Two French coal buyers tour Cliff Top mine visit
Two French coal importers Georges Roussel and Albert Godillon arrived at Raleigh County Memorial Airport with Robert Cutter to inspect Massey mine at Cliff Top and samples from local mines. They stated they were not on a buying mission today but noted France buys coal regularly, signaling possible future contracts as interest in Beckley area grows.
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Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Newport News
A. T. Massey Coal Company
Massey Company
Chifftop
Georges Roussel
U.S
Association Technique de L'Importation Charbonniere
Albert Godillon
Union Industrielle Maritime
Robert F. Cutter
ATIC
Lawrence T. Forbes
Virginian Railway Company
Massey
Godillon
Roussel
the Register
United States
France
Cutter
Forbes
Paris
Eccles
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Page Coal and Coke Co
Stephenson
Lillybrook
Amigo
Wyco
Tams
Crab Orchard
Jean Schnieder
Virginia
Register
Beckley
Churchill Makes First Jet Trip To Washington
London AP Churchill, 84, flies by British airliner for first jet trip to the United States to visit President Eisenhower in Washington after three days in New York with Bernard Baruch. He travels with bodyguard Edmond Murray and secretary Anthony Montague Browne. Events include White House stag dinners. Churchill plans return to New York then home.
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London
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Statesman
White House
New York
Bernard Baruch
Churchill
John Hay Whitney
Winston
Whitney
United States
France
Scotland Yard
Edmond Murray
Anthony Montague Browne
Columbine III
Washington
Old Statesman
Rev Shumate Succumbs At 66
(RNS) The Rev Tom Shumate, 65, pastor of Pax Branch Church, died about 9 a m today in a Beckley hospital. Survivors include his wife Lannie, three sons Bernard and Alfred in Newark New Jersey Darrell in Pax, three daughters Mildred Walter Havre de Grace Maryland Louise Butterfield Valparaiso Indiana and Plovance Rhodes Pax, one sister Mary Smith and two brothers Charley and William Virginia. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. Arrangements are incomplete.
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Pax
Tom Shumiate
Pax Branch
Beckley Hospital
Lannie
Bernard
Alfred
Newark
N. J
Darrell
Mildred Walter
Havre de Grace
Louise Butterfield
Valparaiso
Ind
Plovance Rhodes
Mary Smith
Charley
William
Virginia
Tyree
Mount Hope
City Councilman Treated For Burns After Trash Fire
City Councilman Clarence L. Bibb of 211 Foote Street was treated at Beckley Hospital at 9:15 p.m. Sunday for burns to his left hand and arm from burning trash. He was released after treatment.
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Clarence L. Bibb
Foote St
Beckley Hospital
Bibb
Board Inspects Romney Institutions and Plans Textbook Lists
West Virginia State Board of Education opened a two day tour of Eastern Panhandle institutions, visiting the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind and planning to tour Shepherd College. They discussed budgets for 1959 60 and staff employment, adopted multiple elective textbook lists, and considered waiving the 50 a semester registration fee for board scholars at state colleges. The board also outlined eight colleges five new elementary teaching and five secondary teaching scholarships, plus tuition only scholarships at the schools.
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Romney
W. Va
State Board of Education
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
E. S. Shannon
Wood County
West Virginia Tech
Prince Woman Dies at 76 in Prince West Virginia
Dortha Ward Bragg 76 of Prince died at 11 p m Sunday in a local hospital. Funeral to be held at her Prince residence at 2 p m Wednesday by Rev Ernest Bailey. Burial in Highlawn Cemetery Oak Hill. She was a MacArthur Church of God member. Survived by husband Samuel Bragg three sons three daughters 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Also two stepdaughters and one stepson. Sisters and a brother also survive. Body to be taken to residence from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home at 5 p m Tuesday.
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Dortha Ward Bragg
Prince
Matthew
Hannah Ward
Ernest Bailey
Highlawn
Oak Hill
MacArthur Church of God
Samuel Bragg
Margie Burgess
Laura Osborne Lewis
Mab
Sadie Baughan
Oakill
John Osborne
Beckley
Baldridge Bragg
Ebbert Bragg
Ansted
Clara Cole
East Rainelle
Mamie Richmond
Brooks
Jesse Bragg
Oak Hil
Ex-Beckley Man Killed in California Car Wreck
A former Beckley resident Air man 2C Earl Edward Gravely Jr. was killed in an automobile crash Saturday near Point Arena California where he was stationed. Born in Beckley September 19 1935 he attended Mabscott Elementary and Beckley Junior High before moving to Chicago Heights Survivors include his father Earl Gravely Sr and mother Mrs Williams Turner of Chicago Heights a brother Norman Eugene and sister Anna both of Chicago Heights Funeral services will be held in Chicago Heights at 2 pm Friday.
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Beckley
Earl Edward Gravely, Jr
Point Arrena
Calif
Gravely
Earl Gravely
210 Hill Sr
Williams Turner
Chicago Heights
Ill
Mabscott
Norman Eugene
Anna
School-Closing Law Faces Constitutional Challenge
A three-judge federal court held a hearing on the constitutionality of Act 4 of 1958 used to close Little Rock public high schools over integration. NAACP lawyers call the act an evasive scheme to block court orders. no stipulation reached. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the transfer of funds to displaced pupils' schools.
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Little Rock
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Kay Matthews
Arkansas Supreme Court
Mental Health Chief Faces Hearing On Incompetency Charges
Gov. Underwood announced that charges of incompetency neglect of duty and misconduct in office have been filed against Dr. Margaret T. Ross director of mental health. A hearing is set for next Saturday at 10 a.m. in his office. Ross has retained counsel and declined further comment.
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Underwood
Ross
Charleston
Margaret T. Ross
Dr. Ross
Richard Lilly
Soviet Attache Seeks Asylum Fled From Rangoon
In Rangoon Burma a Soviet military attache Colonel Mikhail Strygaine who apparently sought political asylum leaped from a hospital window and was flown out on a Communist plane guarded by 40 Soviet Embassy guards. He urged Burmese officials to seek protection and demanded contact with Lt Col Win. He traveled with his wife a Soviet nurse and two guards, leaving behind most of his belongings.
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Rangoon
Burma
Rangoor
Mikhail I. Strygaine
Non
Strygaine
Win
Moscow
Peiping
Cause For Celebration At Shady Spring High
Shady Spring High School Band won its second consecutive superior rating at the regional meeting in Bluefield under director Alan Staton. Principal John Saunders noted the achievement despite a smaller band, contrasting with Woodrow Wilson High School.
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Shady Spring
John Saunders
Woodrow Wilson High School
Bluefield
Alan Staton
Negro Students Strike Over Rape Case at Florida A&M
At Florida A&M University about 2800 Black students stayed away from classes in a peaceful protest to urge justice in the rape case of a 19 year old coed. Four white men were charged with rape by State Atty. W D Hopkins and held without bail pending grand jury referral.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida A&m University
W. D. Hopkins
Leroy Collins
House
Bill Joyce
Patrick G. Scarborough
Air Force
Ft. Fisher
Wilmington
N. C
William Collinsworth
David Ervin Eagles
Ollie Stoutamire
Florida
Herter Praised On Paris Talks
Secretary of State Christian A Herter has drawn praise from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his discussions in Paris with the foreign ministers Britain France and West Germany. He will brief the committee in a closed session Tuesday. Fulbright and Aiken hailed his start as auspicious as the talks aim to shape Western strategy for the Big Four conference opening May 11 in Geneva. Herter reported to President Eisenhower and former Secretary Dulles, with praise also voiced by Republican Senator Aiken.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Herter
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Britain
France
West Germany
Geneva
Faisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Fulbright
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Boy Spanked After Wandering at Penney’s Store
A four year old boy was spanked by his mother after wandering off in a crowd at Penney’s Department Store. Beckley Police investigated, scanning the area outside the store as the child’s whereabouts were determined.
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Penney’s Department Store
Beckley
Identified Affinity Man James Johnston Found Dead in Jail
James Johnston an Affinity resident and unemployed coal miner died in Raleigh County Jail shortly after 6 am He had been admitted to Raleigh General Hospital after walking off from Beckley Memorial Hospital where he was a patient A hospital staff member visited the jail and Dr S A Ford county coroner noted a likely post stroke death with history of hypertension and cardiovascular disease A kitchen boy found him dead after going to fetch the morning meal Johnston lived alone at Affinity and possibly has a sister in Clay County
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James Johnston
Affinity
Raleigh County
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Raleigh General
City Avenue
S. A. Ford
Melton Mortuary
Virgil Keaton
Johnston
Clay County
Truman Calls Third Term Ban Flawed and Irks Him
President Truman told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee the 1951 constitutional ban on a third term is a bad amendment. He argued it hamstrings a sitting president and boosts political exploitation, noting the irony of a lame duck president constrained by the very law he helped shape.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
Robinson Loses NBA Recognition in Boxing Shakeup
MULILENS W Va AP President Ward Wylie of the National Boxing Assn said his agency has withdrawn recognition of Sugar Ray Robinson as middleweight champion. The NBA will recognize the Basilio Fulmer winner as the new champion and require a 90 day title defense. Spider Webb remains third-ranked and could fight the winner if still rated.
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Ward Wylie
National Boxing Assn
Sugar Ray Robinson
Wylie
NBA
Carmen Basilio
Conestoga
N. Y
Gene Fulmer
West Jordan
Utah
Robinson
Basilio-Fulmer
Spider Webb
Chicago
Webb
Tombstone Incident Delayed Action At WWHS
Beckley police chief and WWHS principal met about a tombstone theft at Wildwood Cemetery moved to the school lawn last Friday. Four prominent Beckley youths are suspected, defacing the stone with scribbling. No disciplinary action has been taken and investigation continues.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
M. E. Tyree
WWHS
C. G. Peregoy
Wildwood
Peregoy
Cardinal Grente Dies in France on 86th Birthday
Cardinal Georges Grente died in Le Mans at age 86 after a month of influenza illness. His death reduces the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals to 73 members.
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LE Mans
France
Georges Cardinal Grente
College of Cardinals
Panama probes new landings near Veraguas coast
Panama Guardsmen rush to Bahai Hondo Veraguas after reports of 30 men landing from four to five outboard boats Saturday night. An OAS commission member says no new invasion not yet notified. the surrender of Cuban intruders near Nombré de Dios ended the crisis.
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Panama
Panama City
Bahai Hondo
Veraguas
John Dreier
U. S
Investigation Commission
The
Organization of American States
Ernesto de la Guardia
Caribbean
Police Seek Drowning Victim on New River
State police and Raleigh County deputies remained on New River banks near Terry to recover the body of George Cook Saxon believed drowned after disappearing from a fishing party Friday night. The search followed a mistaken name report and noted undercurrents as drag operations continued with rescue squads limited by treacherous waters.
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New River
Terry
George Cook
Saxon
Glenn Starcher
George McGraw
Glen Daniel
Associated Press
Beckley
Otis Lyons
Beckley Detachment
Mills
Raleigh County
Oak Hill
West Virginia Weather Summary Tonight Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers expected tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures range from the mid 60s in the east to the lower 60s in the west. Beckley yesterday high 35, low last night 62 with rainfall at 0.02 inches. Oak Hill saw a high of 86 and a low of 57. Rainfall and river conditions noted with Greenbrier at normal stage and Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage with 2.2 gates open and gauge 2.6 feet.
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Beckley High
Togby
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Red Cook Seeks Beckley City Council Seat
Sherwood Glutz states Red Cook runs for Beckley city council to bolster Republican ticket. Glutz, a loyal Democrat, argues two strong parties are needed for good government.
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Shore
Beckley
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Raleigh Memorial
A. T. Massey Coal Co
Virginian Railway Co
Association Technique de L’importation
Shumate
Lucy
Lucile Ball
Oklahoma City
Kiwanis Club
Hollywood
Russia
Shady Spring High
Cardinal Grente
Sherwood Glutz
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