Ceremony chooses Unknown Soldier from 13 caskets in Europe
In Epinal France a reviewing party selects one of 13 flag draped caskets to bear the Unknown Soldier of World War II. Gen Edward ONeill and officers witness the wreath placing as the chosen remains are prepared for Arlington. A second Unknown Soldier from the Pacific will be chosen later at Norfolk.
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Epinal
France
Lesault
Europe
Africa
Pacific
Norfolk
Lowat Jr
Atlantic
O'Neill
Army
Coast Guard
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Neral
Sre
Honolulu
Nancy
Arlington
U. S
Er Blandy
William R. Charette
Ludington
Mich
Arlington National Cemetery
Ra TG
U.S
Ned Lyle
Erwin
Tenn
Korea
Glenn T. Eagleston
Alhambra
Calif
Five tuberculosis escapees from Nopemont Sanitarium. three captured
Three of five tubercular convicts who fled Thursday from Nopemont Sanitarium near Terra Alta were captured early today in Corbin Kentucky. The fugitives identified were William E Kerns Thurman Rice and Ted McKinney. Walter Lee White remains at large as police pursue action by West Virginia authorities.
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Nopemont Sanitarium
Terra Alta
Corbin
Raleigh County
Beckley
William L. Fikins
Bill Root
Lexington
Root
William E. Kerns
Elkins
Thurman Rice
Charleston
Ted McKinney
Lester
Walter Lee
White
Marshall County
Cotton
Lfe
Raw
Leigh County
Dunn
Corbin City
West Virginia
Ekins
William L. Elkins
James Dunn
Oakwood Ave
Martha Ror
M. E. Tyree
Billy Graham Critics Divorce Rate At San Francisco Crusade
Billy Graham told 16,300 at the Cow Palace that one divorce occurs for every 342 marriages nationally and one for every two in San Francisco. He urged wives to submit to husbands and praised home life as the nation’s strength during his Mothers Day sermon ending with 375 converts and a crusade total of 8,180.
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San
Graham
Womens Club
West Virginia Post Office Clerks convene in Beckley May 24 25
Plans for the 32nd Annual Convention of the West Virginia Federation of Post Office Clerks and Auxiliary are set for Beckley May 24 and 25 with registration at noon. The program includes a banquet, guest speakers from Washington and praise for officials, plus NFPOC and auxiliary sessions and officer elections.
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West Virginia
E. A. Kidd
A. K. Minter
A. Fray Lilly
Beckley
Ann Underwood
Robert H. Biggs
Mary Petry
State
F. G. (Whitey) Warren
W. Va
FPOC
NFPOC
Kidd
Feazell
Charles Young
James K. Sullivan
A. J. Sumas
Bureau of Personnel
Washington, dC
Second U S Library Burned In Lebanon
Rioters in Tripoli and Beirut burn USIA library books and furniture amid anti government demonstrations. Security forces quell clashes as a general strike cripples cities. reports vary on casualties with unconfirmed deaths in Basta.
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U.S. Library
Lebanon
Beirut
U.S
Informmation Agency
USIA
Tripoli
Ing
Basta
Mosient
Damascus
Sstia
Soil Stewardship Week Launched at Prize Farm
A Rogation Service on the lawn of Mr and Mrs R J Robert near Princeton marks the start of Soil Stewardship Week. The Robert place, winner of the 1957 prize farm by the West Virginia Soil Conservation District Supervisors Association, spans over 40 acres in Mercer County with evident intelligent farm management. A porch service for Raleigh County visitors followed Episcopal Rogation lines with hymn singing.
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R. J. Robert
Princeton
Robert
West Virginia Soil Conservation District Supervisors Association
Mercer County
Raleigh County
Episcopal Church
Foreign Aid Battle Starts in House Debate
Washington debates foreign aid as backers push a 3.603 billion dollar program for the year starting July 1. Dulles argues aid counters Soviet subversion while critics note domestic recession and overseas unrest.
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Washington
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Minneapolis
Dulles
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
John M. Vorys
Ohio
Nison
Peru
Bull
Haiti
U.S. Information Service
Lebanon
General Accounting Office
U.S
Southeast Asia
Laos
George D. Aiken
Four Billion More Sought For FHA Loan Program
The Eisenhower administration asked Congress to raise FHA loan insurance by four billion dollars. Housing chief Albert Cole testified that demand for FHA insurance loans has spiked, lifting the potential insurance total from three to seven billion dollars through June 30, 1959.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Albert Dr. Cole
Housing and Home Finance
Senate Banking
Cole
Federal Housing Administration
Banking
You Auto Buy Week Parade Plans In Beckley
Final plans for the You Auto Buy Week campaign include a Beckley parade chaired by parade chairman Comer at 3 p.m. Friday with zone manager Currey of Buick and local franchisees to attend. A 12:30 p.m. meeting at the Beckley Elks Club will include Ralph Koiner Guy Doe and other area dealers to determine promotional activities.
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W.C
Beckley
Currey
Buick
Harry
Motors
Comer
Beckley Elks Club
Ralph Koiner
Guy Doe
Keep Curbs On Debt Congress Cautioned
Senator Joseph C. O Mahoney urged maintaining restraints on the federal debt and warned against lifting the debt limit entirely as tax revenues fall. He noted the Eisenhower administration may request a rise above the 180 billion dollar cap, but strong limits should remain. The article also cites a regional promotional drive titled You Auto Buy linking car sales to steel and coal activity, with a Beckley Hotel dinner planned for Wednesday at 6 30 pm.
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Washington
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Congress
O'Mahoney
Senate
House Economic Committee
Eisenhower
Cleveland
Beckley Hotel
Celestial Timings and Kerr Debt Limit Outlook
Beckley notes sun set at 7 25 p m and moon rises Tuesday at 2 29 a m with a new moon on May 58. Regulus appears high in the southwest at 8 42 p m while Jupiter shines southeast at 8 03 p m Saturn sits low southeast, Venus rises 3 56 a m and Mars shows faintly. Sen Robert Kerr predicts a new debt limit request ahead. Byrd foresees four billion dollars short in revenues for the new fiscal year.
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Tive
Regulus
Mars
Soul
Robert S.kerr
D-Okla
Senate Finance Committee
Kerr
Harry F. Byrd
Four Die In Farm House Blaze Near Painesville Ohio
A fire five miles southwest of Painesville trapped four people on the second floor of a farm house. Ray Laws age 33 and his children Bobby 5 and Dianna 1, along with Carl McCartney Sr. 47, died. Six others escaped and were treated for minor burns or shock at Memorial Hospital Parkesville. Fire Chief John Harter called the blaze a raging inferno, with cause likely unknowable as the house burned completely.
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Alswo
Beckley
Painesville
Ray Laws
Bobby
Dianna
Carl McCartney Sr
Memorial Hospital
Parkesville
Shirley
Harry
Alice “Laws
Laws
Fern Gravely
John Harter
McCartney
Harry McCartney
H. C. Laws
Prosperity
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Hazel McGuffin
Frances Dangerfield
Wayne
Mabscotf Driver Pays $50 Fine
A Mabscotl man, Eugene R. Mills, released from Raleigh County Jail after paying a $30 fine and costs to Magistrate Cotton White for drunk driving. He was booked by Beckley State Police and a constable Saturday.
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Whitby
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Guy Jones
Conservator of the Peace
Millard Kidd
Burke
Beckley
Fannie Snyder
Walter Neal
Herbert Brooks
East Park
Neal
Coal City
Willard Smith
Cotton White
Robert D. Lane
MacArthur
White
Donnie Barker
Eccles
Eugene R. Mills
George Pierson
Slab Fork
Beckles
Jimmy Ray Bledsoe
Virginia Fugitive Waives Extradition
Frank Jones waived extradition before Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery and is jailed pending return to Virginia authorities. He was jailed by Beesley Police on a Richmond warrant charging statutory burglary. Jones has been living in Beckley for about three years. Virginia authorities are expected to arrive Tuesday to return him for prosecution.
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Frank Jones
Raleigh County
Convicted killer denied retrial in Mitchem murder case
Ohio County Court Judge David A. McKee overruled a motion for a new trial for Thomas Cronk. The 31 year old Wheeling truck driver was sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder of his father in law James Mitchem. Commitment papers were issued and Cronk was to be sent to the State Penitentiary at Moundsville. The jury recommended mercy, making the life sentence mandatory.
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Wheeling
Ohio
David A. McKee
Thomas Cronk
Cronk
Moundsville
South Wheeling
James Mitcham
Drunk Driving Case Continued In Pineville
A hearing for Ruby Brown in Pineville was continued to a later date after she appeared before Magistrate W P Wilson. Brown is charged with driving while intoxicated. The state asked for a continuance pending a report from the State Laboratory. She was released.
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Pineville
Brenton
Ruby
Brown
W. P. Wilson
State Laboratory
Weather Summary With Fair Skies And Mild Temperatures
Weather outlook shows fair conditions with low teens to mid fifties overnight and highs near seventy tomorrow. River readings at Bellepoint Greenbrier show falling and cloudy conditions with above normal to near normal stages. Bluestone Reservoir reports above normal stage with 16 gates open and gauge readings around 29 inches.
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Jeckley High
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
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