Accused Confesses as Police Charge Murder in Death
Henry J. Cadie faces a murder charge after admitting to scuffling with John Henry Smith 77 in Rhodell. Smith died from head injuries after a fall from a doorway covered with boards. Cadie claimed Smith grabbed him by the throat and fell, with Cadie striking him, as both tumbled onto rocks near the doorway. He was remanded to Raleigh County Jail awaiting OC Criminal Court review with bond to be set. State Police continue the inquiry amid doubts over the doorway fall injury.
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Henry J. Cadie
John Henry Smith
Francis
Rhodell
Smith
Mullens
Cadle
W. A
Raleigh
Bond
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Foglesong
Wyoming General Hospital
Ross Newman
Mullens Voters Turn Out In Record Numbers
RNS report from Mullens Wyoming County shows early turnout surpassing 20 percent across five precincts as Democrats lead Republicans 393 to 138. By midmorning precinct tallies include West Mullens High School 66 Democrats 17 Republicans and Mullens Hill 52 Democrats 12 Republicans.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County
West Mullens
Mullens High School
Mullens Hill
O Mahoney to not seek reelection after stroke
Sen Joseph C O Mahoney 75 of Wyoming will not seek reelection after suffering a stroke in June 1959. Party leaders confirmed the decision. O Mahoney has long served as a Democratic senator with ties to Legae era politics in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thermopolis
Wyo
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Legae
O'Mahoney
Hart in Wreck Injuries Reported in Hinton Accident
Prince Clyburn of Rt 3 Beckley was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for injuries from a car crash near Hinton. Local police investigated the incident and the driver remained at the scene.
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Hart
Prince Clyburn
Rt. 3
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Hinton
Atomic Sub Triton Joins Navy Fleet Amid Arctic Ambitions
The Triton polar trips are noted as reaching the Arctic frontier near Russia while the sub follows the Atomic Sub program. The 447 foot Triton, launched August 19 1958 and commissioned November 10 1959, weighs about 104 million dollars to build and marks a new scale for submarine design as Polaris missiles debut.
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Russia
Arctic
Pacific
Bering Strait
Navy
New Tablet Promises Fast Sinus Drainage Relief
New York announces a tablet that claims to relieve sinus congestion and headaches quickly without discomfort. Marketed as Dristan Decongestant Tablets, it says the medicine travels via blood plasma to shrink swollen sinus doors and promote drainage. Bottles of 24 cost 98 cents with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Voters Struggle With Registration Amid Bitter Primary Fight
Precinct T17A faced registration problems as voters returned to Stratton High School and cards missing in poll books. By noon 69 Democrats and 26 Republicans had voted of 286 total registered. Statewide the primary centered on Humphrey and Kennedy, with gubernatorial battles shaping the scene as 2,750 polling places opened 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EST under cool, cloudy skies. Incumbent Sen. Jennings Randolph faced no opposition. Gov. Underwood backs Neely for governor. Barron, Skeen, and Smith contend for Democratic lines amid intra-party feuds. Hechler seeks reelection with Nye King opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton High School
Beckley
Raleigh
Veaters
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy Paign
W. Barron
Orei |Skeen
Hulett C. Smith
U.S
Chapman Revercomb
Harold Neely
Hechler
Nye King
Huntington
Cabell Police Seek Bartender's Slayer
Huntington AP reports Cabell police hunting for 35 year old Mrs Stella Dean in the fatal shooting of 50 year old West Side bartender Orin Banks. Banks died at a local hospital after being shot with a .32 caliber revolver. A murder warrant was issued for Dean who allegedly said she would get Banks after he took $100 from her.
Funeral services for Ottee Lowery at 3 p.m.
Funeral services for Ottee Lowery 72 of 500 Broadway St will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with three ministers officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. A World War I veteran and retired coal miner died Monday after a long illness. Survivors include wife Rosa Lowery a stepson George Gibson of Beckley and two sisters Willie Morton and Fannie Bell of Roanoke Va. The body will lie in state at the parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottee Lowry
Broadway St
Ritchie and Johnson
H. E. Davis
Archie Johnson
G. B. Anderson
Greenwood Memorial Park
Lowery
Rosa Lowery
George Gibson, Beckley
Willie Morton
Fannie Bell
Roanoke
Funk Funeral Services Set For Mrs Mollie Funk
Mrs Mollie Lucille Funk 59 of Oak Hill dies after brief illness in local hospital. Funeral services 2 p m Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev R J Chenoweth officiating. Burial Memorial Gardens Lakeland Fla. Body to Gentry Morrison Funeral Home Lakeland Thursday for additional services likely Saturday. Survived by husband William W Funk. Also mentions James Jackson and Mrs Earl Martin with survivor details and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Lucille Funk
Oak Hill
Tyree
James Jackson
Rt. 1
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Trent Funeral Home
Earl Martin
Death of Luther Holloway in Beckley VA Hospital
Luther Holloway aged 60 of 309 Gregory Street died at 12 15 a m today after a month long illness at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Luther Hollloway
Gregory St
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Final Rites Held For Roscoe Cardwell
Roscoe Cardwell aged 65 of Layland will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after funeral services at St John s Holiness Church Beckley conducted by Elder W M Neal. He died in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Survivors include wife Louise two brothers Grandison Cardwell of Thorp and Jake Cardwell of Northfork four sisters Mavis Steel Edna Brigham Helen Seale and Anna Lee all of Williamson and a stepson Robert Dalton of New York City. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlors and will be moved to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Cardwell
Layland
St. John’s Holiness Church
Beckley
W. M. Neal
Greenwood Memorial Park
Cardwell
Beckley Hospital
Louise Cardwell
Grandison Cardwell
Thorp
Jake Cardwell
Northfork
Mavis Steel
Edna Brigham
Helen Seale
Anna Lee
Williamson
Robert Dalton
New York, N. Y
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Ruby Midkiff Dies in Charleston at 66
Ruby Midkiff, 66, of Charleston, died at 9:45 p.m. Monday at Beckley VA Hospital after a four month illness. The body is at Cunningham Funeral Home in Charleston.
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Ruby Midkiff
Charleston
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Cunningham Funeral Home
William D. Marcum Rites Planned in Mullens Funeral
Final rites for 75 year old William D. Marcum of Princewick were set for 2 p.m. today at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with Rev Lonnie Blankenship officiating. Burial followed in Roselawn Cemetery.
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William D. Marcum
Princewick
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Lonnie Blankenship
Roselawn
Revival in Progress at Basin Union Church Oak Grove
Cleve Young leads daily revival at Basin Union Church Oak Grove at 7 30 p m. Pastor Rev Arnold Akers invites everyone to attend.
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Basin Union Church
Oak Grove
Cleve Young
Arnold Akers
Miner Injured at Work Suffering Hip Injury
Clifford Scarborough 48 of 110 Hedrick Street is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital. He sustained an injured right hip Monday around 3 p.m. while working for the New River Coal Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Scarborough
Hedrick
Birds Traced to Last Ice Age Glacial Period
Among the birds traced back to the last glacial period of the Ice Age are crane, duck, goose, grouse, owl, partridge and swan.
Monroe Chester Simms Dies in Beckley Hospital
Monroe Chester Simms of Layland died at 2 p m Monday in Beckley Hospital shortly after admission. He was employed by Kirby Lumber Co Maplewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Chester Simms
Layland
Beckley
Kirby Lumber Co
Maplewood
Short News Bits From The Week In Review
Ann and Roxie May receive 30 000 each for education. Mrs Wallis had no own children. South Korean Assembly invites President Eisenhower for June visit. Jules Styne pledges Broadway Gypsy rights as security until 70 000 alimony to ex wife. Panama election results delayed amid tension. Arias leads Chiari by 200 votes. TWA jet with 109 aboard skids after landing gear collapse at Idlewild. no serious injuries. Williamson polling places face delays over worker disputes. Coal mine roof fall prevention cuts accidents 24 percent in W Va. MIllard Wallace 31 dies in single car crash. An 18-year-old Pa High senior in serious condition after hit-and-run. Lar ry Jobes found in drainage ditch near Mineral Wells.
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Ann
Roxie May
Wallis
South Korean National Assembly
Eisenhower
Korea
Jules Styne
Bock
Styne
Ethel
Panama
Ricardo Arias
Esponsosa
Roberto Chiari
Trans World Airlines
Idlewild
Williamson
Jee B. Chambers
A. V. Gibson
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Havace
W. Va
American Mining Congress
Pittsburgh
Millard Wallace
Dunlow
Rt. 2
Wayne County
Rich Creek
Parkersburg
Larry Jobes
Gihon Road
Tiros Named From Satellite's Job Description
Washington AP reports Tiros, the weather satellite launched into orbit, derives its name from its function Television and Infra Red Observation Satellite. Scientists who prepared the historic launch coined the term from the satellite’s job description. the name echoes myth while signaling its purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tiros
Street Named for Roosevelt in Yalta
Yalta honors Franklin D. Roosevelt by renaming Boulevard Street to Roosevelt Street in a ceremony noted by AP and Moscow Radio. The move commemorates his 1945 Crimean meeting with Stalin and Churchill and highlights his role in Soviet American friendship.
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London
Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moscow
Crimean Black Sea
Stalin
Churchill
Unlikely All Clubs Hand Stuns Neb Mathematicians
In Lincoln Nebraska W Leland Pitts declares he will never see such a hand again after drawing all 20 clubs from a double deck. University of Nebraska mathematicians compute the odds at one in 883 quadrillion, an event Pitts called astonishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
W. Leland Pitts
Khrushchev May Use Pilot Spy Flight for Summit Tension
U S officials monitored Khrushchev's handling of a confessed downed pilot alleged to plan a spy flight from Pari u to Norway. Secret briefings were held as Eisenhower's administration prepared to counter potential Soviet provocations and support readiness under the National Security Act of 1947.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Pariu
Norway
Powers
Herter
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Akd
Eisenhower
National Security Council
U.S
United States
Free See
Free World
Mary McClung Receives Mr. Hope Medal at WCTU Meet
Mount Hope WCTU awarded Mary Jo McClung the Mr. Hope medal for winning the speech contest held at the group meeting last Sunday. Mary Jo is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max McClung. The event was chaired by Mrs. Robert Lilly with about 100 in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Mary Jo McClung
Mount Hope Womens Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Mary Jo
Max McClung
Robert Lilly
Linday Haynes
Robert Bennett
A. L. Rohrer
Beckley
Maude Roby
Harry R. Dias
Mount Hope Girl Honored At Shower
Mrs. Pat Pino and former Miss Patricia Greer received a bridal shower at the home of Mrs. Nathan Elliott. Co hosts were Mrs. Elliott Mrs. C L Bennett Mrs. Florence Gibson and Mrs. Darrell McNeely. Gifts were won by several guests. the couple will move to West Virginia Street soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Street
Pino
Eugene Greer
Kilsyth
West Virginia echoes in Kennedy Humphrey clash
Campaign reporting highlights Kennedy and Humphrey trading religious and electoral arguments in West Virginia. Kennedy expresses hope religion won’t tilt votes while Humphrey defends against attacks, with reporters noting exhaustive canvassing and even a Humphrey song circulating in Oceana.
Key Positions Filled On Staff Of A Hospital
Morgantown West Virginia Teaching Hospital announces three appointments to seven staff positions Alan Gilbert Morse Willard Dale Thacker and Bonnie June Douglas fill roles as assistant hospital director chief pharmacist and nursing supervisor Morse a Columbus native comes from Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester NY with degrees from Oberlin and Minnesota Thacker a WVU PharmD graduate has ten years Morgantown practice and is Rho Chi Phi Lambda Upsilon member Douglas an Alderson Broaddus College nursing graduate will help implement in service nurse education and has obstetrics supervision, clinical instructor experience in Morgantown and Las Vegas facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Alan Gilbert Morse
Columbus
Ohio
Willard Dale Thacker
Bonnie June Douglas
Morse
Eugene L. Staples
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester
N. Y
Oberlin
University Hospital
Monongalia General Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Clarksburg
Southern Nevada Memorial and
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Liquor Store Manager Sought In Shortage Probe
WELCH AP State Police continued today their search for a Kimball liquor store manager accused of embezzlement totaling 329.89 in cash and 51.60 in merchandise. A warrant for R L Bowman was issued by Justice Lonnie Mitchell. Earlier in Charleston Liquor Commissioner Morris Shawkey said the shortage surfaced in a weekend audit at the store.
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WELCH
Kimball
R. L. Bowman
Justice of the Peace
Lonnie Mitchell
Browns Creek
Oscar Whitehead
State Liquor Control Commission
Charleston
Morris C. Shawkey
Two Youths Injured In Falls At Beckley Hospital
Two youths were treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for injuries from falls. Gary Dean Calvert eight of Scarbro suffered a right shoulder injury and Woodrow Beckelhimer ten of Mac Arthur sustained a leg injury.
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Beckley Hospital
Gary Dean Calvert
Donald Calvert
Scarbro
Woodrow Beckelhimer
MacArthur
Notable Obituaries From Early AP Dispatches
Dr Charles R Erdman Sr 93 former moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States died Monday in Princeton New Jersey Sir Hersch Lauterpacht 62 ICJ judge died Sunday in London after heart attack Alonso Perales 61 Nicargua consul general and longtime San Antonio civic leader died Monday in San Antonio Robert L Rodgers 84 Republican congressman from Erie died Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton, N. J
Charles R. Erdman Sr
The
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
London
Hersch Lauterpacht
International Court of Justice
San Antonio
Tex
Alonso
Perales
San Antonio Civica
Erie, Pa
Robert L. Rodgers
U2 designer disputes Red Picture as U2 wreck
C L Johnson of Lockheed says the released photo of a U2 wreck is not a real U2. He notes the wing and top structural elements do not match U2 design and suspects the debris may be from a Soviet Beagle bomber. Johnson doubts any missile or aircraft shot down the U2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
Soviet Union
C. L. Johnson
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Johnson
Khrushchev seeks Paris summit amid U.S. plane furor
Khrushchev dispatches a note to President de Gaulle aiming to keep the Paris summit on track and maintain friendly ties with France. He says the Soviet Union wants peace and friendship with the American people, while West Germany’s Adenauer cites Soviet air reconnaissance missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
U. S
France
Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Duesseldorf
United
John Foster Dulles
America
United States
Soviet Union
Birth Announced for Joanna Lynn Boellard in Miami
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Boellard of Miami Fla announce the birth of a daughter Joanna Lynn on April 21. The infant weighed eight pounds two and a half ounces. The mother, Loretta West, is the former wife of Thomas West, formerly of Long Branch, now of Miami.
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PAX
BNS
Otto Boellard
Miami
Fla
Ter
Joanna Lynn
Loretta West
Thomas West
Long Branch
CIA One of the biggest yet hush-hush agencies
Washington AP reports the Central Intelligence Agency as a vast, secretive federal agency directing operations, collecting worldwide intelligence, and reporting to Eisenhower. It operates with concealed appropriations and a large staff, while its personnel numbers remain undisclosed. Allen W. Dulles has led since 1953.
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CIA
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Nikita Khrushchev
Francis G. Powers
Soviet Union
U. S
Eisenhower
Central Intelligence
Army
Navy
Air Force
Poo
Intelligence
National Security Council
Allen W. Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Gen. C. P. Cabell
U.S. Air Force
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Mt. Hood
Valley Bell Milkman
Mollie L. Funk
Prince Marcum
Nell
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Ella) Martin
St. Clairsville
Reservoir Road
Martins
S. Marietta St
Luther Holloway
Marjorie Curry
Miami Beach
Webb
Monroe
Simms
Myth
Mary McClung
Kennedy
Humphrey
Vetina
Sivas
Hubert Humphrey
Knotty Pine Club
Oceana
Reds
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