on May 1, down from 70 on April 1. April saw 225 commits and 129 paid fines, while March had 215 commits and 31 full sentences.
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Raleigh County
H. H. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Guardsman jailed for missing National Guard drills
Jesse L. Smith of Shady Spring was lodged in Raleigh County Jail about 8 p.m. Tuesday on charges of missing eight National Guard drill sessions. Captain A F Burdiss of Company F WV National Guard said Smith has been sentenced to 10 days in jail, with a maximum penalty of 30 days.
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Jesse L. Smith
Shady Spring
Raleigh
National Guard
A. F. Burdiss
West Virginia National Guard
Smith
Burdiss
Beckleyans Escort Mrs America Contestant to Plane
Beckley residents will escort Mrs. R. L. Reed of Beckley to Kana wha County Airport Thursday for a Florida flight to compete in Mrs. America. A motorcade leaves Valley Drive at 6 45 a m via Turnpike to Charleston in cars from local dealers. Civic groups, W A Thornhill III, Beulah Moore and several dealers will participate in ceremonies and the escort.
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West Virginia
Kanawha County
Beckleyans
W. A. Thornhill III
Beulah Moore
Duncan-Catron
Lincoln- Mercury
Raleigh Motor Sales
Burleson Motor Co
Straw Ballot Count Halted by Padding Investigations
The Register stops political straw vote counting after candidates were found to pad the ballots in two straw vote elections. The move ends the paper’s involvement in straw polls.
Chamber Chairman to Attend West Virginia Road Conference
Beckley Chamber of Commerce highways chair Lawrence Pruett will go to Charleston on May 18 at 10:30 a.m. in the House of Delegates Chamber to discuss a north south highway and possible additional federal mileage for West Virginia. Burl Sawyers, State Road Commissioner, urges statewide delegation to press for federal interstate funding and a north south route.
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Lawrence Pruett
The
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
House of Delegates
Capitol
West Virginia
Congress
Burl A. Sawyers
Dawkins Visits Democrats in Beckley for Agriculture Nomination
Howard K. Dawkins of Parkersburg, a Democratic candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture, visits Beckley today. He tours offices and staff at the Raleigh County Courthouse during the morning engagements with local party members.
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Howard Dawkins
Beckley
Howard K. Dawkins
Parkersburg
Dawkins
Raleigh County
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