Lighting plan shows results in Montcoal mines
S P Carter Armco Steel maintenance superintendent says experimental mine lighting systems succeeded. The first model in Owings W Va proved active working areas could be illuminated. After May 194 in Montcoal the section using it increased clean coal output and cut accidents as the American Mining Congress opened a three day session on new techniques.
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Cincinnatip
West Virginia
S. P. Carter
Armco Steel Corp
Montcoal
W. Va
American Mining Congress
Owings
Carter
Mining Congress
Surrender of Romanian suspect in church shooting case
Tony Tudorache, 60, sought for questioning in a fatal shooting at St Dumitru Romanian Orthodox Church on Saturday night, surrendered to the district attorney after police recovered a rifle and ammunition from his room on West 89th Street. Five worshippers wounded, no motive yet established.
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New York
Tony Tudorache
Tudorache
St. Dumitru
Vasili Cucuia
Asst. Dist. Atty
David Worgan
Tony Sava
Costachi Mihalachi
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
West 89Th Street
Romania
Mutual Security Progress Cited By Eisenhower
President Eisenhower told Congress the United States has shipped over 12.4 billion dollars in planes tanks guns and other military supplies to free world countries in six years About 900 million dollars was shipped in the last half of 1955 He noted NATO partners Greece and Turkey have funded about 85 percent of their defense while the United States accounts for about 15 percent The report lists missiles like Nike Corporal Honest John Matador 238mm gun battalions and F100 planes to bolster NATO forces in Europe The U S plans to provide NATO partners with modern weapons and equipment in increasing numbers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
Greece
Turkey
NATO
Train at Maben Kills Ohio Man
An Ohio man, Ralph E. Redden of Cleveland, was struck and killed by a Virginian Railway coal train near Maben. The incident occurred while Redden sat on the tracks with another man who leaped away. Redden, visiting an uncle in Corinne, previously lived nearby and is survived by his wife and a child from a previous marriage.
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Mullens
W.va
Ohio
Maben
Mullens Funeral Home
Ralph E. Redden
Cleveland
Corinne
Wyoming County
Redden
Mrs. Faye Virginia Johnson Dies at 56
Mrs. Faye Virginia Johnson 56 of 1104 Johnstown Road died at 10 a.m. at her home due to a heart condition after two years of illness. Born February 21 1900 in Summers County she was a daughter of the late Simon and Laura Hume. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Survivors: daughter Joyce Ann Toney Beckley five brothers Warren Hume Newport News J R Hume Warwick Andy Hume Point Pleasant Dock Hume Gap Mills Walter Hume Hinton one sister Florence Gwinn Lowell and one grandchild. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Faye Virginia Johnson
Johnstown Road
Johnson
Summers County
Simon
Laura Hume
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Joyce Ann Toney
Beckley
Warren Hume
Newport News
J. R. Hume
Warwick
Andy Hume
Point Pleasant
Dock Hume
Gap Mills
Walter Hume
Hinton
Florence Gwinn
Lowell
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Mother of 1954 dies in Clarksburg at 67
Mrs An toinette Tiano Columbo who was named West Virginia Mother of the Year in 1954 died at her home near Stonewood after a long illness. She was 67 born in Italy and came to the United States in 1900. She leaves 12 sons and nine daughters. One son and three daughters are at home. Her husband Battista Columbo died in 1950.
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Clarksburg
Antoinette Tiano Columbo
West Virginia
Mont Chateau Lodge Destroyed by Flames
Morgantown fires devastated historic Mont Chateau Lodge at Cheat Lake early yesterday. State Conservation Department asked fire marshal to investigate a loss estimated at 40000 dollars. WVU fraternity men discovered the blaze around 430 am after failed alarms due to burned telephone lines. Firemen saved nearby cottages and extinguished a grass fire. The state bought the lodge and land last year for 70000 dollars as park developments began. a lodge annex foundation was laid and the roof under repair. the building had been unoccupied for some time.
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Morgantown
State Conservation Department
Mont Chateau Lodge
Cheat Lake
Cyril J. Johnson
West Virginia University
Tion
Westover
State
Mrs. Hume Begins Duties as Secretary
Mrs Helen M Hume of Beckley began duties today as secretary to the Raleigh County Sheriff The wife of W B Hume Raleigh County sanitarian she is mother of four and the family lives near Harper Road A Mount Hope native she said she has worked in similar positions for 20 years
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Helen M. Hume
Beckley
Raleigh County
W. B. Hume
Harper Road
Mount Hope
Council Reschedules Meet Due to Election
Beckley residents were told by City Hall today that the regular City Council meeting set for 7 30 p m Tuesday is postponed due to the Primary Election The session will reconvene at 7 30 p m May 15 and citizens with business to present are asked to attend then
Special permit issued for street cut at Temple and Whitestick
The City Recorder's Office issued a special permit to L. E. Miller to cut the pavement at the Temple and Whitestick Streets intersection for sewer line installation. The work will drain the street during the project and connect across the gap as needed by the line.
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Temple and
Whitestick Streets
L. E. Miller
City Recorder’s Office
West Virginia Senate and Governor races shape up in primary
Family brawls mark campaigns as five Democrats and three Republicans seek Kilgore’s Senate seat after Kilgore’s death on February 28. Governor nominees include Marland’s reelection bid and rivals Myers Burdet t Ferguson Mollohan. Major figures include Revercomb Carey Hill Sweeney and Copenhaver Underwood with party lines, labor support, and Kanawha vote splits shaping the field.
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West
Virginia
U. S. Senate
Harley M. Kilgore
William C. Marland
Marland
GOP
Kilgore
Walter S. Hallanan
Revercomb
Charleston
Kanawha
al J. Carey
Philip H. Hill
Kanawha Gop
Carey
Hill
Wheeling
Tom Sweeney
Senate
Sweeney
West Virginia
J. Howard Myers
Joe F. Burdett
Myers
Okey L. Patteson
Milton J. Ferguson
Statehouse
Robert H. Mollohan
Congress
United Mine Workers
Ferguson
Mollohan
John T. Copenhaver
Cecil H. Underwood
Upstate
Sistersville
Copenhaver
Rush D. Holt
Underwood
House of Delegates
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
U. S
Raleigh County Primary Ballots Include Three For Most Voters
Raleigh County voters face one of the largest ballots in recent memory with three ballots for most residents and a fourth for Beckley Mabscott and Rhodell special levies. Polls open 6 30 am to 7 30 pm across 114 precincts. Voter rolls show about 43 000 registered with 7124 purged for unverified registration. Elections include National State and local offices plus Raleigh County Board of Education and party convention posts. Four school board seats are up with term lengths and district rules noted.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
Trap Hill
Know Your Precinct Polling Places Election 7 30 p m
Voters are reminded polling places across the county will open at 6 30 a m and remain open until 7 30 p m on Tuesday for the countywide election. The poll sites listed include numerous schools, churches, stores, and public buildings such as Lincoln Elementary School Beckley High School City Hall and the Beckley Coca Cola Plant among many others across 114 precincts.
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Raleigh County
Public Service
Duncan-Catron Motor Co
Allen's
C and S. Kanawha
St. Lincoln
East Beckley
Armory
Park Avenue
Woodrow Wilson
Institute
East Park
City Hall
Wheeler's Showroom
Beckley Coca-Cola Plant
Beckley Floral Co
Sylvia
Benny's Garage
Stratton High
Harnley's Barber Shop
Electrolux Corp
Pagoda Super Market
Mabscott
Prosperity
Dirtsville
Affinity
Crab Orchard
Stover’s Fork
MacArthur
Cranberry
Skelton
Mallamas
Stanaford
Mt. Tabor
Oswald
Piney View
Price Hill
Warren Furniture Co. Pemberton
Raleigh Coal & Coke Co
Crescent
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Maxwell Hill
Tams
Mark Twain
South End
North End
Farley Hill
Hot Coal
Winding Gulf
Princewick
Slab Fork
East Gulf
Killarney
Besoco
Lillybrook
Coal City
Odd
Walkertown
Sophia
Midway
Sizemore’s
Glen Leigh
Whitby
Ghent
Shady Spring
Eppar
Most Offices to Close For Primary Election
Most state, county, and city offices and agencies will be closed all day Tuesday for the Primary. Among offices closing are the County Clerk, Circuit Clerk, Sheriff, Criminal Judge, and City Hall. Police and fire departments will operate as usual. State liquor stores and the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs will also close. The Raleigh County Board of Education office and all county schools will be closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs
Raleigh County
Algerian Rebels Intensify Fight For Freedom
Algerian nationalists renew a fierce attack campaign against France, with killings, kidnappings, and arson. French estimates report about 20 European farmers and five Arab helpers killed, and forty farms burned across western Algeria. Major activity centered near Ain Temouchent, 50 miles from Oran and near the Moroccan border, as rebels cut communications and struck multiple farming areas.
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Algiers
Algeria
France
Ain Ternouchent
Oran
Guiard
Ain Temouchent
Malherbe
Beni Sal
Ain Tamouchent
Rio Salado
Karia Ba Mohammed
French West Africa
Corsica
Break-in Probed at Stanaford Elementary School
State Police investigate a break-in at Stanaford Elementary School reported for Sunday night. Details remain unavailable.
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Stanaford
West Virginia Weather Update and Temperatures
Cloudy and cooler with showers and thunder south, lows 40s north 50s south. Tuesday remains cloudy and cool with likely showers in the extreme south. Beckley yesterday high 82, low 68 last night. Oak Hill high 81, low around 0 today am. Greenbrier and Bluestone Reservoirs listed at normal stage and clear conditions.
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Beckley High
Lage FBI Booki
Sazh
Tomo Soa Teks Ces
Oak Hill High
Pires de Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Beckley Skies Moon Times and Morning Star View
The Sun will set at 7 21 p m and rise at 5 21 a m Tuesday The Moon rises at 3 51 a m Tuesday New Moon on May 10 Morning stars show Mars southeast at 3 33 a m Saturn southwest at 4 13 a m above Mars the summer triangle comprised of Vega Deneb and Altair is visible
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Mars
Saturn
Vega
Deneb
Altai
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